Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 28, 1890, Page 3

\ THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY DfifiEMBER 28, 1800.~SIXTEEN PAGES. made FRON THE STATE CAPITAL. P et s pmatdine ) A wodsm: | PLAYING l)()t IN THE MANCER [gots, ons, iotes cotacimt, ve_ pote | DROMISES TO THE INDIANS. | oo aiiioot "bcavn e ceded - buck treasurer, James Anderson; recording asked several men to step dewn off the porch, and the reserved lands, their hunting | s secretary, . F. Palmer; fliancil secretary, Iy but did not tell Shinn that it was against grounds in Nebraska werd soon occupied oy W. B, Austin: corresponding _secretar: thelew for hin to e thiere Joseph Bailey : conductor, Al Buttertield; il sation wit m, and don* The Lancaster County Bar Makes a Moveto | {0501 cope Tohn aforty, tibmeian, o, W. The Gontentan.l will A“f" the Defonse No | SR NI hing was peaceable and - and prospectors and others went at will into Becure Another Judge. Matthews; instructor, James Ande Time for Evidence. quiet there. Saw no waisky muged at the polls, ment Miking Thew. the uncoded Big Horn country. Bven The oficers will be installed at the uext regu- w one or two men who logked as if the; early as June 20, 189, fourteen months afte Jar meeting to be held January were under the influence, of liqwor. The the date of the treaty woral Shorldan VGO’ SHIPUENT TO THE SUFIERERS. | couvry comissronins. |4 FEWATKALE [VOENCE OF GAL. Jeft'wbout 1 elock ‘andwere wober wnd | SONE 111TLE REASON IN THEIR HADNESS, | 11505020 St oriee, Sayiog ot (ouitds Had no conve white settlers who protested against the whink any other | How They Have Been Kept by the Govern- | prasence of Indians outside their reservation, i up aguin " in’ the * levening Think they (the Tudians) are under the original aud ) . alt’ b . M. Shinn left about 11 ofelack. Was par- exclusive jurisdiction of the military wuthor. Two Men Get intoa Tow over o Pool | Haseall's Bill for Rtent of Poor Farm | py, Gontest Must Close Tomorrow | ticilar o proserve good grdgr, and did not | How the Different Treaties Narrowed | ity and us rule will bo considored hostile, . ~Register Megeath's Kepore. ht, and Yet the Defends walk the other way to avoid steing any dem- he 1t B i In 1574 the appropriation for subsistence of Game—Will Establish a Ware= Ass00n a8 the county commissionors met R 2 onstrations. 5 ¥ ek il bbbl b the Siolix contained & clause authorizing the house — Lincoln Odds yesterday afternoon 1. 8. Hascall presented a ant Cannot Be James O'Brien, sworn:-Risided in the of Large Game a Disaster withheliing of suppitce watll the Indisus ¢ g t Heard Third 4, South Omaha, on the day of hould ngree t north of th ! S S inicetion tokdby Boviie fegment ol & sasd, fd ward, South Omaha, on' the day o % the Notaade. Should igree to remain orth of the Niobr oeeth i SERGHLISts STt 16 i T8 oAHEY NORBIINE election and was at the polls all day. 1was i viver and outside of Wyoming; similar pro - vision w peddling tickets and, they were tken away S inserted in"the appropriation act during the X. Mr, Hascall was called ar | / ) i & rom me by James Welsh of this ci A g P for 1575, but referred only 1o the Niobrara Liscory, Neb, Dece. 25— (Special to Tur | Within therail and explained that everything Talk about an unfair clec l“"'“ Oficor Tom Hayes sworm—At tho last clecs | _ WAsminGroy, Dec. 27.—[Special to Tk | yiver, Ber.)~At the meeting of the Lancaster bar | had been sottled forthe year 1880 md prior Just visit room 1in the Life building if | ¢jon T was on duty at the Sixth precinet of | Ber,]—The president has referred a dispatch | By theact of June 23, 18i4, congress ap- wssoclation & committes ¢ omps ;u"ll f Messrs. | thereto. The communication was referred to | YOu wantto see the essence of un!nlr‘lu;:! f‘x‘~ the N; «u;xl \wlnr-l nmlA“l‘,m“:h-'n' all day. & Y from General Miles, in which the latter |‘rn‘l'|"linlm| i121' l‘r: l'l-“' hholmllTl\s fnv ";\- soclation n c % composed of Messts. P g nggerated s0wn mother would hard- | no acts of violence, About noon a man who o i y o the | Red Clond aud Spotted Tail agencies for the ) e Wi AT Tose A . Tibbetts, | the committee on poor farm. 4 e e s ik clhimed 1o bo & Swodtah minister | Stales that be could reddily sublagato B | relinguishment of thelr right %o hunt in 0. T, Hall, C. M. Parker, W. 4, Bryan and | A numberof partics who have purchasod | IV WO /S tueting a | came thore with a ot of tickets. " The crowd | Sioux if the government would maintain ab. | F S O e of the other agencie ) A. W.Scott wers appointed to bring the | lots i the poor farui sdditon demanded that Aty bt d - IR R sl said he was o prohibitionist and they jostied | solute good faith and fulfil all treaties with | along the Missouri wero toleraably well set- | matter of an increase of one judge in this | the old building be removed, or that the pur- contest, but as the limits of the tima fixed by | him, T stopped it and he voted. He stayed | them, to the secretary of the interior, with | tled down and had little practical fntevest in o e old bullding bo removol, or it the IE- | 1 draws near they are becoming moro and | there half au hour talkine with the erowd | g reglest for nformation as to violations of | the Nebraska hunting lands, A delgention fudicial district boforo the nex leghlature. | s price that they paid for the lots ba re- | 1A% deme i e e D onan s that the | and was not molested. Did ot say anvihing | frcheg o tmes past. A referonce to the | Of cbiefs from the Red Cloud and Spotted | Indae Reeso 18 ongaged in drafting @ bill | tarned. %o bim noout leaving the polls, and had no | tresuies s il agencies camo to Washingtoh in May, County Treasurer Snyder was instructed | contestees shall not be allowed to take part o b ) Lira® W niotest | oficial records reveals a wanton disrogard of Lwar 1hdlce Hardae. held '] Which Will lagve, the number of julges in B i couversation with bim. It was' the quictest | O 1875, and wero induced to survender their e TGt e s M it satstinilad, it | DIt WiErnE HERUOILE on tie BUKAR |1 te Chaction T over saw in Omaba, There was no | solemu agreements on the part of the govern- | Nebraska hunting privileges north of Niob- other districts asat present constatuted, but | fundto pay the interest on bonds, due the Monday is the last day allowed by law for | ohscene or profane language used toward the | ment which is quite surprising. Without and also to relinquish such claim as they » in such a such a shape that it can be readily tirst of next month. the introduction of evilence, and thus far | mimister. Have lived in Omaha fifteen years, o " ¥ aatl, a0, o! { ssessed to that portion of N aska south smended and new judges put in where asked | Bonds of theassessors elected atthe No- ; X . L g Oce: George . Mokray sworn-.Was | entering into the question of miseonduct of | of ‘the south divide of the Niobrara river for, The leading members of the bat are en- | YOMbOr dloction were ~presented and ap- the contestees in the state case have not beea | Officer George | aclCray sworb=Wos | ¢no indians in- times t, it is made very ¥ of 1508, “should be held oded Indian U itory, Tnis additional concession was ob- which, by the tr od. alloved to introduce any of their | P AR i A y AlodP thnt Yhay Have iovatoes whio thusinstic for an nerease in this aistrict, a8 | " Pho superintendent of the poor farm sub- | testimony althovgh m:m)? witnesses {\!f::lnu-pn ol dny S0 e :::’:.l.hm o ié: (\\l:nll.l‘ll‘hl::ni:\l "uf."\f“* ‘lilrnl.- lknn“lill;:u:i :p’:v‘.:::ll :uvr)e«:l»:u-:m;« m: lmml n,'n' xluu: :N!mlll 1,0 'r'.’i.',:,'.':vl,.‘l'i“(l;"""':;f“"'.’;‘.v‘i-;mnf.',';f'n'ulnl.z'mi-‘ki"“;n'nfl have been subpenaed and have been | lence committed. Made no arrestsas it was | to arms. The A Ll SoANIeE the «bmm-.x by tho promiso it congross would vo years on the doc before bef eached e! 8 ne d 4 ve 2 from day ay 0 ctunity | mot necessary, 5 7 y tie i » asked 1o appropriste for the Indians e o e por mam who | CUEDY-six ~boarders; ~ that sineo then | Wallne from duy to day for an opportunity | B ioqilination—Am a domocrat. Voted | Houk was otio of fr nd amity mado | B0, 45K 8 B rcss. futlod. o make resorts to the law to gt his just deserts. the ‘number has been mereased to | to lell whit they know. | i | that ticket at the last elesti in when cach high contracting party ex- | this appropriation and the Indians naturally ABIG SHEPMENT, :')';"'”'mh' et Tim'l mh‘n\:jh “;\.\nm“‘l:r:‘l::i The co |Iu.~4u‘nns(jwu1:\ «'l::mnndm!}‘:‘f“;'.'h‘:‘ Omcer William Edgehill . pressed unlimited confidence and very warm | felt as if they hud been cheated. Other “uri- Lincoln shipped by rail today s magnificent | thirty-one fomales, T h . morning for the first time that this evidenco | duty at the Third district of tho Kourth ward | affection for the other. In this treaty tho Tn- | ceded torritory” still vemained tion day. Was thore all day and made | qjyg first formafly recognized the supremac s ne females, T here nineteen in- i 5 ELTESE 874 g2 oy o Blag! R Vouit DNSring lor thewasiors dRtituie: | case oReicat. Lwemhve Eoc should not be allowed, and the notaries have | on ¢ In 1874 gold was found in the Black Hills, -n ving medical o 1o 8 so10 (BLaresting de: v "here casio 3 in direct violation of the treaty of 186 : e g oy and | KepFaUELLS, Lol e ot g o, | booncalled on' to-malo somo nterosting do | no arvests, hers wae, o sceanon (61 | of the Unitad Staes and placed thomselvas | fh put or tho Houx toasg+ation fOEU ALK ) Hp ot Ko RI0d N (olloWa 10 118 OCHR [ TR OtHEI avd ld 41d. erinplad BHATMWICLY | Prise Sktinders was | the_ Rist witnesd gt ehe raight democratic ticket, under the protection of the government. No | swarmed with white people. A commission L Dt O oy snd o 1. |unable to contribute to their own support. | thestatotable. Hesaid thathe votedut the | Adjourned uutil2 o'clock. treaties of any consequence were made from | sent dut in June, 1875, to_obtain a cession of undy - One thousand poundsof corn meal, | pfr, Mahouey also called attention to the fact | gjpe precinct of the Third ward and voted But liitle evidence was introduced at tho | | til in t Fort Luramie made in | the Black Hills andof “unceded territory" in } one and one-half tons of flour, W0 pounds of | that scarcely aday passes that paupers from | ¢ho vepablican ticket and for the amendment, | Powers table. ‘The original letters fron Dr until in that at Fort Laramio waco ™ | wyoming was unsuccessful, L tice and twelve bushels of bedns, bther counties Ao hot apply for admission. | Goro Lo K e o that procinct | Georgo L. Miler 10 A. Lucius Rodman were | 1851 with tho Sioux and soven other tribes | "y yho appropriation act of August 15, 1870 H Hitcheock —Culbertson, 600 pounds of rice, | Fe also stated that to run the new building 3 B On & Al i i Loy HAL A0 0N 4D against prohibitionists. ys for the contestces called and forthwith attorney Wil- 1 by the prohibition attorney, appears the first restriction of the Sioux 0 | yoweyer, congress provided that no more ap: Henry Gibson of Gibson, Miller & | any special territorial limits, By that treaty | propriations should be made for the Sioux ardson “was placed upon the witness | tho Indians ngreed to be at peace among | unless they should consent, 1. Torelinquish The attol arm, S Roor o e L L | (b e t 1,000 pounds of cornmeal and twelve bushels | he will need more help. The report went to @ ot beans, Trenton, 2,000 pounds of four, | the committecon poor 1,000 pounds of meal, 600 pounds of rice and | The conmitioe on e | > ! e son interposed a red-headed objection, He | stand and identified the signature of Dr. Halve oW vod ablished | all claim to any country outside of the reserve ) ten bushils of bonn. o Boavee City, | BOLE infuvar of ayeoprinting 81000 for e | intormod the notarics. that tho” contasiants | Miller ; Ehomsclves, to allow vauds th on oo and | Cstablishiod by thotreuty of 88, 4. To re. Indldiols, Hayes Center, ' Imperial, Big purpose of completing an “'5l. LA l“‘fi‘“ were unwilling that the contestees An_adjournment until 2 o'clock was de- J AL e ) Inquish all claim to so much of their reserve ) Indisols, Hayos Center, 'Imperisl, BiE ot the prolate court. The report was|ghoud introduco tostimony, ~as it | clured, md that corner was soon qulst and acknowledge ns their torritories’ cortain do- .y west of the 103d degreo of longitude, o b A R Aty ¥ - “",fl,ylml- so near the time of final | deserted. seribed tracts. The tract assigned to the To grant right of way from east to w Mottt by The county clerk asked for extra help to ent, and denied that theother sido | At theopening of court in the afternoon | Sioux was bounded on the east by the Mis- | across their resorve for at least three e AFTER ALDERMEN, correct the” assessmeat books of the year right to monopolize tue last twoday: the notaries at the state table ruied that the | oo\ wiver from the mouth of li\‘x\x'l river, 4. To recerve supplies near the Missouri (thi N Munieipal circles are worked up over the | 1690, und copy the records for the assessment | gligwed by law for the taking of evidence afternoon should be devoted to the introduc- (Rl MU 2 | reforred to the Pine Ridge and Rosebud In- entrauce nto the arena of A P. tuart, [OF 181. The request was gri and he | MR thin fntimatea that thecontostees | tion of cyidence for the contestecs, Monday | Bear tho present site of Bismarck, N. D, 10 | gians, the other ngencics being already on the headof the taxpayers’ league, which has employ two clorks at @ salary of 10t 10 | pad no favors to ask und were not seeking for | forenoon for the contestants, the first half of | the mouth of White Barth river, near the | pissouri): and,5. Lo enter into urrange- been a thorn in the flesh of the mayor and | exceed #70 per mouth each. %its at the hands of the notaries. They | Monday afternoon for the contestees and the | prosent site of Chamberlaln, 8. D., thence | ments locking to self-support council for months past. Some Lime agothe A post_mortem bill as follows was pre- | pioely demanded their rights, The contest- | last half for the contestants, the ! em bill s was p 10 | southwest o tho forksof the Platteriver, | A commission of which Governor Many- ! council ordered an old firo trap at Twentiotn [ €ented: Dr. Coulter, $0; Dr. Galbrith, d monopolized ull F the time from the | latter ~ to be confined _at ' their | i iwe “'l, i '.;;k::»k ,‘r"m:lmlnm‘., penny was chairman and Bishop Whipple “a 1 and F streets, ovned by Stuart, torn down. | $200; and Dr, Kelly, # Dr. Coulter w very beginning of the contest, and had | last inning to introducing evidence in re- gt A Rl . 0 | Jeadine member, visited the Sioux and made The street commissioner executed the orler, [ allowed §0; Dr. Galbraith, $%0, and Dr. introduced all of _ the evidence | buttal. By this rulingthe contestants must agalust Stuart’s encrgetic objections. Stuart | Kell 1 Red Buttes, or Fort Casper—a point some- | pogotiutions with them covering all the points 5 810, that had been introduced, with the | getin all the balance ot their direct afirma- what southcast of the center of Wyoming | named in the appropriation act. By this ] is worth over half a million, but today he port of the registor of deeds for the | axcoption of two witnesses ealled by the con- | tive evidence Monday forenoon. Zthenco to and_along the Black Hills range | agreement, dated August 15, 1576, the Sioux served notice upon the mayor and aldermen ter of 15%0 showed the following: | Yastes and whose examination had occupied [ During the afternoon several more police: | ¢ yaart river and along that mver to its | ceded not ouly all the country lying outside ’ that they must immediately pay during the quarter barely an hour. It wus no more than right | men were examined, and althougl they wero L & N Howevan 1y | the boundariés of the reser 0 as defined by mouth, It was, however, expressly | yo troaty of 1508, but also so much of the stipulated that the ‘“Indian nations | yesecve itself as included the Black Hills, a do mot thereby abandon or prejudico | tract which has been termed the ‘garden any rights or claims they may have | Spot of the resarvation.” e ‘government . ! . oy agreed “to furnish to them schools and in- t0 other lands; and further. that they 0 ot | i otion in mechanical and agricuitural art surrender the privilege of hunting, fishing, | 4 provided for by the treaty of 1805, The: or passing over any of the tracts of country | provisions of the treaty of 1808 nad been herein before described.” largely non-fulfilled. The government also This treaty did not contenplate the settle- | 4¢r€ed “to aravids tho Jains s SiAb0r tHo Hibu We tyTabectal porals mray | Lo chou tndividusl o8 povtid bl (n il veef (or in lieu thereof ono-half pound of were expected toroam and hunt and take | bacon), one-half pound of flour and one-haif ¥ of rozister for the quaLric puty for the quarie erks forthe quarter him @00 or he would sue eich of them individually for t A NURDEROUS ASSAULT. Georgo Scott was arrested this movning on 9 a warrant sworn out by Bob Finley, charg- Bota ing him with assault and bat Aceord- | ganes in to Finley's story he was playing poolin a [ ~quirter. .. 4 resort with Scott, who - is a switchman. | Balince broughit for When the game wis ended Finley claimed to [ quarter be the winner, which was disputed by Scott, | Balance bi An altercation ensued which ended by Scott [ - count firing & pool ball at Finley, It struck him on the side of the lead, felling him tothe that ‘the contestees should have an oppor- | onduty at the polls on election day and kept tunity to introduce their evidence in defense. | a vigilant eye on what was transpiring, they They had not been allowed to show up or ex- | failed to detect anv of the frightful outrages plain away auy of the allegations | alleged by the prohibitionists to have been and charges made against them, and | perpetrated. it was no more than fair that At the Powers table there was a dearth of they stould be given this opportunity. | witnesses after City Clerk Groves was ex- vt aond 1f the contestants had conducted tneir cas cused, and very little was done. m second o | properly they would have made their case as | The city clerl was alsc given a whirlat tho i as0 e strong as possible at the start, and then | table of Dech-Majors et al, and stated that tho T 4,00 00 | rested o give the contestees an opportunity | totul registration in Omaha was 22,657, He —-—— | toput in their defense, Then tho contestants | could not give the total yote, saying that the #8400 40 | could have introduced evidence in rebuttal | county clerk was iua position to give that in- “outrage.’ first Total In 1 A G sor 1arine blm enboless: Ay el | Tue commlite hayitgithe report inhand|fiThey el wot dono thisbus ad dallied along | formation. earo of themselyes as before; but emigration | pound of corn; and for every 100 rations four e ke o "amother oie whten | Feported that sult had been brought to re- | simply for tho purposs of freezing the cou- | At the Boyd table blue coats also figured | o California had brought the Indians of the | pounds of coffee eight nounds of sugar and struok Ll 4n the broast, cover the £4,000. testees out entirely. ) numerousiy, and their evidence was princi- | 5 SEEREE R T G the whites and | three pounds of beans, o, inlieu of sald arti- SR SGET] NN oD . The committee on finance, to which was re- Mr. Courtenay also took ahandin de- | pally anecho of the oft-told story of peaco, | S bl L 2 es clos, the equivalent thereof in the discretion t was of the utmost importance that t shonld maintain friendly relations mot onl} with the whites, but with each (vllmr.‘ The consideration which the United States b gt r i to support themselves. “‘\f’,,‘fif"x’,,f“.’l"[.’?"',"{h‘,““:(.',,‘I".““.‘,}',. i JiInis tatrly jcommttiadithe gortenment to A gL R s, SUD- | poeping the Sioux ou their reservagion and L Ay l}.}:,‘,‘;fi;,’",*‘;‘";é“"l:q"\!:, supporting them there until they could be B o an 80 por capita. The treaty | broukht by the government to self-support, was ratified by the senate with an ,amend- | ; These negotiations were consummated dur- Tnont which substituted for “ifty yoars" the | 1 the progressol a FiStogs wart pttier Words “ton years with the right to_continue | Rated in by Bitvhe BUiC e B G ettle: the same at the discretion of the president of who had never madeany permanent settle- ferred the agreement between the county and | manding his rights. — He said that the con- 1 It is stated on good n\ll\ll)l“l{‘ that the ex- | thecity relative tothe committal and board- | testants had pursued acourse of bulldozing ecutive committeo of the aliance, acting | ingof city prisoners, reported the following | from the start, and their conduct had been | A under instructions from that hody, have de- | amounts due under the terms of the agree- | such that all liberal, fai cided to establish in this city, probably at | ment Twenty-fourth and O streets, & central ware- | Ex-Sherllf Coburn, comnittal fees.... .8 5 house and depot for suppties, It is the in- -Sherifl Coburn, bourl prisoners 2 6t and general good orderund harmony on tion day. tant C er of Indian aff uch nuch thereof as_ may be neces- ontinued until the Indians are of the commis: i 5 0T 80 Attorney Shoemaker was minded people were | called as a witness, and Le and Judge Allen simply astounded and paralyzed by their | indulged ina lengthy interchange of views gall. was aware that they had the jury | as to what constituted bogus tickets, The fixed, but they did not have the law | witness was certain that tickets that alleged tention of the managers to uctas wholesalers '""};'l' "““l"* o on their side, and ther was 8 | tobe one thing but were really another were in the matterof furnishing farmers with all LEQNREPLIBOLOTS - power a great deal higher than | bogus, and he was also positive that a great kinds of farming implements. The entire MRt o w0 w0 | the legislature and it would be appealed to. | muny were deceived by the prohibition tick- state will be supplied from this city, which | que report was adopted and warrants or- | , MF- Wilson said that itwas the conts ots, which he was confldent were printed for has been selected because of its centralloca- | qored drawn on the general fund for tho | tees’ own fault if they hud introduced no evic | the solo purpose of deceiving and misicading tion. dence. ' was not looking after that siaeof | voters, A RIVAL'S REVENGE. Pk e o | the case. He would alternate witnesses witl Tomorrow forenoon the contestants will 1 of Sanford and Wheeler, the two | 11 beard adjoumed untiluext Wednesday. | tho state during the afternoon, but he wanted | have full swing at the state tablo, aud it is young clerks charged with burglatizing tho the whole of Monday, the last day, | possible that the probibition contingent will room of Ray Merrill, at 1144 P street, about Military Notes. for the introduction ~of evidence for | try to spring a sensation or two in the inter- & month since, was ended in police court this Private Darum Band, Second infantry, has | the contestants. —He had just received | est of their independent allies. oming, 1tyras rimored that, tho defonse | nee sranted s three month's furlough with | 30me. important leiters from New | There will bo only one moreday of the would present an alibi, but it did not_show | PCH EL et With | York, ud there wero some witnesses wilo | furce, and then the. case will bo ready for a up, the dofendants simply brinzingin Pawn. | Pérmission toapply forhis dischargeat i | could not besecured beforesHe had also hud | full dress rehearsul before the legislature. Bhoker Lovy o prove that the watch stolen | expiration on account of three years’ faithrul subpeouas issued for tho poll books, ballots e o Pt was of a less value than §5. It cropped out, | service. and registration books, and would introduce OTHERIN: E UIT - ERK. however, that there was sl‘:um!\hlng' li;com in . L‘"lnm;l H. '}'n ‘l\llorriunhf 'l“]wonly-flm 1In- !hfln i;‘elvh]lm;‘u& ; . " L) RINGIHECIEY 05 DA the case than was at first indicated, Usually antry, has had his leave of absence extended Mr. Hall loo! straight al e gontleman e han bota LidiDrueety back e 13 sy | Ave mdntis, tnd granted permisson toenter | on thi other sdo of tho table fox soveral suc- His s'f:‘i":";:“:";‘: ":’8‘:'““'::::“::" ion willing to prosecute, but in this instance | thearmy and navy hospitalat Hot Springs, | onds and then arose tosay thatiheimpudenco i 3 Morrill was [mplacable, It was doveloped 1n | Ars. of opposing counsel was Sometning appalling. | City Clerk Groves was yesterday morning roune of the trisl yesterday aftemoon | First Lieutenant F.V. Walker, assistant | 1t was in keoping, however, with the actions | served with a subpoena summoning him to at- the ¥ v after u 0 p 4 e ireiil and. Sanford have been suitors | Surgeon United States army and stationed at | that had ~characterized the conductof the | tend forthwith the contest for governor and Tor the hand of tho samo young lady (whose | Fort A. A. Russeli hashadhis leaveof ab- | other side all through the contest, “Thoy hud | ing 1 the city registration books. nune did not_crop out, howover) and that | Scnce extended one mouth by tho war depart- | consumed ull of the allotted time in introdue- | P L0, G i Y vy mild gontioman, but Sanford appeared to be the favored one. | ment. ng 1rrelevant and immaterial testimony sucl when he read the document he felt "“"“ he Hence the animus which has actuited Mer- Saan e a8 no court in the country wouldallow tobe | (g% e gatti Y 2 rillin pushing the case. The defendants did | Dr.Birney, noseand throat. Beebidg | introduced, but which = the uotaries PRI e iy et % wpotdeny having taken the watch and money, {Lmel Eaenoe it v:.en: lunn‘blo to t}xc\\nhi] owing ‘lu l"’mm's Mot Worr1o) alinost Lt exearers: us vy, , ’ 2 rohibition spies and hangers-on who have iy Jeiitiarcony, That Whotor's room | Divers refections may. properly bo oalled ::‘["‘L{{‘:;E,’“‘;‘;“‘z‘;‘;‘g(?‘p}l“‘,‘;“’;}‘{’h;‘“’m‘,’;‘;‘!‘;‘:,“';;' Himost dully Infosted his office under AL LS/ IOA KRG d therefrom | ynder-studies. h - 2 | the pretense . of examining the registry byan arched doorway, overhung with v cur: | 1" Gomany a good workman can always | o riite dhey asthe ullotod time wus about | hooks in search of fraud,~ He supposed tain, Tho court, founid them guilty of petit | yaice his mark wexpire they demanded the last duy for the | yhat as soon us the election had passed there larceny and fined taem £25 und costs. 2.1 : introduction” of important evidence, t ! g agse % R Talcen by Storm—A town sweptout of ex- | which the contestees. had o Knowledge, Would(Qmesn eiLa il e BT anos e SR istence by a cyclene. and_ to rebut which no oppor- | ¢ e even 5 e was eximined this morning,but nothing n ew | (13 HET TR et o | given 8 chance 'to refuta sy of the chrges | Fo00Tds are ot tampatea with or tho books orstartling was dovelopad. A. Pound | Mistress—Have youany references! New SRk T AR < 3 | taken away from the office. and B, C. Yeomans of the state detective as. | Girl—No, mum._ Have you! e ity & coutiouation of the | Now, however, thathe s ben cxpected Soclation, who were hired recontlyto investi. | The hen fsu't_popular outside her owner's | SUiidxinG wnd chicanery that had been pur. | 1 Perform the herculomn task of carting those fto the Alleged hnportation of negroes from | premises, but she mukes quite & spreadin her | guod all atong. He domanded the balance of | $3me books over to be pored over interminu- Council Blufls, were also_examined. They | own set i e o Hor e itsodnetion of evidence for | DY by the contestants,hie fucls the lust straw had dovoted threo or four davs last. week i | The stage-struck girl who declures that she | the contestees, as they had about twenty | 1S been precipitated upon him and - con- Jleutting 1" in Counell Biuffa, but thelr | is golug to embrico the profession s taicig | witnesses subpanaed and would push Thelr | WSBOSS to {;}?L}ffihy e ot amony was all hearsay. They suid | quite alargeorder, examination as fast as possible. il : paon "‘3““"£"““’"- leaderof tho colored ropub | ~iTmo prince of Wales reminds meofa | ‘Chenatiries consulted for g fow minutes thavhisicalnolooasd (akhe clty Budthalhe Alean club there, told them quite a number of | suug bank acount.” “Why!? “He is wait- | and said that they would prefer for the at- e i Degrost had gone over lo Otha o vole, Bt | ing fora rolgny day. torneys to agree upon some stipulatious in re. | 9, PePle Who dn the uame of contestis detied logpihnames gk Ronumr. - et Literary men do not, as arule, havea head | gord to the matter. They thought that the LieS e o et h o Livingston told the detectives that a number ] 9 P e pulling rich ees out of the people's t for istness, and 86 paradoxicat as it may | contestees should have an opportunity to in- | PARRE 5084 *P 4 Not hav of men at his bourding house had remarxed | {0F BYIHE B0 REOH troduce evidence and at the same | pocke Besides, ho did not have & force Phey were there for clection purposes only. ) fime . thay o aid ot want o | of clerks large enoughto protect the books it Hehad also been told oy another man who | “And soyou are taking long walks daly | work an injustico to' the contestants. | b€ latter should be taken from his ofiice. ~If bad heard another mari soy thit bummers | now, Do Mascus. Doctor's orderst “No, | For thiy reason they thought that 1t would b | be should uso his clecks as policemen e and negroes were searco in Council Bluffs on | St Agedore, I au training for the stage. Hoar for i Attoencrs . stipulate, “but if | Would be compelled to close up his ofiice and election day. The detectives testified that | Mrs, Cumso —Your help is Irish, isn't shet v otor oy | then what would the publicdo? He concluded = ) that could not be done satisfactorily they |\ the man had offered to get the names of the | Mrs. Fangle—O, ves. “Docs she believe m | would give a ruling. his remarks by saying that he would not ro Al i esident of | yontupon the Sioux reservation, but had the Uited States for 1 porlod o e tuic | spent most of their time hunting in the un- m“e.ll S ioLttb Nbyé bieh niohpiediby; Lhe! Tux ceded territory” and its vicinity. Complaints O o mamos of the. Sloux thus._ as. | had been made that his bana had ralded on both whites and Indians, and December 6, senting arc not the same names as those f L e 3 D apeats. anfl 1o hus' boen, staisd | 157y theindian qtice uotifed the agenta for A the Sioux that all Indians who did not report thut tho Tndians did not know of this change | ¢ the agencies before January 31, 1576, would e e increased ; o railroad was lajd | D2 regardod hostle, The time atlowed was thFough the cénter of the, buffalo land; mili- | 100 8lort. Many of the Stoux who were then fary siations wore established in territory | Ib the unceded country wero cutitely peace: hithortd exclusively oncupied by the Tndians; | 8ble and were hunting there with ""0 Xpress apushing alien race ignored their past and 33[';'@’;-‘@“lflfiar‘:.'"vl-'..'ffé;""i'm',’,'i,'&.;“”mfi‘flfl theie prejudices, killed and wasted their but- | LA, (LI ottiiities. The orier, g o por i oy e Tt | and tho presenco of troops camped at the y t claim had never | ;geycies for the purpose of carrying it out, so boforo boen questioned. - Conflict. was inevi- | glarmed the Indiuus that many othors left the oo aobacats treaties were madoat Fort | 4geucies. and joined ‘the fortunes of Etting Sullywith Ale Individual bands of Sioux, tn | BUlL The war, which inciuded & tho hich they agreed to be at peace with the | CUSteranditeno massteres b s, | 1t B e e oy o luch poacs among | 85Lrous to both white peoplo and Indians. It thomelves, and to_ withdraw from overiand | Was Hot partioipated in by much thalarger Toutes. setablished. through thelr countey, | Provortion of the' Sioux matlon;, but, thess The United States agreed o pay annually for | HCHAY AL I U sl § twenty yeurs 1o two bands, S0 eachi 10 | wore taken from them under the order of the . 7000 " i military us o war measure, with the distinet other, S7,00, and to the remaining A} s, &3 o understanding that-the value thereof would three' bands, &0 per capita. Most of | o ruturned to them in cattle. In some in- them were promised that if they would locate | & CUAREE TG0 Sold at very low permanently on land for agricultural pur- | SHCC BAC Y 4 el N e tattal ttoc - y a small part of their value was poses they would be protected from wmoles- | yopumed to " the Indians in cattie. In other tation by whites or ludians and would ro- |} ¢ ¢ e vahan A instances the promise of relmbursement in e B ks E ottt oy | cattle was unfulfilled for thirteen yours and iy fonsaoh family for five, years, | Laditabomado partof, tho aysreoment ‘con and to ovory haudred lodges or familics | ©yded with the Sioux lastyeav, oo ana would bo given a farmer and blacksmith wnd | o300 N itonding tho. removad of the 43t tho option of the seeretary If the Intetior | Rosahud and Pine, then known as Spotied O O wed tho trenty of 1808, but | Tail aud Red Cloud Stoux, from place to e atterad Dartions of. tie | PIBoe on their yeservation untl thelragencics e ssam tb Nave produosd Jittlo result and | tero fnally cstablished ab thelr present locs: rolongad war -~with the tribes over large | tione Uuder uncertainties of administration Boctions of the country was brought toa olose ‘l‘"j. “"'“"‘“',r‘“' “i’“‘y“ “l‘ foprops ‘““"'l‘- l“m‘ R . 4 ndians suffered much hardship and ' had only by the well known treaty mado at Fort | many reasonable grounds for irritation and Taraniie in 1868 with representatives of the | Fans ; Sionx nation 8s a whole, except that portion :z‘(’,“:ff“‘,}"i‘x“‘;"‘ of bad faith on the part of the vhicl s ined o z ] o~ -F 7 oy ¢ i 1o deer were the main support ol he Sioux. gakite ';’Km‘(’wo*"_“‘j,gf{;‘;l‘: o e m‘]’x{"‘:; Fool, teats, bedding were the direct autcoms i of hunting, and with furs and pelts as arti- wagon roads, raflrouds or muil statlons, or 0f | vlag of barier or exchungze it was easy for the military posts outside the proposed reserva- | o k. > ; T Bat was long kuown as the “Great | SI0uXto procure whatever constituted to : . ¥ c them the necessities, the comforts, or even men referred to for £, but it was not paid, | home rule?? *Well, I sbould say so! She | " Theattorneys, however, were not inclined | $POnd to the summons unless he was paid his | Sioux reservation was set apart for the Wi X pariod ) Y -4 OLDS AND ENDS. just bosses the house.” to stipulate, aud as the notaries wanted a | 663 1 advunce. A atlute snd undisturbed useand ocoupation | Lo luxurics of ife. - Within clght years from the agreement of 1876 the buffalo” had gone and the Sioux had left to them alkali land and government rations. Tt is hard to overstate the magnitude of the calamity, as they viewed it, which happened to thesé people by the sudden disappearance of the buffalo and the large diminution in the numbers of deer and other wild animals. Pho man who knows 1t all is bad enough, | little’ further time for consultation, an sd- | , ‘Theofticor immediately returned to his no but heisnits circumstanceto the man who | journment waa taken until 1:00 o'clock, at | STY to_ got the fees and in a short time ro- knew it all beforshand, and who says after- | which time they stated they would puss upon | tirned with tho money, which, however, Mr. Mrs, Gazam-Who are *the great un- | , Atthe Boyd table Judge Allen appeared i : vcept washed, - George! Gazzm-Those apon | for the contestant and W . Gurley Tor the thascontest Bwhaony Sunyings obtalipd ‘e O o o ok confomed. iy | contestee. The first witness was Bd J. | oPinion of the cliy atiorney on the subject, Order of the Bath, I suppose. Carvill, & car driver on the Thirteenth street, | Mr. Groves then sought that gentleman Joe Ravise, the young colored man charged with criminilly assaulting Mm. Sidpey Allen, was found guilty this morning of sim- plo_ assault and battery, and fined § and = ~costs, and wus committed. W. H. Robb, whois accused of takinga $100 gold watch trom the person of Henry Burchum, & stockman of Hickman, while the; of the Indians,” upon which none but govern- ment employes were to be allowed to pass, settlo or reside; the Indiuns relinquished all claim to occupy permanently any territory outside the designated reservation, but re- served ‘the right to hunt on any lands north of North Platte and on the Republican fork of the Smoky Hill river, so long as the buf- lotter was attending the stato fair, was] There aren good many typewriters on the | lue- He testitied as follows : SR D S vatio i na Aitariic il Inoimmy g tharon nsuch numbers”as | oo G o Which 1t nocemsitatad “l‘l'm:":;'i B O e e e L e AL e ars oo uia® | A man gobon my oo nest: Howard stroot. [ [Vised DI the Ay s wvero public | to justify the chase.” that the wonder is that they endured it s by Sergeant Miller, und will have his triul “hi ighing | 45t hotoro 5 o'clock, on election day and | Property and to give notice that they | “Tt was also agroed: like & cycloue foris a machine that will show well as they did. For not only did the vast herds of buffalo und exhaustless supplies of deer and other animals furnished them with food, clothing, shelter, furniture and arj of commerce, but the pursuit of the: mals and the preparation of their products furnished to a great body of them continuous employment and exciting diversion. Sud- denly, almost without warning, this was all changed and they were expected at once and without training to settle down to the pur- suits of agriculture in a land largely unfitted for such vse. The frecdom of the chase was 10 b exchanged for the 1dleness of the camp. The boundless rang was to be abandonced for the circum- sceribed reservation and abundance to be supplanted by limited and decreasing govern- : : pox 1d | ight be inspected at bis office. The con- the girl who ruus it how tospell, o e o b o arot | testants would probably have him arrested, Privite Citizen—1 think thoso telograph | hame was Enterson. He loft the cur, fust | but that that matter could be attended to. poles ought £0 come down. They ure un- | south of Arborestreot and boarded & car | , J-ater Mt Groves went bofore the contest- sightly and dangerous, Telegraph Ofieial— | poing north, Just as he reached the platform | 10# board and was told that ho need bring but think of the shade they g g it o 3 3 only about forty books, which, in them- by some one hit him with an egg. He gotoff - & X h What funny things wesee in the Herald | the platform and ran north. The man who | %¢1Ves, s quite big load, sometimes ! remarked the humorous editor. | hit him with an egi gt out of a carriage. In the afternoon Mr. Groves was called to Yes," replied the managing editor; *'it is Cross-examined —When he came to the car | the witness staud and thé prohibition attor- odd, 100, that none of them get into the joke | ten or & dozen boys were hooting at him. His | bey demanded to know'why he had not column,™ appearance did not idicate that he had been | Prought the hooks. .. Pationt —Isn’t thero some mistake about | n any scuie. There were five men in the | Hesald therewere 205 of them and he did that bl yon sent me! No, sirs it's correct, | hack that brought the man who hit Emerson | BOY Prooso to cart them_around on his back. $00. Pationt o pay tht will tako every | with the ogg. He was the only man who got On cross-examination he stated that he had B [ e, “PoctorWe Sty | dut.. Don't kuow whether they took him out | ot been puid for making certified copies of ing is what'you need. of tho car or o, Emerson ran around the 3.\‘;""{..'.'n"ff'L"“J»’f.-e"};:flf‘fi’ffi'fii ALY ganay cShane (to Cuddiby, wl on | car and looked as if hewas tryiug toget 9 vould Ju (loshane (to Cuddiby, who las dust fallen | S0 Saw only onoega throws, Did ot | (ortiied coples of as many ws possiblo before Monday afternoon. The Congregational church at Twenty-fifth and Vine sireets will be dedicated tomorrow morning. A number of leading ministens of the denomination will be prosent, and tho First church will dispense with sorvices and iuln in the dedicatory ceremomes. Ro Lewis Gregory will preach the dedicato sermon, The Thompson will case is still on in the probate court, An attempt is being wade by ames to prove that the old gentleman was lusane when he made the will leaving his property all to Jobn. Fraok Eddings, one of the fellows who is L accused of stealing Farmer Reynolds' corn, and who was caught while attempting to dis- pose of it but afterwardsescaped, was ar- “That the country mnorth of the North Platte river and castof the east of the sum- mits of the Big Horn mountains shall be held and considered to be unceded Inaian territory and * * * no white person or persons shall be permitted to settle upon or occupy any portion of the same or, without the cori- sent of the Indians first had and obtaned, to pass through the same: and the military posts now established in the territory in this article named shall be abandoned and the road leading to them and by them to the set- tlements in the territory of Montana shall be closed.” The government agreed to establish an agency, furnish employes, ercct employes’ dwellings, a sawmill, grstmill and a school house; for thirty vears to give annually a each Indian *‘roaming” and & for each In- Qian engaged in farming; for four years to furuish to everyone over four years of age who should have settled upon the reservation Tested yesterday evening by Deputy Sherift | kiltt Cuddihy-Oi Uinks not, John, but | %6€, 1imerson goto any house. §oclock Monday aftetioon, ud would | sGitof clothes (o each Indian and to purchase | ME SubsSECo M sEPRIC, | ULISE S0 B e b Y et | Mbiaport ouBwiab, 18 Jor “Sfs “m 'polpy | Thomas J° Bowen sworn—Am in the | uso all diigencs to géf 1n us many asho | goods and supplies o tho valio of €0 for | to bo discontented and restioss, even tur- tempted to draw a revolver on the officer, but | broken? Of have it in me hip pocket.” employ of the street railway company, Was | could FHewas then excused, but no money 4 » N bulent or violent. In this tremendous change in their status it was ne ontemplated by the government that it should supply frou the national treas- uear the corner of Thirteentt aud Arbor | Was forthcoming, and, lie returned to his about b oclock on election day, | Officeuninstructd. Saw 4 man get off a car [ met thereand get was quickly covered and lodged in jail. Threo canaidates for the reform school were_taken to Kearney this moming. Dep- “There was a young lady from Skye, Whose good fast was really Skye high, But strange to relate, Branded as & Falschood, Uty United States Marshal Huatings took ] on my car, | Anotherman struck bim with un 2 bo one pound of flour ver dav, “provided the In- | L8t AL SHOULA sUbE : N R ol T a0 thad ARaslICH herna, -0 on my ear, AncLbermin struck bt withid | Omaha, Deo. 27.~T6 'the Editor of Tus | §ianh cannot furnish thelrown subsistenco at, | U5 the, place which nutuep bud suphifed by Tobbed & 8106, uad Dr. Margin, cbapiain of | oy 3 . were fighting aud I ordered them out, Bre: 1 observein your issue of December | an earlier date;” aud to every family actually | jisi ! : intended to supplement the efforts of these people at self-support and that as soon as they had learned the art of supporting them- selves by the products of their own labor in tilling the soil ov in pastoral pursuits they should ccase w look to the government for . Pat, for heaven's sake, what is the Cross-examined—The mwan with the eg; 2 > r 3 W ) g got | 24 that one J. T. Coatsworth testified before matter! Well, sorr, 1swallied a pertater | out of team in which there were four oth- | the Boyd-Powers contest court that 1, on clec- bug ; and although, sorr, 1took some Parrus | ers. Did not see them foliowing the man / grecn widin five’ minutes after, ter kill th* | and heard no threats, Eworson was about | ton 4ay, in the Fourth ward, second district, jnste, shtill he's justraisia’ the aivil inside [ ten feot away from tie T wwhen the | took the tickets out of his hand and tore them o' me, sor, ewg was thrown. The men in the hack | up. I brand such statement as an infamous the roform school, had in - chirge two es- ciped boys, George Heller and Fred Mor- Tison was captured about three woeks ago by the doctor, but when that gentlemau put his hand fnto his pocket at the depot to purchase tickets he had 1o let loose of ~Fred, who im- settling on the reserve a cow and & pair of oxen within sixty days from the date of set- tlement. Provision was also made for allot- ments of 300 acres to families aud for giving seeds and implements to the ullottees and for ' I patenting 160 to male Indians over eightecn | §oo . 5 i A R R TR Druggist—Why do you coustantly look | laughod when Emerson was struok. Police- | falsehood, and if the case comos within our | years old, As to schools. the government foodaud ORI, - i FWRITAER B ot and smile "s0 {drotieatly? New | men came runuing from the nearcst polling | statutes, shill have bim prosecuted for per- | agreed for twenty years to provide a school | o o Ulinace and on a fortile soll 1t Wwould Gilmsore and Lindday Matehed Clerk—i 1ead the other day that ‘‘death is | place, but when they got tuere everything jury. GUSTAVE A NDERSON, house and a teacher for every thirty children be nocasy matter for a people us wild and Lindday *hed. always grioning over the shoulder of the man | was quiet. T Sewho can be induced or compelied to attend A o % o Harry Glwor of Chicago and Jimmy | bhind the preacription counter,’ wnd I want | Oficer George B, Curry swor—Am a [ Mr. and Mrs. Edward £, Watleins of Chi | school.’” ARsCHI0 88 Lo BINE UKD W0 SRR WIS Lindsay of this city signed articles for a | him tosee I'm uot afraid of him. member of the police, On_election day was | cago are l!mn(lmglhn holidays with Mr.and | At the expiration of the four years the | §r#YeK ThsIbgAnC Do horn climate, oo finish fight at Blum's hall, South Omaha, on Dane -1 see you are very busy, Mrs. | Stationedat the First districtof the Third; | Mrs. . Vicroy in Council Blufts. government continued w0 make appropria- [ Puiv, 1 the, FRATE O 8 o ed for ayri- Saturday eveniog, January 10. The contest Widow Grifin—I am always' busy. | Was there from § yntil 6 o'clock and saw no =egreotviortvre tions for rationing the Sioux in part, but & | titure and under circumstances. of peculiar is to take place ore the Magie City club | With washing, ironing, sewing, running er- | 8cts of violence, There were from fifty to a Mr. and Mrs. M :Lean were @isted in re- | large portion of their subsistance was ob- ~ £ 4 - e ¥ & hardship they have becn as yet unable to se- for @ purseof $0, $00 to the winner and $100 | rands, ete., I am nearly’ worn out. Mrs. bundred people about the polls ali day. Made | ceiving by Miss Mamie McLe o, | tainea from hunting. They were repeatedly Y ] R 3 § | y une ceiving by Miss M wn and Mrs. I3 S ¥ cure for themselves a sufficieney of either otbing to supplement that provided by the government so as 10 keep them from want, They have been bungry, cold aud sick. The ‘least that can be asked for them is that while the ringleaders of revolt and those guilty of actual deeds of hostility shall be punished, 10 the great mass of them should 0 the loser, “Who is that_playing_and singing so sweot- | BO Arrests, Louls Hopkins vt Widow Grifin-That is my daughter. | . Cross-examined—Don’t know Rev. Mr. Esmerclda: she I shging hor favorie song, Bulap, Bew sman who nsered Bl de- \What is Home Without 4 Mothe; scription. There were two other oficers on 4 oy make . ; Yru s Jijps WHArRES Mclie duty there, - Did uot see anyone lay hands on | Wivess But toey make the best fiancees. 7 Sniun. Some one said that there e Dr.Birney. nose andthroat. Bee bldg, | was too much obstruction at the Dr, Blrney, nose and throat. remfuded, however, that theso rations were a gratuity, could not 'be indefinitely continued and that the supply of buffalo would grad- ually diminish. Aftor the treaty of 1868 the lands reserved for huntiug and the “unceded territory" be- camo the source of much disquictude aud N. A 8. E. Omaha No. 1, National Association of Sta- tionary Englueers, held its annual election of oficers last night with the result s follows fool or —~—— Pretty girls do not usually make the best Bee bldg. be extended sympathy, help and last but not least, justice. Tho' last treaty or agreement with the bux was completed in the fall of 1880 by & commission _consisting of tho late General Crook, ex-Governor Foster of Ohio and Major Warner of Kansas City. This emie nent commission submittod its report 1n_dud time and the same was approved and the ceded lands thrown open to settlement. But wi characteristic negloct, congross failed to pass the appropriations coverad by it and theres fore the Indians who confidently expected wood faith at Washington have been not only disappotuted but actually made to suffer for the want of subsistence and other benefits to be derived from the agreerient Since the beginning of the disturbance at Pine Ridgo a number of Sioux intercsts have been given the attention which they deserved and the Iuaians long sinee expected. — - CONNUBIALITIES, 1o Mho greatest of all combination Tocks —weds ock Don't talk shop to your wife nor roligion to your partier, “The honeymoon has surely collapsed when the irate husbana ealls his dumpling o ginge snap. end Me Your Wife" is the title of & comedy now running at alocal theater. Wheny played in real life it frequently becomes & tragedy. 1t was o girl who had studied the currency question who rematked: “There is not gold enough to go ‘round,” when she discovered that her engagement ring was too small for her. Mrs. Lane —(Out in tho bay)—Why, Mr, DeGay is the only unmarried person in the boat. ~ Chorus of Ludies—Yes, that is true, De( 1 seem to be “Drifting With the Tied. A. C. Cowen, the son of a well-to-do real estate wan of Chicago, eloped with Miss Alvena H. Schwaleld of Bloomington, Iil, and married her in spite of the objections o} his papa. When o man is fisst married his bachelor friends wonder if he feels as happy as hg looks, Whenhe has been married twenty years he wonders himself if he looks as une happy as he feels. A woman may forgive some of the morg serious domestic crimes, but she can never forgive her husband for telling her that hor hat is on straight when sho knows s well as he does that it isn't, 7 Mrs. Downton—Who s that horrible looks ing creature at the door? Send her awa; Maid—She says she heard y'r husband wa in wantof atypewnter and she'd like the place. Mrs Downton—Ask her in, Mr. D. P. Works (Christmas_eve) —Well, I got tho sack aftor all. Mrs, Works —O,yor dear! Did you get the sealskin or the other My, Works [ got the other—the sack thd i discharge. 1've gotno job-—unders 1t costs £3 per hug to ombrace your neighe bor's wie in the village of Van Buren, 0. A justice of the peace in fmposing that benalt on a delinquent there the other day declared that hewould break up *‘this promscuouy embracing,” if he had to send tho offenders o the county jail. A contemporary invites attention to the fact that until the recent application of elecs trieity to that purpose welding has been don with hammers, tougs and various iron implet ments, Not all welding hus been accor plished iu this way, however. The justices of the peace and the clergy. have dono some of the best welding ever” made, Aud tho hammers and hard things have only been brought into play in undoine it. You can buy a wife for ten ponies in Thibet, The price to bo paid for the wifo is arranged by a relative or friond who acts as go-botween and the only marriage ceremony is u grand spree lasting as long as the bridegroom ca afford to keepit up. The life of a Tibotun woman in this part of the country canuot be deemed a havd ove. She malkes the tea, it 18 true, but with that the housekeeping endss for no one ever dreams of cleaning tho kettlo afterwards, and every one has to mix his own tsamba and lick his bowl clean when he has finshed. Every four or five years sho may have to sew & new sheepskin gown fort herself or some one of her family, but cors taiuly not oftener. Sho cannot herd the cats tle or sheep; men must do that, us _there iy danger from murauders, She passes her tiwe in spinuing yarn, weaviug a coarse kind of cloth out of which bags are made, turning a prayer wheel, and—destroying too voracious vermin, gl = LITERARY NOTES, Dr. Edward Eggleston has been preparing materlal for years on the subjectof his forthe coming novel. **The Faith Doctor,” the scene of which is laid in New York ¢ity. In addi- tion to the main sub of the novel, the author touches upon the *‘social struggle’ in a frosh and interesting way. A long opening installment of the novel will appear in the February Century. A new novel by Valdes, the Spanish novels ist_ whom Mr. Howells has so deservedly praised, is to be published very shortly by the United States book company. The transe lation, which is by Clara Bell, is authorized by Valdes himseif, and_will appear in New York simultancously with the public the original in Madrid. The stor “Scum,’’ and is a vivid pieture of modern so- ciety life in the Spanish capital. The authos s particularly happy incatching thé strongth without the vulganity of realismg and his stories are powerful and true to nae ture without being low or sordid, The January number of the Cosmopolitan will contain #he first of two parts of the novel by Mrs, Van Renssatacr Cruger, whose “Diy plomat’s Diary” and “A Successiul Man,” the latter firsi published in the Cosmopolitan, excited so much comment, both in this couns try and in Europe. She is undoubtedly the most interesting personality who has ape peaved in the literary field since the entrea of Amelia Rivers; but unlike Miss Rivers, who was brought up nmidst the country surs roundings of a Virginia home, and who was & girl in hev teens when she began to writs Mrs. Cruger has been for years a leader of New York society, and has spent & couple oi winters at some of the most famous courts of Europe, and while yeta very voung woman has enjoyed the Tichest expariences of life. Charles Dudley Warner continues his doe lightful illustrated articles at the Pacifio coast in the Harper's for Junuarv, his sube ject being, “I'he Outlook m Southern Caliy fornia.” It has an interest for general readers, but a postitive value to those intor- ested in froit-growing and the possibilities of what the author in another article has called, “*Our Italy.” Theodore Child has another South American paper, “Impressions of Peru.” A notable contribution is, ‘“‘How I{Became a Journalist,” by De Blowitz, the pous Paris correspondent of the London mes. Another is F. Aunstey’s paper, “London Music Hulls.” ~There are also stories by Charles Egbert Craddoes, T, A Ganyiers and others: poems by Julian Haw- thorne, Weir Mitchell, R. K. Burton and others und the usual attractive departments, It 15 altogetl.er a very entertaining number, Among the features of the Forum for next your will be: “Results of the Census,” & series of artacles by General Francis A, Walker; resultsof the latest research and of the most recent achievements inali important lines of work, in science and in industry, by specialists; for exampl Austin Flint will write on “Dr. Koeh's Discovery;” Dr, Richard Gatling on *“Ihe Development of Firearms:’ Frank H. Cushing on *The Hemenway Expedition” Gaston Tissandier, he Ireneh seientist, “Dirigeable Balloons 8 Proi. Emile do Laveleye on *Tne Partition of Africa,” and 0 on; political discussions by the leaders of opinions of both partics in the United States and by foreien statesmen 3 “Shibbeleths of the Time,” a series of crite ical examinations of popular opinions by W, §. Lilly, the British essayist; autobiograph= ical essays, a series to which somo of the most noted men of the time, American and British, have already contribuied; discus- sions of social and rrligious problems in the United States, and literary articles, discuss- ing the tendencies of literary work aloug all divections of activity, by the foremost crite ical writers, BER L Ll The Weekly Bank Statment, New YORK, 2.—[Special Tk Bre.) T skly bank stau the foliowing changes: Inereuss. .. 6. Epecle Logal posits, Ine Clreulation, § The banks now hold ¥ In e xcess of U nt rul ; XPOrts of Spe the port of New York lust week mnounted to 152,801, of whic £24,400 ws I gold and B the gold went to South A silver to Europe. he fmiports of sposie du ing the weok amounted to ¥1,00,508, of 3,017,457 was o gold und 82,161 [ silver,