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About McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886 | View Entire Issue (July 24, 1884)
THE TEIBUNE. F. M. K. M. K1M3IEEX , Pubs. McCOOK , 3JEB NEBRASKA BOILED DOWN. The stateboard.of educational lands and funds have decided to take the $152- 000 of Lancaster refunding bonds drawing < j per cent , interest. The new fire alarm Tjell for Ord has arrived and been put up on a tower on the west side of the court hou e < square. The bell was made at SenecaF.alls , New York , by the Goulds Manufacturing company , and weighs 710 pounds. Some of the business men of Ashland arc Interesting themselves in the matter of a public square. Grounds of this' kind have long been needed in Ashland and the subject is being vigorously and persistently agitated. The contract is rfo'jv fully let" for the erection and early completion of a fine edi fice for the M. E. church , at Holdredge.- By actual count , the number of dwellings and business houses elected in Minden ana additions from October 1st to' the present time , Is 204. This includes the two elevators and the roller mills. This , at an average of $800 , which is low , makes $211,200 invested in newbuildings in the hist nine months. Kev. Geo. Scott , a minister well known in the Elkhora valley , has been appointed by the president the United States con- sulship at Odessa , Russia , with a salary of $3,000 per annum. Mr. Villiam Boyer , who lives six miles south of Yalentine , on the Schlagle , has discovered an extensive stone quarry on Ills place. He dug out some pieces which proved to be very fine specimens of chalk rock. Mr. Boyer is in correspondence with a gentleman in Iowa who has had much ex perience in this line of business and will be at that place in a short time to open up the quarry. The assessed valuation of Brown county for the year 188-1 , as corrected by the board of equalization , now foots up to $649,195.75. The population is 6,016. 2The proposition to issue § 800,000 in bonds to construct a system of waterworks in Lincoln , was carried by a vote of 633 to 64. 64.The The Baptists of Hartington are build ing a new church , which will cost between $2,030 and $3,000. The Valley county fair will be held on September 23 , 24 and 25 ; The trial of Wm. Snell on an indict ment for murder in the second degree , in the shooting of "his mistresB , Jessie Troup Snell at Omaha some months ago , was finished in the district court with a verdict of not guilty v Dr'G.JLull , Esq. , and Gen. Co win , counsel defendant , made argu ments a few days ago and District Attorney Godwin closed for the state. Throughout the trial there was no witness to contradict the testimony of Snell himself. Charles J. Shelton , a brother to N. Shelton , of Omaha , was drowned while swimming the Oyhee river near Wlnne- mucca , on the 21st of May last , the news being received only a few days ago. Sheriff John Brown , of Seward county - . ty , passed through Lincoln the other day. having in charge and in irons a man named Jonas Castile , who is charged with having committed a nameless outrage on _ the per son of a 14-year old girl named Ebsa Free man , whose parents live in that county. Castile was found in Menard , county , HI. , and was engaged In fanningr A terrific wind , and hail storm passed through Saline-county from southwest to northeast. The track of the storm was from four to five miles wide and < jrops , barns , stables , sheds , windmills , etc. , were badly damaged. The Long Pine Journal says young Elof Oleson , about 12 years old , sought to make the fire burn brighter for his mother , who was washing clothes , and he turned some kerosene oil from the can into the stove. Immediately there was a loud ex plosion , and the boy and intenor of the room were enveloped in flames. Men work ing near heard the explosion followed by the mother's screams , * and were quickly at the scene of the fire. They caught the boy , who was running , wild , his clothing all ablaze , rolled him on.ihel ground and put the fire out , then turned their attention to the burning house. With the assistance of others who had arrived by this time , the flames were extinguished. The boy was burned severely on thejlimbs , but will soon be around. ' The building was'dainaged hut slightly. Land Commissioner Burnham , of the "Union Pacific railway , has Issued the follow ing information regarding land sales by his department : June land sales Acres , 415- 167.40 ; amount for which sold , $758,160.72. Sales for 1884 Acres , 2,651 , > 93.04 ; amount for which sold , $4,127,421.28. Emigrant teams west from Council Bluffs during June , 105 ; cars household goods , 21 ; foreign emi grants to Nebraska land points during June , 715. 715.The The case of Clarke vs. Blair , involv ing title to lands in northern Nebraska bought at tax sale.- has been decided by Judge Brewer. The case went to theTJnited States court on a bill of exceptions to the master's report , which is denied and a de cree sustaining the report ordered. The Reporter scores another for Val entine and Cherry county over the bill pro viding for an increase of five companies of soldiers at Fort Niobrara , which will make it regimental headquarters , and the appro priation of $50.000 with which "to enlarge the post and liquidate other necessary expendi tures. The measure passed both branches of congress and preparations will be insti tuted at once. The Beatrice Express says the U. S. land office is in receipt of the text of a hill , Introduced by Congressman "Weaver , for the sale of the remainder of the Sac and Fox reservation , near Falls City , in Richardson county. This reservation includes 16,000 acres of'the most valuable lands In the state , and is within the Beatrice land district. It Is occupied by the remnant of the Sac and Fox tribes , with a large number of half- breeds. The difficulty heretofore attending every attempt to place the land on the mar ket nas been the obstinacy of the half- breeds , who do not want to leave the reser vation. The Beatrice Express says that Messrs. G. .3V. Atkinson and W. H. Gillett have leased the Barnes stone quarry near Holmesville , and will soon begin to work It. They' will also , at an early day , put in a mill at the Beatrice elevator for sawing and dressing stone. They will use the power of the western construction com pany , and hope to be running within sixty days. Men are already at work in the quar ry , getting out stone. - In Dixon county , alongAoway creek , South creek and Daily creek , there are at least one hundred excellent water powers. "With such wonderful opportunities.it is surprising that more mills and manufac tories are not put up. There Is room for planing mills , woolen factories , paper mills , etc. , etc. , and a country round about , rich and productive enough to amply sustain them. The Sunday school assembly holds their next session at Crete , from August 18 to 28. , Burglars recently took * a turn at the hotels in Friend but did not succeed in finding much which they cared to carr ? off. The people of Friendville have been circulating a paper to obtain signatures for a citizens' purse for the coming fair ; and $500 has thus been aecored. | 4Ueatrice will soon have the electric light. The building for the purpose will teen be erected. The company hopes to got In operation in about one month : A terrible wind and hail storm swept , through , the , center of Saline county , un- rooflnphonscs and doing considerable dam * age to the crops. A man named Hong , who was out in the storm and got his head badly cut and bruised , lays hailstones as arge as a teacup fell. The laying of the corner stone of the Nebraska state capital at Lincoln was at tended by much display of ceremonies un der the auspices of the grand lodge of Ne braska of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons , and a more appropriate and im pressive , ceremony never took place at the capital city. Ex-Governor Furnas made Ihe address ; In which he embodied the his tory of Masonry , the early history of Ne braska , statistic * showing Its rapid growth in comparison with other states and its standing at the present time. A Swedish cattle dealer was swin dled out of $800 in Omaha by the confidence game last week. He was on his way to Chicago with a train load of stock. William E. Annin , formerly associate editor of the Omaha Bee , and Miss Emma Paddock , daughter of MaJ. J. W. Paddock , were married on the 15th in Trinity cathe dral , Omaha. For nearly a year past Mr. Annin has been engaged in business at Fort Robinson , and : there he and Mrs. Annin will make theirJhome. Plainview is enjoying quite a boom. Many buildings ate going up and consider able real estate is changing hands. The Kearney Era savs' " that reports from the districts visited" by hail on the night on the night of July 3d , about twenty miles northwest of Kearney , are to the ef fect that many farmers may lose their en tire crops. Small grain was entirely ruined and corn damaged so badly that it cannot recover. This is not general , but is in streaks along the Loup. The barbers of Beatrice are asking for a repeal of the ordinance allowing their shops to be open Sundays , as they do not wish to work on tbat day. The petition will be presented to the council. Richard Tilden , of Salem , had his pockets picked on the road between Hia watha and Atchison. He was on the night train and asleep when some bold villlan lifted his watch and chain. He made in quiries from the passengers when he awoke and missed his ticker , but as most every one was asleep at the time , no one had been seen around the car that was anyways sus picious. At the last term of the United States court at Omaha a Judgment was rendered against Seaton & Lea , of Lincoln , for the sum of $1,000 for an infringement in the manufacture of the Section well augur. The patent was granted to Joseph Burns , who now owns it and is the plainliff in the case referred to. The probability is that now- all parties who are making or using the Section well augur will be called onto pay a royalty , as it is understood that Mr. Burns is deter mined to collect , thinking the well men have had free use of his invention long enough. At a.recent meeting of the city council ' cil of Lincoln 'it was * resolved ' 'that it is to the interest of the city to use the Holly water works system so called , and the city attorney is hereby directed 'to'p'repare a contract for the construction of a , system of water works by the Holly Manufacturing company in accordance with the plans and specifications on file made by Messrs. Birk- inbine & Son , with such modifications as may be required. " The works are to be ready by December 1st. Lindsay , the Lincoln child beater , who was up before Judge Parker a few days ago on a writ of habeas corpus , was remanded to. Jail. Constable Hunger was in court during the hearing , Armed with a warrant charging Lindsay with liviug in open adultery , and ifhe had been released he would have been immediately rearrested. The Sioux * City Journal _ has crop re ports from twenay points in northern and eastern Nebraska , embracing in territory more than one hundred miles west and south from the northeast corner of the state , and without a single exception the reports are all of the most flattering kind. The harvest in that section is fast coming on and the yielded for spring wheat is placed at twenty to twenty-five bushels per acre. The German Lutheran church of Pierce was dedicated last Sunday with ap propriate exercises. The church is 26x46 , fourteen feet high , arched ceiling. The congregation do not owe a penny on the building and have a little money left over for a bell. I. G. and W. Brewer , of Central City , are putting up a large grist mill , which will commence operations the coming autumn. * / A vacancy having been caused in the board of - villagetrustees of Kenesaw , the hoard called for an Informal ballot to get an expression of the people as to their choice for the position , the board , pledging them selves to- ratify such choice.The contest was one on the ground of license or no li cense , and resulted in a victory for the license candidate , by a vote of 51 to 41. This gives the license party a majority. * An old man living near Holmesville was severely injured a few days ago * He was riding a mule , and stopping to take off his vest , the animal became scared and ran sideways against a wire fence. The man was brushed against the fence in this way , for some distance. The flesh was torn from the instep of his right foot by the barbs , making an ugly wound. . ' " Lincoln has a stallion that is a fine but dangerous animal. A Mr. Douglas was badly bitten by him in the arm a few days ago. The horse was formerly owned by the Richards Brosand is said to have killed , a man while in their possession. On account of his mean disposition he was sold by them for a mere trifle , and has- since bitten three fingers off of one man. and lacerated an other's arm so badly'that'lt'had to be am putated. His last victim is Mr. Douglas , whose arm is very much swollen , but it is thought no permanent injury will result. Omaha's big packing and slaughter house , it is expected , will be put in opera tion next month. . A convict working in tne Nebraska Manufacturing company .department of the penitentiary takes all the extra time he can spare to work upon fancy toilet boxes , He has one box in which there are over 5,000 pieces of wood inlaid into the black walnut body. He sells these boxes for from $10 to $25 each. They are very neat , and when finished up make an ornament upon any lady's toilet table. The Valentine Reporter says that the S. C. & P. road will not be extended west ward from that place within two years and further tbat its information is from official headquarters. Thie Wood River Gazette says that as train No. 14 was about a mile out of Gibbon on its way east , Conductor Brooks went out over the train to look for tramps , when he was encountered by a couple of profession als who pushed him from the top of a box car to the ground. . . As the train was mov ing at the rate of twenty miles an hour , it is remarkable that Mr. Brooks escaped with out severe injuries. E. E. Bonnelle , of Valentine , met with a serious accident last week which nearly cost him his 'life. He went into the stable to feed his horse when the animal be came frightened and rearing up , struck him a violent blow on the head knocking him senseless. When he recovered conscious ness he was lying on a bale of hay , face down , and a piece of wire wrapping had been forced into his right cheek , two inches in depth , barely missing the eye-ball. Starvation is making the Indians of Northern Montana so desperate that the settlers are kept in constant kdread of an outbreak. GENERAL MS ID NOTES. . Nebraska Unsuccessful in , , M y - > Securing Dr. Potter for Bishop. A Texas Fiend Overtaken by a Pursuing - suing Party and Riddled With Bullets. A Circular from Postmaster General Gresbam Having Reference to Letter Carriers. NEWS NOTES. The board appointed to represent the government at the New Orleans exposition will also take charee of the government ex hibit at the Louisville and Cincinnati expo sitions. Gras'shoppers are destroving the sugar-qane in the state of "Vera Ciuz , in the vicinity of Cordeha. Receiver Jackson , of the Denver , and Rio Grande railroad , received permission from the United States circuit court to ne gotiate a loan of $150,000 to pay the em ployes their backpay : Four fishermen were drowned at the mouth of the Columbia river on the 14th. This makes fifty men drowned there within the last three weeks. The New York Tribune fresh air as sociation , organized to sendtenementhouse children to the country for two weeks , has begun its' summer work. Already ten par ties have left the city and many more are soon to follow. Eight families of 'assisted emi grants" arrived at New York on the loth , four from Mayo , Ireland , and four from Breslau , Germany. They will all be sent back. < L Eden has been nominated for congress by the democrats of the Sev enth Illinois district. The commissioner of Indian affairs offers $300 reward for the arrest of the mur derer of Kashiway , chief of the Sac and Fox Indians of Kansas. At Athens , Ga. , Police Lieutenant Arold was shot dead by Sam Tyler , colored , who was resisting-arrest. Rev. L. O. Thompson , in company with his son Sidney and Freddie Bishop , of Medina , New York , a lad about twelve years of age , were out boating and fishing on the Illinois river at Henry , fll. Nearing the dam across the river their skiff was drawn into the eddies and capsized , and all three were drowned. Hon. William Purcell , editor of the Rochester Union , was granted leave of ab sence until after November , at his own request - , quest , because he says he cannot , with ser vice to the party , credit to the paper , or honor to himself , conduct the Union during the present political campaign. * Director General Burke , of the World's Exposition , New Orleans , met a number of leading citizens of Chicago and gave an explanation of the work in hand. A resolution was passed endorsing the ex position. It was decided to open an office for the dissemination of information and re ceipts of application for space. Webb Hetton , a fiend , was over hauled in the woods notfar from Richmond , Texas , near the scene of an outrage recently committed , by a crowd of indignant citi zens. They tied him to a tree and shot fif teen times at him , when he fell apparently dead. After the party left Hetton got up , went home , dressed his wounds and left that section. When the coroner went out to hold an inquest the remains had disap peared , and parties have since been looking for them without success. Frank C. Hutchins , a San Francisco machinist , strangled Nellie Sims , his mis tress , for refusing to live with him. Hutch- ins , when arrested , expressed great joy over his deed. Wm. E. Curtis , the Wasfcington cor respondent of the Chicago Inter-Ocean , has been appointed by the president secretary of the commission to inquire into the com mercial relations between the United States and the countries of Central and South Ameriica , with a view to extending our commerce in that direction. At Iron Gate , Va. , Thomas Johnson whipped his stepson , tying his hands. The boy escaped , ran to the river and jumped in. Johnson followed. The current was swift and both were drowned. The bodies were recovered 4 John Hoffman , a young man em ployed at the Milwaukee Daily Sentinel of fice , was shot and mortally wounded in the back by Gustav Prier , who alleges that Hoffman slandered his sister. The assail ant was arrested. . The New York weekly bank state ment is as follows : Reserve , increase , $4,655,275. The banks now hold $28,416- 775 in excess of legal requirements. CAPITAL TOPICS. THE ST. LOUIS PO8TOFFICE. The postmaster general has received the report of French , Burt and Dice , com missioned to investigate the condition of the St. Louis postoffiee. The report sajsthe cashier and assistant cashier are too old to fill the positions they hold and should be as signed to other duties and their positions filled by younger men. If this is done there will be no necessity for an auditor. The office of local inspector is wholly unneces sary. The recommendations in the report involve an increase of the office force of eight clerks and an additional allowance of $860. THE POSTAL CONVENTION. The draft of the postal convention between the United States and Mexico has been amended by the Mexican government in several particulars , and the consumation of the treaty will be delayed some time" by the necessity for its consideration by the postoffiee department. WHO WILL BE CHAIRMAN. The Star says : The impression seems to be that ex-Senator Wallace will be elected chairman of the national democratic com mittee It is thought that Governor Cleve land prefers Manning of New York , but the understanding is that he ( Manning ) does not want the position. He has promised to devote his time to the canvass and to aid the committee to the full extent of his ability , hut does not want to be the responsible head. From good authority it is learned that Randall forbids the use of his name. He will not.staud in Wallace's way. At Chicago Randall was ably and warmly sup ported by Wallace , and it is said the former will do all he can to have the latter made chairman of the committee. PENSIONS. The treasury departments has issued warrants for the payment of $9,000,000 on account of pensions. INFECTED BAGS * The treasury department has been in formed by ona of its agents on the Canada border that paper bags supposed to have been collected in the cholera infected dis tricts of Egypt , Turkey and South France are being imported to the United States through Canadian ports. They are de scribed as low grade and likelvto contain germs of the disease. A large lot were re cently shipped'td this" countryironr Liver pool. * / CONCERNING LETTER CARRIERS. The following circular has been sent to postmasters at free delivery offices : ' You are hereby authorized to grant the letter carriers at your office leave of absence not exceeding fifteen days each year , with pay , and to fill their places during such absence with substitute carriers , whom you will pay at the rate of $600 per annum. You will grant leave of absence to such numbers of carriers at one time and at such times during the year at will work the least inconvenience to the public , a strict account of which must be kept with each carrier and certified to by the auditor of this department quarterly , with your carrier pay roll on. a sepa rate sheet. If you have not a sufficient number of substitute carriers to fill the places of carriers absent on leave , you should at once select as many additional ones as may be required for this purpose and nominate them to the first assistant postmaster for appointment. Authority to employ substitute carriers under this act is granted only when necessary to enable post masters to allow carriers the leave author ized above. If , therefore , you can arrange your service so as to grant the leave herein authorized without the employment of sub stitutes , you will not be justified in the em ployment of substitutes under these In structions. Yours respectfully , ( Signed ) WALTER Q. GRKSHAM. THE GREELY REWARD. "We have received inquiries , " said Acting Secretary Nichols , ' 'as to < how $25 , - 100 reward for rescue of the Greely party will be apportioned. It can be distinctly stated that no reward will be made at all , for the rescue was effected by the relief ex pedition entirely , and the money was ap propriated for outsiders only , in order that the whalers might have an incentive to hunt for the party. " THE CHOLERA. The cabinet has decided to take vigor ous measures to prevent the introduction of cholera into the United States. The state and treasury departments will act together in enforcing the regulations which are to be Erepared. An oruer will be issued pro- ibiting the importation of rags from all in fected countries for ninety d ITS or longer , if necessary. It has been decided that the vessels of the revenue marine service shall establish a emlon along the coast to prevent the landing of all vessels from foreign ports which do not possess clean bills of health. FOREIGN. The Shanghai correspondent of the London Times says : "Sir Robert Hart , Chinese customs inspector , is trying to negotiate with Palenotre , the French min ister. The foreign council seems blind to the dangers of a war of rebellion. Prince Chun tmsts to the boasting fanatics and to officials who conceal the defenseless condi tion of the coast. Ignorance , confusion and treachery render the situation critical. The British officers here left the Chinese fleet. " The London Times "The says : plat forms concocted by the 'republican and democratic "conventions are both unworthy of respect. They are distinguished by the absence of clear conviction and by evasions and trimmings , by servile rivalry in flatter ing of the masses and in pandering to the popular prejudices of modern demagogues and social quacks. " During the national fete day celebra- at Paris a band of excited students , having visited the Strasburg monument , attacked the Continental hotel and destroyed the German flag. Gimins assisted the stu dents , who threatened to assault the pro prletor of the hotel. The students returned at night and did more damage , but were dispersed by the police. The report that the cholera had ms.de its appearance at Lyons , France , is denied. " "The pope has decided to create a res- identol archbishop at Carthage in churge of Cardinal Lavigeje , at present archbishop of Algiers. Monsignor Duserre will be ap pointed archbishop of Algiers. Prince Hohenlope , the German em- bassador , called at the French foreign of fice on the subject of the insult offered to the German flag. Private advices via Jamaica from headquarters of the Cuban insurgents state that the insurgents , under the immediate command of Aguero , undeitook an expedi tion against the plantations of certain per sons known to favor the eovernment. Al though opposed by a strong detachment of regular troops the insurgents , after a skirm ish of two hours , drove back the forces and burnt all the buildings and machinery on the Santa Maria and La Mercedes planta tions. At the same time a band of insur gents of the Sagua district were attacked by a strong force of government troops , known as the San Domingo division. The insurgents being entrenched in an almost impregnable position repulsed the troops with a loss of three killed. Several were wounded. The French minister at Tienben has demanded the withdrawal of Chinese troops from the frontiers of Tonquin and the pay ment of the indemnity asked by France. This demand was delivered to Tsung-Li- Yamen. who rejected it. The time allowed China by France for compliance with the terms she offered expires July 19 , and war is apparently inevitable. POLITICAL. The national executive committee of the prohibition home protection party will meet at Pittsburg the 22d ihst. to make final arrangements for their convention which commences on the following day. Delegates ate daily arriving , and it is expected that when the convention is called to order over 500 will be seated , representing every state in the union. Secretary Swager says in the event of the s ccess of their party Mias Frances E. Willard will have the choice of cabinet positions. John F. Henry , president of the na tional anti-monopoly organization , says : ' 'I have not heard from Butler since Cleve land was nominated , but from what he said to me before going to Cbicagol am confident he will not support Cleveland. He cannot do it. He has formally accepted the nomina tion of the anti-monopolists , and he tel- graphed me from Chicago on Thursday , saying he could never consent to the nom ination of a monopolist. " Chairman Plympton , the leading Butler manager of Massachusetts , arrived at Plymouth from Chicago on the 15th. He declined to make a definite statement in re gard to Butler's plans. He said no man had authority to say what he would do. Gen. B. F. Butler , was interviewed by a Washington Star reporter. He posi tively refused to discuss his attitude or in timate his future course. He said the lat ter is his subject for consideration and when he gives it the carefnl consideration it merits , he will declare himself over his own signature in no unmistakable terms. He denounces in a wholesale way any and all expressions or declarations purporting to have come from him as false. Information has been received from close friends of Gen. Butler by B. F. Shively , secretary of the anti-monopolist committee , dispelling doubts regarding Butler's candidacy for the presidency on an independent ticket , and stating definite ly and positively that he will run. Shively , who was at the Briggs house in Chicago , expressed the most absolute certainty tbat Butler would be a candidate with the en dorsement of thegreenbackers , anti-monop olist and possibly laboring men. Butler's refusal to at present make a public state ment , Shively says , is prompted by a desire to first see what will be done by the conven tion of the1 labor represeatatives to be held at Chicago , July 80th. The republicans of the Sixteenth Illi nois district nominated James McCartney for congress. The New York state greenback con vention is called to meet in New York City , August 27th. ' STILL WITHOUT A BISHOP. President Fetter , of Hobart College , De cllnes to be BUbop of Nebraska. Omahs'Uerail. "Rev. James Patemon , secretary of the Episcopal council of the diocese of Ne braska , is-in receipt of a letter from Dr. Eliphalet N. Potter , of New York , declin ing the office of bishop of Nebraska , unani mously tendered him a few days ago. Just previous to his election here Dr. Potter was called to the presidency of Hobart College , at Geneva. If. Y. . to accept which ho re signed a similar office at Union College , and as he so fitly expresses It In his letter he feels that the institution and the church at large , has a prior claim upon his services. Dr. Potter's decision will necessitate the holding of another council , for which the requisite sixty days notice will be Issued shortly. The letter of declination is as fol lows : HOBART COLLEGE , ) GENEVA , N. Y. , July Oth. J DEAR BRETHREN : Your communication informing me that I had been ' unanimous ly elected to the officeiof bishop of Nebras ka , " was so unlocked for and so impres sive that it hits moved me profoundly. It is no small honor tbat you should have thought of mo at all in connection with your vacant diocese. It is still greater honor that you should have accounted me worthy to take up the work of the great bishop whom we have lost. Were I free to do so , I should have come to you in response to your call , gladly and at once. You bid mete to a noble diocese of the great west , in which enduring foundations have been laid for the future of the Church. But I am not free. It may be a strained sense of duty there are those of my friends who will think so yet I cannot feel myself at liberty so soon to abandon the needed work for Christian education and the Church at large upon which I have but just entered , and to which I am strained to account my self , especially in view of renewed requests of its representatives , honorably bound. In forwarding , after serious reflection , this declination , lam convinced thatthere are those available who can with abundant abil ity administer even so important a diocese as that of Nebraska. May God send to you such an one to carry forward the Master's work which has been begun with such promise of enduring success in your at tractive and progressive state. The wel fare of the diocese will ever be of deep in terest to me , and I shall rejoice in anv way to serve it or its clergy or laity. Respectfully and affectionately yours , ELIPHALET N. POTTER. To the Rev. Clergy , President John McNa- mara , Secretary James Paterson and oth ers ; and to the Laity , Hon. James M. Woolworth , Chancellor , and others for the Council of the Diocese of Nebraska. A NARROW ESCAPE. Wreck of an Excursion Party Attending "With Miraculous Escape. A Canton , O. , special says a point on the Valley railroad , two miles east of that place on the 20th , was the scene of a terrible wreck , in which one thousand excursionists miraculously escaped with injuries. The employes of Aultman & Co.'a machine works had their annual picnic at Cuyaboga Falls and over 2,000 went on the excursion , made up of two trains of fifteen cars each. The first section arrived at C niton at 7:20 p. m. , and while a hundred fathers , brothers and sisters were at the station waiting for friendi and relatives on the second section , a hatless messenger came running down the track crying.that the trainhadbeen wrecked and many killed and Injured. The scene that followed was of the wildest description , and when the wreck was reached men , wo men and children ran around wringing their bands and lookinz for their loved ones. Nine cars were off the track and in water four feet deep. The cries of the in jured -were heartrending. Hundreds of willing hands set to work and soon found that not more than twent-five were injured ; but it was impossible to know how many or who were killed. The engineer says , the wreck was caused by the track spreading. The engine parsed safely but the first car jumped the track and ei ht others followed and ran alongside the track , throwing the occupants from side to side and finally jumped the track and landed in three feet of water. The doors wre cut open and the people got out. Later intelli gence shows that twenty-two persons were injured , butno deaths are reported , and the wounded are doing better than expected. No one was killed , and those missing and supposed to be under the wreck have turned up. Ihe loss to the railroad company is about $3,000. NEBRASKA TO THE FORE. Preparing for the Cotton Centennial that Opens at New Orleans Next December. Lincoln Journal. Pursuant to a call of ex-Governor Robert W. Furnas , commissioner for Ne braska , the folio wing named gentlemen met in the senate chamber of the state house on the 15th : Gov. James W. Dawes , Lincoln ; ex-Governor Robert W. Furna < , Brown- ville ; E. Mclntyre , Seward ; W. W. Wat son , Fairbury ; E. P. Savage , Sargeant ; Samuel Barnard , Table Rock ; J. H. Cul ver , Milford ; W. H. Barstow , Crete ; John C. Bonnell , Lincoln. An organization to be known as the Ne braska Centennial Commission was per fected , and on motion Robert W. Furnas was made chairman , and John C. Bonnell secretiry of the commission. After a very full and free expression from the gentlemen present as to the work in hand , it was decided that the following gentlemen be appointed by the commission to act as sub-commissioners and to take charge of the different departments or bureaus assigned them , and prepare for ar- ramring for the display to be made by Ne braska at New Orleans : John C. Bonnell , architecture ; J. H. Cu'ver , milling interests and water power , including flouring mills , paper mills , woolen mills , oil mills , to make a display of these products at the exhibi tion , and to furnish a chapter lor publica tion on the unimproved water power of the state ; John J. King , dairy ; W. W. W. lones , educational ; Samuel Barnard , horti culture ; E. P- Savage , live stock ; W. H. Barstow and E. Mclntyre , agriculture ; J. D. Calhoun , press ; C. R Schaller , pottery , tile , brick and terra cfltta work ; W. L. May , piscatorial ; S. M. Parker , wool ; Prof. Hicks , geological ; Prof. Bessy , bo tanical ; Lawrence Bruner , entomology. On motion it was decided that each mem ber of the state agricultural and horticultural societies should be asked by Commissioner Furnas to aid in securing specimens of grains , grasses , root products , et < : . , and to forward them to him at Omaha jvhen noti fied and requested. Sentenced to Siring. At Charleston , W. Va. , Judge Guthrie - rie held a special session of court ard sen tenced Charles Spurlocfc , a member of the "Hill boys" ( Jesse Jam s ) gamr , who mur dered Alvin Woods and shot his father , Jack Woods , near St. Albans , in the latter part of April. Spurlock is to be hanged October 17tb. His only request when sen tence was pronounced was that he be bap tized. Notwithstanding that he confessed to murder in the firm degree , when brought out for trial , he said that be did so in f ur of the mob and now denied ever having killed any one. Wm. Coleman ( colored ) , who shot and killed Fenton Hill ( colored ) at a Saturday night dance last October , was sentenced by the same Judge to be banged on the same day as Spurlock. A miser grows rich by seeming poor ; an extravagant man grows poor by seeming rich. f Shenstone. THE ASIATIC PLAGUE. Secretary Folger Iwues Orders for Guard ing Against the Same. Secretary Folger has issued instruc tions to collectors of customs and other per sons interested to prevent , until further or ders , the unloading of rags from Infectea > foreign ports and rags which are suspectefli on good grounds of being infected , coming from any foreign port. The surgeon-gen eral of the marine hospital service tele graphed the health authorities of New Or leans that the secretary of the treasury had directed the vessels of the revenue marine porvicfl to patrol the coasts of , the United States , including the gulf coast , as a precautionary measure against cholora. It is expected that the. president will issue an executive order call us attention to the necesitv for mori ttln- pent precautions against the intrw1'lotion : of cholera , and urging the greatest vigilance on the part of tb government , both at home and abroad. Quarantine will proba bly be established as-tln ? ' . . Canada and also , against Mexico , in whl"a latter place there is reported an epidemic of yellow fever. The "epidemic Mica , ' ' of which there is an unexpended b&'auce of about $78,0 0 , will be utilized by the authorities for these pur- pose. . The administration has determined to make every posHlble effort to prevent the Introduction of the contagion. THE CHOLERA PLAGUE. Precautions Being Taken to Prevent Its Beaching This Country * Secretary Frelinghuysen has instruct ed by cable the consular officers at London , Liverpool , Marseilles , Havre , Bordeaux , Bremen and Hamburg to at once appoint competent physicians to inspect all vessels and passengers departing for the United States from the ports mentioned. The consular officers referred to are Instruct ed to refuse clear bills of health in all cases except upon the recommenda tion of the sanitarv inspector that such bills be given. The consuls are in structed to report by cable any case of in fectious or contagious disease known to exist on board of a vessel at the time of her departure for the United States. This course is adopted in order that the health ofliccrs in our ports mav have timely warn ing of the approaching danger and be pre pared to take such measures as shall pre vent the scourge from gaining a foothold in this country. It is probable that uuder the authority conferred by the contagious dis ease clause of the legislative bill , medical examiners will be appointed as attaches to the American consulates at the French ports infected with the cholera , whose duty it will be to report periodically upon the pro gress of the dlcease. Crops on ( he Coast. The San Francisco Call publishes re ports from all the agricultxiral counties of the state of California. They show a loss , by June rains to wheat of 135(00 ( tons and barley 80,000. The loss on wheat is equiva lent to 7 > per cent. The loss on tbu hay crop is 40 per cent. The farmers incur an additional loss by increased expense in har vesting lodged gra 'u | . , I = = = = = = -'I How Bears Fish. j ] The West Shore. jj Very few people know that bears take to water naturally. They roam over the mountains and through forests , dig open rotten logs for ants and worms , and secure all the hornets' nests they can , and tear them to pieces and eat the young grubs , pick berries of all de scriptions and eat them , and would seem to belong to the dry land animals. The fact is different. They love the water , not , perhaps , as well as the moose and deer , but better than most dry land animals. They are fond of * fish and are expert fishermen , and show more cunning and instinct , if not reason , than many city chaps I have" seen about the lakes. I came suddenly upon a very large bear in athick swamp , lying upon a large hollow log across a brook , fishing , and he was so much in terested in his sport that he did not no tice me until I approachefl very near to him , so that I could see exactly how he baited his hook and played with his fish. He fished in this wise : There was a large hole through the log on which he lay , and he thrust his. forearm through the hole and held his open paw in the water and waited for the fish to gather round and ' \ into it , and when full he clinched his I j fist and brought up a handful of fish , and sat down and ate them with great gusto ; then down with the paw again , and so on. The brook was fairly alive with little trout and red-sided suckers , and some black suckers , and so the old fellow let himself out on the fishes. He * did not eat their heads. There was quite a pile of them on the log. I suppose - pose the oil in his paw attracted the fish , and bated them even better than a fly hook , and his toe nails were his hooks , and sharp ones , too , and , once grabbed , the fish were sure to stay. They also catch trogs in these forest brooks , and drink the pure water in hot , - summer days , and love to lie and wallow ! in muddy swamps as well as our pigs in the mire. They often cross narrow places in lakes by swimming , and also rivers , and seem to love to take a turn in the water. I once saw one swimming from the main land to the big island in Mosselmaguntic lake , with just a streak of his back out of the water , lookin ° - like a log moving along. Sometimes you ' see only their heads out of the water ; x . at other times half of their bodies are * ' to be seen. We account for this difference - ' ence by their condition. If fat , the ' a grease helps to buoy them up ; if lean , ) ,1 they sink lower in the water. [ ? | Educated Indians at Home. Globe ( Arizona ) Chronicle. Three young Chiricahua Indians , graduates of the government school at Carlisle , Pa. , have recently arrived in , . San Carlos. They are sent there by ij , s Gen. Armstrong to show what sort of "injun" civilization can turn out. They are dressed in the very latest style of eastern clothes , wear , high collars , Derby hats and carry canes , arid , as was intended we suppose , make a pro found sensation among their barbarous brethren. That the training they have received has civilized them , and that their reasoning powers have been fully developed , is evidenced by the fact that they demand that their names be placed on the government pay roll and .to draw their salaries without doing any work. Is it possible for any man j white , black or red to show greater 1 f intelligence than this ? We trust Col. ' Beaumont he has the reputation of * a being a very stern man will not be t ] too severe on his Indian dudes. They have just completed a "fiat house" in New York city fifteen stories ' high. People living on the upper flat c-implain of having their sleep dis turbed by celestial choir rehearsals. [ Peck's Sun. I