Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 16, 1884, Page 7

e S S —— Trish fashion, how could he be? \;flmn asked why he could not, he ex- TR, Wrecked by Recklessness, He was the saddest specimen Of all the human race; His nose was bent, his garments rent, And furrowed was his face, e, the other torn, And shattered was his smile, There wara three fingers missing From his sinistron Ono off, he b And searcely could he stand. id unto the vagrant for such he seemed to be): ill you relate the fearful fate That's caused such misery?” Ho really I The bs Ha rubb hin, and with a grin His story he began: od quite happy, “My mutilated fingors Arg in a boll dog's mouths lay I flad to save my hoad, When I waa in the south, “My log was amputated Before I won the fight; A cow-boy bold T braced for gold, He shot me down at sight. “My ample ears wero eaton By one who broke my nose, Becauso, forsooth, I told the truth Before we came to blows, “But still T am rather happy, For be it understood, That in my primo, when T had time, I did more harm than good.” ‘But what's the reason ou_wera treat Nay, strangar, do not laugh, And—pleasa don’t tell I tried to sell A campaign biograph.” REMARKABLE IRISH TRIAL. [coNcrupen, ] Tho witness denied ever having used the words imputed to him. Irom the first he had never any doubt that Hallo- ran wa3 the man he saw speaking to Thiebault. Gradually, and under a ter- rible fire of questions, one branch, the main branch of the defeuse, developed itself. This was founded on the report of proceedings at the inquest given in a lo- cal paper. According to the record, it would appear that Woodlock, on the first day of the inquest, not only did not namo the prisoner Halloran as the mur- derer, but that he went further, and in- timated his inability to identify the man he saw in conversation with the French- man, A\ man named Connors, the herds- man before reforred to s accompanying M. Thiebault for the purpose of - protec- tion, was spoken of as possibly the per- son who did the desperate deed. The newspaper roport gave it that Woodl when asked, on the first day ot the in- quest, if he was sure it was not Connors, rejoined, *How could i be sure?”’ Tu was on this report the cross-exami- nation first turned. ~ Woodlock quickly recovered his self possession and became calm and cautious. All the experience and the ability pitted against him could not move him. He adhered to his pres- ent statement, that he never had a doubt asto the identity of Halloran with the man he saw on the roadside, and that he never expressed any such doubt. But he admitted that on the first day of the inquiry before the coroner he was not in any way pressed for the name of the man, and that he did not then mention Halloran. But that on the next day, when the police had arrested Halloran and his two brothers and produced them #c_fl:_-xt. he, without any hesitation,iden- %ified the youngest man, the present prisoner as the man he saw in conversa- tion with Thiebault. From this position he could not be moved. Nothing could change him, It mattered not to him what the paper contained or what anyone stated. Halloran was the man. He said 80 now, he always said so. To the taunt that he was an informer he answered, And lained simply that he was no participa- tor in the crime. His ovidence was not given in the hope of a reward. He had got nothing from the crown and not stipulated for anything, Such was the position, so far as his ev- idence was concerned, when an incident occurred which startled all and astounded some. On the jury was a gentleman named Southcote Mansergh, a man of property and a magistrate. ~ Woodlock was being cross-examined as to his knowledge of Halloran’s pursuits for some time before the murder, with the view of showing that he know very littlo about him, and leaving theinference that his identification could not be relied on, It transpired that Halloran had been a militiaman, and that for purposes of duty and drill he should have been ab- sent from home for some time. The wit- ness was being severcly questioned as to his knowledgoe of the prisoner's move ments, when all attention was arreswed by a grufl, stern voice from the jury. The voice came from Me. Mansergh, The queation came like a shot when the examination was the hottest. The pris- oner's counsel stood rigid for a second, and then blandly smiled approval at the juror. In a gruff, threatening voice, that roverberated through the court, the question wasagain flung at tho witness There did not appear to be much in it = %"he answer, yes or 0o, would have slight effect on the issue, bat the excitement was intense. There was elec ricity in the air, and the manner of the juror to the witness was hostile and contempt- uous, Sergeant Armstrong, who was on duty for the_Crown, jumped up. In an angry “tone he protested jagainst the question. 1t was unfair and illegal, 'heir Lordships should uot ‘allow it. It did not arise from the direct examination. Before the judges could interpose, before the purportof the objection could be realizod, there came {the reply, thunder- ing in defiant tones from the juror: ‘1 know that, but I believe it was the fact, and anything tending to acquit the prisoner 1 feel bound to put forward.” A roar of triumphant delight greeted the announcement. Despite the menac- ing appearance of the judges, and the frantic exertions of the police, the pro- dominant feeling would have its way. Cheer after cheer ot the order of the courtat defiance,and Southcote Mansergh, juror and magistrate, divided popularity with Thomas Halloran, the prisoner at the bar. To this day the incident and its effect on the trial are recalled by those who heard the startling announcement The cloud that a minute since was all dark and black now showed a streak of silver lining, and the prisoner had a A<end on the jury, The judges by a /giance, and a gentlo bending of the head and shoulder, with a slight elevation of the eyebrows, indicated something to one another, There was hurried whispering n the ranks of the prosecution, and the prisoner's advocate now renewed his task like a giant refreshed. The word from the jury had a depressing effect both on the witness and the crown’s counsel, and when Woodlock left the table there was an impression that he was somewhat dis- credited, Other witnesses were now produced to support the story told by Woodlock Porsons who had seen the prisoner on the day of the murder, at a distance from the scene of it, deposed to the color and the texture of the clothes worn by him. A boy who had heard the shots, saw a man of the prisoner’s height, woaring such clothes as had been de- scribed, oross over a fence and go off through the fields, a few minutes after the firing. This boy indicated the di- rection in which the man went, and his statement was borne out by a gentleman who met the prisoner at a time and place which he could have reached, according to the theory of the Crown, after som- pleting the crime. And now for the motive. Why should this young man take the life of that foreign gentleman’ And with such fer- ocius brutality, too? The prosecution had the answer, which, on hundreds of similar occasions, had been given to & like question in this very court-house. Heo had been evicted from his farm. The murdered mau had evicted him and his family, and that, sald the Crown, was the cause of the murder. No man could In- dicate any other ground for hostility to him, such deadly hostility, too, as could only be satisfied with his blood. And so the Crown left the case to the jury. It seemed complete enough. “If they do mot convict, they cannot acquit him,” whispered a_voice near me. “Well, then, they won't convict him,” said another voice, ‘‘for there is more than one man in that box nfrnid of wet- ting a holo through his own skin.’ This latter view I heard Mn\a!so«l in many ways by persons speculating on what the verdict would be. There were many, especially among the agricultural clement, who attached no importance to any othor aspact of the case, and who spoke as if, considered from this point, a verdict of guilty was out of the question. Now came the timo for the defence. [t consisted of two branches. One was an assumption that the principal witness for the crown was perjuring himself, and the other was an attempt to establish an alibi. The speech for the prisoner, by his wonderful advocate, was mainly de- voted to the first part of the defence. His task was to make it, if he could, im- possiblo for the jury to convict on the evidence of Woodlock; not because it was a case of mistaken identity; not because thore was any doubt of his being whero ho was on the day of the murder. It was admitted that he saw two men in con- verso, as described by him. It was ad- mitted that he heard the shots and saw the smoke, and then saw the murderer cross over the fence and move away through the fields. But it was not only denied that Halloran was the man, but it was imputed that Woodlock, with fiendish malignity, selected him, for pur; poses of his own, as the easiest vietim?® There was against him what there was against no other. In his case was the terrible motive of eviction, a motive which had been sanctioned as sufficient by scores of convictions in like cases, and s0 Woodlock, like an old fox, with cruel cunning, selected him, and was now try- ing to walk over his dead body to afilu- ence. The speech for the defence was worthy of the man who delivered it. In matter and in manuer it was perfect. It suited the oceasion, and timos, and the temper of tae people. ~ With irresistable force and marvellous keenness it assailed the weak point of the prosecutioa. There was no incident, no matter how trivial, which could bear a favorable construction for the prisoneor r help to throw discredit on the Crown witness, which was not siezed at the proper time, and with dramatic effoct, and placed before the jury in a light 80 bright and clear that mental vis- ion should have altogether left the box if they failed to see, ~ The voice was not pitched in a high key. The leading tone was one of scorn for the witness, and incredulity that he could, by possibility, be credited by a single individual. No doubt the sympathy of the majority of his hearers went with the orator. ~ Bug even those who did not sympathiza with his efforts were spell bound by the magic effect of his earnestness and his genius. It was clear that there was no resource at at his command that he would not use to keep tho rope from the neck of the man whose life was now in his hands. The newspaper roport of tho procecdings at the inquest, in which, as before stated, Woodlock was represented as saying that he did not know the man who was speak- iug to the unfortunate Krenchman, was handled with startling power. The paper was the organ of the conservative and landlord party in tho district, The Cln- mel Chronicle. The gentleman who made the report was well known and respected in tho locality. Did he invent all this for the purpose of subsequently inconveniencing, in his effort to hang an innocent man, Woodlock, the contami- nated perjurer, they had seen writhing before them on the table? Could he know months ago what was to happen here to-day, and 5o, out of a_spirit of pure malignity to this amiable instru- ment of the crown, attribute to him words which placed him in his preeent pitiable predicament! Absurd assump- tion! The pressman went to the inquest tu do his duty—he did it. e reported was said, and there it was—litera seripta manet—and the crown and all tho force of the law would find that no amount of swearing, even on the part of the scrupulous and model pet of the prosecution, Woodlock, would wipe out these letters, or remove their effect from the minds of the twelve gentlemen he had the honor to address. His was no special pleading to get off by an artifice a man whom all believed to be a murderer, He would, among other witnesses, pro- duce the gentleman who made that re- port; and he would ask them, when he had given his evidence, and told them that Woodlock swore at the inquest that he did not know who th:e man was whom he saw speaking to Thiebault—he would ask them to place the oath of this gentle- man at one side and the oath of Wood- lock at the other, and then to put to themselves the question, were they going to kill the young life there in the dock to gratify the malignity and tho cupidity of a creature whom he should again describe to them as a contaminated perjurer? And so the battle raged, all tho war- riors giants. It was truly & remarkable combat. Each in turned carried captive tha intelligence of the crowd. I did not attach much importance to the evidence given in supportof an alibi. It was not, Ithought, proved that he could not have been at thescene of the murder when it was committed. But other evidence of vital import was given in his favor. The gentleman who re- ported the proceedings at the inquest de- posed to the correctness of what ap- peared in his newspaper. He stated that the coroner asked Woodlock when he came up to whero the men were whom dia ho find the second man to be; and that the witness answered, on his oath, he never saw his face, And he added, that when further pressed, and asked if he was not then perfectly sure that the second man on the road was not the herdsman, Micheal Connors,ehe 'replied by asking what would make him perfect- ly safe. the case may now bo said to have closed, unless one of those surprises should hap- pen, which, at times, suddenly occur in courts of law, and make matters more or loss favorable for the prisoner. All the ovidence that the jury had to work upon had been laid before them; and, to my thinking the wholo case turned on the queation: **Did they believe Woodlock ! 1f they did then let doom be pronounced on the prisoner. If they did notlet him go forth a free man. A gentleman without a beard or whis- kers, with a rather heavy expression of countenance, and wearing wig and gown, now stood facing the jury, about to reply for the crown. In his appearance there was nothing to indicate the possession of groat intelloctual power. From whero 1 stood he seemed to me to have a some- what dull look about his eyes. This look was subsoquently explained, when he bent down 80 close to his papers as almost to touch them wich his face. His sight was vory short, This was the solicitor- general, now Mr. Justice Lawson. With- out delay he commenced. He had not gono tar when it was clear that this was a man terribly in earnest, with a mind of rare vigor. He did not waste any time throwing palaver into the jury-box, He grasped the whole case, the weakness and the strongth of every point of it, and to it, and it only, he addressed himself. He spoke to the reasoning faculty of the jury, and strageled long and hard to coerce them to the conclusion that there was only one logical deduction from the evidence, and that was that the prisoner at the bar was the man wha shed the Fronchman’s blood. He boldly took up Woodlock 'sevidence,and proclaimed it the backbone of the case against the prisoner. There it stood, and let rational men ex- amine it, and see if in the main it did not fulfill every requirement which, as- business men, would satisfy them in the ordinary concerns of iife, Did any onc deny that Woodlock was driving on that road at the time and under the circum- stances he stated. Did any one deny that Thicbault was murdered in the man- ner described? The whole place was friendly to the prisoner. Did he bring on the table a single individual able to satisfy the jury that he was elsewhere on the day and hour of the murder! Not one. And they were asked, under such circumstances, to say that the manin the dock was not guilty, because forsooth on some points the witness Woodlock was at variance with a newspaper report. Aund not only that, but they were asked to shut their eyes to the complete cor- roboration which every word spoken by the chief witness had rececived. And this corroboration came from witnesses of unimpeachable character. Was it de- nied that a man drossed exactly as it was shown the prisoner was dressed on that day crowded over the fence imme diretely after committing the deed? That denial was not attempted. Where was the prisoner when this peed was being done! "It wasa matter of Iife or death to him, If he was else- where. he could make some intelligible effort to show it; but he had not done 0. And yet, in the face of the positive swearing of Woodlock, against whose character there was never until the pres- eot trial, a bad word uttered, and in the faco of the complete corroboration which his testimony had received, they wero asked to say that this man was n- nocent, Granting for argument sake, that he had at first hesitated to name the murderer, what did that convey to men who knew the state of affairs work- ing in agrarian questions in this country? 1t simply showed that he was afraid to speak untii he felt the all-powerful arm of the law was around him, and then he boldly turned, and, as they saw him rise from that chair, and in the face of all men proclaim, pointing at the prisoner, that you, Tom Halloran, did the deed. The speech was what might be called a terrible ,burst, There was ;no cessation from start to finish; no hesitation, no stop. It was all plain, solid talk, directed with striking precision “to the one point for which he contended, that, had seon Woodlock, and they could esti- mate the manner nf man he was, Wood lock swore he never oxpressed adoubt as to the identity of the man he sawspoaking to Thiebault; and now the coroner comes up, and states on his oath—and he is a Crown witness as well as Woodlock —that when he asked him who was the man with T'hiebault, he said at first ho thought it was Michael Connors, Where was the use now in talking more over this mat ter! As men of honor, jealous that jus. tice should be done, he asked for no mer- cy, but he would like to know if there was & man on that jury who would hang a dog on the evidence of Woodlock. This was the last word for the prisoncr. And now wo settled down to hear the judge. He was then Mr. Justice, he is now Lord, Fitzgerald. 1 looked very in- tently at him, Ho was a slight man; his foatures were] small and delicately formed, There was an air of quiet, ob- sorvant repose about him. Calmness and keenness seomed to be his mental charactoristics, "and it was with great desire I waited for his words. What solution would he suggest of the con- tested question! Very quietly he took the jury into his contidence. Many minutes had not elapsed when it ap- poared as if they wore all old friends, talking in a business-like and gentloman- ly way over this deplorable occurrence— by expressing the minds of the others comulotely to their satisfaction. The expression of his face was very gentle,and there WAS constantly playing about his mouth a ‘smile, which left tho impression that if he were forced to find fault his sternest rebuke would tako the form of chiding. Throughout this charge ho appeared tomoe to hold a beam and scales in one hand, whilo with sho other he picked up the particles of ovidence pro and con, and placed them in the balance. Asstage after stage of the case was dealt with, it was plain that the balance was more against the pris- oner, Amid breathless silence his words ceased and the jury retired. As minute after minute sped, each in- dividual privileged with a place in court held his ground. 1 was still leaning against the bavs of the dock. After a short absence the judges were on the benchf the jury stood in the box, tho prisoner in his cage. I looked at him, 1is face or manner showed no trace of excitement, but, glancing at Eis hands, 1 saw they were tightening with vico.like grip-around the rails, driving the blood away from the knuckles and fingers. Here was the only indication of the awful fear that must have consumed him. The jurors names wore being called over. “‘Southcote Mansergh!” said the ofli- cial; this was the gentleman who had proviously exprossed an interest in the prisoner. “Hero!” came from the box in a tone of grufl triumph. There was a sudden start in the court, and then it seemed as if the roof would have been lifted off, such a wild cheer went up. The police, the Sherifl, the judizos were all paralyzed. There was only one manin the court at that mo- ment who was not sure what the verdict was, and that man was the prisoner. " COUNGIL BLUFFS, ADDITIONAL LOCATL NEWS, A Strong Box I'he First National bank has provided {tself with one of the latest kinds of burglar-proof safes, and best manufac tured for it by the Dieblod safo company, under the supervision and in accordance with the plans of Mr. W. B. \very, a woll-known expert in this line, who su perintended the work ol the First National and Na- tional bauks in Chicago, and the Omaha National, besides that of other tions. burglar-proof Morchants’ inatita Ho was Lereyesterday soeing the new safo properly put in place in the vault of the First National. It weighs about 7,000 pounds and is of steel, the outer safe being 3} inches thick, and the inner safe 2} inchos thick. The safe is provided with automatio time locks, and there is no spindle or bolt running through the plates of the doors, and no possible chance to got pow- der in. The outer plate of steel is one inch thick, a thicker plate than it has been possible to get until of late. In fact overy dotail of the new strong box aeems to bo the latest and the best, and it seems that under no circumstances could thioyes break through and steal, E— Uncle Sam's New House, 0. J. King, superintendent of the government building here, has reccived instructions from Washington to proceed at once with the work under the plans which provide for a $100,000 build. ing. The building will be four- teen foot wider than the excava- tions that have already been commenced and will be brick with atone veneering. I the additional £100,000 appropriation which have been asked for will be granted at the next session of congress, the pros- ent plans for the foundation are so ar- ranged that they will not have to be materially changed. The plans will probably bo hero on Monday and work on the excavation will comence at once. e . mowa r Twonty thousand dollars’ worth of property was destroyed by fire at Logan last week, Tho Davenport potato market is glut- ted, and farmers can only gt offers of 17 to 20 cents a bushel. Tho now crop of Towa wheat is bogin- ing togo forward, [t grades with tho best wheat ever marketed from the state. In Des Moines so far this season 399 dog checks have been issued, and late orders are held awaiting a new supply of checks. Work has been commenced on the _re- building of the Plymouth flouring mill at Le Mars, and is it expected to have tho machinery grinding by the st of De- Unimoved he stood, with his desperate grip tightening round the bars, and his figure gatting moro rigid waiting for the actual word. His sympathizers grasped cach other by the hand, and paid no ro- gard to the threat of the policemen or the menaco of the judge. Clear the court, indeed! what more was to be learned! But until the last word was said the prisoner was rigid. “Not guilty,” said the foreman, and it soemod to mo that Halloran's knees comber, Hans Buech drow $450 from a bank in Lyons on Monday and went to his homo in the country nenr Bryant. That night thieves entered his house, chloroformed himfand robbed him of the entire sum. A fruitless attompt was wmade to rob tho treasurer’s vault in the court-houso at Montezuma o fow nights ago. If the burglars had succeeded in_ gotting one more door open, they would have had ac- lost their power, for he suddenly sank some inches, and, as suddenly grasping the bars he stood smiling before the bench, the blood coming with a rush over his temples. *‘Is there any other charge against the prisoner?” asked the judge. “‘No, my Lord,” replied the Crown. o “Thnu dinchargo him,” said his Lord- ship. A little door In_front of the dock was opened, and out of the terrible trap, on the evidence, there was no escaping the conclusion that the murderer stood in the dock. It insisted on the Crown cage; it ridiculed the defence, and when, amid breathless silence, the learned zen- tleman suddenly sat down, I felt that certainly \ho had gone straight for his man, and’ that, as ho left the matter, there were ten chances to one he had him, Wo are now approaching the end, get- ting into the calm, judicial time, when all contention is at an end, and the whole of the case is to be dealt with by the judgo and the jury. Bach one settled down as coraforfably as ho could, and awaited the closing scenes in painful anxioty. I shall never forget my position at that moment; 1 was leaning against the left hand corner of the dock from the outside. Halloran, the prisoner, was leaning against the same corner from the inside; two inches of space did not sepa- rate us, and I could not help realizing the awful posttion in whlch this other human being now stood. On the bench there was a rustling and settling of books and papers, and presontly was to como the celd intimation of opinion, so power- ful with the jury, of such vital impor- tance to the prisoner. If over a prisoner was in luck, it was this man Halloran, Ile was fortunate in his youthand in the gentle and ami- able appearance which told so much in his favor, He was fortunate in his ad- vocate, alive with energy and intelloct, and now intoxicated with a strife in which he measured his strength, single- handed against all the giants of the bar, He was fortunate in theriotous sympathy for him, which could not bo repressed, and which manifested its existance overy- where among the multitude; and now the crown lawyers when the case has closed, placed a trump card in the hand of his advocate, With the permission of the bench, they called the coroner to con- tradict the version given by one of the witnesses for the defense of an occur- renca at the inquest, The contradiction was given and tho wiley advooate for the prisonersoemed notto heed what was going on, until & polite intimation from the judges conveyed that, if he wished, he could question the witness, Blandly ho rose, and ignoring all minor points, while he clung with the tenacity of genius to £ into freedom and sunshine, darted the man who had endured this terrible ordeal. It was all over now save the shouting, and of that there was a great deal. Hal- loran was placed on a car, and borne throngh the town with green branches waving around him, and thousands cheer- ing for joy that he had escaped. It was a wild scene., Many words of genuine sympathy I heard uttered for the poor French gen- tleman, whose Irish experience was 8o lamentable. It was all very extraordinary, and to a stranger inexplicable, unless on the ground that there was something rotten m the state of Denmark . O'Don- oghue in Longman's Me ne. e —— CONVINCING The proof 4 the pudding 15 not in chewing the string, but in having an opportunity to tost the article di Schroter & Becht, the Druegists, have a freo trial bottle of Dr, Bo- sunko's Coughand Lung Syrup for each and every one who is afflictod with Coughs, Colds, Asthma Cousumption ¢ Lung Affection. A 0 PPenitent Thief, Virginia City Chronicle, A ntray horso which had boen running for neveral months within ashort distence of Weiser county, Idaho, was claimed and sold by a saloon-keeper named G, A strangor, who lad just arrived in the lo- cality, hearing of the circumstances, pro- curod u desoription of the animal, called on Mr. C., and asked him if ho had sold such a horso, “1did,” Mr. O, replied. “By what authority!’ query. ) was the next ned him,” said C. “Woll,” said the stranger, *‘there is no use dlu]\utmg about the matter, You claimed him and I claim him, We'll just lot a jury decide who he belongs to,” “Stop, stop,” exclaimed C., “there is no uge of that, If 1 made a mistake I am very sorry, and am perfectly willing to make amends,” “‘Now, Mr, C,” the stranger replied, “don’t aggravate the offonse by denying it. You would stand far higher ln my estimation if you acknowledged that you stole the horse,” “Well,” said C., *‘we won't quarrel, Say what you value tho animal at, and his ons chance, he quietly elicited from the witness that at the inquest he had asked Woodlock who was the man with Thiebault, and that Woodlock said he first thought it was Michael Connors, the herdsman. With a slight inclination to the jury, the counsol resumed his seat The shot had told on the bench and with the bar; but it yet remained for the groundlings to realize its importance, He was now asked if he wished to observe on the rebutting case, With a deprecating gesture he rose, conveying, as clearly as words could do, that he felt he was only wasting the time of the court and the jury; but that, as it was a matter of Quiy, he would even stll persist in showing what was quite evident, that the man at the bar was inuocent. He took the Clonmel Chronlcle in his hand, and, when necessary, referred to it. They all knew the coroner, a local gen- As far as the ewearing was concerned | tleman of unimpeachible charaoter. They 'l pay you.” “Fifty dollars,” was the answer, Five minutes aftorsard tho stranger departed with that amount in his pocket, having roceived payment for a horse he never saw. | ——— The Baby, With “black drops” in infancy and candy when he got a little older, baby grow up pale and puny, They gave him all sorts of medicines, They heard of Brown’s Iron Bitters, but had 'an idea iv was for grown folks only. Ai every- thing else failed, they tried this medicin one day on baby. Baby began to pick up. The blood in his little veins was en- riched. He was saved. The doctors sgreed that Brown’s Iron Bitters had gl baby new life. The druggist says that many of his customers find 1mmense success in using Brown's Iron Bitters for|] e ailiug and delicate children, cess to §40,000., A large fire occurred last Sunday morn- ing at Seymour, a station a Jfew miles west of Moulton, on the Rock Island road. Twenty-three buildings in the business portion of the town were burned. Loss, 30,000; insured for about one-third. It is said to have been the work of incendiaries, induced by bitter feeling growing out of liquor prosecu- tions. David Looke suicided in his barn in Kookuk last Sunday morning by shoot- ing himself in the brain through the mouth. He had talked good-humoredly with his wife at.the breakfast table, and sho can_only oxplain the act on the ground that ho was insane, though he had given no appearance of insanity. Mr. Looke had been a large property owner in Keokuk since the war, and it is understood that he leaves a valuable es- tate. 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The town of bml!h Omaha is situated south of the city of Omaha oun the line of the U. Railway. and it is less than 24 miles from the Omuha post office to t]m north line of the town site. South Omaha is nearly 14 miles north and south by 24 east and west, and covers an area of nearly four square miles, The stock yards are at the extreme southern limit. Nearly 150 lots have been sold aad the demand is on the increase The yards are being rapidly pushed to completion. The $60,000 beef packing house is progressing finely. The $30,000 Water Works are keeping pace with the other im | provements, and the Hotel and Bxchange Building will be erected at once The B. & M. and Belt Line Railways have a large force of men at work and will, in connection with the U. P. Rmlway, have a union depot near the park at the northend of the town. Suitable grounds will be furnished for Church and School purposes. Now is the time to buy lots in this growing city. They wlll never be cheaper than they are to-day. g2 Apply at the Company’s office, cor. of 13th and Douglas 'streets over the OmahajSaving's Bank, M. A. UPTON, Assistant Secretary, RUEMPING, BOLTE & COMPANY, —MANUFACTURERS OF— ORNAMENTAL GALVANIZED IRON CORNICES, Dormor Windows, Finlals, Window Caps, Iron Crestinzs, ory, 810 South 12th Stro Motalll Sky-lights, &o. + Omaha, Nobrasks, W vatts Tin, Ircn and Slato Roo Grerrmanid. LUMBER Mfl-RGHANT g o anner, Lath, Shingles, Sash, Disors, Plaster, ,Gement, Bte. GUMjNGb AND ZOTH ST.. OMAHA, NEB, C. F. GOODMAN, In this way tho worst disoasos aro eradicatod from tho system, e 2 PRICE, $1.00 LIQUID OR DRY, SOLD BY DRUGGISTS, Dry ean bo sont by mail, WELLS, RICHARDSOXN & €O, Burlington Vt. MAKKO0D eronEn. o Tkl of ‘oarly Imnrflmw. orut Cto. ' aving i 'y, 1. o M has .nu.m..mafl "fl"" e v ACADEMY OF THE SACRED HEART ! OMAHA NEBRASKA, Tho scholastic year commences on tne First Wednesday iu September, The course ol instruction embraces all the Elomen tary sod higher branchies of o finished education Difference of Ieligion is no obstacle to the aduis slon of young ladics. time of the year. TERMS PAYABLE IN ADVANCE Including Board, Washing, Frouch, use of books, Pupils aro received at any Plano, per seesion of Five Months, - - EXTRA CHARGES ~Drawing, Painting, Gorma Harp, Violin, Guitar and Vocal Music lieforonoes are required frous all persons unknow 0 the tustitution, ~ For fuutaer, fnformation -u..u LADY SUFERIOL, gt Tuition In Eoglish aud $150.00 Wholesale Druggist AND DEALER IN Paints, Oils, Varnishes and Window Glass OMAHA, NEBRASKA. Double and Single Acting Power ana Hand PUMPY, STEAM PUMPS Engine Trunlnm;,n, Mining Machinery, Belting, Hose, Brass and Iron Fimn at_wholesale and retail.” HALLADAY WIND-MILLS, OHURCH AND SCHOOL BELLS., Corner 10th Farnam 8t., Omaha Neb, OMAHA NATIONAL BANK U, S. DEPOSITORY. J. H. MILLARD, President. WM, WALLACE. Cashier, Capital and Surplus. $500.000. OMAHA SAFE DEPOSIT VAULTS Fire and Burglar Proof Bafes for Rent at from $6 to $60 per annum,