Nebraska Newspapers

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XEBRASICA'S WATER
J BMinden Correspondence of the Omnha
Kepuolican : Somo people curiout
Vnotions about the water supply in No-
Hp braska , and especially on tbo divides
g the central and western portions of the
m state. The water is obtained , usually , bj
H p boring a ten or twclvo-inch well , from 75
K to 200 feot. These are tubed up with hard
V pino , made expressly for tho purpose ; and
Kf at the bottom a sheet iron is fasloned to
m prevent sand or clay from filling up the
V well. The usual prise for boring wells is 10
g cents per first 100 feet , and 20 cents foi
B every foot over 100 feet. A well of 100 feel
H feet would cost $15 , 200 feet $35 , besides
H tho tubing and board of diggers. A well
H 100 feet , all ready for use , costs about
H $30. There nro generally from ten tc
H twenty feet of water. People at first use u
B windlass or pump for drawing water , until
| they get a good deal of stock , when a wind-
H mill is attached and a largo tank or cistern
H made to retain a largo quantity of water ;
H from these the water runs into troughs foi
H stock , where fresh , pure water is furnished
H to stock at all seasons. "Where much stock
H is kept larger wells are made , and made
B deeper so that water is supplied in nbund-
H uncc. A well fitted up with a windmill
H costs about $150. But a well put down to
B the gravel never fails to furnish all that is
B required , and there is less complaint ol
H failing wells in dry seasons in Nebraska
1 than in any of the eastern states.
H The water is generally hard , but very
| pure , except in some places on river bot-
H tonis , where wells are shallow. There they
B are impregnated with alkali to some ex-
| H tent ; but even then , where they are put
H down a proper depth the water is pure.
HASH There are noL so many running streams
j H in the middlo and western portions of th
H state , us exist east of the .Missouri river ,
H except in some of the more northern por-
H tious of tho state , whore the country it
B more undulating.
H | In the portions where the land lies most-
H ly level there are but few small stream ;
H affording water , yet there are many streams
B called "dry creeks" which serve agood pur-
H pose in carrying off tho surplus water in
H times of rain. There is very little waste
H land where this feature of the country ex-
HBVftg To those people coming from Iowa , Wis-
H h cousin or Illinois , where tho water liesneai
H the surface , these deep wells strike a ler-
Hh ror , yet experience teaches that water is
B supplied here at less cost than in those
HBVH states. Every dry season they experience
HE absorbs their supply , while here there is
ff plenty. There , in many instances , their
ft wells fill and run over in wet seasons , ren-
g dering tho water unpleasant for drinking :
HBVJ | but here they never increase in wet , nor
H g diminish in dry seasons. So that the
B | water supply of this whole stato may be
BBS I said to be ample , and as pure as in any
1 i other state where wells are to be depended
H on for supply.
1 uiscelzaxeo vs sta te matteus
H The Kansas City , Wyandotte & North-
H western railroad officials signed the pre-
B liminary articles of incorporation at Wy-
H H more last week , and will soon submit a
H proposition to the people of Wymore and
H Blue Springs asking them to vote a bond
1 of $30,000 , which will undoubtedly be ac-
M cepted , and if so they will receive assur-
M ancc that the road will be completed on or
m before January 1,18SS.
H TnE town of Cresfcorl , iu Piatt county , is
m making commendable headway. Among
B other improvements is a three-Btory grist
H mill , with a capacity of 100 bushels por
H Christian Muxous , who has a large
H brewery at Cedar Ilapids , Iowa , will movo
m , the plant to Omaha , where prohibition
.r will not molest him.
* | j Tin : King Bridge company of Des Moines
H jj have the contract for building ; the bridge at
H n Beatrice.
Hi Tin : new postmaster at Omaha , speaking
HE uf the need of additional oilice help , says
Hj it seems impossible to convince the depart-
Kj meat at Washington that Omaha is more
Kj | than a city of 50,000 inhabitants. They
Bj cannot be made to believe that the oflicc
Hf iu that city is doing the business of 100. -
Hfi 000 resident patrons besides the thous-
Hf and8 of strangers who are constantly in
ff the city. Inspector King , who recently
H visited tho oilice , has recommended four
HM additional clerks and three or fouraddi-
II tioiml curriers , and Postmaster Ga"agher
| Sj thinks they will be allowed.
B fi The movement for providing ground and i
B , § means for establishing a eyfitelu of pack-
B\ \ \ ing houses in Fremont has finally culmi-
1 > nated in obtaining subscriptions to the ex-
H\ \ tent of $200,000. Tho Herald learns
H through Hon. G. W. E. Dorsey , who is the
M heaviest stockholder in Fremont , that'the
H capital stock of the company will bo iixed
H at $1,000,000 , and the buildings will be
H erected for slaughtering cattle as well as
H hogs , and that there are already three ap-
H plicants for sites upon the ground for such
H purpose.
H ' The late session of the Nebraska Medical
H , association , held at Omaha last week , waa
' both pleasant and profitable.
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i Ax Omaha saloon-keeper was unexpect-
B J edly summoned to leave the world one day
B j Jnst week. He died in his place of business
B after a short illness. Troubles of theheart
B i carried him off.
I Ehxest Weise , the Scribner rajiist , at-
I tempted to escape the penalty of his crime
I through a flaw in the complaint , but the
I officers blocked his plans with a new com-
I plaint. He will be tried at the next term
I the district court.
I Tuhee Indian chiefs of the Omaha tribe
I were in Lincoln the other day. Their
I 1 names are Pa-la-uung-pa-she. Pa-hung-
J -mong and Tn-wa-hae-zin-ga , and with them
I was William Tymball , interpreter. Thomis-
I sion to tho capital was for the purpose of
I consulting with Governor Thayer , whom
I they call "Bg Medicine Chief , " in regard to
| thestate taxing their lands. They had a
II pleasant interview with the governor and
I J made speeches , stating their fears of taxa-
1-1 tion. Governor Thayer assured them
I fl there was no cause for alarm , as their res-
Eg ervation lands did not come within tho
Hi Etate's power of taxation.
K # Matob Boyd , of Omaha , flatly rtrfufled a
K renomination.
| Hs The drifting sand derailed two engines on
H the 30th ult. , on the approach to the Blair
m bridge. They were thrown down the em-
HI bankment and badly damaged. * No one
B hurt.
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Mns. Jenkib R. Hou Bor , of Norfolk ,
has been appointed matron ol the Nor
folk insane asylum.
Knox county is out of debt , ban a popu
lation of 10,000 , 70 school districts , 3,170
school children , 3 graded echoola , 11
churches and 5 newspapers.
Mastek Woiikman Powdeiily , is ia an
nounced , will soon be in Omaha and de
liver an address.
A committee has been examining the ac
counts or the Nebraska and Iowa insurance
company and pronounco the couipauy in
sound condition.
Quite a surpriso was given the Rev. C. L.
Smith ; , of Stella , on tho event of his fiftieth
birthday. About fifty of his friends gath
ered , at his home and presented tho rever
end i gentleman with many and valuable
presents. j
A collision in tho yards of the Nebraska
Fuel company at Omaha damaged an en
gine and wrecked three cars belonging to
the Union Pacific.
The Briggs house , Chicago , will be the
hsadquarters of tho Nebraska teachers
during the National Teachers' convention.
A $2 a day rate has been obtained.
Mns. Clevens , Culbertson's postmis
tress , is erecting a handsome new building
for use as a postoflko.
Material for tho Hastings Btreetrailway
is on tho ground , and the work of construc
tion will commence at an early day.
Two colored soldiers of the Ninth cavalry
were arrested at Fort Niobrara for the
crime or rapo upon a Mrs. Stephenson , who
was traveling from Ainsworth to Chadron ,
accompanied by her two-year-old boy. Sho
identified tho scoundrels as they were
drawn up in line by the commanding oili-
cer.
cer.The
The receipts for fees such as notary pub
lic ' , transfers and filing of articles of incor
poration in the oilice of secretary of state ,
amount to $ G40 since the 1st or January.
.The plans and specifications for the ad
ditiounl buildings or tho Nebraska Indus
trial school at Kearney have been adopted
and bids for their erection will be adver
tised for at an early day.
The Odd Fellows lodge of Ainsworth and
Long Pine held a joint celebration there in
commemoration < of the sixty-eighth anni
versary of the organization of Odd Fellow
ship.
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A Kearney special says : Final action
was taken to night in organizing a com
pany to sink a well for natural gas in
Kearnoy. In a short time cash stock was
taken sufficient to sink the well 3,000 Teet.
Work will commence at once and proceed
until.the earth for 3,000 feet down is thor
oughly investigated. The following consti
tute the board of directors : A. B. Boltin ,
B. H. Bicknoll. E. C. Calkins , F. J. Switz
and : H. J. Allen. As soon as the machinery
can , be shipped there the work will proceed.
A public sale of houses and lots took
place at Lincoln last week. Good prices
were obtained.
About 400 sewer laborers are on a strike
in Lincoln for higher wages. There is nine
miles or sewerage to be completed.
Amoxg prisoners who took their places
in tho penitentiary last week were three
committed for the crime of rape.
Grand Island coal dealers have raised
on the price of that commodity $1 a ton ,
tho amount of increase of tho railroad for
hauling.
The hot air heating process in the Hast
ings school is prouounced a failure.
During the months of March and April
eight patients died in the insane asylum.
Iu the same time three were discharged
cured.
Rkhublicaxs were for the most part suc
cessful in the election in Omaha last week.
Mrs. G. W. Clark or the W. C. T. U. re
turned i to Omaha last week from Lincoln ,
which city she vihitcd with reference to the
Home for Unfortunate Women , for which
the i last legislature appropriated $15 000.
She ! met a joint committee of the board of
organized i state charities , and W. C. T. U.
and j from these committees a committee
consisting i oi Mrs. Orplia Dinsmoor , Mrs.
Russell , of Tccumseh , Mrs. Woodward , of
Seward , and Mrs. Clark , of Omaha , was
selected i to a'pnear before tho stato board
of i public lands and buildings. The com
mittee i were advised by the latter that the
board 1 would receive offers of land for the
proposed ] home , and further that both tho
W. C. T. U. and tho organized board of
state i charities would bo informed when
the ' bids would be opened.
The Knowlton Manufacturing company
of Rockford , 111. , has brought suit in the
United States circuit court against James
Stevens , of Shelton , Neb. , for $2,508.92.
The company manufactures and sells reap
ers and mowers , and the allegation of the
petition is that Feb. 6 , 1S83 , Stevens con
tracted to act as agent for it at Shelton.
By the terms of agreement all notes re
ceived by him and turned over to the com-
pany that were not paid in six months
were to be made good by him , either by
cash or notes of responsible farmers. It
is claimed that various notes for small
sums , aggregating $2,029. are long past
due , and that Stevens refuses to make
them good ; also that he is indebted to
them for reapers and mowers sold in the
last year in the sum of $497.92.
A company has been formed to improve
and develop the seven springs near Long
Pine.
The Northern Relief association , Ancient
Order of United Workmen , of Lincoln , has
filed articles or incorporation in the office
ol the secretary of state. It provides for
an indemnity not to exceed $1,000 , to bo
paid at the death of any member.
The Northwestern Masonic Aid associa
tion has reported to the auditor of public
accounts , in order to be exempt from the
law passed by the last legislature for the
taxation of insurance companies.
Plattsmoutii is preparing for a graud
celebration to commemorate completion
of her water works system.
Union Pacific surveyors have recently
been at work south of Columbu3 , and the
people are looking for railroad building tc
begin at an early day.
The Union Pacific passenger depot at
Columbiig is at last completed and the
ticket agent has moved therein.
The now city officers of Norfolk have
qualified and entored upon their duties.
A laroe now iron bridge is about to b
built at Beatrice.
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Ik the matter of tho complaint of tho
Hon.George W. McConaughy against the
Union Pacific railroad company , charging
inefficient mail and passenger service on
the fitromsburg branch , the company , in
response to a letter from Judge Mason ,
secretary of tho board of transportation ,
transmitting a copy of the complaint , the
company says that the complaint will bo
duly investigated and an answer filed in a
short time.
Sam Jones is soon to givo another series
of meetings in Omaha.
West Point special : The appointment
of Krank W. Welna , one of our most prom
inent real estate men , to the registership of
the Niobrara land office , gives the greatest
satisfaction to his friends in this city , who
rejoico to see him thus honored. Frank ,
although a democrat , enjoys tho respeet
and esteem of all our citizens , republicans
and democrats alike , who , while rejoicing
at his preferment , are sorry to lose him.
His long residence here has proved his ster
ling worth and endeared him to our peo
ple , who ono and all wish him every success
in his new undertaking ;
TiiEgeneral impression which has existed
among the stock-growors of Nebraska and
Wyoming that the carload rates to Omaha
and Chicago , through the workings of the
inter-state commerce law , would be raised
from $10 to $25 , is now slated , upon the
authority of agents , to be erroneous. Col.
J. II. Hooker , ol Salt Lake , who lias Tor-
warded as many cattle Troiii the west to
market as any other agent , stated that ho
had been assured by Mr. Shelby , of the
Union Pacific , and Mr. Morehouse , of tho
Fremont , Elkhorn & Missouri Valley , that
there would be no raise on rates next fall.
Albert , the 8-year-old son of C. H.
Young , of Columbus , while running along
the side of an outward bound Albion
train , Tell with his right arm on the track.
The wheels ground tho flesh rrom the wrist
to the elbow , but fortunately broke uo
bones.
Dr. Frank S. Billings , director of tho
animal diseaeo experiment station of Ne
braska university , recently received an ap
plication from tho agricultural college of
New Hampshire , asking permission to print
20,000 copies of tliat portion of his recent
address before tho Nebraska State Agri
cultural society treating of hog cholera , for
distribution in pamphletform in thatstatc.
A bevy of friends of ex-Mayor John L.
Means , of Grand Island , gave him a sur
prise pnrty last Wednesday evening , upon
which occasion , as a complinicnt and in
consideration of his conduct while mayor ,
he was presented with a diamond ring. The
presentation speech was made by W. II.
Thompson , to which the ex-ninyor neatly
replied , oviucing much emotion.
The Adams County Agricultural board
offer a special premium to tho person who
takes the greatest number of premiums ac-
cording to the premium list.
The Democrat , of Lincoln , estimates
that 400 cars of lumber are shipped to
that city monthly.
The receipts or the Booth engagement at
Lincoln amounted to nearly 9,000.
The new directory ot Lincoln shows nu
increase of 32 per cent in names over a
year ago.
Prest , a circus man , who has been win
tering in Falls City , has got together a good
companjand is about tostarton the sum-
tier's tour.
At Loup City , in the case of the State of
Nebraska vs. David Chapman , wherein the
defendant < was charged with obtaining $45
from the Sherman County Bank , by false
pretenses and in which it was shown that
the bank charged $5 interest for S45 for
three months , and further took a mortgage
to secure the note , the jury on their first
bal'ot ' found for derendant.
So many new houses are springing up in
Falls City that the papers of that town de-
spair of keeping track of them.
W.M. Massin , ol Lancaster county , lost
his watch * in the cornfield about three
months ago. He found the time-keeper tho
other day , and after winding it was found
to keep as good time as formerly.
A fire in Omaha on Sunday last de
stroyed the supply honSo oi the St. Paul ,
Minneapolis and Omaha railroad , entail
ing t a loss of about $4,000.
The Lincoln Journal Bnya : The four
members of the Omaha tribe of Indians
who are in the city on a mission to tho
governor ' , visited the penitentiary day be
fore yesterday , and called upon their
brother rednian , Whitewater , who has
been behind the bars a number of years for
murder. The prisoner was allowed to re
ceive i his friends in the chapel , and for a
time the guards enjoyed a picturesque
scene. ; The five Indians sat in a circle ,
smoked their pipes and talked in their
own grave and learned way until their
time had expired. The visit was greatly
appreciated by Whitewater.
Mr. and Mrs. Nels C. Nelson , or Fre
mont , met with a severe runaway acci
dent , while returning from the funeral of
their infant child. They were thrown out
of the wagon , and Mrs. Nelson dangerously
injured about the head.
The carpenter shop of the Union Pacific ,
located near tho river bridge in Omaha ,
was destroyed by fire lait week. Loss
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about $4,000 .
The May term of the United States court
opened in Omaha on Monday , the 2d.
XIIK MAIiSIIATj NET JBOXES.
Third Creek ( N. C. ) special : Several
prominent physicians of the Salisbury sec
tion , some time since , decided to exhume
the remains of Peter S. Ney from their
grave near this place lor the purpose of
ascertaining whether they are those of the
famous Marshal Ney , or France. The gen
tleman who nursed Peter Ney , and was
with him in death and at his burial , said
to day that Ney was perlectly conscious
at the time of d eath , and that he talked
about his wife , and children , and stated
several times while on his death bed that
lie was Marshal Ney and repeated it not
an hour before his death. In dressing him
for burial they found that he had been
wounded on the thigh , neck , sideand wrist ,
and had a larue scar like a saber cut. on
the head. When the grave was opened to
day nothing was found except a few of the
largest bones , some coffin nails andasmall
remnant of one plank. The physicians in
charge reported : "We found some of tho
bones only , and these in such a state of
decay that we cannot Btate positively
whether the skull had ever been trepanned
or not. We made diligent search for the
bullets said to have been lodged in the
body , but found none. All the bones were *
returned to the grave. "
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THE ItATLItO. 11 * rS VES TIOA TIOX.
It is Continued In Xew l'orle by the ( loxem-
menl Cominlnl < mcrii.
New Yoiik , May 5. The examination
of Special Counsel Artemus II. Holmes , of
the Union Pacific railroad company was
continued before Commissioners Pattison . .
Anderson and Littler to-day. Mr. Ander
son held in his hand the judgment roll in
the matter of the hearing before Referee
Rupgles on tho explication to have the
Denver-Pacific stock released as security
for mortgages on the Kansas Pacific of
which witness related the story yesterday.
Anderson asked if the witness knew who
erased the answer to this question : "What
were the net earnings ol the Kansas Paci
fic last year ? "
The original answer was : "Not much ,
if anything. " And over which erasure
was written : ' "About half a million dol
lars ! " Mr. Holmes knew nothing about
this , but said the substituted answer was
probably the correct one. Mr. Holmes
thought Judge Dillon drew up
the articles of consolidation
of the Kansas Pacific and the Union Pacific
and that it was prior to January 21 , 18S0 ,
or prior to the time the 29ll , ) ) shares of the
Denver Pacific stock passed from the owner
ship of the Kansas Pacific to the hands of
the Union Pacific party , Messrs. Jay Gould ,
Russel Sage and others. The record states
that Mr. Gould held and voted 79,41-1
shares , Mr. Ames 4,035 , Sydney Dillon
( 1.18t , Henry AHllard not any nor Mr.
Holmes.
Russell Sage had 9,974 shares , and these
constituted the Union Pacific party. The
shares were $50 each , and 199,034 shares
were represented in the agreement. These
men were all directors of the Union Pacific.
Mr. Holmes did not know how much profit
there was in the pool , but thought not so
much as 20,000,000. Commissioner Pat-
tison asked who got poises 3ion of S10,00 ( ) , -
000 of Kansas Pacific and § 1,000,000 of
Denver Pacific stock , but Mr. Holmes
said he thought they simply
drifted back to their original owners.
"Under the consolidation Gould or
any other holder of Kansas Pacific slock
exchanged two of their $50 shares for one
$100 share of Union Pacific stock , their
values being about the same in the market.
At the time the relative status of the secur
ities was fixed by the arbitration of all
leading parties at a trifle greater than their
market quotation , as an inducement lo
holders to put them into the pool as a good
investment , " explained Mr. Holmes. Tim
schedule at which the various securities
were admitted to the pool was as follows :
Stock , 12o per cent. ; floating debt , 50 per
cent. : unsubordinated income bonds , 30
per cent. ; subordinated income bonds , 30
per cent. , and second land grant bonds 50
per cent.
"Is it not true , " asked Anderson , "that
Jay Gould , Sydney Dillon , Russell Sage ,
Frederick Ames , and others you have
named , obtained credit by means of the
pool ; of large amounts of Kansas Pacific
stocks : in subordinated bonds , unsubordin-
ated bonds , second land grant bonds , Lcav-
enworth Pacific stock , etc. ? "
Holmes "Yes , in exchange for other se-
curities. " Holmes made the statement
that the Union Pacific profited by the con
solidation in that in got the benefit of all
the handling , and thereby stopped the com-
petition of the Kansas Pacific , and Gould
thus controlled the dangerous weapon of a
hostile rival. If the consolidation had not
been made the Kansas Pacific would not
have been worth ten cents on the dollar ,
and j the Denver Pacific stocks would not
have been worth more than its value as
waste paper.
To General Pattison , Holmes said he did
not think the eifect was to load the Union
Pacific with two valueless roads , because
the Kansas Pacific had been a good paying
road ever since. It was true the Denver
stock i was worth $3,000,000 the next day by
the consumation of consolidation.
After recess Judge J. F. Dillon , nephew
of \ Sidney Dillon , who became an attorney
for the Union Pacific iu 1879. was the
witness. He thought he prepared the aiti-
cle , of consolidation of the roads undor in
structions. j Beyond this fact nothing of
interest was elicited in his testimony.
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JilFFEKESTIAr. HATES.
Chicago , May C At to-day's meeting
of the transcontinental railway representa
tives the fact was made clear Jhat , notwith
standing the willingness of the Canadian
Pacific to enter the combination of overland
roads , the prospect ot such a combination
being formed is not particularly promising ,
Granting ' differentials to the Canadian Pacific
to induce it to join is raising unexpected
obstacles. The Denver & Rio Grande , in
connection with the Burlington & Missouri ,
insists that , being narrow gauge and having
to change freight on through business , that
it is also entitled to differentia's. The
Northern Pacific wan' " a slice of California ]
business , and being a w ater route from Port- <
land to San Franeisco.it , too , wants to make
lower rates than direct lines. The
Atchisou. Topeka & Santa Fe , on the other
hand objects to giving differentials to any
line , and will not subscribe to any such a
programme. Although the plan of organi-
zation was submitted by the committee the
difference of opiuion on the question of
rates delayed any progress toward its ,
adoption. The geuer.il opinion to-night
among the delegates io the meeting was
that the present rates on certain articles
will be modified and made so low that if
the Canadian Pacific gets any of the busi-
ness it will be forced to haul it at a loss.
THE COKE STRIKE.
Pittsburg , May 0. Telegrams from the
coke region state that Laughlin & Co. ,
Stewart Iron Co. , Hogsette & Co. , Percy
Mining Company , and Everson & Co. , have
"ranted the demands of the strikers and
resumed operations. Peter Wise , a promi
nent Knight of Labor in the coke regions ,
while in the city to-day. said that all prepa
ration had been made for a long strike. It
is proposed to appoint special agents to
watch Castle Garden and other ports of
entry to keep new men from coming to the
coke regions. Despite the assertion that
there are last year ' s stocks of coke on hand ,
the furnaces are preparing to close down.
Orders have been given to blow out furnace
"E" at the Edgar Thomson Steel Works.
Captain Jones , manager of the works , says
that others will be closed down. He prei
diets that four weeks of the coke strike will
shut every steel rail mill in the country. ]
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MICHIGAX TAJGISZA TIOX.
Laxsixg , Mich. , May G. The bill to
adopt capital punishment for murder and
rape was defeated in the State Senate by a
vote of 19 to 13. A State constabulary to
enforce the liquor laws was an important i
bill passed by the House this morning and i
given immediate effect.
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THE STATE OF TEA HE.
Shjiia of the Time * Ilopr/'ul , With Xo Vttll-
jitK * Aniftrherr.
Philadelphia , May ( I. There is a
possibility to-day that 150,000 coal miners
and coko workers in Pennsylvania will go
out on a strike in a few days. This will
reduce the coal output about 125,001) tons
per day , and the coke production 12,000
to 15,000 tons per day. The bitum
inous miners in the center of the state
received a 20 percent advance April 1 , and
this convinced the anthracite miners their
turn would soon come.
The signs of the times are evciywhere
hopeful. Business is not overwhelming
business men everywhere , as it might , and
it is well for the consuming interests of the
country that it is not , because higher prices
and speculative values would be pietipi-
tatcd.
The store keepcra , manufacturers , large
and small , throughout the country , as well
as the architects and builders are all very
busy. There is no dullness. We may
be thankful we have escaped a speculative
craze , that would have added 10 per cent
to all products , without corresponding ad-
vantages.
An enormous amount of capital is going
into all sorts of enterprises , rushing head-
long in fact , but it cannot be xiid the in-
vestments are not wise. Over $100,000,000
were listed on the New York exchange a
few davs ago by twelve companies. I'p -
wards of $300,000,000 will be invested in
railroad building and $200,000,000 on
house building this season. About $20 , -
000,000 will be put into locomotives alone
in LS87 , and car work will exceed last
years' record by 25 per cent.
The agricultural interests are promising ,
and this is the foundation of the faith ot
railroad builders , investors , bankers ami
speculators. These interests want to clip
sonic fleece fiom the industrial interests.
During the past two weeks 93,000.000
bushels of wheat were sold in New York
City.The
The trade movement is fair. Business
has been disturbed in all lines in Boston.
except in boots and shoes , which is and
will continue to be extraordinarily active.
At Philadelphia there is activity in wool ,
grain , lumber and petroleum. AtCincin-
nati , trade strikes are threatened , but busiJ
ness southward is good. At Chicago , a
marked improvement lias been made with
the opening of lake navigation. Iron
freight rates have been reduced.
At St. Louis an improvement is working
its way to the surface. There is a remark
able ' demand for agricultural implements
throughout the West. Lumber and all
kinds of building material are hurried for-
waid to yards and buildeis as fast as the
tail ' roads can handle them.
New rail rates are upsetting business
calculations ' more or less in the northwest.
Coal ' , iron , oils and lumber are active on
the Pacific coast , and heavy transconti-
neutal ] shipments have started in on account
of ( the suspension of section 4.
Things are all right in the south and
southwest. ! Industrial capital and enter-
prise ! , especially in thecoal , ore and lumber
regions ] , are making hay while the sun
shines. !
Wheat and iron have advanced in eastern
markets 1 to 2 cents. A labor light is on
at Minneapolis with the coopers. Hogs are
squealing ! for higher prices in western
packing ] centers. In eastern markets prices
for ] such products are declining.
* ' Sugar stocks at four sugar centers in
Great ( Britain are 212,000 tons. Sugar
stocks at four Atlantic sea-bound distribut-
;
ing 5 points were 15113(5 ( tons against 121 , -
992 ' tons a year ago at the same points.
Coffee < receipts at Ivio Janeiro for this season
are 3.075,000 bags against 3.57S.000 for
last ] season. Stocks of coffee at all distribut-
ing i points in the United States aie 151,000
bags. ' The visible supply is 0 9,000 bags
ai against 058,927 bags a year ago.
Europe is using 141,000 bales of cotton
per ] week this year , as against 131.000 bales
per ] week last year. British consumption
is i 74,000 bales per week this year , as against '
70,000 bales last year. The wool markets
all over the world are ouict. ,
SriSCEZTjAXEO US XEli'S XOTES.
Mr. Gladstone , in a letter asking to be ex-
cused from attending a meetintr in favor of
the anti-vaccination movement , gives as one
of his reasons that he is busily engaged in opj
jHising the compulsory inoculation of the
whole Irish nation with a coercion bill.
The public debt statement shows a reduc
| tion during April of § 13,053,093. The net cash
balance is reported to -3t.8S0,03S , but ac- j
cording to the "old form" it would be over
? 170,000,000. ,
The cholera epidemic in Chili is reported to n
be abating , anddt is predicted Uiat it will en- J
tirely disappear within a fortnight. The vie- l
tims in Santiago de Chili alone number near- ,
ly2.9Q0. The health of Lima and Callao is
excellent , but poverty is increasing tinougnout
Peru j , and suicides are becoming alarmingly
frequent. j
The supply of all kinds of grain in sight in
this { country was decreased last week 2,517,703
bushels. } In wheat the decrease amounted to j
1J04.147 : bushels , and in corn to 5CG.147 q
bushels. , The visible supply of wheat last -
Saturday was 47,313,470 bushels , and o corn ,
18,050,550 i bushels. j
The roller mills and the opera house at St. j
Marys , Kansas , were wiped oat by lire , in- (
; volving a loss of $30,000. I
Suspects , alleged to belong to the German (
arm } ' , who were carrying plans of forts , have
been j arrested at Marseilles and another j
Prussian i has been arrested at Bcziers. Ext
pulsions ] from Alsace continue. c
A dispatch from Perth , West Australia , says
that , several pearl fishing boats , supposed to ]
have ] been lost in the recent hurricaae , were 1
blown ] out to sea , and have since returned to J
port. The estimated loss is thus reduced to
twenty-seven boats and 250 lives.
y
The miners of the anthracite coal region of -
Pennsylvania have demanded 10 per cent in- (
crease in wages bv May 9. (
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STItlCKEX WITH APOLEXr. ]
Chicago , May 4. Win. C. Depauw. the
' reat glass manufacturer of New Albany ,
Indiana , was stricken with apoplexy at J
the Polk street depot about eight o ' clock i
this evening , just having entered the train j
on ' the Louisville , New Albany & Chicago (
road for home. Doctors were at once called I
but he had lost conciousness and was at
once i removed to the Palmer house , which he ,
has just left with his son who accompanied (
him. They had spent the day sn the city ,
and | had decided to return home to-night j
The ' attack was entirely unexpected as Mr. <
Depauw's health has been good. He is !
fiO vears of age. and with the exception ol *
Hon. W. English , the wealthiest man in •
Indiana. His plate glass mills are the (
largest in the world. At 11:30 he was still (
in a comatose condition , and three physi- (
cians in attendance unable to give an opin-
ion as to tie result. '
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a EX. SlIEHIDAS'S ItETOHT. |
lie Ej-pldltm Uet/nrtlni the ITiifrlendllnemt \ *
of Gen. Hotter. | \
Washington , May C General Shcri"f i
dan , although unwilling to be drawn into- i
any controversy , has freely expressed him- |
self to friends as to the letter of General • II
Kosser. To ono of them he said : "Rawer JJ
has not forgotten the winding 1 gave him a | l
in the Valley , and I am not surprised ho ' * -t < |
loses his temper when he recalls it. When 1
1 was moving down the Valley I had an im- I
portant object in view and did not care to bo , : |
annoyed. Kosser was sent aftermo ( with a. . . jl
brigade , but I did not. consider it worth * , It
while to givo him much attention. Gen- * " I
end Torbert's division of cavalry formed . l
tho icar of my column , and I was confident I
he ; could take care of Kosser. Finally it . I
was repotted to mu that Rosier had cap- m
tured my pack train , and this made nm •
mad. ' I galloped to the rear. 1 found
that , the train had not been raptured , a I-
though it had encountered Rosser and was
coining in considerably scared and broken I
, up. The following morning , early , Tor- '
hert went after Kosser , whose brigade was
struck , with an impetuosity that caused it
to i scatter. We stripped theencinyof every- < M
thing it had captured ; all its guns except ' I
one ! , which subsequently fell into our I
hands , and all baggage , inelud- ' ,
ing j the personal effects of Ros- H
ser. j Custer got Rosser's uniform and H
orcasionally ' wore it for the amusement ' fl
of ' his command. T rbert pursued Rosser /
to Newmarket , a distance of about twenty- N H
live i miles. He did not trouble me further. > H
This incident was doubly humiliating to ' fl
Kosser , because he was hailed as "the sav- J H
ior j of the valley , " some of his men wear- / H
ing ] small laurel twigs in their hats as an I H
indication of their purpose to clean us out. / H
When ; Rosser again appeared hi that vicin- / fl
ity ! the people advised him to sub- / H
stitute ! pumpkin vines for laurel , / H
that 1 plant being well known for its run- \ H
ning ' qualities. For these reasons. 1 sup- ( M
pose 1 , General Rosser continues to feel un- > M
kindly tovvaid me. He says that I have \ M
not ] atoned for my acts during tlt wnr. / | S
That is true. It never occurred t rtTie that ' , H
I was called upon to do so. I want to / M
add 'that I don't propose to make a I H
trip 1 to Shenandoah Valley the coming \ M
summer and had not thought of so doing. / f M
1 J visited the valley la t summer and was \ B
hospitably ' received by the people , none of / H
whom exhibited any of the bitterness of f H
feeling that is exhibited in General Kos- \ H
ser ' s letter , I understand Kosser is now / j H
living J iu the valley , and as he intends to J j H
become ' a candidate for Congress , his letter \ H
was ] doubtless written for effect in this com- ) j H
ing political campaign. / H
.1 I'OWEIth'tri. MAGISTRATE. V H
Louisville , Ky. , May ( J. John J. * H
Corneilson , who assaulted and cowhided / H
Judge Reid , causing him to commit sui- \ H
cide , and who was sentenced to jail for / H
three I years , Avas released on a writ of / M
habeas 1 corpus by Magistrate Stealer to-day. / M
The affair has created a sensation , inns- [ M
much as his release amounts to the magis- I M
trate's < court overruling a decision of the / M
Court ( of Appeals. Magistrate Stofer decides j M
that the old common law of England and j M
Virginia * , upon which the imprisonment ot * j M
Corneilson ( Avas predicated , does not enter \ H
into i the statutes of Kentucky , and conse- f M
qiicntly the imprisonment was illegal. \ H
Lawyers say that Stofer has placed himself ' j l
in i contempt of the Court of Appeals. |
Corneilson is on the streets attending to i l
business. Iv H
A VARISIAX JIOII. H
Paris special : Wagner's opera , "Lohon'j l
grin , " tho performance of which was post- H
poncd owing to the Schnnebeles affair , was H
| presented to-night to a crowded audience H
who warmly applauded the singers and the j H
opera itself. Outside the opera house , ' |
| however , there were manifestations of bos- j H
,
tilitbeginning with hoots and groans at |
the mention of Wagner's name , and in- |
creasing to a perfect bedlam about 10 J
o'clock , at which hour Lamoreaux sang ' fl
tho t "Marseillaise. " The crowd became > H
augmented to such proportions at this J l
hour I that the streets were entirely blocked |
and ' the police were obliged to charge upon H
the mob and clear them. The crowd re- H
turned , however , and renewed its demon- ' H
stra lions , but a heavy rain supervened to | H
disperse most of them. Many remained H
! until the close of the performance , and H
hissed . the audience as they were leaving ; j H
the theatre. Several prominent Parisians H
were among the auditors , including MM. |
Dumas j and Floquct. H
FUOTIIISGllAM'S CASE DISMISSED. Vfl
St. Louis , Mo. . May 4. In tne Fotucring
ham i robbery this du1- jj
express case morning , - HJ
ing the testimony of Conductor Spingle , it H
was shown that the robbery was not com- * H
nutted , in' this city , whereupon the defense |
moved that the cae > ! > u thrown out , of court. J H
-Judge Xormile expressed the opinion that as |
the robbery did not occur in this city , his l l
court had no jurisdiction , and he dismissed 'J M
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THE MARKETS. H
OMAHA. j H
WnEAT No. 2 55 @ 55& H
Barley No. 2 43 @ 43Jj j H
Rye No. 2 40 $ 40& M
Corn No. 2 mixed 23 $ 211 % H
Oats-No. 2 228 ® 23 H
Butter Creamery 25 ( r ) 26 1
Butter Choice country. . . . IS ( j 20 H
Ecos Fresh 9 < 10 j H
Chickens Live per doz 3 25 ( Jj > 3 50 HH
Lesioxs Choice , per box. . . 4 50 ( aj 5 00 j H
Oicangls Per box 3 50 0J } 4 00 T M
Beans Naws. per bu 1 50 ( a , 1 CO H
Onions Perbnrre ! 4 50 ( m 5 00 M
Potatoes Per bushel 05 @ 75 H
Wool Fine , per lb 10 @ 18 J M
Seeps Timothy 2 20 ( 2 50 H
Seeds Blue Gross 1 30 @ 1 40 H
Hoes Mixed packing 4 80 @ 5 00 M
Beeves Choice steers 4 25 @ 4 40 H
Sheep Fair to choice 3 50 © 4 00 H
NEW YORK. H
Wheat No. 2 red 9t ( & ; 95 H
Wheat \ Ungraded red S5 Q $ 95& v H
Corn No. 2 494g ! ( , 50 H
Ovts Mixed western 35 fi 30 M
ponic 10 50 (5.17 ( 00 j B
Laud 7 lV'h 7 50 H
CHICAGO. \ j H
Wheat Per bushel SIX J 83 - H
Cokn Per bushel 37 % ( < i * 3S H
Oats Per bushel 2ij 27
Poke 22 00 < & 23 50 * HM
Lahd GS7Vfo. : 0 90 H
Hogs Packing itshipping. 5 3 ( ) @ 5 oO B
Cattle Stockers 2 75 ( it 4 40 j H
Sheep Natives 3 50 © 4 90 , H
ST. LOUIS. M
Wheat No. 2 red cash S2 < g S2 M
Corn Per bushel 34' ( < a ) 36 H
Oats Per bushel - ' "i ® 29 H
Hogs Mixed packing 5 3o @ 5 40 i H
Cattle Stockers 2 20 ( g ) 3 10 J jj B
Sueep Common to choice 3 75 ( u ) 4 2G fl HJ
KANSAS CITY. ftVfl
Wheat Per bushel 6S @ 68& j H
Corn Per bushel - . 32 @ 32 . <
OATS-Per bushel 27 ( a ) 27&
Cattle Feeders 3 00 ( a > 3 90 AVJ
Hogs Good to choice. 4 80 ( a ) 5 20 AJ H
Sheep Common to good. . 2 75 (5) ( ) 3 50 H