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    THE DAILY BEE : MONDAY DECEMBER 4
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1'ouTiOAT banking won't yield very
heavy returns on the capital invested
at Lincoln this winter.
STKPH. DOIISKV is finally convinced
that President Arthur has no sympa
thy for him in hit star route illliolion.
the Canadian weather
prophet , has outdone Vennor with his
predictions of dreadful Btormn. Wig-
gino ia a dreadful natno.
WHAT congress will do fills a col
umn In the St. Paul Pioneer Preti ,
What congress will not do would fill
several pages of the largoat noirspapor
In America.
A RKPORT from Now York states
that the iron work of the Brooklyn
bridge is to bo painted. The alder *
mon arc evidently dotermlnod to cover
np the steal.
AUADI BUY has boon oontoncod to
death and the sentence commuted to
perpetual oxilo. Arabl was a patriot
who didn't succeed , and patriots
who dou't succeed very often lese
their heads.
Ex SENATOR OII&PFBE , ot Colorado ,
has a very bad opinion of Senator
Hill , of the same sUto. According to
Mr. Ohaffoe , Mr. Hill is a man with
moro money than brains. Meantime
Mr. Hill remains in the oenato , while
Mr. GhnfToo , with all hi a brains and
money , can't got back into hia old scat.
THE Women SufTrago association of
w'Nebraskn will hold a convention at
' "Kearney on tho'7th'and 8th of Do-
comber. Wo recommend as an appro-
pii&to subject for discussion the fol
lowing item : 'Tho Utah commission ,
ylnu&i report to congress , will urge the
sibolition of female suffrage. Were it
iot for woman suffrage the Gentiles
would soon outvote the Mormons. "
A'resolution denouncing the commis
sion would seem to bo about the thing
1 under the circumstances.
' 0. E. YoHTiaud Fred Nyp have pur
'j chased the Omaha Re-iniUkan. This
looks an though the Union Pacific road
was goini ; out of the nowapapor busi
ness. York Timet.
Only to the extent of dropping one
editor from the pay roll. The subsidy ,
amounting to from $5,000 to $10,000
n month in job work , continues.
Without that railroad paatronago , the
concern would go into bankruptcy
within six months. The Union Pacific
has not gone out of the nowspapoi
business and politics in Omaha an ;
moro than the Burlington & Missour
will drop politico and go back on the
Lincoln Journal at the capital.
THE last session of the Forty
Hoypnth congress begins to-day. The
session expires by limitation of lav
on the 4th of March. There is mud
work to bo done oven moro to b
undono. The first business will b
the passage of the appropriation bill
which have boon in process of preparation
ation by thocommlttoo of way
and moans for two week
past. Next will como th
Important question of th
reduction of taxatloon whio
the people have demanded S3 loudly
If the republican party Is wlso It wll
talk little and devote itself to hart
work. Its programme should ba tn
three IVa , reduction , relrnnohmon
and reform.
THE telegraph announces the deat
of the Arshbishop of Canterbury , oble
primate of England , which took piao
Sunday in London. Archbishop 0mp
boll Twit was born at Edinburgh , Soot
land , Dioimibor 22 , 1811 , was udu
catod at Billol college , Oxford , an
became a public examiner in that in
atitution. Ho first rose to promlaoao
during the Traoharlan controversy an
attracted marked attention aon
of the opponents of Dr , Patey , II
took orders in the church of England
and from 1812 to 1850 was hca
matter of the Rujjby school yrhou h
accepted the deanery cf Carlisle. I
1850 he became bishop of Louder
and in 1808 succeeded Dr , Longley o
archbishop of Oauterbuiy , Dr. Ta
was ar r lorgetlo church worker , an
In 18b.'l originated the eucccstfi
scheme /ir raUlug 1,000,000 pound
for providing Increased church at
commodatious In Londou. H
death leaves a vacancy in th
most valuable see In Great Britain.
UBT THEM DE WARE.
A prominent official of the B. & M.
railroad boasts that the coming legis
lature will bo on sale. Ho assorts that
10 has in hia possession a letter from
a republican member of the legisla
ture , who claims to bo an anti-monop
olist , which requests transportation
or hlmsolf and thirteen from ono of
ho South riatto- counties to Lincoln
and Onnha. Ho intimates that anti-
monopolists will bo just as eager for
all road favors as those who train with
ho monopolies. This is simply boast-
ng that the railroads expect to bribe
he next legislature with passes and
thor favors. A largo majority of that
iody haa been elected or pledges to
bolish this aystom. The people of
lie state tax themselves and pay mile-
go to every member for going to and
oming from the state capital. If any
f them are compelled to go back and
orward moro than once and are too
mor to pay their way their constitu *
nts will gladly make it up , Passes
ondorod to members of the legislature
who have no other moans of ex-
hanging commodities with the rail *
oads than votes are bribes , and they
ro given with the design of paving
10 way to further bribery. The man
who will accept a gift for which ho can
make no return except dishonor is un
worthy of any public trust.
The people will have their eye on
ext legislature , and the conduct of
very man will bo scanned from the
utsot , There is no doubt that some
men have raado pledges which they do
ot intend to fulfill , but thny will
over bo able to violate them without
isgraco , Let the members of the
oming legislature beware how they
lormit themselves to bo tampered
with. The agents , strikers and pass
istrlbntors of the corporations are
Iroady at work , The railroad man
gers have a favorlto way ot holding
loir pass records as a club over the
loads of the mon that accept these BO-
ailed favors or bribes. They always
ry to procure a written request or
ocolpt , which is carefully filed away
nd at the very first chance they use
10 weapon to kill off the man that
efuies to do their bidding dares to
pposo their political favorites , or at-
omptn to curb their greed.
THE PULPIT AND MR. INGER-
BOLL.
A nnmbor of local clergymen have
> con interviewed as to the causes
f Bob luqoraoU'a popularity. The
oasons they assign can bo reduced to
irco : curiosity , dosiru to listen to
loquonco and wit , and a uinfulucsa
vhich nooks some escape from the
onscquencos of guilt other than that
Oforod by orthodoxy. It is a little
ngular that no ono has suggested
iat a largo measure of Col. Ingorsoll'fl
opularity might arise from the fact
hat many , of the intelligent and
linking publio are dissatisfied with
10 ohariatee of the pulpit it self
tot with the moral to&chinps
f religion , but with the nar-
ow and cramped and preju
diced interpretations of truth
which are doled out to paw holders
Sunday after Sunday in our pulpits.
When the teacher Is intellectually bo-
ow the average of hi ) hearers , vhon
ho exposition of theory takes the
ilaco of preaching whoso object is to
nduco practice , .when stale , trite end
slovenly methods of expressing
nought on the moat important of nub-
oots usurps a clear , practical and in-
ipiritiug teaching , the waning influ
ence of clericalism is not to bo won
dered at , and the curiosity to
ijtori to BO well an advertised man
as Ingoraoll ought to be
no cause for surprise. Ool. Ingorsoll
liimsolf attributes his BUOCOEB in at'
trading audiences , to the fact thai
others are thinking what ho dares tc
assort. In a limited uonao this is BO.
The tendency of thought for over s
century has boon towards the assertion
tion of the idea that religion ia eon
duct , not oposulatlon , and that no bo <
llof which docs not go out Into action
has any oflloaoy either In Improving
the morals of the holder or In amul
ioracing the condition of society
Of the thousands who listen to tin
mingled sarcasm aiid wit , combinec
ofteu withshallow logic joined to burn
ing eloquence which peers from thi
lips of the brilliant orator , a vcrj
small proportion accept his conolu
slims in their entirety. They ma ]
laugh heartily at his denunciations o
the bigotry , intolerance and Intolloo
tual stagnation of the pulpit ; they d <
not necessarily give in their adhestoi
to the lecturer's arguments that th
pulpit should bo abolished or tha
good living and good clothes ought ti
bo the chief end of life. They ma ;
applaud his biting satire dlrootei
against tha incrustations with whicl
dogma has surrounded great morn
truths , but they do not deny thos
great truths themselves , And whil
with Mr , Ingorsoll they shako the !
aides In mocking criticism of wha
men have said about the conduct o
life , which after all is the one grea
aim of all religions , they utter IK
anathemas against those central idea !
which the best men in all ages hare
agreed upon as at oiico vital to the
preservation of the highest typi
of humanity and civilization. It Ii
something moro than more curiosity
that draws together nightly thousand ;
of men to listen to Mr. Ingorsoll. I
must bo that ho meets some want h
his hearers' minds , or reflects
though in nn exaggerated degree ,
opinions which they themselves
entertain. If the pulpit ia
losing its grip on the masses it Is bo-
otuso of the inefficiency of these who
occupy It , and the intolerance of mon
who Doom dotermlnod to force from
the rank of the clergy every man who
dares to clothe his thoughts in a garb
of originality or to array his Interpre
tations of truth in the language of
ndopondont thought. The fault does
not entirely lie with the people that
Dol. Ingorsoll attracts 2000 persons
every night that ho cares to lecture ,
and vulgar curiosity is a shallow ex
planation of the success of the arch in *
idol.
THE BASIS Or ASSESSMENT.
The statistics regarding railroad
assessment and valuation in Nebraska
published by TUB BBC are attracting
wide spread attention throughout the
state. They furnish a foundation for
deliberate and well considered action
on the part of the legislature which is
soon to moot. If they provo anything ,
.hoy show beyond question of a
doubt that the corporations traversing
our state and piying dividends from
the exorbitant tariff * which thoy.lovy
on our people have succeeded for
rears in evading their just share of
ho burden of taxation. There can
> o no doubt of the ovila complained
of. What the coming legislature
must look for is a remedy which will
moot the emergency and put a atop to
the abuse.
There may bo throe methods used
o ascertain the value of property :
Wo may first enquire what it cost ;
again , what it will sell for , and ,
inally , what sum it will afford a roa-
aonablo return upon , according to the
usual profits or Income of the prop
erty , If a city lot was purchased last
spring for $10,000 , and if property
las not depreciated , It can safely bo
valued at that sum. If an offer of
ho same amount was refused for it
oat wcok , it would bo equally safe to
1st it at that price. Or , if the lease-
lold is valued at $1,000 per annum ,
no property holder could complain if
it was considered worth ten timoa that
figure. Either of thcso three meth
ods are safe guides in ascertaining the
ctual value of the railroads. All
hroo combined afford a secure and
ortaln basis of valuation.
In the table published by THE BEE
aat wouk the cost , market value ,
nd income value of all the railroads
n Nebraska woso carefully compiled.
The showing taken from any of these
tandpointa is a startling ono. With
permanent investment of capital
which yields anet , return of $ G,4G8 49
ler annum the Union Pacific ia valued
or taxation at only $11,358 , while it.
is claimed to have cost , and will to
day , with a mortgage of $45,000 per
mile , Boll for at least seven times that
amount. The actual value of t to road
then is nearly $130,000 per mile , The
real value of a 'piooo of property is
what it will sell for unlncumbered. If
t ia mortgaged and sells for a given
amount then its real value is that
amount and the mortgage added.
The B , & M. railroad proper
s assessed $10,559 upon prop
erty which yields a net annual Income
free of taxes and expenses of management
mont , of $3,741.94 , while the whole
0 , , B. & Q. system in this state ia
valued for assessment at a little more
than 10 per cent , of Ita cost value.
The time has como when the people
of Nebraska demand a thorough over
hauling of their accounts with the
railroads whom they support and pro
tect , They Insist that they shall bear
their share of the expense of conduct
ing the atato government either by
taxation levied upon their coat value ,
their market value including their
franchises , or upon their net income.
The present levy is based upon noth
ing but the whining and expostula
tions of the railroad managers , which
ovcry year succeeds in inducing the
board of equalization to shift the taxes
from wealthy corporations upon the
shoulders of the already overtaxed
producers of this state.
hundred people as
sembled in the Coliseum theatre in
Cincinnati on Thursday to witness the
shooting of an apple from a woman's
head. A fault In the rifle , a slip in
the hammer , a premature phot , and a
young actress lying dead ou the stage ,
ia the rest of a pitiful tragedy whose
details have been spread by the tele *
graph and are now almost forgotten
iti the busy hurry of life , It Is a
serious question at just what poln
the law ought to draw the line in
thcso affairs. So long aa multitudes
will flock to aoo auoh performances
there will be found persons to take
the risks which they involve. It ia
the consciousness of actual peri
that is the chief attraction in
theao spectacular sensations. Break
nook adventures on ropes and wires ,
balloon asoonstona guaranteed to bo
extra hazardous , and target practice
that endangers innocent lives will al
ways bo popular so long as permitted.
The shocking tragedy on Douglas
street last June would never have oc
curred if the law against such an ex
hibition had boon enforced , and the
tragical business of Thanksgiving day
in Cincinnati could never have taken
place had a proper legal inspection
been exercised over blood and thunder
dramas like the ono which ended BO
pitifully , It is ono of the chief pre
vogatives of the law to protect the
lives no loss than the property of citi
zens , Every incident like the one
above mentioned bring out in stronger
relief the necessity of legislation for
bidding these dangerous and extra
iazatdous exhibitions.
DR ABBOTT , of Fremont , handles
.ho pen with as much skill as the
scalpel. With him an Nye for an
tfyo and a tooth for a tooth is the golden
den rule.
STATE JOITINQB.
Hay la only $2.CO A ton at Oakland.
David City and Ulysecs want tailors.
In the little tiwnof Billwood ten bulld
ogs were erected In the past month.
Coe Bros , are erecting n new bank build-
ng nt Hampton.
Springfield , n young town In Sbrpy. h
a newspaper the Signal.
Colfax county has A contest over the
office ot coroner , the okl ono declining to
turn over to I ho newlj elected officer.
There In hardly a county in the state
.hat hasn't got one or inure vacancies In
U ccrpi of teacher * .
The Table Hock lyceum la "A disreput
able mob , " acfonllng to the local papen.
* ? A niw Imnk his been estnbllshe-i nt Cen
tral City by .T , O , Holden and a couple of
other citlasns.
The York pjblio schools have an enroll * |
raent ol 600 pupils.
The not/ Episcopal church Rt Blair Is re
ceiving tha ( foULing touches *
Tha Tekanuh Presbyterians cleared $90
at their recent festival.
The Blair ncliools are so crowded the
) OArd ban leased part of the county court
louse for school purpose * .
Thi wife of the eloping Pepperkorn got
i decree of divorce by detault In the Wash *
ngtqn connty court lait week.
The grand jury nt Blair Indicted Kmil
Poppcrkorn for rape and his attorney tiled
a plea in abatement on the ground of ir
regularity in drawing the jury.
At a recent church festival at Fontanolle
where eighty persons sat down to oat , not
ono could he fonnd to ask a blessing.
Postofflco boxes at Hardy cost only IS
cents a qu trier.
Holt connty snake story : While Thos.
Honif , of Atkinson , was tearing down a
table he found a nest of garter snakes and
killed over COO.
Judge Weaver's resignation taken effect
upon tbe appointment of his successor.
The M. 12. church at Exeter was dedi
cated on the 2Dth.
Flatt Center has n new blacksmith shop.
Stromnburg haa a public hall called
'Lime Kiln" '
A Mnsnnlc lodge. Is to be instituted at
Table Eock.
The new P iwnee City hotel will prob
ably be opened with n Christmas dinner.
Editor Knlchoibocker , of The Pawnee
3ity Binuor , was married at Port Madi-
on , lown , on the 22d ult. tu Misa Ada
Wilson.
The Odd Fellows block nt Tabls Rock
s approaching completion.
Pawnee Citj'ii National bank h&a been
organized and will open January 1st.
Pat Shea , well known tn Pawnee City as
a * 'holy terror , " was thot and killed re
cently in Nevada.
Wllher will try to receive the Grand
Army reunion next year.
Another national bank Is a poso3bUity at
Hasting * .
Tt'rill tilci the appraisers two or three
montLs so get through with the Otoe re-
nerve lands. It Is understood values will
)0 so high that the sharks will g t left.
The North Bend creamery began work
a week ago. It can handle tba milk of 3-
000 cows.
The Swedish Lutheran people of Ne
braska have decided to build a college , and
will probably locate it at W&hoo.
A flonr mill , ran 1 > y water power , hai
been ttarted up a few mile * north of Kear
ney.
ney.The
The German Evangelical church at
Madison will be dedicated next Sunday.
Humbotdt will soon have two brick bus
iness block ? , each two stories high , and
25x09 otherwise.
Tbe Bloomington district school haa 150
pnpili.
Red Clnnd is getting to be a good market
lot Kansas farmers.
Polin , the PlatUmonth murderer , wan
found guilty and sentenced to be banged
on March 16th.
Alfred Chase waa found dead boiido his
hnggy at Alnswoith on Thanksgiving day.
It Is supposed he shot himself as he was
felting ont of his buggy.
The Grand Island fire department haa a
new hose carriage.
A young man named Henry , living near
Burnett , drank a pint and a half of whisky
one day last week and died from its effects.
He was only 18 ycara old.
Lumber is on the ground for a large
Catholic thnrch at Humphrey , Platte
county.
DUler needs a shoemaker ,
Overton will have n hotel , as soon as a
building can be repaired and altered ,
Peter Hamm and wife , Mennonltos re.
siding in Beatrice , were found dead in bed
on tha 2Gth. having been suffocated by KM
from a hard coal burner which had an tin-
perfect draft.
Pater Moodv , of Jmsha , dioappeored at
the time of the soldlars' reunion at Grand
Island , which ho attended , and has not
been heard of since. He left a family , a
blacksmith shop and n Ono budness in
Oraftba.
Frank F rver was recently killed n <
Plum Creek by a pcny that had a ttick ol
falling backward. The horn of tbo sadd'e '
penetrated the stomach , rupturing tbe
man's vitals.
Tbe Otn abas , probably the moist civil
ized ot the nborl tnee , raited several thnu <
uand buihels tf corn this year.
It Is a settled fact that a creamery wll
bo started near Tekamab In the spring. .
Creameries bring prosperty to a com
rnuulty.
" "
"A"Nfobrira calf , worth $8 , depredatec
upon a cornfield and a lawsuit ensued
which was settled by the owner of tbe cl :
paying 855 , No wonder beef U high.
Over seven thouiand dollars have been
subscribed to erect county buildings al
Auburn , if the seat of Nemaba county ii
voted there ,
0. F. Johnson , hallingfrom PJktttmontb
slept iu n Tccnmsoh boarding house on th <
night of the 25th. He went to bed prettj
full and got up about 3 o'clock nd walkec
out of a window , reclving Injuries thai
killed him.
A ICcnesaw baby was sitting In a hlgl
chair , playing with A button hook. Th <
chair tipped hackworks and in some wa ]
the hook was driven through tbo chlld'i
mouth , requiring an operation and chloro
form to remove It ,
The new Methodist church at Hdgai
wasdrdcat ( d ontheiiStb and over SJ.OOC
subscribed , being much more than wai
needed.
Joe Little was drank and disorderly al
Fieinont on Tuesday night , and w hen ar
offlorr uuJoitook hu arrest , Joe cut him
with a knife. The "cop'1 got his man , ul
the name.
Sunday nl&ht a week ago , tbe stove pix
In the Hcbuyler Methcdint church fell iu > l
as services wern about to commence. 1 ut
ting np a stove pipe is ordinarily a tedioui
job , but when it U hot the lob U A bad one
indeed , more especially If the uttht ii
handle pped in a profane tense by the re
llglous surroundings , M In this CASC.
A couple of I , W. Olive's employes go
into a shooting match , at the ranch in Cut
ter county on the 23th , with A German
farmer named Ochroyer , in which the lat
ter got thn worit of It and at Ut cconnts
con id not tlve ,
Ilobfltt Brown WAR arrested nt Central
CHr n few days ago for murder committed
In ftecnlur connty , Kansas. He had been
In NobrMkft since the crime working At
Aid * before going to Central City.
Mrs. Arthur O'Ndl , ngod 60 , was found
dead Inn cornfield near her home At Oak-
dale on the 26th She was living alone
and had betn mtised , but the people itup-
nosed she had gone to Omaha to live with
her children.
DOIWifcY'S SAVIOR-
How Oarfleld Bnvod Him from ArroBl.
Special Dispatch to ? ns CIR.
ST. Louis , December 2. An edito
rial letter in The Post-Btspatth , written -
ton from Washington by Air , Joseph
Pulitzer , referring to star route mat *
tors , nod especially to Stephen W.
Dorsey , gives some secret history of
the case- , obtained , the write ? says ,
from porfeotlyanthorntivo though con
fidential sources. When it was first
known that MnoVeaph really meant to
linvo Dorsey indicted and prosecuted ,
Dorsoy came from his sheep ranch in
Now Mexico and wont to the White
House. President Gar field told Mr
Dorsoy not to give himself nny
uneasiness about the outcome , but to
rotuan to hia ranch and fool BDTS
that he ( Qarfiald ) would ho his frlondv
But iu spite of all thia MacVeagh pro
ceeded with his rase , retained doteo-
lives and special counsel , collected' '
leitimony and drew upon the promieo
> f immunity from smaller members of
th ring , confessions of ? nilt which
roro euro to convict Dorsoy. Alarmou
) j > reports of MacVoagh's doings , Dor
soy returned in the spring of 1881 to
the east. While in Now York Mac-
Veagh actually procured a warrant for
the arrest of Dorsoy. The war-
rani was about to be issued ,
mt Dorsoy had his secret agents
everywhere. Ho hoard of tbo
move by telegraph. Ho saw his peril
and that there was only ono man who
could save him. Ho took the next
.rain to Washington , arrived there
late at night , wont from the depot to
ho white house , appealed to Qarfiold
o keep his promise and save him.
Jarfield sent for MnoVeagb and what
.hon ensued may bo inferred from the
act that the warrant for Dorsey'a ar-
oat waa never served , bat withdrawn.
Ohis history is historical nnd < known
.o ba true by Blaluo. It has never
eon published , but Is true , and Mac-
Voagh will not dare to deny it.
It'-JEAOn's AN8WHH TO DOIlflEY.
NEW YORK , December 2. Wayne
rlcVeago Bays it is not necessary to
inawor Dorsey's charge that ho vio-
aton his confidence. Dorsoy's whole
ettor was a tissue of falsehoods , ex
cept that McVeage objected to secret
examination before ho came into the
sabinot. Doraoy made him out a very
> ad man. If ho was BO , why did
) orsay entrust him with confidential
business ? Dorsey IB under indictment
and awaiting trial.
COMMENTS OF UfiURICK AND
WASOINQTON , December 2. The
5 tar publishes the following conversa
tions with Morrick and Kerr on star
outo matters i "Wo are going to
lave a trial , " said Morrick , laying pe
culiar emphasis on the last word.
iVhen asked what was to bo done next
Monday he said : "If Doraoy had
published his statement originally the
ionntry might have believed it > but
; he country will bear in mind that
Dorsey hao had a trial ; that
30 did not go on , the
itaud and swear to it shows
that the statement ii not true jlfcia too
thin , too akaurd , ' "Thoro ia another
1-oiut , " said Kerr , who waa standing
near , "that if that statement ia true ,
Dorsey committed per jury before the
investigrtlon committee. " Kerr ,
speaking of Doraoy 'a card , caid that
Dprsoy had made a very valuable con
tribution to the material of the gov
ernment in in the case. He should
go on the stand , The statement he
intimated would furnish a convenient
Fulcrum for working the lover of cross
examination.
THE OANQ GUT
Train Kobbprs Run Into a Masked
Battery.
Special Dispatch to TUB Bxx.
ST. Louis , December 2 , The Re
publican's Dallas special says : Last
night between 0 and 10 o'clock the
north bound exprers train on the Gulf ,
Golirado & Santa Fo rand stopped for
water at Blum station , 75 miles from
Dallas. The onclno waa boarded by
three heavily armed mon , who , with
levelled elx shooters commanded the
engineer to pull out and bo quick
about it , which ho did. After pro *
ceoding two or three miles the engin
eer was ordered to alow down , and a
moment or two later the locomotive
exploded a torpedo , which had been
pfaced on the track as a signal to half
a dozen confederates who emerged
from the brush. The explosion of the
torpedo not only had the effect of con
veying notice to the concealed in the
woods , but aroused the attention of the
guard in the express car , who , seeing
several mon apprcachtrg the train ,
promptly opened flro on them , hearing
which the mon on the engine jumped
to the ground and ran to their com
panions , who wora being vigorously
and rapidly fired upon b/ the guard.
The fire was returned by the assailing
parly , and some seventy-five shots
exchanged. Meantime the engineer ,
being free , and realizing that an
attempt waa being made to rob the
train , pulled thn throttle wide open
and the train sped away , leaving the
would < bo robbers dlscomlitted and
alone. Officers of the road have been
expecting an attack for a week and
had prepared for it. No ono on the
train was injured , but it is believed
several robbers were hit.
Baby's Appeal-
' What makes I cry and folks say Is
naughty ? "
OauEe stomach ache , and tout in my
monffy ;
Cause too , can't sleep , and worms bites to
belly ;
"Fever , " za say , feel like I was jelly ,
Guess your babies brles , Dick and Vic
toria ,
When mamma's gone , and don't have CAS-
TOlilA.
"You're right , they fairly yell , " There
Uncle Oy ;
Gousln Frank have OABTOBIA. ha don't cry
"WINE OF OARDUI mtlKes Tiny
v -k wud cleir
ntvr ATTA-
COFFEE AND SPICE IVilLLS.
Boasters and Grinders of Coffees and Spices. Manufacturers of
IMPERIAL BAKING POWDER I
Clark's Double Extracts of
BLUEING , INKS , ETC.
n. O. OLARK A CO. , Proprietors ,
1403 Douglas Stroct , Omaha , Neb
3E53E3. ,
HARDWA
HOff and 1110 Haruey ( t. , OMAHA , NEB.
McMAHON , ABERT & CO , ,
Druggists ,
135 * DOUGLAS STREET , OM/fcHA / , NEB ,
L , C. HITNTINOTON & SOK ,
DEALERS-IN
HIDES , FURS , WOOL. PELTS & TALLOW
204-North Sixteenth St. , - - OMAHA , NEB.
1005 Farnam , St. , Omaha.
M , Heliman < fc Go.
WHOLESALE
CLOTHIERS
iiiiii iK M iitA * H < H V H HH s Rir m i r
ISO ! and 1303 Farnam St. Cor. . 13th
OMAHA , NEB.
HIMEBAUGEL MEEEIAM & CO , ,
Proprietors , Wholesale Dealers in
H
Mills Supplied.-Wift Ohoico Varieties of M21iug Moat , VS
Western Trad * { Supplied with TJ&la end Com at Lowest Quotations , with
prnmpt'shlpments. Write for prices. 9 *
PLAINING MILL
MANUFACTURERS 03 ?
Carpenter'.s Materialsj
ALSO
SASH , DOORS , BUNDS , STAIRS , |
Stair Railings , Balusters , Window !
and Door Frames , Etc. )
Piret-clnss tacilitlee for tha Manufacture of all Ulndea ot Mouldings , Painting audt
matching a Specialty , Orders fruin tbo pountry will be promptly executed. "
addresaallcommunlcatlonato - A. MOYEU , Proprietor T
ESTABLISHED IN 1808.
D. H. McDANELD & CO. ,
HIDES , TALLOW , GREASE , PELTS
"
204 North 16th St. , Masonic Block. Main House , 40 , 48 and 52 Dear-
boru avenue , Chicago. Uefer by permission to Hide and
leather National iia.iik , Chicago ,