TRIBUNE.
St. & E , M. , Pnbx.
McCOOK. NEB
OVER THESTATE.
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C"I SUGGESTIONS TO FARMERS. As wearecon-
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IS etantly receiving inquiries from parties de
siring to know.our opinion as to the future
? prices of the different cereals , and pros-
K" pectivcdemand for each , andNvhat-will like
ly be the most remunerative kind to plant
the coming season , etc. , we take this means
of not only answering these inquiries , but
also of giving our ideas to all who may be
interested in such matters , which , of course ,
are of very great importance directly or in
directly to nearly all branches of trade.
The present "low price of wheat will no
doubt have a tendency to reduce the acre
age planted of this grain quite materially
lor 1886. Then if there results a partial
failure in Europe , and also in sections of
this country , quite an advance of present-
prices would easily bo obtained , especially
since tho present light stock in our country
will nearly all bo exported or consumed a"t
liome before the ncxb crop comes to mar
ket The noted weather prophets predict
an early spring , very favorable for the
planting of wheat , oats , barley and rye ; a
late frost , the injurious results of which
cannot be foretold ; an exceptionally cold
summer , unfavorable for maturing"corn. .
Wo do not think it wise to stake our for
tunes on scientific predictions , although
usually they may hit the mark.
What to plant is certainly with farmers
the great and all absorbing question of the
hour , as the season is fast approaching.
Taking everything into consideration we
fidvise us follows : That 50 per cent of the
tillable soil be planted with corn , 25 per
cenb with wheat , 25 per cent with oats
barley and rye. We do not advise tho
raisinc of flax , as an overproduction would
be quite an easy matter , the demand fey ft
being quite limited , and the indications aro
for lower prices on tliis product. We think
a general increase in the production o
oats , rye and barley quite safe. The wise
farmer will plant more or less of all kinds
of grain. It is reasonable to supoose that
Tair prices will be obtained for some kinds ,
if not for all.
As this open letter will likely be read by
a large number of our thinking farmers ,
grain dealers and business men , and as you
all may wonder ab the present low prices of
corn compared with last year , especially
since seaboard prices have been and are
still ruling about the same for tho best
grades , as last season , we will take this
opportunity of giving the reason ? for tho
difference.-which are these : ' The freight on
corn from Chicago and all Mississippi river
points to seaboard is 10 to 13 cents per
100 higher than last season , and the differ
ence in the value of our corn on account of
its inferior quality is at least 2 cents per
bushel , on the average , less , which , together ,
makes the corn worth about 8 cents per
bushel less at the initial point than last
season.
Hoping these suggestions may be of some
benefit , we are , very respectfully your
friends. HIMEBAUGU & MERRIAM.
March 4,1886.
UNDER DEEP WATER. About 2 o'clock
yesterday afternoon Miss Lorena George ,
daughter of E. B. George , a gardener who
lives at No. 821 North Eleventh street ,
left her homo with horse and buggy to go
some two and a half miles southwest of
town to the home of her uncle , Isaac
George , on an errand. After that hour
sho was never seen alive , so far as can be
learned. About 3 o'clock a gentleman
passing over the bridge on Salt Creek in
the vicinity of the brickyards southwest of
town , noticed the head of a horse above
the water just below the bridge and an up
turned buggy near. He procured assistance
promptly and in a few moments had the
horse out of his dangerous predicament.
Word of the accident was brought to town
and as soon as it was known that Miss
George had been driving the horse. Mar
shal I3each and Officer Post started for the
place named to search for her , as her
family feared something terrible had be
fallen her. When they arrived at the
place they found a number of men who had
preceded them. After looking up and down
the creek for some distance the body of the
unfortunate woman was found some forty
rods below the bridge and the point where
the horse was discovered. Tho body was
floating upon the top of the water , but no
attempt ab resuscitation was made as ib
had been in the water for more than an
hour. Tho young lady was thickly clad
nnd it is believed that this fact helped to
keep her above water.
A reporter visited the home of Miss
George after the report of her drowning was
broughb to the city , where he found her
mother and two sisters and a number of
lady relatives and friends all anxiously
awaiting further word from those who had
gone in seaich. As soon as the body was
recovered a messenger was sent in , and in a
little time the corpse followed. When the
news of her daughter's death was conveyed
to the mother who had hoped that the
daughter had been thrown from the buggy
befo"rc it fell into the water she went into
transports of the wildest grief , and the sor
row of all the ladies present was most ter
rible.
Just how the awful accident happened
will never bovknown , perhaps , as no one
witnessed it so far as could bo learned by
the reporter. That the horse became
frightened and turning suddenly threw tho
buggy into the creek is the theory of thosa
who found the body , as marks as if made
by wheels that were "cramped" were found
where the buggy went over tho bank.
[ Lincoln Journal.
nrr/tnurr.T. A VT ? < I TTH STATE HATTERS.
IN Omaha last week an "old Italian
woman who had for many mouths lived
in an old tumble-down hovel died. Her
husband , on looking over her clothing
found about § 500 that had been stitched
away in various garments belonging to
her.
her.THE
THE sheriff of Woodson county , Kansas ,
hns been over into Nebraska looking for
three crooks who had swindled a farmer
out of § 60 by a confidence game. One of
them was nabbed at Bloomiugton , but the
other txro got away.
UNTRUTHFUL and unprincipled horse-
traders are infesting Omaha and suburbs ,
and will doubtless inflict themselves upon
other portions of the state. Look out for
them.
STERLING has now three lumber yards
and New York capitalists will this year
build a flouring mill there.
AT Republican City , H. T. Whismnn and
P. A. Smith , farmers were victimized out
of § 70 by a brace of confidence men. who
were run in and captured in the railroad
yards at that place. Threats of lynching
made the sharpers disgorge the money.
Thev were then tried , nnd fined Sou.
JOHN ADLEK , ol Holdrege , wno , some
months age , was dangerously stabbed , has
BO far recovered that he is again out.
W . A. PAXTON ; ol Omaha ; has pur
chased of a Cheyenne county man 6,000
Lead of cattle , the finest herd in the state.
THE landlord of the Mansion house at
Nebraska City broke through the ice while
crossing the river and had a close call for
his lite.
THE state normal school at Peru has ap
plied for a certificate showing that it is a
state institution.
OVEK 100 cars loaded with immigrants
came across tho Missouri yesterday at
Plattsmouth , says tho Lincoln Journal , all
new settlers coming into Nebraska to make
homes along and near the big Burlington
road. Items like this indicate that tho
rush forNcbraskaland has set in unusually
early , and go far to make clear that the
season of 1886 will be an immense one in
the history of tho state.
CHARLES DOUGLAS , a former Lincoln man ,
left for Illinois a few day ago on a business
trip and now word comes that he has lost
his mind and will be brought back to the
state asylum.
THE new town of Hoag , on the B. & M.
railroad , midway between Beatrice and De
Witt , is preparing for an early spring boom.
The town has a large grain elevator and
cattle yards , and all the mechanical trades
are represented.
ABOUT seventy members attended the
meeting of the farmers'allianceatHastings.
THE association of business men at
Broken Bow , designed to protect the mem
bers against dead beats , was disbanded
last week. The members wrangled all the
time and the farmers have resolved to pat
ronize non-union stores.
AT a recent meeting of "Old Soldiers" of
Buffalo county , Hon. E. C. Calkins was
elected president for 1886 ; II. S. Colby , Dr.
J. Slick and H. C. Green vice-presidents ;
lion. S. C. Bassett , secretary ; and Joseph
Black , treasurer. At the same meeting
steps were taken to secure the names of
every soldier and sailor in the county.
AT Lincoln tho water rents amount to
$6,986,82 per annum. There are 352
renters of city water.
AT Nebraska City the saloon men have
allsigned a written agreement not to sell
any liquor to any man who wears a red
ribbon or who is known to have signed tho
temperance pledge.
THE current issue of tho Police News de
votes its whole" front page to an illustra
tion of tho Young Ladies society of Fre
mont , which was some time ago reported
to have been organized there for the pur
pose of inquiring into the record and char
acter of Fremont young men.
AT Oakland in a single day last week 15- ,
000 bushels of corn were marketed.
AT Omaha James McGuiro was sentenced
to fifteen days in the county jail on bread
and water diet for stealing a beer faucet.
THE citizens of Chadron have petitioned
congress for the establishment of a new
northwest land district , and that Chadron
be made the seat of the land office.
.V scou.vmt EL ropresentiiu himself to be
the advance agent of a Hiiinpty Dnmpty
Ironp has been victimizing parties at
Bevcral places in the state , lie goes to tho
managers of tlic best hall in the city and
shous tickets and press notices , and tells
them he is a little .short of money , and asks
them to give him § 120 , or some such sum ,
mid he in return gives them an order for
the amount on the company which he
claims to represent. It is needless to say
that the company never appear. Be on
guaid for him.
AT an enthusiastic meeting of the citizens
and board of trade of Wayne it was unani
mously decided to provide a system of
water works for the city.
THE state convention of teachers will be
held in Lincoln March 30th to April 2d in
clusive.
AN Emerald correspondent says : A mad-
log made its appearance in this village
Thursday afternoon , doing considerable
lamage in this vicinity. He was killed in
ilr. Haggarty's barnyard after biting three
) r four head of cattle and two or three
ipgs. It also bit Mr. Beerup's dog , drove
lis boy into-the barn , besides biting some
: attle for Mr. Corwell. Had he been three
ninutes later ho would have had a chance
it the school children.
JULIUS BURG , of Fremont , at the recent
; erm of court in that place , was convicted
> f forgery and received a sentence of three
rears in tho penitentiary.
THE new town of Ponder , on the reserva-
; on , lias passed an ordinance placing
iquor license at § 1,000 a year. "
FOR tho first time in its history West
Point has a lodge of Good Templars , and a
trong and flourishing one at that.
STORIES about hogs being buried alive in
he snow , and living for weeks without
ood , says the West Point Progress , aro
; oing the rounds of the press , but Cuming
lotinty comes to the front with a porker
> elonging to Mike McNamara that was
mdcr the snow for forty-five days , most of
; he time under a fifteen foot drift. The
inimal was gaunb and weak when dis-
lovercd , bub recovered rapidly , and is now
is lively as any in the pen.
AUUIT RT.IKKI : . of Lincoln. u-ls jailed for
.hirty days for wife-beating. StarKe'n wife
ind refused to finni-h him with money for
: hcu-in tobacco , for which offen-sc he had
inookoil her down ami pounded her in a
jrnlal manner.
A PERMANENT .lewi-h association has
) pcn formed at Hastings. A burial ground
vill soon be purchased , and a leligions
ichool for the young uill be established
ihortly.
Tin : Presbyterians of Rloomington are
miking quite extensive improvements in
heir church.
A LODUI : of the Knights of Labor has
icon organized in Bennett.
NORTH BENDERS have been holding a pub
ic meeting to consider the condition of
oads leading into that place.
THE Chadron Journal saj-s that at no
ime during the winter has immigration to
orthwestern Nebraska entirely ceased , but
ow that spring has come the rush increases
rom day to day.
THE people of Blair are in a squabble
ver their water works. The contractors
aving completed them , as they claim , ac-
prding to contract , tendered them to tho
ity , but the city refused to receive them
n account of an insufficient supplv of
rater. The matter will probably be set-
led by the contractors putting down more
ells.
IMMIGRANTS and their effects are coming
ito Nebraska by the hundred carloads.
A "PROTECTIVE Union of Farmers" has
a
ccn organized in Seward county.
EFFORTS are being made to organize a
[ nights of Labor society at Blue Springs.
MEMBERS of the railway commission , who
ave been at Emmett , on the Fremont ,
) lkhorn and Missouri Valley railway , in-
estigating the claims of the people there
> r a depot , are firm in tho belief that a
uilding should be put up at one.- .
THE Nebraska association of trotting-
orse breeders will give two days races at
'malm ' , July 2d and 3d.
A SPECIAL session of the district court
was held at Beatrice in respect to the mem
ory of the late Judge J. L. Mitchell , of the
Second district. Memorial resolubions
adopted by tho county bar association
were offered and ordered placed upon the
records of the court. Brief addresses wero
made by Messrs. Griggs. Allsworth , Ashby ,
Bush , Pemberton.Hardy , Kretsingsr ,
Dobbs , Broody of Quincy , 111. , and Judge
Broody. The speakers all paid high trib
ute to tho admirable qualities of Jud0
Mitchell in their acquaintance with him in
tho various capacities of public life in
which he served.
"AT'Bloomingtor : , on complaint-of H. C.
Malone , recently appointed receiver by the
United States court for the Nebraska Lum
ber companj' . Deputy United States Mar
shal Stewart arrested County Treasurer
Hildreth for contempt of cOurb in levying
upon property in tho possession of said
court. He was taken toLincoIn so answer
to the accusation.
A MEETING of business men and citizens
of Hastings was held last week to consider ,
among other things , the question of freight
rates. It was asserted by men who claimed
to know that lower rates were charged on
grain from points west and south of Hasb-
ings upon the B. & M. than are charged on
nt that place. The rates decreased at each
station south until at Red Cloud they wero
four cents per hundred less. A committee
was appointed to wait upon the merchants
and shippers and request bhem to agree to
ship all their freight , so far as possible ,
over the St. Joe and Western road.
A WASHINGTON dispatch says : "Tho
friends of the late Col. Irish , of Nebraska ,
will be shocked by the intelligence of a
second overwhelming sorrow that has fal
len upon the family within a few days. It
is r.ob two weeks since the death of Miss
A'jnie Irish , the oldest daughter , and one
of tho most cultured women of the coun
try. A dispatch received to-day announces
the death this morning of the youngest
daughter , Miss Mary A. Irish. She was st
student in the university of Wooster , Ohio ,
and gave promises of being as gifted as her
bitter. She was 1& years of aue. Both
sisters died of scarlet fever. Mrs. Irish
and one son are all that remain of the
family. "
CHADRON has prospects of getting two or
three new branch .wholesale houses in the
near future.
The senate committee on expenditures of
public money met to make arrangements
for the beginning of its investigation of the
charges of Commensionerof 'PensionsBlack
in his annual report , to she effect that the
pension oil ice had been conducted as a po
litical machine under the icpublican ad
ministration. It was decided , for the
present at least , that the investigation
should be conducted by the full committee
instead of delegating the work to a sub
committee. Rules governing the examina
tion of witnesbcs wereadopted and it was
agreed that Black should be summoned to
appear before the committee as the first
witness.
The president senb tho following nomina
tions to the senate : Brig.-Gen. Alfred H.
1'erry , to be major-general , vice Winfield
Scott Hancock , deceased ; Lieut.-Col. Alex-
inder Chambers , Twenty-first infantry , to
be colonel of the Seventh infantry : Joshua
P. Child , of Missouri , to be resident and
: onsul-general of the United States to Shun.
THE Lincoln Journal says the site for the
3eep salt well has been selected by the
board at a point near the engine house on
Lhe south side of the salt basin. The con
iractor is on the ground with machinery
ind work is to begin at once. State Geol-
Dgisb Russell ia on hand to take charge of
iig parb oi the work and will give close at-
: cntion to the different stratas as they nra
msscd through.
ERNEST SANFORD , of York , was brought
> efore the board of insanity last week and
fxamincd. The board found him to be
jadly deranged and decided to send him to
.he insane hospital at Lincoln.
MAMIE RACHC , a prepossessing young
emale in the employ of a groceryman at
) maha , stole $40 from her employer and
'jumped the town. " She was overhauled
it Columbus.
THE street railway company at Lincoln
ias leased its roadbed and equipments for
LVC years to James Walton.
THE late Judge Mitchell , of Nebraska ,
r'ho was so suddenly stricken down at Des
f oines a few days ago , had § 10,000 on his
ife.
ife.A
A LODGE of Knights of Honor is soon to
e organized at Milford.
THE Record complains that fruit tree
gents aredoing up tho farmers of Fillmore
ounty.
0. W. SMITH , a pauper , who has cost
'eward county over a thousand dollars a
ear for maintenance , cara and medical
ttendance for several years past , died last
eek.
THE remains of Congressman Laird's
rother. who lost his life wliiletattcmpt-
igto board a railroad train , were laid
way at Juniata.
AN Omaha negro who had been living
ith a white woman in that city gob drunk
lie other night and stabbed his mistress Jo
n extent that is likely to prove fatal.
THE Ancient Order of United Workmen is
rowing very rapidly in Nebraska. The
latter of instituting a grand lodge for this
tale is being talked of.
THE board of public lands and buildings
appropriated $75 lor the purchase of
glass case for the preservation of war
; lics.
t
EDITOR BARTLETT , of the West Poinb Re-
nblican.is making a lively war on some of
is acquaintances , and they have hired a
How to whiphim. Bartlettresponds that
ie man can't do tho whipping too soon ,
e says he isn't particularly anxious for
ic licking , bub he dislikes to be kept in
ispense.
PLANS for York's new court house have
Ecn drawn.
THE Union Pacific Railroad company has
ased a portion of tho water power at
hie Springs to Messrs. Black Brothers & 1I
chimpton , who will build at once a 150 I
iirrcl flouring mill equipped with all the 1I
lodern improvements. I
SEVERAL "dead beats" m and about \
almyra have recently "folded their tents"
jtween sunset and sunrise , leaving many
editors to mourn their departure.
Gov. DAWES has nppointed Hon. M. L.
ay wood , of Nebraska City , to be judge in
ie place recently made vacant by the sud-
in death of J udge Mitchell.
MRS. GANNON , of Fontanelle , has been ex- < :
nined by the board of insanity and Ordered
i Lincoln.
A LOST child caused some eicMwment at
reenwood lost week , but the little one
as found in a few hours , having simply
> a mile or t.wn on an exnlorinsjtour.
A CATTLE thief detective was accidentally
lied by falling from his horse at Atkinson
st week.
BONES and teeth of some mammoth nni-
al were found last week one hundred feet
ilow the surface in Custer county at tho
ittom of a
Tin : saloon building of B. & .T. Rausch-
kolb at Auburn , caught fire the other day ,
lint the ( lames were subdued before great
damage was done.
Tin : nows _ of the sudden death of Judge
J. L. Mitchell cast n gloom over Nebraska
City , his lata homo. He leaves a wife and
three children.
YORK'S canning factory lias not yot ma
terialized to the satis'action of those who
have been foremost in working up the en
terprise.
riEirs OF
Xlio Qitcston of Carrying Foreign Mails by tf *
United States.
Mr. Burrows of Michigan , on behalf of
the minority of the house committee on
postoflice and post roads , has submmitted
a report dissenting from the views of the
majority in reporting favorably the bill to
compel American steamers to carry United
States mails. The report state.that under
the Dingley bill American vessels were tc be
consulted like other foreign rivals as to the
performance of service and the compensa
tion paid therefor , and not forced to carry
the mails on such terms as the postmaster
general might see lit to impose. The post
master general had wholly negelected and
refused , not only to contract with any
American steamship for carrying the for
eign mails , as he was authorized to do by
act of March 3 , 1885 , but declined to use
the appropriation therein mado for the
purpose named. As a result of this action
fieveral American steamship companies
have declined to carry the mails. It was
now proposed to punish the American
steamships for refusal to carry the mails.
By virtue of section 4009 of the Revised
Statutes the postmaster general was re
stricted in the matter of compensation to
be allowed to American steamships. If the
bill of the majority were to become a law.
American steamships would be denied
cleat ance and the right to carry the Ameri
can flag unless they consented to carry the
mails for a sum nob exceeding sea and in
land postage , whatever might bo the dis
tance and expense. Sea and - inland1post
age was tho same whether tho mails were
carried 500 or 5,000 miles , and the post
master general might allow the same com
pensation for transporting the mails from
Key West to Havana as from San Fran
cisco to China. The postmaster general
could not exceed sea and inland postage
in fixing the maximum amount , but his de
cision was unrestrained in fixing the mini
mum amount. The minority could not be
lieve that congress ought to confer on the
postmaster general such an authority
power or strike so deadly a blow at our
feeble and struggling marine.
The report then goes on in a comparison
of the amounts paid by the United States
for carrying foreign mails with those paid
for the transportation of mails by rail
ways , star routes and coasting steamers.
Referring to the argnmentsubmitted by tho
majority that sea and inland postage will
yield a greater revenue to American steam
ships than tho tariff for cargoes of like
amount and weight , the minority dismisses
the subject with a declination to enter into
a controversy with anyone who places the
important United States mails on the same
footing with common freight in the hold of
a ship. Afterciting interesting tables show
ing the largoamountof money expended by
foreign nations in carrying maiij , the re
port states that the United States paid in
1825 for foreign mailserviceonly § 326,735
of which $278.000 was paid to foreign
lines , leaving less than $50.000 for Ameri
can vessels. The report says that it is
needless to enlarge upon the advantages
which necessarily follow in . ' commericial
sense to those countries establishing and
maintaining regular communication. It
was not necessary to subsidize lines , but
only to allow them such compensation as
was just and reasonable. Tho bill of the
majority did not do this , but it empowered
the postmaster general to force American
vessels to carry the mails at a loss or sur
render the advantage of sailing under the
American flag. The country was not pre
pared nor could it afford to place the des
tiny of its merchant marine in the keeping
of any one man.
PERSONAL AXD POLITICAL.
Mine. Bernhardt is knitting a long pnrso
-she expects to make 1,600,000 francs in
icr American tour.
Queen Victoria wants another page of
lonor. A page gets $750 a year , and he
ias precious little to do.
Mrs. Dolly Madison is the only lady who
ias ever been , by resolution , invited to a
seat on the senate floor.
Sarah Bernhardfc never appears in two
oieces on the same night , because there is
lot enough of her at the present time.
Senator Miller , of California , whose ill-
icss recently threatened a fatal termina-
iion , was provost marshal at Nashville ,
renn. , while Andrew Johnson was military
; ovcrnor. He also lost an eye at Stone
liver.
The preliminary work of the campaign
vas begun in Indiana last Thursday , when
.he conventionsinall the congressional dis-
; ricts met and chose members of the state
: entral committee which will have charge of
Jie canvass this year.
The method of advertising in Washington
or "influence" ' to secure governmental ap-
jointmeiits , which was once a source of in-
> ome-to the local newspapers , and presum
ably to professional possessors of "influ-
uce , " has been wholly abandoned.
E. \Vashburn has not forgotton what
ic learr.ed in the diplomatic service. He
fas a witness in the Storey will case in Chi
cago , and on being asked if he considered
ilrs. Storey a young woman , discreetly an-
wered : "All women are supposed to be
'oung. "
Asked how he succeeded in business , Phil
) . Armour replied : "I always made it a
irinciple when the Almighty wasn't on my
ide to get on his. " As Mr. Armour is
nany times a millionaire , we take it for
ranted that he has been on the Lord's side
nost of his life.
Queen Victoria has received a present
rom the United States of a quarto volume
name not stated ) bound in sealskin , with
inings of damask satin , and a hand-
lainted inscription. The work is regarded
s a triumph of American book-binding ,
, nd copies have been presented to the Ger-
ian emperor and to the emperor of Russia .
IOTTA AS A CATTLE STATE.
The agricultural department has gathered
tatistics of stock on farms for the winter.
Tiere appears an aggregate falling off in
alue of K ! ! stock in the United States of
91,000,000 , § 54,000,000 of which are in
xttle alone. No statistics were returned
f Short Horns. There were on Jan. 1 ,
8SG , tho following number of other herds
? gistered : Aberdeen-Angus , 3,500 ; Aye-
liire , 6.433 ; Devon. 8,000 ; Guernsey ,
.100 ; Hereford , 14.000 ; HolsteinFreisian ,
0.001 ; Jersey , 51,000. Iowa has 1,230-
95 milch cows , worth § 35,444,000. and
,074,000 other cattle , worth § 50,332.-
80. Iowa stands first in the union in the
ittle business. Texas has 4,723,053 cab
le of all kinds and Iowa 3.305.614 , but
owa's cattle are worth § 85,776,995 , whil
kerda orevtrorlh $66,518,861.
TOE S172T XX" DOLLARS JLYD CEXTS.
Showing of t/io Public Debt as Set Forth by
tlic February Statement.
The following is a recapitulation of the
debt statement issued on the 1st :
INTEREST-BEARING DEBT.
Bonds nt 41per cent. . . . § 250,000.000 00
Bonds t 4 per cent 737,750,500 00
Bonds at 3 per cent 184,092,350 00
Refunding certificates sit
4 per cent 215,800 00
Navy pension fund at 3
per cent 14.000,000 00
Pacific railroad bonds
at G per cent' . G4.G23.512 00
Principal 51,250,681,512 00
Interest 10,540,844 64
Total $1,2G1,222,50G G4
DEBT ON WHICH INTEREST HAS CEASED SLN'CE
MATURITY.
Principal $ 4,258,405 2G
Interest 207,383 79
Total 5 4,403,849 05
DEIJT-BEARING INTEREST.
Old demand and legal-
tender notes § 340,738,696 00
Certificates of deposit. . . 14,920.00000
Gold certificates 105,037,050 00
Silver certificates 8S.920.81G 00
Fractimnil cnrreney.less
$8,375.93-J : estimated
as lost or destroyed. . . 6,959,153 77
Principal 5 562,045.715 77
TOTAL DEBT.
Principal § 1,817,585.833 03
Interest 10,748,228 43
Total 51.828,334,07146
Less cash items availa
ble for reduction of
the debt 5 223,955,748 94
Less reserve held for re
demption ofU.S. notes 100,000,000 00
Total 5 323.955.448 94
Total debt , less availa
ble cash items 51,504.378,332 52
Nebcash in the treasury. 72,728,202 00
Debt , lens cash in tho
treasury March 1 ,
1S8G 1,432,080,319 GO
Debt , less cash in the '
treasury Feb. 1,1S8G. 1,434,782.272 9l'
Decrease of debt during
the month § 2,072,153 31
CASH IN THE TREVSURY AVAILABLE FOR KB '
PUCTION OlTIIK PUBLIC 1 > EUT.
Gold held for gold cer
tificates actually out
standing 5 105,037,050 00
Silver held forsilver cer
tificates actually out
standing 83,390,810 00
U. S. notes held for cer
tificates of deposit ac
tually outstanding 14,920,000 00
Cash held for matured
debt , and interest un
paid 15,000,693 69
Fractional currency 1,198 25
Total available for
reduction of debt. . $ 218,955,757 94
RESERVE FUND.
Field for redemption of
U. S. notes , acts Jan.
14 , 1875 , and July 12 ,
1882 $ 100,000,000 00
JNAVAILABLE FOK REDUCTION OP THE DEBT.
Fractional silver coin..S 28,811,03749
Minor coin 531,320 17
Total 5 29,342,303 06
Certificates heldascash.5 08,893,670 00
S'et cash balance on hand 72.298,202 92
fotal cash in treasury ,
as shown by treasur- '
er"s general account. . ? 491.489.985 52
FJIOTISIOXS OF THE MEASURE.
What is 1'rovtilftl in the Educational Jlill ,
J'atted by the Senate.
The educational bill as it passed the sen-
ite provides that for eight years after the
passage there shall be annually appro
priated from the treasury the following
sum in aid of common s-chool education in
the states and territories and District of
? olumbia and Alaska : First year , $7,000-
300 ; second year , § 10,000,000 ; third yearv
515,000.000 ; fourth year , $14,000,000 ;
iftli year , $11,000,000 ; sixth year , § 9- ,
)00,000 ; seven year , § 7,000.000 ; eighth
; -ear , $5,000,000 , making $77,000,000 ;
jesidfs which there is a special appro
priation of $2,000.000 to aid in the erer-
.ion ol school houses in the spar ely-set-
led districts , making the total fund $71)-
)00,000. Money is given to the .several'
states and territories in that proportion
vhich , the whole number of persons in ! f
Kich , who , being of the age of 10 years and . .
jvcr , cannot write , bears to the wholo ]
lumber of such persons in the United \
states , according to the census of 1880. j ,
intil the census figures of 18SO shall bo j
obtained and then according to the latter i
In the states having separate j /
ichools for white and colored children the ,
Money shall be paid out in support of
inch white and colored children between 10
ind 21 years old in such states bear to each
) ther by the cenons. No state is to receive ' j
he benefit of the act until its governor I
hall file with * the secretary of the interior j (
i statement giving the full statNtics of the ]
chool system , attendance of white and <
olored children , amount of money ex- J f
icnded , etc. , number of schools in opera- ! }
ion and number and compensation of ]
eaehers , etc. No state or territory shall j
eceive in any year from this fund more -
noney than it has paid out the pievious j <
ear from its own revenues for the com-
iion schools. If any state or territory de-
lines to take its share of thenational fund
uch share is to be distributed amons the
tates ocrepting the benefits of the fund ,
f any state or territory misapplies the
nnd , or fails to comply with theconditions , j 3
b loses all subsequent appropriations. '
Camples of all school books in use in the j ,
ommon schools of the states and terrii ,
ories shall be filed with the secretary of '
he interior. Anystate ortcrritory accept-
ig the provisions of the act at the first G
ussion of its legislature after the passage c
f the act , shall receive its proper share of o
11 previous appropriations. Congress reo
urves the right to alter or repeal the act. P
'he bill now goes to the house of rcpresen-
atives for concurrence.
i'S REJIAIXS AT II.ISTIXGH.
The remains of Congressman James
.aird's brother , A. W. Laird , who was tl
illed near Albuquerque , N. M. , wero a
ronght to Hastings , Neb. , and interred h
i the Juniat.-t cemetery. The verdict of t ;
lie coroner's jury states that young
.aird's death was wholly the result of
n accident. He had been visiting an In-
ian village" near the Atlantic & Pacific [
unction , and on returning at about 8 i ;
'clock in the evening , in attempting to
oard a freight train while in motion L
lissed his footing , and was thrown under t :
ie wheels. i e :
! t <
Two hundred cars loaded with settlers g ]
assed through Lincoln within twenty-four cl
lours last week. I h
rxonsioxs OF THE
Severally to Indian *
Allotment of ItmOs In
on the J'arloM Reservation * .
Senator Dawes' bill to provide for the
allotmcubjof lands in severalty to Indiana
on tho various reservations and to extend
the protection of tho laws over the Indians
other which passed the
and for purposes ,
senate recently , provides that in all cases
where any bands or tribes of Indians may
bo locked up on a reservation created for
their use , the president ia authorized to
cause apatent to issue for each ' of the eajd -
rese'rvatioiis'in favor of the 'Indians occu
pying the eamo for the period of twenty-
five years , in trust , for tho sole uso and
benefit of the tribes or bands to which it
issues. At the expiration of that period
the United States will convey tho lands bjr
patent in fee and free of all charKOorin-
cumbrancc. Tho president may withhold
the issuance of the patent as ho may deem
best for the interest of tho Indians. The
trust created in the original patent w to re
main in full force until the patent in fee is
issued. Tho president is authorized when
ever , in his opinion , any reservation is
suitable , to cause it to be surveyed to ,
allot lands in severalty to tho Indians
located thereon in quantities ns follows :
To each head of a family , one-
quarter of a section ; to each single person
over 18 years of ago. one-eighth ofa
section ; to each orphan child under 18
years of ago , one-eighth of a section ; and
to each other person under ISyenranow
living or who may bo born prior to the
date of the order of the president directing
an allotment of the lands embraced in any
reservation , one-sixteenth of a section. In
case there is not sufficient land on .1 par
ticular reservation suitable forngricuHur.il
purposes to allot to each individual of the
classes named , the ncricultural lands arc
to bo alloted to each of the classes pro
lata. Any Indian not residing upon a
reservation , or for whose tribe no reserva
tion has been provided , nitty make sattle-
inent upon any surveyed or nnsiirveyed
lands of th United States not otherwise
appropriated , and such Indians shall be
entitled , upon application to the local
hind oflicc , to have the same alloted as
provided in the bill for Indians residing
upon reservations. When , in opinion ol
the president , it shall be for the best inter
est of the. Indians , , the secretary of the = in-
teiior may negotiate with the Indians for
tho purchase and release of such portions
of their reservation not alloted as the
tribe may consent to sell , subject to the
ratification of congress ; the purchase
money to be paid in twenty-five years
from date of sale , and in the meantime
to bear interest at the rate of 5 per cent
per annum , the money to be expended for
the purpose of educating and preparing the
Indian for self support.
The provisions of the bill do not apply
bo the reservations of the Chreokees ,
Creeks , Clioctaws , Cliickasaws and Semi-
noles in th * Indian territory , nor to any
of the reservations of the Seneca nation in
New York.
3TADLY GO\E O.V THE GIRL.
The Infatuation of Florida's Senator for a
Detroit Heiress.
Omaha Bee special : Thr story of United
States Senator Jones's singularly persist-
nt pursuit of Miss Clotildc Palms , whose
land ho eceks in marriage , hns so turned
rat as to make it common property , and
his being the case the full facts were au-
horitatively detailed for the press to-day
> y a gentleman who is acquainted with
.hem minutely.
Three years ago Ex-Mayor Thompson ,
while on a pleasure trip cast , met Senator
ones for the first time at the Ocean House ,
Newport. Jones seemed to be a jolly good
fellow , bright and somewhat intellectual ,
find Mr. Thompson , in a offhand , hospita
ble way , invited him to visit him in Detroit
and .see how he ran things as mayor of the
L-ity. Jones visited Detroit , and during a
social evening at tha mayor's home was in
troduced to Miss Palms. Ho was a wid-
awcr and United States senator. She had
j-onth and money. lie was smitten. A
ivcek after he called upon the young lady ,
summarily P'J " * 1 marriage , and was as
summarily rejecteci. _ < -Jtand from
V
relatives that he niver'"har } : _ ' -
nterview with her. However , he was not
lismayed , aud continued to prosecute his
mit by letter. After ho left the city llio
roung lady was fairly inundated with love
etters and I don't think I exaggerate much
ivhen I say she received from Washington
ieary ! a ton of the senator's .speeches , de-
ivered during his twelve yenrsintlicHcnate.
Sarly last June tho senator revisited De-
: roit to again prosecute his suit in pcrsrjn.
: Ie called constantly at the house , but
icver found Miss Palms at homo to him.
lis importunities continued with relentless
> erseverence until two months ago , when
icr father forbade him ever entering the
louse.
But the most astonishing part of thcper-
ecntion remains to be told. Miss Palms is
i staunch Roman Catholic. The senator
> elongs to the same faith. Now , refused by
he young lady herself , he seeks the assist
ance of the church. Notcontent with quar-
elins with two priests , whom he offended
> y the bare suggestion of their interference ,
ie quietly appealed to no less August a per-
onage than Right Reverend Bishop I3or-
ess. The bishop was appalled , and his
.nswer to the letter from the senator was
mo of the most scorching replies ever
icnned.
Throughout the whole affair tho lady has
onducted herself with that quiet , woman-
Y dignity that hasuraccdher everyday lifo.
ihfi is keenly mortified at the notoriety tli
enator's importunities have thrust upon
or. Miss Palms is a daughter of Francis
'alms , comm inly reputed to be the woiillh-
: st man in Michigan. He is long past 7o
ears , and his , 'ortune of § 12.000,000 to
15.000.000 ia likely to go in bulk to tho
aughter.
A SENATOR'S iriFi : DEAD.
The wife of Senator Joseph R. H w7ey
led at her home in Washington on tha 3d.
: rs. Hawley was born in Guilford , Conn. .
11831 , and was' a niece of Hsnry Ward
eccher , her maiden name being Harriet
rard Foote. She was married in 1855 to
cneral Hawley but has
, never had any
lildren. A year ago she adopted'the
rphan child of a deceased sister , 5 years
Id , who has been a great pet of both the
i-nator and Mrs. Hawley. While General
: awlcy was in tho army his wife was a
iirsc in the hospitals of
Virginia , and : \ .
{ etch of her life appears in Frank Moore' *
omen of tho War. " She had been her
nsband's private secretary and political
ivisor throughoub his entire career , at-
iiuling to all of his correspondence and
ssisting him in many other ways , giving
jr time to these duties instead of to aocie-
r , in which sue was quite a stranger.
BISMARCK : o\
The Post says that at the annual poli-
cal dinner at Berlin , Prince Bismarck
.id it was doubtful whether the ailvan-
iges which the partisans of bi-metallism
: pected would be realized. Disadvantages
i German internatioEal trade would-cer-
.inly follow the adoption of a double
andard , especially while England de-
intdtojoinin forming an international
-metallic treaty.
