Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 12, 1886, Page 2

& ™ Ber.|—On July 18 we rece ‘. FIRST DISTRICT DEMOCRATS. Harmonious Meeting of t Distriot Committes at Lincoln. » Oongression:] THE COUNTIES APPORTIONED. enchers’ Institute in Fill: Sad Deathat Nebras ns at Successfl more County ka City Bennett Many Conversi State News, A Peacefal Session. Neb, August 11 gram to the Brr.|—The | 1e district democrat committee met Opelt house this ¢ to eall their vention and apportion the delegates to the different counties. Only five of the commit tee wer as follows: C. W. Pool, Johnson county; Jno. Marsh, Gage county Thos, Brennan, Richardson eounty: J. T, Moriarity, Douglas county Il Lancaster county. The meeting was har monlous in every way, even to giving Douglas county one-third the delegates of the entire convention on the basis of the vote for Charles 1. Brown in 1584, The ap- portionment, as based on ond delegate for every 150 votes cast for C. 1. Brown, gives the following number of delegates for the different counties: Cass, Gage, 15; Johnson, 7 . Ne: 1); Pawn Lson, Baunders, 12 1 number of ates, 145, Tho th Jlding the ¢ on was fixed for September D D, m, was located at Falls City. ment of the com- mittee meoting was Inpeace and harmony. Fillmore County Teachers. EVA, Nob., August 11.—[Special to the “The tenchers’ fnstitute of Fillmore 5, has, up to al Tele pnal the t con, it enir; con present i county, which convened July to-day. enrolled 150 names. A number of these, however, do mot intend teaching some being residents of Geneva and neig boring towns who are trying to pass a_ profit- time by obtaining all the knowledge san from the efli cient corps of instrue: tors which our county superintendent, M, 4. B. Sexton, has engaged for the wor instructors are Professor J. S, Hake, Mrs. Bowen, Sarah Interesting_lec- follows: S August Profess he Science Barber, of the “Litera- for A. Davis, Addie Billing tures have been given as Superintendent W. W, W. Jo ¢ subjee haracter of Teacher J. 8. Tinke, Angust 6, subject, of Storm: rofesfor G, E. state university, August 9, Subjec ture” s and Professor D. B, Perry is' bills August 17 on “A Teacher’s Certificate The ot weather makes it_most uncomfort- ,able in the crowded rooms, still all seem ; Keenly interosted and are doing good work. “Trof.” Barber paid them a high compliment aying it was the best instituto he had vis- this' year, although perhans_that is a 2 of his. Prof. exton has pains to eclinse the insti- vears and is to be congratu- “tutes of forn Iated on his sus Work of Christian Workers. Augnst 11.—[Speeial Telegram to he State Holiness association is again successful i calling together a vast number of peovle. There are now over eighty-five tents on the ground, and more eopie arriying by trains and wagons. ‘The meetings are well attended, Rev. McKaig, Rev. Creighton, Rev, Marsh, ler and many others are earnestly at work in . the cause. The meeting on Sunday was at- tended by an immense crowd who listened to the gospel preached by Rev. Bitler. Each day since Rev. Creighton, Rev. Camphell and Rev. H. T. Davis have altornated In pre ing powerful sernons, and a_large number have beon converted. " 1t 15 Tmpossible to siy how many, for shey.ava baing converted afl . grer the camp ground, in the tents and_out Woors in the woods, The wotk Is not by any means all done at the tabernacle, though many have been converted there. A Doubly Sad Death. B the B clal Telogr: aged thirte fllness. The deceased was the second son of Mr. William Fulton, the well-known insur- ance man. ‘The death is doubly sad in that his mother lett hiere but a few days ago to visit the bedside of her husband, who Is at present lying dangerously ill at Denver, Col. Racing at Blair, BrA, Neb., August 1L.—[Special to the BrE.|—The fall meeting of the Blair driving club opens to-morrow and a grand pro- gramme of events is expected. The entries . have been very full, and many of the best horses [n thisand adjoining states are on tho grounds. ‘The meeting extends over Friday and Saturday and promises in every way to bo one of the most successful in the history of the elub, A Floater Found, o NEnraska Crry, Neb, August 11.—[Spe- slal Telogram to the Bri.]—The body of a boy, about thirteen yea was found floating in the river this evening. The body 15 much bloated, and as yet has not been JAdentified. No Fair This Year. FresoxT, Neb,, August 11,—[Special to the Bk, |—The directors of the Dodge County Agricultural society have recently decided * 1ot to hiold the usual fair this year, More About State Crops. Darx, Neb., August 11.—|Special to the Bek.|—Wheat is a fair crop in this vart of Custer county. It is well developed, and with the excception of an occasional light field will make a better showing than last year. The recont drought did not effect mall grain owing to the drought not setting in until small grain was out of danger. The condition of this summer’s crops Is good and “will yield an average of twenty to twenty- five bushels per acre in the northeast quarter of the county, Corn and potatoes are simply Immense, while millet, buckwheat and flax avo fair, Fully 5 per cent of the corn raised will average forty to sixty sbushels per acre. Farmers are well satisfied with this summer's work and express their opinion favorable to the “great state of Cus- ter,” and rejoice at the blessings of nature and the markets that will soon. open up on the B. & M. . Furreston, Neb, August 11.—[Special 10 the Bik.)—Wheat'in Nance county turned ‘out fine, some reporting twenty bushels to the aere, Corn will bo an average crop. Late corn was never better, but early corn is damaged by dry weather. ‘Allin all, Nance ~ county erops are up to the usual excellent Standard, “PARKER, Neb., August 11.—[Special to the od a good fall of showers since. ever saw it and rain and mu‘ and coplot Corn Is erowing the fas “except in small areq ravel »0il proi: a heav . Small grain mostly secured d though rather lightly filled there will be @ surplus after needed stpolies. Al are sur- prised at Holt county’s ability to with protracied drought of more than fou ARNOLD, NeD., Augist l—(8pc Bicr. | age vicld of wheat is eiih- teen “bushels to the acre. The quality is good, but there has been some heating in atacks. Corn will yield 100 per cent in one- third of the county “and % per cent in two- irds, Rains have help > “largest over grown, O 60 per cent A No. 1'to very light, The aver- age yield will be forty bushels, All earl BOWN grain Is the best.” Potatoes are a fnfi serop. Farmers are ib good spirits at the _present outlook. el A Libel On An Kfiicient Oficer. . VALENTINE, Neb, August 10.—(Cor- ‘sespoundence of the Bee.]—A copy of the Nogales (Ariz.) Froutier, reccived here recently, contains an article in whieh an ‘sttempt is made to make it appear that Detective J. L. Smith was the cause of unding to death John H, Suuth, who Was under indictment at Valentige for she L murder of Humblin, the stock in- | eattl J. Whitmore, | spector. John He Smith, it will b memberea, flc Arizona, where he coptured, but cseaped. He was wards and killed by a man 1 Geor Milés. The libel g however, has no weight Ne ka, w I nd ¢ re to wa Aft tain J. L, in northwes known t i ho! ficer, and his record of twenty an officer is free from any char blackmail or any other crooked work J.H ry few cattle from men, a e H Smitl on( rn re he is Ticient of years as th v ) wl “small herds of ny bry on them 1 the cattie, run them and put his own brand or granger should hap I8 to see them and attempt k, | was set upon by of thioves and run All grangers in this pplaud Captain J ris to bring the vii not the big cattle but the poor thout would st sand hi them, Ifay n afterwa to get them smiith and his out of the eountry yart of the country om he country ds into tl ng It w men who waated his sealp s whom he had robbed JUSTICE MILLIONAIRE BOOTH. granger Who Made Money nishing the Confederacy With Brass Buttons. In the death of John C. Booth, of Waterbury, says the New York Times, Counnecticnt loses one of her most nota bie citizens. In many ways he was a man of consequencs. He had ideas, and the ideas brought him millions of dollars. Push, enterprise, persistence, these traits re'his to an extent that was distir hing even in a community where there were virtues that everybod Ile was the original Booth in firm of Holmes, Booth & Hayden,who ade piles on piles of money out of con- ots that they made jJust before the war ¢ out to furnish buttons for southern uniforms. The various states of Dixie or the buttons and paid handsome 3 for them, and soit was that a Yan- actory ca ake the buttons shonre on n confederate t when the w me, and the vrofits that eame from the rebels on this nccount helped swell in @ materi way the millions to be divided when a came in the control of the prospe firm, and Mr. Booth went out of Holmes, Booth & Hayden, to invest in some of the apital stock of the Plume & Atwoold manufacturing company of Waterbury. Mr. Booth had a new idea then, and he hastened to eoin it into legal-tender cur reney. He it was that brought forwar the first scheme, that afterward multi- plied beyond enumeration, fo cal kerosene cil lamyp fixture pany had : lamp t the cirenl, assured the public in all hlandness—to save an enormous percent- age in oil consumption. The public w waiting for just this thing, and up _piled the dol i at the Booth door. The value of John Booth's ideas was uniformly indorsed by folks with money to spend. He was never behind- hand: ho was always i Long, long years ago he was on a pedestal up in Conneeticut as a pattern to be com- mended to every good boy in the com- monwealth; he” stood deservedly among the foremost of the Yankee money- makers of the generation now about passed uway. When Mr. Booth got a dollar he knew what to do with it. Here, too—here pr eminently, indeed—was he after Connes ticut’s own heart, for his idea of what to do with a dollar s _to sult that dollar down. Up in the Naugatuck valle; where rhythmie eadences count some- thing, they called him ‘a little meun And Mr. Booth was rather proud of it; thrift was his name for it. Now that the hard-working old soul is dead leaving nis life's accumulations be- hind for other eyes to glisten over, a rood many stories are recalled by his old husiness acquaintances and friends, One was told me by a Waterburian yesterday, a gentleman who has lots of respect for the vigorous carcer of Mr. Booth. One Christmas eve, some fifteen or six- teen years ago, the brass-making town was awakened out of its pleasant dreams by the furious ding-dong of the fire bells. St. John’s Episcopal church, down by the pretuy town green,was ablaze; some acei- dent'had put” a spark among the trim- mings that on this day and evening be- fore Christmas had been hung for the decoration of the,church’s jubilee. Close by the blazing church was the handsome feame residence of John C. Booth. It was doomed to destruction, too, so evers body agreed —everybody but one man, and’this solitary mun wis a oller who in former times had b teer tireman in New York. He wa with Manhattan ardor. His old-time ivit alive and he had a scheme. ee here aid he to braye Jack Davis, Waterbury's chief engineer. **S here; you wrap me up i those old pets’’—he pointed to what he had brought trom the burning church’s aisles then play your hos " Jack Davis His com- P What & night it was! The mereury was dropping down through ti e bottoms of the thermometers; 1cicles were almost lmngiupl on to the fangs of the hissing lames that shot out from the church roof over toward the imperiled frame residence. But the New Yorker was resolute, and he had his way. Carpet was wrapped round and round him, and heavy streams of frecz ing water’ were fired from the hose nozzle upon im, he in the meantime having scaled the Booth roof. Then with the hose lifted to him he stood and blazed away inn'vnidlf at the that raged trom the church roof toward him He did what no other man thought possible —he saved that house; and Ilmnr:h his own hfe had been endangered, ugh the ill effects of his experience were nof slight, he was proud of hisexploit, happy over his success, and_when his fellows congratulated him he poo-poohed the exposure and peril that he had under- gone. Milionaire John Booth went out for a walk on Christmas da He was thank- ful to the brave New York man who had o ham his costly home; his walk on this Christmas day was toward tae house of the peanut-peddior, and under one arm was o package, *f am under great obligations to you for saving my home,” he smd frankly when he got into the old volunteer fire- u’s presence. I have brought you n i He handed over his package fell open. It containod u cardigan e Ata Waterbury retail price it might have been worth as much us ono vhole dollar Ididn't save your house for pay,” jaculated the fireman when he had fairly recovered himself from the amaze- wment that had come from his serutiny of that cnnlix;m‘i' ot. I that house because 1 couldn’t help it~ cause an old New York volunteer - man must do his best every time. Aud you cun keep your darned old jacket. iood day, si This old w York volunteer was named Campana. He is known in lmh-»x an circles. There they call him *01d Sport. John C. Booth had not meant to show a stingy sp His intent was just as good, at heart he was just as generously nod, as though he had come that Christmas day to show his gratitude with @ barrel of money. e A Eighty lots in MeCormick's Second Ad- dition, $450 and upwards. A beautiful O] st Omaha ; six elegant lots o ne ; & few choice bargains in in- sido property and a lurge number of lots aloug the Twoentieth street cable line, Muik & Reay 1502 Farnam, THE THEY FELL BY THE WAYSIDE, Two Young Girl Students Led to Bain Omaka THE INTER STATE EXPOSITION. Lald Out by the | Boss-—-1tc of 8t. George Tournam Heat enue Violators he State Ko, Royeotting Sons it Two Girls Gone Wrong, About four weeks agotwo young ladies arr 1 ) attend one of the | of the city. One of them came from Weeping Water and the other from a small in woestern Towa. They met and a friendship at | once sprung up botwoen them. They so: cured rooms togdther and became con stant compunions, After their hours of | study they formed the habit of going ont | for the evening, and in the stange city they wore not I forming aequaini ances that have om to theit ruin. Two jouns men, ot of them em- ployed at a hotel and the other a peanut vender on the B. & M, rond, foll in with the girls and of late huve heon with them a great deal. Late hours and irre t habits began to tell upon the young girls, and therr poor school work attracted the attention of their t He remonstrated with them, b arently without the desired eflect. o girls were out often and later than before and finally made no pretense whatever of doing their school work. heir teacher had no reconrse, and consequentlyon Monday he made an order expelling the girls from school. The order did not affect the girls, and, in response to his direction, they were both at the depot on Monday evening pra- pared to return to their homes. Their teacher bought their tickets, saw them on their trains, and feeling his duty at an end, Jeft them and notificd their parents of the action he had taken, Ris letter created a consternation in at least two homes, ns shown by results, ssterday morning the mother of the Weeping Water girl arrived in the city and announced that her gitl had not ar- rived home. An_investigation was cowm- menced and the fact soon discovered that the girl did not leave Omaha at_all on Monday night, but was seen here in com- ny with a young man emple & M. on Tuesday \ rther was almost distr h gr ind spent the entire day yesterday in searching the city for a frace of her ring child, Late yesterday evenmg word was received from " the home of the lowa girl making _in- quiry concerning her' whereabouts This threw additional light on the euse and the opinion held by they left their traing after he had scen thew safely started an( Lad deliberately entered upon a life of recklessness. The search was continved for the two girls until late last night when the searchers censed operations tin til to.day. The parents of both of the girl well-to-do people and on thel account the names of the young ladics were temporarily withheld, The polic will take the matter in hand to-da; NOTES OF THE INTER-STATE, vidences of Great Improvement in the Prospects of the Affair, The inter-state exposition board are rking earnestly day and night in ving the plans for the forth- conung show, - They have already got ten out their grand posters, and are sending them through the state.. Blanks have also been issued to provide for the stocking of the art gallery. Entries are being recorded nightly, and the space cven of the up-stair gallery, it is thought, will be called into requisition. The forc of men who have been employed upon the grading of the lot ad- joining the exposition bunilding on the mnorth, on which the aunex is to be built, have completed their wor The ercction of the building to incre: e of the exposition hall will now be commenced and earried forward to completion with unubated encrgy. The building will be completed in time for the exposition, and will’ be stocked with exhibits of the finest style from all pars of the state, as also from various parts of the union. ¥rank Allen, the agent of the association, left yesterdny to advertise the undertaking among the * western towns, and he will be assisted by several railroud agents. business coll town od t gave credence to their teacher that A Barn Burned. A barn belonging to Samuel Walker, who lives about on and a half miles east of Randolph, was destroyed by fire last night together with all its contents. Six Borses and mules perished in the flames. also alot of corn, oats, hay and some furming tools were destroyed. It is ber lieved by some that the fire originated {from some whent that was bvrned in the Randolph elevator a short time ago, Mr. Walker having hauled a couple of loads of it home to fied his hogs, and it is sup- posed some fire still remained in the urnt erain. He bad been carrying $2,000 insurance, but it is reported that his policy expired a short time ago. —— Building Pevmits, Inspector Whitlock issued permits yesterday as follows: 1da Bothwell, 1-story frame cottage, between Grant and Lake......... All Saints’ ehureh, frame churel build- ing, Howard and Faixview...... William_ Astleford, I-story fraimne age, oth, between Conter and Doreas L' Armstrong, 2-story frame addi- ‘tion, 479 Division. e A A, 5. Patrick, 4 2-story frame cottage: iing, between Coffman and Mapl Thomas Gentleman, 2 story frame store and dwelling, Saundars, opposite Grac....ve. . v building asth §500 6,000 850 500 4,000 1,650 An Ol Timer. Fred Gerstenborg was arrested yester- day, charged with the larceny of a coat from some one at Paul's park. Gersten- herg has lived in Omaha but a short time and this is the fiust tihe he has been ar- rosted. He has a record across the river, however, whero he has lived tor the past years, most of the time in jail, on all of the charges of a minor nature. Ho was arraigned for trial yestorday aftornoon, but had his case continued until Frida, on account of the absence of mate witnesses. al The New Patrol Team, The team of grays recently purchased for the patrol wagon by the council baye flattered out completely and another team is wanted, One of the horses has been sick since the day of his pure and yesterday the second one gave ou The team was turned over to Dr. Ramo cioti to be treated or traded. In the meantime Behm'’s bronchos are doing service day and night. Religiously Insane. Hans Peterson, a Dane, created some excitement last evening by taking pos- session of a street corner and delivering a sermion prophosiaing tho destruction of the world. He was placed in jail to avoid the erash. Laid Out By Heat. The terrific heat of yestorday made bard work almost out of the question. About twenty-tive men, with their teams, who were working for Tony Slavin on OMAHA DATLY | bled, 3. Ll BE SOUVENIR [T Tribute to Kd Rothesy, Who Leaves For the East Next Week. ymetime Meid Rothery has been trip to Ney York and Boston me day nest week he will bid good-bye to his many f s for a fow weeks' vacat In anticipation of this, Colonel A. H. Forbey, who in Mr. Rothery’s emplay for roc years, determined tg show tion of the kind fe times betwe “BANDY." For arrar nd s s heen nearly t his existing at cia lings W1 nthem. 'So it was that he procured a costly gold hpad souvenir, and last ever ion took phica, I'he affair managed in the most quiet manner Captain O'Malley drove down in the vening and invited Ed to take a ric spin around several blocks a stop was made at Horbert rooms on_Fifteenth 200 friends of the nd_befo appre cane as n 7 the was d roet. Heor partics were asseim the new arrival could his surprise at the crowd D. Pratt, stepped forward and neatest of impromptu speeches handed tie eane to Mr, Rothery. The speaker roferred to the latier’s popularity in the city, his general kindness to all with whom he was acq and especially the uniform good feeling that existad between bim and all who were in his employ, especinlly Mr. Forbes. Mr. Rothery was taken completely by sur prise. “In fact he was knocked out before he had time to square himself. Before the applause had subsided he collected his thoughts and returned thanksin a few well chosen words, He said_he folt prouder of his present than anything in his possession, no matter how valuable. He hoped to' walk s in_that path where a fellow feeling between men was practically noticenble. If perchance he was ever tempted from this line of pro- cedure he felt sure now thatthe cane would at once remind_ him that friend- ship is & priceless jewel. An inyi- tation was then extended to all present to make a o mination of foreign and domestic wines, and for hours the apping of corks wis hy broadside firing d of single shots.” Colonel Forbes fterwards callod upon and spoke very feelingly of his associatlon with kd Rofhery. He said he wished he could give bim something ten times as valua but the present git was from the et and its bright gold head became as 1 18 its my stick i comparison to the friendship which prompted the gift. Brief remarks w made by Capta O'Mally, Pat Desmond, Petor v Colonel Pratt and several ot affair was one of the most enjoyable of the kind that ever occurred in and will of course add innmnense the pleasure of Mr. R cane is very nicely eng to Bd Rotliery by 11, 1896.7 It W & Erickson’s, leler’s skill. over CXPress Coloncl E in the H. Forbes, is procured at Edholm ndis a model of the jow- SONS OF "GEORGE. They Have Decided o Organize in Omahak A meeting was held af St. George’s hall last Sunday afternoon, which was largely attended, for the piirposp of forming o Jodge of the ordpd of the Sons of St. George. The mecting was called to order by R. Y. Martin, who gxplained the ob- jeet of the gathering. - Mr. Henry Live- sey was elected president, and Mr.Adams ctary. Aftor ‘4 fesf well-chosen r marks by the chaimmas, a communica tion from J. ¥ Burgess, Moines, Towa, v als giving the aiws andobflicts of 5 t wag aftevwards voty hat a lodge of the order'of the Sons ef .St. George be organized in Omahr A -petition for a charter was drawmap by-the secretary, and as soon as the requisite number of names can be obtained, it will be sent to the grand lodge, which convenes in Buffalo, N. Y., on August 17, After'a vote of thanks to the chairman® the meeting then adjourned to meet next Saturdny evening, 14th inst., at8 p, m. . George's hall WON'T GIRDLE THE WORLD A Would-Be Voyageur Postal Card Returned to its Sender. An Omaha man yesterday morning sent a postal card to the postofiice bearing & 2-cent stamp m addition to that on the card. The intention of the sender was to have the card encircle the globe and come back to him. With that end in view he had addressed postmasters the various large cities throughout the world, to forward the card to the n town mentioned. The card, however, did not get beyond the post office of this city. It was returned to the sender somew! earlier than he intended, with the in- struction from the postmaster that such cards or latters are no longer handled by the clerks of the post oflice. were permitted, they became annoyance and do nd w quently refused admission to the mails. County Court, Judge McCulloch y sion in the ease of Per! The plaintiff made a contract with n by which she to pay the lat- ter #3,000 for a house which he was to build for her. She paid him $300 down, and when the house wasbuilt, she refused to occupy or accept it and made demand tor the ¥300 on the gronnd that as the house wasto be used for purposes of pro- stitution, the contract was illegal. The court held in fayor of Martin, In the case of J. L. Race in for §500 for c who sued nmission for 2 in. The Fifth National bank of New Yor is suing Edholm & Erickson on & promi sory note of $280, the defendants claim- illg that the note was without consider- ation. Recoyered Stolgn Property. Detective Neligh has just returned from St. Louis, whetb h¢ has beon closing up a succestful job of workx. About a month ago burglars raided the residence of a prominent hardwate merchant in St. Louis and carried away a lot of fine jewelry, a collection 'of rare coins and other valuables. I was found that the thief had headed .for, Pmaha, and Mr. Neligh had no trouble in finding the 0ods in the ulf'_ He returned them to their owner, and gave the St. Lonis au- thorities that have siee resulted in the arrest of the burglar. State Fremen. The fourth annual tofirnament of the Nebraska State Fircmen's association will be held in Kremont this year, com: mencing August 24 and continuing for tour days. The management offers $2. in vrizes for the aifferent races of the meetings. Among the other attractions will be & matech game of base ball be- tween the Athletics, of this vity, and the remons Grays. Omaha will not send a running ‘team to the tournament this year, but will furnish a large delegation of firemen and citizens each of the meet- ing. Violating the Revenue, Hansen & Peterson, the new proprie- tors of the Denmark hotel,. were ar- raigned before United States Commis sioner Auderson yesterday charged with south Sixth street, were forced to quit work at 8 o'cloek in tho afternoon on | account of the heat. viclating the reveuue regulations. - It ap- pears that they recently purchased the THURSDAY, Rothery's samvle | AUGUST 1856, 12, B SIS ——— tei and saloon and failed to | new license for the salo of lig- | claiming od States court | Denmark b | take on ors and know stich act were placed pear before the next Un - v Disloe Edward €. Coopor of a moeat market and pack No. 012 Fifth ot thrown from nd suffered a dislocation of the shoulder. e was removed to his residence No. 09 south Fifth street where Dr. Darrow at tended him. The accident wil Mr. Cooper to lns house for several days. | Should. even ted Last prictor louse ng pro W south was his seric Beycotting the Boss. Murphy, ghton & C¢ the contract for paving named have | street, thoe n has mado himsolf tmpopular fo r some reason, and | yesterday evening a number of the men | employed announeed that they would not work under_him any longer and quit weordingly, No genoral trouble is ex. pected who enth have a boss tondin job. S eea— rdian. Hans was appointed ardian of Borgstadt, 0 minor who is about to come into the possession of sey- eral hundred dollars. Ehleris an uncle of the child, Theappomtment was made by Judge McCulloch yesterday Liese Army Notes. o riflomer beginning to gather for the annual compotion which com- mences on August 20th. Lieutenant Hutchison, one of the range officers, ar rived fron fort Niobrara yesterday morn ing sieutenant Colonel Thomas M. son, Ninth infantry, has been authoriz to take advantage of the leave of absence granted him on the 9th inst. Licutenant John F. McBlain, Ninth cavalry, will roturn to_his station, Fort Washikie, Wyo., on final adjournment of the general court-martial, convened at Cheyene devot, Wyo. w. ylor, manager of the Brad- street al g gone west on a cation tour, and his place is now filled Mr. T. B. Woodrow. \e commissioners yesterday awardod the contract for the grading of several rouds in Union precinet. Three complaints against the assess- ment for city ti i eity council at their meeting as of equalization yesterday. Thirty-two dog fax-tags were issned by City Clork Southart yesterday. Four of these were taken by two littlo who oame in_in a great hurry to pay the |i cense hefore some big policoman could kil one of their dog; . Snyder, yard master of the Union ¢ at Green viver, who has been egate to the late convention of masters at St. Panl, and since that time on atrip of pleasure to the east, was in town yesterday on his way home. Yesterduy morning’s overland passen- ger train on the Union Pacific came in in two sections, It carried a large number of fruit ears, which made it too long to be drawn by one engine, and thus, a second section was necessitated. The Concordia society will colebrate its nineteenth anniversary on September 20th, with & grand concert and ball. Julius Meyor, George Tzchuck, Lewis Heimrod, Lewis Grobecker and Goorge Stratmann been appointed a com- THE DUVALS OF EARLY DAYS, | Stories of the Stage Coach and Emig rant Robberies on the Pla TWO HIGHWAYMAN TRAPPED. A Hold up on the Road Betweon Julos- burg and Cheyonne —*'Cool Char- ley's" Last the Kansas Raid on the years ago of men by Outside of the toughs who ruled towns of the west up to five there was a distinetive class whom it was nlmost a pleasure to be held Ihey men of demeanor, never givon to braw ready to champion It is doubt suryived the march of civilization, while as the desperadoos ever ready to shoot or stab, the coward who ambushed their victims, and the camp and saloon brawlers—the sheriffs have hunted them out and awed them into good behavior, Captain Long, anarmy officer, was staging it between Julesburg and Chey- enne before the r ad connected two. The through passengers numbered seven, boing five men and two ladies, the atter being the wives of two of the pas- sengers. He was the only military man aboaed. The two men were partners, who were going to Choyenne to set up in mereantile business. One of the others san artist and correspondent for a w York illustrated paper and the tifth stockman. Lt was but natural that hould strike up o speaking ue- i 1 the natural result of this was o general conversation abouf stage robbers. Those chaps were pretty num- erous at that time and the chances wer at least even on the conch being held up, before the end of the journey. People who regard themsclves in peril often become communicative. These had not been traveling haif day before it was known that the two mercantile men had about $16,000 in greenbacks, and all but %200 whas con- cealed in the bosoms of thel The artist had $150 in the lining of his cap and #30 in his wallet The stockman had 100 1 his wallet and his bootlogs aummed full of grocnbacks, Long had $80 in his pocket and not o dollar else- where. The fact of his being an army officer will satisfy all mquiries as to why he didu’t have more The next thing was to expect the stage to be stopped and to pl they ~would do. ¥ Loy had all res and heard of such affairs, but no one had been through the nnll The five men each had a trusty revolver, and it was hardly to be expected that should permit themselves to be d by one or two men, It was ranged that in case the stage was stovped dies should sink down out of harm’s and give the men a chance to show their mettle. As a matter of course, they depended on the driver to help them out as he could. It was about half an hour before sun- down, and they were skirting the cotton- ong the north fork of the upper te, when the driver suddenly pulled They looked out to see what had ppened, and a man opened the right- hund door of the conch and looked in on them. He was about thirty ve of age, light bair, blue eyes, sandy beard, and es. Indeed, he was a good- dress was hali hun- looked clean up were, as a rule niet om seen drunk, and ever the use of the oppressed ful if one of this onward for the other class lass has wives, . £ gentlom mittee on arrangements. Yesterday morning fr 1024 of the Union Pacitic, while_stonding near the stockyards in Kansas City, burst her boiler and was entirely destroyi Part of her was thrown over in the stoc yards several hundred feet distant, whi the tender was twisted cross the tr: i it had been a backwark kick of cyclopean force. The fireman, engmeer and fore- man of the engine were badly injured and at last accounts had not been * pro- nounced out of danger of death E. A. Ford, general western agent of the Pennsylvania road, pas through the city yesterday morningon his way to the mounta Mr. Ford is a large, heavy, portly gentleman, of swarthy fea- tures and pleasant expression. He is one of the most valued men of the Pennsyl- vania road, and is now seeking a rest of several weeks from “his arduous labors. His road is double tracked from Pittsburg to New York, though the average r ate o speed of the trains is about thirty miles per hour, excent on the limited express, which runs from Chicago to New York at the rate of about forty miles an hour. Lake all times in the past, the Pennsylya niy is a mine for owners, Personal Paragraphs. Travel was almost suspended yoster- day. The first pier on the Sixteenth streot viaduet will be completed to-day. The thermometer reg 102in the shade at 8%'clock yesterday afternoon, C. P. Benjamin, of Cedar Kupids, Ia., has associated himself with Albright & Aylesworth, in the real estate business. Edwi H. Brown, editor of the Snnday Telegram at Sioux City, spent yesterday i roturning home last evening. liams, a prom. infi: young at- Madison, Wis., has located hi He is oflicing with Hon. eo. W. Doane. V. Kelley, of Kelle iger & one to New York city to pur- goods, and will retirn about 15t llon has purchased Captain road house and saloon and will giye a nd opening of the place next Thursday. Mrs, J.J. Brown and son left yesterday morning for Soda Springs, Idaho, where they will be jomed by MY, J.J. Brown in u few days for a visit of several woeks. B. Hellman, brother of M. Hellman, of Cheyenne, with his wife and a lady friend, passed through Omaha yesterday on their way, oyver the C., M. &St. P, to the cast. Edward Peterson, the affable und faith- ful police officer at the B.& M. depot, intends to take two days’ vacation. mencing this morning. It is the y time Im']mx been absent from his post in fourtcen months, during which |]n-riml he has been in the company’s employ. Mr. and Mrs. Peterson will” make a flying visit to Lincoln to-day. e Eastern parties are desirons of learning the address of James Leonard and Joshua R. Nickols, last heard from at Omaha in 1860, Thoy or their their heirs can learn something greatly to their advantage by addressing J. C. Lowis, 25 Liberty New York city. Any person furn the information will be compen their trouble. ight engine No. O'Malle, - U. P. Band Excursion Basket Picnic to Fromont will take place Saturday, Aug. 14, Round trip, $1; children, 50¢. 0, §1: ohudro Bargain. Virginia ave, splendid cor- ner, 100x100, $3,500. S. A. Sloman, 1512 Farnam, 1f you buy lumber anywhere without first getting Hoaglands ™ prices you will lose money. L For the next thirty days you ean buy lots n West side and the first :ddluuu :.u West sideg for from $300 to $450 each Now is the tume to buy. Apply to Bell & il a cocked revolver in and tasty., He nd hiis left held the door his 1ight hand, open. “‘One—three—five—seven,” he counted. *Ladies and gentlemen, 1 sm extremel sorry to put you to any trouble, but Il have to you to alight. That is, the gentlemen will please step out, while the 1adies can remain in the coach.” They kad planned how they were to oven fire and riddle the fellow with bul- lets. Here he was and not one of the men made a move. Why? Well, it as if those eyes kept elose watch y man's hand. The cap! t his tirst thought was to slip h: hand down to his revolver, but the in stant his arm moved the fellow seemed to covor him, saying: “‘Gentlemen, 1 hope 1 shall not be obliged to shoot any of you. Pleasc come out.” It > to say they wero asot of cowards, for such was far from being the caso. They were packed in the coach like sardines, no one prepared to shoot and it takes time to draw a revolver and ke ready. Itis probable that if any of them had attempted it, there would have been a tragedy. The captan was on the front seat, and he hoped that as he rose up to leave the coach he might draw his weapon unobserved, but the agent had been there before. The artist was the first one down, and his revolver was taken as he reached the ground and he was ordered to “‘stand over there.” Each one was disarmed the same way, and the pistols of all were flung under h. While no one could say the driver stood in with the _agent, he acted a contemptible He' had stopped the coach at a and now sat on “seat with entirely free from anxioty. He was armed with two revol- 5 and he could have easily shot ent through the bead. as the iatter gave him no attention whatever, Well, there stood the five men in line, and the agent surveyed them and said: 1 must hav 000 out of this crowd Captain, place your money on the Zeaund, Watehea and rings L don't care for, and none of you seem to have dia- monds."” One threw his wallet down in contempt, and the others followed suit. The agent od them up, sclected out the groen- and, upon counting up the aughed merrily and ob: 'his crowd must be looking for a poor house. Now, gents, nod more fool- Ing. There's mongy here and 1'm going to haveit. If itisn’tin your pocket it is in the conch. If it isn't in the coach the ludies have got at. Shell out, or I'll search eyery one of you. “You have got my last dollar, and may the bills burn you,” said_the captain ns he turned to the next, Every man in the lino denied that he bad any money, and for a moment the n;.i:!nl seemed non- plussed. Then he backed up to the open door of the stage, leaving them about ten foet away, and still covered with his re- vor ‘Ladies,” he said, i a voice a8 soft as agirl's, “I didw't mean to trouble you, but I've had suck poor luck outside that I must request a contribution. Please hand out the money you are carrying for those gentlemen?"” I'he women were terribly frightened, and boti at ¢ sturted to comply with the order. The husbands saw ruin star- ing them in the fuce, and the ono next to the captain, whose namo was Travers, | breathed so bhard t all could hear nim. Suddenly, 3 non. and with " the thom, Travers sprung forward. Ho mad just two jumps to cover the distance. The rovolver cked, and the bullet cat a lock of b his head But the next iustant he ha d the vrel with Ius right hand the man's throat with his | left and was erying for help. All gave it fast enough, ‘and inside of two min- utes had the follow dissrmed and bound. It was a wonder some of them were not kitled, for he fired every chamber in the the | it that he grew quiets with the butt ot The first move w carch him and the monoy and divide it acoording they had_contributed. He took matte very coolly when he realized that he w helpless, saying that they were no gen- tlemen to use him so roughly, and oall ing attention to the fact that he eould | have shot every one of them. They werd binding him niore securely, whep a dg- tachment of cavalry camo’ up, gnd o was ¢ ovor to them a8 & PHSORGY Ho was taken to a camp near Julesbarg, but within a v made | within an lias been e and every de passed out \desper m. e onme biggest yen had, a8 wee of sceurimg the The wo 800 1 yon d Wy, rof this was ready to he to him when ‘Travers inter rupted the programme I have," said the ea 1, 1n - conelusion, “fought In Kirmished with hunted down outlaws, and had my share of ad ventures with rattlesnakes, but this was the only time I wa boxed up and made 1 fool of, and it has always been a raw spot i my record COUL CHARLEY'S DEATIH There were, in the years 15656, the overland route through | number of very dari gents, and* perhaps the boldest of QUNg was o | boy sixteen years old, who was known s | “Cool Charloy Iliore were various stories tas to lus identity, but the real fact was that he was the son of Missouri bushwhacker who had be hunted down after the close of the war, with other members of Quantrel’s gang, d shot on sight. The boy was n wild, reckless fellow, and as he drifted west i the current of travel he fell in with bad men and beenme a desperado The achievement which resulted in his desth was the boidest affair he over attempted , In_Juno, 1866, three families, named Wolf, Taylor and Dayton, respectively, started for Colorado overland from St Joe. There were three men and two half-grown boys in_the party, and un il within fifty milos of the Colorado line th e toams were in company of a caravan numbering twenty wagons, One one of the women wasbitten by a rattlesi:k and sho was so_ter wagons halted for o should find relief. on and left them, dangoer was to bo Indians, On the sccond day of the halr, about 5 o'clock in the afternoon, one ob the boys named Will, aged thirteen years, a son of Mr. Taylor, took his shotgzun and left camp in search of o rabbit or other small game. The camp wis on o small creck “emptying into the Republioan riv and in a bit of valley where the grass grew luxuriantly. ‘Lhis spot wad about a mile from the main line of travel, but hidden from it by broken ground and sage brush Soon aftor the boy left camp the three men and the other lad sat down tozether o repair one of the hainesses, while the three women were together in one wagon. The men must have been very busy with their work, for of a sudden a yoice addressed them, and they looked up to tind Cool Charley sitting bares backed on a mule between them and the wagons. He bala rifle resting )8 the horse und a revolver in his right hand. They tcok it for granted that he was tile son of some immigrant who was, perhaps, intending to rest his horses in the valley, but as they were about to avise to welcome him and reply to any inquiries, he commanded them to remain seated under y nt death. All the firearms were in the wagons, and when the men realized that the hoy was a desperado and meant basiness they obeved orders. Herode to within t n feet of them. and dismounted and said: “Ishan’t hurt nobody unless obliged to do it to keep you quiet. A How much money is there in this crowd " The three men had a total of about $700, but all pleaded pover and a0y pealed to him not to rob them of the means of subsisting o shing their destination. Poinfing his revolver from man to man, he mide e one own up the exact amount he had in his wallets Then each one was forced to count ouf half, and the money was handed to himy by the boy. “That’s all right,” he said as he pocketed the gold. “Now, then, I'my ured of riding around on an old mule without n saddle. 1 think that bay horse will suit me. The animal was a splendid beast,owned by the father ot the boy who was off hunting, and while the boy drove the wagon the father rode this horse. The animal was hobbled near by, and the sad- dle hung on a hind wheel of ' the wagon, It was hopeless to object or pr . and the men were quict while the young out- Jaw leaned his rifle against the wagom and proceeded to cateh the ho) all'the time carrving his revolver ready for serd Vi nd ing an eye on the groupy Ho had brought the horse to the wagon when Will Taylor came in sight from his vriet hunt. He appronched from the other side of the wagons, and was unseed by the outlaw. While green to prairvie Iife and its dungers, ho was a quicke witted boy, and while yet a x~<:ns|nlnmb|¥ long Kunsas, w ly ill that the tir g% Wy or two until § g The earavan pushec but that time naq, ehenped from the distance away, he realized that somethin was wrong at the camp. His furthe approach was made with miore cautions The two boy ad been chums for year: and out of curiosity had learned the sign of the deaf and dumb alphubet, and could quite rapidly togethcr. Ag me nearer Georize signed 1o hin{ that there was a robber in camp. A moy ment later Mr. Dayton told bin to \i‘mi Will to ereep nearer and shoot the ou law in the legs. Wil replied that he wa and was told that if he did nunhé nd money would soon be of pt rapidly forward, 3 led and saddled the thout hurrying. There wer rticles in the sadale-pocket he dxs { he threw them away. olver in the holster, an this he carefuily examined. He had' fus roturned the weapon whon Will, sighting his gun over a spoke in the hind whoel, gave him u, dose of coarse shot m the Gulyes of s legs, being not over fifte feot he fived. The outlaw fell and as ho did so the three men rushed upon him, and he was presently bound handand ‘foot. He raved, and” cursed, and threatened, but he had not long to live. The men could have done very lit tle for hum in either case, but wounded us ne was they stood by and saw him slowl bleed to death without making an efforf to save him. A posse sent out by the st oh company came that way bes fore the corpse was buried and identis fied it. The leader deliborately ont off the outlaw’s head and rolled 1t up iny sack, presumably to secure a rewar which had been offored. He did not have a single dollar beyond the mone; Tk takonand th boiy bore tho soars of two freshly henled wounds. He had been Inst heard from sixty miles away, where he took themule from an ove land station in the face of three em- ployes, none of whom dared fire upon nim. The boy Wil was so rattled by what he he {um- that he was actually sick abed for two days. - Topic of the Day is Elgutter's clearing sale of fine cloth ing st big reductions. Cor Farnam and 10th. Residence Near High Schoos, East front, full lot, city water, for salo by Bell & McCaudhish, 1511 Dodge st. Dr. M. B. Crol), cor. 16th and Chicago The Bible Society has Bibles for sale cheap. Depositoryin Y. M. C. A. rooms. PORMOIEAD S s M For Bale rovolyer. Hid struggles, Loo, were terri fic, and it was not until the | MeClandish, 1511 Dodge, or Jobu A. McSuane, 213 5. 18th, arlist picked ap ouc of the weapous, aud belabored him over the head | A lot of nice empty boxes. Inguire at Bek Counting Room. - McAlester coal, Havens&Co,15&Farnam