TEIBUNE.
F. M. & E. M. KljniKIX , Pubs.
McCOOK , NEI
OVER TEESTATE.
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CONSIDERATION OP COMPLAINTS. In Au-
( ustlate the railway commissioners made
a trip over the B. & M. road , and notified
Manager Holdregeof the work they thought
desirable. Recently the commissioners re
ceived the following letter of information
fro ill Mr. Holdrege , stating his action on
their recommendations :
Crete Plans have been made , and it is
our intention tq add to the waiting room.
Wo have proposed to the city to join in
opening Rhode Island avenue , but have as
yet received no answer to our proposition.
We cannot at present arrange to run the
train from the south to the south side o !
the depot , as ib vrould interfere with the
freight truck for unloading freight at the
company's warehouse.
Dewitt The crossing south of town has
been put iii.
Wilbur A well has besn put in at the
stock yards.
Syracuse It is the intention to enlarge
the depot and stockyards as soon as prac
ticable.
Dunbar The agent has been instructed
to place cars on that portion ; of the side
track accessible to teams. The complaint
arose from the fact that proper care had
not been exercised in this respect before.
Ri vert on The stock yards pump has
been repaired.
Franklin A new depot will be built in
1S8G , and will belocated where the citizens
desire it if land ran bu obtained. Rates
from Riverton , Franklin and neighboring
points on grain add hogs are the same as
from corresponding stations on the Kansas
Pacific road.
Bloomington Water facilities at the
stock yards have been fixed , and the yards
will be extended as soon as the business
justifies it.
Alma The stock yards pump has "been
repaired. The depot will be enlarged when
work of this kind at points where the de
mand is more imperative has been com
pleted.
Arapahoe The stock yards pump has
been repaired. The question of enlarging
the depot will be carefully investigated.
Cambridge The stock yards have been
enlarged and witter put in. The crossing
on Fourth street doos not now seem to be
required by the public , as there is a cross
ing immediately west of Fourth street.
Indianola A track to the mill has been
put in.
Axtell The stock yards has been sup
plied with water.
Hnrtwell The crossing east of town has
been repaired. There is no cause for com
plaint about comparative rates at Kene-
BOW.
BOW.Minden The rate of hogs to Denver is
higher from Mindon than from Axtell , for
the reason that the regular tariff provides
for a higher rate. On the 1st of January ,
1885 , rates from Nebraska points to Col
orado was made $75 per car west of New
ark and Franklin , and $90 per car from
points east of Newark and Franklin and
west of Germantown , Crete and Wymore.
Formerly the rate was $100 per car from
points in Nebraska. The present arrange
ment would , therefore , seem to be a fair
one.
one.Kenesaw Therrossinghas been widened ,
and a well put in at the stock yards.
Complaints as to price of Canon Gty
coal. No Colorado coal mines are owned
or operated by the B. & M. R. railroad. All
Colorado coal shipped over the B. & M.
Voad come from mines upon the Denver &
Rio Grande railway or Union Pacific rail
way , and the price is entirely in the hands
of the coal companies. The B. & M. receives
an average rate upon Colorado coal of only
four-tenths of a cent per ton per mile. Iowa
coal is also hauled at alow rate , averaging
only nine-tenths of a cent per ton per mile.
In the transportation of Jowa coal it is
necessary to haul empty coal cars east , as
but few of the mines ure prepared to load
box cars. The importance of cheap fuel
will be kept in view by the B. it M. road.
Lumber rates The complaint about
lumber rates has been caused by a local
fight among the dealers at Kearney Junc
tion.
tion.Kearney Junction The stock yards well
lias been repaired.
Juniata The water closet will be re
moved to a less conspicuous place. The
stock yards will be movedand repaired in
188G. ' "
Hastings Arrangements have been made
to extend the depot. A proposition has
been made to the citizens to oppn the
streets suggested by the commissioners ,
-which has not been accepted.
"WoNDEits OP WYOMING. Mr. 0. B. Sel-
den , one of the oldest settlers of this region ,
and for thirty years a resident of Omaha ,
is home from an extended trip into eastern
"Wyoming , in the neighborhood of Fort Fet-
termanM.r. _ Seden ] J8 an enthusiast upon
"the great resources ol the new territory ,
whither three railroads are running their
steel as rapidly as it can be accomplished.
He leaves within a day or two. accompa
nied by his wife , to take up permanent resi
dence near a mica mine lie has secured , six
teen miles west of Fort Fettcrman. He
has with him here a quantity opspecimens
of the resources of the region.'which arc
truly surprising. To a reporter he showed
some copper ore which affords the bonanza
yield of 55 per cent copper and $2,000 sil
ver to the ton.
"It is a wonderful country , " said he , as
lie displayed his sample treasures. "Look
at this silver ore which yields 30 per cent.
Here is some coal which outcrops pn a hill
side and is mined as easily as you dig out a ,
gravel pit. Its quality is perfect. Gaze on
this mica which is my pet , and then under
stand that In my claim in Waring Canon , a
perpendicular cleft in the rocks 700 feet
high and 10 feet wide reveals this valuable
mineral to the eye. Then here is a piece of
the incrustation's formed on the surface of
the exposed oil basins which cover the re
gion perfect lakes of petroleum for miles.
This crust , which is formed by the light
and heat , varies from three to seven
feet in thickness and yields to the
pick and shovel like garden sod. It
covers the surface of these lakes like
a sheet of ice and covers the millions ol
money which a few phort months will see
realized in that county. All that.is needed
now is railways , cheap means of transpor
tation.When I tell you that there are
men who pack ores mule-back more than
one hundred and fifty miles over to the
Union Pacific stations and still make
money , you will understand what wealth
will bij obtainable there when the iron high
ways are laid to the scene. The North
western is pushing along through Dakota ,
the Union Pacific is preparing to throw out
a spur .from itsmiaiii line , and the B. _ & M.
has already surveyed two hundred miles of
line toward the region from Grand Island.
A few short months will see that now al
most uninhabited country teeming with
population and throbbing with commercial
> - * . life. My advice to young enterprise is to
.pack up"and get there among the first.
fOmaha Bee.
' aOSCELLANEOlTS STATE MATTERS.
BEN HOOAS is maang a good many con
versions at Kearney , where "he has been
evangelizing lor some time. ,
DURING the month o ! January Douglas
county's coalbill for the poor was $919.62.
A CHADRON special says : Thonttts H
Casey , the former driver of , tlie stage , whose
recent robbery has excited considerable in
terest , has been arrested here on the charge
of being the robber and concealing the
money. Some recent developments show
strong evidence against him. The detec
tives have been on his track for some time
anel feel certain that they havocorneredthc
right man. Fall & Spargner of this place
have been engaged as attorneys for the de
fense.
A FIRE at Chester destroyed the fine new
dwelling house of Mr. Drallinger. Loss ,
$3,000 ; insurance , half.
THE coming summer in Nebraska , sayj-
the Lincoln Journal , promises to boone ol
trouble. In the auditor's office the other
day clerks were arranging to send out cer
tificates to neary 5,000 insurance * agents ,
giving them authority to talk every other
man they meet into untimely fevers.
A LINCOLN father found his daughter in
an Omaha house of ill-fame , and , with aid
of the authorities , took her home. She ,
however , says she will return to a life ol
shame as soon as she can make her escape.
A WAYWARD young-girl at Lincoln at
tempted suicide the other day by taking
Rough on Rats. She was rescued from
death by the aid of a doctor's stomach
pump , but now declares her unalternb'.e
purpose to commit suicide at the first
opportunity.
A FALLS CITY special pays : About 1 a.m
Saturday the citizens of this city wen
aroused by the report that a mob was ii
the treasurer's office appropriating the
county money , after the Jesse James style
The court house was surrounded by r
guard and a messenger dispatched for the
democratic treasurer , W. A. Greenwald
who "with bated beath" soon arrived or
the spot with his office keys , when re
volvers were drawn , doors unlocked , and
everything in the office undisturbed.
Mil. L. D. DENT , a. prominent and much
beloved citizen of Hastings , died last week
of typhoid fever. His dying request was
that lie should be buried at sundown , and
his wishes in this respect were carried out.
AN Omaha young man became of age one
day last week , and at the same time came
into possession of an estate valued at
$110.000. He was determined to celebrate
the eynnt in a becoming manner , and pro-
needed to do so by becoming gloriously
drunk. At night he was in such a condition
that he was carried home limp and uncon
scious in a hack to his fond relatives. If
he will only keep this up the $110,000 will
soon be well distributed among thesaloon
men.
C. C. RIWELL marketed a hog in Fullerton
last week that weighed 770 pounds.
THE annual meeting of the State Sports
men's association will be held in Omaha in
June. The tournament of the Omaha club
will also be held at the same time , and
sportsmen from all over this state and
Iowa are expected to be in attendance.
The tournament will either be held at the
driving park or the athletic park and will
last four days. The sportsmen of Omaha
are very enthusiastic over the matter and
propose to make it a grand success in every
particular.
THE West Point Progress says that at
the sale of the Butter and Cheese nssoeia
tion property lasfcThursday , a full-blooded
Jersey cow that cost $325 on the other
side of the big pond , was knocked down to
Al. Beemer for $35. She was 'twelve years
old.
FARMERS who had good , comfortable
shedding for stock pulled through the bit-
ber cold and snows of January much better
than those who had not. They met with
; ew losses and their cattle did not shrink.
Would that every farmer was able to pro
vide good stabling.
G. "W. COLLINS , says the Blair Republi
can , lives out east of town nearly a mile.
Last Sunday his team , harnessed to a pair
of "bobs , " was left standing at the door ,
its only occupant a little girl with a
dog in her arms. She was left alone a mo
ment , when the horses started at a tre
mendous pace toward Blair , over a rough
road. A man on a horse started after
them , expecting every moment to find the
wrecked sled and the bruised body of the
child , but when overtaken they were nearly
i mile from , the point of starting. The
team had kept the road and the little mis-3
aughed and paid she "held fast to her dog
'or fear he would get hurt. "
Tun Knights of Labor propose to boy-
tott all merchants who sell the Stetson hat
unel hare given notice to this effect. The
agent was recently in Omaha endeavoring
to secure orders , and it is rumored he was _
successful to some extent.
THE first installment of caisson men
have arrived at Rulo , preparatory to com
mencing work on the bridge there.
A TEi.EORAM from Lincoln says the birth
of a new railraad project is formally an
nounced by the filing of the articles incor
porating it with the secretary of state.
The name under which the road is incor
porated is the Omaha and North Platte
railroad company , and that it is some
thing more than a paper railroad is evident
from the following names which appear
upon the articles of incorporation : G. W.
Holdrcge , J. G. Taylor , 0. D.Dorman , C.J.
Greene , and P. S. Eustis of Omaha , in the
state of Nebraska , and J. D. Macfarland
and" T. M. Marquette ol Lincoln.
OMAHA has a candidate for the reform
school in the person of a twelve-year old
boy named Smithberg , who , after robbing
the money drawer of a merchant several
times , has Been detected ia .the act and
arrested.
THE G. A. R. post at Ev.-ing gave an enter
tainment and realized $148 from it.
TiiE'Filzgcrald hose company'has gono to
the New Orleans finsinen's tournament , and
are hopeful c.I bringing tack some of the
best prizes.
LINCOLN is last becoming agreat railroad
center. Tht > Burlington and Missouri sends
out six arms to as many points of the com-
'pass. The Union Pacific two , and the Mis
souri Pacific and Northwestern are con
structing lines thitherward , wi h all the
new corporations to hear from.
A SiDNEYSpecialsaysthatSheriff Eubank
arrested John Butler at the head of Snake
creek , 100 miles north , charged with the
murder of Frank McNealy in Mason , Texas ,
on a requisition of the governor of Texas.
Butler offered resistance but was captured
after a short struggle. The authorities of
Texas have been notified.
DANIEL MCKEEGAN , unmarried , 55 years
old , was instantly killed five miles west oi
Bancroft by his team running away.
THE Stella postofiice has been fixed up
into one of the finest offices in the South
west Nebraska.
COUNTERFEIT silver coins have been cir
culating quite extensively in and about
Tekamah.
WILL HAVENS shot an American eagle
last week about eight milesnorthwest of
Albion. It measured six feet seven inches
from tip to tip and weighed eleven pounds.
ABOCT 100,000''yarup of paving will be
done in Omaha this year.
BEN HOG AN-has inaugurated a series o
meetings at Fremont , where he is nightlj
talking to large audiences.
A SCHOOL teacher in Douglas county ha
been complained of by the authorities foi
various misdemeanors. It is qaid the bip
boj-s after running the school at their own
sweet will have all quit. It is said that the
teacher is utterly helpless , and was driven
to the cxpediment of carding a big , forty-
live calibre pistol which he laid on his desk ,
and flourished threatiiigly. when he wanted
to command order.
AN Orleans correspondent writes that
' 'though not so often heard of in the great
dailies of the state as many places , yet il
uny tq'wnvof its size in the state can show
more valuable improvements and elegant
buildings , it is yet to be named. "
BUFFALO BILL , whose name is familiar in
Nebraska , is casting about for big Indian
celebrities to travel with his "Wild West' '
ehow this year.
Tun law and order league of Lincoln is
still after the saloon-keepers and is making
things decidedly warm for some of them.
FIVE years ago Josiah Rogers left Ne
braska City without a red. He planted
himself on a faun near Syracuse , and went
to work with a determination to earn a
home and a competence. A recent inven
tory of his worldly goods netted 1,02-
acres of land-\utli machinery , houses , etc. ,
i.ll valued at $17,500.
CENTRAL CITY has also had a "sleeping
beauty , " who dosed for ninety-eight hours ,
being conscious all the time of her sur
roundings but unable to move a muscle.
FAIRMONT has a few destitute famjlies , in
whose behalf the citizens are talking of giv
ing a , charity ball.
THE water from the school-house well at
Friend has been .subjected to a chemical
analysis and found to contain a very large
percentage of impurities , which accounts in
a great manner for the sickness among the
school children of the place.
T. W. HARVEY , the well-known Chicago
lumber man and the proprietor of .the fa
- stock farm in Otoe
mous Tiu-lington coun
ty , has purchased about $40,000 worth of
property in Omaha and will establish a
wholesale lumber business there on a large
scale.
THERE are two lady insurance agents in
Nebraska : Mrs. A. A. Dow , of Oxford , Fur-
nas county , and Mrs. Fannie O'Linn , of
Sheridan , Dawes county.
THE contract for grading the first thirty-
one miles of the Lincoln extension of the
Elkhorn Valley road out of Fremont has
been let and must be completed by June 1.
0. B. SELDEN , of Omaha , has become
heavily interested in the mines anel miner
als of Wyoming , especially the mica mines ,
which give promise of wonderful returns.
MR. and Mrs. Andrew Towle , of AuDurn ,
celebrated their golden wedding on the 12th.
THE Grand Army reunion for this year
has been located at Grandlsland. General
Thayer , of Grand Island , was elected de
partment commander ; General G. M.
O'Brien , of Omaha , seniorvice-commandcr ;
Col. Morrill , of Falls City ; junior vice-com-
majider. The present medical directorand
chaplain were re-elected. Delegates to the
national encampment are : SamB. . Jones
of Omaha , Colonel Cariff of Lincoln , R. B.
Fulton of Red Cloud , R. J. N. Edwards of
Seward. M. W. Stone of Wahoo , J. Os-
borne of Blair ; delegate at large , H. A. Al-
lie of Omaha.
Two nusoNEHS broke jail at Fairbury
last week. One of them is 20 years old ,
with smooth face , dark complexion , fleshy ,
0 feet 10 inches tall , dressed in black coa't
and hat , blue cotton shirt , new jean pants ,
and wears a No. 7 shoe. The other one is
named Frank Wilson , and is about the
same age and height , of slim binld , and
dressed about the ha me as his companion.
Both of them were in jail forhorse stealing.
A rewarel of $25 is offered for the appre
hension of either or $50 for both.
THE grand jury in session at Omaha re
turned an indictment against John W.
Lauer , superintendent of the Omaha Nail
works , charging him with murder in the
first degree. Lauer is the man who shot
anel killed his wife in November , daiming
lie mistook her for a burglar. His trial
will take place at once.
Tun population of Fairfield has grown
'rom 800 two years ago to 1,390 at the *
pre&ent time.
THE G. A. R : boys of Waverly are making
arrangements for a big time at that place
at an early day.
FREMONT was scorched to the extent of
$11,000 a few days ago.
OMAHA'S law and order league is after the
aw-breaking sinners red hot. Many have
jeen before the courts and others are to ba
muled up from day to day.
HOTT SA3 [ JOKES
Forty Thousand People Turned Jiu-ay from
a Meeting in Cincinnati ,
An extraordinary scene took place at
Music hall , Cincinnati. It was the closing
night of the meetings of Sam Jones and
Sam Smith. The services were to begin at
7:30. At G o'clock when the doors wero
opened over GOCO , people were pressing for
admission and in five minutes sifter G every
seat iii lhe hall was taken. Then the stage
was pa'cked until the people , among them u
woman , sat on the front edge. Eight thou
sand people were packed in the house. The
Adeon adjoining was also packed full.
Small prcac'iied. At 7 o'clock , when Dr.
Joyce made his way to the stage , he said
he had entered witli great difficulty ; that
the front of the hall was packed with peo
ple vainly trying to enter , and that the
streets for three squares were a solid mass
of people. He was'sure that 25,000 people
hael tried to enter Music hall. Fifteen min
utes later another minister arrived and
said thero were 30,000 unable to get in.
Ten minutes later" Sam Jones appeareel
and said n policeman had told him there
were 40,000 people in and . about Music
hall. Jonespreacheel to an attentive audi
ence. He goes home now to rest and iii two
weeks begins preaching in Chicago.
THE KAILWAY XHWS. A new publication ,
the Railway News , has made its appear
ance in Omaha. It is published in the in
terest of railway employes , cpd each week
gives a vast amount qf information to this
class of readers. Correspondents are scat
tered in all sections of the west , and their
regular contributions , together with edi
torial , general comment and miscellaneous
selections , make the publication indispen
sable to every man who lives , moves and
has a being in railroad circles. It is man
aged by the Railway News Poblishing Com
pany , and is furnished at the following sub
scription rates : One year , $1.50 ; six
months , $1.00 ; three months , 50 cents.
Scud for a sample copy.
JL VTLFJi 3IURDERER JETtryO.
Chas. Herman was hanged at Buffalo , N.
5T. , on the 12th. The crime for which Her
man was executed was the killing of his
wile , whom he charged with infidelity.
Three days elapsed before the discovery of
the crime. Herman was a native of Prus
sia and 42 years old. He lived in Chicago
some time , but went to Buffalo nine years
" " *
ago.
SES8ATIONAL SZAHDER SUIT.
At Augustus , Me. , after a three days'
"trial , Mrs. Mary F. McFarland , of Hoi-
lowell , was awarded $9,812 in a $50OQO
slander suit , against George F. Fisher , ol
Augusta. The trial was the most sensa
tional ever known in that city. The claim
of the plain tiff was to the effect that Fisher
at divers times and places during the year
1885 Ubed insulting and indecent language
to her and aboutlier.assertingthatshehad
committed aelultery with different residents
of Hollo well , and that she was a notorious
woman. She is 45 years of age , of a repul
sive appearance and is separated from her
husband. She has been continually putting
herself in Fisher's way ; but was spurned'by
him. On the stand she said that she had
become cstrayed from her husband because
of the vile insinuations against wifely honor
by Fisher and she reluctantly brought suit
for the purpose of proving her innocence.
LEGISLATIVE yEfTS AND KOTES.
A Record of Proceedings in Bitli Branches
of the U. S. Canaress.
HOUSE. Feb. 13. Dunham , on behalf ol
the committee on commerce , called up'auei
the house passed the bill authorizing the
Mississippi Water Power and Boom com
pany of Minnesota to construct a dam
across the Mississippi river. On motion ol
Tucker the house bill authorizing the treas
urer of the United States in his discretion ,
anel with consent of the secretary of the
treasury , to appoint one of his clerks to
discharge the duties of treasurer or assist
ant treasurer in the event of illness or ab
sence of cither of those officers , was taken
up and passed. In the committee of the
whole the pending business in. the morning
hour was a motion to table the motion to
reconsider the vote by which the house on
Thursday passecl the bill authorizing na
tional banks io increase their capital stock
and change theirloc : > tion and names. The
motion to reconsider was tabled ayes ,
115 ; nays , 94. The Fitz John Porter bill
was discussed , after vhich the house ad
journed.
SENATE , Feb. 15. Senator Van Wyck
submitted an amendment to the house bill
to increase pensions of widows and depen
dent relatives of deceased soldiers anel
Bailors , providing that minor children shall
receive $5 per month when one parent is
deceased , and $10 when both parents are
deceased ; that the pensionable age bo ex
tended to 18 years ; and that fathers and
mothers shall only be required to prove
dependence at the time of the application
for pension. Senator Van Wyck , from the
committee on public lands , reported favor
ably , the bill to establish two additional
land districts in the state of Nebraska , and
authorizing the president to appoint regis
ters and receivers therefor. Senator Cou
gar , from the committee on po = toffices anel
postroads , reported favorably the bill
granting to Mrs. Julia D. Grant the frank
ing privilege. Passed. Arcsolutionoffereel
by Senator Manelerson was agreed to call
ing on the secretary of the interior to in
form the senate what hael been granted to
land grant railroads anel the number paid
for. On motion of Senator Dawes the sen
ate took up anel passeel the bill reporteel
from the committee on Indian affnirs for
the relief of mission Indians in California.
A message from the president was laid be
fore the senate transmitting a letter of the
secretary of the interior with the elraft of a
bill providing for the sale of the Sac and
Fox Indian reservations in Nebraska and
Kansas.
HOUSE , Feb. 15. Mr. Hanback intro
duced a bill for a most sweeping inquiry
concerning the charges made reflecting on
the integrity and official action of certain
omcers of the government in connection
with the Pan-Electric Telephone company.
Under the call of the states the following
bills , etc. , were introeluceel anel referred :
By Mr. Morrison , to reduce tariff taxes ; by
Mr. Uanback , a resolution calling for the
appointment of a special committee con
sisting of eleven members of this house to
make inquiry into any expenditure on the
part of the government incurrcel relative to
the rights of the Bell and Pan-Electric Tele
phone companies to priority of patents ;
said inquiry to include all organizations or
companies that have sprung out of the
Pan-Eiectric Telephoned company , or for
any other purpose ; and also to make full
inquiry into the issuance of stock known
as the Pan-Electric Telephone stock , or
any othercompany , companies or organiza
tion springing ont of the Pan-Electric Tele
phone company , to any persem or persons
connected with either the legislative , judi
cial or executive department of the govern
ment of the United States , to whom , when ,
where , and in what amount , anel for what
consielcration in money , or influence , said
stock was delivered.
SENATE , Feb. 1G. The credentials of the
re-election of Senator A. P. Gorman were
presented by Wilson and were read ahd
filed. A memorial was presented by Plumb
from the legislature of Kansas praying con
gress to provide for the right of way for
railroads through Indian Territory. Mer
rill , from the commitee ! on finance , roport-
eel favorably the house bill providing that
the treasurer of the United States may ,
with the consent of the trnasury , authorize
the assistant troasuidi- act in his place ,
n.jJ that in the necessary absence of either ,
11 ; j treasurer , with like consent , may desig
nate a clerk of the treasury department to
be acting assistant treasurer. The bill was
called forth by an existing emergency in the
treasury department. An amendment was
adopted providing that tl > o powers con
tained in the bill should expire in sixty
days. The educational bill was discussed
without definite action.
HOUSE , Feb. 1C. Mr. James , from the
committee on coinage , weights anel meas
ures , reporteel adversely on Blanel's bill for
the free coinage of silver and it was placeel
on the calendar. Mr. Bland obtained leave
to file a minority report , and stated the
house woulel be asked to consider the bill
nc the earliest opportunity. Mr. Laird ,
[ rom the committee on military affairs , re
ported the bill authorizing the presielent to
raise a regiment of volunteer cavalry in
New Mexico and Arizona to suppress In-
tlian hostilities. Mr. Rigs reported back
the bill compelling all vessels of the Uniteel
States to carry mail to and from foreign
ports when offered to them by officers of
the United States. Mr. J. M. Tayle > r ic-
ported adversely the bill granting pensions
to employes of th s postal service who have
been in service for twenty years.
HOUSE , Feb. 17. Mr. Jones , from the
committee on postoffices and postroads ,
reported the bill granting the franking
privilege to Julia D. Grant. Mr. MeRae ,
[ rom the committee on public lands , called
up and the house passed the bill to protect
homesteaders within railway limits. It
provides that all such settlers , restricted
to less than 1GO acres , who make addi
tional entry under the acts of March and
July , 1879 , shall be entitled to have lands
covered by the additional entry without
any further cost or proof of settlement or
cultivation. The house then went into
committee of the whole on the Fitz John
Porter bill. Mr. Laird delivered a care
fully prepared argument in support of the
bill , maintaining that Porter was innocent
of any disloyalty either to Pope or to the
country , and declaring that Porter's ene
mies had createel mountains of clisobedi-
nnce out of mole hills of discretion.and
thattie , ) triijl and conviction of Porter had
been a farce" .
SENATE , Feb. 17. Among the bills intro
duced was one by Senator Morrill in aid o
education in the states. Morrill said In
intended at an early opportunity to ad
dress the senate on the bill , and at his re
quest it was laid on the table for the pres
out. Senator Hoar introduced a bill pro
viding for the erection of a suitable monu
ment at Washington to Gen. Grant. The
bill appropriates $150,000 for the pur
peised indicated , and provides for a com
mission of the three senators anel three
members of the house of representatives tc
contract for the monument. A resolution
offered by Senator Frye was agreed to , cal
ling on the secretary of state for a copyo
the report made by FredcrickRaine , Unite < ]
States consul at Berlin , on the shipping in
terests of Germany. The bill providing foi
the allotment of lands in severalty to In
dians was taken up , but at 2 o'clock it
went over anel the consideration of tlfc
education bill was resumed. Without
much debate the senate agreexl to the
amenclment jiroposeel by the celucation
committee striking out the special appro
priation for school builelings. An amend
ment proposed by Senator Teller was alsc
agreed to without debate , providing thai
none of the money nppropriateel by the
bill bhould be paid to a state until its legis
lature should accept the provision of the
bill. After further discussion but without
definite action the senate adjourned.
Sr.NATi : , Fell. IS. Among the mils intro
duced was one by Senator Bowen to pro
vide for new basis for the circulation ol
national banks. Senator Van Wyck en
tered a motion to reconsider the vote by
which the senate passed the bill granting
the right of way for a railroad through the
lands of the Choclaw anel Uhickasaw In
dians. The education bill was taken up
and Senator Evarts took the floor. He re-
marked that he was heartily in favor ol
the bill , but would not apeak on it if the
senate elesireel to come to a vote. Senator
Blair said that if Evarts was going to
make a speech somebody woulel be sure to
move an adjournment. This remark was
greeted with louel laughteSr , in which Sen
ator Evarts himself heartily joined , anel
the senate wont into executive session and
.BOOH after adjourned.
HOUSE , Feb. 18. Mr. Crisp , from the
committee on Pacific railroads , reported a
bill amending the Pacific railroad acts so
as to compel railroads to pay to the
United States the amount paid by it foi
surveying lands to which they are entitled.
In the morning hour the house resumed
consideration of the bill forfeiting the At
lantic it Pacific lanel grant. The bill was
discussed without any result being reached
until the expiration of the morning hour ,
and then the house went into committee ol
the whole , Mr. Springer in the chair , on the
Fitz John Porter bill. Mr. Bran ? closed
the debate in support of the bill. Mr.
Everhart moved to recommit the bill with
instructions to strikeout the words , "prior
to his appointment under this act , " HO as
to make the proviso reael "saiel Fitz John
Porter shall receive no pay , compensation ,
or allowance whatsoever , " suggesting that
this gave an opportunity for viuelicatin
Porter from any efuestion of money , and
demaneled the yeps and nays. The motion
to recommit was lost yeas 112 , nays 173.
The bill then passed yeas 171. nays 113.
SENATE , Fob. 19. Manelerson offered a
resolution directing the secretaries of state
and war to inquire and report to the sen
ate the facts surrounding the hilling of
Capt. Crawford , said to have been slain on
or about January 10 , 1880 , by Mexican
troops , anel to report what stepsere be
ing taken for the puni.-hinent by the Mexi-
Uin government of tho.se guilty of the al-
eged outrage. Also , whether reparation
inel indemnity should not be made to
Jiose who suffered and an ample explana-
: ion and apology to the United States for
: his apparently gross insult. In offering
he resolution Manelerson saiel it was due
to the United States , not less than to the
relatives of the deceased , that an inquiry
should be made as to the killing of
Capt. Crawford. He reael the official re-
> ort of Lieut. Mans , ? ) f the United States
iriny , on theMibject , and maintained that
f the facts were there correctly set forth
hey constitute a very severe reflection 011
the Mexican troops. Referred to the com-
nittee on foreign relations. Discussion of
lie educational bill took nlace , after which
the senate adjourned.
HOUSE , Feb. 19. Kelly renewed his re
quest to have printed in the Record the re-
iew of the testimonv in the Fitz John Por-
er case prepared by Judge Advocate Holt.
Jragg , who previously objected , said that
is the battle was over , he was in favor of
encral amnesty and would make no ob-
ection. The request wasgranted. Hewitt
ailed up the joint rusolut'on tendering the
hanks of congress to Joseph Francis for
n's life-long services to humanity and his
omitry in the construction anel perfection
of life-saving appliances , and authorizing
-he president to have prepared a gold
nodal to be presented to Mrs. Francis.
? assed. Discussion of the silver coinase
) ill took place , followed by recess until
' " O , the evening session being for consid-
ratiou of pension bills.
R GRANT OF L.IXD.
Tlic Same to lie ( iifen to the Cinnabar anil
Clark's forlt Railroad Company *
The house committee on public lamls has
agreed to report favorably a bill granting
the right of way to the Cinnabar anel
Clark's Fork Railroad company across the
northern border of the Yellowstone Na
tional Park by the nearest practicable
route from Cinnabar ; the Clark's Fork
mining district in Montana , by the way of
Yellowstone river to its junction with the
eastern fork 'of that river ; thence along
East fork to Soda Butte creek ; thence
along that creek to the Clark's Fork min
ing elistrict. The location is te be ap
proved by the secretary e > f the interior ,
subject to the act of congress of March 3.
1875 , granting the right of way through
public lands. The bill provides that the
grant shall not exceed one hundred feet on
each side of the center of the road , except
at such points , not nearer than seven miles
apart , as maybe designated for station ,
buildings , depots , machine shops , side
tracks anel water stations , at which points
spaces 200 feet in width and 2,000 feet in
length are granted. No timber or other
materials for construction of the railroad
are to be cut or taken from any portion of
the Yellowstone park , except within the
right of way. It the road shall not be con
structed and in running order within two
years after the passage of the act that fact
svorks a forfeiture of the grant.
THE l-OCrAZISTS O.Y TRIAL.
London dispatch : Tl.ir hesir.ng of tb"
i-HBH oi socialist leaders , Hyndman. Burns ,
Champion anel Williams , charged with in
citing the riot in connection with the recent
[ le nonstration in London , began in the
Bonel street police court this morning.
Pe > land ! , the crown's attorney , asked that
nil the prisoners be committed , for trial.
Me said the prosecution had nothing of a ,
political nature in ft , and urged that the
men be prosecuted for misdemeanor.
"This , " he continued , "consisted of utter
ances by ' .he different defendants of expres
sions and sentiments with intent to pro
voke a Breach of the peace. " The cose is
adjourneel for the week. The prisoners
< rei-3 allowed to give bail.
ZXE 8UKPLVS jy TZTB XKEASVKT.
Ask for
The Troys and STeans Committees
and Receive an Opinion. (
The secretary ol the treasury has eantto ,
Col. Morrison , chairman ol the committee ;
on ways and means , a communication m (
from that committee ask
reply to a letter
ing his opinion on the proposed joint reao-j
lution declaring the paymentof thesurplus
in the treasury in excess of ? 100.000,000 (
on the public debt. In his reply the secre
tary quotes the language ol the resolution ,
which provides that whenever the surplus
or balance in the treasury , including the
amount held for Tcderiiption of United
States notes , shall exceed the sum of § iuu-
000,000 it shall be the duty of the secretary
to such excess in
of the treasury apply
sums of not less than $10,000.000 per
month during the existence of such surplus
to the payment ol interest bearing indebt- .
edncss of the United States , payable at the
option of the government , and says :
The language of this resolution is such as1
balance in the treas
to include surplus or
held for redemption ol ,
ury. The amount
United States notes is in no sense a surplus , '
and appropriated as a
but is set apart
minimum security and reserve for the re
demption and payment of $340.081,010 ol
United States notes which havebeen issued ,
both of which are specifically promised m
the act of March 18 , 1809. ( R. S. 3G93).i )
This reserve , amounting to $100,000,000. '
should , of course , bo held above all possl- ,
bility of an encroachment- that winch
inv distinguished predecessor ( McCul-
lough ) made in his last annual re
port ( page 32) ) , and which I am con
strained to exhibit and deplore. The reso
lution now before me requires that there
should be at no time a surplus in the treas
ury available for the needs of the govern
ment to exceed $10,000.000 , and that
when this sum is reached it should be im
mediately paid upon the public debt. After
nearly twelve months' experience in tho
conduct of this department , and forecast
ing as well as I am able the future require
ments of the treasury , as now defined by
the existing laws , and as they may be af
fected by legislation yet to come , anel con
sidering the cause of future receipts , which
are liable to influence from many cause ? ,
such as fluctuation of imports , prolonged
depression of trade anel marketing of moro
or less of our agricultural products abroad ,
I cannot now foresee a state of things
which will make it prudent to limit the-
surplus reserve in the 'treasury to a sum
ranging from nothing to a maximum of
$10,000,000. The legislation now before-
congress relating to pensions will , if per
fected , increase tho demands upon the-
tieasury to an amount which it is impossi
ble to estimate , : uul the late decision of tho
superior j'ldge of the supremo court sub
jects the government to the repayment of
rlutspp roilected the aggregate of which is
large , but altogether indefinite. These-
things are mentioned to remind the com
mittee that neither calls upon the treasary
nor the exact time that such demand *
must be met , can be precisely foreseen. It
would seem to follow as a business propo
sition , that if the government is to main
tain its credit in the sense of beihz pre
pared to meet all just demands , which are-
impossible of ascertainment in aelvance , .
there should be a reasonable sum laid by
or kept on hand for that purpose. Re-
specl'ully yourr , DANIEL MANNI.VQ ,
Secretary.
MORTON TO
Mr. Patrick Eagan , of Lincoln , has re
ceived the following letter from Hon. J.
Sterling Morton , of Nebraska :
WASHINGTON. D. C. . Feb. 14. Mr Patrick
Eagan , President Irish National League of
America , Lincoln , Neb. Dear Sir : For the
example of self-denial which you give to
the youth of America anel Irelanel by * vour i
contribution of $3,000 to the Irish Na
tional league of America ca , on yesterday ,
every man who loves his country and ad
mires sacrificing devotion to principle ,
must thank you. The gift of the example '
to this people is of a far higher and nobler j'
value than mere dollars can measure. The
courage which has nerved you , the fidelity
which has steadied you. all through the
dark , disastrous days of the struggle for
home rule in Ireland , arc the elements of
character which , welded to self-abnegation ,
make the It-aelers in the political and intel
lectual strifes of the civilized world.
Faithfully yours , J. STEKLINH MORTON. (
rERISHED IN THE FLA 3IES.
A special from Plymouth , Wis. , says :
t-
This city was startled this moniin ? by the
intelligence , received by courier and con
firmed , that James Elite , his wife , father
and three children , and a Mrs. Kinney per-
ishcel by the burning of the Ehle residence
in the western part of the town of Green-
bus , this county , at an curly hour this
moriiing. As the hired man alone ej erapeel
anel is known to be a vicious character ;
it is thought the fire and loss of Jifo is the
result of revengeful incendiarism. There-
mains of some members of th family have
been taken from the ruins and an inquest-
is in progress.
THE MARKETS.
OMAHA.
WHEAT No. 2 03
BARLEY No. 2 40
RYE No. 2 44
CORN No. 2 mixed 22 _
OATS No. 2 21 ! < @
BCTTEI : Fancy creamery. . 25
BUTTER Choi .i dairy 12
ECJCJS Fresh 17
CHICKENS Dressed per Ib. . . 7
TURKEYS Dressed perlb. . . . 9
DTCKS Dressed perlb 8
GEESE Dressed per tb 9 (
LIMQNS Choies 4 00 (
APPLES Choice 2 50 (
ORANHES Mesina 2 00 (
BKANS Navys 1 25 (
"
Oxioxs Per"bushel 70 (
POTVTOIS Per bushel 40 , ( t
GREEN APPLES Per bbl. . . . 2 75 (
WOOL Fine , per Ib 14 (
Siinsl-Tiinotliy 2 25 (
SEEDS Dine Grass 1 30 (
HAY Baled , per ton 5 00 (
HAY In bulk G 00 (
IIoes Mixed packing 3 00 (
BEEVES Butchers 3 00 (
NEW YORK.
WHEAT No. 2 reel 92K ( < 93
WHEAT--Ungraded red 90 @ 92
' '
CORN No. 2 4047'
OATS Mixed western 37 @ 42
PORK 10 50 cgll 00
LARD G 30 @ G 40
CHICAGO.
FLOUR Gioice winter 4 40 @ 4 85
FLOUR Spring extra 3 70 @ 4 00
WHEAT Perbushel S % @ 81J
CORN Per bushel 3GT < @ 3ii
OATS Per bu.shel 29 % @ 30J
PORK 1075 @ 11 00
LARD G 07 | @ G 10
HOGS Pa eking t shipping. 4 25 @ 505
CATTLE Stockers 2 75 @ 4 25
SHEEP Western 2 00 @ 4 50
ST. LOUIS.
WHEAT No. 2 red 99 ( a ) 99
CORX Perbushel 3-
OATS Per bushel 2 !
HOGS Mixed packing 4 0 (
CATTLE Stockers & feeders 3 0 (
SHEEP Common to choice 2 5 (
KANSAS CITY.
WHEAT Perbushel. . . . . . . . . . . . 7'
CORN Per bushel 2 !
OATS Per bushel 2'
CATTLE Exports 51 (
Eoos Good to choice. . . . . . . 4 0 (
SHEEP Common to good. . 2 7
3 >