Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 21, 1885, Page 5

4 ¥ LINGOLN. Jucidents of the Day at the Capitel of the State. State Boards Hold Their Antual Meetirg. An lowa Man Goes Back For Trial Meeting of Prohibitionists ~Local Matters, AT THE STATE CAPITAL. MATTERS IN GENERAL, Teported by The Ber's Bureau, Lixcors, Neb., July 20,—Parsuant to requlsition papera recetved at the execu tive office from the governor of Iowa, charglug G. Chatterton, cf Polk county, Towa, with burglary, Gov. Dawes to-dsy tafued an exiradition warrant for his arrest. Stephen Long, of Custer county, een- teneed for manslaughter, was brought hero to-day by Sheriff Foote and lodged In the penitentlaay. Superlntendent of Public Instruction Jones, who s absent In attendance upon the meeting of the Natlonnl Edacational assoclation at faratogs, wlll retura the latter part of the week when he will im. medlately commenco a series cf lectures before the different county institutes of the state. The board of managers of the Nebraska state board of agriculture are to hold a prollminary meeting thls eventog, A rogular meotiog will ccour to-morrow, a fall rcport of which will appear. Auditor Babeock returned from Omaha Sunday. Treaeurer Willard returned relurned to-day froma short trip to varl- ous polnts In the state on official business, “Tho state board of equalization, compozed of the above ofticlals and Gov. Dawea held an fnformal meeting, and had pre- sented to ttem the clalms of Webster coanty by County Attorney J. S.Gilham, County Commissioner Hardy, of Kearney county, also ropresented the Intereat of hiscounty. Tho board will mect in reg- ular session to-morrow and will counsider such clalms 8 may be presented. The total assessment returns of the state will bo in the latter part of the weok. Auaditor Babeock eaya that the rato will ba ehout three-elghtha of a cent. P. Mortenson, a prominent real eatate dosler of Ocd 18 in the clty. J. B. Strede, of Plattemouth, prose- cuting attorney f Cass county, is in the clty. There will be a state conference of all interested In the probibitlon movement st Red Ribbon hall in this city, Itis cxpected that representatives from all rectlons of the state will be present. The Nebraska Clam Bake assoclation, compeeed of about forty members and 1nvited gucsts, many of whom are prom- inent locally, have returoed from their annual bake and camp oat on the Blus river abont five miles from Crete. They report a splendld time, J. D. King, of this city was elected president for the en- sulng year. There Is to record a yery singular case of somnam bullsm which occurred Sun- day pight. The sixteen yesr old dangh- tor of Iidgar Marshall, of the Mt. Zion (aolored), Baptiet chuzch, wandered in her sleep from the house and was found about 11 a, m, to-day in a sound slumber some miles from her home. After being awakened she became very ill, and 1t 1s feared her life is in danger. Several phyalcians are In constant attendance upon her. Msj. Franklin and two_children, Col. B. H. Polk and Mayor Burr returned yeoterday from Spirlt Lake, Iows, whore they have been for the last ten days on s fishing excurslon. Maj. Franklin spesks most enthusiastically of 1t ssa summer and fishing reeort, and also of the very cordlal manner In which the north- western Iowa Soldlers’ assoclation, hold- ing a reunion there, treated hlm and other old boys in blue, who were present from other states. Carl Franklin, of this clty, is visiting friends In St. Paul. The last three days have been the hot. test of the season, the mercury ranging from 95° to 103 © in the shade. As yet no casualties bave been reported. Edmund Stevens, a young man of David City, was tc-day placad in the fn- tano asylum here, Quite a scandal is reperted from Bat- ler county, being caused by a prominent oltizen of that locality, an ex-county ofticial, representing himself and & young lady of Bellwood, highly esteemed here- tofore and a s:hool teacher, as belng man and wife and so registerlng at one of the neighboring towns. A hearleg was had to day In the case of the criminal prosecution for the collec- tion of a debt against a man by the name of Mosslman, before Judge Cochrane. The declefon will be rendered to-morrow. James Morris, for amlsdemesnor in stealing asmall sum durlng the saengerfest from Perkins brothers, had a hearing to- day before Judge Parker, Morrls claimed when arrested to be under sixteen years of age, which woul! make him an ellgl- ble candidate for the reform school, Now he swears he ls over sixteen yesrs of age, the object being to eecure a light jall sentence Instead of the two or three years he would get at the reform school. Judge Parker has not pronounced judg- ment yet. C. H, Hutchins has returned to-day, after a short business trip to Red Oak, Towa, Among the arrivals to-day are: H. Wenzel, Will Olouston, Omshs; J. W, McLoud, Walter M. Seely, L. Spelts, E. W. Wright, G, W. Gates, David Clty; Peter Green, Frlend; George W. Eggles- ton, Bennett; James I. Zedider, Franklln; J. 8. Gillam, Red Cloud; 8. O. Borlingson, Seward; o — A Strange Uase, To the Editor of the Bk, There is a watter which I think cught to be ventilated, and I ask your attentlon, as well as that of the public, to a few facts Unch I want to present relative to the case of Mr. Mayers who was tried and sent up to the county jall last week, on an allzod charge of obtalning money under falso pretenses. The facts in the caso are these: On July 16.h Meyers went to the commlsslon store of D, A, Hurley on Dodge street, and bargsined for seventy-five boxes of pears. He eaid that he could not pay for the peats all at once but would do so as fast as he could. This was testlfied to by Meyers and hls friends, though tho ather .~ slde dleagree. Moyer paid $20 and coming wih six men and their wagons took away sixty boxes. Coming a recond tims for more boxes of fruit, another payment of $65 wa) made, It was proven that Hutley had then told Meyers that he could pay the balance when the pears were rold, Therest of the box:s were obtalned that day, and on the 17th Meyers went to Hurley and told him that the pears were of no account—3a Iarge portion of them—but that he would pay the balance on them next week. Harley grew angry, and ea'd if Meyers didn't pay Immodlately he would have him arrested. He carried out his threat and Moyers was trled and sentenced to pay the b of the telal, to make double the amount of property, sad to be im prisoned In the county jsil 20 days. Judge Stenbere did not conslder the tes- timony introduced by the defense, and s known to have remarked after the trial: “You — — Russisns cause me & good deal of trouble, and 1 propose to make an example of you.” Bat the worst {s to be tcld: That same evening (Satarday) after Meyer had been committed to jall, 1 with J. Kendls and H. Greenberg called on Judge Stenberg and told him that we wanted to secure Meoyer's release on bail and offered him a good bond. He told us that he want- ted to eat eupper, and atked us to wait. After he bad finlshed h!s eupper, he came outand in & blusterlng way sald, “Get out of here, you bloody sheenter, 1 don't want yon around here.’ The consequence 1s that slthough & gocd bond has been offered, Meyers ls atlll in jall. I will ventare the asseirtion that Judge Stenberg would not talk about his fellow countrymen the way he does about the 1t seems to me that his action ls case, a fligrant violation of the which devolve upen him as trasts 0 a ouan put in_his prosont position t> see that everybody brought before him ee- cares justice. J. Kreix, FAILED TO FIND THEM, How John Valien Came to Omaha to Omaha to Look for a Missing Daughter and Her Lover. “‘Yen, sir, I have tollowed that gal and that mlserable, pesky young feller all the woy from Shekawgy, trying to head 'em off, and I'm blasted {f they haven’t gi’ me the ellp at Iast. It's too bad.” John Vallen, the speaker, addressed Officer John Tarnbull yesterday morning shortly after the arrival of the ()" traln from Chlcago, In o very disconsolate manner, and being preseed to unbosom som himaelf oa the topic of his troublos poured forth, 1t appears that Valien is a farmor Hv- ing near Rock Island, IiL, and bas a girl young and rather handscme, but who is not blessed with quits the diecretion that she ought to have. Some time ago Vallen employed 25 & common farm hand a young man, named William Gillis. The Joung man, who Is passably good look- ing, excreised some sort of strange facina- tlon over the Mlss Vallen, and it was not long before she was deeply in love witR| him. The parents of the young miss, who is but seventeen yeara old, eoon saw how things were going and made up their minds that Gillis’ discharge was Inevita- ble, as being the only means of breaking up the love affalr. Accordingly, he was told that hls services were no longer noeded. Ho left the nelghborhood, for the next few days, but on Mondsy, {hs 13th, returned with a horae and buggy, tock the glrl, and drove rapidly to town. The coaple took the next train to Chlcago, where for a tlme all trace of them was lost. While in Chicago Mr. Vallen racelved a tolegram from home Informing him that young Gillis had confided to a frlend that he intended to come to Omaha_with the girl and get married. Mr. Vallen started immed!- ately for Omaha, arrlving here the latter part of last week. He has since boen scouring the city for the ranewsy couple, and watching all_the out-going and in- coming traine. Not the elightest traca of the runawsys has been dlscovered, and in all probability by this time they are en- joylng life as man and wife. It is not probable that they were marrled in Omaha, as the county judge has lesued no license to any one by the name of Gillls, Mr. Valien will leave for his I11- inois home to-night. RUMBLINGS BY RAIL, More Cheering News From the New Gola Fields—Personal Mention, Ete, A telegram was recelved yesterday at the general tlcket agent's offico of the Unlon Pacific rosd from Baker, Oregon, reporting another rich find cf gold five miles from Pine Creok, and stating that twenty locations have already been made., It s eald that the qnar!z taken out atsays from $060 to §400 per ton, and great ex- citoment prevails, A long let'er has aleo been recrived at headquartors from D. W. Cammings, who was eent over from Huntlogton by the Union Paclfic company to make an investigatlon of the discoverles and report. What he eays ls very favorable. He examined twenty or thirty claims and found the surface indi- cations to be of the most satisfactory indications, About the mliddle of this week about three tons of ore from each of the various clalms will be tested. Mr. Commings states that the Forest (Jueen mine, in Plne valley, can be traced by its surface ledge, which is 5 feet wide, a distence of 1,000 feet around the crest, of the hill, The ledge of the Allen & Cox or Gold Edge mine, Is four feet wide and Its ore shows an abundance of free gold. The ledge of the Red Jacket mine s also four fest wide and its dip into the mountaln has been traced 150 foet. With all theee favorable reports, however, the U, P, company has not yet declded to boom the new dlscoveries. They want to be certaln that the fields are worth it before anything ls done to work them, There are now about 400 men st the mines and the rush averages about thirty-five arrivals per day. George W. Hall, secretary of the Unlon Paclfic’s suxiliary companies, and E. Lanc, resident englneer, loft tor St, Lonls last evening, G. K. Barnes, late gencral passenger and ticket agent for the Northern Pacitic road, but now general manager of the Cottage Organ company, is in the city, A large number of the Burlington & Missouri and Union Paclfic cfliclals went weet last night to attend the transconti nental pool meeting at Denver. There {8 a plot being concocted in the unfon ticket office in thls clty which ought to be exposed, Itappears that Andy Borden ls soon to receive one thousand stogies from Wheellng which he proposes to distribute among the friends of bimeelf and Mr. Oarrier. The Idea which it is believed these gentlemen bave Is that of making thelr trlerds elck and sending them east for thelr health over the Rck Island or the Milwaukee ourtes, THE MARKET BASKET. The Delicacies to be Foand in the Local Marte, FISH, In the fresh watar article, white fish, trout and baes retail at 15 conts per pound; white plokerel Is eclling at 10 cents; croppie and perch cin bs had for 12} cents; catfish sell for 15 centsa pound. Blue fish are very plentiful and bring 20 cents a pound. Fresh Colum- bia river salmon are worth 25 conts a pound, Kresh mackerel 15 to 20 conts aplece. Hallbut I8 worth 25 cents. Codfish tongues are rare, but retail for 20 cents. MEATS, The best cata of sirloln sell for 15 cents, ramps and upper part of round steak at 12}, Roasting ribs, firm and juloy, can be bought for 10 to 124 cents. Veoal Is extremely scarce and comes high from 25 to 20 cents, according to the cholceness of the part. Sweet breads can bo purchased at 25 cents a palr. Corn beef Is solling at from 5 to 10 conts, ac- cordIng to cuts, Prime leg of muttons can be bad for 12} cents; mutton chops 12} to 15 cents. Ham is a staple article in good demand at 12} cents In bulk, 25 cents sliced, Pork 10 to 12} cents. Sausago 10 to 12} conts, Spring lamb is eelling for 81 for fore quarter and €1 25 for hind qaarterr Spring chickens are worth from 30 to 40 cents aplece. FRUITS AND VEGETABLES, 01d potatoes from 850 to £1.00 a bushel, The Colorado and Salt Lake va- rleties are worth §1.10 to §1.25. Parsley iasold at 60 cents & dozsn, Home grown cabbage Is bringlog from 5 to 10 cents a head. Fresh radishes are selliog at three bunches for 10 cents. Cacumbera sell for from 2 to b cents aplece. Fresh home grown lettuce, nearly out of market, 18 sold at 35 cen'sa dozan, Fresh tomatoes are in lively demand st from 5 to 8 cenls a pound, .Home grown tomatoes are In market this week, Green pess sell for 45 centaa peck. Marrowfat peas bring 45 cente also. string beaus b to S cents a quatt. Wax beans can bo bought for o to § cents a quart. New potatoes are worth 15 to 20 conts & peck. Green onlons are sell- ing at three bunches for a dime, southern onions three pounds for a quarter, Mint Is worth 5 cents a bunch, ~ New turnips retall at 25 cents a peck. Summer equash aro beglnning to come in and sell for 5 to 10 cents each. Car- rots are worth 5 cents a bundle. Green corn 18 coming In very lvely and 1s sell- ing for from 12} to 20 cents a dozen. Southern egg plants ara worth 15 to 25 cents apiece. Southern muskmelons are worth 25 to 30 cants each, FRUITS, The local markets are well stocked in the frult line. Callfornta oranges bring from 25 to 50 cents a dozin; Messinas sell from 30 to 40 cents per dozen; ban- anas, fresh and rlpe, are very plentiful and can e bought for 25 to 50 conts a dozen, Black raspberrles eell for 20 to 25 cents a quart. Gooseberrles are worth 12} cents a quart. Red rasp- berries 30 cents a quart, blucberrles 12} to 15 cents a quart, Californfa fruits are In the market, apricots 15 cents a pound, pesches 15 to 20 cants a pound, plams and green gagos 15 cents a pound. Bartlett pears 15 cents & pound., Watermelons are eelling from 50 to '40 cents aplece. They are of good quslity. Southern peaches, just In the market, sell for from §1 to 1. box. EGGS AND BUTTER. Eyggs have a standard price of 12} conts adozen. Batter, beat dalry and cream- ery, 1s selling for 20 to 25 cents a pound. BOARD OF TRADE BUSINESS. The Directors hold a Meoting and Discuss Matters, The Directors of the Board of Trade beld a meeting yesterday afternoon, to talk about getting the proposad Board of Trade bullding started. About all they did was to talk the matter ovir. A proposition from the Equltable Insurance company to take §30,000 worth of the bonds was recelved and discussed at some length, The proposition, howover, hordly meets the approbation of thoss most Interested, for the reason that It requires tho full s suoe of bonds to bo £75,000 which is $10,000 more than the hoard had figured on, The equltable, doesn’t ask, though, that the buoilding shall cost over §65,000, which {s the sum, on which calculations have been based from the be- glinicg. After placing $50.000, to good advantage, the board propoced to tuke the other $15,000 Itself, It is expected that work will begin in the near futare ao that & foundatlon can be laid, this season. 1t Is the anxlety of everyone to have that wmuch done, any —— Court Chips. Judge Nevllle wae buried yesterday in hearlng the arguments of the motion made by Gen, Cowin that the Smith stock be sold In emall lote, at forced eale. The matter has baen taken under advise- ment. The criminal docket will be taken up to dey, the Behm bribery case belng the first one to pe called for trial, Mrs, Catherlne Nash has filed In the distriot court certificate clalm of damage to property by proposed grading of Har- ne{ ttreet, Patrick Kilby has Instituted solt sgainst the city for 1,600 alleged damages to property by grading. Judge McCullock, of the county court, was yostorday engeged in hearing the case of Maurer vs. Chllds, in which the plalotiff clalms §1,000 damages by reason of bis bullding settling on account of ex- cavations made next door by the defen- dant, The case of P, A, Gavin va, C, W, IKyle, for aseault and battery was contin- ued indefinitely, The case of Stover vs Fitch & Co., a suit for §10,C00 damager, was on trial, before Judge Wakeley yesterduy after- noon, On the 20.h day of August, last, Stover fell the Jones street sewor extention, which Fiteh & Co, were huild- ing and sustalned Injuries from which he has never recovered. Judge Brandies lssued a warrant yes torday for the arrest of Fred Patrietie. He fs charged with seduclog a young woman, Minvia Schuliz, Both partles live in the south s!de. Another secilon of the celebrated *‘Smith store” sensatlon was vn deck be- fore Judge Neville inthe dlstriet court yesterday morning, It came up on & motlon to sell the gocds in lote, and Judge Neville {seued an order that the first ten attachments should be eatlefiad. They ara a8 follows, and will probably cover the bulk of the stook: U. 8. National bank, Omaba. $ 7,835 07 Merchants’ National bank, Omahs. 15, Palmer & Co. . Goldsten & Co. Miller & Richardson Wilson Erothers Farwell & Co. " American district telegraph Co,, Omahs . 85.50 Gage & Co . 10,000,00 A SCARE ON WHEAT. Reports Gone East That the Crop In This State Has Been Blighteq, Within the past three or four days re ports have gone east from here repre- eenting that the wheat crop of this state had been blighted and wounld pin out almott an entlre fallare. Mossrs. Heim- baugh & Merrlam recelved repeated in- quiries, Saturday and yesterday, as to the state of affalrs, and yesterday they sent the followlng dlspatch: Omana, Neb,, July 20, 1885, Secrotary Chlcago Board of Trade: After travellng msny hundred miles through the wheat region of Nebraska and making general inquirlcs also by mall, we fail to discover, except from two polnte, any evidence of blight to apring wheat. Catting wheat Is gencrally com. menced, and danger of blight Is passed, aad nothing but wet weather can now spoll our oats, wheat and barley crops, which promise a fair quality and large yield. Respectfally, Hivepaven & Mergiay, Thls was sent as the result of peraonal inventigations and reports from corres- pondents all over the state. Tho wheat crop of Nebraska has never been heavler than it is this year. Quila recently the BeE reporters have talked with men from varlous points, and they have universally spoken of tho crop as belng blg and the graln fine. Tho harvest In many secticns is mow 1n full blast end farmers feal con- fident of obtainlog a good yleld. Very little of the grain has, as yet. becn threshed, but thero are no signs of blighted or dried-up kernel e Pounded by a Printer. Book sgentaare noted for having hard cheeks, lorg nerves and much gall, there- fore have always been permitted to press their audacity a great deal further than any other clses of beings known to the human race, Occaslonally, however, they got too far beyond the bounds of decency and come to grief. Tais wes the caso with one, by the namo of Melntcsh, in Omaha yesterday. To mske the story short ha losulted a printer’s wife, and her husband wiped the ground up with him. The Insult cccarred on North Sixteenth strect, and Mr- Printer chased the bock sgent to his hotel on Tenth street before catching him. He tried to escape by hlding In the hotel dining room but was dragged forth into the street where cutraged innocence recelved lts revenga in the most approved and com- mendable slyle. —— Excursion and Picnic, Au excursion of colored people from St. Joe, Mo., will vl:it Omaha to-day, and under the auspices of the A, M. E. church here, picnle at Hascall’s park. The excuslon and plenic are both gotten up as a means for ralsing funds to b applled towarcs liquldating an $1,800 debt that hangs over the charch. In connectlon with these a concert will be glveu at the Capltol avenue skating rink to-night and to-morrow night. e —— diers Reunions, A great many old soldlers will probab- Iy be iterested to know that the Seven teenth 1llinols Oavalry will hold a reun- fon at the Sherman houss in Chicago, on the 17¢th day of September, All mem- bers of the reglment are expected t» be there with their wives. The Eighth IIli- nols Cavalry will reune at 110 same place September 18, and the Ninety-fifth Iliinols Infantry, at Handay on Septem- ber 4. To all of these meetings old soldlers will be made welcoms. Sol —— —A boy by the name of Henderaon, fell at tho corner of Lighteonth street and Cap itol avenue last evening, completly prostrated by tho heat, Dr. Leisenring attended hirm., —Ofticar Poter Matza was prostrated at the Union Pacific depot yesterday by the heat, and had to ba taken home in a cab, Matza had bean down along the rivarchasiog tramps, which was the cause of his prostration, Au adjourned meeting of parties inter- ested in the establishment aud opening of parks in North Omaha will bs held to-mor- row night, at the corer of Nineteenth and Cuming #treets, Lvery person intorested is requested to attend. —Rav. I F. Teeter, presidont of the Ne braska probibition association, lsctured at the Buckingham laet night on the *‘Mississippi of Tutemperance,” Considering the heat, & fair sized audience grested the sposker. Music was also made an interesting foaturo of the oceasion., o —— Mr. Dan Wheeler, secretary of the Omaha Exposition association, was at Plattsmouth yesterday, arranging to move his family to this city, At the Metropolit: 0. W, Rascall, Val. ley, Neb ; George W, Powers, Lieatrice, Neb.; C. J. Smith, Albion, Nob; Charles E, Verity, Valentine, Neb.; John Hammany, Atlington, Neb,; C. A, Batts, Harry Brown, Lincoln, Neb,; James ', Zsorhow, Franklin, Neb,; 8. D, Woodruff, York, Neb.; Peter I’, Duffy, Pittsburg, Pa,; J, J, Tinderman, Des Moines, In; J. R, Tiner, Kunsas City, Mo,; M. O, Meagher, Rochester, N, Y.; Joe Orooks, Lake View Chicago; Miss Lizzie Roader, Chicago, TIl. e IOWA ITEMS, Hardlog county boasts of standlng In the lead of all counties In the state in learning and lynchlr, A Cedar Raplds firm hes just bullt and shipped to Des Molnes the largest dray ever built In the state. 1t welghs 4,024 pound and is expected to carry six tons, The Creston city council, 1t is clalmed, have decided at their next meetiog to increate the saloen lieenee of that town to $1C0 per month or $1,000 per yesr. A Clinton hose team have lssued a challenge to s Lyons team for a hub and bub race, to be run within ten days for a purse cf from §100 to $300, coverea at Dow Oity, A fand of £500 has been roleed for the hero’s widow. Wednesdag afternoon a laborlng man employed on the premises adjolning the grounds of the desf and dumb asylam was attacked and horribly gored by a bull, the maddened anlmal tossing the 3 | unfortunate man over the fence. A boy named Gas Hoffaer was smoth- ered to death in a graln bin at Don- nelson Taesday. The Iad had besn playing about the premises bat was not missed untll his dead body was found In the chate, where it had stopped the delivery of the graln, — A Rattler Runs a Locomotive, Snake Editor (lobe-Democrat. : Nasaviie, Tenn,, July 12.—[enry Andrews, an old ergincer on the Nash- ville, Chattanooga & St. Louls railway, tellsan interesting story about the cap- tare of his engine in 1881, when he was “pulling” s passenger train, His on- gine was No. 56, and he puiled out of Nashvlile with v full traln of passengers bound for Chattanoogs, Knoxville and other polnts. At Stevenson, Ala,, they stopped to wood up, which they had to carry in thelr arms. They started agaln, and just bofore resch- Ing Andorson etatlon Jim Wil son, the fireman, who had turned around to get some wood, sang oat, **Grean Scot! look at that rattler,” *1 jumped,” sald the englneer, ‘‘as he uttered the worde, and to my horror saw a tremendous rat- tleenake cllmbing down from the tender with half his body over the platform. My hair commenced to crowd my oay off my head, and for to say I was scared doesn’t begin to express it. Jim gave a yell, and when I looked around two sec- onds later to see what he was dolng, I saw the rattler crawling Into the cab. But Jim was no where to ba seen, He had jumped cif and left me. Ipulled back the throttle and leaped over the snake, which rattled as I mado the jump and landed In the tender, Standing ona log, I watched that anake take poessssion of the cab, which he did without any cere- mony. The stoem was not completely shut off, and knowing that tho trsin full of pessengers was At the mercy of that snake, 1 started back toward the cab with a stick in my hand, when the rat. tler hearlng tho ncise 1 made, ole- valed his tall and rattled in a mighty lively fashion. That settled it. By this time, wo Ind cromed tho mountain and wers salling along pretty lively. No. 66 was weiting for us at Ste venson, and I knew that if that enske run the engine till we got there, the cor- oner of the town would be kopt busy for a week, Orawling over the tender and making my way loto the postal car, 1 hurriedly told the story to Charlte Hen- derson, the messenger, and then to Frank Armstrorg, the expresmman. We held a hasty consultation, snd de- clded that something had to ba done, and done quickly. The trsln was moving along lively, and the thought of No. at Stovenson made us fairly wild, Arming oarselves with plstols farnished by the postal and expressmen, wo osrefally crept out to the tender and looking into the cab taw that doggoned rattler stretched out on the board by the window. Well it dldn’t take more than three scconds for us to put three bullets Into his carcass. They struck him 8o quickly and eo thoroughly that before he could get a chance to rattle he was o8 dead as Hector. Grabblng a stick, I jumpad Into the cab, threw the snake cut of it and got held of that throttle. Well, to make a long story short, 1 landed old *“56” on time at Stev- enson; and, strange to sap, the firat fel- low Isaw was the Coroner, but thank heaven, there weren't any icquests for him to hold. ——— John Brown’s Scaffold for Sale. ‘When Mr, Barnum took hls msil from the postuffice the other day he handed a number of letters which he had received to a reporter. According to these letters a two-legged hog In Tennessee wants a positlon, or could be bought cutrlght. In a letter from Ohio a six-legged hog I8 detcribed and offered at a reasonable figure. A lady here In Connectlcut, who has been married elght yeara and has throo bables, wishes to ralse money enough to buy 110 acres of land, that her hu:bind may go Into the hen business. Her hus- band comes of a tamily who for hundreds of yoars ““have never drank, smoked or chewed.” An Alabama fortune hunter desires to port with a half-breed Jersey calf, slx weeks old, having a leg attached to each slde of its neck. Mr. Barnum {s asked to purchase from & Massachaeetts speculator a five-legged heifer calf, seven weeks old, with three separate toes on the fifth leg. The fow neighbors who had seen it wculd not leave until they bad pala half a dollar each, An IndlanTerritoryresldent has twenty athlotlc Indlan ball players under his cye, and the novel manner of thelr playing would prove succesefal if Mr. Barnum would only give the ball the first pitch by an investment. From Pennsylvania comes ‘‘the dls- covery of an inventlon” that will, In the projector’s mind, surprise the people. Ie proposes to build in New York sn ice ekating-rink, freczlng a surfaco by means of pipe containing a chemlcal mix- ture. If Barnum will “‘go in” It must be a success, as it ls ‘‘very slmple."” A calf with {wo perfect heads and a lamb with two perfect bodies may be bought cheap for cash of a Connectlcut lad. The ecaffold on which John Brown was hung can be had for a conslderation not named In & West Virginia letter, — A New Light For Trains, Footpads held up a lady in Des Molnes the other night whose ecreams proved more potent than the average revolver of any caliber, the thieves, The bedy of Henry Glan, drowned near Denlson while attempting the rescue f a drowning compenion, has been re Sho eecaped, bud so dla ), A successful experlment has bsen made in Germany of lighting & railroad train with electrloity, The dynamo was driven by the axtle of the engloe. At high speed the lamps romalned in ctreult, When the speed was reduced below elghteen miles per hour the lamps were throwa out of clrouit, and the cnrrent was supplled direct from the acoumulatore, Durlog the day the lamps w(ra thrown out of clr— calt, and the accumulators were charfed by the dynsmo when the train was in motion, This supplied the train with twelve Incandecent lights, and there were enough for two or three more famps. The apparatus welgs some 1,200 poucds, and cost some $500; the cost of fittlng each car for ths light wae £15, perlment {s deemed a perfect success and poents to the dey In the near future when the fear of crematlon in case of accident will be removed from the winds of travellers on railroad train Schmitzberger & Kessley | Sixteenth Street Director;. READ ',-” REAQ IT!il SPRING o SUMMER H[JNT & ‘R\;L[Y.V *OM‘HAfl rOTS e A% Plishing Company, Leslie & Morrell, Central Pharmacy, i SUITINGS Ormamentl 117 N, 100 8t ——T Preserlp ecialty] PAINTERS, |crounse nnock, ROITATISTT Decorators, Paper Hangers — Sodn and Mineral Ete., Ete, Lirtbisml Lk Second-hand Sehool Books Flne Statlonery, Tellglous GIA Booka, Merchant Tailor, 16th and Davenport Sts.| WATE S.W. Cor. 16th & Dodge Sts C. H. HARRIS, PHOTOGRAPHING, VrEwiNe, Extanotva, Wiltiag & Speelalty. No. 511 North 16th St M. WALTHER & CO. Caterers, And Ladles' and Gents' ICE CREAM, Seydel & Ahkans'. Dealers | |HARDWARE, and Copylng House. Reireshment & Confectioncry Jowel Stoves and PARLORS, 702:704 N. 16th Bt Ranges Bpete aitention Kiven to]Firat.Claw Work done in Crown Jewel Vapor Stves, N.W. Cor. 16th and California Streeta, st sty Finished in’ 1 C. M. 6. BIART, M.D. Central Dining Hall Practies limited to 104 South 16th Sta, DISEASES OF THE — SKIN. Meal Ticl dings, Danices, Picnics, &c. L F. M. Schadell & Co., 218 N. 16th §t., Lustro and Kensington PAINTING Sught at 50¢. & Lesson,| e Completo Course Nefore Buying Else- where, Remember THE NEW Milliners and #4.00. Rl =t — Dress Makers, pecialty. The Room 12| Meals at all Hours. WRS. E. chHT,.— f MILLINERY Washmg!&:lm 218 J.L.ROY & CO. Watchmakers and Jewelers, Bilverware, Musical N. 10th St. ¥ AND Instruments, Fancy Coods,| 16th ana cuming, |Watches, Clocks, CROUNSE Brock, and Jewelry. 13 the place to buy your| Mt heap: fos | Ca Watches Repaired and 119 No. 16th Btreot./}ent ehe At of the(Cleancd and work Guars iy Mo G e ntend for Ono Year, Old Also, Firat-Class Dress-(G12, 30T 0 st any Iry repaired & made over 0 suit. Fine Gold d Silver Coloring. 507 N.10th St f.J. 0'Roarke, M. D. ¥ market, ey Mrs, T, E. McNally, DRESS - MAKING PARLORS, E. A, MARSH, Prop.| Tailor System of Cuttin The O1d Reliable maha Employment Burean,| 217 N, 16th St., Are always ready 'to fill OFFICES: orders promptly for help,| andglrls can always find: BUSHIMAN BLOCK, cood situations by apply- PhYsIcian and $UIQU0R OMCE|or, 10th & Douglas, Y3, w. MORRISON, In connection with the| 1522 Douglas Stroet,|eatablishment, we keep | ine stock of tationery and Newamatter, Fashion Books, Eto. pad L SE R ICHI BAN. | | T.cLARK, MissKate R Kennely o> e cze Doaler 1a Fancy Goods. Art Needle Work Tacght and Executed. Dr. LANE, [M.R.CSL,LKQCPI,LA,)! Busiax’s Brock, AND BUSHMAN'S BLOCK, 13th & Contre Sts., Corner Bixteenth. Bouth Omaha. Dr. Haughawout, | | Sixteonth & Douglas Sta. ted Catalogue om ctricity, Free, L. W. Wolfe & Co. ELECTRICIANS, and Dealers fn Electrical Supplies Llust E 524 N. 10th St., Cor, 16th and Chleago, DENTIST. iueiblestamyin DRUGS, PAINTS, OILS, EXC.|octrto ells, Annuneiae Teeth without plate. Gold| m“;: Materials for tors, Burglar Alarms, Mode Crowns and Gold Plate Fancy Work. ical' Batterles, Telegraph Work Epecialty, (219 No, 10th Strect,| Prompt attention given|Apparatus, &c', st Reasonable Rates. OMAHA, NEB. 208 10th St., North, to Preseriptions, | '58 » < J. SIMPSON stahl'd THE LERDING CRRRIAGE FACTORY 09 and (411 Douglas St} } Omaha Nebraska HUBERMAN'S And I would not cut Prices down to less than cost, 1y Undoe COMPETTTION But simply do so to hasten the closing out of my stock, that I may the sooner retive jfrom business. My stock: still contains $80,000 WORTH OF WATCHES, Worth from - - - Shaw! Pins, from - - - Ear Rings from - - Bracelets from - - - Clocks from = - - Gents' Chains from - - - Ladies’ Chains from - Sleeve Buttons from -~ - Scarf Pins from - - Gold Rings from - - Gold Headed Canes from - - - Also Rogers’ Silverware, Spectacle §2.75 to 8150 2be to $400 26c to 82,400 40c to 8125 to $10 He to 60 81 to $40 16c to 8156 15¢ to 514 500 to $400 $4 to $20 etc., ete., at balf price. Please call and take advantage of this opportunity at Cornzr of 1%$th and Douglas. GUR Y FAE G AR KUY 'CHAMBERLAIN, HOWE & MARSHALL FURNITURE 5310 DOUGIAS STREET, OPPOSITE FALCONER'S