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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 14, 1881)
THE DAILY BEE : MONDAY , FEBRUARY 14 , 1881. POETRY OF THE TIMES. Lent. The season called Lent is not remote , Already the cock crows with cheer , -And says , chanticleer out my throat And tung for t1 e good time that's near . "When p < ultry of all kinds is free From grac ng the epicure's dish id we view with the greatest of slee fhe raid which is made upon fibb. " Oshkosh Advocate. The Vanquished Clerk. ja. : ady once , of fascinating mien , Ent'ring a store , desire to get a bow ; .At which the clerk , with visage quite Srrene , Threw himself back , as if to gay , "Fll go ! " And he did say , I'm at your service , ma'am ! " Meaning , of course , that he her beau would be. w TSelf-confldantand < i1iite ] Xlite lam , " 11 ao doubt he thought ) "Will you accept of me ? " Could he have guessed the lady's quick re tort That should so soon annihilate his pun .Had he but known a woman's power to thwait Such w it as his , he would not thus have done. As quick as wink the lady thus replied : . * ' ! do not want a green one , but a buff ! " At hch ! the clerk proceeded to subside , And seemed to think his joke was poor enough. E. R , LATTA. Mary's Slam. 3fary had a little sled On which she used toscoct ; One day as down the hill she s-ped , She fell and peelecl her snrot. Her Johnny now , with bitter tear , Saj > : "Ah ! how sd are those ! I dare not ki-s my little dear For fear Til hurt her nose ! " In a Quandary. AXMOUS BRIDE. "We've c me now , Mr. Preacher , As others oft have done ; And I am very ( .nxious For you to make us oce. Tha wedding-ring is ready The license , ois here ; Our right to be united , To ev'iy one is clear. " MINIhTEK. "O say not so , my lady , When , to his shame , I find This man u now in liquor , i nd does not know his mind ! But come again to-morrow , When he has sober grown , And I shall surely veil you , And he shall be your own. ' " DltlDE. "Show pity , Mr. Preacher , And wed us now , I pray , And dp not keep us waiting : Until another day ; For if , upon the morrow , The man should sober be , And know what he was doing , He would not jnarry mefo o Tribune. An Illinois Obituary. She heard the angels calling her , From that ce'estial shore ; She flopped her winxs , and away she went To make one angel more. FEDI'S BLOOD BATH. TStw YVrk D.'tpitch. On the evening of July 11 , 18C6 , MartinjFedi , a roloaEoiJconvlct , going DO foot from Toubn to his home in ihe "Vosgea , reached the village of Balliere. He exhibited his papers to the gendarme , and \raa permitted to * nterthe village tavern , where he pro- eared food and a bottle of wine. The landlord , however , learned that he ma an ex-convict , and refused to give Jtim a bed. Fedi was indignant , and a fight between him and the host was inminent , when the letter's friend came to his aid and hustled the galley- jilave Into the street. He purchased a flask of brandy at a shop near by , and went off muttering profane threats of vengeance , which were heard by joany. An honr later , that is to say , at 7 o'clock , the landlord went ont , saying that he had important business with the village lawyer. He did not re turn His wife went at day-light to the lawyer's house. He was preatly surprised to learn of her husband's absence. He had not seen him , he aaid , for two days. His housekeeper iad informed him that he had called 3aat evening , but found him , the speaker , absent , and had one away promising tn retain , but had not done so. What the business of importance c : aid be the lawyer could not conjec- Jnrp. Jnrp.Several Several ether villagers had see Jiim , hut noun could suggest a clew to Us present thereabouts. The frightened woman now caused a thorough search to bo made. The earchinq party found asleep against ihe wall of the church , which stood nn the on kirts < f the village , a man .His face and luuds waie besmeared wiih blood , nd niro were traces of i * on hia clothing. T10 heavy knobbed tad of a knotted ntisk b- side him wa fcltostiin i wilh e-ire In the grass near by wis an c-inp'5 flwk which had oontiilnod brand p. When aroused , the sleeper exhibited cvary t'ken of hixinj ; hounna rait debftu h He could g'va no coherent acc.Utit of hini- ' lf bit ha - ' - - - beld- ti' , : vn r-c j-iie-jd : is * - g3.2iit ex-convict His ap , v.J the recollecion > f his tareiU asj inst the mi sius man were , ton iderel quite sufUcunt c-iustu to in horiz.- his arrest. A ata ch of rho church disrorer.'d n the ! < > "t of the belfry whpre lot of : iy& ns had lalen up tf.er qnartef , : liu c r | > v. f th i i mdli-r i , with hi itntins I t5i o i , and hs : thro.-kt cut. The bo 1 rosm bi-i.w bi-e trnces of a Reaper ie n'rugi'le , and h fl > ur hac t > eiu deluded aud the wills betpittered with blood. Martin Foli was put on trial for the mcrder of Jean Jacques Lasiier , pub lican. lican.He He decl\red himself innocent , and told , as _ nearly as he could recall them , hh adventures of the fatal night. He had , he said , set out after purchasiug the brandy , intending t < > walk ts the next village and get a bed there. But ho WAS weary of his iourney of the dsy , and the night being pleasant he concluded to spend it in the churchyard , fie had emptied his bottle and qono to sleep near where ha was found. During the night ha hid bean awakened by a stream of woter , as he supposed , de luging his face. He was too drunk to bother himself about it , and wiped his face dry , and , shifting his posi- : ion , went to sleep again. This explanation was regarded as so preposterous , that the judge laughed jt it Martin Ferdl was sentenced to death , with the recommendation to mercy inual in French criminal trials. Ha waa accordud it , and sum back to the jail he h-td left the wetsk before to remain there for life. In the middle of the year 18G9 the widow of Jean Jacques Lassier was amazed to receive the following TO HER , INCOUPREHEXSIBLK LETTER : "DEAK SISTER The newspapers we occasionally receive even in thia sec tion of the world have conveyed to me the information of your terrible bereavement. My poor brother ! would it had been in my power tohavu lain hands on his butcherly assassin ! The law would have bean spared a most unnecessary trouble. It is the more painful to think that death over took him at the very time it fell in my power to return to him a portion of the favor he so generously extend ed to me ten yeara ago. 1 complete the restoration by forwarding to the same agent by the same mail as car ries this letter the remaining 15,000 francs f the G0,000 which fell to Jean's ehare. The mine is prosper ing , and there will be still further re turns from it. " This puzzling epistle was signed "Hector Bouchet , " and dated from Gimpie Creek , Australia. The Widow Lasaier in her perplex- i'y wont to Monsieur Castine , the lawyer , for advice. All she could tell wa < that her husband h..d spoken to her casually of a half-brother , to whom , on his father's death , he had givt-n up his own share of the sm.ill fo.tune the latter left to start him m business in Australia , whither he etui grated. She had nuver heard Lisaier allude to the matter > -gain , and as to his having received any such eum as the latter alluded to he htd , on the contrary , died , leaving no assets but the inn. Monsieur Gastine undertook , if pos sible , to discover the mysterious agent spoken of in the letter , and he advised his client me nitime to keep her own counsel in the matter. Her husband had probably died without receiving the money from his brother , and the agent , findirg no call made upon hire for the sum , nad quietly devoted it to his own use. The only way to capture him and recover the money was to re main silent , anu so give him no warn ing that his crime was discovered. Madame Lvsaier acquiesced in this very reasonable suggestion. On her return home it struck her , however , that it would be just as well to write to Hector Bouchet for the naraa of his agent in France. She accordingly did so , snd mailed the letter herself , tell ing her lawyer nothing about it. Three months passed. Monsieur Castine , who was constantly on the eve of discovering the culprit , never got further. At last a reply arrived from Australia to the widow's letter. The name of Hector Bouchet's agent , to whom 60,000 frarcs had been sent for Jean Jacques Lesaier , was Monsieur Victor Castino , advocate , at Belliere. The lawyer who was assist ing Madame Lassicr to discover the thief was the criminal himself. Madame Lassier w.s a woman of some education and great resolution. She locked the letter up and carried a copy of it to the lawyer in person * Castine at first laughed at ! er charge , but when she threatened to place the case in the hands of the po ice he lost his nerve and proposed a s.ttlemant. The money , he acknowledged , had reached him on the * veiy day Jean Jacques Laoslor had been foa d dead. The latter had probably received a notification of its arrival the day be- .fore , and it was doub'less ' on thai business that he had called to see the lawyer on that night which had ended sofata'ly for him. Finding himself in possession of what was to him such a prin ely sum , Castine had s'rngglid long between duty and dev 1 , and succumbed at last to the evil coun selor. He was peifectly willing to nuke restitution. He had the sum intact , and if the widow would pledge herself not to prosecute him , and would give up the original of the criminating letter , ho would render up to her the stolen fortune sou for sou. Madame Lasaier wa * too anxious to recover her money to haggle over the terms. She acceded nuheai atiugly to Castine's proposition , and the latter proposed to go with her to her house , TO GET THE LKTTER. "No ! no ! " she replied. "You got the money rnady , while I brii g the letter. It will save timo. " H lf mad with excitement s e burned home , secured thi * letter , a'jd returnol to the lawyer's home. As she left the inn bur head waiter called after her to aeu her about something which had to be attended to at once. She either did not hear or did not pay any attention to h ra , and ho hurried after her. She gained tha lawyer's hous3 in advance of him , und thu door wai opanod for her by tha old hous keener who slammed it Immrdiatoly < o agi.a. Th-tmin WHS about to rint ; when a piercing shriek rjachnd his eara. Ii c mi from the interior of : h i house , a-iJ was followed - lowed by another and anuih r. co.niz5n. . * his mietroaa'a voice , the houeit felloar threw himself bodily against the door. It was burst from its fastening , aad ha sta gereJ into abroad nailay. Through tha open door of a room at the end came thd nuisca i f 3 , furious atrajglo. The man bounded into thia apirtment just in tiino to se'za the arm of the lawyer aa ho rvsed a kirfe to plunga it into MidaoiB Lister's body , while the old housekeeper htld h r with htr arma around her throat. A terrific struggle followed. The lawyer inflicted saveral wounds on his assail ant with the knife , when the latter succeeded in wrenching it from him and driving it again and again into his body. The old woman had her hands full attending to the muscular widow. As the lawyer rolled , bleedIng - Ing , on the floor , a number of villagers whom the noise of .the combat had at tracted to the house , came to the as sistance of the widow &nd her defend er , and the wounded miscreant and his accomplice were-Surested. The remainder of the story , aa it was elicited at what became ' .no of the most famous of historic triala in the land of crimia&l romances , is easily told. told.Victor Victor Caatine was the murcirer of Jean Jacques Lassier. Hector Bou et , who had kn = wn the lawyer pre vious to hia departure from Franco , nd who w..s ignorant of h s brother's exact whe'jabiun , had chosen to make him the medium of returning to Lasaier the money he had borrowed from him , with the liberal interest that the profits of the cpeculauon he had invested it in had provided. Ho hsd forwarded the in mey in Bank of Englandnotfsand notified his brother by the same mail , to the address of a friend in Rinen , that if he would call at the lawyer's ho would le-irn of something to his advantage. The le- ter was forwarded at once by the friend to its destination. Castine , who had already made up hia mind t $ up- prop.-iate the money to hia own use , denied all knowledge of its meaning , and under pretense of arguint ; the matter undisturbed , had induced Las sier to stroll aa far as the village church with him. Thu door of the sacristan's room had been loft open by accident and the inn-keeper went to close it. Aa he leaned forward to call if any one WHS in the church th * lawyer aimed a funoua blow at him with a heavy cine he can led. It mlssea Lasier's he i and de scended on his shoulder. The inn keeper staggered forward into the church and hearing the stepa of hia murderer behind him ran blindly for ward. Caatine pursued him. The faint light of the dying day which found its way down the belfry stairs directed the fugitive's flight , r.nd ho contrived to gain the bell floor before his assassin overtook him Then ho turned at bay and screamed for help. He uttered but ona cry. Before a second could tscape him the murderer felled him with a ferocious blow. Even then Lasaier , who was a very powerful man , fought deiperate ly , and only succumbed when Castin ? , having battered his head to pieces , LUC his throat with his hunting knife. His blot d deluged the floor , and streaming ont through the gargogled waterspout provided to carry otf * ha water , which in the rainy season blew in the bel fry , it pattered down on the drunken tramp below , and dyed him with the damning marks which had cost him hia liberty and almost his life. Having asured himself that his victim was dead , Caatine had stowed him away in the lott overhead , and gone home. His first work was to instruct his housekeeper and the course in case of inquiry which she had pursued. The old woman was devoted to him , and obeyed him to the letter. Then he 'wrote to Bonchet , signing his victim's nan e , and acknowltdging the receipt of the money. When the widow made the discovery she did , he determined to get her ont of the way , too , and flee , That he did not was no fault cf 1 ii. He died of his w < unda in prison. The old woman was sentenced to a long penal term for htr complicity with him. Hia sc pegoat was not re leased from hia unmerited confinement for the single reason thut he had al ready released himself by the process of suicide. As for the widow she did not marry her preserver , as she ought in all log ical literary justice to have done. On the contrary , she charged him on the first discovery of certain peculiarities of his , and had him sent to prison for theft. He ha ? abandoned the lifesaving - saving business for good since. The TVrnble Snow. For Tin BEK. Where shall I lurn for s ilace to-n The snow has obscured all from my sight ; Its mantle e'n cover * hill-i and dalts , And teour"'indow8Hhasleftdemi vails. And we sigh for relief , here below , From the miel'trom , which is all aglow ; It ia sparkling , and fleecy , too , I ween , Butita depths befote I ne'er hath seen. Defend us from the terrible snow ? , Whose ckilling thra'doma are mundane woes And the sequence will be mnd and mire , Filling our souls with bitterest ire. But what 'ere is sent , or weal or woe , la in nature's co.'e ' 'The Beautiful Snow j" Then why rebel , or even complain , Though the snow should reach our eves again. ADAF. BOYCE. > Thia article appears in a Micahign journal : Amos J.imea , Eq. , prop rietor of the Hu'on H"n e , Port Huron , Mich. , suffered ao badly with rheumatism that ho waa unabl * ? to raise his arm fr > r three months. Five bottles of St. Jacobs Oil t-ured him enlirrly. Phj stchni Eccommeiicl It Y-mr Thomas EciectricOitcotnmi < is a l-.r e and Jucreasin sil ; , uhch 13 tkh.y merts. i have t.lwajn T'liml -iXCCCHne > y bclfu1 ; I u e it 'a all cases of r.luumatism , 03 wo I at f-actions and dlslocitio'i" . I trade lisa < f it in s 1 ! to calm the pa.us of a broken le ; nitli uVIoration of tli foul , and in t TO doya Ivn ent.rrly icievtd from pMn. .Ton. B HAL-PI'S , il. 0. I ! [ RHEUMATISM , Neuralgia , Sciatica , Lumbago , Backache , Soreness of fhe Chest , Gout , Quinsy , Sore Throat , Swell ings and Sprains , Burps and * * . Scalds , General Bodily Pains , Tooth , Ear and Headache , Frosted feet and Ears , and all other Pains and Aches. He Preparation on earth qnal ST. JACOBS Ort J a Ma ft. surf , simple and clttap External Kemedy. A trial entails but the comparatively trifling collar of 50 Ctntt , and eTery one eiiffer- ing with pain can hare cheap and potitire nrocf of Ita claim * . Directions In Eleven langnagf . , x t SOLDBYALLDBUaGI8T3ANDDEALEB8 IN MEDICINE. A.VOGEUER&CO. , Baltimore , Md. , U.B.A. : m o T'li ? " IfH $ 8 * $ W THEGJifiri Has Removed From His Old Stand on4Douglas St. , to His NEW A D ELEGANT STORE , 1313 Farnham Street , Where He Will be Pleased to Meet all His Old Patrons. In Kegs and Bottles. Special Figures to the Trade. Families Supplied at Reasonable Prices. Office , 230 Douglas atroat. Omaha SH McMAHON , Successors to Jas. K. Ish , DRUGGISTS AUD PERFUMERS. Dealers in Pine Imported Extracts , Toilet Waters , Colognes , Scaps , Toilet Powders. &o , A full line of Surreal Instruments , Pocket Ciucs , Truss" * an4 Supnortere. Absolutely . Pure Drugs and Chemical * us id In Ufcpenitng. Prescription ! tilled at any Lour of the night. Jus. K. Ish. Lawrence IHcIHahon. SHEELY BROS. PACKING CO. , PORK'AND & * . . . .v.w.w Wholesale and Retail in FRESH HKATS& PROVISIONS , A ? E , POULTRY , FISH , ETC. CITY AND COUNTY ORDERS SOLICITED. OFFICE CITY MARKET 1415 Douglas St. Packing House , Opposite Omaha Stock Yards , U. P. R. R. BURNED OUT , But at it Again. C.H.&J GOLLIHS , AKD Saddlery Hardware , IIAKNBSS , COLLARS , Stock Saddles , etc. , Now Ready for Business. Scxt Ooor to Ouialtii Ma- * tional Batik , JSonglas Street * jZSJ-After Jan. 5ch , 1316 I ouglas St. , opposite Acidemy of Music. EAST INDIA ! LER & CO. , SOLE MANUFACTURERS , OMAHA. Neb. Geo. P. Bernis ESTATE 16if a : Dm yiai till. , Omaha , N Ihte Bitucj doen .iisiciuT broHsnye bnsl- tat Does nut sntn-nlate , and thcrf/oro an ; * > < , aln tm Its hooks ai e Insured tn Its patron * , In trad of Ltluc vobbltd up by theagunt _ illLL. REAL ESTATE BROHEBS No 1408 Farnham Street OMAHA - NEBRASKA. Office North 61 Je opp Grun < l Central Hols. . Nebraska Land Agency. DAVIS & 8NYDER , 1605 Parnham Si. Omaha , 100,060 ACKKScarefnUyeelectBd land In Eastern Vi hraaldi For sale. Hrcat ttargalna In tmrrcveJ firms , und Omaha city property. O. F. DAV13. WEBSTER SNTDER , Lata Land Com'rU. P. R. R _ 4p-teb7 8TROS RXXD LiWIH BCSD. Byron Heed & ( > . , OLD&STKXTABLIBTD REAL ESTATE AGENCY IN NEBRASKA. Keep a comolet * anetract of title to all Real Estate In Onr > h am ! Doiu-lag County. mayltl BUSINESS COLLEGE. THE GREAT WESTERN < ; < : o.U.iathban , Principal. Oreighton Block , - OMAHA Send for Circular. A. W. XASON. ZDZEjltTT.EST , Ornaa : laoil'gH < tc , corner Capitol Are. and \5 * . > i Street. Omsha Neb. NIFIOENT TRIUMPH ] THE mmi ORGANS Are Unequalled for Volume und Fullness of Tone. Tiie Quality of Which Surprises all who Test Them. DO NOT FAIL TO WE1TE TO US FOR CATALOGUE &FEICES. S3 - fUt . 00 . . 3L & & * I ' § 1 5 * * " s s * - * * r 3 M CD OT fro * - - < ? _ s rO w IT C3 S = ? 0 + = _ fi - CD I ' . " 2 3 C4 3-g Z H SSfe < , = o C3 - . -F - PP Uj o * H j F- ' CD CD . I * CO MAX MEYER & BRO. , , USTDBB. GGiXERAL A S.\TS FOR Steinway & Sons Pianos , Wm Knabe & Co. Pianos. Yose & Sons Pianos , Olough& War ; en Organs , Smith American Organs , And Other First-Class Pianos and Organs , ail a.t Bottom Prices ! Wholesale Jewelers und 3Jnsic Dealers. JESS The Popular Clothing House of M HFHI & G Find , on account of the Season so far advanced , and having a very large Stock of Suits , Overcoats and Gents' Furnishing Goods left , They Have that can notfai I to please everybody REMEMBER THE ONE PRiCE OLOTHING HOUSE , 1301 and 1303 Fariiham St. , Corner 13ih. GOODS MADE TO GRDEH 0 * SHORT NOTICE. MORE POPULAR THAN EVER. ThGenjino SINGER NEW FAMILY SEWING MACHINE. The | x > imlarem.mil for the UiCVUIXESI VGEU in 1879 > t eeded th .tof auy previout year I'lirin the Quarter "f a Cen nry m which thii" "Old ] ; eli.xlile" Mjclii ie h.is ' e n htjfore the public. In 1878 wo sold 356,422 Machines. In 1879 wo sold 431167 Machines Excess ovr r-nj previous yt-ar 74,735 Machines. Our sfilea last year were at the rate of over 1400 Sewing Machines a Day I For every biuin s d j In the year. The "Old Eeliabe" That Every REAL : Singer s the Strongest , \ Singer Sewing Machine the Simplest , the Most chine h > 3 this Trade Mark cast Jiito the Durable Sewing Ma- Iron Stand and * Ta- V-lf/chin8 | ever yet Con" bedded in the Ann of structcd. . the Machine. THE SINGER MANOFAGTHG GO. Principal Office : b4 Union Square , New York. l"iOC Sntordinate Office * , in the Tjnited States and Canada , and 3,00' ! OfS ei intleC-ld World and South America. peplG-d&wtf