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SIX'OND YE Alt
PL.ATTSMOUTII, NEBRASKA, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 3, 18811.
NUMBER 110
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A SUNDAY OF RIOTING
Street Car Strikera in Hew York City use
Violence Against the Authorities.
THE TROUBLE STARTED BY BOYS
Reserves Called out and the Mob
Dispersed and a Heavy
Guard Placed-
The Outcome of all Strikes.
Nkw Yokk, Feb y. A riot occurred
on Firxt avenue near Thirty-ninth
st this afternoon, during which a number
of poisons were injured by bricks and
stoms, and Oflicer Brennan narrowly
c'iiii-d a bullet that wa9 fired from the
roof of a tenement. The trouble began
with an assault by the crowd upon some
cars on the Thirty-fourth ht branch of the
Third aivc line and some of the Forty
second st line. The streets were finally
cleared by a large detachment of police
under Inspectors Kryuea and Steers.
The avenue hml been crowded all the
morning with people who were in an
angry mood over the strike. The arrest
of one of a crowd of bwys for obstructing
the track, gathered a vicious mob who
attaeked the oilicers with a Bhower of
ston.M. At the same time trucks were
ups.. t on thii track, blockading a Thirty
fourth st car. This car formed a target
for ston -s and bricks, and its windows
wen? ii'u k.ly demolished. The passen
g rs il -d in ti-rror. The Sixteenth pre
cint reserve hud been sent for and was
now on its way to the scene. The mob
was busy dragging trucks, stones, logs,
arid all sorts of obstructions from the
neighboring stone yards, wood yards,
etc., and piling them on the track
Thousand of men, women and children
shouted approval fiom the windows and
roofs of the teuemuts which lined the
street.
TIIK KK SERVE ARRIVES.
When the reserve came up they were
pelted witli missiles both from the rioters
and the people on the roofs. The police
force wa too small to make any impres
sion on the mob and more help was
sunuiio'H-d. Some of the passengers in
the car li idbeen hit and bruised. Oneold
lady fainti d nd was cared for in a
neighboring drug store. The shot which
so n irrowly misled Policeman Brenuan
crashed through the window of fie car
on which the oilijer was riding. It went
clear thro-igh the car, but fortunately no
oue wa-i s ated iu its path. The shot
pcriiu'il to come from a house and some
o;iie:-i broke iuto the building, but could
iind no one oil whom to fix the guilt. A
big stone from a roof smashed a hole in
the top of a Foi ty-second-st. car that was
iu tin; blockade.
ISYKNKS AND STEERS ATPEAR.
The stones were growing more plenti
ful and the crowd more demonstrative
when a carriage containing Inspector
ltvrnes and Steers dashed around a corner
into tin; mob. The officers jumped out
and begin to ply their clubs. At the
pain; tine; two patrol 'wagons Lurried
around another corner. The men jumped
out and formed in line, and swept down
upon Hi ; crowd. In ten minutes the
av -1111 ; v;h clear of people, all of the
rioters having been driven down the side
streets. The policemen remained
stretched along tho avenue to keep it
clear.
No attempt was made to run cars on
the ti-d-up Kiehardson roads in Brooklyn
tod iv and no disturbance occurred.
A Trying Experience.
"'. hat was the worst experience you
ever underwent, colonel I"
" The wors-t? Well, it occurred years
ngo when I was a young man. I was a
saib-r th n. and the vtssel on which I was
workii-g wrecked. A barrel half full
of whi-ky was floating about andlcluDg
to it, drifting on tiie icy water for a day
and a niht."
"That was horrible."'
Horrible I Xo name for it. I couldn't
keep the darned barrel in one position
long enough to open it."
Yes It is True.'
Sut; on advertises two shows. A grand
double conipa-iy. He claims that the
specialty people engaged for his Uncle
Tom's Cabin Company, salary amounts
to more money per week than the entire
sil iryli-t of mos-t companies. Uncle
Tom's Cabin is geuerally played with
eight or ten people. Sutton claims
thirty-seven . Two first-class uniform
bands. A car load of rloga, donkeys,
and beautiful Shetland ponies. See the
parade and be convinced of its immense
magnitude. That big show will be at
the Waterman opera house Saturday Feb.
O'.li. Grand family matinee and night
performance. Secure your tickets at J.
P. Young's.
A DREAM OF THE EAST.
Th Kntrtalnment Given by a Fir Wor
shiper of India.
Perhaps no race of people la less known
or more interesting to the student and
traveler than tho Parsecs or Fire Wor
shipers of India. They are delightful
hosta, and as it was my good fortune to
form tho acquaintance of Sir Fraragee
Deinshaw Petit, who was knighted for a
gift of $500,000 to an educational Insti
tution, I will endeavor to describe an
entertainment I attended at luspaluce.
Sir Fraingee lived in patriarchal mag
nificence, and when his whole family
is seated at table they number fifty
five. We were received in tho grand
drawing room, as large as a fair sized
church, and presented to the ladies. We
found them pretty, intelligent and viva
cious, and it is no exaggeration to say
that they compared quite favorably with
their American Bisters.
The ladies were attired in graceful na
tive costumes. The dresa consisted of a
wuist, such as is worn by Europeans,
with a long scarf of embroidered silk or
crapo, called a sarre, wrapped several
-times about tho waist and falling in
broad folds about the limbs in lieu of a
skirt. One end of the narre was brought
over the head and dropped gracefully In
front, constituting a very effective head
dress. Their jewels were magnificent. No
crowned head of Europe possesses their
equal. and such an array of diamonds,
pearls, sapphires and emeralds can
scarcely be imagined. One of tho guests
wore eight strings of pearls, which far
excelled the celebrated necklace of Queen
Marguerite of Italy.
The state costume of the men Is white,
but on ordinary occasions they appear
attired in the conventional European
evening dress. One peculiarity of their
costume is not, however, to be met in a
London drawing room. They never un
cover their heads, and a high, conical
Persian hat or at meals a skull cap
always completes their dress.
On the occasion I am describing an
orchestra played selections from Italian
operas, and after conversing a while
upon topics of universal interest, our
host made a sign to the servants, who
brought in baskets filled with large bou
quets of eastern flowers.
Each lady selected one, sprinkled ft
with rose water from a tall silver vase,
presented it to the gentleman who was
to escort her to dinner, and then, taking
his arm, showed the way to where a
table was spread, overlooking the sea.
There we were regaled with tea, cof
fee, cakes, fruits, and twenty-two kinds
of delicious native sweets, which had
been collected in honor of our coming.
It was an event not to be forgotten.
The waving palms and tropical flowers,
the splash of the waves, mingling with
the soft strains of music, beautiful
women with Mashing jewels and graceful
dress, were typical of the languid, dream;
east, and carried one unconsciously bac
to the days of Haroun aj Itaschid.
When tea was over we were taken for
a delightful drive in handsome European
turnouts and then .to dine at another
Parsee house. The ceremony was long
and stately, all the dishes were native,
but the wines were European, and this
dinner, with that exception, was repre
sentative of native manners before they
had received the European touch.
The ladies whom we escorted gave us
bouquets, as in the afternoon, and the
host hung chaplets of white jasmines
about our necks and wrists.
Tho menu cards bore gilded crests and
they gave us bonbons wrapped, n. gojd
leaf to carry away. It was a dream of
the east, but the perfectly appointed
table, surrounded by intelligent men and
graceful women,- made it hard to believe
that the members of this refined society
were the fire worshipers we had been
brought up to despise as heathen.
America.
The prQtesqae Arizona Cactus.
Foremost among the sights which call
forth exclamations of astonishment from
the tourist is that of the grotesque cactus
of Arizona territory. Like other trop
ical productions. It is totally unlike any
preconceived notions of what nature
could design. The plant is leafless, hav
ing a bare, fleshy stock, protected every
where by sharp and venomous barbs.
Its flowers are considered among the
choicest, varying from white and yellow
to deep crimson or purple. These blos
soms, capitulum, are w4x like, and their
inflorescence .calls to mind AUadin's
fabled experience among the fairy plants,
with their sparkling fruits of diamonds
and other gems.
The fruit is egg shaped, with a crown
on the upper side, and is generally de
licious, presenting as varied colors as the
flowers. It contains a large quantity of
seeds, surrounded, by a nicely - fiavqred
juicy substance. In different species the
fruit In size is ad the way up from a
canary's to an ostrich's egg. The cactus
is almost imperishable, and can live
many months without water, although
It Is only seen in its perfection under a
plentiful supply. So hardy is the plant
that a piece from any part will take root
and grow if placed in the ground, even
thongh it has lain around for a time.. It
thrives equally well on a piece of bare
rock in a scorching tropical sun as it
would packed In ice in a northern zcua.
It is a paradox a puriosity bj the vege
table kingdom. Corona iews letter.
A Norwich (Conn.) minister announced
from the pulpit on a Sunday that he
would give $1.50 if the young rnen in
ihe gallery would lake seas down; stairs.
They did so and. (he money was paid.
CORSICA CAPITAL
THE STRANGE AND INTERESTING
OLD CITY OF AJACCIO.
Its Hue Oblong- Heuaee An Island of
Great Forests, Saowclad Bills and OUT
Orchards Tb ChcstaM a Stapl Food
tnt Man and Roast.
The island of Corsica is most striking
and imposing in its nature and scenery.
A compact cluster of mountains, rising
from the blue depths of the Mediter
ranean and uniting in a small space all
the characteristics of mountainous re
gions, it may be considered as their epit
ome a pocket edition of Switzerland or
Norway. Only 120 miles from one slen
der tip to the other, and about half as
wide, it contains a magnificent chain of
snowclad heights, crowning a lofty
plateau that embraces nearly the
whole Island. Monte Rotondo is 9,053
feet high, Monte d'Oro 8.C90, while Monte
Cinto and others almost equal these. In
deed, some calculations have made
Monte Cinto the highest. Beside those
I have named I have just counted on the
map seven peaks of about 7,000 feet each.
Following the general plan of the earth's
arrangement, as exemplified in Italy,
Norway and our own country, the
mountain chain runs nearly north and
south, nearer to the western than to the
eastern coast. To the west the declivity
is more steep and abrupt, to the east
more gentle, sloping out into alluvial
plains: to the west the deep harbors and
lofty promontories, to the east the more
fertile and thickly Inhabited regions.
WHAT TBS T&EES ARE.
Not more than one-tenth of the soil is
cultivated, but there are no deserts and
but a small proportion of barren heights;
tho mild climate and humid air have
wrapped the island in a robe of luxuriant
forests. These forests are the pride and
glory of Corsica and are quite unequal ed
In Europe. Chestnut trees grow hi such
abundance that their fruit forms the
staple food of the Inhabitants, eaten
roasted, or boled during the season and
ground into flour for preservation, chest
nut flour costing In the market only
about half as much as wheat flour, and
being used chiefly in the form of polenta,
or porridge, though the natives boast of
twenty-two different ways of cooking
chestnuts. The nuts also serve as food
for the horses and mules, and their
cheapness and ease of production have
done much to keep the native population
in an indolent and degraded state, an ef
fect similar to that of the bananas and
yams of the West Indies upon the people
of those countries. The fley timber
trees also abound they supply most of
the French and Italian navy yards and
have been renowned from the most an
cient times, beach, pine, cork, larch and
oak. One species of oak (Quercus ilex)
which bears a small leaf like a holly,
prickly at tfoo edges, s especially valu
able. The wood is very dark, and so
heavy that a cubic foot of it will weigh
seventy pounds; the famous oak of
Great Britain only weigliing fifty-five
pounds to the foot. There is one species
of pine that formerly grew here so luxu
riantly that it was known as the tree of
Corsica, and attained an enormous
size, but unfortun MIy it Is now almost
extinct. In consequence of fires and care
less treatment. This wonderful forest
region we have not yet seen, as it exists
chiefly in the interior of the island.
where there are counted, fpTty-fftur
forests belonging to pr jva$a domains and
167 belonging to tho conmunity. Near
the shore the Mils are almost entirely
covered with olive groves, the valleys
between them being laid out in fields
and gardens, but everywhere, by the
shore and inland, where there is nothing
else, there is "niacchie.'' This nia,ecUi&t
otherwise spelt "rnaks" And called
scrub by the English, is really more like
a jungle; a thick Interwoven growth of
bush and tree, myrtle, arbutus, heath.
oleander, scrub oak, prickly pear ftid ft
inousanu omer snrnps, arming an al
most impenetrable wilderness, which
has played an important part in Coral -
can history and manners.
OF RESPECTABLE ANTIQUITY.
Ajaccio lies curving along the edge of
(he bay of the same name, in the form
of a horseshoe, the hills rising close b$:
hind it. It has but three pr four good
streets; sufficiently wide, hut bordered
Tith huge parallelograms of houses, all
of the same pattern, like Immense bricks
or magnified dominoes, standing In rows,
from six to nine stories high, flat topped
and dotted with small windows. Not
joined in a continuous line, like the
houses of New York or Philadelphia,
but distinct, and about Vfiflce as long as
they are wide. These houses are let out
in flats, each flat being complete In it
self. The effect Is very sinjrular. and it
is evident that the whole town was buttt
at one time, otherwise some variety must
have been inevitable. Such indeed was
the fact, for although the city is said by
its inhabitants to have been founded by
Ajax, who gave it his name, and there
fore must be of a very respectable anti
quity, yet it lias not always stood in this
spot. At first it was built upon the hill;
afterward farther along the shore, and, it
was only in the sixteenth century that
the Genoese, then masters of the coun
try, decided that it should stand here,
and built its houses in the present pon
derous style, I suppose that it might
never move again. Cor. San Francisco
Chronicle. -
i na crava os wuuam renn is retonea
to be in a" sadly neglected condition, only
a flimsy slab of stone stuck in (he ground
EQUAL TO BLIND TOM.
Utile N-2T 15v tV!if I'mnmri a Mar.
velou "Ufinorv.
A ouplecf dorw-ii gentlemen assembled
i Parlor L of the Aster Iioufc to wit
less the remarLabL iier'ornianees of a
.ittle blind negro bov from Texas, who
i:is attracted n great tle.;Iof attention in
he southern st.ites by rea:.on of bis innr-
elous quickness in learning wonts and
!nir uws und jierforiimig inanv remark
able mental fer.ts. He is a little over
J years c.f age and has, it is said, a or m
marul of over five thousand words.
For an hour or more the little fellow
amazed his visitors, answering without
an instant's hesitation and apparently de
riving the keenest enjoyment from the
wonder which bis replies aroused. He
tabes rank with und even surpasses
liiind lorn as an untuught wonder, and
that the African race should have pro
duced two such prodigies was a subject
of comment among those who beard the
bov.
The name, of this wonder is Oscar
Moore, called "Professor Moore" by those
having him In clinriro. He is n little
tailor than tho seat vl an ordinary chair.
and can walk under a table without
stooping. Save that his head is remark
ably large and he has no nose, be does
not differ in appearance from hundreds
of "pickaninnies" to bo met throughout
the south, lie dresses in short skirts.
makes mud pies for amusement and can
make as much noise as an able bodied
man.
In order to bring this midget into 6ight
H. P. N. Hammel, of Austin, Tex., who
lias lum in charge, yesterday placed him
on a chair in the middle or a larire table.
Everybody present was handed a little
book containing some thousand or more
uilncult questions, pieces of poetry and
arithmetical tests, which Oscar could
rattle off, together with speeches on the
tariff, chapters, out of the iitble and other
tmnas at will.
Mr. Hammel explained that Oscar was
norn on a rarm seven miles from Waco.
Tex., Aug. 19, 1885; that both of his
parents are uneducated negroes who had
been slaves before the war, and that
when hardly 1 year of age he learned
whole sentences which were spoken in.
his presence, and first maniifeaiwd a de
sire to talk by doinft a sum in mental
t . . - .
Hrjuuaeuo wnicn one oi nis sisters was
unable to perform correctly. The boy is
said to be perfectly healthy. One of the
gentlemen present asked the question;
"How many languages are spoken in
the world?"
'TVo. thousand seven hundred and
fifty," oame the answer promptly, and
then tho little fellow claDoed his hands
and laughed to himself to think how
smart he was.
"Where is the lartrest bell in the world
and how much does it weierh?" asked
another.
"Moscow. Russia. How much does it
weigh? 433,000. pounds,"
Which is the highest :
mountain in the
"Mount St. Elias. in the Rockv mount
ains."
"How high is it?"
"Seventeen thousand ehrht hundred
and fifty feet."
rtQW. Oscar, vim? a eoner " said Mr.
Hamme. Then the little fellow asked
what kind of a 6onc and Mr. Hammel
&aid the gentleman wanted a song about
himself. Thereupon he climbed down
from his seat and sanir a little son or de
scriptive of himself. Oscar joined in the
applause which greeted this performance
anu, jnen maue nis great speech upon the
lanrr, wmcn consisted or about nve
hundred words, and was fully as good as
many of those delivered in congress over
the Mills bill. New York World.
Queer Bridegroom.
A funnv story muuhi from th T-illmro
of Crumiitttn. Where thn tmaaina ara slio-
viussing the marriage of Miss Mattie
uianuuig, tne principal or the school,
and Dr. 0. T. Cahoon, the village physi
cian and druggist. When tho ministerial
blessinc had Deen sriven and tho h-re
daction pronounced, tho happy iair step
ped into tho finest rig tno town could
afford and drove to Ralph's wharf,
iweiva RAijea away, to taKe the steamer
Emma A. Ford for a weddinir trinto this
city and Washington. When the steamer
was reacnea, however, the bnaegroom
concluded that he could not desert his
practice and hfa drug oro, even for the
Eleasuro Ot a bridal tour, so placing his
rldo on the steamer, with inanv f-m-
phatio injunctions to the oiHcers to look
aiier uvr couiiort, no siowiy anu sorrow
fully wended his way home, while the
lonely bride came on "to Bakiinore. Mrs.
Cahoon visited friends her; and in
Washington, and enjovtd her loncb
weuuuig tour as UC fcu.0 couiu. Alter
three days' ftbaenco tho returned, and
yeaterduy morning wes met by her hus
band at the wharf. The little Loii-: v.-:
ready for her, and the happy pair have
Kuuo 10 iioiiseueepmg. liaiiimoro cr.
North American.
An anonymous writer in a medical
journal gives th following description
of m.u.sgt: "Upon the nervous system
massage exerts a delightful and at the
same time a profoundly sedative and
tonic effect. While it is being performed,
and often for hours afterward, those who
submit to it are in a blissful state of re
pose; they feel as if they were enjoying
a long rest, or as if they had just returned
from a long vacation; it makes optimists
of them for the time being. An aptitude
for either rest or work generally follows,
with an indifference to the ordinary
cares of life, and needless, apprehensions
axe dispelled. Hence, it has been recom
menced, by high 'authorities." San Fran
cisco Argonaut.
A community in Nebraska opposed to
lynching recently, to teach a lesson, gave
a desperado what might be termed an
introduction, to, Judge Lynch. They put
a fopa around his neck and pulled hirq
into the air a few times. Then he w&a
told to go and never return, He went.
Warnings hy been
issued that
of Christ,, in
Raphaels "Entombment
tho church of St. Peter's, in Perueia. has
Wen stolen, .
THE ORIGINATOR OF LOW PRICES,
POSITIVELY GUARANTEES
That every Garment sold by him is lver in Price thnn the
Same quality ami make can be bought elsewhere in the city.
with your purchase Joe will take it back again within thirty days and
will cheer-hilly refund tho money you paid for it. Joe is proud of his
rsputation he has earned and
It Makes No Difference
how low a price other clothidrs may
tirey may offer for your patronage,
will always bo lower and his inducement more liberal.
No Dot No Dash. No Short Hand
Crytogramic, Private Cypher Business with JOE, but
Plain Figures and
One
Prices are
t,
Urn
Best
mill
At WeckTbacla's I
$30,000
of STAPLE DRY GOODS sold at Cost. Speciol Sale commencing
on Monday, February 4, and will continue until April 15th, all ot
which I will keep you posted, from day to day, what new goods are
offered and opened, and especially about the Low Prices. I am
OliiMiEntlellrfHsn
at Cost. My Winter Goods, such as
will be sold regardless of First Cost.
33c, former price z() to 60c. BIanket3 in proportion. It is getting
to be about the time ot the year when you need or buy these goods for
spring, and we save you money on every yard you purchase Irom us.
Fine Dress-Ginghams at 8Jc, other brands of Ginghams and Rem
nants at 5, G and 7 cents per yard, and 20 yards of Best Stoddard
Brands Calico for 1.00; other Brands at 3c. peryard; Hope Muslins
7 cents per yard, Lawnsdale 8c, Fruits 9c, Wancessattb lOjc.
Half and unbleached brands equally low. On brands, ball ana un
bleached Muslins at the same rates. Shirtings, good Styles at 7c; best
styles 10c per yard. Indigo Blue
common widths 7c. a yard.
Ninety Different Patterns
n Carpets, from 15 to CO cents per
at 85 cents.
-See our Special Adds on Dress
you money on Omaha prices. We
BOOTS and SHOES
hat are offered on the same terms.
os. !f
TISPIED
ask, or what extra inducements
Price Only I
always the
WORTH
Blankets, Flannels and Cantons,
Flannels from 12 Jc. per yard to
i P
80
Y0 (DAIrfl BUY
Muslin and Red Seal B. lie, and
yard, "Z ply, all wool. Three ply
Goods. We guarantee to 6ave
have a Full Line of
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