THE OMAHA DAILY BEE , FRIDAY , FEBRUARY 26 , 1886.
BY THE LIGHT OF THE MOON
The Big Stock Smith Loft When He
Departed So Suddenly ,
CASE COMMENCED AT LINCOLN
A Stupendous Array of liC n ! Tnlcnt
Flghtlnc for tlio $78OO ( ) Trlzc
Federal nnil Stnto Court
Notes Mentions.
Irnov T K IJKI-'B uxcot.nrnr.AtT.I
The capital city is full of Oirmhnns ,
como to nttcml the trial of the Cole vs
Miller ca o , which wns commenced in
the United States court yesterday after
noon , and which promises to bo long ,
fiharply contested and full of surprises.
The prize at stukois $78,000 , the proceeds
of the sale of the Loyal L. Smith stock
last summer. Cole , the plaintiff , claims
the money as owner of the stock by vir
tue of a bill of sale from Lowy , who , it is
alleged , bought the goods from Smith the
day before ho lied. Miller , the defendant -
ant , is really ro | > irsonliiK ! the attaching
creditor ! ) , who ulnim that the sale to
Lowy was a fraud , and that they arc en
titled to the money.
As might bo expected , so rich a prize
has attracted an unusually largo and
brilliant gathering of lawyers. The
plaintiff is represented by Messrs. Woolworth -
worth and Thur.iton , and the defense by
Messrs. 1'rltchett , Cowin , Stowo , Clark-
hon and Montgomery of Omaha , and
Judge Tenny of Chicago. The plaintiff's '
counsel , about 4 o'clock , introduced
James Holloway , formerly a floor walker
for Smith , who testified to Lowy taking
possession of the store on Monday , Juno
til ) last , thus establishing Lowy's control.
Mr. Tliurston next identified the signa
ture of Lowy on the bill of sale to
Cole , and with thla meagre testimony
Mr. Woolworlh , to the astonishment
of all. closed , saying , "That's our case ,
your honor. "
It is surmised that the wily counselor
is holding back his strong evidence to
use in rebuttal , after the dufcnso has
closed.
Mr. Pritchott opened by calling the
biinio Mr. Holloway , by whom he proved
the mysterious disappearance , nearly
very night for ten days preceding the
( transfer to Lowy , of largo quantities of
Valuable goods , and Smith's apparent in-
diffuronca when spoken to about it. Hoi-
loway also swore that the block of silk
nlonu was worth § 10,000 , , the price al
leged to have been paid by Lowy for all
the goods. As the case progresses some
interesting developments will bo made
concerning the former relations of Smith
and Lowy in Chicago , and as to the par
ticulars of the sale in Omaha.
UNITID : STATUS COUUT NOTTS.
When the property of the West Point
Uutter & Cheese association was sold by
order of Judge Dundy some weeks since ,
u one-eighth interest was purchased by
the plaintiff , Abraiu Poole , for about
$11,000. Yesterday Frank Ransom , attor
ney for the Middle-town National bank ,
iiled a motion to have the snlo set aside ,
in order that the bonk syndicate , Messrs.
Clark , Brink and Dusonbury , who bought
seven-eighths of the property , can come
in and bid for the Poole interest.
The case of 1. Wuil vs D. S. Barlos ,
sheriff of Adams county , resulted in a
verdict ot $70 If or the defendant. The
action was brought by Weil to recover
goods sold to one Williams , a merchant
at Hastings. Williams failed , and his
brother-in-law , claiming to hold notes for
an old loan , attached the stock , putting
the sheiilf in possession. Weil replevin-
oil it , and tried to hold by setting up that
the goods had been obtained from him
by false pretenses. The Jury thought
differently , and their verdict puts the
HhorilT in possession of the vuluo of the
goods replovincd.
IN THI2 DISTIUCT COUNT.
The jury in the case of Alexis Coquil-
lard vs 1. A. Hovey ct al , in which the
plaintiff sought to recover on promissory
notes to the amount of $100 , returned a
verdict yesterday for the defendants.
Ilovoy had guaranteed the notes for other
parties , who failed to pay. The plaintiff
ni'glcctcd to notify him of the nonpayment
ment at the proper time , and hence was
barred.
In Durkhard vs Nobbman , the defend
ant also got a verdict. Nobbman was
accused ol having negligently started
a lire which destroyed sonic trees on
plaintitf's farm , for the value of which
the action was brought. Judge Pound
instructed the jury that they must bo
satisfied that Nobbman was negligent
before giving a verdict ngainst him , and
it suoms they were not.
District Attorney Strode has filed in
formations against the following named
parties , and will press them to trial dur
ing the present term : John Sheedy , Gus
Saunders , Horace Tipton , Jay Norton
and Joseph Soroggln. forcambling ; John
( iross and Christopher Kennedy , adul
tery ; Myrtle Stewart , keeping house of
prostitution ; William Mi-agher and
Austin J. Ililoy , selling liquor without
license ; Warren Miller , grand larceny ;
Jay Patterson , stabbing with intent to
kill ; Moses Quinsoy , disposing of mort
gaged property.
The First Christian church society Is in
court with a petition to sell certain real
estate on South Tenth struct.
Gran Ensign 1ms appealed from the de
cision of Justice Cochrane giving Mrs.
John Lapaoho judgment for $80 and
costs , for a valise lost by one of Ensign's
drivers ,
William II. Martin , who was married
ut Swnntou. Vt , , in 1870 , asks tor tv di
vorce from his wife Carrie , on the ground
of desortlon.
The ownership of the black horsb
driven by Robert J. Moore will have to
IJD determined by Judge Pound , nu ap-
> oal having been taken from Justice
} ! rown's court. Sheriff Moliek and the
lllclumls Bros , are the contestants.
VHJKV MENTION.
The supreme court made but one de
cision yesterday , and retired for consulta
tion preparatory to taking an adjourn
ment to Tuesday next. The case
decided was from Saline county
niid involved the right of county
commissioners to employ an agent
to purchase supplies after having rejected
nil bids inaUo in response to an advertise
ment inviting proposals The court hold
that the oommisbionera have the legal
right to reject all bills , hut whun they dote
to must at oncoreadvuriiso for now OMO- > ,
mid cannot in such event purehuso the
biipplios needed in anyothor way.
Slate Treasurer Willard has gene to
Hebron on a semi-business vitit.
Mrs , Til Ho May has purchased ( lit
Murrlam place , at the corner of O and
Nineteenth streets , for $5,000.
The Tliurston Jlosa team of Omaha
having decided to limmut contestants at
Now Orleans , tolugiapht'd to Foreman
Lymnn ypaioriluy lor tin- loan of then
old CDiiplinirs which wrro bought by tin
Merchants IJO'O 1 > . > , \ $ ! : ist ummur. Mr ,
Lyman fonsnrdrd tin in by cNiin-.ss , am ]
IJio Thurstons aiv pivtiim tbiy hapiiy.
John \\Ytlunl.niuji. u l iurolu liarne.v
maker , and Yum Mu\nn , : i .Sloven !
Crock farmer , imiglit with hare lisU. to s
limsh , near \Yav % rly Sunday afternoon
to dccidti an old iiutml ) : and win a stuki
of $50. The Lincoln man carried off ( In
"Honors. "
The "Mikado" ball of U. H. K. of 1' . No
1 takes place at the .Metropolitan rink to
night.
Caster Uanway of Wilbor , a mat
famous in the cast in anti-bolUim days a ;
u defiant opponent of the fugitive sluvi
law. was a. visitor in Lincoln yesterday
Tito sheep feeders aio beginning ti
start their muttons to market. Mitchell
& Haas , who have some 2,000 fat wethers ,
shipped 600 to C'hicagb yoMerday ,
Jrtr Glass anil Counsellor Magoon went
to Omaha yesterday , bearing numerous
letters of introduction to leading resi
dents of the metropolis.
Judge Hrower has signed the decree
ordering the Ilrighton Ranch company
to remove the fences Irom their range in
Northwestern Nebraska. Virgil Atlyn ,
the mannger of the company , when in
Lincoln last December , said that they
had oven matin arrangements to locate in
Wyoming , and were moving their cattle
ns fast as possible. Judge Brewer's order
seems to have been anticipated.
C. N. Diet ? ot Omaha is in Lincoln
making arrangements to locate a largo
lumber yard , of which Victor White of
Chicago will bo the resident manager.
' 1 ho charge of obtaining monov under
false pretenses made in Justice Brown's
'ourt by William Q , Boll against John
) aniels , was dropped yesterday on the
lefendant returning the $53 in dispute
nd paying the costs.
STATB AltlitVAI .
K. C. Cams , Scward ; O. W. Pool , To-
umscluP. J. Xic-hols , George K. Prit-
licit , J. M. Woolworth , J. M. Thurslon ,
1. A. Kitchen. R. K. Allen , W. M.
. .arimer , John D. Cowic , Luther Drake ,
Jharlcs W. Hamilton , D. N. Miller ,
; ) maha ; II. N. Carpenter. Syracuse ; T.
M. Frau.se , West Point ; Irnuk Ransom ,
Nebraska City ; II. L. Walsh , North
I'latto ; Uriah Homier , West Point ; A.
Jones , Madison ; Angus McDonald , Hast
ings ; K. A. Master , Pawnee : Air. and
rs. Lew Robertson , K\utor ; Clinton N.
Powell , Arthur S. Potter and W. F. Our-
oy , Omaha.
COUNTYS IIOOM.
Ijtitiil in tlio Northwest Feb
ruary 8 Grand Prospects.
Mr. J. C. Green , a well-known resident
f this city , in conversation with a Bin :
man yesterday , remarked that it would
bo a great benefit to these desirous of
settling in the northwest if tlio papers
ironld state how the reason was opening
] ) in that section of the country.
"I had a letter from a triend to-day , "
ontinucd Mr. Green , "who is .1 resident
of Sheridan county , of which the now
' .own of Gordon is tlio capital. His
lame is J. B. O'Neill , and ho resides
ibout twelve miles north of the town. Ho
reports that settlers boiran to break up
the prairie on the Qth of February , and
the prospects arc excellent for "grand
crops. Ihc soil is fertile and the county
is being bottled rapidly , but there is
abundance of room for new coiners if they
; lo not delay too long. The town of Gor-
; lon is growing rapidly , with the pros
pects of another railroad , the farms are
being improved , and Sheridan county
will open the boason with a grand booni.
That is tlio country .for farmers just now ,
and no mistake. "
Brevities.
The Smith-Lqwry dry goods case is in
progress in Lincoln to-day. A largo
jnimbor 01 witnesses including cx-Sherilf
Miller , Luther Drake and C. W. Ilamil-
on went down yesterday morning.
Lieut. Corcoran , of the Seventh infant
ry , stationed at Fort Laramic , passed
through the city on his way to his post ,
returning from a leave of absence.
The John M. Tliurston Hose Co. will
leave Byron Clark's place , No. 1517 Far-
tiam St. , to-night at 7:30 : for New
Orleans to attend the national firemen's
tournament. A band of music will also
iittend the boys to the depot.
Tlio Parnell Social club will give one of
their usual brilliant entertainments at
. ' nnningham'shall , Fifteenth and Jack
son streets , this ( Friday ) evening ,
The members of the club will utilize their
experience to make it enjoyable for their
guests.
Tlio boys William , George and Bon
Jones , Charles Gillian and George Mey
ers , who were suspected of breaking into
the house of Martin Sorcnson of South
Omaha , upon being examined in Justice
Anderson's court , were discharged. It
was proven that they had no hand in the
crime , but were simply witnesses.
There will bo a course of three lectures
given in the Seward street M. E. church
commencing March 1. Ilov. A. P. Mead
will deliver the lirst on his popular sub
ject , "Romance of the PulpitRev. . T.
F. Clark , the pilgrim preacher of Elmira ,
N. Y. , the second , March 5 , on his
"Travels Through China and Japan. "
These who had the pleasure of listening
to him last year In tlio First M. E. church
will doubtless be glad of the opportunity
to do so again. Rev. J. S. Uctwilcr ,
pastor of the Kountz Memorial church
of this city , will deliver the third , March
11 , on the interesting subject of "Going
to Housekeeping. " The Juvenile Daily
Record in speaking of the first lecture ,
by Rev. Mead , says : "It was one of the
richest treats of the season. " Those gen
tlemen nro all highly endorsed by the
press and pulpit throughout the country
and as the monov to uo derived from thcso
lectures is for the benefit of the church
there will no doubt bo a good attendance.
Comcily of Errors.
Thp second performance of the Com
edy of Errors last night by Robson and
Crane was greeted by a full house at tlio
Boyd. The company repented the excel
lent performance of the night before to
the great satisfaction of all.
Notice.
The Lifeboat Lodge No. 150 , 1. O. G.T. ,
meets in tlio parlors of the Saunders
street Presbyterian church each Friday
evening at 7:80 : o'clock. All members of
the order are cordially invited to attend.
J. C. TAYLOR , W. C. T.
NO FUR ON HIS COLLAR.
Passing PC tor at tlio Golden Gate.
Chicago Rambler : St. Peter "was
superintending : the placing of a now
hinge on the Golden Gates whim a hard-
looking eitixeii came up and asked is his
card would bo recognized.
"UmI , don't know , " drawled St. Peter.
"Is there anything down on the books
against your '
"I'm ' atraid there is. " answered the
now arrival despondently. "Fact is , I
was an easy-going sort of chap , and
easily led into evil ways. I killed my
grandfather with an ax for ono thing. "
"That's bad , " exclaimed the Saint , re
provingly.
"Yes , I know it was hasty , but I was
always impulsive and easily influenced.
Then I don't recollect exactly but
seems to mo I robbed a bank once and
caused great inconvenience to de
positors. "
"Dear me ! thai was very thoughtless of
you , my friend. "
"I know it I realize it now ; but you
see , I didn't think ; and then then my
wife died suddenly of hereditary toothache -
ache complicated with acute poison In
her colfeo. Some one saw mo put the
poison in thu cotfeo and thought that I
did it with malice aforethought. "
"Singularl"
"Very , Oh , I almost forgot to toll you
I u.scd to swear and drink abominably.
My reputation was far from good. I
never could understand it. "
"This is very sad , " said tlio keeper of
thoguto , pensively. "I'm afraid wo shall
bo obliged to ask you to try some other
hotel. But were there no extenuating
circuiustnncnsi"
"I don't know , really. I'll ' tell you ono
thing thnt you might consider an olf-set
to my little peculiarities ; bund over and
let me whisper it. I never wore a fur
collar nor fur cuffs on my wSter. "
A genial smiled warmed St. Potor'.s
austcro countenance as ho said blandly :
" dear ' all then of
"My boy , you're right ,
course. Walt : right in. Gabriel !
Gabriel , give the gentleman one of these
silver-plated hunts ami show him a trout
sent. Ho' $ a curiosity . "
ALL ALONG THE RAILROADS
Phil Armonr Tells the Trtio Reteon for
High Dressed Beef Bates.
HE BLESSES THE GRAND TRUNK
In tlto Next Rroath Damns Its Kn-
Kllsli President A Case of Cattle
on the Hoofvs Cattle In the
Can Tlio Itato War.
Armour hashes the Trunk Mncs.
CHICAGO , Feb. 25. ( bpeclal Telegram. ]
"Jfthcie had been no Grand Tiuuk rail
ways , " said P. D. Armour to-day , "there
\\oiildbonodrcssedbcef trade In existence
now. AH the trunk lines the New York
Central , Krle , Pennsylvania , and the rest of
them own stock yards along their lines.
Where the roads don't own them themselves ,
their oniccrsor directors or controlling stock
holders or cronies of these gentlemen own
them. With the trunk lines Intcicstcd In
the stockyards , o course they wanted no
dressed beet meat going east. In thnt way
the stockyards nlong the lines became com
paratively worthless. It did not make any
dlireicnee what tarllf Is paid , or whether It
was inofltablo to the road or not. These
Insldcis to the lallrnads did not want any
tailtr on dressed beef except a prohibitory
tarllV. But the Uirnd Trunk lo.id didn't
own any stock y.uds , and Us dlicctors didn't
own any , unit so wo sent our business inur
that road. But Sir .John Taylor , Us Kngllsh
president , was over hcie last summer , and
was wined and dined by the other tiuiik
line ofllclnls , and finally cajoled Into going
Into a combination nualnstcus. Ho did not
undeistand , as the practical men on his toad
did , why the Pennsylvania and Kilo and
Now Yoik Ccntinl were so anxious about
this dressed beef. Ho was so handsomely.
tieatcd that ho good liaturedly fell into the
scheme of the railroad oflichils hostile to us.
"Thetrunk Hues have , ofcoui-bp , never openly
admitted their Interest in the live cattle
business ; but on ono occasion a lew years
ago , when rates were up , Tim Kastmau , a
cattleman of the New Yoik Central and ono
oC the cattle kings , said : 'if you will
ston your dressed bec at Albany you tan
ia\o what rates you want ; you can oven
nave the New Uugland states It you will only
Iteop away from the scaboaid. ' I hsuRio In
terest there nt that time , for my houses at the
cast were not built then ; but Swift refused
the proposition. Since we refused to divide
up the tcirltory to the llvo cattle king
and to leave them undisturbed
at the east , there has been war made on us
by the mlhoads. If the dressed beef men at
Chicago would consent to divide up the teiri-
tory with the live cattle men , and would
promise to leave these Insideis In quiet con
trol of the fat things they have , theio would
bo no trouble. Because wo won't , the rail-
lo.ul odlcials are doing their utmost to pro
tect from competition themsehcs and such of
their side-partners as happen to own stock
yards or to bo in the played out bu&iness of
shipping cattle on the hoof. "
The Overland Unto
FJIA.HCISCO , Feb. 25. Much excite
ment was created In nilhoad cirel s to-day
by the announcement that the Atlantic &
Pncillc , in connection with the Atchlson ,
Topcka & Santa Fc , Chicago & Alton and
Pennsylvania Central lathoads , had icduced
the price of limited tickets to-day to Now
York to S.0. . The time within which they
can be uscil is ten days. This rate was im
mediately met by all thu other railroad
agents. Limited tickets to Chicago came infer
for a cut and weie reduced to S35. Un
limited and third class tlcUetaieumin ns yes
terday. The Atlantic is Pnrlllc still lofrains
i i oni .sell I UK unlimited tickets at leduced
rates. Much complaint is being made by
agents of eastern line. ? concerning the sale of
unlimited tickets at cut rates. All ur o the
withdrawal of biich tickets from sale. The
saleof limited tickets to-day was reported
very lively. All the trunk lines between
Chicago and New Yoik liavo followed the
Pennsylvania Central into the light which
the latter company entered upon to-day.
TOTEKA , Kan. , Feb. 25. Various indica
tions here show that the war resulting from
the breaking up of the Transcontinental asso
ciation is moio virulent than ever. The
probabilities aie that rates to the Pacific
coast , nt least by the Santa Fo route , will bo
much lower before they are higher. Travel
has considerably fallen oil'on all the Hues in
anticipation of this result , and it Is not pos
sible to say when the lowest point will bo
reached on Pacific coast business.
The Obstinate Milwaukee.
, Feb. 25. The railroad com
missioners , Murdoclc and Baker , by invita
tion , addressed the Minnesota Farmers al
liance to-day. General Baker said that only
ono road the Milwaukee has opposed the
law with regard to placing Hat waiehouses
along Its line. Wo have told them now for
the last time , ho said , that unless they with
in a leasonablo time accede to the require
ments of thu law. wo will bring suit against
them. The last conference was only yester
day , and wo told the lopre.sentativos of the
road that the discussion was now at an end.
Commissioner Murdock , in answer to an
Inquiry , said that the commission had
changed its mind on the matter of farmers
cleaning their grain before niaikcting it.
They now believed it impracticable for
Minnesota farmcis to clean their own urain.
In Minnesota wo Imvo the most duiiciilt
problem to bo found In any state. In Massa
chusetts , nil the roads lead to Boston , In New
York to Now York city , In Illinois to Chi
cago. The people are agreed where the tnilllc
shall go. But our roads were all built In the
inteiest of Chicago. They are inter-state
roads.
_
SENSATION.
A Soldier Fires a Hovolvor in the
Ghaniher of Deputies.
PAIIIS , Feb. 25. A now kind of sensation
was made In the chamber of deputies this af
ternoon. A strange man In ono of the gal-
lei les arose excitedly , drew a revolver anil
lircd It twice with a downward aim r.nd then
coolly tluow a letter towards Clemmicenu.
The man was quickly seized and hiurled out
by the police. When the excitement had sub
sided a flattened bullet was loiiud at the feet
ot thomcsidcntof the chamber. Tlio prisoner
said ho was a soldier who had been
so 111-tieated by his Mipcitois am !
Ignored bv the ofllcers of justice that ho 10
sorted to tlio desperate expedient ot creating
a sensation in the chamber of deputies in
nidur to bccuio attention to his eiluvanccs.
The prisoner gavn his name as 1'olereie , and
said ho was an ollicer In tlio French army ,
He assisted that the letter which ho tluu\v
towards Clemonccau contained nn otter to
glvii to thu government the names of the be
trayers of Metz.
Gen. Crook and the Apaches.
Ei , PASO , Tox. , Feb. as. Word has just
been received hero of n meeting .between
Gen. Ciook and lieronlmo nt Long Banch
seventy-eight miles southwest of Domini : , daj
yesterday. It states the chief anil live bucks
buhl a consultation and asked pei mission to
return to the re eivatlon peaceably. Crook
leluaed.demandlng unconditional surrender
iH'ionlwo lelnsed to give hlmselt up am
alter consultation , left for his camp , keeping
thu white- Hag Hying for tun miles or mure.
Chief Naun and others are still held ns host
ac.s : , ( jcionimo la icported ns having ninctj
bucks , besides women and childien , will
him. No attempt was made to follow him
nnil it is not known what his movements
will be.
Collusion orMunopolics.
In thoheighth of the telephone contro
ver.iy , which is now subsiding , a gooi
many persons expressed surprise in dis
covering so close a resemblance in the
methods of the Bell company with these
of Jay Gould when thin monarch of in on
opolysouks to mislead public opinion
Thu nppamnt explanation of this mys
tery is found iu the opinion of Secretary
I/.uuu' authorizing the institution of a
suit of tlio government against the Bell
Telephone company. In this opinion
Secretary 1/unar gives the compact
maile between thu Western Union nnil
and the Hell Telephone companies on the
10th of November , 1870 , nnil running to
November 1,180G.
This compact , which is drawn with
consummate skill and care , stipulates
that the Bell Telephone company shall
pay a royalty of 20 per cent to the \ \ ost-
ern Union on all telephone receipts after
80 per cent has been deducted from the
receipts for commissions and t mouses.
The rent of a telephone instrument Is $14
a year , although tlio manufacturing cost
is $3.-J8. After deducting 150 per cent
from the fill , the royalty of the Western
Union on eacli instrument is $1.00. It is
pstimatcd that under this contract the
Western Union has already drawn
? l,500,000ln royalties. As this agreement
is to run for ten years , the interest of tlio
Western Union monopoly in maintaining
the validity of the Hell telephone
patents is quito mnnifr.st. While
this compact lasts the Hell monopoly
is the more vassal of the Western Union.
The Hell company further stipulates
that so far as it can bo legally and prop
erly done the company will not permit
the sending of ordinary business dis
patches , market reports , or news for sale
or publication , over its lines or the com
panies connected with it , or license the
use of its tolcponos and patents for such
, when competition would thus
Curposes with thu 'western Union Tele-
; raph company and the Gold and Slock
T 'olograph company. In order to fully
e.\eludo the competition of the telephone
with the telegraph it is further stipulated
that private lines shall not bo more than
twenty-live miles long , nnd shall not ho
used at each end by more than two per
sons or linns. The Western Union ulso
requires the Hell Telephone company to
send all dispatches which it receives
through the Western Union line unless a
customer otherwise objects.
The collusion of tlio two monopolies
explains why the telephone business is so
much obstructed and why reports by tel
ephone arc not sent to greater distances.
It has been demonstrated that by means
of a certain instrument and n certain
kind of wire telephone communication
can bo made between Philadelphia and
Chicago , or oven a greater distance. Hut
this would interfere with the profits of
the Western Union , and monopoly ac
cordingly forbids it. The BellTelciMiono
company controls tlio telephone business
and the Western Union monopoly con
trols the Hell Telephone. Behind them
both stands Jay Gould.
What was it that induced the Bell Tel
ephone company to make such extraordi
nary concessions to the Western Union
as are witnessed in this compact ? Was
it a lively fear that the Western Union
with its great power would contest tlio
validity of the Hell patents ? Hy the
compact with the Western Union a dan
gerous enemy is converted into a defend
er of tlio patents and a largo sharer in
the enormous profits that are extorted
from the public. It'is ' the voice of the
Western Union'monopoly ; ' that is heard
above the voice of , its Bell Telephone
slave against the .suit of the government.
It is the Western Uuion monopoly that
inspired most ofj.tho denunciations of the
government ollicials who were guilty of
owning stock in another company.
This combination ofr the two monopolies
shows how dilliault is the task which the
government IiaS-tinUortakeii in the pending
ing suits to test the 'validity of the Boll
patents. { „
PLUG HORSES MADE NEW.
It Can Not Bfc Done So nn Expert
Will bo Folilcit Rquincs With
; > ? *
Chicago News : "I haven't much sym
pathy with any ono who gets cheated in a
horse deal , " said a well known liveryman
yesterday. "It is only these Miiart Alecks
who think they know it all that got loft.
No expert can bo fooled. "
"How do horse sharks fix up a 15-year-
old plug until ho looks like a 2-year-old
colt ? "
"That's all nonsense , it can't bo done.
The greenest man in town can scarcely
bo fooled in that way. Of course , tlio ap
pearance of a horse can bo improved.
You take an old , hard-worked horse and
his coat will bo rough and his general
appearance anything but sleok. You
take that horse and blanket him , feed
him and groom him well , and in a week
or so ho will look 50 per cent better , al
though ho is not a bit better horse than
ho was boforo.
"Then to hide a horse's nge , his teeth
are tiled. If ho is wind-broken ho is
dosed with shot. That will make his
breath easier for a time , but in the long
long run makes him much worse. If a
horse has the heaves from eating mustv
hay the best thing to do is to sell him at
once , for ho never can bo cured. If ho is
fed on bran or corn-fodder for awhile his
condition will improve , but as soon you
give him hay again the heaves appear
worse than over. As 1 said before , no
expert can bo fooled for a minute bv any
of these schemes , and any one who buys
a horse without consulting n man who
understands the animal .deserves to get
left.
left."Thero is ono thing that will fool any
ovpert that ever lived , although it doesn't
often occur , and that is a horse thnt is
subject to fits. Ho may bo young and
sound und a good traveler. Ho may not
have had a lit for a wcokor two nt a time ,
and yet some day ho will lay down in the
shafts and act for all the world like a
man aillictcd with opilipsy. That is the
only way that I over heard of fooling a
horse export. "
Ho Hmln't Been at Gettysburg.
Detroit Free Tress : "No , I didn't lese
thut leg in the war , " replied a stranger
yesterday as ho loaned up against the
cold wall of the po.stoilico. "I used to
claim that my leg was shot oft"at tiio
battle of Antiotam , but ono tiny some
thing happened to euro mo of lying. I
was stumping along the highway in Ohio
and stopped at a line house to beg for
dinner. "
"Whore did you lose that leg ? " asked
tno woman.
"At " '
Gettysburg1.
"Sit down till real ! my husband. "
Ho oamo in from the barn , and I was
asked whuro my regiment was stationed
in the battlo. '
"In the comctory , " I ropliod.
O ! Well , my son Hill was in the cem
etery. I'll call him in. "
"Hill soon came in , nnd ho wanted to
know what particular , gravestone I took
shelter behind. 1 , saijl it was a Scotch
ghinito monument.
" 'O ! ' grunted Bill , my brother Rob was
behind just such a touu and I'll cull him
in. ' - ,
, "Hob came in , and lie swore a mighty
oath that ho was there alone. Ho sort o'
pre-empted that monument , and remem
bered the inscription to a word. How
ever ho gave mu the benefit of n doubt.
1 was asked to name the company and
regiment.
" 'Company H , Fiftn Ohio , " I promptly
nnsworeu ,
" 'O ! Brother Jim was in that company.
I'll call him in.1
"Jim came in , took a square look at
mo , and remarked ;
" 'Stranger , our regiment wasn't witliit
0 miles of Gettysburg during the war )
' " 1 said Twentv-iiftTi ! Of course the
Fifth was not there. "
01 I'll call in my brother Aaron. Ho
was in the Twenty-fifth,1
"Aaron came iu and called mo a wood
on-legged liar. 1 was pitched over the
fence into tlio road. Thcy'vo this wai
buslines down so linj > that you can't gu
a playing root * , on the country no moiv
and the lieit is to own right up that yet
got drunk and got m the. way of a loco
motive. " .
COUNCIL BLUFFS.
ADDITIONAL CITY NF.WS.
"Who Knows the Dead Man ?
On Wednesday night at DCS Moines a
tranger wns killed by Iho cars , and from
some papers found upon him it seems
hat ho must have some acquaintances
nt least hero. The Hcgister gives the fol'
owing details :
Last evening about 9 o'clock a Air.
Smith , a section man on tlio Chicago ,
lock Island & Pacific railroad , discovered
ho almost lifeless body of a man lying
on the railroad track between Twelfth
and Thirteenth streets. The body was
nnngled and the man helpless. Tlio pa-
rol wagon was brought and the tint or-
unato stranger taken to the cltv
building. Dr. Wordon , city physi
cian , was called , but there was
10 hope for the man. His left shoulder
was broken , his left hip was crushed and
ho body lacerated , and the right leg was
; ut off immediately above the ankle. At
[ 0 o'clock ho died. He gave his mime as
iloinrioh Jorran , a native of Hanover ,
liorinany , when * ho has a wife and throe
children now living. Ho had been in
this country a year and three months ,
llo is a carpenter by trade , and -10 years
old. Uo could make nn statement as to
where ho was from , but had been on a
[ rain all day and the night previous , and
came from the west. Ho remembered to
uivo slipped from the train while it was
moving. It was evident that the iitnn was
: > n the stock train which came in on
the Hock Island road from the west about
7:80 : o'clock , and that the accident hap-
> cned about that time. Ho was nn intol-
igont looking German of medium
leight and with full beard of u brown
jolor. Coroner Griffin was called , and a
jury eons'ifting of George Kconhold ,
George Sample and W. P. Hearty was
empaneled. On his person was found a
jorlilicalo of exemption from army duty ,
in which it was stated that ho was born
it Hnlfson In 18 IU. In a small book ho
kept a memorandum of his travels west
ward through Chicago and to Council
mull's , from which place ho was on h'm
way back again. The body was turned
over to the undertaker last night , and
Lho inquest was adjourned until 7:150 : this
cyening to take further evidence.
A Ar.ilnnblo Addition to the City.
It has only been a few years since it
was almost impossible to get any laundry
work at - il done in this city , but Council
Bluffs can now claim ono of the finest
laundries in this part of tlio west. Refer
ence is made to the Council Bluffs Steam
Laundry , No. 72i Broadway , of which
A. C. Larson is the proprietor. Mr. Lar
son is ono of those enterprising citizens
who is continually moving forward , and
when not engaged in building is hunting
up now and improved machinery for his
laundry. Ho has lately added a number
of valuable machines and also has se
cured the services of J. R. Stablneckor ,
who is an experienced gentleman in the
laundry business , having been trained in
the best laundries in the east.
In conversation yesterday with Mr.
Stahlnccker the BIJE man learned that
with the facilities that the Council Bluffs
Steam Laundry now have ho , as man
ager , expects to turn out superior laun
dry work to any laundry in this part of
the west , and work that ho will compare
with any laundry in the United States.
The Br.n man remarked that some laun
dries in tlio east turned o it some line
work , to which Mr. S. replied Hint they
have all the improved machinery that
these eastern latmdrics have , and that
with his experience in this line all that
be asks is a trial , so that an opportunity
may be had of convincing the People of
the truth of his assertions , and in conclu
sion lie stated that he was going to ex
tend the business so as to bo able to at
tend to their increasing out of town trade
with more promptness than inthe past.
Personal Paragraphs.
Alex. Malmroso came in yesterday off
the road.
W. Slull , of Lincoln , Nob. , was in the
city yesterday.
H. W. Haydock , of St. Louis , was at the
Ogdcn yesterday.
F. J. Dav rejoices in tlio arrival of n
nine-pound girl baby.
John Farson and wife , of Chicago , are
in the city visiting friends.
J. ( J. Kringlo , of the firm of Kringlo
Bros. , Wisner , Iowa , was among the wel
come callers at the BEE ollice.
H. N. Webb , son-in-law ofW.L. Biggs ,
is hero lor a few days with bis wife and
child , having just returned from an east
ern trip , and about to go to his Denver
homo ,
County Superintendent Laird was
nmong the callers at the Bin : ollico yes
terday. Ho reports the schools of the
county as getting along nicely , but the
work is so extensive that it keens a super
intendent busy all the time. There are
flfty more schools in this county than any
other county in the state. There are 310
teachers to look after , besides correspond
ence and various ofllco work. Mr. Laird
linds it takes all his time.
Salvation Army Coming.
Mr. Doluiny told a DEB ft few days ago
that the Salvation army were negotiating
for the use of his old opera houso. The
arrangements have been completed and
on Sunday afternoon next the show
opens.
A Ijiinatic'u Ball.
Mta California ! ! : The dancing floor
was crowded with the oddest , perhaps
the funniest , and certainly the most
molly gathering the reporter had over
seen. Most of the. men were the plain
gray uniform furnished the poorer pa
tients , but some were drc.iscd hi the
height of fashion. Those latter were
what are called "pay patients. " The
women were clad in neat calico dresses
of some dark pattern , though there were
not n few very handsomely attired. Ono
and all. however , wore covered all over
with pieces of bright-colored ribbons ,
and gaudy flowers , and wreaths and
ohapluts of the latter hung about the
nocks and crowned the locks of all who
had been able to procure them. The fair
fcox coquotlishiy llnttorcd fans cut from
pasteboard , and one of them , who imag
ined she was a queen , were n monstrous
crown of the Hiuno plebeian material ,
Knell of the men seemed to have his es
pecial "girl , " and anyone who desired to
dance with her must first ask his permis
sion or trouble would ensue. The men
and women would bo ranged separately
on each side of tlio room before the dun
ces were called , and when thu whistle
bounded the former would rush forward
to choose their partners.
Some were extremely and evenly
ridiculously polite and would "request
thu honor" with the courtliest of bow and
a skating-rink smile grasped firmly bo-
twcon their nervously sot teeth , while
others were more brutish and would
grab their partners and run thorn upon
the iloor without as much as saying "by
your leave. " The square dances and
quadrilles were something wonderful :
The kings and queens would vie with
tlio commonest "cranks" in observing
the most exacting rules for gr.ico ami
etiqtiiitto. At the sauio time a stag
couple would bo waltzing in ono corner ,
an Irish jig would bo performed in
another , and perhaps in the center of the
Iloor would oo three or four more in
dulging in a regular plantation break
down , in a somewhat modified forru
Suddenly onu of the men would assume
the duties of the attendant , who acted as
iloor manager , and would endeavor to
call out the dances. Then ho fn turn
.would bn buputwlod by another. It was
very clear thut each and-everyone cu
eyed themselves to the utmost. When
he strangers wife caught sight of , ovi i
oral of both sexes flocked around and i
isked to be remembered to their friends.
They said they were all right and t < x-
looted soon to bo out again. Shortly
iftor tills , when a dnnco was called ono
Ittdlsli-attired individual nmblcd forward
vltli the of Mikado " "
gait a "yum yum ,
and dropped on his knees before ono of
ho fair ladles , and in a very gallant
nntiuer requested her hand for the dance.
"Meeting with a refuvil , he repeated the
same pcrformatico twice before he gave
ip. About 10 o'clock the party broke up
init the "lovers" bndo each other alfce-
ionato farewells , with repeated injunc
tions to not fasl to bo present at thu next
social. Alang attendants wore present
luring the entire evening , and when a
) .itlcnt became too boisterous or some-
vhat troublesome lie was Immediately
ockcd up. As n punishment , and like-
vise as an inducement foi future good
jehavlor , this refractory patient would
lot bo nllcnveU to attend the next ball.
°
SIR HENRY LAWRENCE.
A Sketch of the Celcuintcd "Dia
mond" Hero of IjltuUnuw.
Sir Henry Lawrence , the defender of
Lueknow , was ono of those heroes who
frorvo because they are debtors.
He wns born at Melura , Ceylon , celc-
jrnted for its diamonds , and on Mrs.
Lawrence's removal to another locality a
ady asked if slio had brought any with
icr.
icr."Yes , " said tlio mother , producing her
jabo ; "hero's my Matttra diamond ! "
She was prophetic , though her son's '
ife , while not Wanting in brilliancy , re-
facmbled more the diamond which cuts or
lollshcs than that which merely displays
tsolf.
Simplicity , truthfulness , self-denial
mil consideration for others marked
.dm . as boy and mat. Ho never "passed
jy on the other side , " but always lent a
luiiul to man , woman , child or boast , or
any creature that was down.
Ho could deny himself even at a great
cost when solf-uonial was demanded by
.mother's welfare. Ills father , a retired
ollicer , lived on a small pension and
Henry had but little pocket monny while
at the seminary where cadets prepared
for the Easit Indian service.
Foot-ball , hockey and cricket was r.s
essential to an English boy's happiness
as three meals a day. But Henry never
indulged in them , because subscriptions
wore required , and ho would not ask his
father for money.
Once at the end of his vacation , before
starting for school , ho collected a bundle
of clothes for a poor lady in London. On
arriving tit tlio metropolis lie carried tlio
bundle , a largo one , through the streets
and delivered it toiler. A simple decdl
Yes , but ono which showed the heart and
pluck of the young cadet , who was not
a&hamcd to soil his uuiiform by carrying
a bundle through London .streets.
Years after , while defending Lucknow ,
with a few hundred men against thou
sands of Hindoos who had joined the mu
tiny , a shell exploded in his room. A
sheet of flame , a terrific report and dense
darkness were followed by his low voice
"lam killed. "
saying , helplessly ,
llelingerctl two days , his mind intent
on serving till the last. Minute directions
were given to his successor ns to the de
fense of the place , with the orders "never
to give in. " Ho bade those about him to
remember the vanity of ambition and to
inscribe on his tomb : "Hero lies Henry
Lawrence , who tried to do his duly.
May the Lord have mcrcv on his soul. "
So few wore the defenders and so
necessary was il that every one should
bo at his post that only four private
soldiers could be. spared to bury him. As
they were about to carry oil" the dead
body ono of them turned down the sheet
which covered Sir Henry's fnco and.
btooping over , reverently kissc i his fore
head. His comrades nlso kissed their
beloved chief and then , amid the plung
ing of shot and shell , laid him to rest.
A Ltittlo Money Goes a liang Wny.
American Merchant : A little money
sometimes goes n great way. As an il
lustration of this read the following.
founded upon an incident which is said
to have really occurred :
A owed § 15 to B ; B owed $20 to C ; ( J
owe'd $15 to D ; D owed $ M to K ; K owed
$12.50 to F ; F owed $10 to A.
All of them wcro- scaled at the same
table.
A having a $5 note handed it to B , re
marking that il paid $5 of the $15 ho
owed B
B passed the note to C.witli the remark
that it paid ? 5 of the $20 which ho owed.
C passed tlie note to D , and paid with
it $5 of the $15 he owed D.
D handed it to 15 , m part payment of
the i30 owed him.
E gave it to F , to apply on account
of tne $12.50 duo him.
F passed it back to A , saj'ing , "This
pays half of the amount I ewe you. "
A again passed it to B , baying , "I now
only you $5. "
B passed it ngnin to Cwith the remark ,
"This reduces my indebtedness to you to
$10. "
C again passed it to D , reducing his in
debtedness to $5.
D paid it over to E , saying , "I now ewe
you $20.
E handed it again to F. , saying ,
"This reduces my indebtedness to you to
$2.50. ' >
Again F. handed the note to A , saying ,
"Now , I don't ewe you anything. "
A passed it immediately to B , thus
canceling the balance of his indebted
ness.
B handed it to C , reducing his indctcd-
ness to $5.
D paid it again to E , saying , "I now
ewe yon $11 ! . ' '
Then K remarked to F , "If you will
give mo $2.50 this will settle my inileted-
ness to you. "
F took ifr.fiO from his pcckct , handed
it to E , and , returned the $5 note to Ids
pocket , and thus tin1 spell was broken ,
the hinglo $5 note bavin' ' paid $8'J,50and
canceled A'H debt to is , O's debt to 1) ,
E's debt to F , and F's debt to A , and at
the same lime having reduced ll'.s debt
to 0 from $20 to $ o , and 1 > ' < 5 debt to 15
from' $30 to 15.
Moral "Hero a litllo and there a lit
tle , " helps to pay off largo scores.
Money circulates from hand to hand and
business moves. Pay your debt in full
if you can. mid if you can not pay in full ,
pay something. What helps ono helps
another , and so the round is mado.
oT Hen. I Ian cock ,
Publlo ollleo is a trust , not a bounty bestowed -
stowed upon tlio holder ; no incompetent
or dishonest person should be entrusted
with it.
It is a vital principle in our system that
neither fraud or force must bo allowed
to subvert the rights of the people.
The bayonet is not a lit instrument for
ollueting the voles of freomoii ,
All clashes of our people must share
alike the blessings of the Union and are
equally concerned in its perpetuity and
in the proper administration of public-
affairs.
The great principles of American lib
erty nro still the lawful inheritance of
this people and over should bo.
The right of trial by jury , the habeas
corpus , tlio liberty of the press , the free
dom of speech , the natural rights of per
sons and the rights of property must bo
preserved.
Woo bo to us whenever it shall como to
pass thnt the power of the magistralc
civil or military in permitted to deal
with the mere opinions or feelings of the
people.
Power may destroy the forms hut not
the principles of justice ; thcso will live
in spite even of the sword.
The iirni ) ' should have nothing to do
with the selection or inauguration of
presidents.
The commanding general in the dis
charge ot the trust reposed in him will
maintain the jit t power of the judiciary
and is unwilling to permit ( ho civil an-
: horitlc3 to bo cinbatrnsscd by military
nterferenco ,
It is of evil example and full of danger
: o the cause of freedom and good gov
ernment that the exercise of Iho military
tribunals created for trial of offenses
ngainst the civil law should bo permitted
when the ordinary power of existing
state governments are ample for the pita-
ishment of olfenders.
Free institution ! ! , while they nro esson ;
: lal to the prosperity and happiness of
; he people , always furnish the strongest
nduccmunU to peace and order.
The tlnry Out.
The trial of Campbell for highway rob *
jery was finished in the district court
yestordny afternoon and tlio case glvou
.o . the jury. At midnight , however , they
mil failed to agree on n verdict.
Here U ix Hn t- - . I M
By Bell & McUlandllsh , 11511 Dodge
street , house and two lots south front ,
inoviow near West Loavomvorth street ,
for $2,700. Will tnko team of horses as
part pay ,
States rights is at a discount in the
southern , ns well us the northern end.os
lee big American continent , The United
States of Colutube , hitherto split into
nine soverigu states , is to become tlio
centralized Republic of Columbia , with
Iho seat of power at the people's capital ,
llogotn.
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The sweet ( mm. n Rathored from a trdo of the
BQmn name , growing nlonff the Btnall utreama In .
Iho i Southern Slates , contalnn a Btltmilntlnu or.
nnrt wbooplnR-coiicli. When combined with the
healing inuclWlnoiis principle tn tba mullein
plant of the old lleldn , presents In TAYlxiu'M
CiiGitoKEK REMEDY UP SWEET UUM AMI MUL-
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\VhooplnK-coiiKhunilconsumption ; and to pala
table uny chlia In pIciiHod to tnbo ItAsk your
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> VAI.T IJ It A.TAY1.0U.Atlanta.OnV
SEIO
Omaha ,
Council Bluffs
And Chicago
The only ronil to tnko for Dos Mnlnos , Mnr-
Bliulltowii , Cedar HiipldH. Clinton. Dlxlo. Chlonffo ,
Milwaukee unil nil points oust. 'Jo tlio pooploof
Neliraskii , Culanulo , Wyoming , Utuli. Idaho
Novudii.Oic'KOii , Washington ami California It
otters Rupurior ndvuntairos not jiossiiiio by any
othurlliiu
Among a few of the numerous points ol supo-
rlorlty onjovoil l > y llio patrons of this road he-
twuun Omaha nnd Cbicuiio , nre its two trains a
dny of DAV COACH 118 wliluli nro the llnotl thut
human nrt anil liwimliy can create. HsPAlr
ACK BI.KKI'JNO l-'AKS. whluh nro model * of
comfort mi < l ole anco. Its 1'AKLOU URAWINQ
HOOM CJAH3 , uiisimmhsiMl 1) ) } ' any. unil HH wlilo-
) y celobrntixl I'M , ATIA1 , DINING CARS , tlio
tquul of which cannot bo Jouml olsowhoro.
Al Council Hindu the trnliiB of tlio Union I'not.
flu lly , ciiiiHict in Union Depot with thobo of tha
Chicago ft Norlliwosliini Uy , In Chlcuno tilt
trains of this line make close connection wltfi
thnhoof all eastern linos.
For Dotrolt.Colmnlms , Indianapolis. Cincln
natl , Kiaxarn Fulls Ilullulu , 1'lttnhurir. Toronto
Montreal , lloston , Now York , 1'liiliulclphla , Dal-
tlmore.WiuliliiKton nnd iillpolntslii the east , usU
the ticket nKont for tluki > ts via the
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Surplus , - 15,000
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