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Treasurer.
l.j'.uy '.duurer, -
Clerk.
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Deputy lieriJT.
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Attor.i.-y.
8u-jt. ' 'ul 3cnool,
County J 'i tiro.
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Weeping Writer
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CIVIC SOCIIriKS.
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fHHS I.OOUK No. lt. 1 O. O. r.-Meels
Vrvf rr iueilay evening of each wt'eit. All
trui.niei.l brothers sue respectfully invited to
attteuil.
rilKIO LODGE NO. M. A. O. II. W.-MeelS
every .ilti.rin'.t- Friday eveuini: at K. of 1 .
hall. Transient lir.ther are rpei-nuily ui
VUeiiti:iUenl. K. K. White, Master Workman ;
IJ. A. a.te. Foreman : F. J. Morgau. Overseer ;
J. E. :!:. TtH. KeeofJer.
Lir, vrrsMoiirif ihx;e m s. a.o. v. w.
M e! j evi-rv ali-ruale Friday evuiiii at
la;k-.vi..t hall at soVIimm. All rra-isietit hrnlh
er arr- r.-seetf ully invilfd io .-Ut.'i.tl. .. A.
M. W. ; S. .:. tire-'ii. K-reiiaii : S. t;.
Wil.ie. I! ;i;'i;Jw ; S. A. Nev-.cn.ofr. ' v fir t;r.
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lili;t rof i lie Day.
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Sc-ii;f. Maj.-r.
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Ja;.:i: ;;.: fi vx.. ..u.ir-er Mus'or Serf.
Ai.i'ii rtiinin r l'o.t .liai!.iiii
eotl-i t alard ty evoiuaic.
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DRALER IX
Watte, Clacks, Jewelry
-AND -
Sp?.nialAt:eut oa ciyeaWatcli Repairing
WE WILL HAVE A
Fine:-: Line
-OF-
HOLIDAY GOODS,
ALSO
Library Lamps
-OF-
Uiiflii-j Di sinus ani PaltBiis
AT THE USUAL
Cheap Prices
-AT-
SMITH & BLACK S.
H.L Palifier&Son
KeD'-vsent the
iVl lowing titn!-
tried :i:ul lire-tested eomp.inies:
Amer'.e su ren'ral-S . T'.rs. A'ets 5t 2r-S,-'i
Couiine;- ial Uai-.m-K l.iad. i.K'J.'U
Fire As-i-ie!.'. iii.-f: i!:d;'!!h!.. " i l"'C7o
Friuk'.ia-riiilideU.i.la. " 3.11T.lrc
II:.ns;-N,-w York. - ' T.kV.. 9
I-S.C .of orfii A'?ric Fill. " M78 3VJ
1.1 v t;i .'.."STad-ja & tlUhe- Hag " 6.CT1.TRI
Nrt'.i .filWU Merc miii-K.i ; i.,7S.f-.;
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ISpriajl-.t H. ft M.-S-riasL?! I, " 3.f!I.T3
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Mayor,
Treasurer,
Attorney,
iigliivr,
1'oIk:.' .lude,
Manh;.li.
Council 1st ward,
2nd "
CAMP N0.33J. MODKUN WOODMKS
V7 lif AnifN-ie i Meetwecond ami fiuirtli Mini
d ay eveiiiuu at IC. of I, halt. Ail transient
lror!i"i are requested t m:-e with iih. I.. A.
Nwc".?r. Vctier.ililo CiiimuI ; ', Niles,
AVunliy vdviser; D, It. Saiiili, li.v iJanker ; W.
C. Willoi;, Clerk.
Aijlitlljul ?Mi AMim
Laiosi by Telegraph.
ISOILIlOWl.U AMI STOLEN.
Killed Two Men.
I'lMi.iHr.M-niA, li.. 1 'lt. C The heavy
hoi-.iiii" i:.tfiii at tli.i Philadelphia &
IJ'-.niin r-iiliuail eonip iny's coal wharves
aLI'.'it liiclinioiul, I'll this aftcruofii
an' t kiil-il tv,( ni -ii uiil Seriously injured
two o'i !!': s.
'i'ho Hiddock SvJjrder Case.
Sioi Citv, li., ! . . In the Ilad
d..i'k i.m:-!--r ca.- .y, Mr. Hubbard
cb. -vd .U arijc.ai'. iit u.v the state and Mr.
A :i u-in s:i!ii!ii!iiK ;p for the defense.
It U tim -asi may not go finally
to tii..; jury b iore Satuiday night.
A Tra:n-J3ob:33i 3ent9ncod.
Wa'-o, Ti:., I)cc mber, . In the
U: i'.e i Slafrs District Court of the
No i hei ii District of Texas at Waco to-day
th - ms j was r. ached of the United States
G:)v..-Mim !if. vs. Tom Jones, alias Tom
Mo..t-.ineiy. charged with robbing the
exjiivss and mail cars of a train on the
Texm and Pacific Railway at Gordon,
Pa!-. Piuto County, Tex., January 27 last.
Upon arraignment, tho prisoner pleaded
gi' .Uy and he was sentenced to fi'e years
at bu d labor in the penitentiary at Albany
N. Y, Jonas, alias Moitf,m?i Y, is about
20 ye.rs of age .lie was a cowboy on pal,
Dino ranch ,in the Ttxas panhandle.
Without involving con federates, his
co:.fLssion showd that he b.-gan train
roM;n;i .t the age of 18 ,and engaged
in i'ou;- robberies bsid j tlie one alluded
to above, lie was proniipf-nt in the
lolii). ry of a train on the International
and Great Northern Railroad at Mill
St i i n. t.: k part, in th' Flato iia rob
b; v as e;i!i.-t. d for a contain,
pi i r )';) : y of a train on the Gulf
CI :-:k1 and S::nt-i Railway whei.
lie w is arr-st-d at (t.ali ini.
Tiie Soratt,
V"As:tixsT.x, D.-e. t!. After the read
of I h journal in the senate te-day th
pi;ding ollicer asked whether it was the
pi. .iu'e af the senate to proceed with the
'iiMial nioi r.ing business.
S. !i it;r Harris suggc: ttd that bills and
int'ir.oria!:- might I t introductd and re
fenvd. Sjii.itor Hour opposed the proposition,
statin!' tli.it it was n ancient custom of
tli sm.ite not to enter ::pon any ordeuary
busln. ss until after hearing the communi
cation from the president at the begin
ning of the session. -That it was a mark
of 'r ct Ui from th'-legislative deparl
nu:.: of eli.? government to the executive.
Re therefore moved a recess for an hour-
'i "n ; nictiou agreed to.
After the rjss had bien extended for
a quarter of an hour longer, Morrill re
port, d that the joint committee appointed
to wait noon tha president had performed
its duly, and been informed that the pres
ident would immediately communicate
wivh congress in writing. Thereupon
several tocsagt s wire presented by the
pr-- i.! nt's psivatc secretary.
?.!eC.'..uk. a -cretary of the senate, com-m-
nc-ed reading the president's message,
whkh was tbiished at 1:30, after which
an dj.'uiar.'.ent was taken.
The House.
I i the house tliis morning Mills of
Tex offen d a resolution directing the
sp eaker to ap.point a committee on rules,
accounts, enrolled biils and mileage,
ear!: to consist of the same "number of
mem iers as provided for in the lulcs of
the Forty uineth congress, and referjing
ruls of that congress to the committet
on Miles, when appointee. Adopted.
Cox, of New York, chairman of the
committee to inform the president of the
organization of the house, reported that
the committee had performed ita duty
and thnt the president would comiuuni
catj with the house forthwith.
A number of amendments to the rules
were submitted, to be referred" to the
committee on rul-s, when appoint; d.
At 12:20 a reciss was taken for twenty
minutes, and the tim- subsequently ex
tndod to 1:10 o'clock. At the e xpira
tion of tile r.?cess, Mr. Prulen, the presi
dent's private secretary, appeared at the
bar of the house with the president's an
r.u .1 message, and its reading was im
liiediately begun.
After tli s rtM.linj of the ci.t siga an
rdj n nm r.t was t.ikcn until Thursday.
T!ie caueas committees of both parties
i:i tlu- sen :te he'd met tings this morning
and b 'gun their work of arranging re
pre -ntation upon the regular and stand
ing committees of the senate.
Russ a Disturbing fne Peace.
Vi-ixsi. D.'c, (i, Tho Freradenblutt
tiys Russian military measures on ti e
frontier are at variance with the getf-
i eral desire for peace. The recent speech
from the German throne, in which the
emperor showed that he was not
inclined to disturb the peace of his
neighbors waa sufficient for Austria, and
that any further gathering of Russians
on her frontier will comptl Austria to
take similar measures.
A Rcmnrkable use ul Amnesia.
The many strange henomena of amnesia
havo been eiirichol by the experience of ono
of tho ablest living psychologisits, Professor
Bain. Some mouths ago Professor Bain fell
from his hoi-se, and wes unconscious ' for
alxmt three hours afterwarfla. During this
timo his shoulder, which had b:i sprained
by the accident, was sot without his knowl
edge. Upon regaining consciousness, it was
found that ho had lost all remembranee of
what bad oecurred an hour before the acci
dent, as well as of tho three hours following.
Ho was found on a different road from that
whieh ho can remember having intended to
take, and so must havo changed his mind.
Of this he has lost all recolleetion; otherwise
thero were no mental effect.
The editor of Mind, who tells tho story,
addu another caso in whieh a gentleman, al
ter falling from a carriage, remained un
conscious for nearly four months, Ujioii re
awakening, net only was thin interval a total
blunk to him, but tho events of the week pre
ceding the eocident were equally lost. Im
portant transactions which ho had made
during that week were, forgotten. This sug
gests that there may be some relation be
tween the duration of unconsciousness after
tho accident and tho memory blank before
At all events, tho phenomena, mysterious us
they are, deserve to bo recorded. The au
thenticity and careful analysis of tho ubovo
cases add to their value. Science,
A Fat Man Who Whistles.
"Won't you please stop, sir; it's makingmo
nervous." Tho person addressed, a fat man
with a boyish countenance, turned quickly to
the speaker, a sort of woman's rights looking
little woman, and said, in a tono of embar
rassment: "Stop what f
"Whistling," sho replied.
Tho fat man blushed ami glanced around
l.he car. Every passenger was hxikijig in his
direction, and a testy man opposite muttered
something like "Thank goodness, some on-i
has shut him up." As quickly as ho co:M
pick Lis pounds Qlt tho beat the fat man
left the car.
Tho offender is a politician and an offleo
holder. lie Kays tho habit of whistling pop
ular airs is almost second nature with him.
No sooner does ho enter a car and get com
fortably seated than he logins to whistle in a
low tone without knowing it. He is difiident,
and frequently when he happens to look
around at his fellow passengers ant', catches
them either laughing or frowning he knows
that ho has been whistling. He makes hi3
escape immediately if he is riding on a sur
face car, or if on the elevated road ho gets out
it the next station. Not long ago ho paid a
visit to the mayor's office. Several heads of
bureaus were already there to make rejxa-ts.
He took a place on the sofa, to await his 'turn.'
In a few minutes ho was warbling softly.
The ma3'or had passed a sleepless night. Tho
uffieer knew it. He touched tho fat man ca
the shoulder. Tho fat man understood what
he had done and was grateful to tha attend
ant. New York Mail and Express
Defense of Shop Girls.
A New York girl writes in defense of shop
girls. She says: "Into every good shop in the
neighborhood of Twenty-third Ktvf e& J went,
and asked anywhere f rpm one to 500 qucs
tions. Everything 1 saw J asked about, and
about a good many things I did npt see. Of
9very conceivable thing sold by the yard I
begged samples. 'How much is this; twenty
five cents, did you say? That's a good deal,
is it not? Will it wash? Haven't you any
finer? Do you expect to have any?" Will it
be the same color? These aren't the new
shades, are they ?1 and so on, and at the enej
the old familiar 'Will you give ma a sample,
please, of these four?1 This was the test;
Seven hours of. solid interrogation points.
The result was not one single, solitary, im
pertinent answer." New York World."
ALL SORTS OF ITEMS.
Newspaper Paragraphs of General Inter
est-: Clipped from the Exchanges,
A Yalo diploma 139 years old was re
cently picked up at an auction sale in
New York. It belonged to the Rev.
Elaru O. Potter, who was graduated in
1763, under President Clapp.
A mushroom plantation, has been es
tablished in a disused railway tunnel at
Edinburgh. The mushroom bedn occupy
about 800 yards of the tunnel, whose
total length is about three-quarters of a
mile.
Near the headwaters of the White river
in Alaska is a very largo and active vol
cano which discharges almost continu
ously groat streams of fire, smoke and
lava. It is about 300 miles inland,
"Pa," said little Johnny", ''teacher is
thinking about promoting me." "How
;lo you knowr'- "From what she said
today." "And what was that?" "She
said that if I kept cn I'd belong to the
criminal class,"
A kitten of Portland, Ore., was seen to
sharm a rattlesnake. The snake waa
coiled and with its. head followed every
motion of tho kitten. The kitten seemed
to realize the importance of the situation
and never allowed her attention to wan
der from the toiake. The Enake was
killed.
- There is an unaccountable and remark
able mortality among the sardines of San
Luis Obispo bay. They are dying by the
thousands, and the shores of the bay are
covered with these dead fish to the depth
of two or three feet, and the stench is
unbearable.
The most expensive policeman's star in
the United States is said to be the one
owned by Marshal John Jolly, of Butte
City, Mon, It is of solid gold) lias five
points J .each point lias a diamond j and in
the center is a monogram of diamond.
The description indicates that it is worth
more than the $ 800 at which it is said to
be Valued.
-CUSTOM SOLICITORS.
PULLERS IN" OF THE METROPO
LIS APPRECIATIVELY DESCRIBED.
Noted Members of the Profession uw.
Specimens of Their Persuasive Orate rv.
The Aristocratic "Pure Silk" l iul.r. llu
Man Milliners on the Hidewalk.
Tho "puller in" occupies an humble l,r,t
important place in the economy of the rci ;ul
business in New York. At least it is pre
sumable that his place Is important, or tl: ro
would not be so many of him. Tho hurrvi..,;
crowd may not notice h im. Thero may ...
be ono in tho hundreds of thousands who .
him daily who is aware of his existence. J i;.
eloquent appeals on the subject of new h;.'
! and fine coats may fall oa heedless cars. J . e
keeps on with a patient persistence which :
almost pathetic.
Thero is a middle agod man with a riej. ;e
eholy fas?, about tho color of a strawK-i rs ,
and a voice of doleful pitch, who is "pulil l
in" for a men's furnishing store on Fulf il
street. Ho walks up and down a short i
in front of tho store and talks incessai..' . "... .
Nobody listens to what ho savs as far as
can judge. He might as well be addres.- in '
j the crowd Jn Greek. If you were to go cl
i onough to him, however, you would hear 1
saying: "Pure silk, pure Bilk, only a doi:
V a half for a pure silk umbrella." There- i.i
an indescribablo touch of pathos about tJ.o
way ho says this, as though the sacrifice oi a
"pure silk" umbrella for $1.50 were too me li
for human contemplation. He is the ariv.--erat
of tho "pullers in." New Y'ork I, .:
many of his profession, but nono that cq'". .1
him.
Tho man who ctands at tho other end t
tho profession haunts Paxter street.
"Now, nhents. deed yer vant ter buy a riieo
hair of Lads odly a dollar ad a hallaf "
There are no melancholy notes ia his nr.:-::!
tone. Thero aro no evidences of piqun:-t
anguish at tho sacrifice ho is making for- le.o
good of mankind. He sticks his fp.e do' , u
to about tho lovel of your eearf pin, and voci
ferates Lis. appeal with an energy born i n
lifelong and bitter competition with tho Lai:
hundred others of his profession on tba $ui:ni
block. He walks not up and. dawr with t "'.;
lordly mien of him who has reached tho hi!:.
eit station in. lpuller in" life. He stand ia
front of his dingy shop, attacks overy passe ;
by indiscriminately, and with startling v.
! pieuce. His cbaracteristio -esturo ia mi;..;
ia ono way, and has been mado In one v. ay
since tha da-s of Abraham,
Between theso two extremes tho "puller in"
ha piany phases. There is tho leather limircU
young pei-son, who stands on Fou.rteei.tii
Etroct and advises everybody within three
blocks to "git yer writin' paper an' enve'i j
cheap up stairs," with a tremendous empha
sis on tho "git," dying away into a curious
littlo impotent squeak on tho "stairs." There
is tho thin, stoop shouldered person, with t v. o
fingers on his right hand, who make this re
mark at regular interval t 'Don't have to
use a knife to sharpen loadponcils,"' He uj
"pulling pi" for. a star.d wkero a patent pen
cil sharpener is sold, though takes a gee..!
deal of patient inveutigation and fcfcinni:;':
icg around in the neighborhood to discovu
the fact. Then there a consumptive lock
ing man, who stands oa a horse block ia
front oi a Park row hat store and implore s
pasnersby in a husky whisper to "buy the:':
hats and caps of the manufacturer," Thei j
is the fat man. who points you silently into a
cigar store on Canal street Thero is tho
youth, prolific pf hair and dirty of face, who
tries to lure tho frugal housewives of Cherry
hillinto a grocery etore full of last wee!:
vegetables, There la the well dressed and in
sinuating young mon who 44pulls in" at tho
elubs and hotels for tho tailor. And there
are "tho ladies."
For tho "pulling top. profession has both
sexes apex ftl ages, conditions and voices for
its pwn. It is in tho region of Division street
that tho woman "puller in" flourishes. Tha
sixteen millinery stores on that ancie: t
thoroughfare know her welL She lies hi
wait in front of each of thorn for unwary
womankind. She is as energetic as her broth
ers in the profession, and far more volut e.
Strife runs high, too, between her and L r
neighbor. A good "puller in" is worth $4 a
week in Division street. It is ono of the de: i -est
objects of the designing ladies who mini -lr
to the wants of their sex thero to ge:
sidewalk operator who will bring her bu!
ness, more especially if she can get tho covettu
customer away from a hated rival.
Two of Division street's fair milliners came
to blow3 tho other day about tho possession
of the best "puller in" in tho street T-vj
modern Solomon, who presided over liio
polieo court in which the somewhat damafc'l
xnodistes figured after thi3 interesting event,
was equal to the emergency. He proposal
that since the cjaims of each belligerent
seemed about equal, the peerless loanipulalor
of business who was tho ourco of all tlo
trouble should "pull in" ono day for one oi
the millipera and tho next day for tlio other.
This settlement was thankfully received by .
tho excited contestant! and peace reignc-i
once more in Division street.
Space i9 lacking for the full description of
the fat lady, apparently speechless, who sits
all day in an ample arm chair in front of a
Park row clothing store. Her place in the
profession of "pulling in" can never be i.s
certained, for no one has ever seen her do
anything: but sit stil and look solemn.
Neither can justice be done to the siler't
and dean shaven man who operates the patent
gate in front of a hardware store on Barclay
street; to the determined "race of "pullers in"
who burden the life of women visitors to the
markets; to the street cor conductors v.Lo
turn to "pulling in" in the vicinity of the bi-.j
dry goods stores; nor to the man who staii-i j
in front of the sub-cellar shoe store on Bec
xnan street and tries to charm people into L is
place with a smile as broad and vacant as a
ten aero lot "C. E. It." in New York Com
mercial Advertiser.
The Vt haling Uminesa.
The catch of Arctic and Okhotsk whal
ers during the past season has been one of
ths heaviest on record, amounting in rJl
to 41,000 terrelsof oil and nearly COO.COO
pounds of bone. The lov price of oil and
bone has led to gNt trouble between
owners and sailors. Several whaling
veesejs liave been libeled here for wages-,
the sailors claiming that they were de
frauded. New York Tribune.
In 1800 there were in all tho United State
only six cities of over 6,000 inhabitants. L.
1880 there wera 280, and by this tune mauj
morov '
Tljll miYLICylfl' STOFV15
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A i; II line of
Hip" n? -
JACKBTS
FI.O.M $2. TO $10.
ECKB'CH'S
DAYLKUIT STORE.
Yl'i
3-
Jptfipll
in
HEEE ! TSEEB !-3
Gi eat Sales combined in one, Opening
T MORilTIITG, HOVELXBER
OIsOAKS,
"'or Ladies', Misses' and Children.
; ilvtermined to close out-our Entire Stock of Cloak, vi-. ii--.
o0 !:. ..- tissortinent will be found the most complete in ' ',o
iirv rt.i.S iiils sale is especially introduced for rivalry we gnaraue
io liseo-.::;r ; - v Sample Lot Sale on record 10 per cent.
Pairs
Slaugiitc;' f.-ili ;n Iliese Goods to Close. The season lias been niii-l.
;t t . 1 1 1-1 (i'seout quickly, great reductions have been made.
two hund'red comfortb
Ladies Gents' and Children's
UNDERWEAR SALE,
Fifty Dozen Pieces.
Astonishing values will be offered in this Denartment fur
tho next Two Weeks.
Tor Holiday gifts, Headquarters long since Establish
ed for useful presents, embracing fcilk Mufflers, lace and
rd!k Hainikerchiefs, Toilet Sets, Albums, Tidies, tal-le
Scarfs, iia;;n;iered iSrass Whisk Broom Casts, Piano i!:. .l
Stand Covtrs, and fancy Goods. An Inspection is 1 -spectfully
trclibited.
0L0M0N
While From
PLATTSHOUTH,
mm
r
FROM p:J To f.V).
o
Misses, :: Cljaks
FROM f2. TO $12.
IN ALL STVLRS.
Rich Astrachan ani Far 1
r.
FROM 0. TO
CLOAK6,
of Bleinlke&t
& NATHAN,
Dry Goods House.
NEBRASKA.
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Wraps