THE FARMERS' LLIANCE. LINCOLN, NEB., SATURDAY, JAN. 31, 1891. Who Killed John Sheedy? IXJUKIES Of TUB BBAJK, BI DB. A. P. BL'KRCS.. The following cases may be interest ing to the people of Lincoln at the pres ent time. It is surprising to what an extent the anterior lobe of the brain may be mutilated without danger to life, while trifling injuries to other parts ot the head may prore fatal in a few days. The anterior lobe is the seat of intel lect and not essential in carrying on the functions of animal life, and no large blood vessels in this part may account for it. Case first came under my observation 40 years ago in Pennsylvania. Mr. Beers a carpenter, was hewing timber in the woods, and . a limb fell from above, ploughing a furrow through the left lobe of the forehead, nearly an inch deep and tearing out the left eye. The super orbitary plate and a portion ef the frontal bone was carried away and about one ounce of the brain lost. He made a good recovery in a few weeks and appeared perfectly well. Two years afterwards, he told me his speak ing faculty was much impaired and his memory poor. . . , f Second case : About twelve yeai s ago, Dr Gish a dentist of Janesville, stood looking at his vulcanizer, when the top blew off: and struck his bead over the left eye, carrying away portion of his skull as large as half a hen's egg, which with the top " of the vulcanizer struck the ceiling over his head and fell to the floor. . ' . ' . ' ' ' Slivers of bone penetrated the dura mater which were extracted. The blow knocked him down, but he was soon on his feet again bleeding copiously land said it did not hurt him much. He re covered without any pullbacks. In three weeks after was in his office at tending to business as usual. His eye was not injured, and he told me a year after the accident, he was not conscious of any mental injury and his memory as good as ever. He is now following his proieaslOU m lue sauio uuiuo iuu is up' wards of sixtv sears of aire. Third case: A still more remarkable case was that of Burr ttobins the fa mous showman, which happened in the - same city about ten years ago. Mr. Robins was runinir a small steam boat with uprisrht boiler, going down Rock River when it was very high and the current swift, and the night dark. While going under the bridge his head was caught between the brace of the bridge aud the top of the boiler. - The corner of the brace striking just above the left eve. cutting the frontal bone en tirely in to across over the top of the nose. The frontal bone was broken loose from both parietal bones at the suiters, so that the front part of the skull or frontal bone could be lifted up and closed like a trunk lid. . The hem orage was profuse but he never lost conciousness lor a moment. This wound was dressed by Dr. Henrv Palmer. Several pieces ot bone were removed from over -the left eye and a small Dortion of brain removed and I he wound closed, except a small ooemug for drainage tube. About a week after he got very restless and showed sicrns of delirium coming on. The wound was then opened again; the frontal bone lifted up and the pus washed out ana tne wouna ciosea From that time on he made a good re r.overv and traveled with his show. . He is still living and is upwards of 50 years of age. 1 I was well acquainted with him and saw him frequently, be fore and after the accident. A large hollow hole was left over the left eye and the eve somewhat impaired. The only difference I could observe after the accident was ne appeared more ner vous and iritable. which he seemed to be getting over when I saw him last. A fifth case of the crow bar has frequently been referred to in the newspapers . from time to time. On the 13th of September, 1848, in the state of Vermont an Irishman 25 years of age, in good health, was .blasting rocs, xne cnarge iaiiea 10 go on irom the fuse and he struck it witn a crow bar and swore he would make it go off, and it did. carrvinar the bar up through the front part of his head and falling several rods away on tne ground oe smeared with blood and brains. The bar was three feet and six inches long, one inch and a fourth square at the lower end, arid the upper end round and tapered to a point like a spindle. The small end was one-fourth of an inch in diameter and smooth, weighed thirteen and a quarter pounds, lne bar entered the skull a little back and outside of the wisdom tooth, knocking out the tooth, and came out at the top of the frontal bene, a little to the left of the center, leaving an opening in the skull two and a half inches in diameter and an opening nearly as large at its entrance, He was unconscious for a few moments, but got into a cart with a little assistance and was hauled a mile to his boarding house, where Dr. Har low dressed his wounds. He' was very weak from loss of blood, but air right mentally. Dr. Harlew ran his finger down through the brain to remove all pieces of loose bone. The wound con tinued to discharge blood, brains and pus for some time. On the eighth day after the accident he became delirious and then comatose, with a bulging at the wound on top of the head which was opened, and discharged eight ounces of pus, after which he rallied and got well without further incident. Three months afterward he was up and around as usual. There was a deep hole in his head left just back of where the bar came out, at the seat of venera tion, and Dr. Harlow remarks that he was very profane after the accident but never so before The organ of venera tion is supposed to have run out The next June he commenced to travel with his crow-bar and exhibited himself and bar to the medical profession for over two years. In 1851 he went to South America and drove a six-horse stage coach for seven years. In 1800 he went to San Francisco and worked on a farm. In February, 1861, he had a fit and then three more later on without warning. On the 20th of May he was seized with convulsions and died the next day. living twelve and a half vears after the accident. It will be observed that all these cases were on the left side of the head the same side of John" Sheedy's flesh wouDd. Breaking the zygomatic pro cess did not disturb Sheedy's brain. The diagnofte of the council of doc tors on Monday, after the accident, was like unto the diagnosis of the track of the bullet that killed President Gar field in Washington. Who killed John Sheedy? Did he not take the fatal dose about 9 o'clock Sunday night? TO THE LAW MAKERS OP NEB. On vour arrival in Lincoln, and dur ing your stay in the city, it will doubt less occur to your mind, where is the best place to buy some clothing or fur nishing goods. We would suggest go to theEwing Clothing Co., because they are the only first class American house in the city. They carry the finest and best brands of goods. They are thor oughly reliable in every sense of the word. They are strictly one price, thus have they established the confidence of the trading public and they enjoy the largest and finest trade in the city. 80tl . . : Corn Exhibition. Nebraska is the leadiag corn pro ducing state in the union, and " f'irn !a Vino " Th mm exhibit at Grant Memorial hall is of great inter est to every person wno cans nemasKa ois nome. This display is placed on two large tables extending the full length of the hall. The different varieties are prop-ai-lv ttraoA nH thn viaitnr is enabled to see and pass upon the merits of every aiua 01 corn, ins earn, varyiug in length from two inches to one foot am n1mnf1 nn tlin nlltairlfl nf the tables. and the center is filled with shelled corn artistically arranged, nebrasita will be the head center for a supply of seed field corn for other states during the next ninety days. - This exhibit has already neipea to creai- a maraes ior the grain, because amoug.the visitors r a mint nennln from other Darts of the union, who have taken away samples and nave made arrangements ior iumro larger supplies. The culture of sweet corn wUl be a greater industry in the future than it has been en account of the demand for canning purposes. The display in this line was commendable. Keep It Before The People. Tk. T.inonfn Shirt Faj'tnrv. : estab lished in 1880 is the oldest one and in tan tha in 1 17 shirt. funtnrv in the eitv. We therefore warn the public against any other firm or person pretending to oe in a similar uusiness 111 uiucuiu. 'Wa r etrint.lv a. home industry, em ploying home labor and patronizing nthar knma industries and hftV6 there fore more claim npon home patronage sometimes by traveling agents. Besides wa st a n trlrra nrnmntoP and hfit.ffir flAllfl- faction than any foreign firm, for we are always ngnt nere ana ever aoaiuus to please. . " ' .'. OrHora ara rABmwtfiillv solicited and first class workmanship and perfect fits are guaranteed. . . Members of the legislature, some of . , i i.j. i wnom nave aireaay ion imnr uruem, ara .nrrlinllv invitAll tn frive 118 a Call. Parties desiring shirts to order that are sure to please win rememoer to can at 10U8, ut. 4t30 A. Katzenstein, Sr. -' Prohibitionists at Work. : :" Tn AnnfarennA at Boh&nans' hall was well attended during the entire day and opinions were freely discussed by the anrnBt. wnrkftra. Rnfih naner. as read. was thoroughly dissected and the kernel tasen out and laiu away ior imuro use. Viva minn'Ai snnAo.hAs was the order of the day and a spirited interest mani- rested. While tney Jeei very inenmy towards their Alliance friends they, as a nart-tr rannnt. linitA with them Until the Alliance party put a sound prohibition . . . t - - - .3 ! pianx in tneir piauonn, aim rv um mously opposed to any non-partisan mnvAmnnt. The recount discussion was exciting and very interesting. Several warm speecnes were maue. xno siag Inn liv tka fthnir woji niATpd at inter " i rtni vals. Conference adjourned at five oclecK. EVEKTHO SE8SIOH. .Qnna hv Mr nri Mm. 'Reveridire and choir: prayer by Rev. Geo. Scott, after auotner song. Mr. a. jnooerw vaeu read a paper on the subject, "Shall we RrnadAn nnr PUt.fnrm t " On motion tha Hiannoair.n nf thA tinnAr WAS t)OSt- nnnA until tlaia mnrnlnff n.t ninA o'clock at tne VV. u. i . V. neaoquarters, in tne Uurr l-.lnr.t- ThA r-hrilr unor two Honors which elicited great enthusiasm. Chair man ISenUey tnen introduced tne speaKer nf th AVAninr Hon. Samuel Dickie. chairman of the national prohibition committee, tie avers mat tne two oiu parties in Nebraska, strange as it may seem, are dwelling together in an un natural unity tor some purpose i pres ort t nnt. fnliv known. His speech. throughout, was instructive, amusing and entertaining. Condemning the Newspaper Steal. Resolved. That sub-Alliance No. 770, Boone county, Nebraska, condemn a resolution offerred oy Stevens 01 j; ur nas county, and adopted by the Ne hraska lecfislature. instructing the sec retarv of state to furnish each member daily five 1 cent wrappers, five daily newspapers, and ten 2-cent postage stamps. We condemn this on the ground that it is a steal from the honest taxpayers or tne state. We have organized the Alliance for the purpose of purifying politics, and we are sorry that the legislature has passed the above resolution. Resohed. That this resolution be Spread upon our minutes; also a copy be sent to the Farmers' Alliance, Lin coln, and the Calliope of Albion, for publication. H. M. UOOP, R. Voobhees. . J. T.FattebSoh, Committee The strike among the railroad hands in Scotland is increasing, .barge man nfacturers, themselves the greatest losers, support the railroad couajmuy, The iury in the Chief Hennessey murder case at New Orleans complains that they cannot stand the slowness of the proceedings and have asked that night sessions oe neid. - ' F. A. Ross, agent at Lake City, Fla., for the Southern express, was beaten into insensibility before daylight in nil own office by a thief who decamped with 600. . Capt. Thomas F. Maloney of tha City Grays" of Harrisburg, Pa., was found drowned, in the Susquehanna river. He was keeper of the state arsenal and well known in militia cir- DRAMATIC REPORTER. PECULIAR BRANCH OF NEWSPAPER SERVICE IN VOGUE IN NEW YORK. t a, Critla Irak a Oaaalp Gthrr CoL HtpUM a m Praa Aga-at Am Aaaaalag Story f E4wla Bo4k A few days ago one of onr newspa. pers contained an account of how two roung men went to eighteen theaters n one evening and saw something of the play at each one. If these young . 4. j 1 f -t 1 r men oau uvea in loo newspaper uuih neu they would scarcely have thought of their performance as a feat to boast of, for the same thing is. done every evening by the representative of each of oar large newspapers, and there porter who makes the ' round of the tnatrt not only loons m-at tne house, but often interviews the manager and sometime! one or two of the players. The critics, both musical and dra matio, have nothing to do with the news of the amusement world. If an actor falls dead on the stage, the critio may mention the fact, out it is the duty of the dramatio reporter, if the acuiueni oappeoa id a loeiuer, or tne musical reporter, if It Is in opera house or a concert hafl, to find out all about it and treat it accordingly. . I believe that Mr. Leander Richard son, bow the editor of one of our dra matic journals, was originally respon sible for extending tho field of dra matic journalism so that it might take in everything, from the details of the tar's private life, down to the color of tbeohorns girls' stockings. Richard son was employed as a reporter on the 7m9VWBn, ten,: or urteenenrs age, he began to make daily notes of what this or that actor or. actress had told . t l n - t . l I . t mm , e -was acquainted wun many professional people who were only too glad to see their names In print. Rich ardson did his work so well that the ilace of theatrical reporter was created or hint on the Times, and for several years his duties consisted in visiting at many theaters as he could every even ing, and following up every bit of gos sip about theatrical people. If Miss Lillian Russell had made up her mind to elope, he knew it before she did, and told the readers of bis paper all about it. . Managers have Vld me that tbey often looked among Richardson's notes to find out what was going on in their own companies. : , . One night last winter I was told by clever - and pleasant young fellow who had for two years held the place of dramatic reporter for one of our Im portant papers, that In his rounds that evening ne had received no less than three offers to join theatrical com panies as their press agent. One of the offers came from a New York man ager who would require no traveling from his agent and would pay him $50 a week, with a vacation of a month in in summer. His duty would be to get all the free advertising for his employ er that be could manage. It may seem strange that a manager and his clerks can not write what are known as press notices so that they will suit the ed itorial eye and find their way into print.- but it is a well-known fact that a fluent ' writer with a knack for' dressing up little bits of news or gos sip for print Is as rare as he is indis-t peasaoie in every large tneater. it is the duty of this man to know that the chorus girls', stockings were changed to match the prima donna's hair and to put this fact in such shape that it will find its way into print as an amus ing item., ,. - 1 The" famous ' Col. Mapleson, once commander of Her Majesty's ope ratio forces, who made a great deal of mon ey by giving Italian opera in this conn try, was his own press agent, and a most efficient one. Mapleson used to ay that he got more free advertising in a week than other managers got in month, simply because the reporters knew that he 'was always ready for them with some talo worth printing. He kept a special note-book devoted to such stories or anecdotes as might look well in print If there was a squabble in his company, be was the first to send word down to the news paper offices, with a requsst that the reporter should call upon him. He reveled in squabbles, and I have more than half an Idea that some of the furious feuds between members of his company wore organized by the gal lant Colonel in order that the newspa pers might find a pretext for devoting a few columns to his affairs. He used to tell the critics that he liked abuse, provided that there were columns of it; no could stand anything but silence npon the part of the press. When his prima douna had her diamonds stolen, which happened every season, "he had no end of reminiscences about such misfortunes, and he was always more than willing to tell the reporters all about the affair, iucidentally mention ing the fact that the opera house was always crowded, and the performances under Col. Mapleson's direction the best that America had ever seen. Mapleson Twas a ' remarkable press agenC but he was too extravagant to succeed as a manager. He made a clear profit of about $20,000 a year during the six or eight years of his prosperity here, but he spent $25,000. As a man. he never knew what it was to he down-hearted. No matter how desperate were his straits, he found means to drink champagne at dinner every day and'to wear a Jundary rose in his button-bole," - i "For instance, that story that old Bon Baker used to tell about Edwin Booth being billed all over Rochester as 'Simple Edwin Booth,' I drew out of Baker, aud it mailo a capital anecdote for ever paper in 'the towns where 'Edwin Booth is to play this season. Booth took it into his head in Roches ter ono day that ho would drop the Mr.' before his name on the blay-bills, and sent Baker to the printers to make it 'simple Edwin Booth' wherever his name appeared in progams, posters or hand-bills. Baker gave the message, and the printer took it literally, with the result that the cast of tho piny appear ed on every dead wall headed by HAMLET - - Simple Edwin Booth. A good old lady from . th.e country who lad read muctt about Booth, but who. had never been to' a theater, was waiting for stage at .the corner of Broadway aud Fulton street 00a day with her son. a well-known editor, when a"sandwich" man passed bearing KDWIX BOOTH AS HAktLZT ' on his back. The old lady, who had never seen one of these gentry before, opened her eyes in astonishment He was a particularly grotesque specimen of- his race a fat red. blear-eyed tramp, smoking a villainous pipe. "Dear me." said the old lady to her on. "I never thought Mr. Booth was that sort of a looking man, and I should think be would be above carry ing that sign. They say that these actors don't look weQ off the stage,and sow I can believe it N. T. Cor, Chi cago Journal. HOW TO HUNT THE COON, He Dm Paaejr for Taklaf Bafage la - tkm TallMt Tree la the WmSi. ' ' There is but one way f bunting the coon. Hunted only at night to fol low him the boldest rider must dis mount yet he who risks neck and limb, or melts or freezes for sport's sake, and deems no sport manly that has not a spice of danger or discom fort in it must not despise this humble pastime for such reason. On leaving the highway that leads nearest to the hunting ground, the way of the coon hunters takes them, la darkness or feeble lantern light over rough and uncertain footing, till the cornfield's edge is reached and the dogs cast off. Away go tha hounds, their course only indicated by the rustling of the corn leaves, as they range through the field, Until one old trutn-teller gives tongue on the trail of Br'er Coon, who perhaps has brought hie whole famHr out for a ooturna picnic The hounds sweep straight 'away, in fuii ory, on the hot scent to bill or swamp, where their steadfast baying proclaims that the game is tirtsocL ' Then follows a pell-mell scramble toward the musical uproar. Stones, brambles and all the inanimate ene mies that lie In wait for man when ho hastens in the dark, combine to trap, bump, bruise, sprain, scratch, and be mire the hurrying hunters. Then when all have gathered at the center of attraction, where the excited hounds are raring about the boll of some great tree, the best aud boldest climber volunteers to go aloft into the upper darkness aud shake the quarry down or shoot hhn if may be. If he succeeds in accomplishing the difficult task what a melee ensues. : Fewer voices never broke the still ness of night with sounds mere un earthly than the medley of raging, yelping, and growling, cheering and Vociferous orders given forth by dogs, coon and hunters, while hillside aud woodland toss to and fro a mere dis cordant bandage of echo. The coon is not a great beast one a tough and sharp-toothed one, who car ries beneath his gray coat and fat ribs a stout heart and wonderful vitality, and a tussle with a veteran of the tribe of cornfield robbers tests the pluck of dogs and the coolness of men. t ff the coon takes refuge in a tree too toll and limbless for his pursuers M cllmk there is nothing for them but to keep watch and wait till daylight discovers him crouched in his lofty perch. ; - ' .i', A huge fire enlivens the long hours L of guard-keeping. A foraging party repairs to tne nearest, cornneiu ior roasting ears and the hunters shorten the' slow night -tide with munching scorched corn, sauced by Joke and song and tales of . coon hunts of "by gone years. . . The waning moon throbs into view above a serrated' lilll-crest.- then climbs the sky. while the shadows draw east- ward, then pales in tne oawn ana when it is a blotch of whjte cloud in the senith, a sunrise gun ' welcomes day and brings the coon tumbling to earth.- Or. perhaps, not a coon, but some vagrant house cat is the poor re ward of the long watch. . Then the weary hunters plod homeward to breakfast and the nailing of their trophies to the barn door. ' " When the sweet acorns, dropping in the frosty night tempt the coon to a later feast, there is as good sport and primer peltry. , Iu any of the nights wherein this sport may be pursued, the man of lazv mold and contempla tive mind loves best the hunt deemed unsuccessful by the more ardent hunt ers, when the hounds strike the trail 'of a wandering fox and carry a tide of wild masic, flooding and ebbing over valley and hilltop, while the indolent hunter reclines at ease, smoking his pipe and listening, content to let more ambitious hunters stumble over ledges and wallow through swamps in pur suit of the elusive coon. Forest and Streavu ; Ada Rehan In Private Life. . Personally Ada Rehan Is a pleasant, i..inririnir wairm. with nothing? in n. -a. v hAr mannar to remind one of the feather-brain, madcap parts she as- sumes best upou tne siugo. am un appeared hero some twenty- years ago rii-i nf IK Inn (r. lank, unsrainlv. Her father was a poor Irishman, a nnrtAr in nnme store, named Crehan. and Ada's change of name was due to the blunder of a compositor who, in setting up the program' in which Ada hml thA honor of first appearing by name, made it Ada C. Reban instead of Ada Crehan. She adopted the' new version. In private life Miss Rehan is a model of decorum and thrift She saves three-quarters of her salary of t im n waaIc and lives in a shabby little apartment on Sixth avenue, less than half a mile from the theater. Perhaps lh. amnl and Bfiviftfl of Mr8. Gil bert, the veteran "old lady" of the Dalv company. have beeu useful to her, for'Mrs. Gilbert lives in the same house and is quite " as thrifty. Mrs. r.;ih..rt who eamn here from England in 1845 to dance iu the ballet at Nililo's Garden, is said to be worth 810.000 a v'ir from her invested savings, not she still works hard and lives iu a little flat, for which she cannot pay more than $50 or $60 month. vrtariesion zvcus. ' For every industrious man there Is an idle one wanting to borrow money of him.Alcnison at we. HCOLH I.C.T.U. Deals 25c 133 SoutU ISttx Street Lincoln, IToo. tl it LIKDELL ALLIANCE HE C OBITER 13TH AND II DT0., LUIGOLIT, ITEB, Three blocks from Capitol building. Lincoln's newest, neatest and best uptown hotel. 80 new rooms just completed, including large committee ooms, making is rooms in all. IMPORTANT TO YOU. Public Sale of AT STATE FAIR GR0D11DS, FEBRUARY 10th, 1891. Twenty Head of English Ghiro Stallions and Hares, tne rroporoy 01 j . r. ana u. Berridgo. Thrse hnrseswere im nor ted from England last September, and were all selected by us from the most noted nrsi-ciass specimens 01 inn most lamuus uiccu, laugmg months to four years, all with the very beat pedigree. Anyone in wanl of a No. 1, typical young Shir should not fail to attend this sale; The Shue horse sale ot the season. 1 ime given, terms easy. For catalogue and further information, address, . COL. WOODS, J. Auctioneer. 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