THE OMAHA DAILY BEE , MONDAY. FEBRUARY 22,1880.
KEHNARD THE RING SCHEMER
the Veteran Lobbyht Setting tbe Pegs for
His Greatest Effort.
ODD TO BLEED THE TAX PAYERS.
JPctcr Bcliwctik'n rtnllronil Protest
The West Point Crcnincry Prop
erty Policemen Claim the Ue-
wnxd Cnpllnl Notes.
ITOOM Tim mir.'s MNCOT.V
Tlio ox-lion. Thomas Kennard has
uiado quite a reputation for himself
throughout Nebraska , as a promoter of
smooth schemes for his own benefit , and
visitors to the state capital durine a legis
lative session are never surprised to SPO
the old man bob up as nn earnest
advocate of measures In which an appro
priation for Kennard is always entwined.
Ilithcrlo lie has boon very quiet in oh"
years , lying dormant as it were , and sav
ing his energies for tlio meeting of the
lawmakers. I Us defeats at the last ses
sion , however , nettled tlio pride of Iho
old veteran , and , ignoring tlio fact lliat
it is his usual hibernating season , tlio
veteran has been busy this winter on sv
scheme lo which ho hopes to bo able lo
point as tlto greatest effort of ills life.
Tills , it is alleged , is nothing less Ihan n
raid on Iho taxpayers of Lincoln ,
through tlio city council , for $25,000.
Kunmird , it must bo understood , is now
the owner of u largo tract of low land
in tlio northwestern pait of the city , near
tlio stock yards and brick yards. This
land during llio spring Hoods is usually
submerged to Iho depth of tlireo foot ,
and for residence purposes , in its
present co million , is nearly worthless.
Nobody knows this better than Kcniiard ,
and yet he is having some fifty or more
tenant houses moved there. If a dyke
was buill around lliis Iruct it would keep
tlio troublesome waters off , and tlio
houses would rent readily at a fair inter
est on the investment. Ihit such a dyke
would cost $23,000 , and Mr. Kennard
doesn't propose to spend any such sum
on liis own account. It will
bo easier and cheaper to induce
the brick and slock yard companies to
join with him in a petition to the council
to Imvo such a. work of public improve
ment inaugurated , lobby an ordinance
through , and then work llio polls for a
popular endorsement of llio proposition ,
It might bo hard work for Konnnrd to do
this alono. and lie is sharp enough lo ap
preciate it , bul with tlio powerful cor
porations mentioned to back him , the
pressure would be irresistible. And thus
the "pins are set up" for what the veteran
hopes lo bo n Ion striku. But Iho BIK :
lias an eye on Iho job , and it will not gc
through wilhout a prolcst.
UItA.WI.INU OUT OF A. IlOI.r .
Tlio letter of Mr. Fitch , of the Fremont
Elkhorn & Missouri Valley railway , Ic
Ihe slate railroad commission , just made
public , is an imposing exhibition of gull
Last summer Puloy bchwcnk and othei
citi/.cns of Norfolk complained lo UK
commission that the road mentioned wa ;
discriminating in froiglil charges agains
Norfolk in favor of I'romont , and in con
sequence it was impossible for Norfoll
merchants to hold their trade. An inves
tigalion was had and the truth of tin
charges proven , and a correspondence 01
tlio subject wan opened with tlio com
pany. As late as December Mr. Linsloj
wrote to tlio commission denying UK
facts and alleging that even if true thi
discrimination complained of was not it
violation of tlio stutulo. The com
mission hold that it was , am
u day in January was set for hearing tin
case. Tlio ? now bloekado prevented tin
railway officials from reaching here , amen
on tiioir request tlio hearing was post
poned to February 3. Not appearing 01
tlio hitler dale Iho mailer was agiiii
brought to their attention , and in re
spouse eamo the letter from Mr. Fitcli a
given below. A comparison of llio dale
in this statement with those in Mr. Fitch'
communication will show not only a sm
prising amount of check In the latter , bu
also a decided contempt for the invest !
gating body.
Slissomu VAM.KY. Fob. 5,1BSO.
To the llonoiablo Board ot llallroad Con
missioned Gentlemen : lieplvlnf ? to you
tfVCrOilho 4th lufit. , iclnllvu to the con
pTalnt of Peter Schw'Cllk of Noifolk. Th
rate in question weio witluhawn Julv 'J'
IS'jS , nnd Imvo not been in toico since. The
weio not made with any Intention ot viola
IIIK any of the piovistons of the statutes poi
crning such eases , and it has bcmi and wl
coiillnuoto lie tluipuiposo of Ihls conipan
to comply with thn law in all icsiiocts.
W. lp. Fircu , General Manager.
TI1H WIISri'OINT I'KOl'KU'lY.
The sale of seven-eighths of tlio Wet.
Point Butter and Cheese association' '
property to Messrs. Clark , Brink an
Dusonbury , representing the Middlolow
( N. \ . ) National bank , was confirmed b
Judge Dundy Saturday. The price bi
by ihcso gentlemen at the sale on tl
4th iust. ; was $50,000. , Thursday las
however , us mentioned in tlio BEK , S. I
Johnson of Omaha , made an offer i
court of $07,000 for the entire proport ;
Saturday Mr. Hansom , uelinsr as allornc
for llio hank syndicate , increased the
bid lo $5H.500 , being Eovon-oiglilhs of li
amount offered bv Mr. Johnson. Th
was satisfactory to all imiiics and tl
Bale was confirmed , Mr. Hansom payin
in tlio money on the spot by a sight dra
on his client in Now York. Thu romaii
ing eighth , consisting mostly of seallort
property , can bo taken by [ jMr. Johnsc
or any ono willing to increase his bid <
$8,000. Slnco tlio establishment has bin
in tlio hands of llio receiver il has bet
hold at n loss of nearly $150 a day , ai
vho Intelestod paities are very tluinkt
that it has at last boon sold to men wil
nurvo nnd means enough to operate
successfully.
VIUHTIKO I'Oll A KKWAUD.
When Boyeo , the burglar captured 1
Officers Kelly and Koyserin the busunio
of Baird Bros , hardware store l.istmont
was turned ovoi' to Sheriff Meliok. 11
latter , on going over his list of "nn
wanted , " identified Boyco ns a chap f
A'hoso arrest the Wisconsin aiithorili
offered * 200 , on u charge of breaking ji
al La Crosse , A correspondence wi
tlio Wisconsin olllciuls followed , nnd F
day a nhoriff armed with a requisition ai
other necessary papers unived. Ho i
spooled Boyco elo-oly , said ho was t
man wanted , paid ShuiiffMoIicktho $2 (
nnd dopui toil with the prisoner into
Saturday Koliy emlKoysur put in a clai
for the reward on the ground thai th
are Ihe men who captired ) Boyco , and I
ones really entitled to tlio money. K
Kelly , of the firm of Ilarwood , Amua
Kelly , has been retained to prosa tin
case.
uuiEf MKNIION.
Thn members of Capital lodge No. :
I. O. O. F. , have invited a number
their friends to moot with them Thu
day evening and celebrate tlio eighteen
anniversary of the birth of thu lodge.
Getting tired of paying runt for t
sloro occupied by him on Tenth sire
Louie Meyer marched into Nelson
Brock's ollieo .Saturday nnd exchang
? 11.000 for a deed to the premises.
United States comt will bo convcn
again Thursday morning , % \ lien tlio li
gation over tlio Smith stock will
opened in dead earnest.
A Miss Imskey , who stopped nt t
Commercial Friday night , , blow out t
gas in her room and was in a fair w
of giving the coroner a jub when r
oiled by u vigilant porter. It is alnn
uendless to add that' she hails from <
Too.
'Iho pows in the Congregational chur
have boon leased for tlio current year at
nn aggregate rental of 2,500.
The mighty problem , "Should Women
Vote ? " was decided in the negative.13 to
10 , at the I'alladian sooletj'.s ucbato
Friday evening , nnd the capital citj girls
are crushed again.
Anna Tripp will have an opportunity
of explaining to Judge I'arker Wednes
day morning why she persists in running
a house of prostitution in violation of the
ordinances nnd contrary to the morals of
the city of Lincoln ,
A letter from Frank Parkington , of the
FItygcrald hose team , sajs tlio bov.s are
snugly quartered nt Hay St. Louis ( Miss. ) ,
whore they are in active training.
Evprj" county treasurer in the state ex
cept Duke Simpson of Otoo has paid over
to Treasurer Willard the collections for
last year. Mr. Simpson was in town
Friday , and at the request of his county
commissioners was given until Tuesday
to sclllo his accounts. The money in lift
keeping is supposed to bo about § 27,000.
Tlio prisoners in the city jail Imlnff re
fused to work on tlio streets , Mayor Burr
has had them put on a bread and water
diet , and ordered the jailor not to count
on their sentences tlio time they are in
subordinate.
80MEVHIXG 1H1J1HXI ) IT.
Until Tlmt May I cml to
Sltirtlhm r.o\clntluiiN.
ST. Louis , Feb. 21. K\cr since the public
gambling houses of this city weie closed ,
nbout two > cars ngo , bytho police authori
ties , suveial of the gnmbleis have been i mi
ning houses across the rl\er In Hast St.
Louis , and It Is alleged thoyhn\o been pro
tected by the Kast St. Louis police on the
payment of a largo monthly bonus.
This becoming obnoxious to the better class
of cltlruns , nnd no hope of relief liom the
Kast St. Louis police being entertained , the
aid of the count v mithoimcs was linoked.
aud last night SnerllT lloblmict. with several
deputies , aided by Thomas i'liiloug , chlet of
the Missouri I'acllle Secict Sen Ice and sev
eral of his detectives , raided the three piln-
clpal houses , captmcd the piopilctors nnd
employes and took them to Belleville , the
county beat , and placed them under Lond-t.
It Is now allowd this action was In
vestigated by Chief Ttulong , and that
asldo from thu piu pose ot bieaKing up the
gambling dens or disclosing and piovlng the
alleged coiruiit lelatlnns between the Kast
St. Louis police nuthoi Hies and the gamblers ,
it has some mjsterlmis connection with the
minder about tluco months ago of Hon. John
15. liowtnnn , ox-mnjorof 1'nstSt. Louis , nnd
a prominent and wealthy lawyer of that city.
No explanation o [ the matter can be ob
tained , but It Is said some stnitllng icvcla-
lions mo likely to bu made hi piosecutlng
these cases.
Tlio Coke Trouble Settled.
PiTTsntrno , Pa. , Feb. 21. A Connellsvlllo
dispatch says : Notices have boon posted up
nt all the works to icsume Monday tit an ad
vance of 10 per cent. This Is what the stiiko
was for. The former wages weio 27 cents per
wagon for mining , mid 55 cents per oven for
diawlng coke. The wages will bo 30 and CO
cents. The stiiko lasted five weeks , and thu
total loss to operators and workmen is over
half a million dollais. The Kngllsh-spcaklng
men will all retain to woilc , but the Jlun-
gailans say they will not until all their
countrymen are liheiated iiomjall. Tioubhi
is expected fiom them , as the operatois w 111
evict them at ouco if they do notiesumo
Monday.
Confirmation.
IlorsioN , Texas , Feb. 21. The icpoit llml
VIce Picsldent Iluiilliiglon , of Iho Sou them
Pacific railroad , had ordered Immediate ar
rangements inn do with the striking brakemen -
men Is not eoiroborated. General Frelqhl
Agenl Gibbs said no such Infoiumlioii hail
icachcd him up to last o\cninir. Fielfiht
tralllc remains suspended and the blockade is
beginning to he foil in this city.
Exposing a Burntii * ; Disgrace.
Pjni.Aunr.iMnA , Feb. 21. The 1'ccoid tomorrow -
morrow will publish a six column mllclo on
Iho soldleis' oiphans schools of Pennsyl
vania , which alleges not only olllel.il dls-
elimination , neglect and coiiuptlon , but also
dial a syndlealo is profit ing nt the rate of
850,000 a jear In llio management of the
schools. Of SX > 0,000 appropriated annually
by the state lo pay for feeding , clothing and
educating these wards of the htatc. It Is cal
culated that ucaily SUO.OOO Is ubsoibed in ex
cessive piolits.
I A Pack Inn JIouso Squeal.
CHICAOO , Feb. CO. [ Special Telegiam.J
Armour , Iho boss packer ol this city , says to-
duy that the Incicnso In freight for trans-
poitatlon of diossed beef will bo contested In
the comts on the giouud of unjust discrim
ination aud conspiracy.o
Kcimard 1'hilp Duntl.
Nr.w YOHK , Feb. 21. Kcnnaid Phllp ,
aged40 , an Englishman by With , and at one
time charged with forging thn famous Morej
letter In Ibso , died this morning nt his
icsldence in Diooklyn.
AVcnthcr l 'oiXoilny. .
MISSOURI VAI.I.KY. Fair , warmer weath
cr ; winds geneially soulherly.
Brevities.
j Marshal Ciimminga is recovering from
ids recent sei ious illness and is considered
out of danger.
Special Policeman James of the Law
and Order league spoils a new star ,
especially made for him.
A largo store key was nicked up on tin
street by an oflicor , and is now nt polici
headquarters awaiting an owner.
The regular routine business of drunks
suspicious characters and vagrants occu
pied his honor Judge Stenbcrg val
urday morning.
A report was received in Union Pacifii
headquarters Saturday that Peter Alloiij i
iMormon miner at Hoclc Springs whin
wedging out top coal wosstruck by a lull
ng mass of coal , and inslanllv killed.
. Rev. J. B. Preston , of Irvington , wil
deliver his highly humorous lecture on
titled , "Peculiarities of Temperament , '
in tlio Third Congregational cliurcl
d Tuesday ovoniiig , Fouruarv 23 , for the
II benefit of the church. Admission 25cenls
h children 10 cents.
The masked ball given at Turner lial
Saturday night for tlio bcnulit of th
Swedish library fund was largely atm
tended ami consequently financially sue
cessfnl. A ploasanl social time also re
suited and the evening was delightfully
m spent by the merry maskers.
The running team of Thnrston hos
ir
irs leave for Now Orleans next Friday to at
U tend the national fiiemen's tournament
h They will bo accompanied by a dologn
I- tion of Omaha citizens , including sovora
ida members of the council. Another masquerade
a- quorado will bo given Thursday ovenln ;
aHI lo provide funds for the trip.
, The Wyoming Standard Cattle com
V. pany have let the eontrael.s for tlio build
Ill ings on their feeding farm nt Ames , nca
Illy Fremont. They comprise a feeding bar ;
10 200x080 feet , a hay barn , boarding hoiiMt
10r. olllre and other buildings , nnd are to b
r.As completed by July 1. Shaw As Field c
ir this city secured thu contract for the !
construction ,
Peter Fleming , nn Individual who i
minus botli feet and all of his fingers , wn
lis arrested yesterday on Tenth street b
s- Olllccr Uiirdish for disturbing the peuc
sth by intoxication. Fleming is a buggai
and while diimk became ubusivo to a
lie who passed him on the street and ai
> * , traded a largo crowd. Ho claims t
liuvo been a soldier , and Dial his leg
were taken off by a cannon ball.
Alderman Casey , of Poorin , 111. , Is j
Omaha for a few days investigating tli
tl city's fire alarm system and oilier publi
1)0 works , Ho is chairman of the police an
fire committees of the board of aldormo
lie of Pcoria , wlioro it Is proposed to adoj
III ) a fire alarm system similar lo Oniaha'i
y Ho was taken in charge yoslerduy b
Captain Cormick , Police Clerk Pcnbt
and Roundsman Moilyn. who condiiclc
hiryi about tlio city h > his investigation
lie also mot the sheeny In the course c
the day ,
A MILLION DOLLARS IN ASHES
Wilmington , IT , 0. , Scourged By a Raging
Tempest of fire-
STARTS IN AN OCEAN STEAMER
Houses , Shinning nnd llnll-
roncl Property nnd Cosily Itcsl-
dcncea Kail Before tlio
Torrent of Flame.
A Destructive Southern Fire.
WiLMixoTox , N. C. , Fob. 21. A destruc-
the fho occurred In the business portion of
the city Hits afternoon. The loss will proba
bly exceed a million dollars. The lire origin
ated on the river steamer Bidden , cotton
laden , which sU lire to the whaif. and sheds
oftheCljdo Hue of stc.imei.s. A high wind
washlowlnc.it the time and Iho lire spread
rapidly , sweeping away business houses on
Water street for thieo blocks , and mnny
valuable icsldcnccs on Front and Second
Miccls. Among the buildings destrojed
weio llio FlislMclhodlsl church , ofllecsof the
Atlantic Coast Hue , the freight depots of tlio
Wilmington , Columbia & Augusta , and Wil
mington & Wcldon inilioad companies.
WII.MIXOTO.V , X. C. , Feb. 21. The steamer
Bladcii , plying between this city and Fayelte-
vllle , caughl lire this afternoon nt 4 o'clock
justbcfoio reaching hci whail , and owing to
the Inflammable nature of her cargo , consist
ing of rosin , spirits , luipenllno and cotton ,
she was Immediately enveloped In llaines.
The pilot headed her to the nearest available
whaif. and the passengers succeed
ed In escaping , some by boats
fiom adjoining vessels , and others
by jumping ovcrboaid , when they vtcio
quickly levincd. Thcsteamerlaiided against
the wh.uf of the New York & Wilmington
Stoiinshlp company , ami the file was quickly
communicated to tlio sheds and waichouscs
Ihcicon. All Iho wharfs and sheds being
satviated with losln and lurponllne , Iho
spread of the llio was rapid , and
despite thn efforts of the tlremen
ec.uno a dlsastious conllacratlon. The wind
vas blowing from the southwest , and soon
10 blocks on the water fiontwcio burning
mlously. O\cr S'JoO.COO woith of goods weie
urned In ono warehouse. Owing to the
paiks wafted by the high wind numeious
rlvate dwellings caught tire nnd weio buincd
o the ground , Including those ot Hon. ( < co.
Davis , Colonel E. It. Blink , Solomon Bacr ,
nd about thirty othcis. In addition
, block ot small tenants , occupied by coloied
icoplc , was completely swept away. AI-
liough nearly n mlle distant fiom the main
ro the general otllccs of the Atlantic Coast
Inn wcic destioycd with numerous valuable
apcis andiecoids.
THIS NATIONS OF AMERICA.
cnntor Fryo's Bill Providing for nu
International Congress.
WASHINGTON , Fob. 21. Senator Fryo
iioposcs toinvlto delegates from tlio Amcil-
3an nations to meet at Washington this tall.
Ic will inlioduco the following bill In the
senate on Tuesday :
lie It enacted , etc , That the president be ,
mil he Is lieieby authorized and Uliectcdto
nvltc , on beluill of the government and
iconic of the United States , delegates fiom
i.icn lepublic of Central and South Amci lea ,
iicludlng Mexico nnd San Domlnno , anil the
mplro ol Bro/il. to nssemblo In the city of
Washington on the lust day of October , IbSfl ,
to consider mul decide upon such questions
is shidl aet to the mutual Intcicst and coin-
iion welfaieot the Anioilean people , so that
ach independent nation of this hemlsplieio
shall be entitled to send as in.inv dclesr.itesas
each may lor ikelf determine , mil In the de
cisions of questions In the congiess uo dele
gation shall have moie than one vote.
Sec. i ! . That In foi warding this Invitation
to the constituted authorilies of the soveial
ndependunt governments of the American
lemisphere. the piesident of llio United
States shall " -et forth that said congiess Is
called to consider Fiist , measures that shall
lend to ruescivo Iho peace nnd promote the
piosverity of the American nations , and to
[ iiescnt united resistance against the on-
cioachmcntsof Emopeau inonarchlal powers ,
and to preserve the Integrity and present ter-
ritoilal consliliilious ol each against foiclblii
dismemberment Second , measures towaid
the lormnlion ot an Amciican customs union ,
under which the tude of the Auieiican na
tions shall , so lar ns Is practicable and profit
able , ho confined to American waters , and
theroshall bo fieelnteieliaugo of the peculiar ,
naluial and inanufacliued modiictt
of each. Third , llio establishment
of diiect , rogulai and lioquont
lines ot steamship coiunninlcation between
the noils of the Ame/can continents
Fourth , tlio establishment of a uniform sys
tem of customs regulations In each independ
cut Aineiic.m stale to govern the oxpoitnllon
and importation of ineiclmndlse , aunlfoin
method of classification and valuation of
such niPiclmndlso Imports ot each country
and a uniloi in system of Invol S. Yi'iii , tfi <
udoptjou of common system ol weights am
hieasiiiesand uniform laws to protect per
sons and piopertv , patent lights and liadi
marks of cltUens of cither countiy in tin
others. Sixth , the adoption of a commoi
silver coin , which shall bo issuei
by each goveinmcnt In such m
amount as shall bo proportion all
lo Iho population of each , the sanio lo bi
legal tender on commercial transactions be
twcan the cltl/.ens of all American nations
Seventh , an agreement upon nnd reeommen
datlon tor ndopllon to their respective gov
c'rniuonts of a dcllnito plan for thearbilra
lion of all questions , disputes and chfTeioncpi
that may now or heic.ittcr exist belwcei
them.
Sec. 3 That such delegates as may attent
such congiess shall bo thu guests ot the gov
eminent of the United States , and shall bi
entei tallied horn Iho tlmo ot their ai rival li :
this country until the tlmo of their depart un
In such manner as shall bo consistent w HI
the dignity of this nation and the Impoi tanci
of the duty they aio appointed to perform
and that the sum of S 100,000 , or so mud
thcieot as may bo necessaiy , Is hereby op
piopilaledouiof any money In the ticasui ;
not othciwlso nppiopilatcd , llio same lo b
dlsbuiscd under thu dlicctlonof lliosecrolar ;
ot state.
Sec. 4. That the piesident of the Unltei
States shall , before adjouinmont of Hi
liiest'iit congiess , by and with the advice am
consent ol' tno t-eimto , appoint twenty-foil
delegates to said congress , selected equal ! ;
from the Iwo political parlies , at leasl llneo o
whom shall be learned in International lav
and the remainder men who are actively on
gnged In ngrlciiltuie , nmiiutactuilng and Hi
e.\ioitutliu and Inipoitation of nieichandlsc
and said delegates appointed on the part o
the United States shall scno without com
pt'iisatlon other tluiu their actual expenses.
A DOUUIjlS XKAG12OY.
A DlHcanrnseil Unemployed Work
limn SliootH Himself nndVU'n. .
PiTTsnt'iio , Feh. 31. Shortly before
o'clock to-night people living in the vlcliilt ;
of Mulbeny alley and Twenty-second strec
wentstaitloil by llio icporl of four shots i :
quick succession. This was followed by th
scruams ol'chidden , coming liom Ihuhom
ol David Wilson. A crowd soon collected
and foicltiK their way into the hou , o thu
weiohoitlfk'd to Ana Mr. and Mrs. Wllso :
lying on the floor unconscious wit
bullet wounds In their heads. I :
the husband's hand a small levolvt1
tightly clasped told the story , .Medic.il nl
was summoned , but bctore the ph > sicla
reached tlio house Mrs. Wilson was deai
Wilson was Insensible , and 1ms not jet n
co\cicd consciousness , lie will piobaolyuli
Poveity Is believed to have been the cans
of the tragedy. Wilson had been out of en
ploimmt seventeen months , and as he ha
six ehlldien it is thought ho became ill :
couraged. The children say their father cam
home under the influence of liquor , an
after s'ipper ' oidered them to bed. Shortl
afterwards they heaid loud words and th
pistol shots.
Awarded $ 'J5OOO Damages.
DALLAS , Te < . , Feb. 21. In the Unite
States district comt jesterday , Samuel Kalsc
ofFoitWoith was n wauled n verdict fc
523,001) against the linn of II. H. Clallln ,
Co. of New York. Kaiser sued for sHOO.Ot
damages on the grounds that the linn ha
attached his etock and ruined his buslncs
befoid his indebtedness to U. B. Caflu | | ha
. tualined.
DEAN MILLSPAUGffS FAREWELL.
Us Last Sermon Delivered as Rector of
Trinity Oathfdral Yesterday Part
ing With the Old Parish ,
Dean MillspaUKh's ' Inst ocrmon nt
Trinity cathedral yeUorday morning be-
ere his dopaituro for his now Held of
vork in Mmno.\poUs , Minn. , was listened
o by nn audience much larger than
isunl. The occasion brought peculiar
sadness to the houits of his listeners , na
H'lng the last time , in nil probability , on
vhicli the dean would address them from
ho pulpit of the cathedral a ? rector of
trinity parish. Kutweun pastor and
> coplu during the past ninu years many
jonds of all'uction have been formed and
strengthened which ( separation cannot
weaken nor time sever.
The sermon of the dean was not a fare
well discourse in any sense of the word ,
ior was the matter of parting in any way
nlludcd to. The sermon was especially
adapted to Sepluagesiiua Sunday , the
elisions anniversary which makes the
irst falling of the shadows of Lent across
: hu patli ot the Christian pilgrim. Tuk-
ng his taxt from Hebrews fi , 8 , "Vet
learned Ho obedience by the things which
llu sullcrcd , " lie spoke as follows !
"Wo are just about entering upon ono
of the church's linpoitant seasons , and
ono \\liich is each your more and moro
regarded with increased devotion by
Trinity patisli. The custom of observing
Lent is ono which wo can clearly trace
liaek close up to the Apostolic times , ami
accompanied , too , witli such exhortations
and oovoul penitential exercises as wo
contribute a standing yearly witness to
some great iloctiino of" the faith ,
founded for the most part on some
fact hi the personal history of our
Lord. Our commemorations seem al
ways to have ono of two aspects either
they tend to exalt Chi 1st as made to us a
sacrifice of sin , or they hold Him up for
the imitation of his chut eh as a pattern
of godly life. Lent , or the commemora
tion of the Saviour'- ' , forty days' fasting
hi the wilderness , falls obviously in the
latter class , and the one broad lesson of
Clnistiun practice which wo graft upon
this incident is , that a life of godliness
must be a severe life that the cioss is
not only a badge of discipline , but the
ordained means of the spiritual improve
ment. Iii support of tliis we point to
what the apostle hero declares of the divine -
vine master himself , that suffering was
the very school in which ho learned obe
dience , for as ono can see from beginning
to end the path trodden by Him was no
easy path. Look along it and yon will
find everywhere marks of distress and
toil and conllict , "of wounds received in
the house of His friends , " of wilderness
struggles and garden weepings and moun
tain prayer and tired slumber on the
sea. It seems that , the Saviour's whole
life was a rehearsal day by day of the
sacred mystcrv 'of ' the passion , a
bearing of "flls'l cross before the
time. Ho learned obedience by the
things that ho gufl'ered. Rather striking
language when , we'think ' of the Saviour
in his nature of God ; not so , however ,
when wo thiirk of him as man. The
apostle means thaflho Lord learned the
practical dillicultictt of obedience as in no
other way lie ever could , by experience ,
by actual participation , by going down
himself into the deep springs of the human
spirit , seeing libw if poor creature in dis
tress would act and feel and desire when
distiess laid upon it , when fear over
whelmed it , wnon'tomptations ' throw in
its way hard and'bjtter choices , when , it
seemed as if disbttcdionco 'would relieve
hunger , attract admiration , secure tlni
kingdoms of the world and the glory of
them , whilst righteousness had no earthly
reward for its followers but obscurity ,
oppression , want , a life of suffering , and
au end of shame. "
After dwelling at length on tins point ,
the dean continued :
"Those twenty-eight years spent at
Nazareth spent , so far as wo know ,
without a miracle , without a conversion ,
seems on any other supposition save the
discipline of obedience to be without ob
ject. But Christ was learning all this
time , learning practically and
in the deep experiences of om
nature theholy sense ofubaso-
mcnt , self-anihilation and con
tented forbearance from the stirring ac
tivities of his mission until his time
should come. Oh ! What a rcbuko to us
who are wont to complain of the world's
unklndnoss in not finding out our merit
and who think if wo were only placed in
this position or that , how much good
wo could do to fiC'J ' the IIolv Jn .s all
theSS years burled and lost to the sight
of men. But ho was not buried , rather
disciplining his pure humanity for its
highest oxcrciso. Lo , in the wilderness
ho was learning. There wore none
there to hear his doctrine , none to ad
mire hia life. No addition was
made to the proofs of his
divine authority , yet there day alter day
and night after night ho chastened his
soul as a penitent , mlllctcd holyrevengcs
on the llcsh , teachingus surely that thcro
is to bo a religious partaking of food and
that ho affected a humanity purer than
the incarnation.
"Now what is the lesson ? The Saviour
did tl.is to fulfill our righteousness. The
cost was poverty , neglect , shame , faint-
ings , fastings , the sharp sword of ingrati
tude , and tin ! rending pang of death.
This was his portion. In degree , it must
bo yours and mine , beloved. We cannot
escape the discipline which was neces
sary to make the captain of our salvation
perfect. Wo shall never htarn obedience
unless wo arc willing to endure hardships ,
prepared to forego much self-pleasure.
Many think they can learn it without this
without daily crosses. Could they dose
so , they lind to obey is not easy , to subdue -
duo pride , to restrain temper ,
to repel the evil spirit of
hate and envy , to keep down
the mirmisings and suspicions of an
uncharitable natmo , to have under abso
lute control the power of the tongue , to
ha von II the demands of our lower imturo
kept in sanctitibd subordination to the
great purpose of our spiritual being , to
inukcnconscii'ncanf our friendships and
recreations , ajjd time and gains , 10 train
the heart to love , prayer in ono word , to
follow Christ. Men may call this easy ,
but I toll you if it bo the huffurings of
Christ are an tmlgfnu past finding out.
No , lot the suflurljig * of our Lord frown
into shame ottr' jjheap and elVurtless
Chri&tiaulty. , . j
Valu all ouhvaru fiisns of gilof ,
And vain thq iorni of prayer ,
Unlrs-i the heal I Implorerohct ,
And penHeiicH bo thoie.
Blest three in one , to Thee wo bow ,
Vouchsafe us in tliy lo\e.
To gathei from llie-io fasts below ,
Iinrioital feasts above.
"Then If arnonco moro Irom our subject
that alllictions are our great leaders , the
schoolmasters charged uy our Heavenly
Father with the instruction of his dour
children , We learn in this school things
which wo never should have leainedin
any other our very rudiments of ono
great science , the ono of all others most
important that wo should. And if wo
know these things now , it is because the
Lord hits had a fa\orunto us. Nearer
and nearer to Christ will you bo willing
to get every d.iy , to hid cross , to his likeness -
ness , to Ins heart , t < his throne. Wo
will have learned obedience by the tilings
1 which wo suffer. "
Four Men Drowned.
r
IlAitmsuuim , Pa , Feb. iW. This morning
while four men and a boy were attempting to
cross the Susruieluuuia ii\tn the boat can-
; sited and the four men \\cie drowned. The
1 boy succeeded In cllneln ? to the bqat , aud
was rescued about two miles below.
For the benefit of every nmn who toils daily for the benefit oE capital , which employs himil , is reasoned by the
majority of men Hint man is not paid any more than his service renders profit for those who employ him ; nnd
feel nt nil times that capital opposes less recompense for labor that it is worth in proportion , while capital ; hoot
nt the idea o labor making any complaints with their demands for justice , and want to know why the labor
question cannot be abolished. To the knowedgo of man , labor never asks for a thing unjust or unreasonable * .
Let any man with mnihcmnticnl knowledge look into \\liat his services profit those who employ him , and in
many cases it will bo found from a thousand to fifteen hundred percent. Now , labor only asks for living wogcf
nnd smaller tariffs on what they consume. Those who have found the way say , thnnks to one great protective ,
immcly , in their clothing. Since the establishing of the OnlyMisllt Clothing Parlors , It 10 Karmun at. , where
it is found the saving of from 7o to 100 per cent on each purchase , aud wear the same as those who pay the exor
bitant prices outside o the Parlors , the Savings Bank for man. The true statement of the above will bo found
quoted below , embracing all tlie present styles aud fabrics.
O"V
AT FOR
fl 70 That was made to order by a leading merchant tailor for 20 00
10 8 do do do 21 00
12 CO do do do 28 00
15 40 do do do at ; oo
13 GO do do do 10 oo
S3 05 do do do 00 00
And ninny others o seasonable and stylish garments in spring , full nnd winter weights.With the ubovo will bo found
recent shipments in &eas.omible
STTITS
Embracing all styles of cuts and fabrics for the season
AT FOR
$ 8 70 That was made to order by a merchant tailor for 18 00
10-10 do do do 2300
1180 do do do 2500
1200 do do do 2750
14 C5 do do do yo 00
1080 do do do 3 00
And many others exquisite enough to satisfy the most fastidious. Lost but not least will be found an unexcell
ed assortment of
IP.
At $2.70 , $3.10 , $3.60 , $4 , $1.-10 , $4.80 , ? 5.30 , $5.85 , ? 0.20 , $0.75 , $7.30 , 57.00 , and $3.50 ,
Which was made by a merchant tailor for double the price. Any style of cut and 378 difl'ercnt patterns are
found on sale
AT THE ONLY MISFIT
1119 FARNAM STREET.
ODDS AND UNDS.
A great many people who attended the
exposition opening on Thursday night ex
pressed a desire to know approximately
tlio number of persons who passed
through the doors. Many guesses were
made as to the size of the gathering , rang
ing all the way from 2,000 to 4,000 , or 5,000.
A reporter yesterday approached Mr.
Stove Mcalio , and asked him point blank
the number of people present. His
reply wis that lie had taken up 0,000 tlek-
ots. "Tho crowd may not have looked so
largo , but the six thousand pconlo wcro
tlieie just tlio same , though perhaps not
all at the same time. " It is not to bo un
derstood fl'om tins that the receipts were
§ ( ( ,000 , for a very large miuibov of com
plimentary tickets w'oro issued. tStill the
not prolits were largo enough to assure a
comfortable dividend on the lirst invest
ment.
Tlio snow has probably gene to return
no more this season at least in heavy
quantity and sleighing and coasting
pleasures for this year are a thing of the
past. Tlio old inhab is authority for llio
statement that Omaha has never since
she was Omaha enjoyed such a pro
tracted visit of tlio snow. The liverymen
all say that never have they made such
prolits from llieir sleighs and cullers as
during llio winlcr just drawing to acloso.
Ono ot them remarked to a reporter llio
other day that , so far as money-making
was concerned , ho would rather that
such a winter us that of 1835-0 would
last all the year around.
The death of John B. Gough Thursday
recalls to the public mind the career of
that erratic but brilliant orator , and
many are the stories lold of his wonderful
success in magnetizing ids audiences.
He was an enthusiast on the temperance
question , hut during his early days on
the platform ho was aslavo to the tobacco
habit and an inveterate smoker. Just
before lie was lo address a children's
meeting at a certain custom town , lie
was presented by n iricml with n half
do/.en fine cigars. Having no pocket to
put them in nu placed them in u skull cap
which ho woie , and look his seal on the
platform. His address that day was es
pecially brilliantand besides warning tlio
children against drink lie urged them to
beware of tobacco. In concluding , with
ids usual impetuosity , ho exclaimed :
' 'Now , children , three cheers for temper
ance ! " ( Jrasping his rup lie gave it ono
wild swing , and then stopped. Cigars
had fallen in every din-otion , and instead
of llio llircu cheers , thu boys and girls
burst out in uproarious laughter. Tlio
entire effect of tlio meeting was lo.it , and
Mr. ( lough , humiliated , solemnly premised -
isod himself never lo smoke another
cigar.
#
But ( lie promise was not wholly kupt ,
nnd another ludicrous occurrence , which
llio writer of thU witnessed , caused him
to forever stop tlio use of thu weed. Mr.
( Joiigh was traveling over llio Krio road
from Buffalo to Now York and was suflor-
ing from 1111 aching tooth. At a station
whore the train etoppod "twenty minutes
for rffrcshmenU"hoalighled and bought
a cigar , in thu hope that it would allevi
ate the pain. As ho slowly walked up
ami down tlio depot platform , pulling
llio cigar complacently and leading a
paper , a gentleman touched him on the
shoulder and said : "Mr. Gough , hero is
a committee of ladies to sou you. "
Quick as u Hush he took the cigar from
his mouth , and , holding tlio nowap.iper
over it , placed his' hand under hia co.it.
Ho greeted the ladies in his usual grace
ful manner , but was careful not to turn
his buck to them , .Soon from under
his coat tails a snioko began to issue
. which iudipated that E > qmuthiu < r beside
tlio cigar was on lire. Ho stood it man
fully tor n while , but the ladies did not
leave ami he was at last compelled , with
confusion of countenance , to produce the
cigar and tlto newspaper , tlio hitler half-
consumed , and cast them lo the ground ,
lie endeavored lo explain mutters to llio
ladies , but ho was evidently erest-lallon
anil they left him without carrying out
their original intention of asking him to
deliver a , lecture in the city. Alter they
had jrono Mr. Gough turned to Ihe wriler
and said : "That is my last cigar , so help
me God toothache or no toothache. "
And ho kept his pledge to his dying day.
Col. E. F. Smytho.tho well known bar
rioter , was the victim last week
a foul and cowardly assault.Uapted
from his language the affairs is thus de
scribed. About 8 o'clock in the evening
he started for his ollieo to attend to a
number of correspondences which needed
dispatching before the active business of
Ihe week began. Ho ascended llio stairs
of tlio Bcdick block , i n which building
his ollieo is situated , and walked rapidly
down the dark corridor. Arriving at ids
own door ho stooped to fit tlio key when ,
without a word or sound of warning , lie
was struck in tlio face and driven to the
floor. In an instant ho regained hisfcot
and knew from the noise nnout that
ho was dealing with moro than ono as
sailant. There was no nonsense about
his proceedings and being wholly un
armed ho went at it with Ids bare and
muscular hands. A perfect riot ensued
Ihero in llio darkness , the colonel knock
ing men right and left and iccoiving
blow after blow himself , until the cow
ards took fright and fled. The colonel
saw as they ran down the stairs and into
the light of tlio streols that they wcro
three in number. Ho knows them all
but profeiy to let matters rest until ho
has recovered fair use of himself. Ho
suffered considerably in tlio encounter.
His forehead was cut , his eye contused ,
his pet arm which breaks for him about
tineo times a year since its original frac
ture in the army was badly hint and hit
is extensively scratched up. His many
friends congratulate him that his injuries
arc not moro serious , and all ndviso him
to bring tlio vengeance of the law upon
the miserable wrulchcs who so evidonlly
tried to murder him.
"Do you know , " said a gentleman who
has resided in P.iris , exploicd Africa ,
journeyed in South America , sojourned
in China , and hail u glance , at least , of
every clime on tills terrestrial orb , "do
you know , " said ho , talking to a reporter
recently , in tlio rotunda of tlio Pa.xton
hotel , "that a common error prevails as
to the significance of 'Pigeon ' Knglish. '
( } uito nvnry one thinks Unit liio hiokeu
I'.nglibh of thn Chinaman , utter the style
of lircl Hailo , with its sullk
of 'co' lo words , is Pigeon
Knglisli. it isn't , however , as anyone
who lias sailed the antipodal seas has
long ago discovered , Pigeon English is
an actual tongue , mme , to bo euro , but
of vnst value in the commercial world.
It is , in fact , a vernacular composed of
Chinese , English and I'orlugosu , and is
spoken in all llio seaboard cities of China
and llio Indies. .Such a language was
nccesiury in commerce , and a solc-elion
of words way made from the three
tongues which predominate in the Iralllo
of tTioso parts. This is un interesting
fact of Which hut low are awaro. Print
it and minister to public information , "
Bully for llio s.iwcd-olY reporter of u
certain morning contemporary. Bravo
lo his spunk ! Hil Mm agin , mo li'yl
When u few moro snobs who > ro ill-ud-
visoilly put on the door at local enter
tainments # ot u dose of hot typo , they
will begin to realise tlio cense
aiienccs of an insult to the press
Two to ono , that u certain
individual named Starring was the mad
dost man in Omaha Saturday. A rn-
porlcr for one of llio papers of Iho city
ullnnipli'd to enter anil report the Unity
club affair Friday nighl and Starring the
ticket collector , repelled him. The re
porter went homo and wrote up Mr. S.
wrote him up in ono of those direcl , offhand
hand fashions , which is neither sat ire nor
insinuation , but is strong , able-bodied
denunciation. The reporters hiivo trouble
enough with such creatures as tiie one in
question , nnd a fellow-feeling oil tilt ! ?
score exists between the toiling hired-
men of the press , wherefore the spunky
reporter is heroin applauded.
* .
A snob at the door is tough enough , lo
bo sure , but the rcporlcr who is doing
Ibis scribbling knows lliat a slugger is
worse. Once upon a time ho ( tlio repor-
lor ) wont to a dance. no maltcr what
dance. Ho hud lost his | invitation , but
relied on gelling in anyway , lie sailed
up the stairs two nl a slop ,
snouting tlio order , " Make way
for the Press. " A head was thrust ;
out over the railintr and a face
which looked as though its owner oc-
ppetod to see the patrol wagon or tlio lire
machines coming up the slair.s , gu/.cd nt
llio reporter. The head was set on the
broud shoulders of llio huskiest iiuiivhhial
in town , no doubt. The reporter tried to
explain and failing , attempted to stalk
in. Tlio husky individual got mud ,
seized the scribe by the scruff ot the neck
and shook him until tlio nicklcs flow out
of his pocket and the soles of his boots
beat a tattoo on llio floor and celling at
the Hamo lime. Neither tlio dunce nor
the door-keopor was written up tlio next
morning.biit tlio epitaph writer at Drexel
& Maul's prepared tlio biography of the
reporter as it seemed it would bu needed
pretty soon. '
Tlio Week's
BOSTON , Feb. SI. The leading clearing
houses ot the United Slalcn icpoit Dint the
total gioss bank exchanges tor the week
ciuiliiK Febnmiy 20 uoro $ l > 7rs'Jl,4D3. : ' an
IIICIXMHO ot 40.i ; per cent computed with the
eouesiioudlng week Irisl year.
Tlio newest Purls sport is Hiiuil racing.
The race course is a smooth board , at tno
end of which is a lighted candle , toward
which tlio snails begin lo creep when Iho
room \a \ darkened. There are minluturo
hurdles on llio course and n river , and
llio famous racing snails are handicapped
with pellets of clay.
A miser who him just died in Canterbury -
bury , Englund , is ruporlcd to have loft au
immense sum of money and a largo num
ber of valuable paintings. Including sev
eral Buphuols and Van Jycks. Ho hail
walled up many of thu window * of hl.s
house , nnd only ono door was available ;
for use.
fflOST PERFECT MADB
I'tupnreJ with ipwlul rcnnl to UoalUi.
No Aiomoula , IJmocr Aluiu. r
BAKINO POWDER QO. ,
6T , i.onic
