Nebraska Newspapers

    The Currents of Activity Springing Into
Prcsh , Vigorous Life.
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SHERIDAN SETS THE PACE IN WYOMING
V4nnitlc Crltlclnm of WnrroitM Anil I.nml
Illll \ ( Ircnt . Mineral Producer A
Kick on Itnltronil Itntrs New *
of the Northwest.
Wyo. , March 2fl. rCorrnt
ttpondonco of THE BF.n.J From preientnp-
pearancos spring has como to stay , ana
farmer * In this , the great agricultural port
\lon of Wyoming , are preparing to plant n
a rauoh larger area than has been tbolr cut-
loin , In anticipation of a better and moro ox-
tonslvo marKat tor tholr products , which
, bo created by the advent of the Burling-
t < > .i railroad and tbo consequent Influx of
bomo consumers.
Stockman from all parts of tbo county
fenvo been interviewed within tbo past few
days , and report absolutely no loss at all
that can bo attrlbutod to tbo severity of tbo
Hvintor , tbo heavy snows or lack of food.
/A Tbo bullalncr season has opened earlier
than usual. Eight now buildings , ranging
In stzo rrom a small residence to a four-storv
brlok business house , are now In process of
erection , and several others are delayed only
from a lack of material. Tbo snow In the
mountains has prevented the dozen or moro
sawmill * from starting up as yet , and the
weather Is not sufficiently settled to permit
jlho , commencement ot brick making In either
Of tbo tbrco vords at this placo.
Souio very Important discoveries have ro-
centlv been rondo In tbo foothills and moun
tain canyon * west ot Sliorluan. The most
important , perhaps. Is that of a very excel
lent quality of extremely hard , fino-graincd ,
brown bullcilne stono. It exists In unlimited
Quantities , Is easy of access , and will compare
> favorably with the stone used In the con-
jlruction of many largo buildings m Omaha.
* Another Is that of a very excellent quality of
pura btto sandstone of a sillelous nature
and pronounced by cvports as sultablo to
dntor Into tbo composition of the finest qual
ity of French plato glass. Samploi of this
and ttio building stone have been forwarded
to Otnaha.
Tbo development of the Bald mountain
placer Holds will bo vigorously prosecuted as
soon as it Is possible for teams with loaded
wagoni to got Into the camp. It Is now cer
tain that tbo Fortunatus Mining and Milling
comnany , composed of New York capitalists
fcnd Shorlaan county claim owners , will have
aBucyrus amalgamating plant on tbo ground
arly In tbo season , while other companies
pave machinery purchased and ready for
transportation. A town slto has been sur
veyed and platted , upon which about thirty
buildings were erected last fall.
Sheridan Is a formidable candidate for tbe
location of the State Agricultural college ,
"which will bo determined bv n vote of the
people at tbo next general elect ton. Our low
altitude , the richness of our soil , the abund
ant and Mover-failing supply of water for
Irrigation purposes , and the climate , tem
pered by the "Chinook" winds which follow
tbo eastern base of tbo Big Horn mountains ,
make it by far the most doslrablo point in
the state for such an institution.
. A largo amount of homo and foreign cap-
T Hal will oo Invested in tbe construction of
Irrigating canals this year , which wilt re
claim many thousand acres of our arid lands.
Tbe most prominent among tboso cntororisos
is tbu Northern "Wyoming canal , which will
bo 11 fly-four miles long , thirty feet wldo on
tbo bottom , will reclaim from 75,000 to 100-
000 acres of valuable land , and will cost over
$200,000. \V.
CEDING ARID LAHPS.
Senator Warran's bill providing for tbo
Cession'of arid lands In the west to the re
spective statoj and territories does not. com
mand general approval. A recent corre
spondent of Tnn BEG entered a vigorous
protest against tbo measure , claiming that It
did not guard the Interests of homesteaders ,
out on the contrary tended to promote land
iknd water monopolies. Several Wyoming
pawspanors attack the bill and insist that il
Should bo radically amended before passage.
The Evanston Register analyzes tbe proVisions -
Visions of tbo bill in detail and points out
What it claims are fatal defects. Tbe first
Condition provides that each such state or
territory shall proceed , without unnecessary
iHalay , to divide its area into Irrigation dii-
trlcts and to provide for the distribution of
. .public waters among those entitled to their
y.'juso In districts and , further , to engage in the
y jtctual work of reclaiming bald lands by conducting -
ducting water tborcon , by thi construc
tion of requlilto canals , reservoirs ana otbor
taeccssary irrigation works , so as to accom
plish actual and succqisful production of
agricultural products , so far as such lands
fray bo capable of reclamation by sufficient
valor supply ; and each of the said states and
territories nhall continuously engage , in good
iUitb , according to Its ability , in work of rec
lamation until the whole area capable thereof
thall have been reclaimed for tbo purpose
Aforesaid.
Tbo second condition provides that tbo
United States may cancel the grant at any
time within ton years if the states or terri
tories fall to do tholr part.
Tha third condition permits the mortgaging
Or conditional sale of the lands to raise the
' requisite funds for reclamation.
These conditions , the Register maintains ,
Cannot bo complied with in Wyoming. "Tho
privilege Riven the state of pledging , mort
gaging or conditionally selling , whatever
that last cluuso may mean , is tbo loop-hole
tbrough which the speculators hope to , and
trill gain , not only control , but absolute
ownership , of the bast lands in the state ,
and would-bo settlers must buy thorn or go
homeless. "
"Tho bill provides , " says the Register ,
- ' ' 'for the most gigantic land steal over
% known In tbo history of tba world , and
I pboukl it become a law it would deprive hundreds -
dreds of thousands of tbo prlvllr50 of obtain
ing bunas on the public domain , and retard
the growth and development of ttao on tire
west. A united otfort should bo tuado to do-
| eat U. "
Speaking on till * subject tbo San Fran-
Olsco Cbronlcla says : "Special dispatches to
the Chronicle from Washington make It very
plain that bablnd tbo apparent demand that
the United States bo generous to tbo Mate *
and territories In the mutter of the costlon of
the arid public lands there Is a gigantic Job
which would result , if carried out , la endow
ing n laud ring with the very best of tbo
k lands in question. It is made to appear by
t pftitios and biased reports that the United
> * . Eilates has already done all it should for tboso
fmi lanJg , when tbo fact U that practically noth-
\F \ Ing bas bcon done and but very little money
aponton them. .
"If the United States should make this
Cession ot tbe arid lands soroo of tbo new
talcs would Had themselves with uu ele
phant on their bands. They woula bo about
as well oft as an individual without any
money who should bo clvon n section of
aeobrush land and required to reclaim and
"TMvato it. All ho could do would DO to
some moneyed man wbo would help him
for the lion' * share of the land , and that is
Kactly what a number ot the states would
corapulled to do. "
Thrilling Wolf Drive.
.In the hilU flfteen miles east of BolaoChy ,
Idaho , last week 100 miners ana stockmen en.
gaged In a wolf bunt It was a thrilling con
test between men and beasts , eleven wolves
toeing killed and nine mon more or less son-
Ously injured. The wolves werelu ono pack ,
nugly ensconced In a small cave. They
were driven out by hounds sent into tneir
flarn retreat , but they killed tour nne dogs
before they Issued forth. Tbe animals were
Wild with fear and gaunt with huniror.
and several old mountaineer * advised the
hunters to aboot them tint , but tbolr ad.
Vlco wa DOC heeded , ana tba chase was in
augurated. Tbe dogs soon cauyht ono ol tbo
wolvos. a savase male. They dragged him
down , but bo shook him off and dashed
\fcark toward * the men. Joel Hardy was In
/his path and U sprang at bis throat and badly
injured him. The sbootluc of the wolf saved
Hardy' * life. A few minutes later tbe dogs
hilled two of the wolves , though net boforj
tbo nunlod animals bad bitten BUI Sprockets ,
Barnes OlUoy and Q. I. Anderson. The
leader of tbo pack of wolves was a big blacK
IDale with tremendous fanes.
Tbo don cornered U and Hink Manton
and ft man named Proffer ran up to shoot it.
The wolf sprang over the heads of the dogs ,
fastened Its tooth In Marston's arm and
nearly bit that member off. A second later
It loft Marston and attacked Pfeffor , who had
managed to got In n shot while the beast was
biting Marston. the wolf badly lacerated
Pftffor's right breast betoro ho succumbed ,
The men now became moro wary , but the
dogs wore as snvago as over. A wolf blinded
ODD hound and by mistake the dog bit a boy
named Dolsn. Before the remaining wolves
were killed two other memvcro slightly
wounded by the wolves , who seemed to nro-
fer lighting to running. Of the men bitten
by the wolves and tha dogs all will recover
unless bydrophoblaTosults. The minors and
stockmen will hunt no moro wolves.
Nn l.cgnl cnpc.
Charles Miller , the boy murderer , Is
doomed to hang April 23 , unless , meanwhile ,
bo succeeds In escaping from tbo Chnyonno
Jail. J Governor Barber of Wyoming declines
to interfere In the sentence of the court , in
bis I letter the governor says that Miller Is not
at all insane , and has .had a fair trial. Tha
t xccutlvo Is a physician , and has made a per-
? onnl study of the caso.
Miller killed Hess F. Flshbnugh nnd
.harlos Emerson In a box car ol a moving
rolplit train about forty mile * east of
Jhoyonno. The trial was had at the Movem-
jor , 1890. term , and his conviction was
ipoedy. Ho baa confessed to hU brother In
Kansas , having fled to that state. His at-
: ornoy urged Insanity ana Infancy , ho being
but in. It was clearly shown tb.it ho had
hot his companions as they slept and robed -
od them , securing about (70 and a watch.
Emerson mid FIshbaugtivoro well con-
ccted at St , Joo. They had never tramped
oforo , and were going to Denver for omplov-
mont. Miller was born at Rochester , N. V.
"Us father committed sulcido with parli
; rcon and ho was in an orphan asylum a
ouplo of years. Miller has never shown
hat ho considered his crime anything out of
ho ordinary.
There were two Jail breaks In four months
ore , and Miller went both times. On tbo
iocond occasion , December 31 last , bo was
early frozen to death.
Tbo banging will bo the first In Lararalo
: ounty in twenty years.
Utah nnit the ItnllroiuU.
Tbo transportation bureau of the Salt Lake
; hnmber of Commerce has filed a complaint
gainst all tbo railroads entering Utah. The
xjmplalnt alleges that tbo railroads are vto-
ating sections 1 and t of tbo act to regulate
lommcrco. One ot the allegations Is that tho'
allroads are charging from three to nl no
imes the actual cost of the movement of
rcight , and that these charges are unlawful
bccauso they are unjust and unreasonable.
Another allegation is that the roads charge
moro from Missouri river common points Into
Utah than they charca from the Missouri
river to California terminals. Tbo issue is an
'm > ortatU one. Involving largosums of money.
The brief of the bureau is forceful and to
, ho point , Tha complainant prays that the
defendants be brought before the bar and un-
oss they show good and sufilciont reasons
.bat they bo compelled to "desist from charg-
ng a greater sum in tha aggregate for the
shorter distance than for the longer distance
over the same line In the same dlrootion , and
to restrain said defendants from violating
any of the provisions of the 'Act to Regulate
Commerce , ' and for such ether and further
relief as the commission may doom necessary
' .n the premises.
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A Wonderful Mine.
The great Homostako property In the
Black Hills Is ono of the greatest mineral
producers In the country , if not in the world.
It has Just announced its 164th dividend of
10 cents per share , or a total of $13,500 , mak-
ng the aggregate profits divided to date
$ -1,318,750. A miner In tbo employ of the
company Informed a representative of the
Deadwood Times that there Is twenty yean
supply of ore in sight in the trine. A little
calculation will bo sufilciont to show what an
immense mine this is , if tbo statement is
true , and there is every reason to believe it
The Homostako aggregation is dropping
700 stamps , each crushing an averago.of four
tons of ore per day , or a grand total o'f 84,000
tons for the 700 stamps a month. In twenty
years there are 340 months , and to Keep these
stamps operating that length of time no less
than 11,100,000 tons of ere will ho required.
Tboso mines , according to the last report of
State Mlno Inspector Corkhill , have already
yielded upwards of $40,000,000. but wbo can
estimate , with such a vast quantity of ere In
sight , xvhat will bo their product for the
twenty years to come !
.Siignr Uoot lu Wyoming.
Prof. Dice McLaren of tbo Wyoming uni
versity bas Issued a circular to farmers urg
ing experiments in the cultivation of sugar
boats. The object is to test- their growth la
all sections of the state and determine their
adaptability as a root crop as well as their
value as sugar producers. In 1891 trial fields
were grown on the six experiment farms of
the station. Seventy analyses yielded an
average of 10.79 per cent of sugar , with a
maximum of U'J.18 per cent. Justified by
such encouraging results tbo nation wishes
to supplement its experiments of 1891 with
extensive co-operativa field trials of
sugar beets for 1S93 , ID all parts of Wyom
ing' , and urgently requests that farmers
plant sugar beets under Its direction and re
port results , to be sent in with sample beets
which will bo analyzed froo. Prof. 1C. E.
Slosson , who analyzed tbe beets of 1S9I , has
kindly prepared the form and directions to
bo followed. All persons sending sugar
beets will receive results of- their analysis
in a bulletin containing full reports of tbo
Field experiments of Ib93.
Taxing Indian Lunili.
Senator Mandcrson has prepared a bill of
great Importance to all the states having
within them Indian lands. It provides that
tbo lands which , have boon allotted to any
Indians In severally under tbo provisions of
any law or treaty , in which the lands are to
bo bold in trust by tbo United States , or are
to bo exempt from taxation , or which may
hereafter be so allotted , shall be subject'to
state and local assessment and taxation , the
sumo as anv other lands similarly located in
such states , . Sales of land for taxes is pro
hibited , but such delinquent taxes , if not
paid by the owners of tbo land , shall bo
paid by tbo treasury of the United States to
the authorized oillco of tbe respective coun
ties or municipalities. No taxes shall bo
levied for a period of live years after such
allotment. Tbo bill makes a continuous ap
propriation to meet tbo taxes and assessments
authorized.
lni ; Operations ,
The Mine Owners association of Ccuur
d'Alene , at n meeting In Wallace , Idaho , de
cided to resume work all through that sec
tion. IhoCcour d'Aleno products are a fac
tor in fixing the prices ot load and silver ,
and when the mines cloiod a few months ago
smelters all over tha country wore at a lois
to find enough wet ores to run tholr plants.
The i-ail roads restored tbooldrntos on ere
shipments to tbo can , bailiff n reduction of
$ j n ton. Work will bo resumed about the
1st of April It enough minors can bo bad.
Tbo operator have decided to reduce wages
from fJ.50 to W per day , The Miners union
will resist the reduction nnil a bitter labor
fight Is prouablo ,
Table Rock Methodists have paid off their
church debt.
Fillmore county republicans will hold tbolr
convention at Geneva April 9.
St Edward citizens have raised a bonus
of { 1,000 and thus secured a plow factory.
Tbo farm house of Alexander Sullivan
near Schuyler was entirely destroyed by lire.
ThoColfax County Teacher's association
held an Interesting meeting at Ilowelli Sat
urday ,
Bertrand suffered from a coal .famine for a
few days last wimk and cobs furnished the
only fuel.
A farmer near Norden , Keya I'abu county ,
killed a bald eagle which measured nine feet
from tip to tip ,
E. C. Keeling , a traveling man , had his
"grip" stolen from the depot at Lo'iUvillo '
wltn all his samples.
Uov , J. E. Brorotou , for nearly six years
pastor of tbo Ashland Congregational church ,
has resigned to accept tne appointment of
field secretary of Doano college.
Harry Simpson , a Fender painter , went
down to Bancroft and drew n chock for (15 ,
signing M. Emmiogton's name to it , Ho
then disappeared and hain't been beard from
sinco.
A Dull that disappeared from near Gothen
burg last fall was found on a "towhcad"
Island In the Platte the other day , having
wintered with no food or shelter beyond that
afforded by the grass and underbrush on the
Island.
The Fairmont Signal Issued an excellent
special edition last week containing an attractive -
tractive review of the commercial Interests
of thit thriving city. The Signal is ono of
the brightest and most progressive weeklies
In I Nebraska.
Dr. LoxvU , a practitioner of Burr , has been
lodged I In the Otoo county jail at the initanco
of bis bondsmen. The doctor's trouble com
menced about a month ago when bo pre
sented n Dill for professional services to ono
MoNutt J , a cltlion of Burr. Hot words fol
lowed t and In his anger tbo doctor shot nt his
former ' patient. In the JuUlco's trial that fol
lowed Lewis was bound over to the district
court in the sum of f 00. Ho readily obtained
the I bondsmen nt tbo lime , but recently his
actions II II have caused the bondsmen to think
that I ho would bo among the missing when
tbo j trial wns called , ana accordingly sur
rendered him over to tbo sheriff.
John Bryantb at Browstcr , Blalno county.
In n very deplorable condition. Ho has boon
an object of charity , wandering among the
inhabitants of Kdlth precinct for some time
past. Last week ho wns token xvlth fits nnd
so scnrod the people with xvhDtn bo was stay
ing that the atteutlon of Justice Scott was
called to his condition. Before tbo latter
gentleman arrived , bowovor , Bryant loft tbo
house and wandered about among the hills
for two days before ho was fouud. His feet ,
hands and face were badly frozen. The au
thorities have taken charge of him nnd will
endeavor to find the countr of bis legal habi
tation or some tclatlvos wbo will Interest
themselves enough to take charge ot him.
It Is gradually being demonstrated that the
ays of tuo "bad man" arc over In Nebraska ,
'ho latest proof comes from Jefferson county ,
nek Moore thought ho would break up the
Inglnp school In Frank Swift's district , nnd
vlth a wild abandon but without fear of tba
aw , ho nrocooucd to Interrupt the regular
roceodlngs bv warbling in a high falsetto
oico that soul-stirring relic of the cow
mnchor * ' era :
"Wild nnd xvoollv , nnd full of flois :
"I nexor xvns curried below the ltncc .
But Jack had counted xvltbout his host , for
host of singers fell upon him and caused
him to bo incarcerated. Ho xvns tried last
vcok in the district court .nt Falrbury and
vas lined $10 nnd cosU , amounting to over
MOO. As ho hadn't tbo money to settle. Jack
anguishes in Jail and feels us If ho had been
curried all over.
South Dakota.
Half interest in the Anna group of mines
brought $12,200.
Tbe electric light plant at Ripld City will
bo ready for operation this week.
According to the latest reliable advices ,
the bic hotel nt Deadwood is now a load-pipe
clncb.
The next state encampment of the Grand
Vrmy xvill be held at Chamberlain in May
or Juno , 1895.
Edward Oxvon nnd Miller McKonzlo xvoro
crushed to death under a mass of rock in the
Ilghlnnd miuo.
Placer miners on Castle creek , nnd In
Hockervillo and Hayxvard districts , are about
ready to commence sluicing.
A company of lUissiuns have decided to
erect a SIU.OOU grist , mill at Parltitou and
work on tbo same will bo begun nt once.
EdThutloxv and Alfred Carroll indulged
in a game o' sovcn-up in Centennial. A dlfll-
culty nroso which Tburloxv settled by making
i pass at Carroll , inserting a unite blade in
tils shoulder. Carroll died.
Subcontractors on tbo B. & M. extension
from Enulowood are collecting their outfits
and commencing work as fast as possible.
Most of the survey bas been cross sectioned
and the largo cut across the Clinton com
pany's ground bas been com man cot ) . Tbo
cut xvill bo 6'JO ' foot long und 40 foot tbo
greatest depth , nearly solid rock clear
tnrouph.
\vyo
The Cboyenne Iron company , capital
$50,000 , has been Incorporated.
Evanston bai raised $15,000 for a flouring
mill and now wants a woolen mill.
Postmaster Calhoun of Big Pcnoy ex
changed postage stamps for drinks and was
arrested.
Evanstonlans are passing tha bat for con
tributions to sustain the public school till
the close of tbe term.
A number of Union Pacific employes in
Cheyenne were caught with company prop
erty in their possession.
Creditors of tbo defunct Cheyenne Na
tional bank have received checks for tbo
first dividend , 25 per cent.
Wyoming has 3,080 Irrigation ditches , 0.414
miles long and watering 3,172,781 acroa of
land. The dltchos represent an outlay of
$3,404,209.
Colonel S. W. Downey is too busy to give
a thought to public office. Ho would not ac
cept tbo republican nomination for governor
if tendered.
The body of Matthew B. Dawaon , the Lara-
mle banker wbo was drowned In Hutton lake
last October , was discovered by hunters on
the edge of tbo lake last week , The family
spent $15,000 searching for thebody during
the fall and winter.
Montana.
The advance in the freight rate on Rock
Springs coal to Butte is looked upon as a
squeeze on tbe smelters.
A sample of ere from the 300-lovel of tbo
Josephine shows galena ana iron pvrltos and
also distinctive streaks of gray copnor , ant )
assays upwards of $100 a ton lu gold and
silver.
The federal authorities In Montana will
prosecute tbo managers of the Great Falls &
Canada railroad for violation of the labor
laws. It is charged that the company
brought cheap labor from Canada.
The President of the Northern Pacific
Hallway company , while in Helena lait we- * ,
said tbo long talked of refinery at Three
Forks would bo put in nt once by tbo Ana
conda company ns all differences between the
companies had been satisfactorily adjusted.
A general essay of specimens of copper ore
from tbo Arizona , In Purk Canon , near
ButU ) , returned 25 per cent copper. Thcso
were taken from across-cut only thirty-seven
feet deep. At tbo bottom of tbo shaft , wnlch
is sixty foot from tbo surface , tbo lo < id is
four and one-half feet In width.
Bad lack seems to press hard on tha Ana
conda. On Wednesday evening tba main
sbatt In the Anaconda wns again in position
and work resumed. Everything proceeded
in tbo usual manner until 9 o'clock Thursday
oyonlng , wbou the shaft was found to bo
broken in tbo same place , which necessitated
tba shutting down of ttao mines until a now
shaft could bo procured from Philadelphia.
IllUllU ,
Caldwell bas an electric light plant in op-
oration.
Jack Pratt , a notorious Wyoming robber ,
was arrested In Boise.
Lloeral subscriptions are being made to
word the $ i5,000 Worl . 's fair fund.
Bolso is to try tbe novel experiment of
beating tbo city with uatunil hot water I'rom
adjacent springs.
Last week a nugget weighing tblrty-fivo
ounces was found on tbu Mlllor claim , near
Myrtlo. It ncttod tbo owner * a Httlo over
F. C. Mandell , a BoUo civil engineer , Is
making u survey and laying out water
ditcher for tbo famous Bonanza Bar placer
mlno near BlUa. Tnh mum was recently
purchased by Hailoy capitalists for a lurga
sum of ruonoy.
A itch strike u reported In the Treasure
Vault mine , situated on the west fork o :
Nine Milo creou about rive miles north o.
Wallaco. While pnvcrul men xvero cngagoc
In tbo aevelopmcut work recently they sud
denly structt a vein of oild galena ere throe
feet in depth.
Along ; the Ctmit.
Port Townsoud's now city ball cos
* 3 , > .OUO.
Walla Walla's eloctrla light plant , now un
der xvay , xvill cost (60,000.
Tbe visible result of the prackor trust Is
tbo close of txvo cracker factories in Taroma
Fifteen U runt 11 la braves In Oregon vanci
a firewater feiut by Kidnaping a Chinaman
and dousing him in tbe river.
Mr. Mill * , land agent of tbo Southern Pa
clno company , Is negotiating for the 10,000-
aero WUson rancho near Corning , lu Teuaum
county , Cal. , which xvill be divided Into
small fruit farms and cold ou tbo installment
mont plan.
Tbo ralu this season appear * to bo tir
ranged exactly to suit tbo farmer and frul
grower. Crop roporU from Southern Call
fornla , tbo only doubtful section of the state
shows that all the fruit troas except orange :
and poaches promise largo yields. Ono po
ctiltsr feature is that , tfioagh thousands ot
fruit trees have been plAwed , tha acreage
of wheat nnd barley is unprecedented.
At Hopland , Cal. , recently Armstrong
McCabe was shot nnd Itlllnn In his saloon by
some unknown parson. UaHt July ho mar
ried Mrs , Henry Wlllanl , ' A full-blooded In
dian , and the widow ot' 'whlto ' man. Sbo
brought him * 50,000. , r
The great Altn irrigation. system ot canals
under the Wright law bas , bpcr. completed
and Is running full of water , practically irri-
patlng 130.000 acres of latm In the vicinity of
Trovers , Cfll. This resull has been Drought
about by the residents dfl the district purchasing -
chasing the bonds tho-ruaelvcs. Flvo hun
dred mites of canals and distributing ditches
are In operation.
Dave Hill , the Indian 'policeman on the
tlamalh reservation who was killed by
mother Indian \vhllo taking an Indian prts-
ncr to the agency , was one of the best
cnown Indian character * in Oregon. Dnr-
ng tbo Modoe war bo noted as Interpreter
nnd scout for the whites , and nt the close of
ttio war went to Washington with General
Moacbam and Captain D. C. Applcgato ,
vhcro bo was tuch a great pruo that kid
napers stele him from his protectors.
The Lick observatory , on the summit of
tlount Hamilton and about-1,000 feet above
ho sen , had lioO : acres of land granted to It
bv congress In 1S70 , and 1DI.5 acres were
afterwords added bv purchase. The citizens
f San Jose spent $78.000 in building a mog-
nlllccnt wagon road to this hitherto almost
nnccosslblo spot. Hut the observatory wants
moro land under Its control so that It can
top hunters from building camp fires and
tartlng forest fires with their clouds of
moko. The present congress has therefore
) dsscd n bill adding 033 acres to the roscrvn-
lon nnd tbo United States senate will doubt-
ess also concur.
A glass factory In the state of Now Jersey
s said to bo engaged In llttlo clso but the
nanufncturo ot bottle * for Dr. Bull's Cough
Syrup , price 2oc.
1 have been suffering tbo past three months
vlth rheumatism. Ono bottle ot Salvation
oil gave entire relief. FratiK O'Urlon ' , Bnltl-
mord , Ma.
Itf palrliifr I ho Hloi ill's Wreck.
'i'ho destruction caused by Saturday's
term xvas partially repaired yesterday. Tbo
Ire alarm system is still dlsorgnuizod. Tbo
damngo xvas greater than was first supposed.
t xvns impossible to got the wires in xvorklng
order yesterday and it xvill talio nt least
oday to establish communication xvitb the
lire alarm boxes through the olty. The dan
ger from lire is not so rreat as It xvas Satur
day night , bccauso tno telephones are in
warning order and still alarms can bo turned
"n If necessary.
The electric llcht sjstom xvns also nlmost
completely xvreckcd. Tbn company had its
men nt xvorlc all day , but It xvas impossible to
repair all the damage. It will probably ro-
iUira ] tbroo davs to complete tbo repairs.
I'ho telephone company and the American
District Telegraph cenipanv were moro for
tunate. Their xvlres xvoro lighter and bettor
protected from the storm. A hard duy's
xvork was sufficient to put them in nearly as
good condition as before.
It will require considerable xvork to repair
tbo damnco at tba stock yards. El * ht pans
xvero moro or loss broken up , and some of
them xvoro entirely xvrccked by the xvoight of
wet snoxv. The roof of'ono ' fell in upun a lot
of bogs , killing tlftx'-fivoaad crippling nearly
as many more. The loXS in the stock yards
company will aggregate 'SJ.OOO to $3,000.
The" streets arc in > S their usual 1m-
passable condition after a storm. No
effort xvas made yesterday to oven
clean off tbo cross walmi and pedestrians
resembled a mud fence after they had xvaiked
a couple of blocks. Soutb Omaha mud is
rapidly becoming famouaiand tbo city nu-
thoritios.aro evidently determined that none
of It shall be xvas ted. ot > >
. , - i. i i.-- , . i , , , > i
Tbo boundaries of thq clecthn districts of
the various wards In tjhlg ity ns defined in
tha mayor's proclamatidrcore as follows :
First precinct is bour.de'n\on \ xvestbyUnion
Paciiic railxvnv traeks oq'Jtbo south 'by N
street , oTi'tuo north b.v L.'stroot and Missouri
avenue , Tin tbo east by the Missouri river.
Second precinct is bounded on the west by
Union Paelllo railway track t , ou tbo south
by L street , on the north by the city limits ,
on the east by Twenty-fourth street.
Third precinct Is bounded on the wast by
Txvouty-fourth street , on the south by L
street and Missouri avenue , on the north by
the city limits , on the cart by tha Missouri
river.
8ECOXD WAUD.
First precinct is bounded on the xvost by
Union Pacific : railway , on the north by N
street , on the east by' Missouri river , on the
south by Q street.
Second precinct Is bounded on the west bv
Union Pacitlo railroad , on tbo north by Q
street , on the south b.v Armour street , on tbo
cast by Missouri river.
Third product is bounded on the west by
Union Pacific railroad , * on .tho north by
Armour street , on the soutb by city limits ,
on the east by the Missouri rlvor.
THIRD XVAUD.
First precinct is bounded on tbo north by
Q street , on tbo south .by. city limits , on the
east by Union Pacilic tracks , on tbo xvcst by
Thirtieth stroot.
Second precinct U bounded on tba north by
Q street , on the south by city limits , ou tha
east by Thirtieth street , on tbo xvost bx' city
limits.
The Fourth xvard constitutes a single dis
trict.
The places of registration are as follows :
PlltST WAUD.
First Precinct Sipo's scale office , Twenty-
sixth street , oatxveeu N nnd M streets.
Second Precinct Polsloy's food store ,
Twenty-fourtli street , tyotxveon 1C and L
sticets.
Third Precinct Slora room corner of
Twentieth und L streets ,
SECOND XV.tlll ) .
First Precinct Connor's store room , Ttvon-
ty-slxth street , between N nnd O street * .
Second Precinct School bouse on Twen
tieth and Broxvn streets.
Third Precinct Glonson store room Twen
ty-third street and Itillway avonuo.
Til Mil ) XVAIID.
First Precinct Kuufhold's hotel , Q street
near Txvouty-oighth street.
Second Precinct Flro boll , Thirtieth and
R streets.
FOt'HTIf WAND.
Missouri Pacilic ofllco near Exchange
building ,
Homo Umlcslrulilo Citizen * .
In the early days of tbo Maclo City It xvas
for a tlrco the rendezvous of thii tough
gentry of all descriptions , Footpads xvero
numerous and a night in wbicn some belated
podnstrlan was not , held up xvas n rarity. A
detormlntd effort on tho'-'Viart ' of the police
ridded the city of visitors of this class and
durlui : the last two .vear-stlSouih Omaha bus
bci-u comparatively treat from tlieso undo-
strablo visitors , ' *
At the piosent time , uoxvever , tno ban
against lawbreaker * fieojra to bavo boon re
moved and tliev llourlsniunroolcstcd by tbo
guardians of tbo luxx-J Tbo touch element
tnat formerly frequented , the back streets
nnd the rougher class of "silicons " has given
place to a better dresspij , Jiut not moro de
sirable class xvbo sauutcrupand down tbo
principal thorougbfarest\vith the nonchalant
nssurauco of men xvtjp bavc perfect conll-
deneo In tbolr "pull.1' ' Tbo footpads and
"Jllm-flam" xvorkeri of $6 past have bcon
succeeded by the burglar * and confidence
men xvbo can ba rofognizuA on tbo streets al
most any day. tcil
Until xvitb In a xveck' ' * Well known crook ,
who gooa by the nnmo pil Cid" Lane , and Is
xvantod In half a dozoa places , xvas a regular
frequenter ot tbe gambling houses in tbe
city. Ho is an all-around burglar xvho en
do almost anj thing from . "crncklug" a bank
vault to purloining Jewelry and plato. Ono
ol bis latest exploits was a big burgmrv at
Hillsdale , Mo. Ho xvas silently disguised
v.hllo in town in a rough slouch hat and III
fitting clothes , but xvbrn his cutfs slipped
back they showed the sleeves of silk under
shirts of tbo most expensive qualllxHo
was in toxvn three xveoks and hb Identity xvas
not suspected bv tbo pollen.
Another nun xvbosu ionutatlon as a conll
Oenco man is knotvu in almost ox'orv part o
the xvost. xva in Iho city three Jayi U *
week. Another of almost equal sup'-'ii ti
thosiimo line of work U la toxvi at i c
present time. Ho ivojra tbo attire of a in- -
to-do ranchman xvbo bos just sold u i-pii-i.1 >
ment of stock. His metboil i to rcproii-ni
himself as a stccrfinan to shlpp'ra ' i-oluxo
sold tbolr stock nnd ore xxilliuu'io out ai d
see tbo toxvn. An acqualntancn i forn-fd
and tl'fl grnbino citttlo oy ner is
eitiily plucked by the ct.ck in
dNgulso. A number ot stocxmon have
xxm token In bv this man and
ils friend * . After the'blrd Is plucked ho is
akon to the depot and shipped back home ,
oo much Intoxicated to realize xvhnl has hap-
> cncd until after ho is well eut of toxvn.
fhon ho usually praters to stand his loss to
; lvmg publicity to the matter by informing
ho police.
There are n number of mon about town
vbo are familiar xvlth n dozen such In-
tnncos as tboso stated nnd are xvondonng
vhcthor spectacles should not bo added to
ho regulation police uniform.
Notes nnd
Miss Anna Merrill , xvho has bcon seriously
U xvlth scarlet fever , Is convalescent.
Communion servlcoi xvcro hold nt the
'rcsbytorlan churcb yesterday morning.
IZox' . James Leonard of Gibbon , Nob. , is In
bo city the guest ot his son , C. > . Leonard.
M. L. Rich of Omaha bas accepted n posl-
Ion In the chemical department ot the Cud-
ahv Packing compauy.
Rov. C. N. Daxvson prc.ichod on "Radical-
am" to a largo nudlenco at tbo First Metho
dist churcb last nlghu
Martin Sullivan , xvho was arrested Friday
night for stabbing n Union Pacific brake-
nnn , xras released yesterday. The Union
'nclflu detectives decided that ho xvns not
ho man ,
Edxvord Larson died at the residence of his
parents , Thirtieth nnd R streets , yesterday
naming of diphtheria. Tbo Interment will
bo at St. Mary's cemetery nt 2 o'cloci : this
afternoon.
Councilman .Inmns Dougherty has filed i\
> otttlon announcing himself as an Indepcnd-
snt candidate for re-election. His action xvas
ho result uf pressure brought to bear by his
i lends xvbo npprovod of bis previous record
as a city olllclaL
Tbo funeral of Dr. Wllllixm Broxvn , xvho
died la t week nt Park City , Utah , xvn * held
at the Presbyterian church at 3 p. m. yostor-
day. The local Odd Folloxx-s attended In a
) ody. Tbo funeral sormou xvas preached by
Rov. Robert L ,
Not Ho Had After All.
E. V. Wood of McICce's ROCKS , Allegheny
countPn. . , In sponldne to n traveling man
of Chamberlain's mcdlclnns said : "I rocom-
nena them nbovo all others. I have used
.bora myself and knoxv them to bo reliable.
[ always guarantee thorn to my customers
and huvo never-had n bottle returned. " Mr.
Wood had hardly finished speaking , when n
ittlo girl came in the store with nn empty
jottlc. It xvas labeled , "Chamberlain's Pain
Holm. " The traveler xvas Interested , as
.hero xvas certainly n bottle coming back ,
) ut waited to hear what the llttlo girl said.
It xvas as follows : "Mnratnn wants another
jottlo of that medicine ; she savs It is tbo
jest medicine for rheumatism sucever usod. "
50-cc > lt bottles for sale by druggists.
PETER HARTMAN SHARP.
runcr.il of nn Oiniliu 1'lonocr from IIli
I.nto llomn Vcntontit ) .
The funeral of the late Peter Hartman
Sharp took place yesterday ntternoon at U
o'clock and xvas attended by n largo gather
ing of rouresoutativo and old time citizens of
Omahn.
Tbo deceased and his family had a largo
circle of friends in the city. The parlors of
the family residence on Douglas street , near
Nineteenth , xvoro fragrant xvith the sxvoet
odors of many choice garlands sect by rela
tives and friends. At the noad of tbe casket
upon a small table lay n beautiful
pillow of rose xvlth tbo words , "At
Rest , " wrouirht with heliotropes nnd
smilux and across the lid of the casket lay a
largo bouquet of roses and lilies. Tbo ser
vices xvero conducted by Uov. W. J. Harsho ,
D.D. , pastor of the First Pro bytorian
churcb , of which tbo deceased had long bcon
a faithful member. Tha singing xvas done
by Mr. and Mrs. Welch and Mrs Day. Tno
remains were Interred in Prospect Hill cemetery -
tery and xvoro followed to their final resting
place by a long procession of carriages.
Following xvero the pall-bearers : Howard
Konuedv. W. G. Maul , A. P. Wood , Dr.
Denlse , J. L. Kennedy , Clark McLean , W.
A. Darroxv nnd C. 1C Coutant.
Peter Hartman Sharp xvas born Juno 2 ,
1814 , at Claveriok , N. Y. Ho cnme to Omaha
in Iblil ) and bis family came tbe next year ,
For several years Mr. Sharp xvas engaged in
the leather and shoo Undines business as u
member of tbo firm of Huntington , Sharp &
Co. Later on the firm became P. H. Sharp
iS : Co. Txvo yoors ago ho retired from busi
ness. He leit a wife and ono son , Mr. Henry
C. Sharp , and ono dauchter , Mrs. SchBiner-
horn. The deceased xvns very highly re
spected as a straightforward , steady going
business man , and his many friends xvero
sorely grieved by his unovpocted demiso.
A veritable family medicine box , Boocbam's
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rorsnni who have lost property from Indian
raid * dhoiilU Qla tholr claim * umlortlio Indian
Dopra Intlou Act of Marjh ' . ISA The tii.iu . U
limited , in I the claim * are taken up by tha
court m lliu or.ler In wliljli they ara roolvoj.
.Taka Notlco thataU cont.-ioti unters-1 into
with attorneys pror to to.i Aot arJ miiJ
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PENSIONS :
Soldiers in ( he Regular Army
and Sailors , Seamen and Mar
ines in the United Stales Navy ,
since the War of the Rebellion ,
who have been discharged from
the service on account of
abilities Incurred therein while
in the line of duty , are
Rntitled to Pension
at the same rates and under the
same conditions as persons ren
dering the sams service during
the War of the Rebellion ,
except that they ara not entitled
under the new law or act of
June 27,189O.
Such personsre also entitle d
to pension whether discharged
from the service on account of
disability or by reason of expir
ation of term of service , if ,
while in the service and line
of duty , they incurred any
vound , injury or disease which
still disables them for manual
labor.
labor.Wi
Wi do w s and Ch i hire n
of persons rendering service in
the regular army and navy
Since t/ie War are
Entitled to Pension.
if the death ofthesoldier wasdua
to his service , or occurred whila
ho was in the service.
Parents of Soldiers & Sailors
dying in the United States ser
vice since the War of the Rebel
lion , or after discharge from the
service , from a cause originat
ing therein , leaving no widower
or child under the age of sixteen
years , are entitled to pension if
now dependent upon their own
labor for support , whether the
soldier ever contributed to their
support or they were dependent
upon him at the time of hi *
death or not.
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Ab to title to pension , ADDRESS
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