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THE. RED CLOUD CHIEF
A. C. HOSMER, Publisher.
RED CLOUD.
NEBRASKA.
CURRENT COMMENT.
The Bank of New York recently cele
brated its one hundredth anniversary.
The bank was the first organized in the
State and the second one in the Union.
The shaft of General Sutter's old mill
at Coloma, Cal., where gold was first
discovered by Marshall, in 184S, has
just been placed in a museum in San
Francisco.
A Geokgia man took an ingenious
way of draining a swamp. He bored an
artesian well hole through it to a. depth
of eighty feet, the last fifty being through
rock, until a fault and continuous open
ing were found. The water disappeared
rapidly, and the area of land reclaimed
pays a large profit.
On the 12th of February 223 slaves
were freed in Brazil, at a cost of $37,
COO, by the emancipation fund. Tho
number of slaves still on the lists is
1,500,000. This number is being grad
ually diminished by public funds and
private benevolence, the latter freeing
nine to the former's one.
The Attorney-General of South Caro
lina has given his opinion adverse to the
$500 reward offered for "the apprehen
tion and conviction" of Boggan Cash,
as the terms of the proclamation under
which the reward was offered were
specific, and under no other circum
stances could the reward be paid.
Miss Lillian Tayloi:, daughter of
Baj-ard Taylor, has delighted her friends
by evincing an artistic talent closely
akin to genius. Some of her sketches
from life rnig-ht with credit be attributed
to far older uad more famous hands.
Tn a few days she will sail for Europe,
there to pursue her studies in the best
schools of art. Miss Taylor appears
also to have in inherited an enviable
share of lit rary ability.
An opera company organized in Lon
don about a year ago to make a tour of
India, Australia and Java, stranded re
cently in the latter place, aud the prima
donna, Mme. Duche, is now acting as
chambermaid in one of the hotels there,
while the tenor, M. Treblanc, has en
tered the service of a cattle miser. The
remainder of the company occupy
arious positions in the same sphere of
of life.
The late Peter P. Brighaiu. in 1877.
gave by will $30,000 to the town of
Bakerslield, in Vermont, to constitute
the Brigham School Fund for educa
tional purposes. The residue af the es
tate, after the payment of certain leg
acies, at the end of twenty-five years,
with its eccumulations, is to go to
found the Brigham Hospital for sick
anrsous in indigent circumstances resid
:ng in Boston. The residue already ex
ceeds $1,000,000.
Some out-of-the-way data respecting
the great canals of the world are pub
lished.. The Imperial canal of China is
over 1,000 miles long. In the year 1GS1
was completed the greatest undertaking
of the kind on the continent, the canal
of Languedoc, or the Canal du Midi, to
connect the Atlantic with the Medit
erranean; its length is 148 miles, it has
more than 100 locks, and about fifty
aqueducts, and in its highest part it is
nc less than GOO feet above the sea; it is
navigable for vessels of upward of 100
tons. The largest ship canal in Eu
rope is the Great North Holland canal,
completed in 1825. It is 125 feet wide at
the water surface, thirty-one feet wide
at the bottom and has a depth of twenty
feet; it extends from Amsterdam to the
Helder, fiftj'-one miles. The Caledonian
canal, in Scotland, has a total length of
sixty miles, including three lakes. The
Suez canal is eigbty-eight miles long, of
which sixty-six miles are actual canal.
The Eric canal is 350$ miles long; the
Ohio canal, Cleveland to Portsmouth,
332; the Miami and Eric, Cincinnati to
Toledo, 291; tho Wabash and Erie,
Evansville to the Ohio line, 374.
Washington has never appeared to
greater ad vantage than it has during the
late spring, and the many strangers
who have been there have gone away de
lighted with the Federal city. A very
intelligent Massachusetts gentleman,
wrote: "'Ike view from the Capitol
looking westward is a picture that I
never shall forget waking or sleeping
it stands out distinct and clear before
my eyes. It is indeed beautiful. The
city lies at the spectator's feet, and
Pennsylvania avenue stretches out be
fore him, even its mean-looking houses
acquiring a sort of beauty as being com
ponent parts of the vista. Looking
directly westward, tho mall spread
out before him, with tho quaint
but picturesque buildings of the Smith
sonian Institute, the National Museum,
and the Department of Agriculture re
lieving the monotony of its once desert
waste. Afar off the huge white obelisk
of the Washington monument rises, its
top swarming with workmen, and de
signed to become a noble and com
manding structure. When the monu
ment is finished, and the grounds of the
mall are laid out as a public park, and
the railroad is banished, it will be un
surpassed by any view in any other
citv in Christendom.
THE WOllLD'S D01SGS
A Summary of the Dally News.
TKOCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.
The Senate, on the Oth, insisted upon its
amendments to the Lulior Statistics bill and
appointed :i Committee of Conference. Mr.
Vpnee submitted the views of tho minority of
the Committee on Priviliges and Elections re
pardinir the Danville investigation. The Mex
ican Soldiers' Pension bill whs taken up and
the pending amendment was laid on the table.
The amendment was Mr. KiddlolxTKer's
amendment to strike out the phrase "for the
suppression of the rebellion" troin Mr. Hoar's
amendment, providing- pensions for soldiers
who fought in the late war tor the sup
pression of the rebellion. Mr. William
moved to lav Mr. Hoar's amendment on the
tahlo. Carried. Ayes, an; nays. if. Sev
eral amendments were offered and laid on the
table and further consideration of the bill
went over The House went into Committee
of the Whole on the Itlver and Harbor bill.
Without action the committee rose aud the
floor was accorded the Committee on the Dis
trict of Columbia. At the evening session of
the House numerous amendment; inereasinjr
appropriations for various improvement of
rivers and harbors were otTered and voted
down. After completing consideration of six
of the forty-seven pages of the hill, the com
mittee rose and the House adiouracd.
In the Senate, on the lOtii, a large num
ber of petitions were presented opposing a
Governmental telegraph. Mr. Heck withdrew
his resolution concerning the removal of po
litical disabilities, aud the Senate resumed
cons d -ration of the Mexican Tension bill.
The amendment ottered by Mr. Harrison, in
tended to limit the beneOciaries of the bill to
those who had seen service, was laid on the
table: yeasi".: nays, 'M. The Consular and Di
plomatic Appropriation bill was taken up and
the Senate went into secret session on the por
tion relating to the enforcement of the Neu
trality act. ...In the House. Mr. Morrison,
Chairman of the Committee on Ways and
Means, reported a concurrent resolution pro
viding for final adjournment of Congress
Monday, the With of June, at three p. m.
Adapted without division. Mr. Payson, from
the Committee on Public Lands, reported a
bill forfeiting part of certain landsgrantcd by
Iowa to aid'in the construction of railroads in
that State. The House, at its evening session,
took up the bill directing the Secretary of the
Interior to obtain from the Red Ijikc Chipi.
wa Indians a relinquishment of their title to
thelted Lake Heservation of Minnesota. After
a long debate and without action the House
adjourned.
The Senate, on the 11th, went into secret
legislative session on the item in the Consular
and Diplomatic Appropriation bill appropri
ating ?ri0.000to cover the neoessary expenses
attendant upon the execution of the Neu
trality act. Nothing definite whs accom
plished, us when the doors were reopened a
quorum was not present Jin House went
into Committee of the Whole on the
River and Hurhor bill. The clause for
the construction of tiie Hennepin ca
nal having been reached. Mr. .tones, of
Wisconsin, raised airamt it the point of order
that the Committee on Rivers and Harbors had
no jurisdiction over the subject, and that a
bill with substantially the same provision wa.
pending in the House. The Chair overruled
the point of order and was sustained on an
appeal by lit! to ill. Mr. Holinan then moved
to strike out the Hennepin canal clause. Mr.
Potter suppoi tod the motion, but it was lost by
a vote of ftj to HI. M r. Cosrove'inoved to in
crease from f.-jWUXn) to ?Ki0.m the appropria
tion for the improvement of tlieMis'souri from
its mouth to Sioux City. Lost. After con
cluding tin appropriation portion of the bill
the committee rose and the House adjourned.
The Senate, on the lih, took a final vote
on the Consular and DipIomatic'Appropria
tion bill, and the bill was passed by thirty
eight you- and two nays (Vance and Van
Wyck). The bill as passed is almost precisely
as reporteil from the Senate Committee on
AlMiroiiriutious making an addition of J--"ii.-
Ojn to the bill as reported from the House.
The Mexican Pensions bill whs taken tip.
Alter debate, the Senate, without reaching a
conclusion on the bill, went Into executive
session, and when the doors opened, ad
journed The House met in continuance of
Wednesday's session, aud went into Commit
tee of the Whole, on the River and
Harbor: Appropriation bill. The appro
priation for the ice harbor on the
Muskingum River was increased from ?At.
l0 to $M.lM). The committee arose and re
ported the bill to the Hou-e. Mr. Hates
moved to strike out the Hennepin canal
clause. The motion to strike out was agreed
to: yeas, 14ti; nays. li.'. Mr. Murphy then
moved to lay the bill anil pending amend
ments on the tabic. The motion was lost:
yeas. !I7: nays. lM. The bill was then passed
by a vote of yeas, 1.77: nays, lid. The Speaker
announced that the vote on the motion to
strike out the Hennepin canal clause had not
lieen correctly Mated; that the actual vote
was: yeas. Ui": nays, lit:. Mr. Kuton then
called up the Senate bill regulating
the electoral count. After some dis
cussion, the House adjourned.
In thrt Senate, on the 1'ltli, Mr. Brown oli
talncd unanimous consent to take up the bill
to require the payment in cash to the State of
Georgia of $ji,DV. appropriated for that State
by act of Congress, passed March 3d. to re
fund to Georgia certain moneys cxiNMided for
the common defense in 1717. Mr. Dolph
moved an amendment to include fXi.odd lor
uregou and JW for California to refund
moneys expended by those States in the sup
pression or the Modoe hostilities After a
loug diseustion, Mr. Ingalls moved toiecom
mit the bill to the Committee on Claims. It
then discovered that no quorum was
present and the Senate adjourned until the
lhth . .In the Hou-ethe "Senate amendments
tothe-ConsuUr and Diplomatic aud Revenue
Appropriation bills were non-concurred in.
Mr. Pryor then tjk the tloor on the Kieetoral
bill. At the couclu-don or Mr. Pryor's speech
Mr. TowiiMieiid, of Illinois, submitted u con
ference repoir on the Post-onice Appropri
ation bill. He said that the items upon
which no agreement hud been reached
were, first. inerea-in(f the appropriation
for the pay of letter carriers: second, in
creasing by SI.OGO.QM the appropriation for
mail transportion on railroad routes; third,
striking out the clause regulating the com
pensation to land grant roads: foutth. appro
priating SIKo.WO for special mail facilities, mid
fifth. Increasing by S&O.efiO the appropriation
for railway post-oilice clerk. The conference
report was adopted as far as the items are
concerned upon which the agreement hail
Iteon arrived at. The House at it evening
session passed seventy-six pension bills and
adjourned.
POLITICAL AND PERSONAL.
Henry G. Vennor, the weather prophet,
died in Montreal on theSth, aged forty-four
years.
The remains of ex-Justice Noah H.
Swnyne, of the United States Supreme
Court, arrived at Washington from New
York recently on a special car, and were
interred in Oak Hill Cemetery.
Samuel J. Tilden has written n letter
definitely declining his proposed nomina
tion as the Democratic candidate for the
Presidency. His reasons were that he was
physically unable to bear the burdens of
Governniont or to make tho necessary can
vass. George D. Morgan has been elected di
rector of tho Western Union, to fill the j
vacancy caused by tho death of Augustus
Schell.
Bishop George W. Peterkin, of West
Virginia, was manned tho other night in
Henrico County, Va., to Miss Marion M.
Stewart, daughter of John Stewart, one of
the wealthiest and most prominent citizens,
of Virginia.
MIKCKLLAXKOtTS.
Some unknown person entered s barn nt
the corner of Cartor nventie and Taylor
street, Chicago, recently, with n lighted
candle and ignited the hay. Fred. A-deR,
an expressman fifty years old, and a young
man whose name was unknown, sleeping
in the barn, were burned to death.
The Goshen Woolen Mill Company, of
Elkhart, Tnd., purchased seven hundred
pounds of wool the other day. Shortly af
ter it was discovered that the worI; tgeth- j
er with til's team that hr.uled It, had been
stolen near Mendon, Mich. The thieves
succeeded in escaping, leit left th; team, j
John Patterson, one of tho trustees of
the Wehankeii, N. Y., school, filtered the I
school room recently and brutally nsault
ed the principal, Joseph G. Cleveland.
breaking the latter's jaw and otherwise
maltreating him. The reason given for the
assault was that Cleveland had detained
the eleven-year-ohl son of Pattorson during
tho dinner hour without cause. Tho assail
ant was arrested.
The National Bank of Commerce, of Min
neapolis, Minn., has been authorized tc
begin business with a capital of $403,030.
Denjson, Tex., Iwick layers struck re
cently for fivo dollars a day.
The Washington Star says: Lato dis
closures show that the failure of the bank
ing house of Middleton & Co. was not only
disgraceful, but one of the most disastrous
on record. Property left for safe keeping,
good margins on stock, charity funds, all
tho deposits, and in fact everything, had
been swept away and used by this firm
until it is doubtful if it pays a cent or even
a mill on the dollar.
Failures for the past seven dayt in tho
United States were 20;5, Canada 25, or an in
crease of IS. Casualties were lighter than
usual in tha New England and Western
States, but there wus an increase in the
Middle, Southern and Pacific States and
Canada.
Theebaw, King of Burmah, recently
poisoned the Queen and her mother and
married the Queen's sister.
A recent Corsicana, Tex., special says:
The extraordinary hot weather of the past
few days culminated in a small cyclone
aad heavy rain storm. Two busbies?
houses were unroofed, many houses blow
down and a number of residences some
what damaged.
The dead body of a young mnn, whose
widowed mother lives at Bardstown, Ky.
was found in Salt River, near Santa Ft?,
Monroe County, Mo., a day or two ago, his
anus bound and his neck broke. It was be
lieved that ho was brutally murdered am'
thrown into tho river. The matter was
being investigated.
Vessel agents in Chicago aro hopeful ol
a material advance in freight rates. En
gagements were made one day recently
for over half a million bushels of grain.
Frank L. Loring, of Chicago, who wnf
sentenced for using tho mails to defraud
surrendered himself to District Attorney
Tuthill, and was sent to jail for twelve
mouths.
Hunt, Stewart & Co., cotton factors o.
New Orleans, failed ricently. Stewart
states that the failure was caused by a
misunderstanding concerning the accept
ance of draft.
Frank Arbuckle caught his arm in
somo of the machinery of Nathan Ar
huckle's mill at Rushville, Ind., recently,
and had the flesh literally torn from the
bones. He lived in txtreme agony until
he was relieved by death.
Three dynamite cartridges exploded ..!
Genoa, Italy, recently two in front of the
Church of the Conception, tho other i:i
close proximity to the Church of San Lor
enzo. A London dispatch of the If.tltsays: Th
Tichborue claimant (Arthur Orton) will be
released on a ticket of leave.
The steamer Pearl mistook the lights at
White Rock, Lake Huron, the other night
and run on the rocks, where she was lying
in n perilous condition. Her cargo was
jettisoned.
By spilling molten metal at the Cincin
nati and Newport iron and pipe work-,
Newport, Ky., leeently, an employe named
Vanausdal was lurn-d to death, und two
others probably fatally injured.
An explosion at Looms' Mill, three mile-"
north of Little Rock, Ark., destroyed mo
of the structure; killed Anderson Car
penter, the engineer, and Elias Lee, badly
wounding two others. -
Acting GovEh.voit Thomas, of Utah,
granted a reprieve to Ilopt, pending his
appeal to the United States Supreme
Court. Ho was lo have been shot on the
i;;-.h.
It was stated that the Czar had approved
the plan submitted by certain Russian
naval officers for an expedition to tin5
North Pole in sledges from the new Si
berian islands.
ADDITIONAL DISPATCH.
By a collision with an excursion train
on the Camden fc Pacific Railroad, recent
ly, near Camden, Pa., Enginters Palmer
and Buxtor and Conductor Smith. Bag
gagemater Vaughn, Mail Agent Wylio am!
Fireman Barber were killed. Many per
sons were injured. The excursion pnrty
were of tho Cainden Presbyterian Church.
Frank Fuuton, Supervisor of the road, and
G. Edwards, were also killed. The acci
dent was cauied by the non-reception of a
telegraphic dispatch.
The Pope has instructed Monsignor Ri
ualdiniua at Brussels to negotiate for tho
restoration of diplomatic relations between
the Vatican and Belgium.
At m rucout game of lacrosse at Belfast,
between the American and United King
dom tennis, the score was: United King
dom, 3 goaU; American, 3 goals.
There was a severe frot in various
poitsof New Englatid on tho 14th. Many
farm crops wero absolutely ruined.
Egyptian advices say there was an Arab
at Korosko who claims to be the sole sur
vivor of tho Barber garrison. Ho says he
was presMiit when the rcltels attacked Ber
ber on May 't. The garrison defended the
town two hours, but tho rebels forc-d
their way into the citv. where they imme
dia'ely nmssucred l,.ViO men of the garri
son and J.OOO of the male population. Tho
women and children were spared.
The Souato was not in session on the
14th. Tho House continued it; work on
appropriation hills. The Post-office Appro
priation bill was completed. A committee
report on the site for a public building at
Brooklyn exonerated the Secretary of the
Treasury aud subordiKate officials from
charges of corruption.
A Frankfort, Ky., special says the
Court of Appeals reversed the decision of
the lower court in the case of Thomas Crit
tenden, of Missouri, charged with and sen
tenced to the penitentiary for killing a ne
gro. Hlfgal evidence was the grounds of
the revrsal
At Butler, P., n boiler used in pump
ing Coldridgo oil well No. 13 exploded tho
other morning demolishing the boiler and
engine house and killing the engineer,
Richard Walker. His son, who was near
his father, was thrown fifteen feet, receiv
ing fatal injuries.
The skeleton of a boy was found in a
pond at Avondalo near Cincinnati, with a
rope around his neck and a stone tied to
the rope. No clue to his identity or how
he came into the pond.
The necessary papers to secure the re
quisition of John C. Eno, the defaulting
President of the Second National Bank of
New York, were made out and officials Wft
with them for Canada. The State Depart
ment formally notified the Briti-.li Minis
ter that a requisition had been made fori
the surrender of Eno.
NEBRASKA STATE NEWS.
As unknown man was- killed by the cars
at Gibbon recently. Tiie body was cut in
two.
It is said that by July 1st the Burlinetou
will have completed the Concordia Branch,
which runs from Odell, Neb., to Concordia,
Kas., crossing the St. Joe fc Western at
Hanover, the Central Branch Union Pacific
at Washington, ami striking the Kansas
Pacific at Concordia. The new line is
seventy miles long.
T. H. Shaw, of Omaha, recently em
ployed a tramp painter, and as the fellow
had no place to icep, shared his bed with
him. The next morning the tramp was
gone, also Shaw's pocket book and sixty
dollars in cash.
Tub returns of the Assessor show that
Norfolk made a gain of 403 in imputation
during the past year. The assessed valua
tion of real and personal property in the pre
cinct Is given at So0l,G-2. The population
of the incorporation is given, at 1,401, and
the outside additions will probably foot up
to about 400 more, making l,SC-i in all.
Tin: business portion of the village of
Schuyler was almost totally destroyed by
lire the other night, causing a loss of neiirly
SSO.000. It originated in the store of An
toine Giacomine, and owing to the ineffi
ciency of the Fire Department twelve line
buildings were burned. The insurance was
comparatively light.
Post-okkick changes in Nebraska during
die week ended May :n. 1SS4 : Established
Elgin, Antelope County, William 31. Eg
gleston, postmaster: Gates. Custer County,
Stillinan Gates, postmaster: Haymow, Stan
ton County, Martin Krueger, postmaster.
Postmasters appointed Uainl, Nuckolls
County, William Ellege; Custer, Custer
County. MiloF. Young; North Platte, Lin
coln County. John E. Evans.
The Universal ists Conference closed its
annual session at Lincoln recently. The
following officers were elected for the en
suing year: Rev. M. J. lie.Louir.or lecuni
seli. President: Hon. C. A. Holmes, of
Tecuinsch, Vice-President; Mrs. L. Russell,
of Tecuniseh, Treasurer: Rev. E. II. Chapin,
ot Lincoln, Oorresioiulmg Secretary; Mrs.
Dr. King, of Lincoln, Recording Secretary.
Executive Committee, Hon. C. A. Holmes,
Mr. E. M. Stockton. Dr. S. H. King and
Ellen Stockton. The Corresponding Secre
tary was requested to write to the Secretary
of the General Convention asking an appro
priation of two hundred dollars toward de
fraying the expenses of a missionary in tho
State.
Lizzie Lang, a young woman eighteen
years of age, who for some time had been an
inmate of the Home for the Friendless at
Lincoln, was recently adjudged insane and
sent to the asylum. She was very violent at
times, and it required three strong men to
put her in the buggy that conveyed her to
the hospital.
Fai:mi-:i"s in Lancaster County report that
considerable corn has alu-ady been plowed
twice, and that a large jht cent, of the crop
has received the first cultivation. Generally
the plant is well forward and looking unusu
ally well for the season. Wheat, oats and
other small grain never had better promise
of plenty than at present.
When the subscription books of the new
Nebraska Central Kailway were opened at
Oakland the other day, the entire capital
stock of 513.000.000 was taken in one lot bv
the Canal & Kailway Construction Company
of London, through its. agents. Lawson fc
Sherman, who have been for some months
inspecting the scheme. A certified check
for SI. 300,000 was paid in, the terms being
ten per eenL cash and the remainder as
called by assessment.
John Linn, who for some time had been
on a spree and disposed to be quarrelsome.
the other day entered a saloon at Omaha
and began to talk in a very loud ami of
fensive manner to Jim Murphy. Murphy
paid no attention to him which apiH-ared to
anger him all the more. He finally ad
vanced toward Murphv. who was sitting in
a chair, and pulling a levolver from his
pocket snapiH.'d it twice full in Mur'vhy's
face. The latter jumped up and threw the
would-be murderer down, when he was dis
armed and handed over to the law.
The State Board of Equalization has com
pleted the assessment of the railroads of the
State for 1SS4. The Union Pacific hxs 433
miles assessed, at $11,4.!S per mile: the B.
& M. and branches. 1,030 miles at (.main line
S12.000) ;$4,!S0: S. C. and P.. :UJS miles, at
$4.ti0.; Omilia A Minneapolis, '2-Jl miles, at
S4.:W0. Tiie total number of miles of road
is 2.035, and the total assessed valuation,
SlT,777.S.iO.CO. Last year the valuation
was Slo,:;oo,ys3.4".
Ax action was begun in the District Court
at Omaha the other day by the Union Pa
cific Railway against Hie Wabash. St. Iritis
.t Pacific, to recover 5S0,-J'-i. An itemized
statement, signed by General Manager Clark
and Attorney Poppletou, was filed with tbe
court, in which it is alleged the above named
sum is due for use of tracks, switching,
yardage, repairs, etc., at various points on
the line of the Union Pacific Rmd. Im
mediately after the papers in this suit were
tiled an tinier of the court was served on
Superintendent Morsciitan, of the Pacific
Kxpress. forbidding him to pay to the Wa
bash any moneys due that company during
the 'tendency of action. This order is in
the nature of an attachment. The Pacific
Kxpress is indebted to the, Wabash to a con
siderable amount for the hauling of its cars,
io settlement having been made since tho
1st of May.
Mr. an Mrs. K. 1). Peironnet re
cently celebrated their golden wedding at
Jtnaha. They were married in Tioga Coun
ty, N. Y.. in 1S.54, and are aged respectively
seventy-four and seventy-two years. Chil
dren, grand children ami greav-erand chil
dren were present from nearly all sections of
the country.
Railway conductors from the various
roads centering in Omaha met in council in
that city recently for the ptinosc of form
ing a division or lodge. There were niuety
tx present anil a "division formed with
twenty-five charter members. Their divis
ion will be No. PJO of the United States
and Canada.
Rota is said to be enjoying an unprece
dented season of prosiKirity.
A rincKLAK issued from fhc Union Pa
cific Company's ollice at Omaha announces
that Mr. T. S. McMurrav, having tendered
his resignation as Tax Agent, Mr.T. B. Evans
is appointed his successor, who will have
charge of the investigation and adjustment
of all real and iersonal taxes of the Union
Pacific Kailway Company. Nebraska, Wyo
ming, Colorado and Idaho divisions.
Firth is improving rapidly.
Fost-offick changes in Nebraska during
the week ended June 7, 1SS4 : Established
Lattin, Brown County, William II. Lat
tin, postmaster: Sizer. Holt County, Kuben
Sizer iKistmastor. Name changed Clark
Creek. Saunders County, to Yutan.
Commencement exercises of the State
University on the 11th were of an interest
ing character. Chancellor Manatt held a
reception in the evening which was largely
attended by the euple of Lincoln.
Thf. little son of 31. J. Elliott, of Oman,
recently found what he thought was a very
nice plaything, but when he hammered it it
proved to be a torpedo, which exploded and
badly Injured the little fellow.
Tin: Fourth will be celebrated in trie
most appioved style by the patriotic peuj.U
of many Nebraska towns.
A FATAL COLLISION.
A Train Contalninsr " Kxcuntlon Party
Conies In Collision With u Freight With
Fatal Kesults.
PiiiLAiiKi.rniA, June 14. By a collision
with an excursion train on the Cainden road
ibis morning. Engineers Palmer and Baxter
and Conductor Smith. Baggage Master
Vaughn, Mail Agent AVylie and Fireman
Barber were kilied. Many persons were
injureti. The excursion parv were of Cam
den Presbyterian Church.
I.ATK1.
PiiiLAtir.i.i'iiiA, June 10. Conductor
Glenn, who was injured in a collision on the
Camden & Atlantic Railroad, was sent to
his home at Atlantic City immediately after
the collision. It is rumored that he will
likely die. Of the others injureti, the two
Lippincott children in the I-ikeside train
were so slightly hurt as to be about yester
day. Samuel Archer, a machinist, whose
skull was fractured by a Hying iron while
working at the wreck. is much
better. Leonard Bausch, who
lives on Germantown avenue, Phila
delphia, is in about the same
condition. Henry Deith. special oilieer on
the Lakeside train, is worse. His recovery
is thought to be doubtful. Ixmis McLain,
foreman of the Lakeside train, who saved
his life by- jumping, is reported to be in
great pain at Ins home in Berlin. Frank
McConniek. who had his leg broken, is do
ing well at Ins home in Camden. Baggage
Master Roseiibatini. of the up train, is im
proving, loiter developments indicate that
tbe blame for the collision rests primarily
with Albert Glenn, the conductor of the
accommodation train. The Coroner's in
quest will be held Wednesday.
JUMPED INTO THE LAKE.
A CliieHgo Mhii.Iuiiim Into the Luke, Cp
settiii" His Companion .I9o Into the
Water.
OurAfJO. June 14. As Policeman Mnhl
ick was Kissing tbe lake at the foot of Bel
mont avenue he saw two men struggling
with the waves. They were clinging to a
boat which had capsized. The officer called
a sailor to his assistance, and they procured
a boat and rowed to the rescue. In the
meantime tine of the men had been washed
away. When Muhlick antl his companion
were within twenty feet of the boat the other
man also tlNappeared. The officer plunged
into the rtitiirh sea. and after a desperate
struggle succeeded in rescuing the drown
ing man. The latter, unconscious, was taken
to a house on Belmont avenue and resusci
tated after four hours hard work. Henry
Nichols, whose life the officer saved, said:
"Jacob Taust-k met me about four
o'clock and asked me to go fishing. I con
sented, ami we procured a boat and rowed
down a short way. When about
one hundred and fifty feet from
shore be rose in the boat and
exclaimed: "Good bye, Henry," at the
same time jumping into the lake. In the
plunge lie overturned the boat and threw
me into the water. He arose and grabbed
hold of the boat, and again said "good bye."
Soon alter a wave washed me from the
boat." Tau-ck's remains have not yet been
recovered. He was thirty-five years of age,
married and leaves three children. He was
barber. Family troubles are supposed to
have caused the suicide.
THE FALL OF BERBER.
The Garrison and Two Thousand of the In
habitants .Mastucreil.
London", June 1(. Egyptian advices say
there is an Arab at Korosko who claims to
be the sole survivor of the Berber garrison.
He says he w;is present when the rebels at
tacked Berber on May '23. The gar
rison defended the town two hours,
but the rebels forced their way into the
city, where they immediately massa
cred l,.-00 men of the garrison and 2.000 of
the male population. The women and
children were spared. The story is believed
by Major Kitchener antl the son of Hussein
Pacha and KhalilT. Governor ot" Berber.
I -iter advices from Berber state
Hassan Pacha Khulitr. Governor of
Berber, fell wounded anil would
have lieen killed had not a sou of
Hassan Pasha a brother of Mohammed
rushed to the rescue and held tiie relwl tl.ig
over him until the light was finished.
Hassan and Mohammed had been in the
rebel camp some time dressed as
dervishes. The rebels are within a week's
march of Dongolo and Kerosko. The fi-a-t
of Ramadan gives a month of delay, alter
which nothing tan prevent the rebels seizing
any imint south of A-inur. which is within
twelve hours march of Cairo.
Caiko, June 10. Orders have been given
to facilitate the retre-at of Dotigola garrison.
The fall of Berber caused great excitement
at Assouan, but the patrolling of gunboats
tends to reassure the natives. It is believed
in official circles that Khartoum is safe.
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A JUDGE'S PROMISE.
He Olves a Note for On TlutuwtniJ Hollar
to Srttislya Breach of I'rouilse ana Has to
lay It.
Waukksha. Wis., June 14. A case
which has excited much interest was de
cided here. The, present suit was brought by
l)r. 11. A. Voumaus, of Mukwonago, against
Judge P. II. Carney, of Waukesha, tw re
cover jialgment on a promissory note for
$1,000, alleged to have been given by the
defendant to Maria Thomas. The note was
said to have been given by Carney to Miss
Thomas in order to check a breach ot
promise suiL In the summer of IST'J
the Judge began paying attentions to the
young lady, who lives, a short distance from
"Waukesha. Miss Thomas says he proposed
antl was accepted. The next year Carney
married another lady. Miss Tliontxs then
commenced a suit against him, fixing bet
damages at $10,000. The suit was com
promised by the note now in question,
which was afterward transferred by Miss
Thomas to Youiiians. In his first answer
Judge Carney admitted that the sigi.aturt
was genuine, but claimed the body of the
note a forgery. In su amended answer he
claimed that 'tiie whole note was a forgery".
The jury returned a verdict for the plaintitl
in the sum of $1,04(5.
The Combination ol Distillers Broken Up.
Chicago, June 14. A meeting of distil
lers who are members of the Western Ex
Iort Association was held here, and aftei
discussing the question of reorganizing the
nool for control of the production and regu
lation of prices, which has been practically
a dead letter since the recent break in
whisky values;, the whole matter was turned
over to the executive committee. Thai
body spent the afternoon and evening in
secret session. It is understood that the
meeting was a rather stormy one. Charges
of cutting prices aud overproduction weie
made against Cincinnati and Des Moines
distilleries. Finally, without reaching any
agreement, the committee adjourned sine
die. The combination is cousidcredatauend.
SAD RESULTS OF A SPREE.
Pitiable Death of a Southern Lutlj- Througb
the KUccthor Ih-r rjuslmn.l'H Crime.
Augusta, Ga., June in. Mrs. W. J.
Fatrchild, once a beautiful and ac
complished lady of Savannah, lias just died
awberable death in one of Atlanta's haunts
ol hin. The story whWi attaches itself to
this woman is peculiarly sail. Three years
ago she was a happy wife in a cosv iioiiie
in Savannah. Her husband, a young, hand
some, educated man. had a lucrative and re
sponsible position with the Central Railroad
in that city, and possessed the respect and.
esteem of all who knew him. About
Christmas of 18S1, while ou a drunken
spree, he shot a young man who subse
quently died. Fairchild was arrested,
placed in jail and tried. The ca.-. :u'ain-t
him was stubborn, and it required his house
and everything else he could accumu
late to save his neck. His wife gave
everything cheerfully, and her grief
which was manifested during tho
trial had great influence on tho
Judge and jury. The trial re-uitoil
in a sentence of five years instead of the
death penalty. The parting U-twcen iiu
band and wife when he was taken to the
Penitentiary was deeply atTivting. With
the hoje of securing mitigation of :U
sentence she came to" Atlanta and fell a
victim to the wiles of a well-known charac
ter in this city. She took tiie downward
road, took to drink, antl in a lev week-, was a y
confirmed drunkard. Tht.-step wa- followed
by others, until she found herself uttcrl.
disgraced and sunk to the Iowc-t depth-, of
degradation. She died very suddenly, with
out having been sick a moment. Her hi:--bantl
was at Lowe's camp, on the Clwtt.i- I
hooehie River, and when Mr. I.wc heard
of the death of tiie convict's wife he c.tu -d
two guards to bring him to the eity. The
man knew nothing of the downfall of hi
wife until he found her tie.it! in a hon-e of
sin. His grief was painful to witness, and
as he stood beside the coffin he raved like :
mad-man. The kindness of the lessees for
whom he wa- working enabled him to send
the body to Savannah for burial. He has
two children living in that eity. but if will
be three years before Fairchild can go to
them.
TOO MUCH GKA1.V.
Ike Stanley. I'nyinjr TeIIr. Invents a Clean
S 100,000 or the Hank's I'ltmls in a t.r:iit
Deal.
Clkvkland, O.. June 1.".. Isaac A. Stan
ley, paying teller of the National Bank of
Commerce, wits jailed last evening for em
bezzling 100,000 fiom the batik. The
shortage was discovered when the Cashier.
Garettson, counted the reserve fund kept iu
a special apartment oftlie vault. The com
bination w;ls known only to Gurctt.-on and
Stanley. When asked to explain thc-htiuk-age,
Stanley confessed that a year ago he
was troubled about a do'ot of eight hundred
dollars on his house and thought he could
take that sum troni the reserve fund with
out harm to anyone, invest it in grain, real
ize a profit, pay off the mottgage on his
place and return the money. But the in
vestment w:is unfortunate, mul to cover the
Io-s he took more, ami so ou until he had
taken a clean 310O.'KM). The directors of
the bank met. and after a ousultation. held
Stanley prisoner at the hotel in the eu-tody
of a detective. Yesterday another confer
ence was held, resulting in the arrest. Stan
ley has assigned his property and some
sjieciilative thai. The bank announces in ;i
crd they will realize part of the loss from
this, and will not be anetted by the defalca
tion. AFFECT! S SCENE.
A Mother Sepamtetl from Her Children as
an Ocean Sttim-hip Leaves tbr Wharf.
B.YLTi.uoi:n, Mil, June li. A thrilling
scene was enacted at the steamship wharf
here. Mrs. Ellen Withers, a widow lady,
and her six children hail engaged passageon.
tho steamship Nova Scotia, which sailed for
Liverpool this morning. By some means
two of the children got separated from the
resl, and upon arriving on board the steamer
Mrs-. Withers discoveied her loss. Two lit
tle girls, aged fourteen and seven years,
were missing. The mother's grief was
heartrending. She rushed down the gang
plank and up the wharf, searching among
the crowd for her little ones. The mother
grew almost frantic as the time for the
steamship to sail grew nigh ami no tidings
were had of her children. At last the lines
were cast otT and the steamship started.
The poor mother gazed after th- departing
steamer, having on board her four children,
and when the vessel was out of sigiit she
fell uuconseious Ut the ground. Tiie pain
ful situation was soon made known to the
spectators and reported to the -igent of the
steamship line. Every available means
will lie used to reunite the iVmily. Alter
two hours search the two missing chihtieit
were found. Mrs. Withers will sail iu the
next steamship after her four children. Her
husband died three weeks ago in Elk Lick.
Pa. She was on her way to her parent.-''
home, iu England, when separated from her
little tnes.
IVmtKjlvaiiia floods.
PrrTSitrnoii. Pa., June PJ. From Kints
along the Allegheny valley reports .say that
yesterday's rain storms were by far tin
heaviest known in many years and causing
tho most destructive thfod since Vc. At
Brookville. Pa., a waterspout burst, and
in less than two hours tiie creek rose ten
feet, transforming it into a seething,
foaming torreiiL The rapid rise gave
the mill men no chance whatever to save
their stock. The dams at the North Fork,
mills of Bryant & Wain-wright, and Liteh
Bros, mills gave way. earning with them
lumber valued at $1,000. Two bridges wert
washed away, many small building demol
ished and a numberof families driven from
their homes and co:iielIed to seek shelter
elsewhere for the night. In Pittsburgh the
rise in the Allegheny hist night was very"
rapid, and a number of to.il barges were
swept from their mooring.-, but caught,
by tow boats. The lltxxl at Brook
ville brought down alxmt fifty thou
sand pieces of lumber, antl almost
every owner of a skiff is busy to-day catch
ing drift wood. The water is now subsiding:
and no further damage is anticipated. A
New Martinsville, W. Va.. special .says: A
terrific thunder storm passed over this city
last night, doing considerable damage.
A boy named Melntyre anil companion, who
took refuge uuder a tree, were rendered,
houseless with the lightning which struck
tho tree. Mclntyn-'s recovery istlotibtfuL
A Terrible Water Snoar.
ILr:r.!SBi'K(i, Pa.. June VZ. A storm,
accompanied by a water fpout, visited the
Cumberland Valley, in which several pas
senger trains narrowly escaped being
wrecked. From Newville east two miles in.
the valley the railroad runs on a high em
bankment of made ground. Directly after
a train had passed over this portion" of the
road the storm burs:, and in' tiie presence of
President Kennedy and other pa-seners-on
the rear car. carried half a mile o mils,
lies and embankment away. Telegraph
poles were prostra ed and communication
cut on". To avoid calamities, a fire was
built at each end of the v.ahout. The wa
ter spout was about a half mile wide, ant?
very destructive to grain, buildings, etc.
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