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TBE DAILY BEE- FRIDAY DECEiMBftR i2 BURN'S BAD BREAK , An Assault Committei by Bii Dpn Wiliarfl Tor BounlltiR hot tie Coombs , the hi the Burglary CAB en , The numerous alleged attempts to got the woman , Lottie Combs , the state's witness in the McClelland Forbes burg lary case , out of the way waa supplement ed yesterday afternoon by an assault npod Willard , the proprietor of the res tanrnnt where aho has been stopping. Yesterday afternoon Frank Burns , the man who waa nrroatod for complicity In thcao numerous burglaries of late , and who was afterward discharged by the court as no proof was ndduccd ngalnat him , indulged to excess in the copper * distilled , llo wont down to the restaur ant on the corner of Twelfth and Dodge ut about . ' { p. m , nnd told.Willard what ho must do if ho wished to continuo In bnsiuons. Among the several duties Imposed on him' by Burns was the dis charge of Mrs , Combs from hla place. Upon Wlllard'a refusal to comply with his terms Burns became boisterous nnd made throats tD take thia lifo. llo shortly afterward left bat came back in n few momenta with a rovolvor. lie atrain renewed > nowod his demands but mooting with no bettor success , whipped out his revolver and proceeded to execute his previous threat. Willard cooing hla peril imme diately clinched Burns , whoso revolver in the struggle had pressed past his an tagonist's head. The drunken man attempted - tempted to shnot In thia position , but his revolver missed firo. Upon bin re- leaao Burns ran oufc of the room , but shortly came back it third timo. Ho again attempted to create a disturbance , but was ejected from the promises by "Willard. Burns started across thu alrcot , and Willard wishing to call the police , iirod oil his pistol over Burns' head. Thia called Officer Whalen to the spot , who arrested the intruder and placed him In the city jail , where the charge of intoxication was act oppoaito his name. Willard later went before the police magistrate and caused a peace warrant to bo sworn out ngtvlnat him. It is said the charge of intoxication will bo dis missed ngainat him nnd ho will bo tried upon the coinpl&int of Willard. Should he bo found guilty of the oflonao charged against him by Willard It is extremely probable ho will furnish a good bond or languish iu prison for some timo. It was also stated upon good authority last night that a complaint for obstruct ing the duo administration of justice- had been filed egainat him , hla ofl'enso being the threatening of the lives of witnesses. It waa further said that a similar com plaint would bo filed by the marnhal ngainst "Sandy" Forbes and Low Foley for their alleged attempts to get awny with the female witness. Lottie Combs , who livea in constant fear , thinks aho la not receiving the protection duo her from the city. She anid last night if she was not paid more attention by the officials oho would leave the city to return no more. Acting upon advice given her abe last night chang d her residence from Twelfth and Dodge to a place on South Tenth street. "OMAHA LIGHT GUAEDS , " A Company OrRanl/.cd to Protect Citizens and. Property in emergencies. The military company of Omaha whicl has boon in process of organization foi aovoral months past mot last night adopted constitution and by-laws anc elected Ita permanent officers , to The following report submitted las ovouing to the company by a special com mlttoo appointed at a previous mootiuj fally sots forth the objects and alms o the company : "Tho Omaha Licht Guards will not oul ; bo a source of protection , bat will also bi able to rcndor valuable services in tin event of a largo fire , or In instance ; where the police force or fire dopartm n may provo insufficient , and thereby save much personal property that would otherwise orwise bo lost or stolon. The company yill bo always ready tt net 33 escoit to distinguished visitors and take part in ether public demonstrations , It will bo an organization of which pui citi/.ons may well feel proud , and ini number of wayo it will bo nn advertise nient for our city. Many cities of lose population than ours can boast of ono 01 moro military companies who have prov en themselves beneficial in times of need. Exhibition drills and ether entertain montp will bo given from time to timo. " It is the Intention of the company tc bold itself under the ? direction of the mayor , nnd to obey his command at all times ulion its services are required. It will bo expected to dp guard duty ant render euch other services as may bo ro quired. The young mf u making up this com pany have nlrctuly received much encouragement agomont nnd aid from the loading busl ness men of Omaha , who look upon nucl an organization ns n public necessity The company haa already decided upot a uniform , which will bo of the mllltarj etylo , and its members will also have al tbo arms nnd accoutrements of the reg ularly enlisted soldier. A hall will b ( rented tu a central location , where tin company will moot weekly ft.r drill. Thi membership of this company has booi limited to fifty. It already has twont ; niombors , and will soon bo filled. Thi organization should moot with the heart ; support of thn good citizens of Oinnha aa the company will bo composed o thoroughly reliable men. The following nro the oflicors : Captain E. G. Crap. First Lieutenant M. P. O'Brien. Second Lieutenant n. J. Wells. Secretary A. A. Scott. Trcaauior V. P. Mumolman. Army Ordurn , Captain Jesse M. Lee , Oth infantry , i detailed as a member of the board of ol Jicors ordered to convene at Fort D. A Jlussoll. Wyo. , by paragraph 4 , apoeia orders No , 81 , current serioa from thea hoadquoilore. Captain G eorgo M , Downey , 21st Ii : fautry , ia relieved from duty with th board of officer * convened nt Fort D. A , , Russell. Wyo , , in paragraph 4 , apech j I ordera No , 81 , current series from thes L \ headquarters. I \ Firat Llout. Hufns F. Brown , Fourt 1 linfantry , will proceed to the Santee an ' .Fhndroao. Indian Agency , Neb , , an complete Ktho inspection of annuity gooda to bo delivered to the Indians of that agency , On notification by the Indian agent of the exact time that ho will bo ro9.dy to issue the good * , Lieut. Brown will proceed to the place named and comply with the Instructions heroin given , nnd on completion thereof Trill rejoin hia proper station. GALL ! The Bank Swindle SmmlcniGiitcit by Several Others , The Adroit Thief Goes Oat of Omaha with $2,000 , Plurality , Vml Several I'rccliicts nrc Yet to uo Heard From. The successful game played on the Me- 'agues ' and Sam Burns on Wednesday y the man calling himself Fuller caused general sensation when the details were made public , for there had boon a strong ( Fort made to keep the matter quiet and , nd out of the newspapers. Since the first account was written It ransplros that the two parties named ibovo word not the only aulTcrers. A 'arnom ' street dry goods firm , ono of the argost on the city , was taken in on the : hack racket for § -100 , and as easily as was his neighbor across the street for 250. It was the same method all .round , and it is not so much a wonder hat the rnso worked aa it is that ; ho man had the nerve to go on ho did from ono to another ill the afternoon when ho waa moment- , rlly in danger of arrest , in which case ho know what the law would give him. detective , who is good authority , says hat the bogus president went out of Omaha with not loss than iJU.OOO , having , esldo the last houao named , got in his work on three others during tha day. Mr. Raymond was the firat to drop on iho fellow , and jits rxceaslvo caution alone stopped the impostor's work , which thorwiso would have ended goodness' ' : nowa whoro. All the detective talent obtainable has been atarted out to run down the fugl- ivo , but ho wili probably never bo caught. Ho is too old for that , and would borrow money of an officer if ho attempt ed to arrest him , and purauado him to nvea in ono of his lithographed chock ? it fifty per cent discount , Ho has at oaafc given Omaha'a ofliciary something o think about aa well aa affordingftlivoly ionsation for the public at largo. Ho has gene aa mysteriously us ho came and with the aamo uncertainty to others as the wind , but ho will no doubt atop at the first convenient city and do up that place aa he has done thia city. Ho has money enough , however , to laat him through the winter and may conclude to aottlo down and wait for spring to renew Ilia operations. About midnight last night an alarm fire was turned in from box 54 , Webster am Fourteenth street , calling the department oul m the double quick. The fire was extinguished before the boys arrived and no hose was laid. The causa ot the alarm was a small blaze in John .Erck's new brick block , where they were trying to dry the plastering by tno usa of a small furnnoo of some kind. The bucko brigade got in their work just in time and the damage ia trifling , A MUNIFICENT G1PI. Opening ol the Ottondorfcr Brand of the Free Public Llurary , N. Y. Herald Doc. 7. At Ko. 135 Second avenue , noai Eighth street , is an attractive appearing building of brick with terra cotta decorations. Suspended on ita outer walls yesterday wore German and American Flags , anc in the afternoon qulto a number of the distinguished residents of the neighbor hood thronged its interior. The occasion was the opening of the Ottendorfor branch of the New York Free Circulating library. The building , with the books and all the necessary ap purtenances for library work , la the gift of Mr. Ottondorfor , the proprietor and editor of the Staata-Xaitung. In the reading room the viaitora whc had for an hour previously wandered around inspecting the bookshelves and their contents assembled about half past threp o'clock. Mr. Henry E. Pollowthe president of the board of trustees , occu pied the chair. The proceedings were opened by the Gorman Liedorkranzquar tet singing "Tho Chapel. " Mr. Otton- dorfer followed in a short addrcjo and formally presented the building and its contents tu the Now York Free Circulat ing library. In the course of his remarks ho referred to the origin of a free library in that neighborhood. Ho said that a few ladles connected with Grace church had in their mission work found a great desire on the part of the children of the district for books to read. The ladles wont among their friends , and begged sufficient booka to form the nucleus of a library. Out of that apparently humble effort had grown the present require ments , and the need that there was for supplying the demand. Ho also explained that the ground on which the building stood was a portion of the land purchased by the Into Mrs. Ottondorfer for a Ger man dispensary for the neighborhood. II was found that It was not necessary to appropriate all the land for that purpose , and ho had concluded that it coulc not bo put to bettor use than that of a building for a free library. Mr. Follow accepted the gift on the part of the trustees , and In the course of his speech commented upon the great want in Now York of a largo free public library similar to that in Boston ; that while the city possessed free libra rlos , where works of great value to the student and llfo-arr man could bo referred forred to , still thcro was no library of t free and public character at which the mats of the people could have their liter ary wants supplied , Mr. Carl Scburz delivered an addros on the advantages of the public library Ho was followed by Atistent Bishop Pot tor. who briefly , expressed his gratifica tion at the appearance of what he hai heard described as an "otfrprlng" of th church and parish with which ho wa once connected. Singing by the quartet brought th very interesting proceedings to a closo. The " \Vcst Bhoro IS .rnliiKH. NKW YORK , December 11. A report of th receiver * of the Weat Bhoro for the quarte ending September 30rbowg , gro&a earning $1,300,000 ; operating expenses , taxes , rents and interest on receiver ) ' debt Sl/'SO.OOO ; ne earning * , SUO , COO. TI1I3 l'I rN'-VUV COUNCIL. VNOrStS Of TUB TAHTOnAI , tETTEB FROM THE AiicHnisiiors AMI umiior * WASHINGTON , December 11. The putoral ctter of the nrchbiahops nnd bishops ol the nited State ; , composing the third plenary ouncil of Baltimore , to the clergy and laity nder their charge , is made public through 10 Catholic Mirror. It is a lengthy docn- nient , but the following abstract glvoa the main points In leading matters which on- aged the attention of the council : Hcfcr- nco 1 made to the great increase of Catholic nitltutions the past eighteen yearsespecially n the west , The assomblv by 1'ius of the oneral council at the Vatican it alluded to as no of the most important events ot our ngo , md detailed accounts of Its work ntr given , 'ho Catholics in Prussia are commended or their good work in rivalling themselves very legal means to check the advances of eapotlsin and sa\o their own freedom and dat of theft country. The letter then dis cusses the following terms : "Wo think wo itvn claim to bo acquainted both with the aws , Institutions and the spirit of the Catholic church and with the laws , Instltu- ions and spirit of the country ; and we em- hatically declare that there is no antagonism vith thorn. A Catholic finds himself at homo n the United States , for the Inlltionco of his hurch Ims constant'y boon exercised in behilf f Individual rights and popular liberties ! nd a right-minded American nowhere finds limaolf more nt homo than in the Catholic hurch , for nowhere else can he breathe tha , tmosphcro of divine ttuth which nlouo cau nako us free. Wo repudiate with equal arnostncss the assertion that wo need tu lay nsido any of our devotions to ur church to be rue Americans ; nnd thq _ insinuation that wu ieod to lay asldo nny of our love for our ountry's principles nnd institutions , to be althful Catholics. To aiguo that the Catho. ic church is hottilo to our rrcat republic because she leaches hat there is no power but from ( < od : because , horoforo , back of tha events which led to the ormatiou of the republic aho sees the provi- leuco of Oed loading that issue nnd back of jur country's laws the authority of God as .heir sanction , this oudoutly is no illogical and contradictory an accusation that wo nro ihtonishcd to hcnr it advised by porsous of ) rdluary intelligence.Wo baliovo our country's leroos were instruments of the God of nations n establishing thia homo _ of freedom. To both the Almighty and to his instruments in ho work , wo look with grateful reverence ; ind to maintain the Inheritance ) of freedom which they have left us should over , which ! od forbid be imperiled our Catholic citir.ons vill be found to stand forward , as otia man , eady to pledge anew their lives , thiir for- unos and their sacred honor. No less illogical votild ba the notion that there is aught in the rue spirit of republican institutions Uicompat- bio with perfect docility to tha Church of Shrlflt. " The attempt ti grasp the iroperty of the propaganda u severely londenmod and our _ government warmly .hanked for the action that eaved the Ameri can college from confiscation , A considerable > orton ! of the lottpr is devoted to the dlecus- .ion . cf the education of the clerpy and their lastorol lights. The subject of Christian edu- . : atioa U treated nt r/reat length , Tlio letter lays that the palpable fact tint cinnnt ba ig- lorod ia that the inlluenco of the schools of- en outweighs the homo and the church. "To shut religion out of the schools and keep it or the homo and the church is oglcally to train UP a generation .hat will consider religion good enough for the lome and the church , but not for the practi cal huaiuess of real lifo. " Continuing , the let- .ersays . : "We must multiply our schools un- , il every Catholic child in the laud shall have within ita reach the means of education. There Is much to bo done era thia ia obtniucd. There are still thousands of Catholic children n the United States deprived of the benefit of the Catholic echool. Pastors nnd priests should not rest till this defect ba remedied. Xo parish is complete until it has uchooh adequate to the needs of its children. " Christian marriage and iudlseolubillly of iho mnrringa tie are treated upou and in this connection the havoc wrought by ihe divorce laws of the country is to be de plored. The importance of good reading , oa- Decially of the holy scriptures and o support- ng thoroughly the Catholic press is Impres sively declared. Kegarding the observance of ; he Lord's day tire letter says : "Far Is it from ua to advocate such Sunday laws as would hinder necessary Sunday work , or would prohibit such popular enjoyments as ore consistent with the sacrcdnesa of the day. There is cno way of profaning the Lord's day wlich ii so prolific of evil results we feel it our duty to utter against it our special condemnation. This is the practice of soiling beer or other liquor on Sunday or of frequenting places where they nro sold Wo hope the Sunday laws on this point will not bo relaxed but oven more rigidly enforced , and we implore all Catholics for the love of God nnd our country never to take part in such Sunday traffic nor to pa'joni/.o or countenance It. And wo not only direct the attention of all pastors to tlio repression of this abuse , but wo call upon them to induce nil their [ locks that be engaged in the sale of liquors to ibandnn as soon na they can tha dangerous traffic and embrace a more becoming way of raking a In ing. " The pastoral invokes the sain ? on the cause of temporrnco-aud on all a are laboring for its advancement in n true Christian spirit. " "Forbidden societies" s the _ next subject troaaed of , and while Catholics are instructed to shun bad or danger ous secret Bocictiop ; they are consulted to take mrt in good and useful Catholic associations , always romcmberinc , however , that the surest guldo ia the church of Christ , The letter closes with an appeal f.r n cqumoua co operation of tbo Catholic people in the work if foreign missions nnd misuions among the Indians and negroes , I'lirlfilun NOWN , I'AIIIS , Doembe.i 11. The senate began tha discussion of Tonquin ] credits. The Duo De Jroi'lia took n londiug part in the debnto. He aid the government should bo held rcsponsi ) Io for increasing the graUty of the situatun ) otween Franco nud Ciina He declared that ho members of the right would refuse to vote or credits. Ia his opinion the pursuance of he colonial policy could only bo permitted to itatos which have tmrplus forces , I'AKls , December 11. Jules Bus- ton , Lepage painter , U dead , GOUMAN'S DINNKK IXNATOII 0011MAK DINKS WITH TIIK HUMNKHS MEN Of lUl.TIMOUK SCO IHSTJNOUIHIIKl ) OUKSTH I'ltKSENT. lUi.TiMonc , December 11 , Seldom has > uch n representative gathering of public men icen seen as that which met in tha l''oqier ' Academy of Miuaic in this city to-night at a dinner given by the business men of thia city o Senator Gorman. About ' 'CO subscribers md idvlted gueita were present , nmonf the attor being Senators Bayard , Jones , We- L'horson , Jonas , Hampton , Lamar , Pondle- , on , Groome , Vmt and Camden ; Governor McLnnoof Maryland , Representative Cox and fast Commauder Gornuge and Franklin Ii. jowan. Senator ( iorniau , supported on either side by Stephen S. Lee. chairman , and .Mayor JjBtrobe. On the ttage and hidden by lull poling and fers was the inaiino band , When iftcr dinner thegalhiiea were thrown open to the ladles and their escorts , the scene WBS very inspiriting , Mrs. Gorman occupied a front teat in the south gallery , and un her ar rival was presented with a inacntfict'nt basket of iloweri ) , The first toast , "Tha chairman of tha national democratic executive committee , a leader to whoso thorough and skilful , organ ization we are happily indebted for tha bril liant victory of last November , " Gorman responded , aaymg that his labors would have te'n wholly unavailing except for thotupport nod active aid of thu chairman and mtmbor * of the national democratic committee , ' 'Their labors und mine , " ho continued , ' would have produced no good iesulti < , unless our common eUorti hnd been sustained by the ( Iliclent of ( tate , county and local cnnimUslonetii in the debatable Htatoa of Xw York , Indiana , Con > necticut and New Jersey. Theee commlsslop. era , in their turn , would have been un.iblo to achieve the \Ictory without the powerful ltd of the democratic and independent press. The support of the multitude of men of alloDinlous d those atatej. All those efforts would per- aps , in time , have proved Ineffectual , except or the wUdom and discretion ehowu by the Umocratic and indepenont press and by all ( mpathuing with ua in known deiuocrrtic ertea. Any act of imprudence or folly com mitted In those tate would hate endangered tha chance of tuccea in debatabl yUtoa.H\Vo m y well contemplate onct other upn the reoult , The administration ol Grover Cleveland will fullfil the just eipscta. lions ol all who supported him. Ho ha * no mod to make now pledge * . Ho can safely rest upou the assurance gnrn ih his letter ac cepting the nomiuatlon for president. Hii c induct ns governor of the st'te of New York Is n sufficient guarantee of his promises to bo observed. Wo may bo assured that under hit administration the country will be eoverfd with wisdom nnd prudence nud with the Binglo mirposo of promoting the welfare of the whole people of the I'nltod States. " WASHINGTON NOTES. AtLKOKl ) inRSat'LAUlTIKS. WASHINGTON , December 11. J. J. Barker was uxntnlned to-day by the sub-committee of the nxpendlUros department of justice , relative - tivo to the alleged irregularities In the ollico of Iho fin t comptroller of the treasury. Ho reiterated the story told n few days ago , nnd admitted that In ono cose ho hnd called par ticular attention to , In which alleged over charges were made. Ho did not know wheth er the chnrgei wore correct or fraudulent. "Havo you evidence thnt the government wns robbed 1" ntkcd Mllllkon. "I nave not , " wns tno reply. Further examination of the wit ness was postponed until to-moirow. The members of the committee say thnt If the tes timony of Barker is of the < nmo character as that given to-day the Investigation will close to-morrow. Tha sub committee of the llonso committee of the elections , havintr cbarco of the contested electlrn caw of McLain vs Broadhoad , will report to the full committee in favor of Broadhoad , WASHINGTON , December 11. The message Bout by the president to the senate with the Spanish treaty to-day , briefly nlludos to the lengthy negotiations of which the proposed treaty is the result , He says n perusal of the convention now submitted will suflico to show how fully It c-irrles out the policy of inter course outlined in his late message to con gress , nud ho commends It with the codlidont expectation that it will receive the sanction of the senate , CONT1IIMATION3. J , F. Jvlnnoy , Nebraska , Indian agent , Ynnkton agency ; K. A , Clifford , Illinois , deputy sixth auditor of the treasury. Post masters Paul Solby , Springfield , Illinois ; John Ar Coolo , Hildsboro , Illinois ; 11. J. Jentty , Delevan , Illinois ; IS. S. Foster , Au- lubon , Iowa ; C. 11. , Fanklin , Kockford , In- ; i. A. Marine , Vinton , Iowa ; J. M. Kider , Wilton Junction , Iowa ; Goo , M. Chambarlin , Vnupoca , Wisconsin. 'I'ho president has signified that ho will comply with the request made yesterday to start the machinery m the e\positou on the Oth init. by olectricyj. Wilson introduced in the senate to-day n nil to pay ono hundred dollars bounty teach ach man below the rank of commissioned jllicer who enlisted in the United States mill- .ary service prior to July IL'nd. ISId , nnd yho was afterward mustered into the Fourth 'owa Infantry. A resolution was ndoptod to-day by the louse committee on pensions calling on the ccrotnry of the interior to report to the house ho number of contracts providing for the myment of 525 fee in the pension casea to : laim agents under the net of July 4th , 188-1. that hnd been filed in the pension office , and whether any such contracts cover claims on lie prior to the passage of the act. At the nat session an amendment to tha pension np- iropiiation bill was passed , allowing § 25 for n-otecuting the pension claims , if thu contract vns made with the pensioners nnd approval jy the commissioner , A member of the com mittee says the claim agents sent blanks far contracts throughout the country , nnd ajter securing- them filed them in the claims which lad been taken in former vows under the law miting the fee to 810. Ho estimates about 150,000 of these contracts have been filed , and ) y this says the claim agents secured several million dollars to which they are not entitled. The committee proposes to call the matter to , ho attention of congress and if necessary ask "or new legislation. The bill appropriating § 00,000,000 for pen sions was reported to tne house to-day , does not reapproproprlato any unexpended balance ; hat may bo on band at the end of the pres cnt fiscal year. It is estimated that thia bal ance will amount to about .S20.000.COO. It will be placed in the surplus fund of- the treas ury. M THE SPANISH llEOIPROOirY TUEA.TY. FOSTKK'S OPINION. Special telerram to TUB BEE. WASHINGTON , December 11 , Minister Foster , who negotiated the new reciprocity treaty with Spain , says he believes there will bo no serious difficulty attending Us confirm ation by congress. He will remain hero dur ing the session to aid no far as may bo the work of its confirmation , giving what advice and information ho may have on the subject , He siys frankly this is to en.il his diplomatic work , and that it was with this in view that bo went abroad. He does not believe that the terms of the treaty are such as to cause nny great importation of tobacco from ' Cuba or elsewhere sufficient to at all affect 'the pro duction hero. T'le sugar growers , ho admits , will oppose the treaty very vigorously , and will have occasion to , in fact that it will re" duce the prlco of supnr materially. Socialistic Ilantcrs CHICAGO , December 11. At a meeting of socialists last night , a speaker named Griffin declared that "worhingmen must bo incited to absolute resistance , " and that all monopolists were enemies to the country and ought to bo lung. Criminal laws were unnecessary. Pcaco and order could bo better sustained if they were abolished. Famine waa the mult of over production and not poor crops. The only .vay . to stop it was to pay nothing , receive pay 'or nothing , take everything , und without nice. Other speakcis followed in the aamo strain. Another Byracuso Failure. STHAIUBE , N. Y , , December 11 Wescott . , brokers , have made n general1 assign ment , The Buffalo ! brancb of the aamo mm s included. The Utica branch dissolved lartuership yesterday , Alfred Wilkinson & jo. , bankers , who mispcnded yesterday , wan a special partner of Yv'etcott Wescott & Go's. inferences , 852,000 ; § 30,000 to Roswell [ ' 'lower , New York , on n promlsary nota for noneva loaned. Liabilities estimated at 5100,030. , _ Tampering ; with the Grand , Iury. MONTBKAI. , December 11. La Bland , n member of parliament for Laral county , nnd Uornollier , crown prosecutor , have boon ar rested on ' .a charge of tampering with the rrand jury iu the Kxchanee bank frauds. Xho Colored National Committee. ATLANTA , Ga. , December 11. The colored national comuiitteo cnlled to meet in Now Orleans December 17 is postponed to January ' . ' 8. _ _ " _ CLUSING"SALE. . TOYS , FANCY GOODS. Full and complete line to close at lota than cost at W. J. WHITEUOUSE'S , 10th and Webster. Prettiest Xtnaa Cards at BEU.'H , European Holiday Novelties in Clocks , Brass nnd Brcnzo Goods , exclusively at Max filoyer & Bros. ' . Qilt IMye Flour at Frenches dll-21 BULL Xma Goods BKLI , , Pure JVew Orlcum Xuyar 151 ( IIIANUI.ATEI ) KOU $1,00 I.IOJIT IIKOWN , 10 rou $1.00 a < , " > , Kah. 1308.1310 Douglas. Prettiest Xnu Cards ot BKLL'.S. The largest and choicest stock of Flni Jowolry. Silverware and Clock * , at Mai Meyer t Bro.'u. Prettiest Xmaa Cards at BELL K. Flour at Frenches dll-L' The finest line of Bronze Goods a RAYMOND'S. MULHATTON'S ' MUSE , The Story of nn Klopeitietit tlmt Dill NAt Occur. FULTON , Nob. , December 0. To tko Kdilor UKE. In n late issue of your paper I wns somewhat astonished to rend n clipping from the St. Louis Olobo Democrat , slating that , "A. D. Hurley , " moaning myaolf , had eloped with a certain Silas Moody , and left my wife at llamburg in a destitute condition. It la needless to particularize in toforanco to the several allegations but will simply say that they ire unqualifiedly false , except as to my 3olng nt Hamburg Friday and going away the following day. It is n very un pleasant task to bo obliged to parade one's family troubles before the world , and 1 would scorn to do so now wore it not to defend myself Against indications md mercenary persecution that has boon leaped upon mo for the past two years ; ho outgrowth of unroisoning jealousy and envy. Without cause on the part of my family , and envy on the part of this "prominent business man of llamburg , " "Capt. " D. S. Taylor , who by the way is i man whoso chief business Is to pry In to the nfiAlra of his neighbors , and work any kind of dirt to create family disturb , nncos. Ho Is "captain" of a mud scow that plys between Hamburg and MoKis- ilck'fl island as a wood transport , and ho lias alvrays boon so busy looking after the affairs of his neighbors that ho has never earned enough money "by dint of hard work" to pay for his sailing craft , which tiis neighbors fitted him out with on the atart. Ill regard to my "Burlington trip , " I will say that I never was in that city but once In my llfo , and then In company with my wife ; and as to Miss Moody , I have not seen * her for at least five months , nor do I know of her present whorenboulB. The article In TUB BEB jtated that I had left my wife penniless , This is untrue. She is in possession of ouo house in Hamburg , which Is well provided for , nnd receives sufficient rent From other property to furnish her a * oed living ; in fact , has more property in lior possession than D. S. Taylor over had , or over will have , from the fact that io is averse to honest labor and not DOS- aosscd of sense enough to niako a suc cessful swindler , though ha is continually scheming to make a haul out of some one inoro industrious , and therefore raoro successful than himself. [ have had dealings with -his man to the amount of poveral hun dred dollars and never received a dollar from him In my llfo , but have boon com pelled to take pay for goods In work at three prices. This is probably what con stitutes him an "prominent" a business uian his one-sided way of doing bust- nets. It was also stated that Capt. Tay lor was "atill In search" of mo. My headquarters are at this place , where 1 shall remain for aomo tlmo to como , and if the "prominent business man of Ham burg" has any nmtor to transact with mo , ho can find mo hero. Very respectfully , A. S. HUULKY. STATE JOTTINGS. There la n coal famine in Fierce. Onlone nro very ecarco in Niobrara. Creighton claims a population of 1,000. A now library has been established at Osco- ola. Chicken thieves are troublesome at Ains- worth. Utica has just completed an ! 18OQ , ( ) opern house. ffgs are only worth 15 cents a dozen nf Niobrara. Farmers were plowing at Creighton on the 3rd of this month. The Brndshaw Gazette has celebrated its Irat anniversary. The regents of the state university meet the 16th of this month. The now Methodist parsonage at Oaceola a ready for occupancy. Eastern capitalists are to stait a wholesale drug house in Lincoln , The gamblers of Fremont are not having r a very easy row to hoe. C. II , Van Epps is talking of starting r jroom factory at Norfolk. The ferry boat between Niobrara and Kun- ning Water is still running. Christopher Unas , of Malcolm , died Mon day of dropsy , aged 70 years , Niobrara will soon have telephonic commun < cation with surrounding towns. | The farmers in Sherman county are biirnlnf corn , finding It cheaper fuel than coal , A now'gambllng houss has been opened nl Sidney and is doing a rubhing business. The elevator at Wymoro wai burned lasl week. Loss 0,000 , insurance $2 COD , Bollwood wants a steam grist mill uiid iill'en a good bonus to the man who will erect ono. The Keportnr is the name of a now paper wbliehed at liellvvood by II , S. Montgomery , The Presbyterian church In lieatrico was damaged # 310 worth by tire Sunday eve- uing. uing.A A sawmill U being erected on lirier crock , near Ainsworth , A grist mill will bo built at ho same place , llobert .Tackson'j stable nnd team were turned on Monday night , at .Davis' Crook , by 'he explosion of a lantern. Hey Bros , on Saturday , cold their rancho ol (110 ( acres , with all the stock , east of Fremont , to Chas. G Hills , of St. Louis. At Cedarvillo last Saturday Thomas Miles , ccldentallv discharged his gun into his side , iiid diedn few days later from the effects. The Tucumseh county .Tournaf man 'takes ' , he bean with the shears , Such a thing an riving credit is entirely out of his lino. An eleveniycar old son of John ISartwoll , of Wilber , while hunting rabbit a Saturday no- cidintly shot himself , produclnglnitant death , The city jail nt Grelghtou has been com' [ ilotod two mouths andjias not had a lodgei yet. Send it down to Omaha and let it gel tilled up. James Andrews , who was charged with shooting a man named Bryan , near AebUud , a faw months ago , was tried and acquitted at \Vahoo last week. A temporary tire department has been or < ? anizod in Wymoro and steps will at once b < taken to make It permanent and procure suit able iiro apparatus , A sixty foot span will bo addo.l to the 1'latU bridge at F/omont. The hridtro ID a Hghi structure nnd required close attention to tit kept in food condition. The revival meetings have closed in 1-incoh after an interesting aeries of two wooka , The ; were under the management of Itov. Mrs Cooley. Thirty persons were converted , The heathen Chinee , Tank Koo , will lectun a whole week at Creighton , beginning nex Monday , The subject of his lecture will no be ' 'Tha Chinese Must ( Jo. " On Monday afternoon George Do wait , ni employe of the li k M , , was struck by i passing train and thrown against the platforn In BUth a manner as to bo seriously injured , The Springfiel I Times nays the Milwaukee road la piling up ties and itiilfl oppojlt Nlobiarn for the purpose of crossing the rive ; and running up the valley of thu Kunulrii Water. Tin liarnestowu company licld a busine * mooting in lioatrice Saturday night , and dt tcniiined upon bomo Improvements for th town. Among them is a large hotel upou which work will bo commenced Imnu diAtelr. Mr. IL A. Frost has launched a little boo ! called The Free 1'reas , upon the sea ot joui nalisin from K'neaaw. Sha starts out unde i full tall and with the man Frost at the helm i w ill probably ba kept ctol and continue to lont. lont.Tho The HnetitifT' Gaelic .Totiinal nays on ex- animation it hv IH-PH ( Uncovered tlmt tl > e : attlo that have died of Into haru li"i'li ronblcd with nn ntff clinn of th" gull. In a Trent ninny GJSOU tlio gnll ii found to ba of mi abnormal mzu and o erllo\ving. Tliii i no loubt ciit'fd by the smut r.itcn iu the enrn ields whoio cattle are allowed to roam nt will. I'very town In the valley is froling jealous iDcnujo their town ii not mentioned first In the order of population. While Orloivus does not claim to ba n * big in ix > iut of numbers as Imalm , yet wo will compare new Imildinps with any of them this yesr. Our improui- nonta nro fur nho d of any other town went of led Cloud. [ llarlan County Pres * . A. Mr. Lewis , living near Athens , was aroutod a few nights ngo , and upon going to ho door met a man with n revolver In each lane1 , nnd wni c&llid upon to dugorgo hit pnro cash , Lawis [ javo him all ho had , vhich wns only S3 or SG , nnd his wife's watch. Mrs , Lowln , who is in n delicate condition. wns bftdly frightened , nnd fears arc entertained hat she may die from the eilocti of the shock , A shooting scrape took place about three miles south of town , whuro n man by the mine of Stockbrnud wns hit In the foot with ino shot by n man named Dnniolmeyer. It somns tlmt Stockbrand went t j D.\nloliuoyer's after aomo ( nttlo nnd was refused them. A Hiarrol took place nnd the shotgun ended the rouble until Monday morning when Dan- olmcser wn nrrosted. Ho gave bonds for its appearance before Justice Ware , nnd ho tnal will como oil on Saturday. [ IJoWltt rimes. A certificate has been filed in the ollico of ho secretary of state for thn consolidation of wo corporation ? , ono called the Chicago , [ o\va nnd Kansas company , the other the Chicago , Iowa nnd Kansas railroad company of Nebraska. The now corporation will bear ho name of Chicago , NebrnsVn nud Knnsn ? nil road company , The general ollicos will 10 nt Udell , Gage county , and the rend is to run south from Odell down to Saline , Kansas , with branches out Into Western Kauw ) . The capital stock of the company is SD.2CO.OOO , and ho directors nro .1 , L , Carter , \V. J. Ladd , il.l'arkmau , 12. K. Pratt , A. G , Stanwood , N. II. Stone nnd 11. C. Watson. The Sherman County Times says that "A school inarm iu the west part of the county nllictud n now punishment on ono of her pu- ills , a 15-yuar-o'd lad , which did not prove as overo for the pupil as eho desired. Ho had > een throwing paper wails on the slv nt the .oacher , who , upon dUcovoring him. told him o como nnd kiss her be fore the school. Ho lositalod nud said ho didn't want to , but the cruel creature tinder threats compelled him to walk up 11 ko a lamb to the slaughter , but the result was unlookcd for ; for while every scholar was looking on with intense interest , the lad throw both arms nround the teicher'a neck nnd glued their lips together with n smack that echoed through the school nxmi ike the report of n rille on the morning uir , iud as ho released her exclaimed : ' ( Josh , that's good ! ' " All the big boys in Sherman county will attend school this winter. A SQUATTEB FAMIIiY. ArkansDH Natives on Their Own Arkansas Traveler. " 1 do not see any peculiarity about your people , " said an eastern judge , ad dressing his traveling companion , a well- "I have traveled known Arkansas lawyer. eled quite extensively In the state , and I have not , aa yet , found that eccentrici ty of action and prevarication of reply that has often amused mo in the news papers. " "You have done most of your travel ing by rail , " the lawyer replied. "This is your first trip away from the main road. I'll show you some of our genu ine natives. Yonder is a house. Call the landlord and hold a conversation with him. " "Hollo , " called the judge. "Comin'l" the man replied , " deposit ing a child in the doorway and advanc- Ing."How's "How's all the folks ? " "Children's hearty ; wife'a not well. Aln t what you might call bod-flick , but just sorter stretchy. " "Got anything to eat in the house ? " "Ef I had it anywhere I'd have it In the house. " "How long have you been living here ? "Too long. " "How many years ? " "Bean hero ever uinco my oldest bo j was born. " "What year waa ho born ? " "The year I come here. " "How old is jour boy ? " ' 'Ef ho had lived lie would have boon the oldest until ylt , but ho died. Jlm'i the oldest. " "How old ia Jim ? " "Ho ain't as old as the ono that died. " "Ho was older than Jim. " "What do you hero for a living ? " "Eat. " "How do you get anything to oat ? " "Tho best way wo kin. " "How do you spend your Sundays1 ? "Llko the week days. " "flow do you spend them ? " "Llko Sundays. " "Is that your daughter , yondorf "No , tir ; oho ain't my daughter yonder - dor , or nowhere olso. " 'Ia aho a relative of yours ? " No , air ; no kin. " "Kin to your wife , I suppose ! " "No kin to my wife , but she's kin to ray children. " "How do you make that out ? " "She's my wito. " "How far is It to the next house ? " "It ia called throe miles , but the mat who called it is n liar. " "I'vogotenougb/'Baid ' ' the judge , turn ing to the lawyer. "Drive on. I pitj the man who has to depend on this man for Information. " Close Philadelphia Call. Cleveland's plurality proves to bo c little more tlun ( > ( > ,000 votes , and Gar iield'a was only about 0,000. This , 0.1 an aggregate of from ten to twelve million votes , Is very close. It argues a vast amount of intelligent independence , If is hard to give the exact reasons for the result ; they were numerous , and different in separate localities. But the changec from earlier votes are very noticeable , It is coining to bo the caao that one elec tion is no guldo for another. What t state may do at ono time affords no as < buranco aa to what it will do at anothoi timo. The people pass on each set ol issues as they are presented. Elections so closely contested shon that the most fair-minded , contorvAtlvc policy Is boit. If a strong majority olucti a man , ho may feel justified in represent ing extreme views. But where the ma jorlty ia ao trifling that it really is no ono of the people , but only a plurality , i calls for a policy that shall fairly dividi between the parties. This it the case now as it has been the tojr years past President Arthur has met this view by i course ao careful and conservative that i rccolves universal commendation. Mr Cleveland apparently understands thia and all thnt cornea from him indicates likelihood of his pursuing a aomowha similar course , All this Ia in the line o present probabilities. And it is a propo Interpretation of the close vote by whlcl the decision was reached. Dakota JJovllH , JllKO.v , U&k , , December 11 , A telograi received here at 1'J o'clock from Kodfieldstat , that the people of that town eipect an itnim r I mediate attack from the superior forces vhlc t ] threaten to burntha town. AnintltCAN IMIODUOTS. \ Dlsplar Thru " \ VillMimls1i Cockneys lit ( KSII Chicago Tiuim. Englishmen nro promising tliomsolvos "n rich trcit , " year nftor next. Commencing - moncing on the Is * of May , 1830 , a great American fair is to bo hold in London. U will embrace nn exhibition of samples of all our products. This will be only ouo of the features of the great show. The managers state that the system of organizing and working our great rail way , mining nnd manufacturing com panies will bo shown in nil the details. If this promise is fulfilled , the exhibition will bo very interesting and huttucflvo to the slow-going inhabitants of the old world. They will have an opportunity to see a halt n dozen impecunious indi viduals organize themselves into a com pany to build a railroad r > thousand miles long. They will see bow those people RO * to work to procure n sivsh subsidy ot $70,000 per milo and the alternate see * lions of land for ton miles on cither aldo of the road. They will next BOO how pa per towns nro laid out und lots i old nt prices rarely realised in Kurop. . ut cities n thousand years old , The ope ft tion of watering stock will , of course , bo illustrated. A gentleman of much expe rience iu this feature of railroading iu Now York is expected to conduct this do- mrtmotit of the show ; Visitors will then invo nn opportunity to BOO how the orlg- nal stockholders nro "sold out" and how .ho . stock is manipulated BO that shares are sold at a hundred per cunt above par ono dny nnd _ fifty per cent below the loxt. On a railroad In full operation hero will bo n collision nearly cvory dny 'or ' the amusement of the spectators. Oa days when special attractions are prom- sod outlaws personating tbo "Jmuos Sang. " will shoot the conductors , rob the laasougera and raako oil' with their pluu- lor. An expert "baggage Btnnshor will 'lluatrnto our peculiar methods of handIng - Ing trunks nt stations. A vendor of irlsw-packogos , popcorn and poanuta will accompany onch train and make himself disagrccitblo. There is to bo nn illustration of the way o cctions nro conducted In this coun try. To make this department of tbo ox- libition complete , Iho method of packing a caucus , manipulating a nomin ating convention and constructing party platforms ahould bo ahown. A torchlight procession will also bo necessary. OF course there will bo atump spocchen with out number. The operation of flinging mud nt candidates will bo shown. Thu method of otulliag ballot boxes should bo Illustrated. U is expected thnt Louisiana , will contribute a returning board to the exhibition , and perhaps the national gov ernment will send over an uluctor.il com mission. After the election is over , the successful party will probably lliuminato the tower cf London , Westminster abbey , St. Paul'n ' cathedralthe parliament house nnd other noted buildings. Bolls will bo rung , cannon fired , end aky rockets shot off. There will bo n general ( suspension of business for a week. Most of the money in the Bank of England will be drawn out to use In settling election bats , Of course there will bo numerous BUSi ' pensions and failures , but the people of the city where the gr nt exhibition ia to be held should learn thnt these are likely to follow every general election. All the hospitals will bo lil'od ' with persona who were injured during the great celebration , The defeated party will proceed to give n hundred and ninoty-fivo reasons why they lost the election. It is expected that the English people will so greatly enjoy the saimlc representation of ono of our popular eloctiona that they will im mediately proceed to adopt thorn. The , exhibition will consequently bo the ' ' moans of doing oxcel.le.nt missionary work. . There is to bo an American newspaper printed in ono of the buildings , but the managers of the exhibition neglect testate state whether the "patent insldos are to bo famished by an establishment Iu Chicago cage or Milwaukee , Therg will aho bo "American restaurants , ioa drink pavilions , and bars. " The oati'olfshiusut at the latter institutions will guaranteef the financial success of the exhibition. Englishmen may not consider our bever ages superior to those they are ac customed to , but they will greatly enjoy seeing the way the drinks "aro sot up. " Every manner of "standing treat" will , of course , bo illustrated. There will bo a "Kentucky treat , " which will bo "charged up" to the party ordering It ; an "Ohio treat , " In which every member of the party pays for the grog ho drinks , and a "Mississippi river treat , " for the payment of which the different members of the company shako dice. There is to bo "a separate hall" for the display and sale of articles made by American Indians. This is good news For the proprietors of several manufac tories of "gimcracke" in Massachusetts end Counocticut. They have been run ning on "short tlmo" lately , and Bomo of their mills have "shut down. " During the past few yean they have made moro Indian pipes , moccaalns , has Ifin , and canocfl than could bo profitably disposed of nt Mackinaw , Niagara Falls mid other places where such articles Imvp boon dis posed of in the largest quantitiuB , The prospect of a largo foreign demand for those goods will probably cause nil the mills in which they nro made to start up again at their full capacity. The exhlbi- tion will doubtless provo to bo a good thing for our people an well na for the English. If the entcrprioing manufac turers of "Indian curiosities" improve their opportunity they cannot fail to , fortunes. Tlio Toiopliono Monopoly. L'hiludelphia Kecord. Telephone Inventor Boll ocuros another round in his contest with the Drawbaugh ntorcat. Ho seems likely to finally < nock out his antagonist in the United States supreme court. Such an outcome lias already been discounted in the ques tions of atock of the Uoll company , If successful it will have the most valuable monopoly on thia planot. The matter of private ownership of such momentous In ventions presents grave quoatioiia of pub lic policy which must soon ar lute bo solved and settled. EloctricT'bolla have buun pmcua in every committee room In the senate wing of the copltol at Washington. Hereto fore. ' , when senators were to bo sum moned from committee rooma to answer u roll-call , pages had to bo sent to the various rooms , much inconvenience and delay resulting. Now a touch upon a button in the senate chamber will notify senators in their committee rooms that a vote is to bo taken , or that for some ether reason their presence ia required in the chamber. llloivors. I'lTTiiiiuio , December 11 , The prescription gloss blowers strike promises to continue Ipng. Various glass workers' unions nubacrlbed 950,000 to aid thu Mrikern , and blowers in other cltiea protiUe , if nccwnary , to give thn proceeds of one duy'u work each week lor tha ante puriicuo. A bitter content Is anticipated.
