r-. . f (Miimlra 7 ' ' .-? C!. .& VOLUME XX.-NUMBER 48. COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 1890. WHOLE NUMBER 1036. Mttrral. f ff " DIRECTORS A. ANDERSON. Prea't. i. H. GALLEY. Vic Prest. O.T.KOEN.Caahier. O. ANDERSON. P. ANDERSON, JACOB GUEI.HES, HENRY RAGATZ, JOUN J. SULLIVAN. First National Bank COZ.X7SCB178. NEB. Statement of Conditio attkt Close of .Business September 3), 1889. BESOCUCES. I tnns and Discounts $ 19S.S11 75 U.S. Road', 10.55000 Oilier htucke and U.nd 10.285 27 Uul ltaU', Furniluro ond Fixtures . 11,422 3d iiuu liom other banks . $ 15,(4.2j U. 8. Treasury . 673.W Cub ou Hand 17.107.42 83,168 87 t 387.628 07 LIABILITIES. Capital nnd Surplus ......$ 80.000 (O Undivldt-d ir,'5lM 7.017 W .National L.ijk notes outstanding .... 13,S(K W) l!nliMMuntn 22,120 14 Duo Depositors lUfidQ VJ 1 2;fC28 07 Ar29.acU justness ards. T :VKII.1AX, DEUTCIIER ADVOKAT, Oflico over Columbus State Bank, Columbus, Nebraska. 29 CDMJVAK A. 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They believe, now that tbe invasion has been accomplished, that President Harrison will allow them to remain and permit others to take up land whenever they arrive. Just over the line from Guthrie, Oklahoma, Ponca, a city of 3,000 inhabitants, has sprung up over night. Ihe gambling fraternity is there in full force, and several disturbances have oc curred and many fights have taken place because of their presence, but nothing serious has resulted. Another of these mushroom towns appeared at Willow Springs. Though not so large as Ponca, there are fully 1,00 people living there. Nyceville sjso came into existence within twentyfour hours, and contains about 800 people who went under the leadership of Maj. Nyce, from Caldwell. At Guthrie a reporter boarded the train on which reptescntatives of the Cherokee strip cattle company were return ing from the Fort Worth cattlemen's con ference. They were greatly disturbed at the invasion of their lands, and a meeting was called in the pullraan smoking room. A committee was ap pointed to notify the secretary of tbe in terior of the facts in tbe case, and ask for troops to testore to tbem the possession of their lands. The question that is upper most in the minds of the settlers is: "What is Uncle Sam going to do?" He has done nothing yet. No military force is on the ground and so far as is known none have been ordered to proceed there. The president has issued a proclamation ordering all settlers off the Cherokee strip. Graydou's Iyuatulte Gun. The dynamite gun and torpedo thrower in course of construction at Birmingham by Lieut. Jas. W. Graydon, late of tho United States navy, is attracting consider able attention. The gun is of. fifteen inches caliber and is expected to be capa ble of throwing COO pounds of dynamite a distance of thtee miles. A public demon stration will be made early in May under the auspices of the English government. Official representatives of Russia, Italy, Spain, Turkey and Roumania are awaiting the result of the experiment with much interest. The Jury Disairreetl. The trial of Sarah Althea Terry on the charge of contempt in resisting a United States marshal in the circuit court room in 1888, when that officer was ordered to remove her for creating a disturbance dur ing the reading of the decision in the Sharon case by Justice Field, has been concluded. The jury, after remaining out all night, announced a disagreement, the vote standing eight for acquittal and four for conviction. Michigan rent-lies Blasted. Michigan's peach crop is badly damaged. At a special meeting of the fruit growers specimen bra&ches were submitted, and an examination showed that the recent cold snap had played havoc with the ciop. The destruction appears to vary a good de.il, according to soil and location. Young orchards have been unduly developed by reason of the open winter. It is said, how ever, that many of the smaller or so-called dormant buds will now be pushed forward, and, together with the larger ones remain ing uninjured, will produce one-third to one-half an average crop. Lynchers Foiled. A mob of several hundred procured a small cannon and rode into the town of Spartansburg for the avowed purpose of attacking the jail and lynching George Turner, who shot and killed bis brother-in-law, Edward Finger, on Fri-iay. When the mob reached the publio square Mayor Henneman, at the head of the police force, with pistols in hand repulsed them and spiked the cannon and lockod it pp. After making further hostile demonstrations rnd threats of returning later od, the would-be lynchers finally dispersed, but further trouble is reared. Sheriff Nichols, with a strong posse is guarding the jail and is de termined to protect the prisoner at all hazards. Where a Wife's Kesideuce Is. R Marie Prescott, tbe actress, has lost her suit for divorce from her husband, William Perzel. She brought suit at Paris, Ky., alleging that she was a resident of Bour bon county, Ky., that she was married to William Perzel in 1SS1, and that since 1884. he has wholly abandoned her and re fused to provide for her suDport. Perzel answered that he never lived in Kentucky, that his home was in New York, and that therefore no abandonment as alleged could occur, as her home was where bis was. The court took his view of the case and dis missed the plaintiff's suit. Miss Prescott was born in Kentucky ani lived there until she went on the stage, and still regards that place as her home. Struck by a Train. While attempting to cross the Union Pa cific railroad bridge across the Kaw river, just west of Kansas City, Rev. David Mc Grew, pastor of a Baptist church at Arm strong, Kan., Mrs. Andrew Bigman and William Jackson were instantly killed by a train on that road. Leroy Jackson, Wil liam Sheehau and Andrew Bigman, who were with them, were thrown over the em bankment and escaped serious injury. The party were all returning from prayer meet ing. rnioalsU to Support Gladstone, The London Chronicle learns that Lord Randolph Churchill, Mr. Jennings, Mr. Hanbury, member for Preston, and several other conservatives, will abstain from voting on Mr. Gladstone's amendment to the government's motion to adopt the Par nell commission's report. Mr. Caine, the prominent unionist, the paper says, will support Mr. Gladstones amendment. A Revolution In Afghanistan. Intelligence has just been received here from Cabula, the eapitol of Afghanistan, that a revolution against Abdnrra Kahn, ameer, had broken out in that country. Among those concerned in it were a num ber of courtiers of the ameer. Several of them were captured and beheaded. Chicago Switchmen Strike. The switchmen employed in tbe yards of tbe Chicago t Northwestern railroad at Chicago, between 200 and 400 in number went out on a 6trike, and as a result tb yards are blocked and all trains delayed. The men claim that Yardmaster N. L. Brooks is unbearably overbearing in his actions toward them. They made a de maud for his removal and as -the deunud was not complied with they quit work. A squad of forty police has beeu cent to the scene of the trouble to prevent an out break. Purchasing Pacific Railroad Sinking Fund . Bonds. Acting under on opinion by tbe attorney general that the secretary of the treasury has discretionary power in tbe matter. Sec retary Wiudom has commenced tho pur chase of Pacific railroad siuking fund bonds, and tbe investment of the proceeds in first mortgage bonds cf the subsidized roads. Purchase for the present will ha confined to government 4 per cents, of which there is now available about $4,5('0, 000. The amount of those already pur chased is $700,000 and tLe proceeds are well invested in mortgage bonds of the Union Pacific and Cential Pacidc roads. I'erinhed in Flume and Smoke. Mrs. Collerette, the wife of a wealthy farmer, and her seten children, were burned to death in their home, a large stone house, near Cote St. Michael, five miles from Montreal. Tbe buildiug took fire and Lefoie assistance could Le gheu it was burned to the ground. Colieretto tried to mcua his family, but was over come and fainted. He was terribly burnej and may die. The fire is supposed to have been caused by the explosion of a can of kerosene oil. The Montana Senatorial Contest. The senate committee on privileges and elections, after a long session Saturday, decided to recommend to the senate that Powers and Saunders, the republican sena tors from Montana, be seated. The ground upon which the majority of tbe committee takes its stand as a basis for its recom mendation is that the republican house of Montana was the legal house, as its mem bers held certificates of election from the election officers and was recognized as the legal house by the senate. The report of the committee will not be made for several days, as it will be a long docun.ent, dis cussing both the law and the facts in the case. Senator Gray, it is expected, will prepare a report of the minority. The presenta tion of the reports will be the signal for an extended debate, and it mny be several weeks before the senate will reach a vote on tho subject. Senator Turpie is of tbe opinion that no election has been accomplished, and that the case bhould bo remitted to the state of Montana for action. He may make an in dependent report to that effect. Kansas City Abuse of Unfortuates. The charges made by Alderman Ford concerning tbe condition of the prisoners confined in the Kansas City workhouse are found to be true. Two repoiters of the Timet investigated the matter and found that about 75 male prisoners are crowded into narrow and filthy cells, reeking with vermin and not provided with sanitary regulations. The men are constantly man acled with shackles weighing from 5 to 15 pounds, and ore therefore prevented from bathing. Two of the prisoners said they bad not taken a buth for two months. Many of the cells are five feet long and in some of them are confined men six feet tall. For these 75 prisoners are but two guards. The guards say that on'account. of the desperate character oi tbe men it is necessary to shackle them to prevent their escape so long as they alone have to guard them and they remain in their present quarters. The building is of wood aud the partitions are thin. It is thought likely that a new brick prison will be erected, provided with proper sanitary regulations and a sufficient number of guards to watch tbe prisoners to do away with the shackles. Apache Murderers Captured. The five renegade Apaches, who mur dered George Herbert, a freighter, a week ago, were overtaken Saturday on Salt river, thirty miles north of Globe, by a detachment of troops under command of Lieut. Watson, Tenth cavalry, and Lieut. Clarke. The troops had a sharp fight with the Indians, resulting in the killing of two of the renegades and the capture of the other three, one of whom was wounded. 'I he troops had traveled over 300 miles of tbe roughest couutry in the territory, nnd in the skirmish with the Indians escaped without a scratch. The meu were buried where they fell and the prisoners were taken to Globe, Ariz. They will be turned over to the authorities of Graham county for trial. Montana Stock Growers Up In Anns. The bill introduced in congress by Sweeney, of Iowa, has thoroughly aroused Montaniacs. If this bill should become a law the sheep industry of Montana could not survive tbe burden, while .tho cattle growers would ba severely handicapped. A meeting of stock men was held at Miles City last Thursday to protest against the law, and A. M. Holter, president of the Helena board of trade, called a meeting of that body to take similar 6teps. By con certed action of the board of trade and stockgrowers of tbe northwest, the people hope to bring such weight to bear on con gress as to defeat tbe grazing tax bill. Accused of Child Poisoning. Napoleon Trndeau is under arrest at Calumet, Mich., charged with the murder of hts step-child, 3 years of age. The child was illegitimate, and its father had depoisted $300 to be given it when neces sity required. Trudeau tried to get pos session of this money and failing in that habitually ill-treated his wife and the child. Last Sunday Mrs. Trndeau weut to church and when she came home the child was in its death struggles in Tru deau's arms. Tbe child said to its mother: "He struck me," and died sion after. Stains of pans green were found on its pillow. Analysis of the stomach is being made. . Cronin Bill of Exceptions. Attorney Forrest appeared before Judge McConnell Saturday morning and argued a motion for a rale on Stales Attorney Longenecker compelling him to look over the bill of exceptions in the Cronin case and approve it before Wednesday. Mr. Longenecker 6aid he had not yet had time to look oyer the bill of exceptions. The court said he had no authority to issue such a rule, but if the states attorney did not comply with Mr. Forrest's request he would look over and certify to the record himself, CatUe Starving in New Mexico. The situation in the cattle region north of New Oxley on the Bed Deer river is very alarming, and a repetition of the disasters of the winter of 1882-83, when thousands of cattle succumbed, is feared. There is two feet of snow from New Oxley noith, with two separate and heavy crusts. The cattle can not get to the grass in the coun try from Mosquito creek to Red Deer river. It is thought the loss will be 75 per cent. The Omaha Desperado Held. Patrick Crowe, of Omaha, who shot Officers Briscoe and Linville and Printer Cole last Friday night, was given a pre liminary bearing before justice this morning1 - He was held in bond aggre gating fllTtiSAtt shooting and on the charf f robbery. FOKKIGN FLASHES. Ghastly Tragedy in Moscow Gory Gift to a Russian Prince. A ghastly tragedy his come to light in Moscow. A parcel was left at the residence of Prince Dolgoroukoff which, upon exam ination, was found to coutain the head of a woman. With tbe parcel was If ft a note, bearing no signature, saying: "This is our first exploit. We will soon outdo 'Jack tbe Kipper.' " The remainder of the body was found to be cut in pieces and packed in two sacks. The corpso in believed to be that of a nihilist traitress. A large num ber of arrests have been made, inauy per sons suspected of nihilism being iuttaut!y taken into cubtodv wherever found. Cuban Editors Throtui in .Inil. The agitation in favor of tbe annexation of Cuba to thd United States has at lust reached a crisis. The journals which have been openly advocating auiu-xtt:on have received a uaruiug which has checked their utterances., LwPordo, which Las been conspicuous for its vigorous denunciation of the government aud advocacy of inde pendence or annexation capped tbe climax by saying that the Spanish government, "by its disgraceful and ruinous administra tion of nffuirs in this island has done more than anything else to throw Cuba into tbe arms of the United States." Tho editors of the paper were arrested a few das ago aud are still in prison. The other jour nals are now more cautious but the agita tion among the people is stronger than over. America to Take a Hand. Mr. Magmae, director of the Delagoa Bay railway, who has been at Lisbon ten d.iye trying to effect a settlement of the iailway trouble, has satisfied himself that the Portuguese government is determined at whatever cost or hazard to keen tLe railway and its lauds and to exclude En- I gland entiiely from Mozambique. Ihe company olaims 1,750,000. America's i claim on behalf of tho McMurdo estate is , 760,000. In view of Portugal's deliberate I attempt at forcible confiscation England j and America will insist upon nmplo com- . pensation for their outraged citizens. Resignation of Hungary's Prime Minister. The dissensions between Herr von , Tisza, tbe prime minister, and the other ' members ot the Hungarian cabinet iu re gard to the naturalization of Louis Kos suth has finally lesulted in the withdrawal from the ministry of Herr von Tisza, the emperor having accepted his resignation. Count von Szaparry, at present minister raf ortviAtiltnra wall rtftAAil ltievt ITap n.A..JMn:in !.... u .u Ji t. mony prevails among the other members , of the cabinet and they will retain their portfolios. Herr von lisza will continue to be the leader of the liberals. Crofters Preparing for Trouble. Dispatches from Stornoway, on the Island of Lewes, state that the crofters are in a desperate condition. They have resolved to repossess the Park Deer forest, of which they were dispossessed, and to portion out the laud in crofts, which they mean to cultivate without delay. They aro organized and 'provided with tents nnd baggage for a long campaign.- Serious trouble is anticipated. Grounds for Excitement. There was considerable excitement at the coffee exchange, prices having advanced aitfA tlm ntiAiiinrr frnm HO. in fi nninfo Twentv-fonr thousand bags were sold on the first call. The situation in Brazil is the cause of the excitement. General Foreign News. Forty writs of ejectment against ten ants on tho Ponsonby estate have been granted at Youghal, Ireland. Severe earthquake shocks have oc curred in the government of Kutais, Asiatic Ritbsia. Three villages were destroyed. The French government will ask the ehaml-er of deputies for a special credit for the purpose of carryiug ou tho operations against Dahomey. The German government will form fifty more batteries of artillery in order to com plete the two new army corps, the com pletion of which was sanctioned by the last reichstag. TnE London Board of Trade returns for tbe month of February show a decrease in imports of 1.320,000, and au in crease in expoits of 2,410,000, a9 com pared with the corresponding mouth last year. Mwaxga, tho African king of Uganda, after beim; deposed and banished, has re turned to his country and embraced Chris tianity. Dangerous jealousy exists be tween Catholics and Protestants in. that region. Serious difficulty exists between tho Portuguese officials at Mozambique and a body of 400 imported Goa soldiers. The soldiers, who are British subjects, refuse to drill or to perform any military service for the Poituguesc. In the case of Abingdon, alias the Baird, tbe noted patron of the prize ring and turf, who sue 1 tho Pelican club for illegal ex pulsion, a Loudon judge has decided that the action of tho club committee was irreg ular, but refused to give the plaintiff dam ages. Abingdon took an appeal. Burned the Dishes, Fire destroyed the warehouse and con tents belonging to the B. C. Clark Crock ery company, of Kansas Citv. Loss, $100,000; fully insured. Value the American Market, The French export chamber has passed a resolution thanking Spuller, minister of foreign affairs, for the attitude of the gov ernment' in respect to the bill introduced iu tbe American congress, the provisions of which, tbe resolution says, will tend to ex clude importation into the United States of foreign dry goods. THE MARKETS, Slonx City Live Stock. Hogt Estimated receipts, 1,000; official tc terday, 2.7S2. Market aetive and 5&l0c higher. Quotations : Light, $1 t023.a5: mixed. J.9i(aa &5; heavy. f3.954.00. Cattle Estimated receipts, 500; official yes terday, 1,171; shipments, eOJ. Market opened rather slow, with prices steady at tho decline, and about 2Zc lower than ten aays ago on com mon to Inferior grades of stoekers and feeder. Best offerings weak to 5c loner. Butchers' stock in good demand at steady prices, Chicago Produce. Wheat-Steady ; March, 79 e ; May. 780. Corn-Firmer; March. 28c; Ma.arc, Oats-Steady ; March, 21c ; May, 21o. Rve-Marcn, 42J4. Barley Nothing doing. Prime Timothy $1.15. Flax seed Cash, iLS. Whisky SLOJ. Provisions Pork easy; March. SlO.37; : May, 10.C2JA. Lard Bttady, March, 56.10; May, C.17. Short ribs. March. 5.10. New York Produce. Wheat More active and higher; May, 87 7-16C. 67Ji Corn Dull and steady; 39c. mixed western. 233 Oats Quiet and Arm ; western, 27234' e Provisions Fork quiet aai ateadv: new 11.005)1.50. Lard firm and quiet ; Je.'50. B at ior, sieaoy. western, aaviftc, western, l-.S40fcc a Enn; Chicago Live Stoefc. Hogs hliheV. 1 leta, 19,000. Active, firm and .25; heavy packing and atdimimsLi uatue ' JMOanKS. io.ouu. Market t.i.- ives, 3.4e5.45fftockera and feeders, ai.4U 6.000. Market strong Xa westems, $4.905.65; Tex- Seth Omaha) Live Stock. tea receipts S.0D0. Market ( at Mlew ; balk it f9.so. W3F: tea7SrSsO;' THE SHOT WAS FATAL. EX-CONGRESSMAN TACLBEE. AFTER LONG SUFFERING, SUCCUMBS. His Assassin Re-Arrested The Trouble and tbe Men Other News of Good and III h-om Everywhere. Ex-Congressman Taulbee is dead. As soon as tbe police authorities were notified of the death of Taulbee, Kincaid, who bad been released on bonds, was re arrested. Taulbee bad been delirious for some time before death came and the end was painless. His family were at the bedside. Taulbee vrna shot in the corridor of the na tional house at 1:15 p. m. onFe 23. by Charles Ktucdij, eon espon Jeuc of the Louisville Times. ( Kinciiu had written statements abaut tho per- foual character of Taulbee, which were pub lwiodniore than a jear ago, and which it is understood, were tho causes of a divorce tuit by hn wife. Taulbee had sworn vengeance ou Kincuid, aud tho atter, between the publica tion of the articles rejecting on Taulbee, and thettaiedyat thoiajitol, had been very ill. Onthe'2btU Kiceaid. a mero physical wreck. j nervous and unstrung, mot Taulbee on the stepiof the eapitol. and. it is charged by ee i itrvesnes. the ex-cougresauiaa abused Kincaid, i called him a uncck aud a coward. nnd pulled his noao. Kincaid pro tested that Le vias unarmed. and lef t the r c-na of tno encounter. He afterward mat Te.ulbee in the corridor and shot him. the wound resulting in his antagonist's death this mornin r. Both Kincaid and Tnulbce were natives of Kentucky, tho eous of rospectab'e and wealthy farmers. Tan beo was a member of the Forty ninth and 1-iftieth congresses, after having s?rod sovr.il torms in the Kentucky tt.ite legislature, nhero he proved a popular and able I member. Kincaid has for a number of year been a report r and newspaper correspondent, (Hid wns a Krtat social favoiite is Louisville. He has scores of friends who have expressed their determination to stand by hint In this unfortunate affair. CLOTHING GOES UP. About Three Hundred Thousand Dollars Worth Ascends In Smoke. Fire from some unaccountable source burst out of tbe windows of the five-story clothing bouse of Stern, Mayer ft Co., 6hoitly after 1 o'clock this morning. By the time tbe first fire engines arrived the whoio interior of the great structure was ablaze. A general alarm calling all the l engines in the city was at once sounded 1 and tbe united efforts of the fire depart ment were sufficient to keep the fire within its own walls. The building was entirely occupied by Sf era, Mayer & Co., with the exception of one room which ws osed bv the Monotuck Silk company, . ,. -,,.-. . J .:' and the establishment was one of the largest in the city, being of thirty years standing. Their stock was full and was estimated at $300,000. It was wholly lost. The building cost $200,000 and was totally destroyed. The total insurance is stated to be $250,000. One of the firemen was seriously injured by falltng cornices, and thd driver of an engine wa badly Injured by colliding with a freight car. GOT SOME OX HIS FINGER?. Cen. Lew Wallace's Urother-ia-LawlDab-hles in a Glue Firm's M3fiey. Tho affairs of the Baedes Glue com pany, of New York and Pittsburg, which failed several days ago, are in a very much much muddled condition. Kern, one of - s?w Yo? P"1.?'8' "tatea thmt 1i" nouguey, me xMiisourg memoer oi the firm, acknowledges that he obtained money ou notes to which he sirfea tbe firm's name; the amount, Kern thought, would reach $60,000. He stated that the liabilities may reach $150,000, and creditors will be lucky if they get 50 per cent, of their claims. Judgments have been en tered up aggregating $120,000. Haughey h a brother-iu law of Gen. Lew Wallace nnd his always been held in tho highest esteem. MR. ISAACS LOVED HER. Elizabeth Alncent Found Not Guilty ot Attempted Murder of Her Parsuudur. The jury in the case of Elizabeth Yin tent, charged with the attempted murder of Lewis Henry Isaacs, member of the house of commons, brought in a verdiet or i not guilty to-day. Isaacs testified that the i paper he refused to sign, which refusal, it i is alleged, led to the shooting, was a docn , aetit admitting that ho had boduced the I defendant by violence. He expressed the wish that the court would deal leniently 1 with Miss Yincent. He was exceedingly I fond of her, be said, and bad a passionate i love for the child which was the result of ! their relations. 1 The Flood Subsiding. Flood news from the Lower Mississippi ' river is meager to-day. The gap at Sap- I pington Hook is beiog closed. The 1 levees from Arkansas City to the Lonisi- ! ana state lino are said to be strong and able to withstand considerable water. No material damage has yet been done to plantations. There is no water in Arkansas City yet. The break at Point Chicot, below Arkansas City which occurred last week has been stopped. The levees on the , Mississippi side of the river at Yicksburg , and below are reported good and there is I hopo that there will be no disastrous break I or damage done. The water is very nearly I at a stand at Cairo. Kiibe'ISurrovvg Makes Another Corpse. Rubo Burrows, the Lamar county rob ber and outlaw, has added another to his long list of victims, A detective named Jackson, who had been following the out law for months, has been murdered by Burrows and bis gang. Jackson went to Lamar county several weeks ago, and, dis guised as a foot peddler, started alone to tbe hills where Burrows was supposed to be in hiding. Nothing more was seen of tbe detective until last Saturday, when his dead body wab found in tbe woods riddled with bullets. He had evidently been dead five or 6ix days. Divorce the Church and Stat. A proposed amendment to the constitu tion of the United States his been drawn up by Lawyer W, A. Bailer, of New York, acting in consultation with ex-Got. Long, of Massachusetts, the object of which is to prevent tho use of public money in any way for any private educational institu tions under control of religions denomina tions. Petitions with the proposed amend ment accompanying will be distributed throughout the states with a preamble de claring for the non-union of church and 6tate. Chines Most Go. Acting upon the advice of the attorney general. Secretary Windom has decided that Chinese merchants coming to this country for the first time provided with certificates cannot be permitted to land, notwithstanding the fact that they are not laborers. Only Four Escaped. Four of the miners who were entombed by the explosion yesterday in the Moras colliery in Glamorganshire, Wales, have made their escape from the pit. 'J hey re port that they passed over a number of dead men lying in heaps, and they say they believe nose M those is the pit are alive, r TT NEBRASKA NEWS NOTATIONS A horse fair will be held at Utica March 22. The Beatrice board of trade has been rejuvenated. A NEW G. A. R. post was recently insti tuted at Kearney. A company has been formed to dig nn irrigating ditch in Bauner county. C. L. Davis, a well-to-do farmer of Pawnee coauty, has been sent to tho in sane asylum. Mr. Gadd is in jail at Pawnee City in default of $1,000 bonds, charged with be ing au embezzler. A windmill factory and fouudry will locate at Broken Bow if proper induce ments are guaranteed. As effort is being made to form a dis trict fair at Blanche, to comprise the coun ties of Chase, Hayes and Perkins. Capt. Henry, of the soidiers' home at Grand Island, has been piesented with a live eagle bv W. H. Leigh, of Hardy. Mrs. Mary W". Lucas, wife of Judge J. N. Lucas, of McCook, has been admit ted to practice as an attorney at the bar. The Greeley County Agricultural so ciety has been incorporated uud will erect new buildings in time for the fair next fall. The Kearney typographical union is pro paring to give a magnificent ball. A novel feature of the ball will be the printing of a miniature newspaper in the ball room giv ing the names of' those present and a de scription of the dresses worn by tho ladies. The copy will be written, tbe type set and tbe presswork all done where the guests may see it. Only one of the bodies of the three Ed ney children who were drowned iu Ihe Re publican river at Superior has been found and the search still continues. A large force has been at work and the river has been thoroughly dredged for a distance of nearly a mile and a strong net of barbed wire placed across the river so that should the bodies be floated down the stream they will be stopped and thus rescued. Frink Golden and wife, of Nebraska City, accompanied by their 2-months-old daughter, last Sunday drove out into tho country to visit Mr. Golden's parents. Upon reaching their destination Mr Golden's father came to the gate and tak ing the baby in his arms went directly into the house. It was then discovered that the child was dead, having died in its mother's arms during tbe journey. The new Masonic hall at Bloomington will be dedicated on the 20th. Grand Mus ter Mercer, of Omaha, and Grand Custo dian Giilette will be present and have charge of the ceremonies. A Pawnee county firm of sweet potato growers last fall put 1,100 bushels of the vegetables in tbe cellar, and now have on hand 20(1 bushels for eatini! purposes and C00 bushels of seed potatoes. A CcsTER county farmer sued a neigh bor for selling him bogs that had cholera. The case was tried before a justi.e of the peace and a verdict given in favor of the defendant, but an appeal was taken. A youno girl who was recently released from the reform school has fallen by tho wayside, and an officer is hunting for her at Hastings. If found she will be taken back to Kearney and another effort made to reform her. The body of George A. Smith, a farmer near McCook, was found on the roadside between that place and his home Thursday with his skull crushed. It is thought that he fell from his wagon and received a kick from one of the horses. He leaves a young wife and three small children in poor cir cumstances. An effort is being made to have the ministers of the M. E. church along the line of the Burlington & Missouri railroad and convenient to Broken Bow, to have a meeting about April 1 for the purpose of becoming better acquainted and making suggestions that may bo beneficial to each in their work. The bodv of an unknown man was found in a haystack near Oak, Monday. The man was about 30 or 35 years of age aud had evidently been murdered by being shot through tbe head with a 14-calibre revolver from behind. A small memorandum book was found on the body bearing the name of Charles A. Sherman. WHILE Frank Stewart, of Harrisbnrg, was hauling water his team became un manageable and started to run away, throwing him down in such a position that his leg slipped through the bottom of the sled and was horribly mangled. At Wayne Monday Sam Bergensen's band was shot off and George Oscarson was shot in the head and will probably die. They were a loading a shotgun when tbe ramrod got stuck and while pulling it out tbe gun was accidentally discharged. John Shellenberg, an 11-year-old boy of Genoa, failed to "shinny ou his own Bide" and is now in the hospital at Colum bus slowly recovering from a blow on the leg. Several small bones will have to be removed and the wound may result in per manent injury. John A. Walters, tho advertised guardian of a number of soldiers' orphans in Pennsylvania, made proof on twenty seven quarter sections of land at Broken Bow last week. The statement that destitution prevails in Kimball county is denied by citizens of the county, who say that the county is amply able to take care of its poor with out ouside help. A BON of John Harsberger, a fanner living near Dorchester, had his mitten caught in a eorn-sheller, and before, he could release his hand both bones of the forearm were broken. A WOMAN named Pinney, who lived near David City and who had been suffering from la grippe, fell asleep Feb. 25 and never awakened from her slumber, dying March 1. A suggestive story comes to ihe Fre mont Tribune through very reliable au thority, too, that when Charles Shephstd was born a little over 21 years ago, that it was the man he murdered, Carl Pnl sifer, who summoned tbe physician who assisted him into the world. The young man Pulsifer little thought at that timo that the baby boy just opening his eyes to the world would grow up to be his (Pulsi fer's) assassin. Miss Wenk, an l?-year-old Butterfly girl, fell from the dizzy height of a load of hay aad fractured her leg in two places. A citizen of Hastings offers a prize of $20 to the college student who -will pro duce the beet article on either free trade or protection. The contest will take place about April 15 and promises to be quite aa interesting affair. It is reported that a large colony of Scandinavians are making arrangements to rent all the unoccupied lands' in the eastern part of Greeley county and that their object is to purchase homes and re side per&aneatly in the county. The preauum secured for the $100,000 la Cage county bonds is said to be the highest prieo ever paid for like bonds in Nebraska. THE ACTS OF CONGRESS. .SUCCINCT SUMMARY OF A WEEK'S LEGISLATIVE WORK. RUN and Resolutions Introduced and Top ics Discussed by the Nutluniil Body of Law Makers. , In tho benate on tho 11th the credentials of Senator Allbon, of Iowa, for his new term commeuciug Varolii. 1SJ1. wore preatntedand ordered placed on tile. The l.ouso amend nieutstothe senate concurrent resolution in structing the senate and house committees on immigration to invesfate tho wor.'.invrof the various laui on immigration wero taken up and lead. 'Ihey add to ihe sc .po of impiiry tho subject of the purchase of American ludus trios bv foreign capital and the convert In,: ot liedloo's island, Xew York, into an iimin'siuiittle pot. After discussion the resolution nnt over. enator Mitchell introduced u lomt resolution propislm: an uiuomluient to the constitution I roviding for the election of Miintor bv ihe votes ot tho qualified electorx ot tho state. :'!ii','or Morrill olfonxl u resolution, uhich was agreed to, directing thoseeietnryot the interior to report unv inf riuation in losaorfaion of tho department iu relation to' the nuttiyrirlne; ot any lottery company by tho Indian t fritoriul L'ovorniiiout 0( the Cieck nation. !-euator li,wes onercd a resolution, which vtas ugrecd to, culling on the secretary of war for copies ot the ci rro3iomlonco between Lieut.-Gun. : horidan and Cen. Crook in regard to the Apache Indiana in lh-Ci-0. ftu (tor Hour culled up there olution for tho eiclusion from the record ot the sntemreg interpolated by Sen ator I all tu the re ort ot his remarks in tho discussion with Senator i handler some vveoka ago. The ui-.tr, r lonsuined tho balance of the sosakn. a vote being taken which resulted veas 27. nays II. Xoijnnruui. Adjourned. In the house on tho Utb in pursuincoot tho agreement murfe b'aturdn . , tho public building bills which that day passed the committee of th whole came up with tho previous question ordered. Mr. Knloo, as a matter of privilege, moved the dNchargo of the committee on invalid pensions from further consideration of the resolution calling on tho secretary of tho interior for ev idenco taken and roported to him by the committee appointed to inve-ttiuto th-9 manugemeut of tho pension otlice under t'onimi.-isiouer Tanner. Mr. Mo rill, chairman of tho committee ou invalid pensions, said ho had never ht-ard of the resolution. In view ot Mr. Morrill's statement Mr. Knloo withdrew the motion Mr. Raker, from tho committee on territories, reported a bill for tho admission of Vvoming. Ho asked immeilate considera tion of the bill, which, uuder the rules, is a privileged measure. After discussion, on a point of order by Mr. Springer, the bill was re ferred to commit too of the whole.- With out action, the house adjourned. In the senate on the 1'ith tho concurrent s olution for nu investigation of immigration matters was laid before the senate, with two house amendments extending the investiga tion to tho purcha eof vmericon industries by tore gn capital and to tho useof Hedloe'.s island aBan immigiantdei ot. Iho house amendments wero concurred in ami the motion was agreed to. Ihe concurrent resolution has passed both houses. Tho.-enate then proceeded to vote ou the resolution to exclude Iroin the CoitsreisioiMl Hecora tlie lutornolatiors made by Senator Call in tho report of tho discussion with Senator Call in tho report of the discusaiou with Senator Chandler ou tho 'irth of February, 'lheresnlu tion wrs agreed to-yeas. 30; nays. 21. The democrats voting inthon'hrniative were: Sen ators Pavno, I Ugh, Cochrell aud nuce. Tho subject of electing apre-ddent pro temporo v ai then discussed. 'Iho lllair bill was inaiJo a aptcial order for thrt 'JOth. Adjourned. In tho house on ihe I th the senate Mil was passed providing for tht ri mo. al of tho nnd ba's at th- entri nco of tho harbor it Milwau kee, M'i. A lull pnsse.i granting righr-ot-way thn.ugh tho Stsretoiiimd Vnhetii Indian res ruatious in fcouth !'' ta to thn Chicago. Mil. waukeo.tSt Paid l.'itiiroad company. 'Iho hill passed extending the timo or pavxneut to purchasers of Inn I lrojii " tho ( maha tnbj of Indians iu .Nobra-ku r. Morse ofTor.d an i m mini -nt urn. liihitingthoiiitioductiouof intoxieitmg liquors into the territory of Otlihi ma until otherwise provided Jy law. l.or,t. helloy otTerod tin amendment providing that the general Htatutos of hmiH.iB unsteiid of Nebraska shall extend over tho t riitnry until aftir the lirat srssiou of the legislative UsseniLlv. Tickler, of i-oiilu Dakota, strongly advecat d I tho amendment. prlnctpa'Iy on the ground that it would extend to tho non torritnrv tho prohlbitorv luws ot Kanpas. Much discussion win mdulgid m after which tho hou-e adjourned. In the senate on the I".th the house bill for bridges across tho issouri river at South l'ierre, S. I).. aid ecrois" tho Columbia rivtr betwieu Wiishiugtou nnd Oregon isfunlur 0 tho senate bills i timvil und t-ent to the li.-uso. was amended lv u few vorhal change and paso 1 Senat-jr rrvo.from the ctimnltUo on com merce, reported a bill to repeal tho law of tho last con' rosrf requiring Rtounirtliips to carry rockots and guns for cast.ng line m use of distrosj. Hills' appropriating SI o,o o for Hast ings, and Tl I'.t 0 for Stillwatir, Minn., wero pabsed. lhu followed a lengthy and heutel debatoonthe treatment of the negro, after which tho Roiuito nd.ourned, lu the house en tho nth n bill passed grant ing right-of-way throiuh thoMlllo I ac Indian reservation. MinitctotK to tho Little Call. Milio Lac and I.uko Si po lor Itailrond torn pany. At tlio conclusion of tho ii-oniing l.o r tha hoitrto went mt committee of tho v.holo.forfuitli'rconsidomTiou GtthjOkli! otna bill. On motion of Mr. Tsrsntyr an amendment was adopted for the establishment of a land in N"oM n'sland. Ou motion of Mr. Ilolinau an amendment was adopted providing th.it no perso'pJiavmg fro simple to l() Hcres rf land in any stale or territory shall bo entitled to enter nnd covered by this act. 'Iho committees roe and reported the bill to t)n house. An amendment providing that section 2UJ, re lsed statntes i prohibiting tho in troduction of mtoxicat ng liquor into Indian torritoryi. shall bj in'orrod in Oklahoma until after the adjournment of tho firht session of tho legislature wis agreed to by a vote of l' to 1U.I. 'I ho bill then passed by a vote of lu) to2j. aft r which tho houo adjourri'd. In the senate on tho 1 Ith, among tho bills re ported from committee? and placid on tho calendar wero tho following: Apia.. printing e7..0UJfor a public building at Aurora 111 ; authorizing tho construction of a bridgo ncrons tho St. I onirf river botweon Minnesota nnd Wisconsin. Senator Hale, from tliocommitt o en impropriations, reported tho urgency de ficiency hill and bald ho would call it up for action on tho 17th. 'the hlair bill was then discussed at length, but went over with out act on. Senator Call gavo notice thut ho would on tho nth move to modify ceitaiu rules us to oxecutivo sessions. Senator Culioin presented resolu tions relative to the death of Itcprescutativo Tonshoiidand nrocojnced E!ieu!o'ium on thn dead member. Other appropnato romarks wero mado and the sanato adjourned. In the house on tho ltth Mr. Hendsra'ui, of Iowa. prcs3iited tor reference a resolution of tho general seseml ly oi Iowa favoring such legislation iu regard to car coupling as will protect the life and limbs of railway employes. Mr. Perkins, of hausus, stated tint nn er roneous idea had gone out that according to the provisions of tho Oklahoira bill passed Wednesday tho Cherokee outlet had been de clared open to scttltm nt under tn- homesttad laws. 'Iti'j statement should have been madu that tho public land strips not tho f hotokoo outlet -had been opened for-ettlement. Tho l herokeeomlet. ha said, w.ib oinbifcocd within tho limits of tho new territory, but was not open to settlement under tlio !oinsttnd law. Ihehouso then went into committeo ot tho whole on tho private calendar. Th bill author iziog the presidi nt to letire Gen. rremout with tlie rank of ma or-general was taken up, but no lmal ucton was taktu. Tho house then look a, recess, tho cvonln ses sion to ba for tlie consideration of j rivato pen sion bi Is. The usual I rlday even.ng routliru in thuLouso was enliven 1 by the iliacusri'on of the bill grantlu a pension of $10 per month to ! rascis Uemlng. of Michigan, on tho grounds of bliudn'as. Tills Is one of tho bills vetoed by President Clovoland. 'Iho discussion was par ticipated in by lIeMr9.Stono, of Missouri, hil gore, of Texas, and Lane, of Illinois, Finally th s bill and one otVr were reported from the committee (tt tho wholo to the house but be fore action was taken Mr. Urecknri Igo, of Kontticky, moved aa adjournment wcich was can ied. Senato not in session. In the house on tho nth Mr. Dalztll. from the house committee on Pacific railroa. la, reported tho resolutions calling on tho secrttarv of tho treasury lor information as to whether the pov ernment is the owner or holder of tho t.rst mortgage securities or any cf the Pacific railroads which wero aided by the government, and if i.q the mnouut of such securities, and when and in what manner and by what authority tho samo wero securod. Breckinr.'dge. of Arkansas, offered a resolution calling on the secretary of war for informa tion regarding tho facilities at command to guard tho levees of the Mississippi and other works, and if thero is reason to apprehend unusual danger to human life. ntc. Adopted. A senato amendment was concurred in to the house bill authorising ths construc tion of abridge across the Missouri river at Pierre, S. 1). Publio business being suspended, the Louse proceeded to pay its last tribute of respect to ths memory of Judgohellcv.of Penn sylvania. Adjourned. The New York assembly-passed Mr. Saxton's ballot reform bill by a vote of 72 to 51. THE French government has decided to occupy VThydah, a province in Dahomey, on the slave coast. Two thousand grain porters employed on the docks at Liverpool have struck for higher Wage3. AT Cleveland, O., Charles Ettinger, a jeweler, was robbed by Louis Goldsoll, bis 19-year-old brother-in-law, of $4,000 woith of diamonds. 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