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    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : WEDNESDAY , JANtTAlIT 5. 1887. 5
BUSINESS OF T\YO \ COURTS
* Proceedings of the State Supreme find Ted-
cral Bodies.
THE ATTORNEYS IN ATTENDANCE
Very I.lttlo Ituslno s Rclni : Trans
acted nt tinHi.itc llnune Hinall
JtciiiH Outlicicil In and
Alitmt Uticoln ,
frnoM riir. urn's I.ISTOI.N nvnrr.l
' , The Jniiiisiry term of tlio Unitotl Slatci
L * .federal court met at tlio government
iOouililiiiR , Judge Dnmly jirosiillnji , yostur-
} day , and tlio mornlnj ; hours wore consumed -
) sumod In tlio call of tlio docket and tlio
arrangement of onsos for trial. Unitud
Stnlc-3 District Attorney Lnmbcrtson was
in nttontlnnco at. tlio court , and amen
the attorneys outsldo of a generous tlulo-
Cation from thn city of Lincoln were
noted , ) . L. V/obstcr , .T. M. Tl.ttrstonr. .
A. Stowc , 0. S. Montgomery , K. M. Hart
Ictt , Otnalias C. A. Murray , of llentricc ;
Angus McDonald , of Hastings , unit"
otliun. J\lr. Cliarles Atkinson , Mr. L. T.
Stocking and Mr. Doty , of Llnt-olii , were
ndmitlpiito practice , as wore also A. J.
.Smitli , of Beatrice1 , r.tul John B. Hart-
nun , of ICoarnoy. The grand jury waste
to meet yesterday and it is understood
that several important questions will
come before thum. The petit jury was
called in the morning but now , trial cases
bdnp in tlio call , they \veretllstnlHsed un
til 10 a. m , to-day , the hour to which the
court adjourned. Mr. Luuibertson
stales that the case ot the
United State- ? against 11. D. llubcocl ;
anil S. D. Chriswell , charged with con-
Hpiracy to issue false aflidavlta on limbrr
claims , will bo tried tlio present term , and
also tluit tlio cases of a similar natuie
jiKalnst C. 11. Glover and W. 1) . Whit-
nioro will also bo up for hearing. The
bi'Sbion of the court yosleniny only lasted
one hour , as there was tn.iiiife f u great
desire on the part of all thu court onici.'Us
and attorneys to go lienco mid witness
the struggles of the lobby und Uio organl-
nation of the legislatuio.
siri'KEMRcouitT OK Nnnit.v iic\ .
Tuesday's work of the com I was as
follows :
Court mot pursuant to adjournment.
The following named gentlemen were
admitted to practice :
J { . G. Suvurly and J. \ \ ' , I.bersol.
Wymour vs. Colby , dismissed.
Steltniselio vs. Lamh ; time for referee
to report extended thirty days.
The following causes were argued and
submitted :
Ashby vs. ( trecnsliido.
Itillings vs. Filley , on part of plaintiff ,
( /'oi-fcon vs Corson , motion for alimony.
The following causes were put at the
foot of tlio dookot :
Earle vs. llurcli ,
fitumbo vs. Scciey.
Clapp vs. Bowman.
Court adjourned until to-day at " 0
o'clock a m.
U1TLK KUStNr&S
of any character whatever occurred at
the state house yesteiday , nil Hours and
nil oflicca centering attention upon the
two legislative sessions just organizing
from which would emanate thp succor for
the coming two yoar.s. The secretary's
ollieo was open at all hours , much of the
routine work of organi/.ing emanating
from that ollieo anil visitors being fre
quent thoro. The otecutivo ollieo wa
also open at all hours for the con vonionco
of the public , and halls ivml corridors ,
louinda , anil entrances wore filled \\ilit
i-agor spectators and more eager plnco
Iiuntors. Kvurj thing but the usual quiet
smd order leiirned supreme.
A good deal of complaint is heard OUT
tlio slow spued that tlio job lot of pool
printing olliees are making in the work
of printing the reports of the fitato olli-
cers. Some of these printing oflices never
are known to getstato work out on time ,
for they are not satisfied in getting double
prices , but also want state work to hung
along to sandwich in at dull times. 'J he
attorney general's report the smallest in
the lot is out , but none of the more im
portant ones , especially that of the com
missioner of public lands and buildings ,
yet bane lire , notwithstanding that the
copy was very promptly furnished.
"rin : NAIAD Qinir.N. "
One of the finest entertainments over
given in the city of Lincoln , and in fact
one of the greatest spectacular scenes
over presented on any stage is the
operatta "Tho Naiad Queen , "that is in
progress the present week at the I'linko
opera house. This opcraltn calls into
requisition some four hundred person" ,
gathered from the children and young
people of Lincoln , including the best
vocalists in the city , and all of them are
acqulting tli msi'lvos ; witli much credit ,
and the scenic eil'ects , transformation
scones and tabloaii3 tire gorgeous. Tlio
house is crowded nightly , and the com
ments o.xtravagantin its praise.
Tin : r.ovuitxou'b KKOIUTION.
The usual reception by his excellency ,
the govcinor , tothomcmbersof the legi.- > -
laturo will be held on Tuesday evening
in the hall of the senate at the capital. Q
cn v Tories.
District Attorney Strode , of I'Jutts-
inouth , is in the oily , and in conversation
Jio enters a denial that ho has anything
whatever to do with the Matthew son case ,
as published in tlio ltii : : , and he supple
ments tht ) statement that ho has no in
tention of taking any part whatcvar in
that light , legal or otherwise.
Among the nowspapoi men of the state
doing the capital city vostorday was
noted John M. Hasslor of Pawnee Citv ,
Sotli P. Mooloy of ( Jrnnil Island , C. W.
Pool of Tecumsoh. J' . 1C. Sndgwick of
1 01 k , CJolonol PiVkotlof the Republican
VHlloy , and N.V. . Nurfin of the ttulo
lindgoman.
Jn the polleo comt yesterday It looked
ns though thn fieodom of tlio city had
been oMomluil for the night before , for
only ono solitary drunken man was up
for Hontonco us a result of the night busi
ness. Sovmt vagrants , however , swelled
thirhbt of lodgers and helped populate
the jail.
J. K. Goudy , Judge ,1 N Kthvanls. J
J. Davis , T. .1. Jlutlor and Walter btorv
were n part and parcel ot the Pawnco
county contingent assisting in the organ-
tautioii of tlio legislatuio vustcrday.
Kobort Weidensall , ol Cliteago , the
western nutionnl secretary of the Y. AI.
C. A. , was in Lincoln juslerday on a
business and pleasure trip to the "capital
city.
Judge Applegato , Judge Davidson.
Jndgo J.S. Dow , Judge Jack Burtcli and
ox-Judge , i. M. Divinnuy were part ami
jmreol of the Johnson county politicians
fat U.tcoln ycsteiday.
V. lloebol , an ox-law malcor of Oleo
rotint.v , Hon. 1'rnuk T , Ksuvson , and
lonn Mcllvory , were Otoo county citi-
/.ens who came up to thu entertainment
yesterday.
Judge A. N Sullivan , of Pluttsmouth ,
n lugal gentleman \\ith n keen apprecia
tion of wluit a urimary ought to bo , ao-
companled by Mat Hartigan.S. M. Chap
man and J. 11. Stioilo , was yesterday
comparing the lobby with a ward caucus.
Kldor L. F. Brill , of Hustings , is one
from the ranks of the clergy who is in
the capital uity looking uftor the positiou
of chaplain of the senate.
J. A. Smith , Hon. N. K. Griggs and Dr.
II , Prosson , of lloatrico , ropresBiiting
llnnnco , law and Insurance , wure dwell
ers yesterday iu the capital city ,
Tlio now Llncoln-Onvihu trains by way
of the Abhland cut-off Boom to inorooMi
uusmuM fjom the start , the
travel bema very hetivy.
w
MERSEY'S LUCKY PISTOL SHOT ,
Storjof a Man Who Met with an Accl *
< lcnt nml Mndo aioncjr ,
There registered nt the Park Avenue
lintel on the evening of Octobir 10 last ,
M.TS the Mew York 1 hues , n good look
ing , woll-dros ed man of about forty
years , ho wrote on tlio register , in a
straggling , labored hand llko that of a
pchoolboy , " ( icorgoV. \ . Ilcrscv , New
York. " Mr. llursoy was shown up to his
room , which he occupied that niglit , and
the first thing IIP did next morning waste
to shoot himself through the body. The
hotel people had him removed without
delay to Hcllevue hospital and failed to
inform the police of thn occurrence. At
tlio hoHpital Horsey told House Surgeon
,1. C. Clark , who look charge of the case ,
that ho had been oxnminlng tlie rcvoher ,
when it accidentally exploded. The big
bullet went through the left lung , lodg
ing in the back , and Dr. Claift thought
thut them \\as about ono chance in a
thousand that the wounded man would
recover.
Hei'Miy wa received at the bo < pilal on
a Saturday , and on Monday tlio police ,
bearing of the case through the news
papers , Mint Detective Price over to the
hospital to plueo him under arrest for
attempted filicide. Price saw the warden
and told him of Ills mission. Prisoners
in the hospital are usually placed togi ther
in n ward called "tho cage , " which is in
charge of a policeman , and which Is the
most exposed ward in the hospital. Dr.
Clark Bind that to rcmovo llersey , who
was then impro\ing , to this ward meant :
certain death to him , but tlio removal
was Insisted upon. Dr. Clark then said
that ho would bo personally respon
sible for his paliont. Hut during his
Icmpory iihMMirn from the ward llersoy
was taken to the pen. Dr. Clark , upon
making this discoveiv , immediately had
the m.m brought bacl. to the ward , and
Kept him Ihoro until 1'rid.iy , when ho was
returned to the "cage. "
At dill'orent times and to difleicnt people
ple Horsey volunteered the informa'ion
that ho was a good deal of a spurting
charaiter , tliat no lived iu Boston und
that ho hail some interest MI lumber in
Mexico. He had no fnen.ls in the city
at least none went to see him anil ap
parently ho had no money Two weeks
after llorooy had shot himself , and after
ho was on a fairway to lecovery Do-
lectivo Pryor of the Fifth avenue hotel ,
was called upon by the agent of a P.uf-
falo lawyer , who engaged the detective
to bo the means of carrying considerable
sums of money to Horsey , Pryor , was ,
according to this arrangement , to bo
handed the money at a cerium plaeo.givo
it to Horsey , get a receipt for it , and re
ceive $10 each time for his trouble. Ac
cording to Pryor's statement ho know
nothing about either Horsey or Hcrt.oy'.s
mysterious bnnofaetor simply the
name of the latter , and this
ho rofiiH" ! to dlsnloso. He took the
fust installment $130 to Horsey and
told him Low ho got it Horsy , Pryor
says , was astonished. Ho didn't know
the Uull'alo lawyer or from whom the
money could possibly come. Howes or ,
ho took tlio money , and in the past two
weeks Pryor hasgiven him .JOO , which
ho pot from the same source.
Icstcrdny mominvhcu Her-ioy was
declared able to go to couit , Detective
Price took him in a carriage to thu Jeller-
son Market police court , and , there bo
ing not a paitielo of evidence to provo
that ho intended to commit suicide \\lien
ho shot himself. Justice Patterson dis
charged him. In the court Horsey was
repie'ionted by Lawyer lioberl 11. itaov.
The lawyer had been engaged by Prjo'r ,
acting , he ays , under ordeis from the
s-inie person fiomhoin lie had icccived
the money.
Aficr his dHchanro Horsey and his huv-
yei made some veiy vague statements to
llio olleet that while in the hospital Her
sey had been very badly treated until it
was discovered that ho had some money ,
and that then ho had been .subjected to
the process known as "sweating' ' that
is , he was made to pay liberally for any
attention , und oven to pay in on'cr ' to bo
enabled to have the same privileges ac
corded him as were given other p-iticnts.
These statements nro very wild , and arc
absolutely denied at the hospit.il. Dr.
Chirk said to a Times icporter yesterday
that not on ] v had Herseynot boon treated
badly , but that especril attention had
been given him from the fact tli.it his
was a very extraoidinary ease , and every
effort , was made to save him. Ho bad
been cured , and Dr. Clark and Dr. L. il.
Stimson , the attending physicians , prided
themselves upon the cure.
Hut the interesting portion of this story
is the money portion. The story told by
Detective Prvpr is that on the night before -
fore lie shot himself Hersey lost ? 1,500 in
seine manner , and was at the lime of
the accident "dead Jlat broke. " On the
day of the accident some rich relative of
whom Horsey did not know died ami left
linn a fortune of something like
$ ' . ' ,000,000. The fortune was intuited to
this Jiufliilo lawyer to disburse , and it
look him two weeks to find his man.
The mastery of the thing , however , is
curious. The Huflalo lawyer ,
Pryor says , arrived in this
city last night , and Horsey
mot him and was onlightcncd as to the
source of his unexpected godsend. Hut
no pel son interested would trivo any in
formation about it. It Horsey paid no
money tor services at the hospital ho got
rid of what was given him somehow , lor
Piyor says yesterday morning , after his
discharge , Horsey had , out ot the $1,300
lie had received in two weeks , just M
cents. "And , " remarked the detective ,
"I immediately got $500 moro for him ,
gave it to him , and ho wont and got some
breakfast. " Nobody cnlloi ) to see Her-
soy nt the hospital except Pryor , and
what ho diil with his money is another
mysterv. Dr. Clark says that ho never
knew Horsey had any money , but that if
ho had , ho ( the doctor ) would never have
boon any the wiser.
Some fashionable ladies am not satis
fied with ready made funs , but must have
thorn made to order ; they are , however ,
satisfied with Dr. Hull's Cough Syrup at
35 cents and take it rcnularly.
"Onofiro burns out another's burn
ings , " and most pains sutlers moro to bo
cured , but Salvation Oil is painless and
ecUuin. It coatsonly 25 cents.
The " Voar of Confusion. "
The year 40 B , C. was the "Year of
Confusion : " In order to adjust the year
according to the course of the sun , and
to assign to the month the number of
days It should contain , Julius Csesar
abolished the use of the "iniercalalions"
or days which wore occasionally inserted -
sorted in the calender at that time , To
make everything proceed regularly from
thu first of January he in soiled in the
current year , besides the intercalary
month of twenty-throe days , wlnoii foil
into it. two o.xtraoidinary months be
tween November and Deeombcr , the ono
of ihirty-thrco and the other of thirty-
tour duys , so thut this vcar consisted of
liftecn months , or 415 days. It may bo
here noted that some historians consider
47 II , 0. , to have been the ' * Year of Con
fusion. "
Them are many clieap cosmetics of
for ml for Kale , which claim to contain
nothing injurious to the skin. This is all
bosh , all. or very nearly all are com
pounded from the mo.it deleterious anil
poisonous drugs in thn matoriu modica ,
They destroy the vitality of the skin ,
making the consumer prematurely with ,
ored und old. J , A , Pozeonl guarantees
his medicated complexion powder en
tirely free from all injurious mntter , ami
will gladly pay $500 to any practical
chemist who can find upon analysis the
slightest trace of white lead orarsonic.-
Usfl. none otunr and you will never regret.
Prieo no cents and f 1 00 per box , ISold
by all druggUUand perfumers.
THE FABULOUS MARIPOSA ,
The Upa and Do.vns of a Famous GoldMine
Mine-
"lllclicst Mnn In llio Woi-ld ! " A Vast
Property "Wrecked Presidential
Aspirations in the Scale
Uio Outcome.
Cincinnati Commercial Gazelle ! My
first visit to any of the gold mines In
California , wvs in May , 1950 , soon aflor
the adjournment of the first legislature ,
and when the season was most propitious
for pleasant travel oyer plains , moun
tains and streams the "rainy beason"
having been unusually protracted and
productive of generally moro disastrous
Hoods than bad occurred for years. Our
parly of four , two of whom had boon
members of tlio senate , the vi liter and
lien MeCullougli , the famous Texas
ranger and scout , on well equipped
Amnrican steed ? , started from San Jose ,
the then state cnpilol , our objective
points' , excepting in the ca o of the Texan
anywhere or any spot that possessed
commanding interest for sight SIMTI , or
that would all'ord Information worth ac
quiring and communicating to fiiomh at
home.
McCullouttliX instead of pleasure and
recreation , wns ono of oflieial buimew ,
wholly new and novel lit its nature and
'
duties' , and , it wa < > generally apprehended
at the capital , not only risky but danger-
oils in its execution. Tim legislature had
constructed tno maehinerv for a sliilo
government ; had ohosen all the essouti'il
ofliciala to run the machine , but there
was no money in the treasury for their
Jubiication. The Nsun of & : ! 0',0')0 ) ) of
state serin , diawiug tin per cent per
month until ledeciued , whioh thn con
stitutional convention at Monterey had
authori/cd to Lo issued , was exhausted ,
and there was no tax money yet m the
treasury. Antioipalingsuch un oxiqoncy ,
that body , on the eve ot final adjourn
ment , had passed an act to nsM SM a tax-
on foioignors who were then workmgtho
gold mines in the elate or who might
thornafler so engage. It was as collector
of "Foioigu Miners' Tux" that our
ranger was making his lirst ciiomt , his
object being to first visit all the most
noted mining resorts and ascertain as
near as ho could which of all the several
fields wm the richest in its yield and
therefore would all'ord to linn the greatest
emolument Uio pay of suoh a collector
being a fi.xed per centum on the gross
yielilof a mino. It was known to burn
few that this fnvoiitism was the only in
ducement McCullotmh considered in his
acceptance of the ollieo , knowing as ho
did what dcsnoradoe ho Miioly would
encounter in exacting his levies , and how
little lite was pri/eil when there were
gold dust and nuggets' in llio scale A
like oflbr was made to Jack llayos , the
illustrious prototype of tlio other , who
but a few weeks before bad safely landed
in San Francisco from his long and ex
hausting match in his capacity a , guido
to an emigrant party ever tlio plains ; but
Jack's Htar was Using again ; his myiiad
of trionds quickly discovered bun on the
eve of an election , and , without a vote
against him lie was honored with tlie
ollieo of sherifV.
This attempt , however , to fill an empty
treasury by _ exacting of delvers in the
mines a considerable pcroontngo of their
acquisition ! ! , in a bnot trial proved a
failure in its onorations , and uHinutoly
proved a dead letter , althoucli MeCul-
Jough and soveial other of ihe. moie for
tunate ones did not fail in reali/ing a
handsome stake for fiiluie successes.
After a visit to a number of mining
sections including Sutler's famous
mill and surrounding- . many ot
which were then yielding fabulously , : il-
though the propesioof mining at that
day were crude in llio extreme , our party
directed its course towaul the much-
tsilked-of Mariposu estate , or grant , as
it was moro generally ik signaled , of
Colonel John C. Fremont. This gentle
man had lately been chosen onn ot the
United States senators fromo California.
the other being Dr.Vm. . O. Gwm , ami
as two of our parly had been steadfast
Iricnds of the colonel in the legislature
against a number of formidable rivals ,
they tell a special interest in all that in
volved his future vtcllfnru as
as well as present. Our etui-
osity , too , was somewhat stiinu
Jated by a remark made in a senaloiial
debate not long before bv Colonel 15en-
ton , when hoalli.Jed to Fremont as "the
richest man in the woild , " our inference
being that iu this vast Mariposu possfs-
sion was comprised such fabulous riches
No gold minein ; opciation did wo lind ,
however , lint there was spread out before
us. far beyond our clearest vision , a long
and broad expanse of country , as beauti
ful and eiiliaiitmir as over sun shone
upon a principality of nature's own
handiwork. All ever this expanse thou
sands of sleek calllo roamed at will , and
no gold in .sight for the prospector nml thu
delver. That was not yet an open se
cret that it was a gold field , but was. con
clusively known to Fremont and a
precious few , who bided tlicir timc.-ahk-h
was not remote.
iiisrouv or im : r.invr.
Availing himself of the practical knowl
edge which ho attained iu his surveying
expeditions on tlio eve ot and during the
war with Mexico , Colonel Fremont di
rected liis main energies to llio acquisi
tion or this immense tracing most desirable -
able of all that broad domain. Ho knew ,
also , how many of those most desir.iblo
tracts of country were derived from the
Mexican government , and how the war
itsoll wtii weakening the hold upon their
possessions of the natives thus torron/ed.
Therefore , ( o obtain ownership was a
comparatively easy ia.sk , and ho sot about
it , wisely keeping his /nvn counsels ,
What was its cost i.s not stated , bill it is
op record that in 18 17 , wlnlo California
was yet under the dominion of Mexico ,
one Juan B Aivarndo sold to John C ,
Fremont the MuripOMi estate ; that it con
tained 4fU80 aorctf , or about seventy
square miles ; that it reached twelve miles
from cast to west and twelve and a half
miles Irom north to south , and in iU
limits embraced nine towns , the principal
ono tum ! being Maripnsu , near which
Fremont , at : i later period , fixed a resi
dence.
Dllis first attempt to tukp possession of
the territory mot witli serious opposition ,
somewhat to liis surprise , but there was
seemingly good reason for it. The grant
originally w.ts ot l.md adaptable to graz
ing and dairy purposes , but the boundaries ,
like many others of these noted Mexican
grants , had not been fixed , thus allowing
the new purchaser a license to locate Ins
claim on any Jand within reach. This
Fremont's surveyors had olTectod for him ,
resulting in the acquisition , instead of a
considerable mountain country that was
almost worthless , a valuable- tract ot
gra/ingland , covoringtho PinoTreo and
Josepheno gold mines and several others
of loss importance , as they in time de
veloped to bo. This particular portion
had been for a considerable period in the
undisputed possession of a number of
Fremont's old friends , who , when it was
discovered that ho was about to override
and dispossess them , organised a revolt
of such dimensions its to assume the
Chase of a civil war , Jn lact it grow to
o a war , and California for u wlnlo was
considerably stirred up with excitement.
The ndvorso clalinants had worked their
mines so successfully that to bo thus des
poiled nromplcd resistance , however vie
lent. The law ofliocrs were defied ; the
minea were barricaded j several persons
on both sides were killed , but Fremont
nud liis liarty obtained a truce.and in due
time the matter was satisfactorily com
promised. The result of nil this was that
MJLUONS Vf KFIB TltH OUTCOME.
From the period of wlnei | wo Itavo
been wrltine , and for ri number of year ?
after our tour of observation. Manpoa
mid its neighboring mine * expanded nnd
lloiiriMicd in an nlmoft fabulous degree.
An olllclal exhibit shows that in 18 M the
yield was $ 174,000 , in ' 01 il was JO 13,000 ;
m 'CO it was $ oV.,000 ; ill ' 0 ! } it \\a fl'AI-
000 , in ' 04 nnd ' 05 it was sJVU.OCO , after
which the mills were mainly suspended.
Much of this wag the yield of quart/ rock
that assayed in some instances § 173 to
the ton , the average being § ! . " ) and the
c.xpenso but ? G.r > 0 per ton. This , however -
over , was the favorable aspects of the
bti lnes as ono of llio reports exhibited
it. There was another , and a decidedly
less glowing one , quite disastrous in its
ofloots. llils was. that thu total expenses
were S-SSO.TOO , which left liabilities of
? lv < 5,8ISoii the 1st of January , IWtS , at
the same time the total asset ? being bill
§ 710,000 , of which the several mills icpre-
sonled 150,000.
Soon utter this exposition was made ot
the embairassed condition of the prop
erty , another phase was pre entcd , and ,
considering the magnitude of the inter
ests involved , It was novel in the o.\-
tiemu. This was that the organization
known as tlio "Mnriposa company , " and
which had ligtirod so conspicuously in
thn financial world , had , in tact , no legal
right to hold and mo thy seven oisrhths
which they had conditionally purchased
Irom Fremont , the conditions * of which
not having been bompliod with. When
this astonishing piece of information was
reported by a special committee to an
adjourned meeting ( if themoitgago bond
holders , it may wnll bo imagined that
them was sensation in mining circles on
both sides of lite continent.
It was at this crisis of its affairs that
tlio company suspended pa\mont , and
the entire business wont into the hands
of a creditor who proceeded to work il
for his own benefit , ns is charged in tlio
same ropi > i t , anil who actually wasted in
the operation of paying the debts of tint
company moro tlutif tuico the amount of
these debts.
A Mr. Dodge spoms to have been the
individual in whom was resposeil llio
privilege of working so beneficially for
hinisoll and PO disastrously for the com
pany , the loport sayinjr ot him that "if
the onmpany had sold nil Us personal
proprorty and hnlf its mills at auotion ,
it might have paid Mr. Dodge and been
butter oil than it is , after emerging
breathless and almost litcless from his
clutch.-
'inn riir.MiiKN't'v ' ivnin smtr. .
Colonel John C. Fremont , it will bo
home in mind , was a candidate for
president of the Unitud States in 18. > ( i
ngainst James liueiianan. How that
would have any agency in wrecking so
valuable a properly as the Mariposa es-
lalo , if it did not exercise such an unfor
tunate inllueneo , whether taut or fiction ,
has bet-ii but ' little thought of by. the
public. It'seoms , hovvovcr , that the
Mariposa company itself , in its endeavor
to escape obloquy for having been vie-
timi/ed bv a combination of misfortunes
did not tail to so implicate that distin
guished personage , although not naming
him ouirichl in the publication. Inci
dental to this histoiical sKetch , and in
dependent of : my personality , what they
say ot the matter is somewhat interest
ing. The more salient points of their
statement , however , will only be hciein
act forth.
"These sell-defenders' go on to say that
"only a few yoa-ssince the Mariposu os }
tale became kno'.vnto the capitalists ot
New York as the Oplnr , whose iuex--
hausiiblo mines were yielding gold in
such rich piolusion that it seemed incred
ible that any oxtravag.iuco or misman
agement could deplete the nurse into
wltieh this vast stream of wealth was in
cessantly pom ing. Tills magnificent es
tate , in geographical extent , population
and resources , lar exceeds the oldest re
public of the old world , but when ils pro
prietor allowed himself to become a can
didate for llio presidency of the Unile'l '
Stales , political capitalists familiar with
I ho inside machinery of modern polities
clearly f01 es.uv that in llio event ot an
unsuccessful issue of tlio vampaign tins
principality would bo in the maiket tor
"lie , and in this they were not mistaken. "
J'his being their assumption , then they
enlarge upon it by addius ; thai "after
several ineHoctiial attempts to raise
money to pa.y off ils li ibilities , Mr. John
C. Fiemont , in January , LSliJ , executed a
mortgage upon the Matiposa estate to
trustees to secure tlio sum of ifl.nO'l.OOl ' ) .
Capitalists wore found who were willing
to adv.nco the amount loqniicd , and llio
result of llio negotiations was the forma
tion of the Mariposa company , under
the mining la.vs of the state of Now
York , and witli n nominal capital of
$10,000,000" The estate wa pmch.iscd.
subject to tins moitgngo of n million and
a half , which was supposed to bo ample
to pay on" nil the meumbrances , and for
the payment of the estate the company
issued to Fremont and his associates their
entire capital stock of § 10,000,000 , and to
enable them to raise money to pa.y the
incuinbrances , tlio same parties were is
sued bonds for another million and a
half , all of these bonds bearing 7 nor
cent interest , payable in ten years in
California , and in gold coin.
\N UNi'oitri'NArr srnctri.ATioN' .
'llio company's purchase unquestion
ably was made in the full belief that the
mines wore oxhaiistless and invaluable.
Their yield had boon steadily increasing
each month preceding the purchase ,
competent engineers flattering thorn
with the beliet that , with a little outlay ,
they would reach ? > 170,000 per month ,
sell these debts being payable in gold
coin , and as the price of gold , since their
tontraciion , baa materially advanced ,
dheir actual amount in currency nearly
con bled , while tlicir bonds they could only
thll at par for currency so flooded was
oo market wi'h the government so-
ourities. then being bought at par. Many
af the debts , too , that the company had
Assumed , had been drawing JJ per cent
inlerosl per month for several years ,
which added largely to their heavy load.
Then , to incrtmso tlicir tribulations ,
certain parties in California combined to
drive them to the wall by getting posses
sion of largo claims at a vast discount ,
nnd pressing thorn into llm courts , and in
this way attach nol only products of the
mines , but the mills , imaehinory and
oilier property.
Ono misfortune followed another In
quick succession : utter bankruptcy
seemed inevitable. They say that "in
tlili exigency $2,000,030 ot the bonds of
tlio company was isitied and negotiated
at hfty cents on the dollar a robot that
was but temporary , for in the course of a
single year llio company was obliged to
pay over § sotOOJ ) for premiums on gold
luinittud to California lo meet its liabili
ties. "
While they were m. tlieso jhrocs of
threatened dissolution , an tinlookud for
ray of light brightened their d.irk hori-
/OH. Mark , Brumigini it Co , San Fran
cisco b inkers , had boon Mr , Fremont's
largest creditors , and his steadfast
friends. In 1800 , when his estate of Mar
iposa had been put tip at shonll's sale , to
satisfy an execution , they had stepped
for.vmd and boecomo owners of the prop
erty cntiro , and as it had never yet been
redeemed , they Mill were the owners.
Tins seasonable Interference afforded the
company u breathing spell in which to
work till 1809 , when the legislature inter
fered witli : i bill of temporary relief.
,1'hls ofl'eotod nothing of moment , and
they were still demoralised for u time ,
but finally straightened out.
It is needless to fill space with further
details of the complications surmounted.
It will suflico that the entire estate was :
placed in the hands of trustees , through
whoso agency a working capital of half a
million of dollars in eaBli was raised , all
the indebtedness of the company provided -
vided for , und every kind of embarrass
ment cleared away. At this penod iu
which wo leave them lite trustees , w'Hi ' n
mrpo force , are at work in the rebuilding
and repairing , and ft largo working cap
ital m hand , with the newest processes
and machinery , directed with the highest
encinoor.ng nnd mining skill. They were
justified in congratulations that the fu
ture of Marinosa was so cloudless , Iu
status nt this much later day may
possibly bo learned by anyone courageous
enough to venture among the sharks of
Wall street.
_ _ _
The Voltnlc Urlt Co. . nini-Rhall. MlchJ
wlll'cnil their celebrated Yoltaic Belt and
1 lectrlc Apnllntiec * . on thirty days' tilnl , to
any mnn ( jounc or middle iwcil ) allllclrd
\vltlt nervous drbllltv , loss of vitality , lack of
nerve foreo amiliror. . and other dUoa e < .
The pre.ite < t reitiedal neut over discovered.
\Vjltutn tin-in for Illliisttteil minnhlel ttee.
No ilsks Inclined , ns lliltrty il.ijs' trial Is al
low cil. _ _
The Cambodian Mouse.
From "A Scientific Mission to Cam
bodia. " by M. Maurel , in Popular Sci
ence Monthly for January ; Thn charac
ter of the Cambodian house is largely
determined by the phenomenon of the in
undation. It is built on pile' , often , on
ono Hide tit least , some twenty or twenty-
live feet above the fci omul. The piles on
ono side stand in the river , and the door
is on the other side , All that tlio ptopti-
etor asks i.s that the floor shall bo a tew
inches above the water in time ol freshet.
He might put it on the level ground near
the stream , but bo prefers to have it
overhang , In part , at least , and slope ,
The lloor is reached by ladder1 * , which
are drawn up in the evening the sitiesl
mode of closing the hott'o in a country
wheio there are no locks.
Under the lloor llio pirogue is mooted
on one side , while the. ponltty , dogs , and
pigslivo on the olhei side. The pigs
have hollow backs and their bellies drag
on the ground , but their owner does not
disdain to shate their abode with them.
I have scon tlio Cambodian and his pig
lying side by side at noonday , enjoying
their siesta. Places are also loiind under
the house tor the wagons , plows , and
fishing-tackle. The lloor is usually a
wiekerwork of woven bamboo laths ,
winch bond and croak at every slop , and
which we , with our shoes and heavy
walk , lind it hard to get over. But the
Cambodian walks light-footed and earn-
fuliv , much ns wo try to do when wo go
on lip-too , but , not being troubled t > y
scoes , with vastly better success. Henil-
ing his legs a little and lean
ing forward , with his arms brought
up toward his chest , ho puls his foot deli
cately on two or throe ot the slats at a
time , and walks noiselessly on , while wo
would always feel ns if wo were going to
bieak through. These open Hours aio
easjly cleaned with a dash of water
which runs otr , no one cures where. In
case the inundation should threaten to
rise above them , the owner can make an
other lloor higher up , witli sum bamboo
sticks and a few hours ol timo.
Tito house is only ono story high. The
framing of the roof , oxccpt for the larger
pieces , vvltioh are of limber , is made of
bamboos of si/es graduated to corto-
spoutl with the weight they are intended
to support. It is covered with a shing-
I'm ; : of palm , or with wisps of straw ,
after the fashion of a European thateh.
The outside walls and the partitions are
often made in tlio same way. Inside , the
house is divub-d into three or mote apart
ment ! ) . Tlio lirst , the vestibule , usually
open in front , is reached by the ladder
Next to it is the pi inotpal room , serving
for salon , dining-room and bed-room ,
am ) from this doors open into tlie piivnto
family rooms or aparimonts of the
women and children , to which Kuroncatis
are not admitted , and native visitors but
r.irely. Two small rooms urn also occa
sionally built by the sides of the vestibule
for tlio young men. The girls , whatever
tltjlr ago , always llvo with their mother.
The whole structure is some thirty-five or
fotty feet square. Besides his dwelling-
house the Cambodian builds a taller
house , also on piles and having no en
trance oxccpt by n small window , which
ho is pattienlar lo make light against the
nun , and this is the gr.mary for his rice.
"Onn Nail Drives Ont Another. "
IsaFicnch saving that liuds exemplification
'
cation in llio way'ono disease will sub-
ftlilntu itself for another and graver ono ,
inery many eases. Liver disease for
instance will soon induce blood disorders.
thro-it ailments skin affections
, and oven-
tnalh , because ot impoverished blood ,
consumption iiself , unless , indeed , it be
treated in its inoipiency and early pro
gress by Dr. Pierco's "Golden Medical
Discovery" which acts as a spccilic in
lhe = o ailments , accomplishing a rapid
euro by its powerful alterative aciion
upon llio greal organs of the body.
IjiCo liiHiiratioe.
London Keononnst : During the past
week there has .boon a development of
stock exchange speculation so peculiar
as to deserve a special notice. It ap
pears that a short term policy lor four
months has boon nlfeetcd in London
upon the life ot Mr. Jay CJould for n largo
amount the sum is variously reported
at f i om UHW.OOO to 150,000upon which
a premium ot . 1 7s Od per ccnlhas been
paid. The explanation given hero is
that some largo operators for the rise in
the " ( Sould" stocks , fearing the cll'ecl
upon the market ol such an event ns the
de.ith of Mr. Could , have taken out the
nboyo polio.y to protect themselves
against this rilc as long as their opera
tions remain open. Tins is the account
generally given nml generally believed ,
but eynie.il people might po iibly say
that the transaction could also bo ex
plained on the assumption that Air. Jay
liould has become a temporary "bear"
himself on Ihcso stocks. In any case ,
however , it seems clear that the policy in
question lias been affected in connection
with some speculative htook exchange
operations , and wo should imagine it
forms a unique instance of the kind. It
is not , however , very likely to bo fol
lowed in future by "bull" operators ,
Mnco they thereby simply diseloso to the
world their own portions , and so invilo
attack.
LINCOLN BUSINESS DIRECTORY
Recently Unlit. tumljr I uraUl
The Tremont ,
J. C , l'I'17.0iitAU\- : , I'ldiirlotors ,
Cor. Uli nnd I' (9 ( , Lincoln , Nob.
RatPifl VI le-rrtay , btrcot cars froiujiouu li t
parlor Ilia cllr.
J. II. AV. HAWKINS ,
Architect ,
Omccft. : . 31 anil < 2 , Jll'liunls HlooU , Lincoln ,
Nob. Klovator on lltli ttrctt.
r.roertflrol Hrpodnrof
CALLUtSAl U.4TTIE. PnOllT HollH UA Tfta
F. M WOODS.
Live Stock Auctioneer
hnlu ; iiiiido In nil pnils of llio IT , H. utfulr
rntos Ituuin 3 , Sliito Itlock , Lincoln , NoU
nnil aiiort Horn liulU lui sulo.
I ) II GOULDINO ,
Farm Loens and Insurance ,
' Ir icjiir.l to loans Roll
I too in 4 , KiclmNa llloiU. Lincoln. Nob.
Eiiversicle Short Horns
nt strictly puio llntcs imd llutos Tupped cnttlo ,
Hurt ! uuml/crd aboul Ui tiuud.
FurollicH ropresenteU : Kilbertf. Cr if8 ,
Acoinlis. ItcnlCn , Hosciof Slmrons , Mo s llo ei ,
KnUlitly Duuhrtsos , Hal Croolt Vomitr llurya ,
rbTUUoii , I.ouiins and'I rue l/ovoi.
Hulls lor ialo. I I'uru Untoa rilDflrt. 1 Pure
BttUB CIHK , 1 Jiosuuf t-'liuron , 1 YnunvMiiry ,
I I'uto Crutck Kliunk unl otlmis Co mo and
cutltw licrl. AJUrosj , OHAS. M. JIKAN-
' , Mn coin , Neli.
Wlii'it in Lincoln stop t
National Hotel ,
And irvi a ifooJ aluner to 'X
MOST PERFECT MADE
Dr. Price's Extracts , Vanilla , Lemon , OranEfo , Etc.
prepared from the true fruits , flavov ilelicionBly.
miilffi
piiiijijM ! ) |
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W ' lu' )
f' t-r A'Ufail'fKlt- ? * "
IU !
i 'o f < rll'iI < ? t&rF'jf
ji feahfirWSiffl
Scrno In one of Hip IViinrtrnpntd of tlin
UAKINO roWDKK COMPANY' ! * ACTOKT.
T1IK IWUtllKHl1 IN THU WOULD.
Ir. I'rlcis'n Epnial 1'hvoririR Kxtracta
Lawrence Ostrom &z Oo.
FAMOUS "BELLE OF BOURBON. "
Is Death to Consumption ,
Malaria , Sleeplessness ,
Chills ami Fevnvs Or Insomnia , and
Typhoid Foyer , Dissimulation ,
Indigestion , 01 Komi ,
Dyspepsia , Ton Yours Old ,
Surgical Kovcrg , No Fusel Oil ,
Blood JL'disunlntr. Absolutely I'urc
The GREAT APPETIZER
Thl will cnrllfi : tint I IIHVP pvnnilnrii tlio nn.T.K OP llOtriUtOX WIIISIvV. rccolvoil fiom I.UV-
HFNTEOsnci'M , vOo.mcl rminil tliofninci to In | H'ili'-'r ' fr Onm rind ( HI nml nil ollinr cli'luturl-
0111 biibstniicoti mid ime. 1 ( .tiPDrfully ' ! .
atilctlf | ip'ntmnom thnnunxt for rimillYinil M"llcln ( l inirnosua.
. . _ . ' . I * IIMIM M M II , AiuiiMi ni ( liniuiHl l.uumvlllu , Kr.
1 ornntoliy DniCKHH. Win" Mi'rcnnnHniHl llrocr < urcryulin I' ln fl 25 nor luittl"
It iiniriiuiiil at tlniatioTiMiilc iimi liotili-i , < -rir | ( > i p ilit , In plain buxos , will liu nont lo any uJilrosJ
In ttjoUiiitoJMntoaor Cnnnilii , on rocolpt of ! jcdolliu
LAWRENCE OSTROM & Co. Louisville , Ky
Wholesale and Distriljuting Agents ,
GOODMAN DltUG CO. , and ' )
ItrLEY ,0 DILLON , ll'liolc ilc fji/iior Dnilriv. f Omiilni.
MnHilicntiupitUctilni GLADSTONE llliOS. .I'tO. , Omaha.
Jl. T. CLAKK Dltl'U CO. ,
II > EAIEROILJNO. .
Rroilhiff can ho done In llio oven of the
Charier Oak KniiKoor Kluvi'vvilh the Wire
r.iti7i Oven Uoor , uioiO ] > eifuctly thnuover
4Jie livoro.tls.
Lnv tlio &tcnk , rlinps. ham or fish on n
wheurolloror mentitiulr , jilaclnjj it In an
oitllnaiy linkopan to catch the drippings.
Allow it to remain in the oven witli tlio
clour cUic l 15 or 'M nilnutrs. No tuinlnii
tsiequlrcd. At llio And oC tlih time it will
lift found nicely Limited icady to BITVO.
Tun jsi iiu IUIAL WAV TO JIJJOIL 3iiA.i.s. :
Tlicro Is no taint of cord-gas or sinoko ,
end the inoatfi nro moro toiulcrand hotti-rlii
flavor than these broiled over the con Is.
Tlio coiivrnlciico or bioiiiii ( ' in the oven
will bo appreciated bvovory liouio-kcoppr ,
nnd addsnnothor to tlio many iciisons wliy
the Cliitiler O , k ] tanRO or.Stovo with the
Wliti ( litii/o Oven Door sliDiild ho prclurrctf.
SENOFOnlLlUSTRAUD CmC'JUPS ASD Pll ! ! * IHVB. to all others now in the maikut.
CIIABTEB OAK STOVES and RANGES are SOLD IK NEBRASKA an follows :
MII.TOH ROGCKS & SONS OMAHA. TANNKLI. & SWr.l.HI.V , KAIRBUKY.
I1. KHNNICV , GokOOM OIIIM : : & FAGI.K
DALLAS & I.KISON , HASTINGS. N J JOHNSON , . NORTH llKNn ,
K. C. 1IRKVVI.U , , , n .HAY br ihc % . j J McCAFFKKTY , . O'Ni ILL Cirr.
H.AIKD&CO , NttiiiiASKACnv , H HA/'I.KVVOOl ) , . . . OSCIWA.
W K. TEMI'I.KIOV NrtsoK , J.S IIUKK , .
j It STUKDEVANl1 &SOH , . ATKINSON A. JM'.ARSON
1.KASS& CO . . . CIIADHOM j G GRRIN : ,
KUAUKK , 1.UI1KCR & WELCH , COIUMHUS J A I'ADDI'N ft SON. . . . . bumtiaii
OLDS I1UUS. . } : ic.AR T1MMLKMAN & I'KAKI-I' VeiiDON ,
Albums , Picture Frames , Papostry Toys , Pookel Knives ,
firf rc 1w the RAY At WHOLESALE
Hie IOX
llgdlb , Oy ) PRICES ,
' . J. WHTEHOUSEl6th ! mA Webster Sis
Makes and Sells
These Goods.
Millard Hotel Block , Omaha.