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THIRTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA , NEB. SATURDAY MORNING , DECEMBER 29 , 1883. NO 161.
THE FATHER OF WATERS.
Struggling to Keep Him Within
Bounds.
The Work of Unolo Sam's ' Com
mission Detailed ,
Future Appropriations and Esti
mates for Them ,
A Hard Brush for Money By the
Hardy Farmers ,
MISSISSIPPI IMPUOVKSEBNT8.
TIK rOMMISSIONEUS1 UEl'OllT.
. December 28. Tlio report
port of the Mississippi commission , giv
ins ; tiio progress of surveys and examinations
tions in the improvements of that rive ;
since December , 1882 , wai submitted t <
the ( secretary of war to-day. It says a
the date of the last annual report in Do
cotubor of la it year the work had boot
fairly inaugurated on Plum Point nni
Lake Providence ; it reaches also tin
* vicinity of Memphis and Yicksburg
.J Throughout December and January tin
work was pushed with great vigor. A
Plum Point nnd Lake Providence a con
aidorablo amount of niaUrass work wa
lost on account of a liso in the liver ii
February. At the former place uncompleted
plotod pile dykes also suffered considora
i jlo from accumulation of drifts am
the strong current duo to the rapid riain
of the river. High water prevailed con
tinually until the end of July , and dm
ing this period'work was contined to th
dykes , which required constant watchin
and repairs.
After the subsidence of the Hood th
construction of mattraasca. For bank revetment
votmont was resumed , but the soasoi
proved unusually sickly , labor vras scare
and inollicient , a'ud nothing of const
quonco was accomplished until the ac
vent of cool weather. Since then th
1 work has progressed rapidly. Every or
\ deafer has boon made to place the wor
in as safe a condition as possible , but i
is greatly feared this will only bo pal
tially accomplished , as the fund
available from the balance c
last year's appropriation only ac
rait of carrying on opuratioi
till the middle of Decerhbor , after whic
nil work must ccaso until congress make
a further appropriation.
An appropriation % f $1,000,000 mad
immediately would dor ndvantageou
The experience of the past year hi
shown the principles upon which tl
commission based the work to bo po
fectly sound and in this respect no me <
ideation seems necessary , thbugh in r
gard to the details of construction sow
changes are called for in the constructic
of works consisting essentially of dyki
nnd of putting in sustaining curtains i
screws. Brush proved generally tc
weak tor the work imposed upon then
The great depth of water which mu
be maintained , the enormous accumul
ions of floating drift and the long dur
tion of the high water period are tl
vinampoinU-iniwhich'our' : sxperionce 3 :
' fers from dny previously noted with tit
ilar structures in other localities. Th
necessitated much more substantial woj
than at first was deemed necessary , wi
proportionate increase of cost.
should however bo noted in rega
tot hose works upon which the ma
damage waa experienced that they ha
been concentrated. They are not necc
sarily permanent , and were only inten
d to effect certain definite results as se
ting up certain portions of the river bo
When this is accomplished their work ,
a > rule , ia ended , and their maintonan
no longer required. Revetment wo :
undertaken , whenever completed , h
proven entirely successful , and but sligl
modification in the general style and d
tails of construction are found necossar
Next to the scarcity of labor the greo
cst difficulty has been in securing an an
plo and timely supply of materials usi
in construction , especially .brush ai
stono. The commission caused survo
to bo made at New Madrid , Momjihi
Helena and Choctaw reaches , with
view'to preparing detailed plans of the
improvement when funds for the purpo
are available , Allotments were made f
the several roaches , but , owing to tl
non-pwsago of the river and harbor bi
it was decided to bo inexpedient to u
dertake the work for the prc
ent and such portion of the no
Madrid allotments as was not expondj
for plant was re-allotod to Plum Poi
and Kike Providence. At Mempl :
harbor the work in progress at the da
of the last report was under special alk
mont by the commission , and the same
true of the revetment at Delta Poir
La. , opposite Vicksburgj At New C
leans the construction of a nmttrass , ai
A revetment at Carrollton was begum ai
are now in progress.
In all portions of the river under ii
nrovemont repeated surveys hayo bo
made to note any changes that mig
occur , especially those duo to the wor
of construction. The commission recoi
mend congress that the next improv
raent bo first undertaken at Now Madi
and the second at Memphis. The coi
mission state that there ore aerious prii
tical dillicultios in the way of construct ! :
syotem of levceano higher than necc
aary for tlio confinement of ordina
Hoods and at the same time to protc
them against disastrous injury from t !
great floods which occur At irregular i
tervala. It is obvious for secure protc
tion of the valley from overflow , th
there IK necessity for a uystem of leve
high nnd strong enough to withstand tl
greatest Hood. No other means of pr
toction the commission believe practic
bio or even possible. These facts su
i > est obviously the idea of co-oporatii
between tha general government ai
the communities interested in the pi
vontion of overflows and in the maint
nance of a levuo system which shall ser
at the same time the purpose of itnpro
ing the channel and protection fix
overflow and as a preliminary to tlio co
jiidoration of such suggestion , the prot
bio cost of ouch Bystem should be co
mdcrcd.
The cominirtsion submit an estimate
the number of cubic yards of earthwo :
required for levees of certain grades b
tween Commerce , Mo. , and the forts 1 ;
low Now Orleanu , a distance of 1,6
mile * . The totul cost at 25 cents p
cubic j art ! ig estimated at 811.4-13,770.
A considerable portion of the , repc
| deals with the Hod river lorcea ezpem
turea. In regard to future legislation
the commission recommend that provis
ion bo made by law for the appropriation ,
by suitable proceedings , of land
and material necessary for anj
work on the Mississippi improve'
mont undertaken by the government
In conclusion the report says : Within
the past year some serious inconvenience
has boon suffered from exorbitant de
mands made by land owners for brush
and polos. These materials in most case !
were worth little or nothing to the ownci
n&d saleable to any buyer except the
lOTornmonb at any price , but at th <
irices some owners ask they _ make t
argo item of the cost. It is highly do
irablo that , congress proscribe by lav
ho extent to which material found 01
stands and bars in the river may bo tiset
yithout payment of damages. It ia be
iovcd that the supreme right of contro
ind improvement of riven navigable fo
ntor-stnto commerce vested in the Unitoi
3tales carries with it the right to us
n \\orks of improyomenta withou
ho consent of nnv individual owner , nl
uch inatorials found within the limita olio
lie river itself , nnd vrhich constitutes
inrt of it. It is recommended also , thn
irovision bo made by law for rotainin
.ontrol by the ( ovornmont of land bull
ip by deposits , induced by the works c
improvement placed in the river bed
Tins amounts , in Bomo instances to luir
dreds of acres , and in some localities ri
urian owners may bo disposed to clnin
possession although to the detriment c
mprovomont. It is expected in mo ;
uch cases that it vrill bo found desirable
o encourage the growth of trees upo
lowly made banks , that shall occup
thorn many years _ and perhaps pornm
nently. It regards it important also tin
a law bo enacted for the punishment c
any person who shall make a cut-off o
any nock or point in the Mississip ]
river.
The history of tie ] river indicates thi
a cut oil' is followed by a sudden incrpae
"n the velocity of the current in its vicii
ty and by rapid caving above and belov
These are likely to 'cause other cut oil ]
ono after another , and then the rcsul
will bo a widely extended and long coi
tinucd disturbance of the regimen of tl.
river. No great cut oil' haa occurred sine
that at Vicksburg in 187(5 , and the preset
conditions in that respect are favorab !
The financial statements accompanyin
the report give those estimates of funt
required for the fiscal year ending J ur
30 , 1884 :
For the improvement of the Missi
aippi river below Cairo , § 3,000,000 ; fc
the fiscal year ending Juno 30 , 1885 , tl
work at Now Madrid will reach $5,000
000 ; the work at Memphis will rent
$0,750,000. The salaries and oxponsi
of the commission for the next fisc :
year are placed at § 200,000 ; of the appr
priation for improving the river by ai
of August 2 , 1882 , the balance on hail
December 1,1882 , was 82,388,000. Ti
amount expended _ to November , 188
including outstanding liabilities is , cst
mated to January 1 , 1884 , § 2,187,73
balance available and unpledged , Jan
ary 1 , 1884 , but "which will bo require
in the care of property and maintonan
of organization for the .remainder of tl
fiscal year , § 200,200. The balance avai
able from the appropriation for Nc
Orleans harbor November 1 1883
, , , w
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The 4nombar8ofth6 commiBsion aig
ing the -report aro'Major C. R. Suite
Henry Mitchell , B. M. Harrod , Robe
S. Taylor , S. W. Ferguson.
A minority report is submitted 1
General 0. B. Comatock. He says tl
appropriation of $11,443,770 mentioni
by the commission ia too small for ai
adequate system , of levees intended
prevent destructive floods ( except at i :
tervals of fifteen or twenty years ) and
secure property and inhabitants behii
them from danger of destruction , i
stated by the commission , a thorouf
etudy of the subject of levees has n
yet been made , and until then accura
estimates are impossible. The heigh
above the flood of 1882 , 3 feet at Colui
bus , 10 feet at Fulton , 4 feet at Helen
and 10 feet at Lake Providence , a
only approximates. Suoh as they a
they make it impossible to concur in tl
estimate that $11,443,770 as to the cc
of a general system of levees from Coi
merco , Mo. , to the forts being adequate
to preserve that country from destru <
ivo floods.
General Q. A. Gilmore concurs in t
report of the commission , with the sinfj
qualification that the value of levees ,
a factor in the problem of channel it
provemont , in preventing the wide d
persion of flood waters , is not aflirmed
the report in sufficiently positive tern
and with that clearness and proininon
to which in hia judgment it is entitled.
Now York NotcH.
NKW YORK , December 28. The pi
fcasors of modern languages to-day d
cussed a resolution setting forth that it
the souse of the meeting that collej
should introduce n. system of conver/ /
tion in Gorman and French , but shot
not interfere with the theoretical study
languages. The general feeling was tl
the convention should not as yet ta
any practical action , but merely ink
change ideas on the subject. The rcsol
tion was finally tabled.
A real estate exchange and aucti
room has been incorporated with n cai
tal dtock of $500,000 , divided into u
thousand shares
A catch-as-caich-can wrestling mat
has been arranged between Matso
Sorachki , champion of Japan , ai
Edward Biboy , for $500 a side.
Tlio Story or a Shipwreck.
Oi'OUTODocember , 20. Captain Sco
commander of the steamer Plant }
wrecked on the way from New York
Antwerp , and ono of thef 3 men roscu
and landed Ivero by the brig G. D. 'j
cives the following account of the dis ;
ter : Nov 17th latitude 44 ° 17 norl
longitude 42' 20 west. The hurrica
carried away the poop dock bridge , c
gino-room , skylight nnd main deck frc
poop to engine-room , leaving on
the iron work intact ; _ Broug
down ono mast , which in falling snioah
five life boats and four pennaces ; wat
gained upon the engine room , quonchi
the fires and filled the hold. Four eaik
and one passenger perished at this tiin
Dr. Froyscdi , the Plantyn'a physicia
and four sailors were injured. Ono
the latter died ; 4(50 tons of cargo wo
jettisoned in efforts to relieve the vessi
Several steamerspused the Piantynwh !
undergoing the terrible trial , but pane
no attention to the signals of distrei
The crew worked the pumps and bail
water night and day , thus keeping tl
ship afloat until December Gih , when ti
brig G. D. T. hove in sight and rescued
the passengers and crow. Two moix w ere
afterwards transferred to another vessel
nnd the remainder landed nt Oporto.
UAlMTAIi NOXKS.
A DKAI ) lIUln.UHKU.
WASHINGTON , December 27. Briga
dier General Andrew A. Humphries died
suddenly lost night of angina puctoris.
The general had boon complaining of
lutnbngo for a week or two past , but wan
not seriously nfl'octed , and tlio dny before
hia death was out for a short walk. Ho
waa out for a short time last evening and
on hia return waa in the parlor with his
"amily. About nine o'clock the balance
if the family retired leaving him alone
, ppnrcntly in perfect health. At half
last nine o'clock a servant wont into the
oem to see to the fire , and the general
was sitting there apparently perfectly
ivoll. At eleven o'clock ho had not
ono to his room and a servant was sent
the parlor after him , and
bund him sitting in hia chaii
lead. Lieutenant General Sheridan is
lied an order this afternoon in regard tc
.ho death of General Humphries , which ,
ifter giving the military record of UK
deceased , saya : "In the discharge o :
iiilihuy duties General Humphries dis
ilnycd great zeal , intelligence and con
ipicnoua gallantry. Those whq qervoi
under him had the highest coufutonco ii
lis capacity to command and the great
3st admiration of his soldierly qualities
Officers of the engineer corps of the arm ;
will near the usual badge of mourninj
"or thirty days. "
THK TUUK ItKI'OKT.
Commissioner Loring saya : "Wliili
Dr. Dolmar'a communication in u Chicago
cage paper has unfortunately boon ac
copied by public men abroad to the prejudice
udico of European markets against Amor
icnn pork , that of F. D. Curtis , ono o
the commissioners employed to invest !
gate diseases of swine , reported to th
agricultural department that no groa
amount of disease exists among wostori
hogs ; also that the statements of Di
Dolmor in regard to feeding swine 01
elM are wholly incorrect , and great car
should bo taken by brooders and feeder
to assure healthy animals. Commissione
Loring accepts Mr. Curtis' statement
mont in full , and is cpnfidun
that Dolmar is greatly mistaken
Loring also says that in Dolmar's re
port to the department of agriculture i :
1878-9 , extravagant statements wer
made regarding the number of disease
swine sent to market by rail and privat
conveyances according to his obsorvn
tions in Illinois.
.SHUTTING Ul' THK NAVY YA1U1K.
The secretary of the navy has issued a
order to suspend work at the Bosto
navy yard January 15 ' , and to dismiss a
least half the force. Breaking up cor
demned vessels will continue and th
yard will bo converted into a rope wall
An order closing the League Island nav
yard and converting it into a construi
tion yard for stool vessels will bo issue
soon.
WIAUDULENT tANI ) ENTIUKS.
Upon evidence showing fraud in mal
ing entries thocommissioner'of the coi
oral land oilico the past week cancollc
twenty-ono entries of public , lands j
'Colorado , twelve in Dakota -and sevei
' " "
THK HOC 1'ROIIIDITIOX.
Secretary Frelinghuysen has receive
from Minister Morton , Parts , a tolegrai
stating that the withdrawal decree i
the 27th of November , which will I
published to morrow , limits the time f (
the admission of American Pork pn
ducts to the 20th of January , except i
the ports of Havre , Bordeaux and Mai
soilles instead of Nantes.
THK SCOCT
Ohio Saloon Mou Demand It Itojion
COLU.MIIU.S , 0. , December 28. Tl
state convention of the liquor dealers ai
jpurncd after perfecting a state organiz
tion with a central committee of fif tec
to look after auxilleries and legislatb :
called a committee on agitation. The fr
lowing was adopted :
WHKUKAN , The legislature of Ohio ;
last session enacted a certain law know
as "tho Scott law" which is in dire
violation of wise provisions of the const
tutipn of Ohio , and derogatory to tl
business interests of a largo class of pc
sons residents of Ohio engaged in mo
cantile pursuits ; and ,
WIICUKAM , It is the opinion of all n
biased and unprejudiced citizens of Oh
that the t ratio in malt , vinous and spiri
ous liquors should not bo prohibited
was most emphatically expressed by the
through their ballots on .tho second Tut
day of October last ; and ,
WiiinuuAB , Said "Scott Law" was u
acted for the purpose of destroying ai
prohibiting said trafic ; therefore ,
lUi.soi.VKn , That as citizens of Oliio.c
gaged in the .trafic of malt , vinous ai
epiritous liquorsin convention assemble
we are of tlio opinion that said ' 'Soc
law" is unconstitutional and unjui
and therefore respectfully aek tl
earning legislature to enact a judi
ious -cpnutitutionul law and there !
repeal the "Scott law , "
- Sulla ,
The Hlll-Slmro-a
SXN FJIANUIKCO , December 28. Ti
Hill-Sharon divorce case and others i
sued from it , have a monopoly of tl
courts , lieing tried to-day , thrco difft
ent ones at the same time. Sharer
deposition in the divorce matter was co
tinued till tomorrow iy the police coin
The charge of perjury against Burclmr
who testified that he was engaged
marry Miss Hill subsequent to the da
of the alleged marriage contract bo two
her und the senator , was dismissed (
tlio grounds that the deposition waa n
completed or signed. In the superii
court the grand jury indictments char
ing Alias Hill and W. S. Neilson wi
perjury and conspiracy in uttering
fraudulent certificate of marriage , w
continued ono week.
Will Not Kim Awuy ,
SAN FRANCISCO , December 28. 0.
Benham , who was reported as having a
scondcd from New York owing 8200,0' '
to members of the Mining Stock E
change is in this city on n tour with 1
bride. He denied having loft in a su
reptltioua manner , and saya ho is nc
here on business with his lati ) partnei
S. P. Warren & Co. , brokers. He go
from hero to New Mexico , and thence
New York , when ho says all big contrac
will bo promptly filled.
FROM FOREIGN LANDS ,
Funerals Whioh Will Not Bo
Harmonious ,
End Mon Arm ng By Hundreds to
Atte id Them ,
*
Has America jBoou Advising the
Ohinese.Governmont ?
Further Detain of the Bath-
bond . -Tragedy ,
OKNEU/UJ POIIKION NEWS.
laOODV KIOtlNO AjmOirATKll.
HAUIIOU GHAOK , N. P. , December 28 ,
A fresh outbreak i anticipated tomorrow
row at the funerals of the murdered
Orangemen. Ihb'tociotios declare thoj
will attend vrith all poinp and coromoii )
of their order. A largo police forcois being
ing recruited. Thousands of men fron
all around Conception bay are arming.
AUYIRttl ) T6 QUIT.
VIKNNA , December 28. It is assorted
.hat the Russian1 and American govern
inoiita have advised China to recall ho
.roopn from Bacnirih and leave tin
'black flags "to tJjbir fato.
T1IK UATUllONK TllAdr.DV.
LONMWN , December 28. Late informa
ion fro-n Hanover gives the details o
, ho Rathbono tragedy. Colonel Hour
\ . Rathbono , of Albany , N. Y. , a BOI
) f the late John A. Rathbono , a pfoini
lent merchant of lhat city , with his wif
uid children was sojourning in Ilanovo
n-hoti the traj-odv'took place on Mondn ;
last. At that time Colonel Rnthbono
while laboring under a fit of .melancholy
intorod the bed chamber of his wife am
ihot her dead , the tall entering the heart
Ho then stabbed himself. No hopes ar
entertained of hia'living. Rathbono hai
boon showing ( sign's of melancholy for tw
nonths. On the'night of the tragedy h
tvont homo where his children and nurs
Wore sleeping and asked to BOO the chil
dren. His Tfifo appeared , and ordorm
the maid to lock the door led her hue
band back to the bedroom. Direct !
afterward shots were hoard , followed b
cries for help. Mrs. Rathbono's sistoi
'n-law and servant rushed to the bed
com door which was locked and brok
t in. They ' found Mrs. Ratli
bono sweltering in her blood an
Colonel Rathbono lay upon the Hoc
bleeding from five wounds. A si ]
shooter with thrco ( imply chambers an
a dagger covoroi with gore were foun
nearby. Doctors were summoned in ;
mediately. Mrs. Rathbono died withou
giving an account of the deed. Tlio col
onehyns able to reach his bed , and in :
mediately became insensible. When h
became conscious ho appeared not t
connect himself with the crime. II
seemed to think \ stranger committed it
The neighbors say ho lived on the moi
affectionate tormswith his family. Mn
Rathbono was buried Friday , and th
funeral was attended by many America
and English friends of the family.
LATEJI , It is , stated that the colon
may ioU'rer.fXrfO , * rtth-3 *
AFFAIRS IK ISO Y IT.
LONDON , December 28 , The nowspi
pers continue printing rumors that tl :
khedive of Egypt contemplates abd
eating his throne.
PAUIK , December 28. It is slated thi
a definite agreement has boon conclu dc
between the Suez canal company ar
British ship owners upon terms satisfa
tory to the company.
I'KEl'AIUNO Toil THOU1ILK.
DUIILIN , December 28. Arrangomon
have been made for special trains to coi
voy 20,000 Orangemen to oppose tl
nationalist meetings at Dromoro , conn ;
Down , and Coolohill , county Cavan.
STON1NI1 TUB TKACIIIIHH.
During a conference hero of nation
school teachers , two atones were throu
through the windows of the lecture hal
stunning onn delegate , slightly injurii
another , and just missing Robert ]
Lyons , M. P.
BIIUUAXIOJfAIi AIJ > .
BUKNOH AVUEH , December 28. Tl
Argentine government is about to iasi
in national currency $400,000 to advan
public instruction in the provixcos ai
tor building 300 schools.
At a midnight mass on Christmas i
an alarm of lire in the Temple do Co
copcion caused a panic. Nobody w
khlod.
OXJ.Y A KUMOU.
PAHIH , December 28. It ia rumor
in the bourse that the French fore
have landed upon the Island of Haina
opposite the nioutlia of the Delta i
Red rivera , and command the Strait
Hai Nan , through which all oommor
via the Gulf of Tonquiii passes to Ho :
Kong. The rumor lacks confirmation.
itovxu TO noiiT.
I'AUIH , December 28. Five hundr
students met in the Quartier Latin a :
resolved that , in iow of the refusal of t
Cri Du Peuplo to apologize for tlie c
noxious article , the students should vi
the editor and demand satisfaction by
resort to arms.
The government has received ao cu
firmation of tlio rumor of Uio landing
a French fon-o at Haiuon. ,
ov TO TO.VQUIN.
MAiL-ciLUiri , December 28. Diapatc
ing reinforcements to Tonquin will
hontoned. The government lias ask
the French steamship companies f
transportation to send ! 2OOQ , troops.
AI'TJIll IONWLA.
CAIIU , December 28. A Klur.tou
telegram reports El Muhdi's troopg n
vancing on Dungola and Tuinmixr in tv
bodies.
Kr. JjouiH Notes.
ST. Louw , December 28. The det
cratio state contra ! committee met he
this afternoon. _ A letter was rcccivi
and road promising Merchant * ' Kxchan
hall for the UBO of the democratic n
tional convention , provided the nation
committee decide to hold the convent ! '
hero. A lub-uorntnittee of uevon w
appointed to co-onornto with the h
Louis citi eiu * committee in the matt
of procuring the holding of the nation
convention hero. A resolution w
adopted urging the national coinmitt
to call the national convention prior
the republican convention.
The sub-committee of snvon to c
operate with the citlrons' committee is
iso instructed to attend the mooting of
ho national committee at Washington
ho2d of February and urge upon tlio
ommlttao the advantages of St. Louis
s a place for holding the convention.
iho entire congressional delegation from
his atato was added to this committee
and invited to use their influence with the
mtioual committoo. After a brief con-
oronco with the citizens' committee they
adjourned till the 25th of January.
The Vulcan stool works of this city
will shut down early next month. Over
it-eduction nnd a dull market for rails ia
ho cause. The company will continue
naking pig iron nnd run their coal and
ere departments as usual.
C111MH AND ClUMINAliS.
KMMA 1ION1) ON TUB STAN1 > .
ST. Louis , December 28. The Post
Dispatch's lldlsboro special says : The
Send trial _ opened at the usual timo.
Vftor some immaterial testimony by Miss
3ora Hart and Miss lone Pottus regard-
ng the kind of clothes worn by Miss
iJond on the day of the outrage , Gooruo
L'ottm was put on Clio stand. Ho tcsti-
led that lie saw John C. Montgomery on
, ho evening of the outrage go i nt ; home in
i wagon with his wife nnd children , between -
twoon sundown and dark. Witness wet
in the school house with others the next
morning , and later in the day at Grcvc
Dity. John Montgomery sent a message
by him to Lee Pettua that a warrant wai
out for hia arrest and ho had buttoi
como to Grove City. Witness wai
with S\vick and Huinlein that night
board Heinlcin say : "Toll Lee if he
knows anything about the others ho had
bettor give thorn away. " Lee said he
didn't Know anything. The part ol
Swick'a and Hoinloin'a testimony at the
preliminary trial regarding the same
questions asked Leo by them was thot
road by the court reporter at the reqnosl
of the defense , and discrepancies between
twoon their evidence there and at thii
trial were pointed out with a view of impeaching
poaching them. The defense thnn reatot
their case.
Attorney Dronnon then called wit' '
nesses in robutal , the first one boini
Emma Bond. While Mr. Bond wont foi
his daughter the court room was rapidlj
filled and became very crowded. Mrs ,
John Montgomery , vritfi her baby , cani (
in for the first time and took a scat b }
her husband. Miss Bond took the stand ,
In reply to questions she said she was a *
the house of Mrs. Pettus on the after
noon of tlio outrage ; saw a wagon in tin
yard both when she wont there and whoi
shn left again for the school house. Shi
was asked if slip saw Lee Pottus o :
dementi at the time she loft. Objoc
tiou was made by the defense and a loii (
argument ensued , at the close of whicl
the court _ overruled the objection am
witness said : "I did not see them , non
of them that afternoon ; was within a im
yards of the wagon in which Clement
and Lee Pottus claim to have been dur
ing tlio afternoon. " Witness was thoi
questioned regarding parts of little Charley
loy Masters' testimony , which diitbroi
from the evidence ho gave at the prelim
inury trial , and contradicted some of hi
testimony of. last week relating to hi
whereabouts doling the noon recess c
school. Witness also contradicted BOIII
of the statements of Mra. Nellie Wooc
ruff regarding a conversation botwoo
witness and Wbodrutt . some time nfU
The defense this afternoon moved t
withdraw the jurors nnd continue th
case. ' The court received the motic
and ordered it filed. Judge Thornto
submitted an atildnvit , saying ho ga\
notice before the evidence was take
that ho would introduce one partioulc
witness , and that the witness not hnvm
arrived ho asked for a continuance. Tli
witness' name , ho * said , waa Nellie Wooc
rntr.
A MOUNTAIN FIOHT.
CIIIOAOO , December 28. The Jou
nal's Little Rock , Ark. , special says ,
terrible fight between a posse and horn <
thieves in which several were killed an
wounded , is reported to have occnrred i
the mountains of northwest Arkansas. N
details.
DAM4HES hOIKUIT.
MIMVAUKKK , December 27. Willia :
Kuhl , of Matamoras , 111. , has filed
complaint in the circuit court dotnandii
$25,000 damages from ox-Shprill' Hugo
District Attorney W. 0. Williams , an
Deputy Sheriff Grcding forallegi'd fall
imprisonment in the county jail hero , 1
having boon arrested in September , 188
under a supposition that ho was the not
rious outlaw Lon Williams. Rugeo hi
filed answer alleging that ho had wa
rants for Kuhl's arrpst sworn out in tl
municipal court.
KAVI.OK NOT. A KAILKl'l.
1 BALTIMOKI : , December 28. George 1
Saylor , alias Honrv Schmidt , has bc <
arrested on a charge of having with tv
others , robbed the Wells Fargo oxprc
near Sacramento , California , in Augu
last , of a quantity of gold dust. Sayli
says after the robbery ho and a coi
punion Wont to Denver whore the du
was sold. His share of the proceeds w
61(100. ( Saylor was about t < ? sail far E
rope. Hia companions who returned
Californiaaftor the robbery of August r
tempted another robbery _ and were ca
tured and are now serving sentences
fiftcen'yoarB.
Tlio Iron liulubtry ,
ALHANY , December 28. The Arg
publishes the result of an investigate
into the causes of the present dopressii
in the iron industry and its relation
the existing tarill * conditions , embracii
letters from Abraham 8. Hewitt , and i
terviows with representatives of i
leading iron works of Troy. How :
says the proximate cause of the prose
depression in the industry may
found in the fact that the capacity t
producing is in excess of actual consum
tioiij not only in this country , but
foreign countricK , which are largo pi
ducors of iron and stool , Tlio iron in
of Troy declare the maintenance of t
proxont duty necessary to keep the f i
naccs in blast. _
UliiiMty Council.
UOHTO.V , December 28. Corporati
Counsel Nottleton lias decided it is n
lawful for committees of tlio city conn
to contract bills on days when the coi
mittee * are not in session , or for im
vidual members to contract bills I
refreshments , wiiioo , liquors or cigaru
p the name of the city.
Old Liiiuy Jtnrel ,
, MILWAVKKH , December 28. Lu
, Ilurel ( colored ) died to-day , aged 1
yearn , . ' ) months and five da > n. Her lu
band died twenty yeara ago , aged IK ) .
VOLCANIC VIOLENCE.
Mountains Split From Highest
Peak to Base ,
Earthquake Waves Oomo Bush
ing In from Sea ,
The Air Filled With Ashes , Smoke
and Flames ,
A Time that Distanced William's '
Graveyard Yawn ,
QKK.VT imTUUHYNCU9.
HOW ALASKA WAN HIIAKKX.
SAN FRANCISCO , December 28. Priv
fonsor Davidson received from Altipkn to.
dny iho pnriiculnrs of the volcanic du-
turlmnccs of October Inat ncixr tliu on
trnnco to Cook's inlot. On the morninj.
of tlio Oth of October ix sottlcmout o
fishurmon on Kualish buy liunrd i
lionvy report , and looking in the direction
tion of the Bound saw volumes of mnokt
nud llama Biuldonly burst forth from tin
summit of Mount Augustm. Tlio skj
bocmuo obscured a few hours nftownnla ,
nnd great quantities of puurico dust began
gan to fall , some fine nnd mncoth niu
some gritty. At half-past three , on tin
siiiiio day , an cartliqunkowftvo thirty fee
high came rushing in over the hamlets
swooping away all bonta and dolucinj
housca. The tide at the time being lov
saved the aottlomont from utter dostruc
tion. Thia was followed by two otho
waves , about eighteen foot high , vrhic !
wore aucccedod at irregular intorvnls b ;
others , Putnico ashea foil to a depth o
five inches , making the day so dark tha
lamps had to bo lit. At night the anr
rounding country wan illuminated by , th
llamca fram the crntpr. Mount Augustii
ia usually covered with anew , but thi
year it ia completely bare. An bxamin
ation. after the disturbances subsided
found the mountain split in two froti
base to summit. The nortliorn slope hiu
fallen to the level of the surroundin ;
cliffs. Simultaneous with the oruntioi
them WAS created a now island
in the passage bptwoon Chornnbonr
inland and the main land , uovonty-fiv
feet high nnd a milo and a half long
The violence of the volcanic action vrn
) uront that two extinct volcanoes 01
lie peninsula of Alaska lying to the wee
if the active volcano lliamna , 112,000 foe
iigh , burst into activity , emitting in :
iionso volumes ot smolco and dust , tli
amos being visible at night. It is state
lmt the wives of a party of Alont It
inns , engaged in that locality in ottc
lUnting Ducnmo afraid at the subturn
icnn noises , refused to suiy and roturn'o
oiuo. None of thoao who remained en
) o found ,
OVKlt IN IOWA.
THK TKAUIIKllH1 ASSOCIATION- .
o MOINKS , IA. , December 28. Tl
hird day's session of the State Teacher
iisociation waa hold at Lewis' _ opei
louso. The committee on election '
officers reported that Suporintendoi
Poorly , of Oskaloosu , had a largo majo
ly.pf all'the tea , and , riiKtjdockTed.e
octcd. Thecommittoo also 'foporU
other otHcors selected as follows : 'Fir
vice president , Prof. R. N. Leonard , i
[ owa City ; second vice president , Counl
Superintendent H. G. Fuller , of Hard !
county ; third vice president , Princip
J. J. McConnell , of Atlantic ; rooordii
secretary , Principal J. M. Darmond , <
OavonporttrcaourorProf. ; D. W. Lowl
of Washington ; delegate to the nation
association , Prof. E. N. Edison , of Gri :
nellmombors ; of the council , W. F. Kin
) f Mt. Vornonj A. W. Stuart , of 0
tumwa : T. J. U. Perry , of Frpmo
county ; A. Armstrong , of Sioux City ;
R. Young , of Davenport ; J. J. Sweet ,
Clinton.
A telegram was received from 1
Minnesota State Teachers' associatio
in session at Minneapolis , sending kind
; rooting and pledging an attendance
100 at Madison , at the nation
isBociation. Superintendent Church !
of Black Hawk county , read an ab
lapor on "What Can Reasonably 1
ISxpootod from the Schoolo , " in whi <
\\o \ \ showed himself to bo thoroughly f
miliar with the problems of commi
sciiool work. Governor Sherman mat
a nhr > ' : t impromptu address , in his ha
[ iest vein an.d was greeted with t !
lioarticst applau o. The remainder
the day was occupied in the reading
[ lapora on special topics. To-night Pro
lent Magoun.of Iowa college , dolivorot
lecture on "The Proposed Additions
and Subtractions from an Educatioi :
The association then adjourned.
The meeting has boon more largely t
tended than any in the history of the i
sociation and was. extremely pleasant a
profitable.
Grant'H Condition. .
NKW YOIIK , December 28. Gone :
Grunt passed a very comfortable nifj
and was fooling in g od spirits this moi
ing. Ho does not believe ho has brok
any'bonos. The injury will keep h
within doors for several days.
Burgeon L. A. Stimson and Dr. Fi
dyco Barker examined General Gran
injuries and concluded no bono was b :
ken , but some of the upper muscles
the limbs are crushed. Lute to-nif
the general's condition woa repon
greatly improved.
PURIFY BLOOD
TUB inanrelon results of Hood' * Baraaparill
iiion nil huinon niul low conditions of IhoLIoo
Vrova It the bent 1IL001) JIKIHCI.Ni : . Bucti In
been the succws of tills artWo / V
Uiat nearly every family/\/
iitlciilwrlioods have beenW /
the larne time.'It rf l
will tnriclics Ilia blood ,
flaliUloosneu , ondall
the tomacliwuiedby/-W/I'niiuro ' llaoA <
A debilitated condlCy / " ° ' " ' " 01
rjrilem occoaloned / & > * / W exuaulve nicnt ;
or pliynlcal cure / / . J/labor orillulpatloii. ;
eradlcatesHcrofulafnd nil foul humor
end rcttorcn/.oy /and rfnovotcs tha wliu'
system. A / f\V / Icullsr point lu llool
Hareaparil.Or / ' * ' " Um * ll cruatM n" "I
IHtlUjftjulbuildsup and jticnt'lhciu tli
srUfni.anaproTesInynJuaWaas u protection froi
tliunke * tliai orlvlnnto III tliouiies ut tlio nuiuou
ot tllinaU ) and uf lire.
JICMrn. ( M.IIoo.1 & Co.t Oditl < ini n-It affonl
pie iniKli li | a nrc tu reooiniwnil I luml'ii MiirtiaiuinlL
Myluaiililvu * * < li that Toraoino yuuijiiaft
Rive I .enol4litd to taken tonto of iu > mo J > l i\m tli
, fouuil nnylliliiic that hit in
irlnir nnil ha > o never
anunsyoiirbareaiurma. htoiuaiip ' myfysUii
GOSl'EIi TRACTS.
[ TIic following hasap ] > eareil In nearly every new ) ,
paper throughout tlio Untc ! < l Slates , and la oneot the
nnmttesllmontilsorer won hy a modlclno , proprle *
tary orothcrwlie. Dr. Crane ( ho U a graduate ot
medicine a < well ai c'crKyinivti ) give * thii cvldenoo
without any lollcltat on v hatcui H will repay all to
read It. )
"I have never tetti a roMllcIno more ) > roclly (
ft < lapcil ( to Hi \ arlout application than Tliomm' Kfi.
IcctrloOH , IvtM lor many jcart a suHercr Irom
qulncyl TlionnV Kilcitrlo Oil cured ino. My wllo
and child lm > l illphthcrla ; ThomaV Mectrlo Oil
cured them ; and II taken ln ca < m It will euro tmcii
tlmcii out of ten. t am confident It M a cure tor the
most oMlnnteoold or cough , ami If tats n into the
head , by the iiMtrlln , two or thrto tlmei a week , will
IxxltUely temme thomnst oltcnslvecane ot catatrh ;
and nothwltlxUndliit , ' the dellcato nature ot thn
mucoui membrane otlho nal organs , enn be taken
up with perfect Impunity. For ilcatticM and cirncho
It has done \ riidr to my rertaln knowledge. It to
the only medlclnti ilulilwd patent that I haio ever
toll like rooimnididluK , and 1 am Mixloim to tea Itln
e\ctj jJm-c , tor I toll you I would not bo without It In
the lunno loruny consideration. U alwopcrato In
atthmaaiaiipaolllc , and vshtne cr It H u cd It l > c-
conu'n lndt Dcn < 4vl > lo tohounehoM Mktoty. 1 am ready
tt > Kl\oAny < ni ! the l ncflt ol my olncnatlon , botli
at tu It I effort * and mode nr Application , It they will
ilrop ice A niitematilnR lniutry. | "
Uov. E. K CIUNB , Dunkirk , N. T. Dr. ThomM1
Xlcctilo nil N notd everywhere liy DriiKght .
FOSTKH , MILBUIIN k CO. , 1'rop' * , U'jITilo , N. Y.
4100.000 fox-
CihfWeunUt Monthly Draw will UVo placa
I ! III ' " lhoUuonla 1UI. Muonlo Temple Ilull-
U II Idlng , lu Loulivlllc , Ky.
Thursday January 31 &t , 1884.
A Lawful Lottery A. Fair Drawings ,
clmncrttl by the IcKlnUturo of Ky. , Mid twice iloCl r-
cillogklbviho htgheit court lu too State Borul
Khan to llonty County In the mm ot (100,000 tor the
prompt payment ol nil prlio lolil.
A HEVOLUTION IK BINOI.K NUMBER DRAWINGS
fWEvcrv ticket holder his own mpcrvtsor , can call
nut the number on hia tlckot and nee the correspond
ing number on the UK placvtl In the wheel In hi *
presrnco. Thcao drawing * will occur on the lait
Thurtday ot ot ery month , lload the magnificent
January Scheme. * iKJ
1 Prlio , $ 8 * ,000
1 Prltc 10,000
1 Prlro 8,000
2 1'rlton , } Q,600each MOO
5 I'rlict , 1,000 ouch 6,000
to Prltos , 500 each 10,000
100 Prices , lOOeach , , . 10,000
SOO Triton , M each 10,000
GCO 1'rlrci , M each 10,000
1000 Prlrca , 10 each. 10,000
0 Prlrea , SOO each Approximation Prltci , ? , TOO
Q Prizes , 200 " " 1,600
0 Pi lew , 100 each " " 000
1,876 Pilzes. $110,400
Wbole Tickets , $2. Half Tickets , 81.
37 Tickets , $ oO. OB TICiotB. $100.
Remit money or Hank Dralt In LettdCJor Bond by
oxiiroM. DONT SEND BY REdlSTKUKD LETTER
Oil POST OFF1CEORDER , until furtbornotice. Orders -
dors ol 85 amlupwtrtl hy uxprcnti , can bo tent at oar
cxponio. Ailiirou all orders to J. J. DOUOLAB ,
Loulnllle. Kv. d-nat-tii-Mi-Awlst 3w cm
IN HOT WATER.
U )
O
C AIIIIKKABLETOTAKK
O
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5
5 k APERIENT. T0
INVALUABLE TO THOSE OF Av"v w"
" w"rfW&'S
rfW&'S
OREAT.ENQLI8H REMEDY.
Cores ? ? * Dellllto
P )
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UUIM-ai iMi , Losauuu" J
, OK MANLY VIGORSpennaton-
hoi , eta. , when all other feme-
diet ( all. A curt guaranteed.
11.50 a bottle , largo tattle , lout
time * the quantity. * S. By ex-
prcoa to any addreui. Bold by
alldrUKgliU ENOL1SII HKDf.
OAtmSTJTUTE , rropriotora , 718 Ollye Street , St.
LoulB , Mo * * "
"I have noU Sir Aitloy Coopart Vital RentontlTa
or years. Every customer ( peaki highly ot it. I
unhoalUttniclyondono It ai a remedy ot true moriU
" 0. F. GOODMAN , DruggUt.
Omaha Fob. 1 1883 vlS-mio-eodly
UMPHREYS '
TOR Tnr. crmE OF ALL DISEASES OF
IIOHBE8.CATTJK.fiHFinP.DOQBUOaa
ana rOtl < TIlV.
nathlc roll .tjrlnVvfi YKAIIS | . , ; . Iliimphrpyii' i fiavo Dci-n Ilomeo. { .fSffo .
I'armrrii. Hlueh Ir hnllroniU > ' ' " H'.crv. V'W.SJSr .
TiirCmrn. Muni ) ,
Win"Mlnu Componle * . 'I rnv'ft IIIW' " " ' ' "
ami Kyinurrlrs. nuU othera TianailnB etoclt ,
* il 'nffi ' vS erlnarv MfBOBl. W ) ft *
tvnt In u by mall on receipt of prlcr. M cents
raTaniphlclii ncnl free on nppllcntloii
I1U.MIMIIlKVB HOMEOPATHICMUD.CO ,
100 I'ultou btrect. Now Yortt.
NERVOUS PEBILITY ,
ii Vital Weakness ami . . , -
( ration from aver work or
Dren In use 20 years , '
lithomontiuccMi-
fill remedy known. Price iTperY !
large rial ot powder for ts. ent
DR-HORNE'S ELECTRIC BELT
euro IServoimnrrt ,
i , Tor-
j
Catarrh. 1
j/i r- MlM. Kirr'iy | ' , lMH 'l ncy.
UuuiliAirt uu. I'loluiimiii Uteri , I'tc. Only mkiilltl Kite *
uicillcltl AKUTliullint MiiilitllieKlocrrUltynnil m < ic * If
lit tlitn ( liniiiiili the liuil } , anil run txi l > i nario it III all tu-
rtnntlivtlii. iinili'iit * Ktmlrltiuiip for Clrnilur. .
Pr.W.J. 1HMOK , Iiivtiitor , 1U1 Wuluiili Ar.Chlcago.
SI.OOO Would Not Buy It.
DR. lloitNK I uu anllcteitlth rheumatism , and
cured by luluK * licit , Tu any one attllctod with
that illsduc , 1 ou'U ay , bnj Iloine'n EluotrioBclt.
Any one can umfur with inu by writing or tialllug
at my itorcH2Q 1) mijlvi Btriet , Onuha , Nob.
WII.LUM LVONa
MAIN' OJTICU OiiiKjultjio.tolllce , Itoom 4 Frcn-
tttl if rwiluut U. F , Uoitlman'H Drug Btoie , 1110
'atiinin kt evt. Omaha ,
Orders flllcd 0,0. D.
EED STAR LINE.
Itiyiil mill U.S. full Stcainors
SAILINd EVERY SATURDAY
BETWKEN
NEW YORK AND ANTWERP , ' 1
3'he Jlhine'fltruiany , Italy , UoUan < lan < lfrante\
Stecraijo Outward , $20 ; Prepild from Ant en > ,420 ;
Exourtlon , S1U , liicluJliHf bedding , ctn ; 2d Cabin ,
56 ; icunioa , 8100 ; Bs , oou from $00 ta $9' ) Ex
cursion Ilia to 9100.
Wright & Sons , Ocn. 65 Uroadnuy
N. Y.
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OttUkUa , AffonU , " u-iocod-ly