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C\ E 1 V V . .JLI ETT , [ TWELFTH YEAR. OMAHA NEB. , THURSDAY MOILING , AUGUST 3 , US : O . BROAD-SWORD BUTCHERY rightful Slaughter of the ktians by the lift Guard ( W Cj fV Cavalry. "Hrtckodand Slash- led Out of Somblnnco to Humanity. " iTlie Eebel Chief Concentrating Ikia Troopu at Kebir for Another Battle. Grcoli Army RnsMntr to tlio Border to Kepol tha Tnrbi * [ Brospects of Another Revolution Nearer flomo. JBpec'al Wfpato ei to Tnr. Bun. TUB KWUSSIN F1011T. LONDONAugu t30 Wolsuloy tele- fgrapha from cavalry headquarters Mahaamoh camp , Tuesday , that only jtho Household cavalry and Seventh j'dragoon guards were seriously engaged in thnfuhtnt Kxssaasin Lock. Tlio tonnur had three troopers killed and ight wounded. The guards hail two .troopers wounded. fc. TIIECAVAUlYCUAItnC. J MAIUUMKU , August SO Tn the itiht ut Kaaauisin the majority of the gyptiax infantry fell on their faces to avoid bmn ( ; slushed up the Life guards' swordo. Many thus escaped iwho would otherwise have buon struck fdtown. Oorpaea of Egyptians , were fiprcad over n milo ud a half of ' round. An offijer who was prtsont lys the cavalry charge was ordered IP the purpose of Bavins the positions , ammunition had run short. Cora- lUnieatiou has been established to wlaliuU by telegraph and thence to rtho advanced front by Heliotrope. A ' prreapondont who wont ovur the ' " [ "round to-diiy ( WYdnotdij ) aajn : _ , TUE SUEM5 WAS IKIUlllKLI ! [ beyond description. Tliu bodies of [ the Egyptian soldiers were hacked and ' lashed almost out of HCinblaucu to hu- janity by the long broad sworda of ftho guards. Ode young ollicer still leld an unliyhted ci aroito uutifToued inperc. Two of our uuiirdamen lie lead in the tent nt Kassjwimi , muti ied ia aiich t manner aa will bring fvorlualiiis ; dicgraco upontlui Kpptiau Lrny. The work done by household ops deinonHliiitufl the power of .eo ponderous horsemen KgiiiiBt nn- liaciplined foot solditrs , or oven g-tod " , when taken by surprise. Thu ugUrds burat like MI avalanche on thu ftjinid muokutuers , some of whom fired | wter the troops , who returned und aa- "od them. Oar men were much in- . . . . &tfcrt by the harrassinc attacks fcmade upou them during the day. AHABl's ACTIONS. , August 30 Arabi Pasha KOiug his utmost to block the Sutss al. A telegram from Arabi to Blah- nd Tohmy , ordering him to induce Bfdouiua at Kantara toeffeotBtop- ge there , was recently intercep-ed. lnaa been learned from prisoners Fthat Arabi Pasha was present & at the action Monday , but did not Make command. The troopa which /attacked our forces did not corao from iKafr El Dwar , but from Tel El Kubir. tThey were strengthened by the First fregiraent of guards , consisting ot 'three strong battalions from Cairo. ,0ur , horses suffdred severely from eltort rations , bard work and heat. 'Cairo is entirely denuded of troops MOVE ow. . ALEXANDIIU , August 30. Oherif fPasha , the new president of the coun- fcil , has issued a circular drawing the attention of foreign consuls to the ira- | inonso influx of the low cbss of population - | lation He naya , in consequence of Rtho ocarcity of water and the lack of employment , stepa must bo taken in jjorder that public security shall not be I imperilled by the influx of people rThorefora , persona hnmig no fixed oc ' cupation or visible means of sub- i aiotonco tfill not bo allowed to land. AKOUND UAMLBH. r DKiA , Aug. 30. Connidor- able fears uro espressod ai to the pos sible result of departure of High landers. Reioforcementa mo aiix- ioualy looked for. An electric light baa been placed in Fort Meka. Arabi Paaha appears to have finished hia tronchoa on our right and sooma to be making a third battery nearer the centre , AI.LXANDKIA NOTES. .AJ.EX.AMWIA , August 30 , Arabi Paaha is stronly fortifying hia position Diinanhour. All waa quiet ut Cairo up to thu 20 Gon. liawley with a brigade of Highlanders from Ramloh , is now em barking. A Greek iron-clad loft for Volor , in consequence of the collision between Turka and Greeks. Much uneasiness is felt owing to the existence of cholera on board the vessel now coming to Alexandria from Cairo. THE LIFE QUARKS WOBK. IfljiALiA , August 30 , It ia believed that Arabi Prtaha brought up his in fantry by train from Kafr El Dwnr , for the attack on the Britiah at Kaa- saaaou Lock. The Britiah artillery fire waa moat effective , and prevented the enemy from advancing in close order as they apparently ut firat in tended. The loose formation of the enemy gave an opportunity to the cavalry , The life guards caused fearful - ful havoo among the scattered fugit ives , A train of woi ided Britiah is now on its way to Isu alia. COMMUNICATION US rABLISHED. IBMALTA , August 3t , The British have now nearly established their line of communication with Tt-1 El Kobir. The railway along the route in nearly completed one several trains have already been sent forward. Gen. Wolseley and his entire army rein marching to the front. A 11AKQUET TO DE LHSBErS. PABIH , August 30 , At a meeting in Grand hotel a scheme proposed by GUulnia for n banquet to DcLruuepg wnsdiscursed. About forty members of the prcfB were present. Arrange- monte for the banquet were placed in the hands of a committee with tujunc * tions that it must bo non-political and attended only by Frenchmen. GENEBAIi rOaEION NEWS. Special Dlfjutchoi to Till Um. Anctn sunvivonfl. PARIS , Auctnet 30. Engineer Melville - villo , of hto Jeannette survivors will start for Liverpool to-day on his way homo. Lieut. Berry who-commanded the lodges will remain a fow'doys. FATAL HAIL , VIENNA , August 30. A hail ntorm occurred near Pcsth Monday destroy ing vineyards and tnnizo fields , ' and partly demolishing fifty houses. Many workmen were killed. THE OIIKEK now. ATHENS , August 30. Additional troops have been ordered to the fron tier , where the government haa de termined to concentrate 4,000 men immediately. This number will bo sufficient , if the movement of Turks is cnly instigated by the Turkish local commander , but if the impulse ema nates f om Constantinople the drug- glo will prove oofious. A Mexican Ropolnllou. Spoal ! Dispatch to Tnr line. UKRIIORILIO , Mexico , August 30. General Crttdo , commander of the Z me , accompanied by Er-Goveruor Torres , are hourly expected in that city with authority from thn Federal government to supercede Governor Ortiz and depriving him f all author ity. It is said five hundred troopa ac company the envoy to meet thia em ergency Ortiz is drafting troopa in all directions and threatens resistance to the last extremity. It ia believed that thia will preclpita o a conflict which will load to a. revolution. 1 , Busted SHU Mnhors. SpicM I ) spatch to TUB Unit. NEW YOIIK , Aug. 30. R. H. AdnuiB & Co. , silk manufacturers , thu city and P.iteHon , N. J. have niido uasignincnt. The firm cauuicta of Henry Adams and Peter House. LiabihtifB , 8700,000. Godluvo Hpccl.il Dlepat.h la tut UEB August 30 The re- pub ic.ui contresaional convention of thu Ninth Indiana district , held at Tipton to-day , nominated Hon. G. S. Orth for re-election. Michigan Rrpnblicaus. jwclal Dlsp" * ch to Tun Bun. KALAVA/.OO , Mich. , August 30. The republican state convention reas sembled thia afternoon. T. W. Pal mer , of Detroit , was chosin chairman. The platform.was adopted by on 'en- thusidstio vote , without discu aion. The plank on the liquor traffic takes note of the fact that parties are not agreed among themselves , and , calls for Bubrr lesion of the question of pro hibition to the popular vote. jO. 0. Jerome was ronommated , receiving SCLout of.o total of G92 vo artd waa declared unanimously nominated. The preaont lieutenant governor , Mo- rcan L. Crosby , of G rand Rapids , was renominated by acclamation ; secretary of state , Harry A. Con-nt , of Monroe ; state treasurer , Edward H. Butler , of Detroit. Donth. Special Dispatch to The Bee. TocacN , Aug. 30 A Magdalena special flays : Heasincr was killed on the road from Hermosillo to Elploma , in Sonora , by his body servant. HOB- sing had gone to Hermoaillo to draw $2,000 to pay the hands in the mine on raucho Gtibilan , and was proceed ing without on escort. Hia servant prob-bly shot him from behind , as one bullet wound was found in hia body and his head terribly mangled , as if beaten with o club. A reporter was dispatched from Hermosillo yes- terdcy to the acano of the tragedy. News will bo received from him within the next twenty hours. The place where Hessiug was killed is a long distance from the nearest tele- grapli and particulars are difficult to obtain , as they cin only bo brought by messenger. The news of the homicide icide first found its way to the public through Governor Ortez , of Sonera , who considers hia information reliable , Frionda of flossing hero , however , distrust the intelligence and hope it may prove unfounded. Contradictory Reports. Special DUpatch to TUB Um. CHICAGO , August 30. A4 nn early hour this morning Washington Uorf ing received the follorHi ? telegram from the vice consul in Gunnmua , in response to his inquiries concerning thu reported murder of A. C. Heali 1 "Los ANOELOS , Cal. , August 30- The Tucson Star's news that your father was murdered in untrut. Let ters from Sonora are on route , ( Signed ) "II. BAUTNINO. " Washington Hcsing has a theory that the report of the murder of hia father arose from the confession of relationship and that the real victim was his nephew , who hadfalwdyajmado tholrip to Uermoaillo to get funds , und who greatly re sembled the elder Hosing , IlcBinj ; had on understanding with conKUl Willard and vice consul Barlning to forward any news , good or bad , from the ranch , Trial of Patent Stock Oars , a Speclil Di patch to Tn B Um. t CHICAGO , August 30 , Twenty-two B carloads of cattle left tbo stock yards c to-day on a special train for New c York over the Grand Trunk and Erin road in the patent cars of the Mont gomery pilace stock car company ofd 1 Now York. The cars are so arranged ; that the cattle can be fed and watered in transit without unloading. They are supplied with water at the same time the engine is taking water at stations and food is let down while the train ia moving from bins in the top of the car. The trip will be made inside of fifty hours instead of deV days. Though the animals are put in compartments the loading was effected in nbout the aamo time on upon ordi nary stock cira. A Pullman coaoh was attached GO the train occupied by Hon. Sylnn Suhlnc , rnilrond commis sioner of Ohioj Mr. Hum , represent ing the Illinois humane society ; nfli- cero of the cnr company and othoriy THE KEWANEE CROOKS , Or , ' the Particulars of a Pofcoi Game aiul tlio Division of tlio Pot , Revolutions That Aatounda Village Society nnd Busta * the Sunday School. The Lender Cnoblorod nnd Hnrrlod to Jail to Moot Hl Mutes. Other Kinds of Crlrao. The Captured Bn.nli Kabborn. Ererlal D upatch to Tun llr.B. CHICAGO , Aug. 30. Wm. Pinkerton - ton , head of the Chicago branch of Pinkfrt m'o Ddtoctlvo Atjonoy , ar rived thia evening from Kowanvo. Ho aiys cashier Pratt made a full confes sion , nnd took him tn the spot in hia father's barnyard where ho had buried 6,000 in uold , taken by him the day before the robbery. Pratt lays the blame nt the door of Dr. Scott , who , ho anji led him astray , taught him to plaTpnker , etc. . Pratt ia the son of the Ivowauoo postmaster , 'is nj teacher in n Sundiy school , nnd wns thought to bo above suspicion. IV acorns now that forged checks to tho' amount of § 15,000 were , paid by him The allegation ia that Scott procured the chock ? , Pratt forged \ the signatures , nnd "Welch turned them in , taking certificates of deposit in ordnr not to excite sus picion. In addition to th * SO 01)0 recovered from Pratt $3,500 wore recovered from Welch , and the theory of the detectives ia that this ia about nil that waa token nt the time. Pos sibly S 1,000 moro were spent by the robbera. The belief la that Pr.ut cooked up the hooka so us to make it appear $20,000 were taken in order to clear up all hia shortcominga at oner. What firat attracted attention to Pratt waa the finding of five toli-grama from him in Welch's vnliso , and Scott waa discovered by a cautioug letter written by him to Welch at Peoria and in Welch's absence op.'iicd by hia wifa and turned over to the doteotivcB. Dr. Sjott , arrested in St. Louis Monday nii-ht , reached thia city lo-dny , and will bo sent to Kowauou to-morrow. He alno made n confession. Ho puts the blumo on Pratt and Welch , Pratias the chief instigator. Ho aliegeB that hu know of the plot , but decided not to take part in the robbery , and was jeered by Pratt for cowardice. Ho says ho got none of the money , and the detectives believe the statement is true , and that ho can only bo convicted aa uccosaory. The detectives have been unable , thun far , to get any clue to the fourth man , He and Welch got on the Rock Island train at Cambridge. Jjochcronn Chicngoani- Special Dispatches to Tine 11 KB. CHICAGO , Auguat 30 , Sherman A. Rccker , a biard of trade man , died hero Monday morning , worth over $1,000,000. A woman whom ho took out of a houao of ill-fame four years ago , and who haa lived with him ever siuce , claims to bo legally entitled to his estate , as ho has treated her nnd introduced her to friends aa his wife , although they never were married. ' Another Chicago millionaire , who largely contrails ono of the greatest business interests connected with the city , is bringing disc-race upon his family by having seduced a sister of his aon's betrothed. Ho ia now living with the young girl at Saratoga , nnd haa an invalid vvifo here. MurderouOApachcs Spocl l Dl-pitoh to Tint ! ! . SAN FKANCISCO , AuguatSO. A Jof ubasua dispatch nays that n band of unknown Apaches raided the valley early this evening , and it ia reported have killed quite a number of men , women and children , amounting ii.to 20 in all. They have taken all the ranches from Oalabaaoi to the line , and the people are coming into C.ilu- basoa for safety. Joo'a band have crossed the linu into Arizona and it ia believed ho it ia who is raiding the settlement. U.ipt. Madden command ing Fort ITuachahua ia in pursuit ofM thu indianit raiding the Santa Cruz Vill y. Tno killing of Martinez and family , yesterday , ocoured only 15 milus Kouth of the tragedies reported from Maion'u Case. Bpiclal Dupatch to Tiu Hits. WASHINGTON- , August 80 The case of Surgaant Mason wat again before the secretary of war on the supplemental - mental report from Judfto to General Saitn , submitted y . It ia understood SWAUU adheres to the lieof legal opinion that the proceedings of thu court martial were irregular umi that confinement under its sentence was illegal. Special Ulipitch to Tua EM. HAUTI'OltD JIACKH , HAIITFOKD , Conn. , August 40 , Ton thousand persons witnessed the races at Charter Oak park this afternoon , the ! local attendance being largely swelled by the Clingstone and Theme contest. Many noted turfmen of the country wore present , including Win. H. Yinderbilt and party. 2:20 : class , Overman 1 , Moses Yel low < Dck 2 , RiKolotto 3 , Indepen dence 4 ; time , 2:21i : , 2:23J : , 2:23i : , Special race for 83,1)00. Edwin Theme 2. I , 1,1 ; Clingstone 1,2 , 2,2 , , time , 2:18 : , 2:17 : , 2:21f : , 2:21. : Third race , open to all pacers , if.ra falo f Girl 1 , Gem 2 , Lucy 3 , Flora Belle 1 4 ; time , 2:10 : , 2:19 : , 2:16 : , 2:1 : 2:17i : 2:21 : class , Olemmie G. 1 , Brandy Boy 2 , Adell Gould 3 , Forest 4 ; time 2:23J \ : , 2:21i : , 223 ; | , THE MILKV V/AYF D.iy's Wandering Ami1 the Wealth of Wonderland Si hto nnd Scenuu iu the ftrant National Park. Exorbitant Dctnnnd * tor Toll by tlir > Governtuont Agent * . Sppc'ttl Corrcspondfnco of The B * . V.rtu.o STONB NATIONAI PAIIK , Aug. 13. Wo camped near the government headquarters for dinner. While wait ing , I looked nbout nnd tuddo.nly ran across an old crater , where , cvqt Iho fiery fumes of n volcano , it i tut-forth the mass of molten stone and earth which wo have boon riding over all day. The crater ia about aovonty-fivo feet in diameter , and haa filled itaelf with debris to within nn many foot of the surface and ia now like a hugo dry well. Before going further I will explain that the Yellpffatoiio park ia located on the top of the Rocky range , nt nn nvorapo elevation of G- 450 feet and is GDiOo miles square. A little farther from the orator ubovo referred - forred to I found another , , though now smaller , but a silver etctiniu of water coming down from the moun tain runs into it and diaappoar3witha of ubjut thirty galloua n miu- Tito. h a mmll lot ; building in which Capt. P. H. Condor , no superintendent , and nnd G. L. Henderson , na assistant , have headquartora for the dholurge of the duty in caring for the park. It nurmoiuitu the pmnnclo of-ahigh peak und it ia a Sabbath day's jciirney to got up there , i I had the pleasure of mooting Mr. Heiidoraon , who inaiatod upon my payinir him § 35 per day for a compet ent guide to tell mo the natni .of the principal objects of importance , when I asked him for rt coido booker or map , which I nuppoaod pur good moral government had furnished thn touriata , and especially thu presa , tliink if the AUT1101UTIES AT WASHINGTON know how ahiftlcaa the oonvenionco for travel and entertainment are in thia glorioua country they would tftk atepa to make the p.ivk acctiiaibltf , and give oomu idea of what there wtta in it , without the people bei' g bored for ex orbitant prices for a guide. The moat forcible objiftt ono sees on entering thu pjrk ia the crystalizod sediment ef the at the top of the mountain. Mineral springs , which contain bicarbonate of magnesia , ditto of Iiruo , each 40 per cent , , with n solution of iron/and / sul phur , are constantly ( towing flown the mountainjpn fall of aomo 800 feet. At the mouth of those sprint ! tii'o deposit f Mra-jAinl , vvjnc-sit.S' , , = 'ilt'rA"1b . ll r/ . ( : m orming around the edge , until it aiaed the summits eovoral feet. As ho 1 water overflows these basins and uns down iho hill , the same deposit las formed in waves all along , in ings of irregular shape. Thia deposit ia white , and covers an ar.'a of several cquare miles. Occa- ionally colors of yellow and red are eon in streaks , cavsed by the sulphur and iron. These colored streaks make a fine contrast , of striking beauty. Che edges of these waves resemble in appearance a petrified sponge , but are white. The deposit ia of about the amo texture na cu tlu bone , Buoli as is ed to Hong birds. It is insipid to tusto , nnd crumbles under foot. Near the spring these basins are arger and aomu of them are about 30 eot in diameter , and the hot water juils up in the center through a hole as large as a barrel. Aa the water ovei 11 jws other , though smaller , baaina ire funned on the edge , and so on all the way down to the toot of the moun tain , covurint , ' the entire side thereof , forming atop. ) , the size of which are regulated in proportion to the over- law , from two indie * to six foot each. Sticks , wire-work , horseshoes , or any thing suspended in thia water for 24 fiourd will be coated with this depost. The top of theao springs are steaming nnd in eomo of them the water ia very hot. I drank a glasi of the water and it was very pleasant to take , though it fliuells strongly of sulphur , On looking about morn I wont down to the aide of the ovoid iw , and the round steps are all filled with the solu tion to the depth of someinches. . Tlu water riuea aa the deposit forms on the edge in the FiaUUES. For four houra our party walked upon thia white lornution , nnd finally climbud up * on the tjp , sometimes walking in water about an inch in depth , as it iinda its crocked way down , then on older piles of the same composition , that hate "died , " so to apeak. Those latter have evidently cdaeod tt jwing on account of having filled up su high that the si ream has forced its way out at more convenient points. In walking over the old piles o "flour , " I notlco they nro moro soft than the newly formed ones , on ao- count of their being air slacked , which gives them a grayer cast , but pearly white , and as line as fljur under the crust , and resembling pulverized or air slacked lime. The edges of these steps are jus the shape thu ffator waves happonoc to be as they sought their level in the small ponds. The deposit forma only ! on the odqo , aa thu water runs over in a thtn shoot and trickles down the aide until it meets another stop The sidpi of these baaina are alao variegated in color at placet , while others are to and assume the aatno general appear , ance of stalactites. Insects whicl have fallen into this water have a gal vanlzod coating of lime all over them TUB MATUUAL PULrlT is no more nor less than one of tlics old deserted basins , with one aidi broken through to admit the speaker [ lender , if you c n imnginn a largo itump , about ten foot in diameter nnd tivnk < feet hiph , with the w eden part akmi out , leavint ; tlio bark of nbout ilX inches in thickness , and the bark ootriQod or turned into limo , like a plaitor of P m cant , then you have n picture [ of the "pulpit. " TIIR IIRVIUS'UBN in r hucfo civo in thin uroat formation , im ia locxlcd near tlio eunmiit , evidently - dontly cauaed cy thocaung inofioma it the interior workiiiRB o ( thia hot moss. Water from the highest spring , which haa formed the most snowy white dnpnsit , was running into this civc , which is not acco'tsablo ' , and no doubt cornea out ngnm lower down. Many of theao i baaina nro Utilized na bath tuba by the visitcra , though the wntcr isi in moat cases too hot for comfort. 1 now atixiul nt thu MI mini t of thia wonderful deposit at nu elevation of 8,740 foot , overlooking this broad roa of "milk land. " Only think of the whole oido of n mountain 2,000 Foot high covered with i hia formation for a diBtnuco of at , lo .it three miles. This deposit will form anything it conies in contact with , and na the florist cryataliiiea tlio graacs with n solution of alum , no docs nature cry a talizj all thinjrs with limo nud nuino- sia hero. Iu faot it can bo formed Into almost any desired deign. I saw a high mass of it on the flata below , which roaomblod a big barrel with the end Rene shaped and ntiindiiiK about fifty feel high nnd ten foot in diame ter nt the baao. For n long time I wondered what Imd caused thin strange freak of the won'derlul composition. Finally I discovered another baing formed by water that waa conducted in troughs from the spring in a horizontal ooursu nnd droupud down on the top of this liui ( i barrel , Theao troughs have to boeleanod out froiuontly , aa the deposit - posit spun fills them. Having left our until nnd provisions nt the foot of the mountain in of .VJ 14 It M41 Ik All care * Jt the cook , wo climb ONWAUI ) AND UPWAKD nnd I find iho limbi of old and dead cedar troen ntickntf ; out of the _ old lime deposit which Jus ruiMod , little by little , until it covers thorn nearly or quito. Several scrubby cedar trpun nro now aeon in groups , growing upon thu mountain of marble. After climbing to the top of thia formation wo contiwio to nacond among the fir , pine and codnr to an attitude of 10L'80 , foot , for a camping ground , when wo cxpi'ct the turns to halt. halt.A A five miltt wall ; up the windinu aidn of the mountain , wliort ) the eleva tion ia about like going up a long flight of ht.iins , is ono of the pleasures of the Yellowntono Park , und to cap the olinmx , the trip which ia niado on foot , ia improved by the total nbaonco of water. Wo fiuully como to a dry lake that has grown full of rushes and weeds , and wo camp for the night. A growth of HEAVY TlHBKll covers thoao mountain tops , which look , as viewed from iho valley , like a young nuraury stocked with evergreens from four to six foot high. . < JIIB MOUNTAIN VUEH Iso-add lo' the perplexities of this outo. There are no accommodations lore for anyone , and ono would not tnow "tho Park from any other pare of the mountain , except at places where unusual objects are found , and hose aw many miles apart. The liquid within the pockoto of hcso deposits presents n moat boauti- ul gpectro when thu sunlight ia ro- Icoted on it. In the largest basin the water in the center , which had no via ble bottom , waa a handsome blue , and n the same vat allowed nil showed all ho shades of blue und green as the voter grow moro shallow towards the > dge , whioh was in this instance over aix feet down. Those saino ehados alao appear in many of the smaller : crescent-shaped vats. Auguat 14. I waa awakened from .ho slumbers which follow a hard doy'H work climbing around the mountains by the call from ho cook announcing break fust. Upon crawling out from under ny heavy blankets , I found the camp ' aglow with the beauties of a mountain EH a rise. THK WBATIIEIl up here is somewhat mixed. A heavy ivorcoat is n moat desirable compan ion in the morning and until about 11 o'clock ' , when ono needs no ' coat at all. From this time until 4 p in. the time can bo well put in fighting flies and mouiiqiiitoa. After this time it itrows colder very fast , and at night ( ivo cr eix heavy blankntsnro required to cover the nleoper , Wo nil lay on the ground and Bleep for keeps. Thia morning the ica in the water pail was one-fourth of on inch thick. Towels and potatoes are alao frozen. THK DILI. OF FAKK torbreakfnat was sumptuous. Ham , coffee , warm biscuit , maple .syrup , canned fruit and orackcru , were all eaten with A hourly relish. Indian chairs and tablet * ure found wherever wo camp. The boat of spring water ia very frequently found nnd plenty of wood la to bo had , Plenty of snow lies to our right on the mountain only a few steps from us and no higher up than wo are. The next twenty miles uro made up und down the mountain the moat of the way through a dense forest of pine which grows as straight as roods and aa thick aa in can grow , Fires have run through many portions of thu timber , burning the btrk and killing the trees , which fall over in the coarse of time , filling the inter spaces so full of polea and lofB that irn pack inulo could not possibly got through. Frequently BMALL LAKKa are found which uro tinged by the various minerals , and present all the hues of the rainbow. Iron , sulphur , and calcium and their carbonates TIe dominate. Several minor object * are passed , such as extremely high and bald head ed peaks , banks of snow , Ac. , Ac. Settlers inform mo that game is plenty , but none are soon. However , I awed the track of door plainly imprinted upon the sands along the road. A stnuipo formation qulto different from thit ubnvo described , is found seine ten mikvi smith of the epringti nnd ia known ns the 01HIDIAK CA8UPK. Here is n mountain of lava 2oO fcrt above the road , with the west or road eldo standing almost n quito perpendicular. The lava here presents n great contrast , nud compriseinaiiy : different species of molted granite , limfflione , s.mdstotip , oto , nil of which give the lava a dif ferent color and ia found in Alrcnks of all colon , many of them nuking n striking ; contrast , The principal in- nrodiont , however , is nnudatono , or "cilica I " , containing biottbonatu ol iron , which nivca it n glossy appear- mice , resembling blnok glaas. Ono ( can stand nnd look nt this mountain for n long time before hu cat impress upon hia "camera" a pie- turo of this wonderful mass of once hoi and molted rock and earth. Oppo site the Obsidian caacnde ia the . . nuAViut LAKE , with tovcrnl be.ivcr dams ccrosa it , but no traces of new work are neon. No doubt the ntiimala hnvu nil boon trap pet . Other interesting objucta are pissed , such no purke , sprinyi und old dried craters. Tlio parka nro level , open placea upon the mountain , where no timber ia growing , nnd are covered with a thick mat of green graas and some insignificant wild dowora , nnd large onoi'gh ' to make n lovely baao ball ground , . Tno tprlngs are hot or cold water bubbling up throut'h the ground. In ono instance I noticed a smnll pond where thu bubbles nro sami on the aurfaco , coming up nt every squnra foot of nurfuciC These bubbles are caused by the escaping gia sulphur uttod hyiltojjon , winch perfumua thn atmosphere with the aroma of ' 'rotten " 'R8- ' The ground ia indented nt many placea along the road where once the tin und smoke poured forth with volcanic force , nnd oiiused these rough and rugged ranges of earth nnd atuno to bo piled up in nu almost indescrib able ! inaiinur , Thoao holto uro nbout oovcnty-fivu fool in dlumuUr , but thn edges have cnved in by the process of filling , whioh would muko them larger UmtTthoy were when flowing. F. 'JTlio IVzuu Floods. Special Dltpatch to THE Bun. SAN ANTONIA , August 30. The win a uro down und it la impossible to get nowa ( rum the Ooncho lljoda. A private letter loceived to-day confirms everything na telf graphed. There ITO nbout BIX inches of rainfall ull over the north west nnd it ia oatnniited that twenty-five thousand head of sheep , besides horaea , cattle und mules , and sixty to Boventy-fivo persona were awept away. The railroad track JH washed away in many plaoea and about fiifty houeaa at Laredo. Sunday nearly six inches of waterfall did creat damaao to the track of the Mexican National road. When the waters from ubovo Concha reach the Rio Grande it is feared they will cause great destruction. Abilene , on the Toxna Pacific , several aheop men nro nhnoat ruined , losing nearly their en tire ' flocks. - fpoclftt Dljpttch to VinfliRit CHIOAOO , August 30. The post trader nt the Crow agency in Montana arrived yesterday , and denies thu re port that the Crows have boon depre dating. They were never moro peaceable - able tlian now. They are well fed and clothed , and have no cause of com plaint. Ho thinks the next genera tion will take to farming. Tlio Froildnitt'a Movomonti. Spcclul DUpatcn to Tim Hsu. NEWI-OKT , August 30. The presi dent und a Jur o party visited the training ship New Hampshire , nnd were received by a national suluto Afterwards he visited thu West Island tithing club Two nt a Timo. Special Dlipatch ( o inn 1B . . . , . IlAVKiluiu . ; , , Auguat , 30. _ _ George . ? wf i it ; * A .1 llogora , aged 50 , allot hia wife to-day and thun shot himself. Both died. No cause known. Uomoorata. Special Dlnpaicli to TUB il * . EurourA , Kas. , August 30. The douiooratio dtato oonvention nipt tills evening , and temporarily organized > Isy the election of Thomas P. Fenlon aa chairmun , and after appointing the usual buainess committee * , adjourned till S o'clock. ' The convention reassembled at 8 o'clock. The committee on resolutions found n difficulty in managing iua temperance question , but the proba bilities are that thu committee will re port a strong anti-prohibition plunk , und that thu convention will udopt it , Tuo Corn Crop of tha Country. EKtl | l 1)1. patch to Tim UK * CINCINNATI , Auguat 30. The Cin cinnati Pncn Current to-morrow morn ing riil publish a eomprehoiiaivo re port from special correspondents showing the present condition and outlook of the com crop. The editor , Charles B. Murray , states that returns tor twelve of the western corn growing - ing states promise un increased yield of 400,000,000 buahels over last ar and w small increase over 1880 , id hut 100,000.000 buahels under 1870. Taking thu increase of production this year in the south and olaowhero , the aggregate of the country promises teen bo 50 per cent , greater than last year , or a total crop of 1,800,000,000 , buah- els. Theau indicationa are baaed on nn expectation of no seriously dam aging frosta in September. California. Rnpubllouni. Bptclal DlspiU-h to Tiu JJ K. BAN FHANCIHCO , August 30. The ' ropuohcau state convention mot today day at Sioramonto. It waa called to order by W , W. Morrow , charman of the atuto central committee. Ex- ! Senator Booth was temporary chair man , Adjourned until to-morrow. Crook and Utaff. bpccttl Dlipucti to Tin li ) KANSAH Oirv , Auguat 30. General Croolc and staff passed through this city to-night on route to Arirona. HEBE CQiViES BILL. Man of Many Millions on Omaha by a New Route , Vanderbilt Buys n Controlling Interest m the O. , St. P. , M , SS O. Road. The MUitmri Pacific Decides to Mntntnm Pool Rates on Omahn Freight , The Knllrond Building Record for Ailsust. The Glilcugo nnd Omnhn Road. BpccUl tl p tch to TIIR UIK. OinoAHO , Auguat 30. During the- recent rise in the Chicago and Omahn. stock tumors were current that the Northwestern i was buying for control , bu the ollicors of the road denied it. It is now learned that Wm H , Vanderbilt - derbilt : wns the chief purchaser of Ohicigo nud Omaha stock , and the supposition ia that ho has scoured a controlling : intorcat , which is prao- . tically tho'samoaaif the North western bought it , ni Vnndcrbilt haa the load ing ( inttrost in the Northwoatorn. Thia , move la taken to prevent the Milwaukee it St. Paul from buying thin road , The chief blocks of the Chicago and Omnhn haa heretofore been hold by friends of the Chicago & Rock Island , in order to necuro ita un trail co to St. Paul nn < l Minneapolis in coao of eniorgtncy , but thia is now rendered uunocossnry nitico the Rock : Inland Blinreholdora secured control of the Minneapolis & St. Louis , whioh serves the same purpoao. Rntlrnnd Building. Special Dtipatch to 0 nil Dun. CIUCAHO , Aug. 30. The Hallway Ago figures show n groatcr number of union of railway constructed during the month of August than over before in n nimilar period in the history of the country. The total is 1,274 milen of now train track , exclusive of aide trick , laid on 70 difloront lines , ex ceeding by more than 300 miles the construction during July , which it waa thought would not bo again vquul- lod. The construction for eight menthe of the present year on 23 lilies - in 23 otntos han bion ; 7,048 miles of main track. The construction for the entire year is estimated at 10,500 iniU'S. The Inrgunt number of miltst in 207 in lown , thu next 153 in New- York , third 142 in Wisconsin. Pottoron Corn nnd Consolidation. Spocln.1 UhpaUh to TIIR Ur.s , GiiHuao , August 30. Mr. Potter , general manager of the Burlinaton & Missouri , returned from a trip over his road yesterday. Ho states that , although the prospects of the corn crop in Iowa and lllinoio hayo much improved during the Jaat few weeks , yet , with the continuance of the best weather , ho does not anticipate moro than o.holf crop. Should early froatu act' in , the crop will bo very light. \t. \ Pi > 0or nays , so far ns ho in awarojtn1e'itfia"no * foundation : to the ; : publishoa'TOport that .the Burlington and Otntral Pacific were to bo consoli li dated , The MJtioarl Paolflo Faola. Hpcclal Dlbpati.li to Tu < U . CHICAGO , Auguat 30. OommiBsion- or Daniels , of the Iowa pool lines , who hai been to St. Liuis to consult with ofllci-ra of the Missouri Pacific road us to the truth of the allegations that the road was carrying froij/ut out of Omaha at cut rates , says ho has avunuico that whatever haa been done in the paat , rates for the future will bo maintained. Connections are being completed on. the New York , Chicago & Sc. Louis railway between thia city and Buffalo. An inspection train with ofliuyrs loft hero ' for a trip over the line this morn ing. _ PoBtotllco Olmngos. Poatofllco chanpca in Nebraska during the week ending Aug. 24 , 1882 , furnished by William Van Vleck of the poslofflco department. Established Berlin , Otoo county , Abnor F. Owen , jwatniaatorj Fern , Sherman county , Tlioa. 13. Covorly , postmaster ; Reilly , Wheeler county , Win. Ileilly , poatuiaator. Postmaatora Appointed Brewer , Holt county , Jonah F. Wilson ; Dub lin , Boone county , \Vm. West ; Hebron - bron , Thayi'r county , John , M.-Fitz- patriok ; Howe , Nemaha county , Ed win S. Wykcrt ; Hutnboldt , Richard son county , Edgar S Norton ; Lawn , llolt county , Jusso W. E ton ; Limo Creek , Dixon county , Irwin Oitlin ; Olax , Cuator county , Ezra Starrs ; Wi'lowdalo ' , Antelope county , DiWBon. E. Btldwin ; Wolf Creek , Pawnee- county , John D Ilansborry. IOWA. Established Aspinwall , Crawford county , Edward F. Philabeck , P. M. ; Astor. Crawford county , Alex. Ludlum , P. M.5 Finchford , Black Hawk coun ty , Luxi Mills , P. M. ; Jamaica , Gutheno county , Smith Parmoiitor , P. Jl. ; Kunballton , Auduboii county , Hans J. Johnson , P. M 5 Yale , Guthrie - rio county , Mrs , Mary J. Jlillor , P. M. : York , Page county , Jacob Loy , P. M. Discontinued Little River , Dcca- tur county ; Pleatant River , Cedar county , Postmasters Appointed Cottage , Hardin , county , W. A. Caraway ; Musquaka , Iowa county , Josophua Pow ; Pattoraon. Madison county , Douglao MoBord ; Sheridan Centre , Powflhiek county , Mamie Foley ; Sumner - ner , Bremer county , Ohas , Reluiier ; Wendell , Ohorokoo couty , D. W. Mo Neal. _ Yellow Jaot. BpecUl Olipatcb to 1m U - NBW OULBANS , August 30. The Picayune's Pensaoola epeoial reports fourteen cases of yellow fever thoie to date nud two deaths. The diaeaao ia confined to ouo district , embracing four squares in the lower part of the city , No cases west of PaUfax