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    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SATURDAY , NOVEMBER 5 , 1881
THE DAILY BEI
MAHA PUBLI8HINQ CO. . PROPRItTOF
010 harnham , bat. Oth and 10th Streets
TERMS OF SUnSOIUlTION
One copy 1 year , In advance ( p3cti ! d ) . 110
months " ' . . B
raonUii " " . 8
RAILWAY TIME TABLE.
til CAKI ) CII1CXOO , RT. TAtlL ,
OMAHA RAILKOAV ,
Ixm e Omaha Xo. 2 throuRli paascn cr ,
. m. No. 4 , Oakland | \wciiKtr , USOa : , in.
Arrho Omnln No. 1 , throuj-h ( - < unscr , "
m. No , 3 , Oakland jvuscngor , 6SO ] > . tu.
LBATIXO OMAHA RABT OD BOCTU ROOMS.
0. , 11. & 0. 6 a. m. 3:10 : p. m.
C. A N. W. . 0 a , tn. 3UO p. m.l
C. , R. I. Jc 1' . . 0 a. m. 3:10 : p. m.
K. C. , St. J. & C. II. , Icnxcs at S n. m. and C
p. m. ArrUes at St. Iioulsat 0:30 : a. in. and 6
p. ui.
ui.W. . 8t.li. At I' . , lc M'H at 8 a. m. and 3:1C :
m. Arrltoa at bt. Louis , nt 0:10 : a. m. and T
. m. .
wssr on soUTiiwivm ) . '
n. St M. In NcK , llirounh Expn * ) , 8:10 : ,
B. & M. Lincoln Kxprcsa-S : ! ) p. ui.
U I' Eiproxs , 12:16 : li. in.
O. A U. V. for Lincoln , 10:20 : a. m.
O. A 11. V. for Oiccoln. 0:10 : n. m.
U. I1 , hcinht No. t , B:20 : a. m.
U. P. JrelRht No. 0 , 8:16 : a. in.
U. P. freight No. 7 , 0:10 : p. m. emigrant.
U. 1' . frclrht Nn 11 8:26 : p. m.
& - mOW ( AST AND PODTU.
C. C. & O bM a. ic. ? : S6 p m.
C. & N. W. , : 6 a. in. 7:25 p. m.
C. K. I. fcl' . , 9:45 : Q. HI. 0.05 p. m.
E. C. , St. Jou & 0 IJ. , 7:40 a , in. 8:45 : p.
TROM TIIH * m iu sournwiwr.
O. St U. V. from Unooln U.V ! p. tu.
U. P. Expn-M 3:25 : p. in.
D & II. in Neb. , ThronRh I'.xprowi 1:16 : p.
B. & M. Lincoln Express 40 a in.
U. P. Fruljcht No. IU 1:40 : p. m.
No. C 4:25 : p. in. Emigrant.
No. 8 10W : p. > n.
No 12 11:35 : a. tu.
O. & U. V. mUotl , ar. 1:36 p. m.
NORTH.
Nebraska Division ot I Do St. Paul & Sioux C
Koad.
No. 2 leaves Oinali.t SM : a. m.
No. 4 leaves Onmlm 1.30 p. m
No. 1 nrrltosBtOiiithunt 6:30 : p. m.
No. 3 arii\os at Omaha at 10:60 : a. m.
BUMMT TRAIXa ( ISrWKItX OMAHA AMD
COC.tUt , BLOTW.
Leave Omaha at 3:00 : , 0:00 : and 11:00 : a. I
.1:00 : 2.00 , 3.00 , 4:00 : , 6:00 imd 0:00 : p. m.
Loavc Couuch liltitTsnt 8:26 : , 0.26 , 11:25 : a. i
1:26 , S:16 , 3:25 : , 4:25 : 6:25 and 0:25 p. ui.
Sundays Tlio dummy loaves Ouulia ot 9
nd llCKi : a. in , ; 2.00 , 4:00 : and 6.00 p. m. Leo1
Council Illufls at 0:25 : and 11:25 : n. m. ; 2:25 : , 4
nd 6:25 p. in. _ _
Opening and Closing of Mallt.
BOOTS. OriQ . OLOH1
a. m. p , m. a. m. p.
Chlcaao&N. W 11.00 0:30 : 4:30 : S
Chicago , U I. & 1'ftclllc. 11:00 : 0:00 : 4:30 : I
Chicago , B. & O. . . , . .11:00 : 9:00 : 4:30 S
Waluih. 12:30 : 4:30 : S
Sioux City and I'acino. . 11:00 : 4:30 :
Union Paclflc 6:00 : 11:40 :
Omaha & R. V 40 11:40 :
B. &M. IliNen :00 : 8:40 : 8
Omaha & Northwestern. 4SO : 7:30 :
LOCA ! mallii lor State ot Iowa leave but one
d y , > iz : 4:30a.m. :
A Lincoln U&ll U alco opened at 10:30 : a. m.
OtHeo open Sundays trora 12 m. to 1 p. m.
TIIOS. F HALL 1' . M
Business Directory
Abstract and Real t tate.
JOHN L. MoCAGUE , opposite Poet Office.
W. B. BARTLETT SIT South 13th Street.
Architects.
DUFBENE & MENDELSSOHN , AncnrTEC1
Boom CrelghUm Block.
A. T. LAUOE Jr. . Room 2. Cielghton Block
Boots and Shoes.
JAMES DuVINE & CO. ,
Flno Boota and Shoos. A ( rood assortment
borne work on hand , corner 12th and Harncy.
IHOS. BIIICKSON , S. E. cor. IBth and Dougl
JOHN FORTUNATUS ,
COS lOtb street , manufactures to order good wi
at fair prices. Repairing done.
Bed Springs.
J. F. LARKUIER Manufacturer. 1B17 Doupbu
Books , News and Stationery.
J. I. FRUEHAUF 1016 Farnham Street.
Butter and Eggs.
UcSHANK & SCHROEDER , the oldest B. and
hoiiao In Ncbraaka eKtabllnhod 1876 Omaba.
CENTRAL
RESTAURANT ,
MRS. A. RYAN ,
lonthwest corner 16thand Dodee.
Boat Beard for tlio Money.
Satisfaction Quarantc
Me la at all Hours.
Board by the Day , Week or Month.
Good Terms for C *
FurnlshM RnnniH f
Uarrlages and Road Wagon * .
WM SNYDEH , 14th and Harnoy SUoeta.
jewo en.
JOHN BAUMER 1814 Famhim Street
Junk.
H. DEimiOLD , Ilags and Motal.
' Lumbar , Lima and Cement.
'X
FOSTER & OKAY corner oth and Douglas i
Lumps and Glassware.
J. BONNER 1309 Douglas St. Good Tarlc
Merchant Tollon.
G. A. LINDQUEST ,
One of our most popular Merchant Tailors Is
coking the latest designs for Spring and Surai
floods for gentlemen's wear. Styllili , dural
and prices low aa ever 21013th bet. Dou . &Fs
Millinery.
URB. 0. A. RINGER , Wboloaala and Retail , F
cy Goods in great \arlcty , Zephyrs , Caril Boat
Hosiery , Gloves , Corsets , &c. Choapoat Uonse
the West. Purchasers nave SO per cent. Or
by Mall. 116 Fifteenth Street.
foundry.
JOHN WEARNK it SONS , cor. 14th & Jackson
Hour and Feed.
OMAHA CITY MILLS , 8th and Funbim 8
Welahans Bros. , proprietors.
Urocen.
Z. STEVENS , 21st between Cumin ? and Iv
T. A. McSIIANB , Corn. J3d and Cumin ? Btrci
Hardwaie , Iron ana eteel.
OLAN h LANQWORTIIY , Vbolesale , 110 i
112 Ktli street
A. HOLMES corner Iftth and CallfornU.
Harness , Saddles , &c.
P. WKIflT m 13th Ht. het Ff.rn. At Ham
Hotels
ANFIELD HOUSE , Goo. Canflold.Oth & Farnh
DORAN HOUSE , P. H. Cary , 013 Kaniham
BLAVEN'S HOTEL. F. Blavcn , 10th St.
Southern Hotel , Qua. Hanicl Dth ftl.cavcnwo
Cloth I nit Uought.
0 MH\Vf will ray hlKhtst Cash prlco for oci
hand clothlnr. Corner 10th and Karnlmni.
Dcntltti.
DR. PAUL , Williams' Itlnck , Cflr. Uth k Ho.lt
Drucs , Palntiand Ulls ,
KUIIN k CO.
Phirmaclsta , Flno l'iuio ( looilK , Cor. Htn i
Douilii ttrcctB
W. J. WIIITKIIOUf K , Wholcf ale & Retail , let ) ;
.0. FIELD , 2022 North Side Cumlug Stn
PARK , Druiriribt. 10th and Howard Streets
Dry Condi Notions , Etc.
JOHN II. F. LKJIMANN & CO , ,
Now Tork Dry Goods Store , 1310 and 1312 Fi
turn ( Unlit.
L. 0. Knewold also boots and shoes 7th & Pacl
rurulture.
A F. GROSS , New nd Second Hand Futnlt
lid Stores , 1111 I > oueUs. Hl hudt caah pi
aid for second harm iroous.
nONNKIl 1800 Pouyla Bt. Fins goods ,
Fence Works.
OMAHA I'KKCK CO.
OUST , FRIES & CO. , 1213 Ilarney fit. , Imrrc
pd Ice Hoxcs , Iron and Wood Fences , Ol
iUlllnirs , Counters ot Pine ami Walnut.
Clears and Tobacco ,
WEST & FRJTSCII EH , manufacturers of ClRi
and Wholraalo Dealers In Toruccca. 1305 Douu
W. F. L011KNZEN nianulatlunr 61110th etn
\ \
Florlit.
A. Donnshno , titanta , cut flower * , MO ! , txxji
t . N. W. cor. 16th MI ! DoucUn trcU.
CUM EnRlneer * and Surveyor * ,
ANDRKW U09EWATF.R , Crolghton Bl <
Town Suticjs , OrtulaknilSoweratio System
Specialty. _
Uommlitlon Merchants.
JOHN 0. Wlb US.UH DoOco Street.
D D. 11KEMKU. For details eeo Utuaiwhorl
ment In IMllv anil Wwkly. _
Cornice Workt.
Western Cornice Worku , M nuf rturor I
Cornice , Tin , Iron anil aUto Itoualnif , On
from any locality yromjrtly cxmitnl In tlio 1
manner. Victory nml OflW 1313 Ilnrncy St.
OMvMilUHl Iton Cotnirtnnuicm L'fl | , t
mnnufftcturoil ntul put un In miy l tt ol
country. T. aiXllOl.U lltt Thirteenth utri-i-l
GrocVery.
; . BONNHH 1SW DOUSIM street. Goo.1 lino.
Clothing and Furnlthlnjj Good ) .
QEO. II. I'KTKKSON. Also llM , Cnjw , I fl
Show , Notions MiJ Cutlery , 04 8. 10th street
RetrlROrator * , Canfleld't Patent.
0. P. GOODMAN lllh St. l > ot. Farn.Allnri
Show Caia Manufactory. )
0. 1. W1LUK ,
Mftntitactuicr unJ Denier in all kinds ol SI
Cases. Ujirlnht CRSCS , d . , 1317 C.x& St.
FKANK tj. OKUItARD. proprietor Om
Show Uaso manufactory , SIS South ICth uti
between Loarcnworth and llarcy. All g (
warranted flrst-claw. _
Pawnbroker * .
UOSKNFRU ) , 10th St. . hft. f r. A 1
Stoves ena Tinware.
A. nUUMKSTKU ,
Dealer In fltnves and Tinware , and H&rmhcti
of Tin KoofH and all klndJ ol Building W
Oilil Fellows' Block.
3. HONNEH. 1309 Douglaa St. Good and Ch
Boedi ,
J. KVANS , WholMAle and Kctall Seed Drills
Cultivators , Odd Fellow * Hull.
PhyilcUini an i Surgeon * .
\V. 8. QIDU3 , l" D. , Koorn No I , Crclgl
Itloclf , 15lh Street.
I' . S. LKISHNHINO , M. I ) . Masonic Block
C. L. IIA11T , M. D. , Kje and Kar , opp. pesto
DU. L. n UUADDV.
Oculist and Aurlst. S. W Uth and Fsrnhara
Photograpneru.
GKO. 1IKYN. t'UOr.
Grand Central Gallery ,
212 Sixteenth Street.
near Masonic Hall. Flivt-clay Work and 1'ror
piyy giianvntoop
Plumbing : , Ga * and Steam Fitting.
P. W. TAHFV. & CO. , 310 ISth St. , bet. Farnl
and Douglas. Work promptly attended to.
D. ? ITZPATIUCK. H09 DouiflftB Street.
Painting an open uniting.
1ENUY A. KOSTKU3. 141 DodRO Btrcol
Shoe Btoros.
Phillip Lane , 1320 Farnham at. bet 18th A 1
Second Hand Store.
PERKINS & LEAK. 1118 Douglas St. . Now
Second Hand Furniture , House. Furnishing Go
&c. , boui/ht and sold on narrow marrlna.
Ualoont.
HENUY HAUFMANN ,
In the new brick block on Douglas Street ,
Juat opened a moat elegant liooi Ilall ,
Hot Lunch from 10 to 12
e\ cry day.
" Caledonia " J FALCONER. 079 16th Streot.
Undertakers.
CHAS. RIEWE , 10111 Farnliura hot. 10th & 1
80 Cent Stores ,
P fl BACKUS. 1205 Fariihum St . Ftncv ( tt
KENNEDY'S
EAST - INDI
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CO
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COg. .
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BITTER
I
ILER & CO. ,
8ole Manufacturers. OM.A.H
PAPER WAKEHOUSI
GRAHAM PAPER Gl
SIT and 219 North Main St. , St. Lout * ,
WHOLHAIiK D1ALBAS IB-
BOOK , i DADCDC JWRrriNt
NEWS , f rMrtnO IWRAPPI ;
ENVELOPES , CARD BOARD AND
Printers Stocl
tarCaah paid for Bags and Paper Stock , 8 <
Iron and Metals.
Paper Stock Warehouses 1828 to 1287. N (
To Nervous Sufferer
THE QREAT EUROPEAN REMEDY.
Dr. J. B. Simpson's Speed
It Is a poeitlvo cure for Bpermatoirhoa , Bern
Weoknces. Impotancy , and all diseases roaull
from Solf'Abutio , au Mental Anxiety , Lose
Memory , Pains in the Rack or Bide , and dlso
that lead
Consumpl
Insanity
oarlyRi
* ho Spei
Medicine
being u
with wom
ful guccef
Painph
tent free to all. Write for them and gel full ]
tlculars.
Prlco , Specific , f 1.00 per package , or six pi
icca Ior fi.OO. Address all orders to
II. UlMSON MKDICINK CO.
No * 104 and 106 Main St Buffalo , N. 1
Sold In Omaha by O. F. Oooduian , J. W. I
i. K Isbandall druifglstseverywhere.ISd
> IS-d *
Mary J. Holme :
Just published : Madeline. A splendid i
noul by iliui. iUiir J. MOI.VKS , uhojo no
sell so cnornioutily , and ar read nnd ru.r
with euch Interest , llcautlfully bound ; pr
$1,50.
. Al olmidouic newcdltloniofilrB. IIoli
otlicr vorks Ttnnicfct an Kmiuhlnu , 1 ,
Hhtrx. Kdltli I.ylo , K'lna ' Urimnlrr. ' , M.irnii ti
\Vcst liwn , I'orCbt HUIHC , etc , etc.
ALSO , KOI.1) IV ! AM UOOKSIH.LKItS :
MAY ACNES FLEMING ,
A Changed Heart. Another Intensely in
csttnn notil ) > } MAY AUNTS 1'i.KUiNa , uuthn
tlioau cnpltal novtU ( iiiy llirlscourt'n Will
Wonderful U'oumri , Mid Jlarrla e , Hilont
True , l.ont lor \Vonian , etc. Ueaiitllull ) boi
price , 1.60.
G. wTcAmTETON & CO. ,
OatZldeodlm. I'ubllihcm , N. Y , Cit ;
WISE'S
Axle Greas
NEVER GUMS !
L'eo4 on Waionn , lltiir m , llcapers , Tliroal
and Mill ilnchlncry , It U iNViLUAKLK TO Yt
IKU AND TIUUBTCKH. H ciirei Kcraklifcn and
klndd oleotvo on Horace acj Ktock , aa will ai
Ullll.
Ullll.OLARK & WISE , Manuf's ,
005 Illlnolt etreet , Chlcotti
/3-SUND FOU 1'RIOES.
POETRY OF THE TIMES.
Brnmblo.
The corn U roftpcil , the b.vre bn > wn IAIU !
lx flci'i'lng In the punshino lilniul
0 ( Into Scjiteinber !
Xow nftcr Jmr clt ( toll nnd tnlttli
In t-ostful cnltinio o llo the earth ,
l.lko Kf-xl lives | msw their { irliuc.
luil tlutc of autumn t < mch the trcw
Tlmt rustic In the Ireshenitip Iircc7c ,
Anil wave their limnetic * strong !
From hillflidoiiieadowH liuul nnd clenr
UOIIIPS clArlon-llki1 , iv nutc of cheer ,
The thrush's thrilling sunj ; .
The hti y wild lieo Ilittctti hy ,
\Vhcru honeytvicUlt \ e on tilth ?
And IfkUi clfiimtis KIOVMI :
A fnlr brown Imttertly llee * around
A hrandilo hrnnelt that on the ground
U * tlninty tangle throws.
The lovely lirnmlile , tiiUiti - root
In cotninon hedgerows licarlitR fmit
For coinnion liniids tu imll :
A IMV n to travelers on the nmd ,
It shown its HracioiM tmrtilo head
With blossom beautiful. .
White flowers llko nearly-tinted snow ,
Fair foliage roil with atiiuinnV glow ,
ISipo fruit on on < ! fair uprayr
Ah iiu-l > ny h-ait , what boautv lives
In lowliest things that nnturo gives
To blossom on our way.
Ah mo ! my heart , what bcnuty show
In lowly liven that to their close
lUnom sweetly out of sl ht :
Mcok hearts that nock not worldly prai
That find in lifaV vccluded ways
Ucar love and dce ] > delight.
Knir lives that have ft hutnhlo root , _
Swi'ot lives that bear a , uracious fruit ,
Yet keep their springtime llowerw
Upon the 1) ugh where fruilliatiKS ripe ,
And where the faJIng leaf ia typo
Of life's decaying horns.
We meet thpin in our daily path
liCHu Imniblo soulf , nnd uuch uno hath
A beauty of UH o * i !
A bonuty born of duty done ,
Of ilent victories dumbly won ,
Of sorrow boruo nlnnc.
And when the frosts of death fall chill
On these f.'ir lives , that blos om still
Tlioucli sunnner time is past :
We , BixliiiiK , wish for quint wnys ,
Wherein , like theirs , our shortening dn
flight blosBoui to the latit ,
I THE
Omaha Itemlnlnoouooi Coniiect
with the Times of Twenty
"Yes , " said tlio old Omnha mn
last evening , ns ho aettled back in 1
chair , tlirust his feet out in front
him and blow ft cloud of fragrn
smoke into space , "groat old times '
used to have up in Omaha in the
days. "
The speaker nnd a knot of c
friends were gathered around a lit'
tnblo in a back room on O atreot , an
by tlio looks of the plethoric bet
on said table and the box of cigars I
side it tlioy were meditating mi ore
ing of pleasure. Consequently it to
the Democrat reporter but little tii
to accept their invitation to join the
Ho soon had his legs doubled unii
the table and , with a A'ccd in 1
mouth , cast aiFectionatc glances at t
bottlej nnd listened carefully to t
remarks of the first speaker.
"Yes , " ho continued , "I was
business then in Ornaha 'long m ' (
I think it was and you bet your 1
she was booming. Emigrants wi
swarming across the plains , thefreigl
ing trailic was at its height , and t
man who couldn't make money in t
old town then deserved to die ir
poor house. Twenty dollar gold pioi
were as coinnion as nicklcs now , a
wore spent just as freely as the 1
ter are. Some mighty rough tin
we used to have , though , and I i
you it was a d d poor morning wh
wo couldn't have man moat for bro ;
fast ! Many's the good man I've so
lop over in the mud ( which , by t
way , was just as bad aa it is no
with a bullet through his brend-bai
et. You'd never catch a chap off 1
guard then. If one man happened
meet ao uplo of strangers on the sic
walk , he'd prudentially put his ha
on his pop and keep it there un
they'd passed by.
"Tho town was so full of rouj
characters that caution was ncccBsai
You didn't ' know what tirno the nil
zle of a revolver would bo jamni
under your nose , and the trijjp
pulled , too , by eomo robbing son-of
L'ini , or drunken desperado crag
with whisky who might fancy that y
had insulted him.
"There was a gang of us board ! :
at the old Hcrndon House in thosui
mer of 'Gl , and it used to bo cursj
eial joy to got hold of some tender fo
from the east nnd fdl.him up with he
riblo storica of the criino and villa :
of the city , until , half crazed wi
terror , ho'd take tlio first stage towa
the rising sun.
"I remember an episode wliic
notwithstanding itsjaoriousnoas , aflbr
ed us more amusement than in
other. It was in July of that year ,
think , that an excursion party fn :
Boston came up the river by boat , ai
while the steamer lay at the levee f
a few .hours , the biggest part of t !
party came up to the llerndon IIou
for dinner. It was a regular Bosti
crowd , of the most approved sty ]
'culchahed,1 nnd all that. Some
thorn were regular slab-nidod Mass
chusotts 'skulo-marms/with oyn-glat
e and cork-screw curls , nnd so d
nice that they'd cut a bean in two L
fore putting it in their mouths.
"Wo fellows saw that there w
meat for us in the outfit , and accor
ingly when wo oat down to dinner I !
fun commenced. First , one of o
party would mention , in the most i
did'erent tone , but loud eiu.iifjh f
the Bostonians to hear , somohon
bio crime of the night before. Tin
somebody else would supplement
with n worse ono , mid HO it wont , i
course the remarks were purely ii
aginary , but the party from Itcnndo
Huokod thuni all in , and you can bet
spoiled their apji tites. Before tl
lust of us rose from the table it w
p nin to bo HCOJI that the Bostonini
wore ( counting the minutes until th
could got out of the place , which th
believed to boa regular Sodom , chiel
inhabited by savages mid murderei
"Dinner over , us fellow went eon
on the balcony , where wo worojoiin
by most of the Boston crow. Tht
nerves were getting somewhat quiet
when nil at once , from the baseme
of a building just across the strec
lined as a billiard hall , rang out half
dosonr ovolvor Hhots , [ nnd almost sii
ultaiioously a man was soon cr.iwliii
up the stem leading to the sidownl
Ho reached the top stop , nnd there 1
keeled over , dendor'n h 1 ,
"Tho cll'ect on thoio Boatcniaiisci
1)0 imagined. The women holler
and the men turned white as clial
Of course our jmrly was conaidorab
excited l o , hut wo were dotormii
to carry the titling through for <
benefit of tin bean-caters , and a
remarked : 'Well , he's Fnvod. '
" . 'It's
"Yes , replied another.
tip with hint. Wonder how many i
( load down stairs/ / '
"Theso remarks dic'n'tdo the U
ton people nny good nmi just the
saw T m Smith , the first Atncric
express ngont Omaha over had , nm
brick , too , como out of the basomi
where the shooting was done , a
start ncrosa the street. 1 hollered
him nnd in n manner that ho und
stood nskod him how many AM
k lied. Tom looked up , saw the h
ror-stricken fnccs of the folks fr <
the Hub , nnd took his cue in a n
niont.
"Ohl" ho answered with n enrol
drawl , perfectly indescribable' , ' 01
ono 'his timo.1
" .Just then ono of the Indii's rusl
to the odeo of the balcony n
squealed out to Tom , trembling n
wringing her Imiula meanwhile : 'C
ny , sir , is ho really dead ? '
. ' 'Tom looked nt her contemptup
ly for n minute , and then roplit
' "You bet , old gal ! All the use ho c
bo put to now is to stick some pega
them bullet holes nnd stand him
behind the door for n hat-rack ! '
"Thnt remark llaltoned tlio Hoi
nians. In live minutes time I
whole posao were on their wny 10 I
bout , bonnets , nhawla nnd hats
hand , nnd they didn't pir foot on <
shore again. The boat returned do
the river that day , nnd for wet
nfterthopiirtyhnd returned to Bout
the papers of that city were filled w
the most unutterably horrible tn
concerning Omaha and its poopl
And thu Oniiihft man laughed In
and loud over the remombr.vnoo of t
incident.
"And the follow that W\R ; \ shot
who was ho ? " inq ired ono of the li
oners.
"Oh , ho was a drunken bntcl
from a military post up the river , w
went down into the saloon , wheto si
oral men were playing billiards , a
because the bar-keeper wouldn't i
up the drinks , commenced 1111 ind
criminate fusihulo. Conscquontly t
whole party opened tire on him. ]
was hit several times , but yet h
wind onouuh in him to crawi up t
steps to the side-walk , where ho du
and scared the Bkulo-mnrms BO. C
I toll you wo hud heaps of fun in t
old town in them days. "
THE FLEET FILLY.
The Two-Yonr-Old Wildflow
Trots n Mlloln 2:21. :
San Francisco Chronicle.
Despite the beautiful weather , w :
a balmy wind that reminded onoratl
of May than November , there was i
such a largo attendance yesterday
the Bay District track ns the excolh
progiamino should have attracted ; I
if the unrivaled feat of Wildllov
could have been foretold , there woi
have boon at least 10,000 spectati
to share in tlio enthusiasm shown
thd wonderful performance- the C
ifornia-bred horse. As it wns , t
club balcony was filled with ladies a
their escorts , who scorned more hit
ested in the race than to beat Fall
Time. The first item on the card \
a special medal for any two-year-i
beating the Kentucky record of 2 :
for which Wildflower , owned by i
Palo Alto stud farm , waa our o
representative. There was not mi
pool-selling on the result , as it <
rumored that the filly was in the p :
of condition , and therefore agai
oven 2:30 : the betting was ? 50 to j
against time , while two or three
thusiastics backed her to beat 2 :
After a preliminary warming-up
filly came out , looking as pretty t
ns Hoot as the far famed Atlantic
old , who would only accept nshcrh
band the man who could outrun h
But Wildilower was not armed w
the cruel dart with which she picn
her defeated suitors , but was sim
accompanied by n running mate
harness , in order to excite her to J
finest olforts.
THE WONUlinrUI. I'EAT.
At the first attempt MncGrc ]
nodded and the word was given , w
the filly going at such a rattli
turn of speed that it seemed i
likely that she would round I
first turn without a break , but c <
trary to expectation , she did so n
reached the quarter post in 35 | Bonds
ends ; thence speeding down the hi
trutch like a beautiful ghost , t
passed the half-mile in 1:09& : , t
three-quarters in 1:44 : | , and then t
came Hailing along the homcstrot <
her companion being urged to the t
of hia speed and passed under t
wire , having accomplished the feat
2:21 : without a skip of any kind or <
scription' The trial was commonc
without any great interest boingsho
in the result ; bul when it was at
how well Wildilower kept up 1
speed there was hush of cxcitomc
especially when the scores of click !
watches showed 35J seconds to t
first , and whan the word was given
the half , showing ! ! I | seconds to t
quarters , it wits clear that she wet
out-trot any previous record if p
could only keep to her gait. 'J
third quarter was made in 35 } , and
the ontrunce to the lionumtrotcli Fra
Covey signalled to Mucfi rcgor to hi
her well in hand , which caused
slight check in her snood , but H.
Covey beckoned to him to coinu <
and she made the Lint quurtor in ! :
seconds. The moment Wildllov
passed the wire there wan nn install
IIUOUB movement among thu Rpeutnti
that biolco out into cliuura that w <
renewed ugain nnd n ain as the tii
was hung out , when the bravo lit
( illy retnrnod to the ucales , and wh
thu ollicial announcement WIIH mi ;
that not only had nhu lowered ovi
two-year-old record , but that she h
equalled the 2:21 : of i'hil Thompson
his then unequalled timuaaathrce-yei
old. Jt ia impossible to describe t
enthusiasm that reigned among t
spectators , many of whom are hit'l
interested in our trotting stock , a
the only regret that was fell was tl
ox-jov. Ktanford was not present
witness this purfoniiunco of his 111
the account of which wan speed
Hashed all ever the country ,
Tin : IIAV PII.LY ,
Wildilower is a bay filly with bin
points , foaled March 23 , 187 ! , 1
sire being Electioneer und her di
Mayflower by St. C/lair. Shu ia vi
handsome nnd bloodliko and nuggo
the tact that S * . Cluir , whose pc
greo is not well defined , must In
possessed many strains of thoroiu.
btod blood , M almost all hia m.v
show. Wildtlow r ia fifteen nm !
quarter hands in hnight , with n clo
cut , ImmUnmo head , with large we
developed doping shoulders , n roll
barrel with iimnoimo girth at the hen
while the hindquarters nro eapocin
ftugnrfltivu of the thoroughbred in i
gimj to her propelling ponroin. H
is kind , gentlu , intelligent nnd 1 :
giit : for so young a filly nppcnM
form thy nemo of the training nrl , n
Mr. Covey deserves the utimmt pra
for the admirable way in which ho i
perintended her education , aa does
so M McGregor , for hia masterly way
which hu piloted her to victory. 5
Covey was warmly congratulated , n
when qiiufltionod an to the piice
which the filly could bo bought ,
plied thai porhnpa ? 10,000 ( mi'j
tempi the governor. As Budd Do
smiled slightly , Mr , Covey ropli
that they have ni. own sister to h
ami that the nmru ianowin foalagn
so that the younger oiiea mny ocli ]
their sister'a wonderful porforniMic
TIM : unooiti ) TO in : MIHIIMSSII : > .
"Thalisno'nll"nddudMr. Cov ,
"for 1 propose next Saturday to t
two other two-year-olds to beat t
same record , namely : Marlot
Klcctioneor , dam Marti , by Whippl
Hambletoninn , nnd Bonitn by Kl
tioneer , dam May Fly , by St. Cln
and then to etl'ico ovury yearling
cord with Alfred by Buiiton. tii
Alice , by Almont , nnd with Hit :
lese by Electioneer , lam Heauti
Bolls , by the Moor , and I may sir
you a young doublotenm timu tl
will astonish our Eastern cousins. "
This immediately suggested t
idea how the no\\s would bo recoiv
at thu Hast , and if the old cry win
be renewed of n short track , too npeu
watches , and nn exuberant idua on I
part of the time-keepers of holding
any cost California's supremacy. T
watcheswe.ro held on the report c
stand , mul the one giving2:21 mult
other 2:21 : } . But if.tho porformatn
of St. Julion , Santn Clans nnd otln
cannot enlist confidence in our de
ttlons , our Eastern cousins will mn
acquaintance with some of our erne
that nro entered next Benson nt t
meeting of thu National Breeders' i
aociation.
Palpitation of the Honrt.
,1. M. MlKht , Syracuse , N , Y. , writ
"When 1 lirnt cmutncnccd lining your 1) )
dock lllooil Bittern 1 wan troubled w
IliittoriiiK and ] mlitation | ) of the heart ,
felt weal ; and languid , with a immlm
of the limbs. Hinco uniiijj , my heurt 1
nut troubled ma and thu numbing xcn
titm is nil gone. " Trice , § 1 ; trial * i7e ,
ccntH. 10-eiiil
Forest Trno Soodi .
This is the season of the year to i
cure the needs of many of our mi
valuable hardy forest trees. It seoi
ns if it were useless for us to impn
upon our readers the importance
planting more groves , of the mi
valuable kinds. Temporary expui
cncy has led us astray long enouj :
They ore decidedly hotter than 1101
ing. The Lombardy poplar , from
short life , ia unsiuhtly and usole
The soft maple is too tender for c
prairie winds It breaks and spl
in our storms. The cottonwool !
only valuable aa n third class of fu
But the black ash , black wnln
butternut , oik ; , hickory , and suj
maple uro nil valuable for timber u
for fuel. They nro nearly aa thri
in growth ua the more valueless so
And now it 1st time to procure sc
of each of those kinds for plant
next spring. Tlio oak , walnut i
hickory should bo planted where tl
are intended to grow. The are
difficult to transplant. Tlio yoi
trees usually have only the tap ro
without any short fibrous branches
The nuts of the walnut and butt
nut should be gathered now n
placed in trenchea where watwr v
not stand , nnd cover thorn with lea1
not thick , but soastokccjithcmdai
enough to keep from drying out , a
not so wet as to rot them. Six
seven bushels will plant 1111 nc
Some ono has said that f armors shoi
remember to plant u few button ;
trees , to induce their sons and dauj.
ters to send a thought or blessing bate
to the old homestead , when far aw
and surrounded by the cares and an
eties of life. Wo recollect an illust :
tion of this in our own experiem
Some years since , when the father
the writer was in his old ago , wo wi
about to visit friends in Now Han
shire. The sacred recollections of t
scenes of his boyhood days filling 1
heart , and bringing tears to his oy
he besought us to visit a certain b
tornut true in Strathatn , N. II. , fr <
which ho had gathered his youth :
treasures , the roinomboranco of whi
he had treasured up in all of his lif
wanderings. Wo found the tree , vi
ornblo in years with a trunk live fi
in diameter. The friends of his you
were not thoro. Their resting ph
wns marked by decaying marl
in the neighboring cemetery , but t
butternut tree was thrifty nnd grci
and producing annually iif incruavi
crop of rich nutH to cheer thosuccei
ing evanescent tribes of boys and gi
who play under its branches and gat
er its rich fruitage.
The needs of the ash , oak and hit
ory should bo treated in about t
Biimo way as the walnut. The a
seeds can ho spread out ever a pit
of dry ground " " ' "vcr three mcl
deep and covoiod with hay < jr atra
and then roof them ever with boar
to protect thorn from snow nnd rai
Sow in rows early in thospring _ hefi
they sprout , whom it is intended th
should stand. The surplus onea t
Heci-nd und third years can bo tak
iipuiid transplanted to extend t
grove , or to sell to neighbors w
never provide IheniHolvo uith Beei
Bul ovoiy fanner should have not h
than live acres devoted to hard wo <
forest trees. II can bo made Ihujni
profitable live acres on tlio farm. A
it can bo h.ul with litilo ojipciii
But it mum. nut bo put oil * fromyt
to year , fora moro convenient HU.IHC
In ftulucting uah seud , bo careful
got the white or red ash. The lati
does not prove profitable to pl nt
our dry uplands. It is nalundly
inhabitant of Kwampa.
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