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F. X. * K. M. K1MMEUL , Pub * .
McCOOK , NEB
HEBRASKA ITEMS.
Kearney Journal : A rery superflu
ous and foolish Jaw was passed last winter
fn reference to the Issuing of county war-
rate. Bv this piece of foolishness a per
son who has a bill allowed for any service ,
property or expense by the county board
cannot get bin warrant for ninety days there
after. If the supervisors do not meet until
June a warrant cannot bo drawn for ninety
days after' that time. Hence , a salaried of
ficer who begins work now cannot get his
pay for eight or nine months. The coal
dealer who sells coal to the county demands
one-half dollar extra per ton for waiting , so
the merchant and others.
Norfolk Journal : Mr. Pilger in
forms UB that we can say with safety that
the new porff packing enterprise is a sure
thing. It Is contemplated to start with
$50 , 000 capital , and put $10,000 of this into a
brick building. The parties who hove the
project In charge are fully able financially to
build and put the packing house on a solid
foundation.
Culbertson Sun : An order recently
iESued by the B. & M. to the effect that all
stock killed on the road west of McCook , in
this state , must have the hides taken off and
placed where an inspector can examine the
brand , will meet the approval of a majority
of the stockmen in this part of the state.
All differences about ownership are thus
settled , and the proper parties arc paid for
the losses sustained.
A petition numerously signed by
citizens of Otoe and Lancaster counties ,
asking for the pardon of A. H. Hlckey , late
marshal of Nebraska City , who killed a man
while intoxicated , has been presented to the
governor.
Blair has voted § 10,000 in bonds for
a new school building.
A small vein of coal has been discov
ered nsar Blair forty feet below the surface.
Prospecting will begin at once.
The Democrat says Mr. Sidney Smith ,
an Omaha architect , is in correspondence
with parties to furnish plans for a fine hotel
to be put up in Lincoln. The hotel was In
tended to be after the style of the Paxton in
Omaha , though not costing eo much.
Rev. J. W. Lille , of Columbus , is
minus a bay mare , stolen out of his barn a
few night * ago. A reward of $25 for the
mare and $50 for the thief Is offered.
Marqnette Independent : Last week
we chronicled the death of an infant child
of Mr. Maggart , living southwest of town.
Hardly had this child been buried when sm
other one , five or six years old , drank or
ate some lye and came very near dying from
the effects of It. At the present time it is
somewhat better , but still not out of dan
ger. It seems eome preserves was setting
under the lye , which dripped into them ,
and the child , spreading it on nome bread ,
ate it. A warning to mothers to be careful
where they set poisonous substances.
Blair Republican : There is an im
mense quantity of corn yet in the fields to be
gathered. This is owing to Ita being too
wet and soft to crib. Many farmers are
preferring to stand the losses incident to
leaving it on the stalk rather than run the
risk of cribbing It. Luckily there has been
no heavy snow-fall , and every pleasant day
will be improved in securing the crop of all
others most essential
Homerville , Gosper county , is about
to organize a G. A. R. post.
A fire at Ord , on the 30th , destroyed
the furniture store and contents of J. E.
Hall. The building was worth about $000 ,
and was Insured for $400. The stock was
worth about $3,000 , and Insured for $2,000.
Only about $100 worth of the stock was
saved.
The coroner's jury in the case of the
burning of the store and body of Mr. An
derson at Sacramento , " found that the de
ceased came to his death from foul means
by some person to the said jury unknown.
The fact that he had a considerable sum of
hard money prior to the fire , and that none
of it could be found afterwards , seems to
confirm this theory. Two parties are sus-
picloned , but no arrests have been mode.
Fremont is determined to abolish the
public nuisances which have been growing
numerous and prosperous of late. The
cry Is that the demi-monde must go.
The Omaha Indian reservation has
been appraised. It contains over fifty thou
sand acres , and the total value under the
appraisement is $512,670. Land seekers
have a first class opportunity for location.
Hastings Journal : Mrs. F. J. New-
comb , of Fair-field , this state , is sixty-five
years of age , a good , hale and hearty speci
men of that hardy race who were born long
ago. She now has in her loom a piece of
rag carpet , which , when finished , will
make over four hundred yards , this lady
has woven since March 1 , 1883 , besides do
ing her household duties. Not many we-
men with more modern ideas would think
of performing that amount of labor.
Fremont Tribune : Tuesday morning
a-littlo child six months old belonging to M.
C. McCaslinr who lives in the northwest
part of the city , was administered a dose of
laudanum by a sister six years old , who
supposed it was German syrup she was
giving the baby. The mother was out of
the house at the time and when she came ia
she found the child In an unconscious con
dition. Dr. Smith was immediately sum
moned and antidotes were giyen. Late last
night the little patient was still alive , but
the chances for recovery sre not very flat
tering.
NEWS OF THE EEK ,
- GENERAL.
John well-to-do farmer
Soybert , a - -
Hving near Hlllsboro , Hi. , suicided by
hooting himself.
A number of leading New England
cotton mills are running half time in consequence
quence of low prices.
Reports from twenty-seven clearing
houses of the United States for the week
ending January 20th , gives the total clear
ances at $971,25G,40i , being a decrease of
21 per cent , as compared with the same
period the previous week.
Andrew Mangs , of Cleveland , four
years old , while poking shaving * into a
stove set fire to his clothing , and expired
after horribly suffering for an hour He was
the last of fire children ; . the others died
within a short time of diphtheria. The
mother became a raving maniac when the
last one was taken from her.
The New Jersey house defeated the
Joint resolution asking the Jersey congress
men to favor a national postal telegraph
law.
law.A
A dispatch from Matamoras , Mexico ,
says Rev. Father Damazo Soto , of Concor-
dia , state of Vera Cruz , has discovered the
key to the Aztee writings.
Martin. Sellers , of Kendallville , Ind. ,
was summoned to testify against C. C.
Cain , charged with murder , now being
tried at Albion. He remarked that he would
kill himself rather than testify. Shortly
afterwards he went to his room and shot
himoelt , dying Instantly.
A. Medarv , for a number of years
paymaster for the Cincinnati , Hamilton and
Dayton railroad , has been relieved. His
accounts are said to be $10,000 short.
Twenty-seven men met at Greens-
burg , Pa. , and formed a secret brother
hood not to buy French'goods , audio boy
cott all dealers selling them until the embargo
barge on pork was taken off.
Abbe Chubert , at Montreal , was fined
the sum of $20 or two months' imprisonment
for kissing Mrs. Bezeau , his landlady , while
she was In bed.
A strange and fatal disease has ap
peared among the cattle in a. Texas county.
'A. large number have died. The cattle men
will hold a meeting with a view to checking
the ravages.
Frank James' attorney has applied
for a change of venue In the Blue Cut train
robbery. The decision is expected on the
llth of February.
ThePbcenix glass-works at Phillips-
burg , onposite Plttsburg , were destroyed
by fire on the 0th. Loss , about $125,000 ;
insurance , $74,000. The works were among
the largest Is the country. The most un
fortunate circumstance connected with the
destruction of the works is that 500 hands
will be thrown out of employment in the
middle of winter.
A Chicago and Northwestern train
was wrecked near Cedar Rapids on the 30th.
Three men were injured and the entwine and
twelve cars badly damaged.
A large quantity of personal effects
belonging to passengers on the wrecked
steamer City of Columbus has been taken to
Boston for Identification. Reports from the
wreck state that the steamer is gradually
sinking into the water. But little of the
vessel is now visible.
The Texas house passed a bill pro
viding punishment for fence cutting of from
one to five years in the penitentiary , but the
person owning and residing upon land en-
closcd by another , who refused ingress and
egress may lawfully open a passageway
through the enclosure.
Tilden G. Abbott , cashier of the
Union Market National bonk , of Benton ,
has disappeared , a defaulter to the amount
of $31,100 , possibly more.
A committee of labor organizations
from Pittsburg have gone to "Washington to
urge the passage of the bill restricting the
Importation of foreign labor under con
tract.
tract.Ansen
Ansen Linsenuierk has been arrested
at St. Louis for committing forgeries while
postmaster at Krotzlngen , Dutch Baden.
Delegations of lobbyists are going to
"Washington from Dakota to work for the
opening of the Sioux reservation.
gA large three story business house at
Rome , N. Y. , burned on the 30th. Joseph
Alexander perished in the flames.
Gould is taking hold of Northern Pa
cific to extend his influence with Pacific
ronds.
The suprema court of Iowa has af
firmed the judgment of the district court of
Polk county convicting Fountain "W. George
of murder in the first degree. He was sen
tenced to be hanged last August , but the
case was carried to the supreme court. It
now remains for the governor under the
statutes to fix the day of execution.
Alter a heavy run on. the Merchants1
and Mechanics' bank , at Leadville , Colo. ,
It suspended on'the 30th ult. It was Imme
diately attached , and 37,000 more attach
ments are to follow.
Patrick Harlmet , aged 39 , a laborer
living at Mt. Auburn , Ohio , brutally killed
his wife and endeavored to chop her body
to pieces and hide it under the floor. He
had been addicted to drink , and was very
quarrelsome.
A sleigh containing twenty-seven
ladies was upset on the mountain side near
Reading , Pa. , and many were injured.
The American government has
bought the sailing bteamer "Bear" for the
Greely relief expedition. It is the same
size , build and age of the loat Proteus.
A house near Norwich , N. Y. , occu
pied by an old couple named Glinton , was
burned. The bodies of the occupants were
found in the ruins.
The supreme court of Iowa rendered
decision In a case wherein a taxpayer
sought to enjoin assessment for construc
tion of a sewer. The plaintiff claimed the
property should not be assessed because he
was not benefited , and also because he was
not notified of the time of the apportioning
or correcting of the assessment. The court
sustained the last point , and that to deny an
opportunity to be heard is violation of con
stitutional provisions.
The annual report of the minister
of public works of Canada shows that the
government's management of the telegraph
lines is not a financial success. The lines
cost nearly $800,000. The expenditures last
year were $55,000 and the receipts $28,000 ,
showing a loss of over 50 per cent.
It is now determined by the French
government that the attack on Bacnlnh will
open at the beginning of March.
A warehonse-attached to an elevator
at Fergus Falls , Minn. , burst , letting out
400,000 bushels of wheat.
The directors of the Mexican Central
railway .announce that the road will be
completed to the United States by the mid
dle of March and opened for through traffic
between the 1st and 15th of April.
The people of Long Island are exci
ted over a case of poisoning , the victims be
ing Thomas Collier and wife.
The interest in the Kentucky senatorial
rial contest is at white huat , and will remain
so until nomination is made. WithSwee
ney withdrawn the dead-lock would seem
to be broken , but the indications arc that
Carlisle will take his place with a probable
dead-lock as the result.
The Harper high license law will go
into effectln Chicago on the l&t of April.
E. E. Johnson , agent for the Union
Pacific railroad at Walla Walla , Oregon ,
also for the Union Pacific express company ,
misappropriated a package containing $18-
000 consigned to John Bennett , a railroad
contractor , by Ladd & Tilton , bankers ,
Portland. The package was' addressed.
' 'Agent Union Pacific express. ' ' Johnson
disappeared with the money , but was sub
sequently arrested and jailed.
WASHINGTON.
The resignation of John C. New as
assistant secretary of the treasury was re
ceived on the 28th and will soon be delivered
to the president. The Indiana delegation
held a meeting and decided to recommend
the appointment of A. D. Linch , of Indian
apolis , to fill the vacancy.
Representative Edmund W. M.
Mackey. of South Carolina , died on the 28th.
The house , as a mark of respect to the
memory of the deceased , adjourned.
The senate committee on appropri
ations ordered a favorable report on the
house bill making appropriation for tobacco
tax rebate.
At a caucus of democratic senators on
the 26th it was resolved to allow the repub
licans to debate Sherman's resolution call
ing for an Investigation of riots in Virginia
and Mississippi , among themselves , unless
it should be charged that democrats were
responsible for the riots , or the spirit which
engendered them. At present Sherman's
resolution merely recites that such riots oc
curred , and does not charge the responsi
bility upon an political party in particular.
The case of Colonel Emilio Munez , a
tobacco Importer from Philadelphia , is be
ing investigated by the department of state.
It is alleged that Munez was taken from an
American vessel in a Cuban port by an
armed crew from a Spanish man-of-war.
It is not claimed that Munez vt a citizen of
the United States.
The bill of Representative Culbert-
son , to limit the jurisdiction of federal
courts and to restrict the removal of cubes
from state to federal courts , wu.s considered
by a sub-committee of the house committee
on judiciary. The impression is that the
bill will be approved.
The Chinese new year was celebrated
by the Chinese legation on the evening of
the 28th by a reception given by the Chinese
minister , Cheng Isas Ju , which was attend
ed by a large number of prominent persons.
Representative Dockpry expects to
introduce a bill at an early day to prohibit
the discharge , without cause , of employes
of the house during a vacation of congress.
The house committee on elections
dismissed the consideration of the contested
election of James vs. Hunt , of Louisana , on
the ground that the evidence of the former
was not introduced in the time prescribed
by law.
Another bounty land bill has been
introduced in congress. The measure pro
vides eighty acres be given those wbo.erved
not less than fourteen days , 120 acres to
those who seryed not less than one year , ICO
acres to those who served not less than two
years , to be selected by soldiers on proof of
honorable discharge. Members of the
house committee on public lands say
a bill will be reported declaring forfeited all
land along that portion of the Northern Pa
cific not completed within the time specified
in the grant of the tract.
The estimated reduction of the pub
lic debt during January is $11,800OCO.
Representative Belmont has prepared
a resolution questioning the constitutional
ity of government inspection of American
pork , and holding that , if necessary , the
work should be done by the various states.
The house cornmiCteo on public lands
has decided to report a bill declaring the
forfeiture of the entire land grants of the
Oregon Central railroad , a line proposet
between Astoria and Portland. The for
feiture will be declared on the ground tha'
the main line of the road , for which the
grant was made , was never constructed
There were 1,480,000 acres In the grant.
The president has aoproved thebil
for the removal of the remains of Genera
Ord from Cuba to Washington.
The house committee on war claims
has instructed Representative Gedcles to re
port favorably the bill allowing ofiicers o
the army who served in the late war paj
from the date they actually entered upon the
performance of their duties ,
t Representative Hopkins , chairman o ;
the committee on labor , In an interview ,
said the workmen of this' ' country are op
posed to any reduction in the tariff , and he
was of the opinion that the committee he
represented would oppose any such meas
ure that might come from the ways ant
moans committee.
Representative Hopkins , chairman of
the house committee on labor , Los , in com
pliance with the petitions of yarious labor
organizations in the country , prepared
bill , which he will present to the house for
reference , providing for the enforcement of
the eight hour law. Sir. Hopkins says the
labor interests demand that the tariff shouk :
not be disturbed.
The house committee on public lands
has decided to report a bill declaring for
feiture of land grants to the Oregon ami
California and the California and Oregon
railroads , except such tracts as have been
patented. The grants of these two roads
amount to 5,000,000 acres , valued at $3 to
$ i per acre. The terms of the contract ex
pired January 8th.
General II. G. Wright , chief engi
neer , will be retired on the (5th of March.
It Is understood Colonel John Newton will
succeed him.
FOREIGN.
Circulation is prohibited in France of
the book containing articles from the Nouvelle -
velle Jjevue , so grossly libelous to the Ger
man imperial family.
Sabieloff , a Russian officer of gen
d'armes , sent to Kerkarkoff by the govern
ment to investigate nihilism , was assassi
nated on the 16th lust. The police have dis
covered a plot for an uprising of peasants in
Little Russia , and also a scheme for putting
strychnine in the czar's bread. Many ar
rests were made.
In spite of the proclamation by the
authorities of Dublin , the nationalists evad
ed the police and military and held a meet
ing at Castlewellan , a small market town in
Ulster.
Many Orangemen were absent from
the first levee of the season given by the
lord lieutenant of Dublin , owing to Lord
Rossinore's recent suspension from magis
terial functions.
In spite of many arrests the agrarian
agitation continues in Pakow and Vitebsk ,
and eo Intense Is the irritation of the peas
ants of the province that the troops espe
cially sent to Vitebsk will be withdrawn , as
collision is feared. Appeals addressed to
the educated classes have appeared in White
Russia , urging them to join in the struggle
against absolutism.
The president of the board of trade of
Chamberlain , in a speech at Birmingham ,
said England was not going to allow war
with El M'ehdi to interfere for a dingle mo-
maut with the projected reforms and im
proved instructions which England is mak
ing every effort to develop in Egypt , and by
which it is hoped securities may be given to
Egyptian liberties and the people educated
for independence and self-government.
Owing to depression in landed prop
erty in Ireland a scheme is in preparation
for the relief of owners. It is proposed to
establish a land bank with a government
guarantee , which will be empowered to lend
money to landlords to pay off encumbrances
created before the land act , and also to lend
money to tenants for the purpose of pur
chasing holdings.
Advices from Sinkat are heart-rend
ing. It is said that the people have eaten
all the dogs in the town and only the horses
and one hog remain. There will be nothing
left by February 1st , when , unless relieved ,
the inhabitants Intend to try to make their
way to Suakin.
Peace is completely restored on
Egypt's Abysinian frontier and trade re
opened between Kassale and Massowah.
Advices from Saigon announce the
arrival there of General Millet , sent out to
take command of the land forces in Ton-
qum.
qum.Villiam Meagle , an important wit .
ness in the Phoenix trial , complains he is
made miserable owing to the continued per
secution and frequent assaults which he
suffers at the hands of sympathizers with
the assassins of Lord Frederick Cavendish
and Mr. Burke.
General Gordon has arrived at
Euirosko and entered the desert. Baker
Pasha made another reconnoisance from
Triukltat with a strong force. The enemy
fled south and were pursued by cavalry.
Several hundred rebels were killed.
The Vienna police have compiled a
let of foreigners who are to be expelled
from the country. They have also closed
lacoby'sprinting office , at which the social-
st newspaper , The Future , was published.
It is now determined that the attack
on Bachninh will open at the beginning of
March.
WADLEV , Ga. Dr. B. R. Doyle says :
"I consider Brown's Iron Bitter."superior I
as a tonic to any preparation now in use.
DOWN TO DEATH.
A PtMseiiKor Train Drops Through n
UrldRe A TJHt of the Killed * nd
IVonmled.
INDIANAPOLIS , January 31. 1
south-bound accommodation train on the
Indianapolis and Chicago Air Line , due
here at 10:30 this morning , met with a ter
rible accident at Broad Ripplo. At that
point the railway crosses White river on a
truss bridge of two spans , each 150 feet In
length. The engineer had gone to the bug-
gage-ear and Uie locomotive was in charge
of the fireman. When the locomotive
reached the center of the bridge the fireman
felt the structure sinking. He had his hand
on the throttle , which he opened , giving
the locomotive all the available Hteam.
The engine sprang forward with great
force , breaking the couplings between
the tender and the bageapro-car.
The locomotive kept th < s track , but the
baggage , smoking-car and one coach
dropped through and plied up in a mass at
the foot of the piers. The smoking car was
partially telescoped in the baggage car. The
wreck was partially submerged. Tha portion
tion above water immediately took firo. The
fireman states that when he looked , after
the locomotive reached the south end of the
bridtjc , the cars were on fire , the smoke ob
scuring the feceno. ,
The wrecking train , with surgeons and
other assistance , sent to Broad Ripple , on
reaching the wreck found the card yetburn-
ing , and tbof-e present so lacking In presence
of mind as to be unable to extinguish the
flames or afford relief to the sufferers. The
officials of the roadwentto work nysteraatic-
ally , and in rthort time the fire waa extin
guished and search for the bodies begun.
Six pen-oils were cither killed or burned to
death. Their remains were recovered ,
burned and charred almost beyond recotrni-
tlon and horribly mutilated. The only
means of identification were incombustible
trinkets known to be the property of the
dead. The following is a list of the dead :
John Brewer , of Lafayette , Ind. . c-ngi- j
neer.
J. K. Rickctts , baggage master , of New f
Albany.
George Lowry , brakeman , of linen * Vis
ta , Ind. I
Thomas Parr , bridge foreman , of fhdian-
apolis. .
A. T. Smith , American express xn&isen- ,
ger , of Indianapolis.
The only passenger killed was John Bray ,
a stock dealer , of Doming.
Ex-Sheriff Seman , of Noblesyille , had his
right arm broken and wag Injured badly
about the head and body.
Lynn Clark , of WestfieJd , Ind. , wad injured - i
jured internally and will die. " t
The other * injured are :
Joseph Clayton , of Erankfort , cut on the
head.
A. T. Peddigo , of .Frankfort , body
bruised.
W. P. Hawk , of Westfield , bead badly
cut.
cut.W.
W. T Sweigart , of C'annel , skull frac
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tured.
Mrs. Sullivan and babe , of Cannei , slight
ly injured.
A. B. Snyder , of Trohoon , Ind. , slightly
hurt.
A gang of workmen had been making re
pairs on- the bridge , all of whom were
slightly injured.
Of the passengers Seman and Clark were
left at Broad Ripple and the others brought
to this city.
The accident is attributed to a defective j
thread on the supporting rods of thobridge.
It is believed that all the killed have been
recovered except Thomas Parr , who was
working on the bridge , and whose remains
are supposed to be at the bottom of the
river. The bridge and train are entirely '
destroyed. The scenes around the wreck ,
with no appliances for extinguishing the
flames , while the imprisoned victims' cries
for aid resounded through the burniii < c
mass , were heartrending. Clark wa pinioned - 4
ioned by a beam , and managed to escape
after the beam was burned off. The messenger - <
senger said that if he had bad one bucket of ,
water at the boginniny ho could have extln-
3Tiished the flames. _ t
Burned to Death "While Drnnk. <
IBLOOMINGTOX , Neb. , February 1. !
Henry B. Holmes , living just beside the \
depot , had his cattle barn and contents de
stroyed by fire last night. The fire occurred
about 11 o'clock. There was in the barn
eleven cows and eight calveg. Mr. Holmes
was burned to death in the barn. Cause of
fire unknown , but it is presumed Mr.
Holmes set fire to it himself by accident. I
He had been drinking during the day and
went home at a late hour. He did not go to 'i
his house , but to his barn , where , itls supposed - i >
posed , he struck a match and set the fire { i
.before he was aware , and in such a man- if
ner as to cut off escape. His body was
burned to a crisp. The night was still and
the house and norde stable and cribs were
saved.
Bigger Thing Than the Centennial
WASHINGTON , January 29. Commis
sioner General Morehead reports the utmost
interest Is'manifested throughout the east In
the World's Industrial and Cotton Centen
nial Exposition , which opens in New Orleans - '
leans next December. The general
says i
twice as many states have already made appropriations - <
propriations for state exhibits as for the f
Centennial of 187G. J
CLTXTON , IOWA , May 28 , 1883.
I have handled Chamberlain's Cou h
Remedy for the past ten years , and ° it
has given the best satisfaction of anv I <
ever sold ; during that time I have " '
known it to be subjected to many severe '
tests , but have never known it to fail. '
have sold twelve dozen durino- the last
90 days. . E. B. LEGG. i