THE TBIBUNE.
F. M. & E. M. KIMMEIX , Pubs.
McCOOK , : : i i NEB
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The Geneva Juvon'llo bana"ha8 virtually
disbanded , and Is now , ono of the things of the
past. '
The Omaha lard fBflnery was destroyed by
flro on jtlfe 3th. Loss on building and con
tents , ? 50i6oO. " .
Lewis FcrguBon , the man who knifed Hamp
ton at Aurora , July 0 , has escaped from jail ,
Ho slid out between the bars. ,
A man named Blttonborgrwasrun over by
the cars noaVxli'icoln , and jdflcd' , ono da'y last
week. Ho was drunk at the time.
The soldiers' reunion at Laramie City open
ed with a largo crowd in attendance , not less
than 5,000 people being on its grounds the first
day.
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J. Treltman , an Omaha butcher , would like
to flndbl8 , formerclqrkwho.llt out a few days
aere.wlthid\"gdo'dlyBum tot ibis employer's
Lincoln county is in an enviable position
financially. She has built a $30,000 bridge
and a nice large court house , and is nearly out
of debt. .
Union Pacific officials and others now enter
tain no fear regarding spread of tozas fever
among the cattle. Fall shipments are about
to. commence.
The Frcemont creamery averaged 1,745
pounds of butter per day during July , or over
47,000 poundsj-l During the same 'period it'
turned out 691 cheeses.
Nebraskais'takng steps to be rbperly rep
resented by the samples oft her products at
the New Orleans exhibition next winter.
Good returns may be expected in the future.
A lad named Burns , living near 'Valparaiso ,
slid down upon the handle of. a pitchfork ,
which entered his person aboutteninchcs , re
sulting in injuries which , it is thought , will
prove fatal.
During a recent thunder storm C. W. Fen-
derson , a homesteader , located thirty miles
north.of North JMatte , on the Loup river , was
struck1 dead by lightning. His homo was at
Grand-Island. . t
Jliss Pulsche , of Omaha , a tolerably fair
looking girl , deserted her poor old mother a
few days ago- and went away with a negro ,
with whom she became' infatuated and pro
posed to marry.
Hans Thompson , a farmer living about ten
miles we"sfofOma'hax went town and re
ported to ' ( Coroner Maul that a man in his em
ploy diedfrom the effects of a * sunstroke re
ceived that day.
"William Williams , wholives six miles east of
Guide Hock , and Is sixty-six years old , met
with a painful accident. He was thrown from
a pony while herding cattle and produced a
fracture of his collar bone.
Fifteen transgressors , convicted at the late
term of the district court of Douglas county ,
have just been given quarters ufthVpen near
' ' for manslaughter , '
was sent up for twenty years.
The ex-city marshal of Omaha , convicted of
bribery and sentenced' to the , penitentiary ,
has been denied a stay of execution by the su
preme court , and now does duty within the
walls of the state penitentiary.
Near Doniphan last week , while a number
of men were helping a farmer to replace his
house , which had been blown over by the
wind , the roof fell in and crushed a man by
the name of Rhodes so severely that he is not
expected tolive. .
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The supreme court hasissuedawritof error
in the murder case of Quinn TJohannon , sen
tenced to be hung at Nebraska City on the 18th
of August. This will postpone the banting
until after ' Jhe January meeting of the
supreme court. - *
W. W. Van Doren , of Oakdale , is a missing
man , having disappeared June 29. Nothing
has been heard of him since. It is feared he
has been , foully dealt with , as he had about
§ 500 on-his person at the time , with which he
intended to buy < md in Dakota.
July 19th the flret white child was born on
the Omaha reservation , in Cuming county ,
3Irs. Thomas McNeill being the mother. The
new-comer has been donated 160 acres of
choice land insection , , 9 , township 24 , range 6
east , acknowledgment of its priority of
primaryjionqrs _ _ A
"j. A. Smith , living three miles southeast of
Kenes W , was , threshing/withasteam thresher
when it exploded , killing him instantlv , de
molished everything around , blew Smith
about twenty yards , ripped open his bowels
and nearly cut his head off. A piece of the
boiler was found forty rods away. No others
were hurt.
R. J. Moore , capitalist , speculator and stock
man , of Lincoln , has recently been under the
surveillance of. officers , charged with dispos
ing of' mortgaged property. Complaint was
made * .by tithe Capital -National bank , the
amount atstake being § 1,800. ' The affair was
finally , settled by thedefendant , making good
the obligatlon/and theiaatterwill be silenced
on account of the heretofore high standing of
the gentleman for integrity and honesty.
The board of managers.of .the Nebraska
Baptlst.state conventionf in session recently
rt Lincoln } jippointed the.f , ollowine mission
aries : Bey. A.W. Snyder , for churches at
Auburn and Brock ; Eev. D. S. Hulbert.
Plainvi'ew ; Bev. B. F. Lawler , Humboldt ;
Hev. A.H. Law , Wymore ; Rev. G. J. Travis ,
"Wayne and Harrington ; Eev. J. A. Abbott ,
Oxford and Holdredge ; Bev. J. Shutz ,
MJnden.
Postoffice changes in Nebraska during the
week ending August 2 , 1884 , furnished by "Wm.
VanVJecl 5 > f the postpffice department : Es
tablished Anderson Brown county , John An
derson , postmaster ; Lutes , Brown county ,
John lutes , postmaster. Discontinued Far.
roll , Platte county ; Putnam , Gage county ,
Postmasters appointed Big Spring , Cheyenne
county , George S. Hinmanpostmaster ;
Ham" esvilley. Holt . .county , . 'Alfred C. Mohr
postmagter. ,
The Edgar Times says that a little daughter
of O. N. Overfurf , living nine .miles north of
Edgar , was 'badly bitten o'a the feet by a rat
tlesnake lost week. , She accidently stepped
on the snake when it struck her , and becom
ing excited she was unable to get away , and
was bitten five times before assistance could
slowly improving , and it is
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thought she will soon recover.
The Blair Pifot tells of a miraculous stroke
of lightning which shattered the house of "W.
S.Pershing , a "Washington county farmer , on
the 23d. After the crash several balls of fire
ran through the house , setting it on fire in sev
eral places. A chimney twelve feet high was
crushed to the foundation. On the other side
of the chimney it blowed a 2x4 piece of stud
ding into a thousand pieces. Not a foot square
on-the floor up'sfairs but-was "covered with
splinters" and they were driven Intrunks , beds ,
sides of the house , etc. There were thirteen
in the house , and the person the greatest dis
tance from the chimney was less than ten feet.
Mrs. Porshing was about four feet from the
chimney that was struck , with a baby in her
arms just ono week old. She recovered from
the shock atoncobut the baby was motionless
for about flftceninlnutes. All ha ' ve recovered
from the effect of. the shock. .
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The second day.of the soldiers' reunion at
Pawnee City was an Immense .affair. . .There
was the largest crowd present that ever as
sembled in Pawnee county' or southeastern
Nebraska. There was a parade in which ex-
rebel soldiers participated. The old horse
ridden twenty-two years ago in the army by
Sheriff Linning , owned in Pawnee county ,
was produced , handsomely decorated by flags
and ridden about the camp amid shouting ,
playing of bands and cheers. The animal
was captured from' a rebel officer.1
CAPITAL BRIEFS.
The secretary of the interior has appointed
Robert E. Carpenter , of Dodge City , Iowa ,
superintendent of the Yellowstone Nationa
Park , to succeed P. H. Conger , resigned.
In accordance with the act of congress au
thorizing the appointment of eighty post
quartermaster sergeants to perform the du
ties of storekeepers and clerks in'place of
citizen employes , a general order has been
issued by the war department providing that
said sergeants shall bo selected by examina
tion from the most competent men in the
army.who have served at least four years.and
whose character and education shall fit them
to take charge of public property ,
The total value of exports of domestic cattle ,
hogs and beef , pork- and dairy products for
the six monthsendcd June 30th was$43,837,419 ,
against $54i357,704 > for the same period in last
year. The export of beef and pork products
for the eight months ending June 30th were
$57,570,538 , against 807,679,841 for the corresponding
spending time in 1883 ; dairy products for the
two weeks ending June 30tb , $2,662,966 , against
$2,090,420 for the same time last year. Num
ber of emigrants arrived for the year ending
June 30,509,834 , being 82,490 less than the pre
ceding year , and 260,586 less than the year end
ing June 30,1882.
FOREIGN NOTES. ,
The Belgian government has decided to es
tablish a quarantine against the Mediterran
ean ports.
The English cholera is spreading in Clayton ,
Lemoors and Richton , hamlets not far from
Blackburn.
The French government will consult the
chamber of deputies before instructing Ad
miral Courbet at Fee Chow to act.
Suakim has been abandoned as a base of op
erations. The project of constructing a rail
way from Suakim to Berber is likewise aban
doned.
The peace conference at Berne has closed its
session. Before its final adjournment it adop
ted a motion favoring the neutralization of
inter-oceanic canals.
All the men indicted at Dublin , in connec
tion with the recent abominable scandals ,
pleaded not guilty. The inquiry ordered by
court regarding French's sanity has been
postponed to August 19"at the request ofthe
crown.
Bismarck has instructed Count Von Munster -
ter , the German ambassador to England , to
ask Earl Granville , the British foreign secre
tary , what measures England intends to take
for the payment of the Alexandria indemni
ty. He also urges early and energetic action
to punish the outrages inflicted by English
fishermen in the North sea on German fishing
sloops.
A Chance /or the ladies.
Ex-Governors Furnas and Nance , commis
sioners for Nebraska in the interest of the
.New Orleans world's industrial and cotton
centennial , have issued the following letter to
the women prominently connected with wo
man's work in the state :
BROWNVILLE , Neb. . Aug. 5,1874.
Dear Madam : "We very much desire that
the woman's work of Nebraska be an Import
ant factor in our state exhibit at the world's
industrial and cotton centennial , New
Orleans , commencing in December next ,
continuing till May 31 , 1885. We - ask
the ladies of the state to organize and take in
hand this department. In other states this is
being done. Let Nebraska vie with her sister
states in this respect , as in all others looking
to this great exposition. Let the art , the in
dustry , the brain , the handiwork , the domes
tic economy of the sex find a place there. To
this end we invite you to convene at the Com
mercial hotel parlors , Lincoln , Monday , Aug
ust 18 , at 4 o'clock p. m. , for the purpose of
consultation and action. One or both of the
commissioners will be present atthe meeting.
Very respectfully ,
HOBT. W. FURNAS ,
AI.BINUS NANCE , *
Commissioners for Nebraska.
A Fierce Blaze at Omalia.
Fire was discovered in the Omaha Lard Re
fining Co.'s building , on the B. & M. track ,
South Omaha , on the night of the 8th. It was
a long runand the building was situated in an
almost inaccessible spot , but the firemen got
four good streams of water on in a'remarka-
bly short time. Owing to the Inflammable na
ture 6"f the contents , however , they could
make no headway against the flames , and
everything was destroyed. George Walker ,
an employe , was overcome by smoke and heat
while striving to save the books , and was car
ried home by his friends. He slipped out the
bnilding on a tierce of lard , and was quite bad
ly hurt.
The Omaha Lard Refining Company is com
posed of James E. and John M. Boyd , J. T.
Evans and A. G. Buchanan , of Omaha , and.E.
H. Purdy , of New York city. The building is
a total wreck , being gutted completely , with
only three walls left standing. The total loss
will be about S45,000.divided as followsLardin
bulk , S15.CCO ; lard in parcels. S7.C30 : machin
ery , etc. , S1G.CCO ; building , § 7,000. There is a
fair insurance on the whole.
As to Hog ShrinJcage.
There has been much dissatisfaction among
commission dealers at the Chicago stock
yards.for a long time , over the operation of
the shrinkage system in the sale of hogs.
Under it packers could contract for drove
hogs , then send in a man who would arbitrar
ily decide that so many were what are known
as "piggy sows , " and "stags , " from whose ag
gregate weight about forty pounds each was
shrunk or docked , and there was no appeal
and the loss was charged to the farmer. A
short time ago the livestock exchange passed
a rule that hereafter hogs should be sold on
their merits ; that these throw-outs must bo
selected in advance of the sale , and taken out
of the herd to be sold separate on their mer
its , also entirely doing away with shrinkage.
In order to give time for negotiations with
packers the rule wasnot then put in force.
As no agreement was reached , the commis
sion recently met and resolved to put the rule
in force at once.
Fixing the JTariff.
Representatives- roads interested in
traffic between Chicago and Omaha that is ,
the St. Paul , Northwestern , Rock Island , Wabash -
bash and Burlington , met at Chicago on the
17th and agreed to restore all the rates be
tween the points named. A committee , con
sisting of Ripley , of the Rock Island road ,
and Commissioner Vinlng , of the western
trunk line association , was appointed to ar
range details. At the general conference the
entire subject of the maiutuinnnce of Colorado
rado rates , and the further existence of the
tripartite agreement , was referred to a com
mittee of five- composed of General Managers
Hewitt , Potter , Cable , Robinson and Kimball ,
who were instructed to report on or before
September 23d. In the meantime current
rates are to be rigidlymaintained.
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BRIEFLY TOLD.
There is great depression In the iron trade
atPltteburg.
Forty-flvo distillers mot at Peoria and
formed a WestornJBxport association.
The Ohio crop reportpf the state statistical
agent is of a highly encouraging character.
Baldwin's locomotive works at Philadelphia
were.destroyed by fire on the 4th. Loss , $150 ,
000.
000.Miss
Miss Eva Mockoy , daughter of the Califor
nla millionaire , is betrothed to M. Colonna ,
representative of the well-known family of
Colonna.
A libel suit for § 50,000 has been instituted
against the San Francisco Alta'Callfornlan , by
Sarah A. Sharon , plaintiff In the Sharon di
vorce case.
Gen Hatch is about to move on the Indian
territory intruders , and from' ' this' time for
ward blows falling 'thick ' and fast may be
looked for.
James Lay , 60 years .old , and Bant Dalton ,
aged 50 , met at the election polls at Somerset ,
Ky. , and renewed an old quarrel. Dalton was
shot and killed.
Frank Frlsble , employed some time as ex
change teller at the Portland ( Me. ) First Na
tional bank , was discovered to bo a defaulter
and has fled the country.
By falling of walls of the United States hotel
at Washington on the 3d , seven people were
killed and a number severely wounded. Some
of the victims are still under the ruins.
John W. Mackey , the bonanza millionaire ,
denies the truth of'the statement telegraphed
from Naples of the engagement of his daugh
ter Eva to a member of the Colonna family.
The governor of Wyoming has Issued a pro
clamation quarantining on , the southern and
eastern boundaries of Wyoming to prevent
cattle affected with disease from entering the
territory.
A Mount Sterling ( Ky. ) Times special says it
is reported that a pitched battle occurred in
Elliott county , and that four men were killed
and sixteen wounded. The story lacks con
firmation.
The New York weekly bank statement
shows : Loans decrease , § 406,400 ; species de
crease , § 480,900 ; reserve decrease , § 4,666,223.
The banks now hold § 30,171,900 in excess of le
gal requirements.
Six deputy United States marshals were dis
charged at New York by Marshal Erhardt ,
acting under orders from Attorney General
Erewster. Whether the discharge has any
political significance could not be ascertained.
An epidemic of malignant and pernicious
fever is raging at Carles , thirty-eight miles
from Panama , Nine deaths occurred inside
of thirty-seven hours. The inhabitants are
panic stricken and leaving as fast as possible.
Mrs. Langtry , who has arrived in London ,
declares she is thoroughly pleased with her
visit to America. She will probably return in
the autumn , but says she has no idea of build
ing a theatre in New York , as has been men
tioned.
Dispatches from the managers of the lead
ing clearing houses in the United States show
that the clearances for the week ending Au
gust 2d was § 744,032,494 , a decrease of six and
one-tenth cent with the
per compared corre-
spondlngweek ono year ago.
It is understood that the court of inquiry
investigating the navy department frauds dis
covered a fraudulent voucher dated two
months prior to Wales taking charge of the
bureau , indicating that fraudulent practices
began earlier than had been.supposed.
The management of the world's exposition
to be held at New Orleans , authorize negotiations ! -
tions with the French government in order to
have the Bartholdi statue of liberty brought
to New Orleans for a short time before it is
finally set up at Bedloe's Island , New York.
Advices from Cottonwood , Montana , say a
courier who arrived from near the mouth of
the Muscle Shell , reports that Granville
Stuart's cowboys have a large band of horse
thieves surrounded. The band is too strong
to be taken but can be held till help comes.
Reinforcements left Cottonwood and hottimes
are expected.
At the coroner's investigation of the United
States Hotel accident at AVoshington , test !
mony was given showing that Belding , the
proprietor of the hotel , had known for a long
time that the building was unsafe , yet never
gave a word of warning to the boarders. The
owners of the building were aware of its dan
gerous condition , but took no steps for its im
provement.
There was great excitement in Schnectady ,
N. Y. , the other night , by the arrest of four
young men for disturbing the proceedings of
the salvation army. Fifteen hundred men
followed the prisoners to the station , threat
ening to throw the officers into the canal and
threats were made to burn the salvation
army's barracks.
Representatives of [ the Union Pacific ; rail
way join in declaring the Texas cattle fever
scare over. Texas fever has ceased , and al
cattle yards along the entire line of road have
been renovated and fumigated , which is also
true of every car used for the transportation
of cattle. The company has also notified the
AVyoming cattle growers' association of the
trail taken by every herd from the southwest
to enable them to warn all drovers , and thus
prevent any possibility of any spread of the
contagion.
POLITICAL NOTES.
In the recent elections in Utah for county
officers the Mormons were successful in near
ly every county.
In the Trenton ( N. J. ) republican convention ,
after the nominations were made , ex-Gover
nor Oglesby , -.Illinois , spoke for an hour ,
treating on the tariff and labor questions.
The democratic convention of the Twelfth
Illinois congressional district nominated J. M.
Riggs , the present member , for. re-election to
congress , and Samuel R. Crittenden , of Adams ,
for member of the state board of equalization.
Calvin Page , democrat , was chosen mayor
over W. H. Size , republican , at Portsmouth
N. H. , by s vote of 1,003 to 434 , the smallest re
publican vote ever cast in that city. The dem
ocrats for the first time in seven years elccta
majority of the city government.
The Illinois republican state central com
mittee held an open session at Chicago on the
the 5th and listened to reports as to the presi
dential feeling in various parts of the state
and the general outlook for the campaign , all
of which were of a reassuring character.
Says the New York Star : "It was stated yes
terday on the authority of prominent city offi
cials , that Maria Halpin , the woman men
tioned in the Buffalo scandal case , is now stop
ping privately with a friend in New Rochelle
and that she has consented to make an affida
vit refuting the story of the Buffalo Telegraph
at every essential point. "
Benjamin F. Butler thus speaks In a letter
to Chas. A. Dana , editor of the New York Sun :
"As a means of reaching more querists than 1
can do in any other way , I write you this note
for such use as you chose to make of it. I do
intend to stand by the nominations of the
greenback and laboring men and anti-monop
olists and I hope everybody will vote for me
who thinks that it is the beaching to do. I will
give the reasons for my action to the public
as soon as I can have the benefit of M. Cleve
land's letter of acceptance , that where I disa
gree with him I may do him no injustice. "
About thirty prominent , republicans and
greenbackcrs of West Virginia mot on the 2d ,
it Is said , at the instance 9f Stephen B. Elkius ,
of jtho republican national Committee , and
held a conference with doors closed , lasting
three hours. Among those present wore
Elkins , who presided ; Congressman Goff ,
Maxwell , the fusion candidate for governor ,
and Flint , candidate ror attorney general. A
plan of conduct for the campaign was decided
on. The views of the greenbackcrs were free
ly given and in some instances combattcd by
the republicans , several of whom were among
those who were in the state convention op
posed to fusion.
A COLORED PIC-NIC.
It Culminates in a Shooting Affair And ttio
Shooting Ends in a Lynching.
ST. Louis , August 3. During a negro pic
nic near Glasgow , Mo. , yesterday , two men
from Moberly got into a quarrel , and when
two officers interfered to preserve the peace ,
one of them , Tom Sapsey , was shot and killed
by Harrison Mickey , one of the Moberly men.
The latter was arrested and a mob attempted
to lynch him , but were prevented by the firm
ness of those having the prisoner in charge.
All the parties concerned were collared.
LATER. A dispatch from Glasgow says
seventy-five to a hundred negroes went to
the jail between 1 and 2 o'clock this morning
and demanded the keys of the jailer , and when
they were refused by that official the door of
jail was broken in by the mob and Harrison
Mickey taken out and hanged to a tree just
outside of town. Before being strung up
Mickey was asked if he wished to pray , or
whether he desired to make any statement.
He answered no , that ho was not a praying
man , and told the crowd that if they intended
to hang him to do it quickly. He was then
hoisted up and left to strangle to death.
A Pioneer's Departure.
Omaha Herald.
Rev. William McCandlish , an aged divine of
the Presbyterian church , died suddenly at his
residence , corner of Park Avenue and Leav-
enworth streets , at 9:40 yesterday morning ,
.from paralysis of the heart. Mr. Candlish was
born in Dumfries. Scotland , in 1810 , and came
to America when he was but seven years old.
He was educated for the ministry at Washing
ton college , Canonsburg , Pa. , and was or
dained as a minister in the Presbyterian de
nomination in 1837. From that time until the
hour of his death he Was actively engaged in
the Bible cause , and had just returned from
carrying H copy of the Scriptures to a neigh
bor , when he complained of coldness In his
feet , laid down on his bed , and passed away as
easily as a tired child would drop to sleep.
Mr. McCandlish leaves a wife and three chil
dren , one of whom is the wife of our well
known townsman , Mr. John T. Bell. They are
all residents of this state where Mr. McCand
lish has made his home ever since 1358.
A Vast Grain Crop.
The Sedalia ( Mo. ) Bazoo , publishes care
fully prepared reports of the grain crops in
the states of Missouri , Kansas , Nebraska , Tex
as , and Indian Territory. The reports show
an increase of acreage in Missouri of 20 per
cent and an increase of yield in most crops of
15 per cent. The live stock increase is 24 per
cent. In Kansas there is an increase in acre
age of 18 per cent and in yield of 12 per cent
with a stock increase of-25 percent. In Texas
the increase in acreage is 10 per cent , yield 2
per cent , live stock 32 per cent. Nebraskr in
crease in acreage 14 per cent , yield 30 per cent ,
live stock 40 per cent. Indian TerritonC. 10 per
cent less in acreage and yields , live stock 50
per cent increase. In Kansas , Missouri , and
some parts an Texas crops have been injured
by heavy rains , while in the territory and part
of Texas drought has proven detrimental , but
the promise is for the largest yield ever re
corded.
Crushed by a Horse.
Omaha Bee.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Larison , of No. 1818 Chica
go street , suffered the grievous loss on Satur
day evening last of their little six-year-old son
Georgie. The driver of one ot Strang& Co.'s
four-horse teams drove into the alley on Nine
teenth street , in the rear of Mr. Strang's resi
dence , preparatory to stabling the animals.
Here he was accosted by the little boy for
permission to ride one of the animals. When
the team stopped at the barn-door , the boy
slid off as he had been accustomed to do , and
whether he was injured in the fall and tram
pled on , or whether the horse accidentally
kicked , is not definitely ascertained. At all
events , the poor little fellow received a dread
fully crushed skull , from which death ensued
within an hour , having been carried into Mr
Strang's house and his parents being called.
Texas Fever in Kansas.
At Ellis , in Ellis county , and Brookdale , in
Saline county , Kansas , Texas fever is raping
among the cattle. At Brookville one hundred
are infected and eight have died. At Ellis
twelve are down with the disease. Twelve
miles south of Ellis thirty-four arc sick and
fifteen have died. Temporary quarantine has
been established and is being rigidly enforct d.
Brookviile is the regular feeding place for
shippers , and it is thought the disease was in
troduced there by some infected herd which
was fed in the stocK yards. The governor is
conferring with the state live stock sanitary
committee with reference to quarantining the
state against Texas cattle , and a proclamation
to that effect may be expected in a few days if
the disease continues its ravages.
France and China.
Paris dispatch : The French president at
Hue has been instructed to recognize the new
king only upon the condition that he accept
the treaty between France and China , conclu
ded by Patenotre , French minister to China.
The Temps expects that extreme measures in
dealing with China will be postponed until a
discussion of the Chinese question is had in
the chamber of deputies , after the present ses
sion of parliament at Versailles has been con
cluded. The National , referring to the inter
view between Minister Ferry and Li FongPoo ,
Chine-e minister , thinks it indicates negotia
tions for the settlement of difficulties will still
continue.
Killed Willie Playing Buffalo
Faimeld Herald.
A little son of W. W. Ellsworth , of Negunda ,
Webster county , met with a sad death last
week , but we have not been able to learn any
direct particulars. One report states that two
little brothers were playing about a horse ,
that the elder tied a rope about the younger
one's neck and then to the horse's tail , that
the horse ran away and the little fellow was
killed in a shocking manner. Another report
is that the rope was about the boy's body and
was so short that the horse kicked him about
until every bone in his body was broken. The
little fellow , at all events , met with a sad
death. The funeral occurred Sunday.
Rampage of an Infuriated Elephant.
Cole's huge elephant , Samson , severed his
chains at Hailey , Idaho , last week , and attack
ed his keepers , who made a hasty retreat. A
cage of lions stood in the way of the infuriat
ed animal , which he picked up and hurled to
one side , killing two horses. He then struck
a pile of lumber and scattered it. By this time
there was great excitement. The circus people
ple called on the crowd to shoot the monster ,
and a lively firing began , but without appre
ciable effect. Finally a party of men succeed
ed in roping the beast and he was quieted.
Thirty bullet holes were found in his hide.
The damage done by him amounted to ten
thousand dollars.
Tlie lasses by Fire for July.
The New York Commercial Bulletin for
August 5th , estimates the fire losses during
July in the United States and Canada at
§ 8,800.000 , the heaviest July loss since the Port
land fire in July. 18CG. By thirteen fires alone
the loss was $3,250,000 worth of property de
stroyed. The aggregate fire loss since Janua
ry is § 62,550,000 , an Increase of about ten mil
lion over the corresponding seven months of
1883. which was a year of extraordinary fire
waste.
THE JULY BULLETIN.
Hie Weather for the Sllddle Month of the
. Year.
The signal service bulletin says : During the
month' of , July the temperature was generally
below the average , except at' stations on the
Mississippi river below Cairo , in Arkansas ,
Louisiana , Indian territory , Texas , southern
Colorado , New Mexico , In California south ot
San Francisco , and In the Florida peninsula ;
it was from 5 to 0 degrees below the average
on Lake Ontario , in northern Minnesota and
Dakota ; from 4 to 5 degrees below the mean
in the District of Columbia , eastern Pennsyl
vania , the northern Michigan peninsula , cen
tral Minnesota and northern California ; from
3 to 4 degrees in Maryland , the shore of Long
Island sound , eastern Massachusetts , central
Ohio and Indiana , Dakota and the Willamette
valley ; It was from 1 to 3 degrees In the cast
Gulf and mostof the Atlantic coast states , in
Tennessee , the upper Mississippi and Missouri
valleys and north Pacific coast. The average
excess in she lower Mississippi valley is 1 de
gree and 3 minute.
The rainfall hois been In excess of the aver
age for July in New England , the Atlantic
coast stations to South Carolina , In east Ten
nessee , over Lake Erie , the Missouri and Ar
kansas river valleys , in Iowa , in the valley of
the Red River of the north and Its tributaries.
The average excess in New England is 8.21
idchcs ; in the Missouri valley , 2.4 inches ; in
the middle Atlantic states , 1.25 inches. The
greatest deficiency occurred in Texas , the Rio
Grand valley , in Florida and southern Louisi
ana. For the Sacramento and San Joaquln
river valleys the rainfall has been normal , and
nearly so In all the Pacific coast states. No
frosts are reported during the month.
The numerous hall , tornadlc and hurricane
storms in Missouri , Illinois and Iowa on July
4th , in Kentucky , Tennessee , northern Ala
bama and western New York on the 5th did
considerable damage to standing grain and
fruit.
ISAJOR NORTH.
A Nclraskan Seriously Hurt While Illustrat
ing Western Sports.
A Hartford dispatch in the New York Sun
says : The 4,000 people who went to Charter
Oak Park this afternoon to see Buffalo Bill's
"Wild West" exhibition witnessed an episode
not down on the bills. Early in the entertain
ment , when the Omaha , Pawnee and Sioux In
dians , cowboys , Mexican vaqueros and fron
tiersmen were riding down the home stretch at
lightning speed , illustrating far west sports ,
the girth of Major Frank North's saddle broke
and he fell to the ground. An Indian who was
riding close behind him , seeing the accident ,
tried to guide his pony to one side , but the an
imal could not be controlled in time , and one
of his hoofs came down on Major North's
back. Seven ribs were found to have been
broken and there were other internal Injuries.
He was taken to a hotel adjoining the nark.
It Is feared that he cannot live. Major North
is a prominent man in Nebraska , where he is
a member of the legislature , and he is asso
ciated with Buffalo Bill in an extensive cattle
ranch. He was commissioned by the govern
ment during the war for the excellent service
he rendered with an organization of Pawnee
Indians. The Pawnees look upon Major North
as their white father , and the tribe years ago
made him one of its chiefs.
Woman's Work in JfeltrasJta.
Ex-Governors Furnas and Nance , commis
sioners for Nebraska in the Interest of the
New Orleans World's industrial and cotton
centennial , have issued the following letter to
the women who are prominently connected
with woman's work in the state :
BROWNVIU.E , Neb. , Aug. 5.1884.
Dear Madam : We very much desire that the
woman's work of Nebraska be an important
factor in our state exhibit at the world's in
dustrial and cotton centennial. New O eanSt
commencing in December next , and continu
ing until May 31,1885. We ask the ladies of
the state to organize and take in band this
department. In other states this is being
done. Let Nebraska vie with her sister states
in this respect , as in all others looking to this
great exposition. Let the art , the industry ,
the brain , the handiwork the domestic econ
omy of the sex find a place there. To this
end we invite you to convene at the Commer
cial hotel parlors , Lincoln , Monday , August
18 , at 4 o'clock p. m. , for the purpose of con
sultation and action. One or both of the com
missioners will be present at the meeting.
Very respectfully ,
EOBT. W. FUKKAP ,
ALBINUS NANCE ,
Commissioners for Nebraska.
The Alabama Election.
in the elections throughout Alabama on the
4th there was no opposition whatever to the
democrats on the state ticket and very little
of a party character in any county contest.
In consequence of this there was no excite
ment except where candidates were running
in counties that made no nominations , and
these were many. Thus the local issues of
democrats brought out a fair vote. The hot
test fight was in Mobile between the demo
cratic nominees and the independent ticket ,
and in Birmingham between the democrats
and a combination between republicans and
precnbackers. Those two points were the
battle grounds of the state. Not half a dozen
republican legislative candidates were run
ning in the state. The voe in Montgomery
was about 1,800 , all democrats and there was
no opposition.
Quarantine Against Texas Cattle.
Governor Crosby , of Montana , has issued a
proclamation for a quarantine against Texas
cattle from northern ranges , coming into Mon
tana by rail.
The governor has been notified by Secretary
Sturgis , of the Wyoming Stock Association ,
that the cattle from southern ranjrcs of Texas
and infected with Texas fcverare in Wyoming
on the way to Montana. The secretary says
native cattle along the trails followed by the
northward moving herds have in a number of
cases taken the disease.
Rcjolclitg in Polygamy.
August 5th was general election day in
Utah for county officers. The Mormons
swept everything before them as usual. Apostle
tle Brigham Young said in the tabernacle :
"Thoujdi.I am disfranchised , yet I have sons
and daughters who many timei over will
make good my vote. Although 12,000 are dis
franchised , yet the ajrgrefrate voting list has
not been depleted. We can never give up
polygamy. We cannot yet give , up one prin
ciple of our faith. Woe unto him that denies
the gospel.
Driving Out Oklahoma Payne.
CALDWELL , KAN. , August O General Hat eh
moved his headquarters from this city into
the field yesterday , the camp being twenty-five
miles south , on the Chickaskia river , where
six companies of the Ninth cavalry are con
centrated. His future movements are not
made public , but there is no doubt from tin's
time forward the blows will fall thickand fast
until the last intruder in the Indian Territory
has been expelled.
River Improvement.
Major Earnest , of the corps of engineers , in
charge of the improvement of the Mississippi
between the Illinois rivers , and other minor
improvements , has made his annual report.
The original cost of the improvement as re
vised in 1883 was § 16,997,100 : the apgrcprate
amount appropriated to July 5,1884 , is3JG4 : , -
COO. There is available for the present fiscal
year § 525,354 , and an appropriation of 1,000-
000 is asked for the fiscal year ending June 30 ,
1880. It proposed to expend the appropriation
in carrying ont the plan heretofore adopted.
-i Jiig Saving for the Walifish.
It is asserted that all fast freight lines here
tofore doing business over the Wabash road
ore to retire and that the Wabash will do that
business Itself hereafter. It is expected the
Wabash will save § 100,000 a year by this ar
rangement.
I have found , by strict and diligent
observation , that a due observance of
the duties of the Sabbath hath ever
brought with it a blessing on the rest
of my time , and the week so begun
hath been prosperous unto me. Sir
M. Hale.
SAFEGUARDS AQ AUTST TEVIB
Interviews With Prominent StocJftnen on
the Remit of'Profetsor Favllte's
Invetttgattons.
Denror Tribune. . .
Since State Vetinarian Faville , in his
report on the Texas fever business ,
published in the daily papers Monday
morning last , much discussion has
been had in cattle circles as to the future
this fell destroyer
ture safeguards against
stroyer of bovines. Xhe eminent veti-
narian had said there was no danger
of infection from cattle that were
driven over the trail , but the difficulty
would all proceed from the- animals
brought up by rail. To obtain more
than one man's opinion on this vastly
important subjeect , the representative
of the Tribune interviewed on this sub
ject a number of the leading cattle
owners and others conversant with the
cattle industry. He found the pre
ponderance of opinion placed the re N
sponsibility of the distemper with the
animals brought by rail. \
Said Mr. H. H. Metcalf : "We never
had the Texas fever in Colorado when
our cattle came on foot. They have
repeatedly had it in the Indian country
and in Kansas , which are in the prop
er belt for the malady. I have not the
least doubt but that the poison , bo
what it may , is exhausted before the
cattle reach this altitude. But when
they are picked up in Texas and
whirled in here in a few days , they
bring the germs of the disease with
them.
Mr. S. H. Standart had not had time
to fully look up the evidence in this
matter , but he was inclined to think
the state veterinarian was the best au
thority. It was certain that at all
places where the fever had made its
appearance cattle by rail had been un
loaded , and that , at least , was a cir
cumstance against the shipping.
Mr. Sidney Brown , of the IlifT com
pany , had not heard evidence enough
for him to pronounce against the rail.
He believed in quarantining as against i
shipped cattle until such time as the
fact shall be established. Said he : "So
long as we grow cattle upon these
plains we must have the Texas brutes.
For myself , I would not give half price
for western raised cattle to turn upon
the range. You may talk * about your
Herefords and your Black Polls , but
for a liver in these bleak winters give
me a genuine Texan. "
Mr. Taylor , the newly appointed
agent of the department of agriculture
in the animal industry business , was
interviewed , and said he had been down
to La Junta and looked for evidence ,
and could find none that would lead tea
a correct conclusion as to the source of
the fever infection. He believed ,
though , that the shipping by rail was
the safest way to get cattle into the
country.1 Those brought in that way
could be quarantined , while those drag
ged across the country trail would
spread distemper far and wide. "But , "
said the gentleman , "I think the fever
is over for the present season. "
A Famous Political Meeting.
Dayton Letter to the Cincinnati Commercial.
Ex-President Hayes , in his little
speech at the Soldiers' Home on
Wednesday , having stated that the
first large concourse of people lie had
ever witnessed was in Dayton , in 1842 ,
was asked in a private conversation to
give some facts concerning that meet
ing , and related many interesting inci
dents. He was a boy at the time , just
old enough to be observant , and re
members matters , both great and small ,
connected with the meeting. He says
the attendance was immense , and
though nt so large as at the great
Harrison meeting of two years before ,
the fame of which had gone out through
all the land , it was still larger than any
meeting he has ever attended outside
of New York , Washington and Phila
delphia. He , with some other boys ,
came in a wagon from Columbus , and
the national road from beyond Xewark
to this city was so crowded with vehi
cles as to form an actual procession.
When visitors arrived they were as
signed to private houses , and he had
the good fortune to be assigned to th&
residence of Horatio Phillips , esq. ,
where Henry Clay was also a
guest. He , therefore , saw and
noted much of Mr. Clay. The
chief orators of the occasion whom he
remembers hearing were Henry Clay ,
John J. Crittenden , Thomas dbrwin ,
Robert C. Sehenck and Charles Ander
son. At the principal stand spoke
Clay , Crittenden , and then Corwin.
By the time Corwin was introduced
the audience had become a little rest
less , and Tom seemed tcr be somewhat
nettled at his position on the pro
gramme , and determined to outshine
his predecessors. And his proved to
be the great speech of the day. The
audience ao longer showed signs of
"
weariness , but remained to shout" and
laugh until the last word was uttered.
There was undoubtedly much to aid
him in the fact
that the Buckeyes pres
ent were anxious to show off the Ohio
orator. "Nothing could have beea
more romantic , " said General Hayes ,
"than the appearance of Charlie An
derson at that time. He was grand
marshal of the parade a splendid
looking specimen of manhood , upon a
spirited horse , with his badge of office
fluttering in the wind , and in all re
spects the envy of ambitious vouth.
Even then he was famous for his silver
tongue. Sehenck made an excellent
speech from a storebox on Third ,
street. Clay's oratory was character
ized by great cleainess. There was
nothing of the humorous about him
and few pyrotechnics. Towards the
close of his speech , which was chiefly
on that everlasting theme , the tariff , ,
and necessarily argumentative and sta
tistical , he indulged in a few words of
exhortation which were beautiful and
impressive. Before going upon the
stand some young men warned him to-
speak loud or he would not be heard
by so great a crowd in the open air.
Clay responded that if he failed it
should be attributed to his youth and
inexperience. The cut was felt. ' '
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The doctrine of the Sabbath is one
combined with the moral history of
the world , and is dovetailed into the
religious , the physical , the social and
the prospective life of man. G. Stew
ard.