Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 12, 1886, Page 5

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE, FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 12, 1886, OMAHA'S METEORIC MERCHANT Litigation Over the Purchase at Loyal L Smith's Bpecial Sale. WHAT DAVE MILLER COULD DO. | Another Whole Page Display Added to His Brilliant History—Skull and Cross Bones Scare—The zgeralds' Team. [FROM THE BEE'S LINCOLN BUREAU.] The counsel for the defense in the Cole vs Miller suit, which was set for tri the present session of the United S court, have filed aflidavits in support of a motion for continuance, and the case | bably go over the term. The re anxious to try it outside of and Judge Dundy ‘is known to be of the opinion that it would perhaps be as well to 4o so, but in face of the Showing made by the defense it will hardly be pushed. Lewds Cole, the plain- will pr plainti tiff, is the son-in-law of Haiman Lowy, and claims to be the owner of the stock of dry goods left behind by Loyai L. Smith, Omaha's missing merchant. The is David N. Miller, ex-sherift defendant of Douglas county, who in his offi capacity pl 1 the stock with ments after Smith's flig] Lowy and Cole from taking possession The o the federal court, and the stock sold the procecds, nearly $30,000, paidin to st to the Should Cole Clerk Frank to be held subj decision of the present suit win he will get the money, and the de fense will be left “holling the bag.” Snould Cole be beaten, however, the $20,000 will be aivided among the r that their attach- pointed a1y, comes Miller, while nt, is really only the s, but none of them itors in the ord ts were filed. And here Judge Dundy the other da, ious contingency. ostensibly the defend agent of the ereditc are named with him h‘llnmld the matter be d 1 18 co-defendan could if he felt so disposed put th in his pocket and (‘nlmlf tell the cf to £o to—Canada, and their on would be to suc fiability is limi \\i'lm know Dave Miller under there to show w suggests that in order to put the case in proper shape, all the attaching creditors he named as co-defendants, which will probably be done. In conne ple, and esy fn ‘his high rolling sharper found it conyeni ada, When ent Lo 2o to 7 been wont to pass his lei mashing son_of Blacks denc in Lincoln, happened in Omals shortly after, and meeting this dark damsel, became well acquainted with her. In confidential mood one Smith had left he Was Poss of well to have pennil % Guilel, Bl irl with money, and b Lincoln, led her whe rradu alleged s hur done he went to Canada, met tion of course m sucl shut out a charge of blac stone returned to Lincoln. Havi settled down to muse over his Bpes speak as they pass by.” SKULL AND CROSS BONE The erusade waged by the La der league, and the promise of the leade to strike still harder blows for moral r form, has made many residents of Lan- aged in not strictly legitimate ive as to when and how they would be put on the rack. Consequently when Thursday’s mail bore rd room keopors mysterious blood-red postal rhastly skull and cross nied by the warning, “Boware! The eye of the mystic joaguo 18 on you!’ there was a general nd adyice. Jones, the furnished room man, flew o Mayor Burr demanding protection coln el callings ittle :lel'ul\m to some thirly saloon and bill cards with a bones on the b: accom, h for counsel Tenth str. against an unholy censpiracy bes which the southern Ku Klux Klan was a zation and crew of ni ore esp school boy organ ry fellow T'he saloon men w s cially unnerved and fearful that some converted plan to drive them out of bus- ness had been adopted. Quick’s sale of his barroom business'to Hood & Co. wa taken as had snuffed the impending dange wisely “stepped from under. the matter grew so Beach and Oflic the senders and their intentions. ‘Tl first and all sufticient discovery was that eyery man who had received one of the retail dealer in them were many s John T. Coch- blood-red cards was oigars, and that umon, reputablo eitizens suce and Sewall, grocer, agui N advertising hei and they drop- ped the The Bee man, detormined to 0 a little furthor, learned from Postmaster Wat- kins that the cards were wailed in a buneh in the local drop Wednesday night and that the distvibuting clerk referred then sendin, be mailable, and much ag to allow them to pass, ‘I as an advertising dodge, is hensible and seandalons, as ) recipients being nervous and exci men, have been es strain and sufleving, In the e least, should be and uneanny pranks, " THE FITZGERALD HOSE TEAM. The teamn that will represent the Fitz. orald Hose company at the New Or- cans tournament has at lust been de- cidod upon, and on Saturday morning the boys will start on their journey south- i wenty-six people in the party, including the wives of enson, James, Austin, Henick, Franklin _and Carpenter, all under charge of Manager Hohman, The run- Jumoes, \\'éll- ard.” There will b Messr ners aumx se William liam C. Austin, Fr M. Benson, Harry l)rnlu Frank Austin, J. Henry Small, Alex Mustine, B. H. Floyd, A. Dillon, Forey sign, Gould and Tafield and Warner. des the, there will be a cook, & rubbor, man of all work to look after th hgton wants of the crowd. The team is one of the best over picked to vep- pesent the Fitzgeralds, and will make'a hard - run for the championship, They ames, and led in will be cnl:miuud by the races y Parkington. The couplin, Wil b i ates | both lost their lives. This tl h- it, and prevented e was removed from the state to cided in_his favor money would have to be paid over to him. As his bond is only for $10,000 he his bondsmen, whose ited to $10,000. - People and that s mo danger of anything of the Kind happening, but the situation is cited might be. Judge Dundy tion with this litigation there is an hitherto unwritten romance full of interest to all Omaha and_ Lincoln peo- ceially those who knew Smith eft behind him in Omaha a hand- some young brunette, with whom he had i ure hours. A one, whose resi- she told Mr. Blackstone that { but thatshe ch he would kstone, i an eye to speculation, supplied the ngingl her to ked $10,000 as the price of keeping still, conducting the negotia- manuer as to mail. Smith refused point blank to buy bis silence, denied the charges entirely, and Black- ing no further use for the girl, and thinking that, perhaps after all she had been “working” him he turned her adrift and busted jon. The girl and Blackstone still live here, but it’s satd ‘‘they mever and Or- 1 indication that the veteran and Finally ious that Marshal mith were called in, and given a copy of the mysterious card with instructions to discover by all means e u w could be wrged. fied the oflicials that it was an the assistant postmaster before o them out, They were found to inst his per- soual wish, the postmastor was compelled | a sovere mental s0 of the veteran Cochrane it was even cruel, for his afllictions in the past have been suf- ficient for one man to bear, and he, at sure from such wild | n CM. 1. Henick, hose and a e €) Mr. John Fitzgerald has secured”n special car for the party, and they antiei- pate a pleasant time, the route iven [ Wedhoaday's BRE, heing via the Unfon Pacific to Omaha, Wabash to St. Louis, and Lilinois Central to New Orleans, A CURIOUS VERDICT, Phoncant_easo ve the Minneap Omaha railway, after five days de tion, brought in a verdi libera- States_court last weck, General Cowin and a Norfolk lawyer e for the plaintiffs and Messrs ( n, Brome and deweese for the compa Reed was enginecr and Phe brakeman on a train which was w on the Sth of May, 18 the w; hing out of a bridge, and that did not deny, and after the ¢ called, of teed’s family Pheasant’s §1, with attorne costs, to settle be recovered was §5,000, Geng advised the acee] was refused, anc [ the offer, but it yesterday morning made verdict. " How th upon the theory tl diffienlt to unde comp: Phe: nt's heirs same time and in the same wa acent. WANTS HIS ERRING DAUGHTER. Last week John Gross, a bookbinder employed at the Journal office, rested on a charge of unlawiul :«,nmL G a new phabit whom he repres 1llinois authorities sent on Gross® family was still ther woman with him was Ma with_whom he had Shorill Molick 1o ary's oped. Yesterday est lefty iving her money, ¢ to appe then she has not been heard from, thou it is s meets. BRIEF The old Wymore Railway company has transte TION| Blue Springs Railway comp sum of $64.70. I sists exclusiv Samuel Ande Hazard in the dist to lot fend named p A pr ant wl arty in 1876. ct to incorpors to secure 200 li progoeds to ba uec? thie Interest of which conventions, ete. sent out to teachers on the entery ay members at A S fuily called to the g festthe B. & M. corne streets, ninst such herings. At ey THE PRAIRIE WAIF. Witness the Performance. cur the her impending fate. of praise, as who has not witne maryelous powers e breathle: accompanied charming *‘Prairie her full meed of pi iv aif,” and rece enthusiasm. In f ber of the company s de: tion, and the performanc Ving of mo house. A PERSUASIVE GUN. How Some of South Omaha Men Jumped the Tow a B e man was informed tha moval of Dug Johnson to Omaha “He's o bad man,” said Fox the next day I od it in and 1 I kopt the gun coy W toughs.” wimme: Mr., F morals of South O rapidly now that the | being rooted out Put the commmis best thing they could do now struct & tunnel from 1 the basement of the court hous: in an ele: Bee man yes been, and an elevator dene by Jawes and Austin (W, fore long, and the sboner the better.’” Fresh Celer; and Cauliflower at C. B. Mooue & Co. NEBRASKA'S SUPREME COURT Businoss Transacted and Oases Oonsidered at Yesterday's Session. The jury in the combined Reed and is & | TEXT OF THE OPINIONS FILED. yesterday, and A Young Lady's Mysterions Disap- pearance—~A Baby's Miraculous Escape From Burning to Death—State News, were discharged by Judge Dund; hey award $3.500 to Pheasant’s family, and shut Reed's off without anything. ' The nses W of the personal ry , and were ably tried in United ebraska Supreme Court. Neb,, Feb, 11.—[8pecial.]—The court met pursuant to adjournment. “The following causes were submitted: Ma vs Miller, on motion; It was shown tis vs Boggs: Horn Thomas vs Thomas. following ecauses near Wayne, by were reversed by Omalin vs Beindorf: Sproule vs court adjourned to Tuesday, February 210 o'clock a. m. “The following opinions were filed: or from Gage Opinion by Cobb, J tence before the jury, tend- dission by W. of the con- 1 and M., an instruetion stating the supposed facts of the case, and that if they believed such should find for As the most that could Cowin 1 rded with | the result noted. For some days the jury stood 8 to 4 for the defense, then changed to 6 to 6, wad finally ompromise justify it, except | t Reed was drunk, is and. They held the \y guilty of negligenee, gave 500, and left the family of Reed, who lost his iife at the , without “There being e ing to prove a re: telling the jury faets from the eviden ndants, but which instruction i and left out of the question of sion and the evidence there trial awarded, instructions the court had properly instructed the jury upon the Jaw of rescission and its application to the case before them. Brror from Douglas county. in other and former il from wa (111), and was stopping at the with 2 young woman ited as his wife. The 1 that nd that the Pembroke, 1—An order of i the defendant, or ¢ netion only restraing ndants, to the action in whieh the same is issued, and sueh per- sons acting in, or oceupying a subordinate position to him, or them, as may be named, described, or in some manner designated in ved a letter from King that his girl be sent i s necessary to hold her s, that she be well taken care 3 hout cognizance r when wanted she left the hotel, saying she must look for work. Since 2—Proceedings in contempt are in_ their ninal, and the strict rules of con- struction, applicable to criminal proceedings are to govern thereia. Ming. Co., 2 McCray, 641. State ex rel M Van Zant vs Arg. to presume she is not far from Lincoln, and will show up when court on who has duly received a certifieate of election to the offies of justice of the peace, to compel the delivery to him, by the late in- cumbent of said oflice, of the dockets and ning thereto, the cause of action & Blue Springs Street 1 all its rights ‘and property to the Wymore & ny for the he Tiew company con- cly of the Reynolds family, in, declared elected, awarded a certificate ot h, and given the bond «d by law, and the respondent having sed or failed to deliver up to him such , ete,, on demand. 2—To such application or relation, nothing may be properly pleaded in answer which does not deny, or put in issue, some or all of the above facts. election, taken the who have put $15,000 into the scheme. The secretary of state has issucd a cor- tificate to the American Detective A ion of Omaha. is suing David rict court to obtain title northeast quarter scction 36, township 10, range 6, which Anderson alleges was wrongfully conveyed to de- t ile held in ‘escrow by an un- te and endow the a State Teachers’ association will be considered at the annual meeting next month. Mr. Jones proposes 85 cach, the an endowment, ill pay expenses of ulars are being ng their opinion 1—Land conveyed by I K. to W., M 1809, deed remained in the hands of W, duly recorded. 2—O0n the 4th dayof August, 1873, L. & B. filed transeript of judgment in the office of the clerk of the distriet court of the proper Levy made on March 11, 186, sold by deed on said sale June supposed to Deed from G. to H. ©. he attention of the police is respect- ng of loafers who in- at Teath and O nd also to the city ordinance land the same da; sheriff to G. Sheril recorded the same day. In ejectment by H. vs W. et al—held, that W. holds the land by the title conveyed to him bv MeK., absolutely unaffeeted by the B. or the legal proceedings thereon under which plaintiff claims. ment for defendants upheld. Error from G sed and attachment restored. Opinion by Cobb, J. Aflidavit for attachment contained, among others, the foliowing allegation: the defendant, D, McGuir, is about to con- vert his property, or a part thereof, into o of placing it beyond On motion to n the ground, and stated in the untrue; and, it it, that, on the day of the hment the defendant onrecord two deeds to fe, by each of which he conveyed to her nomiual consideration, respectively; and cne of said con: being explained and shown not to be lent by the respective aflida’ but, the other conveyance, any manner ac- counted for, or even alleged to have been made in good faith, or for a valid considera- tion, the order of the district court di: ing said attachment is reve; strict 42, vs Bi A “Standing Room Only" Audience judgment of L. Boyd's opera house was not large enough to contain the great throng of people who rushed to that place of amusement last night to witness the pre- sentation by Buffalo Bill and his com- pany of the sensational drama, ‘‘The Prairie Waif.”” Long before time for the aifl to rise on the first act, there was “standing room only,” and fully 300 pco- ple were turned away, unable to gain ad- mittance. The audience was not only o, but also enthusiastic, and from the beginning to the end of the performance the applause was frequent and demon- strative. At times it almost seemed as if lerics had gone wild when Buf- falo Bill appeared in the direst emergen- cies and rescued the “Praivie Waif’” from money for the purpo: the reach of his creditors. discharge the attachment for the reason, that the facts aflidavit for attachment w appearing by aflids issuance of the att cuted and place For Mr. Cody himself there is no need d - his His faney rifle shoot- ing last night was witnessed with the 8 interest that has always Miss Denicr made a 5 of defendant As the Dutch- man, Jule Keene in his recitations brought down the house. John Pendy as “Captain_ Russell,” and Miss Jeff Pendy as “Sadie,” 1n their songs and were immense, andfereated the very mem- 1. The bonds sued on purport to be signed by Peter Robertson i Winckler, director, and Willian asurer. They were dated October 16, regi tered October 23—and negotiated and s by the district after the latter date. Richards having been appointed and having accepted sald office 22 held, that ho will be presumed cto have signed the said bonds after his appoint- ment, notwithstanding t There was evidence to the effect th the nawe of John G. Winckler, director, was not placed on the bonds by his own hand; that he being of advanced age and feebie health had, about that time, always made use of his son as his amanuen: name to all papers, and the bonds were signed in that way: and there also being evidency that Mr. Winckler treated the sig- ng to be his to the bonds as his own, by participating in the negotiation and sale of the bonds—held, that the bondsare id bonds of the district, There being evidens commissioners lavied ta property in said school district for. the purs pose of paying the interest on said bonds, and to provide a sinking fund for the final redemption of the same; tha colleeted by the county treasur said bonds, within tive yea commencement of said action stch payment was suflicient to take the hond upon which it was paid and endorsed out of the statute of limitations. School District from Gage county, Maxwell, Ch, J. it is songht to prove by a member of a law firm, afterits dissolution, that he ain instruments sent to the firm, and that he cannot -find thew, in order to adwmit secondary evidence of their coutents, it must be made to appear that he retained the possession of the was made In sueh places as ments, if in existence, in all probability would be found. 2—Where the execution and validity of cer- tain school bonds were denied—held, that unless there was some proof of their issue, isfaction by the district the court ot a verdiet for the defendant. an ete. Co. vs Jenkins oon covuty, - Aliiwed. Gpluion by to-night will undoubtedly be greeted with a packed Bad In conversation with a resident of South Omaha, named Fox, yesterday afternoon, there was great rejoicing in that burg over the re- ate of the bonds. md you may be sure the community will miss him, but no onc wil! mourn, If he'd ed much longer somebody would have done by him the way I did with Crow. Crow was another bad man, and I made up my mind that we didn’t want him to stay in town. So went up to hishouse one day and told him he had better get out. He didn’t go, and y I woent down with a shot- Crow locked the door on me, but ays: ‘Now you git. ing him, and he ‘ot. ompamed him out of town for 4 s, and ho_never come back. That's about the be&t way to rid the place of s to write b nature, purpor e that the county on the taxable uch taxes were and paid on 15 next before the Quostioned about Mrs, Barrvett, who has been aceused of being & firebug, Fox said that while the woman was bad enough, still he did not believe she W guilty of the offenses charged.” “We've got too many bad men out there to bo looked after now," he remarked, “without pitching onto 10, Gage county. X is of the opinion that the i ame, and that “I wish you would eall the attention of oners to the fact that the s to con- et into and put ! said a county official to a erday. It has been all that a man'could do this winter to elimb the long steps in the condition they have nd a tunnel is the only remedy. They will have to do it be- . J. the homestead law of 1579 a wge on the liowesiead of person to be valid must be expeuted and acknowledged by both husband and wife, g¢ to secure au antecedent Lottuee, Radishes and Aebt was signed by both husband and wife, and afterwards acknowledged by his wife before the proper officer. but not by the hus- band--held, there being no countervailing equities, that the mortgage did not create a lien on the homestead. McMurtrey vs State, Error from Lancaster county. = Reversed for new trial. Opinion by Maxwell, Ch. J. 1—Affidavits used in the trial court, to be available for a review of the question in the supreme court, must be embodied in a bill of exceptions. 2—Where an answer, or other pleading of a defendant is properly on_file, no judgment by default can be entered against him. B—An answer filéd n the distriet court, but entitled “in the county court” is amendable, | and if applicable to the petition, cannot be disregarded. State ex rel Sage vs Bennett. Mandamus writ allowed, Opinion by Maxwell, Ch. J. 1—Cities of the second class have author ity. under subdivision 8, of section 69 of the act of 1879, entitled an act to provide for “the organization, government and powers of cities and villages,” to impose an occupied tax upon liquor dealers, in addition to the amount paid for license to sell liquors, 2—The paymen tof such tax, however, can- not be made a conditon precedent to the is- suing of license to scll intoxicating liquors. 3—The findings of re pos, like verdiet of will not be set aside unless they are clearly wrong. State ex rel, Omala Horse Railway vs Judges, Mandamus, Writ denied. Opin- ion by Maxwell, Ch, J, Where a peremptory writ of mandamus was granted by the district court against a street railway company to compel it to run cars over a ¢ n portion of s line, and the railway company sought to have judg- ment reviewed in the supreme court and to compel the dist court to fix the amount of the supercedeas bond—leld, that- there was no provision of the statute.requiring such court or judges to fix the amount of the un- dertaking in sueh case. Il|‘|‘l’ ngton & .\HI:Nn\lli Railroad Company vs 8 rockett. icaring aftirmed. Opinion by Maxwell, Ch. J. 1—\Where the under boss of a gravel train | gang was directed by his immediate to take men and dig out a car, which had been partly covered and derailed by a fall of gravelfroma high bank near by, and in pursuance of such order did procéed to dig out the ear, and whileso employed was killed by the embankment eaving in. Prior to that time, the custom had been to station wateh- men to give notice to the workmen of danger from the falling bank, which was omitted o that occasion—held, that the company lia suporior 2—The conductor of a gravel train on a railroad with a gang of men under his imme- diate control in the employ of the railroad company s as to such men the vice principal of the railroad company, and nota fellow ser- vant. 3—A subboss, under the immediate con- trol and direction of the conductor or the per- son in charge of a gravel train, is not as to such conduetor or person in charge of a rain, a fellow servant L Business Bits F'rom Blair. Braig, Neb,, Feb. 11.—[Special.|]—The re- ports that reach us from the neighboring towns of proposed new indust has_finally a kened our citizens to a C fact that it is time some- thing was done In the direction of an in- that will be of general benefit to the city, Steps are being taken now for the ercetion of acanning factory. Representative ed at a meeting last night to citizens agr subscribe a sufticient amount to put the same in runmng order. 'There is also a fair pros- pect for a pork packing establis started here. s At is rumored to-lay that the banking house of A. Custetter is to be made a national bank. Should this be done we will have two national banks and a savings bank bere, Brakeman Loses a Hand. O'NE gram.|—Yosterday afternoon a brakeman named George MeDonald, running on freight No. 24, lost hi up, but the approaching car was close upon him, and before h the wheels ran over 1 wrist. The hand and_wi have the hand amputated. The operation was successfully performed by Dr. Lease ot Neligh, assisted by Dr. Conley of O Neill. The wounded man was taken to Neligh to- day, where he will remain under the care of Dr. Lease until he recovers. A Young Lady Disappears, BrooMiNGToN, Neb, Feb, 11.—[Special s Angie Sherman, a young higan with her parents, sister’s house thi; rnoon at about heard from, although careful search has been made. On leaving she bade her sister good bye, remarking that she might never see her No reason can be given for the act, as her parents Sherman is 19 y comple front t ately I would b > notic parents are nearly fearing that she has committed s iicide. residence of C. C. Crowell. While Mrs, C. and the baby we baby on the floor in front of the fire place) three suceessive explosions in the fire place curred, scattering the logs and the room and around the pjuring it in the least. The clegant curtains, rugs and chairs were chimney oc cinders all ovel child, but not damaged considerably, however, but g was extinguished beforeany material damago was done to the building. ed for Attempted Murder. gram,|— I 1se of the state of Nebr vs I I, Williams, charged with assault with intent to kill James Ashburn, the defend- ant was placed under 81,200 boii at the next term of the di swer to theindictgnt js eh court L0 an- rged, Attention Now tb Human Kind, REp CLoun, Neb., Feb, 1L—[Special Lel- gram,]—W. N. Richardson and Miss Bessie Tangil were married ' this evening. The wedding was & quiet affair, only a few inti- mate friends belng présent. Richardson 1s an old Nebraski. pioneer cattleman, and has doubtless handled mora live stock il the past lifteen years than any wan in the state. e Murders That Lack Confirmation. Feb. 1L —Friends in this ) con_adyised of the killing of six mounted police neat Regina, They await confirmation of the report. “They have also been informed by their northwest co: pon- dents that a rebellion is likely to ocour iu the spring. Brevit Patrolman Mostyn yesterday recovered the cloak which was stolen from in front of J. L. Brandeis & Co.’s store a day or 50 ago. The thief, however, was not cap- tured. last evening called the An alarm of f department to Twenty-fourth and Far- nam street, where a chimney was burn- ing out. No e was done and the serviees of the ficemen were not required, Mrs. George Zettler, of Glenwood, Towa, 1s in the city in scareh of her hus- band. He lelt her about ten da 10 to come to Omaha, where he was to secu employment as a cook. She | heard Trom him sinee, and is afr: have been notified to be on the lookout for him, THE REFORMED ~GAMBLER. Steve Holoombe, of Louisville, Who is Now Serving the Lord, A Valuable Secret Which He Will Carry to the Grave - His Mission- ary Work in Louisville. The Lonisville correspondent of the St. Louis Republican says: God's noblemen stands Steve Holcombe, the reformed gambler of this city. alife of success, plenty and rovel, he has turned to one of beggary and brotherhood with tramps and thugs that he may do good to his fellowmen, I rs Steve Holeombe was known the most success: High among far and wid ful gamblers in the country. palmy days of river ns his calling in the gilded ¢ magnificent flc between Cinei ‘ity, or rested at will in the cities along igation he plied like a prince, and as free as that he was a g little wonde 1te wherever known., table was to win, yet cused of cheating profession he bo To sit at a gaming | Though o gambler by » the reputation of bein: 1 liberal hand alw ing pocket to offer relief as i ys went to an oy uniform good fortune ble, but none have touched the secret He is loth to refer to the old days, but he tells me his success was due to s 1in gambling. ne, and he says that is systom he ¢ end, break the best poker pl Holcombe does not claim to s system, but says by the aid of Steve was the only man who ever di ered the secret, and the two pooled ge sums of money. , leaving” Holcombe sole seeret. Steve continned to use it up to the time of his reformati it i i ed that he bas won and squandered ne; Since he al ¢ gamblers ha hle Wiy to Wr from him, but to no purpose. Dick Watts, member general council of this eity, of 10,000 cash for lis se 1y replied that he would carry it to ve with him, ing Holcombe's , but Steve walked out of the g house with- out a penny. ed Holcombe sincere in his desire to reform and ofle rk in the deps The pl not long after it up and ests zospel mission for tramps and outeasts in a little dingy basement. tomach of these needy peo- ratory to filling their ‘hear He asked dona- es and booms Holeombe g He undertook with the word of God. tions of food, clothing and money to carry out this plan. 1t was up-hill work recognition, nd donations poured in daily Hungry and un- in even more rap- hment to be from every quart clothed people cam however, and it W l’“])Tt'y on un i But the gospel on a full royed an admirable one, httle army of recluime ards, tramps and thugs soon be, claiming the praises of Steve H tne reformed Lt, Neb., Feb. 1.—[Special Tele- The work con- tinued to grow, and now the little base- ment mission has the moral and fi backing of some of the most promin and wenlthy people of the city. zeal it may be men- ives from the do- ritable, just as do the strangers who are dependent upon him, He has now grown gray and rough, and ght hand while try- ing to make a coupling. e dropped the coupling pin, and hastily stooped to pick 1t uld get out of the way s right arm at the s st were fearfully mangled, and the unfortunate man had to tioned that Holecomb nations of the ck Y shrunken, but in them there s which tells of a heart contented and at Among those who fir; work of Holcombe and_ came to b i hs prominent lized that it was se and has not=since been seen or * Casting about, his eyes alighted upon t deserted m rs made inquiries about it. that it was owned b sippi, and held at § too high he off residents of Missis- Thinking the A $12,600 witl anding that should be donated to the Through the advic F. Downs, the husband of the ¢ Salliec Ward Armstrong, the owners held on for $15,000 until Mr. Burgardt with- drew his offer upon going cast at the be- ginning of the year. are kind and indulgent, Miss ars of age, rather tall, dark stoutly built. She has lost a iced immedi- arly wild with ant eight hours v sitting in the library (the 1 be ncoepted, but Now, Mr. Holcombe, is ng to raise the amount by pul 1t is more than iikely that he ofl came that $12,0i is a very large and excel- t one, and could not be repls Owing to its location, it is un- ible as a residence or rooms and is fur- convenienc: Ji iToN, Neb,, Feb, 11,—[Special Tele- ll deserving and neody per- honest living sehool for strs from drunker will also mak the purpose of sh outeasts who hay prison moneyless s fo appear 1 departent for and friendless, worthy of this noble man will bo | introduced. e Negro Supervstitions, Youth's Companion, It the sun shines while it is raining it is a sign that satan is whipping his Itis a bad sign for acat to get in a It is bad luck for a deformed eat to bo born on the place, unless it 1s drowned at ns before a five it is a ay to keep the witeh out is A horseshoe nail stuck in a evack will 1f sparks fly from the fireplace it is a i at your enemics are conspiring | Holid: unk of fire rolls out on the s are coming. ush gets caught in woman's dress an is it is o sign th Another Bite by the Same Dog. j00d morning ; Sure he's no bette 1 to the hospital 1o treated, is it s trimmins. he has al- s not | I afraid that | he has met with wistortune. The police | Sympathy Wanted, St. Louis Glabe-Democra Mr. Peck, the labor comu New York, hs male workers of the Empire stat the consus tables and figures collected from manufacture leading industries of the st taken painsto go women and ascerf in, by personal obser vation, what are their wants and what | do their the con tions under which th His investigation y Pe darly thorough with to one class, those who do contr ing, taking the work home and retur: it completed to the contrac The ¢ dition of these poor er is 1 pitiable and the pen-pictures dr the commissioner of the distress and want which increasing toil is unable to alle viate. are likely to move the various women's still mor their sutfering sistors. W But at the sume time, while sympathy may be felt for the unfortunato women | wntand insuflicient lving it should not be forgot i y tis, and ns lone as they or two dollars s of ony improv weir food or 1 door but clothin, them, the indeed, 1 v wnotonly fod and hensed, tin addition ar b larger sum wet 1y than is received by t eanty pittance, are forced to clotl sced ‘themselves, and pay rent for frooms they oceupy Nor is the occupation of domestic ser- i st overcrowded. Servants, are, are numerous, but com: n the I and, in the lan- guage of a fer reformer, “a girl who does not to be told seven times a week to m the beds, twenty-one times, a week to ble, and hundred times a week to answer the door-bell treasure.” Such a servant will rec exceedingly good wages for the servie she render: ar #10 to $20 2 month, together w iodging, fuel, lights and other dations wl the sewing-v foreed to . b board, women from going out to ser and so alent in the idea that sewing or ation wages in a garret is mo ctable than doing the honest wor servant for good pay, that hosts of women are kept in wvu\ln-litmn for the work of contractors, and the wage tears ot sympathy may How for the ing-womin, let ‘it be remembered t she sews from choice and not of necessity, and let alittle s) ladies who, witha house full of company, re forced to do all their work onaccount of the sudden and unexpected departure of every servant about the place. i A Word for Bruce. COrerenron, Neb. pondence of the E —I ha in the Omaha Republican of the 3d inst. the tions nst Miner W. Bruce, of the United ies land oflice at Nio- brara, Neb. One not acquainted with Knox county and its people will think Mr. Bruce the worst crimtnal now in the employ of the government, but those best acquainted with all the circumstances of the case arges are made reasons to » Bruce bounced from the know full well that the cl 1 and pol United Stat Is it not strs s land oflice. davits made to substantiate the charges P made by a demo- n erat for “offenisive partisanship?” It is the old political fight continued, i twelve s been kept upfor the . personal spite or political gain, r object is to destroy Mr. Bruce, both personally and politically, as they realize the fact that he h u:mf’ throughont this land district. The to this fizht are the anti- tion of the republican prise what is termed tli —who have sworn to destroy the yek faction, The arges mado t Register Bruc t could not be substantiated before court and the partic far from being snints, although they wear saintly robes sometimes. ‘They even inducy signoan aflid tents the county for lics, liars and polit vits, but when they commen Miner W. Brucé, they h Wrong man he is a better any of the afiidavit makers ag: and has got more fr and this Tand distr davitmen wounld | it not knowing of. Knox county is the banng 1 aflid 0 4 ) than nst him, print, but that Seeret i would — call an invest tion immediately, and poor Min would get the g the same evowd t that Miner Bruce would never be reg- i of the Unitea Stutes land oflice ot in the faco of the ur]m. - une aflidavit-makers he has tion of thuse u rendy been sent to Washington to honorable land district He needs no defenders, as h ways been able to defend him his'defamers may rost assured t malicious persecurion will not win rols for them when thei i tigations are had, s the not be substanti tions and heresay- personal gain Lot them do their worst, The dopart- went knows whether Minee V. Bruce duty or not. ‘Phis s not a 1. has done h democratie, but a repablican - F. M. Overbeck, for some time hack one of the most popular attaches of tho in a few Chicigo Luwber company, we I 'remove lus faumily from Cin- innati to this eity and nis 1 our midst, -~ P. Musselman, who for the 5 been hookkeeper for Branch & Co., left last evening for his old home in few weeks. - The skeleton of an ancient New | land cently aug ap at D Aantucket first coppe mint of the independent colonies. ot s Dr. Hamilton Warren, kelectic Physi an and Surgeon, 708 N, 16th street, Webster. Day ‘and night ealls nptly attended to. rosh Jarsey cow for . sale with calf by de. Grabam P, Browac, dersey l ville stock farm, sioner of just printed a report, which, while valuable for its statistics, is also interesting from its accounts of the condition of the working women of the | metropolis. The commissioner seems to have given special attention to the fe- and in addition to the statistics gathered from chief of poli and employers in the | N ¢, he has mong the working | reiow- ning ms of the country to | fdditional efiorts in behall of | O'Brien to give up his continue on duty until the n | turned and further investigation could be had and sew for sitnation would the same re- 1zs shows srvants, such mbermaic nd personal day in Omaha, paid, on an average, ing women who, out of their nd teved at the Paxton, having o the ¢ and the leading membe are registered at the Paxton. Ke: and mistress, while even the at body of ineapables get each from Lccommo* men §I|'l' Afeeling o one of our widely known of false pride, however, prevents sewing- young ladies, left yeste timore, Md., where she will reside. 5 To- of the Chi now of Nebr to Omal dence h are forced to 1 | a proportionally low figure, So. while ympathy be spared for Feb. 8.—[Corres- just read that no woman who does so for the love of work, but merely becaus far c?ming in contact with workers of all clas factory derstood themr work have told me without hesitation that they would rather work than do nothing; and all up the social nge that out of all the afli- s intelligent and intellectu woman, the more in earnest and enthu- siastic about her work have I'invariably found her to be. But once more I would friends Van > are many of the 1 the poor old blind man to the con- choose’a department for which she fitted by s > got the [ momen who, hs known what it means to have life stretehed out before them with but the one ¢l future that the ing or women only possible explanation of this asser- ends in Knox county Some of the afli- o recall their words as they did not expeet them to go into tion idea of the meaning of trne womanliness. There will be unwomanly women in high and in low lifo as long as the world stand rand bounce. This is at would bet money \S | about or newly two yewrs—and it | est soclal proble o more perjury’ than has al- ¢ i move him—as he is without exeeption the most 1l competent and best regis- ter that ever held the position in the women whose qualitic: ties are sccond to none, the way is clear enough, oy fail that cach day of individual labor furth the cause of the whole sex will s]ln'in' new courage and inspiration, and 8 his Lome in sk two sburg, ., where he will spend a il retained its eluteh upon one of the coins that came from the | fate s destined te the existenc ing surf as the worid, has its summ ADDITIONAL COUNOIL BLUFFS NEWS - THE POOR POLIC, The Council Investigates the Charges of Charity Pilfering. The conncil last night held an mvesti« gation into the charges made that the police force had helped themselves to the clothing contributed to the poor. The @ told the night men not to appear before the council to testify. his order of the chief was not regarded. Nearly all the officers appeared and were examined, Officor O'Brien was the chief witn He testified that ptain Walters tool three coats and a girl's cloak; that Chiel Skinner 1aid out a pair of boots and_said he was going to take them. H. H. Fiel | idantified a cont which was worn by Oficer Kirk as one given by for {he poot, Kirk admitted ving taken 1t but changed his own coatfor ite Walters admitted taking some clothing but only for distribution to the poor people, and denied appropri- ating any of it to his own use. Several ther witnesses were examined, but litt ht was thrown on the case, ation was a secret one, and he investi wis continued until after midmight.,” An adjournment was taken until this ning. The chief of police orde od Oficer ming that s to prefor pro tem in- his star and mayor re- had fifteen distinet ch t him ted O'Brien to ret Personal Pavagraphs, Patrick Egan is at the Millard W. A, Spene of Pierce, spent yesters Mrs. E rrow, of Beatrico, is a guest at the Millard. Mrs. J. C. Morrow who has been ill for some (ime past 18 recovering. Mr. R. 8. Daly representing the Dob- bins Eleetric soap company is in the city nd . P . F. Prindell; of Columbu istered at the on, of Norfolk, are registe Paxton. Col. J. L. Curby, of St. Louis, is regi rived in vyl svoning. Hon. Willinm F. Cody, “Buffalo Bill,” of his company W. H. Pound and C. B. Finch, of ney, arrived in Omalia last evening Legistered at the Paxton. W. Wilson, Lincoln; 8. P. \ son, Tecumseh, and W. H. Ho: % Teka- mal, were registered at the Millard last evening. Miss Nellie Townes, for some time back nd respected T for Bal- hereafter Hon. H. F. Cady, onc of the managers ago Lumber company, and ka City, will shortly move aand take up permanent resi- hodl il o Women Who Work in England. Pall Mall Gazelte. According to the latest oflicial & tistics the number of working women in Eng- land and Wale: employed in about 250 different branches of work. In the series of ar which the p I have attempted to colleet some infor~ mation as to the training for and the na ture of some new employments and of those find their daily bread, and, according to their own words, their chief interest in life. It would be difficult, if not impossi- ble, to give more than a very general sketeh of the chief sph work in the limited is 7,706,545, These are es of ant is the concluding one in which large numbers of women s of women's of anewspaper. ) is frequently made parns her own living The assertion wh she is compelled to work, s I have been able to aseor has, a8 1in b, no foundation whatever, The girl and the laundress who un- but the more the working ale it has been the san has been said ain and agpin, thut without training no woman will ever her work employer wo! of girls, the chi vancement of women will ‘be remove All other difliculties may in time be ov: come, as the employments during the last thirty y still are, ever incr be no drudg number of different employments open coed in doing own or to her on, andif this fact is y parents and t difiiculty in the »m\ f 1 und for women ars been, and 2, the work need being o suflicient 1810, 'y, ther y class of women fhat each may best incrasies. n and ing never by experience ural gifts and idyos There ar r fact standing out of the dark must earn their own liv- vish, ‘speak of some sphero of work as “‘unwomunly.”” The s that those whomake it have no but no work will ever in- ninish their number, What on of work must needs hrin e solution of one of the great: ns of our time —numely, of the eq ion of the sexes, and iter the barrier of inequality falls, which now put up utalmost ey top against ications and_capaci- fn “Past and Prosent,” that lortation of trae lubor, ' which ¢l le nd'c ought to find 1ts place by the side of the Bibio on the book 3 g man and woman, says: ‘“There is perennial 1SS 1O has found his work, 1 bl and obstacles the. -shelf of every worl sven sacred- d i3 he who him ask no other sion, difficult still many to ovi agement and t and * Bles: sedness.” Opj y be dark; the cons s of woman is rapidly pros ing:t there 1s yet no sphere which aving once been ope Lo woman, has peen shut on them again beea they iled in it, and from the consciousness 'S houl gloomy hour, suck as comes even to most. hopeful worke when and mind ave weary from whole-hearted — work, — the near o com- . apparently mo- life of toil with the asy life ot the sister whom i be an idler, then let the great spivits ased to proclaim of work, nembered w 5 hive never o apiest life is al of whatever kind the work may be; and not only i the happiest, but the noblest neomparably higher than of the idler, with its glitters 0, its disappointinents and its nflucnces, tor bor, wide in heavon." ife s well -