McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, March 12, 1885, Image 2
THE TBIBUNE. r. at. & E. ai. KIMMKIX , Pubs. McCOOK , : : : : NEB NEWS OF NEBEASKA. NEBIUSKA SCHOOLS. The Exposition Dally , published at Now Orleans , has the following about the educational wealth of Nebraska : When Nebraska laid the foundation of a state , whoso products to-day are not excelled by any other In the west or In the world , whoso future , the mostsangulno hesitate to predict , she raised her hand and said in words not to bo misunderstood , "A solid education is the birthright of every one of my children. " 80 far , the Intelligence developed by her educa tional institutions is the incalculable wealth and the corner stone of her future greatness. Her young men and women , whether they go forth from common schools prepared with a thorough knowledge of the practical needs of life , from the high schools , from the nor mal schools , from the university , agricultural college or medical department are ail pre pared to advance with the aid of scientlfi knowledge , the weathof Nebraska. The man coming from the eastern statei seeking a wider agricultural field to combln stock growing and carry rout his improve ideas of skilled farming , never falls to ask aboutchurches and schools..and finds every where In the state our educational system in perfect order with excellent modern build ings which number 3,780. In passing along tne rail WE y lines will be seen , prominently located. ' fine two and three- story buildings of modern architecture and supplied wlth boating and ventilating appar atus and skilled instructors. To the elder cit izen it may bring up the contrast of forty years ago the old red school-house the fire place and1 green elm wood where the three R'swere taught. The world's advance left them behind andonly their memories remain Tbo whole west is made up of progress , of reading and thinking men , and while their profession may bo agriculture , the grand subject , education of the masses , is upper most. The original prant of lands to Nebraska by the general government was for : Acre" . Common schools 20,000,000 University 46,000 Agricultural college 90,000 Add none of these could be disposed of at less than $7.00 per acre , but all the proceeds from the sale or lease of lands shall go into a permanent fund , to bo invented in U. S. bonds and other securities. From the report of the commissioner of public lands , Dec. 1,1884 , the state now owns : Acres. Common school lands 2,740,283 Agricultural college 89,080 University 44,900 If these were sold to-day at the minimum price of $7.00 per acre there would be a per manent fund of $20,010,000. Amount on hand Dec. 1,1884 , educa tional fund § 4,322,637 Numberof school houses 3,786 Value of school property $2,78(5,385 ( Numberof school children 2G,0 ! ) Annual apportionment $ 485.000 To each pupil in 18S1 007 ITo each pupil in 1684 .172 THE STATE IN BRIEF. A census of Blair , just completed , shows a population of a l.ttle over 2.0CO. During a recent storm seven cows froze to death fn the vicinity of Harvard , IFhe people of Colericlge threaten to round up the professional claim-jumpers. Mr. Kerr , of Pilley , Gage county , has lost $2,000 worth of hogs the past winter. Houses are in great demand Arapahoe The only vacant room is the calaboose. Douglass county during the month of Feb ruary fifty permits to marry were issued. The Swedish Lutheran mission of Tekama are raising money to build a $2,000 church. The bricklayers' union of Lincoln have es tablished wages for the year $4.50 per day. The protracted meeting has laid hold of Alexandria and good results are anticipated. The bricklayers ot Crete have organized a union and established wages at $4.50 jier day. t Mr. George Wilcox , of Nebraska City , had " ' the misfortune to break his leg a few days ago. ago.A A brutal Italian in Omaha became enraged at his nephew and nearly chewed elf the boy's cheek. Arapahoe's opera house is now about ready for the reception of first class traveling troupes. Horse thieves have been operating in Burt county. Isaac Thordike lost a span and a set of harness. The house of Boland Frantz , Adams county , was totally destroyed by fire. The loss is $900 ; fully insured. The spring immigration has commenced. Two car-loads of immigrants reached Lincoln , a new nights.ago. Nebraska continues to remain at the front in New Orleans. To her all the other states concede the honor. The tevival meeting In Kenesaw closed with the ordinance of baptism being administered to eight persons. Those who have paid the five per cent penalty for non-payment of taxes can have the some refunded. The governor has signed thebillprohibiting the selling or giving ot tobacco to infants under 15 years of age. An inauguration ball was given at Tokama on the evening of the 4th , many prominent people being in attendance. A committee from Nebraska will attend the meeting of Northwestern Dairymen's associa tion at Algona , Iowa , on the 10th. Quite a number of Omahans have gone to Washington to attend-inauguration exercises and others will leave at an early day. The Dorchester Star says the grain dealers of that place have almost concluded to go out of business , as they cannot get cars. Notwithstanding the dull times the upward growth of Exeter is steady and rapid. Ibo 1C. town has not less than 1,000 inhabitants. The Ord Quiz complains because in that town of a thousand inhabitants the church audiences will not average over thirty-five. W. G. K. Davis , the defaulting justice of the peace at Dunbar , was arrested at St. Joseph and taken to Nebraska City for safe keeping. Eight states of the union and twenty-three counties of Nebraska are represented every morning "at chapel" in the Crete university , Ex-Senator Tipton , of Brownville , has gone to Washington to witness the Inauguration , and will remain several weeks kt the national capital. There has been more and continuous sleigh ing In the vicinity of Valentino the past win ter than was .ever known in that part of Ne braska before. Nebraskans who have been nt the expos ! ' tlon all vote it a great success , particularly that part of it wherein Nebraska figures so conspicuously. Mr. Worley , who has had several years ex perience in missionary work in China , spoke on that subject In Ashland a few'nights ago to a large audience. A "good Indian , " or one who carried cro - dentlals to that effect , gathered in more than $10 at Lincoln in ten hours the other day , all for Bweot charity's sake. Democrata of Millard had quite a demon stration in honor of the inauguration of President Cleveland. Omaha also fired a na tional salute over the event Hbnry Kunold , from Omaha , who was tem porarily working in Hastings , fell dead in that city last week from heart disease. Ho leaves a largo family la Omaha. A sleek looking man put in an appearance at Wayne a few days ago , remaining about forty-elitht hours , during which he "took in" a number of business men for Email sums. The Presbyterian societies in the two north ern tiers of counties have been annexed to the western portion of the state , and will hereafter bo known as the Nlobrara eynod. An Omaha barber took up with a bad woman , and after living with her for awhile they quarreled. A physician sowed up his cuts and it la thought bo will be around again 'in a few weeks. At Hastings a man named L. H. Kedus , a Eewing machine agent , made an attempt to commit suicide by cutting his throat with a razor. Ho was suffering from a bad case of domestic trouble. From Exeter it is reported the hog cholera is still raging , and the damage to the farincts of that vicinity by reason of its ravages has been immense , and the worst of it is no one can tell when it will end. The West Nebraska Methodist Episcopal conference committee will locate a classical seminary at Kearney , provided the citizens of that town will donate for the object forty acres of land and $10,00) cash. The second trial of Jackson Martin , for the murder of John Cameron in May , 1872 , was concluded on the 4th at Beatrice. The jury was out one hour and brought in a verdict of guilty , with the penalty of death. Citizens of Crete are troubled agood dcalby old Indian hags running from house to house begging. The local * paper recommends that the ladies freely use the broomstick , thus making them seek more.genial quarters. Frank Grabne , on trial at Omaha for the murder of John Kluss , was adjudged guilty in the second degree. The prisoner , who sup posed ho would have to hang , felt greatly re lieved when he heard the verdict of the jury. Eev. Dr. Worthington , the newly consecra ted bishop of Nebraska , will bo present at Trinity church , Omaha , on the 15th inst. En thronement of the bishop will take place soon after Easter , which comes on the first Sunday in April. The Alexandria Herald says that Byron Bectel , who is well known in that community , committed suicide by shooting himself. Ho has been of unsound mind for the past few months. The .deceased was about thirty-three years of age and unmarried. A case of assault and battery took place at Omaha a few days ago , in which a journalist was the victim. P. H. Gavin , of the Times- Dispatch , was severely beaten by an attorney named Kyle , who had been referred to in Gavin's paper in not rery flattering terms. The Fullerton Journal thinks the assessors of Nance county ought to agree upon a lower rate of assessment. That county , it says , has of late conti-lbuted a great deal lee much to the state , where if assessment were lower , the state tax would be decreased without affect ing the county. Ex-Governor Furnas , who has been working for some time to secure free transportation to New Orleans for the legislative and state officers whom he desired to have visit the ex position ns nearly in a body as possible , tele- graphsjthat he has been unable to get what he long has sought , A Hastings special says : L. H. Beclus , a local sewing machine agent here , cut his neck from ear to ear. The cause of the act is at tributed to domestic infelicity. He may pos sibly recover. One Frank Strausser , a gam bler , is charged with criminal intimacy with the victim's wife. Fine-stock breeders in session at Lincoln elected the following officers : President , Claudius Jones , of Seward ; vice-presidents , Henry Frye of York , Mr. Eaton of Syracuse , M. L. Trestor of Lincoln , W. H. Barstow of Crete , and S. C. Bassett of Gibbon ; secretary , CoL E. P. Savage , of Lincoln. Robert Hopkins , of Ashland , a few days ago , sent a copy of the Weekly New England Journal , a paper published in Boston in 172S , to ex-Governor Furnas at New Orleans , to be * placed on exhibition there. This paper was once the property of Stephen Hopkins , one of the signers of the Declaration of Independ ence , who was a great uncle of * Mr. Hopkins of Ashland. A farmer named Tim Sharp fell through the elevator hatchway at the Nebraska City pork packery , breaking his left arm and hip. During the past year Mr. Sharp and his family have been peculiarly unlucky from acci dents. His father was killed by falling from a wagon ; his son had an arm broken by being kicked by a horse , and now Tm has an arm and leg broken. Th ? Valentino Reporter says It is believed that the immigration into the upper country the coming season will lar exceed that of last year. Already the tide is comn-encing to flow , and it will be hard to find a vacant claim without a settlerin that country three months hence. With the advance of the railroad new and thrifty towns will spring up , and the the rapidity with which the country will de velop can hardly be estimated at this time. An Omaha paper says that the Union eleva tors there have been full to the roofs , owing to the difficulty of getting cars for shipment to the seaboard , and on Monday 2CO cars of corn were standing on the tracks at that city. Recently about 100 empty cars arrived from the east , and at this rate the accumulation of grain will soon be relieved. There are be tween 1,500 and 2,000 car loads of corn under roof at that place. Mr. Wilson , of Beatrice , runs a water catt , which is a large tank balanced upon two wheels , and drawn by ona horse. As he was coming up street a few days ago , the wheels of his cart struck a street crossing and sent the water with a rush to the back end of the tank , broke the belly band , and lifted the horse high in the air , where he hung from the shafts of the cart. It took two or three men tobalance down the shafts and put the horse on the ground. Eli Holt , of the firm of Holt & Gascoigne , says the Beatrice Republican , brought to this office two geological specimens that deserve mention in these columns. At a depth .of twenty-five feet , while digging a well In the north part of town , he came upon a strata of blue-black mineral resembling powderc i lead. The strata is at least three inches thick , and deserves investigation. After this they came upon a one-foot strata of white sand , and don a strata of clay or mud , and there they found a bone nearly in a state of perfect preservation. It Is undoubtedly a bone of some animal , and has not gone through the state of petrefactlon. v One year ago last Friday , says the Genoa Enterprise , was the birthday of the Indian ; chool at that place and the anniversary of that day , a day wich was to many of the lusky lads and losses of the plains the begin * nlngof anew era In their lives , was appro priately celebrated in the ipacious chapel of the Indian school building. The entertain ment consisted of tableaux , recitations , readIng - Ing and writing ; in short , it was simply an ex- iibition of the accomplishments acquired in jna short year of study and attempt to for get one's own way and adapt one's self to the trays of another. The entertainment was jiven entirely by the Indians , under the sn- peiriaion of teachers , and was cred.table BRIEFLY TOIJX Dr. Oloscn was bunged at Philadelphia on the Cth for murder. * President Cleveland has appointed Genera. John C. Black , of Danville , 111. , commissioner of pensions. Fire losses throughout the country foot np o SIO.DOO.OOO 50 per cent more ban the aver age loss In February during ten years past. Edwin Booth has firmly resolved on leaving the stage. Ho will play a series of farewell engagements in the larger cities of the coun try. try.By an accident on the Illinois Central rail road , near Grenada , Miss. , two engines were totally wrecked and two firemen instantly killed. Many Americans In the City of Mexico par ticipated In an excursion to the crater of Mount Popocatapelt , to celebrate the inau guration of Cleveland. The Irish-American club of Chicago will hold Its St. Patrick banquet at the Palmer house , and has invited Gov. Oglesby , Gen. Scboflcld and Bishop Fechau. The Methodist Episcopal church at Fre mont. Ohio , of which ex-President Hayes is a member , was dedicated recently , and Mr. Hayes gave 50,000 toward lifting the debt. Rumors are afloat in london that the re cent calling out of the reserves means fhat high oflicials regard ihe prospects of n war with Russia as somctning more than a mere possibility. A million dollars has been sent by the Ital ian government to Massowah for the pur chase of camels. 1 his is thought to indicate that Italy proposes take steps for the relief of Kassala. The legislature of British Columbia has passed a bill , to take ettect within two weeks , imposing upon Chinamen attempting to en ter that province a flue of $50 or Imprison ment for six months. Josiah Locke dropped dead in the Indianap olis Journal office of heart disease. He was editor and proprietor of the Journal a num ber of years ago and later business manager of the- Chicago Advance. Mr. D. Downs , of Henderson , Sibley county Introduced a bill in the Minnesota house that males and females shall not be allowed to oc cupy the floor of any roller skating rink of that state at the same time. The bill also provides for licensing rinks. The New York Daily Commercial Bulletin estimates the aggregate fire loss for Febru ary at $10,000,000 56 per cent , more than the average loss for February for years past. In cluding January , some § 18.000,000 worth of property burned up thus far in 1883. The house committee on military affairs re ports that Gen. B. F. Butler's accounts as one of the managers of the Soldiers' Homo show a shortage of § 210,000. As he lately mort gaged his Washington house for { 90,000 , there are rumors that he is financially embar rassed. The Susquehanna river is frozen to the bofrv torn and is one solid moss of ice from Tunkv bannock to Nanticoke , si distance of forty miles. Great fears are entertained that there will be a great freshet this spring.-und tha much damage will be done among the low lands of the Susquehanna. The latest regarding Grant is thus stated : Dr. Douglas says that General Grant has had a red-letter day for him. He has eaten heart ily , been out riding , and seems considerably Improved. The condition of. his throat Is no better , however , and the progress of his diar rhea has not been checked. The Utah church organs and local authori ties urge the brethren to renewed diligence in boycotting "our enemies. " Some of their mutual improvement associations , under the lead of the bishops.have passed resolutions notto further patronize Gentiles until the polygamy prosecutions cease. In speaking of this the church organ demands that the ac tion be made unanimous. Agent Gassman , at Mitchell , Dakota , re ceived orders from the interior department not to allow the InJians to interfere with set tlers. The tribes now understand the situa. tlon and are said to be satisfied. Land entries are being made in great numbers , and "squat ter rights" filings are coming in by thousands- As yet , however , there is no plat in the Mitch ell land oflice. Much good land in the Crow Creek valley is still untaken. "Shacks" are springing up rapidly. G An Atchison ( Kansas ) dispatch says : T. A. Clark and eight surveyors from the Union Pacific offices at Omaha went west on the Central Branch to survey an extension of that : road tD a connection with the Kansas Pacific either at Mouument or Gilmore. Lines will be run from Bull City to Lenora , and the route offering the best inducement will bo adopted in case the extension is agreed upon by the Union Pacific company. There is no positive assurance that a connection with the Kansas Pacific will be made , but the fact of the surveying party being sent out is evi dence that it is contemplated. Monument is eight miles southwest of Lenora , and the nearest point on the Kansas Pacific to Bull City is 100 miles distant. CAPITAL BRIEFS. ' The house committee on foreign affairs , by a vote of six to four , adopted Phelp's resolu tion relative to the Congo conference. ] l President Arthur has issued n proclamation _ b convening the senate in extra session on the i 1th of March to act upon appointments and such other business as may come before it. Benjamin Butterworth , commissioner Of patents , handed his resignation to Secretary roller , who accepted It and complimented him on Lis energetic administration of the jffice. . The grand jury returned an indictment for embezzlement against D. W. Middleton and 3. E. Middlelon , late of the firm of Middleton fc Co. , bankers of Washington. The same jury found a number of indictments against Dan- * lei Carrigan , late chief clerk of the bureau of ' ' medicine and surgery in the navy dcpart- ment , for making and using false vouchers. J y The president has ordered a general court nartial to convene at the city of Washington jn the llth inst. for the trial of Brigadier G en- ; ral W. B. Hazen , chief signal officer of the irmy , on charge of conduct prejudicial to jood order and military discipline in having ifficlally and publicly criticised the action of * ; ho secretary of war for not following his recommendation to send an expedition to the ® relief of Lieutenant Greo'y In September , * J i ] 1883. ° Senator Wilson , of Iowa , seized the oppor- ; unity on Saturday , when Senator McMillan vas in the committee room , to ca'l up the Sioux City and St. Paul forfeiture. Mr. a Plumb made a long and strong speech in fa- ror of throwing the whole question of title to ' be disputed lands In northwestern Iowa Into nto the United States courts. He then went ibout the-senate Coaching Morgan of Ala jama. Brown of Georgia , and other senators vho were in favor of forfeiture and desired w o speak on it. The bill went over. b The senate bill introduced by Mr. Dawes to ; reate the office of assistant chief signal offi- er , the design of which was to provide for ie promotion of Lieut : Greely , having been referred by the military committee to thi secretary of war , the latter has made a roplj in which he gives his views on s'gnal service generally. Ho holds that there Is no gooi reason why the signal service should bo part of the military force of the country , but thai it should bo made purely civil , and subject tc the civil service rules , from which it is now exempt. . POLITICAL NOTES. Municipal elections were hold In Iowa on the 2d with varying political results. On the 3d the president sent the following nominations to the senate and they wore confirmed : O. H. Mills , of Iowa ; agent of the Indians at the Sue and Fox agency in Iowa ; James B. Fletcher , postmaster at Seward Neb. Following Is the list of United States sena tors sworn in on the 4th : J. S. C. Blackburn , Kentucky ; James B. Eustis , Louisiana ; James K. Jones , Arkansas ; Ephraioi Wilson , Mary land ; William M. EVarts , Now York ; Henry B. Payne , Ohio : Leland Stanford , California , At the close of business hours at Washing ton on the 3d , the principal officers of the postoffice department assembled jn the post- mast er-general's room to take leave of Mr. Ilatton. The retirlnghcad of the department thankeJ them for their faithful discharge of duty and received from them In return ex pressions of their good will. In accordance with the usual custom , the members of the cabinet placed their resignations in the hands of President Arthur. The friends of silver in the house of representatives sentatives held a conference and decided to make a formal reply to the letter of Presi dent-elect Cleveland. They deny that the continued coinage of $28,000,0:0 per annum in standand silver will force gold to a premium or drive it out of circulation. They contend that , In order to preserve a stable ratio be tween the money volume and population , o.'a annual increase of $40,000,000 in currency of Eome kind is required. President-elect Cleveland's start for Wash ington is thus described in an Albany dis patch : At 6:25 four carriages drove to the Church street siding of the West Shore rail road depot , half a mile below the regularpas- senger station. In the first carriage were Mr. Cleveland , bis t\vo sisters ( Mrs. Hey t and Miss Cleveland ) and his niece. Miss Ha-tings. In the second. Rev. L. Cleveland , brother of the president-elect , wife and child. In the third , Mr. and Mrs. Manning. In the fourth , Mr. and Mrs. Lament and two chil dren. The train consisted of an engine , bag gage car and twp sleepers. It left sharp at C:43. The only persons present were Dr. Ward , Colonel E. T. Chamberlain , Henry Teneyck , one policeman and several small boys. Mr. Cleveland was in excellent spirits. Mr. Manning looked cheerful and Mr. Lament was bright and busy getting things In order on the train and looking after the pile of bag gage. The train slipped off quietly , without a toot or bell , and stopped only for water bo tnocn Albany and Washington. FOREIGN NOTES. The total number of enrolled volunteers in Great Britain at the present time is 213.COJ , the greatest number yet attained. The Englishgovernmenthas ordered amed leal inspection of every regiment of the army , so as to make a correct estimate of the men actually fit for active service. Paris Temps says all the powers have ac cepted the proposal of France for a commit tee to frame provisional regulations of free dom of navigation of the Suez canal. The report that General Wolseley has been recalled is denied. It is stated his eyesight IB better. He will soon go on a tour of inspec tion to the Nile stations between Assouanand Dongo'a. ' According to advices from Massowah the garrison at Kussala has been' reduced to an effective force of CCO men. The town is close ly besiged and the garrison is short of ammu nition. Egyptian troops are discontented. The government at Cairo has abandoned al hope of relieving the town. The London Standard sujs that the alarm ing character of General Grant's illness will caiisc universal distress , and the sympathy Df the public will bo intensified by the unfor tunate condition of the general's financial af- rairs , and the knowledge that though sorely ivounded in many \ \ ays , he is too proud to complain. Koiti ad vices say that during the summer he main body of the British troops will re- iiuiii in camp { .tDongola. The mudir of Don- joia's army will remain at Meraur with Gen. [ Juliet's contingent. The two movable col- imns under Gens. Dormer and Brackenbury yill be stationed between Debbeh and Hnn- lak , in constant readiness for action. It is undoubted in some circles that war vith Russia hangs by a thread. Negotiations vith Russia and England respecting the Jusso-Afghan frontier are said to have eached a very delicate stageM. . Lessar , Russian commissioner , has urged such sweep- ngdemands that England cannot accept any hing approachingjtbem , and a complete col- apse of the delimitation project and early 'dvance of the Russian troops to Herat is ex sected. Granvlllc delivered a long speech in the ords about tiie Bismarck controversy. He aid it was now more than ever before to the nterests of Germany and England that the elations between the two governments be oed , because it was a timewhen both powers cere about to meet each other in all parts of ho world. Whilst each power will maintain Is rights , both ought toadvancc in theircom- non work of extending commerce and civiliz- .tion in a spirit of candid co-operation. CHESHNAIi. A farmer named Moses Caton Is , with his our sons , jailed at Morgantown , Ky. , for anging bis'wife who refused to deed him a mall parcel of land. Neighbors in dressing he corps discovered that the woman's neck ' ras broken. The Caton'party defied an rmed posae until the bouse was about to be eton fire. The father and one son were adly wounded. A daughter in attempting to hield her father bypassing between him and lie posse , was shot in the bowels. An at- L mpt to lynch the quartet was frustrated. Lieut.-Gov. Hindman , of Kentucky , grant- d William Neal a respite for thirty days. a teal was to be hanged at Grayson , Ky. , on tie 27th. The sheriff doubted the authenticity f the telegram which granted Neal a respite or thirty days and immediately telegraphed or confirmation. Gov. Hindman responded o save Neal's life. The guards were aroused , nd accompanied by a heavy guard , started or Eastern Kentucky Junction to catch the rain for Mt. Sterling. When It became nown that Neal hod been respited , and had tartcd for Mt. Sterling , much indignation as expressed by a majority of the people , bile a few expressed satisfaction. There as a large crowd present to witness the anging. God made the woman for the man. The mil aer added the .j. . . STATE XJSUISZATJLrjE UOZZVOS. Aa Fonhado\ccil in a Conaenscd Report of tli Nebrailta Legislature. SEXATE. In the senate on the 28th the bill amending the city charter of Omaha was rolled up and passed without opposition , with the amendments adopted previously. The amendments will be concurred In without op position. The question of the proposed appropriations for university buildings came up on motion of McAllister amending the general appropria tion bill by adding $25,000 for the purpose of building a chemical laboratory for the uulvcr- sjtv.Howe's Howe's school lend bill , S. F. No. 04 , was passed bv 25 to 2. HOUSE. The bill appropriating 875,000 for new buildings at the university was brought up on a motion of Holmes that it be read a third time. Cnrr offered an amendment re ducing the appropriation from $75,000 to $50- 000. Rlleytnen proposed an amendment re ducing the appropriation to $25,000 and this was accepted by Carr. Nettleton moved an amendment to the amendment reducing the amount to 510,000. Hall was In favor of $25,000 appropriation. Nlchol was in favor of $75,000 or nothlug. Holmes , who was engineering the bill , made a speech intimating that the management would feel pretty well satisfied with $25 000 for the erection of labratory , and this amendment was adopted and the b'lll reported for passage. SEXATE. In the senate on the 2u , Dotan offered the follow ing amendment to house roll 410 ( appropriation bill ) : Jtesolved , That the sum of $1,500 , or so much thereof as he may deem proper. Is hereby ap propriated to be at the disposal of the gover nor , and to be paid under his direction , to the parties instrumental In preventing the robbery of the state trcasurv , if he finds they are de- serviue and entitled to reward. Adopted. The folio wing were passed : A bill to amend section 500 , chapter 43 , of the criminal code ; relating to diseases among swine ; for the safety of guests at hotels , etc. , etc. ; relating to guardians ana wards ; providing for the foreclosure of tax Hens ; concerning county beards ; amending certain sections of the code of civil prooeedure ; relating to boundaries of lands ; providing for fire escapes in public buildings ; i elating to divorces ; pertaining to cities ; providing for the sale of lots in the city of Lincoln ; relative to the duty of church wardens ; providing for the election of register ofcdeeds ; relating to fees ; creating the office of county auditor. The committee on penitentiary reported that the Institution is being well kept and made recommendations for needed improvements in and about the premises. HOUSE. A large number of bills were or dered to a third reading. A large number of bills still remain in the hands of committees and on general file , which will not be reached aud will die with the session. This being the last day in which bills will be ordered to a third reading , there was a stnig- glc among members to get bills on the list. After much confusion and wrangling the regular order was taken up , which was bills on third readme. A large number were passed , among others relating to constitutional amend ments ; amending compiled statutes fn rela tion to schools ; providing for drawing petit ani grand jurries ; pertaining to cities of the second class and villages : providing for the issuing , certification and registration of same ; relating to corporations ; locating a hospital for the insane at Norfolk and appropriating S7.J.COO for its erection ; house roll 97 , making May 30th a legal holiday ; relating to hygiene and physiology. SEXATE. in the senate on the 3rd bills were passed : Relating to real estate mortgages ; pertaining to the removal of county seats ; amending law relative to appeals ; relating to the organization , government and powers of cities and villages ; an act to prevent grave robbing ; relating to county seats : providing for the suppression of houses of prostitution. At the evening session II. R. So , providing for the sale , leasing and development of saline lc.nd being the special order , was discussed at length. Several amendments were offered and re jected. The bill was ordered engrossed for third reading. The report of the committee appointed to investigate the management of the hospital for the insane was accepted and the committee discharged. Five hundred copies of the evi dence aml.report were ordered printed. HOUSE.Senate file 187 , known as the rail way commission bill , was taken up and , on motion of Nettleton , was considered section by section. King moved to amend section 2 by adding a provision empowering the commissioners to fix schedule of rates for railways from time to time for the government of the various rail ways in the state. Rejected. Section 2 was then adopted , after uhich section 3 was read and adopted. The remaining sections of the bill were adopted without amendment , several amend ments having been proposed and defeated. Holmes moved that the bill be engrossed for third reading as amended. It was so or dered. During the afternoon session the following tills were passed : A bill appropriating mon eys for miscellaneous expenses ; relating to de scendants ; pertaining to revenue ; relating to the duties ot county Treasurers ; providing for township organization : providing for the burial o indigent soldiers at public expense ; relating to counties and county olliccrs ; amending the revenue laws : a joint resolution relating to the drawing of arms , from the geu- tralgovernment. In the evening bills were passed : Relating to the funding of taxes : pertaining to bee keeping ; providing for the construction of bridges and viaducts in cities of the first- class ; providing for house movers'liens ; pro viding lor the discontinuance of township or t ganizations in certain cases ; a bill to legalize \ the election of certain otllcers of the city of t SEXATE. In the senate on the 4th bills were passed : An act permitting foreign surety companies to become corporations of this state ; establishing a hospital for the insane at Norfolk , and appropriating ? 75,000 therefor : unending the swamp land act : providing for leasing ceitain saline lands for stock \ards purposes , for a period of 50 j-ears ; a bill ap propriating ? 50,000 for improvement of saline lauds ; for relief of E. P. Childs ct al. ; to pren rent the spread of hog cbokra. c At the afternoon session a number of bills ivere passed. The report of the investigating , committee of the management of the insane isylum was discussed , Howe , McShane and Jtbers favoring the minority report. The mi- lority report was adopted. Paul offered a resolution sustaining the joard of public lands and buildings , and the najority report , after a warm disc-nssion by a p rote of 22 to 7. o The senate and house held evening sessions , jut no business of importance was transacted. b HOUSE. Senate tilt14 , regulating passen 8 jer rates on Nebraska railways and fixing a penalty for violation of its provisions , was jassed by a vote o 84 to 7. Crawford , Ilig- ; ins , Hocknell , Holswortb , Lee of Furnas , and STettleton voted in the nesaiive. o A bill amending section" ! " of an act provid- t ( ng for payment of school district bonds was e < aken up and passed. eo Bills were passed in the afternoon as fol- o : ows : Relating to cities of the second class e ; inl villages ; providing for the removal of OJ : ases from the district to the supreme court ; OJal esalizinsr the contract between George Suth- si srland aud the joint boards of Burt and Wash- ngton counties ; a joint resolution to provide ill or ex-Gov. Furnas : relating to the adoption tc if children ; amending the criminal code ; rc- ill ating toj embezzlement : allowing villages to illra iboliih corporate forms. ra The senate railway commission bill was read li : he third time and passed , by a vote of 58 to in S. S.A bill providing for protection of property rom high water w as read a third time and lasstd. so SEXATE. In the senate on the 5tb , the be ortv-third and last day of the session , the. ollowinc bills were passed : Permitting cities dt f second cla s to create sinking fuuos ; ap- iropriating $50,000 for the purpose of erect- ng an inbtitutiou for the feeble-minded at ta Jeatrice ; amending corporation law , so far as elates to cemeteries ; amending revenue law 00 nd increasing road tax ; pertaining to the quab'zaUon of taxes : appropriating $122 for th he relief of P. 0. Hawcs ; providing for the OH efunding of certain taxes ; appropriation bill ; aiscellaneous appropriation bill , which pro- Ides for paying newspaper pcoprietois for re inb'ishing the governors proclamation rela- ive to constitutional amendments. The senate held an evening session at which several bills ere passed. Tbo wnatt ! de clined to recede from its endm t ? * 5A appropriation bill and a conference committee , was appointed. . . , . thei .i- - A resolution was passed thanking qgouc- and presenting rulings erfor his impartial him with the chair which ho haif ocaapleil during the session. The clerk and assistant were also presented with chairs. Second As- K slstant Clerk Russell was presented with an r Ink-stand. , . . . 11 o'clock The dead-lock on the appropria tion bill is unbroken and the conference com mittee will probably come to a satisfactory agreement ? HousE.-In the house bills were passed Providing for selling certain state lots In LIn * - coln ; providing for refunding of precinct and . village bonds ; relating to the organization , government and powers of cities and villages ; providing against removal of mortgaged prop erty : relating to municipal affairs ; dispens ing with grand juries In certain cases ; amend ing the code of civil proccedtire relating toap- pools ; relating to divorce and marriage ; per taining to boundaries and description of cer tain lands ; amending the criminal code relat ing tb the capture of murderers. _ The senate amendment to the house roll rcl- S ) * ) atlve to the sale of liquors was discussed. The opponents of the amendments claimed that they were in conflict with the Slocumb law. Kiley , Troup and Holmes favored the amend- mcnts , and Kins. Emerson , Ncttleton , Daly and Howard opposed them. A non-concur- rence was recorded. The Day Wo Celebrate. There is a wide-spread belief among Americans that the Declaration of In dependence was signed on the "Fourth of July. " The writings of John Adams and Thomas Jeflerson , as well as the * printed journal of the Continental Con gress , bear out this idea , but a recent investigation by the chief librarian of the Boston public library shows that we have all along been laboring under a , V - mistake. The declaration was iead and agreed to on the 4th of July , but it was not signed. It was ordered to be authenticated and printed during the afternoon , and on the following day copies were sent all over the country. On the 19th it was resolved that the declaration be engrossed on parchment and signed by every member. On the 2d of August nearly all the members signed it. Thornton , of New Hamp shire , did not sign until November 4 of that year , and McKean did not sign until 1781. Of course no one proposes to change our day of celebration. It is a fact that our independence was announced - $ $ - nounced to the world of the 4th of July 1 and that is enough. The signing of the document was of less importance. Just as the Baby Wore It. Among the faded , moth-eaten but priceless treasures displayed at the ex position in the Louisiana historical ex hibit is a little child's dress with small hand-bag to match , cap and linen-em broidered mittens. It is an absurdly old-fashioned thing with a long waist , lots of gathers and. full puffs , and no - , , one ever saw the like of the tiny stitches ; here and there the yellow bits of thread lay upon the faded fabric like a fine powder of gold. There are creases in the cap-strings that quaint , old-fashioned cap and the embroider ed mittens make one think a long time " I ago they were tossed aside for the last j time And this is so. Fifty years ago , . j the ticket on the dress relafes , a little child , coming home from church witli her mother , suddenly died , and ever since the mother has kept , just as the baby wore it the last day , the dainty frock and cap and bag and. mittens. ( New Orleans . * Picayune. f j t 3Irs. Astor a Temperance Reformer. By the way , Mrs. Astor has become a temperance reformer. The grogginess af some of the young fellows in society fias been disgraceful this season. Scarcely a private ball has lacked a ji'oup of thoroughly intoxicated guests n the men's dressing room , where cus- : om has made wine and cigars common. 3n several occasions the recumbent 'orms of oblivious swells have been left n corners and on sofas , to be cared for ? y the servants after the departure of f < he decent guests. These things have 4 ) een an increasing scandal. Mrs. Astor las stepped forward for reform. She rave a ball this week. There were no efreshments. solid , liquid or smoke , to t > e had in the dressing room. In the lining hall were as many tiny Japan- : se tables as there were ladies. The ops barely held a plate and wineglass , to servants were on duty except at the luflet where the viands were dishedand. ' he champagne opened. The men vere expected to fetch and carry for heir partners. This device employed hem , compelled them to do their drink- ag under the restraints of feminine + & , iresence and kept them all measurably ober. New York Letter. The Earth a tircat Magnet. Everything on the earth acd in the ir above } s permeated with the earth's lagnetic force it goes through your lothes , it permeates your bodies , it aturates your brains it is a part of ; fe itself. Gaus , the illustrious Ger- lan astronomer , has computed ( taking s a unit of his measure a magnet nirteen inches long , one inch wide , ne-fourth inch thick , weighino- one ound , made of the hardest steel and f the srtongest magnetic force possi- le ) the earth's magnetic force equal to .404,000,000,000,000,000,000 snch mag- \ , ets. The attracting or lifting power f such a magnet is about ten pounds , Inch would make the attractive power f the earth 42,310,000.000,000,000,000 ras. If this magnetic power w'ere Dually distributed throughout the mass E the earth , the magnetic intensity of ich cubic yard would be equal to six f these m i nets , or about sLxty pounds itractivu force. Prof. Mayer has lown that this magnetic influence , this tvisible force , is a power filling space > an unknown distance and radiating i the lines of magnetic force verv inch as the rays oi the sunlight , the ncs of the earth's magnetic force beg - ; g from north to south , as indicated the needle. f compass y Home should be made a dwelling-place for ' uls rather than a mere lodging-place for dies. There were 1,500 roller-skating rinks built iring 1&4. Savannah last year received ? C,500 from its xon diummers. Under British rule there live about 285 000.- 0 human beings. "What is laughter ? " asks a chemist. It is e sound that you hear when ycuriatblowa L * Rumors are current that In case Gladstone signs he will name as his successor the Mar- ds of Hartington , present minister of war. Henry Irving says that much of the mortal- of this country la due to buckwheat cakes. V *