Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 10, 1884, Page 4

THE OMAHA BEE. Omaha Ofce, No. 916 Farnam 8t. Councll Bluffs OMcosiNo. 7 Pearl Btroet, Near Broadway. New York Ofce, Room 65 Tribune Building. Pablished every mor: ®aly Monday morning d R BT AT oxcept Bunday® The Ther Woek, 25 Conts. THR WREKLY BAR, PURBLISHRD RCURY WRDNNSDAY, Six Months, One Month Amorican Nows Company, Solef,Agente Newsdoal e in the United Statos. CORREBPONDRNON, A Communioations relating to News and Editorial maitors should bo addrossed to the Eorrom or Trn Ben BUSINRSS LATTRRS.| All Businoss Tiottors and Remittanoes should be ddrossed to Tin BRR PUELIENING COMPANY, QMANA- Drafts, Oheoks and Postoffice ordors to bo made pay able to the order of tho company. THE BEE PUBLISHING C0., PROPS, ROSEWATER, Editor, A. H. Fitch, Manager. Daily Circulation, P. 0. Box 483 Omaha, Neb, ) | be opened for mottlement. Tae Chicago and Rock Island Riddle has proven more of a puzzle than Crzar Vanderbilt oxpected It is an ill wind that blows nobody any good. The dynamite scare, which has upset Halifax, has been productive of some good in that it has given employ- ment to an army of hungry special con- _stables. Tae recent heavy robberios in the large cities have given the de‘ectives some. thing to do. They now have an oppor- tunity to show their skill, as the thieves have displayed moro than usual cunning in covering their tracks. GENERAL GIBBON, who is in command of the deparument of the Platte during the absence of General Howard, is a brevet-mujor general, and colonel of the Seventh infantry. He is a West Point gtraduate, and has a brilliant record. He served in the Mexican and Florida wars, and during the greater part of the war of tho rebellion he wus brigadior general of volunteers, participating in the most im- portant battles of the army of the Poto- mac. Ever since the close of the civil war he has been in active service on the frontier. VArioUs rumors are afloat concerning President Arthur's cabinet. One is to the effect that Secretary Folger is to be offered the mission to St. Petersburg, and that he will accept. This rumor, however, meets with little or no cre- dence, as it is generally believed that Folger will remain in the cabinet throughout President Arthur’s adminis- tration. Another statement is that the . president will tender to Postmaster General Gresham the United States cir- cuit judgeship made vacant by the resig- nation of Judge Drummond, of Chicago. Mr. Gresham, however, will not accept the place if it is offered to him, as ho has good reasons for retaining his present position, at least until after the next national convention is sottled. BreveEr commissions will be thicker than diplomas from the medical colleges, if congress passes the bill providing for the conferring of commissions by brevet upon commissioned officers of the army for distinguished conduct and public sor- vice in Indian wars. The act of March 1, 1869, provides that the president, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, may in time of war confer com- missions ‘by brevet upon commissioned officers of the army, for distinguished cgnduct and public service in the pres. ence of the enemy. Since the passage of this act a number of officers of the army have been nominated by the executive for brevet commissions for gellant con. duct and special service in the different Indian wars that have from time to time be.n waged upon our frontier. The sen- ate military committee has withheld fav- orably report upon the nominations, not because of any doubt in the minds of the committee as to the meritorious charac- ter of the services rendered, nut because of a doubt as to whether Indian wars are wars within the meaning of the statute. EETSsem—— A pury for the retirement of non.com. missioned officers and enlisted men has been recommended by the house commit- tee on military aflairs. This is a com- mendable step, and such a bill certainly ought to be passed, The object is to muke a proper provision for the old sol. dier, who has passed ‘the greater part of his life in the army. Thirty years will probably be made the period of service to entitle a private soldier or non.commis- sioned officer to retirement and a pension. ‘The passage of this proposed bill will not entail much expense upon the govern. ment as there are in the army only about fifty enlisted men who have served thirty years. It seems to us, however, that twenty years would be a much better per- iod of servioe, as the object of the bill ‘would then be surer of accomplishment. THE DAILY BEE--~OMAHA “vomen o sy o s , MOUNDAY, MARCH 10, 1 ok N e e 0 884, THE SIOUX RESERVATION. Tho Sioux reservation, a large portion of which is to be thrown open to settle ment, includes 33,000 equare miles, lying botween the Missouri river and the Black Hills country. The sen:te committee on Indian affairs hae recommended the pasage of a bill providing that 14,000 square miles, or about ten million ncres, The land is in two tracts. The first is situated be tween the Cheyenne and White rivers for the northern and southern boundaries, % | and the Black Hills and the Missouri river for the westsrn and eastern bound- The second strip is between the 102d and 103d meridian of westlongitude aud the Cheyenne river on the south and Cedar Creek on the South Fork of the Cannon-Ball river on the north. The committee proposes that for this cession the Indians shall receive as many cattle a8, in the opinion of the secretary of the interior, they can well use, The bill which accompanies the report provides for the sale of this ceded tract to actual settlers only, for homestead purposes alone, at 50 cents per acre, the payment to be made for each section of land in four equal annual installments, The proceeds of this sale are to be invested in a fund by the secretary of the interior to be kept for the benefit of the Indians The bill exempts this tract from theoper- ations of the pre-emption and timber cul ture laws. By this arrangeiaent both the Milwau- kee and Northwestern roads will be en- abled to build west from Chamberlain and Pierre to the Black hills, and the Northeru Pacific to put out a spur to the south. The Milwaukee and the Northwestern have paid the Indians 85 per acre for the land which they need for their right of way, and bills are now pending in the senate for the ratification of theso agroe- ments There is little doubt, that they will be ratified, so that even if thers should be delay in securing tho benefit of the entire tract the railroads will have the right of way. The ope ing of the reservation, how- ever, will probably not occur as soon as expeoted or desired, owing to the fact the proposed bill reaflirms the troaty of 1868, which provfdes that no weaty with the Sioux shall be binding unless ratified by three fourths of the adults. Last summer the Stoux utterly refused to sign tne treaty then offered, but if this bill passes both hvuses Senator Dawes’ committee will visit their country next summer and try to induce them to accept its liberal provisions. The members of the committee feel that the pressure upon the Sioux reservation is too greatto be longer resisted, and that the Indians will do best to accept the liberal provisions now likely to be offered them. Under these circumstances it will be seen that the opaning of the reserva- tion cannot be made until some time next winter. Therefore the reservation will remain closed for another year at least. The members of the Dakota del- egation in Washington are provoked at the delay, and are not at all pleased with the proposed bill on account of its too liberal provisiond for the Indians. Oue principal cause of dissatisfaction is said to arios, be that the lower Brule Indians are to be given a large portion of the valuable tim bered lands immediately to the north and west of Chamberlain, which the Da- kota speculators had expected to apprc- priate, e s e PREMATURKELY EXPLODED. Congressman Valentine's sagacious and selfish scheme to got General Manderson out of the way with a view of having himself appointed United States senator has exploded prematurely. Reliable ad- vioes receivud within the past twenty- four hours ccnfirm our suspicion that the whole scheme was not only hatched in Valentine's brain, but that President Ar- thur never used the language attributed to him with reference to Senator Vai Wyck, or for that matter has had any talk about the probable choice of Gov ernor Dawes tor the Munderson succes- sion. Now that the whole echeme has.been exploded we have no doubt that Valen- tine will assuro President Arthur that he never had communicated with anybody in Nebraska about this matter, and that the whole thing was gotten up by his political onemies. We happen, however, to be in a condition to refute Mr. Valen- tine's denials, if he dares to make them, Not many weeks ago, when Valentine was in Nebraeks, he paid a visit to the state capital mainly with a view to feel the pulse and ascertain what ohance there was of his own appointment to the seuatorship in case Senator Manderson should resign. He did not see Governor Dawea then because the latter happened, s it were, to be absent from the capital, but he did hold a conference on the very subject with some of his bosom friends, who reside at Lincolo, That there was commotion at the republican state central committee meeting over a communication from Valentine isalso a mattor that we can readily subst:n 1ite, That Valeotine's friends have had this programme under discussion is evidenced by, the following extract from the Nenraska City Press, which shows on its fuce that Valentine's ambitious design was an open secret, “From a tleman who returned from the -M.u‘-tlupihl yuhfl.:y. the Prons learns that the newest sensation in tohthl will be announced ina day or wo. 1t is tothe effect that Senator is to suoceed Judge MoCrary, as United S ates circuit judge, aud Cou gresamau Valentine is to appointed senator, M. H. Robertaon is to be ap- n:i.nhd congressman in place of Valen- . This bit of information we hope may prove true." There is not, as we have said once beforn, the remotest probability of Valen- tine ever being United Btates senator from Nobrasks either by appointment or election. Valentine's senatorial balloon has collapsed,and the wholo thing is as (lat as a pancake. — (GASIN HOTKLS AND PING ROOMS. The death of Charles E. H. Gentein, of Omaha, by suffocation by gas in his room at the Palmer house, Chicago, shows that there is some responsibility attached to hotel-keepers with reference to the condition of gas-fixtures. The Chicago Times sayn that it is cortain that Gestein turned off the gas, and then accidentally furned the cock around half way, and the slowly escaping gas gradually filled the room, which was entirely closed. An inspection of the gas cock showed that it had no stop, and, moreover, turned too ensily. This will readily explain, says the Z%nes, how the unfortunate man inay have extinguished the gas by turn- ing the cock once around and then re- opened the tube by forcing tho easily- turning cock around while in the act of removing his fingers from it. The acci- dent would probably not have occurred if the cock had a stop and was tightened. The statement in the Zimes that Gestein probably was not familiar with gas, is incorrect, as he had boarded at a hotel in this city in which it is used, and it is not likely that he did not know how to turn off gas. 1f the facts were really as stated by the Times the proprietors of the Palmer house were in a measure responsible for Gestein’s death,owing to their negligence in not having a perfectly-working gas- cock in his room. The lesson of this ac- cident to hotel keopers, as well as to the guests of hotels, is an important one, It shows that too much care cannot be exer- cised with reference to gas fixtures in sleeping rooms. The fixtures should be kept in firat-class ordet, and carefully in- spocted at frequent intervals, The guosts of hotels 0aght also to take warn- ing from this sad accident, and whenever they turn off the gas they should exer- cise the precaution of lighting a match and applying it to the gas-cock to ascer- tain whether there is any gas escaping. out of the presidential eampaign on the first round. Al other candidates, not in favor of woman suffrage, are to be served in the same manner. Tilden to at once make Susan B. Anthony. welf solid with Wr aroadvised by special dispatches from Washington to the Iansas Oity Journalthat Mr, George W. chairman of the republican state central committee, capital, is of the opinion that the nom- who is now at the national inee of the reputlican party, whoever he may be, will be elected president. That sottles it. We cannot see the use of hold- ing an election next November, Has anybody seen anything of Vigen- ham lately? Our state university is still looking for him, CITY WALKS AND RALKS. “You want me to tell you something about the claim clubs iu the early days of Omaha,” said an old-timer in reply to an in- quiry made by tho Brk's Man About Town. “If T had the time to refresh my memory 1 could give you enough material fofa whol column, but T woulda't have you give me away, for there aro a lot of men here yet who were mombers of the claim elub, aud who have become rich out of the lands which they obtained throngh the assistanceof the claim club, Tho law of the claim club was superior to all other laws- it was the law of the land as long as the cldm clubs existed. * hardly call the claim clubbers vigilantes, but thay might properly have boen termel regula- tors, The early sottlers, in 185455, had no valid tiul to their lands, as the lands had fiot boen thrown upou the market by the govern- meut. The titls the rs had was what thoy ho ‘el im’ which thoy claim deeds. The claim clul il oiganized to establish asort of higher law, and to give vhe tirst settlers au advantage over thoeo who camo afterwards, Another objsct was to seciurs a greatar am unt of land than was allowed by government. Thogovernuwent limit was 160 acres, and theclair club allowe.t 320 acres, A complota code of laws for the goverument of the claim club was adopted All the land within ten miles of the city was thus gobbled vp, and when new ottlers began tourrivo thisstato of affairs gava riseto a great deal of serfous difficulty, and in some cases outrages wore committed wnd blondshed rosulted. The claim club was arbitrary and oppressive in enforcing its regulatious, 111 You could It would be well also to pursue the same course in private residences. A7 this late day the Kearney Kra comes out with a denial that there was any suffering among the inmates of the state roform school. The whole story, according to that reliable sheet, origin- ated with Tur Big with the sinister de- sign to throw discredit on the present stato government. Tur Bee has never been » warm admirer of some fractions of the present state government. Glenn Kendall, for instance. We have never been accused of attempting to spoil an addled egg, and certainly would not be guilty of wilful misrepresontation about a state institution like the reform school. There are competent and reliable wit- nesses who will confirm every word we have published concerning the wretched bedding and clothing, and the exposed condition of the boys confined there. If there has been any improvement in the institution we apprehend that it is mainly due to tho exposure which Tue Bee has made concerning the treatment of its in- mates. WesTwaRD the star ef civilization takes its way. The roller akate has found its way to Butte, Montana, and is hav- ing a civilizing effect upon that mining camp. There are now two immense rinks or pavilions there, and overybody kas been struck with the roller skating craze. The pavilions are lighted by el octric lights, and enlivened each by half a dozen trumpets and a kettledrum, A Montana correspondent writes: Cowboys, merchants, gamblers, men, women and girls—all skate. There are posted up conspeiuously in each respec- tive rink placards like the following: “No hollooing allowed,” *‘Do mnot whoop,” *‘Gents are req;‘luwd to deposit their firearms with the dispenser of skates before takiug the floor,” ete. This last request may seem somewhat unreas onable, as pistols are carried universally here, It will bs perceived thataccidents would te quite numerous on account of the concussions were it not for t! admonition, Ballet dancing dos; a ghoat of & show here now. Une com- pany which was here last night had a very’ slim house. ‘Wire the approach of spring, every year, a nmew mining sensation is devel- oped, and immediatedly there is a great rush from all the old mining camps to the now field of wealth, Nine times out of ten the new ‘‘rind” proves a gigantic swindle, and the miners, who were doing well in the old camps, find themselves dead broke and sorely disappointed. The latest mining craze is Coeur d’Alene, in Idaho, to which section of the country winers are already hastening in great numbers. We advise people to go slow, and not put too much faith in Coeur d'Alene, as reports are already appearing from persons who have investigated that region, to the effect. that it is a delusion and a snare, and that the rose-colored pictures painted by certain railroads are intended only to catch the *‘suckers” and obtain their money through transporta- tion, —— GENERAL GRANT passed through Wash. ington on Friday on his way to Florida, Becretary Chandler tendered him the use of one of the naval vessels, but General Grant politely declined the compliment on the plea that he had made other ar- rangements. As a matter of fact the g oral preferred not to trust himself in one of Uucle Saw’s wooden tubs. ’ Epe———— GoverNor Foster, of Ohio, has been intorviewed again, This time he has pronounced for John Sherman. ‘Tue woman suffragiste have declared war on Senator Edmunds, as he is op- posed to woman suffrage, aud wants to abolish it in Utah. Edmunds is knooked toil you sbout some of their victims, Thore wad George Swmith, better kuown as Dic Smith, who hus beoh couuty surveyor for sev- eral yoars, In 1856 he was drivou off his claitn, where he now resides in the north part of tha oy, by an arined pacty of seventy iive unde the direction of thn Omaha ¢ b, who tore down his half completed shanty anit throataned him with desth by deowuing in the niver if he didn't make himself scarco Howent over into Iowa, but roturned iu 1857, und the noxt year h began procesd- ings to recover his land. and finally succeedo. Jacob S, Shull was another victim of the cluim clnb. Ho was run off his land, which ho claimed undor tho United Statos, the lan opened at Omaha a fow weeks before, and be having regularly pre-ompted his claim, His buildings wero burued und all his property destroyed, and ho was obiigsd to koap in b ing for w fow days. His doath, which curred some months after these ovent, is & to huve heen hastened by his troubles. 1o fore dying he told his children that some day thay would recover the land, Tho case was carried to the conrts, and the heics finally suc. in regating ¢ ral, This land uablo and proved fortune to the heirs. A man named Callaban, who refused torelinguish his claim was dumped into tho Missowi river thrdugh a hole cut in the ice and held thero until he yielfed ruther than lose his life. Callah 1 n few yoars aftar. wards, and it is climed that 'his death was hastened by the ducking ha received, A follow nawed Ziogler was banished from the tarritory.and sentenced to deathif he n‘un.mn Ho was escorted to the river by u comMittes, who saw that ho got out of the territery, Ho became very v came back a fow weoks aftorwards, but did not dare to ket up any elaim to the land fr which he had been ejocted. OneDan Murphy waw corralled in a lawyer's office by two meu who wanted to purchase bis claim, but he re- fused, These twgmen were assisted by the claim club, and they insisted that Murphy must give up bis certificate of ontry, Murphy atterpted to eecape by juwping through a window, but he was caught and brought back, aftor a fierce struggle in which his clothes wore almost entirely torn off, One of his captors pointed o rovolver at his head, and tlourished a bowieknife, His clothes were searched for the certificate, but it could not be found, as Murphy had rolled it jnto a small bull and concealed it in his mouth. He was finally forced to swoar that the certificato was lost or destroyed,and to sign a deed conveying away his land for the consideration of $1,( 00, as expressed iu tho instroment, but it is claim. ed that Murphy only received $100. He was then ordered to leave the country, In 1870 he made some attempt to recover his land, but did not succeed, Another Irishman who had taken out a government title to a piece of land ou which & cluim clubber had previously lo- cated, was strung up to a cottonwood treo, several times, but he obstinately rofused to surrender his certiticato. He was then locked another up and_put under a guurd, and was finally | ¥ starved into submission. He gave up his cer- titicato of entry to the first occupant of the land, aud” ulso gave him a quit olaim deed. A crowd of Kloreuce men under the leadership of Jim Mitchell, got ufter Mike , for pre-smpting somo land uear Florence. They drove him off the land and tore down his shunty. They followsd hitn down mto Irish- town, which was theu between Thirteenth and Ninth stroets and Juckson street and the creek. They wanted to capture him and take him back to Floreuce, but the Irishmen ral- lied, and obtuiniug guns they drove Mitchell tho Douglas haose. - Miko Con: nolly, who is now driviug an express-wagon in Omihia, waa driven off his claiu and his shan- ty was torn down. He nover rccovered his land. I could tell you a hundred other casen in Omaha uud vicinity, if T had time to think about (he matter. Y’('zumma trouble mostly originated from the fact that the government entrios interforad with the claims of the mem- bers of the claim cluba. Persons who mado government entries at once came in ocvuflict with the claim clubbers or squatters. The government lund office was opensd in Omaha early in February, 1857, and there was a great rush to make government entries, Of course the squatters entered their claims, but in many cuses chey found that other persons had got in ahead Hf them. 8o you can see thut the squat- ters no doubt in the majority of casos had food groutds for resortiug to force to obtain thels rights, Of course in sume instances gruas out- Jafon wore porpotrata | by unpringipled meu ing udvantage of the situation, Cluim clubs were o necsenlty w0 loug as squattor titles exix but when the opportunity was afforded of obtalning government titles, the use for such organiza: tions soou passed away. After adjusting their difiioultios, immediately following th o of the laud offce, they gradaally disbanded: "The firs public shlo f governumieut, Iands & tho highoat bidder was made on the 5th of July, 1859, Up to this date no land had boen offered in the markot except in the river countlos, Col. A, R. Gilmore wus the first receiver of the United Statos land office at Owmnaha, and Cul J, A, Parker was the first register. The laud vavered by the sikht of of Owaha was Tuw.l in two patents —oue to lohn MoCormick, dated May Ist, 1860, the ol h‘nmq baen bid off by hin ab the public of July 5uh, 187, ho acting aa trustee and th other to Jusse L iwe, muyor, dated w;l;'l,rx 1, 1500, on the entry made March 17, =" What do you {hilk of the new bndge VIl Do you bediove that another bridge will be built here!” wked Tur Bex's Man Around JTown of & prowineut citizen. “The bill chartering the construction of snother biidge h.:;un Ouiaba and Council Bluffs s just What wo waut, as Senator Van Wyck sud Manderson sald 1o concluding their dispateh, Iuformiog us that the senste committes bad We advise Sam, | Dorsey, | & beon | © | great im agreed nnanimously to report in favor of the bill,” repliad the prominent citiren, who has ed here for twenty years. “‘Wo need ge, a8 the present accommoda. tions are altogether ineufficiont. That another bridge will be built I have every n n to bo- as tho men who are interested in the project are some of our best Lusiness men and Tf the Union Pacific had intention of providing uection with its railway have been no noed of ‘Why didn't the Union i * the liove, fost capitalists arried out ita origi o wagon bridge in bridge, there wou another bridge.” pleton provided for a wagon bridge,and that the railroad shou d haye the power to regulate the tolls, The bill was given to Mr, Rose water, who was a - por of the legislature, ntroduce. was during the session of 1870.71. Rosewate ive in the imposchment of d for fear that if ho i sed the bill and it should pass, it would ed by the governor. So ho gave it to 11, who introduced it in tho senate with os providing that the mayor and city 1, in any city of the first class, shouid the power to liconso and regulate the keeping of toll bridges, and fix the rates of toll. That bill passed, and is still on the stat- ute books. 1 believe that because the bill took away the power from the railroal com- pany to rogulate and fix tho tolls, &o. smpany concluded to abandon the w bridge project, and simply construct a railway bridgs accord to the charter granted by sngress in 1865, Thore were several proposed lecations for the bridge. A fight arose as W [ ion, whether it should be a low bridge at the ‘Telegraph Poles,” or a pernanent high bridge down the river at ‘Childs’ Mill.’ Coun cil Blnffs objected to the location at the “Lele- tao composed of Alvin Saunders, Francis Smith, Augustus Kountze, Ezrea Millard, and C. P, Hurford, who went to N poso. On'March 26, 1868 Mr. Saun- man of the com uittee, telegraphodl “The biidgo is 1 cated at Train imaha pledges the depot and onnceil ),0 )- id bridge, in consideration that she should have the main transfer depots, general officas, ma- chine shops, ete. ( ! 000 in bondy, but the compary never r them. The Missouri River Bridge company, an organization which wus claimed to be an independent iustitution, although composed of Union Pacific stockholders, wis organized un- der anthority of a special act of congress to build the bridge, nm‘ thay were authorized to issue bonds to the amount of $2,500 000, which bonds were s.1d m Fgland, The Boomer Bridge company, of Chicago, on the 4th September, 1868, secured the ot building the bridge 500, the time of its completion o ember 10, 1869, They wore greatly d, however, aud did not get the first er ready for sinking until March, 1869, July following the Union Pacitic took hold of the work. the contract with the Boomer Bridge company having been annulled. The structure was completed on the 25th of March, 1878, 1t is 2,750 feet long ~11 spuus of 250 feet each—and is composed entirely of iron. Tha superstructure is supported by piers, each formed of two iron pneumatic tibes, sunk in soctions and filled with cement masonry, each tube being eight and a half feet i This bridge is #ail to have cost $1,450,000. ! The idea of adding & wagon bridge did not ar until after the work had commenced. d not be surprised if_the Union Pacific would yet reconstruct its bridge and provide a wegon-way inhopes of killng off the new bridge. 'This cau b done, sud would be a ovemont over the presont way tranaporting toams and wa i 5 The new bridge, if built, will be located north of Douglay The Union Pacitic bridge has earned ,000 or $600,000 a year, and I Teca/pts were much higher than th coi wa " y e since the building of the bridges at th and Blur,” P b —““The recent robbery of the Pacific ex- press St. Louis by the money clork, P or, who walked out of the oftics in broad daylight, with £75,000, was a vory slick job, and it recalls to mind another very cunning expross robbery in that city,” suid & gentleman—who was for many years a resident of St. Louis—to THE Bee's Man About Town. “It was in 1803 that the Uuited States express company had its office in the samo building that is now occupied by the Pacific express One morning, Hund, the clerk in charge was found bound aud gagged and apparently unconscious, from the effects of chloroform, the empty bottle lying uear him., The safe was open and the mouey, about £60,000, gone. An old detective named Charles Noyes was immodiately summoned and employed to work up the caso. He went w work with great vigor. Some one, however suspocted that the robbery was a put up job, and that the clerk could ‘tell ull A{mntinil he could be wade to ‘squeal,’ The idea of pump- ing tho clerk was sugge-ted to the officers of tho company, who acted upon it, and sure enourh Hand gave the whele thing away. Now, who do you suppose was the man that put up the job? It was none other than Char- ley Noyes, the detective, who had been em- ployed 1o’ catch the thieves. A policeman nawmed Miller weont to Noyes' room and there found about $6000 "concealed in a sofa and soon afterwards 845, was discovered in a ocellar, . Noylos, while all this was goiow on, was leaving the city on an east bound traiu, and at thy ¥ame tiuo soveral boxes of mouey wera being trans- ported across the river by a confederate called Capt. Smith. The money was nearly all recov- ered,and buth Noyes aud Smith were captured, One'ulght Noyes eeoaped from Jail beloro bls trial. He was assistod by his brother, who was lieutenant in the army. It was always suppoeed that Noyes bought his way ont of jail. He disappeared, and was never aftor- ward arrested, although it is claimed that he has been seen by ucquaintances at various times in different parts of the country—once, 1 believe, at the centeunial in Philadelphia, and that, too, by Miller, the man who assist- ed in his capture. Smith was sent to the penitentiary for two years. 1 forget what was done with Hand, but I think he was let off on nccount of his ‘squealing,” which resuited in the company recovering nearly all the stolen money.” e —— Tilden's Opinion of New York Journal, What a pity that Governor Tilden, who is seventy years of age this month, should be sull” more eufeebled to day than when he withdrew from political life four years ago. But so it is. To use his own language, ‘‘the democratic rty wight as well call upon Thomas g:flmon in his grave as to call upon me o lead it now.” Himself, PORPOSALS FOR ¥RESH BEEF. HRADQUARTERS DRFARTMENT OF TIIE PLATTE. Office Uhicf Commissary of Bub isteuce. } OxAuA, Nk, Febru.ry 20. 1884, VHE Acting Coumssar) of Subsistence at each of T ol Swing Pota, vix: Vorts Bedaer, : obg: 1a, Taramie, M:Kinaey. Nipbrara, Ouwahs, aon. D. A, "Russell, | Fred Stoele, Was Ch Dep t and Vwaba Depot. will « seaod prop: ] 1t 18 M tho 21t day of Aori, 1384, 8t n ence of | for Jisune they wil o opencd In the pres: Fresh Beef trom ibe block, for lusue, and ch foe cuts whi id ‘or furnis ik ad de fvery of for salos to offi bat may be require| by the Sub- slst noe Depart U. 8. ‘Army, at their respective ‘duriuy the fi-cal yoar o malenong July 1, 1884, Piath broposa's aud ustructions 0. biddvrs kg {aformatin as 10 conditions to olxerved by budders: toris of contract -bd pavment, will be furniuhed 04 jon to this office or Lo the Cowmlssaries at Uhe pste nemed. Proposs's will not be considere \ulews uccompanied by the “instrustions to bidders” atove roforred 0. ‘The right i reserved to rejoct vy or al bida. JOMN P, HAWKINS, war-g wost olt Chiet C 8. NOTICE, herehy given that tio partoership hore: o B s Wil ‘P, Maring (oo, . Hese under ' 1o frm uae of Maniing & ol ve “gh"l-‘{'ob;\‘v‘.y further notice that 1 will not bo re- sy-ousible fof any debls contracted by sny persn in Sr late firm name, nor will | vay sny atomey's foes or Costs to oarTy i any litigation ‘of any de- - iy of th) oreditom of the late trw | S.‘m‘:..‘{:"h‘::‘,{mu.._w name 10 carry § stock 1oa wibh Ground Oil Cake fu the Fall ana Wiater, \nswead o any su b litigation s \.',.’....n.m;{ Omahe, Neb. ¥eb., 10, 1854 by e, MANKING I feb. Lo \ALILL IAAARNITID THE BEST THREAD ron SEWING MACHINES VWILLIIVIRINIIU Willimautic Spool. Cotton is entirely the product of Home Industry, and is prononnced by experts to be the best sewing muchi e thread in the world. FULL ASSORTMENT CONSTANTILY ON HAND, and for saic by HENLEY, HAYNES & VAN ARSDEL, mé&e Omaha, Neb. ~ STEELE, JOENSON& CO,, 'Wholesale Grocers ! H. B. LOCKWOOD (formerly of Lockwood & Draper) Chicago, sfau- ager of the Tea, Cigar and Tobacco Departments. 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