Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 7, 1894, Page 6

gt LOST ON THE BATTLEFIELD. J. M. Connmelly In the Globe-Democrat. The sun was well up in the eastern sky, yet only a half-light penetrated the dense North Carolina pine forest, through which two weary wayfarers were trudging north- Wward, nearing Petersburg. One of the twaln was a colored man past middle age, but how | far it would have been hard to say, since, although his woolly head was well frosted and his thick eyebrows white gnow, there were few wrinkles in his face, and his frame #till seemed vigorous. His companion was a little white girl, not more than 9 years old, | daintily dressed and exceedingly pretty. - The deep carpet of pine needles upon which they walked swallowed up the sound of their foot- Steps, apd as they went silently for some time they might well have seemed to a su- perstitious observer an lill-assorted pair of dat?’ suddenly exclalmed the darky, In a startled and excited tone, paus- ng with one foot raised and held in the air, @8 if ready to be set down In a reverse di- rection for instant flight. “A cannon!" answered the child, and in- stantly, as If to emphasize the correctness of her guess, the combined roars of a num- ber of great guns filled the air and seemed 10 set the earth trembling That first shot was doubtless the signal for a general attack, but by whom and upon what the wanderers could not know. And they could not even tell with any satisfyng certainty the direction from which those terrifying sounds came. “Uncle Sam,” exclaimed the little girl, ‘they’re right in front of us!" ““Yaas, Missy Eunice, so dey Is. We be to Do gwine back jes' as fas' as we n. Dis yer no place for us,” and he wheeled around for a retreat. But the instant he did so, facing the range of low hills previously at his back, their echoes made the cannonading soem to come from them. He grew confu and stood still. “Fo' de lawd!" he claimed. “Dey done busted out da’, De;'e all roun' us. Ain't no whar' we c'n Oh, Lawd! lemme.out dis yer scrape, 80’ I nebber mo' mix up wif sech foolishness long es 1 lib." “Oh, Sam! Can't we hide somewhere?" “Laws, missy, I dunno. 1'd gib a be fo' hunnerd miles f'm dis place. teeth were chattering with fright. Soon with the thunders of the heavy guns which opened the engagement were mingled explosive sounds of another nature—sharper, not so loud, but more numerous. The voices of fleld batterles at work. Sam did not know what they were, but his ear was keen enough to detect the new notes, and any change was to him fresh cause for alarm. 1 “clar to gracious!” he exclaimed, “dey don’t seem to be no safe place in all de wide yea'th ‘ceptin’ maybe deep down In de groun', or roostin’ mighty high, no lower dan de clouds.” Then his hearing and conse- quently his apprehension received a ey shock, from anothe: variation in the voluine of terrifying sound. The rattle of rifles and the yells of the combatants scemed to fill In the spaces between the m'ghtier pulsa- tions made by the roaring cannon in the throbbing air.” It would indeed have been a severe ordeal for stronger nerves than either 8am or Eunice had, to thus stand in what the sense of hearing gave assurance was the very center of a flercely contested battlefield yet see no living creaiure in all the forest, far as sight could range. It was as if armies of ghosts were warring about them in that dim light, and some such fancy for a moment inspired in Sam a new thrill of horror. Could they have seen beyond the low hill and dense forest in their immedlate front, they would have beheld the battle of Hatch's Run, fought on April 1, 1865, one of the most important movements In the advance upon Petersburg. They were hardly more than a uarter of a mile from where one of the ercest conflicts of the day was at that moment raging. “Da’'s N0 use tryin’ runnin' ‘way, Missy Eunice,” said Sam. “Lak de ahmy ob de Lawd en de sperich’'l hymn, dey's done sur- rounding us. You's too tired to run; I's too weak In de knees to cyal’ you; 'sides, wha'd Wwe run et we could? Lak as not wo run Tight in 'mong:t de red hot balls an’ bloody men a sockin' bay'nets into eb'rybody. Bes I'e'n do is hide you low down 'tween dem two big rocks, what de bullets bounce oft'n; kibah you up wif bresh, so de killers won't know you's da. Den I go fin’ Mass' Frank an’ come back fo' you when dis foolishuess am ober.” Tho child, having no better suggestion to offer, and trusting him implicitly, was sub- missive, and as he had proposed, so in a few minutes was done. Ho made, In a deep recess between the two hugs rocks, a soft bed of pine needles, and when she was safely stowed away in it, covered her well with brush, so that only by sharp scrutiny could her presence have been detected If she kept qulet, as he enjoined her to. As he stood panting from his hurried work and trying to decide which way he should go, that decision Wwas suddenly made for him. While he had been hiding his little charge the tde of bat- tle had rolled in his direction. The con- foderates, forced back across the little val- ley by an advance of the federal lines, were driven up the slope of the little hill which had hitherto sheltered Sam from the actual presence of tne fight, and though they fought well to hold their ground, were graduaily forced to move farther and farther back, Two batteries of fleld pleces wero hurling conical shells among them, in addition to the leaden rain from the rifles of a brigade of Infantry. When they passed the brow of the hill and started retrograding down its south- ern slope, penic spread among them, retreat became rout. Sam was already far in ad- wvance of the most fleet-footed among them, his years forgotten, devouring time and space with a galt that would, by comparison, have made @ scared rabbit seem slow. He had been started by a conical shell that, in drop- ping flight, passed close over his head with the unearthly scream of its kind, which to his excited imagination seemed the voice of a devil yelling, “Wha' fs yu? Wha' is yu?" and, striking a rock only a little way before him, exploded and shattered It. Another followed, shricking, “I sees yu! I sees yu!" He no longer ran; he flew. The tumult of confilct, imprecatlons, yells, clash of weapons, rattle of small arms and eries of pain or fear swept down the slope in the rear of the swifter fugitives, closer and closer to where the child lay hidden, 1L Dusk had fallen. A group of tired, dis heartened, bedraggled, tattered, powder. grimed men, some in gray uniforms, others in ordinary dress—or its remnants—gath- ered about a small fire in a nook of the hills, They were a few of the scattered confederates whom accident and common sympathy had brought together. The changing fortunes of fight and flight had stranded them hardly two miles from where they were posted be. fore the battle, and they vaguely supected that the federal lines were not far from them. Yet they made their fire, threw thelr arms and accouterments on the ground near by, and set themselves to making some parched corn coffee, too weary and dispirited to care much whether they were discovered Or mot, After a night's rest, they bad con- cluded, would be time enough to hunt up what might be left of their several com- mands. Some of them had in thelr haver- sacks slender rations of corn bread, which they shared with thelr less fortunate com- panions. A few had small wounds, which others helped them to bind up. There was not much conversation. One sald, In a reminiscent sort of way: “Kunnel Belcher, ‘when tin' us boys, told us one southern gentleman could lick six northern mud- aills.” “‘He was a llar,” commented another In_a tone of calm conviction. “Fo’ sure,” Indorsed a third. ““They all sald that to fire the southern heart.” “Well, *“Yes; out ‘They discussed whether It w; worth while to do any sentry duty, concluding, finally, more for style than because there Was any use In it, upon a sort of compro- mise observance of the custom, one sitting up by the fire to keep watch until he got sleepy, when he could wake up somebody to take his place. Then all lald down and were Boon sound asleep, except one, a bright, bandsome young fellow, scarcely more than & boy, who had volunteered to Keep the first A long time he sat, with his arms around one knee, upraised on other, peering into the em- bers, lost In reverles which, from the ex- lon of his countenance, did not seem to leasant ones. But at length he became dimly conscious that somewhere beyoud the ring of firelight a volce wds repeating again and again & low but sharp sibilant, “Sst, sst.” He stood up, and putting his hands Around kis eyes looked keenly into the dark- le to | | dat I couldn' o THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: WENNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1804 ness. hen the volce enough him to hear: Mar's Frank!” For an Instant he was frightened. A boy reared in the south, nursed by a “mammy,” told the weird tales of superstition common among the negroes when his mind is casily impressed, and, as he grows up, familiarized with the common bellef In the “‘voodoo,” seldom gets rid of the igfluence In after life. The young soldier, hearing that faint volce and recognizing it as that of old “Uncle Sam,” whose living presence in that neighborhood was past pos- sibility of bellef, at first imagined himself called by a ghost. But a moment later the illusion was dispelled by the old man step- ping cautiously into the light, exclaiming reproachfully, as he appeared: ‘Mar's Frank, has y'u clean done fo'got ole Uncle Sam ?"* ““No, indeed, Sam. called fust loud “Mar's Frank! But it took me a min- ute to believe it could really be you, alive.” “‘Alibe! Oh, yes, Mai's Frank. I'se alibe. An’ it's su'prisin’ befo' de Lawd dat I is Bin right ermong dem yellin’, murderin’ debbils an’' red-hot, rotten, bustin’ balls, too.” “But how on earth do you come to be here?” “I'se gwine tell y'u, Mar's Frank. Dat's what I'se hyuh fo'."" He crouched down be- fore the fire, opposite Frank, who resumed his seat, and began ‘‘Befo’ Missis Silvia died— ““Aunt Silvia dead! I did not know she had died. “No, sah. But I know'd it, caze 1 was dar. Diggest fun'l you ebber saw, Mar's Frank. All de 'stocracy cum f'm Colds- boro' in dey own kerridges. Mighty fine fun'l, sah. Nobody in Wayne county mo’ mo'ned dan Missis Silv She mighty good woman." “Poor Aunt Sil She was, Indeed, a good woman, deserving and winning the love of all who knew her. She was a second mother to my sister Eunice and me,"” “Me, too, Mar's Frank. Well, befo' she die she say when she gone I be to take Missy Bunice to Jedge Wadleigh's, wp by Lunen- burgh Co't” Hou She write him an' he write back he mighty glad fer to hab he's dear little niece wid him. 1 know he did, caze she read de lettah to me. Well, dat was a while befo' she so drefile sick. Den she Jes' pine erlong a good while, slow, fer 'bout dhree months. Den she die right sud- dint. After de fun'l I sta’t wid Missy Bunice fer Jedge Wadleigh's. We was ridin’ a hoss, an’ a sojer come erlong an' he confistercated dat hoss. 1I'd a thought he jest tuck him, but he said he confistercated him, so 1 couldn’t say nuffin. Den we walked, 'ceptin’ when de chile was £o tired I ca’y huh., We gl to Jedge Wadleigh's, and da’ wa'nt no Jedge Wadleigh's. De place all bu'n de big house an' de quahtahs and de bahns. Dar wa'nt nuffin’ lef' ony black ruins an’ heaps ob tramplin’ on de gyahden. Wa'nt nobody fer te tell us noffin.’ 1 git mighty sca’t myse'f, 'deed 1 did, an' Missy Eunice she cry fer ‘Brudder Frank,' say she hain't got nobody lef’ in de wo'ld but ‘Brudder Frank,' an' she begged me I take her to ‘Brudder Franl' An' I 'pinionated myse'f do vo bettah'n fin' you, sah, fer you tell me wiat I gwine do wid Missy Cunice. So we sot out. I know'd you was in de ahmy, sah; an’ folks tole me wha' de ahmy wuz; so we gwine erlong all right, but mos’ dead beat out, till dis mawnin’. Den de debbil broke loose fo' shuah. De fustest ting we know'd de shootin’ was gwine on all 'round us. De soild yerth wuz a-heavin' and a-tremblin’ and de clouds wuz a-shakin like a flag In de win', an’ de rotten balls wuz a-tumblin’ 'm de sky an’ a-smashin’ de trees an’ a-bustin’ de rocks. Oh, Mar's Frank! it was a mos' owdacious time. Den I ,hided Missy Eunice in a right safe place bertwixt de rocks, an' I sorter strolled away myse't to look fo' you, caze I know'd I'd fin' Mar's Frank wha' de fightin’ wuz gwine on. Maybe I wuz a little mite scaa’t, fo' de fust t'ing | know'd I couldn’t ketch my bref, an’ I guess I mus’ a bin runnin’. It wuz a mighty long ways, but I crope an’ crope till I see dis yer flah an’ seed you, Mar's Frank; den I know'd I wuz all right “And you have left Eunice alone all this terrible day?" “Mar's Frank, 1 couldn’t help it. An’ no haa’m come to Miss Eunice. She lfe quiet, lak’ a little mouse in de nes’, and nobody fin’ her.” “We must see about that at once, It you can find where you left her.” “Sho'ly, Mar's Frank, I go dar stralght as de crow fly. Ain't mo'n a quartah mile, sah.” “‘She must, at best, be almost starved and frightened to death.” In a few moments Frank had a comrade waked to take his place as a watcher, but a second, also, had to be called, as the first, upon being made acquainted with the cir- cumstances, roundly swore he would sit by no campfire while a friend went away alone upon such an errand as Frank's. He would g0 along. Sam guided them, and the way was indeed short, for the negro had the sav- age Instinct of direction and went on a bee- line through the forest. In their anxious eagerness the rescuers gave no thought to the chances of running upon a federal picket, and happily met no such surprise, the northern outposts having been estab- lished on the brow of the hill beyond. They found the big rocks between which the child was hidden. The brush piled to conceal her had been torn away—the ground all about was much trampled—nothing but pine needles remained in her hiding place— blood was spattered upon one of the rocks. 1L When the war was over none were less in sympathy with the partisan demagogy which strove to keep sectional bitterness alive than the brave veterans of the Grand Army. At all their public reunions they mude a point of welcoming and hospitably entertaining men who had been “on the other side.” So, in 1872, L—— post of New York received as one of its guests a young southerner, Captain Frank Beverly, who happened to be in the north on business, and invited him to par- ticipate in their commemoration of that an- niversary which should be held sacred by all alike, north and south, in memory of our loved and honored dead, who left sorrowing hearts behind them, no matter upon which side they fell. Captain Beverly gratefully accepted” the cordially tendered invitation, and was given a seat in Colonel Swift's car- riage on the long ride to Greenwood ceme- tery. - “Your face Is strangely famillar to me,” remarked the colonel, as they rode along to- gether, “yet for the life of me I can't place you. ere you ever in New York before “No, never.' “And I have not been south, even as far as Washington, since the war.” “Perhaps we met under circumstances un- favorable to acquaintance during the ‘un- pleasantnss,’ " suggested the young captain, with a smile. “Very possibly; and yet—you must have been quite young for a soldier.” “Oh! cur army was ‘robbed from the cra- dle and the grave,’ you know. I went in as a drummer boy before I was 14; put a foot through my drum within a week and thence- forth carried a gun until the chances of the fleld gave me a sword instead.” “And now that it is all over, are you not glad the thing ended as it did?" “Frankly, yes. The experience did both north and south good, making them know each other better, and the south is better off without slavery. I have no regrets for the past, except one, a purcly personal matter, a very sad memory."” “Ah! We all have them. dear ones from both sides alike. We are Lrothers In sorrow—as our solemn service this day, annually, will ever keep in remem- brance. “Perhaps I might think it less hard if I could be assured that she Is at res but doubt, suspense, hoping against hope, and fearing all imaginary ill, for one who may yet be alive, are indeed hard to bear. She was 80 young, gentle, tender, good and beau- tiful; and to think of how she disappeared, leaving no more trace than a name written in water, sometimes almost unmans me.” ndeed I sympathize with you deeply, Cap- tain Beverly. May I ask the circumstances of your bereavement?" “It ocourred in April, 1865, fight at Hatch's Run'— “S8o was 1" dnterpolated the colonel, in an undertone. ‘and that night I got word that a fool- Ish old slave had tried to bring to me, in the army, my little sister Eunice, that I might tell him where he should carry her. Sud- denly they found themselves on the verge of the battlefield. The old darky became fright- ened, put her in what he thought a safe hid ing place, and ran away. When he guided me back to where ho had left her we found only trampled ground and blood. - She was gone. And the cloud of mystery that then | fell upon her fate has never since been lifted.” Colonel Swift listened to the narrative with surprise and intense Interest, but only sald: somewhere The earth hides 1 was in the “You will hear from her again, no|he is now kicking Limself for baving told. doubt. I'm sure you will." Then he said nothing more for some time, until eventually he broke the silence by extending an invita- tion to dine with him when the ceremonies of the'day were over. The young man hesi- tated a little, mentioning an engagement at his hotel, but the_colonel insisted: “Let your engagement go. You will come with me. 1f necessary 1 shall claim authority as your ranking officer and command you.” To which the young man laughingly replied that he had “not forgotten a soldier's duty to obey orders. The colonel and his guest were, upon en- tering the parlor of the former, roceived by two ladies, one of middie age, who was in- troduced as My wife, Mrs. Swift;” the other, a lovely girl, of whom the 'colonel said, “My adopted daughter, Miss Bunice.” For a minute the young man and the girl stood staring at each other, without word or movement, as if paralyzed by surprise, Then, with elmultaneous cries, “Brother Frank!" and “My sister!” they 'sprang into each other's arms. Seeing them together, no one could have wondered that the colonel had found the features of the southern captain strangely familiar. At dinner the old soldier explained: *“From the moment you spoke of the old darky hid- ing the little girl away the mystery was at an end for me. Some of your boys made a pretty stiff stand behind the big rocks, where he had hidden her, and there was hard fight- Ing right around there, but the little one Kkept quiet, and her presence was not sus- pected until a man, who was shot, fell on the brush and his blood ran down on her. Then she screamed. My boys took her out and brought her to me, and I turned her over to the care of my wife, who was in camp at the time on some sanitary commission business The child’s fright had been so great that not until some time after she was brought to New York was she able to tell her family name or give any information by which we might find the 'brother Frank’ for whom she* was continually calling. 1 sént word into your lines by exchanged prisoners again and again, trying to reach you, but never could. In time I forgot her old name, for we gave ber a new one—our own. Having no chil- dren of our own, and she having no ties, as far as we could learn, we legally adopted her, and she became as dear to us as if she were our own child by birth." “But_with no greater love for her, dear papa, than she bears to you and mamma,” responded the girl, kissing them both. “No words can express my gratitude,” sald ““Brother Frank,” “and from this time henceforth let no man tell me that recon- struction 1s a fallure, ——— BATTLING WITH A GRIZZLY. A Callfornia Beckeepor Slays a Mammoth Benr, Anton Sweitzke, a bee-raiser, came into Los Angeles from Tehunga canyon, just north of that city last Saturday, with the skin of a grizzly bear, which he had killed a few days before after a thrilling encounter. The skin measures fully twelve feet long, and has the paws attached, each of which measures Ave oy ten inches, showing the enormous sive ' o big beast. The bear weighed over 1L,0i0 ) vnds. Sweltzke owns i 114 1 bee ranch up in the canyon of Tehunge. - of those openings in the mountain raz.e : iich shows itself just above San Fernando e keeps a hundred or more stands of be fr.n which ordinarily he derives his livirs. One morning recently ho went t< wite~ iis bees and found a couple of hives overiu ned and the bees in the wild- est commotion. One glance sufficed to show that a thief had been there and had robbed his bees of cheir honey during the night, and the tracks in the ground showed that the thief was a bear of enormous size. Sweitzke says that had he known it was a grizzly bear he would have picked up his camp and moved or let the bear have what was left. Iie supposed the bear to be of the ordinary brown variety, which was easily put to flight, if not killed, and he determined to_kill the bear. Sweitzke, after the first assault on his lite, stood watch nightly with his rifie, but the bear did not make his appearance. The watcher was beginning to think of giving up his vigilance three nights ago, and had re- turned to his cabin, when he heard some- thing approaching from the opposite side of the canyon. He kept out of sight and awalted " developments. Almost before he could realize it the bear was within 100 feet of him. Without ado, the bear knocked over a hive and reached for the contents. “You may laugh, but do you koow that the bear looked as big as an elephant to me when I finally got a good look at him?"” said Sweitzke, when he told about his encounter. He did not lose any time, however, in trying a shot at the bear, for the loss of his honey made him angry. The first bullet, which was from a 45.95 cartridgs, made the bear cease his feast. The animal whirled around with a growl of rage and started for the bee- keeper. It took but a few jumps before an- other shot was sent after the first, with the effect that it semed to momentarily check the bear's progress. It was only for a mo- ment, however, for the next second the bear was within ten feet of Sweitzke and In an upright position, with paws raised, mouth wide open and In a frenzy of rage. Sweltzke said that he knew that if he turned to run he was lost, as he could not reach cover in time to save himself. His only course was to make the next bullet find some vital point, and then If it was a ease of hand-to-hand struggle he would fight it out to the last. He said he can yet see the frightful fangs and the big scarlet tongue of the beast, with its ears laid flat and its eyes glowing, advancing snarling and growl- ing. The bear was just within reaching dis- tance when Sweitzke pulled the trigger. The bear staggered, then fell and began a strug-, gle to regain its feet. But the wound was fatal. The king of mountain beasts had to give up, but in its struggle, even at the last, it tore up the ground in all directions. Then Sweiteke grew faint as he realized his position and knew in what danger he bad been. When the animal was skinned three bul- lets, besides his own, were found embedded in the skin, showing that some other hunter had taken a shot, probably from some safe distance, at the bear in the past. All of his own bullets had taken effect in vital parts, the last one penetrating the heart. He was a monster, and although Swelitzke has seen many bears and had many encounters, this one was the largest he had ever seen in southern California. He will never tackld another grizzly, he says, without he Is in a g0od, safe position. Had his last bullet tailed to reach the exact spot, or had his nerve de- serted him, just as the bear was reaching for him, he would have been a dead man. —_— RAng, or Marry, In the feudal days of Scotland, when noble- men thought it no disgrace to steal thelr neighbor’s cattle, says Youth's Companion, a baron protected his vassals from the aristo- cratic cattle-lifter by hanging outright those taken red-hand, without waiting for the slow process of the law. When Sir William Scott was a young border laird he made one night a foray on Sir Gidon Murray's lands. While driving | off a herd of cattle he was caught, and, being brought before Sir Gidson, ordered to be hanged. Hanging a cattle thief was such an | every day affair that Sir Gideon went about | his ordinary business. But his wife, hear- | ing that a handsome youth of a good family | was 0 by executed, sought her husband and indignantly exclaimed: “Hoot, Gideon, what do I hear? You tak’ the life of the winsome young laird of Harden, wi' three ill-faured lassies in the house o' yer ain {o marry!"” “Ye're recht, Maggie, my dear,” the baron, grasping the situation. shall tak’ our muckle-mou'd Meg, he'll stretch for it.” The helpless prisoner consented, and, much to his father's surprise, returned home with | a bride from the nelghbor's house he had ridden out to harr replied “Wullle or else Drink Opened Here {s & man, Keating by name, who has flown in the face of all precedents and proverbs on the subject of strong drink, says the New York World. Usually they point to strong drink as the source of all evils, but hereafter they will have to say, “Except In the case of Keating." This man was in the employ of James B. Kiley of 445 Canal street several months ago, and managed (c steal and sell $200 worth of plano covers without being detected or even suspected. All along he has been hard and unrepentant. He went his way, soberly, and it does not appear that he had a single qualm of consclence. The other evening he got drunk, and Immediately his eyes were opened to the evil of his wa In- stead of the proverblal serpent, an angel | rose out of the wine cup and warned him of his wickedness. He hurried away to the Macdougal street station, confessed his crime to the sergeant, was locked up and yesterday was held for trial. Being sober, OMAHA LIVE STOCK MARKETS | Rather Light Receipts s Rosponsible for a | Lively Scramble Among Dealers, PRICES RULE FROM STRONG TO HIGHIR All Grades of Cattje ¥pol the Impetus of Demand in Excess of Supply—Hogs Sell Steady, Closing Very ¥irm, TUESDAY, Nov. 6 The receipts of cattle were hardly large enough to make a market, although a big train of westerns arrived about noon to swell the supply. There were only thirty- five loads all told on the early market. Bect steers were in good demand at strong to higher prices, and the few here soon changed hands, Conditions here and elsewhere were fa- vorable to sellers, and as the number of- d was limited prices ruled strong to a dime higher, according to the quality of the offerings, and the few cows and heifers on sale were soon picked up. Veals, oxen, stags and odds and ends of all kinds sold readily to fill In, and at the close of the market but few cattle of any kind were unsold. Thére were very few stockers and feeders in today's run, and as there was a pretty good demand from local dealers values in this line were generally strong, with some of the better catile selilng 5c to 10¢ higher. As “on the .other markets, there were few cattle left over, d to ‘choice feeders are quoted at §2.60¢ fair to good, $2.%5 @2.60, and common grades from $2.25 down. Representative sal EF. y Av. Pr. No. Av. Pr. . cows. 2 £00 81 50 1¢ 15 i 15 1 160 2 16 o 160 1 160 18 160 2 16 8 1000 165 2 810 1 80 e 7 1 9 i 1 1 2 HEIFERS. 1430 120 40 16 1..60 200 L0060 146 1300500 17 101400 275 CALVES. Lo.200 135 2 3 15030 140 3 3 .02 180 10 i Liiwmin 1 i 2078 200 1 1 R 165 il 0 sExs 16 1 ) S X 17 1 0 1 110 1. 50 STOCKERS AND FEEDERS. e 250 4t 240 12 15 ; i 26 9 1 263 2 7 26 2 10 270 % WESTERN CATTLE. No. Av. Pr. No. Av. Pr 1cow........ 86081 35 1calf.}!l111 170 2 00 IDAHO. 1str, g, 1410 220 88 steers......1206 330 Burke Land and Cattle Company. 35 bulls.......1263 1145 ~ 833 cows 215 110 steers. . 1146 3 40 MONTANA. Jackson. 1 cow........1120 1 cow........100 2 00 11 cows.. 1101072 § strs, {ig.. 11200 2 50 1 str, tg.. 1 atr, tg:. 111330 2 S0 24 steers, steers......1331 815 58 steers...... 13 cows.., 4 strs, t1g...132 2 60 45 steers.... . Sullinger. < 14 cows....... 114 235 1 str, 1ig... 11470 2 80 considersbly larger than on ., while the gengral quality same a8 heretofore, Besides the was_about the regular local inquiry, speevlators were pretty fres buyers, and there was also some shipping de- mand, 'consequently the market was lively from start ‘to finiah and prices Tuled pretty clode to a dime higher on packing and shipping weights. There was the usual number of throwouts, gl ana thees ‘aold ‘es & rile, /I yeater notches, except that some of the small, pigs and hogs were picked up at better figures to Il out killers' orders. Sales were at ektremes of from $4.25 to $4.60 and the bulk sold at $4.45 to $4.05, against a bulk yesetrday of $1.40 and $4.50, and on last Tuesday the bulk went at §4.95 %9, a6 light 10 3040, Representative sules No. . Sh. Pr, 90, 200 $4 25 800000182 310 4 2 4.00000..180 80 4 465 46........182 80 4 455 68, +..206 200 4 45 0 4 i Find | 45 120 4 455 50 ¢ 455 sl I i 15 i 46 i 455 4 455 i i85 h i85 4 465 4 5 4 i 4 460 4 4 60 i 460 120 4 460 160 4 460 120 4 400 12 4 160 e 485 PIGS AND ROUGH. 200 300 200 300 250 300 275 300 300 3w sm 315 30 33 300 3% 30 3 300 360 300 37 300 3 85 §m 390 3w SHEEP—Recelpts moderate and market un- changed. Falr to choice natlves are quotable at $2.2662.50; falr to good westerns, $2.0042.60; com- mon and’ stock sheep, $1.25G1.75; good to choice 40 to 100-Ib. lambs, CHICAGO LIVE STOCK. There Was Continued Firmness In the Cattle Market. CHICAGO, Nov. 6.—There was continued firm- ness in the cattle market. Tho supply of na- tives was about 1,500 head. They sold on a basis of from $1 to $3.50 for Poor to extra cows, heifers and bulls and from $2.85 to $6.35 for steers. The 2,000 head of westerns offered were salable at from $1.7 1o $4.75 and from $L.25 to §3.25 for Texas cattle, Stockers and feeders were In falr req at from $2 to $3.20 and there was a_firm ina ket for veal calves at fipm 3425 10 & The hog market was sertmit to 5o higl started; it was not mor Ihan steady with yes- terday's close m couplé of hours later, though It inatly closed firm. " From $450 (o 3185 took the for heavy bulk of the offerings, from $4.60 to 34 and from $1.60 to 34.60°far lights. " Pigs are still selling largely at from' 83164 to $4.20, o far this weck the arrivals of sheep have been only about half as=mrge as for the same time last week, and there bas been some hard ing of prices.. From $116' .50 for inferior sorts, quotations ranged up fo. from $3.25 to $3.40 for choice. Sales were gemerifly at from 32.25 to §3. The limb market was iy at a small advance, quoted at from $2 to $435 (O poor to best grade Receipta: Cattle, 5,000 head: calves, 400 head; hogs, 25,000 head; sheey, 7,00 head. Recelpts and DIsposition of Stock. Oficial receipts and’ (#osition of stock as shown by the books of the Unlon Stock Yards company o the twenty-fopr hours ending at 3 o'clock p. m., Nu\rm%é 718941 RECELPTS, 2 Cars. Head cattlo . P iy ) Hogs. oo 6% 3,91 Bheep s ge s s . 250 DispdAtion. Cattle, Sheep. Omaha Packing company’ ... s.-e: o The G. H. Hammond Co.... .. iii Swirt_and Con e a s The Cudahy Pa . 6= . it Lo e Vansant & € (TR ] L. Becker . & H G, B, Wilson o Shippers and foeds W Hl Lft OVeE s rssarssren C R A Totals . Chicago Fruit Quotati “HICAGO, Nov. 6.—Forter Bros sold Emperor pany sold ¢ ing the followink prices: Easter Teurre pears, neon, $1.5W; Nelis, 90c@§l.00; C B0c@31. 10; DA late red pi n bad doubl [ $1.4092.50; double roceo, half crates, $1.25; ‘quinces, $1.65@1.70; grap Tokay, half crates, Murkec. COTTON—Qu 000 bales; or- dinary, 4ic; good ordinary, 4%c: midaling, Gl §ood middling, § 13-16c; fadr, Gc, nominal; receipts, 1,202 bales: exports to Great Britain, 480 bales; to France, 11.30) bales; constwise, 6,899 bales; st ok, 05,880 balew; futures, guict and steady: males 16,400 tales; November, £.12 bid; December, $5.189 B.19; January, %2000 February, $5. 37628, March, §.5966.34: “April, $6.9865.80; My, $5.4 5 dune, ®.80G5.51; July, $6.560 August, £.6065, A OMAHA GENERAL MARKETS | Conditlon of Trade and Quotations on Staple and Funcy Uroduce. BUTTER—Packing stock, §@S%c; falr to good | country, 11@1%; cholce to fancy, M@lsc; gath ered creamery, 19G2c; separator creamery, 21 a2 POULTRY—OId hens, 4%e; spring chickens, Be; ducks, 64@7c; turkeys, spring, Sc; hen tur. keys, 7c; B @6c GS—Per doz., strictly fresh lald, 18e. GAME—Prairie chickens, per doz., $3.00@8.35; grouse, per doz., $2.76 blue wing teal, per doz., $1.60; green wing teal, per doz., $1.25; ducks, mixed. per doz., $1; canvasbacks, $.0034.50; mailards and red heads, $2.0062.25; quall, $1.250 1.60; deer saddies, 14@16c; antelope saddies, 126 13¢; small rabbits, §1; jack rabbits, 32 VEAL—Cholce fat ‘and small veals are quoted at 6@6iic; large and coarse, 3@e. CHEBS—Wisconsin full cream, 13c; Ne: braska_and Towa, full cream, 1c; Nebraska and Iowa, part skims, 7Gc; Limburger, No. 1, 1lo; brick 1, 12¢; Swiss, No. 1, 1@1se. HAY—Upldnd hay, $; midland, $8.50; lowland, 0; rye straw, 3. Color makes the price on Light st sell the best. Only top grades bring top prices. PIGEONS—OId birds, per doz., 5c. VEGETABLES. 1 POTATOES—Western stock, car lots, 65c; small ots, 70, OLD 'BEANS—Hand-picked, navy, $2; lma bea; b. PLA RSERADI PARSNIPS—1 RUTABAGAS PARSL TURNIPS SPLIT PEAS—Per 1b., 3G3%e. FRUITS, QUINCES—California, per §0-1b. box, $1.60. —Good stock, per bbl., $2.50@2.75; Mich- . $3,00@3.25. ACHES: PLUMS—California, none. PRUNES—None. $1.59@1.75. ~Winter Nellls . baskets, 22G23c; Cal- ifornia, $1.50. oncords, 10 CRANBERRIES—Cape Cod fancy, $9.5 per bbl. TROPICAL FRUIT xican, per box GRAF ORANGES BANAN LEMO! PINEAP] 5; Floridas, $3, burich, LLANEOUS, OYSTERS—IXL, 9; medium, per can, horse shoes, 1%c; extra standards, l6c selects, 1ic; company selects, Zlc; Ne counts, 2ic NEW FI per Ib., 18c; fancy, 16c; choice, lc HONEY--Cholce white, 16@17c; RUP—Gallon cans, 1t 100 California, 15c. per doz., $12. MAPLE SUGAR 10c NUTS—Almonds, 1661 nglish walnuts, 120 flberts, 12c; Brazil nuts; none; eastern chest- nuts, 10@12¢; shellbatk hickory' nuts, per bu., roasted peanuts, per bbL, $.50 $1.60; fancy raw peanuts, e, Ve SAUER KRAUT-Ch @4.75; per half bbl., §: e white, MINCE MEAT-Fancy, in half bbls., per Ib., 614c; 10 gal. kegs, 7. ISH. resh _caught cropple, perch and sun- fish, 3@be; buffalo, 3Gdc; pike and pickerel, 6@ 8c; catfish, 8@9%¢c; black bass, e, CIDER—Pure juice, per bbl, $6; half bbl., $3.25, HIDES—No. 1 green hides, 31 No. 3 green hides, 8%c; No. 1 green salted hides. dlc; No. 3 green salted hides, 3ic; No. 1 green salted hides, 2 to 40 Ibs, 4%c; No. 2 green salted hidew, 25 to 40 1bs., 8c: No. 1 veal calf, 8 to 15 Ibs., Tc; No, 2 veal'calf, 8 to 15 Ibs, be; No. 1 dry fiint hide Gc; No. 2 dry fint hides, 4c; No. 1 dry saited hides, bc; part cured hides %o per Ib. less than fully cured. SHEEP PELTS—Green salted, each, 28@60c; green salted shearlings (short wooled early skins), cach, 10g20c; dry shearlings (short wooled early skins), No. 1, each, 6@15c; dry shearlings (short {wooled, eutly” akins), ‘No. ‘% ench, c; ‘dry " fiint ansas and Nebreska butcher wool pelts, per actual welght, 6@Sc; dry fint Kansas and raska murrain wool pelts, per Ib. ctual elght, 4@6%c; dry flint Colorado butcher wool pelts, per | actual weight, 4@6%c; dry flint Colorado murrain wool pelt per b, actual welght, 4@6c; (have feet cut off, as It is useles: to_pay frelght on them), TALLOW AND GREASE—Tallow, No. 1, 4%c; tallow, No. 2, 3%c; grease, white A, 4 White B, 3%c; grea: ¥y w, 3c; grease, dark, 2%c; old butter. 2@2%c; beeswax, prime, 16@c; rough yellow, 1%4@Zc. Liverpool Markots. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 6.—WHEAT—Firm; demand moderate; No.' 2 red, winter, 48 6d; No. 2 red, spring, 45 9id. CORN—Spc futures, steady nominal; demand moderate at bs; demand moderate; November, 48 , 48 914d; January, 4s 4%d. i demand fair; St. Louls, fancy SIONS—Lard, steady; dem: Beef, dull; demand_poo 6d; prime’ mess, 058 and moderate; ; extra India ! Shoulders, ; demand poor; finest white and PALLOW—Nominal; demand poor; prime city, 5. COTTON SEED OIL—Dull; 20s. Recelpts of wheat for the past three days, 73,000 centals, Including 44,000 centals American. Re- ceipts of American corn during the past three days were 22,400 centals. The weather is fine, Loudon Stock Quotations. LONDON, Nov. 6.—4 p. m. closing: Canadian Pacific.. 85 [t Paul com. s 143| N Y. Central Erio 28, 74" |Reading. ... 1 1ls. Central. . 923 | Pennsylvania... [ Mexican ordinary, 144 BAR SILVER—29 3-10d per ounce. MONEY—3} per cent. The rate of discount both short and three months' bills is Congols for money and the account, in the open market for %, per cent. i Londen Stock Review, NEW YORK, Nov. 6.—The Eyening Post's Lon- don_cablegram’ |8 as follows: The stock markets were firm all around today, although business was restricted and operations were generally 00 quick to be healthy. Americans, however, ad- vanced sharply on the prospect of a decisive re- publican victory and closed at about the best, 1t is believed aiso that the possibility of the gov- treasury bonds tends to remove vy gold shipments this year. The t announced, very moderate. 5 the fears of he result of the China gold loan s but it Is believed to be Manchester Textiles. MANCHESTER, Nov. 6.—~Cloth and yams, qulet and unchanged. nancial Notes. NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 6.—Clearings, 33,590,909, PARIS, Nov. §.—Three per cent rentes, 103t 18}t for the ‘account. Exchange on London, 25t 13c for checks. LONDON, Nov. 6.—The amount of bullion with- n_from the Bank of England on balance today was £161,000. LONDON, Nov. 6.—Gold Ayres at 243; Madrid, 165 bid; Lisbon, 23.25; St, Petersburg, 60; Athens, 77; Rome, 107.3, Oregon Kidney Tea cures all kidney trou- bles. Trial size, 25 cents. All druggists, T Bicycle Record Broken in Denver. DENVER, Nov. 6.—J. D. Park, a Denver bicycle rider, broke the three-quarter mile, is quoted at Buenos class A, unpaced record, making in 1:38 1-5. The previous record was N. W. HARRIS & C0. BANKERS, 163-165 Dearborn-=st., Chicago. 15 Wall=st., New York. 70 State-st., Boston, Wit BONDS GH GRADE MBought and 8old. Correspondence Bolioited. STRAIGHTEN UP THE (HILD In the way they should g0 by using Shoulder Braces. We have them AT ALL PRICES The Aloe & Penfold Co., 1408 FARNAM ST. THE LION DRUG HOUSE WM. 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This is an extraordinas ry record, and one of which yow can well be proud. Respectfully submitted, CONRAD BRUNE, Sup's Fresents Given Awiy This Wesk, thot goodn, Setsilvor plated teuspoons 26,00 worth of goods, Beuutiful bisque figure #50.00 worth of goods, A hindsome plcture ith enuine oak center table or goods, A 1th $100,00 worth Auelegant osk rocker Formerly People’s Mammoth Installment House. Open Wonday and Saturday Evenings. A 4 444444 |