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Our Chautauqua is fast becoming famous.
We find the following notice in the Denver
Tribune Republican,;
, 1886-10-15
Vermont's Indebtedness.

WASHINGTON. Oct. l4.-Third Auditor
Williams has written a letter to the secre-
tary of the treasury, in which he says
that under the act to indemnity states for
expenses incurred by them in defense of
the union during the late war Vermont
at various times filed claims %aggregating
1924. 1855, of which SSj7.s43 has been
paid, leaving a balance OF S66, $50. which
the state is now asking to have paid; that
he (he third auditor) finds, upon exam
ination that there is standing in the books
of the ordnance department a charge
against that state of S64.6 4 for arms and
equipments furnished during 1861; that
there are certain credits which reduce the
Indebtedness to a net balance of S543. 1874
in favor of the government; that in 1866,
willie this sum was actually due tn Uni
ted States. the state of Vermont received
under an act Of congress. Sl66. AGA for
defending the frontiers from invasion
IRON Canada in 1864 and, finally, the
third auditor says he is informed that the
state of Vermont sold these arms and
equipments for $40. 900. which was put
into the state treasury. The auditor con
cludes by calling the sccretary's attention
to the fact that the Vermont legislature
Is now in session. and that. pending such
action as the secretary may see fit to tax,
in the premises, the clam of the state OF
Vermont will be held suspended.
, 1886-10-15

mile of the extreme point jutting from
| the Texas side. The town lies only four
feet above mean tide mark, and is bounded
/! by a great swamp on the west and Lake
| Sabine on the north. The entrance to
| Lake Sabine is a mile and a half above
the town. The lake Is fifteen miles long
by ten in width, with an average depth
of seven feet, which Is always main
tanned by the huge volume of water
pouring into the basin from two
navigable rivers, Neches and Sabine. 1t
was this lake. according to the most ex
perienced n%avlgators on this coast. that
destroyed the town. The hurricane of
last Sunday in the West Indies blew the
waters with great violence toward the
Texan coast. This hurricane wave was
first noticed on this coast Sunday morning,
attaining Its maximum on Tuesday after
noon. and was maintained at high point
by the impetus of the waters behind.
The hurricane itself did not reach this
coast at all, as scarcely a breath OF wind
was stirring when the tidal wave first
touched the coast. When its maximum
was reached Tuesday afternoon, however,
a fierce northwestern gale sprung up along
the whole coast and at Sabine this
gale blew the waters out of Lake
Sabine and drove them towards the gull,
whore the lake waters were met by the
great swell caused by the hurricane. This
resulted IN driving the lake waters over
on to the little town and submerging the
country for ten miles around without a
moment norice.
This account of the disaster is confirmed
by our experience with the same gale here,
, 1886-10-15

CINCINNATI, Oct. a. - Arriving at
Music hall the casket was borne down the
center aisle and placed on two columns
resting on a platform in front of the cen
ter Of the stage, and seven colored pal
bearers sat down an either side Of the re-
mains as a guard of honor. As Mrs
Katharine Chase Sprague with the party
in company with her entered the hall and
passed down the aisle, the great organ
sounded a funeral composition. At Its
conclusion Hon. Benz, Butterworth made
a brief address transferring the remains
to the state of Ohio, and closing by COM
hitting to Governor Foraker the casket
containing all that remains OF the dis
tinguished citizen OF Ohio. Governor
Foraker accepted the sacred trust for the
state and said the entire state of Ohio
feels honored by this days proceedings.
The governor then paid a tribute to the
memory OF the dead %inrist. Prayer was
then offered by Rev. DR.. John Hall, Of
New York. and after the benediction the
remains were carried to Spring Grove
cemetery where they were committed to
lest in the family lot.
, 1886-10-15

ST. LOUIS, Ost. IA special from
Sherman, Tex, says: Late adviccs from
Indian Territory state that the most ex-
tensive and destructive fires ever known
in hat territory are sweeping over the
p%rairies. Millions OF acres of rich grazing
lands which a few days ago were covered
with a luxurious growth Of grass are now
barren and charred wastes. The area
burned over extends from Ninitla on the
north to Muscogee on the south, and or
either side OF the Missouri, Kansas 4
Texas railroad as far as the eye can see.
Large numbers of cattle have been burned
to death, and immense quantities Of hay,
baled and loose which was to have been
used for fodder during the winter have
been DESTROYED and cattlemen will be
Obliged to drive their herds elsewhere to
save them from starvation. Investigation
into the origin of the fire is to lie made
by the Ninitia Indian agent.
, 1886-10-15

ST. LOUIS. Oct. IA special from
Ell Paso says: A report is In circulation
here to the effect that ex President Con
tales Of Mexico has been assassinated in
the interior, but as the exact location OF
the place where the supposed criue oc-
CURED cannot be ascertained, the report
is received with considerable doubt. Other
startling rumors are afloat here to the
effect that the Mexican government is
again struggling TO suppress an insurrec-
tionary movement. Mexican officials say
this afternoon that they hal positive in
formation that over twenty persons had
Just been shot at Presnillo, a town in the
state of Zlcetscas, by order of the Mexi
can government. The officer also said he
ha heard IA rumor that Romero Rubio,
minister Of the interior, and father in law
Of President Diaz. had disappeared while
out riding in the suburbs of the City of
Mexico and that he was supposed to have
been kidnapped by Insurgents
LAREDO. Tex, Oct At is reported
here to night that the two Mexican pris-
oners who were found on their trials to
be members of the band of outlaws who
perpetrated the celebrated robbery on the
Mexican National railroad three years
ago, were executed yesterday at a point
near the scene of the robbery. When
the officers left here with the prisoners
they declared they were taking them to
Monterey.
, 1886-10-15

Sealed proposals will be received at the
office Of the chief engineer, Union Pacific
railway, Omaha, Nebraska, for the
grading, bridging, and t%racklaying, and
snrfacing of the following work;
The line from Oakley to Colby in
Kansas, about twenty-five miles.
The line from Lov,lind to the Buck
horn tone qusrries in Colorado. about
eight and one halt miles, and the extern
sion Of the Salina, Lincoln Il Western
railway from Lincoln Centre westward. in
Kansas, forty to fifty miles.
Proposals for the Colby line will not be
received after Oct. Il, but proposals for
the other lines will be received until the
evening Of Oct. 10.
Profles can be seen at the office of
chief engineer for Ave days previous to the
days named for closing receipt OF bids.
The right is reserved to reject any or all
bids. $. II. CALLAwAY.
General Manager.
, 1886-10-15
Storm at Buffalo.

BUFFALO, Oct. IA terrific gale, ac-
c%ompanied by rain, set in here this after
noon and continues with increased fury.
At midnight the wind is blowing sixty five
miles per hour. The island, inhabited by
squatters, is flooded, and the waters pour
in huge waves over it. Twenty-Five
houses have been totally destroyed, and
over 100 persons are homeless. People
are moving their household effects to
mainland Officers were sent to rescue
the family of Charles Lambert Lambert
was saved, but his wife and daughter were
drowned. Several others are reported
missing. The basement of houses on
Canal street are flooded, the inmates tax
ing refuge in the upper floors. The roof
OF the western transportation house was
blown off, causing a blockade to the
Lackawanna track. Michigan and Main
streets are flooded 700 feet from the dock,
Ohio street is completely flooded. All
the lumber yards on the island are wreck
ed. Damage to shipping is very great.
Bags are floating over Evans dock and a
number are reported mashed. This even
ing the rear wall of the new Music hall
went down with a crash. No one was in
iured.
, 1886-10-15
Called to Canada

CINCINNATI, Oct. 1.-two heavy fail
ures occurred here within four hours To-
day on account of the defalcation of ono
mn. The first firm to go under was that
OF Jacob Weller Il Co., wholesale dealers
IN peanuts and pickles. A rough estimate
OF he liabilities places them at 800. 900.
Ii is claimed that the assets will nearly
reach this amount. The cause of their
failure was forgery by their confidential
clerk. r. NJ. Doll, of many thousand dol
lars of warehouse receipts. Doll has fed
to Canada and has written a confession to
the firm. hut does not state what his
shortage is.
-Four hours later the announcement of
the failure Skaats. Edwards & Co., an
other peanut and commission firm at SO
and 50 Water street, was made They
hold about $4,000 worth of Weller's
paper, and their liabilities will probably
reach 500. 900.
, 1886-10-15
More

New YORK, Oct. l4-At the second
days session OF the national railroad time
convention the question of the movement
OF trains on a single track when the block
system is used, and the manner of giving
signals in time Of accident, was discu >sed.
The rules presented by the committee
have been adopted with a few alterations.
These rules will govern tie movement OF
trains on all roads in the United States
and Canada, after Nov. II.
A communication was received from the
Car Accountants Association asking that
a committee be appointed to devise a uni
form keeping OF accounts. The comm
tee OF the twenty four hour system OF
time reported progress, and was continued.
A general change of time on all of the
roads in the country will be made on Nov.
a.. The next meeting of the convention
will be held in thus city on the second
Wednesday in April, 1887. One hundred
thousand miles Of road were represented
in the convention.
, 1886-10-15
Proposals for Repair or Public Build
ings ut (heyrnne Drpnt. MYO.

hhGr NJ cheyenne Dtpot. w yo-
DEPOT QUARTERMAsTER's OFFICE,
CHEYENNE DEPOT, WYo.,
October II, 1886.
Sealed proposals, in triplicate, subject
to the usual conditions, will be received
at this Office until ~ clock m. Thursday,
November IL, 1886, at which time and
place they will be opened in the presence
of bidders, for furnishing certain material
and perfnrming the work required for
repair of public buildings at the Cheyenne
Depot, Wyoming.
The government reserves the right to
reject any proposal. or part thereof. or all
proposals
Preference given to articles of domestic
production and manufacture, conditions
of price and quality being equal, and such
preference given to articles of American
production and manufacture produced on
the Pacific Coast, to the extent of the
consumption required by the public ser
vice there.
Specifications. circulars containing in
structions To bidders, and blank forms of
proposals. can be Obtained on application
to this office.
Envelopes containing proposals should
be plainly marked:
Proposals for Repairs at Cheyenne Depot
and addressed to the undersigned,
G. +. HUMPHREY,
Captain and Assistant Quartermaster,
5. A.
, 1886-10-15

PORTLAND, Me, Oct. IA special
from Calais, says; The telegraph and
telephone offices at Elstport have been
burned, AMI communication with Calais is
suspended. The reflection of the fire on
the sky can be seen at a distance of thirty
miles, indicating that the fire is raging
with increased fury, and it is feared that
the main part OF Eastport will be des-
troyed. When the fire started, the tide
was low and ebbing, and the reservoirs
became exhausted.
The latest intelligence from Eastport is
that the Passamagody hotel, Buxton
livery stable and the telegraph office have
been burned. A telegraph official has left
Calais to restablish communication, and
until that is done nothng can be learned.
, 1886-10-15

RICHMOND, Oct. l4-It was decided
to elect Il chairman and secretary, aud
have assistants in each of the Southern
states. Immediately after the general as
semb'y was called to order this morning,
the work of balloting for members of the
executive board begun. There are six
members TO De elected. The general mas
ter workman, general secretary and gen
eral treasurer are ex-othcio members of the
board. The entire morning session was
consumed in balloting for members of the
general executive board. The vote stood
as follows:
Thos. b. Barry, 3O4; John W. HAYES,
2s4. Barry was elected on that ballot
Second ballot. John w. Hayes, 335; A.
A. Carleton, ia Hayes elected. Third
ballot, VIM. II. Bailey, 307; Carleton l76.
Bailev elected
, 1886-10-15

PEKIN, Ill, Oct. Il During a dance
the auspices Of the Pekin Reds, a local
base ball club Of considerable notoriety,
the Coddington boys and others became
involved in a quarrel over some %trifing
matter and a general fight ensued. Dur
ing the row Ed Coddington was stabbed
IN the thigh with a dirk. the blade being
driven to the bone with such force as to
break it short off at the handle. The in
Prevention of the police put a stop to the
fight. He refuses to give the name of
the party who stabbed him, and no ar
rests were made.
, 1886-10-15
1--WE Never Sleep"

CLEVELAND, Oct. I4-Last Monday.
a well dressed man about 40 years old, ac
companied by his wife, arrived at
Silverthorn's suburban hotel, at Rocky
river, six miles from Cleveland. To-day
Pinkerton placed the man under arrest
and at , o'clock p. IN, left on the Lake
Shore road with him. bound for Chicago.
The man proved to be j.. + T. Bradley.
the defaulting manager of the Pullman
Sleeping Car company, who disappeared
last July, after having embezzled $500,
from the company. Bradley formerly hat
charge of the Pullman interests at Chi.
cago and Detroit.
, 1886-10-15

PoRT CoLBoRNE, Oct. 1.-THE tug
Rooth has returned here. and reports the
schooner George NJ. Chase. Capt. Cook
grain laden, bound from Chicago for Buff
ialo, toundered, When the Rooth reached
the i'll fated vessel, she found the tug w.
A. Moore there, and together they saved
the crew, whom they found clineing tc
spars which stuck out of the water. The
captain and one nan never caine up after
the vessel went down.
, 1886-10-15

CINCINNATI, O., Oct. IA dispatch
from Fort Wayne, Ind, states hat a ter.
rife gale from the south passed over that
city this afternoon, and at > o'clock ragged
in lull force. The Odd Fellows temple,
Centiverse brewery and bottling works
and Adams express office, together With
some of the principal business buildings
we're unroofed. Shortly before . O'Clock
a fire broke out in the outskirts of the
city and at the time the dispatch was sent,
about , p: NJ, five frame dwellings were
in flames, with the gale spreading the
flames
, 1886-10-15

LAKE MoHoNK, Oct. l4.-At to-day
session OF the Indian conference, resolu-
tons were reported for discussion approx
Ing OF the presidents interest in the con
dition of the Indians, and emphasizing
the necessity of personal fitness in in.
structors of Indians, and recommending
an immediate application of the principles
of civil service reform to the entire Indian
service. Senator Dawes made an address
which showed the necessity of making
Indians self-supporting.
, 1886-10-15
SPARKS r THE WIRES.

Another rate war among the railroads
is predicted.
Abram $. Hewitt has accepted the
Tammany nomination for mayor.
The cabinet is still considering the
Miles Geronimo complication.
Geronimo is to be removed from San
Antonio, Tex to Fort Marion, Fla.
Henry Weldman was hanged by a moi
at Monticello, ILL.,, yesterday, for the muir
der OF his wife.
A heavy wind and rain storm is repor
ted at Chicago, doing damage to manl
houses, and severely i%njuring the parks.
News has been received at Cleveland
o., of the sinking of the propeller Selall
Chamberlain on Lake Michigan, by a col
lision with another vessel, Five lives
were lost.
, 1886-10-15

CnIcAGo, Oct. 1.-THE Congregational
conference, after hearing various reports
to-day, devoted considerable time to a dis
cussion of the question whether or not the
church would be benefited by a relaxation
in the tests applied to candidates for adj
mission. When the conference adjourned
this evening the discussion of the subject
was not completed, and action on the
matter vent over until to MORROW.
, 1886-10-15

CHIcAGo. Oct II. Cattle Receipts.
10. 500; good strong; common weak;
shipping steers, $50 to LOO pounds,
SO 5O(a5,4 40; stockers and feeders, - 90
(d3 25. Through Texas cattle in good
demand; steers. 80 GOA $40; cows, 81 30
81 60; Western rangers 10 cents lower;
natives and half breeds, s 3,OOCd3 90;
cows, g.. 40@3.I Is; wintered Texans, $500
"a 3 so.
Sheep-Rcceipts, 5000; market slow
and a shade lower; natives. 81 00(a4 90,
Western, 50 4O(a3 Go; Texans, s2.2Od
$40; lambs, 50. 75(a475.
, 1886-10-15

GALVESTON, Tex, Oct. 14-This city
has been in a state Of ieverish excitement
all day over the dreadful news from Sabine
Pass. Many anxious persons have eagerly
visited the telegraph Offices, seeking
further particulars from the stricken
town. Details Of the catastrophe are
very difficult to obtain, because of the
impaired facilities OF communication in
the vicinity of Sabine Pass. Telegraph
communication with Beaumont and Or
ange, the nearest points to the unfortu
nate place, has been rc-established, but
the inhabitants of those places ppea to
be awaiting the return of the relief
parties that have Rone to Sabine Pass.
The village OF Sabine Pass is located at
the mouth Of Sabine river, within half a
, 1886-10-15
A Mexican DISAPPOINTMENT

GALVESTON. Oct. I4-An Associated
Press representative cabled an inquiry to
the City of Mexico this evening asking
about the assassination of ex President
Gonzales at Guadalaiara. l. reply was
received stating that nothing was known
there about the matter, and the story is
not credited.
, 1886-10-15

NEW YoRK. Oct. IA committee
of 1000 tonight nominated Theodore
Roosevelt for mayor.
The county Democracy organization
tonight held its county convention Tam
many's nomination OF Hon. A. $. Hewitt
for mayor was endorsed.
, 1886-10-15

If parents who have children would
take DR.. w. N. Hunts advice they would
never be without a bottle of Chamber
lain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhea Rem.
edy in the house, then in case of need
night or day, they would be prepared to
cure sudden attacks of bowel complaints.
1t is absolutely unsafe to be without a
reliable medicine of this kind at hand and
we know Of none better than Chamber
lninls
, 1886-10-15
NEW LOCAL NOTICES.


Those who have not paid their city
taxes, had better do so at once, as a pen
atty Of 10 per cent will be added to all
taxes remaining unpaid Oct. -, 1856,
and per cent per month thereafter.
Very Respectfully,
WIN. II. ScHNITGER,
City Marshal.
, 1886-10-15
Threatened Lockout of Miners.

LONDON. Oct. IA Coal mine owners of
Flieshirc refuse to concede the demands
Of miners for an increase of IL per cent
in wages. Miners throughout Scotland
are in lavor of a general lockout. Unless
the men abate the demand. 35. 900 miners
will be involved in such lockout.
, 1886-10-15
WIN Resume Work.

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. Ii Work will be
resumed to morrow morning at all the
Frankfort cotton and wooden mills, which
have been lying idle for the past nine
days, and in which about l,lOO hands
were emplOved.