Nebraska Newspapers

    DTE ry THE HOUSE.
27 e J3fafr BOT ITa * Few Friends in tlie Com
mittee.
I Washington dispatch : A determined ef
fort was made to-day by the Irienda of the
Blair educational bill tosecuresome action
-on that or a kindred measure at the hands
(
of the house committeeon education. Last
Monday ilr. Wise introduced an educa
tional bill which vras referred to the com
mittee. At the meeting to-day , by unani
mous consent the proceedings of the last
meeting ( when the consideration of the en
tire subject was postponed until the latter
part. of April ) were reconsidered the
subject was reopened. Burns moved that
consideration of all theeducational bills be
postponed until the third Friday in April.
Willis moved as a substitute that the Blair
bill be considered next Friday. That mo
tion was lost by a vote of 4 to 7. Mr.
Willis then moved that the Blair bill b
considered on the third Friday in April ,
with the understanding that a vote should
be taken after a daily discussion of not
more than six days. This motion was
also lost and as a final effort to secure an
expression of the sense of the committee
on the subject ifr. Willis moved that the
committee nproe to icport on the educa
tional bill. That proposition was also
voted down. It is now the intention of
the friends of the Blair bill to go to the
house armed with the resolutions voted
down to-day and ask to have the commit
tee discharged from further consideration
of .the bill.
NEWS AND NOTES.
A. Record of Proceedings in BoUi , Branches
oftlie TT. 8. Congress.
SE.VATE , March 22. Logan submitted the
following resolution , and asked that it
might be printed and lie over , saying that
lie would call it up on some future day and
submit some remarks on it : "That the
sessions of the senate commonly known as
executive sessions , so far as they apply to
nominations , confirmations or rejections ,
shall hereafter be held with open doors , and
that a public record of the same shall be
kept , the same as of legislative sessions. "
The chair laid before the senate Logan's
bill to increase the efficiency of the army.
Logan , at the suggestion.of the secretary
of war , moved for further amendments of
detail to the bill and they were agreed to.
Hale then moved to strike out the second
section , which provides for a future force of
30.000 enlisted men in the army. Logan
said that if Ilalu could get a letter from
Gen. Sheridan. Gen. Sherman , Gen. Terry ,
or any leading officer of the army stating
that 23,000 men were enough for our army ,
he ( Logan ) would agree to withdraw the
proposition to increase the army. "So far
as I am concerned , " Logan said , "I have
enough of war , with either white , black or
Indian , whether at home prabroad. I will
always be found on the side of peace , but
that "is no argument against the organiza
tion of the army. "
HOUSE , March 22. The bill granting a
pension of § 2,000 a year to the widow of
Gen. W. S. Hancock was passed yeas 1G9 ,
-nays 47. Under the call of states the fol
lowing bills and resolutions were intro
duced and referred. By Lawler A reso
lution directing the committee on judiciary
to report what legislation is necessary to
close any part of the Chicago river to navi
gation , either by making bridges permanent
or by filling up the river. By Merriman
3-Vir the'issue of United States coir notes.
SENATE , March 23. The senate passoa
the bill granting a pension of § 2,000 per
year to the widow o ; Gen. Hancock. On
motion of Van Wyck , the senate took up
and passed the bill to confirm the entries
lieretofore made on public lands in accord
ance with the rulings of the land office in
force at the time the entries were made.
Ingall's resolution of inquiry , offered yes
terday , was agreed to. asking whether the
postmaster general had received the senate
resolution calling for information ns to the
number of fourth-class postmasters re
I moved under the present administration.
House , March 23. In the morning hour
the house passed the Fourth of July claim
bill. The amount involved is § 238.200. A
number of bills were introduced at the ex
piration of the morning session. Burnes ,
of Missouri , submitted the conference re
port on the urgent deficiency bill. It was
agreed to and the house adjourned.
SENATE , March. 24. The army bill went
over and the resolutions reported from the
judiciary committee were taken up and
Morgan addressed the senate in opposition
to the majority report. Considerable
cross-firing occurred in the debate between
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Senators "Hoar , Gray , Edmunds , Butler
and Harris , and , without action on the
resolutions , the senate adjourned.
HOUSE , March 24. The house , after de
bate upon an amendment offered and re
jected , passed the Indian appropriation
bill yeas 226 , nays 5. The house then
immediately went into committee of the
whole on the postoffice appropriation bill.
Blount. chairman of the committee on
postoffices and postroads , briefly ex
plained the provisions of "the bill. It ap
propriated , he said , § 44,320,538 as against
an estimate of § 54.0SG,1GG and an appro
priation of § 53,700,990 for the current
year.
SENATE , March , 2G. The committee on
commerce reported the bill to provide for
encouragement of American shipping and
to promote commercial and postal re
lations with foreign nations. The chair
laid before the senate a letter from the
postmaster general transmitting , in com
pliance with a recent senate resolution , a
tabulated statement of fourth-class post
masters removed since March 4,1885. Re
ferred. Voorhees took the floor in opposi
tion to trie majority report on the Edmunds
resolutions. In the course of his address
Voorhees said if the attorney general were
guilty as charged , then he should be im
peached. That was a matter for the house.
The majority of the senate had turned
aside from the legitimate business of legis
lation. Labor all over the country was
overtaxed and scantily paid by reason of
longstanding and vicious legislation.
Voorhees heartily endorsed Clevelands'
notion in making removals so far as action
had been had , and he would heartily en
dorse the president's action in the same
direction if it went a thousand leagues
farther.
HOUSE , March 2G. In committee of tha
whole on the postoffice appropriation bill
Guenther , of Wisconsin , said that the post
master-general had been made a target for
innumerable and vicious assaults and mis
representations , which , in his opinion , had
been entirely unfounded , and dictated sole
ly from a spirit of revenge and spite by cer
tain steamship companies , and especially
' "fee Pacific Mail Steamship company ,
which , seeing its well-laid plans for a suc
cessful raid on the treasury frustrated by
the postoffice department , had set up a
most terrific and prolonged howl fit to ba
compared only to the howl of a tiger whose
prey had been snatched away from him.
The reasons given by the postmaster-gen
eral for not exercising the authority given
him in regard to the foreign mail service
were good , and snfficient reasons. The
evening session of the house was dv oted
to consideration of resolutions expressive
of the sorrow of that body at the death of
Joseph Rankin , late representative from
Wisconsin. Eulogistic addresses were de
livered and resolutions unanimously adopt
\ ed and , as a mark of respect to the mem-
cry of the deceased , the house adjourned.
SENATE , March 26. Among the bills in
troduced xvaa one by Hoar providing for
inquests upon national authority. Hoar
said the bill was suggested by reports of re
cent occurrences at Carrolltown , Miss. Ee-
ferred. The Edmunds resolutions were
then placed before the senate and Ingalls
took the floor. Speeches were made by
several senators , Edmunds closing tho de
bate. Harris having demanded n separate
vote upon the Edmunds resolutions , tha
first resolution , adopting the report of the
committee on judiciary , was adopted
yeas 32 , nays 26. The second resolution ,
condemning the refusal of the attorney
general to send copies of papers called for
by the senate , was adopted yeas 32 , nays
25. The question being on the third reso
lution , declaring it to be _ the duty of tha
senate to refuse its advice and consent to
the proposed removals of officers , docu
ments in reference to supposed misconduct
of whom are withheld , Gray r.-iised the
point that it changed a rule of the senate
and was not in order. The president pro
tempore overruled the point of order and
Mr. Gray appealed from his decision. Mr.
Gray's appeal was laid on the table. Mr.
Brown moved to amend by striking out
the third resolution altogether. Lost. A
vote being taken on the third reso
lution , it was agreed to yeas 30 , nays
2'J Messrs. Mitchell , of Oregon ; Riddle-
berger and Van Wyck voting with the
democrats. Thefourth resolution , con
demning the discharge of ex-union soldiers
and the putting in their places of men who
had rendered no military service for the
government , was then voted on and agreed
to yeas 50 , nays 1 ( Morgan ) . Morgan
offered a resolution declaring that nothing
in the resolutions already adopted was to
be construed as declaring that the conduct
of the attorney general rendered him liable
to impeachment and that the senate dis
claimed the right or power to punish him
by imprisonment or otherwise other than
by impeachment for the offense charged
against him in the resolution.
HOUSE , March 26. On motion of Springer
the vote by which the houae a few days
since defeated the senate bill granting a
nension of § 50 per month to the widow of
Gen. H. W. Benham was reconsidered ami
the bill was passed yeas 118. nays 85.
At its evening session the house passed
forty pension bills and adjourned until to
morrow.
POLITICAL JfEWSA > D S'OZES.
The fact that Senator Mahone occasion
ally gives republican dinners and does not
invite Senator Riddleberger is attracting
notice in Washington.
Senator Logan has made a contract to
write a series of articles on "Eeminiscenea
of the Late War" for the National Tribune
of Washington. The first article will ap
pear in April.
Senator Evarts , when a boy , lived in
Pmckney street , Boston. A schoolmate
says of him that he iras a lank , ungainly
lad. who usually got tme worst of it in the
rough and tumble games of the roystering
hchoolboys.
The Ohio house of representatives has re
fused to give women the right to vote for
members of jchool boards , but the Rhode
Island l.ouse of representatives has pro
vided for submitting a female suffrage con
stitutional amendment to the people.
Gen/Hamlin's boom for the republican
nomination for governor of Maine has been
somewhat obscured of late by booms for
other candidates , but his supporters con-
bole themselves with the reflection that it is
never safe to say that a Hamlin is beaten.
The St. Paul Pioneer Press thinks the
president's office would be more dignified
if it were stripped of the burden of dis
pensing patronage. It favors placing the
appointing power solely with tha heads of
departments.
Gen. Rosecrans' chief cause of dissatis
faction with his office is said to be the mod
erate size of the salary. The general's pa
triotism should enable him to overlook
this objection. Think of the honor !
The vindictive feeling against Mr. Ed
munds which existed in Vermont is said to
have passed away , and a large majority of
the republicans of the state are now de
cidedly in favor of his re-election.
The Tennessee republican convention to
nominate a candidate for governoris called
for Aug. 19.
The Richmond State estimates the white
vote of the state at 173,433 , and the col
ored vote at 115.628.
HOURS WITHOUT A. TERDICT.
Hollister ( Cal. ) dispatch : The jury in
the case of J. T. Prewett , charged with the
murder of Dr. Powers , September 17 , 1885 ,
after being out ninety hours , were dis
charged to-day , being unable to agree. The
trial has created intense excitement over
the entire coast. The testimony showed
that Dr. Powers was hanged to a tree to
create the appearance of lynching. A nu-n-
ber of others , who were charged with par
ticipating in the murder , were released by
consent of the prosecution with the hope
of inducing them to turn state's evidence.
On their refusal to testify , they were sent
to jnil for contempt , where they are still
confined.
OUTRAGE ST 3TASKED
The residence occupied by Joe Horner in
the suburbs of Keokuk , Iowa , was
burned on the 25th. Horner
claims that three masked men en
tered the house , gagged and bound him ,
and , after pouring coal oil on the furni
ture , fired it. They left , saying : "You can't
give us away. " The door was left slightly
open. Horner rolled out to the front gate ,
where his groans attracted the neighbors.
He had a struggle with the men , whosa
masks came off. All were strangers. It is
not known whether the motive was rob
bery or revenge. Horner had had trouble
with his wife , and she is now at Memphis ,
Mo.
PROCEEDINGS UfEXECUTJL YE SESSION.
Two letters from Secretary Manning were
read in executive session on the 23d declin
ing to furnish papers in the cases of Collec
tor ' .Yells , of Vermont , and Surveyor Hor-
ton , of San Francisco , both suspended.
Senator Logan caused to be read a letter
written several months ago by John Oberly ,
chairman of the democratic state commit
tee of Illinois , . charging that ex-Postmaster
Palmer , of Chicago , was an offensive parti
san. Gen. Logan asked that the letter ba
printed and referred to the committee on
civil service reform. It is understood to ba
his purpose to show that Palmer was not
an offensive partisan.
SIX HORSETHLETES
A report that reached Bismarck , D. T. ,
says that a party of cowboys came upon a
number of horsethieves in the timber on
the river bank about one hundred miles
north of Bismarck , and after the exchange
of several shots the thieves attempted to
escape. Charles Braddock and Jack
O'Brien , two outlaws , were killed in the
fight on theriverbank. Four of the thieves
reached the river and rode out on tha ice ,
hoping to escape. Two of the horses broke
through the ice and , with their riders , were
swept away. The two o"her thieves re
turned to the bank and surrendered. It is
probable they will be lynched cowboy
fashion.
A. XEST
Loaded Explosive Sails Found in a Sleeping
Room in Chicago.
While looking for a supposed murderer ,
says a Chicago dispatch , the police discov
ered a dynamiter's nest. They were look
ing for Christ Komnes , a murderer. A
search of his house at 231 West Twentieth-
st. early in tha morning led to the discov
ery of a long-barreled , breech-loading
Springfield rifle and twenty rounds of cart
ridges in tha room of Komne's boarder
and partner. Under tha bed was found a
quantity of lead and a potor ladle in whinh
to melt it. These suspicious instruments
implement caused other rooms to be over
hauled. In Komne's sleeping-room an old
trunk was dragged out of a dark corner
and its contents examined. Beneath a lot
old rags were four hollow lead balls consid
erably larger than a base ball. Three of
the balls were empty ; The fourth was
loaded and a hole partially bored for the
Insertion of a percussion cap. The balls
had been cast in a mold on the principle of
a bullet mold with a plaster of paris ball
in the center for a core. The lead shell
was frem a quarter to three-eighths of an
inch thick and weighed about five pounds.
After casting the shell of the leaden bomb
the plaster of paris ball inside was
gouged ont as far as possible with a chisel.
The hollow space of the loaded gun Is sup
posed to be filled with dynamite , gun-cot
ton or other violent explosive. The open
ing was sealed with lead and a hole bored
opposite for the insertion of the percussion *
cap. Two of the finished but unloaded
balls had two holes in them , one of which
was made with a screw thread so that the
instrument containing the cap could ba
twisted into the ball securely.
With the bombsas found a pieco of
wrought iron pipe six inches long and one
and one-quarter in diameter. Both ends
were closed with hard wood plugs , from
one of which projected four Inches of gutta ,
percha fuse. The implement is supposed
to be filled with an explosive similar to
that in the' bombs. Ten or fifteen feet of
fuse lay beside the bombs. It was filled
with powder and burned rapidly , with a
hissing , sputtering noise like the fuse of a
fire cracker , but was somewhat larger. An
old , rusty , needle-fire revolver of a French
pattern And a box of large percussion caps
complete.
A paper-bound pamphlet , with saffron-
colored cover , and printed in German , in
structed the owner how to make bombs
and other implements containing dyna
mite and other explosives. The book told
in detail the method of"making and using
poisons. Its author is Johann Most.
Lieut. Blettner , one of the policemen who
made the find , says he has no doubt that
Komnes shot Friedman and Barowsky ,
and about twenty policemen are looking
for him. Ifc is thought' that he is in hiding
among his socialist friends. His boarder
and partner , whose name the police refuse
to disclose , is confined at the Twelfth street
station. The partner is a socialist , also ,
anrJ attended the meetings of the group on
Blue Island avenue. He is a one-armed
man , and made the rounds with Komnes
in his peddling business.
SHE n.in TOO .ir.i.vr IIUSK.IXDS.
A Young Woman of Kespivtable Parentage
Charged with Jliyainy.
An extraordinary case of bigamy has
been developed here , says a Newport ( R. I. )
dispatch , the first arrest being made last
night in the person of James McMahon.
The person charged with bigamy is a young
woman of most respectable parentage.
She is an exceedingly interesting person ,
beautiful and accomplished. Her nam
originally was Anetta Lee Wright , her
parents residing in Jamestown. She first
married a well-to-do man Alonzo Tefft
from whom she was subsequently divorced.
Next she married a farmer named Hall ,
who owned property in Jamestown and in
Narragansett. Mr. and Mrs. Hall did not
live happily , and a separation took place ,
but no divorce proceedings were had.
Spme timeagoshe met . young mannamed
James McMahon , whose father is a city
contractor. Mr. McMahon claims that he
did not know his wife's status before his
marriage to her , but there is evidence
that he did afterwards , because he
was informed of the circumstan
ces. The 18th ult. McMahon ap
plied for and obtained a marriage li
cense , and the couple were married by the
Rev. Mr. Clark , pastor of the Thames
Street Methodist church. When this fact
was discovered by Mr. McMahon , the ed
itor , he was very indignant , and he made
application to the chief of police for a war
rant for the pretty woman to be arrested
on a charge of bigamy. The chief declined ,
but subsequently placed the matter before
the grand jury , and the result of the elder
McMahon's stir in the affair is that not
only has an indictment charging bigamy
been found against Mrs. Hall but one
charging adultery was found against his
own son. This he evidently did not ex
pect. Young McMahon was arrested last
night. Meanwhile Mrs. Hall has gone to
Fall River. The case is exciting consider
able talk. The police officials have re
ceived information to warrant their belief
that Mrs. Hall has two other husbands liv
ing besides those mentioned.
TILE EDJIUA'DS RESOLUTION'S.
Remarte of Senator Logan on the Floor of
the Senate.
In discussion ol theEdmunds resolutions
on the senate with reference to surrender to
that body of documents in possession of
the president , Senator Logan said : Sena
tors have traveled far in debate and dis
cussed many topics disconnected with the
question before the senate. The only ques
tion is whether the attorney general should
furnish papers relating to the conduct of
the office of the district attorney. This
government , said Logan , is based on the
will of the people , and the people should
have all information that they , through
their representatives in congress , should
call for. The president calls these papers
private , but the moment he places a paper
on the files of the department it becomes
by his own act a public paper. Could the
president mean that to-morrow he could
box those papers tip and send them to Buf
falo , or that he could at any time hereafter
take them away ? Could he leave them
therefor ten orfifteen years.and then make
a demand on the government for them as
his private papers ? If that was the argu
ment it was one that it was impossible to
support by any sort of logic or fairdealing.
Senator Logan declared himself in favor of
open sessions , and in concluding said he
respected the president as a pleasant gen
tleman , but that gentleman was mistaken
in the idea that he was any thing more than
an American citizen placed in his office to
execute thewill of the people.
A POLITICAL CREHE.
A Houston ( Tex. ) special says : An at
tempt was made to assassinated ITayorW.
B Baker-to-night. He is
running as an in
dependent candidate. He was out to-night
making a campaign speech , and was going
with a party from one meeting to another
when a man on horseback : called him to
one side. As he stood talking to the man.
the horseman demanded that he withdraw
from the canvass , and upon Baker's re
fusal fired three shots at him , all of which
jnst grazed his head. The would-be assas
sin then made his escape , under a shower
of bullets from the mayor's friends.
JPTRED AT THE WHOLE FAXLLT.
A IHaith'KTC FatJier Shoots at His Wife , Son
and Daughter.
Loup City special to the Omaha Bee :
Yesterday our town was thrown into a
fever of excitement over the news that a
man named George A. Callen had shot hid
wife , son and daughter , who reside in the
western portion of this county. In thisaga
of tragedies of course full credence waa
given to the report. Later in the evening ,
however , when the would-be murderer was
brought to town , the true state of facts
were found to be as follows : Callen , who
had been keeping aloof from his family for
some years , returned from Omaha that
morning , and after eating break fast in his
unwelcome home declared war by shooting
his wife through the left breast , putting a
bullet through his son's ear , and by send
ing a deadly miHsivedancingalong thesealp
of his d lUgliter. He fired several other
shots without effect. In the meantime the
son grabbed a friendly shotgun and held the
old man at bay until assistance arrived.
The mother is seriously wounded , but hopes
are entertained of her recovery. The
theory is that the wr tch intended to mur
der the entire family and then kill himself.
ANOTHER VERSION OP THE AFFAIR.
Last night the stage-driver from Lee's
Park brought the news of what will prob
ably prove a fatal shooting affair which
occurred near that place. The particulars ,
as stated by him , are as follows : On a
farm about two miles this side of Lee's
Park lived George Collin and family , con
sisting of a son , aged 16 , and a daughter ,
aged IS. The father is a hard drinker , and
Tuec-day last some trouble arose , the par
ticulars of whiche did notJearn. This
exasperated him. and he shot his wifu
through the left side , and not satisfied with
this murderous work beat her over the
hed with a club and left her for dead. Ho
then turned on his children and fired three
shots , one of which clipped the boy's ear
and another grazed the girl's temple. The
plucky boy grappled with his father ,
knocked him down with a club , and suc
ceeded in binding him before assistance ar
rived. Collin was brought to this city and
locked up , and a physician sent to attend
the wounded lady. At last reports she was
still alive , but no hope for her recovery.
Collin has long had a bad reputation.
Some time tigo his family made complaint
that they were in fear of their lives , but no
attention was paid to them. Talk of
lynching is freely indulged in.
CRAZED JSr LOrE AXD LIQUOR.
tToJiil Clemer Shoots His Hicertheart anil Puts
a Sail Into His Jtraln.
Chicago dispatch : John Clemer , a Ger
man broom-maker , tried to kill his sweet
heart , Julia Fisher , last night , and proba
bly succeeded in winding up his earthly ox
istence. Julia is a servant girl. She met
Clemcr about a year ago and , after a short
courtship , they became engaged. Later on
he became addicted to drink , and has car
ried his unfortunate habit to such a degree
that the young woman finally broke the
engagement. Last night he called at her
home under the influence of liquor , atul
asked for a private interview witii
her. She did not care to see him ,
and the brothers also objected. Ciemer
pleaded so hard , however , that in
order to avoid a scene the girl finally
consented and conducted him to a room
upstairs. A short time afterward the
brother who remained below , heard two
loud reports of a pistol in quick succes
sion. An officer heard the firing at the
same time , and rushing into the house ,
met the brother on his way upstairs. Both
ascended , and , bursting in the door of the
room , found Clemer lying on the floor , his
head resting in a pool of blood from a
wound over the right eye , and apparently
dead. Julia was lying on the bed , blood
oozing from a hole in her left side near the
fifth rib , caused by Clemer's pistol.
After an examination it was thought
that Clemer could not possibly survive.
Julia was more fortunate , the bullet
glancing on a rib and inflicting only a flesh
wound , which , though painful , will in all
probability not result fatally.
ItURLI GTOy TROUBLES SETTLED.
Vice President Potter of the Chicago ,
Euvlington & Quincy railroad , the different
division superintendents of that system ,
and all master mechanics of the road met
in Chicago with Chief Arthur of the Broth
erhood of Locomotive Engineers , and thir
teen delegates , representing 750 engineers
on the Burlington system , to adjudicate
differences. The meeting was somewhat
prolonged , but those interested said con
clusions were reached without difficulty.
A revised schedule of wages was agreed up
on , the terms of which it was agreed should
not be published until the details were fully
prepared. Out of nearly 500 different
runs" on the Burlington system , about
fifty have been changed , and the rate of
wanes equalized. Messrs. Potter and Ar
thur both express themselves well pleased
with the result of the compromise.
THE MARKETS.
OMAHA.
WHEAT No. 2 58
BARLEY No. 2 47
RYE No. 2 40
CORN No. 2 mixed 20Ji@
OATS No. 2 20 @ 20 ]
BUTTER Fancy creamery. . 30 @ 35
BUTTER Choice roll 15 @ IS
EGGS Fresh 12 @ 13
CHICKENS Dressed per ft > . . . 8 @ 10
TURKEYS Dressed perft. . . . 8 @ 9
DUCKS Dressed per tt > S @ 9
LEMONS Choice 400 @ 450
APPLES Choice 2 50 @ 3 00
ORANGES Mesina 200 @ 400
BEANS Navvs 1 25 @ 150
ONIONS Per"bushel 100 @ 110
POTATOES Per bushel 50 @ 60
GREEN APPLES Per bbl. . . . 2 75 @ 3 25
WOOL Fine , per Ib 14 @ 16
SEEDS Timothy 2 25 @ 2 50
SEEDS Blue Grass 130 @ 140
HAY Baled , per ton 5 50 @ 6 00
HAY In bulk GOO @ 700
HOGS Mixed packing 3 75 @ 3 85
BEEVES Fair to good 2 50 @ 3 00
SIIEEP Heavy grades 3 00 @ 4 00
NEW YORK.
WHEAT No. 2 red 93 @ 94
WHEAT Ungraded red 85 @ 92 ;
CORN No. 2 45 ' ® 46
OATS Mixed western 34 @ 38
PORK 9 87 > ( @ 10 00
LARD 6 28 @ G 29
CHICAGO.
FLOUR Southern 4 00
FLOUR Patents 3 65
WHEAT Perbushel 75K@
CORN Per bushel 37 % <
OATS Per bushel 26
PORK 9 70
LARD 5 92
HOGS Packing & shipping. 425
CATTLE Stockers : . . 2 50
SHEEP Natives 2 40
ST. LOUIS.
WHEAT No. 2 red 92
CORN Perbushel
OATS Per bushel
HOGS Mixed packing 3 85
CATTLE Stockers & feeders 300
SHEEP Common to choice 2 50
KANSAS CITY.
WHEAT Perbushel
CORN Per bushel 24 = @ 27J4
OATS Per bushel 2G @ 26
CATTLE Exports 5 00 @ 5 15
HOGS Good to choice 3 90 @ 4 PC
SHEEP Common to good. . 2 75 © 57 ?
IN THE MUSHROOM BEDS.
A. Dainty Edible Cultivated In 2
Xoric and Vicinity.
Every year thousands of quart cans
containing champignons , or fairy-ring
mushrooms , are imported here from
France and eaten in the leading hotels ,
clubs , restaurants , and such households
as can afford to use them. They are
costly , often selling for $1 per pound.
In Europe they arc called "fairy-ring"
mushrooms because of the circles of
from a few feet to several yards in di
ameter of an intensely bright green
color , which are found here and there
on the lawns and pastures of England ,
Ireland and France. They are caused
by the mycellium or spawn of the mush
room , which , having exhausted the soil
within the ring , is constantly spreading
and enlarging the circle. France is the
great mushroom-producing country of
the world. For nearly half a century
the communes of Grand Montrouge ,
Arcueil , Chatillon , Bagneaux , Vitry.
Maisons-Alfort and all
- , No-sy-le-See ,
within reaching distance from Paris ,
have been devoted almost exclusively to
mushroom culture. The soil in these
districts is poor and would produce
nothing but short grass and stunted
fruit trees. Forty-seven years ago a
country genius hit upon the idea of util
izing the galleries of the worked out
and disused quarries with which the en
tire district is undermined. These
quarries are now the greatest mushroom
beds in the world , and the once strug
gling champignonists are millionaires
in their way.
The galleries , as a rule , are from
forty to seventy feet below the surface ,
and a uniform temperature of from 50
to 60 degrees is maintained in them.
The beds are made of horse manure ,
which undergoes a special treatment
before being used. It is thrown in
heaps on the sides of the country road
ways and turned over day after day un
til it is thoroughly sunIried. . From it
the beds are constructed. The manure
is laid down from the walls to the center
of the gallery , being higher by severa"
inches next the walls. At regular in
tervals small footpaths run from the
center aisle to the walls , so that grow
ers may gather the mushrooms without
spoiling the beds , which are li feet deep
nearest the walls. On these beds the
spawn is scattered. How this spawp
or seed is irathered is the secret of the
mushroom grower. The beds are then
kept at a temperature of 70 degrees.
Three or four weeks later the beds are
covered with a layer of fine loam to the
depth of half an inch , and a fortnight
later the mushrooms begin to appear ,
and are gathered every morninc : or
evening , according to the demanus 01
the trade. The men who work in the
mushroom galleries begin their toil at
5 o'clock in the morning , and do not
cease until late in the evening. They
are paid from 5 to 5Jfrancs daily. As
an instance of the enormous fecundity
of the French mushroom beds , it may
be mentioned that one bed at Arceuif ,
when in full hearing , sent three thou
sand pounds of champignons to th.e
Paris market daily. In gatherinjr , the
stalks of the mushrooms are never cut ,
but twisted , as cutting injures the flavor
and spoils the beds.
While , of course , the delicattessen
market of this country is. and will be
for years , supplied by France with
champignons in the dry canned form ,
still mushroom-culture has been adopted
as a profession by different parties in
this city and the surrounding suburbs
with varied degrees of success , and
some of the experimenters have kept
on and are now making money. The
freshly-gathered American champignon
is certainly superior to the French dry
canned article in every way , but ic will
take years before the general prejudice
against the native production will be
overcome. Of course , the professional
cooks and restaurant-keepers know the
difference and buy the-American mush
room. The only professional mushroom-
raiser on Lonjr island owns a large farm
outside Jamaica , and raises his mush
rooms in hothouses especially con
structed for the purpose and in dark
cellars. He packs his freshly-gathered
mushrooms in thin compressed-wood
baskets , and supplies a number of Ful I
ton market dealers every morning. A
Frenchman who has a small mushroom
farm outside of Stapleton , S. I. , carries
round his baskets of fresh-raised mush
rooms every day , and enjoys an almost
complete monopoly of the down-town
restaurants antl those establishments
where the chief cooks are Frenchmen.
Some years ago a small colony of
Frenchmen squatted in the unoccupied .
arches of the ok ! acqueduct works and I
began the artificial raising of cham- ' ,
pignons. One by one they gave up the
effort and now there are none left. The
greatest mushroom farm near thfo city
is that located behind Weehawken ,
N. J. It supplies Washington market
and dealers all over the city. New York
Mail and Express.
In His Mind.
We were at the depot in Griffin , Ga. ,
waiting for the Atlanta train , when a
colored man came along wich a wheel
barrow and purposely collided with a
brother of color who was coming down
the street. There was a war of words
for a few minutes and then the one who
had been hit limped to the plateform
and said :
"Ize gwine to hurt dat man afore he ;
gits frew wid me. ' I
VrCTitr don't yon challenge him ? "
asked one.
"Dat's no good , sah. Ize dun chal
lenged him fo'teen times , an * he's dun
challenged me jist as often. " j
'And you can't bring about a duel ? "
"Xo , sah. Ebery time I challenge
him he wants to fight wid pitchforks , j
an' of co'se I doan' accept. Ebery I
time he challenges me I wants to fight
wid shovels , an ? of co'se he doan' ac
cept. "
"You'll never set tosether. "
"Oh , yes , we will. We's edgin' along
to it ebery day. We'll keep dis thing
up till bimeby we'll agree on cotton
choppers , anr den you'll h'ar dat Wil
liam Henry Washington was cut down
in his bloom at de fust blow. We's
edgin' , sah , an' in my mind's eye I'm
de nead monner at dat man's funeral. "
Detroit Free Press. .
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
To Wash Black Calico Use soft
water , milk warm , put in one spoonful
of salt , use no soap only at tho neck
and sleeves very little. Iron when not
quite dry.
Meats Left Over Roasted or boiled
meats , if of good quality , are generally
better sliced cold than warmed over ,
but if the latter plan is decided upon do
it as quickly as possible. As soon as
the meat is thoroughly heated through ,
remove it from tho lire.
Waffles Three eggs whites and
yelks beaten separately one table-
spoonful of butter , or a piece the size of
a hen's egg , half a teaspoonal of soda ,
or a teaspoonful of baking powder , a
pinch of salt , one quart of flour. Mis
all together with sour cream enough to
make a batter ; cook in waffle irons over
the coals of fire till of a light brown
color.
Yorkshire Pudding A. pint and a half
of milk , sis large tablespoonf uls of flour ,
three eggs , and one salcspoonful of
salt. Put the flour into a basin with
the salt , and stir gradually to this
enough milk to make it into a stiff bat
ter. When this is perfectly smooth ,
and all the lumps are well-rubbed down ,
add the remainder of the milk and tho
eggs , which should be well beaten.
Beat the mixture for a few minutes , and
pour it into a shallow tin , which has
been previously well rubbed with beef-
dripping. Put the pudding into the
oven , and bake it for an hour ; then for
another half hour place it under tho
meat to catch a little of the gravy that
flows from it. Cut the pudding into
small square pieces , put them on a hot
dish , and serve. If the meat is baked ,
the pudding may at once be placed un-
j der it , resting the meat on a small three-
cornered stand.
Yenison Stewed A shoulder of
venison , a few slices of mutton fat ,
two glasses of port wine , pepper and
allspice to taste , one and a half pint of
weak stock or jrravy , half a teaspoon- ,
ful of whole pepper , and half a tea-
spoonful of wliole allspice. Hang the
venison till tender ; take out the bone ,
flatten the meat with a rollingpin , and
place over it a few slices of mutton
fat , which have been previously
soaked for two or three hours in port
wine ; sprinkle these with a little lino
allspice and pepper , roll the meat up.
and bind and tie it securely. Put it
into a stewpan with the bone and the
above proportion of weak stock , or
gravy , whole allspice , black pepper ,
and port wine ; cover the lid down
closely , and simmer "very gently from
three and a half to four hour.When
3uite tender , take off the tape and
ish the meat ; strain the gravy over
it and send it to table with red
currant jelly. Unless the joinc is very
fat , the above is the best mode of cook
ing it.
Bishop's King1 Around the Snu.
If there is nothing new muter the
sun , there is at least something new
around it. For the last two years close
observers of the sky have noticed that
the noonday sun has been surrounded
by a corona of dusky , coppery or red
dish light , as it has been variously de
scribed , the circlo of most distinct col
or having a radius of about fifteen de
grees , and inclosiug a brilliant , silvery
or bluish glow close around the solar
disk. A similar appearance of much
less intensity has been occasionally no
"
ticed around the full moon on "very
clear winter nights.
The most experienced observers of
sky colors are agreed that this corona
was not visible before the latter mpnths
of 18.33. Von Bezold , of Munich , who
was considered the most competent
meteorologist to prepare a scedule for
observations on the colors of the sky
for the recent German Arctic expedi
tion , says that , in spite of the close at
tention he had previously given to the
appearance of the usual whitish glow
around the sun , he had never till recent
ly seen the dusky ring. Thollou , of
Nice , who had made a special study of
the s'ky around the sun for a series
of years , declares confidently that a
change occured in November , 1883.
Blaekhouse , of Sunderland , who has a
careful record of parhelia for twenty-
five years , confirms this opinion. We
may , therefore , safely accept the con
clusion that the change of color from
the blue of the Open sky to the intense
glare of whitish light cfose around the
sun was until lately effected without
the appearance of any reddish tinge in
the transitional area.
The new corona , to which the name
of "Bishop's ring" ' has been given aft
er its first observer , has never been a
very conspicuous affair , and , therefore ,
has not attracted the popular attention
that it deserves ; but it could easily be
seen every clear day last winter , and
has repeatedly been noticed since then
in the latter months of 1885. Popu
lar Sience Monthly.
An Ambitions Man.
A wealthy Austin man was asked re
cently by a delegation of his friends if
he would not consent to allow his name
to be used in connection with the United
States Senatorship. He replied that he
never had meddled in politics before ,
but just now he had made up his mind
to apply for a position other than the
Senatorship.
"Ah ! I suppose you want to got on
the Supreme Bench , ' ' said one of the
committee.
The heavy property owner shook his
head and toyed with'his $500 diamond
ring.
"Perhaps" Cleveland is going to offer
you a place in his Cabinet ? "
"No. You haven't scuessed 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. I 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.1
Texas Sif lings.
"Washington abounds in fine carriages and
horses , yet two-thirds of the hou e of repre
sentatives , half the senate , and nearly all the
supreme court patronize the street-cars.