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TffiS OMAHA DAILY BBB , SATURt > AY , JANtTABY 39,1880. . 7 .STR.CTLY PURE. If COIVTAIXSIVO O ICM IX AW t FOim IN THREE SIZE BOTTLES. . PRICE 25 CENTS , 50 CENTS , AND $1 PER BOTTLE Q RCEN I BOTTLES nro put up for the n GtJcniiiiiu > anUon or till who dcslro n goo unit low priced Cough , Cold and GroupRemeity THOSE DF.SII11MI A IIEMKUT FOIl CONSUMPTION Oil ANT LUNG DISEASE , Should secure Iholnmo tllmttloi. DlrQCtlon accompniiylng unch bottlo. Bold by all Medicine Doalors. EPITHELIOM A ! Oil SKIN CANCEK. For seven years t sutrcrfal with n cimccr on my Inco. BlKlit inonllis njfo ( i rrionct recommended - commended thn ma or Swlffa Specific and I do- tortnluod lo iniiVio nu rtlort to secure It , In Ihls Iwiis succt BSntl , nml bcpimltsuso. Tlio Inlhi- once of Uio mcOlcIno tit lirst was to pomuwliat UKumviUe the Mjro : but soon the Inllnmntlmi was nlloj cd mid I fapRftn to Improve nllor the lirst fovr bottle * . My Kcncrnl hciilth tins Ktcntly Improved. I am stronger , nml nblo to ilo nny kind of work. Tliu cniiecr on tny fnco IicRnn to dcoiouso nnd the ulcer to heel , until thcro Is not n vertigo ot It loft only ullttlu ccnr tmirks tlio plnco. Mus. .Imoul A MCDONALD. AtlnutR , da. , August 11 , UB5. I Imvo hail n cancer on my fixco for some yours , extending1 from cine check uono ncioss t ho nn < o to tlio other. It 1ms irlvcn mo n Rroat duiilofimlu , lit times burning nnd Itchlnpr to aucli tin extent that It wns almost unbearable. I commenced lislnKSwirt'sBpcclllo In SIny , 188T ) , nud Imvo used clKht bottles. It IMS Riven tlio trronteot icllcr by removing tlio liillnnmtlon nnd rostorliitT my concrnl uciilth. Vf. JlAitNr.s. Knoxvllto , Town , Sept 8 , lfS5 , Trontlsoon blood niul sldu diseases mwicu The Swift Specino Co. , Draycr 3 Atlanta , Qa N. V , 157V. . ibd street. "CHICHESTER'3 ENGLISH.1 The Orlitlnnl and Only ftlriiulnc. ( Ufa ami lw jl netUble. lliwtre of wortlile.l Iralutlocl. In4lipeni t > le to LADIES. Alb 7 ur Hrucelit Tor "Ohlchenttr * * EmTulT'mud Uk BO other.or laddie ' ; . ( pLftmn. ) to m for ptttleulikrfl ft Itlttr bf return mall. C'M h l CKrmlral Co. , PAPER r NAME " " " * > hlladn.ia. sSlVMiidl.onr qui.r , l , At Drazeliti. Trade mi'pllid ' tj Fuller A Fullcl ( Jo. . Cblcaco. 111. > I WHITTIEI 017 St. ClinrIcsSt.SI.I < enl ,3Io. Ar > ( Dl > rr > ititl of tvo Utdlul Collcjn , htibotn long r CDfie dlo th it > eUl trifclmtct of CUKflitir. NIRTOCB , BKIM and Utooo DiHiiii ! b nmr other 1'bjUcltu last , L uli , aiellf pttxrf ihow and alt old reilJfnli loow. Nervous Prostration , Doblllty , Menial and * Physical Weakness ; Mercurial and other Affec tions ol Throat , Skin or Bones , Blood Poisoning , Old SorCS and Ulcers , art treated nllh tmpanllelci ineecil.onliltitielcnllOor'liielplei.Btfilr , rrlratelj. Diseases Arising from. 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Pnnvlar edltl4 Baoio. l > oi > or cover. SCO. Addrraianato 9 pt. Wbtltler. I RESTORED.ItciitrJTy ! ! rer. A \ Ictlin ot youth. I fill Imrrudoiieo causluir 11'rcniaturp Decay , Nei - - - - - - -rJl vous DeWllty , io t Jinn- hood , &e.hnvlnir , tried In Mdn every known remedy lin rtlacovoroil n nlmpln Kolf.ciirow nlch bo will eua I'HI'.K. tn bin toltnw-snlTerorii. Aililress J. U. 11U1VLS. 43 CUaUxm-stroct. Now York GUI' . Railway Time Table OMAHA. Tin ) following is the time of nrrivnl nnil de part mo or trains by Central Btnndnrd tlmo nt the locnl depots. Trains of the C. , St. P. , M. & O. nrrlvo unit ilopnrt from tholr depot , corner ot 14th nnil Webster fitniots ; trains on the B. & M. , C. . II. & Q. , nnil K. C. , St. J. & C. 11. from the ' 11. tc M. depot : nil othora from the Union PacIQo d ° POt' ' THAINS. n * WIP leave U. 1' . depot nt 6J5 : J17:3j : 8lBIO : : 6:50-inO:00-nOOa. : : m. . 1:00 : 1SU : 1:60 : II n00-a00-l00-5UO-5:3g-0:05 ; ; ; : : : 0:10 : 7:00 : 11:10 p.m. Lcnro iransfor for Omaha a 7:12 : 1 > 8:15-0:30 : : B3:4i : II I0a : > - 10:37 : lla" a. in. : 1:3 ? 2:1U- - 2:3--a'JO-3:37 : : : 1:37 : 6:15 : 0:85 : 720-7:50- : llWp. : m. Arrival and clonnrtiiro of trains from the transfer depot at Council Uluna : IIBlMliT. , A1IIIIVB. CIllCAUO S NORTIIWr.STKHK. 0l.r : , A. M . Mull and lispress . 7:001 : * . M K-AO r. M . Vccoinmodiitlou . 4:30 : j * . M 0Olr. ; u . i\pres33 . 'J:15A. : u CIIICAHO & ItOUK 1SI.AMJ. 0:15 A. M . Mull and Kxprcs * . 7COr.M : 7:15 A. M . Accommodation . 6:30 : I .M t 'O r. M . Express . 0:15 : A , M ClIICAQO. MILWAUKEE k ST. I'AUL. OilOA.M . ilall mid Uxptcss . 7OOp.M : 5t'Ji : > .M . lixprcss . U:15A : , M CIltOACO. lltUll.lMlTON & QUlNCr. 0.3.iA , M . Mail and Kxpross . BOrM : 0iui' : . M . . . .Kxpres.i . 'J:15A. : M WA1IASII , BT. I.O018 It I'ACIflO. A. M. I 1 % M. I 0. . II. Se Q. I A. M. I I1. M. 20 I flU : ) | . .VInPi _ ) tt inoutli. . . . | 0-M I 7 15 BTOt'lT VAHU3 f HA1NS Will Icnvo U , P. UiMHit. Omiiha , nt 0:1D-8:3J- : lCt5-lU5ii. : : m. ; S:4D : .1.fiO-fiSii. : ! ! in. -avoStock Ymila t'orOmahii nt 7:55 : 10S3a. : tn.l lii-Ol-l- : (0-nOT-n:10 ( : : p.m. NOTK A trfiliiFiliilly ; H.ilully except Sutnlay ; o , iliilly pirept 3aturJar ; 1) , dally cxcupt Mon day. A Clear Skin Is only a part of beauty ; but it is n part. Every lady itiay have it ; at least , what looks like ir. Magnolia Balm both freshens and beautifies. ASTORYOFREVEXCEIffiiYS Two Assassins Hanged in 1878 the Onnfeo of Nine Frightlnl Murders , Every Victim Proved to HAVO Uclntort to Some One or the Jurors in the Old Trial , NoTR The following sketch \ , founded on fact. The nutliorKemvnrd Pliilp , a well mown Now" York newspaper 111:111 : , says lie ms altered the names of person i nnil locali ties for obvlout reasons. Tor Urn enlighten ment of the readers or the Hun however , wo supply most of the real names. The scene Is laid In Austin , Texas , where a series ot hor- rllilo nml mysterious mnnlcrs 1ms been coin- milted ilmlng timpani year , the last one bo- luc committed only a few weeks ngo , since vlnrti time arrests have been made which , It is believed , will result In the conviction of the pullty party. In Philp's story , thn name of Motile anillli Mnnds tor Molllc Hroun , colored ; Llaalo llyron for Llzzlo Shelley , coloiod : vJnno Crescent for Irene Cioss , colored : Mnt'y ' Cnllon Tor Maty Halncy ; Mrs. Oracle Ioornultrano.IclTci-Kon ) , for Grnoo Ynnco anil OraiiKo Washington respectively , colored } .Tcnulc Pace for Alice Davis , colored. Tholinmcsof the two while mar ried women murdered on Christmas eve , 1SS5. were Mrs. 1'hlllips and Mrs. Hancock. Phllp's theory Is that the murders were the result of revenge on the part of the relatives of the assassins , ' who were hanged In 1878 , having been convicted by n mixed jury ot white and blacks , the murdered persons being - ing mostly the relathcs ot the Jurors. ] Tim FACTS. 1. Ou Christmas ilay of 1831 , n IHUo over twelve months' ngo , the body of Molllo Brown , a colored servant in the city of H , Sn Texas , was found hacked lo pieces in the yard about a luuulred feet from her house. Her numlor , which. had been committed on n bright moon light night , had been accompanied by terrible outrage. 2. On May 7 , 1835 , Lizzie Byron , an other colored domestic , was murdered under precisely similar circumstances. a. In the following month Jane Cres cent , still another colored servant , was foinul hacked and mutilated and dead in her own 100111 , 4. On August 00 little Mary Cnllen's body , mutilated in the same way , was found in a stable half a mile from her mother's ' house , whither she had beun dragged , bleeding all the way. The chihTwas hut IS years of ago. Her mother , who lay in bed with her on that fatal night , was horribly wounded in the head with an nxo but recovered , H , On September CD came the next. Mrs. Gracie and Orange Joilbi'bon , col ored , lived as man nnd wife in a cabin. Lncliida Wilson and PaUy Dobbins , mu latto girls , boarded witli them. The man and woman slept in one apartment , the trirls in another. On the date mentioned , at night. Jeflorson was hammered into insensibility nnd died the next morning ; Gracie Lee was taken from his side , pulled out of the window , and had her mains beaten out with a stone ; the two girls were beaten presumably with a sand-bag , and when they recovered con sciousness could lull nothing about the nlYa.ii * . 0. , In October JenniePago , - another colored domestic , was found dead in the usual way and after having sullerod sim ilar horrors. 7. On Christmas cvo , 1880 , just ono year from the first murder , two white mar ried. women were assassinated and dragged from their beds to the grounds outside their houses. The body of one was found with a heavy log across it. Both had been killed with an ax. The husband of one of them was found wel tering m blood from the blow of an ax over tliu ear. Ho recovered. i More , than four hundred persons havo/ / been arrested in B - for these crimes , but none of them lias been held. North ern mid southern detectives , the local po lice , bloodhounds , and all the parapher nalia ingenuity could devise have boon used in the endeavor to discover the mur derers , but to no purpose. THE Tiinoitr. Sitting in my room at midnight , read- itg the details of this mess of horrors , 'more frightful than Pee or Hugo or Dumas over conjured up from romantic brain bitting there with nothing else in my room alive save my lamp 1 tried to think this matter out. Three days after I alighted to the railway station of B - the Bcono of this remarkable series of murdors. 1 , Gorold' Shanly , a New York news paper man , 'had ' a theory concerning them. So strongly had the conviction that it was the correct one grown upon mo that I felt it'-to be my bounden duty to test it. My stops were first bent to the office of the principal newspaper in the town. where I asked to see Uio editor. I found him accessible and ready to grant an in terview to a northern confrere at a mo ment's ' noticu. A young lady , however , sat at a desk in another part of the room , and , glancing at her , 1 suggested that pur interview must bo private. The editor looked inquiringly at mo. but gracefully got rid of the young luily , nevertheless. "I have como , Mr. Blank , " I said to the editor , "to try and solve the mystery of these terrible murders. " It was plain at once that ho took me for a crank , "AVcll. " he answered , "everybody in B - lias been trying to do that for a year past. " " 1 know it ; but don't bo discouraged because they have failed. " ' "Well , have you any clue ? " "I think 1 have but let me ask you one question. If tiio answer is negative my theory tails at the outset , and I take the next train for New York. " "Wolll" "Do vou have mixed juries in your town ? " townVell \ , some of thorn ara vary mixed occasionally , " ho answered , laughing. ' 'But you mean juries composed ot both wliito nnd colored citizens ? " "Yes. " "Cortainly wo do. " "For how long have you had thorn J" "Why , over smco tliu prineinlu of ( ho civil-rights bill was imbedded in the con stitution of tliu state. " "For more than live years ? " "Yes. " "Now , Mr. Blank , " I said , "I am thor oughly in earnest in belief that these ilumdtul mysteries can bo solved. You can help mo If you will , by pretending to employ mo as an out.Mtlo reporter on your paper , t-o that I shall have soi.io apparent reason for being lioro , and also can gain access to olliciala , documents , etc. " The editor thought the matter over. "Why do you not go to the chief of po- licoV" ho said , "or to the iletectivost" For answer 1 asked him whether thn police had not announced their belief that tho.M * murders were the work of one man. "Yes " " ho "nnd , they "have. replied , upon the grounds of similarity of facts in all the cases , andjhut every huspicious or suspected person , in the town is under close watch. Had there been moro than one , discovery must have boon brought about bi-foro this. " "Is that your theory , tooi" "Yes. " "I shall have the honor of disproving An hour later I had taken a neat room near the olUuo , and had made the ac- qninlanca of the reporters for the paper , who were very jolly uml hospitable to their now colleague , aslthoy thought mo , Of. coureo wo could not taikllong with out getting upon the subject of the miiri dors. Vigilance committees had boon formed , ward associations patrolled the Mrcct.s at night , no woman ventured out alter .sundown , tind every man in B - slept with a loaded revolve * . * ready to his hand.- Tim neyrqcs were in nn agony of terror , ovary ono of tUeui wearing u. vou- don chumi. That night n paper said : "So there Is no theory left but that Olio Inhuman mon ster has sacrificed n Hfq every time ho wiMi'cd to gratify n. glmstly passion. " Thinking over the sentence in my now quarters tlint night , I said lo myself , "Boshl Those murders are not commit ted for the sake of theft , for no property lias ever been disturbed in thti victim's homes. Lust , strong ns it Is n ? n motive to crime , is not powerful enough in these cases .13 an incentive. Tncro is but ono human passion dovclish enough to furn ish the motive for this horrible scries of crimes revenge. "But can it bopos.slblo that ono man can entertain equal feelings of revenge against nine persons , living apart , sonic white nnd some colored ? And is it not still moro incredible that two persons ( if my theory TJO correct , thai more than ono was engaged in these murders ) should Imvo precisely the same feelings of vengeance - goanco against precisely the same per sons and should lake precisely the same moans of wreaking them. " We shall sec. 1 put my revolver on the. table by my side , turned down the lain } ) and went to sleep. The editor had promised to nsslsl mo in any way ho could. I was not slow to n k lus assistance on the next morning. The lirst favor 1 asked of him was a note of Introduction to the coronor. From what I had learned of him-from the re porters 1 had determined to make him my only confidant as to the real mission I had como on. After telling him , there fore , I asked whether I might be allowed to see the records of the olllco for some few years back. Ho willingly complied , giving mo a private room in which to in vestigate them. Wlionvo wcro nlono 1 said : "Doctor , did you conduct the inquest in Uio case of an those murders ? " " 1 did. " "Eight victims out of the nine were killed by Uio blow of an n'xo , wcr6 they not ? " "Yes. " "Was the frontal bone crushed in in each case ? " "Yes. " "Then the blow , no matter how sharp the use , must have boon tv very heavy one ? " "Decidedly. " "Now , doctor , please try and think whether the incision made by the ax was deeper at ono point than at another1 in any or in all cases ? " The doctor reflected. "Yes , it was. " ho replied. "Was it not deeper toward the lower part of the face than toward the other ? " "Yes , in all cases , If 1 remember aright. But what does that prove ? " ho asked. "It proves that the theory of the police that these murders nre tlto work of ono man is wrong. You'havo doubtless noti ced that in striking a log of wood with an ax the incision Is deepest at the point whore the ax strikes lirst. While the heel of the weapon comes away easily , the striker has often to wriggle the other end of it two or thrco times before it is released. Supposing a man to bo standing up to wield the ax fas ho must necessarily bo to strike a blow of such force as to crush the frontal bone ) , the incision would bo deepest at the point farthest from him. If the deepest incision in these cases had been at the lower part of the face , therefore , the man who wielded the ax inn-it have btruck while standing behind the head of his vicuini. This proves that two persons at least wcro engaged in the murders ; the ono holding Uio body while the other struck. " "That seems to bo so , " said the doctor , reflectively. "I say nothing , " continued I , "about the impossibility of one man wielding a sandbag upon two girls in one room and murdering two full-crown porsons'in the next room at tho-i satne' tiino without creating sullieiont''noise"1'to'alarm the neighbors. That is tv circumstance for your police to reconcile with their ono- man theory. No ; there wcro two men engaged in this crusade of blood and out rage. In my belief , one was a while man , the other colored. Perhaps these records will load us to determine who they aro. " An hour or so passed in searching and the coroner again camu into the little room. "Doctor , " I said , suspending the in vestigation of the records for a moment , "the newspapers declare that immediate ly after ono of these murders a suspect ed man was traced ( these are the very words ) from the stable across the city , to where ho took a hack. The wheel marks led us to an alley back of the cabin in which the murder was committed. There hack and man disappeared. Is that so ? " "Yes. " "Then there must have been some body to drive the hack. This was the fourth or fifth murder , and of course was made pnb'hc the next day ? " "Yes. " "Wero the hackmon investigated , or any friend of his , or any other haekman , was the person hired ? " "Tho hackmen wcro investigated. All proved it jmpossiblo that they could have been implicated. Nobody came forward to say a word as to his being hired. " "Precisely. Do you know why. Sim ply becausu this hack the suspected man took was not a regular hack but his own. The hack ot a while man , driven by a negro ; each having his revenge to wreak. Further , the nuwspurers again say , and the police corroborate it , that on another occasion a carriage was used ; that its tracks wcro followed for some miles from the scene of the murder , and were found to load back precisely to the scene of the crime. Is that so ? " "Yes. " "And that when bloodhounds wcro put on the track they followed the trail for Home distance , but suddenly were at fault. " "Does not that prove to your mind that the old hluvo methods of confusing the scent had boon adopted , and that in all probability a colored man drove that hack. " The doctor admitted that it looked like it. Turning to the records , I said : "I hco hero that iihoul six years ngo the body of n well-known haclcinan.Jolm Smith , was found in the suburbs of your town with a bullet in his head. Do you remember the case ? " "Oh , yes , perfectly ; although I was not coroner at that time.1 ' "Had ho over been engaged in litiga tion ? " "No ; but ho was nn important witness for tliu prosecution in a murder trial a year or so before. " "Who was the lawyer on his side ? " "Mr. White Johnson , a Well known member of the bar. " "Your records here show that ( his lawyer , after the hackman's murder , was found on a suburban highway with his head crushed in by a btouo as in the case of Gracie Leo , last year , Is that so ? " "Yes. " "Ami that shortly afto'rwiird'hls father was found murdered ? " "Yes. " "Anil then that his brother was found murdered ? " "Yes. " "In this murder trial , Jn which the murdered huckmun nppcurcd as an im portant witness , and in which the murdered lawyer was also a figure , what was tliu verdict ) " "Ouilty. " "Was the sentence earned out ? " "Yes. " "Now , doctor , canyon toll mo by ypur jury lists , so far haok , what was , tho. composition of that jury ? " "Not by the lists they aie not accessi ble easily. But 1 .perfectly remember the caso. It was a mixed jury some wltte | , some blaok. " "What was the criminal ? " "Them were two a" whitu man anu a colored man , equally conoonio'l ' in the crime the double ortruo of outrage and murder , " I shut the beak and the coroner and I walked out Injjpthpr. rtNow , doctor , " I said , offer n pause , "jou have ItvjM' all your llfo in thi town. \ou know everybody in it. Will yon , without saying n word to anybody , get the names of the persons who composed that Jury about-six years ngo ? " "Of what i-sc , my dear sir ? " "I want 10,800 whether and person , White or blnpki who lias been a victim of these Jicndf . miring the last year was in any way rclfuerf lo any of these jurors. " The ainiabloi doctor was thoroughly Startled. ( . , , , "I sco no r qxactly what you are driv * ing nt , " ho sa d , "il thcro should have been upon the jury relatives of both col ored and white victims of the recent murders the motive is established. " "Precisely. " Two days passed nnd I did not ioo the coronor. In the meantime I visited the scenes of the different murders , butS lined nothing new from my inquiries. S n the 'third day I again wont to the cor oner's office. 1 found him there , palu and almost trembling. Ho took mo silently into the inner room and wo sat down. "Yfou were right , " ho said , almost breathlessly. In live cases , ! * ! all events , the persons who wcro murdered were re lated in some degree lo those who served on that jury. 1 have not had time to investigate the others , but will do 30 nt once. " "Among those live cases there is'oho ' of n wliito man ? " "Yes. " 1 confess that the revelation startled me , oven though I had expected it. "The next question is , " I said , "who are likely to find interest enough in this vendetta to bo the instigators ot it ? Nat urally tlto relatives or friends of the men who were hanged. " The doctor nodded assent. "Do you know if any such exist ? " No , ho did nok The trial hail occurred a long time ngo , and ho could not say as to that. "Then wo must find out , " said I. "And depend upon it , whim you have located" them you-nru not far from the assassins of thu past terrible year. " Two days wcro spent in investigation , which Imil to bo conducted witli the ut most caution , not only to prevent sus picion on the part oi' these whom wo were in search , but to bailie the police , who with their usual futuitychoso to con sider mo a suspicions person , and dogged my footsteps until 1 managed to elude them , which was a comparatively easy matter. On the third day the doctor triumphed. This second discovery scorned to para- ly/.o him , "If what you suspect is true , my dear sir , " lie said , breathlessly , "il is awful torriblo. " "You have found them. " "No. Only one. " "White or black ? " "Whito. " "Precisely. Ho is the man who wielded Uio ax. Thcwjiilo , man dominated all through. Uuiu'icolored man's cunning ballled the llooi | ( hounds , the while man's intolligencObofyggcd | the police. What is his nuinor' ' "John Dq ? . ' * ; . "Is ho in goon circumstances ? " "Yes , a sorlqf gentleman farmer. " "What relation was he lo the man who was hangeqS" r "Brother. ! , ' , i "And who > o ) fi his place ? " The doclcy : tqtd me it was at a distance of some thr-aqnplcs. I buttoned m.\ coat and prcpnrejCl tqtlunvc. "You wilLnqL whisper a word of this , " I asked , i'-untilinlUs.ready ? " "Not a word but where nrn you e ° "To Uio I'&lllchce ' of Mr. John Doe ? " * "Man alrvoT" ' cried the good doctor ; " j'ou m'usl'not ' ! ' Yon yill bo slaughtered ! Just think "a momeiHT You cannot bo so rashl" " " doctor " I "I not "My good , replied , am going tnore to tell Mr. Doe ho is discov ered. Wo are to bo oven now on the wrong scent unless two things arc cleared up : First , does Mr. Dee keep a private hack ? Second , has he in his employ a confidential colored man ? I am going to just casually find out thos.o two things. I shall sco you in the morning. " I was well aware , however , that the mission was a dangerous one , for I had now been in B - long enough to be spotted by any ono who took an interest in thu arrival of a stranger. But my old reporting instincts camu to my aid , and I set out to interview the farming people within the radius of a mile on the pros pects of the spring crop , eto. I went lo thrco houses , made copious notes , was kindly treated , and in all of them was asked eagerly , the first thing , whuthcr there was anything new in town about the murders. Armed with my notes , I unlatched the front gate of John Doo's and walked up the stoop. The house stpod fully half n mile from the next in cither direction and some dis tance from the road. It was neither tidy nor dirty evidently the homo of n bach- clo * * . The man who opened the door I know for John Dee instantly. A stccly-gray- oycd man of powerful build , sallow com plexion , six feet in height , slow-spoken , with bushy , standing-out black eye brows. "Is this Mr. Doe ? " I asked. "It is. " I told him my alleged orrnnd and showed him the notes I had taken at other houses. - Somewhat ungraciously ho pulled tliql door aside and bade mo como in , ' 1 confess 1 felt a tremor as I passed the threshhold. Not another soul was about , and 1 was helpless in the presence of a man whom 1 boliuvcul the murderer of nine persons in ono year. Now and then , as I was taking my notes , I caught his cold , glittering eye fixed in a very uncomforting way on mo. But I got through all right. Ho did not ask mo to drink. Ho said nothing about anything but what I asked him and precious l.iMJu about that. And no ) , a word about the murder * } . 1 bade him goofl-aljiy , neither of us proffering hit ) lland , and got out as non- ehalonlly ajfo'lj/'poulil / , imt inexpressibly relieved , i * n. But HO far 'I had done nothing lo further tlntf * rhVpstlgation. Como what might , I dolrii\ne ) \ < l to find out what I wanted to kiiovJ , ono way or the other , before 1 loffe * o I sauntered down the side lane bjtlWhouijO , lighted a cigar , and kept aiyufphful eye over thn funce. 1 had goiu > 'lmt thirty or forty paces when my lu'tfrPjitood btill , as itsecniud to mo. { 'J * " Itiglilbofocuiuo was a gigantic negro washing tluflwlitails of a private carriage with a inopjnVJlnlking } to himself nnd to the wheoiv.uiternatoly. In his uwnitvay ho was as villainous looking as nj-vQiJii-tiir , Silently I turned now Ihorqmmiy frightened at the con firmation ot alii my suspicions to the high road , artdAvas soon back in B . No sleep that night. The next morn ing , all being in readiness , the coroner and I laid the whole matter betoro the chief of police. "But there id no direct evidence , " said that olllcial , "No , " I bald , "there is not. But hero is a paragraph concerning 0110 of the murders , clipped from your own local papers , which will give you directovl- , donco if you cliooso to scol ; it. " I read the following ( which was printed also in the Now York World ) ; "Tho criminals did not try to remove evidence against themselves , for ( Jraeio Leo's lifo- fcs3 lingers had a death-clutch on a chain attached to a watch with a broken crys tal , the fragments of which wcro found near her body. " The coroner , the editor , and I suc ceeded at last in convincing the chief of police , that the proper thing , to do was to make a raid on thu estate of Mr. John Dee , nM h secure tlio persons ol him nnd his colored servant. It wtw done. Much to his surprise , Mr. Lee was arrested , nt the same time that his poachmnn was overpowered in the garden bcfoi-o ho could utlor n cry. A Ipngnmi patient search resulted in the ( iiuuntr of tlio mutilated watch in the barn where tlio negro had hidden it. Upon tins he the colored man , 1ho brother of the mnti who wns lumped in company Doc's relative , confessed nil ; and the secret of the U murders which had paralyzed nn entire state was out. , PisiU'liiiMiNT imors. According to the Darwinian theory our ancestors wcro all talc-bcarcrs. Jumbo's widow. Alice , Is coming , to this country , llcr trunk will bo admitted free of duty. Auovthcin mnn ran now start ft row In live minutes In Flotilla by carrying a walrof skates across tlio shoulders. A Yankee has invented a machine that saws ami splits wood In one tluio and two motions. Jlu wilt not call It "Tlio Tram ) ) , " tor obvious leasons. She "You awkward biutot Yon Imvo di < oppcd your bread nud butter on tlio llool * . " lip "Thal'fl all right , my dear , Nobody A ill get it. 1 tia\o my foot on it. " uJs ducky dailluc stck ? What will he do , ducky',1" was bcaid Issuing tiom a Mceciint * oar beith. "Try some quack medicine I" came tlio unsolicited response from tlvr pairs of strong lungs. H Is proof of a man's good temper If the man slips down on Ice and comes up Mulling. If ho chases Ills hat down the Mnet gutter without iisligprornnolant-ungo lie is saintly. A loiter has been fo\iud \ that was limited elglity-threo yearsjigo nt Cambridge , Mass. , ami has not yet reached Its destination. This pioves that tlio immediate delivery sys tem has been In vogue bomo time. "Yls " ialil Pat "Ol've , , signed Iwo pledges and wan to the last and wan t o his honor. " "It's a foluo man yo are Pat , " ipplled lirldgct , "and doycz think yo'll knpo tlilmV" "Bfgon-a , Ol'll tliryund knpo wan nv thliii. " "O'er mo pour the stream ot J.clhe , " walls ritlcspalilugpoet. That's just like n pool , nsklug for n thlni ; like that when every stream In the country Is Irozen to the bet tom. And oven 1C they were not jou can't pour Letlio over a man like gravy over a platu of potatoes. ' Tlicio are tlmes'whcn the most humble and long suffering man may rebel ngnlnsl tlio conjugal tyranny of , a too exacting wife , but they don't roniu uroinid very hoon after ' ' ( ioil IJlcss Our Home" motto IUH boon icsponilcil to with twins , ami mateilaiulllcs gets strong euouj-h ( o want to know if ho means to break not heart alter all she lias done lor him. A new poem In an unknown exchange says : "winter is now licie. " When wo liud our hydrants frozen and the llu > rmomu- ter'JO below mo and a fantastic coating of icu nn eighth of an inch thick on Hie oillce window panes , we are constiaiuud to admit that the poet Is not lar out ol the way. Any one who mistakes this weather for August deserves to have his cars Irozun six Inches deep. A Minncanolls congregation loft the church one .Sunday because the minister took his text from t. Paul. In Portugal the ballot-box Is placed between two saints , nml a man who knows how to work the saints gels himself elected. A Philadelphia ( declined lo "kiss the book" before a Philadelphia nmglstinto , say ing : "Tho witness who kissed It before mo had soie lips and the one who came bel'oie him chewed tobacco. 1 will not kiss the book. " Spiritualistic medium "You now behold the spiiit of Algernon Snobblns. Do you iccogntxehlnr ? " Visitor " 1 do. " Spiritua listic medium "lie docs not seem to recog- dlzuyou. " Visitor "O , that's because I te- cciltfy failed in business. " Husband ( returning from the funeral ) "I he minister , in his limera ! sciinon , seem ed to bo much oveicouie. If 1 am not mistak en ho was affected to tears. " Wife "Yos ; the deceased , poor man , was worth over SI- 000C03.fiVw York Times. "What did Eve do after she bit the apple'.1" asked the Sunday-school teacher. "Sent It to Pasteur in Paris , " lenlied the sm ait , bad boy. J > . S. Ho got mad befoto the teacher got through Inoculating nini with a skate- strap , but ho wasn't sent to Paris tor tieat- ment. [ Brooklyn Eagle "How is this , Jones ? Your son made a profession of religion last \\eok , and now they bay he's In jull. Has ho become n stage lobbci' " ' "Alas , my ft lend , it is worse than stago-iobbiug , lor htage-iobbets seldom get caught. " "Good gracious. What worse thing did he do"Ho joined the salvation army. " [ Newman Independent "My dear ii lend " said , a long-haired coun tryman to the biographical expounder of a dime museum , "is that iinluitunate being ically a cannibal ? " and he Indicated a South Sea Islander fiom Cork who was silting on n ilivau. "Yes , sir ; that great living curios ity was captured while in the actol loastinir al'iesbvteilan missionary over a slow lite. " ' ( ireat heavens I" gasped tlm couutrvman : "can't you convert him ? " "Convert him I" ( aid the bloaiaplier with disgust. "Do you s'pose the great American public would pay 10 cents to * > eo a Christian ? " The son of a prominent divine went out to Dakota with the intention ot going Into business , but returned in very low circum stances financially , having walked about half the distance. "Why , I am bin prised , my syu , " said his father ; " 1 thought there wcie great opportunities for making money In the ten itoiies. Didn't you strike a chance ? " "Well , yes , In a meubuio ; Imt the fact Is. father , 1 didn't hold the light kind of a hand , It was good enough , so I bet all 1 had on it ; but the other fello.v's was tliu bet ter and ho raked hi the pot. " Tim next Sun day thu minister preached on "Thu Crying Need of Missionaries In the U'est. " It. .1. Biirdctto thus hits oif Philadelphia : "It was one of the pastor's' best sermons , and ho was describing heaven. It was a place of marvelous beauty , matchless , tinusccnilont beauty , he said. All the mansions weto ot red brick , with solid white shutteis four Inches thick , no cornlco , binss doorknobs , and white miublu steps , with angels continu ally scrubbing them through thu countless ages ot eternity. 'Eloquent preaehei , ' .said the Ktrauger in thu do.icou's pew , at the COM ! > of the service. 'PlilKukOplila man , ain't ho' . " 'Ah , ' said the deacon , 'somebody told you. ' " CONXUUI AlilTI US. Lady Benedict Is to bo maided again to a man of forty years. She isoulj twenty-eight , and Sir Julius was bevenlylivohen lie made her his wlto. Mr. llowatd C'loie , nfPnrke county , Indi ana , at thu age of 77 , has just 111:11 : lied Ills lilililfc. . and Is already the father ot .six teen children. Of course ho expects to see tlut completion of the Panama canal , Doc. ai , ibss. When n Xulu ghl takes a shine ton young man she goes at dusk and sits bufoie his hut , If ho likes her looks ho will Invite her In to remain a week or so 'and it they ngrco ho then goes ami makes : i bargain with her patents and keeps her for las wile. As an Indication of the danger fo which attractive young ladies ant exposed In Da kota , a Judy In lingo , who has an extensive millinery establishment , stales thateverv girl she has employed In tour years lias left TUT In a slim t time to get man led , and slio pro- po-cs to sell out and follow I heir oxamph * . A report f i oni thu Syrian missions states that n largo number of .Moslem fills , who have been taught by mlsilonailes diiilug thu past lil teen jeai's , have mariicd , and not 0110 ol them hits been divorced , nor have their husbands been known to tuko other \\lvm. These mlssionniies should bo called back at 01 ice to uxeit their excellent Iniluciii-u In tliosu poitlous ol the homo vlnoyatd where most do llomlsh. _ It was on the eve "of thu tweuly-liftli anniversary - niversary of their marriage. .Sum she ; "I do hope if anybody Is going to glvo us any thing It will be In money , When wo were mauled wo wcro Ignoiant , and wo didn't liud out immediately that seven sugar spoons unit tlih teen lee pitcheis were not essential U > murltlul bliss ; but I think we have been mar iicd long enough by thls.tlmo to know enough to pick out'our own piesentr- . " West Jiiooklleld , Mass. , hus six couples who have e.spuilenceil moro thiin filly years of wedded bliss , -jnd one ot the muulagcs was Illly-s-nveii yeju * ago. Olio of the mm- rlago certificates iicently Issued by Town Clefk Hush wad to Ilov , W. H. Ktone , aged 8ovcnty-Ji\e yours , and In other of Mis. J < wy Htono Hlaclnvelf. The Veteran groom'n bride was .Miss ihirtli.i ItobliHon , aged M'v- enty-onu jcurs , a sister ( , > f .Mr. Stone's first and t > econd wlve-.s.and alio of ex-guv- einor JUibliibon , ul Kansas. Piiblip speakers and"smgnrs find B. II. Dou las.s iV Sons' Capsicum Cough Drops sure remedy for hourtetiuis. " 370 O/0 oft/to Best and Jbat'ffest Stocks in the U8\ \ to Select from. No Stairs to Climb Elegant Passenger Elevator. ! M. BURKE & SONS , LIYE STOCK COMMISSION MERCHANTS , 01CO. llUHKB , Mann-tor , UNION STOCK YARDS , OMAHA , NEB. rKFKntNCKSt } MerchnntB And Farmers' Hunk , Ditvlt ! City , Noli. , Kearney Nnllonnl tlfthVK fcr ' ncyNeb.i Columbus Stnlo Hunt , Columbus , Ncb.t McDonald's IJank , North Platte , Nob. OmftUa NiaionnliWu.Oinahn.Nob. Will par customers' draft with bill ol laiUuff muehod , for tvo-UilrJi yftluo of stock. CODNCILBLUFFS. _ ADDITIONAL CITY NK\VS. SUCCCR4 or a H In ITU Hey , 3 The many friomls of tfhilcy Uurko will bo glad lo learn that ho is prospering at OrniiRe City. Ho Is a young man whoso career lias boon watched by many here with prldo as well as interest. As most know , ho is a son of City Auditor IJurko , nnd lived hero from infancy ui | < ; riiluntjng with honor from the Cottne.il I Hull's hipi school , and later pursuing his law studies successfully unuur Col. Daily and Col. Kcatley , lie was admitted to the bar here , and is now located in Ornnjro City , where he has lately bceoiui * associated In the practice of law witli Air. Hewitt , a young nmnof excellent attainments , who lias been located at Ircton. The Hawnrden Commercial , in noticing the new firm , says : "There is no need of words of praise for Mr. Uurko * his record is established , and wo doubt if llioro is another attorney in northwestern Iowa wht > has had such universal success in the cases in which ho lias been engaged. The firm as now established is a strong one , and worthy of unlimited confi dence. " From the Boo. Yesterday one of the Bit : : representa tives called at the oflleo of the Ivpiitablo iMiilualLifo and Endowment association , and during the course of conversation asked Mr. Hamlull how his "ad. " In the UIE : satislicd him , if ho received any re plies , etc. . lo which ho replied , "I'll ' show you , " anil after showing a bhj ; pile of let ters , wrote the following testimonial , saying , "Take that , if it will do you any good/ ' Office of Superintendent of Agencies.Vcst - eui Division ot Equitable Mutual Life and .Endowment Association. COUNCIL UI.UFFS , Jan. 29 , 1BSO. TlioBr.i : : I wish to say that in our ad- voitlslng the BIK lakes the lead. Fully nlnety-nlno out of every hundred letters gives tlio Bui : credit. Very Tiuly , \Vir.i.iA5i KANUAT.T. , Supt. Agencies Kmiltablc. JOSIAH THE KING. The Career of tlio Crnzy Englishman , Wlio Pcrisliccl Xortli Platto. The body of a crazy Englishman was found fro/.eii stiff in a sod shanty near North Platte last Sunday. It was sur rounded by some fifteen or twenty dog.s of all sixes and breeds , several of which were so fierce that the coroner was com pelled to shool them before he could get near the body. Ono very largo and line black dog laid close lo his muster's head , and refusing to let any one interfere with the , body , was lassoed by the coroner and led oil'a captive' [ Omaha lieu. Thcro is no doubt of this being Josiah Aslicroflt who tarried hero nearly two years living in a hut made of brush nnd straw , which was just big enough for him and his drove of dog.s to crawl in. At night lin would , retire on a pile of straw in this hovel and his dogs would Jay around him and on top of him , thus keeping him warm. Ho passed two se vere winters here in tliat way : but it seems that the icy hand has laid hold of him : \l \ last , and ho has gone , lo bn remembered as ono of the strangest mortals known to the people hero. It was known horn that Josiah was at North Platte , he hnrin-- ; been seen there last summer hy Frank Ijiulwig. A short history of this peculiar char acter may be interesting. Mr. Vtillar gives us some items which , as near as wo can remember , are as follows : He came to this country from Eng land a convert to the Merman faith , a good many years pgo , and went djrcct 10 Salt Lake , where ho stayed until the mountain meadow massacre. Ho , with tow others , refused to go and take a hand in that horrible murder , and know ing their destiny if they remained thcro without obeying , they fled. Josiah , ac- cojiipunied by one man , made the tedious trip over mountain and plains tint ! ) ihoy reached Council lilutl's , in which city ho tarried several years. While there , ho attended a Methodist revival mooting and became "enligh tened , " and then "enlightened" a Mor mon elder. Hrigum Young hearing of this , sent two elders from Utali to see about the matter. Josiah thought they intended to kill him and hid in a barn. As ho slept on the hay he dreamed anil 11 was revealed to him that ho was ( o be tie ! second Klijah. Ho shook the dust of- Council mulls , oil' his feel and lias hinco been a wanderer , Mopping at dili'orciit points wliiii't ) thu people would tolerutn him , and living in a .similar manner as at tills place , though ho did not generally stay a-i Jong in a plucu as liu did here. lie arrived here two yuar ago this win- lei * , bringing a few dogs with him , and from them ho raised a largo number , sell ing ono occasionally. ThoFo dogs were greatly attached to him. When lie would como Into town from his hut , whiim was about half a mile west of town , about twelve or fifteen dogs of dill'uront ages would ho ttt his heels. Ilo would leave. Uio .young pups ami their mother at tlio house , Tlio most , of tlio tiino he kept about thirty , largo and small , and would feed them well witii meal which ho gathered up at the slaughter Iiquscs. liu lived by what was given to him principally , although liu worked a considerable and generally had a little money. He were cu * > l oil' clothes that wcro given to him. As a rule , people hero worn very kind lo him , On sonic subjects Josluh seemed to bo perfectly sanu , but gut him started on tliu Bible or his mission , and his state ments were wjld. He claimed that lie would never die : that hn was the second JClijah , sent by God to deliver lite people ; thai ho would reign King , but U.ut his tiino hud not yet como Ho could mioto scripture by thu hour and would talk as long a man would liiten lo hiu and sometimes a gootl dual longer , borne one told him Jai-t siimmor that ho would cither have to kill his dogs or pay laNcs on ( hem , and that is claimed to liu his cause * , for leaving hero. Wo do not uolievjj lin found a1 , k'r.d people its he' luft , and perhaps his death was cutt * > cd mort ! front want of food thuti frjni froit.-7-l5)uir [ ) Hcpubjii-uu. ± A ± ' " -aii-i . - . . Jfr , tfari , i K ij fiKL. V , j > ato&ei , CAPITAL P1UZ15 , fTft.OOO 1 ickcts only $5. Slmrca la Proportion. U.SL LOUISIANA STATE LOTTERY COMPART , "Wo do hereby cortlty tlint * vo f > utiorvl 0 the nrrnnKomonts far nil the Monthly nnd ijunrtorly Drawings of Tbo Louisiana Stnto Iotlorr Coitttmny. mid In person mnimrro nnd control the iHmvfnffRthoinsolves , nnd Unit thoenmonvo conducted with honoMy , Cnlniest aud In Rood rnlth townt-d All Imrtles , nnd wo nuthorlro tup Compnnjr to ujo this cortlllcnto , with fno-Rlmlli'S of our signatures nttachsd In us ndvcrtlsmout CO.\M1S3IONIU3. Wo , tlio undnrtlgned Hanks and Hankers , vrlll | my nil Prizes drawn tii Tlio Lou 2 lima Stnto Lot teries whloh may bo jnosontcd in our counters J. II. OOM'HHY , Pres , Louisiana National Bank BAMUKL , n. KINNIUV : , Pres. State National Bank , A. HAM-WIN , Pres , New Orleans National Bank Incorporated In 1808 for 23 years by the legls- Intura tor I.MuciiHomil nnd Clmrltnhlo purposes Ith u capital of $ looo.oou to whloli roBorvo fund of over ( fiSU.UUO hns Blncu hocn added. I'ynnovi'nvlH'IinliiK popular votu Its Irnnohlso wngiimdonpiirtofthupro&iMU tnto oonatltUttoti adopted IL comlor"d. A. 1) . 1879. The only lotlorv over voted on nnd endorsed by the people of nny stnto. It uovor scales or postpones. Its urniulHhiKlo number drawings talto pltxco monthly , nnd the oxtrnordlnnry drawings roKU- hirly every tlirco months Instoud ut soml-niinu- ally us norotoforo , lioglnnliiif March , IKbfl. ASl'I-KNIIIDOPPOIlTtrNITVTO WlNAKOUTtmn. 2d Qrnnd Drawing. Cluss H , In the Aomtomyof Music. Now Orleans , Tuesday , Fob. Uth , 1883 Ib'Jth Monthly Dru-rln-r. CAPITAL PRIZE $75,000. 100,001) ) Tlcltets nt Flvo Dollars Kiich. i'ruetlons InKltths , InPioportlon. oir I'liUF.s : 1 25,000 _ 1 10,000 1"fi 12.UOO "fi 10,000 10 10,000 : : o 10,000 100 20,000 : ioa 80,000 MO S.'i.OOO 1000 25,000 Arrnoxi.MATioN rut/us. 0 Approximation Prizes ol'$750 , . . 0,7W V do do f > 00 4,500 0 do do 50 , MOT Prlzos nmountiner to . J-205.B03 Applleatlon for rates to clubs should bo made onlv to the ollico or the company In Now Or leans. 1'or f ui tlier information writa clonrlv , ( flvm.qr fullnddies-s. POSTAL NOTES , Express itonoy Orders , or Now Yuilc Kxchatifo in ordinary letter - tor , currency by expresH ( all Bums of (5 and up * winds lit our expense ) uddrc&scci , M. A. DAUPHIN , Or M. A-DAITI'IIIN. Washington , ! ) . 0. Or M.O'iTUNS it CO. , IKWFarnnni st.,0mnun Nchrasuii. Mnlio P. O. Jfonoy Orders payable and addrosa registered I el Kirs to JNK\V O1U.HAN3 NATIONAL HANK , N'ow Orleans , La. MUilBf tonli frti l > lufM r.rv > w ' t * > U1. * erl4. rtirr , l > ; fit | > itA. l > Urrl > t. lr , r Mi Afw. W. til Ai. r4 > rf vf Ih * Mfr.ti * . ifrf * nf A ( c * ( ! ( [ * Impart dvlulM. fit * * U n flM cf cbiMip.cn. , b4 t til uin > * r drtnkl. Ill M. r ( roii > urfrit , . A. % f.ur .roruni.l ftft uuBurutuiidtirijn./ . J. 77. V7UPPE2UA1W , COLH iOSll ? , a mu ) < ii > wj.v. K > jr. _ / Asthma Oure. Tills tnvaluuMo BpcrlDo roadlly and perma nently cures nil kludb of ANtlimu. The most obstinate and lon-f ftandlnfr cnsoi yield prompt ly to Its wonderful ftirina properties. It Id Known throughout the woild tor Its unrlmlod elllcncy. J. J. . CA I.WV JILT , , city rtf Lincoln , Nob. , writes , .Inn. Vh , IfHl : Hlnco iislni ; Dr. Hair's Asthma Uuro , lor moro Iliiin ono year , my wife1ms boon 1'iitlioly neil , nnd not oven u riyniptom of Uio dlbcuso has niicnrod. | ) WIUJAM IIHNNUTJ1 , lllchhind. Iowa , wrltos. Nov.iU , 18S1 : I Imvo been nlllleled with Hay I'everiind Asthma ulneo liVJ. I fullonixl your dlroetlons nud nm happy to my that Inovor. elopl belter In my III" . I am sliid that I urn iimntiK- the many who eun speak t > o favorably of jour leiiid'HcH. A valuablolU pngo trenllho rontntnlii ? slinllai pidui from ovciy btalo In the U , & . , Canada anil Orciit Ilrllaln.Mlll bo mailed upon npplioatlon Any iliUfe't'Ul not liuvhif It in clock will pro- euro It , * * A Qulcv. Ifnnu. < 4 VA t V Vj > I\3 E T . nunt .i-IIIIi ; Iff muttttT noun i.y nun. M'AI.I'I * ritii : * . . . . . RIE r/ll DlCALCO..BUFFAl.ON.V. .1 Did you Sup pose Mustang LSniracnLGnly good ! for horses ? It is for inflaroma-f tion-of aUTlcsh.