Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 16, 1885, Page 5

GENERAL HEWS. A Snow Avalanche Destroys e At Mining Camp And Cautes tha Death of Si Pergons, Seven Mexican Children at One Birth from Ons Mother, The Father at Last Accounts 8till Alive. President-Elect Cleveland Pre- paring His Inaugural. The Baltimor Want a 'a P, Lines, Ohio Telegraph Co. Show on the U, AN AVADANCHE OF SNOW. THE MINING CAMP OF ALTA SWEPT AWAY— IXTEEN PROPLE KILLRD, SarT Lakk, February 14,—A special from Little Cottonwool sags: Last night at a juarter past 8 o'clock n enow slide swept through the mining camp of Alta, destroyiog theeo-fourkhs of the town and killing sixteon pereons, including five children. It has been snowiog fura week, and it is twelve feet deep on a level snd still storming hard. Last night soon after K o'clock a tremendous vol ume of snow swoept down over the Kmma mine works, dong 1o d smage there €xcept to take the smoke stack ulong, Then it struck the town, crushing about three-fourths of it but fortunately maoy of ths housss were sorted for the winter. The place is built at the foot of erging gulchee, and the slides havo o k. Power's butc! shop and Simpsn's drug store wer ths only buildings which _entirely es- caped. Tucker's hotel and tho = Val- ley’s works, meluding buildings and tramways were entirely demolt A larga portion of the loss were in the Tucker honse. Twenty- eight in all were burisd avd twelve were dug out alive this morning, The rest are all un- doubtedly dead, The mwen from City Rooks miao and the Ivergroun form the digging force to get at the bodies. Three had been taken out at last acconats amid much dithi- culty and in & heavy storm and in gevere cold, Timothy Madden was not_dead when taken out, but died soon afier. The bodies of James Watson und Mrs. John Ford were also taken out quite dead. A rescus party starts fiom here in the morning. The following is a correct list of those not yetrecovered: Andrew S, White, Barney Gibson. Fred Colllns, Mattie Hicsy, Charlie Volk, (Chinamar) Big Jim, (Chinaman) Jerry Regan, David . Evans, a child of Mrs, Ford and four children of kd Ballon. The total losses will not exceed $42,000, of which the most important are ona of 820 000 to the Val- ley's mine and to John Strickley, $5,00). | — Anotber Heav ow Storm, Cutcaco, February 15,—A driving snow storm prevailed here nearly all day, ceasing this escning after darkness set in. The snow ia fine, moist and clioging, and drifting badly before a strong north wind, Teains coming in to-night are delayed, and fears are ex- pressed, in the present covdition of affairs, that, with such vast qnantities of snow piled up along the tracks, the block ade of last we:k will be reue sed to-morrow unless the wind waskons. Advices received are to tho effect that the storm is of much the same character s that of (ns week ago, Thora is ard in Towa aud snow has fallen N, ILLINOIS AND INDIANA. snow sdems to have fallen in Central and Southern Illinois, and trains are reported as laboring heavily or entirely aban- cdoned in that eection, Rain i3 reported in Southern Ohio, and warmer weather in the south and east. e —— & His Inungural Address. , February 14.—Among the callers on President-elect Cleveland to-day, were Senator Gorman, of Maryland; Congrersman William G, Scott, ot Pennsylvania, and Smith M. Weed, of New York. It is understood that Cleveland is devoting 1l his spare time to the compilation of angural address, e ——— The B. & O, Telegraph Company Want a Fair Show, Special telegram to Tue Bix, New Yorg, February 16.—Most of the western railroads benefitted by the land-grant #ubsidies own and operaje their own telegraph lines The clause 1 each subsidy graut pro- hubits the railroad comp nyfrom giving any othir ¢ rporation or telegraph company ex - clunive telegraphic privileges, The Western Upion, hiwever, practically enjoys the ex- Pl el e R Y lives beloging to tha Pa:ific railroads con- trollod by Jay Gould, The Kaltimore & Ohio Telegraph company has determined to o ntest lln‘}ulun Pacific’s right to keep its c'usive privileges. President Bates, of the Balt more & Ohio, applied to Charles Francis Adam utof the Uoion Pacific, for an interch f husiness over the lizes of the Unin Pucific and its subsidiary roade. After Bates had rep-atadly requasted s definito avswer to the application, Adamns re- plied as foll wa, Jaouaty 5: *‘Our y will a5 any place where ishas an offics for commercial* telcgraph business receive from Ay pergoa or corporation, ino udivg the cor. poration represented by you, any meseaga offarad to it, and transmit” the eame without discrimination of avy kivd, at the sawe rates and on the " rume terms a3 it dees messages for apy person or cor- poration, I have ot at havd the tariff of ratee, but such taritf can be obtained by your company at any of our company's oftices wh it does telegraph busioe-s for the public. This company will not make avy contract in respect of general interchange of coping of accounts for s 10 exchangrd, ident Buatos wrot) such tarms would be perfectly satisfactory to 1he Baltimoro and Ohlo compuny, and in_ordcr that the neces- sary arrangements might be cmpleted, re quested Adams to send h'm a list of the tele- graphic stations on the line of the Kaneas Pacific roud between Kansas City and Den- ver, there are enid to by about sixty of these stations, After some de'ay, Mr. Adams replied there wis o list of stations kept by tha compao: hut that the stations were “‘well known. Tuus the w.tter stands afier five months cor respondence. The ofticers of the Paltimore aad Ohio tele- graph company suspect strong Western Union wfucoce in the Union Pacitic director countable for the disivc'ination of the officers of the Union Pacific to enter into the arrange. went proposed, THIRE GKEAT EXCITEMENT AT KANKAKEE, 101, Kavkakea, IlL, Febraary 11, —The threat ened lyaching of Nelsop, the tramp who mur. derously assaulted Mrs. Schretllar, nareated in the afternoon dispatches, is keeplng Kan kakos in u ferment of excitement. Prowin ent men of this county dircuseed the in an excited w.y, wating for tonight to hiear from the vietitu, whose death is momes arily expected, avd promisa a hangiog bee, should she die. Letowrneau ded z e ———————————————— e e THE DAILY BEE--MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1885. ENRAGED ENGINEERS. e New Union FPacific Rulss Affect t ¢ Emplyes, How Injustice ana Coerclon Prominent Peatures = tumors of Trouble, Union Pacific engineers and traln men generally, along the linc of the r ad from Omahs to Odgen, are earnestly protest- ing against tho efforts of General Mana. ger Callaway to abricge their frco rizhts and make them the abjact slaves ot the company. The clause ia the rules and regulationa recently adcpted by the ccm pany is very sweeplng, and shouold the The Sans Ceremonie, The Sans Ceramonle club held fts Val entine pasty last Friday evening at Mason ic hall, about thirty couples pariicipating. The valentine episode way the distribution to each per:oa of a comic valentine en closed in aa cavelope and numbered, tliece baing tx0 of each nuwmbar, {he gan. tleman possessing which were obliged to seok their partners for the valentine dance, which was a polka. This fea'nure was productive of no li merriment, end it is to be recorded that sll respctive couples were mated by the time the polka wag announced. Among the guetty were Miss McCord, of Milwaukes; Mies Mo. Cerd, of St. Joe, and Mr snd Mre. Fer guson Jennings, of Milwaukec, “Thom vs Ritter,” To the Editor of the Bk, It ecoms no mors than just to make employes acquiese it would inaugurate a system of espionage over them never be fore attempted under an enl’ghtened and free government. The rule states that any man working for the company sball kold it blameless for sny accldentor injury that he may sustain during the discharge of his daty whether by his own negligence or tha! of another employe, defective track or machinery, or the culpable carclossners of train dispatshers or eflicials. The em- ploye gives up his tight to remuneration in any caso. Undcr the desired contract he agrees to pay for all broakages which may ocevr whether by his own fault, that of othersor by uaavcidable accident, crvirtually this, for the employe will have to prove directly {ha' the damage was not his fault —a very hard thing to do—or atand the cost of refairs, To cita a case recent'y trought up An engineer accldentslly broke the cow- catcher of i's engtne. He was charged $45 for repairs, an amount greatly sut of proporticn to the valus of the work done, and mearly kbalf a month's wages, He paid it for he was ccmpelled to do o or 1 3 bis position Thia is but an instance of tha coersicn used by the company. Al marricd men's wives w 1l be expected to sign tho contract 80 in cie of the hushand’s death the wife will have no actlon at law, rgaess the railtoad. The whole matter rrom the beginnivg {o erd is an attcmpt to take away from an intelligent and honorable class of men c>mmon and notorious rights guaranteed to them by the laws of a fros country. The cxactiors of the Union Pasific compeny are without limit. It a switch- man in the Omaha yards sends a car by mistake fom the lower to the upper yards duriog the night or day, he is charged $2.00 for it; if the car s taken across the river it costs the unlucky fel- low 85.00. Every month in the year 25 cents is taken out of each man's wages for hoepltal dues, When a min s injur— ed or sick he must go to tha hospital. He is prescrihad certain medicine, and muet have the doctor deeiznated by the company whether he wants him or not Wh:n Chamberlsio, Sh:ldon and Norris met their deaths at the Elkhora disaster some time since, Noriis, who did not die immediately, was brought to the hospital in Omaha, His brother desired to have the fimily physic'an attend him, and brought bim to the hospital for that pur pese. It i that the company sur- geon woald not allow the other dootor to examino the patlent, and in conse- quence there was a fight at the bed-side of the dying young Norrle, betweea his brother and the company surgeon. When it came to burying the thrse men the brotherhcod engineers took the funerals in charge and conducted them properly. The weather was warm and the bodies belng badly sclalded were emtalmed. The underta- ker’s bills amouated to $162 for Sheldon and $160 for Chamberlaln were dieal- lowed by the company’s officiala in these words: “‘Bill disallowed because the aesoclation of engineers and firemen d d not see fit to consult us in the matter, and farthermore beeause the bills sre far In excess of what they would have been under company's contract, [Sigued] Erastus Youxne, Auditor,” The action of Mr. Young, however, way afterwards overruled by Mansiger Ca laway. The compsny has astanding contract with an Omaba undertsker to bury the company’s desd at §42 per head, and Mr. Yonng thouzht anythiog but the plsinest pharsphernlia inconsistent withtrue eccn- umy. Sn(nn Pacific englncers are paid £3.80 per 100 miles of trave), and they make from $125 to §150 per mo:th, Their positlon is one of great responsibility and danger, death staring them in the face st 'l times when on the road. Thelr jufgement and courage must bo beyond quastion. conductera and brakeman t)0 are selected with regard to their qualities in this re- gard, They all have hard, dangerous work and no company ever was known to over pay thelr men or allow too numer ouspivileges. There is a clause in the new tlme card that no conductor orbrake- man shall coup'e cars without a stick, yet if thay ure one they are very likely to be dlscharged because they do. The ru'e is a blind puot In for the purpose of avolding dameges shculd a msn e killed or baaly ipjured whila wakiog a couplirg, The officers woald eay, “‘the men sre forbid- den to couple without a stick; this man haydone 8o contrary to rule, and the company I8 not respoosible for his in- juries.” The rule worksas a boomer- rang. An engineer 1old a Bk rep rier Jast night tbat they would vever sign the rales under any cousidsration. If Mau- azer Calloway Insfsts thers will betrouble along the whele line of the road. The Brotherhood of Loc)motive Eogineers and Firemen are the two etroogest labor organizations in the United States, if not in the world., The former rumbersabout 10,000 members, while the latier has something like 8,000 to 10,000. They sra good men, and wilstand by eacn other to the la't, and have plenty f woney to fight the matter for almo.t an indefinite p-riod, Dur ngz Calloway s mansgement of the Chicago & Grand Trunk way some years ag) hoe tiied to adopt a similar sct cf rules to the ones now under ccn idera: tiva on the Unioa Pacific. The engin- extis guards at the county jail to night. Word was recaived at 10 o'¢'ock that the woman was still alive. Threats heard that Aha neighbors of the injured woman from Des Elws and Manters, should she die, would visit Kankakee to-night, intansities pubiic excite went here. Talk that tne sheritf msy re move t18 prisover to-night to Chicago for safety keeps the feeling at fever heat. L — The Long Strike in the Hockiog Val- Sley K ded, CoLomprs, Ohio, February 15.—The an ‘nou cement wes made in sl parts of the Hocking Valley to that the commissary bad given out and advising the men to go to lAlllk. This enls the sirike which staried last pril, eers sirack and after a lor g fight won at every poiut, the rules being nullitied and the usnal regulations 1cplaced. The Unlon Pacific has fine erg neers. T lhcre ! are none better in the Uuited Stafcs than Hawbright Lovingston, Dolan, Matbes, Wilkins, Van Noyes, Mcnahah, Shiclde, Hill, Btayley, Able and many otbere; men who have delivered thelr trains eafely at the ends of their divislons thousinds of times and are caréful and thoughtful at sll times. Under the new ral s such wea would ba discharged for scme tnflirg unavoldable eccident as quickly as & yoong ranncr who bad made his first fx p, the following remarks in ccnnectlon with theflate irial of the case ‘‘Thomas va Ritter.” 1t seems that Me. Thomas has not done justice to either himself crthe tax paying poople of our city. The plaln fasts of the cate have heen gone over several times in conrt, this be- iy the third trlal, each one of which has been decided sgainst Mr Thomss, The suit involved a question of diifsrence between property belonglngto the parties of taking liberty of spacc, say between two and cighteen inches of ground-—Mr, Ritter has tried to settle with Mr. T in nrder to save costs bat without avall. The question in our mind as taxpayers 1s why should anybody be compelled or forced to pay costs of suits |8 when the laws have twice vindlcated the injured cne, CRIMINAUITIES, “Sandy” Forhes be Pasitively Declines t Arr.sted, Captain Sullivan's Stirring Advent vre—petty Misdemeanors, About o'clock Sunday morning a Council Bluffs man, one A H, Emerive, who had been in the city, rqusndering his werldly wealth in divers wicked ways, approached Officer Oharles Bloom, and told him that he had been robbed of a 820 check by Sandy Forbes, to whom he given it to have it cished late Saturday night, but who had rafused subsequently to account for it. Bloom and Emerline, after considerable fraltless soarch, suc ceeded in locating Forbes in Higgina' salcon on Doug'as street. Bloom walked up to Forbes ¢nd laying a Fard on his shoulder, told him t*a% he was under ar- rest and woa!d have to i) to jail, Forbes asked Bloom why he bad been placed under arr¢st, and was told that it was was bzcause he had confiseated the $20 check. Forbes, it appeare, aficr spend- Ing an hour or o in trying fu cash the check, gave it to a friend, asking him to take it to cartain places and wseo if it could be cashed. Il second *‘cashier” had not returned, and Forbes denied having tho check. Blcom told him, neverihelers, he would have to go to jail, where the matter would be investi- gated. Forbes defiantly thook the brave ofticer from him, and rising up in all the towering majesly of his six fect height, 3 This case has been in court three years has caused an untold amount of apnoyares t) diffirant peopls and upon three triale, decided by the jury each time againt Thomae. The verdict stands that Mr. Ritter has bean shamefally 1 posed upon by some defect in our lawa. “«The intluence «f your honest decisions of justice fcr or against the fact that you aro always fearloss In expressitg your opinlons prompts the undersigned with many othera to atk npace for the above aCts, Perenr Syrrh, Gro. L, Carnrorr, and bundreds of others. SKIPPED WITH THE CASH. The Wife of a Hotel KeeperiDecamps with all His Wealth, About a weck ago W, E. Jones, pro- prietor of ths Jones House at the Stock yards gent hls wife to Plattsmouth to poy a bill of $25. At {ha end of six days, as Mre. Jones had not returned and Mr., Jones had not haard snything from her, he made Inquirles and found that she had not paid the bill at Plaits- mouth and had not been ssen at that place, Upon looking through his effects, Mr. Jones diecovered that his unfaithfol wife had faken with her notes to the amount of $1,700, belonging to her husband. Farther developments convince Mr. Jenes that his wife has eloped with a waiter who was formerly employed at the Jones house. ——— - Real Estato Transfers. The following transfers were filed In the county clerk’s office Tuesday aad reported for Tae BEE by the Ames’ real state agency February 13, 1885. George P Bemis and wife to Thomas McMauus, w d, lot 13, In block 16, Col- lage Piace to Omaha, 8750. Ralph E. Gaylord and jwife et a', to Wm O Bartholomew, q % d,lot 19, In Horbach's 1st add. to Omaha, §156. W O Bartholomew to John A Hor- bach, q ¢ d, part of lot 55, in Hoibach's 1st add. to Omaha, §1. e — A Chavge In Position, Mr, Harry Gilmore, for years yard- master in the Unlon Pacific yards in this city, has been relleved from such duty. The position is a hard one, and by strict attention to business Mr. Gilmore's health has been impaired, and it was impos- sible for him {o continue longer in that capaciy. For the present Mr. Gilmore will take charge of a passenger train and wield the punch. The appointmerts have nct all been made yet, and it is more than likely that Mr. Gilmore will soon be called to aseume a mora responsible position, e — Police Court, In police court Saturday morning three women for belng inwa‘es of a house of prostitution wera each fined $ and ©os's, Four men charg:d with vagrancy proved they were laboring men and they wera discharged. “Duck” Mctinire was charged with being a vagratt ~He pleaded not guilty, but the jodge evidently thought that he needed a dose on general prinelples, and santenced him tothicty days cn bread and water, following the sentcnce up with, “And | will see that you getit tor.” “Well,” seid *‘Duck,” **Ycu had better wait until I plead guilty,” * Oh, we all know your histry,” remarked his honor, and made out the mittimus ——— Dropped theStufl. Sa urday morning about 4 o'clock, a8 a cer'ain backman In this city was returning to his home, after evjoylog a night of pleasure at the bricklayer's bull, he saw a man at the corner of Nlveteenth and Cass strects, with s sack of flour upon each shoulder and & blg ham dangling down by astring from one srm, The hack- man hollered *‘drop that.” The burden bearer, bowever, cnly quickened his ace, etill clingicg to the stutf. The hackman then drew his revolver from his pocket and fired one shot in the alr. This was mcre than the fellow with the ham and flour could stand, snd be drop- ped the whole bus and gallopad dowa 1he street /ike a quarter hcrse. The hackman left the stu!lin the road and re paired to his home, “Lost Hin Coat. Satu daymorningMr, 1, A, Ocumpaugh replied thit be would not submit to ar- ress without a warrant, Bloom meckly waked off, obeying *‘Sandy’s’ request with the most affablo obsoquiousness. Of course he could not and did not get a woreant, and Forbes was nct arrested. Cowardice I8 out of place on the police orce. Admitting that Blom was wrong inhis judgmentas to the proprioly of arvestlog Forbes on the charges indi- cated, heshould never have backed down when once lo declired his intentiors. Thore are wany reqnisitas in the mako. up of a gord police cilicer, and courageous detenn'nation is the most eseential, It is probable that the matter will be offi- clally investigated. Captain Maurlce Sullivan, of the police force, met with an adventurs yestcrday which he vows to remember as long as o livee. Abont half pist four in the afternoon o was called upou to airsst H. T. Doyle, a partially intoxicated individual who was cngaged In raising a disturbance on the corner of Sixteenth and Capl- tol avenuwe. He suc:ceded In capturing h's man and ordered him {0 “come alorg " At this point Doyle turn- ed to a female bull-dog, large and savage, which was by his slde, and sct her upon Cagt. Sullivan, TEat worthy at once released Doyle and preparcd himeelf for a band-to fight with the animal. To use his own expreseion be had never felt 8o frighteded l:fore in his life. Hls heart threatened to stick in his alimentary canal, and he was literally ‘‘paralyzed.” The bull-dog flaw &t him and bit him once on the hand. Before sny more eerious results were accomplished the animal was driven off iy a colored man who came t> the rescus ab this most opportune moment. All th's occopied but a minute. Dogle, Fkow- ever had oblained a considerable stut Captain Sullivan started after him, but could not stop him before he entered a boarding houss near the corner of Four- teenth street and Capital avenue. Doyle went upstairs and trled to conceal him- eelf under a plle of bed-cloth Captsin Soliivan entered the room, and despite the threatenirg ‘‘Arrest me, if you dare!” of the fugutive, drew a bead on him, plsced bim under guard and marched him off to jsil. The bull doz, mean while,was dispatched by Rounds- man Whalen. A CLEVER RUSE, Clara Thomas, a very blg black negro wench, was arrested night before last for non-psyment of her license as a prosti- tute, She was jailed and while there was visited by George Poindexter, a ¢ gentlem fricnd,” who was desirous of liberating her. The gentleman did not have the money 1. qu'site but hit upon a happy scheme for obtaining it. He went to one of the large hot.l3; approached the clerk and glving the name of a colored wan known to be employad in the estab. lishment, asked for &7 00. The clerk turned to the books and found the nsme credited with $15 00. Accordingly with- out hesitat’on he handed the man the money demanded. He paid Clara’s fine and she i3 mow a% large. DPoindexter, however, was arrested yesterday, and now poses in a sacrificial attitude in the county jall. JEWELRY THIEVES. A member of the firm of Shrieve, Jur- vls & Co., wholeealc noticn merchanty of Harpey strest, reported to the police yerterday that some fifteen or twenty dczen coff and vollar buttons had been slolen from the baremert of their ttore Satorlay night Entrance was effected by the thicves by prying open a shutter on the etde cpaning into 1he slley and bursting in a pane of glass, There s no clue to the cticnicrs, | — The Unity Club, ments the room was filled with dancers, who “‘trcd the measure unt 'l a fate boue, Financially and soclslly the Unlty Club sociable was a success. . - \ Broken Leg. Ssturday forenoon an employe at the his leg between the knee and ankle, The man, whote name is Amos Anderson, was scuflling with a fellow unknown and in rome way came in contact with an ron railway as above stated, WESTERN WANDERINGS. The Story of the Travels of an Oma. ha Boy—Varlety Artist, Journal- ist, Waiter and Detective, Last October, Frank Colburn, cmploy- ed in the detestive business bere, left the city and s'rack out for the wild west The tales of adventures, sines leaving Omaha, £s related in a lstior wiit'en to a fricnd in this city resds like the tale of the dime-novel hero, end shows well the roughand varied vicissitades ¢f a man who “knceks sbouy” in the west, Af cr leavirg this city, Colburn went to Denvee where ho obtsiaed emglyment in Gen Cook’s Rocly Mountain Detec- tiva Burcau. TI's pestion Le held for s ma weeks, whena scarc ty of gen- eral detective werk forced him to seek some more lucritive employment. Bring something of a verlity art'st, Colburn applied for a position on the Eoweds cf tho Theater Comique. The mwanagement of the institution hastened to avall them- selves of his services, and fur three woeks he possd sucocssfel'y upon the variety atnge, doing eong and dance acts, Union elevator,hadthemit fortune to break | ——'—‘_———_*_—fi_*\% o'clock every night, four rounds into a neighbor's house, Giroes brothers, of Madison, recently con fessed jundement in favor «f their father for 210,000, and giving him a mortgage on_real estate worth §25,000, leaving other creditors to whistle, Crimin:] prosecution is expected to follow, The extradition of J. Robert Williams, the David Uity swicdler, from Canada, will be cheering newa to the villain's victims in But ler county. The rascal has Loasted that he went to David City to swindlo everybody he could get into his clutches and shaded his operations in the hope of getting slelter ur der the benevolent laws ot Canada. He has reached the end of his tethor, B. & M. sorveyors are running lines west. from Hold ega through what is known as the' “*Big Divide,” evidently int nding to tap the fodder land 1n Keith snd adjoining countiee, Columbus is biddiog for the additional in asylum. 1t appears from the Journal ow, that the town has hid its beauties and Deneficents hreezes under o bushel, only to trot them Lut when “minds diecased” sesk s aa new elysi . 'Sovereien reason,” (uotes the Journal, *'like swect bolls jangled out of tune, and har'h,” will ba beocited by the “'gentle soothirg influence of surrounding natura.” Norfolk, Fiemont and North Piatte will ploase make & nota of it. The Linco'n News mis-statos an article in the Council Bluffs department of Tur Bre, referring to mismansgem nt and cuelty in the pest house there, a3 having oecurred in the Omaha past house, The latter has bai but one inmate this year, and he was properly cared for and promptly cured. John Barrett, o Grand Tsland tough who srsan't-d a littls gil some tine vgo, will as sist in building the dome of the state capitol under a five years' contract, Bil Delley, & Grend Tslind er: professor ot the science of high will ge2upy the the state panit years, A worthles cur named E. 8, Jenninge, of Grand Islwd, deserted s wife and months babe, Tt week, leay them 3 enni lees and dependent mainly ou cbavity. In the words of the Times, “such men ghould he drowned like surplus kittous,” 1'cemont wos the center of o vocal cyclora last week, It was called for short musical ckeman ani y robbhery, onomy in tiary for the two und a half even sleight of hund tricke, stev At length the Denver authcrities, seized with a virtmous fit, closed up the The- atcr Comique, Colbmn and tha property mwan then start:d upon the road ina duo combination, C.lbura’s knowl- edge of variety songs, and his skill at eleight of hand helpad him out, and the two succeeded in gett ng to Alba- querque, New Mexico. Here Colburn having had some experience in jouraal- 1im, got a position on the Evening Dem- ocrat. This place he held tiil he secured, as being & newspaper man, a pass over the Atlantlc & Pacific rond, westward. He journeyed into Arizona, traveling as a tr'ck and va- rlety srist. He ade considerable money in the rough miniog towns, as the gold and silver pickers alwsys patronized liis parfo mances Liberally. ~ Some nlghts he **scooped” in a8 mach as §15 wnd sometimzs as Jittla as $3, but the profits of this echeme were absorbed by the enormous living exp nses—tuch ¢s a half dollar for a shave, seventy-five cents for a meal, one dollar for loaging, cto. He left the property man in Ar'zma and procseded Friszowrrd. He susceeded ed in reaching Talare, Califor.is, where he obisiced a position a3 waterina rertaarant. It was not 1 ng beforc he became entirely rehabilit.t:d in this position—a circamstance which proved highly opportune. The lady proprietress gave bim en old sult of clothes belong- ing t> one of her sone. As for a hat, be confiscsied a tile belonging to a gentle- man who rzfused to pay for a mesl Joarneying, after a fow weeks to the Golden Gate, Colbura obtained an en- goagement on the beards of the Adelohi Varlety Theatre, where he remiced for some wesksas head varlety artist. Re- lingnishing this p-sition hs became secre- tary of a private buraau of iniormation, in which pos'tioa be now relates with au air of calm and well earned esse, the etory of his wanderings through the wesb, e e— Jhe Expressage of & Newspaper, «I would 13 obliged to you,” ssid a close-fisted old fellow to a country edlter, “if you will express my thanke, through your excellent pper, fo the many cti- zens whose timely aid last night saved my housn from h3ing dettroyed by fire,” “Certainly,” replied the editor. *I will express your thanks, but it will be neces ary for you to advance about a dol- lar and a ha!f to pay the exprestage,” e — The Pipe was “Busted.” Detreit Free Press, “Say” li» called as he enfered 4 plum- ber's shop, *‘there'ssomething the matter at ovr houze.” “Wel!, what is it¢” *'‘Oar frczean water pipe has all frozen up. l“Yea," “And the hired girl says ehodidn'c do it, snd ms siya she didn'c do it, and pa says he'll put a bullct into some plumber befcra night.” ‘‘And you want me to come up?’ “] guess we do, The hired girl she’s quit and all the ceilings are leaking cown and ma and pa are talking about a divorce " “Well, I'll go up."” Fiiday night a large number of the friends of Unlty church gathered in Fal- coner's hall to participate in an enter- talnment which liad been prepared by the committee of ladles designated for such work, At about ¢ o’clock the liter ary and mn:icel programme was rendered and was greatly cnjoyed, A fine eextette from the Glee club, consisting of Messrs Northrup, Van Ku- ran, Wilber, Wilkins, Smith and Snow gave one of their most beautifal selec tione, and although but one bad been aunounced they ssng in addition ‘‘Annle Lasurle.” Thesix volces blended well, and this little gem showed them all to good advantage. Miss Chamberlain, who savg ‘‘My Qaeen,” has 8 very sweet voice, of fine quahity, aod good renge. Her menaer is ¢asy and unatfected, and she 1ude a most delightful impressi The ‘*Bridge of Sig! as recited by Mrs, Shrove, gave cvidenca of @ strong who rezides at 1710 Harney sireef, took his overcoat out and hung it on a nasil on the back porch to air. very sheri time bis dsughicr went out upon the porch and found that the overcoat had been ttolen. Mr. Ocumpavgh reported at polico headpuarters but no clue to the thief has as yet been discovered, Some «f these fellowa will getcoafter a while that they will steal 1L overcoat off cf a man's back while be is walking along the stroet, Ina L appreciation by that Jady «f the beauty and pathos of the wonderful poem. A contrast to this was the ‘‘Candle Lectare,” delivered by Mrs. Pollock, who very ably presente her rerdition of the well known charaster of **Mrs. Candla. Mr. Jay Northrap sing the ‘‘Ship- wrock'' maguificently, aud in responte to s very perslstcnt recall, gawe & “'Sere- nade,” which way very sweet. At the piano Mjs, Coleman meri's grest pratee f 1 Ler product'on of Gotie ¢h 1k's “Last Hope,” and Mr. Frank ““Well, you'd beiter walt till pa gos down town and :na gets off to the roller riok and then you come around to the back door and knock three times, and ')l let you i, - — A Blizzard of Mclody, There ls oftentimes a sericus difference of opin'on in matters of cultura in the family. The head ot the house Is too pracical and the firet lleutenant too iv:- thetic. “1 reslly think that Mabel ought to lave s pisno; don’t yoa! She is eeven years old, and the sooner she begloa the sconer ehe will ba able to maet sr the in- tricacles of Liezt, As7: be blowed, and ths piano, too. When the giri's legs can reach the pedals we il fa'k pisno.” *‘Then it will be too late, perhaps, ¢ Gio ahead; buy a plano for ler, a cor- net for Jim and & drom for Jack. Let's have a D'izzsrd ¢f melody while we ars about it. '—Hartford Post, o — rhomas Wants to Lea How. “‘Well, Mr. Hendricks, Kbar:oum has at Jast fallen.” “Yes, t0 I eec. There is one man down there with whom [ would like to hold about twenty minates’ conversa tion. “Wko's that?” “Fersz Pay “Why (" *'1'd like to bave him tell me how wa rebe s in, he aged to open the gates and let the convention. The profundo warblers of Ains. At Alnaworth it costs five dollars to ehoot Brown noted as accompaniet 1) the Glee STATE JOTTIN ¢ o seavon's work did we Club and soloists mcst satiafastorily. P bk b AL LR LB In the intermisiin Mrs. Shreve| rye philorophar of the T fadd 16 ool g hasi Rt I {Tady, who ouptivated sl heats by a rec:. | who settles Lis debts at. for oy Ptttk PR B N tation, The yourg lady was dainty [dcllr. Whe R0 CF IR T TOPER Ao eae litt'e Morio Koch, aul her “Twinkle!| Colmidgo fs given nightly acvonaden by [iy known ae the suttemst. wyormed what, taiokle Litt'o star,” given wiln ug Lifted | coyotee. cltibe retstzed thole players 88 the finger and grave demeanor took the housa [, Ttis now proo towt i AMOIE players at the sume by atorm, e e o " Saveml ot ot awncivtions. were thin s olewe of t The the 0 organized an A Ay t o the Wikl S SOl WO TER/E b, st e MBI b Wakield, Sundag. | onon zdin diflorot parts of tho com the floor wan closned and in & few mo. | ,Ainsworth police roundup all boys at o] {EY and admitied under the protection cf the naticnsl sgreemeat. 1Th's served to make wood ball players, espec ally pitch ers, eoarse aud forcad ealaries up still higher, nntil at the present timo a first claes pitcher will not look at a mansger for loes than 83,500 for & seaton. Rad- bournc, of last year's I'rovidence club, rcccived the Iaigest amount of money that has ever been pa'd to a ba'd plager. His wonderful pitching, which won the champ'onship for the ofub, ¢t about £5,000, a3 ho dld the work of two pitch- 1 reccived the pay of two, ome of the silsries whi h bave ball players will get nexc season are: Ger- hardt, O'Rourke, Deatlay, Ewme and Ward, of the New York olub, 3,000 oach. Mollane was to bave plaged with the Cincinnati club for 4,000 Duslap has acontract with the new league club of St. Louis for §3,400. These are only a fow of tha higher prices paid, while the num- ber of men who get from §2 000 to £3,000 is Iarge. At theso prices & olub with team costing only from §15,000 to §20,- 000 is locky; but it hes not much chance of wionng the champioashin, To this exp ne mutt bo added tho groand ront, the salavies of gate koepers, and the ex- penses, which wil be about as much mora, **Asa high priced club, ths New York clab leads, white 1hy Metropolitans are nearly as expensivo. The Income of these two c'uba lrst year wasnoe rly $130,- 000, yot tha Metecpolitans lost money, and the New Yerk clab wis only a little shead. Tho firet yesr the Metropolitans wore in the fieid their sdary list was light, 85 were their traveling ¢xponaes, aud at the end of the season they were over §50,000 ahead. e Breaking an zagement, “Yos, Avyastae, our (ngagemert m bo hecKan, ¥ 1, Charlolte, do motray so. You know you said you would bo mimno for lite wy s, Tknow: but that was b-fcra papa ;iz:n-u me my dear litde pug.’—|Pitteburg ost. worth exchange 1 n with the laritones of Wahoo, while the y like terors of David City joioed the n g birds of Arlington until the rafters of the Preebytesian chureh trembled with meledious sourds, and North Bend chirped m to swell the chorus, Fremont stood by and shivered. Hoise thieves made away with two aninials belonging to I in Dodge County, 50 is offered for their re tha capture of the thieves, The Crete Vidette asserted that Congress man Laird once boasted he would make a rec- ;:rd in congress or break a leg. He broke a eg. Under the recent decision of the attorney- general, that countiss must pay the cost of maintaining theic inrane in theasylum, Dodge county finns heraelf indebted to the state S10,- 131.73. Newly every county in the state 1< treated to a siuiilar surp ise party. 1izgs are £5 cents & dozen 10 Omaha, and no well regulated hen can afford to be out laid at that price, “The beaetly conduct «f the hocdlums in the Clumbus “opera honee is a disgrace to civilizad society,” accordit g to the democrat. Tha Columbus Democrat advises Oleveland to invite the auther of tte three R’s to open the inauguration ceremories with prayer, The train was moving slowly between Ne. bracka City and Brownville, “onductor Lee atthe purch, The engine tooted the cattle warm, the spee slackened up and the “‘man from ths country” inquired the cause. l.ee said 1t was a steeron the track. Two bours later the engine whiatled again «od_the coun- tryman shouted, “'Hell, we've caughb up with that steer again.” The fremen of Fi ont will give their annual dance February 25, A team of hor:es belorging to an old lady living near Syracuse wero stolen last week, They were the only ores she had ard the main eupport cs herself and son. A “blocdy shirt” idiot was among the pas sengers on # B, & M., train out of Platts- mouth the other day.” He denounced the pas- sengers a8 traitors and relic sympathers, It was discovered that he was an office holder whose commision would soon expire. The neat apparance, compact and artistic make-np and lively and gossipy c ntents of the Sutton Register are now accoun'ed for, It i managed, edited, printed und _ delivered by two enterprising ladies, Mrs, Lvans and her ¢ister, Miss Mary Williams. ‘The sk ing rinks in Liocoln are known in Jogislative parlance as *“thud houses,” Thirty-two residents of Humbo'dt ard vi- cinity are ready to swear that they saw Voor hees in town on the day of the wreck of the & M. train for wh'ch he was convictsd and sentenced to the Kavsas penitentiary for ninety-vine years, Thisexquisite piece of de tective war cost the B & M a out £20,000. There 1+ much speculation in North Ne- Draska towns as to the toute of the proposed road, the northern branch of the Unin Va. cific, the churter for which passed the lower bouseof ¢ mgress last week. The eastern terminus of the road is Sioux City, The road will riin dus weet and connact with the Union Pacitic some where in Wyoming. Vriends of the meatuce are confident it will pass tho senate. chooners are already sailivg int) ty. Niobrara has spit on its hands and taken another @rip on the United States laod office, which they clain they will continue to hold. Tn these days f fast mails and prowpt de livery, 1t only takes five days to get o Jettor from PTapillion to Bellvue, u distance of ten miles, “'as the crow flies,” At a depth of al sixty-five feet, Mr, Dash has found a ten ineh vein of coal pear | - Hubbell, He thinks a good paying vein will be found at a depth of from 600 1o 900 fest, and is ready to cut a dash in the bowels of the cwrth if benevolent citizens will put up the wherewith A handsomo new schzol huilding is ap proaching completion i Springfield, Sarpy county, West Puin [ ¢ —— tro will model the frea pub- irterds to give to San Fran- 20 after these of Leipsic, Gottmgen and Heidelbnrg. Mo already Ly 60,000 volumes for it. and will probably increase the number b0 100,000 Ha will ulso crect a library build- ing of splendid proportions, e —— Tor Conghs and Throat Disorders use BROWN'S BroNCHIAL 'HES. “Have never chavged my mind respecting them, ex- cent T think better of that which I began thinking well of,”—Ler, Henry Ward Beecher. Sold only in boxes, WeMoveMarch3d A. HOSPE Will Move March 3d, to 1513 DOUGLAS ST., YOENG'3 OLD STAND, Mr. Adolph Su ic library ) Commencing Monday, we will sell Pictures, Frames, Pianos & Organs, Plush Goods, Etc., Ete, dlees of cont to reduce stock before mov- 1 ing. Come and convince yourself, Every- thing goes, "HILL & YOUNG, {FORMERLY HILL & CO,,) Wil Move March 2d e TO e Farnam We wlil now sell FURNITURE, CARPETS AND STOV At the Lowes) Crsh Prices to 1edus moving. Giveus acalland seve m 115 NORT1S 16th STRE] 12, treet. CROCKERY stock before €y, T, The Fahion Cigar Parlor Is e opeit ta the Pwilic. The finest place of the kin inthe city, Gureann Casit Grer or 8300 15 Gornn 1505 Farnam St., 8 Doors West from 15th Street. Omaha National 'Ban'k; U. 8. DEPOSITOLY* 1t is rumored that tha Albion lioe of the|J. H. MILLARD, WMIWALLAQGE, O, N & B 1L R I ds to extanded to O'Neil Prosident, Cashior in ““I“I cnnlnly. 'l‘m-! w:}l rlnnka d;umth.r o—— through line between the U. I', and Sioux i CAPITAL-'SURPLUS Dunbar is to hava a §15,000 i uring mill, % Nabraska City has fired its soap murks out- ide of the ity limits, Have no use for it in town. An irate farmer became incensed ot & porter in the Sberman house, Tecumseh, snd renched for his gan in orddr to lay the colored man out, but shot hinsclf in the back of the head instend, The new town of Burnbam, in Liocoln county, haa jus been surveyed, and is named 1 in honor of L missioner Euroham the Union Pacific railway. The town is lo: cated twenty-two miles west of North Platts, —— "N BASE BALL, NO MON Extravagint Sala Players Baid 1o Consuine the Receipts, Boston (ilobe, * Theie is no money in base ball now- adays,” eaid J. 2. Alien, one of the di rectors of the Provideuce club, a* the recent base ball mecting In New York according to the San, “The club was quite sure of coming out mor or lews whead, but that is past. Whe I ow, and & playcr who recelvea &|,50( e time was when & man who put bis money intoa 0 n the National league had cortrol (f all the ce.t players o ths country a few years ago, and had no opposition, salaries were ) $600,000. Omaia Safo Deposit VAULXS. Fire and Burglar Proof Safes. For rent at from 8 10 850 per snnum 2 PHOTOGRAYHER 218 North V6th Street. 0Old Boe tive Stand. The present proprivtor wishes 1t understond thay all photographs are made ratisfactory before be ng delivered from this gallery. The old mansgement rotires and Mr, M. K. Gray succeeds. Ur, Amelia Burroughs OFFIOE AND RESIDENCE 617 Dodge 8t., - Omaha, ELEP HONE NO. 144,