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

W\ \ FOOD FOR THE ELEMENTS. How the Bxhanstion of the Levy Leaves the Uncompleted Oapitol. OPEN TO RUIN BY WIND AND RAIN. Another Banking Establishment Tn- corporated—Lancaster Lands in Tatigation—=Other Legal Busi- ness—Many Divorce Suits. 'S LINCOLY RUIBAC.] building, or rather the central portion now in course of eonstruction, is liable to stand open to the weather for the coming nine months, and presumably unroofed and unpro- tected from raine that in such an event uld keep what timbers and floors there are insidein a damp and decaying state. The last warrant drawn by the state auditor, it will be remembered, used up the expected levy of 1886 to within some twelve thousand dollars of the entire amount, and consequently there being no money to draw on, and the levy prac- tically exhausted, it is a safe presumption that work on the building will cease in a very short time, without it may be enough more convenient for the contractor to continue the work at least to finishing the roof and wait for pay rather t sustain the loss of tearing up machinery, hoisting apparatus, ete., and putting it in azain when work could commence again. The building cou'd not stand open to the weather for months without eustaining some injury, and it is a fact that will no oubt create criticism that work has not been timed and planned to leave the build- mg i a different condition upon the dis- continuance of work. The board of lands and buildings have no way to help out matters, their duties in the premises being very limited at best. The pros- pocts for summer rains and winter winds having possession of the structure for coming months seems to be excellent, ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. there were filed with the sec- retary of state articles of incorporation of the Union Banking comvpany, of Fair- mont, with a capital stock of $100,000, The date of commencement of business is February 1, 1886, and the date set for termination February 1, 1906 The names of the incorporators, that number some of the prominent_ ci s of the place, ¢ J. N. Rushton, H. Mus- ase, Fred C. Page and frroy TAE The state eapitol TO LANDS, Papers were filed in tho office of the district clerk of the court yesterday, titled George H. Hilton et al. versu Buchannan heirs et al. This is a case in equity, instituted to set aside a lengthy n of title to a number of tracts of land situated in different parts of Lancas- ter county, some of which must be very valuable property, and a Yul‘lion of it 1s understood to cover land in West Lin- coln, which is a part of, or immediately ent 1o, the Union stock yards. The petition in the case 154 voluminous one, occupying a goodly number of closely printed pages, and if volume would count would seem to be a heavy-weight founda- tion for a legal contest. AFTER COURT. Since the term of the district court ad- journed five new cases have been com- menced, and the foundation is being laid for a big docket the next term. Lincoln has been acquiring a more than local no- toriety of being u great place for divorce cases, and at the last term some twenty-eight cases were up for disposal. These, however, were not all given a hearing,owing to the increased watchful- ness that the court keeps over the divoree business, and many of the cases subse- quently went over for future settle- ment. THE REGENTS. The board of regents continued their ion yesterday. Arrangements were de, among other things, to enlarge the ccommodations in the library y incrensing the shelf room for books. Different reports from 'officials in the building are undergoing examination at the hands of different committees, and a general setthng up of aflairs scems to be ess. Among the weighty ques- tions that the board consider with due gravity, is the question of how to popu- Iarize the state farm. It is but a fow years ago since the farm was a great sunflower ring district; but much improvement been made recently, and the idea of making the institution popular enough to command the attention of agricul- turally inclined students is one that is worthy earcful consideration, Asan ad- junct in this direction,the board has been considering the propriety of setting apart a few acres for a chicken farm, and such a course is adopted, the next ste order will be to popularize it in the eyes of the girls, so that they will be inspired to cultivate the art of spring chicken breeding. MINOR EVENTS. Wednesday evening Supreme Repre- sentative W, E. Copeland, one of the two representatives from Nebraska to the su- vreme lodge Knights of Pythias, which meets at Toronto next month, was pres- ent with Lincoln lodge, and the occasion was made a doubly pleasant one, the Imluc!é)rn-nming Mr. Copeland an ele- rant K. P. uniform proper to his rank in the order, The uniform, sword and belt cost an even bundred doflars, and is as handsome an_ontfit as could be desired. Elegant cards of invitation have been received by the friends of Mr. T. Stoner and Miss Carrie Ashton, which cards announce their marringe to take l»lnw- Wednesday evening next at St. Paul's M. E. chureh, In speaking of the railroad commis- sion, a citizen out in the state, who here- tofore has been a candidate tor governor and presumably will be the pry fl-mlyuur remarked to the Bek man that he found in his section of the state an almost total lack of confidenen on the part of the peo- ple in the railroad commission as it exi under the present law. If grievan arise the people seem to think that th present wrongs are better suffered rather than appeal to that which is known to be from inception a oreature to smother rather than relieve. This opinion of the uselessness of the commission is so wide- spread and general throughout the state a8 to need no investigation to establish the fact, The Nebraska Stock Yards company, now in operation in West coln, are finding business light at the present time, out the prospects full of promise. Stock in transit, fed at the stock yards now averages about twelve cars” per day. ‘With the completion of the two packing houses in West Lincoln, one of which is under contraet to be completed August 1, and the other Oetober 1, the stock yard companies will find it necessary to en- large their present accommodations. C. H. Willard, the state treasurer at- tended the commencement exercises of the state normal school at Peru as one of the representatives from the board of fiuhllo lands and buildings, and reports imself well pleased with the progress of that institution. An Indian peddler who has been mak- fng himself obnoxious to the police by persisting in getting drunk was fired out of the city yesterday by the polico. The Indian, or half-breed,” called himself a Spaniard, to saloonmen to obtain drink, but liguor sellers tread on dangerous ground when they sell intoxicants to any Who have any semblance to the red men THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, JUNE 18 of the forest. The law in relation to sell- ng liquor to Indians is very explicit. Business men in their offices were con- fronted yesterday with the Iatest evi dence of L|m‘o{n metropolitanisin by agents of the Lincoln clean towel supply company visiting them and making con- tracts with them to keep them supplied ily with clean towels in their offices The'idea scemed to be ataking one Police court yesterday sat upon the cases of five vimn drunks, the result of a day's round up, and as all were new nders and had the wherewith to hqui- » the day’s business was a cash trans- Fitzgerald sale of fine stock was largely attended, and_the sales were profitable to buyers, The average sale per head was under one hundred dol- ars each, probably nearer eighty dollars each would be a fair average. Among the purchasers of steers were A F. Lucey of Lacona, In, Sam Barker of Cass county, M.dJ. Eagan of North Platte, John Anderson of Raymond, Dennis Mer- riann of Cheney, John A. Rollins of Lincoln, D. Streteh, \':\lk- iso; Alva Smith, Waverly, and Marquette & Thompson, Lincoln. The insane commission was gaged yesterday at the office of the dis. trict clerk examining into the sanity of a German woman whose home is in Olive B h precinct. Dr. Carter was the phy n in the case, and the exam ination was a diflicult one as an interpre- found a necessity ancellor’s reception,that was the finale of the commencement work at the state university was not as tended it” would have evening been fair, Many f chancellor and the school, howe availed themselvas of the opportunity to show their appreciation of that gentle- man and his F ; “Deputy District Attorney Stevens esterday filed the infor ainst Melntee, the man who is ¢l with the death of his child through ¢ treatment, and the case will probabi cupy a position in the criminal docket at the next term of the district court Residents of Lincoln and Lincoln prop- erty owners are to be congratulated over their efforts toward beautifying their premises, a work that seems to be partic- ]l rly popular this year it should e alw. en- The c prisoners are being worked to good advantage on the streets, cleaning gutters of accumulated filth, but the work as it goes on makes many people turn and pass by on the other side smells three or four years of age resurrceted 1n many prominent locali- ties. A man with one arm, from which the blood flowed in a stream, was driven at a breakneck speed up O 'strect yesterday evering in search of a doetor. "The com- ments were many that the wound was a fatal one, but the injured party is able to ve about. f,'( rday’s arrivals of Nebras 0w 3. E. Canan, Omah: Cooper, Plattsmouth; L. Britt, T, H. Cotter, Oma! A. Wayne; Aug. Meyer, Omaha; sey, $ . Wells, ley, Strausburg v; H. T. Jones,” Sew: son, Ashland; Rev. W. Omaha, BT e Sixty Thousand Flower-Pots. Philadelphia Record. A newspaper writer who has noticed the tendency of the times toward every- thing that is Japanese makes a sugges- tion that is not without merit. He advises all love-lorn females to adopt the method of Japanese girls, who in leap-year dis- play a flower-pot on the front portico as an indication that they want husbands. If such a plan were to be generally adopted in this city a flower-pot would adorn the front of every third house. Statisticians _declaro that there are 60,000 unmarried females in this city be- tween the ages of eighteen and forty- four. Were the Japanese plan to prevail it is believed that in a very short period marriageable young men would become scarce in this vicinity, because in Pnila- delphia there is an ex of 28,000 females of marriageable age, The Seventh ward ieads all others with a total of 4,000 fomales of all ages in excess of the males, the Nincteenth ward following with an excess of 8,600, and the aristo- cratic Eighth ward ranking third with an excess of 3,200 Upon the basis of these flgures nearly every house in the West End would display & flower-pot, It takes very htile caleulation to figure out the advantages which would accrue to the city by a resort to such a method, Aside from' the inestimable blessings of connubial bliss, doubl joys_and” in- crease of population, there would be, for a time at least, a break in the traditional 5 ity of our red-brick fronts. Vir- ginia, which takes pride in being the mothr of presidents, showud her wppre: ciation of the holy state of wedlock by Pproposing to o These b measures of c ‘@ not nee in such delicate matters ns making. Some people hold that it is pos- 8ible 1o boom trade and to foster industry by taxation, but marriage can never be promoted in that way. At any rate, that Ylln should not be tried until all others ml. Let the maidens first try the flower- pot-and-molasses scheme. are caught with sweets—why not husbunds? e A Bad Rule for Cows, Bstelline Bell: *““What's the matter?"’ asked & pussenger on_a Dakota traiv as they began to run considerably faster. “Why, you see there’s a blamed cow ahead of us on the track and we are try- ing to cateh her.” * - ‘What do you want to catch the cow for?” Why, great gosh, to kill her, of conrse! The rules allow us train men the hide and tallow and the meat goes to the di- rectors. You het I'm going to cateh that cow unless she leaves the track, or run the wheels right oft of these cars. [ told the fireman to break up the trunks in the baggage car and heave them into the ful nace to muke a hot fire, and I guess he doinglit.” e A Model Dakot A recent number of the Es Bell contains the following advertise- ment: Slideunder House, Tornado Bill, proprictor, Hot and coid air in every “legant cemetery in conneetion. is is the only house in the city provided with a eyclone cellar for convenience of guests, Flume leading from each room to cellur. Guests can drop from top floor in quartér second. No requirements as to costume while making deseent. Stop at the Slideunder, and woile guests of other hotels will be mounting the golden stair you will be scooting down the flume leading to absolute safety. Ask yourself the question: Am I prepared to dier” — 1t Might Have Been. Natick (Mass.) Citizen: It might bave been a South Framingham man, possibly a Natick man, but probably a Marlbor- ough man, who, baving accumulated a fortune of $60,000 by selling liguor, and who had frequently boasted that he ney: drank a drop himself, on watching the funeral of one of his. victims pass his door, said in a heartless way: ‘“That's the first time he ever passed wy place without coming mn to take a drink." e —— Safe From the Flames, Traveling Clergyman (to hotel porter) —What is in those bolties, porter? . Porter—Dem is han’ grenades, sah. Dey is a precaution agin’ fire, Ciergyman—And what is that book on the tabley Porter—De bible, sah; another precau- tion agin’ fire. Clergyman — Call me at 7 o'clock, sharp. A BRAVE FIGHT FOR LIFE. A Hot and Blooiy Bout With Thirteen Apache Bucks. Four Harrlifters Laid Out and Three Wounded-—-The O'Brien Family Prove Fighters of the First Order. 1 here never has been a week since the Apaches were forced on to a reservation that some of them were not oft maraud- ing, if not under a chief, then on their own account and out of pure deviltry. A few months previous to the last break made Geronimo thirteen bucks, led by a sub-chief, left the reservation and heard of as seeking scalps along the San Pedro r 3 hree or four ranchmen were wiped out, one after the other, and one day about noon, the redskin upon the family of William O'Brien was sick on a bed in the wagon, and his wife was driving his team, They had abandoned their home on account of sickness and other misfortunes, and the wagon held all their belongings in the way of furniture. Besides the hushand and wifo there was a girl of fourteen named Hattie, and a boy of eleven named Joseph. The two children knew how to use fire arms, and the mother was a good shot with either rifle or revolver. They had a Spencer carbine, a nawvy re volver and a double barrelled shotgun, The family was just going into camp for dinner when the Indians were di covered on the open plains, a mile or more aw: As the country was then supposed to be at peace, there wasnoth- ing very als in the sight of a band of redskin the advice of O'Brien, the wagon was driven into a clump of trees on the bank ot the stream. Th grove was not over half an acre in s and was isolated from any other, while the grounds on the sides ~was -entirely open. Had the Indians made a dash as soon a8 they were discovered they must have won an easy victory, as no one was prepared for a hostile moyement. Their actions made O'Brien suspicious, and he dressed himself and got out of the wagon, although he had not been out of bed for several weeks vreviously. After holding a consultation the Indians sent one of their number forward to hold a parley. O'Brien, armed with the shot- gun, advanced fo meet him on the edge of the grove, knowing that the redskin's object was to discover the strength of th D He came forward in full war paint, and was very insolent in his be ing. To the inquiry as to why he was in war paint he replied that war had again broken out, and that every white man was to be driven out of the country. Hi demanded a quict surrender on the part of O’Brien, promising that the prisoners should be carried to the neighborhood of the nearest fort and set at libe did not deny that his 'ty cov lorses, wagon and firearms and that they would have them or fight. O'Brien was so weak that he had to lean against a tree during the parley, but his physical condition did not affect his natural brayery. Ho replied that surren- der was not to be thought of, and that if the Indians wanted to fight he was ready to give them the best he had. The war- rior must have noted the fact that there were only a woman and two children to back the sick man, and he had scarcely is companions when it was s that they meant to attack at onc They began riding up and down across the front of the grove yelling and firing and Fr:uluully working nearer. While the father, mother, and daughter took shelter behind trees, the boy ed the axe and felled several of the trees on the edges of the grove, thus forming obstruc- tions_and defences at the same time. The Indians rode closer and sent their bullets into the grove, but the boy con- tinued his work at the soft trees, and the others held their fire until a rush should be made. The Indians must have be- lieved O'Brien had the only firearm, and that there was not much danger from him, as all presently charged m a body on the front of the grove. The result certainly astonished those who lived to get out of range. O’Brien took the Spencer, his wife the snotgun, and the girl made use of the revolver, and the three had the shelter of a fallen tree. Two Indians were killed outright, two others badly wounded, and one pony was left dead and another went off to die. The horses, as was afterwards dis- covered, were all stolen stock When the redskins had retired out of range they held another consultati and as it broke up, they cros: stream above and below the grove. There was a bluff on the other side, and they had no sooner secured cover than they opened fire on the grove, and were per- feetly safe from return shots. The horses were led nto the trec tops furthest awa; and each one of the family lay down be- hind shelter. For two hours the fire of the Indians was steadily maintained. While they could notsee any one to shoot at, they depended on stray bullets reduc- ing the number of the besieged. O'Brien had his hat knocked off by their lead, while his wife had two bullets fling dust into her face, and the girl was raked across the cheek by a splinter from a tree. The boy occupied a depression where the bullets could not reach him. While O'Brien was no Indian fighter, he had seen perilous times in Kansas an was a wide awake man in an emergency. When the fire began to slacken he knew that some new move was being planned. When it suddenly increased again he crept to the side of the grove next to the prairie and he reachied it none to soon. Two Indiaus were skulking up to recover the bodies of their companions, One of them was bored through the body with an ounce ball from the Spencer, and the other made his escape in hot haste. From that time until after dark not an- other shot was fired, nor wasone of the Indians seen, O'Brien had won a victory but he did not delude himself with the idea that the Apaches had abandoned the fight. He did not for a moment doubt that war had broken out. Such being the case, he could expect no help from any quarter,and if the family was saved it must be by their own efforts. The In- dians would burn to revenge the death of their comrades, and their silence and seclusion simply meant that they were ng for the night. Under cover of darkness the advantage must be on their side, and like a brave and pru- dent man, O'Brien began preparations to ofiset it as far ns possible. The axe was called into use again to cut up the fallen trees and form a breastwork about the wagon, and the boy erept out to the dead Indians and brought back their rifles and revolvers and ammunition. The increase of weapons was as good as if two or three men had joined them. Stakes were sharpened and driven nto tho ground for an abattis, and a quartity of rope was taken from the wagon and stretehed from tree to tree to make still another obstruction. The boy went to the stream with a pail, and as "he was not fired on he carried water for the horses and a supply to last the family. Night came down, with the famuly in the enclosure and ready for an attack. 'Brien had been down with fever for many weeks, us stated, not able to help himself at all, but the excitement of the attack not only brought him to his feet, but kept hita up. The spare weapons, ready for instaut ase, were placed within reach, and then came two hours of wait- ing. It appearid that the Indians separ- ated and entered the grove from all sides, and at a given signal charged at the wagon and opened fire. The fire was 18806, hotly returned, shd fn five minutes the fight was o Tha girl was shot in the left arm, O'Brienraked across the skull and both boy and mother had bullets cut their clothing. There was perfect quiet during the rest of the night, and when morning came O*Bricn was certain that the Indians hod withdrawn. The three bodies on the prairie had been taken vay, and there were evidences that two ce severely wounded redsking had wen helned out of the grove. An agency Indian admitted afterward that the raid- ing party lost four men outright, and that three others had received severe wounds A MODERN ROMANCE. A Peculiar Story of Genius Royalty. Correspondence Chicago News: We left the place, mounted our waiting jacas, and as we wended our way loiter- ingly between the royal palms skirting the grand highway toward the Valley of Guines,my companion related the follow- ing romance of genius and royalty: ‘You heard the caballero’s exclama- tion: ‘Que talle otro’? Those were the deathwords of poor Espronceda, the mad poot of Spain. His life and death were equally horrible. He sprang from social driftwood. His mother was a brilliant lascivia; lns father a titled roue; his own own love affairs horribly dramatic; his daughter the most beautiful and danger- ous woman of Spain, and his own death that of a madman My own awmbition—I was not then selling lottery tickets!'* said the old don, yruu( [y—"took me back to Madrid for a ew yeurs, whence 1 only returned last year. Whatever my mission there was, it bronght me near those who are near the throne. In that way 1 came to know of one of the most dramatic episodes that ever clouded our Spanish court; one which nearly cost the late Alphonso his queen, and mi ve led to complica- tions endangering his throne, but which has never been fully known even to the Spanish public. “‘Adelaide, the mad poet's diymely beautiful daughter, was the favorite in- amorita of Alfonso, Indeed, the two were desperately in love. Queen Chris- tina bore all hisordinary affairs patiently enough, but she knew of the radi beauty ‘and intellectunlity of Adelaid and it maddened her with lousy. Ordering a closed carossa,she w: en to the little nest of a quinta Alfonso had provided for his love at an hour when she dnew the king would be with her. “‘Hastily alighting she attempted to enter, but was met by the Duke whose eminence had been attained procurador rather than as statesman. “““Permit me to enter,’ tremblingly de- manded the queen. ‘Tt is impossible. T beg you to return to the palace,’ replied Sesto. «‘Make way for the queen—the queen will pass,’ indignantly commanded the daughter of Francis Joseph, emperor of the Austrias. * ‘Even the queen cannot pass,’ imper- (lurkl bly and doggedly answered the duke, *‘With a ery of rage Christina sprang to tho corossi, snatched from it a heavy purse of gold, flung it full in Seto's face, which sent him crashing through a win- dow of the villa, -and shrieking, ‘Dog, if your master, the kl g, pays you one price for your hellisll occupation the ueen will always double it,” flew into the quinta like a tigress, discovering the king and Adelaide in cach other’s arms. Next to the king's craze for Wagner music was his passion for castle-building. It was in the effort to gratify this craze that the king has spent all of his own for- tune and swamped the kingdom with a $10,000,000 debt. Hohenschwangan, a castellated structure in the most inacces- sible part of the Bavarian Alps, was the ancestral home .of the king. Here he spent most of his time, and here he re- quired his ministers to find him when they wanted his signature to state papers. As his lunacy grew upon him, howeyer, he retreated to still remoter points. Ho built a great castle at Linderhof, and se esser ones on dizzy mountain clifis in the Alps. During tho Wagner craze he started to build a huge structure on the side of the mountain opposite the old castle of Hohenschwangan. After spend- ing millions upon it the king lost inter- est in it, and it hasnever been completed. Soon after he began the construction of a L' lace on the Herren Inselnin the Chiem Sed This was intended to rival the Pal- ace of Versailles in all its glory. It was begun about nine Joars azo. and at first the work was conducted with great se- crecy. As the king's finances became more straitened he was compelled to quit work on it. The interior, as far as i n completed, i d to be a w indescribable magnificence. Butthe king had even more completed palaces than he knew what to do with. Schloss Berg, on Lake Starnberg, is a_magnificent place, but the king hardly ever went to it be: cause the presence of twe or three villus in the neighborhood gave a sense of crowding. A favorite retreat of the imbecile, however, was Linder- hof, which “is in the mountains on the road leading from Munich to Hohen- schwangan. It was carefully guarded night and day, and not asoul was al- lowed to approach iton any pretext. Here, curefully hidden away among the trees, the king kept the famous Indian kiosk, which was such a curiosity at the Paris exposition of 1867. There 18a story that when the king visited the exposition he was presented to the Empress Engenie in this kiosk, and that on that occasion the boyish monarch indulged in a mild flirtation with the beautiful empress, and in tender recollection of that de he bought the kiosk and carried it to his mountain eyrie. At Linderhof, too, Louis had & peculiar retreat, modeled after the magical cave of Kyfthauser. It is constructed in the side of the mountain, and its entrance is covered by a simple stone. When the king wished to retreat to even greater solitude he touched a seeret spring, the great stone swinging noiselessly back, revealing a large apartment in the in- terior of the mountain, brilliantly illu- minated by myriads of lights shining through colored glass. King Louis was never married. His subjects had long wanted him to do so in the hope that it wuuh effect a change in him, bug he persistently refused. Of late years it has been snid that his excesses ruined him both physically and mentally, and it was a ‘providence, there- fore, which prevented issue to a wreck. That the taint of insanity attaches to the family, never, perhaps, to be eradicated, is proved by the grandfather's ecoentricities and ex- cesses, and by the additional fact that the younger brother of Louis, Otho, has been in an insane-asylum for a number of Itis b ity, he 7 the eir apparent, that has” compelled the uncle, Prince Luitpold, to set him aside an assume the rogeney himself, Prince Lauitpold is a son of the late king of Greece. He is about sixty-five years old, strong and vigorou has a broad, and said to be's jolly sort of man with some capacity, but one in whom the sense of humor predominates. The funniest episode connected with he dethronement was the way the crazy king received the noble count who wus appointed to wait upon him with the news at the castle of Hohensehwangan It reads like a story trom the pages of medieval history. The luckless messen- ger was Count Holstein. Instead of re- ceiving him as any other modern mon- arch would, the king caused him to be thrown into a dungeon, and then put a guard around the castle to prevent any other person getting in or the poor count getting oul. Imprisonment in & huge castle in Ger- amany, - with a . crazy * jailer - with power euouzh to remove a head if he takes the freak, is not the pleasantest situation in the world. The latest craze of the king was his love of moonlight, He had not for years ventured out of doors in the daylight. He always traveled atnight,and his moyements were as seoret as he could make thom.He wasout at night when the moon was shining, and_when it was not he had artificial moons in his gardens and in chambers, Altogether the career of this festive monarch is about as interes ing and instructive to healthy minds as they are of any ruler of modern times, % S — Returning Good for Evil. Texas Siftings: Parson Whangdeodle Baxter meets Jim Webster, one of his parishione: “I hepes dat yer am still walkin'in do narrer paff, Jeems. " “I hope 80, too, Pars “Does_yer carry out de golden rule ob returnin’ #ood for ebil” “I has been returnin® good for ebil, but *so_ been losin' money at de biziness. No later den las' week Ulosta dollar by dat ar foolisness. “How s0, Jeems?" “Gabe Snodgrass asked me ter change a_dollar for him. I gib him two good silver half dollars for a bad dollar bill Dat was returnin’ good for ebil wit a yengeance.” m Webster, said Parson Baster, looking over his specs, “I wants ter ask o fow questions.” . ‘Al right, Parson.” “Yer got de bad dollar bill las' week, dian tyery" ,Yor went to church las’ Sunday, didn’t yor?" “Hey " “Yer heered me. vor didn’t heal me. s’ Sunday. Needn't make out 1 seed yer in church I had my eve on yor. You was sky-larking wid dat saddlo-cullered niggali, Matildy Snowball. You was yayin® no tenshiin ter do gospel tidings. But dats not the wussest reskility yer has been up ter.'” “What does ver mean, Parson?®'’ “Las’ Sunday dar was a bad dollar bill in de hat, and as Moses said unter Nathan ‘dou art de man,’ and yet yer have the gall to tell me dat you am in de narrer paif. Here's de bad dollar, and u jess shell out a good one ef yer don't anter be slammed on de groun und wrapped aroun a tree.,” ‘‘Buat Parson Baxte “‘Han ober a good dollar for dis bad one. So, dats right. Now you has been returnin’ good for ebil some more. You am still 1 de narrer pafl. Him what endureth to de end shell be saved. Good mawnin’ Jeems,” and with a pleasant smile_that scemed to meet behind his ears, Parson Baxter passed on. S sy Woerishoffer as a Gambler. Baltimore American: As to Woerish- offer’s gambling habits thete had never been any se y. Ho visited a gambling table nearly every night for years before his death.” In the notorious Pennsyl- vania club at Long Branch he was last summer the most observed player. His favorite game was roulette, in spite ot the steady and heavy percentage of ad- vantage to the banker. He used to play peculiarly. He never bought chips, but put down bank notes on the numbers. Sometimes he world lay down as much a8 $1,000 but that was exceptional, as the usunl sum was $100. Phil Daly, the keeper of the place, ordered his dealers to let Woerishofter play as heavily as he wished. As a gucss of the right number out of thirty-six won thirt~-four times the amount of the wager, the bank occasion- ally stood to lose a considerable fortune by a single turn of the wheel. But the broker made no such strike, and 1t was thought that his season’s losses at the Pennsylvania club amonnted to at least $100,000. In town he played as in- veterately. —_——— She W ed. Wall Street News: ‘‘Butter is only 13 cents to-day, ma’am!’ he said, ashe brought the jar from the wagon to be weighed. “‘Land’s sakes! but what has dropped butter two cents?”’ _“Blaine’s fln-cch on the fishery ques- tion, ma'am.” “And how's clothes-lines?,’ she anx- iously asked. > ‘‘Advanced three cents, ma’am."’ ‘““Great stars! What’s that for? “Drought in Texas.’’ “Well, 1 swan! but it does seem queer how one thing bobs up as another "bobs down, and 1ts nllus agin farmer folks. Is Tilden dead?” *I guess not.”” *‘Thank Heaven for that! got no excuse to jump sa You ham't atus on me.”’ PILES! PILES! PILES A sure cure for Blind, Bleeding, Itchin and Ulcerated Piles has been overed by Dr. Williams, (an Indian remedy), called Dt Williams’ Indian Pile Ointment. A single box has eured the worst chronic eases of 2o or 80 years standing, No one need suffer five minutes after np}ilylng this wonderful sooth ing medicine, - Lotions and_instruments do more harm than good. Williams’ Indian Pile Ointment absorbs the tumors, allays tho intense itching, (particularly at night after getting warm in' bed), acts as a poultice, gives instant relief, and is prepared only for Piles, itching of ll‘»nvnwgmr s, and for nothing else, SKIN DISEASES CURED. Dr. Frazier's Magic Ointment cures s by magic, Pimples, Black Heads or Grubs, Blotches and Eruptions on the face, leaving the skin clearand beautiful, Also cures Itch, Salt Kheum, Sore Nipples, Sore Lips, and 0ld Obstinate Ulcers. Sold by druggists, or malled on receipt of 50 cents. Retailed by Kuhn & Co., and Schroeter & Conrad. At wholesale by C. ¥. Goodman. — A couple of ladies were viewing tho new court house at Ionia, Mich., and when returning from the tower one of them thoughtivssly walked out on the colored glass over the center of the ro- tunda. There was a crash of broken glass, and the workmen and others in the rotunds were horrified to see her cling- ing to the sash, which, fortunately, was suflicientiy strong to sustain her weight. She was speedily extricated from her po- sition, more dead than alive with fright. Had she gone through the sash she would have been instantly killed on the tile floor eighty or more feet below. ———— When Eaby was sick, we gave hor Castoria, ‘When she was a Child, she cried for Castoris, When she bocame Miss, she clang to Castoria, Whea sbe had Childsen, she gave thew Castoria ——— DON'T FORGET THAT Street Cars, Sidewalks, Schools and Stores all combine to make lots in Redick’s Grove most desirable investment at $700 to $1,500 per lot when they are selling lots that join this property for from $3,000 to $4,000; but you can still buy Redick's Grove lots at $700 o $1,500 ea Terms 4 cash, See Redick’s Grove, distance from business, and consider the prices asked and terms given on this very pop- ular addition. AuEs' REAL ESTATE AGENCY, 1507 FArNAM <% —— T P, A Is a Spanish band made full Havana cigar, made in shop by the best Spanish workmen. No flavoring, strictly pu imported tobacco. Call on one of the followingz agents and geta T. P. A ar: Kubn & Co., cor. 15th and Douglas st Cheney & Olesen, No. 1307 Farnum st Hub Cigar Store, 216 8. 13th st Balduff' & Co.,cor. Capitoluye. and 16th e i Ger Howe & Kerk's PRICES ON Funyt- TURE. 1510 DOUGLAS STREET. THE POT-HOOKS OF PLUNDER, A Trio of Tricksters Skirmishing for Rail- road and Political Provender. THE BOND CRAZE IN PAWNEE. The Rock Tsland Boomers Drumming Up Ald—Humphrey, Howe and Butler—Van Wyck's Strong Following. rawxsee Crry, Neb,, June 15.—[Corres- pondence of the Brr.]--There is some talk of yoting bonds here for the Rock Island road. In fact, there is mighty little talk about anything else. It is bonds, bonds, bonds, and the opponents to the bond scheme is in almost as much danger as a rabid copperhead was in a radical union town during the war. In fact there is little opposition. The brass col lar brigade is noisily, if not aoly, repre- sented by ex-Speaker Humphrey of this city “Vote bonds, vote bonds ' he says, tvote bonds for hing!” And he points to the communities that have loaded themselves with debt as the only Prosperous ones. his prosperity is li that of the farmer while spending the money he has mortgaged his farm to pro- cure. - After the money is gone, the in- terest must be raised, ‘and then the prin- cipal, and then he finds how factitious 18 the prosperity represented by borrowed money. : 3 1 do not see how building another rail- road to this place so long the present one can doall the business will benefit us, unless there is free competition be- tween the roads, | s not and never can be under the present om. Asa mater of fact, two roads will be sup- portud by the people instead of one. 1 consider’it an outrage that a rich col poration like the Rock Island or any corporation should be aliowed by law to impose such burdens upon the peovl and then be free to tax them in rates their own sweet will, and the day will come when men will wonder that such things could be. IN POLITICS, MATT The Humphrey aforesaid and his brass collared compee neglecting no op- portunity to throw their flings and inu- endoes at Van Wyck. Of course this 1s cted. They are employed to the way some of them got read and butter, and their mas- s, the corporations, demand and se- cure undivided seryice. S ARE MIXED. do it of this county—tho large majori in fayor of Van Wyck. But they are voted by the ringsters. They are an inert mass, dead to their own interes! informed as to promote other: by the old party! Vote as you hear what Jefi'Davis has been saying!" and they look askance atthe man who hints t the old party isn't doing much for the peophe. I am sorry to say it, but the farmers as o Jeast about their own political interests and make the least effort to promoto others of any class of the people. And this man Humphrey, let me say en passant, aspires to go lo congress. Poor congress! Jackals hunt in pairs, it is said. Church Howe completes the pair in this case, It is hinted that there 1s a fair understanding between the two, and Humphrey's mickle will go to swell Howe'’s muckle in the convention. And both are knifing the people’s man, Van Wyck, every chance, and will knife the people too quick if they succeed in get- ting into congress, Poor people! But let me not forget that some organ- ization is taking place. Our whilom friend Butler of impeachment fame got up a farmer’s alliance the other night, He still longs to be vindicated before he goes to *‘that undiscovered bourne from which no traveler returns.” He has lost the bulk of his property and the respect and confidence of most of his old friends. Idon’t know that he has lost any of that sterling honesty and integrity for which he has been so long noted.” But he wants to be vindicated, and amazing as it may scem, there are men who believe in him and take his ignorant and crude an monopoly rant as gospel on that subject. But he can get nothing and he will only distract and divide the farmers, if such a thing could be. And I would rather see the most truculent tool of the corpora- tion advanced, than a man who has no other thought or aim than how to pro- mote Dave Butler. J. 1 o~ FIFTY THOUSAND WORKERS Employed in One Manufactory in Nebraska City, Nebraska City Press: It is a strange thing, but no less true for being strange, that there should exist in the immediate vicinity of Nebraska City a factory in full operation, now in its second year of existence, employing 50,000 busy wor ers, and yet unknown to a large major- ity of the readers of the Press. Its his- tory, its work, and 1ts prospects seem certainly worth chronicling. A little more than a year ago Mrs. M, L. Hebbard and her several daughters, living a mile or so northwest of the city, became interested in the culture of silk. They knew but little, practically, on the subject, but sent to the American k association at Philadelphia for a few silk worm eggs—two or three hundred—with a view of experimenting, These they received, they were hatched and the worms cared for; the result was that this season fully 50,000 worms crawled iato the world, hungry for something to de vour, and eager to do their part toward 1shing the foreign silk industry; they were patriotic, every ono of them, The accommodations that had boen provided for the new arrivals were found to be too small and a vacant house, only a few rods a aw was secured and turned into a “silkery.”” Here it was that a Press reporter saw the worms yoes- terday, in all of the later stages of de velopment, fattening on the leaves that titute thewr only food, spiuning the covoons from which the large majority are never to emerge alive, and the cocoons themselves, perfect’ in form, i and several hued; ready, rocess, Lo be sent to the factory, where the work of unreeling and weaving will be done. These worms are fed on the common orange, said to vnnluru silk but tle iterior to that which comes from the mulberry. There n abundance of this food on Mrs. Hebbard’s place and more of it close by. A supply of leaves is furmshed the worms several tunes a day, several wagon loads of branches being required. The worms are bungry at all times, but especially ray- enoue betwe i 1 % t night. “They ure on hurdles, simply constructed, placed on tables, racks and shelving; every place where room could be made, The branches are laid on these, the worms quickly climb to the fresh leaves and the barren branches are gently re- moved. The worm is from two and a half to four inches in length, many footed, with “good featu and white ineolor, When it begins to spin the color changes to yellow. The cocoon is white, yelfow, orange or light green, about an inch long und half as filu.ul These cocoons are very light, it re qu about 250 of them (o make a pound: The eggs from which these fifty thousand worms came were laid last summer. They were kept in a cool, or rather, coid place until the leaves of the cggs osage orange began to take form. They were then placed in warmer quarters and, in a few days, hatched. This was just four weoks ago and the worms hlr grown in that time from a sizo lit arger than a mustard seed, to one measured by inchies. Somo dugs ago the most progressive commenced to spin their cocoons and all will have finished this work within & week or a little more, When time has been given for the full complotion of the cocoons—for the in- terior is necessarily the last finished-< they will be placed in tin vessels and these immersed in boiling water, none of which, however, will touch the cocoon. This is done to kill the chrysalis, which would otherwise develop into a species of moth which, in finding its way out, would ruin the silk. The cocoons are then ready for packing and shapping. As has been said these worms are fed on the leaves of the orange; two years ago wien the ladies first booame interested in the matter they sent to South Carolina for two hundred Italian mulberry shoots. ‘Lhe are now growing finely, ana are being put to use, in the way of experiment, in feeding a fow hun- dred worms kept seperate from the others. It is a curious fact that a worm will not chango its diet; if it commences on the osage orange it has no use for mulberry, and the reverse is true. The work in which the ladies have ongaged they still seo fit to consider an exporiment, but it has eyery promise of being a successful one, There is some- thing of expense about it, but far more of attention and labor. The season of work is, however, brief, covering a period of not more than six or seven weeks in the year There are several Ikerios" in Kan. sas, but this is thought to be the first of any importang, With one exeoption, i Nebraska, As such its development cannot but be watched with interest, as meaning much to the state and to the en- tire west; suggesting groat possibilities and, among others, that of supplying “‘woman's work for woman."” frlbichutndef®\uotity A Promising Town, Lusk, one of the future leading towns of Wyoming, is situated in Laramie county, on the main line of the Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley railroad, ninety miles west of Chadron and about five hundred miles from Omaha. The soil in its vicinity forms quite a contrast to the sandy almost barren soil that one sees on first crossing imto Wyoming, it being near the head of the Running Water or Niobrara river, and one of the most fertile valleys of Wyoming. In the center of this fertile region is the town of Lusk. The grass here is very abundant d makes the very besthay, except once a while where sage brush gr The hills lying east of town are rich in silver ore. Shafts are being sunk and will soon strike some of the richest orein the terri- tory. A factory for crushing the stono has been built here some time, but has not suflicient machinery. As soou as the railrond reaches here a crushing machine costing several thousand dollars will be put up immediate A large amount of capital has already been put into the mine. Several merchants will put in a large stock of goods as soon as the railroad rives. Peavey & Ralston, m Sioux City, Towa, will put up a tine brick build- ing and carry a large stock of hardware. Buker & Johnson of Cheyenne have also a large general store. The water is pure and soft, several fine springs being right in town. One has to £o only ten to_fifteen feet for water any- where. kxcellent water power can be had for milling purpose Large coal mines lie north of town about fifteen miles, and copper mines, the richest in the country, are found in the hills about the same distance south of town. Branches of the railroad will be run to these mines, thus making it a mining center as well as agricultural, and a big shipping point for cattle. QOThe rainfall here is as good as in western Nebraska, and as the country settles up people will have no cause to fear a drought It will not be long before the county will be divided, a8 Cheyenne is the county secat, being about two bundred miles north and south and seventy miles east and west. Lusk will be the county seat of the new county, and will bo by far the best town between Chadron and Fetterman on the I J ex{by none. Try ———— Mary Ann's Great Quality. Kentucky State Journal: “‘Good morn- lug. Mrs. O'Raherty,"” ‘The same to yerself, Mr. Dee, God bliss ye.” “I had a short talk with your Mary Ann yosterday. She has improved won- i last saw her.” t Faith an’ she now talks in sich high quality langwidge that I kin scarcely undcrstand phwat she do be talking about helf of the toime. An’ the sthoile that she do put on! One who didn’t know her would think she's one av the Vanderbilts. She doesn’t git ont av bed till noon, an’ it takes her an hour ss. An’ when she aits! Howly 5 The idea of cuttin’ a pea in two! an’ aitin’ bash wid a fork! an’ puttin’ ice in tay!””* “I'see she dresses quite gaily,” said Mr, Dee. “Idon’t see how she can afford to do so." “Faith an' thim dresses are nearly all presents from gintlemin frinds. Mary Ann has become very popular since she's intered hoigh society and blached her har yallar. There's scar a neight but phwat she’s invoited out to a fate sham- pater or u sorray or something grand; an’ it's always the pick ay the flock ay the gintlemin that do be bringin’ her home. Yis, indade; Mary Ann's great quality now.” f Hal ford Sauc e Living monuments to the power of St. Jacobs Oil, ure the millions it hus cured, . A West Virginia young pe solf becauso her parents refused per- that she should become a Mor- LINCOLN BUSINESS DIRECTORY Recently Built. Newly Furnished. The Tremont J. C. FITZGERALD & BON, Proprietors. Cor, *th und P 5ts,, Lincoln, Neb, Rutes §1.50 por duy. Streot cars from house to any partof tho eity. J, H, W. HAWKINS, Architect, Offices 35, 54 and 42, Richurds Block, Lincoln, Neb, Elovator on11th stroot. Breeder of GALLOWAY CATTLE .M WOC )’1‘)», s Live Stock Auctioneer Sules made o wll parts of the U. 8. at fair rates. Room 3, State Block, Lincoln, Nob.a olloway and Bhort Horn bulls for sale. B. H. GOULDIN , Farm Loans and Insurance. Correspondence in rogard o loans solicited, Itoom 4, Richsras Block, Lineoln, Neb. Public Sale, Col,, June 10th, 1886, 40 head of Show Short Horns. Bates & Cru‘ok v surolds, weighing 1660; bulls and old and Farm, for clllhi- M. lvanson, Lincola, Nel etlonoer. When in Lincoln stoj National Hotel, And got 4 good aiuner for 2. J- A FEDAWAY, Prop@ |