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THE TRIBUNE. JF. M. & K. 31. K13I3IEI.I , , Pub * . McCOOK. i : : : NEB NEWS OF NEBEASKA BIDDERS ON STATE BUILDINGS. A Lincoln special says : The board of public lands and buildings to-day opened the sealed pro- posals from contractors on the erection o two family buildings and a workshop at tho Kearney reform school , making certain im provements and putting in heating appa ratus at the Home for tho Friendless , and erecting a building for the Institute of the Feeble Minded at Beatrice. The bids for the erection of the Institute of the Feeble Minded were as follows : F. S. Potvin , Lincoln $45.840 S. J. Collins , Eock Island 49,000 John Lanham , Crete 45,55i B. H. Saulsbury , Lincoln 45,444 J. W. Atkinson & Son , Beatrice. . . 51,000 Straub & Herman 45,895 James Downing & Co 49,000 Although E. H. Saulsbury's bid was the lowest , the contract has not as yet been awarded to him , the board holding the matter uner advisement for a time. The bids for the building at Kearney were as follows : S. J. Collins. Eock Island § 29,453 J. P. Davis , Sutton 28,025 O. A. Ayre , Kearney 25,600 F. S. Potvin , Lincoln 26,200 B. L. Wallace , Kearney 27,400 W. T. Scott , Kearney 27,987 James Downing & Co 29,995 The contract was awarded to 0. P. Payne , of Kearney. The following are the bids for the erection of a new building at the Home of the Friendless , and supplying the old buildiu with steam heating .apparatus : John Lanham , Crete $ 8,100 John Layne , Lincoln 8,785 F. S. Potvin , Lincoln 9.G80 James Downing & Co 11,000 The contract was awarded to John Lan ham. New school district bonds have been re ceived for registration and certiGcation as follows : District No. 75 , Antelope county $ 250 District No. 11 , Antelope county 4,775 District No. 7 , Cherry county 450 District No. 26 , Dixon county 580 District No. 38 , Douglas county. . . . . . 4,000 District No. 16 , Franklin county 407 District No. 44 , Holt county 1,000 District No. 101 , Saunders county. . 175 District No. 32 , Polk county 1.000 Tin : CoitrsHW.vs NOT THERE. Mrs. Johr , W. Alley , of Valentino , Neb. , lias liei-n in the city several days , the guest of L Ober- felder , tho Ilarney street millinery miiii. Mrs. Alley and her husband did not live peaceably together , and he had tlneatcned to take her life on several occahions , as claimed by her. She came to Omaha , where she was to remain a few days , and then go cast to stay for good. Yesterday morn ing Mrs. Alley received a telegram from Val entine stating that her biother , Geo. Bax ter , was dead , and advised her , to procmv : i casket and a suit of bin ial clothes ncl tome to Valentine on the first train. The telegram bore the signature of a reliable person. Mrs. Alley proceeded at once to Drexel < t Maul'sundortakingestablishinent , where she ordered a casket hurriedh trimmed and sent to the depot. She then hastened to a clothingstorc and purchased a black suit of clothes , all this time suffer ing great mental anguish over the bad intel ligence of the death of her nearestand dear est friend. At 10 o'clock she boarded ti Chicago , St. Paul , Minneapolis and Omaha train and started on her supposed t > ad journey. About 3 o'clock p. m. Mr. Oberfelder re ceived a telegram from the alleged corp-e , stating that he was still among the living , and that the man who had sent the forged telegram wasunderarrest ; also gave orders that his sister need not come. This mes sage set things agog , and Mr. Oberfelder im mediately sent a telegram to head off the woman and have her returnwith the coffin and clothes. Although the direct charge was not made , from what the reporter could learn , the whole matter was a job on the part of Alley , the husband , who is dy ing to have his wife return to Valentine , and used the unusual means as above indi cated to bring about his desires. Whether he wanted the woman to merely return to HVP with him. or whether his intention was to do something criminal , is not known. At any rate the exorbitant efforts on his part to have her come back would indicate that the man was either crazy orhad blood in his eye. Mrs. Alley returned to Ornaha with her funeral outfit and the coflin was taken back by the undertaker , where it was sold in less than an hour to another party. [ Omaha Herald. MISCELLANEOUS STATE MATTERS. BUMOKS of a morning paper in Hastings are rife. THE Methodist conference has generously offered to locate a college at Arapahoe pro- viding the citizens will donate the town plat and build the college. In the work of relaying its track from Omaha to Blair , the C. , St. P. , M. & 0. road has adopted a patent rail plate re cently invented , and said to be much supe rior to anything of the kind ever before used on western roads. It covers three ties and is fastened to them in such a man ner that the ties can "give a little" when trains are passing over them. A BOY stole a peach from Blalcck's fruit- stand in Beatrice , and passed two nights and a day in the county jail before he was examined. A EOT named Fellows , residing three miles west of Lincoln , was bitten by a rat tlesnake last vreek. Prompt medical at- iention saved his life. THE board of managers of the Gaeg county fair , at their meeting recently , de cided to add 120 feet to the cattle sheds to conform to those now built , and 124 feet of horse stalls. KITTT LAWRENCE has been jailed at Beat rice for keeping a house of ill-fame. CHARLKS BBOWN , residing near De Witt , had three horses legalJy executed because of glander indications. NEXT to Douglas county , Gage shows the greatest increase in population during the past five years , doubling from 13,164 to 26.164. AT Nelson. Nuckolls county , a young man stole"a team and buggy. He was hotly pursued , being overtaken at Superior , twelve miles distant. He isnow under bail of $1,000 and stands a fine chance of serving the state at Lincoln for a term o ! years. THE Tall trm ! of Doane college opens Wednesday , September 2. A NOHTII BEND special says : Nine miles from here , while a gang of men were noon ing to-day , a discussion arose concerning the social position of the negro. William Eapper said good naturedly to Alexander Kimbrough , "He is as good as you if he be haves himself as well. " Without a word Kimbrough arose and drove a chisel through Eapper's breast and rushed from the ecene. So sudden was the deed no one was able to interfere. Eapper expired in a moment. THERE is talk in Hastings of construct ing a largo skating rink , to be opened about the 1st of November. JOHN STRDND , Jacob Pyle and Frank Greek , convicts in tho state penitentiary , escaped from that institution at 6 o'clock on the night of the 27th through a hole in the foundry. They were seen cutting across the prairie at the time and fired on by the guard on the wall and pursuit made , but at this writing have not yet been captured. Struad is 25 years old , and was sent up for six years for burglary from Gage county in 1882 ; Pyle is 41 years old , and was sent up for rape fromFurnaseountyinl885 ; Greek if 26 years old , and was sent up for two and a half years for grand larceny from Cass county in 1884. A reward of § 50 each is offered for thoir capture. GRANVILLE SERVER suicided at Lincoln by shooting himself through the brain. Sickness and despondency was the cause. A DOG on the Whiting Bros , ranch went mad and bit several hogs and dogs before it was killed. One dog has since been at tacked with hydrophobia , and later one of the hogs went mad and tried to bite every thing around it , showing unmistakable signs of hydrophobia. It was promptly killed. A LARGE amount of wine was stolen from the residence of the Catholic priest at Eay- mond , and four citizens of that place named Hazelton , Dowling , Griffin and Minard were arrested for the offense and brought before Squire Brown , of Lin coln. Tho wine was paid for and the prose cution dropped. A LITTLE child of S. B. Chambers , resid ing near Blue Hill , accidently swallowed a dose of lye the other day and fears are en tertained that death will ensue. . . C. A. WINSOR , of Central City , has been hecn held for the next term of the district court for violation of the liquor laws. He was a bartender of a social club. It is said more arrests will follow. ARTICLES of incorporation of the Beatrice street ] ail way company have been filed. LINCOLN'S new .M. i _ . church , a fine an S costly structure , was dedicated last Sun day. day.LAST LAST Saturday , says the Tekama Her ald , Charlie Adams met with a most re markable escape. He and Freddie Smith were at the depot amusing themselves , as the train was'backing down , by bantering each other as to which could cross the track the greater number of times. Charlie tried it one time too many , and was Knocked down by the bumper. With won derful presence of mind , ho lay perfectly still and allowed the train to pass over him. He is so small that the cars did not iouch him , but a projection from the en gine caught in his clothing and begiin drag- png him. The result would certainly have seen fearful , but , providentially , tho dirt 3etwcen two ties was removed , and he dropped into the excavation , thus escap ing with only a very slight flesh w ound. THERE is a flattering outlook for a large attendance at the state fair , which com mences at Lincoln September 11 * THE stone for the new packing-house at Nebraska City was taken from the quar ries near South Aubuni. ED FENDER , of Friend , was arrested for placing a tie on the railroad east of town. ET.O was held for the next term of court in t § 500 bonds. ( EX-JUDGE BENEKE has been appointed < county clerk of Douglas county in place of i H. T. Leavitt , resigned. THE trunk and other personal effects of i Jeanette Shafer , the girl who committed suicide July 12 at the Eastern hotel in Omaha , have been shipped to her mother , at Waverly , N. Y. A LITTLE girl named Brewster , living a few miles west of Omaha , fell into a tub of water a few days ago and was drowned. The child was dead when discovered. TUB Boone county agricultural society have purchased twenty-five acres for per manent fair grounds. THE qestion of voting bonds to the ex tent of 525,000 to aid in putting in water works at Fremont will be voted on Septem ber 1. The opinion seems to prevail that the bonds will carry. THE prohibitionists of Adams county have put a county ticket in the field. AN extensive system of drainage is being inaugurated in Dodge county and will be especially applied to reclaiming the bottom lands along the Platte and in the confluence of the Platte and Elkhorn. The undertak ing is a vast one , and when it is completed 50,000 acres of choiceproductivelanda will be rendered arrable. NEMEHA county is shipping immense quantities of apples to all parts of the state. The crop is said to be very fine. HEIOIY SODTHWICK , a Lincoln carpentert fell a distance of sixteen feet from a build ing upon which he was working , striking on his head and shoulders , andreceiving _ in" juries which may prove fatal. THE Presbyterians of Oxford are putting ap a house of w irship that is to cost § 2- , 000. 000.BY BY the capers of an unmanageble horse , Mrs. Meirtz and her little daughter were thrown from a buggy and quite severely in jured. H. P. MA/DEX , near Ord , has lost seventy hogs out ol a drove of 105 , within the past few weeks , from some unknown disease. THE Seward Eeporter is authority lor 1 saying that a case will be made up and sub mitted to the supreme court in September , to settle the validity of the act concerning register o ! deeds. TALMAGEIS building a § 10,000 school Louse. A NEW bank is soon to be established at Guide Eock. NANCE county has organized an ag- cultural society and will hold a lair this fall. fall.THE THE First National bank , of Columbus , has increased its capital stock from § 50 , 000 to § 60,000. KEARNEY'S firemen , on return from the Grand Island tournament , where they won high honors , were giveu a grand reception and banquet. ZACUARIAH KIRK , an'old farmer of ( Ser bia precinct , Otoe county , tried to suicide with a penknife last week and was placed in jail for examination as to his sanity. It is said that his mind is affected through physical troubles and religion. THE Women's Christian Temperanca Union , of Omaha , have a small class ol Chinese , whom they are instructing tn re ligious ways. Their teacher says they learn very fast. A YOUNG man named Ashton , who had been working for tho American News com pany at Lincoln , embezzled § 38 of his em ployers' funds , and then lit out for , as h supposed , unknown parts. He was over hauled at Atchison , and taken back to th scene of his misdeeds. THEODORE LINDE has been arrested a Omaha for desertion from the army nin years ago , while stationed at Baltimore. THE St. Joe base ball club downed th Hastings Beds in two well-contested gamei last week at the latter place. THE Tribune , wants to know what would pay better in David City than a big brick hotel ? A YOI NP man in Buffalo county used a knife in killing a skunk last week. He wishes now , however , that he had used a forty-foot pole. THE late Buffalo county teachers' insti tute , at Kearney , was the most profitable and interesting ever held. The attendance was large. JOHN SHEA , .1 young man residing near Inland , Clay county , was killed by light ning last week. He was just finishing a stack of grain as the storm approached , and when about to descend , the bolt came. ADJUTANT-GENERAL BUSHNELR is - arrang ing for the encampment of the First regl nient Nebraska National guards , at Lin coln , September 15 to 19. A YOUNG man from Chicago who recently located at Edgar went with a company t > oys to the Blue swimming , and was Jrowned. It is said he plunged into the ivater head foremost , and striking some obstacle , broke his neck. THE clerks nt Lincoln who have been : opying census returns for the national : ensus bureau at Washington finished their work last week. * A CORRECTED census report of tho city of Hastings makes the population 7,080. EEV. GEORGE ALEXANDER , of Syracuse , ell through a trap door and sustained jome severe bruises which have laid him up or a time. THE OFFICE SEEKERS , Tlie President Enjoying Himself in tlin Adirondack * Plenty of Game and Good Grub. Plattsburg ( N. Y. ) dispatch : Notwith- .tanding the efforts of President Cleveland md Dr. Ward to keep the exact location of ; heir camp a secret from the outside world , : he irrepressible news gatherer , after a week's hard searching in the dark , old voods , has at last located the distinguished mrty near Willie's Point , as secluded a lit- ; le forest dell as the most romantic could telect. There a log hut found in the Adirondacks md called a "campo" was reached , and tho jresident and his camp companions , Dr. iVard and Mr. Bacon , were seen seated near ; he fire. The president , was seated on a ; ree stump. The president was naturally > vercome with surprise. Thea he arose rom his seat with a smile and said : "I as- mre you that my health is of the very jest. " Being informed that rumors of his llness had become prevalent , he looked th another smile at Mr. Ward and then lown at himself , and again asberted that ic was "in perfect health and had never felt aetter in his life. " The president seemed to have gained con siderable flesh sinco he entered the moun tains , but his manner betokened fatigue ind lassitude , the aiduous journey through ; he forest having exhausted him so much : hat for two days after reaching the camp 10 had been unable to freely move about. Che life that he is living in his retreat in the wilderness is evidently too much even for lim. It is totally unadapted to any but ; he hardiest woodsman. The president's party are quartered in a og cabin 27 feet long , 5J4 feet high anil ibout ten feet wide. It is divided in the niddle by partition. Therear of the cabin s used as a sleeping apartment by Mr. Cleveland and his friends ; the front divis- on is the storeroom and the bedroom for ; he guides. None of the occupants re- xiove their clothes at night. When ready : o retire they wrap themselves in a blank et and lie down on the ground , which is : overed with balsam boughs. A fire 5- > < ept burning outside the camp at night to ceep away the bears and catamounts. Eho president said they had discovered : > ear tracks near the camp. The party is attended by four guides , ivho are all on terms of easy familiarity ftith their employers. Hun tint ; ard fishing ire the principal occupation of the woods men. Tho president is more addicted to the latter , and says he cares very little for shooting. He does not fish with the fly , is he thinks he can catch mote trout with jait. At night the camp indulge in jack muting , the most unique and the weirdest iport to be found in the Atlirondacks. ihe whole tenor of the life in the camp is kvild and primitive in the extreme. Mr. Cleveland's attire was not as pic turesque or conventionally appropriate as that of his companions. He wore trous- jrs and waistcoat of black diagonal j.oods , 3vidently belonging to a worn out dinner 3uit.The trousers needed sewing. His shirt was of dark blue flannel and for a cravat he wore a piece of heavy , dark ribbon. His hat was of dark felt with a very broad rim. He dispensed with a coat jven on the coolest days. JSo , 441 on the United States su > remi ! court docket is the celebrated klyra Cl.ir c Gaines case with the city > f New Orleans , which has had to pay en thousand dollars to print the mass f ev'dence , weighing in manuscript wo hundred pounds. GENERAL NEWS AND NOTES. Mitten of Interest Touched Upon 6y Preta Neica GaiJmrcrs. The Northwestern Lumber Dealers' Asso ciation , with representatives from Iowa , Illinois , Minnesota and Wisconsin , met at St. Paul. Investigation reveals the fact that less lumber Is left over this season than last , and a resolution was passed advancing rates $1 per thousand on all grades. In St. Charles parish , Louisiana , on the 21st , a lot o colored field hands took refuge under a tree during a storm. Lightning struck the tree , killing five of them. Maxwell , the alleged murderer of Preller , appeared before acting Judge , Fountleray. in the court of criminal correction St Louis , Aug. 21st and was not asked to plead , as Judge Fountleray temporarily filling Judge Noonan's place In this court. Is one of Max well's counsel. The case Is set for prelimi nary hearing Sept. 22. Maxwell displayed some agitation when he.arose to enter his plea of "not guilty. " Hon. John l. Martin , his attorney , asked for and was granted a continuance until Sept Sad , when the case will come before Judge Noonan. The line of defense lias not yet been divulged. A special from Talledega , Ala. , says : In that county J. H. McGowan , killed and dressed a pig for a barbecue. His three chil dren aged 11 , 9 and 4 years of age , saw the process of the butchering of the Dig. The next day McGowan left home and the children agreed to repeat the process of the day before. Having no pig the older children proposed to butcher the youngest child. They cut its throat , hung up by the heels as the pig had been humr , and were proceeding to dis" embowel it when their mother discovered the horrible tragedy. Sam Maivels , white , while intoxicated on the streetin , Waldo Texas , w as very boisterous. Ills brother William came along and persuad" ed him to go home , saying : "Sam you're too full to be on the street. " Sam exclaimed , ' Full am I ? Then I'll make you full. " Draw , ng his pistol he shot his brother three times In the abdomen. His brother at last accounts was dying. Sam escaped. Phillip Xssh , a miner , was killed at Lead" ville by Hardy Kirby , wLo struck him with an ax on the neck , nearly cutting his head off- The men quarreled over mining matters. Nash claiming that Kirby was trespassing on Ins- ground. Kirby became tnrascd , seized an a\ and dealt Nash one blow. Kirby UeJ but re' turned to Leadvillf and surrendered. He ha been prominent as a ward politician. THK SEAT OF GOVERNMENT. Xfiseettancow Matters of Interest at On Na tional Capital. COMMISSIONER THOMAN says Edward Eowe , assistant appraiser , has been ap pointed a member of the local board of ex aminers , of the New York Customs district , vice C. A. Stevens , resigned. He says Mr. Eowe has been for twenty years a member of the board of education for the city ol Brooklyn. He is a gentleman of high char acter and fine attainments. His selection was made in a manner most satisfactory to the commission , and highly crediable to Appraiser McMullen. He will enter upon his duties as examiner upon the comple tion of tho pending examinations in the customs service , during which Mr. Stevens will continue to serve. THE recent order of the commissioner of internal revenue for the release of spirits shipped from Peoria to Philadelphia , and there seized for ie-c-xamination , applied also to spirits from the same city seized in New York and Baltimore , where similar ex aminations were made. General Sewall , chief of the revenue agents , who conducted the investigation at Philadelphia , has just returned to Washington. He says to-day that the government officers had success fully accomplished all they set out to do. There were charges that the Peoria distill ers were defrauding the government by fraudulent gauging. THE acting postmaster general has ap pointed the following named fourth-class postmasters : In Hlinois : Salad Springs , W. D. Dillman ; Thomasborough , Jos. J. Matheny ; Fisher , Sas. Lynch ; Georgetown , Mrs. Laura Blanchard ; Indianola , J. J. Healy ; Ludlow , Sarah Proctor ; Latona , J. J. Paimer ; Dewitt , CharlesEichtcr ; Eankin , J. L. McCauley ; Altamont , W. S. Holmes. In Iowa : Macedonia , Marion Ashley ; Col- man , W. S. Bass. In Nebraska : Peru , W. B. Purviance. THE report of Gen. Miles upon the condi tion of the Southern Utes in Colorada was received by the interior department , and tho commissioner of Indian affairs immedi ately instructed the agent to secure sup plies for the Indians. The bureau officers say the trouble was caused by a deficiency in the appropriations for the purchase of [ ood supplies. The department endeavored to distribute the amount of the appropria tions throughout the fiscal year , but , to avert starvation among the Indians , it has been found necessary to expend the limited amount set apart for each quarter and rely upon congress to make good the deficiency. In the caae of the Southern Utes there is an interest fund that can be used for the pur chase of food when the regular appropria tion is exhausted. Supplies amounting to 10,000 pounds of beef and 3,000 pounds of flour will be issued weekly to these Indians. ZZFTYG XZ/CB A BEAST. Bad Condition of an Insane Youth Wlio Tool ; to the Forett. Eric ( Pa. ) dispatch : A couple of years ago Powell Stahl , of Conneaut township , arose from a sick bed with his mind very much shattered , and in a short time there after he left his father's house and wan dered away. His parents , who are well off in this world's goods , used every means to ascertain his whereabouts , but failed. A few weeks ago the wretched-lo.oking individual made his appearance in the woods near the Stahl homestead. Neighbors who caught H , glimpse of the man in the woods say it is Powell Stahl , but no one is able to come near to him , as he acts like a wild animal and flees before any approach. He is par tially naked and has been seen to eat twigs and leaves. An effort will be made' to capture the demented young man , when he will be sent to the state asylum. Only a few years ago Powell was one of the most promising young men in the neighborhood and was quite a beau. His wild , nude and half-starved condition is frightful to every person living in the neighborhood. ALLEGED POISOXIXG CASE. A Prominent Citircn of Kansas DIoi from Poison Supposed to Have Been Ad ministered by His Young "Wife. Empo la , Kansas , has been In a state of ex citement on account of the sensational death of J. R. Walkup president of the city council and acting mayor , who died under ilrcum- stances which indicate that his sudden taking off Is due to poisoning , believed to hive been administered by his young wife. Deceased had long been a oromlnent citizen of that vicinity , havinff lived there since boyhood _ He had been married twice , and only ona month a < ro wedded a third wife a vivacious and beautiful New Orleans girl named Mln- nia Wallace , but 19 years of ae. , Walkup , who was 49 , met the yo ng lady white visit ing the New Orleans exposition last spring. A few days ago he was taken ill , an J attacked at intervals with spasms. It was thought that his sickness was caused by eating free'y of cove oysters , supposed to be i olsoncd canned goods. He recovered p rtia.ly , but in a day or two was down again , and had convulsions at intervals. Friends had become alarmed and suspicious , and finally refused to let the wife at tend her sick husband shu bav ins : insisted on caring for him alone and hav ing almost forbidden the neighbors to come into the house. After his death exitcment among citizens led to a postmortem examina tion , which was held by Drs. Moore. Jacobs , Pago , Harrison and loncannon. The stom ach and intestines were found in a congested state with indications of corrosive poison. At the coroner's inqui st , it was developed that Mrs. Walkup had lately visited half a dozen different drug stores for the purpose of pet ting strychnine and arsenic , and succeeded In purchasing it in several instance * , cl iim- Injr the drills were for the complexion and for removing stains from silli dresses. A con M- erable quantity of aisenie was found in tue wife's room. The coroner's jurv Instructed the sheriff to hold Mrs. Walkup "in cnstodv. The young widow Is self possessed. Mrs. Walkup is in charge of a deputy sheriff at her residence. She has retained Hon. W. W. Scott as her counsel. Her telerrams to New Orleans were an swered to the ellect that ber mother , Mrs. K. Wallace , w ho is at present cuite | ill , can not come at once , but tint Mr. Finlav , her broth- er-ln Jaw , had started for Emporia. Quite a number of telegrams expressing sympathy and offering assistance from Influential friends In New Orleans , Lonsr Branch , N. J. , nnd other points , were received by Mrs Wal'cup. A reporter called upon Mrs. Walk- up , and foun 1 her making her mourning clothes. She remarked : ' They sav Go J pun ishes peoo'e wlio sew on Sun-lay , but I guess He will not punish me , as this is a case of necessity. " She remaincollected. . When asked if she had any fenrs as to the result of the trial , sbe sal 1 she bad not. She talks freelv on any topic of conversation Intro duced and seems as little concerned as any person in the eitv. Excitement is still run ning high , but public sent ! nent is evenly di vided. Everyone is anxiously awaiting the verdict of the coroner's jury , as the woman is expected to ive her testin onyr as is also her cousin. As she his had nothing to say in re gard to the case , her testimony is awaited with considerable interest. FR03IEASTTO THE WEST. J Circular From Commissioner Fatlhorn Regarding Freight Rates. Commissioner J. N. Faithorn , of the Western Freight association gives notice ' that on and after September 1,18S3 , and ' until further notice , business destined to Council Bluffs , la. , Omaha , Lincoln , David City , Columbus , Central City , Hastings , Grand Island , Kearney , Beatrice , Blue Springs , Fremont , Norfolk , Neb. , or any point reached via the Union Pacific railway in Nebraska or Wyoming , delivered tolines in the association at junction points orig inating at common points in the states of .New York , Pennsylvania , Ohio and West Virginia may be forw irded upon the fol lowing basis : The lines upon which the traffic originates are at liberty to quote from competitive points in New York , Pennsylvania , Ohio and West Virginia to any point on the Mississippi river , Du- buquc , la. , to Hannibal , Mo. , inclusive , the rates and classification which may be cur rent from such common points to East St. Louis , provided that such rates to theMis- sissippi river are divided so as to allow tho lines in this association from the point of delivery to the Mississippi river propor tions based upon the percentages adopted by the Cleveland meeting last week. Busi ness subject to the Western Freight associ ation , originating east of Buffalo , Suspen- pension Bridge , Block Eock , Dunkirk , Erie , Salamanca , Pittsburg , Wheeling or Parkersburg , at points which do not take seaboard rates , charged at local rates to the terminal points named and rebilled from there , may be treated the same as business originating at those ter minal points , so far as relates to the rates and divisions thereof to the Mississippi river. The rates to bo applied from the east bank of the Mississippi river to ooints in the territory described above will be shown in tariff No. G , from St. Louis , ex cepting on salt , C. L. , rates upon which will be 15 cents per 100 pounds from the Mis sissippi river to Council bluffs and Omaha. For the convenience of figuring divisions of the rates to the Mississippi river , the fol lowing rule has been established : All frac tions under 25-100 of one cent to be dropped , and 25-100 and less than 7G-100 to be called one-half a cent , 70-100 or over to be called one cent. Commissioner J. W. Midgley has issued similar circulars regarding business from the middle states over the lines in tho Southwestern Eailroad association , Color ado-Utah association , or Pacific Coast as sociation. CHRONICLES BY OABI E. aitecellaneoua matters of Interest Pertaining to ForeignCountrict , Information has been received of a grca * massacre at Berber. The populace are starv ing and have seized tbe city treasury. An officer of the Lima Government troops , who after two days imprisonment managed to escape from Canta , says that a number of Caserist troops engaged on the 15th was l.r.OO v ith four guns. Tiier lost 203 men. Two hundred and forty men of the defeated bat talions have succeeded in reaching Lima. All of the north coast is in the hands of the Gov ernment and free from the Mcmteneros. General Lord Wolseley having been asked about the truth of Rochefort's story that Oliver Paine had a price put on bis bead by the British in the Soudan and was executed bv them , replied thit no reward was ever of fered by the British for Paine , and that no British officer in the Soudan would have given five shillings for Palne's head on or off his shoulders. The cholera in Marseilles Is spreading. Thirty localities are now infected. One hun. dred and forty deaths frcm the disease occur red on the 21st Heir Windtnorst , leader of the German clerical party , will take an active part In the meeting of the German Catholics to be held In Munster , Prussia , next month. He will urge the formation of a union of Catholics throughout the world for the defense of their rights and the privilege of the church. The project is favored by the Vatican. Dr. Kevin Izod O'Doherty , who was , r.inf- nent in the Irish movement of 1SJS , arrived 1m Dublin after twenty-five 3 cars exile In Austra lia. He was received with great enthusiasm and tendered the freedom of the city , The- honor was obtained from the corporation oa motion of Michael Davitt. A riot occurred at Londonderry on the 21st , owiug to ill-feeling between the citizens anci troops. A party of forty soldiers hud a scrim mage with the civilians and overpowered them. The defeated party obtained reinforce ments and drove the soldiers to their barracks- The picket guard charged the crowd with fixed , bayonets and finally dispersed them. Order was restored at a late hour. Several persons , were injured , but none seriously. OF SPECIAL. Xtw Sereicr to Go Into Operation on the 1st of October Instructions to Postmas ters. Circular letters have been mailed from Washington to postmasters giving general instructions regarding the special delivery system that is to be inaugurated October 1 at about six hundred postoffices through out the United States. After reciting tht > law governing this matter , the lettersgivo- a list of instructions , in substance aa fol lows : The service contemplated by the law re quires that all special delivery letters shall reach their address with the greatest pobbi- blo expedition after the letters arrive. All mails arc to be opened immediately upon their arrival at the oflice and lettera bear ing special deliver ; selected out of all mai Grst. The postmaster , in addition to stamping them , is required to number all aucli letters and enter them according to. number in it record bqok prepared espe cially for that purpose. Next they are dis patched by messenger boy to their final destination. In all this the instruction * call attention to the farct that thu utmost expedition is required so that not a mo ment shall bo lobt from the time the mail bag is opened which can be employed to- hasten the letter to its address. Like dili gent attention must be given to drop let- tens bearing special delivery stamps , for the- tinje they are deposited in thu postolHciv On return of the messenger , the : times of de livery , and the name of the person who re ceipts for the letter , are to be' at once en tered in the record book , or if notdelivered , 3r if any delay shall occur in delivery , the- reason must be promptly Htatetheiuin , md a particular note made of whatever 5s > subsequently done with such letter. For the first day of October next , as. : nany messenger boys , as in the postmas ter's judgment will be necessary to m-cure- the prompt delivery of special letters are t v je provided , and others added from time t > lime as the business may demand. Their ! crices will be neccbsary only for a. brief time after the arrival of any nmil , but : u iroper force must be ready forall mails ar- iving before 7 a. m. and 12 midnight. Each messenger , before he enters thecr - rite , will be required to take a prescribed jath , and it is particularly requested that lonebut reputable , active and intelligent joys , in no case under the ago of 13 years , ) c employed. Substitute letter carriers , vhen not on duty as such , may be used to lo messenger service in the special delivery md receive thesamecompenaationasother iiessengert ) . The messengers are not to b > > miformod now , except in special CSIHCH. A ilace will be provided for them in the post- jflice , separate from the other tlepnrt- nents. Each messenger will be provided with a Iclivery book , in which will be entered thu- lumber and address of each letter. Very ; rcat caie is provided for in thu instrnc- : ions relative to the recording of letters. If i letter can be expeditiously delivered by a. egular carrier on his trip , such letter will ) e turned over to him. The pay to mcbsen- ; ers is limited to S30 per month. Two ob- ects , says the letter of instruction , munt > e principallyandstrenuouslysought ; lirbt , he most ellicient delivery service , and Bec- ind , to bring the service up to a revenue rielding condition. TffE DOI&AR OF OUTi DADDIES. rite Question Uppermost Among the Silver and Anti-Silver JUen. Washington Special : Tho question imong the silver and anti-silver men , as it rames itself in Washington is , "Has tht > idministration entered upon a silver pol- : y of six months , or one that can last for uur years ? " In other words , as to whether it is the purpose of the president .nd secretary of the treasury to present to ongress the results of six months' etruj- leswith the lesponsibility entirely vitb pngress , or whether it is really the inten- ion of the administration to fight the sil- er coinage earnestly and unwaveringly by very means at its disposal. Opinions iffer on this subject even among the upporters of the administration .nd the warmest opponents of the iresent coinage. An official who may be upposed to haveSccretary Manning's con- donee in the fullest degree , said that it is he intention of the administration to how by the experiences of thu next threo lonths , that the Bland dollar is one ol he most expensive experimenta a civilized ation has ever made. It is its intention , o prove to the people , to congreaq , and to lie silver men that thu execution of the iw and the issuu of the dollars in the uantities contemplated by the coinago ct , involves the people and the govern- icnt in expense so heavy , and inconven- : nce so great , that it cannot and will not e tolerated. According to this ollicial , Ins Question has never been fairly pre- jnted. The treasury department has al- ays connived to protect the people from he effects of the coinage law. The new ad- lirristration can only hope to contest tho uestion successfully , in his opinion , by itting the people fully realize the enormity the system. irEIGHCD AND FOUXD WAXTIXG. : Aeto System of Weighing Grain Adoptnl in Chicago. The Chicago Grain Eeceivers' association ict on the 27th for thepurposo of hearing lie report of the committee appointed to > ok up a more accurate system of weigli- ig grain , seeds , etc. , than the present ono f the track scale weights now in use on 11 but one of the railroads. The present- rstem has been found so inaccurate that ansiderable trouble has been experienced > dealers on the board of trade on ac- aunt of shortage in weight. The commit- ; e recommended that the present system B done away with and the system now in se by the Lake Shore & Michigan South- n railroad , known as the Hoppersystem , ? adopted in its stead. The president ami irectors of the board of trade were re- uested to report to the different boards f trade throughout the country and also ) the railroad companies. A committee t two members from the Eeceivers' asso- ation and two from the shippers' was an ointed to confer with the transportation jmniittee of the board and take some : eps _ to stop the present discrimination jainst Chicago in freight rates and the al- ged overcharges by railraids for transfer- ng and switching grain in Chicago.
