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THE DAKOTAS. The Sows oT tlie Twin Sfntcs Told inn Terse mid Veiy Intel tsling Manner. Norlli 0111! Soulli lliikotii Mirrored by a Liue of Correspondent rourid* ered ltell.ible. All Objectionable Features Elminated From All Tclegrnpliic li« patches and Corre-pi»inieitce. Winter Cattle shipped In. Winter cattle are being shipped to the ceded reservation by train loads, one of 12 cars, carrying ab«ut 250 head, coming in on the 9r,h inst. These will be wintered on the reser vation, in the timbered valleys of the rivers tributary to the Bad, White and Cheynne rivers. Cold, bleak winds do not reach them, and the grassis are long and nutritious the •winter through, and the cattle fatten on them. Divorce While Yon Wait* J. McKin Mmton, of the Illustrated American, New York, has begun action for divorce from his wiie, who is now in Sioux Palls, S. to securesepara tion trom him. The husband's papers were served on her on the 9th inst. He charges her with breaking the seventh commandment, and names seven different, dates and men. Mrs. Minton came to Sioux falls several months ago with Mrs. Blaine and for six weeks was known as Mrs. McClane. her real name becoming known through her husband. She has made an application for a divorce from her husband, charging desertion. Buffalo tiiip in Rninti. Word has been received by telegraph that tire had destroyed the business portion of Ruffalo Gap, 8. I) a sta tion on the Fremont, Elkhorn & Mis souri Valley railroad, 12 miles from Hot Springs. The lire was discovered in the rear o! R. E. Thompson & Co.'s store. From there it spread south and east, fanned by a strong northwest wind. About four tilocks of business houses were destroyed. The principal losers are R. E Tompson & Co gen eral store W J. Wood it Co., general ore Clias E Blackley, drug store Grand hotel, Windsor hotel and Jas. Flevrey grow. The loss will reach $75,000 light insurance. An Era of Prosperity. National Bank Examiner Diamond was in Huron recently on his return from a three weeks'tour North Dak ota. He reports financial matters throughout the state in an especially gratifying condition. Large sums of money are paid out daily by banks cashing wheat checks One has no idea ot the vast sum being distributed among farmers, and the wheat crop has not. yet half been hreshed. Very few loans are made, and these are for small amounts and only lor 30 or 60 days. There is plenty of money and more comii.g in every day. He says that farmers generally are prosperous, and so encouraged by this season's crop, that the acreage'next year will greatly exceed that of any previous year. Business in all branches is good merchants have large stocks, et joy good trade, and pay their hills prompt ly. An era of prosperity has come up on North as well as South Dakota. Food for Kickorn. A recent telegram from Pierre, 8. D., says the Ciiicago & Northwestern discrimination favors our cattle mm, which is all right and|which everybody applauds. The road sends this freight in patent stable cars to Chicago faster than the quickest passenger time, as it has absolute right ot way of the road. It gives Chicago material aid iu this, but it cute the fat off of Min neapolis, and gives St. Paul the horns and Duluth the hoofs, when the Min nesota cities should nave the entire trade. If it were not for the profit in this business, tne road would not turn a wheel more than necessarv to keep the track open to Pierre but the immeuse cattle interests ot tnat city keeps it on the jump iu the spring and fall, taking out and bringing in the herds ot fat animals. It is running the Pierre and Hills ends of its line at great profit at present. Its Elk Horn route is kept busy hauling out the cattle sent to Omaha, Sioux City and Chicago, and this end's capacity is Btrechei to carry cattle to Chicago A Land Contest. A land contest case that has attract ed much attention in South Dakota, is that of Schmelli jg against Wool edge, for valuable land in Buffalo coun ty. This contest has claimed the at tention ot the local land officers for some time, both parties to the case making a vigorous fight for the land. Some time ago the matter was referred to the general land office lor adecision, and the decision of the commissioner has been received by the local land of ficers. In it the commissioner orders that the homestead entry of Schmel ling be cancel led. This decision, how ever, is not likely to end the matter, for 8chmelling will attempt to hoid the land by force. Both men are liv ing on the contested claim, and when Wooledge, under authority of the de cision orthe commissioner, attempts to drive Schmellin? off the land there will shortly be trouble, for considerable bitter feeling exists between the two men that will break out when action is taken by the contestant who was granted the land. 8o bitter is the feeline that the balance of the farmers in Buffalo county have taken sid'-s in the matter, and each has his host of Irieuds. Some Big Threshing. To those who have little idea of the great farms in Kittson county, and the manner of threshing the grain, wi call the attention of our readers to a scene that was witnessed by a party of gentlemen on Saturday last, and which was a eight worth seeing by everyone, even in this county. At 9 a. m. Meseers. Ungerth, Holther, Lindegard, Olatider and ye pcribe, says the Kit tson County, N. D., Enter prise, went out to the Kelso farm to see if what nad been reported about the great thershing rig at that place was true. We reached t.he farm in due time and saw the machine and the men to work. Forty five horses and 32 men are engaged about the machine. Four horses on each wheat wagon drawing 100 bushels ot wheat. Two to four horses on the bundle wa gons icd two men pitching from each wagon to the machine. Two feeders and two band cutters, and hue the great wheat crop is put through the machine, and mat you may know how they are working will say that two watches were held, one by Clerk of the Court Holther and the other by ye editor, and it took just 20 minutes to fill one of the large wag on boxes, holding 100 bushels," which are filled by an elevator direct Irom the machine. At that rate a machine of that size will threshout 3,000bush els per day of 10 hours. The ma chine is a Buffalo Pitts, 40 inch cylinder. While the boys at that time put the grain through at a good rate, yet they were in poor wheat to mxke a record in, as the straw was not, only tough but very heavy and had been badly lodged. Sitting Bull's Cabin. On Monday morning, with C'hr.s Nordstrom in charge, says the Man dan, N D., Pioneer of recent date, Sitting Bull's villa came to town, on its way to the Chicago exposition. Missis. Thorberg and P. B.Wickhain, who are very much interested in this valuable Indian relic, were tickled to see it come a'ong the street for, there is many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip, and in their efforts to obtain pos session of this cabin, they have been threatened on all hands with failure. To then) is due the original idea ttiat it would be a drawing card at the Chicago Fair in 1893, and ther« is no doubt whatever that tiny will prove right in their calculations. Sitting Bull exists in the mind of the average easterner as the embodiment of all that was treacherous, crafty and deceitful in the Indian character. He WH* a bloodthirsty villian, the last, and biggeBt, villian that the Sioux nation produced. With his taking oil went the fear of all those who dread ed Indian uprisings. The cabin built under his direction which he made his e-idenre and near which he died, will draw a great deal of attention. The cabin came to town "knocked down." It lias been taken apart very carefully, every piece being numbered, and it will be possible to reconstruct it exactly as it was at the time of the death of the Sioux, chief. There are all around it marks of^ue last strug gles of Sitting Bull, 'ihe floors are marked with blooi the result, of the fight inn that went on inside. The logs that compose its sides are pierced with bullets from rifl-s and pistols. The cabin will be erected near the de pot, at Mandan, and when the proper time comes, it will be taken down and shipped to Chicago. South Dakota University. The trustees of the University of South Dakota, finding that some er roneous ideas have gotten afloat re garding the university, have issued a circular for general distribution, re porting the condition and works of the school. Among other things, it makes the statement: For the vacancies existing in June last, the trustees had under consider ation a large number of applications from those both in America and Eu ronean institutions, and were thus en abled to make selections deliberately. Having seen the school for nearly two months in successful operation under the direction of the new faculty, with students and instructors in perfect accord and in earnest, the trusties confidently believe that the wisdom ot their choice has been justified by experience, and that the university merits as coi dial support and liberal patronage of the people of the state as at any time in the past. The old courses have been kept UD, except the Normal, some new features have been added as elective studies, Prof O. E. Hagen. M. A. Ph. D. (Leipzig), nas instituted a class in Ice landic, which is quite a taking branch, both from itscomparativenovelty and by reason of its neing a key to a very rich literature. The number of The Volante, the college monthly, which will appear about Nov. 20, in com menting on the new President, will say: '-With the arrival of President Mauck, we predict another era of prosperity and useful activity for the university. He ia sec onded by an able faculty and has the hearty co operation of the studentB. Nabbed By Germany News has just been received at Dead wood S, that John Triber, a mem ber of the Deadwood city council and a wholesale liquor dealer, who left there six weeks ago with his family, to visit old scences in Europe, has been arrested as a deserter from the German army and is now in the mili tary prison at Mains. Mr Triber left Germany years old. in 1874, when about He is now a full natural* ml 10 ed citiat»n of the United States, his friends will probably invoke ail of the state department to Becure this release. Wants tbe Partnership Dissolved. 8ome weeks ago, Hon. E. Thurs by entered into partnership with George H. Stevens in the sheep railing industry. Mr. Thursby began a suit at. Towner, N. D., a few days ago, praying that a receiver be appointt to oversee the business of the firm, and that the articles of agreement en tered into by Mr. Stevens atid hrmseir be annulled. He claims that at the time the contract was signed by him that he was laboring under physical and mental weakness caused by along and tedious journey, and that the contents ot the agreement were not comprehended by him. Tliree-Poutbs Threshed. The reports which have lately been sent out in regard to the progress of threshing and plowing in North Dako ta have been very contradictory. In regard to the threshing as a whole, there are some of the northwestern counties where not over 4i percent of the wheat crop has been threshed, but it is believed that noi. over 2(1 percent of the entire crop is yet to be threshed out., and most all of that, is in the Mtack. The good weather of the past week has assisted to rapidly rattlet he grain out. The snow s. orm of a week ago was far less disastrous than re ported. As to the plowing, it isprob able that not over 20 per cent of the land in wheat this year had yet been plowed. More Land fur Settlers. Secretary Noble has approved there commendation made by Land Coni misioner Carter, that all lands here tofore withdrawn for resevoir pur poses iu the several Western states, and not included in sites fin ally located, be restored to public do main. Mr. Noble also ordered that the necessary papers to carry out the provisions of tins order be issued at, onre. Under its provisions the land thus designated will lie opened to settlement. It is located in Montana, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Cilifor nia and other Western states and ter ritories. Commissioner Carter said a few days ago than there was about 50,01)0 acres of this land in each ot the several states de.-ijnated. Sionx Full.", Favored. The first move toward the erection of public buildings iu thesmaller towns in the Northwestern states, under the provisions of the public building bills, passed at the last congressional ses sion, will bt begun at Sioux Falls. It was learned at, the supervising archi tect's office that the p'eliminary plans of the building at Sioux Falls were under way. Nothing nas been done about the buildings at Mankato, Far go or Sioux City, and an official in the architect's office says that it, will be several weeks before the plans for Mankato and Fargo are taken up. It is probable that Senator Pettigrew has been the piime mover in getting the Sioux Falls plans ahead of other Northwestern towns. Another Elevator Test Case. A case was hied at Bismarfc, N. D., a few days ago with the clerk of the supreme court indentical to the noted case of Carr vs. the National Elevator Oompauy. which was brought before Judge Templeton this fall to test the validity of the rules of the railroad commissioners and the statute which sayu an elevator shall receive grain for storage at a compensation of 2 cents per bushel. The matter will be heard at Fargo by the supreme court. Black Hills Gold Output to be In creased. Ground has been broken at Kapid City, S. D., for a 200-ton per day chloriuation works to treat the gold ores of Bald mountain and other min ing districts. The contracts call for the completion of the plant, which is just double the capacity originally in tended, withinfourmonths. Arrange ments are completed to put in smelt ing works in connection with the chlorination process, iu order to save the silver and other minerals as well as the gold in the ore. Another iarge smelting plant to treat refrac tory ores is also being arranged for, so that the gold output from the Black Hills will be largely increased. Railroads iu the Black Hills. Tbe Burlington railroad has deter mined upon extending its line into Spearfish, situated 16 miles north west of Deadwood, S. D. The first authentic in'ormation that such a move was contemplated was received a iew days ago when a train of fifteen cars pulled into Deadwood and com menced unloading a complete grading outfit.' Teams and men were at once sent out on the survey line and have already commenced worn. Fifty more car loads of men, teams, wagons and scrapers are now on their way. Kil patrick Bros., who have the contract lor grading, state they will put 1,000 men on the work within the next two weeks. Beet Sugar at Aberdeen, 8. D. The beet sugar factory committee appointed by Mayor Moodyanil Vice President Barnes, of the Commercial club, is now actively at work. It con sists ot Dr. H. £. McNutt, chairman S. W. Narregang, secretary J. Q. A. Braden, treasurer, and Bev. Dr. Orr Lawson, Hon. Geo. G. Grose and JudgeL. W. Crofoot. The committee was one of the results of a very suc cessful mass meeting of citiaens, and is authoriied to deviBe ways and means to secure the factory, to ex plain its advantages to tbe country for fifty miles adjacent to Aberdeen and to take charge of all details which may require attention. Daily meet ings are being held, and there is a strong feeling that the movement now under way so auspiciously will be crowned with success. The committee has arranged foi an excursion to Noriolk, Neb., where the Oxnards own and operate a large plant. This excursion has been granted half fare rates and will leave Aberdeen the morning of tbe 24th inst, returning the even ing of the 26th. 8o great is the inter est that a goodly number .have al ready siguified their intention of go ing, and it is certain thattheexcursion will be a large and successful one. The idea is simply to give the busi ness men and others opportunity to see and learn facts as they ex ists, and to become enthusiastic over tbe subject, as it believed they will. Aberdeen, it is argued, should have a sugar plant, because the cultivation ot the beet will be a source of great profit to the farmers because this re gion is well adapted to the beet, crop, it having been demonstrated that the soil possesses the properties to give the beets the highest per cent ot sugar, and because the beet will give a crop admirably adapted to cull ivation with wheat and o'her small grains, there being no coi.flict between the seeding and harvesting of wheat aud theculti vation, harvesting, etc., of the beet. BeetcultivatioD.it is claimed, will leave the soil in the very best condi tion for a wheat crop the following season. Then, too, the beetcropmay succeed when wheat fails, and so tide the farmer over in comfort when, if he had depended on wheat alone, he would have been in distress, as so many h.ive been the last two years. The tops and crowns of the beets, cut off before taking to the factory, as well as the cru.ihe 1 beats after the sugar is extracted, afford food lor cat tle said to be alm&st equal to corn, both in flesh and milk producingqual ities. An average yeild of 15 tons to the acre, of the value of $4 per ton, diliv ei'ed at the factory—not too high an estimate at all—j eildsa return of $60 per ucre. li it should cost $50 per acre, including every item of expense, tojraise and deliver tbe beetB, it would still leave a clean profit to t.he farmer ot$10per acre, which is above the profit of an average or even a good wheat crop hitherto raised iu this country. The Princess Has Cause for Dieplrasore A dispatch from London, Eng'and, says that while there is no dispoMtion to credit the rumors that any family difference bus caused the princess of Wales to prefer the company of her sister to that of her husband, when the former was celebrating her silver wedding aud the latter his fiftieth birthday, yet the persistence of the prince in open association with per sons whose names are connected with his own by gossip gives some color to report that the princess may be dis pleased. The favored guests at sian diingham on Monday wereLord and Lady Brooke, and his royal highness devoted very little of his time to Lord Brooke. Lady Brooke looked fairer even than when she was lovely Mir-s May nard. She seems to gain in beauty as she advancts in years, 8he is now within a month oi being 30, and yet eclipses all of the callow debutantes, at least in the estimation ot the prince of Wsles, who. although he usually envinces but little leeling, cannot con trol bis admiration of Lady Brooke. Lord Rrooke apparently has uo ob jection, or lie is ruled by his wife, as the prince frequeuily figures as the guest of his lordship. The princes of Wales and her two daughters will prob ably return from Livadia about the end of this month. Four Hundred Miles as tbo Crow Fli»s Is the distance covered in a single night by the Limited Express trains of the Chicago, Milwaukee fe St. Paul Railway between the Twin Cities of the Northwest—St. Paul and Min neapolis—and Chicago. These trains are vestibuled, electric lighted and steam heattd, with the finest Dining and Sleeping Car Service in the world. The Electric reading light in each berth is the successful novelty of this progressive age, and is highly appre ciated by all regular patronB of this line. We wish others to know its merits, as the Chicago, Milwaukee fc St. Paul Railway is the only line in the west enjoying the exclusive use of this patent. For futher information apply to nearest coupon ticket agent, or ad dress W. H. Dixon, Ass't. Gen'i. Pass. Agent, St. Paul, Minn. Confessed Murderous Deeds. David Cu minings was arrested at Sioux Oity, Iowa, a few days ago on a charge of train wrecking. He confess ed while drur.kthathe removed the spikes from a rail on the S oux City & Pacific road last January, which caused the wreck of a train just on the outskirts of 8ioux City. An engineer and fireman were injured in tbe wreck. Cummir.gs has also been recognized as the man who placed hiB child on a railroad track not long at,o, hoping to have it run over by a train and kil led. A brake man rescued the child before it was hurt. A fire occurred in a large lumber yard In the tenement house district lntheE-tatend, Lordon, a lew daya ago and epread to number ot dwellings. Over 10U families were re-idered bom»leas. The loaaishaavy. One fatality occurred.. ... ... BOMBS! GUNS! With Them Is a Milwaukee Through Train H»1d Dp Near Mil* waukee, Wis. Tbe Total Amount of the Booty 8card Is Said to Hare Been Small. Tbe Trail Carried All Tbe Money Iteeeired by Milwaukee from tbe Kant. A special telegram from Milwaukee, WiB., dated the 12th inst, says that while the through passenger train from Chicago was rolling over tne prairie, near Western Junction, Wis., at about 1 a. m., on that m*rning, a band of masked men sprang ont of the bushes and reinforced two of their colleagues who had secreted themselves on the train several miles below. With revolvers the two men com manded the engineer and fireman to check the speed of the train, in order to premit t.he rest of the band to get aboard. When tbe gang had posses sion Qf the engine, the work of the rob bing of the train begau. The express car was first attacked, and, alhtough the train was running at good speed, three of the robbers climbed over the tender and entered the car, while their confederates held revolvers at the head of the engineer and firemen. It is reported that the express mes senger made a desperate resistence and several shots were fired. The safe, it is said, was broken open after the messenger had refused to deliver his keys. Western Union Junction is a small village at. the junction of tbe mainline of the St. Paul and a spur or the same road which runs to Racine. It iB a lonely place and must have beeu especially BO that night, for a snow storm has been raging in the southern tier ot counties of the state ever since midnight. Telegrams from the junc tion being meagre, details of the rob hery are unsatisfactory, tbe company having taken charge ot the wires in an effort to bring all the available police force to the place as quickly as pos sible. At 2:25 a special train filled with officers left the St. Paul depot at Milwaukee for the scene of the rob bery. They were heavily armed an were met at,the Junction by horses sup plied by the villagers. Thsse will oe used in chasing the bandits, for it is known they have struck ror the North. There is a great forest near the junc tion, and it may be that being hard pressed the robbers may seek this as a hiding place. still iater advices from Western Union Junction are to the effect that when the train was stopped the rob bers immediately threw a dynamite bomb at tne door, wrecking the whole eud of the car. Tney then removed tbe safes Irom the car aud opened them. They secured $5,000 in local moni-y. which was in packages outside the sa'es. The safes themselves were sealed and the messengers do not kno¥ the exict amount in them, but it was probably in the hundred of thousands of dollars. The employes of the ex press company admit that tbe amount of the loss is large. The pas sengers were not molested. Some of the passengers, who were asleep, did not know anything about the "hold up" until tbe train arrived in Milwaukee. Some passengers thought there were 20 or 30 of the robbers others thought tbey saw on ly a doien, while others said tbere were more robbers ban passengers. When the tram started up again the passengers saw the safes lying beside the track, but the robbers had disap peered. When the train arrived at the Union depot in Milwaukee at 2:20 o'clock, the express car pi evented an apear ance that wouM indicate it had been attacked by heavy artillery. Every door and window had been blown out, and the platform and wall-i wereshat tered in half a doz^n places, whild the contents were piled in an indiscrimi nate bean in the center of the car. Messenger J. 0. Murphy and his assis tant, 0- H. Cook, were found gather ing up fragments of way bills, and looking over the remaius left by the robbers. Thefiist news of the robbery was brought to Western Uuion Junction by a~ flagman. The Milwaukee and Racine police were telegraphed lor im mediately and Ddt« cuve Hanson was urovtded with a special tram, on which he left at 2:40 a. m. The express car on reaching Milwaukee was unloaded and taken to the shops tor repairs. Among the goods taken out, a bale of cloaks was ftirly blown in'o ribbons, having the appearance of being put through a threshing machine. A number of hats, known among the ladies as "Bhapes," were torn and riddled into a shapeless mass. Messenger Mur phy's clothing was stripped into threads and it is a miracle bow he es caped with his life. Several holes in his hat and coat sleeve were probably made by stones in the dynamite bombs, as there area large number of these sticking in the sides ot the car where they have penetrated half way through the heavy boards at the side of tbe car. The report that he had been sho1". at by the robbers is probably without foundation, as the only reports heard, aside from the two explosions, were tho?e of the pis tol shots fired in the air before the assault on the express car was made. Tbe report that the train robbed was the one that carried tbe largest amount of money for tbe express com pany is denied by Agent Dodsworth, who declares hat the money isnoten trusted to the night train. Mr. Dods worth will not give out the amount of money secured by tbe robbers, but says it is very small. This he has as certained by checking UD the messen gers' report. It is ascertained from railroad men that the safes of tbe Adams Express Company were in the baggage car en route tor Milwaukee, where they are turned over to tbecom pany's messengers. The Fire & Ma rine Insurance Bank had a seal sat# on the train, which came through all right, and was delivered nextmorning. About 1,000 money packages are re cehed from station agents daily, and there were some 80 of these on the train that was robbed, but they were not in the express car, and were there tore not molested. A Thrilling Experience. Express messenger J. C. Murphy re ported at the manager's headquaters nextmorning after the robbtry, and gave his exeperience. The train waa running at full speed, when suddenly the messenger heard a shot fired, and he locked and bolted tbe doors ot the express car. He bad hardly done this till the train began to slaken speed, and soon it came to a full stop, tfome one came to tbe door ot tbe exoresa car aud tried to open it. Finding it locked, he called out to the messen ger to open the door. Murphy refus ed, aud his helper, Chains H. Cook, relused to do so. Then tbe tiring be gan agiin oul side and another de mand LO open the car was made. Murphy again refuse! to do so. There was another interval of Bilence, then a quick retreat from the car, followed by a deafening explosion, which partly demolished one of the car doors. A man appeared at the breach and demanded admission, but Murphy Btood firm. In an instant another explosion occurred and the other door of the car was blown in. Tnis explosion was of sufficient force to extinguish tbe lights in the car and to throw down tbe lighter freight. Before the messenger and bis helper could rtcover from the effectB ot the ahocK, three men with Winchesters entered the car, forcing tbe engineer to go before them. They ordered the messenger to give up tbe keys to the safe and at the muzzle ot a revolver be did so. In alike manner the engi neer was forced to open tbe local Bate containing the mouey and valuables consigned from Chicago and points be tween Cuicago aud LaCiOese. Mur phy told the robbers he did not have the keys to the through safe-?, but when threatened with in^taut death if he refused to comply with the robbers' request, handed tneni over. The rob brrs then compelled the trainmen to assist iu throwing these treasure box es from the cars. Followed oy the three robbers with their revolvers cocked, tne four train men were compelled to walic up,the track about a quarter of a mile and then when they leturned were told to get back on the train and pull out, which tbey did at opce. As the traiu moved off six men were seen standing over the two safe* by the Bide of the traiu. When Frankvllle was reached a telegram was sent to WeBtern Union Junction for a posse aud at tbe same time a telegram to Milwaukee was re sponded to by the chief of police, who sent a posse south on a special train. Tbe treasure boxes were found where they fill, unopened, though there were indications that Sorts had oeen made to burst the doors. These wers plao ed under guard and sent to Milwaukee by the morning express. Skillful de tectives are on the track of the rob bers. Two Firemen Killed. A special telegram from Cincinnati, Ohio, eavs that afire on 21 and Race sts. in tbe Hall's Safe and Lock Com pany, a few days a«o, caused tbe death of two firemen. Three were injured. Tbe fire broke out in Oscar Oukeu's picture frame fictory at 184 W. 2dst. It Bpread with such rapidity that one of the employes named Myers is sup posed to have been caught in the cel lar and burned to death. A ladder put up by the firemen fell and instant ly killed Fireman Bockage. Edward Anderson of the same company was fatally injured. Joseph Conway and Beebe, at the same company, were slignr.ly inj'ired, as was alsa dipt Hurley of another company. Later—The tire was caused by an explosion of tine varnish in the cellar. William Mayers, who was at wort in the cellar, was tearfully burned, and was imprisoned there until the fi-imes were subdued so that he could be brought out'. He tnen appeared to be a raving manic. His hair was burned off and the whole Bcalp bad the ap pearance of being burned to crisp. He was taken to tbe hospital, where his injuries wereipronounced not fatal. A revised list ot.the injured gives Alfred Doherty, fireman, hurt on arms and neck by falling cor nice Capt. John Conway reported in jured, was not hurt Capt. Hurley, of the Twos, and Capt: Deweese were not burt sufficiently to make it necessat to take tbem to the hospital. Lieut. Wiliiam Bocklage and Pipeman El ward Anderson, were hurt by the falling ladder, each bad a fracture of the skull, and both were dead shortly atter reaching the hospital, there were eight meu on the ladder when it tell, which was caused by tbe yielding of the cornice upon which the top ot the ladder rested. The loan is $35,* 000, with in insurance of $16,000. Stock in Fine Condition. Reports from west ot the Missouri river state that stock are in fine con dition for tbe winter and tbe grass is good and there iB plenty of it. Besides all this there is enough hay put up in that section to feed ail tbe cattle op the range for three or four months, if tbe snow gets so deep as to make it a necessity. It makes no difference to stockmen bow cold a winter we have, cattle and horses will come through all right in this portion of the state. It is tbe general opinion that next S[issourilive ear tbe Btoq)c industry west of tbe will be more than double that of this season. i,V 7 "J./ 4