Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 5, 1892, Page 3

/ THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: JANUARY 1892. e e e e e e e e e e | STORIES OF FRO.\'HER LIFE. 'HE OMAHA BEE. COUNCIL BLU OFFICI: NO. 12 PEARL S Deilvered by Carrler to any part of the City. H. W, TILTON, - MANAGER. TELE PHONEs | Bisiness OfMico MINOR: MENTION. N, Y. Plumbing Co. Council Bluffs Lumber Co., coal. Craft's chattel loaus, 204 Sapp blook. Matilda Koenig died at the residence of her parents in Lewis township Saturday night, aged 9 months, Tho funeral will take place this morning. A lodge of the Princes of the Orient was inatuted at Underwood Saturday night b, arty of Prinees who went from Council 1uffs to take goof the !nstallation ex- ercises, Miss Hetue Ross entertainod a party of friends Saturday afternoor. at a card party at ber home on Willow avenue. Prizes were taken by the Misses Auna Oberhaltzer and Carrio Spoene Lako Manawa is a popular resort these ... days for skaters, For tho past thréo davs gmn 100 has beon in fine shape uud a large wumber of young people have made tho most of it. Several parties have been organized for this evening and the probability is that it will be a lively place. Gregg Snyers und his companions, who ara chargea with assault with intent to commit murder, have taken a change of venue from Justice Hammer to Justice Cones, and their bonds havo been reduced to #300 cach. They will not have a hearing until Peters, their alleged vietim, recovers from his ill-treat- ment, 50 as to bo able to bo presentat the hearing. A. Anderson is in jail on a charge of drunkenness. He was arrested some time ago while trying to kil his wife and family in a fiv of temporary insanity, caused by drink, and was sent to the hospital for treat- ment. He had been out only a short time when bis second fit came on and he will probably be examined again by the commis- sioners of nsanity. ‘The Grand 1odge of Towa of the Ancient Order of United Workmen will hold its meeting in this city commer cing I"ebruary (. There will be a large number of dele- gates presont from the various lodges throughout the state, and arrangemcits are already being made Lo entertain in a fitting manner those who attend. The meetings hwi]l{prububly be held in the Royal Arcanum al One of the dynamos at the electric light station burned out last evening, and as a con- sequence a large number of the arc lights in what is known as the No. 4 circumit were ex- tinguished for a time. An accident to the machine that controls the all-uight circuit has left the streets and stores which are lighted by tnis circuit in darkness for two nights, but it is thought the damaze will be repairea by this evening. The Australan system of voting will be trled as an experiment tomorrow evening at the annual election of the Pottawattamie county democratic convention. Booths will be fitied up in the city building and will be open for votine from 7 to 8 p. m. A. T. Whit- tlesay, Charles Nicholson and Avgust Purvis have been appointed judges and uearly all the local democratic wheel horses have had their names put in nomination for the various offices in Lhe association, (Gesaler's Magio rier 13sns Walers, Curs 1 headechesin 20 miauts At all druggists Swunson Musie Co,, Masonic temple Commerciai men, Hotel Gordon the best $2 house in Council Bluffs, . —— otutoes, 25¢ por bushel at C. O. D. Brown’s, 845 B'way, Council Bluffa, PERSONAL PARAGRAPIHS. Rev. L. A. Hall and wife ars confined to their home by a serious attack of la gripge. Dr. and Mrs. E. I. Woodbury have re- !.m;ned from u visit of several weeks in Illi- nois. Mr. Hill and Mrs. Dwyer of Kausas City are guests of their sister, Mrs, . H. Hill, on Third avenue, Mrs. J. H. Wyman of Des Moines is the euest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. W, ‘Wallace, on Bluff street. Miss Kate Blaxsim has returned from a two weeks’ visit with relatives in Chicago and will resume her place in the public schools today. George IT. Gage left last evening for his home in Boston. He will return next week with his wife, in time for the preliminary ex- amination of Kimball and Champ, which is set for next Mouday. DeWitt's Littie Karly Risers Tor the liver. Drs. Woodbury,dentists,next to Grand hotel; fine work a specialty. Tele. 145, —— Carman Feed and Fuel wholesale and retail ha; feed. in car Bluffs. company, grain and Special prices on huy and grain lots. 706 Main street, Coouncil - Municipal AfMairs, The city council will nold its regular monthly meeting this evening, when a num- ber of important subjects will coma up for consideration, among which will be the ordinance providing for a redistricting of the city into wards, The question of changing the salaries of the mayor, marshal and treas- urer will aiso be discussed, and the outcome will be watched with lively interest, espec- ially by the candidates for those officos, who, even at this early day, are bobbing up from all sorts of outof-the- way places with lightuing rods in their haunds, some of them brand new, whilo others are worn to a_deop brown hue by years of steady use. By the ordinance now being considered it is proposed to raise the treas:rer’s sulary from %00 to $1,200, to reduce the mayor's from #1,500 to a like figure and to give the marshal #1,500 in lieu of all fees. The change in the salary of the last named official is likely to cause more ex- citoment than either of the others, as it takes irom bim anywhere from &5,000 to $4,000 a year, which he has been drawing rogularly for the past- five years or more, and drops it into the city treasury. An effort has been wade to create un impression that the pass- g of tae ordinance now pending woula be of no avail in cutting of the customary fees from the marshal's oftice, but 1t is said by thoso who have looked up the Iaw in con- nection with the matter, that the most no- ticeable effect it will have will be to decrease the zeal of local patrio’s in climbiug onto the poiitical altar, and possibly to diminish the care excrcised 1n the marshal in the wmatter of collecting fines from the keepers of saloous and disoraerly hous ‘The question is now being agitated of making a change in the duties of the dhief of the fire departimnent, and a correspondiug in- crease in his salary, The present system of issuing building permits is to a certain ex- tent a farco, us the law requiring those who make improvements to take out bullding per- mits is enforced with great laxity, Builders have been loft free to comply with the law or not, as thoy saw fit, on account of there be- ing no oMcial whose duiy it is to look up this class of oftenders, Oun this account the record of public improvements is_ very Incomplete, And the city fails to make the showing it ought to in comparison with other cities where the law )8 enforced with greater strictness. It is wow proposed to_make the obiefof thefire department ex-ofticio building nspector, and give him tho exclusive right to issue build A1ngpesmits, making him respousible at the same time for the proper enforcement of the 1aw. A change of some kind will be doubt- 1e8s found necessary before long in this matter, and it is likely an ordinance will be drawn up 10 weet the emergency. - 250 per bushel at C, O. D. Brown’s, B-’n) B'way, Council Bluffs, B Reiter, the tailor, 310 Broadway, has =“all the latest styles and new winter goods. atisfaction guaranteed. We have our own vinoyards in Califor i Jurvis Wine company, Co. Blufls [ | | and Woods’ losses rapidly ¢ NEWS FROM COUNCIL BLUFFS. Fatal Oollision on the Burlington from a Misplaced 8witch, M. L VAN WORNIER INSTANTLY KILLED Was Thrown Beneath His of the Shock—1 ident—Other Notes, M. L. Van Waraier, a fireman in the em- ploy of the Cticago, Burlingion & Quiney, met with n fatal accident yesterday morning at 0:15 o'clock 1n the company's yards at Creston, He was standing on the platform of bis eugine between the engine and the tender, and his train was moving rapidly out of the yards while a switch engine was com- ing from the opposite direction. Toe two were supposed by the men in each engine to ve on different tracks, and 1t was not noticed that the switch was misplaced until they were within a short distance of one anoiher, It was then too late to accomplish much by reversing, and the engines collided. Van Wornier was knocked from his position and fell between the bumpers. As s00n as possi- ble hie was removed, but his caest was found ¥ crushed and an arm was cut s dead when picked up. he details of the affair that couid be learned last night were somewhat meager, and the above facts were all that could be learned at this end of the li The lifeless remains of Van Wornier were brought to this city on the Burlingion train ihat ar- rived about 6 o'clock and were taken to his home, 1717 Third strect. T'he deceased was 35 years of age and had lived here for a number of years. He left for Creston a short time ago to work for the company but left his wife and five children here, intend- ing to send for them as soon as he could mako tho necessary arrangements. The family will get some insurance money, it being one of the rules ot the Burliugton road that all the employes whose duties subject them to danger must carry life in- surance, They will probably raceive some- thing from the company 'in the way of pension money. Tho funeral of the dead man will occur tomorvow afternoon at 2 o'clock from the rosidence of his brother, M. W. Van Wornier, 710 Third street. She was 6 and he was 7. He wanted her to promise to marry him. He offered candy, 1ce cream and nuts, but she was obdurate. Finally he said ho would give her a bottie of Hailer's Sure Cure Cough Sirup. smiled, 1aid her hand in bis and said, Y till death,” Walnut block and Wjyoming coal, fresh mined, received daily Thatcher, 16 Main, The only kindergarten in the city 1s in the Merriam block, next to the Young Men’s Christinn association. Experi- enced teachers and only one-hplf usual rates are charged. —— Jarviswild blackbescry is ths bast the Dry Bones. the couuty supervisors toduy will occasion quite a rustle among the county officials, One of tho first things to be done will be the filing und accepting of the official bonds of the men who were clected last November, aud immediateiy after theso formalities are through with the prosent incumbents will step down and hand over their oftices to their successors. Sheriff O'Neill will retire from the position he has held during the last four years, and will move on to his farm'in Valley township, John K, Huzen of Avoca will take his place, and witl appoint John P, Stuhr of Mirden as his deputy at the Avoca court to succeed A. R. Hooker, while Nick O'Brien will succeea William Currie in this city. Jobn H. Plumer, the outeoing treasurer, will continue to reside in this city, but will go into the stock business with George Burke and Frazier of South Omabha. W. B. Reed will take his place. and will be assisted by E. B. Bowman and Claude Dye, both of whom have been in the treasurer’s oftice for somo time past. L. P. Judson succeeds F. Stimson as county surveyor and J. K. Cooper Is his own successor as county superintendent of schools. Dr. F\, T. Seybert takes the office of coroner, loft vacant by Dr.J. C. Waterman, John R. Black will sit in the supervisor’'s chair formerly occupred by Alexander Osler, whils Charles Alexander keeps his old place. ‘Who will be Wallace McFadden’s successor as baihff of the district court has not yet been decided, but it is said to be a settled fact that it will not be McFadden. —— ‘Walnut block coal, $4.25 per ton. De- livered anywhere in city. Carman’s 706 Main street. —— Jarvis 1877 brandy, purest, safest, best. LT THE VAGARIES OF FORTUNE, on Her Votaries and Deserts Thy . difference of but two in the turned dice dots, but each dot repre- sented $32,000, and the winner was made that much richer by his single throw. The details of this occurrence, recalled in contemplation of the fast de- parting traces of other and better days in the town where it occurred, may be of intevest, says the Philadelphia Times. From tho time of its first importance as an oil town, Petroleum Center, Pa., was known as a famous place for gam- bling, There was, however, no par- ticular place in which this gambling wus cavried on. An engine house, saloon, office or private room—any place served the purpose, and a rickety table, a greasy writing desk ora board laid across the head of an oil barrel an- swered as well as the equipments of o gambling palace, In1 9 the vicinity of Petroloum Center was the richest in the oil region, und one of the richest in the world. The lands all about the town were making their owners rich. Among these pleces of property wus the Woods furm, lying upon the " hillto the west of the place, Its big prduction at that time was sell- ing at from $3.00 to $5,00 u barrel. Samuel A. Woods was the owner of this rich d\vllnmil of oil, and his royalty from it yielded him a princely income. He was then about 35 years of age, and was as full of fun us he was of business. He dressed well, wearing daily diamonds worth from $5,000 to $8,000, lived high and was foremost in all the enterprises iu oil developments, In 1868 he built the iargest and first complete ivon tank, 40,000 barrels, then along Oil Ureek, and into it his farm poured its liquid wealth, Woods had a noted fondness for throw- ing dice and wasusually lucky. He was handy at any time to throw for stakes ranging from 850 to $100, $300 or $1,000. It was seldom he would throw for less ban the first named sum. One night in the winter of 1868-69 he was spending an evening with a party of friends in the Rochester house, at Petroleum Cen- ter. Among the party was Colonel Brady, another rich producer, and a man who had earned his title upon the battle fields of the rebellion. In the ;-qumu of the evening Woods said to AL “Colonel, VIl toss the dice with you for #50. *All right,” was the Colonel’s prompt reply. The first throw Brady won, continuing to do so until he had won 8650 of Woods’ woney. This trifle just whetted their appetites and the chance contest then began in earnest. The amount of the stakes was increased from time to \ime, rept into the thousands. Luck was uguinst him, but as he was perfectfy sober and the friends present knew he would regard as little She Smiles Then A up- | less than an insult any suggoestion that it was time to quit, feeling abundantly able to pay any amount he lost, all they had to do was to watch the two men with incrensing interest, To pass on from the process to the re sult, when one of the morning hours was ushered in Woods had lost #32,000, ind Brady held hie check for that sum. At this juncture Woods said to the Colonel: “Now I am willing to double the amount and let ench of us take but one throw, and the highest take the stakes. You already huve my check for $32,000; if T lose I will write you another for the full amount here to-night, and it will be cashed av the bank to-morrow,” All right,” again replied Brady; *T accept.’ The imterest of the by s Was now worked up to the highest notch, The dice were produced, and Woods had the first throw. Ileven spots turned up as his count, Colonel Brady then threw, and but nine black dots turned up o be counted. Woods, therefore, saved a good-sized fortune on the throw, for had he lost that $64,000 would have been paid with as much promptness as though it had been part of alegitimate trans- action, Woods then proposed that they start in‘anew, with $10 as the amount of the stakes. The Colonel reidily res- ponded, and soon all the cash he had with him—about $200—was transferred to the pockets of Woods. “Here, colonel,” said Woods, ‘‘is I can’t sec a man go away dead broke, And so the greatest game of dice on record in the oil regions came to a close. Petroleum Center has gradually fallen into decay, until but a few scatter buildings are all that 1s left of what was once a flourishing oil town of fully 500 inhabitants. Samuel A. Woods, too, is gone from this life, with a host of others who were his associates in the production of ofi, and who, with him, made many a night merry a quarter of a century ago. THE ToCCI TWINS. The Most Remarkable Pair That Have Ever Approached Maturity he Tocci twins,” says the Scientific Amorican, “'are probably the most re- markable human twins that have ever approached maturity. They recently arrived in this country. They are known as the brothers Giovanni and Giacomo Tocei. They were born on July 4, 1875, their mother being 19 years old. The mother’s maiden name was Antonin Mezzano. Their birthplace was Lacona, Turin (ltaly). The same mother has had ninechlldren, all strong and well. The twins are connected from the sixth rib downward, and have but one pair of legs and a single abdomen. The spinal columns are distinet until the lumbar region is reached. There they unite at an angle of 120 degrees. The sacrum seems to be a single bone. They have two distinct stomachs, hearts, and pairs of lungs. The arterfal and respiratory systems are quite distinct, the hearv beats and breathing differing often in the two individuals. At the age of thirty days they weighed eight pounds, and in the next thirty-one duys gained nearly three pounds. It was at this period of their lives that they were first subjected to cal examination. Their lives are distinct. They have re- gions of common responsibility, and of purely individnal sensation. One often sleeps when the other wukes. here is no direct correspondence of their appe- tites. One may be hungry while the other is fast asleep. In their general appenrance there is nothihg repulsive. They have brigat, intelligent faces, not of the peculiar cast common to cripples, They =~ are educated and write their names as souvenirs for visitors, They are able to stand, but huve not yet succeeded in walking. as each leg is governed by itsowo brain. The want of correspondence has proved fatal to any attempts in this direction. They can stand quietly, so that it is not only a question of strength. At their home they spend most of their time on the floor, using their inner arms for the most part, crawling and tumbling about and thus getting a certain amount of ex- ercise. ‘'hey can dress and undress themselves. Giovanni drinks beer in considerable quantities. . The other, Giacomo, not liking beer, drinks mineral water in_its place. Giovanni is quite fond of sketching, and draws with some spirit. He rests the book or paper on his knee. Sometimes his brother, who is more of a tulker and more volatile in disposition, finding some fault with the drawing, will kick the drawing off his knee. All this in good purt, for they live on excellent terms with each other, and seem unconscious of any misfortune in their condition. They are disconnected as regards illness, Quite recently one of them hud a_cold, while the other was suffering from a bilious attack. The Siamese twins, Iing and Chang, who died in 1874, within a few hours of each ather, at the age of 60 years, were very celebrzted. They were far loss completely united. A thick, fleshy ligament connected the lower ends of their breast boaes. They were of a good degree of intelligence, con- versed with visitors, and seemed reason- ably well contented with their lot. Had the uniting ligament been purely mus- cular they could, doubtless, have been cut apart, with survival of both persen The possibility of doing this was often discussed in their life. But on post mortem examination it was found that a process of peritoneum extended from one abdominul cavity to the other. But one or two cases are on record of the severing of such a ligament at the time of birth, with survival of even a single member of the pair.” o octal nomist, The Social Economist, under the able editorship of Messrs. George Gunton and Staar Hoyt Nichols, is keeping fully abreast with the times. It is invariably loaded down with thoughtful papers on live topics and among its numerous contributors can be found some of the decpest thinkers and greatest writers of the aay. Published at the Institute of Social Economics, 120 East Twenty-third street, New York. —_— in Shupe to Fight, Philadelphia Inquirer. Whatever happens, let us hope Chill will postpoue thrashing us until we get over the grip. Colonel Th — - W Woman's Wants, From heaven to arth a star descended (By guides colostial atteaded), Prodestined to a semblance hunan, Still half aivine it changed to woman The azure from the halls of spaco Is still retained within its faco— The vestal teauty of the skies Was mirrored in its faultless eyes; The splendor of the sunlight there But changed its halo into hair, While roso and lily both combined The hue of lip and cheek designed, So typical of all that she Most boautiful in both wight b, Sllen M, H. Gates, Sleep sweet withia this quiet room, O thou, whoe'er thou art, Aud let no mournful yesterday Disturb thy peacefil heart, Nor let tomorrow scare thy rest With dreams of coming ill, Thy Maker is thy changeless friend, His love surrounds thee still. Forget thyself and all the world, Put out’each feverish light, The stars are watching overbead, Sleep sweet—Good night! Good night Pen Sketohes of Brownvill.in Its Swad- dling Olothes, PETE WHITLOW AND HIS .PEPPER-BOX. How the Claim Club of Belleyue Adminis- tered Justice—Terrorized by & Storm—The Prairics in 1856, Brownville was famed from its earliest settlement for the good orvder and de- corum of its citizens, but old settlers remember a few scrimmages where whisky was the ‘‘cause of the war.” In 1857 a fight took place between S. R. Summers, o man of middle aze, and a roystering young fellow numed Peter Whitlow. The latter named took his whisky straight and often, and had a habit of carrying a revolver, one of the pattern known as pepper boxes. Sum- mers was not a drinker, and was noted for grit und nerve. One day, in front of I. T. Whyte's store on Main street, Peter, being full of whisky, forced a quarrel on Summers, and after a few words drew his pepper box, thinking to scare Summers and cause him to retreat. Tke **old man” reached for a convenient pickhandle, nod before Peter was aware of it Summers tapped him on the head and let out some bad blood. And then such a race! Not Peter after Summers, but Summers after Peter, until he finally hid in the brush. ‘*Dang it,” said the hero, “'I wouldn’t took the pickhandle to the drunken cuss if he hadn’t drawed his d—a old pepper box on me . In the early days, when the court de- cisions allowed slaveholders the right to take their ‘‘property’ to the terri- tories, and John Brown of Ossawatto- mie had his line through Nemaha county for conveying slaves to Canada, the question of the rights and wrongs of slavery was an all-engrossing topic. The people were divided into two par- ties, the Miamis and the Missourians. The first named were anti-slavery peo- pie from Miami county, Ohio, and the others pro-stavery from Holt county, Missouri. One day, in the fall of 1857, a man named Archie Huudley. who lived two miles south of town, came to Brownville and reported that three well- armed negroes had passed his house coming north. In those days all negroes found traveling in strange places were supposed to be runaway slav As there was in Missonri a standing re- ward o1 $100 for each slave returned to his owner, all strange colored men were supposed to be fair game for pro-slavery men fond of hunting. Instantly all wu excitement among persons willing to earn money in that way and ‘‘main- tain the majesty of the law.” Horses and mul were mounted, ravines and thickets were examined. Finally Handley and a mmn named Clark of this county and Willlams and Meyers of Atchison county, Missouri, went into a thicket of willow near the river below town, and had penetrated but afew yards when they came upon the negroes Testing upon a log. Few. wocds were passed; weapons were drawn on both sides and a rapid fire kept up for a few minutef, which resulted in one of the negroes being rhot in the wrist. Myers was mortally wounded. . Handley, Clark and Williams retreated in disorder. The negroes gathered up the hats and guns of their foes, mounted three of the ani- mals and leading the fourth trav- eled up the south Brownville Hollow. but when they got to Kelley’s house, west of town the wounded negro beirg faint and sick from loss of blood was left there, and his comrades taking all the spoils made theif escape. The wounded man was brought to town, Drs, Holladay and McPherson amputated his wounded arm and he was placed in charge of Ben Thompson who was dep- uty sheriff, fov safe keeping. Theaffair caused intense excitement. .\[:xn%’ Mis- sourians came across the er breuth- ing threatenings of vengeance against the negroes and cursing the abolition- ists. It was in vain they were told that no parson was to blame except the per- sons engaged in the fight. They were horrified that a negro should dare to re- sist a white man. They would hang the negro and drove out the abolitionist: At night they went twiceto the Amer can house, where Thompson was keep- ing his prisoner, and demanded admit- tance, and when Thompson reflused they swore with horrid oaths that they would break the doors open. Thompson informed them if they did there would be several funerals in Missouri within the next féw days. Then they went away to wait for more men from Mi: souri, and wnen morning came the ex citement increased until the free state men became alarmed for their safety, and quiet'y armed to protect them- selves. Judge Wheoler went to Rich- ard Brown and told him the riotous proceedings must be stopyed; that the free state men had borny enough, and that they were reade to defend themselves. Dick Brown, al- though a slaveholder, did all he could to allay the excitement.” Toward evening the Missuurians recrossed the river and ull became quiet. The wounded negro’s master was notitied as to his wherea- bouts, and when his master learned how he had been wounded he swore terribly and did not seem to b aterul because the darkey had been stopped. It so hup- pened that on the day the excitement was the highest John Brown of Oss - wattamie wuas encamy in South Brownville with about thirty men whom he was taking over to Knusas, and had the Missouriuns attacked the free state men, Brown would have made it lively for them, . March 16, 1855, the territorial logisla- ture pussed an net to prevent the manu- facture- and sale of lxuors for even medicinal purposes. The winter of 1856-7 was the co dest ever known in Nebraska. Sunday, January 18, 1857, the thermom- eter indicated 82 below zero. An in- cident will illustrate the severity of the weuther. During this . morning some Browaville invalids, feeliog the need of a tonic or stimulant, crossed the Missoari river toa point known as Cook’s landing, bought liquor Ly the, pound, carried it home in sacks and pocket handkerchiefs, thawed it out and drank it. It also illus- trates what the early settlers endured to et liquor to satisfy their appetites, Early Duys in Bellevue, Many good stories concerning events that transpired in early days at this vlace when Nebraska was still a terri- tory are occasioually related by some of the old pioneers. There was very little, if any, law in the territory at that time, save that which was adopted and en- forced by orgunizations of settlers known as claim clubs, for their protection, ns cireumstance and necessity requived, while the mode of administering justice and punishing offenders was sometimes rather severe, and upon some occasions wus the means of inflicting punishment upon innocent peasous. Yet with its defects it hud some redeeming qualitie For it is a well known fact thut one dose of the punishment used in those days was o greut plenty and never had to fm administored to u person a second time: In those days claim jumpiug was prac- ticed by a certain classof individuals to such an extent that it becume the cause of much trouble and annoyance to the settlers. And against this nefarious practice the efforts of the Claim clubs wore especially directed. Whenever an offense wns committed against any of its members the club would be called to gether and o number of men detailed to arrest the person or persons charged with committing the offense. Who would be brought before the club for the captain of the club would act as judge, and if upon the evidence the offenders were found guilty (and they generally were), the punishment would be prescribed and a detail made tocarry out the decree, The punishment gen- erally consisted of so many stripes layed on the bare back, a coatof tarand feath- ers, or a trip across the river with the strict injunction never to return. On some occasions the whole dose was given. Captain H. Longsdorf tells of an instance, however, in which the sentance of the court was not fully ex- ecuted. A {mr(y of claim jumpers, including a father and two sons, had jumped a claim belonging to a member of the club, and, as usual, the matter was brought before the club and several men were ordered out to arrest the jumpers and bring them in for trial. he part started out to make the arrest and met the jumpers coming into town. They were commanded to surrender, but re- fused to obey the command, and a fight ensued which resulted in one of the Claim club members, Mart Blower by name, being shot, aand the fathor of the claim jumpers recelving a_ broken leg. Reinforcements arrived and as-isted the club members to make the ar- rest. Just at this time Henry T. Clark arrived, armed with a butcher knife, and learning that Blower had been wounded, insisted on administering the punishmet without delay. Henry was admonished to lot the club dispose of the matter, which he finally concluded to lo. but declared by all that was great and geod that if Murt Blower died his slayer should not go un- punished if he had to follow him to the unexplored depths of the hot place. They were taken before the club, triel, found guilty and sentenced to receive a coat of tar and feathers and a free ride across the river. A feather pillow was contributed by onc of the ladies of Belle- vue, but no tar could be procured in the city. Soon, however some active mind had hit upon a plan and pr(i}wxcd that they mix lump black and lard as a sub- stituto for tar, which was accordingly done. Captain Longsdorf and several other members of the club were detailed to execute the sentence. Lhe prisoners were led down to the old ferry landing, the father bain, ompelled to hobble along on his broken leg. and were fol- lowed by a cuiious crowd of men, women and childred, numbering 100 or more. They had scarcely reachec the landing, vér, when the sun, which had been brightly all day, disappeared from view and the sky was suddenly filled with a dark and threatening mass of thunder clouds und vhe entire artil- lery of the heavens seemed to have been instantly and continuously e F\udum Tearific flashes of lightning darting down here and there and dancing on the tops of huge waves that rolled along be- fore a terrible. The sudden and terrible transformation sceue seemed to strike terror to the very heart of every person who witnessed it. ‘The prisoners fell upon their knees and begged for merey. The men who had been chosen to exe- cute the sentence, though sworn to do thsir duty, hesitated and seemed affraid to commence their awful task. The awful storm seemed us a special warning of Providence to stay their hands and suddenly the feeling overspread the throng that the hand of Providence was stretched down to interfere in behalf of the prisoners. Cries of *'stop, for God’s suke; don’t do it,” were heard on every hand. The captain of the club then ap- peared and commanded the men to de- sist from executing the sentence until the club could be calied together and take further action, which was imme- diate done. The matter was~reoon- sidered and the sentence modified, the tar and feather portion being counter- manded. The prisoners were escorted across the river and have never been heard of since, but the event was never to be forgotten by those who wit- nessed it. Y Nebraska us Seen In 1856, From the diary of an carly settler is quoted the following vivid description of the appearance of Nebraska in 1856: “T first came to Nebraska in 1856, and the rolling prairies existieg between the Big Sandy and Fort Kearney had been burnt og, so thut as the caravan with which [ was traveling passed along, & wide waste of desolation met the eya. The surface of the earth was black as charccal and here and there was spotted with the bleached bones of buffalo, oxen and wolues It seemed as though noth- ing could live in that forsaken looking country; and yev I thought then that where that black, charred surface was there must have been long blades of brown and yellow griuss before the fire swept them out of existenc And I thought, too, the grass must have been beautifully green in the spring and summer time, and I hoped to see the summer bloom for me again. When I approached the Platte valley from the hills which skirt it, my eyes were delighted with the sight thau met my view. Near by, lay that beau- tiful country, its land us level as a floor, and its dense groves of trees stretching out as far as the eye could see, It wasa gorgeous spectacle, and it seemed to me no valley on the earth could surpass it in agricultural possibilities. During the winter of 1856-57 1 journeyed on to Fort Laramie. The point ut which I struck the Platte must have been 250 miles from its mouth. From there to Fort Laramie was about 375 miles, I, there- fore, traveled fully 875 miles, so that my apportunity for judging of its extent and general features was of the best. al- though it was seen under most despar- aging circumstances That wus a terrible winter, From Octo- ber to May snow was on the ground. On the last day of November our party ar- rived at Ash Hollow, returning from Fort Laramie, The snow was a foot deep at the former place. That night another storm came on and continued for several days and nights. When it wus over we were snow-bound. We re- mained there two weeks and then moved on to a village of Ogallala Sioux In- dians, where we remained more than a month and were kept from starving by the kindness of the Indians, who gave us all the buffulo meat we needed for our food. From this village to Fort Kear- ney we journeyed on the ico of the Platte. On the land jhe snow lay two feet deep, while the valleys wore filled full with drifting snow. 'or months nothing was to be seen but the dazzling whiteness of the snow. We wore sixteen duys in going from Ash Hollow to Fort Keurney, a distance of 150 miles and necessavily encountered many havgships und privations on the way, A few days after our arvival at the fort nnother severe storm came on with strong winds, This lasted several days and completely buried the one story houses of the fort in the drifts. Barracks, officers’ quarters, stables—all were covered, and trenches had to be dug around huystacks to prevent cattle from walking on top of them. Cuttings G, A. Schoedsack, Proprietop, of every description. Works, Cor. Ave, A and 28th St. Merchants who h them redyed and finished equ BED FEATHERS RE! 1 to new. was general throughont the northwest. It was an unfavorable time to form an opin‘on of the region, but I nevertheless resolved to make it my future homo. 1 kuew that the snow would finally dis- apperr, and so it did. In June the valley of the Platte was decked with living green, the trees were rich with folinge and birds chirped forth their songs of joy.” On the afternoon of November, 1856, a furious snow storm prevailed over Brownville. Hugh Baker, one of the ferrymen, crossed a passenger in a skiff to Missouri shore. Attempting to return, the wind being in the north and the cold becoming intense, he struggled against the floating ice and current until his strength was exhausted. He drifted on the head of a sandbar in the middle of the river opposite the foot of Muin street. His shouts for help were not heard until about dar A canve was carried up from tho lower istand, shoved over the bar, and Baker rescued without serious damage. _ Although he had been for four hours exposed to the most terrible snow storm that had ever prevailed in Southwestern Nebraska. LT A CROWN OF DIAMONDS. An Exquisite Ornament for the Wife Maryland's Governor, A Baltimore dispatch to the Globe- Democrat suys: A beautiful tiara, or crown of dinmonds, has just veen com- pleted for Mrs. Frank Brown, who will wear it on the o on of her husband’s inauguration as governor of Maryland. Itis one of the handsomest pieces of jewelry of the kind ever worn or made in Baltimore, and is an exquisite piece of workmanship. The crown is com- posed of a slender band of gold about a third of an inch wide, and long enough to extend nearly around the head. It is perforatea at the ends with small holes, through which hair pins, or a rubber were made from door to door of the houses to allow the inmates to go in and out. The seuson wus terrible, but it band may be worn to hold it in place, The ormentation of the tiara consiste of five large stars, attached to the front of the gold band, and forming a half ci of diamonds about the head. The cen- tral star of this twinkling constellation measures two and a half inches in dia- meter, or from point to point, and the remaining stars ave graded in size, do- creasing slightly as they extend from the central ornament. The diamond: are set in platinum, which make: an ef- fective background for the sparkling gems, Thore are 350 stones in the five stars, eighty-six in the large central oune, seventy-six in each of the adjacent stars, and fifty-six in each of the small- est ornaments. ¢ From the big solitatres forming the enter of each star down to the iest gems that outline the slender poiniz the whole forms a group of flashing loveii- ness, from which o thousand rays scin- tillate in the tiny shimwering sparks, whose light seems to be created within each jewel’s depth and clothed in all the colors of the rainbow. In the center of each star the large solitaire is elevated above the surrounding rays in a crown setting, encircled by smaller stones sim- ilarly set. The diamonds 1n the five points of the star and in the smaller intervening points are em- bedded in the platinum, where they ave so closely sev as to form an almost unbroken diamond surface. The sturs are fastened to the gold band with pins running through tiny golden tubes, from which they can be readily slipped, thus making the ornaments detachable and suitable for use us breast pins. Con- cealed in the too point of each star is a pendant which gives it another use asan ovnament for the neck or tobe combined in a beautiful necklace of dinmond stars. One of the stars, made by the same firm, has been in Mrs. Brown’s possesion for some time, and hus been often worn by her, e How to Make a Good Tow Pennstoro (W. Va. Beacon Light. Grit, Vim. Snap. Push. Knergy. Schools. Morality. Harmony. Co-diality Advortising. Talk about it. Write about it. Speak well for it. Help to improve it. Advertise in its paper, Help good men to office. Patronize its merchants. Good country tributary Honest competition in prices. Muke the atmosphere healthy. Faith exhibited by good works. Fire all loafers, croakers and dead- beats out of the town. Let your object be the welfure, growth and promotion of your town and its people; boom your own town and your own business on every occasion; speak well of the public spirited men and be one yourself—and our town will boom. o Kansas Alliance Afrald of u Trost, The Allinnce Advocate, the state or- gan of the Kunsas Farmers alliance, churges that National Union company, a New York concern, with a capital stock of $20,000,000, which 18 trying to get control of the alliance business of the state by uniting all the alliunce stores, thereby lessening the cost of goods to the furmers, is nothing but a branch of the jute bagging trust, and that it was formed with the express purgose of guining control of the alliunce business. The Advocute wurns the farmers aguinst it. - Entirely Deud, While the gentle falling rain was do- ing the best business that could be done for San Diego county today u group of old-timers gathered in an uptown office and fell to telling old-time stories. One of the stories told was in the form of a joke on Juliun, as Juliun was in vhe old times, of course, says the Sun Diegan, An old miner named 'Im wuas found Bluffs and 1521 Farnam St., Omaha, Packages recasived at either Council Blaffs, ve shop-worn or soiled fabrics of any character can have OVATED AND CLEANED nd most approved machinery,utest at loss cost than you ever piil bfors cle ' TWIN CITY STEAM DYE WORKS, Officas 821 Broadway, Oounall Dye, clean and refinish goods office or at tha Send for prics list. BY STEAM, with the b e ] CITIZENS STATE BANK Of Council Bluffs, $150,90) . ve. 10,000 TOTAL CAPITAL AND SURPLUS.....$225,000 Dinecrons—I. A, Mil . Gleason, B L 1ort, J, [mundson, Charles ansuct goneral banking husls Larzost cupital aul surplus of any bant Southwestern lowa, or, INTEREST ON TIMZ DEPO3ITS FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF COUNCIL BLUFF3, ION\ Paid Up Captal...............$100,000 Oldost organized bank Iin the olty. domestic exchangs anl 031l 81023040 attontion pald Lo colluctions. Agoouats of failvias uals, banks, bankers and COFpOrations soliditad Forelgn and Correspondenca In vital. UKO. P. BANFORRD, Proildent. A W. RIBKMAN, Cay AR RICH, A Wi CHESTEPR, FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND EMBALMER, 14 N. Main., Council Bluffs. SPECIAL NOTICES. COUNCIL BLUFFS, W ANTED--Assistance of competent M. D.; must travel som Good pos tlon to right Adar 14, Bee, Council Blufra. By an experionced electriciun, asituntion. Huve had six yeurs in olec= trie light works. Address V20, Bee, Councll hange, 2) o, suftanle f; Ly or clear Ne. 3 oun s of land in South platting, for O aland. Address at rru\‘enl Will take holson & land 3% miles fr nt property. 19 Broad wuy, Council Bluirs. WANT to buy stock of groceries or boots. and shoes: will pay part cash and part by a5 room honse and lot in’ Omuba. G 8 Bes, Council Bouffs, OMPLETE outfit bir fixtures and two pool bles for sule and building for rent. Good E, . Sheate, over Officer & Pusey's Tots and Day & gardon lands, housss, & blocks for salo or rent. Hoss, 19 Pearl streot, Council Bluffs, dead in his cabin one morning, says tne story teller. There appeared t¢ be @ lingering idea that something o flicial ought to be done, but nobody knew ex- actly what until a stranger in camp said an inquest ought to be held to deters mine whether the man was dead or not. “But how shall we find that out?” asked the justice of the peace, whose position forced him to the front. “Why, by holding a regular inquiry,” was the answer, *All right,” said the justic “We'll hold n regular inquivy. Bring in the body.” The body was brought in and the court was called to order. When every- body was quiet the justice vose with commendable dignity, walked over to the side of the decoased, and, leaning down, shouted in the dead man’s ear: *Say. Tim, come take a drink,” Of course there was no answer. The “inquiry” wus repeuted three times. The justice returned to his bench to mane his anuouncement, ‘We find that Tim is dead,” he said. “Any man in Juliun taat won't get up and take a drink when he’s asked to is doad. 'This inquiry is closed.” —_— Havana Market Review, HAVANA, Jan, he sugar market was quiet this week, Holders were higher and only a small business was done. Molasses sugar, good polarization, #2.06!4(@2.17{; gold per quintal, centrifugals 42 to %= poluriza- tion 1u hogsheads, bugs and boxes, §2.933@ 81, Stocks in warchouses at Havana and Matunzas twenty-elght boxes, 194,000 bags, 108 hogsheads. Receipts of the week 19, bags, exports of the week, 4,500, bags all to the Tnited States. Bacox—§9.00 gold per cwt, Burren—Superior American, per quinta Frouk—American, $12,50 gold per bbl. Jenken Beer—$0.00 old per quintal. Hays—American sugar curcd, $13.50 gold per quintal for northern and $17.00 for souths ern, Lann—1n kogs, $5.50 gold per quintal; ia tins, 810, POTAToE $3.00 gold — American,$2.60 gold per bbl. Loyier-—Nomnal. Siooks—Nominal, Hoors—Nominal, White navy, $ EWING TOBACCO— § 1GuTs —Dull, XCHANGE—Qui SPANISH GOLD— gold per quintal, .00 gold per quintal, @244, Van Houten'sCocoa—""Onca trid, always, usi ed B Deed of wn Insune Man, GueexviLLe, Mich,, Jan. 8.—James Taylor, one of the best citizens of the town, became suddenly insano and attacked his wife with u razor, cutting w gash from tho loft ear almost to the right shoulder blade, being about soven inches long and deep enough. to hold & folded towel. Ho was only prevonted fro killing bier by the futervention of nelghbors, There Is but littlo chance for her recovery. Taylov was formerly an inmate of an insane asylum, but was discharged as curea three wouths after his incarcoration, Miss Elizabeth Appleman of Middletown, Md., celebrated the 100tk anniversary of hew birth December 12, in the house which she has occupled elghty-five years. The whol town turned out to do honor to ‘‘Aun Betsy.” 'There was a provession, headod by the town brass band, which the ofd lady rés viewed from tho porch of her home, Hep friends had decoratea the ontire front of ihe old house with flags und evergrcens, and Aunt Belsy wore o uew black silk dress,