THE TBIBUNE.
F. Til. & E. M. , Pub * .
McCOOK , NEE
OVER THE STATE.
FATAL ACOZDEliTATj BHOOXING.
Tuesday morning's sun shone bright !
o'er the eastern horizon and animated h
Its warm , pleasant glow , W. M. Jlilei
United States signal service officer at Foi
Robinson , in company with Maste
Bchreiber , sauntered along the shady banl
ot the White river in search of game. Hai
Ing followed the river in its winding court
for a short distance from the fort , and hai
Ing bngged two birds , they found theraselvc
at the old slaughter house. At this tiro
Muster Schreiber said he would go home , t
which Miller replied. "All right , I will com
Boon. " The boy started back , and Millei
seeing a flock of birds inthecorrall , climbe
on the fence , at the same time taking hi
gun by the muzzle. As he reached the toj
still looking for the birds , he drew the gu
up , the hammers caught on a board an
caused both barrels to explode , the cor
tents of which went into his face and hear
killing him almost instantly. One wris
was also shot in a horrible manner. Mai
tor Shroiber , having gone but a short die
tance , returned , and seeing Miller lying i
the grass he said : "You needn't hide , I se
you there in the grass. " Bub when h
reached the spot , his companion was a'
ready dead. In vain he attempted to carr
his bleeding and mangled remains to tli
fort ; failing , he reported the accident at th
post and an ambulance brought in th
body.
He was buried with all the honors of wai
"Nearer My God to Thee" was blown b.
the buglers as his body was being removei
to the grave. The scene was a solemn ! ;
imposing one. Mr. Miller was a favorit
among all at the post , and although ou
upon the western prairie far from home
father , mother and loved ones , he was fol
lowed to his untimely grave by many sor
rowing hearts.
Mr. Miller was born near Berwick , Pa.
from which place his parents moved t <
Montgomery Station , Pa. , a few years since
where they at present reside , and where , ii
all probability his remains will be takei
some time in the near future. He was i
young man of good habits , genial and ami
able in disposition , and a desirable com
panion. "So 'our hearts shall borrow t
sweetening bloom from the image he lefl
there in dying. " [ Crawford ( Neb. ) Cres
cent.
THE XROS JA\DS.
Railroad building in Nebraska for 1S8C
is somewhat marvellous for even this pro
gressive country , and will probably exceed
by many miles the operations of any pre
vious year. The railroad system of Ne
braska , ns it will stand with possibly few
exceptions for many years , will be fixed
this year. Towns that fail now to get ad
ditional railway facilities will wait a long
day for them. Five giant corporations are
now struggling for the mastery in this
state. The most active of these is the B.
M. It built 100 miles on its Grand Island
& Wyoming Central branch and is still
building , nnd will complete many more
miles before the ground freezes up. II
it should be an open winteritwill probably
not suspend operations at all , but do as it
did last winter , keep the force upon the
ground ready to resume operations at the
the earliest possible moment. In addition
to tins it has built a branch from Republi
can City , in Harlan county , down in Kan
sas , and it has just let the contract for
the grading of a road from Ashland to
Wahoo. This last is a part of a line which
is to run northwest from Omaha , through
the counties of Douglas , Saunders and Col-
lax. From there it would have two routes ,
either of which would be through a fine
country , at present unoccupied. One
would be due north , through the counties
of Staiilon , Wayne and Cedar to Ymikton.
The other would be northwest , th rough
Platte , Boonf , Greeley and Valley to a
probable connection in Custcr county 5th
the G. I. & W. C. branch. This last suppo
sition seems the most reasonable , as by HO
building it could tap both the Chicago tL
Northwestern and Union Pacific systems
at several important points.
Tlie Chicago & Northwestern has been in
the field since early spring and will not be
much behind the Burlington it Missour
River in the number of miles built. When
we take into account the character of the
country through which their Black Hills
branch was built and the bridging of the
Platte , the actual work done by this - om-
pnny will probably exceed that of any of
its rivals.
The Union Pacific is extending two of ita
branches ; the one from St. Paul iu Howard
county is being built up both the Middle
and North Loup valleys. These roads are
undoubtedly intended to head these two
streams and then come together again and
proceed Black Hillsward. The other one
is from Albion , in Boone county , which is
going to cross the Elkhorn Valley in Ante
lope county , and whose northern terminus
will undoubtedly be somewhere in Dakota.
"When this system is completed , it is going
to make the Union Pacific master of a
generous portion of the trade of the north
west. [ West PointRepublican.
STATE 3IATTESS.
Tuni'.E are thirty-five school districts in
Slanton county and thirty school houses.
BROVAcounty's fair will be held Sept. 21 ,
22 , 23 and 24.
WORK on the Albion branch of the Union
Pacific is progressing rapidly. TheNeligh
Leader is convinced "that the road will be
built in the near future to Niobrara , as at
that point it will connect with the Dakota
system of roads and open.up all that terri
tory to Omaha trade. There is little doubt
that the year 18S7 will see the road com
pleted to Niobrara. "
THE completion of the addition to the
Normal school building at Peru has given
such confidence in the permanence of that
institution as to occasion quite a boom in
real estate. Several new houses have been
erected and old ones put in repair. It is
vsaid that there is not now a single house
nor hardly an available vacant roomin the
place.
NEBRASKA CITY boasts that her harvest
of hogs the coming season will place her
fourth , if not third , in the list of slaughter
ing cities. Her distillery has lately entered
into a contract to burst the whisky pool.
HOLLY SCOTT , who was sentenced from
Dakota City about seven years ago to the
penitentiary for murder , died in that place
about three weeks ago. His time would
have been up in three months.
THE Lincoln police-court report for tho
month of August shows the total number
of arrests as 214 , eighty of which were com
mitted , three appealed , and the fine of one
remitted. The total cosh receipts of the
court in Snes was $402. ,
FBANK FIND , a rather hard youth , WE
arrested at Lincoln the other day , and tl
judge before whom he was examined gai
him a term in the reform school.
TEE Plattsmoutb.waterworks is tl
name o ! a company which boa filed wit
the secretary o ! state articles ol incorpon
tion. The articles recito tho business <
tho corporation to be that ol supplying tl
city of Plattsmouth with water. The caj
ital stock is § 200,000 , divided into sbar <
of § 100 each , to be paid in as the board <
directors may determine.
A.YOUXO man named Gunther , of Lar
caster county , has been declared insane b
competent authority and taken to the asj
him at Lincoln. His parents were anxiou
that he be taken care of , their lives bavin
been threatened by him.
DOUGLAS county has bctn found to ha\
a number of glandered horses and they wei
ordered killed by the state veterinarian.
AUBDRN has a Young Men's Republica :
club.
club.A
A oooD'showing is made by the fireman'
tournament committee at Fremont. Afte
paying all bills , prizes and every expense
they have about § 500 on hand to be dit
posed of as they may see fit.
THE Fremont creamery turned out th
past month 40,000 pounds of buttei
which , added to .207,000 pounds produce *
from January 1 to August 1 , makes a tota
of nearly a quarter of a million pounds si
far this year.
THE Nebraska state university opens it
doors for the coming fall term of the nei
year in school work on Thursday , Septero
ber 1C.
REAL ESTATE has taken a boom in Ne
braska City and many lots are changin
hands.
FARLEY REED , 12 years old , of Nebraski
City , who has proved himself a very ba (
boy , has been sentenced to tho reforn
school.
THE annual meeting of the Lincoln Y. M
C. A. recently held , showed a very gratify
ing work for the year past. The associa
tion now numbers a membership of 400
275 of whom were added in the year past
There have been 125 religious meeting ,
held , attended by 6,648 people. In th
year past 150 volumes have been added t <
the library , giving now a total of 501
books on the shelves of the library room
A SON of Patrick Henry , Fremont , fel
under the cars while attempting to steal i
ride , and had his leg so badly mangled tha
amputation became necessary.
THE Mechanics insurance company o
Philadelphia , will hereafter do business it
Nebraska. Application for permission haf
been made to the auditor.
AT the meeting of the board of publii
lands and buildings held on the 7th , esti
mate No. 7 of work done on the asylum
Tor the feeble minded at Beatrice , and esti
mate No. 22 of work on the capital wort
51ed. The funds for the latter are now ex-
liaustcd. The board will hold another ses
sion at an early day.
THE water works of Columbus- pro-
ressing favorably. The contract calls for
ihe work to be completed by October 15th.
FRANK ELSO.Y , a North Bend boy , while
aking hay was kicked in the chest by a
ricious horse and dangerously injured.
A UNION Pacific brakeman on the Lin-
ioln-Omaha line-was caught by an engine
it Valparaiso and one-heel cut off. He is
jeing cared for at Lincoln.
MICHAEL DAVITT the great Irish leader ,
ras in Omaha , last week , the guest of Mr.
Jrennan , of that city.
FREMONT special : The sheriff of Buffalo
lounty arrived here to-day from Chadron
in route to Kearney with W. A. McMann.
JcMann formerly lived in Buffalo county ,
rhere he was employed by Col. Roe in tak-
ng care of his cattle , in which he had a
mall interest. Wl'ile ' Colonel Roe was ab-
ent iikCalifornin , McMann sold the stock ,
naking affidavit that he was tho sole
iwner. He took the money and fled to
Sioux county , where he has succeeded in
oncealing his identity up to the present
ime. Last fall he ran for sheriff of Dawes
ounty. He is now under indictment lor
icrjury , and will be put on trial at the De-
ember term of the Buffalo county court.
OAKLAND special : Suit lias been brought
i the district court against C. T. Griffin ,
ounty treasurer of Burt county , by David
' 'leek , of this place , for § 100 damages for
lleged fees collected by Deputy Ira Thomas
f this place , who collected his delinquent
ax this spring. His tax was § 3.20 and he
as compelled to pay § 6.50 , and without
levy on property being made. Many
thers were served tho same way. Thia
as been the custom in this county , and a
3st case will be made from this one.
SOLDIER boys who attended the Grand
dancl reunion express themselves as great-
r pleased with the festivities.
OPENING of the Lincoln schools was post-
oned until Sept. 20th , waiting for the
tate fair to come and go.
POSTMASTER WATKINS of Lincoln , has re-
siveel directions from the postoffice de-
artment to obtain bids for the renova-
on of the government building , of which
is sadly in need.
THE state fair this year is expected to
nve more county exhibits than in any
> rmcrseason. .
THE sixth anniversary of the organiza-
on of the i" . M. C. A. in Lincoln was cele-
ated in that city at the First Presbyte-
an church last Sunday evening. Robert
reidensall , the international secretary , de-
vered an address.
THE railway commissioners are in re-
ipt of three reports , or rather three of
IB annual reports , of three of tho railway
rporations doing business in the state ,
he three to respond are the Chicago , St.
aul , Minneapolis & Omaah , the Sioux
ty & Pacific , and the Fremont , Elkhorn
Missouri Valley railways. When reports
e received from all the roads the statis
ts gleaned will be compiled for future use.
THE Omaha Fair and Exposition asso-
ition have instituted a number of suits
i recover assessments on stock for vari-
is amounts , to cover the association de-
lit of last year. Suits have already been
ied against other stockholders , and judg-
ents were rendered in favor of the asso-
ition.
OVEK fifty warrants on the different state
stitutions , amounting to about § 7,000 ,
? re drawn by State Auditor Babcock on
eSth.
HON. JAMES LAIRD will speak at the
unty fair at Holdrege on the 27th.
The following telegram , dated St. Josep
Mo. , September 4th , will interest some
the G. A. R. boys who held Grand Islai
tickets over the B. & M. railroad , wh'n
were refused for passage by conductors <
the St. J. & G. I. railroad between Hae
Ings and Grand Island : "P. S. Eustis , <
P. A. B. & M. R. R. , Omaha , Nob. : Lear
Ing only to-day that through a misunde
standing some of your G. A. R. passenge
were charged fare on our road betwei
Hastings and Grand Island , I hasten 1
say that we will refund amount paid 1
any such who are entitled to it. F. M ;
ligan , G. P. A. St. J. & G. I. R. R. "
MICHAEL , DAVITT , the distinguished Irii
leader , has been on a visit to Lincoln.
REV. N. H. GALE o ! Neligh , preached Y
farewell sermon last Sunday. Mr. Gn
will not preach during the next year ,
health compelling him to take a rest.
THE B. & M. have about twenty miles
side track in Hastings and the superinten
ent has orders to put in about four mil
more. (
SUIT has been instituted in the distri
court of Adams county against Samu
Martin for slander , the damages being s
at § 3,000. The case will come off at tl
next term of court.
STANTON special : About 3:30 this mor
ing a fire broke outx in the elevator owm
by W. R. Wilson & Co. The building ha
a capacity of 20,000 bushels. Wh <
burned it contained about 7,000 bushe
of grain. The building and grain am a tot
loss. Loss estimated at § 7,000 ; insuram
§ 4.000.
WHILE a row was in progress in a
Omaha saloon the other day , a bull-dc
belonging to the proprietor of tho saloo
savagely bit one of thecombattants , man ]
ling his leg in a fearful manner. The brut
was killed by a policeman , and it is feare
the man will die from his wounds.
THE Mechanics Life Insurance compan
of Philadelphia are seeking informatio
requisite to legally transact business inthi
state.
AN officer of Lincoln , while searching
prisoner the other day , ran his ban
against a knife blade which was open in tli
man's pocket. A painful though not Ber
ous gash was the result of theinvestigatior
THERE was a large gathering in Pol
county last week at the residence of J. &
Sayles , it being the 84th birthday anniver
sary of Mr. Sayles. He was born in Rhod
Island in 1802. has lived to see the fourtl
generation of his descendants and hai
twenty-five grandchildren , of whom sixteei
were present. There were seventy-four per
sons present for dinner , mostly relatives
Mr. Sayles is still enjoying good health.
THE quarterly meeting of the Railroai
Surgeons' society of Nebraska was held ii
Omaha last week. The society will mee
again in Lincoln December Sth.
THE trial of Thomas Casey for the rol
bery of the stage coach containing th
treasure box of the Wells , Fargo & Co.'i
jxpress , containing § 6,200 , last February
between Chadron and Fort Robinson , re
mlted in his acquittal.
OXE of the oldest and most respectec
ntizens of Columbus , W. A. Clark , died 01
; he Sth , at the age of 77. His death
nourned by a devoted family and a hosi
) f friends , was caused by a cancer , the rti
lult of a bayonet wound received whilt
sngaged in battle with pirates in the Malaj
leas.
leas.PETER
PETER YOTJXGER , Jr. , of Fillmore county ,
nade a display of 350 plates of fruit ai
.lie . state fair.
THE prompt administration ofwhiskj
aved the life of Mrs. George Pembertou ,
vio was bitten by a rattlesnake at Arling
; on the other day.
BEATRICE had quite a disastrous fire last
reek , § 60,000 worth of property being
lestroyed. Among others , Geo. P. Mar-
in , publisher of the Daily Democrat , lost
13,000.
STOCKHOLDERS and depositors of the Blair
uspended bank will receive their money in
nil.
THIRD and fourth-class postmasters met
.t Lincoln last week and elected the fol-
3wing officers : President , L. A. Simmons ,
f Cortland ; secretary , G. H. Tracy , of
Vilber ; treasurer , John S. Kittle , of Sew-
rd. In agreement with a resolution the
hair appointed as a state committee :
. T. James , of Greenwood , for First Con-
ressional district ; G. H. Tracy , of Wilber ,
ir the Second , and John Conrow , of Shel-
311 , for the Third.
THE colored people of Omaha ask that
lie republicans give them recognition on
lie legislative ticket.
IT IS GRADJTAI.I.Y SIXKIXG.
Washington dispatch : Mr. Green , Col.
Jasey's assistant in charge of the Wash-
igton monument , lias been making scien-
ific observations of the structure , or in a
echnical phrase "leveling" it , to-day , with
vfow to noting any change of position ,
'his procedure is undertaken on the first
ay of every month , but that ol to-day
as attracted more than usual attention
eciuise of the desire to know whether the
arthquake affected the structure. The
bservation proves that the shaking had
ot the slightest effect upon the monument ,
i fact , the usual tendency of the structure
award the center of the earth seems to
3 have been arrested , or rather reversed ,
nee the last observation , as the position ,
3 compared with that of one month ago ,
to-dny one-thousamTth part of a
lot higher. In measuring such almost in-
nitesimal distances instruments of the ut-
iost precision give vary ing results , and the
; al changes of position can only be deter-
lined by taking the general average of a
iries _ of observations. These show a
awnward progress at the rate of about
ie-thousandth part of a foot each month ,
imetimes the observation shows an ap-
irent settling of about twice that dis-
mce , but in such cases the observation a
onth later will usuallydenote a cessation
an apparanb reversal of the movement ,
i was the case today. The total downward
ovement of the structure eluring the last
w years , including that which occurred
iring the laying of the new foundation , is
> out four inches.
TOO ilTJAT WTTES.
Cedar Rapids ( Ta. ) dispatch : Consider-
ile excitement is caubecl by the arrest of
Ivester Kramer , a farmer , charged with
, ving two wives. He left his first wife a
ar ago , and she has been in reduced cir-
mstances since and has two children to
pport. Kramer was found by his first
fe living with a woman named Mrs. Mary
atchins , who left her husband about the
no Kramer left his"wife. . The woman
itchins and Kramer are both in'jail , and
B first wife has sued out an attachment
all his property.
REQAINIKG THEIR EQWCLISRIUX.
Citizens of the Earthquake City of the Sow
Jiecoming HI ore Composed , '
Charleston special : Considerable coni
dence has come to the people to-da ;
They feel very much better now than the
did twenty-four , hours ago. The sciential
who have been exploring the city and tl
adjacent country say that the damagit
rthquakes are over , although there wi
be rumbling and tremors at intervals du
fng the next two or three weeks. Tho cit
rens have argued in their minds and amor
themselves that it is unreasonable to su ]
pose that the violent shocks will continu
Thus they have forced upon themselves
determination to be as cool as poaaib
and to look things in the face.
The theory as to the cause of the eortl
quakes first advanced by those making
study of them here , viz : "That they ai
the result of a settling process in tl
earth. " lias been generally accepted astrui
and this has helped to quiet thonervot
and console tho timid hearts and mindi
Very few even "of the most devout peoplt
outside of the superstitious , believe thn
there ia any divine wrath or work in tli
quakes. Tims have they come to bepl.iloi
ophers , to think before they run , when tli
shocks come. There were some more sligli
shocks to-day , but they were unnoticec
In fact , the public bore has concluded thn
the shocks are to be felt as a natural cor
sequence of that experienup on Inst Tuef
day night , and that "there is no use to ge
excited about a mere matter of routine ,
as one citizen very coolly put it. Th
threatened rain did not materialize in anj
thing like a damaging quantity to-day. J
sprinkled lor a short time this inornin
and the sun shone in scorching rays.
This afternoon the streets were so ho
that they almost burned one's feet , ani
only those who had business in the ope :
air exposed themselves to old Sol's rays
The "tented fields" made in the park
were as well occupied as at any time sine
the visitation by the earthquakes. Ii
many instances the campers and refugee
have made their shelter as secure as possi
ble and intend living in them till thei
houses are permanently repaired orre
built. Old carpets , bedding , canvas , rub
ber coats and every conceivable materia
to exclude the sun and rain by day and th
dew by night is employed , making th
camps , indeed , variegated. Nearly all o
the iron and composition roofing on tin
buildings in some portions of the city wai
destroyed by the earthquake , and a largi
portion torn off by falling pieces of chim
neys , etc. The colored folks have appro
printed this material and are living bo
neath canopies and tents made ol it.
At the city hall to-night it was stater
that since sunset this morning over 3,00 (
people have bedn given transportation out
of life city. The railroad companies in tin
south and in portions of the north , have
either sent pass books in blank or notifiec
the relief committee that its orders will b (
honored for free transportation. Throng * :
the Danville syndicate passes are issued
as far north as Baltimore , while
many go to Atlanta , Nashville ,
etc. The members of the committee
say that the best solution of the question
of assisting the destitute sufferers is found
in sending them out of the city. Quite a
number of persons who cnn help themselves
or are of too trifling merit apply for assist-
nnce. But assistance is not often refused
when requested in the form of railroad
courtesy. The same class of imposition ia
encountered in the issuance of orders for
rations. The line is drawn , nnd discrimi
nation is made when it may be advisable
to get rid of the impostor by sending him
or her out of the city. When a strong ,
able-bodied manapplies for aid for himself ,
ic is asked why he does not go to work , as
there is plenty for laborers , clearing away
Lhe debris , at from § 1.75 to § 2 a day. The
present reply is : "I am afraid to go to
.vork . ; I am afrnid of quakes. "
A reporter was told by a member of the
elief committee , this afternoon , that there
ire 10,000 negroes in the city who claim
; hat they are too much frightened to work.
The committee is growing impatientat this
sxhibition of weakness , and are suspicious
> f much feigning by indolence. The city
lall and the adjacent streets have been
illed with destitute sufferers to-day , and
nany linger tbout the place to-night.
JL PECULIAR AND PUZZLIXd CASE
tliat is Occupying the Attention of a Cin
cinnati Court.
Cincinnati special : Judge Connor's court
oom was crowded this morning by law-
rers , reporters and spectators , all drawn
ogether to hear the strange and sensa-
ional testimony in the McCoy habeas
: orpus case. Mrs. McCoy and Mibs Gnllng-
ler each claimed to be the mother of a
ittle three year old girl now held at the
louse of refuge. Kate Hand was put upon
he stand and stated that a quarrel had
mce existed between Mrs. McCoy and the
atter'a sister-in-law , Mrs. Thornton , who
estified against her yesterday. Mrs. Mc-
.oy ' had accused Mrs. Thornton , during
his quarrel , of having stolen her family
lible , but the witness claimed that the
barge was wroiiK , Mias Gallagher having
Qund it in her room after Mrs. McCoy
noved out of the adjacent apartments ,
lisa Gallagher afterward showed the bible
o Mias Hand , calling her attention to the
ne birth recorded to Mrs. McCoy , which
ras of a still-born child.
A paiiFO here * ook place in the testimony
uring which Judge Connor closely scanned
, number of photographs of Mrs. McCoy's
ecenseit husband , taking alternate glances
t the disputed child to fcce if he could de-
Gct any family resemblance. Duriui ; this
rocuedini ; the judge drew the little girl
lose to his side while the spectators and
eporters crowded around to f-ec for them-
ulves whether any similarity could be
raced. If there is any it is very faint , nnd
lie judue apparently got very little satis-
iction from the photocraphs.
Attorneys for Mr.McCoy placed her on
lie stand in rebuttal against the damng-
ig testimony of yesterday. She made a
jneral denial of the opposing statements
ancerning her , declaring also that .she had
ever admitted to any one that Miss Gal-
igher was the mother of the child , or that
IB had ever asked to intercede with the
itter to retain possession of it.
DISGItACIXG THE CZOTIT.
LITTLE ROCK , ARK , Sept 5. George W.
artzelaw , a minister in the Christian church ,
as placed in the state prison yesterday for
re years for forgery. He first entered the
Methodist ministry , from which he was er-
illed. He then joined the Christian church ,
Hirating under a variety of aliases in differ-
it parts of the couutrj * . It is said he was
istor of churches iu Sprinsrlielcl , Pcoria anil
her points in Illinois , being dismissed from
ich whenever his true character revealed it-
If. He came to Arkansas in 1SS5 and was
rested for forgery while conducting a re-
val in Franklin county. He _ pleaded guilty
hen tried , an Illinois sherifl. buing in the
mrt room with a warrant for his arrest on
ie charge of bigamy , he having deserted
irec wives , all of 'whom are living , ludict-
cnts are pending against him in Ohio and
linois.
"Mamma , " said Bobbj , "I hare eaten mj
ke all up , and Chrrles haiB't touched his
t. Won't you make him share with ma so
to teach him to be generous t" Judge.
THE CO.V/J/T/O.V OF TKADE.
Merchant * , Jolbtrx and Commission M
tiatlsjletl With the OntlooJc.
NEW YORK , Sept. C. New York merchan
Jobbers and commission merchants are gem
ally satisfied with the condition of trade. Bu
ness is picking up nnd shows , in most case
very decided Improvement. Buyers for the fi
trade have been and continue numerous ai
in many kinds of business here men have
be'kept very late by the employers to pack i
and forward the goods ordered. T
long arrays of boics and cases piled up
front of the business houses down town ni
awaiting their turn to be carted off give
strong ocular demonstration of the busy sc
son. Inquiries among merchants corrobora
the testimony of the mute witnesses. A not
feature is the Increase of orders from 11
south and southwest. They are ordering fro
there not onhlarge quantities of coods , b
are also demanding finer grades.
Dry goods men say the outlook for the f'
trade with them is unusually bright In tl
way of M holcaale transactions the week ju
closed has been a lanjc one. Merchants fro
the south and west havr nearly finished the
fall buying and only n few were left in the ci
yesterday , their plices being taken by mi
chants Irom less remote sections. Ohio , 1
dlana , Illinois , Michigan , Iowa , Wlscon *
and Minnesota are largclv represented bv tl
merchants now in the market Almost wit
out exception merchants are buying freely f
account of the bitter outlook In business ar
firmer prices of goods. The prices for gencr
dry goods arc sutlicicntly firm to Inspire conl
dencc.
The wholesale clothing houses report bus
ness better than for several years past Tt
"
most notable increase in the"demand I-fro :
the south. Mciclmnts estimate this increa ;
at fully o3 } per cent. Thu demand for clot !
ing in thu western states is also reportc
good.
A boot and shoe house savs : "Taking it a
"
around more is doing this season than "in 1111
previous time for live years. "
The wholesale hide and leather tradereporl
business bribk at all prices.
The glassware and crockery trade feel vet
comfortable over the outlook for the fall an
winter. There has been no extraordinary d (
msnd for goodfrom any section , but the tei
dency all over is toward better buying and Ir
creased consumption.
In the iron tnulc the one report Is that bus
ness is flourishing. Manufacturers are bus
and there is a bri k demand and good pnct
prevail. There Is no indication of a big boon
but a big boom is not wanted. When trad
Is good and the iron men can keep their mill
steadily employed up to their limit then the
r * content That is the case now. llielcac :
Inc companies report large quantities for ncx
year and < U the otlicc of one leading mill d
rector itu stated that nearly or quite all c
the steel rail manufacturers , locomotive am
general machinery builders now have no
only enough orders booked to keep them bus
all this year , but cnouzh as well to insur
business well into 1837. Big orders hav
been refused nithin the Inst neck for rails.
'Tig iron trr.de was never better than now,1
were the words used by a magnate in tha
line. The other related indiibtrics are re
ported brisk and remunerative. The iron
steel and metal trades generally arc workin ;
notr in perfect harmony with no cutting 6
rates. There seems to be enough and mon
than enough for all to do. Large orders fo :
rails have to go to England to be filled , thi
railroads here ch-manding supplies faster thai
the crowded American mills can turn out tin
product. Hardware will be cheap am
abundant , and the volume of business prom
IECS to be quite as good as last year. Price !
tiavc reached a level which the dealers clain
to be as low as in England , and there is nt
prospect of a rise. This state of affairs ha ;
sut a check upon production , and mauu
'acturcs say they intend to go slojr.
The wholesale grocers quote trade bettci
Jian at this season in a Ions time.
The tobacco and cigar business holds its
> wn.
wn.One of the most extensive dealers In watches
n Maiden Lane said the watch and jewelrs
rade , which is the first to be affected by hard
imcs and the last to come up , la In bcttei
rendition than for many years.
Inquiry among leading representatives nt
lueiness shows a very encouraging state ol
tunes
GOSSIP.
Some of the national banks have been
ery tardy in forwarding reports of their
ondition , in response to the calls made
y the comptroller of the currency , and it
ppears that for a long time past the pen-
Ity of § 100 a day for such default has
ot been imposed. Some of the habitual
elinquents among the banks are again be-
ind hand on the call made for August 27 ,
ml the comptroller has decided to impose
: ie penalty in a sufficient number of cases
3 establish a precedent , and on future
ills the banks will be notified of the strict
iforcement of the law and the penalties iii
ise of neglect.
Secretary Lamar has cone to New Eng-
.ml for a vacation of faeveral weeks.
Thilo away he will prepare the address
hich he is to deliver at the unveiling of
ie monument to John C. Calhoun , at
iiarleston , S. C. , next November.
Secretary Bayard still sticks to his desk
i the state department , and will probably
> t start on his vacation for several weeks.
e will then go to Saratoga Springs. By-
siting until late in the season , when the
owcl of fasnionables have left the springs ,
ie secretary hopes to enjoy the waters
icrc , which have always been beneficial to
m , just as well as earlier in the season ,
id obtain what he especially needs rest
id recuperation.
Thomas C. Mann of Louisiana has been
> pointcl to ba envoy entrwordinary and
inister plenipotentiary of the United
ates to Mexico. John Dny of South Car-
ina to be consul to the United States at
.ixpan. Charles II. Sirnonton of Charles-
n , ? . C. , to be United States districtjudge
r the district of South Carolina.
PUXISIIIXG THE SATAGES.
Tie steamer Mardoa , which arrived at
in Francisco on the 4th from Sidney ,
.i&traba , brought news of the arrival
ere of the German war-ship Albatross
: > m among the Hibridss islands , where
e had been for the purpose of punishing
e natives for the murder of German sub-
its at the island of Leneur. A crowd , ol
med natives , who had gathered on the
ach , were fired into and a hundred or
ore killed. The village of Tombolonga ,
i the island of Penlacost , was then bom-
.rtlcd and many more natives werekilled.
When a landing was effected at the latter
ice portions of human bodies werefound ,
it most of the bodies had apparently
en carried awny. On both islands all
e native villages that were found were
rued. On Leneur a man named Klein
d on Pentacost a man of the German
iiooner Apoln had been murdered by the
tives. Before the Albatross returned to
dney she is reported to have proceeded
the Caroline islands and hauled down
a German flags flying there.
CAl'ITULATES.
Nbgales ( Ariz. ) dispatch : Information
.s reached here that Lieut. Clark arrived
Calabasas last night with the intelli-
nce from Gen. Miles that while the latter
is marching side by side with Capt. Law-
n , Geronimo came up saying that the In-
ins were out of provisions and aramuni-
> n , were faint and hungry and would give
> their arms and surrender unconditioa-
y.
HRED OF DICTATION.
inil Treat With Employes Individually , &M
' JVbt irith Outside Societies.
Boston special : Last spring , through
tlyj intervention of tho Knights ol La
schedule ot prices
bor , a new and elaborate
and codo of rules to bo in force in tho tan
neries of New England was adopted , to re
main in force until the first of October.
The manufacturers have found themselves
heavily burdened by this agreement , nnd
whilo they will stand by it according to
their promise , they declare that after ita
expiration they will have no further deal
ing with the Knights. A meeting of leather
manufacturers > vns held in tho board of
trade rooms at Woburn this afternoon , at
which about 85 per cent of the fiims were
represented. One of tho managers said :
"Leather is being placed on the market to
day at a loss , under tho schedule adopted
last April with the Knights of Labor. My
firm entered into an agreement in good
faith , nnd we propose to keep it until tho -f-
30th of this month , but the fact is wehave
been obliged to pay out between § 800 and
§ 1,000 more under the present prices than
we did underthe old system. That money
is sunk. We have not been able to com
pete with outside labor , and now all that
remains for us to do is to close our fac
tories until we are allowed to run our own
business and not be dictated to by outside
parties.
"The fact is the men are getting this in
crease of wsigc.s iiiul elo about 10 per cont
less work than before by killing time. Wo
do not control our shops for there is n
power greater than we within that body
known as the Knights of Labor. We are
prepared and stand ready to talk with tho
men , but wo will not trndewiththat organ
ization any more1. We are done with that
business for good. "
The meeting lasted about two hours and
a half , and it is said to have been quite har
monious. One leather manufacturer said :
We have had enough of this dictation busi
ness , and now we propose either to run our
own business or close up when the time
shall have come , unless the men will conio
to us and be treated as individuals. "
Another manufacturer said that while
the leather men had no desire to precipi
tate a crisis at tho present time , yet they
intended to be prepared for any emergency
that might arise. A prominent Knight of
Labor said it was understood hist spring
when the manufacturer ! * signed the agree
ment , that although it proposed to run un
til the 1st day of October , still it was to go
on indefinitely. It Hccms by this , he snid ,
the manufacturers do not so understand
the matter , and will not listen to anything
of that nature.
"If the " said manufac
men wish. a large
turer , "to work , and will come to us indi
vidually , and not as members of that or
ganization , we shall be glad to meet them ,
but after nearly six months' dealing with
that organization we do not propose to be
dictated to any longer by them. "
Another meeting of the leather men will
bo held this week. Unless the matter is set
tled before October 1 , some 12,000 men
will be thrown out.
FORTY THOUSAND IX ZT.VZT.
Chicago dispatch : The annual street
parade in this city to-day was the most
loteworthy ever made by the labor organ-
zutions of Chicago , both in point of num
bers and in point of equipment. The day
ivns warm , but perfect in all other respects
or a street display. The column began
noving at 10:30 o'clock , and marching
iteadily was two hours in passing. The
tolunin was divided into nine divisions and
ilose computation put the number of
narchers in line at between 30.000 and
10,000.
The feature in the parade was contained
n the remarkable uniformity shown by
ach division of marchers , the latter all bo-
rij ? equipped with canes and generally wear-
ug slouch hats of gray cr dark color. All
nules inarched by columns of fours , well
lo.sed up , and generally moving with great
irecision and regularity. One column ol
100 employes of bank and safe manufac-
urers wore white tiles. The column of
aurneyincn tailors , numbering 1,000. woro
flute derhys and presented probably tho
inest appearance of any divi&ion of march-
rs.
rs.The
The American flag was carried by each
livision and there were very fuw mottoes
m the banners borne in the columns. One
'I ' the trucks in line carried a figure of a
wenty-foot giant , stamping out cheap
xbor , idolized by thefigure of si Chinaman ,
'he procession concluded with almost an
ndless display of manufactured goods or
aily decorated wagons. Oneof the Ivnights
T Labor assemblies carried a banner it-
cribcd , "Avoid all Politicians. "
There are now three men residing in Fre-
lout of the seven who first settled and
baked out the city Aug. 26 , 183G.
THE MARKETS.
OMAHA.
'HEAT No. 2
AKIKY No. 2 44
YK No. 2 44
oitx No. 2 mixed 20
ATS No. 2 20
UTTER Choice table 20
UTTER Fair to good 15
GGS Fre.sh 12
iiiciCENS Old per doz 2 75
fiiCKEXS Spring per doz. . . 1 50 _ in
EMONS Choice , pcrbox. . . 9 75 @ 10 00
PPLE3 Choice per bbl 250 ( , 3 00
IAXS Naivys. per bu 1 25 ( § } 1 50
MOXS Per barrel 3 75 ( a ; 4 00
OTATOHS Per bushel 55 @ 00
OJIATOIIS Per bu. box 1 25 @ 1 30
roor. Fine , per lb 10 @ 18
sens Timothy 2 20 50
; : EI > S Blue Grass 1 30 40
AY Baled , per ton 0 50 00
AY In bulk 6 00 00
ocs Mixed packing 4 40 50
EEVKS Choice steers 4 20 50
IEEP Fair to good 2 75 00
NEW YORK.
'HEAT No. 2 red 88
'HEAT Ungraded red 8G
JKX No. 2 50
\TS Mixed western 33 .
; > KK 10 50 i
\KD 7 GO
CHICAGO.
LOUR Winter. 4 05
LOUR Patents 4 30
'HEAT Perbushel 7G
> KX Per bushel ? . 40
vis Per bubhel 25 ?
: ) RK 10 15
50
OGS Packing & shipping. 4 75
LTTLE Stockers 2 00 (
IEEP Natives 2 00 ( i
ST. LOUIS.
'HEAT No. 2 red 77K ( <
> RX Per bushel 37j ( j
vrs Per bushel 25 ; ( j
OGS Mixed packing 4 25't t
LTTLE Stockers 3 25 ( i
IEEP Common to choice 3 00 ( i
KANSAS CITY.
HEAT Per bushel 63 (
IRK Per bushel 33Js (
ITS Per bushel 24 (
.TTLE Stockers 2 20 ( 3 ;
OGS Good to choice 410 41 65
w
IEEP Common to good. . 4 50 @ 4 95
