Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 26, 1886, Page 5

BY THE LICHT OF THE MOON The Big Stock Smith Left When He CASE COMMENCED AT LINCOLN A Stupendous Array of Legal Talent Fighting for the 878,000 Prize—~ Federal and State Court Notes—Mentions, Irrox EE'S LINCOLY BUREAT.| The capital city is full of Omahans, come to attend the trial of the Cole vs Miller case, which was commenced in the United States court yesterday after- noon, and which promises to be long, sharply contested and full of surprises. The prize at stake is $78,000, the proceeds of the sale of the Loyal L. Smith stock last summer. Cole, the plaintiff, claims the money as owner of the stock by vir- tue of a bill of sale from Lowy, who, it is alleged, bought the goods from Smith the day before he fled. Miller, the defend- ant, is really representing the attaching creditors, who claim that the sale to Lowy was a fraud, and that they are en- titled to the money. As might be expected, so rich a prize has attr: an unusually large and whering of lawy The plaintift is represented by Messrs. Wool- worth and Thurston, and the defense by ssrs. Pritehett, Cowin, Stowe, Clar son and Montgomery of Omaha, Judge Tenny of Chicago. The plaintii’s counsel, about 4 o'clock, introduced James Holloway, former floor walker for Smith, who testified to_Lowy taking possession of the store on Monday, Junc 0 last, thus establishing Lowy's ¢ontrol. Mr. Thurston next identified the signa- turo of Lowy on the bill of sale to Cole, and with this meagre testimony Mr. Woolworth, to the nastonishment of all, closed, saying, “That’s our case, your honor.”’ It is surmised that the wily counselor holding back his strong evidence to e in rebuttal, after the defense has closed. Mr. Pritehett opened by ealling the same Mr. Hollow by whom he proved the mysterious disappearance, nearly every night for ten days preceding the @ransfor to Lowy, of lirge quantitics of Faluable goods, and Smith’s apparent in- difference when spoken to about it. Hol- loway also swore that the stock of silk alone was worth $40,000, the price al- Jeged to have been paid by Lowy for all the goods. As the case progre some interesting developments will be made concerning the former relations of Smith and Lowy in Chicago, and as to the ticulars of the salo in Omaha, UNITED STATES COURT NOTES. When the property of the West Point Butter & Chey ion was sold by order of Judge Dundy some weeks since, u one-eighth interest” was _purchased by the plaintiff, Abram Poole, for about $9,000. Yesterday Frank Ransom, attor- ney for the Middletown National bank, filed a motion to have the sale set aside, in order that the bank s."mlw:\((-, Mossrs. Clark, Brink and Dusenbury, who bought ven-cighths of the property, can come in and bid for the Poole interest. The case of 1. Weil vs D. S. Barlos, sheriff of Adams county, resulted in a verdict ot §364 for the defondant. The action was brought by Weil to recover goods sold to one Williams, a merchant Williams failed, and hi in-law, elaiming to hold notes for an old loan, aitached the stock, putting the sheriff in possession, Weil repleyin- ed it, and tried to hold by setting up that the goods had been obtained from him by false pretenses. The jury thought differently, and their verdict’ puts the sherifl in"possession of the value of the goods replevined. IN THE DISTRICT COURT. The jury in the case of Alexis Coquil- lard vs ¥. A. Hovey et al, in which the plaintiff sought to recover on promissory notes to the amount of $100, returned a verdict yesterday for the defendants. Hovey had guaranteed the notes for other purtics, who failed to pay. The plaintift negleoted to notify him of the non-pay- ment at the proper time, and hence was barred. In Burkhard vs Nobbman, the defend- ant also got a verdict. Nobbman was accused of having neglizently started a_fire which destroyed some trees on plaintif’s farm, for the value of which the action was brought. Judge Pound instructed the jury that they must be sutisfied that Nobbman was' negligent before giving a verdiet against him, and it seems they were not. District Attorney Strode has filed in- formations against the following named parties, and will press them to trial dur- ing the present term: John Sheedy, Gus Saunders, Horace Tipton, Jay Norton and Joseph Scroggin, ful‘fi:m\l)lin;!,; John Gross_and Christopher Kennedy, adul- tery; Myrtle Stewart, keeping house of ostitution; William leagher and nstin J. Riley, selling liquor without license; Warren Miller, grand larceny; Jay Patterson, stabbing with intent to kill; Moses Quinsey, disposing of mort- gaged property. ‘The First Christian church society is in court with a petition to sell certain real estate on South Tenth street. Gran Ensign has appealed from the de- cision of Justice Cochrane gi John Lapache judgment for costs, for a valise lost by one of drivers, William H. Martn, who was m d at Swanton, Vt., in 1876, asks for a di- voree from his wife Carrie, on the ground of desertion. Tho ownership of the black horse driven by Robert J. Moore will have to %o determined by Judge Pound, an ap- }ml having been taken from Justice rown's court, Sheriff Melick and the Richards Bros. are the contestants, BRIEF MENTION, The supreme court made but one de- cision yesterday, and retired for consulta- tion preparatory to taking an adjourn- ment to Tuesday noxt. The case decided was from Saline county and involved the right of county comnussioners to employ an agent 10 purchase supplies after having rejected all bids made in response to an advert ment inviting proposals The court held that the commissioners haye the 1 right to reject all bids, but whe: B0 must at once readvertise for b and cannot in such event purchase the iugplius ceded in any other . Late Hebron on a semi-busin, Mrs. Tillie May h m place, at th stroets, 5 llh\ having dec New Orle Lyman yest old couplix M 1, tolegraphed rday for the Lyv rded tie Thurston John Wet malker, Crock fa finish, ne to decide of $0. hirness Mayne, w Stevens sht with bare tists to Sunday afternoon, ol und ‘win_a staké ed off the ol g he Lancoln wan earr “honors The “Mikado” ball of U.R. K. of I". No. 1 takes place at the Metropolitan rink to- uiEht. ! aster Hanway of Wilber, a man famous in the east in anti-bellum days as a defiant opponent of the fugitive sl law, was a visitor in_Lincoln yesterday. “The sheep feedors are begiuning to start their muttons to market. Haas, who ha & h S Mitchell ome 2,000 fat wethers, ped 800 to Chicago yesterday. [ Glase and Counselior Magoon went to Omaha yesterday, bearing numerous letters of introduction to leading re dents of the metropolis Judge Brower has signed the decree ordering the Brighton Ranch comps to remove the fences from their range in Northwestern Nebraska. 1 Allyn the manager of the company, when Lincoln last December, id that they had even made arrangs s to locate in Wyoming, anil were moving their cattle ssible. Judge Brewer's order © been anticipated, Dietz ot Op i« in Lincoln making arrangements to_locate a I lumber’ yard, of which Victor White ‘of Chicago ‘will be the resident manager I'he charge of obtaining money under false pretenses made in Justice Brown's court by William Q. Bell against John Daniels, was dropped yesterday on the defendant returning the $55 in dispute and paying the costs STATE ARRIVALS ) r Syracuse: T, oint; Frank Ransom, Ho I» sh, North Bonner, West Point; A. ladison; Angus McDonald, Hast- A. Master, v ;. Mr.and Mrs. Lew Robertson, Excter; Clinton N, Powell, Arthur 8. Potter and W, F. Gur- ley, Omaha. R —— SHERIDAN COUNTY'S BOOM. Breaking Land in the Northwest F nd Prospects. Mr, well-known resident of this city, in conversation with a Bre man erday, remarked that it would be great benefit to those desirous of settling in the northwest if the papers would state how the on was opening wp in that section of the count “I had a_letter from continued Mr. Green, ** of Sheridan county, of which the town of Gordon is the capital. His name is J. B. O'Neill, and he resides hout twelve milesnorth of the town. He that settlers began to break up prairie on the 9th of Febru nd prospects are excellent for ‘grand crops. The soil is fertile and the county is being settled rapidly, but there is abundance of room for new comers if they The town of Gor don is growing rapidly, with the pros pects of another railroad, the farms are being improved, and i county will open the season with a grand booni. That is the country for farmers just now, and no mistake." Uriah be new Brevities. mith-Lowry dry goods case isin progress in Lincoln “to-day. number of witnes including Miller, Luther Drake and C. W. Hamil- ton went down yesterday morning. Licut. Corcoran, of the Seventh infant- ry, stationed at Fort Laramic, passed through the city on his way to his post, returning from a leave of absence. The John M. Thurston Hose Co. will leave Byron Clark’s place, No. 1517 Far- m St, to-night at for New Orleans to attend the national firemen's tournament, band of music will also attend the boys to the depot. The Parnell Social club will give one of their nsual brilliant entertainments at Cunningham’s hall, Fifteenth and Jack- son street this (Friday) evening, The members of the club will utili experience to make It enjoyable for their guests. The boys William, George and Ben Jones, Charles Gillian and George Mey- ors, who were suspected of breaking into the house of Martin Sorenson of South Omaha, upon being examined in Justice Anderson’s court, were discharged. 1t Was proven that they had no hand in the crime, but were simply witnesses. There will be a course of three lectures given in the Seward street M. E. church commencing March 1. Rev. A. P. Mead will deliver the first on his popular sub- ect, ‘‘Romance of the Pulpit;’ Rev. T. ", Clark, the pilgrim preacher of Elmira, N. Y. ‘the sccond, March 5 on his “Travels Through China and Japan.” Those who had the pleasure of listening to him last year in the First M. E. church will doubtless be glad of the opportunity to do so again. Rev. J. S, Detwiler, pastor of the Kountz Memorial church of this city, will deliver the third, March 11, on the interesting subject of “Going to' Housekeeping.” The Juvenile Daily Record in speaking of the first lecture, by Rev. Mend. “It was one of the richest treats of the season.” These gen- tlemen are all highly endorsed by the press and pulpit throughout the country and as the money to bederived from these lectures is for the benefit of the churcl there will no doubt be agood attendance. Comedy of Errors. The second performance of the Com- ody of Errors last night by Robson and Crane was greeted by a Iul‘ house at the Boyd. The company repeated the excel- lent performance of the night before to the great satisfaction of all, Lodge Notice. The Lifchoat Lodge No.150, L. O. G.T., meets in the Yurlors of the Saunders street Presbyterian church each Friday evoning at 7:80 o'clock, All members of the order are oonnnlli' invited to attend. J.C.TavLor, W.C. T\ e L NO FUR ON HIS COLLAR. Passing Peter at the Golden Gate, Chieago Rambler: St. Peter 1S superintenaing the placing of a mnew hinge on the Golden Gates when a hard- g citizen came up and usked is his ard would be recognized. “Um,I don’t know," drawled St. Peter, “Is there anything down.on the books aguinst you?'' “I'm “afraid there is," answered the new arrival despondently, ‘‘Fact was an easy-going sort of chap, casily led into evil ways. Lkilled my grandfather with an ax for one thing. “That's bad,” exclaimed the Saint, re- provingly. “Yes, 1 know it was ha: always impulsive and easily 5 Then—I don't recollect exactly—but scems to me I robbed a nk once and caused at inconvenience de- positors. “Dear me! that was yery thoughtless of you, my friend.” “I know it—I realize it now; but you see, 1 didu't think; and then—then ‘my wife died suddenly of hereditary tooth- ache complicated” with acute poison in her coffee. Some one saw me put the poison in the coffee and thought that I did it with malice aforethought.” ‘Singular!” Very. Oh, I almost forgor to tell ED“ I used to swear and drink” abominably. My reputation was far from good. I nev ould understand it.”” i ory sud,” suid the keoper of y. “I'm afraid we shall k you to try some other there no estenuating be obliged hotel. Bur wi circumstancos? “Tdon't know, really. I'll tell you one thing that you might consider ofl-set to my hitle peculiarities; let me whisper it. I never wore s collar nor fur cufls on my ulstor.” A genial swmiled warmed St. Petor’ ng;u‘ni cmmt:enuum us nv“.»:n]nll biandl, “My dear boy, u're all vight thon, \\'ulfi y:?lgllt in. Gabriel! 1, give the gentleman onc of those silver-plated harps and show him a front seat. He's a curiosity ." ALL ALONG THE RAILROADS Phil Armour Tells the True Reason for High Dressed Beof Rates. HE BLESSES THE GRAND TRUNK In the Next Breath Damns Its Fn- glish President—A Case of Cattle on the Hoof vs Cattle in the Can—The Rate War, Armcur Lashes the Trunk Lines. ClicAGo, Fob, 25.—(Speeial Telegram.]— “If there had been no Grand Trunk rail- ways,” said P, D. Armour to-day, “there wollld be no dressed beef trade in_existence now. All the trunk lines—the New York Central, Erie, Pennsylvania, and the rest of them own stock yards along thefr lines, Where the roads don't own them themselves, their officers or direetors or controlling stock- lolders_or cronies of these gentlemen own th With the trank lines interested in the stockyards, of course they wanted no dressed beef meat going east. In that way the stockyards along the lines became com- paratively worthless, Tt did not make any difference what tariff is paid, or whetner it was profitable to the road or not. These insiders to the railroads did not want any tariil on dressed beef except a prohibitory tariff, But the Grond Trunk road didn’t own any stock yards, and its dirvectors didn’t OWN any, and so we sent our business over that road. But Sir John Taylor, its English president, was over here last summer, and was wined and dined by the other trunk line officials, and finally cajoled into going into a combination againsteus. e did not understand, as the practical men on his road did, why the Pennsylvania and Erie and New York Central were se anxious about this dressed beef. Hewas so handsomely. treated that he good naturedly fell into the schemie of the railroad officiais hostile to us, ““Thetrunk lines have, of course, neveropenly admitted their interest in the live cattle business: but on one occasion a few years ago, wlen rates were up, Tim Eastman, a cattleman of the New York Central and one of the cattle kings, said: ‘Lf you will ston your dressed beef at Albany you can have what rates you want; you can even have the New England states if you will only keep away from the seaboard.” 1 h B0 in terest there at that time, for my houses at the east were not built then; but Swift refused the proposition. Since we refused to divide up the territory to the live cattle king and to leaye them undisturbed atthe east, there has been war made on us by the rilvoads. If the dressed beef men at Chicago would consent to divide up the terri- tory with the live cattle men, and would promise to leave these insiders in quiet con- trol of the fat things they have, there would be no trouble. Because we won’t, the rail- road officials are doing their utmost to pro- tect from competition themselves and such of their side-partners as happen to own stock vards or to be in the played out business of shipping cattle on the hoof.” The Overland Rate light. SAN Fraxcisco, Feb, 25.—Much excite- ment was created in railroad cirel s to-day by the announcement that the Atlantic & Pacific, in connection with the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, Chieago & Alton and Pennsylvania Central railroads, had reduced the price_of limited tickets to-day to N York to $50. The time within which can be used is ten days. This rat mediately met by all the other agents, Limited fickets to Chicago for a cut and were redu limited and third class ticks terday. The Atlantic & Pacific from selling unlimited tickets Tate Much complaint is being mas agents of e rn lines concerning the sale of unlimited tickets at cut rates. All urge the vithdrawal of such tickets from sale. The of limited tickets to-d was reported very lively. All the trunk’ lines between Chicago and New York have followed the Pennsylvania Central into the fight which the latter company entered upon to-day, ToPEKA, Kan., Feb. 25.—Various indica- tions here show that the war resulting from the breaking up of the Transcontinental asso- ciation is more virulent than ever. The probabilities are that rates to the Pacific coast, at (l?' the Santa Fe route, will be much I¢ they are higher. Travel has considerably fallen off on all the lines in anticipation of this result, and it is not pos- sible to say when the lowest point will be reached on Pacific coast business. The Obstinate Milwaukee. MiN rors, Feb. 25.—The railroad com- missioners, Murdock and Baker, by invita- tion, addressed the Minnesota Farmers al- liance to-day. General Baker said that only one rond—the Milwaukee—has opposed the law with regard to placing flat warchouses alongits line. Wehave told them now th ime, said, that unless they wi in a reasonabl ccode to the require- ments of the law, will bring suit against them. The last conference was only yester- day, and w d the representatives ‘of the road that the discussion was now atan end. Commissioner Murdock, inquiry, said that the commission changed its mind on the matter of farmers rain_before marketing it. ed it impracticable ~ for Minn Il o clean their own grain, In Minnesota we have the most diflicul problem to be found in any state. In Massa- chusetts, all the roads lead to Boston, in New York to New York city, in Illinois to Chi- cago. The people are agreed where the traflic shall But our roads were all built in the nm-l: t of Chicago. They are inter-state roads. ——————— A FRENCH SBENSATION. A Soldier Fires a Revolver in the Chamber of Deputies. Panis, Feb. 25.—A new kind of sensation was made in the chamber of deputies this af- ternoon. A strange man in oneof the gal- les arose excitedly, drew a revolver and fived it twice with a downward aim 2nd then coolly threw & letter towards Clemanceau. The man was quickly seized and hurried out by the police. When the excitement had sub sided a flattened bullet was found at the feet of the president of the chamber. The prisoner said he was a soldier who lad been 50 illtreated by his superiors and ignored by the officers of justice that he re- sarted to the desperate expedient of creating a sensation in the chamber of deputies in order to secure attention to his gi ‘The prisoner gave his name as Poierere, said he was an officer in the French army. He asserted that the letter which he threw towards Clemenceau contained an offer to give to the T)\‘urnml’nl the names of the be- trayers of Metz. e Gen. Crook and the Apaches. EL Paso, Tex., Feb. 25,—Word has just been received here of a meeting between Gen, Crook and Geronimo at Long Ranch, seventy-eight miles southwest of Deming, day yesterday. It states the chief and five bucks 1 a consultation and asked permission to return to the reservation peaceably. Crook refused,demanding unconditional s nder, rouimo refused to give himself up and alter consultation, left for his camp, keeping the white flag ilying for ten wiles or more, Chief Nana and others are still he b azes. Geronimo is veported as having ninety bucks, besides women and children, with him. Noattempt was made to follow him, l“ill;;‘ is not known what his wmovements will be, Collusion of Monopolies. Philadelphia Record. In the heighth of the telephone contro- versy, which is now subsiding, a good many persons expressed surprise in dis- covering so close a resemblance in the methods of the Bell company with those of Jay Gould when this monarch of mon- opoly sceks to mislead public opinion The apparent oxplanation of this mys- tery is found iu the opinion of Secretary Lamar wutliorizing the institution of & suit of the government against the Bell | Telephone company. In this opinion Secretary Lamar -gives the compact made between the Western Union and and the Bell Telephone companies on the 10th of November, 1879, and running to November 1, 1806, This compact, which 1s drawn with consummate skill and care, stipulates that the Bell Télephone company shall pay a royalty of 20 per cent to the West- ernn Union on all telephone receipts after | 80 per cent has been deducted from the receipts for commissions and ¢ <venses. The rent of a telephone instrument is $14 a year, although the manufacturing cost is” & After deducting 80 per cent from the $14, the royalty of the Wes Unjon on each instrument is §1.96. imated _that under this cont n Union has already drawn £1,500,000 in royaltics. As this agreement i to run for ten years, the interest of the Western nopoly in maintaining the the Bell telephone manifest While the Bell monopoly ssal of the Western Union. The Bell company further stipulates that so far as i be legally and prop- crly done the company will not permit the sending of ordinary business di patches, market reports, or news for sale or publication, over its lines or the com- panies connected with it, or license the use of its telepones and patents for such purposes, when competition would thus be made with the Western Union Tele- saph company and the Gold and § Telegraph company. In order to fully lude the competition of the telephone with the te ph it is further stipulated that private lines shall not _be more than twenty-tive miles long, and shall not used at each end by more than two pes sons or firms. The Western Union requires the Bell Telephone comy send all di K:\n'l\w which_ it rec through the Western Union line un customer otherwise objects. The collusion of the two monopolies explains why the telephone business is so much obstricted and why reports by tel- | ephone are not sent to greater disiances, 1t has been demonstrated that by means of a certain instrument and a i Kind of wire tolephone communication can be made between Philadelphia and Chicago, or even a greater distance. But this would interfere with the profits of the Western Union, and monopoly ac- cordingly forbids it. The Bell Telerhone company controls the telephone business and the Western Union monopoly con- trols the Bell Telephone. Behid them both stands y Gould. What was at induced the Bell Tel- ephone company to make such extraordi- ry concessions to the Western Union s are witnessed in this compact? Was y fear that the Western Union s great power would contest the validity of the Bell patents? By the compact with the Western Union a dan- gerous enemy is converted into a_defend- er of the patents and a large sharer in the enormous profits that are extorted from the public. It! s the voice of the Western Union’ monopoly that is heard above the voice of its Bell Telephone ve against the smit of the government. It is the Western Union monopoly that inspired most ofi the denunciations of the rnment officials who were guilty of stock in another com tion ofi the two monopoli shows how difficult is the task wiich the government has undertaken in the pend- ing suits to test the ‘validity of the Bell patents. -~ PLUG HORSES MADE NEW. It Can Not Be Done So an Expert Will be Fobled—Equines With Fits, ago News: “I haven't much sym- y one who gets cheated in orse deal,” said a well known liveryr yesterday. *“It is only these smart Alc who think they know it all that get No expert can be fooled.” “How do horse sharks fix up a 15 old plug until he looks like a 2-ye: colt?”’ ““That’s all nonsense, it can’t be done. The greenest man in town can s be fooled In that way. Of course, the pearance of a_horse can be improved, You take an old, hard-worked horse and his coat will be Tough and his general appearance anything but sleek. You take that horse and blanket him, feed him and groom him well, and in a'week or so he will look 50 per cent better, al- though he is not a bit better horse than before. “T'hen to hide a horse’s age, h filed, If he is wind-brol he is dosed with shot. That will make his breath easier for a time, but in the long long run makes him much worse. If a horse has the heaves from eating musty hay the best thing to do is to sell him at once, for he never can be cured. 1f he is fed on bran or corn-fodder for awhile his condition will improve, but as soon you give him hay again the heaves appear worse than éver. As I said before, no expert can be fooled for a minute by any of these schemes, and any one whp buys a horse without consulting & man who understands the animal deserves to get left. ““There is one thing that will fool any expert that ever lived, although it doosn't often occur, and that is a_horse that 158 subject to fits. He may be young and sound and a good traveler. He may not have had a fit for a weekor two atatime, and yet some day he will lny down in the shafis and act for all the world like a man afll ilipsy. ‘Lhat is the only way that I ever heard of fooling a horse expert.” Chi athy teeth e He Hadn't Been at Gettysburg, Detroit Free Press: *‘No, I didn’t lose leg in the war,'” ranmt a stranger vesterday as he leaned up :qfuimn the cold wall of the postoflice. T used to claim that my leg was shot off” at the battle of Antietam, but one day some- thing happened to ure me of Iying. 1 was stumping along the highway in Ohio and ""\"""‘ at a fine house to beg for dinner.’ “Where did you lose that leg ¢” asked the woman. “At Gettyshurg,” +8it down till Peall my husband.” He came in from the , and T was asked whoere my vegiment was stationed in the battle 3 “In the cemetery,” I replied. 0! Well, my son Bill was in the etery. I'll call him in."" *Bill soon came in, and he wanted to know what particplay gravestone I took shelter behind. T sail it was a Scotch granite monument, 10! grunted Bill, my brother Rob wa behind just such w stonc and L1l call him ) cem- “Bob eame i, and he swore a mighty oath that he was there alone. He sort o’ pre-empted that monnment, and remem- hered the inscriptlon to a 'word. How- ¢ he gave me the benefit of a doubt, name the company and regiment. : “:Company B, Fiftn Ohio,” T promptly ans . ‘0! Brother Jim was in thatcompany. T'll eall him in.” took a square look at ed: “‘Stranger, our regiment wasn't within 200 miles of Gettysburg during the war!” 1 said Twenty-fiftht Of course the 3 not there.’’ O! I'll call in my brother Aaron. He in the Twenty-fifth." ron came in and god liar. 1 wa: i over the e 1nto the road 'l‘fi'«) e s war ness down so fine that” you can't a.playing roots on the couniry no 3 and the Dest is to own right up_ that you got drunk and got in the way of & oeo wotive." led me a wood- 'COUNCIL BLUFFS, ADDITIONAL CITY NEWS, Who Knows the Dead Man? On Wednesday night at Des Moines a stranger was killed by the cars, and from some papers found upon him it seoms that he must have some acquaintances at least here. The Register gives the fol- Towing details: 1 vening about 9 o'cloek a Mr. S i an on the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific railroad, dis the almost lifeloss body of a ma on the railroad track between and Thirteenth streets. The body mangled and the man helpless, The p trol wagon was brought and the unfor. tunate stranger on the city building. Dr. Worden, physt cian, was alled, but there was no hope for the man. His left shoulder was broken, his left hip was erushed and the body lacerated, and the right leg cut off immediately the ankle, 10 o’clock he died. anie Heinrich Jorran, e of ANOVe! Ge; , where he has a wife and th n now living. He had been in this country a year and three month ¢ is 0 carpenter by trade, and 40 ye old. He could make no s ment ws to vhere he was from, but had been on a i 1 day and the night previous, me from the west smembered to have slipped from the train while it was moving. Itwas evident that the man was on the stock train which came in on the Re Il 7:30 o'clock, ned about that time. He was an in I looking G of medium right and with of a brown color. Coroner Grifiin w and o consisting of_George Keenhold, ample and W. P, 1 1. On his s of exemption from army duty, in which it w ated that he was born at Ralfson in 1843, In a small book he kept a memorandum of his_travels west- ward through Chicago and to Council Blu from which place he was on his way back again. The body was turned over to the undertaker last night, and the inquest was adjourned until 7:30 this eyening to take further evidence. A Valuable Addition to the City. It has only been a fow y i it was almost impossible to gt y work at ~.l done in this city, but Coun Blufls can now claim one of the finest laundries in this part of the west. Refer- ence is made to the Council Blufis Steam Laundry, No. 724 Broadway, of which A. C. Larson is the proprictor. Mr. son is one of those enterprising ci who is continually moving forward, and when not engaged in building is hunting up new and improved machinery for his laundry. He has lately add; r of valuable machines and cured the s who is an gentleman _in the Taundry business, having been trained in the best laundries in the east. In conversation yesterday with Mr. Stahlnecker the Be man learned that with the fa >s that the Council Blufls ynow have he, as man- pects to turn out superior laun- to any laundry in this part of , and work that he will compare 'y in the Umted States. :&; man remarked that some laun- es in the east turned out some fine work, to which Mr. S. replied that they have all the improved machinery that these eastern 1 es have, and that with his experi this line all that he asks is a trial, s0 that an opportunity muy be had of convineing the veople of the truth of his assertions, and in conclu- sion he stated t he was going to ex- tend the busine: s to be able to at- tend to theirincreasing out of town trade with more promptness than in the past. Personal Paragraphs. o Alex. Malmrose came in yesterday off he road. 'W. Stull, of Lincoln, Neb.. was in the city yesterday. H. W. Haydock, of St. Louis, was at the Ogden yesterday. F. J. Day rejoices in the arrival of a nine-pound girl baby. Jobn Farson and wife, of Chicago, are in the city visiting friends. ingle, of the firm of Kringle Wisner, lowa, was among the wel- callers at the BEE office. H. N. Webb, son-in-law of W, L. Biggs, o r a fow days with his wife and just returned from an east- ern trip, and about to go to his Denver home, County Superintendent ng the callers at the Beg 7. He reports the as getting along nice. work is so extensive that it keeps a super- intendent busy all the time, There are fifty more schools in this county than any other cuum?' in the There are 310 teachers to look after, besides correspond- ence and varions office work., Mr. Laird finds it tal all his time. Salvation Army Coming. Mr. Dohany told a BEE a few days ago that the Salvation army were negotiating for the use of his old opera house. The arrangements have been completed and on Sunday afternoon next the show opens. ird was Alta Californian: The dancing floor wascrowded with the oddest, perhaps the funniest, and certainly the most motly gathering the reporfer had ever seen. Most of the, men wore the plain gray uniforin furnished the poorer pa- tients, but some were dressed in the height of fashion. These latter what are called “pay patients. women were clad in neat calico dres of some dark pattern, though there were not a few very handsomely atticed. One and all, however, were covered all over with pieces of bright-colored ribbons. and gaudy flowers, and wreaths and Shaniot ol the. lator hona abot the n anml crowned the locks of all who had been able to procure them. The fair sex coquettishly fluttered funs cut from pusteboard, and one of them, who i ined she was a gqueen, wore a monst own of the sume plebeia mate Each of the men seemed to have his es- pecial “‘girl,” and anyone who desird dance with her must i permis- sion or trouble would he men and women woeuld f y on each side of the room before the ces were called, and when the wl sounded the former would rush forward to choose their partners, Some were extremely and ridienlously polite and” would *request the honor'” with the courtlicst of bow and a ska ink smile grasped firmly be- tw oth, while others w 1d would grab their part and run them upon the floor without as much as saying by your leave.” The dances and illes were g wonderf kings and queens would vie with the commonest “cranks’ i bserving the most sting and etiquette. the sawe stug couple would be waltzing in one corner, an Irish jig would be performed in another, and perbapsin the center of the floor would be three or four more i dulging in a regular plants break- down, in a somewhat modifi Suddenly one of the men would assume the dutics of the attendant, who acted floor manager, and would -en call out the Then he in turn would be superseded by another. It was ¢ that each . and- every one en- 1 joyed themselves to the utmost. the strangers wete caught sight of sov- eral of both sexes “ortwl around and asked to be remembered to their friends. They said they were all right and ex- peeted soon to be out again. Shortly after this, when a dance was called ong dudish-atti individual am d torward with the gait of a Mikado “yum yum,” | and dropped on his knees before one of the tair Tadios, st in & very gallant manner requested her hand for the dance. Meeting with ppeated the same performance twic ore he gavo up. About 10 o'clock the party broke up and the “lovers” bade each other affec- | tionate farewells, with repeated injunc- tions to not fasl to be present at the next | social. Mang attendants were present during the entire evening, and when a patient became too hoisterons or some what troublesome he was immediately locked up. As a punishment, and like: wise as an inducement foi future good | behavior, this refractory patient would | not be allowed to attend the next ball. - SIR HENRY LAWRENCE. A Sketeh mond! of the Celebrated Hero of Lucknow. Sir Henry Lawrence, the de Lucknow, was one of those serve becanse they lebtor He was born ea, Ceylon, colo- brated for its amonds, and on M Lawrence’s removal to another localit {‘uly asked if she had brought any with e “Yos,” said the mother, producing her babe; “here’s my Matura diamond She W prophetie, though her son's life, while not wanting in brillinney, r sembled more the diamond which cuts or polishes than that which merely displays its “Dia- rnder of roes who truthfulness, ion nd mat, self-denial for others marked He neve by on the other side,” but always hand to man, woman, child or beast, any creature that was down, fo could deny himself even at n great cost when self-denial was demanded by another’s welfare. His father, a retived ofticer, lived on n small pension and y had but little pocket money while where cadets pr for the E: n service Foot-ball, hockey s i al to'an English_boy's b three meals a ds But” Hen indulged in them, because subser were required, and he would not as father for mor starting for ed a bundle of clothes for ady in London. On ving at the metropolis he carried the bundle, rge one, through the streets and delivered it to her. A simple deed! Yes, but one which showed the heart and pluck of the young cadet, who was not ashamed to soil his uniiform by carrying a bundle through London streets. Years after, while detending Lucknow, with a few hundred men against thou- sands of Hindoos who had joined the mu- tiny, a_shell exploded in’ his room. A sheet of flame, « terrific report and dense ere followed by his low voice ing, helplessly, *I am killed.” T lingered two ¢ his mind intent i i . Minute directions essor as to the de- fense of the place, with the orders “never to give in.” ~ Ho bade those about him to remember the vanity of ambition and to i be on his tomb: ‘“Here lies Henry awrence, who tried to do his d May the Lord have merey on his soul, So few w the defenders and so t that every one should t that only four priv o spared to bury him. As ere_about to carry off the dead of them turned down the sheet which covered Sir Henr, and. amu]»in;: over, reverentl his fore- head. His comrades Kkissed their beloved chief and then, amid the plung- ing of shot and shell, laid him to rest. be at his A Little Money Goes a Long Way. American Merchant: A little money sometimes goes n way. Asan il- lustration of this read the following, founded upon an incident which is said to have really oceurred: hto B; B owed $20 to C; C D; D owed $30 to E; E owed $12.50 to F; F owed $10 to A, Allof them were seated at the same table. Ahaving a §5 note handed it to B, re- marking that it paid §5 of the $15 he B passed the note to C,with the remark that it 5 of the $20 which he owed. C passed the note to D, and paid with it $5 of the $15 he owed D). . D handed'it to E, m part payment of the $30 owed him, E gave it to F,to apply on account of the $12.50 due him. ¥ it back to A, s f of the nmount I ow A again passed it to B, say only you $5.” B passed it again to €, ““T'his reduces my indebte $10. C again passe debtedness to $5. D paid it over to E,saying, “I now owe you $20. E handed it again to F., saying, ““This reduces my indebtedness to you to 50 Again F. handed the note to A, saying, “Now, I don’t owe you anything.” A passed it immediately to B, thus canceling the balance of “his indebted- iing, “This you.”’ ng, “Inow ith the remark, ness to you to L it to D, reducing his in- nes: B handed it to C, reducing his indeted- ness to §5. D paid it again to B, saying, “Inow owe you $15." Then E remarked to F, “If you will give me $2.50 this will settle my indeted- ness to you.” T took §#.50 from his pccket, handed it to K, and, returned the $5 note to his pocket, and thus the spell was broken, the single $5 note having paid $82.50,and canceled A's debt to 13, C's debt to D, E's debt to F, and F’s debt to A, and at the same time having reduced B's debt to C from $20 to $5, and D’s debt to £ from’$30 to §15. Moral—*‘Here u little and the: tle,” | to pay off larg Money circulates from hand to hand and business moves. Pay your debt—i if you can, and if you éan not piy someth What helps ‘one helps another, and so the round is made. Sayings of Gen, Hancocl, Public office is a trust, not a bounty be- stowed upon the holder; no incompetent or. honest person should be entrusted with it, 1t 18 a vital principle in our system that neithor fraud or forco must bo allowed the rights of the people jonet is not a fit instrament for ollecting the votes of freemen, All clusses of our people must share alike the blessings of the Union and are equally concerned in its perpetuity and in_the proper administration of public aflairs, The great principles of Amc erty arc still the lawful inh this people and ever should by The right of trial by jury, corpus, the liberty of the b dom of speech, the natura sons and the rights of property must be preserved Woe be to us whenever it shall pass that the power of the magistrate— ciyil or 3 permitted to deal with the mere obinions or feelings of the people Power may destroy the forms but not the principles of justice; these will live in spite even of the sword. ‘0 In- army should have nothing to do When | | State: other lin riority enjoyed by the patrons of tweon Omaha and C day of DA I ACE SLEEPING CARS, " which comfort and cloguuce. ROOM CA ly celobruted PALA' équal of which cinot be found clsowhere, natl, Ningara Capital, Surplus, - the prosidents. The commauding general in the uwl with ion . or uguration of charge of the trust reposed in him will. maintain the just power of the judiciary and is unwilling to permit _the civil aus thorities to be emb: sed by military interference. 1t is of evil example and full of danger to the cause of freedom and good ernment that the ¢ tribunals against the o when the state government ishment of offenders, power uple for the vu! ¥ nstitutions, while they are essens 5 t the prosperity and happiness i the people, always furnish the strongest s 3 inducements to peace and order — The Jury Out. The trial of Campbell for highway robs bery was finished in the district conrd’ yesterday afternoon and the case given 1o the jury had failed to agree on a ve lict. 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