Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 13, 1885, Page 5

- THE DAILY BEE--MONDAY, JULY 13, 1885, LINCOLN. Tncidents of the Dey at the Capital of the State. The Attorney-General to Look Tnto the Zimm: rman Case. A Majority of Counties Return Their Oensus Statistice—Significant Pointers Therein, AT THE STATE CAPITAL. GENERAL NEWS, Reported by The Ber's Bureau, Lixcors, Neb., July 12,—Attorney- Geoneral Leene starts for Washington to- day to eeo about the Zimmerman cate. He will folly investigate all the papers filed In behalf of the criminal and hopes to get the matter brought up Io the supreme court amorg the firat days of the term which opens In Octcber, He will ‘be absent about ten days. Henry Jones who was fined afew days since for amulting a widowed slster-In-law, was arreated agaln on Sat- urday for making violent threats against tne same party and placed under $200 bonds to keep the peace. The colored Baptist brethron of the two charches are having a hallelojah of atlme, declarlng each other usurpers and tarning one another out of charch. They act very much like a double header in a political conventlon, The legtslature of 1875 paszed an act aunthorizlng county commissloners to ap- point an undertaker in each county to take charge of and bury \no bodies of de- consed soldiers and sailors when motified #0 to do, aliowing a charge not to exceed $35 for each burlal, to be pald from the county fand, James Heaton was re- cently appointed undertaker for Lancaster county under that act. 1t turns out that the girl sent to the Home of the friendless in this city from the reform school, is from Hall county, and sails under the name of Brown. She was in a delicate condition when received at the reform echool, and for prudentlal reazons was gent where it would be better for her and better for the reform echool, Sunday morping a mad dog attracted 1he attentlon of passers by near G street on Eleventh. The dog was quickly dle- patched withoat injurlng any one, There are nearly as many dogs s people In the city, snd It {5 time some of the dogs were lald away to rest. Major Hastlngsarrived Saturday from Table Rock, accompanfed by a yourg man named Irwln, who some time ago borrowed a horse in the night tlme from a Mr. Surelbrock, near this city, Irwln will have a hearing this morning. Mies McBride, who is rapldly gainlng natlonal reputation as an elocutlonist, Enled through here Saturday en route to oston, where she takes part In the na- tional gathering of elocutionlsts and will address the conventlon on the subject of “Our Work.” The census superintendent has been prevalled upon to give to the public the census returns as fust as completed, and up to the present time fifty-six countles have shown up with a total enumeration of 613,866. There are still fourteen counties to hear from, which certainly will give a total population of 685,000 inhabitants. The only county In the atate which shows a decrease is Fillmore. In 1880 it had 13,452, while this census only gives it 10,442, Every other county shows an increase from 1880 of from fif- teen to five hundred per cent, the most noticeable belng Holt county, which in 1880 showed 3,287, while now it has 20,- 395, belng the fourth largest county in the state. J. Glass, a prominent resident of Oska- 1oosa, Iowa, has purchased Mr. Gor- ham'’s inlereet in tho Gorham house here and will make this hls fature home. Mr, Glasa is well known to a majorlty of the trading boys. Mr. Gorham wlill return to Burlington, Mr, E. S. Montrose of Ottawa, Iil., and Ira O, Higby, of Oma- ha, are the clerks under the new regime. ‘The change took place Saturday. This house 15 one of the finest In the state, Among the prominent arrivals were: John Cox, Nebraska City; Col. E. Savage, A. 1. O'Hara, J. Michaels, W. Leonard, and J. G. Floyd, Omaha; J, H, Hogan, Minneapolis; William H. Phelps, Beaver Olty; W. E, Brock, Council Biuff:; Ben H, Hayden, Wilber, Karly this morniog the pollce wera called upon by Thomas McNeal, of High- 1and, to make diligent search throughont the olty to ascertaln 1 Henry Shireman was contalned thereln, Oa Saturdsy evening Mr. McNeal's davghter Mioniy had ridden her pony to Hanlon and met said Shireman and it was surmlaed thay intendad to get mar- rled, but Shireman nor Micnle could not be fonnd, After the search the telegraph was freely ured aud the parties were foand at Baatrice and wero sald to have been marrled on Saturday night, although the glrl is but 16 years old, Sheriff Mellck, aciompanied by Mr. MoNeal, has gene after the ranaways. Abuot 8 o’clock last evening Charles Ray bad George Boese arrested, charglng him with stealing $67. Ray held $40 belonging to the bricklayers’ union, of whlch both ara members, Ray is quite a noted character hers, and the charge ls not credited by those who know him best. Boese was placed under $300 bonds to appear to-day at 2 o'cleck, Dr, Gerth the veterinary surgeon us & O, M, Druz wlll be at the Paxton hoand 1o O.naha to-morrow to meet some of the prominent men of the state with whom the dootor 1s anxious to become ac: quainted. J. 0, MoBrlde has ratarned from the a ing, J. M., Campbell, of Omshs, who has been spending the past week in the clty, starts south this moralng, W. B, Taylor staris out for a trlp to Denver this morning, and will call on mavy furnitare men on the route. A RUNAWAY ACCIDENT. The Fate That Befell Judge Doane and Family While Out Riding, A very serlous and almost fatally sad accident befell Judge Doane and wife 1ast ovening, They were out enjoying a pleacant drive, and when about to cross the railroad track at Eleventh street, an engine commenced to blow off steam near by, which frightened their horse and started him on a wild run, Mr, and Mrs. Doane were accompanied by thelr little son, George. When the horse started to runm, the old gentleman and lady toth jumped wot leaving the little boy to the mercy of providence and his nwn fate. The bug- y was soon turned over and in its top the little fellow was dragged quite a long distanca before Ite could get released When picked up, It was found he had sustalned severe Injuries about the head and face, and was in an iosensible condi- tlon, He was carried to Bell's drog store, where Dr. Deyser dressed his injuries. The buggy was left a total wreck. e — Boehmke's Funeral, The faneral of Gustave Boehmks, who fell from a fourth story window at the Goos hotel last Thursday morning, was held yesterday afternoon from Drexel & Maul's undertaking establishment, and attended by quite a large conconree of sorrowing friends. The Platt Dicher noctety, of which decaased was a member, conducted the faneral cer. emonles, about fifty of them tarning out and marching in front of the hearse to the cemetery. They were headed by the Musieal Union band. Since Boehmke's very tragle and sudden death there has been much speculation a8 to the chlof cause, and many pa2o- ple hold to the theory that he may bave boen murdered. Some of the elrcum- stances surrounding the affair point quite strongly ln that dicection. e — PERSONAL, Dr. R. W, Connell has gone to Minnetoka, T. J. Whitcomb, of Lincoln, ia a Paxton guest. J. V, Logan, Scstia, Neb,, is at the Metro- politan, H, O, Allgood, Marshalltown, is at the Paxton. R. B, Conner, of Rawlins, i3 at the Paxton, W.B. Mack and wife are guests at the Paxton, G. A. Raymer, of Lincoln, waa in the city yestorday. J. D, Clark, of Papillion, was a Sunday guest at the Paxton, a Millard and family left Saturday for Clifton Springe, N, Y, James S. Reed, of Bradshaw, Neb., is registered at the Paxton, H. H. Robinson, of North Bend, registered atthe Paxton yesterday, Rev. J. H, Houghton and wife, of Salem, N. J., are at the Paxton. Mrs C. A, Hull, of Blair, is in the city, to- day, stopping at tho Paxton, The Hon. William A. Paxton returned homa from the west yesterday, J. J. Wemple aud wife, of Hastings, are among Sunday’s arrivals at the Paxton, W. B. Berggren, Wahoo; T. A, Sears, Grand Island; L, McLoehlin, are at the Arcade, H. G, Stripe and family, and Hon, J, J Redick, son and niece, weat to Spirit Lake Friday evening, Willlam Eimbeck, of the Unitad States const aurvey, came in from the west yesterday ond is at the Paxton, Miss Pearl Tomlinson, the well-known teacher of this city, will spend the vacation with her family at Hastings. Miss Jennio M, McHorn, principal of the Dodge strect echool is spending a portion of the vacaticn among friends in Dodge county. Superintendent James started, Saturday, for Saratogs, and will be presant at the open- ing of the national teachers’ convention in that city, next Monday, F. R, Knapp and James A. Davis were given quarters in tke city bastilo yesterday for trying to celebrate by assaulting and beat- ing a car driver on Cumings street, Mr, William Preston and family will leave shortly for opirit Lake to enter upon a camp- ing-out season at that delightful resort, They will be accompanied by Miss Julia Smith, Mr, Clark and others, De, J. D, Reynolds, of Creston, Towa, ac- companied by his wife and daughter are visit- ing relatives in the city, the guests of Mr, ‘Wm, M. Dwyer and family. Mr. Samuel Burus and children returned Saturday from the Crete Sunday echool assembly where they have spent ten days and glve glowing accounts of the future Chau- P. | tauqua of the west, Frank Norton, Concord; Miss Annie Bracket, Lincoln; W. G, Smith and J, D, Bradford, Hastings; Neb.; Charles Stetber and wife, Carroll, Ia.; Ed John son, Chicago, areat he Metropolitan, His Honor, Judge Stenberg, will have a fine line of Sunday sinuers to deal with this morning—men and women both. The notorious and numerous Sadie McBnde is in again for disturbing the peace, 8. C. Browster, W. I', Ball, Grand Island; A. L. Spearma, G, Paingfisld, T, C, Purcell, North Bond; Jerry Dundy, A. Crona Holdridge; G. A, Decker, Joliot; S. Kemp, Blair; C. H, Abbott, Wood River; D. Andereon, Columbus; W. J. Bunting, Rock Port, aro at the Canfield, Mr, Albert Bierstoldt, the great landscape and Rocky mountain scenery painter, passed throngh Omaha Saturday ovening en route to tho Pacific const. Mr, Bierstoldt is the man who has probably done more to bring into prominence scenes of western wonders aud mountain beauties than suybody else. His paioting of the Yosemite vailey is ranked among artists and the admirers of art, as famous production, e — —In June the Omaha letter carriers de- livered 187,400 pleces of mail matter, —Saturday, the county commissioners paid about $25,000 in claims, which became due at the beginning of the fiscal year. " =W, F. Brown & Co,, the live stock com mission merchants at the Union stock yards, sold ten car-loads of hoes Saturday at $3.70, the average weight bsing 260 pounds, ~—The police, in their rounda after frail women Saturday night, who had failed to pay up June fines, took with them an impromptu “black Maria,” which they soon filled, —The Umaha Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers held & secret meeting Saturday night, to take action relative to the attack made on Engineer De Land, at Council Bluffs Saturday by the Fero broth Their pro oceedings could not be ascertained, —The grim and silent messsnger, death, again entered the home of Coroner Drexel Saturday evening, and bore away the spirit of his little son ¥Freddie. Mr. Drexel indeed deserves the sympathy of this entire com. munity. Oaly two months ago his wile was taken away, —Joe Hay, the Union Pacific engineer who was ipjured in the Mercer switch acoldent about ten days ago, has grown worse resently and fears are now entertalned for his recovery, ‘e wound he received on his hesd has not healedup asit should have done and erysipilus bas made its appesrance. PROFESSIONALS. Peaple Who Are Afiicted With a Mania to “ Nip” Goods, A Prominent Merchant Interviewed by the “Dee” About Profee- sfonal Shop Lifters. ““You would be most wonderfally sur- prised,” sald one of Omaha’s prominent dry goods men, to a reporter for the Bex, yesterday, ‘‘if 1 should tell you how many people, and who they are, that have a manls, as they call 1t, for ‘nip- ping’ articles every timo they go Intoa store, and hiding them under the!r cloth- fng. Why, Il stake my honor,” he continued, on the assertion that there are no less than one hundred profersional shoplifters in the 61,800 population which goes to make up the 1ite and soul of this town. No, they are not sll among the low, hard-up class elther. In fact a very large majority of them move along the upper olrcles and have plenty of money.” The merchant contended, when asked why, that to prosecute and expose them would be very detrlmental to hie trade: I get, pay for everything they nteal, so what's the difference?” ‘‘Make them pay doubla price for what they buy!” “In some Instancer, yes, but let me glve you a polnter and cite a littlo case that happered in my store only one day Inst week.” “All right, fire away and talk slow.” “Well, you see, we have got all theso people, or at least nesrly all of them, spotted o closely that 1t 1s impossible for one to come to the store withont our knowing It and keeplng an eye on her. This partlcular case was an elogantly dressed woman., She was out shopplng in a handsome rig, with liveried driv- er and stylish horees suppesed to bo aer own. Sho came Into our stora aud went to the lace department. Before golng cut I recelved a note from the lady clerk who walted on her, saying that she had stolen several palrs of gloves and silk hese and was about to get away with them. Icalled the woman into my office and asked her about t. At firat she became very Indignant and threatened to eend her husband down, who she knew would paralyzs me for- cfferlng her such an outrageous insult, but I was not to be frightened In that manner, and when she found out that I knew she had the articles hidden about her garments, and proposed to satisfy her that I knew,by having her searched, ehe broks down completely and offered to glve me $100 if I would let it pasa and never glve her away. The woman buys any amount of goods, Is wealthy, and bas no excuee whatever for stealing, but she sald to me then that she didn’c know why she took those gloves and hote; that she had no use on earth for them, but couldn’t help it. They were worth about $1.50 a palr but I charged her $5, which she gladly pald and went away. At another tlme a well known woman, whoee name I will not mantion, came in wearlng a silk dress, the goods of which we had missed and I knew it. The next dsy we sent her a bill for the dress, and you can bet she paid for it without eaying a word. Namerous times have we missed gloves, hoes, bolts of rib- bon, handkerchiets, etc., etc, but we generally know who takes them and when they come in the next times we re- spectfally request pay for such articles and the pay is always forthcoming, I don’t know how other merchants are harrazsed in this buslness, but if the shop-lifters were not known to us we would soon be stolen blind.” It is not probable that Omaha Is any worse off In this respect than other towns but possibly Omaha bas more of the shop-lifting class than many places of its size. Many of the merchants complain, and why they don’t cause some arrests to be made is a littlestrange. Asstated above, no doubt they would to a certaln extent Injure their trade. It Is quite noticeable also that when cornered and brought Into close quarters nearly all of the professional shop-lifters make the same defense, as an excaee for their crime, and that is, that it ls a mania they can't control and are not responsible for T, “What kind of actlons do they go through to get away with the goods?” was asked of the gentleman interviewed. ¢*You would be amuzed,” he sald, ‘“‘to see them, While pretending to look at goods they lean away over the counter, play the near-sighted racket, and get down with their f2ace almost against tbe counter. While In this poeition it Is easy enough to rake off with one hand anything laying near, and stuff- ing it under their cloak, It isnoted that these kind of people always wear some kind of a loose sacque or cloak, hot or cold weather. —— HUNTINGYON'S HURRAH, CELEBRATING THE FOURTH ON TAINOUS BORDERS OF OBEGON, Correspondence of The Bik, HusriNerox, Ore,, July 7.—No cele- bration In the west could have been more successful and enjuyable than the one held at Huatington last Saturday. The programme for a small town was elaborate, At eun rise the firlng of the usual salute under direction of Capt. P. H. Kinney opened the exerclses of the day. At 6 o'clock the excaraion traln over the Oregon Railway & Navigation rallway from La Grande arrivea, bring- ing a large number of visltors together with the Island City brass band. Long before the exerclses at the pavillion began, large numbers of people had ar- rived trom the surrounding country and befora noon our llule town contalned 700 people. The exerclses at the pavil- llon wereas usual onsuch occasione-music reading of the decla ration and oration. The reader was the Hon, J, H, Shinow, ot Baker City. The oratlon was delivered by the Hon, R, 8. Anderson, aleo of Baker Clty, and was )1 pronounced & most eloquent andlogical as well as happy effort, The races, which had been thoroughly advertised, came off at 2 o'clock and the prizes were contested for by some fine horses. At 5:30 p. m, an excursion to and acroes the Great Snake river bridge was given by the Northern Paclfic rail- way. A train of twelve coaches In charge of Conductor J. R. Crigler and with Engineer Kiser In the cab of englne No. 539, palled out of the station with & glee club and an organ cn one end and the band on the other and crowded with THE MOUN bled in Oregon. The traln with its load returned st 6:30 o'clock., At 9 o'clock the crowd begsn to assem- ble at the pavilllon for the ball, and to witnees the beautifal dlsplay of fire. works which were exhiblted just a little way from the building by Origler, Cam- mings & Blanchsrd, At 10 o'clock the grand march was played snd the large floor, 50x200 feet, which had been laid for the purpose was quickly filled with [a briillant company of 100 couples of ladies and gentlemen, A very sumptuous sup- per was served by the Paclfic hetel com. pang, J. E. Olark, mansger. Dancing was kept up tll5a m. Al partol- pating in the celebration agree that it was remarkably successful in every way, and while we have had the name of bo- Ing a “hard town,” the fact that' nothing occurred on the Fourth to mar the plessure of any one, or to break the peace, should oconvince any one that we do not deserve the name. Last night thirty-one cars of stock wen east to Mediclne Bow, thirty of them were loaded at Baker City and one ocar here, the ones from Baker Clty were oat- tle, the car loaded hers was horses for the same place. The Oregon Short Line fa doing a good buriness at present, having from five to ten and fifteen through cars to Portland aday. A car of Milwaukeo beer ar- rlved, making the trlp from Granger to Huntington in twenty two hours, a dis- tance of 540 miles. Our big flag was on the new depot on the Fourth, It was sent here from Oma- ha to our General Agent Mr. D, W. Cummine. Thirteen guns were fired from the hill opposlte the town under the directions ot Oapt. P. Kinney. All the englnes were trimmed up, englne 559 was trimmed up in grand stile for the excursfon. RAILWAY RUMBLINGS. A New Line Propised to Run Soath From Omaha, The People of Kansas Want Rail Communication With the Metrop- olis of the Missouri Valley. At Topeka, in pursuance to a previous call, a number of repre:entative gentle- men from the more lmportant towns named along the proposed new line of rallroad, or independent cutlet from Wickita to Chicago, met, and after a fall and free endorsement of all that had heretofore been done, a corperation was organized and the charter filed for a new and independent line of rallway from the Arkansas valley, start- ing at Wichita and runnlng via Peabody, Marlon Center, Abllene, Clay Center and northward to a sultable or the most direct and convenlent con- nection with the Burlington & Missouri system or other Ohicago lines at Beatrice, Lincoln or Omaha, s the directors may elect. Wichlta was made or deslgnated a8 the headquarters for the principal of- fices, and the followlng gentlemen sub- ecribed to the oath of the charter: Peabody—F. H, Kallock, banker. Marlon—A., M. Crane, banker, and S, T. Howe, state treasurer. Clay Center—D. A. Valentine, late presidential elector and editor Times, Abllene—J. E, Bonebrake, banker; J. M. ¥isher, banker; G. W. Hurd, banker, and J. R. Burton, speaker pro tem house of representatives, Wichita—M. W, Levy, banker, J. H. Blackwelder, capitalist; J. V. Moffet, merchant; N. F. Nelderlander, capitalist and real estate, and Dr, C. O. Farley. There was much important informatlon and correspondence laid before the new organilatlon by its members and by others interested who were present at the meeting. Thellne I8 viewed as not only a feastble one by rallroad men and one whose local traffic would be second to no other new line in the state, but which, as a connecting liuk between the north and south systems of Kansas and Nebratks, and between Chicago and the Arkansas valley, would loom up into vast importance as to all the interests noted. This means that the people of Kansas want an outlet to better markets for thefr grain and stock than they have heretofore enjoyed and they know that Omaha will furnish them that market., Omaha is paying much batter prices to-day for cat- tle and hogs than Kaneas Clty Is paying. H. R. McOuallough, general frelght agent of the Chicago & Northwe:tern road, ia in the city, J. W. Norrls, general passenger agent of the Union Pacific, and, 6 S. H, H. Clark, who went over to Spliit lake last Thuriday evening with their families, rctarned yesterday. Mr, Ssmuel Jonos, assistant general paceouger agent of the Union Pacific, re- turned yerterday frcm an extended trip through tho east, Oae of the Pallmen car runs on the Kansas Clty, St. Joseph & Council Blofls road, between here and Kansis Clty, is now manned by a new condauctor, Mr, Harry E. Ovyerholt, of Topeka, belng the ecquizition, Mr. Overholt s a great mau for that position, o ———— Motion for a New Trial, Gen, O'Brien, one of the lawyers for Ballard, filed his motion Saturday after- noon fora new trlal of the case. He alloges that the court was gullty of mls. conduct In commenting on the testimony regarding the Insanity of the prilsoner, and the statement of Mr, Baldwin, the as.istant prosecuting attorney, In his argument before the jury,that if the prie- oner should be foundguilty,executive clem ency could be lnterposed and the extreme penalty of the law woald be averted, and there would be no objsctions interposed on the part of the si or the friends of Verpoorten; and that the verdict of the jury s not sustained by the evidence; also that error of the jury and of law have been committed. | ——— - Still a Mystery, The murder of Miss Mary Baldwin, at Atchlson, Ks., last Thursday night, fs|P still an unsolved mystery. No clue has as yot been obtalned of the wretched vlllain who commltted the unwarranted crime. All sorts of thecrles are ad- vanced. Some even suspect that the girl committed sulclde, but this theory ex- plodes, when the fact that a panel was cut out of the back door, is taken Into consideratlon, e —The Omaha Exposition association has not, a8 yet, been able to make up its list of fast flyers for the races. They still hope however, that Maxey Cobb and Phallas, can be eecured and that ral other noted ani mals msy come out this way, Ths purses of- fered are sufficiently large to induce owners of the best animals in the county to come as happy a company a3 ever was assom- | here, CUT WITH A CUP Perney Powers the Victim of a Vicions Tramp's Venom, While Trying to Protect an Tnnocent and Helpless Little Boy He Re- ceives & Fatal Wound, About 7 o’clock last evenlng, a boy, apparently 15 years of age, covered with blood and holdipg his hand over a great gosh in the left side of bis neck trom which the crimson flowed freely, stag- gored Into Bell's drug store at 820 South Tenth street, fell over on the floor ex- hausted and almost dead, De, Darrow, who happened to be there at the time, and two other men, picked the sufferer up and placed him on a cot In one of the back rooms, A hasty examination of the wound showed it to be a deep three cor- nered cut, about four Inches long, which Iald the flesh open until a man’s finger could be admlitted and severed one of the blood versels, *‘Had he have been com- pelled to go half & block further before getting assistance,” said the dootor, ‘‘he could not have made {t.” He was then so far gone from tho loss of blood that doubts of his re- covery were expressed. The boy recov- ered, however, after the blood had been checked, and he got a little rest, sufli- clently to say that hls name was Perney Powers, and that his home was at the corner of Seventh and Jones strests, where he lives with hls mother. Ho also said that o man had hlt him on the meck with a cap. The appear- anco of the wound showed that 1t had been made by some dull fnstra- ment. A large crowd of boys followed the unfortunate lad and thelr story was that an old tramp In the act of tstriking a little boy down by the rlver bridge, was glven warning by Powers, not to do it, whereupon the tramp threw acup at him. This part of the story looka a little fishy. Officers Sullivan and Whaland, made an invest/gation of the matter and they exprass the opinion that the wound- ed boy, also the chaps with him know who committea the deed but don’t want to tell, Powera’ mother was sent for and took him home. ——— Water Takes = kKaise, People who went to Hanscom park yesterday, in search of a little pleasure and fresh alr under the shade troes of that resort, came back home complaining bit- terly that the keeper there had taken the handle off of the pump, 8o that ne one could get water without golng Into the park hall and paying ten cents a glass for {t. Uf these complaints are well founded, and there Is no raaton to doubt them as yet, such action muat bs looked upon 8s outrageous, and that keeper will, In all probability, be asked to step out. Some aay they offered to give five conts for a glass of water, but it was refused them at that price. B — Brought Back. Detective Emery returned Saturday evening from Davenport, with David McDonough, whom he went there after, and brought backhere to answer a charge of forgery. By some hook or crook, McDonough got hold of a $30 check on the Omaha Natlonal bank, which was not genuine and from a merchant here recalv- ed the money on {t. McDonough claims that he won the check in a game of poker, and did not know It was a forgery. —e——— IOWA ITEMS, Comp lete census returns give Musca- tine a population of 10,407. Pleasantville, Marlon county, has con- tracted for a $7,000 school building. The twenty-elghth distrlet convention of Knights of Labor met {in Ottumwa on Wednesday, fifty-six delegates being in attendance. A diminutive cyclone danced through a portion of Mussatine county Tuesday evening, dolng some damage in the vicln- ity of Moscow. The annual moetlng of the lowa and Illinois District Medical association was heldIn the Acidemy of Science at Diven- port Thursday. The Rock Jsland rallwsy Is repcrted, wlll at once commence the construstion of an eoxtenslon from the main line at Trenton, Ia., to St. Jo, Mo. The city councll of Red Oak bas or- dered the tearlng down of Fore. paugh's circus biil boards, crected on the public equsre of the town without the consent of the authoritles, A movement is helng made by the cit- jzons of Red Oak to compel the Chlcago, Burllngton & Qaincy railway to tnnnel the crossing of one of the prinsipal busi. ness streets of that town, Barllngton’s free public library was opened Taesday evening. A large num- ber of volumes were donated at tue open- ing exercises. smong the number one pablished at Vienua in 1477, Dubugue will meake a sirong effort to eecure the encampment of the Fourth reglment, Iowa Natlonsl Guard, to be held some time durlog the month of September and lasting one week, Georgs Wilkerson, s Fort Dodge me- chanle, had his hip dislocated and a rib broken Wednesday by a maes of brick and mortar falling upon him from a scaf- folding under which he was psssing, The famous land suit of Buena Vista county ve, the Dobuque & Sloux Clty Railway company, involving the title to some 13,000 acres of swamp land, s on trial in the federal courts at Keokuak., The managers of the Northwest Iowa soldlers' reunion have engaged a dramatic troope, that will give entertalnments each evening during the reunlng, to be held at Spirit Lake July 14, 15 and 16, James Cook, a well known Davenport boot and shoe dealer, died Taesday night from what a post-mortem examination roves to have been a tumor two and a half inches In dismeter and three inches long, growlng on the outer surface of the anterior lobe of the left hemfsphers of the braln. The victim had been a euf- ferer for fifteen mouths, o — was the San Francisco Post. Last Monday morning as a lot of up- towners were walting on the wharf for the China steamer to get In, old Prof. Guffey drove up in the office buggy and solemnly lifted out an apparently heavily weighed bag, securely tied at the mouth, “*What have you got there, profes ssked a friend, ‘A cat fiend,” replied the protessor, gravely. 444 catfish!” repeated the crowd, “No, gentlemen; I sald a cat fiend,” four ocobblestones and a oat that has made my life a burden to me for three years. She steals everythlng in the house all day, and yells like a pirate walking the gang plank on the back shed all night. 1ve made one attempt aftor another to ssissinate the baast, but I falled every time.” ““You know that cats have nlne lives, professot?” “Nine! Nineteen times have I glven that creature poleoned meat. 1 threw her off the roof twice, ahd I've shot at her four times—just filled her plamb full of quail shot, and the next day she's round on schedulo timo. Last week I borrowed a $100 bull terrler to eat her up, and she killed him In eleven sec- onds, Why, I blew her clean Into the next street with a dynamite cartrldge yesterday, and I hope to die If she wasn’t on deck reaching for the canary this morning without & halr singed. “Going to fix her this time, oh?” “You bet I am.” sald Prof. Guffey, em- phatieally. *‘I'm going to throw her off into forty feet of water, and if that don't finfah her, she's the devil himself.” ‘‘Come, take a drink first, Guffey,” sald his friend Boggs, and the crowd fol- lowed Into a saloon on the corner. While the beer was being drawn Boggs slipped quistly back and untled the bag. As soon aa the indestractible cat had skipped up the street Boggs retied the bag and hurrled back to the saloon. Pretty soon the crowd emerged and helped Guifey to carry hls heavy load to the hxtreme edge of the wharf, from which it was sclemniy dumped. ““I hate to kil even a cat,” said the old professor sadly, ‘‘but tho factis I hlun:t had a square night's sleep In two eare.”” Yesterday Boggs was coming off the ferryboat, when he beheld the professor coming ou atop of a four-horse load of furnlture. “Why, you are not moving, are you, Gafley?” The professor moodily deecended from his perch, and drawing Boggs sside whilpsred huskily in his ear: “Yes, | am, Boggs—I'm movlng over to Alameda. That——cat's come back.” e — WHY IT IS GUOD TO WALK, 1t Will Benefit Your Health and In- crease Your 8avings, Too. “‘There is no better exercleo than walk- ing,” says a Chlcago physician, “It fs mavly to walk, and womanly es weli. Walking biings into use nearly all the muscles, and ctrengthens and hardens them. A slow, desultory walk is of small benefit. Tho g1t should bo brisk, with tho head up aud chest thrown forward like a frae Amerlcan cltiz:n, Take long, fall {nepirations, opening up the unused cells of the lungs, and filling them with the fresh air. The pedestrlans should have an objective point Rambles are unsatisfactory. A walk to work in the early morn s splendid thing. A walk home to supper In the eventng ls equally good. Then ycu have a motive and an object. An ocoaslonal walk Is of little avail. You should make your walking your habit. System Is a good thing In padestrianizm, as in other matters. As for dlstsnce thatis optional of courze, but two miles ought to be no task for the man who wants to Improve his health. The distance csn be in- creased as the pedestrian beglns to feel the benefit of walking. And when one makes walking his daily hablt he will be surprized at the ease with which he can soon make his alloted distance. Itls only two miles from Unlon park to State street, and why people should pay a street car company five cents twlce a day to carry them these two miles, when they would be better off in pocket and health by walking, is more than I can under- stand. It will take twenty minates to ride In, and as soon as a man has got in- to the walking habit he will ensily walk the dlstance in thirty minutes or less, The rlde saves cnly ten minutes and costs five cents. That Is at the rate of thirty cents an hour, or three dollars a day for ten hours’ work. A majority of the people who patron'ze the West Side company psy the company at the rate of thirty cents an hour for carrging them to thelr work, where they earn from fif- teen to twenty-five cents an hour, 1f a man makes it his habit to walk into town and out every day, and does 80 walk only 200 out of the 300 working days ot the year, he saves §20. That will buy him four palrs of good shoes, or a nlce suit of clothes, and in the long run he will save that much more every year in doctor’s bills and medlclnes. Walking is a good exerclse for everybody, and especially for those who are confined Indoors all day. ———— Sunday in Vienna, Suncay, June 14, was the first Sunday on which the new law came Into operatlon. About fifty thousand peopla were freed from labor in the city, and the majorlty of them, with thelr wives and children, went to the suburbs, whera the beer gerdens were crowded, Railways, fram- ways and omnibuses reaped an abundent harvest. All the telegraphic and news agencies were closed, So also were the editorlal offices, and Vienna on Sunday was for the first time without Sunday af- ternoon papers. The new law was well enforced, snd the general feellng was one of ratisfaction. Base Ball, Cnicago, TlL, July 11,—Chicago, 1; Provi- dence, 6. Cixcryyati, 0., July 11,—Cincionati, 9; Athleties, 5. Prrrsiurg, Pa., July 11— Pittsburg, 2; Metropolitan, 0 Louisviie, Ky., July 11—Louisyille, 4; Baltimore, 4, Derkoit, Mich,, July 11,—Detroit, b;Phila- dolphis, 4, St. Louts, Mo,, July 11,—8t. Louis, b; Brooklyn, 4. Sr. Louss, Mo, July 11.- 8t Louis, % New York, 8, BurraLo, N, Y., July 11,—Boston, 2; Buf- falo, 7. CiNciNNATI, O., July 12.—Cincionati, 6; Mo, July 12,—8t. Louls, 8, Brooklyn, LouisvitLe, Ky, July 12,—Louisville, 6; Baltimore, 3, e — The Oleveland Brrike, CreveLaxp, Ohlo, July 11,—The strikers srrested yestorday appoared ia the pallce court this morning, They were threo Poland- ers, charged with violating the sidewalk or- dinance, who were fined $10 and_costs each, Two of the prisoners were immediately rear rested on the charge of incitig & riot. The strikers are very quiet this merning and are remaining at ho Quiet an Appeal, BALTINORE, M., July 12,—The juil at Tow- son was broken into this morning by an im- mense crowd, and Howard Cooper, & negro, who on April 24 _outraged Katie Gray, the eeventeen-year-old daughter of & farmer, was taken out sud banged to a convenlent ' tree. Cooper’s counsel was atont to carry the case to the supreme court of the Unifed States, i | alleging that the client bad not been given a fair trial becauss of hi or, ——— Gen, Carceres Ketuses Peace, Liva, July 12,—The peace negotiations with Carcares have completely failed the lat- ter requiring no lees than the retirement of explained Gufley, “‘That sack oonuinllu.e (glesias government, A Peculiar Disease, Texns Siftiogs, ““‘How are the colored voters coming on out on Ceder Creek /" asked a osndidate of Uncle Mose, who c¢ame into Austin with alosd of hay. “‘Dey's not well, Dar's some kind of epldemic broke out among 'em.” *‘Malarfa?” 1 dnnno, boes, Mebbe dat's de nems of de stufl.” *‘What stufi7” “De stulf a white man cut dar got In de druggery shop. He pufs hit In his watermlllions to keep de culled folkses from mistaken 'em for dar own.” TEST YOUR BAKING POWDER T0-DAT! b Fremove the covar and smell. A chemist will Dok be res Quired 1o detect the presenco of ammonia. 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