Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 23, 1891, Page 5

THE OMAHA DAILLY BEE: (WUKSDAY, JUNE THE CONTINENTAL 1 Imporit- 23, 1891. Great June Clearance Sale, of Specia ance to Glose Buyers. BOYS' LONG PANT SUITS. Our advice to parents is not to wait, but come early this week. We are overstocked with fine goods in boys' long pant suits, and have marked special bargain lines at $6. 50, $7, $8 and gro, which will show a saving to the purchaser of $2.00 to $5.00 per suit. We can mention only a few of the special bargain lots at this sale, At prices from $12 to $18 you can have the best in the market, Clothing never was offered in our store at such prices. Remember the quality, always the best. SOMETHING TO INTEREST ALL. Special Sale of All Wool Cassimere URNISHING 55558 DEFARTMENT. and Cheviot Pantaloons, SPECIAL UNDERWEAR SALE. AP $200 AND $2L.%25. PR i R bt i M L b i Sold all over the city for We have been selling this line all week at §2 and $2.75. $1.25. We will continue the sale of All Wool Cheviots in three styles MEN’S GAUZE SHIRTS, 156c AND 25c. of popular stripes at $2 and $2.75. We will sell 500 pairs of We offer the balance of our merino gauze shirts in all neat stripes and checks, in all sizes. We want every person in es, no drawers, at 15¢ and 25¢c each. Mail orders must be this state to get a pair of this $2 75 lot. Send for samples of accon panied with sufficient postage. the stock. < g L MEN’'S HAT DEPARTMENT. Our stock of straw goods must be reduced, and in this department we expect to be very busy this week. Prices will be cut in two. Men's Mackinaw Straw Hats, all shapes, silk lined, 75c, sold usually for g1. 0. Men's” Mackinaw Braids in all shapes at 25¢, BOYS' HATS If you have trouble to get suited well come to the Contin- ental. We have everything. Special lines in Boys’ Hats this week at 25c. For soc you can have your choice of a dozen nobby styles in all shapes. SEMRTE WEATLSIES, STAR GOODS. PRICE 75c. Seventy-five cents for the grades we are selling means less than cost. Other dealers will show you a Star waist at 75¢, but that is all it's worth. We will reserve nothing. Our entire line of g1, $1.25 and $1.50 geods this week and this week only at 75c. Close buyers for cash will have an opportunity of buying goods this week at prices seldom offered in Omaha, Inevery department of our store we will offer bargains of interest to buyers of honest goods. No humbug, no nonsense and no shoddy at any price. Wemention a few of the different bar- gain lots comprised in this sale. MENS CIOTHING DEF BS5.00---ALMOST HALF PRICE. 85, Almost Half Price--Lot 1. We will sell 100 suits of men'’s fancy cheviot suits in neat brown and grey mixtures, per- fect fitting, in four different styles, of cloth, at §5 per suit. We refer our city trade to samples in our window, to our out of town trade we will furnish samples of the cloth for one week. Suits will be sent by express with the understanding that if they are not found to be as represented they may be returned at our expense. All sizes 35 to 4o. LOT NO. 2--$6.50. Lot No. 2. $6.50. No buyer of honest, well made cloth- §ng can afford to allow this sale to pass without investiga- tion, this No. 2 lot is made up of 150 suits in two styles of genuine all wool Sawyer cheviot, lined throughout like any regular $12 suit, and will be offered at this sale at $6.50 per 6uit. Remember no shoddy making guarantee, and the price $6.50 for all sizes. Send for samples ‘of the cloth, Lot No. 3.---Cutaway Frock Suit, $§9.50 Lot No. 3. Cutaway Frock Suit $9.50. Every per- son should stop and see the sample of this black and gray mixed cheviot cutaway suit in our show windows at $9.50, the price all the season has been $15. We have a big lot of them. Our inventory is to take place July 1st, hence this price of $9.50; all sizes. They won't last long. Out of town cus- tomers may have samples as long as the suits last. In fine goods we offer special lines of high grade goods at reduced prices. Don’t purchase until you have looked at these lines. Send mail orders for a pair of our §2.75 pants, and if you find they are not as represented, send them back; we will pay the express charges; the experiment will not cost you one cent. Boys' and Children’s Clothing Dept. Every table in this department is made attractive with spe- cial bargain lines, We cannot enumerate the different numbers, but only say that better value is offered at this sale than has ever been offered in_this city. We don't deal in trash, hence we can only quote prices consistent with good goods. This city has been flooded with cheap, trashy clothing. The public has grown tired of this sort of thing, and since the opening of the Continental in this city we have sold only the best grade of clothing, guaranteeing every garment. Special bargain lines in boys all wool knee pant suits at $2 and $2.50. Beys all wool cheviot and cassimere suits at $3.50 and §4. ONTINENTAL CLOTHING HOUSE, Corner 18th and Douglas Sts. scand soc. The Largest West of the Mississippi River. “mca3onths in which to prepare their c ROASTED AN UNRULY JURY. Judge Davis Had a Tilt With Twelve Good and True Mon. IGNORED THE COURT’S INSTRUCTIONS. Khe Judge Reviews the Scandals of the Old System and Defines the Dutics of the Jury. Judge Davis had a littlo sensational tilt ‘ith a new jury yesterday and camo out vie- torlous. ‘Pho case on trial was a suit by Coutant & Squires against the Omaha tile and pottery company, on a promissory note for $00. The defense offored no evidenco at all and the court fnstructed the jury to return a verdict for the amount of the note and interest at 7 per cent. “The jury was out for an hour or s0 and in- stead of obeying the court’s injunction pro- coeded to got into & high old row and finally reported its inability to agree. Judge Davis summoned the men beforo him and was informed that some of the jury- men only wanted to give the plaiutiff a part of tho amount claimed. The court very promptly informed the men that those who refused to bring in a ver- diot in accordance with the court’s instruc- tions were guilty of contompt and were also violating their oaths as jurymen. Thus admonished the jury promptly re- wroed a verdict for thd plaintiff us in- struoted. ¥ When the verdict had been announced Judgo Davis took occasion to lecture the jury in sovoro torms. H said : “Geutlemen: You are brought into a caso o docido on the ovidence in the case and tho law as applied by tho court. Itis not your duty to guess the fact outside of the evidence. Otherwise, you might as well leave the fortunes and 1ives of men to some gambling proceeding, the throwing of cards or some kindred manner of detormining a caso, Proceedings in court are solemn pro- coodings, where the jurors aro brought and put on thoir oaths, "where partics have had s A use is ther to be and it is Bring their evidence. The tried to vou on tho evidenco infamous in_uny governmont when decisions upon the rights of hor citizens, when their fortunes, thoir lives and their civil and polit- fcal rignts can be hazarded on the guess of sny mun. How a juror could suppose that under this evidenco ho could do anything but simply roturn a verdict for the full amount, I cantot The note was not disputed by the evidence. That a juror could supposo ho haa the right to say ‘Let us give him half,’ or any other amount except tho full amount, surpasses all _concoption of the intelligence and lntegrity of any man who has lived in a free community, Ido not think the men who ook such & position are the mon to sit on & ury. I shall discbarge those men. If the jurors are willing now to say who voted aguinst returning & vordict as the court in structed I will bear them now. I will hear their uames; they can get up and aunounce their uames,” I did ot fully understand aderstanding was that we were to o according to your instructions. Qur foroman argued that“ull of the tir Others in the room clai 1 that the jur should use the best of their judgment iu re- gard to the matter and thereforo we could not agreo. One timo I yoted for half at 7 ver cout. of the amount. The last time I marked for tho full amount, 1 am willing to do what 13 right although [ do not want this job. Another juryman —The first time I have boen on a jury is now. I supposed wo wero the judyes ‘Phe court:—You think you are to_guess! A. “No, not to guess, but give it accord- Ing to our judgments.” What did you base Ou the evidence.” What ovidence was there that theso plain- Mffs wore not entitled to the full amouat!” 1 do not know—" You were guessing at it, that is -ul ur judgment on 1" Thero was nothing to base your judgment on." nother juryman—I voted for half. he court— Why ! “Some of them urgue that it was—we were there to do the best of our ability.” “How did you exercise your ability, did you guess " “According to the way tho coal was fur- nished some claimed that be did not furnish his coal according to contract.” “‘How did you know about the contract! “1 do not know anything about that." ““Thero was not a word stated about his contract; there was not a word of evidence that ho fmled to carry out the terms of the contract or that the account was not just and correet,” *“That is tho way Iunderstood it then, I was willing to give judgment for the full note.” Another juryman —This is a one-day note and I thought thero must be somothing wrong; if it had been for three months or six months it would have lovked different. The court—That is a mere guess was not it; there was no evidence of that; all the ovidenco was that that amount was due. When a man gives a noto it is supposed that that is his indebtedness. Whon the officers of a corporation give a note it is supposed to bo the amount of indebteducss. Why you caa speculate I am unablo to see. Thers is 1ot & word about the price in the whole case, and what the jurors based such an opinion ou 1 cannot see, A juryman--Ono of the jurors sai was il tho ~oal business and knew they made enormous profits, and that he did ot have that amount. Tho court—There1s not & word of ovi- donco in the whole case about auy of these Judge Davis thon dismissed the jury with the following admonition : “I would not believe that thero is any man ou this jury who is_wilfully dishonest. Our juries are sclected from the svorage of the citizens of this community. The gentlomen of this jury havo us good an appearance as any jury that has ever been in tho box. It 13 a most ~astounding surprise that you could bavo gone so far wroug, so far Misappre- bended vour duties. If the fortuues of people were to bo hazarded by such theories as have developed in this case, civilization would not last twenty-five years, Our com- munities must bo governed by law, with ular methods of enforcing = that law. Wo must adhero to it That is the only guarantco of the permanency of our institutions. T'ho momont we depare from law it means revolution, 1 will swy this is the most surprising instance I eve aw. At the samo time, gentloman, on hear- our oxplanations I’ cannot beliove that you would wilfully violate your oaths uor do o man injustic I canuot believe that. But it is a misconception, a total misconception you have formed of your functions. L do not want to disgraco vou gentlemon by dis- charging you from the jury. Thers has been a great deal of complaint in this m the past of hor juries. It got to be a scandal in the administration of justic that tho juries were selected from the body of idlers; and that men applicd for positions on juries, that had no occupation. When a jury was put 1n the box, you might go from oue end w the othor and ask each man what is bis oc- cupation, ho would answer, nothing. Those' jurors were brought here, they sought these places. Verdicts became out rages. It was fast approaching that state when the administration of justice, which ought to be above suspicion, was becoming a scandal, and a new law was demanded by the courts and the bar and by the citizens of Lhis ¢ i @ uew system of selecting the jur- i0s from the great body of citizens so that we could got at the average of the intelligenco and wtegrity which had beon lacking in th othor juries would be brought into the jur; box hero. I may say gentlemen that persori ally, L think I was among the first persons who agitated the reform whose voices ‘weore heard in any sort of public manner advocating the rveform. Our bar ussociation was orgunized with that as oue of its objects. Up to this time the new system has been an admirable success. Our courts, which were threateuea with disg have escaped itin time and by reason of tho: watters it is with a great deal of emotion goutlomen, of personal feeling on my part that I fool the disappointment that comes to all who love the regular and orderly course in the administration of justice. Your auty is as sacred as thut of the judge who sits on tho beuch; your iutegrity ought to be as spotless; I say that when we see persous oc- cupyiug your positions, so unfeelingof thewr duties it causes one to lessen his confidence in human nature. 1feel this deeply, gentle- men, because 1 have realized the scan- dals’ that have been in tho past in administration of the justice of this city. Tam satisfied, though, aftor your examination and hearing vour statements that 1t was & mis- conception of your duties. Derhaps 1 spoke t00 harshly when vou wero brought in be- causo we did not understand each other ex- actly. Still I say this, that if you wilfully desired to avoid the instructions of the court, my language was not too harsh. Iu was do- sorved. If you did not wilfully, knowing vour duty, undertake to avoid the evidenco and instructions the language does not apply to you. *You will remaln on duty and T trust ttat this is a little ircident in tho lives of each of us that will teach us something more of the duties wo owe to society, to_our country and tothe caute of justice. 1f any influence can come into the lives of any of us from this in- cident which will lead us to vetter realize what those duties are the episode is not to be rogrottod.” Conflict of Authority. Awkavsas Crrv, Kan, Juno 22.—Post master Nelson has received the following dispatch from Chief Wayes of the Cherokee nation: “Tho revenue ~collector and mot Robert A. Ross will collect 50 cents por head on our citizens’ cattle on the Cherokeo out- lot.”” The cattlemen have come to the con- clusion they had better not pay anything to either party as they have no means of know- ing which possesses uuthority. SR Use Haller's Sarsapavilia and Burdock, the great blood purifio Work of Russian Brigans, St. Perensuing, June A band of brigands attacked and robbed a mail coach near the villago of San Jean in Russian Cau- cassia, killing two travelers and severely wounding the postillion. The brigands thon attacked and robbed San Jean and escaped with the booty. A squad of cossacks has boen sent in pursuit of the outla — For Schlitz beer apply to R, R. Grotte 1020Furnam. S e PERSONAL PAKAGRAPHS: N. Lyon of Lyor s at tho Murray. J.J. Rocho of Neligh is at the Paxton. Dr. Sellers of Hooper is at the Dellone. D. E. Thompson of Lincoln is at the Pax- ton E. D. Trekel of Courtland is at the Mur- ray. Tnomas M. lone. Miss Alice Cody of Fremont is at lone. W. H. Atwood of Fremont is a guest at the Paxton. Hon. Church Paxton. J. W. Delloue. Thomas W. Dellone John Milia B. F. Veach of Verdon is a guost at Murray. Watson Pickerell of Beatrice is a guest at the Murray C. C. Gra the Paxton, Miss Minnie Hawke of Nobraska City is at tho Paxton. J. P. Smith and wife of Scribne at the Millara Byron and Earl Clark of Plattsmouth are guests at the Paxton Jobn Olney and_ Fred J. Kearnoy are a: the Millard % Sonnenshen and E. K. West Point are at the Millard Major A. J. Simmouns of the Rapid City (S. D.) Republican callod on Tur Brk last uight. Mr. William Anderson, tho chief clerk at the Murray, is confined to his bed suffering from an attack of tousilities and & bad cold generally. J. M. Hawkins, ylor of Lincolu is at the Del- the Del- Howe of Auburn 1sat the Goddard of Elkborn is a guest at tho mpson of Lincoln is at the 1. Thompson of West Poiut is at the the gor of Columbus is a gue T are guests Carpeater of Valoutine of editor of the Fairbury En- terpriso, callod on Tur Bek yestorday. Mr Hawkins became enthusiastic in speaking of the bright prospects for an abundaat crop in Jofferson and adjoining countios. | DERBY WINNER CHALLENGED, The Owner of Pesarra Wants Another Go with Strathmeath, ANOTHER INNOVATION BY ELECTRICITY. Successful Test of Sending Writing by Telegraph on a Long Distance Circuit—Illinols Ballot Reform Muddle. Cuicaco Orrice or Tue Bee, Cmicaco, June 22. { Green B. Morris, owner of Strathmeath, the winning horse in Saturday's derby, has received a oballenge from Falcom & Camp- bell to match Pessara against Strathmeath over the derby course on adry track with a wager that Pesaraa would be returned the winner. Campbell proposed that the race take place before tho Fourthof July at Wash- ington park. Morris sext back a reply, de- clinmmng the offer. He said that Strathmeath was a candidate for the Realization stakes, run in July, at Sheepshead Bay, and that his borse stood a good chance of winning. He did not propose, therefore, to run the risk of losing a race beforo the event at Coney Island. If the offer was still open after the Sheepskead meeting 1t would be accepted. WIRITING BY TEL The writing telegraph, Edward Cowper, an [ cessfully operated yosterday between Chicago and New York,a distance of 1,030 miles. This is the longest distacce on which the instru- ment has ever been tested. Some difficulty as oxperienced at first at the Chicago end, vritiog at times being illegible, but this, " aid, duo to'the wires beiug crossed at New' York. No relays wero used to strengthen the current. LOOKS LIKE CKOOKED WORK. sentieman from Springfield says the dis- y of the omisssion of section 25 from the ballet reform law has occasioned a good deal of criticism of the employes in the en- rolling and engrossing clerk’s ofice. There is a suspicioy in some quarters that the section was not drovped by accident, as it 1 one of the provisions 1o which objection was wade by tho opponeuts of the Austraiiau systam of votiug, keeping precinct workers one hundred feot away frow the polls. The imiression in Chicagn is that the governor will'@pprove the bill it camo 1o him if therais no legal means of replacing the portion omittad in copying. PUGILISTIO ENENT FOIt ANOTHEK. “Parson” Davies hag issued a challengo for a fight to a finish or for a limited number of rounds to Godfrey on* behalf of Billy Woods of Deuver. The Twin City club of Minueapolis has olTered to-hang up @ purse of #,000 for the contgs. If the match is mado it will bo fought _the evening prev. fous to that g which Hall and Fitzsimmons appear’ before tho same club. Hall, who is in ‘trainiug at Beloit, is already down to weights *Parson’’ left tho city last night,,for Hall quarters and will remaii until a fow days be- fore the fight, when Hall and Billy Woods aud himsolf will go tho fighting ground. FATAL FIGHT IN A SALOON Dominico di Christofono, an _Ital one years old, was stabbed to death In a loc ing house in this city last night. There were a dozen or more Italiuns in the saloon, and after drinking ull the sfterncon a quarrel started. Chairs and other furniture were used freely aud in the fizht Christofono ro- ceived his death blow. Who stabbed bim is not known. Ho was taken to the morgu Another Itaian was stabbed m the le Light men aud one woman have been placed uuder arrest. WESTERN PEOPLE IN CHICAGO. Among the western people in Chicago today were the following At the Auditorium—S. iRaPL the an thirty. Tuttle, Butte, Mont.; Mrs. Phil Stimmel, Bouesteel, Niobrara, Neb. At the Grand Pacifio—Mr. and Mrs. Clark Omabia; H Woodman, Thomas O. Crane, Omaha Zerfast, Grand Forks, N. D.: Jacob Council Bluffs; D. Fitzgerald, Lincoln, . L. P. Sanders, Helens, Mont.; W. J. Green, Cedar Rapids, Ta. At the Richelieu—Miss Gardiner, Sioux City, Ia. At the Leland—Mr. and Mrs. L. Heitman, Montana: J. R. Lusk, J.C. Pence,J. C. Straughan, Boiso Cit At the Palmer—D. H. Bradley, Robert S. Wilcox, Omaha; Jucgo and Mrs. 'J. H. Bou- nett, Salt Lake, Utah, At tho Sherman—F. W. Prentiss, G. L. Prentiss, Grand Island, Neb, The Chicago city railway today lot a con- tract for £30,000 for a supply of granite for pavement between rails, to J. E. Riley & Co. of Omaha. F. A — - De. Birney cures catarrh. Boe bldr oot e sty Western Pensions. LWasmiNaTo, June 22.—]Special Telogram to Tur Bek.|—Pensions granted : Nebraska: Original—William W. Wattles, Perryander Barr, Calno Webster, Norman I Squires, Elzy Carlin, Levi L Perkins, Bradford Stone, Caleb G. Clough, Barnet Ashton, Edwin Wells, Daniel H. Rock, Bdward J. N. Angle, Harney W. Sage, William W. Crane, ). Tohn T. N Additional — Anderson. Increase—Jouas M. Sellers, Stopnen B. Hadsell, Edward Mon: roe, William W. Lestor, Lawrence Burgot. Leissue—Andrew B. ' Cloveland. Origi- cob Kazaisky, Jomes B. Croly, Poter v dward J. ards, Henry Fov, James E. Williams, Abel Buck ingham, John W. Manning, Aurelius Bakor, Martin V. Wood, Jesse L. Morton, Francis ou Anderson, Robert, Eberhard, Stephen L. Gagnevin, Thomas G. Bartlett, Russell Bristol, Lather Bristol, Presley Robort’ Shipley, Albert' White, ill, Goorge Burgan, Arthur Miles os. Additional —James McKolvey. ~Heury H. Brainard, John Haunan, Lealdas Forbes, William = R. Westfall, Jacob B. Kitchen, Wilson W. Rice, Alonzo K. Drake, John Tolliver, John Gummere, Alson Eusign. Original w .~ Char- lotto Gilson. Jowa: Original—William H. Robert H. Evans, Jobn T. Axline, David tidmundson, John F. Frazior, Stephen B. Baird, Georgo P. Bollows, Benjamin S. Bonham, Jacob B. Nelson, Nicholas Stonor, John Brower, William Fangmeicr, James S. Osgood, Blandoman B. Burley, William Campbell, Samuel A. Carter, William Rock, George 'W. Boisin Marshall D. D! Carpentor, Joseph W. S. Womley, Lowis J. E. Secigenfus, Willam W. ' Spence Adelbert H.' Burley, Sylvauia Fish Additional — William Olinger. In: Ccroase—Giiles Marsh, Benajuh Mason, Adam S, Ross, David Undorbill, Joremiah S. Wheaton, Smiley J. A Thrift, John Beragan, Sylvanus S. Pennell, Austin Williams. Reissue -John W. Woods, ginal widows, ete,—Mury J. McCloud, motk 1, Dani Thomas Wall- shton, Noah Solomon Heffelman, Olb Hign- Grant, Isaac M. Glasford, Harrison Con William P, McWill- iams, William I 0} Jacob Hess, Chiarles H. Chapman, Isaac Martin, Albert M, Har- vis, Honry Felkey, Authony Irieb, Thomas Crawford, Jasper > avinger, Kouben Tolbert, Robert g, Lowis Jonnson, James I, Keenoy. Joseph Wallen- berg, Johnson Laughlin, William J. Beatty, Merritt Hotclikiss, John Dufour, William (. Crouch, Henry Graves, Moses Loving, Abner H. Copeland,” George' Main, Willlam W. Logsdon, Hamilton Johuson, James Court: wright, Avgustus Bratnober, Joseph L. Lucas, Moses Laron, James Sproat, Honry P. Leland, Oawin Cahow, Willilam A ote, Jereminh H. Carl, Jobn G. Blair. Addi. onal—Lewis C, Mclntyre, Ezokiel Nelson, rge Tourat, Joseph S. Oviatt. In ames Vickers, Olo Bo. eson, John Hill, ~ John Hordey, Anthony Staues, Di 0 Gatos, Cha Hag Josoph Noal, William Hall, Fayotte Spencer. Roissue— Lovi MallingSworth, Moxican Survivers— Josiah Given South Dakota. Original—Munte son, Andrew Wiltzel. Incroase G. Garrison, Original widows, ete. —George M. iancock, fath Original —Leslie R, Hyde, George A. Johuson. Additional Thomas McKinzo, Increase—Doa Carlos Rogors, Erastus Gorman. Alfred ¢ Rifenberry, Bigley, lands, William Jesso Dennis ‘Thomp. Emanuel THIEVES IN THE ARCHIVES. Valuable Papers Stolen from the New York Secretary of State. RECORDS MUTILATED BY THE VANDALS. The Original Deed to Staten Island Discovered in an Old Book Store and Returned to the State. Anaxy, N. Y., June 22.—Thieves have been at work in the stato archives. It is not yet fully known what papers and documer.s have been stolen, but a caroful inventory is being taken by the secrotacy of stato to find out. The vandals scem to have appreciated tho value of the timo stained originals and to have confined themselves to the old col- ouinl documents, hundreds of which are con- taincd in tho bulky volumes in the lana board’s room of the secretary of state's do- ow York Colonial MSS" is tho titlo of each of the big shelves, which comprise sixty-three volumes and date from 1642 to 1800, The discovery of the thefts was made in an odd A recent catalogo of Merritt's old book store, No. 330 Broadway, mado mention of the fact that the firm would sell the original indenture of Staten Island to th Britis by the Indians, date 1670, for §00. The attention of Clerk Hoopor of the com- sioners of the land office was culled to this, and & hurried search showod that the old paper was missing from the offico files. Further investigation showed that other deeds were gono and _a genuine council of war was the result, Secrctary of and his deputy, Mr. Genedict, catled on M ritt to oxplain and clai tho he firm showed that they ¢ uments in the ordinary course of and bad paid #0, “way under Indians originally got,” “as Mr. facctiously romarked. ‘The irm sur the paper ut once, und brought it bac state oftficials by remariing give 5,000 for the volumo it was ta Some of the othors thought it might, be even more valuablo, and as thero are sixty-threo of thom tho aggrogato ratner startled tho attaches of the dapartment, who ordirarily look at the rds as anything but bandsome. Everybody was sworn to soerecy in tho of- fice and the attornoy general was instructed to trace the thief. 'The intention was to keep the matter from the public on the plea that if anybody had other pilferca documents for salo they would p5110; Mr. Bowden himself, howevor, spoke frecly of his mission to Albany, of the val of the documents in the oftico of the secretary of state, and said ho had boen offered bis prico for tho paper by a Chicago collector. The old deed, which has been returned to its place at page #4 of volume 1 of the coloni al manuscripts, is well prosorved, though yol low with age. Tho s atact aud the strange marks'’ h the Indian sacl ns signea are clear and distinet, as are the names of Count Steenwick, Major Love lace and the o others who signed with o, In size the paper is two pages, about 10x12 finches, and sets forth, with many flourishes in the qualut diction of the day, that “On April 18, 1670, the right Honourable Francis Lovelaco, governor-gencral undor his royal highness, James, Duke of York au Albany, and of all 'his territory in America, and Aquepo, Warriness, Minquahs, Sache: mack, Permantowes, Quewequen, Wewane comeck and Matars, true Sachonis and law- ful owners of Staten Istand,” ealled by the Indians Agachonga Ma nong, €oy 1ted for the sale of the same. The consideration mentioned is 400 fathoms of wampum, 50 mateh coates, 8 coates of duzons (made uUp), i sh kettles, 20 gunnes, firkin powder, 60 barr f load, 0 ax 30 plows ndum attached o of the sachems or ir successors shall every year, on May 1, como to the fort to ackuowledgo tho sale aud business what the Bonedict ndered who continue a mutual friendship with the gover nor. It is also stated that sevoral of tho intorest. od parties wero children and that cortain ot tho sachems signed for them. The indorse- ment 1, “Recorded Ye day and vear horo- withjwrytten by me, Matthias Nicolls, secr." It is thought that tho deed was stolon some time in 1874, when extensive arches were mado in the ‘old records on account of certain railroads coming into Staten Island, Similar thefts are suspected in the records of tho stato engincer, but as thero is no_cata- logue of the old maps and records it will be very difficult to trace them. No blame scoms to attach to any particular administration for the vandalism. The secrotary of states oftico is a dopartment of record and’ thoe public hus free access to all books and papers. S SOUTH OmMAHA. W. R. Sage, who has been in Chicago, has returnod. Miss Lu Hunt, has returned from Beatrico and Lincoln, Joseph L. Christie accidently cut his loft thumb nearly off. tizons' Alliar 1ng in room Mrs, Graham, wife of e who has been in Olympia, Wash., wonths, left for that city last ever The closing ox rochial sehools, und dence, will bo held this ¢ opera house. . Building Inspector D. . sued Waught & West $1,800 dwelling on T tween I and J st Colonel J. . ¢ otar stockyards co fror an extended so- journat Hot Spr S. D., has roturned and is receiviug the congratulations of many friends. Miss Ella will meet this , Listor block. Baylass has 13- old & pormit for an of the Uuion Maxwoll, the accomplished daughter of Judge Maxwell of the supromo court, of Fromont, und Miss Eikenbury, the popular duughter of Sheriff Eikenbury of Plattsmouth, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs, Robert I, Maxwell, The Ladies' Auxiliary socioty of the copal chureh will meot Wednesd at 2330 o'clock at the res: Mrs, B, stroats. All membo attond as important business will bo ted. Ar- rangewents will be made for the ftirst s ices n the new cburch, Twenty-third and G streets, next Sund Ipis- rooon and nd J Dr. Birney cures cawarren, - Fatal Rtiot in Hungary. ViENya, Juuo 22— Yesterday at Batenva, Hungary, a mob of field laborers, iucited by socialists, od tho town hall and would probably ked the building had it not beon f resistunce made by a small force of g the erowd, killing fou; wound- ing soven other pt PRICE Flavoring Extracts NATURAL FRUIT FLAVORS. 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