THE TBIBUNE.
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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.