Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 8, 1889, Page 5

.|ny citizen of THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY. LINCOLY NEWS AND NOTES. Yhe Quick Case Comes to an End Before Judge Field. BOME ONE IS OUT OVER $2,000. Pudge Mason Acquires Fame While in Washington and the Party Starts Home — Personal and General, LiNcor¥ BURRAU oF Tar OMAnA Ben, 1020 P Streer, Laxco March 7. In the case of George T. Quick ot al vs August Saunders et al the jury brought its verdict, into court this morning. It was for the plaintiff and against Saunders for 2,245 wnd for tho defendant, John Sheedy. Since the last report Judge'Chapman has tried the case of James H. McMurtry vs James D, Minshall et al. This was a suit to set aside & mortgaze and quiet title in the the plaintift of the ¢ 1 of the se of the nw and the nw of the sw of the ne quarter of 25-10-6, near tho city of Lincoln. About 1576 this land was owned by E. Mary Gregory and John S. Gregory, jr. At that time there was a firm in Lincoln of which John 8. Greeory, sr., was a partner, under the style of J. D. Min shall & Co. Mr. John S. Gregory, jr., and his wife mortgaged this land to the firm, the conditions being that they should pay oer- tain debts owing by the firm. Subscquent 1o tue mortgage the land passed the plaintiffy and, a8 his demand that the mortgage should be released because the conditions had not been complied witi, he brought this suit. The defense was that the moitgage is still d and valid, the conditions not ving peen falfilled, and that Minshail's interest in the mort- age had passed to Mr. Beach 1. Hinman, of North Platte. The court took the matter under advisement, This day the Hon. A. W. Field and a jury have commenced the trial of a long case. It is that of the Denver, Texas & Gulf railroad company, a Colorado’ corporation, vs Hutch- ins & Hyatt, wholesale and ri ers, of Lincoln. 'The plaintiff ¢ from the defendants for coal supplied to them frem their mines in Colorado. ‘The de- fendants admit that they got the coal, but say that they had a contract with the plain- tiffs to supply them with this coal for the season of 1557 and 1888, ending the 1st of April of the latter year. They allege that the plaintiffs broke this contract to the loss of tho defendants in the sur of 6,268, and that therefore there is due to them, the de- fendants, $5,210, for which they ask a ver- @lict. This is the issue which the jury has to try, and the testimony is voluminous and in considerable detail. It took the entire foreuoon to examine one witness, Yesterday afternoon the case of James Eaton vs L. L. Lindsay was tried before Judge Field and a ju. The verdict for the plaintiff this morning was for §0. In the spring of 1887 one John Cook, a colored man, ‘was at work for Lindsay in his restaurant. A young colored woman, to whom Cook was engaged to be married, died. Mr. Heaton, who is an undertaker, embalmed the body, supplied the casket and funeral robe, his oill amounting to $100, of which the defendant had paid &0. His claim was that he furnished the gocds and service on the undertaking of the defendant, that he would pay the bill in instaliments in thirty, sixty and ninety days. The defence was that there was no such promise on the part of Lindsay. He had undertaken to be surety—promised that if Cook worked for him (Cook agrecing) he would give Mr. Heaton $20 per month out of Cook’s wages. Cook, however, went back to Kentucky. He paid Heaton $20 that he owea Cook, and there was the end of the matter 8o far as his promises were concerned. New Notaries Public. The following notarial appointments were made by Governor Thayer this morning: George T. Brown, Juniatta, Adams county; Charles M. Greer, Cozad, Dawson county; Alexander G. Riddling, Omaba, Douglas Joseph D, Towell, Gandy, Lozan William K. Homan, Omaha, Doug- v Norman B. Miller, Lincoln, Lan- caster county; W. F. Smith, Omaha, Doug- as county; ¥. A, Garlock, Gering, Scott's luff couuty. En Route Home. The state board of transportation and tha mccompanying parly are en route home, ‘They left Washington to-day, and will soon Do greeting friends in tho capital city as of yore. It is learned that this trip has been uneventful except in this—tre following tel- egram explains itself: WAsHINGTON, March 5, 1889.—Hon. Charles Magoon, Lincoln, Neb.: Nebraska again Boores another triumph, - Judge O. P. Mason and Belva Lockwood led the ‘grand march’ #t the inaugural ball.” The judge’s friends throughout the state will be gratified to learn that ho has had an honor doubtless never before bestowed upon union. He will be tendered &0 ovation on his return. Broken Bow Canal Company. The articles incorporating the Broken Bow Canal and Improvement company were filed an the office of the secretary of state this morning. Principal place of business, Broken Bow, Custer county, Nebraska. The object of the company is 1o locate, construct, main- tain and operate a canal to furnish’ water and power for manufacturing and other pur- Poses, comuiencing at u point o the Dismal river in Thomas couuty, running in & southerly direction through Logan, Custer and Sherma counties, and terminating at the ;u':cll()n of Beaver Crock, with the South up river in Buffalo county: also to pur- chase real estate, improve and dispose of the same and to do such other lawful acts adwill improve and enhance the value or promote the sale of any property that the corporation may hereafter acquire. The capital stock of the company is fixed at $500,000, which is di- wided into 5,000 shares of $100 each. Follow- fng are the incorporators; John C. Manlick, John_Reese, D. M. Amsberg, S. B. Thomp- son, H. J, Hedges, Charles Kloman and J. H Junian. The Supreme Court. In the supreme court the following cases were filed for trial this morning: Lininger, if & Co. vs B, D. Mills; error from Harlan couuty. George Oberliss vs John S. Willis, error from Saline county. V. W. Hagbe et al vs The State of Ne- raska; error from Saline county. Willie Brooks and Arthuf Paine vs Tbe Btate of Nebraska; crror from Lancaster gounty. it will be remembered that Willie Brooks and Arthur Paine, plaiatiffs in error, are the 1ads who were tried, conyicted and sentenced 10 the state penitentiary for % term of two ears cach for unluwfully, maliciously and ;ur,xlurloully breaking into the rooms of leorge Maxwell and Ed Thompson ana steal- ng clothing and other articles of the value of $45, in this city, on or about the 17th of November, 1888, It will also be remembered that these boys pleaded not guilty and puv themselves “upon the country,” which was ctioned by the county attorney. The at- rney appointed to defend the youthful pris- @uers files his bill of exceptions and claims ror because of instructions in charges to Ee jury in 8, 4, 5aud 6, and also in the ad- missiot. of testimony touching the value of 0 peoperty by Maxwell and denyiug hompson the right to testify on the same point when questioned by counsel for the ac- oused, It is further claimed that the verdict s not sustained by suficient evidence and that it is contrary to law. A stu effort will be made to have the cause remanded ‘back to the district court for & new trial. City News and Notes. mr. Gillispie, Lorillard's tobacco man, St. Louis, was before the police court this morn- fog charged with assault and battery, He ‘was fined 5 aud costs. ‘J"" N. HWA}lu,y. ol‘ this city, m':l lu:a Tuou;i L', 10 & day or two, where he ‘will make his future home, He will be ac- companied by his family, $.J. Johnson, treasurer of Kearney wu-x, #s in the city. J. S. Dickman, connty clerk, 18 also here. B e S, An Absolute Oure. 1.‘}:’1‘ OREIINAL MABIE}‘INE OINT- is only put up in large two ounce tin xes, and is uwsluqluu oure for old sores, B enttoms Wil Boskvalx ears sl ‘eruptions. v ds of piles. Ask fs F the UKIHNAL AB- o IETINE OINTMENT. Sold Goodman Dl‘u'ilkl..“ % oceats per m'fuuun cen! A RAILROAD STAMPEDE. . All Nebraska Roads Wil Fat in a Duluth Grain Tariff. The effect which Duluth is having upen the Nebraska grain markets has created con siderable of a ripple in rail circles. At first the representatives of the Chicago roads twere indifferent when questioned eoncerning the extent to which Duluth would reach out for Nebraska products, Within the past few days, however, there has been considerabla hedging by these roads, but the Burlington and the Northwestern are the only ones that have thus far succeeded in_entering into col- lusion with the Chicago, St. Paul, Miunne- apolis & Omaba, thereby putting in joint tariffs to Duluth from Omaha and other points in Nebraska. The first-mentioned completed arrangements for a joint tariff with the Omaha road yesterday afternoon. Since February 1 the records show that 1,500 cars of grain have been shipped from and through Omal city on Lake Superior. This has _resul ith ‘the g0 com bination fighting against it. The Milwaukee road and the Rock Island are shut out and as all the Nebraska roads have entered into arrangements with the Duluth roads, the grain shipments to that city are diverted from the Chicago lines. It is aiso stated that the Missouri Pacific will put in a Duluth tariff ir. a few days and join the stampede to that place. The last mentioned road is im pelled to this by reason of the fact that its territory is also tnat of the Burlington. With a rate to Duluth the grain buyers along the latter road can_pay more for grain as the market is now about 3 cents higher per bushel than _that of Chicago or St. Louis. Heretofore, Nebraska roads failed to recog nizo o Duluth tariff, and in_consequence the ut and pending action on the part of the west of the Missouri river is & change of no lLittle magnitude. An Electric Plant. The Union Pacitic has concluded to put an electric light plant at the union dopot in Council Bluffs to dispel the darkness there andabout the platforms. At present the company uses gas, the quality of whici is saidto beinferior. This has been demon strated during the winter time and in damp weather, It is stated that the company has tired of pressing oil lamps into the service to make up for the gas. A boiler aud dynamo, together with the nccessary machinery, will be put in at once. The cight 2,000-candle power lights, and will be 50 constructed that a larger cwcuit may be operated. For the preseut the service will be econfined to Council Bluffs. It is stated that it is the intention of the company to fur- nish its own electric light for the depot in Omaha, and the shops at this place. [t is thought that the new project will be in oper- ation in about thirty days. His Life Despatred. About one week ago S.J. Larson, janitor of the Union Pacific headquarters building, accidentally cut his wrist on a piece of iron while at work removing refuse in the base- ment of the building. The cut being a small one, Larson paid no attention to it and re- mained at work. Saturday, his hand began to swell and_pain him, when he went to a physician. The latter pronounced the tiny wound a dangerous one and advised Larson to refrain_from work until otherwise in- structed. Wednesday it was discovered that gangrene haa set in. It is thought that Lar- son’s death will be the result, and at by e physician states that the arm will have to be amputated, Larson has been jamtor in charge of the building for years. He hus a wife and family. Union Pacific: Consolidation. With reference to the Union Pacific con- solidation detailed in the Ber's teiegraph ocolumn, General Manager Kimball stated that President Adams had the matter under consideration and that the movement is to be made for the purpose of simplifying the system of investment and con- trol of the capital already invested and the operating of the road. It is said that this moyement has been contem- plated for some time back, but, in view of the charters, grauting certain lands to the origiual projectors, which would rovert to the donors in case the lines were absorbed by another system, the Union Pacfic com- pany decided to delay the move until all the terms of the charter had been complied with. Big Cutin Rates. The western roads yesterday decided to re- duce the rate on salt from Chicago to points west of the Missouri river in Nebraska. The reduced rate will go into effect to-morrow. The action was brought about in order to compete with the salt of Hutchinsan, Kan., which it is said by reason of the strong rate on Michigan salt had obtained a great foot- hold amoug the western_consumers and_es- veetally among those of Neb aska. The rate will be materiaily reduced, ‘*some instances the reduction being 50 per cent. The 15 cent rate to Omaha remains unchanged, hence it will be seen that the change 18 largely in favor of the Chicago jobber who will en) the reduced rate by the through billing s: tem. More Vestibale Trains. As was exclusively published in Te Bee about turee weeks ago, the Union Pacific and the Alton have completed arrangements for through service betwoen Cheyenne and Chicago, via Kansas City and Denver. Tne terms are a duplicate of those made with the North western, Daily vestibule trains will be run making the same time as is_made by the man line trains. T he Alton will put on its vestibule trains April 1, and the Union Pacific will put on vestibule cars as soon as the coaches can be built. The service over the Alton will be inaugurated April 1. Takes Control April 1. The Union Pacific has closed the deal with the Pacific hotel company, and will take charge of the entire business April 1. The in- voiciug has not as yet been completed. It is stated that the purchase price will be $275,- 000. The suverintendent it is expectad will be named in a few days. Railroaa Notes. R. Blickensderfer, ex-division superinten- dentof the Union Pacific tvas in Omaha Wed- nesday and went to Portland Thursday night. P. Touhy, assistant suparintendent of the Nebraska division of the Union Pacific is in the city. He reports ail danger from ice in the Platte river as passed. The wife of William Umpherson, foreman of the car repairing dopartment of the Union Pacific is convalescing, Vice President Holcombe of the Union Pa- cific will start for the east Monday to con- sult with the eastern officials concerning pro- posed construction of road. At the last meeting of the Western Rail- wi lub, K'red F. B:nuett, a former Omaha newspaper man, read a paper on “Anti-fric- tional metal for journal vearings aad heat- ing cars by steau Reports are current of a covflict between Nortbern Pacific and Union Pacific construc- tion crews at Helena. However, nothing that would indicate the necessity of inter- vention of authorities has baen reported at the Union Pacific headquarters, Monday the Omaha will run two “ferry cars” botwoen Sioux City aud Covington, across the new bridge, making three round trips per day cach way The rates will be: Team loudea and driver, §1; empty, 50 cents | cach additional passenger with wagon, 15 cents; single horse with driver, 50 cents; single horse and nider, 85 ceats; cattle per hl::ll,‘.fiwnu: sheep or swine 5 cents per head. ' e —— 1t is a Curious Fact That the body is now more susceptibl to benefit from medicine than at an other season, Hence the importance o taking Hood's Sarsaparilla now, when it will do you the most good. It is really wonderful for purifying and en- riching the blood, creating an anpetite, and giving a healthy tone to the whole system. Be sure to get Hood’ Sarsa- purilla, which is peenliar to itsel. -— The Valley Gorge. The Platte river flood of twe days ago was caused by an ice gorge, which backed the water up until it spread over the counfry near Valloy, When the ice broke the water wade a rush, and in its terrific headway did considerable dumage, Commissionnr O'Keeffe woent out yosterday to see whether the rip- m‘ Lullt by Dougiss county two miles w Valley had beon washed but he found that the work had with: the test gxaul was left i s good condition as before. says that the ice 1s piled up five feol high all over the river boitom. P MAHONEY'S POVERTY RANCH. ‘Where Neglect and Fetid Air Breed Disoase and Daath. INHUMAN TREATMENT OF A BABE. A Liack of Cleanliness and Care Pre- valeat in Every Department— The Matron Photographed in a Towering Rage. Abode of the Lazzaroni. Out beyond the southwestern limits of the city, Douglas county has established a com bination poor house and county hospital, where aged and infirm § rs and the impover- ished sick of the county and the incurable insane of both sexes are supposed to be comfortably cared for at the expense of the taxpayers of the county. According to the testimony of Dr. Keogh, county physic who is certainly in a position to kno management of the institution is allowed ample funds for the payment of nurses, the purchase of medicine and all other necessa expenses, but, notwithstanding this fact, complaiuts have come to Tur Bee that the institution 1s not conducted in a proper manner, This hospital and poor farm are supposed to be prosided over by John J. Mahonay, as county superintendent of the farm, but as the duties of his position necessitates his spending his time priocipally at his office at the court house, the management of the hospital has gradually passed into the hands of nis wife, who is matron of the institution. Some time ago two girls came to this city from lowa seeking employment and on Feb- ruary 2 one was engagad at the county hos. pital through Mrs. Brega's agency as ond girl,"” and was assigned to the cure of Mrs, Mahoney's children and doing other work for the personal benefit of the matron, The girl's companion found employment in a family in the city as a general domestic servant. It was not long after this that the girl at the hospital told her friend in the city of the inhuman treatment of a new-born b at the hospital and the story was repeated in town by the girl to her mistress. The story ran to the effect that a woman, around whose marriage fi band of wedlock circled, sought the county hospital as a refuge, hoping there to receive the careful attention her condition de- manded. oo A Child Was Born. Soon after going there the woman was de- livered of her child. It was when the babe was five days old and the mother was still lying very ill that their pitiful condition and the inhuman treatment they were roceiving first came under the noticz of the girl who told the story. On that day, chancing to pass through the room where the mother and child were, she asserts that she saw one of tne inmates toss the halpless infant, who was clad in nothing but a thin skirt and a calico slip, carclessly upon a bed apart from its mother and leave it there. The room was very cold, and a half-witted Irish woman, one of the inmates, into whose bemuddled brain there seemed to come some 1dea of the nocessity of caring for the little one and the helpless mother, blew upon the dying embers of the fire in an effort to diffuse some little heat through the chilled apartwent, and then ambling down the stairs to the kitchen returned with a rusty cup filled with milk, which she stirred with her finger and fed in the best munner she could to the half-starved babe. Fired tor Squealing. A few days later the girl-mother died, leaving the babe to the tender mercies of the matron and inmates of the hospital. Such wus the story told he girl and re- peated to the lady in question, and she, im- pressed with the sad story of the mot her and the helplessness of the babe, madea per- sonal visit to the institution. Neitner Dr. Taggart or Mrs. Mahouey were there, the ccare of the hospital and its inmates bemng left entirely in other hands. Tue lady was shown the child and found it clothed as heretofore described, and no evidences of food or attention near. What she saw upon this visit prompted the lady to ireport the case to a priest, of St.” Veter's church, who, in company with a Mr. Lee, visited the hospi- tal and remonstrated with Mrs. Mahoney. The matron denicd the charges in toto and the gentlemen returned to the city, after in- forming Mrs. Mahoney as to the identity of their informant. A few days afterwards the girl, through whom the information first came was per- emptorily discharged by Mrs. Mahoney, who charged her with having lied concerning her husband. In connection with this same case, the girl in question said that one nignt during the mother’s iliness, the rezular nurse being en tirely incom| tto watch by the man's bedside during the nigh! laborious work she had been for Mrs. Mahoney perso: through the day, Dr. Taggart requested the cook to care for the womun during the night, and that the cook expressed a willingness 1o do so, but awhen the matron heara of the arrangement she flew into a passion and rated the doctor soundly for assigning one whom she claimed to have sole ju © to the care df the pauper sick became dis- a und harnessing his b me to the ¥, refusing to remain in the nospital over night Other charges have been Mrs. Mahoney. Former inmates and employees accuse her o1 willfal neglect of the sick, of over work- ing pregnant women up uatil'a few hours of their iliness: of addressing vulgzar aud ob- scene epithets to inmates and exhibitions of violent temper. It is also asserted that her ten-year-old son is wont to amuse himself by tying imbe- ciles by the neck to posts in thesheds and barus, and by other similar playful pranks upon benighted inmates of the hospital Wednesday being one of the days upon which visitors are recsived at the hospital, a reporter wended his way thither, and with- out at first making his identity known, was shown through the institution by the mat- ron Every evidence of the truthfulness of the above charges was found. Filth and Fetia Air. The first of the inmates’ quarters visited the lyung-in room for women, It was a ciose apartment, containing four cots, all .of which, as @ rule, are occupied. Here the air, as in all the inmates’ quarters, was such asto cause 4 sensation as of nausea to the visitor. Upon one of the cots lay a woman und beside her au hour-old babe. The other occupants of the reom, besides the inmates attending the sick woman, were two babes, one of which was the motherless one meutioned above. The matron had evidently become alarmed by the visit of the lady previously referred 1o and of Father St. Lawreunce and Mr. Lee, as on this occasion the child was more decently clothed and beside it lay a bottle of milk. Knowing that Dr. T was_absent from the institution, the reporter asked the matron Who & young man seeu in the doctor's office was. He is Mr. Cummings, & medical studeat,” was the reply. ‘‘Has he graduated from the medical school yeti” was then asked her. “No,"” she said, “but he will soon.” The reporter took occasion to subsequently inquire of Mr. Cummings if he had delivered the woman in the lylnfl; room of ner child, and io reply he said that he had, in the ab- sence of Dr. Tagga and, imbued with amateur pride, perhaps, volunteered the further information that he had done such work for Dr. Taggart two or vhree times, ‘The next apartmént visited was 4 some- what larger room, but every available bit of space was occupied by the eleven cots in the room. Upon one of them lay a woman—blind and iusane, und upon another was a delirious boy child. ~ The only attendants upon these visible when the reporter eutered were two maudlin old women, who sat crooning near a window. 1t was noticed here that although the ma- tron dud address a few words L0 the boy, she wade against passed the woman, who ever and anon_cried aloud the name of me one, unnoticed Passing to the doorand leaving the matron somewhat in the rear, the reporter was met by two aged, decrepit and evidently half- witted women, one of whom leaned upon & stick, who had just Jaboriously ascended the stairs leading down to the kitchen. muftered the one in front, rried two nnbuttered slices of bread and a small bowl of milk in her hands, as she mounted the last step. A pretty hard—pretty hard olimb for an old "oman,’’ panted the second as she joined her companion. “Why do you climb the stairs 1f it tires yousoi” nsked the reporterof the last one of these, *“You don't have to do o, do you " v, she says for us to,” said bled on into the room after her companion. In a room down stairs four insane w ware found, one of whom was scrubbi floor, taking the water from an un chamber vessel In every room a fatid atmosphere and more or less uncleanliness were found. The Matron's Challenge. Returning to the parlor, the reporter made known his 1dentity and said further that the of his visit was to partially investigate s made against the matron aud told her briefly what the chargos ware. Mrs. Mahouey's sharp blazed with fire and it was evident that she was struggling hard to curb her temper, “My God!" she cried, “I have beea to church to-day and don't make me mad by ro- peating to me the lies told by these dirt lying wretches. 1 have done and_done fc them and this is the thanks I get. 1 say that the cbarges are false, and you can believe them or meas you like, but if you publish anything about me I will make you dance. 1 dare you to publish these stories.” Speaking of the dismissal of the girl whom she had discharged for carrying intelligence of tho mismanagement of ithe institution to outside parties, Mrs. Mahoney said that she had kept tho girl although she was com; tively useless through stupidity, more out of compassion and a liking for the girl than anything else. Superintendent Mahoney came in and the reporter told him his mission. Mr. Mahoney said that he was willing to_have the institu- tion investigated, that Mr. Rosewater had tried it once and found nothing that could be used against him. whole thing had beea brought abont by p sonal enemies of his. Mrs. Mahoney took occasion before the do- He insinuated that the v parture of the reporter to express her opinion of _the who had st prouo art, who filis the position of physician at the hospital ——— Weak Lungs Made Strone. Persons who stav indoors all the time and lean over a counter or desk, sooner or later discover that th Ings are giv stus R, Sutherland, editor of ‘The East- White Plains, N. Y, ern State Journal, writes Ihave used ArLcock's Porovs PrLastrns in my family since 1368 In that year I had n attack of pacumonia from which I iwis not expected to rccover. My lung left in avery wenk state. I co using ALLCOCK's POROTS PLASTERS, weaving them constantly three montns, two on the t and twvo on the back. The rising, at least to me. The y lungs had left me, and I felt lik freshed with new wine. result was s in my A giant re- WOODS IN THE WILDERNESS, His Bogus Check Prochivities Get Rim Into Trouble. H Bruner, a butcher in this ¢ to be weil acquaiated with a grain dealer named Woods in Montezuma, Ta his woek Woods has been in tb v enjoying Braner's hospitality and yesterdav ho wld his host that he had abouf runout of chan asked bim to cash a chack for §1) on the na- tional bank at Moutezuma. Mr. Bruner found that he didjmot have quite enough money with him to do this and calling i his brother-in-law, H. <. Quickensten im to accompany Woods to the I , used tional bank here and identify bim. The b asked for son dorsement other thau b and on Quic his name on the handed the money vith Mr. Braner as to uma ban inquirir Huzht the news that Woods The draft, dido’t have a cent on A rep! deposit there tnat he wouid ha I 1, and swore outa y was se racad to South Omah >d man saw make good the amot Jdustico Kroeger's caa oin ured in that place, et R The sale of Chamberlain’ Remedy is becoming immense crot of itis that the prep: ceives a great deal of free adverti Cough from people who it and find it so much su ior to anythi : of the kind that they have - used, that they persuade their friends and neigh- bors to try it. It is certainly a sure cure for colds and eroup and a prepara- tion fully worth the it en- joys. Forsale by all d ~—— VAUGHAN CONTRACT. The Bond for Fifty Thousand Doliars Does Not Apnear. W. R. Vaughan has subumitt>1 his eontract and bond for doing the county printing, but v do not corrasvond by about nin nine s with his Colonel Seilers speech ve- : the cominissione With reat blast of stale w a ted with swecping arm flourishes he a then to furnish a bond 01 £50,00, snd bind himseif in a double-leaded contract to print 10,000 copies every time sny advertising matter ap- peared in his When brought to e te 5, o sig of the high and mighty el ment appears. One should see the bond and contract offored for approval. They are | beautiful specimens for a county like Doug- las to accept. Instead of $5),000 the amount named io the bond is $50, aud so far as the agrozment to print 10,00) copies goes, he evideatly forgot to insert any numbe On the advice of an attorney who assured him that everything would be all right, Mr. Roche $ent one batch of matter for publica tion to the Democrat, but until he receives furthe ers from the nulissioners he will have all printing done in Tne Bee. One of the commissionérs has already said he would not approve’ Mr. Vaughan's bond and contract. ——— Waodraff Granite Quarry. Iam prepared tp furnish Woodruff granite in paving blocks, door sills and steps, or blocks of most any dimention at- cheap figures. Also handle at my Lincoln yard all olasses of cut stone for any part of the state. Ask for figures. Thomas Price, Lincoln, Neb. ——— O'KEEFE'S EXPERT, The Commissioner Says He Will Act if no Other Does, Commissioner O'eeffe says he has se- cured an expert to méasure and estimate the value of the contestéd vault balcony but will not procsed until the dther members of the board have fuily satisfied nim that they do not propose to have the investigatisn made. “I want them to select their own men and do it If they will; but in the event that they refuse, then my man can go ahead.” ‘Ihe special committoe has not been active in the matter, as yet aud they do not seem 1o care very much about it. Anderson and Turner, spoke to Specht and Andreen about going in as experts and measuring the bal- cony, and it is said they promised to_serve, but subsequently Specht told O'Keeffe the; had made up their minds to refuse. In \«h{l condition the affair remains. e Had a bilious attack and one of those, indescribable cases of constant weari- ness. Took quinine and other remedies without relief. Took Dr. Jones’ Red Olover Toni¢; am nroninnd well. Asa Thompsou, bm, Ohio, Goodman Drug Co. MARCH 8. 1889, 5 THE MAJORITY of our spring goods have now arrived and we have them on our counters. As leaders in the clothing trade we are expected to be ahead in quantity of stock and variety of styles. Our exhibit will show that we have fully realized these expectations. Weinvite inspection of our grand stock which by far exceeds that of any former season Three immense floors fall of new goods. Such a stock was never shown in Omaha before, At the opening of the season it may not be out of place to emphasize the fact, that in the face of constantly increasing competition, our business has kept on growing larger and larger until now it is conceded by all that the Nebraska Clothing Company is the leading clothing house of the west, and sells more goods than any two or three of the largest houses in Omaha combined. We mention this for the benefit of those who have not yet traded with us, It should go a long way toward convincing them that a house who is thus able, not only to hold its trade, but toincrease it from season to season MUST offer inducements which can not be had elsewhere. Close buyers have recognized the vast difference between our prices and those of other houses. To new customers we wish to say: we want you to try us. You take no chances in trad, ing with us. We offer no goods that we can not warrant to give entire satisfaction, and we were the first to establish the rule of refunding your money in case your purchase is not entirely satisfactory. y have always sold goods cheap but this season we will break the record. Prices talk W and our pricas this season will do more advertising for us than the newspapers. Nebraska Clothing Company Corner Douglas and Fourteenth Streets, Omaha. ST s NN THIQ | to1885. In 1886 the regents arranged | So far as concarns Dr. Billings, the “in- 1\ (,05“4\ PLA\LROUA\D, [H[S. l with Dr. S. F. Billings for the intro- | vestigator of diseases of animals,” the duction and conduct of experiments and | university has nothing to show for the — for other services looking to the estab- | large expense to which he has subje cted Something About the Money Spent | lishment of a department of veterinary | it, except the laboratory and its appara- on Our Agricultural Nursery. science. The station for the study of | tus, and the two places for experiment- animal diseases was established and a | ing with diseased animals which have — room set apart ffor investigation. huvnlsnnkcn of. There should,perhaps, In 1855 a new line of experimentation | be added two works which he has pub- e UNOA.NN' DEN{OERBIELINGS; was undertaken with a view to solving | lished at the office of the Lincoln .]lour- the question as to the nature and reme- | nal. One is mainly a controversal dies of the disease known as hog chol- | work of 414 large pages, in which Dr. t 7, 1857, the regentsap- | Billings runs riot with the English for equipping the | language. Only brief extracts, which are specimens of the whole work, will ¢ for the study of and $200 for adding to | be given. The other is a book of 141 A Horrible Coliection of Moribund Rabbits an1 Decaying Pigs— How the Poor Brates are Bred for Torture. animal di; the work-buiiding on the farm. The | pages,and is termed a Bulletin of the 3 7 mouey was paid to Dr. Billings for his { Agricultural Iix{rcrimeut Station. It The Porker's Moloch. apparatusand chemicals. May 19 they | treats of thesouthern cattle plague and Neb., March 5.—[Special —The farm of the agricul- as bought at$35 per acre, Nine LINCOLN, to Tue B tural college w making a total cost of $17,600. made a contract with Dr. Billings atthe rate of $2,000 for the ensuing year and provided additional facilities for inves- tigation, including a room for a labra- yellow fever, and is of the same contro- versial character as the one named above. The following extracts suffi- ciently show the character of the books: tory. ‘They made an appropriation of | “In my carlier communication upon the thousand thece hundred dollars more | g5 jgo for fitting up two rooms in the | specific cause of this disease, the micro- was paid for implements to make a be- | hasement of the university building and | organism, I took occasion to state the for repairs to the experimental station to be expended by Dr. Billings. Also $3,500 for the support of the agricul- tural department station after July 1. Recommendations were adopted, among them one for the study of animal di eases as a department of the experi- mental station and assigning the amount coming from the government as follows: Buildings 000 Investigation of animal diseases. Expenses of operations for the veterin- ary department. General expenses . ginning. It has ever since been a con- stant source of expense and anxiety. In 1875 the expenses were $7,200. In 1876 very little had been done vot looking to immediate profit. The cost of main- taining the farm thus early footed up The regents said that a differ- gement was required, but they sea concerning what it should be. Better discharge the superin- tendent, sell the stock and tfarming implements and the farm itself.” they declared, “*unless it can be used for pur- poses of education, instead of the profit- able raising of crops to be sold.” In 1879-680 there were disbursements on ac- count of this model farm amounting to $15.984, including 38,000 appropriated by the state. Profs. Thompson and fact that the swine plague isan infectious and not a contagious disease, and that in essemer it is a specitio septeciemia of extra-organismal origin that is due to a specific micro-organismal element which finds its primary development and natural conditions for its vile supe port outside of the porcine organism. Bl 1 2 Transmission by inocula- tion has absolutely nothing to do with deciding the question. The locus of primary origin can alone decide it, I boldly challenge the whole arvay of au- thorities to prove the above definition incorrect. They simply cannot! It is axiomatic Here is a single example from the »amphlet on the cattie plague and yel- ow fever: *“We left our studies with the mature object proliferated into its lirst stage of vegetative differentiation, We had two cuncoid objects belore us. Total..., The board of regen preamble and resolu that in 1886, they did establish an ex periment station for the study of animal iseases, and expended for salary, methods and buildings more than $7,000, appropriating $3,500 for the main- 1f colored they color throughout, thatis, differently. Were these objects’ to re- main in this condition they would in- deed be micrococei. They do not, hows ever. They almost immediately begin to increase in a longitudinal direction, but in this condition thoy stain difer- tenance of the station for the yehr, be- ginning July 1, 1887, and providing that work shall be continued to the ex- tent of the available funds. January , 1888, J Doles submitted the fol- lowing statcment of the sums paid to that date, for the maintenance of the Culbertson were at length asked to re- d . P. Suvage was appointed He, under the direc- ents, disposed of the superfluous stock and implements on hund at a great loss. The personal AR S M S L ST station: ently. * * * * May not this which property of the farm shows n total in | gyure ' airector of patho-biological substance constitute nsidn from the cap- 1533 of The agricultural laboratory .....82,700 | suli, the ptomaine or essential poison- students many of them lived on the Al!l";:grmwu for patho-biological labor- | ous pathogenetic principle in coimieo- fdrr)\'h 3\ml< uc:ln-l;, ullmv\\m ked l;llu!rmg Support of experimental farm 7 1848 iiflf-m‘?(‘-',',"erf.'.'f’fi., e;;:t;'om:mfiflb ::g-( such time as they could be spared from urrent oxpensas of patho-bioiogical ' | coss of the inuedioli dissolution of this study, but this feature proved imprac e TR whole substance be the means by able, until now the students do but which the ptomaine geis 1mto solution very littie, and do not do that little Total, . and thus pervades the fluid-cultivating well. Up w a year and a half ago, lme March 27 Heweml ), 1 mtl:dlulngl the blood.™ ARk, cas con. | the amount re ed by Dr. Billings n this connection the expenses of gerything about the farm was con- | \vas 89,674.80, or at the rate of 814,812.30 | the Live Stook and Sanitary commis- per This includes $3,000 for a hog house on the farm before that time, During the year he haa recoived $5,672.83, maksng $15,547.88 for the bi- annual term. During the year to No- sion for the past two ycars may be given, with the estimated expeunses for the coming two years: Two years 1o March 81, 1859 Salary of veterinarian stantly lavished upon it, with less and less to show for the outlay. The build- ings ran down: the hedges were suf- fered to grow wild; the buildings, yards T T ¥ L .00 He rocoived. intructions o dispose | SA1ArY sccount, 'and to Optober, 1888, | Eixvenses of atato vuterinarian. 2 ything not needed, and to put the | #1:453. For the purchase of apparatus | 1 b i "of ports of Iading... 50 hedges, fences and buildings in repair, | {0F the patho-biological laboratory.there | Experts, assistantc, local quaran- The work has ever since gone on with | W8 expended in all 83,032.54, as follows; | tine, cte 50044 a view simply o profitable farming, and | April 20, 1587, 82,225, November Stock killed wad " proj ; bt mud tloan®’ fuy | #96.89; December 1, #77.85; Murch T b i i Ceee 34,884.00 everything Ut | 1885, 8100 to Novembe: 8, $427 it is no louger used for purposes of edu- | 1000, b 40 Dovemuen Rk, 867, Py cation. No students find & home there; A A " | _ Estimated expenses for two years to March very fow indeed do auy work, and those | Pehses inourred and purchasc of appa- | 1 Besi . I ratus omainly from himself, The fol- who do are not considered at all as a lary of state veterinarian, benefit. It is now run with a view sim- | 10€ #re among the items of expendi- | Kxpenses state veterinarian ... . Iy to profit in the management. The tures for the patho-biological labora- | Expenses of commission. ¥ Pt its Stock and fixtures is the | Wry: March 1887, $107.60, and for the | Expert assistance £ " 10,000.00 property of the industrial college. The | ¢t of the year, 8285; April 80, 1888, Postage, stationery and tclephone. 500,00 Amounts raised during the past year | $872-07; misccllaneous items for 1887-, | Inspection of ports of Lading. .. 5,000.00 g pasi $202.51. Following are specimen items Indemnity for stock killed and were not large—sixty-eight tons of hay, £ by pe property destroyed . 58,000.00 200 bushels of parley, 1,800 of oats, 1,640 pense: Furniture and carpets. 500,00 of corn, and $123 worth of apples were sold. Ten acres are used for the pur- pose of experiments in farming, but not with success so far, Dr. Billings has a one-story brick structure, which is used for the purpose of making experiments in the inocula- tion of domestic animals. It is now filled with hogs and rabbitts in various stages of disease, He also has a wooden structure on the grounds of the univer- sity which is used mainly for the propo- gation of animals to he sent to the farm und inoculated with the virus, ahd for the dissection of such animals as are brought in as victims of cholera. For want of funds experiments and observations Were uot numerous down Horse,bug; feed $45,700.00 ¢y and harness, March 27, s, um| Care and feeding of animals. Peat moss for bedding Postage. oce Equipment and expense of station, October and November. Miscellaneous salaries. . Labor, March to November. Cage, otc o State Journal for bulletins, e Make no Mistake, By dispelling the symptoms 80 often mis- taken for Consumption. SANTA ABIE has brought gladness to many & household. B, its prompt use for breaking up the cold th.{ toooften develops lnto that fatal discase, thou- sands can be saved frow an untimely grave. You make no mistake by keeping a bottle of this pleasant remedy in your house. CALI- FORNIA CAT-R-CURE is equally effeclive in Erldwlllllx all traces of nasal catarrh, Both of these wonderful California remedies are sold and warranted by Goodmaun Drug Co, $1 a package, 8 for §2.50, e Fisher Printing Co., 1011 Faroam st., telephone 1264, blank book makers, cte. “The officers of the experiment sta- tion,” says the catalogue just issued,— “the entomologist and the investigator of animal diseases—have given their whole time to this work, being untirely released from the duty of instruction.”