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McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-07-03
HEAVY WIND STORM.


Buildings and Circus Tents Blown Down.
There were no races at the Driving
park at Council Bluffs on the 18th on &C.
count Of a disastrous storm which visited
that city about 1 O'Clock. The storm did
not partake of the nature of a cyclone, but
was a steady blow. Rain also fell In tor
rents. The exhibition building at the track
was blown down. Five men and several
horses, which had taken refuge
in it when the storm came up,
were in it at the time, but for
tunately none of them were seriously in
iured. Not board of the building was
left standing. L was built two years ago
at a cost of S11 900; insured for s. SO. No
other damage of any moment was done az
the Driving park. Shade trees were blown
down all over the city and several tin roofs
blown of. John B. Doris circus bad just
erected their tent, which was blown down.
The canvass was badly torn and the ward
robes and trappiugs drenched with water.
Doris loss will be about S., 600. Very lit
tie damage is reported Id the surrounding
country.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-07-03
The following advertisement recently

The following advertisement recently
appeared in the Iowa State Register !:
'sEvery family, and especially those re-
siding in the country, should keep a
bottle of Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhea Remedy at hand. 1t is
the best and most reliable medicine in
use for bowel complaint, and costs but
25 or so cents per bottle Sold by all
druggists.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-07-03
An Insurance Test Case.

Several years ago the Chicago city
council passed an ordinance imposing tax
of per cent. on the gross receipts Of insur-
ance companies doing business in that city,
whose headquarters were outside of the
state of Illinois. The matter r. manned in
an undecided state. A short time ago q
test case was submitted to the superior
court. The decis' on of that court was made
public On the 18th, and holds the ordinance
Is legal. A large amount Of money is in
yolyed
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-07-03


the outskirts of Crete, took dose of Paris
Physicians we're promptly summoned, but
before their arrival the excessive dose OF
poison had worked its own relief and the
stomach was empty. Palmer afilrms that
he will yet kill himself.
PustOfice changes in Nebraska dur
ing the week ending June 81, 1884: Estab-
ished-G Glendale, Antelope county, Frank
A. Black, postmaster; Pembroke, Cherry
county, Theodore 81. Tillson, postmaster.
Postm asters appointed-Bainbridge Har-
land county, Chas. j. Delahavde; Emmett,
Holt county, Miss Maggie Malloy; Inman,
Holt county, Clayton Froth; Monroe,
Platte county, George w. Alverson
O'Connor, Greeley county, Charles Rus
sell. :.
Otis A. Manchester, of Omaha, died
from the inhalation Of foul air while work
ing In a cistern few days ago. He was
alive when rescued, but died soon after
being brought TO the surface.
Two large grain elevate are going
I'D at Holdrt dye, and .other improvements
OF substantial character mark the pro-
gress Of the town.
A das,ardly mean trick is reported
from near the little town Of Firth. Three
horses which had strayed away from farm.
er were captured by some mlscreant and
the name and tail of each shaved to the
hide. It is believed that the whole tnlng
was only petty piece Of spite work.
The two-year.old child of James Hal
ford, Of Hebron, was struggling with some
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-07-03

Mr.. Hewitt, from the committee on
ways and means, reported the bill to modi
fy the existing laws relating to duties on
imports and collection of revenue. Refer
red to committee of the whole.
The bill passed authorizing the establish
ment of branch soldiers home in Arkan-
sas, Colorado, Kansas, Iowa, Minnesota,
Missouri or Nebraska. The location will be
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-10-23

The most interesting feature of the
annual report of Chief Nimmo of the
national bureau of statistics, which has
just been submitted, is in relation to the
internal commerce of this country. The
report shows that the value of the pro-
ducts of the VARIOUS industries of the
United States &as.last year seven times
the total of our foreign commerce,
nearly three times the total value OF
the foreign commerce of Great Britain
and Ireland, and five times the total
value of the foreign commerce OF
France, including, in each case, both
;;nonorts and exports. The total value
of the products Of industry in the Unit
ed States is also shown to be little
more than twice the total value of the
exports of merchandise from all the
countries of Europe. This places the
United States first in the list of the
manufacturing countries in the world;
and the report also shows that our coun-
try is by far the largest consumer Of
home products. The value of articles
of home manufacture consumed last
year was five times as great as the inn
ports of England and Ireland to all
other countries, and fourteen times the
value of the total imports from France,
indicating magnitude of trade in this
country almost 1ncomprehensible even
with the labyrinth of figures before one
from which to make comparisons.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-10-23
Woman's Work.

The increasing respect and consider
alton given to the work of women, is
one of the encouraging signs of the
times. The New Orleans Exposition
has woman's department, and $50, 900
have been appropriated for it. The
southern women are taking an active
part in the work. Some counties would
have had no exhibit but for the women.
In Texas there are eighteen exposition
associations composed entirely of wo-
men. "The Women's Christian Ex-
change" in New Orleans, through its
board of managers makes its own an
'nouncement, and invites the cooper
alton of women of all countries. The
Oregon State fair has woman's de-
partment. The Indiana State fair has
a much larger department this year than
usual, under the management of an ex-
ecutive board of women. One unusual
feature is department for the work of
women over sixty years of age, which
will be arranged in booth resembling
an oldtime household interior. in which
there will be on one afternoon an old
ladies' reunion The exhibitions in
Cincinnati, Louisville, and the Institute
fair IN this city, all have woman's de-
partment. Any ''falr" without the work
of women would now be regarded as
utterly incomplete. So we gain step by
step.-Woman's Journal
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-10-23

James Pring, manager Of Dundesn Park,
Hamilton, Ont, eloped with daughter Ct his
gardener, leaving wife in Ottawa
G. Smith, Of the Lambton wooden mills,
Toronto, has forwarded alarge consignment Of
Canada made tweeds and woolens to England.
Shout q the shipments result successfully 9th.
ers viii be made
The commander of the German covette
Leipsig hoisted the German flag IN the ports
of Segino, African coast, Sept 8, and placed
the territory under German protection. The
native chief gave his consent
The Berlin Politische processes to reveal the
plans of the English cabinet toward Egypt
1t says Lord Northbrook considers the aboli-
ton of the Egyptian army will save 81, DOC, 600
year, which amount would be sufficient to
pay the 5per cent interest on loan of $4O,-
100000 and equalize the Egyptian budget
Masonic difficulties in the province Of Que
bee continue between the provincial grand
lodge and the grand lodge of England In de-
tiance of masonic curtesy and of the rights Of
the grand lodge of Quebec the grand lodge of
England has insisted on maintaining it's SUBJ
ordinate lodges in the province 1t Is positive.
~ stated that the grand lodge of Quebec is
about to take action and will forbid Quebec
masons communicating with or recognizing
English lodges
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-10-23

Statistics show that there are 1865
600 women in England and Wales who
figure as wage-earners, covering a wide
range OF employments. The largest
number are engaged in household du-
ties, but there are also female farmers,
miners, teachers, musicians, clerks, me-
chanics, shop-keepers and trades peo-
pie of various sorts. Over million are
employed in domestic service, and &c.
425 "sing the song of the shirt" in
some one of the varieties of needle
work. In England, as in other coun-
tries, woman is getting more and more
favor as ''breadwinner," and her op.
portunities for earning an Independent
support are increasing.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-10-23
A Hundred Million Bullets.

By the steamer City of New York,
which arrived from China last Sunday,
came Henry Comstock, the foreign
agent of the Remington gun manufac-
turers of New York, who has just made
large contract with the Chinese Gov
eminent for the new Remington-Lee
rife and ammunition. Mr.. G omstock
was waited upon by reporter.
We'll, I will tell you," said Mr..
Comstock, America has wrong idea
as to China's strength in case of war.
She has now thirty five first class gun
boats and standing army of 1000, 900
men. The men that belong to the
army are brave set of fellows and will
fight if an opportunity presents itself.
Those that think they are towards are
greatly mistaken. The army is now
supplied with the old-style guns. L
have just made contract with the
government for 10000 latest i'm
proved RemingtonLee rifles and
100,O00,000 cartridges, and more
orders are to follow. They are
shipped from New York by the way of
Liverpool to Shanghai.
"At the present time the French have
eighteen gunborts in the Chinese
waters, but only half that number are
disable in case of war, and their total
number of men at China stations is
only 1850. l have travelled over every
place of distinction in the Chinese En-
pire and they are all eager to face
France in a fracas.- San Francisco
Chronicle.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-10-23
Women in Europe.
Interlacken Letter to Pittsburg Chronicle Tele
graph.


graph.
Yesterday saw the most surprising sight
that has greeted my eyes for many MONTHS
man drawing large handcart, piled high with
hay, and on it woman, riding with folded
hands as naturally as if women were born tc
this sort of thing in Europe. Had these two
been reversed, whatever our feeling, it would
not have been one of surprise. Had the wom-
an been harnessed in that cart with q dog, both
pulling with all their might, while the mar
rode, it would have been much more consistent
with the peasants idea of the po-
sition of women. Just before we
saw woman high. up in cherry tree
picking the fruit, while man lay at the foot,
waiting to place the ladder when she should
be ready to come down with her burden
bent nearly double with the leathern harness,
as she trudged along the tow-path, man sit
ting at his ease in the boat smoking. In Up
per Austria I saw slight and very pretty
young girl carrying the mortar up to the
second story Of a building, while a man wait
ed there to put it in place when she arrived.
Within a week have seen a man shovel the
sweepings of the street assisted by woman,
into basket which he helped her to place
on her back; while she carried it to a long dis
lance he sat down and waited until she returned
for another. I saw woman in Naples carry
ing coffin on her head, chatting gayly with a
man who walked empty handed at her side.
I have seen a woman and cow together pull
a coal cart through the streets of a North Ger
man city, man touching them up, gently, to
be sure, with whip, as he walked beside them.
I remember two women unloading casks
of beer from a river craft, while twenty men
looked on. I've seen women dozen times this
summer in Germany carrying two heavy trunks;
and therei no mental, heavy, outdoor labor
Ihave not seen them doing here in Switzerland,
80 no wonder. we looked amazed at the woman
riding at her ease on the sweet hay and the
man doing the work-the first piece of gallan-
try, the first recognition of the weaker, we
have seen in the peasant or farming class
here
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-10-23

Almost all the rich and famous men
of New York began life as "nobodies. !"
Charley P. DAILY was an apprentice to
a quill-pen cutter; Roswell P. Flower
was farm laborer at 81 a day; August
Belmont was an apprentice at nothing q
year and boarded himself; Grover
Cleveland was clerk in New York city
at 81 week; Clark Bell was black
smiths apprentice, and could scarcely
lift the hammer; Henry E. Abbey failed
in the jewelry business; A. B. Cornell
was telegraph operator for Morse;
George William Curtis was clerk OF
So per week; Charles A. Dana was a
farm boy; Chauncey Depew, like Thur
low Weed, was cabin boy on the North
River, and was in the line of promotion
to skipper; Edison was newsboy |;
Gould and Grant were tanners; John
Kelly was CRATE setter: Dan Sickles
was type-setter; and Rufus Hatch and
Russell Sage were farm hands.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-10-23

A Florida pilot tells big stories of the
sharks which abound in the sea between
Pensacola and Fort Pickens and the I'M
fortunate sailors and soldiers they have
eaten up. I'D just as soon try to swim
q lake Of red hot pitch as to swim over
from Pensacola to Fort Pickens" The
sharks would be sure to get him. I've
seen em moving around on the bot
tom like drove of hogs. They gener-
ally swim slowly when not chased, but
they can work up tremendous race
when they are chased, and I've seen one
Jump twenty feet in the air" He fur
Their remarked: "Some time ago
Spanish gupboat dropped in there and
the officers amused themselves with
shark fishing. They had quite circus.
They would take small dynamite car
fridge, bind piece of pork to it and fix
it to a float and wire and send it 200 feet
astern. Pretty soon a shark would
take it and they would fire, and the fish
would fly into thousand pieces. IF
one was wounded the others went for
him and ate him up. Boston Journal"
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-10-23

Vassar female college has graduated.
altogether, 500 students. OF this
number only 1SS have married, OF
less than one in three "Vassar gradu-
ties" have been supposed to constitute
a peculiarly manageable type, but if
the above figures are correct, large
ratio "got left" 1t is probable that
many men are deferred from marrying
too much learning of one kind and too
little of another, and that woman's af.
fections rather than her intellect are most
potential in .counubial arrangements.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-10-23

The cost of transferring wheat from
interior India to England is SOC to Zoe
per bushel, which is more than four to
fivefold the cost between Chicago and
Liverpool. 1t is estimated by authori-
ties on this question that wheat can not
be exported from India to England
when Liverpool is under $1.3O. Pres
emit prices are more than thirty cents
less than this figure. The principal
point in favor of the American farmer,
however, is the certain decrease in
European cultivation. A reduction OF
25 per cent. in that quarter would in
crease the foreign demand by 275,OOO.-
600 bushels, whereas the whole Indiap
surplus stops at 81 900, 900 bushels as
maximum.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-10-23

Wheat, Chicago spring, z@7s5xc; No. 8,
Chicago spring, &c; No. 2 red, 7sc; No. red,
&c.
Corn, cash, 551l@5ec
Oats, cash, &c.
Rye, 53L[c
Pork, cash, 1875.
Lard, cash, $725@$7.30
milwaukee MARKETS..
Whest, No. 2, 1870.
Corn, No. 2, Sc
Oats, No. 2 white, 301&c
Rye, No. l, SIC; No. 2, 53c.
Barley No. 2 551c; extra No. 8, 47a
LArd-Prime steam, $40
Butter, choice creamery, 26@29c; fair to good,
23@26c; best dairy, 19@21c
Minneapolis MARKETS.
WHEAT, No. hard, 761Sc; No. 2 hard, no;
Corn, No 2 SIC; rejected, 45@4so; con-
lV Oats, No Gold, white, ss@aeo; No. 9, new,
25zc; rejected 2SgMc; condemned, 2s@sSc
Mixed Feed, No. I. siz5o@ls; No 2, s1e5o
Corn Meal, unbolted, s17@s1s; bolssd. ssl
H.y, timothy, ss@sa5o; Wild, choice. ss@
$3.50; No wild, $650@&6G
st. Psul 1Garksss.
WMAT-No l hard, new, 70c; No. 3 hard,
75c; No. 2, CSC
Corn, No. 2, SIC; No. 8, 500
Oats, No. 2mixed, FAC; No. white. $50; No
extra. 24c
Rye, No. 2, 40.
Barley, No. 2, $50; No. 8, 45c
Ground Feed, 1850
Baled Hay, eS; timothy hay, s1ooo@e1o5o
Flax Seed. 41.16
Timothy seed, 20
Potatoes, 30
Eggs, 1870
B6{ssr. dairy fab, 1910; choices, 1Sc; cream
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-10-23

Postofices established Goddard,
sully county; Kingman, walworth county {;
Lounsberry, Clark county Iowa: Marsh,
Louis county. Postmasters Commissioned
Albert O. Goddard, Goddard Sully county,
OAK ;Newton H. Kingman, Kingman, Walworth
county, Oak. Thomas s: johnson, Louns-
Marsh, Louis county, Iowa.
An invitation to the United States to the Con-
60 conference will be presented to President
Arthur in few days, and instructions to the
American delegates are expected to reach Ber
I'm early in November. The negotiations with
Granville continue The governments of italy,
Russia and Austria, although not directly in
seres'ed IN the Congo trade, will be represented
at the conference The African association
will not be represented. It is expected that
the discussion will be Of q preliminary char
acter and the sessions short
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-10-23
RAcorA Of casuSifaAs.

Several buildings at Norfolk, Va, were
burned
A cyclone passed over Lewiston, Me-, which
did $5, 600 worth of damage.
AtLawrenceburg, Ky., fire destroyed good
portion of the business part of the town. Loss,
SAC, 1000; partially insured.
E. W. Barber, of Sun Dance, Mont, was
thrown from his horse and injured so badly
that death resulted shortly after
The Franklin house, the Journal printing
Office and other buildings at Summerside, N
B., were burned Loss, s35, OO0
Two children of Garrett Wiseman, living in
Mitchell county, N. c., while passing through
long strip of woods, were attacked by a
large catamount, and the younger child aged
six, was instantly killed. The ferocious ami
NAL buried his claws in the girls throat The
older sister, age eight, attempted to escape,
but was pursued and so terribly lacerated that
she was unable to speak when found She
died later
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-10-23

ing father and daughter are already
on their way, and the evening OF the
second day finds them in New York.
Aunt Libby receives them with open
arms, and to Miranda the evening
passes like dream. Long afterwards
little scraps of conversation and anec-
dotes of her dead mother came back to
her, and when she tried to recall them
more fully the stufy, thirdAoor parlor
of second class Brooklyn boarding
house rose before her, and A1e saw
again Aunt Libby's angular fgurA' ana
kind, searching black eyes.
In the morning she wakes late from d
heavy, dreamless sleep, and goes down
stairs to find the deacon preparing tor
a day in the city. He calls her aside,
and, without word, she puts into hrs
hand scrap Of paper upon which she
has written the address Fitzgerald gave
her. Her hand trembles little as she
does SO, but otherwise she is outwardly
calm and composed. The deacon CLAN
ces at her with look of tender anxiety.
which soon changes to relief. That's
right, my pretty" he says, true grlts'
what does it, Mirandy, under all sar-
cumstances." And then Aunt Libby
comes in, and the deacon remarks that
he is "as like as not to hev 'tarnation
lot O. bother about tibet reaper, and meb-
be he won't git back afore supper time.
Aunt Libby promises to "show Miranda
round" And soon the old man leaves
them
Somehow the day, which has seemed
interminable, draws to close, and to-
ward evening Miranda is seated by the
window, a small cousin on her knee, for
whose benefit she is improvising fairy
tale. Each nerve in her body thrills
with intense though suppressed excite
ment. What is it that she expects she
hardly knows and will not ask herself,
but at every football on the steps out
side she starts and clasps her hands
more tightly together. A bright flush
is on her cheek, her eyes ahSs large with
expectation. The fairy-tale n nearly
ended: $50 you see, after all, !" Nlran-
da is saying, ''the knight came bacN TO
the princess there is step ontside,
the door opens, and the deacon comes
malone. "Hev ye-hev We had
pleasant day, Miranda?" he begins er-
vously.
Miranda puts the child off her knee
and he runs out of the room. Then,
"What is it, father?" she SAYS, quietly.
The deacon gives little uneasy
cough. "Thet friend as we was speak
in of the other day." he says, slowly,
"he's-married, Mirandy."
She stands for few minutes looking
into the dusty street. Then she turns;
the flush has faded from her face; she
is very white. II went shopping this
morning with Aunt Libby, father" she
says, in strange, hard voice, "and we
bought this" taking a parcel from the
table, "for Liz. Do you think she will
like ito"
The deacon chokes down something
in his throat. II know'd We had true
grit, Mirandy," he says.
Hush" she answers, and kisses him.
The next day they go back to Romulus.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-10-23
Ohio and West Virginia Elections.

In Ohio Republican congressman have
been elected in the First, Second, Eighth,
Ninth, Tenth Hurd's districD, Twelfth,
Fourteenth, Eighteenth, Nineteenth and
Twentieth districts; total, TO- Demo.
cratic congressman have been elected in the
Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth Seventh, Thir-
teenth, Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Seventeenth and
Twenty-frst districts; total, TO- The Eleventh
district is in doubt
The total unofficial returns from Hamilton
county show the following pluralities, state
and congressional tickets: Robinson (rep)
secretary of state, 2,25S; johnson (rep.), judge
of the supreme court, 2,557; Butterworth (rep. },
First congressional district, l, $40; Brown rep
Second congressional district, 2,807. The
greenback state ticket averaged 81, and the
prohibition vote averaged 81.
Reports indicate that the Prohibition vote in
the state will not be more than 5000. The
republican majority in the state wi II probably
be from 10, GOO to II 600.
In West Virginia, the Republican state COM
mlttee concede the election of the Democratic
ticket by g. 600 to 600 majority The returns re-
ceived are very meager and unsatisfactory, but
the indications are that the Democrats
have q majority of from 10000 to $4,000.
Advices from Charleston, Kanawah county,
place Maxwell's majority at ], 100 The entire
Republican county ticket is elected by MAORI
ties ranging from 600 to l 200. Six out of nine
voting places in Tyler county gave Maxwell
236 majority. The other three to be heard
from will increase to $50