Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, January 17, 1887, Page 5, Image 5
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : MONDAY. JANUARY 17. 1887. A \VEiCOSEISSOVAT10N \ PiecKclion of a Peaceful Meeting of thg State Board of Agriculture , MUCH BUSINESS TO TRANSACT Unparalleled Activity In Lincoln Dirt nnd Ornnd I'ropIieclcH For the Kti turc Legislators ItcturnltiK Capital City News. fruoM TIIK iir.K'B MSroi.x mnir.Ai' . I On Tuesday of this week occurs the an nual mooting of the Nebraska fctalo Board of Ajrriculuro and wnro n proph ecy lo bo made on the call , it would bo safe to say that the nicotine will bo at tended by inoro harmony than has char- ncturi/cd nn annual meeting of the board for years. All this will bo a welcome In novation and will do much to more lirinly establish public confidence In the board. In the past few years , when accusation nnd recrimination run riot at the an nual meeting * of the board , there was n growing tli maud for a generous and cleansing renovation of the board , which now , however , is greatly allayed. There arc , however , prominent men in tlio Btato , men prominent in agricultural pur suits , who still maintain Ihat tliu system by which the board Is created nnd per petuated is Mtiseeptiblo of many improve ments , and that happy suggestions for a , change could bo gleaned from other slates wherein the organization of the stale board of agriculture rests on u dif ferent principle. However , there will bo no change the present year or by the present legislature , and the board will meet and transact its business without , the fear that present plans and ways of action will bo disturbed , Among the list of members whoso terms expire tlio pres ent year are such well known state fair men as .Martin Dunham , of Omaha ; ( ) M. Druse , of the Nebraska Farmer ; E. N. Grennell , the veteran horticulturist of Fort Calhoun ; John Jensen , of Geneva , Fillmore counly ; KI5 A. Uarncs , of Grand Island ; II. Daniels , the short-horn cattle man of i'aplllion ; Secretary Uobert W. ' Furnas , of lirownrillc ; Hon' . J. B. Dins- more , of Sutton , and J. Al. Burks , of Lin coln. These gentlemen are all veterans jn the work , to whoso energy and ability in a great measure has been duo the good results gained at tho. last two state fairs , and they will undoubtedly bo re-elected , as they should bo. The same re-election in the two principal ollices of the board those of president and secretary will presumably follow , and Mr. S. Al. Bar ker , of Silver Creek , and cy-Governor I'urnas , of Brownville , bo respectively president and secretary again. At the coniintr annual meeting BOIIIO new fea tures will bo incorporated in the pro ceedings , including several papers and discussions on popular and scientific oue. tions in farm and stock matters of the day. Among them will bo a paper by Dr. J. Gerth , tlio stale veterinarian , upon the topic of glanders in stock. This will bo a brief and concise stalenient of facts that will show practical results of the year in lield work and the thorough steps that have been taken and prose cuted to eradicate this disease. In con nection with this annual meeting of tiio board the citi/.ens of Lucas feel a just pride in the excellent financial statemenl that the board will showas n resultof the Male fair during the second year of its location in Lincoln. An uninciimburod bank account of ! ? ! ) ,000 in the treasury nnd as many thousand dollars Invested in now buildings is only an approximate of the financial success of the two past years ; and while much of tin's is duo to the thorough and systematic work of the board through its ollicials , and to the providential skies that remained calm and cloudless during the two annual ox- lubilioiih , the people of Lincoln feel that their strong financial aid and unanimous support in every par ticular has done its share in the work that has made success so certain as it is. Lincoln lias for many years past felt the stale fair as ono of its own insti tutions , and when It was located here every inhabitant who lived and saw the the sun rise dav by day over the great salt basin felt a personal and peculiar in terest in making it a success , and in ad vertising it their voices failed them not , uiul their lianas did not lese their cun ning in reaching down to the lower re cesses in their pockets. Tuesday's meeting of the board will bavc a voluminous amount of business to transact. All the plans for tlio year will bo formulated , all the improvements and expenditures mapped out. Thou the sumo invocation matlo heretofore will ascend lor bright skies and fair weather for the days selected for the coming fair. HK.U , I'STATK ANO IMPROVEMENTS. "This is the first year in tlio history of the city of Lincoln/ ' said a well known old residentor the past weak , "wherein town lots and city property changed hands day by day. " This statement of fact is apparently a truth , for the trans fers of real estate are as uroat now in these midwinter days as they were when the tassels in the corn fields that are now town lots waved in the sunlight of sum mer. This old-timo nvsldentcr was in a most communicative mood as ho viewed the first steps that his homo city was tak ing in metropolitan ways , and If present talk anil prospects are not entirely wrong Lincoln has passed the era iu its history yhon its city realty lay dormant in the lirat months of the year. Air. Frank Shel don , who is very generally accredited as operating in real estate for a syndicate of capitalists , ollerod E. T. Roberts 18,000 Saturday for his residence property on N street , between Twelfth and Thirteenth Ktreels , and it is generally understood that the siinio parties are negotiating for adjacent property. Two years ago none living in that immediate section over en tertamed tlio thought that in this short in terval of time the demand would become M > urgent for their homes for business property , but this is the object of the wir- chase , bomo say that in this immediate purl of the city the coming sens-oil will sen a magnificent hotel erected ono that will celipso anything of the kind in the fitato nnil it comes from a very reliable source that a structure of this Kind is an assured certainty for the year 1SH7 in Lincoln. The boomers even talk of another opera house for the coming year , and brick blocks are predicted for every unoccupied available lot in the city- Said a well known dealer in dirt yesterday : "Suburban property is con stantly increasing nnd wo are having ; alls tiTery day fiom strangers who uro eooking locations and few capitalists who iiro seeking investments " OATIIIUUNG IN. Last night the main line trams from the east and west brought large deloga- gations of members of the legislature baok to the city mid to the coming sena torial fi ay. A largo assortment of lob biests also have gathered themselves to political headquarters again , and those who remained over in the city and com plained of a period of dullness hero have all grounds for complaints now removed. A number of hotels in the city that wore crowded to repletion when the legislature organised have been making extra preparations for the present week through the the addition of extra rooms. No ono knows bettor than iho Lincoln hotel man that this is the midst to him of i harvest timo. 1IUKOKM NFCKSSUtV. No reports liuvo reached police head quarters as yet of the arrests of the liar- ties who made a vicious assault on Olli- cor Uuutriw while in the discharge of lu < 5 f.uty in onnilnctlng Long , the liqlit. rrg man , to the city jml. To tlio con- : f.iry. however , f-pvcr.il parlios , prcsumn * lly iriomls of I-mijr , visited the cit.y jail batunliiy evening and attempted to so euro Kong's rclcnso l > y tlin-ats and vio- lenco. 'j hero is a class of rioters in the city who slue and ( kilt at will and they IHUO been eiven of lain altogether too mnch latitude. All this should erase and thn police should c\urci o vigilance enough to 1 n < l every onu of them bcforu tl'.e pollen judge for a. good round lino. It would help clear the skies. CLAUA MOItltld. Mr. 1'nnkc , tlio proprietor and tnnti.v Rer of the runkn opera hou c , annonnco3 to tliu public that he ha * secured Clara Morris in her greatest piny , Million , " for his house on Friday evening next. To tliu Lincoln patrons of tliu theatres this announcement is greeted with great favor , especially us at the timu of thi great actress's former visit to the \ve t she was obliged to caned her Lincoln ( hue owing to Illness. This is the only entertainment booked for the 1'iinke at present for this week and the attendance will undoubtedly bo so great that it will bo a provident scheme for those attending to secure seats early in the week. week.Oil Oil UN Mils COMPLAIN drain and elevator men on the line of the H. it M. make vigorous complaints that the Missouri 1'acilic towns in the eastern part of the state arc getting the lion's aharo of the eorn crop and that they have no rate that allows them in the saints tenitory to compute with buyers on the Missouri 1'acillu. A grain man m discussing this problem recites that Gen eral Freight Agent Miller is now in Chicago cage attempting to got from the head men of tlio Hurlington permission to meet the Missouri 1'aeilic rates. In the meanllmo the shortage of cars in which to shin continues to bo full in all parts of the state. TOWN Tories. The sheriff of llarlan county , who at Friend lost a patient ho was bringing to the insane asylum , arrived in the city Saturday , having recovered his charge and conducted her safely to the hospital. The Standard club is perfecting ar rangements for a grand ball to bo held at Temple hall the evening of February 8. The tickets to this grand ball will bo $2.50 each , antl the prolits accruing will bo for the bunclit of the llubrow congre gation. The trial of Koltli for committing an assault on a lad who was soiling HEP.H on the streets takes place in police court at 1 o'clock to-dav. Two men , evidently worthy subjects of charity , who looked as though they hatt been playing the part of ghost were searching for a pliicn to sleep and got something to keep hfo together. They claim that they were refused admittance at the jail anil they were hunting the poor farm. The regular meeting of the city councjl is to bo hold to-night at the council chamber , and it is understood that the charter antl charter amcudmants will bo tonics of discussion. The change in street lighting from electric lights to gas lamps seems to give great satisfaction especially to outlying districts and the suburbs arc now lighted for the first time in their hibtory. So many complications and alli ances are at work in the senatorial ques tion that friends with bills have given up the thoughts of legislation until after the senatorial question is settled. The capitol building has not room suf ficient to supply all the different com mittees with headquarters and several rooms hayo been leased and lilted up in the old Tichnor building. Chief Ucach and Policeman Malone of the city force , went over to Crcston , Iowa , Saturday , the former homo of Mr. Malonc. No arrests wcro reported at police headquarters yesterday a verj quiet Sunday for Lincoln. The Standard Oil Company. Jocm / Atleerttecr. The principal criticism which is beintr matio of the Standard Oil company in Boston just at present is that the great monopoly is engaged in educating the people ot this section to use poorer oil. Of 200,000 barrels or 11,000,000 gallons of burning oil sold in Boston per annum , nearly nino-tonlhs arc of 150 degrees lire test , whoso specific gravity ought to bo 47 antl upward. There is very little de mand hero for the common oil , whoso lire test is 110 degrees , and spccifin gravity . The Standard Oil company is nowintroducing a heavier oil of 150 de grees fire test , and ot poorer burning qualities , and is able to sell it at a lower price because its heavier character en ables the company to obtain a larger per centage of this grade ot oil from the crtido product. In Uuflhlo , N. Y. , however , a much more serious charge is pending against the Standard Oil company. The charge is lor conspiracy ami subornation of per jury , and is pro'forred by the Buffalo Lu bricating Oil company. It is alleged that the Standard men employed Albert Miller , superintendent of the Lubricating works , to so construct the buildings that they could easily bo destroyed by an ex plosion ; that Miller , under thuir direc tion , did plan an explosion ; that by in tense lires ho blow up ono of the stills , and believing his work to have been ac complished , took refuge m the Atlas ( Standard ) works ; that ho was taken by Hiram H. Everest ( ono of the Standard defendants ) to Now York , Boston and San Francisco , and was supported for a year and a half in idleness on a salary of if 1,500 and expenses , The case is ono of long standing , and when the present indictment was found the Standard demurred. Their demurrer - murror was ovnrruled , and they now ask for an order compelling the tfistrict at torney to give them a bill of particulars of the charges against thorn. The dis trict attorney , answering , says the Stand ard had fun information of the charges during the trial of the civil action ; that these bicLorings were arranged to force tlio statute of limitation as a bar against tlio ptocuodings , or to find some legal Haw with indictments , and so cot thorn discharged. If they wanted facts , lot thorn interview their "detectives , attor neys and tools" scattered all over the globe. _ THK WIMKNHSSISS OF WOMAN. A Constant Study of a Noted Woman's Mfo. Mrs , Lydia E. 1'inkham.for years made the diseases ami weaknesses of her sox a constant study , and as a result of it was " . " Her the famous "Vegetable Compound. knowledge equals that of any first class physician antl therefore the remedy canoe oo taKen with perfect confidence , The subjects of treatment art ) so delicate that it is hard to bo undorMood without tres passing on the grounds of what may seoni improper language ; yet it is a well known fact that not ono woman in ten is free from pain and troubles , therefore them is no good reason why they should not have the means placed before thorn of saving themselves all , if not the greater part of the periodic and other suf- icring. Tlio nii'dicmo is not an abortion remedy but is exclusively for good purposes - poses and will aid and strengthen every woman who takes it in good faith. Chnrlos E. I'ilgrim , the now "boy preacher , " is said to bo just sixteen. The tomfoolery of the sclonco of the hand is awittly ruulng its course. The worst cases cured by Dr. Sngo a Catarrh UouioUy , Serpent skin is coming into fashion as a uoverinu for books , IN THE HAKCOS CAM'ON. BiHcs of a People Vho Have Failed From the Earth- NATURE AS A BIG HOUSE BUILDEK "U'liat n 1'iot.pcclor Saw Among tlio JKulns of tlic CllfT-I ) cller < In n Colorado Canyon A Itlch Mold for tlio Student. San Miguel ( Colo. ) letter in Denver Tribune : During the winter of 18S3-81 it was my lot to winter among the relics of the Clilf Dwellers , and many plea ant days I spent among tho'o ruins. The Mancos canyon proper is about rtilrly miles in length. The formation is sand stone , which breaks off almost perpen dicular , leaving a rim lock from 1,000 to 1,000 feet in height. In the different strata there are immense coal beds , \ary- ing in thickness from live to thirty feet. The coal is of line quality , the thirty-foot \vin being free from slate. In some places ns many as seven veins can be seen from the bottom of the can.yon. The writer of this has seen almostall the eoal deposits ot Co'oriidti , and will venture to assort that in no other i-ectiou will the coal deposit equal that of the Millions canyon. The Uio Mancos is an insiumlt- cant stream in the summer and winter , but in the spring the snow melting on the head of the stream makes it very danger ous fording. The bottom is of quieUsand and when the stream is high it changes its bed several 'times in a day. The climate is line during the winter ; the snow docs not lie where exposed to the sun , oven when it is an extraordinary hard winter , as that of ISSU-'SI. The canyons are lilted with deer , mountain sheep and bear. 'Ihero are thousands of cliff houses ; every available spot i.s covered with thorn. They are more numerous than in the canyons running into the main canyon itself. Some houses are so high anil built to conform with the outline of the clilf as to bo almost invisible. The buildings were built for comfort ; the ceilings arc high , walls are built of fine sandstone , plastered with gypsum. Immense beds of which can be found almost any plaeo in Southern Colorado. Some of the rooms will compare favorably with the best work of to-day , though it has been thou sands of years since they were built Many people who have never seen clilf houses have an idea that the lock has been cut away by human hands , but the hand of nature cut out the ledges .years n"o , how many man cannot conceive. The water cut away the softer strata of sandstone , in borne places live feet , in others fifty feet , and even more , and varying in depth , some times fifty feet back in under the overhanging cliff. Thus roof and lloor are solid sandstone. In some places the overhanging clilf pro tects the buildings , so that there has never been a drop of ain or Hake of snow touched them. This accounts for the state of preservation in which they are loiiml. During my stay in the eanvon I gath ered doy.ons"yes hundreds , of relics that would have made the heart of an anti quarian glad , but did not carry ono away with mo when I left. I found many speei- inens of pottery. Everything from drink ing cups to water pots holding fifteen or twenty gallons. The pottery is decorated in many curious designs. In different ruins 1 found moccasins made from the leaves of the soapweed , or Spanish bayo net , varying in si/0 from No. 0 to No. ! ) . In many places the imprint of a hand covered with gypsum can bo found. The hands are all small , though trom the moc casins their feet must havn been these of average _ si/.o people. 1 found a great many coils of twine anil pieces of rope made of fibre resembling hemp. The twine was not larger than a largo-si/.ed fishing linemid time has not hurt it in the least , as it is so strong that a man can not break it easily with bare hands. The finest specimen I found was a dress skirt made Irom feathers , or rather fiom down ; the oulbide of the feathers had been carefully plucked , anil the down separated ftom the quill and carefully wound around twine .strings , and the whole worked into a skirt about two feet in length. Being a man I am at a loss for words to describe this article of female apparel , but should think that it required not less than six months' work to make it. The largest cliffhoti.so is worthy of a better description than I can give , but 1 will try to describe it in my own way. It is situated in Bear canyon ( so named by prospectors ) , about three miles from the Mancos canyonon the \vcst side. From the bottom of the canyon it requires about one and one-half miles' walk from a point immediately below it to roach it. In climbing the cliffs on the route 1 took I found footsteps cut in the roelc , and think the people who lived hero must 'havo gone up in the same way I did. When 1 arrived 1 found a perpendicular clilf about forty feet high , which 1 climbed , by the aid of a rope which 1 throw on to a small cedar , at the risk of breaking my neck , but 1 was well repaid for my trouble by finding a building at least -50 feet in length , six stories high iu front , and from four to six rooms deep into the cliff. This seems to have been a chief's house I'an-Eloctno a , or perhaps a - director , or perhaps a boodle man. The rooms woro.tmoly plastered withy gypsum which had a beautiful pink cast. In ono room were stone lasts , rudely shaped , but after the fashion of the shoemaker's last of to-day. Another room had arrow heads , stone axes and hatchots. There uro also two weaving-rooms. In ono there is u rude kind of loom , in the other shuttles and other Implements for weaving ; but ns I do not understand weaving as well as the ancients , I cannot describe thorn. I found specimens of cloth resembling coarse linen. At one end 1 found a chicken house with roosts for chickens. I also found jugs of pottery made 10 resemble - somblo our white mountain quail , and think perhaps that the mountain quail was at one lime the domestic fowl of those pcoplo. There Is also n room in which venison has been smoked. Every building has a round water tank , trom ten to fifteen feet across , and the larger buildings as many as three. The tanks vary in depth from live to ton feet. The kitchens of those buildings seem to have been built weaker than any other part , as they have nearly all tumbled down , while the other parts of the building are strong. There are bushels of broken pottery in the parts fallen down , so 1 naturally supposed them to bo kitchens I never found a building in which the kitchen was standing , but I do not doubt but there are some of them loft standing , If one could Im found that had not fallen , I think tnal there would bo a great deal of pottery found. In every ruin can bo found corn cobs and husks , bquash rinds , bone knives , and curioiia arttclen that I could not make out for what nso they were intended There are 0110 or more grunerios connected with every building. They have doors and windows in which slabs of shite are fitted to such a nicety that a mouse could never tret into tlieni There are also cedars in which I found largo jars covered with smooth , Hat stones. What they contained I can only surmise. OThe buildings were heated with a rude kind of furnace , a passageway built of stone and cement iusiilo running the full length of the lower lloor , as I supposed for carrying the heat to dillorent apart- menu. Ttio walls in some places are covered with paintings in which red col- OM predominate pictures of men , women , animals and birds. There U one clitf about thirty feut square , on whl < 'i ' art tl. > pict'ircs of dif ferent bird ? . That of Ihn stork is the most numerous at.d is a ft * hful copy of that bird. I have been in this section several years and ha\o never seen a stork , and it has prob ably been many yeais since that bird in habited this country 1 think this shows that tins section which is now so dry must have been wet at the time It was inhabited by the pi iff dwellers. Another picture Is that of a man with the hea.l of a dog or wolf , lie is ulwa > s leading men and women by the hand. Ills a picture identical with that of Anubis of the Egyptians , \\l\o \ , if i v mrmo-y serves me aright , was < upposed to bo connected with the reign of Sirius or the dog-star , and to have an evil influence on the people ple during his leign. Wn not the stork one of the sacred birds of Egypt ? OVERHAULING AN itViOEZZLER Sti-njislc AVIlh n Desperate Criminal tin n Hlvpr'i Itrink. I was in the employ of I'iiikerton for manj years , but the very first ca o as signed me had more peiil in it than any four others combined. I had done some "spotting" and "shadowing" and had helped on t\vo or three i-asps , when 1 was sent to Milwaukee to look after an pmbi'7/ler. A Mrs. 1'ieree , a widow of wealth , and a woman who trusted her servants altogether too much , lecelved ono day from the east by express a pack age of money amounting to $ ! ! , ( Oil. She had been in the li.ilnt of seiulinir her butler to tlio bank to make deposits for her , and now and then to draw money on lier written ordor. llo had been \\ith her for several years as a sort of man of all work In the house , anil she had found him strictly honest. She gave him the money to deposit without a lear of his being tempted. He was not seen alter he left the house. Ho did not go to the bank , and for three or four days Mrs. 1'ieree and others labored under the be lief that ho had been robbed and mur dered. The hunt for his dead body was going on when I reached Milwaukee , The name of the butler was John Lane , and he was described to mo as a sandy- haired , red-faced man , weighing 100 pounds , and wearing a sandy mustache. 1 held fiom the first to the theory that he had run awav. Ho hail been told to hurry back , llo could reach the bank in a walk of fifteen minutes , having only t\M > or three turns to make. It was JJ o'cjock in the afternoon , and ho could bo in no personal danger. No one could bo found who had seen him between the house and the liankallhough ho w's : well known. But the best clue was found in Lane's room. There was a handful of .sandy hair in a paper under the lavatory. There was another paper spotted with lather , in which were enough bristles make a mustache. Behind an old trunk was u bottle which had contained hair dye.Mrs. Mrs. Pierce received tlio money about 10 o'clock in the forenoon , and she re marked to Lane that she woujd have him deposit it lor her after dinner. lie wailed on the table at noon , and there was no change in his appearance , but be tween that time and a no shaved off his mustache , cut oil'a lot of his hair , anil applied the dye. Now came the hardest uart of the work. Lane had always declared that ho hated the sight of cities and towns. Ho also ha.d a great horror of water. This seemed to argue that he would not head for Europe. Jt was well known that ho had a holy horror of the west. That seemed to argue that he would not go west. Would ho go north orbouth ? 1 was helped out of my dilemma in a cu rious way. 1 had been at every steam boat ollice and railroad depot , meeting with no success , and was standing in front of the Second National bank when a farmer-looking man accosted 1110 with : "What do you say about this bill ? I say it's good and the old woman says it's bad. " "Why docs she suspect it to bo bad ? " 1 asked , as I biirvoyed the bill. "Well , it was give to me tour or five days ago by a chap who rode out homo \\ith ns. and cut across to tlio railroad station. " 1 was dead certain from his first words that J had got track of my man. Wo went into the bank to satisty him that the bill was all right , and then cro.ssud to the wagon. "Well , ono reason why I suspeeled tins man , " said the wife , "was because his hair was dreadfully haggled and dyed. " The fellow had tried to play smart in leaving the city. llo had taken the train at a station about fifteen miles away , anil ho had four days the start of mo. The first move was to run out to the country sta tion at which ho had taken the tram. I there found that ho had made man } ' in quiries about the northern and western part of the state , and had finally pur chased a ticket for Fond du Lac. ' 1 ho de scription of him was good , and I was about to buy a ticket for the tame place and take a train duo in half an hour when in canio a boy who helped around the station , and it was plain that ho hud a good deal of native wit. "Yes , that chap bought a ticket for Fond du Lao , but I don t think ho wont there , " replied the lad when I began to question him. ' What makes you think ho did not ? " ' "Because , " ho'answored , as ho handed down a folder from the rack , "ho was studying tins route , which goes to 1'ort- age City. I think ho meant to take this folder along , but dropped it. See how ho has marked it with a pencil. " So ho had. Ho could run up to Water- town and go through by way of Beaver Dam. I therefore changed my route to Portage City , and at the junction I got track of my man. Ho hud no ticket , but hnd paid his fare in cash. It was night , and the staleof his hair had not boon noticed , but the conductor dcscribmi Lane's general appearance. Ho ini"ht go no further than Beaver Dam , and I got off there and looked around for a few hours. No trace of him had been had , and 1 was at the depot to take the train , when a conversation between two young men became interesting. "Yon ought to li'ivo ' told somebody , " protested ono. "Yes , and boon laughed at , " replied the other , - "And no had $10,000 ? ' ' "Yes , double that. " "And he was counting it on the bed ? " "Yes. " "I'll Vet you ho was HI robber. " "May be , but ho was oh" early in the morning. "Well , bo Iting , Tom hero's the train. " Tlio ono who had seen' some ono count ing money was going w.c.st by my train , and I schemed to tcel a seat with him mid draw him out. Ho was u porter at ono of the hotels in Portage , and ho hail soon a guest answering Lano's descrip tion counting biich a lot of money that it covered halt the bed. Lane had given the landlord to under stand that ho was a hard-working young man who hud started out to look for u job , but ho had departed1 without fixing on anything definite. 1 did not believe ho would go to Oshkosh. Ho was acting like u man who reasoned that if ho could hide himself away in the country for a few weeks hid crime and his Identity would both bo lorgotten. I procured a rough hull of clothes , hired a horse , ami set off on his trial. As ho had gone on foot with a large valise in his hand it was easy to hear of him along the road. Ho headed toward Oahkosh for live or six- miles , and then turned directly north , It was in the tall of the year , unu the roads were in bad condition , bet ho made twenty-four miles that lirst day , not stop- jiinir at all for dinner. It was on the si.xlli day after he left Milwaukee that I located him , and ho hud then been at work in a baw mill for a day and a half. I entered the hamlet on foot , as ho had done , having u few extra clothes in a bundle. The owuer of the only store m tlie place al o kept n saloon aiultavern.and tinder pretense of being footsore and used up , 1 remained idle lor two or thrco days. That the fellow Imd hidden the treas ure was certain. That he would \isit it sooner or later was dead sure. 1 watched him closely during the day and t saw that ho was neivous nnd preoccupied. I expected ho would go out to inspect his treasure at night , and I took my precnu- tinns that ho should not escape me. \ \ hen Sunday week came I mdo : up my mind not to lese sight of him for an hour , ll.ero were several aercs of logs In the jard , and after breakfast 1 went to the mill , climbed up in the attie and had the yard and hamlet utulrr my eye. At about 10 o'clock Lane came tlown into the 3 ard , wandered about in an aimless sot t nf way , and by-and-by 1 &aw him inspect ing a huge log l.\ing near a thoin-applo tree. Now that I saw Lane in tliu vie-in- ityl made up my mind that he had hid den his money close by. and 1 slipped out find went for a ramble iu the woods. That night at midnight 1 drc sod my self and crept out of the tavern to make a hunt for the money. Tlio big log hy within twenty feet of the bank. Tlicio was a hollow in ono end , but no money. The other end was olid. I climbed o\er it and passed around it , and had just dis- eosered a hollow which had been the base of a big limb , when I got a blow on the neck which rolled me over and over. Before 1 eould get up Lane was upon me , He was a good de.il the heavier and stouter nnn , and\\hile his object seemed to bo to clutch my throat 1 gave him two good blows in the faee and got to my feet. Not a word was spoken by eitlu ref of ns. Wo stood for a moment pi-ping for breath , and then ho rushed at inn liUn an enraged bull , llo handled me al most as if I had bepn a boy , and it wasn't o\er a minute before wo weio on the bunk above water twelve loet deep. His object was to p.teh me into the river , but I hung to him jso well th.it ho was bullied. Wo were Mill btrug- gling on the brink when a gre.it slice of the bank gave way and wo went into the iee-eold water , both having a firm hold , but 1 on top. Lane must have had his mouth open , for ho began to strangle at once , and if I ever worked hard tor three minutes it was to save him. lie was nneoneious when I got him to the bank and pulled him up , \\liilo 1 was as good as froron , By a liberal use of un voice I aroused three or four men and wi got Lane to the hotel and worked over him foi half an hour befor ho opened his eves. Then 1 gave him a big drink of hot whisky ami went out and got the money , llo had spent about $10 of it. Not a word did ho reply as 1 told him who 1 waswho , ho was anil showed him the money. Not a word did ho utter all the way back to Milwairuce , and it was only after Mrs. Pieree had refused to prosecute him and ho was turned loose that ho sullenly mut tered : "I was just fool enough to argue that no detective living could overhaul mo " MOST PERFE rrppnrcj with fltrlct rcpixri ! to Parity , BtrenRth , nni Ik'ft'.tlifuhitfp. llr.J'rlio'e Hilling Powder contains no AmmoniaTJrao , Alum or 1'hoi'plmteo. Dr.l'rlco'a liitriicte , VonlUo , Lcraoa , etc. , flavor CeUclouuly. JAHLMj ixrturi , Wt UlAlliMl t TO 3 # < t iiniiriht. NEwlm-tunni ElectroRplt&3u3neniinr" ! , fcSjENONLV ur llk > I Ml JIIlN tl. MniluTlVr tMmrciflcniri | > jwcri.riir 2i . - _ - . JM = - CNI UVTIV t : V , CiKMSK , KT. | vrT , " ' " " " " l"1 . ' > " > < "hi''i : current , of 4" Ityiilmtiy ihri.iigh ullwrak rimyi'tor- \ ' t.i hr ] lh and Vlgtirouiblnrgtli. | rctria Current " 5 > > ' ? -rrItln t ntlv-or cforfdt l"t 0 In c h. 11 natu' Iii.r.nimci3o | ! > rr oil oilier t In.Vur l lairiixr- iniiicnlljriiiriillill'irreiiiniitbi . ' rnlr.l r innhltt < ? tumn The Sandcn ClcctrloCo. 109 LaSallosi. , Ono Agent ( Mirfnnnt onlO ry ntM In pvrry town for Although I wns paying $ tJ per 1,000 for my lead ln r > c limn J , in > salon uiomoro tluin twunty 1l\o tunu * us Inrfiosliico I put In yoiir"Tiiiislll's Punch" fiovlgnr 1 could not lm\u bollorod It. I'oursiOMK'Ctivcly , WM. M DALK , Druggist , Chicnjro. , , , AOSilST , mrtlteaCt..WtwYeA. Bond the HnUAllUS FOHTUNH TEU.KH,10o..r.OUIllVUO.N"S ) DHKAM 1IOOIC , 10o. , PALM1STIIY , 2.C. All tluco , We. BKIUAb IjKAKJ.KT PUIILISHIMJ CO , IJoi " 012 , Now York City. Kloimntly Illustrated. Jlldlm Ily Dr. SnndlEor's method. No operation ! No Paint No Dotc'iitlon frnm business. AtluMoil to children aawoll as itrowii iicoplo. Hundreds of nutuKniph cs tlmoninlH on tlio. All tmslnom strictly ounlldoii tin ) . CONHULTATION FHKIJ. ritor. x. n. COOK , ItoomC 1511 nonplus tOnmha , Nob. LINCOLN BUSINESS DIRECTORY Itecciulj Hunt. l''uniUUoJ The Treniont , 3. C.VlT/aKlt.\U ) & toy , Propiletors. Cur. fth nnd 1'fts , Lincoln , Nob. Ilntci 11.60 per day. BtriiBt can from tiou to nnf run of tUo cflj. J. II. W. HAKINS. . Architect , OfHccs-31 HI imd 4i , Illchiinls Illoolc , Lincoln , x'ol ) . Elovutur unjltb btiuuU llreoilerol tlrpoderof 0 AM U\VA v OATTLC. Fitniirlluii.su. F Al WOODS , Live Stock Auctioneer Hnlus inudi ( In all imvla nf llio U H. at fair rules. Hoomn. litUi Illouk , Lincoln , .Nub. Gullavtny iinildliort Hum bulls for sula. B 11. GOULD1NG , Farm Loans and Insurance , Correspondents In irtr.\r < l to lonoi sollcltoJ Itooin 4 , HlcUards lllocK , Lincoln , N'eb , Itiverside Short Horns Of btrlctly iiuto IlatcBttnil lluteu T | ) jioacattlo. Herd numU'i-ti about GJ lioud. Kumlllea ruiiruvonteJ : fllbertfl , Crfliryj , Acoinbi. HcnlcM , Hoaoof Shurons , Moss Itosos , Knltflitly Ducliobbes , Klnt Cruok Voting Muiys , 1'liylliiun , I x ) mi us undTruo Ixivos. Jlulls Joriilo. I 1'uro Ilutc * ninert , 1 Pure Dnli'i t'rutrtrs , 1 Hosoof Slniron , 1 Vnuni , ' Jlurr. ll'ino Crulck Slmnk unil others. Cuinv ami inincottho licr.l. AdUicsj , CHAd. M. UltAN- bON , Lincoln , Nob. When m Lincoln ttopat National Hotel , Andfet atfooduiunor Co 3oa.i'EDAWAY i'EDAWAY Piop. Lawrence Ostroin & Oo. FAMOUS "BELLE OF. BOURBON. " Is Death to oiismnptUm , Malaria , Sleeplessness Chills and Fovcn Or Insomnia nnil Typhoid Fever , Dissimulation Indigestion , 'ootl , Yea IN Old , Surgical Fevers , 'nsel Oil , Wood I'olsonjuqr Absolutely 1'uro The GREAT APPETIZER Tlil will certify tint 1 IIITO ornmlnfil Itio NRI.t.Tt . or HOfullON W1IISKV , rcoolrptt from ti lir.si EUstllfM \ Co , nnil found tlunnin In lu porlpi-nr fri'O frnm rtnol Oil mill nil oilier iltil OIK sutmnnios unJ strictly I'lirO ' 1 cheerfully ro"nmiiu > ut tlioxun.i for IVulUmH Mmllrinnl iitirnosi , , , . , . . . . , . . , . ' I * . II MlNl'M , M l , Xni'jIlPi' ' ' riinml t , l.oultTllto Ivy. 1 or nlobr DrnugltK Wlno Morrhint'Aml llrocnri pvt < rr im Pilro Ji 1i per Imttln bo lo LAWRENCE OSTROM & Oo. Louisville , Ky Wholesale and Distributing Agents , ' ff co.ami DfLLOX , Wtiolrvtlc Liquor nntlci'nA Onitttin. by GLADS'LOSK HllOS. iC CO. , Omaha. Jl. T. CLAliK DRUG CO. , Display at their warerooms , 13O5 and 13O7 Klrnam Stfoot , the largest assortment of Pianos and Organs to bo found at any establishment west of Chicago. The stock embraces the highest class and medium grades , Including STEINWAY , FISCHER , LYOW&HEALY BURDETT , STANDARD , LYON&HEALY Prices , quality and durability considered , are placed at the lowest living rates for cash or time payments , while the long established reputation of the house , coupled with their most liberal Interpretation of the guarantee on their goods , affords the purchaser an absolute safeguard against loss by possible defects in materials and workmanship. LYON & HEALY , I30S A. I3O7 FARNAM STREET' TUB CHICAGO SHORT \M \ OF nis Chicago.Milwaukee&St.PaulB'r . . ' THE BEST ROUTS \im \ mm 3j council BLDFH et TWO TRAINS DAILY HF-TWEEN OMAHA COUNCIL ULUFFS Cliicasro , AND Milwaukee , St. Paul , Minneapolis , Cedar Rapids , Clinton , Dubuque , Davenport , lioeklaland.Freoport , Eockford , ElginMadison , Jancsville , JJcloit , Winono , La Crossu , And all other tmpnrtnnt points East , Northeait tiiid Southeast. For through tlokets call on the Tloltet Agon at 1401 Farnum atieet ( In Paiwn Hotel ) , or Union Pacillo Depot. PuUmnn hlcoDcra and the Dnest Olalnr Cars In the world are run on the main llneiof the CHICAGO , MIL.WAUKBB & BT. PAUL ItAiuvrAr , and ererj attention li paid to pa aen ura by oourteoni employei of the company. U. MILLXK , Uoneral Manager , J. V. TUOKEII , Assistant Oeneral Manaw. A. V. H. CAKi'iNiiR , Qenural i'Moenuer and Ticket Agent Quo. m. HBAirnnn , Assistant General Fallen- cer and Ticket Aitont J , T. OfcABK. UeuertU Superintendent. Red Star Line Carrying the nolglura Iloynl and Unltod Statoj Miul.eullmi , ' otcry buturduy Beiwesn Antwsrfl & Nsw York TO THE RHINE , GERMANY , ITALY , HOLLAND - LAND AND FRANCE , I'AMi AND VVINTI5II. Rnlon frnm f-0 to 175- Excursion trip from tllU to Il-i" ) . Second Cabin , ouururn , $15 ; prepaid , f < J ; excursion. J'JO. Bteurni'O mnjiua lit low rfUos. 1'ulor Wrlfflit & Sons , Ctonoru Arcnts , S& 1) ) road way , Nuw York. Henry Pundt , liils r.tnmmsu ; I'nulson t Co. Hu'3 Fnnnim at ; I ) , ( ) Krnnmnn 1 M I'urn.Mn rou HAM : . A lixrge number of rrrordoil 1'crclicron nnd Clj do i lain Biulluma. Alfco Homo llroil t'oliH Kvery itniiiuil Kiiuritntcod a luoudur. Pilcos ronson it > leand ti'iina oat-y ( turbtook IIHB ln > on Eelixtoil with ruloicnua lo both Individual innrlt mid prdlurec. A lurf" numlior < if our Biaillnna ure uccliuiHtf'd atiJ Colin of their K"t can Uu hhowii York IB 01 , tholl.i. M. It. it. , two hours' ride ui-st or Mmoln For cntu- lo/uej mid further Infurmntlon , mldrrs" PUY & I'AllltliAUl , York , Heb , "CHICHESTER'S ENGLISH. " 'I lie OriK'nnl and Only ( jrnulne. E f Mi ! / JttUibU Rtwur wtirtblvat Imlullbol. ludliici t > l < U LADIES. A V jour llruc ltt fcr 'I'hlrbMlrr'i FnglUlP1 i Ul , ollio or Uctoi , U ( .utap.tu ui for ituUuUr , * i % tttttr by return mall. NAME PAPEf. < M lieur CU ilr l CV , Mf I B > 1 > < ! l.iii q4 rf , I'MUdu. , Po. fcolj bj DrnciUU VTrrjHbrr * . 4 > t r r "tUrke * > * r > t jt.axUtV' l' utor * ! I'llU. T io ul- - - ? * - - - RAILWAY. Council Bluffs And Chicago. Tbi only rood to tnke for De8 Molnei , Mar- ehalltown.c ixlar ItniiMo , Clinton , Diilr. Ohio- KO , Mllwniikee nnd nil points nait. To the people ple of rfahrnika , Colorado , Wyoming , Utah , Idaho , Nevada , Orcjron , Wnxhlnaton nnrl Cali fornia , U offrrn aupoilor advantages noi pou > ble by any other line. Among- fen of the numerous points of tu- nerlnrHy enjoynd by the patrons of thli roa4 liotvreonOmitlmand ClilcRRO.nio Ita two trahM ndayof DAT COACHBS which ore the n licit tbnt human art and Ingenuity can create. IU 1'ALACn fiLKKIMNO 8A118 , .rhlch . are raodeli of eomfort ntid elcgnncn ltd 1'AULOIl DIIAW- I NO KOOM OAKS , uniurpaned by any , find IU widely oolebrated PALATIAL DININO CAI18 , the equal of which cannot be found eliewhero. At Co u neil lllutfi thn tmlniof th * Union Paol- fie y. connect In Union Depot with thoM of the ChlMxo ft Hortbwoitern Ry. In Cbloa | the trmtnii of thli line tnnko close ronneotloa with those of all eastern linns For Detroit , Columbus. ImllanapollH. Cincin nati , Niagara Knlll , FlufTnlo , 1'ltlnburir , Toronto , Montrunl. llonton. New York , I'hlliulolphla , Hal- tlmore , WathlnRton nnd all t olnn In the Mt , aak the tlokot neent for tlcknt via the "NOHTHWBhTKHN , " If you wish the bn t nownnraodRtloni. All llrkMt lurentx "Mil tlr > k l8 r n Dili linn. Jf.niTGHITT. R. P. WIf.SON. Cnncrnl "nnl. 1'nsVr A Kent chlo" * ° . " ' WM. HANCOCK.chlo" 'j H.1IOLMJ3 , O Wistein AKt .fi ! > - I'uaa AZ t DRS. si D JAYIESON' 418 I.AWUI'.NCi ' : KTItr.r.T. I > I\VIEC : : , - - c'oi.oatAuo , Of the MifcBoiiri Stale MMseurn of Annto- my , St. Louis , Mo j University College Hospital London , Ciut.cn , Germany and New Yoik , Having devoted the.ii atten tion SPECIAX..LY TO 'HIE TKEATMIiNT OF Nervous , Chronic and DISEASES. More ctjiccially those nrifcing from impru dence , unite all so buffering to couespond without delay. DUcatcb of infettion and contagion cuicd safely and t > | > tedily without detention from hubinebs , and without the tue of dangerous drugs. PatienU whose cases hatu been neglected , badly treated or pionounced incurable , should not foil to write us concerning their symptom * . All letters receive immediate attention. tarJUST PUBLISHED g * And will be mailed Fit Eli lo any address on receipt of one 2 cent stamp , "Practical Observations on Nervous Debility and Phy sical KxhauMlon , " to which is added an "Essay on Mairiage , " uith important chap ters on DlbKAbKb OK 1IIK KKrHODIICTIVli OKGANS , Ihe whole * lormin ; ; a valuable med ical treatise which should be read by all youni : men. Address mis. s , * i > . I > AVUSO\ : , 118 IvUUTOMCU hi. , DiiltVtT ,