Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 23, 1887, Page 5

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1887 NEEDS ANOTHER ADJUSTMENT The Transportation Board to Aek Another Reduction of Rates. POTTER WILL HAVE TO ANSWER. The Waterloo Bridge Matter to Be Taken Into the Courts---School Money Appointment--The Bond Election To-day. [PROM THE BEE'S LINCOLN RUREAC.] The secretaries of the state board of trans- portation mot yesterday at their rooms and considered the question of & redaction of rates, The recert reduction of inter-state rates affects Missouri river points, and Lin- coln und Fremont, which have been given separate schedules at an advance of about 5 cents per 100 on different classes over Mis- The state board believe these places, and consequently they huve called & meeting of the board to consider and ndopt a new tariff sheet for the different roads in the state to conform to the reduction made in inter-state rates. The clerk of the board was instructed to notify the different roads in the state of the meoting and request ropresentativer to be prosent, At that meet- ing, if an agreement is not made with the roads on reductions, the board will decl existing rates unreasonable, make a reduction 10 a reasonable basis and_proceed to the en- forcement of their order in the courts. In the matter of the Waterloo bridgo and overflow case, in which Mr. Potter rofused to accede to findings of the board, the board will procecd to uake out a finding of facts and file the same in the courts where the Union Pacific will be called upon to answer in trial. In the board records u new complai been en by Jobiu Lisco, of Cl sta tion, Merrick county, who alleges that the Union Pacific discriminates against him on shipments of hay to Omaha and that the dis- crimination was made in car load lots in favor of other shipvers. Answer day for this complaint is set for Monday next TIHE SCHOOL MONEY APPORTIONMENT. Superintendent Lane yestorday handed to the state auditor the sewi-annual apportion- ment of school moncy based upon the. report of the state treasurer filed with him Decern- ber 5. The report showed that there wero the following amounts to apportion: Int on Union Pacific bonds, $300; intercs state bonds, $13,050.60: state tax, $93,009.73; n county bonds, £23,520.20; intercst t bonds, §50; lease of ol lands, ; private securitics, 00; u total 40,93, Under the law the state supor- nt has apportioned this amount to the different counties of the state according to school population. The school population of the stute is £79,052 and tho rate per scholur The different counties in the stato receive the following amount Name of Countles. Vi Amonnts Due Antolope Adums Hoone Buffalo Brown. Hall.. Hamllton. Harlai Hayes.. ... Hitehecil --’Sg‘_ 2 1} 2. THE BOND ELECTION. To-day the city votes upon the proposition of granting $150,000 of bonds to aid in the construction of the proy Lincoln, Red Oak & Des Moines rai There was more evidence of opposition to the bonds on the streets yesterday thun heretofore and Bome | who did not reveal their iden- tity, had boys scattering dodgers, calling on tax payers before voting more bonds to con- sider first what taxes are the present year and asscrting that taxos are 6 per cent. Whatever the opposition may be it is very evident that it has arrived too late and the disposition among heavy tax payers is to vote the bonds, STATE HOUSE NOTES. vernor Thayer i reported to be im- it he is yet confined to his bed governor's friends are unlimited and all ave anxious for his speedy rocoy C. Gasten has been appointed steno- grapher for the Eloventh Judicial district by Judge Cochran and has filed his oath of office with the secretary of state, Judge T. C. O. Harrison, of Grand Island, is the first of the district judges-clect to file his outh of office with the sccretary of state for the coming year. Sheriff Grimes, of Johuson county, was in the city yesterday, bringing with him_a new boarder for Warden Hyers, sentenced to one year's imprisonment for stealiug u wagon. The same party is under indictment in Otoe county for horse-stealing. Captain Hill, private ernor, Colonel Palmer, ( stone and Lieutenant Dudley, of t 1’8 Stafl, went to Wymore yesterday to attend the military ball at that place given by the battery of light artillery. The following notaries were commissioned ¥ iliam Rywn, Randall, Chey- Albert G. Edwards, Omaha; A. D. Gibbs, Arapahoe, Furnas county: H. E. Wilson, (#umpion, 'Chase county; John Brass, Clieyeune county ; ‘Jumes " Riley, Hasting —— General and Doctor Fishblatt, The telegraph bas brought the in- telligence that @ man named Fishblatt was ucting us “general” of the Salvation army at Fuwrbault, Minn., where, it was claimed, the success of the celestial arr of wortals had aroused the enmity of scv- eral local ministers who had in- stigated some of the disreputablo elements of the city to make the heavenl, cohorts flee for the safety, The “‘geners of the army bears a name weli known to v ddents of Omaha of a fow yoars ago. 1 the days the gentleman was known as “doctor.” He occupied sumptions apartments over the the Omaha National bank, advertised with liverality and sported paste diamonds which made him the eénvied one of every notel clerk in town. But busincss didn’t pay, and nr around the green cloth didn't fill his pockets. He left the town, drifted to Cleveland, Ohio, Jumped into the broker business,went to other towns, always dropping down 1 until now he is found endeavoring to make u grand aseent to heaven and induce others to follow him in the ranks ef the army which is battiing for salvation and against sin und tho devil. Dr. and Gen- eral Fishbiatt's versatility is equal to almost any emergency. A CELEBRATED CA¢ The Suit of Frankiu Robinson vs. Al- fred 1. Jones, et al, Now on Trial. The case of Franklin Robinson vs. Alfred D. Jones, et al. began yesterday in the distriet oourt, Judgos Wakeley and Groff oc- cupying the beneh, There was a great ar- ray of 1egal taiont proseat and many spec- tators. The plaintiff's case is bding con- ducted by Messis, George W. Donne, Jolin W. Lytle and Pat O. Hawes, while Messrs John M. Thurston and C. A. Baldwin appear for the defense. This promises to be a long and tedious caso and at the samo time a celebrated one. The history of the litigation is well known to the readers of the Brk, but a short synopsis is given below: Mr. Robiuson was a veteran of the can war and after completing sc moved to Gontry county, Missou inson plication for a_government land patent to which he was entitled, This was prior to 188, When gold was in Californin Mr, Robinson was with the fever and started for the mines. He alleges that he and Mr. Jones en- torod into an agreement whereby the latter was to locate the land for him. He claims that Jones did not keep faith with him, but obtained the land and filed the patent in his own nume. That Mr. Jones afterward sold this property and bought real estate in Omalia, which is now very valuable, Mr. Robinson returned from California in 1856 and at once began suit against the defendant. —— Public Works, Hereafter, when advertising for bids for the construction of sidewalks Chairman Balcombe, of the board of public worlks, will call for bids for the construction of cross- walks, The latter were put down by the street superintendent, and it is thought tho new systemn will be less expensive. During tho past r there have becn over twenty mi sidewalk laid down by the sidewal nd about sixty miles by private partics. ‘The cost of this has been about $1.500 per mile. There scems to be some difticulty about gotting contractors to build a hy for the watchman on the Sixteenth str and a8 & consequence the cus structure is compelled to battle with the cle- ments. Councilman Lowry complaincd to Secre- tary Wappich of the board’ of public works that tho paved streets were in a horrible con- dition because of the dirt which has accurau- lated since strect sweeping has heen discon- tinued. He also showed that a large part of this dirt was rapidly turning into_dust, through the air injuring the displays of holiday goods and making it unpleasant for people to be on the stroet. “The secretary said that he would inform the chairman, who. he thonght, was even then out looking for Contractor Fanning. A Home for the Babies. On the corner of Harney and Nincteenth streets may be found the little home for the children of mothers who go out to work. It is now in readiness for use, s cosy and com- fortable, and will answer every purpose for which it is intended until spring, when tho permanent building will be completed. By the paying of a few pennies for the food and care of her cnild during the day, a mother can earn a full duy's wages,and rest perfectly easy us to the welfare of her child. Ifa mother wishes to go out to work by the weck, a permanent home canbe secured here for her babe by the payment of s mere pittance, not to excecd $1.50a weok. A good matron has been se . and she will be assisted by charitably disposed ladies who have volun- teered their services. Still more help is needed ; clothing for little children, and many other things necessary to the success of this meritorious enterprise. - For full particulars callon or address Elizabeth G. Munford, 1722 Dodge street, secretary of the Home. —— A Pushing Church. The Westminister Presbyterian congrega: tion—the Rev. John Gordon's—will open their new church on the corner of Twenty- nincth and Mason streets, with services on next Sunday morning. The church is a very fine structure and has a seating capacity of about 500. ‘The congregation is largely bued with characteristic weatern energy. was only organized in Aprillast; in Scptem- ber they concluded to build a church, and on YChristmas eve the building will be occu- vied withan entertainment for the children. Buck Held on Two Counts. W. Buck stood before Judge Berka to answer first the grave charge of embezzling $120 belonging to his Iate employer L. A. Black, 2,4071¢ Cuming street; and second the charge of obtaining money under false pretenses from Jeno H Buck \\'u|\'4‘(r|-xnmi|m|um on both der $1,600 bonds to g ey An Omahan in Denver. F. L. Dana, formerly connected with Brad- streots oftice hus become editor of the Denver Exchange Journal, which has just made its appearance. Ho I8 also secretary of the C orado Reat Estate and Mining company. His venture in journalism is a creditable one and his supply of advertisemecnts is sufficient to guarantee success, Real Bstate Tranafers. Otto Lang and wife to E.L.Bierbower, lot 1, bik, Hogwwe & Hill's udd Wi, . Boyd to Anna Riley, bk 4, Boyd & Sharp’s add, w d. F. B. Rankin and wife to Mary L. l(\fixifi, lot 13, blk 4, Bedford Place, Jno A. Harmon to blk 2, sub_div Choice, w d v Geo L. Dunham “andwife " to A Yates, lot 14,blk 8,Central Park,w d 2,600 Chas Fengstrom and wife to Chas _F. Yates, lot 13,blk 4, Wise & Pal add, w d. W E E French and wife to Chas I" Yates lot 3 blk 16 Central Park, wd...... Louise M Yates to Chus F Y power of attorney to sell real cstate V G Albright and wife to Chas C Millurd, lot 9 blk 1 Fowler place,w d John B Kusney to M Hellman ot al s 14 partly wall bet n 44 ft and mid- die 44 £t of lot 1 bl 105 Omaha, q ¢ d M Donnelly to Robert 13 Walluce wt al lot Clark's sub, Millard & Co add,= wd.. ceeseene 500 Charles § to John Fritz, 1o town of Millard or Cnarles C d to C F Yates, e blk A, Bedford, hane to John A Creighton, ns0ft of lot 1, nsoft of e 14 lot 2 and w X of lot 2, blk Omaha, wd. John A Horbuc wife to My H Lawmbert, n g lot 4, blk ¢ bac d A Oliver Alexander et al, part Smiths add, 84 1-6x186i¢, w d John Latenser and wife to Mrs W Young, und 3 blk 2 E V Smiths add 34 1-6xis6lg. wd.... H G A Lindquist et al to G W Spalsburg lot 11 blk 8 Rose Hiil add, wd..... Cornelia A Rice to S P Groat, lots ‘15, 16, 17,13 blk 14, Bedford Place add, wd.. J H Patterson and wife tc son, und ¢ bk 1 and so 30 ftlot 3, lot 41031 and so 50 1t lot 22 bl 3, bik 3, 4, Fayette Park, w d Anna Riley and husba Rowley, und 1¢ lot 9, blk 4, Boyd & Sharp's add, wd...... 4 Amos Phillips and wife to | E Fre s 30 ft lots 7and 8, blk 7, Patrick’s 2d add, w d . 2,500 1,200 300 wi v 8 and 7, bik oty lot 11, f 16, 2,500 3,200 300 Asa H Morri ) som, lot 2, bik 78, S0 Omuha, g ¢ d. A ROCKY MOUNTAIN HERMIT. General Brisbin Discovers Him Liv- ing With a Pot Bear. CABIN IN THE BIG HORN RANGE. A Faithless Wife Drove Him From Civ tion— Entitled to & Pension for Service in the Late War, Fort McKinney, Wyo., Correspond- cnce of the New York World: Few people can know of the strango things we meet in these wilds, While hunt- ing not long ago up in the very heart of the Big Horn mountains, we came to a little open valley through which ran a stream of pure cold water. Following the stream up to its source we found a magnificent spring. The pool was six feet wide, seven or eight feet deep and 80 clear that every pebble on the bot- tom could bo distinetly seen. Near the spring stood an old double cabin of rough-hewn logs, which we at first thought was uninhabited. On closer inspection, however, we found that somebody 'lived in it. We rapped on the door, but got no response, and we were about to turn away when a pet bear shambled up the path towards us and un old man clad almost entirvely in skins of wild animals followed close be- hind the bear. *Come here, Jacko,” said the man, “and don’t be too free with the stran- gers. He won't hurt you, gentlemen,” continued the old maw,**but he is mighty* »ear sat up and looked and then came up and smelled them. “Get out of the Jacko,” said the old frontiorsman, giving the brute a smart kick, “‘and mind your manners. Come in, gentlemen, and don’t mind Jacko, he is only my companion and he and I live all alone. I oxpeet T spoil him sometimes, but Jacko is a mighty smart bear and can doalimost everything but talk. I got him when he was only a little cub up there on the mountain, and ho is now over a year old. Go and lie down, Jacko,” and the bear did as he was bid. We are now in the cabin, and a strange place it was. An old fireplace, with a few pans and kettles, a rough table made of hewn logs and set up on stakes and three threo-logged stools completed the furniture. The earthen floor was covered with bear, wolf, fox and swift skins, and Jacko rested on the polt of & magnificeat grizzly, perhaps the hide of his own father. The walls were ornamented with skins hung up on pegs, and a dozen or more heads of elk, deer, beuar, antelope, wolves aud lions beuutifully preserved lroked down at us. The poise and oxpression of the heads were 80 life-like they scomed as if about to spring from the walls. One hugo wolf, & Rocky Mountain lion and a swift had been stuffed entire, and they looked as if alive. I oxpressed aston- ishment at the beautiful art of the taxi- dermist and the skill with which the work was done, and the old man scemed pleased. “I did it all,” he said. “The winter nights are long, and when I work it keeps me from getting lonesome.” Hearing me addressed by my compan- jon by my military title, the old mnan looked hard at me and then asked me quickly: “*Ave you a soldier? In what urmy did you serve during the war?” 1 gave him my name and told him I had served in the army of the Pottomac for nearly three years. “My God!” he exclaimed. “I was there too, and I romember you perfectly well now. Well, well,” he continued, **it seems a long time ago since the war, and I presume most of my old comrades are dead.” He then told me the num- ber of his regiment and'company and the names of his officers. He had gone into service from Philadelphia and had been all through the war. Before the war he was a furrier on Arch street, Philadel- hia. “What are you doing out here all alone in this® God-forsaken place?” I asked. “Not God-forsaken,” he replied, ‘“‘for here, general, amid these mountains we are almost face to face with God.” But what are you doing here like a hermit?” I persisted. comrade,” I added Kindly, *© trust me and give melyour stor) And he did tellit. It wasone of the saddest tales I ever heard, and I should like to repeat it entire only I don’t think he would like me to doso. Suf- fice it to say he had a family—a young wife and two children—when he went into thearmy and left them behind 1 the great city, TFor a year or two all went well, and then he heard strange tales of his wife's infidelity. He did not belie them and served out his enlistment and returned homne, only to find the stories he had heard were too true and his wife was living with another man. He took his chil- dren from her, cursed her and left. His children he left with his brother in lowa and then came to the Rocky Mountain; He had been for over twenty years in the valley where I found him, and said he never would leave it. I asked him if he did not want to see his children, and he said they were both married to good men, and would not want to see such an uncouth old creature as himself even if he did want to see them. He had given all his money and property to his brother for nd that ended it. He knew they all right and he was glad of it. H :d to be alone, for he had nothing now to live for. He cooked us some supper, and it was plain enough but good. An .ash cal some frigd deer meat and baked pot toes was all he had to offer, with a draught of sweet water from the beauti- ful spring. 3 After supper took us into the adjoin- ing cabin, and there I saw a sight not soou to be forgoten, The walls were completely covered with heads benuti- fully done and wonderfully life-like. There were elk and deer with great ant- lers, wolvef, foxes, swifts, antelope bearsand Rocky mountain lions, Ie pressed my astonishment at_the perfec- tion of his work, and he said, “‘time and care does it. The winter evenings a long and I spend much time at my work.” Iasked him where he got h skins, and he said he shot the animal Formorally he killed a_great many for sport, but now he killed only a few for food and occasionally one for a pelt. I asked him how he tanned them and he suid an old Mexican named Pete, who lived over the mountain in another val- loy, tanned them for him. es, once in a while he sold heads to get flour, ammunition and tobacco, and once in a while hunters stumbled on his place and carried away some of the heads. An English lord—Captain Dris- cell, or something of that kind—had come last year and taken away most of the heads and carried them to England Wouldn't we stay all night? It was late in the day and the paths of the mountains were uncertain, He could give us a fur bed and a pretty good breakfast of fat venison. If we "would stay ke would make Jacko dauce for us. It needed not much urging, for the living Come old ou may clouds looked heavy in the west,and evi- dently a storm was coming up. It was nearly dark, too, and thanking the old hermit forhis hospitality, wo accepted the friendly shel his roof..for the night. he brought_ in some pine logs. made up a good fire, fried some more potatoes and deer meat and baked some batter ina pan. After eating all we could hold he called up Jacko and made him dance, turn somersaults, tum- ble, open and_ shut the door, go for water, bring in wood and perform a number of tricks. Jacko was given his supper of cooked iigat and put to bed in the corner. - *You don’t know what acomfort Jacko is to me,” said the old man. “He's just like & human being, only he isa good deal better than some that I have known. Jacko is honest, and we often talk together—that is, I talk to him, and sometimes I think he understands me. The old man had some tobocco and corn-cob pipes,and he offered us each one. *‘I smoke a good deal,” he said, “‘and find my pipe company. There is lota of compary I & pipewhen I'm lones some. Jacko smokes, or he thinks he does.” He then called up Jacko, made him sit up, put & pipe in his mouth and placed his hat on the bear's head. The hear made a funny picture. **Come and give me a hug and go to bed, Jocko,” said the old man, and the bear came and gave him a huge and then went to his corner. We sat quite late into the night talk- ing of the war. The old man loved to talk about the battles he had been in. I had nuticed he was slightly lame, and he showed me where he had been shot in the leg at Antietam. T told him he was entitled to a_pension, and should get it for his children if not for himself, He shook his head sadly, and said: T have all I need. I have done with the world. Jacko and T will stay here and not bother ahout anything.™ T was alittle afraid of, that bear, but the old man assured me he would not move out of his corner until morning, and he did not. Next morning, after a hearty break- fast,we left him at the door of hislone! cabin, and Jacko turned several some: saults of dolight, as if he was glad we were going, and no doubt he wa JAMES S, B —_—— 'Tis an 11 Wind That brings with it gusts of rain from the northeast. When the wind blows from that quarter on a wet day, the rheumatic are apt to suffer, even if seated by their “ain comfortable ingle in a cosy arm chair. A few wine glass- fuls of Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters— most genial and comforting of specifics —will afford them unspeakable rolief. There is ample proof on record of its efficncy in this disense—more partic larly if used for its relief at the outset. Chills_and fever, ll_“spu()sil\‘ constipa- tion, liver complaint, And a lack of tone in the kidneys and bladder, should also be treated with this tiseful, family medi- eine of botanic origin. Appetite im- proves, refroshing slumbor once more visits the weary eyelids of the nervous, and the circulation is enriched und ac- celerated in consequence of its invigor- ating and regulating action. Use it as a protector against getting wet. BIN, LN L A Murderous Blade. New York Telegrain: One of the de- tectives attached to the Twenty-ninth recinct has in his possession a stil- otto which is said to'have been used in twenty-two murders and which was the ruin of one of the oldest and wealthiest families in Italy. The weapon is kept by the detective in & small ivon box at his home. ‘When asked to tell the story of how it came 1nto his possession, the detective said: *‘I was an officer on patrol duty at the time, and, as my beat was in that district known as ‘Little Italy,’ I got to know a number of Italians living there. Among them was a tall, fine-looking young fellow nwmed Guiseppi Graveno, and he and I were great friends. He seemod to be better educated than the others of his kind, and would stand and talk to me by the hour of his once mag- nificent home in southern Italy, but which owed its ruin to a knife. “The knife, he said, had been picked up by one of his ancestors in Eg‘iypt over two hundred years ago,and had de- scended in his family from father to son, and in that time twenty-two people had been killed with it. I used to think he had been drinking when he would de- seribe the murders, and move especially when he would tell me, as he would often do, that no one could handle the kuife without cutting some one with it. “One night he came to me on_post and handed me something wranped in a picce of cloth which he expluined vas the mysterious and fatal knife. He was afraid, he said, to keep it for fear he might be tempted to use it, and wanted me to either destroy it or put it some place where no one could handle it. T took the knife and put it in my pocket and forgot all aboutit until I was at home, 1 took it out,unrolled the cloth and pulled the blade out of its sheath. The blade was about five inches long, and curved in and out in a curious manner, giving ita look like tongue of flame. The handle was covered with dark colored leather, and I took it up inmy hand to look ot it more closely don’t know what came over me, but suddenly I felt a queer sensation all over my body. My fingers closed over the handle, and the queer shaped blade seemed to quiver with life. T felt an unconquerable de- sire to stick it into some one, and would probably have done so had my hand not struck the hot chimney of a lamp and the pain caused me to drop it. *I managed to get the blade into the sheath again and wrap it up as it was given to me, and ‘v\ll into that iron chest, where 1t hasbeen ever since.” The reporter asked to see the knife, and after considerable pleading got the detective toopen thé box and lay ti knife on the table. The sheath w: plain heavy leather one, and the knife Lmkwl 50 like hundreds of others he had seen that the reporter smiled at the supposed ghost story. The blade was withdrawn, and, as the detective had snid, was curved in a curious manner. Near the handle were a number of hicroglyphics, and, like the detective, the reporter to examine them lifted the knife from the table. His hands had hardly closed on the shaft when the curious thrill passed over him, but just then the detective forced the knife out of his hand, and with a sigh of relief he saw it locked in the iron chest from which it will shortly’ be taken and de- stroyed. Ancient historians tell of Damascus blades which had a similar power, and the stilletto may have been fashioned by the hands that fashioned them, e Some fashionable ladies are not satis- fied with ready-made fans, but must have them made to order; they ave, however, satisfied with Dr. Bull's‘cough syrup at 25 cents and take it r(‘guhufy. Jne fire burns out anothers burn- Win and most pain suffers more to he cured, but Salvation Oil is painless and certain, It costs only 25 cents. ~——— Financial Difficulties, J. S. Duke, hardwave dealer, Plattsmouth, Neb, has closed up under foreclosure of mortgage, the liabilities belng $3,000, Johnson, dealer in pumps and Sett, Neb., has sen cle with $1,000 ‘aa Labiities, ™ M* fiond SHOT DEAD ON THE TRACK. James Thomas, a Turf Crook, Kitled By an Ofiicer. New York World: Guttenberg raco track yesterday afternnoon was the scene of the most interesting tragedy that has occurred in Hudson county, N, Y., in many years. Jumos Thomas, alias Jim Willianms, a notorious track erook and thief, and in tuef parlance a Stipper,” was shot dead by Sergeant Darling, of the Hudson county ]Nilt‘l‘. arly in the fall of 1886 Thomas made appearance at the Clifton race track and said he came fro Virginia. He was an expert “eraps” player, and also gave tips to a number of sporting men who visited that track. As soon as the races closed he turned his attention to other matters, and in & very short time he was accused of being the principalin several petty robberies in Puassaic county. About three months ago a warrant was issued for his ar- rest by Justice James I5. Norton, of Pas- saic county. The warrant was made out upon several complaints, one for robbing & church near the raee course and the other, as far as can be heard, for insult- ing women. The warrant was given to a local detective to serve. He went to the race track and arrested Thomas. ‘While he was bringing him from the race course to the jail Thomas jumped upon the detective and bore him to the ground, and when he was down he hit him several times about the face and arms and made his escape. The de- tective made inquries rogxmlin{ him at different race tracks and finally lo- cated him at Guttenburg. The detective then caused a warrant to be issued for Thomns’ arrest for assault and battory and also on the pre- vious charge: The warrants were given to Officer Jamoes Gynu and another ofticer, whose name cannot be ascer- tained. They visited Justice Van Geeden, of New Durham, North Bergen, where the Guttenburg race track is located. They nsked him for nssistance to arrest Thomas and he referred them to the Union Township Town Hall. ¢ visited that place and gave the nt to Sergeant Otto Darling and <ley, who promised to arrest Thomas a8 soon as possible. After a little trouble they found their man under the name of Williams. At first they were not sure and asked the Passaic ofticers to t the track andsco if they could identify him. This they did Saturday. He must have seen the men in company with I ley and kept vory shady since. 00n tho two Union_ township officers visited the track and saw the negro near the grand stand talking to eoveral gentlemen, evidently giving them tips. When they approached him he ran away. They pursued him and saw him dodge into the carringe-shed at the north end of the track. When they entered the shed, after having consid- erable trouble in opening the large stable door, the negro could not be seen. Officer Buckley, however, saw something white under one of the carvinges and said: “Come, Williams. We have a war- rant for your arrest and you may as well surronder, as wo want you.” The negro got out from under the car- ringe and asked what they wanted, and and upon being told suid defiantly: “Come and take mo then.” ONig Buckley, having heard what a desperate character the nogro was, drew his revolver, more to intimidate him than to use it, advanced and at the same time drew the warrant from his pocket and rend it as he went towar the nogro. As Buckley stepped over one of the shalts of ihe carriage, be- hind which the negro was hiding, the latter jumped forward and seized him around the waist and attempted to throw | him to the ground. Ofticer Buckley is a tall, powerfully built young mun, but found he had his hands full when he tackled the negro, who scemed to have only one purpose and that was to obtain the revolver which the officer had in his hand. They swayed from side to side and did not have much room to move, as they were surrounded on every side by car- riages and were at different times forced against them. Sergeant Dar- ling called to Buckley, asking him if he needed help, but recéived no ans- wer and only heard snifle and hard breathing of both men as they fought for the revolver. The negro suddenly seized the butt end of it and forced the officer’s arm up. He, think- ing the negro was going to shoot him in the head. knocked the revolver down with his left hand, while his right was round the negro’s neck. Suddenly the volver went off and the bullet struck ergeant Darling in the right hand, hetween the thumb and the first finger. Buckley again seized the negro’s right hand, but was soon compelled to release his hold by the negro biting him. Then the negro placed the revolver against the officer’s left breast, right over his heart, and was about to shoot when Buckley, seeing his danger, seized the revolver with his right hand and at the same time pushed his first finger between the hammer and the chamber. The trigger came down with a sharp snap and split the officer’s finger almost in two. Sergeant Darling had not been idle during this time, and when he saw the negro place the revolver against Buck- ley’s breast he, thinking the latter was about to be killed, pulled his revolver and fired at the negro, The bullet struch the negro in the shouider just us the trigger descended upon Buckley's Both men groaned and Buck- loy, jumping back ae far as he could, wrenched the revolver from the hands of the negro. As he did so Sergeant Darling fired a second time. This was the fatal shot and it struck the nogro over the hoa He reeled back and with a groan expired. He died stand- leaning against one of the ¢ ringe whe Sergeant Darling left Buckley in rge of the body, and going to Officer nton, who has charge of the k, said: I have killed a negro in the shed, but did it in self-defense,” The only witness to the killing of the negro was a Mr. Carlin, a well-known sporting man, who happened to be pa ing the shed as the first shot was fi and saw the last part of the shooting. Sergeant Darling was taken before Jus- tice Van Gilden, of New Durham, and made a statement veciting the facts. Both the officers have good reputations and have been connected with Union township for about six months. Ser- geant Darling was taken to the county ail to await the coroner’s inquest. The ody of Williams wag removed to the morgue, and County Physician Con- verse was notifi e Ringing In the ears, sometimes a roaring. buz- zing sound, are caused by catarch, that exceedingly disagreeablé and very mon disaese. Loss of smell or he also result from catarrh, Hood's saparilla, the great blood purifier, is a peculiarly successful remedy for this disease, which it cures by purifying the blood, If you suffer from catarrh, try Hood’s Sursaparilla, the peculiar medi- cine. el Goats and Grizzlies. Kansas City Star: George Riebald, a pioneer of Tdaho since 1868, the owner of the Little Giant gold mine at War- ran and long a skilled hunter in the Sawtooth mountains, is in town. Mr. Riebald was for many years a contem- r«nry for George Weisor, the famed rapper and hunter for whom the busy young metropolis of Weiser City was named, and he was associated with him at times on_some of his most perilous tramps. “Weisor was the viel Boone of that section,” said Mr, Rie- bald yosterday; “but the naming of the torritory was done by Joaguin Miller, The word ‘Idaho’ is pure Bannock and signifies “The gem of the mountains,’ **As to the game up there now, we've got plenty, and good game, too, but not a buffalo. There were uncounted thou- sands but a short time ago, but the Northorn Pacific road and the hunting that ensued from it drove what re- mained into British Columbin, where isolated bands may oceasionally yet be found. There is an abundance of elk, bear and myriads of mule deer. On all the earth probably there is not another placo where there is more deer, They weigh from_eighty to 800 pounds ench, dreased, and any hunter with any skill at all can easily got all he wants. “The wildest and most exhilirating sport in Idaho is that indulged in by Sheop-Eaters, a branch of the Bannock tribe. They are known by this name b they subsist largely on the tain shoop. When the sheep with young they drive them far up on the cliffs, and then with their dogs make them jump down, where thoy are found dead at the bottom, and made way with by these fellows. These Indians are first class shots, too, and of course kill many of theso sheep and other game that way. “Wa've got an animal up there called the antelope gont. Did you ever hear of ity They grow very large. A bull antelope will weigh ns " much as 300 or 400 pounds. They remain in the very highest mountains—that is, above the snow line—at an altitude of from 700 to 1,200 feet. They stay there summer and winter. They have jot black horns, five to thirteen inches long. sharp as pen- cil, and depond altogether on fighting when attacked by wolves or dogs. They have a terrible big hump on their rumps and sit down just like a dog. I have seen them sit down on & rock and much, and the can’t jump more than six or seven feet. They are indigenous only to that coun- v, and scientists don't know anything aboutthem. 1 tried to get one of theso queer antelope gonts for the Smithson- ian institute the last time I was out, but didn’t succeed. ‘‘The bald-headed grizzly bear is the only animal the Indians won't disturb. They ain't afraid of the others. I have myselfdriven an ordinary she griz away from her cub and she didn’t af tack me, being thus less dangerous than a sow. Asow wouldn’t permit that. But these bald-heoded grizzlies nro Inrge nnd extremely vicious. The sil- vep-tip grizzlies are also very cross. “*Warren, the town where I am is 160 miles southeast of Lewiston via Mount Idaho, ana 100 miles by jack train via the once famous camp of Florence. Itis 100 mniles also from Weiser. I havequit hunting for awhile and came aown for a little reereation. —— A Fact to Be Remembered. Do not be deceived by misrepresenta- tion, Ask your druggist for Allcock’s Porous plastors and Lot no explanation or solicitation induce you to accept a substitute. Allcocks “plasters ure a purely vegetable preparation, the form- ula of which is known only to the manu- fac 8, Their valuable curative qualities are due to the employment of the highest medical and chemical skill. They act safely, promptly and effectus ally. Ovoer 1,000,000 persons have been cured by Alldock\s Porous plasters, —~~— Another Case of Surplus. 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I wouldn’t care to have evorybody know about it, John,” lower- ing his voice a little and assuming a somewhat confidential air, “*but I don’t mind tellin’ you, I've laid by money on them p'taters. v much, Jesse?” leaned over toward his compan- ion and whispered, with an air of abso- lute frankness and honesty: “Nine dollars and forty-throe cents!” “Gosh, Jesse! You don’t tell me! Wal, I'm glad on’t. You worked hard an’ you desarved it.” — Lmxurious Christmas Presents. Colgate’s Cashmere Bouquet per- fume is a luxurious, yet inexpensive present which every lady will ap preciate. Navigation at Fort Smith. Kansas City Times: T saw a very amusing thing at Fort Smith the other day,” said Mr, John W. Neir. “There is not u foot of paved strect in the city, conshquently when it_rains it is impos- sible to get around. Well, while I was there I saw a skiff being drawn through the streets by a pair of mules. 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