Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 18, 1884, Page 7

| | | COUNCIL BLUFFS ADDITIONAL LOOAT FINE ART. Tho Woadertul Display at J, J, Biiss' 5 Establishment, NEWE Tho art d'splay, which opencd at J, J Bllsy’ milli ta cortainiy wry eatablishment yesterday, ¢ fincst ever acen here, and drow a largo number of admirers, whe The arrangement of the display shows rare wore enthusiastle in their praise. taste, aud tho articles aro certainly of merit, Somo of tho paintings cre from the okillfal brush of Mra. Bliea herself. She has a very fine painting of a scens on the Seine, a copy of D'Aublghney’s wonder- painting, a favorite picture with Napoleon 111, She aleo has two smaller paintings which are real genius. A number of other pieces by hor exclte praise. among them belog a winter scone on a tambour- ine, and soma hollyhocke, and ape plo bloeroms are nleo excellontly done Mies 8. D. Rehao, tho talented artist, who ia o stater of Mrs. DBlies, han some of her best work displayed. Her painting of Rip Van Winkle, ns he awakes from his long sleep, is highly nppreciated by all who ever saw JoJuitarson, A wheat- field is the eubject of one of her best n'on connty, Tows, 20, 21 ahont in a perfect paroxysm, Suddenly +nd 22, 1885, An excelient gramme —— - t ona declarations ceared, Lyman for and intor What an Eye-Vitness Ras o Say |fell face downward to ihe ground ar d ignation of western tor such & n to induce legislatora together. —Hawkeye. e — CRUEL PRACEOAL JOKING, genarian Farmer and His Well. to.do Son, farmer lving near Attica, Wyoming Now Yotk Sun. He isaman 40 years old and » man of fine ,personal appear- ance. While perfectly ratlonal and capable in every other way, he bilieves that hia genius as a politician has made him one ot the mcst prominent figures in the country. His father, a weanlthy farmer, 80 years of age, shares in this belief, and during the past five years has palutings, She has also a study from still lite, which merits special praise, She has numerous emallor pieces and bits ot decorations of pettery, grain sheaver, ete,, which show her vereatility as well a8 skill. In connection with this art display thero In » pleasing showing of the latest fashions in the millinery lino, and a va- rioty of noveltles to particularly interest the ladies. The display cortainly is a * merltorious one in all its details, and can- not but well repay all who take time to visit it. Plush work baskets, perfumeries of tho grades. toilot sets, clegant fans—in fact tno many beautiful srticles to name, yot all worth seeiug. s e seean o Closing out eur entire stock at_greatly rsduced prices for 30 days. Call early. DE Vo & Wrienr, e PEESONAL, Mrs, John Dohany is quite ill, 0ld Mynster is Iaid up with a rovere cold, H. H, Horne is confised to his room with malaria, Al Russell after soveral days illnessis about again, C. T, Scheifils and wife have returned from their eastern trip, Platte Overton has returned from his east- srn business trip, Thos. W. Tvory, of Glenwood, was at the Pacific yesterday. D. O, Tucker has returned wih his bride from theic wedding tour. Juke Harb, the barber,"has gone to the transfer barbershop for awhile. Ex-U. S. Marshal Joo. T, Stowart, Shennandoah, was in the city yesterday. W. W. A, Swith has gons to Atchison, Kas, to spend the holidays with fiiends there. of Finley Burke of Oranga Cits, son of City Auditor Burke is hore for o fow days com- bination of busioess with pleasura. Mrs, Elam Clark is now with S, P. Morse & Co. of Omaha, where hor Council Bluffs friends will find her at the notion counter, e ————— Masons Auention, You and your fricnds are cordially in- vited to visit the art display now given at J. 8. Blies’, 328 Broadway. 1tis the finest display west ot Chicago. S ——— COMMEROCIAL, COUNCIL BLUFFS MARKET, ‘Wheat—No., 1 milling, &7; No., 2, b5; No. 8, 45, Corn—New, 21c, Oats—For local purposes, 230, Hoy—84 60@6 00 per ton; baled, 60@60. Ryo—3ho. Corn Meal—1 30 per 100 pounds, vrmu—uood wupply; prices at yards, 6 00@ 6 50, Coal—Dolivered, hard, 9 50 per ton; soft 450 per ton Lard—Fairbank’s, wholoaaling at 93c, Flour—City tour, 1 5i@@2 90, Brooms—2 95@3 00 per doz, LIVR BTOUK, Butchor cows 8 25@3 75, (a4 00, Latcher \ p—2 60@3 00, Hogs—4 (U@ 25, PRODUCE AND FROUITS, Ponltry—Live old Lians, 2 50 per 1 turkeys, gacko, 10@ L2 dressed dressed i epring skens, per G Butter—COreaw 16@1%0, Kige—22 per_dozen, Vogotablos — Potatoes, 80@40c por bushel; onians, G0c per bu; applés, choice cooking or sutin BU@3 10; beans, 1 00@1 60 per bush weat Dotatoes, 2o 1b, Cider—32 gallon bul , $ Oranges—b 50 por bbl. S0; choice country 50, S UPSET SALE AT MKTCALF BRO'S, LOWA ITEMS, The money-lenderas of Barlington are #o0 closs that they refuse to take a city toan of $18,000 at elght per cent. They want ten, ‘I'he arrangements by which the B, C. R. &., snd C, M. & St. P, roads have ased the samoe depot at Clinton 1s busted, The former has fitted up a freight car for temporary use. Tho town of Audubon, following the examplo sot by other citles, has lssued an ardinauco licensing tho sal of cider, pop, and “other drinks not prohibited by law.” The licenso was placed at §20 per wonth, Taxing insurance companiss:—Severa Towa cities are at present discussing the adyissbility of taxing lneurs nce companies on the premiums received by them in the various towns and cities in question, and msany who are opposed to licensing sa- loons are in favor of this lawest expedient, The B, C. R, & N. railway now oper- otes 713 miles of road, The total re- ceipts of the company from January 1 to November 30 were $2,607,707, a slight decrease over the recelpts during the same months in 1882 and 1883, Daring the month of November, 1884, the com- pany's receipts amounted to $275,132, 1t hav been ascertained that 'ess than one-third of the voters of the state ex- pressod themselves In regard to the amendments to the constitution at the late election. They were all adopted, however, by comparatively heavy major- itles, aud are now a part of Iowa's or- ganic laws, 4 Secretary Littler announces that the ninth annua! convention of the Iowa Bat- ter and Cheese assnciation will ba held at the new opera Ecmu, Strawberry Point, spent thonsands of doliara in furthering tho political advancemont of his scn. This eccentricity ot the two mon has been encouraged by thoughtless persons, who find amusement 1n the extravagances into which the singular manin of the Austins lead them, In 1879 the elder Austin assured his son that he couid secure the republican nomination for member of ascombly. Ho tho money with which the canvaes was to bo made. He bought a tally-ho coach and engaged » brass band of ten piecos, For weeks tho younger Austin drove this coach, four-in-haud, through the country, the band riding in side. Mock demonstrations in his be- half were held in many places, at which ho made opeoches, 'Lhia freak cost sev- eral thousand dollars. After the election of Garfield tho elder Austin urged his son to go to Meutor and present snd urge his claims to a for eign mission., The gon did so, tho old gentleman paying all tho expenses of the trip. The fatlure to obtain the apnoint- ment was charged by both father aad son to the treachery of trusted friends, and they ronounced all:glance to tho republi- cans, in 1883 astrange man and womanap- peared at the Austin farm. They sad they were man and wife, and had come from Canada as ambaseadors from Lord Haiford, who had been attracted to the younger Austin by the fame he hazmade in political circles in the states and who desired to have bim become the husband of his only daughter, the rich and beauti- ful Lady Anne, Old Mr. Austin furnigh- od fands tp these two strangers to return to Canada aud arrange for the marriage, and subsequently sent them hundreds of dollars, which they eaid was necessarv in the preliminary formalities of the pro- posed wedding., Those two swindlers were evidently aided by parties in Attica who shared in the money obtained from the credulous father and son; and when tho atory of their operations hecame known friends of the Austins interfered and stopped the game. When the republican national conven- tion met in Chicago last summer, letters were sent by practical jokers to the younger Austin, signed with the names of republican leaders, stating tnat the perty must have his iuflaence once more, and offering him the second place on the national ticket. Old Mr. Austin insisted that Eugene must go to Chicago end look after his interests himself. He gave money to a large number of persons to pay their expenses to Chicago, where they were to boom his son. When Logan was nominated for vice president the Austivs denounced him as a traitor. They declared that there was nothing left for them to do but for Eugene to tako the socond place on the democratic ticket, and sweep New York away from Blaine. Old Mr. Austin chartered a specisl train of three cars which he was to fill with supperters of his son, and sent them to Chicago to work for him. He invested largely in banners, mottoes, and decorations for the train, and had all his arrangements mado for tho starting of the party, whon another son, Ei- bridge Austin, who had long in vain pro- tested ogainst the actions of his father and brother, asked and obtatned the in- terferenco of the courts, and tho Chi- cago echome was stopped by l:gal pro- coocings. The practical jokers s'ill_kept up their workiug on the weaknees of the old man aud hia #on, and they received assurances that the Intter would certalnly bo the democratic neminee for vies-president. Whon Hendricks was nominated old Mr, Austin insisted that now that they had been betrayed by both parties, they should go to work and defest them both, and this was to bo done by Eugene be- coming an independent candidate for preeident, which Le did. Just before election ho received a letter written on the officlal paper of the governor and eigned with his name, begging Austin to withdraw from the canvass in his (Cleve- land'e) favor, as that would surely give the democrats the victory and in return the new president would make Austin a member of his cabinet. Auatin with- drow. Last week he went to Albany and haunted the executive chamber for two or three daye, endeavoring to secure the promised appointment. He spent a great deal of money and was bled right and left by pretended intimate friends of the president-elect, This resched the ears of his brother snd he went to Albany and induced him to return home. on may bo to uiver al a3 vernor Sharman to call the Flugeno O. Austin s a woll-to-do county, writes a correspondent of Tho {HE DAILY BEE THURS A BTRANGE PHENOMENA, ent A Avout the Underground Flios i n-i{ a good mn): is promised. : . Now Raging in Hightand arry Point is on the Devenport line of Connty, Virgioia . M. & St. P, ten miles north of y ) Among the recent_arrivals In the eily known to be in snothe globe gave the story more especially 80 as i by responsible men. of Mr, Elder's arrival went in searc! him last vight to seetf he knew anythi concerning the matter. friends, to be guilty of, he replied: remarkable thing I ever hoard of present fndications I should say that we are likely t> have another edition of Mount Vesavius produced in the moun- taing of Virginia. The phenomena con- sists of fires which scom to bo raging under the earth, on the top of the peaks ia Highland county. and the ground for a considerable distance scems to be a smoldering mass, The first heard of it was s report brought by s boy who claimed to have walked over tho place which was on fire, The country around 1s almost inacceesiblo, and it ia very nel- dom that anyone ventures eo far up on the mountaing, therefore it was only by accident_that the dlacovery was mado, A few days ago the boy, who was in search of sume lost sheep, wandered on foot among tho hiils until he got s miles from home. All at once he felt the air around him grow warmor, and exporionced a strango sensation, as if come burning substance wes beneath him, Ho was on an elevated platean, yrobably a quarter of a mile equare, on the top of one of tho small mountaine. At first he was greatly alarmed, and startedto run away. His curiosity over- came his fear, however, and he stopped toees if ho could find the cause of the unusual warmth, He stopped aud placed his haud on the earth, and was startled to find that it wes @ hot es to almost blister his flosh He did not pur- sue his researches any further, but pro- coeded at once to his home, where he told of the strange occurrence. No faith was put in the narrative, andit was thought by the neighbors that the youth was going crazy. *‘I'he news finally reached the town of Monterey,and somo ecientifically inclined persons determined to investigate. Pro- curing the boy for a guide, they went to the place and found that sll ho had said was true. When they returned they told even a more wonderful story than that told by the boy. This produced a great sensstion throughout the immediate cuuntry, and a great many persons were nearly frightened out of their wits, The superatitions were of the belief that the day of judgment wee clozeat hand and began to make preparations to re:pond to the call of the trumpet, which they momentarily expected to wake tho silence of the mountains, I lived somoe distance away, but when the news reached me [ determined to satisfy myself. After nearly a day’s travel over the rough mountsin road, which wound around cliffs at the foot of overhanging rocks, I arrived within a short distance of the re- gion. I hear left my horse, and, together with a couple of friends who had accom- panied me, proceeded as best I could to the place indicated. 1 had heard exag- gerated stories, and was almost prepared for anything, but I must confess that I was greatly startled. The earth for yards around seemed to be a smouldering heap, and was as hot as an oven. In places a hard crust had formed over the clay, and large fissures made by the heat. The air seemed very denee and foggy, and in many places a bluish emoke broke through heles in the earth and spread over the mountain tops. We dug down to the depth of probably three feet and came to a yellowish sort of clay which was almost a8 soft as putty. When a shovelful was thrown out on the ground it smoldered 1ke a heap of ashes, and a quawntity of smoke eeemed {o rise from it. It was very hot and glowed with a strange brilllancy, which lasted for hours, We tried the experiment of digging down a number of places, and always with the same resulte. The deeper we went the more pronounced was the phe- noweua, and we found it difliculato stand over the opening. How ling this has been in progress no one knows, and the most learned are bafiled fora reasor. 1: looks as if a volcano was at work, and ready st any momeut to buret an open ing through the earth and throw out its volume of spioke aud fire. Hundreds of peogly have visited the place, and ull have come away more mysiiied than ever.” —— STRUCK DUMB WHILE SWEARING Mr, Lyman, of Indiana—His Perni- cious Habits and His Horrible Puanishment, The people of Lee township, about seventy-five miles north of Loulsville, in Brown county, 1nd., are in a state of excitemeht over the case of James Ly man, who was instantly deprived of all wensation a fow days sgo. Lse recently mo into Lee township., His family con of a son and two daughters, In early years he was a mesmav, and al- though he tells but little of his past his tory it {a believed from relica and otber souvenirs which ho has In his possossi that his adventures on the ocean make a volume cf romance. 1t is eaid o! ¢ him that when eleven years of age he it i roported that the brother willnow | ran away from his home in Boston and uge every means to ascertain who the | dotermined to adopta sailor's life, He men are who have been prompting Eu succesaful will test in the courts the ques: tion as to whether they can not be held 1 | concealed himself in tho hold of a ship gene in this and other matters, and if | ahout to weigh anchor, and was carried Lyman As his years lu- off to sea on board & vesscl, soon learned to swoar, respousible for damages, as his brother | creased his profanity bacame more vol- and father have wasted large sums of money in consequence of the eugges‘ion: and encouragement given them in their extrausgant schemes, settlo the que the custody of their property will also be begun, o ——E— Dialogue between two town: ¢What is the diffecence between a stock exchange and a bucket shopi” *I'll explain to ycu, wins he says: stock exchangs'; when he loses he re mrrke: shop.’ Paper, e — Fact, Facts are stubborn things, Proceedings to wmen about uble. His ship touched meany forelgr La all of these he was an adept at swear. ing. SWEARING BY WHOLESALE, When excited his wrath was terrible, When a fellow | and none dared to remain within earshot ‘I've made money on the | while curses and imprecations rolled with - | mighty vehemence trom his tongue, One ‘I've been robbad in @ bucket|day last week, while euperintending a That's the difference,—French|force of hands in making a clearing, » silly accident threw Lyman into an ex- Words more blasphe- A Clinton man has named his wife | mous than ever before uttersd rolled from his flaent tongue, while he danced cess of passion, quarter of the o credence, and was vouched for A reporter learning o soarch | Do you know what that i 7" said the = Ho was found Playing on the Credulity of an Octo- | comfortably ensconsced in a cashloned chair at the Galt house, tslking to some ‘When asked if he had heard of the strange perfsrmance nature was eaid It is certainly true, and is the most From shores, and by frequent association with the natives he gradually acquired their B manner of speech, end in time became ion of their sanlty and | (ne master of four different langusgos. The slightest trifle met with a volley of oaths and the air would be perfectly suiphurous with his wicked decliratione. was unatlo to move a muscle. A genu ina thunderbolt or & ballet through the heart could not have paralyzed his senees er. Sight was destroyed, speech and motion impossible, After minutes’ prostration ho recovered " y al son and says the Louieville Courier-Journal, was |s 1y, but was unable to regain hialost :'_) D I Tt day gy, |Mr. Elwsrd B. Eider, cf Highland epcech. s eyes woro alao dimmed and it the l/ru‘“‘“ v 1 ! |county, Virginia. OF late there have|Oa the arms of two strong laborers he SO & Bt b fecling s allowod o) [been Teports from that eectlon of the (was boruo to his houte, where he has rats movement may bo tho result, | C0Untry of & strango phenomena which [since been rosting in @ half consclous ‘i" D i who nvein & bosition to know | 78 8aid to have been witnesred in tho | eondition. T W0 A I o o are . | mountaina & fow miles from Monterey R — the Hi’ aud cuta of railway traflio "”1“:' Court-House, Highland county, where A POWERIFUL INFOX10ANT, SEHah e, help |the earth was eaid to bo one burning e ' Piattons ery e aithough the domand | Me0% ~The fact that M. Mulhation waa | The Preparation Upon Which the South sea Islanders Get Fall, San Francisco Call, oaptain of a bark lately returned from a cruise in the southern seas to a Call re- porter, He helu in_his handa what ap- peared to be a gaudily painted barber’s vole shrunken to the size of a police- man's club. ““That,” continued the skipper, ‘‘is a piece of gagus stalk, It camo from Gauptl island, near the Molucea group, I have navigated the South seas for many years, and I never saw it growing upon any other ieland, and I don't think you will find any sea- faring man who hails from those watera but will bear out what I say, Itis a specien of cactus, Gaupti Island is a small cne, but it is well populated by natives of the Malay raco. In the In- terior this plant grows wild, flourishing especially in the red rocky soil. It looks beautiful when growing, as you might jadge by tho bright hues with which this is spotted. The main stalk is covered with eharp, nettle like protur. bances, and a prick from ons of them will causo more pain than o handful of red pepper thrown in your eycs, When yourg the plant constatwf bat ono stalk, which shoots up stratght to a he'ght of four or five feer. It is & brilliant ecarlet in hue. Toward wiater a numbar of off+ shoots spring out until the thing looks like & broom stood upright, Green and purple specks then appear all over it, A grove of gagus shrubs is 8 very pretty sight. Butitis the propertics of the plant which distinguish it. Opium is a potent drag, but 1 will back the extract of gegus stalk to effact moro damage on the human eystem than all the opiam In the world. The natives cut the plant in tho early spring. After they have gath- ered a suflicient quantity they put it in large bowls and crush it with large stones A grayish sap runs out freely, and this thay collect and drink after letting it for- meut, which it does epsily. One drink of a pint is enough for an ordinary man but 1 have seen natives drink more. Within balf an hour after imbibing it the drinker becomes perfectly stupid and lies like & log. The spell lasts a day or more during which time the natives say they live in paradise.” Do white men drink it?” “1 have koown sailors to try it, but they never tackled it twice. Three yoars ago I bada man in my crew who was driven crazy by one drink." ““What effect does it have upon the natives?” **Well, that is where the gagus displays itself. 1f you could see some of the ter- riblo examples of gagus drinking in Gaupttl you would be horrified. The fieat effecs of the liquor is to soften the bones and gradually eat them away. here are natives there, the victims of gogue, who are indeed boneless and un- able to walk or use their limbs. They then ‘begin to wither away like this stalk until they die in misery and convulsions, Immediately after death the head of the corpse becomes soft as pulp, no bones can bo felt; the ekull is completely eaten away. The body then begins to swell as though it were inflated with gas, and im- mediately burial 1s necessary.” “*How long dces it take to thus devas- tate a human being?” asked the reporter. “That'e according to the appetite of the vietim &o the stuff. Usually two years will finish the hardest man. Oh, the sufferings of the slaves to the drink are terrible.” —— The Ruling Passion, Minnea olis Tribune, ¢‘Well, how did this inveterate gam- bler, this Tom Mallory, come out, final- 1y 7" asked the reporter, “‘He loet every cent he had,” said the gentleman with the light-c)lored pants, “Joet evrry cent he could borrow. and finally was driven to the mnecessity of going to the College hospital when he was attacked with the typhoid fever. There he died. The night he died there were soveral of us who had not heard of his illuesa before present. and I will never forget the scene, There was a phyeician, a awinister and three or four sporting men etanding around his bed in the ward, When I came in be said to me: “Frank, cld boy, how goes it?" ¢ ¢All night, Tom,’ says 1, ‘bow goes it yourselt{ “Well, I feel pretty bad, says ne, ‘and I don't know whether I am gomgto puil through or not." ++*He is not going to pull through,’ said the minister,‘and I have been trying]| to impress upon him the necessity of pre- paring for the next life.” *Mr. Mallory,’ he continued, ‘the physiclan here will teil you that you cannot live,’ +Cannot live?' said Tom, ¢ No,' said the physician, ‘I think it but right to tell you the truth—gyou can- ve an hour longer.’ ow louk here,’ said Tom, rieing in the bed and looking like an animated ghost, his eyes as big as moons, and the hand of death plainly marked upon his face, ‘gou fullows eay I cannot live an hour, - Il te!l you what we'll do, T11 put up my pants over there against any pair of pantsin the house that I live two hours.’ ] know it wou'd please him, so 1 eaid, ‘all rigt, Tom; iv's & go.’ “In an hour we saw that his last hour had come, and I made his head easler on the pillow. When we were expecting him to drop off, he rose and eaid: ‘Los again, by ginger! I should have coppered that bet,’ and he sank back on the pillow dead.” —— STOP THAT COUGH Py using Dr, Frazier's Throat and Lung Bal. s—the only sure cure for Coughs, Colds, Hosrseness and Sore Throat, and all diseases of the throat and lungs, Do not neglect a wough., It may prove fatal, Scores and aundreds of grateful people owe their lives to Dr. Frazier't Throat and Lune Balsam, and wo family will evér be without it after once iring it, and discovering its marvelous { ower, Itis put up in large family bottles and sold for the small price of 75 cents per bottle, Sold Kubr & Co. and O, ¥, Goodman, Pittsburg Chronicle. A pew indusuy in thls city conelsta in oanvassing for inturance companies that insures the lives of babies. The can- yvasser occasionslly escapus with his life, +nd hu ¥ e I R P.u by CH |nemedy was ¢ MEER 18 1884 “GOING DOWN HIL How a Venerablo Towan Evaded the Greatest Difficulty Which Boset the Aged, Burlington (Ta.) Hawkeye, An acoount is going the rounds of the pross of & womsn who wes 8o sfllictoc with ¢ fifteen heumatism for cars that her ontire muscular eystem became rigid, and for all that period she wea kept alive by gruel forced between her teoth, A promivent New York physician was meo aeked what rheumatism was, He rhplied, *'God only knows.” He was un- doubtedly right, beceuse rheumatisin springs from a different cause in every individual caso. If its origin is a myatory, its «ficots are too well and too widely known, for there ls scrreely any season of the year when some persons are not more or less affected by it. In general however, it prevails mostly among the aged, making their last days hard to bear. A prominent physician once ro- marked in our hearing, “'If the aged could escapo the toriures of rheumatism, their last yours a8 a rule would be quiet, poaceful and painless.” Apropos of the above, Mr. W, Do Gens, of Pella, Iowa, sends us & com- munication which ordinarily we would not publish except at so much a lino. But this experience has been 8o remark- eble that we think wo are justitied in giving place to it. Ho snya: Dear Sir:i—1 am 78 years of age. M life has been active. I am well known in this town, and what 1 say I do not think will be doubted by any one who knows me. Up toa year or two ago, 1 was the posseseor of splendid health, and hoped I should wear out my life grada- ally and gracefully. Two years ago, how- ever, 1 was evercome with that curse of old age, rheumatiem. When it first pros- trated me the pain was so acute 1 thought it was ncuralgia, which medical authorities tell mo indicates low stale of the system. I fancied that this attack was tha be- ginning of the end. I sent fora good doctor, who treated mo with electrical and other sgencies, but I grew worse Ue finally esid my c:s> was 8 serious rheumatic one. For six months I could not uee my linibs at all, and was handled by threo strong persous, like o holpless child. Then camo o poriod of better feelings, but resction followed, and for eix long months of pitiful suffering 1 was confined to the bed. For over a yoar Igroaned in agony, 1 trled all re- putable lotlons, liniments, plasters and preparatlons, in vain. At this stage, my friend Eldor Overcamp camo to soe me, and upon his urgent recommendation I began to use Warnoer's safe rhoumatic cure, a few bottles of which gave back to me the use of my limbs. 1am now sleeping without pain, eating without distress, and feel as spry as I did when 1 was G0 yeara of age. I cordially recom- mend that preparation to all persons afilicted as I was, and eospecially to the thousands of eged men and women whoso last days aro embittered by this action,” Mr. DeGens’ letter is endorsed by Elder Overcamp, who eays ho fs a mem- ber of his church, and his case to him 1a surprising and marvelous. Mr. F. W. Brinkhofl' also endorses tho atatemont in eimilar terma., There is no doubt that this is a true recital of the case, and Mr. DaGena' oxperience should be an encouragement to all others suffering as he did, to uso the means ke 8o succersfully employed, for nothing better. if indeed, as good, can be hed in the market. ———— A Relic of the Revolution, Bethlemen (Pa.) Timos, The jubilees which are being held in this victnity by the democrats have un- earthed a relic of the rovoluiion which very few of the younger people have per- heps ever heard of, much lees seen. The relic is & cannon which is being used in firing salutes at democratic celebrations i this and adjoining counties. The cannon, it Is said, was captured from the Britishat the battle of Princeton. The sannon was ovidently intended for use on board of a ship, as it cannot be mounted on wheels, Tuis five feet long, with a3} inch bore, and the charge used is one and a half pounds of powder. It was purchased many years ago from the late Lawyer Gibbons of Allentown by the late Captain C. Rltter of Ritteraville. The lntter gold it toastock company, con risting of 8, Herman Giokinger and Frank, William and Tilghman Reichart. Mr. Ginkinger now controls the greater portion of the stock, and he has been the gunner for the past thirty years and hae uttended many poltical celobrations, A SKIN DISEASES CURED, By Dr, Frazier’s Magie Oiutment. Curos if by magic: Pimples, Black Heads or Grul Blotches and Eruptions on the fuce, the skin clear and beautiful, Also cures Itch Salt Rheum, Sore Nipples, Soro Lips anc Obstinate Ulcers Sold by drugyists, or mailed on receipt price. 50 centa, Sold by Kubn & Co. an; F. Goodmax T — Twenticth Annivirsary of President Lincoin's Death, Spacial telegram to Lik Buk, Ciicaco, December 16, —Inter-Ocean’s, Spriugfield, Til., says, the committees from the Manuerchoir and Turnverein of St Louis verc hera today in consultation with the ne In guard of honor, with o view to a mu commemoration of the twentisth anui- ary of Lincoln's death, April 15th next, Tho committees were appointed to correspond with kindred societies tbroughout the couutry asking them to eend de tions here at that time £ assiet in muking it & national affuir, ——— Breakiog Up Housekeeping, a8 Lovisvitig, Ky., December 16,—The pala- tiat Fourth stre.t residence of George C, Bu- chanan, now sojourning in Canada, charged with auplicating whisky warehouse recoipts, was thrown open to the public to-day, a.d the sale of honsehold effects begun by an auction- eer of the Trust company., The houss wasthe most magniticent in the city and was furnish- ed to a degree approsching splendor, The walls aro designed to imitate leathor, metal, mojolics and po celain tiles, containg sl the luxuries aud_ artistic appointments money could buy., The Buchanan family still occupy the house, locked them in a room, and duriug the rale the kobs of the wife wera frequently heord, The articles offered brought good prices, e —— Marder and Sulcide, Cugvesve December 16,—This morning Boneto Duran tried to induce the wife of a ranchero, named Sanchez to elope, She de- clined, whereupon, he shot her fatally, then killed hiwself, Both are Mexicans, ——— Increass of Time, Derrorr, December 16,—Ia addition to the catting of all the extra work the Western Union Telegraph company has notliied the operators that tue time of « day’s work will be increased one-half hour, e That conquering bero, Johu L, Sulli- van, i i glass, There must be something wron, with Johnnie when he contents hima with one glass. - I T T p—— . » ) 1R g \ 4 r FR, ! bl ae ooVl Sl ol S8 AR €30 LD AR IMPORTERS AND MANUTACTURING NELERS and SILVERSMITHS A R Fine Diamonds, Rich Jewelry, . French Clocks, Bronze Statuary, English Silver Plate,Antique Brass Ware, European Holiday Novelties. WJEA'X MEYER & BRO. Leadiug Music Dealersinthe Wes CARRY IN STOCK ALL THE CELEBRATED MAKES —OF— Pianos and Organs! Lower Iri and Terms this Month than ever offered before., A wvisit fo our wareroomns solicited, o ORRAMERT Dormer Windows, Ftalale, Window Qape, Iron Orestinzs, 474 %10 onth 154k Barasy Omal MEPING BOLTE, —~BIAN UFAC 8 OF-- Tla, Tron enc Fin w= S le Biy-lghts, &o, Nehrasen RICHARDS & © Proprietors. VR &, W } & rineng i supe o 2% BeRae i ‘0 v LK 18TH MANUE'ACTURERS'C‘H AND DEALERS IN Steam Engines, Botler WATER WHEELS. ROLLER MILL:5, #ill. and Grain Elevaior Machinery KILL FURNISHINGS Or ALL KINDS, INCLUDING TH# Celebrated Anchor Brand Dufour Beliing Cloth STEAM PUMPS STEAY WATER AND 8 PIPE. ERASS GOODSE ALD PIPE FITTINGS ARCHITECTURAL AND RIDG HILL = S ODELL ROLLE Wa are prepared to furnich plans and estimates, and will ccntract for eraction of Flouring Mills and Grein Elevators, or for changing flouring Mills, from Stona to the Roller System. 3™ Kapec tention given to furnishing Powder Placts for any pu. poae, and estimates made for some General machinery repairs attende wromptly, Aadress RICHARD & CLARKE, Omaha,Neb "HE OLD RELIABLE(Nortieast Nebraska THE BRUNSWICK, BALKE, COL- [HUJHENEB 1.%1.m!'.m fleago, St Paul, Minneapolls and OMAHA RAILWAY. e now extorvion of tbls e from Wakefield np ‘ ne BEAUTIFUL VALLEY of iho Whrough Concord and Ooloridge TO ELATRTINGTOLTY, teuches thy Lest portion of the Btate, Spoclel srsion rates for lond esckers over this lue o, Nortolk and Harlagion, aud vie Blelr 40 principal pot the SIOUX CITY & PACIFIO RAILROAD Tralus over thy C,, 52, ¥, M. & 0. Iutlway to Cov arton Sloux Ciby, Ponca, Hartiugton, Wayoe snd Kortolk, Oonnect at Blaiyr oF Fav woud, Uskda.o, Nollza, ant throagh b Vebe sntioe, 1el ALONG THE LINE OF THE GAN “The most extendve manulacturers Billard & Pool Tables IN THE WORLD. is +aid, will affoct & single eye. | John Hockstrasser %nn-m Af:ul or Nebraska an ‘estorn 50 8. Tenth Street + + + + OMAMA, NEB, Pool Tables and wateris ‘:nnuu Billlard snd wl »f e -