Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 13, 1893, Page 6

GRANT BEFORE PETERSBURG How Flying Bullets and Bursting Bombs Terrorized the Oitigens, A DINNER FUR SIX FIGURED UP 81,920 English for 1nd ~A Surprise Veterans ( 1 Sotdiers—Military Girie Darkey-Among A Novel Eseape dny's Navy. the Connected with the Tobacco exchange Richmond is a gentleman who was living “‘under the hill” in Petersburg during the perilous days, After several ghot and shell had passed over his hou his family left it for safer quarters, but one evening decided to refurn. Eve thing was quiet for an hour and then'a shot cume booming over. This wa enough for wife and children, but the husband got mad and declared he would stay therc that night if every gun in the federal intrenchments was turned loose upon him. Half an hour went by, and he was patting himself,on the back over his grit, when the federals suddenly opened five or six heavy guns at the hill. Shot and shell roared and hissed and the man's hair began stuck there, however, until hoom! bish! erash! came a canvon ball as big as bis head p\mu}. through one side of the house amloutatthe other, and then he flew out of doors and and screamed, to crawl. I struck a gait just a little faster than greased lightning. Singularly enough that was the only shot which ever hit though dozens fell around it After Grant had his guns in position, and more especially after he began reaching out for the Weldon railroad, he could have knocked Petersburg to picces in twenty-four hours. He would probably have done so had there been any excuse for it, but there was none The confederate lines were a mile and a half away, and Petevsburg was held only by noncombatants, Nevertheless Grant did not propose that any one in re his guns should sleep soundly or forget his presence. Occasionally shots therefore pitched into the city to check any enthusiasm, and if anyb.dy got over an hour's sleep at a time it was consid- ered something to boast of. [n the winter of 1864 a citizen, who had unexpectedly veceived $2,000 in con- federate eurrency on an old debt, deter- mined to have a good, square dinner, and company to help eat it. Rye coffee, bacon, meal, rice and molasses were about the only provisions i ata cost of $1,960 the citizen scraped to- gethe: enougl to justify him in inviting a company of six friends. The guests were in the parlor, the table set and the cook was over the stove, when a shell entered the dining room through the side of the house. The ex- plosion so wrecked the ronm that no one would enter it. The table, pieces of which I saw. could not have been de- molished sny better with an ax, and the plaster in two or three rooms was shaken down. When all was excitement, and before anyone really understood just what had happencd, a second shell plunged into the lower bedrobm in an- other part of the house, alighted on the bed and there exploded, All the plas- ter on that side of the room and over- head was shaken off, the walls bulged out, the window glass shivered into fine fragments, a bureau split to kind- lings, and yet a looking glass was not even cracked, and save the powder stain and scoreh the bed was not damaged. Many of the missiles fell into the yards and strects. From one yard, com- prising about half an acre of ground, over thirty cannon balls were dug out alter the war. One shell which ploded in this yard made a hole which required seven cartloads of dirt to fill up again, and it threw out with the dirt a rock which two men could hardly move. A solid shot which hit a chim- ney and then rolled off the roof killed a colored woman who passing below. A shell which fell near a negro who was working in a gavden dismembered him and cut the handle of the hoe off within afoot of the socket. A boy on horse- back heard a whire and saw a flash, and the next thing he knew he was seated astride a dead horse, a cannon ball hav- ing shot the animal's head off. Escapes ere both wonderful and innumerable, and when one sees the bullets in window sills, the cannon balls in the the rents made by the deadly is amazed that anyone had th to remain there during those months when every day was fuil of death and every night replete with horror. Indinu Troops cnglish At the headquarters of the Depart- ment of the Colorado a communication was received from Colonel M. M. Blunt, communding the Sixteenth infantry at Fort Douglas, U. T., addressed to the adjutant general of the United States army, requesting authority to detail on extra duty three suitable noncommis- eloned officers of company I for the in- struction of the members of that com- pany. C mpany 1 is composed of Sioux Faafans and’ Colonel Blunt in. his Tettor to the adjutant general says he considers it better that the instructors should be Indians, as the men would then acquire the English lunguage more rapidly. Few people are probably awave of the fact that noncommissioned officers in the Indian troops are informed sufficiently well to act as school teache as the llm{m‘ily of the Indian soldiers speak little or no English, and communication between them and the white and colored forces is usuully carvied on by signs. This is especially the case of the Apas ches at Fort Apache, Ariz, and the Na- vajos at Fort Wingate. General McCook says he dcees not see why they should not teach their own people to read and write the English anguage. The majority of the non- commissioned officors have served about five years at the Indian school at Cas lisle and speak English without an accent, The other Indians understand the commands. But General MoCook does not alto- gether favor Indian soldier: “Ldon't think,” he said, “‘that itisa good idea to have Indians tn the army 8s soldiers. Tt is hard enough in the army to make good soldiers out of white men, and 1 look upon this as & white man’s government and a white man’s country. The colored man has got his rights, too, There ave 7,000 of them. The Indiuns can be made useful as farm- ‘ers, and thoy could be utilized as scouts all right.” Jersey City's Awazons. Jersey City has a novel attraction that is sure to affect favorably the price of rcal estate and increase the divi- dends of the North River ferry lines. Fifty girls, between tho agesof 14 and 18, all beautiful, of course, have formed & military company and are now en- {lmsd in drilling for future exhibitions n the cause of charity, and they are uniformed in gowns of the wost fetehing the house fashion. These young ladies are all members of “the Bergen Re- formed church of Jersey City. Organization was effected under the rules governing militia companies, the officers, with the exception of Captain Laws, being elected by the members of the company. Itis kuown as the Girl's brigade o(&ge Bergen Reformed church, | the intorest the sgirls take inthe [ work is attested by the fact that the at- tendance at the drill is something un- usunl in military organizations. The young ladins have thus far provided themselves only with what they call their fatigue uniform. It is blue, of course. The privates wear close-fitting, tailor- made jackets, which reach below the hips, and full plain skirts, which show a bit of black stockings above the tops of the patent leather shoes. The hats are those impossible little round affairs which startle the stranger in ngland when he first sees them on the heads, that is, the ears of English infantrymen. The only color velief in the uniforms of the privates isa little dab of yellow forming theiv shoulder straps, At gugrd mount, in the army head- quarters, when the adjutant inspects the guard he pays attention not only to the cleanliness and good ovder of the sol- diers’ clothes, but also to their personul cleanliness Nothing that is regula- tion is neglected in the inspection of | the Girl gade of the Bergen Re- formed N Cure for Veterans, The introduction of the Keeley cure in the national homes for disabled soldiers has quite naturally excited a rreat deal of interest all over the country. The number of intemperate members in all of the homes has always been lurge and the problem of drunken- ness hus heen the great obstacle to be overeoms by the commandants of the different homes. varly all the inmates v peasions from the government, ol which gives them a small supply of ready moncy, This money and a life of alnost uninterrupted idleness have proven inevery instanco conducive to intemperance. The northwestern branch of the Nutional Soldiers' home is located m beantiful park near Milwaukee. It has nea 000 inmates and is in charge of Gene Cornelins Wheeler., Two inost interesting experiments have been tried at this home to lessen the ratio of drunkenness. The first was the sale of beer under exacting stipulu- tions by the home authorities to the in- This had a most beneficial . Arvound the boundaries of the home grounds there wer o less than twenty low groggeries, where stale beer and vile whisky were sold to the old soldiers. They would congregate in these places, drink to excess and then come to the city and voll around riot- ously drunk until their vension money was all gone. They were frequently robbed and garroted in some of these dens. Since liquor has been officially sold at the home nearly all of these groggeries have been closed, one . seldom sees a drunken soldier on the streets and the gencral morale of the®nstitution has been improved. Liquors are sold in moderation to the old soldiers, and in consequence they very seldom leave the grounds to get drunk and to fall among highwaymen and thieves, The second experiment was the opening of a Keeley institute at the home on February 21 last, and since that time 225 members have taken the cur The institute is conducted by officers from the parent concern at Duwight, Ill, and a regular contract has been made with the govern- ment which gives the soldiers a club rate, so to speak. The inmates pay $20 for a treatment that costs an outsider $100, The Home Keeley elub secured funds and has built a very pretty club house, where meetings are held every Wednes- day. Entertainments are given and the most beneficient results are claimed by all of the officers of the home. The first home to try this experiment was that at Leavenworth, Kan. Governor Smith says it has worked a grand reformation in that institution and in evidence of this assertion brought a regiment of 300 reformed drunkards to the World's fair on Ke day. A Scout's Predicamont, Calvin Strawn was another famous scout for the Army of Northern Virginia, and many are the stories told of his dar- ing escapes and ingenious ru But on one occasion the wily Calvin was fairly caught. On being brought before Gen- eral Pope he showed what was thought to be indications of a willingness to sell his information of the enemy’s strength ered to be repricved for a ded then in making but being hard qn'c-&acll by low tree. concealed himself in a hol- In crawling in he found the position wlready oceupicd by a swarm of bees, who promptly preparcd to defend it. The bluecoats were, however, in full view, so Calvin was not to be dislodged for any attack, no matter how prolonged and determined. When his pursuers were gone the scout evacuated in all hastc Loney from the honeycombs cunning down his face, stuck in his hair and covering him from head to foot, pr senting him to the world as a living pe sonification of “linked sweetness long drawn out.” Presently he saw a long line of supply and ammunition wagons bound for Pope’s camp, for Juckson had burned the federal depot of supplies at Manas- sas and left the union general facing the second battle at that point without suffi- ciont rations or masket caps. Hiding in the grass and dead leaves the confeder: ate watched these file by until the last came. This was driven by an old negro, adorned in some brigadier general's cust-0ff lace-bedecked hat, and who had allowed his team to straggle 100 yards or 80 behind the rest. Calvin seized his und sprang out at the old chan. vered with grass and desd leaves, which were adhering lovingly to every squave inch of his honey-soaked body, his hair bristling with the same glutin- ous drenthing and stiffened by floral o) naments, he made an appearance that caused the old darkey to literally fail from his perch, screaming: “Gord 8’ massy! What is dat?” Calvin flapped his arms and executad a wild, original fundango, and the aged negro fled, his gorgeous headgear fall- ing over his eyes, blinding him until he jerked it off, Once out of sight, the scout crawled in at the back of the wagon and hid himself under the loose corn with which it was filled. After awhile the driver reiuctantly veturned, accompanied by an officer, to whom he again recounted the story of his apparition. ““Pwarn't no human, sah: no, sah, "twar jest a h'ant, or de debbil hese'f, one or t'other,” he officer, looking about, saw no in- dications of any ove, and ordered the team on, and s0 for miles Calvin was carried scot free at Uncle Sam's ex- pense. When night came he quietly Blipped out and soon rejoinea Jackson with valuable information. Our New Navy, Philip Hickborn, chief constructor of the navy, in his annual repor to the secrotary reports that good progress hus been made on vessels in course of con- struetion during the past year, although there has been some dewsy due to the deferred deliverics of avmor plates. During the past year tho following vessels have had thtiv official trial trips, the results in all cases being satisfactory 10 the government trial board and demonstratiog the abilities of our ship- builders to turn out the highest grade of work: Monterey, of 4,000 tons trial displacement; the Detroit, of 2,088 tous; the New York, 8,480 tons; the Machias, 1,067 tons, and the Bancroft, 832 tons. The following vessels have -been M his pur THE launched during the year and are now being pushed to final completion: Columbia, Marblehead, Olympia, Cin- einnati, Katahdin, Indiana, Massa- chusetts, Minneapolis. The tug May- flower and the gunboat Palos have been sold during the year and thelr names ken from ‘the naval register, cven vessols have been repaired | at the different navy yards during the vear. The United Statesis now the only great maritime country which does not possess an experimental tank, the Russians having remedied during the past year their deficiency in this re spect. A Sucersst Ruse, Dock Harris, onewall Jackson's trusted and most secret kcout, one day found himsclf condemned to be hung at daylight by General Sedgwick, into whose hands he had fallen. He was waiting in one of house which was serving just then for a son for the first glimmer of the day which was to be his last, when he heard a tramping of feet in the next room and a voice declare: “Yes, he's dead enough, Roll him up in the sack and take him out for burial.” Then this voice, presumably a sur- geon's, departed ana two others mut- too heavy for us alone. Let's Jake to help,” then these two w the opportunity, if there was only time enough. I strong shoulder heaved in the thin lath parti- tion and he was in the room. Hastily unrolling the stiil warm body of a con- federate prisoner, wounded unto death when captured the day before, he cur- ried the dead man to his own voom. He then rearvangéd as best he could the broken dividing wall, trusting to the dim light of the lantern, which was the only illumination, to conceal the dam- age. He was wrapping the sack aboat himself and hpd just assumed the corpse’s position‘when the men returned with Big Jake. One of the men stooped and tightened the cloth about the scout’s head and throat before the three took him on their shouiders. The sentry was passed ontside the house, the picket line had been left behind, anl yonder, near the woods, was the open shallow grave. The nearly suffocated confederate found na- » failing him in spite of his desperate olve to make no sign of life. hen began, on the part of the * ns,” a sorfes of demonstrations so v« markable and terrifying as to cause the superstitious pallbearers to drop them as if they had been red hot. Had not their own eyes boheld the waxen d colored face of the dead man before they placed the sack about him? Big Jake gave a screech of horror at the kicks and frantic movements of the corpse. d, 'Good G And th boys, he's come alive again!” trio took to their heels forthwith, looking back in time to be- hold a_flying shape disguised in the fluttering rags of the shroud. And so Harris was not hung, after all, at day- break. 5 “The ple: ing effects of avor, gentle action and sooth- up of Figs, when in need of a laxative, and if the father or mother be costive or bilious, the most gratifying re- sults follow its use; so that it is the best family remedy known, and every family should have a bottle on hand SLOT MACHINES, One of the Most ovel of Them is Ten Thousand Years Old. Probably one of the latest appliances of the principle governing the operation of the slot machines is found in the hot water fountains which have been brought out in Prance, says Cassier’'s Magazine. These fountains ave put up in the the public street and afford the conven- ience of supplying at_any hour of the day or night a certain quantity of hot water in return for a coin of certain value, which is dvopped into the slot in the now so familiar way. The dropping of the coin automatically governs the flow of water from the street mains through a small boiler, heated series of gas jets, and similavly reg lates the quantity of gas which is ad- mitted, and which is lighted by means of a small, constantly maintained ig- nited The French hot-water machine brings baclk to mind very strikingly the appar- atus designed more than 2000 years ago by Hero of Alexandria, which furnishes one of many similar illustrations of th extent to which the ancients made usi of what are often supposed to be entiv modern ideas. Curionsly enough, Hero’s machine, it may here bo repeated, was operated by a coin representing five drahmas, The coin, in falling, struck a lever, ovened a valve, and let out a small quantify of holy water. When the eoin fell off the lever the valve was closed. Hero went still further, however, by inventing an antomatic bartander on the coin-in-the-slot principle. This was a vase ¢ontaining three kinds of liquor in it compartments, with a faucet unized 80 as to bo opened part of the way by one coin, still further yet by a larger or heavier eoin, and then still further by a still larger or heavier coin. The extent to which the faucet was opened determined which chamber should communicate with it, and hence which of the three liguors should be al- lowed to eseape. This machine, appur- ently, has not yet been refnvented. night with the boys rhead, —Bromo Seltze —— THE INQUISITIVE MAN. He 18 Tw od Down by the vrsonal Experience. T guppose,” said the inquisitive man, who was making life a burden for his friend, in the newspaper busing **that you reporters often have experience, that are a good deal out of the run that happen to common folks, Now, I was reading a story the other day about & fellow who was sent out 10 veporv a suicide and when he got there he found it was the girl he was going to marry. Ever hear anything liko that?” “0Oh, yes,” replicd the newspape “1 have a friend who had a very afiect- ing experience the other night. He is the correspondent for a New York paper and he is engaged to a mighty pretty s The other day his girl” went to New York, Onthe night she was due to arrive theve he was sitting at his desk in a brown study and thinking mosily of his absent sweetheart. A messenger boy erawled in and handed him a telegram. He tore it open and read: ‘Big railvoad accidont here, One of the women killed is from Buflulo, Short, brunette. Mark on handkerchief, Mavie. Try to identify.’ He jumped to his feet—" “Yes! yes man, eagerly, fiancee.” *No, she wi man, shortly, The inquisitive man looked disgusted. “Then,” he said, T can't see anything 50 affecting about it.” “Well, there was,” replied the ne: paper wman, getug up to go, “h couldn’t identify the woman and lost & chance to make a dollar or two.” Aud the inquisitive man was so angry that he walked in another dirvection. Reporter's An, broke in the inguisitive *the wowan was his said the newspaper | the two cooms of the’ OMAHA DAILY BEE | wvestment | tme ELECTIONS AXDWALL STREET Effect of the Vote yon the Speculative In- terests of the Country. TEMPORARY RISE (IN PRICES NOTED Reaction in Pablio Sentiment Taken as an Indication that the Administration Proceeding Moo Fast—-Much Depends on Londo is In his weekly letter conc tion on Wall stree ning the situa. Henry Clows says: *“T'he chicf event of the week has been the clections occuring in ten states. As the issues were chiefly of a local rather than national nature, votng could havdly be viewed as having any divect bearing upon interests, And yet the remark able uniform change in the vote from tnat of last year has been very naturally re warded as giving a cortain degree of national significance to the outcome, Opinion is divided upon the reason for this turn in the political weathercock. Some vegard it simply a new illustration of the popular havit of holaing the ament for the being responsible for whatever mis fortune may bafall the couniry, no matter who or what may be to blame for it. Othe think it expresses popular dissatisfaction with the party in power, for delay and of umity in adopting the silver repeal bill. s incline to the view that the anticipation of the effects of the new tarift caused the late depression, rather than the hensions connected with silver and, fore, regard the change of majorities as expressing dissatisfiction with tho new tariff policy. While yet others think they find & solution in the revolt of the people again: the wrongs and corruptions of ‘machine ' methods of party management These varous explanations iice of course in- fluenced by party vredilections and an im- par ule that no one of these causes alone accouuts for the change, but that all have in varying degrees contributed to it. Sent Prices Up Slightly, ‘e this as it may, the electi lowed by a general tomporar, especially those of idustri far that Wwas due to any se Dbeing at tached to these political mfuenc s 1ot easy o say, for the previous specus selling and some fall in prices had posed the market to aa upward re- on, while reports came from London of increase of gold in the Bank of “fall there in the market » of discount and buying orders bonds came from that center, which it is hardly supposable were much intluenced by the’ result of our electiv Probably the main consideration that largely affected Wall street was the reasonabl probability that such an emphatic admo- n to the partyin power will make it e careful about excesses in careying into t its disposition to introduce large changes 1 established business and in monetary conditions. Such an influence would 'y directly contribute toward the restoration of confidence in quarters where it is now much disturbed by pending and anticipat legislution ; and to this we vre- fer to m; v witribute the effect of the elec tions in Wall street, for it is a legitim: contribution toward the restoration or con- fidence. Much Depends ks, but how ous_importance Loudon, “During the last hatf of the week the mar- ket followed closely the course of affairs at London, forat the moment the support of prices seems somewhat dependent upon affairs at that center. Not that we need any monetary support from that or for the city banksare already flooded wi idle money, aud cousiderable early imports of gold from Englund apy v the present course of exchange. ever, been pretty general xpected that the suspension of silver purchases by the treasury would be followed by foreign orders for our securiies, and holders of stocks have no doubt been induced to buy more freely 1 “they otherwise might by that con- sideration. S this expectation has been but very partially realized. aud the complication of the political situation, grow- ing out of the elections, affords & now ele- ment to be digested before it can be satis- factorily judged what extent of London buy- ing can be depended upon. The attitude of the Banlk of Ingland is calculated to inspire confidence. Its high reserve is_maintained ; aud the fact that it has checked the upward tendency in the money rate in the open mar- ket and made no advance Thursday in its own rate, shows that the manager impending export of gold to Now York with equanimity. ‘I'o this extent, it seems likely thut the London market for securities is not likely to encountc disturbing influ- ences. Considerin v, the continu- e of business depre is count And the new turn t reasonable to exped rve in speculat ken by poll K, it seems logron of s in American securities London. At the same time, as the condition of affairs In this country may asonably expected to improve, there is possibili that this temper e for one of groater confi- dence, Bound to Have tsetter Times. SAY the mowent the mood of this market is that of quiet and waiting for an estimate of the mew factors in the situation. After the two great excitements of tRe silver strugele and the elections there is a paus for rest, alter which both sides will rena their estimutes and plans and resume thoir contest, Certain it is i vespect to the large matters recenily scttled the futur can only be greatly ‘benefited, Business may be still unsatisfactorily dull, but the conditions are such that it must steadily im- prove. The fall trade may have reached such an advanced stage that no striking un- provement in it can be expected ; but the cs- timate among werchants is very gener that the spring will bring o marked improve- ment upon_the expericnce of the list six months. This is foreshadowed in the cur- vent lurge increase in discounting tions, conscquent principally upon arations of manufacturers business of next season edge of these facts helps 1t there is perhaps nowh peful feeling than in banle the veal puise of business i corvecly A s most interpreted. mor whe casily fely and most We tuke it, therefove, that there is nothing in the situdtion to disturb conlidence in the future value of securities. For such of them 48 belong to the purcly investment class the ourse of prices can hardly fail to bo stead- upward, Ponding the late crisis lurge amounts of investments have been realized upon; the proceods are still resting idie or carning nominal interest on transient loans; and, the silver danger having been removed, tho owners of thesd funds may be expected 1o forthwith invest thewn in bonds or first class dividend-payiug stocks. A demand of that character is glways followed by an improve- ment in the market for scocks; and that domand generally goes by bounds und bounds, whizh affs ¢ tran- sient operations. rdly fail Lo show its effects upon the stock mar- ket at no distant da CHICAGO GEAIN MAKKET, Cents Wheat Drops Tw ) Heavy pta, Cuicago, Nov. il heavier aorth- western receipts, swaller exports, heavy selling und indications of a heavy incroase in the yisible supply all against it, wheat toduy losi 15c. Corn is off 4/c on the gov- ornment crop report figures, which indicated 6,000,000 bu. more thax the Octobar report. Oats closed ;v Off. Provisioas also sold lower, packers offering stuff. . Wheat was weals throughout the day. Re- ports showed that Minueapolis”and Duluth had receipts of ¥74 ears agzainst yester- day und 07p last_year. Bradstreet's stute meént showing i heav, s in the United States and Canl od heavy selling Price Under brougnt vhe prices still further down. Bea orts coutinued W roll in and the w weaker. Cables were nog | favorable and the bullish feeling ay entirely disuppeared. O ators who bought then mado haste Lo sell und under all these bearish fnfluences the prics stoadily declined to tho close. Decen: er opeucd bge below yesterday, went 4o MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13 i fered w you, SO AV A T B seporne il 18 lowor, dropped another se and then dropped 10 the closing price, 61%¢, e lawer than its other markets for the prosent For this reason Omaha has assumod second place 48 & opening and 15c below Iast night's ciose packing conter, having put away 21,000 hozs Corn was lower, May opening ';c off at | for the first week of Novembor against and losing ¢ ore befo ied to | 20,000 for Kansas City A vear ago, for th » e worse than it started. There was | same period, Omaha packed 23,000 hogs, usiness transacted at the start, buton | whilo k City had 42,000, ‘Those figures the bearish governument report and wheat's | Seervery satisfactorily suggestive slump the selling was heavy, and M oret of the Wes landed at the close at 41%¢., oft ige from | Mdspodnst oL kit yestorday's closing | The woek closes with the heaviost vun of Oats wore ensy. following corn, and but | the week and a very bad market. With f{tt16 DURTIONS Web done, May Coste | pretty close to 5,000 hogs on sale or mar below yesterday's close, and, with e kets east and 0o shipping or spculative de- | weakness, lost another e, closing mand, sellers we practically at the low yesterday, at 817, c. buyers’ mer haa to submit Provisions wore woak, Wi as’ o gvac they could to anxious to sell. Weakness in Ly L Lt S e AR T dications for hoavy live stock receipts were | All local houses were in the field after sup- | the factors. Tonight, as compared with last | blies, and as sellors were, a3 usual on Satur- 1 night, Jununry pork is 20c lower, January | da¥, anxious to clean up their holdings, lard 1 tid Janduty. vivs 100 * | business was fair] tive at the decline stimated receipts for Monday: Wheat, | and it v very long to clear the 220 cars; corn, 416 cars; oats, 115 cars; hogs, | bens of prices was unusually 28,000 haad. narrow, sales showing - anywhere from | I'ne leading futures ranged as follows 8 Jlo to a A deoline on all I o e y — | grades, Some of the vest heavy and i [0 oW butenher weight logs sold up at &80, whi | | a few ve ommon underweight | o2 o at dow ud .60 to .65, G My 0aTs Nov | g D N { My | W Mess Boiti | 1 14 02] 1 1400 | 1400 . | 880 | w80 | oss0 | ss0 u 8u 825 | 81T 2 SHont iins: Jan 780 | 80 | 7 Cash quotations we 1OUR—NO sulos re No. 2 spring h ved, 600 373 s follows: | yrted, 600 No. 2 white, 801;@31" nominal; No. 8, 36¢; No. PORK-—Moss, 100 1bs,, lard, por hort ribs sides (loose), dry. salted shoulders —(hoxed), short clear sides (hoxed), $8.75 Winsky-Distillers' finished goods, per gal,, i 1’ finished 1, per g GARs - Unchn ted, #5.07; s he followiag ments for today. oro tho recoipts and ship- TR RN TS Flour, bbly oo ! Wheat, b 000 11000 311 00 Corn, bu 000 | 000 Oats, bu. 176.000 | G000 | ° 6000 4,000 ) L Wi iy, 18 2K, quiet, unc OMAHA LIV Falling OfF in Receipts the Pr pal Feature, Satrroay, Nov. 11, Receipts of both cattle and hogs fell sharply shortof a woek ago, while there was a big increase in sheep. The figures are as follows: 0 past week has been ant killers. Supplies iv and western The cattle market th monotonously firm on decy have not been at all exc rangers are now giving way to the m less o cornfed native stock. ssed beef men still compluin of the scarcity of good killing grades and for this veason they have to pieceout their purchases with inferior stock or o without. The result is that prices have held up firmly on all grades. In addition to the usual very zood local demand there hias been an active inquiry from eastern butchersas well. There has been no lack of buyers,and the only difficulty has been to sécure enough of the ight kind of stock to kill, Today's mavket was a fair sample of the trading on the five preceding duys. On count of the light suvplies and the very vorable tone to eastern and coutinental vices the tendency of prices for good choice tock ° continues in sellers’ favor, while for the ordina the market ‘has scarcely undergone change cither for the better or worse. In view of the very probable decrease in sup- plies from now on 1t is diMcult to sec how buyers can continue to hold prices down ver much longer. Better Showing of Fat Stock. Thers was a better showing of cornfed cattle here today than for some time past and the offerings included some very desira ble beeves, Fair to chol cornfed beeves sold a while common to stock sold at from $3.50 to £ ply of decently fat rang meager. Some fal brought $3.40, but that w tent of the busines trade. ) ore or ad- to the y grades any e 1.200 10" 1,550-1b. 50 up to £5.05, half fat sup- nd The, the ex s branch of the rtone to the nd a very ir and reasonably nee was ei- fected, Butcher stock and canner values have sghown an unusual degree of steadine: 1 weel. E'rom a fourth to a third of th - ceipts have been cows and mixed stock. Ihe dewand tas not been wholly confined to local slaughterers, and t lively 1n the main with pr The market today was ac There were perl W 2 trade has been s well sustained. ud stronger. y-five loads on adily at from hoice cows and ps and they chunged hunds v to #3 for common td s, while fair to good butchers stock sold at from $2 to £2.50. Good to choice ves sold at from $to #.50, while bought most of the common rown stock. There was a very re- o £1.50 to and over, spectablo inquiry for rough stock ana prices ruled fully steady, sales being targely at from $1.75 to §2.50 for common to good” bulls, oxen and stag No new features have been developed in aud tecder Good fleshy na and firm, but the greatest sur been shown by tho stock e country demand for cattle to vough through ihe winter continues very active and the supply falls consider- ably siort of vhe demand. Trading today, as is usually the case on Saturday, was quiet, but prices vuled firm on all grad 004 to choice feeders are quoted at $3.20 10 $3.00; f: o good =t from b Lo 3,10, with inferior to faiv grades at from 2,25 10 §2.75. Drop in Hog Prices. Notwithstanding a falling off in of hogs of ovor 5,000 head compared with week and the corresponding weck last year, hogz values have taken u 23¢ drop and the focling has been weak. The market was slightly *hump-backed,” that is there was i slight~ spurt sbout tvhe middle of week. This was all lost, howe efore the close and the bears had ivall their With the openiog of the regular cking seuson the packers seem to be gradually enlarging their pur- chuses, although apparcntly indifferent at iless ablo to buy at theirown figures, aim they can not cure for future t the present prices of live hog market for deferred contracts. ent light stocks, especially of dry salted ts, however, necessitates i production to meet the demand, which coutiuues fairly active. Shipments continue insignificant from this point and they ure not large from any of the Cl( pipts the IM I uot swrange that some psople do wrong through ignorance, others from & failure to investigate us tothe rigntor IN HIGH PLACES! It wrong of o mutler Bub it is strange, that individuals aud firms, who are fuly awnre of the rights of others, will per= sist in perpetrating frauds upon them. Hign-toned, wealthy manulreturing firms will offer and soll to retail mer- chunts, articles which they know to be infringemnents on the rights of proprie- tors, and imitations of well known goods. We want to sound & note of warning to the retailers to beware of such imita- tions nud simulations of *CARTE S LiT- TLE LIVER PILLS.” When they are of- refuse them; you do not want to do wrong, and you don’t want to lay yourself liable to a lawsuit. Ben Franklin suid *Honesty is the best poli- ke supplie against on last & h 1o £.00 Sheep " common Mexican lambs, I no chang eipts terers | here is decidediy Fair to good n westorns, £ sheop, 81 ambs, 2500100, Recs Oficial r hown by TeATTLL s, 061 TH 4770 THCVRIS Recelpts of live st South Omaha. o St Louls, ..., T cures * Castoria dren. Mother destroy! morp! Bemis Omaha Bag PANY nufuo saci w Novonh! NECEUMTS, western markets Suturduy il 2,096 4,000 i s have rep good effeet upon their children, Da. @. C. O il weights it was practically a the big bulk of ihe \gine hands at e Unchinnge ce | in the situation. | all need supplie markets glutted and de W ak good 1o choice 40 Cars. Head | Cars, | Hoad | Cars. | Howd | Ca 01 00 feverishness. Diarrhoea our hon 11, 154 those and Ay ight nere and but wi loralized the feeling X Quotation: mmon \ ition of st Mon Stk n CIDRTITET ol Ston 11.—~1loas—Roceints, 2,600 head yesterday, head; ship- me head: market lower i : bulk, #5.6070.65. Receipts, 300 head; officiul yes- head; shipments, 4581 hvad; pws, higher. K o four pri November ) 15,000 ) 6000 1,400 ) Castoria. s an excellent medicine for ¢! tedly told r Lowel « Castoria is the hest remedy for children of ot which I am acquainted. 1hope far distant when mothers will consider th intercst of their children stead of the various quack nostrums which are 2 their loved ones, by foreiug opium, soothing syrup and other hurtful agents down their throats, thereby sending them to premature graves.” 1 uso Cast u 8, 08 10 86 mostly s absolutely staugh st 063105 tuar Lo wood stock 100-1b, pts and Disposition ot Stoek ipts and d as Yards ling at Head B0 neipal op. 600 1,000 1,100 200 other Narcotic substance. for Paregoric, Drops, Soothing Syrups, and C: It is Plcasant. Its guaranteo is thirty ycars’ use by Millions of Mothers, Castoria destroys Worms and allays Castoria prevents vomiting Sour Curd, and Wind Colie. teothing troubles, curcs constipation and flatuleney. Castorin assimilates tho food, regulates the stomach and bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. Case toria is tho Children’s Panacca—the Mether’s Friends 1 of its 00D, 1, Mass, y oria in Da. J. F. KINciELOE, LEENTS,V E:EL Omaha Tenl-Awning Couwa COMPANY. B 0OV BOOTS AND SHOES. 5, Ark, “IF AT FIRST YOU D TR 13, Salesroom and Off e Ehoesin tha our oW (RGLOF, 11041106 Harn 'y Street Dry goods, nottons, fur- nishiog Kkoods, corner J1th wnd Aoward ois. Factory COMPANY. ~ Wholesalo | wire, agonts Losto. Hubber shoe Co. 11 ~ DRY GOODS, _ M. E. Smith & Co. | Kilpatrick-Koch Dry Morse-Coe Shoz Company. 1107-110)- 11 Howvard 't 1112 1121-112) HO war We aro tho 0¥LY Manufazturers of Bootsanl ale 0f Nebrasks. A wunoral lnvitailon is exLeadad to all Lo tnspact Kirkendall, Jonss & | Amer, Hand-Sewed BHOE CO. hoots, shoes and rubbar goods 1603 1510 Harnoy Stre ot GOIDS €O, Notlons, gents' furnish. \ng go0ds, cor. 11th and iiarney Sir. 4 8t FURNITURE. COMPANY. ey it is just as true thut “Honesty is l{\ubuul principle, ? Upholstered ' furaiture. §102-1104 Nicholsa st Wholesale only. Gmaha Upholstering | I 1008 15| Johason Bros, WHOL! SAL Far abia, [efe]ief;} DELAY 1t Gures Oolds, Coughs, Sare Thro enta, Whooping Cough, Brenchi anda firat dose. ) 1f you wat afiao DRESS SHOE, made In the lateet styles, don't pay $6 to $8, try my $3, $3.50, $4.00e¢ $5 Shoe, They fit cqual to custom mads and lonk 20d wear as well, 1f you wish to econ a stamped on th WO Tgnatz Bowmun Co, Cressey. So. Omaha. Uni Sold b, bottles 60 cents an W. L. . $3 SHOE not'iie. Do you wear thom? When next In need try & pales) g Bost in the world. & olief in advanced stages. Use at once. You will ace the execll:nt offect after taking the dealers everywhere. §1 by purchasing W. t Douglas Shoes, Namo and Newman, 12 | SOUTIH OMAHA, iuu?@x Yaeds Compaay, South Omaha, Best Cattlo Ho and -l and A certain cure for Oonsumption in first tagel Large . vt —— % ) $2.00 FOR LADIES $2.00 $1.75 FOR BOYS o1 your footwear, =Tt when you buys 1y 18 Svenson, S. \V, W. Carlson, 3p marketia the wen COMMIS3ITE HOUSES. Wood Brotasrs. Live Stock Commission Marohumts. Soth Cmaha—Telephons 1157, JOHN D. 1) 3 [3MAY, Wa Market roports by ma Dbt arnished upon Castoria, “ Castoria i3 s0well adapted to children that 1 recommend it assuperior oany prescription kuown to 1 111 8o, Oxford * Our physicians ment have spok ence in their outside practice with Castoria, only nicdical supplies what is known as regular products, yet we aro {rce to confess seas tio merits of Castoria has wo» & ta look with and although wo favor upon it." Uwiten Hospiris 25 Disernaany, AvLes C. Suitn, Pres., Y Manufacturers ¢ Jobbers Directry ks HARDWARE, i Rector & Wilhelmy | Lobeck & Linn, COMPANY. Castoria is Dr. Samuel Pitcher’s prescription for Infants and Children. It contains neither Opiam, Morphine nor 1t is a harmless substitute Castoria relicves 1 hi; The Centanr Company, 77 Murray Street, New York City. blfl'T SUCCEED,” Corner 10tk and Jackson Bireoty. " HATS, ETC. WoA L Gibbon& Co | Wholesale Tints. caps, o Kloves, i ns. iw goods, | 1t nd Harney Streots. " COMMISSION. " Branch & Co. Produce, frults of kinds, oysters LIQUORS. all “Frick & Herbert, Wholesale iguor deal 1001 Farnam St. Lors | tho children's depart- Chioary Vi Wooo! f Manaserr n nd wire cheerful or Oil. A. Ancnen, M. D., t., Brooklyn, N, Y. lly of their experl- | vo among our Hoston, Mass. Dealo-s 10 hardwars anics’ Loo(K. Joupl a Stroat. 04 | IRON WORKS, Omaha Sale and [roa WORKS, | LUMBER., John A, Wakelield, Importad. 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