Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 18, 1886, Page 5

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE, THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 18, 1886, WEDDED T0 A HUMAN BRUTE. Torrible Story of Domestic Unhappiness Told in a Divorce Petition. WORK OF THE SUPREME COURT. Annie Brown Perched on the Stool of Repentance—Suing the City for a Whole Street — Matters of Minor Import. [FROM THE BEE'S LISCOLN BUREAU.] A horrible tale ot domestic unhapy ness is disclosed in a petition for divorce filed in the district court yesterc Lizzie M. Bacon, of this county petitioner alleges that she was married to Alonzo H. Bacon on tl d of April, 1885, and until she left him on the 13th of January, 1996, he was guilty of the most excessive and fiendish acts of cruelty. It is specifically alleged that Bacon not only prevented by force his wife from gomg to churel, but when she attempted to pray at home he would grab her by the neck, and putting one hand over her mouth, try to choke her into submission, indulging at the game time in the most profane and ind cent language. When the couple were married, Mrs. Bacon's mother gave them a house to live in and furnished it, and for a great deal of the time supplied them with food. Bacon, who is described asa large, able-bodied man. refused to provide food or fuel for his wife, spent all his money in drinkingand gam: bling, and while cating the victuals fur nished by plaintifi’s mother, would damn her for not providing better food. On the 14th ¢ nuary last a child was born to plaintift, and defendant instead of lovKing after n this helpless condi- tion, loft her slutely without food, fire, or attendance. As soon as Mrs, Bucon was able to move she went back to her mother, and now asks the court to give hor a legal separation from the man who, while swearing to love, honor, cherish and subport her, has blighted her young life and filled her cup o sor- row to overtlowing. SUPR COURT OPINTON The following opinions were handed down in the state supreme court yester- day Burlington & Quiney tilrond company, Eror from Douglas gounfy. Adinmed.” Opinion by Maxwall, Ci g, 1—The wages for sixty d laborers, mechanies or ¢l who are heads of families, in the hands of those by whom such labore mechanics or clerks may be cmployed, are excmpt from execution, attachment or garnish- ment, whether the cmploye s a resident of the state or not. Such” wuges arve ab- solutely exempt. ) forcign corporation having no ¢ of the debtor in this state, nor honey to him payable therein, is not subject to garnishment in this state. _When an employe is garnished for ays' services of a clerk who s the he state that st 5 not ¥ cos of answer, showin, mpt and that b hee. —Where a_debt h wag ble was contracted in Jowa, the parties ding there and a creditor of the debtor not subject to gar- nishment in that state, the exemption will continue in this state in case an ac- tion is brought on the claim. Roberts vs Taylor. or from Burt county Teversed nisi. Opinion by Maxwell, Ch 1—Where the allegations in a petition filed by a wife and minor children against 4 saloon keeper for 10ss of means of support caused by liquor sold to the husband and father are, that liquors were sold to the husband and father in quan- tities suflicient to produce intoxicution, Which Wan. I, T drank and. thereby be: came intoxicates nd while in - thi drunken, con uloon keeper, continued to furnish him such toxicat- ing liquors, and allegations thereafter made that by reason of the use theeof, ‘‘he has become an habitual drunkard,” is not irrelevant. 9—The words “in_a great measurc’’ qualifying the allegation of loss of labor and support by the husband, held suf- ficiently definil —Where objection is made on the trial of a case for the first time that the petition does not state facts suflicient to constitute a of the court should, if possible, sust: q or permit an amendment thereto, to be made i nter, i 128 amined, and verdi held to be exc ve, leave to plaintil to remit from judgment the sum of & 06} Thomas county Ylnlnlnl‘. ‘Thomas—Appeal from Douglas vsod and deeres. Ordered for Opinion by Cobb, J. Jnder the pleadings, the burden ot proof being upon the defendant, and the evidence not being suflicient to ' sustam the verdict in her favor, the decree thereon reversed, the verdiot aside and a decree for the plaintiff in the supreme court, Traphagen vs Sheldon—Appeal {rom Lan- coster’ county, Afirmedr Opiniyn by Cobb, J. 1—There was no question of law in- volved in this case, 2—The evidence upon the sole que: tion of fact at issue being contridi and nearly cqually balanced, the find* :n 'Inml judg-ment of the trial sourt up- held. THE ANNIE BROWN CASE. Dr. Speare, who has been attending Annie Brown since her attempt to suicide by eating rat poison Tuesday night, re- ports his patient as out of danger, and says he now looks for her speody and complete recovery. To a friend who was with her yesterday morning Miss Brown said that she was impelled to take her life by remorse for her conduct, and especially because she had scandalized mily, and was afraid that her two young sistors would be taunted by un- thinking people for her wrong-doing. e girl appears to be v penitent and ashamed of her actions and \as made solemn promises of reform, an- nouncing her intention of breaking away from her old associates and trying to lead a good hfe. Kauffman’sattempt to throw nlfi‘rc.\]munilullly for the escapade on the Flrl is not kindly received here, where both parties are known, His story of meeting her on the train may be froe, but that he refrained from tempting her is not believed by those who und nd his obtrusive, loud-mouthed, swaggering As stated i esterday’s BE own is a vietim of the i rink, having been led into evil ways associations formed in that hotbed of cc ruption on wheels. SEING FOR A STREET. The case of Samuel W. Lyttle vs City of Lincoln, now on trial in the nited States court, involves the fitle to what is now known as Fifteenth strect between O and P, Lyttle in his petition alleges that on January 1, 1882, he was the owner of the property in question, when defendants unlawfully seized it and now hold vossession, and” he therefore usks the court to put him in control, and award damages of §2,000 and costs The defendants say that the prope de- e g e AT g v g S S way for ten years, and the city has had opeén, notorious and exclusive possession during that time. The question at stake is really one of priority in platting. Lyt tlo holds title by a tax deed from Nelson C. Brock, under which he made a plat of the Emuud, setting off a twenty-foot alley for highway purposes. The city. alleg thet some yoars before the Lyttle plat was made, a Mr. Erwin, who then owned | the addition, platted it and conveyed to strect the 100 feet now in dispuse. The value of the property is about § 0 that the action is quite an important one from a financial view. BRIEF MENTION, T. A. Carothers and other offi of the Yraska Siock Yards company have 1 cited to appear before Judge Pound to day and w canse why they should not be punisied for contempt in” neglect ing to remove the dam from Oak creek on January 1, as commanded by the conrt. The News gets over-excited beeause the Ber made the simple statement of fact that the Grand Army reunion wonld lrrnhlly!y be loeated “eithe t Grand sland or Norfolk. The BEE is not given to sentiment; it is printing cold traths for tho Information of the puplie, and the reanion matter was handled in that spirit Addison Barnes began an action in the district conrt y Ly to recoyer sion of a certain picce’ of land s in the northwest quarter of sec! town 10, range 6, Lin county which he claims to have been unlawfully deprivead James and Major Bohannon The Midland Guarantee eompany filod articles of incorporation with the secre vy of state yostorday. The company is n Omaha concern, the promoters being than Slielton, Otis . Briloy, C, br Rustin, Howard Kennedy, O. Davis and Geory I Gilbert., The capital is 1 at $200 000 rge Fleteher, the c¢hap acensed of embezzling from Charles Slattery, was up in the county conrt for examina’ tion vesterday and was bound over, Andrew M ghining light in the Baptist chu and_ Stephen Hoover imilar luminary in the Methodi were sued before Justice Cochrane yes- terday by Milton S. Starr, who claims that the deacons owe him $10 stake money on a game of chess, It seems t Stare was matehed to play another m for &5 a side, and the stakes put up with Hoover and Mentz, the winner to donate the money to either the Methodist or Baptist church. The game did not come off, but the good deacons refused to sur- render the stakes, and Starr now sues to recover, the city fo )03808- uated n 27, STATE ARRIVALS, P. Boyer, Cliengos O. N. Ceail, Brown- ville; €. Keekley, Yorks J. G. Southwick, Bennott; Thomas Stevenson, Nebraska Joel Montgomery, Bennett: J. A. lett, Nebraska City; L. C. Humph ind W F. Torbett and wife, Bennett; wson Collins, Nebraska City; Thomas 3 H. . Clarke, Omalia. - The Grand Jury, _ After a rostof thron davs fho grand fury reconvened yesterday morning. Aftor disposing of some odds and ends of busi ness they entered upon the deliberation of the eases of Charles Tracy, Jerry Ker- nan and Pat Boylan, who are accused of burglary. Tracy, otherwise known as “Indian Charle not nearly as bad as he has been painted by some of the local papers He has neyer been convicted of but one crime, and as he himself says, he paid dearly for that, by a term in the peniten- tiary. He hasnever s 1a sentence in the Joliet (111.) penitentiary as has been erroncously stated, He claims that he did not burglar Stoetzel's store, though he admits that he handled some of the goods. Paving for 1880, The property owners on xteenth treet and Sherman avenue held a meet- ing Jast night to di the question ot what material should be used to pave those thoroughfares during the coming year. A petition for cedar block ve- ment had been circulated among the property owners, and three-fourths of those interested had s Accordingly a vote wa and it was decided thit cedar block should be laid. The work will require about 240,000 yards of paving. The meeting adjourned,” subject to tho call of Geo.S. Smith, chairman, and T. H. Cotter, secretary. A majority of tha Cuming street prop- erty owners are also declared (o be in favor of wooden pavement. Damming the Elkhorn. The county commissioners are deter- mined to protect exposed settlors along the course of the restless Elkhorn. Every preparation is being made to avert the devastation to public and private prop- erty which occurs with the spring break- up of the stream. Strong dams are being built near all the bridges to save them from the destruction which has hereto- fore attended every season. These dams are built of massive timber, and will be armored with heavy iron plate, so that they ean resist the “pressure of the heav- i gorge and moderate the damaging speed” with which the river usually rous out. Douglas Doctors. The regu meeting of the Douglas County Medical socioty was held last night in the St. George hall, Fourteenth and Farnam streets. The featurc of the evening v the paper read by Dr- Summers, Jr., on the case of Mv. Park: hurst, who lost ms leg as the result of a coasting accident on Dodge strect some months ago. The history of the case and the dificult operation ol amputation at- tending it were fully cxlpl' ned, and the amputated member {tself was exhibited. After other intormal business the so- ciety adjourned. Ths mecting was at- tended by about twenty members. Y. M. C A. Soclal. The Y. M. C. A. people entertuined about 170 of their friends at their monthly social last night. It is hardly necessary to say that all enjoyed themselves. Oxgan and harmonica duct 3 Miss Kitoien Solo (voeal). 5 Deat and Diib “band’ 2 s M, FiSelier iid others Recifation of thio I'é Lord’s Prayer | Tangua M. Sloane Reading-—seloct. .. N G 1. Smith Refreshments and a general soea 1 time ituted the balance of the evening’s Ainment, Discharged, John Lovelady, the gambler arrested on Sunday for beating his nustress, was released yesterday there wasno one to ap- ragainst him. The woman, Edna {irk, had refused to prosecute him, and had gone to the Bluff: The Great Invention, For EASY WASHING, IN HARD OR SOFT, HOT OR COLD WATER Without Harm to FABRIC or HANDS, and particularly adapted 0 Warm Climates No family, rich or poor, should be without it, 80l by all Grocers, but beware of vile im tatlons, PEARLINE 1s wmanplactured ouly by JAMES PYLE. NEW YORK; of | A BRILLIANG GATHERI Tho Party Tendered to Their Friends by Mr. and Mrs, W. A, Paxton, NOTES FROM DISTRICT COURT. Prisoners to be Arraigned for Trial To-morrow—A Hound's Carcer on the Stage—Other Intecesting Tocal News. Mr. and Mrs, Willlam A. Paston tendered n eption to & large number of their many friends in | the parlors of the Paxton hotel last even- ing. The broad salons of the handsome lotel which aptly bears the name of the hosts, were filled with the society peonle of the city and presented an appearance of brilliancy scldom scen in all their festal history. Festoons of flowers and |lx'>|‘n-x\ Wi hung along the walls stretched in heavy —masses between the pillars of the gallery colon- nade. The dress of the evening drew out the proverbial taste of the ladies of Omala, but their groat number forbids detailed mention, while selections from such cqual mateheés would be impossible. The evening opened informally at § and for an hour, pending the flood of ar- rivals, the Musical Union orchestra per- formed the following programme: Overture, Cornel Solo Selection, I Overture, Figaro's Wedding. ! Mr. and Mrs. Paxton performed the oftice of host and hostess with that tact and good eheer which missed no one insured all hearty welecome. The orches- tral programme finishied, the dance en- sued withont formality, and the card below was observed L Waltz, Lanciers, alop. . Lanel Walt Lanciers, Schottische, At 11 o’clock the entire assemblage ad- journed to the dining hall and filled every chair before the 180 cov The banguet was magnificently sc and the tables dressed with an ‘art genious and superh. The sp everlasting tribute to the r hotel's cuisine and the wisdom of its pro- prietors, At its close. the dance was re. sumed and continued to an hour, season- able within fashion. Many were the con- gratulations extended to Mr. and Mrs. Paxton and many the expressed wishes for the frequent feturn of o pleasant oc- & nsu t such clever hands. 8, Ripple 0. Lan 10, Polka. lotiische, Lancier Valtz. S an DISTRIUT COURT NOTES. The Prisoners be Arraigned To- Morrow—Small Suits, To-morrow all the prisoners who haye been indicted by the grand jury and against whom information has been filed by the district attorney, will be arraigned in the district court und ordered to tri There are sone fifteen prison thus areaigned to be tried on ¢ charge: which tr d W interest is tha murder of witha B J. C. Cowin, who is to as attorney in the prosecution, said that he was anxious to have the trial come off next week. Whether the council for the defense would be ready and willing to o to trial at that time he did not know. Tie_opinion is_expressed by those who are intimate with the case that Lauer’s counsel will not apply for a change of venue, although from the wide publicity which’ has_been given to the facts of the murder it is anticipated that it will be a tedious task to secure a trial jury. A replevin suit for a consignment of belting was commenced tn the district court yesterday by Hoffeld & Co. against M. Howard and Crain Bros.” Manufac- turing company of Chicago. Argument in” the Peabody suit ':F tho city was completed in the dist court at 5 o'clock last evening and the case given to the jury. The call of eases to-day before Judge Neville is as follows: Damon v Omaha, Paxton et v_Edgerton, Richards v Smith, Stanley v Zucea et al, Walsh ot al v Beake, Welchans et al v O’Connel Hornberger v Omaha, Frenzer v _Ameri- can Distriet Telegraph company, ¥ v Ambler, Brown v Bernstein et al, Gray ", Reed et al v Svacina, Fleming & Co v Aller, Omaha Post Publishing company v Hitehcock, Omaha Packi and Provision company v al v Cunningham, ha, Sullivan v [ will undoubtedly at- fest attention and deepest John W. Laucr for the Hongland v o, Nolan' v Haw- et 1, Hardy v Bronk, in the matter of > assignment of W/ nyder, Hoag- land v Omaba, Fritcher v Nason, Jones v Joues, Beforo Judge Wakeley t s call as follows: Merchants National bank of Deadwood v McHugh, Peabody v Omaha 1), Peabody v Omahad, Murphy muha, Howe v Omaha, Chubb v Omaha, Hoagland v Van Etten, Black- more et al v Omah A HISTRIONIC DOG. Now the Property of Ralph Modjeska of this City. Ralph Modjeska was recently presented by his mother, Madame Modjeska, the nowned actress, with a magnificent bloodhound of the Siberian breed. The do; ived in Omaha Tuesday, having been shipped fzom Philadelphia seyeral days ago. He was delivered at the resi- dence of Mr. Modjeska, 2302 Burt, in the afternoon. Joe Manchester, the Pacific express company, performed the deed and lives to tell the tale. The mastifl' is of dimensions supposed to be heroie in the animal world, He is well formed, agile and strong, and looked fierce enough to frighten Pasteur's hydrophobie theories out of his head, He was 1in a box, to a staple in crior of which he was chained n shipped. His tugging at the chain, however, hadbent open the clasp and allowed him to tumble unrestrained in his kennel. With some dexterity and not a little amount of trepidation Manchester suc- cecded in attaching the chain to the ring, which no $001 accomplished than the brute started on a schottische around Mr. Modjeska’s yard. At the other end of the chain Manchester endeavored to keep step with his partner, oceasionally varying the monotony by breaking the nee into a waltz by vf 2 convenient trees with the chain and inducing the animal to do likewise. After some de lay, the pleasure of wlhich may be appre- ciated by any person who has attempted to discourage the gambols of a frisky calf, Manchester got the dog inside the hous Chere the brute displayed 2 pro pensity to inspeet e w? apartment and unwittingly eompelled Manchester to accompany him. Mrs. Modjeska wit- nessed the flying examination with much alarm, and wondered what use she would be able to make of the animal. [t was a relief to her, therefore, when the dog was finally chained to a post in the cellyr. This dog has a little history. When Madame Modjeésks introduced “the play Prince Zilah'' into her repertoire, imported two Siberian bloodhounds to appear in' the piece. These were in- troduced to attack ‘the villain of the play as he attempts to force his way into the rtments of his mistress. "The dogs 1 Well, sind after, making a aflure of the stene on several veeasions the countess was foreed to ent them ont When the play was produced here the dogs did not appear, and the effect of the villain being torn to picces was created by the barking of stage hands behind the mes. On the day Madame Modjesks 1 decided to send “the dogs from Phila deiphia one of them was found doead, iging from the door of the bag; car upon which he was boeing cony to the city named. He had jumped through the doorway unnoticed and was found strangled when the train stopped me people s he committed suicide because of his failure to satisfy the madame in his rol I'he mastifi received by Mrs. Modjeska is the surviving mem- ber of the pair of histrionic canines. - ODDS AND ENDS, Stray Leaves Gathered from the Re- porters' Note Books. “People who think that all Indians fools make o great mistake'® said an old Indian territory cattle-herder to a vepor: ter last night. “I have lived in the terri tory a good many years, and I know what 1 am talking about when 1 tell you that some of the Cherokee and Chocts Indians are just as sharp and shrewd business men as you can find anywhere, Some of those old redskins are immensely wenlthy, £ becone so by stock-r: ing, farming and trading. Somo of them + worth a million or_a million and a half: the wealth of large number of them eannot be estimated” at Jess than $200,000. lly an_Indian gets stock, though some of v to farming and pros- hese Indian cattlemen Lave them a lot of half-breed whites, or negroes, who ane peon These peones are practically slaves, They are always keptin debt to_their maste are constantly in his power of the Indian stockmen ha ranch Sometimes u I them will throw their and put theircattle intoa common herd Tlie only system of * metes and bounds’ among the Indians is that of the furrow Sach Indian ploughs a decp furrow round the section of nd which he wishes to reserve for himself and chil- dren, and that seetion is his forever.” some large v of ranches together “A person who behaves himself and at- tends to business,” remarked an ex-con- viet, “is always well treated at the Lin- colny pemitentiary. otherwise he receives pretty rough usage. Iean say for my- self that I never had anything to com- plain during the three y sentence I served there exeept the miserable ventil ation of the prison. I suflercd not a little from this cause. When I went to the pen [ was a strong, healthy man, weigh ng 189 pounds. When I eame out I had fallen to 135 health. have more or less 'out-door exposurc, are about the only ones whose health is not impaired by the wretched ventilatiou.” A clerk in thte Union Pacific headq ters who had “been indulging quite ex- tensively in the avdent last evening, en- the Millard barber shop for the purpose of being shaved. Before seating himself in the chair he removed his coat, hanging it upon the radk on the wall. After his face had been “seraped by the delibe walked to the rack, ing down anothen - customer's coat pro- ceeded to pwt it on, together with the other man’s hat, and w: 1 out. When the second customer’s toilet had been compl ed to tind his coat, and on inyestigation, it was discovered What the Union Pacific cle ad done. A number of hotel employes and othe were sent out to skirmish'for the inebri ated young man, but at a late hour last night his whereabouts could not be dis: covered. As the victim of the trick was unable to wear the clerk’s coat be was obliged to borrow garments from the hotel men until he could go to his room and obtain another coat. He vowed eternal vengeance on the young clerk, and in no gentle language déclarcd what {\ul‘ ;’uul befall him beforet he ides of ch. Gen. Howard in discussing Gen Sherman’s latest utterances concerning the newspapers, quoted i a telegram elsewhere, told a little incident of Scere- tary of War Stanton, which while hardly i worth repeating. “Mr, Stanton,” he id, ““at the time 1 speak of, was practicing law in Pittsburg, Pa. By some means he had incurred the enmity of the editor of one of the in the city, who assailed him ev heaping the most virulent abuse upon him. These articles, or near- ly all of them, called Stanton by name and really made it very unpleasant for him, Finally he hit upon a plan to put a stop to the persecution, He bought out a ri paper, sm Il to be sure, and of inconsiderable eirculation, and quict- ly assumed the temporary editorship of it, without making any public announce- ment to that effect. Every time that his enemy on the other paper would attack him editorially, Stanton would reprint the article in” his own journal, merely substituting the name of the writer for his own name. The public caught on to the joke and enjoyed immensely, Stanton’s enemy grew weaker and weaker in his attacks, and finally ceased them altogether.” tory, as usuM, re- veals some surprising multiplication of names, on which fact a few points might be interesting. The Smiths, who are generally in such mujority, are being di counted by the Johnsons, which latter runs up the trong muste of 406. " Smnth, which, “of course, is never to be denied a prominent place comes next with 200, of which, strange to say, only twenty carry th fix John. Then tiw good Scandin people of the city T up their similar family titles, The Pet and Petersons loom up with 275 subjects, followed by the Christiansons and Christian- 8 Nelsons nd Nelsens and Olesons and Olesgns with 200 each, the Hansons and Hansens along with ood 150. Then the ver milfar Jones steps forth witly, a following of 85 fol- Towed by 60 Whites and as many more combinations of White and other thungs, such as AVhitehouse, Whitesides, Whitesell, ete, The Williams and Thomp- sons, with theiir 10) each, were almost forgotten, Howeyger, the larg, which a sin ty is found, is the Me's. e are 812 of these and flfty more Magc's and Mack's. The directory is full of interesting bits of unexpected things, and an hour or two spent in its study will prove both of interest and profit, Porsonal Paragraphs, Mrs. Dr. MeMenamy leay ext week for an extensive southern tr Edwin H Brown, editor of the Sioux City Sunday Telegram, was in the city vesterday on his way east, C. F. Mansur of Santa Anna, Cal., who represents a large syndicate of coast fruit growers, is in the eit - 1f you buy lumber anywhere without firse getting Hoaglands prices you will lose movey. The new city di -~ Raymond & Campbell are prepared to furnish and drive piling in any quantity for foundations. - Quick Ume & specialty }?fhm room 8, Barker block, 15th, near Farnam, AFRENCH NOVELIN REAL LIFE The Romance and Tracedy of the Ca- reer of Miss Atinie Voss, Her Downfall, Degradation and Mise ery and Tragic End Amid Fire and Flame. Along in the spring of 1884, a young woman who although unattended scemed to be in independent cireumstanc moved to this city from Chicago. She was evidently just entering the twenties in years of life, was pretty, intelligent and tastefully dressed. Merely allowing that her name was Sadie Voss, from Chi , and affording no further informa tion of herself, she quietly took lodgings in a house on Chicago strect between Sixteenth and Seventeenth. That young woman to be the central figure in a romantic drama of most distr tail, and which, with a stage pl jhan two years, was to culmi miserable fragedy. About the same time two on the scene, Solomon H. and Robert S, Cotton, of Chicago. There was no asso ciation of motives in the advent of Miss Voss and the last named of these two men into Omaha —~that is none apparent, for the fates which brought these two lives together had a malign_ intent, albeit unknown to the actors. Robert Cotton was a_young man of some education and no principle whatever, erson he was tall, athletic and h He was fitted for occupations of an intell nature, but he had fled Chicago, 1 us it i said, a young wife, and h out friends or influence w ter the first pursuit _obtainabl cured work on the Union Pacifie y Lbrakeman. He managed to keep supply of genteel clothing and these, ed by cleverness of address, gave him a very respectable app nce when oft dut, How Miss Voss, with her reticement and modest manners, ever met this man is not, and perhaps will never be, known. Suflice it, that they became acquainted — as the fates willed it—and shortly grew intimate. From the first, Cotton exer- cisel over the young girl an influence which mastered” her so ¢ompletely that her honor beeame his for the asking. He doubtless, at the beginning, felt some at. tachment for the pretty toy that fell to his sport and treated her fairly. She un- questiopubly loved him trqum;;ly and aevotedjy. They took up lod nother part of the city (fforded them both support, while Cotton indulged himself in long recrea tions from work Affaivs ran on thus for the greater part of a year until the February of '85, when on the 4th day of thut month a child born to her. “The infant was a boy and she named him, Harry J. Cotton had up to this time made noscruple of his con duct and entertained no fear of results, but with the birth of the child, an ap- prehension of the troublesome conse- quences which must follow his manner of life, entered his mind and he it best to remove himself to de sion. He prevailed upon the girlto go to Chagron and live there where, he said,he would find employment and they wonld be married as she had often begged, and_he often promised but delayed. She yielded to his wish as humbly asin all things and they moved to that frontier town. On reaching their destination she informed Cotton that her money, which had largely been their means of support, was nearly isted. 1t was here that his_true character re vealed itself, and reviling her with oaths and taunts of her shame, he abandoned her and returned to Omaha. She was able to follow him, but be- ing penniless she was forced to seck work, whi found at_last in the house of Fr a man living near the milital S She endeavored to find her cruel betrayer, but was unable to do so and, as a last ‘expedient, put her in the hands of Attorney D. Van Action for bastarc was June 6th, 1 instituted in Justic Selden’s court, and a warrant issued for the apprehension of Cotton. The papers ‘were put in the hands of a thick-headed old constable named King, who let the man slip, and redress at law was lost to the girl, A month Inter she was forced to pubile notice again by a suit which she brought against Day, in Justice Wright's court, to recover her wage: She won the case, but through a complication of legs acrobaties she did not get her money. After this she changed service and went into the family of a r in Garneau actory, living at the corner of nth and Hickory streots. on October 11 last, her child died, and was "decently i 1 on Prospect Hill, The cemet ill show the inquisitiye t tless g among the many tombs covers the of Harry J. Vos duys. men_arrived hody aged 7 months and 7 The loss of her child was a gri ous blow to the woman, and hulf-di tracted with accumulated misfortunc she fled from Omaha and entered the cm- ploy of the Pacific hotel company. She was sent to North Platte and there met the end of the singular dran which she had so we!l sustained the lead- ing role. On November 14, while work- ing in the laundry of the hotel, her cloth- i ght tire, and although every effort de to save her the flames quickly wrought fatal work. She was dead when her binckened and blistered body was cked from the floor, As no one ap- P 1 to discharge the friendly offic of her burial, she was quietly laia away among the poor and unwept who fall in the busy and active town. H s stock for a romance, enough, or a theme for moralizing. breath of the living truthis on this narra- tive, and the evidence of its verity is at hand. Cotton’s whereabouts might be rned from his brother Solomon, a blo gentleman, wko is now service of the C., M. & St. P. ut Stansbury, Iowa, sure The Omaha's Great Sanitarium, “Business is booming," said Dr. Mc- Menamy, the propri r of the Omaha Medical and Surgical institute, to o reporter on his round for news yesterday Y had s0 many cases to look after in my life before. Iam busy night and day in keeping up with the work.” A tour of observation through the in- stitution furnished to the inquiring scribe amvle corroboration of the doctos’s statement. — There are at present in the insiitute a large number of paticnts, suf fering from every manner of discase, all_of whom under the care of Dr, McMenamy and his skilled corps of as- sistants, are making rapid progress to- wards recovery. ‘Ihese patients are not, by any means, all of them from Omaha 'l“hv_\' gathered from all parts of N braska, lowa and Colorado, the terri- tories, Wyoming, Montana, Dakota, Utah, ldalo, and from oth points, eastern and western, even mo. mote, The cures accomplished by Dr. Me- Menamy, since his residence here und connection with the institute, are at- tracting attention far and wide. His ald patients, who only too glad to tell their suffering friends and neighbors what he has done for them, are the doc- tor's best advertisements. The reporter had hoped to be able to lay before the readers of the BEE u short sketeh of some of the remarkable cures that came under his observation; but as Dr. McMenamy is at present too busy to furnish the desired information, the ar ticle will have to find its way into prius at a later day. THE 10WA WIGGIN He Discourses on the Stormy Periods of February, Arnia, Towa, Feb. 1 To the itor Tn view of the coming great storm ciod of February 26, March 8, 9 and , 1 will @ your readers a con | statemont of the common law of storms The storms T predict will appear in east ern Nebraska and Towa within twenty four hours of the dates I give, and with the well known weather indications, the reports of the weather burean and the common law of storms [ give bolow, it will bo the fanlt of your readers if the failto know in advance where these storms will be heaviest I have notified the weather b Washington of the coming storm and if the signal se give us quick w u at sriod, ice is diligent i will rning of the fivst ap ronch of these storms. The weather ureau does not forceast these ms, but gives warning after they have reach ed the United States. The wind storm does not always mean a destructive storm, We haye ram storms, hail storms, snow storms, ete. All storms are whirlwinds, very much the nature of little whirlwinds that earry up dust and leaves, Clouds in a storm whirl in a cir cle like dust and leaves in a whirlwind All storms whivl from right to left. Place a wateh with the face up and the storms whirl contrary to the movement of the wateh hands. In the conter of every storm 180 ealm, and the atmosphore rises Almost universally the weather grows warmer the storm app! colder after the storm ha southside of the storm is fed southern winds; the north_side by northern winds. As you face the storm the winds blow into the right side of it Its north and west partsare coldest; south and east parts warmest. Storms move from north to_east, the upper Mississippi and Missouri leys and the lake region they gen 3 come from the northwest. After noving in a semi-civele toward the Gulf they tarn rd the northeast, leaving the ‘conti- nent near the mouth of the St. Lawrence viver. ‘They pass across the continent in from two to four day Blizzards oceur on storms, and after the passed to the southeast eyclones, or tor- nadoes, oceur in the southwest side of the storm. In winter the north side of the storim generally precipitates show, the south side rain. Gales oceur between the high barometer and the storm. Storms are from100 to 1200 miles in diam- etey, and po single gtorny will reach the wholedi the D‘?m.-‘m For this reason many persons, who névér see or hear be- yond their own door yards, would,1f L ve forecasts of small” storms, declare that my predictions fail. There are five kinds of clouds. The cirus clonds make their appearance be- fore, sometimes after the storm. They are thin, white, fan-like, far up in the at- mosphere, full of curls, kinks and bends. When these ciras clouds apvear before a storm the weather <oon grows warmer and the wind begins so blow towards the storm. If the wind changes by way of the north it i blowing towards the storm asit goos by the north of you. If it nges by the west, south, ete,, itis blowing toward the storm as it _goes by to the south of youn. A steady wind from south to eastind es that the storm is appr ching you from the north or west. When the storm reaches you the wind will blow in accord with the part of the storm you are in, Remember t in a storm the wind blows in a circle from right to left around the cenfer and that ater is o large ealm, Storms cause the extremes of heat and cold. When the storm path 1s north of your locality the weather, following the storm, will be warm. When the storm path is south, cold weather gen- liy follows. y ch snccessive storm passes south of the preceding storta path till the storms have reached the gulf. Then they £0 back into the British possessions and » their trips abont as before. Fol- lowing this change from sonth to north is the time our winter thaws ocenr. Extremes follow each other. When the J. 3 re heaviest the next storm peri ill be lightest. Storms are heaviest in succession, begin- ning in the northwest, then farthor toward the southeast, east and northeast. W. T, Foster, Meteorologist. e Brevitics. “Giold has been found on the river bot- toms.” [P.S.—This is an April fool joke, though a little ahead of time]. Branch & Co have th white ferrets and two brown ones which are quite o curiosity in their way. — Their ability to cateh rats is wonderful, The third private masquerade party of C. ields, took place t night at Masonic hail, and furnished thorough enjoyment to all present. About fifly couples, en masque, attended. The Thurstons are training vigorously for the coming _tournament in New Or- leans. They will do some drilling in the new exposition building this week ana during the succeeding weeks. ‘The funeral services over the remains of P.B.W. Cooke, who died Mon will be held this morning at the 0t dence on Twenty-fifth street, The body will be taken to~ Cincinnati, Ohio, for in- terrment. The_ South Side Pleasure club will give its next sociablo at No. 4 engine house, corner of Hickory and Eleventh streets on next Thursday nvmliufi. Two weeks from that date they wi tgi\'un frnnd mi de, and this be the [ast party of 1's hefore Lo . W. A. Paxton is nego r Goos to secure the ly east of Mr. Paxton’s nth and Farnam streets, together with the buildings thercon. 1t is under- stood that Mr. Paxton desires to put up a magnificent hotel if he can secure the cessary frontage L Disappointment, exas Siftings: Judge Pennybunker not a happy man. 5 o gourmand, " as Mrs. Partington says to buy the delicacies of and Pennybunker is not For ‘the west side of main storm has iting with foot lot imme- property on Pennybunker the rich. He happened to see & splendid saddle of venison in a_buteher shop window. He went in and asked the vrice of it. Then he came out and sighed. He wants it very badly, but 2 was too much for it. He made up his mind that he could not afford to pay so much On his way home Pennybunker met Smith. Heaven's lend me 5. I an season, sake, Pennybunker, pressed for money 7y, said (ius. Not puid e back But, Gus, you hay 1lent you last we No, but I'll do so pretty soon judge.” Kind hearte ¢ Pennybunker took out his pocketbook and handed Gus a $5 bill. Gus wept tears” of gratitude and hurried away In the meantime Pennybunker’s hunger ed. His yearning for venison me stronger and stronger. At last he said to himself, ‘‘a man only lives once anyway so he might as well” enjoy himself while he can. Il have that sad- of venison for dinner.”” He hurried I'll take that saddle of v on now.'" “I'm sorry, judge, but it is sold. Mr. Gus de Smith’ bought 1t only a few min- utes ago. He thought it was very cheap.” . Ladies Only. To-morrow between the hours of 2 and 4p.m we will sell all the bustles from Hickman’s bankrupt stock at e each. They are worth from S0¢ to 90¢ each. J. L. Branpers & Sow, 500 and 508 5. 15th St. A Sunday Evening Concert. Ono of the interesting events in Sabs bath school circles was the concert given last Sun evening by the Seward streep 3. Sunday school. = A large number of the friends and families of the little ones assembled to listen to the exercises, filling the church until standing room was at & premium, and, judging by the close ats tention that was given throughout the = evening, they were amply repaid for gos The feature of the evening, and de« serving special mention, was the closing piece, entitled “A Pile of Promises,"” in which a class of nine boys took part, It consisted in the building of a cross, each rt of which was a promise, Portions of this exercise was very touching, many in the audience bel moved to tears, The singing was excetlent and the speaks ing good. Credit is due the oftic teachers for the eflicient preparation which made this, their first concert, success. Below we append the PROGRAMME, ing. by the school. ure. W. Hotfman. “Gracie Childs, fed by Walter Nalph Libby. by WO classes, Grace Sidner. iie Robinson and | Jewel MeCane, | ura MeNair, Singing, . s Reading of the Seri: Peayer, vy G Rrcitation, e Singing by the Infant class Newman, Recitation, . Singin e Recitation, Singing-Duet... Recitation, ... . Singing. 0 Andrew Duteher. Recitation, casesaien Kate White. Singing. Reeltation, ... . Class Exereise. ‘Lhe Pile of Promises, Clinging to the Cross, Benediction, .. by Rev. C. W, Savidge. Marie Brown, Getting on First Rate, “How are yougettingon®" asked Yeast of young Crimsonbeak, whom he met on the street the other ds “First rate, was the young man’s veply. “What are you doing?" further inquired Yonst. “I'm o medi irector in an institutio down-town. medical director “Yes; yousee 1 direct envelopes in a pate icine house.” “Oh! . .25 _YEARS IN USE,. “The Greatest Modical Trinmph of the Age! 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