Nebraska Newspapers

    THE TBIBUlSrE.
F. m. & E. ar.
McCOOK , NEB
OVER THE STATE.
NEBRASKA AND THE DROUTH.
Jhe present year will bo remembered Ion
ki Nebraska as an example of tho power e
tho prairie soil to resist drouth and t
absorb , without great injury , a eupei
abundance of rain. In tho early month
the farmers began to think that tho crop
were surely rained out. Then dry iveathc
Bet in , and tho way the corn and sma
grain commenced to resuscitate fror
the drowning waa wonderful. Then th
dry weather turned intoascorchingdroutl ;
and the strongest agricultural heart begai
to "cave , " and it looked aa though every
thing in tho way of vegetation would bi
cooked to a turn.
When everybody had began to despair
local raina began to patter here and there
until sooner or later almost everybody go
some fraction of a shower and the recupei
otion commenced anew. In many countie
the result has been a fine average crop c
email grains and corn is now promising t <
equal the yield of last year and in the fa
western counties to surpass the crcat re
cord of ' 85.
The fact is Nebraska is going to lead al
the rest of her sisters this year in tho aver
age yield of corn. The eastern countie
will fall short of the weatern in the mattei
of corn , but will have probably more thai
the half crop that was estimated a coupli
of weeks ago. The result will be a renewa
of the Nebraska boom of last year and i
better remuneration to the farmers foi
their season's work in the shape of ad
vnnccd prices for products , than has Leei
received since ' 81 , when there was a smalle ;
crop than the average , but more money i
not more corn to the acre than usual.
State Journal.
SENATOR MANDERSON.
Senator Mandcrson , who baa just re
turned to Nebraska , was seen by a reportei
at the Millard. He still retains hia rotundi
ty of form , which , however , has been slight
ly increased by exceedingly good digestion
and because of tho impossibility of tukim
his customary walk for some time , he has
not been able to keep his avordupois down ,
to that figure which ho feela to comport
well with a gentleman of his formation.
Senator Manderson said that the bill foi
the relief of the Union Pacific waa placed
upon tho calendar and would bo taken up
in due tinie at the next session of congress.
The Pacific extension bill was also waiting
for later action , in fact , 0110 depended more
or less upon the other. The relief bill had
been considerably chanced in committee ,
but what would be its fate , In * , of course ,
did not feel able to forecast. [ Omaha Bee.
DEATH OF OSCAR PORTER.
Lincoln Correspondence Omaha Republi
can : A gentleman who was in the city to
day gave toyour correspondent the follow
ing account of the killing of little Oscar
Porter last Monday by the passenger train
on the Columbus road , eleven miles west of
here : Childlike and innocent , little Oscar
was accustomed to slip away and visit his
grandma , Avho lived across the track from
his home. His parents were kept in con
tinual anxiety and fear that an accident to
his life might sometime happen. Fate
sealed the decree , and the dreaded hour did
come ata time least expected. The mother
was busy and seemed for a moment to for-
jet her longing for tho absent child , which
had just toddled from the door and was
hastening his little footsteps towards
grandma's house. Mr. Porter was busy
repairing the granary close by with no
thought of imminent danger. The note of
warning fell like a death knell on the ears
of the parents. The mother rushed to the
door only to find her precious baby stand
ing on the crossing facing the rapidly ap
proaching train with childish bravery aiid
admiration. With inexpressible anguiaii
she started forhis rescue , but it was iuipo.i-
3ible , and as the awful crisis came and the
3ad scene sadly narrowed to death , the
mother , now heart broken , buried her face
In her hands to hide the awful tragedy. In
the very presence of father and mother the
infant child "was in the smiles and beauty
Df innocent life cut off. " What pen can
write or sympathetic friend express the
sorrow of such a scene ?
THE CHILD'S LIFE SATED.
An unusual , and at the same time a very
skillful , surgical operation was performed
a few days ago by a physician the results
of which have been most salutary. It
seems that for some time back the little
four-year-old son of Newton Gallon , living
on Division near Burt street , has been suf
fering from diphtheretic croup. This is one
of the most fatal maladies incident to
childhood. The victim cannot breathe ,
and death usually , that is in nine cases
out of ten , results from suffocation. Death
of course stared Mr. Callen's child , but when
thedoctorwas called he performed the oper
ation mentioned. It consisted no less than
making an incision into the little fellow's
windpipe. The operation was as painful
as it was delicate , and though it required
skill and produced a great amount of pain
it was yet the means of saving the child's
life. The boy is now doing well and the in
cision has almost healed. [ Omaha Bee.
MISCELLANEOUS STATE MATTERS.
Two TIMES in the past month Fairmont
Las narrowly escaped destruction by fire.
The last occurred a few days ago and en
tailed a loss of about $2,000.
DORCHESTER shipped in one week sixty-
five carloads of grain.
THE Juniata Herald says Adams county
needs a paper mill , a creamery , a packing
house and a canning factory.
CHEYENNE county proposes to capture
the $ G5 premium offered by the Omaha
interstate fair for the best fifty ears of corn
exhibited.
THE Rock Island people have unloaded
300 carloads of ties at Beatrice , and will
unload 12,000 carloads before they get
through. They propose to build 100 miles
of road east and west from that place.
THE railway mail service has established
> ute 34.035 , from Chadron to Lusk , on
the Fremont , Elkhorn and Missouri Valley
railway , which will supply the intermediate
points of Witney , Crawford , Ft. Robinson
and Harrison. Mail will be carried each
way daily except Sunday.
AFTER three days passed in the depress
ing heat of tho crowded court room , the
preliminary hearing of Maul , brought from
Galesburg for the murder of Eichorn , near
Lincoln , was finished , and Justice Brown ,
who presided at the preliminary , acquitted
the young man and gave him his liberty.
The state made no case at all.
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A HASTINGS special says : The Hon. JaE
Laiird , congressman of the Second coi
gressional district , arrived at his homelier
this evening. Ho was met at the train b ,
a large number of friends and neighbors o
both the democratic and republican parties
The reception given to him was not aa i
politician , but as a man who has won som
distinction and done himself credit. H
was escorted to hia fine residence by hi
friends , headed by the band , and was ther
welcomed back to his homo and friends.
THE B. & M. has secured right of way b (
twcen Hebron and Belvidere.
ORD'S new driving association offer
purses amounting to $600 to be contests
for at tho next meeting.
AN old settlers' association has bee ;
formed at Wayne , with Dr. B . B. Crawfor
as president.
OSIAIIA hna a set of thieves who ro
graves of their flowers , doing their work a
night when no one ig present to watch thei
operations.
A DISTRICT lodge of the Knights of Labo
has been organized at Hastings.
AN Oakdalo man carelessly threw hii
pitchfork from a hay stack. It lodgei
against the side of the stack with the busi
ness end pointing toward tho sky , am
when the man slid to the ground there wai
trouble. The tines of the instrument tor
a large piece of flesh from his leg , severin ;
an artery and nearly causing death fron
loss of blood.
THE postmaster general has notified thi
Omaha postmaster that 25,000 of tho nev
letter sheet envelopes will shortly be for
warded. The local office is given instruc
tions in connection with tho invention
which consists of a sheet on one side o
which the letter ia written , the other sidi
being stamped and containing a place foi
the address. It is , in fact , a letter , Btamj
and envelope on one sheet. It is expecti/
to bo of great convenience to travelers am
persons writing in unexpected places. The
invention haa been in use in Europe foi
some time , but is as yet an experiment ii
America.
THE other day Officer Mike Dempsey , o
Omaha , received an official envelope froir
Washington , D. C. , which contained SCO ,
the fruit of his recent capture , of two do
sorters.
A LARGE cornice factory and an immense
[ louring mill are two enterprises soon to be
credited up to Broken Bow. The mill will
iavo a capacity of one hundred barrels per
day.
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A COLU.MHUS special says : Peter Ring
was overtaken and arrested six miles nortli
of this city by Deputy Sheriff Brassfield , ol
Dakota county , and brought to this city
and jailed. Ring stole a team , harness and
light wagon last Friday morning irom a
farmer in the northeastern part of Dixon
county. The officers of Dixon and Dakota
counties at once started in pursuit and
were joined by the sheriffs of Wayne and
Madison counties. Sheriff Brassfield was
accompanied by Sheriff Davis , of Madison ,
when the thief was overhauled.
THE Lincoln Democrat learns upon un
questionable authority that tho Missouri
Pacific has let the contract for building a
line of road from Weeping Water to Ne
braska City. The contractors are Carlisle
Bros. , and work will be begun right away
with the intention of finishing up this fall
ready for business.
THE Nebraska City Press gloriea over the
following Lincoln dispatch : "A special car
with Manager S. H. H. Clark and other
officials of the Missouri Pacific railroad
came in at noon to-day. The surveying
party which left this city on Thursday
have struck the trail from Avoca to the
Missouri river via North Table creek and
are driving grade stakes for an extension of
the Missouri Pacific to a point near Ne
braska City on tho north. Settlers in Cass
county along the route are invited to show
some liberality in furnishing right of way
Tor 1 he proposed line which is to connect
the Wabash extension from present termi
nus at Shenandoah , Ia. , with the capital
city. "
A LINCOLN officer returned to that city
: he other day from Galesburg , 111. , having
n charge one Maul , charged with the mur
der of Julius Elchorii in Lincoln on the
light of August 1st. Maul was seen at the
ail , but refused to talk upon the subject.
[ Ie is a young , smoothly-shaved individual ,
of small stature , and haa-a boyish appear-
ince. The circumstantial ev'donrs against
lim is very damaging. Ho as Known to
lave no money while in Lincol.i , and when
le turned up in Galeeburg was very well
ixed. While en route to Galesburg he stop-
led in Omaha and tried to get a § 100 bill
changed. It is said to bo the same bill that
Sichorn tried to have a restaurant keeper
change in Lincoln on the Sunday of his
Jeath.
PRINTERS in the Beatrice Express office
"walked out" theother day because the
publisher employed a "two-thirder. "
THE Fremont Herald says it is expected
; hat the branch road to Lincoln will be in
condition for regular traffic by the 1st of
October or soon thereafter. The distance
varies very little from fifty-two miles. The
grade , culverts , bridge timbers and all
necessary material are in readiness to be
out of the way of track laying.
THE Talmadge Tribune says that one the
voung men of that place recently advertised
or a wife , His sister , who had been from
lome some time , answered the advertise
ment. The young man now thinks there is
no "balm in Gilead , " and the old folks are
quite positive that it is too bad to have
two fools in one family.
A SMART man in Wilber rode his horso
into a saloon , took a drink and crowded
ihe animal out through tli aide door. It
cost him § 15.
IN Beatrice the other day H. W. Giddings
delivered to A. Sigman 82 hogs that aver
aged 2S3 pounds to the head , that were
said by all who saw them to bo the finest
lot of hogs ever marketed in that place.
WASHINTON special : J. B. Coburn , ol
Lincoln , special agent of the general land
office for frauduland entries , was here to
day examining the records to secure data
upon which large numbers of land frauds
will be disposed of in Nebraska. When he
reaches home and gets all his evidence in
eh ape his revelations through tho district
attorney and United States marshal will
cause a sensation in the courts , and many
prominent and hitherto respected citizens
may be implicated in land steals.
THE Lutheran church at Tekamah is
undergoing thorough repairs.
Hastings Trotting association Ii
preparing for an interesting fall meeting
September 21-23. Three thousand om
hundred dollars will be distributed ii
purses.
A GERMAN named Fred Mulke , living ai
Salem , has been in the habit of cruellj
beating hia wife and children. After a re
cent exhibition of this deviltry a crowd o !
one hundred or more citizens caught bin :
and were about to tar and feather him
when the ofBcera rescued him on his prom'
ise not to repeat his cruelty.
THE Lincoln Land company has just laid
out a town at Wray , Colorado , just westol
the state line.
THE Nebraska City oratorio society , un-
dcr tho direction of Dr. Saxby of Lincoln ,
is putting excellent work on tho "Crea
tion , " which they will render early in Octo
ber.
THE Iowa atithoritieshaverefused the re
quisition asked by Gov. Dawes for Louie
Lundburg , wanted in Omaha for selling
mortgaged property.
ARTICLES incorporating the Hebron Build
ing association with a capital of § 100,000
have been filed with the secretary of state.
JOHN MAHONEY , an Omaha boy , was bad
ly bitten in the face by a dog and lies in a
precarious condition.
NORTH LOOP saloons are closed , pending
trial of the legality of the licensee issued
them by the village. The * case will come up
before tho supreme court.
THE Beatrice Express charges unnamed
officers of Gage county with unlawfully in
stituting suits , running up bills of costs ,
and intimidating people for the purpose of
mulcting them out of money.
ONE milo east of Liberty eleven large
stacks of wheat belonging to George Shel
don were burned , entailing a loss of
§ 1,000. The fire is supposed to bo of in
cendiary ) rigin , and § 500 has been offered
tor the arrest and conviction of tho guilty
party.
A WARRANT was issued last week by Gov
ernor Dawes on requisition from the gov
ernor of Kansas for tho return to that
state of a man named C. H. Brown , who is
wanted for grand larceny and embezzle
ment , lie ia believed to be somewhere in
Hall county.
THE old eitizena of Kearney are pained
to learn of the death of Mr. W. H. McCon-
nell , of Corning , Iowa. Mr. McConnell waa
a newspaper man in Kearney in 1874 , and
had many friends among tho old settlers.
RED CLOUD will vote on the question of
water works aome time next month.
ALMOST every house of prostitution in
Hastings has a card , "Dressmaking , "
tacked on the front door. Respectable
dressmakers are thinking of adopting a dif
ferent sign.
IT is said that two Hastings editors will
aoon take unto themselves wives.
WITH respect to the bill for the sale of
Fort Omaha , SenatorMandersonexpressed
to an Omaha Beo reporter surprise at the
action taken by the board of trade of
Omaha in opposition to the movement in
question. Said he : "If it had not been for
that opposition , I feel that in all probabil
ity the bill would have passed the house aa
it had the senate. But then , it is not so
much what the people of Omaha or the
people of Nebraska want. It ia what the
war department wants. It requirea.an act
of congress to establish a post , but it re
quires only an order from the department
of war to abolish it.
A MAN by the name of Stone has been
bound over to the Lancaster county dis
trict court in the sum of § 2,500 for being
too much married. He has three wives as
far as heard from , and returns are not all
in yet.
KATE CONWAY , a young woman , lived
alone on a claim near Rushville for several
months past. Last week she came to town
ind soon became stark mad. She waa
Itindly cared for by the people , and will be
sent to her home in Illinois. The strain of
lonely days and nights on a wilderness of
irairie proved too much for her , but it is
loped that careful nursing and homo influ-
jnce will effect a cure.
LINCOLN feela quite elated over the else-
bion of its citizen , John Eitzgerald , to the
presidency of the Irish National league of
America.
THE racea at Blair were unuaually fine ,
rhe purses were good and attendance lib-
jral.
jral.NORFOLK has been declared the county
seat of Madison.
KEARNEY seems to be holding up its end
) f the racket for first place among central
Nebraska cities. Improvements now nn-
Jerway will involve the expenditure of at
east § 250,000.
R. R. RANDALL , says the Lincoln Demo-
: rat , reports that the land department is
n receipt of floods of letters asking for in-
'ormation about Nebraska. The Ohio peo
ple , whose arrival was noted a few days
igo , are enraptured with what they see ,
ind most of them will buy properly with a
riew of early removal. There is every rea-
! on to expect a big boom in early fall.
IT ia said a survey has been completed
ind grade stakes driven from Nebraska City
to Shenandoah , Ia. , for the extension of
the Wabash road to that city.
G. L. BROWN , of North Bend , harbored
Bill Shubert and his wife for a number ol
rteeks , and sums up the cost as follows : A
team of ponies , a lumber wagon , a buggy , a
: ow and his daughter , Ella Brown , all ol
ivhich , according to public notice , "the said
Shuberts drove off. " Mr. Brown will give
$50 for an interview with Shubert.
WHILE a number of young men and boys
ivere bathing in the river near the water
ivorks at Omaha the other day , one young
man was noticed at some distance out to
sink beneath the surface. Before assistance
could reach him he was drowned. He is
described as being about 22 years of
age with a small brown musto.ehe and
dark hair. No one about tho place
at the lime knew who he was and a search
of clothing failed to throw any light upon
the subject.
Two newspaper men of Hastings , it is re
ported , will soon become Benedicts.
SOME days ago while E. Wilhelm was con
fined in the county jail at Nebraska City he
killed a pet wolf belonging to Si Renson.
Wilhelm now claims the bounty offered un
der the law for wolf scalps.
MRS. GORDON , of Omaha , Would like to
know the whereabouts of her husband , who
recently ran away , leaving on her hands
four children to support.
Ttaprezm-
THE parties who slugged the hack drivei
Haynes , and the night policeman at th
depot in Lincoln have had their preliminr
ry hearing , resulting in binding three of th
four over to the district court Under twi
thousand dollar bonds , and the fourth on
under a thousand dollars. It will not b
the first introduction to the pen on th
part of some of the chaps , and tho pros
pects are the very brightest that they wil
go over the road with quickness and dis
patch when court convenes.
CITIZENS of Hastings are confident of got
ting tho Rock Island at an early day
Prospects are said to be decidedly encoui
aging.
OMAHA'S city council is on a trip to Dei
ver and tho mountains of Colorado , an
are being wined and dined sumptuously a
all points.
HENMAN RISSMAX , of Norfolk , in companj
with a girl of Columbus , hired a livery ri {
at tho hitter placeand drove to David City
returning at 9:30 at night with the horsi
in a dying condition , being overheated. II
lived but a few minutes thereafter. The
young man occupied a cell in tho county
jail for tho night and furnished security foi
the value ol the horse the next day.
THE sudden death is announced , at Sara
toga , New York , of Ezra Millard , prcsidcn
of the Commercial National bank o
Omaha. Heart disease was the trouble
He was an old and highly respected citi
zen of the metropolis of the state. Hi
leaves a wife and six children and prop
erty worth about $400,000.
Ax Omaha a man named Limbergcr ii
under $700 bonds to appear September '
to answer to the charge of attempting to kil
Charles Kohlmeyer.
WHAT TUE FARMERS WAXT.
As Foreshadowed in the Proceedinys of tltc
Coiiifrexs at 2Uinncai > olii > .
ST. PAUL , MINX. , Aug. 20. At the farmers' '
congress this morning T. S. Collin of Forl
Dodge , la. , read a paper on the "Great gov
erning power in fixing freight rates on rail
ways in America. " He closed by urging th <
appointment of a national railroad coinmis
siou.
siou.At
At the close of his address the committee
on'resolutions presented a report which was
read by the secretary. Resolutions were
adopted asking congress to create the office
of secretary of agriculture and to make this
officer a cabinet member. They also ask the
extension of the signal service to all places
reached by telegraph ; request congress tc
regulate interstate commerce in such
a manner as to protect the productive
industries of the countrv ; recommend
an appropriation of $3,000,000 to stamp out
contagious diseases among domestic animals ;
request the secretary of state to instruct the
ministers to Germany and France to use all
proper means to prevent restrictions upon
American farm products properly inspected
md shippep ; unre upon conirrcss the necessity
of a speed } ' development of the system of wa
terways , including the Mississippi river ; rec
ommend the restoration of the wool tariff of
1867 and the maintenance of the tarlil
an rice and sugar ; ask that state legis
latures be earnestly requested tc
pass laws to prevent what is known as dealing
in futures ; approve of the oleomargarine law
and recommend its strict enforcement ; and
call for the incorporation under the laws oi
the United States of the Farmers' congress ol
the United States , requesting farmers of each
state to organize assemblies entitled to send
representatives to the farmers' national con
gress in the proportion of one delegate foi
; ach United States senator and reprcsentatire
in congress from that state.
Two propositions one to adopt the Cullom
nterstate bill and the other to adopt the
Reagan bill were postponed.
During the discussion of the tariff resolutlor
speeches took a wide range and it was treated
is a question of protection against free trade.
The protection sentiment was decidedly in the
iscendant and when the vote was announced
n favor of the resolution amended there TTW
much applause.
At the afternoon session a lively discussIoE
took place on the resolution recommending
the restoration of the wood tariff of ISOTi
imended to include sugar and rice. The vote
, vas yeas 156 % , nays 110j , the southern del-
: gatcs voting solidly no.
The congress indorsed the oleomargarine
nil , and urged that glucose be placed on the
lame footing. It also favored the creation ol
I new cabinet position with the departmenl
> f agriculture. It was decided to hold the
icxt meeting at Chicago on the first Tucsdai
> efore the opening of the fat stock show ol
.887.
JILAINE'S SECOND SPEECH.
Elaine made his second speech ol th *
ampaign at North Berwick , Me. , on the
! 5th. He twitted the prohibitionists ol
nconsisteney and ingratitude toward the
epublican party which had given the state
,11 the prohibitive legislation it had ever
: ad. The prohibitionists- not expect
o elect anybody of their own party. They
ould only defeat the republicans. Pass-
tig to tho fisheries question Elaine said :
'Canada ' is in a very peculiar position ,
ihe wants to enjoj' the pride and senti-
acnt of belonging to tho British empire
.ml to pocket the profit and advantage of
aving an American market at the samo
ime. We don't think that fair. " Blnino
cad at length from the late treaty with
lanadn , commenting as he proceeded , and
howing by its terms that the United States
. ere placed at great disadvantage.
PROVISIONAL cOTERNMENT FORKED.
A dispatch from Sofia , Bulgaria , says :
'The populace and troops quartered in tin
apital surrounded the palace early this
norning. There was no disorder. The
lopulace then assembled and adopted a
esolution praying the czar to re-extend his
ympathy to the Bulgarian people. The
issemblage proceeded to the place of the
lussian agent and submitted to him thi
esolution , all kneeling. The agent assured
hem of the czar's friendship. The follorr-
ng provisional government has been
ormed : Prime minister , Mxms. Clement ,
letropolitan of Tirnova ; minister of for-
igh affairs , M. Stajonpff ; minister of inter-
or , M. Zankoff ; minister of finance , M.
Curmof ; minister of war. M. Nekiferoaoff ;
uinister of justice , M. RadoslavofL
A , FATAL FT.OOD.
MAXDALAT , August 24. Tlie embankments
a the Irrawaddy broke yesterday and the
> wn was flooded , rendering 50,000 people
omelcss. The damage done already amounts
) $3,000,000. Many dead bodies are constant-
being washed as'horc.
It is now estimated that 1,000 persons tost
icir lives in the flood.
A SPECIALATTRACTIOX , for old soldiers
specially , will be the opportunity to view
hat grand picture , the Battle of Gettys-
mrg , when they visit the Omaha fair Sept.
ith to llth. This is one of the sighte
rhich must not be overlooked , and many
if the visitors , as well as veterans of the
, rmy , will avail themselves of the chance
.fforded. The picture is an exact repro-
luction of the famous painting in Chicago
, nd is one of the most vivid representa-
ions of a great battle ever depicted b3 * an
irtist. The old soldier can fight his battle
p'er again and tell once more the story of
LOW that desperate field was fought and
iron.
A DESinUCTirE SOUTHERNSTOWX.
Galveston and Other Points in Texas Rat
aged by Wind and Water.
Galveston ( Tex. ) dispatch : As the win
freshened Friday evening there were appn
hensions that the night would be a repot :
tion of the night before , but these were pu
away as tho night advanced. By 10 o'cloc
the rain had ceased and the clouds ha ;
broken away. Families who had bee
driven from their homes by tho rapid in
road of the gulf waters tho night before re
turned to their water-logged houses am
began the work of reparation , while hun
dreds of others , whose homes , with all thei
possessions , had been swept away , sough
much-needed rest after the terrors throng ]
which they had passed. Morning brok
clear and beautiful. The waters , which ha <
inundated one-half of the eastern ant
southern portions of the city to a depth o
from one to seven feet , had subsided excep !
in low places. The bench and adjacent por
tions of the citv for several blocks bad
from the shoreprcsenteda deplorable seem
of havoc and desolation as far as tho eyi
could eee. The ruins of hundreds of houses
largo and small , had been hurled ant
twisted into every shape , while brick pillars
and wooden piling , in every direction con
tiguous to the beach and exposed to the
full force of the gale , indicated where hnppj
homes had stood tho night before , bu (
which were swallowed up and destroyed ir
the awful maelstrom that then prevailed ,
All the pleasure resorts along the gull
shore were either swept away or ruined.
The plaza in front of tho Beach hotel i ;
furrowed by tho force of the waves and
piled with debris , while all the false worls
protecting the fcnndntion of the hotel , with
the Jrcsh water tanks and outbuildings ,
swept away and deep furrows were cut
under the building itself.
In the menagerie , consisting of a long row
of cages on the beach lawn , many birds and
animals , were drowned or killed , while
others mp'Je their escape. Among the ani-
mnlg that escaped were the Mcxic-m lions ,
which were on the point of making things
lively when they were shot by the night
watchman , who received adangerous wound
by the accidental shot of his assistant ,
passing through his arm.
The heaviest damage to property oc
curred in the vicinity of the Beach hotel.
The wide area devastated by the water
makes an approximate of the amount of
damage done somewhat difficult , but it is
now estimated by close calculators that it
will not fall below § 500.000 , and may
exceed that. The street railways are being
repaired and travel has been resumed over
some of the lines , but many months will
elapsed before all traces of the storm are
effaced. The majority of the sufferers from
the flood are of the poorer class of people.
Many of them lost all they had , and are
destitute and discouraged , being dependent
upon friends for temporary shelter and re
lief. Private charity has been active in
providing for the relief of the sufferers.
Much apprehension existed all day Friday
as to the safety of the sisters' orphange ,
five miles down the island on the gulf side ,
but it was reached yesterday and found to
ba intact , the only damage being the wash-
in away of the steps of the building.
News reached the city yesterday
afternoon that the schooner J. W.
Perrr , from Brashear City , with a cargo of
cypress paving blocks , foundered during
the gale fifteen miles off the island. Cap
tain Whitmore and a colored cook were
drowned. Two colored sailors clung to
some floating timbers and were driven
ashore eighteen miles down the island.
They were nearly dead from exhaustion
when they reached shore. The body of
Willie Barnew , eleven years old , residing in
the western portion of the city , who was
drowned Friday at the foot of Thirty-
tliird street , was recovered at tho foot of
Forty-ninth street yesterday morning and
was buried. This makes the tenth victim
of the storm.
AGRICULTURALISTS IA' SESSIOX.
Sixth Session of tltc Fanners' Conyresv of the
United Stales.
Over 200 delegates were present at tho
jpening of the sixth session of tho farmers'
: ongrcss of the United States at the state
air grounds at St. Paul , Minn. , on the
25th. The meeting was called to order by
; he president. Col. Robert Beverly , of Vir-
; inia , Rev. Henry Wallace , of Iowa , offer-
ng a prayer. The address of welcome was
lelivered by Gov. Hubbard , who spoko
ipprovingly of the farmers' efforts to ob
tain relief from the unnatural burdens o !
; he monopolist , exaction and oppression ,
rol. Boverly spoke briefly in reply and a
urther interchange of oratorical courtc-
> ies was made by B. F. Clayton , of Iowa ,
iecretnry of the congress , and others.
In the course of his annual addressPresi-
lent Beverly , on behalf of the farmers ,
: hanked President Cleveland for his recom-
ncndations to congress to inquire whether
egislation might be considered in the inter-
: st of agriculture. It is for us to consider
vhether wo shall continue to deliver our
suffrage on demand at the ballot box for
; he machine-made candidates of any party
inpledged to great measures. We deem it
jssential to our prosperity and progress.
'Organize , organize , I beseech you , " con-
: lnded Col. Beverly"not to-rnorrow , but
; o-day. Combine and stand together as
> ne man in defence of your interests and in
jehalf of your general welfare. "
Among the members of the committee on
esolutions : Illinois , S. W. Ellerton ; Da
cota , C. A. Bliss ; Iowa , Ed Campbell , jr. ;
Missouri , Oubritlgc Horsey ; Minnesota , W.
! " . Leduc ; Nebraska , C. Berry ; Wisconsin ,
S * . D. Froll.
A QUEER OCCUtlRKXCE.
Detroit dispatch : A queer wrinkle has
jeen given the congressional campaign in
this district by the unexpected recovery of
Richard Toomey , a member of the Second
ward committee , who has just been re-
eaflcd from the Pontiac insane asylum.
Four months ago Toomey fell from theloft
n his barn and fractured his skull , lie
remained unconscious until part of the
ikull which rested on tho brain was re-
noved , when ho regained consciousness ,
jut not his mind. The other members of
; he committee appointed Charles Rexford
: o fill the vacancy and Toomey wa-3 sent
: o the lunatic asylum. As Toomey and
Rexford were both Dickinson men the ac-
.ion of the committee was opposed by the
tfabury wing , who called a caucus and elect-
id Wiliiam J. Craig to the place on the
sommittce. This action was preliminary
; o a characteristic fight , with tho chances
> f a hot and uncertain contest in the con-
rention , but the fine figuring of both fac-
; ions has come to naught , for to-day
Coomey turned up in his light senses , hav-
ng been discharged cured from the asylum.
iVhilo Toomey was a Dickinson man when
ic met with the accident it is said that he
s now for Mabury , aud will stand by the
iresent incumbent.
HISTORT OF T..1JJOR TROUBLES.
Wa hington dispatch : The bureau ol
labor statistics expects to get tho second
annual report out by the time congress
meets. Two subjects will be treated in the
report. One is the question of convict
labor. The otlior subject to be treated is
strikes. A complete history of the strikes
from 1SSO up to July of this year will be
; iven , including the causes , purpose and
effect upon the labor of tho country.
PRINTER APPOINTED.
JlTr. Jienedicl , of Albany , a Close Friend o )
Cleveland , the lAtelaj Individual.
Middletown ( N. Y. ) dispatch : The Ellen-
vrille Press announces that its former edi
tor , Deputy State Comptroller Thomas E.
Benedict , has been tendered by the presi
dent and accepted the position of public
printer at Washington and will assume tho
duties at once.
The New York World's Washington spe-
n
: ial says : It seems now that a public prin
ter has actually been selected and already
has his commission in his pocket. Con
trary to almost every expectation General
Rogers , of Buffalo , has been thrown aside
and Thomas Benedict , of Albany , who be
came a close friend ot Cleveland when the
latter went to Albany as governor , has
been chosen. Persons conversant with the
situation and having knowledge of the com
bination. say that the second day after
the president arrived at the Adirondacks ,
he made out the commission ot Mr. Bene
dict. Appointment is to take effect Sop-
trmber 15th.
Washington special : Although it is not
definitely known hero that the president
has actually appointed Thomas K. Bene-
'lict , of New York , to be public printer ,
there is reason to believe that that gentle
man has been offered the position and that
he will receive his commission and assume-
the duties of the oflicc by tho Isith of Sep
tember. It has been looked upon as cer
tain up to the present time that the presi
dent would appoint Gen. Win. F. Rogers ,
of Buffalo , to this place. Rogers is an old
printer , has an excellent knowledge of tho
practical workings of the business , and fur
thermore , in spite of the denials made by
the friends of the president , there w every
reason to believe that Rogers withdrew
from the congressional race and left.
the field clear to Dan Lockwood
two years ago with the distinct
understanding that he was to bo
provided for. In tho last BIX months he
has been here two or three times. He has
had several consultations with the presi
dent , and the last time that ho went away
ho left the impression that ho was to have
the place. But the Buffalo man has very
little chance with the present administra
tion , and it is doubtless true that the pres
ident has decided to appoint some one else
to this position , in spite of the pledges
which Dan Lockwood and otherdemoeratic
leaders of Buffalo mighthavchad two years
ago.
ago.The employes of tho government printing
office are very much worked up over tho
alleged appointment of Benedict , not only
because they know he will make great
many changes , but also for the reason that
he is said to be a non-union man and to
have been engaged in conducting a "rat"
office. _
THE GALTESTON SUFFEKKIIS.
Galveston dispatch : The city council at
a meeting last evening , appropriated § 15- ,
000 for the benefit of the storm sufferers of
this city. Tho citizens have subscribed
55,000 for the same purpose. This will
only afford temporary relief , as over 150
families arc rendered homeless and desti
tute by the storm.
The recent storm proved very destruc
tive to small vessels off the Texas coast.
It will doubtless be months before the full
list of the casualties are known. One
sloop has gone to pieces off Pelican island ,
while another sloop near her is bottom up.
The crew of two men are supposed to have
been drowned. An unknown vessel and
three schooners are reported ashore or
iverturncd at different points ulong tho
ioist.
Two of the crew of one schooner are lost
and the crew of another are supposed also
to have bnen lost. All the small crafts in
the bay from the shoal Edmunds' . port
ire reported lost. A lumber schooner has
; one to pieces in the bay and her captain
iiid cook drowned. It is roughly esti
mated that tho damage done shipping in
this vicinity during the storm will approx-
nate $100,000.
The village- Qnintane , nt the mouth of
: he Brazos river was entirely swept away
vnd two schooners driven ashore. No
ives lost so far as known.
Indianola is a complete wreck , not more
, hnn three or four houses escaped destruc-
.ion by the heavy storm. A negro woman
ind two children were drowned. Nearly al !
; he sheep on the island were drowned "and
.he remainder probably perished.
CRAZED Jtr DRINK.
MONTGOMERY , ALA. , Aug. 24. Harris
! rnntcr , a well known citizen , entered police
headquarters at 1 o'clock this morning with a
Houble barreled shotgun to kill Captain Mar-
: in , the night chief , and fired and killed
Dfliccr Montgomery , Martin not beiiiir in the
com. A desperate struirgle followed between
juntcr and the two olliccrs , who disarmed
ind placed him in a cell.
Gunter ws on a pree anil had earlier in the
light been arrested by Martin. Friends went
lis bond and got njrn out. lie ti cut home , but
: ame back in his night clothes with the above
esult.
THE MARKETS.
OMAHA.
IVnn.vr No. 2 .
[ .AKI.KY No. 2 .
IlYK No. 2 .
I'OISN No. 2 mixed .
DATS No. 2 .
[ 'ITTEKChoice table .
HUTTER Fair to good . 10
E < ; s Fiesh . 9 @ 10
-HICKEXS Old per doz . 2 00 @ 2 50
-iiiCKENS Spring per doz. . . 1 50 @ 2 00
LEMONS Choice , perbox. . . 9 75 © 10 00
\ppLES-Choiceperbbl . 2 50 @ 2 75
[ IcAXs Navys . . . 140 © 1 GO
DNIO.VS Per barrel . „ 3 00 © 3 50
POTATOES Per hu. hel . 50 © CO
I'OSIATOES Per bit. box . 1 50 @ 1 75
IVooi. . 1'ine. per lb . _ 12 © 15
SEEDS Timothy . 2 20 © 2 50
? EHDS Blue Grass . 1 30 © 3 40
HAY Baled , per ton . C 50 @ 7 00 i <
ElAY In bulk . GOO © 7 00
FTocs Mixed packing . 4 40 © 4 50
UEEVES Choice steers . o 75 © 4 10
SHEEP Fair to good . 2 00 © 3 50
NEW YORK.
iViiEAT No. 2 red . 90 @ 05
kViiEAT Ungraded red . S3 ©
1'or.x No. 2 . 51J.J ©
DATS Mixed western . 33 ©
POIHC. . . : . 10 5010 00
I.AKD . 7 50 © 7
CHICAGO.
7i.ovK Winter . 4 05 © 4 10
"LOCI : Patents . 430 © 4 GO
A'liEAT Per bushel . 79
'OILS' Per bushel . - . 41 42
JATS Per bushel . 27
-'OIJK . 9 G2 % © 9 G5
jAun . 740" © 42
foes Packing ctghipping. 4 50 © 05
'ATTLE Stockers . 2 25 50
IIEEP Natives . 2 50 10
ST. LOUIS.
VHEAT No. 2 red . 80Ji
: ORN Perbushel . 39
) ATS Per bushel . 27 I !
Iocs Mixed packing . 4 40
'ATTLE Stackers . 3 25 i
JUEEP Common to choice 3 00
KANSAS CITY.
VHEAT Perbus'
'ORN Per bushel . 33" ©
) ATS Per bushel . 27 ,
IATTLE Stackers . 2 SO
Iocs Good to choice . 4 SO
Common to good. . 4 50