THE * TRIBUNE. '
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F. SI. & E. 31. K13DIEIX , Pubs.
McCOOK , NEB
NEWS OF NEBEASKA
CnOCKEtt'S lOWABBIOADE REUNION. ThO
following has been issued from Washington
to the members of the rfociety of Crockets
*
JowaBrigade :
The third annual reunion of this society
will be held at Iowa City , Iowa , on Wednesday
and Thursday. September Zi and 24.1 65.
All soldiers , who have , at anytime , served
In the "Iowa Brigade ' composed of the llth ,
18th , 16th and 10th Iowa Infantry Volunteers
are , by the constitution of the society , en
titled to membership , and are earnestly in
vited to attend. ,
The annual address will bo delivered by
General Andrew Hickenlooper of Cincinnati ,
Ohio , who was tho last commander of the
brigade.
All arrangements for the meeting will be
In charge of a local executive committee , to
bo named hereafter , who wilt give duo notico
of the details of their action.
One and one-third (1H ( ) fare will be given on
all railroads in Iowa , and main lines from
Chicago and Kansas City. Full fare going ,
one-third returning , on certificates to bo given
attbo reunion.
The silver oak-leaf badge of the society ,
and the engraved certificate of membership ,
can bo procured at tbe reunion.
The last rcunjon at Cedar Bapids was a
complete success , and tbo arrangements in
progress are such as to assure to every man
of the brigade a most happy meeting at Iowa
City. Every soldier of tho Eiovenih , Thir
teenth , Fifteenth and Sixteenth Iowa , who
can possibly attend , should be present.
WM. W. BELKNAP ,
President , Washington. D. C.
* JOHN H. MONROE ,
Bee. Sec. , Muskatinc , Iowa.
H. H. Boon.
Cor. Bee. , Mt Vernon , Iowa.
Nebraska papers copy above and oblige.
BATLTIOAD ASSESSMENT. Assessment of the
various railroads in the state has been com
pleted as follows :
Amt per
Name of road. Miles , miles.
Union Pacific 485.73 $11,227
Omaha & Bop. Valley 225.24. 4,816
O.N. & Black Hills 148.15 4.617
StJ.&Western 113.30 12,612
Omaha & S. W 50.09 9.583
Nebraska 136.20 6,193
Bepublican Valley 524.00 5,890
Atchison & Nebraska 107.46 6,803
Lincom&N , W 73.00 4.850
Nob. & Col 90.41 4,938
Sioux City & Pao 26.95 5,303
Fremont , Elhorn& Mo. Val..301,12 4,5(0
Chicago , St. P. , M. & 0 221.58 4,363
Mo.Pac. 100.88 8,595
Chicago , Neb. & Kan 5.29 3.435
Burlington & Missouri 19L93 12,012
Total $18,534.739 08
Total In 18S4 16,300,985 43
Increase. . ! $2233,804,65
Tho average assessment per mile for
the year 1883 i < $8,70218
Thoaveraie assessment per mile for
1834 was 6,58721
Being an increase over 1884 of 114 97
Bnouani BACK. Detectives
Charles Emery of this city , and W. A. Wil
liams of Harper , Kansas , arrived in the city
last night with Charles C. Beveridge , late of
Fremont , a prisoner. Their ruse to effect the
capture of Beveridge at Detroit , and his ar
rest on a charge of obtaining money under
false pretenses , were published In this paper
on Wednesday , and need no recounting.
Beveridge broke down when arrested , and
said he was glad that he was taken , for he had
been bunted and hounded long enough. He
added th it when he drew the checks on the
late firm In which he was a partner , he did not
think that it was criminal , or that the banks
would lose the money. He expected that his
'partners , " with whom he claims'to have had
still a running account In some deals , would
pay the money. He had telegraphed the
partners for $2,000 and pot only $1,000 , which
was why he drew from this city. Beveridgo
added that he had one thought in his mind
when he left Fremont , and that was to pro
tect Minnie Evans , the school teacher , with
whom he had been intimate , and whose
mother had written him a terrible letter up
braiding him for ruining her daughter.
Beveridge says that all be wants now is to
get through this trouble as soon as he can ,
serving a sentence for It , if there was no
other way for he wants to have his wife and
boy with him again. He has turned over to
the detectives $4uO which he had on his per
son , and promises to turn over $4,000 which
he "planted" in Canada , whether he is prose
cuted or not by the banks. He had obtained
* 2,000from tho First National of Fremont ,
$1,000 from the Commercial National of thia
city , and $300 on nn endorsement by Tom
Biddle , of Wahno. The detectives are elated
at having captured him. Tbe prisoner was
placed in the county jail last night and tele
graphed his iather to come on from Chicago.
[ Omaha Herald.
THE STATE TN BRIEF.
Lincoln special : Frank McCoy , aged 18 ,
ticket taker at the dime museum , while swim
ming with a number of companions in Salt
creek , took cramps and went down. His
companions attempted to rescue him , but all
efforts to save him were fruitless. McCoy
had bought a ticket for Omaha , where his
people reside , and intended to leave on the
afternoon train , but got in with companions
and concluded to go swimming. A rumor is
in circulation that McCoy had been disap
pointed in a love affair and committed eui-
Ide , butthe story is given no credence.
At Beatrice James Casey , convicted of as
eault with intent to wound , uponVm. . McEl-
haney , was sentenced in tho district court to
thirteen years in the. penitentiary. The as-
iault occured at Wymore last November.
The uniformed ranks K. of P. of Hastings
are drilling regularly. They expect to carry
off the prize as the best drilled company in
the state at the encampment which is to be
held at Lincoln in September next.
Tho new German hall In Blair was opened
by a grand German balL Mrs. Sophie Bath-
man presented the society a beautiful silk
, banner , in behalf of tho German ladles of
Blair.
Several saloons in Cedar Bapides have dried
up from lack of custom and moved to Albion.
TheWesi. ° Mnt Republican thinks that in
view of tho faot that several cases of hydro
phobia have developed in that vicinity re
cently , some of the worthless curs that are
permitted to live In the town should be sum
marily disposed of.
A sad accident occurred on the table land
north of town yesterday , says the Valentine
Beporter. Several-parties were digging a
well , and had reached a depth of eighty feet
when it became neoessary to do some blast
ing. Alter the discharge of the blast , George
Banner went down into the well , but the
moke wai too dense , so he at once started up
the rope. When near the top he became in
sensible , lost bis hold and fell to the bottom ,
mangled corpse.
The board of education of Beatrice is con
sidering the matter of providing additional
school room on the west side.
Aunie Johnson ( colored ) , of Omaha , at
tempted to take her life by poison in a bouse
of ill-fame. The stomach pump was in time
to save her.
The receipt of dressed beef in Boston last
week direct from Omaha , says the Herald of
that city , shipped in refrigerator cars is one
more indication of the growth of Nebraska's
metropolis and the importance it is assuming
In tho commercial operations of the world.
The shipment received on tho eastern sea
board last week was only the beginning of an
Immense iHinstry which wiM pour a golden
Thirty-sir thousand dollars worth of new
machinery has been added to the plant in tho
B. & M. shops at Plattsmouth.
The Ord City bank has been reorganized un
dcr tbo name of the First National bank , with
a paid up capital of $50,000.
B , A. Hindman is doing a successful busi
ness in tho tomato canning line , near NIo-
brara. Last year ho put up 600 cases from
twelve acres of vines , and this year will can
about double tho quantity bo did last , and
will also experiment on sweet com.
The Falls City schools aro in a flourishing
condition. The report of tho superintendent
shows tbe number of children in tbe district
between.tbe ages of 5 and 21 , 717 ; number en
rolled in the four primary departments , 322 ;
number enrolled in the grammar grades , 1S5 ;
number enrolled in tbe high school , 74 ; num
ber of colored children , 10 ; total enrollment ,
618.
618.The
The Fullerton Journal advises the farmers
of Nance county to keep a sharp lookout for
lightning-rod peddlers this year , and havo no
truck with them. It says that not one in ten
engaged in that business pretends to be hon
est Their whole object is to swindle , by deal
ing in inferior rods , adjusting them in such a
manner that they furnish no sort of protec
tion against lightning , and charge for the
same the most fabulous and outrageous
prices. It is safer to trust the Lord for tho
stfety of your lives and property than any
lightning-rod dispenser. Drive them off at
once. Don't give them a hearing for fifteen
seconds , for they are smooth-tongued villains
and aro full of all manner of uncleanness.
Tho hungry potato bug comcth forth with a
keen appetite and a vigorous digestion. Paris
green is good medicine for him.
The corner-stone of the new M. E. church
at Arapahoe will be laid at an early day.
the votes of Dawes county will meet in
convention at Chadron on June 13 , to place in
nomination a county ticket.
A Washington dispatch says tho following
patents have been Issued Nebraska inventors :
JohnH. Barringer , Lincoln , self-loading car ;
John Grant , Omaha , artificial stone pavement
Major Terrlll has been ordered from San
Antonio to be chief paymaster at Omaha , to
relieve Major Stanton ordered to Salt Lake.
Considerable damage has been throughout
the state by recent storms.
It has been decided to hold a base ball our-
namentin Hastings from tho first to the 10th
of July.
The award of prizes for the artillery contest
etwoen co mpanies A and B University ca-
dets , was made at Lincoln on the 9th. The
handsome silk guidon , the prize for the best
drilled company , was awarded to company B.
The individual prize for the best drilled artil
leryman , was awarded to private Smith , of
company A. Companies A and B had an In
fantry contest for an elegant silk flag.
A competitive examination for appointment
as cadet at Annapolis will be held in Hastings
on tho 14th of July.
The carpenters of North Platto are greatly
tions of the town.
In > foot race at Soward between John
Pardoe and.Charley Lee , distance sixty yards'
the former won. The contest was for § 100. A
good deal of money is said to have changed
hands on the result ,
During a storm' near Atkinson , saya the
Graphic , lightning struck tho house of H.
Judsou , of Celia. going down the stovepipe
through the stove to a sewing machine-which
stood near by , passed through the floor tear
ing up several boards. No one was hurt with
the exception of a little girl about five years
old , who was made deaf by tho shock. "After
the storm bad passed the ground was covered
with hail stones to the depth of three or four
inches , some being as large as hickory nuts.
Thepremium list of the Adams county fair
is before the public.
The BM. . extension from Holdredge is
under contract to be completed to a point
near the center of Gosper county , where n
new town has oeen laid out , which the town
site company of Lincoln proposes to boom for
all that's out ,
A Fourth of July fund is being raised at
Tekamah and baa reached proportions which
augurs a grand celebration.
AtColumDus the five-year-old son of ex-
Mayor McFarland , whtlo playing In "his fath
ers room , found a revolver and'shot himself
through the left hand and left thigh. Tho
child is doing well , but had a narrow escape.
There will bo a competitive examination at
Hastings , July 14 , for the selection of an ap
pointee by Congressman Laird to the United
States naval academy at Annapolis.
An Oakland special says : John T. Hokin
son , with two neighbors n-imed Johnson and
Swanson , a wiper in tho employ of tho rail
road company here , all Swedes , had been out
to look at some cattle , and were recrosslng
Logan creek in a boat about two miles north
of this place , when it was upset and Hokinson
and Swanson were drowned. The creek be-
ing very deep and rapid at this time , neither t
of the bodies had been recovered when dark
ness-compelled a postponement of the search
until morning. Hokinson is a well-to-do far
mer , aged about sixty years , and head of
a family. Swanson was a young'unmarrled
man , who recently came here from Omaha ,
where it is said his parents reside.
Following is'the assessed valuation of the
banks of Omaha : First National , $130,000 ;
Omaha National , 150,000 ; Nebraska National ,
$100,000 ; United States National , $40,000 ; Mer
chants' National , S60.003 ; Commercial Na
tional , $120,000 ; Omaha Savings , $33,000.
A dispatch from Weeping Water on the 9th
says that just after Jthe Missouri Pacific con
struction train crossed the lower bridge be
low that place , near the Cascade mill , it struck
and killed a blind man by the name of Win
ters.
The board of public lands and buildings has ilJ
made tho lease of some of the saline lands to J
the Lincoln stock yards company , as author- jj
ized by tbe last legislature.
Gen. Morrow , commandant at Sidney , has
been made commander of Camp O. O. How
ard , the reunion grounds at Beatrice.
stream into the coffers of the business men
of Omaha to be thence distributed through
out the entire west. '
State superintendent of the census , Geo. B a
Lane , has written John H. Sahler , of Omaha *
that the time of taking the census In that city
would be extended one week If necessary
Owing to the fact that the enumeration dis
tricts are quite unevenly divided and the
large amount of work required to be done
by certain enumerators this extension will
probably be made.
A monument is to be erected over the grave
of the Catholic divine , the late Bev. Father
Nicholas Horse , at West Point.
The state's Sportmen's convention and an *
nual tournament will be held at Be ward , be
ginning on the 23d and lasting four days.
During the circus at Beatrice , the residence
of J. A. Calkins was burglarized and some $25
worth of goods taken. Thieves also visited
Brand't stables and took s gunhunting coati ,
an overcoat and a set of harness.
- ;
The Bluo Hill murder case that created so
much excitement a few weeks ago , says the
AlmaTribune , throughout this part of the
country , has developed a now state of affairs.
Webster county has sued the saloon men , to.
gather with their bondsmen , who sold the
whisky to tbo unfortunate man who did tho
terrible deed , for the expenses incurred by
the county in the prosecution in said case ;
and from tho reading oS tho statue we see no
Teason wr-y they cannot make the claim.
Governor Dawcs has appointed John C.
Bonncll adjutant general of Nebraska , vice
E. P. Boggen. resigned , and J. M. Hoffman
assistant adjutant general , vice Geo. P.
tersteen , resigned.
One of the young boys sent out to Nebraska
from New York a few-weeks ago has turned
to be a would-be train wrecker and will bo
provided with a place In the reform school.
Tho good farmer who took him has no use for
boys of that make-up.
Ex-Governor Furnas has re turned from tho
Exposition and gives it as his opinion that the
big show has been of incalculable benefit to
Nebraska.
Preparations aro making for a great milk
farm near Omaha by a stock company whose
capital stock is § 10,000. Tho company will
cool the milk at tho farm and send it into the
city by special train.
t
Ground has been broken at Auburn for the
new court-house of Nemaha county and tho
building will be commenced at once. A sub
stantial jail will also be built at the same
time.
A correspondent writes that Greenwood
has a man wh o for right down cussed ness beats
anything heard tell of. Ho has boon making
indecent exposure of his person to little
1t
girls and to several young ladles. A good
many threats of tar and feathers have been
indulged in.
Another witty paper ( Saturday evening ) Is
on tho tapis at Omaha. New newspaper ven *
turcs in that town havo averaged about one a
week of late.
J. W. Small , of Falrflold has already entered
ten Norman-Percheron stallions for exhibition
at the Omaha district fair in September.
Workmen in the Beatrice canning factory
have thus far this season made 330,000 cans.
STARVATION IN VIRGINIA.
Public Meetings Seing Held to Consider the
Situation.
Parkersburg , Va. , dispatch : The situation
in ' Jackson county Is becoming serious. Hun
dreds of families are on the verge of starva3
tion , and unless aid is speedily extended by
the remainder of the state or the outside
world the most disastrous results may be ex
pected. Some of the more fortunate and in
fluential people of the county , and others who
believe the reports of the condition of the
inhabitants to be exaggerated , have hereto'
fore denied the reports that have from time
to time been published , stating that things
could be tided over till the new crop could be
raised , but now much alarm prevails , and
public meetings are being held in all the vii-
lages , aiid the"local papers arc printing ap
peals for aid.
Last week meetings tra-e held at White
Pine and New Kentudc , at which citizens ,
epresentins : their respective neighborhoods ,
testified as to the extent of "famine. Manv
ritiful stories are beius ; told. Hiram Cobb ,
owner of a mill , said that people would como
at the rate of a dozen a day , after walking
ong distances , becxing for a pint or a quart
Qco meal , and sometimes bringing half a peek
of ) grains or a few eais of corn to be ground ,
nV knew men who had gone for five days
vithout food , and he himselt would soon be a
sufferer. . J. H. Ganett said his neighbors
ere actually starving. John Smith , county
assessor , said that to his knowledge thirty-
five families were in danger of starving at
Xew Kentuck. An appeal lor aid was signed
by representatives of 100 families. Tnese are
out specimen stories. One family is said to
aave subsisted for live days on lettuce , and
when found were nearly dead.
RETAIN YOTJR EQUILIBRIUM.
Postmaster General Vilas Reiterates That
No Efficient Postal Clerte Will 6e Re-
moved- .
Postmaster General Vilos denies that he
sent a dispatch to Chicago touching the
threatened strike among the railway postal
clerks , as stated in Chicago. He says there
need bo no apprehension of a strike among
tho railway mall employes. It was possible
that a few clerks who felt that from their in
fancy they had no chance of remaining In the
service , had endeavored to eifect a combina
tion among tho older and more efficient men ,
but they had failed in their attempt The
official postal guide for May contains a notice
over the signature of tho postmaster general
that efficient and honest railway clerks who
have not turned their attention toward politi
cal service during their labors , need have no
fear of being disturbed in office. "That
declaration in regard to postal clerks
and their relation , " said tho post
master general , "has never been de
parted from in a single instance. I believe
one mistake was made , but when I discovered
it 1 restored the mon to tho service. There
have been a very cons'tlerablo number of re
movals made , but I think that no less than
three-quarters , or perhaps nine-tenths of
them , were made because of inefficiency ; be
cause they wore not good clerks ; becauso
they were what Is known in the service as
dead-wood. A very limited percentage have
been removed becauso they were partisans.
Itisnot unlikely that many clerks who were
removed for inefficiency havo reported at
their localities that they were removed for
partisan reasons , but tho truth Is as I have
stated. Examinations just completed show
that during tho months of March and April
the morale of the service has greatly im
proved , and better results have never been
obtained in an examination.
Strange a ud Terrible Snlcldo of a Sa-
f
Saloon Keeper.
A Newport N. J. , dispatch says : Three
startling explosions , which just occurred ,
have completely blown up Renson'a liquor
saloon on Thomas street
The debris was hurled In all directions and
some half a dozen people badly cut and hurt
Joseph Renson , the owner of the place , was
found ( beneath the debris to the cellar terri-
3ly burnt and mangled. He had sat on a.
twentv-five pound key of gun-powder and ex-
jloded it He had two such kegs with which
ic told the city marshal he intended to blow
up himself and his place because everybody
was alter him. A razor was found by his side
covered with blood. The fire brigade quickly
extinguished the flames caused by the exnlo-
Elon. 'Renson is at the hospital suffering ter-
'ible agony and slowly dying. Delirium tre-
ccens is given as the cause of his novel yet
determined act.
Hoio to Treat the Apaches.
Er-rjnited States Senator Edmunds G. Boss ,
lately appointed governor of New Mexico ,
expresses much sympathy for the suiferers
from.the Apache raid throughout New Mexi
co , and believes In radical and effective meas
ures for suppressing such raids in tho future.
He does not believe the heart of the Apaches
can be reached by tho customary liberal dis
tribution of food and clothing and the prom-
lee of protection by military authorities , but
that he is more susceptible to restraint from
fear of being shot or banged if he leaves tha
reservation and goes off on murderous raids.
Governor Boss says he trill do all he can to
bring the Apache raiders and murderers who
have been infesting southern New Mexico
Into the power of the civil authorities of the
territory for sncn trial and punishment as are
meted out to American citizens guilty of sim
ilar crimes.
Mus. THOMAS A. HENDRICKS ,
like Mrs. John A. Logan , has been by herself
almost a figure In politics. How much of his
success the Vice-President owes to his wife
will never be known. Mr. Hendricks married
,
two years after his admission to the bar , but
the union was blessed with only one child , a
boy who died in 1857. Mrs. Hendricks is 50
years 3 of age.
GENERAL NEWS AND NOTES.
Matters of-Interest Touched Upon liy Press
News Gatherers.
Seventeen year locusts in countless
numbers have made their appearance In Fay-
ette county , 111. The pests have already be
gan work on the fruit 'orchards ana farmers
are beginning to view them with serious ap
prehensions.
At the stockholders' meeting of the
Chicago , Milwaukee & St Paul railway com
pany , the old board of directors and Phil D.
.
Armour , of Chicago , was chosen to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of S. S. MerrilL
The directors' meeting resulted In the elec
1li 1t of Alexander Mitchell as president , Ju
lius Wadsworth as vice president , John B.
Dumont as second vice president , and Eos-
well Miller as general manages
Schneider , charged with the murder
of his mother , at Dantown , Ohio , October
31st , has made a full confession of his unnat
ural crime.
A telegram from Bonham , county
seat of Fannin county , Texas , says Sam and
Ed. Dyer , the murderers of Sheriff Ragsdale
and Deputy Sheriff Buchanan , in jail awaiting
trial , were taken out by a mob of masked
men and hung to a tree 300 yards from the
jail. There were upwards of 100 men who
called on the jailor and no one was identified.
The coroner's jury returned a verdict of death
from strangulation at the hands of unknown
parties.
Over a thousand men ana. rsys made
a raid upon the Salvation Army at Akron , 0. ,
pelting the soldiers with mud and stones ,
tearing their flags to pieces , and destroying
their drums. Several women soldiers were
assaulted and quite badly injured before the
police dispersed the mob.
The Boston police raided three of
the city poolrooms , where most of the base
ball gambling is done , and arrested ten seller3
of tickets and seized all the paraphernalia.
Proprietors of several hotels at the
White Mountains have invited Grant and his
family to spend the next summer with them.
Colonel Fred Grant in acknowledging the
invitation says : "General Grant requests
me to say that he does not believe it wil1
be possible for him to accept an Invita
tion. His health Is so bad and he Is
so weak that it Is now a great question with
aim to arrange as to whether he can get to
Mount McGregor , but should his health im
prove he will visit Mount Washington with
jreat pleasure. "
Hi ports to President Strasser , of the
International Union , from unions all over the
United States and Canada , show a slight im
provement in the cigar trade which has been
affected by the general depression. The sales
of cigars during the month of May just passed
n-ere 5,000,000 less than for the corresponding
period of 1884. But two strikes are now in
progress , one at Hamilton , Ont , and another
at Covington , Ky.
James Hazzard , the man who acted
as decoy for Odium when the latter took his
fatal leap from the Brooklyn bridge , has been
found guilty on a charge of aiding and abetE
ting Odium to his insane attempt , and 'sen
tenced to eight months imprisonment His
counsel obtained a stay of the proceedings
and will carry this case to the appellation.
Intelligence is received of a bloody
riot at a negro camp meeting at Zion church ,
Yoik county , S. C. , caused by whisky and ri
valry between the city and the country ne
groes. The conflict raged over an hour , and at
its conclusion there were three dead and
twenty more orless Injured. The country ne-
erop&jetaincd possession of the field.
Fifty-three of the memorial stones
for ( the Washington monument , which have
many years been stored away , have been se-
.cted to be placed on the interior wall of the
structure. The selected stones are those pre
sented by foreign countries , the states and
territories , and Masonic and I. O. O. F. and a
temperance societies. They are to be placed
on the walls between the heights of 160 and *
240 feet , and are to be cut down to thin slabs
of four to eight inches to thickness and too
sorted in cuts made to the walls so that they
not project.
Scandal in the Treasury Department ,
The first scandal under the new administra
tion was whispered In department circles the
other day , says a Washington dispatch. Frank
Snyderwas a machinist in the treasury de
partment , and Emma Lane , a miss , was a
clerk In the waste paper department. They
were surprised a few days ago in a rather
suspicious , too intimate relationship by Chiel
Clerk Swanze , and , having no satisfactory ex
planation at hand , were promptly discharged.
Miss Lane is a handsome brunette , with a
good figure and quite stylish in her dress , and
Snyderis a married man and the father of
two children. His wife has refused to forgive
bis offense , and he has left tbe city. Miss
Lane and Snyder were employed during the
administration of Mr. Arthur.
APhiladelphian went to a. physician
with what he had feared was a hope
less case of heart disease , but was re
lieved on finding out that the creaking ed
sound which he had heard at every
deep breath was caused by a little pul
ley on his patent suspenders.
TUB most popular cure among poli-
ticiana The sine-cure.
HERE AND THERE.
Matters of Greater or Zeiser Import Trans
mitted by Telegraph ,
Ex-Governor Hale , of Massachu
setts , has failed with large liabilities. Hlj
house in Keene and his Interest to the Keens
Chair Co. , have been attached with clalmi
amounting to over 5100,000. It Is reportec
that the liabilities may reach a million.
A fanner living near Curran , HI. ,
went to Springfield with 250 letters which ha
found concealed under a hay stack on hi
farm. He has given them to the postmaster.
The letters bear date of April 8th , and con
tain a number of money orders and a draft
for § 10COD. Train robbery Is the only appar.
ent explanation of the mystery. No notlfl
*
cation of mall having been lost had prevl
ously been received at the Springfield post-
office.
office.Myriads
Myriads of young grasshoppers , evi
dently just hatched out to the warm sand ,
have made their appearance on the south
side of the Arkansas river opposite Canon
City. There are probably 200 acres literally
covered with young hoppers. It is said , how
ever , that the Insects are not the much
dreaded locusts , and will be incapable of do-
toe much damage.
General Crook telegrapns General
Sheridan that the Indians passed Duncan on
the night of the 4th tost , gotos south. They
were well mounted and traveling fast. He
states that it now looks as if the only chance
Is that the troops at Gaudalou can intercept
them. Capt Crawford with 0 scouts will pur.
sue them. A dispatch from Col. Bradley , of the
5th tost , states that the hostiles have left the
mountains and are moving south. Lieutenant
Walsh reports that a telegram from Globe In
dicates that the Indians are stealing stock In
that vicinity. He will send out at once to as
certain , and will order the Indians to for an
other count General Cook states that tha
following number of people were killed by
Indians : At Silver City , 5 at Camp Vincent ,
two old men at Croftoiv 3 to Blue , and around
AltoaT.
Spring "Wheat Prospect More Favorable.
The June crop report of the department of
agriculture shows an increase In the cotton
area of from five to six per cent. The plant
is healthy in growth and nearly average , the
stand good , the general average is 93 , which
6i
is ; higher than in three preceding years to
June. The condition of winter wheat is re-
corted lower than ever before in June. The
general percentage declined from 70 in May to
52. The averages in the different states are :
New York 91 , Pennsylvania 64 , Ohio 56 ,
Michigan 94 , Indiana C3 , Illinois 40 , Missouri
52 , Kansas 56 , California 53.
In some states there has been a creator loss
of area than was anticipated in preious re
ports. The average yield will evidently be
less than ten bushels per acre. The probable
product of the winter wheat states , according
to these returns , is reduced to about two huri -
dred and seven million bcshels , but none of
the territories arc included in the winter
wheat area. The report of spring wheat is
more favorable. The disposition last autumn
to reduce its breadth on account of low prices
was checked by the loss of winter wheat area
and later by the British-Russian war rumors.
Substantially the same _ area has been seeded
as last year , there having been about eleven
million acres In northern New England , Wis
consin , Minnesota , Iowa , Nebraska , and all
the territories. The percentage of last year's
area is 1)5 ) in Wisconsin , 99 in Minnesota , 102
93 In Nebraska , and 103 in Dakota.
The condition of spring wheat is 97 and indi
cates a crop of about one hundred and fifty-
three million bushels. The average for Wis
consin is 88 , Minnesota 94 , Iowa 100 , Nebraska
102 , Dakota 101. The per cent reported therc-
; ore ' indicates a wheat crop of three hundred
and sixtv millions of bushels , twenty-three
million bushels smaller than that of 18S1. The
general condition of rye is S3. The area of
Barley Is nearlv the same as in 1834 and av
erage of condition is 89. The acreage of oats
las increased four per cent and average of
condition is 94. Corn will be reported to July ,
but voluntary returns indicate an increase of
area.
THE TTHEAX SHORTAGE.i
Illinois TTittNiit Harvest Over Ten Million
Bushels Hie Shortage In Other Stales.
Secretary Mills of tho Illinois state board of
agriculture , has Issued an advance sheet of
the Illinois crop reportforthe month of June ,
based upon reports of correspondents repre
senting each township in this state. The in
dications are , from these reports , that the
wheat Top will be less than ten million
bushels this year. The report goes on to
state the following information concerning
winter wheat prospects compiled from re
ports coming from all parts of tho state
Tho average condition of winter wheat in tho
northern , central and southern divisions of
the state Is not as good as on tho first day of
April. The farmers of the central and south
ern divisions are still engaged in plowing up
winter wheat that gives no promise of re
turning expense of harvesting. It is shown
t > y the reoort that less than half the area
seeded to grass lost fall in the northern divis
ion of the state will bo harvested. Over two-
thirds of tho late seeding of wheat m tho
central division has been plowed up and less
than one-half the wheat in the southern
counties has been left standin In a lanro
number of counties there will not be
enough wheat harvested for seed and
consumption. The condition of winter
wheat is up to the average in
two counties in the state , viz : Kcnduli and
Stark. The prospects for wheat have not im
proved in the northern counties since April
18,38S5. The condition for winter wheat gave
encouragement for 73 per cent of an average
field In the northern division. 74 per cent May
18 , and 78 per cent June 18. The June report
of winter wheat in tho northern division has
not been as discouraging for many years aa
at present The central division is not as
premising as on May 1. and there will not be
three-quarters crop. Toe average In vari
ous counties has not been more than ten to
thirty ' per cent In the southern division the
> er cent has been decreased from 58 per cent ,
he average crop on April 1 , to 42 per cent
June ! . Altogether tho report Is very dis
couraging , and it is estimated that not suffi
cient wheat will bo harvested for home con to
sumption.
The Ohio state board of agriculture from
official and private dispatches from the prin
cipal wheat states estimates tho probable
shortage at 180,000,000 bushels as compared
with nre years' average. Of this shortage
118,000,000 bushels is found in the six great
winter states of Ohio , Indiana , Illinois , Mis on
souri , Kansas and California , which is on a
five-year average yield of 203,000,000 bushels.
As compared with last year , the shortage is
over 23U.OOO.OOO.
Sympathy for JZfoZ.
In the house of commons at Ottawa Mr.
WilfredLaurler , a French-Canadian member , a
called the attention of the government to the
cruel treatment reported to be Inflicted on
Biel in his imprisonment at Begina. .Mr.
Lautier thought there was no necessity for
iUel's being manacled with a ball and chain
attached to his ankle. Sir John MacDonald
lointcd out the lack of a safe place of impris
onment at Retdna , but said that he would tel
egraph for information and if Biel was treat
with unnecessary severity the matter
would be remedied. Archbishop Tache re
turned here yesterday evening from Winni
ng. He denounces tbe folly of Kiel's con
duct and has no sympathy with the rebel. He
regards him as an evil to .the church and a "
dangerous man In any community where he
cam develop his ambitious vagaries. "
\
KEY. MR. 2JEECKER REWARDED.
The Appointment of His Son as Collector of
Customs Tlio Opposition to Senator Ed
munds. '
"Washington special : The appointment of
Capt H. F. Beecher , son of the Her. H. W.
Beecher , as collector of customs of the PugeS
Sound district , Is not pleasing , It appears , to
the democeats of the northwest Judge Kuha ,
of Port Townsend , was endorsed for the ap
pointment by the democrats generally o
Washington territory , and also by many lead-
Ing party men of Oregon. Kuhn la an old-
time democrat and has been a leading spirit In
the party of the northwest. He Is a member
of the national committee from Washington ,
and has been an Indefatigable worker for his
party. He was backed by the democrats and
Beecher by the mugwumps. The leading
democrats of Washington territory have said
that the appointment of Beecher would de
moralize the democracy of thenorthwcst ; that
Beecher was never anything but a republican
and does not now profess to be a democrat ;
that to set aside an old party veteran like
Kuhn for a man who docs not even profess to v
belong to the party would disgust the demo- v > ]
crats of Washington and Oregon. Such rep
resentations by the prominent Washington
territory democrats Induced the leading mem
bers of congress of that party to unite In ad
vising the appointment ofKuhn. . It was
charged br the democrats and they reiterate It
now , that Beecher based his claims only upon
the services his father had rendered Cleve
land.
Tbeie Is some talk of opposition to the re
election of Senator Edmunds for the term
which will begin with March , 1S87 , based on
his allqged intlilTcrence toward the republican
national ticket at the last presidential elec
tion. The legislature which will elect a suc
cessor to Edmunds will be chosen In Septem
ber , 183(5 ( , and reports come from Vermont
that a movement Is on foot to elect a man
other than Edmunds. This movement Is
treated lightly by the friends and admirers of
the Vermont statesman , who regard him as
invincible , but there can be no doubt of the
earnestness of those who are engaged In it ,
ana the fact that such an opposition exists
shows that there Is decided hostility to Ed
munds In consequence of his unfriendliness
toward the national republican candidates.
This feeling against Edmunds is not confined
to Vermont , and should the opposition la that
state develope any reasonable measure of
strength it would receive such encouragement
from the outside as would seriously threaten ,
if not actually prevent , the re-election of Ed
munds. With the expiration of his present
term , which will occur In March , 1877 , Ed
munds will have served In the senate twenty-
one years. He entered the senate upon an ap
pointment from the governor to succeed Solo- * j
mon Foote , who died in March , 1836 , and was fjj
subsequently elected by the legislature to (1
serve the remainder of Mr. Foote's term. V
Since then he has been re-elected three times ,
prrctically withoutopposition. John Sherman
is the only member of the senate who ante
dates Mr. Edmunds , although his colleague ,
Mr. Merrill , and several other senators nad
several years service in the house prior to the
appearance of Edmunds In the senate.
AN APPEAL TO THE PRESIDENT.
Arizona Citizens Aslcfor Government Aid in
Sttppresiing the Sfurdfrotts Apaches.
Tombstone ( Arizona ) dispatch : A courier
arrived from Bisbee this morning with intelli
gence that the Apaches killed W. A. Daniels ,
mountain Inspector of customs , a short dis
tance from Bisbee last night On receipt of
this information at Bisbee an - armed force
started in pursuit of the Indians. A courier
was dispatched here for assistance , and two
well-armed parties , numbering fifty volun
teers , started after the Indians to-day. Tho
following message was forwarded to-day :
"TOMBSTONE , June 10. To Graver Cleveland ,
Prudent of the United Slates , Washington , 2 ? .
C. : About 100 Indians from San Carlos have -f I ]
been riding over the country for the last week ,
destroying property and killing our ranchers.
Last night W. A. Daniels , mounted custom t
Inspector , was killed six miles north of Bis- i
bee. There are plenty of soldiers , but they
are incompetent to do anothing. Can you not
help us ? K. S. Hatch , sheriff ; A. Zutter.
county treasurer ; A.T.Jones , county record
er ; John Montgomery , chairman of the board
of supervisors ; John C. Easton , collector of
customs ; John P. Glum , postmaster. "
In a telegram dated Fort Bayard , N. M. ,
June Gth , Col. Bradley states that it Is certain
that hostile Apaches "are making for Mexico
by way of Stein's Peak range. Troops and
scouts are stationed in Stein's Pass , Doubtful
Canyon and the San Losis valley to intercept
them. Under date of Demlng , June 8th , Gen.
Crook telegraphs as follows : Preparations to
operate against the hostiles In accordance
with my telegram of the 5th should be made
with the least possible delay , In my
judgment As a rule the Indians have only
killed citizens to get arms , etc. , but If , after
Eom of their number have been killed , the
Indians : are driven back into the United States ,
there ] is no estimating how much damage they
will likely do. A number of people are living
In the mountains , and their property interests
have increased enormously since the victory ,
so that If the Indians meet among the moun
tains again such a wail will go up as was
never before heard. An earlv reply is requested
which will serve to Instruct me as to the in
tentions of the government but I desire to
reiterate that delay is extremely danserous. "
In transmitting this dispatch Gen. Pope says
that he has complied with Gen. Crook's re- . .
quest to the extent of his power and submits '
the matter for the action of the war depart
ment In another dispatch from Deming ,
Gen. Crook says : "From the report of Lieut.
Davis , just received , it Is possible that all the \
Indians have crossed the railroad , having got
past the troops in Stein's pass , except a party
of six or seven bucks and a few women and
children under Mongus , who left the main
party In the Mogonollen mountains. This /
party Is now west of Hillsboro , moving south , '
with Capts. Chaffee and Wallace ou the trial. /
The scouts think that the main part of tho '
women and children are already in Mexico , '
though It Is possible that Lawton mayinter-
cent them. " I
Great Damage 10 Bandings and Gro re-
Ins Crops.
A dispatch from RIchland Centre , WIs. ,
says : A terrific hail and wind storm swept \j \
over this county doing tremendous damage to < j
growing crops , stock , timber , houses , and i
other buildings. The storm was wide to ex- , ,
tent and passed west to east In many places , .
wheat , oats , corn , and all growing vegetation :
was literally pulverized and driven into the I
ground. Incredible as it may seem , hailstones
fell that by actual measurement were a foot j
circumference. Many sheep , hogs , and
calves were killed and cattle and horses badly
bruised bv the falling hail. Roofs of build-
inss were"splintered and scattered. In sev
eral instances the hailstones went clear
through roofs. Thousands of lights of glass
the sides of buildings exposed to the storm
were broken. The storm rased with great
fury for over an hoar , and it its cessation the
hail covered the ground In inany places to the
depth of several inches. The wind also did
great damage by unroofing buildings , uproot-
in" trees , and destroying timber. Lightning
struck and burned a house in the town of
Bockbridie. None of the occupants were In
jured. It is impossible to estimate the dam-
e done thronzhout the country , but it is
great The storm was the worst ever known
"WHEN a man comes out of a dentist's
office and says that he has just lost a
tooth from forceps circumstances , the
joke may be poor enough , J it cannot
be called tooth in.
A PATHEB of three sons and five
daughtersvas asked what family he
had. The answer-was : "I have three
sons and they have each five sisters. "
"Mercy ! " replied the interrogator ,
"aichtt family ! "