Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 12, 1884, Page 5

[ — ThE DALILY BEK- FRIDAY DECEMBER 12 1884 5 * BURN'S BAD BREAK. An Assanlt Enrmmmedrbv Him Upon Willard For Boarding Kottie Goombs, the State's Witness in the Burglary Cases, The numerous allegod attempts to get the woman, Lottie Combs, the state's witness in the McClelland—Forbes burg Iary case, out of the way was supplement- od yesterday afternoon by an sssault apod Willard, the proprietor of the res. taurant where she has been stopping. Yestorday afternoon Frank Burns, the man who was arrested for complicity in these numerous burglaries of late, and who was afterward discharged by the court as no proof was adduced against him, indulged to excess in the copper- of complete fthe inspection annuity goods to be delivered to the Indians of that agency. Oa notification by the Indian agent of the exact time that he will be resdy to issue the goods, Lieut. Brown will proceed to the place named and comply with the Instructions herein given, and on completion thereof will rejoin his proper station. Several Others, The Adroit Thief Goes Out of Omaha with $2,000 Plurality. And Several Precincts are Yet to be Heard From, The successful game played on the M- Cagues and Sam Burns on Wednesdsy distilled. He went down to the restaur- ant on the corner of Twelfth and Dodge at about 3 p. m, and told Willard what he must do if he wished to continue in business. Among the several duties imposed on him' by Burns was the dls- charge of Mrs, Combe from his place. Upon Willard’s refusal to comply with his terms Burns became boisterous and made threats t) take Lhis life. He shortly sfterward left but came back in a few moments with a revolver. He again re- newed his demands but meeting with no better success, whipped out his revolver and proceeded to execute his previous threat, Willard seeing his perll imme. diately clinched Burns, whose revolver in the struggle had pressed past his an- tagonist's head. The drunken man at- tempted to shoot In this positlon, but his revolver missed fire, Upon his re- lease Burns ran out of the room, but shortly came back a third time. He again attempted to createa disturbance, but wos ejocted from the premisos by Willard. Burns started across the street, and Willard wishing to call the pollce, fired off his pistol over Burns' head. This called Officer Whalen to the epot, who arrested the intruder and placed hini in tho city jail, where the charge of intoxication was set opposito his name. Willard later went before the police magistrate and caused a peace warrant to ba sworn out against him, It is said the charge of intoxication will be ais- missed againat him and he will be tried upon the complaint of Willard. Should he be found guilty of tho oftense charged agalnst him by Willard it is extremely probable he will farnish a good bond or langatsh in prigon for some time. Tt was also stated upon good authority last night that a complaint for obstruct- ing the due administration of justico had been filed egainat him, his offense being the threatening of the lives of witnesses. It was further said that a similar com- plaint would be filed by the marshal against ‘‘Sandy” Forbes and Lew Foley for their alleged attempts to got away with the female witness. Lottie Combs, who lives in constant fear, thinks she is not receiving the protection due her from the city. She anid last night 1f she was not psid more attention by the officials she would leave the city to return no more. Acting upon advice given her she last night changad her residence from Twelfth and Dodge to a place on South Tenth street. “OMAHA LIGHT GUARDS.” A Company Organized to Protect Citizens and Property in Emergencies. The military company of Omaha which has been in process of organization for several wonths past met last night, adopted constitution and by-laws and elected its permanent ofticers. taThe following report submitted last evening to the company by a special com- mittee appointed at a previous meeting fally sots forth the objects and aims of the company: *‘The Omaha Light Guards will not only be a source of protection, but will also be able to render valuable services in the ovent of a large fire, or In instances where the police force or fire department may prove insuflicient, and thereby save much personal property that would oth- erwise be lost or stolen, The company will be always ready to act a3 excort to distinguished visitors and take part in other public demonstrations, It will be an organization of which our citizens may well feel proud, and ina number of ways it will be an advertise- ment for our city. Many cities of less population than ours can boast of one or more military companies who have prov- en themselves beneficial in times of need. Kxhibition drills and other entertain- ments will be given from time to time, It is the Intention of the company to hold itself under the direction of the mayor, and to obey his command at all times 1" en its services are required, It will bo expeoted to do guard duty and render such other services as may be ra- quired. The young men making up this com- pany have alresy received much encour- agement and aid from the leading busi- ness men of Omaha, who look upon such an organization as & public necessity. The company has already decided upon uniform, which will be of the military style, and its members will also have all the arms and accoutrements of the reg- ularly enllsted soldier. A hall will rented in & central location, where the company will meet weekly f.r drill. The membership of this company has been limited to fifty, It already has twenty members, and will soon be filled. T organization should meet with the hearty support of the good citizens of Omaha as the company will be composed of thoroughly reliable men. The tollowing are the officers: Captain—E. G, Crap. First Lieutenant—M. P, O'Brien. Second Lieutenant—H. J, Wells, Secretary- A. Scott, Treasurer— V. P, Musselman. —— Army Orders, Captain Jesse M, Lee, 9th infantry, is detailed as a member of the board of of- ficers ordered to convene at Fort D. A, Russell, Wyo., by paragraph 4, special orders No. 81, current series from these headquerter Captain George M. Downey, 2lst in- fantry, is relieved from duty with the board of officers convened at Fort D, A. Russell, Wyo., in paragraph 4, speclal orders No. 81, current & from these headquarters. First Lieut. Rufus ¥, Brown, Fourth infantry, will proceed to the Santee and Flandrean Indian Agency, Neb,, and & by the man calling himself Fuller cansed a general sensation when the details were made public, for there had been a strong effort made to keep the matter quiet and and out of the newspapers. Since the firat account was written It transpires that the two parties named above were not the only sufferers. A Farnam street dry goods firm, one of the largest on the city, was taken in on the chock racket for $400, and as easily as was his neighbor across the street for $250. It was the same method all around, and it is not so much a wonder that the ruse worked as it is that the man had tho merve to go on as he did from one to another all the afterncon when he was moment- arlly in danger of arrest, in which case he knew what the law would give him. A dotective, who is good authority, says that the bogus president went out of Omaha with not less than £2,000, having, beside the last house named, got in his work on three othors during the day. Mr. Raymond was the ficot to drop on the fellow, and his excessivo caution alono stopped the imposter’s work, which otherwise would have ended—goodness knows whore. All the detective talent obtainable has been started out to run down the fugi- tive, but he wili probably never bo caught. Ho is too old for that, and would borrow mouey of an officer if he attempt- ed to arrest him, and pursuade him to inves in one of his lithograpbed checke at fifty per cent discount, Ho has at loast given Omaha’s officiary something to think about as well as sflording & lively sensation for the public at large. He has gone as mystoriously ashe came and with the samo uncertainty to others as the wind, but he will no doubt stop at the first convenient city and do up that place as he has done this city. He has money enough, however, to last him through the winter and may conclude to settle down and wait for spring to renew his operations. e e—— —About midnight last night an alarm ef fire was turned in from box 64, Webster and Fourteenth street, calling the department out on the double quick, The fire was extinguished before the boys arrived and no hose was laid, The cause of the alarm was a small biaze in John \Erck’s new brick block, where they were trying to dry the plastering by the use of a small furnace of some kind. The bucket brigade got in their work just in time and the damage is trifling, —— A MUNIFIOENT GIFT, Opening of the Ottendorfer Branch of the Free Public Livrary, N. Y. Herald Dec. 7. At No, 135 Second avenue, near Eighth street, is an attractive appearlng building of briok with terra cotta decoratlons. Suspended on its outer walls yesterday were German and Amorican Flags, and in the afternoon quite a number of the distinguished residents of tho neighbor- hood thronged its interior. The occasion was the opening of the Ottendorfer branch of the New York Free Circulating library. The building, with the books and all the necessary ap- purtenances for library work, s the gift of Mr. Ottendorfer, the proprietor and editor of the Stasts-Zsitung. In the reading room the visitors—who had for an hour previously waudered around inspecting the beokshelves and their contents—assembled about half past three o'clock. Mr, Henry E. Pellew,the president of the board of trustees, occu- pied the chalr. The proceedings were opened by the German Liederkranz quar- tet singing ‘Tho Chapel.” Me. Otten- dorfer followed in & ehort address and formally presented the building and its contents tu the New York Free Ofrculat- ing library. In the course of his remarks he referred to the origin of a free library in that neighborhood. ~He satd that a fow ladies connected with Grace church had in their mission work found a great desire on the part of the children of the district for books to read, The ladles went among their friends, and begged sufficlent books to form the nucleas of a library. Out of that apparently humblo effort’ had grown the prosent require- ments, and the need that there was for supplylng the demand. Healso explained that the ground on which the building stood was & portion of ithe land purchased by the late Mrs. Ottendorfer for a Ger- man dispensary for the neighborhood. It was found that It was not necessary to appropriate all the land for that purpose, and he had concluded that it could not be put to better use than that of a building for a free library. Mr. Pellew accepted the gift on the part of the trastees, and In the course of his speech commented upon the groat want in New York cf a large free public library similar to that in Boston; that while the city possessed free libra- ries, where works of great value to the student and life'ary man could be re- forred to, still there was no library of a free and public character at which the mass of the people could have their liter- -r‘ wants supplied, {r. Carl Schurz delivered an address on the advantages of the public library, He was followed by Aelstent Bishcp Pot- ter. who briclly , expressed his gratifica: tion at the appearance of what he had heard described as an *‘ofispring” of the church and parlsh with which he was onge conngcted. Singlng by the quartet brought the very interesting proceedings to a close. | —— THE SYNOPSIS PLENARY THE PA THE ARCHBISHOPS AND BISHOIS WasRINGTON, December 11, —The pastoral letter of the archbishops and bishops of the United States, composing the third plenary council of Baltimore, to the clergy and laity under their charge, is made public through the Catholic Mirror. It is a lengthy docn- ment, but the following abstract gives the main points in Ieading matters which en- gaged the attention of the council: R ence is made to the great increase of Catholic institutions the past eighteen years, especially in the west, The assembly by Pius of the general council at the vatican is alluded to as one of the most important events or our ag and detailed accounts of its work arc give The Oatholics in Prussia are commended for their good work in availing themselves every legal means to check the advances of despotism and save their own freedom and that of thelt country. The letter then dis- cusses the following terms: *'We think we can claim to be acquainted both with the laws, institutions ani the spirit of the Catholic_church and with the laws, institu- tions and spirit of the country; and we em- phatically declare that there is no antagonism with them. A Catholie finds himself at home in the United States, for the influence of his church has constant'y been exercised in behf of individual rights and popular libertiest and a_right-minded American nowhere finds himself more at home than in the Catholic COUNOIL church, for nowhere eleo can he breatho tha, atmosphero of divine truth which alone can make us free. We repudiate with . equal earnestness the assertion that we need to lay aside any of our devotions to our church to be truo Amenicans; and the insinuation that we need to loy aside any of our love for our country's principles_and inatitutions, to be faithful Catholics, To argue that the Catho- lic church 1y hostile to our great republic because sho teaches that thero is no power but from (iod; because, thereforo, back of the events which led to the formation of the republic sho sces the provi- dence of (iod leading that issuo and back of our country's laws the authority of God as their sanction, this evidently is so illogical and contradictory an accusation that we are astonished to_hear it advised by persous of ordipary intelligence, Wo bolievo our country’s heroes were mstruments of the God of nations in establishiog this home of freedom. To both the Almighty and to his instrumenta 1n the work, we look with grateful roverence; and to maintain_the inheritance of froedom hich they have left vs should ever, which Giod forbid be imperiled our Catholic citizons will be found to stand forwacd, as ono_man, ready to_ pledge anew their lives, thiir for tunes and their sacred honor. No less illogical would be the notion that there is sucht in the free spirit of republican institutions incompat ible with perfect docility to the Church of Chri ‘The attempt to grasp the property of the propaganda i soverely condemnad and our government warmly thanked for the action that saved the Amori- can college from confiscation. A considerablo portion of the letter is dovoted to the discus- sion of {ho edcation of tho clerpy and their pastoral 1ights. _Tho subjct of christian edu- cation is treatod at ereat length, Tho lotter says that the palpable fact thit cannot ba ig- nored is that the influence of the schools of- ighs the home and the church. “To on out of the schools and keep it home and the church s logically to train up a goneration that will consider religion good enough for the homo aud the church, but not for the practi- cal husiness of real life.” Continuing, the let- ter says: “We must multiply our schools un- 4l overy Catholic child in the land shall have within its reach the means of education. There is much to be dono ere this is obtained. There aro still thousands of Catholic children in the United States dsprived of tho beneft ‘of the Catholic echool. Pastors and priests should not rest till this defact be remedied. No parish is_complete until it has schools adequate to the needs of its cluldren.” Christian _marriage and indissolubility of the marriage tio are treated upon and in this connection the havoe wrought by the divorce laws of the country is to bo de- plored. The importance of good reading, os- pecially of the holy scriptures and of support. ing thoroushly the Catholic press is impres- sively declared. Regarding the observance of the Lord’s dsy the letter says: “Far is it from us to advecate such Sunday laws as would hinder nocossary Sunday work, or would prohibit such popular enjoyments as are consistent with the sacredness of the day. There is one way of profaning the Lord’s day which is so prolific of evil rasults we fol it our duty to utter gguinat it our special condommation. his is the practice of selling boer or other figuor on Sunday or of froquenting places whero they are sold We hope the Sunday laws on this point will not ke relaxed but even more rigidly enforced, and we implore all Catholics for the love of God and our country nover to take part in such Sunday traffic mor to patronize or countenance it. And we not only direct the attention of all pastors to the repression of this abuse, but we call upon them to induce all their flocks that be engaged in tho sale of liquors to abandon as soon as they can the_dangerous traffic and_embrace a more becoming way of waking a living.” The pastoral invokes the blessing on the cause of temperrnce and on all who are laboring for its advancement 1n a truo christian splrit.” “Forbidden societios” is the next subject troased of, and while Catholics wro Instructed to shun bad or danger- ous secrot societies; they are consultad to take part in good and useful Catholic associati always romembering, however, that the surest guido is_the church of Christ, The letter closes with an appoal for o penerous co- operation of the Catholic peoplo ia the work of foreign missions and missions among tho Indians and negroes, Paristan News, Panis, Decembes 11,—The souate began the discussion of Tonquin credits. The Duc De Broglie took a leading part in the debate, He said the government should be held responsi ble for increasing the gravity of the situaticn between France and Ctina.Ho declared that the members of the right would refuse to vove for credits, Ia his opinion the pursuance of the colomal policy could only be permitted to states which have surplus forces, Pans, Decomber 11, —Jules tien, Lepage painter, is dead, ——— GOKMAN'S DINNER SENATOR GORMAN DINES WITH THE BUSINESS MEN OF BALTIMORE—200 DISTINGUISHED GUESTS FRESENT, BALTINORE, December 11,—Seldom has suth representative gathering of public men been seen as that which met in the Ioier Academy of Music in this city to-night at a dinuer given by the business men of this city to Senator Gorman, About 200 subscribers Bas- Grover Oleveland will fullfil the [ tions of all who supported him. need to make new pledges. He can safely rest npon the assurar on ih his lotter cepting the momination for president, 1lia governor ot the stete of New York is a nt g antee of his sromises to ba observed. We may be assured that uoder his administration the country will be govertad with wisdom and prudence and with the single purpose of promoting the welfare of the whole people of the United States,” 18t expecta. He bas no e — WASHINGTON NOTES, ALLEGED TRRRGULARITIES, W asHiNeroy, December 11.—J. J. Barker was oxamined to-day by the sub-committee of the axpenditares department of justice, rela tive to the alleged irregularities in the office of the first comptroller of the treasury, He reiterated the story told a few days ago, and admitted that in one he had called par. ticular attention to, in which alleged over. charges were made. He did not know wheth- er tho charges were correct or fraudulent. ou evidence that the government was asked Milliken, “I have not,” was wRo reply. Further examination of the wit. ness was postponed until to-morrow. The members of the committee say that 1 the tes. timony of Barser is of the aame character as that given to-day the investigation will close to-morrow, The sub committee of the House committes of the elections, having ctarve of the contested clecti-n case of McLain vs Broadhead, will report to the full committes in favor of Broadhead. . W ASHINGTON, December 11.—The message sont by the president to the senate with the Spanish treaty to-day, briefly alludes to the lengthy negotiations of which the proposed treaty is the result, He saysa perusal of the convention now submitted will suffico to show how fuly it carries out the policy of inter- courss outlined in his late message to con- gress, aud he commends it with the codfident expectation that 1t will receive the sanction of the senate, rgbbe CONFIRMATIONS J. ¥, Kinney, Nebraska, Indian_agent, Yankton agency; B. A. Clifford, Illinois, deputy sixth auditor of the treasury. Post- masters—Paul Selby, Springfield, Iilinois; John V. Coole, Hildsboro, Illinois; R, J. Beatty, Delevan, Illinois; B, S. Foster, Au- dubon, Towa; C,’ R., Fanklin, Rockford, Ta-; . A. Marine, Vinton, Towa; J. M. Rider, Wilton Junction, Towa; Geo, M. Chamberlin, Waupoca, Wisconsin, The president has signified that ho will comply with the request made yesterday to start_tho machinory in the expositon on the 16th inst. by electricy. Wilson irtroduced in the senate to-day a bill to pay one hundred dollars bounty to each man below the rank of commissioned officer who enlisted in the United States mili- tary service prior to July :2nd. 1801, and who was afterward mustered into the Fourth Towa Infantry. A resolftion was adopted to-day by the houso committee on pousions calling on the socretary of the interior to report to the houso the number of contricts providing for the payment of 820 fee in the pension cases to claim agents under the act of July 4th, 1884 that had been filed in the pension office, and whether any such contracts cover claims on file prior to the passage of the act. At the ast gession an amendment to_ the pension ap- propriation bill was passed, allowing $2i proseouting the pension claims, if the contract was made with the pensioners and approval by the commissioner, A member of the com- mittee says the claim agents sent blanks far contracts throughout the country, and after securing ther: filed them in the claims which had been taken in former yesrs under the law limiting the fea to 310, Ho estimates about 150,000 of these contracts have been filed, and by this says the claim agents secured several million dollars to which they are not entitled, The committee proposes to call the matter to tho attention of congress and if necessary nsk for new legislation, The bill appropriating £60,000,000 for pen- sions was reported to tne house to-day, does not reappropropriate any unexpended balance that may be on band at the end of the pres cnt fiscal year, It is estimated that this bal- ance will amount to about 520,000,000, It will be placed in the surplus fund of the treas- ury. b SPANISH REOIPROOITY TREATY. MINISTER FOSTER'S OPINION, Special teleoram to THE Bk, WasmiNcTos, Dacomber 11,—Minister Foster, who negotiated the new reciprocity THE and idvited guests were present, amone the latter being Senators Bayard, Jones, Mc- Pherson, Jonus, Hampton, Lamar, Pendle- ton, Groome, Vest and Camden; Governor Melane of Maryland, Representative Cox and Past Commander Gorringe and YFranklin B, Gowan, Senator (iorman, supported on erther side by Stephen S, Lee, chairman, and Mayor Lmtrobe, On the stage and hidden by tall palms and fers was the matine band, When after dinoer the gallaries were thrown open to the ladies and their escorts, the scene was very inspinting, Mrs, Gorman occupled a front eeat in the south gallery, and on her ar- rival was presented with a magnificent basket of flowers, The first toast, **The chairman of the national democratic exscutive committee, a leader to whose thorough and skilful, organ- ization we are happily indebted for the bril- lant victory of last November.” Gorman responded, saying that his labors would have Ye+n wholly unavailiog except for the support avd active aid of the chairman and mewbers of the nationa! democratic committee, **Theiwr labors and mine,” he continued, * would have produced no good results, unless our common efforts hada been sustained by the efticient of state, county and local comiissioners in_the debatable states of Now York, Indiana, Con. necticut and New Jersey. These commission- in their turn, would have been unable to acl the victory without the powerful aid of the democratic and independent press. The support of the multitude of men of all ovinions d those states. All these efforts would per aps, in time, have proved ineffectunl, except The West Shore Earnings. Niw Yori, December 11,—A report of the receivers of the West Shore for tho quarter ending September 30, shows gross earnings $1,300,000; operativg expenscs, taxes, rental and interest oo receivers' debt §1,2580,000; net earnings, 520,000, or the wisdom and_discretion shown by the tamocratic and indepenont press and Zy all fmpathizivg with us in known demoerrtic ertes, Any act of imprudence or folly com- mitted in those state would have endabgered the chance of succes in debatabl ytates. @We may well contemplate each other upon the result, The adwinistration of treaty with Spain, says he believes there will be no serious difficulty attending its confirm- ation by congress, Hc will remain here dur- ing the gession to ald ko far as may be the work of its confirmation, giving what advice and information he may have on the subject. He says frankly this is to end his diplomatic work, and that it was with this in view that he went abroad. He does not believe that the terms of the treaty are such asto cause any great importation of tobacco from Cuba or elsewhere sufficient to at all affect the pro- duction here, T'e sugar growers, he admits, will oppose the treaty very vigorously, and will have occasion to, in fact that it will re* duce the prico of suzar materially, ———— Socialistic Ranters Cuicaco, December 11.—At a meeting of socialists last night, a speaker named Griffin declered that “‘workingmen must be incited to absolute resistance,” and that all monopolists wero enemies to the country and ought to be hung. Criminal laws were unnccessary, Peace and order could be better sustained if they were abolished. Famine was the result of over production and not poor crops, The only way to stop 1t was to pay nothing, receive pay for nothivg, take everything, and without prica, Other speakers followed in the eamo strain, Another Syracuse Failu Srracuse, N, Y., Decomber 11 —Wescott & Co., brokers, have made a genoral assign- ment, Tho Buffalo (branch of the same fium is included, The Utica branch dissolved oartnership yesterday, Alfred Wilkinson & Jo., bankers, who suspended _yesterday, was @ special partner of Wescott. Wescott & Co's, preferences, 2,000; 30,000 to Roswell Flower, New York, on a promisary note for moneys loaned, Liabilities estimated at $100,000, e —— Tampering with the Grand Jury, MoxTkal, Docomber 11.—Le Bland, o member of parlisment for Laral courty, and Cornel lier, crown prosecutor, have been ar- restod on 1o cliarge of tamporing with: the grand jury in the Exchange bank frauds, — ——— The Colored Natlonal Committee, ATLANTA, Ga,, December 11.—The colored national committea_called to meet in New Orleans December 17 is postponed to January C L ——— CLUSING SALE, TOYS, FANCY GOODS, Full and complete Jine to close at le:s than cost at W, J. WHITEHOUSE' 16th and Webster. —— Prottiest Nmas Cards at BeLs's, — European Holiday Noveltles in Clocks, Brass and Brenze Goods, exclusively at Max Meyer & Bros. R Gilt Bidye Flour at Frenches— d11-2t el s Berr—Xmas Goods—BeLr, B e Pure New Orleans Sugar 16} GRANULATED FoR $1,00 LIGHT BROWN, 10 ror $1,00 at ; 1308.11 L — Prettiest Nmas Cards at BrLy's, 4 e The largest and choicest stock of Fine Jewelry, Silverware and Clocke, at Max Meyer & Bro.'s. —— was Cards at BeLs s, our at Frenches— d11 Preottiest Gilt Edye L — The finest line of Bronze Goods at RAYMOND'S, MULHATTON'S MUSE, The Story of an Elopement that Did Not Oceur., Fuiros, Neb., December 0, To the Editor Bre, In alate issue of your paper I was somewhat astonished to read a clipping from the St. Louis Globe Democrat, stating that, “A. D. Hurley,” meaning myself, had eloped with a certain Miss Moody, and left my wife at Hamburg in s destitute condltion. 1t is needloss to particularize in reference to tho several allegations but will simply say that they are unqualifiadly falso, except as to my being at Hamburg Friday and going away the following day. It fs & very un- plensant task to be obliged to parade one's famlly troubles bofore the world, and 1 would scorn to do 8o now were it not to defend myself against indications and mercensry porsecution that has been heaped upon me for the past two years— the outgrowth of unressoning jealousy and envy, Without cavse on the part of my family, and envy on the part of this *prominent business man of Hamburg,” “‘Capt.” D. S, Taylor, who by the way is a man whose chief business 18 to pry in- to the affairs of his neighbors, and work any kind of dirt to create family disturb. ances. He is *‘captain” of & mud scow that plys between Hamburg and McKia- sick’s island as a wood transport, and he has always been so busy looking after the affairs of his neighbors that he has never earned enough money *‘by dint of hard work” to pay for his sailing craft, which his neighbors fitted him out with on the start, In regard to my “‘Burlingten trip,” I will say that I never was in that city but once In my life, and then in company with my wife; and as to Miss Moody, 1 have not seenher for at least five months, nor do I know of her present whereabouts. The article in Tue Ber atated that I had left my wife penniless, This is untrue. She is in possession of one house in Hamburg, which 1s woll provided for, and receives suflicient rent from other property to furnish her a good living; in fact, has more proporty in her possession than D, S. Taylor over had, or ever will have, from the fact that he is averse to honest labor and not pos- nessed of sense enough to make a suc- cessfal swindler, though hs is continually scheming to mako a haul out of some one more induatriovs, and therefore more successful than himself, I have had dealings with this man to the amount of reveral hun. dred dollars and never recetved a dollar from him in my life, bus have been com- pelled to take pay for goods in work at three prices. This is probably what con- stitutes him g0 ‘‘prominent” a business wan—his one-sided way of dolng busi- nees. It was also stated that Capt. Tay- lor was ‘‘atill In search” of me. My headquarters are at this place, where | shall remain for some time to come, and if the “prominent business man of Ham- burg” has any matter to transact with me, he can find me here, Very respectfully, A. S, Hurwry, e —— _ STATE JOTTINGS. There is a coal famine in Pierce. Onione are very scarce in Niobrara, Creighton claima a population of 1,000. A new library has been established at Osce- ola, Chicken thieves are troublesome at Ains- worth. 4 Utica has just completed an $18,000 opera house. Fggs are only worth 15 cents a dozen at Niobrara, Farmers were plowing at Creighton on the 38rd of this month, The Bradehaw Gazette has celebrated its first anniversery, The regents of the state university meet the 16th of this month. The new Methodist parsonage at Osceola is ready for occupancy. Eastern capitalists are to start a wholesale drug house in Lincoln, The gamblers of Fremont are not having a very easy row to hoo, C.H. VanEppsis talking of starting a broom factory at Norfolk, The forry boat botween Niobrara and Run- ning Water is still rupning. Christopher Haas, of Malcolm, died Mon- day of dropsy, aged 76 years, Niobrara will soon have telephonic commun- ication with surrounding towns, | The farmers in Sherman county are burning corn, finding it cheaper fuel than coal. A now-gambling house has been opened at Sidnoy and is doing & rushing busimess. The elovator at Wymore was _burned week, Loss £6,000, insurance $2 000, last Bellwood Wants & steam grist mill and oflers a good bonus to the man who will erect one, Tho Reporter is the name of & new paper publighed at Bellwood by H, S, Montgomery, The Presbyterian church in Beatrico was damaged $3U0 worth by fire Sunday eve- ning, A sawmill is being erected on Brier creek, near Ainsworth, A grist mill will be built at the same place. Robert Jackson's stable aud team were burned on Monday night, at Davis' Creek, by the explosion of a lantern, Hoy Bros, on Saturday, rold their ranche of 640 acres, with all the stock, east of Fremont, to Chas, C. Hills, of St, Louis, At Cedarville last Saturday Thomas Miles accidentally discharged his gun into his side, and died o few days later from the effects, The Tecumseh county Journal man 'takes the bean with the shears, Such a thing as giving credit is entirely out of his line, Aneleven year old son of John Bartwell, of Wilber, while hunting rabbits Saturday ac cidantly shot himself, producinginstant death, The city jail at Creighton has been com- ploted two months andhas not had a_lodger yet. Send it down to Omaha and let it get filled up. James Andrews, who was charged with shooting a man named Bryan, near Ashland, & fow months ago, was tried and acquitted at Wablioo last week, A temporary fire department has been or- ganized in Wymore and steps will at once be taken to make it permanent and procure suit. able fire apparatus, A sixty foot span will be addelto the Platte bridge at Fremont. The bridwe 15 alight structure and requires close attention to be kept in vood condijion. ‘The revival meetings have closed 1n Lincoln after an interesting series of two weeks, They were under the management of Hev. Mrs, Cooley. Thirty persons were converted, The heathen Chinee, Tank Kee, will lecture a whole week at Creighton, beginning next Monday. The subject of bis lecture will not be ““The Chinese Must (io,” On Monday afternoon George Dewalt, an employe of the B. & M., was struck by a passing train and thrown against the platform in such nner a8 to be seriously. injured, The Springfiel1 Times says the Milwaukee road s piling up ties and rails opposite Niobrara for the purpose of crossing the river and running up the valley of the Runuin Water, The Barnestown company held a business meeting dn Beatrice Saturday night, and de termined upon some improvements for the town, Amoog them is a large hotel, upon which work will be cowmenced imme: diately. Mr., H. A, Frost has launched a little book called The Free Press, upon the sea ot jour: nalism from K-nesaw. She starts out under full sail and with the man Frost at the helm it will probably be 1 and continne to The Hastings Gazotte amimation it h cattle th ~ tronbled with mal sags on o ored_that t hav n f the gall. Tua ind to ba of an This it no in the corn aro allowed to roam st Every townin the valley is fecling jealons Vocause their town is not mentionad first in the order of population. While Orlesns does not claim to be as big in point of nu Omahs, yet_we will _compare new with any of them this year, Our ments aro far ahe: Red Cloud, A Mr. L living near Athens, was aroused 8 few nights ago, and upon going to the door met a man with a revolver in each hand, and was callid upon to disgorge his spare cash, Lewis gave him all he had, which was only £5 or 36, and his wife's watch, s, Low o is in & delicate condition, was badly frightencd, and fears are entertained that she may die from the effects of the shock, A shooting scrape took place about three miles south of town, where a man by the name of Stockbrand was hit in the foot with fine shot by & man named Danielmeyer, 1t seoms that Stockbrand went t> Danielmeyer's after some cattle and was refused them, A quarrel took place and the shotgun ended the trouble until Monday morning when Dan. ielmeser was arrested, He gave bonds for his appearance beforo Justice Ware, and 1 will come off on Saturday.— | DeWitt A certifioate has been filed in the office of the secretary of state for the consolidation of two corporations, one called the Chicago, Iowa and Kansas company, the other the Chicago, Towa and Kansas railroad eompany of Nebraska, Tho new corporation will bear the name of Chicago, Nebrasa and ~Kansas railrond company. The general offices will be at Odell, Gage county, and the road is to run south from Odell down to Salin, Kansas, with branches out into Western Kandas. The capital stock of the company is £0,200,000, and the directors are J, L. Carter, W. J. Ladd, H. Parkman, Pratt, A. G, Stanwood, N. H. Stono and K. C. Watson, The Sherman County Times says that “A school marm in tho west part of the county inflicted a new punishment on_one of her pu- pils, & 15.year-old_lad, which did not prove as sovere for the pupil as sho dosired. Ho had been throwing paper wads on the sly at the toacher, who, upon discovering him, told him to come and kiss her beforo the school. He hesitatod and said he didn’t want o, but th cruel creature under threats compelled him to walk up like o lamb to the slavghtor, but the rosult was unlooked for; for whilo overy scholar was looking on with inteoso interest, the lad theow both arms around the teacher's neck and glied their lips together with a ack that echoed through the school room liko the report of a_rifle on tho morning_sir, aud as ho reloased her exclaimed: _'Gosh, that's good?” All the big boys in Sherman county will attead school this ter, e A SQUATTER FAMIL Arkansss Natives on Their Own Stamping-Gronnd,* Arkansas Traveler. 1 do not see apny peculiarity about your people,” said an eastern judge, ad- dressing his traveling companion, a well- krown Arkansas lawyer. ‘I have trav- eled quite extenslvely in the state, and T have not, as yet, found that ecoentrici- ty of action and prevarication of reply that has often amused me in the news- papers.” “You have done most of your travel- ing by rail,” the lawyer replied. *This is your first trip away from the main road. I'll show you esome of our genu- ine natives. Yonder is a house. Call the landlord and hold a conversation with him,” “‘Hello," called the judge. “‘Comin’!" the man roplied,” deposit- ing & child in the doorway and advane- ing. “‘How's all the folks?”’ “Children’s hearty; wife'a not well. Aln t what you might call bed-sick, but just sorter strotchy.” “‘Giot anything to eat in the house?” “Ef I had it anywhere 1'd have it In the house.” 4 “How long have you been living heref’ *Too long."” “How many years!” ¢Beon here ever since my oldest boy was born.” ¢‘What year was he born?” ““The year I come here.” I ““How old is your boy?” “Ef he had lived lie woald have been the oldest until yit, but he died, Jim's the oldest,” “How old is Jim?" *‘He ain't as old as the one thatdied.” “He was older than Jim,” “What do you here for a living?” “Eat.” “How do you get anything to eal?”’ “The best way we kin.” “How do you spend your Sundays’" “Like the week days.” “How do you spend them?”’ “Like Sundays.” +Is that your daughter, yonder?” “No, «ir; she ain’t my daughter yon- der, or nowhere else.” -5 she a relative of yours!” No, sir; no kin.” “Kin to your wifo, I suppose!” *No kin to my wife, but sh¢’s kin to my childcen.” “How do you make that out?” “She's my wite.” “How far is it to the next house?” “It is called throé miles, but the man who called it is & liar.” “I'va got enough,” said the judge, tarn- ing to the lawyer. *Drive on, T pity the man who has to depend on this man for information.” ——— Close Vouing. Philadelphia Call, Cloveland’s plurality proves to be a little more than G(,000 votes, and Gar- field's was only about 1,000, This, 0a an aggregate of from ten to twelve million votes, s very close. It argues o vast amount of intelligent independence, 1t is hard to give the exact reatons for the rosult; they were numerous, and different in separato localities, But the changes from earlier votes are very noticeable, 1t is coming to be the case that one elec- tion is no guide for another. What state may do at one time affords no surance as to what it will do at another time, sues as they are presented. Elections 8o closely contested show thatthe most fair-minded, coneervative policy 1s best. 1f & strong majority elocts » man, he may feel justitied in ropresent- ing extreme views. But where the ma jorlty is so trifling that it really is not one of the people, but ouly a plurality, it calls for a policy that ehall fairly divide between the parties. This is the case now as it has been the to.ir years past. President Arthur has met this view by & course 8o careful gnd conservative that it receives universsl commendation. Mr, Cleveland apparently understands this, and all that comes from him indicates & likelihood of his pursuing a somewhat similar course, All this 1s in the line of resent probabilitics. And it is a proper nterpretation of the close vote by which the declsion was reached. L — Da a Devils, Huroy, Dak,, Deccuber 11,—A telegram received here at 12 o'clock from Redfield, state that the people of that town expect an imme- mediate attack from the superior forces which threaten to burn the town, — — = AMERICAN PRODUOTS That Wil Cockneys in Display Astonisly 1880 th loglishmen aro promising thomselvos “a rich treat,” year aftor next. Com mencing on the 1st of May, 1886, & great American fair is to bo held in London. It will embrace an exhibision of samples of all our products. This will be only one of the foatures of tho great show. The managors state that the system of organizing and working our groat rail way, mining and manufacturing com- panles will be shown in all the details. If this promise is fulfilled. the exhibition will be very interesting and instructive to the slow-going inhabitants of the old world. They will havo an opportunity to seo & half a dozen impecanious indi- viduals organize themselves into a com- pany to build a railroad a thousand miles long. They will seo bow these poople god to work to procure s eash subsidy of $70,000 per mile and the alternate sec. tions of land for ten miles on either side of therond, They will next see how pas por towns are Iaid out and lots old ‘the people pass on each set of |t at prices rerely realized in Europ s citles a thousand years old, The ope e tion of watering stock will, of course, be illustrated. A gontleman of much expe- rience in this feature of railroading in Neow York is expected to conduct this de- partment of the show; Visitors will then havo an opportunity to see how the orig- inal stockholders are “‘sold out” and how the stock is manipulated so that shares are sold ot & hundrod per cent above par one day and fifty por cent below the next. Ona railroad tn full operation there will be a collision nearly every day for the amusement of the spectators. On days when special attractions are prom- ised outlaws personating tho ‘‘James gang" will shoot the conductors, rob tha passongers and make off with their plun- An expert *‘baggage smashor” will {lluatrate our peculiar methods of hand- ling trunks at stations, A vendor of prize-packages, popeorn and peanuts will accompany each train and mako himaelf disagreeablo. Thero is to be an illustration of the way e ections are conducted in this coun try. To make this department of the ex- hibition complete, the method of packing a caucus, manipulating a nomin- atlng convention aud constructing party platforms should bo shown. A torchiiht procession will also be necossary. Of courso there will be stump spoeches with- out number. The operation of flinging mud at candidates will be shown. The method of stufting ballot boxes should be tllustrated. Lt is expected that Louisiana, will contribute a returning bonrd to the exhibition, and perhaps the national zov- ernment will send over an electoral com- mission. After the election is over, the successful party will probably lliuminate the tower ¢i London, Westmiuster abbey, St. Paul’s cathedral,the parliament house and other noted buildings. Bells will be rury, cannon fired, end sky rockets shot off. 'There will be a general suspension of business for a week. Most of the money in the Bank of Eogland will be drawn out to use in settling election bats, Of course there will be numerous sus- penstons and failures, but the people of the city where the gr at cxhibition is to be held should learn that these are likely to follow every general clestion, All the hospitals will be fil'ed with persons who were injured during the great celebration. The defeated party will proceed to give a hundred and ninety-five reasons why they lost the election., 1t is expected that the English people will so greatly enjoy the mimic representation of one of our popular elections that they will im- mediately proceed to adopt them. The exhibition will consequently be the weans of doing excellent missionary work, There is to be an American newspaper printed in one of the buildings, but the managers of the exhibition neglect to state whether the ‘‘patent insldes” are to be furnished by an establishment In Jni- cago or Milwaukee, Therg will also be “‘American restaurants, ica drink pavilions, and bars.” The estab!ishment of the latter institutions will guarantte the financial success of the exhibition. Englishmen may not sonsider our bever- ages superior to those they are ac- customed to, but they will greatly enjoy seoing the way the drinks *are set up,” Every manner of *‘standing treat” will, of course, be illustrated. There will be a ‘Kentucky treat,” which will be “‘charged up” to the party ordering it; an *“‘Ohio treat,” in which every member of the party pays for the grog he drinks, aud a “*Mississippi rivor treat,” for the payment of which the different members of the company shake dice. There is to be ‘‘a separate hall” for the display and sale of articlos made by American” Indians. This is good news for the proprietors of several manufac- tories of *‘gimeracks” in Massachusetts snd Counecticut. They have been run- ning on “*short time” lately, and some of their mills have *shut down.” Duriug the past few years they have made more Indian pipes, mocoasine, bask is, and canoes than could be profitably disposed of at Macklnaw, Niagara Falls und other places where such artlcles have boen dis- posed of In the largest quantitics, The prospect of a large foreign demand for theee goods will probably cause all the mills in which they are made to start up again at thetr full capacity. The exhibi- tion will doubtless prove to be a good thing for our people as well as for the English. 1f the enterprising manufac- turers of ‘Indian curiosities” improve their opportunity they cannot fail to, realize fortunes, o — The Teicphone Monopoly. Philadelphia Record, Telephone Inventor Bell scuresanother round in his contest with the Drawbaugh interest, He scems likely to finally knock out his antagonist in the United States supreme court, Such an outcome has already been discounted in the ques- ns of stock of the Bell company, I successful it will have the most valuable monopoly on this planet. The matter of private ownership of such moment-us in ventions presents grave questions of pub- lic policy which must soon or late be solved and settled. “ Electric bells have been plaved 1n every committee room in the senate wing of the copitol at Washington, Hereto- fore, whon senators were to be sum moned from committee rooms to answer w roll-call, pages had to be sent to the vartous rooms, much inconvenience and delay resulting. Now a touch upon a button in the senate chamber will notify senators in their committee rooms thata vote is to be taken, or that for some other reason their presence is requlred in the chamber, — The Glass Blowers. Pir1snung, December 11,—The prescription glass blowers strike promises to continue lpng. Various glass workers' unions subscribed 850,000 to aid the strikers, and blowers in other cities prowise, if necessary, to give the proceeds of ono duy's work each week for the same purpcse, A bitter contest Is anticipated,