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...
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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
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<3 21
9 75
3 5 32‘t
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4 10
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3 83*4
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3 20
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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.