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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&ltri 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 \