PLATTSATOUTIl WEk:;A Mv:rM,J, xtuU&DA V, MA V til, ISSS.
LOTS OF EXCITEMENT.
A Piukirtou Policanian Shot and Slight
ly 'Wounded Two Men.
CHAS. ELLIS CUT IN THE FACE
TwdIvj More Pinkerton Policemen
Crouht Down From Omaha
i his Mornin;; and Put
On Duty Hero.
AM Is Quiet Today.
I" f 1 1 1 "llini sil;i V ly.
L ist lillit was oneof jjreat excitement
t) til'! ie(lll(! ()f J 'I ;l ttsiaOIlt ll. A I lit
U oYloek ii row on lined on the street
between a eiur nniker mid Charlie Ellis
wliicli ended in Ellis ln:in Radly cut on
fare. The t -ijjar maker esciix.'(l through
lolin I;!ukes saloon into the dark ullrv
tK k of 1 1 io sal o-' mi witli the night polu
alter lii til. while in irshal Malick went
down to the Riddle house to "get a 1 in
tern On his return with the lantern and
two I'iiikci ton men they iwuned that the
police had (aught the cigar maker at the
coniT of th and Main streets. The
crowd had gathered around the prisoner
and police to learn the cause of the
trouble, ami some one feeling the im
portnnre or Ins position, Hauled away
ami struck one of the l'inkerton men,
knocking hi in down, who as he arose.
pulled his revolver and began shooting
to defend himself. One ball struck I'ete
JLigcrs in the j iw, coining out near the
chi;i making only a llish wound, anoth
er striking Frank Dills in the leg, in
Hit ting quite a serious wound.
Two othr shots were fired down near
the Kiddle house, but by whom is not
known. The Pinkerton man at first
showed signs of surrender, but it is sup
po-e-d that he concluded it lr.ight
not ba safe and lie struck
down Main Street to the Kiddle house
wiiii tiie crowu niter mm. lie ran
through the Kiddle house out at the back
tloor and was lost from the crewd, who
gathered around and made crcat threats
of violence to the inmates of the house
supposing that the Pinkerton man was
bjing sheltered there, but after the of
licers and a number of men had searched
every room in tiie House aiut loinm no
on tnc crowu dispersed and no more
disturbance was made during the night
A telegram whs sent to Omaha and about
fortv I inkcrtou men were sent down to
preserve order, but only twelve of them
remained.
Whvther the shooting was justifiable
or not, wc are unable to say. lint so
ni'inv threats have been made against
th'e l iiii-:erton men that they are not
likely to t ike chances on any one, and
the more tin rats that are made the worse
it makes tilings. For all threats in the
world would not scare the Finkcrtons
iiwav and the more disturbance made
brings tiie more here.
We are sorry chat such things have oc
curred and that our city is disgrace I by
them, but it will do no one any good to
. continually making disturbances, and
it tilings keep on the city authorities will
have to disperse the crowds that gather
o;i-th; streets from day to day. These
are disgraceful occurrences and we be
lieve that if those who are engaged in
them would stop to reason with them
selves and think of the danger they are
subject ng themselves and the city to
they would retrain from nil such dis
tuib anees" We sineercly hope that no
more will occu '.
Words of Praiso
livery day new subscribers are coming
in all sj caking words of praise for Tue
IIki'.ai.d for its fair and impartial way
of dealing with nil questions and business
interests of the city. Although we are
aware that we have incurred the enmity
of so.ne of onr citizens, it makes our
heart glad to know that these words f
j.rais'j are coming from good, fair mind
ed, honorable men and while Ave do not
xu-et to run a pajer to suit every one,
we are glad to have the approval of
ttu-se, nniong the l.tt citizens of our
( It3". We are making a special effort to
greatly increase our' circulation and are
offering good, substantial premiums for
subscriptions both to the Daily and
Weekly, -is follows:
For thirty cash &uhscribfrs to tli Dai
ly IIeisald wc will give a first-class sew
ing machine and for thirty cash subscrib
ers to the Weekly LIekald we will give
a good watch. All of these goo 's to
lis bought of our dealers her.' in the city
and warranted by them to be genuine.
Thi- is a good opportunity for those in
need of t!w se articles to make an effort
t- obtain them. It is a very easy matter
to get the subscribers ; nd you cannot
ret a wateii or a rowing machine easier
t: . in this. And we will farther agree
that Thk Mi:itALi shall be kept up to its
present tandatd of e.ei 1'cnce. Stand
ing always on the side of right and just
ic allotting to all tiie free right to their
. f : . rt'
wit:. ...,r:, an 1 aiming to serve all in a?
lair . n.I iui-iness like manner. j
Following is the programme for first
gr e.ie, waid schools- Mond.-ty Cist, arith
m ti.-; Tu s 1 v C .nd. realinir. s;n lliuir
j Ti ; ! writing: V,daos.l iv '."nl, d.awin.
bi-.-r t lessons m l hvffene: Thursd av 24th.
Oral work and le view of apors. j
THE Cr EAT FLOODS.
Scenes of Desolation and Ruin In
the Overflowed Dis
tricts. '0,1-incy, 111.. May 11). The flood in
this district gives no sign of abatement.
The decline of an inch and a half here
this morning, up to ( o'clock, was due j
solely to the relief affiled by numerous
breaks in the two kvecs which permitted
vast lakes of water to ovtillow the Ruins,
Since that, however, tVi river haa been
at a standstill, and a further rise is certain
It is possible, in the judgment of cxper
ienced rivwr men. that the hi"h water
maik of lH."il will be passed before the
climax is reached. Ke'ief crews from
this city have been sent in all directions
and the people on the bluffs will be car
ed lor. Their immediate necessities wil
Ue supplied by boat loads of provisions.
Citizens nre subscribing liberal sums of
money and boxes of clothing to be for
warded as soon as the location of the
distressed refugees u determined. They
are in special need for food for stock,
bundled of heads of which aro huddled
toitttlur on euibankemeute'. If the dis
tress proves us widespread as reported,
there will be an appeal to the citizens of
tho state at larse for contributions of
money. The first loss of life was report
ed this morning.
Colored College Commencement
it alkioii, N. ('., May 18. The friends
of colored education are greatly interest
ed in Livingstone College, at Salisbury.
where there are 400 students, and whose
commencement exercises are now in pro
gress. Last evening Dr. Charles F.
Deems, of New York City, pastor of the
Church of the Strangers, and one of the
most eminent North Carolina preachers,
delivered the annual address before
great assemblage. There are twenty two
gradufes, of whom six are fenialts.
Two graduates from the theological, ten
from the normal, and ten from the das
sical department. Dr. Deems, after hear
ing the assays and orations, said that in
all his life in his visits to Harvard, Yale,
Princeton, and in his connection with the
North Carolina State University as pro
fessor, lie lias never heard so few mis
takes in English and classics among stn
dents, and that the thoroughness of schol
ir&hip in English and Latin was unsur
passed by any of these institutions.
Through the Cascade Mountains.
Skattle, Wyo., May 18. The Seattle
Lake Shore and Eastern ltailway Com
pan' last evening entered into a contract
with the millionaire contracting firm of
Kyan & McDonald, of New York,
through their representatives, Messrs.
Rums & Smith, of Baltimore, for the
construction of 2l'- miles of standard
jauge railroad through the C scade mouii
tains toward Spokane Falls. This new
daces the whole distance between the
two cities under contract, and there is
great rejoicing all over the territory.
This new contract specifics that the work
must be completed within two ears from
late, which will compel the contractors
to employ an army of men, and to build
from both ends of the line. The cost of
this new section is placed nt $5,000,000.
The country to be traversed is cxtremlv
ich in timber, coal and iron, and on thr
eastern slope in grain and in general pro
luce.
The printing press, says the Whites
o o News, has made kings and presi-
leuts, killed poets, furnished bustles for
beauties and polished genius with criti
cism. It made worlds get up at roll-call
every morning, given the pulpit lungs
of iron and a yoicc of at am. It lias set
the price on a bushel of wheat, and made
he count -y postolrice the glimmering
goal of the country scribe. It has cur
tailed the power of kings, graced the
pantry shelves and busted; it has con
verted bankers into paupers and madr
lawyers of colleg presidents; it has edu
cated the homdesi an I robbed thu phil
osopher of his reason. It smiles and
i,'ks and cries and dies, but it can't ie
run to suit everybody, and the editor is
a fool who tries.
Gov. Thayer has written a letter to
the Nebraka delegation in congress in
forming them that the ranchmen and ir
rigators of Colorado are, during the dry
season of the year, using all the water of
the Platti river, thus depriving the citi
zens of Nebraska, wdio haye as much
right ns they, from any benefit therefrom.
The Governor asks that proper steps bo
taken ths rights of the cit.'zen of Neb.
braska repected and laws passed to en
force tiicir righti.
The Nebraska d dogates to the na
tional convention, true to their state, nre
now trying to hit upon some means of
advertising it whin they go to the con
vention, and it i-s proposed te have some
fcvmbolic design made out of field pro-
uce which will at once create a scns-
tiou and call the attention of that body
to the Nebraska delegation. The idea is
not a bad one and ingenious minds can
now Set ah"Ut flx 51 clc!iUIR yvht':tl
will be at once, attractive, original and
uniiiuc. Advertise -eirasKa oven on
the Hoor of the con ve;iti.;i.
publican.
-O.iriln Iie-
510.000 i-iivate funds to loan on farms
at straight eicht ucr cent.
S)w4 W. "Wise. 1
CWLED.
A f.'luas of Malingerer XVlio Keek lo Un
cover Damage from Kailroiid.
ff IntA fn a A imur laaa r f mnliiifrontisi i
has arisen. This Is composed of tho pco
plo who. when any accident happens to a
railway train, steamboat or other convey
unco owned by a corporation or rich person
at which they aro present as passengers.
j p).ctfcnd Umt Ujey Lav
! injured and forthwith t
ivo been seriously
injured and forthwith bring suit against
tho proprietors in immense sums for dam
uges A smattering of medical knowledge
is very soon acquired by these people dur
ing their examinations Ly their physicians,
and they are thus often enabled to cut a
pretty good figure before a jury I do not
think it is at all diiiieult to detect the.io
impostors
It is rarely the caso that they aro so
consistent in their detail of alleged symp
torn s and in their conduct us to deceive a
medical man thoroughly well skilled in
his profession. Besides this, they goner
ally overact their part In their efforts to
deceive, and. If subjected to closo scrutiny
for some considerable time, or at periods
when they do not suspect that they are
watched, scarcely ever fail to show them
selves In their true colors
Not long since I was applied to by a
young man. who informed mo that, alxnit
a month previously, in getting off a street
railway car, ho had been violently thrown
to the ground, so that ho had wionelied
his back, had become partially paralyzed
in both legs, and had, besides, sustained
serious internal Injuries In addition lo
wanting my professional advice ho do
sired an examination, with a special view
of having me to testify before a court in a
suit for $20,000 damages, which ho in
tended to institute against tho railway
company I caused him to take off his
clothes, and 1 found at once that there
was no emaciation. On the contrary, his
body was remarkably well nourished. He
complained of pain in the upper region of
the spine, and screamed in apparent
agony when I slightly touched that part
of his body. It seemed to me then that
there was an unusual degree of sensitive
ness, and not at all such as would have
been developed had he been really injured
in the way he described The grasp of
his hand was very weak, but at the same
time his muscles were largo and well
formed.
I was satisfied even at the time that he
was making- the most of h'13 condition, if
not actually deceiving mo. I next asked
him tc walk around tho room until I told
him to stop. At first he tottered o-er t he
Hoor as if about to fall at every step and
complained of great pains in his legs As
he continued walking, however, I kept
him in conversation, so as to divert his
mind from himself. As a consequence he
was thrown oil his guard, as I expected
he would be, so that after a half a dozen
turns his gait was measurably improved,
and at times was as good as it ever had
been Of course, if there had been twiy
real paralysis, every step he took would
have added to his lameness Some othei
methods of examination with instruments
of precision placed the fact of his fraud u
lent protonsioiia beyond a doubt. I then
accused him of deception, and recapitu
lated to him the points which by his in
sulI5e:ent knowledge of the subject had
led to his detection After numerous pro
testations he confessed that he had been
drilled by an attorney to simulate spinal
injury with a view to defrauding tho rail
way company. Dr. William A- Hammond
in Boston Globe.
Fires on Strambnit,
I don't think there is a boat on the Mis
sissippi river that is without all the best
modern appiianees for extinguishing tires,
but when a fire breaks out on the boat
there is nobody who knows bow to handle
the apparatus Fighting fires is a science
that il takes years of experience to ac
quire, steamboat managers never seem
to have thought of this, so their boats.
when once on fire, are certain to be do
stroyed. One experienced fireman em
ployed on each boat could drill the bout
men and manage the fighting of a lire, so
that it would be impossible for a steam
boat to burn. A few years ago. when the
city's harbor boat caught fire, wp had to
go down to the levee $nd piit out the fire.
although the harbor boat has on her lower
deck tho finest kind of apparatus for fight
ma tiro. Assistant tire Chief in Globe
Democrat-
The rrv:isiveucs8 of (.ightnin?.
A correspondent of The Springfield Ro
publican, describing the effects of a ro
cent lightning stroke, says that "the ceil
Ing of the room had been replastered the
preceding spring, and the sand of this lo
cality. which Is used in mortar, is fer
rngiuous Every metallic particle ui the
latter the fluid seemed to have found and
detached, so as to give the plastered si;r
face an appearance bettsf described as
pock marked than by any other words at
pay command." Scientific American.
A farmer near Chebanse, flls.. having
an ox that did pot obey orders, concluded
that the animal was deaf and bought an
ear trumpet, which worked with great
success The animal had lost its appetite,
but with its return of hearing ate heartily
The ear trumpet is fastened in place by
wires around one of the horns. The story
is from a western paper, and uo ehromo
goes with it.
Wo know a wealthy merchant who keep3
half a dozen horses, who recently stated
that his store was closed on account of a
holiday." and we also know a proof
reader who can spoil every word in the
English language correctly, and the only
time ho experiences any horse is when he
eats horse radish. New York Mail and
Express
The doctor tells Morrill that if he doesn't
etop work and take a rest he'll go into a
decline, and then tells Blakely that if hs
does not abandon his sedentary position
and go off somewhere and work on a farm
he will die of torpidity of tho liver
1
One man is spending all tho money he 1
can cam i:i taking a girl to the theatre
iiu-i sendm ; ber (lowers, in the hope that ;
! r" r-" eventually make her his wife, au 1
his neighbor U spending ail tho gold h( j
ha - s saved to gel a ciivorco.
PRETENDING TO EE
CHARITY HOSPITAL
SAD SCENES 'AMONG AN UNFOR
TUNATE CLA33 OF Pr.GPLt.
Mixtion Work n ITlaekTreU'n I
'lno HumlrrHl f,i:jrrcrii r"in' ;
ItooT A IJytn? f. irl Noble 1c
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cm
s of
Ch art t j- Oti t a t ? a Xv r!:.
The ladies of tho r.-.J-.sIon f-r.I 1 i;
their packages and prtprrs r.nd ".ivie i Li
two parties on" to visit tin pei.it ' n; -y
and do there the b.-u'ilifni v.-o.-i; v. iiieli
Elizabeth Fry initiated. Iho ollr t tho
Charity he spit al: r.nd v.Jth thu I
went. A small roci.i is set apr.i t 1 h ;vi
for the use of tho mission. Th" tables i;i
it were already covered with baskc'.snf
fruit, glasses of jelly, bottles of beef tea,
cans of oysters, and various ol her i1. li
cacies. By each basket lay a ir.ir.ibr of
papers and religions t.-acts. Alter biv-f
religious services the lad'es separated,
each taking her own basket and reading
matter to the ward she wi-.s nssi-:ie I to.
Here, under this one roof, are I'U;) liu' .uii
beings, in every conceivable stag.j of
suffering. The pangs of poverty are in
creased a hundred fold when ea.,o
seizes in its cruel clutches the unhappy
victim. Few people are fortunate enough
to escape tho knowledge of bodily pain.
Most, indeed, can recollect at least one
season of physical wretchedness. To be
suro, there was a soft bed and shaded
windows, skilled rare and lovi;i" a' ' r -,
tious, doctors . iio&.ud pleasant t iio'.g; . u'id
disguised their doses, delicious trifles that
appeared by magic, and a thousand in
genious surprises to create an appetite or
win a smile. With all that, something
like a shudder comes over ono at tho
thought of a repetition of the experience.
To go through a ward in the Charity hos
pital convinces you that tho primer of
misery has yet to be mastered by the re.-,t
of U3. Imagine yourself on a narrow and
lumpy bed. tho light from a row of big
windows beating in jour eyeballs, the feet
of tho convalescents shu tiling and scuf
fling over the bare floor, the whitewashed
walls, devoid of even a v. all paper pattern
to be deciphered, the callous young doctor
to whom you aro but a bit of expei ii-nee,
and the food such that if well your
stomach and senses would revolt at it.
As to Cower., books, imisic raid bright
colors, they como only in dreams.
After all no amount of moralizing brings
tho truth home liko a single individual
case, and thero was one patient in par
ticular that made a profound impression
upon me si girl in tho lest Ftagts (,f con
sumption. Illness had robbed her face of
the coarseness it may have had in health.
Through the veil that death is drnv. ing
over it shino splendid black eyes and a
skin painfully brilliant in coloring. A
heavy mass of short black hair fa!! over
her forehead, nearly meeting tao I. irge
dark brows that seem to have been
painted rather ih:n: grov.-r. on marble
skin There in -one-thing otirioiai r.ud
shocking in this dread "Taak; ;-.p" of dis
ease) that reminds ono of tho Rty-o. but
there is no counterfeit presentment of
health in the long, emaciated ha:;ds that
lie so nervelessly on
1..
i-ilt. I?v
the side of the bod is a littlo stand, r.po'i
it a Bible and a mug of water that is all
Mary was breathing in low gasps Her
lips were parr-hod, her eyes deypaiil'ig
Suddenly they fell Upon the visitor In a
moment she v. as 1 1 a:isformeil. Whon that
visitor laid on the little table a slice of
ordinary white bread and hatter and '
big orange the girl half raised bev-seir on
her elbow to look her gratitude The
luxury expressed in that slice of broad
and battoi nc ono can imagine until they
look at tho dark, sticky stuff greased over
that is called by that name in tho hos
pital Then tho gentle missionary read
and talked to the gild, who Hate-nod
eagerly "Nc one else comes to .vc a mo
but von." she said, simply, "and tho days
and uights are so loa.3
"Is thou- anything 3'ou vro'uld li'te":"
asked the lady."
"Yjs. ma'am, if you please. I eliorV,'
sr. liko a little mixed candy," fuid the dy
ing girl. "You 0?, IL3 modi-.iue lasics
so bad. and we tljn'l Live nothing U tiki
after it." Tiie candy was promise-!. c::d
with her heart in L.er voice llie lacy ut
tered a little prayer r.ud left the siucrcr
composed and comforted It is a dark
day in a patient's tifj when the doetcr
savs she may nave inytliing she likes
that is. that visitors choose to give Lcr
and many and singular tut' the petitions
showing the faLvrer'd idea of l:ixo:y
One sinking from tho cflects of au op -ration
begs tor a taste of n.Siiei j-u-kk-s,
another wants "just one bologr.y. nia'au:;"
a third isks for a gliss of ginger ilo. auj
an old woman oga lor "a cupel r.v.l
tea "
Going 1 t'L.m o::a vcrd lo r.Tiot:;
it is
r.'silu
cf
It is
the sarn
ie;-
told over iuc
of BuiTeriug. f r tlx most part e'u
moral blindness and mental misery.
curious, though, to note the vifTereura cf
reception given to the mission vuitors by
the new and old. ones.
Li tho surgical virds vtro many des
perately ill women. One of theiu ::cur
the doct was nearly over the tarcbLcii cf
life. Hei glazed eyes were I!::oJ upon a
child her only one, brought to her for a
farewell kiss Tho little follow crowd
end capered about merrily in the h p of
the woman who hold him, unconscious cf
tho meaning of the scene. As his mot Tier's
eyelids fell ho was laughing cut;-;,;".:
with delight. It would bo painful uud
dreary to go even iu pen from cue v.ua-J
to another in this stronghold of sv.u'oiiug
It seems as if tho very wails cf it would
weep, and tho Eights vtigh do-vn tho
heart cf tho outrider.
A fiv of the branch charities are tho
loan relief, which lends rubber cushion-:,
invalid chairs, hot water bn;;s and led
rests to tho poor convalo-?:cut . thi
mothers' mooting, where t:ood advice and
Bible reading go hand in hau l with sow
ii-.g the Thanksgiving fund. v.Lioi. Kup
plies lift v five poor families with a j.cJ
dinner 0:1 that day; the bucket tui?.
whi. h when the mother is wo.-hin-r :t
by the day. supplies her little mic-s with r.
pail of good hot food, the kirohm .-a; o".;i.
whore link girls aro oar.- fully taught,
ar.d the protect ivo Work, which a'aui to
cure f...r the female strati so r from t re
ctum trv cr abroad until she fm.ls .
Mrs Robert P I'orter in New Y
I Press.
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r;::::, ;::;tton and veal.
THE REST THE MARKET A F FOR PS ALWAYS ON HAND.
Sunar Cured IVIe'als, Hams. Daccn, Laid, :-&c, &g
c I our own make
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