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yk'¥* tl t' f3»|s 'm V "W *»*.«• 'h •tv VOLl'M E 1. S55SS- .!• -THE SESSION ADJOURNED ,** 2^Flnfti $°*n*s in the Iowa Leg- ttlature—The Resubmit* Sion Bill ll^pw the ievi Sm* fit m* in the House by H0****- vif 1ddisr fill a Strict Party Vole, Ewtrttftft Wood, Voting WK§H#»lb» pull loans-^-Both Houses Wo*% ing With Slopped CWek* 15 apectal' *". The senate ia*i night the li.-iise ||epr»»»#»tative district bill, heintr the so Called republican bill and thin morning lb# "»ouee bill for a levy of a 84 will tu tor |CKMt aud 2 miliK in IfWl also, to tefrMm |he salary of the commander* st the bom* to $1.HOo, also, tbe probtbi- ion conatituttonal amendment rnsotstiou, 'V a vote of 9", to *21. also, the bouse bill providing foi guardians for habitual drnok th» bill to appropriate $'2.j0,000 out (§f the fflwjKj reoeived from the totted flfeatse government for the direct war Us, gnd at I'i o'clock th« bill in still on with 4be clocks in each hoaae loHic&tlag 11:30. y In the house Byers asks'd and was granted leave to present a bill to rep**' miuin# lavs, on tlwi «Tound that tb« guiendmeoU rqnired ha •log been refnaed the tlioic law should be repealed. He fljaked immediate passage of the bill, but it a* seat to tb« committee ou mining and come op two year* hno* The bill tftcett roviding for dsfense agatnct {yend and in promissory note* |essed It la directed agaiusi patent-right pod tfera. Tk« mmI« bill providing for a tax Utf to n««t kmni* in of 40.aea population gpuMixi also the bill giving uiMr* a lieu 9H personal property of mi no* for their a1» R^nntp bi!I r«jn»ri[«g oooatiM f| pay for placeo to hold electioaa. I.uka to take n{ th- joint r»«o Iftion to aubmit th« prohibiton amaad* Heat to tb* p®opl«, aaapead the ml«a and flit it on its p*asa#o. Th« bovie rafoMd t| ntupatid tj»«« i ul«si bj *ote u« iil to 4? -«a atriri )arty vot«, Ewart and Wood H|ttnK «Ub tb« repablieaaa. Th« bill to amend the military oodefw f|i« a«,uat«- cailad up «ad loat on tba 4^Xiou to road a third tint*. Both bou««H wiil rouUoa* ia wmni ^util the uaaieroaH ijU» can b« earolled •lid •igucKi, vbu'b aiav b«twohcarii Th» I'ltMd. BIk* MutNJjh, Ayrll li SpadaJ Hotb booiMM paaaod th« Vrtt bill aiao the bill to preveat diwrimi flMioti by life tD«amQce conpaui«« also providing for the nuiniou ef t'.m« for gpm! l^abarioT of couru-th. Tbo caatoni a» rfH»iut»ma of thank* t) tha presiding K»wi «*rr adoptao, awl al »'«Mi (la l*««ioQ oloaod «io« «Ha. Katand to Ufeai Ifafcar €•—. W.U .*P*l.f«U, April 1& The ra«« of F.aber v«. thr fhr*ngftlRat fbbiiahiug ct«ii}Mnj vu oallod for trial ff«terdity the Cuitod Htaww circuit aeurt h«r». Thu case ta but th« part of a Hitiaral fi^bt no* going ou between a ma |ant}- or foreign party of th«- church beaded bj HiahopK Ksber and ikwmau aud the aii Mrity or Americau party bended t»v BiiNlop Dttblw The plaintiff who w a aoa of M»ho| Kaher and si aon-in- taw of Biahsp Bowman, brought lbi« action of libel iaat lailt by raaaon of several artieias which •fpearad in the hJrungriimt, orff»n (of •tnoriiv, iu reply to certain article* which ka bad publtxbed, commenting on the former trial of H. It Hart/l«r, editoi el the EmngrHi«t. eatarday the |daintiff not appear and the court entered non •ait. Thin pat the oost of the cam on the plaintiff and the defendant bad a great aember of wttueaae* who oaote from Chi e«AO. Cleveland and other diatant poiatt Tbeae will amoout to several hundred doi lara. U ia saui Esther wUi eat at a new wtia «*r smarTUM. Aprg IS. *^The resnlts of tka ftaad jny'i two w+eks investigation nf tlje atdrrmantf beoille charges were made evident when bench warrants were issoed for the arrest of Aldermeu John T. McOowan and Fred iferneabsber, of the First want, aud City Oltirk Charlwh t'. Haney. The charges ars kltbery or attemptei bribery. The aider* aaan are accnsed of soliciting anoney for Ike vacation of a street and the city clerk It alleged to have ottered to a Chicago ee uj.»isy to deliver tweEij-ftye aldermaait Vptes for an sspkalt paving eoatmet If paid $7,008. "1 ll^rals* IBs gaiytsfm, B^waim, April i£» wmtation has been ransrd itr fcf the arrest of Francis Btubbs, who was al the bead of the dyeing department of tte Lister company silk works, said to be tfcp largest in the world. It is asserted he ha» cowmitted frauds amounting to thoas Mls of |xunds. It is expected other par sens wiil be arrested for complicity in the MwavM tm Ifttnassk, Apvtt ts I itruillo %?.l I v AH efforts to extinguish the Are ia the n works proved unavailing. The city pended on the works for the supply of ggs, and to-night it will be wtthont light a was last night ,s t'aalda't C«SH So Weasel ^keaaa, Mass., April 14. A local japer says that the proceed sals the csotton duck mills of New Mai yland to an lavish syndieale Ina Allien through. |K»aOVTO. (int.. April 16. Thayer & Co., wboleeale jeweiaea. Me in ftttaaeial diAcultiss. HVthdOO assets, nommsHy fM.OOli lipniltuibli) VaSatflelMa. jPsrniUi i.v ^Hoben McNabb A Co., dealers la aad children's underwear, have aasignment, Liahiiltw*. •eu.Oikt, 3- THta UKAN WABf TIM I'alMd Ntataa «MMHII OWKM1» TWO 0l*r Mai^Wtr. WtfatKOWN April l.» *•?$, The aeenrtarr of tb« navv this moraiiljtf dM«d tho ro no maud* of the n»tel Htain •tmm: AHiaoca. at Gibraltar, ordwriqf faitu to w»it tber« ooti! tb»» arriml of aal M»tlh«'*s and tbeu to wail with hitu to hia jioat at Tangier It mibii tber« aia oert«tu dtplonatk- rwtoos, which tb« olf« rial* at» Dot wiiUo^ to dwcloae, thai make it daatrabl* that th* cooiai ahoald malM hU appraranoe at Taugiar at thin tine oa aM8-«f «ar. Ba aapwtlai to nmUtt OM^ raltar to-day. TWK MATfONAl CAPITOL. L*Ma* nailing* OF MM Joint Cwaamlttaa mm WaaMiMcrrov April li B«»ntell»*, of Maine, called Op ibe nairal appropriation bill. |endin^. the qnextioo Iwing noon the amendment adoptetl in eotntnittee of the whole striking out the clause providing for the conn!motion of I three coa«t line iattle%bi(Mi- The action of the i-onimttteoama le^ected. Veaa. 1M. nay#, 1 *i in th* BKi&g the petitions pre«oailad aad «ae one by Dawe*. from the B«etmi Exeetitire Hnaine«H aaaoctation. for the privilege of pnrchaaing Nhipa abroad for ten yearn. Among the bill* reported and placed on the calendar wa« one providing for the return of aecond claHS iruul maitter. Mr. Sherman offered a resolution, which wae agreed to, directing the secretary of the interior to communicate to the aeuate the report of Jewae Spauidiug. a (fo*«rn meat director of the I'.trifir railways, ax to the general inam^rement ef aaoia railway*. Wilson, of Iowa, offered a resolution, which urn agreed to, (tailing on the secre tary of the treasury for information air to whether, ain e the adoptim* of be treaaory rasolatton of Hcpt. a®, in reference to the transit of Chinese through the country and their departure therefrom, any Cbi neac hava ent« red for tranait under ancb regalationa aud failed to depart from the l"nit«d Hlate* in due coarae. Hntler off erred a renolutiou which was refemd to the -onimitt«e eontiageat espeasea, modifying one hitherto agreed to, so as to authoriKe the select eomnt&ta# on fl*e oivih/ed ludian tribsa to inveati^ate the atatuie* of negotiations iu reganl to the 'b«*roke' outlet with power to *end for peraouB aa4 penary aad viaM tlM la* dtan temtorr. in conne^'tlon witb the resolution, lie aent to the clerk ie»k and bad read the letter from Chief Msyea. urging this coarse be sdopted, while Jonee, ef Arkan sas. intimated that the otyret of Chief Majpee was prncrastmatloo. Jotni fowmiiM'* on HUvar. Tfce aenate and boiiae npWuw e*at» uiitt««H on the ailrer i|oeetion were in joipt i turn i« ac umpliKhei teiMoii two hours thi- morning Very radical difference« tlit view» of aenatora and representatives were disclosed by the discussion, but an earnest purpose was »bowi» to banuoaise the different* i( poasibie. »ne of the chief poUit# upon wbictt- list* comnnitee could noti agree was the proposed iacreaae of na tional bank circulation. Hoeh propoaitiou. it wa* said, could not ae-nre a majority in the bonae. It wa* fiually decide*] to ootn mit the subject to a tub conmiitttM- of tire aeoatora and live representatives, who wiil continue the work of bunting for oontmon inaml ou which they oan stauu. OmTBVfTfVK RAlbSTORM. Hosa In NM lllutala ami tudtona. gonsoi-rs. Ill. Aprtl W A terrific wind, rain aad hall "ompauied by tbe roaring noise of a tor uado. (Missed north of Monmouth, 111. The mercury fell tweuty-fiv« degrees in two hours. Hail fell as larg. as walnnta and znany windows were broken. The roar of the storm created a pan* it that city. lti...o*iN».ii v 111., Agarll I k Bioomington, ill and Ha sorrottading* were deluged. Four inches of water fell in lesx thfcri au hour. AH the streams are far out of their hanks. Great damage has b*«o done to country roads and bridge*. A phenomenal fall of hail as large an walnuts accompanied the stnriu The Kiaria in the green-hou*ca was demolished by tbe bail. At Miuner, seventeen miles west of this city, nearly every window in town was broken. The oonnlry between Mtuncr aud here was deluged and cousid emble in jury was done to the Chicago ,V Alton track Files of tie« wen. tluated »«iv, many of them being lodged on the rails. 1*he young wheat and garden vegetables were crushed flat. Covwaiov Ind., April If. Covington, Ind., was v»Med own ef Jof the most severe hail storms eipertcuoed If or many years. The storm came from the wast and last for tw.ntv mintiteH. Hail stones ss large as walnuts and many as large as hens eggs fell, covering tbe ground to the depth of four inches. Many window light* were broken bv the hail and considerable da lunge v»a« done ti_: fjrujit and growing crop*. A rwuvjcin wiHst. Ayril 13. for July. Excitemahtt«ecaffle inteoHe after opening and in 8*« minute^ from tbe time the its! price* were |noted wheat dropped toH7i»- for May and §6|« for July. Soaotion soon set in. May advancing to #hjc and ^Mylntrge. for lxv»l to tons. I Tw Steer Ore Beefeh* C* fVrf rrr ts. Arrangements are being perfected for the bniMii't? by the DalnMi & Iron Range iroad of two additional large ore doeks next :ral! and winter. They will have a capae iity tm nearly 40,otH) tons ui ut* aad *44 increase the tbtppine apacity of tbe Arrested tor YOMK, April 1.. E, T.. Gotlkin. managing editor of tbe Kf*u.uf/ f'u*t, wa» arire«tel to-day on the charge of criminal Ubei, on com^'aint of ]Peter Mdcbell. las^Nr. Oetttia gave bsM to await examination. TO ADJOURN ON JURE %. I Ifrn fHm Tbrk "World' TALK or ONTKMfOKANKora sooim. aaoaar WAH A I K O N S O U A K O A W E N E S A Y A I 1 0 1 8 U i' Names tbai jbt fbr er Reed iImI Date i* i yi Oocurrenoe winpi I Motive fbr the A S Stewart I Crave Robbery. Hwtmii Quetah Strikes If and 113 People am Drowned. I 15. *nsM The latest plan of Thomas B. Heed, the a®gre«»ive speaker of the bou"e of re|^e Miittiltv»»a. ban created a live dtacussioilfiti W.iKhir k'lon sDiooj' democrat^ .»» well s" repuidicaue. He ha» paaaenl along the line of republican leader* the KtstemfBt that the bouaejwill wind up its ha-dneex fot iliat on Jane IS. Hiutie this fist bn« gear forth there has been both praiee and oen sare for Mr. Heed. The icfuiere of &e maturity ou the door evprese tb»maefseH aa iiigbiv aatisAed 1 he sew nieu in flie houtt are uot satiiified. they at# clahki iug that it is a plan to whip the ategg lers into line on every every important ineaaui' lefor»- the houas In other wonJ« it tueatiM that no jiteaanre is to be dtsctup ed at great length, ami that those who ate not satisfied with the MrKialey tariff IHII. for instance, are to be given no opport Mi itv to fight it at length on the floor of the hoese. Tt in a ticbeme worthy of Heed, hot the {Ue«tion is. mil it work A leading BMmber of tbe opposition, whee ^ns tkMoed regarding the matter, said "If lUed sacoaeda in Keen ring aftfwnni BMnt by June 16 I will agree to vote £or fctni for president, if UIM party ever hon ors bitn with a nomination sad I've never yet voted anything bnt the straight demo crgtic ticket "When do tbe dsmoewls tMak a^# »ent will comer "If we are able to cloae ap shop by (let. 1 I will think that we are doing migfety well." There are tboee, too, who think that tbe only set-back Mr. Be«d and his follower* will receive i« in tbe attempt to *hut off discuasion arid all attempt* to tsok anirad meote to the tariff and free oifittgt biilo i Ana(raltan svKteru, and tueasuree of like im(ortaoee. Tkis attempt to whip in the objector* aay re sult in a general row, and then the rbanefes are that no tariff measnre will be decided upon. It ih t? no mean* easy to fon» ahadow tin oatoome, but it w natural to sappoae I bat tbe conntrv- at large wonld be mightily pleased to aee the cmpitol doors close with *banK upon the date named by Mr. Reed. if j»*a amb4Hoa ia tin 4U4N& it auiv make him president earlier than even hi* moat ardent admirer* have desired. Mr lieyd'w actjoa in this direction will eesteialv lie vatokad wttti groat intereal. TRI MTBWART MNXKHFS, Vtiltea (.el Hla Claw* on Mae A Curio** Chaplar tn Nl(h ua. Naw YOMK Apt! IS. The orW yesterdsy morning begius an attack upon Henry Hilton. Tbe article is entitled. Tana OPEXINO CHARRTAE ta A cuaiotra «*»4* AKI BIDDKK. MY8TBBY OF lltliTON'M UtrLrBKCI ov*a HTawAHT AT LA a* DIR- COV££SX. roa «uuva BFKV MAPS CliBAH. Ai aiticte imrti Uiat tbe telaMee of Judge Hilke* over Stewart was foaadad in a crime. "Tbe crime ib votv 1 the honor of s wo man, aay* the W'o, //. and tbe reputation and vast business of tbe greatest drv goods merchant on the continent Hilton, as s lswy«r, did the work that averted the calamity which wonld have resetted from exposure. From that boar bis star began its ascendency Tlit* article tban proceeds to summarize factn already known as to tbe paasiu^ of the &»t@wart fortune into Hilton's coutrol. It closes with the declaration that the Htewart will casa will be reopened and all tbe facts brought out. The article will be eoatinced in future editions of the WoA-l. W RM'K OK THE «Jt KTAJt. A ateaw»er «aa« Dawn aa«l J|S fanyla 4** iirawaatf. •AM FnajRcwoo, Apetlus "1 Tbe Mariposa, from %nstrltte, tirfrt^TliS ditioual details of tbe wreck of the sieamer Quetah off Thnrdah island. About 9 o'clock in the evening, the paasen^ers. who were holding an impromptu musicale. were Startled by the sudden stoppage of tbe en gines and the grating of the vessel keel on a sunken rock. In lesw than three min utes the Quetab bad sunk out of sight, leaving 2*J1 people struggling in the wsvee. *m» IwtM uo.l.» h, u. and ethers, aate fortu gled rigging nate, cluag to iloatit^g wreckage. One hundrrt and tblrteeo live« were lost. If ISC white* only 30 es«-af»ed, while of lflS negroes Hi survived, many whites b#iog imprisoned in the state rooms. Ca|)4. Senders atates that he eras on the bridge when the vessel at rack Hs rushed for ward, ordered tbe boats out and found the ship already settling. He hsd just time to climb the rigging and jump into the wster when the *es«.-i sank. After half an hour he was pK'Jttd up Others suffered greatly, tki rock on which the vessel struck is not on the chart and is right in the traek of the hoarse recommended by tbe sdmirahty( which states thst there Is twelve fathome of water there A3* the close of tbe preliminary hearing ia Korth New Portland. Me., Mteab W. Norton was bold to answer the charge of. warder«»g bis housekeeper. Mrs. Cooler. |}|5* i •MA %a" I.AWRK.Vi K BAHIIRI'1. W«« taafwaWM* Miat He Will «ver 'Jkty aar •tt th« Mftfr A^Mlrw rrwr-TVKjrt. tf.rtJ I •While la Ctne*anati last weak tldwin Hooth, the ira*«4iau-Received letter frwu» Lawrence Barreft. now in Knro|e. wbtcb make* it apftear ouprobable that the latter *»»U ever again ap|esr ou the stage, •he lettr communi^atex tbe fact, so long dre:« ietl, thst the o|H-ration to which Mr Harrett anbaiittod laot summer would uot finally relieve huii of tb» neel afltiction which it ws* undertaken a* a i&at resort. The (tloomy tidings just received are in substance that the complaint has again mauifeated itaelf mother p:irt* of the body. .'I ht»» time the leg?! and arm» are arte(*t»d. *oe of I tie letfs, Mr liarrett atatea. IM ea |ieclsHr distorted with the tumtMre. Row. ever, he is not without hope of a enre. An Awful Aet afa gsnlam. Toartasu, r*- April 14 Pawl ftergrentimdt, a raaahev «f (HB» agsn coaaty. Want., on Hatnrdax mur dered hii« neighbor, Jsmas M. WiUismette, and then carried the bleeding IMHIJ of bis Mctiui to Mr*. WiUiainette and tlung it at her feet. Tin uicu were alone whru the aainler was eommitted sad the eaase of the enme is net known. Bergrentundt i nptured bv ta posse of citi/.ena. win intended at first to lynch tbe murderer, but better coansel prevatleni and the xherift was pMmitted to take him to js|K A Ouel Taaolwr Hi ('t.t u t. MMTI A TAIL l-. Sank Kapids peopWt are apparent)? ia* dignant at one of their teaehecs for hie in human treatment of soaie of the eoholars. A IOCAI m*jer of the village in it« Hatnr dav iseuB charRe». him with pnui*thtuK boy« for little offenses by making them sit on the floor ueor s hot reg^eter from one to three dsys at a time. Several of the parents whoss children were ^objected to aticb paniuhinent, have taken them from Mchool and tbe matter is to be tnves tlK»tei ty the ho.l authorities. A»*fcrattan Mysisma la Mmmtimm. Born, Moat.. April 15. The ekction yenterdaj for a boartl of aldermen and a mayor was a complete victory for tbe deaaocrsts with one escep tio®. The only issue before the people was whether they shoald anstain the action of tb« canvaMiing board in throwing out precinct 'it. The election was under the hichproved it wncjess^ Mtleaiee IHrsi Casasst, Kwm Vwsa. Aprti u The statement was current iu express circles this morning that tbe I ntted Htales Express company hail deetdeil to redoes the pay of its employee to per cent, on May 1. President T. C. Piatt refused to or contradict the rumor. La»|KiM ItaslM JU. Aprtl 16 Kine I .eepold, Sovereign of tbe Congo free Stale, denies that any proposals were ever made by Germany looking to t)M p«tf eliase of that state. STARKN FIOM TI?* lOTRKS. Trrr American sqaadron has left Oorfa for Malta. A DiHi AT' from Biiaaee Ayres an nounces tike rsaignatioa.'of tbs Acgeattea ministry. A EKM A N chamber of commerce has been formed by tbe residentx of tbe (ier an posM-aaious of 'l ogoleiid, on' the west African coast. BY a ranawig aecMeat at frederMts* town, O.. Miss C. L. Evering was fatally injured, aud her guest. Miss Kmeliae Hall, instantly killed. Ai»VIcan from klor.amhk|ue are that Portugal has dispatched a large armed force up the Rbire river with the intention ef attacking Mpands. A HTKiki of carpenter* baa occaned at Munich. Nearly all the workme* fee tfeie trade ate idle in consequence. THE cwptam aud thirteen of tbe rew of tile steam barge CbenanK" have arrived in Toledo. They bad taken to boat a ami were picked up by the steamer Ward. TMF. Lou do* Mamdurd'H linrlla wia spond«ut -a** that the emperor has given express orders not to luterfrre with May ilsj manifestalion* except iu esse of abso lute neceeeity. ALL the tattere vof Manebester, tag., ha »e ^one on a strike in conjunction with a similar action on the part of their breth ren iu London. The movement mSy p^. siWy become a national one. A HTATB sesemblyiuan of Mew York citv, who b.»s Wen pushing a l*fTl reducing pewubr kers rate.*, ruak'« the statement thst tbe pawnbrokers hsul sent to Albany to defeat the mess are. A waa is raging in the heavy piae Mas be near I'leasantville. J. Many barux and huts lb voods are said to have been burned, and considerable life stock lost. Tbe fire ieeaid to have been Started by trampe. THK British au rsrman F.sxt African eompanies have agreed upon a common revision of tsriffs in view of the increasing African trade. Wissmam. will not touch Kunrondo. His plans am not oonneete^l with Stanley's overtures to Emtn. Tut London Ihttly Brusnsls special says it ia stated that Belgium has guaranteed a loan of £$,tjoo.0d0 for tbe Cougarne state. It is rumored in this counet t»op that King Leopold declines an offer of $4,900,060 from Germany toward this loan w IPHtfi AittiHTW. ivdbi Okleawe Live fSeeSu t'»i \|nj is,' Hog* siu.SQB. Market Ktlgbi, N i*«*i Hft heavy teak teg ana tbtpftmg, S4. i M*®oipta, -.COt). Marks* st»a«l sW 'Oi.' tUwkMi mi erx ji Tn Tenuis a* lWiti.au, 'L_y 1 WN Sheep u.doo. Market aative mutton!, §i *, -a ui, corn-fed wssftermi. gt.a .''» latii ¥5 B. '/ft Mew ¥«H* i*»urtwee. Maw Yoa*,. Aprti U Wneat lAtmm actlvr weak saMI lfeMMlawar: Mav. rnwmw July, 91 \*m. Corn i,owei aad uior** setive to ». Cats Hull aiut b»w«r we«teSw. WWth* t'novlakNM Fork. .|ai#» ttml rtrns hew I*r»i flrtjj utimt itutter »A rtraa wealarit I jt- t,®. eta. i**" :h'a* THEY JiAD i L1YELI T1M£. -s. Sensational Esoapade of Two Young Girs With Vinton Young Men. Death at Clinton of Father Joan, the Priest Who Was Unfrocked by Bishop Hen natty. ftttroF&bte Weather Crop Bulletin ftr the Two Dakotas—Ne braska Notations. AttTII U. Vinton is all stirred tip over the psde of two young girls ot that plscs csmed Lilv Howen aad Allis Boweu. aged 13 snd 14, with two young men, Kred Thayer and Clarence Knapp, who were old enough to know hotter. Thursday the yoang men hired a lively rig at a Vinton livety stable, wttjtuK itey wished to dnre for s couple bonr^. Tbey secored tbe girls and drove to Hhellsbtirg, tbe tlrst town south. There they left the rig and boarded a train, coming to Vinton and registering at one of the hofrk uudei 4« KUmed names. 1 h»y remained Thursday nlKbt and Friday, the boyn leaving tbe^orls in Cedar Kapids while they went back to Hhellsburg, secure*! tbe team and drove it back to \inton. They took the first train for Cedar llapids and meet in the girlt left for the Koutb. But tbe parent*of tbegtris already bsd officers on their track aud the fugitive* tad scarcely left the city when a constable arrived in search of them. They were finsllr arrested at Columbus Junction aud taken back to Vinton They were beaded for Kansas City. The girls were of respoctabie families aud their escapade has occasioned great oxcitemeat. A Myxtcry at «Kaiaetl aislk ('OONCU. BI.I April 1". Qaite a mystery has developed at ouu eU Bluffs tn regard to a man named Wilcox, who arrived in that city recently aud bongbt out.a small hotel for hi* son-lu law. The latter was not satiatfed with the businsss and went to Omabs. returning with the information that he had found a house there and wonld ship all bis goods over. H.K fat her-in-la* im to follow, rhis was done, snd in a few days Wilooi went to maba, but could And no trace of hi* sou-in-law or goods. He relumed |ienniless to the Bluffs and last Friday eveniug disappeared and cannot be found. It is thought he committed suicide by jumpingtnto the river. Bin TronMfit rt.nrros A ir i i: Ue*. Father Joan, the priest who had several times sued tbe Rev. Bishop Hen nessy, of Dubuque, who unfrocked him. dMHi at his hoarding boose at Lyons, aged »i2 year*. He was born tn France, bnt caiue to Lyous in 1H.'»1 as a missionary. Through his work the Cstbolic cbureh was able to builds latge stoue i diflce, over which tbe trouble grew which caused htm to be dropped some year* ago, swee when his whole life bss been devoted to getting revenge ou litabap Heun***«y. Tlie fu- Mondsy. Told Iu H«MT. CLAY county has fifteen braaehee of tha farmers' alliance. A WELL is being put down at Algona for furnishing the city witu wster. A KCM is being raised in Chicago for Kate Shelly, tbe Momgooa heroine. Tar work of riprapping the Mieeewri at Conuril Bluffs will aoon he resumed. AN effort I» beiu^ made to se ure the re moval of the .Milwaukee round-bouses and shops from Hanl*orn to Everlr. 8a vex hundred barrel a of beer, la tbe vaults of C. Magna*-, st Cedar TTapida, bave been aeimsl by officers of tbe law. BEBT ALi.Kh, a voung man of Uutbven, was actddeutslly shot and killed by his brother while bunting dneks near that place. WoaK on the new Franklin county court honse will commeuce a few week*. The contract has been let te a Brooklva, Ia., firm for 941,2100. Tun state Kyuoil of tbe Hufch Raforined cborch will le held io Orange City iu May. Over list ministers are elected to be pres ent at the meeting. A KIMONLBV woaten Ml fta* bashead the ofher day, takiug witb her a span of mule- The bereaved busband offer# reward of #1' for the returu of the mule*.. AT the eonferenoe of tbe Latter Day Bouts, at Lamoni, it was decided to build i-ol|ege, &nd a committee of seven wss appoint«d to receive bids for location THE Folk count} board of supervisors has put out 9!MMgi0 more bonds to take op rounty warrants. There are $70,000 worth of farmer issues still unredeemed. A MEMHEH of the Pocahontas county grand jury was lugged up before a justice of the peace the other day on a charge of Jjeing drunk and disorderly aud fined flu aud costs. UAKLKH BLODUBTT, of Marshalltown, is under arrest for ateaUeg three cars of potatoes. Tbe vegetable* aud thief were seissel In Indians. Tbe tbeft took ptaoe in timn Mountain, Marshall coanty. DAKOTA *»'!'ATK MtW*. Cr»p MstfleUa air tke V«s etates Btrncut. April 15. S W (ilenn, of the T'oiied Stated signal lofflce. snd director of the Noilb aad Sooth Dakota crop uud weather service, has issued the following crop bulletin for the week ending April 13, and is tbe fourth bnllettn of the present season The tem{eraiore na« sp|areatly been about tbe avera*.*. posaiblv a little below in North Dakota, and above tbe average hi Booth Dakota. Tbe amount of stmshioe basbees about the average over both states. fieports indicate that the rainfall bas t»eeu below tbe avara^e in North Dakota, in Sout^i I»»kota alnnt tbe average »ver the nortM. an^aboie over tbe »outh ba.if In North Dakota aemliiiK and farm work has lieen retarded by 'gmnud frost and drv top N E sotf. Ia Booth Dakota.seeding wall ad vanced \od spring work general. From a „fe* (toiDla the ground ia reported too wet, front rrcent copious showers. Thronghoitt Beath Dakota, except tlong the MisMtti rivsr. north from Buffslo county, the reported in excellent 0»nt INll« CSs«a* mmI a*e. a«» *i.ie Aprtl 1'ajioose Chaska tins not improved macdl la health and disturls the boarder* at tlm Place where the C'baska family ars stopping Wtth.hiN unearthly yells. The iovei Cora Belle i- feedinK bim paregoric w it boat stint. It in an amusing sight to aee tbe famous Mr« baaka feeding her papooes. Tbe- cherub," as he is calletl by bis •amras, is as bright as a half breed coald be PTpwtsI to W. aud although there in no danger from his present illnena. hi* mother has fear* tbat the climate in thin wectioa will cah-e a turn for the worse. Chasku has declsred that shs wilt snter a dime museum sgaiu, not bee anas she dislike^ to evbibit, bat for no other reasou than that it doe* not pay She has not made up with her family eitlmr, git they still refnse to recognise ber. A Nu» pie tow a Ilea III. Mm •Ki.1.. April The wife of Andrew Kehester. a flaaaMt living ten mites northeast of Mitohsll. waa fonnd dca«i in the Fire Steel creek. Khe la supposed to bave Htitcided by drowniag, although known domestic trounlea and the fact that Hchnater s wife was trissing eight da/* before he notified tbs neigh beta naturally provokes suspicion. The coee« uei is iui estimating tbe case. The New* t'»adea«a«l. TM® Wolsey postottce has besa WMAS a money order office. CONTBATT has been let to build a Oread Army hall st Pierre at a cost of •»»,H00. It i» said a secret league is being fori In the utate for the .euforceHMu4 of aetiry law. A i f.RMAV paper named tike IW been i sdded to the list of McPber eoantv newspapers. THE miners strike In the Hill City dis trict has been declared off. tbe men re turning to work on tbe terms propoaed bjr the company. THE Fremont, Elkhorn Jk Miseoari Vol. ley railroad ha» seeursd lend to of twi.tNNi at Deadwoed far other purposes. AitiiANi.RMKNiH have been made to pot rn an rfpctnr tight plant at Hot Hprtngpi, and it is ei|»ected to have the plant eoai l^eted by the middle of June. Word has been received tbat I7f! RgS* siati families left their native land last week for South Dakota- They will locate near their brethren Csmpbsll, Mcl'her* son snd Kminons oounties NOT* ITHHTAXDINO the rspimt of Oat conunissioti claiming that L. J. Fulton, the Casselton postmaster who is short in his accounts, we* insane, be wan boiaM over to the grand jury in the sum of $7ge. No effort b«* Issen made to secure bail Sot'TH DAKOTA is entitled to one rails! st W'eat Point snd tf i.«tv il csd ts at An napolis. It has been arranged to bold competitive examinations about May I— at Huron for the cadet st W est Point aad sst Hed&sid and Miiebsll far MM aetai eadets. ViHIASK A STATU NKW-i tssrt Will Net tisivsas. Noaidi.ii. April 13. The I'nited states district eoait, wbiali was to have convenrd here resterday, wfll have no «*SNion, owiug to tne uuavoi table abeence in Mexico of Judge Dundy, who was te bass neastded. Noutbsi. W I KM I IB hi taking ssps to socare Watar work a. HKVRK hundred fanners in Clay connlg belong to tbe sllnuice. A' oarAKv hm been organised at Hnafc^ vtlls for the manufacturs of windmills. FALLS CITY had s Iswsnit last weg|| over s jug of whisky which cost tbe counly between $d4Ki a»d |n'00. A man near W*eat I aion uaeaht an eagle in a wolf trap a few days ago tbat «sssg» •red seven and a half feet from tip to t%. AT Albion tbe people think a saloon Is better than a druj store. They voted la license a aaioon there, bnt abat down tn druggists permits. MKK. A. WHITS, of Jaboson,basbrongbt suit against a aalnrmlreepeT sad his boada men for $5,000 damages for illicit selling of liquor to ber hu*baad. Lortt* Pashek, of David .City, wae struok to the eye hy a nail Ared from a "Bigger shooter." tbe nail being dnvm into tbe eyeball and deatroving tbe sight. )l. (it tLEOYLE was found gudtv at H9« Paul of (itsposing of mortgaged property to tbe amonut of fl'tO and was sentenced to one year aud a half in the penitentiary. THE contract for erecting Teeuiiaet|% new citv ball was let laat week to lioberfe A Spickuail for f4,.'l.»0, and work will be commenced on the foundations this wee|u THE fall meeting of the Nebraska Trofe* i ting Horse Breeders association will |e I held at Hastings, Aug. Id, in and '2|. There have been ISO eutro-" made so fat* and .tccordtng to all re|»orts tbe meetit|j| *Ui bt tAix of anpreoedciiteU iatejcnst. Oat Wtaait mt Ttietr rate. tfr ffT,nrr* Mtan.. Aprtl 13, Saturday afternoon the sheriff" tt Stearns and Benton conn ties mads a rail on the so-failed Halfwsy hoase. two milgg west of St. Cloud, to arrest Its maua^Wr and inmates for keeping a house of pro*t|» tat ion. When the officers arrived tlxgr found tbe house emyty, tU ocx-ufMuita baf* mg got a iud of their fate and H«-u ti|§ country. Several roblienee bad bees com mitted there lately, one of the viotuus h#s ing Gibson Bell, of Sauk Ilapids, wbo vM Friday night. relieve I of $300 last KIIMaaa TU-t*. Aprtl IS. A little girl named JohiiMorj nt* ktlU# while playing with some children on ttgi Northern Pacific turntable at PmgiM FaUgk They were riding around m. It and she fell off snd wss run over. a •s%. i