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{>«*st EquIppedCftloo In the Northwest. '<* ~_rBEE AND IHPg»ENOSNT._ All Kinds of Job P int ngPromptly Executed. VOLUME I. i O’NEILL CITY,*HOLT COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1881. NUMBER 25. I£WS OF THE WEEK. FOREIGN am. Tie British steamer Garnet m lest •■the Noth sea, with straw of seventeen. Spain has contracted with Kngland ter several war vessel), and k buBdiag eev eral gunboats and IMS Alfa at a ea4 of nearly •xooa.oott An immune anti-Jewish meeting baa been held In Barilo. Bevacal member, of Par Uament were present, and thomanda of people The Vatican haa sen t peremptory or der* to the blah Epiwopaej to abatain from laacaage tendlm to create an impression that the Pope favors the operation* of the Land Laagaa, The Irish militia regiments will not he eeOedoot for drill tbieyaar. A big Tnrkish army ia to be stationed an the Greek frontier. All persons imprisoned for debt in Bootlend aera released on New Year1* ere, un der Uw new lew. Crowds of students in Berlin oele trated New Year’s day by binding cafes Ire guested by Jews, ante siting the windows, and moboing representatives of the unfortunate k^flght on ^Wernviat •tOhilun t Dispatches from Lima, Peru, report a ;ht on the 4th of beoember in the bey. the tauvian launch Crcee was attacked by tlirut torpedo launches, and forced to tool shelter under the adore batteries. The Chil ians were reinforced, and the engagement be came general, After two hour*’ lighting the mtiian. r j rested for repair* A fight oocurrod between the police and a partyCof armed men in the Uuun.y gligu, Ireland. Shorn were exchanged, and one man waa mortally wounded, in Dublin, two gWte.wm injured by the explosion of a quantity of gunpowder, which had Uben placed on the window-*: J of a private huuse. The Boers have entered Natal, and in tend to oppose ^tr George Colley** force on the . Natal side of the Drackensburg. England ha* asked permission to march her troop* through the Portuguese colony on Delagoa bay. It ia officially reported that in the province of Samtoff, Iittasia, 75.'i,000 peasant* are starving, and in 8amasa upward of 1,000,QUO are in absolute want. The armories of the volunteers in the southern part of Loudon are kept nnder strict guard through rumors of a contemplated Fenian raid. Dr. Bculiemann haa presented his col lection of Trojan antiquities to the Emperor of Germany, to be placed In the Berlin Mu seum. An effort is being made to indace the German Parliament to adopt custom war du ties, wlii h it has bitherto refused to sanction. The death of Gen. Moriones, one of the ablest officers ia the Spanish civil jerries. Is reported by cable. It is believed at St Petersburg that the Cur intends to oonfer equality of civil fights on the Poles. A Loudon dispatch announces th^ •death of John Stenbouse, tho chemist; John T. Towson, the noted writer on navigatim; Baron Simon Von Oppenheim, the head of the great London banking boose of Oppenheim A Bona; and Dr. Frederick Jobson, the emi nent Methodist di. toe. A military commissioner, who has been investigating affairs in Ireland, haa made his report to the British Government. He ap prehends ne organized rising, though such a catastrophe might have occurred had a de termined loader taken the necessary steps be fore the oountry was filled with troops. There is no occasion, in his opinion, to fear that the presence of additional troop* will aggravate the disorders, and he thinks the adoption of strict measures for t ie repression of lawlessness will be folio wed by a peaceful solution of the iliffi keultie*. A mob near Claremorris, Ireland, dug „ a deep ditch to obstruct the passage of police, — And thrw atoaaa al... the nftinnw — JL Uyotrt charge was made, and four persons are be lieved to have been fatally wounded. The funeral of Louis Blauqni, the Socialist, look place In Paris on the 3rd inst. Thirty thousand people followed the remains to the cemetery, and large crowds lined the streets through which the cortege passed. The ahip Indian Chief was wrecked near the entrance of the Thames river. Eighteen persons were drowned and eleven saved. Bonds of the Northern Pacific road, to the amount of 110,000,000, having been put on tho market in Loudon, the subscrip tions were found to quadruple the sum de sired. The English steamer Harrelda aud the Spanish steamer Leon collided off Capo Roca, and both sank. A party of survivors from each vessel landed at Lisbon, but a large num ber were doubtless lost The gun-makers of Dublin aro doing an enormous business. Another of the men bayoneted by the police near Care morris hae died. Thirteen members of tho Mullirsvat branch of the Laud League have been arrest* ed for “Boycotting." Large quantities of buckshot have boeu shipped to Ireland from Lof.d u. The Pope has written a pontifical let ter to the Arohbioliop of Dabhn, expressing sympathy with the Irish catholics, out urging, tin m to strictly obey the laws. A care-taker has been brutally murdered near Parsonstown, Count v l.oulh. The Parliament of Great Britain met on the 6th inst. The greater portion of the Quoeu’s speech was devoted to Irish affair*. After referring to the prevalent distiesa aud Uwlateness, it rcoommenJa the further devtl opment of the principles of the Irish Land act of 1 glgp both as regards the relation of land lord and tenant, and with a view to effective efforts for giving to the people, by purchase, a proprietary interest in the sod. it al-o an nounces that a bill will be submitted for the establishment of county govefrum^t in Ireland, upon representative principles. \ Dovuino nnxixioEMw. out to nsita patient ob Wednesday availing, and wm Crozeu to death ahnoat In light of his It is asserted at Albany, N. that /. til* costly BUto Capitol, whob was boiH opoo ~ quicksand, la likely to alida into tbs Hudson Cliarlea Becker and George Engella, ■aid to be too of tlie moat expert forgers In the world, hare been arrested in New lor*. Tliere were 3,044 failures hi New York city during 1830, with aggregate liabUibee of §19.331,082. The estimates agreed upon for the ■tty Oovsrameat of New Xork for the cornu! year reach •29,854,322. The assignee of the bankrupt ooffee irm of B^ftrUgnold A Co., New York, reports Uta liabilities at *2,251,860, and its ameta at *1.549.133. > Tiro miners at Oarbondale, Fa, were hiatantl? killed by the fall of some teal in their ^bOnf chamber. Vivo members of the family of Samuel Krapp, of Montclair, NJ., died of diphtheria in oeaV' k. It was found that fetid gases per ar*^' the sleeping apartments. , - 'New York hss had another fire horror. ' A tenement house in which eight families lived ought dro at midnight under the stairwsy, which formed the only moons of ingress or egress. In_a moment the whole flimsy structure was in James, and there wes no shines for the frightened inmates to eeoepe ears by jump ing from the windows. Ten women and chil dren were horned to death. Three -children were sored by tbejr brother, a hoy of 15, who threw them from a third-story ’win dow to their aatbVs'i uho jtpod in the yud EmI Dr. .Smiley, at Plainfield,. N, J.,.srent nrtr. below ul caught them aa they tell. The boy then jumped end waa similarly caught. One old woman, Ml ycare of age, •Jumped »iom a eeoond-eteey, window with hat two gnodehUdren in Bar anna* Her leg waa broken by the fall, but the children escaped cuinjored. A young man gained aooess to the roof from an adjoining building, and broke In the scuttle. A little girt mho waa carrying a baby reached her ana up to him, and he ■eized It, hut the borued flesh parted from the bone, and ehe atiJ from hie grasp back into the flame*. Tho scene wee appalling beyond diwripUon. The pews of the Plymouth (Beech er's) Church, Brooklyn, were cold at auction, realizing <4J,36i. A lorn of <10,003 waa incurred by the burning of the Fhcenix phsrm identical works, in Eighty-eighth street, New York. The residence of Elisha Sperry, in New Haven, was robbed of <43,000 in bonds, HiV'ftphew hv, bee i?.. posted on suspicion. The flixofl Crucible Company, of Jer- j sty City, has suspended, the liabilities being shout e 1VM»,000. fowler, Crampton A Co., of New York, engaged in the importation of chemicals, have made an assignment, their liabilities be ing »W0,000. A lire at Lock port, N, Y., destroyed the lindge Opera House and the Gargling Oil building, tho loss being <150,000. In the lat ter structure there were iho postoffice, internal revenue and telegraph offiooa. Oov. Porter, of Indiana, was married to kites Stone, at the residence of the bride’s uncle, Mr. Walter 8. Gurnee, of New York. Only a few relatives witnessed the ceremony. J5y the explosion of a vat of varnish in the hr ivory of Peter Dodger, in eu York, four men were oareiopad in Hums ani scorche J to a degree which leavoa no hope for their recovery. By tlu> expiation, of a bailor in the Allentown (Pj.) rollilfj-mm, six mon were killed or fatally wounded, aid fivo men seri Waal, a There have been twenty-eight mnr kra and flftjr-aeven raiddea in 8b Louis dor in# the pant year. Tho Cincinnati district reports the payment of $12,3)0,000 of internal revenue this year on wltiskj. Eight emigrant cars were wrecked by \ collision on the Union Pacific road, near Lolgepole Station, Neb. Fire passenger* were i injured. In a fire which destroyed a Norwegian i hotel at Madison, Wis., Mil. B. M. Miller and her infant child perished. Muj. Ugos had a fight of an hour’s : duration, on New Year’s day, with a band of Uucapapa Sioux, when the latter displayed a : tlag of truce aud formally surrendered. While engaged m dancing} at Ad.li- j son, Mich., a Mrs. Canfield fall to the tloor, and her hand was so lacerated by her husband’s j boot-bed that she died iu twelve hours. E. W. Halford, of Imliauai»olis, has ! accepted the e&iorial management of the Mil waukee tkntintL Mrs. Harriet N. Cooper, a negrosa, who ww1tfrycaraT>f 1 age, weighed 400 pounds, aud was Uiu mother ; of twoity-five children. Gea. Charles B. Stuort, the eminent j civil engineer, has just died at the Forest City ] House* Cleveland. * The losses by. fire in Chicago in 1880 ! aggregate $1,164,153. A passenger train on the Chicago, St. j Paul aud Omaha road, at a curve near Middle ! creek, Xeb., crushed iuto a party of laborers , engaged in enlarging a snow cut, li.liug tix , men and wounding one. Bowman & Bleyer, wholesale liquor dealers in St. Loui*, have made an awimment to Isador Bush. The firm owes $13),000, aud shows assets of nearly that amount Over 1<K) representative men of the i it Louis bar have sigued a petition urging Ihe . appointment of Judge Cooley, of Michigan, to the United States Supreme bench. Two brothers named Heilman, at i Sturgeon Bay, Wis., lost six children each by , diphtheria. At Coulvale, Kan., the dreys of Mbs Daxi* caught fire from an open grate, and her self and her mother were Lurued to death. The Brown murder trial in Indiauapo Ui has ended. Mrs. Brown was sentenced to the Female Reformatory for iiJo. George B. Carpenter, manager of j Central Music Hall, Chicago, is dead. Bonth. Abe Rothschild lias been ocqnitted of i ihe charge of murder, for which he was tried , n J* iTtr-'On. Texas. Henry Washington, a negro who had murdered H. IL Hdl, near Jackson, Miss., was : executed at the latter place in presence of 400 ! spectator*. For the first time since its occupation by a civil zed race, the ponds and creeks of Southwestern fc*xas afford good skating. Bishop Atkinson, of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina, died at Wilmington last week. 1 A party of eight flathoatmen were found frozen to death on their craft, near Pori Royal, S. C. At Henrietta, Tex., tho refusal of ; Mr. BiM to drink ^rill* Mr, Curtis Lrougbt ! about a shower of-ballet*.' Wuen the smoke j had cleared away the Utter gentleman was touna aeaa oa the floor or the saloon. Rice was taken for treatmeut to a doctor's office, where an assassin finished his career by a shot through the window. POunCAL POINT*. ' A court-martial in the caae of Cadet | Whittaker haa been ordered for Jan. 18, to be held at West Point Brig. Gen. Miles will pre side. A. S. Logan, a lineal descendant of tue famous Indian chief, has been appointed to • a posit ion in the Interior Department. Speaker Randall thinks there ifl every probability of a favorable report on the bill to ! place Grant on the retired list with the full pay i of General. Hon. R. 0. Parsons, of Cleveland, j Ohio, late'y said to a newspaper correspondent: j •* Foster will go into Garfield’s Cabinet That can be set down as certain. Stanley Matthews will he put upon the Supreme bench, and Sher man will he elected United States Senator.** ; The correspondent aays he spoke with the air of authority. The Garfield-Morey Chineee letter oomes to the light onoe more in the confession, on the part or the paper that published it to the world, that it Is a forgery.’ The editors of Truth have addressed a letter te Gen. Garfield, in which they say: MAfter a searching investigation, in which we have spared neither time, energy, nor expense, we have traced the Morey letter to ita origin, • and ascertained that it is a forgery. This ac knowledgment is doe from the journal in which | that latter first appeared It ia mads voiunta-' ' rily, and as an act of simple justice; for, while \ wo believed, as we did until a few weeks past, j that you were the author of the letter, no bribe j could tempt nor threat intimidate us into m -k- I tog a contrary statement But, haring a^oer- j to toed oar error now, it is a gratification to ua to give the tame prominence to this acknowl edgment that we gave to the forged letter itself, and thereby make all the amends to our power tor the wrong of which Truth waa the unconscious instrument’’ ttecretury £varto u reported to have said that Senator C aine w ill be Secretary of State in Geu. Oarlield's Cabinet l*he other memlers, according to the same authority, are: Secretory of the Treasury, James F. Wilson, of Iowa; Secretary of the Interior, D. O. Mills, of California: Secretary of War, Senator Don Cameron; Secretary of the Navy, a Southern Republican; Attorney General, a New York Republican; Postmaster General, an Indiana Republican. > The Bepublican members of hernia .Legislature htid r-a cancu^ on flrefith tost, and selected Gen. John F. Miller for Jthe United States Senatcruliip, Newton Booth re ceiving five votes. In organizing the Pennsylvania fton ate, E. C. Cqje, Democrat, from Luzerne county, confessed his inability to take the iron clad oath, as he had used money in securing his election. After six informal ballots, the Michi gan Republican Senatorial caucus, on the 5th inst., nominated Omar D. Conger, who led John J. Bagley by only two votes. President Hayes has nominated Frank W. Palmer to be Postouster at Chicago, and John B. Sikki lg at List SL Louis. Gen. 13 urn side is confident that Sen ator Don Cameron will be Secretary of War. A movement iB on foot in California to secure that portfolio for Gen. McDowtU. WASHINGTON NOTES. , President Hayes lias barred both ears against any further demands for the retire ment of Gen. McDowell. The treasury receipts from customs during the momh of December were #13,000, 000, and from internal revenue daring the same period #12,000,000. The Sioux delegation at Washington have advised Secretary Scburz that they intend to accept the terms offered by the St Paul and Northwestern roads for rights or way through thoir reservations. Fifty-nine national banks were organ ized during the past veer, with an aggregate •authorized capital of #7,274,170. Eleven banka went into voluntary liquidation, having a cap ital of #1,040,000. Three banks faded during the year. Mr. Cobb, a member of the House Appropriation Committee, thinks that no pro nsi'v «*iU be made in the Legia’ative bill for Supervisors and Deputy Marshals of eleclions, there being no occasion to employ them during the year. * The Superintendent of Census makes the following approximate statement of the population of States and Territories. It is be lievtd to be very near tbe official figures. Alabama. .*«***. Arizona. Arkansan.. Ct.il or nia.. Oo’oi udo.. Connecticut..... Dakota. Delaware. D. of Columbia. Florida. Illinois. Indiana.. Kentucky. Louisiana. Mari land. lli^ai busett*.. Michigan. Minnesota. Mississippi. 1,262,344 .Missouri.2,169,091 .sjMwUna.. . Si^UW 10,44f Nebraska....... 452,4 ‘ 802 < <i4j Nevada.. 62,2 864,6*0.New Hampshire 347,7: 191,61'jjNtw Jersey.1,130,8.2 622,68 .‘New Mexico.... 1 l*,43o 134.50.' New York.5,(83,173 140,<W4| North Carolina. 1.4OO.000 177,638 .Ohio.3,197,794 200,500 Oregon. 174,767 1,538,1*3 l*®insylvania... 4,282,738 32,011 iUtfxie Is and... 27(1,528 S.OTM.ifc.fi Soutli Carolina., 99V-06 l,y78,sr»|Teiiue«oe<*.;.... 1,542,468 1,02 i,4 03 »*5,;«5 1.048, it Hi 940,203 048,945 93\I39 1,7K3,(W(; 1,614,0 0 780,807 1,131.899 Texas. 1,597,509 Utah. 143,907 Vermont. 332|INJ Virginia. 1,5*2,203 Washington.... -75,120 West Virginia.. 618,193 Wisconsin.1,31^.386 Wyoming. »,788 Total.50,152^9 Gen. Lew Wallace, Governor of New Mexico, is in Washingion trying to secure a modification of the “posse comitatus" clause in the Army lill so that he may call upon the troops to break np the bands of out laws who infest the southern portiou of the Territory. Col. Irrael Vodges, of tlie First Artil lery, has been retirod at his own request. He has served over forty year*. Following is the regular monthly public-debt statement issued on the 1st in-t: Six per cent bonds.$ 202,266.550 Five per cents. 460,651,050 Four and one-half per cents. 250,000,000 Four uer cents. 738,420,400 Reluuding certificates. 927,400 Navy pension fund. 14,000,000 Total coin bonds. Matured debt.$ Legal tenders. Certificates of deposit... Fn ctionai currency ($1, 5 2,316 less amount es timated ns. lost or da* stroted $8,375,984).... Gold and silver certiO 11.484,393 346,741,761 7,005,000 $1,672,265,400 7,147,530 52,211,010 Total without intereat. 413,135,301 Total debt.$2,099,885,096 Total Interest. 11,596,379 Cash in treasury. 222,209,739 Debt less cash in treasury.$1,890,181,735 Decrease during December. 6,699,430 Dec re a e since J line 30, 1880....». 42,990,559 Current liabilities— Interest due and unpaid..9 2,208,633 Debt on which interest has ceased. 11,484,395 Interest thereon. 8‘'«,885 Go’d and silver certificates. 52,241,010 Cuttod States notes he’d for redemption of certificates of deposit.. 7.005,000 Cash balance available Jan. .1,1881.. 118,503,615 Total.*.$ 22X,2°0,739 Avai'abtc asset*— i f Cash in treasury... .$ 222,299,739 Bonds issued to Pacific railway compan ies, interest payab’c in lawful mouey, prineipal out-binding.$ 64,623,312 Interest accrued and not yet paid. 1,938,705 Interest paid by United State*.. 47,589,861 Interest repaid by companies— Interest rejaid Dy transportation of umls. 14,052,447 By cash payments of 5 per cent, of net earning*. 655,198 Balance of interest paid by the United State*... 82^82,214 Gen. Walker, of the Census Bureau computes that in 1800 tlic United States wil! La^c a population of 64,467,000. President Hayes has decided to retire fix more army officers. It is understood that Surgeon Gen. Barnes and Judge Advocate Gen. Dunn are two of the number. Nathan Goff, Jr., of West Virginia, bati been appointed Secretary of the Navy. He was Colonel of the Third Vlrginia regiment in the Union army, rising to the rank of Brigadier General; was four years ago the Republican nominee for Governor, and has for several rears held the position of District Attorney for West Virginia. An important clause in one of the new treaties with China codes to the United Sh to the power to limit, at-the will of the people, the kind, quantity’and season of importation of Chinese labor. Oh the other hand, the United Btates agrees to discountenance the opium trade. MISCELLANEOUS GLEANINGS. * The recent phenomenal cold wave seems to havs penetrated to every nook and corner of the United States. It was exception ally sever* la the Souther* States. The Ar» k&iuas river vu frozen ovtr solid from Fort Smith to its Junction with the Mississippi, something unprecedented. At Petersburg, Va., the thermometer registered 16 degrees below «ero, the lowest ever recorded. In Virginia, cattle and game perished by the hun dred, and deer came from their retreats to the very doors of the farmers in beach of food. At Washington city it waa 10 degrees below, and there was great suffering in consequence of the intense cold. In New Hampshire and Vermont the thermometer ranged from 25 to 81), and at Antrim, in Maine, the mercury fell to 33 below. Throughout New York the temperature varied from 15 and 18 below in the river valleys to 25 to 33 below in the elevated region. Quail and pthsr wild game in the valley of the Ohio have been killed in large numbers by the Arctic weather. i There were about 1,030 disasters on ' the lake s during the past year. The loss of life | is great.jr than for many years past, while the j palunlatfN* VVt^JidcvKO loss falls little shot tg of 8^008,000, which Is a large increase over i any former season. The greatest amount of i leases occurred on , Lake Mio,; igan. Lake i Huron follows next in or Jer, while Lakes Erie and Ontario are proportionately the same. The Western Union Telegraph lines in British Columbia have been sold to the Domin ion Government Burned: The summer residenoe of James R. Keene, at Newport, R. L, loss $100, 000 ; the stores of Levi & Go., H. H. Hansell and Joseph Cohen, on Magazine street New Orleans, loss $250,000 ; the Buford plow fac tory, at Rock Inland, 111., Toss $175,000; two hotels at Atlantic City, N. J„ loss $40,000 ; a hotel and several buildings at McKeesport, Pa., loss $25,000; a hotel and a number of stores at Jackson. Mich., loss $75,000; Aaron Wolf’s crockery store, on Common street New Orleans, lost* $75,000 ; the Commercial Hotel, North Adams, Mass., loss $30,000 ; a Methodist church at Canton, Ohio, loss $45,000; the ope ra house and Cosmos newspaper office, at St Charles, Mo., loss $30,000; the opera bouse at Kingston, N. Y.; the museum in Central Park, New York city, loss estimated at $100,000. It is estimated that- our production of gold in 1880 was $33,522,182, and of silver $40,005,364. Statistics from the clearing-houses show that for 1880 San Fran i*co was the only city showing no increase m business. An expedition of engineers has sailed from navre to direct operations on tho Pauama canal, and machinery, proviri ns an 1 labor have bet n ordered forward from New York and New Orleans. Daniel F. Sullivan and Patrick Hayes were hanged in Moyamonsing prism, Phila delphia, on Thursday, J in. 6. Frauk Lam mens and Margaret Merihoffcr were executed at Newark, N. J., for tho murder of the wom an's husband. Arthur Murphy was hanged at Pendleton, Ore., for toe murder of F. D. French. Litta, the prima donna, will wed Har ry L. Cleveland, the tenor of tha Blayton Con cert Company. Captain Eads has returned from Vera Cruz. He has obtained from the Mexican Government a charter to build a ship railway across the Isthmus of Tekaunteptc, and a graht of 1,000,000 Acres of laud. * - — The newest monopoly is a match syn dicate, with a capital of $2,500,000, and head quarters at New Haven, Ct Ten large fac k ur.es have been cornolidated, with the mteu ayp of controlling the American niprkot. They pay the Government $3,500,000 per annum for stamps. DOINGS IN CONGRESS. On the reassembling of Cdngress after the ho'iday recess, on Wednesday, Jan. 5, the Vice Prj.“ldeut submitted to the Senate a letter from Cion. Garfield declining the 8matorship from Ohio. Mr. Ingal's Introduced a bill to provide for the sa'e of a Pottawatomie ietervation in Kansas, and Mr. Whyte a Jobifc resolu ion for the purchase of the word of George Washington from the heirs of George Iiewis. Mr. Butler offered a resolution calling on Secretary Schnrz for such information as may be in his pne-cstd-m with regard to the imeiti ia itn of the alleged censns frauds in South Caro ica. The motion was agreed to. Mr. Keruau in troduced a bill which pr*<vi< es that the K< oe larv of the Treasury shall hereafter cause to be c ined only such an amount of silver d 'liars «s he may find necessary to meet the di m ind for them. '1 he bill for the reiief i f Ben dolliiiay was taken up, but the Senate adjourned without action thereon. In the House Mr. Springer introduced a bill for a new apportionment and for minority representation. Fernando Wood being ill, the Finding bid went over, and the douse went into committee of the who.. on the army appropriation, winch was passed. Mr. Warner, of Ohio, assailed the President for the retirement of Gen. Ord. Mr. Rea ,'*n explained ibe matures of his su> stitute for the Inter-State Commerce bi 1. Jlie President nomi nated Madison M. HurieyPo-tmpeter at New Albany, Ind., and Frank Wr. Palmer at Chicago. Mr. Eaton reported the Diplomatic Appro* priation bill to the Senate on the morning of 1 hr re lay, Jan. 6. The Army Appropriation was read twice and referred. Mr. Ve3t introduced a bil to author ze the oomtruction of a bridge ccross the Missouri at Howell’s Fury, Mo. A prolonged de bate took pace on the claim of Ben Holliday, rhe Senate, in txrcutire cession, took up Gen. Guff s nomination as Secretary rf the Navy, and imme liately confirmed it without the u ual reference to committee. The Home went into committee of the Abole on the Funding lid. Mr. Kelley insisitd up »n temporary loam r-ther than an extension of the bonded debt. Mr Chittenden favored the re [K*al« f a 1 taxes on the capital or d« p> its of banks. Mr. Weaver lined the applicat.ou of the silver hoard to the extiiiguhhu ent of bonds. Mr. Chittenden expiea.-ed the be.ief thut ■*u e.-s the banks were re.ie.ved • f tn the h-p'-r-ceut. jond scheme won d fad. Mr. Phillips gave notice of (substitute to ins.ie 3-i*‘r-tent. Treasury no.es, re iceniab.e after next year, in regular senes. NEBRASKA LEGISI4ATURE. Tuesday, Jan. 4.—Senate.—The Senate was jailed to order, and Guy Brown was elected Secretary pro tem. The following were ap pointed a Committee on Credentials: Messrs. Loon, Tefft, Turner, Wherry and Perkins. On motion, the Senate adjourned until 4 p. m. On reassembling, J. B. Dinsmore was elected President pro tem. ; Sherwood Burr, Sec retary ; W. J. Pemberton, Assistant; Prank E. Smith, Second Assistant; C. H. Gould, 8ergeant-at-Arms; James W. Rhine, Assistant; C. E. Hine, Doorkeeper; VS'. P. Squire. Assistant; Emma K nney. En grossing Clerk; R. P. Webber, Em oiling Clerk; s. H. Henderson, Chaplain. House.—The members were call- d to order by Secretary of State Alexander. Tue roll was called by the former Clerk, Slaughter. A quorum being announced as present, Mr. Wind ham was elected temporary Speaker, and Mr. Slaughter Clerk pro tem. The following were »PP< i ited bv the Speaker & Comn.i.tee on Cre den i d«: Messrs. Howe, Birtlett, Mickey, Robert* and Whedon. The House took a recess until 4 o’clock p. m. On re assembling, the Committee on Credentials re ported and the oath was administered By Cuief Justice Maxwell. Tue rules of the Legislature of 1879 were adopted for the present House, until tnrther action is had. II. IL Shedd, of Saunders, was elected Speaker by a vote of 74, to 8 for J. Holman, and made a short speech of acceptance on taking the chair. The organiza tion was continued by the election of B. D. Slaughter as Cuief Clerk; Mr. Z^diker, Assist ant ; Mr. Wood, Second Assistant An argument once arose in which Sid- i ney Smith observed that many of the I most eminent men of the world had been ! diminutive in person, and, after naming j several among the ancients, he added: j •* Why, look there at Jeffrey ; and there j is my little friend -, who has not body enough to cover his mind decent- j ly with; Ins intellect is improperly es-1 posed*” OUB POPULATIOS, M^n ■nleratiaK StaiUUc* of the Net* J Ccnauik [From tJie Chicago Tribuna.] ' Tte total population (exclusive of Indiadtf aud the inhabitants of Alaska) is 60,152,550. The United States is thus shown to be the seo ond most numerous nation in the civilized world Not counting the negroes, who are estimated to number 6,000,000 souls, the population of this country considerably exceeds that of the German empire. Russia only remains in the lead with 65,000,000 inhabitants in the empire proper. Rut these returns are half guess wort, and might be largely dimiuisned or mcreaaed by an official count. It is safe to s y that, unless the »rowth of the country is cnooked by rome unforeseen came, the popula tion of the Uuited Skates in ten years will equal or exceed tout at present accorded to Russia. The percentage or growth is far higher m the former than in the latter. In industrial, social and political power the United States is almost iuliuilely superior to Russia. Indeed, the Ainer lau r pubbe has uo serious livulry to fear irum Uyv- ^puutef England is her only equal ui financial reseiife® and Oermany lh filming Twice ; and the situation of the country is such that she can have no apprehension ol interfer ence with her domestic affairs by any power or combination of powers. The following tables show the distribution of population by section-*, and the relative increase m each division of the country in tne last ten years. Uhe S.atos formerly knowu as the Mid dle stales and New England are bunched to gether. They make a group of nine Eastern Slates. It will be observed that the rate of growth in Vermont --one-naif of 1 per cent.— has been the lowest of any State in the Union, and that of Maine the third lowest, Nevada coming between. The table of Eastern and Middle States is as follows : States. N.llampa'ire VtMUOUt.... MaBHachu’tii. Uhode In.’nd Connecticut New l'ork... New Jersey, l’enusylva in 626,915 318,» K) 330,851 1,457,351 217,353 537,454 4,387,464 906,096 3,522,050 Per Pop. 1870. Pop. 1880. Increase. Cent. 618,943 847.784 332,281 1,7x3,086 276,428 622,683 5,083,173 1,190,892 4,282,738 Total. 12.313,534 14,508,115 2,204,581 18 22,030 29.484 1,735 325,73.‘ 59,1*5 85.221 C95,70i 724,796 760,68* 3* 9 27 16 16 25 21* Ohio and all the Staten aud Territories went to the Kocky mountains aud north of Mason aud Dixon's line ure included in the second group. The rate of growth ia the Seated and most of the Territoiics west of the Mississippi has been very rapid. The other communities in what was formerly known as the Northwest hi.ve had a slower, but still healthy, growth. Montana shows a positive loss of population, as docs also Arizona, which is included with tBe Pacific States. The soil of these Terri* .lories is for the most part worthless, and their mines have not fulfilled the promises that have been made for tin m. The group of thirteen Northern and Western States and Territories is as follows: States and Ter- | Per ritoriee. Pop. 1870. Pop.IBM. Increase. Cent. Ot io.. Mulligan. Wi-eonsin.. Miuiesota,..... Nffirasha.. >ltyouri. C>»brado. Mojtana.. Wynning. ,665,260 ,187,234 ,680,637 ,539,891 Of >4 98.5 446,056 ,194,320 129,32 ,721,295 373,216 47,164 40,05! 39 89: 11,51) Total. 13,140,92 7,615,494 4,474,567 3,197,794 1,634,096 1,978,858 8,0.8.6: JC 1,315,386 780,807 1,6.'4,46 452,432 2,16',091 995,335 194,649 134,002 3.4,157 20,788 532,534 446,8‘ 2 29-,221 538,745 250.401 334,751 430.143 323,1)0 447,796 622,0)6 147,4*15 93.951 *738 9,270 20 88* 18 21 " 23* 36 . 242 26 166 312* 234 *2 ‘Oecrt-ase. -— - ...... Missouri is put with the South, though geo-' gnphically she belongs with tho North. Her scxfil and industrial development has been the as that of the other ex-slave States, aud v BUkit reason she is classed with, them. The iWtrtdry of New Mex co, being the only dw tiivti; Southern Territory, is put in the same gnujp. Tne table embraces sixteen States and 'Territory:_ itttes and Ter- Per ritory. Pop 1870. Pop. 1880. Increase. Cent lary laud.... Virginia. ,Ve*t Virginia 1. Carolina... f. Carolina,.. Georgia. Fonda.. Kcitucky. Temensee... .Yliimrua. Vltsvwdppi... LoiMnna. A rUti'-as. lesai. New Mexico.. Total. 125,015 780,894 1,225,163 442,014 1,071,361 705,60* 1,184,100 188, .’48 1,321,011 1,-25*,520 996.992 827,922 726,915 .484,47) 818.899 111,3.3 146,6541 935,lo9 1,512,2031 618,193, 1,400,000 995,706 1,538,98 266,566 1,648,59V 1.542,463 1,262, '44 1,131,89: 940,263 802,554 1,51*7.509 118,43 12.268.441 16,457,515 4,189,072 34 21,619 154,245 287,040 176,179 328.639 290,100 854,874 78,318 327,588 283,943 265,352 303,'.-77 213,248 318,09 77.* ,610 7,12, 17 19* 23* 40 30* 41 30 4'* 24* 22* 26 36* 29 65* 95 Tne States and Territories jvest of the Ilocky Mountains, seven in number, are classed to gether : -- --— — - States and Per Territories. Pop. 1870. Pop. 1880. Increase. Cent Ca'ifomia... Oregon. Wmhington. Idaho.. Utah.. Total..., 582,031 101,883 58,711 37,43 20,533 99,581 41,710 9»,031 864.686 174,76r 62,265 75.120 32.611 141,907 40,441 1 393,797 282,655 '72,884 8,554 87,683 12,028 44,326 *1,269 451,866 «* 71* 100* 58 44* *Decrea-e. . Tho DisUi.it of Columbia does not belong to any secuun. It has a large floating population, which is composed partly of Government offi cials. It is accordingly put by itsilf, and ap pears in the summary which i< appended: Eisiern.... Northwestern.. Southern.. Pacific. District.. Alaska. Indian Ter... Pop. 1870. 38.925,598 Pop. 1880. 14,508,115 17,615,494 16,457,515 1,393,797 177,638 50,152,559 Increase. 2,204,581 4,474.567 4,189,072 451,866 45,938 11,366,024 29* will be seen that Alaska and the Indian ■iterT are not included in the statement for I There were in 1870 about 060,000 In* 14 sustaining tribal relations. None of » are included in tho count for purpo* • .‘lirecental ion. When the Indiana and the ihitanta of Alaska arc added, it la probable the total population will be found to ex 1 50,500,000. , ,. Ue following table shows the relative growth jopulation m each group from 18d0 to 1870, from 1870 to 1880: increase. increase. 1860-1870. 1870—1880. eru group. :'iwe*t«rn group.” e*°P.5 He group.......“ rict of Columbia. ” “ teneral .22 * 29* here has been a considerable addition, not r to the aggregate population, but to the i of growth, though the lower average in previous decade was unqueBtionably due tly to the war and partly to the defective meration in the Southern States. The lat jause also gives the South a better showing be comparative exhibit than that section er other circumstances wou d have. Charlie and His Dog. A good while ago a little l>oy, named Charlie, had a large dog, which was very fond of the water, and in hot weather he used to swim across the river near which the l»ov lived. One day the thought struck him that it would be fine fun to make the dog carry him across the river, so he tied a string to the dog’s collur and ran down with him to the water’s edge, where he took off all his clothes^ and then, holding hard by the dog’s Deck and the bit of string, he went into the water, and the dog pulled him across. After playing about on the other side for some time, they returned in the way they had come; but when Charlie looked for his clothes he could find noth ing but his shoes. The wind had blown all the rest into the water. The dog saw what had happened, and, making his little minu up what to do, he made the boy let go the string by pretending ta bite him, dsshed into the river, and brought out first the coat, and then all the rest in spejjessiun. Charlie dressed ami went Lome in his wet clothes, and told his mother what fan he and the dog had had. His mother told him that be did very wrong in going across the river as he had done, and he should thank God lor making the dog take him over and back asain safely: for if the dog lad made him let go in the river, he ,«ould most likely have sunk and been drowned. Little Charlie said, “ Shall I thank God now, mamma ? ” and kneeled down at his mother’s knee and thanked God ; then, getting np again, he threw his arms round the dog’s neck, saying, “ I thank you. too, dear doggie, for not letting go'” This little Charlie after ward became Admiral Sir Charles Ha pier. CITT POFJJLATIOXS. A Table Showing the A wnbrr of inhabit ant« in ICS of imr Citte*, The following it* a list of 168 cities of the United States* with their pjpuNation in 1880, eoirtparod' wttfatcn yeira before: 1880. Albany, N. Y. Alhutown. Pa. Atoona, Pa. Allegheny, Pa. Atauta, Ga. Att el trough, Maas. •tens, Ohio. Austin, Texas. tnburu, N. Y. Aurota, 111... Ba timore, Md. i ay C.ty, Mich. Bel evi le, II. B.ughamton, N. Y.. U oomingt m, 1U. B >st> u, Mass. Brook yn, N. Y.. Brockton, Mass. Buffalo, N. Y. Bar ingt n, Iowa.. Cambridge, Mata. Cammu, N. J. Cedar Rapid , Iowa. Char e-t in, 8. 0. Chest r. Pa,. Cukv.pee, Maw.. J6,vl6 18,l«2 ltf, 981 78,47*2 4;y.O l ii,n s 1G,10) 11,0*0 83,933 14.007 83‘,00) 20,0 >0 10.7 j a 17,110 17,280 f6»,5»>5 651,465 13,508 140,5 H) 18,975 61,692 4 ,714 i«sr.6 49, 27 15,138 11,32/ Chicago, 111. 608,151 11,973 255,801 Chillicothe, O io Cincinnati, Ohio. Chaitauo' ga, lenn.. 1 ,582 Cleiebnd, Ouio. 15J,4Jl C-. hoes, N. Y... **,123 Columbus, G *... 10,1 n) Columbus, Ohio.. Con©. rd, N. H.. Cauucii Bluffs, Iowa. 61,837 13,841 18,^6) Dal as, Texas. 33,466 11,no Danbury, Ot. Dayton, Ohio. Davenport, Iowa. 21,885 Des Moines, Iowa. 22,696 Denver, Col. 3^,'ill Detroit, Mic i. Il9,7u0 Dover, N. U. 17,6UJ Dubuque, Iowa. 22,271 East Higiliaw. Mich. 19,u65 Erie, Pa. 27.223 Egm, 111..... 1V40 E izabeih, N. J. EhUra, N. Y.. Foud uu Lac, Wie. Fall River, Mass. 28.311 20, .78 13,564 47,-83 Fort Wayne, lud.. 26,148 r or* »»uc, iu [JaJesburg, 1-1.. Draud Ripi.ls, Mich.. 11.451 32,037 Ua.veetou,Texaa. 3., 50 Kami ton, ul.io.. Harrisburg, Pa.. Harttord, Ct.. 12,300 30,413 42,021 Houston, Texas. "16,694 [ mJtauapoMvjlmLj 75,i»31 Jackson, Mlih 7‘ .7... " 15,500 Jacksoi-vil e. 13. ll.inl) Jersey City, N J. Iu5 0 >0 K ijamazoo. Ml-h. I2,u78 Kansas City, Mo. 66, >40 Ke kuk, 1- wa. 12,176 Kingston, N. Y. 16.376 Kin x»U.«, Tenn.. 13 928 La Crosse, Wis..... .. 16,064 Lawrence, Mams. 39,-iUO Lancaster, Pa. 25,848 L faye-te, Iu<L~«......«,l_,.14,7vI Litt e Rock, Ark... -. 15,000 L neoli , Nob.. }'^J} l.ogausport, Ind. 11,17*2 Louis*ii e.Ky,.. 1-6,560 1870. 69,422 13,88J li,610 63,18J 21,978 «. .69 10.006 4,428 17,225 11,162 3 .7,.»04 13,09) 8,146 12,692 14,5i.O 250,536 396,099 8, (k)7 117.714 14.9 0 39 631 20,045 5,041 48,9<^ 9,483 D.6U7 208,9* >7 8,920 316,28J 6,191 92,8 Q 12,357 7 4 1 31.274 1*2,241 lu.uj) 4.601 8,754 •0,471 30,-78 12,035 4,7.59 70,577 9,2)4 18,134 11,359 19.t»46 7,000 20,830 25, 63 12,761 26.. 6 i 17,718 10,158 16,507 1.. 818 11,081 23, iW 8.. 081 9, >82 48.274 11,447 9, .03 82, 46 11,750 82,260 1 ,766 2 ,44 8,682 11,012 18, l'2l 30,233 13.59 i 12;tH» 2.9 5 Louis*lie, Ky. L well, M»«. . {*...401 Lea Angeles, Cal. Lynn, Mass. 38 38/ i.y« chburg, Va... }6>3>i0 VI .disou, W.s. tlanchssM-r, N. U..,.* Via den, Macs. VI icon, Oa. V4ar.be.ough, Mas#.... Vieiuphis, Tetiu. Vicr.'.en, Conn. Milwaukee, *»ia. Vlinneapo.is, Minn. 48,323 VIobile, Ala. 36,u37 Vluskegon, M ch. 11,30) S’ashvl Je, Tetui. 4 ‘,'i77 Si-tabu •, N. II. 13,453 SeWiirs, N. J. 13 >,983 S'ewberg, N. Y. lr,-75 !4tv Abauy, Jn l. 17,501 S'ew Haven, C nn. 6*,'»o-) S'.-w Orl> aus. La.. 21 >,123 S’ew York, N. Y. 1»2TV,571 100.0UO 40,928, fc,7i8 10,127 32,4.3 12, 04 1.. 695 10.141.. 33.20) 18,108 13 ,00) S8,*-8i 6,826 9,176 23,5 6 i ,o01 Korwa k, conn.. S'onistown, Pa.. Sew Castle Va... Kew Brunswick, N. J. 17, >11 Jakland, Cal. 33,0M 'mil!*, Neb.. 1', -00 13,2 0 10,292 30..-03 Jswego, N. Y. 20.73-2 1 >,2 7 15,754 64,t«0 19. 3J ,708 >gden*uiug, N. Y.. )shK«*l', Mis. P t« rsoi, N. J ’awtucket, R. P«*ona, HI ... Philade pi ia, Pa. 84 ,5." Q Pittsburgh. l’a. 12',977 Po tsville. Pa... 13,226 Portland, Me.. 38, 61 I’oughket-psie, N. V. 20,203 Providence, R. 1. 104, 0) juinev, Mass. 10, -71 policy. Ill. 27,423 10 8 tO 8,-*74 40,221 15,595 71,440. 1X056 32,034 8,501 35,865 1C,513 105 0 59 17,0U . 15, *.8; f.6,810 1 U,4i8 942,2j2 12,120 P',75* 7.599 1 ’,0 55 10,5 H) 1',08 • 20.9.0 10,176 12,643 3',5 9 12.000 22 -.59 674,622 12* 81 31 413 2->.*!HU 08,9 4 It uiue, vvis.. [leading, Pa.. Itch I Ond, Va... Hock Island, 111., llockford, II..... [too* e^ter, N. Y.•.»,» o Home, N.Y. 12,043 Hutland, Vt. 12,223 ■Van Jo: e, Cal... 12,6 i5 ^aerameut.', C >1 . 2 - ,H5i 4an Fraud -cc, 0 U. 333,066 16.0*3 43.210 02,5 H) 11,614 13,083 19,4 8 3un Antnnir‘, Tex Aanduskv, O no.., Saginaw C ty, Mich 20.594 15,00) 10,430 liw V I.) .. LUO, Utah. 11,000 30.707 45,756 13.492. Savannah, Ga. Scranton, Pa .... 3outh 13* nd, lud. Stamford, Cmn.. 11,319 Springfi-ld, III. , 19, 83 Springfle’c, Ohio. 20,600 Springfield,Masa... 33,139 St. Lout*, Mo. 350,915 3t. Pau’, Minn. 41,619 St. Joseph, Mo. 3V*0T 3t. Augustine, Fla. 20,‘I5) Syracuse, N. Y. f 2,210 Stockton, C *1. If,060 rerre Haute, Ind. 26,5-6 rol*do, Ohio..... 53,635 Trenton, N. J. 3 *,500 Troy, N Y. Dtic*, N. Y Vicksburg, Mim, V' all bam, *Mas' 38,92) 11,66) 11,80) ouiuaui, ... . Washington, D. C.., *J*o,000 31 COO 10,500 10,615 Wheeling, W. Va.. Wevu onth, M»«N.. Watertown, N. Y.. Woonsocket, R. 1. 16,003 Wabrbury, . 22,000 Wi kesbarre, Pa. 23,)40 Wilmington, Del. 43,000 Wilmington, N. C.. 17,607 Winona, Minn. 10,187 Worcester. Mass. 68.233 Woburn, Maas. 10,7n2 Yonkers, N. Y. 18,924 24,. >52 ‘♦.880 33,9 m 61,038 7,89 > 71,049 62,3-39 li.-xm f,!KW 0,089 7<'',283 1^4.8 t12»5>'i *: 003 15,0 4 38,2 » 7,’l96 9,724 17,361 12,652 ! 26,703 I 810,864 | 2*,'»‘0 17, 65 i 11,751 I 48,051 . 10,TM) I 16.103 i 3’,584 83.874 46,465 28,8 4 12,443 9,0 *5 IT),: 99 19,280 9.010 9,316 11.527 10,826 17,264 30,841 13,416 7,20*) 49.103 8,5 50 17,-69 That Slop-Barrel. A Galveston millionaire was asked by a delegation of his friends if he would not consent to allow his name to lie used in connection with the United States Senatorship. He replied that he never had meddled in politics before, but just now he lind made np his mind to apply for a position other than the Senator ship. “ Ah ! I suppose yon want to get on the Supreme bench," said one of the committee. The heavy property-owner shook his head, and toyed with his $5,000 diamond ring. “ Perhaps Garfl Id is going to offer you a place in liis Cabinet ? ” “No. You haven’t guessed it yet.” “ Foreign mission ?”' “ Gentlemen, I'll be candid with you. For years I have been trying to get the city authorities to have the slop-barrel, at my back gate, emptied once a month, and have failed. 1 am determined to have that slop-barrel emptied, so I have applied to the City Council for the posi tion of driver to a scavenger-cart.”— Outveolon Xewa. A New Yobkbb is named Stealing, and he hates the name; bnt he took the curse off of it for his daughter by making httf Ghriatiai) luma “ Wnrtli " BITS OF INFORMATION. Tn fiddle to spoken of aa early M 1200 A. D., in the legendary life of St. Curistopher. Chamois skim are not derived from the chamois, as many people suppose, tmt are the flesh side of sheepskins. The skins are soaked in lime-water, and in a solution of snlphnrio acid; fish ail is poured over them, and they are care fully washed in a solution of potash. In 1789, when the Federal Govern ment was organized, heads of depart ments received 33,600 per annum salary. The principal Secretaries who formed Washington's first Cabinet were: Of State, Thomas Jefferson ; of the Treas nry, Alexander Hamilton ; of War, Oen. Knox; Attorney General, Edmond Ran dolph. Tan heaviest loss inflicted upon the American arms in any battle of the Rev olutionary war was at the battle of ljongfIsland —2,000 in killed. Wounded and prisoners. Bat 10,000 Americans were engaged, an 1 the loss was only 20 per cent. At the Battle of Huhbardton, Vt., 700 patriots engaged 1,200 British troops, and 321 were killed or wounded —pearly 50 per cent At Guilford Court House, Gen. Greene lost 1,200 out of 4,400—a loss of 30 per cent. xelTjOw uananoa come irom Jamaica and Aspiuwall, and the red bananas from Cuba. The yellow bananas sell the best because they grow more to tho bunch. A bunch of yellow bananas averages about ten dozen, and sometimes they average as high as twelve dozen, while the led bananas seldom run over five dozen. The bunches are sold at about the same price, so the retailers can off rd to sell the yellow ones for less and still make a better profit than they rau on the red ones. The flavor of the banana depends greatly on the soil in which it is raised. The English guinea was so called be cause the gold of which it was first made was brought from Guinea bv an African trading company. Originally it was in tended that the guinea should be worth 20 shillings, but, owing to a number of errors in calculating the proportion of the value of gold and silver, it never circulated at that value. Sir Isaac New ton fixed the true value of the guinea, in relation to silver, at 20 shillings 8 pen-e, and, by his advice, the crown proclaimed that in future it should be current at 21 shillings. The hanging gardens of Babylon con sisted of an artificial mountain 400 feet on each side, rising by successive ter races to a height which overtopped the waits of the oity. The terraces them selves were formed of a succession of piers, the tops of which were covered by fiat stones sixteen feet long and four feet wide. Upon these were spread beds of matting, then a thick layer of bitumen covered with thick sheets of lead. Upon this solid pavement earth was heaped, some of the piers being hol low, so as to afford depth for the roots of the tallest trees. Water was drawn from the river !p irrigate these gardens, which thus presented to the eye the ap pearance of a mountain covered in verd ure. ^ The day npon which any historical event referring to the Christian era hap pened may be determined by the follow ing rule: 1. Subtract 1 from the date and divide the remainder liy 400. 2. Point off the centuries from thrrresnlt ing remainder aud divide the odd years by 4 3. multiply the resulting quo tient by 5 and to the product add the re mainder. 4 Fromthe sum subtract twice the number of centuries pointed off and divide the remainder by 7. 5. Add the resulting remainder to the day of the year upon which the event happened and divide the sum by 7. C. To the last resulting remainder add 1. Then will the sum be the number of the day of the week required. When the first qnotient is zero, or when it is 1 and the centuries pointed off 8, unless there be a remain der, to avoid negative results, add 27 to the date instead of Subtracting 1 from it TRADE AND COMMERCE. The Chicago Tribune publishes a full report of the trade of Chicago for the year 1880. The totals are as follows : Produce trade, *812, 000,000; wholesale, *361,800,000 ; manufacture!!, *285,000,000—total, *961,500,000; being a gaiu of 17 per cent, over 1879. During the vear there were 7,059,191 hogs reoceived, of win h 6.700,001 were i illed in the city; 1,382,397 Head of cattle were received, tbe value of the live stock received being *139,900,000, In manufactures the fig ures for 1880 compare with those of 1879 as follows: _ 1879. 1880. No. of workmen. 80,000 91,000 Paid for wages.$ 80.000,000 $ 89,000,000 Cap tal empt ycd. 78,000,1,00 es,'00,000 Vuma of products. 248,000,000 285,000,000 Tne Denver (Col.) Aries prints (he following statistics of the trade of lhat city for 188): Business of Denver for Ihe year, *52,300,000; value of new buildings erected during tbe year, 83,517,000; manufactures, *5,783,000; total, 801.6UO.oni); an increase over 1879 of *19.100,000. The deatb-rate of the city during tne year was 14 7-10 per 1,00 Moan annual temperature, 47; the warmest day, 96 degiets: oddest, 13 txhw. Daring the year there were 169 clear days, 173 iair or partly cear. and 44 cloudy; total rainfall, 9.49 inches, being 6>£ below the av erage. Tbe bnibon shipped from Colorado during tbe tear amounted 10 *22.500,000. Statistics of lhe commerce of St. Louis for tho year 1b80: Bank clearings, *1,442,918,938, against *1.119,468,266 last yiar; receipts of wuest, 19,909,202 bushels, against 17.093,362; raw ijits of corn, 22,228,157, against 13,300,036; oats, 5,377,078, against 5,18.2.165; rye and bar ley, 3,005.500. against 2,514,23m total receipts of grain, 50,629,910. against 38,001.898 for me previous year. Receipts of cattle, 421,720, against 470,654; bogs, 1,839,684, agamst 1,702,724; sheep, 205,909, against 182,648. The statistics of manufacturers of Des Monies, Iowa, iortheyear show a total product valued at *9,4:41,630; a wholesale and jobbing trade of *10,740,952 ; retail trade, *6,976,445; grain and produoe, *2,665,100; coal, *1,055, 850 ; pork p icking, *2,456,000. Statistics justitv tbe claim of Peoria that the business of that city has quadrupled within the past tbiee years, aggregate being nearly *400, 000.ouo against » 99.000,18,1) iu 1877. The Council Bluffs Nonpareil publishes a re view of lhe Lusiness improvement aud growth of that city for 1880, showing that over 700 buildings havu been t reefed, and improve ments made amounting to *522,285. This does not include any publio buildings or State imi rovements. The Way to Preserve lee. During illness ice is generally need ed in the sick room. The following method of preserving it is highly recom mended. and it is certainly worth try ing : Cut a piece of flannel about nine inches sqnarc and secure it by a liga ture round the month of an ordinary tumbler, so ns to leave a cup-shaped depression of flannel within the tumbler to about half its depth. In the flannel cup so constructed, pieces of ice maybe preserved many hours; all the longer if a piece of flannel four to five inches square to be used as a loose cover to the ice-cup. Cheap flannel with compara tively open meshes is pr» ferable, as water easily drains through it, and ice is thus kept quite dry. When good flan nel with close texture is employed, a small hole must ho made in the bottom " *Aal/ “ of the flannel enp, otherwise it koidslHe « water and facilitates the melting of the :■**; ice. Placed in a cup of thin kind, two ounces of ice has been known to last nine or tetyjnutA^^^BB!aa^ ' • NEBRASKA SEWS. ' ' Fukost wants a pork-pecking cstab- r. liahment^ . " A raw hotel has been started at Fonue, Dixon county. Black-tailed dear are plentiful in Nuokolls county. „ Nafonbb wants some one to start a creamery in that place. Pawsbu’Citt is now connected with the outer world by telegraph. ... The number of buildings erected in Grand Island this year is 1ST. Fabmkbs’ alliances are being rapidly formed throughout the Stats. Antelope oounty is aiain warring over the location of the county seat The young ladies of Arbenvill ’, Osco oli county, are organizing a brass band. People are hauling wood across the Missouri on the ice at various points on the river. A baud of Omaha Indians gave a war' donee near Albion, Boone county, due day last week. Ninetv-six bushels of com to the acre was raised on the Thayer county poor farm last year. An Otoe county fanner raised 116J bushels of corn irom an acre, as at- t tested by several witnesses. The coal banks in Pawnee county aro furnishing about all the coal that is burned in several counties in Kansas. The Fremont Herald soys that Fre mont ships more porkers than any town along the Union Pacific railroad or brunches, - ; t Fbed E. Dewiso, of Sewnrd, a young man not yet 21 years old, has been ad mitted to the practice of law.in the courts of the State of Nebraska. A large mole mountain non was killed last week on Brady'* island, in the Platte. This is the third killed in the neighborhood within three weeks. A vehdict of carelossness on the part of the railroad officials or employes was rendered in the case of Paul Brooks, killed by the B. & M. oars at Lincoln, The North Platte Republican com plains that there are a lot of characters in that town who every winter commit some petty act so that they can be sent to jail and there be supported for tho season, I’kof. Walbacs, formerly the princi pal of the Ponca school, has been ap pointed by' the Commissioners of Dixon county to the offioe of County Superin tendent of Publio Instruction, in place of Mr. Palmer, resigned. A statement that “ uiueteeti deaths have occurred in Steele C.ty, during the lirst two weeks of last mouth, from ty phoid fever,” is denied. Counting every death that has occurred in Steele City during the past two years, from'all r causes, the number does not exceed fif teen. Postoffice changes in Nebraska dur ing the week ending Deo, 18, 188J: Jnstmastcn Appointed—Bethel, Mer rick county, Win. H. Crites; Cambridge, Furnas county. J. W. Edgerton ; Cen tral City, Merrick county, Wm. E. Letcher; David City, Butler county, A. F. Coon. At Greeley, last week, during the blizzard, a farmer, while crossing tho ' bridge, was fitted by the wind clear over the railing of the bridge, together with the wagon-box of brush on which he was ridiug, and landed on the ice below, some twenty feet down tho river. He was picked up insensible. A OALAMiTT visited tho town of Wil ber, Saline county, the other night, in the shape of a fire, which burned a large portion of the business. part of the town. The fire broke out in a saloon by the explosion of u/ kerosene lamp, and in lessjhau an heJu thirtceivnf the_ business houses wt#> in ashes. The loss is estimated at^25,000. Insured for about $10,000. The University Begents were in ses sion lust week at Lincoln. President J. 8. Gregory, of the Illinois Industrial College, is to deliver the next com mencement address. Judge Savage; of Omaha, alternate, will memorialize tho Legislature for $25,000 for ending and finishing the medical laboratory ; $10, 000 to improve the agricultural farms; $3,000 to establish law schools; $7,000 for a medical school. Mr. Moreen is continued in the preparatory depart ment; Prof. Colleen, formerly of Cor nell College, Iowa, Professor of Chem istry ; Mrs. Dearborn was made Teacher of Elocution. B .•solutions of respect to the late Prof. Coljcen were adopted. Resolutions complimentary to the mili tary department mid one supporting Chancellor Fairfield were passed. Population of (lie suite IIy Counties. The following statement exhibits tho results of (.he first count of population in Nebraska, according to the scheduled returned to tho census office by tho enumerators of the several districts con cerned. “Indians not taxed,”..i. e., ’Indians in tribal relations, under the cure of the Government, aro not in cluded : COUNTIES. 4d»10M. Bonne. Buffa'o. Burt. Built .. C«> f .. t'-iiKitr. Dakota. Dawson.. 11 .. I> dge.. imutrias. Fillmore. Frontier.. Furnas. . Gosper. irduf.V .lamilton.. Ha>es.. Hitchcock. Holt. II m-ard. Jefferson. ■) hii' Oii.. Kearney... -... Keith. Knox... Lancaster. Lincoln. Madison. Merrick. .Nemaha.. Nuckni a.. Pawnee. Patte. p.k. lied Willow.. llichardson.. *■ ' i-py. Saunders.. Sherman. Stanton.. Washington. Webster. Wheeler. York.. Unorganized terri T *tal. lo,2 i 3,953 4.17 7,53 6,937 9,191 16,684 2,892 0 1 11,294 6 5,677 2,21 3 VI ?,«oa 4,177 11,2t>3| 37,6»« 37; 10,00*1 6,465| ! 3* 6 4V 13,164 1,«7: 1,4*1 8,573 8.267 6,0.45 110 1.012 3,2 ->7 4,39! 8 090 7,597 4,072 194 3,66» 28,' 9 3 632 6.589 6,34 1 212 10,4 »1 4, *35 16.7 6,920 2,44" I, 203 9,511 6,846 3,044 16,028 14,491 4,481 15,809 II, 147 2,061 6.*9 I, 813 6,113 2,324 8,631 813 7,108 6141 II, 170 2,913 *52,432 6.683 2,203 2, -93 4,136 3. s4o 4,90. 9,380 1,56.’ 5* 1,04. 6,104 3,47. 3,-77 1/06 1,74s 1.6.2 2.18 • 6,057 21,*22 3 r,630 2.93. 641 3,680 7,148 941! 8321 4,8 8 4,497 3,436 7*. 6*M 1,846 2,246 43 9 4,131 2,319 144 2,021 15/9 6i 2.18;*! 3,i Oil V»M 683) 5,596 2,399 8,429 3,656 1, 63 708 6,14* 2,694 1,795 8,100, 7,742 2,501 8,43 5,1* 1,1V. 675 ! 68 3,359 1,326 4,666 464 3,876 374 6,018 4,6.72 1,75 1,777 3, 95 3.097 4.292 7.304 1,337 1 51 6,190 3,11* 2,000 903 1,4 1,267 1,997 5.20<. 16,417 1,627 613 89. 1,2'4 1,461 2,- 27 2,543 885 4 341 2 85/* 2,64V 2,207 237 lift) 466 70 3,638 12,1.1 8 1,817 8*6 79s 1,9» 16 267 1 .1,536 8i7 17 2 0 681 1,1 ’7 0 1,19 M "35 6 1 18 5 2J 46 6 42 6 15 88 4 11 53 "H 858 4.674 2,518 391 2.827 6,016 732 629 3,765 3,770 2,6*9 411 1,441 1.946 8,698 3.-6. 1.75 60 1,645 12,424. 6,0 3,443 fi M 2/>23j 1,453 2,491 »«8 629 187 4.946 1,19 1,8361 456 7,3U I 2,914 3,2641 999 1,084! 9 1 495t 423 4,369 3,821 26 , 6 25 21 U 25 3,152 1,249 6,922 6,740 1,97; 7,379 5,023 902 124 845 2,73* 998 3,963 319 8,232 270 S,l&2 2,263 648 333 2 2192275 2^157 97.39*'12,627 1,88 273 1,998 3,62 *7! 8,* 83 1,* 62 46 137 652 83-2 289 1,770 1*3 98 101 1,071 I 65 6*2 6 6 14 1 90 175 6 2 1 93 8 10 13 37 20 1 5 •Inc ud ng, in the State, IH Chinese and 23Hndi us and hah-1 mda; in Ctd»r county, 6 lm f-breed udians: in Cuming. 38 Indians: in Dakot*, 3 Indi an; in D dee, 1 Ind'an; in Dougins, 14 Chine e nd 37 Indians; in Gosper, 6 Indiana and hull reeds: in Jefferson, 1 half-breed Indian; in Knrx, I Indians and ha f-braerta; in Lam aster, 4Uiiu«« 1 Indians; in Nemaha, 7 Indians; iu llichard n, 2 Indims; in Sarpy, 0 Indiana; ia Biota, 69 aud iuii-brouls.