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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE , SUNDAY , APRIL G , 18UU.-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES.
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89c for the best polished top Cutting Table. , ;
25c for solid Band Rings , worth $1.
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50c for 5-foot Step Ladders.
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$2/18 for comqlete Decorated Chamber Sets.
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$1.98 for best Wood Frame Wringers with vulcanized rubbers. 25c for Ladies' Watch Guards , worth $1.
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23c for 4-piece Glass Sets1
98c for colored Lemonade Sets , worth $2. which we offer at equally low prices.
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THE LOCAL WORLD OF SPORT ,
Jack Davis will Soon Tackle the Wonder of
the Ooast.
THE USUAL BASE BALL GRIND.
the Gunners nro Doliijj Whis
perings Prom the Wheel Mis
cellaneous Gossip and
Questions Answered.
Davis and Choyninskl Matched.
The sporting editor of THE Bur. is in re
ceipt of u telegram from the secretary of the
Occidental club at San Francisco , Cul. , an
nouncing that the match between Joe Choyn
inskl of 'Frisco and Jack Davis of this city
liad been made andlhat Davis' expense money
would bo forthcoming iu the writer's care
Within a few days. The club will hang up a
purse of $1SOO , $1,500 to go to the winner and
t'MO to the loser. Lord Booth , formerly of
this city has deposited the sum of $ J.V )
With the Occidental club as a guarantee that
* _ Javls will be on hand. The battle has been
llxcd for the last week in May , and Choy-
jiinski Is already in training for the event.
Whllo Davis is evidently n Drst class man ,
but little is actually known of him hereabouts.
He has the credit of having whipped John 1' .
Clew Mice , and won innumerable battles
with lesser lights. He seems to bo anxious for
u go with any one. aud is probably all his
friends claim for him. .TooChovnlnski every
body knows Is n good 'un. tie is a tall ,
powerful , ganmy fellow , a glutton for punish
ment , a hard hitter and a shifty big tighter.
Jlls long reach is his great defensive. Ho
and Davis ought to make a stubborn contest.
Cillinore-Ijindsay Contest.
Harry Gilmore , the Canadian lightweight
champion , will bo hero on Wednesday next ,
und In the evening at the Grand oporu house ,
will moot Jimmy Lindsay in n ten-round con
test for scientific points , for 05 per cent and
05 per cent of the gateGllmoiv , although
little stale. Is one of the cleverest pugilists in
the country , and the coming set-to will uflonl
H line opportunity for the local champion to
demonstrate what is in him. While Lindsay
has fought some good men , ho has never yet
encountered a Drst-rater , and there uro many
of his friends who will withhold their Judg
ment until they sco him engaged with a man
who ranks with the best.
The Sohut/nMivereln's Work.
The weekly shoot of the Omaha Sehutzen-
* orcln was held at the ratigo at Huser park
yesterday afternoon , resulting as follows :
. 'red Moiisdoth ftt
rhrUt Wuethrlelc SI
if. Karl. , , , 4
Julius Suhlup 47
I Inns Peterson ID
J , JoMeii 4t
W. llutt ' . Ill
ll.Kusor : w
Charles llootscli. IT
The conditions were ten shots each at00
yards.
Flashes from the Diamond.
McConnell , the mute , will bo let out.
Charlie Abbey leaves for St. 'Paul tomor
row.
row.Milwaukee
Milwaukee * Is to glvo u Chicago catcher
named Carroll a trial.
Jimmy Canavnn is in great form , thanks to
the vigorous polo season.
I Jack Crooks , captain of the Columbus team ,
is already on the injured list.
Joe Anlner's playing in the Cleveland
louguo team is of u brilliant hue.
Moron Is allrlght. Ho will catch with any
of them Ixtfuro the season Is out.
Clarke , Moron and Willis did uot accom-
jiauy the team to St. Louis ,
Sioux City will play an exhibition game at
the ball park this city on Sunday next.
TLo Oorhams , Now York's crock colored
team have cunt-tiled their dates with Omaha.
Louisville tried to ect Center Fielder Bunm
from Kansas City , but the latter refused to
sell.
Hutchlnson of Chicago will unquestionably
bo the star pitcher of the National league this
year.
Earlo , the catcher of the Cincinnati club ,
was recently relieved of a gold watch by a
sneak thiof.
Naglo and Kittcridge of the Chicago * bid
fair to become two of the Dnest catchers in
the country.
Pitcher Emmerko is the first player to sign
a North" Pacific league contract. Spokane
Fulls signed him.
Third Baseman Nick Smith , released by
Denver to Kansas City , has finally come to
terms with the latter club.
The Corn Huskers will bo down next Sun
day for a little preliminary practice with
their old masters , the Omahus.
Auson is greatlv stuck on his now short
stop , Cooney , and considers him u wonder.
Ho is deservedly proud of him.
Kearns , the new second baseman of the
Omaha club , has during his career played
with seven pennant winning clubs.
.Jimmy Manning and the Kansas City club
are still apart. Long John Ileulev is also
waiting for some one to purchase his release.
The Pacific Northwest league was yester
day admitted to the protection of the national
agreement. It consists of chibs at 1'ortluiid ,
Seattle , Spokane and Taeoma.
The following changes have been made in
the Western association schedule : Omaha in
Denver April I * , Instead of June : W ; Sioux
City in Omaha April SO , instead of June -Jr.
Omaha plays in St. Louis today , Quincy ,
111. , tomorrow and return homo Tuosdiry.
Wednesday and Thursday the Cleveland
league team will bo here for two more games.
"Jumlw" Keel of Columbus , O. , and Philip
Meeks of Evansviilo have signed with Mil
waukee. They are to receive no pay unless
satisfactory , and pay their own expenses
while on trial.
The M. E. Smith & Co. ball team have de
cided to play independent of the city league
und uro now prepared to make dates with the
amateur clubs of the city aud state. Address
J. O'Brien , secretary.
The Milwaukee club has Died its aflldavits
in the Pottltt case. The evidence of all the
parties to the controversy is now in and a
mail vote of the board of arbitration will bo
taken. The ease will probably bo decided by
April 10.
The ICden Musoe has signed the following
team : Wlthoroll , Drst ; Kennedy , second ;
Thompson , third : Baldwin , short ; Anderson ,
right : Laurie , middle ; Baldwin , left ; O'Don-
nell , Lauleriind Kennedy , pitchers ; Croigh-
ton and Millett catchers and "Spud" Far-
rish manager.
Strange as it may seem , no one in Kansas
City has commuted suicide on account of
Sowdors' Jump. "Corjiorol" Bellof the Jour
nal Is wild enough to sav : Sowdors was
most efllcient last season In throwing away
games which the b.danco of the team had as
good as won. Times-Star.
The St. Paul club is not superstitious and
proposes to go through the season with Just
thirteen men , viz. : Mains , Meekln and Vlnu ,
pitchers ; Broughton and Farmer , catchers ;
Hawes , Drst base ; Cantlllou , second base ;
Phillips , third base ; Burks , shortstop ; Daly ,
left field ; Murphy , center Held , and Glass-
cock or Abbey , right' field.
CThero is no use in talking. Public senti
ment Is in favor of baseball this season and
steps ought to IK ) taken toward putting a good
club In the Held. What are the fans doing (
They surely don't want to have to go to
Grand Island und Kearney every time they
want to see a ball game. Got u move on
yourselves boys und got Into the swim.
Hastings Ncbruskun.
John S. Barnes , St. Paul's ex-managcrhas.
with the assistance of J. A. Vanderbeck of
Portland , Ore. . , and C. H. Mow of Spokane ,
Wash. , organized the North Paclllo league ,
which bids fair to lx > como a bright little
league , Judging from the spirit displayed bv
the leaders of it. Spokane has a imputation
of US.ooo. Tucomu : oKK ( ) , Seattle -to.mx ) und
Portland T ! > ,000. This league will need sev
enty-two players , but no fancy-salaried men
need apply , as the limit 1s Jl,2uOper mouth for
each club.
Coonoy U the clown of Alison's team and
makes more fuu for the boys than Tom Daly
did when that player wore the cap aud bells
in the sumo organization , Coonoy is nothing
if not original , and U never done guying
Ausou aud Burns iu a quiet way. "Stars ,
stars 1" ho will say with a sort of contempt.
"Yes , they nro stars. I am no star I'm a
chump , a kid , a colt. There he goes now
[ pointing to Burns or Anson , as the case may
be ] . He's a star watch him miss ill"
In Marsh and Lagoon.
Harvey McGrew , with several friends. Is
encamped on a bar in the Missouri , oppo.sfto
Sioux river , and is having great sport with
the geese and brant. It is u well-known fact
.that McGrew is one of the most skillful gun
ners in this part of the country. Ho can
knock down a goose at sixty yards nine times
out of ten with his mouth.
"Airhole Billy" Townsend , with a number
of friends , spent several days down on the
Waubuncey during the past week. They
report the birds exceedingly plentiful , espec
ially redhead and widgeon , verifying their
statements by returning with a bag number
ing nearly , if not quite , two hundred. Townsend -
send takes great delight in recounting
how ho knocked down nine redheads from
a single Hock , getting in no less than seven
shots with his pumper before the birds could
wing themselves to a safe distance. Billv is
another great shot. He went out on the Elkhorn -
horn last spring one cold day aud out of
twenty-three shots knocked down twenty-two
cauvasbacks. All the birds , however , as
luck would have it , fell in an airhole in the
ice and ho was unable to retrieve them. It
was this wonderful experience which gave
the young man the soubriquet of "Airholo
Billy. "
Captain Bogardus and sons will visit Omaha
some time this month for the purpose of giv
ing an exhibition shoot. The captain while
here , however , will endeavor to get on a fifty
live pigeon race and a fifty English sparrow
race with cither John Petty or Frank Parme-
lee.
lee.F.
F. P.JStunnurd of Milwaukee who made a
butter score than Slice , has made a match
with Charlie Budd of DCS Moines at live
birds. If Stannard is as good on live birds as
targets the prohibitionist will have to have
his wood powder shells loaded in the best of
order to enable him to win.
The sporting press is full of reports on the
use of various powders. The scores made by
the touring teams Is substantial evidence.
Wolsteneroft , using Schultzo powder and a
Greener gun. is almost constalitlv tied with
Whitney , who uses a 10-gaugo Smith and
black powder.
George C. Beck has accepted Erb's chal
lenge for the American Field Companion
Wing Shot cup and named Imllanai > olis , May
12 , as the place and date. It Is to bo hopeil
that Mr. Beck will make as Duo a score us ho
did at the time of winning this cup and that
some one other than Erb will get In the Drst
challenge.
Ducks and geese are unusually plentiful in
the vicinity of Fremont , Neb. , this spring , on
the Platte river , and the lakes near Fremont.
One of the most extensive days' shooting
over known In that section occurred a day or
two ago , when a party of four hunters killed
and recovered 1110 ducks at the lakes on Pat
rick Bras. ' ranch.
The American shooting dates are not much
improved. The St. Louis date is the same us
that sot by the Kansas state sportsmen's
shooting association , and the Kansas City
date the same as that of the Nebraska stuto
tournament , Aud the Minneapolis dates are
the same as those set by the South bide club
of Milwaukee.
ThoKofereo : We are not presuming too
much to call the attention of our readers to
the fact that Kansas City lays claim to num
ber of the best trap shots to bo found any
where. Prominent among them , from the
public match shot , uro J. A. H. Elliott und J.
E , Kiiley , who have succeeded In winning
almost everything in sight. Of late both
have held their own. and Elliott has Joined
Hlley'9 clubs , that ho may assist In keeping
Hiley from carrying away the medals. As
the rivalry has increased of late , it has been
the cause of arranging a friendly match l > e-
tween them by which the winner is to be en
titled the Champion of Kansas City. The
race is to bo at ' 'oo birds each , and will como
off as soon as Elliott can get together fcomo
extra Duo birds. This will IK ono of the
greatest matches ever shot and will bo wit
nessed by n largo number of the lovers of trap
shooting. We have hail some Intimation that
there are some other moml > crs of the shooting
fraternity who will dispute with the winner
the right to claim the ciiauiploushlp of this
city.AI
AI Dandle made a grand score when ho
was practicing to shoot against Beck , getting
US out of 100.
President Harrison has been enjoying a va
cation , meantime trying his hand at bagging
canvass back ducks.
The Minneapolis gun club has adopted
the plan of setting aside one day in the week
for beginners to shoot , by way of practice ,
where they will not bo intimidated by other
members who have been shooting for many
years.
AH lovers of trap shooting , throughout the
entire west , will be pleased to learn that a
grand tournament will be held at St. Joseph ,
Mo. . April N ! , 17 and 18.
There are to be two ground trap shooting
tournaments iu this city this spring. The
Drst , the last week in this month , under the
uuspjccs of Parmelco and Slice , and the second
end in May , on the Guiu & Dunmiu' grounds.
J. U. Stico of this city , during the tour of
Dimick trap shooting combination , made the
best total score of double birds.
The excuse of Dr. O. S. Hoffman for not
attending the game of base ball is a good one ,
you bet.
The Jack snipe have made their appearance
aud every indication is favorable lor a good
snipe season.
Dr. D. C. Bryant and several friends spent
Saturday at Waterloo hunting ducks and
snipe.
So far tills season Judge Shields has
brought in the finest bags of ducks and gec&o
we have seen. The judge is very liable to act
Ibis way whenever he goes aftergame.
H. N. McGrew and Lawyer Blair aiv out
for a ten days duck hunt. They are tenting
on the bankpf theMlssourinearTekainah. It
is very possible that Mr. McGrew will have
his hands full to hold his friend Blair down ,
as Mr. Blair is an excellent wing shot.
Wo understand by good authority that J. A.
Fuller is one of the finest trout fishers in the
western country. His last fall record , while
camping on the Snake river in northern Col
orado is KIT trout in three hours.
Dr. J. H. Conklin , the well-known authority
on otter slides , lias returned from Florida
after spending two months' outing along the
gulf coast. The doctor reports a grand time
and judging from his appearance all his Hsu
stories are true.
Henry Homan is making greal preparations
for a big salmon fish the coming season. Mr.
Homan is one of the Drst fishermen to catch
salmon with a spoon hook. His demonstra
tions thai salmon couldkl\o \ caught with n Dyer
or spoon hook proved very successful last sea-
sou , while Halting in one of the tributaries of
the Wlllumct river in Oregon. The excite
ment occasioned by this successful experi
ment has by no means died out among the
fishing sports of Portland.
C. Clutlin , together with several other gen-
lemen , are encamped ou the Platte near
Utau.
George Patterson returned from Arlington
yesterday witli a big back of ducks.
Judge Shields and George Karl are popping
away at the wild fowl at ) Clarice's.
Hugh McCaffrey spent several days out on
the Elkhorn during | ho past week-and suc
ceed In bagging an Immense string of geese
and ducks. He hud 'u ' close shave with a
bursting gun.
J. H. Diunont and Frank Cross have been
In the marshes about Bancroft. The birds
were there in swarms , and thev had great
biwrt. They shot with Dr. Dolise , the local
crack , who , they sayj claimed averv bird that
was knoi-ko 1 over. 'Guess ' , Omaha .will have
to send John Petty up there to take a little of
the conceit out of tlio doctor.
Doc. Hnynes of Boyd/sopora house has Iwcu
reveling Iu a few days' goose shooting up the
Platte.
Whisperings Krom the Wheel.
The A polios will make the run to the Bluffs
this afternoon ,
A match has l > eon arranged between Oscar
Beindorf and Louis Flescher to bo inn next
Sunday at 4:15. :
The Omaha Wheel club will soon run up
their new colors , red and black , ut their head
quarters corner Chicago und Seventeenth.
Some of Prof. Pcrrigo's lady students are
making rapid progress In the art of riding ,
and may xoon oo seen upon the streets.
Flescher. Suiichay. Taggar , Schull , Hub-
bard , Waldron , Beindorf mid Plxloy will at
tend the St. Joseph tournament on'tho SOtU
of this mouth.
Charlie Ashinger , whose days of glory on
Ihe cycle track have forever gone , has re
turned to Oklahoma. Charlie should from
this on stick close to the plow.
The heavy rains of last week nipped the
bykers hopes in the bud. The roads are
rapidly drying uri now , however , and there
will bo plain sailing along the rural highways
within a few days.
The Prince-Heading race hangs fire aud it
begins to look as If the soldier was not nearly
so anxious to tackle the old broken-down
veteran as ho was erstwhile. Prince is In
daily training and ready to sign -articles any
day ,
The Apollo wheel club has removed Its
quarters from Sixteenth street and Capitol
avenue to Twenty-first and Chicago streets.
A special meeting for the transaction of
urgent business has been called for tomorrow
evening.
A committee has been appointed by the
Chicago Cycling elub to make arrangements
for a gigantic meeth.g at the new cricket
club track on July 4. The intention is to en
deavor to interest all the stales in that divis
ion , and make affair superior to anything of
the sort that has yet taken place in the west
ern country. The track Is not yet built , but
the contract has been awarded , and work
will be commenced as soon as the weather
permit. A club house and grand stand \\Mll
also bo erected , and every convenience for
training , etc. , provided.
MN'cHlancoiis Local Sports.
.Tack Davis will hear something to his ad
vantage bv calling at this ofllco immediately.
Pickerel , from half a pound up to two
pounds , are being taken in goodly numbers
from Horseshoe lake.
John T. Mumaugh has the sporting editor's
acknowledgement * for a souvenir of the Car-
roll-MeAuliffo battle before the San Fran
cisco club some two weeks since.
Cnbannl , the well known St. Louis ama
teur , now with the Kichardsoii drug company ,
this city , is anxious to run .1. J. Grommo'u
100-yurds race. Cabanni is also willing to
tackle anv amateur wheelman in the city for
a ono to five milo raoe.
The Sprinter's AVcddlntr.
IXDKI'INIIINCK : , In. , April . ( Special to
Tin : Br.K.-C. ] A. Dodson , sprinter , ' .iff , is to
bo married on Easter Sunday lo Misa Emmu
Grunell of Dlnkertou , Iu. Mr. Dodson
worked In the amateur ring last season , win
ning over twenty races , making professional
time on several occasions. Ho has been in
training at Tennessee during the past three
mouths , and will enter the professional ring
this year.
Questions and Answers.
A and B are playing seven-up. A deals and
"turns" jack. B "begs" and A runs the
cards , and they run "out. " Does the jack A
turned count htm one ) J. J. , Denison , la ,
Ans.--No.
Please state in your Sunday's querv col
umn whether Billy Nelson played In the
Western league In 1S87. Was ho knocked out
of the box in this city and what was the
score ( Horscshocr , Omaha.
Ans. Never heard of Billy Nelson.
Can you toll mo through Tin : Ben how
many entries there are for this year's Ken
tucky durby , and how many have been de
clared to date ) Bobtail , Kearney.
Ans. One hundred and fifteen. There ha.s
been fourteen declared us follows : Athlete ,
Punster , Jr. , King Charlie , Pullman , Watch
Mo , Glen Scot , Fakafan , Tigress. Flambeau ,
Virginia , Mail Pouch , Handolph , Marlborough -
ough , Winston and Clean Heels.
To decide u hlghflvo dispute , which side
wins the following : AandB are M , C and
I ) IT. D bids H and makes It spades , and
makes high , low , Jack and the game and the
live of clubs. A und B make the five of
si > ades.-Subscriber , city.
Aus. A and B.
Mrs. B. had received an Informal invitation
to spend the evening ut the house of a prom
inent member oC Washington societv. Be
lieving the occasion warranted such a cos
tume , she had worn a short dark suit , high
neck , close sleeves and no ornamentation
whatever to relieve the severity of her np-
iicnruncc. She found the house ublazo with
light and filled with ladles and gentlemen In
evening dross. In the dressing room she said
to a maid that the situation was embarrass
ing , and she iR-lioved she would return homo.
"Oh , no ; don't do that , " said the maid alrilv ,
"there uro several ladies downstair , who look
wor e than you do. "
GROWING IN 'POPULARITY ,
Labor Unions All Favoring tlie Proposed
Eight Hour Schedule.
THE CARPENTERS TAKE THE LEAD.
They M'Ul Make Tliolr Demands on
Muy 1 A. Uriukinaker .Talks
A Small Strike Little
Labor Locals ,
"The eight hour system is becoming more *
popular among the laboring classes. Fully
two-thinls of the union men in Omaha are iti
favor of the system today. "
Tills was the expression of a prominent ofll-
cial in n strong labor organization.
Continuing , the gentleman sifiil : "Tho
strongest organizations or combinations wo
hnvo to contend with arc the corporations
the larger ones a railroad , for in
stance. The mon arc with us individually
but after carefully canvassing the situation
they fear that to make an immediate demand
for the eight-hour system would result in an
injury to not only the bosses but the very
worlsnion who are the most ardent in favor of
enforcing it.
"The boys in the railroad shops in the vicin
ity of Omaha have had the proposition under
consideration for months. They have now
Dually concluded to follow out u system of n
half liour reduction each year until the time
Is reduced to eight bom's. For instance , this
year they work nine and ono-half hours , next
year nine , the next eight and one-half , and
the next eight. This method the boys con
sider will not Inconvenience anyone , and the
bosses will have ample notice of the proposed
situation. "
"Will this system bo carried out by other
trades unions where fewer men are em
ployed ! "
"Certainly not. A number of union mcnhavo
already given notice that only eigbt hours
goes this summer , and there will bo more to
follow. But the action will not bo abrupt.
The bosses will bo given plenty of notice.
There will bo no striking or discord , but the
new system will bo quh-hry and permanently
inaugurated. The men whoeudnrM the eight
lion I" system , us a rulearo the most energetic ,
sober and industrious of meehimies. And
the best part of it is they nro nearly all mar
ried mon. The object is being thoroughly
diseurred at each meeting of a labor organi
zation. "
Tlio Brick Yard Worker * .
"If the people who arc making the protest
against the brick yards on South Thirteenth
street succeed in their light , " said u man who
has worked on a brick yard for years , "it will
affect some of our gang materially. People
have an idea that because a man works on a
brick yard for a living ho must naturally ! > o
tough , Ignorant and perhaps worthless. Hut
that Is a wrong impression. Not because I
am a brick man myself , but I
know a score of fellows in the same
business who are Industrious , saving
and Imvo as nice little families as any
body. It Is tfiio that a certain floating ele
ment who work on the yards in the summer
become quite bummy during the winter
months , but the ix.'oplo shouldn't judge us all
by the notorious few.
"Down in the vicinity of the very yards
that the people uro trying to have suppressed
a few of us Imvu bought homes. Wo bought
them because they \vero handy to our work ,
and some of them nro not yet all paid for. If
the yards arc moved wo will have to inovo
also and get new homes in another portion of
the city. " . _
The CarjH'iitcrH1 Demand * .
The carpenters of Omaha are perhaps the
most energutlc of any trade union In urging
the enforcement of the eight-hour system. On
lost Thursday evening they held a largely at
tended meeting , when the subject was dis
cussed very thoroughly. It seemed to Ixs the
wish of every mechanlo present that the
eight-hour rule bo enforced. In fact , on May
1 the unluu carpenters will demand the eight-
tiuur system. The carpenters do uot antici
pate any trouble whatever , but will simply
insist and in fact demand that mi and atU'r
May 1 , eight hours shall constitute a duy's
work. They will also iu > k for x , cents per
hour , which is 5 cents less than is now being
paid in Chicago , Denver and other cities
about the size of Omha.
A largo meeting will bo held under the
aupices of the carpenters' and joiners' union
ut Gartield hall on the evening of April 14 ,
when W. II. Kilverwill addiv.-u the gather
ing and discuss the night-hour s > item , Mr.
Kilver is of Chicago and is president of the
general executive board. Ho is said to bo a
very interesting talker.
Members of all oilier trades unions are in
vited to attend this meeting.
An Incipient sTrilco.
The first trouble that ban occurred among
the union printers in Omaha for a long time
bobbed up at the news room of the Republi
can oftico on last Monday night. It seems
that the foreman discharged a man "without
cause" and tin * matter was considered he fora
a special meeting of the union and declared
unfair. A committ"o waited i.pnn the pro
prietor of the jypor and explained tlie situa
tion. The uctnm of HID fore-nun ) u as not en
dorsed and at ID o'clock tlie same night all of
the men went to work.
COAST ITKMS.
How a Illoh Country Koods Her Pris
oners A Hoodoo Kalii ( iuiige.
SVN JOSH , C.u , . , April . [ Sp.viul to TUB
HIM : . ] A rich and prosperous county Is
this. For miles around this pl.if.farm and
orchard hinds uro valued at from .5-100 to
1,000 per acre. Tlie county valuation for
taxation purposes is fixed at S0iKi,000 | ) )
double that of Omaha and San Jose , with a
populatiau of 'JO.OOO , is the only town of any
slzo in the county. Much boasting as to
wealth and prosperity is indulged in by the
people , but when it comes to feed ing prison
ers in her Jail Santa Clara countis exceed
ingly moderate and unpretentious. For a
time the sheriff was allowed twenty cents m-r
day each , but the county authorities , fearing
that the prisoners woidd grow too corpulent
and bo aftlicted with the gout on the
rich faro which could bo fur
nished for that amount of money
reduced the allowance ' , ' . " > JK < I- cent and now
the inmates of the jail are trying to keep soul
and body together on the food which l.'i < < uts
per day will provide. As result , so ap
parent is their distress and suffering ,
fond is being sent to Ilium by charitably di- > -
poscd individuals , but Mich aid is , nf course ,
spasmodic and unreliable. In Omaha thu al
lowance has been 70 cents per day , recently
reduced to 85 cents , and there food is n'-j
dearer than hero.
The rainfall in this country is carefully
measured and refolded , one year being com
pared with another. In this sivllun a fall of
thirty inches for a winter is nmsiderfd
abundant , but thus season all previous rer-
ords have been exceeded. In the adjoining
county of Santa Cruz there has boon a fall
of U'O Inches or ten solid feet of water slnco
Thanksgiving , and a recent telegram from
the town of Houlder states that disgusted
popuhuico iissemliled on masse ni d knocked
the oftlclal rain guago Into smith'Tccns ' , Ixv-
llevlng It hud some occult Inlluonc" on the ol <
ements. JOHN T. Biu. : .
Affairs at Atlantic.
ATI.VNTIC. la. , April 5. [ Special to Tim
BIK. : ] Willier N. Hubert * , aged twenty-
sovcn.fclldcad last night about Uo'clock whllo
disrobing for l > cd. The cause of his death
was apoplexy or heart dlsciiso. Kobi-rttt was
a young man of good habits , unmarried , and
lived with his parents In this city. He had
been hunting all dav and was In usual wed
health.
The proposition for an electric light plant t ,
bo established in this city was carried ut tint
spring election by a largu majority. Several
outside companies have applied to the city
council for a franchise uno ! the matter u ill ho
decided by the council In a few WITU.S A
largoMiuinlxT of citizens nro in favor of ttm
city putting in the plant.
There is a great demand for houses to rent
In this city and several citizens have made ar
rangements to put up dwelling houses tliU
spring to rent.
The city school tvport shows an enrollment ,
of 1.1HW scholars for IhUO with an average at
tendance of lTU H In thought the Juno
census will show a populutio'1 of over Lx
thousand m Atlantic ,
.