Nebraska Newspapers

    THE TEIBUNB.
F. M. & E. M. K13IMKIX , Fob * .
McCOOK , NEB
NEWS OF NEBRASKA.
THE NEW SUUCEON. Among the recent
changes which have taken place on the Union
Pacific road , says the Omaha Republican , Is
that occasioned by the resignation , sixty days
ago , of-Dr. 8. D. Mercer , chief surgeon of the
medical department. His successor has now
arrived and will assume his now duties on the
15th inst. , the date on which Mr. Mercer's res
ignation was to take effect. The new chief
surgeon is Dr. Oscar J. Ffeiffer , of Boston
a young man between 25 and 80 years of age ,
a graduate of the Harvard medical school anc
for two years In the Massachusetts general
hospital at Boston. It is designed within a
very short time to remove the headquarters
of this department to Denver , that being con
sldered tbo most advantageous location from
which to operate the various branches of the
road , as it IB about cqul-dlstant from Omaha
Ogdcn and Kansas City , and the central poini
of the Colorado system.
A BAD OmdilAN. R. H. Franklin , who for
twelve months past has been keeping a board
ing house at Sixteenth and Mason streets , is
reported missing. In addition to his boarding
house Franklin also had a meat market anc
grocery store. Ho is said to be heavily la
debted to Omaha merchants , and has forgot
ten to leave any tangible assets behind him.
Franklin came hero from Ohio. Where he has
gone to is another matter. He is a widower ,
and when he left town a few days ago said ho
was going off to get married. During Frank
lin's absence his family sold off all the stock ,
closed up the bouse , and Tuesday night , in an
swer to a telegram , made a quick exit. There
is great mourning among the creditors , and
many anxious inquiries about the missing
man. It looks like another instance of an
Ohio man going wrong. Omaha Herald.
GENERAL STATE NOTES.
The gobblers are now fattening nil along
the line.
Dodge county this year polled thirty-four
hundred votes.
Wayne co\inty voted at the late election to
build a new jail.
The new night patrol service on the B. & M
will go into operation in a few days.
A sweeping change of superintendents of
divisions on the Union Pacific was made last
week.
Brown county polled 1,600 votes. Two years
ago there were less than 100 settlers in the
county.
A disastrous flre TMS prevented recently at
Pawnee by prompt and effective action of its
citizens.
W. B. Nelson , of Lincoln , Neb. , s'ulclded at
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Sioux City last week by shooting himself in
the head.
The state's exhibit of field products at New
Orleans will require fifteen cars for its trans
portation.
A workman in Iler's distillery atOmaha had
his arm badly crushed by being caught in a
cog wheel.
Omaha is called upon to confront numerous
suits for damages by reason of changing the
grades of streets.
Judge Brewer , in the U. S. court at Omaha ,
in the Brighton ranch case , has decided that
the fences must go.
The weather for corn husking is all that
could be desired and farmers are Improving
it to the fullest extent.
John Green , an old resident of Omaha , was
badly hurt a few days ago , by being run over
by a B. & M. locomotive.
Diphtheria has again broken out in Kear
ney , and the Courier advises parents to keep
their children out of school.
More new houses are being erected in Kear
ney now than has ever been known in any
previous year since its existence.
Ex-Marshal Guthrie serving a term in the
penitentiary , was taken to Omaha a few days
ago to testify in the case of ex-Mayor Chase.
Prof. White has resigned his position with
the Hastings college. He does this with the
intention of preparing himself for the min
istry.
Wm. Lunzman , son of Fred Lunzman , of
Auburn , while carelessly handling a revolver ,
shot himself through the hand , making a bad
wound. *
Captain Phillips , the victim of the Cedar
county desperado , is getting worse , and the
opinion of. the physicians Is that he cannot
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recover. *
One Norris , a former Union Pacific brakeman -
man , is under arrest at Omaha for stealing a
hundred dollars' worth of tickets from the
company.
Nearly all the towns in the northern part
of the state cast a larger vote this year than
ever before , which indicates a good growth in
population.
By accident Colonel Morrow , of Harvard ,
swallowed some aqua ammonia , which , but
for the timely-skill of the doctor , might have
proved serious.
The tailor shop of M. Goldberg , Omaha , was
ebbed on election night , three overcoats ,
three pairs of pants and a piece of suiting
being carried off.
A Junlata doctor locked up his office ,
placarded the door "Gone to dinner , " and the
next seen of him he appeared fresh from In
diana with a new wife.
The section house at Hartington , valued at
$700 , was burned last week. The'fire was
caused by a defective llue. The goods it con
tained were mostly saved.
A Methodist church costing $40,000 , a Con
gregational church costing $20,000 , and a Pres
byterian church costing $25,030 , are approach
ing completion at Lincoln.
The Omaha refining works , recently de
stroyed by fire , have been rebuilt and com
menced operations. The manufactoryIs'now
double its former capacity. * r
' The college of the United Brethren will be
located at Homer , Dakota county. A sixty
acre farm near town bos been selected for the
site. The building will cost not less than $20-
000. - ,
W. J. Nelson , who , defrauded Lincoln credit
ors , was captured at Sioux City and shot him
self dead soon after his arrest. The unfortu
nate man leftproperty enough in Lincoln.it
is thought , to settle his liabilities.
Charles C. Carlton , acompositor in the Omaha
Bee , was found dead In his room last Sun
day. He worked as usual Saturday , and it
was not known that ho was dead until "time"
was called for commencement of composition
on Sunday.
The Nebraska Farmer says there "will be no
occasion for poor seed corn next season , if
proper care is given the selection of seed this
fall ; yet we venture the assertion that not
one-half our farmers have selected and stored
away their seed. "
The Union Pacific company having com to
pleted the Schuyler bridge , offered to turn It
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over to the Colfax county commlssioners , and
that body not being willing to accept it on
contract , it was closed and will not bo opened
until the matter is settled.
Tbo Wakcfleld Republican says the present
low price of corn makes the problem f corn
for fuel a question of practical value. It is
generally estimated , by those who have tried
It , that corn Is worth about the same for fuo
as Iowa coal , ton for ton.
Mrs. Mary Dltmar , of Oakland , received her
little children from Toronto , Canada. They
were taken by Dltmar when he left that sec
tion three years ago , and upon hearing of his
recent suicide at Toronto , the children were
sent for and have just arrived.
Lewis Anguish , the two-year-old son of
Anguish , of Arapahoe , was thrown out of a
buggy and Instantly killed. The mother of
the boy was also thrown out and severely In
jured. The accident occurred early in the
morning while driving to town.
Beatrice has sixteen different manufactur
ng establishments , employing $80,000 capital
and 198 men. Tbo amount of wages paid per
year Is 550,000 ; value of raw material used
$100,200 , and the amount realized for the
manufactured products , $230,500.
The residence of Wesley N. Kerns , of Table
Rock , burned to the ground on the 7th be
tween 2 and 3 o'clock. Everything was lost
nothing saved whatever. The origin of the
flro Is a mystery. Mr. Kerns met with a nar
row escape , being nearly suffocated.
Charles Schleger , of Omaha , went hunting
last Sunday , and in returning homo used his
gun as ja walking-stick. In this manner one
barrel was exploded , the contents entering
the young man's head and killing him in
stantly. He was 25 years old and leaves a
widowed mother.
A disastrous prairie fire , says the Valentine
Reporter , swept over the table land north of
town last week , destroying a large amount of
property. David Coggswell Is the greatest
sufferer , losing his stable , hay , six head of
horses , and being himself burned so badly
that life is despaired of.
The St. Helena Nonpareil has no sympathy
with the petition which Is being circulated
asking thatthe commissioners of Cedar county
offer a reward for the apprehension of the
men who lynched the man who shot Captain
Phillips. The latter is still alive , but his re
covery is considered doubtful.
Last week an engine was bringing a freight
train down the hill from the Summit , near
Omaha , when all at once there was a loud re
port and the engine lost all control of tht
train. It was soon found that the steam
chests had been blown off from both sides of
the engine. No one was hurt.
The jury in the bribery case of ex-Mayor
Chose , on trial at Omaha , rendered a verdict
of acquittal without leaving their seats. Ex-
Marshal Guthrie , serving out a term in the
penitentiary , was the main witness in the
case , and ho refused to answer questions on
the ground that it would criminate hiirsclf.
There is at length an end to the efforts of
the Episcopal council of Nebraska to secure
a successor to the late lamented Bishop Clark-
son. The end has been reached by the con
sent of the Rev. Dr. Worthlngton , o'f Detroit ,
to accept thoposition. He will probably enter
upon his duties about the first of the year.
The Y. M. C. A. convention at Omaha elected
the following as members of the state execu
tive committee : S. D.Fitchie , Weeping Wa
ter ; George F. Work , Hastings ; B. L. Paine ,
John Miller , C. C. Pierce , J. A. Dummett , Lin
coln ; H. H.Chaplin , York ; C.F.Harrison , O.
S. Wood , J. S. Detwiler , Omaha ; Leavitt Burn-
ham , chairman ; George A. Joplin , secretary ;
J. L. Kennedy , treasurer.
There was a meeting of citizens of Lincoln
the other evening to revive the town clock
project and consider what measures should
betaken to secure the funds necessary to
purchase a first class clockto furnish perfect
and standard time for the benefit of every
body who cares to read and hear. A com
mittee to solicit subscriptions for the enter
prise was appointed.
A horse stolen from W. G. Welsbans , of
Omaha , was found by a detective in the south
ern part of Sarpy county , and along with it
were taken twelve or fourteen others , all be
lieved to have been stolen. It is the theory
of several who have had occasion to investi
gate the matter that two bands of these
thieves , one in Kansas and the other In Ne
braska , are constantly plying their nefarious
business.
The rapid development of the western part
of Nebraska [ makes the organization of new
counties necessary at short intervals. The
proclamation of Governor Dawes relative to
the organization of Hayes county has jutt
been publishtd in the Lincoln Journal. Secre
tary Roggen also has in his office a petition
for the organization of a now county , bearing
the name of Keya Paha , out of a portion of
Brown county.
Secretary Roggen tells the Lincoln Journal
that both the proposed amendments to the
state laws are defeated. That providing for a
railroad commission is badly snowed under
and the other wi 1 lack ten or fifteen thousand
votes of being carried. The latter is the
amendment extending the length of the ses
sion of the legislature to sixty days and fixing
the compensation of members at three hun
dred dollars for the session.
John C. Gass , of Pennsylvania , went to bed
in Omaha a few nights ago in apparently good
health. Short'y after , Mr. Sargent , with
whom he was making his home , heard strange rI
and unusual noises in bis room. Going in he I
discovered Gass in the throes of epileptic con I
vulsions. A doctor was hastily summoned ,
but could afford no relief. The violence of
the convulsions caused a lesion of the blood
vessels , hemorrhage ensued , and shortly
afterwards the sufferer passed away.
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A young man from Omaha went out to Millard -
lard to visit his brother , who works for a
farmer named Allen. The young man arrived
at the farm house about 9 o'clock , and found
the family hod retired. All in sport he rapped
loudly on the door , and In reply to Mr. Allen's
query , "Who's there , and whatde you want ? "
replied that he wanted bis ( Allen's ) money , or
his life. Allen told him to go around to the
back-door , and seizing a shotgun , opened the
door and shot the young man in the neck , In-
Uicting probably fatal wounds. Allen was
greatly shocked on learning who the supposed
robber was.
Johcph Cook was arrested at St. Joseph , Mo. ,
on the 12th , for the murder of Leonard Roll ,
near Blue Hill , Neb. , on the night of Novem
ber 1. The arrest was made by Deputy Sheriff
Blagg , of Nodaway county , Missouri , and the
prisoner was turned over to Sheriff Warren , it
of Webster county , Nebraska , who arrived
half an hour before Cook was taken In cus-
ody. The prisoner admits that he left Blue
Hill on the night of the murder but claims
thathe did not know of Roll's death until after
he was arrested. The team which was stolen
from Roll has not yet been discovered but
the officers are on the trail of it. The prisoner
was brought to Nebraska.
The Fullerton Journal records the following in
fatal accident : Mrs. Brady had gone out near
the barn to see her husband , who was going
town. Lariated near by was a pet calf.
The calf , belnglarge and strong , in his playful
mood succeeded in winding the rope around
Mrs. B. This so entangled her that she fell to
the ground. It proved a fatal fall. Her bus
band , who was only a few rods on his way to
town , went to her assistance , and with his aid
eho walked to the house. Neither were aware
that any serious Injury had been sustained
A doctor was sent for. On his arrival It was
found that there was no pulse at the wrist
and but a feeble flutter at the temple. Every
possible effort was made to arouse the vita
forces , but all proved of no avail. She lln
gcred froml o'clock , thetlma shewasInjured
until C , when she called for her husband and
told him she was dying. In afewminutes her
spirit had taken its flight and had gene to
God.
CAPITAL 2BJEFS.
According to the figures compiled by Secre
tary McPhcrson the next house of congress
will have a democratic majority of forty-one
The president has modified Rule 19 , of the
Civil Service Regulations , specifying officers
exempt from examination , so as to include in
the list disbursing officers having the custody
of money , which have given bonds.
Agricultural department reports for the
November returns of the rate of yield of corn
indicate the product somewhat in excess of
1,000,000,000 bushels , or an average rate of
email fraction above 26 bushels per acre.
The total values of domestic breadstuff's ex
ported during October was $11,541,112 , agains
$14,740,994 for the corresponding month of
1883. For the ton months ended October 31s
It was $120,098,047 , and $143,123,331 for the cor
responding period of 1883.
The annual report of Major General Scho
field , commanding the division of the Mis
souri , treats of the operations in that division
during the past year. The roster of the troops
in that division shows seven regiments ant
two companies of cavalry , nineteen regiments
and one company of infantry , and four bat
teries of field artillery. The report urges the
necessity for liberal appropriations to provide
permanent shelter and barracks for the troops
in tbo division.
The Washington monument has reached a
greater height than that of any other struc
ture in the world , being 520 fcetand ten inches
above the floor of the monument. The next
highest structure is the spire of the Cologne
cathedral , which towers 515 feet above the
iloor of the building. It is estimated that it
will take but twenty-five workingdays to com
plete the monument , so there is no doubt of
its being finished in time for dedication on the
22d of February.
The annual rep rt of Hon. Walter Evans
commissioner of internal revenue , for the
fiscal year ending June 30th , 1884 , has been
submitted to the secretary of the treasury
The total receipts from all the sources of in
ternal revenue taxation for the year is $121-
590,039 , as compared with $144,533,344 for the
year 18S3. $146,523,273 for the year 1882 , and
5133,229.913 for the year 1881. It is estimated
that $115,000,000 will be collected for the present
ent fiscal year. The payment of tax on the
large production of spirits for 1881 was a ma
terial factor in the collections during the past
year and the commissioner says that the fall
ing off anticipated for the present year will
follow from the diminished quantity of bour
bon and rye whiskies produced in 18S2 , on
which the tax will mature during the current
fiscal year. Another cause contributing to
the reduction of receipts will be the largely
increased exportation of spirits in bond , on
which , for various reasons , owners cannot pay
the tax. Something like 10,000,000 gallons
have already been forced abroad during the
current calendar year , because of stagnation
in the trade and the refusal of congress to ex
tend the bonded period. A comparative state
ment of the receipts for the fiscal years 1883
and 1884 shows a decrease of $16,041,850 from
tobacco ; an increase of $2,036 610 from spirits ;
an increase of $1,184,338 from fermented
liquors , and a decrease of $10,642,404 from
taxes , under the repealed laws and penalties ;
making a total decrease of $21,963,305.
BKIEFLY TOIJX
The national grange opened a session in
Nashville on the llth. Proceedings were with
closed doors.
Gov. Hoadley refuses to order the militia
into the Hocking Valley until convinced that
the sheriffs have done all in their power and
failed.
August Taxhorn , a farmer near McPherson ,
Kansas. set flre to his house , barn and granary
and then blew out h s brains with a shotgun.
The buildings were destroyed , together with
$4,000 in money in the house.
Kiernan's agency gives the following as
rates to brokers to Chicago : New York Cen-
tral and Erie , $11.00 to $11.50 ; West Shore ,
$12.00 ; Lackawanna , $14.50. The New York *
Central is expected to make a further reduc
tion. r
tion.Wolf
Wolf Bros. , wholesale dealers of hats and
caps , Chicago , confessed judgment for a total flc
amount of $50,000 and the place is closed by fld
the sheriff. Liabilities estimated at $105.000 ; flI
assets $115,000 , of which § 30,000 is in outstand a
ing accounts. I
In the case of Ah Ky , the Chinaman arranged - c
ranged at Albany , N. Y. , for the murder of
a
Wee Kee , the jury found a verdict of manslaughter -
slaughter in the third degree. Justice Peck
ham sentenced the prisoner to twenty years at
hard labor in Clinton prison.
Police Officer Michael Ryan , St. Louis , made
a desperate attempt to kill his wife the other
night and the probabilities are that the woman
will die. The circumstances show that the
policeman , in a fit of rage , drew his knife and
plunged it into his wife's abdomen.
Maggie Quinlan , residing near Sinsinawa
Mound , Wis. , committed suicide by shooting
herself with a revolver. Ill health is supposed
to have been the cause of the rash act. She
had recently returned from Montana , where
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she had been to recover her health.
A reporter interviewed fifteen manufactur co ct
ers in the largest manufacturing towns of f o
northern New York on the effect of politics in
their Industry. Republicans and democrats
agreed that the election of Cleveland would
have little effect on any of the manufacturing
industries.
Secretary Teller , upon the order of the su
preme court of the District of Columbia ,
directed Colonel Burnside , late disbursing
clerk of the postoffice department , now under
Indictment for embezzling government funds ,
to be placed in the government insane asylum
at Washington.
Rev. James McLcocl , pastor of the Second
Presbyterian church of Indianapolis and who
formerly occupied the pulpit of the PresbyterIan -
Ian church at Buffalo , New York , says he has
on good authority that Governor Cleveland
wll. shortly be united in marriage to a young
lady of Buffalo. "
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Robert Stundring and wife were discovered
dead in their house on their ranch , seven
miles from Pine Grove , n small station on the
South Park ( Col. ) road. The circumstances
Indicate murder for money. Stundring was
one of Colorado's pioneers , wealthy and
widely known. He was an ordained preacher >
the anti-polygamy branch of the Mormon >
church.
FOREIGN NOTES.
The tribunal has condemned Patti to pay re
the costs of her divorce suit. st
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President Grevy has issued a decree stating J
that the Universal exhibition in Paris wil
open May 5,1889.
In the house of commons Hartington , sccro
tary of war , moved an appropriation of one
million pounds for the Nile expedition.
The Swiss government forbids railway cars
from Paris to cross tho-frontlor until the pas
scngers have been subjected to a thorough
medical inspection.
The minister of foreign affairs has an
nounccd the conclusion of the treaty of commerce
merco between America and the Spanish Wcs
Indies. A few unimportant questions per
tainlng to sugar and cereals are still open , bu
they are not likely to interfere with the Una
adoption of the treaty.
The celebration at London of the chtranc
to office of the now lord mayor took place on
the 10th. The streets through which the pro
cession passed were thronged with enormou
crowds. A fine display was made by the varl
ous ancient guilds. Among the most prom !
nent features of the procession were severa
Nile boats fully manned , a herd of camel
with Soudanese attendants and a drove o
elephants.
Great excitement prevailed in the lobbies o
the French chambers owing to thoconflrma
tion of the report published In the Libert- -
that the cabinet council on Saturday decided
to lorego demanding Indemnity from China
Much discontent prevails on account of this
in the Tonquin committee of the chamber o
deputies. Charreau , chairman of the com
mittcc , has resigned , and the committee has
resolved to postpone presentingits report un
til Ferry has made an explanation.
POLITICAL NOTES.
Elaine's plurality in Pennsylvania Is abou
80,030.
The official vote of Mississippi is Cleveland
78,437 , Elaine 42,774.
Late , but incomplete figures place the Firs
congressional district of California in doubt
Corothers , republican , leads by 120.
The official vote of the state of Delaware
gives Cleveland 17,054 , BInino 12,778 , St. John
53 , Butler 6. The temperance legislative vote
Is 1,319.
Monsignor Capcl delivered before the Young
Men's Hebrew club at New York an abridg
meut of his address on "Patriotism" as given
at the cathedral. In the course of his re
marks he said it was a bad side of our election
that it showed our attempts to pull down the
character of men who were tp rule us.
The election is still doubtful in Washington
territory , but the chances favor Voorhees
democrat , for delcsrate to congress. The onlj
issue between the parties was that of rail
roads. The democrats and disaffected repub
licans demanded the forfeiture of the lam
grant which lapsed over seven years ago
Voorhees' estimated majority is about 3,000.
The present estimate as to the complexion
of the Illinois state legislature Is that it wll
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be a tie on joint ballot , the senate having a
majority of one republican , and the house a
majority of one democrat. Contests are like
ly to ensue in three districts , which may re
verse this condition of affairs. The situation
is made more interesting from the fact that a
successor to Gen. Logan is to be selected.
Forty-three of the eighty counties in Michi
gan report official Blalne pluralities of 13,333
and fusion pluralities of 6,370. The remain
ing counties are evenly divided between the
fusionists and republicans. The plurality
given in figures so far reported will be cut
down to between 4,000 and 5,000. The con
gressional delegation stands seven f uslonisffi
and one republican.
CRIMINAL.
Charles R. Parker , cashier of the Fifth ave
nue hotel , New York , shot and killed himself.
His mind was deranged by overwork.
A. D. Sly , who robbed the American Express
company a year ago of § 10,800 , on trial at St
Joseph , Mo. , pleaded guilty and was sentenced
to fouryears in the penitentiary.
A reward [ of $500 is offered by citizens of
Huron , D. T. , indorsed by the mayor , for the
apprehension and conviction of the parties
who set the incendiary fires at that place last
week.
At Palestine , Texas , during a political jolli
fication City Marsha Chris Rogers shot and
killed John Childs. Childs persisted in attack
ing Rogers until the marshal killed him.
Rogers was released on § 1,000 bail.
A mob prevented the ex-priest , Father
Chiniquy , from lecturing at Montreal. They
broke the windows of the hall and demolished
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the lamps and furniture. Aided by the police ,
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Chiniquy and a few friends escaped in car
riages.
E. Popplehower , doing business under the
firm name of the Boston Diamond Cutting
company at Boston , is said to be missing with
diamonds belonging to various Boston firms
and private customers valued at a large sum.
He was trusted implicitly by jewelers of that
city. His custom was to request a loan of
diamonds , which he said he could sell at good
advantage.
STAyjIXG OF THE ARMY.
As Set Forl/i in the Annual Report of Lieut.-
Gen. Sheridan.
The annual report of Lieutentmt General
Sheridan has been made , covering the period
from his assignment to the command of the
army , November 1st , 18S3 , to November 1st ,
1884. He says during this time the entire tcr-
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ritorj' under the supervision of troops has
been unusually f ice from collisions , resulting
in loss of either h'fe or property , but the ser
vices of the military In the west cannot bo
safely dispensed with for many years to come.
he lieutenant general expresses great inter
est in the national guard of the stites , and
tb-nks congress should designate the number
of men each state should have , and provide
for them arms and camps and garrison equl-
pnge , under some wise method of accounta
bility for this property , whenever the state
governments themselves appropriate substan
tial sums of money for the support of their
respective military systems , in such a man
ner that these sums cannot be effected by
party legislation. Excepting- our ocean
commerce and for our seaboard cities , ho
does not think we should be much alarmed
about the probability of wars with foreign
powers , since it would require more than a a
million and a half of men to make a cam
paign upon land against us. To transport
from beyond the ocean that number of sM- 1
diers , with all their munitions of war. their
cavalry , artillery and infantry , even if not
molested by us whilst in transit , would de
mand a large part of the shipping of all Eu 2
rope. He earnestly invites immediate atten
tion to the defenceless condition of the sea 4
board citieH , and urgently recommends the
early beginning of a general system of sea
coast fortifications to be constructed in ac
cordance with the requirements involved by
the latest Improvements in heavy artillery. 9
"This nationhe says , "Is growing so rapidly
hat there are signs of other troubles which I
lope will not occur , and which will probably 12
not come upon us if both capital and labor 3
will only be conservative , still , it should uo 4
remembered that destructive e.xplo ives are
easily made , and that banks , the United States
sub-treasuries , public buildings and largo 1
mercantile hi uses can be readily demolished
md the co" merce of entire cities destroyed I
y infuriated people with means carried with 2
erfect safety in the pockets of their cloth 3
ing. " 4
A man at "White Lake , N. Y. , was 1
rendered blind and helpless by being 2
stung by a hornet at the base of the 3
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COXGREBS.
A List of Repifsentatlves-Eleet and Xembcra
of tha Present House.
The following list of representatives elect to
iho Forty-ninth congress , will be found very
nearly correct. The politics of each Is deslg-
lated , and those marked with a * are members
) f iho present congress. The house , as now
constituted , consists of 323 members , cmbrac-
.ngllo republicans , 199 democrats , 5 readjust-
M-S , 1 greenbaoker , 3 independents and 2
/ncancies. According to the table below , the
acxt house will bo composed of 144 rcpubll-
jans , 171 democrats and 10 grccnbackers and
fusionlsts , of whom 7 would vote with the
lomorrats and 3 with the republicans on por-
: y questions , leaving the strength of the two
it 147 republicans and 178 democrats.
A&A1IAMA.
DIst. Dist.
1 Jnmes T. Jones..D 5 M. Sadler D
2 * H.A. Herbert..D C John A. Martin..D
3 * Wm. C. Otttcs..D 7 * W. H. Forney. . .D
4 A. C. Davidson..D 8 Joseph Wheeler..D
ARKANSAS.
1 * P. Dunn D 4 Mohn H. Rosrors.D
2 C. Brccklnrhlgo.D 5 * Samucl W. Pecl-.D
3 Mumes K. Jones.D
CALIFORNIA.
l-T.R.Carrothcrs..R 4 Wm. Morrow R
2 J. A. Louttit It 5 Chas. N. Folton..R
3 J. McKcnna It 6 II. II. Markhani..R
COLOHAUO.
1 George C.Symes R
CONNECTICUT.
1 John R. Buck..Ill 3 * .T. T. Wai to R
2 * C. L. Mitchell..Dl 4 * E. W. Scymour..D
DKr.AW.UlE.
1 * CharlcsB. Lore D
FLORIDA.
1 * R. II. Davidson..Dl 2 Chas. Doughcrty.D
annualA.
1 F. M. Norwood. . .D 0 * Jas. H. Blo nt..D
2-'H. G. Turner..D 7 * J. C. Clements..D
3 Chas. F. Crisp..D 8 * Scaborn Reese..D
4 H.R. Harris D 9 * A. D. Candler..D
5 * N. J. Hammond.D 10 Gco. S. Unrnes..D
ILLINOIS.
1 * R. W. Dunham..R 11 * Wm. H. Neece..D
2 Frank Lawler D 12 Maines M. Riggs.D
3 James H. Ward. . 11 13 * W. M. Springer..D
4 * fieo. E. Adams..K 14-J. H. Rowcll tt
5-R. Ellwood It 15 Jos. G. Cannou..K
0-Robort R. HItt..R 16 S. Z. Landes D
7 * T. J. Hendorson.lt 17 John It. Eden..O
8 Ralph Plumb H 18V. . R. Morrison..D
9 Lewis E. Payson..R 19 * Il. W. Townsend.D
0 N. Worthington. D 20 Mohn R. Thomas.R
INDIANA.
1 * John J. Kleiner. D 8 * John E. Lnmb..D
2 * Thos. R.Cobb..D 0 * T. H. Ward D
3 Jonas G. Howard.I ) 10 W. D. Owen It
4-Wm.S.Holman..D 11 * Geo. W. Meele..U
5 * C. C. MutKOn D 12 * Robert Towry..D
6 T. M.Browne. . .11 13 George Ford D
7 W. D. Bynum..D
IOWA.
1-B.J.Hall D 7 Vdwin H. Conper.R
2 J. H. Murphy..D 8 W. P. Hepburn..R
3 * D. U. Ilenderson.R 9 J. W. Lvinan R
4 L. H. Woller R 10 * A. J. Holmes..It
5-Nilo P. Smith R 11 Msaac S. Strublo.lt
6 F.T. Campbell..It
KANSAS.
l-E.N.Morrill'.R 5 * .T. A. Anderson..R
2 E.H. Fnnston..R 6 * Leu-is IIanback.lt
3-U. W.Perkin..lt 7 * S. R. Peters It
4 Thomas Ryan..R"
KENTUCKY.
1 M. Stone D 7 W. C.P. Breckcn-
2 Polk Lnffoon D ridge D
3 * .TolinE.Ha&ell..D ! S J. It. McCreary. . . ! )
4 T. A. Robertson..D 9 W. H. Wadsworth.lt
5 * Abert ) S.Willis..D 10 W. P.Taubce..D !
6 * John G. Carhsle.D 11 * F.L. Wolford.-.D
LOUISIANA.
1-S.R. Martin D 4-N. C. Blanchard..D
> -Michae ! Halm It 5 M. Floyd Klng..D
3 Edward Gay D 6 A. B. Irwin D
MAINE.
1 * Thos. B. Reed. . .Ill 3-Seth L. Milliken.R
2 * N.Dingley , Jr..Ill 4 * C. A. Boutelle..R
MAKVLAND.
p
1 C. H. Gibson Dl 4 * J. V.L.Findlay.D
2 F.T. Shaw D 5 BarnesCompton.D
3 W. H. Cole D' ' 6 Lewis McComas..R
MASSACHUSETTS.
1 Robert T. Dnvics.Il 7 * Eben F. Stone..11'
2 Mohn D. Long..II 8-Chas. II. Allen..It
3 * Am. A. It.tnncy.lt' ' 9 Fred D. Ely It
4 * P. A. Collins D 10 Wm. W. Rice H
5 G. D. HuydPii..K 11 nVm. Whiting..11
6 H. B. Loverlnjr. . D 12 F. W. Rockwell..R
MICHIGAN.
1 * W.C.Maybury..D 7 * Ezra C. Carleton.D
2 E. r. Ailcn .It 8 T. E. Tarsney..D
3 J. J. O'D6nnell..R 9 * R.M.Ciitchcon..R
4 J. O. Burrows..It in S. O. Fisher D
5 Chas. Comstock..U 11 Seth C.Moffatt..R
C * E. B. Winans..D
MINNESOTA.
1 * Milo White Hi 4 JohnB.Gilfllan..R !
2 * .I.B. Wakefleld..H 3 * Knute Nelson..11
3 * H. B. Strait Ill
MISSISSIPPI.
1-J. M.Allen D 5 * O. R. Singleton..D
2 J. B. Morgan D 6 * FI. S. Van Eaton.D
3 T. C. Catchings..D 7 * E. Barksdale..D
4-F. G.Barry D
MISSOURI.
1 * Wm. H. Hatch..D S-MohnJ.O'Neill.-D
2 John B. Hale D 9 John M. Glover. .D
3 * A.M. Dockery..D 10 * MartiuL.CIardy.D
4 Mas. N. Burnes..D 11 * K. P. Bland D
5 William Warner. K 12 W J. Stone D
C-JohnT. Heard..D 13 W. H. Wade It
7 J. E. Hutton D 14 Win. Dawson D
NEBRASKA.
1 * A. J. Weaver..Ri 3-G. W.E. Dorsey..R
2 Maines Laird lt |
NEVADA.
1 William Woodburn R
NEW .HAMPSHIRE.
1-M. A. Haynes..It | 2-J. H. Gallinger..R
NEW JERSEY * .
1 Geonrc H. Hires.R 5 * W. W. Phelps..R
2 .Tas. Buchanan..K 0 II. Lehlhach H
3 Robert S. Green..D 7 * Win. McAdoo..D
4 Jus.N. Pidcock..D
NEW VORK.
1 Perry Belmont. . .D IS H. G. Buricifrh..R
2 Felix Campbell..D 19 John Swinburne.lt
3 Darwin It. Jatncs.lt 20 George West . R
4 P. P. Mahoncy. . . ! ) 21 F. A. Johnson. . . .It
5 A. M. Bliss D 22 A. X. Parker . R
0 NicholasM'illcr..D 23 J. Thos. Sprigrs..D
7 John J. Adauis..D 24 John S. Pindar. . . D
8 S. S.Cox D Frank Hiscock..It
9 Joseph Pulitzer..D . C. Millard . R
10 A. S. Hewctt D i Screuo S. Payne. . R
11 T. Merriraau D .28 John Arnot . D
12 A. Dowdney D 29 Tra Davenport. . .It
13 Egbert L. Viele. D 30 Chas. S. Baker. . . It
13 ; W.G.Stalilnecker.D : il John G. Sawyer. . R
15 Lewis Beach D Si J. M. Farquhar..K
G J. H. Ketchum..ll : K-JoIm B.Weber. . .11
17 J. G.Lindsley..R 34 W. L. Sessions. . . .R S.
NORTH CAROLINA.
1 * T. G. Skinner..D ( J * It. T. Bennett..D Si
2 M.E.O'Haracol.Il ) 7 J. S. Henderson..D
3 * W.J. Green D 8V. . H. Cowles D
4Vm.R. . Cox 1) 9 T.l > . Johnson..D
5 JainesW. lteid..D
OHIO.
1 B. Buttcrworth..R 12 A. C. Thompson..R F
2 Chas. E. Brown..It 13 Jos. Outhwaite..D
3 Jas. E. Campbell.D 14 C. H. Grosvenor.R
4 U. M. Anderson..D 15 * Beriah Wilkins..D
3 * I3enLc Fevre..D 1(5 ( * Gco. W. Geddes.D laIn
6 * Wm. D. Hill D 17 * A. J. Warner..D
In
7 * Geo. E. Seacy..D IS M. 1) . Taylor It
8 John Little It 19 * Ezra B. Taylor. . It te
9 W. C. Coops K 20V. . McKinIeyJr.R st
0 Jacob Ilomeis It ! 1-M. A. Foran D
E. F. Elberry D ju
OREGON. inwi
wi
B. Herman R
to
PENNSYLVANIA.
si
1 H. H. Binsham..It 13 F. C. Bunnell R
into
Clmrle * O'Neill..Itlltf . W. Brown..R
3 * S. J. Randall..D 17 M. M. Campbell..It toW
4V'm. . T ) . ICelley..R'lS * L. E. Atkinson..It W !
tote
5 A. C. Harmer R 19 * W A. Duncan..D
to
6 M. B. Everhart..R 20 * A. G.Curtin D S
thor
7 * I. N. Evarts R 21 * Chas. E. Boyle..D
8 * D. Ermentrout..D 22 James S. Ncgley.R 2n
J. Heistand H 23 * Thos. M. Bayne.R
0 W. H. Snowden..D 24 O. L. Jackson It su
1 Mos.B. Storm..D 25 Alex. C. White..R so
di
Jos. Scranton R 20 Geo. W. FIeeger..R
* Chas. N. Brumm.lt 27 W. t. Scott D EC
St
Franklin Bound.R Large E.A.Osiiorne.R lie
RHODE IStAND. sic
sicmi
* H.J. Spooner..RI 2 Wm. J. Pierce..R mi
SOUTH CAROLINA. JoHi
Hi
* Samuel Dibble. .D 5 M. J. Hemphill..D anr
* Geo. D. TilIman.D 6 * Gco. W. Darjjan.D r
* D. Wyatt Aiken.D 7 ILSinalls ( col.R Jo
W. H. Perry D Ja
TENNESSEE.
* A. H. Pettibone.R C * A. J. CaldwelL.D
L.C. Honk R 7 M. G. Ballentine D kc
J.R. Neal D 8 Mohn M. Taylor.D iles
* B. McMillan D 9 A. T. Glass D (
J. D. Ilichardson.Di 10 Zacbary Toy lor. . R vii
TEXAS.
1 Charles StowartD W. R. Grain I >
S-Mobnll.Rcagan.D
8 Mamos H. Jones.D
4 * D. B. Culbert8on.D n-Vs. TrLan6im.D
n'hcockmorton. . -
6 - -
I ) UitV/vmiU-LJ * w
6 * Olin Welborn..D
VE MOXT.
l-JohnW.StownrtRWm. | VT. Grout R
VIRGINIA.
C John W. DanIol..I >
2 * HarryLibboy..R 7 C.F.O'Ferrall..D
3 * Geo.D. Wlso..D 8 JohnB. Barbour.D
4 James D.Brady..R 0 C.F. Trlgg.--D
6 Geo. C. Cabell..D 10 * J. Band Tucker .D-
WEST
WISCONSIN ,
1 L. B. Caswell . R G R. Guentlur. H
2 Ed. 8. Bra irg. . D 7 O. B Thomas K
3 R. M. LaFolietto.R * Wm. T. Price..K
4-1. W. VanSchalCK.lt 0 * I. 8tephenson..R
5 * Joseph RankIn..D
TERRITORIES.
Arizona-Curtis C. Bean , R.
Dakota Oscar L. G ifford , H.
Idaho * Thcodoro F. SInglsor , lu
Montana Hiram F. Knowlcs , It.
New Mexico Antonio Joseph.
Utah Mohn T. Caino.
Washington James M. Armstrong' , iw
Wyoming Joseph M. Casey , It. ,
POSTAL EXPEXDITURES.
Estimate for the Fiscal Year Beginning * rfy
1st , 1885.
Estimates of the expenditures of the postal
service for the fiscal year , beginning July 1 ,
1885 , areas follows :
Office of the postmaster general , $271,500 y
office of the first assistant postmaster general ,
$23,095,000 ; ( foe principal Items arc for pay of
Postmasters-$13,000XiO ( ; pay of clerks in
postofficcs , $5,300,000 ; free delivery and let
ter carriers , $4,525,000. ) Office of the second
assistant postmaster general , WM *
( prlnclpalltems being. rall dnSorrS&
$15674205 ; star routes , $5yiWUW , railway
nnct imr cnrv'pp SI 875.000. and pay of rail
wTiott'afclefk'sfH sbo. oWe of toe
tnlrd assistant postmaster general , $1,333,400.
Office of the superintendent of foreign mails , .
$500,000. Total , $56,099,1159.
Estimated amount to be provided by the de
partment from Its own revenues ( Including-
$400,000 from the money-order service , ) $51-
273,630 ; estimated excess of expenditures to-
be appropriated out of the general treasury to
supply the deficiency in tliu postal revenue ,
$4,82o,539. Total appropriations of the pres
ent year , $49,010,400 , or $7,057,709 less than
the amount estimated necessary for the next
fiscal year. The principal items of increase
are : Compensation to postmasters , $2,000-
000 ; pav to clerks In postolllccs , > X,000 ) ,
free delivery system , $535,000 ; railroad trans
portation , ? 2,934,000 ( which includes compen
sation to the Pacific railroads , which beretp-
forc has been certified to the secretary of the
treasurv ) , and the pay of rail way postal clerks ,
$38" 000.
'
Th'c financial officers of the department say
certain Items included in the estimate of the
present fiscal year ( such as compensation to
postmasters and railroad transportation ) , the
amounts of which , arbitrarily fixed bylaw ,
were reduced by congress in the postoflice ap
propriation bill to the extent of several million
dollars , thus making an apparent difference
between the appropriations for the present
year and the estimates for next year consider
ably larger than it would be under normal cir
cumstances.
The annual report of the superintendent of
the free delivery service shows an Increase of
five In free delivery postoiHces , and 210 more
carriers than on the preceding year. The
whole number of pieces handled by carriers ag
gregated 1,540,554,117 , an increase of 215,910-
'
41(5 ( , or 10.30 per ceut. Chicago comes next to
New York in the number of pieces haudled.
The total cost of the service , including the
pay of postoffice inspectors , § 1,504,200 , is an
increase of § 330,870 , or 10.42 per cent over the
expenditure of the previous year. The average
cost of haulingeach piece Is 2.3 mills , a decrease
of 0.1 mill or 4.10 per ceut. The average cost ( ;
per carrier $898 , an increase of $33 or 4.51 per
cent. The amount of postage collected onlocal Jlj ]
matter was $4,777,484 , an increase of $417,743 , If. j
or 9.95 per cent. -J U
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TOEGREAl STOCKIXTERCS2. 1(5 (
Proceedings of the Meeting of the Xalional
Association at Chicago. '
Chicago dispatch : The national stockmen's I
convention continued its session to-day. The . ! )
secretary read a letter from Prof. Law , of Ml
Cornell college , attacking the work of the jj !
bureau of animal Industry created by the last ff
congress. This created a discussion , and a fj
motion to tender the writer a vote of thanks J
was tabled. The committee on the award of A
Judge Cooley , arbitrator , fixing the rate by .ji
rail for dressed beef considerably higher than 11 ,
that for live cattle , reported that the two rates ' fc
should be the same , and stated that the health \
of the beef-eaters depended in a measure on
having the cattle slaughtered as near the fat
tening point as possible , to avoid the unsani
tary conditions produced by the transporta
tion on hoof. Adopt'ed. The committee on
resolutions presented an extended report-
on the question of fercinjr ranges
on government land. It set forth that j ,
the obtaining of permanent tenure on these . f
lands in some legal form Is of the greatest 3
importance to the future of stock ra sing ; f
that these lands are largely unfit for agricul- _ , S
ture and not reclaimable by irrigation on ac- , t
count of the broken surface and lack of runr
ning streams ; that Colorado and Wyoming- 9
stockmen have two hundred millions invested > '
In the business , adding to the taxable wealth 2
of the country and lowerlnfrthc price of beef ; "
that they would welcome the opportunity to *
buy or rent these lands for a term of years ;
that a committee to go to Washington to sug
gest stock legislation be Instructed to en- ,
dcavor to secure the passage of a law permuting - >
muting rental to owners who are actual occupants - .
pants of grazing lands between the Missouri
river and the Pacific coast for the longest '
period possible , at the lowest obtainable rate
such rental not to interrupt or suspend the
operation of existing laws for pre-emption
or homestead , the rentals being subject to
such entries. The committee was instructed I
before submitting such laws to y
congress to , ,
ask the assent of the Colorado Stock Growers *
association , those of Wyomim ? , Nebraska , ' '
Dakota , ilontana. Idaho and Nevada being
t
i
represented in this convention. Resolutions-
of greeting to the strockmcn to assemble in -
bt. .Louis next Monday , deprecating a division
of interests and appointing a committee to
confer with a committee from that body with .
S.wJl i0" ' ? ,8 also " "opted. Officers V
m , - ' Pn&eld , HI. ; secretary , Thomas
-0
CJICTIIO ! t" * " * . Joh
SErEZZKES LOST.
Fall of a Furnace Stack mtJi TerriblulFataf '
Results. '
A Robesonia ( Pa. ) dispatch says : This vil
lage was the scene of a terrible and distress
ing accident shortly before three '
o'clock yesterday - !
terday afternoon , which resulted in the instant -
stant death of seven men , and the serious in- I
jury of five others. The men were engaged ,
lining one of the large stacks connected
with Ferguson & White's furnace '
near the-
lown. The stack is about one hundred and I
sixty : feet high. Seven of the men ' I
were wort
ng at the bottom , and tb * other fi eS ' I
the
top. Suddenly
, and without a moment'l
warning the structure began to trembfe and" '
toppled partly over. prccIpItaUng-lbout alSv-
-
bottom nckMd , hcrma I nfto8 .
crushing them to death Thn
fcJ0Pwere also plunged into thV R.nni ?
bisdSJn el' &
scene of the terrible Imite pttn ? ' I
lieved that ye8uterdar shock afternoonPIt isnb a
UiJL
produced -
bvthn
3kra *
°
caused the stack to fail The
rnay probably reach $23,0001 The HlloS aRe
;
An Orange connty ( N. r. ) farme- I
seeps peafowls to destroy potato bee-
-
, claiming that they
were very ser- ,
nceable in that respect. " I
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