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WEST AND SOUTH.

Tar statement was made on the 3)th by a
buyer for one of the largest Kansas City,
Mo- dressed-beef houses that any hostile
legislation 10 that industry would be re-
scented by boycotting the State enacting
such a law
GU-r WEESEE. a merchant tailor at To
pcka. Kan. in a quarrel over rent on the
3rh. shot and killed John Spendlove ard
then killed himself
A BOY named David Barley, Of Milton
township. 3D.. who had @ severe attack Of
hydrophOhiI. was recovering on the 2Oth
Physicians and scientists were writing TO
know what treatment the boy received
TIRE Governor OF Colorado signed a live
stock and meat Inspection hill on the 2lst
which practically prohibits the importation
OF meats from Chicago and other E-steEa
plcbing- houses
UNITED STATES troops drove nearly three
hundred boomers out % Oklahoma on the
2l>t
FoUE masked men robbed passenger
train on the Atlantic & Pacific railroad on
the 2Ist at Canyon Diablo. A. T. The Wells
Fargo exrre>s-car was rified but the
amount secured was not known
TIE stable az Pchlmau Brothers in st
Louis was destroyed bv fire on the . st and
fifty horses were burned Cd death The
stable % J II Manor was also burned with
ten horses
THE livery stable ~ Gordon & Warner at
Newport Neb.. was burned ON the 2lst and
J. T. Gordon. vho was asleep in the Office,
was burned u death. rs were also eight
horses.
WINE burning brush on the I'D andrew
StrOupe. farmer living near Atwood, Ind,
was stricken wi-h apoplexy, fell into the
firc and was burned % a criSp.
OS The 2lst Lake Erie was opened fer nav
igation
MoNEoE WILKINSON tcoloredI was hanged
on the ~ az Scottsvlle Ky. for the murder
Of Berry Manion .coloredi ON the 23d Of
September last
II the storm that swept over New Han
over County. y G.. on the 2ed, Benjamin
Moore was killed by haiI-scones.
PATRICE TRAISoR, of Cincinnati. a worth
less fellow who for some time past had al
lowed bis wife 20 support his six children
and himself ran q red-hOt poker through
the woman cheek into her mouth on the
I'D Physicians said she could not recover
Her ofeuse was that when asked why din
ner WAS uoc ready she responded that there
was no food in the house
ON the .9d 4 e Mellette was sworn in as
Governor OF Dakota
OK the 2ld Wesley Cornell. a prominent
and weIl-to-do farmer OF Deer Creek town
ship. Ind committed suicide
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THE oEEcEs.

Nominations AEatIe for Several Important
Ones-CorpOral Tanner, of New York,
Named for Pension Commissioner, and
Edward Wiiietts, of Michigan, for As
sistant to Secretary Rusk-A Batch OF
Combinations.
WASHINGTON, March 25.-The President
sent the following nominations to the Sem
ate on Saturday:
James Tanner Of Brooklyn, n. Y, to be Com
missioner Of Pensions
James NJ. Shakelford OF Ind ana, 10 be Judge
Of the United States Court for the Indian Ter
ritory
Zachariah L. Walrend OF Kansas, 20 be At
torney Of the United States Court for the In
dian Territory.
Thomas B. Needles, of Illinois, to DO
Marshal Of the United States Court for the
Indian Territory.
Walter p. Corbett, Of Georgia. to be Marshal
OF the U nited States sor the Southern district
OF Georgia.
Edwin wllIetts. OF Michigan, to be Assistant
Secretary Of Agriculture.
Commodore David b. Harmony, to be Rear
Admiral. and CAPITA Francis NJ Ramsay, "a
be Commodore in the United States navy.
To be Collectors OF Customs; Albert A. Bur-
leigh, Of Maine for District OF Aroostook. Me. (;
James W. Wakefield, OF Maine, for the district
OF Bath, Ne: CHARLES g. Edwards, OF
Minnesota for the district OF Minnesota;
George w. Mcbride. Of Michigan, for the d s.
trict OF Mich gan: Charles NJ. Bradshaw, OF
Washington Territory, for the district OF
Puget Sound IN the State Of Oregon, and Ter.
rltory Of Wash ngton.
To he Poslmasters: Tllino.s-Centrala. w.
H. Cullm0re; Bloomington, J. ;. Neville.
Observation-Disclosures j. NJ. Hubbard; Chiffon,
G. d. Breed; Lancashire T. a. Burr. Indiana
-Rushvillc, r. +. Bebout. Oh:o-Coshoctou,
J. n. Johnston; jam estown, j. X. Grain. Iowa
-Tama, C. j Wauscr
Secretary Window appointed James II.
Windrim, Of Philadelphia, Supervising
Architect of the Treasury, vice win A.
Freret, resigned by request
CONTRIBUTIONS.
The failure of the Senate Committee on
Foreign Relations to report the nomination
| of John G. New to be Consul-General at
London has oceasioned some comment
The nomination OF Fred D. Grant, which
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The execution of Timothy ana Peter Bar
rett, two brothers, took place at Minneapo-
lis on the I'D for the murder of man
named Tolefsen, a street-car driver ON the
night of July 20, 1887.
Is the bluffs on the Missouri river oppo-
site Townsend NJ T.. placer gold was on
the 23d said TO have been discovered
IL tit of jealousy ON the 25d John Fos-
set of Hillsboro. Ind, shot and killed his
wife
NOTICE was given by the Illinois Central
Railroad Company on the 23d that IL would
no longer ship liquors into the interior of
Iowa from Dubuque. and that the goods
would not be carried in disguise.
FLAMES swept away the plant of the Meat
and Provision Company at St Paul, MINI +,
on the 9th. causing a loss OF $4,000
THE firn of Mailman & Grip, extensive
contractors and builders at Ishpeming,
Mich. failed ON the sd for sl00,0O0.
Oh the 23d Adam York, farmer living
near Peru Ind, placed some sticks of dyna-
mite in a stove TO dry, when an explosion
occurred which wrecked the building and
killed his wife and daughter. Mr. York had
become insane from grief
THE Northern Pacific Railroad Company
on the I'D secured control of the Wisconsin
Central railroad and through it an entrance
to Chicago
THE funeral services over the remains of
the late Associate Justice Stanley Matthews
were held on the 25th at the family resi-
dence in Washington after which the re-
mains were taken TO Cincinnati for inter
ment in Spring Grove Cemetery.
FLAMES destroyed the entire business pOr-
ton Of the village of Kenny. Ill, on the
18th
AT St Paul on the 25th, William Clinch-
man, aged fifteen years, believing a revolv-
er to be empty. shot and fatally wounded
Birdie Lucas
ALBERT THOMAS held his wife in the
river on the 18th at Blakely, Ga, till she
was drowned
ROsANNA MCCORMICK, aged sixty-five
years an eccentric character who resided
near the White Sulphur Springs Virginia,
for many years. was found dead in her
home on the 18th. She was well known to
thousands who have visited the springs.
ADyIoEs of the 18th from Cheboygan,
Mich say the ce in the straits had begun
to move. and that steamers could get
through. The straits did not open last year
until MAY 3
On the 18th J. H. Heinenkamp. a well-to-
do farmer of Mount Vernon, Ind, was ac-
cidentally pushed out of a wagon by a
drunken man and killed
II Alabama five United States deputies
ON the 18th seized eight stills with a capac-
ity of six hundred gallons, eight ferment.
ers. ten thousand gallons of beer and two
hundred gallons of corn whisky and capt
ured thirty men.
OK the 18th COW, apparently suffering
from hydrophobia, was killed at Terre
Haute, Ind. As many babes had been fed
ON the animals milk high state of alarm
prevailed
IL Ross County. o., ''black knot was on
the 2jth devastating the plum orchards and
fifty thousand trees had been cut down.
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END OF THE wAeAsH CASE.
The Long Litigation Brought to Salts
factory Conclusion. and Decree Issued
Orde ring the Road to BE Sold

The Long Litigation Brought to Salts
factory Conclusion. and a Decree Issued
Ordering the Road to Be Sold.
CHICAGO. March 2L-At o'clock Saturday
afternoon Judges Gresham and Jackson
ended the great Wabash case by entering a
decree of sale of the entire Wabash system
east OF the Mississippi river. The sale viii
take place in this city ON May l. An upset
price was fixed ON four divisions-the
Ohio, the indiana, the Decatur & East St.
Louis, and the Great Western of Illinois. II
the upset price is not bid the sale viii be
adjourned for thirty days and application
made TO court for a new decree. The pur-
chasing committee holds nearly three
fourths Of the mortgage bonds. and
viii probably purchase the system.
A guaranty OF $4,000 on each diva on
must be paid at the time Of bidding, tho
rest to be paid as the court calls for it. On
the Ohio division the upset price must bs
sufficient to cover par and interest on the
hrst and second mortgages, and ON the 9TH
ers to cover the first mortgages.
The upset prices on the four divisions on
which they are fixed approximate the fol-
lowing amounts: Ohio division. 81 1Si 90:
Indiana division, 3,4l4, coo; Great Western,
of 1879 SO, S97, eco, and the Decatur & East
st. Louis, s., 143, 0GO making total Of sI3.
$4,000 The total mileage east of the
Mississippi is goo miles.
The total mortgage debt Of the Wabash,
St. Louis q Pacific east of the Mississippi
river is SOS, 2G3, $40. This does not include
the Chicago division, which was sold March
II at Springfield, or the Detroit division,
which is not in the hands of the Wabash
system. The Chicago division indebtedness
is 81, 800, 900 and the Detroit 81, -, 600
Besides the four divisions ON which an
upset price was fixed, there are also three
other divisions to be sold on which no up
set price is fixed, for the reason that
no dissenting bondholders have asked for
it. These are the Illinois Il Southern Iowa.
the Quincy & Toledo, and the Hannibal &
Naples roads. These are small divisions or
branch roads, OF which most Of the bond
holders have gone into the reorganization
agreement
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LATER.

News was received the 18th from
Manila, Spain, that the Spanish steamer
Mlndano had been sunk by collision with
the steamer Visaya5 Thirty of her crew
and passengers were drowned
CHARLES G. EDWARDS, was con drmed
collector Of customs for Minnesota by the
L. : Senate on the 26th.
PARTIES acting under the gu.se OF
white Caps" entered several barns at
Mason City, To-, the night Of The 25th and
cut of tue tails and ears Of horses.
W. A HARVEY. b0okkeeper for J. W
Lyon, Guelph, Ont, was arrested the 18th
for embezzling 81 600 from his employer.
During the afternoon he went home and
killed his wife and two daughters. When
arrested be had revolver partly loaded
and was looking for his son. He was in
sane.
JoHN RosENBERGER a farmer living
near Creighton. Neb, the Goth, shot and
killei Rosa Gasoline in a row over a
trivial matter. RosenbeTger t1en set fire
to the house and shot himself through
the head causing instant death. The
house and body were burned.
DURISG a rev in the variety theatre at
Palouse city. Wash the 25th John How
ard Of san Francisc O. Cal, was killed BIZ
arrested.
a BOILER explosion in the saw mill Of
sanford 4 Evans. near Helena, Mont,
occurred the Goth. Four men were in
jured, one seriously.
The President sent the following nOmi-
nations TO the Senate the 26th, Francis E.
Warren to be governor Of Wyoming
Benz. F. White 10 begoveruor Of Montana
Both residents Of their respective terri
tories
The steamer Oeotiau fouudered on Lake
Chepoia, near, near Guadalajara, Mexico.
the 25th 4 large excursion party was
aboard Fifty bodies have been recovers !
from the wreck
II wss reported the 26th. that tie ice in
Lake Pepin began breaking up on that
date.
{ F THEODORE STEINwAY, the celebrat
a piano MAKER died at the city Of Bruins
wick, Germany. the a6,h, from appoplexy.
AMNABEI. a six-year-old daughter Of
Mr.. Mullens, living near Benton City,
No. was burned 20 death on the evening
Of the 18th She was watching her father
burn brush when her clothes caught fire.
HIS back was turned and being quite deaf
cid r. OF hear her cries until she was nearly
dead
TEE Central Storage Company's huge
six-story and basement structure at Chic
ago was discovered on fire about o'clock
the morning OF the 25th- In a short time
the FIRE ha burned through the buildings
and doCks 70 the rivers edgs A general
alarm was turned in and al Of the available
engines responded but the building and
contents were completely ruined There
was stored in the building mIl.jou and q
half collars worth Of teas ana cofiees
Total loss is in the neighborhood Of s.. COO,
900
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SHOT BY a SHERIFF.
a Desperate Dive-Koeper Killed at Che


boygan. Mich, After Hard Fight.
CHEBoYGAN. Mich, March 26.-Late Sat
urdav night there was arrow at C. T. Smiths
dive near the depot, and officers went TO
quiet it, Smith, better known as "Whity.
resisted the attempt of the officers 20
arrest tie inmates, and jumped behind
the bar for Tevol' r The mar
shall, 4 l. Bouchard, sprang after
him, hut in some manner fell Smith opened
fire OF him. giving him bad wound in the
face, the bah entering just below the cheek
bone and co uing out on the opposite side
of the face Smith then opened fire
on the other officers. who returned
it. Sheriff Hayes fired twice at
Smith. hitting him in the neck and
side from which he died in few moments
Bouchard is resting comfortably. and the
doctors say he will recover During the
rumpus bah passed through Sheriff Hayes
coat and one through Deputy Sheriff Mings
hat Smith was a bad man. coming here
last fall from the 500, where he formerly
lived
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is that of a baby When former dear
friends visit her-people whom size has
known for years - she greets them
with a vacant stare, so indicative
a symptom of cases OF that kind OF course
Mrs Stoves relatives view all this with feel
ings of dismay, but they have now become
reconciled to the change, and her whims are
treated with the utmost tenderness. For
some time it was given out that Mrs. Stowe
did not recognize her friends because OF
falling eyesight but this excuse no longer
alluded to. and the fact that she is now no
longer mentally capable is recognized
by every one. 1t was also for long
time thought TO be an attribute
of genius when Mrs. Stowe showed
these idiosyncrasies, but the genius which
made Uncle Toms Cabin the most popu-
lar book of the century has departed The
father of Mrs Stowe, Rev. Lyman Beecher,
passed the closing years Of his life with a
cloud resting over his mind His symptoms
were greatly similar to those OF Mrs. Stowe.
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"BosCoBEI.. the late Henry Ward
Brechcr's place at PeeEskill. y. Y.
was sold the other day TO II. e. Butler
for $4,000. The house cost $50. coo,
and Mr. Beecher got together in the
grounds one Of the finest collections Of
trees and shrubs, native TO the tenn
perate zone. that there are in this
country. There are over eight thou
SAM Jf them
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Changed Its Name.

The Phillip Best Brewing Company Will
hereafter be known as the Pabst Brewing
Company. The corporation is one OF the
largest concerns in Milwaukee, giving en-
ployment TO an army of men. Its buildings
cover more than four blocks of ground, and
its brewery is the largest in America, and
perhaps, the largest in the world Its
product last year amounted to $4,000 bar
rels, and found consumers in almost every
country on the globe
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THERE IS said to Be a maiden lady at
Eiberton, Ga, who il 50 constituted
shat she can not live out OF water but
a couple OF hours at time II she
leaves her bath-tub for any longer
period than this She IS oppressed by
a sense Of suffocation. and can only
get relief by having her entire body
covered with cold water. What a sight
OF trouble some ladies do nave,
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DOwN in Fort Worth, Tex. a news
paper man celebrated his birthday by
writing n leader. an account OF prize
fight and an obituary notice. after
which he "set up two columns Of
type. cut half cord of wood. rocked
his baby two hours. cleaned his gun
and thrashed his brother-in-iaw. As
he was about retiring for the night he
was heard TO remark that he never
could endure the dullness of holidays
and SunlaEs.
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BELvA LOCKWOOD. it seems. had a
purpose in her seeming madness in
running as a Presidential candidate.
ana that was 60 get talked about in the
papers enough 10 make her "a winning
card ON the lecture platform. The
scheme worked. and now Belva Is
raking in the dollars Of an inquisitive
public with all the rapidity and surety
Of man with four aces.
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Old Huich.s Secret.


B P Hutchinson, better known as Old
Hutch, astonished the world By the manner
which he manipulated the Chicago wheat
understanding, 'tis said, theenOrmous sum
# S5,O0l.O00, on his wheat deals, IN less
han a month. Eccentric. possessed OF
ittIe education, his success seemed marvel
Gus.
His friends and those who know him best
we're not surprised.
A prominent resident broker Of Chicago,
Who knows him well, tersely sums up
Hutchison in these words: ''Wha he knows,
he knows well, and that's Old Hutch's Sc
eret"
We once heard prominent stock oper-
ator, speaking OF jaw Gould, remark: He
( znew year ago what the balance of US are
.ust finding oat. Gould knows his business
thoroughly and we don't, else we, too, would
De GoLlds.'
4 noted manufacturer Of certain nIedici-
/ lal remedies has achieved q worldwide
( reputation simply because he possesses
/ thorough knowledge Of his business
/ Enterprising and progressive, he was not
I disposed TO rest content with the lntroduc-
/ ion OF the only genuine remedy ior the
I prevention and cure Of all kidney and liver
I disorders, the name and character OF War
/ ler's Safe Cure being Familiarity known in
every household throughout the entire CIV
/ Lied world-but he concluded 10 further
benefit the world and revive some old-fash-
/ oned remedies which have, for period,
! been lost
Rs-discovered, they are the Oldest, the
I aewest and the best
+ Used when the Pilgrim Fathers landed,
i hey have been much improved upon and
+ are row known as Warmers Log Cabin
+ Remedies" Chief among them being Log
/ Caein Sarsapagilia, - for the blood, and log
! Cabin Hops and Buchu Remedy" 4 tonic
/ and stomach remedy.
/ Old Hutch's secret is worth its millions Of
+ dollars to him, and millions CT people in the
/ United States Will rejoice that they are now
+ enabled 10 secure the best Of those old-tlme
/ Log CABIN Remedies through the use OF
which our CRANE parents attained and en-
/ loved rugged, healthy old age.
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MuwAUKKE. March .. - The Goldberg
Brothers Company. importers and jebbers
in laces, made an assignment Saturday
afternoon. The members Of the firm say
that the failure was caused by the dizziness
OF trade and their inability 70 make collec-
tons: that their liabilities are s7OOoO. most
Nv due 70 Eastern creditors. and that their
assets are $1,000 The failure occasioned
much surprise, as the firm was supposed 10
be doing large and profitable business
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MILWAUKEE. March %. - The proposed
great encampment Of the Grand Amy o
the Republic in this city next Augu = ma.
be held elsewhere, because the - ~ T. am
Northwestern roads want 70 chars W.
cents a mile car-fare between Chicago an'
Milwaukee. and absolutely refuse 70 carr!
the veterans at even the regui-r round III
rates Commander Weissert says the en-
camrunert can not be held in Milwaukee +
these rates.
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a Fatal Explosion.

The boiler in Whitney Tuttle's saw-mill
IT Pound blew up the other morning killing
August Regel and Otis Clements instantly,
their bodies being blown several hundred
yards and terribly mangled. Joe Cache
Greenman and Goodchild were probably
fatally injured and five or six other en-
ployes were more or less hurt. The shock
IF the explosion was felt for some miles
around and the mill, the largest in the sec
ion, was almost completely destroyed
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SAD HoNoRs-

President Harrison, His Cabinet and other
Distinguished Persons Attend the simple
but Impressive Services Over the Re
mains of the Late Justice Matthews
The Body of the Dead Jurist Taken to
Cincinnati.
WASHINGTON, March 26.-Funeral services
over the remains OF the late Associate JUS
rec, Stanley Matthews, were held yesterday
afternoon at the family residence The re-
mains lay in the music room adjoining the
reception room on the south, and the apart
ment was almost filed with flowers The
casket was covered with cloth and was
ornamented With silver rails and handles.
On the cover was a silver plate bearing the
inscription:
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MERIDEy, Conn, March 26.-Owen Nc
Goldrick. aged 30 years, and his son James,
eyed 20 years while crossing the railroad
tracks at the Cooper street crossing in a
blackboard were run into and both killed
bv north-hound train Monday night The
men were thrown thirty feet in the air.
The horse escaped uniniured
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TIE venerable widow ~ the late
Henry Ward Beecher is spending her
declining years in quiet country house
1t Stamford. Corn Her hair Is snow
white. hut her complexion is nearly as
fresh as q young girls Of sixteen. a
pretty cap q Houitou lace with blue
RIBBONS ADDS charm 10 her face. She
Is Old-iashioned enough in her manners.
but she Is even moro - in her dress.
Her toilette i, adorned with a modest
display of old-styled jewelry; a pearl
brooch ana two rings with old-time
settings. one an amethyst. the other "a
diamond.
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THE GREAT CALF CASE.

Another Decision in the Famous iowa Lit
ication, but the End Stin Far Away.
WATERLOO. Ia, March %. The Jones
County calf case is not ended by any means.
It has been in the courts since 1877 and
grew out of trouble over four calves valued
at s45. Judge Iinehan on Monday
fled his decision Overruling the mo
ton of the defendants for judg
ment against the plaintiff because
of the special findings of the jury and rem
dered Judgment against all the defendants
except Hartman Keller, who died last week,
for 81 600 and costs. which amount to $500.
The defendants will take the case to the SUI
,.raVno Court
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CLEVELAND. o.. March 26-The large ice
companies doing business in Cleveland have
formed a trust and decided to advance
prices of ice about % per cent over
last years figures A scarcity Of ice. owing
10 the very open winter, is responsible foi
the trust. Sandusky wholesale dealers,
who will furnish much Of the ice consumed
In Cincinnati and other southern cities,
have advanced their prices 50 per cent
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About eight O'Clock the other evening
Samuel S Cotton, for many years a resi-
dent of Palmyra, dropped dead sup
posedly Of heart disease, in a billiard hall
Deceased was about fifty years of age and
served faithfully in the late rebellion as
Second Lieutenant, Company L. First Wis
sonsin Heavy Artillery. wife and two
children survive him The Jury at the in
quest gave as their verdict that Mr.. Cotton
lied from natural cause-heart disease.
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He Wants to Hang.

WASHINGTON, March 2j-There is very
peculiar case here. Albert Green, mur-
derer, whose death-sentence was cOmmuted
by the President TO imprisonment for life,
says that he prefers TO be hanged and de
clines TO accept the communication Now the
question arises whether the communication
of such a sentence can be effected without
the consent of the condemned man.