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THE TEIBUNE. F. ITI. & E. TTI. Pubs. McCOOK , NEI OVER TBE STAM. J7IE SZZJC WORM INDUSTRY. Thursday evening of last week , we lir the pleasure of visiting the cocoonery of H. Gibhs , wliere we found him and eight < nine assistants busy as bees , looking aft his crop of 200,000 silk worms. So litt attention has been paid to this useful litt animal in this partof the country that pe haps a brief description of its habits an peculiarities may not be uninteresting 1 the general reader. In the first place tl worms are hatched from eggs which shoul be kept at a temperature of aboutfortyd grees , until the hatching process is con menccd , when theyare placed in a temper ! ture of about sixty degrees , and this gradually increased to eighty degrees , u which temperature the hatching takx place. It is usually aboutfive days froi the commencement ot the hatching unt the entire batch is hatched , and so rapi is the growth of the worm and so unifon in time is each subsequent stage of its di yelopment , that the hatching of each da is kept separate. The animal lias a vonu Sous appetite and from the time it emerge from its shell until it commences the wor of spinning , it eats with avidity. Gree leaves mulberry leaves are best is it only food , and the noise the 200,00 worms make among the leaves in feed in sounds a great deal like the falling of rail upon the roof. The worms eat constantly except when molting and spinning , not eve ; stopping to rest at night. They molt fou timc-a at intervals of five or six days apart and five or six days after the last moltiii ] they are ready to commence spinning Thirty-two days is the age at which the ; usually commence spinning ; but Mr. Gibb1' first hatching eighty in number had al ready commenced spinning , though bn twenty-five days old , and he thought tin an evidence that he had kept them well fed The worm will spin a cocoon in about tu- < or three days. Then it passes through an other transformation in the cocoon , am at the expiration of about ten more day * the cocoon bursts and a moth emerge ; therefrom. At the age of two or three dayi the female moth commences layingeggsam will lay from 300 to 500 , from which tin silk worm is hatched , as above shown These eggs soil readily in the market at Si per ounce , and one ounce of eggs will hatcl out 40,000 silk worms , and 40,000 sill worms will in turn spin from sixty to om hundred pounds of silk. [ Beatrice Eepub lican. ir WAITED. The following circular has been addressed to the farmers to the state : How many hogs did you raise in 1885 ? Did you have r.iy hog cholera among your hoga in Ifabo ? How many hogs did you losefrom it ? What wai , the amount of your loss from hog cholera in 1885 ? "What breed were the diseased hogs ? Have you noticed that any one breed ol hogs was more likely to have hog cholera than another , and which ? Are rough native hogs less or more BUS- reptable to hog cholera than the improved breeds ? At what season of the year was your loss the greatest ? Please state your experience as to the effect of the heat and cold , wet and dry bcafions on hog cholera. Have yon noticed that high or low lands have any effect upon hog cholera that is , does it appeal-earlier in theseason or more severely upon high and dry than in low and wet lands ? Have you any idea as to how the disease got into your herd ? Did you have hog cholera in your herd in 1884 ? Were your hogs kept in the same place in 1885 that you had the disease in 18S4 ? Have you observed that sex or age had any effect in hog cholera ? Have 3-011 had any experience which would go to show that hogs that have re covered from hog cholera would have it a second time or not ? Please state any ideas which the above questions may call to your mind. The names of those answering thcseques- tions will be treated as confidential. Address. Dn. F. S. BILLINGS. State University , Lincoln , Neb. TALLY OXE 3WRE FORXEJ3R.1SC.1. . T. W. Burtis , well known to the citizens of lied Cloud and adjacent territory , has discovered near this city the fact that yel low ochre is to be had in great abundance and of tho very best kind. The mineral is said by experts to be an excellent quality. Specimens have been sent to Chicago , New York , St. Louis and other cities of note , and Mr. Burtis has met with encourage ment and he will soon commence grinding and preparing it for the market. This is indeed a bonanza and we would advise Mr. Bnrtis to procure the necessary means or form a stock company to work the plant for all it is worth , as there is certainly money in it. Yellow ochre is an invaluable portion of every pound of paint made , we understand. If this is so we cannot see why it should not be manufactured and be made an important industry for Red Cloud. It is certainly a big find and should receive more than a passing notice. We hope the matter will be thoroughly in vestigated. [ Red Cloud Chief. JOXSOELXANEOUS STATE 3ZATTERS. Tun best corn brings but sixteen cents a bushel in Lincoln. LAST week over 300 teams and 500 men passed through Broken Bow on their way to the second hundred miles of road from Grand Island contracted for. THE capital stock of the Adams county bank has been increased from 850,000 to $60.000. THE large hotel which is being erected at Broken Bow will be thrown open to the public about Sept. 1. AN expert has been employed by the Cus- ter county commissioners to straighten up the county records. A YOUXG ladv on the reservation near Wayne angered at receiving a scolding from her father , swallowed concentrated lye with a view of suiciding , but a prompt applica tion of the usual remedies saved her life. MRS. ELIZABETH LILE SAXON will be in Nebraska in Ausust to spend some months in the interest of woman suffrage. THE Wayne conntv teachers' institute is to be held on July 12th and continue three weeks , with Prof. Rakstraw of Nebraska City as conductor. ARTICLES of incorporation of the Bank filed with the secre of : sthave been tary * tate. The capital stock is fixed at $30.000. THE Lutheran church of Tekama is atill without a pastor. A COUPLE of confidence men have recentl successfully worked tho neighborhood ( Table Rock , and obtained notes for § 25 each out of J. C. Wood. J. B. Ranck an Fred Burroughs. One of the notes wa sold to an innocentpurchaserinTccumsel They were offered to L. A. Stebbins. t Pawnee City , who was frightened out < buying them because of the low price a which they were offered , Mr. S. apprehend ing they were not rightfully obtained. A DAHINO burglary was perpetrated i Hastings the other night , when the res dence of T. P. Leo was entered and § 800 i money and a silver watch and a chai worth § 130 was taken. SINCE the mayor of Hastings has orderei all stores closed on Sunday a number c the business men say that thoy propos to see that everything is closed onthesam dn3' hotels , livery stables and every placi where there is any money made. There if evidently fun ahead for Hastings. THE trade in machinery and ngricultura implements of all kinds this season thui far has been very brisk. Nebraska is grow ing abundant crops , and whatever in tin way of machinery will tend to facilitati their eecurement must be had. GOVERNOR DAWES has appointed tho fol lowing delegates at large to tho conferenci of charities and correction which meets ii St. Paul , Minn. , July 15 : W. V. Morse , Free Nye , C. H. Gere , R. 0. Phillips , and Thos H. Hyde , Lincoln , N. K. Griggs , Beatrice Rev. A. F. Shcrill , Omaha , A. D. Yocum Hastings , Mrs. Orpha C.Dinsraore , Omaha Mrs. Clara B. Colby , Beatrice , Mrs. Angi < F. Newman and Mrs. Ada M. Bittenbender , Lincoln. Delegates representing state SB- stitutions are : Prof. J. A. Gillespie , dea1 and dumb assylum ; John J. Mallalieu , re form school ; Dr. H. P. Mathcws , insam hcopital ; C. J. Nobes , penitentiary ; Prof. J. B. Parmelee , blind nssylum , and Mrs. A , B. Slaughter , home for the friendless. THE salt well at Lincoln is now down 205 feet , the seven-inch pipe resting on solid rock. The brine at this point tests 35 degrees , and G % pounds of water being boiled makes a half pound of salt. DAVID BOHM , formerly of Omaha , is re ported to have recently been killed in a Nevada silver mine. Ax the 4th of July celebration at Ne- braskaCity thedeclarationof independence ivas read by Miss Carrie Stewart. How J. D. Watson was orator of tho day. A YOUNG men's republican club has been arganized in Grand Island. BUSINESS buildings under way in Hastings aow show a total frontage of 358 feet. THE Chadron water works company will ; nvest about § 4,000 in the enterprise. THE work on the board of trade building it Omaha is being rapidly push'.d forward. MATHEWSON & Co. , sold the Norfolk mills nst week for § 24,000 to A. I. Birchard. of Marshalltown , Iowa , C. S. Bridge and B. Bcheir , of Fremont , this state. WASHiNGTONspecial : TheJJuffalo county lational bank of Kearney , Neb. , with a : apital of § 100,000 has been authorized ; o commence business. THE principal feature of the celebration it Plattsmouth was the trades' parade , vhich was the finest ever seen in Platts- nouth and would have boon creditable to my city. The line moved through tho > rincipal streets , headed by the B. & M. ind Bohemian bands , Followingcame tho lisplay of the B. & M. shops , representing ) lacksmiths , machinists , coach builders ind each department of the shops , with nen busy at work. Following this came .ho display of manufacturers and mer- hants. Every business or industry was cpresented in the line. HERBERT HYDE , says the Fairfield Her- ild , while performing a post mostem exam- nation on a dead animal , got some poison nto a sore on his finger. Within twelve lours alarming symtoms of blood poison iet in , but prompt and skillful medical reatment arrested tho disease and he is low practically out of danger. WASHINGTON special : Representative iVeaver , of Nebraska , expresses very grave loubts of the ability of the friends of the neasure togetup in the house either of the jills authorizing the Union Pacific to build ) ranch lines and funding the debts of the Pacific roads to the government. Both .Veavcr . and Dorsey have worked faithfully or their constituents , in these measures. THE county board of equalization raised he assessment of Waco township from 5172,154 to § 223,050. WACO has elevated a flag pole , from the op of which a star-spangled banner fifteen eet in length floated on Independence day. FIFTEEN THOUSAND people arc said to iave attended tho celebration at Wymore > n Independence daj' . J. T. CLARKSON offers a premium of § 150 or the best five acres of corn in Cheyenne oimtv. BOONE COUNTY sends seven delegates to he republican state convention. THE people of that part of Platte county Adjoining Boone county locally known as lit. Pleasant , are a very neighborly class. Last , week they turned out en-masse and ultivated S. Northup's corn ; also a simi- ar kindness for Mr. Welch and Mr. Hill. Sickness and death in Mr. Welch's family , ind a loss each of a horse by Messrs. Corthup and Hill occasioned their being in he rear on spring work. Robert Perrin , of Wayne county , publicly . -arns everybody to look out for agents epresenting the firm of Cole Bros. , Council Jluffs. They agreed to rod his house for i4 and undertook to collect § 55. A shoe un proved a persuader for them to move in. in.The The railroad company is said to be dis- atisfied with the commissioners' awards or tho rightof way through Wayne county , ind in most instances the cases will be ap- > ealed. V. W. Graves' barn in Colfax county was truck by lightning last week. One valu- , ble three year-old mare was killed , also wo calves. The barn was set on fire , but he fire was put out before it done any reat damage. JOLT 1 , the state auditor filed his report ii fees collected during the past sir months , ind turned over to the treasurer of state he revenue arising from his office for that leriod. The fees collected under the insur- ince law for the time named amounted to S12.734 , and the fees for registering bonds , tc. , amounted to § 1,294 , making a total evenue for the six months of § 14,028. THE special officer of tho Omaha refor : league was arrested and taken to Lincoi on charge of adultery. He was released o bail. DEATH is announced at Omaha of Mr Barrows , wife of B. H. Barrows , ex-consi to Dublin. She had been ill but a few day The Valentine land office handled § 3G 000 in cash during the month of Juno. A TELEGRAM of July G from New York t the Chichgo News states that standing a the corner of Bleeker and Mercer streets o a recent afternoon was a man about 4 'years of age with a crowd of Italian an colored children about him. A few mil utes before ho had presented his gold watc and chain to Anton Pedro , a bootblacl Detective Sullivan arrested him and , afte recovering his timepiece , took charge c § 117 in money found in tho man's pockel In the Mercer street station tho man sai ho was Louis Senner , of Falls City , Neb , and wanted to know what town this was In Jefferson Market to-day Justice Smit committed him to the care of the commit sioners of charity and correction , who wil examine into his sanity. ROHERT MAGEL , one of tho most prom nent German citizens and one of the oldes residents of Nebraska City , died at hi home in that city on the 7th of Bright1 disease of the kidneys. Mr. Magel was ; leader in the German elementinOtoe coun ty and a A'ery worthy citizen. THE Omaha branch of the Irish Nationa league met in adjourned meeting on the 8t' and received tho reports of committees ap pointed to solicitsubscriptionsfor thePai noil fund. Tho total amount raised wa § 2,350.20 , and this was forwarded to Di O'Reilly , Detroit , treasurer of the Nationa league. THE Farmers' Banking and Loan com pany of Superior has been organized. A NEwM. E. church is to be established at Winside , with the Rev. E. W. Wilson ai pastor. A YOUNG scoundrel named Robinson at tempted the outrage of a ten year old gir at Omaha. He enticed her into an ici house on the plea that ho desired her as sistanco in catching a canary bird. Hi ivas arrested and will be dealt with as hi Reserves. LINCOLN'S law and order league is fillin ; the court dockets with work that it wil require weeks to got through with. A KANSAS firm will open a packing house it Grand Island. MICHAEL MAIIER. of Dodge county , has re : cntly obtained a patent on a car coupling , THE Nebraska and Iowa packing com- lany , of Nebraska City , has increased its : apital stock to § 200,000. THE WcstNebraska Methodist conference vill build a university at the town ol Bartlcy. PLANS for a fine school house at Auburn ire being drawn. THE soldiers' reunion at Shclton was a Tand success in every respect. The sham attle was carried out in a manner that von many compliments to those engaged. The addresses of Gen. John M. Thayer nid Capt. A. D. Yocum were highly compli- uented. THE festive burglar is not neglecting Fre mont. Several stores have been entered 'f ' late and some goods not largo in tho ggregate stolen. THE summer normal at Beatrice will icgin on the 2Gth of July. An able crops if instructors will bo present. C. F. GUILD , who took quite a prominent art in political and other matters at Frc- lont , has unexpectedly made himself carce in that locality of late. His former lartner in business is out of pocket about 1,000. and numerous others smaller sums ty Guild's dishonesty. A DODGE COUNTY man , on a recent hot iay , attempted to drive IIS head of fa ogs from his farm toNickerson , a distance if seven miles. It was terribly hot and tho orkcrs literalwilted ! on the way , ono undred and nine of them being lost. Tho irmcr is out of pocket to tho extent of 1,200. THERE was a largo turn-oufc to tho cole- iration at Ainsworlh on tho 4th. A § 50 lag was to bo given to the precinct having he largest delegation in town , a § 25 flag ; o the one having the next 'argest , and a 515 flag to the one having the next. John- town , Garfield and Buffalo precincts were : ho fortunate candidates. The induce- nents offered had a tendency to call out n immense gathering THE Broken Bow Republican says : A ifteen year old daughter of C. D. Shroder , if Logan , was killed Wednesday evening of ast week. She had been visiting a neigh- lor some miles distant from home , horse- lack ; starting homeward she was thrown iom her horse. Tho animal came homo iderless , when her parents started to earch for her and found her dead on the irairio about 2 o'clock in tho morning , ihe was a most excellent rider , and what auaed her being thrown from tho saddle rill never be known. TWO liorses were stolen in Dodge county ist week. Six prisoners in the Hall county jail mado heir escape last week. A FATAL accident says tho Beatrice Tx- ] iress , from the vicinity of Filley is report- d. About a week ago a woman named Irs. Billings was severely kicked about the cad and face by a horse. After acute suf- jring , tho unfortunate woman died Tues- ay morning. She was buried the same ay from her late home near Filley. A COUPLE of slick rascals have been work- : ig the people of Pawnee county on a pat- nt , non-explosive , all wool and a yard ide steam cooker and evaporator. They ot notes for § 250 each from three differ- nt farmers. Co. F , N. N. G. , is reorganizing and pros- ects arc flattering for a full company at n early day. THE barbers of Ord have decided to do o more Sunday work. All who wish to Dok decent on the Lord's d.iy will have to ttend to the face-scraping business Satur- ay night. A FAMILY of memphites took possession f Mr. Householder's stable near Plain- iew , and before he had found it out they ad killed ninety-three young chickens , hen he made a raid on their den and ; illed ten of them. THE Orleans Press mentions that that art of Nebraska never had better crops ban is now being harvested. H. R. LOOMIS , traveling salesman for E Bradley of Council Bluffs , lay down for i Bhort nap nt the Pacific hotel in Sidney Friday noon , and did not awake until th next day , along in the forenoon. He is noA busy dodging tho medical experts. AT Auburn , Bert Whitfield of Peru , a boi 12 j'cars old , was accidently shot with i ball from a twenty-two calibre Flobert tat jetcartridge. Itstruck the lower rib , glanc ing off and penetrating tho liver. He wil live. live.A A COLUMBUS special says : On Saturda ; evening Jacob Gregorius , of Duncan , whil delirious from asovercattack of erysipelas took an overdose of laudanum from th effects of which he died that night. CHARLES P. MATHEWSON , the Norfoll banker , who so suddenly disappeared some time ago , has returned home. JIM SHAW , of Lincoln , died a few dayi ago of delirium tromens. Through his las stages ho had the hiccoughs so that he wai unable to swallow at all , and a inon wretched death was never recorded. HOWARD LOVEJOY , the defaulting receive ! of public monies who was arrested about i year ago , is now free , having served out hit sentence of imprisonment. He content plates a trip to Florida. AN Omaha driver , while punishing hii horse , was thrown from the seat of tin coupe which he was driving and had three ribs broken. THE Lodge Pole Magnet , of July 2d , re ports a heavy rain storm in that locality It was accompanied with quite a sever windstorm , that did some damage. I rained about eight hours , wetting tin ground to a good depth. AT the celebration at Chadron on tin 4th a feature of the parade was Red Clone and his band of warriors. In the speech making Red Cloud also made a few remarks remindi. g his hearers that he onco oxvnci as far as you can see around here , am asked how it would be if he were stroni enough to regain his possessions. lie sait he had heard things said by the .speaker ! which made his heart glad , and he hopcc they meant what they said. "You havi come up here , " he said , "into my country and built your homes on the graves of my ancestors , but I hope you will have a goot time. Wo are now living in two houses but I hope the time will come when wo shuli all live in one house. " During tho celebration in Pawnee City the eleven year old daughter of Mr. F. C , Edec was shot and fatally wounded by a bullet from a target gun. Tho bullet en tered tho forehead and penetrated the brain tissues. The proprietor of the shootinc gallery has been arrested for criminal care lessness. COL. FRED GRANT and wife , accompanied > y child and maid , passed through Hast- ngs last week. A TRI-WEEKLY mail has been put on be- iweeu Stromsburg and Chirks. Co-ivey- inces are now run for the accommodation ) f commercial men and the general public. THE prisoners in the penitentiary were jiven a feast on the Fourth of July , and or two hours they were allowed the freo- lom of the yard. Tun district teachers'institute of Valley , 3arfield and Loup counties , is to be held it Ord , August 9th to 20th. MR. JOHN STULL , living eight miles from Plattsburg , died suddenly and mysteri- usly on Monday. A HALF interest in the Brownvillc Bell , he ferry boat plying at Brownville , has icon sold to Henry Royce. Loup CITY papers claim that place a me of the busiest in the state. Not a man 3 idle , not a team but is working every lour , and every trade andevery business 3 driven to the utmost. MAKT KING , residing three miles west of ralparaiso , was kicked in tho chest by a mile and seriously though not dangerously njtired. A mule is not as stylish as some ither ( iiiimnls , but as a kicker he bears off he palm. THE XEU'S IS" COXDEySED FOR3L L. N. Minnie , of Port Huron , Mich , was iiirncd to death. Dectectives have run down a Canadian ounlerfeiter named Rogers. Senator Manning has returned to Wash- ngton greatly improved in health. New York City proposes to extend her imits so as to take in three or four coun- ics. ics.The The German bundesrath has refused to rant § 750,000 to the proposed exhibition lecause manufacturers do not support the iroject. The New York weekly statement of the .ssociated banks shows a reserve decrease > f § 3,335,900. The banks now hold § 11 , 121,000. John C. Doelbower. for twenty years ditor of the LaFayetto ( Ind. ) Despatch , .nd well known democratic politician , died m the 4lh. Fourteen persons wore killed by tho ailway accident at Wurzburg , Germany. ? en of them were mangled beyond the pos- ibility of recognition. The earnings of the Chicago , Milwaukee .nd St. Paul railroad for the month of une , 1SSG , are : § 2,06i,000 ; 1885 , § 1- , iG5,449 ; increase. § 198.551. Hugo Michael , a farmer's son , run away rom his home near Appleton , Wis. , lost lis way in the woods of Taylor county , ,11 cl starved to death. His body was found. Admiral Baldwin's villa at Newport , R. I. , ras robbed of all thesilverware. The vi'hv ras robbed last summer of several thou- and dollars' worth of jewelry , some of rhich was found buried in the vicinity. The headquarters of the national legis- itive committee of tho Knights of Labor n Washington is being flooded with peti- ions from local assemblies to be presented o congress urging action upon the meas- res named in the recent list submitted by ho national committee. The workingmen's party at Brussels , telgium , publish a manifesto stating that he great workmen's demonstration in trussels would take place on August 15 E it is prohibited the workmen will reply y a strike all over the country. "We ant universal suffrage , " concluded the lanifesto. "and will have it. " Tha British holders of Mexican bonds ot > 13 have resolved to accept nothing less iian 30 per cent face or 20 per cent with In- jrest of the value of the bonds. O.VE Of THE AKCIIER OASG H'or/-cil Off by on Itnltana Sheriff in Gnu Slini > c. Shoals ( Intl. ) special : A tromendoi crowd was here to-day. Probably 1OC people witnessed the execution of Samu Archer. He ascended the gallows at 1:1 ; accompanied by two Catholic priests , tl sheriff and deputies * . He was compose and stood the test firmly. At 1:1G tl black cap was placed on his head , and i 1:17 the drop was sprung. The fall failc to break his neck and ho died from strangt lation in fifty-eight minutes. Ho was nea ly dressed in a suit of black , with a whil tie. The coroner placed the remains in neat coffin , which was taken charge of b his relatives. Archer retired at 2 a. m sleeping soundly until 5 a. m. , when 1 arose and partook of a light brcakfaf at G. The crime for which Archer was hange to-day was the murder of Sam Bunch , neighbor , and though not a regular men her of the Archer gang , was none too goo to have been. In tho spring of 1882 hi young Martin Archer , and Sam Marlej ntole a raft of logs and ran them dow White river several miles and sold then Archer claimed that Bunch and Marley di not give him his share of the sum realizcc and they had a number of quarrels aboti the matter , in one of which. July 2 , 1S8 Marley , it is supposed , killed the youngt Archer and fled the country. The nun dered Archer was found next daybyBunc ! and some of the Archer gang who Inn set out to hunt for him , and when founi was covered with flyblows. Bunc scraped off some of them with a chi and tauntingly asked the other partie if they did not want some frcsl cheese. This remark of Bunch and th bravado and insulting manner in which h talked about the killing of young Archci together with the fact that Bunch wa found to havefurnishcd Marley with mono ; to leave , so enraged Mart Archer , Sr. , tha he decided to punish linnch for his insc lence and through him discover the where ahouts of Marley , the murderer of yonn Archer. Shortly alter the killing of yonn Archer , Mart , Tom. John and S.iin Archc and John Lynch nu-t Bunch near his home having sent word by a young man win lived uith him that they wanted to soi bin on business , and maiched him over int < Orange county , several miles from hi home. Mart Arrhor said to him : " 1 giv you just two minutes to tell when' San Marley is or you are a dead man. " Bund replied : "Oh , hell you fellows won' shoot anybody , " u hereupon Mart gavi the command to his men to fire and fluncl Fell a corpse , pierced by a half dozen bill lets. Mart Archer then fired another bulle : into his head. The u'ang all escaped. San Archer was subsequently captured and hi : trial followed , resulting in conviction am the passing of the death sentence. He huh up with all the characteristic coolness o the-Archers until work was commenced 01 the bcaffnld , when ho completely broki down and tears coursed freely down hi ; cheek. Many have visited him since hii confinement , where he would answer mosi all questions asked him , yet maintained j sullen silence when spoken to regarding th ) murder. VETOING OF PEXSIOXJllLT.S. . riie Senate Conmiittci ; Tniliilgrs in Criticism of the J'rfsiileiit. Washington dispatch : A printed report , submitted by Senator Blair to the senate a ew days ago from the committee on pen- lions , to accompany a senate bill grantinp i pension to Mary J. Nottage , and which .vas . vetoed by the president , came from he government printing office to-day. The loiiunillce reports tho veto message back o the senate , and recommends tl.e passage ) f tho bill , tho president's objections to the iontrary notwithstanding. Tho report is nainly devoted to a criticism of the presi- lent for his numerous vetoes of private icnsion bills , and a defense of the manner n which pension legislation is conducted. i.t the outset the committee says : "It is laid that never since the foundation of the ; overnment has there been an executive , -eto of a private pension bill , save in a : iiigle instance , until the present session. .low that may bo is of no consequence , but 10 great has become the number of sunh , -etoes interposed by the present executive , illitliin .a few weeks past , and so ex- Taordinary tho censure , some times rad- iciilly cxiHvss-d , aad in nea ily every in- ilance soxeivly implied , an action of the wo houses of ci n re-.s and their coinmit- : ecp , upon whom has dcvtilved tho tedious ind generally unappreciated labor of in- resti.'atiiu these claims , accompanied in nany cases by .such ridicule of and evident lisgnsfc with the claims themselves , Unit four committee Fee < that they are justified n a brief review of tin * many circumstances nvoh--il. In doing this a strong effort will > o made to restrain a notnmisua ! indigna- ion , which if permitted to assume propor- ions w hich the provocation justifies , would v holly destroy those respectful forms of xprcssion which must be maintained in > fhVial intercourse between the different > llicer.s and departments of government. I'his becomes more necessary in propor- , ion as it is rendered moie dilhcult by eason of the unjust and unexampled style n uhich some of the messages of the pre.si- lent are expressed. It shall bo the effort > f the committee to get on in this lifiicnlt matter without violating the ourtesies of official intercourse by imitat- ng an example which , so far as we are iware , is without precedent , and which , so iir as we are concerned , should remain o. " Of the president's criticism the report lays : "Much criticism has been indulged n by the president of the methods of legis ution pursued by the two housed of con- ress , and however uninformal he may bo ipon the subject , and howeverunintention- illy , by reason of want of knowledge , he nay have been pursued in like cases ever ince congress and parliamcnthaveexisted , .nd which have , since parliaments became ree , been safe from kingly and presidential riterference , all the same the people have ieen misled by unwarranted statements of he president as to tho manner in which ? gislation upon pension claims and the ike is , and of necessity must be conduct- d. " Tiro .noni : rj-ssKf.s Halifax dispatch : The American schoon- rs. George W. dishing and C. I ! . Ifarring on , u ere formally seized yesterday after- oon at Shelbourne by the captain of the dominion cruiser. Terror , and handed over o the collcctorof customs at that por' for iolation of the customs laws. The C. B. larriirjfon was ordered into the hands of onstables , who were placed in charge of or. The dishing still rid-s at anchor loncsidc of the Terror , but in chame of ho collector. Neither of the three vessels eized at .Shelbourne and City Point are hanjed with violating the fishery laws but imply have boon seized for violating the usto ' s laws by coming to anchor and al- awing their crews to go ashore before re- orting at the custom house. DISASTROUS SHAM BATTLE. WALKEUTOK , IND. , July 4. In a sham battle esterday George Warner had an eye shot out ycomiiifc In close proxim * o a pun. A Russian by birth , he served In the United tales army , and was a veteran of the Crimean ar. TrOJJ/CnW.UEA- They Get Togctf.cr utul Say n Good jrbrtZ { n Jieliulf of Ireland. NEW YORK , July 5. A meeting attended oy about 20,000 persons was held this afternoon hi Uniot > square , under the auspices of the Central Labor Union. The gathering was of ivorkitinmen , and the purpose was to appeal to the workingmcn of Great Britian and Ire land to support candidates who are pledged to the cause of home rule. Among the organizations that attended In bodies were 1,000 members of the ale and por ter brewers association , 5JO members of the Shoemaker's progressive association. 3,000 men of Progressive ussemblv No. 2 of laborers , 200 of the association of woodearvers , 2,000 of tho United operators union , 1,000 of the United pressmen's union , 1,200 of the tailor's union , 4.000 of the association of 'longshoremen , 2,00) United brassworkers , 1,000 United tail ors of children's clothhur , 5,000 operative plasterers , 1,000 tin and slate roofers and 100 marble workers. There was speaking from four stands from one of them In German. Grand Master Work man I'ouilerly was to have delivered an ad dress , hut was forced to send a telegram of re gret at his inability to do so. An appeal to the ivorkingmcn of Great Britain and Ireland was adopted. It ex pressed intense interest in the home rulo movement for Ireland ; referred to the sym pathy of the British working classes with"the United States in its recent struggle for the happily restored good feeling between the north and the south , tho refill of home rule for the states ; and calling" on the voters of Great Britain to grant to Ire land tho same autonomy as most certainly calculated to engineer the spirit of love for anil patriotic pride in the mother country anil build up a community of feeling with the peo ple of the United States , makinir a union of the cnirli.-li speaking nations with an uutold ' power'for good. Among those who spoke was Henry Geonre , who was received with great enthusiasm. Ho referred to the policy 'of home rule In allay ing sectional strife ami animosity in this coun try. The people of the United States were be lievers in home rule because they had tried it. The autonomy of Ireland was de.-ireil as much for Knglaiul's sake as for Ireland's. He paid warm tributes to Gladstone ami I'arnell. One stand was set apart for ladv s-pcakcrs. At this point Lillie Devereux fJIake had charge. She held It was time for M omen to take part in national affairs and followed the suggestion with a brief address. Mrs Delia S. I'arnell followed Mrs. Blake. The Irish leader's mother was grei ted with cheers. She siiid her want of health prevented her speak ing at lenirth. Her feelings' ' , she said , were stiong as she stood before such a multi tude. It recalled to her her ancestors who fought for Iriifs liberty and for humanity against the landlords who ruled over Ireland. In giving sunputhv to Ireland she urired that her hearers should not neglect to .send them what is more needful ami practical money. Madame Delascleus and Margaret Moore also spoke briefly. A $ -iOOOt ) I'OSTAfiE STA'SII" IKH1KKRY. The po.stoffice was broken open last night and robbed of § 20,000 in money and stamps. No clue to the thieves. Mr. Lar- away arrived in the city on the early train from Lake Minnetonkaand was not aware of the robbery until he arrived at the office. The lobby of the postollice is open at night and the safe blowers had no diffi culty in opening the stamp window , where one crawled through and opened the door from the inside. The safe was near the window , but as the glass is painted they could not be seen from the street. The work was by the "profession. ' ' They drill ed a hole four inches deep between the handle and the combination , then packed tho lock. Laraway intimates there was about § 20SOO , : in stamps in the safe , and of this amount § 18,000 was taken , they having left § o,500 in one cent stamps. AH the currency in after 5 o'clock , amounting to § 10 , was taken. Af ter the robbery they made their exist through the door of the office and took tho mail carrier's horse and rickey , Middlemist it Taylor's delivery wagon , and carried the boodle off. As near as can be ascertained the robbery was committed between 1 and 2 o'clock. The office does not employ a watchman. From the looks of the stamp [ lepartment they left in great haste , leaving line steel drills and a lane sleilue and pick- ; ixe , also a silk handkerchief with a. mark DII it which will be a clnu for the detectives. At the time the robbery was committed a lieavy rain was fallim ; . and there was not a policeman to be found anywhere in tho neighborhood. The robbers went to St. I'aul and left the horse and wagon , which have been found by the police. RAILWAY IfOKKS 'JO CLOSE. LONDON. July G. Borslg's railwav works in ierlin , which are the oldest of the kind ou the lontinent , having h-en founded in 1533 , will hortly be closest owing to continued loss aris- nir from low prices. The tut-.il number of persons who emigrated 'rom Germaintrom January to .Mav , both in- Ins ye. is : ! : ? , OT7. ' 1 his is a" larire decrease as ompared with the figures for the corrcspoad- ng penud of 1S5. THE MARKETS. OMAHA. IVllKAT NO. 2 . Cl © ISuii. ! . } No. 2 . 515 ! : - . i.No. . 2 . -10 ( , I ni.s-\o. 2 mixed . 22j.Tg ( [ > . .usNo. . . 2. . © Ii ! Tii.it Creamery ! ' ' > Umi.i : Fair to uooil 7 [ : < ; < . .sFi esh /nit KI.NS Old perilous . 275 'un I KNS Spring per doz. . . 2 ; " ( ) I.IMI > \S Choice . S 00 ) : . ( . : Los Angeles . G 00 : \IMM.IS I'er&busht-lbox. . 00 lit \\s Navvs . 110 riMO.N.s Southern , per bbl. 400 ! 'IIT\TOI : & New , Southern , jerbairel . 2 50 iVooi Fine , per Ib . 10 M.I.I.S Timothy . 2 20 -"III.DS Blue Grass . 1 ' 50 HAY Haled , per ton . 550 G25 HAY In bulk . GOO : ! os Mixed packing . ' 145 ! > ii.vis Choice .steers' . 4 GO : mii Heavy grades . 3 25 NEW YORK. A'IIKVT No. 2 red R. iViin.vT Ungraded red S5 % _ ° oux No. 2 472@ ) AT. Mixc'd western 34- @ 'OICK 10 G2 Q , i . .AICD G 90 ( n , CHICAGO. "i.ouit Winter J 50 @ 400 "i-ouis Patents 4 50 fe \ IIKAT Per bushel . 'i.u.N I'er bushel 37 ) \T.S Per bushel - ' ( > 'oitic 10 15 ( ' ] > AID G GO ( ) Ions Piickii > z itshipping. 4 SO @ ' . TTM : Sto'-kers 2 50 ( oj : iuii' Natives 2 00 ( r ST. LOUIS. VIIKAT No.2 red 78 @ N Perbn.shel 30J | @ . . . is I'er bushel 27J " @ Iocs Mixed packing 4 50 @ 'ATTLI : Exports 340 ( < j liiKEi' Common to choice 3 00 ( a , KANSAS CITY. VIIEAT Perbnshel G4 @ 'OIIN I'er bushel 254' @ ) ATS Per bushel 22 @ BATTLE Stackers 2 60 @ Iocs Good to choice. 4 65 @ iiiEEiCommon to good. . 3 GO @