THE TEIBUNE.
F. ar. & E. ar. KiaiaiEix , Pub .
McCOOK , : : : : NEB
NEBRASKA.
Cuming county has a good crop of fruit this
year.
Lightning killed several head of cattle near
Wlsner last week.
The Brown county fair will bo held at Long
Pine , October 1st. ,
The Nebraska university opens the fall term
on the 7th of September.
Omaha has sold $ < 55,000 worth of paving
bonds in the East at par. *
Work has been commenced on a $4,000 brick
school house at Wakefleld.
An unsuccessful attempt was made to bur
glarlze the Fremont postofflce.
The North Nebraska conference meets at
Blair on the 10th of this month.
Hebron will soon have an elegant new hotel
of which J. W. Hughes will be proprietor.
The prohibitionists of Nebraska will meet
in state convention at Lincoln on thcllth Inst.
Merchants and householders of Grand Island
are entering loud complaints about petty
thieving.
Grand Island has organized an electric com
pany , and will soon do business "by thebright
light. "
Omaha is called upon to face several damage
ago suits , because of a phangc in grade of
streets.
The SIou * City & Pacific will extend their
road as far as Fort Robinson by the flrst of
next June.
Boyd's packing house at Omaha , when It
gets in operating next month , will use 1,500
porkers per day.
On the fair grounds at Omaha there arc
over three hundred stalls for cattle and all
have been taken.
All the gambling houses in Hastings have
been closed , and It is determined that they
shall be kept shut up.
The Herald says that the location of Hart-
Ington is peculiarly favorable for the estab
lishment of a pork house.
Benjamin F. Butler , greenback candidate
for president , will speak In Omaha on the
evening of September 9th.
Norfolk hopes to secure the Methodist col
lege which Is to be located somewhere In the
northern part of the state.
W. H. Wordley , of "Wayne county , while dig
ging a well was quite severely hurt by the
boards falling in upon him.
A plat of ten acres has been purchased by
the North r-Platte cemetery association , and
will be immediately enclosed.
A man in Nuckolls county , while hunting
chickens , took poor aim and killed a valuable
horse belonging to his neighbor.
George Flowers , of Nuckolls county , was
kicked by a horse , from the effects of which
he died twenty-four hours after.
The third annual fair of the DIxon County tin mi
Agricultural society will be held at Ponca on Ju
the 23d , 24th and 25th of-this month. thi
Peter Jansen , of Jefferson county , had a Pr
wool clip this year of 45,000 pounds- which he ac
sold in St. Louis at 14 cents a pound.
The church dining halls at the Fremont re da
union grounds arc said to have furnished
splendid provender at reasonable rates.
A splendid opening Is presented at Plain-
view for a barber , but still no one as yet has
put in an appearance to occupy the field. ba
A gentleman offers to build and operate a pone
street railway In "Red Cloud from the depot to no
the centre of the town for a bonus of $1,000.
Martin Peterson , while coupling cars at to :
Omaha , was caught between the bumpers and chi
received Injuries which resulted in his death. tel :
The Blair Republican says that the hog
cholera has never been as destructive in on
Washington county as it Isatthelpresenttime. by
sw
Jim McCarty and E. "W. "Werner , of Omaha swJ
are in jail for robbing a man and then assaultIng -
Ing him until they had broken two of his wa
hal
libs.
libs.Lincoln
Lincoln and vicinity Is aroused over acts of ra
vandalism perpetrated in the cemeteries that isiJ
of stealing flowers placed over graves of the
dead. Te
The safe In the office of C. C. Cadwell , Blair , ace
was cracked one night last week. The cash lyn
box was rifled of a small sum , but nothing toi
else was disturbed.
The adjusters have figured out the loss by abc
the Leighton & Clark fire in Omaha at $39,000. dai [
The stock was valued at $71,000 , and the sal ofi
vage put at $32,000. the
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"Wm. McArdle , a cripple of Omaha , suicided
lee
with the pistol on the 1st Inst. No cause is loei
known for the act , except that he was out of i
work and despondent. jail
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Mr. and Mrs. Senator Manderson have returned
iy ,
turned homo from Washington , and will remain
tioi
main in Nebraska till the reassembling of
son
congress in December.
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A Fremont bagnio , occupied by Mabel Gray , preA
and generally known as "The Pen. " on ac smi
count of a high board fence around it , was Sar
wrecked by fire last week. rail
Ex-General Manager Clark , of the Union on'
Pacific , has issued a circular thanking all who one
have shown him EO much courtesy and kindness Dul
DulA
ness during his official career. A
The Georgia "Electric Girl , " Mattie Lee , Bei
gave a private exhibition in Omaha and great the
ly astonished those who were fortunate inc
enough tojreceive an invitation to the show. of
the
Morris Skinner fell out of a swing at Hardy 10
the other day and caught one of his toes in wei
insl
the rope EO as to hang by it , thereby injuring
Ith
the toe EO badly that amputation was neces
cow
sary.
oft
Cases of drunkenness appear upon the hur
streets of Doniphan , and the authorities are
anxious to find out where they procure their
liquor , there being no licensed saloons in the
W
town.
boa
The Grand Lodge of Nebraska Knights of
me
Pythias was In session atTecumseh last week.
tern
The first lodge of this order was Instituted nt
tm !
Omaha In 1868. There are now thirty-three his
lodges In the state. scoi
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It Is authoritatively stated that the proposed sitii
extension of the Pacific Mutual telegraph fact
line from St. Joe to Omaha , via. Lincoln , has the
miti
been abandoned after the setting of twenty- will
three nilles. of poles. regi
iclr
of the Union Pa
The now general manager aral
'
ciflc has been' remembered by a handsome anf
present from officers and employes of the witl
it is
Grand Trunk railway , with which he was
formerly connected.
An Iowa officer put In an appearance at
Bower , Jefferson county , a few days ago , and A
arrested one John Phillips on the charge of Uni
Tape. There Is prospect of his doing duty for com
several . Tw <
the state years.
The Fullerton Journal says that subscrip woe jed
tions to the university fund continue to come The
In and it Is believed the full amount will soon chil
altt I
bo raised. Twelve thousand of the required cut.
fifteen thousand dollars has been raised. are
While coupling cars at Harvard , J. J. Cassl-
dy , a brakcman on the B. & M. , slipped and
fell , and before ho could regain himself one of
his arms was caught beneath a car wheel and
eo mangled as to make amputation necessary.
Messrs , Lane and McConnell , of the Union
Pacific , have been making a tour over the St.
Joe and Western road with a view , It Is said ,
of making an estimate of the value of Its
property 1c in case the U. P. concludes to pur
chase it.
The tallest man in the Fremont reunion
camp was George French , of Bradshaw. He
stands six feet nine inches in his stockings ,
and his comrades say ho Is etillgrowing. The
Illinois soldiers in camp had a parade to the
number of about 300.
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The chair made vacant by the death of
Bishop Clarkson still remains unoccupied ,
Bev. Dr. Potter , of Hobart college , having de
clined the place. A special councilwill be
held 1 : on the 6th of November for the purpose
of choosing another name.
ou A number of boys at Lincoln- not only filled
up in a man's melon patch , but destroyed all
the best ones that were left. The owner of the
melons had them arrested , and three of the
party were compelled to servo a night in jail
before the matter was settled.
Frank Hauser was fatally hurt by a runa
way \ at the Omaha stock yards. The pony
which he was riding ran away and plunged In
to ( the midst of a herd of cattle. The pony
stumbled over a calf and fell , catching its
rider ; as it went over and Injured him so that
ha Mr. E. C. Burns , of Dodge county , has the
autograph of Wirz , the Andcrsonvillo prison
commander. It is signed to the following :
"Hdqt's Confederate State Military Prison ,
Camp Sumpter , Ga. , Sept. 2,1864. E. C. Burns
has permission to go to dispensatory and re
turn to hospital. Good from 8 o'clock a. m.
tit
to 6 p. m. "
Dispatches were recently received at
Omaha from Chicago and elsewhere asking if
any part of Nebraska had suffered and what
aitl
the prospects were. The answer went back
that there were no frosts yet and no immedi
ate fears of any , and that the general rains
over the state on Sunday had been followed
O'b
by ; hot weather.
The West Nebraska Mission conference con
vened at Kearney on Wednesday , Bishop Wil
bur Flsk Mallalieu , of Boston , presiding. All
parts of the conference territory were repre
sented. Among the prominent men In attendance
ECd
dance were Dr. Frye , editor of the Central
Christian Advocate , Elders Thomas B. Lemon ,
elY Kearney ; Gallagher , of Hastings ; Miller , of
York , and President-Thompson , of York col
lege.
leG H. L. Bond , of J. F. Reynolds Post , No. 26 ,
G A. R. , of Osceola , Neb. , was accidentally
shot , being hit by a stray bullet from a shoot
ing gallery at the Fremont reunion. The ball
entered on the right side of his neck near the
shoulder blade. The wounded man was taken
up town at once , where he received medical
attention. At last accounts he was able to
talk and walk about , and it is thought is not
very seriously wounded.
R. C. Guthrle , ex-city marshal of Omaha , has $
been taken by Sheriff Grebe to the peniten
tiary at Lincoln , to serve his term of eighteen
months , the sentence imposed upon him by
Judge Neville for bribery at the last term of
the district court of Douglas county. The
prisoner still hopes for a new trial. Pending
action of the supreme court on this question
the prisoner will be allowed to remain ten
Says in the penitentiary without being shaved.
CRnvrmAi.mES. tr
Mrs. F. Merritt , of Cincinnati , shot her hus- Of
UI
Dand in the back of the head and then took
poison. His wound is not dangerous. It is .
lot thought that she will recover.
Mrs. Smith , at Hunter's Point , N. Y. , awoke
find a burglar In her room , whom sher >
hased out of the house at the point of a pis- .
, putting two shots into his carcass.
A. V. Raleigh , a conductor of a freight train
the M. & B. railway , in Georgia , was killed
Bi
Ell Taylor , a negro. Taylor took to the
swamps and was being pursued by dogs.
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Near Senatobia , Miss. , Ed. Thomas , a negro ,
vas lynched by about one hundred people , De
mlf of whom were colored , for attempting to
avish Mrs. "Wilson , a white woman. The lady
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in a precarious condition.
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John Howard , an old citizen of Galesville , ca
fexas , was mobbed and shot to death. He was 430
tccused of burning a thresher , and when tei
ynched was in the custody of officers en route 18
the Tamposac jail for safe keeping.
Two Germans at Bath , L. L , had a difficulty pr
bout a girl which culminated in a duel in the th
ark with knives. At the flrst onslaught one to
the combattants was caught in the arm and iss
issme
other in the face , being badly cut. At me
juncture police interfered and both were du
dume
Dcked up. me
Martin "Weinberger was hung at the county pr
in Pittsburg last Tuesday for the murder CO
Louis Gatt Fruend , a peddler , near Sewick- wii
on the night of June 16,1883. The execu poi
ion was private , and not more than fifty per- the :
ons , including members of the press , being
'
resent. Weinberger was a Jew. sio
Andrew Jackson , a wealthy resident of a civ
mall station four miles from Mechanicsville , Illi [
aratoga county , New York , was found on the Me
ailroad track on Tuesday with a deep cut Fa
his head and both legs cut off. He lived ion
hour , and Eaid William Bolan and John Me
luffy , neighbors , threw him under the train. Tn
Missouri river steamer en route to Fort Ne
lenten met five men on a raft , and believing Bu
lem to be escaping horse thieves took them sot
charge. At Rocky Point , forty miles north Pic
Fort Maginnis , water became too low for Ha
boat to proceed further , and the prisoners Lei
ere turned over to men on the shore with LI
istructions to turn them over to the sheriff. Bu
has since been ascertained the men were' C.
owboys , and as nothing more has been heard fite
the prisoners the conclusion Is they were buc
ung.
A. Chicago llwilnetiti 3fan3furdered.
William H. Downie , member of the Chicago
oard of trade , was found dead In the base- litc
icnt of his house with a bullet hole In his left
smple. He was alone in the house at the
< of the occurrence. From the fact that The
face was powder burned and his hair nys
orched It was at flrst supposed to be a case
suicide , but a close examination of the po
tion and the direction of the wound and the At
that no weapons could bo found , led to
conclusion that a murder had been com-
iltted. He had a brother , Chas. J. Downie , ans
whom he had frequent altercations In
jgard to nn undivided estate loft them by
! mother , these troubles leading to a sep-
ration after an unusually stormy scene and lous
attempt by Charles to brain his brother
an axe. Suspicion leads to the belief that
a case of fratricide.
lans
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nion Star , Mo. , tell of a most fearful crime per
jmmltted in the Springs.tuo
vicinity of Flag Springs.
little girls , children of John McGothlin poll
< 7 and 9 years , were overtaken in the
oods by unknown .parties and outraged ,
ravlshcrs then discmbowled the eldest A
, and afterwards shot her in the head ,
which the throat of the youngest was Am
Lynchincrwlllbeinorderlf the parties Inti
caught. The whole country Is aroused. lent ;
BRIEFLY TOLD.
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The corner stone of the Dakota university
was laid at Mitchell on the 4th.
Forest fires arc raging in Michigan and de
stroying vast tracts of timber.
Bietiop Pierce , senior bishop of the M. B.
Church south , died at Augusta , Georgia , on
Wednesday.
The state veterinarian of Kansas states that
pleuro-pncumonia exists in some portions of
that state.
Unless the labor troubles soon cease the
Hocking Valley ( Ohio ) coalmines will suspend
operations.
Gov. Hamilton , of Illinois , bos issued a pro
clamation quaranting against cattle from in
fected districts.
Neillson has signed a contract with Maple-
son to sing in England and America the
coming season.
James G. Blainc made an address on the 4th
before the New England fair association at
Manchester , N. H.
Frank Pftterson , manager of the opera
house at Long Branch , is a defaulter , and the
police are searching for him. '
Rear Admiral Andrew Allen Harwood , U.
S. N. , died at Marion , Mass. , in his 82d year.
He was appointed midshipman in 1818 and re
tired in 1864.
The third annual exhibition of the national
mining exposition , under the auspices of the
Denver chamber of commerce , was formally
opened on the 1st.
"While James R. Fisher and Prosper Hum
bert , well known sheep breeders , were crossIng -
Ing the railroad track near Milwaukee , the rig
in which they rode was struck by a train.
Both gentlemen were crushed to death.
On the 1st five bodies were taken out of the
sunken steamer Rolmont , making eleven In
all. It is thought that all the white bodies are
secured. < There still remains the bodies of the
colored woman and colored child in the wreck.
Dispatches from the leading clearinghouses
of the United States show that the total clearIngs -
Ings for the week ended August 30th were
$650,169,105 , a decrease of twenty-five and sev-
enty-qne-hundredths per cent as compared
with the corresponding week of 18S3.
The flrst attempt to enforce the prohibitory
law at Dubuque , Iowa , was started a few days
ago. Petitions were filed with the clerk
of the court , praying for injunctions to re
strain seventeen saloon keepers of that city
from maintaining and continuing nuis
ances in the form of saloons.
Sitting Bull and wife , Spotted Horn Bull
and wife , Long Dog , Grey Eagle , Flying By ,
Crow Eagle , Princess Winona and Red Spear ,
the Sioux chiefs , accompanied by an inter
preter , Louis "Primeau , and Agent McLaugh-
lln and wife and boy , of Standing Rock agency ,
have gone to Minneapolis to attend the fair.ri
The debt statement shows a decrease of the
public debt during August of $8,542,852. De
crease since June 30,1884 , $12,536,141. Cash in
the treasury , § 414,541,952. Gold cirtiflcates
outstanding , 121,719,520. Silver certificates ,
$121,131,921 , Certificates of deposit , $14,420,000.
Refunding certificates , $271,900. Legal ten
ders , $346,739,376. Fractional currency , $6-
112,001.
CAPITAL BRIEFS. '
Indian Commissioner Price has taken meas
ures for the immediate'relief of the starving
Piegan Indians.
In the case submitted by United States Dis
trict Attorney Thomas , of Kentucky , the first
comptroller of the treasury has rendered an
opinion that fees for notices in proceedings
under the internal revenue laws to enforce
forfeitures , except court advertisements for n
the government , are to be paid for at com
mercial rates.
The funeral on Tuesday of Rev. John
Brooks , a rather noted colored preacher , pas
tor . of the Fifth Baptist church , was attended w
with considerable disorder and only the pres
ence of a strong police force prevented a row. tuPi
Brooks was a member of several societies , cc
among them the Sons and Daughters of Moses , fr
Good Samaritans and others. reef
of
The debt statement issued the 12th shows : ofm
Decrease in the public debt during August , th
58,542,8o2 ; decrease since June 30,1884 , $12,536- ales
; cash in treasury , $414,541,952 ; gold certi- esN
Qcates outstanding , $12,171,953 ; silver certifi >
cates , $121,131,921 ; certificates of deposit , $14- si'
130,000 ; refunding certificates , $271,900 ; legal 60
tenders , $346,739,376 ; fractional currency , $6- Ot
189,001. !
The postmaster general , acting under the th
provisions < of the act of 1866 , which requires shW
the ( postmaster general annually to fix rates tie W
be paid for government telegraphing , has
issued an order fixing the rates for the re- ur
nainder of the present fiscal year. The re- an CO
luction ordered Is the greatest reduction th
nade in any one or series of years. The rates ar
promulgated < are those reported by the senate be er
ommlttee ] on postoffices and postroads last diiJ
winter in their postal-telegraph bill. The diiHi
Hi
jostmaster thinks it is fair to adopt them for su
government service. suwl
The following special examiners of the pen the
sion oflice have been appointed under the sic
Jivll service act : Colorado , F. W. Galbraith ; fit
llinois , G. W. Whyte , James H. McCoy , D. S. lej thi
Hclntyre , J. F. Allison , \V. H. Woodard , W. L. sir
aulke ; Indiana , E. S. Dorment , M. "W. Wat- Eld
flo
, Henry Peed , J. Richardson ; Iowa , S. W. ed
JcEldery , J. C. McKenzie ; Kansas , Lewis C.
True , James W. Asher ; Kentucky , W. S. tiv biF
feely , Daniel McCaullay ; Michigan , T. W. nil
Jurke , John T. Hall , Clark Stanton ; Minne- nilmi
ota , C. B. Rockwell ; Mississippi , Nathan he
'icard ; Missouri , "W. W. Dedrick , Anson C.
larding ; Nebraska . L. Vanderlip ; Ohio , Pn
lender H. Means , HughN.Patton , W.Zafeet ,
N. Quimby ; Pennsylvania , S. N. AbciWm.
lurke , James H.Lambert , Edward Welchman ,
A. Swesserott , Philip J. Hoffider ; Tennes-
, Alfred T. Badgly ; Texas , Charles Han- 4.
iack ; Wisconsin , H. A. Richards.
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FOREIGN NOTES. ing
of
An attempt was made to destroy , with dyna- rec
, the house of Moffat nt
, manager of a large
line at Cheatormoor. He had Incurred the md
nmlty of the miners. spe
of
latest intelligence from General Gordon ien
Khartoum can hold out till the middle of nay
tra
fovember.
the
Marseilles , during the twenty-four hours sov
noi
nded at 9 o'clock on Monday lost , nine per- of
died from cholera. The disease is in- tra
redsing in virulence atNaples. the
ind
Reports of the ravages of the cholera in va- : nd
parts of Italy shows , for twenty-four ant ind
ours , 140 new cases and forty-five deaths. A
eritable panic prevails In some districts m-
2Cted with cholera. In many Instances physi-
attempting to minister to cholera pa- A
'entshavo been brutally maltreated. The pir
crsons ranking these assaults labor under ope
delusion that the doctors are engaged in ate
olsoning the people. Wh \
nen
Hie I'leuro-Pneittnonla Alarm. ing
pai
conference between the officers of the cot ;
.merican Agricultural association and the Ind
titornntlonal Dairy and Fair association and rere
gut
ading cattle breeders of the country was the
held In Now York to consider means to eb
taken to allay the alarm being created by
sensational reports on the subject of pleuro-
pneumoufa among cattle. An address was
adopted , which says ; "When wo consider the
great harm done and little good accomplished
by spreading these sensational reports , ex
cept as indicated in behalf of men who hold
certain offices , wo are irresistibly led to grave
suspicion of their good faith : Fearing this
Bureau of Animal Industry may do the cat
tle industry of the country great and Irre
parable harm , a thorough Investigation should
be made by the American Agricultural asso
ciation , and do all in their power to ferret
this subject to the bottom. "
POLITICAL NOTES.
Indian Commissioner Price has withdrawn
his resignation.
James D. Brady has been rcnomlnated for
congress in Virginia.
Gen. Butler's law part nor writes that he will
support the former for the presidency.
The Fifth New'Jersey congressional repub
lican convention nominated William Walter
Phelps.
The committee appointed to present Mr.
Tilden with the Chicago convention resolu
tions , will atrequest , send the same by mail.
The greenback and democratic national
conventions for the Eighth Michigan district
nominated Timothy E. Tarsney , of East Saginaw -
naw , for congress.
The Oregon state central committee of thoV
greenbackers and anti-monopolists decided to
print and distribute fifty thousand copies of
Butler's address.
The campaign In Indiana was formally
opened by both parties on the 30th and a hun
dred speeches delivered in towns and cities in
all parts of the state.
The New York state executive committee of
the prohibition party will place In the field a
goodly number of speakers , and every county
In the state will be canvassed. The commit
tee believes that with sufficient funds to pay
the speakers one hundred thousand votes can
be secured.
Returns from two hundred and forty towns ,
giving the complete gubernatorial vote of
Vermont , show the following result : Total
vote cast , 62,421 ; Pingrce ( rep. ) received 41-
917 ; Redington , ( dem. ) 19,838 ; Soulo , ( green
back ) 480 ; independent and scattering , 1,861 ;
making Pingree's majority 21,413.
Collector Robertson , of New York City , and
Postmaster Robertson , of Troy , have resigned
their membership on the republican state
committee. The colored people insist upon
he name of a colored man beini ; placed upon
the presidential electoral ticket should the
resignation of Dr. Derrick be accepted.
The Kansas prohibition convention was
held at Topeka on Tuesday last. About 150
delegates were present with credentials , and
of this number about 50 were allowed to par
ticipate as members of the convention , the
remainder being refused because they refused
to ' pledge themselves to support St. John for
president. Presidential electors were nomin-
ated. It was resolved "That we believe It to '
be to our best interests to waive our power
of nominating a ticket for state officers , and e
leave the matter for each member to act in
dividually , and that we use our best endeav
ors to secure the election of the national pro
hibltion ticket. "
BISHOP POTTER.
Text of His letter im. Which He Declines to
Come to Jfebraslta.
The following letter has been received by
the Rev. Mr. Patterson , of Omaha , secretary
of the standing committee of the diocese ,
from the Rev. Dr. Potter :
To the Standing Committee of the Diocese
otm Nebraska Dear Brethren : Informed as to
my letter , designed for the council , that it has
not < been delivered , that body not being in ses
sion ; your valued communication which I
acknowledge , suggests that I should recall the b
acdc
declination and "reconsider , " because at lib br
erty to accept the bishopric 6f your diocese ,
without deserting Hobart College. After con br
sultation I find that the demand of that insti
tution to whose untried presidency I am
pledged at this juncture , renders such a
course on my part inadmiesable.
Your suggestion is reinforced by letters
from Clergy and Laity and I am assured rep BP.
resents the deliberate and unanimous desire
the diocese. Permit me , therefore , to state
my conviction t at if I yielded and accepted
the exalted position tendered me , I should br
alienate the support of my friends at the
east , thus destroying my ability to render
Nebraska needed aid. The church has a rare
pportunity , but the diocese , which has tb
ihown a commendable comparative reliance
upon its own resources , also needs and de
serves to bo aided by churchmen from with ba
out.
out.Invited
Invited to visit and learn somewhat of the
wonts of the west , I shall ever be grateful for
the friendships formed and the kindness 3ui
shown me , especially in your diocese. If I
write at length , it is to expres my apprecia
tion of the field and yourcalL na
Your clergy and laity are influential and
united. There are few considerable obstacles br
and there is ample assurance of encouraging
co-operation and success. Situated in Omaha , injJ
the flourishing city of the bishop's residence ,
are the noble Cathedral and Child's hospital , R
erected > largely by the citizens which have thi
been generally devoted to the service of the iti
diocese. an
As Bishop Clarkson's memorial , Brownell CO
Hall school then will doubtless secure the at
suitable location and buildings he desired and all
which its excellent growing work demands. Th
Communities ( spring up along the lines of coi
railroad , and are , together with the mis bu
sion stations and parishes , readily accessible fe
from the cathedral center. The hills and val boG
leys of the beautiful rolling prairie stand so
thick with corn that they seem to laugh and yei
sing ; thousands of flocks and herds feed beside - 1st
side the ample water courses , and vines and chi
Sewers and trees of the Lord , lavishly plant No
, flourish abundantly. tul
Dear brethren , yours is a goodly and attrac :
tive heritage. Prevented from becoming your sib
sishop , I pray that your determination to bo Th
ilike deliberate and dev9Ut in your choice , for
jiay ; bo blessed by our divine Lord , the great
icad ; of the church. ihi ;
Faithfully and affectionately yours. rui
ELJPIIALET NAIT POXTEK. lot
President Hobart College , Geneva , N. Y. ing
August 30,1884. the
THE TEXAS FEVER.
Cot
Circular Relating to Preventing Its
Spread , N
Commissioner Carman has issued the f ollow- Lei
circular relative to preventing the spread liss
Texas ! fever among cattle : "In view of the Pri
ecent outbreak of Texas or southern fever of
the stock yards at Kansas City and Chicago , lay
bed
other points in Illinois and Kansas , I re- and
ipectfully recommend , at the urgent request an
a large number of practical and exper- lati
enced operators , who believe this disease per
be transmitted by cars on the lines of plei
ransportation for cattle from points along tail
border of southern Colorado. Kansas , dea
lOUthern Missouri and southern Kentucky , The '
lorthward , that all cars used on the lines east
Kansas : City , St. Louis or Chicago in the
ransportalion of stock from points south of SiD
hose mentioned above eastward be washed D
disinfected immediately after
unloading ; catt
further , that all yards used In penning
feeding such cattle bethoroughly cleaned ter
disinfected twice a week or of toiler. " tine
cat
thai
After Sitting Bull's Scal2) . Am
St. Paul despatch says : It has just trans- The off
ilred that an effort was mode at the Grand she
house on Wednesday night to assassin- nee.
Sitting Bull as he was leaving the theatre.
\Thile still In the lobby one of two unknown
J.
suddenly drew a pistol and , without rais-
it , aimed at the great chief , but bis com- Okl
ianion knocked the weapon down before it dre ;
ould be discharged. Both men followed the dep
ndians out , but no further attempt on lives
made. act
Sitting Bull is now constantly
uarded , even in his hotel a guard is placed at
door. fled
U
A FEIGHTFUL ACCIDENT.
The FcstiTltios at Fremont Temporarily
Suspended Because of a Catas
trophe.
The Grand Stand Collapses During
the Sham Battle With Fearful
Results.
A. large ffutnber Wounded , Some of JF7 on
TRUIKe.
CAMP McPiiERSON , FHEMONT , Neb. , Septem
ber 4. This has been the liveliest day of the
reunion in camp. The immense attendance
of yesterday has been trebled by arrivals
from every direction. Every train came In
loaded to the utmost capacity , and wagons
come in from the country loaded with cam
per's" camping materials until there were at
least a thousand wagons and vehicles of all
kinds corralled on the east sldo of the camp ,
and the view over this place alone presented
an Interesting view. Hundreds of busses and
carriages and passenger wagons of all kinds
were doing nn immense business , carrying
people from the city and depots to and from
the cump.
The rousing camp fire in the evening was
attendedbyanimmense crowd , and the big
pavillion was jammed and packed to Its ut
most capacity. The meeting started off with
the jolliest and most enthusiastic singing ever
hoard. During the eveningspecchi'B were made
by Judge Soars , of Council Bluffs , Captain
Henry , General Manderson and others. Lots
of funny and pathetic stories were told and
songa were sung.
General Thayer made the announcements ,
requesting that all ex-prisoners meet in the
pavilion at 10 o'clock Thursday morning , and
that ail state organizations are requested to
meet at their respective headquarters at the
same : hour. He requested that all soldiers1 in
the camp fall in to line and march to the sham
tlb
battle at 2 o'clock this afternoon and thanked
the comrades for the great interest taken in
the proceedings of the reunion , and the com
mendable spirit manifested throughout.
The camp-flre broke up rather early , that
everybody might be able to witness the exhi
bition by the Capital City Flambeau club.
Soon an immense multitude had gathered at
the parade ground , and they all witnessed a
most magnificent pyrotechnic display. They
kept the air in a continuous and brilliant
blaze of rockets and Roman candles while
going through their evolutions. In the un
earthly light of colored Ures , with the sky
flbed with flre and smoke , the members of the
club appeared like veritable spectres , and the
Eccnowill long be remembered by all who
witnessed it.
At 2:20 this afternoon , while the grand stand
was crowded with spectators to witness the
sham battk- , almost without warning the
structure collapsed and fell under the im
mense weight , toppling towards the river ,
pitching endwise and carrying the 2,000 or
FJ spectators down under the wreck of the
broken timbers in a struggling and shrieking
mass. As soon as the wreck could be cleared
the result of the disaster was ascertained to be
as follows :
W. S. Abbott , member of the flambeau club ,
and printer in the D < ; mocrat olhce , Lincoln ,
ankle and knee sprained.
aie A lady named Ella is unconscious , and the
extent of her injuries are not known.
Mr. and Mrs. Cumings , of Dodge county ,
slightly hurt.
sibi Mrs. Bancroft , of Springfield , Nebraska ,
badly hurt.
Frank Purcell , of North Bend , ankle badly
hurt.
Mrs. W. A. Mulliken , of Dodge county , in
jured.
W. N. Norton , of St. Paul , hip injured.
Peter W. Olson , of Jiaple Creek , hip and
shoulder crushed and helpless.
Judge Langdon , of Papillion , badly bruised
about the head and face.
Mrs. C. Kelly , of Columbus , scalp wound.
Mr. E. Smith , of Cedar Kapids , Neb. , right
arm broken. Mrs. E. Smith , his wife , both
legs crushed.
lefc Kussie Maydole , 12 years old , of North Bend ,
foot cr. shed.
Mrs. Hagedorn , of Lowell , internal inju e
ries.
ries.Mrs. . Bent , of Lowell , internal injuries.
Bettic Smith , of Fremont , ankle sprained.
Wm. Morgan , member of the Benuet band ,
back injured.
Mrs , John Schriver , of Pleasant Valley ,
broken ankle.
Miss Lucy Griswold , of Fremont , limbs
bruised.
Henry Gardner , of Humbolt , back and left
arm badly bruised. m
David Ikenberg , of North Bend , hip bruised.
Mrs. C. B. Jones , of Fremont , hip tractured. W
Mrs. Oscar Griblan , of Bennett , ankle- ptol
sprained. .
Mrs. L. Varney , of Bennett , back hurt. th
Dr. Piper , of Bennett , back badly injured. ui
Mamie Blazier , of Kennard , Neb. , badly
bruised all over. re
Laura ] Blazier , her sister , severe internal in tu
juries. dc
Minnie Beers , North Bend , slightly hurt in of
the back and side. sa
saw
Mrs. ] N. Pursington , right ankle dislocated. saC
Aurilla I. Dickerson , North Beud , ankle (
badly bruised. lui
Bonnie ] Dickerson , a 9-year-old brother of he
tb above , ankle bruised. let
Mrs. T. L. Barnes , North Bend , slight in th
juries in the back and side. to
Nusa Nichols , North Bend , ankle sprained. cewl
Mrs. D. Carpenter , Springfield , Neb. , inter wl
nal injuries thought to be fatal. im
Mrs. Charles Stewart , of Papillion , badly ve
bruised about the head. thi
A little girl from Tecumseh probably fatally cam
Injured. m
The J above list was prepared as carefully as tin
possible in the rush and confusion , and al sa
though there are doubtless some omissions , hii
is believed to be vrry nearly correct. Many WE
still unconscious or have not yet fully re to
covered. Surgical attention is needed , though tei
dozenphs'sicians are in active service , doing th
that can be done to relieve the sufferers , de
rhe responsibility for the accident cannot , of toi
jourse , be fully determined ut this writing , cai
but it would seem attributable to the imper bu
fect construction of the stand or bracing , or da
joth. pe
This evening the body of a boy about four po
rears old was taken out from the wreck. He tei :
frightfully crushed about the head and vai
jhest , and will probably die belore morning. fill
clue can be found to the child's identity. the :
An unknown woman with her skull froc- lot
ured , was also found to-night. She is insen coi :
sible , and , the doctors fear , fatally injured.
Che total number of injured will be nearly
The're was a wild rumor about town to-night t
hat Tom Lee , the builder of the stand , hud
un away to escape being lynched. There is
a word of truth in it. Lee is here , assist- X
in clearing the wreck and taking care of Ho
wounded.
sui
lasi
PRIVATE HENRY.
at
ahc
loroner Robinson in.Rcceli > t of Dora Suck's inl
Zetler. to
ike
New York dispatch : Coroner Robinson , of the
eng Island City , has received a letter from par
Dora Buck , of Lincoln , Neb. , sister of woi
rivate Henry , who was executed onthe order Mai sch
Lieutenant Greely , of the Lady Franklin sch
expedition , instructing him to have the wai
ody exhumed from Cypress Hill cemetery littl
examined. The letter is in the shape of atte
affidavit ; , which , after setting forth the re-
uionsbip between the deceased and the de- saic
onent , instructs the coroner to make * u com- no
lete examination for the purpose of ascer- chu
lining , if possible , the manner and cause of teri
eath , as well as of the condition of the body , the
examination will be made in a few days. sku
fam
ieiit.i American Cattle . traj
SIii2) of Prohibited. sisti
Dr. McCochran , inspector of the dominion Etre
attic quarantine , has interviewed the minis- and
up ,
of agriculture , to urge a system of quaran- ent.
to prevent the importation of diseased
nttle ! from the United States. He maintains
nothing but an absolute embargo apainst A
.merican cattle will prevent the introduction Ga.
pleuro-pneumonia among Canadian cattle ,
minister promised that the question at ; I
lould be token up by the government at shoi
.
orde
Uie Case of Oklahoma Payne. and
A. Smith , counsel for Payne and the stru
klahoma ; Invaders , has filed a document ad- Thn
Ano
resseel to Attorney General Brewster at the Clar
jpartment of justice , calling attention to an of a
of congress , approved January G , 1SS3 , aC
hich it is claimed has been overlooked or de- C
in the proceedings against Payne and his kno
> Associates. This act
terms of United States court at
sas. and it is contended by tap *
Payne that the Judicial authority of thaw
\ .
attorney general uus ui-
thecountrv ; The *
rected hls bonHnatci to seethat these.men .
Savoall the legal rights to which they are
entitled.
SUDDEN DEATH.
Secretory Foiger Breathe * HlsXaatat Geneva ,
Kew York.
Secretary Foiger died at Geneva , Now York , Vi5 *
at 4:65 on the 4th , The only persons present
were Mrs. Hart , his deceased wife's sister. Dr.
Knapp and law associates , his family physi
cian , Dr. A , B. Smith , and his colored servant
James. Dr. Foster , who had Been present
two or three times as consulting physician ,
arrived on the 4:45 train , and was convoyed
to the Foiger mansion by Dr. Smith. Mrs.
Ernst , the secretary's sister , arrived by the
same train. After ttio throa last named en
tered , the dying man gasped twice or tbrico ,
and all was over. Secretary Folgor's two
daughters arc In the Adlrondacks. The elder
is In very feeble health. His son , Captain
Charles V . Folgor , is at Alexandria , Virginia ,
All were written to como to Geneva , the tele
graph not being earlier resorted to , as so sud
den a termination of their father's malady
was not apprehended.
The secretary returned for the last time' to
Geneva , Wednesday evening , the 20th ultimo.
He called his family physician the ntxt morn-
lug , who give * the following diagnosis of the
cose. Great feebleness of mo heart's action ,
congestion of the middle lobe of the rightlung ,
capillary congestion of the bronchial tubos.tor-
per of the liver , albuminous discharge of urine ,
showing disease of the kidneys. The doctor
w : s Informed the secretary hud had hemorrh
age of the lungs three times of late before his
return. The flrst was while out yutching wltu
triends at New York , on which occasion he
discharged about a pint of blood. Secretary
Foiger rode out daily until and Including the
20th ult , since which time he kept his room ,
but did not wholly abandon work. Ho con
tinued to answer Important letters and telegrams - ,
grams up to the 3d ana seemed reluctant to
give up , yet he was by no means unconscious
of his critical condition ; he entrusted to his-
personal friend. Captain Lewis , the final mes
sages to his family and other directions of a
confidential nature. Within a few momenta
after the secretary expired telegrams an
nouncing the sad event were dispatched to
President Arthur at Newport. Assistant Sec
retary Coon , Frank S perry , Folger's private
secretary , Hon. Thomas O. Alton , assistant
treasurer at New York , and Judye Andrews ,
tie Syracuse.
tiG General gloom pervades the people of
Geneva over the sudden removal of a beloved
townsman < , men of all parties and of all con
ditions of life alike joining in the expressions
of sorrow. The first emblems of mourning-
displayed were above the entrance to the
quarters of the Thirty-fourth separate com
pany of "Folger's corps , " National jruards of
the state of New York , at the Geneva na -
tioiml bank , and upon the large Cleveland and
Hendricks ] banner suspended across Seneca
street. The secretary will be interred in
Geneva by the side of iris wife , who died seven fi
ycuts ago.
President Arthur received a telegram an
nouncing the death of Secretary Foiger at 5
o'clock ' , and was greatly affected by the news.
o'al will attend the funeral , and hopes to be
able to attend that of Senator Anthony also.
alft has telegraphed his condolences to the
father of Secretary Foiger , and ordered the
flags on government buildings and vessels in
this vicinity and at Fort Adams to be placed
at half-mast until after the funeral. The
president had intended giving a dinner to the
English admiral Saturday , but that is now
probably indefinitely postponed. i
The first news bf the death of Secretary Foi
pis received in Washington was conveyed in ,
the associated press dispatch from Geneva.
Upon its being shown to Assistant Secretary-
Coon , who is the acting- secretary , he Imme
diately notified the chiefs of bureaus in the
treasury department , and invited them to-
meet at his office in the evening. As the news
of the death of the secretary spread about it J
was received wi-h general expressions of re
gret. : The officials of the treasurydepartment
especially were shocked by the suddenness of
the event. The generally expressed opinions-
otw these officers was thac Mr. Folger's death
was clueto overwork. "He sought to super
vise all the details of the service instead of
leaving merely routine work to his subordi
nates , " said one prominent official , and all
others who were spoken with on the subject
ascribed the secretary's illness and death to.
the sumo cause , Treasurer Wyinan said that
tom some time before Foljrer left the depart
ment he had been complaining' of puin in the
region of the heart and difficulty in breathing.
Watchmen and other employes of the de
partment on duty to-night , us well as minor
officials , who heard of the news , expressed ,
their sorrow and spoke feelingly of Folger's.
uniform kindness to them.
Assistant Secretary Coon said that he had
received several letters recently from Secre
tary Foiger in which the latter wrote rather
despondently. In one healludedtotheburden.
work in the department. The secretary
said that while he was about useless , still he
would < pack his trunk and return to duty if he
Coon ) lelt that too much responsibility was
laid upon him. In another ho remarked that
was in a miserable plight , while a third
letter was closed abruptly with the remark
that he had set out to write at length , but felt
too work and listless. Other letters since re
ceived were dictated to an amanuensis , and
while containing clear direction ! ) concerning-
important departmental matters also con
veyed the intelligence inserted by the writer
that the secretary was a very sick man and
capable of only the smallest physical and.
mental exertion. In one letter Acting Secre
tary Coon was advised to send a cable mes
sage ; to.Assistant Secretary French , asking-
him to return immediately. Judge French ,
was then on his way to Liverpool. In regard
the question of filling the vacancy by a.
temporary appointment , Mr. Coon submitted
the ( question to the attorney general on the
leath ; recently of Sixth Auditor Ela. The at
torney general gave his opinion that a va
cancy occurring by the death of a head of a , s
bureau must be filled on the expiration of ten
lays , either by temporary designation or a
permanent ; appointment , and that such tem
porary designation , if made , could be only for
en days. It would follow , therefore , that a
acancy in the treasury may be temporarily
Hted by an appointment for tcn days from
loth Inst. , and must be permanently filled
later than the 28th inst. , Sundays not being-
ounted.
A RASH ACT.
Bright Toung Girl of loiea Xloics ITer-
Jirains Out.
Mabel Griffiths , the 15-year-old daughter of
Ion. John X.
Griffiths , of Page county , Iowa ,
uicided at her father's house In Shenandoah
Sunday. Mabel attended the high school
Shenandoah for several years. She
head of her classmates in all her studies , and was
her ambition
extremely desirous of goimr .
the normal seminary , where she could ?
a higher course. All through the
vacation she debated the point with her
arents , both father and mother
thinking
It
rould be best for her to continue at the high
label ! forced 0r n the ther year- Sunday morning
matter to a settlement ak
Bhool waste open the next day , and 6ht
anted to know
the final decision After a
head the trent ? ate the M sb ° t herself In
ball
going entirely through
the
and kLhng her
Instantly. None of the
imily heard the report , and the terrible
agedy was not known untllMabel's
ster entered the room and found youmrer
retched on the floor. Mr. Grfffithwal called
thinking Mabel had fainted he picked her
when the awful fact of suicide was
ppar-
Hanged for Outraging a IHille Lady.
negro named Clark was hanged at Macon'
, on Monday for
rape on an old white lady
Dowson. The negroes declared that
a half from Albany the engines
ructions on the track , but too to
cars were derailed. Nobody
aother train carried the
Coal tar is one of the best materials f > I *
lown for hardening garden walks. ; I
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