Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 4, 1888, Page 5

~ HOSIERY [HOSTERY SALE Moslin Undenvear DEPARTMENT. Special Bargains! Monday, March ith, and during the week, wo will ofter many unequalled bargsins in Ladies' and Children's Hose. Ladies’ Pancy 162 Striped Hose 30 many, and although they are good value for 25¢, during this sale we will sellthem at 16%c a pair. AGENTS FOR BUTTERICK'S PATTERNS STRIPED DROP. STITGH HOSE 26¢ a Pair. This we consider the plumof our importation; have sold regularly for 80c. This lot we offer at halt price or Zic & pafr. We have 100 dozen and can get no more this season, LADIES’ Fast Black Hose, 25¢ a Pair, Mondsy morning we offer 50 dozen abso- futely fast biack Hose at 25¢ a patr, Should any of them crock we will re replace the nose. They are worth double the price we ask. LADIES’ Fast Black Hose, 50c a Pair, 80 dozen extra fine quality Fast Black Hose will be offered at c u pair; they have sold readily at $1,00. MAIL ORDEK®S FILLED, Monday Morning, LADIES’ Fancy Striped Hose 35¢ a Pair, 200 dozen Ladies' Fancy Striped Hose usually 0l for b palr, we offer Monday at 3c, or 8 pairs for $1.00. " LADIES FRENCH LISLE HOSE, 38¢ a Pair, This Black French Lisle Hose has double heel and toes; equal to any 50c hose in the city: our prico 3¢ during thig sale. MAliu ORDERS FILLED, BLACK Silk Plarted Hose, - $1.25 a Pair, In this lot we bave only % dozen. 'They are Solid Black Silk Plaited Hose and worth #2 & pair; sale price $1 . FRENCH RIBBED LISLE HOSE, $1.00 a Pair, ne in both Black and colors, slates and modes, brilijant, and at 81 & paic; are decided bargains and worth $1,5) a pair. Boys’ Heavy Ribbed Hose, 25¢ a Pair, Of this stocking we have 100 dozen: all solid Black, have double knees, double heel ‘and toe, and sold ususlly at 40c to 46¢ & pair; during this sale we offer them at 25c a pair. AGENTS FOR BUTTERICK'S PATTERNS ALL NEXT WEEK. SPECIAL VALUES. CHILDS DRESS, $1.75 Sizen8 months to % years, made of fine Nain. 800k, yoke front.of three rows of insertio solid fine tucke, puffed sieeves, Hamburg in- sertion belt, neck and sleeves to' match, tucked back and skict, with deep hem and cluster of tucks a0o 'sual price #2.60; sale price $1.7. llo_wflrlv‘al In_French Dress Goods, PRINCESS WRAPPERS, 98c. 100 Ladies' Calico Prinoess Wrappers, in datk dec p ruffle on skict, waist lhied through- out: would be good valie at §1.50. All next week we offer themn at 96c. Childs” Grefchen Dress, $2.50 Sizses 6 Monthe to 2 Years. waist ticked front and o belts across from Made of ftinest Law back, with herring-bo n Proldery ruffle on skirt, with cluster of fino tucks above, embrojdery trimmed on collurs and cufls, For one week we offer them at $2.50 SPECIAL VALUE :hilds' Dress, Too Bach Made of fine Nainsook, sizes same as above, er Hubbard frout of embroidery insertion tucking, embroidery on neck and Skirt hny -nch hom, with narrow At ¢ cach they are just half AGENTS BUTTERIUK PATTERNS, S.P. MORSE & (0 REULATING RAILROAD RATES Recent Decisions Rendered By the Board of Transportation. LINCOLN AND THE METROPOLIS. The Secretary Holds That the Burling- ton Discriminates in Favor of the Latter—Items Picked Up in the Olty. [FROM THR BEE'S LINCOLN BURBAU.] The state board of transportation held a regular meeting at its rooms at the capitol building on Friday and the day was passed in disposing of findings in cases propared by the secretaries. Each case brought up a dis- cussion on rates but the majority of the board have agreed to let the question rest uatil the prosent war is over. The following findings and orders in cases were made: In the matter of the complaint of the Farm- ers' unifon against the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha railway coms.ny, the board, after hearing the evidence does find that the charges in the complaints are notsus- tained. It is thorefore ordered that the said complaint be and the same is hereby dis- missed. ‘W. H. MUNGER, J. H, Arzi fhis recommendation was adopted by the Leeso alone voting no. In the complaint made against the B, & M. railroad by citizens of Adams county the hn‘xlu‘d adopted the following fluding and order: Your secretaries find that the B. & M. rail- roud hus satisfuctorily settled the matter of crossings in the village of Adams to the wishes of the complainants and your socretaries find - for the . & M. vailroad in the question of the condition of the track and that the ties and track are in a safe condition, and safe for the traftic of freight and passengers. It is therefore ordered by the board that said complaint be dismissed as far as it relates to the ties and track and as to the other matters contained in said complaint the same have been satisfactorily adjusted between the road and the complainants and the settlement is satisfactory to the board. The finding was passed unanimously. In the matter of the complaint of the Lin- coln lumber dealers & substitute order was agreed upon differing from the one prepared by the sccretaries after much discvssion and lfi voted for it but Mr. Babcock. The find- Ings are as follows: nfi\‘(fl find that the rave on lumber charged from Lincoln to the points named constitutes an unjust discrimination against the com- lainants; that the B, & M. rates on lumber rom Liucoln to the points named are to the extent of such discrimination, unjust and un- reusonable and that @ just and reasonable rate would be lower than the present rate in proportiou to the distance from the points of shipment. Itis therefore by the board of transportation ordered that the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad company at once reduce their tariff rates on lumber from Lincoln to the points named in the complaint B0 that the rate from Lincoln to said points will be in accordance with the difference in distance from Omaha and Lincoln to such points and that they cease from charginz a sum in excess of the existing rate less such proportionate reduction. ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION Of the Warnervillo canning company, at Warnerville, Madison county, have been flled with the secretary of state. Capital stock $5,000. The incorporators are rge A. Latimer, H. Warser, M. R. Morris, Charles Dawson, 0. D. Munson and Jolin Duncan. Amended articles of incorporation of the Western Trust and Security ny, of Fremont, have alsa been placed on iile, in- k to $500,000. The creasin ihnnrh.l stoc] Amended articlos ure. signed by L. D. 8i Bmhurdl‘ ‘l’flhlflnl; W. }[ Fowler, secre- H ; and L. M. Keene, J. W. Goftund Henry board of directors. rman, of the of CITY ITEMA. - The séuate and house balls in the capitol S.P.MORSE & C0 building wear a deserted look since the ad” ournment of the G.A. R. encampment and the andsome decorations are being taken down and stowed away. Among the flags in the encampment hail was a rebel flag, the prop- erty of Captain Paine, of this city, a flag that ‘was captured by his father, General Paine, from the First Alabama regiment at Island, No. 10. The veterans, when they saw it, ex- pressed o desire to see some one try to en- force an order for its return. The district court has disposed of a num- ber of cases the past three days, among them being the injunction proceedings in which the Nebraska Loan and Trust company of Hastings ask that certain parties in Lincoln be excluded from using that name for their loan business. The Y. M. C. A. and churches of the city are anxious to secure Moody for a series of meetings here. At a meeting of the Y. M. C. A. and churches Sccretary Dennett of the association, was sent to Hastings to confer with _the evangelist on the subjoct. S. 0. Salisbury, Papillion; William McAfee, South Bend; T. H. Maltars, Harvard; Wil- liam R. Engle, Caloway: C. P. R. Willams Grand Island, and John A. Harmon, O'Neill have been commissioned rotarics. \ ———— DA WOMAN'S CONTEST. Mrs. Burton's Plucky Fight Against a Land Company. A correspondent writes to the St. Louis Globe-Democrat from San Diego, Cal,: Great excitement in real estate and business circles has existed here as the result of two telegrams received from tHe City of Mexico. The Interna- tional Land company, of Mexico, was incorporated in Hartford, Conn., for the urpose of selling and developing lands n Lower California, Edgar T. Welles, of New York, is president of the com- pany. Through' the company’s office office here lands in Ensenada, San Carlos, Punta Buena, and other Lower California towns have been sold to the extent of nearly $7,000,000. The land was purchased largely by small settlers, and emigrants. Recently there has been a_coutroversy over the title of lands sold. The history of the controversy out- side the title between the International company and Mrs. Burton, whose name is given in the official documents as Senora Don Maria Amparo Ruisee de Burton,' has been an interesting and at «times exeltin, one. Her claim dates back to 1834, Mvs, Burton, who is now an old wo- man, has labored for eighteen yecars to regain possession of this property. She found no trausfer records in the city of Mexico, but recently presented to the Mexican government the original deeds snd claims, and on the strength of these President Diaz has revoked the order of April 4, 1887, which fact was made known here to-day by the receipt of two telegrams from Mrs. Burton’s attorneys in Mexico. The tract of land to which Mrs. Bur- ton has made claim,and which is known as the “En senada de Todos Santos" (which translated into English would be ‘the boy of all saints’”., The tract comprises about 300,000acres. The lim- its of the tracts claimed by Mrs. Burton are fixed as follows: On the north, the Arryo del Carinen; on the east, the Sievra Madre; on the west, the seashore; on the south, the Arroyo del Maneandcro; and as stated, their boundaries take in an area of about 800,000 acres, and include the new towns of Ensanada, San Carlos C Punta Banda, the Maneandero and Raefel valle nd pretty much all the improved property of that section of the country, A son of Mvs. Burton said to-night: s “Unless the International company compromises, we shall at once begin suits of ejectment for possession oi the lands.” The company had already rececived to date pbout 82,000,000 jn eash for lands. The largest single purchaser was that S.P. MORSE & (0 of a lady, who put 340,000 in the invest- ment. The other purchasers ranged from 8500 to #5,000. The com- pany has sold upwards of $7,000,000 worth of land on the installment plan. IfMrs. Burton’s claims are car- ried out, all of the titles issued by the international company will be null and void, and thousands of small settlers and investors will be ruined. Up to the present writing nothing has been heard from the directors and officers of the company, all of whom live in New York and New England. Mrs. Maria Burton is the widow of General Henry S. Burton, of the United States army. He was a fellow cadet with Halleck and Ord. He came to California_with Stevenson’s regiment in 1847. With a portion of the regi- ment he was stationed in Lower Cali- fornia and commanded the defense of El Paso. He also acted as lieutenant governor of the territory. Whon mus- tered out he was stationed at San Diego, and there he married a beauti- ful Mexican irl of sood family, named Tarie Baudini. This grant in Lower California was, nmgu to the great-grandfather of Mrs. Burton for services to the king of Spain. The Bandinis are ofgpuro Cas- tilian blood, and several of Mrs. Bur- ton’s sisters have married men who have become distinguished in Califor- nia. Mrs. Burton herself is still a handsome woman of (‘nmm:lndin% res- ence. She isas well known in Wash- ington as in San [rancisco. In both cities she and her dashing daughter Nellie made a sensation in social eir- cles. She wrote a romance of Spanish California life, ealled ‘‘The Squatter and the Don,” in which she bitterly sa- tirized some of her enemies. She is also the reputed author of the novel *‘Democracy,” descriptive of \‘Vnshiufi'- ton political life. Mrs. Burton spends money royally. She once owned the Jamul ranch, near San Diego, consisting of 9,000 acres, but this was all seized for debts. Many of her creditors are influ- ential men, and it is thought they have given her claim strong backing. A Celestial Coat. New York Sun: The all-absorbing topic of discussion among the New York Chinese dudes at the present mo- ment is the beautiful fur cont of their minister, Mr. Chin Yen Hoon, who arrived here on last Friday evening. His excellency wears a coat said to have cost a small fortunc. 1t is of the skin of acertain species of raro otter, “This animal,” said ono of the old Chivatown sages last evening, ‘‘lives somewhere on the northern confines of the Chinese empire. Their fur is nat- urally so warm that you can always tell where these animal live by the fact that for a space of a mile square around the nests or holes there is no snow or ice, while outside of that circle the snow and ice may be mountains high. Another sin- gular fact Is that no one can ever catch one of these valuable animals, except he be nearly frozen to death,when these be- nevolent little creatures will - crawl out of their hiding places to save the hun- tor'slile by simply going near him, They Jare thus caught and skinned ! said an interested listener, *is not that very ungrateful.” *Well,” said the heathen, “that’s the refison why the fur is so dear, becnuse fow.men were willing to be catchers and still fewee are willing tabe caught, and no Chinaman is permitted to wear such furs except ministers and manda- +| vins of the fivst grade and the .omperor himself. Mr, Chin Yep, Hoou is next to the -emperar in station; therefore he wears one.~’ ‘hose furs.”" - e SUNDAY. MARCH 4, ' 1888~STXTEEN PAGES, ‘BARGAINS Muslin Underwear OHILDS’ DRESS, $1.256 | 1‘ | I The above cut represents ons of our Child's Dresses, size two to four years, made of fine lawn, waist of fine clustered tucks and herring bone banding; skirt with wide hem at bottom with cluster of fine tucks above, neck and sloeves trimmed with embroidery. They are reully worth €. Sale price $1.25. Agents for Butterick’s Patterns. Houss Wrappers, $1.25. 50 Ladies' Calico Wrappers in dark colors, Mother Hubbard front and Princess back, waist lined throughout. Former price $1.75; present prive 81.98. CHILDS DRESS, $1.50 turks and embroldery, cluster of tucks and em- broldery on skirt, neck and sleeves trimmed to match, made ot extra fine goods and constdered & burrain at $250; all next week we offer them asdl 7, e MAIL ORDERS FILLED. cnilds Dross, 000 Bath Sizes six, months to two years, made of fine nainsook, Mother Hubbard front o solid fine tucks und Insertion, back with three box plats, skirt has embroidery ruflle with cluster of fine tucks above, neck and sleeves trimmed with embroidery. Al next week only 95c each. S.P.MORSE & (0 ONE WOMAN'S ACHIEVEMENT, The Struggles and Triumphs of Mies Lizzie Gordon. THE FOUNDER OF HOLYOKE An Eastern Girl Who Came West, Lo- cated a Claim, Founded a Town, and is Now a Prosperous Financier. Many of the commercial travelers who have ‘‘made” the western states and territories for the past five years, will remember a young lady who for a pe- riod of two years, carried a grip over a territory in Missouri and Kansas. Miss Lizzie Gordon, who is now a resident of Holyoke, Col., left her home in Greene county, Pa., five years ago to seck her fortunc on the ‘western pinins. A relative of Miss Gordon lived at ‘Wahoo, Saunders county, Neb., and that town was her objective point. She was thore hut a short time when she accepted n position asteacher in the graded schoels at a salary of $0 a month. Her services 1 this capacity were highly appreciated, but after her term of school expired she sought foran avocation less monotonous. Eager to make a record for herself outside the usual lines of womun's she seanned closely the advertising columns of the daily pupers, hoping to find some- thing that would please her fancy and at the same time he a lucrative and honorable business, Her eye caught the advertisement of a publishing house wanting agents for a k entitled, “What Can a Woman Do?” and offering liberal inducements to active agents. Sho soon secured a position as travoling saleswoman The states of Missouri sus were thoroughly and suc- y canvassed by the active little lady, and many a commercial traveler in that territory has been delighted and honored with her acguaintunce. After following this oceupation for two consecutite years she became imbued with its tenchings, and with the t of independence characteristic of solf, she rosigned her position on the rond to démdhstrate to a certainty the extont of the'title ““What can a woman do?” Shadetermined on a plan of ac- tion, that of 'taking up a homestead in the boyndlpss prairies of the far west, and muk{ng‘humell the ‘‘architect of her own fortune.” Returning to Wahoo only to remain ashort time preparatory to starting on her overlandjourney toward the setting sun, in} Jfine together with her sister,and brother-in-law she startod for her frontier destination. The party wended 1ts way upthe valley of the Frenchman, already grown tame by the hand of civilazation. On . and on through dreary and desolate canyons and fields of sand, where nothing exists but the prickly-pear, and sand-bur, till at last their camp-fire sparkled on' the verge of the distant plain---a desert only in the primeval existence of 1ts un- cultiuated state, needing but the sturdy hand and untiring energy of the hardy pioneer to make it **blossom and bring orth fruit.” Many miles from the outposts of civili~ zationthey entered upon the broad table land between the South Platte and the Frenchman rivars in eastern Colorado, They decided at once to lo- cate, and after [’luntin‘ about for the evidences of a government suryey the heroine of this sketch ‘made selection of a quarter section on’ which she filsd CURTAIN AND Upholsry - Deg. SLAUGHTER of PRICES Monday morning and all next week we will close out numerous odd lots of Curtains and Tidies which we bought for spot eash at one- half off manufacturer’s prices. Thrifty houses kerw\l’s should carefully read the following prices: Imported Madras I8¢ Yard. 76 places of hest quality imported Mad regularly 3010 for 866 GUF price 15 & yard: DOUBLE WIDTH MADRAS 45¢c. 20 pleces of Double Width Madras, fine im. ported goods and handsome patterns, worth 80c; sale price 45c a yard, 94-INCH MADRAS 86c¢. 78 plece B4-4nch Tmportod Madras, finest qual- ity aud best pateras made, worih $1.0; our pfice for one week, s6c a yard: Madras Curtains, $2.25 a Pair. 100 pal 00d Mady Cyrtains, STTANONR A, WG St b Chintz Madras Curtains $3.76 a Pair. We have also 10 pairs of this number of Chints Madras Curtains, larger and more hand- some putterns to select'trom, and have usually £01d rendily at 470 We offer cloice of lovat Chintz Madras Curtains | $6.75 a Pair, Tu this lot we have only 75 pairs, largest size aud choice designs. They are a curtuin we have sold quick at $i2.60, aud at our price, 86,35, must go fast, MAIL_ ORDERS FILLED. S.P.MORSE & €0 " GRAND CLEARING SALE. enille Portiers. TIDIES AND WINDOW SHADES. CHENILLE PORTIERS, $12 a Pair. 20 pairs of extra heavy Chenille Portiers in all the newest colorings and latest designs, bought at the same discount—one half off regular price; re worth §20; during this pair. filNE CHENILLEPORTIERS $20 a Pair. We necured all thera was of this lot—50 patrs; all new styles and finest colorings made, are equal to our regular 838 Portiers; for one week only we offer them at 820 a pair. FELT TIDIES, 10c Each. 260 Felt Tidies, assorted colors, worth 3¢ each; Monday and during the week we offer clioice at 10¢ each. MADRAS TIDIES, 25¢ Each., 50 gozan Madwas Tidles, Véry hiandgopie And 08, all &t one price—200 each; regu- MADRAS TIDIES, 50c Each. 100 dozen Madras Tidles, perfect gems in de- signand coloring; they have always sold at 81 each, For one week our price will be 50 each. Holland WINDOW SHADKS 50c¢c Each. 1000 Holland Winkow Shades, with best spring rollers, fringe on bottom, 7% feet long; com- plete, 50c each. S.P. MORSE & C0 SPECIA ATGAINS 1 Towels€Damasks Huckabuck mc Towels, At our Linen Department Monday, tor ONR DAY ONLY, we will offer 100 dozen Huckabuck Towels, size 22x43 Lnches, worth dic, for 2o eady one dozen only to each customer. KNOTTED FRINGE TOWELS 3bc Each. On & separate table in centor of atsle we wil place all of our 40c, 45¢ and 80c towels, and fos Monday and Tuesdsy will ofter them =t 88s each, or M4 & dozen. One dozmen only %o each customer, Turkey Red 25 DAMASK, ZJ0 ‘We have just recefved and will place on sale Monday one more case of our celobrated Turkey Red Damask. It 18 & quality usunlly retatled a CRBAMAsK, 33C 6 pleces Cream Damask and Cream with Red Border, standard width; usual price 60c & yard; we offer at 33c, Come early, as we have only & limited quantity, CARPET DEPT. Our Spring stock of Carpets is now almost complete, and for beauty {n design and richuess in coloring, surpasses anything we have ever shown, Many of these choice patterns are con. fined exclusively to us in Omaha, An examina. tion will conviuce you that we carry not only the largest stock, but the handsomest styles in the city. Only skilled workmen employed and sat. isfaction guaranteed. Hassocks, 50c. .Monday and for one week we offer 500 Has socks at §0c each; they are worth §1.00, S.P.MORSE & C0 pro-emption, on another a homestead, and another a timber culture. The nearest land office was more than one hundred miles away and necessitated another long and tedious trip, but full of a spirit of determination she made it and Illed in the government land office, in her own name, upon 480 acres under the differentacts. On their return from the land ofMice they hought enough lum- ber to build a box house 8x10 feet in di- mensious; this was sodded around,which made it comfortable so far as cold weather was concerned. In this she lived for six months, with no compan- ion but a revolver, excepting the oceasional visit of a little niece. Her surroundings by day were anything but cheerful, the only visible objects for miles were three shunties away in the far distanoce, while the whitened and bleached remains of the extinct buffalo were scattered here and there upon the trackless waste, making the loneliness dismal at the sight of their existence. At night the wolves made hideous the surroundings by their never-ceasing howls. Her time was spent in cultivating the required amount of ground to make her title per- fect, and in studying the few books her scanty library ~poss d. The way- farer who had lost a pony, or who wan- dered in search of straying cattle, was the sole disseminator of news of the neighborhood. Through all this isolation from the outside world, and the rudeness to which she was sub- jected in cultivating her **claims,” and the prevailing barbarisms of the coun- try she was not the least divested of her refined tastes. At the end of six months another visit to the land office made her govern- ment title secure,the pr tion claim, puid by the required residence upon the land, and the usual $1.25 per acre, the latter of which was saved from’ her carnings at teaching and traveling. On her return she moved her residence upon the homestead quarter and con- tinued to cultivate it. Gradually and almost unconsciously to the settlers, others had located in the neighbor- hood. In the distance in either dire: tion might be seen a few shanties ing above the horizon. Neighhors zan to call more frequently tlement on the vacant quarter sec- tions in the community was an assured veality. In the spring of 1887 a corps of B.& M. surveyorsset theirstakes through the land located by Miss Gordon,on their route to Cheyenno, A few days Ite the town site company’s agent made his appearance,and the location for a site being so very favorable, and being the only land in‘the cntire country about to which a clear title' could Do given, it was not long until negotiations were consummated, at a consideration .of $,600 for eighty acres. A town was latted, a division station equa-distant between Holdrege and Cheyenne was located, Everybody in the western states soon e of Holyoke,and as a consequence emigration poured in by the thousands seeking locations. - Town lots were sold at almost fabulous prices; a portion of the eighty acres retained by Miss Gordon was platted and sold. In a few months the rails were laid and trains were running into the depot of the almost spontaneous city. Another rail- rond coming up the Frenchman valley from Culbertson to the Black Hills forms a junction here. Already more than eiglity business houses are doing a thriving "trade the place. . Not shiacks and shaunties, but well built and imposing structures that wouid do honor. 10 much older towns. The rich agricul- turul-lands in évery direction are set- tled by prosperous farmers. Miss Gor- don at an expense of over $7,000, has just completed a fine hotel, &nd on Sunday, February 5, the mag- nificent building was opened to the accommodation of the public. The owner realizes for rent an income of one hundred dollars per month. Mr. W. H. Moore is the landlord. The success of Miss Gordan is attributed to her in- dominable pluck and energy. Sheis twenty-five years of age, fair complex- ion, auburn hair, hazel eyes, symmetri- cal figure, and regular features, and re- markably good looking. She still re- tains her homestead on which she yet resides, preparatory to proving up; owns quite a number of business and residence lots in the city, and she has tully demonstrated the fact that a woman can do far more in this busy world than the stronger sex give her credit for. As a slight tribute to the many admirable characteristics this lady has displayed, this sketch of her struggles and tri- umphs is presented to the readers of the BiE. S L Fighting Horses. Theodore Roosevelt is contributing a series of separate papers on ‘‘Ranch Life” in the Century, which Frederic Remington illustrates from his own ex- perience. From the ‘‘Home Rancn” in the March number we quote the follow- ing: ‘‘Some horses, of course, are al- most incurably vicious, and must be conquered by main force. One pleas- ing brute on my ranch, will at times rush at a man open-mouthed like a wolf, and it is & regular trick of l'x\n%e stallions, In a great many—indeed, in most—localities there are wild horses to be found, which, though invariably of domestic descent, being either them- selves runaways from some ranch or In- dian outfit, or else claiming such for s and dams, yet are quite as he antelope on whose domain have intruded. Ranchmen in these wild horses whenever it is possible, and they ave but little more difficult to break than the so-called ‘tame’ animals. But the wild stallions are, whenever possible, shot, because of their propen- sity for dviving off the rax 8, and because their incurable viciousness makes them always unsafe companions for other horses still more than for men, A wild stallion rs no heast except the griz and will not alwa from an encounter with ity curious fact that a juck will almost al- ways kill one in a fair fight. The par ticulars of a fight of this sort were lated to me by a cattle man who was en- [’.:ugudin bringing out blooded stock rom the east. Among the animals in his charge were two greatstallions, one ys flinch yet it is a not much over half the size of eith of the forme The animals were kept in separate pens, but one day both horses got into the same enclosure, next to the juck-pen, and hegan to fight as only enraged stallions can, striking like boxers with their fore feet, and biting with their teeth. The gray was getting the bestof it; butwhile clinched with his antagonist in one tussle they rolled against the jack-pen, breaking it in. Nosooner was the jack at libert; than, with ears laid back and mout wide open, he made straight for the two horses, who had for the moment separated. The gray turned to meet him, reaving on his hind legs and striking at him with his fore feet; but the jack slipped in, and in a minute grasped his antagonist by the throat with his wide-open jaws, and then held on like a bullaog, all four feet planted stiffly in the' soil. The stallion made tremendous . efforts to shuke him off; be would try to whirl round’ and kick him, but for that the jack was too short; then he would rise up, lifting the jack off the round, and strike at him with his fore feot; but all that he gained ' by this was 10 skin his foe's frout legs without mak- ing him loose his hold, Twice they fell, and twice the stallion rose, b main strength, dragging the jack wnfi him; but all in vain, Meanwhile the black horse attacked both the combat- ants with perfect impartiality, striking and kicking them with his hoofs, while his teeth, as they slipped off the tough hides, met with a snap like that of bear-trap. Undoubtedly the jack would have killed at least one of the horses had not the men come up, and with no small dmlcult’y separated the mad- dened brutes. " e Suicide of a Gypsy Prince. San Francisco Chronicle: The eldest son .of Hamlane Palmer, generally known and recognized on the Pacifia coast as “‘King of the Gypsies,” is dead. The deceascd, Charles Palmer, shot himself at Lincoln, Placer county, last wealk, and has been brought to 1and to be interred in Mountain View ceme- tery by the side of his mother, the Queen Bess. Though appearances might seem to belie it, yet the royal family of the Pacific coast, the Palmers, is quite wenmu{, King Hamlane owning some valuable property in West Oakland,and & bunk account of plethoric pretentions. He is an intelligent man of ahout fifty years of age, light complexion for his race, L]llddon tda s‘!rlesh, whou ho,:: properly dressed, might easily pass a well-to-do Britisher., He is not king in his own right, but by virtue of mar- riage with Queen Bess, who died eight yearsago. In gyosy royalty the regal scepter descends not from father to eldest son, but from mother to eldest daughter, and though Hamlane will be looked upon as leader of his race on this coast until his death, yet at his de- mise, his eldest daughter, Patience, will become the queen and recognized head, and her husband will be the king. The gypsies are greatly cut up by the fact that Charles has taken his own life. Suicide, like female unchastity among the gypsies, is unknown, and family honor is cut to the quick by the affair, Old Hamlane will not be comforted. No cause can be assigned for the act, Charles was twenty-two years of sge, and married about four months age. He purchased a camping outfit werth about $800- and struck out from the rent camp for himself. The funeral will not be held until Patience, the apparent, arvives. She is trav- in Amador county, and 1t will take some time to find her. In the meantime the tribe are camped night and day about the body, which lies in Hamilton & Brown's undertaking parlors, and none will leave the room unless necessary untill the burial. The widow, a comely, dark-skinned youmg woman, sits moaning at the head of the coffin most all the time, while Kin Hamlane smokes his pipe in silent mel- ancholy in a retived part of the room, The coffin is a rich and tasteful one. A custom probably growing out of anclent superstition requnires that all of the ef- fects of decensed must be destroyed. The bedding, clothing, tents, wagons, ete., will be burned, his riding horse shot, and crockery and other domestic . articles that cannot be burned will be tuken by some member of the family and cast into the sea. The custom of late years has not been so closely ob- , and horses, except the favorite used, and the more valuable property are traded off as soon as sible, evon if at a great sacrifice. Kin, Hamlane, as stated, is well off and is sparing no expense on his son’s funeral, - Subjects of the queen in Canada have to respect the English flags whether or no. A citizen of Toronto found this gut the other day, when he was arrested and fined for ‘displaying in front of his store a union jack bearing an advertise- ment of the bargains in clothing t0 be- found inside, A