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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : FRIDAY , SEPTEMBER 17 , 1880. THEY WANT A LEGISLATOR , Colored Gitbens Recommend Dr , Rickctts to the Republican Convention , A FOURTH WARD VAN WYCKCLUB btc | > licnson nml tlio Cnlile Line The ns AVcIl Divoruo Suits A Cruilioil l-'oot llrovltlcs null Other laical , Colored ( .lll/oiifl Cheese a Cnnilltlnto. Tlio second mooting of tlio colored eit- l/.cns , for tlio solcclion of a candidate to bo presented to tlio republican county convention for tlio nomination rs a can didate for the legislature , was held nt the city linll last night. Nearly two hundred colored citizens \vero present and were entertained for a half hour by the colored citizens' bund. At 8BO : o'clock the moot ing was called to order by. I. C. llubbard , who said IXB tlio chairman of the meeting held hist week ho called the meeting to .order and would withdraw m favor ot uny man who would bo selected by the meeting. A. W. Parker , J. O. llubbard und M. F. Singleton wcro named for the glilco. Air. Singleton withdrew and a ballot was taken result ing in tlio selection of A.V. . Parker as cliainnnti. C. S , Swoed was chosen secretary. A h.ilMiour was conmimcd in a squabble over the method of making the nominations. L > r.VMI. . C. Stevenson , Dr. Hieketts anil I' . .1. Wil liams nero presented. The chairnian took the lloor and made n lengthy ad dress in favor of the nomination of Dr. Itlckottfl , as an cduoated man and one who would represent the colored citizens in the legislature with credit. A. II. Wil lis seconded the nomination of an honest man , a tried worker , and si man experi enced in this ullairH of legislative- and po litical bodies , lie supported the nomi nation of P. J. Williams. Ho did not ex pect to bco any of the other candidates at a iioliMeal meeting again for two years , when they would bo wanting some oflico again. Mr. Williams , he said , was al ways in thn Held. J. C. llubbard made a speech in sup port of the nomination of Dr. Kiokolts , nn intelligent- educated niul aggressive negro , who will go out and take the stump and work for the ticket , and if elected would represent his people and the people of Douglas eoiintv with credit. \ \ . 11. Gamble seconded "tho nomina tion of Dr. Stevenson , one of the old time worl.ors for the welfare of the colored citizens of Omaha and Douglas county. A motion of Mr. Grossloy that each of Candidate bo allowed live minutes in which to address the meeting , called for a red' ' hot discussion which took up another half hour of time. The matter was finally decided , and Mr. Williams 'called out as'linU speaker. He felt grati fied , hr. Bitid , at being named as one of the candidates of the convention , and if ho received the endorsement of .tlio voter * and succeeded in getting elected , ho plcdg. . d himself to use cvcrv inlluence to promote the welfare of the colored citizens of Omalw and Douglas county. Ilisi nipe years of hard work in Omaha was his only recommendation. Dr. W. H. C. Stevenson was next called out. Ho Raid ( hat his speeches always consisted in nets and that for seven years ho had lircd in the city and had never missed nn opportunity for saying a good yord , ; for th < j colprcd people of Omaha , 'and ho would always labor in their be half and look out for thair rights. Dr. M. O.Kiekelts ; was then called for and add.rcssed.thc meeting. Ho said that bp was no.t awaro.that the mooting was | ji > ing to take the form'of a civil".service 'examination. lie would simply state that the action ot the .meeting would bo the action of himselfand : friends. Ho had never gone back on his people and would not do so if.lm could bo president of the United States by so doing. He and his friends would support "any man whom the meeting would name. Then followed an amusing scono. 'Of ' the two hundred present about fifty were on tlio lloor mid , yelling and making all manner of demonstrations in order to get the speaker's attention. Motions wore piled up and capped with motions until the chairman would bo swumpod and then the prorious question man would come , to the'rescue. . Finally it was decided to vote by ballot and Messrs. Graham and Gamble appointed tollers. The lirst vote reunited : Itiekutts , 7t ; Williams , 53 ; ' Stevenson , 1 ! ) . On motion Dr. Kicketts was declared to bo the unanimous choice pf the convention , The announcement was greeted with enthusiastic yells from Ins friends , who carried him from the building upon their shoulders. The nomination irlvos apparrent general sat isfaction. The meeting closed at mid- night. _ A VAN WYC1C CLiUD. The Fourth Ward Voters Organize for the Grand Old Man. A meeting of the citizons'of the Fourth ward was hold at the corner of Twenty- eighth and Douglas streets for the pur pose of forming a "Van Wyck club , " and learning what the views the inhabitants of that ward wore concerning the gentle men who are represented on the republi can county convention ticket. After a little preliminary business among the gen tlomen interested in the mutter , the mouth ) } * Was called to order by Mr. I' . Slmrkoy , who , with a few well chosen remarks , stated the object of the meeting and proposed Mr. Hobt. D. Duncan as chairman of the club , which was second ed by Mr. I ) , Curry and carried by accla- illation. Mr. Duncan in his remarks paid H high tribute to Mr. Van Wyek. and impressed on the minds of his hearers thn benefit to bo derived for the workingman - man through their chosen representative. After a secretary and committee wore elected' , neat speeches were indulged in , which wore listened to with much in- torost , amongst the speakura : being Cap tain John S. Wood. A. P. Quanstrom , M. Winobargor and otl'crs. Arguments were raised and with ro- mnrkablq nullity by the several gentle- mqn present were discussed , to tlio satis faction of ; ill. After a hearty vote of thanks to the chairman and three cheers for Van Wyok , 'which ' wore almost deafening , and ifrow forth cheers from the ladies and gentle men who had taken up conspicuous po sitions nt tlioir own doorstep , t'ao meet ing separated. The committee will moot at the Plant er's house at D o'clock to-night ( Friday ) , and will bo lad to give any information regarding the cnuso which they have no nobly joined themselves to support. Hy order of the comihir.oo. I At test ] A. J. Mcl'riKnsoN , Secretary , To CIuthiuK Bculors. Remember wo duplicate eastern prices on rubber and oiled olothing and carry a largo stock right hero in Omaha. / . T. LIKUSBY & Co. Htt > | > licimtin and tlift Cabin. HmSteilibnsonthaHvcryjpan ) on Tenth fti'out , who had nn injunction issued some time ago to prevent tKo. cable line truck being Iiiid in front of lnif burn , was tiio prime mover in a llltlo piece of spite work jut : ovonmc. The cabin line people had dug thoh * trench &ome. twenty foot Vast the south omj of his burn. They had ' also left 301110' material ufocl in the woi k lying immediately in front of the building - ing but not oloso enough to discommode iiiyoiio. About 7CO ; tv party of seven , lwy i quietly curried ? omo cob- farlhcr llowutl"3 fitrcct and filled up tlio entrenchment. To complete the task they carried tlio ma terial mentioned and deposited it out of harm's way on the opposite side of the street. The obliging James sot up the cigars to his servitors after llio comple tion of the work , Tlie Ons Company Interested. The contract of pulling in the pump ing apparatus at the stockyards well was let yesterday to A. L. Strang. Tlioro is seventy-live feet of water in the well and every indication of an unlimited supply. The company will begin pulling down another well as soon as the necessary material can bo obtained. This will fur nish an opportunity for testing the gas which was struck while the first well was bcinir put down. J.D.Collins , superin tendent .of the Omaha Gas company , is interested in tlio milter. : and will make n scieniilic lest of tlio quality of the gas as soon as an opportunity is presented. It is understood that if the gas proves to bo combustible that the gas company will sink wells on Ihclr own property in the city and make an attempt to turn the "lind" to their own advantage. Mistakes In Marriages. Itosimi Oleson filed suit in district court yesterday to secure u .divorce and alimony from her husband , Hans Oleson , to whom she was married la 1'obruary , 1885. ' 1 he petition is based on the cruelty of the defendant. Kannio Wilson , the wife of the colored mail , Frank Wilson , who has been figur ing in police court during the past week , filed a suit , for divorce yesterday , alleging adultery as a cause. Koot Criinlioil. While the cross'ing on Sixth street was blocked by a 1J. & M. freight train , a young son of Peter Nelson attempted to cross between two cars. The engine started to back up , catching ono of the lad's feet between thu two bumpers , crushing his foot'in a frightful manner. The Two Johns. One of the best humored audiences ever mot filled the opera house last night from parquet to gallery , and laughed and howled through three hours of solid fun making. The Two Johns is a jumble of absurdities shaken together and labeled comedy , though it has scarcely sulliciunt character to merit that classifi cation and might more properly come under the head of the farcial. It is de void of plot and depends foJ its interest on a succession of ridiculous situations , brought out into boldest relief by the combined cleverness of the two princi pals , Stewart anil Dresser. Tlio support was tolerable. Harry MeAvay's imperson ation of an Irishman being a good bit of character acting. Miss Wuyniuss won considerable applause and was recalled after her song anil dance in the second act. _ To Shoo Dealers. Shoo dealers can buy rubber boots , shoes and artics of us every day in the year as cheaply as in Chicago. VVe have a largo stock right here in Omaha to select from. Z. T. LI USEY & Co. O Builtltni ; 1'ormlt.i. Inspector Whitlock issued building permits yesterday as follows : llillsdnlo Congregational church , ono story frame dwelling , liOth nnd Ohio 8 2,000 L. P. Pruyn , six ono-story frame cot tages , Ulth and Elm 0,000 Ed. Nelson , one-story frame cottage , Parker avenue , between ' liStli aud 20th streets 800 George P. Stcbblns , two-story irauie addition to dwelling27th' and Dodge COO W. T. Scainnn. four two-story'lramd resltluii cos-Cald well street. . . ; . . . i. 4,400 "W. T. Seaman , four two-story frame ' rosldonoos- Indiana avenue 0,000 Six permits aggregating 5 19,800 WAS KUKLUXISM JUSTIFIABLE ? A. Kloqucnt Dlvino of New Orleans Hays tlnxt It Was. Sitting on the broad piazzaof the hotel hero , \iway from the promenaders , 1 list ened last night to a passionate , earnest justification of Knltluxibin in Louisiana and other southern states , writes a Warm Spring , N. C. , correspondent of the New York Star. The story of wrong and out rages , the violation , ruthless and rough , of all that men hold most dear and sacred , as it came pouring in burning words from the lips of ono of Now Orleans' most eloquent divines was in striking contrast to the perfect peace that wrapped the valley in deep silcnco. The moon was shining with a brilliancy seen only in southern , clinics , aud the cloarly- defined mountains were patched with al ternate light and shadow as thn clouds drifted by. The conversation had drifted on southern topics , and as tlie preacher , wnoso faith is a lirm belief in the fatherhood of God and the brother , hood of man , warmed with ids subject his physical ills were for the timp forgotten and the mentality that has stirred many a congregation with its fire burned and glowed like molten iron , "Was Kiiklux- ism justifiable * " hosaid in answer to a question. "Yes , sir , and if the doctrine that 'tho end justilicstho means' was ever correct it was during the reign of terror ism in the southern states , when Kiiklux- ism was rampant. Uomombor , sir , that at the close of the war , and during the reconstruction period , the white men in the south were disarmed , and it was a penal ollenso for them to have firearms in their homes. The negroes , however , were armed. Our streets and highways were patrolled by negro soldiery who wcro but a set of barbarians and savages , worse than are the savages to-day in the interior of Africa. It got so that a white woman dare not cross tlio threshold of her liouso lest she be assaulted by one of thcso brutes , while white men had to abandon tlio roads to the negroes anil make their wav across the Holds as best they might. To appeal to the law was useless , for the judges were carpet-bag- < jers and sustained the negroes. "It was this slnlo of allairs when wo saw our civilization and all the rights and privileges of society being swept away and our dear ones exposed to afato worse than death thatgavo birth tokuklnxism. Self-preservation is a fundamental law , and , recognizing that naught but heroic measure's would quell tno growing evil , thu white men quietly organized , and in armed bodies began the redress of the wrongs f rom whioh they were stiU'ering.- Do not imagine that the killlux wore re- erultud from the criminal classes , Such I know is thn prevalent northern idea , but it is absolutely false. The members of the K. K. K. were gentlemen of line education , struggling manfully to retain ami sustain their manhood and give to thuir children as a heritage of the war a higher civilization than perhaps they themselves had cnjovcd. In ninnv in stances that was the only k gaoj"thoy hail to give , for all ulso hail been swept a way in the storm of shot and shell that had for four yoar.s been sweeping over the land. "ilow did the banifwork ? " "Nogroes , like sheep , require a leader , and tno bands quietly noted tlio leaders and where they , lived. At night they visited their cabins and called the moil out. Tm | most brutal were either shot or hanged ; others thoroughly- whipped and ordered to leuvo the country. In this way a relgij of terror was created among thu negroes , and the white men ealneu control. Wny , sir , even the federal troops that wore Bout down to suppress kukluxisrn refused in many instances to interfere , and in eomo cases actually nidod. They knew that it was not in a condition of crime and anarchy , but a nt'i'OKMty born of negro insolence and in tolerance. " , . . jj.j. . jU.aaia . , . J ; WAUIYMHN Ijnst Day's Session of tlio Nntlonnl Association. I'iinADit : rtiiA , Sept. 1C. At to-day's ses sion of the American Agricultural and Dalrr assoclnllon the committee on resolutions pre sented a series of resolutions attain Mating thn peculiar lltnes ? of appealing to congress for such Icjilslntlon as will ftt least protect them from the necessity of competing with food products which nro fraudulently manu factured and so sold to the detriment of the morals and health of llio people ; expressing grntlilcntion at tlio passage ot the oleomar garine bill , and tendering thanks to the senators and representative's , the president or the United States and the t > ross of the country for support of tlio measure ; plcdglnst themselves to u o all honorable means to secure their ro-clcc- tlon ; recognizing the necessity of additional legislation "to pel feet the bill so the provis ions may apply to keepers of hotels and boardlnit houses , and those who employ and board largo numbers of men ; " urglUR con gress to consider the measure , and finally recommending that the states which have laws relating to the sale orolcoiuargarlno cooperate - operate with this association. The resolu tions were adopted. Alter adopting a resolution calling upon the farmers of the United States to join agricultural and dairy societies , or If tliero were none in. tlioir neighborhood to orcanl/.e them , the conven tion took a recess. When the convention reassembled the com- mlttco on resolutions submitted a resolution , which w.ts adopted , stating that the associa tion did not conliuo itself to the enactment ami enforcement of tlio laws against fraudulent dairy products , but desire a revis ion of the laws to prevent public lands from tailing into tlio hands of eoiporallous. aicaln.st food aitultcnitlons and for a revision of the tariff and tlio regulation ot foreign Immigration. The resolution was unani mously adopted petitioning conitross to pass laws that will effectually stamp outpleiiro-pneumoiila , which tlnoatrms the animal Industry of the country. The resolution requesting congress to amend the oleomargarine by lawslncreaslng the tax was referred to the committee on legislation , llio commissioner of Internal revenue was re quested to publish monthly the names and addresses of licensed manufacturers and dealers in oleomargarine. The motion to urge congress to adopt a uniform standard of weights and measures was carried. Iteso- linions were adopted thanking President Cleveland lor the Interest ho haii always tnkcu in agriculture , both as governor and president , after which the convention ad journed sine die. DHSTUOOTIVH'WIND STOKM. Much Damage Dune In Southern Michigan anil IlIlnolH. DBTiiorr , Sept , 10. A terrific wind storm swept ever southeastern Michigan , of which only meagre reports have been received as yet. At Unwell the storm came from the east and extended over a largo extent ot ter ritory. The hurricane was six miles wide , coming from tno cast , and laid low iirany buildings In the eastern part of that city. John Smith's liouso was blown do\vn and his son Fred , aged twenty , was crushed to death , being flattened by fall ing timbers. In several Instances barns wcro totally wiecked or blown away , while horses and cattle were left uninjured on the site of the buildings. Many trees were blown down. The storm was the severest ever suffered at Jlow- ell. Flat Rock reports the storm having divided , going north and south. Hut little damage was ( loan in the town , hut. the hurri cane was reported from south of that place. From Adrian comes a similar report. Houses worn damazed , trees blown down and fences demolished. Heavy damage Is rumored tipiu thu country round about Adrian , but wires are working badly and dolinitc reports arc not attainable. " \Vinrt at Shclbyvillc. CHICAGO. Sept. 10. The Inter Ocean's Shelbyvillo , 111. , special says : A terrific wind "storm passed over this clfjr about 10 o'clock this morning. Half the tin roof on TlTomas * N. Thornton's residence was blown offtlpart' of It being carried' 500 feet. . L. U. Stephen- son's barn was .demolished and a fine team of' horses killed. Three or four buggies wcro blown off the bridge approach just east of the city , some or tlio occupants receiving serious injuries. Throughout the town trees wcro blown down and outbuildings overturned. Jtuports are coming in of threat injury to hay and wheat stacks and fences in tho. country. Many Ruihlines DamiteccL ' CHICAGO , Sent. 10. The Inter Ocean's To- lena , 111. , special says : A destructive cycloao swept over Tolona this afternoon. The stee ple of the Catholic church was badly twisted. JSow's livery stable was cut in two , the east end beiug torn to pieces. Ono of its timbers was burled through the side of tho.ITerald building , a hundred yards away. The Methodist church , just being completed at Savoy , was demolished and a large hay press at the same place was wrecked. The damage through the country Is very severe , but Incessant rain prevents the receipt of particulars. lU.YZ EXPLAINS. Ills Message to the Mexican Congress on the Cutting Case. CITY oi' MEXICO , Sept. 10. In his annual message to congress , read on the assembling of that body to.day ; , President Diaz said that Mexico's ' relations with forelgh govern ments had continued generally on terms of friendship and good undersaanding Tliero had , however , recently occurred an In cident which threatened to destroy the har mony and cordiality cxisiitig between this rcnublle and Its northern neighbor. It was a case of small Importance In Itself , but excited , in an unexpected manner , and owing to a con junction of circumstances , the passions on either sideof the Klo Oraijdc. "I refer , " continues the message , "to tlio matter of American journals , which already has come to your knowledge by publications made In tlio Dlano Olllcicl. Wo must con gratulate ourselves that in such an emer gency the dignity of the government eould be saved without arousing a conflict. Texas papers have referred to other cases of outrages on allcgcnl citizens of Hint country by the officials of our town. In tluilr eager ness to accumiihito charges against Moxlc'o they have referred mistakenly to the case of an individual named Francisco Arresures. author of various crimes committed on our own territory. It will sulllce to observe that as Arresures was of Mexican nationality and wns volun tarily dy'l'oxau authorities to a force of the state ot C'oahulla without any previous demand for his extradition , so that In this case it will bo seen that as regards this sup posed citizen nt the United States there Is no occasion for controversy between the two governments. " The President Plnys Crlhhajie. Pnosi'KCT HOUSE , N , Y. , Sept. 10. Ono ot the rainy dnys of summer has kept everybody In doors all day. The president amused him self with crlbbago in the morning and In thn afternoon looked over some of his correspon dence. About S o'clock Colonel and Mrs. Lament - mont arrived. To-morrow , If the weather per mits , the president ami his private secretary , Mis. Cleveland , Mrs. Laniont and Mrs. Fol- soin will go to Tupper lake for a couple of day's ashing and hunting. Killed by the Care CIIESTKII , I'a. , Sept. 16. A carriage con taining three men was struck by a train on thiiVhiIailelpliin , Wilmington & Baltimore railroad at Kerlin street crossing last night , and one man killed. The others were so se riously Injured that their lives are dlspalrcd of. _ A. Kajdst Ijynolied. AUGUSTA , da. , Sept. in. Henry Barnes , colored , 'was lynched to-day at Miller for outraging a white lady at Itogers Station on tlio Central railroad. A Party of masked mtm did the lynclilnp. Harnes was taken trom the train near MUler aud riddled with bullets. " To Dry Good * Dealeos. You can buy the best quality of ladies wine colored satin electric and black Gossamers of us ut eastern prices. Why not buy in Omaha f Z , T. LINDSEV & Co. A AN IWiHAlli , An Aratlcionsi Bloodthirsty Monarch With Unlimited Power. SAMPLES OF GREED AND GORE. and Drrig 'teniploycil hy Ills Satellite * to ll'cinovo Offensive Persons A. 'Model llrlbe- Jnsttcc. ! v - : Wolf Von ScliTcnbrand , in the San Francisco Chronicle , writes : About the campaign all of them either directly , or at least in their consequences upon the finances and the political status of the country disastrous of llio present Shah of Persia , I'll say but a few. words , be cause the details of those yon can lind in any complete cyclopedia. The most im portant of lliem wcro those against the Turcomans , with battles at Merv ami Alcshcd , and with the siib3C luont slaugh ter of the 10,000 , garijspn loft by the Shah to hold the latter city against the contin ual inroads of the Turcomans by the lat ter , The short and conspicuous one .against the liuauni of Muscat , ending with the capture of llendor Abbas ; llio various wars against Afghanistan , in cluding the storming oi Herat , and the war against England , with battles of Moliammcrah and Buslieor. They were all undertaken to gratify the desire of conquest and onrichnietit tlio Shah in dulged in formerly , and none of them profiled him anything in the end , but only served to further impoverish thu country and thin the already insullleient population of 1'ersia. The two darkest and most baleful deeds which Nnsr-el- Dur is justly reproached with were llio assassination of thu Ameer Jadeh Yussnf and the cold-blooded murder of his early friend and instruclor , the Grand Yl/.ior Ameer Mirza Taski. Shortly after his accession the Shah made the Ameer di vorce his other wives and'gave him in marriage his eldest sister , Miilck .Jadoh. The latter was then twelve years old. the Ameer lifty-one , tmd she at first strenu ously objected to the match. But the grateful monarch wished to tin the man whom ho had found so useful to him by closer bonds than ollicu and emoluments , and the- young princess had to yield. Strange to say , she full in love with her elderly husband and the union proved to bo a most happy and devoted one on both sides. A COI.D-ULOOUGD MUltDKIt. In 185t tlio bhali , having become- jealous of the great power and influence of his grand vi/.ier , and also of the growing love of reforms the latter exhibited , re solved upon his death. Ho thrust him out of power and 'appointed ' Mir/a Ajha Khan in his slca'ct ' . he Ameer feared the treachery of his. whilom pupil and sought safety in banishment and Might. His youthful wife , the princess , followed him and watched OVei 'him ' and his safety with such tender ahd ujiccvsing : solicitude that she frustratecr'fijr'Mz months longer all attempts to put her husband out of the way by poisonjrtaggcr or lire. Finally he was murdered while in his bath , his hammamdjeo ( battiliig * servant ) having been bribed by tliei'Shali ' , and ho was found with his veins o'p'ened and smoth ered. The rumoi'/jf.tmicido ' / was spread , but deceived n.'flM [ > dy.3Ialek Zadeh , then liftecn yearffc out , sorrowed for a year forhergrcatJluisJandi ! the only man , of _ _ original _ _ ideas"abdi " _ . force' * * . ' of purpose . . . L ± L L "r i T nvt rf ! i .1 * - > , _ _ _ , _ ing a. strict mamlaio. < pf' her royal brother. Henceforth she bccamo-n > Woman whoso baser passions completely gained as cendency over hcr and tho-'stories of her liasons and adventures rpad lik'o 'a , fairy tale. She is still living and abbtit lilty years of age , and is tlio mother ofi-au only son , a bright , promising , boy of four teen years , and thonvifo of tho- present minister of foreign affairs , Yahia Khan. her fourth husband , from whom she lives , however , completely separated , having made of her beautiful country seat , near Teheran , u place whcro the flower of Persia's male youth is de bauched in a manner to have given points to Julia , Augustus' depraved daughter. ANOTHKK ASSASSINATION. The assassination of Shah Zadoli ( Prince ) Yusstif was ovnn a moro das tardly act , for ho , an Afghan pretender , was a guest of Niisr-ol-Dnr at the time , and as such , according to all rules of Oriental 'hospitality , inviolable and sacred. Yet the poor fellow was basely stabbed to death while promenading in the shah's pleasure grounds , not oven far enough out of his' majesty's presence to completely smother lu's groans. The murderer , a servant in the shah's house hold , brought tlio shah personally the news of his death , and his master lis tened to the recital with asardonic smile , remarking at the conclusion : " 1 think the young man must have a few comfort able moments to pass ! " There are many more deeds of blood laid at the shah'fl door , and of n good many , undoubtedly the charge is founded in fad. Yet for all that the shah is not a bad man ; for a Persian ho is oven a good man. Ho has not that wholesale- * contempt for human life ; that cold disregard for other pee ple's pains and griefs which strike the visitor as such a distgrccablo ; feature of the average Persian's character. . It is but his nature , inborn cruelty and treachery the fiiult-of his race and dynasty , in- horllcd from others itml that , together with tlio sense of absolute irresponsible power ever life and death , tends to make him occasionally appear to our untutored western eyes a bold , bad man. Whcro his interests are at stake , the shah even to-day dons not scruple to use the basest and cruulist measures to obtain his ends. Avarice is his ruling passion , and to what extent , a couple of anecdotes will show , ' ' I'HOFITAllI.K 'VISITS , Early this spring ) tho'shalrwas follow ing his custom , nayan a visit to ono of his higher digmtario.s visits which cost him much money , us the host has to provide - vide not only for 'his royal mastdr and his numerous rotinuo" , but also make a heavy present jn ready money for the royal private treasury the honor done him. The shah , li 0al , ] Persians , is very fond of fresh green cucumbers. Inibulous prices are paid for .the firstlings of this Irnit , for trnit it is wijh-tlio Persians , of which they devour -incrcdlblo quantities raw , without salt or anything , and with out any discomfort ! > IA basket of such cucumbers , apputiziugiy imbedded in roses and hytieintliF * wiis put on the table before the shah. Ke1i | ( pncumbor ( it was April ) was worth , Jtl Pthu open market about 1 toman ( $ V./HOt / and it had cost much trouble to got such u quantity to gether. The shah , -'paying no attention to the other dishes , began to ravenously devour tlio cucumbers , und ate them all witli the exception of about a dozen. When Jio rose from the table ho hid the remaining dozen in his coat and walked oft' with them. Another picture : Ono morn ing a man came to mo and said : "If you want to see something interesting , comn along with mo. " Wo rode on horseback to a spot just outside the western gate of Teheran , and there I aw something which was indeed in tore : tine. Forty men. EOinoof them old and feeble , were marched up in a row and two executioners slit their noses aud cut their oars oft'on nn order from the Shah. Why ? These men were grain merchants , and thoyhad dared to sell their goods , grain being rather scarcp , at an 'advanced figure , without bribed thu Naib-es-Sultanoh ( tlio Shah's third son , residing in Tehe ran , who is the direct iccch'er of all the bribes paid the Shah , with whom ho "whacks ujf nt a ccriain stipulated rate ) , This heroic medicine helped , however , for by the next morning 200,000 tomans ( SSOO.OOO ) had been paid the Naib-es-Snl- tnnoh , and everything after that went lovely , and the corn speculators could sell at whatever figure Uiuy pleased. 1.T.O ITl MATK UKVF-.NT KS. The legitimate- revenues the shah de rives are placed , according to the most reliable data , at ( W.OOO.OOl ) francs a year , which is used up , 25,000,000 , bi-ing for the army , 13,000,000 for tlio court , and the rest for administration purposes. Hut it is calculated tliul the shah annually makes his 20,000 , as a bribe tnkor , often a bribe extorter , and Ibis largo sum at. the close of every year adds to his private treasury , in which ho koejw nothing bill cash money and bullion llo will not touch any part of this private hoard of his under any consideration , so that he is known to have borrowed money recently in an omnrgeupy at high Interest , which ho pays religiously , sooner tlian touch his Dili ) . The shah gets paid for everything , for every visit he makvs or receives , Eu ropeans included. Thus , the regulation price ho has fixed for every audience ho grants ono of Ilia European or Amurican diplomats at about sJ'JOO. Whenever the humor lakes thu shah to visit the great hazar at Teheran , the merchants have to club together and raise 40,000 tomans as a piskisli ( peace offering , present ) lo bo paid for the honor. T his majesty's honor , bo it said , ho docs not tihusu this custom , and has not been there for 11 vo 3 ears past. It is the sauiu with any town the shah visits. They have got to pay heavily for the privilege. Whenever the shah makes a pilgrimags to the shrine of the great Imauin KOKII , ttt Meshed , tlio town has got to "stniny it" lo llio tune of 60,000 lotimans. Evun the princes get n present of 0,000 tomans at their annual visils to the graves of the saints in Koum. A 1'KOMISINO SON. Yet , while all this is petty meanness and avarico'according to our .notions , wo must not forget that this is custom , fol lowed by tradition and thought to bo perfectly legitimate and proper by the plundered Persians thcmsolvos , and the sons of the Shah are much , much worse than he himself. The ablest of the elder trio , who alone counts as yet , is Massomt Wira , whoso official title is Fil-os-Sulton. a man of about thirty-suvon. Ho is the ablest , and , 1 think , the best of the three. Yet , what things has ho done ! Talk about Nero , Caligula and Tamerlane this man , in his pretentious , small way , has outdone them. It is but a few months ago that ho , within twenty-four hours , committed the following little pleas antries : A mollah ( priest ) was the owner ol a house in Ispahan , which , on account of its site and location , was coveted by the Fil ( who is governor of the whole northern portion of Persia ) . The liouso being his patrimony , the mollah would not sell the house to the Fil. The latter then simply sei/.ed it and the grounds be longing to it. The poor mollah , made a beirgar , went to Teheransought and ob tained a , hearing with the Shah , and re ceived from the latter n few lines to the king's son. The letter was to the follow ing cllect : "My dear son : This poor aud pious mollah seeks moroy from you. De imlukeiit to him , for ho has a good , upright heart. " CONVINCING1'KOOF. . With this letter the mollah returned to Ispahan and obtained an audience of the lil , to whom he delivered the royal parch ment. The prince read it , frowning. Then he turned to the mollah. "So you have a good heart ! You surprise me ! Why didn't you mention that before I Yet. if true , you ought to get your house back. I'll convince myself of the fact. " ' Then , clapping his han'ds. the executioner entered. "Cut this man's head oil' , " ho said. "Do it tenderly , so ho won't suft'er any pain , and thci ) bring mo the heart on a sulver. " The mollah , screaming , was aragged out of the room and thu order liUsnilly carried out. When the plate with the steaming heart on it was brought to the I'd ho looked at it and said : "So that's the way a good heart looks ! H'm ! Give that man his hejirt back. What , he's dead ? Oh , then , . ! suppose I'll have to keep it. Put him in n , bouse where ho'll bo at rest and won't ' trouble my father v/ith his idle tales any rnoro. " TKllSIAN JUSTICE. A soldier had been stealing a melon of a peasant. The peasant ran complainig to the Fil , telling him the soldier had re fused to pay for the melon 15 shahs (3J ( cents ) . The Fil ordered the soldier to bo brought before him. "Now. I'll test this matter , " ho said to the peasant. "If this man has melon in his belly you'll get your 5 shahs. If not , olr goes your head , " The soldier's belly was cut open , the melon found , the peasant got his 5 shahs aud went on his way rejoicing. Turning to tlio romuins of the soldier ho suiif : "Throw thin thing out. " This prince is very fond of political jokes , and this is the kind ho likes to play. STORY OF A LACE VEIL. The "Way a Young \VoinnnICnoiv the Lost Heirloom of * u Dower Ghost. 1 must .toll you something that hap pened in a country town , whcro dis honesty in the educated classes is not so safe as in the cities , says a. writer in tlio London Truth. A girl I know was once ransacking an old dower chest and found among other things long laid by an old- fashioned white lace veil , It was about ono and a quarter yards in length and was quite a yard widn. The design was heavy and rich along the edge , and the rest was "sprigged" with small orange buds. It had been the wedding veil of some ancestress. The lace was beautifully line old 13rns.sois , and , of course , was valuable , The girl was so glad to lind it , rolled up among a lot of old linun , that she impetuously dragged it out of thu chest , and , in doing HO. caught ono corner of it an a wreiehed nail that lurked unscun Insldo the big box. However , she darned it so skillfully that it hardly showed , and she used to wear this veil as u fichu , and lovely it looked. < . One very hot day , at n garden party , she loft In the bedroom of her hostess , and , coming up to get it in the evening , could not lind It anywhere. It had dis appeared , and though fiho was very sorry justat lirst , she soon forgot all about it , as girls will. She married and went to India with her husband. Her mother loft the village. Hut last year , when my old friend was homo with her husband on a furlough , they mot some old ac quaintances who had a plnco near their former homo , and , being asked to go ind stay with them , they accepted. The very oveninir of their arrival tliero was an amateur concert got up by the musi cal people about , ami of course every ono wont , Jennie and her husband among the rest. rest.Thoy sat immediately behind a girl whom Jeanie hud known formerly , ana whom she recognized with pleasure , only awaiting for a pause In the perform ance to attract her attention. This , how ever , she cJid very oftbctually before any pause came. In a very piano part of a solo that was beln ' sung a loud whisper rang quite audibly through the room , This was Jeanie , who had found her long lost luce veil , recognized her own dainty little stitches , and and uttered aloud : "My darn I" The girl before her turned around as did every one , and when aho saw Jeanie she grow as white as the lace itself. You see she had thought herself quite sufo in wearing It after all that long time , thinking Jeanie was in India. Attend the Auction ol nuelncss Iiot. Wednesday , Sept , 22d , at 10 a. in. , wn will sell at public aftolion on thu promises west ! W fact of lot 8. block 175 , located 1117 Jackson St. , 103 feet west of llth St. Viaduct. Terms , 1-5 cash , balance long time. Abstract of title on hand. WILKINSON & FKETWT.U , , Auctioneer * . STATE AND TI3UUITOUV. Xehrnskri Jot tines. Grand Island's stand pipe holds 85,000 gallons of water. A Howard county farmer attempted to fence in a railroad because it ran through his land. He was looked up. Wednesday night's ' storm was a livelj ono in Hastings. The lightning , thundei and rain were toir'dlc. It knocked out the oloctrio light. Oakland has Joined the waterworks procession , with fcT.OOO in her pocket lo secure a plant. "Missouri straight" wil soon bo on tap in lluxt lively town. Three matured bums shattered the peace and quiet of Arapahon last Sunday , bellowed in saloons and shot the air full of holes. 11 cost them $10 lo satisfy the outraged feelings of the aulhorities. Thi ; grading on llio Scribner branch of the hi k horn Valley road is about done. Ikirko Uros. , ' the contractors , now go to Dakota , whore they have a job of 100 miles , on the Bristol line of the .Milwau kee road. Willie Uodgors. of Hooper , while driv ing with a load of corn loSonbner , broke through Pebble crock bridge and struck bottom twenty foot below. His leg wus crushed above the ankle. Mrs. Freder icks , who was in the wagon , had three ribs broken. The storm of Tuesday night did con siderable damage around Fairmonl. Flo ral hall on llio lair grounds was blown down and Iho barns of Mrs. Sturgo , F. Curtis & Son. Mr. Lyon and JUr. Mo- berly wrecked. A number of windwills , corn cribs , and shade trees wcro broken up. A fellow named Ham , with the cheek of mi Apache , threatened to scalp Con ductor Hall , of the 11. & M. , the other day , because the latter insisted that ho should pay his faro or walk. Ham talked to the knight of the punch as if ho owned a dozen trunk lines , and refused to shell out or foot it. The train boys sliced Ham off near Orcapolis A. II. Thornton , a prominent Adams county farmer , had a narrow escape from serious injury Tuesday. A runaway team attached to a hay rack collide ! ! with a mower which he was working , throwing him under the machine. One wheel of the mower passed over his breast and the other over his legs , just below thn knee. His feet narrowly es caped having the ends cut oil' by being caught in the sickle bar , In which the sickle was running. His head , shoulders and legs wore badly bruised , but the in juries arc not dangerous. Andrew Walker , a wild cowboy , charged on a Texas steer near Ogallala. Cowboy , horse and steer became entan gled and tumbled over each other. AVallror was pinned tb the ground by tlio horse's body. The steer was into the light to stay , and getting to his feet , charged on the dctenseless horse and cowboy. Again and again tins sharp and heavy boms cut , tore and bruised Walk er's breast. Again and again the heavy hoofs crushed him to the earth. Lifo was fast leaving the bruised and mangled body , when a party of rulers dashed up to the rescue. The steer was at once killed where ho stood with lowered front , defying all , and Walker dragged from beneath his prostrate horse Ho was a fearful sight , being a mass of gaping and bloody wounds , lie was convoyed to Ogallala. A good story is told of Colonel Daggctt , who led the "Greasers" in the sham bat tle at Grand Island. When the fight was getting tolerably warm , General Morrow ordered a retreat , fearing somebody would get hurt. The programme had it settled that the Mexicans would bo whipped , but the doughty Uaggett threw regulations to the winds and determined to.light it out. Morrow rushed up.to the colonel shouting at the top of his voice : "You're licked and the battle is over , why in thunder don't you stop iiriugy" "We're not licked , " yelled the colonel , fairly livid with excitement , "I'll bo blankety blanked if we're licked , " ami gathering himself for the bloody en counter , his face assumed nn expression which meant victory or death. General Morrow and two or throe other olliccrs , seeing the predicament , rushed in and headed him off , and after a. desperate ' cll'ort succeeded in explaining to him that it was all a sham battle and that ho must submit gracefully to the licking on the programme , llo realized tlio situa tion , but too late. The Americans , terri fied by his earnest demeanor , had lied from the Held , leaving the Mexicans in full possession. Iowa Itoinn. Woodbury county's floating debt has boon reduced to about $000. The contributions to the Haddock fund to date amount to $3,838.80. The American Glucose company works at Iowa City have closed down , throwing out of employment 100 hands. The outstanding warrants of Sioux City , amounting to fl)7,000 ) , are to bo called in and replaced with bonds. Dos Moines society is ail broken up over the olopcmont of a well known business man and a neighbor's wifo. A plan is on foot to locate about 100 families at Larchwood , in the western part of the state , where a religious colony will bo instituted. J A young Dos Moines blood recently rung a chestnut bell on Sol Smith Una- soil in 'Tii. " Ho was corralled and placed under arrest for disturbing the peace. An itenerant tooth jerking outfit , prob ably the ono that lacerated scores of jaws in Omaha last spring , is operating at Clinton. The party has a steamboat moored at tiio river hank. The Plncknoy Hook and Stationary company , of Sioux City , capital $ fiO,006 , and the Good Lutsk Mining and Milling company , of Audubon , capital $100,000 , have liled articles of incorporation , Governor Larrabco has oll'ered a re ward of .1500 for the capture and csonvio- lion of the unknown parties who mur dered a man in Worth county , near Moody Junction a few days ago ; also a reward of t.'JOOfor llio parties who hive lately been burning buildings at Kmrncls- burg. The wintar prophet Is as usual on Iho spot with mouldy prognostications. The old farmer annoupcos thick corn husks and an unusually largo crop of cater pillars. Therefore , an open winter and lots of snow ; mild weather with tlio thermometer at 20 degrees below zero , The number of caltlo , horses , hogu , etc. , in Iowa as reported by tovnishlp asscasors for 1881) ) , la as follows : Cattle , 2'l81aUl ; horses , 837,783 ; swine , S.SOQ.ntS ; mules , 48.831 ; shcop , 80U.U05. This is against the report of 188fi as follows ! Cattle , 9.101,11)1 ) } horses , 813,707 ; swine , 1,823,11)0 , ) ; mules , 37,728 ; Bhcop111,017. . The Pacific Const. Los Angeles City has a female real cs- lalo agent , and slio makes it pay , too. Every train that liiis left Kuroka , .No- vatla , during the pnnl throe weeks , has taken away from $5,000 to $15,000 in bullion , Sixteen apples that weighed seventeen pounds wuro exhibited at Grasj Valley last week. Ono , a fall pippin , weighed two poiiudo and a half , The present low stage of water in thn Careen rivur throws ever live hundred men out of employment In the mined of thu Coimtock und the mills connected therewith. A Tularc county farmer claims to have invented n ay&tom of leverages whereby the router of gravity is overcome , and gnablcH him to raise COO pound * with fifty pounds of wight. Ho IB having his inven tion perfected. A movement is on foot among many in Los Angeles to organize u largo party for thu D'uruuso of thoroughly anil prospecting Death Valley and the Panamint desert , In search of valuable mineral deposits which it is bollovod exist 'n those localities , Montana. Montana mines paid $1,514,820 in divi dends during the past eight months. B. J. Schh'pinger. n prominent whole sale liquor dealer in Hullo , was fatally stabbed by WollV Izen during n quarrel. The Hok-iia , Bonldor Valley & Hullo railroad is lo be bnlll at once * Bids for Iho construction wcro opened last Tuesday. Treasurer Itoborls' bondsmen settled with Lewis and Clarke eonnty at fifty cents on the dollar. Roberts beat the county out of ? 10,000. The Granite Mountain company heads the list of Montana dividend paying min ing companies , for the first eight months of 1880 with $7:20,000 : nn. average of : ? ! M,000 ) per month. Dan Flowerreo is said to have a stand ing offer of ? 2r > U,000 to any pet-son who will Insure his him ! of caltlo this whiter , making all losses good. Mr. F. has cat tle on thu ranges of Montana to the value of about 1,000,000. Dakota. The tax levy in Pcnninglon county this year is 10 mills. Clark Lewis , a farmer near Kaput City , boasts a clean up of $5,000 from eight years' funning. The Chicago , Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad company will erect round-houses and machine shops at Aberdeen. The annual fair of the Yanklon Driv ing Park association will bo held on the Yunkton fair grounds September 23 , 03 und 1M. In some sections of Dakota farmers raised lias this year for fuel , a ton of llax being considered moro valuable for that purpose than a ton of soft coal. The school of inlnqs at Hapld City is still in search of a principal , Prof. Cl'ms. K. Fletcher , of Boston , having iisk-3d $ 1.000 per year , with the privilege of atlendin.'r lo privalo professional nfl'airs , and thu board deeming that figure too high. Kirk's Gorman JMIo Ointment. Sure cure for blind , bloedtinr , aud Itehlnq Piles. Ono box hits cured tlio worst cases of ten years standing. No ono need sutler ton minutes alter using this wonderful Kirk's German Pile Ointment , It absorbs tumors , nllays the Uuhlng at once , acts n ? a poultlco , gives Jnstaud relief. Kirk's German Pile Ointment is prepared only for Piles nuil Itching of the private parts , and nothing else. Everv bex Is warranted by our agents. Sold by druggists ; sent by mall on reeolptof price- , ] { . C. O. 11ENTON , PKOP , Cleveland , 0. Sold C. if. Qoooilman and Kuliu , fc Co. , IDtti mid DOUIHS ! IStU nnd Cumlllg. Taken to tlio United States Court. Yesterday the papers in the case of Henry Lago vs. J. C. Mitchell and his heirs wcro filed In the United States court. The case has been taken on a transfer from tin- district court. It is a suit to secure tjtle to lot 8 , block 180 in this city , which property has been claimed by defendants and the Union Pacilic Kailway company. Pozr.oni. No name is bettor and moro pleasantly and widely known than that of Mr. J. A. Pozzoni. For Years ho has made him self famous by the elegant perfumes and complexion powder that bears his name the latter having found its way to th belles of Paris , Germany and London Everybody admires beauty in ladies Nothing will do moro to produce or en hance it than u use of Mr. Pozzoni's pre parations. A newspaper in llnlli , Mo , , says that Mrs. McKcan , of Brooklyn , spends her summers alone on Jewell's Island , which she owns. She llies a signal for what ever -wanted , and , her signals being understood , she gets what she wants in quick time. On tlio island she has thirty- live sheep , many lambs , two yoke of oxen , live cows , a bull and a jackass. The paper further remarks that Mrs. Mclfcan has $1,000,0(0 ( in bank stock alone , and that her income is from $200- 030 to $ > ! 0,000 a year. No need to take those big cartlmrtic pills , ono , no bigger than a pin head of Dr. J. H. McLean's Liver and Kidney Pillets. is quite suflicicnt and moro agree- able. II rev Iti os. The city council will meet as a board of equalization at 9 o'clock to-morrow morning. _ . The grading of the court liouso retain ing walls is progressing rapidly. Deputy Sheriff Lu Grebe went to Wy- moro last night in charge of Gustavo Al fred , an insane man , who was captured in this city a few days ago. A team belonging to a carpenter , who is engaged on a. drug store at the corner of Sixteenth and Pierce streets , ran away yesterday morning and collided with a brick wagon , injuring the carpenters team severely. SOMETHING FOB HALAHIA. Qii.'nlue In Dlilavor. ( From lUKIraom Morning HeruIJ ) It ; tlie Kharkoo region of Russia , quin ine Is considered of no account for thu cure of chlUs and fuvor. The Kharkoo doctor cntcheB a mess of live crabs , poura whiskey ever thorn until they bccomo hilariously drunk , and then puts them iu ( i hot oven. After being well dried , they are pulverized , shells and all and adminis tered In drachm dose * . Where the erubs most abound In this country , In tlie waters of the KiiBtum shore of Maryland and the Kiifctorn fihoio of Virginia , the Inhabitants Imvo long Blnco abandoned the UBU of quinine nnd tensibly retort to pre vention In the UBU of pure whisky. In the malarial sections of the creat West. Southwest and South , this once fumed remedy It ) now looked upon as worse than the disease. In territories vvliera the vir gin sod Is first broken , thu imilarlal poison uxmllUK therefrom spreudH pestilence fur and nonr. Years n o In the linuiei of the lirst settlers , an admixture of whisky mid quinine was the fnvorl * dose for the chills , but after years of doling In this crude manner , quinine ) ms long since been given up nnd whisky only remain * in llio llufck , for family , and ini'dlclnal use * Kxperioncu liuiKlittliesu settlers long ago , tlint the amount of quinine required to drivoout the malarial poison In the blood , left In us plnco , If not u worse poison , a condition of tlie system niudo worse In- etoud of better. Thu effects of the qui nine were clearly defined In long continued headaches , disordered Ktoninehx , clouded mental fnr.ultles , disturbed Bleep , and jnorblJ. npputlU- , and the only virtue dis covered In Its use they thought attribu table to the whiskey In the mixture. The medical profession has very gratefully modified Its belief In quinine nn n specific , ( ialllard'a Medical Journal , October , 1685 , contain * an article by L. 13. Andvr- Eoii , M. D , . Nor/oik , Vn. , In which tlio learned doctor tines this omphutlo Ian- uunuc. "I hope I may bo ptmluni'd fur Huylng that the present einiilrhuii isc : of ciulnliiu l worthy of thu tUrkevi period of ' the dark njtwi. It f u blighting filmniA und disgrace to our iiroffHslan. " Tlia pconlu exposed to niahirfa now fortify their system agnlnst thn itpprnurli nnd Inroads - roads of tlio disi-ane jirowoilliitr from It , und by the m ot pure iiiii lnltorrfti < d Htlninlnnt ward oil attack. Koiv Hint Dairy's pure malt wnlikcy Is tie ! only absolutely pure whiskey , free from fnsl oil , as has been teitcd by chemist * . It U the recognized uure In malarial attack ! nnd HO rerot'nlzod by thn people HUI ! IL ill profo ' "i' ' . _ Hnr < fUn : -10tli fit , one-half block of Luavonworlh , tflxlU ? with good house , Must l > iild on account of foreclosure ot mortgage. $3,550 , S. A. SI.OMAN , 1512 r'arnaw at. Don't pay > ne < u or lumber but l av plirm > at