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NEWS OF MBBASKA
HE SHOT His ABB Ait ANT. "I shot a man
at Florence last night andwant to givo
myself up , " was the remark , which , given
in a low , calm tone of voice , greeted Mr.
Miller as he opened the doors of the county
jail in response to a knocK , about one
o'clock yesterday morning. The speaker
was Lafayette Powell , a carpenter who
lives in the little village of Florence , six
miles north of the city. He was placed in
a cell where he remained the rest of the
night. He was seen yesterday by a repor
ter for the Herald , and told his story as
follows : Snnday night he went to church
in the village with his mother. The service
was held in a school about half a mile
from his home. . After he had entered the
' room ho was informed that there was a
plot on foot to kill him. A few minutes
later a man came to where ho was seated
and told him that there was some one out
side who wanted to to speak to him. He
at once went put and found Charles Leslie ,
George Sterling , George Smith , and an
other man whom he did not know , await
ing him. They surrounded him and began
using threatening language and call him
names. The city marshal who was in the
school house came out to quell the dia-
nrbance , but was greeted with the cry :
"What in h 1 do wo care for the city
marshal ? Let's do Powell up. "
They did not execute their threat , how
ever , and Powell rejoined his mother on the
inside of the building. On their way home
they took a different route from the ona
which they were accustomed to travel , in
order to avoid any trouble. They had
only proceeded a short distance when the
inemvho caused the disturbance in fron
of the school-house came up and again be-
gan to abuse Powell. He placed his mothe
in a safe position and went back to mee
them. They made a rush for him when In
drew a revolver which he had in his pocke
and fired at Leslie. They all fell back ex
cept Smith , who came up beside him am
said with an oath that he would blow hi
brains out. He had a revolver in hii
pocket , but could not drawit becausePow
ell had the "drop on him. " They walke
along for about two blocks , Powell all th
time covering Smith with cocked revolver.
When they reached a store which happened
to be open , Powell went in and Smith
Rtarted off in another direction. [ Omaha
Herald.
LINCOLN WILL GET THE ROAD. Lincoln
smiles to-day. She is to have the Missouri
Pacific after all. The delegation from the
capital had an all-day sitting with Manager
Clark and the situation was discussed
thoroughly. - It was demonstrated that the
railroad had been treated unfairly , and tin-
visitors , who are among the most progres
sive of Lincoln's citizens , promised to make
good the demands of their more exacting
fellow-citizens. As previously stated , the
trouble originated in the fact that , ifter
the railroad had commenced construction
to the capital , with the distinct under
standing that the cost of depot grounds
would not exceed § 00,000 , the price was
run up to § 120,000 , certain parties believ
ing that that the road had gone too far to
retrace its steps. But such was not the
case. When , this move reached the ears of
the managers of the road the work of con
struction was immediately ordered stopped
and the material then in use ordered to
Omaha.
At the conference in this city the Lincoln
delegation agreed to raise the money
necessary for the purchase of the depot
grounds , therailroad to be asked only for
the original amount. This was satisfac
tory to all concerned , and work will again
be prosecuted on the line between Avoca
and Lincoln. Yesterday telegraphic orders
to that effect were at once sent out by Mr.
Clark. One trainload of ties that had al
ready arrived in Omaha to be used on the
connecting link between the Missouri Pa
cific and the Belt line were sent back , and
another trainload , ' on its way hither , was
intercepted at Louisville. This practically
ends the matter , as the money will un
doubtedly be raised.
In justice to Lincoln it must be said that
the action of the men interested in raising
the price on the depot site met with gen
eral disapproval , and that the sentiment
of the people was to let the Missouri Pa
cific into the city as cheaply as possible.
Omaha Herald.
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PKTIK OXAN , of Wayne county , reports
a , yield of 350 bushels of potatoes from ona
acre.
Coitx , now being husked , is yielding well ,
but is said uot to bo as heavy as that ol
last year.
SPEAKING of the crops in Nance county ,
the Fullerton Journal says : "Everything
grows in .Nebraska except Minnesota musk-
rats and Florida oranges. "
THE alleged case of leprosy at Omaha
has been investigated by the city physician
and pronounced no leprosy at all.
SNEAK-TUIEVES entered the bedroom of
William Dunn at Weeping Water and stole
from him his gold watch and chaui valued
at § 100.
A FIRE at Western last week destroye-J
the skating rink and the Wave newspaper
office.
TIIE Neligh Leader says that parties liv
ing in "West Cedar Valley came to that
place and asked Sheriff Van Gilder to go
out and arrest Jefferson Chapman who
wasin an insane condition. Mr. Van Gilder
went out and brought in his man. About
three weeks ago Mr. Chapman hitched up
his team and started out , nothing being
heard of him until he returned a few days
before his arrest on an insane warrant.
On his return he stated he had been driv
ing continuously since he left home and the
condition of his horses' feet bore out this
statement. He slept in the wagon and did
his own cooking , but with the exception of
a visit to Columbus had no idea where he
had been during his absence. - Ho will bo
taken to the asylum at Lincoln.
HOWABD HOOVER , the eleven year old son
of Col. Hoover , of Blue Hill , was accidently
shot in the leg , which made amputation
necessary. Hoover , with his companions ,
Frank Parker and Alfred Canfield , youths
like himself , were out hunting on Silver
Lake , about ten milet south of Blue Hill ,
and while Parker was in the act of putting
a loaded shell in his gun , a breech-loader ,
it was accidentally discharged , and Hoover
who was standing in front of it , received
the full charge in. his left leg , just below the
knee.
ED. SWAIN , afourtean year oldvL5ncoln
boy , had his foot badly mashed under the
wheel of a street car. The wounded mem
ber will likely have to be amputated.
THE Y. M. C. A. , of Omaha are going to
work in earnest to get anew building.
About $5,000 has thus far been secured.
FREMONT , for the first time in her his
tory , was lighted by gas last week.
THERE is a movement on foot to organ
ize a social club among the business men o !
Lincoln similar in plan to the one in
Omaha and other cities.
PREPARED plans'for water works for
Hastings will be submitted to the council
of that city at an early day.
MRS. ANDERSON , of Odessa , Buffalo
county , sold her barley for fifty cents per
bushel on the track to the Omaha Eleva
tor company. She was offered twenty-
five cents a bushel in Kearney and is now
of the opinion that it pays to ship.
SENATOR VAN WYCK last week made a
speech at Beatrice to the old soldiers.
Leading topics of his address were the
claims of pensioners , the tyranny of poli
ticians and the encroachment of corp ora
tions.
THE small-pox has now entirely disap
peared from Nelighand surroundings.
MRS. FRANK HOWELL , of Antelope
county , fell down stairs , fracturing a rib ,
straining her back and bruising herself
severely.
THE patronage given theatrical troops in
West Point is so poor that the Progress
Bays the probabilities are that the hall
will bo closed.
CTHE railroad commissioners did not
stop at West Point to listen to com
plaints , but promised to return at no
distant day , when all who desired should
have a full hearing.
LAST month was the busiest one the
Omaha postofSce hao ever seen.
THE Union Pacific officials at Omaha
received a call a few days ago from a com
mittee of Loup City citizens , who went on
railroad business. The Union Pacific com
pany has in course of construction what is
known as the Loup City branch and it is
completed to within nineteen miles of fhat
flourishing village. It seems , however , that
work has been stopped , but for what
reason is not'known. The citizens of
Loup are overly anxious that the road
shall be extended to their town yet this
fall , and to urge the feasibility of doing so
sent five or six of their best men to confer
with the officials regarding the matter.
AT Hastings the subject of securing a
building for the express use of the temper
ance societies has received considerable
attention lately , and arrangements have
already been made for securing a lot and
erecting a building.
A TEAM belonging to a Mr. Jensen , living
near South Bend , backed over an embank
ment into a stone quarry breaking things
up badly and injuring Mr. Jensen and the
horses.
THC man killed in Omaha the other day
while attempting to rob a street-car driver
proves to be Walter Euckel , a half brother
of a prominent merchant in that place.
He had been a cowboy in Arizona , Mon-
bana , Colorado , Nevada and Kansas.
TOE North Bend Flail says that A. W.
Dhisholm , while digging potatoes this fall ,
unearthed a thoroughbred salamander.
BCe was about thirteen inches long , four
inches thick , and had a head as large as a
man's fist. He had legs like a turtle , and
n all he was as ferocious and venomous a
reptile as one would care to see. Mr. Chis-
aolm prepared a cracker box with slats to
reserve him for the benefit of science , but
; he rascal proved himself unrestrainable ,
io he buried him " 'neath the willow. "
KENESAW'S brass band has given up the
; host , and the sweet strains will be heard
10 more in that place.
THE superintendent of the Omaha schools
pronounces as false the report that diphthe
ria and scarlet fever prevails-to any extent
n that city.
THE corn cribs are rapidly multiplying in
; he country.
BOB MORRIS , of Fullerton , has 15 pump
kins that weigh over 1,500 pounds.
CAPTAIN KANE'S horse at Blair took
right at the cars a few days ago and ran
iway with his four children in the buggy
ind threw them out , injuring the youngest ,
i mere baby , quite severely.
IT is estimated that an average of 3,000
jushels of wheat per day are received and
nought in Albion.
A PROMINENT stock raiser of Boone coun-
; y informs the editor of the Albion News
; hat very few cattle will be fed in that
: ounty during the coming winter. The
-eason given is that the markets in the
ipring will not likely be so good as later in
; he season.
As THE surveyors for a line of railroad
vere going through the land of a Bohemian
esident of Colfax county , the lady of the
jouse came out. and ordered them further
iway , saying she did not want the railroad
10 close to the house.
DAVE STOUTER , of Nanco county , pre-
iented the editor of the Fullerton Journal
vith a hill of peanuts raised on.his . farm at
Jlenwood. The nuts are a fine sample of
.hat kind of fruit , and grew a bushel from
; welve ounces of seed.
CORN brings in Dorchester but .sixteen
icnts for seventy-five pounds. But little is
icing marketed at this rate , however.
LAST week , says the Auburn Post , Mr.
ind Mrs. S. J. Good , of Glen Rock precinct ,
ntertained a large company of friends and
elatives , in commemoration of the 50th
inniversity of their marriage which occur'
cd on that day. Eighty-five guests were
iresent , 50 of whom sat down to dinner all
it one time. This aged couple have reared a
luring the fifty years last past , ten chil-
Iren , eight of whom are yet numbered
, mong the inhabitants of this world , who
n turn have reared to "father and mother"
5ood , forty-four [ grand children and three
reat grand children. Being pioneers of
Nebraska , they have hosts of friends , and
ill rejoice to see them enjoying so ripe an
ild age.
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LAST Friday afternoon , says the Atkin
Bon Graphic , Antoine Martfeldt , o ! Em-
metfc , after twenty-seven years of labor
and privations on this mundane sphere ,
concluded that this world was no good for
him and accordingly , while his young wife
was away from home , took down the , old
shot gun , placed the muzzle of it near hia
mouth and pulled the trigger , the cliarge
tearing the whole cheek and ear off , and
then he crawled to the well and threw
himself in head first.
THREE large judgments Lave been recov
ered against the city of Lincoln the past
year on account of defective sidewalks.
THE meeting of the Congregational state
association societies will be held next year
at Fremont.
THE new Methodist church at Beatrice ia
nearly completed.
AT a meeting of the veteran soldiers of
Beatrice to take suitable action
upon the death of Gen. Geo. If.
McClellan , the following resolution
was passed : That in the death of
Gen. McClellan the nation has suffered
an irreparable loss , the veteran soldiers an
esteemed comrade and friend , and that we
hereby extend to his sadly-bereaved family
our sincerest condolence.
L. W. ALLGIRE , of Wymore , met with
quite a serious accident whilo hunting near
Red Cloud. He was using a breech-loading
rifle , and while projecting a cartridge from
the magazine into the barrel of the gun , it
exploded , filling one side of his face full of
powder and seriously injuring his eyes.
THE first car-load of ironfor the Wymore
and Blue Springs Railway company has
been received. Seven cars of ties have ar
rived and are on the ground. Work is be
ing pushed as rapidly as possible and the
urs will bo running by December 1st.
While our correspondent was'looking
around the Capital City of Nebraska a few
days ago , he became thoroughly amazed at
thrapiclj rowth of its manufacturing in-
trests. Among the leading ones is that of
the Lincoln Tannery company which has
grown in a few years under the able man
agement of Mr. A. J. Buckstaff , its presi
dent , to one of most formidable-propor
tions , a fact attested by the constant
employment of 158 men. They manufac
ture harness strap workwhips and fly nets ,
( in fact they manufacture more leather fly
nets than any institution in America ) , tan
harness , collar , latigo , net and legging
leather under their own patent process ,
which preserves all the natural fibre and
strength of the hide , at the same time leav
ing it soft and pliable , in which condition
it always remains under all circumstances.
Great care is taken in the selection of
hides and none but the best quality are
used. Their stock they warrant to con
tain no acid of any nature and guarantee
it not to get hard or crack. This enter
prise has been the means of bringing others
to the town and added greatly to the suc
cess of the Capital City in distributing
thousands of dollars for the help and sup
plies of their immense establishment.
AN enthusiastic meeting in the interest of
irganizing a lodge of the A. 0. U. W.inLin-
: oln was held a few evenings ago.
COMMISSIONER FAITHORN has issued a cir-
sular giving rates and divisions on freights
> etween Detroit and Fremont and Lincoln ,
Jeb. The division rates from Chicago to
; he named Nebraska points aregiven below
> er car-load in cents per 100 pounds. First-
lass , 98 ; second-class , 82 ; third-class , 50 :
ourth-class 42 fifth-class 30 class A
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11& class B , 30 ; class C and D , 27 % ; wheat ,
13 % ; live stock , horses and mules to Lin
: oln § 88.47 per car-load , to Fremont
! 84.41 ; cattle and calves , to Lincoln § 80 ,
0 Fremont § 75 ; sheep , single deck , to Lin-
oln § 00 , to Fremont § 50.25. The rates
ook effect November 2d.
A SAD accident occurred in the country
our or five miles south , of Syracuse , last
reek. A. W. Cole and his boy were un-
itching a somewhat refractory team from
he wagon. They were on opposite sides of
he team and had partially unhitched them
rtien they started to run , and the boy was
truck on the side of the head by either the
orse's hoof or the end of the wagon and
nocked senseless. A physician was hastily
ummoned but the boy was dead in half
n hour after the accident.
AT Juniata , Rev. W. H. Brodt , the pas-
or of the Baptist church , attempted to
limb between two freight cars of a mov-
ig train. His foot was caught between
tie two bumpers , and in this condition he
as dragged about twenty feet. Amputa-
ion of the foot was necessary.
It is thought that the libel suit of Jennio
! . Talbot against Harry Merriam , of the
imaha Sunday News , will not come to
rial , but that the plaintiff will drop the
aatter.
JEN. GRANT'S ARMY APPOWTaiENT.
'ov. Yatrs' Military Adviser Denies that I
iron Unexpected of lliin ,
Gen. James H. Stokes , says a New York
ispatch , makes this statement : McClellan
as vice-president of the Ohio and Missis-
ppi railroad when Sumter fell , and was
lade major general of volunteers with
eadquarters at Cincinnati ! . Grant did
pply to McClellan for appointment , and
as refused. After that Grant went to
pringfield. I was then military adviser to
overnor Yates , and one day a man ap-
roached me and said he was Mr. Grant ,
nd wanted an appointment in the army
nd asked me to intercede with Gov. Yates.
rant's habits were bad and were known
3 the governor .and myself , but I got the
jvernor to make him a clerk in the adju-
int general's department. A few days
tier Gov. Yates and I were walking down
street in Springfield , when a regiment in
ild disorder came along. They were from
[ entone , and the colonel was drunk in a
agon. They wanted a new colonel , so I
sked the governor : Why don't you ap-
oint Grant colonel of the regiment. Thus
ic statement in Grant's boofc that the
ppointment was unexpected by him is
ntrue. Grant knew he had constantly
sked me to intercede for him with Yates.
WHEN the Greekswere about to sail
ar Troy , Menelaus bought a bundle of
traw and put it carefully away ia his
abin. "What is that for ? * ' asked
.gamemnon. " To tell us the direction
f the breeze , " answered Menelaus.
1 You're crazy , " said Nestor. "Why , "
marked Menelaus , " don't straws show
rhich. way the wind blows ? "
ADDITIONAL ELECTION NEWS.
The Count Slow , but Enough at Stand
to Snow General Results *
NEW YORK , Nov. 4. Where full figures of
yesterday's sjate election in New York are
received , they will make an unusually in
teresting study. At present it is possible
to consider only the pluralities for the state
as a whole. These show plainly that if tho
vote for Davenport in the state at large
had bean as full as it was in this city and
Brooklyn , he would have been elected. Ho
was , in fact , defeated by what has always
been considered the republican strongholds
of the state , the portion north of Harlem
river.
Hill's total vote in the city falls over
9,000 behind Cleveland's , and Davenport's
falls over 14,000 behind Elaine's. The
transfer of Tammany's total vote from
Elaine last year to Hill this year ought to
have made a greater change than this , and
the fact that it did not indicates that many
independent democrats did not vote for
Hill.
RICHMOND , Va. , Nov. 4. Additional re
turns do not change the indications tele
graphed last night as to Gen. Lee's major
ity of 25,000 , and it may go to 30,000.
Aa to the legislature , sufficientreturns have
been received to show that the democrats
have already 02 of the 100 members of the
house of delegates and 23out of 40 mem
bers of the senate. The republicans have
10 members of the house and 11 senators.
The counties yet to be heard from , it is
thorsht. will increase the democratic mem
bership in both houses to a two-thirds ma
jority.
BALTIMORE , Nov. 4. Sufficient returns of
Hie election held yesterday have been re
ceived to indicate that the majority for the
democratic state ticket will be nearly 30-
000. The" legislature will stand about as
follows : Senate republicans 0 , democrats
20 ; house of delegates republicans 10 ,
democrats 101. Democratic majority on
joint ballot , 99 , assuring a democratic suc
cessor to Senator Gorman , whose term will
expire March 4 , 1887.
BOSTON , Nov. 4. The vote of Massachu
setts , with five towns to hear from , is : For
governor : Robinson , republican , 112,243 ;
Prince , democrat , 80,130 ; Lathrop , pro
hibition , 5,594 ; Sumner , labor , 2,184.
Robinson's plurality dver Prince , 22,207.
DES MOINES , Nov. 4. The Register has
definite returns from every senatorial and
representative district of the state. In tli
house the republicans have 59 members ,
the fusionists 39. independent republican
1 , doubtful 1. The senate stands : Thirty'
one republicans and 19 fusionists. Th
official returns cannot vary these figure ;
more than one or two. Of twenty-fou
senators fleeted this year the republican !
elect 15 and the fusionist 9. Several mem
bers are elected by small majorities. Rein
iger , republican , is elected senator in Floyd
by 6 , and Peterson , independent republi
can , in Grundy by 14. Urley , republican
is elected in Monroe by 23 , and Hutchin
Bon , republican , for senator in Wapello ,
by 22.
HAHTFOHD , Conn. , November 5. Cor
reeled returns of the vote throughout th
state show several changes. According to
these the republicans gain a representative
in Bethany , Chaplin. Putnam and Grotou
and the democrats elect one of the Mender
representatives. Dr. Davis' corrected
tables show the house to be composed o
132 republicans and llGdemocrats. There
will probably be several contests.
Niw YOKK , November 5. With reports
on the ticket missing from eight counties ,
including the counties of New York , Albany
and Erie ( which includes Buffalo ) , the vote
For Bascom , prohibition candidate forgov-
ernor , is 10,017. The total vote for St.
John in the presidental election was 18-
853. No estimate is inatle of the prohibl
tion vote in the missing counties.
Dns MOINKS , Iowa , November 5. The
Register has complete and definite returns
from all thelegislativedistrictsin thestate.
The only changes m de is that Ca
( fusion ) , for senator , is elected in the Floyd
district over Reinegar by fifteen majority
and that in Cedar county , Corrigan ( repub-
i-un : ) is elected by 100 majority. The sen
ate will therefore stand thirty republicans
to twenty fusionists and the "house sixty
republicans , thirty-nine fusionists and one
independent republican. Tho counties re
ported in full show 15 per cent of a repub
lican stay-at-home vote , as compared with
the polls of two years ago , and 5 per cent
of a democratic stay-at-home vote.
HURON , Dak. , November 5. A dispatch
from Hugh Campbell , to whom the icturns
were sent , conceded that Huron carries the
capital location by fully 4,000.
GENESAJd NEWS AND NOXES.
Blatters of Interest Touched "Upon by Prest
Netca Gatherers ,
Wm. Lipkeman , a carpenter 57 years of ase ,
In New York while under the influence of
liquor , shot his wife in the right breast , In
dicting a probably fatal wound. Lipkerian
ws.9 arrested.
A Santa Fe dispatch says that Maximo Ap-
idoc , a life convict in the penitentiary , was
tilled by jumping from the third story of the
penitentiary to the around , a distance of sixty
ieet. He was implicated in the murder of
ihe Nesmith family in Donana county , two
rears ago. It is not known whether he at
tempted to escape or anticipated suicide.
Miss Curtis , the youns : woman who at-
iemj.ted suicide at the Monon abela house ,
Pittsburg , Is now out of danger and will re-
: over. An examination into her case has es-
: ablished her identity ns Minnie E. Fee , a
laughter of detective Fee , of Connellsville ,
Pa.
Pa.A
A terrible explosion occurred near Detroit
when the tu < * Frank Moffat was making fast
to the wharf at Sombra , , on the Canadian
side of the St Clair river , her boiler exploded
with terrific force , blowing away her deck and
part of her deck and sbatterini her hull.
Tohn Ward , first engineer , of Detroit ; Wil
liam Miller , second engineer , of Port Huron ;
Tohn Wilei' , fireman , residence unknown , and
Walter Fisher , fireman , of Petrolia , were in
stantly killed. Their bodies were blown into
the river , , and have not yet been recovered ;
Capt. Thomas Curry had his leg broken ; An-
irew Reed and Frank Furtap were badly
scalded and Robert Goodman , wbo was
ishore with the line , was blown over Into a
ivood pile and badly injured.
Two freight trains collided at Whitman , a
small station on the Chicago , Milwaukee &
3L Paul road , ten miles above Winona , Nov.
ind. Engineer Seferance , of Minneapolis ,
nras killed.
Charles H. Lane , a milk dealer , at Beverly ,
lass. , raised a check from 13.64 to $83.64 and
; ot It cashed. He was arrested , confessed
iis guilt , refunded $35 of the money , and
aid he would go up stairs and get the rest.
L few minutes later he was found dead in hia
com with his head nearly severed from his
iody. The razor with which he committed
nicide lay by his side. Lane was a man of
; ood family'and had been respected in the
ornmunity.
Second Lieutenant Frank Green , of the slg-
lal corps , whose retiremsnt of men at Fort
Iyer caused then courtmartial , has been re-
ieved f roan duty at Fort Mver and requested
o report for duty at the office of the chle. *
Ignal ,
THE full capacity of the lungs is"about
20 cubic inchef
The Saline county , Mo. , poor house caught
fire Nov. 2nd and was entirely destroyed with
the contents. The keeper , as usual started
the , fire in the stoves and went to breakfast.
He started back , when to his astonishment ,
he discovered smoke issuing from the win
dows and doors. Remembering there were
two insane persons confined in the building ,
he forced open the doors and one escaped ,
but the other , an Irishman , noted for being
the most powerful man ever there , was con
sidered dangerous and was kept locked-up
and perished. It is thought that the fire orig
inated In his room and by him.
Chas. R. Darts , the alleged $20,000 am-
bezzzling freight collector of the Fitchburg
railroad , returned and surrendered to the
police. He had checks to the amount of
| 10CO ) in his pocket , and said that amount
was all he owed the company ; that his ac
counts were straight , that he has never taken
a cent from the company , and threatens to
sue his accusers for libcL
At the urgent request of the stockmen of
New Mexico , Governor Ross announces that
the cattle quarantine will be continued in
definitely. The object is to prevent thu en
trance of Texas fev r from the south , and
pleuro pieuinouia from the east The effect
Is to prevent Texas herds from being driven
across New Mexico into Arizona , It Is prob
able that an outcry will be raised by the cat
tlemen of the latter territory against being
cut off from'securing a supply of Texas cattle
for their ranges.
J. P. Myers , a painter , fell from a scaffold
in Chicago one hundred feet and was Instant
ly killed.
A fire at Seymour , Ind. , burned Bush &
Co.'s flouring mills , and two dwellings. Loss ,
$100,000.
The steam drum of Robert's Laundry , New
York , exploded , fatally scalJing one and dan
gerously scalding four girls.
A workman In the National Furniture com
pany's factory at Willimsport , Pa. , lit a
match to discover where gas was escaping
from the pipes. He carelessly lighted his
match near an open trough filled with bcn-
dne. In an instant the gas lighted and the
flames leaped to the benzine. There was an
explosion and the burning benzine quickly
spread over the floor and among the inflam
mable material in stock , while the workmen
In the large factory were hemmed in by the
ilame , and had no mean of es
cape except the windows. Ladders
were quickly raised from the out
side , and all the men were rescued after an
exciting experience. The buildings were
totally destroyed , involving a loss of $50,000.
Sixty-five men are thrown out of employ-
ment. The works turned but a large nropor-
tion of the parlor and extension tables sold
in Philadelphia , New York , Baltimore and
Pittsburg. The Insurance on the building
and contents is § 20,030.
During a fire shortly after 1 o'clock , Oct
31 , in the second story frame building in New
Fork , everal persons wbo were in the build-
Ing , who were unable to esape , were burned
to death. The number anl names have not
f et been learned.
Prof. P. W. Steele , the principal of Lynch-
burg ( Va ) . college , was decoyed into a raloon
at Pittsburg and drugged and robbed of a
large amount of jewelry.
Mary Kleiman. sentenced to Joliet for an
attempt to poison her sister's family In Chica
go , has written a letter to a friend In Du-
buque , confessing that she administered poi
son to her father , mother , sister and brother
in Dutuque , from the effects of which they
all died , and saying she Is glad to get off so
easy.
easy.A
A large greenhouse at Davenport owned by
Dr. Kulp , called the Hillside Roaary , burned.
Loss.
Loss.A
A shrewd crook's game Is enzasing the at
tention of the police of St. Louis. A few days
a < * o the Continental bank sent $5,030 in a
sealed package to Thorne & Co. , of Freder-
icktown , Mo. Ihe bank has the express com
pany 's receipt for the money. The packase
was delivered to Thorne & Co. , and a few
minutes later a member of the firm rushed in
to the express ofike and exhibited the box ,
dashed out its contents , which were found to
be a package of neatly cut pieces of paper
about the size of the money package. Thorne
& Co. , claim the paper was in the package
when they received it , and the officers are
trying to learn where the substitution was
made.
Mrs. Mary Wlleman was arrested at Ran
dolph , N. Y. , charged witn. poisoning her hus
band , who died a month aso , after a sudden
and mysterious illness. Traces of poison
were found in his remains. The supposed
motive for the crime is Mrs. "Wileman's in
fatuation for a youngfarm hand named Sta
ples , who worked for her husband.
Herman , who murdered his wife in Buffalo ,
! ? . Y. , has made a confession. He says about
' o'clock Sunday evening Mrs. Herman pre-
jared to go out alone. Herman , who was
ealous , insisted upon going with her. After
lot words passed between them Herman
, hrew the woman down on the floor and
cilled her with a razor which he had carried
n his p'ocket through the day , intend-
a kill her. "While she was yet dying he
ifted the body to the bed , took her apron ,
; oaked up the blood with it , washed himself
ind went out. He returned about midnight
ind lay down beside the corpse. He slept
> eaide the body three nights.
J. G. Graff , aged 70 , of Connorsvllle , Indtf
was found dead in bed at the Gibson house , i
Cincinnati. He had taken poison and left a
letter stating that financial trouble and ill
tiealth prompted the act He leaves a wife
ind three children.
Two colored men , named Wm. Pennebread
md Phil Johnson , well diggers , were blown
JQ atoms at Atlanta , Georaia , by an explo
sion of blasting powder. Thirty feet down
they struck granite , and commenced drilling
! or the purpose of blowing up tne rock. Af-
; er one explosion they descended and drilled
several more holes , instantly an explosion
followed , when the two bodies were shot up
ifty feet in the air. One of the bodies fell on
; he ground about a hundred feet away from
; he well horribly mutilated , the head being
ill but severed. The other body shot straight
ip in the air and fell back in the well.
"I KNOW I'm losing ground , sir , "
arfnlly murmured the pale-faced
Freshman , "but it is not my fault , air.
[ f I were to study on Sunday , as the
> thers do , I could keep up with my
: lass , sir indeed , I could ; but I prom-
sed mother ne-ne-never to work on the
Sabbath , and I can't , sir , ne-ne-never , "
ind as his emotions overpowered him
le pulled out his handkerchief with
inch vigor that he brought out with it a
imall flask , three faro chips and a
mchre deck , and somehow or other the
professor took no more stack in that
freshman's eloquence than if he had
> een a graven image. Ada Columbi-
ma.
What is Set Forth In the Report of ttie Ulali
Commission.
The Utah commission submitted to the
decretary of the interior only their annual
report upon the transactions and proceed
ings of the commission since November ,
1SS4. The report states that the annual
revision of registration was made and the
names of all polygamists stricken off. Tho
point has been surely reached where no
pt-rtion living in polygamy can vote or hold
ollk-e. Not withstanding this nearly all of
the officers chosen at the last election were
Mormons who , although they do not
-ictiiiilly live in polygamy , subscribe to the
iloctrines of plural wives The commis
sioners s\y ; there have been but few polyga
mous marriases during tho past year , but V
tiiis arises from the enforcement of the
!
pi Ghent laws and not from any change of
-cntiment on the part of the Mormor.-s. Jt"
Should any weakness be shown in enforce-
in the laws , the report states that polyga
mous marriages would be as frequent as
The course of certain poUgamists
in declaring their intention of obeying the
law in the future has aroused the wrath of
the church This shows evidence of inter
nal dissensions and is an. encouraging
sijjn. The commission urges that no step
backward be taken in legislation , as it
would give great aid to the church in
crushing out this growing spirit of oppo
sition. The report pays a high tribute to
the zeal of the present officers of the United
States court and says that within two
years eighty-three indictments have been
found for polygamy and twenty-three con
victions , while forty-three cases still awaib
trial. The appointment of an additional
jtul e is strongly recommended , as is also
an increase in the pay of court officers.
The commission recommends that all per
sons who attempt settling or locatingupon
any lands of the United States be com
pelled to take an oath before the proper
authorities that they do not practice poly
gamy , and that the laws with reference to
immigration , contract labor and Chinese
be so amended as to prohibit the immigra
tion of any persons who claim their re
ligion teaches and justi es polygamy. It is
claimed this would shut off the chief source
of the supply of the Mormon church.
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