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Hastings Nebr skan : During the last
twenty years trader the * interna\ revenue
aV Nebraska-has paid $ KOOO,000 , Into the
United States treasury , or $908,000 more
than Kans&s , Colorado , Idaho , Dakota ,
Utah , Montana and Wyoming combine1.
Five years of that time Nebraska was under
territorial administration.
thp . case of tbo kiUbig pf tJessio
Snoll at a road houws near Omaha on the
.iSth , the coroner's jury found that "the said
JossioSnell , alias Jessie Wright , came to
hef death by means of a pistol shot wound ,
from a certain pistol In the hand of one
William Snell , and wo dd further find that
said killing was uninteutlonall BO far as
William Sncll was concerned , but was done
by him unlawfully while in the commission
of , an unlawful act. ' ' Snell was held and
committed for man-slaughter.
Lincoln is pressing her claims as the
most available point for holding the Ne
braska state , fair , and among other items is
one to tha effect that the saloon keepers of
that city have offered to donate $1,200 to
wards paying the expenses of the fair. .The
only proviso Is that the council shall grant
them the right to keep their saloons open
unntll midnight' during the week of the fair.
Material for the new church building
at Hebron is on the ground and work will be
commenced at once.
James Agard , a wealthy grain dealer
from liockford , 111. , fell on u defectiveside-
walk in Omaha , receiving injuries which re
sulted in his death a few days subsequently.
Two failures occurred in Omaha ou
the 14th the Western Steam Heating com
pany. with liabilities at $22,000 , and Henry
O. Richter , fur dealer , with liabilities of
over $7,000.
Ainsworth News : Last Thursday
Sheriff Simpson brought up- from Bassett
two young men , Thomas Anderson and
John Bolari , whom ho arrested upon a war
rant issued by the county judge upon an in
formation filed charging these young men
with having committed the crime of per
jury , in proving up on certain claims near
Bafeeett. It is said that the arrest was made
at the instance of the United States land
officers. It seems that 6omo time last sum
mer , about 15 or 20 young men' from Chicago
cage located on a choice tract of land near
B&Ksett , and proved up recently , and the
next day or so after proving up deeded all
the land to certain parties in Chicago. It Is
claimed that ttie young men were hired by
Chicago parties to locate the claims and paid
BO much a month for occupying them , and
were furnished the money to prove up by
these parties with the understanding that
the boys should deed the land to the Chicago
arties.
Fremont will make an effort to secure
the G. A. K. reunion.
Bill Hyke , the reputed chief of the
gang of freight-car robbers arrested last
week , has turned state's evidence and
"bobs up serenely" as prosecuting wit
ness. Vic. McCarty , John McCarcy and
BUI Petty 'have been held in $2,000 each
and taken to jail at Omaha to await the
March term of court at Papillion .
Omaha Herald : Omaha has become
a market In which the products of the four
corners of the earth can be found at almost
any season. In the midst of January , with
the mercury at 30 degrees below zero , let
tuce , radishes and pie-plant grown by gar
deners near this city , were to be had. and in
a few days tomatoes and pie-plant will be in
.he market. Fresh pears from California
obtainable , and occasionally strawber
ries at a dollar a box are brought from the
south-
The Ainsworth News says Brown
county's real estate has more than doubled
in value in the last six months. While in
the town of Ainsworth lots are to-day sell
ing for four times the amount that was ask
ed for them nine months ago.
Stock men in the Niobrara country
report their bovines in splendid condition. J
The Union Pacific railroad are chang
ing the smoke stacks on all their engines tea
a straight pipe , euch as are in use on many
of the eastern roads. The estimated cost of
the change is $100,000.
The case of Woods vs. Heed , in which
the right of possession of about $30,000
worth of real estate and personal property
was involved , was settled in Hastings a few
days ago in accordance with the recommen
dation of Judge Wm. Gaslin.
Standard time has been adopted by
the heads of the several departments at the
apitol in Lincoln.
Oakdale Journal : A. J. . Motter cap
tured a thief on Wednesday which he will
keep in prison for some time to expiate ite
crimes. It is a monstrous owl which meas
ures four and one-half feet from tip to tip of
its wings. The owl will be caged and
placed in the office of the Commercial house.
The bright sun of Wednesday completely
blinded the owl and it was with little diffi
culty that Mr. Motter made the capture. .
Hastings , it is said , had $850 of the
G. A. K. reunion fund from * last year' leftover
over and Invested it in street lamps.
Nebraska Oity Press : An old man
named Rhodes attempted suicide on the
public highway below Mrs. Donahoo'sfarm.
He warfound lying in the road with a pla-
tel wound In his- abdomen , and an empty ,
pistol by bis side. The cause of the at
tempted suicide , it is alleged , is trouble'
with his sons , who have shown great ingrat
itude by not providing for him.
NEWS OF .THE WEEK
GENERAL.
The trial of James Nptt for the kill
ing o Dukes , in PannHylvanla , Is now In
prpgrew at Pltteburg , having commenced
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bta the 14th. .
--The rush to the Guyotoa mines in
Ariaona'is unabatedJ--Water Is scarce1 and
selling at a dollar a barrel. Many new dis
coveries are reported , and the'noxclteraent
IB so great that the reports are not consid
ered reliable.
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The powder magazine of the Cornwall -
wall ore hiHB explod djit Lebanon , . Pa. ,
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and a'workman named Posey was blown to
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atoms.
Reports from twenty-seven leading
clearing houses of the United States for the
week ended on the 12th , gives the total
clearances at $10,446,277.57 , being an In-
oaease of 4.C per cent , as compared with the
hame perio'd last year. . ,
As soon as the weatfier permits thirty-
seven construction trains will be put In
operation over the Canada Southern division
of , the Michigan Central railroad for the pur
pose of double-tracking the line during the
ensuing year.
' S. A. Bridges died at Allentown , Pa. ,
on the 13th , of dropsy , aged 82. He * was a
member of congress from the Tenth district ,
during the years 1848 to 1855 , and 1876 to
1878.
1878.Henry B. Payno7 was elected United
States senator from Ohio without opposi
tion from the republicans , both houses voting
ing blank.
Application will be made to Canadian
parliament for an act to incorporate a com
pany to construct a tunnel under the'St.
Clair river , for railway purposes , from
Bariiia to Port Huron.
The Baptist chnrch at Port Norris ,
N. J. , burned. Two hundred children
were attending Sunday school at the time ,
but were removed unharmed.
It is rumored on 'change in New
York that several laree grain houses are In
a shaky condition , one of the principal ones
only putting up half margins.
At the republican caucus of the Iowa
legislature Senator Allison was renominated
for United States senator by acclamation.
Every republican member In the legislature
was present , and the nomination was made
amid great enthusiasm by a rising vote , and
every one of the ninety-one members rose
and voted In the affirmative. Prolonged and
repeated cheers greeted the 'result.
The statue to the late Senator Mor
ton was unveiled at Indianapolis on the 15th.
Senator Allison was renominated by
acclamation by the Iowa republicans ,
The bill for an immediate appropria
Ion for Mississippi river improvement gave
rise to a heated discussion In the house.
Fourteen people were injured on the
Texas Pacific , near Weatherford .Texas ,
caused by a broken rail.
A consolidation will in all probability
be formally'effected by the Hannibal and
Council Bluffs roads with the Burlington , at
a meeting for that purpose early in Febru
ary.
ary.Tke
Tke Indiana republican state commit-
ec has issued a call for a convention tonom-
nate candidates for state offices June 10th.
Che state convention to elect delegates-at-
arge to the republican national convention
will belield here June 17th. ' "
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In. the case of a man injured while
raveling on a railroad on Sunday , the court
at Boston instructed the jury that the plain-
iff could not recover unless he should be
raveling on a mission of necessity or charity *
Invitations have been sent out to all
Ibora ! members of commons , requesting
heir attendance at the opening of parlia
ment , on the 5th of February.
A young man in jail at Anderson ,
Ind. , confined on the charge of bastardy ,
nearly succeeded in killing his prosecutor.
The plea of emotional insanity has
been entered by the defense in the Xutt
rial.
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No action will be taken on the bills
relating to the Henuepin canal project until
printed reports of tno engineer are re
ceived.
A joint republican caucus of senators
and representatives was held to appoint a
congressional campaign committee. More
ban 125 members of congress were present.
Senator Edmunds presided. Senator3111-
er , of Pennsylvania , was chosen secretary.
In taking the chair Senator Edmunds said
the outlook for the republican party for
.684 wa > at this early period of the cam
paign better than at any time for the past
ifteen years.
The message of .Governor Hale * , of
Wyoming , compliments the people on their
prosperity , and predicts a great future.
io reviews the mineral and agricultural re
sources and advises a radical change in the
veterinary laws , in order to prevent the m-
rodnctioq of contagious diseases among
lorses.
Pittsburg glass workers received a
Deposition from Toledo capitalists to go to
that'place , build a warehouse , and take a.
large Interest In the concern.
The Bartholili pedestal committee
announce the Travelers' Insurance com
pany , -of Hartford , has subscribed $1,700
to the fund. A special engraving of the *
statue complete will be prepared for the
American press.
Special Officer J. M. Wilson , of the
United States treasury department , seized ,
a small package in the mail from Amster
dam on the 18th. It contained diamonds
valued at $20,000.
The general offices of the Indiana ,
Illinois and Iowa railroad at Kankakeo ,
III. , burned a few days ago , destroying all
the company's papers and accounts.
1 George Allnian and James Hardy ,
who were slightly acquainted , met in the
hallwav of a building on Hudson street ,
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Now'Yo"rk" Angry words passed and a
scuffle followed , Allman fell , stubbed , and
died/Instantly. JIardy ran , knife In haudj
Commissioner Pilrson , of New York ;
states that according to an arrangement be
tween the four trans lines represented in
the joint executive committee , and the Mis
souri River , Lackawuna and West Shore
roads , passenger rates will be reduced to
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On the 18tb , in Alexandria Ky. , Miss ,
Weaver , affianced of "Ed. Beler , went to
church with Nicholas Biehl. Beior became
so enraged that he went to the bouse of Mies
Weaver and demanded his presents. Be
ing refused , he put a pistol to Miss Weaver's
head and snapped it twice .without shooting. '
He then went to the back door and shot
himself twice , one of the balls penetrating
the heart.
John Flemming and Fred F. Loring ,
of Chicago , convicted before Judge Blod-
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'g'ett , of the "United States district court , of
carrying on an extensive grain swindle under
the firm naraeof FlemingaudMerriamwere
sentenced to twelve months in the county
Jail and pay a fine $500. 'A writ of error was
granted in the case , however , by Judge
Drummond , of the circuit court , and the
prisoners released on $1,000 bail.
The case of Frank James , for the
Blue Cut train robbery was called In the
criminal court at Kansas City on the 14th ,
and continued till Febuory 11 , on account
of illness of the defendant. The case of
Charles Ford on the same charge , was also
continued to February 11 , it appears that
Ford is at St. Louis , too ill to attend. .
John ElfersJ who killed Ben. Hag-
garty , because he would not pay him four
bits , was hanged at 'San Francieco on the
15th.
15th.John
John Kippe , a grain buyer at New
Albia , Iowa , hung himself In his ware
house. He "was aged 30 years. Whlsky
and a love-affair are supposed to have been
the cause. i
While resisting arrest , W. A. Alex
ander , a cowboy and noted desperado , was
shot and killed on the reservation at Keno ,
Colorado , , bya detachment of soldiers-One
soldier was killed and two wounded.
Tommy G. Walker , aged 14 , was
arrested at Boston for setting fire to a school
building. He had a mania for setting fires.
The dead body of Amelia Olsen , 17
years old , was discovered on the open
> rairie near the northwestern outskirts of
Chicago. The deceased was employed as a
domestic , and met her death while return-
ng home after nightfall from her place of
work. There were evidences that she had
met with violence , and the belief is enter
tained , that she was choked and left insensi
ble , and died from the effect of her rough
usage , or that combined with the exposure
of the cold night. The locality through
which the girl passed Is Infested with a
rough class.
Edward Tappan , arrested for con
nection with the Townsend outrages , at
Hunters Point , L. I. , confesses that his
brother John and.himself were concerned in
he murder of Mrs. Maybee and her daugh
ter at Brook\llle. They took their lives by
choking them.
A. J. Rogers and Geo. W. Fowler ,
Pullman-car conductors , connected with
Jains running between New York and Chicago
cage , on the Pennsylvania railroad , plead-
d guilty to the embe/zlpment of railroad
ickets. Sentence was deferred.
At the Nutt trial' on the 18th , medi
al expert testimony as to the prisoner's
mental condition was continued. Several
> romSnent physicians \vereexamined , all of
vhom agreed that at the time of the nhoot-
ng of Dukes yonng Xutt was insane. At
he conclusion of the' expert testimony the
etters thuthave given the Dukes-Nutt case
uch fearful prominence were produced by
he defense. With the reading of the let-
ern the defence closed.
WASHINGTON.
Senor Romero , th'e Mexican minister ,
laid on the 14th the eighth installment of
he indemnity due January 31 , 1884 , from
Mexico to the United States.
Follett , who will have charge of the
jension bill when it reaches the house , is
trongly in favor of abolishing entirely the
pension agency business.
Senator Beck has introduced in the
enate a.bill identical with Willis' houge bill
extending for two years the bonded period
on distilled spirits. Also a bill to provide
nn act empowering the secretary of the
rcasury to ue the surplus in the treasury
or the ledemption of United States bonds ,
> Ut not to be construed to authorize him to
pay a premium therefor.
In response to the house resolution
the secretary of the treasury has addressed
a letter to that body stating that the em
ployes from Indiana in his department , re
ceived an assessment circular from the In
diana republican state central committee ,
mthewas unable to discover the person
who distributed them.
The live stock dealers , through Rep-
esentative Hatch , submitted to the house a ,
petition asking for legislation to stamp out
> leuro-pneuinonla by slaughtering all in-
ected cattle and that government inspec-
ion be made of all export meats at the ex
pense of the importer.
At a meeting of the house committee
on public lands consideration was given the
arguments of Pryor In favor of the Texas
Pacific hind grant to the Southern Pacific.
The subcommittee In charge of the forfeit
ure of land grants to railroads directed the
report of a bill declaring tHe land grant for
feited ,
Tho' committee of ways iuitl means ,
has decided not to act for the present on *
Townshond's bill for the restriction of im
portation of goods from governments which
prohibit the imports of American good
It Is thought that the * mere introduction
of the measurement have the desired of
feet.
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At a mooting of the sonatefooinmittee
on public lands , Senator Van Wyck's bll
for the relief v of settlers on the publicdo
'niainlu Nebraska and Kansas was' ordered
reported favorably. li provides for the pay
ment of $2.CO per acre to persons who took
up lands under the homestead or prc
emption laws within the limits of the North
ern Kansas land grant. With this sum. the
jilalmaut is expected to extinguish the tltl
of the company. Two hundred thousand
dollars was appropriated. .
Robert Murray , nominated as sur
goon-general of the navy , has been con
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firmed.
The house committee on elections
has decided that the scat neither belongs to
Chalmers nor Manning on prima facie evi
dence.
The bill prepared by the cattlemen
for the extirpation of the lung plague was
submitted for consideration to the follow
ing * members of the house committee on
agriculture : Ha tab , Debrell , Winuns , Cullen -
len , Wilson and Ochlltree.
Senator Edmunds was present at the
meeting of 'the'senate committee on post-
offices and post roads , and gave his view.
upon the points involved In the consitlera-
tion of the postal telegraph bill , and enter
tained no doubt of the constitutional right
pf the government to build telegraph lines ,
but strongly opposed the purchase of exist
ing lines. The * committee authorized the
chairman to fix an early day for persons
who represented the teloirraph interests to
be heard.
OThe senate session rejected , the Mex
ican treaty. A motion was made to recon
sider , pending'Which the senate adjourned
until Monday. Beyond these facts the re
ports in regard to the matter are contradic
tory.
Senate confirmations. : Elias Skinner ,
postmaster , . Hanson , lewa ; Commodore '
Robert W. SHnfeldt , Alexander C. Rh'ind ,
and Thos" Pattirion. rearadrairals .
| The house committee on private land
claims has unanimously agreed to report
favorably the bill for the relief of Myra
Clrrk Gaines. .It provides for the issue of
patents for 38,457 acres of land on account
of grants made by Spain to John Lynd and
riios. W. Quhart , provided that no mineral
lands are included.
FOSEIGN. - ,
KKRANCK.
Prime Minister . Ferry received a
telegram from Tricon , French diplomatic
representative in Annam , in which he says :
' 'The king and members of the council ex-
arcising regency formally received me to-
3ay in a ceremony without precedent. It
svas conducted with oriental pomp. After
salutations were exchanged the kingjrequest-
2d me to approach , as he desired me to con
vey to the French government the assurance
3f his respect and devotion. He expressed
Lhe hope that theseverity of the treaty stipu
lation between the two countries would be
mitigated. " I assured the king of our sym
pathy and. good will. "
ENGLAXD.
Castelar , in an interview , said : "Like
i majority of the Spanish republicans I am
'avorable to free trade as a means of im-
? rovi ig our relations with England , France
> nd the United States. These are our na-
; ional friends. The English-speaking race
ra both sides of the Atlantic have no better
'riend ' than myself , even though I some-
imes have dissented from their foreign
jolicy. ' '
CHIXA AND FRANCE.
A letter from Canton , dated Decein-
> er 5th , says that China is determined to
Icht , and war can only be avoided by France
jacking clear down. France made an awful
nuddlfrof the whole affair bv not acting
ivith force at the first. Chinese troops are
souring in from the north and being raised
it Canton. The feeling is that the Chinese
nust rise up as one man and crush the pride
> f the French , which they pronounce the
nosttrouolesomenationthat ever existed.
The State Board of Agriculture.
'pcclnl to the Omaha Kcpub'Icaa.
LINCOLN , Neb. , January 15. Arneet-
ng of the state board of agriculture con-
rened in the utate houe this afternoon at
{ 'o'clock , President Mclntyre in the chair ,
rhe president appointed Messrs. J. Jensen ,
5V. E. McCloud and W. B. White to" act as
i committee 011 credentials. The committee
reported that several counties had failed to
111 their annual reports , but on motion all
.vere admitted to seats and full privileges.
Various unimportant committees were ap
pointed. The report of thetreasurer show-
id the total receipts /orthe past year at$20-
' 16 ; expenditure ? , $16,839 ; balanceintreas
ury , $3,876. The following officers were
elected for the ensuing year : President , J.
B. Dinsmore ; secretary , K. W. Furnas ;
: reasurer , Chris. Hartman ; vice presidents ,
[ i. Daniels and J. B. McDowell. Theloca-
ion of the fair was postponed until to-mor-
ow.
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LEWIS. IOWA. Dr. M. J. Davis says :
'Brown's Iron Bitters give the bebtof sat-
sfaction to those who use it. ' '
THUNDERING INTO FIRE.
Burning ef a 1'nssenger Train on Uio liln-
xuii Kami , and Itn Attendant Horrors
Bradford , Pa. , January 15. A stream
of * va8teoll flowing from a tank ; \uroe the
Bradford , Bordoll & Kluzua railroad
caught fire this morning. A passenger twin
from Wellsnlte for Bradford ran IntoIt
and"the train/wax immediately enveloped
In flami-M. The track for a distance of 100
yards was covered with oil. It Id bellevod
gas coming In contact with the fire box of
the engine exploded , tiring the oil , which
spread like hurricane winds and enveloped
the doomed train in an in tant. The ino&s
of flames % vas so intense that the windows
cracked and foil in. In less time than it takes
to write , the passenger coach andbftggago
car were converted into seethiug , hissing fire.
It .vas a terrible moment. One coaoh won
filled and there was a rush for the doors ,
but the heat was so intense that the panic-
stricken passengers were driven back and
forced their way through the windows to nf
landing In the snow. A relief train with
surgeons and cots was dispatched to the
scene. Upon" arrival a terrible sceuo pre
sented itself. 'The passenger coach and
baggage car were smoking ruins , and the
engine lay on Its back , huving turned a
complete somersault. It is definitely
known that only three passengers , all wo
men , were burned to death. The dead are
Mrs. L. C. Fair , of Kinzua Junction , who
was burned beyond recognition. Mn > . Fair
was a young'woman , and had been married
only two years. Her husbaud escaped by
Jumping through a window. The second
is Mltis Kate.Moran , of Aliens , 2 .
V , , whono bodv was burned almost tea
a crisp. MNs Moran was found hanging
outside of the coach window grasping the
pill. The othpr woman has not been Identi
fied. The badly injured are : 1'rofe-sor
Faught , not expected to live ; Patrick tjex-
ton , engineer , terribly burned about the
faoo and bamfcMike Wolsly , fheman , horribly
ribly burned about the face "and arms ; W.
II. Belmun jumped from the train and it in
jured internally ; Jerry Donegan , brakeman -
man , hands badly cut ; Charles Ilcidrirhe.
express messenger , burned about tlio head
and hands ; George MtCartuev , newsboj ,
terribly burned about the head and humls
and not expected to live ; A. N. Carpenter ,
of Little , Geneeee , face and left band Imrii-
ed ; Jerry Haggcrty , of Ceres , N. Y. , badly
burned ubouc the face and heid : Mrs"
Black , daughter and son , of Aiken , burned
about the fnce . .nd hands ; John Kafoar of
Aiken , X. Y. , terribly burned about the
face and hands.
HUNGBY VIGILANTES" .
Hike Cnildiliie and Ilis Wife shim ? Ci >
for Murdering a Child by Degrees.
DKXVEK , Colo. , January 19. Some
three months ago , Mary Uose Matthew-
brujht , winsome little girl , 10 years of age ,
was adopted from the Denver Catholic or
phans' home by Mike Cuddiliio and wife ,
living on a ranch ten miles from Onray , a
small mining town in the fcouthern part of
Ihe state. A few days ago little Ilowj sud
denly died and was buried by the Cuddibles
in a distant part of the ranch. The little
girl was cruelly treated from the first , the
neighbors Paid , and her mysterious death
ind hurried burial aroused their su'-pi-
cions , and the coroner of Ouray was noti-
Sed. He exhumed the body , when un
mistakable evidences of her cruel death were
revealed. The body was covered withknifo
wounds , one leg was broken and her pkull
crushed and limbs frozen. She had no
Joubt been driven out In the winter storm to
lie. Cuddlhie and wife were immediately
irrested and .jailed. Yesterday ther were
: ried and found guilty of murder. About 1
) 'clock a. m. aband of m.iskcd men went
; o the hotel where Ctiddihie and his wife
, vere temporarily held in custody , over
powered the sheriff and guard anil took the
prisoners away. They both cried loudly for
nercy , liu-t as they had ever been deaf to
; he pleadings of little I OFC for mercy , so
; he vigilantes closed their ears to the cries
> f the prisoners. They were taken outside
ha town limits , where the woman wa
uing to the ridge-pole of a vacant cabin ,
vhile her husband was strung to the limb
> f a tree on the opposite side of the road.
Cheir work done , the vigilantes retired
luickly.r The bodies were cut down and
mriod by the coroner. John Carroll Cud-
llhie , a brothel-in-law , was arrested with
.he other" , but , for want of sufficient evi-
ience , was allowed to go. This is the first
nstance of a woman lynched in Colorado.
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The Stock Raisers'Bonansa.
AUSTIK , Texas , January 14. A
ne'mber of the late convention of stockmen
wtimates that 2COO,000 head of cattle and
lorses are supported on free gass , and that
lalf of this gra s irf public property. The
jet property is 2o per cent. Two million
lead of stock is worth $10,000,000. Owners
) f stock therefore get out of free grass a
) refit of $10,000,009 a year , half of which
somes from school and state lands. There
s no excpectalion that any leginlation to
jompel profits to be divided with [ the state
vill be adopted. _
Benevolence in St. Lotus.
ST. LOCK , January 16. The will of
? alph Scllew , who died suddenly at the
Lindell hotel ye-terday , was probated to-
lay. It bequeaths $ SO000 to 8t Louis in-
titutions , $10,0.0 of which is to the manual
raining school of the Washington univer
ity , $10,000 to St. Luke hospital , $10,000to
he Miagion free school'and $5,000 each to
tlissouri Theatrical society , Episcopal
irphans' home , Memorial Home and Oer-
nan Protestant orphans home.
A leap year society , for the protec-
ion of young men , is about to DO or
ganized. Many a youn man whose
nether would not board himself and a-
vife will this year be lassoed by some
irdent young woman and dragged
[ own to matrimony. The society can
lot get to work a moment too soon.
'Louisville Courier-Journal.
