Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 25, 1886, Page 8

i st Qi S THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, MAY 25 PICK-UPS ABOUT THE CITY, The Ruhle Oase Sull a Myst‘ ry—A Detoc- A Ah Say in Omaha—The DROWNING tive Talks. BOY Jounterfeiter Bound Over — German Gas in the Govern Buliding—-Other Local. The There are no new ntity of the murde the id; of Chi stophc aro working up s which have been prolific of any results Murder Mystery. developments as to ror murderers ot Ruhle. The authorities al clues, none of angible Governor Dawes has failed to offer his $200 reward however, hs by subscrip the arrest guilty partics will make the through. tho approhon party or parties who mu Judge Stenberg, 18 Irendy 1 1 §500 tion, to be given for and conviction of the He aunounces that he s amount $1,000 before he i which has iption, for sion and conviction of the lered Ruhle, well known local detective explained to a BEE report impossible to detective worl ested partics portion of the the expenses of w not willing tc devote thel solute e work the the detectiv some money Purposes, anc case should by would be nee cial condition of of money con in communicating by old er n the ward, howe as it offers an to persons wh the crime, to range to get in the retained ;nom-y, no thy be done. ikel u: x.dl\ gets day and exp He stated that thy nner less a competent detective is reguls and furnished with nec s that it would be next to et thorough and system: Kon the ease 1 nless int would arrange to have money-—: of the wor liatever detc fessional detecti rds alone, and they spend their own funds time without an inty of success. Rihle case vroperl explained, would reqni for “shadow” and othe 1 as several branches of th ¢ worked simultancously it 0 for the detective to two. If it should be ¢ into the exact finan- {uhl(-. a small amount 1d be used ad ously ble with his rel country. A large 1 a good Thing, t or templation l\nu\\lml'n induceme ho may o give it price for their information, rd in the case in question, ive, “although ofte , but uu Just orough detective wor A man in my ).mh-“mn rom five to ten dollars per cnses when employed and an” agreed sum is advanced him on the ‘start to use expenses, “*f believe the Ruble ease could be suc: cessfully worl pract {o put in my cess, dertake the w which will arise, out, o Were the of overation a and tlfese worked or “run out,” teail would murderer of I justice.” uflicient confidency d, and although I do not ice of wor| Y in my ubili time contingent upon su but am not able ordisposed to un- ork and pay the expe ny own poc (‘:nulull\ slanned, a line id out bused on each clue he right ost likely be struck and the Ruhle finally be brought to A BRACE OF PLAYS, Both n German One at the Sradt, the Other at the Boyd. The summe: opencd yester r theatre at the Stadt was day for the fivst Jtime, the company appearing in the comedy “Locke Zeisige” before a large audi- ence. The play consisted of and afforded excellent opportunity tothe company f‘""" thems n both subject and con such as migh at this place to distin- It was light and air truction, just od on a night t be appre in May almost rm a8 one would be in July. The greater part of the work was dono by Mrs, Bul is and Mr. Horsky and Eli ux s, the end of the and acted in medley of popular a adapting her ings sl 1S ly applanded. Mrs, Puls’ great o Tort at > fourth act where she sang a captivating manner, a s and subjects, h of the call- Au tion to illustrating. SkLe was warm- At the close of the next act she was rapturously encored. My, Bauries’ made gelikes” und provoked almost imce lmwhlur by both his featares ery. Theoth e: rios, wel The new comed Koening," w. house :,u.u-nl largest that hi of German p! s than elevs during the ev bétween Hartzheim, chin, and the ~ cntel The these pic and instruc i v ties moving quic! “The Iatest picee of air, dered in an Hollstette Lena Schmit. gecond chary it one of tirst company same pli TO ME Ab Say in an Among the the oflice of G yesterday w apades and pran » admirably interpreted. ¥ ed twenty tions from Lecocq, Missud, withexcellent g jeco abounded in Miss moven g with . Iewill L ance hurun- the fall se most entertaining K it and deliv- or features of the play, the of the two Lotha- THE BOYD, , the *“Der Waltzer s presented at the opera ay. The audience was the a8 thus attend series The ore tra num- , and rendered selee- Wheeler, Suppe and t'skill. The ic voceal en of them being rendered ening. These were divided Hoflstetter, and Mes: Sclig, Va couduced gre nment of the of n a audience. all with the ws’ was ren- ble manncr by Miss ng of the piece w reputation which all now well-known to sustained, One of the ne was the work of Mi who, thongh cast for a ‘ter, sucecedod in making mportance. This excellent ain next Sun at the ppear- y in's |u|u( admir The s the ET THE CONSUL. llnu\hnAlhnluny Notes 1 Personals, visitors who pressed into ieneral Manager Callaway inaman, Ah S as a Cl who enjoys the distinetion of being fore- man of the mines at Rock 8 dried up gentlen which remind the face of a is very and inflienti trymen, He rutlrmg Chinese consul, to Ban I'r urr ve here to-mo “There a the Rock S gonyersation of these are uiet there now, aud no trouble mted. “Are Evanstont” “None at al work there.” telligent, and guite popular there any Chi Chinese gang in the conl ings. e is asmall, an, wuh a smile or grin Is one Of the expression on pilgnu idol. Nevertnel among his fellow coun- ame to Omala to meet the ho is on his o, and is expected to ¢ ranci now ngs mines with a repor Chinamen. Ah Say in “and 400 thing is is antici- se miners at 1l They are not nllf;\vul to “h ll true that the Chinese government 1s got to demand a hea indemnity l‘he hinamen killed iu ‘the viots of L “About that,” “1 ean toll ‘you nothin, ,sbo:t itinm 5 NOT! bu *l’kln lul‘llul Ah 8 Nothing hus been said y presence ES AND PERSONALS. rnsdortl, the efheient iy freight departient of the SAVED. | Union Pacific, i< at his desk after a week's | rest. A report was rec headquarters g effect th ived at Uhion Pacific sterday to the miners at | Almy hs Snn on account of agreement ~ with | the foreman abont the manner in_ which the mining was to be done. Most of them, however, returned to work yester- hen the P. trains become late at Grand Island on thei ton to “‘eut” them in endeavor to 1 up for delays by extra gpeed between that point and th I'he distance from that city to this place is 153 miies, and with its stops requires yout seven hours to travel over it. Last aturday however, it was covered in the stest lime ever made over the trip, amely three hoars and fifty minutes. umdnll'u that no less than twenty stops have to be made, itisr to be seen, the time mentioned is re- markable indeed. [t was accomplished by Engineer Larrington. Ilw( ‘ouncil Bluffs Globe of Saturday omplimentary notice © the conductor who guides during the day the destiny of the humh -Iunnn\ between this cit and Council It speaks of kindness to child and ind his attention to passengers in 1, and speaks of him' in favorable ns to which every person will sub- seribe. “DOUSE Hereafter to be the Condition of the Postoflice Gas Burners, Mr. Campbell, the custodian of the pro- perty of the government at this place, was iround the federal building yesterday with a look of eare upon his brow. He went to the marshal’s oflice and insisted that the fifty cents’ worth of gas should be, if possible, decreased. This same story was told the heads of the other of- AM fices, and the much-criticised gentlemen who manage Uncle Sam’s mails were trongly given to understand that gas should only be used when it could not be absolutely dispensed with. This orde the force claims was not required,because gasis never consumed in the oflice when positivel direct light to tl required. There is al part of the build- ing. 1tis shut off' on all sides, and times ther 50 little even of the rect as to make it almost imposs see the inscriptions upon the packag Gas has to be used therefore, to supply the deficiency, but the department at Washington scems to think much of the bill for it could be saved. The clerks are now act g violence themselves as to their eyes by endeavoring to get along “with “out light so little only as to hardl to dispel one-third the gloom. This small- ness of the government has been inereas- ing for some time back. It started out depriving Mr. Cs 1 of his 114\|rul\, i janitor. Mr. Camp- will not_haye long to sub- 1ces of the letters lie is re- 1g from Washington one of which me yesterday bove mtimated, be- s 8oon to be filled by the Jordan, who, by the way, litied. FOOLISH BURGLARS. ]l‘ls not yet qu ht and Then Look for Damages. Work all The grocery store ot J. W. Lowery, 812 S. Tenth st., councilman from the first ward was desterously burglarized on Saturday night. Entrance was made through a window in the re of the res- taurant now being gotten ready to open by Ed Brennan. They then bored six holes through a door ading into the rear of Lowery's store, and inserting a hand, turned the key which wasin the lock, ana made their entrance. They turned down the gas, helped themsely a lunch of ysters, which managed to find on the sh wrenched the money drawer from the counter, and ~ then went for the safe. Mr. Lowery never locks his safe, because he ps in it nothing that he knows to be of \l\]lli‘ The burglars did not scem to know this fact, and after boring for several hours, found the safe was not locked, and with disgust aban- doned the scheme. There wore some pennies in the drawer and Lturd; night Mr. Lowery had put about §23 gold and_silver’ into_ it, but, by some lappy aceident, the th failed to dis- cover the fact. ———— The Count: ter Arraigned. acob Runkles, the counterfeiter was arrested . Saturdav, before United e who was arraigned Commissioner An- derson yesterday at 2 o'clock. His wife was present. After a short prelimi- nary examination, Commissioner Ander- son decided to hold the prisoner to the federal court in bonds of §1,000. SO ean’t furnish that amount, Judge,” said the prisone; “Very well, then, you will have to go to jail,” returned Commissioncer Ander- son, “But T can give you security for my appearanc , Lsupposey” sir," rephied Runkles, “it will he a g.mnl deal better money than that you accuse me of making.” The commissioner decided that he must haye 1,000 bonds and as Runkles was unable to furnish the amount he was taken to the county juil. 500 in cash as United States District Court, Judge Dundy has now been il for a week and unable to attend court, Leg- nard, the weaithy Chicagoan who was found guilty of fraud in the purchase of lands from the government, was to have been here this morning to be sentenced for his erime, It was thought. however, as he had notappeared up te had been apprised of the tion, and told to rems ||| until further He has alr his doom, 10- ly been here twico io but each time some receiy 2 transpired to enable him to go un- hed. Some ot the people playfully rk around the building that this lity may conduce to the man's get- ting a certificate of good charac e caso of Burr, ch with con- tempt of court in the maticr of Zimmer- 1, the escaped murderer, will come up ¢ the supreme court at Lincoln to- A Reception Party, A largely attended and very pleasant reception wuas given on Saturday even- ing at the residence of L. C. Redlicld, to Mr. and M W. 8. Redtield, who were marvied recently at Huason, Michi Awong the many presents received were the following Iver salt castor, Jen- Redfield card veciver, Mr, nml . Longpr pair of vases, er r and sugar spnun, Mr. and MH J \\' Markell; set of silver knives and forks, C. L. Redfield; st of cut glass dish My, and Mrs. Bax case from k’lumasl ter, Mami syrup dish, 1 h, from the s and silver om his father and mother. llm evening passed oft’ pleasantly and will Bo 10kad back 10 wWith mibasare by all who were so fortunate as 10 be pres- ent. Sotd Mis Ticket, Isaue I Brown is the name of an im pecunious individual who, with his wife, pplied to the Law and Order league for 1. He was on his way home from the | west, and sick and sutfering and without money, was stranded here with no means of getting away. Oflicer James thought the case one which called for the exer- | cise of charity, and accordingly bought | the husband” and wife ets to their | home in La Porte, I na, and gave them $5 for \he incider expenses of the trip. Brown rewarded this kindness by skipping out and deserting his wife after selling his ticket and taking half o the money. His wife. however, wined not to give up the innnu-» , and went on her way unaccompanied by her ;irr weeless husband 'he next l\nw Ju buys ticket for a he will see to it that the rd the train. Penman's Inquest. The ner's jury was duly empan- nelled yesterday ‘and held an_inquest on (the remains of nes Penman, the colored fellow who Sucided on Sunday. After viewing the corpse, two witnesses were examined-— one of them Georgiana Clark and the oth Miss Austin, testified that she had met o'clock Sund after: him to take dinner, She The former Penman about 2 noon and invited eh, however, he refused to do en loaned him § with, I mising to give when she saw him un. Penman her then, and it is supposed went str: to Rogers' drug store where the num was purchased. 1 to pay his room rent him $1 more left The other witness, Miss Austin, simply testified to the former attempt which Penman had made to take his life. The atter had told her that he was tired of living and was sorry that the doctofs had pumped the poison out of him. The jury returned_a verdict of suicide. Police Court, Judge Stenberg had for yesterday and _before noon of them "had been disposed of. Out of twenty-seven “drunks” and peace distu ton were fined and the balance di e, A large number of suspi cters were arraigned, and sent up to the county jail to ser br entences. Among ion on the docket was ||ml of a young railroad clerk, who prides himself on” being a asher, Satarday evening he beeame slightly un- der the inlluence of liquor, and allicd forth to made a conquest. The first lady he met he essayed to ply his fascinating arts upon, but she wouldn't ‘‘fasci- nate'” worth a cent. He continued to fol- low her, however, until finally she be- came annoyed and had him arrest The lady was one of the oflicers of the Women's Christian Ivmn«- ce union. A Lively A curious runa on upper Farnam four cases came most “Runaway. accident oceurred street, opposite the court house, yesterday. Little & Wil- liams’ groeery wagon, attached to a pair of runaway lorses, came dashing down the hill, and before the driver could con- trol | ceds, had became wedged in between astreet ear and a lumber wagon which were toiling u’. the. apart. ] g ~I|. hill a few Tect The three vehiel with (hn of the hnl~| for a « s bespat strawler For- tunately none of the drivers of the col- liding vehicles, or the passengers in the ar were injurcd. Amatcur Sailors, The ambition of some of the members excoeds (l \\\lh of the Omaha Boat elub rather wd of advanecing their discretlon. Inst by (h-nn*m' from (ln' is shell,” glln(lomvn immed beedless of the exactions which it makes m the way of nerve, immobility and poise. It is needles: o remark thatin al- most every instance the aspiring mortal t: sa bath, The other dn, one of the gentlemen aforesaid got into 11, but the shell wi sellious, It I a’ propensity to ¢ its Keel, which it suceecded in_doing, though i occupant was compelled *‘to take a header” and ehew the soil in the bottom of the lake. His appreciation of shells now is not on the increase. The Filley Post OfficetKobbery. The apprehension of the robbers of the > at Filley in this state has been ated to the civil authorities at that The news of the robbery, by which about §15 were 1«.-.| and aregistered letter containing 3 stolen, did not reach here until ln~1n Lors Spangler and Brown had made arrangements to answe an exacting call in Cheyenne where the) wer \\UI]\H\"IHM\ er authorities of Washington were not the facts, and then the postmaster at ley advised {o use the eivil autho: there nntil the United States oflicials should be able to take hold of the matter. He Was a De A man named Fisher, as sexton in the who 15 cmplo Avenne C on- gregational church, came into yeslerd nd left a written report to the effect that he had been knocked down and robbed Sunday. going along Marney near Sixteenth street, when two men came up behind him and knocked him down. They then robbed of all the money he had #10. He isa deaf mute, and \\h n tacked could not ery out ore sistance. He is unable to ide nm 3 sailants, and there is but a scanty hope of tracing them down, To Cleave the Water. Mr. Gordon, of Collins, Gordon & K; ssterday o @beantiful four ar barge, which he will place on Cut Off Inke for s private use. Itis of ce with black walnut trimmings and weighs abonut seventy-five pounds, It is supplied with patent oar locks, and internally tin- ished in o haudsome and substantial con dition. It is sixteen feet long by three and one-half in width and presents a shapely and rapid outhne. — She was putin the water \Mln rday afternoony All Nn- 3 iencral Crook, who returned Sunday from Salt Lake City, was questioned to- day about the situation in the Mormon capital. He was inc lined to be very un- communicative sverything is quict here,” he said, id 1 ean see no signs trouble, There is no dangerofan k, and never las been. The Mormons are not fools.” When Commerc comforts to Lincoln, stop at the if you want home Krrcney, Proprictor, ou come 1 Hote oW, Bank Clearings. The report of Manager Hughes shows that the h.lnk clearings yesterday were $504,238.12 Porsonal Paragraphs. ‘\l lard returned from the east Ezra . Chas, Blackman went to Kansas lxlsl evening., iss Edith Edwards went to New York pday evening. William Wallace and family returned yesterday from Caifornia. W. L. Dickey retur yestorday from u short visit in Tope L as My, and Mrs, Leighton and Mrs. Gran gor, of Pluttsmouth, were in town yester day. My, L Jankowski and fawily have ar- rived here from Pueble, (ol., and intend to make Omaha their home. Rose L. Hammond, iof the Fremont Tribune, wmm[v-unml by his wife, in- spected the BEE office yestorday. H. C. Cheney, the gemial passenger agent of the Sioux City route, left last evening with his wife far Kansas city Mr.and Mrs, W. H. Morchouse and Miss Clara Ruth rted yesterday for the home of the latter at Boonsboro. Ia. Frank Rogers, with his bride, returned from their honeymoon and have taken up their home in Mr. Rogers’ beautiful new residence on Virgimis avenue, Mrs. Allen Armstrong, . of Cassapolis, h, 15 in the city ting friends on Hamilton street. She is on her y to join her husband near Fargo, Dakota. Messrs, Yost, Colpetzer and Hartman returned yo from Washington, in the interest of v roliof & Union Pacific \nd Mrs, ibbs, of Toledo, en route to Cheyenne, \\I'Il' yester- day guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Din- ning, of St. Mary’s avenue. Dr. G ith, of the Union Pacific medieal foree, came up Sund from sville where he had been in attend- ance upon several Union Pacitic patients at that place. John R. M hester has Iately returned from Denver, where he was engaged in the settlement for the eattle belonging to settlers which re Killed lv\ the cars of ific during the gear extend- 1, 1885, to \lu 1, 1880, warded was £6,492, Mr. D. H. Pratt has returned from Chi- cago, where he closed a contract for the agency of the Home Life Insurance com- wy for Nebraska, Montana, Wyoming v Colorado. In the control of this agenc Mr. Prait, who 1s an old and thoronghly posted isurance man, hasas- sociated with himself Mr. William An- derson, and the business will be transact- ed under the firm title of Pratt & Ander- son. the Union Py ing from M The amount A large foree of men was engaged to- day in digging the foundations for the new Paxton buil ding on the corner of Sixteenth and Farnam, George Cantield denounces as false the report that he has sold or is about to sell his interest in the Canfield honse and nmove out of town. H:declares that he has no intention of so doin, Justice Burka yesterday issued a warrant at the instance of Mrs. Kandies, complaining and charging Mrs. Bnek- man for violently breaking the peace. It is a neighborhood quarrel. Pickard, the man whowas arrested for abusing his wife, says that the trouble did not arise o has been paying attentions daughter. ll ms that the r caused by an entirely different matt r the young man who to his IN THE FIELD OF COTTON. The World's Greatest Cotton Planter, Crofutt’s New York Letter: Within the rotunda of the Astor house 1 met yesterday C. M. Neel, of Arkansas, the I st cotton planter in the world, since the death of Mr. Richardson. Neel was sitting ag one of the lunch counters, which stands beneath the \\|lh\~||n‘.\(l|n”' dome, so well known. to the traveling worid, enjoying a_hearty meal of por The best 1 P York,” he 1 in to ask him about his plantation, size of his crop, ete. “Well,” he replied, “I suppose T have about 25, cres of cotton, and L expeet to gin at least 10,000 bales."” “Do you raise anything besides cot- ton?"” suid I. *‘Oh, yes, we have too!" Corn, princi- pally, for the hands and mules. “The pro- portion is about fifteen acres of corn to ten of cotton.” “That makes a corn acres.” “Well, yes, if you put piece. But my plantations are seattered all about Northern Arkanss Itis much casier and more satisfactory, asto return, to cultivate a > number of moderate sized plantations.” “How much of a heap will 10,000 bales of cotton muke asked. “People who do not know like to get some sort of an idea.” “About as much as you ean pile upon a city lot, as the answer. It would mitke block of houses several stories high.’ :\lll| then helanghed in a good natured way, as all modest men do, and went on with his ikee lunch, field cover 30,000 it all into one r.' I wok a sharp look at Me. N for it takes considerable of a fellow to e the cst cotton plante eation. He s of medium size, shouldered, s of nd has a fine some 40 odd y blacx mustache, 1 John ALl ]llvlu less Indi n's. Mr. N¢ d then to s, and like other well-to-do men 1 1 oceasion run over He does not give all of his attention to nd selling cotton, but has mer- aind railway enterprises, and s nm rested in southw n affairs in gen- Men like Mr, Land ex-Senator Gorlon, of G are doing much towards developing the south, Mr. Gor- don is now engazed in building r in Flovida, which will open up for ment a large tractof heretofore i innccoss- il land. [ r , Hugh Gordon, a few evenings sin " rece p- tion given at the uptown residence of a le cess in New York since the close of the southern_banker, who lhas m L sue. war. Young Gordon is a tall,nccomplished man, who has been edueated as a lawyer, but is now in the city assisting his father in his Florida railwiy enterpri NEW YORK'S SOUTH Nearly every southern state sented in this city by one or more prominent in business cireles. to the new and handsome Wall street, is the larg: of Latham, Alexander & firms Next door Astor block on banking house Co,—the ].u‘n-sI southern banking house in the city. With it are kept il unts of many promi nent individuals throughout the south otton business is also done in tion with the banking, which is in ¢ of the junior member, Mr. R, P One peculinrity of this house is ctthat it has no agents, and no I houses. Mr, John C. Latham, founder, is a native of xlu.mumm, Ltown on the Lennessee line, He y Ky. his hved in NewYork for the last sl\ln \n ars. Heis a tall, finely |)|ninntmm o L, such us the rich soil of \vn!ml\) His paviner Mr, Baltmore, and d e was of the the |lulrin;: llu- war. one of the gove stock exchang the third ps r, is from Ne \\ Or! but has lived here for the past seve years. He is well known in the and social world. Scattered about ning eommittee Mr. R. P. Salter, Broadway, William and Wall streets are many prominent houses conducted by southern men, such as R. H. Allen & Co., (Richard and Harry Allen), bankers and ‘cotton brokers, sons of Thomas H. Allen, oldest and 'most orominent cotton of Memphis; Mr. R. T WVilson, a railroad magnate, of ( whose son not long “sin m daughter of William B. Astor; John II Inman, who came to this v 4 Januson_who rey in New York, and ] wealthy Then there is broker. the old house of \l B. Fielding and Nicholas Gwyn, at ki street. A son of Mr. Gwyn laughter of the eneral ad Tuns a plantation Mis- sissipp1. any other might be mentioned, but 5wd as a feust. enough is as BEATRICE. - Interesting News Notes From a Basy Little City, BEATRICE, Neb., May 24.—[Correspond- ence of the Be he Beatrice Gas com- pany are extending their business ex- tensively this spring, and are now laying mains on a number of streets. They have recently lighted the Episcopal mul Lutheran churches and a number of resi- dences. Their plant is a decided suceess, and they are furnishing a good quality of gas. Work is being pushed rapidly on the waterworks. The foundation for the smoke stack is laid, the well is approach- ing completion, while the pipes, hy drants, ete., are being distributed along the streets The street railway is being rapidly ex- tended, and by June 15 the company will have about three miles of road in opera- tion. They are now doing a fair busi- ness, and in ashort time, with the line completed, running as it does through the most thickly settled part of the city and suburbs, will be well patronized. The school board, realizing the press ing need of more room, will soon expend £,000 in enlargement of build- ings. The rapid growth of the town requires more teachers and more room about once eyver six months Hor R. Fogg has been confirmed rec of the United Si at this point, in plice of W. omers, resigred. Mr. Fogg will harge of s office in a few days. appointment is a good on [he first annual combination s ttle was held at the grounds las auction was conducted b, Judy, the famous [linois the Stoe |‘ belonged to ‘Tuckerson & Stout, J. B d Van Liew, W.D. Nich olls .nul lh hed Brothers of this county. One hnndred head of beeves and cows re advertised, but on account of slow sale and low prices the snle was stopped, after selling abaut fifty head. The o mals were all pure bred, and many those who bought secured b ates land of () tuke The The i1 .50 3,620, rage price pa aud of the bulls $72. od by farmers of Gage couutics, ze county genc and the commencem fine stock sales is d ber of fine stock by ‘I'. M. Ellis, architcet from Omaha, been here during the past week drawing plans for a number of new brick business soon to be erected re county’s politic ning to warm up for the ‘The republican county cent nd adjoining is becoming ally known as a fine stock county, ent of these annual s are begin- fall election, il committee asiness. the would- an party in Gage county, is |p|u|»~.hh- wdidate for the legislature. Thi nti-monopoly and i bor element in Gage county is sirong and growing more so.” The prohibition party also number a good many votes. The: elements de edly in favor its are all decide of Van Wyck for United States senator, and if they can combine on candidates for, the legislature, as they are ryi to do, they \\'ill elect Hu- g Hill, formc clerk of this county for six ye likkely il ntekndi0ntalin tiie republi : convention for ‘The eaptain is a rustler and_will make it lively for the “‘other fellow.”” Mi. Herman commandery of Beatrice r every arrangement for the ion of v mflng knights to the ceremonics liere on Ascension d June ¢ hundred ean be accommodated, and Te- 1 with and Lincoln nd and T'he pro- 00. sol L mlulll 1 L knights will o.wh Imn" a br will be met by one from here. cession of knights will number Work on the State Feeble stitute, two miles east of town, is pro- ressing. The bwlding will be finished this summer. ‘The business of the Beatrice postoffice ed so that the present ac are too small. Postm trying to have the oflice Parker building across in_the next block east ion. Rigg is now moved into the the street, north, of the present loe: ———————— THE SACK OF GOLD DUST. A Minor's Discovery, His Weary Tramp end Jake Ally in 1852, and in 1¢ Jim’s Bar, on the Lan ol d miner to s Which Stopped for Vengeane zht came to C'ali- ] ted reporter It was there I Ixm met him, and we became well acquamted, We were pards for a long time, but at last fell out on account of a third party. “This was d fellow we called Slabsides; his name, if I recollect right, was Minton. “We , Jake and Slabsides formed a fast friendship, and one morning they left eamp together. That was the last 1 saw of Jake until I met him, and he re- ted h adventures. When he and bsides left Jim's Bar they struck eross country for Tuolumne. Here they got hold of a pay: 1 ed it to- gether until they got gnite a pile of dust stowed awa; everything al- ways found his pardner Squarc he would haye trusted him with “his lif But the sight of gold gets away with the conscience of the best of men, At ar y rate it did with Jake's pardner. The miner's found Juke lying in his tent one morning all cut up and bleeding., His pardner was gone and o was the sick of dust, “T'he boys eur: and he was s the scoundrel sound- r, but couldn’t miles about ) BCrious « mp. Jake's :conlin't |]1|| t for vengeance on Slabsidos “He worked awhile t some dust and then struck ont the III\I IIIJ, sure i had not ..n. 0y la e Ehr b homd 1o the oAkt The chance of linding himin the town still was worth a chance, however, and 50 Jake took to the road. He tramped his . as he thought by doing so he would possibly hear something of his olu dner on the road. shed the banks of a marshy sspairing of gel he sat down upon the ratory to building a and making himself comfortable for night. As the heat died out of his d frame he dipped his handkerchief into the pool and raised it to his lips, The water had a smell and taste 50 foul that it sent a shudder through him, The water was unfit to drink. He, therefore, threw off his heavy shoes and ' socks and dipped them, seeking refreshment in that way. He stivs them about and dis- turbs the rank marsh grass that grew so thickly s to almost hide the water. At the same instant a horrible sight met his view—betore him in the water tloated a bloated corpse. “With an inarticulate r\]-rm ion of horror he sprang up. In a second his turned, and he uhnnul and again into the pool with widely il eyes, he corpse was floating unnn its” side, and but the back of its wsped his tramp head was visible. He i altempted to turn stick and with it corpse. He was successful in so far as to reveal the face of the dead man, and this time a great gusp of horror es. man was his old saped Jake, for the dea pardner, Slibsides P “Jake was compelled Lo sit down for a while and recover his composure. W hen he was calin it hud becowe so - dark that | e was afraid to venture near the pool | THECHBAPIASTD PLATE IN OMATIA T BUY FURNITURE, BABY CARRIAGES,Et. s AT DEWEY & STONES’ Oneof the Best anl Larjgest Stoc'ss in the U.S. to Select from. No Stairs to Climb. Elegant Passenger Elevator M. BURKE & SONS, LIVE STOCK COMMISSION MERCHANTS, GRO. BURKE, Manager, UNION STOCK YARDS, OMAHA, NEB. REFET Bank, Kearney, Platte, Neb.; Oma customet Columbus Sta ational Bank, Omah: draft with bill of la Merehants® nudl armers' Bank, David tate Bank, ¥, Neb. Columbus, Neb.§ SIX-GORD SOFT _FINISH SPOOL GOTTON —— Full Assortment for sale to the Trade by -— VINYARD & OMAIEIA, - - SCHNEIDER NEERASIZA. 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He persevered d finally laid it upon the g “The reason ot the corpse floating upon ide W then explained. In one of side pockets of the blouse was Ja ck of dust, as sccurely tied as it ver been on the Tuolumne it raw and cold, an rming over s left in had The Young Ladies’ socicty of the Church of the Ilul) Fawily will a wberry festival on next Thursday evening in the busement of the chur b, hteenth and Izard streets. It will be one of the most delightful entertainments ever given by this soci Absolutely Pure. arvel of titude v phosphite powders, 1OV AL BAKING POWDER Co.y k. Notice. 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