Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 25, 1887, Page 8

i | 8 , il THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY DECEMBER 5. 1887.-TWELVE PAGES, : e e W BROTHER PARKER HAS GONE. Borrowing Friends Mourn the Loss of a Slick Swindler. HE RAIDS A COLLECTION BOX. Married on Thanksgiving, He Confi- dences His Bride, Steals Church Fundsand Departs for Greener Ficlds and Pastures New. nfidence Game. The sudden disappearance of one F. H Parker some two weeks ago and the coterie of trusting fricnds and brother church mem- bers who have been most dilligently inquir- ing the time of his expected return, has vealed a number of bold-faced trickeries prac- ticed by him rarely equalled by the most dar- ing adventurers. About ten weeks ago Parker came to Omaha in response to an ad- vertisement of the Omaha Stove Repair works for a traveling salesman, He soon won the confidence of his employers by his steady habits and business application. He took a most active part in the prayer meet- ings of the Castellar Street M. E. church, and by his fervent prayers captured the hearts of the good brothers of that socicty. There was some §000 or #1,000 pledged for the church that remained unpaid and no one was deemed better fitted to collect this money for the Lord's people than the de- vont Brother Parker. Considerable of this money came into his possession, but the ex- act amount has not yet been learned, and since Brother P sudden call to some other and remote corner of the Lord's vine- yard, the brethren of the church have de- clared that the deficit in the absent br account should come salary, as he was dircct] appointment of Park church. But there are other vietims, who have suf- fered far worse from Parker's duplicit About the middle of November he met pleasant widow, Mrs. Laclede, from Chica alady of about thirty L far abov average in culture and intelligence. S an accomplished book-keeper und expected to embark in business here, but unfortunately reached Omaha too late’ to establish herself as she wished. About this time Parker, who was about five her senior, met her, and appeared to be greatly infatuated with the buxom widow. He took her out driving and d out to her the most palatial abodes in telling her that they were his prop He made her presents of lap robes, i A Daring C: ¢ responsible for the collector for the 0, the ho s erty. handsome cutter, a fine horse and carringe, and numerous other articles that have since been discove *d to be the property of his em- . C. M. Eaton. He also claimed to mber of the firm instead of a clerk, and represented that he had between $15,000 d £20,000 in ready cush. About the third time he met her he posed marriage and at every subsequent visit vigorously pressed his suit. He finally promised if she would wed him he would deed her the elegant home of A. J. Poppleton on Spruce st , between Sixteenth and Eighteenth. Unfortunately for Mrs. Laclede she was out of mone, out of work and among strangers, and the glittering prospects held out, by the sanctimonious suitor, gilded for the while the unlovable traits in his charaetc It is said that he attempted two or three times to marry her without a ma ecnse, but was prevented by the refusal of Justices and y them without the legal document age finally e proi took pliice on Thanlsis ay 1sed 10 deed her the Poppleton” property the day before their marriage was solemnized, but it was not until a weck later that the document was forthcoming, She immedi- ately took it to the recorder of deeds, who ronounced it worthless. This was the fir intimation Mrs. Parker had of her husband duplicity, aud it gave her a shock from which she has not yet recovered. A series of other promises sho found to be equally faithless. After their marriage the couple had taken rooms and board at the Esmond, where he told her that the bill for the two was paid for over a month. He also duped the proprietor into believing he was a man of afucnce, and he was allowed to take his time in payi This accommodation he has worked fol there was in it, and the proprictor is out for the board of the two all the time they have stayed at the hoste! Through his rascal- ity his wife has also lost all her jewt "About two weeks ago, after soliciting a series of private loans from some of his brother church members, he quictly disappeared, leaving his bride in & penniless condition and prostrated by neuralgia of the heart. The gentlemanly ~proprictor of the Bsmond has done all in his power for the unfortunate woman, and she is now thought to be on the road to recovery. Her complaint is thought to have been greatly wravated by the terrible deceptions prac- iced upon her. Parker is a man of about forty and is said to have a wife and family in Michigan, The church racket is thought to be his regular game. He is a man of stout build, florid com- ~nlexion, is somewhat bald, and is not unlike Cleveland with the o8} n appearance, exception that he ars chin whiske He is lamo in the loft log, His talk is 88 Lionest a8 a granger's, and is his stock in trade, His employers are the only persons with whom he has been brought in contact who are not heavy losers through his trickery. The Western Penman’s Association. Prof. G. R. Rathburn will represent Omaha at the convention of the Western Penman's association, which assembles at Cedar Rapids, Ta., to-morrow and continue for several days. The object of these meet- :lfl is to s0 the standard of a business ncation and adopt methods that ave prac- tical and in keeping with the requirements of the commercial world, At the Rapids convention Prof. Rathburn will re- spond to the sllb)ll‘('t ‘“‘Lessons to Beginners ke in a Busincss Colloze,” and he has hopes of securing for Omaha ' tho next anuual meet- ing of the organization, Rev. Willlams' Sad Affliction, Rev. John Williams, rector of St. Barna- bas’ church, is sorcly afflicted. Yestorday evening his beloved child Fraucis died, and ab & late hour last night another cherished child, Mead, was given up by the doctors, Together with tius deuble afiliction a babe Yies at tho point of death, and the pastor's falthfui wite is_pro »d wnd uzshlo to leave her bed. v, Williams has the syui- pathy of the entire community. August Slugged Peter. Peter Peters strolled out on Tenth street last night and met August Sobat. An old grudge existed between the pair, and August concluded to terminate matters by sand-bag- ng Peter. With that instrument August ged Mr. Man on the head, inflicting a wvery painful injury, Officer Dempsey put August behind thiebars of the contralstation, e Ry Out ol Job, Richard Fletcher is a carpenter by occupa- tion, and being a little unfortunate in secur- ing a job he concluded last night to turn thief. He hitchied on to a willow chair standing in front of the store of J. Houner, on Douxlas street, and Ofcer Harvey locked him up in * the central station, Remembered Their Clerk. T, J. Miuer, the affable and pleasant clork of the Windsor, rebeived a haudsowe Christ- mds remembiance f his employ Messrs. Schlank & Prince, lust nigl cousists of a Land-mado ci ase, beauti- fully decorated with Hving figures, ——— The Van Etten Case. Judge Walicley has postioued his action in tho matter of the disbarment of David Van Etten until ¥'riday morning next, . One Building PPermit. The only bLuilding permit issued yesterday ‘was to Chris Rasmussen, to crect a §300 cot- w on Phelps avenue, between Fourteenth Fifteeath streats, ————— Coanty Court. JULLMENT RENDEKED, Judge McCulloch yesterday grauted a judg- it in favor of the World Publishing com- for §751.00 aguinst the county, Night- Other Attractions. Serpette's comic opera, *Fanchonette,” was sung by the Bostonians Inst uight at Boyd's. So far as stage setting and brilliant costumes were concerned the opera as a whole gave satisfaction. A fow of the num- bers, especially the solos and duos, were very protty, but cutside of these there is lit- tle to recommend the production. The choruses and orchestration w bad, very bad. It may have been that ahalf filled house and an_unsympathetic audience ter wmake the members of the company ve less, but true it is, that the performance pro- ducéd little enthusiasm or applause, COMING ATTRACTIONS, Two excellent attractions will appear at Boyd's opera house this week. To-morrow and Tuesday evenings, with matinee Mon- day (Christmay day), the famous Dalys will be seen in theit new farcical comed - side Down.” On Thursday, Friday and Saturday Newton Beers will appear in *Lost in London, melo-dramus one of the g of the duy. GRAND OPF The “Lights o' L very suc this house All with nearly all of the minor ones, played to the principal characters, pked lent advantage, while the scer peals of applause. Littie Tint, plu HW. Muldoon, received almost nt applause, Miss Rolland's Bess Marks was an excellent piece of actin On next Monday evening Mr. Edwin Mayo, son of F'rank Muyo, who possesses many of the excellent pes torie qualifica- tions of his 0 Lappear in the beautiful idcal sketeh, “Davy Crock- ett.” ‘There will be a Christmas matinee by to-morrow afternoon, ERMAN COMPAN I's, Baurcis & Puls’ excel- pany s in the lively ildeat . Puls-Ahl sus- ole. heart by Little Lottie Dorman, assisted by Montgoniery as taining the ti Mr. Boyd Watched. It has long been an open sccret that M, Thomas F. Boyd, the cflicient manager of U's opera louse, has not b ting nd on ti In fact Mr. Whi the surer, has complained that Mr. ore, Boyd's actions should be closely looked into, and it e determined to place s “watch’ upon him, is cspionage was brought to an abrupt termination last and Mr. Boyd was fairly caught and forced to aecept an_ elegant gold watch and el It all happened after the “‘opera W invited into a private room on some pretense, and the awkward silence was broken by the melodious voice of Mr, J. B. King, who ad- dressed Mr. Boyd as foilows: “Mr. Boyd, on behalf of the e the ops house and other warm f) yourself, T desire to present you with this token of their esteem. I trust that you will hereafter ahways be on “time” and that there will be no oceasion in the future. This elegant gold watc be embarrassing to you in only one way, that is, you will be unable hercafter to s peiter half when you arrive howe id not know the time,” to “keep cases” on you will manner. s Misstatements Corrected. In the BEx of Decomber 9 appeared a state- ment that M. P.B. Woodlief had left the city, leaving a number of creditors in the lur and also defrauding his hotel out of a board bill. Mr. Woodlef has now returned and claims that the accusations are entirely with- out foundation. The proprietor of the hotel which Woodiief was said to_have defrauded now states that that gentleman owed him nothing at the time of his departure and that the report was cntirely untrue, Mr. Wood- lief also asserts -y ubout the over- cont was d ilor did not bring it until after train time, and as he had left the cont was returned to the shop. . Corby was at the hotel when the coat cime and told the tailor he had left, being unable to wait longer for the garment to ar- rive. Mr. Woodlief did take @& trunk and vuliso with hin on his departure, In regard to the Omaha Permanent. Exhibit of Build- ing Material and Appliances, it is still in ex- istence, its doors never having been closed except to remove to new quarters. The clerks, he says, have been paid their salaries in full'except one. According to these state- ments the articles which appeared in the BEg of the 0th inst. would appear to have been secured from unrelinble sources, or from per- sons who had an object in sctting atioat rumors which_would affect Mr. Woodlief’s finaneial standing in the community. The County Col The County Comm passed the following res Resolved, That Charles Tiets, supervisor north district of West Omaha precinet be in- structed to notify all persons abutting on county is in sec 1 13, township 15, range 2 and section 15, township 15 and range 12 tc move all obstructions, fences, tics, etc, in said roads. Resolved, That the county attorney be and is horeby authovized to_ confess judgment in favor of the Omala World Publishing com- pany the sum of #i51.09, the same being the }\n;u\mt due for publishing the delinquent tax ist. & nissioners. yesterday at It. n,a youth of tender years, went iite the store of 8. P. Morse & Co. and converted to his ¢wn use without producing the required collateral a silk haudkerchief., He wus locked up. Personal Paragraphs. W. R. Gilbert, of Columbus, Neb., is in the city Edwin Francis, of Poc: Millard. Jeorge H. Harney, of Des Moines, Ta., is in the eity. A.B. Brown and wife, of Chicago, are at the Millard. Jefferies Wyman, of Lincoln, Neb., is at tho Millard. George M. Scott, of Salt Lalke City, is visit- ing in the city. J. . Doud and S. Dean, of Atlantic, Ta. arc at’ the Windsor. Jumes H. Keyes and wife, of Onconta, N. Y, ave at the Millacd. s, Thomas Y in thy ty ello, Ta., is at the of Beatrice, Neb., vis- H.S.and D. B. Lyman, of Salt are at the Millard. , advertising agent for Dr. ) is in the eity. nd A. T. Holden, of St. &, L. Mandell o Louis, a™ visiting W. I, Holden. ¥ ank R, Davidson vanton, Pa., aré st tho Millard. John M. Comstock has refurned from a trip to Kansas City and is registered at the Mil- Tur Salor Cherry, ehief clerk of the Wind:ar, hus gone to St. Louis to enjoy Christuias with his family. The Bee staf” is indebted to Patsy F the geaial spor wan, for ag “'sraokes" duy sUnas cve, Fortune Made. Arkansas 'Craveler: Chat land T bought of you the other day,” said an Euastern gentleman to o Missouri wmun, and EMe E. Davidson, Ch Qisuppoints me."” “How so?” “Why, you misrepresented it ble, You said that but instead of that itis u stumps,” “With stumps, eh?” Yes, and most of them are holiow and are full of water, showing that the land is damp.” tonps full of water?” Yeos,’ *Then your fertune is made,” “Iow so?” “Why, bott ea)u s tho water and sell it for bitters. ots see. Your name is Johuson. " SCarpenter by trade?? "M.\"Jum- Dr. Johnson, I con, you," -——— Robiuson, H. W. Mort- Mitchelt and Mes. L. W. ghts O'London company” omery, Jos iwer, of the are at the Arcade, Mrs. Nave, Hokl Awarded a Beautiful 8 The headquarteérs of the Domestic ing machine at 118 North Fifteenth et, yesterday was the center of u at deal of attraction for the ladies, when a beautiful sewing machine was given away. Mr. E. L. Dovejoy, the agent in _charge, announced weeks ago that every lady who d the Domestic store before Decem- 1 would be presented with o num- bered tickst which would entitle her to one chanee to secure the ownership of a cabinet Domestic sewing machine valued at $85, and at 11 o'clock the rafle began. Every detail was conducted in the fairest possible manner in the presence of o large num- ber of ladies. Little Anna Frenzer, who lives at 1512 Californin strect, ac cepted the arduous task of taking numbers out of one bo: the blanks, on one of which the word Domestie, from another The number handed out with the blank on which was the word domes- tic was long sought aund at last found. Miss Addie Glenn, who reside! at 28th and TLake str and Mrs. . C. Newcomb, of 931 th St., of- ficiated as tellers. to the satisfaction of all present. There were 796 num- bers in the box and nearly all were taken out hefore the lucky number ap- peared. This number, 768, is held by Mrs. H. Nave, whose residence is at the corner of 22d and Ohio Sts. Cer- i useful or handsowe Christmas present could have been i .Nave will remem berthe Domestic s as long as she is able to use the machine, which by the way, is the casiest running and one of the hest Mr. Lovejoy. It was operated with asingle No. 70 cotton wing easily through s of cloth. joy has been cessful in the sale of the Domestic, and has placed some one of tho nine different s in o large ma- jorityof the homes of Nebry The Domesticedoes some wonderfu Jwork, a mention of which is reserved for a fu- ture article on the ‘“‘Domestie and what it can do.” Ip the meantime, lov of beautiful work should visit Mr., Love- joy’s office, 118 N. 15th st., and see some of the handscme needlework it can ac- complish. general some the and wiLs, Love very sue- g T The Proposed Government Building. The bill introduced by Senator Manderson for the ercction of a public building in this city has been read a second time and referred to the committee on public buildings and grounds. It directs the secretary of the treasury to purchase a suitable lot of land in this city, and to erect upon it a building suit- able for the custom house, post office, internal revenue office and other government, ofices, The cost of both site and_building shall not exceed £1,500,000. The site shall leave the building 'unéxposed from fire by a_space of not less than forty feet. No money appro- priated for the purchase of the site shall be available until a valid title to the site shall be vested in the United States, nor until the state of Nebrasku I haye ceded to the nited States exclusive Jurisdiction over the same during the time the United States shall ain the owner of the same. When the ¢ bnilding shall have been erceted, the present government building shall be used for the offices of the departmentof the Platte. st s Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Ry Grand Holiday Excursion, Commencing Dec. 24th the C., R. T. & P. Ry. will sell round trip tickets to any point on the line, including Chic- fave for the round trip, s good to return Junuary 3d, 1888, vour time to take o trip to Chic- ago on the G Rock Island Flyer, leaving Council Bluffs at 4 p. m., and arriving in Chicagofor breakfast. The most elegantly equipped and finest Pull- man Palace sleeping and dining cars that are made are run on this train, Ticket Office—1305 Farnam st. S. S. STEVENS, General Agent. ——— 1f you don’t want your children to die with diphtheria or putrid sore throat, as in scarlet fever, use Dr. Jefferis’ pre- ventative and cure. Can be obtained only of Mrs. Porter, 4th & Council Bluffs, or address Dr. Jefferis, No. 817 South 15th street, Omaha. N A large assortmentof sleighs, cheap,a Armstrong, Pettis & Co.’s, 1308 Tzard st. -— Grand Ball. On Monday evening, Dec. 20th, at Exposition hall, the Omaha regiment Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythias, will give the first of a series of grand enter- tainments. Tickets n be obtained from any of the regimental officers orat the Omaha Book and Stationery Co.’s, 1513 Dodgo st., and D. Kaufman's on 15th street. e $1, admitting gentle- man and ladies e Articles of Incorporation. Articles of incorporation of the Omaha & Plattsmouth Belt Line railway were filed with the county clerk yesterday. The prin- cipal place of transacting the business of the said corporation will be South Omaha, and has for its object the construction of a belt line railway and telegraph line around the northern, western and southern portions of the city of Plattsmouth with diverging lines to South Omaha and Omaha in Douglas county and Beatrice in Gage county. The amount of capital stock authorized is the sum of £1,000,000, in shares of 100 each, 10 per cent thereof to be paid in on the date of sub- scription, The incorporators are Nathan Shelton, A. A. Egbert, Otis H. Ballou, Rob- ert B. Windham and George J. Fox. e Architects and Superintende! Hodgson & Son. 26, Iron Bank. - CHEAP HOLIDAY TICKETS, Via the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad. On December 24, 25, 26, 31 and Janu- 1 and 2, the Chicago, Milwaukee & ar, St. 11 R, R. will sell round trip tick- et half fare to all points on their I1- linois, Towa and Missouri lines, good un- til Januard 3. Call at theiroffice, 1401 Farnam street, K NASI General A ——— nes Morton & Son, 116 8. 15th st., nds of ice tools in stock. all i —_— Rush {s Over Now. Pianos way down; only $95; cost 8300, Call at once. NEW Y 21AN0CO., Cor. 15th and Capitol Ave. - . A. Huntoon Monored. During the rush at the Pacific express ofice yesterday S. A. Huntoon, gene agent of the company in this city, was called to the front of the oftice and, to surprise, found awuiting him an elegant easy chair, a om the o1 es of that company. stonished, but munaged Miciently to thank the t words, assuring them of for them in the past as he it would be in the future, . IX. Sudboreugh, chief clerk of the audi- as also presented by the emwployes i 4 handsowe diamond stud. ved wedding, reception and ting eards, Adams & McBride Co., 1510 Dodge, e, Now You Oan Buy Cheap. he rush is over and plenty of time. Pianos, organs, furniture, chairs, lounges, folding beds, tables. Call l\lunfin.\‘. NEW YORK STQUAGE CO., Cor, Capitol Ave, &nd 15th Sts. gl - Odditios for Christmas presents. Adams & McBride Co., 1419 Dodge. | of an assault With attempt to eommit rape on Sent Up For Fifteen Years. Sam Stevenson, convicted some weeks ago | the person of Lulu Espey, was called before Judge Groft yesterds tenced. Ste n, when addressed pre to sentencing, said he had no more to say than that he was not guilty, Thejudge after rking that he hud cavefully considered the case, and admonishing Stavenson for his I d rascality, sentenced him to penitentaary. The pris- the sentence without a wince, made some dispuring remarks about his vic- y moraing to be | tim, IMPORTANT NOTIC The A. O. H. Society of Omaha desire to say to their very many friends and those interested in the cause they suitably represent, viz: Ireland’s sors anxious for and working in the struggle for national rights for the country of their birth, have arranged for a grand ball on Easter Monday night, April 2d, 1888, and hope a generous response will be extended to them. Asis wellunder- stood, the society aims at ail their en- tertainments, to eater especially to the comfort of their nds, and on this oc- casion the different committees will use their best judgment in arvanging for a reception _worthy of the cause, the society and the respectability properly appertaining to the same, Fine purses. Card cases, Pocket books. Adums & McBride Co., 1519 Dodge. e Open All Day Mond Plenty of time to show goods, Please call, NEW YORK STORAGE CO., ind 15th st. Capitol av -~ Grand Ball. rcond Regiment, U. tion hall, Monday Tickets can be had of officers and Sir Knights of the re ment. Sir Kunights ~ will appear fatigue uniform, Regiment band. et il Geo. L. Fisher, architect, Room 47, Chamber of Commerce building. - Printers, Attention, The regular mecting of Omaha Typo- graphical union, No. 190, is postponed until Sunday, January 8. pltenis L Y. M. C. A. Meetings. The noonday prayer meeting of the Y. M. A. begins promptly at 12:15 and closes at 1:55 . m. These meetings are well attended and of great intercst and benefit to all Christian business men. The following gentlemen will take charge of the meectings this week: Tuesday, John W. Dole; Wednesday, Re Dean Gardner; Thursday, Rev. A.W.Lamar; Frida W. Brown; Saturday, Kev. Dr. Clendenin; — Oven All Da Special saerifice of furniture. Cor. Capitol avenue and 15th st. s b Adams & McBride Co. respectfully invite attention to their very ‘complete collection of etchings and engravings admirably adapted for holiday gifts. A special study made of artist appropriate framings. nue evening, in Music by the Second Monday. anos, organs and EW YORK STORAGE C Co., Took Too Much Morphine. Kate Gunn, an inmate of the sporting honse of Jessie Eads, 1019 Capitol avenue, died yes- terday morning from the effects of a dose of morphine taken with suicidal intent, The Cambrian Literary Soc On Monday the above society rovide a grand supper free to the Welsh residents of Omaha, at their rooms No. 1918 Cummings street. Sup- per served from 5 to b m. At 7:30 p. m. an Eisteddfod will be held. All ‘Welsh people cordially invited. = Ice plows, markers, nook: ete., at James Morton & 15th st. tongs, saws, Son’s, 116 sole agents for Wood's ice tools. The First Cable Car. The first cable car was run_over Harney street to Tenth yesterday, and worked to the full and complete satisfaction of the pro- moters of the ent rise. It is expected that by Monday the entire line will be in full ope- ration, HOLIDAY URSIONS. Burlington Route. SINGLE FARE FOR ROUND TRIP. To Chicago, Peoria, St. Louis, Kansas City, St. Joseph, and all points on Burlington lines east, and for distances 200 miles or <a and Kansas. Tickets on sale December 24, 25, 26, 81, January 1 and 2, limited for return to Janua 8, City Ticket Office 1324 Farnam St. A Magnificent Showing. Tt is with considerable pride that Val- entine’s Shorthand institute calls atten- tion to_the largest list of graduates occupying better positions than ['from any shorthand school in the United States. Send for descriptive circular. 1515 Dodge st. —_— United States Court. In the case of Isaac G. Burnak vs. W. T. Eubank, sherift of Cheyenne county, the rought in a verdict in favor of plaintift cents damages, anos below cost of P1ANO Co., Cap- Rush is over no material. NEW Yo itol avenue and 15th st. ——— Finest line of pieture mouldings in Omaha. Adams & McBride Co., 1519 Dodge. s Burlingto Trains leave Omuha To Chieago—9:45u. m., 8: m. o Kanst To Den P m. Depot 10th and Mason streets. Ticket office 1324 Farnam street, Route. 5 p. m.,0:45 p. 9 a. m., 8: L 8:50 p. m. 5 a. m., 10: 5 4. m., 8 il A o Bl W. M. Horton's Remains. The remains of W. M. Horton, who died on Friday, were lnst cvening - sent to Boston, Mass., Where his son resides and where tho internent will take pl Tho body was ac- companied by Mr. C. W. Gring, - Architects and Superintendents. Hodgson & Son, 26, Iron Bank, . seidenberg’s Figaro, the only 10c Ask your dealer for them. r & Co., wholesale depot, WILLIAMS —i™ only daughter of John and Fran Villinms, Funeral from residence, 5. orth Nine- teenth street, Monday December 26, at 10 a. m. candles, ro- ¢ Christmas cost at Bar- - Beautiful prayer » saries and Catho! and New Yeur's prest rett & Healy's, 218 = Fourteenth street. Piano for Sale Cheap. Only #275, cost #600. A music teacher leaving the city will snerifice his clegant 74 octave cabinet upright piano, only , cost 8600, only used two months, Atest bargain ever offered. Call on , 1816 S, 13th st, C PROFESSOR OF MUSLE Internal Revenue Coll:ctions. Yesterday I revenuc colieclions footed up ) 10,0 THE PEASANTS OF RUSSIA. The Romarkable Ignorance of Rus- sian People. PEASANTS HOW THE LIVE. Thelr Homes— Tilling vesting Scenes of a Re Nati¢ STERSBURG, Nov, ondence. ]—Pes in Rus- sin presents an interesting study. In the rural portion of the country is found quite three-fourths of the entire population. St. Potersburg and Mos- cow being the principal citics.and there- fore the bone and sinew is with this class of people. Only about b per cent of the peasants can read and write.and fow have the ordinary instinets of man and woman, They are superstitious, igno- rant and stupid. But this is not a won- der. They have been a free people scarcely longer than the blacks of America, it being during the troublous '8 in the United States that Alexander 1T issued an ukase giving the white slaves of Russia freedom. They were not slaves in the sense of being owned, body and souls by their land- lords, Thé land which they occupied was the property of the nobility, and none were permitted, when onee focated on a farm, to leave it permanently or to go beyond a certain distunce, even tem- the Soil - Har- Customs arkable ‘hools were provided for the peas- ants during the time of slavery, none are provided now, and then, as” at the present time, the design of the czar, in- fluenced by the nobles,was to keepthem in the densest condition of servitude and ignorance. Their earnings on the farms are guaged by the landlords, so they have just enough on which to live. Asno means were provided for the elevation of the slaves when they became serf: ¢ have remained e actly wh were found, and for all practical purposes they might just as well have remair t is gener- ally believed that the czar’s act in emancipating them wus to gai atic favor abroad. A peasant’s house is a very rude structure and contains none of the ele- ments of comfort, healthfulness or cleanliness. Frequently the stables are under the same roof with the tenant. His allowance of furniture, food and clothing being fixed by the landlord, he lives scantily. The building is usually of pine or cedar logs about ten inches in diameter,barked,and set neatlytogether., Itis of one story in height, with one room, generally has three or four win- dows, with one sash in each, and they are protected from the outside by rude board shutters, which, when closed at night makes complete’ davkness within and ventillation miserable. The floors ave of logs or earth, und the beds are on the floor. g There are no stoves in a peasant house. A stick-and-clay chimney fire- place suflices Here warmth is secured, and the food is cooked in kettles, The family meal is spread on the floor, and the repast is partaken of while sitting on folded legs, tailor style. In front of many of these houses,whichare covered with hay and poles—a rough sort of thatch—the traveler frequently sces a drosky from the city, the vehicle of the landlord; who pays daily visits. The peasant has very crude agricultural implements. He generally makes them at his own furnace, and gives them fin- ish and polish on his own grindstone. The peasant’s grindstone is a huge affair, 18 turned by one man, while an- other,sitting up on a frame almost above it, manipulates the implement. ~Axes, plow shares, seythes, ires, por tions of harness, horse-shoes and ev thing used about a farm or stable is fin- ished on the grindstone. A crude little furnace heated with pete or pine chips and the grindstone comprise the manu- facturing appliances of the peasant. His plow is asimple pole with handles on a dead level with the tongue, which has an offshoot downward, on which the share is nailed or tied. A plowing scene in Russia, with the I'Oll[,{‘l old frame, the crude, triangular of diamond-shaped share, and the tiny little furrow made, would be disgusting. as well as pitiable to the American farmer’s eyes. The draft or weight of the plow comes directly from the high- bowed hame, which extends two feet above the horse’s neck, and which is fastened to the collar. Instead of traces the tongue or shafts do the pulling. The Russian in no walk of life has yet learned the philosophy of direct draft from the collar of the horse. All ve- hicles are drawn by the shafts or tongues, and these are fastened to the high hame or bow, which in turn is fastened to the collar. There is nosuch thing as trace straps or chains. Car- riages are thus drawn. The women in Russia do t: of the work in the country, There are immense wheat, oat and hayfields everywhere, and in August there is great activity in the country. The large majority of persons at work are women, They wear short dvesses, plain and straight, and a loug piece of cloth over their heads like Arabs. The wheat is sown broadcast, and if not cut by the women with sickles is harvested with the old-fashioned seythe, which has a two-pound snead and a broad, short blade. From tho snead up to the han- dle there is a wooden bow something like, in appearance, the half of a heavy barrel hoop. This bow keeps the wheat, ete., from falling back over the the handle and scattering. 1 have never yet seen a man who would deign to gather up, bind and stack the wheat or oats when once it was felled. The women must do this while the men do the *‘gen- tlemanly” work, although I have seen many womén cutting grain with the scythe, The neighbors club together in harvest and help one another, : A Russian harvesting rendezvous is quite lively,and is the scene of a motley crowd. The old men and young, boys and girls, with their mothers, grand- mothers und aged women, assemble at daybreak. There are anumber of horses, on which are carried water, food and extra implements. o horsos thie boys and men ride,while the old women walk. They always carry the scythes, forks and vakes back and forth every day,and work as long as theve is daylight; and since it is daybreak at 3a. m. and not dark il 9:30 p. m., the hours of labor are long ones. The forks used in the ficlds are made of the prongs of tree branches. A limb is selected which has at least three off- shoots, and from this a hay or wheat fork is made. The wheat § ed at first very like that of America, except n the matter of cap-sheafs, Instead of three or four top-sheafs just one is placed. Tt is turned heads down and spread so as to the entire stac The heads of Ru and slender and the and red, It would be icago as' No. 2. lender, and the if o-thirds raded at Duluth The straw is rank ield aiittle more than in A It is har- sown in the same wmonth, hen the wheat is suificiont! s hacled on loug, s one-horse wagons to the windmi the farm and threshed. Hauling wheat to the thresher is a leisurely and lazy work done till the plowman wants it occupies. The windmill whi ishes the flail power for the threshing is the same found throughout Holland and Germany. same as the one Don Quixto set out to conquer. These mills are very common on around Warsaw, in Poland. and are used for every conceivable work, the women even grinding their coffe churning and washing with them. Th slightest breeze sets them going.as th fuces are tur against the wind o to eateh its full force. This appears, however, to be the only labor-saving in- stitution found in Russia. asked a landlord why he did not in- troduce the modern implements on hi farms, and was informed that labor 100 cheap; besides, it was found adv tageous Lo give ns many people work in the count possible, because if they g0 to the towns or cities they becomo troublesome! It will not be till the serfs leave the farms that Russia will have modern improvements; und not till then will she compete to any great extent with the United States in sup- plying the wheat markets of Europe. Although ignorant and kept away from gener: ation the pe ants in Russia are be i ly di satisfied with the way g sated by the government and the' landowners, ey tike the recently issued edict on the subject of education to cover their o It is double-armed, the | DAY EXCURSIONS, Via Chicago & Northwestern Ry. On December 24-25-26-81 and January 1 and 2 the Chicago & Northwestern railway will sell round trip tickets at half fare to all points on their 1llinois and Town lines, good till January 8d. Full particulars at their ticket oftice, 111 Farnam street, W. N. Bancocg, General Westorn Agent. it Two Heavy Mortgages. Charles 8. Higgins, the well-known saloon, restaurant and livery man, executed two mortizages yesterday amounting to §28,547.24, to Gladstone, Bros, & Co., the grocers, and J. E. Baleh, of the Omaha National bank, to secure the Gladstones and Chapin & Gore, of Chicago. This deal, Mr. Higgins says, will in no wise cripple him_in the transaction of his business, which will go on just the same, Last night Mr. Higgins inforned a Bee re- porter that he was ablo to pay every cent on his indebtedness und that there need be no fear on the part of ereditors, Licensed to Wed. The following marriago licenses wer yesterday by Judge MeCulloc Name and residence, § William N. Johnson, Omaha. 1 Mary Bec case more especinlly than that of any other clas Them try of public ed- ucation has but recently declared that it will stop the last avenue possible to the education of the poor cla will not permit them to enter ¢ private univers &, and has closed the doors of the publie ones hy a cireulay to the curators of the scholastic circuits, announcing that “the gymnasia and pro gyvmnasia will henceforth refuse to r céive as pupils the children of dome: servants, cooks, washerwomen, small shopkeepers and others of like condi- tion,whose children,with the exceptio perbaps, of those gifted with extraor- dinary capacities, should not be raised from “the circle inwhich they belong and thereby led, as long as experienco has shown, to despise their pavents, to become discontented with their lot and irritated against the inevitable inequali- ties of existing social positions.” The real reuson that this extraor- inary proclamation has been issued rowth of nihilism, This the of- ficials freely and frankly admit. They 1y that ns soon as_the child of u pe ant gets into school and begins to read and think he or she becomes a nillist, and goes into the community from whence the pupil came and spreads the infection. So the last channel to intelli- gence is to be thus closed. The edict was issued at the instance of the nobil- ity, and is also intended to check the the emigration from the 'me to the citie . S. HeaTH. ——— A STRANGE CAREER. Autobiography of thcCowboy Preacher in Texas. Rev. S. W. Wesley, who during the past year has been doing splendid evangelical work in Texas 5 now preaching in East Dallas, was called on by a Galveston News reporter for his biography, which he furnished us fol- lows: I was bornin Saint Francois county, Missouri, and at an early age came to Texas, accompanied by my uncle, Sam Crowley, with whom I then lived, my father and mother being dead. A few months after coming to Texas I drifted away from my uncle and wandeved out we: There I fell in among cowboys, hunters, trappers and Indian trad Being a small boy—an orphan with no one to protect me—I was subject to all kinds ~of kicks and cuffs from the frontier ruffians. I got tired of thi and made the acquaint- ance of some Comanche Indians who came info the country to trade, and I determined to leave the white people and go among the Comanches wing. the white men one morning I struck out on foot for the Indian camp, which was in sight. Arriving there I was reccived and treated kindly. This was something I was not used to.. The white had never treated me thus, and [ mined to return to them no more. I r mained among the Indians !for several years. I threw aside my own clothing and adopted that of the Comanches. My hair grew out, my face, which was_ s0 sun-tanned that it could hardly be called white wi s painted, Altogether I looked rather “Injun,” and it was not long until I had masi considerable of the vernacular. Indians loved me, and would deprive themselves of comfort for my ke; but one thing was laid down' to me very clearly, and that was not to try to es- cape, or I might suffer for it. After residing among the Indians some ten ?‘NII‘H, on and off the reservation, upon hunts' and the war path, I managed to get separated from them against my will, for by this time I had become so attached to them that I did siot want to leave. I finally got lost from the tribe some- where south of the Horse Head crossing on the Pecos river, and the next day ran upon a ranch outfit. The ranchmen took me for an Indian until I explained that 1 was a white man, and they suspected me of being a spy, Afte plaining that I was not, they, w tion, permitted me to remain at the eral camp that night. I stayed there days, hunting eattle and helping around the ranch, until Mr. Rulin, the owner of the cattle, gave me a job at herding, s peeled. while the *boys” that they They knew that if I wa had’ nothing to fear so long as remained with them and communi with no one, I was with them six months. Aftcrward, July, 1876, T went to Fort Grifi now occurred one of the Dle episodes in my carcer. Judge W. H. Ledbetter, who in 1865 had a boy stolen by the Indians, claimed that I was the stolen boy. I was convinced of it against my will, and for three years went by the name of Ledbetter. Hav- d my mistake I maden riin 1881 and there I met s people, after firsthav n Crowley, the uncle with whom I bad come to Texas, In Missouri L found that I had forgotten my people, secured u chain of evidence or been brolken by the Ledbetters, who still claim me as their Having remained in Missouri a in d most remarka- y X wened to Texas and went on the range, where I ‘*‘punched cows” until 1883, I left the frantierin the fall of 1884, and undertook—that is, I tried to undertake—the study of law, by spelling out Blackstone and Keot., In January, 1885, 1 quit law and went to Palestine, where T at- tended the meetings of \I:Hv»r Penn and nverted and baptized. 1 then im- ately went to preaching, and have been knocking along with the Gospel lariat in hand ever since. How did you receive your tion?” 5 1 went to sclioc! for three raonths after leaving the Indians. Feople say I am rough. 1 tell the truih, that is ail, and, as 1 have no education, and am at 2 loss H €5 1o express myself, [som v 1o resort to my old voeabu- l educa~ = 1= e el el el el el ] S222= And Wraps Wewill com mence, Tuesday morn- A1l $22 Astraghan Wl"ans,R fii educed to $17 All $14 Astrachan Wre}gsh i 8l educed o $10.50 All $25 Astrachan Wrafl il 8 eluced to $16.75 Al $20 Astrachan Wraps, ol 1o $14.50 AlL $16 Astrachan Wraps, Reduced to $11.25 All $12.50 Astra s,fll i od 10 $10.00 Al $17.00 Astra | o o $12.00 $20 Astrachan i el to $15.00 11 $30 Plush Wraps, Reduced 10 824,60 $35 Plush Wraps, Reduced to $24.50 | $20 Plush Wraps, Rednced to $13.50 | $37 Plush Wraps, Reduced fo $25.50 $50 Plush Wraps, Reduced to $30.50 $45 Plush Wraps, Reduced to $30.00 | §25 Plush Wraps, Reduced to $16.60 You will find like reduc- tions all through our cloak steck, This is an opportuni- ty that you should not let without pass investigating. . WeShowGoods withPleasure ompson, Belden & CO. 1319 Farnam St. AMUSEMENTS. MATINE! The Dalys | In their Brand — UPSIDE DOWN!— Jact excursion into the depths of Momus, i Ta! Popular Prices. CHANDLER & LOGAN ENTInSTS. W Absurdity, Seeure seats at box oftice, Will make thel at Alex He and Seventeenth sts, Exi Many discases ca o6 enred and disagreeably habits overcame by onr operation on the horses' teeth, We have ctired them of coughing, drools {ni, stopping short, starting suddenly, frothing, lose of tle iy weak eves, and especlally e driving on one rein and pulling, We remove Tough edges from thelr ‘molars and lovel the mouth, thereby enabling the horse to properl masticito his food. Iwproper roduces indigestion, and - indigestion iide hound, swollen limbs, stariug or d coat of his d loss of appetite. Young 45 old horses require this orusation, rinding of f« udes