Nebraska Newspapers

    THE TRIBUNE.
C * . M * E. M. K1MMEM. , Fobs.
McCOOK , NE
THE STATE IN BRIEF.
J. D. Williams , a special policema
at Beatrice on circus day , becoming into !
letted , wu removed from duty by th
mayor. Williams went to the mayor's oi
4ee office and , drawing a revolver , mad
threat * to shoot. The mayor came IB M b
wu talking. and Williams' pointed his , r
* tver at him. A by tander struck ( th
weapon down. It was discharged , andI ! !
tell slightly wounded WillUmala tbe leg.
The Nebraska telephone company- i
ertewlvely rebuilding and. repairing ! 11
UBM at Lincoln. ' t
Certain crookedness in financial * ai
lain have attached to the name of J.1
XcElniter at Button. He is gone and thei
it , aays tbe Register , a 'claim of $4i8C
KahMt him at tbe Johnson county bank ;
There is enough members of th
rder of Odd Follows In Bloomlngtoni t
maintain a lodge , and the Guard suggest
that one be organised at once.
A man named Downing , a teacher i
the deaf and dumb Institute at Couhe
Bluffs , went to Omaha -with about $1001
its possession. He fell In with two to
diers , and after taking a number of dripl
started out to see the town under the !
pilotage. When near the Minneapolis
Omaha track they suddenly slugged hln
knocking him down and inflicting seriot
injuries. After robbing him of $70 , tt
fiddlers carried their victim , whom the
thought was dead , to the track and laidhii
across it , with the- expressed hope that
train might come along and mangle him * i
that the real cause of death could not I
determined. The two scoundrels were' &
rested.
The annual convention of the Diio
county Sunday school association will t
held at Wakefield.
The stockgr wers of Red Willow an
Blackwood creeks met a few days ago ax
organized an association called the R
Willow stock association.
Messrs. P. P. Shelby , of the Unib
Pacific , and Thomas L. Miller , of the Bui
lington and Missouri River road , hav
completed their tour of inspection of th
various terminal facilities of their respec
tive roads , with a view of agreeing upo :
certain necessary percentages to govern th
pools to be formed between these two llnei
Commissioner E. P. Yining has if
reed a notice to the effect that hereafter al
freight for Hastings. Doniphan and Han
sen. Neb. , will be billed to Grand lslan <
at the rates provided for shipments to 6
from these points in tariffs issued by th
'Western Trunk Line association , less arbl
traries based on the following as firstclasi
Doniphan , 18 cents ; Hanson , 15 cents.
Bev. J. J. Fleharty of the Nebrasb
WesleyanTJniversIty at Fullerton died i
Tampa , Florida , onthe2d inst. . and tt
remains were.taken to Elmlra , Illinois , fo
iatarment. Mr. Fleharty had been sick f o
many months , and his death was not unei
pected. He was fifty-one years of age.
W. H. Nelson , claiming to be a rea
estate agent at Omaha , hired a team a
Morton's livery stable in Bloomington , fo
two days to go to Kirwin , at the end o
which time he had not returned. There i
BO doubt that he has absconded with th
team.
James Fell , of Rich Hill , Missour
and Jack Hanley , of Leadville , fought c
the 14th with bare knuckles for a purse i
? 300. Fell was declared winner on a foi
in the twenty-second round. Both me
were dead game and hard fighters. Tl
battle ground was Just across the Plati
river bridge on the-Republlcan Valley roai
On the way home to Omaha there was
free fight on the train and three men wei
shot , one of whom , JohnRunch , will pro !
ably die from his wounds.
Postoffice changes in Nebraska dm
ing the week-ending May 10 , 1884. Estal
listed Purdum , Sioux county , Geo. I
Purdum , postmaster. Name changed-
Sand Hill , Franklin county , to Alpini
Postmasters appointed Alpine , Frank ! !
county , Charles A. Griswold ; Freemai
Gige county , Elizabeth Mumford ; Lei
Star , Butler county , Chas. S. Steveni
Bock Bluff , Cass county , Chas. L. Gravel
Willow Springs , Wheeler county , Richai
C. McClemans.
Paste brash artists at Nebraska Cit
engaged in posting up libelous notlc *
warmng"the people to stay at home an
guard their houser with shotguns on tt
Hay that Cole's circus visited the towi
Cole had them arrested for libel , and the
were held In the sum of $1,600 bail.
At Sterling , a two-year old child <
< k > nstable George W. Garrison fell into
boiler of hot water which had just bee
taken off the stove and was scalded terr
bly. internally as well as externally. Tt
child lingered in great agony till death r <
lleved It of its sufferings.
The contract for widening the roac
bed' of the Union Pacific preparatory I
laying a double track between Omaha an
the Union stock yards has been let.
James T.-Allan , a horticulturist <
state wide reputation , says : * 'Last year
received catalpa seed for distribution an
not one In one hundred grew. 1 have mat
three tests of catalpa this year , not oi
seed germinating. I return it this day wit
the request that it be sent to any aspirant <
either party who is not nominated for tt
presidency Nebraska is the greatest to
planting state on the continent , and h <
people have no time to spend except ensure
sure thing. "
. Horace Merithew , the Pawnee com
ty man who began suit against Wm. Mill *
at Lincoln for $2,000 damages forenticin
his wife away from him , has had the su
dismissed. He found out that he coul
prove nothing criminal against Miller or tt
woman. .
H. Hewitt and E. Doming , of Farm
county , quarreledabout a hedge fence
Words came to blows and blows to shoi
guns , Hewitt being wounded in the fac
and shoulder and neck. The shot bein
small no serious damage was done.
The creamery building at Madison :
getting there lively , and will soon be con
pleted. The engine , boiler and cans ha\
arrived , and It is expected to have everj
thing in readiness for business in a fe'
days. 9 "
John WUlholland , of Jefferso
county , stumbled into a nest of eight youn
wolves , and realized $1C from the scalps c
the same.
A stranger about to take the train a
Waterloo late at night , was confronted b
burglars when on his way to the depot , an
only succeeded in saving his valuables b
beating a hasty letreatto the hotel fret
whence he came , and where he remaine
" * * until the day pas'senger came along.
By a broken frog a freight train wa
ditched near Lincoln a few days ago. Th
train was loaded with cattle that werebein
shipped to Rockport , Mo. The cars wer
tipped up and the cattle piled togethe
until ten head were smothered or other
wise killed. A brakeman was serious !
though not dangerously hurt.
Frank White , Orleans , Nebraska
wants to learn the whereabonts'and condl
tion of James , orJimmie , White , whodis
appeared from his home In Republlca :
City , Nebraska. In August. 1883. Hel
eleven years old , has light hair aud eyes
and is of good size for his age.
Pierce county has a wife beate
named Berdram whom the citizens propos
treatlng-wlth a coat of tar and feathers un
lees he soon mends his ways.
A man rode into Valentine on a pen ;
which it is suppoisd he had stolen , for o
being Urged -to glve'an account of himielf h
made a break for the prairie as fast as th
animal cauld carry him. He was , how
ever , overhauled by an officer , and now th
supposed thief and horse are awaiting de
velopmenta.
Miss Vieregg , of Central City , has
poor opinion of roller skating now that sh
IB suffering from a broken collar bone , thi
result of her first attempt to engage In th
exonerating iport.
An order has been issued directing
dresa parades at Fort Omaha every day I
the week except Saturdays and Sundays
Tbe bud and eatlre garrison , except th
artillery , will turn out.
The Italian"Gazolo , who shot a mai
named Zerga ia Omaha , four" years ago
has been arrested la St. Paul and will b
brought back to the former place for trial
Hanley , the prize fighter , has beei
arrested by the sheriff of Saunders count ;
and will be held at Wahoo for trial.
An Omaha jeweler has a clock whicl
will run for 400 days with but one winding
It Is constructed of brass , is gold plate
and rest * upon a pair of pretty pillars. Th
works differ but slightly from those of or
dlnary clocks , the great difference being i :
the pendulum. *
Near Riverton , a few days ago , a
unknown man felUrom a train going at th
rate of forty miles an hour. He was throw
some thirty feet before striking the groun
and Is supposed to have been fatally In
Jured.
Jured.Mr.
Mr. M. Blook , a traveling dealer i
fancy groceries , was held up In Omaha
few nights ago by two men , one of whoi
engaged him In a struggle while the othe
tore open his vest , broke his gold watc
trom the chain , and snatched about $8(1 (
from an Inside vest pocket. No clue to th
robbers or their booty.
While excavating the cellar fo
Goehner's new block at Seward latelj
Bill Woods dug up an old pocket boo
which had evidently contained a large nun
her of bll's , at least a half inch in thick
ness. They were so much decayed ths
they fell to pieces like dirt when the pockc
book was opened out.
The people of Hayes and Chas
counties held an informal meeting and con
eluded to change the name of a stream i
their counties that has heretofore bee
called the Stinking Water. The new nam
has not yet been definitely settled upon.
Burglars rifled a jewelry store G
Central City , setting $75 worth of goods
mostly in rings.
D. L. Hughes , a Doane college stv
dent , was drowned In the Blue at Cret
last week while bathing. He attempted t
swim across the river , but became exhaust
ed , and sank for the last time before hi
companions could reach him.
Near Fairbury , in the course of
quarrel over the possession of some plo1
land , a young man named James was she
and severely wounded by a deaf mut
named Frank Randall. "The wound is dac
gerous but not necessarily fatal.
" Hon. John M. Gregory , United State
commisiIonaFof the civil service , conduct
ed a civil service examination at Omaha lai
week , at which there were eleven gentle
men and two ladies candidates for certif
cates. The examination Is the first hel
here under the Pendleton law and is fc
applicants for anv one of the seven execu
Uve branches at Washington.
Norfolk wants pay along withth
racket and will exact of the roller skatin
rink $200 license.
W. B. Porter , a farmer and stoci
raiser in Cass county , was severely gore
by a bull in the right side of the abdomen
The horn tore a gash about half an inc
deep and four Inches long , but very singu
larly did not tear bis clothing.
A Lincoln youth , "all taken up
with the parade of Cole's circus , was ru
over by a team and * quite , severely hurt
When plckednip , however , he exclaimed
"Don't take me to the drugstore , I'm no
dead. "
It is now the opinion of many , say
the Nebraska City News , that the murder
ers of Leonard will never be brought t
Justice , unless it be by accident. The po
lice had only one clue that of the ma
with a light mustache who was seen th
morning after the murder nearMinersville
but no evidence has been found to hoi
him. However , search has not been aban
doned ; and everything that is thought wi
throw any light on tha mystery is fully in
vestigated. Thomas Wymond has offere
an additional reward of $1GO , making $6C
altogether.
Paxton & Gallagher , of Omaha , hav
received from the government their tc
bacco rebate tax , amounting to $4,900.
A bilk named Barrett opened up
school in Omaha to teach the ait of makin
machrane lace and offered to furnish wor
when it was learned. One hundred an
fifty ladies paid him $3 tuition , when h
quietly pocketed the proceeds and left.
Decoration Bay.
Headquarters Department of Nebraska
Grand Army of the Republic , Assistar
Adjutant General's Office. David City
May 1,1884. General orders No. 9.
The rules and regulations of the Gram
Army of the Republic have designated Ma
80 , annually , as Memorial day.
It will be our grateful task upon that date
to adorn with flowers the places where ou
comrades sleep ; by act and word to testif
that only death can sever the tie which com
mon aims and'dangers knit among us , am
to protest against any who make questtoi
as to whether they who fell were on the sid
of right.
The regulation uniform will be worn
Comrades who are not provided with uni
forms are requested to supply themselves
but let no member of the Grand Army sta
out of line that day for lack of one. Put oi
the badge and stand In the ranks once more
Comrades , that day is ours , not becaus
of our now civic association ; but becaus
we mustered under the national anthorit
with those whose services we shall assemi
ble tb commemorate. It seems , therefore
fitting that all honorary discharged sol
diers and sailors who stood with us ani
them in the .hour of peril ( though not mem
bers of the Grand Army of the Republic
should have special Invitation to aid in thi
labor of love we shall assemble to perform
Such invitation. Is cordially extended. Th <
posts and individual comrades of the Gram
Army are requested to make this invitatioi
known. We invite as well , and shall grate
fully acknowledge the co-operation of al
patiiotically disposed citizens and societies
It is requested that the ministry be in
vited to deliver appropriate discourses 01
the Sabbath preceding the memorial day
and posts meet at their halls and march ii
a body to the churches selected.
Reports of all services , sermons , orations
tions and other memorial observances ii
honor ot the day be forwarded to Rev. J
C. Lewie , department chaplain , Fremont
Neb. , on or before June 10 , 1881.
By command of
H. E. PALMER , Dept. Com.
BRAD. P. COOK. A&st. Adjt. Gen.
A Good Letter.
KANSAS CITY , Mo. , Aug. 31,1883.
Messrs. Chamberlain & Co. , Des Moines
Iowa.
I take particular pleasure in giving
you a testimonial of the great value o :
Chamberlain's Colic , Cholera and Di
arr hoe a Remedy-as I have used it ii
my family for several years.with greai
success and much satisfaction. I have
also * seen its good work in many parts
of the northwest and know that it L
verv highly esteemed by all who use it
"Tonrs Trulp , J. W. PECK.
NOTES FROM THE CAPITA
Gen. Butler Addresses the Sen
tte Committee on Educa
tion and Labor.
Reduction in the Pension Apprc
priation Bill as Reported to
the Senate.
Synopsis of Proceedings In Congress-
XiscellaBeotfi Matters at the
Capital.
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.
MONDAT , May 12. Mr. Van Wye
moved to take up his resolution directin
the secretary of the inteiior to withhol
from the Northern Pacific railroad patent
to certain land grants. ' Agreed to.
The Indian appropriation bill was take
up. The pending question was on Hawley1
motion to increase to $25,000 the appropru
tion.for education in Alaska.
Mr. Vest said he would favor th
highest amendment the senate would ai
propriate for Indian education provide
both sexes were educated. It was uselei
to educate the Indian boys , and leave tl
girls without education.
Mr. Ingalls thought the best thin
for the Indian was to make him amenab
to the law. He had heard enough of sta !
denunciations of the government for its ea
termination of the Indians There ha
been no such extermination. There wei
as many Indians on the continent to-day i
in 1492.
HOUSE.
Mr. Payson introduced a bill to restri
the .ownership of real estate intheterritx
ries to American citizens. It prohibits ar
non-resident or alien who has not declare
his intention to become a citizen of tl
United States from acquiring , owning , poi
sessing or holding any real estate in any <
the territories.
Tbe bill relating to police regulations fc
tbe District of Columbia was passed.
Mr. O'Neill ( Mo. ) introduced the follow
ing bill , providing that after July 1st , tb
following articles be exempt from duty
Raw sugar , not refined ; molasses , sail
rice , rye. barley , potatoes , oatmeal , cm
rents , raisins , prunes , peas , beans , buttei
cheese , live animals , vegetables and chici
ory. Referred.
Mr. O'Neill estimates that the bill wi
accomplish a reduction of $57,000,0001
revenues.
SENATE.
TUESDAY , May 18. Mr. Logan , froi
the committee on military affairs , report *
favorably the bill to place Gen. Grant o
the retired list. Mr. Logan asked that tl
bill be at once put upon its passage. Unai
imous consent was at once given and tt
bill was at once read a third time an
passed without debate or remark , excel
that Logan said he presumed there woul
be no objections to it. The bill provide
that in recognition of distinguished sei
vices rendered the United States , Gen. H
S. Grant , late general of the army , I
placed on the retired list with the rank an
full pay of a general of the armv.
Mr. Harrison , from the committee o
territories , reported favorably , wit
amendment , ths bill providing for the ea
penses of a commission for the exploratio
of the territory of Alaska.
The Indian appropriation bill was prc
ceeded wlth , completed and passed t
amended and the senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
The house went into committee c
the whole on the bill providing for a civ
government for the territory of Alask :
After a short discussion the committee ros
and the bill was passed without amend
ment. As it is a senate bill it now require
but the approval of the president to be
come a law.
The next measure considered was tl
Townshend bill , providing that hereafte
no territory shall frame a constitution c
apply for admission as a state into tl
union until it shall contain a permanei
population equal to that required in a cor
gressionai district in order to entitle it 1
representation in the house.
Mr. Hammond moved to lay the bill o
the table. Agreed to 109 to 15.
'Bills passed Extending the jurisdictio
of Justices of the peace in Wyoming an
providing that hereafter the legislature <
Dakota shall consist of twenty-four men
hers in the council and forty-eight membei
in the house.
SENATE.
WEDNESDAY , May 14. A motion h
Mr. Cullum to make his inter-state con
merce bill the special order for May 21
was not agreed to.
The bill was passed authorizing the coi
struction of a pontoon wagon bridge eve
the Mississippi near Dubuque.
HOUSE.
A bill was reported favorably for
mint at St. Louis.
The committee of the whole considere
the consular and diplomatic appropriatio
b'll.
b'll.Mr. . Robinson ( N. Y. , ) moved to abolis
the office of minister to Great Britaii
Lost. The committee then rose.
Mr. Springer asked unanimous consent t
put on its passage the bill authorizing th
secretary of the treasury to purchase abou
$42,000,000 of bonds with the greenback
held in the treasury for the redemption c
the retired national bank circulation , whic
would relieve the money market to the ex
tent of adding $42,000,000 to the circulation
Mr. Weller objected.
SENATE.
THURSDAY , May 15. Mr. Morgan ol
fered a resolution directing the committe
on finance to examine into the cause of th
failure of such national banks in the city c
New York as suspended business in May
1881 , and report whether said failures hav <
to anv and what extent resulted from an
violation of the laws regulating their con
duct.
duct.Mr.
Mr. Cullom introduced a bill to preven
speculation on the part of officers of na
tlonal banking associations.
The senate passed the house bill to ai <
the New Orleans exposition by a loan o
$1.000,000.
The chair laid before the senate the un
finished business , being tbe house bill ti
establish a bureau of labor statistics. Afte
executive session the senate adjourned til
Monday.
HOUSE.
The morning hour was dispensec
with and the house went into committee o
the whole on the diplomatic and consula
appropriation bill.
Mr. Hitt moved to amend by restoring t <
$12HX ( > the salaries of ministers to Austrii
and Italy. The bill reduces them to$7,000
The amendment was lost 70 to 73.
Mr. Cannon offered an amendment t <
make an appropriation for contingent ex
penses of tbe consular and diplomatic ser
vice.
Senate amendments to the bill for thi
world's centennial and cotton exhibition !
at New Orleans were concurred in.
HOUSE.
FRIDAY , May 16. The committee o
the whole reported the river'and harbor
consular and diplomatic and army appro
priation bills to the-house , but no further
action was taken. Recess . .was taken till 1
o'clock , the evening session to be for pen
sion bills.
* i- . < * - . - . - . . - _ A ,
At tbe evening session the house passe
thirty-two pension-bills and adjourned.
BOUSX.
SATURDAY , May 17. The bill passe
granting consent or congress for construi
tion of a dam across the Mississippi at 8
Cloud.
The senate amendment to the Indian a ]
propriation bill was non-concurred In.
CAPITAL TOPICS.
A NEBRASKA RAILWAY LINK.
The house committee on Pacific rai
roads has instructed Representative Har
back to report favorably the bill authoriz
ing the construction of a railroad froi
Sioux City westerly via the Niobrara valle
to such a point on the Union Pacific rallroa
west of the 100th meridian as the compar
14th was : Gold coin and bullion , $ l96l4a
551 ; silver dollars and bullion , $136,271 ,
732 ; fractional silver. $29,201,694 ; Unite
States notes , $66,693,361 ; total. $428,310.
918 ; certificates outstanding gold , $60 ,
864,660 ; currency , $15,200,000.
PENSION APPROPRIATIONS.
5The pension appropriation bill , i
reported to the senate , reduces.the amoui
of the unexpended balance of the appropr :
ation of the current fiscal year , to bo reai
propriated from $84.000,000 to $66,000KX
strikes out the provisions fixing the con
pensation to pension agents at $10 per K
vouchers paid in excess $4,000 and reduclt
the number of pension agents to twelve
and a section providing that the fee of pen
sion attorneys in all pension arrears , pet
bion or bounty land claims shall be $10 , ea
cept in cases where a special written cot
tract is filed with the commissioner of pei
sions , when the fee may amount to m
more than $25.
$25.LABOR
LABOR REFORM.
General B. F. Butler addressed tt
senate committee on education and labor c
the general features of the labor problen
He asserted that the present difficult ! )
were due to over-production. We had , 1
said , one year's crop of grain on hand an
were within three months of another croj
and nearly one year's crop of cotton w :
now stored in the warehouses. After r <
ferring to other commodities , which wei
in stock in excess of current requirement
he said : "Why , we have twenty years
supply of whisky on hand. ' ' He was face
tiously reminded thas this was a delical
subject , and admitted that for one who w :
supposed to be a presidential candidate
was necessary to be cautious.
THREATENING A CONSUL.
The secretary of the navy received
telegram from Commander Batchelloi
commanding the United States steame
"Galena , " at Key West , saying that tt
threats against the life of the Spanish coi
sul at that place previously reported wei
made in a bar-room by two orthree drunl
en Cubans , but neither the consul or tl
authorities at Key W * st attach much in
portance to them. The secretary tele
graphed Commander Bittchcllor to use tb
naval forces , if necessary , to preserve tl
peace and protect the consul.
CREDIT MOBILIEK.
An Answer to the Petition of .the Unio
Pacific Filed.
Rowland G. Hazard , the stockholde
upon whose complaint a receiver was ap
pointed for the Credit Mobilier of America
has filed in the United States circuit com
at Philadelphia , an answer to the petitio
of the Union Pacific railway company f o
the removal of Oliver Ames from the re
ceivershlp.
Hazard , in answer , says the judgment fo
$1,299,365 obtained by the Union Pacifl
Railway against the Credit Mobilier in Ne\
York courts , upon which proceedings ha
been brought to have said Judgment opened
was not Justly due , and that the Unio
Pacific company was necessarily intereste
in the suit now pending in Massachusetts
brought by the Credit Mobilier to recovc
$1,000,000 from the Union Pacific road , i
the latter corporation is successor to tt
Credit Mobilier. Hazard denies that Cred
Mobilier is insolvent , but believes it woul
be to its best interests if Oliver Ames W
removed from the receivership and a Pem
sylvanian appointed. He agrees with tt
statement that Ames has not managed h
trust in the manner that he should.
Big Cut in Passenger Bates from Dei
ver East.
A Denver dispatch says : For severa
days rates from Denver to the Missou :
river have been in a very unsettled condl
tion , but not until to-day has a cut bee
declared. The agents of the Burlingto
and Missouri , Union Pacific , Atchison
Topeka and Santa Fe announce a cut un
precedented in the history of western road
$5 to Kansas City : St. Louis , $8.50 ; Chicago
cage , $14.50 ; New York , $28. In fact the
are selling tickets to any principal easier
points at the regular rate from Kansas Cit
to that point , and as the eastern roads re
fuse to pro rate at the cut , the result i
that the above named roads are carryin
through passengers free to Kansas City
Pool Commissioner Daniels has issued
circular ordering the restoration of rates
to take effect on the 15th inst. This orde
will surely be ignored.
CROP PROSPECTS.
Reports from Many Points Indicative of
Short Crop of "Winter Wheat.
The Chicago Farmers' Review con
tains reports from 700 different points i
Ohio , Indiana , Michigan , Illinois. Wiscon
sin , Minnesota , Dakota , Iowa , Nebraska
Kansas and Missouri. The winter whea
report from many points in Indiana , Illi
nois , Ohio and Michigan are dismal and in
dicate a short crop. Reports from Kansa
are almost uniformly of a very promisinj
character. With the exception of Kansa
the indications now are that the remainde
of the winter wheat belt will be more or les
spotted. There is nothing in the genera
situation to indicate any larger receipts o
old corn on this crop , as whatever Kansa
and Nebraska may nave in reserve will b
needed verv largely for their own wants.
A Bloody Fight.
At Dakota City , Neb. , last week , oc
curred one of the most bloody rows tha
ever took place there , in which D. C
Heffernan and Buck Calkins were the onei
mostly interested. After indulging in blowi
knives were drawn and work commenced it
earnest. Calkins made a blow at Heifer
nan , the knife entering the bowles of thi
latter at the pit of the stomach , making ai
ugly and painful wound , which will likelj
prove fatal. In the melee Calkins receiver
a gash in the left arm , cutting the muscle ;
and the maiz artery. Both men fainter
from loss of blood. Alter the row entire
men could be seen on the streets with shot
guns , revolvers and dirks hunting for some
one willing to sacrifice themselves.
TEE AMERICAN CONTINENT
*
Report of the House Gommitte
Regarding Homestead and
Pre-emption.
A Dozen or More Laborers Killo
by ft Railroad Aooident
in Ohio.
Late Betnrns Regarding the Crops *
Political , Criminal and Other
Intelligence.
MEWS MOTES.
The Iowa farmers association ha
been enjoined from receiving the apprc
priation made by the late legislature fo
fighting the Washburne & Moen company
The manipulators of Wall stree
started tbe story that Jay Gould was em
barrassed.
It is proposed to add the word "ns
tivity" to the fifteenth amendment.
Giovanni Fratti , the Italian poet , i
dead.
dead.William
William A. Bradford , of Ritchi
county , West Virginia , got drunk in Marl
etta , Ohio , and was arrested by two police
men , who treated him roughly. He es
caped and ran toward the Ohio river , wit
the officers in pursuit , firing at him. Brad
ford fired at the policemen and plunge
into the river. An officer followed , an
grappling with the fugitive a fearful strug
gle took place in the water. Bradford1
lifeless body was taken from the river.
The strike at Fall River is pract :
cally concluded. Most of tbe mills are i
full operation. Not one-half of tbe strikei
will again securework.
In New York city , Isaac D. Edreh :
living apart from his wife , visited herlodp
ings. Their son Charles , aged 5 yean
was playing in the room. After some con
versation with his wife Edrehl asked her t
live with him again. She answered ao
Thereupon he drew a revolver and fired o
her as sue turned to flee to her room. Th
bullet struck her in the back , fracturing th
spine and causing a fatal wound. He the
snot his little son , killing him instantly.
At a social gathering in Madiso
county , Ala. , old man Archley and youn
Tuckett quarreled and their friends bega
firing. One of Tuckett's brothers was ID
stanuy killed and another fatally injured
Archley received a wound and his son wa
dangerously hurt.
The special grand jury appointed t
consider crimes In connection with the rh
and burning of the court house at Cincin
nati , have made their report. The repoi
treats at length the causes leading to th
riot , and speaks of the common report th :
Jurors were bribed ; that the cour B permit
ted too many delays , and that the good citi
zens avoided jury duty to the detriment (
the fair administration of justice.
A bill is favorably reported in th
senate for the exploration of Alaska.
WUlard's hotel , at Washington wa
damaged by fire and smoke to a small ex
tent.
Bishop Simpson , of theM. E. churcl
is the only episcopate officer who was livin
twenty years ago in that capacity.
Senator Logan will move to disagre
to the senate amendments to the Mexica
soldiers pension bill , which provides tb :
only in case 'of disability shall soldiers <
that war be entitled to pensions.
Several hundred business men c
New York have issued a call for a meetin
in the interest of President Arthur's candl
dacy.
dacy.A
A Chicago alderman refused to drin
with a politician , and was shot therefor.
The bill providing a territorial go\
eminent for Alaska has passed both houses
The Santo Domingo congress ha
passed a bill authorizing free trade with th
United States.
A. Shaw , treasurer of Clear county
Michigan , was bucked and gagged at Harrison
risen , the county seat , and robbed of $5 ,
000.
000.W. . Began Cash , the fugitive mm
derer of Marshal Richards , was killed a
Cheraw , S. C. , while resisting arrest by
posse in charge of Deputy Sheriff King
One of the posse was slightly wounded
One of Cash's associates was serious !
wounded.
Seventeen of the lirigands wh
wrecked and robbed a train on the Mexl
can Central railroad last November wer
shot at Querataro , Mexico. The mayor c
New Laredo , who was implicated in tb
daring robbery , was not among the num
her executed.
Two duels on account of love affair
were fought at Leon , Mexico. In one Isa
dore Clarke was shot dead , and in th
other Samuel Bernard was killed by a swon
thrust.
Monroe Gray rented a farm recentl ;
near Smith's Landing , 111. , from WIHIai
Ditch , of Columbia. On the 16th DitcJ
visited Gray on business , and after som
conversation Gray went out to look afte
some stock. Returning shortly after h
found his wife and Ditch in bed together
He immediately drew a pistol and shot am
killed both.
Alfred and James DeCullough
father and son , for the murder of Ephrain
Saxon , and Riley Anderson , for the mur
der of Louise Griffith and her babe , wen
all three hanged on the same gallows a
Greenville , Ohio , on the 16th.
Henry W. Oliver , Jr. , of Pittsburg
who w'as a member of the tariff commis
sion , has written a letter to Morrison
chairman of the ways and means commit
tee , criticising Hewitt's tariff bill. H
says it leans so favorably toward Trenton
N. J. , as far as the metal schedule is con
cerned , that it might be termed a bill fo
the benefit of Cooper & Co.
Father McEvoy , of Indianapolis , ha
received notice from Rome that he has beei
appointed English confessor for St. Peters
There is a confessor for almost every knowi
language at St. Peters and all belong to thi
order of St. Francis.
Mrs. Leland Stanford , in memory o
her son lately deceased , has donated $5,001
to the kindergarten of San Francisco.
Robbers went through Hooker's jew
elry store atDes Moines , Iowa , making waj
with a tray of gold watches valued atl,000
Christian Riebling was hanged a <
Morrison , 111. , in an enclosure , in the pres
ence of 150 people , for the murder of Al
bert Lucia , at Lyndon.
Judge Reid , of Mt. Sterling , Ky. ,
suicided by shooting himself through the
bead. He left a note saying : "Mad ! mad
Forgive me , dear wife , and love to th (
3oy. "
Three murderers were captured fronc
a sheriff and his assistants in Arkansas ant
unceremoneously hanged to the nearest
tree.
FOREIGN.
In the trial of Krazewski , at Lepsic ,
'or treason a letter from Prince Bismarck to
tbe German minister of war wag read , in
which Krazewaki was referred to as belong-
ng to a secret society in Parif , whose pur-
) ese was to induce Poles serving in foreign
armies to betray the secrets of the govern
ments employing them. Tbe information *
thus collected was reported to tbe central
bureau of Paris and was ostensibly obtaisedl
for the purpose of aiding , the cause of Pol
ish Independence , but Prince BlsmareJt
made the sinister statement that the society-
was regarded with special favor by Gam-
betta , who favored Krezewski's acquant-
ance.
ance.The French ministry asks.for a credit ;
of 38,000,000 francs on account of the Ton-
quln expedition , and 460,000 francs oh ac
count of the Madagascar expedition.
There was a rush in London on thfe
'
16th to buy American stocks , and bankers
cables to New York offered to ship gold or *
security of governments.
Police at Paris continue to raid
gambling hells. Cards and stakes ars ?
seized and proprietors are arrested.
POLITICAL.
The Nebraska greenback state con
vention elected the following delegates ;
to tbe national convention : L. C. Pacee :
Lincoln ; C. W. Wheeler , of Nemaha ; W. .
B. Picket , of Butler ; Ed. J. Hall , of Saus-
ders. The delegates are unlnstruetcd , bub
are supposed to favor Butler.
The democrats of the territory ofe"
Dakota gathered in convention at Pierre , ,
and elected delegates to the national con
vention for the first time in tbe history of the'
party. Tbe delegates are uninatructed. but ;
are believed to favor Tilden and Hen-
dricks.
A majority of the delegates of
New Jersey favor Tilden , although Randalli
and Judge Feld have strong support. The-
platform reaffirms the resolutions of the ?
fast democratic convention.
A meeting of delegates to the antimonopoly -
monopoly convention which nominated !
Butler for president , representing New-
York , Maryland and the district of Colum
bia , was held and a protest drawn up ob
jecting to that action. The grounds of ob
jection are that it was unwise to name & .
candidate in advance of action by the other-
conventions and contrary to tbe wishes o
tbe true anti-monopolists of the country : ;
that the convention was not a representa
tive one ; of the 129 votes cast for a presi
dential nominee , sixty-one being by dele
gates from two states , Illinois and Michi
gan ; that many of the delegates present ,
were greenbackers on their way to the In
dianapolis convention ; that the convention
represented Bntler's friends and not the-
anti-monopolists , and was called at the in
stigation of greenback leaders.
DOCTORS IN COUNCIL.
Annual Meeting of the Nebraska Homo
opatblo Medical Society.
The eleventh annual meeting of the *
Nebraska State Homoeopathic Medical so
ciety has just closed in Omaha. A largo *
number of members from all parts of t he-
state responded to the roll call , and thir
teen new members joined the society.
Among the prominent physicians from
abroad were Prof. A. C. Cowperthwalt , .
dean of the homoeopathic medical depart
ment of the state university of Iowa.
Under the bureau of medical literature , .
Prof. P. L. Paine , Lincoln , chairman , Dr.
J. K. Caldwell , Nebraska City , furnished
an excellent paper , in which he called fos-
more facts and fewer theories in nuriHcafc
literature.
Interesting papers were read from a num
ber of gentlemen , and discussions in which
all participated were fraught with much ,
valuable information to the medical frater
nity and the public in general.
The election of officers for the ensuing :
year resulted as follows : President , A. R.
Van Sycle , M. D. , Hastings ; 1st vice pres
ident , A. L. Macumber , M. D. , Norfolk ? .
2nd vice president , G. H. Parsell , Omaha ; ,
secretary , J. E. Caldwell , M. D. , Nebraska ,
City ; treasurer , O. S. Wood , M. D. , Crete.
Place of meeting for 1885 , Fremont. The-
society sent as delegates to tbe America
Institute of Homocpathy , C. M. Drasrooor , .
M. D. , and C. L. Hart , M. D. , to the
Western Academy of Homeopathy , to meet
at Cincinnati , O. , the society elected as del
egates , Drs. Dinsmoor , Montgomery , Cars-
cadden , Hancbett , Firstall , Brown , fc'abln , .
Burroughs and Connell , with instructions ,
to do all in their power to get the next an
nual meetingof that body located at Omaha. .
AS TO THE CROPS.
Beturns from a Number o { States Not
Very Encouraging.
J. W. Tallmadge , of Milwaukee , is.
in receipt of later official crop reports from
Michigan , Ohio , Illinois , Virginia , Ten
nessee and Nebraska. The reports showr
that the wheat crop is not near as promis
ing as reported &ome two weeks previous , ,
and that considerable damage is being de
veloped as the season progresses. Michi
gan reports wheat on sandy soil as looking :
fairly well , but on clay land and on the
hills , especially the northern slopes , the-
crop is badly injured. Two per cent , ot
the acreage sowed to wheat will be plowed ,
up because winter killed or otherwise de
stroyed. A considerable area injured be
yond recovery will not be plowed up be
cause the ground has been seeded to ciover-
or grass.
Illinois reports damage by floods In many-
sections , and some complaint is heard of *
the Hessian fly doing serious damage in.
some sections. The spring has been very
backward , and the plant does not show its-
usual vigorous growth this season.
Nebraska repoits the condition of the-
crops as fair and the spring very backward.
The acreage sown to wheat is fully 20 per
cent less than last year. The acreage to
oats is increased 80 per cent ; barley 80 per
cent and corn 30 per cent.
PROHIBITING SPECULATION.
Text of the Bill Introduced by Senator-
Collotn.
The following is the text of the bill
introduced by Senator Cullom to prohibit
speculations by officers of national banking ;
associations :
Be it enacted , etc. : That it be unlawful
for the president , cashier , teller , or other
chief executive officer of any national bank
ing association having a capital stock to the-
amount of $200,000 or more to engage in.
speculation in stocks , bonds or other secu
rities , or in grain , provisions , produce , oil
or margins on his own individual account
or for his own personal profit , either di
rectly or indirectly ; or to have any partner
ship or other financial interest in the oper
ations of any private banking or brokerage
inn or business. Any such officer who vio-
ates the provisions of this act , will be-
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor , and im
prisoned not less than one year nor more
ban five years , or fined not more than
$1,000.
Assassination in Kentucky.
Herbert Armstrong and David
3rown , near Bardstown , Ky. , were found
dead in a field where they had been pl
nsr , one shot through the heart and
other throueh tbe head. The killing
done with a Spencer r fie. The supposition
s tnat the murderer concealed himself hi
ome bushes and coolly shot tbe men down. .
Circumstantial evidence Is strong against
Vm. Frez" , who had a business trouble
with the murdered men The three are all
well-to do farmers. Excitement runs high.
and it is believed that Freze will be mobbed.
The long train is de rigueur for din
ner toilets , except for young girls and
brides.
"The leek is the emblem of the
Velsh , " says the Detroit Free Press ,
[ 'he leak should be the emblem of our-
navy. [ New York Graphic.