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Neb., and is brother of the deceased Stevens.
When he heard of his brothers death he swore
vengeance upon the two prisoners in kearney
Jail. He went there with number OF his
friends and publicly offered $1,000 reward for
the surrender of Ketchum and Mitchell to the
Custer county authorities. After some
negotiations between the sheriffs of Buffalo
and Custer counties the two doomed men were
turned over to Gillian to be taken-where5 1t
ia now known that quantity of coal-oil was
| taken out in the same wagon with the prisoner!
This coal-oil was used in the burning of
the two prisoners. On the same
day that Gillian started forth with his pris-
oners. Olive and a party of his friends
mounted their horses at Olives stables and
rode ont of town. When they came back to
| town their horses were jaded and tired, and
when asked where they had been they replied
! ''Oh, Just out in the bluffs hunting cattle
thieves" They had been to dreadful. hor-
rible tragedy.
A thrill of horror went abroad over the land
when this inhuman atrocity became public.
| Gov. CARRIER, of Nebraska, responded TO the
general demand for an investigation, but the
difficulties placed in the way seemed insur
mountable. The sheriff of Buffalo county was
in Ohio after Richards. The coroner's jury
sat before the charred and wasted remains OF
Ketchum and Mitchell and summoned Oliv'
and Sheriff Gillian to appear and tell what the,
knew about the burning of the two men
Both Olive and Sheriff Gillian declined to obel
the summons of the coroners jury, and whil
Olive and his pals defed arrest, Gillian eyadeC
it by flight. But justice never sleeps.
One of the men burnt alive had two brothers
one in the east and the other a government
packer, under the wagonmaster, Perry Organ
of Cheyenne, Ketchua's brother had just ar
rived here from the north when he heard o
the terrible fate of his brother. He left Chey
) enne to meet another brother from the east
both sworn to avenge their brothers murder
Gillian heard of their coming and fed. Blu
the brothers kept on the trail and left n
means untried to secure the arrest of the men
burners. How they succeeded has been told
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GAGGING A DYING MAN


At the residence of Mrs. Sweeney on Christ
ian street, above Eighth, a young relative Is
dying of consumption. So near death has he
been considered, that a prsist had already
administered to him the last rites of the
church.
On Wednesday night MIS- Sweeney took her
seat at his bedside and waited until he had
sunk into sleep. Worn out by her days
labors, for the lady carries on the business OF
an undertaken, she stole to an adjoining room
and threw herself on a bed to snatch few
moments rest. Daring her absence the sick
man saw the burly forms of two men on shed
outside the window of his apartment, on the
second story rear, acting in such manner as
to satisfy him that they were upon an GRAND OF
robbery.
Long sickness had rendered him completely
helpless and his voice could not be raised
above whisper, and by these circumstances
he was compelled to lay and wait the issue of
events. Presently he saw the window raised,
and the two men stealthily entered the room.
Then they crept to his bedside and one of
the Williams, to silence him, dealt him a heavy
blow on the forehead. The man was helpless.
The wretches bound his feet with cords, and
shackled bis bony arms with ropes that cut
deep into his bloodless skin and filled his body
with pains. But still their awful work was
but half finished. Fearing that he might cry
out they gagged his mouth and covered HIS
head with towel in such manner as to al
most stlne MS already IeeDle resplfattoh' Ihen
they began their work of plumber. Selling one
of the pillows, the thieves ripped open the
ticking and emptied the feathers upon the
floor. Having thus secured themselves sack,
they searched through the house and collected
a large piece of satin, roll of black cashmere,
and piece of silk used by Mrs. Sweeney for
coffin mountings. These articles they placed
in the pillow-case, and then proceeded to make
their escape.
In the meantime the invalid had been max
ing feeble efforts to release his head from the
suffocatiug towel. He had partly succeeded in
his object. and, in twisting his body in a last
effort he fell out of bed upon the floor with a
heavy thud. The noise occasioned by his fall
alarmed the thieves. who dropped their bag and
spraug through the windows and escaped. The
disturbance also aroused Mrs. Sweeney from
her sleep, and she rushed into the apartment
to find the sick stretched upon the floor,
speeches. and helpless, half enveloped in his
bed clothing, amid the scattered feathers and
the plumber of the thieves.
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English Grain.

The Mark Lane ErDreSS says the as
pect of the growing wheat plant is scarcely
satisfactory, as sudden changes in teperature
have tended to check its early development,
but another month or six weeks must elapse
before any definite opinion can be put for
ward as TO the actual state of the crop.
Farmers deliveries of grain have been mode
rate, and dissatisfaction continues in regard to
the condition in which mot of the English
heat comes to market. Dry parcels are quite
an exception both in London and provincial
exchange. Nearly all samples offered are
damp or sprouted. To Its defective condition
must be attributed the comparative neglect
from which home grown wheat has suffered,
and which has prevented us from sharing the
increased attention shown to foreign grain.
| The imports of foreign wheat into London
continues moderate. More attention has
been paid to this class of produce as grsnaried
stocks in the United Kingdom show consid-
cradle deficiency on those held at cores
ponding time in 1878 Millers have purchased
with less reserve, and steady trade has re-
suited a. fully late rates. The weak point
as regards the future course of prices is the
unusually large surplus available for export
| in America, which must exercise a depress.
ing effect if the purchasing power of France
has been over estimated. Apart from the un-
certainty attaching to the operations of our
neighbors, who, instead OF exporting wheat
have been large importers, it remains TO be
seen whether the reserves Of grain in the
hands of French farmers will be sufficient to
meet the requirements of consumption. With
large arrivals at ports of call during the week,
principally from California, the floating cargo
trade for wheat has ruled steady, without quo
table change. Maize is firm at an advance of
Cd per quarter. Sales of English wheat last
week were 81, al quarters, at 38s lid per quar-
ter, against 39,425 quarters at 52s per quarter
the previous years. Imports into Great Brit
ian for the week endingJan. 18th were wheat,
40, 747 hundred weights; flour, 17S,09l hun
dred weights.
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How an Old Nag Went.

Horse traGers were surprised in this
city a couple OF days ago because horse
which they refused to buy at twenty five
dollars, trotted under 80 and made two
hundred dollars for his impecunious
locking owner. Graves and few others
were standing out at the corner Of Third
street when rustic appearing chap
drove MP in n rickety rig, patched up
harness and banged wagon; two horses
were hitched in, one Of them seemed
abeut ready 70 lay down under a load Of
years and short grass. This horse the
lellow tried to sell. lie was very hard
up and wanted to dispose Of him the
sFurst way. In his recommending be
did not forge, that the old horse had
"g0' in him. Bot the lockers on didn't
think tnat plug could 60 and some Of
them were rash enough 10 bet he couldn't
20 mile in tour minutes They put up
money on it and kept betting on time
clear down tu 2 $50. The owner then
wanted to bet five hundred dollars his
horse could make a mile on our track in
2:25. The exceedingly wiley horsemen in
The crowd got scared about his time and
refused to iu@cst any more money, pre-
ferring 10 see how the old nag could go.
They all adjourned 70 the fair grounds
where rusticua, hitcbed TO an old sulky,
drove around few times to Timber up,
and then got the word "goi"
Away he went like the wind, in cloud
OF dust by the stand an down the first
quarter; past the half mile in 22, and
never skipping as he came down the
h9rle stretch ani passed under the wire in
. 80 The boys haven't got 50 much
money as they bad, but they found out
omc,hing. Ufs Hoiaes Register.
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combination of capitalists was formed to or
ganize telegraph system for the United
States in opposition to the Western Union
and coextensiye with it. Application was
made to Congress for a charter, under the
title of the National Telegraph company.
The Western Union, realizing the conse-
quences to itself should the charter be grant
ed, caused it to be modified into general
law, and the bill was thus passed. The law
was really of advantage to the Western
Union. A decision was subsequently made
by the supreme court to the effect that the
transmission of intelligence is the funda
mental theory of the pestoffice department
and that every means that can be found &c
facilitate such communication is within the
| special power of Congress. The use of the
telegraph line, in the meaning of the decis
ion, was one of those means, and should bs
entirely unrestricted by legislation of an,
State or claims OF any corporation existing
under State Law. The bin Is intended t
carry out the terms of the decision.
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NEWS OF THE WEEK
oRIMEa ANII tRTaIINALs.

A large party of stock men have left
Sidney, Nebraska, for the Sand Hill country.
south of Snake river in search of stolen ponies,
run off by Indians. The party is well armed,
Daniel NJ. Morley, postmaster at Nor
ley, Barron county, Wis, was ARE sted and
confined in jail at Chippewa Falls, January
oath, for raping his own daughter last
August. Morley is 45 years old. His daugh-
ter is held in custody by her bondsmen at
Barron, Wis.
A report from Sitting Bulls camps is
TO the effect that he is, apparently, extremely
anxious to make peace with the whites and
return to the United States. He says he has
had enough of war, that he made a mistake
in warning upon The whites. By so doing he
lost his country.
a Belvidere, N. j., telegram says
Convicted officials of this county have been
sentenced to terms in the State prison rang
ing from one to four years-all to hard labor
The contractor involved in the conspiracy to
plumber the treasury was sentenced to six
months in the county Jail or to pay fine Of
$500.
Friday Jan. 18th. three negroes at
Meriden, Mississippi, named Alexander and
three white men named Gamblin quarreled
about the possession of some land in Wayne
county, and later the negroes ambushed the
white men, killing one and wounding another
The fire was returned and two negroes were
killed Z he other fed
Thursday night, Jan. 23d, a well-to-dO
farmer named 0. p Hall, residing near, the
village Of Nashville, Iowa, rose in the night,
and, with an axe, split open the head Of his
daughter Emma, aged IS, and Immediately
thereafter shot himself with a pistol, with
fatal effect No cause is know, as he was un-
usually fond of his family.
There were two incendiary fires in st
Paul, Mimi, Sunday morning, January 10th.
In each case a small barn was fired, and before
the fire was extluguished in one, it broke out
in the other some distance away. In the
latter horse was burned. The wind was
blowing almost a gale, but by the well exerted
efforts OF the firemen, the fire was confined iii
each case to the building in which it orig
mated.
In the United States curcuit court IN
Jacksonville, Florida, January %, Judge
Settler sentenced the Brevard county can
yassIng board, convicted OF making false re-
turns of the election. The Lee county clerk
was sentenced 10 three years, and Wright ana
Johns. sheriff and Justice respectively, TO one
year each in the Albany penItentiary. Lee Is
also State Senator from Brevard comfy. All
the other election cases have been continued
until the May term OF court.
Al ST. Louis, Mo, January "a. John
f. Hickey, a restaurant waiter, about Il years
of age. stole q coat from the public school
library and sftemDted to escape through an
alley near by. He was pursued by Ofleei
Hamilton and ordered to halt, but paying nc
attention to the command Hamilton fired 81
him, the ball taking effect in the back just
above the kidneys, passing through to the
front part of the abdomen, INJECTING mortal
wound Hickey was taken to the hospital
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RAILROAD TELEGRAPHY.
Washington Special (Jan. 49, to Chicago
Times

Washington Special (Jan. 49, to Chicago
Times.
The passage of the bill introduced by Sen
ator Jones to authorize railroad companies
TO construct and maintain telegraph lines is
being urged with great deal of vigor. The
people interested seem confident that the bill
will pass this session. They claim that they
have secured the support of some of the
leading Senators, and that leading members
of both parties in the House whom they have
consulted, are in favor of it.
The bill provides that any railroad COM
pany now organized or which may hereafter
be organized under the laws of any State,
owning or operating any railroad. shall have
the right to construct and maintain lines of
telegraph along its road, and to connect and
use the same in connection with other lines
of telegraph, so as to form a continuous line
for the transmission of intelligence. The
bill prohibits any telegraph company from
constructing, maintaining, or operat
ing line of telegraph over and
along any railroad, except under a
grant from the railroad operating the same
or by virtue of an appropriation therefor
under the laws of the State having iurisdie-
ton thereof. No right which any telegraph
company may thus have acquired shall be
construed to exclude the right of any other
telegraph company to acquire similar right
This bill is evidently in the interest of the
railroads as against the Western Union Tele-
graph company, the purpose being to break
up that monopoly. The friends of the bill
claim that many of the principal railroad
companies of the country have now invested
a large aggregate amount IT telegraph lines
absolutely essential to the conduct of their
own business, and maintain them at a large
annual outlay in money. Much OF the COM
mercial business of the country passes over
these lines, the receipts for which inure
mainly to the benefit of the Western Union
Telegraph company. They say that SO long
as the control Of main or trunk roads was
subdivided and held by several distinct and
independent railroad organizations. railway
companies were compelled 10 submit to such
terms as the Western Union Telegraph COM
pany or its predecessors dictated for
all facilities beyond the lines
az their own routes, and frequently
Tor needed facilities on their lines. In 1866 &
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view to aseertaining the measures necessary
to secure the interests of the United States.
The ballot for Uuited States Senator
wss taken ia each House of the legislature,
at Jefferson City, Jan. 21st, which resulted in
the election of the Democratic caucus nomi-
neas, Gen. James Shields for the short term.
and Col. Geo. G. Vest for the long term.
Vest was member of the Confederate Con-
gress in the days of the reb .llion.
The health of Senator Christiancy, of
Michigan, is reported to be very poor. Ad-
vices from lansing Mich. state that it is ru-
mQred there, and believed by prominent men,
BEES of the legislature, that Senator Chris
tiaalcy viii surely resign his seat in the United
Ststes Senate and accept the mission to Peru,
in which contingency it is said there is hardly
| a GOubt of the election of ex-Senator Chandler
to fill the vacancy.
At Indianapolis, Ind. Jan. 21st, both
| Houses of the Indiana legislature voted for
| United States Senator with the following re.
SUIT: In the House, for the long term, Voor-
| he's, 81; Harrison, IS; Buchanan, 2. Senate
| voorhees,, %; Harrison, %; Buchanan, /
Three absentees in the House, and one in the
Senate. For the short torn, Voorhees, re-
ceived the same vote in both Houses, and Hon
Gqdloye S. Orth received 81 votes in the
| House, and % in the Senate, and Gen. Hackle
ford l in the House.
AT caucus of Democratic members o
congress, held at Washington, Jan. 9th, thu
Chinese question was discussed at som,
lergth, and resolutions adopted for the re
stficton of Chinese immigration, modification
OF the Burlingame treaty, and the passage O
Willis educational bill prohibiting the land
ing OF more than fifteen Mongolians by an,
ouss vessel. The question Of coinage wa
brought up but deferred. The repeal OF tn
ir, n clad oath now administered to Juror
was also considered, but final action was de
ferred awaiting fuller attendance.
A Madison, Wis. telegram of Januar.
234 says, the agony is over, and after week'
hard caucusing both night and day, Mr. Mat
II Carpenter is chosen by the Wisconsin leg
isl,iture as United States Senator for six year
from the 4th of March next. The joint con
ve;ition assembled at noon, large numbe
Of 3ades aud gentlemen filling the Assembl
chamber to its utmost capacity. Upon a vet
being taken, Mr.. Carpenter received 81 votes
In. Democrats voting for E. g. Ryan, givin
l hirn % votes. The Greenbackers giving Cab
Bouek Is votes. A committee of five, coz
! sis.ing of Senators Bailey and Burrows, Nj
Speaker Kelly and Messrs. Field and Co
were appointed TO inform Mr.. Carpenter c
his election. He soon appear before tn
Joint CONVEX lion and expressed his thanks i
! brief and eloquent speech.
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institution with them has given us a thorough
acquaintance with their characters and their
labors; therefore,
ReSol;ed That we take this occasion to bear
testimony to their sterling personal worth,
their eminent services as in
structois in the University and their
distinguished usefulness in promoting sound
learning and true education at large in the
State.
Resolved That we tender our deep and heart
felt sympathy to their families in the great and
irreparable loss which they have sustained.
wAsaBURN TELESCOPE.
The new Washburn telescope was Ilacfd in
position last night and some very satisff.cttry
tests made Prof. Watson is highly delighted
with the Sustrument.
HOME.
| Nearly All the tolons have gone home and the
\ city is very quiet.
/ MADISON, Wis, Jan. 27.-In the Senate to-
night Senator Bennett, elected in place of Sou
ator Phillips, deceased, was approved, and took
the oath OF office. Joint resolution passed look
ing to the free navigation of St. Mary's canal.
! In the assembly remonstrances against let
/ ting convict labor and petitions for liquor
amendment to the constitution were introduce
ed. Mr.. hutchinson introduced resolution
| accepting Governor Washburn's gift of Edge
wood farm for an industrial school for boys.
Bills were introduced relating to the fumiga-
ton of grain; recognizing the State militia; to
repeal the laws authorizing counties TO aid in
building railroads; making abstracts of title
prima facie evidence; amending the charter of
the city Of Jefferson; enabling the city of Ra-
cine to readiust its debt; giving consent of the
State of Wisconsin TO the Northern Pacific
railroad Ia build a road to the Montreal river
in this State; relating to free high schools.
Bills passed-Authorizing the United States
coast survey to enter upon private
lands In this State; allowing a
clerk to the committee revising the
code of practice; authorizing Racine to borrow
money; providing for special terms of court
| 10 the Seventh circuit
A resolution was passed fixing the number of
the committee on charitable and penal insti-
tutions NJ three from the Senate and i've from
the assembly.
Several unimportant bills were indefinitely
| postponed.
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THE NEBRASKA MaN-BURxERs.
lomaha Herald.1

Several of the facts given in the following
have not before been published here. They are
Of leading importanrs, and cast still more
lurid light that b Iish proceedings on the
plains of which there which there we're no
witnesses ba- me fiends who participated and
the tortured victims whom they murdered.
The following is token from an article in the
Cheyenne Sun. where one Of KetChnn's broth.
era resided:
Up. Owe kceps stable IN Pium Greek,
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~ have theory about the dead Ian
guages. said new student. what y
III asked tie professor. THAT thsy
were killed by beiag studied 100 HARD.
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The combinations Of pleats and puffs
is rather graceful, asd enable lady to
rctrim an old costume without much diff
fieulty.
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A crowd Of Indians perambnlated the streets
of Milwaukee the other day, and produced a
sensation Some thought Sitting Ball and his
gang were invading the city. Those noble
red men, however, we're from the Green Bay
reservation.
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A person claiming to be Charles Altheimer,
of Albany. n. Y, arrived in Milwaukee from
Chicago last Wednesday with only revolver
for baggage. walked TO an unfrequented street,
and shot himself in the breast. He lay on the
snow for some time, when he recovered and
walked to the depot, where he was noticed by a
patrolman to totter into seat in the ladies'
waiting-room and conveyed to the South Side
station. Not until an hour after his arrival
there did he inform the station-keeper of what
ne had done. doctor was then called, and an
examination revealed that the ball had entered
the breast, struck rib and glanced aside, ard
the doctor says there Is no hopes Of his recoy
ery
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THE ASSEMBLY.
In the Assembly a large number of bills
were introduced. but none of general interest.
HON. MATT CARPENTER
left here on the IL o'clock A. N. train for Mil
waukee, accompanied by number of friends.
He will reach Milwaukee at o'clock, and be
received right royalty by the chamber of COM
merce, and grand ovation held tonight.
MADISON, Wis, Jan. 24.--In the Senate to-
day, petition presented from the Presbyterian
synod of Wisconsin, representing over eight
thousand persons, praying for an amendment
to the constitution prohibiting the liquor
traffic. Also for a local option law, and mt
mortal of the Grand Army of the Republic,
asking that May 80 be made legal holiday.
The following communication was received
from his excelency, the Governor:
To the Honorable, the Senate: l have the
honor TO nominate to the Senate DIR. j. T
Reeve, of Outagamie county, for appointment
as a member of the State board uf health and
vital statistics for the term commencing the
first Monday of February proximo.
tSigned) WH. E. SMITH, Governor.
A resolution limiting new business to the
first of February was laid aside till Tuesday.
IN TIE ASSEMBLY
bills were introduced to appropriate to The
Northern hospital s95, 600 for the erection of
additional wings to said hospital, and to pro-
vide for a fish Matching house in Milwaukee.
Both houses adjourned till Monday evening.
IN MEMoRIAM.
The following resolutions we're unanimously
adopted at meeting of the board Of regents
of the State University, last night:
WHEREAS, Divine providence has the past
year removed by death Professors John b.
FenIing, Stephen H. Carpenter and WIN. j. Il.
Sieodemus members Of the faculty Of the
State University; and
WHEREAS, Our connection Is regents OF this