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THE TEIBUNE. ' A. B. CUFFBOTH , Publisher. McCOOK , NEB NEBRASKA ITEMS. Tha bull Hasp at St. Helena have be' gun to move toward * Hirtlngton. the new town. ' 'Reynolds is in need of a school build ing that will accommodate all of the pupils who may come. Dojiiphan Index : There is a great stir among the cattle men this fall. We hear more talk about cattle , and our neigh bors are buying and will feed more than usual. Corn is plenty and cheap , and a great many cattle from Iowa and Missouri ' will be shipped in here to feed , and corn . will be in good demand. Broken Bow Republican : " " Molhe , a thirteen-year-old daughter of Jacob Cover , of Algernon , met with an accident last week. She was herding sheep and had a revolver with her to keep off coyotes. Something got wrong with the lock. She put the muz- lo against the palm of her hand to hold it while she let down the hammer , when it went off. The b'alP passed through , her hand and came out at the side , back of her little finger , making a painful though not dangerous wound. Ord is on the verge of a coal famine , and the company cannot get cars enough to haul the fuel. . Fullerton Journal : The farmers up the Cedar valley are delighted at the way small grain is. turning out. The yield of wheat runs from 21 to 28 bushels per acre , and Will doubtless average all of 25 which is , no better than other sections of the county report. O'Neill Banner : Saturday night the people who were at the depot were startled almost beyond measure. They were wait ing patiently and anxiously for the up train , which was in sight , when a cattle train from the west came thundering by the depot at a fearful rate of speed , and for several mo ments a collision seemed inevitable , but they succeedad in stonping both trains be fore anything mere serious than a scare're- sulted. The passengers on the up train did not know why their train was stopped a mile from town until they arrived at the station. It is needless to add that whisky was the cause of the train running at random. Our people are acquainted with the facto. Patrick Egan , treasurer of the Irish land league , filed in the district court at Lincoln on Monday his intention to become a'citizen of the United States. _ _ At Plum Creek on Saturday T. B. Merrick was accidentally shot , half the top of his head being blown off. He was ehow- ng his wife how to handle a gun. His wound is probably not fatalibut it is feared the woman Avill become deranged by the shock to her nerves. Juniata Herald : Tuesday night burglars broke into theB. &M. depot at this place , wrenched open the money draw er and secured for their trouble about fifty cents. They made no attempt to open the safe or the ticket drawer , and the conclusion is they must have been frightened away or thought the safe was only used as a recep tacle for books or papers If the latter , they struck it about right. The same night the safes of Cook & Cooley , A. J. Neimeyer & jCo. , and the depot at Kenesaw were opon- " .ed , but up to the time of going to' press we B have been unable to learn what success the scoundrels met with. : Sacramento Equity : On last Thurs day as Mr. Levi Dunbar was on his way to Bloomlngton with a load of grain , he attempted - , tempted to Jump from the wagon , and in so doing slipped in such a way as to fall in front of one of the movins ? wagon wheels ; and before ho could get out of the way it run over and broke his right leg between the foot and knee jpint. At last accounts he was doing well , the fracture being set as soon as the services of a physician could be secured. ' Mr. C. L. Hall , of the Omaha Commercial - - mercial Record , and a number of Omaha and Iowa capitalists , have become interest ed in several Colorado silver mines that are likely to make millionaires of them. Friend Telegraph : Several parties who attended church last Sabbath evening complain of the loss of robes , blankets , gloves , whips , etc. Of course thL was laid 'to the show fellows , but a careful examina tion of their traps' failed to develop any thing belonging to those who had been re lieved. Lyons -Mirror : A. B. Fuller informs us that all the stock required has been taken in'the Salina , Lincoln and Decatur railroad , and would-be subscribers to the stock have "been turned away. The project certainly appears to be in good shape. The Nebraska Nugget , published at Phelps Center , 'has moved to Holdridge , the new town on the "cutoff , " and it is probable the rest of the Center will follow.- Wilber Opposition : A very sad acci _ dent befell our friend Dan McCarty last * Monday morning. He hod some 500 bushels - , els of oata stored away in a bin over 'his stable. Htf discovered that the floor 'to the bin was- breaking down , and went in to prop it up , when the entire 500' bushels came down. He remained buried in rtthe > oats nearly thirty minutes .before thir'acci-1 dent was discovered by his family. He was at once dug out , and to all appearances was dead ; but before a physician reached him he began to revive and show signs of life. Both thighs were broken , and he was very seriously injured internally ; and he also re ceived several external bruises.At tne prefeent time his physician thinks he will recover. NEWS OF THE WEEK GENERAL. At Annapolis , on Monday night , ten houses and nine storerooms were burned , entailing a loss of $130,000 , with slight insu ranee- Two persons were killed , Charles Lo'gga and hia aged aunt , Miss Lizzie Wat- klns , whom Legga , after he was out of the house , went back to save. In the suit of the Muskegon ( Michi gan ) National bank against the Northwest ern Mutual life Insurance company of Mil waukee foQthe recovery of $20,000 insurance on the life of Erwiu G. Comstock , formerly cashier of the bank , the jury rendered a verdict for $22,905f or the bank. The Insu rance company sought to prove that Corn- stock was a habitual drunkard and that his death was caused by his own act. Thirteen bnildings were destroyed b ; fire at Miles City , Mont. , Monday night The flames were checked by blowing up buildings in their path. The Marquis of Lansdowne , Canada's new governor general , was inaugurated on Tuasday. The L. & N. passenger train in to St Louis Tuesday morning was derailed by a broken rail a few miles out of EastSt Louis , and two coaches full of passengers were urned over and dragged distance. Thirty-seven persons were injured , none fatally. Smith's squib factory at Kingston , Pa. , exploded on Tuesday morning , and eight girlJ employed there were injured , five of them fatally. The latest Charley Ross has turned up in Portland , Me. He says he was kept in a darkened room four years , and then taken to Brazil. The board of aldermen of New York ask $20,000 for the celebration of the cen tennial of the departure of British troops from New York , and ask the mayor to pro claim a general holiday A well attended meeting of the col ored citizens of Chicago was held "Wednes day night for the purpose of protesting against the recent decision of the supreme court on tie civil rights .bill. A number of speeches were made. The one which met with the most favor was delivered by Rev. J. W. Polk , pastor of the Church in which the meeting was held. In the course of his re marks he said : "The decision is an insult to the race. I have always been a good republican , but I believe we should give our allegiance to that party which will give us Dur rights , even if it runs the devil's ticket ir Ben Butler. " Mundorf's planing mill at Pittsburg , 3ontaiuing one million feet of lumber , and. ive 2-story frame dwellings were burned 2ariy Thurday morning. The fire started n the furnace room of the mill. Loss , $5,000 ; insurance , $40,000. Diphtheria has carried off , it is hough t , no less than 300 children near Sreensboro , N. C. So alarming was the : ondition of affairs for a time that there was niarantine by the people of some counties. A wildly insane man named Keeney vas placed in a large room adjoining under he court house by the authorities , it Warrenton , Missouri , who had ta- : en him out of the wet. While the jailer vas at supper screams attracted the people o the window , where they saw Keeney in in insane frenzy hugging a red hot stove , Ic was taken away , but death soon ensued. A new Chinese defrauding dodge has ust been discovered at San Francisco. Sev eral packages containing between three and our thousand unstamped letters were trought over on theTokio from HongKong , y self-appointed Chinese mail agents. Chey were seized by the postal authorities , t Was remarked that the Chinese corres- londence was decreasing. Watch was get , esulting in the above discovery. Chicago pressed brick are being used a Cleveland at a nickel apiece. A tract of Arkansas timber contain ng 460,000,000 feet , has been sold to a for- ign capitalist. Thirty oil mills in the Allagheny dis- rict have ceased flowing. Mrs. David Moses , the fat woman aarried a few weeks ago , was found dead Q bed at Baltimore Friday. The skating pavilion at Salt Lake lurned on Sunday morning ; loss , $10,000 Lt noon of the same day the Railroad Ex- hange hotel stables also burned , and the iamcs extending to the hotel , that was also [ estroyed. Marquis of Lome and Princess Louise hook the dust of Canada from their feet aturday and tailed from Quebec to old England. The usual demonstrations of oyalty were made. Advices from" Jamaica state that the iort of Antonio was almost entirely destroy - d by fire October 18th. The residence of he'American consul escaped total destruc- ion. Loss , over $8,000,000. David Adams , aged 69 , died in Washr I n ton county , New York , alleged to have" Jj ; tarved himself to.death. 'Fifteen thousand lollara in securities were found bidden in he'house. Relatifes are -looking for $20- 00 more. The wife was starred to death en years'ago. The convention of fire chiefs , at New ) rleaus chose Chicago as the place of next ueeting. CRIMJfJ. In Wilkinson county , Ga. , a negro lamed Joe Holden , while hunting , discov- red another negro butchering a hog be-11 longing to a white man named Clay. Holden reported the.fact . to Clay , who , with Holden and two white men , armed with double- barreled shotguns , went to the house of the thief , who , not being home , his wife re fused to tell of his whereabouts. Clay knocked her down. The party then left. On the way home two sons of the negro woman and an ox-convict named Cooper armed themselves and pursued the white party. Overtaking them they fired , .killing Holden instantly. Gay returned the fire , killing Dick Cooper and wounding the other two. two.Mrs. Mrs. Eliza Doherty , 25 years of age , attempted at New York Monday night to kill herself and her 5-year-old child by Cutting the throat of the latter and severing the ar teries of her own wrist. Both will probably ' die. A Leadrillo special of Tuesday says : At "the Printer Boy boarding house this morning Frank Gallagher , a miner , shot dead Jas. B. Garvin , another m'ner. Cir cumstances leading to the shooting are as follows : Gallagher recently married a comely young womnn , concerning whom Garvin repeatedly made insulting remorks. . The men boarded at the same house , and meeting at breakfast this morning , after hard words , Garvin pulled his revolver , which was the signal for a general fusilade , both men emptyingjrevolvers. Garvin was hit several times and soon expired. Gal lagher was untouched. He surrendered to the officers. Wm. Young , president of the Com mercial ( National bank , of Reading , Pa. , confessed judgment in favor of th'e bankfor $52,357.12. Young borrowed money from the bank for some time for speculative pur poses. When the notes became due he .was unable to meet them. Joseph C. Huse , alias Chas. Edwin , alias Lyman Scott , of St. Louis , has been arrested at Boston on a charge of enticing from home Cornelia Larrlen , aged 17 years. He will be taken back to 8t. Louis. 'D. Crawford , living ten miles from Greencastle , Ind. , was assaulted by a man who , after eating supper , struck Crawford with his knuckles , felling him to the floor. Crawford was getting the best of the villian when an accomplice burst open the door and covered Crawford with n revolver. Mrs. Crawford came to her husband's rescue with the fire shovel , when the assassin turn ed his attention to her , beating her almost to death. The assassins then ransacked the house of all valuables and left Mr. and Mrs. Crawford for dead. Crawford , however , rallied and gave the alarm. The injured parties are thought to be fatally hurt. An attempt was made to rob the Iron Mountain north-bound express near Walnut Ridge , Ark. The train was late and a local freight went on Its time. This train was 'stopped , but not delayed , and when it had reached the next station the conductor telegraphed Joe fact. The express took in an armed force , expecting to meet and 5ght the w.ould-be robbers , but none were een. een.A A Mexican implicated in a murder at i dance at Gardner , Colo. , was overtaken jy a band of avengers on Wednesday night. 1 rope was put around his neck , the other md fastened to the horn of a saddle and the lorse frightened into a run , dragging the Mexican to death. Samuel Beihl , a young tramp'sui- : ided at Kent , Ohio , on Friday by jumping icadfirst into the retort at the glass works. Che furnace was heated to a.white heat in > rder to melt sand , soda ash , etc. Rev. F. R. Nixon , a Methodist , of Philadelphia , for familiarities with women > f his flock ; was deposed. He then got irunk , stole thirty dollars and was sent to mson. George W. Williams drove to iVauson , 0 , , with a load of clover seed , for vhich he received a large sum if money. After returning home letting was seen of him or his family or two or three days. Search was then nade and his dead body was found in the > arn , the head being almost cut off. His vife was found in the house with her head ipllt open , and near by the bo/dy of their ix weeks' old child that had tarved to death. A man named Fohnseon was arrested for the aurder and had In possession a watch known 0 belong to Williams. c A riot occurred at Commerce , Polk sounty , la. , Friday night over the arrest of 1 rough named Tom Eagan for assault. A > rother named James Eagan attempted a v escue and was stabbed Inhe lungs and ab > [ omen by an officer. The most daring robbery ever pene- rated in Springfield , Mass. , occurred Sun- lay morning at the jewelry ptore of L. S , ! towe&Co. , Main street. The safe was > rokeu open and rifled of. diamonds , gold > racelets and watches valued bctween$12,000 indt$15,000 < The jobwasdoneibetween4and ia. m. , by a gang of professionals , who loft L fine kit of burglars' tools. The robbery vas not discovered until 10 o'clock. The mrglars arc supposed to have left the city. J. B. Smith , for the murder of Wil- iam Gresham last Christmas , was sentenced o 75 ypars in the penitentiary at Hillsboro , Cexas. a ' i' James Hocan ; , of Greencastle , Penn- lylvauia , 18 years old , deliberately placed a evolver at the head of a eix-year-old boy mined Willie Harris and pulled the trigger. Che ball entered the left temple.and lodged it the base of the brain. Hogan did not mow it was loaded. The annual report of First Assistant 'obtmaster General Ilattou to his chief wiys , I : among other things : In view of the excess of receipts of postage on local matter alone over the cost of Its delivery , ( $1,021,894) it seems the time has arrived when postage on local letters at offices -where the carrier sys tem is in operation can be reduced from two cents to one cent. " Such reduction will surely result in a very large Increase of lo cal business. The endeavor to divorce the money order work from other postal busi ness , as contemplated by congress , is caus ing much trouble all over the country , and great annoyance to this officer. Tbi Jaw should be amended to provide that an an nual allowance for clerk hire should cover the entire'cost of the labor required at any andall points. ' The following changes have been or dered in the quartermaster's department of the army : Col. J. D. BIngham , relieved from duty in the department of Missouri , and ordered to San Francisco ; Maj. James Qillis , relieved frpm duty at Fort Monroe and ordered to the department of Missouri. Under'-thel recentjjdecision of the comptroller of the currencg , the transpor tation of mails over subsidized branch lines of land-grant railroads $350,117 will have to be returned by the government to the com panies for mail transportation over branch lines during the fiscal year 1882 , and for the fiscal year 1883 $483,391 will bo re turned. In addition there is a bal ance of $85,851 , which will"be paid to the roads for mail transportation on subsi dized portion of their main stems. It Is estimated that nearly a million dollars will be required to pay for such mail service for the two fiscal years 1882 and 1883. Serious inroads into the postal revenue are , there fore anticipated , for up to the present time the cost of mail transportation over the branches of the subsidized railroads has never been charged to postal expense but has been credited to the interest account of the railroad , in accordance with the Thur- man act. The major portion of the money to be returned the roads will be secured by the Union Pacific railroad company. The Corean embassy called on the cabinet officers on Thursday. They return to Corea in November on the United States steamer Trenton , which Is now being fitted for the purpose. The secretary of the navy has given the contracts for the repairs on the Mianto- uomah to an English firm. The naval advisory committee rec ommends the Immediate construction of seven naval vessels to coat $4,283,000. "In furtherance of the custom of this people at the closing of each year , to en gage upon a day set apart for that purpose in special festival of praise to the Giver of all Good , " the president has designated Ihursday , November 29th , as a day of thanksgiving. FOREIGN. FKANCK. Gen. Camperon , minister of war , it is said will devote all his energy to reform the system of mobilizing the army. The prospect of war with Germany will be up permost in his mind. CHINA. Official advices from Tonquin state .he roads are still flooded , but the weather las improved. Several raids were made by French forces to cut off the enemy's .sup plies. The health of the French troops is perfect. Admiral Meyer forwards a report hat Chinese troops encamped on the fron- ier near Monkai have returned to Canton. The French garrison at Hanoi is nomentarily expecting 3,000 reinforce- nents , which will furnish an available force here. Admiral Carbet has taken command ; nd will immediately begin an active cam- > aign. Pirates menacing Hal Phong were Iriven from the coast by French gunboats. MADAGASCAR. England has sent a note to France omplainmg of the prolonged occupatlon'of i'amatave , to the Injury of commerce. FRAXCK. The general impression produced by he yellow book is that all negotiations of rance and China are exhausted and war Is nevitable. ENGLAND. Delegates representing four thousand olliers of Yorkshire resolved upon an ad- ance in wages. ITALY. An explosion occurred Wednesday in , room of the royal palace at Naples , at v'bich new repairs were being made. Two rorkmen were seriously injured and the oem set on fire. The flames were [ uenched. Great excitement was caused iythe explosion. AUSTIUA. The emperor of Austria received the Lustro-Hungarian delegation on Thursday , le declared that Austria's relation with all oreign powers was peaceful , , and that her j iforts had ever been diverted to that end. leform in the army would require addition- .1 expense , but.thetranquilization of Bosnia , nd Herzegovina will reduce the army In hose provinces and also reauce axpennes. ITALY. (5The ( pope will declare the Pantheon , pagan temple if King Humbert erects with- it it a statue of Victor Emanuel. RUSSIA. A form for printing nihilist periodi- als was discovered In the Imperial Mine in- titute at Moscow , and two female teachers lave been arrested for connection with it- KXGLAXD. It is semi-oflicially reported that iladstone will propose when parliament icets that Sir Henry James , attorney pone- : il , be made speaker of the house of com- loiss in the place of Blard. ENGLAND. Messrs. Eavll and Cox , United States delegates to the International fisheries exhi bition , have completed the lint of United States exhibitors that received uwai ds at the exhibition. The Uniti.-d 5 > t t 3 r.-cHvediS gold medals , IS of which go to the fl.th com- mtesiou , moMly nn collective exhibit , 47 sliver medals , 21) ) 1 ronzo nitdn ! ? , 24 diplo mas and 7 special prize * . 8IIJ15HIA. Great disorders prevail in the penal colonies of Siberia owing to official corrup tion. Alarg , . number of rsIli-B attoinpted to escape from the Iblmut of > ugbalien. Three succeeded. ' OKKMANY. The Berlin newspaper * warn persons intending to emigrate not to huy United States trade dollars , large quantities oC which are imported into Germany for sale at full value. Cattle Ranching m South America. The native rancheros of South Amer ica are , as a rule , an amiable and quiet race , whether Creole or half-breed ; their wants ar6 few , their tastes simple , and their vices insignificant. They breed vast families of children and are indulgent , though somewhat whimsical parents and masters. However rich they may be in their flocks , they are generally poor in purse , for they killer or sell their stock only to meet their needs. A man on the South American plains is said to be' worth not so much much money but so many head of cat tle , and it is his pride to add to the count. He keeps a regular census of his herds by perforated boards into which pegs arc stuck. Some ranches have thbir walls almost covered * with these boards , and the master will keep peg ging them up as if he was engaged in a game of cribbage with nature , and con ' /i stantly winning. As a rule each peg represents a single animal. Wo only :1 found one ranche where the count was : kept with pegs for the thousands , the hundreds , and the single heads. This ranchero had spent some years in Trin / idad in his youth , and was regarded by all who knew him as an exceptionally advanced and brilliant man ; yet he could only write his name-Jin printed let T ters , and could not read written letters at all. There are , of course , upon the plains l\\ \ \ men who breed cattle with some intelli lW gence and energy. These are educated natives or foreigners. With them the business is scientifically pursued ; they have their regular slaughtering seasons and make alf they can by the trade. < > i Their houses , though constructed on M the general plan of all tropical or sub tropical dwellings , are paved anil floor ed , kept cleanly and filled with com forts. Their owners live on the best they can raise and buy , and keep their motley armies of followers as profit ably busy as they can be kept. In " short , intelligence and the energy of born intelligence , raise the standard of this class of cattle ranching to the best level of which it is capa- ! : . But men who form this class are . < : eptions to ' the great rule. For one u .m who keeps books there are hundreds w ho use the numbering boards ; for one man who tries to breed his cattle at their best , to utilize their products in every form and to enjoy their uses after the fashion of civilization , there are thousands who have no aspirations above that of living with as little work as possible , and using their wealth only to satisfy the rudest demands .nature makes on them , Beside the house is always found an sxtensive corral , or pen , walled in with strong posts. Here the cattle to be slaughtered and those kept in the neigh- jorhood of the ranche are confined. In front of the corral is the slaughtering slace. This is simply a couple of posts ; o which the doomed" bovine is hauled ip by the hinder legs to have its throat nit. You can scent a slaughtering ilace before you see a ranche. At kilf ug time you can further distinguish it it a. distance by the buzzards hoverin"- werhead. The buzzards dispute witS , he dogs for the offal of the butchery , met they always make rousing fights > ver it between them. At slaughtering seasons a sort of nushroom growth of flimsy , construct- ; d out of poles , tied together with hongs of rawhide , rises around the anche. It is here that the beef is dried > r "jerked. " After the animal has > een slaughtered , the hide is pegged > ut on the grass to dry , a wooden peg ) eing driven through each corner of the iide to keep it from shrinking. The neat is then cut into strips ; salt is well ubbed into it and it is thrown upon the rames to dry in the sun , the old folks md children of the ranche being kept > usy driving the buzzards from it. iVhen it is dry , jerked beef is as black md tough as rubber. It can be boiled -i iufficiently soft to eat , but it is serious sating at the best. The horns were formerly a dead loss o the rancher , but of late years they oo are preserved for sale. 'The skulls md bones are left where they inav hap pen to fall , unless the ranchero is par- icuHrly methodical. Then thev are ilaced into a heap out of the way , " until " n time they become a mountainous nonumcnt to the business of the place. Chere are to be found perfect mounds ) f this kind which , in th j course of rears , become covered with a deposit of larth , and dressed in grass until their ) rigiual character can onlv be discov- sred by digging into the'm. In one ection of Venezuela , an entire lake has > een filled up with bones from the sur- minding ranches , and is now a diy ba in sown with gleaming skeletons , the ' ispect of which is indescribably hideous o every one but those who are native , ; nd to the manor born. Alfred Trum- l\ \ le in American Agriculturist for No- ember. , /