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    THE DAILY BEE TUESDAY , JANUARY 0 , 1885. \
THE HOWARD TRIAL
The Horrible Suspicions GoDfiraeOy
Preliminary Examlnalun ,
-John Thompson nml Lnzzto Howard
Held lor Murder In tlio
First Degree.
A largo concourse of eager auditors
gathered in the pollco court yesterday
-afternoon , the occasion being the trial of
Jslm Thompson and Lizzie Howard ,
alias "English Liz , " charged with the
murder < f Nettle Howard.
Mr. S. JT. Folknor and George Shields
wore the attorneys for the defense.
Parko Godwin , district attorney , np-
pcarod for the prosecution.
The accused , of course , were present
at the trial. The faces of both were an
nlr of etolid and brutal Indifference , nnd
both appeared to take the matter with
cool Indifference.
Nottio Fuller was the first witness call
ed on bolislf of the state. She was the
woman who had attended Nettle Howard
during her sickness. She testified to
going into the house and finding the girl
in llamas.
Cross-examined , witness testified un
equivocally to the statement made by the
dying girl , implicating Thompson and
"English Liz. " "Sho said , " answered
the witness in response to a query"when
ono of the gentlemen ( referring to a re
porter ) , asked who sot her on fire ,
"Thompson pourod.coal oil on mo and
* j3nglish Liz' took a match and sot mo
on ( jro. | | > Witness then detailed the
condition of the dead girl during her
brief illness. She said that Nettle had
suffered greatly until shortly before
death , when she seemed to pass off with
out much pain. ' Witness said oho had
boon acquainted with deceased for abont
four years , pretty intimately. Had
lived none her for some timo.
( At this point considerable jarring
ensued between counsel for defence
and witness ) ; have no fooling against the
defendants ; witness oaid that she fre
quently mot deceased in the Howard
bouse , and aho scorned to bo on friendly
and familiar terms with Thompson ; never
noticed any enmity botwoou Nottio and
Lizzie ; it was on Monday that Nettle
eald that English Liz nnd Thompson had
burned her ; it happened dome tlmo In
the afternoon , don't know when ; at that
time Nottio said that she did not think
aho wus going to got well ; witness said
tnat she didn't remember who was in the
room at the time.
Witness said that at the time of the
dying girl's confession there was no ono
In the room except the reporter and her
self ; in the next room there were saveral
persons.
The lamp found in the room and sup
posed'to have done the mischief , waa
Bhown to witness. She said :
4'That is the lamp , When I saw the
lamp it waa setting on a table and the
burner and chimney were on the floor
some distance away. Am euro that the
chimney and burner were together. "
J. J. Haraill , ono of the newspaper
men who called upon the dying girl and
procured her statement of the affair , was
put on the stand. Witness testified that
on Monday evening , some time between
four and five * o'clock , ho saw Nettle
Howard. "When I wont into the honse
there woio several persons thoro. Waa
taken into a room and saw the sick girl.
I said to her : 'Nettle , do you know me ? '
She said , 'No. ' 'Who burned you ? ' I
asked her ; 'Thompson , ' she repliud. 'Did
English Liz help burn yon ? ' 'Yes , ' she
replied ; 'Thompson poured oil over me ,
and English Liz set mo on fir a. ' '
Emll Belle then took the stand. Witness
testified that ho was present shortly af
ter the burning of the girl occnrred.
Had gone there with two friends.
"When wo knocked at the door think I
hoard English Liz say , 'Nottlo , get up
and open the door. ' Will not bo euro
that it was Lizzlo. Then I heard some
one aay , 'the house Is on firo. ' Just then
somebody opened the door and when wo
went in there , saw Thompson and "Eng
lish Liz. " Peterson picked up a pall ot
water and wont into the room where the
fire wa ? and throw it on the bed. When
we got into the honao , saw Nottio How
ard , lying on the floor , partially burnt.
'l ' | After wo had done all we could , wo left
the houao because Thompson ordered ns
out. "
Liuia Hassingor , the young man who
accompanied Belle and Peterson , was
" next examined.
Witness , together with a friend , car
ried the burning girl into the front room
and placed liar on the bed ; Belle wrapped
her m a blanket ; " 1 helped to put the
fire out ; Thompson or some ether one ,
I don't know who , said : 'Lot her alone ;
she's OB drunk as a tick ; ' then Thompson
caU d in names and ordered us out of
the houao ; wo waited a little while and
finally left the room. "
Grots-examined by counsel for defense ,
" the toatlmouy of wltnoes developed no
now points of interest or importance.
Ollicor Donovan , the policeman who
first arrived on tbo scene of the catastro
phe , was nezt called. Witness testified
that early Saturday morning ho was at-
tinctod to tbe house of "English Liz" by
a s pollco whis'lo , and went Inside.
Thompson said that the girl had turned
ovur the lamp and sat herself on firo. He
said that girl was in the bed , and lamp
was on the stand when the accident oc-
oared. " 1 said to him , 'This don't look
like an explosion. ' " Lizzie said that
there was no ono In honso at the time.
Lizzie said ( hat she and Nettie had not
b.ou drunk when she was burnt re
marking : "How could she be drunk and
Isobar ? " ( Witness at this point drew n
diagram of tiiu house , the various parU
thnrcof , and the positions of the two
beds and the lamp. ) Witness furthei
testified as to the condition of the lamp ,
The lamp was on the stand , and the
chimney and burner were on the floor ,
Crois examined by counsel for defense
"English LIE" said in answer to a ques
lion , that the had had a fnss with Nottii
same night , over a certain soldier , ( point
lug to a picture ) .
The lamp was here shown to defend
ant , and he Identified it as the sami
lamp to which Thompson had attrlbutec
the explotion.
"I and Mr. Whalen arrested Thomp
sou , 1 don't exactly remember when ; nr
tested him in the house where the aoeld
< mt occurred ; there were a few word
poken between Thompson and Nettie
Thompson wont over to tha bed am
asked her if she know him ; she finall ;
"recognized him , and ho asVod her if phi
kne * who had burnt her ; she said "no1 ;
I then remarked. 'Its no nso for yon t
aak that , she won't tell you/ "
W. U. Winson. Witness lives nex
door to the house where Nettle WAS lit
Ing Heard a cry of fire and went int
the homo where Kngllih LIs lived. Ha
Lima and Tnompion. Nettle waa nn
cansclous , and wu lying on the floor
She wa badly burnt. A ked Thompio
how it happened. Ho said aho was drunk
nnd had turned the lamp over herself ,
Nothing was said about explosion. Saw
Thompson throw some burning clothes
over the banister. Lizzlo WM walking
up and down the room and was saying ,
"Oh my , aho'a dying ! she's dylngl" About
how the lamp wan standing or whether
the burner had boon taken from it , I
don't ' remember. "
This closed the evidence , nnd the case
was submitted without argument.
Judge Bonoko held the prisoners with
out ball for appearance before the next
grand jury.
Both prisoners appeared to take the
matter very stoically , and were qnlotly
led back to prison.
THE SMAlfpDX.
The Dread Disease Males Us Appear
ance in Omaha ,
The Pest House rut la Slinpo and
AVIII bo Occupied at Once.
For n month or moro past it lias boon
known that 41 number of cases of small
pox wcro in Council Bluffs but the matter
has been kept very quiet and the news
papers have made no announcement of the
fact. The growth of the disease 1ms been
watched withti great deal ofVinxicty by the
physicians and the iuedical men of thiscity
have kept their eyes open for its nppcar-
nncehero. | At last it has come and yoster *
dftyniorhing was announced that n genuine
case of small pox had made its appearance
at St. Joseph's hospital in this city.
A reporter of the BEE has made numer
ous inquiries but failed to gain much
information on the point. The city phy
sician was very reticent upon the subject
and icfuscd to talk about it It ia never
theless n fact that the dread disc.iso has
made its appcarnnco nnd every elicit is
being made to keep it a secret.
The city marshal and his aids wcro
bustling around all day getting the
post house in shape and the patient was
probably removed from the hosptal to
llio pest house last nl ht. Disinfectants :
will bo thoroughly applied at the hospi
tal and every possible effort will bo made
to stop the diaoaso where it now fs.
Several physicians have been spoken
to on the subject and the majority of
them have expressed it as their opinion
that it is best to make the fact known in
order that the citizens of Omaha may
take the proper precautions to guard
against the disease. The fact of its being
generally known will not make the pres
ent case any better or worse , but it may
bo the moans of putting pooploupon their
guard and they will use the proper disin
fectants and thus escape.
The physicians say that too much care
can not now be exorcised in the cleansing
of alloys , cesspools ; and like places. All
filth and dirt should be removed from the
alloys and streets and that too without
delay. Unless this thing is done Omaha
may bo visited by a dreadful scourge. If
tKeso things are looked after at once the
smallpox scare will provo but a bugbear
and will pass away as It has come , slight
ly noticed.
Several physicians have telegraphed
for vacino virus and are contemplating a
rich harvest in the work of vaccination.
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PERSONALS.
N. L. Crew , of Kearney , is at the 1'axton.
J , O. Chase , of Fairmont , ia at the Mil-
ard ,
N. C. Seirs , of North Bend , is a "guest at.
thul'nxtoD ,
Judge Hull nnd Gen , Cowin went down to
Lincoln last night.
J. F. Parkins and F. X. Bossmcr , of Weep
ing Water , were at the Millard yesterday
A. H. Bowman and E. P. Pcaisoa , U. S.
A , , registered at the Paxton yesterday.
Miss Kmma florae returned yesterday to
Knoxviile , III. , where aha will resume her
studies.
MessrVick CaUlwell and Warren Yates
left yesterday for Yalu college , havinp spent
the liolij.iy vacation in Qmaba.
J. II. Kosters and family , of Henderson ,
Iowa , an old Omaha boy , caino in oa the "Q"
Saturday jilght nnd will remain here about n
week , via ! ting.
Mr. C. L. Callahin , manager of that popul
ar little actrejs Miss Lizzie Evans , accompan
ied by the little laoy herself , spent Snnday at
the Pax ton hotil.
Mr. Isaac J. Dodd , of the Knight'a Sword
ami Helmet , a monthly journal la the inter-
ostH of the Knights of Pythias , published at
Fort Madison , Iowa , is in the city looking up
the members of Pythian lodges.
D. Anderson , Columbus ; J. G. Arthur ;
Oakland ; W. D. Park , Bradahaw ; J. T.
Brown , Neigh ! ; A. W. Johnson , Superior ;
0. F. Adnma , St. Paul ; W. M. Qhlck , Lin-
coin , Neb , ; J. Armstrong and wife , Preemp
tion , 111. ! and A. W. Couraon , of Chicago , are
at the Metropolitan ,
Seal of North Carolina Smoking To
acco.la the beat.
OOMING EVENTS ,
They Cast Xlioir Shadows Before
Them ,
The following are the principal social
events for the month , so far as they have
been announced :
Wednesday , January 7th , the Apollc
Olub will give ono of their popular par
ties at Masonic Hall.
On Thursday , the evening of the 8th ,
the Arlon Olub Rlvo a dansanto soiree at
Gerinanla Hall.
Wednesday , January 1-lth , a long her
aided and osgerly looked for event wll
como off In the charity ball at Boyd'c
opera houso. The event will bo a brll
liant one and long to bo romemberec
among the local devotee ) of Terpsichore
January llth , the Musical Union orchestra
chostra will give their grand ball am
ooncnrt.
On Janury 27th the Apollo club wil
again hold the lloor at Mssonlu Hall.
Walter S , Jardlno Is confined to hi
house on acconnf of slcknesr.
Poriont.
No name is better and more pleasant ) ;
md widely known than that of Mr. J , A
Pozzonl. For years ho has made hlmiel
famous by the elegant perfumei and com
plexion powder that bears his name , th
catter having found Us way to the belle
of Paris , Germany and London. Ever ;
body admires beauty In ladies. Nothin
will do more to produce or i < nbance i
than a use of Mr , FoEzonl'i preparation !
THE SCHOOL BOARD.
Tfoal Body Held a wcclin ? Last
mi
An Uneventful Session Minor Mat *
tors Disposed of.
The January mooting of the board of
education was held last evening. Present
President Long , Messrs. Copeland ,
Parker , Gibbon , Hall , Spocht , Llvoray
and Secretary Couoyor.
Vlco President Points sent in his resig
nation. On motion of Secretary Conoyor
it was not accepted.
The report of the city treasurer , show
ing a balance on hand of $8,300.87 , and
in the sinking fund a balance of $1-
510.49 , and bonds on deposit $70,500 ,
was received.
An estimate in favor of E. J. Bronnan
for building the stone wall at the High
school , amounting to $414 DO , was al
lowed.
An application from L. Wondriol for
position as teacher to Instruct in Gorman.
Itoforrod.
It was decided that the grading at the
Hartman school should bo stopped.
The following wcro elected teachers on
recommendation of Superintendent
James and the teachers' committee : Olllo
V. Bolln , K to M. Gavin , Mosollo Eddy ,
Mary A. Frazier , Hnldah Isaacson ,
Emily A. Robinson , Lizzlo II , Noodham ,
Irene Harris , Llda Shallonborgor and
Allco M. Harmon.
An estimate of the cost of apparatus
necessary for furnishing the high sshool
In first class shape , amounting to $237.00 ,
Referred.
The commlttoo -whom was ref orrtd
the communication of Councilman
Anderson , asking for an appropriation
toward baying a patrol wagon for the po
lice , reported that they failed to find any
authority to justify the board in appro
priating for such a purpose. Accepted.
M. W. Hoover was re-elected nuporin-
tendon : of repairs , at a salary of $1200.
A resolution to assign Miss Bertha
Negl as assistant teacher was adopted.
A resolution to allow the Ruttan
Heating'company $500 , on account , was
adopted.
A resolution to draw a warrant Tor the
full amount duo Arthur Johnston on con
tract , and to leave the matter of extras
to the commlttoo on the Hartman achoul
building.
Superintendent James brought up the
change of grading In the lower classes
from throe to each grade to two ia each
grade , the object being to make less
classes and larger , and relieve the small
children In the north and south
parts of the city from the necessity of
going to the high school for classes. Mr.
Hall approved of the change , Mr. Con
oyor and Mr. Specht opposed It. Mr.
Hall offered a resolution sustaining the
inporintondont'a course in changing and
Iso amending the rale to conform there-
o. Mr. Copeland moved to suspend in-
toad of amending the rule. The mo-
' .on was lost.
The board adjourned.
AN ALL-BOUND SWINDLE ,
Curtis , a Union Pacific Clerk , Guilty
of the Grimes ot Larceny
'
ana Forgery.
Yesterday afternoon , a lady , Mrs.
loomls , living at 1914 Webster street ,
came up to Judge Anderson's ccurt , and
told a story of deception and fraud , con-
: ernlhR one W. L. Curtis , a clerk em-
iloyed In the auditor's department of the
Union Pacific headquarters.
It seems that young Curtis has been
oardlng for some time at the house of
Mrs. Loomia and has been running up a
leavy bard bill. Sunday , on being
called to account , ho agreed to pay the
Mil. Accordingly ho produced a check
m the Omaha National bank for $28.50 ,
igned by Judge Gustav Anderson , which
Appearing all O. K. , iraa duly accepted
by Mrs. L. In change aho tendered.
17.50 , which was taken by him. Shortly
ifterwards Curtis passed off another
Omaha National Innk chock , purporting to
> o signed by Jndgo Anderson , which was
Iso willingly accepted. The checks , in
.ho . duo course of business were sent to
ho bank where , In a abort time they
woio found to be forgeries. The work
was very cleverly 'done , Curtis being
quite an expert as a penman.
It appeals that Curtis has been ac
quainted with Judge Anderson for some
; imo in a personal way , but moro lately
in a professional capacity. There was a
mit pending against Curtis in Judge An
derson's court , which was brought
against him by a well known
clothier 6horo , to whom Curtis
was heavily indebted. Curtis waa under
bonds to appear , and the trial was to
como off to-day. Several legal papers
were served upon Curtis In tbo prelimin
aries of- the trial , and in this way ho had
a good opportunity to study the chlrog-
rophy of Judge Anderson.
It has later transpired that Cortls bns
lumped the .town. Ho stole , night before
ast , a valuable salt of clothes and a gold
watch belonging to his room-mate.
Nothing has been seen of him since , and
there Is not the slightest clno to his
whereabouts , A search was made for
him last night , through all the gambling
places of the city , where he might be
supposed to be spending his tlmo and
money , but nothing was aeon of the
forger and thief.
Curtis wni generally considered a
fairly reliable and honest sort of fellow.
Gambling nd fast living , however , have
proved his moral ruin.
ELEOTIMAPFIOERS ,
Various XJOCA ! Corporations Meet and
Elect Ofllcora ami Directors ,
The first meeting of the members ol
the board of trade under the now article !
of incorporation , .took place at 3 p. m
yesterday , at the rooms of the board ,
On motion , N. B , Falconer was called tc
tbo chair , and Thonua Gibson appointee
secretary. The call for the meeting wa
to elect nlno directors for the ensnlni
year , and the following gentlemen were
chosen : P. E. Her , C. F. Goodman , J ,
A. Wakefield. H. G. Clark , Max Meyer
John Evans , Geo. E. Ames , M , Bellman
Thomas Gibson.
It was moved and carried that the reg
alar meeting of the board ba held on Jan
nary 12th , and the officers and commit
tees bo requested to present their re
ports.
It wu also moved that the oonstitu
tlon , rules and regulations now iu opera
tion , not inconsistent with the articles o
incorporation , be used by this beard an
til others are prepared and adopted , after
which the board adjourned.
The board of directors then met and
elected the following oflisera for tho.cn
suing JOM : President , Max Meyer ; fust
vice president , 0. , Goodman ; second
vice president , H. G , Clark ; secretary ,
Thomas Gibson ; treasurer , 2. A. Wako-
iiold.
iiold.At the annual mooting for the election
of ollicors and directors of the Woodman
Linseed Oil Works yesterday afternoon
the following officers for the ensuing year
were elected : Directors Chas. W. Bar-
ston , Oscar L. Whltolaw and Ilabnrt U.
Whltolaw , of St. Louis , and Clark Wood
man and F. E. Ritchie , of Omaha. Olatk
Woodman was elected president , Robert
H. Whitolaw , vice president , and F. E.
Ritchie , secretary and treasurer.
At the annual mooting of the Union
Elevator Company , for the purpose of
choosing officers , the following were
elected :
President , Sidney Dillon ; vlco-prosl-
dent , F. L Kimball ; treasurer , William
Wallace ; secretary , Loavitt Buruham.
The only change In the directors for the
year is the retirement of Ezra Miltard ,
and the election of William Wallace ,
representing the stock owned by the
Omaha National Bank.
A CURIOUS 001NOIDENO ,
A Draco or Touching Incidents nna
Their Scqncls.
Some two vrooks ago , two little girls
living some whore in the suburbs of Om
aha on the Bellevue road , came into
Drexel & Maul's undertaking establish
ment and purchased a coflin .for a little
dog which belonged to ouo of them. The
little mistress seemed almost heartbroken
en at the death of her pot , but to all ad
vances of condoling curiosity , rofnsod to
toll her name , or where she lived. Final
ly , after purchasing a coffin , the two
children trudged out into the cold again ,
walked several miles against the boating
wind'hud bnrlod the dog with tearful
and pathetic care. The incident is still
remembered as ono of the carious ameni
ties which break in upon the monotony of
everyday life.
But there has developed a sad and
touching sequel to the story.
Shortly at tor the burial of the dog , its
little mistress was taken sick with a fever
contracted from the disease of the dog.
The child gradually wasted away , and
despite the the tondorost and most skill
ful of medical treatment , died Sunday
morning , two weeks after the death of
the little friend.
A curious coincidence with an exact , re
version of circumstances occurred on the
Dame morning and almost at the same
time.
time.About
About a month ago Coroner Maul was
called to investigate the death of a little
child which died in a little hovel ( the
house of Mrs. Davis ) on the corner of
Ninth and Dodge streets. The little girl ,
some five or six years of ago , was buried.
A little dog , the pot of the child , grieved
ncossantly at the death of its mistress ,
, nd refused to touch a morsel of food.
it contracted a low fever , exactly Idon-
cal with the disease which had taken off
ts little mistress. The canine gradually
Incd away and died Sunday morning.
Both cases are precisely reversed , and
icrtainly present a marvellous coinold-
nco.
MEN.
Gang of 15O Ice Cutters Btrllco for
$1.5O per Day.
Yesterday about 10 o'clock the men
imployed in cutting Ice for Gay & Fitch
truck for $1 50 per day and being ro-
'used , threw down their tools and loft the
ob. They took the Ice packers out
if the ice houses started up the river ,
"hero were about 75 men in all in the
; ang but they picked up stragglers until
heir nnmber reached 150 men.
They stopped the men employed by
Benzon Bros. , but as Benzon declared
; hat ho was paying $1.50 a day his mon
were allowed ao resume their work.
It Is claimed by the men that Guy &
Fitch have been paying anything from
$1 to $1.25 a day and that most of their
men were only paid $1.10 per day.
The trouble waa finally settled by Guy
i ; Fitch fixing the rate of wages at $1.25
or day. A number of men engaged to
vork at that price , but the majority ro
used and were discharged.
The Bottoms' Mystery.
A week ago brief mention was rondo In
columns of a young man who was
ijocted from the Council Bluffa train ,
, nd who had wandered off into the river
xjttoms. Ho was intoxicated at the time
, nd disappeared suddenly. It was sup-
losod that ho had boon robbed and mur-
orcd by two notorious crooks in whose
ompany ho had been seen Into In the
fcernoon.
Slnco that tlmo Detective James
Davis , who ban . been fol-
'owing up the case quietly , has. discover-
d a circumstance which confirms the
ilausibility of the theory that tbo mya-
ory is ono of robbery and murder. Ho
has the names of two unsavory toughs ,
habitues of the bottoms , ona of them an
ox-convict , who have boon quarrelling
about the disposition of a certain lot of
jewelry and clothes which wore stolen by
them. The plunder is supposed to bo-
"ong to the mysteriously missing young
man. The pointer Is a valuable ono ,
and will bo quietly followed np.
' , The Criminal Itecord.
The following table will ahow the dif
fuse tendencies of local crime during the
month of December :
Murder L S
Stabbing with Intent to wound 1
Itibbery , . ' -
Burglary , , , , C
FalieImprisonment. . , . ,
Embezzlement . '
Assault and battery. , , 21
Obtaining good ) under false pretenses i
Treepaaa . . , . , '
Intimidating witness
Larceny , , , ,
Fugitive from justice
Prontitution
Selling liquor without license.
Gaming , , If
Intoxication , " "
Lea Inp premises to prostitutes
Disturbance of the peace
Making threats
Diiordcrly persons , lj
Vagrants nnd auspicious persons. , 3'
Committing nuitance. , 1'
Total 34 !
Quito lllght.
Chief go Time * .
Mr , Randall assorts that his trip to tb <
south has no political significance , and hi
U unquestionably right about it.
Raltlmoro
BALTIUOB * , January 6.-8imuel Whit *
Lats and straw goods , sulgned to Nichoh G
Peunioun a bond of traiteei for ? 30OCO.
THE INSANE ASYLUM ,
An Interview With a Former
Employe ,
Several Matters that Deserve tlio At
tention or the
A few days ago a Indy called at the
BBC ollico with a letter from Judge Ma
son , of Lincoln , introducing her as Mies
M. Lowls , a doctross , formerly employed
at the Nebraska asylum for the insano.
Miss Lawis was employed at the asy
lum from Juno , 1883 , to December 1C ,
1881. Au Interview with her * regarding
the condition of the asylum gives some
information that certainly deserves the
attention of the legislature ,
"Daring my stay In the asylum , " said
Miss Lowls , "thoro has boon no exami
nation of the luogs , heart or excretions
to show what , if any , physical causes
there were to produce Insanity. When
the rolls of the physicians wcro brought
in , assigning certain causes of insanity I
was never asked to ascertain whether
these assigned reasons woio correct or
not. The records of the various cases
amount to nothing. A stranger can go
to the asylum and ask about the condi
tion of certain patients at any certain
tlmo or about their behavior , and can find
no satisfactory record. There are about
350 patients in the asylum , abcut 1DO
being women. "
"How many physicians are omployodl"
wo asked of Miss Lewis.
"Throe , but they do nothing , " was the
reply. "I have done nothing whllo
thoro. The superintendent Bays ho ca
attend to everything , "
"How are the patients treated ? "
"Quito a number of them have been
restrained unnecessarily. Ono woman
had her hands restrained and her feet
tied. A leather collar was put around
her shoulders to prevent her from biting ,
and then her head was tied back. One
would have thought she needed a little
room to give vent to her excitement ,
She was considered a dangotoui patient.
In other institutions & padded room
would have boon prepared for her. Our
asylum has no padded rooms. I had not
boon In the asylum two months when
Dr. Matthowson called my attention to a
woman who refused to wear her shoes.
Matthowson took her by the arms and
pulled her nhouldors back
several times , and dusiig
the operation , to prevent her vulgar talk ,
ho had a wrap put around her nock to
cover her mouth. At another time ho
had a noisy patient , and I restrained her.
Matthowson came dp and aakod for a
gingham cloth , which ho tied around her
nock and slipped Into her mouth and
gagged her , with her foot And hands
tied Ho ordered mo to give her a hot
bath , after ho loft , and sew her up in a
blanket. I did so , and left her for half
of the twonty-four hours. Nothing was
done to quiet her nerves. Atanothor time
Matthowson Bald to a female patient that
if * she were afraid of us ho would duck
or under water , and an attendant has
icon heard to state that Matthowaon
.hrcatened to put a ntrap around her
neck and draw it tight until she would ID
lad to keep still. "
"Do the state ofliclab' ' over vhit the
.sylnm . ? "
"Tho governor has only visited the
jlaco once while I was there , and then
ho did not visit the female wards. Other
itate officers do not como there very
> ften. No state officer has over talked
o mo about the management of the in-
.tltutlon. . "
"Havo yon and De. Matthowson had
any trouble ! "
"The superintendent and I have not
got along very well since I went to the
nstltutlon. I used to gather flowers In
; be garden for the patients , and one day
Ura. Matthewson gave mo a blast about
t , and has not apokon to me since. "
"How about the accommodations ? "
"Our accommodations are only in-
.ended for 300 patients , but wo have 350.
The building is very poorly constructed ,
't has been enlarged from time to time
> y additions to the wards , which are nn-
'nrnlshod ' and poorly lighted. Another
hing that Is wrong is that the attendants
have from sixteen to eighteen different
"coys to the different rooms in their ro-
ipectlvo wards , when there ought to bo a
uniform system of keys ono key to un-
"ock a series of doors. The present ays-
: em is very bad in case of firo. There
ire no fire escapes , and no waterworks.
The most dangerous patients are kept in
'bo third story , and it often requires two
r three persons to take almost any ono
tin in down stairs. "
In the district court yesterday n wiit of
eplevin was sworn out by George W. Ames
, nd August Pratt against J. J. Cu minings
, nd Henry Bnwm n , the litigated property
leiog iv partial - set of abstract records of
Douglas county. It will bo romemliurod that
Bowman was engaged by Sir , Ames , tbo real
state man , to copy a net of abstracts for him
, nd some time last fall was discovered to be
ilrnxviog up a duplicate butforSfr.Cummings.
Hu was d Hclmrged , but Mr. 0. ha ) elnco boon
n po380 ? ion of the partially completed
ecords. The books were finally recovered
csterday and are now In possession of Sheriff
Miller.
Miller.TUTT
PILLS
25 YEARS IM USE.
Hie OreaUit"Medical Triumph of tie Age !
SYMPTOMS OF A
TORPID LIVER.
Lou of nppcllte , Dowel * coil Ive , 1'aln ia
llie bead , wltb a dull leniatlon Iu thn
back parf > 1'nln under tba iboalder-
blade , Pullneii after eating- , with ndli-
Incllnatlon to exertion of body or mind ,
Irritabilityoflompor , > o\r iplrlti , with
a fooling of baring neglected lomo duty ,
WearlncBi , DUzlnex , I'lutterlnc rft tba
Heart , Data before tbo eye * , Ileadacba
over tbo right eye , Jleitleniaeii , with
Otful drearai , Illebly colored Urine , and
CONSTIPATION.
TtJTT'S 111.1.0 are oapeclally adapted
to such cases , ono dose attecta such a
jhanKoofreolliigfiatoiutonUhUinsutrorer ,
They Xncrcme th Appctlteand cause , . tba ,
body to Take on I'lenUttbuJi . tlio * y - tem II
ilnikArt
* l Jt od
- - - - - - - OTonlo Action
nourUhcxl. ana by tbelr
the UrcOraiii.UeBUlnrHtooUore
produced. l'rlc aSe. ft
runs HAIR DYE.
UiUT lUin or WiiisKcns changed to a
OMs T BLACK by ft Blnglo application or
thl UTB. Jt Imparts a.natural o ° > ° r.ftst
Instantaneously. 8olil by Uruesi W | ° r
nt by express oa recolpt or 81.
3fflco,44 Murray St. . New York.
Is aphrodltlAO , urot i
et activity , poaltlve )
OQK8 impotoucy , I" ,
_
Ity , all wenkneH ofceoemMvo lyitent ; either Dei
lby moil. J , II.lV nuHtfilU7 State St .O
"I BJIVO SufTcrca t"
With every ditoaio Imaginable for the
last three years. Our
Dragglst , T. J. Andorsou , recommen
ding "Hop Bitters" * , o mo ,
I mod two bottles !
Am entirely cnrcd , and hoartlly rocom
inund lion Bitters to every one. J. D
Walker , Bucknur , Mo.
I Trrlto this as a
Token of the great appreciation 1 hav
of your Hop
* Hitters. I was nlHIctod
With Inflammatory rheumatism
For nearly
Sovou years , and no medicine scorned
to do mo any
Goodlll
Until 1 tried two bottles of your Hop
Blttors , and In my surprlso I atn as well
to-day ns over I was. I hope
"You may have abundant success"
"In this qroat and"
Valuable medicine :
Any ouo I * * wishing to know moro
about my euro ?
Can learn by addressing mo , E. M.
Williams , 1102 Kith streetWashington ,
D. 0.
1 consider your
Ucmody the best remedy In existence
For Indigestion , kidney
. Complaint
"And nervous debility. ' I have just"
Returned
"From the south In a fruitions search
for health , and tind that your Blttors are
doing mo moro
Ooodl
Than anything oho ;
A month ago 1 was oxtromly
"Emaciated11 ! , '
And scarcely able to walk. Now I am
Gaining strength 1 and
"Flcshl"
And hardly n day passes bnt whnt I am
# * * * * # # *
complimented on my improved appear-
auco , and it la all dtio to Hop
Bittorsl J. Wickllflb Jackson ,
Wilmington , Del.
tSrNcno genuine without ft bunch ot green Hops
on the white label. Khun nil the \llu , poisonous
Mug with "Hop" or "Ilopa" In their namo.
llostcttoi'd Stem-
neil Itlttors Is thoar.
tlc'o ' forouUailniu
Utos tlio lalltiig en-
erdcB , Invigorates
thobojynnd choiri
the mini ) . It enables
the fcyttpm to throw
oil the dcblllUtlng
effects of undue lix-
tlguo , gltcs renewal
, ? tlK ° r to the organs
- . of illncst'on ' , nrouaoa
? the liver \\lici Inao
- ll > o , icnows the jad
ed appetite , and encourages -
courages hualthlul
repose. Hi Ingrcill-
cotn are safe , and IU
cicdeuilalahlch
consist In the hearty
endorsement of per
sons ot c\ery clan
of society , are most conducing. F r sale by nil
Unionists and Dealers generally
I of tht Dltlf * Grr.af ir drop. InTftrl ft d 1ulgw Eftr-l
ftft eLra.r. . . w l t , ! luramrr dticki . Try II. * cd
.O"I M < reur * r'r ordrucf'.tfat ' tfctf ' - -
ntHlJu-UnllvDU./ U.E BlCGir.TtiSU.ie.
SI JtKUAnwjIY. V. y.
I cms The nit at tnetcira " Bh < r
j U tine" In connection vrtihttk
I H corporate name of a Kre tie d
II a convoys an Idea oi Jaet whtt
required by the traveling pub
lie A Short I.lnr Oatjk Tlrao
end the beet : hc : > zt = i3di >
n llona til ol which n : tctt
bed by tba reatest rtllwv In America.
CHICAGO , ffjiL WAITKSE
And St. Paul.
11 owns and or * over , CCO mllee o !
ortbbrn nilnolB , / Iflconota , lllnnccoU , lon
tkotn ; ind M ts n iln Har , brunches end con
eng reach all tb erca' juolnca controg at
orthwestAnd Fr Webt , It naturally anewaira
eecrlptlon ol She ( Line , and Best Route totwoe
CblcA o , Mllwp jKee , Bt. Paul and Minneapolis
Chicago , Mil w ukeo , LA Cronso and Wlnont.
Chicago , 1111 svsukco , Aberdeen and Elbndalr
Chicago , Mllnaukee , Eau Clalra and StlllHiicr'
Chicago , MilwaukeeWansau and Hcrrlll.
Ohlcago , Milwaukee .Beaver . D m and Oohkinb.
Chicago , Milwaukee , Waukoehn and OoonoxoiycA
Chicago , Milwaukee , Madleon and I'ralriodu Ol'Jiii.
Chicato ; , Milwaukee , Owatoniit , and f MrlbMiM
Chicago , Bclclt Janesvlllo mi J Mineral Faint ,
Chicago , Klslu , llockford and Dubuque ,
Chicago , Clinton , Ilock Inland and CtxW Kr.iilt'.o
Chicago , Council Elufls and Omnhi.
Chicago , Bloui City , Sioux Falls and T iktoa
Chlcaco , Milwaukee , Mitchell andOhimbjrUln
Rook Island , Dubuque , St. Paul and Minneapolis.
Divcnpoit ralmtr , St. Paul atad Minneapolis.
Pullman faUopera and the Finest Dining Cam In
he urld are run on the insln lines ol the CHICAGO ,
UILWAUKKK AND BT. PAUL RAILWAY , aad every
.ttontlonls paid to pai DgerB by courteous employes
f the Company.
USUR1LI , , OOD'l Uanacor.
A. V H. OAKPENTO5. a a'fP ; t8. Agl ,
T CLAHK , Ocn'lHajn
K0.1IKU.FOnD. Ant. Otn'lP Aitl
THE BRUNSWICK , BALKE , COL-
LENDER COMPANY ,
[ 8UOCE630B3 TO THE J. M. B , & 0. 00. )
The moet extonilve manufacturers
IN THE WORLD.
John IXockstraajor General Agent or 2Jebra kaan
Western Iowa.
10 8. Tenth Btreel . . . . OMAHA , HKU
rloo /Wadatlou Ullllard and Pool Tables and iraterli
W 4tacti. nrrTouinfif.ilftMlilr , | oit or folttnr jMiwcrt ,
ritrd.it crowtli or ptirluk ( uvricumt ttjr 4 u w iittthoj
I uultlllut M pli > llc > l ! on l . OIVM roUll > ni |
tiirdr vlcor and * < Jmlr4bl pAyilgui l > r building up t > i
vnlt4 tl.iuei > n r Dnulr > tluxiii > nililimiultowt > k > il
purtfeas. Full etiaiixtli , d v lotmtM | ( , Ul fuuctlooitlriii
la Tirjroriin of | li tojjr , kthrt * khvwn vrllMnAcUr.
tfobilbf tlrauUntl r rnuntiitUfti | nt , lm ) > l . ) fdle l ,
tlltchftltlrll AD.I ftlUtUUllCAl ICUHCO CUWUOIil. WV lll Vt
IUIita Mla at titAlnuul lh nioi ( tare i rut kaown to lti
linJIcjl prof. , , on. " n * . CVnuiiretii Oaicir. . > W H4
mr adommr ul " nab JJtrt Rtiit * . Atort niurktry
or rotm prMioUtlon. " U rUu < iii4 Iftm , "H.r.rui
( oimlDKUt ibyileUnll ll ! 0 ] r ntl.ir tti < nmlr ( iwllhool
coil. " H. r. IHii uli. "An luiliutiua or lru < ratrlt wlUi
noftrwU loilnc trrayof ccnntnt c rllSetff.HNfwOr *
InmiKaUi , Wrllifcirunr ' Trtvll * ttr Vm Olv , " tMui
ipUntUwarif r bc * aaa | > rHtC ( UU 1 | M U4 Iu pitta
CONSUMPTION ERIE MEDICAL. CO. , BUFFALO , H.V , ,
I bare a poilllro ttmttj far tba abort dli , > i j bj Iu
Ul tn-a , ndiofcMii > ltU wont klndmdof foc
laa < 2lDrhaTftba ueurd. Indtatl.AOttronrtiniTftUh
{ nr , Qctcr.tUiU Ul tonilTWO ' HOrriw fun . * .
W irT < rrt ,
f
970,000
Tickets only $ , " , Shares In Proport
Louisiana State Lottery Company
" Sft do ktttt y fir fy * . ] < us tu trvk'l Uo *
isnytatnt i ffr all t\t Ztor.tMii unit 3ti-A nuu.il
Dtaumji of ( lit ixiwfana Stale Luiitry Covtftny ,
inii < n pireon nnnoat antl eon'rol tnt Drcoinjt
yirt.witv * . atirifiof Y < in.ta ar cfndueted fdtlk .
\ tnfttyatrtuta.anl in eciAaitotrarii * nn * r.
Kit , and teantkfrit lAnaempany ffl vft't\leff
Went. , ulfA/jc ir.iilJi cf ttir tienatittti 6t ( * tJ
in < ! t
s
nooipoiikUd In 13JA fnr SI ? by iho.tr ttlatnti
for cduoatlonal and ohaillabta pntpcnotf- . Mill aa ;
Hal of 31,000,000 > which n ire rv loud ot am
CSCO.OGO bts elnco bofo nddotL
By an OTorwholDibn popular vM IU lianrtUe
was rn.viu a patl of the prtrunl Ittl * eor > * VI\tllou \
ailoutsil r oml'i-r 7d. A K IP7C. J"
The only lottery over \otod oa and endorsed b ;
thopcorl of any slito.
It never scales or postpones.
Its grand hlnglo nnmbos t t
plaoo monthly.
A SPLUNDll ) 01'1'OHTUNITY TO WIN A
TUNK , FIU3T OUsNl ) UUMVIXO , ( JLASS A. Uf
THK AOADK.MY OK MU4IU , NI.W OIILKANS ,
THKODAY , JANUARY 13 , 183 % . 176th MO.VHI
DltAWINQ
CAPITAL PRIZE , $75,000.
100 COO Tickets nt 85 cnoh. Fractions , In
Fifths in proport'on.
lasT op puizua.
i OAritAi.riti7.jc _ _ . . . . 75 , r- *
t do do 2iW ( J ,
1 do do 10,00 * \
2 VKiZHnOY to.wo n.oet
5 da HIM IO.OTO
10 do lOfO 19,00-1
so a. ) sw 10,000
IRQ da 2o 2)fOO ) '
' 3)0 ) do 110 : U.OC4
fi dg 0 23 OW
< oa do UJ : MQCO
/.rioviu vrttin I-XIMS.
0 Aj-rrortmtrtloa prliaa ol t7S5 6 75
n do do 5)1 4dO
0 < ! o do SCO 2iiO
1907 rilKg f.noojitlni to . . .I20DS09
A'vllcr ) > llcn tor if.tr Co nlntia ? cnd ! be HIAI ] onlj
o the oiilco ot the Corapaay in Now Otloani.
Tor tnrthrr latoiuiUlon jrrlto tl-'url ) ' Klv3 ! | ; ftfl
addrcm , POST \L NOTCj , Kxpreea Money Orders , 01
Niw York KxchanRo Iu ordinary lotlnr. Currency
hy Kxprcesalleuiuaaf ( $5and upwaroa At our x-
pense ) QddrcB.-oit '
W A. DAVrttlH.
oilt A. W.OTHin , Kop-Otleani I. i
fla/Oovonth SI. Vf-athlnctou D. U ff r
UaVaP. 0. HoneyOrdiu p rr.bh and od.lreA
Registered Letters to W
JJKW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK , J7
flew Orlonna T.a. |
For the Cure of all disonscs of
Horses , Cattle , Sheep
DOGS , IIOGS , POULTRY.-
Used successfully for 20 years by Far
mers , Stockbreeders , Jlorso lt.lt. , &c.
Knilorswl fc used by the U.S.flovoniiu'L
ST-PampliIcts .tChurls sent frec.- .
HUMPHREYS' ' MEDICINE GO , , t
109 Fulton St , Now Yorl
Humphreys' Homeopathic
r
" " r
In J ) use SO yflnrs. The onlr suocei f ul remedy /or
Nervous Debility , Vital Weakness ,
vnd ProstrBtlon fmm over-work or ptliprciiuiM
DISSOLUTION OF PA11TNERSHIP.
'o whom it may concern :
Notion Is borcby given thit the firm ot J. E. RUer
Co. , heretofore doing a real estat-and loan busl-
ess Iu bflico3 S aod 10 , Kronzer block , "Omal a , have
Ills uaj dUso'vod by mutual comer t.
t.J. E. KHV.Y ,
J , T. DILLON.
J , E. Rlley deilrcs to announce that ho has pur-
: ha od the entire real estate and loan business above
itntloncdand will itmcno the samoto the McSbano
alldlng , 2138.13th Jtrttt , vtheio ho can bo icen
fter Januiry Gth. Until his returli from leRisIatlvo
iutles at Lincoln , Itr. J. T. Morlaty , altornry , will
> ave cbareo ot bit ollalrs. doc 31tf
ssa ,
MAOISl'En OP PALMYSTKRY AND CONDITION
iIiIST , 03 Tenth street , letweon Farnam and liar-
cywlll. with thoalil of ( ruardlau sclilts. obtaining
-ir anyone glance In the p.itjt andpt oaent , and oa
ntaln o jndlt'&aK In tbe ruture. Uoots and ehoei
jada to ordqr I'otloot sitlslaotlon enatanto" ' !
NOTICE
Notlco Ulicrolivi'lvcn Hut ) > } virtue of ft decree cf
.he District Court In ai.il iur Umnli ir County , No
irasVn , tlio partnership hetttofoio txl tlDf lictwrcn
I Thoirsun anil O. Clirl.tenter , undtr the firm
sino of Af.'lhcrnson& Co . was this iljt dietohcd.
I Tlunuen will still coit eiue the aiirfultural nn-
, lenient business at the old star d In Wist filnt , tci
u horn all thouccouLt ] and nctcs nf ssld Into firm
ill bo pal I. M. THOMbEN.
Dated Der. Slot.l&Sl.
DISSOLUTION NOTiOl , .
The flrmol KIpR ti Hart Ii on this lUy liy mutual
: nscnt dltsolvoil , Mr. Lee Hart KOIIIK nut and Mr.
Ueu. W. KjriKUlll continue the biulicas at tilt old
> l and , pay'all bills and collect all debts
O. W. KINO ,
833-30 LEO HAIll'
Private Lessons
IN GERMAN !
alVKN Day or evening. Tormi very moderate.
Call on or addreaa ,
F. It. WKlB'aEItUKR ,
Omaha Cominorclil , 11H& 1110 Kartmui
{ " " -/Icc-Jl \ The use of Ul.'go'n
q&M" 0 ( produces Kood healthy
\ lloth , not a puffy , tlab.
l > y Bkm , but pi , ty of
bJno nd uuscIe/Xha
cmla Hiicslt , .nd , as
to tatuiuH tupiily , no
oaa ulrat
.thlntf , and rtcds ccm-
o satldatllon la
, the bc tBubitltuio
Wtroniothir's milk1.
_ _ no let > our rhll-
dr n t'ruw up uiak and puny , when Mdfo' * Food
oan binbtaieod at 10 ata i oott Soldbv
'
evcrjwlioiu , 85 tentu and Ui ard . WOOI.ltl'CQ t
CO , 1'aliner , HJSJ. , on labul.
100 CENTS FOR $ L
win : : ? you WAKT GOOD VALUII , AHK KOH
PIPER-HEIDSIECK
CHAMPAGNE.
Unscrupulous dealers at
tempt to substitute other
brands for tlio sake of ex
tra profit , f
" PIPER-HEIDSIEOKj'
on sale witb. every " -wide-
Vine merchant in.
the i e.
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