Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 8, 1887, Page 2

A NEW PARTY IN NEW YORK The Personal Liberty League Forms a Stato Political Organization. A MOVE AGAINST SUNDAY LAWS, Its Platform the FPrivilege of Open- ing Balvons Sunday—Members to Oppose All Candidates Who Think Differently. Still Another Party, ALBANY, N. Y. Oct. 7.—The personal liberty party entered the field of politics yesterday with a tull state orzanization pre- pared to take a hand In the coming election. ‘The movement originated among the Ger- man societies in the larer cities who felt that the customs and Liabits peculiar to their race and generally observed in the Father- land were interfered with by the strict en- forcement of the Sunday laws. Mayor Hewitt’s adntssion that he thought the sa- loons and beer zardens might without bharm be opened at certain honrs Sunday afternoons gave Impetus to the discussion, and has led to the orcanized effort to sacure the amendment of the laws 80 28 to permit the opening of the saloons be- tween 2 p. m. and midnight Sundays. There ‘were about one hundred and fifty delexates nt at the state ennvenuon.nmnm& rdiug to the secretary’s figures, 78, members of German socleties, 1t Is the pur- pote of this organization to devote its ener- #ies to sacuring the eleection of senators and nssomblymen who favor a ‘“‘continentsl” Bunday. L candidates who refuse to ex- press their willingness to vote for the desired change In the Sunday laws will be stoutly op- m . As the republican legisiators have n the only ones in the mn who have voted to restrict the liquor traftic the demo- crits are y o give the movers of the per- sonal liberal party all possible encourage- ment. Although it claims to be non-partisan It I8 rumored that Frederic Cook, the demo- eratic candidate for secretary of state, who Is vice-president of the Bartholomew Brew- ing company, will endeavor to use the party to advance his interests. At all events one of his clerks was very active in to-day’s pro- ings. 1he independents have momi- nated ex-Con¢ressman John Swinton for congress from the Nineteenth district. Pttt tthenient A BOURBON SPLIT. Cook OCounty Dem ts Nominate Separate Ticketa, CnicAGo, Oct. 7,—| Special ‘L'elegram to the Bxe.|~To-morrow the convention called by the Cook connty demoeratic club, of which Charley Kern Is presidont, will be held. It will nominate fifteen county commissioners, one judge of the supreme court and one la w~ yer to fill the office of states’s attorney va- cated by Mr, Grinnell. This is a bit of news which will be a surprise to many, even among the best posted politicians, As every- body knows, the democratic party is split up Into two factions, one led by the Goudy- Green-Judd crowd, or, in other words, the “slik stocking” element, the other belng what is@known as the “short hair” party, with Chariey Kern and the Uook oounty demo- ceratic club at its head. The political chasm that has long yawned between these two wings of the same party seemed to be widening, but very recently an attempt was ade to bridge over in the shape of a compromise engineered by Collector See- berger, Mike Ryan and a foew others, Last night a conference was held between the two factions, but it resulted in a disagreement all round, and to-day the split is bizger ana wider than ever, and there will be two demo- eratic tickets in the field. The question of the selection of Judge Gary’s successor I8 one of engrossing interest just now. Of oourse Chicaizo’s eitizens are mostly contident that no attemnt will be made with any hope of possible success to oust Judge Gary from tha judicial oftice which he has so long filled. Almost everybody one meets, who speaks of the election next fall, says: ‘‘There is no doubt about the jmlzeflmllm how. Gary will succeed himselt.” No doupt the overwhelming tide of public opinion is for Gary, but there are some ele- ments of the community working their level best against him. are,” said a well known lawyer to-day, hat the socialists have made overtures to the demoeratic party already, solely with the hope of knocking out ary. I know whercof I speak when 1 say ey have offered to accept any man whom $he democrats wish to name, vrovided only that it 18 not Gary. Ifthe latter party should be so utterly lost to their sense of duty to- ward the community as to enter into any such dicker for the sake of party victory it may make things a little unplessant, but it won't work, any way. for there isn’t a law- yer in Chicago. I think, who would run in opposition to Gary, Besides this, 1 believe the democrats are bound by the understand- #ug of last fall to support Gary this time.” - — CORKUPTION AT PUGET SOUND. Opium Admitted Duty Free—Ohinese Arnmving in Droves. PORTLAND, Ore, Oct. 7.—|Special Tele- gram to the Bke.|—Recont investigations into the workings of the I'uget Sound custom district has resulted in some startling developments, although the full details are not yet made public, The investization was set on foot by Herbert F. Beecher acting as speclal agent of the treasury department and several inspectors have been permitted to re- sign. It has been an open secret tor months that the grossest kind ot frauds upon the custom house in the Sound district have been perpetrated almost openly until the smug- lers and their confederates became so em- ldened that they scarcely tried to conceal their doings. Allthe provisions of the re- striction act were virtually set aside and the Chinese came across the border 'in droves with as little trouble as though that act had Dever been passed by congress, It is a notorious fact that 1,000 certiticates which ‘were to be issued under the law to outgoing Chinese, disabpeared from the Port ‘Townsend custom house. These certificates were subsequentty presented by incoming Mongoliaus, who hni never betore been 1in the country. An immense quantity of opium has been brought into Porttand “which never bad the stamp of the United States custom house upon It or paid a cent of duty. In many in- stances it came through with the collusion of certain custom officers belonging to shis same district. Some idea of the magnitude of the trade may be gained when it is known ‘that in Vietoria there are eleven opium cooking establishments where the crude opium 18 prepared for the American market and it reaches the United States without a trifle of it paying duty. 1t is chargea that certain oflicials who are in the ring have been known, wherever a shipment of the drug was expected along the Sound, to send thelr subordinates on some trivial errand. While they were away the vessels containing the oplum would be inspected and passed. In- vestigations are now going on which may result in making several more vacancies in the customs servicafor Puget Sound, but the ring is so influential that it will be a difticult matter to break it up. — RUINED BRY A MUSKRAT. A Mischievous Rodent Oauses a Dis- antrous Flood in New pshire. NEw York, Oct. 7.—A muskrat dug a hole in the bank of a canal about a mile above Nashua, N. l,, yesterday and caused a dis- astrous flood. ‘I'he torrent swept away into the woods, carrying trees and all waste around to the Nashua river behind. The river rapldly rns%. Mills were Immediately ut down and there 15 no telling when they will resume work, as the dain will take hree weeks to repair. The fiood has thrown &«m wxmblwu ouf‘ot work for an indefinite ver Yellow Fever Spreading. Key WesT, Fla, Oct. 7.—Passengers by steamers from Tampa to-night confirm the roports of the appearance and spread of mlflv fever at that place. The details show situation to be grave. Up to last nignt night thirty cases and four deaths were re- e Gladstone is chary with his autograph An application only resulted in the re ceipt of a lithograph on a postal card John Bright is more good hnmored, but ke must be approached carelully., weather, an excellent track and a large at- tendance at Latonia to-day. Seven furlongs: Monocrat won, Malaria second, Walker third, Time—1:30%. One mile: Erebus won, Estrella second, Chance third, Tiine—1:43, Five furlongs: Rambler won, Balance second, Julia Miller third, Time—1:031§. One mile and furlong: Dad and Sour Mash ran a dead heat, Macola, third. Time— 1:50. In the run off Dad wen. Time—1:50. For two-year-olds, six furlongs: Macbeth 11 won, nedict second, Billy Pinkerton third. Time—1:16%, The Jerome Park Meeting. JEROME PARK, Oct. 7.—Three-quarters mile: Mamie Hunt won, Stuyvestant sec- ond, Sam Harper third, Time—1:17. Three-quarters mile: Belinda won, Omaha second, Joe Cotton third. Time—1:17. Mile and sixteenth: Ben Ali won, Arundel second, Joe Cotton third, Time—1:52, Mile and eighth: Linden won, Santa Rita second, Bassanio third. Time—3:204. "nllrnn. won, Belmont second, Nettle me—1: . Bm‘rlnehnu. short course: Jim McGowan "l"la“' oo&tullow second, Van Cluse third. Bt. Louis Speeders, 81. Louss, Oct. 7.—The attendance was $:20 class, trot, purse 31,500, divided: At- lantic won, Williams second, Edwin C third. Longtellow Whip fourth. t time—3:21 2:30 ¢l &Il’ll $ lie D won, Lucy Walters second, Emulation third, Lexington fourth, _Best t{me—2;20, National League Games. PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 7—The game between the l’huudel‘phh and New York teams to-day ollows : w0 5000000 0000023 Game ealled on uccount ot darkness, Pitchers—Casey and Titcomb. $ase hits— Phitadelphia 10, New York 10. Errors—Phil- adelpnia 8, New York 10. (/mpire—Powers. WASHINGTON, Oct. 7.—The game between the Washington and Boston s y resulted as follow:! Wasbington. 00130115 1-13 Boston,..........0 0 00 1 00 0 0—1 Pitchers—Gilmore and Conway. Base hits—Washington 19, Boston 6. Errors— Wlunlngton Boston 5 Umplire—Does- scher. Pitrssune, Oct. 7.—The zame betwean the Pittsburg and Chicago teams to-day resulted as follows: 020041200-9 000012 1-7 Pitches rmack and Ryan, Base hits—Pittsburg 16, Chic: 17, Errors—Pitts- burg 8, Chicago 4, Uwmpire—Danlels. INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 7.—The me be- tween the Indianapolis and Detroit teans to-day resulted as follows: Indianapoils.....1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0—2 Detroft...........0 000 00 1 0 0 1—-2 Pitchers—Boyle and Baldwin. Base hits— Indianapolis 7, Detroit 10. Errors—Indian- apolis 1, Detroit 8 Umpire—Valentine, ‘Game called on account ot darkness. American Association. PHILADFLPHIA,Oct. 7.—The game batween the Athletic and Brooklyn teams todsy ted a8 follows: Athletics,.. 10422001 0-10 Brooklyn........0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0—38 (Game called on account of darkness, St, Louis, Oct. 7.—The game between the St. Louis and Cleveland teams to-day re- sulted as follows: 003212082 2-12 d 0200000 0-2 NEw YORrK, Oct. 7.—The game between the Metropolitan and Baltimore teams to-day resulted as tollows: A o —_——— Mysterious Double Disappearance. KANsAs Ciry, Mo., Oct, 7.—J. K. Quigley, his wife and D, E, Hunt arrived in Kansas City Sunday night from West Plains, Kas. They registered at the Pacific house Monday morning. Quigley started out with his wite, who was sick, to see a doctor. He said he would return in less than an hour. Neither he nor his wife have been heard of since, and no trace of them can be found. Last February Quigley and Hunt bought the West Plains (Kas,) News, a small weekly paper. They sold it to come w Kansas Uity to enter the book publishing busi- ness. Mrs. Quigley sold her farm at West Plains for $1,500, and had the money on her person when she left the hotel. Quig- ley himself had also some money in his possession. Search at the depot failed to ind the trunks which he brought along and for which he held cheeks. His valises still remain at the hotel. ‘There is no speculation that Quigley had dishonest motives in dis- appearing, but foul play is supposed. Quigley came from Hartford, Conn., where ho was considered an expert accountant. He opened the books of the Law Life Insurance assuciation in this city over four years ago. %{l-,flricutls have instituted an active search or him, ——— The Death Record. SPRINGFIELD, IIL, Oct. 7.—Captain John G. Mac, chief mustering officer of the Grand Army of the Republic for the Department of 1llinois, died quite suddenly to-dav. New York, Oct. 7.—Edward K. Olmsted of the Journal of Commerce, and formerly of the Chieago Courant and Times, died to-day, aged fifty-seven. e An aged colored man of Lawrence, Mich., recently walked a distance of eighteen miles on a very warm day in order to accept of the present of a huge watermelon. T REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS, South Omaha Land company toSarah J , lot 11 in blk 135 {n South Omaha, Wd...ooviiinesin John F Behm and wife Samuelson, lot 9 in blk 18 cox’s second add, wd. Frank D Muir to Ral aner of attorney... . Minnie E Norris to R H MacDougall, lot8 blk 20 in Boyd’s add, w d . Henry Ambler et al to Charles J Rob- erts et al, lots 21 and 22in blk 4 in Eckermann place, Wd.ieee o0 oo Charles J Roberts st al to Mary Jan Blake, the undivided ¢ interest in lots 2L and 22 in blk 4in Eckermann place, W S 8 Curtis and wife Y Hoppe: al, lot 2 in blk 4 in Belvidere, w d.... Fred Mauss et al toMax Lenz, lot 20 in bik 18 in second addition to Bedford place, w d Jawmes 15 Riley and wifs fo George W Briggs, jr, lot 18 in J J Redick’s sub divotlots 54 and 5 in T E Rogers’ plat of Oklohoma w John L Pierson and wite to Henry W Hopkins, lots 4 and 6 in Pierson’s sub div of slg of swi{ and the wi¢ of sel{ of section 151512 wd ... John 1, MeCague and wife to wood D Lilliman, lot 6blk 4 in V Cuming st add w d. Julius Peycke to Napo in Van Beuren Place w d. Mina Selby to W £ Oug, lots 18 19 blk 8 in Rust & Selby’s aad to South Omaha wd.... cseeeieseeres Jacob C Denise and wife to Johu J ‘Toms, lot 4 blk 5 in Denise add w d. Editha H Corbett to Samuel R John- son, the ng of section 13-16-9 g c d.. ‘Total transfers.........oeveeniens . §12,811 BUILDING PERMITS, ‘The following building permits were issued by Superintendent Whitlock yesterday: Jefterson Balley, two-story frame store and flats, "Twenty-séventh and Blondo, to cost e M Konouse, one-story frame cottage, Miami, near Thirty-seventh, to cost Euvene MMJ' frame barn, 933 Nortn Closter, twi ry frame block of tenements, Leavenworth, near Twenty-first, to cost ..... ..... Alfred Dlam, one-story frame cottage, Obio, between Twentieth and Tweu- ty-first, to cost. . Five permits aggregating. .§ 9,600 — Charies in Wil 640 150 7,500 Rooms Wanted. All persons having rooms to rent next week to visiting Knights of Pythias will confer a favor by sending at once their address, with price and number they can accommodate, to H. J. Wells, 1218 Har- ney street, POLITICAL MATTERS, FIRST WARD REPUBLICANS. The First ward republican club held a large and enthusiastic meeting last night and considerable business of importance was transacted. A committee of twenty: five was appointed to secure a full regis- tration of the republican voters of the ward, and also a committee to draft by- laws for the government of the club. The next meeting will be held on Friday evening next. THIRD WARD DEMOCRATS. On account of some misur.derstandin about the time of meeting, there was nol a luorum of the Third ward democratic cqub present last evening at the city hall, aud the meeting had to be postponed. FOURTH WARD DEMOCRATS, The Fourth ward democratie club held & meeting last night at C. Schmitz- berger’s store, 416 South Fifteenth street. ‘There was a small turnout. The follow- ing delegales were chosen to represent the ward in the county convention next Monday: D. C, Patterson, R, Engleman, , P. E. Seabrook, Louis , W. J. Mount, W. A. L. Gibbon, dJ.d. O'Connor, P. B, Seabrook and Philip Andress were nominated for justices of the peace, and C, W. Finn and N. Meals for con- stables. The committee appointed for that pur- pose reported the purchase of a banner costing $30, to be used the day of Cleve- Iand’s reception. The motto on the n “Fearless in the dms{: uties.” The report was accepted. Considerable time was consumed in discussing the fitness of naming the club’s cholce for the office of county judge, but it was finally decided undem- ocratic to make any such tie-up of the delegates. AMUSEMENTS. PRODUCTION OF “KEEP IT DARK," AT BOYD'S, *Keep It Dark’’ is a howling sucocess, both as regards the manner in which most of 1t is received by the audience, as also the manner in which the actors ver- form their part. It is a dramatic fright, and ils characters are stage moustrosi- ties. No person who aims to act could find a place In the plece. But then, for some unknown reason, alleged to be a desire to indulge in a laugh, such lays are in demand. ¢Keep it Dark” s 10 demand, though this assertion need not be denied even the light of day. It was in demand to the extent of a full house last night, and will be in demand again for another big house to-night. leading light of all the lights in the piece is Mr, Bryant. The next unnatu- ral is Miss Lizzie Richmond, who pays more attention 10 an imposing form and a prodigious train than to anything else. Miss Julia Wilson, Joshua Whitcomb’s Tot of other days, is pleasantly enter- lnininE though by no means great. Mat- inee this afternoon, —— Catching a Scalper. The association ticket brokers of St. Louis, says the Globe-Democrat, are still grappling with the problem of mushroom rivals, who have come in for a share of the immense business done by the scalp- ers for the past two wecks. Yesterday Chairman H. A. Guinzburg received from Omiha the fiest aflidavit sent here in re- sponse to the circular calling upon asso- ciation brokers throughout the country to aid 1n obtaining redress for defrauded passengers. It issworn before an Omaba notary public by a man named Beall, of Wheeling W. Va., who testifies that hay- ing purchased a ticket of a firm of non- association brokers doing business in St. Louis, and receiving a rebate on J. J. l'h!lbfn, an association broker of Omaha, the draft was re- fused by the latter on the ground that he had not given the maker authority to draw on him. [n conformity to the rules of the association, Philbin would have nothing whatever to do with the ticket presented by Beall, reiusing to touch it at any price. The aflidavit was accordingly made out and subscribed to, and was received here yesterday, to- gether with the refused ticket and the dishonored draft. In the absence of Chief of Police Huebler, Mr. Guinzburg placed the testimony in the hands of the former's secretary, with the request that the chiet have the amount of the draft refunded, and that precaution be taken to prevent a repetition of a like occur- rence, The collector has issued licenses to all applicants who have desired per- mits to open brokers’ offices, bond hav- ng been given, and the association men profess indignation that more care is not taken that some of the recipients do not transact an illegitimate business, There issaid to be a strong possibility that criminal proceedings cannot be instituted in the case referrel sence of Beall. —_— Army News. The secretary of the Army co-operative fire association, office at Fort Leaven- worth, Kansas, reports that the follow- ing ofticers have joined the association during the week ending October 6: Licutenant Irons, Twentieth infantry; Lieutenant Stottler, Tenth infantry; Lieutenant Varnum, Seventh cavalry; Captains Cooney and Cusack, Ninth cavalry; Lieutenants Emmet and Ste- vens, Ninth cavalry; Lieutenants Smiley and Summerhayes, Eighth infantry; Captain Babcock and Lieutenant Beil- inger, Fifth cavalry; Lieutenant Emery, Eleventh infantry; Major Adams and Captain Bradley, ’l‘wemy-llrst infantry; Captain Crampton, medical department. to, owing to the ab- District Court Doings. E. A Leighton fileaa suit in the dis- trict court yesterday against S. S. Curtis for the recovery of #010.73 due on a promissory note. The First National bank filed action against Charles P. Birkett, Mary A. Birkett, C. C. Millard and John A .Wake- field. It was for the foreclosure of a mortgage taken by the plaintiff as secur- ity for a promisory note amounting to $1,410. Messrs, Blillard and Wakefleld have a lien on the mortgaged property, and the petition asks that their claim on the property be first considered. —iellaby All Around the World. The “All Around the World" circle held its monthly meeting Thursday even- ing. It wasa very enjoyable affair, the programme consisting of music, essays and recitations which elicited hearty ap- plause, New by-laws and a constitution were adopted, An instrumental trio, composed of two hnn{ou and a guitar plfimd by Messrs. Gellenbeck, Mangold and Edwards, rendered a fine waltz, Ad- journment was taken till next month. e Exempted By the Commissioners. R The county commissioners held s meet- ing yesterday and passed the following resolution : ‘That It 18 the sense of this board that Doug- 1as county herewith exempt the KFremont, Elkhorn & Missour| Valley raiiroad from all expense of frmlm: & crossing at what is known as “Bates’ crossing,” except $250, which the sald railway herewith agress o Imy toward grading said erossing: sald cross- ng being on south side & southwest one- fourth of section 21, {ownship 16, range 12. —— A Distingnished Railroad Party, President Chauncey M. Depew and Messrs. Cornelius and Fred Vanderbilt, W. 8. Waeb, superintendent of the Wag- ner Sleeping Car company, & number of the directors of the New York Uentral, and several officers of the Vanderbilt of roadls are expected to arrive in Omaha Monday ovet the Chleago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha. From here they will go ditgot to St. Louis and thence by the “!fn Line to Cleveland, thence over the lake Shore and New York Central back to.York. ————— Connty Clenk’s Report. The following repogt will be presented at the meeting of tlve county commission- ers to-day by County Clerk Needham: Feas collected, as peg 1akt report. ... $10,483,25 Fees collected froin deéds this quar- 8844, P fected froim 0s this e uied 1o gifiea Wt ooy Fees collected from this qUATter........ 1,010.85 Total fees colleeted - first second and third quarters, 1857 .825,975,35 Arrested for lmpersonating an Office: A warrant has been issued for the rest of K. C. Johnson on the charge of impersonating an ofticer on the 10th day of August. Pretending to be a United States marshal, he tovk Charles Panlson, of this city into custody, and robbed him of over $100. Since then Johnson fled to unknown parts. ——— Oharged With Seduction. * Solomon Knight, a railroader living on the corner of Eleventh and Williams streets, entered complaint against Sam Sheeley yesterday, charging him with seducing Knight's daughter, Effie. She is a bright, sweet-looking school girl of fifteen yenrs, and uleogy is & married man of thirty. — A Pleasant Party, Miss McKenny entertwined a select nnmber of friends at her residence on Seventh street Thursday evening. Music and games interspersed with enlivening conversation added to the enjoyment of the occasion, miscelianeous —— Brevities, ‘The bank clearances yesterday were $420,886.19, . Yesterday’s internal revenue collec- tions amounted to $10,437.69. Mr. and Mrs. Simmons, of Kenowsha, Wis., are enjoying a visit with Mr, and Mrs, Joseph K. Clarkson, of this city. The men will not begin excavating the basins at Florence until next week, Ub to this time the business has been clearing the ground getting ready for the winter's work. The Plattdeutscher verein will give their annual ball in Germania hall this evening. The Metropolitan club_will have their opening ball October 25 at their hall, Louis Kittson, son of Commodore Kitt- 8son, of St. Paul, and Charles S. Weaver were in town yestorday. They are on their way to Laramie, Wyo., where Mr. Kittson is to be wedded to an estimabla young lady, and Mr. Weaver is to be best man. —_— Leather Froi fiuman Skin, Philadelphia News; L remember that two or three years ago I incidentally re- ferred to a prominent physician of this city wearing shoes fnade from the skin of negroes. He still adlieres to that custom, insisting that the tairied hide of an Afri- can makes the most'.enduring and the most pliable leather Known to man. Only last week L -met him upon the street with a brand new pair of shoes, looked at his foot wear, as L always do— his pedal coverings nave an irresistible fascination for me—and said with a smile, *“‘Is the down-trodden African still beneath your, feet!” In the most matter-of-fact way, ;and without the shadow of asmile ho answered, *‘1 suppose you mean to inquire!if I stil) wear shoes made of the skin of'a negro. I certainly do, and 1 don’t provgse changing in that respect until I find a leather that is softer will last longer and present a better appearance. I have no sentiment about this matter. Were I Southerner—in the American sense of that word—I might be accused of being actuated by a race prejudice. But 1 am a foreigner by birth, although now an American citizen naturalization. I fought in the rebellion that the blacks might be freed. I would use a white man’s skin for the same pur- pose if 1t were sufliciently thick, and if any one has a desire to wear my epider- mis upon his feet after I have drawn my last breath he has my ante-mortem per- mission."" The doctor's shoes always exhibit a peculiarly rich lustrousness in their black- ness, He assures me that they never hurt his feet. The new pair he was using when [ [ast saw him emitted no creaking sounds and appeared as comfortable as though they h been worn a month. Their predecessors, he told me, had been in constant use for eight months. He obtains the skin from the bodies of ne- groes which have been dissected in one of our big medical colleges. The best leather is obtained from the thighs. The soles are formed by placing several lay- ers of leather together. The skin is pre- pared b{ a tanner at Womelsdorf, six- teen miles from Reading. The shoesare fashioned by a French shoemaker of this city, who knows nothing of the true char- acter of the leather. but who often won- ders at its exquisite smoothness and says that it excels the finest Frencn calfskin. do not for a moment think that this doc- tor presents an exceptional case of one who puts the human skin to a practical use. Medical students frequentiy dis- play a great variety of articles in which the skin or bones of some dissected mor- tal has been gruesomely utilized and in bursts of generosity they somctimes pre- sent these to their friends, who prize tkem highly. One of the dudest dudes mn town carries a match safe covered with a portion ot the skin of a beautiful young woman who was found drowned in the Delawure river: It sull retains its natural color. Auuthur(,roung man with whom I am acquainted carries a cigar case made of negro skin, a ghastly skuil and cross bones appearing on one side in relief. One of the best known surgeons m this country, who resides in this city, has a beauti- ful instrument case entirely covered with leather made from an African's skin, A Euuuz society lady: of this city wearsa eautiful pair of dark’(slippers, the re- markable lustrousness of whose leather invariably excites thip ‘hdmiration of her friends when they nq; em. The young doctor who presented them to her recently returned from an extended foreign tour, and be told her tha$ he had purchased them from a Turk in Alexandria and that he did not know what sort of leather they were made of, fi he supposed it was the skin of sonie wild animal. As a matter of fact, the skin came from a nefim cadaver which pnce was prone on a Jefferson College dissecting table, and the leathor was prepared in Womelsdorf. The rosettes on the 8lfppers were deftly fashioned from the 1iégro’s kinky hair. e G. H, Lewes and George Ellot. Rovert Buchanatt ih A Look Kound Literature: Conceive 'a little, narrow- shouldered man of between forty and fifty, with long, straight hair, a magn- ficeut forehead, dark vet brilliant eves, and a manner full of alertness and intels lectual grace. This was George Lewe: whom Douglas Jerrold had Gace stigma- tized as *‘the vZliest manin London," averring at the same time that he had caused the chimpauzee in the zoological ardens to die “‘out of jealousy, because nere existed close by a creature more hideous than himself.” But George 3, though not an Adonis, was nly not uely. The great de- fects of his face were the coarse, al- most sensual mouth, with its protruding teeth partly covered by a bristly mous- tache, and the small, retreating chin; but when his e lighted up, and hs eyes sparkle d the mouth began its eloquent discourse, every imperfection was forgotten, Cornceive, next, the tenth muse, or sibyl, loungin, fn an armehair, and shading her face idly with a hand- screen; a powerful looking middle aged woman, with a noticeable nose and chin, a low forehead,a fresh complexion, and tull and very mobile mouth. Dress, on this oceasion, a vlainly cut, tight: fitting dress of biue cashmere, fas- tened at the throat with a ca- weo brooch, This was ‘‘Mawrian Evans,” as Carlyle callea her, Goorge Eliot of the novels. She realized in face and form the description 1 after- ward gave to her in the ‘‘Session of the Poets™: ‘““George Eliot gazed on the company oldly, With the limbs of & sylph and the head of John Locke!” I kad been particularly struck by her resemblance to Locke's well known por- trait engraved as a_froatispiece to the “Kssay."” At that time her figure was raceful to elegance, When I last saw er, shortly before her husband's death, she stooped painfully as she walked, an: wore an old-fashioned crinoline. —— Flesh Turned lato Stone. Correspondence Milwaukee Journal: Dakota is lrul&n marvelous and wonder- ful country. Not only wonderful 1n min- eral and ‘agricultural resources, but it abounds in geelogical formations that af- ford constant surprise and study for the student in this most interesting science. ‘The bad lands, located seventy miles southeast ot this point, have no equal on this continent as a receptacle for petri- factions of amphibious animals. The pe- culiarity of the soil transforms fiesh tnto stone,t his power is not only conlined to the bad lands, but exists in many localities in the Blaek Hills, A case has just come to the knowledge of your cor- respondent that has never been made public, and proves that many bodies buried in the Hills have turnod to stone, ‘The case at hand is that of a little son of Mr. Eugene Holcomb, & prominent citi- zen of Rapid City. Some yenrs ago the boy died and was buried 1n a spot not set aside for general burying purposes, When the cithgrsw and a cemetery was selected Mr. Holcomb had a large monu- ment erected, and the departed disin- terred. The family expected when the ghovel of the fihl'l-dlflker reached the casket it would need replacing and bad made preparations to that end, The coffin was reached and as the man endoavored to place 8 rope underneath to twist it to the surface he was surprised at its great weight, 'l‘hinkinfi it was the narrow, con- tracted hole that reduced his strength, made several more efforts, but only moved it a few inches, and was com- velled to call for aid. Two men suc- ceeded in placing the rope about the casket, and with a hard pull it was brought to tho surtace. An examination followed, and upon the deceased being revealed it was found that the body had turned, not as scripture says: **Dust thou art and to dust returnest,’” but into solid rock. From a gentleman who was pres- ent and whose word can be relied upon, it was learned that ‘the parents easily rocognized the child. The body had as- sumed a dark brown color, the features slightly shrunken, and he compared it with the appearance of a mummy. The eyebrows and hair were of a lighter hue, while the hands looked perfect. It was the most singular sight he had ever wit- nessed, and only the most sensitive feel- ngs of the parents kept the matter from the newspaper columds. The body was again interred, and now rests peacefully in the family iot for aught we know. The strange transformation of this body is not the only instance recorded. The few number of dead removed Las not af- forded an opportunity to learn how com- mon an occnrrence this may be, but learned gentlemen tell me that when Ga- briel blows his bugle, or the disinterring of bodies becomes necessary in the Blac! Hills country, many bodies will be found turned to stone. The other instance re- lated is that of Wild Bill, murdered in Deadwood by Jack Call ten years ago. Bill was buried on the mountain side, and the building of residences compelled the unu:\rlhin%' of his bones. What was the surprise of his friends when they discov- ered that the famous fronticrsman was a solid stone—petrified. This revelation may appear strange to eastern readers, but here 1t 18 an open secret. e Englishand American NewsGatherers Saturday Review: The average Eng- lish reporter trusts far too much to short- hand. When he gets on a large daily he is apt to become a mere note-taking ma- chine, and he is treated and esteemed as such. The result is that when there comes among reporters a man who can write **out of his own head," no use 18 made of his capacity. The chief reporter simply uses him as a machine, and the man, if he be of any stamina, retaliates by zeuinfi himself removed from the reporting sta: to some other department. Then when the occasion comes that a reporter is wanted to write original copy he is either not there, or he lacks the facility that comes from practice. The American reporter is different. In many cases he would be unhit to take his *‘turn in the gallery’’ or at a large public meet- ing where the paper sends a corps for a five-column verbatim report. is short- hand is shaky and, like David Copper- field’s, & puzzle to himself. But he can g0 to a meeting and write a half-narra- tive and half-critical report, cuntaining not only the main facts, but a score of little gossipy items and comments that people like to read. He can be told to “go down to the depot and make a column about the new boss"—a com- mand at which the average Eng- lish reporter would stare helplessly, Finally, he can be requested to go and fiq! some news, and he will go and get it. is English confrere never heard such a command, and has no knowledge that anything ever happens save such antici- pated events as are daily entered in ad- vance in the chief reporter’s engagement book. It is only a few months ago that a Jewish theater in London was the scenc of a dreadful loss of life at quite an early hour of the night, and next day not a solitary line ahout it appeared in any London morning newspaper. ‘The manager of the theater had omitted to send notice Lo the reporters that a catastrophe was to happen, - Sentenged to Be Sliced, North China Herald: Ma-ssu and Ma Jen-k'uel were two brothers who lived in the Yun-ch'eng district. The elder, Ma Jen-k'uel, was a hot-tempered, good-for- nothing sort of a fellow, who was con- tinually borrowing money and articles from his younger brotber, and either helped himself or made a row if he met with any signs of refusal. One day he sent his son to Ma-ssu for the lorn of some money, and being refused the youngster attempted to make off’ with a cooking pan, bunt was stabbed by nis uncle and obliged to go without it. The father vowed that he would have vengeance, if he should burn his younger brother's whole household. This made the latter determined to get rid of his elder brother as soon a8 an opportunity oftered. Ma Jen-k'uel was riding one day on a donkey to a fair neighbor- od, and, dismeyanng ol e way, sat 9 io nave a smoke he younger brother, who had followed him, rushed up and dealt him several fatal thrusts with a knife, He then led away the donkey, sold itto some unknown person, an¢ returned home with the price wrapped up i a saddle-cloth. The authorities posted notices giving a description of the dress and appearance of the deceased, and his married daugh- ter, having come ncross one of them, came to the conclusion that the mur- dered man must be her father, and went to see her Uncle Ma on the subject. ~ On being questioned. Ma got ‘Aurried and gave contradictory answers, but his niece had not evidence enough to charge him with the crime. - Being afraid that the saddle-cloth would betray him he went to bury itin the family cemetery,and was detected by his niece, who happened at the moment to be sweeping the graves. The case was not considered to be full established at first, but aftor repeate: trials the facts as given above were clearly proved and have been confirmed by the man's own confession. He has been sentenced to death by the slicing process, in accordance with the lay ap- plicable to the case of a person who murders a senior in years related to him within the second degree of mourning. Chinese Mythology. Pak iin San Francisco Examiner: The outline history of the idol which the Chinese were celobrating these few days in this city is as follows: This god or idol, called Sai 8an Pak Sek Tow Wong, was a man full of virtne and renown, He was the principal adviser in oyer- throwing the Chun dynasty, and he was also the inaugurator of the ton dynnsty, which succeeded jthe Chun. During the reigu of the first emperor of the Hon tig,:nnaty Tow was appointed prime mine er, Tow was his title name, while his given name was Chan Ping, Chan thesurname, Ping the given name, and Wing Ching the tribal name, but they called him the Sal 8au Pak Sek Tow Wong, which means ‘‘the god of the white-stone moun- tain on the west.” 80 Chan Ping is the prover name, and any Chinaman who belongs to the Chan family has a perfect right to claim him u8 his ancestor. 1t is impossible to find his .‘f" but from the ‘nr in which the Hon dynasty was established to the present 18 2,200 “years exactly, . While Chan Ping was yet in office the emery died and left a young widowed empress, the most beautiful woman in the 1and, Now Chan Ping was also a very hand- S0me man—some say the handsomest 1a in all China—and soon his appearance excited the love of the cmpress widow. ‘When Chan Ping became aware of the improper affection of the empress, what do you suppose he did? He mautilated his face before he entered court. Chan Ping was a man of righteousness and of virtue, and during his term of office the country was most prosperous, and when he died the people all thought that ne must surely have gone above to be a god of heaven, to assist the Almighly insend- infi blessings to earth. t first his image was set up by indi- viduals, and the worshippers prospered, and others, seeing how much good Chan Ping was able to do, did tho same thing, 80 that now, at this time, the whole country is pretty well tilied with thous- ands of his shrines. 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The subject of this notice, Mrs. Katio Swan, wite of Hackman Kugone Swan, well and fa- Jorably known in, St. Puui, was' found at her home, No. 18 Rast Ninth strect, by a report or, who went thero After an itom, having been told she was suffering untold misory from somo cause or other, Tho door of the mansion oponed when the mothor of Mre. Swan ap- fonred: In rosponso to the quory asto whothor r8. Kugene Swan lived there, tho reporter mas very kindiy invited tnto tho parior, and reated, ra. 8, ‘was sent for, and |‘l’|¥0ll Arrival the scribe saw at a glanve that she did not look liko as if she was a great sufferer. Upon boin Askod in regard to the renort she repliod, aYes. Lhnve suferod inthe worst form. About AT ago | contracted a slight oold, it got bot- tor and [ thought well. Then 1 began to dis- cover prins over my ey and through my head. My ear ached me nearly all the timo. There WA A ringing noise fu my head, after awhile [ found 1 COULD NOT HEAR in one of my ears. 1 became alarmed. Then A nervous foar overtook mo and i foit very bad, mlltlml 1 may say miserable: could not sloep ¢ nf MRS, KATIE SWAN. had no a‘vpm i wag dull and had & constant tired feeling: never seemed to getrested: was very restless at night, and very scidom, if ever, #ot to sleep before morllln': 1 was rapldly owing worse all the time. [ triod to believo n every kind of patent medicino that was rec- ommended. Had physicians examine me and treat me. but obtained no benefit. Recing Drs. McCoy & Honry's advertisoment in the papers, husband told me to consuit them, 'h(n{ did, placing myself undor their care at onoe, 1 be- Ra&n to lmrrove from the start and gained rap- laly in weight, health and strength, until to-iay you see me robust ana henrty, aad I know that through Dra. MoCoy & Henry's treatment 1 am entirely well.” ra. Swan will fully corroborate everythiu, mentioned to those doubting it, and will most choerfully cndorse the doctors. CATARRA DESCRIBED. The Sym) toms Ammihm That Dis- ease Which Leads to Con- swnption. When catarrh has existed in the head and the upper’ part of the throat for any length of time —-tre patient living in u district where poople are subject to catarrhal affcction—and the easc has been loit uncured, tho oatarrh invar- ably, somotimes siowly, oxtends down tho windpipe and into the bronchial tubes, whioh tubeaconvey the 8ir to the different p.rts of the lungs. The tubes become affected from the swelling and tho mucous arising from catarrh, and, in some jnstauces, bacome plugged up. so_that the air canuot got in as froely as it should. shortness of breath follows, and the patient breathes with laborand difficulty. In either case there 18 A sound of crackling and whoezing insido the chost the disease the breathing s us: than when in henith, dashes over his body. Tue pain which accompanies this condition is of a dull charactor, felt in the chest, bohind the breust bone, or under the shoulder hinde. The nin muy come and go--lust few days and then bo absent for sevoral others. The cough that occurs in tho first stages of bronchial catarrh is dry,comes on at_intervals, hucking in charao- ter, and is usual most troublesome in tho morning on rising. or g0ing to bed at night and it may b in the first evidence of the disease ox- tending into the lungs. Somotinmos there are fits of coughing induced by the tough mucus 8o violent as to cause vom- iting. Later on the mucus that is raised, is found to contain small particles of yollow mut- ter, which indicates that the small tubes in the lunks are now affected, With this there ro often streaks of blood mixed with the mucus. Insome cnses the patient hecomes vory pale, hns fevor, and expectorates beforo any cough appears. ) In some cases smal Imasses of choesy gub- stance aro pit up, which, when prossed bo- twoen tho fingers, emit a bad odor. In other rticles of a burd, chalky nature aro eThe raising of chdosy or chalky lumps indicate serious mishiof at work in tho lungs. In some cases catarth will oxtend into the lungs in u few weoks: in other cases it muy bo months, and even ycars, befo! e diseaso at- tacks the lunes sufficiently to cause sorious in- terference with the general lenith. Whoen the dise se has developed to such point the pa- tient is said to buve oatarrhsl consumption. With bronchial catarrh there 18 moro or loss fever which dilfers with the differot parts of the day—slight in the morning, higher in the afternoon and evening, Sometimes during tho day the pationt has a crecping, chilly sonsation, which may lnst from half ‘an hour to an hour, tho surface of the body feeling dry and hot.’ During tho night, near the morning, there may be sweats. Buch BWeRts are known a8 night swonts, The puise is usunlly more rapid than normal and tho_pationt losos flo strongth. A frosh cold is all that i3 ne this point to develop rupld consumption. In some {nstancos the patient loses strength and flesh slowl The muscles gradunlly waste away. Then tho patient gradully regains some of his strength, only to 1036 1t again. A weak stomach and a dislike for food, which scems to have lost its tasto, causos the patient to think he hasw dgseuso of the stomach instond of the lungs. With these diarrhoea usually oc- curs, and there {8 some disturbance of tho kid- neys. In bronchial catarrh the voice often be- comes wenk, hueky and coarsc. ‘There is & burning pain n throat, with difioulty in swal- lowing. At this stage of more rapid The patient has also bot SNEEZIN What It Means, How It Acts, and What It Is. You sncezo when you get up in the morning, you try to sneeze your nose off every time you Are oxposed to the loast draft of air. You have a fuliness over the front of the forehond, and the nuse fools as if there was & plug in each nostril which you cannot dislodge, You blow your nose tufil your ears crack, but it don’t do any good, and the only result {8 that you suc- ceed In getting up a very red nose, and you so irritato the lining membrane of 'that “organ that you are unable to breatno through it at ail This is & correct and not_overdrawn picture of nn acute attack of catarch, or ‘‘Sneezing Catarrh’ as it i callod. Now, what does this condition indicnte? First, acold {hut causes mucus to be poured out by the glunds in the nose: then those diseasod glands are nt by swarms of little germs the cutarrh ut float in the afrin & locality whi s is prevalent. Thoso animateu efforts to find n lodgment, irritate the sensitive membrane lining the nose and nature undertukes to rid herself of them by producing & fit of sneezing 'When the nose becomes filad with thickenod and disensod mucus the natural channels for the introduction of air into the lungs 18 inter- fered with, and the person so effcted must breathe through the mouth, #nd by such menns the throat becomes pirchod and dry, enoring is produced, and then the catarrhal disonse gains roady access to the throat und " DOCTOR J,Gresap M'Goy Late of Bellevue Hospital, N. AND DOCTOR Columbus Henry Have Offices 310-311 RAMGE BUILDING Cor. 15th and Harney Streets Omaha, Neb. Where all curable cases aro troated with guo- coss. Modicn) disenses treatod skilfully, — Con sumption, Bright's Diseaso, Dyspepsia, Rheu- and wll NERVOUS DISKEASES. All di- tho sexus & spocialty. ~ OA« ARRH, TON st office or by mail $1. 0 tolla 2to4p m; Tto Sundays includod. sspOndence roceives prompt attention. seases uro troated Auccessfully by De > through the mails, and it 8 thus possk ble for those unable 10 mkke & journey Lo ob- n fui hosp tal treatment at thelr ) lotcers wnawered unless wcoompa Y 10 In KLmDS, all lotters 1o Drs, & Henry CAddres MoCoy Lonis 410 and 511 ttwmge Building,0 mahe,Ney