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i I ' ; n er - K(fc.:"-V - - Tr VOLUME XXH.-NUMBER 3. COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY. MAY 6, 1891. WHOLE NUMBER 1095. ?- & Ctflumte ImtrniL : . i 9 i t , -' :' .J ' jKufflSjnr . tim O.T. -jWfc-MP1 First National Bank XUpert f OmIMm Hay 17. ISM. roaaa aaja Miwiti 'U.I.M1I Ileal eKate, fnrafl Due frnai Oiaer bl BeBBV'aY attaeeMl aaesirtB.. UjaWJi V. a. tfceaifcry.... fll.ll . (aabawfcaaa JMjsM.m MMi recital aaastrrtas . tsiviliprAta.... . t attpaai burnt artes i t!edOSaatS. Una a gwsauMM fnriM. T n.KllXAlf, DFVTCHEB ADVOKAT, . Ofioe orer Col M aWaBamk.Oelaw Kebrsska. O ULUTAIV I ATTORNEYS AT LAW, . Office mr First Netioaal Beak, Colaaibaa, Jisbraska. IMI DiMFamd EXPRESSMAN. liht aad beery baajtax. ear, llecdaasrters at J. P. TeJepko&e. and at. FAUBLE ft BRADSHAW, (Sscceeeor to jaatl A BasteM). brick: tsT'Coatrsctors and baHaata wfU A) brick fint-clM sad offeredat reaaeeafcle AVe are also prepared to do ail kicd of ereric JjyJ, K. TURNER & CO., Proprietor! sad Publisher of the C0LVXB7S ttMSTAl lit tka III. AmT JSnXtfi, Both, poet-paid toanyaddreas. for f2.0t a year. -strictly ia auroace. FAKU.T Jocbvai fl.W a W. A. MCALLISTER. W. H. COBNKLIU8 fc COat.lKLIUB ar fcAl.I,ISTEaX , ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Colambes. Neb. R. CBOTD, masto sercna or Til and Sheet-fro.. Ware! Jet-Work, Xteflif aid Gutter ing a Specialty. aa9"8nop oa 1Kb street, Kraaaa Bro.'s U - atand esv lairtesatb street. tttf Csab. P. KffAPr. Fbaxk B. Khapv KNAPP BROS.. Contractors and Builders. Katiautaa (araishad oa '.brick aad had oa '.brick aad staaavark .aaaeetaltr. CerNSfesWaaea and alaatena. rraa. mb)c natatiaaa mat iiiaaaia tiririfr aallrjtad. Bafanacaa i "" "cSaV&b. LAND FOB SALE. FINS IMPROVED FABM for aala in Sttell Creek Taller. near Colombo, containing- 200 laciae of land: about l'JU aerea uitirmunn: ju acres iihtut umurrea. nfc ciaiadar saostij in cloror and bine gnst pastara aad hay land; ISO frait traae. applea. peara. ' cherry, plaaa. etc.aoaa bearinj: all kind of oraaaiaatal trroe aad abrabs; UO fuU-tiearinc . craaa Tiaaa. The fares eettlre ia feaoM, and d ..vidadiatoasMllfftlda by lease. DweUlas hooaa tof eeren rooau. raaaiy. eora crifae. lane horaa ' atabla with bay-iov, cattle bam which bold. W . faaa of bay; boa; hoaae; J welU; raaaiac walaj lapaatara. For farther particalara iaaalre at JocmxAi. oCoe. or addraaa. H. B., ears of Joca. SiAiColaaihaa Mabt. Banrtf A STRAY LEAF! A DIARY. JOURNAL OFFICE CARDS, ENVELOPES, NOTE BEADS. BILL HEA9B, CLBOULAB8, D0DGEB8,ETa i:3 VSBSLt miLn ;. STJBSCRIBfi NOW ' - . t.- .. J- x ' ' : -- tie ciumis johul. . . A.SP i ' -TIE AMIUCAX MACAZ1NE, .TeOfai Baal Mm Tmr. mtjiM. IF - tars. tkanalv tioaa. Jiiaaaassdaa aav f the ldar aaaam aiaae. faiaiablagaB a jaiMaeaigbaaiga at the t eaaksaaai ha-kBB-ak. BBaaaaaaaVA Baaaat Baa aaafe tUa a yaj? YaajTriatlw to The Aaaari saa K .. Jt iU be eaaaaaaflr aaiBaaai Jaiaaj lha jaa Ttj,ylf'a' JfCMAtJaytW. ' Aaaari Maaata awrseea aasMaoj uanaa aaaana. TJJiaaaaaat at IbIm Iaatito. FIESH MEWS OF TIE ML Information Gleaned From All Quarters of the Uniyerse. THE FIRST DAY OF MAY. IT MARKS AN ERA IN THE LABOR WORLD. The General Strike of Coal Xlaers Did Occur, Bat There Were Numerous De aaaada Made by Many Orzaatcatloajs The Day in General. A si'ECiAL from Nelsonville, O., one of the principal points in the Hocking valley coal regions, says: The miners are all idle to-day, but a number of leading miners claim that this does not mean a strike, as it is only a 1st of May labor holiday. The opinion of a ma jority of those interviewed is that there will be no strike in the Hocking valley or the Straitsville district. Maxopala reports no strike or trouble, with little prospects of either. At Carbon Hill over 1,500 miners continued working. The miners" in the vicinity of Des Moines, la., struck in obedience to or ders from the state executive board. Ten thousand miners in the state will be effected by this order. Dispatches from the coal districts of eastern Pennsylvania show that every thing is quiet, and no strikes have been inaugurated. The proposed general strike of the Pennsylvania bituminous miners which was announced for May 1 has been in definitely declared off, and work will continue as usual. The eight-hour movement was not pressed in the Ashland, Pa., district. The miners are all working as usual. The building trades made great de monstrations in New York, Chicago, Pittsburg and other cities. Violence is reported from the Cleveland docks only. At New York the strike for an eight hour day involves only 4,000 men. At Boston the builders compromised Bome weeks ago on nine hours a day. The European demonstrations on May 1 were largely led by the anarchist factions, and there was considerable incendiarism and bomb throwing besides several collisions between strikers and officers. NATIONAL FINANCES. The Public Debt Statement for April Showa a Small Decrease. The following is the statement of the condition of the Unllfd States treasury at the close of business April 30, 1391: Aggregate Interest - bearing debt, exclusive of United States bonds Issued to the 1'aclUc railroads $ 610,771,530 Debt oa which Interest has ccaed since maturity 1,CG0,C35 Aggregate of the debt bearing no interest, including the national bank fund deposited in the treasury under the act of July 14. 1690 397,802,240 Aggregate of certificates and notes offset by cash in the treasury 538,444,056 Aggregate of debt, including certificates and notes, April 30, 1891 1,54S,G7S.451 Decrease of tho bonded debt during the mouth 3,71 1 ,381 Total cash In the treasury 700,162,853 Debt less cash in the treasury April 30. 1891 848,515,593 Debt less cash In the treasury March 31. 1891 850,029,920 Net decrease of the debt during the month 1,514,327 An Austria Jeeee Jamee. A passenger traveling from Cracow to Lemberg in an express train, sud denly drew two revolvers and, with one in each band, demanded of his three fellow passengers their money and val uables. A frightful struggle ensued in the narrow compartment, and although the men assailed were unarmed they fought with desperation. The ruffian killed two of the men and then Jumped from the train while it was going at full speed. No trace of the miscreant could be discovered. Denies the Sale of tbe Anaconda. Irwin C. Stump, manager of the es tate of the late Senator George Hearst, who owned a large interest in the Ana conda mines, denies all knowledge, of the reported sale of the mines to the Bothschilds. THE SOUTHERN SUMMARY. Frank Slayix, the well-known pugi list, had a long chat at St. Louis with John L. Sullivan. lie said to a reporter that Sullivan had told him he was no longer in the ring: that he was bound by contract for two years that prevented his return to the ring, and furthermore he liked his new profession better. Slavin acknowledges Sullivan as the champion and intends to go for the winner of the Jackson-Corbett fight. He and Sullivan parted the best of friends and Slavin said the man who made a bluff at Sullivan would have to fight him first. Tiie St. Louis Republic's Hot Springs, Ark., special says a couple registered at the Grand View hotel as Mr. and Mrs. Wcldou, of Texas. Next morning as they did not appear the room door was forced and the couple found dead in bed. The man had chloroformed the woman and then shot himself. From a letter lie left it appears they were from Ver non. Tex., where he left a wife and family because of love for the woman he killed, who was Mrs. Mary Konzc, of Fort Worth. A special from Waco, Tex., says: A letter received to-day from Senator John II. Reagan, dated Palestine, Tex., to Senator Coke, who resides at St. Louis, says: 'I have been induced to accept a position on the Texas railroad commission and have notified Gov. Hogg 3f my resignation as senator." A Dei. Rio, Tex., special tells of a Mexican Jack the Ripper who visited the home of a Mexican woman named Sanchez at night and killed her, and cut the body in pieces. Ater the butchery he wrote upon the wall with her blood, 'French beef for sale." The butcher has not been captured. IN THE EAST. The socialist strikers at Scottdale, Pa., did not hold a mass meeting Sunday, as projected, but held a delegate conven? tion instead, attended by 100 ardent, supporters. Joues and Delaber deliv ered speeches of the usual stripe. Jones, in speaking of the '"coming revolution," said: "Bloodshed is not necessary, but should the Pinkertons attack you with guns, you know what to do." There will be another vigorous attempt to start the idle coke works, and that with num erous evictions will doubtless make ft lively time. At present everything is quiet. A representative of the Associated Press called on the Chinese minister at Washington and had an interview in re gard to the declination of his govern ment to receive Senator Blair as the representative of the United States. Minister Yen said that he had' received a cablegram' froai the 'Chinese foreign slice which' he was instructed to lay be fore Secretary Blaine without delay, ex pressing the" unwillingness of the em peror to receive Blair. Other than this Yen had received no instructions. Personally he had a high opinion of Blair. Mr. Blair, at Chicago, on his way to his post, received a telegram from Secretary of State Blaine requesting him to return to Washington. The dis patch contained no further explanation. Inspector Byrnes has at last fastened the crime for the murder of Carrie Brown in New York. The murderer is Frenchy No. 1. (George Francois) who was arrested the morning after the mur der. On Thursday night of last week the murderer occupied room 33 in the East River hotel. The room was across the hall from that occupied by the Brown woman and her unknown com panion. It appears that the murdered woman's companion left her some time before 1 o'clock on Friday morning. Francois had been at one time the lover of the woman, but lately had been in sanely jealous of her. He heard her companion leave tho room, and shortly afterward he got up, crossing the hall, deliberately strangled and then disem boweled the victim. A Pouohkeepsie dispatch says: "Ste phen B. Elkins is authority for the statement that James G. Blaine will shortly announce his decision not under any circumstances to allow his name to be used at the next republican national convention as a candidate for presi dent." W. J. Arkell, editor and pro prietor of Judge, and whose associate in the ownership of Leslie's is Russell B. Harrison, also says that Blaine is about to come out with a most positive refusal to allow his name to be used again in connection with the presidency. Superintendent Porter, of the ccn sus bureau, has written a letter to S. M. McLallin, of the Topeka Advocate, re plying to criticisms on the census re port of indebtedness. Porter makes it clear that the census bureau, by tho terms of law, is restricted to inquiries as to indebtedness of "farms and homes." He explains the fact that the bureau is not including all real estate mortgage indebtedness, but confining its investi gations to the restrictions of the law. A meeting of the manufacturers and dealers in proprietory articles in the United States was held in New York. R V. Pierce presided. Representatives of all the leading concerns were present. Plans were discussed to prevent cutting of rates on all patent medicines by retail druggists. They agreed that they will not sell to tradesmen, wholesalers or "cutters" who violate any part of a plan to prevent the same. The United States supreme court has formally postponed the Sayward Behr ing sea case until the second Monday of next October. The lottery advertise ment cases were also postponed, despite the vigorous efforts on the part of the attorneys for the New Orleans and Mobile papers, who argued that a post ponement would leave their papers with lottery advertisements excluded from the mails. The representatives of the chief tin plate manufacturing firms of the coun try have perfected an organization of the tin manufacturers of the United States, the object being to promote the manufacture of tin plate in the United States. It was stated that several mills are already working, and as soon as others are built they would pro ducc 00,000 net tons of tin plate per an num. Flint fc Co., at New York, have re ceived a telegram from Valparaiso, say ing the suppression of the rebellion is looked for at an early day, owing to the velocity of the government ships, as they can, at will, attack the rebels, who are powerless against dynamite. The rebels, according to Flint's news, now have no forces of importance on the land. The police in New York have arrested three men in connection with the horri ble murder in a hotel there last week. Both are said to look like the man described by the people who saw the supposed Jack the Ripper. One of them is second engineer of a steamer ly ing in the river at that point. IN THE WEST. B. O, Hutchinson, the millionaire grain speculator of Chicago, widely known as "Old Hutch," is missing. It is supposed he is demented and his busi ness a financial wreck. When the news of his departure got out tho operators who had deals with him began calling for margins. Various rumors were floated about, it being stated, among other things, that "Old Hutch" was in solvent and liis liabilities would be S5, 000,000 in excess of the assets. In an interview Broker Russell estimated that Hutchinson's losses during the past four teen months were not less than $2,000, 000. Russell docs not think, however, that his actual shortage to creditors is more than $100,000. He understands that Hutchinson made over a largo, por tion of his property to his wife and youngest son some time ago, and has since lost ivhat he reserved for himself. His disappearance (he is supgosed to have gone to Florida) is explained on the theory that he had not the nerve to stay and face insolvency. Plenty Cause, tho Crow chief, with about 1,000 Indians, visited Fort Custer, Mont., and talked withy Gen. Brisbin about the proposition jto ipasc their land to the cattlemen for grazing pur poses. They have cattle of their own, he said, and did not want strangers on the reservation. Several firms had 50, 000 head of cattle grazing on their lauds and they were enough. No more must come. The Indians appeared angry and Gen. Brisbin said he would notify the great father of what they said. Gen. Butler's ejection from the United States court at Boston by Judge Carpenter has made him a hero. He is overwhelmed with letters of protest and indignation from all parts of the coun try. Lawyers had taken steps for a mass meeting at Fancuil hall, but the general put a stop to this. In a note called out by the proposed meeting he promised to get even, legally, with the judge, if he lived, and to provide in his will for continuing the retaliation if he died. The famous Millington murder trial at Denver has ended with a verdict of not-guilty. The case was one of the most noted in the west. On June 2 last Wm. Avery, a wealthy citizen of Fort Collins, died. Twelve days later the widow secretly married Frank Milling ton, and rumors soon spread that Avery was poisojied by his wife, Millington and his sister. The three were arrested, in dicted and finally taken to Denver for trial, with the result as above. There have arrived In Bloom Ington? 111., two juvenile travelers who had made a long journey. They were Patsy and Mary O'Rourke. aged 7 and 5 years, respectively, and they had come by themselves all the way from London derry, Ireland. Each child was labeled with a tag on which were written the name and destination of the children. Their father recently died, and the mother sent them to their uncle, John O'Rourke, who was. expecting them. According to the order of the officers, of the American Express company on and after May 1 every employe '-will be compelled to file a bond with the com pany to protect them against any pos sible dishonesty or carelessness Involv ing a loss to the company. FOREIGN JOTTINGS. A census bulletin on the subject of irrigation in New Mexico shows that the territory there are 3,085 farms irrigated, out of a total number of 4,174, not in cluding those of the Pueblo Indians. The average .first cost of the water right is 85.53 per acre and the cost of the land, the cost of preparing it for cultivation, etc, brings the average cost to the farmer up to 518.54 per acre. It is esti mated that the present value of irrigated farms, including the improvements, aver ages $50.98 per acre, showing an appar ent profit, less the cost of buildings, of $32.44 per acre. Comparing the average annual expense for water, $1.50 per acre, with the average annual value of the productions, which is $12.84 per acre, it appears that the average annual return per acre is 811.26. The Italian premier gave Baron Fava a cool reception when the latter reached Rome. Budini appreciates that ho made a fiasco, and is anxious to throw the blame on Fa ra. It is reported in Rome that the only question now affect ing the cabinet is how to get out of the American trouble with the least dis grace. The latest dispatcft from Im perial! at Washington is said to fore shadow that not even money indemnity will be paid to the families of the massa cred Italians, the temper of the American people being such that congress would not dare to make an appropriation. The body of the late Count von Moltke was viewed by the public at Berlin. Emperor William has ordered the army to go into mourning for eighty days. The emperor, in the order instructing the army to go into mourning, says: "A friend and counsellor has been removed from my side. I most deeply mourn t his irreparable loss to myself, to tbe army and to the fatherland. To his last hour the deceased enjoyed unprecedented re nown by reason of his military achieve ments and his services for tho welfare of the fatherland, whose gratitude will never die." A note in the Berlin Reich Anzlcger referring to tbe report that the prohibi tion against American pork would be immediately removed, says that until some clearer Idea can be formed con cerning the practical working of tho meat inspection service in America the decision must be postponed. This offi cial intimation is due to an arrange ment of dealers in Hamburg and Bre men, who expect at an early date to im port large cargoes of American hogs. The trade in American beef continues to boom. The Cincinnati express on the Balti more & Ohio road at Warring's station met a freight train standing on the main track. Engineer Curtis, Express Engineer Croff and Firema Murphy of the freight, and Postal Clerk S. C. Burdett were killed. Postal Clerk Pea cock and Fireman Miller were seriously injured. No passengers were danger ously hurt. The express came around a sharp curve at a high rate of speed, and the engineer could not stop. The postal car, baggage car and one coach of the express were burned and the mail par tially destroyed. Miss Pbxebe W. Couzbns has applied to the circuit court at Chicago, to pre vent her removal as secretary of the ladies' board of the world's fair. Sum monses wore served on tho members of the national board of control to appear before Judge Tuley for argument in the case. The board adopted a resolution that before recognizing Miss Cook's ap pointment as secretary Miss Couzens be given a further hearing If she desires. She did not appear before the board, contenting herself with instituting the the court proceedings, The forest fires in New Jersey are as suming alarming proportions, and have not been exceeded in thirty years. The timber near Conoverton was fired by a locomotive spark, and timber to the value of 9100,000 was destroyed. Tho outskirts of Conoverton also suffered se verely. Near Baileytown 7,000 acres of timber have been burned. In Pennsyl vania also destructive forest fires are raging. Rev. T. DkWttt Taluage's new tabernaclo was opened to his congrega tion and the public on Sunday morning. Thousands of people crowded the big eauice. iho building is romancsque in style of architecture. The church seats 5,500 persons. Up to date the total cost of tho church is $410,000, and it will re quire $40,000 more to complete it. The first session of tho seventh par liament of the dominion of Canada has been opened at Ottawa by the governor general. It is conceded by the liberals that the government will have a major ity of twenty-six or thereabouts on a strict party vote, Anna Dickinson went Insane while delivering her lecture on the Broadway theater stage, New York. She became terribly violent and created a great scene. It was with great difficulty that she-was overpowered and taken from the theater, A ritlletin on the density and distribu tion of population, issued bv the census office, shows that during the last decade the per cent, of increase in the settled part was 24.00 per cent., while the in crease in population of the country was 24. 8G. Good News la Small Space. David Dudley Field is very ill. Mrs. Eaton, the sister of President Harrison, continues tq show indications of recovery from the iujuries received in the recent runaway. Richarp Griffiths, he founder of the order of the Knights qf Labor, and for a long time worthy foreman of tho national organization, has just died at Chicago of the grip. The Pennsylvania house has passed the compulsory education bill requiring all children between the ages of 8 and 12 tq attend school at least sixteen weeks each year. Secretary Norle appointed the fol lowing commission to adjust certain dif ferences between the Sioux Indians in South Dakota: Charles E. Pearce, St. Louis; George H. Harris, Washington; A. R. Appleman, Columbus, O, THE MARKETS, CHICAGO. Catti Common to prime. f 4.85 e.25 O 5.10 0 6.50 1.055 68i .52 J .63 IAI Hogs ShiDDlaa- (rides. 4.70 4.73 Wheat Cash Corn Cash ' aAAa , Bctteh Western dairy . Eggs Western M.ioy. .IS .13 26X 13j SIOUX CITY. Cattl Fat steers f 5.00 Caruc Cows and culls 75 Wa8. e ss 455 Seaaaaaamar. m , m.VV WaaWAI " aafck . UeUie we laaaVaTl .,, 90 av . " OMASA LIVE STOCK. CATtlX CoBMBom to prime. $ 3.66 Hogs Shippers 4.45 NEW YOKE PBQDUC5. CO 4.59 V 4.70 5.00 .95 .51 .3 ' J.2C 6 l.lSJi n .7 Whbat. ; ? ? t a a M SHOT AT LINCOLN. Mrs. Greea Assaulted by O. W. Hatehlsoa Cause Unknown. Mrs. Jennie Green was shot in the back at close range in her rooms at 1542 O street, Lincoln. The shots were fired by O. W. Hutchinson, a wealthy farmer of Saunders county. For a number of years Mrs. Green has been employed by a leading detective associa tion, and was regarded as an expert. What lead to the shooting is unknown. Hutchinson called in the evening and the two had some business relations in volving several thousand dollars. They were left alone in the front parlor to discuss them. Her brother was prepar ing to take a bath when she rushed into the adjoining room and crawled under the table, and Hutchison followed shoot ing. Her brother ran out after him and he ran down the stairs and into the street snapping the revolver at his own head. Mrs. Green is about 32 years old, is divorced from her husband and has a 9-ycar old daughter. She may recover. LIGHTNING FREAKS. Several Omaha Fires Oceaaloned b Forked Strokes. A sharp flash of lightning was noted at Omaha, and immediately after a lire alarm sounded. The bolt found its mark in the dry lumber in the huge pile at Howell, Jewell &. Co.'s yards and soon the flames were raging. The firemen had a tough tussle with the blazes, but after an hour's hard work gained the master, confining the los to the consumption of , $50,000 worth of lumber, fully insured. Just after the bolt struck the lumber yard another landed in the dry grass on Cutoff island and blazes started there that ran over many acres. At the. same time on the Iowa bottoms south of Council Bluffs a long line of flames loomed up marking the progress of the fire through the dry weeds and grass that cover the ground. A high wind prevailed and the lire ran madly over acre after acre. Tho elec tricity that filled the airinterferred with the working of the telegraph and tele phone. Only a light rain fell. Wants to Vie But Can't. Minnie Marks, an old lady of Omaha, seems determined that sho will die. Only a week ago she attempted self destruction by taking a dose of rough-on-rats without satisfactory result, and later she thought she would complete the job by severing au artery in her arm with a razor. After doing the cutting she calmly seated herself on the floor, held her bleeding arm in a wash bowl to prevent the blood from injuring tho carpet, and waited the coming of .death. But it didn't como. It was a policeman and lie called in a doctor who bandaged up her wound. The woman is un doubtedly insane. Special Session Talk. There have been considerable rumor of late about Gov. Boyd calling a spe cial session of the legislature May 4. The governor was seen and he emphat ically declared that there is not a word of truth in tho report. Ho sees no ne cessity for calling a special session a that time. A Little Lincoln lllow. A little blow struck the western part of Lincoln about 7 o'clock Wednesday evening, and the new three-story brick of the John M. Barr Shoe Manufactur ing company was entirely demolished. No other damago was done. Change of Chaplain. Gov. Boyd has deposed Elder Howe, the chaplain at the penitentiary at Lin coln, and placed Father Martin J. Cor bett, of Palmyra, in that position. Nebraska Brief. Byron Rose was arrested at Alex andria. He is wanted at Oquawka, HI., for criminally assaulting a young lady. Labor Commissioner Andres will attend the eighth annual convention of labor commissioners at Philadelphia, May 17. In Seward tho vote for mayor at tho recent city election was a tie and the competing candidates drew lots for the prize. George W. Fuller was the win ner. Mrs, A. C. Benson, of Lincoln, re ceived injuries in a runaway accident that may prove fatal. She was thrown from her carriage and her head struck against a building. Persons entitled to receive bounty on wild animals can now draw what is due them by calling upon the county clerk of their county before the $15,000 ap priatcd by the legislature is exhausted. The sixteenth bulletin of the Nebraska agricultural experiment station treats wholly on beet sugar and is a very inter esting volume. Stations have been es tablished at West Point and Bancroft. Lightning struck the house of John Gordon, of Wabash, and running down the stovepipe, struck and killed a favor-' ito dog which was lying by tho stove. The family was badly scared. George Yates, of Omaha, has a mania for stealing surgical instruments. Every few days he is jailed for stealing such goods. Charles Mitchell, of Irvlngton, was taken suddenly ill while visiting a friend in Omaha and died before a physician could be called. He was 50 years old. The Cudahy Packing company, of South Omaha, have added to their plant a box factory, an oleo and butteriuc de partment and a new engine and boiler room. Two hundred additional men will receive employment as a result of these improvements. About sixty head of horses have been stolen in the vicinity of Hastings during the last year, the last being a span of $1,500 mares, Bert Lynch, living near numboldt, died recently from the effects of an acci dental pistol shot received in 1885. A number of Blair gentlemen have as-, sociated themselves together for the pur pose of establishing a Dwight institute, for the cure of inebriates. They have purchased the right for tho state of Ne braska. Mrs. Stephen Burke, wife of a farmer living three miles west of Friend, was found dead in her bed. She retired (n her usual good health, and death is supposed to have been caused from heart failure. James Cox and four brothers named Vanl&ngingham, are in jail at Auburn on the charge of hog and cattle stealing. A young fellow named Rudabecker, who was also implicated, gave the whole party away in order to secure immunity for himself. George W. Davy, county clerk of Dodge county, has resigned his position and gone to Nashville, Tenn. DA chattel loan broker of Omaha by the name of J. J. Wilson has been ar rested on the charge of taking a mort gage on a pension certificate. DR. W. J. Reed, a grain dealer of Ulysses, has failed and left for unknpwn climes. Grant county will have tq be resur yeyed, owing to the imperfect work done py the deputy surveyors. Omaha has several aggravated cases Pf dlphtherja. ' . Jowa Coadensed. The supreme court convenes at Des Moines May 12, and there are prospects of a long session WINTER WHEAT CROP. THE OUTLOOK GOOD FOR A BIG YIELD. Th Crop In 111 ae a Baa Improved Moat. While Kaaaaa Showa the Lvast Ga!a Heaalaa Fly and Wlater-Kllllae Aftect the Irep bat Little Enrouraglnjc I'ros- peeta. The Farmers Review says: "The recent rains have materially ad vanced the prospects of the crop. " This improvement has averaged 1 per cent in all the States, Kansas showing the least gain and Illinois the greatest. "In Illinois the warm rains have im proved the prospects 17 ier cent., esti mating on an average crop. Out of the ei?hty-five correspondents reporting only twenty-one report a-iy damage from any cause, and in those counties the loss amounts to only per cent, on an average. In many sections no spring wheat is .'own, but in those counties whero it is grown seeding is well along, except In some of the more northern counties. "Reports from fifty correspondents in Indiana show a gain of. 3 per cent, in the State. Eleen counties report a damage of 6 per cent from late freezing and other causes. Seeding of spring wheat Is well advanced. "Ohio shows a gain of 7 per cent, on condition, reports being received from sixty-one correspondent. Only twenty two leport any loss from freezing and thawing and wet weather, and these losses average 10 per cent for the sea son. Very little spring wheat is sown in the State, and that little is nearly all seeded. '-Michigan nearly keeps pace with Ohio, show in? a gain of 7 per cent Twenty-eight counties show the pos.ects to bo gtod. From eight counties come re ports of an average damage of S per cent, from insects, scaicity of snow and from frost The work of seeding .spring Wheat not yet begun at tho time of this report "Kentucky shows a gain of 10 percent. Two counties show an average loss of 6 per cent from wet weather. No spring wheat of consequence is sown in the State. "The improvement in Wisconsin in the last thirty days amounts to I per cent. From twelve counties come reports of damage during the season, averaging 12 per cent, caused by winter killing and freezing in the fall. The Moving of spring wheat Is not yet begun, except in a few localities. "A gain of 10 per cent is re nor ted from Iowa, three counties only reporting any loss from winter killing. In these damage amounts to 12 per cent. The seeding of spring wheat in its various stages, in some counties being all in, in others just commenced, and in others not yet begun. "Missouri has gained 8 per cent, in condition. From fifty-two counties came flattering reports of the prospets of an immense crop. Nine counties report a loss durinsr tho season of S per cent on an average, most of this being due to the Hessian fly. Very little spring wheat Is grown in the State, but where it is ?rown tho seeding is advanced. "From fifty-one. correspondents in Kan sas gratifying reports are received. Seven counties report a loss of 7 percent from the fly, from the dirt blowing ofi and leaving tho seed bare, and from ather causes. The seeding of spring wheat is progressing finely, but very lit tle is sown. "From the reports of our correspond ents we Mimmarize by State.-, the per centage of condition as compared with an average as fol'ows: Illinois 103 per cent. Indiana 105, Ohio 101. Michigan 38, Kentucky i!, Wisconsin 94, Iowa $, Mis ouri 103, Kansas 105." FUNERAL OF VON MOLTKE. Crowned Heads Bow Before the Remains or Germany's Great General. Tha funeral services over the remains of Fio!d Marshal Count Von Moltke took place in the bail-n.om of the general staff building, in which building tho veteran died, and where his body had been lying in state. Emperor William, the King of Saxony, the Grand Dukesof Baden, Saxe-Weimar, a-ul Hesse, the principal members of the royal families of Gormany, together with the leading German Generals, w.'re present. Tho services lasted forty minutes. The casket containing tho dead Field Marshal's remains wa then carried with much ceremony to the hearse, which was drawn by six of the Emperor's horses. After passing through streets lined with troop; and packed with spectators, the remains arrived at tho Lehrte station and were placed upon a railroad car draped in black, which was there in waiting. All Soils. S mk of the more costly bonbon boxes are of stainul ivory, with a miniati ro framed in semi-precious sloties on tho cover. Dit. C iakt.k F. II5rKi ai eccentric physician of Ila'timoro, who died lecnnt ly, mado provison in his will for a uu :. her of silver ia!s. which were to be dis tributcd among fr ends after they had been filled with ashes from his cremated body,. M::. Catiiakine Siiakp, of I'hila dc'ph'a. ."s low in her 114th year, and has a daughter 73 years of a'e The old lady i-s in good hea'th, and expects to live several jear yet She attributes her longevity to the fact that she "never worried about anUh'nu." Tuk annual Miow-fa 1 in Colorado is enormous At I illon, according to the hnterprixr, the snowfall there from the first day of November, las'.', to May 10, lslK), was twenty foot ton inches At Kokomo in 1S.-4-.", by actual daily meas urements, something like ninety-si v feet of the beautiful fell betwe u ov. l and June l Of course it kept on settling all the time, and when spr.nz opened up there wasn't more than slv orseen feet on the ground Tin: Le-it way to remove the smell of paint i to lirst render the room as near ly as posih! air-tk'ht by closing the windows doors and other openings. Place a vessel of lighted charcoal in tho room, and throw on it two or threo hand fuls of juniper berries After twenty- iour nours the smell w:l have entirely disappeared Anothor method of doing the same thing ia to plunge a handful of new hay into a pail of water and let It stand in the newly painted room. Mr. Svdnev J. Hickson, an English naturalist who has spent some time on the Island of Celebes, has made some extensive observations of the corals of the Malay Archipelago. In regard to the food of cora's, he is inclined to the belief that many of them may be vege table feeders. No doubt the water in the vicinity of mangrove swamps is full of the debris of leaves and woqd, which, sinking to the bottom., must enter the mouths of the coral animals. It is sug gested that this may explain the vigor ous growths often seen near extensive swamps. The rapidity with which flies pas through the air is not likely to be ap preciated by those wh.Q see only with What apparent case they doit File wil) keep tip with a fast horse, and that, too, without lighting on him. In an open express car. through which the Wind blows, they hold their places, flying this way and that without hitting against the sides. They must, therefore, go faster than horse or car. 'Give man speed like this proportioned to his size, and going around the world, would be matter of only a few houri GOV. BOYD'S STAFF. Nebraska's Governor Kamea Hla Military Supporters. i Gov. Boyd has appointed his staff,) which is made up as follows: William! A. Paxton, quarter-master-general, with the rank of colonel: Frank P. Ireland,; commissary-general, with the rank of colonel: John E. Summer, surgeon-gen-' eral, with the rank of colonel; H. It.' Mulford, inspector-general, with tho. rank of lieutenant-colonel; John C. Wat son, judge advocato general, with tho rank of major: aides-des-camp, with rank' of colonel, John Shervin, of Fremont; James Holland, of Broken Bow; Robert McKeynolds, of Lincoln; J. II. Lehew, of McCcok: J. M. Moan, of Dakota City; W. 11. Cowghill, of Holdredge. New Deputy Secretary or State. Secretary of State Allen has appointed Charles C. Caldwell, of Lincoln, as deputy secretary of state, vice Benjamin' Cowdry, resigned. Like his chief, Cald well is a traveling man, and Secretary Allen was moved to appoint him by tho fact that during the campaign the trav eling men gave Allen their hearty sup port. Caldwell's term dates from May 1. Nebraska Jott'ng. Miss Jessie Reigut, of Bradshaw, has been adjudeed insane. . ' Cbete's new census, taken by order of the council, shows a population of 2,431 souls. P Francis W. Bell, a Nebraska City clothing dealer, has assigned for tho benefit of his creditors. Fred J. Ciiilds and family, of Stan ton, are preparing to so out on the road as the "Baby Brass band." R. 1'immei:, a Coleridge blacksmith, dropped a plowshare upon his foot, completely severing one of his large' toes. Some unknown person left a neatly dressed infant about 4 weeks old on the doorstep of Dr. M. B. Davis' house at McCook. The spreading of the tracks at Nemaha City resulted in the ditching of the engine and one car of a passenger train, but no body was hurt. Mr3.Nosi.ix, an aged lady at Hold redge, was attacked and severely bitten by a St. Bernard dog. Her clothing was. nearly torn oil and her limbs were badly lacerated. William Nash, a scene shifter in a Lincoln opera heuse, has been arrested for passing counterfeit money. He says if he did pass any spurious coin he did it unwittingly. Mrs. Anna Stamm, of Wayne, has been declared insane and has been sent to Norfolk. Fivo years ago she was an inmate of the asylum at Lincoln, but was discharged as cured. Mrs. William Miller, of Wayne, has invented a dishwashing machine which is a genuine success, and lias ap plied for a patent. It will wash as many dishes in ten minutes as four people can wash in two hours. A local paper says the fact that twenty-five carloads of wheat have been shipped to Kansas from Phelps county while that county has been on the list and receiving stato aid is occasioning some comment among thinking people. An old general land office warrant was recently filed for record with tho county recorder of Nebraska City. The docu ment is for a quarter section of Otoo county land and is dated Aug. 3, 1300, and bears the signature of James Bu chanan, president. - Fremont boasts of having had as a visitor the only man in the world who could touch the end of his nose with tho point of his elbow. His name is Lee and he was only enabled to accomplish tho feat by having a part of the bone of his left arm removed. Gov. Boyd says the reason he did not issue an Arbor day proclamation was be cause it was unnecessary. The statute, he says, provides that tho 22d day of April shall be Arbor day, and there was no more use in proclaiming Arbor day than there would be in proclaiming Christmas or the Fourth of July. One of the most curious feats of light ning on record was witnessed at Ayr. Tho children of Mr. Kress, Lena, aged 12, and Guy, aged 8 years, were in tho loft of tho barn when it was struck by lightning. Guy was knocked down and rendered insensible. Lena was knocked down with great force and received some ugly bruises. Several wires that were stretched across tho barn just over her head burned with great brilliancy and fell around her in a shower of sparks. The building took fire on all sides, while a horse that was directly, beneath her was killed. The escape of the children without serious injury is almost miracu lous. Sheriff Mallon, of Fremont, who was appointed warden of the state peni tentiary, has resigned his sheriffs offico and is preparing to move to Lincoln at once, where he will assume his new du ties. Howard Penn, a well-to-do farmer near Waverly, suffered a severe loss on account of lightning in the recent rain storm. Nine horses were killed and his barn set on fire by the destructive thun derbolts. Platsmouth schools planted over 200 trees Arbor day. W. H. Eller, of Blair, has been ap pointed a deputy oil inspector. Gov. Boyd has signed the documents that make Hastings a city of the first class. Sophie Stroble, a Beatrice domestic, was disappointed in love and shot her self Friday with suicidal intent. Tho ball entered her breast just above tho heart, and the doctors say sho cannot; live. She bears an excellent reputa tion, and her parents livo at DeWitt. The 13-year-old son of John Hardcs, living near Snyder, who was recently kicked by a horse, has bince died from the effects of the blow. One year ago Central City was ship ping potatoes to Seattle, Wash. Last week a carload of potatoes from Wash ington was received at Central City. Thirtv-five acres of sugar beets will be planted on the experimental farm at Schuyler. Tho station is in charge of Walter Maxwell, an expert chemist, who has just arrived. Col. Hoover, deputy oil inspector in Lincoln, has resigned and Is succeeded by J. Kittle. Peter Holingquist, a Bohemian, of Omaha, is under arrest, charged with having poisoned a well with rough-on-rats. A Good Sug-g-estlon. "Brethren," remarked tho country parson, as the contribution box started around, "will you bo kind enough to put a needle and thread in, .so I may be the better able to utilize the buttons you so lavishly contribtue?" Dawa mm "Drankea Hasbaads. Judge Virgin said In granting a di vorce a Skowhegan, Me.: "No woman who Is decent should be obliged to livo with a drunken husband, and If sho comet to me I will grant her a divorco every time. Cam aad Koads la Kaaaaa. A Douglas county (Kansas) farmer .was compelled to use four horses the other day to haul twenty bushels of corn to Lawrence, but he got $1 a bushel for It. 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