THE OMAHA DAITAr insist T HISS DAY. JANUARY 1808.
if , FROM THE' FARTHER WEST
SQUAB FARMING FOR lOWANS
Great Industry Has Been Started by
Mitchell County Fanners.
NLW BUSINESS IS PROFITABLE
of JMwiMHii Arc Ilrnrpd on
li.s I'lirniN ICt-riilnn : llic Mnitcr
l lrt lo cVvolil > Competition .
Oliirki-t for I'roilucti
OSAGB , la. , Jan. 3. Jpcclal. ) A number
of enterprising farmers In this county have '
ntartcd a new business , which theyfind to
Jio very profitable. They have gene Into the i
business of raising : squabs for the market.
Three largo farms have been established In
this county. The Katr farm la the largest
ot the three , and In all probability ono of
'tho ' very largest In the country. Probabljl
not ono In 100 knows what a squab Is , but
thin Is not to bo wondered , at , for the In
dustry Is a brand now ono for lown. Urlefly ,
a squab Is the fledgling young ot the pigeon.
Knowing thin , people would probably wonder
( what they are raised for. Delmonlco ot
Now York , Kinsley o ( Chicago and the great
caterers of the country could answer this
question If they would. When a person
alights from the Illinois Central -trains nti
Osagc almost the first thing that catches
his eye Is a monster new building situated
on an omlnonco at n dlstanco of about two
tulles 'o the northeast ot the depot. At Ural
Bight It looks like an old castle , but upon
closer Inspection It very much resembles the
barrack * ) buildings of a military post. Hue
It IK neither. It In the biggest squab farm
ill' the country. It belongs to Mr. Katz. *
Ho 'has selected five acres of land and hus
erected a two-story building around three
Hides of this. The fourth sldo is tiiclosuai
with a high board fence. Through the court
nro erected , at Intervals hugo poles consorted - ,
sorted with , each other by stringers , and
over all thcso Is spread a wire screen , aij
that the entire place Is enclosed.
Hut thu peculiar appearance of the place
is not to bo compared with the night pre
sented when a person enters the enclosure.
It Is filled with pigeons. Perches , buildings ,
uverythliiR is crowded with it hum. There aru
blue and white pigeons , fan tales and puff
necks , Ir abort , every kind , and such a bill
ing and cooing as Is going on constantly
was never heard before , not oven at a sum
mer resort In the height of the season.
K13BPING TUB II1USINB3S QUIBT.
Air. Katz Is not given to talking about his
business. He nays It will not Oo to talk
about It , but after considerable persuasion ho
Was Induced to give out a few Items. 'Jio '
engaged hi the business In a very small way
In the town of Osage a couple ot years ago ,
but last winter lost all 'his ' pigeons by lire.
Then ho moved Into 'the ' country , purchased
the land and erected the present buildings.
Ilobought all thu pigeons ho could find and
now has In thu neighborhood of 10,000 breed
ers. Of these about 8,000 are females. Theao
produce about 20,000 squabs a year. The old
pigeons aru uot'inolcstci } . They are encour
aged to breed and when the. young nro just
feathering out , they are removed from .tho .
nests , killed , dressed and prepared for the
market. They are kept In cold storage until
there are enough of them and then they are
forwarded In carload lots to the eastern
markets. ( New York , Philadelphia , lioston
and Chicago are the centers at which most
of thorn are sold. "Mr. " Ivntz sells them for
.what they are , life does not represent thorn
to be anything el BO but nquabs. 'What the
eastern commission men call them Is merely
' a matter of conjecture. Of course there Is
Biich a thing as squab plo , and those who
Iiavo partaken of It know It Is a good thing ,
but squab plodocouot sound is well oa a bill
of < are as quail on toast or baked quail wltli
oyster dressing or quail pot plo.
FINK MEAT PRODUCED.
Squabs resemble quail very much. In
short , the meat Is ot the same color , the
fowl of about the same slzo end It Is said It
takes an expert to distinguish any difference
In the flavor. The moat \a \ tender and al
though It Is a deception , and the profit Is
Rrcater , the patron In all proSablllty never
iknowa the difference.
Hut Mr. Kali Is not the caly man' engaged
in the squab farm business In the vicinity
ot Osage. There are two other farms , but
they are smaller ones. Together they have
mot quite as many plgcona as the Katz farm.
There was another 'farm ' up to a few months
ago , but l was absorbed by the Katz farm.
This belonged to Representative St. John.
That there Is good money In the business no
ono doubts , hut Just what the coat of pro
ducing a , squab Is and what the prevailing
market prlco Is could not bo ascertained.
Hut squabs are raised Inlarge - numbers ,
What the- annual output Is Is also a secret ,
tut shipments are inatlo In carload lots and
several carloads are shipped each year. The
demand la always equal to the supply ted
that It Is Increasing Is evidenced by the
Erowth of the business. New pigeons are
ibelng put on the squab farms as fast as they
can he obtained and love or mouey will not
buy them.
( FOHTl'XH MAIM : i.v TRAFFIC.
I'rolllN of One Trader lining ; lliiHliir.ss
In lAliiNku.
TACOMA. Wash. , Jan. 3. ( Special. ) In
eighteen montlw J. J. McKay has made ? 50-
000 In trading nnd freighting In Alaska. Ho
returned from IXiwson last week. In March.
3S9C , ho started with olovcn dogs and began
freighting , between the summit of Chllcoot
i-iina .iiid Ijdltn nennntt. Wlir.n ilio river
broke up ho went to Circle City and
In loKKlUK and building and selling
In November. 1S9G , ho wont to Dawson ,
bought more dogs and commenced frclKlitlns.
llu made several thousand dollars buying
Hour nt Kort Selkirk nnd resollInK It at Daw-
son. Ixito tie came out and last spring had
a largo number of dogs ( lacklui ; between the
Eummlt and the lakes. In Juno ho took
twenty-four passengers und their outfits
through to DawHcci on scows , then made a
quick trip out , and In September started
again with twenty-four passengers and lx
tons of sui' lles. They left Lake Dennett
Ocloher 3 uml October 11 wcro In Dawson.
McKay then put men to work on his two
claims. In .ttvo weeka they made n cleaui'i )
aii'l on November 24 ho and his wlfo started
out , making a record trip of twenty-six days
to tldo wntor , McKay and many others who
returned yesterday are preparing to start
in again with supplies , wlilch ( hey expect to
mil for $3 a oound at IXiwson In March uad
.April.
'Star ' Itoulu Contract.
lNS , Wyo , , Jan. 3 , ( Special. ) The
contract for carrying the United States
malls on the Star route ifrom Hawllns to
Dlxou has been 'lot to Messrs , Gray & Stc-
veur , a New Mexico linn , at an annual
SHE GLADLUPEAKS !
Victim of Nervous Dyspepsia aiid
Nervous Prostration.
*
Onalnakn , "RMs. For ten yearn I have
l > ecn the mifforlnii victim of nervous pros
tration and nervous dyspepsia. I cannot
lipgl" to toll you or remember the reme
dies 1 hrwo taken or the proscriptions I
hove tried. Take what I would , I grow
verse Instead ot bolter , nnd was well-
nlRh dlacourafrecl. Then cnmo the crate ,
ful chiingo. Ono month n o on the ad
vice of my brother , who sent me a box
I commenced tultlng Ur , Charcot's Kola
Nprvlno Tablots. 1 have taken ono box
1 nil Rained five pounds , but that Is noth
ing compared to the physical relict I have
experienced. I am better and happier
than I have been for flva years. If I
could make the recommendation stronger
I would cladly do 10.
10.Mrs. . Lulu Oleason.
Dr. Charcot's Kola Nervine Tablets ara
< vecetable and harmless. Their atrenclh
mid vlKor giving qualities ara wonderful.
' 'lfty cents and l t druirclsts or mailed
1 * 6hMaJcl *
compensation of J3.600. The present con
tractor , Hon. Luke Voorhces. receives for
the same sorvtco $6,400 and 11 H found dif
ficult to keep the route In operation at
that prlcfv.
IIP TIM : Misscujut \ A IIOAT.
Trip of ( lie . \rn1iln In 1NBII nml
, \Vli ( CntiMon tlic VOHHI- ! .
Colonel Charles 1) . Martin stood upon the
deck of the Arabia , so nays Warner's history
ol Dakota county , as quoted In the Mirror ,
of Lyons , Neb. , on the evening of July 8.
1SSG , and as eho inssc-.l around the high
bluffs .below Illyburg his eyes for the flrst
tlmo rested on Dakota county. In those days
Colonel Martin was yountc and In his
prime seeklns a homo In the "far west. "
The steamer landed at old Omadl and un
loaded n fiaw mill for A. H. Baker & Co. ,
and whllo this was belnR done ho wtnt
ashoru and took In the town. It was night
when the boat landed at Ills future homo In
Covlngton.
Many of the people will rcmembsr Colonel
Martin , moro familiarly known as Father
Martin , the author of the famous continued
story with several hundred chapters , en
titled , "The Conflict , Love orMoney. . " and
published In the Dakota City paper. lie was
n Presbyterian minister , and did a vast
amount of good In opening northern Ne
braska to civilization. Ho died at Sioux
City , Neb. , In 1891.
Upsides Colonel Martin many others of the
pioneers came to Nebraska In the Arabia
on her trip up the Missouri In July , 185S.
Largo supplies of Rooda wcro unloaded at
Tekamah for the final store at that place.
operated by Miles Chlllcot.
The steamer had a lot of passengers for
Decatur , some ot whom arc to this day still
resldliiR In Hurt county. Also freight for
Dccatur's first , storo. engineered by John
Chase , and tools and Iron for the first blacksmith -
smith ahop , thei property ot George Irwln.
In the spring ot 1S57 'the boat started up
the MKsouri with a largo cargo ot gooJs ,
Including 1C3 .barrels . ot whisky , and who
knows but what It was on account of Iho
latter that It was struck down 'by ' the hand
of fate , so ordained and decreed hy some
higher and unaoen power ? He this as It
may , the boat sprung a leak soon after leav
ing Kansas Cky at n point near where the
town of 1'arkvlllo now stands , and sank to
the ibottom. Below wo give a clipping that
appeared In the dally 'papers ' last week In
regard 'to 'tho ' recent < llsrovery of the wreck
of the ancient steamer :
"When the river steamer Ara.bla sank In
the Missouri river near Parhvlllo , Mo. , over
forty years aso , her cargo Included IG.'i bar-
res ! of whlrky. For several weeks past a
sm.ill force ot rivcrmcn has boon digging Into
a sandibar near I'arkvllle In search of the
Arabia's valuable cargo. Late yesterday
afternoon Iho diggers uncovered the whisky ,
( Indln'g ' 'tho 'barrels ' well preserved , and have
notified the UnltoJ States revenue authori
ties uhat they desired lo remove their llnd.
The diggers will realize a handromc sum for
their work , and the government will receive
about ? 7,000 revenue en the liquor. "
Thin was In the spring ot 1837 , nml llio
pioneers will over remember that time , os
tiho winter previous , ' 36 and "S7 , was ono ol
the coldest and stormiest and had the great
est fall of snovof any In the history of the
northwest , ami 1ho Bottlers were on the
verge ot starvation , having exhausted all
tholr supplies of food. During the entire
winter not a. single pound of fcoJ could ho
procured from Omaha or nny other trading
point , us all the roads down the river were
entirely Impasrable. So when the glad tlil-
Ings were heralded along the river the fol
lowing- spring that the Arabia had started'
with provisions the rejoicing among the pioneers
neers know no hounds , and of course tlielr
lamentations were equally as loud when the
news reached them that the steamer had
sunk.
COTTO.V OllOW.V I.V COI.OUAHO.
IJolI * nml I he Tllu-r of Fine
Quality an Kxaiiiliifil.
Several cottcti bolls were en exhibition In
the omco of Mrs. Martha A. Shuto , secretary
of the Colorado Horticultural board , suya the
Rocky .Mountain . News , of Denver. They
wcro brought in byV. . R. Alexander of Few
ler. Otc-ro county , Colo. , as a proof tbat cotton
can bo raised In Colorado. He conducts an
experimental farm there.
T > iio bolls presented to Mrs. Shuto wore
picked before fully ripe , but from them hung
bunches of cotton as big aa n list. Ily cx-
perto who examined the cotton under a glass
It was announced to bo of line fiber and fully
as good as any cotton grown. In the United
States.
This Is the first Instance known of cotton
grown In Colorado. The state IMS already
bctu kuovsn to produce flax and several ether
products before known to grow only In east
ern states. Mr. .Alexander Is confident that
thin filato Is as good as cny Inwhich to ralso
cotton.
Fowler Is alttwted In Otero county. Mr.
Alexander conducts a tm-acro farm on tiio
Santa Fo railroad. Olost of his attention
has been given to experimental work. Ho
has succeeded In raising varieties ot nuts ,
among which are peaouts , walnuts , peccos ,
chesUiuts , almwiila nnd hizelmits.
( Mr. Alexander procured the cotton seed
from which ho raised the samples of cotton
Jiu exhibited yesterday from Mrs. Shute.
Nearly n year ago to was In her office < w > hcn
Eho was exhibiting some seed received from
South Oarcltaa , 'Mr. Alexander made the
request tnat some beglvca to Mm to plaat.
Ho planted the seed , laat .Mny and the plan'ts
soc i appoaed above the ground. They were
Irrigated and cultivated. They thrived and
bore ( lowers , which turned Into "healthy
"bolln" .containing rich white cottcti.
The laud lo Otero county where the cotton
was raised has an altitude or 1,000 feet and
a probably the highest point ot which cotton
was ever grown. Mr. Alexander will plant
a. larger crop of cottcn next year. Providing
OOttoil Wising for successive VMM nrm < M
uucccssful the experiment of Mr. Alexander
will bo of laeallmablo value to the agrlcul-
; urlsts of the state. It Is oven predicted that
Colorado will help to swell the cotton out
put of the country. Lcat yolr the value
SLl'i ' ? ncoitci ) crop ot the Vuited States waa
fZGO , 338,030.
The cotton plant grows to a height of from
ono and a half lo two feet end resembles a
currant bush. A triangular po4 succeeds the
Jlower. This pod eventually burt-ta and the
cotwtj u then ready to pick. Colorado la
oald to poiwei > .s a climate suitable to colton
raising.V4im there Is too much molsmro
the plant runs to Icives and produces but
lltllo cotton. Colorado climate 'ia dry and
therefore should ho propitious for cotton
raising. In very dry seasons In other state.- )
however , the plants are checked in their
growth. This evil may bo remedied l Cole
rado by Irrigation. /
SOUTH DAKOTA M'.U'S. |
Dllt'N II ( illld IlllKlllfHH.
TIAPJD CITY , a D , , Jan. 3. ( Special. )
From the report Just Issued by the general
land commissioner for the fiscal year endIng -
Ing Juno 30 , 1837. It Is nhown that the Hapld
City district does the- largest business of nny
land ofllco In the state , The total recelptu
of the different offices of the state are : Aber
deen land olllce. $4,431.01 ; Chamberlain.
J7.2C3.22 ; Huron , $3,038.42 ; Mitchell , $8.l5J.Ca ! ;
Pierre , . $1,120.39 ; Watertown , $13,207.17 ;
Hapld City , $17.1 15.27. The total receipts
for December. 1807. in the Ilaplil City land
omco was $8,598,17. Just a little over half
what It was for the year ending Juno 30.
1897. Thursday the land ofllco In this city
did the largest business of any day In Its
history , the receipts belni ; nearly $5,000 , or
four times moro than waa done laat year In
the Plerro olllce. moro than the Aberdeen
omco did , and almost as much as the Huron
land ofllco did during thu year.
llriiiulN.
'PIEIUIB. ' a n. . Jan. 3. ( Special Tele
gram. ) The State Brand commission U In
ec&slon and estimates that the work will
take It about thrco weeks. It has
about 1,000 brands to pass upon and as many
of them nro conlllctlng It will have many
problems In that line to decide on.
.Moriiioim llavi- Salt I.uUi- .
"Ily a deal that has recently been consum
mated , the Mormons have- gained complete
control of Salt Lake City an < t Ogden , " said
Alex n. Plko of St.Loula to a reporter In the
Ledger ot Tacoma , Wash , "They have re
cently purchased all ot the electric light and
power plants In the two cities , and where
there were four or five companies , each
struggling for an existence , thtro Is now
one gigantic corporation with the head of
the Mormon church In control. It li purely
a business moro , but the purchase ot thco
clcctrlo plants has given the Mormons Salt
Lake and Ogden ,
"Tho electrical plants nro operated by
water power at Ogden , fourteen miles from
the Idaho metropolis. AH the mines and
street car llnti In that part of the state aru
operated by electricity received from the
Mormon company. The light plant Is about
four times .tho size of the one you have here ,
and the profits which will accnto to the
church are enormous , though for some time
llttlo may bo realized , an the plant U heav
ily bonded to an English company.Vllh
the electrical light plant Iho church lAs
also acquired all tin ; sttct car lines , nave one.
That ono Is constantly losing money , consequently
quently .the rcison tor Its omission from the
dual Is apparent.
uTho Salt Lake electrical plant U the
largest of U kind wcat ot Denver. The
church haa also heavy real estate holdings
In Salt Lake and Id Interested In several
other business ventures. The head of the
church. Mr. Cannon. Is n thorough business
man and is not overlooking nny opportunity
to advance Its Internets. "
PUIIITV OF THE ICMKVDIICn GOLD.
The AKMIJ IK ! * Sn > - It In Vi'ry Pure mill
Yiil'inMc.
Thcro has been a great < lcal of discussion
over the purity of Klondike gold and the
average fineness. 113. 'Fl. ' illradon , nssayer In
charge ot the United States assay olllco at
Helena , 'Mont. ' , has furnished a statement
which settles all doubts about the matter.
This Is the first statement that lias "been "
made by any ot the government mints as to
the value and fineness ot Klondike gold.
Seattle gold buyers have been paying from
? 15 to $10 nn ounce fur iBldorado Creek nnd
f'om $10 to $10.75 for 'Bonanza ' Creek gold ,
after It has been smelted. It would seem
that the gold was .worth . moro than this , for
the government mints find that the gold runs
fiom 0.7GO to O.SS5 line In gold , and from 0.1GO
to 0.233 fine In silver , whllo pure gold Is
figured at 1,000 fine.
In his statement 'Mr. ' Draden says : "Tho
Klondike gold received at this Institution
has averaged from 0.7CO to 0.835 fine In gold ,
nnd fromO.IRO to 0.233fine In silverand on an
average of about five points base metal. The
amount of charge Imposed by this olilco Is
one-eighth of 1 per cent of thp total value for
assaying. A charge of $1 per 1,000 ounces
and from 1,000 ounces one-tenth of 1 per
cent per otinco Is made for melting. For
bullion 0.700 fine or over there Is a charge ot
1 cents per ounce for rellnlng. A charge of 2
cents per ounce is made for 1-11 th standard
weight for alloy. The above charges will not
bo very easy for you to figure , and It Is dllll-
cult to explain the method. The charges
are those Imposed by the government , and In
this connection will say that the government
assumes the express charges from this point.
This Institution Is maintained by the govern
ment for the purchase of .bullion , or dust , of
a fineness of 0.500 or over , and ot a greater
value than $100 In any one deposit. Bullion
Is paid for by check on the assistant treas
urer ot the United States at Chicago , or by
chock on the United States depository In
this city. Although there Is no 'biMieilt ' accru
ing to the olllco through an Increase ot busi
ness , it is my desire to treat a-j much gold
as possible , and to this end will use my best
endeavors to get returns out as promptly ns
possible.
"The sliver contained In the gold dust ro-
cnlvcd from Alaska cuts quite a llttlo figure.
This Is paid for at so much per standard
ounce , the rate cTianglng as the New York
quotations change. At the present tlmo I
am paying GO cents per standard ounce for
the sliver contained In gold bullion. "
YoKum li CIpnrcil.
RAWLINS. Wyo. , Jan. 3. ( Special. ) D. L.
Yokum of Baggs , who was arrested last
week charged with criminal assault , was
given a trial before a local Jury Saturday.
Yokum. who Is 18 years of age , proved to the
satisfaction ot the Jury that nt the tlmo of
the alleged aasault he was. . nt his home and
a verdict of "not guilty" waa rendered.
Kiirm Hc't'm-N f u.Stump * .
FAHGO , N. D. , Jan. 3. ( Special. ) The lo
cal postofflco Is sending photographs ct North
Dakota farm scciics to Washington to bo used
in designing stampa for the Transmiaaisalppl
Exposition ot Omaha. These were called for
by .the government , and will be much ssught
after by connoisseurs. They will represent
scenes In , Uie famous Red river valley.
OreU'ou XtMVM XolcH.
Jackrabblts are BO plentiful in Sherman
county. Oregon , that ono ran the entire
length of Main sticet , In Moro , the other
day , and not , n dog barked.
Thomas Bell of Corvallls sold 5.000 pounds
of his drlod prunes last week. He received
3 cents all round. Mr. Bell reserved D.003
pounds , which ho will hold for a bettel
llgurc.
13. W. Brown , a stock raiser In Barren
valley. Malhcur county , says that cattle are
doing well In Barren valley , nnd that the
outlook Is that very llttlo feeding will have
to bo done this winter In that section.
Talmage , the plot ot land between Monmouth -
mouth nnd Independence , la no longer laid
out in town lots , and will hereafter he de
voted to agriculture , the Polk county court
having vacated the streets and alleys.
The total number of [ students enrolled at
the agricultural college. In Corvallls , during
the fall term , Is . ' 124 , which Is much the larg
est attendance the college has ever had nt
this time of the year. Of this number 147
are e'rls. '
J. P. Clark , a logger at Seaside , says that
I ho proposes to put In 9,000,000 feet of loss
before the end ot the freshet season next
year. The timber will bo taken from the
Scothan , Brachcr. Hberman , Gcarhart and
Starr places , near Holiday Park.
The Pemlleton Tribune twys that It Is esti
mated that the farmers of Umatllla county
still hold 2,000,000 bushels of wheat , nnd that
many of them nro In a position lo hold their
wheat for good prices without Inconvenience ,
as they have realized on half of their grain
almost as much as they expected early In the
season to get for all ot It.
Ni'vnila NIMVHnti > N.
Deputy Sheriff Henley has returned to Klko
from Oold Creek. Ho reports but seven
white men and women and four Chlnamtn
now In the camp.
The grand jury of Doughs county met at
Oenoa last week nnd began the 'Investiga
tion cf the Uber lynching. > An abundance
of evidence is said to have been compiled
against the lynchers.
The slxtesn-niiilo team , used for hauling
freight between Beownwo nnd Cortex U un
able to handle nil the goods and In consequence
quence an additional twelve-horse team has
been put on the roid.
The Virginia Miners' union has passed a
resolution net to kiterfero with the working
of waste dumps In any manner the operator. !
jr.oy see nt. The purchoao of the KlnkeaJ
mills may now bo consummated.
The White Pine News says C. M. Spcnco
ot Spruccmont , Klko county , has been In
terested in the mines ot ( hat district since
1SUO and lias spent much tlmo and money
In tholr development. Ho now owns eleven
claims and has fully 1,000 tons of ore on the
tluinpi. which will average 25 per cent lead
and 25 ounces In silver , all taken out while
doing development work. Most of thU ore
Is too low grade to profitably ship , but would
pay falcly well If It could bo reduced at thu
mine.
Olil I'roplc.
Old people who require medicine to regu
late the bowels and kldnoys will llnd tbt
true remedy In Electric Bitters. ThU medicine
cine dors not stimulate and contains no
whisky nor other Intoxicant , but acts as a
tonic nnd alterative. It acts mildly on the
stomach and bowels , adding strength an-
giving tone to the orgaiu , thereby aiding
nature In the performance ot the functions
Electric Bitters U an excellent appetizer am
aids digestion. Old pecvlc/ find It Just ex
octly what they need. Price COo and $1.0
tier bottle at Kubn & Co.'s drug utore.
K\iurliilluii n
NEW YOHK , Jan , 3-The steumshli
Kaiser Wllhclm der Ore so , sailing for I3u
rope tomorrow , will take out < COOJO ounceu
of silver. , |
South Omaha Mows
All members of the ejlyj-councit. were pres
ent at the regular monthly meeting Inst
' night. An ordinance wo * ' read for the flnu
. tlmo and referred to th'c Jildlclary committee
j levj'lns n special tax1 for the conalrucilsn
j ot permanent sidewalks'ln ( the district from
L to X on Twenty-fourth , street and from
Twenty-fourth to Twenty-seventh street on
N street. , Vf
Meat Inspector Howard reported having
condemned thirteen hold ot cattle and sev
enty hogs In December. Sanitary Inspector
Curroll reported twenty-six cMta of dlph-
tlicrli laat month. All dairies Inspected dur
ing December wcro found to be In good con
dition.
C. E. H. Campbell ot Council Bluffs ,
through hU attorneys , made a written de
mand for $300 , which ho claims the city un
lawfully holds. Two or three years ago
Gxmpbcll hid for viaduct repairs and put
up n certified check with the bid. After the
contract > wns drawn Campbell refused to ac
cept It and the council declared the check
. forfeited. Campbell has sued th > city to
! recover the amount nnd has offered to settle
for $250. The matter was referred to the
finance committee.
City Attorney Montgomery handed In a
written opinion In reference to the protect
of the Union Pacific company regarding the
Increase In the Judgment levy. This In
crease raised the taxes of tht railroad com
pany and the amount was paid under pro-
teat. It was held that the additional levy
waa Illegal nnd the city attorney gave It as
his opinion that the tax would stand , and
recommended that no action be taken on the
protest. The opinion was placed on fllo with
out action.
IMrrett offered a resolution Instructing the
chief of pollco to .cotlfy the proprietor of
the Imperial' Music hall-on N street tbit he
must not In. the future employ minors of
either EBX neither must he sell liquor to
minors. The resolution was passed.
Kelly cmo to the front In support of the
ttock yards company lr. the matter ot layIng -
Ing a nlilewalk nlnng the south fide of L
street , from Sharp street to Thirty-third
street. Mr. Kelly Instated that the people
of the Fourth ward did cot need a walk en
both sllcs of the street and there was no
necessity for compcllng Iho stock yard1 !
company to go to the expense of hying the
walk ordered. Caldwell took occasion to call
attention to the fact that Kelly was defend
ing n corporatlen as against the peopleIlo
war.tecl > the walk laid as ordered. After a
motion to refer ( he matter to the sidewalk
commlttco had been lost , the motion by
Kelly to repeal the ordinance ordering the
walk was paseed.
In relation to cheaper water. Bar
rett reported that nothing could bo done
about the matter until the fight between the
water works company and thu city of Omaha
had been settled. December 'bills wcro al
lowed and the clerk1 was Instructed to draw
warrants ifor last month's salaries.
Adjourned uctll next MonJay night.
Hoard of Kitui'iitloii.
The Board of Education held Its regular
monthly meeting Isst.r.lsht . with all members
present and President Lbtt In the chair. II.
A. Dunn , Janitor of the , Missouri Avenue
school , filed a claim ( or ] $15 a month extra
for rlno months fromSeptember , , 1S3C. Ilia
salary was to be $50 a month , but with the
addition to the rnn x his duties wcro In
creased and the cMim. toe extra pay Is the
result. The matter Mrasnreferred to the
board's attorney. J. H. .VanDusen. George
Biggs wanted an estimate on the heating ap
paratus ID the Hawthorne school , but as the
finance committtee refused to make any
recommendation In the matter until the ap-
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done with the request. The final cat mates
on the Hawthcrno schcol'fVinex were allowed
to Contractor McDonaW. ' 'A long report from
the teachera' examining committee- was read ,
but no action was taUVm Thirty-five teach
examinations unrt a majority
er. } took the recent
' '
jority passed. 'Suportnt'oYdeat 'Munro re
ported an increase cf for'ly-one in the en
rollment at the diffcrent'schools yesterday.
Roy Davis cf Gibbon is hero for a few
days , visiting friends.
John Whltnker of Laramlo , Wyo. , was a
business visitor at the exchange yesterday.
iA. B. f lennlng. a .N'avaja , Ari. , ranchman
was a visitor at the stock yards yesterday.
C. C. llobblns , superintendent of trans
portation ot the Armour company , is In the
city.
city.Fred
Fred "VVInshlp has returned from Cheyenne
whereho went to spend the holidays wit
his parents.
An entertainment and- public Installatloi
of officers will 'bo given Wednesday evening
by Knoxall council , 'Iloyal ' Arcanum.
Miss Mabel Gray will bo South Omaha'
muld of honor In the coming Omaha ic
carnival , having been elected by a plurallt
of over 4,500 votes.
There will bo a public Installation of off ]
era tonight by the -Sons of Veterans , Phi
Ccarnoy post. Grand Army of the Uepubllc
nil the Woman's llellef corps.
Mrs. D. C. Hurley died at the home of he
mother , 'Mrs. ' Rllen Donahue , Twenty-fcurt
and I' streets , at G p. HI. . Monday. 'Funera
ervices from St. Agnes church , 'Wcdnosdaj
a. za.
Ilev , John Williamson of Chicago Is col
luding a revival at the First Mcthodls
Episcopal church. 'Bible ' readings arc holi
every afternoon at 2:30 : o'clock and gospo
neotlags every evening.
The Baptist and Presbyterian churches wl
observe the week of prayer at their rcspcr
Ivo churches this week. 'Next ' week the
congregations of the city will unite with the j
Hrst .Methodist Kplacopal church revival
ervices.
The pollco yesterday 'tried ' to find Frank
Swausion. the ono-lcgged gambler who was
cut in the neck In a fight In front of a
saloon Sunday night , but were unable to do
se. At the tlmo Swanson said ho would not
iroaecuto his assailant.
Vl'im ' Kvesek , a 'Welncrwurst ' pslHer. has
filed the complaint of assault and battery
ag.ilnst Albert Slukr in pollco court , aio
says that whllo Slekr was asianl'lng him
two companions helped themselves to hla
wares .vlthout hla consent.
The officers and directors nominated by the
-Ivo stock exchange two weeks ago were
uloctcd yesterday. There waa only ono ticket
n the Held and llttlo interest manifested In
the election. 01. H. Murphy vas re-elected
[ resident nnd Colonel A. L. Lott , secretary.
Paul Wltzel , aged C > 5 years , who died In
Jila alloy room near Twenty-fifth and 0
Directs , will bo the subject of a coroner's
inquest at 10 o'clock this morning , < llo had
been ltk and In hard Hick for some tlmo ,
and died alone In Ills room while John Van
iliisllng , the man wllhnwhom ho boarded ,
had gone to tet a doctor.Vltzol was a
Kauzagemaker , had llvd hero nine ycara and
left no relatives. . t
A llnil rnjiji Ciiri-il ,
"Mrs. Sally Pennlngton , an old lady who
lives near here , was trcubled with a bal
cough for a long tlrtie. ' She waa so bad
that she could not lie down or sleep of nights ,
After using ono small politic ot Chamberlain's
Cough lleinedy she could" rrat of tilghta , and
by the lime she bad used thrco bottles her
cough had dlsippwre'd. ' B. 1C. Smlthaon ,
Arne , Tcnn. > >
Klri'M on n I'MIIIiliHti-r
C1IAW..OTTK HAIIUOH. Fin. , Jan. 3.-
( CorrcFpondence of the'Associated Press. )
liiformiitlon has been rei'Ive ! < l on lizard the
United States steamer Mflntrornery that ilur-
ing the night of Pecember 27 the revenue
cutttr MuLeiin chiiHed a suspicious looking
stoarner nnd also llrcd upon It. Tno supposed -
posed Illlbuatcr kept on Us course and H.H
the Homers N. Smith has not nrrlvuil here.
It Is bolli'vcd It may have been the vessel
fired on. There are three expedition ! ) fitting
out. ono at Plant City , one at liarloa nnd
another at I'untn Uordii. A ' the channels
iiro guarded and two more revenue cut
ters are expected her * .
Kl-Ul-U 111 HIM XlMV PIlMH- .
CHICAGO , Jnn , 3 , James H. Kckels , rx-
comptroller of Iho United States treasury ,
began his duties aa president of the Com
mercial National bank of Chicago , The new
president had hla tmo ) fully occupied with
thrv business uwaltlnu him and with the
many cullers who Instated upon conKratu-
intliiii the hanX'a dlruotora end the execu
tive head because of their mutual associa
tion.
A Cough , Cold or Sere Throat should not
bo neglected , Ilrovva'd Ilronchlal Trocliea
are a alinplo remedy , noJ give prompt rollof ,
' 5 ceuta a box.
\riiusTin i.v siovnv < jt r.snox.
rlirivtrtilnllro of l.oiulon Tlnim SccU-
IIIK Infiirnintliin.
TOPEKA. Knn. . Jan. 3.-F. I , . Mony
eny. a. rcpretentatlvo of Iho London Tlmca
lslte < l Oovcrnor Leedy today for nn Inter-
lew on the financial question. Ho will ROe
o Lincoln tonight and Denver later In the
wcel ; .
Mr. Monypeny says ho la here partly on
vacation and partly to learn what haa been
! io trend of sentiment In regard to silver In
tils country slncu Iho campaign which de-
eatod Ilryan. On this question the Kngllah
coplo are very much Interested. .
"I do not know , " he said , "that our people
arc particularly about the feeling In ono
tate or another , but wo are Interested when
n effort Is mndD to elect presidents and
ongcsses on the silver tame. I shall go west
o San Francisco before going home. "
Mr. Monypeny will make an effort to
nalyzo the sentiment In the different states
s ho finds It , and make comparisons with
lie vote laat year.
Mix * \Vlllnrit .Miu-Ii Imiirovrd.
JAXISSVILLK , Wls. . Jan. 3. Miss Frances
X Wlllard , who was tukeu suddenly 111 Inst
Ight , was much Improved today nnd loft
or Kvnnaton , 111 , , at noon. She will take
ifcw days' rest and hopes to bo able to
csumu work soon.
Health is the best Inheritance. It leaves
its influence even to the third and fourth
Rcncrntion. What picater happiness has
life in store for au > man than to live to a
Rrccn old UKO eitriotmdccl by his children
nnd hii children's children , mill see them
nil robust , happy nud successful. Ilnnpy
the man who liven to carve nt the wedding
suppers of his grandchildren. Picture your
self a iray-hnirccl ; but hearty old man ot the
head of the table at your grandson1vid ) -
dine ; , thanking your Maker fur the blessing
of long life , nud asking the hlc-reing of
good health for Kent-rations yet unborn. It
lies in almost every man's power to be thus
blessed if be will. If he will only obey ICnt-
nre' laws nud be watchful of liia health ,
be will have long life nud happiness.
The best proservcrof health is Dr. Picrce's
Golden Jlcdical Discovery. It keeps the
digestion perfect , the liver active , nnd the
blood pure. It is the best Ik-sh-buildcr and
nerve invigorator. The man who icsoits to
it whenever be feels any symptoms ) of approaching
preaching ill-health will live to a hearty old
age. Drugpists sell it. Nothing- else is
"just as good. "
J. n. Holt , \Vhtttcn4 Stand , Wnync Co. ,
Tcnn. , writes : "In October , 1890 , I was taken
with n hurting 111 the hack of my nccU vlilch
steadily grew worse. I consulted n doctor. lie
gave me a course of treatment but I gradually
grew worse under it. At last my trouble rnn into
what was called 'spinal affection. ' IcouM linnlly
walk about at all. Finally I became as helpless
ns n child. I wrote yon nt Iluffalo , If. Y. , in re
gard to my condition and you nnawcrcd me
promptly and prescribed Dr. rierccY Golden
Medical "Discovery. I tcoli the 'Discovery' nud
soon got well. My health continues good. "
Drnprcists sell Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pel
lets. They cure constipation. They cnic
quickly and permanently and never gripe.
One is a gentle laxative ; two n mild
cathartic.
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