Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 24, 1885, Page 5

~ T > D T 7« » THE DAILY BEE---TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1885. 5 i = = e e —————— aah & 7 y &6,00 wwley was ember of the LITERARY NOTES, »aise 8t sekton, Oel . ) \ RAILROAD NEWS court. 8o that this district isno longer] REDUCING THE RATES. % & e e t th LITERARY NOTES L alse §tsckton, Cella Thator, Male:lm (Mr. Probyn's book fn to give o [ g withoat & foleral marthal. One ¢f the | - dng school. " e speciiated When a new deama hes provod snccess: | © g T ey fh SHIAL Gty A cen " TR e Do . ) ‘1 er is on one bond for £10 (00, R —_ isforme US - ) 1‘;(,: « "wthxl-ll.u“:‘ti'[ ;\’1: ‘c’:l‘l‘lt:;;':ll v:;‘u The Teleptone People Molested by a ;:.Iln:rl\s‘ ”n;'l’;"\| I,\: LS cetstul, it is customary for the audlence | Wi M nre ol Basons's ot % VTN TRES S Anited ‘x‘ . ”:\) “"l.I, 1 q hnn I 1 e to eater upon the prosecution o sroposed Legisiati il fall blaet ¢ 3 thor before ths ¢ | b o . f £t of —_— tute for liquer, known as “B. B" & stituifon has the reputadon of bein They have a curiosly to seo what sort of | Miss Woolson's new story, *East|Y¢8% In Iay and among Italiane, 8o that 3 The U nited States court will reconvene | Flemon Drake, general mauager of the R man {tis that creatsd ths play that Las|Ang's,” which promises to bo cno of the | F© rites from au intimats knowledge of y . “orthe Locsmotive An Improvemet L 2 some two or three weeks hence. At Enginecrs —Per- P orent tha exchequer is completely ex- sonals, susted and thers is vo money to pay Nebraska Telephoae incoln to day on a matter of ¢pacial im- compiny, geet 10 m it ramatkable of American novels, | "¢8* of the events described, Tho tllas'ra ed articles ars “The Housa — of Orange,” by Pro‘e sor W, T. Hewatt:[ Colonel Will Viescher hes comploted Ii's A Glimpss ot Some Wsshington |story In verse “*Black Mammy, ard has amused and insiracted them There 18 something very much like this in regard to onr great nesspapers; thelr editcrial WasHizGToN, Februa Upper Mis valley, light snows, partly cloudy and elightly warmer weather, variable win —~Dissatisfied sissippi portance. Mr. Bierbower has wiinesses or jorors. et entired upon the work ¢f making a de.| A bill has been introduced into the il southern portions; 0Wer | gt erancea sra all anonymous, but thero | Homes,” by E. W. L'ghtaer: “Tie Oape [sent 1t to an eastorn publishing house It isnawpr:bable that the pool-llne fast | tailed statement of expenses for {hs past |leglalature by Mr. Norris of Johnson | For ths Misouri valley, light enows, partly is generally a tradition of some hlf. [ Ann Quarries,” by Eilen Day Hale: “‘In | which will soon produce it. This iy de- clondy weather; variable Winds preceded by worthwest winds in the southern jartion; I er barometer, nearly statlonary, followed by a slight rise in tempsraturs, shadowy personsge who hes estal ished the juurnal, given itits character, and constantly dirscts (t; and the public like 1o have him come bafore the cortain now and then, toaddress them in his own perscn, Tals Murat Halstead, of the Cincinnati Commerciel Gazette, has done in the March number of the North term, in the way of jary and witnews foes, ard will forward this, together with o raquisition for new funds, to Washing. ton, fro'ght from Chicagot) San Franolsso will be commenc:d aboat March 10th. The posling roads will be the Central and Union Pacific for the west and the Rick 1sland, C. M. & St. P. and Northwestern for the east, The fable of rates and #n Old Virginia town,” (Fredericksbury), by Fredirick Davieol; end “The ‘Tricks sud Mapners' of a Cat-bird,” by Olive Thorne Miller, the illustrations of which are from drawings by Willam Hamilton Gibeoa, The third patt of the anonymous novel, **At the Red Glove,” isillos'rated counay, which la desigaed to rega'ate, on a low s:ale, the charges of such telephone companicy as may transact basiners throughout the sfa'e. The bill provides that the rent of a telephone instrument shall not be over §2 per month, and that cldedly the best of V'scher's many oxoel- lent productione. It is the story of the south bofore the war—of the days of plantaticn luxury, snd indolence, and slaves. It will appaal to every southern hoart and will excite at least a feeling of Interest throughout the north. We i — Oounty Commissioners, Satunpay, Febraary 21, 1885, In no Harry to Fill the Vacancy. Savky, Oregon, February Regarding the failure of the legislature to elect a United e W dlvision of profits will be determined at a meeting to be held in Chicago or Omaha within the next two weeks. This move is consldercd a very important cne in rallroad circles. Its effuct upon the gen oral freight business s awalted with no small interest. It is proposed to put frolght through from Chleago to Sin Francis:o in nins days or better, which 1s approashing qulte near paessnger schedule t ma. One thousnd new freight cars, thoroughly equipped and provided Present, Commissioners O'Keeffe, Cor- lies and Timme, Tte following resolutlon was adopted: Resolved, Toat the county surveyor be and hereby instructed to prepare and file in the county clerk’s office, a complete set of maps of all outsids precivcts in Douglas coun. ty, showing sub-division of lots and lands, to gather with school districts thereon, Also make tracings of same for use of The matier cf road No. 8, *'C,” this day oame up and on motion the report of the ccmmiseloners was adcpted and read ordered lald and vacacarion made as peti- tioned for and connty clerk is ordered to with the improved Westinghouse air brake, will be placed In the service. Four hundrel are now ecquipped ready for use. Tae tranit will be made via Omsha and wili belghten the city's sl- r eady great mportance as a commerctl cen re. A NEW SPECIES OF LOCOMOTIVE, The Uuion Pacitic will shortly experl- ment with a naw species of engtne waich prom sas wouderful thiogs for the freight and pascoger business of the 1o:d, if it proves all that exgectations ind cite’ The draw a warrant for damages as found by appraisers, The followlng accounts were allowed: BRIDGR FUND, Stephen Robinson, on account of Waterloo bridge.......... 885 E. W, Dixon, lumber for road ROAD FUND, George Bird, damages Road No 8 C H. U, Thomas, werk on road, 1884 C. A. Jensen, on account gracing West Faroam street Julius Schrooder, mat 6 00 new engine is buils by tho Loconotive Improvement company of Tcle fe, Ohio, ana his been expsrimented with to a considerable extent oa the eastern roads and on the Kansas Pacitic line. The points of sup riority clumed for the in- veaticn are that it gives greater speet with Jless fuel than the ordinary kind, The inventor claims that an ordirary en gine can be remcdcled and given ths full benefit of t:o inventlon. A t-ial engine which hay been muking experimental trips on 1he Kaneas Pacific to Denver will shortly be transferred to this ciy, and wiil be experimented with in the presencs of selested experts. 1f the trial proves satisfactory tha inv. ntion will be spplied to a'l enziacs now in uss on the Unlen Pac fic system, DISSATISFIED ENGINEERS. The committee of grievance repre:cnt- Icg the engincers aud firemea who are dissatisfied with certain sec'ions of the new code f rulss and regalaticns, has left the city. What has bien accom- plisked is not known. The m mbors of the commi:tes sie1dily refused tosay any- thing as t» wheth:r any poiuts have been @ained toward the granting of the con- cotsi ns demnded, or t)specify any bas's of settlement ayreed upon. The local members «f t1e Brotherhood of Bogi- nsers assert with sssurance that the road will grant the r quest of the employees, in point of rerclnding the obuoxious rules. PERSONAL, ¥ Ganersl Managir Uall way, ‘who was called aw sy by the sudden sickness of his alster in Toronto, Canads, is on bis way home. His slster dled shortly after ke had left Toronto f v Boston. General Superintendent Smith is in Kansas City. General Freight Agent Smith, Assis- twnt General Maasger Holdredze aad C, Moantm rency, of the B, & M., have returned from Lincoln. Henry James of General Pastenger Agent Adee’s ofice in Danver, Colo., and editor of the paper, the New Weat, pab lished by the Unlon Pacific, is in the city arranzing certain papers w th Mr, Morse, of the pasienger department. BOYISH PLAY, And Its Serious Sequel—John Hag- gerty Stabbra Yesterday Atterneon, Yosterday afternoon, about 4 o'clock, John Haggerty, & boy fifteon years of age, was stabbed by Hass Richeman, s very serious braaat-wound belng inflicted by a knife in the hsnds of the Jaster. Hagger'y, who is employed as messenger by the Westarn Union, was taken to the oftice ¢f Dr. Wormsley, where his wound was dressed. The knife was found to have penctrated within an inch of the hLeart, and the injury may result fatally. The boy was t.k-n to his home a- Taenly-slxthand Grand stiests, where henow les n a precarlous condition Richemsn, »fte; the sfbay, lmmedi t:ly fled to his home in Soutn Omahs, bue was osp'urcd, aftor a hard run, by Officer Joe Lowles, near Toirteeth and Centre streets. He 1s now ia jau, awaiting a tral, Richeman, it sppears, has been more or less parsecuted by tae boys surround- Ing him. Yes-erdsy afcerncoa, he siys, a number of boss ergiged him ins quarrel near the Repubiican office cn Tenth street, assaulivg him without provocation. He drove them off aud tan around to Farcam street, below Tenth, where ho was sgain baset by his poreecut ns, They rushed upon him, he says, avd orove him into asmall **cistern hile"in a vacact lot near the Bee offic, Here cne of the boys propcsed to thiow some paper iut) the hole and set it afire inorder to sc and burn him, for the pleasurs of hesring him beg to be re- leassd The paper and match were procured aod the fre was steried. Rticheman, however, managed to seram- ble ot of the hole before he was serious- ly injurel. The boys begen rushing at him, and he drew his knife in s:lf-de- fense. Ho says that in the geoeral melie he did not etab Ilsggerty, but thst he simply placed the knife against his body, and thet the latter in roshiog against bin was thrast t rough the tria t Whether this porim of L story b trae or not, it appears to be pr.tty generslly agreed that Richeman has been more or lees ortraciscd #nd persecuted by the boys of his #g, and that h's actlon of self-defenss was joscifiable, He bas no father or mother, sni appears to be pescably dis- poaltloned and qalet, Hugger y's wory doss not differ ma- terially from Ricieman's, except that he ssys nohlng about the elrcum- stances of provosston, Much sympstty tsfelt f r hs mcther who is a widow with cight children, depeaolag ulmost so'e'y upon the esrnings cf her eldest sop, the wounded boy. o — Marshal Bierbower's Commission. Ths official ¢ malssion of newly re- appointed Marshal Bierbower lias been reccived from Washington, daly per- fomed, sesled and beribboned. The marchal has been sworn in, and bas filed bis officlsl bond in the Usited States fill Milton Rogers, grand juro term, 1885, . . . “ee Wi, J. Whiteh use, grand juror, ruary term 1885, ... T. H. Schwalenberg, gra Tuary term, 18830 Rihard Kimball raary torm, 18 Max Meyer, gia te m Charles February .8 2200 term o Wm J. Phillips, juror February 1885 tim RO RIS Comelius Smith, juror February 1885 term . i BaRonogs C. 8. Higgins, wit, feea Oct. term ‘81 Da Joseph Newville, wit, fees Oct, term 1884 oo ? 3 Perry Ellie, wit, fees I'eb, Jucob Peterson, wit. fees RO N. W. Neleon, wood for city p Gibson, Miller & Richardson, blanks blanks, efc, for poor.. Bee Pub. Co., Bee supdien Jobn C Orton, grand juor 855 term eb, 1885 Ste-le, Johnson & Co., goods for poor farm.. ..., . . C R. Man:fieid, tales juror Feb, 1 torm e Steele, J. hoson & C house. ....... . E. T. Duke hardwars for co P, J Quoaaley, soap for city poor. a 0. Mannweiter, witness in-ane case. . Andrews, talig juror, Feb. goods for poor Chas, Fleck care of insans p reon. JohnJ Galligan, wis. fees, 83 term 2 00 Jerome Pectzel, ) 8 s 200 Chicago Lumber Co., for co. poorfarm H. H. Bright & Co, hardware for poor farm. Wm. Gentlaman, groceries for city PoOE . ... Saoibo) Henry Grebe, bailiff Feb. . 3600 John Mareh, grond juror S 22i00 Troxel & Williams, weighing 40 loads of coal,. i Jno. A. Marsh, poll tax of 1860 re- funded. . cesscenn 200 Adjourned to Wednesday the 25t inst. H. T. Leavirr, County Olerk. Petty Thieving, A complaint was made by a prominent citizen yesterday to Marshal Cummings, Judge Beneke and Mayor Murphy, for the suppreseion of an evil which has sprung up in certaln localities within the past few months—a system of petty thieving and depredation wkich is annoy. ing grea'ly the inhabitants in the soutn- west part of the clty, as well as those in the northwest porticn. In these localities certaln bold in- truders from ths river bottoms haye taken up thelr abode—nct in dwellings, duly rented or paid for, bu‘ In huts or cabins built in equatter siyle, upon un- occupled lands held for epeculation by local real esiate firms. Here, as canters of operations, these gangs of thisves hold firth, Their depraedations are nct conducted on & very lsrge ecale hut are of that pstty annoying character which oft times prove as aggravatin« as thef s f greater magnitude. E-peowsl'y in the sectlcn of the clty near Croighton college sro theso thicves working mo.t assid- uously. The oitizens affacicd have de- termined to take some decisive action in suppressing the nulsance, and are band ing themselves together to that end, e The Charity Union, The Charity Union has moved its head- quarters, the Newsboy's Home. from South Fourtoenth strest to 719} North Sixteenth street, in Eddy's block, Here the querters are wuch more commedious and convenlent. There are sleeping ac- commodations for sixty peopls, thoughat presant there is bed room but for thirty. From thirty-five to forty can be furnished meals every day. It is int nded to fit up the new quarters permanently, and establish a centra' polut of assistance for the desarvirg needy. An office will b> farnished with telephone, eto,, and the rooms will be fitted up on a scale partlally commen- surate with the demands which are daily made upon the in titution, DIED, MARTIN,—In B-llevus, on February 221, Mra. Fiinces R. Martin, aged 78 yeara. Funeral ceremonies will be held at the Presbyterian church, in Bellovue, on Feb: ruary 24th, at 11 o'clock a, m. SCHIRCK—1a this city at her sister’s resi dency, 920 North Eighteenth street, Feb- years, Hor remains will be taken to Carroll, Tows, to morrow morning for interment. ——— 1S, H. Sornborger, Waboo; L. Ling , Fullertos; A, Heiotz snd wife, Millard. 8. H. Jones, Wahoo; R, D. Sturtevant Geneva; M, L, Homer, Holmesville; J, W. Colby and wife, Cozad; Harry C. Niblg Columbus; H. V. Sikes, Cleveland, Wi Goorge W. Dancan, St. Joseph; H. P, Lind ssy. Chicago, are —David G, Ta tempting to pas clalws that the act was ynintentional, Board met purscant to adjournment. | for conversation with other cities the tar bs the undeveloped merits of 1he bill, just and should be defeatad. The present charges of the company are $6 for telephone privileges in cities of the aizs of Omata, and §3 for smaller towne; end for versatlon with ex: changliog citiss about double the rates proposed in the bill. iff shall not be more than & balf cont s }ig word for eachten minates. Whatevermay the telephone people clalm that it is un. States senator, Gov, Moo’y said to-day: ‘'No vacwncy will oceur until March 4, and unless dent Cleveland calls #n extra session there will be no need to appoint a senator til December, 1 shall be in no haste vacancy.” e — Elgin Dairy Market, Critc. February 23.—The to fill the Inter Ocean's American Review, to which he contrib-|by C. S. Relnhart, 1 [ utes an article on “The Revival of Sec John Fiske ¢ ntribates the third and ] [tional sm.” In the same nvmber, Arch. [last of his eriza of papers on American deacon Farrar presents hiv views on |political ideas, cntitled ‘“‘Manifest Des- “Fuotare Retribution,” and Prcf. N K. |tiny,” in which he ra-enforces Mr. Glad- Davis discosies ““The Moral Aspec's ot |stone's recont significant utterance re Viviseotion’ ina way that brings together |apacting the natural alliance of the En- brietly neasly everything that any pereon |¢ish-sge,king nations, 1igin, T1l., special eays: Butter quiet, Reg-|of vote has said on the subject. Max| The incoming of a naw and domooratio r sales, 17,000 Ynumln:ue:mn-r at 33 cents; | Miller detcribes the astonlshing ideas ¢f |administration gives special sign ficance 5) boxes hard skim cheese at 4 cants, Pri- vate sales, 162,000 pounds butt cheese, 2,800 boxes For examp'e proposed change in tarift 1 b N Farmers Raid Coal Cars, the Buddhists on tho tubjsot of Charity, [to a paper by the Hon Jcha Bigelow on and George John Romaues opens up a|**Jetlereon’s Financial Diary”—an auto great subject wi'h an article on “Mmd in |graph M Men and Avimale.” The other articles volume which has recently would mska the rate to Lincola about Y0 cants per hour losn than it ls at present, or about §2.13. Darity this same hour the telegraph company csn send only forly meswgas as €5 cants each, makio, a total cf §10 for the period. JIn view of this, the telephone people ergue that the disstimination s an unjuet on aginst them, ia favor ¢ f the telegraph company. ——— TH SOUDAN WAR, ROCKY MOUNTAIN O'BRIEN, DICK MORIARTY AND orl 0'DONOVAN ROSSITES GOING TO RREIN- FORCE THE MAHDI, Niw Yonrk, February 21,—A prominent Fenian said to-night: *‘There is somethiog new in Manhattan circles, at least it orlginated there, and I presume ths other circles will unite as soon as the head centeris cut of the hospital and fit to be consulted on the kubject All the preliminaries are arranged, however, and the matter only awaits his formal appro- val, or additional suggestions from him.” **What is it?" “Another expadition to the Soudau to sesist the Mahdi.” “To join the Parsian party?” “0, n0; quite an independent affair. The party from Paris is all vight o far as Roche fort is co ned, but Stephens is with us of w-iog dynamite, There1s an man there, however, on whom we on decided who ave to go from New York *‘Yes; at lenst the leaders of the expedition have nearly all been relected. There will bs eeven or eight of them.” “Do you know their pamoe?" “Some of them, Felix Mc key Nooman, who talks Fr nch so fluently, 1 have ch.ree of the party as far as Mateeilles shall meet Gen. Macadaras, one of the ‘No. 1'suspec 8, #s you are aware, who will be provided with Arabic guides 'right from the camps of the M kdi and Osman Digma,” “Who else are going?” “Dick Moriarty, R .cky Mountain O'Brien and a man fr.m Bro klya, a man recommendad by William Burus. DLr. Hamilton Willtemns has been spoken of, but objections have been made to him on the ground that his appear- ance is to well known and he gets too much excited and talks to much about Irish offairs. John Kearney lius been proposed, hut bis excitability is also considered an objection, aud he is too well known by the S otland Yard detectives, Dr. Williams would be very de- sirable on account of his thorough knowledga of the mauufacture of dynamite if he could hold his tongue,” “When dues the expcdition propose to start?” “Barly in March, if oothing intervenes to disturb the plans now in operation,” ““How will the party leave?” “They will di-t-ibute themrelves in differ- ent vessels of the French and Italian lines, as T understand, making Marseilles the general rendezvous Ouce on European soil and we shall be entirely guided by Macadaras and his confreres.” **You spoke of a former expedition?” “Yes, there was a small party went out about the time of the London explosion. It has been succe-sful in reaching its destination without heing molested, and we bave received encouragiog reports from it through our French ngency.” Tuat inquiries have been made for passage to Mediterranean vort3 is evidenced by letters written by M. Louis de DBrau, sgent here of the French line of steamers, to Patrick Joyce, and also by F. L2 Bouin_gar, the agent of the Compavis Bordelaise de Navigation a Vapeur, to the sama party. dates of eailing of steamers from this port and from Marseiller, and the fares; also from Mar- seil es to Red Sea Ports, e — Natonal Law and Order League, New York, February 23, —The Law and Order leagns elected C. C. Bonny, Chicago, pre-ideat. The conference declared its objects in Serier's statement which was made the known bslist of the body. Among other things, that liquor dealers had pretty much their own way, and that tho best way tosecaro better lawa Was to obtain the en- forsement « f those ¢xisting. *‘Save the Boys,” was adopted as the watchword, Audrew Paxton told the meetiog how the league had cleared all the * concert gardens” out of Chicag THE NEW YORK FREE TRADE CLUB had ity annual diuner to-night. Everstt P. Wheeler presided and 120 tembers partici- pated. Senator Bayard wrote: “A frank and f1ll di cussion of true economic trade aud commerce, whether with foreign pations «r ong the United States, is greatly to be de- There wo a sired. Congressman Cox wrote: I have omitted Do opportunity, in season or out of seagon, to labor which our piesent tariff system in volves,” e —— QOarl schurz and Lsmar Clevelaond Avuayy, February 23, —Carl Schurz to-day called on Cleveland and had & conversation of over two hours in length, Before leaving Mr, Schurz said ho had not seen Cleveland sicce the election and took the opportunity topay bim a vislt, He wanted no cabinet or other position f.r himself or anybody else, Schurz says he was n-ked by Cleveland his opinion of curtain ten and gave it frankly, Call on These letters give the KaNgakeg, 111, February ~During the coal famine at Hersher, near Kuankakee, yes: terday, forty farmers raided the coal cars on the Lllinois Uentral tracks, helpiog themselves tothirty tons of it. e — Better Stock, Osceora, Ia., February 18, —For sev- eral yoms (ha cry has been “better stock,” ard to this end the effiris of the wajorlty have been directed, and to a geeater «r losa degree they have attiined reatonntly good succaee, Some have not been excelled by any other sta‘e in tte union. Iowa hay not only not made “‘pet'er stock’ ker motto, bat lias made it a palpable fact, a fact that epasks for Itselt. With her fine grazing lands and her ample abllity, Iowa sustans well her reputauon as a fine atock-growing state. But she is destined to surpsss all former efforts in this special line. The great and Imporfant work is by no .mesny ascomplished. There s room fcr im- provement, Tsken as a mass, the rasults falt far belon thelotty :dsel. Many here as clsewhere have combated the idea ot fine stccr, acd have stub- bornly and posisiently refased 0 even try to prove their falth by actaal experiment, Yet these very men heve and are largely enjoying the good results eccuriag from the «fiorts of others put fcrsh in beha'f of better stock. In prozess of tima they could not essly do otherwite if they ro— mained among tte men of enterprise and progre:s. S cventuslly these men who ara sitting on the ehirt-tall of progrees, crying wtoa! whoa! cannot but see they a'c wrong, but wi'l not aimit it. Bat then the mmportart wo'k now to firmly e:tabished moves steadily along, ecem- ¢ ly uoretarded by th 83 men who are pulling the wrorg way. L'neie i8 avoiner ¢i5:8 of men who are recelving great benetit from the introduc- tion aud improvement cf stock. These men are of very limited meana aud sra justly catitled to a far shsra of 1he beneficial results. Men posessing the capital buy fice horss, cattle, hozs and theep, and plice th-ir servlees usually withiu the reach ot the poor man's purse, Thas all are benefited, tacir iuterests being mutual, The h rse of tc-day is a wonderfule n— trast to the horse of tweaty-five years 8g).. The contrast furnished by the cat- tls, hogs and sheep, as compared to a former day, is no lesy sirikiog. April piss are ready for the December maiket, weigbing 300 or more. The long snouted hszel-eplitter hid to te fed two years, and then would scm times fall sho:t of 300. Tha few evidences clearly indicate that tha iaterests «f all demnd a universal adopt on of the comprehen sve motto: **Better Stock Jerr W, WAYNICK, ——— The Coldstream Guards, Chicago Times, Liater telegrams frcin London announce that 1t was the Coldstrcam guarde, and not the Life guards which have baen sent to the Soucan, Thisis more ccmpre- hentible than the criginal Informaticn, The Coldstream goa:ds a'e a fighting regiment, an’. have a hi-t ey which is well koown all ovir civil zatlon. The regim nt takes its nyms from a town named Coldstream, in Scotland, where .t of | cama into existence uader the patronsge of the celebratad George Monk, duke of A temarle, who fought so gallantly aud successfully on both eides duiog the stormy period of the relgn of Charles L 14 was originally known as Mouk's regi- ment, but laur it took the name of tha Sc tuieh town where it way raised, 1t is ot in aoy senee a play, or display, regiment, but his shown its fightlng quiltics en macy a continen'al battle field. It fs ona of the three iufntry regiments known 8s the Foot goa'ds, and consists of two battslions, one of which has been stationed in Wellington barracks—the one jost sent to Egypt—snd the other in Chelsea barracks, 11 Lozdon, Eich bat- falien has a lientenant colonel “and fuur majors, all of whom are experienced pursus my early thougit a8 to the wrong to [ military men. Pe pla who know anything of the mike-up of the Englieh forses were aston- ished when the avnouncement came that the Life gusrds wers golng 1o Egypt, but the ttatement was direct and emphatic. The Lifo guards are not inteaded for field rervice; but with the gllant Cold- s'réauer the case I8 diffir-nt. They have a fighting racord which extends over more than two centuri s T'oey are the ldes’, and probably tre best, regl ment in the British service, — Trotting a Mile in Two Minutes, St. Louis Globe Democrat, are cns by President Gi'man on Titles (chi fly dowestic), one by Judge John A Jameson on “‘Specu'ation in Politics,” and ono by John W. Johnston on *‘Rail- way Land-grants,” He is a good archer who fills the March Quatver, for its arrows sra of the beet materials, and ehort, stralght and sure. This number is in n» way beind tts predecessors, The Lord Bishcp of Ro h star tells of the church work in South London, thrcugh the low baunts maie memorisl by the pen of Charles Dickens, Toe Rey, W. M. Stratham gives the secend of his ¢ Restial Taiks in the Rush of Lifa An anonymeuy author furnishes eome interosting facts sbout “Some Singular Steeples,” with illustrations, and the Dian «f Denver, Colo , the Rev. Mar'yn Hart, hus a word to say about the Amalekitse. Dr. John Stonghton's *“Sunday Thoughts In Ven- se,” ora insplrlug and instrustive, while he venarablo Arthue Gore, M. A, car- tinues his hisiory of “'The Growth of the New Tistement,” and the Rsv. Hora tins Bonar concludes bis papes cn “The M:rks cf the Lord.” Pechaps of a'l the in cresting papers in the number 1hat of the Rev. LI D. Bavan oa “Pipular Amer'can preachere,” wil attract the mott attention, The edlior of the Quiver has not forgHtten th se mambers f ths househ 1d whote taste runs in the dir.c- tion of fictlon. Stories long ard stories shor*, and absorbing serisls are-to be found, all havdsomely illustrated. Poetry ard music lend varlery to a mott a'trac- tive nom*er —Casscl & Co., Limited, New York, $1,50 a yea R:cent events lend epeclal Interest to the opening paper in the March Centary on *The Land of the False Prophet.” by General R E. Colston, formerly of the Egyptan Geueral S'aff, and leadsr of the expediti ns of tte Soudan. Numerous illustratic ns and maps aid the descriptions and a put ait of General Gordon, from a phoograph made in 1807, is werthy of note. Four profusely illustratad articlee are compr sed in the March contribut on to the series «f the American Ctvll Wer, and they are remarkable both with respect to the pictures aud to their historlesl im- portance. Colonel John Taylor Wood, the senior surviving officer, of the Merri- mac,deacribes thecombat withths Monltor, sccn from within the Merrimsc, and en- titles his psper ‘‘The First Fight of Iron Clads 7 This fs followed by a graphlc account ot what took place *‘In the Monitor Tutrct” by the late Com mander S. D. Greeve, who cowmanded the turret, and received Admirsl Worden when the latter was disabled in the vilot-houss. General Colst n wh, during 1hs fight, was “Watchirg the Merrimac” from the confederate works on Sewall's Point, deecribes the scene in a brief paper with the above title. In the third part cf the *R:collactions of a Private,” Wercen Li2e Goss descr has the march up the peninsu'a with McClellan Several subjects are treated in *‘Memo renda of the Civil War,” notab'y the conduct of “Genersl R S. Ewell a% Buli Run,” who is defended by Major C.mp b 1 Brown against ttitements mace in General Beauregard’s a ticle published in the Novembir Cexrury. The defenee coneis’s watuly of a correspondence which rassed between Genera's Beauregard and Ewall. In this number of Tue TUKY Messre, James snd Howells conunue their respective s:riale. The a:trosom:r Langely concludes his papers on *‘Cne New Astrcnomy;” Mr. Jchn Bigelow prints his ¢ R:collectiins of Cherles 'Conpor,” t ¢ famous 1 wyer; end Mr. Staphen M. Allen his ¢ R miniscenc s of Daniel Webstor,” each ariiczle bsing accompan d by a fu'l-psgaportralt, Rev 0. B. Fro hingham hus a triking ess-y on ““The Worship «f Shakepirs.” I sides the verse in ‘‘Bric a Biac,” poems are pub'ichsa by Stadman and Cheney. The first edizon of the February Crx TURY was 18,000, 8 subsequert ¢d ton biinging the circulattn up ty 210,000, The first edition of the March CeNTURY is the 1 rgest first editlon of this mage- zine yet printed, n m>ly, 190,000, St. Nicholas for Mirch opens with a froutispiece pictura of tae ‘‘Insuguration of President Garfield,” to illustrats this month's ipstallment of *‘Among the Law- makers,” in which the boy-page tel s also of Geniral Graat's s:cond inauguration, found its way Into the library of the Hon. Samuel J. Ti den. Tais volums contains a full ace uat of Joffsreon's expenditures feom 1791 to 1803 including, therefore, threo yoars of his fist presidential tarm, Oune of the most interesting papers in the number is Dr. A. L. Ranney's, on the hunan brain, embracing tha mpor- tant results of rocaut Investization con cralog the localization of cerebral functions, Mary E. Wilkin's chort story, “A S uvenir,” is a marvelous bit of realism. Other storics aro contributed by Con- stance Cary Harrison and the Rav. Canon Machray. In Pabyhocd for Febrasry ¢The Baly's Bath,” with all that pertains to it, by Marion Harland, wakes one of vhe moet inferecting and pra.tical euhject yet tuched upon by this magszine. important srzele «n “Falic Croup: its Prosention and Treatment,’ is by De John H. Ripley, profersr of 1h distas s of children at 1hs New York Polyclinie. Geurge E. Waritg, jr., the well-known sanitary engivecr, gives mwany prac suzgestions regardiug yluwbiog In its re- lationa to pure aic fcr nursery inmstes. Harlap H. Bullard, whoee lnbore in the young pecp'e’s Agassiz Asaocia ion bave tdentified hmas a fri nd of all lovers of nature, contribu‘cs a charming paper on Naruro m tha Nursery,” wig ny tho de- sirability «f giving full sway to iequiries by the littlis: ones about “their f o ds, tae flhmers, the pebb'es, sni the birds,” Dr. Cyrus Edson, of tt ¢ New York board of hea th, writes on ¢ Poisonous Candy” in amaaner caleilated to makea vest difference in the purchases of certain kinds of ecloed enhc imery if his ad- vices were heeded, The department of “Nurgery Prob’cme—queries by re.ders, with answers by the eattors—Is bic. ming excee:iogly utelul, comprisi g a great variety of toptes of iterest (o all, The United Service ia becoming mo-e of 1 reai ptacle for military avd naval rsmin- iscences, iatersp.rsed with novelettes, and devotes less space to vigorous criti- cism aod comment on carrent war meth- ds and wer implements than formerly. It is & bright ard readsble magszine, be- s des having the merit of wonderful cheap- vees. The price is §3 a year, and the T. H. S. Hamers'ey, 835 Broadway, New York, The English {llutt-ated maglzina for Febroary contaios ‘‘Shakepeare’'s Coun- ay,” by Rose Kingsley; “Naworth Cas- tle,” by M Creighten; “The Dramatic Outlock ” by H. A Joues; *“In a South (tallan Taverns,” by Charles Grant; “Tne Girl at the Gate,” (ccncluded) by Wilkle Collins; “A Family Affair,” by Hugh Conwsy; ‘A Cesual Song,” by Rosen No.l The magszina is hand- « moly lllnu&nt-d. [Macmillan & Co., publishers, Kew York | Mies E. R Skidmere, who hss made several visits to Ala kaand possesses ex- ceptional qualificaticns for the wirk ls theauth r of a book entiled ‘‘Scuthern Alaska snd the Sitkan Archipelago,” which wil prove an iavalusble masual of information relstirg 1o that marsellous reglon. It will be 1seued by D. Lothrop & Co. How Succers Is Won is an attrastive voltms i lavrated by portraits made ex .5y a1d with grest care, in which Saiah K Bolton sketches the history (f s me of the most successful men of to- day. D. Lothrop & Co., Publishers, Illiteracy and Mormonism is the title of a brochuare published by D. L throp & Co., from thoe pen of Henry Randall Warta, at «ns time editcr of the Inuroa- tioral Ruview, and later, statistician of the tonth census fn cca‘ge of inquhi s relating to educaiion, iliiteracy. &o. Ths subst n e of hess papersorigitall, eppear- «d inhe Panceton Review, sud at- trect d wide attentlin. His views, then chwacerized as “broad, comprehensive, achiva ly and statesmanlike” and as “the m st ihoughtful and c nclusive argn 101’8 upon the subjec's yet prasented,” ure here publlehed with added materfal. Cassell's “Popular Gardening” ccmes while frost is in the air, batncne too soun for the flaist to reid and ponder over. Tae work s deiizned o bring a koowledze of the beit g rderiag practice, 1uary'22d, Roce Philomena Shirck, aged 43 H, Cowles, Gibbon, Neb.; R. Thompson, Hastings; M.y Coumbus; M, C. Jones, Tekamah; C, R Adair, Logan, lowa, are registered at the was arrested last night for a counterfeit quarter, He He had nothing more to say, By the s . train, but notia company with Schiry, eme| . Whea Dextee trowd his mile in 2:17} Senator Lamar, who went to a hotel, and |in 1807, it was hardly believed that bis subsequently called at ths residence where he | time woald bs beaten, and it was nct met Schurz {3 stayed until a late hour. | beg:cn for seven yoars, when Goldsmith Lamwar declined to ssy what transpired be. R 5 T AT ot PR T v Msid csms alcng and made it in 2:14 and c mosres these with the inaugura. [aud the piocipl s upcn which it 18 based, t ons of Presidints George Washington | within easy re.ch of the people at lirge and Thomas Jefferson, The boi k hes a colcred frontispicce show- Another attractive eeries, entitlod ““The [ i1z 8 large viaiety of roses, and is pro- Children of tae Cold,” is started. The|fusely wuiurtrated throvghout with pic new series, while scercaly less wonder ul, | tares and diagrams 18 uite true, and in it Lieut. Schwatks, —_— who has spent s-versl years living among| The “Dictiinary the Eskimo in ther new howes, relats |anwonaced ty Ca ssll & Compiny, wil the many in ercs'ivg thiogs he kn ws|beresdy in & fow days. e ——. Thon Rarus redaced the fi;_;uu‘ to 2:13}; | vout child-life in the Arcis Circls |Sidneyd. Lowe, B. A, andF. 8. Paliin, §t. Louls Girls Newlect Their Knye- [0 'heo in ssoassin came St Julien) | g . Toe, n tho second obapter of [M. A', avd will be irsued in one Lirge oo- ting, Jay-Eye-Se: and Maod 8., the latter | Cprven BRack to Eden,' tels| avovolume of 1120 piges. The value §t. Lovis, February 28,—~The kuittiog | PTirSi08 the record doan to2:00), And|y)y" ‘entert intog story of how [ofa dictionay of Engiih bistry need girl who struck last Saturday for aa increass | Jorat :L.'lfi:m‘.:u"?fi,,’,'c,::.:°°u pIRELS of wages beld meeting to-day, and sgreed | oply ¢ight saconde, and there sre still to orgapize a union for protection, Several |nine and one quorter secords to ba over members of the trades assembly and Mre, | come before a mile shell be trotted in C lund, one of the leading officers of the t~0 minutes; but horsemen are ¢ nhdeot Woman's Temp Chri ¥ e bt s, el gt et kil o ey e action aud assisted in giving rhape and dirso- e — Why pay exorbitant prices for your tion to the proceedings. et da ARt M oy e e, L ——— meat while you can buy the best of meats Steamer £tuck Fast in An Tce Floe, |¢0 chesp for cash at the Washing'on LUniNGToN, Mich., Februsry 23, Seven- |market, Sixteenth snd Cumings strects. , [ teen of the crew of the (ioodrich steamer City of Ludington, reached here after a lon; 9 [ and perilons Joarnéy over the ice a0d open |12 %0 2 p. m., snd 6o, m to 7 p. B water. The boat is twenty-five miles off | C. S. Higgins' 1203 Douglas street. Paint Sable, well provisioned and fast o an - ice floe, e — Five o'clock 25 cent dinner a: C. &. A Pious Bank Defaulter. Higglze', 1203 Duuglas s reot, Bereeg, Pa., February 23.—Edward V. Twenty cent aipner fr w 12 m to ley, bookkeeper of the butler Savings bavk, is |2 p. m, at C. B. Higginy', 1203 Douglas missing. His ehortage is cstimate 1 at £10,000 stzeet, A the Witle fami'y (f spsrtment-dwelere | be dwelt upos, Why the want “of (n journeyed back tn the garden land, end 1 [ of their very un-Eden-lke raception— |quesii n ftha: suggests iteell. Fow dic rendered cven more graphic by the nu- | ucnries wil bem o frequently reforsc meious characteristlo il ustrations by Birch and W. H. Dreke; while W, A |ttisens, Rogers successfully performsa similar of . fice for three chapters of J. ', Trow. | ggVolume II, of Cussell'e “*Grea‘er Lon i popalar seria), *His One[don,” by Edsard Waliord, iy nesr], reavy. 8|ing -’nd valuible narr«t ve of the won Awmong the shorter stories are: charmi ¢ tie by Mrs. Jalla Schayer, |derful (ity cn the Thumes, The mape oalled *Liessl,” tellirg of a Jittle Gerwan | snd engravings that accompany the boo Come and 1ry our 25 cens dinner; from [girl who was bef o ded by the famous | +1s 81 attracuve lenu::{:u:’;;:)n\:,":: u““ thois and has been for and brnevolent Prirce “‘Little Kine," bright +t ry ekewch, by |+now London M. C. Griflils, of child-lifs i Japan, ip | <0 many j e which there {8 much that is new and strange to us who live oa the other 1ide P niatoweki;| valuable to thoee p ¢ Engli h H'story’ Tt is cdited by was not supplied 1oog sgo is the first to by s:udewts in and out of achool, than This complet 88 most interest Mcr. 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At?}uuncfl Bluffs the trains of the Union Pscifio Ry. connect In Union Deg ot with those of the Chica 0 & Northwestern Ry In Chicago the trains of this fife mako close conncction with thos of all eastern, lines. For Dotroft, Columbus, Indianapo'ls, Cincinnat] Nisgara Fulls, Buffalo, ¢ iitaburg, Toronto, Montre Bosti n, New York, Philadolphia, Bal.imore, Wash- ngton and all points in tho East, ask the ticked agent for tickets via the NORTH WESTERE, * It vou wisn the hest accommodations 1 All ticked agents sell t1ckets via this line, M. HUGHTT, R 3. HAIR, ‘Genoral Manager. Goa. Pass. Agent. CHICAGO H00D! delillis, ¢ or falllng powers, Ty uces aud prvots Biall HILL & YOUNG, {FORMERLY HILL & CO.,) Wil Move March 2d s 1213 Farnam Street, We vill now sell CROCKERY At the Lowest Cssh P moving. Give us acall and seys 116 NORTH 18th ST¥ PROPOSA =, UNITED STATES INDIAN SERVICE, } o stock before VINK RIDOK AGK:CY, Dakota, January 12, 1885, Sealed proposals i1 triplicate i durred, propossls for the erection of one Werelwl, bt aud’ Carpentes shop, one harness, shoe aud 1 i-oil aeous shops, oue slavghter house,two wazon and storage sheds, one hake house ana cellar, ut this agen y ard direot ed t tbe unders gned, care «f Chie! Quartermastor, department, { the + latte, Omsha Neb , will be re- celved unti’ 12 m, Bafurday, Fobrusry 13,1 85 Flsus and specifications can be «xamfned in the o co of the e ef quar tnent of the Platte. Omabi Chicago, KL aud the “Jo u City, Conisct will be awarded to tne lowest respousible hidder, subject th the approval of the dopartment of the Interior 4 The right, however, 18 reserved to reject auy and all, or any part of any bid, if destied for the bost lne terest of the service .ot Gtate length of thne required for of bullding siter appreval of o uf sccompained by & certifled check States Depository, yaysb'e 1 the oider uncersigned, for” at leat five (9) pex cont of the axount of \he proposs), whi h check shal be forfel o1 to the ac0 of By bl der receiving the aw r execute promotly & coutract with good ticien' securk- Liew, sccording 10 e term of b , othiorwise to be returved to the bidder. For further | 1 auat on address the undersigned at Pioe Ridge Agency, b kots o y k °f " o d wili wil P n_House, of the world; aud a clever s:01y by Sophi | the fall of Napoleon I in 1815, to the | Tre undatel nel wi will be fi-"". House, Swait, with the tive, *How Banta Claus deuh;.!d\ A'l'(urwl‘lll’ulll\l!l(l’h ln‘:’ls. '\ullcm Qahs Nol, by e A ”‘",: M'.;“‘“ ”'b"“’ Fouvd the Poor house;” and thero are|publihed by Mewsze. Cassll & Oo Mguia otber atorles, sketch:s and poemas by in a few days, The purpose of Joodv V. &, iudho Agewr st