THE*

TRIBUNE. '

I F. SI. & E. 31. K13DIEIX , Pubs-

.McCOOK

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, NE-

BNEWS OF NEBEASKACnO-

CKEtt'S lOWABBIOADE REUNION. ThO-

following has been issued from Washington-to the members of the rfociety of Crockets-JowaBrigade* :

The third annual reunion of this society-will be held at Iowa City, Iowa , onWednesday-and Thursday. September Zi and 24.1 65-

.All.

soldiers , who have , at anytime , served-In the "Iowa Brigade ' composed of the llth ,18th , 16th and 10th Iowa Infantry Volunteers-

are , by the constitution of the society , en-titled

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to membership , and are earnestly in-vited

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to attend. ,The annual address will bo delivered by

General Andrew Hickenlooper of Cincinnati ,Ohio , who was tho last commander of the-brigade. .

All arrangements for the meeting will be-In charge of a local executive committee , to-bo named hereafter, who wilt give duo notico-of the details of their action.-

One.

and one-third ((1H ) fare will be given on-all railroads in Iowa , and main lines from-Chicago and Kansas City. Full fare going ,one-third returning, on certificates to bo given-attbo reunion.-

The.

silver oak-leaf badge of the society ,and the engraved certificate of membership ,can bo procured at tbe reunion.-

The.

last rcunjon at Cedar Bapids was a-complete success, and tbo arrangements in-progress are such as to assure to every man-of the brigade a most happy meeting at Iowa-City. . Every soldier of tho Eiovenih , Thir-teenth

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, Fifteenth and Sixteenth Iowa , who-can possibly attend , should be present.-

WM..

. W. BELKNAP ,President , Washington. D. C.

* JOHN H. MONROE ,Bee. Sec. , Muskatinc , Iowa.-

H..

. H. Boon.Cor. Bee. , Mt Vernon , Iowa-

.Nebraska.

papers copy above and oblige.-

BATLTIOAD

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ASSESSMENT. Assessment of the-various railroads in the state has been com-pleted

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as follows :

Amt per-Name of road. Miles , miles-

.Union.

Pacific 485.7-3Omaha

$11,227& Bop. Valley 225.24-

.O.N.4,816

. & Black Hills 148.1-5StJ.&Western

4.617113.3-

0Omaha12,612

& S. W 50.0-9Nebraska

9.583136.2-

0Bepublican6,193

Valley 524.0-0Atchison

5,890& Nebraska 107.4-

6Lincom&N6,803

, W 73.00-Nob.

4.850. & Col 90.4-

1Sioux4,938

City & Pao 26.9-5Fremont

5,303, Elhorn& Mo. Val.30112 4,5(0

Chicago , St. P. , M. & 0 221.5-8Mo.Pac.

4,363. 100.8-

8Chicago8,595

, Neb. & Kan 5.2-9Burlington

3.435& Missouri 19L93 12,01-

2Total 18534.739 08-

Total In 18S4 16,300,985 43-

Increase. .*.! $2233,804,6-5Tho average assessment per mile for-

the year 1883 i < $8,7021-8Thoaveraie assessment per mile for

1834 was 6,58721-Being an increase over 1884 of 114 9-

7Bnouani BACK. Detectives-Charles Emery of this city , and W. A. Wil-

liams¬

of Harper , Kansas , arrived in the city-last night with Charles C. Beveridge , late of-Fremont , a prisoner. Their ruse to effect the-capture of Beveridge at Detroit , and his ar-

rest¬

on a charge of obtaining money under-false pretenses , were published In this paper-on Wednesday , and need no recounting.-

Beveridge.

broke down when arrested , and-said he was glad that he was taken , for he had-been bunted and hounded long enough. He-added th it when he drew the checks on thelate firm In which he was a partner, he did not-think that it was criminal , or that the banks-would lose the money. He expected that his-'partners ," with whom he claims'to have had-

still a running account In some deals , would-pay the money. He had telegraphed the-partners for $2,000 and pot only $1,000 , which-was why he drew from this city. Beveridgo-added that he had one thought in his mind-when he left Fremont , and that was to pro-tect

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Minnie Evans , the school teacher , with-whom he had been intimate , and whose-mother had written him a terrible letter up ¬

braiding him for ruining her daughter.-Beveridge

.says that all be wants now is to-

get through this trouble as soon as he can ,serving a sentence for It, if there was no-other way for he wants to have his wife and-boy with him again. He has turned over to-

the detectives $4uO which he had on his per-son

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, and promises to turn over $4,000 which-he "planted" in Canada, whether he is prose-cuted

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or not by the banks. He had obtained*2,000from tho First National of Fremont ,$1,000 from the Commercial National of thia-city , and $300 on nn endorsement by Tom-Biddle, of Wahno. The detectives are elated-at having captured him. Tbe prisoner was-placed in the county jail last night and tele-graphed

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his iather to come on from Chicago.[Omaha Herald-

.THE

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STATE TN BRIEF.-

Lincoln

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special : Frank McCoy, aged 18 ,

ticket taker at the dime museum , while swim-ming

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with a number of companions in Salt-

creek , took cramps and went down. His-companions attempted to rescue him, but all-

efforts to save him were fruitless. McCoy-had bought a ticket for Omaha , where his-people reside , and intended to leave on the-afternoon train , but got in with companions-and concluded to go swimming. A rumor is-

in circulation that McCoy had been disap-pointed

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in a love affair and committed eui-

Ide-

, butthe story is given no credence-

.At

.

Beatrice James Casey , convicted of as-

eault with intent to wound , uponVm. . McEl-haney

-, was sentenced in tho district court to-

thirteen years in the. penitentiary. The as-

iault-

occured at Wymore last November.-

The.

uniformed ranks K. of P. of Hastings-are drilling regularly. They expect to carry-off the prize as the best drilled company in-

the state at the encampment which is to be-

held at Lincoln in September next.-

Tho

.

new German hall In Blair was opened-by a grand German balL Mrs. Sophie Bath-man

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presented the society a beautiful silk, banner , in behalf of tho German ladles ofBlair.-

Several.

saloons in Cedar Bapides have dried-up from lack of custom and moved to Albion-

.TheWesi.

.

.° Mnt Republican thinks that in-

view of tho faot that several cases of hydro-phobia

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have developed in that vicinity re-

cently¬

, some of the worthless curs that are-

permitted to live In the town should be sum-

marily¬

disposed of-

.A

.

sad accident occurred on the table land-

north of town yesterday , says the Valentine-Beporter. . Several-parties were digging a-

well , and had reached a depth of eighty feet-when it became neoessary to do some blast-ing.

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. Alter the discharge of the blast , George-

Banner went down into the well , but the-

moke wai too dense , so he at once started up-

the rope. When near the top he became in-

sensible¬

, lost bis hold and fell to the bottom ,

mangled corpse.-

The.

board of education of Beatrice is con-sidering

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the matter of providing additional-school room on the west side-

.Aunie.

Johnson (colored ), of Omaha, at-

tempted¬

to take her life by poison in a bouse-of ill-fame. The stomach pump was in time-to save her.-

The.

receipt of dressed beef in Boston last-

week direct from Omaha, says the Herald of-

that city, shipped in refrigerator cars is one-

more indication of the growth of Nebraska'smetropolis and the importance it is assuming-In tho commercial operations of the world-.The

.shipment received on tho eastern sea-

board¬

last week was only the beginning of an-

Immense iHinstry which wiM pour a golden

Thirty-sir thousand dollars worth of new-machinery has been added to the plant in tho-B. . & M. shops at Plattsmouth.-

The.

Ord City bank has been reorganized un-dcr tbo name of the First National bank , with-a paid up capital of $50,000-

.B

.

, A. Hindman is doing a successful busi-ness

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in tho tomato canning line , near NIo-brara.

-. Last year ho put up 600 cases from-

twelve acres of vines , and this year will can-about double tho quantity bo did last, and-will also experiment on sweet com.-

The.

Falls City schools aro in a flourishing-condition. . The report of tho superintendent-shows tbe number of children in tbe district-between.tbe. ages of 5 and 21 , 717 ; number en-

rolled¬

in the four primary departments , 322 ;

number enrolled in the grammar grades , 1S5 ;

number enrolled in tbe high school , 74 ; num-ber

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of colored children , 10 ; total enrollment ,

618.TheFullerton Journal advises the farmers-

of Nance county to keep a sharp lookout for-lightningrod peddlers this year, and havo no-

truck with them. It says that not one in ten-engaged in that business pretends to be hon-est Their whole object is to swindle , by deal-ing in inferior rods , adjusting them in such a-

manner that they furnish no sort of protec-tion against lightning , and charge for the-same the most fabulous and outrageous-prices. . It is safer to trust the Lord for tho-stfety of your lives and property than any-lightningrod dispenser. Drive them off at-once. . Don't give them a hearing for fifteen-seconds, for they are smooth-tongued villains-and aro full of all manner of uncleanness.-

Tho.

hungry potato bug comcth forth with a-

keen appetite and a vigorous digestion. Paris-green is good medicine for him-

.The

.corner-stone of the new M. E. church-

at Arapahoe will be laid at an early day.

the votes of Dawes county will meet in-

convention at Chadron on June 13 , to place in-

nomination a county ticket.-

A.

Washington dispatch says tho following-patents have been Issued Nebraska inventors :

JohnH. Barringer , Lincoln , self-loading car ;John Grant , Omaha , artificial stone pavement-

Major Terrlll has been ordered from San-

Antonio to be chief paymaster at Omaha, to-

relieve Major Stanton ordered to Salt Lake.-

Considerable.

damage has been throughout-the state by recent storms-

.It

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has been decided to hold a base ball our-namentin

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Hastings from tho first to the 10th-

of July.-

The.

award of prizes for the artillery contest-etwoen co mpanies A and B University ca-

dets-

, was made at Lincoln on the 9th. The-handsome silk guidon , the prize for the best-drilled company , was awarded to company B-

.The.

individual prize for the best drilled artil-leryman

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, was awarded to private Smith , of-company A. Companies A and B had an In-fantry contest for an elegant silk flag-

.A

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competitive examination for appointment-as cadet at Annapolis will be held in Hastings-on tho 14th of July.-

The.

carpenters of North Platto are greatly-

tions of the town-

.In.

> foot race at Soward between John-Pardoe and.Charley Lee , distance sixty yards'the former won. The contest was for § 100. A-

good deal of money is said to have changed-hands on the result,

During a storm' near Atkinson , saya the-Graphic , lightning struck tho house of H.Judsou , of Celia. going down the stovepipe

the stove to a sewing machinewhich-stood near by, passed through the floor tear-ing up several boards. No one was hurt with-the exception of a little girl about five years-old , who was made deaf by tho shock. "After-the storm bad passed the ground was covered-

with hail stones to the depth of three or four-inches , some being as large as hickory nuts-

.Thepremium.

list of the Adams county fair-is before the public.-

The.

BM. . extension from Holdredge is-

under contract to be completed to a point-near the center of Gosper county , where n-

new town has oeen laid out , which the town-

site company of Lincoln proposes to boom for-

all that's out ,

A Fourth of July fund is being raised at-

Tekamah and baa reached proportions which-augurs a grand celebration.-

AtColumDus.

the five-year-old son of ex-

Mayor

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McFarland , whtlo playing In "his fath-ers room , found a revolver and'shot himself-through the left hand and left thigh. Tho-

child is doing well , but had a narrow escape-

.There

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will bo a competitive examination at-

Hastings , July 14 , for the selection of an ap-

pointee¬

by Congressman Laird to the United-States naval academy at Annapolis.-

An

.

Oakland special says : John T. Hokin-son

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, with two neighbors n-imed Johnson and-

Swanson , a wiper in tho employ of tho rail-road

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company here , all Swedes , had been out-

to look at some cattle , and were recrosslng-Logan creek in a boat about two miles north-of this place , when it was upset and Hokinson-and Swanson were drowned. The creek be-ing very deep and rapid at this time , neither-of the bodies had been recovered when dark-

nesscompelled

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a postponement of the search-until morning. Hokinson is a well-to-do far-

mer¬

, aged about sixty years , and head of-

a family. Swanson was a young'unmarrled-man , who recently came here from Omaha ,

where it is said his parents reside.-

Following.

is'the assessed valuation of the-

banks of Omaha : First National , $130,000 ;

Omaha National , 150,000 ; Nebraska National ,

$100,000 ; United States National , $40,000 ; Mer-

chants'¬

National , S60.003 ; Commercial Na-

tional¬

, $120,000 ; Omaha Savings , $33,000-

.A

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dispatch from Weeping Water on the 9th-says that just after Jthe Missouri Pacific con-

struction¬

train crossed the lower bridge be-

low

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that place , near the Cascade mill , it struck-and killed a blind man by the name of Win-ters.

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.The board of public lands and buildings has-

made tho lease of some of the saline lands to-

stream

the Lincoln stock yards company, as author-ized by tbe last legislature.-

Gen.

.

. Morrow , commandant at Sidney , has-been made commander of Camp O. O. How-ard

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, the reunion grounds at Beatrice.-

State

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into the coffers of the business men-of Omaha to be thence distributed through-out

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the entire west-

.tricts

.

superintendent of the census , Geo. BLane , has written John H. Sahler, of Omaha *

that the time of taking the census In that city-would be extended one week If necessary-Owing to the fact that the enumeration dis

are quite unevenly divided and the-large amount of work required to be done-by certain enumerators this extension will-probably be made.-

A.

monument is to be erected over the grave-of the Catholic divine , the late Bev. Father-Nicholas Horse , at West Point.-

The.

state's Sportmen's convention and an*

nual tournament will be held at Beward , be-ginning

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on the 23d and lasting four days-

.During.

the circus at Beatrice , the residence-of J. A. Calkins was burglarized and some $25-

worth of goods taken. Thieves also visited-Brand't stables and took s gunhunting coati,an overcoat and a set of harness-

.through

.

-;

Bluo Hill murder case that created so-

much excitement a few weeks ago, says the-AlmaTribune , throughout this part of the-country , has developed a now state of affairs-.Webster

.county has sued the saloon men , to-

.gather.

with their bondsmen , who sold the-whisky to tbo unfortunate man who did tho-terrible deed , for the expenses incurred by-the county in the prosecution in said case ;and from tho reading oS tho statue we see no-

Teason wr-y they cannot make the claim-

.Governor.

Dawcs has appointed John C-

.Bonncll.

adjutant general of Nebraska , vice-E.. P. Boggen. resigned , and J. M. Hoffman-assistant adjutant general , vice Geo. P-.tersteen

., resigned.-

One.

of the young boys sent out to Nebraska-from New York a few-weeks ago has turned-to be a would-be train wrecker and will bo-

provided with a place In the reform school.-Tho

.good farmer who took him has no use for-

boys of that makeup.-ExGovernor

.

Furnas has re turned from tho-Exposition and gives it as his opinion that the-big show has been of incalculable benefit toNebraska-

.Preparations.

aro making for a great milk-farm near Omaha by a stock company whose-capital stock is §10000. Tho company will-cool the milk at tho farm and send it into the-city by special train. t-

Ground has been broken at Auburn for thenew court-house of Nemaha county and tho-building will be commenced at once. A sub-stantial

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jail will also be built at the same-time..

A correspondent writes that Greenwood-has a man wh o for right down cussed ness beats-anything heard tell of. Ho has boon making-indecent exposure of his person to little-girls and to several young ladles. A good-many threats of tar and feathers have been-indulged in.

Another witty paper (Saturday evening ) Is-

on tho tapis at Omaha. New newspaper ven*

turcs in that town havo averaged about one aweek of late.

J. W. Small , of Falrflold has already entered-ten Norman-Percheron stallions for exhibition-at the Omaha district fair in September.-

Workmen.

in the Beatrice canning factoryhave thus far this season made 330,000 cans.

STARVATION IN VIRGINIA-

.Public

.

Meetings Seing Held to Consider theSituation.-

Parkersburg.

, Va. , dispatch : The situation-in' Jackson county Is becoming serious. Hun-dreds of families are on the verge of starva3tion , and unless aid is speedily extended by-

the remainder of the state or the outside-world the most disastrous results may be ex-pected.

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. Some of the more fortunate and in-

fluential¬

people of the county, and others who-

believe the reports of the condition of the-inhabitants to be exaggerated , have hereto'-fore denied the reports that have from timeto time been published , stating that things-could be tided over till the new crop could be-raised , but now much alarm prevails , and-public meetings are being held in all the vii-lages

-, aiid the"local papers arc printing ap ¬

peals for aid-

.Last.

week meetings tra-e held at WhitePine and New Kentudc , at which citizens,epresentins : their respective neighborhoods ,

testified as to the extent of "famine. Manv-ritiful stories are beius; told. Hiram Cobb ,owner of a mill , said that people would como-at the rate of a dozen a day , after walkingong distances , becxing for a pint or a quart-

of meal , and sometimes bringing half a peek-of grains or a few eais of corn to be ground ,le knew men who had gone for five days-vithout food , and he himselt would soon be a-

sufferer. . J. H. Ganett said his neighbors-ere actually starving. John Smith , county

assessor , said that to his knowledge thirtyf-ive

-families were in danger of starving at

Xew Kentuck. An appeal lor aid was signedby representatives of 100 families. Tnese are-out specimen stories. One family is said to-aave subsisted for live days on lettuce , and-when found were nearly dead.

RETAIN YOTJR EQUILIBRIUM.

Postmaster General Vilas Reiterates That-No Efficient Postal Clerte Will 6e Re-move-

dStrange

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Postmaster General Vilos denies that he-

sent a dispatch to Chicago touching the-

threatened strike among the railway postal-clerks , as stated in Chicago. He says there-need bo no apprehension of a strike among-tho railway mall employes. It was possible-that a few clerks who felt that from their in-

fancy¬

they had no chance of remaining In the-service , had endeavored to eifect a combina-tion

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among tho older and more efficient men ,but they had failed in their attempt The-official postal guide for May contains a notice-over the signature of tho postmaster general-that efficient and honest railway clerks who-have not turned their attention toward politi-cal

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service during their labors , need have no-fear of being disturbed in office. "That-declaration in regard to postal clerks-and their relation ," said tho post-master

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general , "has never been de-parted

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from in a single instance. I believe-one mistake was made , but when I discovere-dit 1 restored the mon to tho service. There-have been a very cons'tlerablo number of re-movals

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made, but I think that no less than-threequarters , or perhaps nine-tenths of-them , were made because of inefficiency ; be-cause

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they wore not good clerks ; becauso-they were what Is known in the service as-deadwood. . A very limited percentage have-been removed becauso they were partisans-.Itisnot

.unlikely that many clerks who were-

removed for inefficiency havo reported at-their localities that they were removed for-partisan reasons , but tho truth Is as I have-stated. . Examinations just completed show-that during tho months of March and April-the morale of the service has greatly im-proved

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, and better results have never been-obtained in an examination.-

Hoio

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a ud Terrible Snlcldo of a Sa-Saloon Keeper.-

A

.

Newport N. J. , dispatch says : Three-startling explosions , which just occurred ,

have completely blown up Renson'a liquor-saloon on Thomas street-

The debris was hurled In all directions and-some half a dozen people badly cut and hurtJ-oseph Renson , the owner of the place , was-found( beneath the debris to the cellar terri-3ly

-burnt and mangled. He had sat on a-

.twentvfive.

pound key of gun-powder and ex-jloded

-it He had two such kegs with which-

ic told the city marshal he intended to blow-up himself and his place because everybody-was alter him. A razor was found by his side-covered with blood. The fire brigade quickly-extinguished the flames caused by the exnlo-Elon.

-. 'Renson is at the hospital suffering ter-

'ible-

agony and slowly dying. Delirium tre-ccens

-is given as the cause of his novel yet-

determined act.

to Treat the Apaches-.Errjnited

.

States Senator Edmunds G. Boss ,

lately appointed governor of New Mexico ,

expresses much sympathy for the suiferers-from.the Apache raid throughout New Mexi-co

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, and believes In radical and effective meas-ures

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for suppressing such raids in tho future.-He

.does not believe the heart of the Apaches-

can be reached by tho customary liberal dis-tribution

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of food and clothing and the prom-lee

-of protection by military authorities , but-

that he is more susceptible to restraint from-fear of being shot or banged if he leaves tha-reservation and goes off on murderous raids-.Governor

.Boss says he trill do all he can to-

bring the Apache raiders and murderers whohave been infesting southern New Mexico-Into the power of the civil authorities of the-territory for sncn trial and punishment as are-meted out to American citizens guilty of sim¬

ilar crimes.-

The

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Mus. THOMAS A. HENDRICKS ,like Mrs. John A. Logan , has been by herself-almost a figure In politics. How much of his-

success the Vice-President owes to his wife-will never be known. Mr. Hendricks married-two years after his admission to the bar, but-the union was blessed with only one child , a-

boy who died in 1857. Mrs. Hendricks is 50-

years3 of age-

.GENERAL

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NEWS AND NOTES-

.Matters

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of-Interest Touched Upon liy Press-News Gatherers-

.Seventeen.

year locusts in countless-numbers have made their appearance In Fay-ette

-county, 111. The pests have already be-

gan¬

work on the fruit 'orchards ana farmers-are beginning to view them with serious ap¬

prehensions-

.At

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the stockholders' meeting of the-Chicago , Milwaukee & St Paul railway com-pany

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, the old board of directors and Phil D-

.Armour.

, of Chicago , was chosen to fill the-vacancy caused by the death of S. S. MerrilL-The directors' meeting resulted In the elec-tion

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of Alexander Mitchell as president , Ju-lius

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Wadsworth as vice president , John B-

.Dumont.

as second vice president , and Eos-well

-Miller as general manage-

sSchneider , charged with the murder-of his mother , at Dantown , Ohio , October

, has made a full confession of his unnat-ural

¬

crime.

A telegram from Bonham , county-seat of Fannin county , Texas , says Sam andEd. Dyer, the murderers of Sheriff Ragsdale-and Deputy Sheriff Buchanan , in jail awaiting-trial , were taken out by a mob of masked-men and hung to a tree 300 yards from thej-

ail. . There were upwards of 100 men who-called on the jailor and no one was identified.-

The.

coroner's jury returned a verdict of death-from strangulation at the hands of unknown-parties. .

Over a thousand men ana. rsys made-a raid upon the Salvation Army at Akron, 0. ,pelting the soldiers with mud and stones ,

tearing their flags to pieces , and destroying-their drums. Several women soldiers were-

assaulted and quite badly injured before the-police dispersed the mob-

.not

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Boston police raided three of-

the city poolrooms , where most of the base-ball gambling is done , and arrested ten seller3-

of tickets and seized all the paraphernali-a.Proprietors

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of several hotels at the-White Mountains have invited Grant and his-

family to spend the next summer with them.-

Colonel.

Fred Grant in acknowledging theinvitation says : "General Grant requestsme to say that he does not believe it wil1-

be possible for him to accept an Invitat-ion.

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. His health Is so bad and he Is-

so weak that it Is now a great question with-aim to arrange as to whether he can get to-

Mount McGregor , but should his health im-

prove¬

he will visit Mount Washington with-

jreat pleasure."Hi ports to President Strasser , of the-

International Union , from unions all over the-

United States and Canada , show a slight im-

provement

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in the cigar trade which has been-

affected by the general depression. The sales-

of cigars during the month of May just passed-

nere 5,000,000 less than for the corresponding-period of 1884. But two strikes are now in-

progress , one at Hamilton , Ont , and another-at Covington , Ky-

.James

.

Hazzard , the man who acted-as decoy for Odium when the latter took his-

fatal leap from the Brooklyn bridge , has beenfound guilty on a charge of aiding and abet-

ting-

Odium to his insane attempt , and 'sen-

tenced

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to eight months imprisonment His-

counsel obtained a stay of the proceedings-and will carry this case to the appellatio-

n.Intelligence

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is received of a bloody-riot at a negro camp meeting at Zion church ,

Yoik county , S. C. , caused by whisky and ri-

valry

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between the city and the country ne-

groes.

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. The conflict raged over an hour , and at-

its conclusion there were three dead and-

twenty more orless Injured. The country ne-

erop&jetaincd

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possession of the fiel-d.Fiftythree

.

of the memorial stones-for the Washington monument , which have-many years been stored away , have been se-

.cted

-*. to be placed on the interior wall of the-

structure. . The selected stones are those pre-

sented¬

by foreign countries , the states and-

territories , and Masonic and I. O. O. F. and-

temperancea

societies. They are to be placed-

on the walls between the heights of 160 and240 feet , and are to be cut down to thin slabs-

of four to eight inches to thickness and to-

sorted

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in cuts made to the walls so that theyproject-

.Scandal

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in the Treasury Department ,The first scandal under the new administra-

tion¬

was whispered In department circles the-

other day, says a Washington dispatch. Frank-Snyderwas a machinist in the treasury de-

partment¬

, and Emma Lane , a miss , was a-

clerk In the waste paper department. They-

were surprised a few days ago in a rather-suspicious , too intimate relationship by Chiel-Clerk Swanze , and, having no satisfactory ex-planation

¬

at hand , were promptly discharged.-Miss

.Lane is a handsome brunette , with a-

good figure and quite stylish in her dress , and-Snyderis a married man and the father of-two children. His wife has refused to forgive-bis offense , and he has left tbe city. Miss-Lane and Snyder were employed during the-administration of Mr. Arthur-

.APhiladelphian

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went to a. physician-with what he had feared was a hope-less

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case of heart disease , but was re-lieved

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on finding out that the creaking-sound

edwhich he had heard at every

deep breath was caused by a little pul-ley

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on his patent suspenders.-TUB

.most popular cure among poli-

ticiana-

The sinecure.-

The

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HERE AND THERE.-

Matters

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of Greater or Zeiser Import Trans-mitted

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by Telegraph

Ex-Governor Hale , of Massachu-setts

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, has failed with large liabilities. Hlj-

house in Keene and his Interest to the Keens-Chair Co. , have been attached with clalmi-

amounting to over 5100000. It Is reportec-

that the liabilities may reach a million-

.A

.

fanner living near Curran , HI. ,

went to Springfield with 250 letters which ha-

found concealed under a hay stack on hi-

farm.. He has given them to the postmaster.-The

.

letters bear date of April 8th , and con-

tain¬

a number of money orders and a draft-

for § 10COD. Train robbery Is the only appar.-ent

.explanation of the mystery. No notlfl-

cation*of mall having been lost had prevl

ously been received at the Springfield post-

office.Myriadsof young grasshoppers , evi-

dently¬

just hatched out to the warm sand,have made their appearance on the south-side of the Arkansas river opposite Canon-City.. There are probably 200 acres literally-covered with young hoppers. It is said , how-ever

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, that the Insects are not the much-

dreaded locusts , and will be incapable of do-

toe-

much damage-

.General

.

Crook telegrapns General-Sheridan that the Indians passed Duncan on-

the night of the 4th tost , gotos south. They-were well mounted and traveling fast. He-

states that it now looks as if the only chance-Is that the troops at Gaudalou can interceptt-hem. . Capt Crawford with 0 scouts will pur.-

sue.

them. A dispatch from Col. Bradley , of the-

5th tost , states that the hostiles have left the-

mountains and are moving south. Lieutenant-Walsh reports that a telegram from Globe In-

dicates¬

that the Indians are stealing stock In-

that vicinity. He will send out at once to as-

certain¬

, and will order the Indians to for an-

other¬

count General Cook states that tha-following number of people were killed by-

Indians : At Silver City , 5 at Camp Vincent ,

two old men at Croftoiv 3 to Blue , and around-AltoaT. .

"Wheat Prospect More Favorable.-

The

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June crop report of the department of-

agriculture shows an increase In the cotton-area of from five to six per cent. The plant-is healthy in growth and nearly average, the-stand good , the general average is 93 , which-is higher than in three preceding years to-

June. . The condition of winter wheat is re-

corted-

lower than ever before in June. The-general percentage declined from 70 in May to52. The averages in the different states are :

New York 91 , Pennsylvania 64 , Ohio 56 ,

Michigan 94 , Indiana C3, Illinois 40 , Missouri52 , Kansas 56 , California 53-

.In.

some states there has been a creator loss-of area than was anticipated in preious re-ports.

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. The average yield will evidently be-less than ten bushels per acre. The probable-product of the winter wheat states , according-to these returns , is reduced to about two huridred and seven million bcshels , but none of-the territories arc included in the winter-wheat area. The report of spring wheat is-

more favorable. The disposition last autumn-to reduce its breadth on account of low prices-was checked by the loss of winter wheat area-and later by the British-Russian war rumors-.Substantially

.the same area has been seeded-

as last year , there having been about eleven-million acres In northern New England , Wis-consin

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, Minnesota , Iowa , Nebraska , and all-the territories. The percentage of last year'sarea is 1)5) in Wisconsin , 99 in Minnesota , 10-

2Illinois

93 In Nebraska , and 103 in Dakota.-The

.condition of spring wheat is 97 and indi-

cates¬

a crop of about one hundred and fifty-three

-million bushels. The average for Wis-

consin¬

is 88 , Minnesota 94 , Iowa 100 , Nebraska102 , Dakota 101. The per cent reported therc-ore

-; ' indicates a wheat crop of three hundred-and sixtv millions of bushels , twentythree-million bushels smaller than that of 18S1. The-general condition of rye is S3. The area of-Barley Is nearlv the same as in 1834 and av-erage

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of condition is 89. The acreage of oats-las increased four per cent and average of-condition is 94. Corn-but

will be reported to July ,voluntary returns-

area.indicate an increase of-

THE

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TTHEAX SHORTAGE.i

TTittNiit Harvest Over Ten Million-Bushels Hie Shortage In Other Stales-

.Secretary.

Mills of tho Illinois state board ofagriculture , has Issued an advance sheet of-

the Illinois crop reportforthe month of June ,

based upon reports of correspondents repre-senting

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each township in this state. The in-

dications¬

are , from these reports , that the-

wheat Top will be less than ten million-

bushels this year. The report goes on to-

state the following information concerning-winter wheat prospects compiled from re-

ports¬

coming from all parts of tho state-Tho average condition of winter wheat in tho-

northern , central and southern divisions of-

the state Is not as good as on tho first day of-

April. . The farmers of the central and south-ern

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divisions are still engaged in plowing up-

winter wheat that gives no promise of re-turning

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expense of harvesting. It is shown-tt y the reoort that less than half the area-seeded to grass lost fall in the northern divis-ion

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of the state will bo harvested. Over two-thirds

-of tho late seeding of wheat m tho-

central division has been plowed up and less-than one-half the wheat in the southern-counties has been left standin In a lanro-number of counties there will not be-enough wheat harvested for seed and-consumption. . The condition of winter-wheat is up to the average in-two counties in the state , viz : Kcnduli and-Stark. . The prospects for wheat have not im-proved

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in the northern counties since April1-8,38S5. . The condition for winter wheat gave-encouragement for 73 per cent of an average-field In the northern division. 74 per cent May18, and 78 per cent June 18. The June report-of winter wheat in tho northern division has-not been as discouraging for many years aa-

at present The central division is not as-premising as on May 1. and there will not bethree-quarters crop. Toe average In vari-

ous¬

counties has not been more than ten to-thirty' per cent In the southern division the-

er> cent has been decreased from 58 per cent ,he average crop on April 1, to 42 per cent-

June ! . Altogether tho report Is very dis-couraging

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, and it is estimated that not suff-icient

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wheat will bo harvested for home con ¬ tosumption.-

The.

Ohio state board of agriculture from-official and private dispatches from the prin-cipal

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wheat states estimates tho probable-shortage at 180,000,000 bushels as compared-with nre years' average. Of this shortage118,000,000 bushels is found in the six great-winter states of Ohio , Indiana , Illinois , Mis-souri

¬ on, Kansas and California, which is on a-

fiveyear average yield of 203,000,000 bushels.-As

.compared with last year, the shortage is-

over 23U.OOO.O-

OO.Sympathy

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for JZfoZ-

.In.

the house of commons at Ottawa Mr.WilfredLaurler , a French-Canadian member , acalled the attention of the government to the-cruel treatment reported to be Inflicted on-

Biel in his imprisonment at Begina. . .M-r.Lautier

.thought there was no necessity fori-

Uel's being manacled with a ball and chain-attached to his ankle. Sir John MacDonald-lointcd out the lack of a safe place of impris-

onment¬

at Retdna, but said that he would tel-egraph

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for information and if Biel was treat¬

with unnecessary severity the matter-would be remedied. Archbishop Tache re-turned

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here yesterday evening from Winni-ng.

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. He denounces tbe folly of Kiel's con-duct

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and has no sympathy with the rebel. He-regards him as an evil to .the church and a-dangerous man In any community where he-cam develop his ambitious vagaries-

.Spring

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\

KEY. MR. 2JEECKER REWARDED.-

The

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Appointment of His Son as Collector of-

Customs Tlio Opposition to Senator Ed-

munds.¬

. '"Washington special : The appointment of-

Capt H. F. Beecher , son of the Her. H. W.-

Beecher.

, as collector of customs of the PugeS-

Sound district , Is not pleasing , It appears, to-

the democeats of the northwest Judge Kuha ,of Port Townsend , was endorsed for the ap-

pointment¬

by the democrats generally o-

Washington territory , and also by many lead-

Ing-

party men of Oregon. Kuhn la an old-

time

-democrat and has been a leading spirit In-

the party of the northwest. He Is a member-of the national committee from Washington ,

and has been an Indefatigable worker for his-

party. . He was backed by the democrats and-

Beecher by the mugwumps. The leading-democrats of Washington territory have said-that the appointment of Beecher would de-

moralize¬

the democracy of thenorthwcst ; that-Beecher was never anything but a republican-and does not now profess to be a democrat ;that to set aside an old party veteran like-Kuhn for a man who docs not even profess to v-

belong to the party would disgust the demo- v> ]crats of Washington and Oregon. Such rep-resentations

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by the prominent Washington-territory democrats Induced the leading mem-bers

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of congress of that party to unite In ad-

vising¬

the appointment ofKuhn. . It was-charged br the democrats and they reiterate It-now , that Beecher based his claims only upon-the services his father had rendered Cleve-land.

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.Tbeie Is some talk of opposition to the re-

election of Senator Edmunds for the term-which will begin with March , 1S87 , based on-his allqged intlilTcrence toward the republican-national ticket at the last presidential elec-tion.

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. The legislature which will elect a suc-cessor

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to Edmunds will be chosen In Septem-ber

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, 183(5( , and reports come from Vermont-that a movement Is on foot to elect a man-other than Edmunds. This movement Is-

treated lightly by the friends and admirers of-the Vermont statesman , who regard him as-invincible , but there can be no doubt of the-earnestness of those who are engaged In it,ana the fact that such an opposition exists-shows that there Is decided hostility to Ed-munds

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In consequence of his unfriendliness-toward the national republican candidates.-This

.feeling against Edmunds is not confined-

to Vermont , and should the opposition la that-state develope any reasonable measure of-strength it would receive such encouragement-from the outside as would seriously threaten ,if not actually prevent , the re-election of Ed-munds.

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. With the expiration of his present-term , which will occur In March , 1877 , Ed-munds

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will have served In the senate twenty-one

-years. He entered the senate upon an ap-

pointment¬

from the governor to succeed Solo-mon

- *j

Foote, who died in March , 1836, and was fjj-subsequently elected by the legislature to (1-serve the remainder of Mr. Foote's term. V-

Since then he has been re-elected three times,prrctically withoutopposition. John Sherman-is the only member of the senate who ante-dates

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Mr. Edmunds , although his colleague ,Mr. Merrill , and several other senators nad-several years service in the house prior to the-appearance of Edmunds In the senate.-

AN

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APPEAL TO THE PRESIDENT.-

Arizona Citizens Aslcfor Government Aid in-Sttppresiing the Sfurdfrotts Apaches.-

Tombstone.

(Arizona) dispatch : A courier-arrived from Bisbee this morning with intelli-

gence¬

that the Apaches killed W. A. Daniels ,

mountain Inspector of customs , a short dis-

tance¬

from Bisbee last night On receipt of-

this information at Bisbee an - armed force-

started in pursuit of the Indians. A courier-was dispatched here for assistance , and two-

wellarmed parties , numbering fifty volun-teers

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, started after the Indians to-day. Tho-

following message was forwarded to-day :

"TOMBSTONE , June 10. To Graver Cleveland ,Prudent of the United Slates , Washington , 2?.C. : About 100 Indians from San Carlos have -f ]been riding over the country for the last week ,destroying property and killing our ranchers-.Last

.night W. A. Daniels , mounted custom tt-

Inspector , was killed six miles north of Bis-bee.

- i. There are plenty of soldiers , but they-

are incompetent to do anothing. Can you not-help us ? K. S. Hatch , sheriff ; A. Zutter.-county

.treasurer ; A.T.Jones , county record-

er ; John Montgomery , chairman of the board-of supervisors ; John C. Easton , collector of-customs ; John P. Glum , postmaster. "

In a telegram dated Fort Bayard , N. M.,June Gth , Col. Bradley states that it Is certain-that hostile Apaches "are making for Mexico-by way of Stein's Peak range. Troops and-scouts are stationed in Stein's Pass , Doubtful-Canyon and the San Losis valley to interceptt-hem. . Under date of Demlng , June 8th , Gen-.Crook

.telegraphs as follows : Preparations to-

operate against the hostiles In accordance-with my telegram of the 5th should be made-with the least possible delay , In my-judgment As a rule the Indians have onlykilled citizens to get arms , etc. , but If, after-Eom of their number have been killed, the-Indians are driven back into the United States,there] is no estimating how much damage they-will likely do. A number of people are livingIn the mountains , and their property interests-have increased enormously since the victory,so that If the Indians meet among the moun-tains

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again such a wail will go up as was-never before heard. An earlv reply is requested-which will serve to Instruct me as to the in-tentions

¬

of the government but I desire to-reiterate that delay is extremely danserous. "In transmitting this dispatch Gen. Pope says-that he has complied with Gen. Crook's re-quest

- . .to the extent of his power and submits '

the matter for the action of the war depart-ment

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In another dispatch from Deming ,Gen. Crook says : "From the report of Lieut.-Davis

., just received , it Is possible that all the \

Indians have crossed the railroad , having got-past the troops in Stein's pass , except a party-of six or seven bucks and a few women and-children under Mongus , who left the main-party In the Mogonollen mountains. This /party Is now west of Hillsboro , moving south , 'with Capts. Chaffee and Wallace ou the trial. /

The scouts think that the main part of tho 'women and children are already in Mexico , '

though It Is possible that Lawton mayinter-cent

-them. "

Great Damage 10 Bandings and Gro re-

Ins-

Crops.-

A

.dispatch from RIchland Centre , WIs. ,

says : A terrific hail and wind storm swept \\jover this county doing tremendous damage to j

growing crops , stock , timber , houses, andother buildings. The storm was wide to ex-

tent- , ,

and passed west to east In many places ,

wheat, oats, corn , and all growing vegetation :

was literally pulverized and driven into theground. . Incredible as it may seem , hailstones-fell that by actual measurement were a foot j

circumference. Many sheep, hogs , and-

calves were killed and cattle and horses badly-

bruised bv the falling hail. Roofs of build-inss

-were"splintered and scattered. In sev-

eral¬

instances the hailstones went clear-through roofs. Thousands of lights of glass

the sides of buildings exposed to the storm-were broken. The storm rased with great-fury for over an hoar , and it its cessation the-hail covered the ground In inany places to the-depth of several inches. The wind also did-great damage by unroofing buildings, uproot-in"

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trees , and destroying timber. Lightning-struck and burned a house in the town of-Bockbridie. . None of the occupants were In-

jured.¬

. It is impossible to estimate the dam-e done thronzhout the country , but it is-

great The storm was the worst ever known"-

WHEN a man comes out of a dentist'soffice and says that he has just lost a-tooth from forceps circumstances , the-joke may be poor enough , J it cannot-be called tooth in-

.A

.

PATHEB of three sons and fivedaughtersvas asked what family he-had.. The answer-was : "I have three-sons and they have each five sisters. ""Mercy !" replied the interrogator,"aichtt family !"