THE OMAHA DAILY BEE , SATURDAY , FEBRUARY 20 , 1886.
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THE BEE pyBLISHIlfciPHT , PROPRIETORS ,
K. HOSHW.ATKU.
THE surprise nt tlio breaking up oftlio
Transcontinental pool is not so great us
the surprlso caused by its holding to
gether so long its It < llil.
TIIKIIK is : i great scarcity of good ser
vant girls In Om aha. This ilcitrtli of do
mestic help mnybc duo to the announce-
inentof un entorprlsing Dakota journal
ist that ho can supply ten thousand
women with husbands.
SINGH the return of the predicted cold
wave St. 1'iMil newspapers are preparing
to urge General Hazon for one of tho. o
vacant niajor-gnnoralships. The preser
vation of the ice palace i.s the ( itic.stion of
the season in Minnesota's cnpitol.
TUB sale of unlimited first-class tickets
from the Missouri river to California
points for .f GO , caused by the breaking of
the Transcontinental pool , is a big tiling
for the scalpers. They will invest every
dollar they can raise in these tickets.
YSBUI.T lumKY has been released and
O'Dynamito Hossa saj-s that while he will
not attach a dynamite bomb to her skirt ,
ho will kcop his eyes open and his trig
ger-finger over ready to got in the lirst
shot next time.
A GOOU good imitation of oleomargarine
is now on the market. When the law is
passed compelling manufacturers to tint
boffus butter pink , a rider should bo
added to color the bogus oleomargarine
blue. The public have a right to know
what they are buying.
Tin : murderous Apaches have added
eight more murders to their long list. It
is about time to round up these butchers
and start a graveyard with them , but the
people of Arizona and Now Mexico need
not expect the United States troops ever
to accomplish such a desirable result.
Now THAT the exposition building is
open a grand gladiatorial combat bo-
twcocn tlio rival leaders of Nebraska's
democracy lias becomea , possibility.
Let them hire the hall and light it put in
thut arena. A crowd which would pack
the building would bo assured without
further advertisement.
JYAXSAS CITY is agitated over the rumor
lliat John.1. IllaiHs negotiating foV c.ablo
line stock in that city "and owners of those
securities liavo at once doubled the price
of their holdings. Kansas City never
underestimates the value of anything in
Kansas City , from an energetic census
taker to a broken down horse railway.
Tun papers of Detroit are still vigor
ously carrying on the war against rail
road dead beatism , and continue to refuse
to publish time tables free of charge m
their columns. Last week u coal dealer
ottered to the Free Press an advertise
ment which contained with his own an
nouncement the time card of the Michi
gan Central railroad. The Free Press
declined to publish it and suit lias been
begun against the paper in consequence.
OMAHA'S stock yards have been of great
advantage to this eity during the year or
more in which they have been In opera
tion. They iiavo added to our resources
as a market for western producers , have
increased our manufacturing facilities ,
tind are to-day stimulating the growing
nnd feeding of a bettor class of meat cat
tle throughout the section tributary to
this oityi During the past fall and winter -
tor , with markets everywhere depressed ,
the Omaha stock yards buyers paid
higher prices than any of their compcti-
'tors , The farmers nnd feeders of Ne
braska are learning the advantages of
patronizing homo purchasers of cattle
.and hogs , and the coming season will
show still greater advances in the busi
ness and sale of the yards than the past
one.
IT Is not surprising lo learn lhat Iho
FaoHio railroads have sent their attorneys
to Washington to protest against the bill
requiring those companies to pay the cost
of surveying their unsold lands. The
land graul roads have evaded so long tax
ation on the immense domain given them
by the people that they are convinced
that any action to place them on an
equality in this respect with the poor
settlers would bo an Injustice of largo
proportions , So far ns Nebraska is concerned -
corned , tlio Union Pacific is so rapidly
disposing of the landed estate that a few
years time will place the company be
yond any fear of the operation of such a
law , Delay is what the tax shirkers are
pleading for , and that is precisely what
ought not to bo granted them ,
FATIIIK ; BKTTS , well known In Omaha ,
is once more in trouble with his ecclesi
astical superiors. This time the ofl'unsn
is not connected with ritualism or ru
brics. Thu bishop of Missouri is oflended
at the vigorous tirade which Father Belts
made at Father Jardlno's funeral , and
declines lo conllrm his communion class
during tlio coming Lenten season unless
the clergyman apologizes for the reflec
tions cast on thu head of the diocese in
thai remarkable discourse. Father Belts
has refused to retract his statements , and
accuses the bishop of going out of his
way in applying tlio term "priestly hands
steeped in blood" to his episcopal self.
As Father Bolls is never moro
happy than when engaged
in controversial warfare , there nro
prospects of a lively interchange of
civilities by null in the dloccso of Mis
souri , The question of ecclesiastical dis
rk. cipline is a tender one , but it is ditlicult
to see how it can bo uvoided'jutho present
Instance ,
Inquiry Into Cnpt. Crnwfiml's Death.
Senator Mandcrson yesterday intro
duced a resolution of inquiry in the
scnnto calling upon the secretaries of war
and state for information us to what
steps had been taken by the government
in regard to tlio killing of Capt. Itaimclt
Crawford. The murder of this bravo
soldier by Mexican troops , so called ,
whlln he wns on Mexican soil , pursuing
hostile Indians , demands prompt satis
faction nml reparation from the Mexican
government. The evidence is conclusive
that the Mexican uniform was used to
cloak the operations of n gang of con
scienceless banditti who were masquer
ading as soldiers wlillo actually engaged
in plundering whatever canio in their
path. After talking with Capt. Crawford
nnd listening to his explanations of tlio
object of his expedition ho was deliber
ately shot down in cold blood by thcso
Greaser highwaymen , and tlio deter
mined stand of the scouts of Lieut. Mans
alone saved him from sharing the same
fate.
fate.Capt.
Capt. Crawford leaves dependent rela
tives in reduced circumstances. He was
treacherously murdered by men wearing
thu uniform of n nation which is assumed
to bo on friendly relations with our own.
His life was taken while ho was com
manding nn expedition of the United
States which was on Mexican soil , in
strict accordance with thu treaty stipula
tions. Merc formal apologies and expres
sions of regrets should not bo accepted as
snlliciunt reparation for this outrage.
Tlio Host is the Cheapest.
This paper i.s making no warfare on
any paving contractor or for any paving
contractor. The bids are all in for thu
various materials which may bo chosen
by our property owners. The UIK : has
assured itself and it assures the people ot
Omaha that any wooden pavement is
merely a temporary substitute for a sub
stantial paving material. It reads in the
experience of other cities which have
gene blindly into wholesale paving with
this material a lesson to Omaha , which ,
whether our people profit from it or not ,
will sooner or later enforce itself upon
their good jtidarmcnt. From the outset ,
wo have declared that in certain portions
of the city a wooden block pavement is
tlio best under the circumstances. Wu refer
to the sloe ) ) hills in the residence
streets where a plaslio pavement would
bo too smooth and a stone block too expen
sive. Hut wo have insisted and still insist
that on any street where traflic is com
paratively heavy or where gas and water
mains have not been generally tapped by
house connections a wooden block pave
ment will prove an unsatisfactory and : v
costly experiment. Its surface can never
be brought to its original condition after
it has been displaced and the wooden
blocks once crushed , nro porous , fibrous ,
retentive of filth and unhealthy. The ad
vocates of wood "blocks are urging the
merits of cedar blocks upon property
owners on streets now partly occupied
for business , and which will shortly bo
entirely given up to tlio purposes of trade.
There is a tendency to cover the best portion
tion of the now paving tlibtricts with this
material because it is cheap. Without
the slightest personal feeling or personal
interest in the matter , tlio BKK is con
vinced that a mistake and a serious mis
take will bo made if permanency , solid
ity and utility in our public improve
ments ai'O sacrlticrl io cheapness. It is a
mistaken policy. The best is tlio cheap
est.
THE city has won a substantial victory
in the Peabody grading cao which was
decided this week against the plaintifls.
The verdict that damages by grade must
bo greater than the resulting benefits in
order to form a good ground for recov
ery is a proper and an equitable one. It
paves tlio way for the prosecution of
much needed public improvements which
have been hampered by the possibility of
large verdicts for damages against the
city. If property owners on streets which
bid fair to bo thoroughfares into and out
of the city are wise they will cheerfully
join in demanding tliatpornmuentgrades
suited to tlio requirements of Irafiic be
established at once , and that the work ,
when done , shall bo finished for all timo.
A cut of live feet when fifteen is needed ,
toopon up a street to the approach of
business is very poor economy. Omaha
has dallied and temporized too long with
the grading question , The interests of
individual property owners and of the
city agree in requiring that there shall be
a radical reform in the matter.
HAVING asserted its dignity in tlio
resolutions about removals tlio senate
should now bucklu down to business. At
the present rate ot working neither
branch of congress is earning its salt.
ANOTHKU largo wholesale lumberyard
is to bo located in Omaha. A brick yard
with a capacity cqnul to allthoso that wo
have is the most pressing need of this
A GiiK.vr many candidates are prepar
ing to bloom witli tlio ( lowers of spring ,
That's about all most of them will do-
simply bloom.
TIUUI.KS has turned up again with the
Ponca Indian cnso in his pocket ,
Other Imnds Than Oiu-g ,
Parliament has once moro opened its
doors and tjie responsibilities and cares
of oflleo Imvo already begun to press upon
the shoulders of the Gladstone ministry.
The cabinet is lighting now for timo.
Discussion of Irish measures has been
( Infinitely postponed until some future
date in March , when several remedial
measures are promised. Ono statement
of future policy by Mr. Gladstone is posi
tive , and that is that coercion will not bo
renewed , and this is taken by the Irish
party as an index that largo conces
sions will bo feiibititutod for the
blundering policy of former admin
istrations. The whigs have not yet
formally decided on the measure of the
support or opposition which they will
give to tlio liberal party. Mr. Morlov's
triumphant ro-olocUon to parliament
from Nowcastlo-upon-Tyno will unques
tionably have the effect of emboldening
these liberals who have previously hesi
tated about following Mr. Gladstone in
his search for homo rule. Mr. Morley
has been made'secretary for Ireland because -
cause of his pronounced views on the
Irish question , In speaking to his con
stituents ho told them bluntly that what
ho and his chief wore after was a way to
meet the wishes of the homo rule party ,
and yet not sacrifice tlio union. By giv
ing him an increased majority the New
castle liberals have done their full share
toward proving that the body of the Eng
lish working people are willing to give
tlio Irish n chance.
*
*
The homo office is receiving genornl
blame for the wretched handling of the
Into riots nnd Mr. Chllders has been
forced to defend himself by showing that
the public failed to inform him of the oc
currences until several hours after tlio
lirst riot had broken out. A radical re
form of the London public system is like
ly to bo the result of the avalanche of
indignation which is pouring down upon
the home oflico through the columns of
tlio press. Travelled Englishmen inform
the ministry through this medium that a
hundred .Now York policemen would
have prevented nil the disturbance which
is now generally admitted to have been
incited ny the thieves and pickpockets
who hung on the cdgcsof the great crowd
at Trafalgar square. This is a compli
ment to the Now York squad
which New Yorkers may be inclined to
dispute , ' but it Miows the gen
eral feeling that tlio London force
of "babbles" is unlit to deal with such
emergencies as presented themselves latt
week.
* \
Bismarck's complete change of front in
Ills ecclesiastical controversy with the
Vatican lias astounded Europe. The bill
to reveal the provisions of thu Fnlk laws
which he has so long held were necessary
to the independence of the empire com
pletes the journey to Canossa which ho
boasted so loudly he would never under
take. The chancellor has discov
ered that tlio support of Catholic
representatives in the Landing is
indispunsiblo in carrying out his
schemes for maintaining tlio treasury of
the empire. The passage of the bill giv
ing the government a monopoly of the
manufacture and sale of spirits is im
peded in its course. The extension of the
anti-socialist laws is a matter of doubt.
To call to his aid tlio clerical party , repre
senting a third of tlio citizenship of Ger
many , is the object for which the chan
cellor lias boon striving and tlio repeal of
the Falk laws is tlio price which ho is
prepared to pay for such assistance.
*
Austrian discontent tit Bismarck's
Polish policy is increasing and has shown
itself unmistakably in the reichsrath nt
Vienna , where a violent attack on the
German chancellor was made by a dele
gate from Gallicia. The iron prince was
denounced as moro beast than imui and
as a habitual drunkard , and the state
ment was made amid loud cheers that
the alliance between Austria and Ger
many was purely ollicial in its character ,
and that it had no foundation in the sym
pathies of a largo portion of the people of
both empires. Dispatches state that
Prussia's proposed expulsion of the Poles
is causing the most intense excitement
throughout the Polish portions of the
Hapsburg domain. The Austian-Polish
press is filled with attacks so bitter , and
often so libclous against the German
chancellor because of his recent policy
that the German party in the Austrian
parliament has indignantly and cfluctu-
nlly protested against their continuance.
%
The Greeks are still insisting that
Turkish territory or war are the only
alternatives , and the efforts of the powers
to prevent what seems a certain infrac
tion of European peace have not so far
been crowned with lliO desired suc
cess. A combined Hect of Gorman ,
English , French and Austrian vessels are
now lying in Suda bay to prevent the
outbreak of hostilities between King
George's ships and the Turkish iron-
clads.
*
* -
The "bcientifio expedition" lately sent
bv the Russian government into Thibet
was equipped after a fashion decidedly
too warlike for purposes of pure or ap
plied science , nor is it easy to connect
the1 presiimwl obinots of such an expedi
tion with the killing of 400 natives. There
is liltlo doubt that interesting discoveries
were made , nor that the reports by tlio
loaders of the party will exhibit the
country traversed in such a light that a
burning desire will at once spring up in
the ItusMnn heart to possess it. This is
generally tlio outcome of Russian scion-
tilic expeditions into territory contiguous
to the Russian empire , and the govern
ment of China will look with little favor
on exploring parties such as that which
has just returned from Thibet.
*
It is not unlikely that Canada will bo
induced by the prominence given to in
dustrial arbitration in this country to take
to establish "courts of
early stops con
ciliation" for the benefit of her producers.
The failure of English laws on this sub
ject seems to be satisfactorily explained
by the fact that they give onforccability
to tlio findings of boards of arbitrators.
Had it not been for this defect and the
disappointments which have rosultud
from it , Canada might long ago have
enacted a law of the kind now demanded
by her artisans.
* .
The London Economist shows that
home rule would involve the addition of
2,000,000 , to Irish taxation , and it asks
advocates of disruption if they are pre
pared to pay the cost and how they will
raise it. The solution of the problem is
not difficult. Great Britain now disburses
annually tun times two million pounds to
support in idleness pauper peers and beg
garly foreign princes. Those vast sums
might bo saved and applied to the ameli
oration of the sufferings of the poor.
The great tracts of land now hold by the
crown nnd absentee lords could be cut up
into small holdings and sold on longtime ,
enabling tlio poor cotters to earn decent
livings and thus decrease the poor rates ,
There are no obstacles in the way of
granting justice to Ireland that cannot bo
surmounted by the exorcise of common
sensu , and it is useless for the tory press
nnd statesmen to struggle. Homo rnlo is
inevitable. . %
One point in'tho nrrangemont between
Prince Alexander of Bulgaria and Turkey ,
apparently Insignificant from a European
point of view , was thu nature 01 iho nead-
dress to bo worn by the prince , because
the red fen is obligatory on all Turkish
officials , nnd the princu would not con
sent to adopt the fo on presenting his
homage to the sultan. Ho is therefore to
wear the uniform of a Turkish general of
cavalry , which includes the same cover
ing for the head as is worn by the Bul
garians , and the prince will be made a
miishir of the umpire , ins nanui thus
becoming in Turkish Jskanacr Pasha.
Mr. Labouchoro makes bold to coin n
word. Says ho : "An interview with the
name of thu interviewee ( the word re
quires coining in those days ) left out is
rather poor reading. "
PISRSOXAh yotNTS.
Phil. Armour's pay roll amounts to 50,000- ,
000. *
Ex-Senator Tnbor , 6f f dplorailo , fs a man ot
many mines.
Jay Ootild controls securities with a par
vnluo of S43'.lOD9,000. ,
The empress of Jntxin flpcaks English with
asortofplitpon-tocd decent.
The estate of the late J. U. Llpplncott of
Philadelphia Is valued at $3.W'Jn5. !
Frank 0. Dame , who illcd In Boston last
week , hntl a Hfo Insurance of 8110,000.
Conpressman Glover , 'ot ' St. Louis , has
sued the Missouri Itoptiblicau for S100.000
for libel.
It Is said that Confucius never sahl a worJ
at dinner. Perhaps the dinner wns cooked
to suit him.
The duke of EdluburR refuses to foioeo
ids claim to the throne of Saxo-Coburg-Uotha
for the 100,000 offered him by Bismarck.
Oscar Wlhlo Is contemplating another vlsl t
to America , nud will be .accompanied by tils
wife , i'licy will "do" tlio mining dlstilcts.
benator Jones has built tlio largest quail/
mill In the world at his Junoaii , Alaska
mine , which h yielding him much wealth.
It Is said that when Senator Edmunds
wants to go toboffimulng ho simply pours a
pail of water on a hill and breathes on It.
Ocoigo W. Guilds scut S100 to tlio Haiti-
moic fund for a moiiuiiK'iit to Fiancls Scott
Key , the author of the "Star-fc'panglcd Ban
ner.1'
Col. Prattl , a natural son of the late King
Victor Emmanuel of Italy , Is living In Now
York on a pension from the Italian govern
ment.
Senator Vance lemarkcd. on meeting Miss
Bullllt of Philadelphia , "Ah , I heard yen
whistle during the war , " and the Now Yolk
Star calls this gallant ,
Mr. Thnddeus Kalibanks , the Inventor or
the Fairbanks scale , recently celebrated , his
ninetieth birthday , anil still lives at St.
Jolmsmiiy , Vt. Ills long HCo is due to the
correctness of his weighs.
Asked how he succeeded in business , Phil
D. Armour replied : ' ! always mailo it a
pilnciple when the Almighty wasn't ' on my
side to get on his. " AH Mr. Armour Is many
times n millionaire , wo take It for granted
that ho has bcon on the Lord's side most of
his life.
Itov. Dr. J. 0. Armstrong , one ot the most
eloquent Episcopal clergyman in the southern
states , having been convicted of diInking
beer nud vl.sltlug disreputable houses , wns by
Bishop Bcckwllli sentenced to suspension
for ten yeais. Hoas loiinerly n Prcsbv-
tcrinn minister at Sidney , Ohio , nml pe'r-
mitted rumors to bo circulated that he was J.
Wilkes Booth , the assassin of Lincoln.
Grniit Could Tulk , Hut Ho Wouldn't.
Oili\oh ! llmci.
Gen. Grant set Sherman an excellent ex
ample , and Sherman ought to know by this
time how golden silence ically is , particular
ly in a man who cannot tallc.
Fighting n ] Stoiic Wall.
Pt'cbrasltftCitu ffniv.
Tne editor ot tho"Qmaha Herald Is still
lighting the administration with about the
same success as that abhie ed by the William
goat when he tried 'lo "butt" down a stone
wall. "
Ilio Next IT. S. 'Marshal.
Hipim/m Times.
Fiank Ireland , ot Nc'biaska City , who
claims the honor of being the handsomest
man in the state , emphatic in the state
ment that ho will bo the next United States
marshal for Nebraska/ !
A Succession of lirilllunt TriumpliB.
Ctilaljil A'c'iw. '
Senator Sherman 'lUVCstcd'In a 10-cont lot
tery ticket at a HebreV"-faIr in Washington ,
and drew a SI5 suit of boy's'elothes. That
eminent statesman's cnicer is one long suc
cession of brilliant triumphs.
Crest.
Clitcatio llcitild.
On the crest adopted by Senator lugalls. of
Kansas , Is a motto in Latin which , being in
terpreted , reads : "He wins who Is awake , "
audit might be added that In securing a scn-
atorahip In the state from which lugalls halls
ho gets tliero who sees the boys.
The Modern Interviewer.
Chicago ffeivs ,
As a matter of fact , the modern interviewer
Is one ot the most useful and instructive , ns
well flS best-ahiijed , ROi'Vauts oE the public.
Through him wo see into the minds and learn
of the hopes , purposes , and decd.s of all man
kind philosopher and laboier , misanthrope
and trillcr , clergyman and convict. Ho
should not bo Impudent , although ho may bo
persistent In doing his duty.
The VicissltiKlcB of FjiTc.
/ / < if/c//lnJio / | ( ( ) ffetm-Mlntr.
How uncertain me the vicissitudes of this
life I A man may bo shooting along on
snow-shoes over the beautiful snow lying on
tlio nnmorous hills about this city , exulting
in all the vigor of youth , and overflowing
with an abundance of animal spirits , and the
next mlmito ho may bo in an adjoining coun
ty under twenty feet of snow , without hat or
coat , waiting for the spring thaws to set in.
Philosophy ol * the Woathcr Bureau.
Oh , 1 am the chief of the Signal Division ,
Of litvratino I am a light ;
The newspapers make mo a butt for derision ,
But they print every line that I wilte !
The people all yearn for my last lucubration ;
They iitsh for the paper each day.
And bcfote they have looked at the news of
the nation ,
They must see just what I Imvo to say.
Some Imiurant fools dare to laugh at my
guesses
At what the day's weather will bo ;
But when a man once knows the key ho
confesses
My predictions were right to a T.
My secret ? Oh , well , 1 would just as soon
toll you ;
Whenever I say 'twill bn warm
Just get out your ulster ; the cold will com
pel you ,
For we're in for a howling cold storm.
1 1
If I say 'twill bo cold.'yoii may Know It's a
lictloii. i i
Your light linoii duster will do ;
In short , every time thai I inako a prediction
Just the opposlte'ri su/o to come hue ,
The InsoViinlacs.
It was the American humibrlst who said the
best lemedy tor insomu'la ' SVns a good night's
sleep. The power to siomAvhen and where
ones Ills Is a gift of Provlileuco fjuito ns do-
slrablo as memory , beauty , or any of the
other nice things whlc.iac | $ presumed to bo
lieavcii-sunt , Men of , 11 w largest mental
ability have been noted fpr the ease \\W\
which they could takii those cat-naps , far
moro Invigorating than hibernation , and
which icpalr the nervMi.s' waste and allow
them lu waking homs'fo accomplish hercu
lean tasks with their brains. That Insomnia
is totally unknown to these ready bloopers
would bo assuming too much , for tlio disease.
if disease It is , falls alike on thu cold-blooded
delver and wiry , Impulsive woikcis , raking
them foioand afi with beautiful Impartiality.
Preparing for n Love Feast.
flniml Inland ImMixiulait ,
The two hostile democratic bretlucn
Moiton and Dr. Miller , both busy In Wash
ington after the spoils , have discovered , that
government has been stingy In granting
favors to Nebraska democrats , in outer to
compel them to keep the peace. Now In
order to get the loaves and the flshes , ar
rangements are making for u love feast. Ur ,
Miller piuposes to shake , and It will be u
beautiful sight ti > behold , \\henMiller \ and
jMorto.nciubia.ee. Miller lias scut a message
to Morton , proposing u truce &ald to coiitaiu
the condition , that Collector Post botetlrcd
In favor of A. Crawford. In this way n
plnco would bo found for a democrat , and an
opponent to run for congress ng.ilnst Lalid.
When after the Batched up truce the spoils
tire gathcicd in , the war may be rc-opcned.
An insurance Anomaly.
St , Loith litobc-Dimocrat.
A year ago the insurance companies with-
diew from New Hampshire on account of
certain alleged unjust legislation , and It Is
now discovered that the number ot tires In
the state has decreased by 00 per cent. This
seems to prove that property bums much
more easily when It Is Insured than when It
Is not an anomaly that offers anew oppor
tunity to the llucnt and Indefatigable Insur
ance agent , who Is never happier than when
wrestling with such abstrnso Ideas.
imo\VN COUNTV'S a 13AT ,
Cushioned With Vlsorous , Push *
Ahi'iut People.
AIXSWOUTII , Neb. , Feb. 10. [ Corre
spondence * of the BKI : . ] This town , the
county seat of Brown county , is located
on the Fremont , Elkhorn A : Missouri Val
ley railroad , 278 miles west of Fremont.
The country surrounding it is splendid
land , One man last year raised 285
bushels of wheat from eleven acres.
The town w.is started in the spring of
1883 , and in the summer following forty-
throe busiucfS houses were erected. The
present year will probably witness a big
change in Aiuswortli , as the Union Paci
fic from Ord is expected to come up the
Calamus river and tap the Elkhorn val
ley road at this point.
Iho population of the city is estimated
from 1,000 to 1,200 people. A ? 1,000
school house and u $4,000 , church were
erected here last year. Wo have an
opera house M by 100 feet , and a court
house thu same .sf/.o. The Bank of Aius-
worth and Farmers' and Merchants'
banks taku care of our moneys.
S. Backoy & Co.T. . Funk , Wood ward
& Co..X. Storey , and Munson tt Aokorinaii
each Keep a general stock. Holimcistor &
Co. Lathrop&Co. and II. yarnur are the
druggists. Chancy , Smail.s Bros , and
Wivel & Meyer , hardware ; \V. H. Oreutt
and , f. F. Bums , hotel keepers ; Mrs.
Lumlis , F. F. Merithow , Win. Jones , M.
V. Day and K. Stevenson , restaurants ;
Allanl & Brubakor , bakery , S. P. Hart
and Collins Bros , are our grain buyers ;
Leroy Hall and r'inticy & Williams sell
lumber. Thu lattur named firm call this
their headquarters , they having yards at
six other points.
They are all having a rushing trade
and expect the town to boom for the next
six months. "MISTLKTOE. "
The Bulky Horse.
Now York Sun : "Before I experienced
religion and turned from the evil of my
ways , " said a man who had boon quietly-
sucVing away at a corn-cob pipe , " 1 had-
a little joy ot my own. It was that of re
tailing dry goods , clothing , boots and
shoes , and Yankee notions around the
countrv from a peddler's wagon. The
particular little point in which 1 excelled
was in securing my goods at low prices.
I finally became so smart that I got most
of them for nothing.
"One day as I was driving along a
highway in Ohio , a farmer stumped mete
to I ratio horses. After somu beating
around we made an oven exchange , and
I got a handsome strong limbed horse in
place of a spavined and broken down
animal , Itvas _ my solemn boliuf that ho
was gutting ritt of a stolen hoi > e , but
not a scruple of conscience did i have. I
had a heavy wagon , drove two horses be
fore it , and calculated that I luid made
just $100 out of the trade. 1 drove six
teen miles after making the trade , and
that horse proved himself n dandy.
"I had had my eye on a certain Jry
goods store in tliu village of P for
fioveral months back. That night , after
everything around the village hotel was
quiet , I slipped out , harnessed up , and
drove the wagon around back of the
sioro. You bee , I i"t'in' ! ° d to wake a
largo purchase nt bottom figures , and 1
didn't ' want tlio proprietor around. I
had brougct along a half-inch auger , and
twenty minutes was time enough to bore
my way in through the back door. A boy
about 1(5 ( years old slept in the store. My
lirst move was to capture him. Before ho
was fairly awake I had him tied , blind
folded , and gagged. Then 1 proceeded to
make my spring and summer selections.
The town was us quiet as a graveyard ,
nnd in about aa Jiour I liad u the load
thu wagon woiilu carry. I might remark
right here that the stock wassok'ctod with
a view of giving my customers the ail-
vantagcs of a falling market
The young man Iind been very quiet
during my work , and as I was ready to
go 1 went over to him and expressed my
gratification at his conduct As it lacked
only two hours of daylight , I asked him
to bo of good cheer and patiently wait
for some early riser to come in and re
lieve him. lie promised to remain quiet ,
and I got on the wagon and drove oft'
with tlie feeling that 1 had made a good
night's work of it. I was intending to
drive ton miles duo wont and then run
the goods into a curtain hiding phico.
About a milu beyond the viljago was a
long hill , and as wo canio to it that new
hor.su suddenly came to a dead halt. I
put on the whip , nud ho began to kick.
In about two minutes I was made to rea
lise that I had been stuck on a 'profes
sional.1 I know by his actions that lie
wns a bulkor from way back , and not
only mulish about it , but decidedly vic
ious ,
"Now , gents , m the language of
Shakespeare , hero was a go. 1 got down
nnd coaxed and llattereu and scolded
and pounded , but that horse had made
up his mind not to move , and was ready
to die in his tracks. I jabbed him in
the hams with a brad awl , but be kicked
tlio dusli-board Into splinters to pay for
it. I started a tire under him witli news
papers , but ho backed out of it , 1 wns
in a box. Time was sllppinsr past , ami
time was everything to mo. That infurnal
beast would neither take the hill nor turn
around. I unharnessed him to walk him
around , and ho rushed at me with a
scream , knocked me over , and then
turned and galloped oil' . My plan waste
to cut thu oilier horse IOOMJ and taku
myself oH'.biit before 1 could do it udo/.en
men piled on to mo. That hto'o | clurk
had worked himself Joosu and given thu
alarm. Belugas I'm in a eonliilenllal
mood this evening. I will inform you
that a prosecuting attorney , a judge , and
six jurors rulirud me to Columbus for tlio
term of oighl years. "
The Tumor's JIop.
Thu subscription maswionulo ball
given in Gernmnia hall to-night
by tlio local Turn Verein , will bo a most
Interesting and enjoyable a flair. Asidu
from thudaiicu a programme of uovul en-
turtainmoiits has boon arranged. Thuru
will bu n Mikado dancu. u tight rope per
formance , a dog exhibition , a ( icriuau
museum and other things , ono of which
will bo uproariously clover , but of which
nothing yet can be said ,
linhemliiiiH Organ ill UK ,
The Bohemian cili/cmj of thu lirst and
second wards held a meeting in Hofl-
man's ballon South Thirteenth street last
night , preparatory to organizing for tlio
Borka. Tim nnmu of Mr. Kuspar was
mentioned ns candidate for thu city
council. _ _
( leu , Cowin says that the insane tax
cam will probably not bu appealed to ihu
supreme court , its the other counties in-
'terc.ited do nol show a disposition to
back up Uoujjlas in eonteitiii < j the mutter.
FIGHTING FOR A BIC FORTUNE
The Story of a Legal Oontoat or the Estate -
tate of a Nogross ,
A Altxcil-itp Affair In Which Appear
2Inuy 1'olnts ot' Intcrst.
The New York World of Fob , 10 says :
Final argument will bo heard to-day at
Now City , Itocklaml county , before Sur
rogate GCO W. Vincent in the famous
contest for the possession of. the cstato of
Edward llesdra , late of Nyaek. Besides
valuable property in that village it con
sists of half a dozen tenement houses in
this city , and is worth altogether about
$150,000. The main Issue of the present
proceeding , however , which Judge | Vin
cent will have to determine is whether
Mrs. Amanda TordolY , a white woman ,
is a blood relative of I'M ward llesdra. or
the adopted daughter of tlio lattor's deceased -
ceased brother Solomonwho was regard
ed as iv colored man. The property lias
boon in litigation ever since the death of
Cynthia Hesdra , the wife of Kdward , in
whose name it stood. Although .she was
regarded as a white woman , iind had a
puro-blooded white mother , her fatlinr
was black. Her dark colored nephews
and nieces became her special charge ,
Many of thorn wuro employed in her
laundry , and most of her patrons are
said to have been inmates ot disreputa
ble houses. On her death her husband
claimed tills property , but as they did
not have any children it was said ho had
no right to itas she died intestate. After
a while lie produced a will in which ho
was named as solo legatee. Cynthia's
relatives declared tlio will u forgery ,
When it was oll'orcd for probate it was
contested by Cynthia's relatives. Tlio
surrogate is said to have declared the
will a forgery , but when the question was
carried up to the supreme court and
tried before a jury in 1881 , it was de
clared genuine. Edward Hivsdra became
.so elated that ho went on a debauch and
died Juno 0 , 1831.
After the death of Cynthia , Edward installed -
stalled the widow of Solomon llesdra as
his housekeeper. Her daughter , Mrs.
Amanda TordolY , was with Tier. When
Edward died Mrs. Tordoll' claimed the
estate on the ground that as his niece and
only blood relative she alone could in
herit , as no will could bo found. Notwithstanding -
withstanding her holding and keeping
the property she did not apply for letterset
ot administration.
An application made by Constant
Husdra , an aged negro , of No. 213 Nas
sau street , Brooklyn , was withdrawn ,
and then Charles A. Dunham , a lawyer
of Fail-view , N. J. , on April 8. 1885 , peti
tioned to bo appointed administrator , as
ho claimed to bo a creditor for $2,800. , In
his petition Lawyer Dunham alleges thai
Hesdra left no next of kin. A hearing
the petition was sot for April 29 , 1845 ,
and on that day Mrs , Tordolf also tiled a
petition to be appointed administratrix.
Eleven days prior to thai her mother
died. There has been a singular fatality
attending other witnesses whoso testi
mony was very material. Charges of foil
play and other suspicious circumstances
connected with the death of Edward
llesdra , his sister-in-law Hetty , and
others have been investigated after much
talk on tlio part of the claimants to the
estate , but nothing wrong was over cstab-
li.shud.
Judge Woiant had hold several hear
ings , when Lawyer Dunham took a now
tack and claimed that the properly went
to the state , because there was no legal
heir to it. In a letter to Attorney Gen
eral O'Brien ' Lawyer Dunham says :
"There is good reason to behove that
the deceased left a will , which , it may bo
safely assumed , never will be discovered.
Solomon llesdra , about thirty-live years
ago , took in * from the street a foundling ,
or waif , or bright little girl , ami being
without progeny cared for and brought
her ui ) as her own child. This girl grew
to womanhood under her protector's
roof , married , and became the Mrs. Tor-
dorlV who claimed to bo a niece and solo
next of kin of her protector's brother. In
her position of housekeeper Mrs. Tor-
dolF noon acquired considerable influence
over the intestate , and it was His inten
tion , as I know from having been his
legal adyisor , to make lier ( V legatee-
the tun * nf $5,000. Numerous friends
and connections of the intestate through
his first wife confidently believe that
somebody , taking pity on the sorrows
of the poor old man llesdra , who was
greatly troubled about his property ,
helped him to an euthanasia. It is cer
tain thai Ins sickness , death and burial
wore attended by circumstances calcu
lated to excite painful suspicions.
"But , remarkable as was tins intes
tate's death , it was scarcely more so than
the demise a few days ago of Solomon's
llesdra'R widow , thu woman whom Mrs.
Tordoir preftMidud to bii her mother.
"This woman has been frequently urged
by persons connected by marriage with
tlio intestate to declare in thu presence of
Mrs. Tordoll' herself whether or not the
latter was her own child and daughter of
Solomon llesdra ; hut she almost Invari
ably gave evasive answers or refused to
answer at all. On one occasion recently ,
when she was being severely pressed ,
Mrs. Tordou" , doubtless , anticipating a
favorable response , joined in urging her
to speak out. This seemed to nettle the
old woman , nn j slip broke forth : "Wha
is the use of keeping at mo ? You allt
know well enough that she is not my
child , and I never said she was mine to
any human being. ' Mrs. Hu.xdra is re
ported to have declared her.sclf to this
eflcol repeatedly when Mrs. Tordou" was
not present ,
" 1 have long boon satisfied that the
woman would not attempt on the witness
stand to sustain Mrs , Tonlon"'rf preten
sions , and that shu could not doMiif ever
so well disposed to try. When my appli
cation for letters of administration Hindu
it apparent that the question of Mrs.
TordolV'fl ' pedigree was to ha raised , am'
that her alleged mother would bn compelled <
polled to taku tlio stand , the old woman
was in her uiiml health. Thruu or tour
days bulore the rotiirn of thu citation she
wits dead , "
Shortly alter this the nttoruiiy-goiioral
designated Alexander 1'aniornn , of No.
UMviill street , to represent the state in
llio hearings before thu surrogate and defend -
fond ) ! > apparent claim to the estate.
Tlio w'ocoodingf , havii dragged along lor
nearly a year. Judge Woiimt'.s patiunce
lias boon taxed by ( ho failure of Lawyer
Dunham to pioilucu witnesses when
promUcdand the oasts has been reopened
tour or live times , Fully twenty hearings
have been sot and two won ) held in
Brooklyn , four in this eity , und a num
ber in Nyaek ,
Thi ) founders of the Ilosdra family are
said to have buen either natives of
tlio Wosl Indies or long rusldunts thorn.
Although it irt alleged tlioy wnro colored
they held slaves of thnir race and
worn extensive land-owners , But ( hey
wuru ruined by revolution and removed
to Virginia , and thcmcu to Now York ,
cavjy in tlio twuntius.Vhun \ they ar
rived hero they are haul to have baon
vorj poor.
A reporter visited Nyaek to learn Mrj.
TordofY'd story. She n-siiles in the old
HeMlra residence with her Ui-yoar-old non
ami a daughter a year younger . She is
quite u pretty matron of10 , medium
height , a little inclined to bioutnusw , largo
blacK eyes and straight black hair. While
slio might ho iniiitiiken for n rijmtiiunl or
Itiiliiiu no OIK ! would think that u drop of
nt'im ) blood ilowml in her veins. Quiut
aii < l modest , hho Irjld her slory in u
stai"litforward niaiinur.
"Aly { jnuidfatliiT , Lyon Ilosdra , was a
llubunv , born in tr'aticu , and wasuiolli- ;
ccrtii ' " she snltl
jSapoloon's ftPiny , ,
exhibited n picture of a very good-look *
inc Frenchman with powdered Imlf.
"My graiidniotlicr was also of that faith.
They cnmo to America and boupht ajilnu' '
tation near Norfolk , Va. , where tiioy
owned many slaves. Solomon llesdra ,
my father , was born in 1803 , nnd Undo
ICdwnrd wns three years younger.
Among the slaves was ono nnmed Luoy ,
nnd wlion she was sold she begged so
iiard for my grand mother to take her lit
tle boy Constant that she did. Ho was
educated with her two boys and was
known as Constance 1'ortlock , but ho
changed it to Hostlrn and was induced to
claim to bo Unelo Edward's brother after
jus death and apply for lottora of admin
istration on the estate. When my father
was 10 years old , the plantation being
sold , my widowed grandmother brought
her two boys and Constant to Now York.
She gave thorn n liltlo money und tiioy
learned the cabinet-maker's trade.
My mother's maiden name was
Hetty Day , nnd her folks were
Orange county Quakers , but my father
kept his Hebrew faith. Afjor working as
n cabinet-maker ho started n cigar and
barber shop In Spring htrcot , above
Wooster , and was tliero for thirty or
thlrty-flyo years. I was born tliero July
! W , 1815. Afterward wo moved to Mount
Veruoii , where ho had n slum. They did
not bring up tlie question aiiout my not
being their daughter until my poor moth
er ( Hud. I married a man who acted very
badly and abused me , and my father
took mo homo when my daughter was a
year old. 1 was afterward divorced. My
father died in 1830.
"Do you suppose a woman could make
all the property Aunt Uynthiii left by
washing ? " she asked. "Uncle Kdwar'd
made money In the cabinet business and
invested it. He got into some trouble and
deeded some of" the pronorty to his wife.
That is how so much .stood in her name ,
but a good deal of it was actually his
own. I Imvo received many blackmail I
ing letters on account of this suit. The
trouble with Mr. Dunham is that he
wanted undo to go and live with him
just before ho died. "
How Ijcw Wallace Canio To Wrlto
"IJeii-Hiir. "
Cleveland Leader : Judge Himtehins
occupied iv seal bcsido Gen Low Wallace
at thu bammut of tlio Loyal Legion in
Cincinnati and dunn" ; the general con
versation he asked the general how he
came to write tlm remarkable book :
Ucn-IIur , " Gen. Wallace replied , "I was
going down on the Mississippi river on u
boat , and was enjoying myself in my
state-room , when the door , which was
slightly ajar , was opened , ami Col. llobt.
G. Inger.soll entered and Haul :
" 'Gen. ' Wallace , I want to talk with
you. '
" 'Lot me sot the text and I'll talk'I
answered.
" 'All ' 'what id
right , replied Ingcrsoll ,
yottr text ? '
' 'Is there a God ? ' 1 asked of the great
unbeliever , by way of a text.
" 'I ' don't know , do vonV
" 'Is there a heavonV' '
" 'I don't know. Do vou ? "
" 'Is Christ the Son ot God and the Re
deemer of mankind ? '
" 'I don't know. Do youV
" 'Is there a devil ? ' * '
" 'I don't know. Do you ? '
' "Is '
there a liellV'
" ' 1 don't know. Do you ? '
"After a few more desultory remarks ,
Ingorsoll broke forth into such a con
glomeration of blasphemy , irony , sar
casm and pathos as I have never heard ,
lie appeared to bo almost inspired , and
beautifully rounded sentences fell from
his lips in quick succession. I saw at
once tlio power of this man's clommco
and opinion and 1 began to think that I
was not thoroughly conversant with tlio
questions I had propounded to the great
inlidel. I begun to study the Bible nnd
kindred works thoroughly , and the result -
sult was 'Uon-IIiir. ' This is how 1 came
to write the book. "
SKIN , SCALP , BLOOD
Cleansed , i'ui'lflcd nnd Beautified l > y
tlio Cutlcura rtcmcdics.
FOH clumislnir tlio skin ami sculp nfdlsfbjurlng'
Immord , for itlhiyliitf Ifchfiur , huniliiK nnd
iiithimiimtloii , lor curing thu first symptoms of
oc70ina , psoriasis , milk crust , eulil head , soro-
lulu , unit nthor Inherited skin und blond dls-
oiiics , Cutlcura , tlio KIWI ! skin euro , nnd Cntl- W
oiirn Soup , un ovqufelto Ri'L'1 ' li''i''tulor. ' ' nx
nnlb/j nuU Outk'ur. ' "crVivoilt , tl5o How ulood
jurmer , interiiolly , mo liilulllblo.
NAUGHT HUT GOOD.
Wo Imvo boon pollliiff your Cullcurn Itomodlos
for tlio pnst tin oo or four yours , nml Imvo
never hcnrd nilelit hut Kooduinln In tliolr
fnor. . Your Ciitlcnrn Snap Is decidedly the
host polling medicinal noiip wo handle , und Is
highly | irl7fil hoio for IIS soothing nnd sol ten-
Ing ell eel upon the skin.
J. Ci.iMo.v WIIKAT , Jr. , Druggist.
Winchester , Vu.
THK LAUOEST SALE.
Our enlos of Cutloiirn uro us lurno , If not
larger , than any modlclno wosoll ; nnd wo ussiiro
you that uo huvo never Iind n Plntrlo Instnnco In
which the ptiiclnisnr was dlssntliilcd. As to
yonrFoiip , wo can poll no other , ovorhoily wnnt.s
Cutlcura. MIU.KH & Cll.U'MA.v , HrugsHts.
Louisiana , Mo.
SALT lUlKtJJl CUIIKI ) .
Two of the worst onscs of salt ilicuin lover
Miwwuro cured hy jour Cullcurn imidlclno ? ,
nnd their salca oxcced these of nil other roino-
dies. 1 tell very little of any other medicinal
eoilj ) thiui Cullcurn.
cjK.oum : A. ANTHONY , Druggist.
Kownneo , III.
DOOT011S PKKSCIHUK THEM.
The Cutloiira Hetmdles aio excellent reme
dies for ull skin diseases.
J. U WILSON , M. D. , llarvcl , 111.
CtmCUItA HKMKDIKS
Are sold ovorywhoro. I'r.'oe , fntlciirn , Mo.j
Hosolvunt. JM Honn'Ic. . 1'OTi'un Dare & Cimu-
IOAL , Co. , Iloston , ilass.
Send for "How to Cure Skin Diseases , "
riiaple.s.Pkln Jllemlshos and Uuby Hu '
, inorscuiod hvCutlciirn Boat ) .
WKAK IIAOK. J'AINnnd Wcnknoss
ncros-s tlio Kldueyn , 8'iimtlnir I'nlns
tlirniiKb the Loins , l.'ieuini ' 1'iiliix , IMUH
of Strength und Activity liittuntly 10-
relieved nnd Bpeedeinol ; ! by the
ruticuta Anti-ruin I'lusler. At drug-
gists. I'-i/ , .
IS CONDUGTIiD MY
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rntn.
Hiibjeet to no mniilinilntlon , not eonlrolk'd liy
the IHII Hi's In Into ! IMI. JtH the fulrost Ihlng In
the inituroof itlnmco In ovlstcnco.
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way. tt. V. City : M. OTTHNS AT CO. , Ula Mulu
( rent , Kansas City , Mo. , or IM1 Furnani blrocc
WEST 1UVKNPOHT
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Jl uufactuier ( it
Baok , Office and Saloon Fixtures
llirrord , Bar .Screens mid Hotel Furiii
ttiro. . .
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Willo for dcSfus.unU 1'ttVlIel.luia. .