Nebraska Newspapers

    THE TBIBUJSTE.
F. M. & E. M. KUEtrei , ! , , Pub * .
McCOOK , : : : : . 'NEB
MWS OE NEBRASKA.
TUB STATE UNivEiiaiTV. Following is a true
and correct Blatcment of estimates for expen
ses , etc. , of the University of Nebraska by the
undersigned , secretary of the board of re-
Rente , as made to the house committee on
finance , ways and means , when called before
fore it :
For salaries , academical dept. annual. . ? 37 GOO
medical department 10,000
incidentals 8,000
fueK 3,000
553.500o
$107,000
lor scientific laboratory 5 10,000
library , etc. * 10,000
botanical library and apparatus. . . G.ODO
deficiency of present appropriafn. . 6,100
SWS.OOO
Add salary of one professor. . 2.000
Amount as reported by auditor JHO.OOJ
I also pave to said committee the following
additional iioms. which I bad been requested
by the president of the board to add to the
above , and which were found to be necessary
upon a further investigation by the regents
at their December meeting , vU :
For salary of prof , of agriculture $ 2,00 ,
" vet. science 2,00 (
" " mod. language 2OOC
" assistant Latin scholar 2.00C
$ 8.00C
For steam heat 510.00C
new roof ,00l
repairing chapel , 1,000
painting 600
outbuildings 600
$14,400
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J. STUAUT DALES.
Secretary of Board of Regents.
THE KENEVALS LANDS. A Washington spe
ciol says : "After the expiration of the morn
ing hour to-day Mr. Laird called up the bil
for the relief of the settlers of the Keneval
lands , opening the debate in a vigorous fash
ion , showing the claims which three hundred
men and their families had on the govern
ment because of its departmental promises ,
eot aside finally by the supreme court. Ho
said that tbe judgment of the ouster was
banging over the heads of these poor men
like the sword of Damocles ; that they were' '
confronted with the alternative of 'pay or go. '
As the speaker stood leaning upon hiscrutch-
es , appealing to the house , he was greeted
with applause at intervals and the silence
evinced that his crisp sentences were taking
effect. Present contide-atlon of the bill was
defeated , however , by a majority of 15. Mr.
Laird WHS suffering considerably and was at
tended to tbe house by a physician and a
nurse , and ransomu risk of permanent in jury ,
but , as he remanded to Mr. Holman when
asked how ho daie venture out , ' 1 thought if
I came in this plight you fellows would think
I waa not here in behalf of a fraudulent bill. '
Mr. Laird will endeavorto move the bill again
in a few days , and hopes for success. "
MANDEUSOJT ox THE DEATH OF
CONGRESSMAN DUNCAN. In the Congressional
Globe of a recent date , wherein the senate
considered resolutions relative to the death
of Representative Duncan , of Pennsylvania ,
we find the following address of Senator Man
derson of Nebraska :
Mr. MANDEHSON. Mr. President , not
eventful the life that has closed. Spent amid
stirring scenes and in troublous times it
stands out against them in contrasts to bo re
marked. Born in the central state , the Key
stone of the arch of commonwealths , where
Pennsylvania holds the scales ,
And neither South nor Xonh prevails
where politics seems to be of every day he
was not a politician. Living on that , which
one of tbe most stupendous events in modern
history has made holy ground , where the
strongest of human passions held dullest
sway , and "dire was the noise of conflict , " at
far-famed Gettysburg , where "it seemed as
though men fought upon the earth and fiends
In upper air" he was a quiet looker on and
not a soldier.
But he "acted well his part. " It comes not
to every man that be shall fill a page , or re
quire even a line , in the world's history. Yet
the uneventful lives seem the happiest ones ,
and the "mute , inglorious MJltons" of earth
are usually the ones to envy , if content with
life is its chiefest blessing. Of a genial na
ture , he mode many friends , "well-springs in
the wilderness , " who loved him in life and
mourn his too early death. Trained in the
schools , be loved books , "those monuments
of vanished minds , " 'delightful when pros
perity happy smiles ; inseparable comforters
"when adversity threatens. "
Well balanced and intellectual , his pursuits
were those of the scholar and his enjoyments
those of the student. Ho could well exclaim :
My mind to be a kingdom Is
Such perfect treasure there I find.
Called to the bar , he became one of its
leaders In his locality. Devoted to that "ex
acting mistress , tbe law , " she gave him full
return in a large clientage , to whose interests
he was devoted.
Of upright character , he was universally
esteemed , and itcamo naturally , from the
recognition of all these commendable quali
ties , that his neighbors chosehim to represent
his congressional district in the Forty-eighth
congress. Suffering during his term Irom
that fell disease of which be died in Novem
ber last , be was not able to place an imprint
upon any of the legislation of the last EC sion :
but fresh and well deserved appreciation of
his worth came to him when , while upon the
bed of death , he was re-elected to the bouse
of representatives.
To me William A. Duncan waa personally
unknown , but when , at the request of a col
league ho esteemed him higuly , I looked
over the detail of his life that 1. a native of
the grand old commonwealth that he honored
as it honored him , might pay fitting tribute
to his memory , I was charmed with its sym
metry and could not but admire the leatures
I have so feebly portrayed. A life so beauti
ful , a career so even gave promise of a usetul
future.
It is most apt to depict him growing with
the years of experience mto the trusted legislator
later , the wise counselor , respected of ail
men , of service to the state , until with
ripened age came fuller honors , and at last
with the full allotment of years would come
the end to the rounded life. But it was not so
to be. "God's finger touched him and he
slept. "
Mr. President , I second the adoption of the
resolutions.
THE STATE IN BRIEF.
Mr. Peekenpaugh , living near Table Rock ,
Is out a fine house by.firc.
The new town of Gordon has already got
four saloons and more are contemplated.
Scarlet fever and diphtheria have been
Quite fatal in the vicinity of Cedar Rapids.
The owner of a brewery near Beatrice was
fined $100 for selling beer without a license.
Heavy Ice in the Platte river leads to fears
of a disastrous flood when thobreak-up comes.
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There are eight cases to be tried at the next
term of the district court of Kearney county.
The Columbus schools , closed on account of
prevalence of diphtheria , have again opened.
Forty-flvo of Omaha's population Joined the
silent majority during the month of January.
Rev. Dr. Worthington was consecrated
Bishop of Nebraska in Detroit on Tuesday
last. t :
There is demand for more dwelling houses b
In Waterloo , and the question is , who will bb bc
supply them. b
The double-decked car bill -which passed C
the house met with indefinite postponement
In the tenate. tl
Tbe Staten creamery will got in operation tlS tlP
about March 1st , under the St-perlntondency S
of B M. Lowery. a
John Winkle , of Gage county , suffers with &
abadJy broken leg , the result of a heavy log
rolling upon him. tl
Fifty insane persons wcro discharged from tltl
the insane hosp.tal last week to make room tlV
lor now cases. . V
The protracted meetings in Pawnee" City
have closed with the result of fourteen addi
tions to tbo Baptist church.
Henry Boevink , who lived near Hlckman ,
has been sent to tbo insane asylum , where be
was once before confined.
Itov. T. H. Worley and wife , missionaries to
China for tbo post thrco years , have returned
to Ashland , tbclr old borne.
A delegation of Union Pacific engineers
have been in Omaha to confer wltb officials in
regard to rules and wages.
Nebraska railway offices report a heavy
passenger travel southward all bound for
tbo Now Orleans exposition.
Traf cling swindlers have started on their
rouLdp , notv that the weather has moderated
somewhat. Look out for them.
Oscar Fulton , near Table Rock , was severely
injured by the upsetting of a wagon with a
load of hay on which bo was riding.
The Atkinson Graphic says that whllo this
has been a tougb winter on homesteaders , it
has yet to bear of a case of actual suffering.
The residence of John Tigh , six miles from
Columbus , was destroyed by fire last week.
The origin of tbo conflagration is not stated.
The G. A. R. of Pawnee City , will put on the
boards at an early day "Tho Spy of Atlanta , "
Mr. and Mrs. Colson taking the leading parts.
As spring approaches the baso-ballist looms
up. A professional club for Omaha tbo com
ing season is said to bo almost an assured
fact.
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A new signal service statlon'will shortly be
established by the weather bureau at Valen
tine. This will make the third station in the
state.
John H. Polman , of Nemaha county , lost
five head of cattle within a few days. An ex
amination of the stomach showed no disease
there.
Plainvlew people would like to have a good
shoemaker located there , believing tbat bo
would find a profitable business from the
start.
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Business in United States courts is at a
tand still because Marshal Biorbower , re
cently appointed , has not received his com
mission.
An effort is being made , "with a good show
of success , to raise the means for building a
church for the Christian denomination at
Hampton.
Governor Furnas has sent from New Orleans
for half a dozen Nebraska prairie dogp , and
the boys about Sidney arc rustling for their
capture.
Chemical analysis shows tbat tbo substance
supposed to be dynamite sent to Patrick
Eagaii at Lincoln is uon-explosivo and entirely
tirely harmless.
Union Pacific engineers west of Cheyenne
ask for an increase of wages , claiming" a
higher mileage than those employed on the
prairie divisions.
Byron Bextel , a farmer in the vicinity of
Beatrice , suicided a few days ago by shooting
himself through the right side. Cause for the
act is not known.
There is considerable speculation as to who
will be appointed superintendent of census.
The governor knows who is the "coming
man , " but won't tell.
All tramps who apply for a night's lodging
in the Beatrice jail are compelled to work for
it on the streets next day , a balland _ chain
keeping them company.
The skating rink mania has taken firm hold
on the people of Lincoln and surrounding
country. Another immense building is to be
erected at large cost.
A vigilance committee has been organized
In Blaine township , Adams county , which
promises to make it warm for horse thieves
md evil doers in general.
The Swedish Lutheran conference , in ses
sion at Omaha , allowed 5400 for help for a
pastor in Kearney as soon as the congregation - .
tion there could secure one.
Williamson , an insurance agent , ate $73
ivorth of grub at the Tuttle house In Aurora
md then left without making settlement. Be
ware of "agents" of all kinds.
During 1681 there were 1,023 cars of grain
shipped from Hampton , making 562GoObu-
jhels ; 89 cars of live stock and 8 cars miscel-
aneous , making in all a total of 1,130.
Domestic troubles have arisen in the family
) f Aug. Huebner , formerly county surveyor
) f Pierce county. His wife has brought suit
n the district court for a bill of divorce.
There was issued f romtho postoffice in Loup
> lly , Neb. , during the year of 1881 , money or-
lers to the aggregate value of $14,141.40 , paid
mt on money orders drawn on same office ,
5,839.03.
It is understood that fto'TPhlladclphia pub-
ishers of the atlas of this state , for which or-
[ era were taken last summer , have concluded
o postpone the delivery of the work until
Fune or July.
It is proposed to remove the department
ifle range at Omaha to Fort-Sidney in conse-
[ uenceof increasing and outrageous demands
if farmers and land owners adjoining the
ange for damages.
As cold as the weather has been the past
winter , the B'air Republican learns of some
armers whose stock has been kept in yards
chore the only protection from chilling blasts
ras a wire fence.
The activity in the baby market in Blair Is
; o great tbat the scribe of the Republican is
if raid souio of them will get away. He chron-
cles throe in one day with the outskirts of
be town to hear from.
The Valentine land office continues flooded
rith applicants filing claims. A. correspon
lent notes tbat if the present rush continues
mtil July I , not a timber claim will remain
ast of tbe Wyoming line.
A family quarrel was up in the courts of
Cenesaw last week , in which the parties
hereto one Lukens and a Mrs. Puhe each
onductcd their own case , and managed to
ilghly interest the large audience assembled.
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Journals in tbe older settled communities
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low , as spring approaches , make frequent
nention of parties starting for the front.or
o secure homesteads. Uncle Sam's Nebraska
omain will soon be among the things that
rere ,
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William H. Smith , of MInden , came near
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eingshocby his clerk as he was about to
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nter his store at night. The clerk supposed
im to be a burglar and let loose with his 33- n
alibre , theball making a close call for Smith's
ital parts.
The Creigbton Pioneer says the opening of
ie Pantee reservation will cause a rush never
efore witnessed in its historyAlreadynew n
Omars have commenced to arrive and the
otels are crowded with guests. It bos given
reighton new life.
GovernorDaweshas signed the bill defining
ie boundaries of Logan county. He has ap- _
ointed as temporary commissioners , C. D.
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tiroder , Willard GInn and Bllcy Haskell , and
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5 temporary oleik Charles S. Wells. The
junty seat is Logan.
The Nebraska flno stock breeders' assocla- jj' '
on met in Lincoln on. be 24th. Papers were J l
jad by O. M. ruse on wha' should constitute
10 exhibits at the state fair ; Prof. H. H.
on dairvimr : Prof. C. K. licssor. on
forngo plants ; M. L. Tester on hogs , and
others.
A number of dairymen met at Lincoln a
iliort time ago and organized a state dairy
men's convention. The first annual meeting
of the association will be held-at Fremont on
the second Tuesday in December. The asso
citation starts out with about twenty charter
members.
An Ashland boy applied to a prominent eit
zcn of that place for 23 cents to buy a scboo
book , alleging his inability to command tha.
much money for such a worthy purpose. The
liberal-minded man was about to hand over
the required amount when'bo discovered tbat
tbo boy desired to attend an Jndlan war
dance in the town hall , whioh cost the exact
sum asked for. Ho withheld his benefaction
BRIEFLY TOLD.
The National theatre building in Washing
ton was burned on the 20th. .
The nomination of Francis E. Warren , to bo
governor of Wyoming , has been confirmed.
The county treasurer of Chippewa county
Wis. , Fred Becker , is missing , and his accounts
are short about 512,000.
Ben W. Lewis , of St. Louis , a wealthy man
and at times a heavy speculator in grain ,
has failed for $10,000.
Mrs. M. M. B. Goodman , a well-known
authoress , died at her residence in Chariton ,
Ohio. She was for many years the editress of
the Christian Monitor.
Trouble Is brewing with the omployesof the
Wobush railroad system , on account of an or
der reducing wages , and it is likely that a
strike will bo inaugurated.
The Transcontinental railway association
has decided that instead of basing business
on the rate b&tween New York and San Fran *
Cisco , to make Chicago and St. Louis terminal
points.
According to the census of 1880 , there were
72,304 boilers In use in manufacturing indus
tries , and < 5,403 steam vessels in the United
States. Poor also gives the number of loco
motives at 23,000.
A sanguinary engagement has taken place
In the Janja valley , Peru , between four com
panies of government troops and 2,000 Indian
Monteneros. The latter were deleated , leav
ing 300 dead on the field.
S. E. Gcrmand , a traveling salesman , was
shot , at Keoknk , Iowa , by W. K. Williams , an
influential dry goods merchant , four times.
Ono shot took effect in the shoulder. Williams
was jealous of Germand.
At Gaineaboro , Jackson Co. , Tcnn. , several
men visited a house on Martin's creek and se
verely lashed a Mormon elder , who had been
laboring in the neighborhood. Another elder
eluded the crowd in the darkness.
George Bancroft , the historian , a native of
Worcester , Mass. , has signified his desire to
present that city a fund of 510,000 to form an
"Aaron and Lucretia Bancroft scholarship
fund , " the income to be devoted to the liberal
education of some one scholar from Worces
ter.
George W. Thompson , G. K. Hewitt and L.
E. Clementj have been arrested at St. Louis
and taken to Springfield on a charge of tak
ing forty registered letters containing some
51,500 from a postal car on the St. Louis and
San Francisco railroad at Pierce C.ty , Mo.
Mrs. Annie Sullivan , wife of the champion
pugilist , has begun a suit for divorce on the
ground of cruel and abusive treatment and
jross and confirmed habits of intoxication
Mrs. Sullivan desires the custody and asks
that Sullivan's property to the extent of $20-
XX ) be attached * to secure the support of her
self and child.
William Jackson Moore , of Quidclphia , wen *
: o Pittsburg , Pa. , to get legal advice concern
ng some property he claims to have been do
Irauded of by relaiivcs. Moore , who is a man
> f about GO years , claims tbat foreleven years
lis stepdaughter and her husband have kept
liin locked up in a cellar , only allowing him
o go out occasionally at night into the yard
md being left without food for days.
A brutal and most horrible murder occurred
n Dubuque , Iowa , last Sunday morning. Mrs
tosanna Carlin , residing with her daughter
Urs. M. Brady , on Pine street , was found dead
n her bed with her skull fractured. The old
ady had sold a farm a few weeks ago , for
rhlch she received $18,000 , and it is thought
icr daughter , Mrs. Brady , and her eon Ed-
J
rard , aged 25 , murdered the old lady for her
noney. The coroner's jury returned a verdict
ibarging them with the crime.
Judge Robert Logan , of Whiteslde , dropped
it the head of the bouse stairs in Springfield ,
11. , as he was on his way to the chamber.
: he elevator was not running , and he at-
emptcd to walk up the long stairway. Logan
las been ailing all session with heart disease ,
, nd could not stand excitement of any kind.
Vhen he dropped on the house floor , opposite
he main entrance to the chamber , be was
dcked up by his friends and carried into an
nte-rbom , the doctors were called and five
ilnutes later they pronounced him dead ,
'he Chicago Journal's Springfield special de-
larcs the death of Logan , while it diminishes
tie chances of republican success , by no
leans makes certain tbo election of a demo-
rat , as the law requires 1OJ votes to elect
'he ' democrats have but 102.
CAPITAL BRIEFS.
F. H. Faxworthy , of Lincoln , Neb. , has been
estored to practice as an attorney before the
itorior department.
The house committee on appropriations has
greed to recommend tbat under the direc-
; on of the secretary of the treasury § 303,000
e disbursed to creditors of the New Orleans
xposition in the order of priority of lien uu-
or the Louisiana laws.
Col. A. M. Dawly , a claim agent , said to be
rein Iowa , dropped dead of appoplexy in a t
'urklsh ' bath establishment In Washington a
n the 24th. Ho made argument before a
ouse committee In the morning , and feeling
ad on leaving committee room , ho went to
ie bath rooms , whero.he . died while prepar-
ig for a bath.
Secretary Frelinghuyscn , in a long letter to c ;
enator Miller , chairman of the senate com- „
ilttee on foreign relations , takes the ground r
lat wo must look to nations inferior to us in
eilth and population for any marked en-
irgemontin our export trade , and that re
iproclty treaties are only profitable wlthsuch
atlons.
FOBEIGN NOTES.
Owners of the steamship Lydlan Monarch
ireaten to prosecute the author of the ca
ard reporting the sinking of tbat vessel.
Dispatches from Berne , Switzerland , report
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mt the bundesrath has rejected the pro-
osed naturalization treaty with the United
tales.
The conservative peers hold a meeting in
ondon and resolved to move a vote of ccn-
ire Hgaiust the government for its Egyptian
alley.
The lord mayor o'f London has issued an ap- tie
jal to the public for funds with which to re o :
ave distress among the unemployed work- fi
ig people. ir
The remains of Mrs. James Russell Lowell , tlE
Ho of Minister Lowc.ll , wcro interred at E
Kensal Green cemdtery. The funeral wat
strictly private.
The people of Now South Wales have raised
$150,003 to equip a force for the Soudan , and
appealed to the government to make lusto in
sending It to the front
A Yaguf insurrection has broken out In So
nora , Mexico , and several ranches have been
burned. The federal troops and a party of
Indians had an encounter in which the latter
wcro routed.
At a meeting of the conservative peers ,
held at the resldonco of the Marquis of Salis
bury , It was unanimously resolved to move
In the house of lords a vote of censure
against the govejnmeut for its Egyptian
policy. "
The society to propogate anarchism hold a
meeting at Geneva , Switzerland. The pro
gramme included a discussion of the ques
tion , "Shall wo have anjthinjr to eat tomorrow
row ? " The situation in Germany was also
considered.
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The latest advices from the Soudan say that
hostile Arabs appeared at Abu Klea on the
night of the 19th and were dispersed by a few
rounds from Gen. Bullcr's Gardner puns ,
This intelligence , which is conveyed in a dls
patch from Abu Klea dated February 20 , also
contains the statement that Arabs taken prls
oners by Gen. Buller state that El Mahdi has
returned to Khartoum.
X2TPOJZ2UAT XUr/CUUI. SUBJECT.
One WlUi Wlilcli the I'rtsident-Klect'Vcal * in
a Letter to Coinage Advocates In Conyress.
President-elect Cleveland , in his reply ad
dressed to the silver coinage advocates , says :
The letter which I have had the honor to re
ceive from you invites and , Indeed , obliges mete
to sive ; exf ressioa to some grave public ex
pressions , although iu advance of the moment
when they would become objects of my ofllcial
care and partial responsibility. Your solici
tude that my judgment shall have been care
fully and deliberately formed , is entirely just ,
and I accept the suggestion In the same friendj
ly spirit In which It has been made. It is also
fully justified by the nature of tbe financial
crisis , which , under the operation oE the act o'
congress of February 2 { ? , 1874 , is now close at
hand. By compliance with the requirements
of that law , all the vaults of the federal treas
ury have been and arc heaped full of sliver
coins , which are uow worth less than 85 per
cent of the dollar prescribed as "tbe uuit of
value" in section 14 of the a t of February 12 ,
1873 , and which , with the silver certificates
representing such coin , are receivable for all
public dues. Being thus receivable ,
while also constantly increasing in quan
tity at the rate of § 93,000,000 a
year , It has followed , of necessity , tbat the
How of gold into ib.2 treasury has "been stead
ily diminished. S Iver and silver ccrtiScates
have displaced and are now displacing gold ,
and the sum of gold in the federal treasury ,
now available for the paymect oE the gold ob
ligations of the United States and for the re
demption of tbe notes called greenbacks , if
not already encroached upcm is perilously near
such encroachment. Th.se are facts which ,
as they do not admit o difference of opinionj
call for no argument. They have been for
warded to us in the official report oE every sec
retary of the treasury from 1S7S until now.
They are plainly affirmed in the last Decem
ber report of the pressut secretary of the
treasury to the speaker of the present house
of representatives. They appear in the official
report to this congress and In the records of
the New York clearing house. These being
the facts of our present condition , our danger
and our duty to avert that danger would seem
to be plain. I hope you concur wiih me and
the great majority of our fellow citizens in
deeming it most desirable at the present junc
ture to maintain and continue in use the mass
oE our gold coin as well as the mass of silver
already coined. This is possible by the
present suspension of ( he purchase and coln-
Bge of silver. I am aware that by no other
method it is possible. It is of momentous
importance to prevent the two metals from
parting company , to prevent the increasing
displacement oE gold by the increasing coin
age oE silver , to prevent the disuse of gold in
the custom houses of the United States , in '
tbe daily business of the people , and to pre- I
rent the ultimate expulsion of gold by silver.
Sncb a financial crash as these events would
: crtainly precipitate , were it now to follow up-
sn so long a period of commercial depression ,
tvould involve the people of every city and I 1
every state in the union in prolonged and dis- j J
istrous trouble. The revival of business enterprise - i
prise and prosperity so ardently desired c
md so apparently near , would be hopelessly
postponed. Gold would be withdrawn to its t
aoardig places and an unprecedented contract
.ion o the actual volume of our currency
vculd speedily take place. Saddest of all , in
: very workshop , mill , factory , store , and on
; very railroad and farm , the wages of labor
ilready depressed would suffer still further
lepression by the scaling down of the pur-
: hasing power oE cvcrv so-called dollar paid
nto the band of toil. From these impending
calamities it is surely the most patriotic and
jrateful uuty oE the representatives of the
ic ple to acliver them. 1 am , gentlemen ,
nth sincere respects , your fellow-citizen ,
"GROVEK UI.KVELAXD.
17 a" of Consecration of Ilev. Dr. WortMng-
ton as Hishop of XebratJa.
The consecration of Itcv. George Worthing-
on as bishop of the dlocesu of Nebraska took
ilace at St. John's church , Dttroit , of which
ie was formerly rector , on the 34th. The
onsecrating bishops included the bishops of
Vermont , western Michigan , Wisconsin , Fond
Iu Lac , Indiana , Iowa , Springfield , New York ,
restern New York , Chicago , Michigan , south
) akota , as well as shout six clergymen from
his and other sees. The followingNpbraskans
r < re present : Rev. F , R. Mlllspaugh , Robert
V. Oliver , Alex. Allen , James Patersou , Wil-
iam R. Hawkins and R. Dohcriy. The conse-
ration ceremonies were very impressive and
bove two thousand people were in attend- P
ncc. In tbe absence of the presiding minis- Si
LT , Bishop Lee , of Delaware , Bishop Coxe , of SiB
restern New York , acted in that capacity , SI
'he consecration sermon was delivered by As- SIE
Istatit Bishop Potter , of New York city , 'kh
iibhop McLaren , of Chicago , who was pre- h
cnted for consecration thirteen years ago by n
) r. "Wbrthington , returned the compliment by g' '
resenting \Vortbington for consecration
[ > the episcopate. The ceremonies lasted g'S
bout three boura. tl
tlb. .
ROUGH OX G-EV. S1FAJO&
'Indinys of the Court Martial and Approval
by the President.
The findings of the court martial In the
ise of Swaim have been made public , to
other with the sentence as approved by j
rc.sidcnt Arthur. The court found tbe acCJ
isod not guilty upon all charges except that n (
t conduct prejudicial to good order and mil3 °
ary discipline , wherein he was found guilty pi
id sentenced "to be suspended from rank oj
ad duty for twelve years and to forfeit one- , ,
ilf of his monthly pay every month for the uc
ime period. " Tin's sentence President ArTVI |
mi-has approved. It will be observed that T
ie sentence of the court , as approved by the
resident , suspends Gen. Swaim from office
p to and beyond the date of his possible re- m
remenr , December 22 , 1SIW. Tlie trial of sii
en. Swaim upon the charge that ho had sold ca
> rase issued to him for his own personal usa cam
suited in hs : honorable acquittal. 1
The president also nppiovid the findings 1gv
id sentence in the case of Col. Morrow , by gvm
hieh the latter is deprived of all rights of nc
Ivancemcnt in his grade for two years. " 3
A Chancellor's Opinion. love
Hon. James Harlan , ex-Vice Channcl- ca
> r of Louisville , Ky. , a brother of Jus- ai th
ce Harlan , TJ. S. Supreme Court , says th
E St. Jacob's Oil : "I use it , and I know
ill well whereof I speak in pronounc-
\g \ it a most extraordinary cure for all
mt is claimed for it by its proprietors. a
very family should have it. "
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Formal Gzrtinonte.i Mlendtnff 2l Dedica
tion 27to Reception Bptfeh of President
Arthur Mr. n'lnthrop' * Address.
The ceremony attending dedication of tbe
Washington monument took place on tbo 21st.
About 800 assembled at tbe base of the monument
ment , when Senator Sherman delivered on era
tion. followed by W. W. Corcoran.
Masonic ceremonies by the grand lodge of
the district of Columbia then took place. Dur
ing these proceedings there was brought Into
aao certain historic relics with which "Wash
ington was Intimately connected. The givcl
used was prepared for anil used by General
Washington , as grand master pro tcm. in lay-
in" tbe corner stone of the national capitol on
the 13th of September , 1793 , a sacred volume
belonging to Fredcricksburg lodge , No. 4 , of
Virginia , upon which Washington took bis
first vows In Masonry ; that belonging to St.
John's lodge , No. 1 , o tbe city of ttcwYork ,
upon which , on the 30th of April , 1789 , he
took the oath of office as the first president of
the United States ; the "Great Light , " be
longing to Washington lodge , No. 4 , oE Alex
andria , Virginia , upon which he , as worship
ful master , received the vows oE initiates : the
apron worn by him , which was worked by
adame Lafayette ; a golden urn , containing
a lock of bis hair , belonging to the grand
lodge of Massachusetts ; the trLesscr Light , "
\na one oE three sperm caudles , borne In
Washington's funeral procession , were exhlb-
tcd.
tcd.Col. . Thomas Casey formally delivered the
monument to the president , who , on accept
ing , spoke as follows :
J'Wow Countrymen Before tbe dawn of tbe
century whose eventful vcars will soon have
faded into the past , when death had but lately
robbed this republic of its most beloved and
Illustrious citi/.en , the congress of the United
States pledged the faith of the nation that in
this city , bearing his honored name , and then
as now the scat of the general government ,
a monument should be erected to com
memorate tbi > great events of his military and
life. The n'atclv column wlilch strctehea
heavenward fr nn the plane whereon we stand
bears witness to all who behold It that the cov-
snant which our fathers made , their children
have fulfilled. In the completion of this
Teat work of patriotic endeavor , there Is
abundant cause for national rejoicing , for
while the structure shall endure , it shall be to
all mankind steadfast , a token oE affection
and the reverend regard in which these people
continue to bold the memory of " \ \ ashiugtoii.
Well mav he ever keep foreniost in place in
the hearts of his countrymen. The faith that
never faltered , the wisdom deeper and broad
er than any taught iu school , the courage
tvhlch shrank from no peril and was dismayed
by no defeat , the loyalty that kept all selnsh
purpose subordinate to tbe demands of patri
otism and honor , the sagacity that displayed
itself in camp and cabinet alike and above all
tbat harmonious union oE moral and intellec
tual qualities which bus never found Its paral
lel among men. These are attributes which
the Intelligent thought of this century ascribes
to tbe grandest figure of the past. But other
and more eloquent lips than mine will to-day
rehearse to you the story of his noble life and
Its glorious achievements. To myself has been
assigned the simple and mere formal duty m
the 'fulfilment of which I do now , as the pres
ident o the United States , and m behalf of
the people , receive this monument from tue
bands of its builder and declare it dedicated
from this time forth to the immortal naniu
ind memory of George Washington. "
The president read his address in a farm ,
rtcar tone , and at its conclusion cheers broke
forth and were hearty anil prolonged.
The assembly then withdraw to the city , re
pairing to the chamber oE the house , where
[ he dedicatory address of Hon. Robert U.
Winthrop was read. The address covered a
letailed review o the work of building tne
nonument , the ccrner stone of which was laid
thirty-seven years ago ; the life and public ser-
riccs oE Waihlngtou and its beneficial effect
m the future of mankind , as shown by Uie
ivonderful progress of the nation which he did
; o much to found , and closed with the follow
ing brilliant neroration :
"Our matcliless obelisk stands proudly be-
'ore us to-day , and we hail it with tbe exulta-
ions of a united and glorious nation. It may
> r mav not be proof against the cavils or
ritics.'but nothing of human construction Is
igainst the casualties of time. The storms of
finter must blow and beat upon it. Ibe ac-
ion of the elements must soil and discolor It.
flic lightnings of heaven may scar and blacken
t. An earthquake mav shake its foundation.
omc mighty tornado , or resistless cyclone ,
aav rend its massive blocks asunder and Lurl
mge fragments to the ground. But the char-
.cter which it commemorates and illustrates
s secure. It will remain unchanged ana uii-
hangeable-inall its consummate purity and
plendor , and will more and more command
lie homage of succeeding ages in all remoua
if the earth.
"God be praised , that character is ours for-
vrr. "
The ceremonies were appropriately con-
luded by a fine display of tireworks at night
a the monument grounds. An immense crowd
ras present.
JTXTO A
Ins 3Tan Killed and. Several Serloiuly If 3fot
Fatally Injured.
At midnight on the 26th , three miles south
if Chebanse , on the Illinois Central , two pas-
enger trains were run into by a freight. The
lassengcr which leaves Chicago about 8 p. m.
ras being closely followed by the Xew Orleans
xpress. The leading passenger train stopped
n account of a broken truck. The New Or
gans train stopped and sent back a signal half
mile to warn an approaching freight and
ent on to the place it here the tirst train had
topped. Just as it stopped still the freight
ame at full speed , crashing into the rear of
lie sleeper , the enctfne reaching the middle of
aranU telescoped several cars ahead. The
ildest confusion at once ensued. Reary
amis chopped into the debris and cxtricateu
ie injured.
The follo ing is the list of the killed and in
ured : John A. Melnnis , Ingersoll , Ontario ,
illcd instantly ; Alderman Gaynor , Chicago ,
ruised about the chest , contusion on the back
f the head , right foot and hip injured very
alnful ; Rev. J. M. Abbott Brown , Chicago ,
3vere burn on the sole of right foot ; S. M.
earsall and wife. Grand Rapids , Mich. , both
: verely bruised on the back of the head ; II.
. Te-rrv , Chicago , abrasion" of the chest and
nee ; F. M. Butts , Chicago , scorched onfore-
ead , sole of the foot and hand and face ter-
bly burned ; Dr. Isabel ! A. Mitchell , Chica-
i , fracture of the light Ice , the left ankle
irained , slight injury on the head and in-
irn&lly injured : .Tanks Mitchell , porter of
ic sleeper , hands and face severely burned ,
jdy badly bruised. Mr. Mclnnis was en
mte to Xew Orleans to meet his wife and
nughter.
Of YOUJl JiUSIXESS.
'te Would-be Cabinet 3Talrrs dicing Cleve
land Considerable Annoyance.
From Albany it is reported that Grover
cveland seems less troubled about his cabi
> t and about his inaugural than the ma
rl ty of his constituents. He recently ex-
cssed great astonishment at the over anxiety
the press to find out what he was going to
i , and even pretended to be annoyed t > y the
ark of the gossippers. "You see , " said he ,
rhenever newspapers make a fresh guess
iout the cabinet 1 pet flooded with letters
am people who think I am about to make a
[ stake , even some of the visits I have had
icemy return trom New York , have been
used by nothing else but newspaper state-
tnts , about my intentions. Now the fact Is
shall not need and cabinet until I am inau-
irated and there is still p enty of time to
ike my flnul selections. " "Then you have 4.
it yet settled on any cabinet position ? "
'hat question I will not answer , " he said ,
jkintr almost angry. During the entire con-
rsiition lie ndiously evaded the names of
binetpossib litics anil even the question cf
jeogmpbicat consideration , but IntiraiitPd
at tuost of the cabinet gossips were fur otf
omark.
rhere are seventy-eight women studying
jdicine at Paris , thirteen of whom are Paris-
is. tl
is.rhcre are nine American countesses and tlo
ixdiiouesies in Home this winter. o
PASSING -EVENTS.
The faculty of the Cincinnati
college lias engaged a woman as pro
fessor of'elocution. .
Conrad Roichtcr wanted a How York
judge to give him a. divorce because
his wife pulled bis nose.
One-half of 1 per cent is the estima
ted loss among Yellowstone cattle
herds so far this winter.
The cost of the Boston postcvffiee and
sub-treasury building and JanU up tc
Jan. 1 was 85,810,101.18.
An old Mexican woman at San Luis
Obispo , Gal. , aged 08 years , has just
cut her third set of teeth.
A bill providing for a tax on all in
comes of over $ (500 ( has been introduced
in the Connecticut legislature.
The Wagner feeling is spreading to
remote quarters. On a bridge in Tike
count } ' , Pennsylvania , is a sign , "Walk
ure Horses. "
There is a movement to remove the
principal of the public school at Hailey ,
Idaho , because , among other things ,
he pronounces .Indian ' 'Injun , " and
plays billiards.
At the recent funeral of David Bar
ton , of Pittslield , Mass. , who died at
the age of 85 , were among the mourn
ers ten children , fifty-three grand
children , and thirty-two great-grand
children.
A new rose possessed of manifold'
attractions , perfect in form and color ,
uncqualed in fragrance , hardy inhabit ,
and a perpetual' bloomer , has been
named by the originator "The Ameri
can Beauty. "
A Georgia jury on a murder case
remained out two days ; that is , they
were ouc scouring the'country for the-
criminal. When the man was caught
the jury ended their deliberations and
the life of the culprit at the first tree
that was convenient.
One of the most remarkable yields of
honey ever heard of was recently gar-
ncred by II. C. Parks from his apiary
near lliverside , Cal. The yield for the
season from thirty-three hives was
seven and a half tons , an average of
114. pounds lo the hive.
One of the strangest uses for snails
has been discovered by the London
adulterer. Bruised iu milk , and
boiled , they are much used in the man
ufacture of cream , and a retired milk
man pronounces them to be the most
successful imitation known.
A "A freshman
college exchange says :
man coming out of an examination in
mathematics was heard to exclaim :
"O dear ! Thunder ! ! Confound itt ! ! '
Then , turning to his companion , he
said apologetically : 'It does a mau
good to swear sometimes. ' rt
Four years ago the United States gov
ernment purchased land at Two Lights
ou the coast of Maine , for a life-saving
station , since when nothing further ha <
been done. Already this winter there
have been six wrecks in this vicinity ,
the last one only a few days since.
West Pittslield , Mass. , now produces
the latest oldest postmaster in the
person of A. W. Williams , who is a
Shaker elder and an elderly Shaker ,
81 years old , and shaking in his shoes
for fear of losing a position he ha *
held since the day of President'Pierce.
When the news of the death of
Eli/.abeth Berry , in Derry , Pa. , wat
"
telegraphed to her father" Ohio , he
dropped dead without a word. The jj
news of this , following on her daugh
ter's unexpected death , was too much
for the mother. The three were bu
ried together. j
The people of Washington evidently
understand that an inauguration oc
curs only once in four years. A glance jI
at the "advertising columns of the
daily newspapers indicates that almost
everybody who has a room or window
on the line of march from the capilol
to the white house is willing to rent it. I
Out of a score of .advertisements the
lowest price for single windows is $1G
ar two for $15.
"Old men should never stay toe V
Iqjg in oue place , " said Gen. Simon
Damersou recently. Following out
this idea , the veteran will early ncx
month make his annual pilgrimage tc
Lhe land of llowers. Mr. Dana , 01
The Sun , Col. James Duffy , n J
Lawrence Jerome of New York wil
ae his companions. They will firs
; p to New Orleans and from there
risit some of the most interesting parts
> f Mexico along its railroad lines.
Clinton E. Latting , 17 years of age ,
) f Shortsville , X. Y. , has constructed
i musical wonder , and is another him
self. The instrument is about two
'eet ' square , and was made entire ! }
vitb. an ordinary jack-knife , the com-
) onent parts beintr wood and a sheep-
ikin found on the farm where the
roung man lives , and brass reeds made
rom brass wire. On this instrument
Batting , who has never had any mu-
ical training , is able to play any tuiic-
ouud inthe music books of the day.
A young lady at Athens , Ga. , some
ime since retired to bed without
> lowing out the lamp , wuen her eye
: aught sight of a man's profile on the
vail , hideous and menacing. Greatly
ilarmed , she sprang from bed and I
ushed into the sitting-room , teliinji
he family that a man was concealeS
n her room. The males of the familv.
: rmed with clubs , proceeded to the
oom. The image was still there. A
icarch under the bed and throughout
he house , however , availed nothing
[ 'he mystery was unsolved , thoughlt
vas noticed that the terribl.e appari-
ion was seen only when the lamp was *
n the table. No one in the house
lept much that night. At intervals
or months the tace would appear ou
lie wall ; nobody would occupy the
oem , and it was given up as haunted.
L few nights ago a lady expressed z
esire to sleep in the room and unravel
he mystery if she could. She retired
a bed , leaving the light ablaze and
lie human head clearly defined upoc
lie wall. She decided that the re-
ection was cast by some object in the * '
oem , and scrutinized everything thai
ame to view. She was about givin"
p in despair whea her vision restecl
n the Hre-place , where a cheerful
oed blaze was burning ; The fuel
as upheld by a pair of old-fashioned
ad-irons , their tops ornamented
ith the lignre of a man's head , the
le exact counterpart of the shadow
a the wall. The mystery waa solved.