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THE TKIBUNK F. M. & K. M. K1MMKI/L , Pubs. ftfcCOOK , NEB ALL OVER .THE STATE. On the night of the 4th the town hall at Wayne , occupied as county offices , was destroyed , by fire. All of the countv rec ords , together with the plant of the Wayne Tribune , were removed , but the chairs and organ in the hall were burned. The fire is supposed have been set by a "drunk' ' Incarcernted-ln the sheriff's room for the night. Loss about $4,000 ; insured for $2- 609. 609.Marion Marion Chambers , " who resides abont two and one-half miles southwest of Crab Orchard , bad his house blown over while he and his wife and two children were in it. Mr. C. was bruised up .considerably , his wife received severe external injuries , and the children were shook up to some extent. Ex-City Marshal Guthrie , of Omaha , after a hard fought trial lasting ten days , nas'been found guilty of bribery and re manded to jail for sentence. The trial of ex-Mayor Chase on the same charge will commence in a few days. William A. Hickman , of Smith Centre , Kansas , a notorious character who was once tried in the district court of Franklin county for shooting with intent to MIL met his death on the 4th accidentally , at Oxford. He went into a livery stable and drank some horse medicine , containing poison , from a bottle , supposing it to be whisky , and died soon after. Fruitgrowers throughout the state are urged to make at once complete reports with regard to the condition of orchardR , * prospective yield of fruit , etc. , to J. T. Al len , Omaha. Hints as to the varieties of apples which do best , as well as informa tion regarding increased acreage , are re quested , together with all points and facts which lean upon the fruit crop of Nebraska. There are 10S.887 school children in the state and the June apportionment of the school fund shows $303,401.35 to be dis tributed for their benefit. Harrison , the "boy preacher , " is holding forth at Lincoln ind drawing large audiences. Indications are that there is quite a religious awakening at the capital city through his efforts. Frank Kostland , of Seward county , is out a valuable mare and colt killed by lightning. The barn in which the animals stood was not much damaged. Frank James , the Missourian of un savory reputation , has been spending a sea son of recreation in Nebraska City. As an evidence that Creighton is get ting to the front , it is noted that a bank with a capital of $25,000 has Just been or ganized , while a $3.000.opera house and an extensive skating rink will soon be num bered among other improvements of the present season. Mr. Klingman , " of Pawnee county , has recently had a cow go mad that was bitten by a dog in April. A man named Ashley , of the same county , also had a hog go mad that was bitten at the same time. John Lenon , recently arrested in Omaha , charged with having stolen $1,600 from his room-mate , died in Jail In that city from delirium tremens. * A man named Collaway is in the Herrick county Jail , being held for murder committed in North Carolina in 1883. He was arrested near Grand Island. Corres pondence with the North Carolina authori ties is now in progress , and will doubtless soon result in the prisoner being taken to the scene of his operations. James S. Reynolds suicided at Utica on the 5th. He was an old resident. The cause for the deed is not known. Mrs. Calkins , of Beatrice , aged 73 , was out driving when the horse ran away , and she was thrown to the ground , being severely injured. Two little , girls in the carriage with her were unhurt. The loan and building association of Central City has now been in operation more than a year , and is in a flourishing condition. James Reynolds , of Utica , suicided a few days ago by hanging. He was a man about 60 years of age , and is thought to have been troubled about family matters. Wm. Wheeler , a cowooy , wording for the Ogallala Land and Cattle company , was drowned in the North Platte river , ten miles north of BIg'Springs , while crossing on horseback. The value of real and personal prop erty in Douglas county , in which the city of Omaha is located , is 62,000,000. There has been an increase in the assessed valuation of property of 1884 over that of 1883 of $1,083,865.92 , or about 10 per cent. Mrs. Manning , who mysteriously dis appeared a few days ago from Sterling , while visiting her daughter , Mrs. Heward , and for whom Mr. Heward advertised , has been heard from , having reached her home in Cambridge-Keb. , all right and without a cent of money. ' J ? Srmer , the owner of a -9& "mill near Percival , Iowa , was "held up" by some unknown parties in Nebraska City and robbed of $150 in cash and a silver watch. On'the morning of the Fourth , a man and his wife , living near De Witt , started in a"wagori to drive to town to attend the celebration. They had gone but a short distance when the woman was stricken with heart disease and died iristantiy. The Plum Creek Pioneer says ? "A frightful affair occurred yesterday afternoon IniPhelps county. AB. CrandalU a farmer living a few .miles'west of Wilttamsburg postoffice , with/Ms'faaily drove to a neigh bor's to spebd/'the Fourtb. Upon arrival there the horses were'unhitched and tied to the wagon , in which a twomonths' old in fant was left lying asleep. Some time af terward the baby wa discovered with its feet off , or nearly so , one of the horses hav ing eaten them off. ' ' In Dawson county , while John Wis- ner was driving home from town with his family , a sudden and violent lurch of the wagon threw his 12-year-old daughter out of the vehicle'to the ground. One of the wagon wheels passed over the girl's head , almost severing one of her ears , but for tunately doing no more serious damage. A severe rain and wind storm struck Fullerton and surrounding'country last week , in the midst of which two or three 'houses were moved from their foundations B. P. Miller lost thirteen head of cattle by lightning , George Young one , and a party near Central City five. Judge Parker , in conversation with a Lincoln reporter remarked that there never had been a time in the history of that city when there was such a demand for children to adopt as at present. Applications * are made every day DJ respectable people , and for every child that is left homeless and des titute there are a dozen persons eager to adopt it and bring it up as their own. With , this state of things there ought to be , says the Journal , someway by which the help less tittle Innocents who are abused by their natural parents copld be given to those who' would give them good ; > homes and proper treatment. A llaw and order league has been or ganized at Omaha. The object of the pro posed organization may be gleaned from the following clause of the constitution : "Itfobject shall be to secure , by all proper means the suppression of the sale of liquor to minors and drunkards , and the enforce ment of the laws and ordinances regulating the sale of intoxicating liquors , and such other laws and ordinances as the league may from time to time direct. " f OBK OF CONGRESS. The Session Closed and Mem bers Again Returned to Their Homes. What Has Been Accomplished in the Session Which- Has Just Ended. Revenue Agents Dismissed from the Service Senate Coflrmations Hisceallaneons Matters. CONGRESSIONAL. SENATK. Monday , July 6. The senate and house continued in session all Saturday night and Sunday in order to dispose of the various appropriation and other measures pending , and a vast amount of business was transacted. The president arrived at his room In the capital at 11 p. m. Sunday , his cabinet and private secretaries accompany * ing him , and remained until after midnight. He signed the fortification and postoffice ap propriation bills and a number of private pension bills. MONDAY , July 7. About 245 the vice- president pro tern ( Mr. Edmunds ) said : ' Senators , the hour that closes the first session of the forty-eighth congress has come. It fills almost a century of a consti tutional republican government of the people ple , whose career has excited the wonder and admiration of mankind. Let us hope that our labors as representatives of the state and people may justify the placing of another white stone In the long shining pathway of the republic. However ardent and perplexing may have been our labors , however exciting may have been the con tests , opposing opinions and politics , no one of us , I think , can meet the hour of separation without emotions and , I hope , not unpleasant solicitude that embrace the past , present and future. The smallness of our number and the peculiar nature of our organization , which embraces potent participation in the action of our organization governmental , legisla tive , executive and Judicial , produces an intimacy of personal relations as pleasant as it is important , and makes the movement when we separate one of peculiar interest and tenderness. The chair makes his sin cere and grateful acknowledgments for the very flattering resolution of the senate touching the administrative duties imposed on him by his office. He is glad and proud to say that , without exception , he has been aided by constant kindness , courtesy , and the assistance of all the members of the sen ate and its officers. The chairman , in now performing the last formal act of the session , wishes for all of you every fealty , and begs to express to each one of you his heartfelt personal friendship and good will. The present sitting of the forty-eighth congress stands adjourned without date. " HOUSE. SUNDAY , July 7. In the absence of Speaker Carlisle , who left for Chicago at 3 o'clock this morning , the house was called to order by the clerk of the house and a short recess was taken. After recess Randall offered a resolution appointing J. C. S. Blackburn as speaker pro tern during the temporary absence of the speaker. Adopted unanimously. Blackburn , on taking the chair , thanked the house for the mark of confidence , and said he would endeavor to deserve it. The house then took another recess until 11:30. Theho'usereassembled at. 11:30 and at 11:35 adjourned , and.the session tof Satur day was closed. The session of Monday began at noon , and on motion of Eandall the house concur red in the senate amendment to the ad journment resolution * fixing the hour for final adjournment at 2 o'clock. At 2 o'clock Randall announced that the committee appointed to wait upon the presi dent had performed that duty , and the president rad no further communications to make to the house. On motion of "Wolford the bill passed in creasing the pension of soldiers who have lost an arm at the shoulder Joint to the amount received by those who have lost a leg at the hip Joint. .t 2:15 recreation of the call of the house was indulged in. The doors were closed and excuses made for absentees , the favor ite excuse being offered that the gentlemen were in Chicago on important business. Finally , on motion of Young , the house ex cused all the democratic members , who are in Chicago engaged in the patriotic duty of nominating a man for the presidency who would beat the republican ticket , but the call did not consume time fast enough , and the hands of the clock were advanced ten minutes , The speaker pro tern , wishing each and every member a safe return to his home , declared the house adjourned without day. [ Applause. ] Leave-taking and handshaking ing followed , and the hall was soon de serted. _ CAPITAL TOPICS. 8KNATB CONFIRMATIONS. Lewis Richmond , of Rhode Island , minister resident and consul general of the United States In Portugal ; Alphonso Taft , of Ohio , envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the United States to Eus- sla ; John A. Kasson , of Iowa , envoy extra ordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the United States to Germany ; John M. Francis , envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the United States to Austria and Germany ; Samuel H. Baynes , consul-general at Borne , Italy ; John W. Lacy , of Indiana , chief Justice of the su preme court of Wyoming ; Andrew I. Lewis , Illinois , clerk of the district court of Alaska ; Chas. S. Zane , of Illinois , chief Justice of the supreme court of Utah ; Seward Smith , of Iowa , associate justice of the supreme court of.Dakota ; B. W. Haskell , of Iowa , attorney general of the United States for Alaska. Alaska.REVENUE AGENTS DISCHARGED. In pursuance with the provision of the legislative. Judicial and executive ap propriation bill reducing the Internal reve nue agents from thirty-five to twenty , the commissioner of internal revenue has or dered thedischarge of the following named agents : ' J : . McCuslck , California ; John Young- Tennessee ; John M. Burns , Ken tucky ; J. B. TfcCoy , Wisconsin ; James A. Bay , Kentucky ; < ? . B. Harrislon , Tennes see ; John B. Baum , Illinois ; Jasper Pack ard. Indiana ; W. L. Hollister , Minnesota ; A. M. Crane , California ; J. L. Trumbull , Indiana. _ NEWS NOTES. The Choctaw troubles , which origi nated in. the refusal of certain property owners to pay permit tax , has assumed a serious attitude. Mllow Hoyt , a prominent Choctaw leader , has been outlawed and- "driven Into the Cherokee nation , where he has a gang of about thirty men , mostly des perate characters , who have rallied to his support. The house of representatives granted the committee on expenditures for the de partment of Justice lxty days in which to file its report on the star-route investiga tion and the Investigation of fiaudulent ac tion of United States court officials. The river and harbor bill has finally passed both houses of congress. It appro priates' $600,000 for the Missouri river and the provision for a Missouri river commis sion was retained. fire in Lachine , Canada , destroyed forty houses , prlncipa'Jy occupied by poor laborers. Three hundred people are home less. Loss , $50,000. Work has been suspended at the Washington navy yard awing to a failure of congress to make an appropriation for its continuance. Woerschaffer & Co. , C. Coblanch & Co.W. G. Mortimer and William Bobln- son , of New York , bondholders of the Denvei and Bio Grande railroad , made application before Judge Hallet in Denver for a receiver for that corporation. Three children belonging to a family named Halns , living near the Kingman county line , Kansas , were burned to death. The mother left the children at home and went to a neighbor's on an errand. Upon returning she found the house in flames and the children burned to a crisp. * Pillot , aged 60 , husband of Mrae. Janauschek , the actress , was found dead from heart disease , in his apartments in Boston. The Central Pacific company has re ceived the announcement of the completion and opening to traffic of the Central Ameri can railroad from San Jose De Guatemala to the city of Guatemala , a distance of sev enty miles. The road is under the control of the Central Pacific system. The Spanish minister to Washington says the reports afloat of a proposed sale or transfer of Cuba by the Spanish government are untruthful and absurd At Austin , 111. , Henry Summers and May Whitney , a young couple who have been keeping company , were found lying on the sidewalk with bullet hqles in their' heads. The girl has remained unconscious ever since. Summers says she shot him and then herself. Two leading lumber yards of Toledo , O. . suffered by fire.on Wednesday'last ' as follows : Mitchell & Rowell Lumber com pany , $23,000 ; insurance , $25,600 ; Nelson , Holmes & Co. , $70,000 ; fully insured. Over $5,000,000 of property was jeopardized. The fire is supposed to have been caused by the sparks of a passing tug. Phobe Peck has died in Westfield , N.iY. , at the great age of 103 years , She was born in Cbarleton , Saratoga county , and has been a resident of Westfield since 1827. 1827.An An old feud between two gamblers , * 'Prince" McGowan and Augustus Slater of Baltimore , was the cause of a street fight in which the former was shot and instantly killed. Slater is in Jail to answer to the charge of murder. He is a nephew to Rob ert J. Slater of political fame. One of the train wreckers who have made several attempts to throw the cars of the Illinois Central railroad from the track , near Duck Hill , has been arrested , and it is probable the balance of the gang will be captured. The crop report of the agricultural department relative to cotton shows the rain has been excessive , but there is noth ing at present to render a fair crop impossi ble. The next sixty days will be awaited with interest , if not anxiety. The general average condition is one point'lower than at the time of the last report 86 instead of 87. The area in corn has increased about 2 per cent. The .total area will be between 69 , - 000,000 and 70,000,000 acres. A few states report a decrease Maine , Massachusetts , New York , Louisiana and Minnesota. There is a good degree of uniformity in the increase in southern and central districts. It is 5 per cent in Iqwa , 20 in Nebraska and 30 in Dakota. There is also an increase on the Pacific coast. The editor of the New York Sun has agreed to prepare apaper to be read before the First regiment the Union Veteran army of Boston. It will contain the secret history of Davis' visit to General Sheridan at the front during the last campaign in the Shenandoah valley. A telegram from Bayard , Md. , says A , man named Stevenson was shot through tKe heart and instantly killed by James Glenn.T The tragedy was caused by the alleged inti macy of Glenn with Stevenson's wife. The receivers of the Wabash make a general announcement that Vice President Talmage , of the Missouri Pacific , has severed his connectiou with that property and will take entire charge of general man agement of the Wabash system. The court , in original instructions , ordered the re ceivers of the Wabash to cancel the lease of propertyvto the Iron Mountain and the sepa rate the management of the two properties entirely. Coroner Muscroft , of Cincinnati , has ended the investigation on the dead bodies of the persons killed in the late riot. He enumerates fifty-three whose bodies' he buried. Of these he finds that Captain Desmond was killed by unknown persons in the mob ; one man ( Goetzshot himself aect- ientally ; another , named Smaiz , was un lawfully shot on Sunday afternoon by the militia , and all the others were Justifiably killed , they baring failed to obey the com mand of the sheriff to disperse. FOREIGN. Advices from Marseilles state that the number of persons who have left there on account of the cholera has reached 15,000. Even the magistrates are becoming panic- stricken and deserting their posts. The use of pork by the army is forbidden , and school children are forbidden to drink only weak coffee or heavily diluted rum when thirsty. The number of deaths from cholera has reached at Toulon five and at Marseilles fourteen dally. POLITICAL. Following is an authentic copy of a communication forwarded to Chicago to Mr. Barnum , chairman of the national committee , fromMr. Tilden : ' 'I have re ceived your telegram Informing me of the disposition to nominate me for the presi dency , and asking , 'Will you accept the unanimous nomination of the convention ? ' and also a telegram from Mr. Manning saying : 'It seems absolutely necessary that you ( I ) should answer Barnum's telegram as soon as possible. ' Your inquiry was ex plicitly answered in the negative by my let ter of June 10th to Mr. Manning. " At the great prohibition campmeeting _ _ _ _ . _ . . . . . . . . v f TII Al .1A t. - TT > A ill ft atDecatur , 111. , the agitator , Dr. Boole , discussed the-barbarism of liquor legislation at considerable length before a large ciowd. He holds that no legislature has constitu tional authority to legislate on the liquor traffic except to forever prohibit it , and tbat all legislation is usurpation of political power , a violation of the constitution and barbarism. ON THE WAR PATH. The TJte Indians Blake an Attack on a Col orado Cattle Camp Fire Hos- tilea Killed. Wilson , Carlisle and Johnson's cattle camp , in the western part of LaPlatte county , near the Utah line , was attacked by Ute Indians July 3d. Charles Cook and Adolph Lusk , employes of the cattle com pany , were badly wounded. Five Indians were killed and a number wounded. Eleven horses were killed by the Indians and one hundred stolen. The cowboys were driven off and their camp outfit burned. The provisions were carried away by the Indians. Two of the Wilson boys , eight and ten years old , rode 29 hours without food or rest , and arrived at'Durango in exhausted condition. Sixteen thousand head of cattle are left at the mercy of the Indians. Colonel Hall , commandant at Fort Lewis , dispatched a company of cavalry to drive the Indians back to the reservation. The Indians will probably reach the reservation well sup plied with horses and catte before the sol diers get in reach of them. THE POLITICAL fOBLD. The Outcome of the Democratic National Convention at Chicago. Mr. Cleveland , of New York , the Standard-Bearer in the Com ing Campaign. EX-GOT. Hendricks i gain Occupies the Second Place on the National Democratic Ticket. FIRST DAY. CHICAGO , June 8. The approach of the hour for the assembling of the conven tion was marked by the arrival of delegates in large bodies and a great crush of people at the doorways , which provoked contusion. The arrival of the California delegation car rying a banner at their head , provoked the first outburst of enthusiasm in the body of the audience. At 12:40 , Chicago time , the convention was called to order by ex-Senator Barnum , chairman of the national democratic com mittee. Prayer was offered by Rev. D. C. Mar- quard , of the Northwestern Theological . He for ' 'a seminary. prayed blessing on this assembly of representative citizens. That they should be endowed plentifully with that wisdom that is first pure , then peaceable and gentle and easy to be entreat ed : that nothing should be done through strife or vain Jealousy , but that they should be filled with that cbarity which is not puffed up and doth not behave itself un- seemingly. ' ' He prayed that their deliber ations would be guided to such conclusions that would best promote the glory of God and the welfare of the nation. Hon. R. B. Hubbard , of Texas , was unanimously elected temporary chairman of the convention. The chair appointed Senator R. H. Jones , of Louisiana , Hon. George T. Barnes , of Georgia , and Hon. Abram S. Hewitt , of New York , a commit tee to wait upon Mr. Hubbard , and con duct him to the chair. Mr. Hubbard , on taking the chair , gave thanks for the honor done him , and which he accepted , not as a tribute to himself , but as a compliment to the great state from which he came a state which is absolutely cosmopolitan in every fibre. The rest of the temporary organization was then announced as follows : Temporary secretary , Frederick O. Prince , of Massa chusetts : assistant secretaries , E. L. Jaer- ritt , of Illinois : Geo. . Guthrie , of Penn sylvania ; G. L. Johnston of Iowa ; Robert M. Bashford , of Wisconsin ; Chas. M. Val- landigham , of Missouri ; H. J. Lyne , of Tennessee ; Michael D. Barrett , of New Jersey ; reading clerks , T. O- Walker , of Iowa ; Thomas S. Pettltt , of Washington , D. C. ; Nicholas M. Bell , of Missouri ; Jas. E. Morrison , of New York , and H. L. Bryan , of Delaware ; official stenographer , Edwin P. Dickinson , of New York ; ser geant a1armsRichard | J Bright , of Indiana. The rest ol the temporary organization having been announced , Smalley , of Ver mont , a member of the national committee , offered a resolution that the rules of the last democratic convention shall govern this body , except that in voting for candidates no state should be allowed to change its vote until the roll of the states haU been called and until every state had cast its vote. Grady , of New York , offered as an amendment the following : "And when the vole of the state , as an nounced by the chairman of the delegation of such state , is challenged by any member of the delegation , tben the secretary shall call the names of the individual delegates from the state and their individual prefer ences as expressed shall be recorded as the vote of such state. ' ' . After a good deal of discussion on both sides of the question Grady's amendment was voted on as follows : Total vote cast , 795 ; for the amendment , 332 ; against , 463 ; notvotlng , 70. Adjourned until 11 o'clock to-morrow. The committee on permanent organiza tion met this evening and decided to re commend to the convention the name of Colonel W. F. Vilas , of Wisconsin , for permanent chairman , and that the remain ing officers of the temporary organization tie made permanent. SECOND DAT. CHICAGO , July 9. The convention was called to orderat 12:27 , and was opened with prayer by the Rt. Rev. Bishop Mc Laren of the diocese of Chicago. He prayed that the proceedings might be tempered by the sobar contemplations of the future , so that future generations might enjoy the re sults of law-regulated liberty and not have to suffer the consequences of a rash disre gard of the eternal laws of God. He prayed that the influence of patriotism might be supreme in the convention , and that all things might be done in it for the welfare of the land and the glory of God. Harrison , of Illinois , offered the follow ing resolution : ' 'That the members of the Democratic National Veteran association , now in conference in this city , who have not been supplied with tickets of admission be allowed to enter and occupy the vacant seats In the galleiy. ' ' The resolution was unani mously adopted. The report of the committee on permanent organization was then made , the name of W. H. Vilas , of Wisconsin , being presented as president , with a list of vice presidents ( one from each state ) and several secreta ries and assistants , and that the secretaries and clerks of the temporary organization be continued under the permanent organiza tion. The report was unanimously adoi't- ed , and Hendricks , of Indiana , with five other gentlemen , were appointed a commit tee to escort Mr. Vilas to the chair. The temporary chairman In presenting Mr. Vilas to the convention returned thanks lor the charity and forbearance shown to ward himself , and which , he siid , the per manent chairman would need much less. Mr. Vilas in taking the chair returned thankfor the honor done him , not as a recognition of himself but of the young democracy of the northwest. It was their fair due. It was a tribute to their lofty zeal and patriotism. They hailed it as a pres age and prototype of the coming triumph. [ Applause. ] This convention was assem bled to consider a great cause , to pronounce a * momentous Judgment. Its hand was on the helm of a mighty nation. Earth's greatest , noblest , free society would rejoice In the well considered work of the conven tion. Its import and value lay not in the hope of mere party victory , in clutching the spoils of office. The opportunity was preg nant with mighty possibilities of good to men. Snowden , of Pennsyvania , offered a reso lution for the call of the roll of states and the placing in nomination of candidates for president and vice-president. A motion was made to lay on the table Snowden's motion and to go into the nomi nations now. That question was taken by a vote of states and resulted in the negative. Harrison , of Illinois , moved an adjourn ment till 7 p. m. Lost , f Clurie , of California , moved an adjourn ment till to-morrow. Lost. Call of states for nomination for president and vice presi- dent.was then (2 p. m. ) commenced. When the state of Delaware was called there was an immediate outbreak of cheers. After the uproar had subsided Mr. George Gray , of Delaware , nominated Thos. F. Barard. When the state of Indiana was called , Mr. Hendricks. of that state , came to the plat form amid loud applause , and in an able speech nominated Mr. McDonald. General Black , of Illinois , seconded the nomination of McDonald. Jotfn W. Breckenridge , of California , wa introduced by the chairman as the son o the last democratic vice-president who was not unjustly deprived of bis office. He stepped upon the platform and nominate Allen G. Thurman , of Ohio , a man who , 1 nominated , he said , would be the nex president of the United States. The nomin ation of Mr. Thurman was endorsed bj General Durbin Ward , of Ohio , When the state of Massachusetts was called the response was awaited with much curiosity. Cheers and hisses were about equally balanced , but it was announced by Mr. Abbott that Massachusetts bad no nom ination to make at this time , the nomination of Bayard having been so eloquently seconded ended by Hooker , of Mississippi. At 3:55 Mr. Lock wood , of New York , came up to the platform to put in nomina tion Mr. Cleveland. The nomination was seconded by Mayor Harrison , of Chicago. Other speeches were made seconding the nomination of Cleveland. Mr. Grady , of New York , said he should be glad to second Mr. Cleveland's nomina tion except that ho knew that that gentle man could not carry the state of New York. The sure and unerring test of that fact was that the last democratic convention of New York was equally divided against him , and the delegateu-at-large were divided between his friends and opponents. A motion to suspend the order of business was made anil-carried , and at:20 ( ! : the con vention took a recets till 11:30 a. m. to morrow. * THIRD DAY. CHICAGO , July 10. Couvention called to order at 11:10 a. m. ; prayer was offered-by Rev. Geo. E. Lorimcr , of Chi cago. Delegate Mansur , of Missouri , seconded ended Thurman'a nomination. Governor Hoadly , of Ohio , was placed in nomination by Thos. E. Powell. Mr. Hoadly had received the largest en dorsemenfever given to a democrat In Ohio , getting 10,000 more votes than Hancock had received in 1880. He was known to t he na tion as a great lawyer , a wise statesman , a ( earless and aggressive leader , a man of ac knowledged ability and of undoubted in tegrity , a man of courage as well as of wis dom. The state of Pennsylvania having been reached In the call , Senator William * . . Wallace , of that state , came to the platform to nominate Mr. Randall. The speaker dwelt on Mr. Randall's long and useful offi cial life. "He has been practically the leader in the national house of representa tives for seventeen years , favoring a reduc tion of taxation and an economical admlnis- tion of the government. He has with skill and success resisted the lavish expenditure of the money of the people , the waste of the public domain and unconstitutional and ty- ranical force bills. ' ' Governor Abbott , of New Jersey , seconded ended the nomination of Randall. He said Randall would sweep New Jersey like a great political cyclone. He was the friend of laborers "everywhere , and the convention could do no better than to nominate him. John W. Cummmgs , of Massachusetts , nade a strong speech for Bayard , stating .hat he was the man above all others who could sweep the southern states. When the state of Wisconsin was called it was announced that a majority of that dele gation had voted to support the nomination > f Governor Cleveland and had assigned their chairman ( Gen. Bragg ) to second the nomination. Gen. Braggdeclared that the yonng demo crats of Wisconsin loved and respected Mr. Cleveland , not only for himself , for his character , for his Integrity , Judgment and ron will , but tney loved him most for the enemies that he had made. An altercation here took place between Bragg and Senator Grady , or New York. Harry O. Kent , of New Hampshire , also seconded Cleveland's nomination. The roll of slates being completed , the convention adjourned till evening. At 8:25 p. m. the convention was called to order , and a resolution was offered by Henry , of Mississippi , expressing the rc- ; ret and. intense adiniratloaof the conven- ion at reading the statesmanlike and patri otic letter of Samuel J. Tilden , in which he made known the overpowering and provi dential necessity which constrained him to decline the nomination to the presidency ; condemning the fraud and violence by which Tilden and Hendricks were cheated out of their offices in 1876 , expressing re- ; ret that the nation has been deprived of , he lofty patriotism and splendid executive and administrative ability of Mr. Tilden , and appointing a committee to convey these sentiments to that gentleman. On motion of Cleaveland , of New Jersey , t was ordered that states and territories be now called for the names of members of the national democratic committee. The following were announced as such members : Alabama , Henry Semple ; Ar- cansas , S. W. Fordyce ; California , M. F. Tarpey ; Colorado , M. S. Walker ; Con necticut , W. H. Barnum ; Florida , Samuel Pasco ; Georgia , Patrick Walsh ; Illinois , S. Corning Judd ; Indinia , Austin H. Jrown ; Iowa , M. M. Haram ; Kansas , C. y. Blair ; Kentucky , Hinry V. McHenry ; Louisiana. B. F. Jones ; Maine , Edmund Wilson ; Maryland , A. P. Gorham ; Michi gan , Don M. Dickinson ; Minnesota , P. H. Kelly ; Missouri , John G. Pralher ; Missis sippi , C. A. Johnson ; Nebraska , James E. Joyd ; Nevada , DennisJI. McCarthy ; New Hampshire , A. W. Sullaway ; North Caro- ina , M. W. Ransom ; Ohio , W. W. Arm- trongRhodeIsland ; , J. B. Barnaby ; South Carotin * , Francis W. Dawson ; Tennesse , Roberts. Looney ; Texas , 0. T. Holt ; Ver mont , Hon. B. Smalley ; Virginia , JohnS. Barber ; West Virginia , Lewis Baker ; Wisconsin , William F. Vilas ; Arizona , W. K. Meade , District of Columbie , William Jickson ; Idaho , John Haley ; Dakota , U. H. Day ; Utah , J. B. Roseborough ; Mon tana , W. J. McCormick ; Washington Ter ritory , J. A. Kutm ; New Mexico , not an nounced ; Wyoming , M. E. Post. The first ballot was then taken , resulting : Cleveland 392 , Bayard 170 , Thurman 83 , iandalI78 , McDonald 56 , Carlisle27 , Hoadly 3 , Flower 1. Adjourned at 1:10 a. m. FOURTH DAY. CHICAGO , July 11. The convention was called to order at 11 o'clock and prayer was offered by Rev. Dr. Clinton Locke , of Grace church , Chicago. He prayed that the consultations of the body be for the furtherance of Just and equal laws , for the jreservation of liberty , for the punishment of wrong-doers and for the praise of those who do weil ; that every delegate should be jept from being guided by his own selfish gain , by his own pride or by his own ikings or disliking. He prayed that in the ; reat and noble contest which was opening jefore tne American people there would be a cessation from strife and anger ; thatmen's eyes should not be blinded to that which i fair and just ; that all corruption , bribery and illegal voting be kept far away , and that after the election the whole people may oin in the support of the president. 1 he chairman said he had received , among other letters and telegrams from all parts of the country , one fromMr. Godwin , of Mas- s-ichusets , with the presentation of a gavel nade up from woods and relics from dif- terent parts of the world. The convention then proceeded to the second ballot. Great enthusiasm was mani fested for ex-Gov. Hendricks during the balloting. Following is the final vote : Cleveland 6S3 , Bayard 81 , Hendricks 45 , scattering 10. Nominations for a candi date for vice president being in order , these were presented , by California , Gen. Wm. E. Rosecrans ; by Colorado , Jos. E. Mi Donald ; by Georgia , Gen J. C. Black , of Illinois ; by Kansas , Gov. Glick ; by Penn sylvania , ex-Gov. Hendncka. All the names but the last were one by one with drawn , Hendricks then receiving the entire vote of the convention. Resolutions of thanks were passed to the emporary chairman , the permanent chair man and the clerks and officers of the con vention , also to the reportorial corps and jrtss of the country for their accurate and mpartial reports of the proceedings. The chairman , on his own behalf , moved a vote of thanks to the sergeant-at-arms , Mr. " Bright , of Indiana. Adopted. Votes of thanks were also passed to the mayor of the city , Carter Harrison , and the chief of po lice and to the citizens of Chicago for their hospitality. The convention then adjourned , sine dio. NEBRASKA CROPS. The Stat SmtMlcal Agent's Report .to the National Department. The Nebraska state statistical agent , of the Unitbd States department of agricul ture , D. H. Wheel&i , In his report to the department gives the following as represent ing the condition of the principal crops of- he state. July 1 : Corn , acreage compared with 1883 , 192 : percent. The following la the average condition of- the various productions : Corn , 99 percent ; , winter wheat , 102V ; spring wheat , 99X ; winter rye , 101 ; spring rye , 102 ; oata , 98j : bar.ey. 100 ; potatoes , acreage compared * with 1883 , 120 ; average condition , 102 ; . I bean * , acreage compared with 1883 * fl IOCS ; sorghum , acreage compared with 1883 , 102 ; . average condition , 973-5j wool , amount complied with 1883. 108 ; clover , condition compared with 1883 , 105 ; timothy , 102 ; pasturape , 180 3-7 ; apples , lib" 3-5 ; grapes , 107K ; cherries , 250. There 1 is an increase in the acreage of corn of 32 per cent. Of wheat 10 per cent. Of pota toes 20 per cent. Of beans over 6 per cent , and sorghum 2 per cent more than last ' year. The condition of crops is very much bet ter than last year , although the season is two weefis later. The weather during June has been rather wet , although on the whole favorable. No rust reported In the small grain , nor are any of the crops affected by bugs or in sect of any kind. FLEEING FROM DEATH. Terror Among the People of Toulon Over the Cholera Epidemic. The cholera outbreak produces effects as tragic and sometimes * s comic as were ever described In the many accounts in his tory or fiction. The panic in Toulon is almost disgusting. Out of 60,060 taxpayers 40,000 have fled , as many as 6,000 going in a. single day. Terror has even extended to the marines , for when the admiral allowed them to leave on good cause shown , every marine produced a letter with such cause. Labor is suspended ; commercial acceptance- cannot be paid ; numerous failures occur daily , and the supply of provisions almost stopped , laboring people having no money to buy. All this tends enormously to in crease the plague. Refugees usually occupy louses in the suburbs , utterly unfit for labitation , by large masses of people. Laun dresses hava refused to wash the linen of hospital patients. The work is done by prisoners with promises of pardon. * Some of the families in their flight left their valu ables behind , and one of the difficulties of .he civic authorities is to keep off thieves , 'rom the plentiful harvest. Two thousand [ talians , who have been sent outside tne , own , are prevented from moving there- rom , either on French or toward Italian territory , by Italian carriblne on one side , ind French ge'nd'armes on the other. la jondon carbolic acid is btrewn over some of the streets , and cholera had .suddenly ) cen lifted to a parliamentary argument. A MEXICAN BULL FIGI1T. The First Exhibition of the Kind on. American Soil. The first Mexican , bull fight on Amer- can soil occurred at Dodge Ctty , Kansas , a ew days ago. A large number of visitors. arrived on trains from the east and west and 500 cowboys were present. The fight took. > Iace at the fair ground in an area 100 feet n diameter , enclosed by a fence eight feet ligh and provided with eight escapes and wo ladders. There were nve bull fighters and four animals. The fin > t bull ushered nto the ring made only a fair fight , f urnish- ng over half an hour's amusement. The econd was too quiet and , showing no pint , was withdrawn. The third pranced nto the ring , throwing up clouds of dust. Alter being angered by several spear hrusts he made matters very lively and after being exhausted was lassoed and Iragged from the ring. The fourth proved a failure and the crowd demanded the first bull , which was returned to the ting. After a brisk fight and much charging the lic'ador gave him a fatal thrust with his. ance and he fell dead. One of the mata- lors was severely injured about the ribs in ; he final encounter and may not recover , 'he crowd was greatly excited during the xhibition. There were from 3,000 to 4,000 people present. A Domestic Difficulty. John T. Huber , a successful and wealthy merchant of this city , was sued ight months ago for desertion by his wife , Catherine S. Huber , who , in her complaint , barged her husband with maintaining crim- nal relations "with a young and beautiful widow who was well known in a lar e social ircle. Mr. Huber contested the suit , and , n the examination Defore a master appoint- d by the court , the maid and other seivants mployed by the widow were called to the tand and gave strong evidence against their mistress. Society shuts its doors against ler , but pending the report of the master Ir. Huber , whose resentment against his wife had become very bitter , filed a plea of' ivorce from her alleging that when he mar ried her she was already the lawful wife of Charles Quiner , a Californian. bv whom she was deserted fifteen years ago. Ifr. Huber's- motive in pressing the suit against his wife s , she says , his desire to marry the widow whose name has been associated with his. . Joth families are wealthy. Shot in a Saloon. In Gennantown , Pa. , John S. Sutton , a. milding contractor , entered the saloon of Joseph E. Songster on Miller street about o'clock in the morning. A discussion over he Chicago convention arose. Songster , who is a democrat , made an insulting re mark about Blaine , and said that Cleveland , or any other democrat could beat him. Sutton cautioned him facetiously against alking that way in this Blaine stronghold , and Songster retorted that he would "shoot a hole through a Blaine man any day.J > Without provocation the saloonkeepers-went ) ehind the bar , obtained a revolver of large calibre and pointing it at Sutton's-head de- iberately fired , the ball entering the brain , about two inches above the right ear. The vounded man fell to the floor and was aken as quickly as possible to the German- own hospital , where he died. His assail ant is under arrest. Sutton is a man of ome prominence in political circles and eaves a largft family. A Youth's Murder on & Act. At Pittsburg Joseph Seidensteiker , aged 13 , shot and mortally wounded Curly Sshenbaugh , a little fellow only 6 years old. Young Esenbaugh , who was an inmate of he Episcopal Home for children , was with an old lady and several children playing n an orchard connected with the home , when Seidensteiker with three other boys ntered the grounds. Seidensteiker was lourishing a revolver and the old lady or dered him away. He retorted with an oath , adding "I'll shoot some of you , . " andsait- n ? the ac'ion to the words tiiedtwice. The iret shoe lodged in a tree and the second ook effect in E henbaugh's stomach Seid- nsteiker and his companions then fled , and lave not been captured. A fifty-one pound watermelon and a J pound tomato is what Hernando county , Florida , has- done this season.