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

D8, = i ¢ N 3 I i bli a fow Thonrs before the delivery.|mershant, The ceramony will be per- — He comes back greatly invigorated for _ MISS WOODFORD WINS A RACR, A% Rumwisk, "“mh-"h" 2:'“:{ tho ot Upon the west slde of "ths|formed by Rev. Father Kennedy of this bls next year's work. ~His sermons yes. Nuw Yonk, Sept. 19,—At tho Sheepshead |rosd company vk n well and yl'h-vfl -\rvloi Brery Diy Lire- of the Convic's in Ne- breske’s Stale Pevitentiary, Their Daily Dist and the Work They Perform. Some Curious Features About the room whers the men wers confined are pleced & row of cells or cagoes, with fron dors and heavy locks upon them. Johnson, when captured, was put in one of these and locked up, He was not there when the jallor came t> know of the es- cape. No Sampson-like feat of bresking down the gates had been accomplithed The door had simply been unlocked, and Johnson gone with his brethren. Wko unlocked the door? Bome one must hava done Ir, and whoever did had a key, as clty, and a Jarge number of prominent people will witness the interesting event. ITEMS ABOUT TOWN. Mis. Bauman and ron of Omsha, who have been vieitlhrg Major Kleatch and wife of this clty duriog the past week, left for home yesterday. Mrs Biuman is well known In Omaha as a lady of wealth and considerable business ability. %Saturday afternoon, as the Governor’s Guard was ching into the eity from the camp grounds at the falr, Oaptain The Races Saturday Attended with Un- satistactory Resulls, The Phyllis-Joo Davis Oontest Not Yet Decided—The Final Heat to bs Trotted 10-Day, There were about 4,000 people on the falr grounds Satarday to witness the mo- terdsy were fall of pith and vigor. At the First Presbyterlan charch last evening Rev. W, J. Harsha delivered the second of his lectures on “Common Sence In Rellglon,” the subject of ha dlscourse belng the *‘Mistakes of Mosee," The serles promises to be a popular one. The attendancs last night was very large. The music by the cholr was espeoially good. At the Third Congregational church yes- torday, Rov. J. L. Maile, superintendent Bay races to-duy there was an immenee at tendanca, track very fast, The intorest of the day cen- tered in the contest for the Long Tsland stakes between Miss Woodford and Binette. As third horse, Caramel was scratched after the first heat. In the first heat Binette ran away from both the others until In the last furlong, when the free use of the whip and epurs brought Miss Woodford up so that as Binette's jookey ceased to ride In straight Tae weather was fine and the water is 0 wreat thut it has decrensed the supply in the farmers’ wells for milos around, At Oillins, Story covn'y, & coal compa has baon formed, sod a»hafs will ba p-‘n'k) [K onoa The quality of coalin the vein they intend to operate s eaid by experts to be tuperior to any other in Towa By the death of his father in England Hon. Willism Wright, of Spring Ceoek town. ship, Blackhawk county, has come into pos- reasion of 8300,000 in cwvh and a buiiding in London which piys an annual x Iy DAy nual rental of : : - Miss Woodford b o The suicide epidemic P Jail Dellvery. the lock was not hlnr'ken nor vufa it Harry Hotohkiss In command, the com- |ing programme which had been arronged of B“““l Missloar, preached to a large he‘::w.:‘mox:ly‘:o:en-e{i:lh?fisth;r:i':-r:ecmd ‘Vflil::':*“"‘n; sl::l‘;r:?:;\ l’llil; .l":v:‘l;k 3‘:1"0:;:‘1‘-:‘; -l ploked. Many ejaculations arose from |pany halted In front of the Bk offioe on by the assoclation, the great Interest own. | COnGTeRation in the morning, Hans, aged 78, & prosperous farmer, was found Fine Plotares—Winding Up of the State Fair—A Notable Wedding —City News, AT THE OAPITAL, THE NEBRASKA PRISON, Three hundred and twenty men, closs shaved, with cllpped halr, and striped the officer’s lips as to how on esrth it could have been done, and nothlng short of divine Providence, It was thought, ocould have had any connectlon with the matter. This Is anew role for dlvine Providence In haviog anything to do with aiding criminals to escape. They were gone, however, and they have remalned away ever since, the eagle eyes of the Lincoln polioe force not hav- ing been sufficlontly eagle-like to detect O stroet, and after belng erdered to front face, gave three hearty chsers for the Omaan Ber, The compliment was hoart- lly appreciated by the Bee people, who acknowledged the salute. H. B, Nicodemus, of Fremont, who acted as superintendent of gates darlog the falr, was presented, Saturday, with a splondld bridle by his assoclates. The presentation speech w ade by Mr. Barke, the ex superintendent of gat terlng In the contest between Phyllis and Joe Davis, The amphitheatre was well filled, and the smiling facas of the direct- ora of the association indicated thelr feel- ing of rellef that the burden of debt im- posed upon them by a dismal fair week was thus belng removed. The track was In excellent conditlon, and high anticlpa- tions were entertalned for rare sport. But the people were disappolnted, the Auguasta Soares, an evangelist of symo note from Londop, Englnd, condacted the Y. M. O. A sorvices at the jall yes- torday. He Is an oarnest, foreible speaker and the prlsoners listened to his remarks with the closest attention, e — . PERSONAL, ‘W S Hay, of Hastings, is stopping at the Millard, Third racs, great Lovg Island stakes, sweep. stakes, all ages, 8250 each, with 82,500 nddag, $2,000 to first and £500 to second, to which 18 ndded the Woodlawn yase, presented by Dwyer Bros, of Brooklyn, to become the F"p"" of the subscriber winning the race or two years in sucoesslon; two mile heats. Starters: Caramel, Miss Woodford and Bin- ette, Firat heat—Uaramel got » start of two lepgths, Binette being secoud, half a length in ndvance of Miss Woodford, Oaramel, in the back stretoh, incrensed his lead to four longthe, Binotte beirg now a length and a half in advance of Mits Woodford, In pass- havging in & barn; the same ovening Dr. L, Downs, a well-known dentist, shot himself in the cheat, inflioting fatal ivjuries; and on the samo_day the km{ of an uuknown man, with A bullet holo in his head, was disoovered in the river a fow milos below the city. Ralatives of the late Father Brazill, of Dos Moines, bave potitioned the circuit conet to set asido his will, representing that ho was not of souvd mind when ho signed it, and that they are the only heirs at Iaw, Father Beasill was cruelly plagned by littignvs white liv- ing, and now another set nava attacked his i f them. Rumors, charges, sus- . b ke clothes and oups, march ot 12 0'look | picione, gemlp and plain tak is ifs 0%eE 1k ‘silinesn and bt ‘Tow seoplo. mare | Sronsy Sqay, in sharling tho aifferont | ok H Dakl, of Nebraska City, was o the 08 ‘the stand on * the, fist rounct | maiiory s deira b3 v skt was ok each week day from the different shops | this affalr, Good ofsizsns want &n ex- |out except to attend charch In the morn- P bbbl 7. ing by one and a half lengthe, [nying Catholic priest, s within tho high stone walls of the Ne- braska stato penitentlary to the cell houte, wher they eat thelr dinners and rest & short time befora sgain taking themselves to work., There are many gangs of the convicts, ench under the supervislon of an unarmed overseer cr planation how it came about that the seventeen men oconfined in the spart. ment broken out of were all atate cases, and ones agalost whom good evldence sufficlent for torms In the penitentlary wes obtalnable. The plain drusk re- mained In the jail. It fs eald that the jaller and others were notified the day befors the break that it would be made Ing. They were tired and worn ont. Tho clty publle schools opened to-day with a considerably Increased attendance of puplls throughout the city. e —— A CLOSE CONFERENCE. Gon, Schofleld Arrives in Omaha and tion, and the hippodroming character of the Phyllls-Joe Davis racs belng e:- pecially denounced. The other events of the day wera falrly good, one or two of the contests awakenlng conslder- able enthusissm, Joseph Garnesu, Jr , W. J. Jackman and Dr. Peck acted as judges for tha ocosslon, THE ROADSTER RACE, L A Darrington, Plattsmouth, visited Omaha yesterday, David H Hyman, of Lincoln, registered at the Paxton yesterday, A E Wells and wife, of Oakland, Nob., are gueata at tho Millard. Lieut Brainerd, formery of the Greely ex- vedition, is in the city, Caramel second, about a length ahead of Miss Woodford, who was under a strong pull. In tho stretch the race was too hot for Oaramel, who took the back place, and Miss Woodtord commenced to come up aud decreased the four lengths which Binette led hor by, As they went down the bend McLaughlin com- menced to whip the mare and use all his art on Miss Woodford, and with such success that entering tho :tretch Binetts only led by a length, and Kelly was sitting quite easy on e — TELYGR AP NOIES, Tho steamera Ropublic, of the White Star line, and Auranis, of the Cnnard line, col- ided 1 Gidaey’s’ chanuol Satueday. ' Both bonta wero sligltly iojured, but no lives woro oat. The Cloveland, Ohio, rotling mills strike has ended, boss. As they march each conviet rests | the following night. Why then were has a Private Interview Tho firat race on the programme was : tho lly'a back, while 8cLaughlin Was 1iding | Tt js reported that Rov, Father Bei ' his arms upon the shoulders of the man | not extra precautions taken after this In- with U, P. Ollciale, the gentleman’s roadster raco, all the|, I,Iml::d m‘:? O i ","’-d ot l"'l “|‘! Ay Gy AboubG | 8 Biridger church, J“‘\'"‘Y“U:E;, h:l«“v?ll?;p:l noxt In front of him, and the legs of | formation? There Is somsthing rotten, horzes belng from Omaha acd driven by |70 the west Saturday. mare” won i, foteh they wero even and tho | with Mii Mary Llign Brady, young ldy of hote next in front, | BObouly inDenmatk, butin the Lincolu | proco: Gonoral Sshofisld, commauder |their ownere. Thora wero elght starters, [ L0 Rogers and D D Hunter, of Fromont, | Hinctte. being —abont shisty " lomeers | MO8 4oy olose up ta thoto mex T“t “Fd' clty government, It s allegad that the “h! division cf Mistousl with head. | follows: Lools Litileficld’s *H. W’ fspent Sunday in the city. shead _of Curamel, Time, 3.55. Seoond | o Teading clearing houses of the United ] ¥ aids 1 1 o of the division ¢! i - ” 'g € ” > R § ¢ eat—C | x ates report total clearaaces for th ok making a aolld lloo of mon. This notorious Pon Courville, the leador of tho Beooher,” Charles Van Oamp's “Katie,” | Charles It Rothrehild and bride, of Chiosgo, B armumel was withdrawn, |inetto 80t & | cading September 10 wero 8717,00 1,885, nn oo the guards, for should the convlcts strag- glo along withoat order there wonld be moro daogoer of their escape. Near the entrance of the cell houee several men who do the prizon cooking stand, and az each convict pueses on the way to hls cell he is handed a {in plate with a plece of meat and vwo or thren thick ellces of geng of outlaws that was here last weck, *“gqaarea” himself so effactively that tho pohce were {udividuslly notified not to molest elther him or avy of his faklirs, Nono wers moleated except those two mentioned by the Bre Saturday, and they were promptly turned locss by the moycr with the permission that ‘‘they might work that duy,” which was Friday, preciloally tho last day of the fair and quarters at Chlcego, srrived In Omaha at 7:30 last evening in a special cer of the Northwestern road. He remalned In the clty uatll 8:20, when the car was sttached to the Union Pac'fic overlsnd tesla for the west. General Schofield was on his way to Rock Springs in connection with the trouble thare, He was accompanied by Genersl Tompkins and Major Sanger, N. 1 D S)lomon’s “Temperance Lady,” dugh MoCaffery’s “Bill Caxton,” . § Clark’s *Joe,” D, Cunnfngham’s *K. C.,” Al Palmet's “‘Alarm,” acd J. H. Phillips’ “Charlio,” Coneiderable inter- cst was manifosted in tho contest, bat the bettlog was light. The followlng 1a the summary: E. 8. Clark’a “Joe", Charles Van Oump's Al Palmer's are gussts at the Millard, L W Iogalls, of Grand Island, is in the clty, a guost at the Millard, Phil D Miller, of the Kausas City Live Stock Indicator, was in tho city yesterday. W O Taylor, euperintondant of Bradatrect's local agoccy, lefs for St Joseph Saturday. Miss Caarlotte Stelling, sistor of the late stretch, iu the bond and at the stables, M- Laughlin did not think it wise tolot Binetto get too far ahoad snd so brought the mare up, when they raced ide and mda. This was & splencid sight. Coming into the bend the maro showed her splendid staying powers and, with a burst of kpe-d which seemed mar- velous, passed her opposing half sister and won by & length and a hlf ‘lime, 3:574, BASE BALL SATURDAY. At Chicago—Chicago 10, Boston 3; creass of 0,1 por cent compared with tho correa- ponding woek last year, STEERED OFF. A Unton Pacific win Htrikos aStcer aud Govs Jato tho Riteh, About 11 o'clock Saturdsy on the 3t 1 i X 8 ‘Alarm” T T 3108 bre;d.b 1111.(:1::‘ cz“l; :3"%.‘:2?‘):3?) t:a‘u aleo the lsst the fakirs would dusive to| 4" ¢.6 ™ A% Council Blufis he was | Hugh MeOnffery's B Dr Stellivg, is wisitiog the family at 2412 Gl Union Pacitic, e gine 903 and fif een cirs 0 week by 2 T‘_‘ulw-l operate. ot by Gencral Howard sud Licutenant [J. H. Poilip’s “Charley” Haroey. At Biliithars ‘1;;1‘-”7{.,}.. rotn No 26, Conductor Perrigo, strack keep the men in good health. houao scems to b well constructed and tho locking srrspgement is perfect. An entive tler, comprisiog thiety odd cells, When Thomas Gildroy, a diamond thlef who was captured on tho fair grounds, was srraigned in the police court Saturday his attorney trled to get Guy Howard. As the speolal car pulled into the Unlon Peclfic depot, a reporter of the BEE stepped on board and was Introduced to D. Cunniogham’s K. C. N. I. D. Solomon’s ‘H. W, Beech Time—3:48, 2:404, 2:48§, 2: 18} J 8 Frazoe, of the Weekly Opinion, of Glenwood, Tows, wasa ciller at tho Bae office yesterday. At Philadalphia—Athlatics 10, St. Louts 11, At N-w York - Louigvill 5, Metropo itas 9, At Brooklyn - Brooklyn 8. Pittsburg 2, At St. Louis -8t. Lia 7, Providen, 1wt the State cattla company’s yards, near h Bond, Tle matn line 1a blocked, and pasiooger tratns Nos, 3 and 4, the ‘{“‘“fifi‘n'éié?fh“l".:fi‘?‘n‘fi'cf‘o‘flfi75@32335 him disoharged. Mr. Stearns, the|Gen, Schofield by Gen. Howard., All B Mrand Mrs A P Staffurd, of Hamburg, | At Buffalo-Buffulo2 Philadelphia 12. weat ond cass bouad ira'ng, will have to ‘l(l“: A Moat of the cu‘;vim ore | Protecuting attorney, objected to | endeavors, Lowever, to learn from the NG RACE, Towa, ars fn the cily, the guests of Mr and TAR BUFRALO IALL TOSSHLS, (FAmALAEI AT tranleifa beltiy ballbiaretan VEOLBRGUREL Lo 4 thle, when the prlscner’s lawyer|gencral the exact object of kiatrip proved | Thers wers four entrles In tho threo- | Mrs W G Templaton. Drrrorr, Sopt “Brouthers, Richard-|thy bloskads, and the oyonlag trale will employed In oue of the macy shops, and apparontly they work as thoogh they wore paid full wager As tho men passcd out ot the coll house several Douglas county convlets wera pointed ouc to the Bes reporter, but they wers wholly un- appealed to the policemsn who had made the arrest, snd who was there to testify sgainst Glidroy and asked him whether ho thought the man ought to bo held. The policeman thought not, although it was he who made the chargo agalnst Gil- futlie. He replied to the reporter's questions that all he could say was that he wazon his wsy to Rock Springs to inspect tho troops there sud to transact other offictal business. ““As soon as Iroturn,” eald the gen- quarter mile runalng race, asfollows: Rsd Buck, Alclus, Mayflower, and Bulger Dick. Two heats only were necesasry to dedlde the contest, Red Bock winnlag both easily In 1:197 and 1:19}, Mayflowor eecond. In the second Will 8 Jay, of the Lincola Journal, accom- | | panied by his wife and two children, are reg- d White, Tato of the Buffalo bas: ,are atill in this oity, haviug ob- tainod their relanse from Buffalo, Thay do istered at the Millard. Frank Meyor left Saturday for his home, Reading, Pa, having recaived a telegram no not proposa to retura to that city to play. THE 0AR, S1. Lovrs, Sapt, 20. - The singlo sen'l race on Crove Cubar Infre this aftermoon, batween reach here about two hones bakiad timo. Men aud material arg nov on the way. No one was injarad. This ia the heavisst wreek which hus occarced on tho Uioa Pacific in many we recognizable on sccountof short halrand | g0 ™ discherged, This inbut T wi " heat Bulger D.ck balked for a long tlma | tifying him of the death of his sist G Parke ilos wi . e i y. He was discherged. is {abut a | ¢ral, **I will make a report, and I cannot 3 2 ying eath of his sister. Gaudaur and Herry Parker, threo miles with '::’h‘l’,";(‘;'fléd "Pv’ufil"’ :'he:““{:;:mmin"’i‘;‘g' sumple. At this time the followlng state | give anything to tho public until that|and deluyed the start, Charlle Thorp,| Tgo of Omahw's promising young men, | {r0, for a purse of $230, Gaudaur to give| Tho next theatrical performsnca to H. &J. S. Colilns' store on Farnam street; there was Jack Hanley, the fighter, whose time will s00n be out, snd manv others that are not so well known to the people through ths state. Their eyes were ou the ground and a general look of dejection and despair appeared over the faces of all, Tho workshopa ara scattered over the en- of affsrs exlsts, The weck juit past witneesed the largest lnflax of aiarsputa- bla characters ever seen in th's clty. Thers was a greit amount of criminal work done, and but few arrests. The firsh man sreested wpon whom a good case rested and who was bound over for trin!, esciped. Thoso saventeen crooks who could not be taken from the law’s clutches by Jegsl ehlcinery, were kindly ume. There is nothing further to be said on the subjact.” The reporter still continued to chat with the general for a few miautes, when the company in the car was retnforced by the arcival cf Messre. Callaway, Smith and Dorrance of the Unlon Pacific. At thls junctare Gen. Schofield tapped the BeE man on the shou'dar and informed him that the cir wasa private one and his rider, finally forced him to ruo, but a3 the horse was passing the grand stand he suddenly bucked, throwlog Thorp to the ground. The rider was not, seriously Iojared however, and after the horse had made a clrcuit among the carrisg:s on the quarter stretch ho was captured. PHYLLIS AND JOE DAVIS, Ia thia race the two horses seli about Messra Rustin and Doane, left yesterday for New Haven, Uonn, where they attend col- lege. Mr Charles B Avery, reprosenting the Phenix Tnsurance company at O'Niel, Neb., returns home to-day after a week’s visit in Omsha, Mr M O Lewis and bride, of Bay Oity, Parker five sec nds, was daur, n easily by Gan- Parker 21:50, Time—Gaudanr 2 L — The Fire Kecord, Niw York, Sept. 19.—The new and ¢ stly coverad pier of the Royal Notherlands Ml Steamship company, at thy foot of York strees, Joreoy Oity, was partially destroyed by fire this mornicg, involviog a loss of €61~ €00, 'Tha steamchip W, A. Scholtoa, of the Notheclund Tine, was lying neat tho pler with appesr at Bojé’s opera houte will bs Paitl Rots, the cloyer sontratte, 0a Frl- dey and Saturday next. She will pre- sent, by authorization of Lotta, tho suc— cessful comedies of *Z!p” and ‘‘Bob." Spesking cf Patti Rosa's tslant, the fol- low!ng s reproducsd from the Bre on her former appeatance here. ‘‘As to closure and all bullt of stone. 2 d S even In the pools, elight odds belng glven | Mich, who have bzen visiting Me Lawis’ | steam up, fortunately, preparatory to her de. [ Patti R sa’s tslent there can be no ques-— Tranks, clothing, wegons, shoes, | farnished " crow bars end work-|guntly hinted that his room was better | in favor of Phylijs. Thore was no much |fatber, Ghaplain Lowie, at the Tort, sobnena | Parturo for Amstordun. - Grost” cxcitoment | ton, Urlqae, . merry, pletieraac us boilera ‘and machlnery, wooden ware of | eR ~on the outelde &) ac-|ihan his compsny. As tho military man | betiing done,as the oploion Wss Vory |home last Gt prevailed among the craw aud passeogers ou | thyroughly clever, so geaceful, charming, i celerato thelr oasy departaro from |hag drawn himeelf up to his fallest general thst the contesi would not be a fooouat of the great olumes of smoke pour- |gpd ag the sume time endowed with such varlcus kinds, and brick and stonse ere the principal mauufactures, and sll the work s uuder contract. Boss Stout is leasoa of tho entire labur of the convicts and he sublets1t, Although the work is chesp there reems to bo & eors of carse on the work for no one yet has made any monsy ouk of 1t exceps perhaps Stout, and it is claimad that he is not rich by any means, **Tuoe trall of the eerpent is over it all-” Several contractors have already broken up—loat ell their money and left the ocouctry, Others come In and try it, but cven at present it is asserted that there 18 Ko money belng made, Stone cutters and brick makers wortk for Stont on his contract for the state house batlding, and the npumber thus employed s about fifty at present. The brick are moulded {n a steam power machioe, and that portion ot the work 1s firat clase. The burning {salso good bat tho clay used 1a very inferior, and tho rcsalt 18 the bricka are poor and crumble to the touch, at least those used as backing 1o the capitol buildlng do, The guards have a dining room to themselves, and the fare {8 somewhat different from that given the convicts. The table ware and service s good. Convicts wait at tabls and they are &8 attentive as walters st a firat clazs hotel. Tho dsy tho Buk reporter was at tho prison, the dinner copsis'ed of boiled corn beef, poatoos, green corn, braad and botter and coffsn and tea. This does not vary the guards said from the food of other dsys The guazds all appeared to be ke gentle~ mauly and comp-tentso faz saa slmplo obscrvatlon would sllow. The discipline {8 good and the convlots generally obey the slightest nod from any of the keepers. At the waln eatracce looking towards Lincoln to the north, a visitor ectors the prison. To the right one is ushered into the receptien rooms ot Boss Stout, a man who is known all over Nebraska as o8t successiul worker of leglslatur and manipulator of contracts, Stout llves in the second tloor of the main building, sud bis housshold work 1s nesr'y all done by convicts An intelll- gent colored msn named *‘Dick” DaBols, cooks for the family and acts as a sort of butler to the ‘‘Boss The colored individusl could converse with the family in German or French Af necessary, but his lngulstic re seldom called into prac- en aud talked to. al have tried to harm him, and that several men ore anxlous to securs his plecs. However true it may be that Nobes' place ls sought after by cthirs, Nobes capacity for his position is unquestioned. Several of the gusrde wero questioned and they sp ke of bim in terms of pratse. This ls bat nat- ural for the reason that they ars employed by Nobes, A aumber of couvicts were also neked about histreatmentand none of them complained, 'The prison was clean, the walls whitewashed and everything indicated system snd good order. No correct idea can be cbisined from a viait such as & repcrier can mako can sfford spy true couception of the lnner work- foge of the penitentlary, but so far ss 'was seen, nothing at least can be eald 8 t the every-day dicipllne and work. THE JAIL ESCAPE, There {s more to the escspe of the the eeventeen priconers from the city j i Friosy night then was supposed. wall, throvgh which egress was made, conelsts of hurd, flinty stone over twenty- four inches thick. The aperture wes not siralght through, but near the middle took harp turn wo one side, showiog conclagively that the work bad been done upon the outside of the baildlng as well a8 by the prisovers themselves. There was & crowbar found on the floor when the alscovery was wade that the men had flown, The most eusplclous clrcam- stance oonnected with the proceedings the guardlanehip of threo gentlemen just overbead, one of whom innccently eaid that be had heard a *‘nolse down stalrs but dld not know what it was.” Doubt- less his a1daous duty of holding down an arm chalr had #o favigued him that he was urable to make tha irip. Qulte a liss of property, consisting of joweiry and monoy belorging to the men, was not cailed f: r by them after they got out. The valuables remain in the handa of interested parties, It will be well to have a strict account kept of this prop-rty and it should be seen that it {s not diverted to improper uses. Some earcestic gentle- men remarked daring a coaversatlon that this property was the key to the whole sitastion. The Bxe will lat that phasa of the caso paes until some- thing more definite s learned. There !s talk that the city council will investigate the whole affsir at {is meet- Ing thts evening, butsome think suffisient back bone will not be mustered up for the purpose, SOME FINE PICTURES. During fair woek and beforo that time there bave been on exhibitlon in this city twoboautifal oil paintiogs, “‘Moonlight on the Oklahoma,” asd ‘‘Evoning on tha Suwanee River,” The first doplets a night scene on the romantis Florida river, wnose inky waters flow between banks cloge grosn with the thick, luxurlant vines and creepers of the eouth; from the urms of the bugo trees on eliher side hangs fn greceful bat welrd festoons the ghoatly, waving southern mess. Tied up at a little landicg on theriver bank 1s a ateamor whoso lighto cast fantastic thad. owe upon the water, whilo alosg tho waters is a ripple of silyery shimm:r—the reflected pathwsy of the moon, The contrsst between the palo silver of the mooun's rags and the yel- low crimson of the steamer’s fires {5 finely brought out by the ariist The second plcture is a ecene on the poetic Suwanee river, whose fame has been sung by so many. The coloring and ehades of this piece are nearly equal to thoss of the first, and the work be- speaks the lover of nature. Mr, Chrls. tisn Elsele, of New York, who is visitlog frlends in Lincoln, and who s on his way to Qslifornis, s the artiat snd he certainly has but few euperlors In this country., Upon hls return from the cosst he proposes showing his work in Omaha, where he has friends residing. WINDING UP THE FAIR. The work of removing aricles from the falr grounds was completed Satur- day, and the show Is now but a memory. The state board haa not yet commenoced to figure up how much they are shead on the week. In the mesntime there are varlous conj:ctores as to bow much wes realfz d, Some put it at $20,000, while others make It Jess, sud & fow swell the figures above $30,000, When the com- putation is completed, and the debt oreated at Omaha last yoar is psid it s safo to sey that the eurplus will dwindla down futo & much smalicr amount than csloulated on, least ways judglng from pset experlences, it will do so. Now withstanding this shrinksge the fair was an upqualified success, and Lincola, as we!l as the sesoclation, bas good reason to feel proud of tne fa:t. The weather being propltious, made the success pos- elble, and it Is essert:d that the prayer- ful efforts of Mar:, Dunham, and Corle, Hartmsn, of Omahs, brought abont this result, A NOTABLE WEDDING, Wednesdsy pext at 10 o'clock in the Cathollc church of this city, Mlss Minnie, deughter of Hon, Patrick Ezap, pres- dent of the Irish natlonsal lesgus, will bs united o marrisge to John Egan, exq., of Dablip, Ireland. Miss Ezan hes reslded In this couniry but elghteen months, and the engagement between the youog people was contraoted in Ire- height and put on his fiercest look, the newepsper man immedlately took ths hint aud relustantly withdrew. Tho military and railroad officlals re- mained In clote consultation until time for the train to leave. Tho result of 1ho meeting, however, remalns a mystery ex- cept to tho participsnte, as one and all refused to mske any statement regardlng it Dispatches wero recelved at Union Pa- clfic headquarters from Rock Springs duting the dey yesterday, but nothing of partfcular importance was reported, Everything rematned quiet throughout the day. General Manager Callaway Satarday fssued sn order that the operations of the mines at Rock Springs would be resumed at 7 o'clock this morning snd that all those objecting to the ‘terms of 1he company and the sltuation of affalrs can take thele ‘“1ime.” The ring leaders of the murderous rlot sre exempted from this privilege as Mr. Callawsy doclares that they aro irrevocably dlsmissed feom the service of the company in any capac- ity whatever. A. V. Quinn, of the contracting firm of Beckwith, Qulon & Co., arrived in the olty Saturdsy morning and is quartered at the Paxton, He has nothing to say what- ever, and has not even yet reported hls presencs to the officlals of the road. NOTES AND PERSONALS. T. H, Thorp, traveling order sgent of the Pennsylvania railroad, [s in the clty. J. N. Morris, city passenger agent of tho Milwaukee, left Satarday night for Ohlcigo with an Oregon excursion party, which srrives vla the Union Paclfic, and continues eastward over his road, Atnoon Saturday the report wasraceived at Union Paclfic headquarters that the large enow shed at Archer, a emall atetlon in Wyomlng, just ers’ of Cheyenne, was in flames and there was no hope of sav- ing it. ——— The *“Favorite Presoription” " of Dr Pleres curan “female weskness” and kin- dred affections, By dragglsts, Army Affairs, Cuptaln Clarence Ewen, medical de- partment, and First Lieutenant Chsrles H. Bonesteel, Twenty-firat Infantry, have been detalled as additlonal membecs of the general court-martlal convened at Fort Sidney, Neb, The commsnding offiecr of Fort Omaha, Neb., has been ordered to eend, under suitable guard, Private Fritz Hoppa, s deserter from Compsny B, Elghteenth infentry,to Fort,Leavenworth, Kansus,to be turned over to the commanding officer. Leave of absence for fifteen days has heen granted Capt. Jerauld A, Olmated, Ninth cavalry. Second Lieut., Charles P, Slivers, Ninth iofantry, sod the detachment of the Ninth and Twenty-fiest Infantry, uader his command, have been ordered, upon beiog relieved from duty by the chief exgincer officer of the department to retury to their proper statlon, Laave of absence for one month hae been grantsd Capt, Stepnen Baker, Sixth infantry, The commanding officer camp of in struciions nesr Peoa, Utah, has been ordered to break camp and conduet hle command to Ita proper statlon, Ocl, Henry hes furnished the follow- frg table of the team t.tals made &t the division eompitition st Fort Snelling, Mino: Dept's. Dakota Platte. ... Missouri , Texas.. Dist, 8690 752 8715 2 L8489 4 TEAM EKIBMISH, m?.nkuu 1st, Platts 2d, Texas 81, Missouri Skirmish, Ag'e.t 8054 44 783 7119 5 Order, 8 bons fide race. In the third heat Phyllis threw a shoo, which probably prevented her trom takiang the heat. It was nearly 7 o’clock when the fourth heat was fin- ishod end it was declded to postpons the concluslon until to dsy oa account of the darkness., The fo 1 wing s the sum- mary: Charles Wagner, b, m, Phylli Grimes & Cuming, b Time, 2:22}, TWO AND A QUARTER DASH. This raco was the best event of the cay, the time made being remarkably good—4:101. There wers three entrley, Belle K, Gen. Rowett and Baritone. Baritone eold favorite in the pools, with even money onthe field. Belle K. took the lead from the start and retained it to the finlsh, Gen. Rowett and Baritone plrzmug each other hard for mecend plase, 21 12 e} o TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME. For to-dsy a programma bas been ar- rapged with a free gste. The first event will bo the finish of the Joe Davls- Phyllis race, after which there will be a mile aud & half ruaning race for a purse of §160. e — Somebody Stabbea Somebody, About 10 o’clock lact night, while Ofticer Bloom wes patrolling his beat, a man rushed up to him and sald that there had beea a stabbing affray at a house of ill fame kept by Maggie Norton cn Capitol avenue, botween Tenth agd Eleventh strcets, The officer hurrled to the place but both the stabber and the stabbed had dissppeared. Two or thres other officers also put in an appearance, but a cacefal search failed to reveal the men, Qalte a pool of blood was found near the door of the house kept by the Norton woman, but she denled any knowledga of how it came there. The cfticers voncluded to take her in charge, together with & gitl in the house named Lillle Paxton sud 8 man named Lswrence, Two other fomale inmates of the house made thelr escape before the officers arrived. So far it remalns s mystery who wes stabbed and who did the stabbing. e — Licemed to Wed, Judge McCulloch last week fssued mar- rlsge licer sas to the followlag couples: Matthew Marphy to Mary Connelly, Hans Joens to Christina M. Timmeen, Joseph Kulp to Mrs, E. A, Deyoe, Jueeph Kriglor to Eliziboth Hofer, T, B, McQullozh to Maggie E Ridell, Geo, Simmons to!Mres Msggis Vanscoy, Jerome Delaney to 1da Dagsu, James W. Baxter to Klizabeth Egan, Newion M. Baker to Sadle A. Donahoe, Carls 8. McCagrey to Jane Welr, Henry Mehlle to Mary Peter- 8en, Frederick Schmelt to Fannle B Jonee, Charles J. Swawer to Clara Av. derson, James J. Murphby to Bridget Kil- gallon, Henry J. A, Karrell to Maretta Bonner, Maurloe Sheahan to Mary Dris- coll, Frank R. Riymond to Myrtia A, Estes, Thomas Willlams to Lizzle Kemp, Jobn Fache, to Mary Johusons, Oscar Hudwell to K'sy T, Lowe, Robert E. Srrathem to Georgla L, Pratt, Phillip O. Ellott to Katle Fritoher, Joha Vachal o Meggie Rlaney. Notes ot Yestor Bervices, The eeivices at Uuity caurch yes- texday were unusually interestlog, morn- ing aud evening, The subjact of the pastor’s sermon lo the morcing was “‘The Best Work for a Church to do;” in the evenlng, **A Fair Seart.” Mornlg and evening rervices were re- suwed yesterdsy atthe St. Mary's avenue Oongregationsl churcb, The services were unusuzl'y Interes'ing, belog the first J T Clarkson, Union Pasific land agent, at Sidney, Ncb., is in the city on his way to New York to meot his daughter, whois re- turning from Europa. E J Flsnagan, Valloy; J R Porter, Haig- ler; J A Johneon, West Point; Pat Gibbons, Orleans; W R Davis, Schuyler; Mrs Dora Beetle, Blair, are at the Canfield. Mrs. Winchester, wifs of S L Winchester, the noted rifle manufacturer of New Haven, Conn,, in company with H B Sprague and wife, of Boston, and Mra Gerard and daugh~ ter, of New Haven, are at the Paxton, Oliver P Morton jr, the son of Indiaan’s great war governor, arrived in the city this morning to meet his mother, who is returning from San Francieco. Mr Morton called during the day upon Mrs Llmer D Frank, to whom he is related, Webster Snyder, general manager if the Gulf, C)lorado & Santa Feo railroad, atcom- panied by his wife, arrived in Omahs in bis epacial car Saturday and loft last evening for the west over ths Missouri Pacific, Mr, Snyder waa the first superintendent cf the Union Pacific, occupyivg that position when the rond was completed., At the Metropalitan sre: Jobn Gerold and wife, Grand Island; Daniel Wiso, Wayne: Feank Norton, Columbus; ¥ M Currier and wife, Pappillion; C Smart, Plattsmouth; James Hamilton, Nebraska City; M F Mor- rit, Lincoln; A I Sheldon, Burnett Neb.; T B Olark, New York; J Jchuson, wife and son, Pittsburg; C W Laresty, Datroit, Mich ; W Yeamshaw, Wayne, Ill;G M Donuld, Salt Lake City, Utah, A Beneflo to Ross, Arrangements are being made to tender Dan J. Rose, the spricter, a benefit next Sundey at Hascall’s park. An Interest- ing programme of races, ctc., has bsen made for tho occasion, as follows: Five mllo race, open to all, I which Ross wi'l particlpate, giving his competi- tors & quarter mile start, Lhe prizs will be $50. Une hundred yard race, to be run in heats, bast theee in five, for $25 Gregg, the champlon runner of Inws, Whaeler, the colored sprinter, and Ls Page, will contest this race, and other entries are expeoted, One hundred yard racs for a silver cup for the championshlp of the pulice force. A three-legged race for a prize of $10, sand & sack race for §6 will be run. Prizey will ba cffered for the best lady walizer, and other games and sports will help to make the occasion a pleasant one, ——— Strength, Vig o, Elasticity, “Recovering from typhold fever, it quickly gave me strength.” 8> writes Mr. Peter Boura East Douglaes, Maes. “,Nothing makes my stomach feel 80 easy,” esys Mr. Jcseph Bateman, Lawrence, Mars, ‘‘Gave me more sirength than any other bitters I have taken,” declares Miss Nellio O'Brien, of the sams place. fs 1t that these convalescents write about? Why, Brown's [ron Bltters, the greatest iron medlclne ‘n the worla! = —J, A, Hurlburt, represeuting the manufacturing company, of Winsted, Conn., is I the city on business for the firm, He bas in his posseseion a rouvenir of the Graut burial in the ehape of a small pieceof the sil- ver bar with which the carket was trimmed, The mounticgs of the casket were furnished by the Strong company, sud were of eolid gold and silver, —Complaints have been made against four ealoon-keepers for keeping their places of bus- iness open after midoight Saturday vight in violation of the mayor's order. Warrants have been issuea and the men will be arreat- ed this morning, ing across her decks from the firo oa her pier, but, through good m nogement, the big craft was drawn awag from her perilous porition. The entira fire department of Jersey City rerponded to the alarm, nnd many tugs as- sisted ia subduing the flames, Pirrenona, Pa, Sept. 2).—A Post epecial from Altocus, Pa,, eays: 8. J, Fries’ plaviog mill and fivo smunll’ dwelling houses burned this morniog, The mill was the most com- plote in the state, and the coufl igration will throw many men out of employment. Loss, $40,000; insuied for $10 €O, ————— Efforts to Suppress 8courge, MoNTREAL, Que., Sept, 20.—Tho provincisl board of hoalth has raceived every assurance of cooperation in relation to the small-pox epidemic from every muuicipality communi- cated with except St. Henii, the officials ot which place informed the board that they would take the matter into consideration on October 7. The board has resolved to take action under the section of regulations which authorizos them to pame a local board. Those peraous charged with teariog down from houses plac nounciog the presence therein of smal will ba prosecuted. T'ae board has aked | government to have all inmates of institu- tions receiviog goverument aid, whether £chools, jails, raformatories or asylums, vacei- nated, the Oanadian — A Storm in the West Gulf, WASHINGTON, Sept. 19,—A severe cyclone pow central in the West Gu'f, Tho signal sexvics observer at Indianola reports, at 11:20 last night, no abotement of the storm, The sama conditions of weather are ruported, ex- | = cop, that water 18 tising and covering the flats in the rear of the town. At the swne rate that 1t has rieen the water will fully cover the maia sireot of the )W morning, LLLED o g NI £ A Kow 1n a Ohareh, MiLwAvK e, Sept, 20,—A row occurred be- tween differiog factions of tho 5t. Hedweig’s (Polish) Church scciety to-day, in which a number were cut with knives, wounded with #tones und clubs, or seriously jujured in other ways, Six parlicipauts, membars of the church, have been arrested and jailed, e e——— The Do Mores frisl, Bismarck, Dak,, Sept. 19.—The summing up in the Marquis Do Mores case is closed The court will instiuct the jury at 2 o'clock, A verdict will probably bs readered this ufter. noun, In tho afternocn, after five minates deliber- ation, the jary returnsd a verdic: of acquittal, o cm—— The Weminer To-Aay. Wasuingroy, Sept, 20.—For the upper Missiesippr: Generally fuic weather, variable winds sud nearly stationary temperature, For the Missouri Valley: Generall weather, variable winds and a slight temperaiure, e —— 10WA ITEMS, falr all Oskaloosa hos built twenty-one business blocks this seasun, The Lutherans are building an $8,000 church at Fort Dodge, Manchester has made improvements sggre- gativg $100,000 this year, A upknown youse man was killed by the cars st Burlinhiton Thureday. A Presbytenan church, 82 by 40 feet, to cuul'. $2,600, 15 to be bult ut Moriden this tall, Cit'z ns of Atlantic have contributed $1,000 for & Grant memosial fountain, to be piaced in the city park. Henry Myers, of Croston, went to sleep on the 1ailrond track, A coal train comiog along he was beheaded, Dubugue is the leadiog mapufacturing city in the state, The of guods wanufes tured in 1584 was £1 90, »A mad dog in Grant township Monona ccunty, last epring bit some hogs, Kloven out of fourteen have since died, J. B. Waguer; the newly appointed post- master of Panors, theashod the editor of the Videtto fur abacking bis eharacter ia the paper. Lieutenint Koebler, of Burlingt n, who re- o ntly gradusted at the Weet Poins military school, bas bacu assigued to aciive service in Now Mexico, The_only complete set of abatract of title to over §6,000,000 of land and lots in Buena an inexhanstible spirit of kumor that one is almost surprieed to see hur contented 10 a burle:qus drams of eo little wmerit, Her vuice 1 a swe:t mezz)-sopran>. Sen- tlment and pathoa are straugors to her, and her volce sad actions ara only har- monies when she fs ‘cuttiog up.’” Her capers avd capricos were apparently end- less, and her vereatility presented a new furn at the most unexpected moment, Sach iz Patti Rosa, thy impish mlschief- maker—a veritab'e Lotta. PILES!! PILES!! PILESI! A rure cure for Blind, Bleeding, Itching and Ulcerated Piles has been discovered by Dr. Williams, (sn Iadian remedy), called Dr, Williams’ Indian Pile Ointment, A single box has cared the woret chronic cases of 25 or 30 yours standing, No one need suffor five minutes after apolyiag this wonderful sooth- ing medicine, Lotions and instraments do more hurm than good, Williaws' Iadian Pilo Ointment absorbs the tumors, allaya the intenso itching, (particnlarly at night after geiting warm in bed), acts a3 a poultics, gives nstant relief, and is prapared only for Piles, tehing of private pars, and for nothing elso, SKIN OISEASES CURED Dr, Frazier's Magic Ointment. Cures as ~by mogic. Pimples,Black Heads or Grubs tho lotckies and Fruptions on the face, leaving Saltskin clear and beautiful, Also cures itch, 1d, Rhume, Sore Nipplos, Sore Lips, and bstinate Ulcers, Sold by druggists, or mailed on raceipt of cents, Retailed by Kutin & Co, and Schroeter & Bacht. At wholesale by O. F. Gandi THE GH?U@L"IU AND BlORT UESTERN RAILWAY, THE BEAT ROUTE AN SEHEHORT LINE maha ° Council Bluffs and Ghicaro, n 10 take tor Dok Molies Marsuall sown, Cedaz Rapids, Clinton, Dixlo, Chioago, MIL Taukos and all polits eant, 1o tad poople 61 No beaska, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Tdaho, Novada Oregon, Washington and Callfornia 1§ offers superior adyaotages nob possible by any other line, Among a fow of the numerous poloss of superior. 1ty enjorved by the patrons of this road botween Omaha and Chicago, aro its two truing a day of DAY COACBIES whioh aro thofinect thab humai art and ingenulty can creato; Its PALACK SLEEPING UARS which are models of comfort and cloganoe; 1ta PAR LOR DRAWING ROOM OARS, unsurpassed by an nd its widely colebrated PALATIAL DINING OA! ho equal of which oaanot be found elsowhore. Ab Councll Bluffe the trains of the Union Pacifio Ry, connect In Union Depot with those of the Chica (0 & Northwestern Ry In Cbicago the trsins of this ino make clove ocunection with thoso of all easern linos. ForDetrolt, Columbus, Indianapolis, Ciocionatl Kagara Fais, Butfalo, Pillaburg, 1 oronto, Montres} Boston, Now York, Philsdelpbia, Baltimors, Wi ngton and sll poluts 1o she Kash, ask dhe b agout for dlokels via tho ~NORTH.WESTERY, * 1§ you wieh the best accommodationa All Mol ok agonty sell blckeds via this loe, M. IUGHITT, General Msnagor, oh R 8 HAIR, Gew, Fras. Ajoot. OHICAGO W. N, BABCOCK, Ger. Agent, 1412 Faroamst , Omahs, Aeb, ‘Did 'you Sup- pose Mustang Liniment only good for horses? It is for inflammas tion of all tlesh,