Nebraska Newspapers

    THE TEIBUNE.
F. OT. & E. 3H. , Pab .
McCOOK , NEB
QVEB THE STATE.
FJJSII DISPLAY AT THE FAIR.
Lincoln correspondence Omaha Bee : Ii
the new and commodious building nearth
headquarters building in the Irfir ground
may be seen the most interesting and in
structive exhibit ever shown on a fai
ground. It is the exhibit of tho Nebraski
Huh commission , made by Commissione
W. L. May , of Fremont , to whom the vns
throng of visitors are indebted for thi
novel and interesting feature and who ha
the credit of making the first cbmpleti
fishery exhibition ever made at a state fai :
in tho United States. To say that Mr
May is anenlhusiastin piscatorial matten
is but a mild statement , and he has de
voted six months' time in preparatory
work for tho gratifying results now reached
work that required extended visits on hii
part through the eastern states in makin ;
the collection nowdisplayed toNcbraskam
and Nebraska visitors. At the wintei
meeting of the state board of agricultun
Mr. May secured that body's co-operatior
and interest sufficient ; so that they madi
an appropriation for a building on tin
grounds for an exclusive fish exhibit ; witl
that secured Mr. May went at the worl
now happily and successfully consum
mated. The building containing the fisl
exhibit is built especially for the purpose o
itj use and is nicely finished and furnished
In ono corner is Mr. May's private ofBc <
and through tho center of the building is
the long row of aquariums brought fron
the state hatchery at South Bund. Thes <
are fed and supplied with constantly mov
ing water from tho mains of the city wntei
works on the grounds , and in the center o
the line of acquariums is a large tank ant
fountain filled witli specimens. In this
tank , sunk in the ground , eightortenvnrie
ties of fish disport themselves while turtles
keep them company , crawfish niovearount
the edges , frogs splash in and out and a
fine specimen of mud hen , the black mal
lard of amateur sportsmen , swims around
on the surface.
In the aquariums areshown specimens o
the native fish of the state and the fish cnl-
tivated by the state fish commission al
the South Bend hatchery. The cultivated
fishes are shown by specimens of brool <
trout one , two and three years of age ;
mountain trout six months , one and two
years ; black bass , three years old ; wall
eyed pike , six months of age ; German carp ,
the mirror and scale varieties , of one and
two years of nge magnificent specimens ,
all of them. The selection of native fishes
exhibited includes pickerel , buffalo fish ,
quill-backs , catfish , sunfisli , bullheads ,
hickorv shads , besides the assortment ol
turtles , crawfishes , water beetles and such.
In addition to these live exhibits the com
mission show forty jars from their hatch
ery containing alcoholic specimens of all ol
tho above varieties , as well as fish spawn ,
frog soawn , toad spawn , water beetles ,
water fleas , etc. Apparatus for wo.rk from
the hatchery includes jars , cans , trays and
other articles used in caring for the spu wn
and very young fish , illustrative of the
way water iskept moving in and out
among them , and the modes o ! handling
and.caring for the young.
MURDERED FOR 2UOXET.
Crawford special to the Omaha Herald :
Private Thomas Morton , colored , of com
pany C , Ninth cavalry , at Fort Robinson ,
was found dead in his tent at 8 o'clock
this morning. His bead and face were hor
ribly cut and mangled. Two deep gashes
were cut in his skuli and his throat was
cut. His carbine lay near by battered to
pieces and covered with blood. The cuts
about the face appeared to have been in
flicted by a short-bladed instrument. A
citizen's coat was found in the tent , which
confirms the theory of a cold-blooded mur
der.
der.The
The deceased was a native of Columbus.
Mich. , and was the company gardener at
the post. He was seen yesterday evening
at G o'clock by soldiers who went for val
uables. He is supposed to bave been
killed for money. He was a gambler and
usually carried considerable money. Tho
theory is that he was murdered after he
had retired , as he was undressed when
found.
STATE FAIR ATTRACTIONS.
Lincoln special to the Omaha Bee : The
long rows of pens filled with the choicest
specimens of stock of this kind are a con
stant source of .attraction to the visitors
at the fair. Said one of the veteran mem
bers of the state board : "We never had a
show in the line of sheep to equal the pres
ent. Some of the flocks are from the far
western counties , .and they show conclu
sively that the plains are being developed
into tho sheep industry with gratifying re
. " The has all the
sults. sheep display pop
ular breeds represented in force , including
the standard Merinos , the Cotswolds ,
Southdowns , Shropshires , and all exhibit
what Nebraska grass will do for the sheep
industry of the land. In this line it is wel [
to remark that there has been a boom in
this industry in the last few years , and one
of the breeders who was petting his flock ,
expressed the unqualified opinion that the
day was coming when sheep would be as
popular and profitable in Nebraska as in
Ohio.
The pens for hogs are all filled , over four
hundred specimens of that animal being
on the grounds competing for premiums.
There are large hogs , ranging in weight
Ironi eight hundred pounds down to the
swarms of suckling pigs , hogs of every age
and breed , including the always popular
Poland Chinas , the Berkshires. Chester
Whites , Yorkshires , Jersey Reds , etc.
These all are from representative breeders
and farmers in different parts of the state ,
including , among others , pens from the
following : L. C. Shattuck , Stanbury.
Mo. , twenty-two head ; J.V. Wolf , Lincoln ,
twenty head ; J. M. Robinson , Kcnesaw ,
fifteen head , Sylvester Andrew , Friend ,
twenty-three head ; H. C. Stoll , Beatrice ,
thirty-seven head ; H. A. Stoll , Beatrice ,
twenty head ; H. McCubbins , Gibbon , twen
ty-seven head ; Odgers &Horton , Unadilla ,
twelve head : Henry Peck , Syracuse , twelve
head ; James B. Thompson , Pittsburg.Mo. ,
twenty head ; S. S. Griflin , Lincoln , fifteen
head ; J. F. Lawson. Norwich , Page county ,
Iowa , fifteen head ; J. F. Marshall , Platts-
mouth , twelve head. Exhibits from Dons-
las county are made by Sidney Rusk and
S. & A. Root , The competition in this de
partment is great and the Owners of stock
are vicing with each other in keeping their
stock in the most presentable shape.
MISCELLANEOUS STATE SLITTERS.
A DISASTROUS wind storm visited Lincoln
a , few days ago. Several buildings under
construction were badly damaged.
COUNTIES in Kansas and Colorado made
fine showings at our state far.
THE school buildings atNebraskaCity are
said by the local press to be a disgrace to
the city.
A CONSPICUOUS object in Horticultun
hall afc the state fair was a large frame coi
taining the resolutions in memory of Jame
.Thomas Allan , passed by the state societ ;
These resolutions are beautifully cngrosse
on parchment. Accompanying them wa
a photograph of Mr. Allan , framed i
sprays of evergreen. The whole was
touching tribute to the man who was r
sponsible for much of the prosperity tha
the Hort'cultural society now enjoys.
AT 5 o'clock this afternoon , says a Wi
ber special , a stroke of lightning struc
Alice , tho ten year old daughter of Joh
Miller , while she was playing on the sid
walk. She was instantly killed.
AT Syracuse a man named H. Camp , i
the absence C. B. Todd , hired a team froi
a boy in his employ. He wanted to go t
Bennett and return next day forenoon. A
Bennett he said he was an insurance agon
going to Roca. He has not been heard i
since. The team , harness and platfon
spring wagon is worth 5350. This is tl
third team stolen from the livery stable
in Syracuse in a year.
Tun youngest school ma'am in the stat
is said to be Miss Mamie , the twelve-yea
old daughter of Prof. Thornton , of Bli
Hill. She was.awarded a third grade ce
tificate at the teachers' institute at Has
ings recently.
THE Blair Canning company will put u
00,000 cans of corn this year.
THE price of corn in Hastings is 17 to 2
cents a bushel , but those of the farmei
who can areholdingall their corn f or bight
prices.
THE school year opened at Creighton co
lego , Omaha , with 150 pupils.
Tun Hastings public schools opened wit
an enrollment of over J.200 , which will I
increased to about l.GOO by the holiday
THE corner stone of Hastings' Masoni
temple is soon to be laid with imposing cei
emonies.
ARTICLES of incorporation of the Stat
Bank of Du Bois , Pawnee county , were file- -
with the secretary of state last week. Th
capital stock of the bank is fixed at $25 ,
000 , 40 per cent of which is to be paid i
at the commencement of business and th
shares to represent 5100.
A FREMONT special saysi Mrs. Angus
Kundc , a German lady sixty years old , wa
run over last night by the Fremont , Ell
horn & Missouri Valley railroad east c
town and had her leg crushed. She is ye
alive , but will die.
THE Lutheran synod of Nebraska was i ;
session in Auburn last week. It was rt
solved to secure the services of a suitabl
man at a salary of 51,800 or § 2,000 , t
be known as state secretary , who shouli
have his headquarters at Omaha and hav
a general oversight over the Lutherai
churches'in the Nebraska synod. He is ti
be selected by and under control of a stat
executive board , consisting of both layme
and ministers at or near Omaha. Atnon
other items of business , the most interest
ing was the reading of the report of th
state missionary committee , Rev. C. Hubei
of Yutan , chairman. This report shows i
very considerable increase of missions am
new enterprises in many towns and citie
of the state.
THE railroad commission has receivet
\ communication from Oakland , Burl
: ounty , signed by T. L. Lewis. Accordinj
; o the complainant , several parties at Ban
; roft station , on the St. Paul , Minneapolis
fc Omaha railroad , had lost in the aggre
; ate 207 tons of hay , valued at $3 per ton ,
; he whole having been ignited by a passinj
engine. The fire occurred in the fall ol
1884 : , aud the railroad company have re
leatediy refused to settle thesainc. Hence
; he railroad commission is requested tc
investigate the affair and see that justice
s done.
THE government report shows Nebraska
.o have the best corn crop in the whole
ountry. That is to say the damage hat
jeen less than elsewhere.
JOSEPH BARRETT was arrested at Ashland
: or selling liquor without a license.
BURGLARS raided the residence of Johi
Moles , near Fairbnry , Chloroformed tin
: amily and secured 550.
A. H. THORNTON , "a prominent AdaniE
ounty farmer , had a narrow escape from
erious injury last week. A runaway team
tttached. to a hay rack collided with a
nower which he was working , throwinghirn
inder the machine. One wheel of the mowei
lasscd over his breast and the other over
iis legs , just below tha knee. His feet nar-
owly escaped having the ends cut off by
icing caught in the sickle bar , in which the
ickle was running. His head , shoulders
.nd legs ware badly bruised , but the injur
es are not dangeraus.
THAT portion of North Bend recently de-
troyed by fire is to be rebuilt with brick.
A COLUMBUS hen laid an egg the other
lay which measured G ; x(7 % inches in cir-
umference.
MIKE DEMPSEY and Pat Horrigan , two
icmbers of the Omaha police force , had a
isgraceful fight , while on duty September
.4 , and both were badly bruised. Horri-
an bit Dempsey's tongue nearly in two dur-
ig the scrimmage. Neither of them were
rrestcd , nor were they discharged from the
Dree.
GRAND ISLAND has agangof boy burglars ,
nd if they can be got hold of the reform
cliool will receive quite a delegation.
THE internal revenue collector of the Ne-
raska district gathers about § 2,000,000
er annum , the most of which is paid by
lie Willow Springs distillery at Omaha.
? he incidental expenses and salaries
mount to 522,000 which is the limit of
he allowance for running the office.
THE Fairbury Gazette says : Sunday a
orse was stolen from J. W. Bowen two
liles south of town. The next morning he
ad some postnls printed giving-a descrip-
ion of him and Thursday Sheriff Beldin re-
cived a telegram stating the horse and
liief were taken at Fairfield. They were
rough t back , when the thief proved to be
boy about 12 years old who had been
orking for Mr. Bowen.
WAKEFIELD has been short of water all
iimmer , and tho early introduction of
ater works into the town will be the re-
alt.
BURNETT , whilendvocatingher own claims
) r the countyseatof Madison county , pre-
irs Battle Creek to either Norfolk or Madi-
an.
an.YORK
YORK will make a strong pull to get tha
forth western railroad.
A BID accident occurred near Brad
Island recently. An unknown immigrai
.camped there , and during tho night aroi
to take some medicine ho was accustom !
to taking , when , through error , he took
largo dose of aconite , death resulting :
twenty minutes.
THOMAS McGorr , a carpenter employe
on the Union Pacific bridge at Omaha , wi
drowned last week. He was engaged :
hewing a log on the trestle work , when
slipped. In trying to prevent it from ro'
ing off the trestle , McGoff lost his balan
and fell into the river. Before assistani
could reach him he had sunk for the lai
time. His body was not recovered.
AKEQUISIIION was received at Lin col
fast week from the governor of Texas o
the governor of Nebraska demanding tli
surrender of Kate Murray , who had take
refuge in tins-state. Her arrest was effec
ed in Omaha. The complaint alleges tho
Kate Murray , in the county of Torrou
and state of Texas , on the 2Gth day <
August , did unlawfully take and steal on
diamond pin to the value of 5700 , and on
Bet of diamond earrings of the value <
5300 , the proper ty of A. S. Lyons , froi
and out of the possession of said owne
without his consent.
THE G. A.R. of Hastings have commence
the erection of a new hall. The structur
will cost about 510,000.
OMAHA had a slugging match last week i
one of the public halls. Mike Fitzgeralc
of Utah , and Cal Marx , the "Texas Cov
boy , " were , the participants. Eight ree
hot rounds were fought , when Fitzgerald
second threw up the sponge as an ucknow
edgment that his man was worsted.
ON September 22 the Chicago , Burlingto
& Quincy \ \ ill run an excursion to Broke
Bow. The arrival of the train will be cell
brated in grand style. Buffalo , elk , deei
antelope and oxen will bo roasted and a
elaborate programme prepared for makin
the day a red letter page in the history c
the Loup country.
THE Fremont Tribune learns that th
Union Pacific proposes at an early day t
commence building its branch from Nort
Bend to Stanton.
THE C. , B. & Q. management is buildin
more miles of railroad in Nebraska thi
year than they had altogether when thei
line to Kearney and the Beatrice branche
were completed. Nebraska already ha
more than 5,000 miles of railroad con
pleted within her borders , and hundreds c
miles more are under contract.
AN entire page of the Omaha Daily Be
was "pied" the other morning just as i
was about being put to press. The Be
appeared on time , but with some d ;
minution in its news.
THE state house auditor has issued hi
warrant for 5160.90 to Lee L. Coombs
for the arrest and return of D. H. Herbert
charged with crime in Cherry county. Hoi
bert was captured in Colorado.
AN Omaha jealous husband who found i
man talking with his wife on the stree
corner at night felled him with a brick tha
lay at convenient distance. Tho belliger
ent's case was attended to in the courts.
IT is said that a Hustings gambler woi
52,500 in a faro bank in Grand Island dui
ing the reunion.
THE surveyors on the Niobrara brand
of the Union Pacific road are workin
north of the Millerboro church on Merri
mac creek.
S. H. Calhoun , of Nebraska City , ha
been appo nted collector of internal rove
nue for the district of Nebraska , vice Post
resigned.
Jesse Morton , an Omaha boy , persistei
in climbing on moving cars , but that fun i
over now , as his leg had to be amputate !
just above the knee
'A MADISON dispatch says : The eeconc
2lectionintbe county seat contest was holi
bo-day , with the voters expressing prefer
snce between Norfolk , Madison and Battle
Creek. Returns from three leading precincts
are : Norfolk , 770 ; Madison , 445 ; Battle
Creek , 353. The indications are that the
choice is made , and Madison , the presenl
seat , will not secure the necessary two
fifths to settle further controversy. The
returns are not full enough to-night to in
dicate whether Battle Creek or Madisor
will be dropped out on the next election
But an equal division of the vote , based or
the first election , will throw out Battle
Creek , which will leave the contest betweer
Norfolk and Madison.
THE annual state convention of the
Christian church in Nebraska will meet at
[ "airfield on Thursday , October 7 , at 9
> 'clock a. in. Several hundred delegates ,
epresenting over 10,000 members of the
hurch in the state , are expected to be
( resent , and several well known distin-
uished visitors from abroad.
THE other night lightning struck the
) ixon house at Auburn , occupied by E.
lardenberger and family , demolishing the
himney , throwing brick through the
Mastering to a bed below on which was a
iiotherand child but forty-eight hours old ,
nost of which struck the father , who was
, t the time leaning over the bed. Eight
icrsons were in an adjoining room , none
f whom were injured , save a few scratches
rom flying stovepipe or brick. The cor-
iice and shingles were torn from one end of
he buildine.
CASS county has never yet been able to
ecure anything in the shape of an office for
he state government , congress or the judi-
iary.
EDGAR has let the contract for a 53,000
chool house.
THERE seems to be no doubt that the
urning of the Mann house at the South
miaha stock yards was the work of an
icendinry.
IN Omaha a drunken man became in-
olved in a difficulty with an Italian who
eeps a peanut stand on the street , during
hich the Dago inflicted a serious , if not
ital stab. The difficulty grew out of the
> ct that the American citizen proposed to
elp himself to peanuts without paying for
he same.
CLOTH peddlers are circulating in various
ortions of the state , and appear to be
ncling many victims.
THE Farmers' hotel and barn at Battle
reek was destroyed by fire on the 14th.
'
.oss , about 54,000. Charles Bailey was
urned to death in the hotel. Five horses
nd three mules were also burned to death ,
'he cause of the fire was undoubtedly in-
endiary. One party is now under arrest ,
ith good circumstantial evidence against
im.
AGRICULTURE UT IRELAND.
Nothing Exceptionally Bad in Its Ciwd
tlon An Interesting Statement *
London special : The Irish Loyal ai
Patriotic Union has issued a pamphl
for the use of the press and members of tl
house of commons , and which they are ci
diluting widely throughout the kingdot
showing the status of the Irish tenai
from the lan.llord's point of view. Tl
following portion of the pamphlet is fu
nished by the union for circulation in'Ai
erica :
The status of tho American tcnai
farmer within the past sixteen years hi
undergone marked amelioration , owing 1
the enactment of various remedies. The
has certainly been a fall in prices , bt
everything considered there is nothing e :
ceptionally bad in the condition of agricu
turn in Ireland. The Irish tenant farmei
have greater advantages in the respect i
tenure than the farmers elsewhere , an
with the improved methods there is reaso
to look to the future with confidence. Tl
figures show that full advantage has bee
taken of the rifht to sell interests in tl
holders.
Laying aside all rhetorical bosh , it is n
pessary to state the actual facts concen
ing evictions by tho land art of 1881.
tenant cannot possibly be evicted unles
he fails to pay his rent or refuses to con
ply with certain statutory conditions , nc
forming imaginary grievances. Ejectmer
fornon-payment of rtr.tcannot be brougr. .
for less than a year's rent actually dui
and should ejectment be brought the tei
aut may redeem at any time within si
months after its execution , or may , withi
the same period , nells his tenancy for tl :
execution of the ejection of anybody wh
wishes to purchase and who has the privi
ege of redeeming. Besides this , the tenar
has many advantages , and therefore evii
tions are both dangerous and costly to tl :
landlord and are only practiced in extreni
eases. Should a year's rent fall duo i
September , October or November , the lane
lord cannot get a decree until the Januar
session and six months more must claps
before he can obtain possession of the lam
The landlord is then liable to the tenar
for the crops thereon , so that nearly tw
years must , elapse before he can lully n
cover the tenancy.
In 1884 the Irish holdings numbered 5G
524 and the number of evictions during tli
first six months of 188(5 ( was only 2,007 ,
large nmjoiity of these being for more tha
a year's arrearage of rent. Carefully pr <
pared returns show only 8GO cases of abse
lute removal , many of the tenants evicte
having been readmitted to their holding !
Indeed , many of the 8GO were reinstate
as care takers ( an additional importan
fact ) by the county courts. The rules i
all the cases of ejectment are such that tli
county judge is able to grant such stay c
execution as under the circumstances h
considers reasonable : a similar cours
being frequently taken in the supurio
courts.
Regarding the money subscribed for th
purpose of fomenting and keeping alive th
agitation , it is needless to remind tho pul
lie that the nationalists boast that eve :
the poorest and most needy of the Iris
people have shown their sympathy with th
agitation by the extent and continuance c
their contributions. It is needless here ti
inquire into the truth about the matter c
how much compulsion is necessary in ol
taining money. All that is required is tha
the hard , stern fact should be noted care
fully , that the land leagno was started i :
1879 with the avowed object of nssistin
their Irish tenants. The first practice
move was to commence elrawing a subscrip
tion from these tenants. The fi.llowin
figures from Parnelliteprintshow that fron
October , 3879 , until the government sup
pressed it in October , 1881 , the land leagu
received by subscription in Great Britah
and Ireland 17,804. During the sain
period the fair trial fund received 1,024
and the relief of distress fund 942. Fron
all sources , and largely from America , the
last mimed fund received 60G72 , 10,00 <
of which was devoted to the Parnellite poli
tical fund and of which there is still a bal
ance of 3G58 , entirely unaccounted for.
Finally the amount subscribed to tin
present moment to the Irish party fund ii
G5,72G. Summing up Ireland's tribute ii
hard cash to the Parnellite exchequer , o
which the Irish in Great Britain subscribet
something , though the amount is as inap
preciable. since the founding of the lane
league in October. 1879. to the present timi
amounts to 3,007,104 , or 752,000 pei
nnnum. It is difficult in the face of tin
savings bank returns to contend that the
frish people are now in imminent financia
3 anger.
As a matter of fact this is a larger re
serve of money standing to the credit o
the Irish tenants than there 1ms been ir
my preceding year. The growth in this re
spect has been continuous. In 1819 the
savings bank report showed deposits o !
61,200.000. In 1SS5 they reported de
[ > osits of 4,300,000. These are the popu-
ar banks with the poorer class of depos-
tors , and alongside of the repeated asser
tions of the poverty-stricken condition ol
She Irish people , and their inability to paj
rent , it is interesting to notice that while
the expenditure of intoxfcants have fallen
> ff greatly in Great Britain in recent years ,
t has probably increased , taking into ac-
: ounfc the diminished population. The
: onsumption of beer and spirits in Ireland
u 1885 showed an aggregate increase ol
341,384 ; while if 1884 were compared
vith 1881 the incrense would reftch the
enormous total of 750,000. Finally , on
he authority of the NoHh British Agricul-
, nral Gazette , in England rents were raised
J3 per cent between 1840 and 1880 , in
iVales 34 per cent , and in Scotland 49 per
: ent ; while in Ireland they had decreased
vithin that period nnel were further cut
lown by the act of 1881.
SOJIEB TTASaiUQTOy GOSSIP.
THE present administration has entered
ipon a most vigorous policy of hunting
lown thchidclcn mountain stills and bring-
ng to justice the men who defraud the in-
ernal revenue by avoiding tho tax on
chisky. The forthcoming report of the
ommissioner of internal revenue will show
hat double the number of illicit distiller-
28 have been elestroyed during the past
ear as compared with the previous twelve
uonths. The number of gallons of dis-
illeel whisky upon which tax was collected
ulSSG was 51,093,327 greater than in
.885 and at a less cost.
SOME manufacturers of olpomargarine
ave protested to the treasury elepartment
gainst the construction placeel by the in-
ernal revenue bureau on the second sec-
ion of the act regulating the manufacture
f that compound. The law imposes on
'oleomargarine ' , neutral , and other arti-
les of like nature , " a tax of the same
mount as is imposed on oleomargarine ,
t appears that there are a number of
rms engaged in the manufacture of oleo-
largarine whose business is to purchase
nd combine the various ingredients into
he marketable article , and if the compo-
ent materials are subject to a tax , as has
een held by the revenue bureau , the result
ill bo to compel these manufacturers to
ay a double tax. as they are also required
y law to place stamps on the finished urti-
le when compounded.
. THE OltlGIXAL TIIIRTEEX.
rrepartny for the Centennial of the 2'rc
limitation of the Constitution.
Philadelphia dispatch : As a result (
the movement upon tho part of the chii
magistrates of the thirteen original state
seven governors of as many commoi
wealths met here to-elny to arrange for
fitting observance of the centennial aim
versary of the promulgation of the const
tution of tho United States. New Hamj
shire , Massachusetts and North Carolin
were not represenleil , but preibably will b
by to-morrowr The following governor
were present : Pattison of Pennsylvanin
Lte of Virginia , Lloyd of Maryland , Stocli
ley of Delaware , Wetmore of Rhode Island
McDaniel of Georgia , and Shephard c
South Carolina. New York was represents
by Lieutennnt-Governor Jones ; New Jei
sey by a committee of the state legislature
and Connecticut by ex-Governor Bigelon
At the Continental hotel Governor Patti
son delivered a brief ndelress of welcome
There were present also many other distin
guishcd visitors from various states and i
citizens' committee of entertainment.
After Governor PattiHon's speech th
party divided intopairsand marcheddowi
Chestnut street to the old state house
Here the party halted in the roe > m when
the Declaration of Independence w
signed and , standing under acanopy of red
white and blue , they listened to an addrcs
oi welcome by Mayor Smith.
Carpenterhall. the old hall where , in87'
the first colonial congress met , elevei
provinces being represented , was the nex
place visited. At this place also a tneetin ;
was held. The governors rungeel them
selves around u hirae table near the cente
of the hall. Richard K. Butts , one of tin
oldest members of the Carpenters Company
of tho City and County of Philadelphia
welcomed the visitors and briefly reviewee
the. history of the time-worn meeting place
Hampton L. Carson then delivereel an ora
tion.
tion.The
The business meeting of the governors
was called to order by Governor Pattison
Governor Lee of Virginia was invited te
take the chair. Carson was electeel sere
tary. Letters were reael fr in the gov
ernors of North Carolina , New Hampshire
and Massachusetts , regretting their ina
bility to be present , and assuring the gov
ernors that they were in sympathy witl
the movement. Colonel J. E. Peyton , whc
originated the idea of the celebration
and who has charge of the arrangements
was invited to take the stand to make
any suggestions which might have occurred
to him. The colonel , in reply , sail
that it wotilel be a gooel idea to havi
every state in the union represented al
the celebration next September by a regi
ment of soldiery. It seemed to him thai
the young men in the various states would
gladly avail themselves of this opportunity
to participate in the celebration. On mo
tion of GovernorPattison the organization
was also made permanent. The governor
sugsesteel also that a committee , consisting
of the governors of the thirteen states and
representative citizens , be appointed tc
prepare for the celebration. On motion ol
Governor Stockley , of Delaware , the chnii
appointed a committee , consisting of five
members , to draft a plan. The governors
of Pennsylvana , Delaware , Rhoelc I&land ,
Maryland and Georgia were appointed. A
recess was then taken to enable the com
mittee to prepare a plan.
During the session in Carpenter's hall
resolutions were adopted that each state
and territory be invited to join in prepara
tion for the proper national celebration ol
the adoption of the federal constitution , tn
be helel in this city in September of next
year , and that the president be invited to
formally communicate to congress at their
next meetine the fact that his administra
tion closes the first century of the constitu
tional government , and to urge upon thai
body the propriety of celebrating an occa
sion of such dignity and importance ; that
the executive of every state anel territory
in the union be formally cuiimtiinicnteil
with and urged to press upon the attention
of their people the fitness of their hearty
co-operation. A resoluiuu was also parsed
reqiiestini ; that delegates from the different
statep and territories be sent here to meet
on December 2 next , to organize a perma-
ncnnt organization worthy of the event.
Resolutions were also adopted looking to
the appointment of a committee of citizens
to'co-operateuith the permanent organiza
tion , extending sympathy to the earth
quake sufferers in South Carolina an'l
thanking the Carpenter company for the
use of the hall.
THE FAMISIIIXK FISIIEHJIEX'
r/ioits ( ( i(7s of I'eojilc in a Destitute Condition
HALIFAX , N. S. , Sept. 12. Alfred B. Morrlne ,
number of the Newfoundland legislature for
3ona Vista , now here , savs the Labrador fish
eries are an entire failure. At ttieir best they
iflord but a bare subsistence. The 13,000 in-
mbitauts of the Labrador coast subsist entire-
V by fishinjr , and 30,000 people go from New-
bundland to Labrador for fish every year ,
[ 'his year they have not caught enough to pay
, he cost of transportation and supplies.
At least 20,000 more people are dependent
ipon the success of the above mentioned
10,000. This makes a total of ( i5,000 people
vho are to-day destitute and will be entirely
lependcnt upon the government for subsist
ence during the fall and winter. These pec-
) le are scattered over 3,000 miles of coast ,
entering it exceedingly difficult if not im-
> ost-i [ > le to sret to them with relief steamers
luring the winter , and unless immediate steps
ire taken to relieve them starvation is inevit-
ible.
ible.Besides the above there are 100.000 more
) eojle immediately dcj > eiidliig on the New
'oundland bank and shore fisheries 10,000 on
he former aud OO.OKIon the latter The total
'ailnre of the shore fishery thisear ' renders
UOOi ) persons destitute only SO.'OOO of those
lepcndinir upon them being "prepared to stand
he loss of a ycai 's labor. The people have
> arely enough" for present necessities and no
ncan's of earning a dollar. The only relief to
his picture is the fact that the potato crop
he onlv crop raiscel on the Maud is turning
ut well , and will yield about a peck per head
) f population.
Morrine says this seems highly colored in
iew of recent fabrications of starvation
itories about the Labrador Esquimaux , but it
s the plain English of actual facts aud inevit-
ible consquences.
1GSG,000,000 JtUSJlET.S.
CINCINNATI , O. , Sept. 15. The investiga
ions of the Cincinnati Price Current in regard
D the corn crop of the country , which will ap-
car in a detailed report to morrow morning ,
how an aggregate estimate of 1,550,000,000
ushels or > 0,000,000 less than the
fiicial returns of last year. The average
ield for the country is 21 bushels per acre ,
gainst 26 % last year. The average yield for
lie twelve'western states , embracing Ken-
ucky and Teunesse , is a fraction over 23
luslTels per acre , against 31 la't year. As
ompared with a good average the'estimates
if the states are as follows : Ouio. S. > ; Indiana ,
J ; Illinois. Co ; Iowapi ; Missouri , 55J Kansas ,
7 ; Nebraska , 64 : Minnesota , 90 ; Wisconsin , .
0 ; Michigan , SO ; Kentucky , 100 ; Tennws-e.
0. Ohio shows a reduction of 19.000,000
lushels as comoared with last year ; Indiana ,
1 9,000,000 ; Illinois , of 8,100.000 : Iowa , of
4,000,000 ; Missouri , of 67,000,000 ; Kansas , of
1,000.000 ; Nebraska , 38,000,000 ; Wisconsin.
if 10,000,000 : Michtean , of 5,000,000 , and
: enues e. of 14,000 000.
The National cotton-exchange reports tht
rop of the year at 6,575,000 bales , of which
mount 4,338,000 bales were exported.
THE AXIX-
Xlte 1'Iat/orm of Principles Put Fortli at :
Their Convention.
At the first national convention of the-
held in Chicago on *
nnti saloon republicans ,
the IGth , the committee on resolutions re
ported as follows :
The nnti-saloon republicans , by their
representatives in national conference as
sembled , do declaro as follows :
First That the liquor traffic as it exists
to-day in the United States is an enemy of ;
of corruption in
fruitful
society ; a source
politics , in behalf ot anarchy ; a school ot _
crime ; and with its avowed purposeor
seeking to corruptly control elections , is a
menace to the public welfare and deserves
the condemnation of all good men.
Second That wo declare war agamst-
saloons and liquor and ho d it to bo the-
supreme duty of the government to adopt
such measures as shall restrict its control ,
its influence and , at the earliest possible-
moment , extinguish it altogether.
Third We believe that the national gov
ernment should absolutely prohibit the-
innnufacturo and sale of intoxicating
liquors in the District of Columbia and in-
all territories of UieTJnited States.
Fourth We believe lhat the best prac
tical method of dealing with the liquor-
traffic , in the several state , is to let the-
people decide whutherit shall be prohibiicd
by the submission of constitutional amend
ments , and , until such amendments an *
adopted , by the passage of local option
hlWH.
Fifth That inasmuch as the saloon bus
iness creates a special burden of taxation
upon the people to support the courts , ,
jails , and nlinshonses ; therefore large an
imal tax should be levied upon the saloons ,
so long as they continue to exist , and that
they should be made responsible for all ther
public and private in jury resulting from tho-
traflic.
Sixth That the republican party , where-
over and whenever in power , shoulel faith
fully enforce whatever ordinances , statutes
or constitutional amendments may be ex
acted for the restriction or the suppression
of the liepior traffic.
Seventh That we approve the action of"
congress , and of those states that have-
done so , in providing for teaching the phy
siological effects of intoxicants in our pub
lic schools , and that we earnestly recom
mend to every state leyiNlature the enact
ment of Hiich laws as shall provide for the-
thorough teaching of such effects to our
children.
Eighth Wo demand that the republican
party , to which we belong , and whose wel
fare we cherish , shall take a firm and de
cided stand as a friend of the homes and
nn enemy of the saloons in favor of this
policy and these measures. We pledge our
selves to do our utmobt to cause the party
to take such a Bland , and we call upon
temperance men and all friends of humani
ty , of whatever party or name , to join
with us in securing these objects , anel in
support of the republican party so far as
it shall adopt them.
The resolutions were received with great
ipplause , but upon being taken up seriatim
the raelical prohibition element made a de
termined effort to kill the fifth hcction ,
which provides for a high saloon tax.
IVarm speeches were made on either siele ,
nit finally thehcction , as originally framed ,
.vas adopted by an overwhelming majority.
Gen. Conway , of Brooklyn , made an
; qunlly earnest effort to so amend .section
bur as to pledge the republican party to
support the constitutional prohibitory
imendment , but this was also voted down
ind the platform as presented was adopted
vith six dissenting votes. It was now
vithin an hour of the time when the
; heater was required for the night minstrel
) erformance , anel after the passage of vari-
ius votes of thanks , the convention , amid
ionsiderable confusion , adjourned sine die.
Opinions to-night among the delegates
is to the results accomplished eliffer widely.
Che rampant prohibition element contend
hat the adoption of the tax plank has ,
> y recognizing the saloon element as a
axable commodity , vitiated tho whole
voi k which the convention was called to
iccomplibh ; while the conservative section
akes theground that the convention has
ilaceel hqnarely before the republican party
in issue which it will be forced to meet ,
inel that it had taken the ground which
v-ill bring the third party back into the re-
lublican ranks.
PETER U. LEE.
Lincoln special : Peter B. Lee. who has
ael a national reputation as a tramp prin-
er for twenty-five years and whose death
iy accident and otherwise has been report-
d a half dozen times , died suddenly of
cart disease , in this city this morninz.
'o-night Typographical union No. 201 > ,
umbering about seventy members , es-
orteel the remains to theelepot , where thev
ere taken charge of by J. V. Lee. a brotln r
f the deceased , who lives at Beatrice ami
ill bury him there.
Peter learned the printing trade in 18 I ! )
nel has been tramping for the lat thirly-
nir years.
THE MARKETS.
OMAHA.
\'IIIAT No. 2
IAIILEY No. 2 44
LYE No. 2 45
'oit.v No. 2 mixed
I ATS No. 2 18
tuTTEK Choice table 17
JUTTEK Fair to good 13
Ioes Fresh 13
HICKENS Old per doz 2 75
'IIICKENS Spring per do2 25
< EMo\h ( iioice , pur box. . . 0 75
.Pl'Ms Choice per bbl 2 50
! EAXS Nsivys , per bu 1 70
> xo.\.s Per barrel 3 75
i TATOES Per bushel 55
; TOK.S Per bu.box 125
\ \ . I'-ne , per ! b 12
EKIIV-Timothy 2 20
Eins BliieGmvj 1 30
TAY Baled , per ton U 50
f AY In bulk G 00
Ions Mixed packing 4 55
JEEVES Choice steers 4 20
IIEEP Fair to gooel 2 75
NEW YORK.
fiiEAT No. 2 red SG @
fiiEAT Ungraded red 83 91
oit.v No. 2 51 ©
l ?
ATS Mixed western 32 @
ORK 11 00@12 00
AHD 7 30 ( 7 40
CHICAGO.
LOUR Winter 4 05
i.oui : Patents 4 30
/HEAT Per bushel 75
DUX Per bushel 41
ATS Per bushel 2G
OISK 11 i ,
11 22 (0,1 ( 1'25
tons Packing itshipping. 4 GO
ATTLE Stockurs . 2 00
CEEINatives . 1 50 @
ST. LOUIS. Ul
'HEAT No. 2 red . 7GJt \ f
DUX PerbuHhel 37K
ATS Per bushel 25 ?
OGS Mixed packing . 4 50 485
VTTLE Stockera . 3 25 400
IIEEP Common to choice 3 00 400
KANSAS CITY.
THEAT Per bushel . 63
> n.Per bushel . 33U@
ATS Per bushel . 24"
ITTLE Stackers . 2 80
oas Good to choice. . 4 80
IKEP Common to good. . 4 50