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George G. Sickles , the father of Gen.
! Daniel E. Sickles , and of the bride in a
! recent marriage which caused talk , was
auod in the court of common plena yes
terday for a doctor's bill of § 0,000. The
Buit was brought by Dr. Jamea H. Spann
who testified that ho had been in almost
constant attendance on the defendant for
two months ; that ho had performed a
dangerous operation and that ho consid
ered his services \yorth the amount
claimed by him. This was corroborated
to Bomo extent by Dr. Oarnochau and
two other physicians.
On the part of the defence Prof Koyos
testified to having been consult
ing surgeon in the case. Hio bill , ho
oaid , was $700 , which , ho aaid was paid
promptly. Mr. Sickles then testified.
Being somewhat deaf hia counsel had to
about the questions loudly , and Mr ,
Sickles ahoutod quite as loudly in res
ponse. Mr. Sickle aaid that Dr. Spann
attended him dimply as a nurse ; the
doctor wolud sometimes corao into hia
room in the morning and ask how ho
was ; would sometimes assist in carrying
him on a bed from ono room to another
and Romotimes at night would come in
with a key , look at him and say nothing.
"Have you over hod much experience
with doctors ? " ho was asKcd.
"No , " ho replied , with an air of dis
gust , "except within the past three
yoara. I avoided them as much as pos
sible. "
"You are a lawyer ? " asked the counsel ,
cautiously.
"Yes , and a doctor , too , " replied Mr.
Sickles , with another oxplusion of
wrath. "When thirty doctors gave
"
up-
up"I object , " aald the opposing counsel ,
and Mr. Sickles' ' Interesting reminiscence
was cut short.
"Do you bollovo this bill to bo jaat
am1 reasonable ? "
"I believed it to bo neither reasonable
nor just , " putting enough emphasis on
his worda to make up for the previous
disappointment.
"Did you swear when a bill for $3,000
was presented to you in thla case ? " asked
the lawyer , mildly.
"lam not much in the habit of swear
ing , " retorted Mr. Sickles in a low voice.
"Do you over awoar ? " continued the
lawyer , thinking it a good lead.
"Sometimes very hard , " roared Mr.
Sickles with ntartling suddonnosa. The
audience laughed. Then the sago of
Naccau street hobbled from the witness
chair to the aide of hia wife , and , throw
ing his arm around her , seemed satisfied
with his performance.
The jury gave a verdict in favor of the
phintiJY for § 3,253.
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ArriviiiR at _ lliwllna ftt 4 o'clock on a
frosty morning in September , writes a
correspondent trom Wyoming Territory
in the Oincinnatti Commercial-Gazette ,
wo proceeded to the Grand Palace hotel
for rest nnd refreshment before continu
ing our journey. Unfortunately for us ,
not expecting the arrival of gucsta at this
time of day or night , wo reached the
building just after the bar-koopor had
expelled the last of Ins fragrant custom
ers and closed for the night.
Not being up in the vernacular of the
country , wo did not succeed in gaining
admittance at onco. While looking
around In despair , 1 caught sight of n
whiskey barrel surmounted by what
seemed to my aleopy oycs n half filled
nioal-sack. "Catting my anchor to the
windward" of this , thinking to find there
a resting place for % my weary bones , 1
was suddenly confronted , to my dismay ,
by the cold , glistening muzzle of a Colt
revolver , accompanied by n volco in nasal
tones :
"Wai , stranger , when you acar up n
grizzly , take my advice and gio 'im ' n wldo
berth , and when yor fall foul of a Wyo
ming cow-rancher you'd better count
auddon. I'vo got the drop on yor. " I
anaworod :
"You bet your sweet life , stranger ,
I'm no kid , " which reply in his own
lingo , ao far mollified him that ho ofiorod
mo a sent beside him and a chaw from
hia "Joomosllivor. "
I responded to those civilities with n
flask of mountain dow , which so warmed
the cockles of his heart that wo soon fell
into amicable convorsation-
"Whar d'yor come from ? When d'ye
git in ? Uomo to aottlo ? " tilted up the
tlaak again. "Wnl , I rockun yur'd bet
tor Bottle. Yur the right aort ; you ain't
like them two young tendorfuts from
yur parts , wuz hero comin' on three
weeks. They wuz the ornoroat crlttura
over I see. Why , stranger , ono couldn't
ride a broncho with a fnt on the ground ,
and 'tothor wol , ho wuz a regular down
right masher with hia Galway slugs and
apocs on his nose ; ho wur n sight to suo.
Wai , nothing would natisfy thoao hero
kids but they must hov a grizzly , BO they
tackled mo ono morning , 'if there wuz
any grizzlies in those hero parts'a-look-
in' out to westward , as if they snllTod 'un
in the air. 'Wai , I aaya , aaya I , I rock'n ;
I'vo aoed a putty considerable of the
grizzly bar in my timo. If thorn thur
chaps who writes about all sorts o' var
mint hod aood as much o' the grizzly as I
hov , they mout a gin a hul book con-
sarnin' the crittur. If I hod a plug o'
bacca fur every qrlzzly I'vv rubbed
out , it ud keep my jawa waggln' fur a
good twcl-month , I rock'n. Ye ca ,
atrangor , I hov done aorro bar killiu , ' I
hov. "
Ho pauaod a moment for refreshment ,
and then , with a "Wai , stranger , as I
wuz a sayinY'ho forthwith commenced
the following thrilling tale about my two
fellow-citizens , in his own peculiar lan
guage , which 1 shall not attempt to retail -
tail :
After a long day'a hunting , during
which they had tried their luck success
ively , but unsuccessfully , with a number
of the sago-hen , antelope , jackass rabbit ,
coyote , anipo , and sand-hill crane , in
which this threat country with its wonderful
erful growth of aago brush abounds , the
three friends came upon a pretty valley
nestling among the mountains , and boast
ing of a stream of running water and a
drove of quacking asp and cottonwood
trees. Hero they made their camp and
built their fire , , and sitting around tried
to forgot the pangs of hunger in the
beauty of the scene and the consumption
of a scant repast of dried apples and hard
tack. Drowsiness at last came to their
assistance ; so , selecting the branches of a
large , quaking asp for their canopy , they
stretched themselves out upon the
ground within a few foot of each other
in "a dry camp , " and
were soon dreaming of all the
Buppers they had had , little thinking of
the breakfast they were about to furnish.
Long John , us they dubbed the tall
stranger , was the first ono roused. Some
thing cold and clammy touched hia fore
head , and pressing upon his hot skin
awoke him at once. Was it a snake
that had touched him ? No I it waa a boar
and , horror of horrors , a grizzly its hot
breath fanning hia check , and its villain'
ous eyes glaring upon him. Hia cry of
dismay roused the camp at once , and
oven startled the boar. The old veteran
taking in the horrors of the situation , in
stantly , roao to the occasion , and waa up
the trco in the twinkling of an oyo.
Long John , with the heroic presence of
mind , dropped hia gun and made fora
lower branch , while Hal , having lost hia
glassoB in the excitement , wont groping
around , exclaiming :
"Show mo a tree , Bomobody , quick. "
Not a moment was to bo lost. Long
John lowered hia legs before the dimmed
vision of liia companion they were
grasped convulsively and Hal was lifted
beyond the reach of the of the infuriated
anitnal , who , deprived of her meal , took
np her position aa sentry under the tree
growling furiously as she marched
around , and making vicious snaps at the
missing glasses which , the guard peing
entangled with the creature's mighty
claws , wore being dragged over the grass
greatly adding to the angufah of ono of
the captives.
"Troed , by jingo , " said .Long [ John.
"What'a to bo done ? "
"Stay { whar yor and wait a bit , " on-
sworod the veteran.
"Well , I'll bo darned if I atay hero
long , " answered Lrng John , aa the boar
reared up on ita hind legs , and made a
dlvo at hia foot , dangling from the
branch eo.
An hour then passed in sad silence ,
but brought no relief , The three mon
were atiil perched on the tree , and the
ono boar was waiting patiently bolew.
The sun rose gloriously from behind the
distant peaks , dispelling the valley mists
and opening up a beautiful day , It
might ho their last. This thought over
came them. Mustering all hia strength a
Long John made a bold leap for freedom
hia rifle but hla enemy waa too quick
for him , and ho was obliged to scramble 1
ignominously up the tree without the
much needed weapon. "J reckon I
wouldn't try that again , " remarked the I
veteran , Bontontiouuly. And then a long
depressing Hilonco followed , broken only
by _ the "yinn-yum" of the boar or the
cried of the oago hens in the distance ,
The hours dragged slowly on and hopu
began to giyo way to dispalr. They
were Buffering Pgnnioa from their con.
strained position , aa they sat straddling
the boughs. They were poriahiui ; with
hunger and choking ith thirat , but all
this wati slight compared to their mental
torments , aa their awful poeitiou began
to dawn upon them and a certain and
fearful death stared them in tha face.
At last , with that quiet courage which
despair nlono can give , John nail ) : "Wo
must make another attempt , Hal , it's
your turn this timo. "
"I can't BOO , John , without my glasses , "
returned JIal , with equal calmness , "you
will have to fry. " The veteran , lulled
into uiveot sleep , by the soothing influ.
once of his flask and A sense of security
in the top porch , turned a deaf oar to
their passionate appeal , to John prepared
for a last and desperate fight for life.
Urging his frlund to remain silent , a
most unnecessary precaution , ho slipped
from the trco unperceived by his foe , and
crept stealthily toward his rillo. Taking
deliberate aim , ho missed the boar , who ,
growling with rngo , roared up and prepared -
pared to aush madly upon the bravo boy.
John raised the butt end of his rillo and
waited for the attack , which never came ,
for Hal , overcome at last by fatigue ,
had chosen this opportune moment to
fall from the tree only a few foot from
the combatants. The boar paused , uncertain -
certain which to attack first , a fatal indl-
clsion. At that moment a sharp report
of a rillo rang through the air and the In
furiated monster rolled pu the grDitnd , n
Two
figures advanced from the bushes , whom
the grateful boys at ouoo recognized as
their friends , nnd Boon , before a cheerful
fire , under the renovating Influences of a
steak cut from tholr quondom foe , their
sull'ijrings were forgotten , while Long
John and Hal tnlkod over the danger
and excitement of an encounter with a
grizzly.
1 told this tale to my friends at the
ranch ono evening , as wo were sitting
with our pipes after a hard day's riding ,
Having listened to their wonderful yarns
of ranch life , wild hunts , etc. , I was
seized with the doslro to toll something
too. Before my Btory was concluded 1
noticed two figures stoalqulotly away into
the darkness , nud the shouts that arose
Trhon their nbsonco waa discovered , con1
viuced mo that I had made a hit.
_
THE KING OF CUAUS.
Tlio Immense Cronturo Tlmt the Jap-
nuOBO Serve Up lor n Family
Dinner.
rhilodclphtft Times.
A reporter who happened into the
museum of natural history in Now York
the other day ran across a naturalist
who waa examining n curious object.
"That's ' a crab , " said ho , lifting an on-
ormoua something that might have
served aa n shell for n largo-sized turtle
and ono of the largoat known. "This ia
only the top shell J the legs were unfortu
nately lost , and if you ore astonished nt
thia you will probably think that I am
drawing on my imagication when I Bay
that the crab when nlivo waa twenty-two
foot across. "
The aholl was n curious object rough ,
corrugated , of a light yellow hue , and
about two feet across. The eyo-stalks
were two inches in height , and between
them extended upward a long , sharp
spine that would have boon a formidable
weapon if the giant waa disposed to use
it.
"If you could BOO ono of those follows
alive , " continued the naturalist , "and
under the circumstances thnt I did , you
wouldn't ' forgot it. I caught this follow
myself. They nro found In Japan , and
known ast rock or spider crabs , The
shell of tho'largo ones attains n length of
about two foot , and resembles n moss
covered rock. From It branch the logs ,
that are truly enormous , and , aa I have
said , thia ono when crawling along with
its claws expanded , would stretch from
the tip of ono to another nt least twenty-
two foot.
"I had hoard of thoao plants , but I had
no idea that they attained that enormous
size. But when I arrived in Japan I soon
hoard from the natiyo fishermen the
moat remarkable stories and soon found
a man who said ho could take mo to a spot
where they could bo caught. Wo started
one afternoon in ono of the small native
boats , and skirted the bay for seven or
night miles , finally arriving at the month
of a small river. Hero wo wont ashore ,
and tbo Japanese soon rigged up a tent of
rush , in which wo were to pass the night ,
au it waa only after dark that the Boa
spiders could bo soon. It was dusk when
wo reached the spot , and for three mortal
hours wo sat there speechless watching
the shore. The tide waa on the ebb , and
finally the fisherman grasped mo sudden
ly by the arm and pointed down the shore
a way , and there 1 soon made put a curi
ous , lumbering object making ita way up
out of the water , The moon was rising
and at every move the creature glistened
and sparkled na if it drenched with
molten silver. On it came until finally
I could make out the outline of a gigantic
crab that was undertaking the uncrab
like operation of leaving the water and
taking to dry land. I waited until the
animal stopped and showed signs that it
would go no higher , and then rushed
put , making for the [ water BO as to head
it off , I had provided myself with n
largo stick , and soon found that 1 should
have to use it , as the moment the huge
creature saw us it started for the water ,
crawling [ along aidowlao at a no moan
rate of speed.
"I placed myself in front of it , but on
the creature came , holding aloft ita two
claws , each of which was ton foot long ,
and by the time it reached mo I stopped
asldo , and was rather in a quiuidry , aa I
wanted to secure it entire. The Jap waa
talking and yelling something that I
could not understand , and suddenly
grasped ono of th big claws. Seeing
his game I grabbed the other , and hold
on us well QS wo could , and , would you
believe , tlio strength of the animal waa
such that wo could not stand at ill. Wo
pulled in oppoaito directions , however ,
and in this way lifted the animal from
ground ; but while wo were holding on.
the crab by a quick movement , throw cfl
Ita largo clawe , aa you bavo probably
aeon small onoa do , and over wo wont
headlonu into the mud , each holding a
ciaw , while the crab took a froah start
for the watnr. Wo dropped the claws
and soon had it , and a native rope soon
had it powerless , although its struggles
to escape and the strength displayed
wura marvelous that ia , In a crab. I
found that thu craba came upon the
ahoro overnight and wandered
about to food it ia presumed ,
on the muddy flats , liotoro morning wo
caught another and amullor ono that had
aproad of about ton foot. Wo have
king craba hero , but these follows were
tno kings of the crab familyauro enough.
took it to Japan and shipped it to Now
York in two boxes , but , unfortunately
tbo ono containing the claws waa lostand
have only the shell to toll the Btory.
There , ore , however , several good speci
mens In tfils country Harvard college
ha * a fair specimen , but not ns largo us
the ono I have mentioned. What nrn
they good for ? Well , in Japan they are
oaten just aa wo oat crabs hero , The
great claws are the only really valuable
parts , and ono crab will produce meat
enough to supply a wliolo family. Tlmn ,
again , the shell ia broken up nnd amdu
into a curious medicine taken by thu na
tives , and , curiouslv enough , they alee
make u medicine out of a fostil crab that
tiny got in the back country.
"Though thin crab is the largest , it it
not as powerful as the fainomi palm-tree
crab of the inlands south of Japan and In
thu Indian archipelago. The crab ] ia
called the birgoa and Ida relative of thu
hermit crab , only it has no shell , the
abdomen being extremely hard and ef
fectively taking the phco of the ( dull
that is worn by others of that kind.
The blrgos ii notn water crab , living on.
tiroly upon land nnd going down to ( ho
son once n day , it is awl , for the purpose
of moistening Its gills , They nro generally -
ally found in the near proximity to palm
trees , upon the fruit of which they live ,
nnd i their burrows nro generally placed at
the I foot of the trees. Togivoyou nnidonof
the I amount oi cocoanuta that the creat
ures cat , the Malay natives came about
twlco nycnr nnd dug tip tholr holes to got
the I cocoamit husks thnt the crnbs took in
to I make tholr nests of. Hundreds of
pounds | ivoro thus obtained nnd made
into I mats , beds , nndmany othernrticlcaof
household 1 use Inappoaranoo thobrlgos
wns extremely repulsive. They were ns
big 1 ns n man's bond , if it wns n very big
man nnd ho had n very big head ; the
clnws were heivvy , short , colored rod , nnd
covered with sharp points , BO thnt when
the I clawa were struck together , ns they
were when the nnimala were enrngcd ,
there i was n loul slacking sound that
could bo hoard quite n distance. The
first 1 time thnt 1 over saw ono was nt the
Spice islands , After dinner ono day the
Gorman < consul naked mo if I didn't want
to < BOO n Splco island pig. I said yes , nnd
ho 1 led mo out back of the hotel , nnd
there < , In n wooden enclosure , were two
of the largoat of thoao crabs , eating rlco
out of n trough , actually being fattened
for f the market like hogs.
\Vo afterward had them served , nnd 1
found I deviled blrgos very good.
"Thu most'remarkable feature about
thoao t craba wns their remarkable strength.
Ono ( wna placed in nn ordinary tin crnokor
box 1 , where there wns no opportunity of
taking t hold ; but the next morning the
box 1 wna found completely punctured
with little holes , actually bitten through
by 1 the sharp biting claws of the crnbnnd
in another contmod in the same way , the
top of the box wni fairly twiatod oil' .
Having so much muscular force , natives
naturally approach them with some cau
tion in attempting their capture. I wns
informed that on ono occasion n party
wont out to n place somewhat famous for
thorn , and , arriving nt night , wont into
camp with the expectation of trying the
crabs the next day. But , during the
night , the party wna nwnkonod by the
moat terrific screams , and , rushing into
the wood near at hand with rushlights ,
they found ono of the natives swinging
partly from n huge loaf of a cocoanutnnd
screaming na If ho wna being hanged. For
aomo momenta they could not make out
what the trouble waa , but finally I wna
nuro that the man was in the grasp of nu
onormoua birgos. The natwo had at
tempted to climb n pnlm tree , but had
boon seized almost immcdiatoly by n crab ,
who happened to bo clinging to the
branch. Naturally the crab held on , nnd
had almost Bulled the hair out of the
runn's head before ho waa readied : So in
thia caao the crab had turned the tables
and captured ono sf ita would-bo cap-
torn.
torn."Tho
"Tho intelligence shown by those
craba ia remarkable. They climb the
palms , bite of n nut and allow it to drop ,
and thus break it open , nnd if they find
n nut on the ground they have boon
known to tnko it to the top of n tree and
then hurl it to the ground. Others , nnd
generally the largo ones , have boon oh-
served to boat it npainat a rock nnd so
break the shell. They invariably com
mence to tear nway the husk nt the end
npon which is situated the two holes.
When thia ia done with the great claw
they hammer the holes until an opening
ia made and then the body la twisted
around and ono of the small hind logs
that will just fit ia introduced , the meat
taken out bit by bit and then the shell
broken. Thn crab is certainly n lowly
creature , but it is remarkably intelligent
in aomo ways , nnd also cunning. If you
have over tried to catch a wild lobator
yju are aware how mauy wiles they have
to effect their escape and to elude 4 heir
prey. Some years ago the question was
raised in London whether crabs re
mained in the aamo lacality year after
year , and finally it was resolved to teat
the question. So about a thousand
crabs were caught and marked in various
wayu and taken n distance of twenty
miles and pat overboard , nnd in much
losa than a v.ook hundreds of thoao
marked craba were caught on their own
grounds , allowing that homo , awoot
homo , was a reality to crabs ns much ns
any other animal , and undoubtedly nil
that were caught returned in the same
way. "
IOWA ITEMS ,
Water woika are being built at Rod
Oak.
Oak.Thoro
There were 300 deaths In Davenport
for the year ending October 1 , The popu
lation of Davenport ia placed nt 21,000.
The town of Spencer will bale nnd ship
10,000 tons of hay this season.
G. W. Thompson , after a separation of
eleven years , has resumed the editorship
of the Dunlap Reporter.
Burlington provides a shoot iron iloor
to rest the bonea of law-bronkora , A
trial ia sufficient.
Mrn. Andrew Byorly , nn elderly lady ,
dropped dead in Anomoaa last Friday
while carrying aomo cabbage from n wag
on to the houao. It ia aupposod her
death waa caueod by rupture of the heart.
Sarah Cox has filed a petition in the
circuit court of Lee county for divorce
from Goo. Cox. The couple were mar
ried in Lee county thirty-throe yoara ago ,
and nine children have boon born to
them , all of whom are living , and BIX of
whom are past tholr majority.
Christ church , Burlington , will bo
dedicated Thanksgiving day.
Sneak thieves In Bnrlington find busi
ness BO unprofitable that they recently
stole a contribution box from u hospital ,
Peter Thompson , a car repairer in the
0 , B , & Q. yards , waa killed by being
run over by a nwitch engine last J'riday.
The morning waa very foggy , and the en
gineer did not uco him crosaing the track
until it was too late to stop the engine.
An Unknown
I'hiladolphla Call.
Political striker "You are Mrs.
Lockvrood , the candidate for president ,
nin't you ? "
Mra. Lock wood "I have that hon
or. "
"Wcll | I ain't working for nobody In
particular thia campaign , and I just
thought I'd call around and atriko you
for u fiver. "
"Striko mo ! Oh , dear ! you would not
atriko tno , would you ? "
"Only for n fivur. "
"What on earth ia a fiver ? "
"You know a divvy , a little boodle
'om up wit the boya , you know , to
make 'em solid.1'
"What in creation are you talking
about. J thought boya were pretty solid
any how. I'm euro they're ua solid as
Kir ] * . "
"Oh , no , mum , they nin't solid nt all ,
Thuy'ro nil split up. That's why 1 war.t
to But 'urn up , "
"Oh , hoirors ? How did it happen ?
Run right around to the hospital for on
ambulance while I got seine bandages I
ready , Huiry quick ? " 1
Ho loft in a claza , [
THE CHEAPEST PLAOfl ifl UMAHA TO BUY
Ono of the Boat and largest Stocks injtue Unifcod States
to uoloct from.
WO STAIRS TO DUMB ,
ELEGANT PASSENGER 'ELEVATOB ,
THAT IS THE NAME OF THE TOWN WHERE
FOR ALL ARE FOUND I
Where- They Can Enjoy Pure Air & Waterl
fij
And nil o the good nuu pleurmut things thnfctgo to mnlco up n coa-
ploto nud linppy existence.
The town , of South Omaha it t minted south of the city 'of Omaha
on the line of the U. P. Railway , nnd it is leas than 2i milea from the
Ouiuha post office to the north Hue c i the town site.
South Ouinhn is nearly H miles north and south by 2i east nud
wesbi nud covers nn nron of nearly four square miles ,
The stock ynrds are at the extreme southern limit
Nearly 150 lots have boon sold And the demand is on the increase
The yards are being rapidly pushed to completion.
The $00,000 beef packing house is progressing finely.
The $80,000 Water Works are finished nnd furnish an abundant
supply of
PURE SPRING WATER.
The B. & M. nnd Bolt Line Railways have a largo force of men at
work nud will , in connection with the U. P. Railway , have a union depot1
near the park at the north end of the town. Suitable grounds will be
furnished for Church and School purposes.
Now is the time to buy lots in this growiugcity. [ They will nevoi
bo cheaper than they nro to-day.
E29 Apply at the Company's ollice , at the Union Stocks Yards.
Assistant Secretary ,
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AND-
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World for the Last Fifty Years. 3 And
An examination of these magnificent Pianos is politely requesteJ
before purchasing any other instrument.
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or od at Homo. Write for "Tm ! MKBIOAI-MIHSIONAKY , " for the People.
Consultation and Correspondence Qratla. I' . 0. Box B92. Telephone No , 20 ,
HON. EDWARD RUSSELL , Postmaster , Davenport , nays : " Physician of
ileu Ability nnd Marked Succc-ea. " CONGRESSMAN MURPHY , Davenport ,
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