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THE TRIBUNE. ' JT. M. & K. M. K1MMEIX , Pub * . McCOOK , ; ; ; ; NJl . BMMMMBHMIMiMiMMBMMMBMBBMBBHBiMM tv 1CEBRASKA .ITEMS. A company has been organized fo the purpose of building a bridge across th Missouri river at Decatur. James N. O. Sherwood , of New York has brought suit hi the United States cour against the c ty of Brownville to recove money due on bonds Issued by the .city sev eral years ago. The plaintiff's petition em braces seventy-two counts. Blair Pilot : Sheriff. Gross arrived 01 Friday last from Ohio , having with him thi prisoner Hiram Lee , havingmade the roum trip , taking In Lincoln , Neb. , and Colum bus , Ohio , to procure his requisition , in fivi days. When arrested Lee had on a $60 sui of clothes that he had just stolen , and the ] were identified by the owner , who * refuscc to take them after he had worn them. A strange and fatal disease amen hogs has made its appearance in the vicinity of Fremont , and a great many have died. Those who have observed the effects saj that the hog is very suddenly taken sick , stops eating coughs some , and within a lev hours lies down and dies. . < Mr. and Mrs. Whiting , of Nuckollt pounty , recently celebrated the sixtieth an niversary of their married life. It is said the B. & M. will build new and commodious depot at Graf ton this year. year.A subscription paper is in circula tion at Sidney for building a Methodist church. Fifteen hundred dollars has thus far been subscribed. Beaver City is jubilant over Its prospects. Newcomers are arriving daily and the town has a boom of no mean pretensions. Mer chants are doing a rushing business , and the outlook on all sides is decidedly en couraging. The Congregational society of Fre mont contemplate building a house of wor ship at an early day. Brakeman T. jFarrell , of B. & M. freight No. 29 , was killed at Cedar Creek quarries by falling under a flat car which broke in two. His body was taken to Men- dota , 111. , by his brother , J. P. Farrell , of Beatrice. , Gen. O. O. Howard is giving a series of lectures throughout the state , his sub ject being "The Battle of Gettysburg. ' ' Genoa Enterprise : The intermarrying ing of white people with Indians is getting more popular. ! number of Omaha Indi ans have for some time been married and living with whites near their agency. And recently not only has the matron in the gov ernment school at the Santee agency taken a young Santee brave.for a 'life partner , but a Rev. S. S. Hinmah has taken a wife of like birth. This information may have a tendency to sooth the sorrows of some of the old bachelors of this neighborhood who have been vainly searching for the last twenty years for one of the fair sex to share heirsorrows. Valentine Rep orter : Yesterday morn ing an Indian came into the postoffice to buy a' dollar's worth of stamps , telling us in broken English that he was going to send letters to his children , who had Just gone to Genoa to attend school. "Who says the Indian is not civilized ? . The Hastings Journal says a man on Capt. Yocum's farm. selected twenty ears of corn from.his crib and took five kernels of corn from each ear. These he placed in a pan of earth -which was kept in the kitch en. After a sufficient time had expired he examined the corn and by actual count found that ninety-nine kernels had sprouted - * ed in good shape and were growing. Other farmers seem to think that much of the early planted corn of last year will grow. A fire at Lincoln on the 27th de stroyed property to the value of $60,000 , on which there was partial insurance. The barn of J. B. Shephard , near Fuller-ton , took fire , and , before anything could be done to save the stock or grain , burned to the ground. Three span , of horses perished in the flames- , and a large amount of grain was destroyed. , Stock in Brown county are reported as doing well and .looking first-class. The season having been a comparatively open one and but little snow having fell , it has been necessary to feed but little , the cattle picking up their own living on the range. The tide of immigration expected in northern Nebraska is commencing to arrive with the approach of the spring months. The Omaha Republican publishes the replies from 300 leading republicans , cov ering every countvin Nebraska. The re plies indicate the first choice for presiden tial nomination as follows : For Elaine , 107 ; Logan , 69 ; Arthur , 51 ; Edmunds , 18 ; Conkling , 15 ; Lincoln , 12 ; Gen. Sherman , 10 ; Senator.Harrison , 6 ; Grant , 4. There is nearly a unanimous preference for Rob ert Lincoln for the vice-presidency. SPostoffice changes in Nebraska for the week en'ding February 23 , 1884 , fur nished by Wm. Van Vleck , of the postoffice department : Established Nicholas , Lin coln county , Richard Brown , postmaster. Discontinued Liby , Dodge county ; Nea , Custer county. Names changed Penica , Dawson county , to Hilton , "Wendall Gross , postmaster. Postmasters appointed Ak ron , Boone county , IE. . Tackley ; Atlan ta , Saline county , Jennie Bamer ; Axtel , Kearney county , Eben "W. Fosbury ; Cas cade , Howard county , Miss Martina "Welch ; Laporte , Wayne county , Pamelia Agler ; Lavinia , Holt county , Jacob S. Griffin ; Louisville , Cass county , Alma E. Glover ; 9 Lost Creek , Platte county , Mrs. M. A. Crooklan ; Oakdale , Antelope county , E Galley ; Olax , Custer county , John Moran River View , Buffalo county , James Hun ten George Butts was arrested in Kear neyfor selling dried horse meat. / In the Reid murder case , in progress at Beatrice , a daughter of the accuset fainted while giving testimony. She testlfie < she was with her mother when Reid'camt to the house and shot her. The , Republican state central com mittee , at their meeting held in Omaha i few days ago , decided to hold the state con < yention for choosing delegates to the presi dential convention at Chicago , at Lincoln 01 Thursday , May 1. It will consistof 440 del egates. The basis of apportionment is th < vote for Regent Hiatt at the election las fall. fall.There There is not enough.houses in Valparaiso raise to supply the demand and capitalist ! are urged to put their money in a few ten ements and realize handsome returns there from. ' The Valparaiso Avalanche says that Dr. Stephens was called to Marble pre cinct of that county in his capacity as coun ty coroner to see an old man named Xavei Eggert whose body had been found lying stark and cold on the prairie. The de ceased had been attending a meeting held in a school house the night previous , and the verdict of the jury was that he came tc his death by falling upon the ice as he was returning home. Jordan P. Smith who was tried at Juniata seven years ago for the murder of a man named Collins at itearney , ' and sen tenced to ten years in penitentiary , will be liberated on the 22d of March. "Smith's term would not under the sentence expire until February 22d , 1887 , but owing to good behavior he will have three years ol the sentence deducted. The Hastings Gazette-Journal has been shown a "quilt containing 5,280 pieces made by Mrs. N. Dominy , a lady who is seventy-six years of age. The quilt is for sale , and when sold the proceeds arc to be used toward the erection of a church at Hansen. The Fairfield Herald has been inves. tigating the amount of corn stored in the town and.finds there is nearly 60,000 bush els. Farmers who have good , sound , fully-matured corn are likely to receive a good price for the same before planting time , as Nebraska seed corn will probably be in demand from the eastern states. Nathaniel Pascoe , who has been feed ing 2,200 head of sheep northwest of Fre mont , has disposed of his flock for five cents per pound , to be delivered about the middie of March. The beautiful grove on the farm of David Schwenck , two miles east of Papil- lion , is being cleared of all underbrush and fitted for picnic grounds. It Is one of the handsomest locations in Sarpy county , and expected to prove a popular resort during the summer months.a . a i ' . Senator Harrison's Pension Bill. WASHINGTON , February 25. Senator Harrison introduced a bill in the senate to- lay providing.for. a pension for all honora bly discharged soldiers who served six months in the war of the rebellion in the military or naval service , provided they are sow disabled. The bill proceeds upon the ; heory that there are many soldiers and sailors who-did not contract disabilities luring the war of such a well-defined na- : ure as to enable them to make proof ; hereof , . but who are now broken lown in health by reason of hard- ihips and exposures in the service. The lighest rate of pension granted Is $24. The ) ill increases to $12 the pensions of all wid- > ws of pensioners who contracted disability n and since the war and who are now Irawing $ S ; aiso the pensions of widows of soldiers to be pensioned under the first sec- ion , and those who shall obtain pensions inder the existing laws , without the widow > eing required to prove that death was due o service. It does not grant a pension to ill widows , but only to those who are or be- iame pensioners. The bill is the result of a lemand which the government , under ex- sting laws , is unable to meet. The pen- ions under the act will begin at the date of iling the application therefor. A Double Execution. JACKSON , Ohio , February 29. Great xowds were present to witness the hanging > f the brothers Luke and William Jones , or the murder of Andrew Lackey a year go. The trap fell shortly after 1 o'clock. ? he brothers were hanged on a single piece f rope , one at each end , the middle por- ion , of the rope being wrapped about a ieam. The double trap worked perfectly , "hey slept soundly last night , "praying fern n hour before retiring. This morning they ang and prayed constantly while preparing or the gallows. .Luke's neck was instantly roken. William struggled and twitched lorribly after the trap fell , drawing his legs ip so they touched his brother. We have handled Chamberlain's Jough Remedy for eight years , always warranted it , and never had a bottle re amed. HAMLIN & Kmur , Druggists , Sept. 18,1883. Oneida , Kansas. - - Eight hundred vagrants , a score of " hem" men whose ages ranged from inety to ninety-nine years , were ar- ested in a single week toward the lose of last month in Paris. Many of hem asserted that they had not slept in bed for thirty years. Good manners are made up of petty acnfices. Six days of labor make the seventh omfortable. ' * . CONGRESSIONAL. SENATE. Monday , February 25.- Mr. Logan , from the committee on judi clary , reported two original resolutions which were agreed to , relating to rallroai lands , one calling upon the secretary of th interior to inform the senate whether an ; of the railroad companies mentioned in th' act > of May ? , 1878 , had , failed to compl ; with the requirements of said act , whei and in 'what respect they had failed ant whether they subsequently complied there with. Mr. Ransom offered a joint resolu tion to appropriate $100,000 for the relic of sufferers by the recent great wim storm in the southern states. Referred Mr. Voorhees offered , a resolution , whlcl was referred to the committee on Judiciary instructing that committee to inquire con cerning leases of lands in the Indian Terri tory for cattle grazing and how muchmone ; paid into the treasury for such leases , am whether the lessees had surveyed land , etc. . The senate resumed consideration of th < currency bill. The bill , as modified b ] MorrilPs amendment , waspassed 43 to 12 , It provides for the issue of notes to banking associations to the. amount not exceeding the par value of the bonds deposited , or ir excess of the actual amount of capital stool paid in ; that associations issuing notes pay able in gold shall receive notes on the bondf deposited , in money prescribed in the acl for other national banking associations. HOUSE. Mr. Gibson introduced a joint resolution appropriating $30,000 foi the distribution of seed among the sufferers from the Ohio floods. Referred. Mr. Dunn introduced a resolution for an appro priation of $500,000 for the relief of peraon ! rendered destitute by the overflow of the Mississippi river and tributaries. The com mittee on territories reported a bill provid ing a civil government for Alaska. Referred to the committee of the whole. Also requir ing that governors of territories be residents of such territories at least two years before date of appointment. Placed on calendar. Bills were introduced : By Mr. Stevens , to establish an inter-stae trailway transporta tion bureau far the regulation of commerce with foreign nations and among states and within the Indian tribes. By Mr. G. D. Wise , for the completion of a monument to the mother of Washington , at Fredericks- burg. The house went into committee oi the whole on the bill to create a bureau ol animal industry. The committee , without action , rose and the house adjourned. SENATE Tuesday , February 26. Mr. Hale introduced the following Joint resolution , which was at once reai' three times and passed without debate : Resolved , by the Senate and House of Representa tives , That the net of her Britannic majes ty's government itf presenting to the United States government the arctic steamship "Alert. " which will be used in the con templated expedition to relieve Lieutenant Greely and party , is recognized as oppor tune and generous , and deeply appreciated by congress and the people of the United States ; and that the president is hereby re quested to communicate a copyof this reso lution to her Britannic majesty's govern ment. The committee on military affairs reported favorably , with amendments , the bill to consolidate the bureau of military justice and corps of judge advocates of the army. Placed oni the calendar. Dlr. Plumb offered a resolution , which was agreed to , calling upon the commissioner of agriculture for information as to the an nual amount of wheat , rye , corn , and cot ton produced in this country during the five pears preceding 1882 ; the amount used at home for food , fodder seed and other pur poses ; the amount exported and the sur plus , if any , at the end of said group of five pears , and similar information for the years 1882 and 1883 separately , and an .estimate is to the year 1884. Also , whether , in his ludement , speculations by ' 'options'or "futures , " whereas no actual transfer takes place , tends to affect the market value jf the commodity to the injury of the'con- mrner or producer. HOUSE. After the transaction "of routine business the house went into com mittee of the whole ( Cox in the chair ) on ; he pleuro-pneumonia bill. Mr. Hopkins jffered an amendment 'providing that the ippointment of examiners be with the con- jent of the legislatures. Mr. Eaton ap proved the amendment because the bill could lot be amended so as to make it decent. Mr. Kasson urged the necessity of a federal nspection law of some sort that would fiir- lish foreign nations prima facie evidence of ; he safety of the meat products exported 'rom ' the Lnited States. A million dollars i week hung upon the consideration of this ) ill , for the United States were subjected to iomething like prohibition in regard to some > f- the most important of its agricultural ) roducts. Mr. Weller thought theprovis- ons of the bill were in the interests of a lattle ring now being formed to control the : attle trade of the great northwest. Mr. lopkins' amendment was lost 91 to 101. laving concluded consideration of the sec- > nd section , the committee rose and the LOUSC adjourned. SENATE. Wednesday , February 27. -Mr. Van Wyck asked immediate consid- rationof the following resolution : "Re- olved. That the committee on postoffices nd postroads is directed to inquire whether , t any time , the Western Union and Balti- aore telegraph companies , or anv ofiit-er or mployes of said companies , entered into a ontract or negotiation for the purpose of onsolidatin < said companies or making a ombination for any purpose. " After de- ate the resolution was referred to the com- littee on postoffices and post-roads. Ir. Blair introduced a bilfr to extend the ime for the completion of railroads west of be Mississippi river to which land grants ave been made and which are in good faith rosecuting the work of construction with- ut forfeiture of such land. Mr. Lapham itroduced a bill to. incorporate the Yellow- tone Park railway and aid its construction , [ r. Vest offered a resolution , which was greed to , calling upon the secretary of the iterior for information whether any part f the Crow reservation in Montana had een leased , and if so , by what authority. HOUSEMr. . Valentine introduced a ill authorizing a bridge across the Missouri tDecatur. Referred. Mr. Lefevre of- 3red a resolution reciting that speculation nd gambling in American farm products btained control of the market value of ipse products , and directing that the com- littee on judiciary prepare a bill prohibit- ig the purchase or sale of wheat , corn , revisions or other articles of prime neces- ly , unless actual transfer of the articles or rarehouse receipts accompanies such action ; Isoa bill authorizing such governmental iterference as wfll give stability ) the price of these commodities , ne house went into committee of the whole n the pleuro-pneumonia bill. The motion ) strike out the section which provides that ates shall pay hah the expense of the valu- tion of animals slaughtered as diseased as lost. Mr. Muldrow offered an amcnd- lent confining the operations of the bill to leuro-pneumonia only. Adopted 100 to J. The committee reported the bill to the ouse , and pending action on the amend- icnt striking out section fo'ir , the house Ijourned. SENATE Thursday , February 27. [ r. Ingalls introduced a bill to remove the ( junction of secrecy from the court martial mt tried Gen. Fitz John Porter , in order latthe members of it may g've the details i the public and testify , if called upon" < The senate resumed consideration of th bill to authorize the construction of stee cruisers. Mr. Hale then offered as a aiib Btitute forMcPherson's amendment a pro vision that these vessels be constructed ii all respects in accordance with the provls ions of the acts of August 5 , 1882 and March 3 , 1883 , anthorizinj the construction of four steel cruisers Mr. McPherson objected and it went over Mr. Hawley defended the secretary of thi navy and said he would compare favorabl' with any man who ever filled the office After further debate McPherson's amend meiit , reducing the number of vessels f ron seven to four , was lost 17 to 34. Pending .discussion , the senate went into executlvi session and soon adjourned. HOUSE. The house considerec the pleuro-pneumonia bill. The amend ment striking out the fourth section ( quar autlne section ) was agreed to yeas 155 , nays 118. Mr. Randall offered a reaolutior recommitting the pleuro-pneumonia bill tc the committee on agriculture with lenv < to report any time. Rejected yeas 19 , nays 145 ; the house thus refusing tc recommit the bill. The bill -was then passed yeas 155 , nays 127. The bill as passed provides that the com missioner of agriculture shall organize r bureau of animal industry and appoint i chief thereof , whose duty shall be to inves tigate and report upon the number , value and condition of domestic animals in the United States , and also the causes of con tagious and communicable diseases araonp them , and the means for the prevention ind cure of the same. He is authorized to ap point two competent agents , whose duty it shall be to report upon the best methods ol treating , transporting and caring for them And the best means for the suppression ant ) extirpation of contagious pleuro-pneumo nia. The bill further provides that the commissioner of agriculture may expend an much money appropriated by this act as may be necessary in paying , for animals that it is deemed necessary to slaughter and in such disinfection and other means as may be necessary to extirpate the disease. The authorities of states shall pay one-half the expense of animals deemed necessary to slaughter and one-half the cost for disinfec tion and care of herds of cattle. It prohib its the transportation from one state to an other of. any live stack affected with any contagious or infectuous disease , and pro vides for the prosecution of any persons violating lating the prohibition. Two hundred and fifty thousand dollars is appropriated to carry into effect the provisions of the bill. SENATE. Friday , March 29. Mr. Harrison , from the committee on territo ries , reported favorably the original bill for the admission of the territory of Dakota. Ordered printed and recommitted. The committee on appropriations reported fa vorably the military apademy bill. Placed on the calendar. The senate resumed con sideration of the bill for the construction of steel cruisers , Mr. Sewell's amendment for building the ships at the government navy yards and Jones' amcndmeit that the building being apportioned among the dif ferent navy yards being before the body for action. Both of them were rejected. Mr. Morgan withdrew his objection to the vessels being built by private contract , by consent of Hale. The substance of the acts of 1882 and 1883 on the subject were em bodied in the bill , together with a proviso that bids may be received from those who are able to satisfy the secretary of the navy that they can , in three months after making the contract , be ready to build the vessels , and the bill was passed 38 to 13. HOUSE. Mr. Ransom , from the com mittee on appropriations , reported ad versely the joint resolution introduced by dim last Monday and referred to that com mittee , providing foi an appropriation to lid the sufferers by the great storms in the southern states. The committee on educa tion reported back the resolution inquiring into the management of the institutions using funds appropriated for the ben- jfit of ajrricultural colleges. Adopted. The postofilce appropriation bill was re ported by Townshend.Referred to the committee of the whole. Recess was taken 111 7:30 p m. , the evening session to be for ; he consideration of the pension bills. The louse , at the evening session , passed about ; wenty pension bills and adjourned until to- norrow. HOUSE Saturday , March 1. The 'ollowing bills were reported : From the jommittee on banking and currency , to irovide for the issue of circulating notes to iational banks. Referred to the committee ) f the whole. From the committee on com- nerce , to establish a board of inter-state com- nerce. Referred to committee of the whole. ? rpm the committee on invalid pensions , ; o increase the pensions of widows , minor ihildren and dependent relatives of de- ; eased soldiers and sailors. Referred to the lommittee of the whole. The house went nto committee of the whole on the naval ippropriation bill. Mr. Thomas said there vere fifty-nine officers for every ship in the ervice , or one officer to every five seamen. lhe ? navy was perfectly helpless. Thepend- n bill had no provision for armament. Vhen the ships were completed there rould be no guns to put In them. Report on the Swine Industry. The president transmitted to the louse the report of the commission on the ondition of the swine products of the ountry. He recommends the views and onclusions of the commission as worthy of tic most careful consideration of congress , rith a view , if it can be done legitimately , j the removal of restrictions on exports ow existing. He also commends the pub- c spirit of the members of the commis- ion and recommends an appropriation to jimburse them for expenses incurred and jmunerate them for the time spent. . JEe kewise recommends a provision for spe- ial efforts in the direction of itvestigation ito the origin , propagation and means of stirpation of trichina ; . The secretary of ate also transmits a communication on the ibject. He says the report shows conclu- vely that hog cholera is not present in leat packed for human food , and in no rent is the disease communicable to human eings. As to trichinosis , the report is less onclusive , because less is known about the ansmission of living trichina ; and germs , "e advises furtherjnvestiRation. The Chinese Immigration Bill. WASHINGTON , February 28. The juse committee on foreign affairs has ; reed to report favorably the bill prepared p- the Pacific coast delegaation for the pre- jntion of Chinese immigration , having ade two amendments , one striking out the ause requiring Chinese students to have srtificates and return to China within inety days after graduation , and 'the othei akes it necessary that the United States ly all expenses of the return of any China- an to whom permission Is given to land om any vessel referred to under the law. was a party vote , the democrats favoring id the republicans opposing. < < ? > J TO ATOMS. An Oranlia Powder MnKariiio Explodes With Disastrous Results rour IIojs > Blown to Atoms. Omaha Herald , 27th. | J The shock of an explosion was felt throughout the city at tnreo o'clock-yester day afternoon , shaking the upper stories of l\ \ tall buildings , and was followed by the < ( | ringing of the fire bells on an alarm from , j box 6 , Twentieth and Pierce streets. The nature of the Jarring Indicated probably a iTO i boiler at least not a dynamite explosion and the various breweries and manufactor ies on the river bank were rumored , one after another , to have been blown up. The explosion was soon traced to the powder magazine of Steele & Johnson. Presently the searchers made a horrible discovery. Lylnir otn the bank of the brook , ' * perhaps a hundred' yards toward the river from the powder house , they stumbled up on the body of a young man decapitated and divested of the right arm. The body had been stripped of all clothing until it * * was wholly bare , and as It lay the back uppermost - permost and stretched out as if it had fallen from a height , the skin burned blue-black f , ' ' * and copper color bj powder , it resembled j i less a human form than a mutilated casting of bronze. Between this point and the powder house a fragmert of a scarlet flan nel wrapper and two small pink-bordered handkerchiefs were picked up. There-was no clue to the identity of the unfortunates. A party of men/ who started up the south side of the ravine , came upon an all but shapeless form < eighty yards up the slope , where it lay lodged against a sapling , as if had been thrown a yard beyond and rolled down. This body was shattered and mutilated , but some portions of a shirt retained it in its form , and in the bits of clothing was * -i a pack of visiting cards , with the name } i "Willie Mallus. " Several of the boys who had come passed around the cards , and these gave the first definite clew as to who the victims were. Willie Mallus , Chris. Madsen , John Stilts and "Willie Abney , all of South Omaha , had taken two shatguns and their revolvers and started .out between one and two o'clock In the afternoon In a .southerly direution , for v j . hunting and shooting at a target , and had 5 : not been seen after passing the city limits. S , How it occurred no one will ever know. V' ' One theory advanced is that the boys were J * shooting at the house "and made a hole through some weak point , but experts say I that a bullet can never fire ordinary gun powder. Another theory , is that the men who were hauling powder ip fill the house left the door unlocked and the boys tres passed there. The firm say that they suppose - ? ' pose the boys were effecting an entrance in some way and that the lock had previously J " been tampered with. There were stored " ' in the house at the time of the eypldsion ; 3ver five hundred kegs and some cans of j \ \ powder , about three hundred and twenty V" Df blasting and two hundred and fifty of rifle powder , the _ whole valued at $2,000. -j " Work for Your Choice. t | WASHINGTON- , February 29. A gen- * j ; leman who called upon the president yes- .erday said that certain subordinate officers ) f the postoffice department in a western late expressed fear of removal in case they idvocated his renomination , because a sen- ttor of that state is himself a candidate for J ' ] ? he presidency and claims their allegiance. / , | | ' Dhe president said he was surprised , and > Jf loped the statement was not true. Official ) osition did not deprive a citizen of the * ipht to express his political preferences and * " * vork for the nomination of his favorite if it lid not interfere with his duties. He 'fur- , A her said that every employe of the govern- uent should be protected in the exercise of he widestpolitical liberty. Yellow Calf in Custody. ST. PAUL , February 26. The Minne- ' polis Journal's "WSnnepeg special says : $ ? , Jroadview advices say Yellow Calf and 'f ' ' * - ther ring-leaders are on the way to Regina 3 / . a the custody of the mounted police. AH ? ,1 3 quiet at the agency and no fighting Is an- * i icipated. A. stormy scene ensued on the * > } rrest of Yellow Calf. Rifles were drawn ' n the police with threats to shoot. One \ f. uck was Justin the act of shooting Major ! ' lickner , and but for the interference of 1 ' ' ne of the men would have killed him , and ! ; ; general massacre would have followed. ' ' . 'he ' first challenge to surrender was disre- ' 1 arded. This was followed by a parley , in , ' j ' rhich the Indians agreed to surrender , ( ' hich they did. The settlers are still ex- - led but the Indians are quiet. . ' i Perils , of a Dakota Blizzard. VALLErCiTT , Dak. , February 25. he body of Fred Nelson was found fiye liles from the place where he started inthe \ lizzard. His two children are not yet > und. The body of Tho.-wold Gundeson , ho left Clark City for his claim just before le blizzard , was also found. It was not ; fore known he was lost. s Bread from Grass. f lentlflc Press. j On the west coast of England grows - " " { sort of sea grass ( porphyra laciniala ) i hich is made into something very like \ read. In the main it is gathered by omen ; they"then wash it and pluck v 1 other plants carefully from it. After "t lis it is boiled for some two hours ; 'I. icnthe mass is cut in pieces with * aives and kneaded into loaves. Oat 1 .eal is then strewed over it to give it ' reater cohesion and a more inviting ' jpearance , and then it is baked. It , jeps in summer for four days and in I inter for eight. Many women on the > > ast of Devonshire earn their living ; 7 selling this bread , and most of it is j nt to Swansea , in Wales , where it is uch liked by the poorer classes.
