I
ELEVENTH YEAR. OMAHA , NEB. , SATURDAY MOANING , JUNE IT , 1883. 300.
FLORENCE GUT-OFF ,
1 Visit to the Scena of That
Very Important Railroad
Work ,
Shortening the Line Between
Omaha and St. Paul ,
And Reducing the Grade One-
Half.
Nooonsity and Advantncoa of
the Cat-Off.
Progress of the Work and Data of Its
Completion.
For the past two years a great deal
haa been said , written and published
< abuut the "Florence cut-off , " but it
has generally boon from hearsay , and
probably not twenty-five persons in
this city know the extent and impor
tance of the work , that for over a
year has been in progress within ton
miles of the metropolis of the state.
Some of our merchants may guess at
it vaguely from the trade it throws
into their hands , for all the tools and
supplies tor the camp are purchased
in Omaha , and there lias been not a
little money thus brought into the !
coffers. There have also from timi
to time appeared advertisements fo :
men and toninc , and occcsionally i
brief announcement of the progress
of the cut off , a report of eomo ncci
dent up thuro and BO on. Once th >
small pox broke out at a farm house
no'v tar from the line and
then the Florence cut-off folks go
a benefit. Accidents will happen it
the best regulated families , and despite
spite all obstacles this work has boon
prosecuted inch by inch , foot by foot
and yard by yr-rd , until , at bust , the
blind can see how- enormous the job
is , the end of which is just beginning
to bo Been by the manager ? .
A few days since a BKK reporter
was detailed to go out and see
WHAT TEE FLOHKNCB CUT OVF IK
and dish it up for the thousands of
readers throughout the city and state ,
and ho found is by no means an easy
job to perform , the magnitude of the
undertaking exceeding all expectations
over formed of it. And it may bo
well to explain right hero wliat the
cut-off is , to do which intelligently
will require a brief reference to the
past history of the line of which it is
to form a part. When the road w.is
first built , many years ago , Douglas
county was asked to vote $120,000 in
bonds to aid the company. In order
to bo able to do this lawfully it was
necessary to have so many miles of
aoad in the various townships through
which it was to pus. Now by adher
ing as nearly as possible to an uir line
it would bo impossible to get the
requisite length of track on the given
amount of soil and as it was
"NO TRACK , NO BONDS , "
the company had to do a little maneu
vering to get around the difficulty.
Accordingly af tor reaching a point on
Mill creek , a few miles west of Fior
once , the Omaha & r < orth west
ern lailroad , as it was
then called , took a serpentine c urso
through Union township by which
they got in the desired number of
railed and for which they got their
bonds. This deviation forms a com
plete horse shoo bend and made the
rofid just five and a half miles longer
than there was any nocessi y for. On
this eleven and a half mile curve , the
gradp is 110 to 122 feet to the mile
and it has always been impossible to
haul a train of any size over
"OAMKL-BAC'K "
THE - ,
as it is called , seven cars being about
M much as one engine could manage.
Whenever there was a heavy run on
iho line , an engine had , and still hai ,
to be sent up to Oalhoun as u helper.
After the money had been secured
and the road had passed into the
hands of a live railroad company , the
"Camel-back" became an oyo-aoro to
them and it was datorminod to remove
it. This could bo done by cutting
through the hills across in a north
westerly direction and intersecting
the line at the point whcro the curve
was finished and the genuine and
legitimate course resumed , On the
10th of Duocmbor , 1880 , the new
company
MQNl'II THE t'ONHUUr
with Mitchell Vincent to do the work ,
and after foino uuavoidabhi delay
tlio first shovel-full of dirt wus
finally thrown on the 20th
day of Muy , 1881 , by Mr.
James P. Vincent , General Kuperin-
cudent und Purchasing Agent for the
contractor , and since that time he has
missed but three working diija , sum
mer and winter , pushing things for all
they were worth.
The advantages to bo gained by the
cut-off , which moans cutting off the
hump or bond , are very great. In
the first plncu , it shortens the line five
miles and a half , reducing the cur'vo
from eleven and a half to six miles.
It also
JIKDUCK3 THE O1IADK
to uixty-five foot to the mile , or nearly
ouo-hulf , and it makes it possible to
haul an average train with other
roads. It is claimed by the otlicara of
the company that they will save
$500 per month in the item
of fuel by the completion of this cut-
ofF. At this rnto the work would pay
for itself in five years , as it will cost
them about § 30,000. Tlio cut-off is ,
Tn , in exact figurua , six miles and two
feet in length , and is divided into two
sections in about thomiddlc'honorth
half , which is easy grade work , being
sub let by the contractor to Franklin
Force , ' and is now nearly completed
the moat oi the remaining work to bo
done being on tno couth half mile ,
where it joins the half in charge of
Jnincs P , Vi'icont , Force working
toulhworfl aurt Vincent northward.
A D1FFIITLT .1011.
The south hnlf is one of the most
difficult pieces of iwd over built in
this western country ! ns will bo srcn
from the fact that wtilo the ovorngo
amount of earth lowe removed per
milo on western roai5 is 8,000 jards ,
on this line there ii ] 570,000 yards
to bo removed on tjc oix mtlcs , or
nearly 100,000 yards per mile ,
and of this 20,000 yards
are to bo ( moved upon
ono milo of the work , Upon the
south half are two grjht cuts , ono of
which is 2,700 feet it | length and ! > 5
foot docp ill the center ; the other
l.IHIO feet in length * and 55.4 feet
deep in the contort Thorp is Iho
usual amount of fillinjS bridging , etc. ,
to bo done , and along Kho entire line
the force are S
WOIIKINO LTKE IHOJANS.
Taking the mornini train on the
Milwaukee , St. Paul , fclinnoapolis &
Omaha road one day this week , the
reporter found himself Ibout 9 o'clock
at Florence station , irhero ho vas
mot by Mr. Vincontj who kindly
offered to show him ovef the ground.
Taking a buggyho , waw driven along
the county road , whicb follows the
track for about two injlcs before it
voprs off to the northwest. At ihis
point a switch has bcon - ut in by the
railroad company for the use of the
contractor in transporting his supplies
to the ocone of operations , and which
will bo the initial puint of the cut-off.
A car of iron , ono of coalandanothor
of corn Wore standing to bo unloaded
and the contents hauled lo the camp ,
which is nearly a milo away. Iioro
about two and a half feet of filling
only is required to bring Iho switch t
the grade of '
TI1K NEW LINE
and west of the siding , about six hun
dred feet of fill lias boon thrown up
A little further on , standing up iso
lated from all tracks or fills , is t
bridge about nine feet high , and still
further the dump or end of the fill ,
which is being rounded up day by
day in the direction of the bridge.
From this point a narrow gunge road ,
eighteen inches wide , runs to the center
tor ofitho big-cut , where the men are
at work , and from which the diet tak
en out is hauled on diminutive cars to
tha dump , which oxtondlgVadnally !
towards the six hundred feet , of grad
ing fisrt mentioned. A little further in
and at the mouth of the cut wo arrive at
THE CAMl'
at which Mr. Vincent and his assist
ant , Mr. 0. Salmon , book-keeper and
paymaster , make thoic headquarters.
Tins in quito a little village with
refreshing frontier look about it that
is quito inviting. On all sides are
hills , some thickly wooded and others
bald us a billiard cur , except of a
bright emerald covering of grass. Eight
or ton rudely constructed buildings of
piuo boards and tar paper , and two or
three canvas tents , make up the camp ,
a street running through the center.
A now stable is in process of erection ,
thu old ouo being surrounded by
mountains of manure accumulated
during the past winter , uH , bel too
unwieldy to remove the barns are rat-
moved from it. A roughly carved
" ' '
"WELCOME HOME'
adorned the corn-crib , and , in fact ,
the boarding houses , grocery store ,
bleeping houses , blacksmith shop and
olDco , made it a motto applicaclo to
about the largest family the reporter
has seen in a good whilo. The camp
is on the east side of the track , and
every few minutes a train is heard
rushing down or being run up the hill.
These trains are composed of four
small dump cars each , of the Poteren
patent , carrying exactly a yard of
dirt to the car. They are mounted
on a single four-wheel truck and
emptied like all dump cars. They
run down grade by their own weight
and are hauled up by relays of mule ? , ,
changed at short distances , and some
times boirg a team , at others a single
mule. On the down grade they are
controlled by a brakomun , who sits on
the hind end of the train and uses a
lever brake. Once in a while they
get away , and occasionally
.IUM1' THE TIIACK ,
but not often. The rails are very
small indeed , being fourteen pounds
to the yard , with as small as eight
pound iron in some places. There are
povoral miles of this track with
switches at frequent intervals nnd it
is necessary to run as regularly as on
a railroad in order not to blockade the
road. There are about ono hundred
and thirty-Uvo cars in use and forty
temm of mules , with perhaps five
teams moro of odd mules , while the
working force of men when the re
porter was there numbered 17& . 'iho
bnmo evening brought an addition of
y5 Sivodoa from Sioux City with
teams , swelling thu cntiro working
force to the proportion of a snnill
army. After inspecting thu camp and
being introduced to MM , Vincent , a
fine looking and warm hearted lady
who would make homo pleasant in n
much moro inhospitable region tlmn
this , the reporter , accompanied by
Mr. Vincent ,
TOOK THE TllAIN
for the scone of action. As the oars
climbed the grade behind a fine team
of mulos. Mr , Vincent called attention
to the ditches on either side the track ,
flowing with streams of the clearest
water. They have had great trouble
with this water flow which has con-
Mnuod all winter. Last fall but about
15 feet of the surface had been removed -
moved when the water was struck ,
and ic was the same all along the lino.
It ia pure , crystal spring water , but it
is also a pure nuisance. Ditches hud
to bo dug everywhere and the gtpund
was so wet thai at times it was dMaost
impassible to work it. Rubber oota
were furnished the men the eumo as
shovels and many a time it has been
necessary to pull the laborers out by
main force and generally
MINUS T1IEIK BOOTH
which will bo dug up by future gener
ations , and exhibited as some defunct
species of the reptilian ago. The
width of this road bed wus originally
fixed at twenty feet , but the wet
ground caused the caving in of the
banks to such an extent that it was
this spring ordered to bo increased to
thirty-eight feet , which works to Iho
great disnavAtitafjo of the contractor ,
Of this , twenty feet is the reid
proper , and on unch aide are lo bo
ditches and n "bench" to ni rest the
land slide nnd facilitate the removal
of the earth.
The work of cuttiui ; away thu two
big hills was kept up all winter , nt
times front being in the ground to n
depth of over two foot , and making
it very expensive work. Mr. A. J.
1'orxa was the first foreman whps
gang the visitor mot with , ho liavin
charge of the south side of this cut
and Mr. Ooorgo II. Day of the uortl
sjdo. Both work on the same gen
cral principle , and in fact the work i
much the same on all of
THE rOUE. SECTIONH
in which the south three miles i
divided. Aftnr making a start hit
the hill with scrapers , taking elf tli
surface , a square excavation is mad
into the side of the hill largo onougl
to admit ono of the dump cars. 1
hopper with trap bottom is fixed obov
this excavation , and the teams witl :
scrapers are driven from the freshly
plowed ground ever the hopper intc
which the contents of the scraper arc
diimpcd.lt takes BIX scrapper loads to fil
the hopper "and then the driver call
out hopper" and down it drops int <
the car , just filling it , and onejinoro
of the 000,000 yards is out , each team
making from forty-fivo to sixty cars
per day. In this cut they have to go
twenty feet down still , besides widen
ing it twenty to thirty-eight foe
all through. A short distance froii
: hn mouth of the cut is the til'
through a culvert in which
PONCA CUEEK
flows. This culvert was built will
twenty-two inch tile to drain a milo
equare of territory , and is already
doubled down and practically ruined
by the pressure. The saino state of
affairs exist at another culvert further
on , where a big twelve foot ditch is
being dug to carry elf the surplus
water. The engineer who was re
sponsible for these and other bad
breaks has long since resigned - by re
quest. The valley of Ponca crock is
a beautiful ouo , and the company anticipate
ticipato grading about the hills and
following the meandering of the creek
and running a track to Rocky Point ,
on the river about four miles away ,
where there is a fine gravel bank from
where they will draw from to ballast
their track , the largo amount of
"wasto" or surplus earth from the
cuts being moro than sufficient to
make this ,
EXTIEA KAILUOAD.
Beyond Ponca creek Is Norton cut ,
which was all done by scraper work ,
being Mr. Vincent's first piece of
work on the line , and beyond this is
a bridge 200 feet long and very high ,
the fill at the south end being 20 foot.
A short distance beyond is the end f
this division , whore piles have boon
driven for a bridge 384 feet long , the
fill at the south end being 20 i feet
deep. Hero the dirt from the no th
end of the big cut is dumped from tlio
trains , as that from the south end is
dumped below the camp. West of
this to the end of the three miles , is
divided into two sections like the first ,
the apex of the second cut being the
dividing point. John Hardy is fore
man of the north end , and Morris
Casey of the south half. Hero wo
mot Mr. J. 0. Murphy , the "walking
boss , " who has charge of the quartette
3f foremen and oversees the work on
tHB ENTIRE LINE.
Ho is next to Mr. Vincent in
uithority , and is ono of the best rail
road men , nt his work , in the coun
try. Mr. Vincent says ho would not
part with him for his weight in gold ,
rhoro are the same embankments ,
litchos and wet lands on this end of the
road seen on the first and a short bridge
ocross betoro reaching the cut , which ,
is stated , is shorter and shallower
: han the first. Hero is another
mnp , with boarding houses , tents arid
( tables , while there are scattering
.ents und ranches all along the lino.
SVork is progressing finely in this cut ,
.ho clay being stiller , and gunpowder
jlusts being necessary to loosen the
; arth from the sides. This is the
icono of the accident which happened
'rom u caving bank lust winter , and is
Use in sight of the Griffin farm ,
vhero the small pox broke out in the
attorpart of the cold season , and
DEMORALIZED THE WO11K
'or a while. A fill 2,700 foot long
wrings the line to the bridge dividing
ho tnrtion of the cut-off described ,
'rom the Force sub-contract , the last
lump being the deepest on the line ,
i.8 ] feet , und the south end of the
Bridge being just 17,500 foot from the
iDUtli switch , where it leaves the main
ino , the canter of tlm bridge dividing
he Vincent and Force territory.
\nother camp is found hero und from
i delicious spring nour by u moat ro-
rushing drink cun be hud.
An inquiry of Mr. Vincent us to
lie probable date of tlio completion of
lis work und the opening of the cut-
ill' brought the answer , "Well , wo
vill do well if wo get through
I1V NOVEMBER FIHHT.
The widening will take extra timo.
it has certainly boon a big undertak-
ng , und thu work haa boon pushed
nth great energy by Mr. Vincent
ind Ins assistants , who ono and all
lesorvo great credit. Mr. Vincent
ia been in this work for 35 years ,
.nd ho can't discounted . by any
mo , as the many important jobs ho
liis completed in the west , in Mill-
ipsota , Iowa and Dakota , and now in
Nebraska , will testify , A walk back
ivoa the line , a rousing good dinner
nth Mr. Vincent and his excellent
nfo , and the reporter left for the
"loronco depot , pretty thoroughly im-
iroesed with the magnitude of the
irork whoso result * ho has tried to
ivoto the roadorsof THE BEE that they
nay know what a big work is going
in at their very doors.
Train Wrecked.
lational Associated Trow.
BEIIKOUD , Ind. , Juno 10. The pas-
onger train on the Louisville , Now
llbany & Chicago road was wrecked
tear hero last evening. Engineer
'onnony was killed and twenty porous
ous injured ,
STEAL-CLAD KNIGHTS ,
Tlio Mail Road Agents of Bygone
Days Oonfldont of Victory ,
Their Ill-Gottou Grxino Prove $ .9
Eileotutil in Woohington
no in Nebraska , u
And the Trial Will
'
Throuqh Summer Daye ,
Ending in a Faroe.
The Tariff and Utah Oommie
oionora Boleoted and Sent ,
to the Benato. \ .
The Widshr InTORtigation Tarn *
Oat a Dooliloillr Dry Aflatr.
The Bank Charter Bill Consldorod In
the Sonata The Harbor Bill
in the .IIouso.
CAPITAL NOTES.
THE BTAH IlOUTCnS ,
National Associated Progs.
WASHINGTON' , D. 0 , , Juno 10.
The star routes proceedings consisted
of a contest of the accuracy of maps
of the routes offered by the govern
ment , and offering the ovidcnbo of
money paid for service not performed ,
The greater part of the afternoon
was occupied in submitting docu
ment ? . From the ill feeling between
the opposing counsel , which frequent
ly developed , it is estimated the trial
will continue all summer , and the
general opinion is the jury will never
usjreu on u verdict.
VK.UT.D.
The postofilco department U draped
and will bo closed to-morrow in re
spect to the memory of ox-Govoruor
iJtinnison , of Ohio.
TUB W1IIHKY KINO.
Before the Windom committee to
day Harrison , managing editor of The
Critic , refused to give the iiamu of the
writer of the interview alleging cer
tain journalists were in the pay ot thn
whisky ring. W. H. HobArt , treas
urer of the Western association , and
Jacobs , treasurer of the Kentucky
association , both denied the use of any
money by distillers to influence lega
tion.
nnilQUANTH.
During the month of May 141,035
immigrants arrived in the United
States , making a total for the eleven
months of 085,034 against 503,157 for
the sumo period last year.
TUB WHISKY JJILT , .
Treasury officials say the failure of
the whisky bond extension bill will
not compel the withdrawal of moro
than ono million gallons this year , but
an immense amount next.
NOMINATIONS ' * *
of members ot the tariff commission in
place of Wheeler and PJiolps , declined
clinod : A. R. Hotelier , of West Vir
ginia , and William H. McMahoii , of
Now York.
To bo members of the board of rog
istration and elections in Utah : Alex
Ramsey , of Minnesota ; Algernon S.
Paddock , of Nebraska ; General God
frey , of Iowa ; Ambrose B. S. Carleton -
ton , of Indiana , and James R. Potti-
Dtrew , of Arkansas.
CONGRESS.
National Aegoaiatad Press.
SENATE rnOOKEDI.NaS.
WASHINGTON , D. 0. , .luno 1C.
Iho bill regulutint : the mode of presi
dential elections was referred to the ju
diciary committee.
The anti-bollum southern mail
: laims were debated during the morn
ing hour and wont over.
The bank charter bill was taken up.
I'lio first seven sections of the bill was
igreod to substantially as reported , by
\ vote of 35 to 21. Ddbato ensued on
the 8th section und pending motions
to strike out portions of the section
ind the whole section , n motion wus
iiado to go into executive session and
: arried.
When the deere were opened at C:25 :
) . in. the uonato adjpurned until Mon *
lay ,
IIOUtJK I'ltOCKKIHNdH.
The consideration of the river and
inrbor bill was resumed by paragraphs
n committee of the whole. A num-
> er of amendments were offered and
, -oted down. The section of the bill
rvhtch states that such portion of the
mm appropriated for the Ohio rivo-
w is necessary for Iho improvement
) f the Davis island dams and Indiana
: huto wiw stricken out and the whole
lum , § 350,000 , is left to the direction
> f the onginucra.
A long discussion ensued on thn
motion of the bill providing for the
soiidomnation of land for reservoirs
it the headwaters of the Mississippi
iver , pending which the
ese and the house adjourned
Tbo Head Tax
National Associated I'tuti ,
'
NKW YOIIK , Juno 10 , The board
if emigration commisaionera to-day
irdered Gastlo Garden to bo closed
iftcr Saturday next to ull emigrants
unded except by any other steamship
: ompaiiy than the French line , which
ilono agrees to pay 50 cents per head.
Fires.
National Auociatod l'rc H.
New HAVEN , Conn. , Juno 16.
I'ho car trimming works wont do-
itroycd by h'ro will' a loss .of $5,000.
, Mass , , Juno 10. The
, upholatoriiiK and furntshiug
ihop of the Osgood lintdluy 'car com-
iny , with four cars , was destroyed by
ire. Loss , § 30,000.
Rut on
S'atlniml Atwoclated I'uta.
Onic'AOo , .luno 10 , An important
igruoment utl'ectiiiL the public us wull
is railroad companies bus been roach-
: d by tho. several managers of all
southwestern railroads , by which pas.
itongcr rates over the routes bo'.weon
Chicago and St. Louis and Mi'sour
river points shall bo advanced on Juno
linth. The no\v schedule is as follows
Chicago to Kansas City , 812.00 ; Chicago
cage to St. IJ-MM.I , S7-f > 0 ; St. Ixntls to
Kansas City , 57.Cl ? ) : outstanding un
limited tickcUJjald in blockao \ pocu-
latora dining tncf Dftsaongor war are to
bo good over any line which is patty
to the ngrccmon * irrespective of issue.
This settles n mutter which has been
pending over a your.
Ibo Mnlloy Trial.
National Associated l'r < * s.
NKJV 1L VKN , Juno 1C. Tlio Mai.
ley trial was nupuriiod till Tuesday.
Turor Turmnn's daughter is dead.
Obltnnry.
National Apoclntod 1'ress.
Uiu.sTor. , Pn. , Juno 1C. Charles I.
Grodell , cashier of the Farmer's Na
tional bank , died ( his morning , ngod
77.
The Labor Trouble * .
National Associated 1'rc-M.
PirrHiiniio , Juno 1C. The labor
situatioti is unchanged , Reports that
mills are starting with non-union
tiands are denied. Everything is
ready for the labor demonstration to
moriow.
National AiuaclatoJ Pirns.
Auiuo.UEno.ur : , Juno li. ( Miller
Varborry was hanged for the murder
if five men , ono of whom , Charles
limpboll , was a stranger to
lim. Ho killed thorn just for fun.
PlNCKNEYVlLtE , 111 , JuilO 10.
Jamea Vaughn was hanged this after-
loon for the murder of William Watt ? ,
narshal of Tamorara , in August , 1881.
Bane Bnll.
iatlonil AmocJMud I'rou.
WoncKSTius , aiasB. , Juno 10.Wor -
cestors , 3 ; Buffalos , 4.
Wroolt.
National Associated I'toM.
ST. JOHN , N. B , Juno 10. During
heavy thunderstorm this morning at
Lunmond , Kings county , two houses
tyero alruck by lightning and do-
troyed , and Reuben Broiv.i , a farmer ,
ailed. Ho loavoa five children.
Two hundred and fifty passengers ,
vho were passongorfl on board the
wicked steamer Canadian , passed
through Iioro en route to Boston.
Texan Doiugi.
National Associated 1'rcjw.
DALLAS , Tex. , Juno 10. A San
Antonio special says that on Wcdnes
day evening Col. Holland , supnrin
tendont of Flower's ranche , was mur-
dorcd by two Mexican hordcru in
Flower's employ. They split his
head with an axe and otherwise mutilated -
atod the body , pillaged the premises ,
atolo two horses and escaped.
A report is just received of a wind
slwin in the locality of the railroad
camp on Pecos river last night. Many
sitloons , restaurants and several hun
dred tents were blown down. Ono
man was killed and throe others in
jtifd. Damage , $1,000.
1
The Iron Strike.
National Associated 1'roes.
PmsnuHG , June 10. In two mills
a sufficient number of men to run the
mills agree to go to work at the old
price. Ono mill will resume next
week , and the others as soon as
enough orders have boon received to
justify resuming. The condition of
the iron trade can bo inferred from
the fact that to-day a representative
of an English firm sold 100 tons of
icon to a broker at 3jc , when the card
rates hero are -t i-10j.
AS20O.OOO DWELUNG.
Rosa K. Wlnixns to Build a Houeo In
Baltimore That Will Rival Mr. Van-
dot bllt'a.
Baltimore Da ;
The proverbially lavish taste of Mr.
Ross R. Win ana has again been dis
played in a HOT building which is in
courjo of erection on the cast side of
Paul street , between Diddle and John
streets. The structure is intended as
i private residence , to bo occupied by
Mr. Winans and his family , and it is
md to bo the lineat private house
south of Now York. From tlio plans
fid specifications of the building , the
idea of a palnco rather than an Amer
ican dwelling is convoyed , Tlio struo-
iuro so fur has only boon completed to
ht > roof , and is as yet in the rough ,
jut when iiiiished its magnificence
ivill rival anything which has yet
j on built in Baltimore. Tlio
( it upon which the houeo stands is
l ! > 5 feet front by Iii2i deep. The
louse itself is CO foot front by 75 feet
leop , and is to bo five stories high ,
vitli sloping Mansard roof. Thu style
a French renaissance , and thn oxter-
or , . when coinjilottulrill resemble
, 'ory closely an old Belgian or French
ihateau , around which fancy seldom
'ails to cluster clinging and historical
ineociationB , What remains of thu
ot after the building has taken up its
luqtu will be transformed by the
{ ardoner into u htiautiful garden ,
ivhic , } ! is to cost $10,000. Around
iho yard and building Mr. Winans
lias ordered a brick inclosurs ton foot
jiigh and fourteen inches thick , which
is to moot at the northern and south
ern corners of the house.
The most striking features in the
irchitcctural appearance of the house
ire two towers , one at the front and
tho' other at thu roar , They reach
mly a ? far as the cornice , und remind
mo of the pictures of Konilworth
Jistlo , At the side of each of the
towers rise four circular chimneys ,
.nilquo in design and nnulo of pressed
red < brick , with jot black cumont , all
jonibinod in ono , The material of
which the house is built is pressed
briok'nml Lung Meadow brownstone ,
ind the blending of colors is rich and
perfect. Building operations vvoro
begun this sprint ; , und the house will
bo' finished about November , Mr.
Winans is at present at Newport , but
ia the winscr will inovo from his llol-
linV&lroot mansion and occupy the
roaiflcnco on St. Paul street.
-
Riusla Bahu tins genuine
merit * , ai all whoute it will testify , 1'rlco
' Try it.
GATHERING OF BIG GUNS.
Tlio flaval Strength of European
Powers Displayed in Egyp
tian Waters ,
A tnrffe Number of Euglish
TroopB Embarked for
Alexttndrin. .
The Flight of Forolanom Continue
Front All Town * .
Dlsmarck Kicks tuo HolchettiR tnu
the Middle of November.
AFKAI1L * ) IN EOYiT.
LONDON , Juno IS. The Portu iiai
boon notified that if ho refuses to con
sent to a conference the powers wll.
hold OIIQ anyhow , olsownoro than
Constantinople , with or without hi
presence.
The Alexandria custom house Iiai
been reopened.
The channel squadron is going t
Malta , where a largo number of troopi
will bo embarked , and the eipmdroi
will then proceed to Egypt.
The increased objection to a con
f eronco shown by the Turkish ollicials
is caused by fear that the result of the
conference will limit the sultan's an
thority in Egypt.
In the housa of comuiona this nf
: ornpon , Gladstone , in answer to in
quirioa , eaid ho boliovcd the sultar
still had the sovereignty of Egyptt
and other powers had oonourro'i in
thin opinion.
OAIIIO , . > uno 10. Four thousand
persons loft this city to-day for Alex
Aiidria.
ALKXANDIMA , Juno 10 ; The khedive -
dive has BUinmouod llaghob and
Ahmod Kashcd Pashas to form o-niin-
atry. They will probably refuse ,
It is calculated that 15,000 persons
lave already loft Alexandria , and the
city , owing to-susponaion of businsss ,
s full of destitution.
Eye witnesses state that all persons
who took refuge in the police stations
durina the riots woru massacred.
CONSTANTINOPI.I : , Juno 10. Ik is
reported the porto will recall Dervish
Pusha , and send Ahmed Muktab
Pasha to succeed htm.
BEHLIN , June 10. Germany will
send two inoro war vessels to Alexan
dria , if it is doomed necessary to preserve
servo the peace and protect German
residents in Egypt. Reichstag haa
been prorogued to November 18th.
PAUIH , Juno 1C General Docissey
Dix is in this city to-day.
LONDON , Juno 1C. The American
corvettes Portsmouth and Saratoga
have loft Spithoad to cruise on * iba
French and Spanish coasts.
Duownod.
KktlonM Awodatod t roan.
GuiLKOiii ) , Ind. , 10. Thn racont
ttorui , thfi third this yw r-owept the
hpuso of Michael Power and ho and
his family were drowned.
Foiaonod by Ball Button
National Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA , Juno 1(1. ( Analyti
cal Export Oresson reported to the
board of health that thn substance
which poisoned Mrs. Margaret Shol-
len und two daunhtors on Sunday wa
artificial butter compounded fromani'
inal fats rancid with strong acid , molt
ing at OA ° F. , containing bad salfa. The
victims urn still in a critical condition.
Small Pox.
S'atlonal Associated Press.
DAVENI-OIIT , IOWB , Juno 1C. Six-
: con cases of small pox have developed
lore in the past four days. The ilia-
: nee is spreading as the hob weather
: ontinuos.
CHICAGO , Juno 10. For the first
; imo in a year not a single case of
iinull pox was reported during the
> ast twenty-four hours.
A nusonlJy Coumiunity.
National Associated 1'roso.
SCOTLAND , D. T. , Juno 1C.- Alfred
[ Jrown , the notoriou agricultural im-
jloniont swindler , who defrauded
tacino parties out of over $25,000 ,
MB boon arrustod hero but his friends
ofuso to permit the United States
narshal to lake him out of the torri-
ordjduclaringtho marshal will bo mur-
lured if ho nttumpts it.
Tlio Hoosier Capital ,
latlonal Associated 1'ri'W
iNiiiANAi'Ous , Ind. , Juno 10.
loncr.il George If. Chapman , a well
: nown lawyer of this city , died this
ivening. lie was a prominent cavalry
ifliner in the Army of the Potoinuc ,
, ml since the war has been receiver
if two imjwrtant railways in this
tato. lie has been in bad health
0:110 timo.
Mrs. George Wallace , 00 years of
.go , v.-ho residua in the eouthorn part
if the city , was drowned hito this
ivoning by fallinu into her own col-
ar , which was filled with water by
lie recent ovuilhw.
Patrick O'Briwi wus found thin eve-
ling in White river , BOIDO distance be-
ow the city. Ilia body v. s recovered
rom among these who were drowned
Honduy at the union depot by falling
nto Payno'a run , There tuo two
) there still missing.
Inilicntions.
Motional Atwocmuu ITcwi.
WASHINGTON , D. 0. , Juno 17. For
ho upper Miseiuippi mm Missouri
. .ilh'yd , in the houtliern portions ,
partly cloudy weather and rain ,
A-arm Bouthurly to westerly winds ,
fulling followed by rising barometer.
Tcvriilo Hail Storxa.
S'ntlonal Asoccln ted I'ictr ,
DuiiUQui : , Iowa , Juno 10. A tor-
ride lnul storm prevailed hero to-day.
IJuil utoiica as largo ua oranges ant
woiaint ; from a half to ono pouiu
full. The damage to property amount *
, o $5,000 Several persons were in
jurod. Win , Graham received a scalj
wound ,
F. 0 , FESTNER
& SON ,
Book
Binders
-AND
BLANK BOOK
MANUFACTURES.
Cor,12tliiFaruainSt
, ,
OM-AHA , . NEB.
Magazines of rall kinds
BOUND' TO ORDER.
Send for REDUCED
price-list of Job Print-
ing. _
J. T.
. . FESTNER ,
Importer of , and Dealer in
Zithers
,
Zither Strings
* uaiu ,
1121 FarnamSt , Omahal
CHE. o vans.
PVTK-dlCD .1CMK3&TI1 , 1878.
CAUTION !
Cheap and poor quality gloves are *
being extensively advertised as "Fos
ter" Lacing Gloves , "Foster" Hook
Gloves , etc. , etc. , in a manner calcu
lated to make it appear to purchasers ,
that they are the genuine
To prevent deception of this clmrao-
or , purchasers of laced gloves are in-
brined that all genuine "Foster"
3Iovos are made from the bust quality
if real kid , and stamped with a fac
imilo of the manufacturer's signature , ,
hus :
FHOMASMSEELL&00lSoloAgts.
314 BROADWAY , N. Y.
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mil mm. BOOK STOVE ,
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Q mnloBly Vapor
( w > l : Stuvq
tlint tiaa uouq
tlin iimt or
vii i uliro and
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Pnlontiinovnl len dlnlor I nnirftililwtJij
Oi-IIU'f , i-rii.1 1 1 . - outlilt' - ' ! lmlf ir".t-IU
liln NVirOun V' ' l - Mnrin-r nil C J owr
Stuv J . . * rtulf ly IC i-i- > lr.
Tr Kiunmer usu tlicso Stovw an ) Indispensable
Tin eo .celebrated Slot tu I .lealo by I ) . A , 1' cicy
Omahk Ntili.
MCCARTHY & BUBKE ,
General Undertakers ,
218 JL ti'je 3EC 83 M ?
But Faruaiu aiid Douglas.
Metallic , Wood and Cloth Covered
GASKETS , COFFINS , ROBES ,
SHROUDS , OIIAPB , Ac. ,
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