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About McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 7, 1884)
THE TBIBUNE. " " " F. M. & E. M. KUIMEIX , J ut > H.r McCOOK , : i NEBRASKA' . ; A hail and wind storm at 5nl did considera ble damage to crops. The Valley county fnlr will bo held on Sep tember SJd , 24th and 25th. The Colfnx : ' county teachers Institute opened on the 28th with fifty-four teachers In attend ance. The total valuation of Otoo county , as com piled from the books In the county clerk's of fice , is $4,012,905. Prairie chickens will not lie ready to kill un til August 15th , and until that time slaughter not a single bird. There is a good deal of slcKnces in Junintn , which Is thought to bo duo to the bad sanitary condition of the town. Iiovl Zimmerman , of Valley county , carried his wealth in his coat tall pocket , and now he mourns the logs of a clean $100. Seth Qulgloy , aged 13 years , fell from a bridge near Steele City and had an arm brok en , Jtnd was otherwise badly bruised. Lightning struck and descended into a house in Kearney in which were flve children , but etrange to say , none of them were hurt. At Superior , recently , a child of John Kane's fell into a pall of boiling water , and was so badly scalded It cannot recover. "William Zorn , near Fremont , was kicked in the abdomen by an unruly horse , and sus tained serious , if not fatal , Internal injuries. The water works question at Lincoln still hangs flre , but it is thought a definite ar rangement will bo arrived at at an early day. Johnson and Burdettc , the persons who rob- "bed Dole's store at Orleans , were sentenced by Judge Gaslin to six years in tlic-penitcntiury. George F. Paine , of North Loup , was quite seriously injured by being hit by a hailstone , which cut a gash in his head over three Inches in length. The state fair committee who met to consid er the matter have .concluded not to indulge in the costly luxury of having Jay-Eye-See appear on the grounds. Fred Carter , an employe on Isaac Dillon's ranch located near the North Platte river , was drowned on the 28th while fishing with a seine. His body was recovered. Lightning struck the residence of J. E. Ware in Alma the other night. Some damage was done to the building , but no one was hurt , farther than being stunned. J. M. and R. O. Gilchrist , bankers at Au burn , suddenly disappeared the other morn ing , leaving their crcdiots to the amount of $500 and taking $1,000 in cash. There is a small strip of country in Filmore county that haa been visited by a hailstorm lor the last four years. Each time the storm occurred on the 12th day of July. 7John and Thomas Churchill were assaulted and severely'cut by a man named Allen at Sterling recently. Allen gave bonds for his appearance in the sum of $1.500. At Jackson , a few days ago , the saloon of Connors & Kennelly and the dwelling of James Connors , with contents , were burned. The flre was incendiary. Loss , $3,500 ; insur ance , $1,200. The Beatrice Canning company has received several thousand handsomely designed and well executed labels for cans. Everything is ready and the work of canning will begin at an early day. Hans Thompson , a farmer living about ten miles west of Omaha , went ? to town and re ported to Coroner Maul that a man in his em ploy died from the effects of a sunstroke re- ceived.that day. At Salem John " \Vithrow stole from his em ployer $60 , which was subsequently recovered. In the pocketbook was $330 , but John thought $ CO would" sutisfy his present wants and did not disturb the balance. In a drunken row in Jackson , M. E. Ryan shot Dan Foley , a half-crazed imbecile , in the head , the ball lodging in the base of the brain He is not expected to live. He also shot Tom Kennelly in the fleshy part of the leg. Robert Shurtz. a man of unsound mind , at tempted to kill his wife the other night at Brownvillc by throwing a burning lamp at her. Hia bond , fixed at $500 , he was unable to give and he was sent to jail. The flock of sheep brought to McCook by Kirkbrido Bros , recently , was purchased by parties living in that town. The ilock num bered about eight hundred , and contained some ten or fifteen fine blooded bucks. An accidental shooting affair occurred at Covington station. Conductor Nichols shot Brakemnn John Burns in the neck , striking the windpipe , the ball taking a downward course. The wound is not fatal. J. T. Brown , a Norfolk attorney , attempted to commit suicide by taking strychnine hav ing taken thirty grains. A physician was called who pumped the poison out of Brown's stomach , and the patient still lives. Hayes & Coon , Ijving four miles west of Hebron , were the victims of a burglary last week. Some one entered their dwelling and carried away four suits of clothes , a revolver , a valise and several other articles. John Spanhacke says he has the biggest horse in Colfax county. He is twenty hands high. General Logan rode his father in the late war , and General "Washington his great grand-sire in the revolutionary war. John Kubik was brought before 'Squire Lealce at Kearney , and plead not guilty to the charge of shooting his wife with intent to ifll , waiv.ed a preliminary examination and was remanded to jail in default of $2,000 bail. bail.Frank Frank D. Reese , of Lincoln , overhauled a couple of house breakers on the outskirts of that city , and at the muzzle of a shot-gun , which , however , was not loaded , marched them to town and turned them over to the officers. A special meeting of the voters of school district No. 2 , of Colfax county , is called for August 18th , for the purpose or voting upon the proposition of Issuing bonds not to ex ceed $4,000 , to be used in building a school house. Bruce-Mclntyre , a little boy four years of age of Omaha , choked upon a piece of raw beef which , he cut for himself while his mother was preparing dinner. Medical aid was sum moned instantly , but before a doctor could arrive the little fellow was past all help. The Messrs. LaBountys , living northwest of Uelson , run their self-binding harvesternight and day in order to save their rapidly ripening grain. They attach lanterns to the machine at night ; and with ten horses , working flve at a time , they cut twenty-flve to thirty acres a day. day.The child of Mr. and Mrs. J. J.Kern : , of had its mouth Friedensan , Thayer county , result of and throat terribly burned-the drinking concentrated lye. A physician was called and administered an antidote to neu tralize the potash. The child is now getting along nicely. Mrs. Ranfleld , a widow woman , who came out from New Yqrk state about a year ago and took up land three miles and a half north , west of Cambridge , lost all the 'cattle she owncdj threeCOWB , ono yearling and one calf , during a Htorm.last Week , they having .been killed by lightning. There is a curiosity in the orchard of James S. Dick , near Crete , in the shape of two cmb apple trees in bloom. Ono tree has but two clusters of blossoms , while the other has two clusters in all stages of development. The trees were set out last spring , and are late in displaying their blonsoms. The Union Pacific company have placed an embargo on the nhipmcnt of stock cuttle , and have instructed their agents all over the west along their lines , to have the yards and cor rals promptly and properly disinfected ; and cattlemen to head off the prevailing disease among the bovlnes to the best of their ability , the railroad company promising to defray its share of the expense. FOREIGN NOTES. There was an outbreak of typhus fever in the Vosges. Of forty persons attacked , ten died. The archbishop of Paris has ordered the priests to offer prayer for and solicit alms for the cholera victims. There were twenty-four deaths from cholera at Marseilles and eight at Aries during the twenty-four hours ending- 9 p. in. on the 30th. , 0 It is reported at Shanghai that France and China will make a treaty of peace. China to pay France an indemnity of $5,200,000 taxes , also $7,2W,000. The Port of Puelva , Spain , is declared in fected with cholera. Points between Cadiz and Ryamone , both inclusive , arc also sus pected of being infected. The libel suit by Bolton , prosecutor for the crown , against William O'Brien , editor of the Dublin United Ireland , was concluded by a verdict in favor of plaintiff , giving him 3,050 , Two more persons have been arrested in Dublin for connection with the Cornwall scan dal. Many other persons have become fright ened at the prospect and are fleeing the coun try. try.The The Siberian pest has appeared at Gats , china. A committee was formed , Prince Schopsfsky at the head , to enforce vigorous sanitary measures to check the spread of the disease. The Vatican will recall its delegates from Buenos Ayes in case the Argentine govern ment insists upon the dismissal of Father Ryan for his letter against employing Ameri can school mistresses. Minister Foster had another important in terview at Madrid with Senor Castello , Span ish premier. It is a difficult task for the Spanish government to reconcile the conflict ing commercial interests of the peninsula of Cuba. Parnell has given notice that ho will intro duce a question in commons concerning the threatened spoliationof propaganda property at Rome , wherein Irish Catholics are largely Interested. It Is reported that 500 persons were massacred at Agige. A London cable states that the cabinet , as a whole , beyond doubt strongly hope to carry the franchise bill without disturbing the con stitution , but most of the great liberal meet ings held during the week declared distinctly n&ainst longer toleration of the veto power of the lords. Chamberlain openly preaches abolition. Minister Ferry gave an audience toLi Togu Pee , Chinese minister , who requested an ex tension of time for China to reply to France's demand beyond the limit of August 1. Ferry refused to accede to the request. Patenotre , French minister to China and viceroy nt Nan keen , is still continuing negotiations at Shanghai. The Paris Fiargo has a bitter article declar ing England never helped , but always thwart ed France. Her friendship is false and alli ance with her hollow. The Fiargo advises France to abandon relations with England , give up her prejudices and hatred and make an alliance with Germany. "Germany was an honest enemy she has been an honest ali. " CAPITAL BRIEFS. The democratic national committee have decided to lease the house. No. 11 West Twen ty-fourth street , New York , for headquarters. During the meeting a general discussion on the plan of the campaign took place , and the following advisors of the campaign commit tee to the executive committee were appoint ed : Senators A. P. Gorman ( Md. ) , M. W. Ransom ( N. C. ) , B. F. Jones ( La. ) , J. S. Bar- bour ( Va. ) , Herbert O. Thompson ( N. Y. ) , and A. H. Browne ( Ind. ) The officers commanding the United States troops , charged with the duty of expelling the squatters from the Cherokee outlet lands of the Indian Territory , has requested the inte rior department to send representatives to point out the persons to be ejected. It is probable an attache of the land office will be directed to discharge that duty. The surgeon general of the marine hospital service has received the following telegram from Joseph H. Holt , president of the Louis ville state board of health : "An exhaustive investigation foils to establish even a remote suspicion that Asiatic cholera was the cause of the death or the infant on board the Annie D. Silver. " The surgeon general of the marine hospital service , having received information that yel low fever is spreading rapidly in Sonora , Mexico , has instructed Inspector Nogales , of Arizona , to use extra vigilance to prevent its introduction into the United States. Congressman Culbertson , of Kentucky , who represents the Ashland district In that state , attempted suicide at the National hotel on the 30th. He fired several shots which .entered his right temple , coming out near the ear on the opposite side of his head. He can not possibly live. The Oklahoma Outlaws. C. Rogers , of Muskogee , Indian territory , representing the Indian department , has ar rived at Washington. He formally notified Captain Paine and followers that they must quit the Indian territory immediately. They refused to go , and General Hatch was called on to remove them , which he will do Imme diately. He will burn or otherwise destroy all improvements made on Cherokee lands by the "Boomers , " and will arrest all old offenders and turn them over to the United States mar shal , to be taken to Fort Smith , Ark. , for trial. The new offenders will be taken to Kansas and turned loose. The Civil Service Commission. The civil service commission at "Washington examined about 500 candidates for 150 places as special examiners for pension offices , and papers are now being marked by the special board of examiners. No further examinations for tliis branch of the service will be held now , except about twenty persons from south ern'states , where applications have just been received. BRIEFLY TOLD. A $100,000 flro occurred in Philadelphia on the 1st. Forty-five distillers met.viat ; Pcorift , and formed a Western .Export association. The entire town of Laning > Nevada , except the depot buildings , woe burned on the 30th. The Knights ofPythlos ; o'flowa , 'meet at Sioux City first Wednesday in October next. There Is probability of a passenger rate war between the Lake Shore and New York Cen tral. - * Jay-Eye-Sce has surpassed all his previous efforts by making on the 1st of August a milo in 2:10. The greater portion of the town of Hot Springs , Ark. , was destroyed by flre Thursday night last. President Arthur was given a hearty recep tion on the i-occasion of his recent visit to Kingston , New York. The propeller Osborno was sunk in a col lision with the steamship Alberta off Whitefish - fish Point , Mich , on the 26th of last month. Five of the salvation army were sent to Jail at Bridgeport , Conn. , for four days for violating lating the city ordinance by parading Sunday. G. Barnum's wire works at Detroit , one of the most extensive plants for ornamental wire works in the business in the country has as signed. The collier of the Greely relief expedition , the steamship Loch Garry , arrived at the Brooklyn navy yard on the 29th from St. Johns , N. F. The extension of the Burlington , Cedar Rapids and Northern from North Park to Watertown , Dak. , will be completed about October 1. The distance is 100 miles. The second week of the Now York brlcklay crs' strike has been inaugurated. Reports of the number of men on a strike are conflicting. Employers say 3,000 and the worklngmen claim 700. 700.At At a French cabinet council , Mellnc , minis ter of agriculture , submitted a bill raising Im port duty on oxen to twenty-flve francs ; pigs to six francs ; calves to four francs ; sheep to three francs. The Mutual Union telegraph company at Chicago has commenced laying its wires underground. The city will sue other com panies penalty , $50 per pole per day for all poles standing. A rivalry has existed among the various Illinois cities by the question where to locate the democratic headquarters for the cam paign in that state. It was finally settled by selecting Chicago as the place. The city council of Chicago passed an ordi nance abolishing contract labor for prisoners at the city house of correction. The inmates of this institution number 1,000 tol.500. Ithas heretofore been self-supporting. Mrs. Adam Miller , of York , Pa. , was shot fatally while sitting at the window of her fath er's residence holding her sick infant. The shooting is supposed to have been , done by Pires Miller , brother to her husband , who was in the room at the time. A prize fight between Jim Dillon and Ned Monoghan , local pugilists , took place near Brownstown , Pa. , and resulted in favor of Monoghan in the twenty-first round. Both men were terribly punished. The mill was witnessed by several hundred. A 14-year-old daughter of Stephen Klmlmll- a wealthy farmer near Lyons , Ionia county , Michigan , while strolling near her father's house was outraged by a couple of tramps. Kimball offers $500 reward for the arrest of the villains. One hundred men went in pur suit. Secretary Frellnghuysen has received intel ligence from the City of Mexico to the effect that in compliance with the request of the United States government , the two Ameri cans , William Hardwood and Edward Veleach , recently arrested there upon the charge of de faming the president of Mexico , had been re leased. The report reaches Portland , Oregon , that an organized band of stock thieves has been run down and captured by a party of regulars at Willow Valley in that state. Seventeen thieves were captured with a number of horses in their possession. The ringleader was hanged and the remainder turned overdo the authorities. An explosion of gas in one of the dressing rooms of the opera house , Pittsburg , terribly burned Maggie Welsh , Mollie Campbell and Marie Foley , who were engaged in cleaning the theatre. Gas had been escaping all day , and when a young woman went into the room and struck a light the explosion occurred. Maggie Welsh and Mollie Campbell are thought to be fatally injured. The total expense of the Greely relief expe dition is estimated by the navy department at $ SOO,000. The original estimate was $500,000 ; about $343,000 for purchase and repair of ves sels , $25,000 for instruments to be used in mak ing observations , and $15,000 for coal. It is believed in disposing of the vessels the gov ernment will secure an amount equal to the sum paid for them. A large quantity of pro visions is suituable for navy use .and will be turned over to the service. After a careful investigation the Kansas City Live Stock Indicator states the follow ing : There has not been and is not any Texas fever among cattle at this point , or in this neighborhood. Cattle shipped from here in which the so-called Texas fever has devel oped passed through the yards , but while here did not exhibit any symptoms of tl it disease. It was contracted by contact with through Texas cattle in the Indian territory. A terrible explosion occurred at the house of Henry Upmeier , 21 Oregon street , Cincin nati. A young son of Upmeier took home an unexploded rocket that had fallen from the Highland House , where had been an exhibi tion of fireworks. The lad tried to open it , but failing to do so , his mother seized a hatchet and dealt it a severe blow. A terrible explosion followed , Mrs. Upmeier was fatally injured ; Charles Upmeier , aged 6 , severely hurt ; Philip Hill , aged 10. slightly injured. No Jay-Eye-See. Omaha Herald. Messrs. Furnas , Barker , Davis , Dinsmore and Hartman , members of the state board of agriculture , met informally at the Paxton lust week , and discussed the advisability of trying to get Jay-Eye-See to trot an exhibi tion race at the coming state fair. Mr. Case , the owner of the horse , had signified a willing ness to send the trotter here and have him make as fust time as possible over the half- mile track , for $2,500 , with an additional $1,000 if he succeeded in beating2:10.'i. The society proposed to give $1,000 If the business men of Omaha would make up the other $1,500 , but a hasty canvass by Mr. Hartman showed that very few people care to see the race against time , and it Is probable that the Juy-Eye-See business will be dropped. Xb Claim , Agents Claimants under the act of June 3d , to pro vide for the muster and pay of certain officers and enlisted men , and July 5th , to relieve cer tain soldiers from the charge of desertion , should make application to the adjutant gen eral for amendment of their records , and having secured this the second auditor of the treasury can take cognizance of , and act upon claims for pay. The intermediation of a claim agent is unnecessary. - A TERRIBLE Jty Which a Young 3fan Sfeeti Instaittanouit Death. Of all the fearful deaths caused by eleva tors , says a New York 'dispatch of the 30th , none surpasses in horror that which bcfel John Kceno , the elevator boy at the Englewood - wood flats. The Englewood is a magnificent six-story structure , corner f Eighty-first street and Lexington avenue. The elevator runs from the main hall to the sixth story. In the collar at the bottom of the shaft is the freight car , that is only attached to the pas senger compartment when it is necessary to take baggage * up stairs. Across the bottom of the passenger car , runningdlagonally from corner to corner , is a stout iron bar that serves as a brace. At 2 o'clock young Kcenc , 15 years of age , went on duty. It was his custom to sit in the car and wait for passen gers. A few minutes before 3 he left the car , closing the door after him and descended to the cellar , where ho climbed on top of the freight car , and swinging by his hands to the transverse bar on the bottom of the car above , began to perform various gymnastic feats. It is supposed that while doing so his head struck the starting rope. The car began to ascend , carrying the lad suspended by his hands. Up ho went , puss- ing floor after floor in rapid succession. In vain ho shrieked ror aid. No help could bo given. Theschoes of the long shaft rang with his cries. Higher and higher went the car , until it stopped automatically at the sixth story , the doomed hid still clinging madly to the bur. His dispairing shrieks as he hung over the awful abyss were heard , but no one knew whence they proceeded. His strength began to fail , his fingers gradually relaxed their frenzied hold on the bar , then , with one despairing yell , he fell headlong , whirlingover and over and falling with a hideous thud'ut the bottom of the shaft. A servant who was In the yard heard the crash , and , looking through the cellar window , saw the boy's body lying on top of the freight car. It was horri bly mangled , and death must have been in stantaneous. THE SCOURGE ABROAD. An American Correspondent's Investica- tion of the Snme. The New York Times' cubic from Its own correspondent at Marseilles , says : I have made a flve days' visit to the cities of Toulon and Aries in order to learn and report for American readers some facts In regard to the cholera. I have visited every room in every cholera hospital existing in Marseilles and Toulon , and have seen wretched people dying jn hospitals and hovels , and buried at mid night in cemeteries by the light of torches and lanterns. I have discussed all phases of the epidemic exhaustively with hospital doctors , priests and nurses , and my conclusion is the much dreaded cholera is a thing of which no Intelligent community of well ordered lives , and well managed sewer pines , need have an alarming fear , even when brought into close contact with it , to suy nothingof getting into a panic at a distance In Marseilles we undertook to drive through the city. In the chief streets we could discover but slight changes. But the poorer quarters and God knows there are enough of them revealed another side of the picture as we drove into them. From the tenement region on the hill a fetid stream of water flowed across the Rue Caisserie and plunged down a precipitous descen Ion the other side , through dark lanes swarming below with idle men and children playing in filthy gutters , women meanwhile washing the water about with their brooms under the evident Impression that they were cleaning something. The smell through all this quarter , in which , during the space of twenty minutes , we met three laden hearses , was bad enough , but the smell wns in describably worse when he had driven across the town to two of the most afilictcd quarters of all Marseilles , Capelette and the adjoining quarter. HORRORS OP THE DEEP. A Talk "With Survivors of the Wrecked Steamship Iaxtmni. London dispatch : The survivors of the wrecked steamship Laxham , which collided with the Spanish steamer Gijon , report on the ovoningof the collision a thick fog. The Lax- ham was going slow and both steamers sound ing their whistles. The Gijon struck the Lax- ham amidships , and the latter was nearly cut asunder. Chief Engineer Humbly was scald ed. Most or the Laxham's crew boarded the Gijon. Captain Lothcan tied his wife and children to himself and all three were hauled aboard the Gijon. The Laxham sank in twen ty minutes after the collision. It was not long before the Gijon began to settle and terrible confusion prevailed. The captain stood with a revolver in hand , but was unable to keep or der. The passengers and crew were fighting for their lives. The boats were lowered and filled to the gunwales , but they could not ac commodate half of the people. Those fortu nate enough to secure places in them were obliged to keep off the others with knives. The Gijon sank to the first quarter deck , which was crowded with women. The captain mid officers were standing in the brig. It is estimated that 140 persons perished. TAKING THE TOWN" . A Colorado Bnrg Greatly Excited Over an Indian Raid. The town of Durango , Col. , was greatly ex cited a few days ago over the arrival of Red Jacket with forty warriors , highly painted and heavily armed. The city marshal arrested one for disturbance and carrying fire arms He was knocked down by other Indians. The Indians then mounted their horses and started to leave town. Several citizens and cattle men gave chase , and a running fight was kept up for two miles , when the Indians succeeded in getting out of range. Some twenty shots were fired by both sides. No one injured so fur as known. The citizens have asked for troops to keep the Indians on the reservation and away from town. The cattle men of southern Colorado are very indignant over lute losses of cattle , horses and the burning of their camping outfits. A general war is feared between tnem and the Indians unless some thing is speedily done to protecttheirintercsts from thieving bands of Utds. BUSINESS BANQUET. Omaha Merchants to Fca.it Their Patrons During Stale Fair Week. Omaha Herald. At a meeting of Omaha merchants and man ufacturers held at the Paxton hotel , it was de cided to tender a banquet to visiting mer chants during state fair week. Messrs. Ben Gallagher , W. V. Morse and Allen Koch were appointed a committee on finance , undone representative of each leading business house named as an executive committee. Tiie plan as partially outlined last evening , contem plates the raising of about $2,500 with which a banquet for 500 guests can be provided. The executive committee will make a canvas of the city to see how many patrons each house wants to invite , and meet Monday evening to compare notes. The scheme , it is thought , will be reasonably profitable to our home merchants , and afford an opportunity for pleasant intercourse. Democratic National Committee. The following are announced as the demo cratic executive committee : W. H. Barnum , of Connecticut ; T. A. P. Gorhum , of Mary land ; M. W. Ransom , of North Carolina ; Hu bert O. Thompson , of New York ; Wm. Wal lace , of Pennsylvania ; John S. Barbour. of Virginia ; W. F. Vilas , of Wisconsin ; Austin H. Brown , of Indiana ; M. M. Ham , of Iowa , H. D. McHcnry , of Kentucky ; J. P. H. Kclley , of Minnesota ; Bradley B. Smullcy. of Ver mont ; J. W. Sullowny , of New Hampshire ; F. W. Dawson. of South Carolina ; W. W. Arm strong , of Ohio ; Miles Ross , of New Jersey ; 3. S. Corning and J. B. Barnaredy , of Rhode [ slund ; J. D. Prather , of Missouri. Refusing Diseaxcd Cattle. General Freight Agents Shelby and Smith of the Union Pacific und Burlington & Missouri lines , have forbidden agents to receive cattle infected with Texus fever. At Ogalulla sev eral cattle .have died. It is supposed from this that the disease is at Maxwell , Ne braska. A commission consisting of several cattle men and others appointed by the gov ernor are investigating the disease , but have not yet agreed on a report. , Cheap abor. The bill to prevent the importation of for elgn labor under contract , which passed th house during the past session , fulled to secure consideration in the senate. There exists consequently , nothing to prevent the con tlnuanco of this trade , and a firm In Wash ington has prepared toembark in the buslnes with a view to supplanting American lube with workmen from Europe. The scheme I to Import Welsh und Italian laborers to work under contract at low wages. W. H.Muin. i real estate agent , IH at the head of tin concern , and his agents arc in Europe ar ranging for the shipment of laborers to till country. The plan Is to keep laborers und domestics of all kinds to meet all demand and to replenish the stock by fresh shipment * as needed. The mnnugers will IHHUO circulurs to contractors all over the country , offering to give them a superior class of labor at low rates of wages. They do not , Main says , con fine themselves to common laborers , but wil get skilled workmen who will bo willing tc work for less wages to get a foothold in thi country. In connection with this they pro pone to run a colonization concern to brinj , over foreigners , chiefly Germans , who huvt 'small capital to take up timber lands. Mali says they have as much as 100,000 acres In i single region , which will be applicable for this purpose. Congremman CiilberiM > n' Mtetnjited Sulride The following additional particulars arc given of the attempted suicide of Congress man Culbertson , at Washington on the 30th : Two officials heard the shooting , and ran in stairs to where they had heard the firing. As they were looking for the room the koj turned in door 27 , and Representative Cul bertson stood before them , with a pistol in his hand and dripping with blood. The first tliinj , he said on seeing the officers was : "I'n afraid I hain't done it , boys , though I wanted to and will. " He seemed da/.ed , und handing his pistol to one of the officers asked him to see if there was another loud in it. The elli cer told him there was not , and he asked liin to load it for him. This conversation occu pied little moro than a minute , when the wounded man begun to stagger , und the elli ccrs laid him on thabed. Medical aid was sent for , and in a few moments Dr. Towns hend , Briscoo and McLean were in the room Two shots were found to have tuken effect Ii the back of his head , just below the base ol the bruin , both bulls going through hot ! walls of the skull. The bruin had not been In jured. The doctors said the wounds were of a serious character. When recovered sulli ciently to talk a little he then felt his owi pulse , and whispered to the doctor that he was afraid ho was getting better. He offeree no explanation for his act. Talking Up a World's Fair. At the meeting of the international conven tion of exposition and fair association repre sentatives held at St. Louis lust month , the question of holding a world's fair in coinmcin oration of the discovery of America und tc celebrate the 400th anniversary of that event was discussed. The project was approved nnf the president of the convention , Julius S Walsh , of St. Louis , directed to appoint a com mittcc to devise a plan of organization urn management , fix the time und place , etc. Mr Walsh has appointed the committee , us fol lows : Mrs , K. Loeke and David E. Beatty , of Jersey ville. 111. ; Col. A. J. Johnson , of Topuka : H. B. W. Hartwig. of St. Joseph. Mo. ; H. J , Hill , of Toronto. Canada ; Daniel B. G. Gill ham , of Alton , 111. ; Edwin Huron , of Kansas City ; Robert Mitchell , of Princeton. Ind. , urn L. M. Huinscy , Richard Green and Samuel M Kcnuurd of St. Louis. The Murder Trial at Madison. In the trial at Mudison , after deliberating twenty-two hours , the jury rendered a verdic of guilty of manslaughter against Chap. D Wilmore for the killing of Chus. F. McCalliim on the 2d day of last April. The prisioner waived the filing of a motion for a new tria and placed himself at the mercy of the court Judge Crawford asked the defendant to slant up und stute what reason , if any he hud , whj the judgment and sentence of the cour should not be passed upon him. Wilmore re plied that he hud nothing in particular to mj in his vindication. Judge Crawford then de livered a talk to the prisoner , ufter which lit sentenced him to confinement in the peniten tiury for six years. The defendant wns verj much affected , but withal seems to be sutisilet that he has no worse sentence to endure. The Cholera Scare. The following notice was issued at New York on the 28th : By request of the members of the State Boards of Health of Illinois , Tennessee , Ken tucky , New York and other states , a confer ciice will bo held in Washington , August 7th to consult with the government officers us to the best method of meeting and mastering cholera in the event of its appearing in the United States. Marine und quarantine hospi tal officers are respectfully requested to take part in the conference. EKASTUS BROOKS. Chairman New York state board of health conference. I. N. McCOKMiCK , Kentucky , secretary. Lacerated in a Reaper. Schnyler Herald. A Mrs. Kloudu , living two miles west of Clurkson , met with a very painful accident last evening. She was driving a yoke of oxci attached to 11 self-raking reaper , und by some misstep , or the sudden sturt of the team , she was caught in the ruke , which forced her against the sickle , and before the team could be stopped the bones in one of her legs was com pletely severed and the other leg terriblj lacerated between the knee and ankle. Drs , Wood and Miles went out this morning to at tend to her injuries. It is thought that she will lose at least one of her limbs. Defying the Authorities. The Anchor Line steamers have defied the emigration commissioners of the United States. The Furnesia , of that line , brought over a number of assisted Iri h immigrants , and refused to tuke them buck when the com missioners demanded , and secured clearance papers and sailed , leaving them. An attempt will be made to send them buck by some other vessel of that line , and hereafter all Anchor hue vessels will be boarded at quarantine and no assisted immigrants allowed to land from them. The Tar on "Whisky. Some time ago the commissioner of internal revenue issued an order providing that on and after September 1 , 1SS4 , the collection of tax on whisky by assessment would be discon tinued. Strong efforts have been made to have him rescind the order , but without avail , and now he has notified the petitioners that the 01 iginal order will be enlorced. Under the ruling the tux will bo collected on the day it comes due , und if not paid the property will be distrained. Boys or Girls 1 A lady who had much experience in teaching both boys and girls , speaking of the extraordinary obtuseness of a certain pupil , said : In a physiology class , this young lady of 15 inquired , "with languid sur prise r " Is there not a straight passage through the head from , ono ear to the other ? " "A somewhat natural conclusion , " the teacher commented , dryly , " if she had ever "watched the processes of her own mind. " " "Which would you prefer teaching , " asked a "visitor , " boys or girls ? " " Boys , infinitely , " "was the prompt reply. "No boy , for instance , would ever have asked such a question as that. He would long before have in vestigated the subject "with a lead-pen cil. Not , probably , in his own ears , " she added , meditatively , " but in his younger brother's. " A WEiiii-uxowx local preacher in suburban town , while instructing : ! e-la.-u of urchins in the cathechism , told tlien- that God could do everything , where upou one of them uskccl , "Can Gee make a rock so big that He can't iU it ? " The boy's question remains unap ivercd. - Railroad Speeds.t The daily express mail tram from London to Holyhead makes the d - tance , 268 miles , in four and a half hours , being afc the speed of a little over fifty-nine miles an hour , stoppages included. The distance between New York and Washington is 208 miles , and the fastest train makes it in six hours and twenty minutes , or thirty-six miles an hour , stops included. But most of the trains occupy from eight to nine hours. In this wide country , where railroad engineering exhibits such great triumphs , it would seem as if we ought to be able to run trains between our important cities as fast as the Britishers do. If we had a Holyhead express be tween New York and Washington the time of transit womldbe reduced nearly one-half , to wit : to three hours and forty minutes. This would enable pus- sengers to leave Now York in the morn ing , have an entire official day forbusi- r.ess before the Departments in Washington - ington , or attend a session of Congress , . / and still be at home in time for evening \ J tea. Scientific .dnierican. i THE FAMILY PHYSICIAN. SORE THROAT. Gargle for sore throat : Tincture myrrh , two drachms ; common water , four ounces ; vinegar , half an ounce. Mix. FOR BURNS OR SCALDS. Varnish the wound with the white of an egg. The application of the egg is more soothing than sweet oil and cotton , the common remedy for burns. Toxic APERIEXT. Epsom salta , ono ounce ; diluted sulphuric acid , ono drachm ; infusion of quassia chips , half an imperial pint : compound tincture of rhubarb , two drachms. Half a wine- glassful for a dose twice each day. ' * J.f DIARRHEA. It is said the small plant , y I commonly known by the name of rup turewort , made into tea and drunk fre quently , is a sure cure for diarrhea. Itupturewort grows in nearly every open ( ( ' > lot and along the roads. It is a small jj plant , throwing out a number of shoots 7 ( in a horizontal direction , and lying close * to the ground , something similar to the manner of the parsleyweed , and bears a j small dark green leaf with an oblong ; , purple spot in the center. When the j" stem is broken , a white milky substance , ' will ooze from the wound. It is very [ palatable and infants take it as readily j : as any drink. This is an old Indian t | cure , and may be relied on. Thebotani- j cal name of this plant is Euphorbia I Maculala. How TO KILL A TAPEWORM IN AX { HOUR. Kousso and kamela are expen sive drugs , nauseous to the taste , not always effectual , and requiring several days to effect the death of the worm. Dr. Karl Bettelheim , of Vienna , nar rates in the Deutchcs Archiv , a heroic method and nearly sure cure in the short space of time of tliree-quarters of an hour to two hours. It is this : He inserts a tube in the oesophagus , to the j' ' stomach , and pours down from 200 to I' 400 grammes of a very concentrated de- ( ( i coctiou of pomegranate root , having f re- y viouslyhad his patient fast for twenty- \ > - four hours. The worm is stupefied end passed , head and all , to a certainty ; the j fi patient has no sickness of the stomach , -j and no nauseous swallowing to do , and j" the drug is cheap. How TO CURE A COLD. On the first * day of taking cold there is a very un pleasant sensation of chilliness. The moment you observe this go to your room and stay there ; keep it at such a temperature as will prevent this chilly feeling , even if it requires 100 degrees of Fahrenheit. In addition , put your feet in water , half-leg deep , as hot as you can bear it , adding hotter water from time to time for a quarter of an hour , so that the water shall be hotter when you j'j hike your feet out than when you put i them in ; then dry them thorouglily , and put on warm , thick woolen stockings - ings , even if it be in summer , for sum mer colds are the most dangerous ; and for twenty-four hours eat not an atom of food , but drink as largely as you like of any kind of warm teas , and at the end of ( ' that time , if not sooner , the cold will be i. effectually broken without any medicine ' ( whatever. . f' , IT is the opinion of A Bronson Alcott ( " that the who / ' ' man cannot govern children - dren , or men either , by moral means , by I j the power of his eyej the charm of his - ! manners , the resources of his intelli- f ! j gence , is not worthy to control his fel- [ 2 low-creatures. " If A. Brouson Alcott ' will only come and govern a boy who stands on his head on the roof adjacent to pur winter palace , and gets up cam paign processions by means of a broom lighted with kerosene by the power of liis eye , we offer him free board and a new suit of clothes. New York Com mercial Advertiser. As elephant is used in a spectacular play in Pliiladelpliia. He is kept in a stable several blocks away , and taken to the theater every evening at the proper point in the piece. One afternoon he took it into his head that the time had come to perform. Throwing his keeper aside , he burst into the street , overturned a wagon and several street-stands on his way to the theater , smashed a door , and took his usual place on the stage. The absence of lights and audience seemed to convince him that-he had made a mistake , and he suffered himself to be led back to the stable. THE Scientific American urges the adoption of the telephone on the battle field as a means of conveying informa tion and transmitting orders rapidly and accurately , without exposing the Gen eral in command to the fire of the enemy and thus imperiling not only his own life but possibly the ultimate re sult of the campaign. Of course , spe cial modifications are necessarv to ren der the telephone available for such use but these are quite within the power of the inventor and mechanician. A TOUXG man died of heart disease at St. Paul while asking a girl to marry him. J him.f. f. T. BAKXUJI is a practical worker ta tn * field o temperance as well a Ucturcr. He offers to give $1,000 fc w * rd a reading and amusement room r Bridgeport , where young men may CoJ sociability away from the saloons. Seventy-one young men have entered his year as cadets at West Point acad- jrny. Two of the number are Span- ards.
