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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. EIGHTEENTH YEAit. OMAHA. MONDAY MORNING , FEBRUARY 11 , 18S9. NUMBER 241 THE LIVE STOCK OF NEBRASKA It Has Fronted Greatly By the Open Winter. SOME INTERESTING STATISTICS Cnrpfiilly Compiled llcpotti Prom I tic HCO'M Spectnl CorrcspoiiiloniH 1'icnenta Very Clioorlnl Outlook - look l''or .Stock Dealers. Their Lot n Ilnpity Ono. A short time ngo Tun Bin sent out the following circular letter to its conospond- rnts in Iho sleek lalslng sections of Ne braska 1 Will jou plonsc send usnstntomcntof the number of callli1 nnd tiogs within n i ail ins of ten m i IPS of your town I You inijjalso m- rludo horses and sheep. Out of thu number we would bo glad to know what ti"itioii Is being fntlonod lor the winter and spring markets Please give Iho names of owners of live slock mid any other in formation that will bo of Intel est to sloikinon Ihioughotlt the state , blalo whelhoi or not Ihcre is enough feed in .your vlclnili In supply Iho stock on hand , and If there Is not enough feed to keep tlu stick through the winter , please glvo nn estimate of the amount of MIDI tage "Wo also want flgmoa show ing thenuiouiit of corn unit hav harvested in your county this fall , as near as it cm he ascertained , und Hie market price of each. " The replies received nro printed below. They show that stock of all kinds Is in an unusually Duo condition for the time of jcnr , vvilh an abundance of hay , corn and oats for feed until gtnss comes again. Hogiholora is rcpoited In but few lei dilies. This infur mutton has bec-n carefully gathered , and will bo found practical aecui.ito and reliable. Kullalo. SitriToN , Mob , Feb 'J. Tlio following is very ncarli the correct estimate within a n radius of ten miles of Shelton : Name Cattle. Hogs. Sheen. Horses 100 200 M C. F. Fisher 1,10) ) 1,10 L. I. Stoekwoll 50 i.nijo A. B. Gibson 4,00 L.P Bontnwort i Kll Campbell 1,000 H. A. Leo 100 F. J. Tnjlor 100 150 Total 1,700 6)0 21,500 ' , " > Thoalwo aio all being fattened for the upriiiB millkct with the exception of hoiscs , which will in-obibly icmain lieie A fair es timate of local stock oncd by sop irate in dividuals is for the spring maiket , 1,000 hogs , 500 cattle. Fecdeis and stock cattle in the countri nio estimated at 3,000 , stock bogs 1,500 Thcio is plenty of feed in the country and plenty of corn raiiRiiitJ from 17 cents to 20 cents. The fccdcis have on hand all the necessary grain to finish fAliening. There weie between 0X- 000 and 700,000 bushels of corn gathered last fall. fall.'ihcro is plenty of hav fit fi om S3 50 to $3 per Ion dcliveicd , aecoidhig1 lo distance. Oats wcro not n vary jiood uvcraeo , the piico ranging flora Ifcc to 20u on the maiket hero. The whiter has been very promising to feeders in this locality. AH icport stock cuttlo in line condition , also all other block. This is consideied one of the nicest feeding points in thi.s .section. Hurt. TEICAM , Neb , Feb. 0 Some localities are suffering from tlio tcinblo inroads made by cholera , and many of the feeders are abandon ing the hog business as fast as possible. The jiumbcr that will bo marketed dm ing the winter and spring is piobably one-third less than for the corresponding period for last year. The corn crop In this section Is about the same as last year , and about S5 per cent of the entire crop will bo consumed by feeders. The balance will bo for shipment , provided the market price will wanaiit , otherwise they will icmuin in the hands ot producers. About two thousand tons of hay wcie har vested at this point , moro than will be re quired to feed through the winter and about ono half of this surplus has boon sh'ppod ' to nun kct up to this time. Feeders uro paying about 20 cents for coin Gialn dcalciH can offer only about Ib cents and are dolnga\ciy light business. For hay the market is lather dull at present sent , Ucalcis ask $4 delivered in cars on track. Following nro the names of leading cattle men in this vicinity with the number of head owned by each : \V. W. Latin .119 J. P. Latta -lOi ) II. A. Teinplcton 000 Lydick & Uunlap 400 \v. M. v/hito yoo J. W. Lalla HO A. H. Gates 2(1 ( JJucyUios 300 A. Webster 150 Kd Thayer 70 \V. H. Lang ford 100 W. N. Ha.swood 100 S.T.Story 200 William llcriy 40 Peter Holnort 40 Jacob Haker 40 II. S. M. Spiilman 1'JO F. Michael 20 II. Stork HO F. L Snydcr 4(1 ( G. C. Latta ( X ) It. I ) . Gtimmcl 200 Peter Camoi on 'JO S. H Gieenleaf 20 G.A.Ciannell 40 M. U. IIopo\\oll 40 George Hall ' . . . . GO Peter G. Marr 40 J.P.Moidcn 100 Scth IColly : .0 H. L. IJcan 20 George Douglas 20 W. S. Ljdlclt 20 Scattei ing Total . ' 5.10J Of this number about one-half will bo fat ted for winter und upring market. Ilov lliitto. Au.uxcr , Neb , Feb. 0 There nro no sheep in IhU county , All the slock hcio Is bolnh' kept for bleeding purposes , as the country U so now , but thciu will piobably bo somoiango cuttle driven in and shipped from this point , tint it would , bo impossible to foiin any cor rect estimate of tlio number. There Is n great bufllcicncy of feed but no extensive win pins. The total number of hoisrs is 4YT The largest owners aio Klmoio fi Johnson , who own about 05 head of the above. The total nunibor of cuttle U 735. Krnuso Brothers , the Moot o estate , liccd IJialhors und ( Stocking & Gllchrlst uia thahiigcst owneis , owning fiom IS head to 150 head each. The total number of hogs Is & > , No ono owns over 1 ! > und ull uro for home consump tion. tion.Thcio Thcio nro about 33,000 Ions of hay In the country , worth W In the Blacks mid about 20.000 bushels of corn , w orth 45 cents shelled. This country is so now that these mlldc * nro nil very light j et , but is developing so rapidly that In n few jears it will iimko u very ( ieditable showing , Cumlnc. WEST POINT , Neb. , Fob. 0. The figures lioro given uro for Cumlng county and will bo found toboqullo correct ; Horses 7,123 , cattle 27,000 , sheep 0,000 , hogs S5.00D. There nro about 70 per cent of the cattle being fat tened for the market and about 00 per cent of the hogs. There Is on abundance of feed to fatten the stock and tuoro will bo n largo tuinlus unless tlo winter prove * to ! wery I long. Two thousand sheep are being fat tened In this vicinity There was nn area of " 5,000 ncros planted to corn , nnd from careful inquiry 1 find that 41 bushels to the ncro w nulil bo a fair estimate. mnMng in all : ) , ( HXoot ) bushels or this probably SO per cent will be requited lor homo use ? , leu ; ing n Mirpms of ( 'Oil 000 bush els This is being marketed at from 10 to 10 cents per bushel. There wore about 17,001 acres mowed for hnat nn average of good marketable hay of two and n half tons per nete. theio seems to bo nn market piico on this article. In most c iscs it sells for merely cnouirh to piv for delivery , runners In the vicinity of Huncroft 1,1 n baling preparatory to shipment Tin ro will boa surplus of at least W ) per cent The present in irkct price is SJ per ton , delivered , or " > cents par ton in stack. The fanners coner.illy report nn absence nf any disoiso among cattle or hogs , nil kinds of live slock being In a thriving condi tion Whiln nearly every farmer in Iho county Is giving his attention to st/n-lc raising , es- jipclnlly tolinpiovlng Iho quulily of stock , the follow irg pi'isons may ba cnumerat ° d as being csppi'lallv iateicated In the business nnd carry from 2 ) J to U.OJJ he id of cattle each lion .f II. Harrett , of Wlsner ; Au gust Loisv , West Point ; Henry Leisv , Wis- ner ; ( harles II Wddo , Ilonry Luhcns , Carl I'etcrinan , Kd I'm lev. John Tubken , ( icorgo Hombeiy , I'lnl.McMnliis , Henri l er- ker , A M Petcisoti , Andrew Ilciman , Chi ist Hupp , Joseph Meier , . I. S Shaw , L. S Crosbv , blanch of 1'iiyv.ler rlyer i audio ; Gndfiod ICarlin , Henry Borgelt , J It ! Hiown , I ojil C Coma I , William Neede- micr , Cull lii.itb'ji tli. Coll.iv Ci MIKSOV , Neb , Fob 9 The following table gives a fairly aeeuiato statoincnt of the infoi million asked for in Tin. llii : circu lar letter : Catlle Horses Hogs Joseph nciuidek GO 10 120 r > U. Hir.chut . . . . 10 t1 ! } 100 ! ! ( ' . Novotny&lJios 120 10 2" > 33 I'ollus . 40 b 4.0 11 HolT . SK 5 27 W Hoffman. . . . 13 U 20 John Not . 210 10 tr. 1(50 ( J. Cliadn . bd 8 HO Wi J Foldil . 100 11 SI Jo'mlli'nn ' . 20 5 ( ) ) J. Itockhorny. . ( ) 12 70 bhoiek liros. . . . ( V ) 11 11J IS U Wnnhoseii. . . 15 10 TO chreader . 0 S 40 P. Helm . ICO 12 1M 'M A. Misbmn . 25 0 W 2 1C Krcgcr. . . . . 20 4 70 J Munsler . 21 5 -10 1 P. Tonics . 20 7 ( , U 1 P. Tcrnes , } r . IiO 1 20 0 J. Junscn . . . . 20 2 20 Joseph Satlateh. 25 'i 10 L Sehwator . . . 20 3 . ' , W. ( ! Mcffcid . 25 10 21 1 A. I' Cailton . . 11(1 ( 12 Ml 34 J. II. Hunt . 40 ( lit ) 10 J A. Luke . CO 20 ll'O ' 20 Joseph Limbich 20 4 10 5 'ihero are IW.OOO bushfls of corn and 5,003 tons of hay , an abundance to carry the stock through in excellent shape S ( utni.uu , Neb , Fob UIn compliance with jour iciuiestl give estimates as lollows within a radius of ten miles from Schuyler : 70,000 tons of hay , of which 2" ,000 tons are surplus ; 21,000 cittlo , of which 4,000 will bo ready for maiket within the nn\t sixty days ; 15,000 hog' ! , ot which 1,000 will be icady for m.u kct w ithin the same time ; 5,000 hoi ses ; 500 sheep. Clay. r.noMi , Neb , Feb. 9. A quite accurate estimate of the number of iiogs in the county isl2OVJ ; cattle , 8,112 ; horses. 2,032 ; sheep. 1,770 ; bushels of corn , 370,7,50 , oats , 00,297 ; tons of hay , 8,20ii. About one-half of the corn crop has been sold and fed Not moro thin 300 cattle are being fed for early mirket. The hay in this icport does not include the fodder that cattle me being mostly fed on. Fillmorc. GEXUVA , Neb , Feb. 0. There are in this county 25,000 head of cattle ; hogs , 00,000 ; horses , 8'JOO ; mules , 075 ; sheep , Jl.U'JS ; corn , 3,000,000 uushcls , at IS cents pjr bushel ; oats 1,500,000 oushels , at 1C cents per bushel. Hay was an extra good ciop. There was douDlo the quantity to feud all stock and spare. It is selling at nn average of $1. Among the mominent stock man In the county are : J. J. Lightbody , G. A. Warner , Jacob Weis , C. J. Button , M. Pangle , C. Gnodiich , P. C. Wilde , P. McCartney , H. L. Smith , J C. EcUlcy , W. P. Spears , G. H. Wan en , W. K. Davis , P. C. Matteson , W. H. Davis , who aio feeding fiom 50 to 2jO head of cattle The cattle nio in good con dition nnd doing well , with no disease to speak of among them. There aic about 9,000 , head being fattened for market. Holt. ATKINSOV , Neb , Feb. 0. Nearly if not quito all , of the marketable stock has been sold off. Thoio h ivo been shipped from this station alone over 100 car loads of cattle and hogs dining the past two months. There aio not many left In the country , though of couiso each farmer has n few on Hand , but scaicely any lit for market. Them nio no sheep tc spcak of. Of horses there aio not many beyond these needed for Work. Huy and corn uro plentiful nnd there is an abundance to last all stock through the win- ler and spring Corn la 20 cents and hay $1 50 , with no maikot. Some farmers are burning hi ) and corn for fuel , as it is cheaper than coal. The onlj extensive owners of live stock in this vicinity aio the following : Doolittlo Hi os. , who have 50 head of thoroughbicd and giado Purcheion horses , 40 head of thoroughbred and grade Aber deen Angus cattle , 209 head of stock cattle and 50 lie , id of puicbicd Poland China swine Thcirinnch Is thirty miles south west of Atkinson. Thislr business oflleo is in Atkinson. Dell Alkca , four miles from the Doolittlo lunch , has 12j head of stock cattle , 23 head of horses nnd about ono car load of sheep on hand. Pi hcr Hios , in Uio same nelghboiliood , have 2J" > head of slocic catllo und 20 horsos. The great bli/zard of ono year ago wiped out several thousand held of cattle , and many farmcis aio but just gctlltic : herds started again. Holt. O'Nnn.i , , Neb , Feb. 0. A careful est- mate shows that tiioio nro within a indius of ten miles of this town 2,000 head of horses , 5,500 head of cattle , 2,500 head of hogs and 500 to l.OOJ head of sheep. Alsa about 200 head of mules. Only a small pro- poitlon of the oittloaio being fed for the winter and spring market probably about 100 head , but u large prooortlon of the hogs nro being fattened for the spiing market , and It is estimated that fully thrcc-fouilhs uio being EO fattened , or about l.UOO head. There is a largo suiplus of feed for nil kinds of stock In the county , notwithstanding the fact that about 3Oi J tons of hnyvvcio destioycd lost fall by ptulrio lltes The liny crop last season vy as unusually largo nnd u gtoat quantity w as pul up In Iho near vlcln Itv of tlio ia Iroad for shipping purposes , Shipping bailed hay is ono of our leading in- dutttiies in the fall nnd winter season at neatly all points nlong the nillroid , and it is believed that fully 500,000 tons of hay In all wcie nut up ID the county last season , and pcrlmpi more. It Is dilllcult to estimate the number of bushels of corn ra'scd in the county last year. The i-rop Is fall ly good In all Darts of the county , and In many place * excellent There will bo n largo eunilutt of corn at < d the unl yersiil complaint in that wo Imvi3 not hoys enough to feed it to. It ia snfo to say that the number of bushels harvested in Iho county will reach 2,000,000. The larccst stock men in the county are located from fifteen lo forly miles from O'Neill. They nro : A. T. Pollcr , Drake Brothers , S. H. IClwood. Charles Hlnbon , John Dorlck. W. K. Thompson , CI. tules Gardiner , William Bailey , U rat an Hrathers , Gcoigo Fimray , Wheaton As Oil , Hlloy Brothers. J. M. Houslin , Cnrr ft O'Douuel ! , Daniel and Mlchaol Gallagher , MJSUV O'Donnull , PatucU Gnuly , Jarccs Ilyan , Patrick McDonnell , .Innics Sklcvlng Arthur Cruise. Pra'sk Motse , I hnrle Urecdo , Hiram Hodgklns and N B. Bisby There are fully 1,000 head of oatt'.o in th county being fed for the ivintor nnd sprlni in irkot. The average prio * of liav in stm'1 is $1 5 i pnr ton , nnd corn is worth from 20 to 25 cents per bjsticl. Hull. riUM > ISIAMI , Neb , Peb. 0. Alter & Glover , the White Kiver Lind and Cattle cotnpnny and n Mr. Majors nro the prlneipa feeders in Iho cjunty. At WOD ! Uiver , in this count } , another mm is feeling 1SOJ steers and Jlon , ) sheep The hiy and corn crop was giod and In ex cess ot the demands of the farmers am feeder * . Sonus h ly and a migo quantity o corn will be shipped. . The number of entile , noise' , hotrs ant sheep in Hall county , as per tax list In lss- < Is us follows Horses , 7.0 > > ' ; cattle , , ! 0,057 hogs , I,1) ) . ' ! } ; sheep , 2OJ4 ; mules mid asses S77. S77.Number Number of cattle nnd sheep being fed It tuis caii'itv irotn u e.ncful estimate U : Cat tie , 5.50J ; sheep , 27.000. Johnson. STCIIMVO , Neb , Peb. ' ) The live stock within ten miles of this place , together with names of the owners Is as follows : Fat Cattle Hogs W. S. Holden 15J ill ! Washington Welt 20 100 C Hioc-Uoniidgo ISO 41 Potcr IMian 5J f. Charles Llpps 71 Georgi ) Qulblo . ' 3 ? 7. Mike Sluy 10 S" " Allotheis 515 'JO Tolil 'ir nee There yvns mote coin and hay raised n this part of the st Uo Ihh jeir Uniti last and quite an amount is being shipped. Corn is woi th 20 cents , wild huy * )50 ) per ton am Uitno hay ? 5 psr tou. Thctc are no sheep here. Kt-ja I'nlin. Got i tin u.n , Neb , Fob 9 This has been thomost favorable winter to feeders hoie. In fact thcie has as jet b.'on no baJ weather , nnd feed is most plentiful. Hiy can bo bought for $1 per ton , nnd a suiplus is sine not to bo used Corn Is only IS cents , but the hogs arc nil shipped , and will bo veii scirco , In fact , there me no longe any to b3 had. 'llfeie aiosomo eattlo bcin fed , but not half enough to supply this county. This is u line cajtitv for the eittli > men I am feeding 40 he 11 of llnd stos'a , and know of sonic 200 not far a\vny. N.inuc. ' GKVOA , Neb , Peb 9 Within n rulius of ten miles fiom Genoa there aic about bOJ eu- tlo beiin ; fed , piobibly the largest numbjr will bo held over for the late maiket. Hogs arc scaice nnd but few to market before June , when tlure will bo an avci I.JQ crop if disc iso keeps away. 'Iheio is u l.uvo surplus of coin in this section , much of which Is beinir held for a bolter m irkot. Sin ill grains are balow the nverago crop. The country about hero Is well supplied with hoisjs , and the indications are t'ut ' in a few y cars they w ill hayo to expoi t from this section. Nuckolly. NBiso\Noo.reb.9 There are about 2,000 cnttlo alid 1,500 hogs in Nelson precinct , and something like 20,000 of each in the county. In the sime way. I should Ju dgo , Ihcrooro sonic 000 hoiscs in Nelson precinct and 7,000 in Iho county. Last spi ing there were 1,141 sheep assessed in the lounty , of which mote than one half belonged to three individuals. P. S Nelson is credited with 700in Highland precinct , nbout thico miles iiom Nelson ; John Pew with 500 in Spring Creek precinct ; F. W. Bailey with 050 in Alban pieciuet , while Nelson pi comet registered 13. About thiee-fouiths of the cattle nnd hogs aio being fattened for tin winter nnd spring markets Our principal stock men within ten miles are : Henry Wehrman , C. & F. Spurck , Kelley Bios. , K. L Downing , Joseph H. "Vanvalin and John Uousa , who liandic cattle and hogs ; George Smith , who handles horses , and A. K. Downing , who handles all three An immense quantity of hay was put up in this section und the mai net price is f.1 per ton , dcliveicd in Nelson , with no haj welling and the hay presses stopped. It safe to say that corn did not nv crago ovei 'mshels ' lo the acre , nnd it is estimated th " * 000 bushels were i aiscd. At any r.ito n. 'VMS laised than will ba used hem , nnd at least 10,000 bushels nro ciibbsd in Nelson waiting for higher pncea. The market price is only 20o and dull. Otoc. Nrmusk-v Cirr , Nob. . Feb. 9.-Otoo county Is undoubicdly one of Iho best stock producing sections in the state , and its blooded stock cannot bo beaten anywhere. The numbei of live stock in the county at picsent is about aa follows : Number. Value. Horses 10,037 $1,35,025 Cattle 37,770 1U3.465 : Mules and asses ] , ( i0 241'JJO Hoes 37,7:15 : 200,3 % Sheep 2wl ( 9,1550 Total 90,178 $ ' ! , ( H,5,4CO Avciysuiall per cent of the cnllle und sheep are being fattened for market. Ot hogs the estimate is about ono third. Tno supply of feed is large , greater than for sovcial years. About 110,052 acres of coin were cultivated in IbSS , .which .yielded auout 4,27SVJ5 bushels The hay harvest , at a rough estimate , is placed at about 300,000 tons. Hav sells on the Nebrasga City mai hot at $5 00 .0.00 per ton , corn at ISfuUO cents. The hog market is always good , Kansas City prices pievailing. The above estimate of live stock Ineludcs the famous Tuilington stock farm , owned by Mr T. W Harvey , of Chicago. This farm contains some of the ilnost blooded stoci ; in the world in cattle , sheep nnd hogs. It also includes Hefner & bon's i'nglish Draft Horse company , of this city , whoso present stock of blooded noises Is valued at f50,000. Mr. O. O Hefner , the manager , is ptesident of the Nebrasita Draft Hoiso Bieodeis' asso ciation Among the well known nnd successful stock raisers of Otoo countj , besides tlio above mentioned , uro O. C. and O. F. Wig gins , of Wyoming precinct ; Ilonry Pcndle ton , M. L. Hnvward , FiancisBros , Over- ton Brcs , J. btetlmg Moiton , Dick Clove , K. Poldt and a number ol others , all of whom aio iaising block successful ! } und ex tensively. TiLMtui' , Neb , Fob 9 A census , caro- full > taken , in districts embracing in the aggregate fifteen squara miles of toriitor.v , gives un average to the square mile nf 2-i horses , t' ) head of cattle nnd 12 j hogs , Sheep were found In only ono district of the tcrri- toiy canvassed , ono man having tt 'ienl ' Ol 171 head. The ligurcs obtained show Hint not quite one fourth of the canto nnd ubout one-halt of the hogs on hand uro being fat tened for the winter and Muing markets. The aci cage of last year's corn crop , mndo an nvorago of l'U acres to Iho square mile. A fair estimate of the yield is 50 bushels per auro , t'onsideung the crop lu general , though many Holds yielded considerably In excess of that figure. Coin is woith 20 cents per bushel In this nun kct There Is a largo sur plus on har.d , but not many farmers uro soiling now , as they hope for a better pi ice later in the season , The crop of both wild nnd tame hay was unusually heavy last fall , and n sumcient amount was cut nnd cured to food the stock on hand , but there is little surplus. Hay Is vvoith from i to $4 per ion. The miUl winter thus far nas boon very fnvoiabloto stock feeding , nnd cattle and porl'ors have dally Increased In avoirdupois , much to the satisfaction of feeders , The ex ceedingly low price of cattle , however , is a source of great discouragement to them. Then , too , Iho swlno pens fn a neighborhood Eomo dislauco cast of this place nio still suf fering losses from the dreaded hog cholera. Prank und Gcorgo Kicth , of Brock , five rules fOJtli of this place , have bought ant ) jroucut into Hits locality from not thorn 7van- sas since lust Match , over 1,000 bend of stock cattle , most of wtileh have been sold to farm ers hero , d'coftfo Townsemi , also of Biock. ha brought in and disposed of about &oo head Hon William Graver boueht PO head of stock ci ttlc nt ilnnovur , Kan \ \ Illhim P Clark , living two inllca soutli of Tulmagc , ! s feeding 200 head ot cattle. Peter Berlct , president of Iho Bank of Tal- mage , is feeding 100 head nt his farm , sh miles south of town. Gcorgo Gnist , live miles south , nnd Jncob Sturr , six miles east of this place , each fed bO head , nnd part ol ouh drove has been put on the market. J. W Horn nnd Peter Bcrgnr , near Brock , nro wich feeding 50 hcnd. and Gcorpo Clapp is feeding 40 A IMnunston , Joseph Handloy , Carl Schulu and T I1. Buiruss , nil living soutli of thii place , nro each feeding nbout 35 head , Most of these irontlrmon nro fi cdmg a goodly number of hogs lu oonnecilon withthcit cnttlc. 'Ihoro me ri number of others feed ing on n smaller fcnlc , and no doubt the names of n number of largo feeders in the Gorman settlements north and west of Tal' mage have been omiucd. John Casper ami Herman Arcmls , north ot town , and Williaut nnd Louie Sehncht add John Weber , west ol town , are probably limong the most exten sive fcedcisin those Belllemonls. Sviucisr , Neb , Fob U There will bo no shortage of feed of any kind There will b : hay to spare and the corn is all In Iho hands of feeders and pioducer < Some feeders paid finm 2J cents to 2" ) cents for corn In the full ami early winter but nro now pa.vlng20nml 21 cents ; not much changing hands ut that , hottovcr. Pal Stock cuttle , cattle Hogs W. C Wileox 112 100 1W P Ferguson 115 112 20C Potei Vanantweip 05 f > 0 . . . . Lorm Wnilo 100 40 . . . . GeoigoMcKeo 145 til . . . . - Coddiiiglon 10- , Ul . . IMAndrows 4 IM ! KM ] , ! ( John Mailer 25 25 W Cook 10. ) 10 141 O J Davis Ib 17 7r Guult f 0 Albeit Aimstiong ' lil . . . 4tl Klddoo 40 40 Do.ui 40 41) ) . . . Sabln 21 U . . . . Dan Liwienco 1 ! 0 20 . . . . hhoom.ikOi 21 III . . . . Witt . . . ) > 75 . . . . ClarcmoUiH.il 50 20 . . . . John Maoris 20 40 William Dunn 2S Ot H. M. Kounsavillo b" Mis Davenpoit 40 7C Jtisiah Uogers 100 . . . 201 MisLlsk 10 bt U'nitleld Holdcn 175 William Woods 2J 50 . . . . Charles Woods 15 12' . . . . George Smith 24 dO bU Geoi go Davidson 80 05 7t ) PatKing 75 21 John Mnv 2i ( . ' 15 5(1 ( Toui Feely 05 75 James Jose 40 81 .TohnBroxvn lit . ' 15 1X1 Henry Clouso 18 25 75 T. W. H.u vey 300 100 45(1 ( liwngAndiuws 50 21 Blown Biotheis 100 100 200 H. C. Handy 75 50 A. B. Keaton 18 : I3 75 William Kdwards 70 2J 100 J. M. Wise 00 33 Kmctt Gore 2bO 200 John McCormicIt 2J 47 TO Total 2,3.U ( 2-ilS 2,710 The total number of horses owned by those abov e named is 220. I'lnttc. iCoi.LMiiLS , Neb , Fob. 9. Tli o number of hogs is much less than last year. Of hay and corn there is a good , big sur plus. Hay is worth $5.00@2.50 per ton , corn , IS cents per bushel. This county has ion feed for winter and spnng imuL.et4,5pO cattle , 15,000 sheep. PAWNEE CITV , Neb. , Fob. 9 I herewith send staleuient of number of hogs , cattle , sheep , horses and mules in Pawnee county : HORS , all nges , 75,000 ; catllo 00,000 , sheep 5,000 , horses 12 000 , mules 400 Within a radius of ten miles of Pnwnco City : IHoss 05,000 , cattle 55.0JO , sheep 45,000 , hot ses 1,000 , mules 350 Theio are being fattened In the county about 10,000 head of cattle and not less than 25,000 hogs. These are for the spring and Juno matkets. Sherman. IvOur CITV , Feb. 9. Within a radius of ten miles from Loup City theio are now about 1,000 hcid of cattle , 753 hogs and 1,500 sheep. Of this number nbout750 head of cattle , 7.10 hogs nnd 400 sheep are being fattened for maiket. 1 ho cattle arc distributed among nbout tlurtyllvoarmors H. McPaddon is feeding 75 head , A. L. Baiho ( iO head , H. Ballio 2.1 head , F. Albska 25. Scott ' 20 , Man chester 2. , Brauscomb 10 , O'Neill 2.J , J. Clulson 40 , Fuller 2. , Hcnson 40 , Deck Baker 40 , Mr. Giay 40 , Mr. UofE 40. N. Thompson ! ! 0 , J. A. Angler 20 , William Young 2.2 , J. Lauders 20 , and the balance in small lots. Tracy Bros , have about 1,000 sheep and are fattening nbout 20J. H. Mc- Fndden has ! iOO and iafaUenlng 100. There is an abundance of feed lo keep this stock through the winter. In Sherman cotinly there was harvested during the last season about200,000 bushels of coin , the nv- ciago market price of'which has been 17 j cents per bushel ; iilao nbout : i,500 Ions of hay , Iho market pi ice of which has averaged tl.73 pei ton. The winter so far has been very mild , and consequently very favorable for stock. Howard. GIHVU : : < TOWX , Neb , , Feb. 0. In tills ( II ) township there is about 75 per cent of fat hogs on hand now'as compared with last icar. The present < jiop of young hogs is nbout 00 per cent of last vear , but they are in betler condilion , owing to the nice w outlier and plenty of corn , no doubt. Theie are not nearly as many cattle feed ing in this township'ns there was lust year. There mo several feeders that are shipping out eirllcr tills year than last. I think there aio aboutBOO ] cittlo In Iho feed pen in uiis township , and stock cittlo nio being 10- duccd ns fast as they can Had u maiket. Tuere Is abundance of feed for all stock on hand , and a sui plus , ( which last .year found a good market , tnis yiar will bring but half pi ice. There was ncft nearly ns many cattle shipped in from Iowa and Kansas last fall ns theio usually is. The principal fcedois in this township are IM. B. Palmer , Louis Meyers , C. Lyons , C. Grots nnd /Cimmui- - iii un. WqbHtcr. iKiVAi.n , Neb. , Fel > . 9. There nro about 900 entile being fed lu the territory trlbulury to this market. The stock cattle and hogs in the county nro about 10 par cent less than last j ear. Of horses and mulfs there nro about the same number as last jcar. There is plenty of feed. Corn Is worth 18 locnts , but there is none lo ship Huy Is * 2 iwr ton nnd lots of it to spate with no place to put it. Hogs bring > 4 40 , flit cattle nbout n cents w 1th none moving yet except fat coyvs. CoyvM.fi , Neb. , Feb. 9. About 4CH ) head of cattle nio being fed | a thls lucality. There uro not ns tunny hogs as usual , but there urea a feyv sheep. Theru'ls plenty of feed nnd to spare. Corn is nearly all marketed The pi Ice is 17 cents lo 'a cenls , and few oats ut 17 cents to 19 cents per bushel. York. WACO , Neb , Fob. P. In the territory men tioned in TUB Bun ohcular a fair estimate is as follows : Cattle , fftt and feeding , fXJOhead ; stock cattle , 1,000 ; sfock hogs , 2,500 , Of fat hogs , about two cats , or 130 bead , uio shipped. Among the parties feeding cattle are : J. n. Allen , Thomas Prloo , Thomas Biudloy , Thomas Kirbv , John Pecker. A. Von Win- den There is plenty of food for them. The corn crop in the territory mentioned will bo nbout 730,000 bushels. The hav crop Is light , mostly clover and prairie. There is none lor shipment. Corn now sells nt 18 cents. Fat hogs bring (4 50 , slock hogs * M)0@3,00. ) Clover hay Bells for I5.005.ij.00 per tou and pralrio Oiila sell for IS cents per bushel. There Is light crop , but it Is UM good as anywhere. FROM THE HAWKEYE STATE Qubornntorhil Asplrnnt3 Alrotuly In the Plold. THE MERCHANTS' ASSOCIATION Hctall Dpnlrrs Oiganl/iiif ; Kor Mif tun ! Benefit and Protection Thu CI linila Asjlmu Atlairs at tile Penitential ! . The rsiilicrnntorlnl ( "iinilltlatci , Di s Motors , In , Peb 10 [ Special to Tnr. Urn ] The contest for Hie republican nomi nation foi1 governor Is beginning to yvarm up. The three prominent mid nvowed candidates in the Held so far aio Lieutenant Governor Hull , Mr H. C. Wheeler , of Sac county , and Senator Hutehlnson , of Ottutnwn. Captain Hull has been n candidate for souio time , and four j oils ago made the race , but was de feated by Governor Ltirrabee , who was nomi nated fet the llist time then Ho consented to tnko the second place on the ticket for thu sake of party harmony , nnd Ins ft lends in sisted at the tlmo that in four jears ho would bo entitled to have the parti nomina tion for the llrst place. So thi'i nro pressing him largely on Hint claim now. Ho was u soldlor and has nnvido acquaintance with the old soldiers and politicians generally over tlio state , for ho has been in public life a number of .years Ho was lor ihieu terms scciclary of Uio senate , mid for three terms scci clary ol state befoio no was elected lieutenant gov- 01 nor. As ho Is an alTablo ami pleasant fel- loyv , easj to become acquainted with , ho his u gte.it many friends who aio for him for governor. Mr Wheeler piobatdy comes ncU in popular strenglh for this position , thouirn lu i following is chiolli with lliongrieulluial classes He has per haps Iho laigest fuim in the state , slocued with vciy valuable stock of all kinds Ho c.n i les on farming opci ations on n vet y ex tensive scale , and laiscs mid imports line stock. He has been for seveial ye.us the piesldent of the State Agricultural soeietj , and has had general supciintcndenco of Iho state fairs. This has given him a wide ac quaintance with tlio farmcis , and ho is en dorsed vcr.y gonoially by the Farmers' Alliance The noithwestein part of the state will bo vciy neulv solid for him. Senator llutchmson is a kinu of a icservo candidate who hopes to step in between the other two. Ho has been for n number of icars in Iho stito senate , succeeding Gov- einor Lnrrabeens chairman of the wa > s and means committee Iln hiisauood loputation as a safe , prudent legislator , thoroughly posted on nil state affairs. Ho is , personally , veiy pleasant though quiet , nnd not very aggressive. State BiiKlnoss MCII'H AnROcinolon , DI.S MOIHI s , Ia , Feb 10 [ Special to Tin : Bi r.J While tlio jobbers and inanufactuiors of the state have bocn atlracting a largo sh.uo of public attention of late , the relail dealers do not propose lo bo left. So they organised at M.ushalltown last week a btalo Business Men's association , which is to bo incorporated under the state laws , "for mutual bcnellt and not pccuuliry pin poses. " The president of the nssoci ition is II. C. Young , a co il dealer , of Murshalltown. The Hi st vice president is J. M. Kennedy , of Dubuque - buque ; the scond , Fiank Supple , u grocer , of Manchester ; the thiid , C. II. Harper , a grower , of Hubbard ; the fourtli , a haidwaro dealer ot Hello Plalne , Mr. C. P. Hosmcr ; Iho Jiflh is M. U. Fisher , a giocer , of Ucd Oak. The sreiotary is A. S. Hurnett , of Marshnlltown , and the treasui cr is A. A. Moore , also of Marahalltown. These nro the general or state ofllcers. It is the in tention to organise local associations in every city in Uio stato. The association is copied after similar organizationg , in Michigan ami Pcnns.v Ivania. The object of the nssociation is mulunl benefit m many vvajs. Among the special objccls youglit lo bo obtained me : "The proper obseivauco of all national holidays , and moio ficquent in tervals for rest u id recreation. " "Maintain ing an intelligence bureau for the mutual benefit of employ eis and these wishing em ployment. " "Shorter hours for doing busi ness in , and an honest endeavor to educate the bujcr , to make his purchases between 7 a. m. and 8 p. m. , six days a week. " "Main taining a system of cicdit rating icpoits , for receiving nnd nnpartii'g prompt infoi mation to local associations of the credit standing of all customers , and of persons changing loca tion. " Many other good results nro hoped for oy ihis mutual co operation , and Iho business men , who are moslly retail doileis , nre vei y hopeful of the success of tho. asso ciation. _ General Crocker. Drs MOIVES , In. . Feb 10 [ Special to Tun BKB. ] Ono of Iho foremost of Iowa soldiers , whoso memory ia most loved to day , was General M , M. Crocker , of this city. Ho commanded the fumous Crocker brigade , whoso members now include some of the lending men of the country. Ho was but thirty when ho cnteiod the war , and ho died immediately after. Ono of the Grand Army posts of this oily was named after him , and 1ms the honor of being the largest post in the state. A few nights ngo a handsome oil portrait of the general was presented to the post , with approprinto exorcises. The occa sion was ono of much public interest , ns the older citiyens of Dos Moincs lenicnibcr when General Crocker , ns a young lawyer , began hla caicer in ihis city , nnd organised ono nf Jlrst companies that went from Iowa to the war. Tno portrait , which is nn excellent likeness , lonrcscnls Iho general in full mil- foi m. It Is the center of inleiest In Iho lull of Iho post , which has moro members lhan nny other in Iowa. Gcneial Crocker's name is preserved in many ways in Dos Moinei . One of the school buildings and a hand some icshlenco street are named after him , Stiiiidini ; Upon n Technicality. DCS MOINP.S , In , Feb. 10 [ Special to TIIC Bcu.1 Some twenty joars ngo the stale university endowment fund sustained Homo losses amounting to about $1,000. The laws of this stale provide Ihat when uny public endowment fund llko thh becomes impaired , the loss shall bo made good by the state. Acting under this siniulc , the gov ernor and board of regents of the univeisity had asked Auditor Lyons to issue wairanta to cover the loss. Upon investigation , ho concluded that ho was not authorized lo issue such wart nuts , since llio debt of the Htutc to the endowment fund had boon out lawed by the statute of limitations. The at torney gonoial sustains him , and the next legislature will bq asked for un npproprla lion lo miika good the dcll- cicncy , This is perhaps the only instance knovyn1 where a state Hot up that Pica against p.ij ing u debt to itself , for that Is practically whui It amounts to. It is bim- ply taking money out of one pocket to put into another. But oycn , u stole can some times stand upon a technicality even when ita own Interests ure , ttib lospr , Hnvo Taken Too Mniiy Contracts , DFS Moivns , Ia , , Feb. 10 , [ Special to TUB Ben. ] It Is not often that states nro troubled to flnd artisans enough to keep tholr contracts in the ponltentlaVlcs , but that is the case in Iowa. In the I wo state pilsons , Anarnosa and Port Madison , tuoro is a scarcity of skilled hands to do the work for which the state has made contracts. As all the machinery nnd far-llity for doing work on these contracts is at Fort Madison , tlio slate has made all its contracts there. Hhorllt Mngce , of Siouic City , was In town yester day on his way homo from Von Madison , where fto had just taken throe prisoners. Tliohtaf ) Ja ciifacod in the manufacture of boots and shoes , chairs , ngth'ullural incuts tools , Including rnkcs , hoes , vrvlho Handles , etc , These shops nt Fort Madison have conti acts that itmfor some > cms vet. As U is now , ever two thlids of the counties in the state , or moro than sixty six of the nitioty-nmc , semi their convicts to Port Madison. The prison has JI5 prisoners nt present , vvlillo the number is less nt Ann moia. Iowa has a total of less thin seven bundled convicts for n state of 2.000.COO people Iho Clntttt'lii Dts MOIST * , la , Fob. 10 I'spoolal to Tin : Bi i 1 Tlio state is roisonibly well pieparcd now to tnlto caio ot Its Ins-mo The hospital at ( . 'larmda h is now about two hun dred and tvvfiitj II vo patients , thus gientlv iclloving Iho crowded hospitals nt Mount Pleasant nnd Independence. When the nest legislature meets it will probably make a liberal appropiir.lloti for continuing the work of building at Clnilnda Iho wnilc so far done theio is limited to the construction of the main building , with ono wiiii , nnd Iho kitchen and engine house , some jlttli * ills- laneo.nvav , but connected by a corridor. The Intel veiling spjco may In nine bo lilted b\ , the chapel and amusement hall , If the present pi ins are can led out. The appro- pi hit ton made by the last geneial assembly has been exhausted , so tint no moi o build ing will be done this .year. The thieu state hospitals can now piovldo for auout two thousand | ) .itlenls , and when the Claiindn hospital is completed the accommodations will bo Ineieased several huiulicd moic. The "Q" Cuff IjV Drs Minx-rs , la . Peb 10 [ Special to Tun Bu : JThe Chicago , Bui lington & Qulncy rniltoad takes off its night train , from this citi to Kansas Citj , beginning to night. The reason alleged Is that the commissions s have i educed nitos so low that they have to ictiencli expenses by culling down the er-s vice when possible THIS CI ItKCOKI ) . Tlio I'lii.uiulnl Traim.iqtions of tlio I'.istVoijk. . HOSTOV , Mass , Feb 10 - [ Special Tolo- pi.iin to the Bir ] Tin followni ! ? table compiled from disp itches to the Post fran them lingers of Iho IcaJinij elcirmg housci of the United States , shows tno giov * ex changes for the week cndc.l _ Pebiuiry9 , IbbU , with lataspjr cent of iucrovsj or decrease - crease as compircd with the amount1) ) for the coiicspoiidingweek in 1S53 : llcnvy Storing In ! BVb-j Jiimcs Oonlin llnnii'lt. ] LOVDOV , Feb. ,10. [ New York Herald Cable Special to Tim BPK. ] On Saturday last the people of Iho Unilcd Kingdom vvoio vv.u nod througn the London edition of the Herald , that n sloi m may bo cxpecled to strike the western und northern Hiitish and Norwegian ooasls between Sunday and Tuesday. The storm has duly appeared , and reports arc coming in from all parts of the north of Scotland , Finland , Biussels , and the south of England , giving delalls of a gale. Heavy falls of snow aio general , ana in London it lays to a depth of several inches. In the piovinces it Is found several feet deep. Vehicular trafllc Is praclically at a standstill , and the strcels are descried. The Hnglish channel is very rough. Rocket signals observed from Dover are supposed lo bo from vessels in disltcss. Two slo.un- ers from Dover lo Calais and Ostend loft the first named port , ono with twenty and the other with but two passengers. Tolegi nphic communication , both inland atid continental , is much interrupted. Morality Going lo Hood. [ Copj/rlo/it / JSK ) tin Tarns * ( Jnidnii Itennrtl. ] Loxnov , Feb. 10. | New York Herald Cable Special to THE Bun ] Cardinal .Man ning , in the course of an inleivlew with Iho Herald correspondent on Iho publication of the London edition on Sunday , said in reply to n ipjestlon ns to whether ho couhl detect in the United Stntos nny harmful ro- suits produced by the Sunday ncwspapcis "I cortamly can In ono respect that is ns regards divorce , In this und other mailers of morality I lecogni/e In Aincric i a decided lendoncy lo , as I call 11 , go lo seed. I four that in Amei lea the freedom of di voice has done much to break up domestic life , and it certainly requires but slight observition to BCO that In the observance of Suml t > you have driflcd far , far away from the nsiigo of your forefathers. Yes , I fo ir that Amc rican - ican morality is going to seed , nnd her Sun day newspapers must have had something to do with U. " Brtttnllty I > i > noiina il. Los'uov , Feb. 10 NolwillHfanalng the heavy snow storm that prov.Ulud , thous inds of citizens , chlelly from Iho yyorknirjino'i's nnd radical clubs , held a demonstration nt Hyde Park to day SpLCchoi were do llvored from twelve platforms. A resolution , which was put aimultanlously at all of the platforms ami earned amid great ch coring , declared thut Ibo citucns of London con demn the brutal policy of canrcion , protest against the travel nmont's unclyili/ou treat- inent of political nrlsoneiH , and demand the release of the Irish patriots whoso only crime Is the cxoiclso nf the culinary tights of frco speech. The socialists occupied ono platform , decorated with ted flags , nnd nt which was was displayed n banner with tlio inscilptlon , "Uemcmbur Chicago. " The speaker * ut this platform utiiUod the occasion lo denounce hud owners and capitalists , Perfect order was maintained throughout the proceedings. - - * The JMIiilstry'H 1'nlo Doiilitrul. PAIIIS , Fob. 10. It is expected that tlio chamber of deputies will prt 3 the scrutin ( t'arrondolssnicnt bill to-morrow after a short debate. The real Issue bjtjvexm the cabinet and the opposition will b4 fought on tlio re vision scheme on Thursday , Ti.o fata of the ministry is doubtful. Tlio Mnli.ll Airmotl. | CAI no , Fob. 10. A Greek who Just ar rived hoio fiom Khartoum reports that Senussl line taken ICl-Oocl-J , and that the MaUdJ Is Alanucd. IF IT'S ' BAD WHAT'S ' THE ODDS Clovolnnd's Nomination For Civil Sorvlco Oommleslonor. ALL THE BETTER FOR OUR SIDE llou Sonic ot the llopiilillonn Sena tor * I3\l t I'sNPll ' 1 IlL'lll'il'UON Oil 'llliliisoii's | Appointment - C.iIII not Gossip , WASHINGTON Buuivti : 1'iti : OMVIU 13r.n. } 61.1 I'ontTCi . ru Srncnr. * WisniMiTov , I ) . C. Fob 10 } The tomoval of Civil Mcrvioo Commissioner IMgertou was almost the solo topic of com ment to ilav , Adiiilnistiatlon men say that the ptosidcul had seemed n suftlclent num ber of icpiiblican soniitom to guatnntj the continuation of Thompson before thotcinoviil was decided upon , bo far jour correspond' cut has been timiblo to Und u lopiibllcan sen ator who s.ijs ho will snppoit the nom ination , , although there aio some who po so far us to sa > they might ns well vote for 'Thompson's lonllimillion ns that of nny other democrat , since the law requites that a democrat shall bo on the boatd , and that Iho woiso the domoeiatlo nomination K the heller for the lopubllcnn tuirtv. Otheis miilnlnin that Piosldenl Bar- nson should Do pei milled lo pass upon the domocrae.v of the democratic member of tlio bouitl , .since the appointee Is to sei\o ui.dor tlio new ndinlnistia- tionhleh \\ill eomoitlilu n foi might or a week alter action is t.U.cn on the noiuination , and that Ptesi- dent Cle\ eland has asguined to pass upon thu lepublicinism of Distiict Commissioner- VAobb. and oltiots They hold fill thor , that if Thompson , w ho his nothing except politics to iceomiueiid him foi the place , is desired , by PiOMilont HanIson , the latter can vciy easily nominate him , and further , that , if Piesldent Cleveland had thought Hie now ad mintituition would linve looked with favor upon Thompson ho would nol have nominated him. A caucus will bo held bi tlio tcpublt- can scnatois for the pmposo ol ngieotng to action 01 nnn iic'ion upon the nomination , If it is found tint theio mo lepublicans wlio aio inclined to vote lor his continuation. Tlio fact that the piesidcnt lomovcd IMgciton be cause the Inttoi wanted to honestly enloio the civil sei vice 1 iws in the face of opposi tion to men luglil ) connected with tlio nd- miiiistiiillon , will not opper.ite to the benefit of ' 1 hompson , who has Ii id his sti iUors out for weeks , woi Itmg in the interestot Ins eon- Ilimallon , und soheining lo oust IMgoiton. Something of Thompson's political anteco- dants will bo leained by the senate befoio action is taken. nir Turn1 un ! . The tariff bill will be iepot ted back to the house ne\t weolc , uithei Wednesday or Thurodny. That is what two demociatiu mcmbcts of Iho way s and means committee said to day and thci collided this statement with the nsseition that the bill would cer tainly not iciuain in the committee room after next Tlunsdny. .Hist in what shnpo the hill will bu tcpoitcd back lias not jet been detei mined nnd will not bo until the democratic : members of Iho committee havo- have hud u confeience. The senate bill may bo loport- cd back with the recommendation to the house thnt it bo non-coitcurrcU in , when in the usual'order ' of things n conference com mittee would bo appointed , or the committee may icpoit back piacticallv n new bill as un amendment to the senate ninondtnont. Whichever com so may bo pursued the ways und means men say that the bill will bo dis cussed In Die house nnd that it will not go to la a conference committee bcfoio it has been pretty thoroughly considered In u committee of the whole. Titrcowj.cs HIM , . Mr. Kandall said yesterday that he in tended to icpoit Iho Cowles bill lo repeal Hie lobacco tax. back to the house early in the week , oil net on Tuesday or Wednes day. TUB DEFIURN'tV 1III I. . The sub committee of tuo npproprintlona committee was nt all woik all day on the de- llcicncy bill , nnd it is expected that that bill will bo laid before the full committee on Monday. This is the last appropiialion bill , ind Mr. Kandall said n few days ago lh.it ho wanted nil Iho regular up- nropiiation bills disposed of beloio tlio Cowlo's bill was considered. Iho icpubll- can members of the committee believe there is a mnjoiity in favor of Iho tosolution in the coinmilteo , and also n small majority in the house. Now , however , that the t.uilT bill ii tobeicportcd to the house HO soon , it is very likely thai Mr. Kandall will holdback Iho Cowles resolution , as ho said when It was /Irut / lofcrrcd to his committee Unit ho would wait until he kne'v what would be thu action oflhowajs nnd means committee on Iho sennto tni id lull. Mr. Kandall did not llko the reference of Mr. Cowle's Jresolutlon lo his committee , as ho considered it ii regular , but the house having ouleied it , ho had no alteration in Iho mutter. CAHINKT OOSSII' . Cabinet gossip in Washington was to-day conlincd to Hopiescnlalivo Thomas , of Illi nois , for the sccrctnrjshlp of the navy. It was announced on Saturday , and repeated in todav'H local papers , that inlimiitions Imvo boon given Capt iln Thomas that bin iluino was beihg seriously cojisldeied by General Hauison , and that ho might expuet nn invitation to visit Indianapolis. To niulit Senator Cullom mailed to ( Jencial Hatrihon n very formidable en dorsement of Captain Thomas , It wns pre pared hi the senitto of the utato of Illinois , und Blgnod by ovciy member of that body , domociau ulilio witli tcpnblioans. It was also signed by all of the leading i lipublicans in Tliumas' ' distiici and HOIIIO ot thu slate ofllcers. II was eoiinlcrsltfnrd by Senator Cullom , who added his own peisonal en- dni semcnt In the strongest possible language. The memorial , after setting foi th his mill- taiy tocoid , calls attention lo the fact that Captain Thomas has served five toiiim m congress and has lonBtuntl } boon a member of the committee on naval aflairs , has mudo a Ktudy of tiavul cuiisti uctlon , nnd la omincnlli qimlillcd for Iho position ; that ho yvonid have been continued in con g.tcss as long as ho desired to bo a member of that body , had il not been for thu fact thai ho was in very bad health nt the llmu his convention met last spring , and lie In sisted that ho should not bo nominated ; that his health has been fully icslorod during the past foyy monlhs A number of rcpubliciinn membois of the honso Imvo wiltten personal letters to Geneial Iliiitison , etrongly urging hit appointment , und Whiuton Barker , and other well hwnvn lopublic.ins of Philadel phia and NIJW Yoik , niu ul-io umong hla In- doiacts , wr.sr vinnixii i-oi.tncs. A prominent West Viiginian politician , now in tlio city , who Inn iceo-itly tuturnod fiom Chailestan , sajs that If Iho ticmiiorlnl routcst had been tlio only ono nofoiotlio \\otl Virginia legislature It could have Leon settled bofoio this time , Tito teal inluithtln the present light is over Uio gubernatorial situation , nnd the tuo puti's in tttu lofls- laturo uro playing with the Bpjutorml mutter us it sldo Issue , Nnlhlng also liut'tlu governoishli > Is talked of there ulid there ia no interest whatever manifested in (111 ( ! bciu- loiial matter. The nppjanncM ' 'uro thnt General Golf's chances to bo either senator or governor have not dlHuppoaied , and jt U believed th it Iho outlook lov hla ullimato lootion , to the United Stutof senate IH much cotter than for hid Inauguration as governor. mi ! IMIIA.V in.i'iiiiuijox3. : Senator Chandler mitlcipalo * an "exceed- Ingly lively session of hit * committee on Indian duprodatlons to-morrow motnlng. It Is not impn bablo that testimony will betaken taken which will causoanopcn rupturu be tween Secretary Vilus and Indian Cointnls- nlonur Oboily. There has been trouble hiotvlng butyveei ) these two olllclals over HIIRO the hitter bccamo Indian commissioner. It K all on account of Vilus permitting timber to bo taken off Indluu lauds iu
