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WEfcftASKA MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS.
Burglars have become quite numer
ous of late in Beatrice.
The Platte river valley is a great
feeding ground for all kinds of stock.
T. B. Wisdom of Hastings had a
team of horses stolen from his barn.
Dr. Coffman recently sold a tract
of 400 acres near Arlington for $100-
r ooo. *
Prairie fires burnt up one hundred
tons of hay for Joe Miller the other
day-
A trotting horse breeders' association -
, tion has been organized in Cheyenne
county.
Display of Madison county pro
ducts at the Sioux City palace * drew
great attention.
F. C. Grablo of Omaha has pur
chased the opera house corner in Beat
rice for ; $ 0,000.
Thieves broke into the barn of
John Connor at Lincoln and btolo a.
horse worth $110.
The Third congressional district
contains a population of 872,173 , a gain
of 244,151 since 1880.
-The Nebraska City board of edu
cation has resolved to enforce the com
pulsory educational law.
Rev. Mr. Campbell of Scotia has
returned from conference and will re
main in that place another year.
Tramps threatened to shoot Ernest
Smith , a farmer in Dodge county , be
cause ho refused them something to
cat.
Several ladies from Ponca com
plain of having their pockets picked
while attending the Sioux City Corn
Palace.
Palace.The
The Christian church at Platts-
tnouth is having a very interesting re
vival under the direction of Rev. D. C.
Henselman.
Burglars entered Drucker & Go's ,
store at Scribner and secured.a quan
tity of cheap clothing and some silk
hankerchiefs.
The Nebraska City manufactur
ing companj' , which has been closed
for some time undergoing repairs , is
again in operation.
J. B. Allen , a York county farmer ,
bought 13,000 bushels of corn the other
day of Wirt Bros , and paid 40 cents
per bushel , cash in hand , for it.
L. W. McCluhen , an old resident
of Saunders and Dodge counties , was
thrown from a wagon at North Bend
and severely , if not fatally injured.
A reading circle for mental im
provement has been organized by the
scholars of the Sixth street and Second
end avenue schools of Nebraska City.
Miss EdnaMeinhart , recently cash
ier of Penard & Wells bank in Oak
land , has resigned to accept a lucrative
position in a bank at Burlington , Wis.
J. M. Boland of Syracuse raised
500 bushels of apples from his young
orchard this year. He has disposed
of half the crop at 75 cents per bushel.
There is talk of closing some of
the schools in Omaha on account of
prevalence of diphtheria. The disease
is spreading in that city to an alarming
extent.
extent.Jim
Jim Ward and Jim Clarka brace
of silk thieves , were last week sen
tenced in the district court of Lancas
ter county to two and a half years each
in the penitentiary.
Blaine county smiles because of
the exceptionally good hay crop , fair
corn , small grain and vegetable crops
this year , and good healthy horses ,
cattle , hogs , poultry , etc.
Joseph Murray , a railroader , who
had only a short while before been
paid off , got drunk at Beatrice and fell
in with a gang of toughs who robbed
him of the remainder of his cash , $25.
The population of Madison county ,
according to the census taken this
year , is 13.640. a gain of 8,051 in ten
years. But three counties in the Third
congressional district make a larger
gain.
. i-The desk recently built by Archi
tect Thompson of North Platte for the
district clerk's office is one of the most
complete , beautiful- and substantial
pieces of furniture ever made in the
state.
Mrs. Sarah G. Lisco of Lincoln
has had to bring suit against the Bank
ers' life insurance company of Nebras
ka to recover $2,000 insurance on the
life'of her deceased husband , John
Lisco.
Anna Etough , who teaches at
Prairie Island , Platte county , fell and
broke her arm the other day. Not
withstanding this she keeps right on
with her school and carries her arm in
a sling.
More than a score of years ago
Pap" Ayers traded a yoke of cattle
for two town lots in Beatrice. He
sold the half of one lot the other day
for $3,000 and the other seventy-five
feet for $7,500.
W. R. Kelley of Omaha , general
attorney of the Union Pacific , was in
Lincoln last week conferring with Gen
eral Manager Robinson of the St. Joe
& Grand Island on the matter of erect
ing an elevator and depot at West Lin
coln.
J. Keefe of Sioux City , la. , met
D. McGuire of South Omaha in a saloon
{ he other day and a discussion took
lace. McGuire is now in the hospital ,
fainus his nose , and Keefe is a wan-
lerer again.
The report of the superintendent
if the home of the friendless , Mrs.
Keel , is as follows : Number of in-
pates. . 100 ; adults , 9 $ children , 91 ; re-
tefted during the year , 185- returned
fo Jriei WS8 ; died28.
[ The loca } lodge of I. O. O. P. , of
Beatrice are making elaborate prepar
ations for entertaining the grand lodge
J. O. O. F. of Nebraska which con
venes in Beatrice for a four days' ses
sion , October 14 to 17 , inclusive.
The stock yards at Omaha have
received since January 1 last 468,951
cattle , 1.236,191 hogs , 117,098 sheep
and 3,299 horses and mules. In com
paring the receipts with last year there
is a large gain in cattle and hogs and
a falling off in sheep and horses.
W. D. Thomas leased his yards
north of North Bend to J. B. Long to
feed probably 10,000 sheep. Mr.
Long formerly fed at Beatrice , but he
moved to Dodge county to get a better
supply of corn and hay. The Platte
valley is an excellent feeding ground.
The Sidney Telegraph says that
the display at the county fair of agri
cultural productions was far ahead of
what was expected this dry year. Sev
eral individuals made a showing that
would do credit to any year. Espec
ially was this noticeable in the vegeta
ble line.
The Stanton county fair com
menced September 30 and fontinued
four days. The exhibit of horses ,
cattle and hogs were good , though only
three herds of cattle were exhibited.
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They numbered about seventy-five
head. The speed races were not as
good as last year.
H. O. Batty , bookkeeper at the
Hastings hospital for the incurable in
sane , will resign that position in a few
days , and accept the position of delin
quent clerk in the office of commis
sioner of public lands and buildings ,
made vacent by the resignation of Mr.
Webb Wheeler.
The state university cadet band is
reinforced this season with five new re
cruits , making twenty-four pieces in
the band. Among the new students
there has been discovered to be a tuba
player , a skilled manipulator of the
picallo , a performer on the E flat clar-
onet and two cornetists.
Receiver Neeves of Sidney re
turned Monday from a trip to Curtis ,
Col. , where his sons are interested in
mining. He says that the country
about Fort Collins is a veritable gar
den , that water does it and that such
a change can be effected in western
Nebraska by irrigation.
Frank Wilson of Humboldt was
celebrating the fifty-first anniversary
of his birth and his neighbors were
assembling to do him honors. In high
glee he went out to heljj some of them
put up their teams and , while passing
near one of the horses he was kicked
in the ribs , breaking several of them.
James Warren of Belvidere was
waiting for a fuel thief in his coal shed
the other night. He had a club and
was going to pulverize him. After he
had waited some time a skunk walked
right into the shed , when Warren
flailed it to death with the club. It
wps a victory for Warren , but a costly
one.
At the convening of an adjourned
term of the district court of Adams
county Judge Gaslin overruled the
motion for a new trial in the case of
the stale against Theodore Dewitt of
Roseland , for shooting with intent to
kill his daughter , and sentenced him
to ten years at hard labor in the peni
tentiary.
-John Eggleston , aged twenty-five
years- brakeman on the Kansas City
& Beatrice railroad , fell under the
tender of a switch' engine in the Rock
Island yards at Beatrice and had both
arms frightfully mangled. It was
found necessary to amputate both arms ,
one at the shoulder joint and the other
near the shoulder.
John Bennett , a well digger was
overcome by gas while cleaning a well
on James Overstreet's place northeast
of Leigh. An attempt was made to
save his life , but he fell head foremost
into the well and before he could be
brought to the surface agaiA was dead.
He leaves a wife and three children in
poor circumstances.
Joseph White , a well known grain
merchant of PickrelL , Gage county ,
was engaged an evening or two since
in loading a shotgun with the muzzle
of the weapon resting on his foot. The
gun was accidentally discharged and
Mr. White's foot badly lacerated in
consequence. The injury was such as
to necessitate amputation.
Miss Lillie Loney of Stanton was
putting coal oilrin the wash water the
other day when the oil took fire , the
can exploding. Her father was near
and succeded in extinguishing the
flames from her burning clothing be
fore she was seriously hurt. After
that he had hard work to save the
building from burning up.
Beginning October 14. and closing
Thursday evening , there will be held
in the Congregational church of York
a state meeting of the ladies' home and
foreign missionary societies. Some of
the ablest speakers in the country will
be present and address the cpnventicm.
Dr. Creegan of Boston and Rev. Mr.
Gutterson of India will speak.
Albert Calvert one of the oldest
residents of Hastings , committed sui
cide last week by shooting himself
through the lungs with a 38-calibre
Bull dog" revolver. Calvert repre
sented the St. Paul flour mills in that
city and was short in his accounts
$741. He leaves a wife and nine mar
ried children , who are highly con
nected.
Between two and three o'clock
Friday morning the barn and corn
cribs of J. C. Flor , just north of Fre
mont , were destroyed by fire. The
loss of grain , implements and build
ings will be about $900 , insured for
$500. How the fire originated is a
mystery , 'although it is believed to
have been accidentally set on fire by
some one who went into the building
to sleep. The fire was under such
headway when noticed that it could
not be stopped , and as it pould spread
to aothing else th fire department waa
D0t illed out
AT THE COAL
PRESIDEXX HARRISON WELCOMED
TO IOWA.
Public Ceremonies of the Day Take
Place in the Presence of ait Enthu-
slaitic Audience of Ten Thousand
An Addrc of Welcome by Gov.
Dole * , to Which the Prcwldent Re
spond-at Some Length The Chief
Executive at the Tomb of Ills An
cestor * .
Iowa Welcome * the President.
OTTUMWA , Iowa , . Oct. 10. The pres
idential party reached here at 8 o'clock
yesterday morning. In this city be
sides the president's older sister , Sally ,
the wife of T. J. Devirs , John S. Harrison
risen , the president's gray-haired old
brother of Kansas City , met the party
here , and from the depot he and Mr.
Devirs escorted their distinguished
relative to the Devirs residence , where
the family breakfasted together.
At 2 o'clock in the afternoon the
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public ceremonies of the day took
place , in the presence of an enthsiastic
audience of about ten thousand pee
ple. After the preliminary address of
welcome to the president , Hon. P. G.
Ballingall introduced Governor Boies ,
who formally welcomed President Harrison
risen to Iowa in a short speech. He
said :
"Mr. President : In behalf of the
people of Iowa it is my pleasant priv
ilege to welcome you to our state , to
extend to you the hospitalities of her
citizens , and assure you of the appre
ciation of the distinguished honor you
confer upon us in consenting to be
come our guest for a brief period.
Permit me to say in your presence to
the audience that has assembled to
greet you , that they are favored with
an opportunity enjoyed by the subjects
of no other government in the same
degree the opportunity to meet upon
equal terms the chief magistrate of a-
mighty nation who derives his position
from no accident of birth nor the re
sult of devastating strife ; but instead ,
thereof a voluntary offering from free ,
independent and intelligent people of
whom they have the honor of being
part. [ Great applause. ] It is to me ,
Mr. President , a source of sincere de
light to be able to call your attention
to the evidences of cultivated taste and
superior skill displayed in the erec
tion and adornment of this beautiful
palace in which we are able to enter
tain you. You will observe , in the
generous exhibits of agricultural and
mechanical products with which the
palace is filled , evidence of that pros
perity for which we as people are sin
cerely thankful , and of such we are
justly proud. [ Applause. ] Assuring
you of loyalty of citizens of any state
to principles of government of which
you are the recognized head , and of
the high regard for you personally as
well as politically , I now have the
pleasure of introducing you to the
large assemblage of our people. La
dies and gentlemen , it is my distin
guished privilege to present to you at
this time the president of the United
States. [ Applause and cheers. ]
After the enthusiasm which greeted
the president's appearance had some
what subsided , he responded to Gov
ernor Boies' address in a brief speech ,
thanking the lowans for their hearty
welcome and assuring them of the
pleasure it afforded him. He said it
would be unappreciative and indeed
ungrateful if he were not moved by the
generous and spontaneous welcome
which had greeted him in this brief
western trip. He saw in the welcome
tendered him the loyalty and respect
of the great Amei'ican people for that
government of which they were the
only sovereigns and which had attained
such high rank in the galaxy of na
tions. The president congratulated
the people of Iowa on the phenomenal
progress which they had. made as a
state within the past decades , and was
gratified by the evidences of prosperity
which he observed on every hand. In
the unique and magnificent structure
( the corn palace ) which was justly the
pride of the city of Ottumwa he saw
demonstrated not only the inexhautible
mineral wealth of the state of Iowa ,
but also an architectural triumph and
artistic culture which were a credit to
the ever advancing Hawkeye state.
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[ Applause. ] The president said that
if he should attempt to interpret the
lesson of the coal palace he would say
it was an illustration of how much that
is artistic and graceful is to be found
in the common things of life. "And
if I should , " said he , "make an
application of the lesson it would
be to suggest that we might
profitably carry into all our homes and
all neighborly intercourse the same
transforming spirit. The common
things of life , touched by a loving spir
it , may be made to glow and glisten
In the common intercourse life , touched
by friendliness and love , may be made
to fill every home and neighborhood
with a brightness that jewels cannot
shed. And it is pleasant to think that
in our American home life we have
reached this idea in a degree unexcel
led elsewhere. I believe that in Amer
ican homes , whether in the citr or on
the farm , the American father and
mother in their relations to children
are kinder , more helpful and benign
ant than any other. [ Cries of "Good ,
good , " and cheers. ] In these homes *
is the strength of our institutions .
Let these be corrupted and the gov
ernment itself has lost the stone of
atrength upon which it securely rests. "
Th President on HI * Journey.
MOUNT VKRNOV. Ind. , Oct. 8. As
the president journeyed through this
state and Ohio yesterday , atrapoint near
North Bend , O. , hero -stands the old
Harrison .tomeiteul , the .train came
tt > ' ' stop just abreut' the house
in which Ben jam an Harrison first saw
the light and but a few yards from the
white shafVthat marks the tomb of hla
illastrious ancestor , ox-President Wil
liam Henry Harrison. The occasion
was not one for words , and as the pres
ident passed to the rear platform he
was unaccompanied by the rest of the
party , who delicately left him to the
solemn memories that the scenes
of his childhood and youth called
forth. After a brief stay the train
passed on , but the president was visi
bly affected by .the sight that brought
so many tender memories to the mind ,
and when the little town of Lawrence-
burg was reached his voice was heavy
with emotion as ho addressed the crowd
of old neighbors and friends that
thronged to meet him. 'My friends. "
said the president , "I want to thank
you very cordially for this greeting.
All the scenes about hero are familiar
to me. This town of Lawrenceburg is
the first village of my childish recol
lections , and us I approached it this
morning , past the earliest home of my
earliest recollections , the homo in
which my childhood and early man
hood were spent , memoirs crowd in
upon me that are very full of interest ,
very full of pleasure and yet very full
of sadness. They bring back to me
those who once made the old
home very dear the most pre
cious spot , on earth and I have passed
with bowed head the place where they
rest. We are here in our generation
with the work of those who have gone
before upon us. Let us see , each of
us , in the family , in the neighborhood
and in the state , that we do at. least
with equal courage and grace and kind
ness the work so bravely , kindly and
graciously done by those who filled our
places fifty years ago. Now , for I
must hurry on to these old friends and
to these new friends who have come
in since Lawrenceburg was familiar to
me , I extend my hearty thanks for
this welcome , and beg in parting to
introduce the only member of my cab
inet who accompanies me. General
Tracy , secretary of the navy. "
SOME FOREIGN NOTES.
Fifteen hundred cartmen at Liver
pool have struck for higher wages and
shorter hours.
Grand Duke Nicholas , uncle of the
czar , is in a critical condition. A cancerous
cereus affection has attacked the brain.
Several wealthy Jewish merchants
of Odessa have been ordered by the
authorities to settle up their business
within four weeks and leave Russian
territory.
Several deaths have been reported
from the island of Aclull , on the west
coast of Ireland , owing to a lack of
proper food , due directly to the failure
of the potato crop.
Thousands of mother of pearl work
ers are camping in the Gali/ynberg
forest , near Vienna , in a destitute con
dition , Several funds have been
started for their relief.
A rumor is current in Vienna that
the Spanish government intends to en-
j ter into negotiations with the United
States government for reciprocal con
cessions touching Cuban and American
products.
Humors of another conflict between
Salvador and Guatemala have reached
the City of Mexico. Minister Pou be
lieves if there has been fighting it has
been confined to private indviduals of
the two countries and has not been be
tween the two armies.
The negotiations between the em
ployers and trades unions for the hold
ing of a conference to decide the ques
tions at issue between them are still
being carried on at Melbourne. The
trades council insists that if the con
ference is held it must not bo ham
pered by conditions formed before
hand.
All missionaries at stations within
reach of Vitu insurgents have reacho *
the coast in safety. One of them , Mr.
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Henderstonn , only escaped through
the opportune arrival of the British
caravan , which reached his station
simultaneously with a party of natives
intent on murder. Yitu is becoming
the rendezvous of every ruffian and
malcontent on the coast line.
Wyoming' * Wealth.
WASHINGTON , Oct. 8. In his annual
report Governor Warren estimates the
population of Wyoming at something
in excess of 63,000. These figures
were furnished by the census super
visor , but the governor is of the opin
ion that they do not represent the en
tire population , owing to the difficulty
in taking the census in such a limited
time. The assessed valuation of the
taxable property in the state is $30-
665,499 , which the report states is not
more than one-third the actual value.
There is a cash balance in the treasury
of $94,914 , and the bonded indebted
ness is $320,000. The governor says
the number of cattle in the state is
about the same as last year , but there
are fewer large herds and many more
small ones. The coal mines and oil
wells , of which there are many , are
being worked to advantage.
The Indian Conference.
LAKE MOHONK , N. Y. , Oct. 10. The
eighth annual Indian conference at
Lake Mohonk began yesterday. Pres
ident Gates of Amherst college was
made chairman. General Whittlesey
of Washington , secretary of the board
of Indian commissioners , gave a gen
eral survey of the field , and referred
especially to the happy change in pub
lic sentiment in the hist few years , due.
largely , to the influences emanating
from the Mohonk.
Ex-President McCosh read an able
paper to demonstrate the capacity of
the Indian for civilization. The worst
of the red men , he said , are not hi a
less favorable condition for civiiiaatipjv
than our own ancestors , the Britons as
described by Ocesar. It was Chris
tianity that wrought their change- and
it would de th 'same for t e Indians.
A PARALYTIC STROKE
JUSTICE MILLER OF THE SUPRFJIE
COURT STRICKEN.
TIio IVliolo Left Hide Paralyzed , but
tlio Juatlcc Able to Recognize Tkoac
About Him Tlie Annual Report of
Land CommlHBloncr GrofT Total
Sale * During the FUcal Year What
iu Said on the Subject of Forc ts of
the Public Domain.
Jn tICQ Miller Stricken.
WASHINGTON , Oct. 11. Yesterday
afternoon Justice Samuel Miller of the
supreme court of the United States
was stricken with paralysis and is now
in a serious condition. Justice Miller
was returning from the supreme court
room to his residence about twenty-
five minutes to 3 o'clock. He was on
the west side of Thomas street , within
sight of. his residence , No. 415 Massa
chusetts avenue. John Woodford , his
servant , who was standing in the door
way or the house , saw the justice ap-
proacning. Then he was startled at
seeing him suddenly raise his hand to
his heart , then reel and fall on the car
tracks , which he was crossing at the
time. Woodford hastened to the spot
and found the justice speechless and
apparently in a stupor. He at once
secured a coupe from a neighboring
hack stand and with assistance placed
the suffering man in it and had him
berne to his room. Dr. Cook , who re
sides in the neighborhood , and Dr.
Lincoln , who fortunately was passing
at the time , were soon in attendance
at the bedside. They found the whole
left side of the justice was paralyzed ,
but he was still able to recognize those
about him.
Judge Miller has been suffering near
ly all summer from an aCtack of dysen
tery , but at no time was his illness
severe enough to prevent him from at
tending to his judicial duties while on
the annual court circuit in the west.
He returned to Washington last week ,
feeling much better , though somewhat
weak. This morning he was feeling
unusually well. The justice , in telling
Mrs. Miller of his fall , said he felt his
knee giving away from under him and
his legs felt so heavy that he could
hardly lift them. Thinking it was a
sudden return of rheumatics which he
had often before felt , he made another
effort to step forward and. as he did so
either tripped on the car track or slip
ped and [ fell 'forward on his face and
left side and arm , at the same time
cutting his forehead slightly and caus
ing an abrasion of the skin on the nose.
John Woodward , the justice's servant ,
was standing near him at the time , and
saw him fall. He immediately ran to
his assistance , and , with the help of
some bystanders , raised the judge to
his feet , and , helping him into a cab.
soon conveyed him to his home.
At 1 o'clock this ( Saturday ) morning
it is stated that the justice is resting
quietly , and the family thought that he
was a little better.
CommiNsIoner ilrofPm Report.
WASHIGTOX , Oct. 11. The annual
report of Commissioner General of the
Land offie GrolT shows the number of
agricultural patents issued during the
fiscal year ended June 30 was 111,127 ,
embracing 18,759,520 acres , as against
76,141 issued in 1889 , with an aggre
gate area of 11.220,560. Of mineral
and mill site patents 1,407 were issued ,
Of coal patents 224 were issued , in
crease , 69 ; patents representing 15.376
acres. Of btate school selections the
aggregate is 539,709 acres. The se
lections for the previous year aggre
gated only 132,350 acres. The acre-
i ago of swamp lands patented to the
several states duringthe year was 109-
351. There were patented , or certi
fied under the law for the benefit of
railroad companies during the year ,
363,863 acres. This is a decrease for
the year of 61,183 acres.
The total cash sales during the fis
cal year were 3,302,846 acres. Orig
inal homesteads , timber culture , state
selections , school and swamp , railroaa
selections and others of a miscellane
ous character , 9,362,685 acres. The
Indian lands disposed of aggregate
133,305 acres , making a grand total of
12,798,837 acres. The tofai cash re
ceipts of the ofOce from various sources
during the fiscal year was § 7,780,517.
Of this amount $6.849,174 were re
ceived from cash sales.
On June SO , 1889. there were 276-
751 'final entries of all kinds pending ,
and at the close of the fiscal year 1890
there were 208,269 pending , showing a
decreaseas compared with the prev
ious year , of 68,687 entries.
Railroad selections amounting to 39-
776,955 acres were pending at theclosa
of the year , an increase over the prev
ious year ot 232,704 acres. There were
also Oregon wagon roads selections
pending to the amount of 304,986 acres.
The ex parte mineral entries are in
arrears about two and one-half year * * .
The contest cases , quasi contests and
exparte coal entries are up to date.
The mileage of the land grant rail
roads actually constructed up to the
close of the last fiscal year was 18,070
miles. Surveys have been accepted
after examination in the field of 4,462.-
291 acres , including Dakota 929,692.
Nebraska 23,039. Upon the subject
of the forests of the public domain ,
the commissioner finds the most valu
able timber on public lands is being
rapidly exhausted , and laws relating
to the subject are utterly inadequate
to properly protect either the public
forests from unlawful appropriation or
the interests of the settlers. Over
$88,000was received last year from
timber depredations.
Provision should be mode for the
legitimate procuring1 of timber from
th public' lands by th mill men and
lumber manufacturers for tale , to aa
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extent necessary to supply the com
munity in the location in.which they
operate with lumber and other timber
products needed in the settlement
thereof but the exportation of public
timber should be prohibited as also
should the removal of timber from
any of the reserved lands and from
the mountainous regions and other
wood lands at or in the vicinity of the
head waters or sources of streams
which for climatic , economic or public
reasons should be hold permanently as
forest reserves , exception being made
in favor of settlers or miners for- their
personal necessities.
Will Furnish Work for the Court * .
WASHINGTON , Oct. 10. The new
tariff bill will give the courts plenty to
do and will keep the board of general
appraisers very busy for several years
hence. In fact this new board of gen
eral appraisers is going to give the
greatest degree of satisfaction to the
merchants of the country because they
can have the disputed questions in.
volved in the new tariff decided
promptly .if they choose to do so. Bui
a great many of them will insist upon
carrying their cases to the courts , no
matter how the appraisers may decide.
Assistant Secretary Spalding of the
treasury department , who has charge
of the custom business , is buried with
telegrams and letters from all parts of
the country asking conundrums with
reference to the new tariff bill. They
come not only from officials of the gov
ernment but from merchants , lawyers ,
custom house brokers and oven front
editors of newspapei-s and the com
pilers of almanacs and statistical
works. There has been a string of
telegraph boys carrying messages to
the Western Union office across the
street from the treasury department
since the bill was passed. Secretary
Spalding is answering those telegrams it
in a very diplomatic manner , because
the questions involved are generally
complicated ones , and ho does not wish
to 'prejudice the rights of the United
States in the courts , to which the cases
may ultimately be appealed.
PERSONAL AND OTHER NOTE * .
Mr. Gladstone has a library of about
25,000 volumes.
E. P. Koe is to have a public monument
ment at Cornwall , N. Y.
A son of W. W. Dudley was ordained
deacon in Baltimore last Sunday.
The crown princess of Sweeden must
go to Egypt this winter for her health.
Although he now has $200,000 a
year , General Butler , it is alleged ,
once made chairs for 30 cents a day.
The best literary critic in New York
is said to be Miss Lillie Hamilton , wheat
at one time wrote the book notices of
the Commercial Advertiser.
Mother Bennett lives near Green
ville , Mass. , and her age , by the best
of witnesses , the family Bible , is 115
yeais. She did not unite with any
church until her 112th year , and was
then immersed according to the Bap
tist rites by a young minister scarcely
22 years of age.
Chauncey M. Depew is to be : i can
didate for United States senator this
winter , according to a reported inter
view with General James W. Husted ,
and if any man in the state ought to
know Mr. Depew's intentions it is the
general. 1
Mine. Patti's voice has undergone a
distinct impairment as to its flexibility ,
and has lost something of its once daz
zling purity and freshness , but she is
engaged this season for St. Petersburg
and Moscow at a bigger salary than
has heretofore been publicly stated ,
§ 6,250 for each performance.
Strikers Ordered Rack to Work.
ST. Louis , Mo. , Oct. 1 : ; . The
trouble which lately occurred on the
Houston & Texas railroad , growing-
out of the refusal of Keceiver Dilling-
ham to discharge negro switchmen ,
has been satisfactorily settled. After
a long consultation with the railroad
officials the supreme council of the
railway employes' federation concluded
that the strikers had- made a mistake ,
that the color line could not be made
an issue , and after a promise on the
part of Receiver Dillingham that the
strikers would be reinstated the con
ference ended and the men will return
to work.
Population of Joliet , 111. , 27,407 ; in
crease , 15,750.
zirx STOCK 1'Konuci :
QiielatiotiV ni. Jftte York , Chicago , Sr.
Xui ft. Oit'alitt mid XlteicherA
OMAHA.
Whea * No. 2 SI a S4'4
Corn No. 2 mixed 42 < a 4.1
Oats Per bn 40 Cft
Uarley Ul ' * &
Uje < 4 < 5 >
Uutter Creamery * 23 & 23
7lutt r Dairv. . . . 17 < & 18
Mess Pork Per bbl 0 75 OS10 75
EBRS Fresh 17 4i 18
Honey , per lb.t new , comb 17 @ IS
Spring Chickens per doz . . . . . . S 50 @ . 2 75
Turkeys Dressed , J2 ( i 13
Lemons Choice , per box 8 00 @ 9 SO
Oranjes 500 55 7 W
Onions Pi-r bnan 10) ft I 5
Beuus Kuvies y ! K @ 2 40
Wool Fiji" , unwa hed , per & . . . . It ( & 16
Pntatop. * DO CJ 1 00-
Sweet 1'otatoes Per bu 2 01 < 2 > 2 SO
Apple * Per bbl 3 M (53 75
Tomatoes Per Im TO ( J 1 00
H y Pcrton 7 0 > ( JJ10 00
Hoe * Mixed packing -1 10 AJ. 4 3" )
Ho s Heavy iti-i Uu 4 IVi ( & 4 25
< C ) @ 30
YOUIC.
Wheat No 2 red 1 04'f'J. : ft
Corn No. 2 WJi'S f.7 .
Oat * .MUeu n < > * tern < U S 4fi
fork 11 . / ) 1225
Lnrd s 60 © (5 ( 85
CHICAGO.
Wheat Per bn hel ayav
Corn Per bu-liel jo Ci ffl
Oati Per bushel r.O G ) SO J
Pork. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 6T < 5k 1 } 75'
Lard ft o ) fjj C 2a ' * -
HORS Packing and shn > pi"4 V > ® 4 40
Cattle Natives c 10 f 4 15
Sheep Kalires 4 ftj ft 4 ch
ST. LOUIS.
Wheat C * h WU" 1 01 '
Corn Per bushel 43 , 40(7 (
0 U-Per bushel 39 § 0 *
Hog * Mixed packing 400 ( ft 4 30
Cattle Feeder * 203 < & $ 09
SIOUX CITY.
Cftttle-Stocker * ndr ed r * . 3 03 a 3 2)
Hoj Mixed / . . . 395 420
KANSAS CIT1 .
Wheat No.2 " " * 03 a Mu
form No. 2 . . 47 g J
Oat Xtt. S. . . fiS4 rfr > 38
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