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8 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE- : WEDNESDAY MAY 5 , 1886. PICKED UP ABOUT THE CITY , Latest Nowa of the Union Pacific Brake- men's ' Strike. THE SITUATION IN WYOMING. An Insurance Mult In ttio District Court A Crazy Iloj- Wanders Awny Police Mutters Tlio Federal Court Odds and Ends. PI _ _ _ Tlio Strike. Thcro was but llttlo change yesterday in the condition of the strike of the brakemen on tlio Union Pacific No additional men liavo gone out. The strikers arc causing tlio company n good deal of tronblo tit Cheyenne and Lnramio by pulling coup ling pins from moving trains , mid inter fering with the crews who are willing to do the work. An attempt to take an orange train out of Laramh ) Monday was frus trated by the strikers , who run the en gines on the turn table and killed them. The strikers took a freight conductor , who was going to take his train out or Cheyenne , from tlio passenger train and held him , All is imlut on the Colorado. East Nebraska and Ogden divisions , and no tronblo is further expected. The strike is confined to the division between Cheyenne mid Laramlc. A rumor pre vailed .yesterday Unit a general strike had been ordered by all of I ho brother hood along the entire hue of the Union Pacific , but up to a Into hour yesterday oo such action has been taken. NOTKSANI ) IT.USONALS. J. C. Lowis.travoling agent of the Souix City & Pacilic , is in Omaha. Mr. G. B. Sheppard , who has been correspondent - respondent clerk in thu general superin tendent's olllce of tlio Union Pacific for a number of years , has resigned to accent a position in the First National bank , nntl lias been succeeded by MR A. O'Connor. The overland passenger No. 2 , of the Union Pacific , came in from the west yesterday on time. The roadmastor acted as brakeman from Laramie to the cast Nebraska division. TUB IOWA. GRANGER. How Ho Comes to Oninlia to Indulge In His sprees. The morning police docket had boon waded through , and Judge Stenborg leaned back in Ids chair , pulling a mild Havana. "It is strange" he remarked to n reporter who was sitting near him "how many cases of intoxication I have from the state of Iowa. Nearly two- thirds of tlio prisoners arraigned before mo for drunkenness are from that state. " "How does that happen ? " "Well , you see , those fellows arc Mcnned up over there in the prohibition stalls , without anything to drink , and they become desperate about once in every two or three years. Then they broalJ for Omaha with from $35 to $500 in their pockets , and they do not rest until they have spent every cent of it hero. All the old topers in western Iowa head lor Omaha whenever thoywantto have a "good time. " I have always noticed , too , that the average Iowa man when ho does got on a spree invariably reports that ho has fallen in with a man who got him blindly intoxicated and then robbed him. Sometimes the Ilawk eye man will come hero with a pocket full of cash , say § 100 or $500 , and ho never rests until ho has spent every cent of it on whisky and women. When 3-he gets through with his sprue ho is the 'most ' pitiable object one could imagine , a perfect wreck in body and mind. We put him in the dark cell and give him from two "days to-a week to sober up in. When ho is straightend out ; he has , of course , no money left lo pay a line , and 1 send 1dm back to his Iowa homo , with instruc tions to keep sober for at least the next six months , lie goes back and regales his friends with an account of how he "saw the elephant" in Omaha. When the prohibition law in Iowa is repealed , the Ilawkoyo granger will perhaps learn to lot Omaha whiskey alone. " HAIL TO THE CHIEF. Affectionately Raised by the Gallant to Tliclr . .FormmConnado and Commander , Gou. Crook. The officer's of the Fourth infantry paid their compliments to Gou. Crook at the Paxton hotel Monday The Fourth infantry band under the direction of Prof. Novotti wore in attendance , and assisted greatly in making the evening ono long to bo remembered by 'all who participated. The olliccrs wore all in full dross and com prised the following : Gen. W. P. Carlin , Col. J. F. Kunt , Maj. W. II. Pow ell , Maj. J. Morris Drown , Maj. C , J. Von Hermann , Capt. T. F. Quinn , Capt. Jos. Koefo , Capt. J. W. Hubb , Lieut. Butler D. Price , Lieut. T. C. True , Liout. L. A. Levering , Liout. F. B. Andrus , Lieut. A. H. Brown and Chaplain McAdam. 'The ' balcony of the elegant ollico of the Paxton was filled with army ollicors and their ladies. A number of the stall'of the ' headquarters of the dupartinont of of tlio Pintle was also present , among whom wo noticed Gen. Crook , Adjt. ( Jen. Breck , Sur geon MoParlin , Maj. Terrell and others , * Tlio Fourth Infantry band , which , next to the band at West Point and the marine band , is admitted to bo the best in the United service , gave the following programme in thulr usual excellent man ner : 1. Serenade , "Sohllnr's Dieam. " . .Illploy. S. Selection , "Faust , " , ( iiiniuitl 'J. Miiuiilsli Fantnsio Missiul. 4 , Moonlight Medley Wads worth. The evening was spout in n pleasant ihturcouroo between Gen. Crook and the ollicors of the staff mid lhe Fourth In- fun try , which regiment served for years , wjlh the gennrnl in the campaigns against tho. Sioux and Cheyenne Indians in this tloiiiivtment. ( ten. Crook expressed much regret at the order transferring the Fourth from thlsdepartm out to that of the Columbia , and gave utterance to the I" ) hope that the change might yet bo tlcopiod inadvisable. , Aniong the distinguished gentlemen from abroad went bunator W.vek , Hon. Goo , W. Dorsoy , Fremont ; N. W. Wells , Sehuylcri ox-Suiiator Klnknld , O'Neill ; .Lieutenant Gootllu , Seventh Infantry ; Jno. F. Lawrence , Church Howe , of Au burn ; \V. Mungor , of Fremont ; Judge Brewer , Hon. Clias , A. Holmes , Johnson Co. , Mavshnl Hiorbowor. A. T , Itichnrds , Frnmout ; P. O. Ha was , Judge Applognto , Johnson Co. , Hon. N. S , Hanvood uud Ll'jutonnnt Iloblnson. llu n Away. About 7 o'clock Monday evening , if shortly nfl'jr C. K. Mayno hnd left his .residence for a drive with a new team of ' 4-Y .av old colts , the latter became 'frightened while being driven up Leav- cnVvovth St. , near Park avo. , and ran away , They became unmanageable and ran. away , throwing Mr. Mayne violently " - - the buggy , knooklng him senseless , -nv-fnlly tiyo minutes before ho re- wined las consciousness. Tim horses u ro caught on the corner of " 3d and ivnium Sts. The buggy was completely wlroycd. The cells escaped with but Sight bruises , but no doubt will feel the lucts oi their nice for several days. HYGIENE AND HOLIDAY. Tlio Coniniqndnlilo Ol\cou | < of a Nciv Amateur Athlotlo ntitl Hccrcn- tlvo Society. For several tlftys sojno of the lending sportlnff men of this c'ty ' have been on- gngctl In forming n now sporting asso ciation under novel circumstances. The idea comprehends n society of about thir ty members nnd the object is the friendly meeting'for both recreation nnd oxcrciso if the members on certain days , after the confining nnd sedentary labor to which they are subject. They will play ball in summer nnd in winter indulge in the ex hilaration produced hy gymnasium dl- vcrllscmcnt. In bull playing the sides will bo selected at random after the old style of choosing sides , and each side will wetr : the uniform used by the mcmburd so selected on that day. There are twen ty of these suits. Ton are of drab pray , tlio other Inn of maroon. Tnoso sides will bo exclusively nomposed of members of the association and tlio result is ex pected lo bo not alone cxcrcisu but also enjoyment und delightful Intercourse. Tim association is odlcorod as follows1. Ed. Lender , president ; H. A. I'arrisli. vice-president ; W. U Kennedy , second vice-president ; John O. Morrison , mana ger and F , M. llitters-on , secretary and treasurer. The charter momborRof the association are I'M. Mituror , L. H. 'Litwrciieo. W.V. . Donnelly. Ueo. Kay , Ilobt. bexauor , Krank Keiiniston , F. H. Carleton , Jas. O'Neill ' , Frank Parish , Geo. Fleming Andy Moyniltan , L. O. Hibbon , Kil. Leigliton , C. F. tinker , J. Maloney , Jas. Kilkenny. Prof. P. J. Fallen , Frank Par- maleo , Win. Bear , W. Smithson , J. Murdock , K. D. Pratt. There are few organizations in this city which promise moro in thn way of both healthful exorcise and amusement than that above outlined , anil the charac ter of its members gives every proof that it will not only run through the summer , but even extend into the winter. A'II Insurance Oast : ARitinst the City. The Phamlx Insurance company , of Brookl'm , has commenced an action against the city of Omaha , that will de cide , in a measure , the liability of an in surance company's receipts to municipal taxation. The petition of the plaintifV alleges that between April and .Funo in 189.1) the local agents of the Plioj- nix returned for the purposes of state anil county taxation a list of the gross amount of premiums received by the company's agent hero in 1831 and paid the state and county taxes thereupon. The city clerk in making tlio city assessment roll from the county assessment erroneously entered the gross amount of the company's premiums and the city council thereafter levied taxes upon the same , which taxes wcro paid in December 1833 , in the sum of $278.33. The petition allcL'cs that at , no time in 1881 were the gross premium receipts tlio property of the company , but belonged largely to the agents of the said com pany in payment of commissions and in amounts returned to the assured by the cancellation of policies ; and that after the payment of agents' commissions , re bates , losscss and other expenses , but a small portion of the gross receipts belong - long to the company Furthermore , that the levy for city taxes is or dinarily made upon an assessed valuation which is about one-third of the real vajtiation of the property but that the plaintitr.s property was assessed at the full value tlieroof ; that the , gross ro eeipts ot the company on premiums can not bo legally assessed as real or personal property. Therefore the company prays a judgment against the city for ! ? 278.23 ! , the amount of the taxes illegally assessed and collected , and the costs of the suit. llo Wns n Gambler. The general run of court martial cases which comu up before .Col. Htirnham , ad vocate general of this department , are uninteresting. In most instances the offen ders are soldiers who hnvc indulged in a spree or perhaps committed some petty ollenso , for which the punishment is nothing moro than a few days in the guard house with possibly a trilling loss of pay. pay.A A little out of the ordinary run is the case of u sergeant who has just beon\3om- mittcd at Fort llussoll for running a gambling hall. The unfortunate man is Jamns Morton , and ho is , or rather was tip to a few days a sergeant in company H , Ninth infantry. He was arrested for running : t faro game in his private quiir- tcr.svliMili managed to swallow up the earnings of many of his follow soldiers In addition the charge wits preferred against him him that his game was fraud ulently conducted , that his "layout" was a "crooked" ono , etc. , etc. The ease at tracted no little attention and was bit terly fought by Morton. However , upon a easeful court martial trial , ho was found guilty and sentenced to bo reduced to the rank of private , withthc loss of $ .10 of his pay. So far as is known the case is the m-tit of iU kind in this department. Tholr Stiver Mv. nnd MM. Jacob Sluvmmel cele brated their silver wedding at their resi lience on Twenty-fourth and Pacific streets , Monday. Thcro were many friends in attendance , and Mr. and Mrs. Sliammol wore the recipients of a largo number of hand.somo presents , notable nmong which was an elegant and costly china loa sot , nivjontod by the employees of . K. & J. S. Collins , Mr. Shammol lining foreman af the mechanical dupart- mont of that establishment , aleio an ele gant. set of cups and sauoors from Kaura. bliiiiu niel ; line castor t > et from Mrfi. J. M. Lewis , and others too numerous to men tion. Among tho.se present were Mr. and Mrs. Meyers , Mr. and Mrs. Keller , Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Lewis , Mr. and Mrs. Hackthornn , Mr. and Mrs. Minions ; Mr , and Mrs. Suhinkor , MM. Malone ; Misses Johnson , King , Foonan , Kowdorosky , Shannon and Eokhart ; Messrs. Ureouer , KiigarnanVhitto , Broudhurst , KooCo , Meyers , Thompson , .Sauter/ji Mot zur , Soitelzcr and many others. The a'lair ' was one ono of the most pleasant- that have taken plnco for some lima , and the lio.sl and hostesi are to ho congratulated upon their. success in oiUorUvhuujj , Mys tori ono DUnppnnranco. The case of the disappearance of a sick boy wlio has beou lying ill In a hut on the bottoms was reported at police head quarters yesterday. The young man's n-.una h Anton Seliaab , and for Wicks past lie has been sick so ill , in fact , that he has been nimble to leave his bad for a mouth , JIis sister has boon "working out" nnd supported him as best she could with her scanty earnings. On every opportunity she would vUtt him , see that his wants were attended to , ami bestow upon him the best of a sister's care. Of late , however - over , ho had grown worse , instead of bettor , and Had begun to show signs of aberration He imagined that some enemy was pursuing him to hound him to death , and it was with tlio greatest dilli- cully tlr.it his shtor could induce * him to remain indoors. On Sunday , when she wont to visit him , ho was missing , and the most careful search lias failodta re veal his whereabouts , lie. has undoubt edly wandered awjiy , and it is feared that his delusion may have iod him to commit suicide , _ lIAU'urtl Siutuu m&lws cold mcr-ts a lux ury. The Street Superintendent Smith , of the Street Hallway company , said yesterday that the company would have to relay two miles of track this year in the districts which"aro to bo paved. "Beyond that , " ho said , "I can't tell you what wo shall do in the way of track laying. There nro some schemes alloat , but none of them have assumed definite shape. Noth ing has been decided about the branch to South Omaha1 At the annual meeting of the stock holders of the company Monday , the following directors wcro elected : S. II. II. Clark , Guy C. Barton , Frank Murphy , W. A. Smith and \V. A. Marsh. It was decided to double track the red car line ns lar north as Seward street , thus add ing greatly to the facilities for travel. The directors of the company subse- micntl.v hold a mooting nnd elected the following olllcors ! Frank Murphy , presi dent ; Ctuy C. Barton , vice president ; \V. W , Wiilsli , treasurer ; J. K. Wilbur , secre tary j W. A. Smith , superiutcdont. Onmh.i Konl (3 < itnto Men. A largo number of real estate agents responded to the call for Monday's moot ing at the board of trade rooms for the enrollment of members and the clection of ollicors for the ensuing year'of the Omaha Heal Kstato board. Ex-Senator Alvin Saundcrs was elected president ; Gco. P. Buinis vice president and Kdwin Davis treasurer , the election of secretary being postponed until Tuesday evening , May llth , at 8 o'clock , when the board will moot at the same place and its various committees selected. The most important committee will bo the ono chosen for encouraging the locating of manufactories in our midst and a strong ono it is intended to bc.tho prime object in organizing the board being a desire on the part of Omaha's best real estate monte to do all in their power to build up the city , and knowing the most important factor towards ai-oomplishiug that object is the building up of factories hereabouts , Mormon ConvcrtH , The 183 Mormon proselytes from Europe who passed through Omaha Sun day night , arrived at their destination this morning. Most of them something over one-half are from England , the rest being Danes , Swedes , etc. They are totally in ignorance of the kind of life they are to lead , having an idea that they are about to enter sonic sort of lower heaven. Even the moro intelligent of the proselytes , in conversation with a reporter for thu BBB who questioned them , showed the wildest ignorance of the Mormon religion , and the duties which would bo expected of them. There are about six of tlicso parties brought over from Europe every year , some of them numbering 500 or GUO souls. This party was the lirst of the season. Another ono will probably pass through Omaha the middle of June or the lir t of July. Wants Her Htisbnml. QMarshal Cnmmings yesterday received the following letter from a woman who is evidently in distress : OiucAoo.April ! ! 0. To Mr. Jailor Will you please let me know if you received a letter dated -Ttli ! for my husband , ( ieoixc Bull , conliueil in jail. I re ceived no answer and I am very uneasy , as I am very sick and have four llttlu children. 1 don't understand why ho Is in prison. His bossunilsemepeople here , that know him will do what thuy can for him. I would like to hear from him , 1 know ho feuls very bad for us. Tell my husband to write to 'il ! Smith Clinton street , Chicago , 111. , and oblige a poor sick woman. Yours respect fully. _ JIuMAUY JJnij. . I'leasolnt inr hiisb.iinl answer this right away. The babies send their love to him. Neither the city or county jail author ities know anything about such a man. An effort however will bo made to lo cate him in this city. April Weather. Signal Service Ollico Polack has prepared - pared his report of the weather for April : The range of the thcmomotor during the month of Apr ! : , has been a wide one , from 81.0 degrees on the 22d down to 17.8 degrees on the Cth ; the month avorag ng 3 degrees warmer than for the same month last year , and 3 degrees cooler than for the year 1883. Ten days have been marked with a rainfall ot more than one-tenth of an inch , and the total rainfall during the month of 0,31 inches is larger than for any April during the previous lifcecn years. Thcro have been nine clear days , fifteen fair days and six cloudy days. Light frosts foil on the 5th and 27th , and three thunderstorms have disturbed the equanimity ot many people ple during the month. Will bo Hclcnsctl. Gen. Crook has issued an order for the return of Private Cecil E. McDowell , of company G , 7th Infantry , who for some time past has been in confinement at Fort llussoll , W.yo. McDowell deserted the service of Uncle Sam on Jan 12 , 1835 , and was apprehended in Denver , Col , moro than a vear after , fin March 1888. Ho will bo restored to the Fcrvico with out trial upon condition that ho forfeit ull pay and allowances duo him at date of desertion , that he make good the time lost thereby , nnd that ho refund to the United States all expenses incurred in his apprehension and delivery at Fort 1) . A Russell and the cost of transportation to the station of his company at Fort Wash- akic , Wyo. , to which place ho will bo sent. A IjUtlo OIIR'H Kill : Monday between 0 and 7 o'clock , a little girl about M years of ago , in getting oll'a north-bound car on Sixteenth near California street fell to the pavement and bucamo unconscious. She was carried into Anderson's tailor store , whim Dr. Lanyon attended her. It was found that she liud sulleri'd no dangerous injiu'y ind upon bi'ing revived .started for homo. .She gave nobody hcrnamti , neither could it bti ascertained how she happened to meet with the accident which for some tluui was considered fatal , Old Folks Concert. The members of thu Seward street M , K. churuh will favor thu pcoplo of North Oiiiahn with a regular old-fashioned "Old 1'olks Concert'1 on next Monday evening , lUth iiisl. All the singers and tlioso tak ing part will bo artistically attired in the costumes of a century ago. This will bo a good chance for the young pcoplo to sec how they conducted singing bees in thu days of "Auld Lang Syne. " The price of admission will be the same as it was nt the last sociable , notwithstanding the announcement to the contrary. Tlio IMcroe Disappearance. Detective Charles Emery has received n letter from Frank CastotUir.J . of Blair , rpgardiiiff the disappearance of K , C. Pierce , the well known undertaker of tlintnlaro. Mr. C. says that the parents of Mrs. Pierce have come on here from Vermont to assist in tha search. The rel atives of tlio mlEfeing man .still cling to the belief that ho has not committed sui cide , but bcliovo that ho wandered away in a lit of temporary aberration. I'olioo Court. Leon Lamboard ami John Nelson wore lined { n and costs in police court yes- tordny for drunkenness. 'Albert" Ma"- loney and P. M. Hurt charged with a similar otVunse , wore rclcasci } . S. Hope , who was arrested for beating his wife , was lined $5 and costs. John Fitzgibbon was held on a charge of highway robbery. Nothing about tlio circumstances of ' .lie caio is known by the police. THE TENTH STREET BOOM , An Old and Well EnownrDrj Goods Estab " lishment Changes Hands. John lander-holm Succeeds Peter WUfj nt tlio letter's Tcntti Street Store , mid Will mid Great ly Thereto. Late last evening it wns rumored in the dry goods circles that. Mr. Peter Wilg , tlio veteran dry goods merchant of South Tenth street , had sold out his entire slock to a gentleman from Kssox , Iowa. Upon further Investigation this morn ing it was found that Dame Humor once again was telling the truth. Mr. Wilg has sold his entire stocK amounting to about S37.000 to Mr. John Ltnderholni , of Kssox , Iowa , a gentleman in every scnco of the word and well and favorably known in western Iowa and throughout the greater portion of Nebraska. Sir. Linderholm will add quite extensively to his stock , having already ordered about $00,000 , worth of new dry goods , millinery , gents' furnishings , boots , shoes , etc. When tins lot of now goods are in it will compare favorably with any establishment in the city.Mr. Mr. Llnderholm is a man of menns , having a large store in Central City , Nebraska , in which is about a $30,000 stock and as much more in another store at Ogallaln. The latter store is in the charge of his oldest daughter , who will give up her position there to lake the general management of the Omaha store. Mr. Linderholm's youngest daughter will act in tlio capacity of cashier. llu is now building another brick store at Grant , Neb. , which ho will stock to its full ca pacity. His property in Iowa having been disposed ot Mr. LSudorholu's will now make Omaha his future homo. Ho has the reputation wherever ho has stores of being "a terror to low prices. " I'his is easily accounted for as having so many stores to look after , ho buys in the largest < | iinu- titles at lowest possible prices , thereby enabling him to make the closest prices on earth. Ho is a pusher and will jrivo tlio Omaha people a few profitable point ers on how and where to buy goods. Ho comes highly recommended , and together witli bis estimable family will bo a valua ble acquisition to both social and business circles of Omaha. The numbers of the the store arc -114 and -IK ! South Tenth St. Let more such men got to the front. The Federal Court. In the U. S. circuit court ycstcrduy Judge IIrower ruled on a number of un important equity eases. Damages in the sn m ot $500 wore awarded N. C. Clark , against M. K. Lewis , for an infringement oh a patent. Judge IJundy , of the district court , was able to assume his olHoial duties yes- tenlay , and called the. grand jury at 2 o'clock. _ Might Have Hceu Worse. Engine No. 03 , attached to a tram of freight cars , was derailed yesterday by a plank which had been placed across the U. &M.track at South Twenty-third street. The cars fortunately were' not thrown oil' the track , but the engine was badly smashed. Fortunately , no one was in jured. The plank witich caused the mischief was evidently iut ; on the track by some person with evil1 intentions. Throe Foot linens. Fred Cunningham , an amateur foot runner , well known in' the cast , has made arrangements for a series.of three races wjth Dan J. lloss , of th&.cit.v. . The hr.it will be a quarter of a mile lih distance , to be run on May 23 , tlio second will boono- lialf mile , to bo run on May 30. and the last , which will occur June 0 , will be one mile in distance. " " WliiMiyou come to Lincoln , stop at tlio Commercial Hotel , if you want homo comforts. C. W. KITC HEN , Proprietor. Traveling Masons. The meeting of the Grand Commandry of Masons took place atFremont yesterday A number of Omahans went to that city on the morning train , among them were A. II. Smith , grand commander , W. H. Bowen , Chas. Ncodlmm and Gustuv An derson. _ PostolIIco Receipts. According to Postmaster Coutant's re port for the month of April , the receipts were : Stamps sold S0.1.T3.10 Envelopes sold 1,04-1.72 .1'ostal cards sold 1,0-SUG HE PRESIDENT'S "BETROTHED. Minn FoIsom'H Acquaintance with Sir. Cleveland Related by Her Uncle. Boston dispatch to tlio Now York Her ald : "No there is no doubt about it , President Cleveland is soon to marry my noico , Miss Frankie Folsom. " This was in answer to a direct question put by your correspondent to Mr. II. F. Harmon , Hour merchant of State street , Boston. Mr. Harmon is an undo to Miss Folsom , as your correspondent entered his ollice ho was in the act of scaling a letter which lie had just written to that interesting young lady. Continuing , Mr. Harmon said : "It was our intention not to announce the en gagement until some little time before Die wedding , but unfortunately it was made public by a breach of conlidcnco on the part of friends in Buffalo , 1 thjnk I know who made the first state ments concerning the wedding in that city , and although wo are not assured as yet wo will undoubtedly learn in time. " "I have just been writing a letter to Miss Frankie , " he added. "It is now nearly time for her to bo propari ng to return turn homo. " Mr. Harmon was then sho\yn the arti cle about tlio president and Miss Folsom published in the Herald yesterday , and after reading it carefully and evidently with much interest , tiiUd : "Ves , that is substantially correct. " "Do you know , " asked the correspond ent , "it your niooo has heard of the many rumors in circulation hero * in regard to her approaching marriage ? " "I nave no doubt , " Hiiid ho , "she has learned something , 1 was engaged in writing her , as you entered , that the cat was out of the bap. and giving her a lit tle of the gossip bhe may expect to hoar on returning homo. Wo frequently re ceive letters from her about the trip. She writes often and her letters ! are particu larly bright. She has a brilliant descrip tive style and is an enthusiastic observer. Among the many rumors that have ap peared was ono to the ell'ect that the ex penses of her European trip wore paid by Mr. Cleveland. There is not a parti cle of truth in it and I do' not see how it over originated. It wasMiss , Folsom's intention to announce the engagement in * duo time before the wedding , but to her , as well as Urn entire family , the prema ture statements concerning it are a great surprise. As I have said , there wore but a few who were let into the secret , and some ono was evidently unable to hold it. At last accounts Miss Folsom was en joying the best of health. She enjoyed tlio visit to Italy very much , the only drawback being her mother's illness in Gouoa.whero she was taken down with a foyer. " THE ACQUAINTANCE. "Can't you tell mo something about tlio acquaintance of Miss Folsom and Mr. .Cleveland ? " the correspondent asked. 'Tiis , I may as well tell you all I know now , Isuppose. . Others have spoken and others will speak. It had better come from somn ono who knows. There is certainly nothing in all this that either Frankie or Mr. Cleveland need bo ashamed of. There is no reason , so far as I know , why they should not love each other , or why they should not marry. Frankie will make him a most excellent wife , and there is every reason to believe that he will bo a model husband. Miss Folsom's acquaintance with President Cleveland lorms a romantic story. Her father was eire of Mr. Cleveland's warm est friends , and , owing to his business relations as a law partner , was intimate ly acquainted with the family. Frankie nt a very early age pave promise of great beauty. As a child she was loved by every one who know her. She was frank m manner , warm hearted and very beautiful. When scarcely knco high she wns particularly friendly to 'Uncle Clcvo , ' as she called him , and In after ycarrfthcld him as ono of her dearest friends and advisers. Then came her father's death , with its attending changes. I have no doubt if lie had lived ho would have been much gratified nt the marriage. It has already been told how Miss Folsom passed her school life. She was nn ambitious student and de servedly popular. One of her strong characteristics was her modesty. She was entirely unassuming in manner , possessing none of the conceit and Iiautuer of which so many young ladles are victims. " TUB KNOAOK.MF.NT. "Do yon know at what time their en gagement took place ? " "No , 1 do not , " said Mr. Harmon , smiling. "She would , no doubt , tell me were I to ask her , but it is , as you must reali/.c , a delicate matter even for an uncle , and a loved one , as I believe I am , to touch upon. Mr. Cleveland was very friendly disposed toward Miss Folsom from the time she was a child , but about three years ago his attentions commenced to assume a more si'rious aspect. Al though very reserved in manner , it was evident lie now cared far moro for the woman than ho had in former years for the child. When Miss Folsom and her mother visited tlio white house last year considerable talk was made regarding a possible engagement to the president , mil not until the announcement of the marriage was recently nude was any further report put in circulation , 1 think I may safely say you can travel a great many miles before you will lind a young lady of greater beauty and accomplish ment than Miss Folsom. She has sound common soiisonnd , is in every wav worthy of the position she will occupy. 1 have no doubt it will bo very embarrassing for her to know of the thousands of varied rumors that are being circujaled regard ing her. It will bo especially so if she happens to see any ot the newspaper cuts printed over her name. There is not the semblance of a likeness in any of them. " Mr. Harmon then took from the drawer in his desk a cabinet photograph of the much tnlkovl of young lady , and your correspondent agreed with him that no likeness of her had yet been printed. Her beauty has not in the least been overrated. The chin is broad , nose straight and forehead high over the nose , but low over the temples. Before returning the picture to his desk Mr. Harmon looked at it foudly and then said , "Good day. " CHAT WITH A BRAKEMAN. Cincinnati Sun : "Brakeman ? Yes. What of it ? " "Jiut wanted to know how the old thing works. " "Works ! Well , it works all right , with an old-time crew , but get ono of these ngfiravntin' greenhorns in and nobody knows the result till it's settled. " " ' catch readily "Don't the new-comers on ly ? " "Readily ? No. Warily would be a word. I will try to tell yon how they do it. The whistle blows for brakes and all hands scramble for them. The greens , always having the snap , start from the caboose. I think I see one of them warily feeling his way up the ladder to the roof of the first car and contemplat ing the prospect in abject terror. "Forcible expletives from the rear im pel the progress of the recruit , and as ho contemplates the yawning chasm between the first two cars lie ever jumped , horror is written on his face and reluctance halts his step. "Yes , it's common. They all look at the fearful leap , grit their teeth , make a wild jump that lands them about the middle of the next car , and thereafter attack duty with the conlidcnco born of Kuch experience. " "Where are you recruiting the brakemen - men from ? " "Almost without exception from coun try towns. The kids , in defiance of law mid marshals , disport themselves about the trains while passing or shifting till the habit becomes a passion.and maturity makes its gratification possible. "Accidents ? Well , they are largely duo to cither carelessness , drunkenness , or over-confidence chielly the latter. An occasional funeral is promoted by the snapping of a brake-chain ; again , with out warning , a train parts at a critical moment , but on the whole brakemen make no specially foremost figure in rail road fatalities. "Yes , in ono way we're tough , but we work hard for small wages , and when wo relay wo do it hilariously. " "Suppose yon have had many close calls ? " "Well , the fact is we're on tlio ragged edge about every minute of running time. Of course , wo take no thought of such things , but no doubt our lives or limbs are iniporijcd unwittingly dozens of times every trip. " "How does it so often happen that old- timers are cither Killed or maimed ? " "Just because the older tlio hand the more reckless ho becomes. Habit makes the dangerous duties of the railroader as routine and common-place us those of a carpenter. "That fellow witli his hand enveloped in a dry goods store is an example. Ho lias been twenty years on the road , and ten of them a conductor. Of course , with ordinary care ho could couple cars for ton hours at a stretch without serious risk , but familiarity breeds contempt for danger , as for other things , and in that way ho lost half his right hand. ' 'Once a railroad man always ono ? Yes , that's about the extent of it. There is a fascination about the life and its varied experience which is rarely shaken oil' and scarcely over sought to bo volun tarily. Official advancement is about tlio only'thiug that-over finally divorces a twister from the wheel , ami that sort of thing happens with a rarity like tlio discovery of a now planet. " TiMGCEN SPRING VEHICLES. OVER 400,000 JE .Tnslfej Uldlus Teblcle nmdc. Bides M ear uitbonapereuautwa. Tha HprliiJCU IfnRllien nil feborlcn According to tuo weight they carry. 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