THE TEIBUNE.
F. M. & E. M. K1WMKIX , Pubs.
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f NEBB4SKA IN BRIEF. *
I' , An Omaha bull terrier and a dog
from Iowa fought for a purse of $100 at a
point four miles north of Omaha a few days
ago. The Nebraska canine got away with
the honor and wealth. Another match is
on the tapis , but the authoritieswill pre
vent the meeting if possible.
The Canning company at-Boatrice is
receiving thenecessary machinery to begin
operations'1 at an early day. -
The census taken by the assessors
give Hall county a' population of 1484 , a
gain of 1451 over lost year , of which Grand
Island gains 705.
The B. & M. has just issued orders to
the effect that their employees must not. in
dulge in the use of intoxicating liquors nor
visit tbe saloon during working hours.
The people of Harvard last week
nabbed a farmer named D. B. Hannan ,
whose raids-on granaries and barns in the
neighborhood had been numerous and
profitable. For six nights he was watched
and seen to enter either a barn or corn crib.
lespectdr General Franklin B. Sweet
has finished his inspection of the Nebraska
National Guard , but has not yet mode his
final report to the adjutant-general.
Work .has been suspended in the
Seward coal prospect hole , owing to the in
sufficient strength of the machinery. Heav
ier machinery tools have been ordered.
' In Nebraska City , according to the
census , there are 27 who cannot read and
31 who cannot write ; one insane and one
Idiot.
Idiot.Louis Hoover was drowned at Grefe's
mill , Merrick county. In company with
four others he was fishing with a seine at
the mill , and had just taken up one of the
ropes to cross the race , when he stepped
into a hole beyond his depth and was
drowned.
A lightning rod nend bled a hotelkeeper -
keeper in Wymore last week. He made a
square bargain with the agent to have his
house rodded at a certain vrlce. After the
work was done the lightning rod man
charged more than four times the amount
agreed upon , and demanded and received
a note for the full amount claimed.
The Red Cloud National bank is .is
suing its own currency , having received the
first installment of $11,000.
Of the $81,000'tax of 1883 in Webster
county only $44,000 have beenpaid in.
As far as heard from Saline county
has 71 pianos and 314 organs. It is pre
sumed that there are quite a number that
the assessor did not get enrolled.
Miss Bugie , the 14-yearold , daughter
Henry B. Miller , of Wayne county , died on
the 16th of lockjaw'the resultrof running a
rusty nail uvher foot. * * "
A loafer at Beatrice who while walk
ing the streets of that city laid violent hands
on several ladies whom he met , was "laid
out" ly a well-directed blow from a citizen
who had been watching his capers till for
bearance ceased to be a virtue.
The election in Long Pine on the
question of water works resulted in favor of
the enterprise.
Messrs. Howe & Richards , from
Shenandoah , Iowa , are about to establish a
barbed wire factory at Beatrice.
Bob Norval , the "boy preacher , " as
he delights to be called , has been holding
forth to out-door audiences at Chester.
While he is gifted with jtremendbus flow
of words , the Tribune fails tosee that he
did any good to any one except himself
while there. , - 'n
Large beds of fine kaoline- china
clay , have been discovered in various local
ities to tbe north , south and west of Omaha ,
and within easy hauling distance of that
city. The material is said to be very fine ,
and the deposits are so extensive-that ar
rangements are being made for the manu
facture at Omaha , on a grand scale , of pot
tery , drain pipes , tiles , crockery , etc.
A young lady at Tobias , Saline
county , horsewhipped a young man there a
few day * ago for circulating scandalous re
ports regarding her character. The young
man subsequently packed his gripsack and
left for parts unknown.
John Heefner , aged fourteen years ,
of Grand Jslandi.met wllitperhaps a fatal
accident'a lew dajs in that place at the
mills of the Goshen Milling company. His
left arm was torn off at tneJshoulder , and
he was otherwise bruised and injured about
the bead. Physicians amputated what was
left of the arm at the shoulder , and the boy
has since rallied from the shock , with a
possibility of recovery.
A convict from Pierce county has just
been placed in the penitentiary , his offense
being the killing of a horse. Warden Nobes
Bays this is the nrtt convict he has had for
horse murder. It will strike the public as
a profitable example. There are few
meaner ways of taking revenge upon a man
than by killing his stock.
On the occasion of'tne * 'visit of the
circus to Beatrice thieves plied quite a pro
fitable business , watches , money and other
valuables being taken.
G. W. Forseman , of Tecuraseh , was
shocked by lightning-a few days ago , and is
still quite sick therefrom.
Mark Stringer , who resides about
two miles northeast of Wayne , is in posses
sion of one of Nature's whims in the shape
of a chicken with three legs. The chick is
now about four weeks old , and is as lively
and healthy as any of the brood.
The Stockville Faber says it is a
peculiar fact that Frontier county is re
ceiving very few settlers directly from the
east side of the Mississippi river. They
nearly alLcome from Iowa and the more
eastern counties of this state.
Garret Harmsen , engaged in break
ing about two miles west of "Wayne , at
tempted suicide last week by shooting him
self In the head. The gun used was an or-
dlnary shotgun , loaded with No. 7 shot.
He had evidently placed the muzzle of the
gun at the base of the forehead. But two
or three shot pierced the skull , and it is
probable that he will recover.
A man named Palmer , who lives in
the outskirts of Crete , took a dose of Paris
green recently in an attempt at suicide.
Physicians v ere promptly summoned , but
before their arrival the excessive dose of
poison had , worked its own relief and the
stomach'was" empty. "Palmer affirms that
he willyet kill himself. -
Postoffice changes in Nebraska dur
ing the week ending ; June 21 , 1884 : Estab
lished Glendale.Antelope county , Frank
A. Black , postmaster ; Penbrook , Cherry
county , Theodore H. Tillson , postmaster.
Postmasters appointed Bainbridge , Har-
land county , Chas. J. Delahavde ; Emmet ,
Holt county , Miss Maggie Malloy ; Inmon ,
Holt county , Clayton Froth ; Monroe ,
Platte county , George W. Alverson ;
O'Connor , Greeley county/ Charles "Bua-
ell.
ell.Uttis A. Manchester , of Omaha , died
from the inhalation of foul air while work
ing in a cistern a few days ago. He was
alive when rescued , but' died soon after
being brought to the surface.
Two large grain elevate s are going
up atHoldrtdge8ndVqtber improvements
of a substantial character mark the pro
gress of the town. " - , .
A dastardly mean trick is reported
from near the little town of Firth. Three
horses'Which had strayed away from afarm-
erwere captured by 'some miscreant and
the mane and tail of each thaved to the
hide. It is believed that the whole thing
was only a petty piece of spite work.
The two-year-old child of James Hal-
ford , of Hebron , was struggling with eome-
thing In the eras * . Its mother found it witl
both hands tightly clasping the tail of a rat
tletnake Just above the rattles. Tbo snaki
Was unable to get In position to itrike.
Two of tbe penitentiary convicts a
Lincoln made their escape on the 23d , wbili
engaged in field work. One of them was. i
negroC - &
Pat Jordan , a Fremont livery man
was shot dead on the 24th by the city mar
sbal. Jordan was about to slay a pollcemai
with an axe when the marshal tooK a ham
with the result stated. Two balls enterec
Jordan's body.
Several days Ago Mr. Porter , living
near Reynold , noticed a strange dog arount
his premises that acted somewhat peculiar ,
but after a few days it disappeared. Noth
ing was thought of it at the time , but since
then he baa noticed that one of his calvei
had been bitten , and ifi a few days it died ,
having all the symntoms of hydrophobia.
The Tecumseh Journal says thai
Charley Williams was brought there bj
Deputy Sheriff Woodruff , being charged
with stealing three mules from John J.
Campbell , who resides on Spring creek ,
Two of the mules were recovered. At t
preliminary examlB&tlon ' Williams wa :
bound over in the sum of $500 to await th <
action of tbe circuit court. He. now lan
guishes in the county Jail.
Burglars broke into Liederkranz hal
at Grand Island and took from Charles Nel-
sen $16. Afterwards they visited Mr. Bar
ter's house and-'carried off his pants witl
$12 in money. Citizens are now arming and
there is prospects of a dead burglar beln §
produced at an early day as a fearful warn
ing to evil doers.
Pat Heron , an orphan boy sixtcer
years oldlately from Iowa , fell from :
Hand-car near Grand Island on the J28th , oi
tbe St. Joe and Western , and was so badlj
injured as to be considered beyond hope o ;
recovery.
James Boden , a convict , who escapee
from the penitentiary last week , was cap
tured on tbe form of F. H. Dobbs , tei
miles southwest of Beatrice. George Bui
len , a mulatto who escaped with him , was
at Dobb's house the same day , but at las
accounts had not been retaken.
Hon. S. S. Caldwell , a prominen
banker and old citizen of Omaha , died 01
the 26th from an attack of paralysis.
A well-to-do farmer named Swank
living near Grand Island , attacked anothe :
farmer named Wheeler with a hoe , becaus )
the latter drove on his land , and cut a ho ! <
in his cheek and knocked out two teeth anc
a piece of Jaw-bone.
Dan Grass , a tenant on a farm nea :
Wood River , suicided by taking poison. H <
was kicked in the head by a horse a yea :
ago , and since that time has not been righ
in his mind. This , together with domestii
Infelicity , lead to the act.
Thirteen head of cattle were killec
by a freight train three miles above Ogalal
la a few nights ago. The night was dark
and the cattle had gathered upon the tract
in a bunch.
The citizens of Pierce are finding
fault with the grand Jury recently empanel
ed there , for dereliction of duty. It ii
claimed that several cases in which the
violation of the .Slocumb law was eviden
were brought to their notice , but for prl
vate reasons the Jury failed to indict the of
fenders. '
A broom factory was started in Crete
four years ago with a working force of twc
men. Now twelve men are employed ane
the proprietors are anxious to engage more
workmen.
While digging a well on W.M. Bick-
ley's place , north of Madison , TomFarragt
discovered a petrified rib bone , supposed tc
be that of a buffalo , fifty feet below the
surface.
One span of the bridge across the
Platte river on the St. Joe & Western , went
out about thirty" minutes 'after the excur
sion train Jrom Maysville , , KanT , had
crossed. A narrow escape/ Trains havf
been unable to run between Grand Island
and Hastings in consequence. .
Mrs. Code'of ; Crete , fell from a bar
rel on which she was standing , and received
a severe flesh wound in the abdomen.
Physicians sewed up the wound and pros
pects for her recovery are encouraging.
Last Sunday afternoon , during the
storm , the barn of Herman Wagenknecht ,
who lives in southwest Minden , was struck
by lightning and with Its contents totally de-
fctroyed. Loss about $1,000.
Both of the convicts who recently es
caped from the penitentiary at Lincoln have
been recaptured.
Ed. LaDuke , of North Fork , Saline
county , lost his stable , a horse , about 400
bushels of corn , some harness and other
property by fire last week. He had been
fumigating a horse that' was suffering with
distemper , and it is supposed that some
sparks fell-upon th flbo'r * causing the fire.
Hon. John Davis , who-was hurt in
the wreck of the'Cannon-ball near Hubbell
last week is at his home in Pawnee City and
is not recovering yery rapidly from the ef
fects of sprains and bruises received in the
accident. It was a verynarrow * escape from
a more serious injury , or death itself , as he
was badly hurt in the back , chest and head.
He describes the accident'as being very ap
palling and frightful until all were recov
ered from the wreck.
Ex-Governor Furnas has consented to
deliver an address uton the occasion of the
laying of the corner stone of the state house
July 16th.
Hereafter whenever a post command
er in the Department of thePlatte is re
quested by an agent of the Indian depart
ment to receive and keep in custody an In
dian accused of crime , the accused Indian
will at once be received and alljthe.facts re
ported by telegraph" * headquarters at
Omaha and the orders of the department
commander obtained.
John Sweeny , of Madison county , is
out nine head of sheep killed by dogs.
Bring out the shotguns.
The storm at Grafton last week did
considerable damage. The large skating
rink of Mr. McCally , in process of erection ,
was struck broadside bj the gale and badly
racked , being moved off of us foundation ,
and only the most strenuous exertions pre
vented its being entirely demolished. Other
damages occurred but nothing of a serious
nature is recorded.
A' THRILLING WRECK.
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The Schooner-Babcoclt Beached on the
N w Jersey Coast.
One of the most thrilling shipwrecks
seen on the New Jersey coast for years.oc
curred on the27th. The schooner L. and
A. Babcock beached near Barnegat , and al
though the life-saving crew arrived in time
to shoot a line over the vessel , the crew
were soweak from working the pumps that
they could not draw the ropes through the
surf. In one hour after the vessel struck
nothing could be discerned but a lot of
brok n pieces of timber. The first person
to go fr > m tbe vetstl was Mis. Scarborough ,
wife of the mate. She was struck by a full
ing spar while being held by her busbar , d ,
and was knocked from his arms
into the sea. Her husband immediately
sprang after her , and afterward picked up
on the beach unconscious. A Swedish sea
man swam ashore. The captain , mate's
wife and three seamen were drowned. The
mate's wife hod "borne up bravely from the
time of the springing ol the leak until the
going to pieces of the vessel , when her
bbntks were heartrending. It is feared
that other wrecks occurred , as the beach
was strewn with diilt and Virginia pine
woods. The storm was terrible. Cars
standing on the narrow gnage road were
blown over and no boats were left either at
Barnegat or Beaoh Haven , to connect with
the railroads. Many people watched the
vessel go to pieces.
Thrilling Wreck of the Schoonei
Babcock on the New
Jersey Coast.
Pooeedings of the Recently Held
Meeting of the Republican Na
tional Committee.
Election of Bishop of Nebraska-Politi
cal Matters-Criminal , Foreign
and Other News.
NEWS NOTES.
In arresting a suspicious character a'
the union depot in. Milwaukee Policemai
Frank Fiezek was fatally wounded , receiv
ing two bullets in his body.
The Tammany committee on organi
zation has decided to send 600 members tc
the Chicago democratic convention on thi
5th of July.
The Federal court at Austin , Texas
has sentenced Jack Brock , the stage mall
robber , operating near Fort Sill , to impris
onment for life at Chester , Ills. , peniten
tiary.
tiary.The
The row between Mayor Harrison
of Chicago , and the gamblers , continues ,
and it is yet an open question which wil
come out on top. The gamblers say the )
propose to defeat him for delegate to thi
national convention and for the nomlnatioi
for governor.
The Queen's hotel , at Port Arthur ,
Manitoba , was burned , it is supposed by ai
incendiary , on tbe 2lst. Loss , $30COO ,
William McPberson , a commercial traveler ,
was roasted alive.
The prospects for wheat and oats ir
Kansas remain unchanged , and * are as fiat
tering as previously .reported. Harvestinf
of wheat has begun in the southern uectiot
of the state and will commence in northen
Kansas in about ten days.
Captain Drisko , of the schooner A
V. Drisko , from Cardenas to Philadelphia
reports that his vessel was fired upon by i
Spanish gunboat while he was entering
Cardenas harbor. The attack was made oi
May 21. The captain says he cannot ac
count for the firing , which was unexpected
and entirely unwarranted.
There was a disastrous fire on th
23d in the large wholesale bakery establish'
ment of A. D. Baseman , in Wllliamsburg
New York. The wall of the burning struc'
ture fell into the alleyway where the fire
men stood , and three were buried in th <
ruins. .
An immense deposit of natural gai
was struck at Steubenville , Ohio , by drill
ers at the Jefferson iron works. The pres <
sure is so great the roar of the escaping
gas is heard a quarter of a mile. The flov
is estimated to be greater than at any wel
yet discovered outside of Pennsylvania.
Yale college has conferred the degree
of LL. D. upon Governor Hoadly , of Ohio ,
and Ellis H. Roberts , editor of the Utic :
( N. Y. ) Herald.
The Lindell Hotel association , of St
Louis , made an assignment for the benefi
of creditors.
Albertina Anderson was shot dead al
San Francisco by William C. Milton , wh (
then blew his own brains out. Her refusa
to marry him was the cause.
Andrew Long , the wife murderer ,
was taken from jail at Joana , Michigan ,
and conveyed to Muir for preliminary ex
amination , where a mob took him from the
officers , got a rope around his neck and
were about to execute him , when the of
ficers , by a desperate struggle , rescued
him and got him to a hotel.
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The steamship Arizona brought 50C
men , women and children to the Port ol
New ' York on the 23d. They were all ship
ped'off to Utah under the care of twenty-
five Mormon eiders.
The river and harbor bill , as report
ed to the senate , is [ greater by $1,333,000
than the house bill.
There is a less prospect of an ad
journment of congress before the democrat
ic convention than there was a few days
ago.
ago.The
The Minneapolis Tribune publishes a
full crop report of the country along the
line of the Minneapolis and St. Louis road ,
showing all grains , wheat especially , in a
fine condition and promising a bountiful
harvest.
Fire at New Orleans on the 26th de
stroyed property valued at $400,000.
On the sixth ballot in the Florida
democratic state convention Perry was
nominated for governor. For lieutenant-
governor , M. H. Mabry , of Sumpter , was
nominated by acclamation.
The advance guard of the democratic
host soon to assemble in Chicago is already
on the ground.
The assignment of the Lindell Hotel
association at St. Louis does not affect that
hotel , which is being conducted as usual.
Dick Walker , the murderer of Lucius
Grant , both colored , was hung at Texar-
kana , Ark. , in the presence of 5,000 pee
ple. To the last he asserted his innocence ,
declaring that he acted in self-defense and
that his life was sworn away.
A boiler explosion in Von Behren &
Schafer's saw-mill , Striker , Ohio , injured
eleven men , some probably fatally.
The body of a Mrs. Cook , at Mat-
teen , 111. , was found at the bottom of a
well from which eighty-five feet of watei
had been pumped. Her throat was cut
from ear to ear and iron weights were tied
to the victim's feet. Her husband , Dan
Cook , is supposed to be the guilty partj
and is now under arrest.
Maxey Cobb , a former Nebraska
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trotting'horse , recently trotted in New
York , and the Sun says he "trotted a quar
ter in 33 > i , making the half in l-.OSV , and
the half in 2:21 > 3. He was not pushed foi
the mile , for the reason that he will trot at
the early meetings to beat the stallion rec
ord , which from his present form he bids
fair to do. "
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FOREIGN.
The comments of the English press
on the republican nomination for the presi
dency continue to be pretty steadily adverse
to Mr. Blaine. Telegrams announce that
O 'Donovan Eossa ana Patrick Ford sup
port him. This rather disgusts the English ,
and will end by alienating European opin
ion , unless Blaine clearly disowns such al
lies The Irish leaders in London seem to
be anxiously awaiting some developments
of an extraordinary character. The fact
that the Parnellites seem to be in a state of
constant apprehension would indicate they
havu good reosoe to know that the ' 'force
party" are on the eve cf attempting to carry
out some well planned scheme of terrorism.
The police are nervously active.
It is officially admitted at the Vatican
that serious threats have been received
against the pope's life by dynamiters.
The first death at Toulon from chol *
era occurred June 4th , but was kept secret.
Travelers assert that eighteen deaths from
cholera occurred there on the 24th.I
In the Italian chamber of deputies
the prime minister said as a precaution
against cholera , the government has forbid
den French ships free pratique atltallac
ports and had instructed quarantine.
In the German reichstag the Windt-
horst bill abolishing the expulsion and im
prisonment of the clergy for exercising
functions without civil authority passed to
third reading 246 to 84. The bill was read
without debate.
Henry Gillig gave a banquet at Lon
don on the 24th in honor of'Sarcrent , ex-
United States minister to Berlin. Ex-Sena
tor Ferry , Justin McCarthy , E. A. Merrltt ,
the consul-general at London , Branson
Howard , General Noyes , ex-United States
minister to Paris , Pultstone Banker and
others were present. Ex-United Attorney
Ferry , of Brooklyn , in a speech said Sar
gent had done his duty and was surc'.of a
hearty welcome home.
At a meeting of physicians at Toulon
in relation to cholera , the majority ex
pressed the opinion it was Asiatic.
A bomb filled with powerful explo
sives was found in the shrubbery near the
exhibition rotunda , in Vienna. All public
buildings are carefully watched , owing to
fears of outrages by anarchists.
Hanoi dispatches state that Chinese
'
regulars' , with artillery , have entrenched
themselves at Langoor , in violation of tbe
treaty , and attacked the French forces on
the 23d as they were on the march , killing
seven and wounding forty-two. General
Megrint was immediately sent out with re
inforcements. General Milot telegraphs as
follows : "The French numbered seven
hundred. We are on the way to Langoon.
Although greatly outnumbered , we routed
the Chinese. The French lost two officers. ' '
POLITICAL.
The committee appointed by the re-
Siblican county committee of New York
ty to make arrangements for a monster
Blaine and Logan ratification meeting , bos
decided to hold a meeting two weeks hence.
The speakers will be Senator Hawley , Sec
retary Lincoln , Governor Oglesby , Secre
tary Frelinghuysen and Secretary Teller.
Prominent labor leaders at Pittsburg
have received letters from leading green-
backers urging the working men to a mass
meeting at Chicago prior to the meeting ol
the democratic national convention , and
join in a Ben Butler demonstration , which
will be made duing the time the convention
is in session
At a meeting of the independent re
publican committee at New York on the
24th , Carl Schurz presiding , an executive
committee was appointed , consisting of
Carl Schurz , Horace E. Deming and E. A.
Doty , to be increased by two other mem
bers , whose duty it will be to prepare im
mediately a document addressed totho
republican voters throughout the country.
Next to Tilden , the Missouri delega
tion to Chicago is practically solid for
Cleveland. Their action will depend large
ly , however , upon the position and prefer
ences of the delegation from New York and
other eastern and doubtful states.
The Indiana democratic platform en
dorses McDonald for the presidency. Isaac
P. Gray , M. D. Manson and David Turpie
were placed In nomination for governor.
Gray was nominated on the first ballot.
Manson was nominated for lieutenant-gov-
einor by acclamation ; W. B. Myers for
secretary of state and John J. Cooper for
treasurer.
The North Carolina democratic state
convention nominated General Alfred M.
Scales for governor , and Charles M. Stead-
man for lieutenant-eovernor. The dele
gates to Chicago are divided between Bay
ard and Cleveland.
John Kelly , of New York , made the
following statement in regard to presiden
tial nominees : "I am opposed to Governor
Cleveland , but only because I believe there
are other men better fitted to receive the
nomination. I hive been brought in con
tact with many people , both republicans
and democrats , throughout the city and all
expressed the wish that Bayard should re
ceive the nomination. I hope so myself ,
and believp that if nominated he would be
elected. The opposition to Bayard because
of his so-called record is absurd. In fact , I
think this 'bloodv shirt' business is played
out "
A conference of colored democrats ,
rppresenting different states , was held at
New York , and delegates appointed to the
national democratic convention at Chicago ,
to endeavor to secure representation for the
colored democratic voters of the country.
J. H. Gallagher , chairman of the
New Hampshire republican state commit
tee , is out with a stirring address to repub
licans of that state.
A number of Chicago democrats have
united in sending a telegram to Daniel
Manning , chairman of the democratic state
committee of New York , in which they say
they believe the interests of the country de
mand the nomination of Cleveland.
CAMPAIGN WORK.
Meeting of the Republican National Com
mittee at New York.
The republican national committee
met at the Fifth avenue hotel , NPW York ,
on the 26th. John W. Mason , of West Vir
ginia , was made temporary chairman , and
George W. Hooker , of Vermont , temporary
secretary. Every state and territory was
represented , either by member or proxy ,
except Georgia , Minnesota. Texas , Mon
tana , Washington Territory , Wyoming
and Utah. Mr. Haynes , of Maine ,
moved that the chair appoint a
committee of three to nominate
permanent officers. The chair named
J. Manchester Haynes , G. A. Hobart -
bart and J. E. Morey as such committee
and the gentlemen retired. Pending their
deliberations the national committee , at
12:35 , tooka recess for half an hour. The
special committee reported B. F. Jones , of
Pittsburg , for chairman , and Samuel Fes-
senden , of Connecticut , for secretary , and
the following executive committee : J. B.
Chaffee. of Colorado ; J. C. New , of In
diana ; J. M. Mason , of West Virginia ; J.
M. Haynes , of Maine ; W. W. Crape , of
Massachusetts ; E.Sanderson , of Massachu
setts ; S. B. Elkins , of New Mexico ; G. A.
Hobart , of New Jersey ; George W.
Hooker , of Vermont ; John D. Lawson ,
of New York ; E. W. Humphrey , of North
Carolina ; Frank S. Blair , of Virginia ; Pow
ell Clayton , of Arkansas ; Frank Morris , of
Lyuisiana : A. L. Conger , of OhiojJohn B.
Sanborn , of Michigan ; Church Howe , of
Nebraska : Cyrus Leland , Jr. , of Kansas ;
John B. Lynch , of Mississippi ; J. S. Clark-
son , of Iowa : D. J. Layton , of Delaware ,
andE. H. Bollins , of New Hampshire.
Also the following finance committee : B.
F. Jones , Horace Davis , John D. Lawson ,
David T. Settler , W. W. Crape , E. H. Rol
lins , James A. Gay and George W. Hooker.
Mr. Jones , the new chairman , made a hap
py and ( modest address in accepting the
aonor.
The executive committee met and was in
session two hours with doors closed. Sena
tor Chaffee was made permanent chairman
and Colonel Hooker permanent secretary.
The committee delegates its full power to a
sub-committee to act during tbe recess ,
consisting of Elkins , Chaffee and Hobart.
[ t is understood that these three gentlemen
will supplement the work of the chairman
inactive organizing. This sub-committee
resolved to add , under the power given
> y the general executive committee , the
names of Conger of Ohio and Mr. Clarkson
of Iowa , to have more especially care of the
committee and party's work in the western
states.
The following advertisement recently
appeared in the Iowa -State Register :
'Every family , and especially those re
siding in the country , should keep a
bottle of Chamberlain's Colic , Cholera
and Diarrboja , Remedy at hand. It is
the best and most reliable medicine in
use for bowel complaint , and costs but
25 or 50 cents per bottle. " Sold by all
druggists.
WASHINGTON HATTERS.
Passage of Bills Relieving Sol
diers from the Charge of
Desertion.
Mr. Valentine Makes Explanation
Regarding Land Held by
Senator Logan.
Nomination of the Governor of Dakota
-Other Washington Intelli-
gencc.
CONGRESSIONAL.
8KNATE ,
MONDAY , Jane 23. A resolution wai
adopted directing the committee on expen
ditures of public money to investigate thi
recent defalcations In the departments and
frauds upon the na\y department , and t (
inquire into the system of making disburse
ments and purchase of supplies , with i
view to determining whether it embrace :
efficient safeguards against defalcations ant
frauds.
The pending question in connection will
the Mexican pensions bill was an amend
ment by Mr. Ingalls dating the pensions o (
union soldiers from the date of dischargi
or disabilsty and extending to October ,
1884 , t ! > e limitation time to file application
for arrears.
Mr. Sherman opposed the amendment.
Mr. Conger advocated it.
Mr. Ingalls called Mr. Sherman's atten
tion to the i latform of the republican na
tional convention of this year.
Mr. Sherman said the platform of the late
republican convention had been made in i
few hours' lime , on a sweltering day , bj
forty-two men suddenly called together
some of whom neversaw each other before.
A. senator of the United States , in the per
formance of his sworn duty , must hare
some better guide than a hastily arranged
party platform.
Mr. Ingalls' amendment was voted dowi
yeas 26 , nays 37.
HOUSE.
Mr. Hancock ntroduced a bill au
thorizing the funding of tha entire bonded
debt of the United States in 2 per cent. 51
year bonds. Referred.
Mr. Randall , chairman of the committee
on appropriations , said he was directed b ;
the unanimous voice of that committee tc
move to suspend the rules and pass the
gundry civil appropriation bill.
Mr. Morrison asked unanimous conscnl
to be allowed to offer an amendment direct
ing the secretary of the treasury to applj
the sur lus revenue at any time in the
treasury in excess of $100,000,000 , and
not otherwise appropriated , to the
redemption of United States bonds , and
when any of the said bonds are redeemable
at pleasure of the government it shall not be
lawful to apply any portion of the surplus
to the purchase of bonds at a premium. Mr.
Randall Joined Mr. Morrison in this request ,
but Mr" . Hiscock objecting , the reading of
the bill was proceeded with and when con
cluded the thirty minutes' debate permit
ted under the rules was entered upon.
A motion to suspend the rules and piss
the sundry civil bill was agreed to yeas
180. nays 35.
The senate amendments to the army ap
propriation bill were non-concurred in.
Adjourned.
SKNATE.
TUESDAY , June 24. Consideration
of the Mexican pension bill was resumed.
At 3 o'clock debate opened and voting
upon the amendments then began.
The amendment was agreed to providing
that no person shJl be entitled to more
than one pension at one time under the law
of the United States , unless that fact be
specially stated.
The bill then passed yeas 37 , nays 27.
The following pairs were announced :
Aldrich with Gorman , Cullom with Kenna ,
Anthony with Gibson , Hoar with Harris.
The legislative bill was taken up , when
the senate went into executive session and
soon adjourned.
HOUSE.
The senate bill passed granting let
ter carriers fifteen days' leave of absence
each year.
Oury , from the committee on Indian af
fairs , reported a resolution calling on the
secretary of the interior for information re
lating to the claims of certain persons of
portions of lands of the Zunilndians in New
Mexico and Arizona. Adopted.
The house then resumed consideration of
the unfinished business , viz. : Bill repeal
ing the pre-emption , timber culture and
desert land laws , and-amending the home
stead law.
Holman offered an amendment providing
; hat hereafter no public lands adapted to
igriculture shall be sold , except mineral
ands and town sites ; but that they shall be
reserved for actual and bona fide settlers
inder the homestead law. Agreed to. The
) ill passed yeas 147 , nays 41.
The electoral count bill was then taken
up. The house bill was adopted as a sub
stitute for the senate bill yeas , 127 , nays
52.
52.The
The senate bill , as amended by the sub
stitute , was then read a third time and
passed. Recess until 8 o'clock.
At the evening session the house passed
the following bills :
For the settlement of the accounts of
Dfficers who served in the war of the re-
Dellion.
To authorize a retired list for privates
and non-commissioned officers of the
Jnited States army who served thirty years.
To provide for the settlement of the
claims of officers and men for the loss of
private property destroyed in military ser-
rtceA
A bill appropriating $250,000 for the loca
tion of a branch soldiers' home in Arkan
sas , Colorado , Kansas , Iowa , Minnesota ,
Missouri or Nebraska gave rise to a good
ieal of discussion. On the question of its
passage no quorum voted and no further
iction was taken.
The senate bill was passed providing for
he disposal of abandoned and useless mili
tary reservations.
SENATE.
WEDNESDAY , June 24. Consideration
of the legislative bill was resumed.
Beck opposed the amendment proposed
> y the senate committee on appropriations
striking out the clause consolidating and
reorganizing customs collection districts.
Dhe keeping up of districts that did not pay
expenses was merely to support a lot of
jlection bummers.
"Allison , Slater , Hawley , Hale , Dawes.
Sewell , Jones ( Fia. ) and Lapham supported
he committee's proposition.
Ingalls remarked that if the house of rep
resentatives should pass the senate appro
priation bill with the clause limit'ng the
aumber of postoffices in the United States
o 69 , the case would be a parallel with
hat under discussion.
After further debate the committee's
imendment was agreed to striking out the
: lause directing consolidation yeas 41 ,
lays13.
HOUSE.
Mr. Hewitt , from the committee on
vays and means , reported the bill to raodi-
y the existing * aws relating to duties on
mports and collection of revenue. Refer
red to committee 'of the whole.
The bill passed authorizing the establish-
nent of a branch soldiers' home in Arkan-
as , Colorado , Kansas , Iowa , Minnesota ,
U isEouri or Nebraska. The location will be
determined by thoboard of managers of thcr
Soldiers' Home.
The Chalmers-Manning contested election ,
coso was taken up , and the majority-rbao-
lutlon adopted. Chalmers appeared at the-
bar of the house and took the oath of offlce. .
BEKATK.
Thursday , June 26. Consideration ,
of the legislative bill was proceeded with , ,
and the amendment proposed by the senate
appropriation committee , to strike out the
clause permitting distilleries mashing ten
bushels or less of grain per day , to bo run.
without storekeepers , was adopted.
An amendment was adopted providing-
that reports in the Congressional Eecord
shall be accurate transcript proceedings and
debates of the two houses of congress.
Two amendments offered by Beck were-
defeated. and the bill then passed.
The bill to forfeit the unearned land grant
of the Atlantic & Pacific railroad company
was taken up , when the senate went into-
executive session and adjourned.
UOUSE.
The senate bill passed authorizing tho-
construction of a bridge across the Missouri
at White Cloud , Ivans.
The house determined yeas 185 , nays 8 -
to consider the uatinibhed business , being
the bill to forfeit the land grant oi the.
' 'Backbone" railroad of Louisiana.
Mr. Payson maintained the grant was not
forfeitable , either in law orrquity , and that
for the government to attempt to forfeit it.
would be akin to absolute repudiation.
This hnd case is one upon which the judi
ciary committee of the house has submitted-
an opinion , denying { be legal power of con
gress to declare the forfeiture , and Henley , ,
in advancing the bill , referred to this opin
ion and criticised the committee for having :
confounded principles pertaining to private *
with those pertaining to public grants antlj
for failing to make any dstinction between
them.
The vote on the passage of the bill re
sulted yeas 77 , nays 121.
SENATE.
FRIDAY , June 27. Mr. Hale , from ,
the committee on appropriations , reported
the general deficiency appropriation bill ,
with amendments.
Unfinished business was then laid before
the senate , being the bill providing for the
forfeiture of the unearned lands granted to-
the Atlantic and Pacific railroad. A long
debate ensued. Finally a motion to go
into executive session prevailed. Before the
doois were closed , 'however , Mr. Hawley
called the attention of the senate to the
statement in the Record that Senator Logan
owned 80,000 acres of land. This statement ,
he said , was untrue. The gentleman re
ferred to is only the owner of the land on ,
which his father died and to which he has.
added a little in his own state , Illinois.
Alluding to the same matter , Mr. Logan
said : "The statement is utterly false. I
do not propose to give a schedule of my
property to anybody , but the property I do
own is in the state of Illinois. I do own ,
some two or three tracts of land , but all tut
together would not make a hundredth part
of what they charge. "
HOUSE.
The house proceeded to the contideratioft
of private business , and bills were passed ,
to relieve certain soldiers of the late war
from the charge of desertion and for the re
lief of Myia Clark Gaines.
Mr. Valentine , rising to a question of
privilege , said some days ago a gentleman
fiomNew York ( McAdoo ) had taken oc
casion to print as a part of his icinttiks a.
very long dispatch from this city to New
York. It contained the names of some of
our native land monopolists , saying the full
list would fill every page of the paper. In
the libt of names printed in the Record to
day appeared the name of Senator Logan as-
owning 80,000 acres of laud. Mr. Logan
bad called his ( Valentine's ) attention to *
this to-day , and had desired him to say to-
the bouse that so far as related to him the
statement was absolutely falte. The only
land he owned was a little homestead in
Illinois.
The house , at the evening session , discussed -
cussed the pension bill , but without action ,
adjourned.
SENATE.
SATURDAY , June 28. The house bill
was reported favorably granting a p cnslort-
to the widow of General James B. Stead-
man.
The general deficiency bill was then taken ,
up.
up.A proviso that no part of the money ap -
prqpriated for district attorneys and their
absibtants should be used to pay special
counsel fees was agreed to.
On motion of Mr. Sherman an item of.
$3,950 was added to enable the secretary of
the treasury to reimburse the amount paid
for the expenses of tbe commission ap
pointed to go to Louisina iu 1877.
An item was added authorizing the attor
ney general to pay Chas. H. Reed for ser
vices as counsel for the late Charles J. Gui-
teau such turn as he may deem just , not to
exceed $3,000.
HOUSE.
Mr. Herr , from the committee on ap
propriations , reported the fortifications ap
propriation bill. Referred to the commit
tee of tbe whole.
Randall , on behalf the minority of this
committee , submitted a substitute thereof.
Referred.
The house then went into committee of
the whole , Springer in the chair , on the
business reported from the committee on
labor.
The first bill considered was one provid
ing for the adjustment of accounts of gov
ernment laborers , workmen and mechanics
arming under tbe eight-hour law.
Mr. Tillman ( S. C. ) opposed the bill ancL
characterized it as a. claim agents' bill , and
declaring that it would permit another raid
of $30,000OuO upon the treasury , and not
only permit a raid but create an aristocracy
of labor.
The first section of the bill was amended
so as to read as follows : ' 'That whoever , as.
a laborer , workman or mechanic , is here
after employed by or on behalf of the gov
ernment of the United States , shall be paid
for each eight hours he has been employed
as for a full day's work. " The second sec
tion was amended to correspond with the
first section , so as to apply merely to the
future.
No final action was had and the house ad
journed.
HEATY WIND STOKM.
Buildings and Circus Tents Blown
There were no races at the Driving
park at Council Bluffs on the 25th on ac
count of a disastrous storm which visited ,
that city about 1 o'clock. The storm did.
not partake of the nature of a cyclone , but
was a steady blow. Rain also fell in tor
rents. The exhibition building at the track
was blown down. Five men and several
hones , which had taken refuge
in it when the storm came up ,
were in it at the time , but for
tunately none of them were seriously in-
lured. Not a board of the building was
left standing. It was built two years ago
at a cost of $11,000 ; insured for $5 5X ) . No
other damage of any moment was done at
the Driving park. Shade trees were blown
ilown all over the city and several tin roofs
blown off. John B. Doris' circus bad just
erected their tent , which was blpwn down ,
rhe canvass was badly torn and tbe ward
robes and trappings drenched with water. .
Doris' loss will be about $5,000. Very Ht-
: le damage is reported ii the surrounding
country.
An Insurance Test Case.
Several years ago the Chicago city
council passed an ordinance imposing a tax
jf 2 per cent , on the gross receipts of insur
ance companies doing business in that city ,
whose headquarters were outside of the
state of Illinois. The matter remained in.
m undecided state. A short time ago a
; est case was submitted to the superior
: ourt. The decision of that court wan made
public on the 2b'tn , and holds the ordinance
a leszl. A large amount of money is In
volved.
