Nebraska Newspapers

    OMAHA DAILY BJEtf * MONDAY , MAUCH 22 , 1835 , ; j
FITNESS OF ONE 0'THE FINEST
Rio Mayor andL'aw ' and Order League Quar
reling Over Officer Smith-
END OF THE TROUBLE NOT YET.
Sml Dcntli of the DmiRhtcr of n Pros-
Iieroiis Farmer A Hnccl'rotmlilo
ItCtlVPCtl tllO Flt7.J (
anil Tlitirstons.
fmoM THE nrr.'s T.tNCot.s nunn.iu.t
Mnyor Ihirr mid Secretary Lewis of the
Laiv nntl Order luaguoaro having n lively
correspondence over the fitness of Oiliccr
Smith to remain on the police force.
Smith is what the Hibernians would call
u "broth of ti boy , " with nn admiring eye
for pretty women , and some of his ad
ventures caused the lontiiio to prefer
charges to the mayor and council against
his personal character. The council at
its last regular meeting having rchised
to consider these charges , Mayor Uurr
wrote to Secretary Lowls demand
ing that they bo withdrawn. In
his letter the mayor asserts that ho
assisted to organi/.o the league and is in
sympathy with Its purpose. The charges
against Smith , however , referred to old
transgressions , of which he had repented
and avoided repetition. The American
people , Mr. IJurr said , had forgiven
Cleveland , and ho thought ho could af
ford to forgive Smith , especially as the
latter is an cflicient olllccr and conducts
himself in a becoming manner. He told
the league this when it asked for Smith's
discharge last month , and expresses as
tonishment that instead of accepting ms
statement Secretary Lewis should present
charges against Smith to the council
for the purpose of bulldo/.lng him into
dismissing the olllcor. The mayor closes
by saying that ho emphatically declines
to bo'bulldo/.cd by any league or thing ,
and demands a withdrawn ! of the
charges. Mr. Lewis , in reply , tells the
mayor that ho has mistaken the facts , and
that so far from attempting to bulldoze
him , the league merely desires to try
Smith before the council and get at the
truth of tlio curr-jiit rumors about him.
The inclosed paragraph of Mr. Lewis'
letter is very spicy. He says : 'Ton will
understand me , therefore , as positively
refusing to withdraw the charges , not
withstanding the consequences which you
have verbally intimated to Mr. Sawyer
and mo as certain to follow such refusal. "
WOltllir.U TO IIVU DUATH.
Late Saturday afternoon Alice Flan-
nery , the daughter of a prosperous far
mer at Hickman , in this county , died at
the Homo for the Friendless in tlio pangs
of childbirth. The woman's dying story ,
as given in the presence of six or seven
witnesses , is that about eight years ago ,
when her maiden name was Alice Bur-
cham , she married one Flanncry , by
whom she had three children. About
twelve months ago Mrs. Flannery and
her hu&band separated , und she came to
Lincoln to labor for the support of her
self and children. In Juno she became
acquainted with a worthless chap named
William McNair , and that on the 24th of
that month he drugged and outraged her.
In time she found herself in a delicate
condition , but dreading the shnmo to her
relatives and children refrained from
saying anything about the matter to
her parents , to whoso homo she
returned. Wednesday Mrs. Flannory
came to Lincoln on business ,
and while hero was taken
sick. Going to the Howard house she
waited until Thursday , when , realizing
that the dreaded hour had come , she
asked to bo sent to the Homo for the
friendless , whichlwns done. After forty-
eight hours of agony she died , making
tlio statement in her last moments as
given above.
Thg man McjSnir , wliom the jvonian
uc ? scr oi tills lidiriuid crime , is n dis
reputable scamp on whom tlio police
have long hud a watch.
A IIOSi : MACK I'llOIJABLE.
An Omaha gentleman now in the city ,
who is very intiniuto with the controlling
spirits of the Tluirston hose team , suya
tlio challenge put out by Manager Holi-
uiann of the Fitx.goralds , for a UOO-yard
race , for from $500 to $1,000 , will un
doubtedly bo accepted. According to
this gentleman , who was in attendance
at the tournament In New Orleans , the
only prize in the aoo-yiird race there was
the omnty title of ? 'CIianipious of the
World. " When thu Fitzgerald
team appeared on the track
with their skeleton hose a protest
was entered by tlio Thurstpns
on the ground that it was not "sorvico-
able hoso" within the meaning of the
rules governing the tournament. The
judges allowed both teams to start , and
after the race , made the announcement
that they had handicapped the Fitz-
gornlds five seconds on account of the
lightness and quality of the hose com
plained of. As there was only three seconds
ends dillercnco in the time of the rival
companies , the Tlmrston's claim the race
by two seconds. It is the opinion of
some gentlemen that the two teams are
very evenly matched so far as speed is
concerned , but that in a race where both
curry full weight the Thurstons would
Lave the best show of winning because
they are larger and more powerful men.
UOWNUK'S LONG THAUI > .
A travel-stained but respectable look
ing man of about 50 years was a guest at
police headquarters on his own invitation
Saturday night , occupying u bunking
place on ono of the luxurious boot box
bottoes with which Marshal Beach has
furnjsjicd til" room , The stranger gave
io7uun& us ( JlmrloS 1 * . J > PW"or , nuO , siUd
he was a floaman by calling , Si-JwDH'lU '
to which his sea-bronzod complexion and
tattooed hands anU arms'guvo credence.
Downdr saitl that on thoS.'udof January ,
a merchant vessel , on which ho was ono
of the crow , was wrecked on the coast of
Mtilno and ho was thrown ushoro barely
alive. When able to travel ho managed
to niako his way to Ihifl'ulo , whcro ho ex
pected to Una a remittance from his
family , to whom ho had written of his
condition. Not hearing from thorn there
Downer took the tie route to Chicago ,
and from there como on west afoot to
within ninety miles of Council Mill's ,
where some old soldiers , after hearing
his story , procured him transportation to
Lincoln. He reached this place Saturday
night , having made the 1,000 miles
in hix weeks. Downer says , that his
family , consisting of his wife , OHO
daughter and three boys,1 have a snug
farm about three miles from Hastings ,
and that it is to that point he is traveling.
The police force and repoi tors who hoard
Ills story "chipped in" liberally and
fctartod him oil'yesterday , quite willing to
take chances on having uoen contidenocd
by an Impecunious trump with a vivid
imagination.
DUOWNED IN THE I'LATTE.
Friday afternoon while the section men
were repairing the break at the south end
of the li. & M. bridge across the I'lutto at
Oroapolis. Hey Kimball und a number of
boy mends came down from La I'lutto to
watch thorn. The boys walked ever the
long trestle in safety , and after looking
nt the work for a wmlo Hey and another
lid ; started for homo , going along the six-
inch stringer on the outer edge ;
of the ties at a dog trot. When
noiixly half .way across Key
was scon to stub Ills' too against some ob
struction , probably a spike , and made n
wild plunge head first into the river. lent
struggled hard for a time to get out , nth
the liorco current overcame his strength ,
and before the section men txndd do any
thing to help Jiim his body had been
swept away to the Missouri. Key was
about 19 years old , and a likely , promis
ing boy.
BUIF.F MENTION.
The Geneva Building association , the
promoters of which arc J.M. Fcllebrown ,
J. M. Fisher , T. Wilkins , W. S. Hasten
and J. D. Spear , has boon incorporated.
The capital is 200,000.
The original bonds issued by the city of
Lincoln in aid of the Lincoln & North
western railway , amounting to $23,000 ,
have been sent in to Auditor Babcock for
registration. This formality i complied
with , all objection to the registry ot the
refunding bonds will probably be with *
drawn.
The doors of the state house are to bo
locked hereafter on Sundays , and spoon
ing couples will have to seek some other
trysllng place.
The statement made in the linn some
weeks ago that Mr. J. G. Bonncll had
sold his property in thiscity and intended
emigrating to some eastern town , was
vigorously denied by that gentleman and
'us friends through the local press. It is
iow authoritatively announced by that
same press that Mr. Bonncll has decided
upon making his homo in Burlington ,
Iowa.
Miss May Young , of Portland , Mo ,
who came to Lincoln a few days ago on a
visit , will remain hero and take a course
of study lit the state university.
Fire Warden Nowhcrrv now swing s a
handsome nickel-plated lantern , a gift
from friends about the county oflices.
The house of Mrs. L. E. Brown , at 320
South Twelfth street , was entered by
burglars Saturday night while the family
wore at church and rilled of a number of
small articles.
A gang of confidence men have taken
up their quarters in this city , and are
working the trains for all they are worth" .
The Missouri I'acilie right-of-way
through Lancaster county , outside of the
city limits , will cost the company $15,233. ,
*
A DEEAMER OF DEEAM3.
James Bond had reached the mature
ago of forty when the casual smile of a
woman changed the whole tenor of his
existence. Ho met hoi in Wcstbourno
grove ono autumn afternoon , and though
she smiled not at him , but at an old
crossing-sweeper who was thanking her
with excessive volubility for a sixpence ,
yet her beautiful face was so chargeil
witli sweetness that there arose within
him a now sensation which ho could not
dolino.
"Can this bo love ? " hn asked himself ,
gazing earnestly after the graceful figure
disappearing around the corner. "Pshaw
it is absurb , I don't even know her
name. "
Ho continued his walk more slowly
toward Kensington gardens , where ho
was accustomed to go for his daily con
stitutional.
"What is loyo ? " ho proceeded. "Unity
the dovetailing of angles the meeting
of extremes ; therefore dopcmtont upoi
the logical faculties which alone can
classify , separate and unito. Consequently
quontly without thorough knowledge
love is impossible. Yet her smile was
sweet yes , it certainly was very sweet. '
At the thought of that exquisite visioi
the dull gray oycs brightened and the
sallow , careworn face were a peculiarly
soft expression.
Bond rented lodgings dingy rooms , lit
tered with books and pnpcrs , Irom whicl
his landlady was forbidden to remove
the dust. lie was seldom there , however
over , for ho lived In dreams , the con
struction of which occupied most of his
time , to the exclusion of more solid work
Why should ho work ? Ho himself dit
not see tlio need , for the proceeds of i
fellowship supplied him with food ant
books. It his clothes were shabby it was
from want of thought rather than fron
want of means. A tall , gaunt , black
bearded man , with rounded shoulders , ho
wont about like a scarecrow , a mos'
tempting object for tlio small boys in tin
neighborhood to pelt witli jokes am
orange pool.
Walking homeward through a bad
turned loose troiu a uuuru HUUUOI.
They wore engaged in tormenting a cat
held firmly by a string round its nook.
At another time Bond would have gene
swiftly by. anxious only to esoapo to
peace and quietness , but now it was
difl'ercnt why , ho could not tell , Some
causes are too subtle for analysis.
"My good children , " ho said , advanc
ing nervously , "you shouldn't do that ,
you know. "
They turned and faced him , a dubious
group ready to assail or lleo , according
as ho showed weakness or strength.
"Why do you boat the unfortunate ani
mal ! r no pursued.
"Cos it's mine. " replied the red headed
young ui chin who hold the string.
"Highly illogical , my boy. ' .
"Findin's iskoopin'e , you know , cov-
"nor. Master wallops mo , so I wallops
my cat.1'
Humanno doubt , but the humane , "
said Bond , with a smile. "Will you sell
it ? "
They opened their oycs and grinned at
each other. After a pause the young
spokesman demanded : "I say , gov'nor ,
what will you give ? "
"Ton shillings. See , hero they aro. Is
that enough ? "
Needless to say , the bargain was struck
on tlio spot. Bond paid tlio money , put
the cat under his arm and walked oil' ,
followed by yells of laughter. In his
threadbare clothes ho certainly looked
an ungainly iiguro at any time , but the
struggles of the slcok and handsome
tabby to free herself from his embrace
made him a more than usually rouiark-
able object.
"Now. why did I buy this creature ? "
lie asked himself. "Was a hatred of
cruelty the solo motive ? Not each act
s.tho rcmjJtaQt- Jwo. gnfl9rojcos. < ? .
'W-CoiiipiirFson t bo earns : !
199 JUi'j tUp. cat miturally suggests
woman" ; she is the old maid's companion ;
why not the old bachelor's as well ? I
am lonely. There wo got to the bottom
of the matter soltlshness under tie |
guise of bcncllceiico , Not quite the bottom
tom , however ; why moro lonely to-day
than yesterday ? But stay only a fool
searches for llrst causes. Ah , yes ; her
sinilo was very sweet.
Though the weather was by no means
cold ho had a lire lighted in his sitting
room , in order that his new pet should
enjoy the cheerful blaze. Abundantly
provi ded with milk , tha oat soon made
itself quite at homo. Her master , after
silently contemplating her fora few min
utes , lot his thoughts wander away into
the realms of fancy.
Ho had already given a name to the
Fair Unknown and that name was
Kulalia tlio prettiest one ho could think
of. Ho depicted her in her homo sur
rounded by smiling faces father , mother ,
sisters , brothers all uniting to render
homage to the beautiful Kululio , and then
ho saw her in another homo no less happy ,
himself her vis-a-vis and her solo ad
mirer. Some how or other the cat pur
ring on the hearth rug at his foul seemed
to bo a link between thorn. It was ab
surd , no doubt ; ho tried to stru glo back
into a moro rational mood , but all in
vain , ho scorned to have drifted into
another sphere in which reason was un
known.
Next morning Bond wont out into the
grove again. Ho was out ofsorts , ho
ho toldhimsolf , and wanted a walk badly.
And yet ho lingered among tlio shops ,
and looked absently into the windows ,
and with furtive anxiety .at the pastors-
by. But of a sudden ho turned scarlet ,
for ono on the other side of the street was
Kulallo a queenly women , tall and state
ly , charmingly dressed , with n
fringe of dainty llttlo brown curia nn her
forehead and a lace like an angel's. People
turned to look at her as she wont by ; had
they bowed down before her Bond would
scarcely have foil surprised. She was
attended by a couple of handsome men-
one deferential , the other more observant
of the Bights around. Her brothers ,
commented Bond , who had squeezed
himself into n doorway and peeped tim
idly at her over the bonnets of two el
derly ladies. As each passing cab mo
mentarily shut her out frum his sight his
breath came fast and thick : he almost
feared lest ho should never behold her
again. Ho saw her enter a shop and
presently como out again. Quito uncon
scious of the existence of her shabby ad
mirer , she proceeded on her way and
soon disappeared in the crowd.
Then , with the desperate courage
which is perhaps most common in timid
men , Bond plunged into the shoo and
asked the assistant her name.
"You mean the lady who was looking
at thcsa gloves J" inquired the dapper
youth , pausing in his task of returning
them to the box in ardor to stare with
evident amusement at Ids questioner.
"The ladyl" repeated Bond , nbscntlv.
There was but one in the whole world
for him. "Yes , yes , of course. "
"I don't know lier name , sir. "
Bond looked disappointed. But seeing
a pair of gloves which had just been
tried t on ho pounced upon them eagerly.
What was this strange thrill that went
through and through him * "The touch
of a vanished hand J" Sympathy ? Surely
j ho was traveling the road of knowledge.
"I want a pair of gloves , " ho said.
"Theso will do very nicolv. "
"They are ladies' , sir , " suggested the
assistant.
"Oli , they'll do. My hands are not
large. "
Ho blushed as ho spoke , for they were
huge.
"Shall I put them in paper , sir ? "
"Paper ! Yes , wrap them up carefully.
Gloves are apt to be soiled in tlio pocket. "
It was not a very rational act he hud
just committed , and yet. ho contrived to
cover it neatlv with llttlo pretenses ami
so disguise its" real purport. Was not ho
a sttiilcnt of human nature ? and was not
the hand nn index lo character ? and was
not the glove an index to the hand ?
Hero , then , ho was starting at the bi'gin
niug of things , as became n sound philos
ophor. So , for the purpose of his study ,
ho laid tlio gloves on the table before him
and riveted Ills gaze mjon them. Ho
even pressed them passionately to his
lips , an aet that made him blush as
tlcoplv as if Eululio herself hud witnessed
it. Had not she touched them ? and ah
what a sweet smile she had ! Logic could
not fathom that , but ho recognized its
truth , nevertheless.
During the ensuing fortnight Bout
went out every morning in the hope ol
getting a brief glimpse of the charming
ululio. and , vvliuii successful , returned
brimful of happiness. The rest of _ the
day ho invnribly spent in building
castles , constructing now settings for his
gem. It was n delightful occupation
this continual intercourse witli his
divinity. Thougli she know him not
probably had never oven hccn him , they
two lived an ideal lifo together. Where
ever she went this shabby bookworn
whom , it may bo , she would not have
deigned to notice , accompanied her it
fancy ; ho dined , walked , talked am
laughed with her ; he invested her witi
every virtue , set her in a perfect home
and provided her with every comfort
contented himself to bo her devoted slave
and minister to her wants.
In accordance with this theory Bone
attributed to Eulalio qualities the verj
opposite of his own , or rather what he
supposed to be his own , for ho sot a vcrj
humble value upon himself. Ho made
her out to bo all that is pure and lovely
"She js generous , " ho said ; "did she no
give sixpence to a crossing sweeper ? .
never gave sixpence to a crossing sweeper
or in my lifo. My temper is vile , hers is
sweetness itself. Did I not sec her smile
Slio is the most beautiful woman in tin
world. 1 nm the incarnation of ugliness. '
Ho looked in the glass and saw it was
true. And so ho had no difhculty n
constructing his golden image , bofon
which ho , a vile creature of clay , meekly
bowed his head and did obeisance.
There was a strange pathos in the lov
of this solitary student for an unknowi
- - - ' - ' -
woman , whoso intlum---
exortcd\.hujr 6Tfo faV „ „
of her personal acqua
done nothing else it would have raised
him above the dreary level which ho had
so long occupied , but it presently took n
moro practical turn. When he behold
his cheerless room , the cat tlio only
homely thing in it , and thought of that
perfect homo of his fancy , there Hashed
into bis mind the question. Where is the
money to como from ami what am I , to
aspire to such as she , oven if 1 had the
money ? This thought foil upon him like
a thunderclap ; it throw him into a stupor
out of which no emerged trembling.
Awakened to the reality of his dream ,
the strong man girded up his loins and
put forth the strength which had hitherto
laid dormant. Though ho could not
forego the pleasure of seeing Eulalio
every day if possible , the afternoons and
evenings were henceforth devoted to
work. Many years bcforo lie had begun
to write a book , which ho had not the en
ergy to finish. Ho now took it up again
and worked at it day and night. Fame
and fortune opened out before him. Use
less before , they had now become price
less , for did they not lead to how the
blood coursed through his veins at the
thought Eulalio !
Dissatisfied with the condition of his
rooms , ho had thorn swept. So , much to
the landlady's surprise and delight , the
dust cleared away , the furniture put in
order , and a tolerable air of comfort
restored. It was by no moans the per
fect homo ho hud depicted , but it was , at
any rate , one stop nearer.
The cat that subtle bond of union be
tween him and her had grown quite
friendly. As ho wrote she often sat on
tbo table and blinked wonderingly at the
round-shouldered scholar bunding over
his desk , his sallow face Hushed with his
ffel * . & duU WWBl&ltaK
as his pun raced oy'iir tito jiHWi7. TliS
pile by Ins side , small at first , daily grow
in magnitude , and tlio book upon which
so much depended was nearly finished.
But about this time a dreadful uneasi
ness seized upon him. Ho had not -seen
Eulalio for a fortnight. Wlicii the fort
night grow into a month , and the month
into two , he became so alarmed ho could
work no longer. Vainly ho attempted to
allay his fears by assuming that she had
gone out of town vi n visit ; ho felt that
ho must see her and so satisfy himself
that she was not merely a creature of his
imagination. Roaming the streets day
after day ho searched for his uuxnown
love , but found her not ; she had vanished
from his life as mysteriously as she had
como into it.
At length , in despair , ho again entered
the shop where ho had asked her name.
Ho had seen her there many times since.
The same dapper assistant was arranging
gloves in a box and the whole scene was
so exactly the same tlitit Bond paused in
bewilderment , half inclined to think the
past few months a dream. Advancing to
tlio counter , ho stammered out :
"Have you spot ) her lajoly ? The lady ?
What are you staring at ? You know who
I mcam. "
"Scon her ! " exclaimed the assistant ,
with a Hush of remembrance. The ladyl
Oh , ah , that's a good joke. " Ho ended
with n most objectionable laugh.
"A good jolio , " said Bond absently.
"I don't understand you. "
"You read the papers , I suppose , sir. "
"I don't ; speak plainly , man. "
"Tho lady" ho grinned us ho spoke
"has just been tried for obtaining goods
under false pretences. "
"You lie , you cur , " shouted Boad.
Quick as lightning his clinched fist shot
across the counor | and flattened the
astonished youth agalnt the shelves be '
hind.
A crowd collected m a moment.
"Drunk " said " ' said ,
, one ; "Mad,1' another
and those behind began to press forward ,
and those in front to steer away. In
rath , this gaunt creature with the flam-
ng oyoa looked violent enough for any-
hmg. Amid a'general ' clamor for the
) olioo the proprietor of the shop fortu-
lately appeared upon the scene. Ho
vas not going to have n fuss made thorn ,
10 said , so Bond was hustled into the
trcet. Ho turned when ho got clear of
ho crowd.
"Tried , poor thlngl" ho shouted back.
'But she was acquitted. I swear she was
acquitted. "
' 'She ' " cried the
was guilty , though ,
assistant , viciously shaking Ins list from
, ho doorway.
"Puro and sweet and beautiful "
"Guilty , or I'll ' cat my hat. "
"Shut up , you idiot,1' cried the pro-
irletor , and shaking the youth by tlio
thouldcrs , ho pushed him back into the
shop.
3Bond scarcely knew how ho got back
io his room. His pile of manuscripts lay
on the table ; the cat sat purring I ooforo
the lire ; everything wds precisely as ho
had loft it. But olit how difl'ercnt it all
seemed. Ho dropped into a chair and
the veins stood out in his palo forehead ,
and his hands worded convulsively.
Eulalio in a felon's dock. Could men bo
so mad. so cruel , so unjust ? It was im
possible.
Ono solitary Idea now took possession
of him to find hulallo , though with what
object he did not determine. By n
strange chance ho met her In the street
next day ; mot and scarcely rccogni/.ed
her. Moving swiftly and stealthily along ,
of if she feared to bo seen with her hair
in disorder , her face no longer touched
by that art to which it had largely owed
its baautv , and her dress old and sloven
ly she wfxs indeed dreadfully changed.
Bond started back when he saw her , Ids
face deadly while : ho pressed his hands
to his heart , it gave snco a painful throb ;
ho could scarcely bolinvo his o\yn eyes.
His earnest gaze pcomed to discompose
her. for she dropped a faded old um
brella in the mud , whereupon ho rushed
forward , picked it up and handed it to
her. She took it without a word of
thanks , a scowl being all she gave him.
Then she hurried away , leaving him in
pained bewilderment. He could only re
peat ever and over again , ' 'Her smile
was very sweet. "
"A bad un , sir , " said a policeman who
had boon watching this little scene , "a
regular bad un. " Ho winked in the di
rection of the retreating woman.
But Bond was already out of carslwt ,
hurrying after her in obedience to an ir-
resistable impulse , to oiler her all ho had ,
yearning to toll his love and acquire the
right to protect her. Though his ideal
was little nioro than a mumory the
woman remained and in his oycs she was
still beautiful. With her by his side ho
cared not what the world said. Never
had his love been stronger than it was at
lliis moment.
But though ho dived down one obscure
street after another ho could not find her.
And at longtli , murmurning to himself ,
"Ah , yes , her smile was very sweet , " ho
wearily dragged himself back to his
lodging.
Once again and for the last timc.ho saw
hor. It was on the following afternoon.
Ho was sitting at the open window , ab
sently caressing the cat upon his lap ,
when she happened to pass by at the
opposite side of tWo street. Looking up
at the window she Suddenly stopped and
stared. Before" he had recovered from
his surprise she stretched out her arms
and cried :
"Oil , my pussie ! Nell , Nell , won't you
como to mo ? " - t ,
The cat sprang through the window
and crossed the street in less time than it
takes to write the , words. There could
RcarcoJj * bo a doubt about the ownership.
The animal , with arched back mil
straightened tail , was delightedly rub
bing itself against Jier shabby dress and
she was bonding down , talking to it as if
it were her child. < \
Bond was not slow to grasp the situa
tion. Ho rose hastily to explain the cir
cumstances under which ho had bought
the cat from the lad. whom he had TJO-
lieved to bo the rightful owner. Ho was
trembling in every limb , for had not his
opportunity como at hist , as some ono
has said it always will como to the man
y/J.io JisUs ? iljl irn [ dovcnjlio stairs
lie whispered to nnnseii : "jbvcn the cat
loves her and she loves it. 1 know she
was good and puns and lovely. "
"I must apologize , " ho began , advanc
ing awkwardly , Miss Miss "
"Mrs. Travors , " she said , rather do-
fuvntly.
"Mlstrccs , " he gasped , staggering
back. Then she was a married woman.
This thought affected him oven moro
painfully than the ono that followed it.
Sometime bcforo he had read in the
paper a charge of swindling brought
against a Mrs Travors. described as a
member of a gang of fashionable sharp
ers. "Then j'ou are a widow , ' hp cried ,
with startling energy. "Oh , in pity's
sake say you nro a widow. "
She laughed scornfully. Pointing to a
seedy-looking individual who was approaching
preaching , she said :
"Hero comes my husband. Now , pray ,
what have you to say against me ? Just
say it right out before him , it you daro. "
Poor Bond slunk away to his darkened
room. His dream was ever ; his Ufo was
spent. Ho relapsed into his old book
worm habits , were clothes as ancient as
over , and , to the despair of his landlady ,
renewed his edict against dusting. The
lifo had gene out of him. and three years
after strangers carried him to Ills rest in
Konsal Green , his landlady the only
mourner. A plain tombstone marks the
spot whcro ho sloops , dreaming perhaps
some happier dream , with a loftier ideal ,
which the world can never tarnish nor
can time destroy.
The farmer tired with overwork blesses
the great pain euro , St. Jacobs Oil.
Marriage Licenses.
The following matrimonial candidates
h.&vo mnd.0 application to ontoj injo the
'hotter or worse state , " for the week
ending March 20th :
On the 15th Win. II. Cowdoy and
Minnie Schorror ,
March 10 Michael J , Klonk and Au
gusta Klatt , Fritz H. Soil and Wilholm-
ma Watkin , Otto Bador and Lena Gut
ting.March
March 17 Jas. Peter Palen and Chris
tina Sundberg , Anton Jensen and Mary
Hanson , Potcr J. Delaney and Kate Scluu-
lor.
lor.March
March 18 George Jeffrey and Mattlo
B. McGray , Alphonzo Small and Mrs.
Mollie Geibhardt , , ,
March 10 Andrew Jensen and Siscl
Hanson , Ed Haborstrobo and Martha
Franke , Hans Peterson and Anna Ras-
inor , Will Nixonaud Kosa Gottenbing.
IjQHt and Found.
As n lady was about to stop on the
platform of the ovprluml Union Pacifio
train yesterday she discovered that she
had lost her pocketbook containing nil
her money , a ticket to San Francisco and
her trunk checks. She informed Depot
Policeman Dud'Green that she had been
robbed , and the onicer immediately began -
gan a scrirch for ll Q jUiief , WUjlo look-
ing'abouttlio depot , ho was accosted by a
brukeman who asked jf ho had soon any
body who had lost a pocketbook , as lie
had picked ono up a few minutes boforo.
The one found by the brakeman proved
to b. ) the lady's , and she went on her way
rejoicing ,
TThen B by wu licV , we g T berdttoiU ,
When ih iru a Child , eh cried for CutorU ,
When tha became Mils , elie clone to CattorU ,
Wha ih h d Chi rta , ita g m Uiem CwtotU ,
V - . _ r .
THE MISSOURI'S ' HURRY BED ,
Its Periodic Changes Transfora Farms from
Ono State to Another ,
Singular Vicissitudes oCn Family nnd
n Hlvcr Dank Farm From r\o-
brnskn to Iowa nud
Back Again.
Washington Republican : Whatever
soil is washed up on a shore of the old
Missouri river bolonsjr by law to the
owner of the shore. Sometimes n whole
farm gradually changes hands by cross
ing the wicked river in solution. Then
the surveyors put a llttlo crook in the
Missouri on the map and say that it hns
shifted its course.
Muj. Dugro Buckhlngo was born on n
little farm not far below Omaha , and the
pretty white farm house in which ho first
saw light was not ever 000 feet from the
river. Until two years ngo the major hud
lived happily on the farm. Ills father
and mother were burled on the side of n
hill close by , and lie could see the red
roof of the school whore morality and
modern ideas were whacked into him
from his doorstep. When the major was
pt out in his cornlield swearing at tlio
" ircd man , ho was at homo reading the
iblo or playing with his wife and little
nos. Ho was rough , but ho was pood.
When he was nt homo ho complained
liat the Missouri was the crookoilest and
lie dirtiest and the snaggiest .stream in
reatlon , but when ho paid a visit to Now
"ork ho knocked a man down and
imped on his chest for denying that it
vas thu most glorious wr.torivuy in the
vorlil. On Sundays the major taught in
lie Sunday school near his place.
It was two years ago that the river bo-
ran to wash away I ho farm and cast up
lie soil on the opposite Miorc , which bo-
ongcd to LawyorDi'cminir , of New York ,
. 'ho major hail not lived there all his life
lot to know what Unit meant. Each week
T foot or two of land was gone. Then
ho water seemed to double its thievish
inorgy , and as it undermined the soil
omctinics ton feet would cave in at once
mil disappear. The major's farm was a
eng , narrow strip of l.tnd , and before a
ear had passed there was nothing left
> ut the house and about thirty feet of the
arm.
The major know nothing about law ,
> ut ho liau a very long head. One day
ip fastened rones around his house ,
lircd all the horses in the neighborhood ,
ind had his house hauled out in the
stream. His wife waded out with the
ittlo ones , and then tlio major poled the
louse into deep water and lot it drift.
Mrs. Buekhingo and the children sat
n the parlor looking back at the dim
Nebraska shore and the old red topped
school house , while the major stood in
ho buck door of the kitchen and kept
ils eye on the great and growing state of
iowa , to which his farm had boon taken
jy the river. "Wherever the durn house
Kettles I'm a'going to settle , " ho said ,
'for I'm drifting just as my property did ,
and I'm bound to strike the sumo place. "
In an hour the house grounded on n
[ > oiiit which had boon newly made by the
. ivcr.JTho major ordered his household to
lorugo , while ho hustled around for horses.
Itaforo night the house was hauled high
and dry , and the major marked off with
stakes the amount of land which ho con
sidered was his own. Then ho had his
farming implements brought over , and
,11 a little while erected a good stout
fence around Ins way farm. J'lio major
got out his rillc and declared that ho was
prepared to defend his properly against
nil comers
During the winter the major made
friends with his neighbors , and swore
that of all the states in the Union Iowa
was the idol of his heart. Ho worked
Ins way into the village Sunday school
and told the scholars to beware of the
evil ono and to vote the republican ticket
always. Jlo [ was kplsdjLSJkL ! oldpr iii
the ciiurch , and on tlio strength of that
borrowed good for next year's crop. In
the spring the major worked hard. Ho
plowed uj ) his land , sowed his early crop ,
anil got things in good shape.
A lawyer came down from Omaha in
May and hunted for the major. The two
mot in the village.
"Aro you Mr. Buckhlngo ? " asked the
lawyer.
"I urn , " said the major.
"Well , I learn that you have squattoi
upon some land owned by ono of my
clients. "
"Oli , you have , have you ? " The majoi
became freezjngly polite. A little party
of church friends who were with him
drew away.
"Yes , I have ; and what's moro , I now
hand you a notice to quit. "
The major crumbled ui > the bit of white
paper which \yas handed to him am
stamped upon it ,
"I'm a man of peace and have n deep
religious feeling , " ho said , "bijt , durn mi
oycs , if 1 ketch you around my house I'l '
fill you so full of load that it'll take two
horses to draw vour bourse , "
Then they parted. The major wen
homo and cleaned his rillo. After the
family prayers his wife sat up until mid
night moulding bullets , while ho himsel
sharpened the old ax on the grindstone
In the morning two marshals came out to
the farm and ordered tlioBuokhingo fain
ily to leave. The major got out his rifle
but bcforo ho could make a move ho wa
thrown on his back and disarmed. Then
ho was handcuffed and taken away to
jail. Mrs , Buekhingo vowed that she
would be true to her husband , and she
inudo a loophole in the door of the housi
and when the marshals came back fill
poked the mimlo of the rillo 9111 and 6iji |
that she would die raj b or tljfu ( giva U'l '
her lionio. The rnur jmls rotrcutod , but
tn tlio af tcrji90)l ) ciunSbaek aim opened
fire on tlio house with rillos , The poor
mother at last crept out of the house with
her children and wandered away half
naked.
Kind neighbors fed the family for a
while , and the major was at lust sot free
when ho promised that ho would abandon
tlio farm. The flrnt thing he did was to
hire horses nlul haul the old homo up the
shallows until ho had taken it far enough
to flout ever to tlio thirty foot of the old
farm which tlio Missouri had snared.
The house was drugged up to us old
foundation.
As there was no farm loft , the mnjor
told his family to take care of the house
until he came back. When ho started
away to search for a living the major
cried for the first time in his lifo. Ho
carried a little money here and there at
odd jobs , and sent all no could to his wife
and children. All last winter ho worked
in St. Joe , heart hungry for homo , but
afraid to go back to the farm house lest
ho might lese a dollar and thus deprive
the children of some little comfort or
hi xu ry ,
Ono morning last spring he got this
letter :
"Dear Husband ; Como homo at once ,
Let nothing delay you. Your wife ,
JIAN. :
With a quaking heart the major hur
ried back to his farm house with his rillo
falung over his shoulder. What was his
surprise to find that the Missouri had
changed Its course a half mile above and
had washed the pld farm back again ,
with an addition of twenty acres. The
neighbors hud Joined together to surprise
the absent man. They contributed seed ,
plowed the land and sowed the early
crop.
The major wept as he- embraced Ida
Httlo wife , und tnon ho knelt dowa and
oflbred up a thankful prayer , On the
next day ho became a democrat , and
now lives a life of contentment und true
happiness. . , ,
a23 xtr ao
IS
DEWEY & STONES' '
Oneofthe Bosb aji'l Lurycsb Sboo'ts in the U.S. .
to Select from.
No Stairs to Climb , Elegant Passenger Elevator ,
M. BURKE & SONS ,
. LIVE STOCK COMMISSION MERCHANTS ,
GKO. nUUKE , MnniiKor ,
UNION STOCK YARDS , OMAHA , NEB.
UErERENCRSi Merchants' nnit Kainu'rs' Hank , D.ivlil Oily , Not ) . ; Kearney N.illonn !
Hank , KiMtni'V , Neb. : Columbus Stnto Hank. Columbus , Neb. ; McDonald's Hank , North
i'lattc , Ni'b. ; Oamh.i National Hank. Oiunlm , Nob.
Will imy customers' dr.\tt with bill of Indtnii attached for two-thuds value ot stock.
J. L. Estes , Burnuyville , Chlcknsa
Nation , Indian Territory , writes : "I
mvo to thank Allcock's Porous Plasters
for saving the lifo of my wife ; she was
attacked with pneumonia which commen
ced with n violent chill , great coughing
und high fever. 1 could not cut n doctor ,
but fortunately had a box of Allcock's '
Porous Plasters in the house ; I placed
ono between her breasts , ono on earh
shouldor-blado , and ono on the small of
her back. In two hours her cough almost
ceased and was very loose ; in four hours
she broke into a profuse perspiration.
The next day , though very weak , she was
free from fever , and the third day was
quito well. I also cured my child of
dlphtherctic sere throat , by wrapping
the neck in an AllcooK'a Porous Plaster. "
The citizens of Augusta , Ga. , are talking
about resorting to force to drive tlio
Chinese out of the town. It has long
bci'ii the headquarters of Chinese immi
gration south , and there are hundreds
there ; and many now arrivals and the
promise of more seem likely to result lu a
decided anti-Chinese movement.
ALL Housr.KKr.rr.us should use JAMKS
PYLK'S PUA11L1NK in their washing
and save time and labor. It may bo
used without injury to the finest fabric
As a cleanser It is unsurpassed. For sale
by grocers.
Tlio usual story of the remarkable
travels of iV pin is at hand. This time the
Bcono is laid in Newton , lown , where
thirteen years ago Mrs. Cyrus Gage
dropped a pin in her car. The pin in duo
course of time dropped into her throat
and was swallowed. The other day a
doctor took it out of her left leg near the
nnklo.
The people of Connecticut , when they
invest their money , expect a return. An
audience at Ansonia recently sat until
midnight waiting for the coming of Tluw-
doro Thomas' orchestra , detained onthoir
way. The concert then proceeded , and
closed at 2 n. in.
FOR
-AND-
CONSUMPTION
"SWEET CUIVJ °
MULLEIN.
The Bwoot ( rum. an jtttthorcxl from n trca of the
lame name , growing along tb email etreum * In
Ibo Houtbcrn States , contains n fUrmilatlng ex
pectorant principle thut looaanu tbonblcgui pro
ducing tbo curly mornlnff cougb , unit stimulates
the child to tliroworftlie foleo njembrano In croup
and wliooplnc-couiin. When combined with the
beating ruucUnqlnouB principle In tbo mullein
plant of the old llcliln. orfinentii In TAYMm'S
CIIKItOICEE llEMEDV Of flWKET GUM AKl > MVlf
I jtiNtbellnoet known ramadr for Coughs , Croup ,
\Vl > ooplni . < . o . ijn and con umptlon : and o pala.
tti. UwJ.u.i.l ta nlg t. jo\u \
IB DECIDED m'
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( AOOVCHNMKNT INHT1 UTIONJ
Drawn at Havana , Cuba , March 13-27 , 1886
( A dOVEIINMCNT INrtTITUTIOM
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Tickets liil'lftlis ! Wholes (3 ; fractious pr
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Subject to no manipulation , not controlloil tiy
the put tics In Intoioat. It la Ilio fulrojt tiling In
the nnturoof cUiuico In oxlitonco.
For tickets apply to HIHP3V& CO. . 1 13 Ilroad-
wav.N. y.Clty : M. OTTKNB & CO. . Cl'J Mulu
srctit , Kansas City , Mo , ailuaioiw
Notice to Contractors.
"VJOTICR IB huruby Klvcn that tionlocl nropoanU
-L > fur Ilio const ruction ol'u couit liouso In tlio
public B'Hiuio. ' York , York county , i ,
( iho cost of which Is not to eictuil the Bum m
fcW.OOO ) , will Up rccolvoil at tlio county clork's
0111C6 , oh or Mjforo April SOtli. liW ) , nt 1 o'clock ,
p. m. Bald court liouuo to Ijo Imllt iiccoullnif to
plans ami Bpt'Clflcatloiii on lllo In. tlio county
clork's oIlW , Vork crJunt } ' . or nt the 6IT1CB of
O. II. I'lttoy , No. till South I'lovomli Ft . Lincoln ,
Nohiaskii , on ami nlior March 2ltli , I WO.
Tlio party to whom the uinliuct limy ho
awarded will bo rctjulrod lo irl\o honJ lu doulilo
the nmotiutot the contract prlcoi conditioned
for tlio lalthfulpcrfouniinao of his ohlftmtlon ,
guld bond to bo approved liy the county hoard.
Tlio hoard neon a tlio right to reject uuy or
alluicUj.
Ily order of the honrd made February fl , I' * !
Inl/hJCt M. BUVUUI'.ION , County Clcik.
Voa ore allowed a free trial cflhlrlv davt of thauM
of Dr. fiyb' * Celebrated Volt&lolltlt trim Llcctrlp Siu-
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Premature Decline m Man , lrrom of Youth , and ths
untold mlserloi rosultinu from Indiscretion and ox.
CCMCI. A book for every mun. round , middle-axed
nm | old. It contains 1/5 proncrlptlons for ull aouto and
chronicillrca9cs.eni.nona or which Is Invaluable. Hi
found by the author whine erperlqnoofor 23 years li
puch ns probably never uofnrofoll to tha lot of any
pliy ! clnn3UOpaio ; ; , bound In bountiful Prorirh muj.
I In , embossed covori , full itllt. euarantood to bo a flnor
work In every ienu mochiinlcnl , Illararf and profot.
( tonal than any nthor work In thin country for 41-OJ ,
or the money will be refund In every ln tnno . Prim
only H by mnll , postpaid. Illustrated itample , ( Vn.
Bond now. Qoldmodnlanardod tha author by the Nv
llonal Medical Association , to the lion. A. 1 * . Ultiell ,
mine * of California uml tl > u silver uilnoJ ot Nor.tja
coinblnocl. S. F. Chronlolo.
Tlio Hclonco of l.lfo point ) out tlia KSlU ftn.l . quick ,
lands on wUJci tlio Wp UtuUon nftii Inipui of many
n rounff mtiulilfi l oii Kwly vrookoil , .Mancboitor
Tlio Sclonco of Lifo M of creator value ( Imn nil till
rnodlCftl works imbllslioJ In llila country forlhopml
W years. Alliinta Constitution.
TlioHclcncoof Uloli n unorh unrt mn'torly troat.
Ilia on nervous und physical dublllty , Uolrolt Free
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Hod ttm ( kill of nil nthernli/slcliina a epcclnUr. HucU
t rente J ruccuasfiilly wllliuut uu lusUnco of [ ullurj
Mention Omuliu Uoj.
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