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V * ftj " * S 3 THE OMAHA DAILY BEES ; . . . rtTESDAY. AUGUST 3. 1880. THE BULLET AND THE KNIFE. A Eesident Stabbed and a Stranger Shot Near the Capital Oity. DEATH SHROUDED IN MYSTERY. Blunder Pronoun octl by tJic Jury In One Cnsc-Thc Oilier In Doubt Ills Grlit of hlnuulu .Nc\\s. tiitOM T r IIKK'S I.INTOIA Tliu.record of n day a * disclosed in Lin coln yesterday was n supposed suicidi utid murder. ISothvcre of Sunday evening opciirrencp mid both arc largely shrouded in uncertainty. The murder , or acciden tal killing , whichever it may prove to be , occurred in Stevens' Crock precinct , some twelve miles from this city , at1 o'clock yesterday morning. Coroner 1'obcrts went out to the location of the tragedy to hold an inrjticst and was ac companied by Deputy Sheriff llrncli , who took with him the man wiio did the deed and who had given him elf up to the authorities. Ileforo tliu parties left for the scene of the tragedy the man who gave himself up was questioned regard ing the all'air , but he disclosed nothing , ixnd the particulars that have reached the city arc meagre and will bo so until the results of the impicst are knuxrn. The tragedy occurred on the farm of Louis Nlijr and the parties to it were William Kwarth and iKrman Malis. The trouble arose over a uiscvssion , which wax in ! warm and wratliy. Kwarth was whittling with a knife , and us thu discussion reached its climax the two men clinched and Kwnrtlt's knife entered the siilo of Jlahs , near the heart , whether accidentally or purposely seems to bo the question. When Mnhs oaw ho was stabbed he ran for : x pitchfork , but fainted in the c lib ft and in an hour was duad. The two men are relatives , .step brothers. it is stated , and from the at tention the case is receiving at the hands of the coroner , it is evident that the cm-a Is being sifted to the bottom to determine whether it is accidental or felonious. LATKK. The coroner's jury found Kwarth guilty of feloniously stabbing and killing , and ho is under arrest for murder. \VASITSUiriUK ? TJic second trasredy that came to light yc-terday or late the night before is so shrouded in mystery as to e.\cito universal attontiOLU hunday night Sheriff M click was telop'oned ! ' to go tliroo miles in the country , firsr tne ] { . ik AI. track cast of the city , to tak'r the body of a man found dead , by tlic roaunmtj./// ! ! the sherilT reached tiio Tccnelie found the man yet breathing , and the 1 > . iS : M. night passenger train was flagged and the man was brought to the city am ! to Coroner Roberta' office. ' where' he died without returning to con sciousness. The particulars , as described by the oHicer , are that the stranger was teen just at night sitting by tiie roadside. Sonic little time after that a shot was heard , and parties passing that way saw llic man lying by the wayside. Snerift" Molick , on reaching the scene , found a icvolvcr with two chambers empty lying by the man , and a search of the party disclosed no articles ot value in his pock ets nor any papers to furnish a clue to his identity. After reaching the city Dr. Carter was summoned , who found a bul let hole in the sidn of the man's head , which was probed without finding the ball. A man working at the Peoria house stilled to the sherUT thnt ho know the dead man , that his home was In Iowa , mid that when ho last saw him he had made threats to shoot himself because n girl hart refused to marry him. In threatening to shoot himself he had requested that if any thing happened to him not to mention his name , and for this reason the party making the disclosures refused to speak lurthor , and oflicial acts in a coroner's court will be required to got the party's name. This is the sheriff's knowledge of the uflair. and he is of the bulicf that it is a suicide. On the other hand , there is a widespread opinion that it is a mur der , and the evidence in that line is that in one place th < ; dead man's skull is crushed in and there are black and bruised spots on his face. Those who view the case us a murder point , further , to the fact that the hair on the head where the bullet entered is unscorched , as though the shot had been tired from some little distance. The undertaking room where the body lies was visited through the day yesterday by fully 3.000 people to view the remains and , if possi ble , identify them , but none succeeded. The dead man is smooth-faced , some twenty-four years of age , and 1 as not the appearance of a tramp. Two thim bles and a paper of needles found in his pockets lead to the supposition tnat ho was a tailor. tailor.HOLDING HOLDING AN INQUEST. Coroner Roberts to night commenced the c.Niimmalion by coroner's jury in the case of the supposed suicide , or murdered man. The proceedings us far as hold before - fore adjournment succeeded in only still making the question of the man's dcatli ono of greater doubt 'thin ever , and the testimony taken points more to a murder that is shrouded in mystery. The wit nesses examined are Dr. Carter , the olli- cers , who brought the body to the coroner ner ; Otto Webb , Mrs. Ferguson and C. C. Pace. Thot estimony ot Pace was that a few hours before the man was found he had passed on the road where the tragedy oc curred in company with another young man. Webb testified that ho had fro- qucntly seen the dead man at his saloon , and when ho last saw him on Saturday ho had some forty dollars in cash. The testimony that came nearest throwing light on the mystery was that of Mrs. Ferguson , who partly identified thu man as her nephew. William Chilson by name , whom she had not senn for three years , but who she felt quite posi tive was her relative. The lust she had hoard from him was some two years ugo when ho was in jail in Dakota for shoot ing a man. Mm. Ferguson testified the man's father lived at Munkato , Mlnn.and if no additional light is reached soon the officers will communicate with the parties at Maukato , and secure , if possible , the whereabouts of William Chilson. The jury adjourned nt 10:30 : p. m , until morning , wbon an autopsy will bo held and the search for evidence will be resumed , The excitement over the mystery is growing , and the impression grows with it that a case of murder will bo unearthed , AltTlCLKS OF IXCOKVOUATION. Tha Farmers' Ixmu and Trust company lins tiled its articles of incorporation witli the secretary of state , the corporation is composed of Lincoln capitalists , with headquarters at ttie capital city. The business of the company is recited at length to be > the loaning of money on soouritics cither notes , bonds or realty the buying , selling and owning of such securities ; the buying , owning , selling and improving of lands and lota , either for itself or others. The corporate limit of the companv commences on the day of filing its articles of incorporation and continues for uinoty-niuo years. The capital stock of the corporation is fixed at $120,000- divided into shares of $300 each , to bit mid in , 5 per cunt at the time of subscribing , and the balance in such installments and at such times : u > the board of directors may fro in tiniti to time provide. The names subscribed to the Articles are W. II. Thompson , J , M. Uoyle , O. h. Trcvitt , Vf , S , Hamilton , \ \ , H. Irvine , E. E. Barton , F. L , Sackett , W. II. UltinU C. J , Triritt. OTIIKIl TATL OKNLItU. ITEM * The $11.000 boi.d ? issued bj Culbert- precinct , Hitchcock county , were regis tered yesterday. These are court hout-o botiJs issued to run twenty years at a rate of 7 per cent per annum. The board of public lands and build ings were in session yesterday nt their regular monthly meeting for the allow ance of bills against the Mate for the maintenance of state institutions. The work on the capitol building that has been Mow ly moving on calk-u for a pay ment , but us tiie auditor has drawn all the levy warranty if the work continues it wilfbp a time job until the meeting of the legislature. JJr. Armstrong , from Dakota , w ho linn been in correspondence with the board regarding the superintendciiov of the new home for the feeble minded , now in eoun-e of construction at Itoatrico , is in the citv and was in consultation with the board yesterday. It is stated unolnVially that ho will be appointed asuperintend ent of the feeble minded institution. TOl'K'S IN THE CITY. Yesterday in county court , before Judge I'arKcr. the case was up for hear ing of Urown for adultery , full particu lars of which were recited in a former issue of the UKE , which report some of the court officials fell confident and fearful - ful would result in giving the case away and letting the guilty parties escape. But the othcers were on the alert and landed Hrown in custody to answer to the charge laid up against him of adultery. Urown and the woman in the case had feared arrest and had separated , Urown going to Koca. where he was cap tured , leaving the woman at Courtland. When the eas > e readies a final hearing it ought to send out a verdict that would put a damper on the capital city , havinc about an average of ono a day in cases ot adultery. The police judge has filed his monthly report with the city council , and the re port shows that it has had before it 231 cases of violations of the city ordinances in the month of July. Of the.se cases , so numerous in number , fully one-half were for drunkenness or drunk and disorderly , and most of thu balance are for violation of the health ordinance , that requires citizens to keep their places in a reasonable state of cleanliness. The cash the police judge has received in fines for these violations foolsup the sum of 125. It will be remembered that this business is only for violation of the city ordinances and does not cover nearly all of the business of the court during the month. Messrs. Warner & Urown , proprietors of the new People's theater , have their house in course of construction for a theater in which to play companies that do not compete with tlio stars , and it will be a house for the production of the lecitimuto drama instead of u variety theater , a.s has been reported. The im provements the proprietors are making are such as to make Hie house ono of the njc uk'usant and commodious in the Mate. The rumor was afloat in the city yes- tertlay that a Tenth street physician had attempted suicide , but it was found on investigation that it was only a case of taking too much morphine to alleviate pain , and the bad results were an all night's sickness therefrom. The teachers' institute commenced its two week's session at the high school building yesterday , with some fifty or sixty teachers present as the first day's enrollment. 1 ho county superintendent is confident that the institute will be a great success both in attendance and in work accomplished when it gets well un der way. Prof. W. W. W. Jones , state superintendent , was at homo over Sunday after a week's work among institutes out in the Republican valley , and he took his departure yesterday for new fields of labor in other sections of the state where school teachers arc congregated. A well-known stockman in the state , who has recently returned from Chicago , reports- that the Nebraska drouth is noth ing at all compared to the dry climate of Illinois and Iowa , and that crops in those states arc being burned up with the heat , L. L. Combs , Valentine , L. H..Rydcr , Greenwood ; C. E. Yost , Omaha , C. Me- Intvre " , Seward ; G. W. Lord , Ulysess ; I. D. "Gibbons , Valparaiso ; D. D Reavis. Fulls City Wm. Valentine , Nebraska City ; Sam Darker. Pluttsmouth ; C. D. Rackestraw , George Hulbert , Nebraska City ; J. J. Dueker , Red Cloud ; D. P. Uurr , Omaha , were. Nebraskans nt Lincoln hotels yesterday. Most complexion powders bave a vul gar glare , but Pozzoni's is a true beaut i her , whoso effects are lasting. A capitalist and sixteen skilled work men from \ ionna , Austria , aided by American capital and the convict labor leased from the Kentucky penitentiary at Frankfort , will establish a factory at Frankfort for the manufacture of furni ture at Frankfort , near which oeech is plenty and considered worthless. "Is there no balm in Gilead ? Is there no physician there ? " Thanks to Dr. Pierce , there is a balm in his "Golden Medical Discovery" a "balm for every wound" to health , from colds , coughs , "consumption , bronchitis , and all chronic , blood , lung and liver af fections. Of druggists. Randall Vaughn , of Pauldin.fr , Ga. , was wounded in the battle of Waynesboro in 160-1. A rifle bullet entered his body be tween the breast bone and the point of his heart. Four years ago an abscess formed in the abdomen fourteen inches from whore the ball entered , and the other day the ball was extracted from the abdomen , and Mr. Vaughn is recovering. The Voice of the People. The people , as a whole seldom make mistakes , and the unanimous voice of praise which comes from those who have used Hood's Sarsaparilla , fully justifies the claims of the proprietors of this great medicine. Indeed , these very claims are based entirely on what the people say Hood's Sarsaparilla has done tor them. Read the abundant evidence of its cura tive powers , and give it a fair , honest trial. trial.Miss Miss Phccbo Hall is attracting attention in Ualtimoro as an evangelist. She win formerly a prosperous milliner , but , hav ing been converted , decided that there was something better than dealing in fur belows , and so decided that her duty waste to preach the gosnel , ami she is doing it in an acceptable manner. MOST PERFECT MADE Prepirod vltu Uriel rwrd 10 I'urttr Strcoelb and llcalliif ulncM. Dr. Prtr ' llaVluc I'umdcr ruiiUUns o Ammonia. IJm or Alum Or Pr1c' Extract * , \ mill * , I-cmon , Gracxr , etc , flavor dellcUmilr , fsjcs SAUxavi ; eca co. , cuct& v. t st 101 $ . WYOMING'S ' FUTURE GREAT , Characteristics of tbe Country Around About Douglas. The Knllroml Oracle and Embryo Stn- ' tlons West or Ijtisk Procres * ot the AVork An Immense Coal Ucil to be De veloped. UOLT.LAS , Wyoming , July S3. [ Cor respondence of the Btr. . ] Probably no section of country is attracting so much public attention just at prcs-cnt at Central AVyoming.and especially the now town of Douglas. In a recent letter to the HEE , written at Lusk , in Lnramie county , 1 slated the reasons why thi * country is having surh a boom , the immediate cause of course , being the building of the Wyoming Central Railroad , which is an c\tension of the Elkhnrn line westward. The dis tance from Lusk to this place , Douglas , is just fifty-live miles by rail , or rather by the railroad grade. 1 passed over this line a day or two since , and carefully noted the progress being madeand every thing in connection with this now route. The grading is completed to within about fifteen miles of this place , and nearly finished the entire distance. At this writing , Wednesday , the track-lay ers are about twenty-one miles west of Lusk , or only thirty-four miles from Douglas , and arc now averaging nearly or quite two miles a day. There are but few bridges to be built , in fact , only one of importance , that over Shawnco creek , and neither bridges or grading will lie in the way of the iron gang any more. Mr. Cunningham , who has the contract for layintr the track , informs your cor respondent that he thinks he can reach Douglas easily by August 20th. There will probably be live stations between Lusk and Douglas , but the indi cations are that no towns of importance will be built. Th lirst station is eight and a half miles from Lusk , and will be called Sheep Ranch. It is in the Running Water valley , the stream tierc being an insignificant brook , and is surrounded by a hilly country , not noted for either beautyor fertility , and can bo utilized to advantage only for grazing purposes. The next station is some nine or ton miles further on , and will very appro priately be named Divide. It is located on the nigh or main divide between the headwaters of the Running Water on the east , and Lightning creek on the \\Tt. it is at , this point that the traveler coming V. ' at first sees and suddenly comes in full viev. ' of thc famous l-ara- ! "t ? " ? ? k * an < l lnc creat Jbii'smie range of mountains , stictcliing awav iior m , . " . ! " ' . . . farther than the eye can reach. It is a " magnificent view" , a grand hight. and cannot fail to impress the stranger as such. The country here resembles a broad cxpanso of rolling prairie , inter spersed with abrupt hills and cliffs , with here and there a high clay butte with uorppiidlcular sides , looking as though it was standing sentry over miles of terri tory. Owing to the great altitude at this point , and the entire absence of water for miles in any direction , it is very probabjo that n sidetrack and section house will constitute the station of Divide. From Lusk to this point thu re is an almost continuous up-grado. From Divide westward there is a steady but very perceptible decline for miles , and the country is very handsome in deed. The next station will be cafled Lost Creek , and is located on a little stream of that name. From an agricul tural point of view , this js the best look ing section of the country on the line , ana a garden of growing vegetables , or such vcgitation as is usually found in gardens , give ample evidence that such a crop can be easily grown here without irrigation and with ordinary care. As a grazing country this section is simply immense , and I can see no good reason why quite a little village should not be built here. The next station will be Sherman Creek , on the famous stream of that name , if stream it may bo called. It is twenty-five miles east of Douglas. From baid point a brunch railroad is to be built north live and a half miles to the rail road company's immense coal fields , and where said company has already pur chased 1,000 acres of coal lands. I can not sen much here to make a town , although it will probably be quite a ship ping point for coal and stuck. Except in the spring of the year when the snows are melting , or when there are heavy rains , Sherman creek is not much of a stream. At this time it is simply a river bed of sand and rocks , with here and there a stagnant pool of water. But sometimes , particularly early in the spring , old Sherman gets on the biggest kind of a tare and becomes a raging tor rent hundreds of feet in width in places. There is considerable timber along its banks , nearly all cottonwood.nnd there are three or four beautiful groves , em bracing an urea of several hundred acres cacti. After crossing Shawnco the railroad grade follows down a beautiful vallny until it reaches the North Plutto river , a stream that from bank to bank will aver age nearly an eighth ol a mile , but which at this season of the year is verv low and full of sand bars. However during sev eral months in the year its b.tnks are full , and it is a great river flowing seaward at the rate of live or six miles an hour. There is scattering timber along the Platte. nearly all of the cottonwoou vari ety. The valley is broad and beautiful. There will probably f a station about ten miles cast of Dou > IAS , directly on the north bank of thu riser , but I did not learn its proposed name. Some four and a half miles cast of Douglas the road enters a peculiar look ing tract of country , about a mile and n half wide , known in this country as ' 'Bad Lands , " Such tracts are not infrequently found in Dakota and Wyoming , and are always denominated as above , whether treat or small in area. Those "Bad Lands" look as though they might have been formed by an earthquake or vol canic disturbance , and the surtaco is simply a mass of ciay hills and deep gorges , with plenty of rocks thrown in promiscuously by way of season ing and variety , and almost entirely barren of vegetation. Except perhaps for mineral purposes , they are not worth n cent n section. Imagine if you can , that in an area compiling several square miles there Is r.n eruption and the bowels of the earth actually turn inside out , and you will get a very fair idea of the so- callr-d "Bad Lands" of the west. For about a mile and a hah the railroad will pn-s through the belt above named , the gr.nlo being now completed , and the srenory hero presented will be n grout curiosity and btudy for the touriat , emi grant or stranger. Emerging from said "Bad Lands" belt the railroad enters the North Platte val ley again , a beautiful tract of level plainer or prairie from one to two miles wide and some five miles long , with an a } < most unbroken surface and an almost imperceptible decline to the river uank , It is nearly in the center of this tract that the now town of Douglas , certain to bo the future metropolis of Wyomlti'j.lias been platted , and of whicii I will tell the readers of the BEK something about to morrow , and all about it in the future , from day to day. E. A C'larfc , US "Architect , Washing ton .endorses Red Star Cough Cure. U5 cents. "HOLD tfE EXPRESS ! " The Story ot llow n TeleRrnph IJAI'R Good Aim Saved n Train. Philadelphia jTinjiw ; A few weeks ago there pssed nway Hn old man of three score or more , who had led n quiet find apparently uiii'Veiitfullifc. From a little before his mddli'-4 ! sr he had been a fol lower of railroad work and for year * be fore his death n well known member of the "foot-board" coterie , or. as is more commonly called , u locomotive engineer. Some fifteen years ngo an occurrence took place in his life that may have changed its whole current. One stormy , snowy nicht in December a freight train accident occurred , through the breaking of a ear axle. The scene of thb accident was on a portion of the road very crooked. The wreckers had boon called nut and with them the young tele graph boy , whose dutv It was to climb n telegraph pole , make the nncessarv at tachments with wirrs , clamps , etc , , and to assist in the working Ol other trains pa .t the obstruction. This boy was en trusted with the important task of open ing and operating an additional ottlcc. Sitting on an impromptu chair , built of fence-rails and stones , at the foot of thu telegraph pole , his dut } was to stop all trains comintr towards the obstruction and hold them until one of thetracknliad been cleared. It was on n Saturday night , and but few trains save the regular night express were running. Clothed with unusual responsibility the lad sat through a terrible blinding snow and slectstorin , hour after hour , no shelter and no company save the constant tick of the little instrument that held him in communication with the outer world. One o'clock has conip. The night ex press should be there Orders have como from the wreck , "Hold the express at all hazards. " A glance at the watch tells the boy that ho must tak > ; his I am us and meet the express as far above as possible. There were no air-brakes in tho. o days. A heavy , blinding , cheerless fog has set tled down like a thiek cover o\er the deep cut in the rocks. The snow from above was still coining down in sheets. Plow ing his way through the wet snow over the uneven surface of rails and ties , went the boy in the direction of the expected express , whose faint rumble could first be felt and then faintly heard. Planting himself firmly between the rails , the boy stood , a lamp in each hand , waiting to swing at the first burst of the headlight through the fog. Nearer and closer came the heavy train. One second , two. three , and the headlight commences to lighten up the banks and rocks of the curve. The fog litts , the light gleams on the wet. sinning rails. Swing goes the red lamp as thet blinding glare of the powerful headlight shoots into night at the upper end of the curve. Fat-ter swings the red light. Noanswering blast of the whistle. The red light is on a desperate , almost despairing swing. No answer yet. The boy leaps over the outer rail , into the ditch alongside , posing himself as ho jumps , and as the great glaring monster is almost upon him his right arm puts an almost superhuman force into the last swing , the lamn leaves his hand and trtth 5 EniSh goo ? tS5 JJ ' - ' ° S s door In front of'thc cnirmoTs cab. fight into the face of'our old friend the en gineer , i The lad sank b c ! : into the rocky fis sures of the cut , the train ruol'.S by him harmlessly , but with a terrible &hnekif the whistle. The old chain brake snaps like an over-sirained muscle and away rustics the express past that clicking in strument , on , on , iuto , the darkness , out of sight , out of'hearing and beyond re call. Slowly and wearily the boy plods his way over the ties to his post at the instrument , pouderingover his unheeded efforts and the result. "Hold the express nt all hazards ! " and where was that ex press ? There , ivithliis tiembling fingers upon the key of- the instrument , hn sat trying to tell his'stroorior oflicer at the wreck that his cflbtts to stop the express had failed. This he did without telling ol the fate of that red lipht. Voices are presently heard through the darkness , and ere long the swaying of several lighted lanterns are to be seen as they como from the direction of the lost tiain. A few seconds later the enger , peering faces of the train men appear , and the boy recognizes the familiar faces of the conductor and brakemeu of the express. The train had stopped , but only n faw yards away from the wreck , and the men had come back to pick up the operator , whom they had supposed was mangled and dead in the curve abovo. The engineer , they said , had been badly hurt bv some of the broken brake-chain. The boy is grateful and happy because it is > no worso. In a niin- ute or so the engineer our old friend makes his appearance. Face covered with blood , which he had vainly tried to wipe away with bunches of greasy waste , a long cut just under the roots of his hair , told where he had been hurt. Throwing his arms around the brave boy's neck ho whispered through his sobs ol joy as the tears trickled down his blood-covered cheeks : "I was asleep and you risked 3'our life to save us all. Thank God. you threw it straight and true. 1 will be a difl'erciit man irora to-night. " Twasso. The ti tie tale has never be fore been told. That engineer's life was thenceforth a true , honest and sober one. The chain served as a pretext for the wound , and the liremun , who was nod ding on his box. too. never know the true history. Death long ago ciuue to him in the discharge of his duty. And now that the { -hades of death have closed over our old friend , peace to his memory Ho has gone to that final foot-board to rest , where his "runs" will bo in pleasant places. His occasional meetings with his operator friend were always gentle , kind and full of afloction , and no mention was over made of the attempt to "hold the ex press at all .lazards. " , we When ehe WM a Child , she cried for CutorU , When the became Mlsi , she clang to Castori , VHun the hid Childivn , ahft R TO the A citizen of Albany , Mo. , who had a hundred gallon , ; , of hard cider in his cellar , was rathe surprised when he re turned home and found his wife had turned the spigot to every cask and let it run out in the cellar drain. Taking a sober second tho'uglft ' , ho said he was glad of it. Kirk's Gnruiun jiMlo Ointment. Sure cure for blunt , Mecdlne , and i'tchlne Piles. One U > x has cmed tlni worst cases of ten years standing , No one need sutler ten minutes after Kirk's us > lrig thjs wonderful ( lerinan Pile Ointment , It absorbs tumors , allays the Itrhlni ; at once , acts as a poultice , elves instant ! relief. Kirk's German Pile Ointment is prepared , only for Piles and Itching of the private inrts , and nothing el.se. fcvwr bt > x is warranted by our agents. Sold bv drin.xlsts6entby mail on receipt of price , & 0c per box. DR. C. O. BEXTON , Pitop , Cleveland. O. Sold C. K. Ooorxlman and Kulm tt Co. , 1Mb and Uout'lua , IttU unU Cumin ? W , S. O'Brien , of Boston.found a pock- ctbook in \ \ hich was f000. Ho at once set about finding the owner , and suc ceeded at length. 1 ho book belonged tea a Providence man. who not only rewarded warded O'Brien with money , but wrote a letter to the- Boston papers telling of O'Brien's honesty , and giving him and his business an advertisement that is likely to ba worth much more than $ C03 to the honest Boston man. Shu has the complexion ol a peach- Pozzoni's Medicated Complexion Powde. did it , bold by all druggists. Tftll N'ebrnskn Corn. MrCooK , Neb. , July 31. To the Editor of the Bee A great many reports ol drought in western Nebraska have been published in the papers of Iowa and the eastern pait of this state 1 want to state that they are without foundation , so far as regards this part 6f the state. Wo have harvested a good crop of wheat , rye. oats nnd hay. Wheat will average about twenty bu hpls per acre , rye twenty-five to thirty , oats foity lo shtv. Karly potatoes good , late one * < hort. Sweet potatoes first clas ? . VwMnbles good. As to corn , plcasp examine the sample I send by p\pivs and report. The sample was taken from a Held of about one hundred acres. The entire Held will average about eleven feet high. 1 cultnaled the soil In Iowa for t only-seven years and have been here lor seven years , and I think I never had abettor prospect for a large corn crop than 1 now have We linvo n good country here. I have trav eled in this state by team about two thousand miles , and 1 like this country as well as any place 1 have found I am a farmer and worked on a farm nil my life. Parties wanting Information In re gard to this county address \ \ 11,1.1AM COLKMAN , McCook. Neb. , box 110. MrCooK , Neb , July : tl. We the tin- uprsigned residents of McCook arc well acquainted with William Colcman , and we consider his statements are rcllablo. F. U BitowN , Cashier First National Bank. UKOIIOI : lloitinvi- : ! ! , Physician. A. TlIOMl'sOS , Postmaster. Tim SAMPLE nr.fKivr.il. The sample of corn received measures thirteen feet in height find is verv stocky. A reporter of the Bur. visited McCook ween it was only' three months old , and when there were very few farmers in the county. In view of the crops that have been raised there since , it is interesting to recall what was then the popular opin ion : "We know this lo be a good stock country , but we never c\pccted to raise any crops to amount to anything. " The season before a colony of Russian Men- nonitcs had left the county near Culbert- son , a few miles west of McCook. being literally starven out and unable to raise anything. It was said at the time that if a Mennonitc. who is always a first class farmer , could not make a living there was no use in anj other man's trine it. The crops which have been raised in that county this season arc additional evi dence that the county is changing , and that the great Americon desert is rapidly retreating to the westward. Internationa ! prize medals were given St. Jacobs Oil as the bs .t pain-cure. Forfeit if not Havana Filler. ' A GENTLEMAN'S SMOKE 0 Thli Cimr will prove rrpretenlrd nrd lt I be erten- llYt'y&dierlUriirn rttrr town for llvedf<ri vbo vUJ Arfreciatc lUinerlUaiiapuiliilacconll&gly. SMOKE EL FJSJtXO lOe CIGAR. Adtei BiXOHiRI HOS , m Agents , 130 filth Avenue. D. W. Baxc , Leslie & Morrell , C. F. Goodman , T. W. Spafford & Co. , J. A. Fuller A : Co. , M. Purr , Cheney & Oleson , M. U. Powell , Kulm & Co. , Sam Fannworth. - . Huirbos & Schmidt , Juuios Forgvtho. ffWMALT MALT Distilled for Mudlclnal UKC. Ti ! ! BEST TONIC ) UNEOUALEDIor CONSUMPTION WASTING DISEASES and GENERAL DEBILITY. PERFECTS DIGESTION , DB. KDW I. . WAI.UXO , Sur gran In Chief , Nstloual Ouart of N J. , writFt "llv attention was cillnd tc jour Kf3 atone Malt N Iii.kcy li ) Mr Lilor , IJrupglst , or Trrntoa and 1 huvo nwl a few bottltu vtltli fur better effect than any ] line had I am recommending jour article III my practice , me find It Tcry MtJifactory. " Cfttit n iiulL * LM tt.9 Flrotture 9 ttSMK t HFMlELSOX $ -iiz t ct Bttli. M a < L ui. EISNER & MENDELSON. ( Bolt Ap-Dti lr tht US ) 316,318 and 320 Ract St. , Philadelphia , Ps. For solo by C. F. Goodman , Omaha NebrasKa. ESTABLISHED USED IN ALL 3.870. WOODOO PAHTSOFTHE WORLD ratalucuei and Triers on application. Bold by all ttie ben c rrl rp ! ! uluien > and Dealers. CINCINNATI. II. H. A. LINCON BSINESSECORY Uccentlr Unlit. wlr t'urnubel The Tremont , J. C. VmaUKALl ) 4. SON , Proprietors. Cor. fth and PSu. , Lincoln , Net. Ratea fl.M per dor , Street cart from lieu < to an/ part of the cltr. J. II. W. HAU KINS , Architect , Offices 33. 31 encl 12 , Hivlmrds Ulock , Lincoln , Nub. Kloratoroulltli street. Hrrodcrol DreeJerof GALI.J\VA v CATTLE. BnouTUuuNCATTJ.I F , M WOODS. Live Stock Auctioneer Pules raiide In all part * < > f the U S. ut fair rates. Itoom'JState lllock , Lincoln , Nub.- ) Golloway and Shun Horn bulls for t > alo. It. II. GOrUHNG , Farm Loans and Insurance , Com'SponJcnco In ri-gani to loans aoJlcHol Ituutu 4 , Hlcliardj lilouk , Lincoln , Xob. Public Sale , Denver , Col. , Juno lOlli , ISG. 40 head of fellow Short Horns I)4U < i i CruIcK shank , 2-ar-oldB , ntilgUtiiir U-W : bull * anJ heifer * . AJJroel Klt-lJ und Fnrin , for catalog ues , Donvi'r , Col. LM. . HrundOU , Lincoln , Neb. Col. 1' , M. Woods Auutloufor. Whim in Lincoln stop at National Hotel , And get u cooJ dlnuor fur 2. . J A.FiDAn'AV Prop. THE ENEMY IN THE AIR ! ner nrott o IT.NIKCO T.i rhurch , Wool 4th MrefI. New Voik. rlt Tor t pn < ntvc lTi mr * I " " i Tlctlm ti forcr And Ruf. resulting QnttUy In ncrrott * vro'trntton nn 1 mclnnrhi'lld.ithlrli rcnrtor.-J nil irnik lni | > lblo nmt llff lt pf | ron l nl hrror Mlrt trrlng rrptttlilnK rMvimnxTidpil from qnmlnr to ttibwMn I win fxr- insrtcrt in put nn n llolMts 1 lied Imt imp rlilll afterward .Mr roiicral iKMltli ti onm * iwrlort unit In on * Tpnr 1 tnm > p < 1 from 17Mo rj | v > iim1 < The lollnwlnc tmimr-r iM a tthn * nhen I * n * ! < lrnll rJf ilije < tin the trouble 1 WOM Hr llnlini i I'ml * v 1'iu.rrNTnr lint th rn-mv ln.l h-cn numli-tclr routed until illil mil encountc'r him nor harel met All Dm I T I'rttrr f ! ( . lilra inoe " 1IOI.MVV I" Ml li \\iillnmMtvpt ) V V irx V Tx rrt * x TT * rm ir x * THE HOLMAM LIVER PAD TRIUMPHANT. The I'Ad i I pfotont more 11 < .V ie than all the 1'iiU ami lrui In Christendom will fura. " " "DEWEY & STONE , One of the Best and Largest Stocks in the United States to Select From , OMAHA , KTEB. S. RAYMOND , RELIABLE JEWELER , Watches , Diamonds , Fine Jewelry , Silverware he lurjfu t tock. 1'rictM tlio lo out. rino ropalrlnir n apcclnltjr. All work wnrrnnta 1. Corna Doucla * mid Uith street , Omnhn. C. E MAYNE , I g. W. COR. 15th AXD FAUX AM , OMAHA. Property of every description for sato m all parts of the city. Lands tor saio In county in Nebnvskn. A complete set of Abstracts of Titles of Iou < rlis : County kept. Mups of the City , State or county , or any other information desired furnished free of charge upon application. M. BURKE & SONS , LIVE STOCK COMMISSION MERCHANTS , 6BO. BURKE , Munfuror , UNION STOCK YARDS , OMAHA , NES. N.itloml llank , North value of stoclc i p.i } ' custoiue tlnin cos/ / until clonctl out , tlic lurue f-tocl : of Boots and Shoes Gents' Fumtshliig ot the ( Sl-t and 6JC S. 10th St. A word to the wise la sufficient. Cone diid yecfor yoitrselreti. Gil ami Ctlfi S. lOtli sf. Or the I.Uiuor llabil , I'oaltitcly Cured by Administering Ur. Jlainci' < < olclcu Specific. It can be git ( in In a cup ot coffee or Us without the Itnouledgtt of Iho person tnkluR It. It absolutely n&rmleis , und " 111 effect a permanent and speedy cure , whbtlivr tup patient U a moderate drinker or VD aiculiullc wreck. It has been clveu lu Iliou- Rhads of cases , and In every Instinct iif.frk'i't cure bus followed. It urier failx. The cystem once Iraptrgnnted with the Speclflc. It becomes an utter Impoatlblllty ( or tbe liquor appetite toexlil- FOR SAU ! DY FOLLOWING DltUOOIfaTS : ItUIIN < VCO. . , Cur. IStli nnd DoncUii. and IStli & CmnluB 811. , Omaha , Neb.l A * O. VOSTBIt < fc IIIIU. . Council lilurTi , , Iowa. Cull or write for pamphlet mntalnloc hundredi of t 3tlinonlal fromthrbci women and men from nil D rta of tliu countr * . _ Cure without modi. A POSITIVE cltio. I'utentoi Ucto * bcrlS , J876. Ono box > rlU euro the most obtlna caio In four Oars Allan1 sSolubleMedicaladBougies ' No nauseous dosea of oubobi , oopalbno o of jandftlwood that are ccrtalu to pioduoe dyapei > - cla by doftruvlnv the coutinjs ot the ttUimnuh. 1'rloo 11.60. Bold by all drtitrirlsts or zrmllod oa receipt of prloo. For further particulars Beat forciroulnr. P. a Box 1S.T1. 3C. . Z.L .iT CO. , ISJohnct Now YorK. tueri-Ui-Katlvmle DRSXEL & MAUL , fluooessors to J. O. Jacobs UNDERTAKER S , AND JSMBALMEH3. At the olJ stand , 1407 y rnara St. OrJers br ttjlet'raphbollclu l and promptly BttendoJ to. lolephoue No.ii , F.OOD Trvonly perfect substitute tor Mother's rnlltt. lDV lu.bi in cholera Iplantum and TeethlnB. A prn.dueiuid rood for D - noptlc- , Consumptives , Convalescents , I'lirfecl nutrient tn all Wasting nis ae . llequin . no cooking Our Hook. The Care nntl Feeding ; of Infants , moiled irto. DOUBEB , OOODAUi 4t CO. , Boatoa , lia > o. WEAK , NERVOUS PEOPLE And bthcra uffnin from licrrcui UeUUly , eib uiUiu ihronlo di > t * ef. prrmatuie decline of younff or old - ' "ttlj nr il tr Dr. ' < famuoi r.l iir . IttU- ' - ti . . ' ' ' ' " ' cure-a. " l-lctlriff" y , ? tri' tlnil7'fct' "Tafni'i ! < r i tMdTo rf riboie fwctir cm vr > r Mia > belt Klx-lrli rup0 Bric < r * Mllbta&le elu , Tuld wortiit § Itu ( Uliunt ted U > TCI conil BU > KlerlrU Truxce Ur It'Tluro. 7OO i < or d In'SS. fx-n-1 Hnrnpror I ; DL W. J. HflSJiE. UYUTC2. IQl VUUU A O.NE ou iioin : AT wiu Lif-\i.i ; 1'iticn. I PAV all oiprr , . rharcps to nil rwlnu trltnln SO ( rnllriu l.nH'c rrl ct tolit from Bnd l o ror * ttauip for illuFtmttxl cataloffuu. Mention tliiapaper. L. G , SPENCER'S TOY FACTORY , 221 W. MADISON ST. , CHICAGO. Time Table OMAHA. The following la the time of arrival and du- rmilimioi trulns by Ctintral Ktumliird Time at thu local dopota. Truing of the U. , St. 1' . , M. & O. urrho und ilopiirt from tholr depot , cornernf Kth und Webster streets : trains on thu II. .V M. C. It.Q. . and K. C. , HU J. & C. II. fiom tlio II. tt M. depot all others from the Union I'ucillo dODOt. nuincE TKAINB. Bridge trains will loiivo IJ , I' , depot ntfir - nTiav-Bscio-BMo-sjria-iiioiOJ-iuoo u. m , : w : < n 1US-1 M-SW-3OQ- ; 4 :00-3W : ( 5UU-P:10 : : 7:00 11:10 p , in. Leave Transfer for Omttlia at 7:12 IJ8:15-.030 a:42--liio:35-iOrirr-.iia7 : : n. m. : ia7-arj-2rr : : 3a9-U:8T-4:37 : : 5W : 8 ! 7aO : TWMB : ) : - 11:52p > " CONNECTING LINKS Arrival anil departure of trains from the Transfer Depot ut Council lllutls : CHICAGO , IIOCU IKI.ANDi 1-ACIHC. 117:15 : A , M. I D :15A. : I. HUMS A. M. n rta : : r. M. U0 : 0v. M. I II7 : W P.M. CiiHHdo & KorrnnvrBiKi'N. Cf > : irA. M. I IU:15A. : M. 110MOI- . I 7:001' : . M. CIIICAUO , DUItLINOTON i. QUINUY. AO-.a5A.JJ. I AB:1&A.M. : V QUO f. u. I II Ul : r. M. A 7DO : r. u , CHICAGO , UILWAUKCC PT , I'AUI. A 9:15 : A.M. I A 9:1S A. u A 8:40 : r.n , I A7OJi : * . N KANSAS riTV , 87. JOR COUNC1I , A1UXA.M. : ( ) I ] ) C:3iA : , M. CBiir. : M. I A 0:115 : 11 , u. VAUABII , ST. LOUIS 1 1'ACiriC. A a:00r. : M. I A.-J-MI : it. S1O17X CUV .V l-ACdlC. A7MA : , II. I A 8rf5 ! A.M. A 0M : r. u. I A 8W' . u. _ \VI5STWAHIJ , _ Arrive.w ' w 'NION I'ACIKIC. I r. M , . .Paclflc Eiiruh6. | .Denver I'xpro g . . .Local llipresj. II. A : M. IN .NKII. 8:10a : .Hull und llxire | i. . CJO : Night Impress. lUUOa Arrlro. KOUTH\VAH1 > . ' C. , 8T , 1' . , M. 4. . . . . . . . S:45cOaklniil : ! Acpommod'n 10iti _ J > opurt A.M. " K _ WSol ! 6 : _ _ NOT ! ! A , train * dally ; II , ditllr except Situ- ilftj ; C , dully oxccjit Satqniay ; I , daily txcopt ilouduv HTOC1C VAltD THA INS will Jcnvo V. I' , depot. Oinnhn.nt 0:10-7 5 10iWn. m : : tfl3OTiitii S:25 HtO : p. rn. I'iiclflu r.iprc'83 , SHO p m. ; Denver llr. , lUf > 5 n. in. : l/oi-al Iii.f.:05 : ] ) . m. Leave Hock yards lor Omaha at 7O--3TO- ( : llt : > n. in I 3-3J -i-r3J-fla' 'HjSOp. m. Atluiitio Kx . 10 8. O. 7t5i > 'ni. ; CiilcaKO l < r.r If. k. O C-C7 p tn ; Lorn ) r.x . lo 8. O. IU SI am ; Mo.'ac.Kx..lr.8.O. t. 17 p. la ; 2 < 1 M. P. IJx. , C.VJa. ta Except fauuJ r < i . _ Vx i \