THE DAILY BEE-MONDAY , FEBRUARY 16 , 1885. GENERAL HEWS- A Snow Avalanche Destroys the Alia Mining Camp And Causes the Death of Sixteen Seven Mexican Children at One Birth from Oii9 Mother , "The Fathsr at Last Accounts Still Alive , Pr sident-Eleot Ol&voland Pre paring Bis Inaugural. The Iltilllinnro .M-Ohlo Telegraph Co. AVantii Fair Show on the t' . P , lilncB. AN AVATjANOHK OP SNOW. TUB MINING CAM ! ' OK ALIA SWKtT AWAY HIXTKKN 1'KOl'l.K KII.I.HI ) . SALT LAKK , Fobrimty 14 , A Hpoci.il from l.ittlo Cjttonwoo 1 tnyn : Last night nt .t quarter past 8 o'clock n jiiow.slldo &wci t through the mining cutnn of Alln , dettroylng throo-fourtba ot the town nnd killing sixteen jurjimj , Including fivechildren. . It lias been Rnowiog fur a weak , mid It in twelve ftut deepen on n level BIU ! ntlll Btormliifr hard , Last night SOCHI after H o'clock it tremendous vol- nuno of snow nnupt down ovur ( lie Kmiun niiiHivorki , doing no d tmnfje there ixcfpt to tftko the Binoke-atnek ulonp. Tlmi it struck thu town , crushing ubout tliroa-fuirllu of it , Init fortunately m\iiy : of tlo hoimoi WITU deserted - sorted for the winter. Tli'J place li built nt the foot ( it converging gulcher , nnd tlio Hlidca have n Inlr mark J'ower'n butcher shop and Simps n's drug ttoro wcro thi only buildings which entirely es caped. Tucket'd hotel nnd tfco Val- ley'ri work , including buildings and tramwayo were entirely dum li > hod. A larga portion uf the lins wrre in the Tucker homo. Twenty- eight in nil were buried m.d twelve were dug out nllvo thia morning. Thn nut nro nil un doubtedly dc.id. The iron from City Hooks rninu nnd the Kvorgroim form the digging foica to got lit the bodies. Three had bi'on taken out nt lant accounts ntnid much ditli- culty nnd in n heavy storm nnd in n severe cold. Titnothy Mndden WRB not dead when taken out , but died suon after. The bodies of Jnme.s Watson and Mrs .John Ford wcio nlao tilien out cjulta dead. A rescue party xtnits lioiu hero in the morning , The following is n correct list of thoto not yet recovered : Andrew H. White , Barney ( iibson , Kred Cnlllnn , Mattia Hiaiy , Chirlie Volk , ( Chinamnii ) liigJim , ( Chinaman ) Jerry Keeim , D.ivid 1 > . Kvmn , n child of Mrs. Ford -and f jur children of Kd Unllon. Tlio total loHH'.s will not exceed S42.100 , of which the most important are onof 830 090 to the Vul ley's mine and to .John Stiickley , § 5OOJ. Anotbor Heavy Snow Storm. CHICAGO , February ] > . A diiving snov storm prevailed hero nearly nil day , ceasing this oiuning otter darkness Ret in. The ( now ig fine , moist mil ilingiiig , nnd drifting badly before n strong north viral. Trains coming in to-night nro delayed , nnd fears arn expressed - pressed , in the present condition oE altilra , that , with Mich vnat quantities of snow piled tip along the track * , the block ido of last wosk will be reno-tod o-morrow unlosi tlio wind H\tkonB. Advices received nro to the effect that the Btorm Is uf much the eamo character and extent as that of tin week ago. Thorn is a. tierce blizzard in IOWA and snow has fallen during moat of the diy IN WISCONSIN , ILLINOIS AND INDIANA. The heaviest enow sinms to have fallen in Central nnd Southern Illinois , nnd trains are reported as laboring heavily or entirely aban doned in that tectlou. Klin H reported in Southern Ohio , and warmer weather in the south and east. 1'repurlnR Ills IiHiUKiir l Address , AI.IIANY , February 14. Among the callers on President-elect Cleveliud to-day , were Senator Gonnnn , of Maryland ; CougrerHmnn William O. Scott , ot Pennsylvania , and Smith M. Weed , of New York. It in underntoot1 that Cleveland Is devoting til his spare time to the compilation of his inaugural address. The II. JfcO. Telegraph Company Want a Fair hhiiw. Special telegram to TUB Bun. NEW YOKE , February 10. Most of the western railroads henefitted by the land-grant Mibsldles own nod operate their own telegraph linen The clause in each subsidy grant pro hibit * the rnilroid compmyfrom giving any othi r c irparation or talegraph company ex - elusive telegraphic privdrgea , The Western Union , b iwever , praotii-ully enjoys the PI- clunivo privllegoj in use of the telegrophio lines belonging to thn Paiflc railroads con- trollud by Jny Gould. The Mnltimore & Ohio Tel'grnph company has determined t" o intent til i Union IVclliu'H right to keep its e c'udve privileges. 1'ivildtnt Hates , of the Halt moru \ . Ohio , applied tn Ch'irles ' Francis Adamn , president of tbo Union Pucllic , for an inter hango of Imaineii ) over the llnej of the I'ill' n 1'iicilio nnd ils subsidiary roads. After lUtei had lep-aHiily reiu < teil n dfinite answer to the iijipllcation , Ad'ims ' re plied H full i\vt , Janu.iiy f > : "Oar company will at any plnct ) whoru ishas nn otlica for commercial toligraph InisinesH receive from any person or corporation , ino udli jj the cor. pnration represented by you , any mo caga otfdrfld to it , nad tranmnit the fame without discrlmlniiUou of any kind , at thn samu rates and on the fame terms in it decs tmpnagfH for any person or cor- pirutian , I luvo not at luiud thu ut'ill of rales , but surh tarilt cm bo obtained bv your company at any of our company's ollicet wheni it does telfrnlih ( Inisiuii-a tor the public. This company will not mnkoauy contract in respect of n general intorchmigo of buiinrxs Involving thn keeping of accounts for busiiU'-H 10 rocclungrd , 1'cesident B tas wrot ) such ttrms would bi ; I > erfectly eatitfiictory to the Baltimore aoil Ohio company , nnd in order that the neces sary arrangements might bo uimleled | , requested quested AdamH to Bind li'm n list of the tele- cruphlo stations on tbn line of the Kaniai I'ticitic rend between Kainis City and Den ver , there are caid to bj ibout tixty of these Htntioni , After sonia do'ny , Mr. Adams replied there win uo list of ttntfous kept by thi company , > < ut that the stations were "well knovn. ' Thin the m.ttcr stands nfer five mouths cor rvspondpiica. The ollicers of the llnltlmoro and Ohio tele r ph company ntuixfct strong Western Unioi inllui'Dca In the Union I'tcltic directory , e countable for the ilitiuc'inntlnu cf the olllcera ot the Union l\tcifio to enter into the at range incut propoiod. TIU1TI ! : < : SKI ) IjYXOIIIX 7. OKKAT K\ClTtilKNT : AT KANKAKKK , II U KAM.AKKJ. Ill , IMiruary 11. The threat fued lynchinz of Xt > l on , 'ho ' tramp who miir dtroutly insuilted Mrs. Sclinlll-Jr , uarr'tiec ' In the nfternnon diipitchcti. In keeplnir Kan- knkes in u ferment cf e\cit ment. 1'rniiiin- k > nt men of this county di > cusitvi the matter in nn excited \y y , waiting for to night t hear from ths uctim , wbo e death ii moment arily rxpectod , aid promts a hanging l e , should the die. Sherlfl IiUowrneau iHded > xti guards At tha county ) M to night. Word was rccMvtd at 10 o'c'ook that the woman was ( till alive. Thrtnli heard thtt UM nelghb'irs of the Injured w.imau from Irs ) Kims ndManteri > , thculd she die , would virit Kankuk'u to-night , intunmiies putniu excite ment here. Talk that trie iherjtf m y re movotna prNiner to-night to Chicago for safety kiepi the feeling nt fever heat. The LuriKStrikt' In the Hocking \'al < I ley P. ilnl. Cot.cmifs , Ohio , 1'Vbniary 15. The an ur.u ceaent wti tnadu In 11 parti of thi UnckilM Vulley to day that the ccuimlnarj lisd gnen out and udvl lrg the nun to go t work. Ttli euii the strike which ttnrtgil Ivs ApriU EliRAGED ENGINEERS , How HID New Union Pacific Ms Affect t e Empires. . Injiistlco mid Coercion 1'ronilncnt rciuurcs-iluinorn ot Trouble. Union IVclGo onglncora and train msn Rcnerilly , along the linu of the r.ai from Ornah * to Udgon , are earnestly protoat- ng against thi clforta of General Mana ger Cdllaway to abridge tholr frco rghts and inafco tlicm the abj jot slaves ot the company. The clauao ia the rules nnd regulations recently adqitcd by the com pany is very twooplng , mil ahoald the omployoj Bcqaioao it would inaugurate a system of espionage ever thorn never bo- 'oro nttomptod under an cnl'ghtoncd and TOO government. The rnlo states that any man working : cr the company shall hold it blameless 'or any accident or injmy that ho may sustain duting the discharge of his dnty whether by his own negligence or thai of another employe , defective tracker or machinery , or thoculpablocirclossneiB of train cll'u-hls. The dlspathors or cm- iloyo gives np his ti ht to remuneration n any caso. Under the desired contract 10 ngrcuj to pay for all broakogca which may occur wh.otb.or by Ills onrn fiult , hit of d'herj or by uaavcidablo accident , r virtually this , for the employe will lave to prove directly ilia1 the damage was not his fault a very lunl thing to lo or stand the coat of ropiira. To cite a case recsnt'y ' tr ught up Vn rnglnoPt accidentally brolio the cow- oAtchcr cf It's tnjlno. llo was chugod M5 for repairs , an amount greatly out of jrjportlcu to the v lua of ( ha work done , and ucaily hnlf a month's wages , llo paid It f > . rliovraa crmpelled to do so or 1 sj bis position Dhia is but an instance of the cotr.iir.ii usul by the ompany. All mirried men's wives w 11 bo expected to sign the contract so in cvio of the husband's death the wife trill have no action at aw , rgilrst Iho railroad. The \yholo matter irom the boglnulDg lo end is an attempt to take away from nu Intelligent and honorable clasa of men common and nctorious tights guaranteed to them by the laws of a free country. The ojcactiocs of the Union Pacific company are without limit. If a switch man In the Omaha yards sends a car by mistake f'oni the lower to the upper yards dutioR ths night or day , ho is charged $2.00 for it ; if the car Is taken acrois the river it costs the unlucky fel low § 5.00. Ever/ month in ( lie year 25 cents is taken out of each man's wages for hospital dues. When a m m Is injur ed or sick ho must go to the hospital. Eo is proscribed certain medicine , and mutt have the doator deei/nated by the company whether ho wants him or not Whn Chamborlaio , Sheldon and Norm mot their deaths at thn Elkhorn disaster some time since , North , v > h/ > did not die immediately , was brought to the hospital in Omaha. Eii brother desired to have the fimiljr physic'nti attend him , and brought him to the hospital for that pur peso. It is said that the company sur geon would not allow the other doctor to oxamlno the patient , and in consequence quence there was a fight at the bed-side of the dying young Norrls , between his brother and the company surgeon. When it came to burying the llirjo men the brotherhood engineers took the funerals in charge and conducted them properly. The weather was warm and the bodies being badly solalded wcro omtalmcd. The underta ker's bills amounted to $102 for Sheldon and $1CO for Chamberlain were dltnl- lowed by the company's oflicitls in these words : "Bill diaallowoi because the association of engineers and firemen d d not see fit to consult us In the matter , and fuitheinnro because tbo bills are far In excess of what they would have been under company's contract. [ Signed ] EUASIUS YOUNG , Auditor. " The action of Mr. Young , however , wni afterwards overruled by Mainger Ca lway. The company has a standing contract frith an Omaha undertiker to bury the company's dead at ? 42 per head , and Mr. Young thought anything bet the plainest pharaphernlla Inconsistent withtruo , cccn- umy. umy.Union Pacific engineers are paid ' ) .85 per 100 miles of travel , and they rcako from § 125 to § 150 per rcoith. Their position is one of great roipousibitity and danger , doitti stiring thorn in the face it n'l times when on tbo road. Their judgement and courigo must bo beyond question , conductors and brakeman tioaro selected with rcgml to their qualities in this re gard. They all have hard , dangerous wcrk and no company over was known to ever pay their men or allow too numcr ous privileges. There Is a clause In the now time caid that no conductor orbriko- man shall coupe ! cats without a stick , yet if thxy ute ouo iluy are very likely to be discharged because they do. The rule is n blind put In for the purpose of avoiding ( Umtges sliculd a man bo killed or badly Injund whila Baking a couplicg. The otlicers wojld lay , "tho men are forbid den to couple without a stick ; this man hai done so contrary to rule , and the company in not rasponsiblo for his In juries. " The rule works as a boomer * An engineer told a BEE rrprlor lait night tbut they would never sign thu ruiei under any conmdsrntloD , If Afau- ner Galloway insists thcra will be trouble ulong the whole line of the road. The Brotherhood of Loomotlvo Englnem and Firemen are the two ittocyest labor orgaulzilims in the United States , If not In the world. The former cumbers about 10,000 members , while the latter has something like 8,000 to 10,000. Thiy ra coed ruou , and wi Island by cacn other to the livt , and have plenty cf money to fight the nutter for almo.t an indefinite period. Dnr nz Galloway s management of the Chicago & Grind Trunk railway sorao years : igi he tiied to adopt a similar set cf rules to the onoi now under ecu Hera tloa on the Union Pacific. The origin eeis strack and after a lorg fight ) won at every piiut , the rules being nnllilied snd the uinal regulations luplacod , The Union Pacific has fine or g neers. T hero re nnuo better in the United Stales than Ilambriglt LovingBton , Dalan , filathej , Wilklni. Van Noyes , Muuhah , Jfhlclde. Qill , Btavley , Able and many otburc men who have duUvirad their trains eafely at tha ends of their dlviilou thouainds of times and ive careful n : thoughtful at all times. Under tbo new rul s such men would ba discharged fo seme triiltrg unavoidable tccident a quIoUf as a jooag runner who had mxd bis fitat ( r i > . The Hnnn Ocrciuonlo. The Sans Ccramonle ohib hold Us Val- oalino parly last Friday evening at Mason ic hall , about thirty couples participating- The valentine episode wai the dlttiibutloa to each penoa cf n comic valantlno en closed in na envelope anil numbered , hoio bain ? tire of each numbar , tliBg > n- tloman posscaaltig which woto obliged to sesk their partners for the valentine dance , which wn * n polka. Thij fta'nro W.M productive of no lit llo merriment , and it is to be recorded that all respective couples were mated by the time the polka was annnuncid. Amone the gucstj were \Iisi \ McOord , of MllwAnkos ; Mlts Mo. Cerd , of St. .Top , and Mr slid Mrs. Fur- ; uaon Jennings , of Milwaukee , "TliomnHVH lUltcr , " To the Kditor of the HKK. It ecoma no mora than just to nnko ho following romaiki In ccnnectlon with thoglato trial of the case "Thomas vs Hitter. " It acorns that Air. Thomas has not done aatico to either himself crtho tax paying > ooplo of our city. The pUIn fasts of the caio have been gano ever several times in court , this bo ng the third trial , each one o ! which has teen decided Fgainst Mr Thomas. The uit involved a question of difference > otwopn property belonging to the parties if taking liberty of space , etiy between wo and eighteen inches of ground Mr. I'ttor ' has tried to nettle with Mr. T. in order to save costs but without avail. The question in our mind as tnjpijers Is why should anybody bo Otnpullod or forced to pay costa of .suits when the lawn have tnico vindicated the njuioi ono. This case has been in court throe years has caused an untold amount of .Diioyacca . i > ditfVrant peopla and upon hrao trials , dricidod by the ] ur/ each line Rgatnt Thnmae. Tbo verdict stands hat Mr. Hitter has bo n shamefully im- loood upon \ > y some dtfect in our laws. * The inlluenco tf your honest decisions f justice fcr or against the fact that you ro always fearless in cxprctsltg your pinions prompts the undersigned with nany others to tuk npaco forlhoabovo acts. PETEH SMITH , Gr.o. L. UAUHOLL , nnd hundreds of others. SKIPPED WITH THE CASH , Tlio Wife of : i Hotel Keeper-Decamps wldi all IHsAVcAlth. About a weak ago W. E. Jones , pro- irlotor of tha Jones House at the Stock arc's eont his wife to Flattsmouth to pay a bill of § 25. .At tha end of six ! ays , as Mrc. Jones had not returned and Mr. Joncn had not heard anything rom her , ho made Inquiries and fonnd .hat she had not paid the bill at Platti- mouth and had not been saon at that ilaca. Upon looking through his eiFects , l\rr. \ "ones dlecovtrod that his unfaithful wife iad taken with her notes to the amount of $1,700 , belonging to her husband , farther developments convince Mr. Tones that his wife has eloped with a vaiter who was formerly employed at the Tones house. Heal Estate Transfers. The following transfers were Clod In , ho county clerk's office Tuesday aad reported for THE BEE by the Ames * real tate agency February 13 , 1885. George P Bemis and wife to Thomas klcftlaoni , w d , lot 13 , In block 1C , Col- ego PJaco to Omaha , $750. Ralph E. Gaylord and wife et a1 , to Win 0 Bartholomew , q o d , lot It ) , in ilorbach's 1st add. to Omaha , $156. W O Bartholomew to John A Hor- lacli , q o d , part of lot 55 , in Hoiluch'a .st add. to Omaha , $1. A Chanx" In Position , Air. Harry Gilmore , for yearj yard- naster In the Union Pacific yards in this city , has been relieved from such duty , iho position Is a hard one , and by strict attention lobuiinesiMr. Gllmoro'a health las been impaired , and it wai impos- iblo for him to continue longer in that apaci'y. For the present Mr. Gllmoro will take charge of a passenger train and wield the punch. The appointment shave u t all been made yet , and it is more han likely llut Mr. Gilmore will HOOD ) o called to aieumo a mcra responsible osition. Pol too Court , In police court Saturday morning three women for being innuros of a house of ( restitution wu-o each fined § 5 and cos's. Four men charged with vagrancy proved they were laboring men and they wera discharged , "Duck" MtGnlre was charged with icing a vagrant Ho pleaded not guilty , but the jodgo evidently thought Hut ho needed a dose on general principles , and Hjntenced him tothitty days en bread and water , following the sentence up with , 'And I will HBO that you got it ? . ' 'Well , ' s iJ "Duck. " "You had better v it until I plead puilty , " ' Oh , we all mow jour histiry , ' remarked his honor , and nude out tbo mittimus. Dropped I linHtttIt. Sa urday morning about 4 o'clock , KB a oer'ain backman In this city was returning to his home , after enjoying a night of pleasure at the bricklayer's ball , ho saw a man at the corner of Nineteenth and Casa streets , with a sack of Hour upon each Hhouldcr and a big ham dangling down by a string from one arm. The hack- man hollered "drop that. " The burden bearer , however , only quickened his pace , still clinging to the stiitf , The liackinan then drew his revolver from his poekot and fired one nhot ia the air. This wai nuro than the fellow with the liam and 11 iur could stand , and bo drop ped the whole busln ° Bs and gallcpad down ilia street jiko a quarter hcrsa. The backman left the stull'm the road and re paired to his home. Ixui lilt Coat , Satu thymoiu'iigMr. ' ! ' . A. Ocumpaugh who resides at IfilOHanujy direct , took his overcoat out and hum ; It on a nail on the back porcU ta air. In a v ry shcr time hU dBiijhlor wnit out upon the porch an-l found that the overcoat hat been itolen. Mr. Ocumpaugh re ; or to. at [ ohcu hoadpuartors but no clueto tbo thief has as yut been discovered , Sume cf these follows Mil get to after a wliil that they will steal ilia overcoat utF cf s man's back while ho is walking along tb street , CRIMINALITIES , "Sanfly" Forbes Positively Declines t be AiTiStd Captain Siilllv n'8 Stirring Advent nro 1'itiv About U o'clock Sunday morning a Council Bluffa man , ono A IT. Emoiluo , who had been in the city , tqusnderhig lis worldly wealth in dlvois wicked ways , approached Ollicer Charles Bloom , and told him that ho had been robbed of a ? 20 check by Sandy Forbes , to whom ho qivon it to have it cished late Satuiday light , but who had refused subsequently 0 account for it. Bloom and Eoiorlnr , after considerable fruitless search , suc ceeded in locating Forbes in lligglns1 alcon on Doug'us street. Bloom walked up to Forbes tni laying a band on his boulder , told him that ho was under ar rest and would have to g } to jail. Fi rbos asked Bloom why ho had been placed under amst , and was told that it was was bsoiuso ho had confiscated the $ -0 chock. Forbes , it appratc , afler spend- ng an hour or BO in trying lo cash the chock , gave it to a friend , asking him to take it to ceitaln places and eo if it : ould bo cashed , 'lira second "cashier" md not rottirnod , and Forbes denied having the chock. Ulcom told him , neverlieleis ! , ho would have to go to ail , where the matter would bo invest- ! ahd. Forbes defiantly shook the bravo ulcer from him , and rising up in all Iho oworing majesty of his six feet height , cpltod tint bo would not submit to ar es : without a warrant. Bloom meekly va Led oil' , oboyinss "SandyV request with the most affable obtcqulousnesj. Of otirso ho could not and did not get a rnrrant , and Forbes was net arrested. Cowiirdlco Is out of plsca on the police orco. Admitting that Bbom was wrong n his judgment a to the propriety of tvdstluf ; Forbta on the charges indi cted , hoshould nevar hive backed down when once ha ilocln-dd hia intontlotH. 'hero ' are itany reqmsitss in the make up fapnd poltco ctlicsr , and cour.igooua otcnnlnation is the moat essential. It s probable that the matter will bo ofli- lally investigated. A STAHTUXO AUENTUHE. . Captain Maurice Sullivan , of the police orce , met with an adventure yestc rd.iy which ho voBTS to remember as long ua he ivcp. ivcp.Abont Abont half-pssb forjr in t'o afternoon 13 was called upon to airjst II. T. Doyle , partially intoxicated individual who waa engaged in rusing a disturbance on ho corner of Sixteenth and Oapl- 01 avenue. Ho succeeded in aptnrlng h's ' man and ordered him to 'como alocg " At this point Doyle turn- 1 to n female ball-dog , largo and savage , which was by his side , and tet her upon 7apt. Sullivan , Ttat worthy at once oleised Doyle and prepared himself for h.ind-to-fight with the animal. To ise his own esprosalon Lo had never felt o frlghtcded bsforo in his life. His heart .hreatcncd . to stick in his alimentary anal , and he was literally "paralyzed. " 'ho bull-dog Haw at him and bit him nco on the hand. Before any more crioiu results were accomplished the niraal was driven off.ltn . ; colored man who came to the rctciia at this most pportuno moment. All th's ccopied but a minute. Dojl ? , hox- ver had obtained a considerable stilt Captain Sullivan started after him , but Duld not stop him before ho entered a loarding hocsa near the corner of Four- couth street and Capital avenue. Doyle went upstairs and tried to conceal him- clf under a pile of bed-clothes. Captain Sollivan entered the rjom , and despite ho threatrnicg "Arroit me , if yon are ! " of the fugutivo , drew a bead on ilm , pUcad him under guard and marched him off to jail. Tbo hull do , uean whilewaa dispatched by Hounds- man Whalen. Whalen.A A CLEVER RUNE. Clara Thomas , a very big black nvgro wench , YM arroited night before last for on-payrnent of her license as a prosli- ; ute , She was jailed and while there ras visited by George Polndextor , a gentlem friend , " who was desirous of iboraliog her. The gentleman did not iivo the money i\qu'aito ' but hit upon a inppy scheme for obtaining it. Ho wont o one of the largo hot.h , approached the lerk nnd giving the name of n colored man known to bo employed in the ostab- iahment , asked fur $7 00. The clerk urned to the hnoks and found the nsmo redltod with § 15 00. Accordingly with- ut hoaitot'on ho handed the man Iho mney domandod. Ho paid Clara's fine ind aho ii noir at largo. Poindoxter , lowover , was arrested yesterday , and now poscH in a sacrificial attitude in the ounty jail. .lEWELHY TUIEVES. A member of the firm of Shriovo , Jiir- v's ' & Co. , wholesale noticn merohant ) of larnev street , reputed to the police yettenUy that some fifteen or twenty dozen cuff and oolliir buttons had been aloUn from the ba oraor.t of thtir ttoro SitorJay night Entrance was effected by the thfovcs by prying optn shutter on the eldoopjning into ilia alley und burttiog in a pane of glass. There is no clue to the G' The L'nltr Club. Fiiday night a largo number of the riondH of Unity church gathered in Fal- conei'd hall to participate in an onter- nlnmont which had been prepared by he committee of ladles designated for luch work. At about 0 o'clock the liter- iry and nnniiol programme waa rendered ind was greatly enjoyed. A fine sextette from tbo Glee club , consisting of MOSSIH Northrup , Van Tvu- ran , Wilbor , Wllldns , Smith and Snow gave one of their most beautiful nolec- .iouf , and althouch but ono liai been annouoced they sang in addition "Annie Laurie. Ilia sit volcei blended well , and this little gem showed them all to good advantage. Mifs Chsmbarlain , who sang "My Qaeeu , ' has a very sweet voice , of fine quality , uod oed rsngo. Uer mBiioer Is easy and unaffected , and she made a most delightful itnprcifllrii , Tne "Bridge of Sighs , " as recited by Mn. Shreve , give cvidenca of u strong appreciation by that la y ( f the beauty and rathoa cf the wonderful poem. A contrast to this was the "Candle tact arc , " delivered by Mrs. Pollock , who very nbly preionted her romli'ion ' of the ' well known character of "Mrs. Candla. Mr. Jay Northrup Hing tha "Ship- wreck" magnificently , and in re ponft > tea a very perelitiiit recall , fixw a "Sere nadc,1' which vat very sweet. At tbo piano Mis. Coleuian menis great praise f r her product .on of dotU i-Ji Ik1 * "tast Hope , " and Mr. Frank Drown noted as nccompaultt t ) Iho Oleo Club and soloists mrst satisfaatorlly. In the inUrniis-nn Mrj. blirove brought out an * ' Introducled a very young lady , who oiptiratcd ll ho rsy : \ n roci tntion , The > oung lady wa > < dainty lilt'o ' Mn-ioKoch , aul her "Twinkle1 Uinklo litt'o star , " gi\en wlln uj lifted finger nnd grave demeanor took the hous < by atorm. At the cloeo of the enteit ilnniont sand wichea and colfeo were served up itx > r the HOT was c'.cinod and in n few mo nionts tlm room was filled with tUnccn , who "trcd thu incniute"uut'l ' a late hour. Financially and socially the Unity Club sociable was a success. .V Broken IiCff. Siturday forenoon an employe nt the Union olovatorhadthomltfortuno to break bis leg between the knee and ankle. The man , whote name is Amos Anderson , was scullling with a fellow unknown and n tome way came in contact with an iron railway aa above stated , WESTERN WANDERINGS , [ In- Story of tin * Travels of mi lift liny Variety AillHt , Joiirnitl- 1st , AVnltci-mill Detective. Last October , Frank Colbnrn , employed od In tbe datuitive buslncaa bete , left the ity and s'rack out for the wild we t. 'ho talcs of adventure ] , einca leaving ) maho , ss related in a latter wiittcn to a ii-nd in this city roads like the tale of ho dlmc-novol hero , end shows well the onghand vaiied vicissitudes cf a man who 'knrc'ia &bom" in the west. Af or loavlEg this cily , Colburr wont ei Denver where ho obtained cmphyment n Gen Cjok's Ricky Mountain Dotcc- Iva Hutc.ui. Th's prs lion lie held : rs ma weeks , when a searc ty of gcu- tal detective wcr'c forced him to seek omo more lucritivo nmployinont. Being omothlng of a voriity ait'st ' , Colburn pplied for a position on the boirds cf hii Theater Ct iniquo. The ituuay.emont of the institution haatenud to avill thorn- elvus uf his service ? , and fur three weeks ho posatl auccustftl y upon tbo arioty stnge , doing song and dance acts , lolght of hand tricks , old At length ho Denver authcrllies , seized with a virtuous fi * , closed tip tha The ater Comlqce. Colbuin and tha iroporly trail then statt'd upon the road u a duo combination , CMbuni'a knowl edge o ! variety songs , and his skill at leight of hand helped him out , and ho two sncioeded in gett ng to Albu querque , Now Mexico. Hoio Colburn laving had soruo experience in journal- tin , got a position on the Evening Dem ocrat. This place he held till ho secured , as being a newspaper man , a pass over the Atlantic & Pacific oa-3 , westward. Ho jouineyed nto Arizona , traveling as a tr'ck and va- lety srtlat. Ho undo considerable noiiey in thorough mining towns , as the ; old and silver pickerj always patronized us par fo nmiees liber illy. Somn nights 10 "seooped" in na math as $15 und nmotinids aa little as $5 , but the profits of this Echemo weio absorbed by the noimous living exp nies tush us a half .ollar fcr a shave , aevanly-fit'o cenln for a meal , one dollar for lodging , ets. He loft the property man In ArV.ina nd proceeded Frisjowrrd. Hoeuceeded d in reaching Talare , Callforui < , where 10 obtaiced n position nt wa tar in a estaarant. It was not 1 ng before he Kcamo entirely rehabilititid in thi * jontion a circumstance which proved ilghly opportune. The lady proprietress ; are him ii old suit of clothes belong- ng t ) ono of her sons. As for a hat , be onfiaQ < ted a tito belonging to a antic- man who refined to pay for a meal Journoyinp , after a few weeks to the Goldtn Gate , Colbura obtained an cn- ; agement on the beards of the Adelohi Variety Theatre , where ho renmood for omo weeks aa head variety artist. Ro- inqnishing this position ha bf came socre- ary of a private bureau of information , n which position be now relates ulth an ir of calm and well earned case , tbo tory of his wanderings through the vest. 7 F.\prefsajo of a Neugjispcr. "I would 1)3 obliged lo you , " said a lose-fisted old fellow to a country e ( liter , 'if ' you will express my thanks , through our excellent p'per , to tbo m ny e tl- ons whose tlm > ly aid last night swod my hens from luiny deitroyed by firo. " "Certainly , " rplied tbo editor. ' ! vlll express your thanks , but it will bo neccs'ary for you to advance alnut a dol- ar and a half to pay thu expresntgo. " The Pipe was "JJiiHtcd. " ) etrcit Kren I'less. "Say" Ii9 called as ho entered a plum jor'a shop , "ihuro'asomething the matter at our house. " "Wei1 , what Is ill" 'Our frcv.sn rraler pipe has all frozen up.1 "Yes. " "And t'io hired girl says ehodidn'c do t , mi in atys she didn't do it , and pa ays he'll put a bullit into some plumber jafrrj night. " "And you want mo to como up ? ' "I gucHj wo do. Tbo hired girl she's jcit anl all tbo coiling ) are leaking aown and ma and pi are talking about a ' ' livorco "Well , I'll go up. " "Well , yon'd bolter wait till pa pros down town and Via gets off to the roller rink anil then you como around to the lack door and knock three tlmcH , and I'll ' lot you in. A Bli//.mrd of Melody. There is oftentlmoi a node us difference of opiti'oo ' in matters of oultura in the family. The head ot the house is too : > r c'ical and the fint lieutenant too < i-- : hotic. "I really think that Mabel ought to uvo a pi mo ; don't joa ? She is sever yoira old , and the sooner she begins the iconor tha will hi able to matter the in tricacies of Ldzt. " "Lit/t bo blowed , and tha piano , too. . Whan the girl's legs on reach the pedali we'Jl la'k ' pi no. " Then it will bo too Ute , perhaps. " ' Go ahead ; buy a piano for liar , a cor net for.I im and a drum for Jack. Loi'a nave a b'izzud cf melody while wu arj about it. ' Oartfcra Poit. Tlioiuaa AVanta to Learn Ho\v. "Well , Mr. llendrickj , Kbanoum has at laU fallen.1 ' "Ves , to I eeo. There Is ono man down thoru with whom I would like to hold about twenty minutes' converai tion. " "Wh..1 * Iliati" "Fersz " Paiha. "Why ? " "I'd like to have him tell mo how ho maiacid to open the p.atca and let thu rtbs a in. ' BTATU The t > hllo'oi > h r of the riatt mnuth llrr al < l nooria llint any nmn rtn jut < n lyl \vho fi'ttli-s hit di.bts at forty uitmiiUi dollar , nightly moundes b coyotnj. It U now pin o rd to connect nil Uir > town in tin Klkhuni.Vley by tclpphono , Thi' funnel * uf the l/fg. > n orgnniteil ni agricultural nocloty nt Wakefield , dumlay. Alniworth police round up all boys at o'clock e\ety night. At Ainnwotth It costs live dollars to hoe four niunds into a neighbor's home. lirojs brothers , cf M iliijn. recently con feMod judgment In favor if ttalr father fo ! ? 10,0fl ) , and RJM'nR him n mortg.tgo on ren cstali' worth ? LT,000 , leaving otlior creditor to whittle , Crliuiu > l prcseciitlon i expcctci to follow. The oxttntHtion of J. Uobort Willlntns. the David City svvluller , from C.inmh , will 1 ehooiing new * to the ullnln'alctiins in Hut UT county. The rascal his Iniastod that h went to David City to suimllo euiybody h could got into his clutches nnd nhadod hi. op'rAtlimi In the luipe of getting tlti-lter uriler tha ln'novolent laws ot CnnvJa. llo 1m reached the OM ! nf his tether ; U. K M. nurreyors ate running lines WPS | from Hold oga through what is known ni tho' "llig Divide , " tnideully hit tiding ti > tifp the foddrr liuul in Keith mil ndjoining countio ? . Columbus Is bidding for tha additional in pate asylum. U appears Irom tin * Journal review , tlmt tha town has hid Ita bcautioB and beuoticont * brceroj under n bushel , only U tint tt.eniulit when ' minds iHdweil" seek n new rl.vfiuni , "do\crrlan reason , " quotes the .Founml , "like sweet bolli jangled out of tuuo , and hnrth , " will ba bunotited by the "gentln soothirg influence of surrounding intura. " Norfolk , Fiemont nnd Noith 1'iiitto will plonsc make a tiatn of it , The Lincoln News nrVstjitoi nn nrliclo In the Council llluIN department of Tins HUE , rafoning to mtsiuaiu gi'm > nt neil citialty in the pest hou B there , in luv ing occuriod in tha Oninha pest homo , The latter has hit I but imo iiimato this jear , and 1m WBH properly cared for and promptly cured. .lolm r.nrrett , : ifrand _ ! Island tough who wm't ' d a little gill some ti nu upo , will as- list in building the ilomn of tbo si alt ) capitol nuder n the years'contract. . 15dl Delli'y , a CJrtnl Isliirl crni'ktmin anl | ii-ofos or ot the science of hiRhn'ny robbery , will ucjupv tha chiir of domejlie tconomv in Ihn state panitontiiry for thg two and a half yeara. A worthier cur mined K. S. .Tcimlng' , of [ .rjiitl Ivl mil , ihfiirtvd lit ] wlfi * nnd n-vpu immthi bnbi1,1 if t week , leaving them j mm- lees and dependent mainly ou ckatity. In the worih of the Tiii ' , ' 'biicli mm b'hould be Irowned like nurplm llitouH. " Fremont won the ccntir of a vocal cycloto la t week. It WUH c.illpd for short n musical convention. Tbo profuudo wuiblera of Ams- ivorih exchange. ! notes with tbo buitnnoa of Wahuo. while the canniy like tocors of David City joined the jr.ockiig birds nf Arlington until the raftcis of the 1'refcbytfrian chmch trunbltd witli mcIcdUnis SDULJ.Vist ( | l\int : uul North Hunt chirpid in to swell the churn ? . Frcmunt stood by and shivered. HOIHO thiuvcs made awny with two onlmils belonging to IPJIUC Tliordykb , in Dodge [ ounty , aad a ie a d of $150 ia olfeted for Ihi-lr recovery atd tha capture of the thieves. The Crete Vidette assorted that Congru'S man Laird once bo&slcd ho would make a rec ord in congress or break a Ifg. Ho brolo n leg Undtr the rtrsnt decision of the attorney- ? eiicrnl , ttmt CduniifH must paj- the c et of maintaining thtir I'MUIIO in theasylum , Dnilge ; ounty fin-is herr > f If indebted to the state $11'- ' 131.TA. Nearly euvy county in the state is ; roattd to a Blndlar surp ieo party. i : gB are JO cents a dozen in Omaha , and : o well ri'gulalrd hen can afford to be out nid at that piicu. "Thu beastly conduct t f the hocdlums In , ho Cjlmnbua opu > n luiiiu is a dlrgrdcu to : lvil < zed society , " nceordir g to the democrat. Tlia Columbua Democrat advises Cleveland Lo invite the author rf tto three ll's to open [ he inauguration ccremoLies with prayer. 1 ha train wan moving slowly between No. brapka City and lirowimlle , Conductor Lee it the piiLch. The engine tooted the cattle arm , iho spco i slackened up and the "man From tha country" inquired the cause. L ° o mid it waa a steer on the track. Two hours later the ctigiuo whittled again and tbe coun tryman ehouted , ' 'Hell , we've caupht upith thatstoer again.1 The firemen of Fremont will give their annual dance February 25. A team of horses bolorglng to an old lady living near Syracuse \voio stolen last week. Ihey were the only ores she had otd the main support rs herself and son. A "hlocdy ehirt" idiot was among the pas- lengeri on u 13. k M. , triln out of Flatts- mouth the other day. Ho denounced tha ras- ungcrH as traitors and relic sympatberr. It was discovered thot he W.IH an oliico holder whoso conimiieion would soon expire. The neat app'araticn. compact and artistic make-up and lively and gossipy c ntonta of the Button Register are nowaccoun'ed ' for. It U managed , edited , printed and delivered by two enterpiising ladies , Mrs , Kvans nnd her filter , Mlaa Mary \Villiams. The ska ing rinks in Lincoln nro known In legislative parlance an "thud IIOIUCH. " Thirty-two rcsldonts of Humto'dtard vi cinity ore ready to swear that they saw Veer hte' in town on the day of the wreck of the It. .V M" . train for wh'ch herm convicted and K'litonced to the Kansas penitentiary for ninfty-riiii" years. TIH | excii | ! iti' plcco of de tective war cost the 11 & M a out S O.OOO. There H much speculation in North Ne braska towns HS to tlio route of the proposed road , tlio northern branch of the Unn n 1'a- ciBc , the charter for which passed the lower fcousacf c ingress laHt week. The eastern lerniiriu < of the road H Slnux City. Tim road will run due wet and connect with the Union Ticitic some whore in Wyoming. Frlemli of the meaiiiru are confident it will pass the HL'imto. I'mirlo tchnanera nro already railing inti Ciutor county. Mobrara hit cjit on Its hnnda and taken another Blip on the United States land uliicc , which they claim tlieyill continue to hold. In these days < f fat mails and prompt dc livery , it only takes five daj'R to tret a letter from I'Aplllion to llellvne , a diitanceof tun milea , "as the crow flies , " At ft cl'pth of ab'Hit > ixty-fivo feet. M r. Daah IIIH found a ten inch vein of coal near Iliibljull. Ho ihinka a guiHl p yin ( ? vein will bo found nt a depth of from ( iuO to 'MO feet , and is rrady tn imt a dnih in the bowels of the earth If bonemlunt citi/.ern will put up the wherewith , A. handfioiiin now ! < chol buiidlrg is np preaching complttifin m Springfield , S riv county. It is nuiinrrd Hint th1) Albion line of the O. N k . H II. I ! , l.i to extended to O'Xiil in Holt county. Tliis will make anothir through line between the U. I' , and Sioux City madf. Dunbar is to li va n Sl.'i.OOO II tiring mill , t Nabra ka Citv lias firfl'l IU soap iniulcs out- klda of tbe illy limits , Have no use tor It in town , An irate fanner brcnme incenrrd at a portrr u thu Hliprinaii liouee , Tecumaeh , nnd reached for hit gun in order to lay tlio co'orrd nan out , but that hlmn'lf in the hack of tha load inHteud , Tbe new town of liurnhain , in Lincoln Miinty , baa just b't'it Hunojeil , and is named n honor of Land ( 'omrni > niouer liurnham , ol .ha Union 1'iuiKc rnilvay , The town IB lo cated twenty-two mlles west of North 1'lattt. NO SIONKY J.V UAH IS vBUiint Hu'arii'H ' I'm' I'Jajcm En 111 lo Consume tlto KecciptK , liojton ( jlohe , Theio it no money in base ball now adays , " said ,1. K. Alien , ono of the di rectors of the 1'rovldeuco club , a * the recent bsse ball meeting in Now Vork acfdrding to the Han. "Tlio time waH when a man who put his money into a club was rjiiite sure of earning out more cr lews ahead , but that is past. When the National league had ooLtrol cf all tbe co.t jilsyers la tin ountrya few years ago , and hid no oppohltiou , silaiies worn loir , and a player who recclvca SI.5CO for liis season's work did well. In 1881 , when thoAmcrloniinBPocii . t.on was ori iii- \ zciIn \ opposition to the les c , the players ial riM a1 once organ to so tm , IM cne'i s.ilo tried to ru'bid the tVr. \Vhtn ilia two er.nnlr.iTii informed whv. is kiinTii as the national ajrcomui * . the clubs re tuned their i > lttycn at ilia butuo oil IT aio < hi iocs were thin . „ in dilleruLt parts of the coun try anil admitted timlor the protection cf tliuiiitiuiil BKroouu'iit. ' Uli-B served to tnnko good ball plnyow , cspcc ally pitch- en , ecar.'o neil foiead cahrlcs up alill higher , until nt the present time B first- class pitcher will not look nt n malinger for lets than S 1,500 for n ecnton. lliul- bournc , of list year's I'fovldonco club , received the latest nmount of money that has ovcv bci-n fa'A to a ba'l i > htor. HH wonderful pitching , whlcli won the clump'unahlp ' for the club , e t nbout 50,0(0 ( , ni ho did the work of two pitch ers nd received the pay of two. "Somoof ihoHiUricR whi h baio ball players will R0t next sonaou nro : Grr- hirdt , O'llourlie. Doailoy , Ewjnir nnd Ward , of Iho Now York club , Sll.OOO each. Jlullnno wmto h'avo plnyed with the C/ncinnntielub / for § 4,000 Diulapluvs n ojiitrnet with the nosv luagiio club of St. Louis for St,400. ; Thoao nro only a law of tha liif-hi r prices paid , while Iho num ber of nun who got from ? 2 000 to $ ! 1,000 la Inrge. At these prices a olub with a tram costinn only from § 15,000 to ? 20- OOOlalocky ; but it Ins not much chance ofvion IIR the chntnpuinabip. To thiB oxp-ino must bonddcd the ground ftiit , the anlarios of gate koeptis , nnd Iho ex- ponaca , which will bu nbout as much moro. "As a high-priced club , tin Now York olub leads , while llo Metropolitans are tioarly na expunstvo. The Incomn of theao two e'ub Iratycar wnsiiosvly $1UO- DOO , yot'ha Mttfqolitans lost money , nnd lha Ntw Ycrk club wjsonly a llttlo nhaad. The first ycnr Iho Motrounlltnns wcro in the Held thiir mlary list was ligbl , as were their traveling rxpotisep , md nt the end of the neaaon they woio jvor 550,000 hhoud. " tiK an Hii'ijioiiirnt , "Yep , Auyustup , our imajcincct mutt : e life kin. ' "uh , Ohnrlo'.to ' , do n tfoy sn. You mow you said you would bo imno for ito " "Yrs , I knowbt.t ; that wai li-frro papa ave me my dour lit.lo pug. " [ I'itttbnrg OBlMr. Mr. Adolph Sutro will model the frto inib- Ic library 1-n it lords to RVO | to San Prim- tsco after UiC8o of Loip ic , (7ottiiiROii ( and Icidelburp. Uo already hat od.COOohmi08 or it. and will probably IncfenKo the number o 100.0CO. Ho will nlgq e-rect n llbuty build- igof splendid propoitione. 1'or CoiiKlis jinil Tin-out so UIIOW.N'M UIIOXCIIIAI. TKOCHKS. "llavo ever changed my mind roepec-'init them , ex- nt I think better of that which I brKnn liinklDc well of. " Jtci. Jlcnry Want Hccchcr. old only In boxes. We Move March 3d Will Move March 3d , to 1513 DOUGLAS ST. , YOl'NO'3 OrD STAND , Commencing Monday , wo will Hell 'ictur.cs. Frames , Pianos & Organs , Plush Goods , Etc. , Etc. , s ef cost to reduce stock before rnov- ig. Com and convince yourself. Kvery- tnng ROCK , HILL & YOUNG , CFOB1IERI.Y HILL A. CO. , ) TO - - Street. Wo will miw soil 'U UNIT f UK , CAKPKTS , CKOCKKUY AND STOVKS , < s Cri.li 1'rlcoa to icducu fctock lioloro ( aveu8acallanilBi\emuney. 11SNOKTI1 IBthSTKKET , The Fashion Cigar Paflor a lu tinI' n'il if. Tltfjiii in tht city. 3uANii CASH Gin1 OF 850(1 ( i.v Gou I'tO'i I < ' nitn ) .SV. , 3 Doors West from 15th Street. Omaha National U. S. DEPOSITORY' J. H. MILLARD , WtVIHWALLAQe , 1'roelJent. C hlo $500,000. Flro nnd Durglnr Proof Snfos. For rent at ( rom t to 160 rwr innuta PHOTOGEAPHEE , aia Nortli im.h ritruet. 01 < 1 Kee Illve Stand. Tlie prrsent Drojultitor wlnlieii U undcr.to.il that all phoiOKraplia ar made tatUlatlory Ularuivof delftcrvd rrum thli akry. ! Thu olJ icar iio ot retlrca and Mr. It. K. ( iray niucuisdn. Dr , Amelia Llunouotis OFKIOB AND 11ESIDKNOB 617 Dodge St. , - Qmalia * KLtU'UONBMO. HI.