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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (March 19, 1896)
THE FRONTIER. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY By Tn Vrontirh I’lUNTINd Co. O’Neill, ~ nebrasKaI OVER THE STATE. A creamery company has been or ganized at St. Edwards. The gold found near Burr-ville was assayed and yielded 313 to the ton. The Young Men's Christian Associa tion has becu organized in Auburn. Evanoki.ist Scnday is conducting a very successful series of meetings at Tawnee City. Oxe day last week Chever lfazelet sent a telegram from O’Neill to Ger many and received a reply in three hours. A Wilson vn.l.E dramatic company, composed wholly of home talent, has put on “Uncle Tom’s Cabin" in that section. ’•Check" Wooster, who made an as sault on Miss Miss Carrie Taylor of Ne braska City is in jail and later on will be in the penitentiary. A Phillips dispatch reports renters plentiful but farms hard to get in that locality. Nearly all who left in 1804 have come or arc coming back. VVh.mam Grimm, who mysteriously disappeared from Bellevue last sum mer, and who. it was thought, had committed suicide, has turned up in Chicago. The Bloomfield State bank, R. L. Oxford, president and A. K. Oxford, cashier, was closed last week and is now in charge of Bank Examiner Cowdery. Vktkrah soldiers of Holt, Brown, Rock. Keys Paha and Boyd counties will hold a reunion at a date to be fixed at a meeting of a committee at Long Pine on June 4. Harrison McCord of Plattsmouth. with theaidof an able assistant, caught a boat load of channel cat the other day, the largest of which weighed eighty pounds. Bi sinkss men of Omaha are wrestling with the question of high insurance rates. It is possible home insurance will be resorted to before rates will be properly adjusted. Coed has been discovered on the Platte river, in Hall county. Speci mens of tho'rock were tested by an old Colorado gold* miner and colors were found in every sample. At Nebraska City Oi Leonard and William Riser had a difficulty and in the end Leonard came in contact with some kind of nn instrument that cut a deep gash in the side of his face and nearly severed an ear. Wiiit.k drilling a well in Stanton j county August Seifert claims to have j penetrated u four-foot vein of coal. Hold has also been-discovered on Union creek, and the residents of that county are feeling very much elated. Sk.nator Ai.i.kn has introduced a bill in the senate granting to the incorpo rated town of Valentine, Cherry coun ty, Neb., 720 acres of land located with in the limits of Kort Niobrara to bo used for public .parks and other public purposes. Nkjikakka is rapidly getting back all the people who left the state a year or two ago, and in addition many who were never before residents of the state. The drouth scare of'04 liko the grasshopper scare of '74, is now a thing of the past. A ..Northeast Nebraska county com missioners' meeting was held at Nor folk, pursuant to a call issued from -Madison eotuvty. it was decided to form a permanent organization with the object of bringing about uniform methods of conducting business. Tiik amount of <eontidenoe that-exists among the farmers throughout Cass , county in the matter of a orep for 181H> was never greater than now. Consid • . eruble spring planting-has been done. Everybody is ready to commence the scattering of seed at the first advent of spring. At Fairmont Joseph Layton, James Laytou and Annetta had their prclimi nary hearing on the charge of stealing ;V a load of coal from a Kansas City and Omaha car. Annetta was discharged -for want of evidence. Joseph and James pleaded guilty to petit larceny and ’ were each fined $25 and costs, to stand committed until paid. -.*-•» vuc uranu Army oi thu Republic and Woman's Relief corps •net in convention at the court house at Falls City in the matter of the dis trict encampment to be held next July. *fhe Commercial club of that city made them a proposition, guaranteeing $<>oo to defray expenses, and as a result the encampment will be held there A VKuniaiiKK dispatch says: Hun dreds of immigrant wagons aro passing through this town on their way to lloyd couuty, as many as nineteen be ing put up at local livery barns at one tunc the other day. The people are coining from Iowa and states east of there, and at the present rate promise to make Boyd oue of the most populous counties in the state. &V-. TilKuk are now three petitions circu lating acitaling irrigation down this valley, says an Oconee dispatch, the District, Farmeas’ Mutual and Compa nyiControl Meetings are being held and spirited debates on the respective merits of;the organizations make the gatherings interesting. It will be known shortly which company will commence work. Wu,ijam Ankjan, .receiver of the ltankof Commerce, Grand Island, filed a report in the office of the clerk of the distrietcourt The face.value of assets la given at fSOT.*54.26; .the estimated value at 979,626.81, and the liabilities. $156,037.61. The jreceiver requests an order to proceed against the stock holders <or the full amount in which .they are liable. Thk trial .of Heaekiah KUioit at Weeping Water on the charge .of adultery preferred hy J. I. Looker, With whose wife he was too intimate, warn concluded last week before Judge Barnett and Elliott was hound over to the district court The sheriff took him to the eoanty jail. . Akdbkw Sopkbux, who was trrsstid a* Cowles oa complaint of his step daughter, Rosa Soderlia. charging him with being the father of her unborn child, was arraigned be fore a justice at Red Cloud. He waived examination and waa placed under bonds to the amount of «500 to appear at the next . term of the district court N"**r'C»e for NCbr»«k-* Hrrtn. Trcmont dispatch: \V. C. Peterson, who has been experimenting in devis ing a process for the manufacture of crude sugar from beets, has succeeded iu making crude spirits from the mice. This afternoon at his residence in Saunders county in the presence of Deputy Collector of iicvenue Mathews of Omaha and a-number of Fremont I business men he operated liis still for the first time, and succeeded in obtain , ing a spirit which was tested by \V. H. I liruner and reached the high point of | 140. The juice is first treated by a chemi ! cal process, iipou wiiich Peterson has a patent, which removed from it all the albuminoids and salts and is then allowed to ferment, after which it goes through the still. The still used to day was a very small one, there being only forty feet of pipe in the coil. The lifjnor obtained with only one distilla tion was of u light milky color and was j said by Mathews to be more like rum than any other spirits. It had the gen eral smell and appearance of raw spir its and had no vegetable taste, liotli Mr. Mathews and Mr. Peterson are of the opinion that by running it through a larger still and by rcdistil i lation the highest grade of alcohol can ! be obtained. The beets used in today's I test were of H per cent sugar content. | The purity coefficient was not deter j mined. Mr. Peterson says that beets of as low a grade as 1 per cent sugar cun be used, but of course the larger the sugar content the better the re sults obtained. The cost of the spirit, he claims, is much less than that made from other substances and he docs not think that for the manufacture of the raw spirits an extensive plant is necessary. Those posted on the manufacture of spirits are of the opinion that a high grade of alcohol can bo made from the juice and ! that a large additional demand for beets will thus be made. The juice used today was extrractcd from the beets by pressure and the salts and albutnoids removed yester day. It only fermented about twelve hours. Tomorrow Peterson will exper iment with some syrup he has obtained from the Utah beet sugar factory und from which sugar cannot be made. Theexperimentshave been conducted with a view to obtaining alcohol, and all present are of the opinion that they were a success. Mr. Peterson is still experimenting in the manufacture of crude sugar and plans are being ma tured for the erection of a factory. He showed some syrup which he had made from beets. It is better than that which he had at the state sugar convention— Htuble taste. It closely resembles the best grades of sorghum. I’arties who have tried it for cooking purposes are much pleased with it. Nebraska Club Cash 1'rlxes. The Nebraska club announces an ex tension of time to April 1 next within which the articles for prizes offered may be submitted. This action is prompted by parties desiring to contest and who were unable to prepare the contributions, owing to the short no tice given last month.' The conditions of the contest are as follows: The ar ticles shall be on thesubjectof Nebras ka: its resources and the advantages it offers to homeseckers. They must not exceed 1,000 words in length; must be accompanied for subscriptions .Urone share of the club, entitling the sub scriber to a membership; shall become the property of the club, and must.be sent to the secretary of the club, llee building, Omaha, NeU, on. or before April,], next. The articles will be submitted to 'the 'publication committee of the.club, .and cash pri/.es awarded as fallows: $15 for the.best article; 810 for the second, aud 85 for the third. The publication committee consists .of lioss L. Ham mond, eje-Oovernor Furnas of lirown wille, and lion. U H. .Morrill of Idu •toln. The foregoing will be of interest, It. ■eitr 'readers because among them are many, no doubt, possessed of .a taste for this -sort of work .as well as the ability to got up a strong contribution, mad win the prise offered. The Ne braska Club is a most worthy move ment and even if the prize is not cap tured (it cannot be hv sill there mill remain the satisfaction of bavins con tributed to a worthy cause ami receiv ing a membership in a good organisa tion. Vou may also have the pleasure of seeing your articles published by the flub or named by the committee as one of special merit Sharpen your pencil and your n its and enter the contest. Hocus Silver Dollars. Crand Island dispatch: Hesidents 01 Hull county who have lived here as early as 1878 and 1880, still remember the capture by government officials of Deorie tiarlc and one 1C vans for coun terfeiting. The men were tried, but for some reason were acquitted. They aro said to have hud a rendezvous near the Hamilton county bridge over the Platte river, about five miles east of this city. I.ast Saturday while J. H. Sprinkler, who has a farm just south ox tliis city, wus doing some grading in the pluffs, he dug up a bundle of cloth ing and rags. There was a jingle of metal in the bundle and on opening the same I2ti spurious dollars, bearing the imprint of 1880 and 1878, were found, and it is believed they were the hidden product of these counterfeiters. Mr. Sprinkler has allowed none of the pieces to pass from his hands and has duly notified the government. Farmer's Awful Death. Petersburg dispatch: Jules Juleson a young Norwegian farmer living eight miles east of thiB place, was discovered early this morning by hia wife lying dead in his yard, with his clothing partly torn from his body and a wound in his right side. The Overcrowded Hospitals. Lincoln dispatch: Superintendent Robert Damerell of the Hastings Hos pital for the Insane was at the state house today. Dr. Damerell reports that there are now in the hospital more pa tients than ever before in the history of that institution, the -exact number being 52a He says that numerous re quests are received from the county of ficials throughout the state for the ad mittanee of patients which it is impos sible to comply with. The crowded condition which prevails at the Hast ings institution is also reported to exist at Norfolk. Tbo Lincoln asylum is also full. A MATRIMONIAL FEATURE ff. C. T. U, WOMEK ORGANIZE TO SECURE GOOD HUSBANDS. NAPLES PLAN ADOPTED. l.:i clips of Virginia Take the Lead in a Movement That Has For Its Princi pal Object the Securing of Tem perate anil Industrious Hus bands For flirts Wish ing to '1 .ii'ry. _ NoiifoMt, Vu., Alarcli 10.—The wo men of the VV. T. U. of l'ortsmouth will organize shortly the “Naples Ma trim mini Society.” They think that the organ-/.atio.i of this society in this city will l».i followed by the organiza tion of s.milar societies throughout the country by the \V. ('. T. 1!, and that they eventually will take the Ph'ce of the various matrimonial bu reaus now in operation in some of the norlhern cities. In Naples girls 11 years old and over assemble once every year in one of the elm relics of that city, and the. unmar ried men. who so desire, go there and choose wives. The proposed society will carry out a similar arrangement here, except that the girls who desire to assemble in a diurcli to be thus chosen will have to register witli the society three, months ahead of the date, thut the society may satisfy it self that, they are girls of good moral character, and the men who are to applv at, the church on these occasions to select brides will be required to register three months prior to the date of choosing, that the society may investigate their characters for the purpose of ascertaining-if they are in dustrious and temperate. Only men who have these qualities will be al lowed to choose a wife. Those who register will lie informed fifteen days in advance of their standing. Aten will be required to pay a registration foe of 81, but girls will be allowed to register free. The intended brides will probably be required to wear white instead of Hack, ns in Naples. 1 he principal object of the .society is to afford girls who desire to marry an opportunity to secure temperate and industrious husbands. REPORT TO THE GENERAL. Colonel Mem Itotnrns From Chicago 1o New York and Sails for Kurope. ^ikw Y oiik, March 10.—Colonel Alex ander Nieol, the special representative of the international headquarters of the Salvation army to the United States, sailed for England on the Lucaniu to-day. The colonel arrived from the YVest yesterday after noon and was scheduled to speak at the big meeting in Fourteenth street to-morrow. At the national headquarters nothing could bo ascertained as to the nature of the colonel's leavetaking. It was said, however, that Commissioner Eva liooth. Commissioner Carlcton and Colonel Kadie were busily engaged with Colo nel Nieol during the greater part of the night. It is stated that Colonel Nieol found the affairs of the army in the tneigliborhood of Chicago to be in a turbulent condition; that the London office had been so informed and thut General liooth had decided to summon his speeiul agent home that the exact situation mighthe made uleur to .him. Chicago, March ;14.—An officer of the Northwestern division of the Sal vation army says that Hallington Booth is coining to Chicago within a fortnight and that when he comes there -will be secession. lie continued: “The declaration of loyalty won’t stand in the way an in stant when the question of higher usefulness and duty comes up for de 1 »»tu l ry Kiranoai is a dam '•RiflfC thing to us while we remain un Jer tlie flair. It never was llaliing tou Uootk’s intention tiiat the inti mate causes of his revolt should be come publie. 'Die details of his dif ference with his father reflected no -•redit on the general, and Hallington willingly would have spared him pain, hut some ovei-zealous friend has let the secret leak out.” DR. BROWN’S CASE CLOSED Che Congregational Council la ltnllotlng for a Verdict. San Francisco, March 10.— The llev. llrown is waiting for the verdict af liis eceleeiaslieal judges. Two executive sessions of the conn- 1 Jil have been held, but a verdict has uot been reached on all points in volved. The charge of immorality, so 1 far as Mrs. Stockton is concerned, is ' uot sustained. The second vote was on the charge of intimidating a young woman mem ber of tiie church. The deliberations of the council developed the fact that the charges of intimidaliou made ngainst the pastor by tlie young wo man are among the most serious of 1 all. The council is more nearly unan imous upon this point than any other. Kx-Mlnlfttcr Nelson Dfsd Tkkrk lr.VcTK, Ind, March 10 — Colonel Thomas II. Kelson died here 1 this morning. He has been a conspic uous leader in politics for over half a ' ! centiery. He was a brother of Gen- ' era I William Nelson. From 1801 to 1800 he was minister from this coun try to (.hill, and took an active part as mediator between Chili and Spain in the war of 18u i to 1800. From 1809 * 1 to 1873 he was envoy from this coun- i try to Mexico. He was born in Mason 1 county, Ky , in 1810. Fractured 111* WUe'* Skull. St. Joseph. Mo., March 10.—John Green, a vnriety actor and clog dancer, 1 recently of Chicago, returned home < and quarreled with his wife over the i attentions paid her by a neighbor, and j with a brick beat tlie woman into in- • sensibility. 1'hysicians found the 1 skull hart been fractured and believe I she will die. Green escaped to Kau 1 sas City. i , ! UNCLE SAM'S MILITIA. An Army of 9,500.000 ( mild Km!or the Field in a Fen* Hour... Washington, March j<i.—According, to a report on the organized militia of the United Slates, which has just been prepared by the War department, the United States, in need, can put 9,4G7,G94 men in the Held. At the close of 1895,every State and territory, with the exception ot Indian territory and Alaska, had an organized national guard. Total force of the militia num bers 115,009,of which 10:.’,004 composed the infantry, 5,215 the cavalry, 5,20? the artillery, 649 the special corps, and there were 1,443 generals and staff officers. The total appropriation al lowed the militia amounted'to 8100,000, while the states during the same period spent 82,834,976 on these organ izations. it is estimated that the mobilization of the militia could be effected in the different states and terrritories in from three hours in the District of Columbia to seventy-two hours in Oregon, other state organiza tions assembling between these two points. New York is far in the lead of the number of men enlisted in the na tional guard, its strength amounting to 12,901 officers and men. Pennsyl vania is second with 8,482, Ohio third with 6,493, Illinois fourth with G,22‘3, Missouri eighteenth with 2,107 and Kansas twenty-second with 1,815. Ok lahoma ends the list with 153. Delome Influenced by Olney. Washington, March !G.— From a source which is .considered reliable, the information comes that the admin istration is responsible for the state ment given out by the Spanish minis ter criticising Congress. He submitted the manuscript to Olnev and was urged to publish it. Certain Senators talk bitterly in private of the Admin istration s course, but the proceedings of the Senate on the subject have sud denly lost the sensational character of two or three days ago. RcimI Men Claim (iutlirie. OlTTHiiiK, Okla., March :t.— The lie publican caucuses anil primaries were uproarious affairs. Doth the lJarnes ami Heed factions did their best to capture flic organization and carry things their own way. The lieed men claim to have a large majority of the city delegates, but the county, outside of the city, will undoubtedly be large ly for McKinley, and the county con vention will be hotly contested. Stuart Offered 1)13,000. Xi:\v Vohk, March 10.—Dan Stuart atul..Martin Julian had a meeting' at the imperial Music hall and the Texan lost no time in offering a $1:1,000 purse for a battle between Corbett and Fitz simmons. Stuart agreed to forfeit the entire pupse if he failed to bring off the fight on the date scheduled and " ithout interference, but Julian would agree to nothing until Corbett whips Maher. McLaughlin Must. Go to Prison. New \oiiK, March 10.—Inspector McTTaughlin’s sentence has been af firmed by the court of appeats. Mc Laughlin was convicted last May of extortion in receiving $10 from Fran cis Seagrist, jr.,while captain of the first police precinct. He was sentenced to two years and six months imprison ment. A stay was granted him and later a third trial ordered. Said to Have Swindled 1.000 Persons. Nkw Voiik. March Hi—tleorge Hart man, the bogus insurance collector was arraigned to face the complaints of more than 100 victims of his meth ods. The detectives who brought him into court sail! that there were more Ilian 1,010 cases they could prove against him. lie pleaded guilty. Sen tence was postponed. Kotlischllds Pleads Guil.v. MoiiF.ur.v, Mo., March Hi.—Abe Rothschilds, alias Henry Smythe. pleaded guilty to the charge of forgery in Judge John A. IlocUudav's court hereaud was sentenced to four years in the penitentiary, Rothschilds is the man whom the United States offi lials had been after for years for using the mails for fraudulent purposes. Uallingtoii Booth's c*alL Washington, March 16.—There is a Lirospect that Ballingtoa Booth may iceopt a call to Washington. Nego tiations are now under way looking to lis taking charge of the National .lospel Mission 1'uion. which was organized in Washington al>out a year igo. ami the headquarters of which ire in Washington. Two Insurgent I.eaders Deal. Havana March 1C.—Confirmation tas been received of the reported lenlh of the well-known insurgent eader. Itarillo Guerra. He was shot n the forehead with a rifle bullet and lietl instantly. Zayas, another leader >f the insurgents, is suffering from a tcrious rifle shot wound in his face. Hus Chilian Duty on Cigarettes Increased. Washington, March 10 — l nitet States Minister Strobel at Suntiagi tas informed tlie State department hat the government of Chili has in creased the duty on cigarettes from R.44 per 1,000 to $5.30 per 1,000. llaiigeil for Ilia Slater's Murder. Peoria, 111.. March 10.—Albert Wal ace was hanged at Pekin to-day for ,he murder of his sister, Mrs. Bowlby. dissatisfaction over the disnosal of ■heir father's estate was the cause of ,he murder. .4 Pointer For Manderaon. Lixcor.x, Neb.. March 10.—At the Republican primaries here a ballot vas taken on presidential preferences, ■esulting as follows: McKinley. 3, 147; Manderson. 278; scattering, 308. lufttrurted for Buchan, Lawrence, Kan., March 10.—The douglas county Republican conven ion met to-day and instructed eleven lelegates for W. J. Iiuclian for Con gressman of the Second district. Mark Twain Not Seriously 111. Rom hay, March 10. —Mark Twain, he American humorist, will resume 1 tis lectures on Wednesday next and : vill leave India for Africa on April 1. j I IOWA PRESENTS ALLISON. The State Convention at Des Moines Is for the Senator. Des Moixes, Iowa, March 12.—The district conventions for each Congres sional district were held at 0 a. m. and delegates and alternates were se lected for the National Republican convention at St. Louis. The Fifth and Tenth districts were the only ones having contests. The State convention was called to order at 11 and the call read, then came the singing of the “Allison March,” for the first time. It made a great hit. Congressman J. R Dolli ver, temporary chairman was intro duced, Dolliver said: “The demand ot the hour is for somebody who under stands the every dav business of the government of the United States; who can read the account books on both sides; what we take in and what we pay out. We offer to the national service a statesman trained in the public business, who has left the im press of his practical wisdom on every revenue measure enacted since the Thirty-eighth Congress, and under whose eve every item of every appro priation bill for nearly a generation | has passed. A training like that, sel dom approached in American public life, would of itself bring hone and deliverance to the uneasy treasury of the United States. “The need of these times is not so much for a leader to rally the people to the Republican banner, as for a master of the art of administration, conservative and strong, able to hold the victory after it is won. Nothing can keep the American people from voting against the Democratic party this year. No man lias been proposed for the nomination whose election would not briDg honor to the chief office of the people, but among all the illustrious men who are presented for the favor, of the party, in this year of hope and victory, not one outranks in ! ripened preparation for its duties the j unassuming leader of Republicanism in Iowa. Ills name is on the lips and I in the hearts of all the people to day.” The address was interrupted fre 1 quently by applause, especially at ; every reference to Allison. Four I thousand people were present. The convention was the most enthusiastic in the history of the state. The resolutions instructed the dele gates to tho St. Louis convention to work for Allison's nomination as long as his name was before that body. i vmui.u I HA ntVjtIM 6 Thousands of Dollars Filched From (lie Chicago City Treasury. Chicago, March 12.—Thousands of dollars have been filched from the city treasury through a clever scheme con cocted by three sharks, a clerk in the comptroller’s office and another in the special assessment bureau. The steal was accomplished by forging special assessment tax receipts. It is another grab at the special assessment fund and while it is not known just how much money has been obtained, it is possible that 820,000 or 825,000 slipped out of the people’s vaults before the con spirators were detected. Investiga tion has developed that they obtained at least 81,000. Xeither Comptroller Wethereli. City Treasurer Wolf nor Chief of Police Jtadenoch will give the names of those implicated in the fraud] The tax sharks have been located, however. It is probable that several arrests of those connected with the matter will be made to-dav. Quay euiiuarjr in Alabama. Birmingham. Ala., March 12.—Will iam T. Ferguson, colored, of Washing ton, D. C., arrived in the city this week, and will work among the lead ers of the Republican party in Ala bama in the interest of Senator Matthew S. Quay of Pennsylvania for the presidential nomination. He will take tlio field against McKinley, hop ing to get promises for Quay ai second choice. Anti-Options Bill Dead. Washington, March 12.—The House committee on agriculture, by a vote of 3 to C, decided to-day to lay upon the table the anti-options (Hatch) bill. This practically kills the measure for this Congress. .me territories each send a delegate to congress, who has the right of de» bate, but not the right to vote. The vice-president, who ex-offlcio presides over the senate, has no vote in that body except on a tie ballot/ LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE *MAKKK TS Quotations From New York, Chicago, St. Louis Omaha and Elsewhere. OMAHA. Butter—Creamery separator.. Butter—Fair to good country. Eggs—Fresh. Chickens—Dressed, per lb. Turkeys—Per lb. Lemons - Choice Messinas... IS 12 8 8 12 3 00 Ifi's 14 8V4 8'i 13 Oranges—P* r box .2 25 14 Honey—Fancy white, per lb Apples—Per bbl.2 50 Sweet dotatoes-Good, per bbl 2 50 Pot a t oes—Pe r b u 30 0 >J- 4 25 <& 3 2 * (*n 11 m 3 50 © 2 75 3 35 Beans—Navy, hand-plcied.fm 1 40 (fn 1 50 Cranberries—t apo Cod, pr.bbl 8 5) Huy—Upland, per ton. 5 00 Onions—Per bu.\. 35 Broom Corn—Green, per lb. 2 lions—Mixed packing. 3 75 Hogs— Heavy \\ eights. 3 80 Beeves—Stockers and feeders. 2 90 Beef-Steers. 3 00 Bulls. 2 10 Milkers. 2 50 Stags.2 50 Calves.. 2 15 Oxen...1 50 Cows .j. 1 75 Heifers.. 2 50 Westerns. 2 25 Sheep -Lambs. 3 75 CHICAGO. Wheat-No. 2, spring. fi37sfa Corn—Per bu. . 2S Oats—Per bu. 20 Pork. 9 70 Lard. 5 30 rattle—Feeding cattle.3 00 Hogs—Averages.4 nO Sheep—Lambs. 4 00 Sheep—Westerns. 2 50 Sheep -Natives. 3 15 NEW YOBK. Wheat—No. 2, red winter. S3 * orn No. 2,. Dats—No. 2,. <& 8 ; <& 5 -.0 tff» 40 <15 2*4 Ob 3 85 @ 3 8.1 (ftj 3 50 tin 3 75 <f A 3 00 H 3 00 (3 3 00 (flj 5 2.1 3 25 @1 3 15 <3 3 20 dc 3 40 @4 Z3 fi4J8 <3 28-4 <3 21 9 75 3 5 32‘t ("> 3 75 4 10 (3 4 ;o Ob 3 50 (3 3 20 3 83*4 (3 3 20 ork—..10 50 "(Tell 00 Lard—. 3 04 <3 5 80 ST. LOUIS. Wheat—No. 2 red, cash. 70 Oh 70*1 l orn—Per bu. 20?4<§> Dats—Per bu. 18 <& 1s*i Hogs—Mixed packing. 3*0 rattle— Shipping steers. 3 75 ^heep -Western. 3 00 Lambs—. 3 50 KANSAS CITY. Wheat—No. 2 hard. 04 3 0414 Dorn—No. 2.... 22 *4 (ft 23 Dats- No. . 18 Cattl* —Stockersand feeders.. 3 00 oh 3 95 Hogs—Mixed Packers. 3 70 3 3 so Sheep—Lambs.\ til 4 40 <3 3 90 0J 4 85 (Tt 3 50 (it 4 50 NATURE'S WONDERS. ■ A TRIP THROUGH MOST PICT URESQUE AMERICA. Story of an Interesting; Ran Across the Continent on the “Overland Route" — The Iteautles of Colorado. Wyoming*' Idaho and the (treat Northwest. The story of the “Overland Route'* has been told in prose and poem by those who have a right to claim the best knowledge of it; those who toiled over the plains driving oxen in spans, which pulled great caravans of freight; those who hopefully bore the heat and burden of the day, buoyed up and encouraged by the hope of an El Dorado in the mountains of the west—great, noble hearted men who sought in the glorious west the reward which seemed never to come near their doors in the populous sast. They were brave.andkind-hearted, hold and gentle, and the writer loves to dwell on their adventures and depict their liair-breadt’u escapes, and tell of their hopes and their disappointments. In one sense theirs is the story of the lives of many who read, and a chord of sympathy is touched by the skillful tell ing of the story. Everyone who has read these tales of the west has felt an ’ instinctive desire to see the spots, hal lowed at least in memory by some story,, which has served to pass an hour away; and each one has longed for an oppor tunity. Those of the present day have the best of the earlier members of this mutual admiration society, for they can now make the trip in comfort, free from peril, and surrounded by all the luxuries incident to modern travel. Instead of 1 toiling over the calcined track of those who preceded them, the traveler of the day simply selects “The Overland Route,” the Union Pacific system, tend, as much at home as though in the quiet of some New England village, glides swiftly over a splendid roadbed, and al lows his eyes to feast on the magnificent scenery afforded. The route through Kansas is a varied scene of thrift and growing greatness, agriculturally, and when night has low ered her shades and the hours of rest are passed, the grander beauties of the Rocky Mountains are in view, and one InstinrtivpIv nrpnarps himsplf tn ririnlr In the wonders which nature has strewn in profligate plenty within touch, al most, of the passing train. From Den ver to Cheyenne there is spread a pano rama of hills and fields, dashing rivers “and the complaining brooks that made the meadows greewi” *• and mountains whose snow-capped tops seem to reach to the very skies and mingle their glis tening peaks amid the shadowy ciomls. The highest point on this “Overland Route” across the continent is 8,247 feet, at Sherman; hence those who fear the results of great altitudes are re lieved of that apprehension, as very lit tle difficulty is experienced. One of the wonders of the American continent, ar tificial hut interesting, is the Ames monyr&ent, erected in remembrance of the work done by Mr. Ames in connec tion with the building of this great east and west artery of commerce and which reminds one of the Pyramids of Egypt, and makes one wonder whether they, too, commemorated ability and power as well as served to keep the sacred re mains of their projectors. The Dale .< creek bridge is another magnificent specimen of human skill, and one; com pares the handiwork of man with that of nature, which all around vies with it. Idaho is entered at Border Station, an appropriate name, and one then thinks of the great mineral productions of the country through which he is passing ind stares anew at the creation of natu ral force, the Shoshone Falls, the great scysers which abound in the parks, the mountains ever seeming higher and ’uller of poetry and romance, and chal lenging comparison with anything that if.s yet been seen. It seems to the trav :ler that what comes after must be a •epetition, or some reproduction of something that has been seen on this rengnuui journey, ana He guesses that he stories of the parks of the. great lorthwest must be tales of fancy, for if ;hese cannot cause the mint! to revel, ndeed, must the best part of man, his maglnation, be dulled and he an object lor pity. When, therefore, the grand est scenery of North America, the won lerful Yellowstone Park is reached, vhat a pleasure to feel that the power of ippreciation has been whetted rather ban dulled, and that the grandeur and teauty of the surroundings awaken new md embellished ideas, and give the icart and mind a greater degree of ap ireciation. So the whole route is an education, and an enjoyment at the ame time, while the glow of new health teightens the color and drives away the veariness which, perchance, was the di ect cause for the-journey. While the oute just described has been through Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho and the Northwest, 1 have not been unmindful if still another pleasant Journey which very traveler through the west’should ake, viz.: To and through Utah the oungest state in the union. While till in her maidenhood, she is by no ueans the least in importance of our tates. For scenery Echo, Weber, anti Igden Canons cannot be excelled ’ The alleys of Utah are rich in their pro uction of fruit, vegetables and cereal irhile the mountains are daily discios ng a mineral wealth which - will yei ause the world to marvel. The climate of Washington and Ore on is delightful. The western slope eems to be a chosen spot for pleasure ealth and comfort. One forgets the lany hundreds of miles covered by the ver-turning wheels and simply enjoys treat to be found nowhere else in the niverse. It is a trip which everyone hould take, varying the climate, the ltitude and general environments of usiness and care, and it can be taker o comfortably and at such reasonable xpense in the splendid cars of the l'n >n Pacific System that it should be de ided upon at once as the cne next to be ndertaken. F. P. BAKEIt.