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THE TEIBUNE. F. M. & E. M. K1MMKLI , , Pubs. McCOOK , i i NEB THE STATE IN BRIEF. There are five murderers in the Douglas county Jail , awaiting trial at the term of district court which opens next week. These are Qazolo ( indicted ) , Snell ( Indicted ) , Schreiber ( Indicted ) , Keys and Henry. The building boom at Wahoo is said to have become a veritable epidemic. Ev erybody nearly is affected by it. Confidence men at Omaha snatched the pocketbook of W. H. Buttolph , en route to Iowa , getting-away with $67. The thieves made good their escape without parting with the booty. Mrs. Martha Reynolds , of Unadilla , .has been adjudged insane by a competent commission and sent to the state asylum. Mrs. Reynolds has three children , aged about eighteen months , four and seven years respectively , and she had repeatedly made threats to Kill them. Jack Kinney , a colored rough of Omaha , on Sunday last , shot Pat Mehan because he jostled the former off the cross- walk. Doctors say the wound will not prove fatal. The sbootist was jailed , pre vious to which there were threats of lynch ing. ing.A eerions and perhaps fatal accident occurred atTTirth last week. Two brothers named Click live together. One hasa very cross bull which he keeps tied up in a lot. The little son of the other brother went into the lot for something. The bull became enraged and breaking his rope got at the boy and gored him fo badly that doubts are entertained of his recovery. A man named White was thrown 'from a hand-car between "Wymore and Be atrice , receiving injuries which resulted In his death in a few hours. Another man named Brougham had his hip fractured. Henry Whilbeck , a breakman on the Union Pacific , received injuries afew days ago while on duty between Wahoo and Val ley , which resulted in his death a few hours after the accident. He was found along side the track with his right leg from the knee down mashed to a jelly. Eeing taken to the hospital at Omaha he died soon after , exposure and great loss of blood be ing the cause. He was 35 years old and his parents reside near Grand Island. An unknown man , supposed to be a tramp , was killed by a passenger train on the Union Pacific railroad at Wood River last week. The body was cut in two. The heart was forced out of the body and found six or eight feet distant. John Splitthof , a Hollander , 25 years old , was arrested at Plattsmouth for at tempting to outrage Agnes , the 6-year old daughter of George Grebe. Judge Winter- ation committed Splitthof to jail to await the action of the grand jury , he having pleaded guilty to an attempt at rape. Messrs. Clark Kimbalf , Shelby and Morse.of the Union Pacific-returned from Chicago on Sunday last , "having concluded negotiations for a continuance of the Trans continental association. An effort was made to from a money pool , but the inter ests were so diversified that it was given up as impracticable at'the present time , though a reorganization on that basis will probably be made in the near future. J. D. Kilpatrick , of Gage county , bought at a recent sale of Polled Angus cattle in Omaha , a thoroughbred bull and cow , that are probably as fine as anything in thatsection. Thebull is fourteen months old and weighs eleven hundred pounds. The cow is two vears old , and weighs about the same. Mr. Kilpatrick paid $1,700 for the two. Frank Garrison , living northwest of Plum Creek , came near losing his left arm. He was breaking prairie , when the plow Jumped5 out 'of the ground. He stopped the team and fixed the plow again , leaning with his weight on the beam in order to get it to take Hold. As soon as the team start ed the plow tipped over and he fell with his left arm directly In front of the rolling cut ter. The complete severance of his arm was only prevented by the plow running out of the ground. The Blair bridge being completed , the trains on the S. C. & P. nave resumed their o'd running time. O. M. Mervin , of Otoe county , plowed up a reptile which is certainly a strange specimen. It Is about twelve inches long , has four short legs , the fore feet having lour toes and the hind feet five toes the hind feet greatly resembling in shape a man/8 hand. It could swim like a fish. Insects resembling the Colorado potato bug have totally'destroyed six acres of cottonwood and box elder trees on the farm of John Kearney , in Dawson county. The Insects deposit their eggs on the under side of a leaf , just as the potato bug does , and before leaving the tree strip it com pletely of leaves. Mrs. Samuel Pearl , of Lincoln , a blind woman , met with an accident a few days ago by which she is confined to her bed with a badly broken foot. The Beatrice express says the little year and a half old son of W. H. Ruyle was severely scalded. A girl doing housework had heated a pan of water , and as she picked it up and was turning around the child caught her by the dress and pulled itself partly into the pan of water. Its face , neck and shoulders were severely burned. Jacob Gitter , a well-known citizen of Spring Creek , Harlan county ; was kicked in the stomach by one of his horses produc ing inflamation of the-bowels , from the ef fects of which he died. He was 36 years old. Burglars are holding full sway at the capital of the state. House breakings are of nightly occurrence , and a movement is on foot to offer a liberal reward for a trans gressor dead or alive. John Williams , of Omaha , found his wife , Emily Williams , lying dead upon the floor of the kitchen one day last week. It was probably a case of Tieart disease. It has been developed that the body found in the river near Bellevue a few days ago is that of a young Bohemian , Matthias Free , -whose friends missed and advertised for him after his sudden disappearance in January. He was last seen going to Coun cil Bluffs with several women , and there is a suspicion that the shooting and strang ling , marks of which were found on the body , were done on that side of the river. A stranger was found dsad and standing on his head in an old cellar in Omaha , a few days ago , under circum stances which aroused some slight suspi cion of foul play. No one could identify the body , and it Is not known whether his death was caused by accident or other wise. wise.The The stranger found dead standing on his head In a cellar wav at Omaha a few mornings ago was Identified as-W.m. Math- eny , a laborer of Glenwood , lo'wa , who leaves a wife and child. The coroner's Jury found a verdict of accidental death. W. H. Storms , superintendent of public schools in Saline county , died very suddenly at his home a few days ago. He was serving his second term as county superintendent , and was apopular and effi cient instructor. The Seventh Day Adventists' camp meeting , which this year is to be held near Beatrice , commences June 4 and ends June 10. Special rates are given on the railroads. R. D. Silver , of Lincoln , has been awarded the contract for building a peni- tentlarv at Santa Fe , New Mexico , to cost was fined $13.65 in a Madison court. The dealer who sold the youth his liquor was'invlted to pay the assessment or stand the consequences of prosecution for eolling.llquor to a'minor , 'lie paid. Thomas Wroth , a switchman on the Chicago , St. Paul , Minneapolis and Omaha railroad , was run over in the yards at Omaha , having bis leg BO badly crushed that amputation became necessary. The limb was terribly crushed and broken , be ing run over by the entire train. At Beaver City the case of Cyrus Callagham , charged with attempting 4o wreck a train on the B. & M. , In the fall of J.883 , was recently before the courts. The charge alleged consisted in placing an obstruction on the track near Arapahoe. The intention was to wreck the night pas senger , which , passed the point at 0:30 o'clock. The obstruction was placed upon the bridge overa creek , and if it had not been detected by the engineer , the destruc tion to life andrproporty would have been severe. The dastardly deed , however , was discovered in time to avert the catastrophe. The case has been continued until another term of court. Edward McGaugb , living near Pal myra , and said to be weak in the upper s ory- , procured a quantity of whisky. He then went to a house where he found a lone woman , to whom he first made indecent proposals and afterward felled her with a stone. The husband coming home , found his wife lying unconscious , but she soon reyived and told the story of her wrongs. McGaugh was arrested and will probably be sent to the insane asylum. An important case was recently tried before Judge Post in Fremont , involving the question as to whether a whisky bill Under the .Slocum liquor law , can be col lected. After exhaustive showing by able attorneys and authorities , the court held the claim collectable. One Arbuckle , of Beatrice , has been arrested for wife beating. He was taken before a justice last Tuesday and fined $5 and costs ; Bernard Taussun , a young man liv ing near Talmage , received injuries at a mill which resulted in his instant death. He was a German and had no relatives in this country. A fine three-story hotel , several brick residences , and othe'r valuable structures , will be numbered among Minden's im provements in 1884. A bogus newspaper man who was obtaining passes from railroads through false representations , was run down in Omaha aud made to yield up favors granted him before his true character was discov ered. He claimed to represent numerous influential journals , but In every instance was found to be a fraud of the first water. The German Lutherans of Fremont have Just completed the erection of a fine church edifice. It is of frame , 26x50 , and has a tower 70 feet high. The building and .lot cost over $3,000. The Beatrice Republican says : "Mr. Bookwalter , the famous democratic politi cian of Ohio , owns thousands of acres of choice lands in Gage and Pawnee counties. Upon these he has herded thousands of sheep. Since the reduction of the tariff on wool he has decided to go out of the sheep business , aslt'.will no longer be a paying investment. Mr. Bookwalter is purchas ing imported Herefords to take the place of his sheep. " / Three persons were bitten by mad dogs inJPawnee county.week before last. There has , however , been no serious re sults thus far. Burglars are plying their vocation in Beatrice as well as Lincoln , several houses having recently been broken into. One gentleman is out $25 in cash and a $75 watch. Memorial day was duly observed in all sections of Nebraska. Generally the ex ercises were under the auspices of Grand Army of the Republic post s.- A subscription fund is being raised for the purpose of defraying the expense of special'mail service on the line from Valen tine to Jlapid City via. Porcupine Creek until October 1st. The Fourth of July will.be celebrated in Osceola ingood style this year. All the preliminaries have been gone through with , and all thatis now needed is the hearty co operation of the people. A Lincoln " dispatch says : A week ago Warden Nob"es , of the'penitentiary , got an inkling of a plan of a guard named Charles H. Churchill to let a convict , Frank Sut- tbn , escape , for-which he was to receive $300 from Button's sister , who lives at Blair , Neb. , and goes by the name of Mary E. Barnes. A letter to the sister was inter cepted. Having got sufficient evidence Churchill was at once arrested. He plead ed guilted and was bound over in $300. The warden took the sheriff to a field where Churchill was guarding convicts and hand cuffed him in their presence. The Nebraska eclecticians , recently in session at Lincoln , elected the following officers for the ensuing year : President , I. Van Camp , of Omaha ; vice president , L. F. Polk , of Raymond ; secretary , II. S. Grimes , of .Lincoln ; treasurer , H. Y. Bates , of Springfield ; board of censors , J. A. Woodward , of Omaha ; 0. M. Moore and E. M. Butler. The Deaf and Mute Convention. As before announced in several deaf- mute papers of the gathering of the deaf mute convention on the 6th , 7tb , 8th and 9th of September , at Lincoln , Nebraska , the capital city , it is desired by request of many inquires to explain the meaning. The object of the deaf mute convention is to dis seminate mental , social and physical im provements of the educated mutes in gen eral that have left their * dear different ' 'alma matters' , ' ' to encourage intercourse , to form personal acquaintances and united affections toward each other and also to develop good and social feelings towards the silent community. , Sabbath services on the 7th. The rest of the time will be taken up for discussing any theme or questions proposed with a view to expand and polish the minds and to transact business what ever. The arrangements for the reduction of the railroad fares and hotel accommoda tions will be announced in August. JAMES R. BOONS , Secretary. By order of the committees. W. G. MARSHALL , E. S. WARNING , B. F. MARSHALL Address 112 Thirteenth street , Lincoln , Nebraska. The Premium Piano for the Smartest Nebraska Girl. Mr. Mueller hands in the following letter from the manufacturer , concerning the § 1COD piano to be awarded as a special premium at the coming , state fair , to "the smartest young lady in the state. " The conditions of this award will be furnished on application to this office. ROBT. W. FURNAS , Secy. Neb. St. Bd. Ag. Brownville. Neb. NEW YORK , May 23 , 1884. J. Mueller , Esq. , Council Bluffs , Iowa : DEAR SIR We ship you to-day the pre mium piano for the Nebraska state fair. It is an exquisite instrument and will , we trust , come up to your fullest expectation. Nothing has been spared to make it perfect in every way. The stool and special cover for it will be sent in the course of a few days. The piano has been so generally admired that we have decided to make more like it , and will have some more ready in August for your regular trade , and trust to have your earliest orders for some of them. Wishing you all success , we are , dear sir , as ever , Very sincerely , HARDMAN. BOWLING &PECK. Bran mashes are recommended for mares that foal early in the spring before gross appears. Oats are said to be better than corn for mare and suck ing colts. THE LEGISLATIVE RECORD. Joint Resolution in the House Proposing a Constitutional Amendment , The Bill Appropriating $100,000 for the Belief of Flood Sufferers in Mississippi. Report of the Senate Election Commit tee on the Danville Riot 31i- > - cellaneons Notes. CONGRESSIONAL. SEXATK. MONDAY , May 26. Mr. McMillan , from the judiciary committee , reported a bill to provide for two additional associate justices of the supreme court of Dakota. Mr. Logan reported from the judiciary com mittee the bill heretofore passed by the senate extending until December , 31 , 1884 , the duration of the court of Alabama claims , with a recommendation that the senate non-concur in the house amend ment extending the time one year longer. Sir. Brown offered the following amend ment to the Utah bill : "That voluntary sexual intercourse of a married person with one of the opposite sex , not the husband or wife of such married person , shall be cause , and the only cause , for absolute di vorce from the bond of marriage in the District of Columbia or the territories of the United States , but the courts may , iu proper cases , as in common law , grant di vorces from bed and board in said district and territories or other places subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States. ' ' HOUSE. By Jordan , to develope the resources of Alaska and open overland communication therewith. By Morey , granting pensions to all hon orably discharged soldiers of the rebellion when they reach the age of 45. By Hewitt ( N. Y. ) , punishing by fine and imprisonment any official of a national bank who shall obtain from the bank with which he is connected any loan for his own benefit or for the benefit of any company of which he is a member , by which loss shall occur to the bank. The contested election case of Wallace vs. McKinley was then taken up. The ma jority report unseats McKinley and de clares Wallace entitled to the seat. The minority resolution confirms the right of the sitting member. Mr. Belford introduced a bill appropriat ing $50,003 for the election of a home for disabled soldiers of the confederate army at Fredericksburg , Va. Referred. SENATE. TUESDAY , May 27. Mr. Slater , from the committee on public lands reported favorably the bill to forfeit the grant along the uncompleted portion of the Northern Pacific Railway. Mr. Hill submitted a report from the committee on postoffice and postroads on the subject of the postal telegraph. Mr. Lapham submitted a report from the committee on privileges and elections on the Danville investigation. Mr. Vance is preparing a minority report. Mr. Salisbury submitted a minority re port of the Copiah county investigation. The senate took up the bill to grant the Cinnabar & Clark's. Fork Railroad Com- panv the right of way through a portion of the Yellowstone Park , but without/definite action the senate adjourned. * > * ' ' * * ' HOUSE. Consideration of the Wallace-Mc- Kinley contested election case was resumed. After E. B. Taylor (0. ) , Hurd , Follett , Mills and McKinley himself had spoken , Hepburn closed with a thorough analysis of the evidence in the case and an able re view of the facts and law alleged on each side. From this analysis and review he deduced the conclusion that McKinley was fairly and honestly elected. A vote upon the minority resolution , de claring McKinley entitled to the seat , was lost yeas , 108 ; nays , 158. The resolution seating Wallace was adopt ed. That gentleman appeared at the bar and took the oath. SEXATE. WEDNESDAY , May 28. The Mexican pension bill was considered. The amend ment restricting pensions to those depend ent on their labor in whole or part , or on the assistance of others , was laid on the table yeas 40 , nays 20. One clause of the bill , as it came from the house , repeals the section of the revised statutes that prohib its pensions to soldiers who engaged in the rebellion against the United States , but limits the repeal to cases coming under the act. The senate committee recommended striking out the limitation , but the senate , by a vote of 35 to 23 , laid the amendment on the table. Hoar moved an amendment extending the provisions of the bill so as to include all soldiers of the union who served in the war of the rebellion. Without action the senate adjourned. HOUSE. The house went into committee of the whole ( Cox in the chair ) on the legisla tive bill. It reduces the number of inter nal revenue collection districts from 84 to 63 and increases the force in the pension office. After considerable discussion concerning the present system of collecting internal revenue , Mr. Thompson gave notice of an amendment , which , at the proper time , he would offer to the pending bill , consolidat ing customs and internal revenue districts and establishing one tax collection district in each state and territory. After consid ering ninety-six pages of the bill the com mittee rose. Mr. Dibrell submitted the conference re port on the agricultural appropriation bill. SENATE. THURSDAY , May 29. Mr. Allison re ported the hill from the general ap propriation committee appropriating $100 , - 000 for the relief of sufferers by the over flow of the Mississippi river and tributa ries" . The senate committee do not favor the appropriation in the form presented. They recommend appropriations of the un expended balance of the appropriation made for the Ohio river sufferers , which is about $40,000. The committee's recom mendation was agreed to yeas 32 , nays 15. The conference report on the agricultural appropriation bill'was agreed to. The District of Columbiaappropria'tion bill was passed. HOUSE. Bills were reported : Regulating the exportation of imitation butter and cheese. A joint resolution proposing the following as article 16 to the constitution : ' 'The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be abridged by the United States , or by any state , on account of nativity. " The house then went into committee of the whole ( Cox , of New York , in the chair ) on the legislative bill. The amendment reducing the number of internal revenue agents to five was agreed to. to.On motion of Mr. Bland an amendment was adopted prohibiting any government clerk or employe from performing any pri vate service for any senator , member , head of department or campaign committee. The committee reported the bill to the house and the previous question was order ed , but without action the house adjourned until Saturday. HOUSE. SATURDAY , May SI. The bill was i passed restoring the law of 1860 in the mat ter of appeals from circuit courts to the United-States supreme court. In habeas corpus cases this la'w was repealed a few years ago , while the Me Aral o case , from Mississippi , was pending before the supreme court. The bill granting right of way through , the Indian Territory to the Gulf , Colorado & Santa Fe railway was passed. CAPITAL TOPICS. THE TAKIKK QUESTION. In reply to a communication from the house ways and means committee ask ing for Secretary Folger's opinion of the administrative portion of Hewitt's tariff bill , Mr. Hewitt nas received a letter from the secretary endorsing the plan. This ren ders it more than likely that such changes in the law as are recommended in that part will receive the sanction of the house. Rep resentative Hurd says there certainly will be an effort made at this session to extend tre free list by the addition of lumber and coal. coal.A A QUESTION OF CHINESE RESTRICTION. The department of state having been nformed that the Chinese government pro posed to enter a silk loom in operation as an exhibit at the New Orleans exposition , the question arose whether the Chinese restric tion act did not prohibit the landing of operatives on the ground that they were laborer * ; . The question was referred to the treasury department and Secretary Folgor informed the secretary of state that Chinese operatives be admitted without molestation , with the understanding that they will .not remain in the country longer than necessary for the display of their exhibit. THE DANVILLE RIOT. The majority report of the senate elections committee on the Danville riot de clared that it was premeditated and pre concerted for the purpose of raising a race issue and intimidating the negroes ; that the democrats prearranged the riot and In dorsed it after it had occurred. Mr. Lapham , who prepared the report , intro duced Home telegrams which he claimed sustain the conclusion that the riot was the deliberate work of the democratic party. GEN. PLEASANTON. The house committee on militaiy af fairs will report favorably the bill retiring Gen. Pleasanton as colonel. ' A VAGABOND'S CHIME. The City of Kearney Startled by the Deed of a Villainous Father. A Kearney special of the 27th says : Between 10 and 11 o'clock last night this city was startled and thunderstruck by another terrible tragedy that is not fre quently equalled in enormity in criminal annals. For some time there has been a German family residing here named Koe- beck. The husband was a worthless vaga bond , occasionally doing odd jobs around town , but wasted the major part of his time in idleness. He was possessed of a most brutal disposition , especially toward his family , and.on . many occasions' displayed his brutality by beating his wife and chil dren wittout any apparent cause. About three months ago she was obliged to leave him on account of his dissolute habits and extreme cruelty. Last night , at the time stated above , he made his ap pearance at her home. Becoming alarmed at his peculiar actions she took one of her sons and started to leave the house. She had walked but a short distance when cries of her other son caused her to return. He was beatinc- the boy when she appeared. As soon as he saw her he drew a. revolver and emptied four chambers into her body , one ball pass ing through her head. Koebeck then rushed into the house and cut his own throat , and will undoubtedly die , thereby saving his infernal neck from the halter. That the act was premeditated there is not the slightest doubt , as he entered the house fully prepared for the devilish deed. LATER. Mrs. Koebeck is lying in a crit ical condition. The ball passed through her head in front of the lower part of the ear and came out on the other side. Koe- beck's attempt at suicide will prove inef fectual. He partially severed the wind pipe. He was arrested and lodged in jail. DONE BY DYNAMITE. Two Tremendous Explosions TVnko the Echoes in London. 1 London dispatch of June 1st : A sharp report heard late last night outside the Junior Carlton club house , in PallMall , resulted from a bomb thrown into the base ment , which was shattered. Fonr female servants ut work were seriously injured. The club house was crowped with members at the time of the explosion. Several lights were extinguished throughout the entire building. The lights in the army and navy clubs , opposite , were extinguished and the windows blown in" . Sixteen packets of dynamite , with fuse attached , was found to-night under the Nelson monument on Trafalgar square. Daylight showed the damage by exposure fully equal to the worst anticipation. A crowd of excited people are visiting the scenes. Policemen are drawn in line across the streets in the vicinity , to prevent ac cess of the multitude. Orders were given to leave the wreckage untouched until ex amined byMajendie. At St. James theatre , 1.000 yards distant , the explosion sounded like two claps of thunder. The audience was alarmed , and nearly stampeded. Several ladies fainted , men started to stampede , but were reassured by shouts bidding every one sit still as no harm was done. The second bomb on St. James' square , which exploded against the residence of Sir Walter Mynn , produced a huge wide fracture four feet high , and three in breadth. The windows were smashed and furniture damaged. DESTKUCTIYE WATEERSPOUTS. Entailing Loss of Human Life and De struction of Property. A cloud-burst near Visilia , Gal. , broke with such fury as to sweep away the house of Peter Stewart and all the inmates , consisting of himself , wife , mother , two children and R. Weisner , a sheep herder. The bodies of Stewart , his mother and one child were recovered to-day. They were -frightfully mangled and their clothes torn into shreds. Weisner is injured beyond re covery. The house was dashed to atoms. A cattle round-up camp on Frenchman creek , near the Nebraska and Colorado line , was destroyed by flood and eleven cowboys , belonging to Colorado and Ne braska outfits , were drowned. The flood was caused by a cloud-burst , which oc curred in a small Flathead and Cheyenne ' Indian trail canyon. The water came'down in such force that it swept everything in its path. Men , horses , wagons , camping out fits all were carried down the stream with such force that but few escaped. The names of the missing are : Lon Witherbee , J. Lindsey , Robert Roddy , Robert Fowler , Patrick Lynch , John Smith , L. Netherton , William Ferguson , William J. Peiton and C. Hall. The bodies of the last four have been recovered. E. W. Pense , Agt. American Express Co. , Red Oak , Iowa , says : ' Chamber lain's Colic , Cholera and Diarrhoja Remedy has been worth more than a thousand dollars to me for use in my family. For years my wife has been subject to cramping pains in the stomach , and your remedy gives imme diate relief , and it is the only medicine that ever did relieve her promptly. " Chamberlain's Colic , Cholera and Diarrhcea Remedy in 25 and 50 cent bottles. For sale by all druggists. THE MS BRIEFLY TOLD. Arrangements All Perfected for the Great Political Conven tion This Week. Collapse of a Large Cotton Ware * house at Baltimore With Fatal Results. New Passenger Bates Adopted by the Transcontinental Association at Their Meeting in Chicago. NEWS NOTES. Father Bonifac3 of Boston , has sued the Boston Herald for $100,000 damages , because of the publication of certain al leged crooked transactions in money mat- teis. teis.The The house committee on ways and means will not consider Hewitt's tariff proposition. A small run was made on the West Side savings bank in Now York , growing out of the $ ! XJGOO defalcation of Hinckley , the paying teller. Benj. Johnson , who , with Allen In- galls , was indicted for the murder of the Taylor family at Avondale , Ohio , was found guilty of murder in the first degree. The Jury was out one hour. This was the case where the bodies were delivered on the evening of the killing to the Ohio medical college , and $15 apiece was paid for them to Ingalls and Johnson. Ingallshung him self in the jail a short time ago. The Boston Advertiser prints an in terview with Charles Francis Adams , who examined the condition of the Union Pa cific railroad. Mr Adams says a lessening of expenses will be made. He says during the remainder of the year the earnings of the road would show favorable comparison with those of last year. The passenger traffic is quite good. William Marshall , ordnance sergeant United States army , died at Mackinaw , Michigan , May 16. He was , without doubt , the oldest enlisted man in the army of the United States. Ho entered the service by enlisting in company A'Fifth United States infantry , August 12 , 1823. Peter Mominee , a blind and decrepit soldier of Vincennes , Ind. , received $9,259 arreas of pensions the other day , the larg est pension ever given to any one man in southern Indiana. A Miles City ( Montana ) special says : Jack Morris , the cowboy , who shot Iron Heart , the Cheyenne chief , has surren dered. He claims it was done in self- defense. Ihe Indians threaten to take the warpath. Women and children are com ing from the ranches in great alarm. John Lawrence , Farragut's pilot at the battle of Mobile Bay , died in the poorhouse - house near that city on the 20th after months of suffering. Reports from one thousand corres- Eondents from all parts of the United tates in regard to the fruit crop , say the apple crop is the largest ever known. Tfiere will be only half a crop of peaches and pears. The prospect for a very large crop of small fruits is very good. A one day's sale at the Iowa Butter aud Cheese exchange , in session at Des Moines , 30,000 pounds of creamery butter was sold ranging from 17 to 1S , ' cents , mostly going to eastern markets. David Stone , the half-witted uncle of a little girl 0 years of age ( Lulu Dycke ) , who was arrested in Michigan last week on suspicion of having outraged and murdered her , mad a confession of the terrible crime. He was taken into court , without public knowledge , an l sentenced to state prison for life. " The United States commissioner at New York holds for trial , on their own recognizance , Thomas W. Evans , Corne lius F. Simpson and John B. Dickson , bank officers , for violation of the law to prevent certification of checks for a greater amount than is deposited at the time. The bank claimed that the checks were "accepted , " not certified. Severe frosts are reported on the night of the 28th in portions of Illinois , Wis consin , Iowa and Michigan , doing great damage to the growing crops. Fruit suf fered severely , grapes and strawberries in some places being almost totally ruined. Col. J. O. P. Burnside , disbursing clerk in the postoffice department , has been removed on a charge of having embezzled $15,000. There is a warrant out for his ar- ret. He speculated with Levis , the miss ing oil broker. Amelia Schrick , a little girl , while picking wild flowers in Woodland cemetery at Newark , was met by Andrew Broski , who asked her how she would like to go to Heaven , and then he said , pointing to two newly madegraves. . "Here is a hole one foryou andonefor me. " Hethen fired a pistol at the ehild , which missed her. He was overpowered by workmen. Col. Fied Grant sold his family team , carriages and harness a few days ago for $1,200 , and dismissed his coachman and all his house help. His wife when in formed of the failure of her husband and the necessity for economy-in her domestic relations , remarked , "I have lived on army rations once , and I can do it ayain. " The bill to abolish the contract sys tem of labor in the state prison of Massa chusetts was defeated. Senator Whlttier swore that he was offered $1,000 to absent himself when the vote was taken on the water and gas bill. James Kowe , a moulder , 28 years of age , went out on the prairie near the Cook county (111. ) hospital , where he fired a bullet into his body , near the heart , and another into his brain , just over his right eye. Death was almost instantaneous. The body of Miss Nellie Cooley , who disappeared in so mysterious a manner from her home in Wilkesbarre , Pa. , on Dei ember 9 last , was found in the Snsque- hanna. A dentist positively identified the icmains by the teeth. The body was discovered - covered by Albert Bloom , a brakeman on the I'ennsvlvania railroad , who will claim $1,000 reward offered. Attorney General Brewster has writ ten to Sringer. chairman of the committee on expenditures for the department of jus tice , relative to changing from the fee to a salary system in compensating United States court officials. Mr. Brewster says he has considered the subject in every aspect and the result is a belief that the change is imperative. W. H. Vanderbilt has transferred to W. K. Vanderbilt $2,000,000 more in United States bonds. Two hundred and fifty shopmen of the Wabash at Peru , Ind. , quit work , giv ing as a reason that the company was be hind in wages. Settlement was made and the men returned to duty. Frost did great damage all over New England on the nightof the 80th of May. In the strawberry district around Launton , the crop , valued at many thousand dollars , is said to be quite ruined. In northern New Hampshire several inches of snow fell. Around Norwich ice one-quarter of an inch thick had formed and all crops which can be kifled by the cold were ruined. In Vermont the tender crops were killed , though corn had not advanced suffi ciently to be hurt much. Fruit was badly injured and the loss is heavy. Kato Colton , a colored girl at Cairo * . 111. , was convicted of murder In the second ; degree and sentenced to imprisonment Tor- life. She poisoned a whole family last Sep tember and one person died from the'of - fecta. fecta.Peter Peter Joyce ( white ) participated in ? the Decoration day procession at Vevay. , Indiana. Afterward ho became intoxicated ! and pointed a loaded musket at a number of people , and discharged the weapon afc 'Squire Saunders ( colored ) killing him in- , stantly. Joyce was arrested. FOIIEIGN. A socialistic outrage is reported from , Munich. The Bavarian veterans of the * Franco-German war made extensive pre paration for a festival in celebration of the * thirteenth anniversary of Germany's defeat - feat of Franco : The city was extensively decorated , and the German colors occupied. ' the posts of honor. During the n'ght the- socialists removed the German colors , slitutln ! ? therefor the red flags of the revo utionists. inscribed with such mottoes 4'Cbeers for the Social Democracy , " and. "Down with the Slayers of the People. " Major Kitchener started from Kono-- sko across the desert for Abu Humed witfc 1,200 Arabs. Major Wortley , at Assioul , is. making preparations for a twenty days" march with 500 Bedouins. The English admiralty has ordered : the torpedo flotilla at Chatham and Ports mouth prepared for active service. There is a strong feeling of disbelief in London among investors In Americart securities that the present low prices ofr American stocks can possibly continue. The cause of the present depression ap pears trivial , and there has been a greafe deal of quiet buying. Mile. Colombier was sentenced , at. Paris , to three months imprisonment and a * tine for the publication of "Sarah Bar- num. " Moody and Sankey will sail for- America July uth. Italy supports the French demands , for iniernational control in Eijypt. In southeastern Spain 400 dwellings , were destroyed and 514 injured by the- > floods. The French tribunal non-suited Count Bronte in his action for alimony against his- wife , Madame Schneider , the actross. Placards were posted throughout the- providence of Moscow , Russia , reminding the Czar of nihilistic proposals of 1881 , that | in order to avert his father's fate he should grant constitutional amnesty to political ] offenders. . The Pall Mall Gazette declares that. Granville's request to Turkey to send 13- 000 troops to Soudan is by far more serious- than the scheme of multiple control. The ministers knew what Granvillc was < loinj > when he proposed a burrender to France , . , but they were aghast when they heard the ( proposal of Turkey to send troops. Turkey | signified her acceptance of this proposition . ( There is no clew to how the cabinet can re pudiate Turkey's acceptance without insisting - ' sisting upon Granville's resignation. Dr. Nachtigal , the explorer , and several - eral German officers embarked at Gibraltar- upon the gunboat Moewe for Angrn Peque- na , on the west coast of Africa. They will take formal possession of the b y and" barber bor of that name and surrounding territories - - ries in the name of Germany. POLITICAL. Three-fourths of the counties of Louisiana held democratic conventions oa the 24th to elect delegates for the state con vention , to be held June lltb , to elect dele gates to Chicago. Returns show about forty counties nearly unanimous for the olii ticket. The national greenback convention at Indianapolis nominated Gen. Butler their candidate for president. Gea. A. West , of Mississippi , was nominated bp acclaniation for vice-president. A Washington special says that Cam eron refuses to influence the delegation to * Chicago and says he will support the nomi nee of the convention to the utmost of his- power , no matter who is nominated. Minnesota democrats in state con vention on the 28th , chose delegates to the- national convention and declared in favor of a tariff for revenue only. Elaine headquarters in Chicago were- opened by Stephen B. Elkins , a lart'e mine- owner of Santa Fee. He claims 333 votes- on the first ballot. Charles W. Clisbee. of Michigan , has applied for the secretary ship , of the republican national convention. During the Chicago convention the headquarters of Arthur will be atthc Grand Pacific in the gentlemen's parlor , on the Jackson street front. Across the folding doors at the entrance is a large strip of canvas lettered in black with tfce words : "For president , Chester A. Arthur. " In side the tables are laden with pamphlets containing a _ complete report of the recent Arthur business men's meeting in Nctv York. The Tilden and Hendricks club of San Francisco , representing over twenty- five hundred members , adopted a resolution that a pledge be exacted from all delegates to the national convention , that they will vote for the nomination of Tilden and Hen dricks. The Author of an Atrocious 3Iurdcr .Executed. Wesley Johnson , 24 years old , was hanged at Napoleon , Ohio , on the 29th , for the murder , on the nightof October23 last , of George H. Williams and wife , who lived on a farm seven miles north of that place. The crime was one of the most cold-blooded , ever known. There was no provocation whatever , Johnson killing them by chop ping their heads open'with an axp , the ob ject being to obtain money to support his- mistress. He secured $26 and a silver watch. The murder was not discovered for two days. Johnson was arrested and convicted on purely circumstantial evi dence , but has since confessed. When the death warrant was read to him he said it was just. He walked firmlv to the scaffold. He coolly asked the sheriff to remove his collar and tie , and then thanked him. He- remained perfectly calm throughout , and asked the sheriff to not keep him standing there. When the black cap was drawn over his head he said : * 'God be merciful to mv soul. " ' - 0 Rampant Redskins. Maple Grove , Manitoba , advices state Indians raided a settlement and killed Paul Pollock and stampeded forty horaes. The Indians went to Pollock's corrall and were running out his horses. Pollock hearing the uoi-e jumped out of bed and ran out in his night clothes. He had a hand-to-hand tussle with nn Indian. In the melee the Indian shot him once in the shoulder and once in the chest and immediately fled , leaving his gun and butcher knife. The mounted-police , with Superintendent El- lock in command , started for the scene with the intention of pursuing the Indians. There is little hope of capturing the party , , which number about twenty. It ia not known whether they are American or Can adian Indians. Poetry teaches the enormous forces- of a few words , and , in proportion to the inspiration , checks loquacity. Great rhoughts insure musical expressions Every word should be the right word- [ Emerson. The every-day cares and dutie ? whick men call drudgery , are the weights and counterpoiser of the clock of time , giv- ng its pendulum a true vibration and ts hands a regular motion. [ Long- xjllow.