Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 15, 1889, Page 16

HOLIDAY - PRESENTS SOLD ON Tims Payments Why pay cash for‘ your Holiday Presents when you can buythem just as cheaply on easy payments, A nicelamp is a very useful Holi- day Present. WeHave Handsome Stand Lamps. Handsome Hanging Lamps. Beautiful Hall Lamps. Fine Piano Lamps. Elegant Decorated Lamps. Lamps of Every Descriptlon. RUGS. A nice rug or art square makes an orna- mental as well ag use- ful present. We have an endless variety. Smyrna Rugs. Brussels Rugs. Turkish Rugs. Gorgeous Art Squares, Rich Art Squares. Handsome Portiers. Lace Curtains. THE LOCAL FIELD OF SPORT, How McGrew Kills Geese and Cul- tivates His Whiskers, THE AFFAIRS OF THE DIAMOND. Wheel Talk—Ross Comes Back Dog and Gun—The Ba ~—Miscetlancous and Ques- tions and Answ The e re. How M'Grew Kills Th Probably ona of the most successful hunters in this city is Mr, H. N. McGrew, the good-nutured advertising man. Kor a oumber of years Mack was quite a success- ful shot in the fleld and at the trap in Iowa, but of late years hunts nothing but geese. Kvowing he had returned from a very suc- cessful goose hunt on the upper Missouri, the sporting editor of Tur Beesought him and asked him to outline his manner of hunt- ng gnd why he was so successful, Ho suid: “Phe principal success of my goose hunt lies in my Live decoys. [t is not good marks- mauship any more, for of late years my eye have not been good, and I bhave bad to quit jacksnipe and duocks. When I was traveling as special agent in the tire insurance business in lowa 1 pur- chased froin ny agent at Rock Rapids, in northern lowa, four goslins, of the wild 0ose—ho baving four dowmesticated old ones, 100k the woslins and shipped thew to au old Irish friend of wine, Mr, Michael Marley, at Riverdsoux, Ia. This was six years ago, Phe goslins have grown into lurgo geeso and are very domestic, They are of the Canada stock. The flist of April and the first of October of vach year, | go over to my friend, Micnael Marley’s, and have my goose hun Mr. Mariey is i very well-to-do Irish farmer in the extreme northern corner of Harrison oounty, lowa, on the Missouri river, At his furm Lkeep wy live decoys, a boat, four dogs, gun, Mclotosh waders, and in fact a com~ plote huntng outfit. I buve a very fine double row lock boat made by a bar ber of Souix City, and strange as it muly seem, this burber was @ satlor and born on the Baltlo sea, He built the boat Tor bis own use to sail the upper Mssouri with, but I purctused it five yoars ago, With this boat [ reach what is ealled the Nebraska bar fiom the lowa side. About six years ago I went into Milton Rogers & Song, and purchased what they called @ large, square clothes hawper or picnio basket. I took it to the farm with me, Every morning at duylicht I get up and cateh wy domesticated” wild geeso and put thew into the basket and load them in the boat. Michael Marley, jr., Fows me across the draw of Wul\i on the Iowa side over to the saadbar, 'his bar 18 entirely sur- rounded by water, about one mile long and a quarter mile wide—draw water on the lowa side, aud a swift current on the Nobraska side. When [ land on the bar, I hunt up a lorge stump of arift wood; around this stamp I gathor up and - place jeces of brush and twigs which gather upon the bar. It generally takes me about three hours to build 8 good blina, I then take my live geese out of the basket and puta hurness on them, Ihave u har- ness made of whung leather that bas a hole in it to put the koose's bead through, and o souflle that snaps under the wiogs on the back. lattach a strivg to the snafle and loriat them out. lu this manner thy geose ve use of their feet and wings, If you tie 8 #0080 by its log it will draw out to the end Of tho siring aud then lie down and stay there all day. 1 then erawl into my blind d load my gun with shot und powder and my stomuch with & botile of beer (remom- ber I aw in lowa) and walt for the geese 1o ©ome 10, A8 800D s & flock of gAes AppeAr eitber north or south of me, I pull out my Fuller goose caller and squawk. ‘'he noise from my calling starts my geeso to yelling, and they “houk" till the wild fellows come Vo them. The Cavada goose is very easily de- soyed, and Lkill & great many of thew, ~Just A8 thoy are droppiug their legs o alight, 1 #hoot Into them with the right barrel of No, Vs, and as Ihu{nflarl off L pump the left bar ©lof No. U's lnto them, I frequently kil THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, DECE HOLIDAY PRESENTS SOLD ON Time Payments. ur stock of Secre- i taries, Bookcases, Writing Desks etc,, is |“One of the Finest.” ’ Any one of them would make a handsome pres: ent for your wife, Call and see them. Antique Oak cases. Walnut Bookcases. - Cherry Desks. Oak Secretaries. Walnut Secretaries. Ladies’ Desks. Standing Cabinets. All in the . latest styles and elegaitly finished. Clocks & Silverware We carry a full line of Clocks and silver- ware which we are selling at less than jewelers prices. Fine Mantel Clocks. Fine Walnut Clocks, Silver Castors, Silver Knives & Forks. Alarm Clocks. Silver Cake Stands. All first-class goods and sold on time pay- ments. two or three the first shot, is not over forty yard closeas twenty, | unless the day is cold and I am having hard luck, then I wat till they alight und scatter them dead all over the bar. 1 bave been on this bar the 1st of April for the past six vears, and about October 20, iu the fail. In the spring I kill Hutching’ geese and the speckled brant—the braut being the best of all meat of the goose tribe. I also Ikl about four snow geese to use with my hve dec: They help out amaziogly. In tho fall L kill nothing but Canadas. Tn the spring 1 huve killed over sixty a day, and the fourth duy on the bar my shoulder has been so sore 1 ‘could not comb my hair with wy hund, The reason of that is because I hs to bundle up so much w keep ths coll 01 that when I raise my guu (o a bundled-1p shoulder the butt more frequentiy strik:s on the muscles, I 20 on the bar at daylight s m. I get the early morning, noonday ahd ing shootiug, The weese leave the bar carly and make for the cornfields. They begin to como brek about 11 a. m., and from thaton till 2 p. m, Lhave a circus, A great maoy geese go out off the barat 10 p. m., and stay out all nient, either in the corn or roosting on the fall plowing. They begip to return to the bar about 9 a’ m, The afternoon flocks that go out re- turn about 10 p. w. I have scaid on the bar in April two days and two mights shooting by moonlieht. ~ I hud no covering but prohibition, but I kept warm. Moonlight shooting is very nice and lots of fun, but you have to get your eese botween yourseif and the moon or you don’t get ’ems, ‘About 10 v. m., ufter a mun has dined on Council Blufls soda water, it. s hard to tell which is the gooso and which is the moon, I hnve uever yet shot at the moon, Generally four or five farm hands come on the bar for the moonlight sheoting, and it is about a standoff between high five and Council Bluffs. Sandy, you have been there many atime, iany a L, “When I get o boatfut of geese I load up and pullout, and then come back after more. It is fun, but you return with a sore shoul- der, long whiskers and plenty of game.” Book- for the distance und sometimes as er take a pot-shog An Unchang d Situatio The condition of base ball affairs remamns yery unsatisfactory aud very uucertain, Yet there are four months rewaining before the season opens for mutters 1o reach a settle- ment. Whether they will or not, thut is an- other matter. Tho brotherhood is still deter- wined and ugeressive, but they are surely underestimating the necessity of sound busi- ness principles and management, and it looks as probable as over that they must wreck themselves before getting fairly started. The Intelligence, capital and business ability of the old National league is bound to triumph, at least 80 think the majority of the best judges 1n the country on the game, and the new move will go down in history as & bigger fizzlo than the momorable uaion crusade. It looks more and more as if this was @ move on the part of Ward, Pfeffer, Wood, Irwin, Kelley and other declining players to keep themselves actively before the publio when they should scek the scelusion which @ minor league or obscurity offers, Are theso the men who are also to provide the disc pline that is indispensible to success? 1f so, Pity’s the name. ‘I'he coudition of affairs in the Western ciation still continue to brighten, how ever, and its supporters have wisely deter- mined 1 keep 1ts fingers out of the wud; between the lesuge aud its pla as long as possible. However, they way be forced to show their hand sooner than they expect, for from the import of the following, clipped from the Cincionati Com- wercial, it looks as if the brotherbood mea to loot the minor leagues us well as the Na- tioual: ‘Buck Ewing claims that Herman Long will be playing with the brotherhood next season. Loog hos sigued with the Kansas City elub for pext year, and when Ewing was informed of thut fuoct he said: *“That doesn’t muke any difference. The Western league people have o sympathy for the broths erhood nud Wo ure not going to have any mercy upoo them. 1If Loug wantsto joiu the brothertiood we will protect him." Denver Drivel. Dave Rowe. the Deuver base ball hustler, is peregrinating over the country in quest of wlent. Ho was here oune day last week and wauted o see young Cawp, but bad to leave MBER 15 GENTEEL HOME OUTFITS OIN AN ECONOMICAL BASIS! OUR COURSE OF SPECIAL DAILY SALES in the great Department of Artistic and Unique Furniture is still affording a rare temporary opportunity to those desirous of securing the very highest degree of tastetul ornamentation in the {furnishing of their homes. 1st.—A rareopportunity in Gorgeous Parlor Suits, in all the fash- ionable colors of crushed plushes, silk tavestries and brocaelle s. i i SI DEBOARDS . 2d.—A rare opportunity in Clear.Oak, Mahogany, Solid Black Walnut and 16th century styles of Chamber Suits ranging from $15.00 to $200.00. 3d.—A rare opportumty in Rockersof Artistic, Fashionable and Palace Class, ranzing from $1.50 to $50. 4th—A rare opportunity in Sideboards, Folding Beds, Lacs Cur- tains. Unique Parlor Tables, Grand Extension Dining Tables, Lamps, Clocks, Silverware. China, and everything rejuisite to a comiortable and beautiful home. without accomplishing his onject. From here Dave went to Chicago, the 0 De- troit, where he succecdeda in signimg Third Baseman McGlone, He1s a good one. Be- sides McGlone, Rowe nas already secured the contracts with Pitchers 17lood and Trum- phey and Fiels Curtis, He declaves that nextv scason’s team will be the strongest ng- gregation ever put on the home diamond. With the two new pitchers already signed and the three on the reserved liat—Dirn- brough, Shores and MeNabb—the club will begin 1ts season’s wo! ith five youne and promising twirl infleld will also be surengtnened, sibly not playing at first. In s the playcrs’ bench a strong sec to il his MeGlone will hold down third, thus ting Nick Smith to short or second. McClellun is almost 8ure to occupy @ posi- tion us an infiel Inthe outlield only one gap 1s left- being right field, Curtis, of last season’s Joe team will play center field, His ox- cellent work of last year 18 still fresh in the minds of the lovers ‘of the national gawe in this city, Dalrymole, who won his way to the hearts of Denver's enthusiasts last year by his bard hitting, daring base running ana clever catching, needs no introduction as a left fielaer. They feel contident of coming out of the race pretty well toward the top next year. Next §-ason's Roseate Prospects, It 18 not improbable that the coming sea- son will witness mady chauges in baseball in this city, but ali of them of an agrecable character, . In the firsu place, there is hardly a perti- cle of doubt buc whut new grounds will be secured, and while it cannot be stated just where these grounds are located, patrous can rest ussured that they are less than half the distunce from the corner of Kiftecnth Farnam that the old oues are, and that they are accessible by overy street raliway the city, In fuct, it will be only a o the new grounds. pleascd over this prospect, dent MeCormick will expend 810,000 in- fit~ tng it up. Abe grand stund, beis de- termined, shall be & model, and judging from the plans already mupped out it will cost in the neighborhood of six or seven thousand dollars, [tisto have three compartments, the main one with comfortable scats for tho crowd in chief, and then a reserved space for ladies and gentlemen, or either, and sull another for ladies without escorts, Theso wilt be handsomely fitted up, witn fotdiug chairs and otnor wodern couvenien; lue directors’ box, sumptuously furnished, will be imwediately in the rear of tne home base, with an aonex for the oficial scorer, while the reporters’ box will ocoupy u position on the top of the grand stand, The rofresh- meut stand, players' lounging aud dressiuge rooifis willall be’coustructed on the latest und most_iwproved plan, aud allogetier tho Omaha grounds *and buildiogs will, iu point of convenience, comfort and attractiveuess, be secoud 10 none in the country, The iwo R voits. I'he vresent muddled condition of baseball bears little similitude to the situation during the old Union crusade, and it way be safely said that this 1s the critical epoch in the his- tory of the ereat navional game, There is a chauce now that it hus already been crippled for muny a long year to come. ‘I'he public is @ very fickle and uustable quantity, aud UpON LWo 00CASIONS came within 4n ace of acknowledging & surfeit of baseball. Cau- tious uction and good judgament, after a try- ing struggle saved tho game, wnd under the fostering cure of the national league it was brou bt to suoe & perfection as no other out door sport ever enjoyed. The old Uniou re. volt was the individual work of Henry V. Lucas, & young St. Louis millionaire, dis- runtled over his inability to become & mem- Ber of the league, but it sounted 10 Roshing ~=Was @ verituble ¥nat on a rhinoseros’ back. ‘The present revolution, however, is of a far more dangerous characier, and one that has wlready workea serious barm, It 1s a maliz- nant effort on the part of asoore of the high- est-priced players in the profession to cut loose and become independent of the Nu- tional league. It is a caso where the winor: ity rules . the majority, and is apt to bring -615N.I6ST: If the brotherhood is a apse into tho hands zamblers, and po 0an, honest ar- hom to their raio. #0, the game will of " the pool-rooms 1l the sport be the ticle it has bec It will decline rapidly un. icas, and as devlorable as suc: 1d be, it certainly would not ve undescrved by the men most interestea. Minncnno . seation. ‘The baseball outlook in Minn usually bright. They con provement about their groun, stand 1s t be enlarged and an oxtra seat department added. At present the Minueapolis park i3 a sheet of ice, illumin- ated at nights by hundreds of electric lights and thronged with merry skaters, ilmer Foster aud B4 Hengle, the ball-tossers, are runuing the rink. ‘The patrous of tha game up there wre looking forward to next season with i great_deal of interest, ‘'he manage- ment eluims that it will stand as high in the race as Jast year, if ot higher, and with the team toat it closed with lust season will waco them all hustle. They have already signed Hongle, Foster, Carroll, Ryn and Chrisman, 1he acuve Carroll will captain tho team, and he suys that he will pilot the team o' the bush whereon hangs the rag. The management. expects to sign the balance of the team before long, but owingto the exorbitant demards wado by some of the players that want all the gato receipts they nave been slow in coming to terms, Scnoyner, Neb,, Dee. 1889.—To the Sporting Editor of Tne Bee: Under the heading *A Knight of the Double Cross” in your issue of the 10th inst., you are evidently laboring under a great delusion, and as I am considerably roasted for another party, I hope you will rectify your error, 1. Tused to be a long distance runner and have won championship honors. 2, 1 have never given tho cross or double €ross to auy of my backers while on the cin- der path, This you can readily uscertain from WV, B. Smith of the Spirit of the Limes or Omaha parties., 3. L have nov had a running shoe on for over three years, and never expect Lo again. 4, John Hardin never backed me in a race in his life, and I huve not ruu a race in Lin- coln since 1551, 5. L used to act as correspondent for the Police News, Boston, and at one time in Omaha edited avd published the Owaha Weekly Record. 6. The man, I presume, you mean is kuown as Reddy Ross, a seveity-five to one hundred yard sprmter, By kindly inquiring you will find the above correct and by publishing same or us much as you think necessary you wall confer a favor on yours respectfully, DaN J. Ross, Tue above may be true, but the Ioss meant in T HEE notico of the 10th was numed Dan Ross, or at least that is what ho was called, and what was said of that oss goes, and o good deal more, be it Dan or Reddy. The Whealmen's Gossip, Coarl Peabody and Frank Schoell mouuted their little wheels and rode to Lin- coln and return the other day for a record, and Peavody swoogeded in making the run in the exiraordinary short time of sixteen hours aud forty minutes, Schaell gewting in two hours and thirty seconds later, This is an unequalled performance in this part of the country ind creditable work for any place. The aistance is 140 miles and the roads are none of the mosv favorable. The two riders left the rooms of the Omaha Wheel club at 4:30 sbarp 1n the morning, and duspite a brisk head-wind made the capital for dioner. After a rest of two hours, the gentlemen mounted their machin started ou the rewurn trip, Peaboay reachiog the city at 9:30 and Schnell at 11:50. But three stops were made upon the trip, an hour at South Bend aund Ashland each, and two hours ut Lincoln, which gave the riders an average of nearly eight miles aud a half for each nour, Schuell is a new rider aud is to be A_‘nnfimtulnmd upoa hus tine work on bis initial long-distance run. Pea- body is an old rider aud one of the best in the eity. The Omaha wheel club rooms bhave under- goue & complete renovatiou uader the super— vision of E. b, Bmith, The walls huve been EANAGE Vi corbhidna | repapered, the ceilings painted, new curtains Bung and carpets put down, and these im provements, 1o; jor with the addition of several new vaintis and some new furni- ture, give tho rendezvous a bright and at- tractive appearance indeed. The boys are proparing for a winter of social pleusure, and in the sprinz a revivalof interestin wheel circles may be expected. The wheelmen constituting the club's polo team are jubilant over their victory over the Omaha guards of last Tuesday night, and indeed the entire elub manifests a justitiable exultation in the matter. A beautiful bouquet presented by Mrs, Chiniquy to the bylerson hat occasion still adorns the center tablo, aud the ball wor, decorated with the club’s colors, hangs suspended from the chandelier in the liby But the most interesting feature of tho evening gatherings is to hear the different members recount the glories of that mo- mentous struggle. +Didn’t our boys put up & dandy game, though ¢’ remarks one. *Bet, life, In little Epenectter we've got a cor Nobody would suspect there was 8o much life in " this quict unassuming boy, but T tell you the Guards know it.” ‘Yes,” joioed a third. “‘and thero's Rhodes and” Roberts —they both played Like professionals,” And what's the matter with Morris and Shakespeare, or Bacon, [ meant'’ demanded a fourth, *dido’t they distinguish them- selves *Well, I guess yes!” the club in chorus, And 80, at the club, time flies, On Wednesday evening the winning team was tendered a sumptuous banquet i honor of their trismph, in which about twenty- five of the members partook., After the collation & couple of hours was spent in story-telling and singiug peans of victory, and the evening was one of the pleasantest of all the pleasant assemblies they have had there this fall, Senator Morgan feels sore over his recent defeat by red Merrill, the Oregon cham- pion, and 18 filling the Portland papers with challonges, He wants to run Merrill a mile, ten miles or 100 mil for woney, marbles or chalk, and as Merrill thinks pretwy well of himself, he says he will accom- modate the wrothful senator, but that he will take his own tims in doing it. The Pixley and Walker ten-milo handicap bieyele race bas been postponed until next ‘I'uesday evening, just before the polo game, The muny’ friends of the two kidsare anxious 1o see this chuse come off. The puenowenally beautiful weather of the past few weeks has been liborally taken ad- vantage of by cyclers, und there has been many quict little runs to the neignboring townsand villages. The *Syiph," & spring frame safety for la- dies or gents is the latest candidate for pop- ular favor. Advices from England state that Amer- 1can dealors bave ordered from Engiish manufacturers 20,000 safeties, whicn will 8000 be coming to tnis conutry, aud should their anticipations be realized wo will have the largest business evor koown to the bicy- cle world. Bob Neilson, the quondam champion, is tending bar for a fashionable club in Boston, Charlie Ashinger 18 ruoning a bicycle agency at Oakland, Mo,, and 18 cating three tmes a day. W. K. Thompson, a prow of Omaha, was in the city thi says Omaha has the finest bic the west.—St. Lowis Globe Dewocrat. Tue League of American Wheelmen in- tond during the coming winter to iutroduce in the legislature of eight or nine states, in- cluding Missouri, bills looking to a beiter method of making and repairing our high- wiys. The following English bicycle records have been established this year: Safety, 12 175} miles; safety, 24 bhours, 824 t wheelmnn velo, 12 hours, 156 milos; tricyelo, 250 wiles; ordivary, 12 hours, 154 le, 1 0. 'bhm. B3, H. H. Alden aud W. T. Townsend are bunting quail down in the Beaver valloy in Kunsas. Hilly Townsend sold his haudsome powter pup, Dixio, out of imp, June, to Peter Simp- son Thursday for $75, Wild geese still linger along the Missour 1880, -SIXTEEN PAGES HOLIDAY PRESENTS —ON— HALL RACKS —AND-— othing is beautiful for a hall than a Hall Rack, and nothing more useful for a din- more ing room than handsome Sideboard. We have: Oak Hall Racks, Mahogany Hall Racks, Cherry Hall Racks, Grand Sideboards, Handsome Sideboards, Llegant Sideboards, Sideboards at all prices. LOUNGES. Buy a Lounge for your wife for a Holiday Present, Brussels Lounges, Plush Loung Crush Plush Lounges, Parlor Lounges, Ottoman Bed Lounges, Patent Bed Lounges, Silk Tapestry Loung and Platte bars and market hunters have been maling some big klls recently. of Henry Searle, the champion rld, ‘took place at Adelaide, N, S. W., on lust Sunday. Lou May, state fish commissioner, is lay- 1ng bis plans for an_excursion to the state hateries, especially for Omaha newspaper men. J, J. Malone, tho present champion pool or of the world, passed throngh this city lay en route from Kausas City to Cantein Good in, the well-known author- ity on HOLIDAY PRESENTS OIT Easy Payments ROCKERS. We havealready sold 250 Rockers, for deli- very Dec. 24th. Make your selections now, Lefore cur large as- sortment is Broken. Rattan Rockers. Reed Rockers. Cane Rockers, Double Cane Rockers. Polished Rockers. Plush Rockers. Students Rockers. Carpet Rockers, Misses Rockers Children’s Rockers Polished Oak Rockerg Leather Rockers &c. down as a result of the present competition for talent. Des Moines bas signed Eddie Fusselbachy, who played thira for Omaha in 1887 Alyord’s release will be sold by Kane y in accordance with that player's ex pressed desire, St. Paul's left fielder, Jimmy Daly, is the happy father of anew baby boy. ~ Daly is winterir g in Rutland, Vt. Des Moiues is after her old cateher, Saga, The prohibitionists have also made offers 1o the two Joes—Hornung and niners. Milwaukee’s now manuger, Cushman, says Catcher mn is the best genoral player not unel matters of Cincinnati, was in the C days lust week, the guest of Lee Bowiing is becoming quite popular among. gentlemen sceking physieal deveopment,and the soveral alleys in the city are crowded nightly, Set 'em up in the other atley | Both the New York Worid and Sun of the 9th, contained reports of the action of tho Gate City Athletic club of this city 1n raising 8 purse of 000 to secure the Sullivan- Jackson mill. A very mnoticeablo revival in tho rough- and-tumble game of football took placo not only in the Toronto club but in the Internae tional league. Questions and Answers. Will you ploaso inform mo through tha columns of Tiri: Bex what it costs the cluhs of the different minor leagues to enjoy the protection und priviloges of the national agreement! Did Joe Walsh ever play with the Milwaukoes and has ho signed with t season!—A Lover of the Yorr 23 question you will flod answered in the following clauses of the national only i Omaba* but throughout the entiro country, this fall, and next season will surely see it one of the most. popular of all outdoor sports. Major Jack Hoye has a sextette of Jersoy- red game cocks that he stands ready to buck agaiust any other six birds of equal weight that can be produced, and he has a $100 note to put up on each fight. Here is a chance for 131lly Meldrum to trot out his famous pugil- istic chanticleers, ' e juveniles have organzed a polo team, embracing Gus Seifken, Willio Search, Deal Wertz, Lou Leader, O, Biendorf, W. Angel, George Seifken and Will Walker. They ar talking of challenging the Gate city leaguc team to play them a series of games for handsome leether medal, While out hunting geese the other dav a son betonging to Hans Grim of Blair noticed something dart after o flock of geeso that were flying over. He shot at and wounded 1. When caught it proved to be a goiden eagle, and meusured seven feet from the tip of oné wing to the other. W. . Catherwond brought it to this city yesterduy aud turned it over to Laxidermist Bresee for mounting. “Thut sporting affairs should not be allowed to lug in Omalia is sitested by the number of sporting organizations there is in the city. Among_ these can be mentioned the Omuha Basebuli club, the Omaha Wheel club, the Gate City Athletic club, the Omaba Gun club, the Lefevre, Isemis, Gate City, Motro- politun and South Omaha Gun clubs; the Omaba Rifle club, the Schutzenvrein, the Tarverein, the Hand HBall club, the Polo club and the Atheneum, The Omaha turnyerin held their annual election of officers L'uesday evening, and the following roster was chosen: Honry Hau- president; Philip Audres, vice presi- ) soretury; Gust Doyle, . Stoecker, ul hner, first turnwards Fred Fruehoff, second turnwarden; W. C. Stangl, custodian; 1. G. Meyer, bbrarian, On the 26th and 27th of next month there will be beld in this city a conveation of tho Nebraska Turabezick. This is composed of the two verins io this city and one verio 1n each of the following places: West Point, Grand Island, Lincoln, Plattsmouth, Fre- mont, Neoraska City, Sioux City, and South Omaha. Sioux ' City was admit. ted by special request, there being 0o bezirk in fowa. ‘Thers are in this stato organization over 800 members. Kaco verein 1s ontitled to five delagates, and those repre- seuting the Omaba verein ‘are Heury Kum- werow, W. I, Stoccker, E. G, Meyer,Heory Haunon and Philip Andres. During the conyention the Owuha taravereiu will cele- brate its twenty-sixth Bary. Flash: s from the Diamond, Manager Leonard is after Reidy of the Buffalo club, Moran, who is on Omaba's reserved list, is wintering at Jotiet, 11l ‘'he Kausas City club expects to realize $15,000 from the salo of its players. ‘Pim 4Brosnan and D, J. Murray have signed with Sioux City for next year, Pitcher Andersou, late of the Detroit aud Burlington clubs, is the latest addition to Omahw's pitching staft, —Sporting Life, If this is true, the Ouaba Wanagement knows nothing wbout it, Salaries appear 10 be going up lnstead of agreement itself:. XL Kach association, & party of the second part, shall pay to the sceretary of the Board of arbitration: 1. Asaonual dues the sum of $50 on or be- fore Avril 1 in each year. 2, Also if the rightof reservation is claimed the sum of $1,000, If said association be coma posed of four clubs, $1,500 if composed of aixt clubs, or $2,000 if composed of not more than cight clubs, payable on or before May 1 in cach year, According to the above it costs the clubs of the western pssociation §2.050 per anrum to oujoy theso privileges. Yos,the la er part of 3. He has not. 4 Please state once more how many battles Sullivan has had, and whother he was ever beaten. —Giriz, Asbury Parl, Ans.—He has had innumerabls glove con- tests and wos never bested in any of them, He has, however, indulged in but two gens uine prize fights with bara kauckies—thosa with Paddy Ryan aud Jake Kilrain—bouh of which he won, Can you inform me what horse has the omilo trotting recordt I claim hus uever buen beaten, Ans.—Huntress, at Prospect Park, L, L, trotted threo miles ou Septomber 22, 1872, in 7:2%. Has Senator Morgan the best 142-hour bly cyele record, or docs Rowe hold itf W hal iRivt What has become of IRowe!—Sufety, Owaha, Aus,--Noither. Albort Shock of Chicago Dolds the record, 1405 miles, made in u race that closed at Minncapolis, Decomber 25, 1886, To decide a wager will you publish in Tus Bep the sge of Lotts, the actress—John Smith, As ueur as can bo ascortained jusy tu is forty-soven or forty-cight years asu’t thore a timo 1o the history of base- batl when the game, through crooked plag und WiSMADEKEMEITy A0 Protly nearly playing out altogether us u popular sporti— O1d Time Rocks, Cj Auns,—Yes, 1o fact ten voars ago busonall was practically dead—Saluries had dwindled down to nothing, aud the erowds were but hundsful of roughs uud gamblers. It would be in the naturo of retribution should the game fallinta disrepute again. Rall players should leave well enough alone, They are the best paid profession extant today., Kaliroad and bank presudents’ salaries with but litue to do should certainly satisfy u class of meny the majority of whom, were it not for bases ball, would be commou duy laborers or loafs ers; but they are not satistiod—-they wang the earth, fried on both sides. 1f they pers /8t in their present move the gloomy duye of 1879-50 wre not at all uulikely. The spory 18 0 capricious one. There is no saying whem the people will get a surfeit, Lot 1t lupsa once more into the hunds of the gawblers, und good bye, that's all,