25' : . THE OMAHA JJA1JJY BJiaiJ : .MONDAY , i\IAY 1(5. 1887. i ft ! I-1' . THE SfATE'S ' SOLID GROWTH , Substantial Prosperity at Oreto Bnilded on a Sure Foundation , STIMULATING NEWS AT YORK. Pnlrlinry Pushing to tlio Front of Southern Nebraska Towns Val paraiso Stondlly I'roKrcnqliiK Valley 'M County's Metropolis. Crete's I'rosppots. CIIKTI : . Nob. , May 1 ! ! , [ Correspond ence of the HKI : . ] Crete , tiio acknowl edged prettiest town in Nebraska , has liad no startling boom In recent years , Jiko many Nebraska towns. For the last thirty days there has been unusual signs of now lifo and vigor. More real estate changed hands in that period than during ten years past. Tlio oldest inhab itant began to shako his head and wonder - dor what it all meant. Light was dually thrown on the subject by the Missouri Pacific railway tnaKing our citl/.ona a proposition a couple of weeks ago to build an extension of their line to Crete. The proposition was at once accepted and the county commission * era wcro called together to submit a proposition to tlio voters of Crete precinct to vote .t'1,500 in bonds to secure riuhl-of- way and depot grounds for tlio company within the city. The surveyors httvo found an excellent grade by the Salt creek valley into thu city. Work will undoubtedly begin at once , as there is not a fraction of doubt hut what the bonds will carry without opposition. Tlio expression of approval by our business men warrants us in saying that the Mis souri Pacific railway will carry out of Crete and in the lion's share of business when ouco in operation. The 15. & M. , had it conserved its own interests , would long ago Jiavc taken advantage of the splendid water facilities and lay of land tributary to their tracks at this point for extensive yards , shops , etc. There is mibstantial evidence now that they in tend doing something. Their chief engineer , Mr. Weeks , spent a couple of days hero last week scrutinizing the territory we have men tioned very closely. It is practically cer tain thnt the H. it M. will close the gap of twelve miles between here and Milford - ford , thus making a through north and south line , with Crete a very central point in their extensive system. The Northwestern people are investigating this beautiful IHuo valley witli a view to extending their line from So ward by Crete to Ucatrico. If the readers of tlio IEI ! : sec the announcement of a propo sition from that road to Crete inside of a couple of weeks they need not bo sur prised. These' am .some of the developments from the outside which make Crete Rjoplo feel the big boom is coming. T. . Miller , mayor of the citv , a wealthy , energetic German , seconded by an enterprising council , is inaugurating public improvements in securing an electric light plant for the city. With the water power which our big mills propose to give to the city , it is found tin ) incandescent light can bo fur nished consumers cheaper than gas or oil. At the next meeting of the council n proposition for a franchise to build a system of waterworks for the city will bo submitted. A reservoir plan on the heights above thu city will be adopted. Those natural advantages , which Crete lias supplemented with additional rail roads , are bound to put it in the front rank of interior towns. Heal estate is not on the top shelf , like most Nebraska towns , and the buyers now can realize handsomely on investments. Among the heavy purchases of real estate the past few weeKs was the Town Plat com pany lots 1313 by Dawes , Foss it Stevens ; thirty-live acres adjoining the town site , by il. McKee ; 113 acres adjoinin" town on the north und east , by M. A. Daugli- erty , H. M. Wells , J. W. Craig and oth ers : several inside lots and blocks. Sev eral from other towns nro making pur chases. Tliu lirst now addition was put on tlio market yesterday , and is selling rapidly. VVe arc glad to sec again on our streets tlio familiar face of Kx-Govornor Dawes. Airs. Dawes is expected the last of this week and next week will lind them dom iciled in the tasteful dwelling recently purchased of Mr. 11. II. Whittlesoy. Mr. Whittlesoy has loft for Denver , Colo. , where ho will engage in the same business in which hu was so successful in Crete that of chemist and pharmacist. Mrs. Whittlosoy and little daughter will remain the guests of Mrs. Georyo 1) . Stevens until next week. Mrs. Dr. Fos , of the Doano college class of ' 87 , is lying dangerously ill at her home. Miss Duun , the national C9llogo secre tary of tlio Y. M. C. A. , is a guest at Ladies' hall , where she hold an interest ing meeting with the young ladies last night. Another is announced for this evening at 7)0 ! ) o'clock. Miss Duun is a pleasing speaker and will do good work iu the college. Tlio Key. W. F. Eystor enjoyed a pleas- nnt surprise recently. The members of the S. L. C. , for which Mr. Eystor has prepared programmes during the past year , presented him with a Uogors * crouu , "Tho Elder's Daughter. " Mr. Eyster tried his utmost to convince the express boy _ that he had made a mistake. The boy's lirmnoss , however , carried the tlav. and the statuary was received. Tlio extremely warm weather coming so early induces early thought of where Shall be spent the summer vacation. No place seems more inviting than Crete , with its summer assembly. Many are already laying plans for tenting and tlio erection of cottages. M. 1) . Welsh and TJ. E. Calvert , superintendent ol the H. & M. , are planning to build cottages. The Jlov. Willard Scott , of Omaha , has or dered the erection of Congregational headquarters , and other denominations will prepare headquarters before assem bly time. Tlio assembly vrogrammo is richer and fuller than over before. Mr , Y. 1 , Foss , its president , and Dr. E. A. Dunning , its conductor , have spared no ollbrt or expense to make the assembly this year meet tlio most extravagant ex pectations. The Exoltomcnt nt York. YOKK , Neb. , May 18. [ Correspondence of the 15m : . ITlio excitement in York over railroads , town lots and public im provements was supplemented last Sun day night by a very sensational affair which was the principal theme of discus sion Monday. Miss Kena Shafer , n hand- Borne and attractive young school mis tress , deliberately placed a loaded revolver ver to her left breast and fired , Tlio ball entered near her heart and lodged under her left shoulder blade. The physicians in nttondanco now think her attempt to take her own lifo will bo abortive. The young lady has boon roared from child hood in this city and is well known to most of our citizens. Her mother died a few j'ears ago , and her father married again and moved to Missouri , leaving Kena , then n girl about llfteen years , to take care of herself. She has secured a fair education nnd won an enviable rep utation as n teacher. Her friends nro very evasive in regard to tho' shoot ing , some of them even claiming it was ixu accident , but the fact has leaked out that a recreant lover lias so conducted himself as to break her heart , nnd when ho failed to show up last Sunday night recording.to contract , she determined to end her dlsanpointmont nnd sorrow. Saturday evening last u bright blaze ( fear the depot reddened the hoavous and ilrow thronga of people out on the street. Presently the fire bell sounded nml tlion everybody did run , merchants , clerks , nhd cTcn barbers , who forsook their customers half shaved and ran Into the street razor in hand. It was the lirst lire in York for a long time.-and though only a barn It iiiono.polUcil all attention , to tlie extreme disgust of a toothpullcr and nostrum vender who was beguiling a crowd on otic of tlm corners. Last week W. W.'Lewis , a farmer who resided near this city , met with a sud den iitul very painful dsath. llo was unloading a grist at the roller millswhen Ills team Ttocamo frightened and ran. He succeeded in intercepting them and was \vhlrled to the ground and run over. Ho lingered a couple of days in terrible agony and expired. \Vork has been suspended tctnpor- anly on our new court house. Scarcity of brick occasions the del.iy. The average citi/.en gucssos the building will cost f5,000 by the time it is completed , but those in the best po sition to judge say the amount will bu much nearer if 100,000. The season's building is fairly under way und new houses are raised in nil di rection each day. The demand for bus iness rooms is very Dressing and one cannot bo had ow for love nor money. A number of men liayo been hero recent ly and decided to go into business as soon as ( hey can secure a suitable room. Uusiness and residence lots are selling rapidly at advanced figure * . Our hotels are crowded with new arrivals , and the streets are full of llfo and activity. The Kansas City & Omaha railroad has tlm grade nearly completed and is laying rails in this county. They will be run ning trains to York in about two weeks. The tn-.raont , Elkhorn & Alissouri Val ley graders are at work near the city and this line will bn completed to York in about eight weeks. The 11. & M. has de cided to build an air line from York to Central City to accommodate the busi ness of the now lines which they are building in northwestern Nebraska. This will make York an Important junction of this great line. A representative of the Kansas City , Wyandotte & Northwestern was in York a lew days ago anil said Ids company would make tins an important point on their line , which is an extension of the 1'ort Scott & Gulf route. This will give- us n direct line to Now Orleans. Our people are sanguine and a big boom for York seems inevitable. Al ready our real estate men are crowded with business and are adding to their force of assistants. Kalrlmry Pushlnc to tlio Front. FAiniiuitY , Neb.May 13. | Correspond ence of the BKE.J The graders on the Kansas City & Omaha railroad are throwing dirt northwest from here at a lively rate and another large gang are at work in the city putting in switches for supply yard. The work on the division shops and round house will be com menced soon. Fairbury is the terminus of the Fairbury & Stromsburgh brunch of tiio road and will have nioro direct communication with Omaha when the road is completed. The Rock Island has surveyed a route from hero through Reynolds , Neb. , to licllcvillo , Kan. , where connection with another line will bo made that is being built from Uolloville southeast to connect with the Toueka line of the road. This will bo the main line to Denver. All these railroad movements give us life and arc fast pushing us to the front of southern Nebraska towns. A number of manufacturing institutions tire in correspondence with the board of trade and we expect some of them will locate with us. All lines of business and manufacturing now represented here are prospering greatly ml therq is ample room for more. Tlio building boom holds up and quite a large number of houses and store build ings are being erected. The brick makers are m full blast and have already burned thrco kilns this sprins. Kvorybouy is busy and the weather beautiful. The Democrat is taking subscriptions for a daily which it proposes to com mence issuing the latter part of this month. The Democrat is an enterpris ing paper and does much to advertise the city , although its political complexion is oil. oil.Tho The llarbiue bank has lately boon dec orated inside , and a beautiful room it is. A now nursery company was organ ized last week , to lie known as the Mid- Continent Nursery company , and has bought a block of trround , on which to build packing houses. The nursery in dustry of Fairbury is immense , Carpen ter & Gage having sold tnis spring in the neighborhood of $100,000 worth of trees , etc. They have a market all over tlio continent and do the largest business in their line west of tlio Mississippi. There aio two or throe other nursery firms hero. Fairbury is the Rochester of the west in this line of business. Real estate continues active and many sales are reported. Everybody who in vests makes money , and. so far as pres ent indications point , will continue to do so. Doings at Dodge. DODOK , Neb. , May 14. [ Correspond ence of the BIK. ; The cry of dry weather and fear of shortage in crops has all disappeared with the delightful rain of tlio past two days and prospects were never better for an amplu return of a rich harvest as a reward to the toiling husbandman. During the week we have not only received several cars of mer chandise and lumber , but shipped two cars of hogs , live cars of grain and to-day Henry Derkor will load 1U3 head of cut tle , II. Horheld IU head , John Kraker- inoyor ! 5J ( head and William FlorhaulTIH head , making in all thirteen car loads of cattle , and there are plenty more in tlio country waiting for better prices. Several now and tasty residences are under way of completion and there is a demand for more storerooms at good rents. Wo voted ijtt.OOU bonds for a now school house and the contract has been consummated at $2,800 , the balance and ino.it of the money being already in tlio city treasury. Our livery men , of whom Mr. A. F. Stueller is chief , report business brKk and plenty of new comers looking up desirable - sirablo locations for enterprising farm ers. ers.A llouring mill is greatly needed and the partv who locates here will find it a paying investment from tlio very start. Traveling men from Omaha's best wholesale nouses make regular visits to see our merchants and always liud busi ness good. Columbus Kiilnrprlsci. COLUMUUS , Nob. , May It. [ Corre spondence of the HKU. ] It hath been said , "Ho that tootcth not his own horn , il shall not bo tooted for him , " and the IKI ! : is one of the best mediums in the state for tooting our advantages ami ag ricultural resources , and wealth. Your correspondent finds bcventy-Hvo copies of tlio Daily UEK distributed hero every afternoon , besides many copies that are eagerly sought for from the news agent on the train as soon as No. 3 pulls up to the platform. E. D. Fitzpatrick , ono of our news dealers , says ho expects to re quire 100 copies to supply the demand iu the next thirty days. Plalto county is getting a largo share of ( ho immense immigration that is pour ing into our prosperous state. The com plaints that somp croakers wcro holding forth , about a lack of moisture , are ail dispelled , for wo had on Thursday and Friday continuous and soaking rains , thus , putting lioyoud- peradventure an unparalleled crop of small grain and corn , tlio acreage under cultvatiou being in excess of past years. Coluinbu..thc county soatis"fast coming to the front , " and will lltorally bo "grid- ironed. " and all tlio surrounding conn- try radiating from Columbus as a center. Articles of Incorporation wcro iiled to-day of "Tho Columbus Motor Rail way , " capital stock O'J.OOO ' , with power to increase to $500,00(1 ( , In shares of $100 each , to operate in the counties of I'olk , Butler , Colfax and 1'latte. The lucor- porators are ,1. U. Moaghor , R. 11. llunry. Herman Oohlricli , Cieorge Lehman , he- ander Gerard and J. II. Kersenbrocjc , all men of energy , pluck and capital. Another enterprise of great import to Columbus- the proposition of A. J. Ar nold to fink an artesian well on his property , known as Arnold's park , fur nishing an unlimited supply of water for the lake , and enhancing the value nt the lots in the immediate neighborhood. Gustavo Cordes , the young man who fell between the cars at Duncan , last Sunday , sustaining severe in juries to the right leg and foot , is doing well , and will be sent to his homo in Howard county in a few days. Ho says it was too close a call to pass in his cheeks to undertake to steal a rule on a train again. "Dabblers in dirt , " in the shape of real estate dealers , are hanging out their shingles on our principal streets. Louis Weaver is the latest addition another harbinger of our growing prosperity. VnlparnlNO Spreading Out. VALi'AiiAibo , Neb. , May 13. [ Corre spondence of the HKE. ] Although Val paraiso lias not had what is commonly termed a boom , yet she lias grown from a population of 700 to that of 1,000 in the past year , and has nearly doubled iu its number of buildings , while no notices of "To Lot" can be seen. U. R. 1J. Webber has made out an ad dition to the town of twenty-live acres of residence lots , also a park filled witli shade trees , and to contain a fountain in the near future , to bo supplied by a spring near by. It. K. .Johnson also comes to the front with twenty acres of the finest residence lots in town. Lots in the additions are selling rapidly , and will bo built upon cro another year rolls by. Scoyille & Craft's brick block is now re ceiving the finishing tonchcs.and will soon bo occupied as a hotel , drug store and barber shop. Ono room is already occu pied by the Bank of Valparaiso , which boasts of the finest bank room in the county. The hotel will bo lirst-class in every respect. The whole building is lighted with gas , and is a credit to our place. The Baptists are now building a very neat and tasty church edifice , of tlio most modern style and finish. R. K. Johnson is also preparing to erect a line residence costing several thousand dollars. Although , farmers are busy planting , yet tlio streets present a lively scene every day , and merchants have plenty to do , and are in good spirits. Fnnn work is farther ahead than for several seasons past , and the crops are coming on lincly , Iilvcly Tiniew at Oril. Ouu , Neb. , May 13. [ Correspondence of the BRK. ] The B. & M. grading be tween Ord and Crane , in Loup county , is nearly ready for the tics. A board of trade has recently been or- gani/.ed at Ord and the secretary is lire- paring a twenty-two-pago pamphlet de scriptive of Ord and Valley county for general distribution. Series B of tlio Ord Building and Loan association will soon bo opened. A building boom has recently struck the town and several costly residences will go up this season. Brick are being made for two largo brick blocks to be erected this summer. Ord will have water works within six montlu. A , L. Stranir , of Omaha , agent for the United States Wind Mill and Pump company , lias been engaged to .make a survey of the city with a view to hitting upon tlio best plan for water works in Ord. Tlio murderer of Darling ( in the unor ganized territory weal of Blaine county ) is conlined in the custody of Sheri IV John son at Ord , and as court does not sit in Blaine county until next summer the prisoner will bo likely to remain an in mate of the county boarding house for some time. Uiao l-'rom 1'hnlr AHIOH. | HOLIWKOI : , Neb. , May 1 ? . [ Cor respondence of the BIK : ] Your re porter from this city was mistaken in his report of our loss by fire , or else it was a typographical error. The loss was ! ? - " > , - 000 and tlio insurance f 12,030. The bnrned district will bo rebuilt at once. Wo learn this morning that a line two- story brick block will be built immedi ately on the corner of West avenue and Hayden street , with a frontage on West avenue of seventy-live feet. The parties interested are S. A. Drayo , J. A. MoKil- lip and Einsil Bros. The building will be construeued .of pressed brick and will cost sflO.OOO. The debris of the late lire is being cleared away and the merchants burned out have removed the remnants of their stock into other buildings tem porarily. The loss comes heavy on some of them but all are in a condition to re build. Holdregc will boom along the same as usual and in four months wu will never know that the llanies wrought such ruin. Young But Thrivine MoConl. McCooL , Nob. , May 13. [ Correspond ence of the BKK.J McCool is the name of ono of Nebraska's future thriving cities. It is situated along the side of the Blue river and has a thickly settled country for ten miles around , whose trade is trib utary to MoCool. The first buildings were erected six weeks ago. To-day it liac a representative in nearly every mercantile line , and yet there is room for more. There are about twunty-livn business houses. The stores and dwell ings already built arc good , substantial buildings. Tlio Blue river will furnish watorpowcr enough for fifty mills or manufactories. McCool is named after an ollicial of the Kansas City & Omaha. It will bo the principal division station of the Kansas City is Omaha railroad. It already has prospects of two more roads anil if these come McCool will have seven ditlorcnt railroads coming in ami going out. At present there are three. If anyone wishes tolocato inagood.live new town , wo commend them to McCool ; you cannot locate in a better town in the state. Tlio Kansas City & Omaha rail road cnrs will commonc running , to McCool Juno 1. Como and sec the b'est little railroad town in tlm state , if 125,000 already invested in building improve ments , _ Onkdnlo'n Ailvnutngca. OAKDALU , Nob. , May 11. [ Correspond ence of the BIK. ] Oakdalo , now a city of 1,000 people , is situated thirty miles west of Norfolk , on the main line of the Fre mont , Elkhorn & Missouri Valley rail road , in Antelope county. It is now tlio terminus of the branch of the North western from Albion mid in future will bo u division of tlio road , as it is being extended on. The railroad company is erecting largo coal sheds , building u now depot , and putting UP a largo round house and turn-table. The company has now tx largo force of men busily at work. and iu a few days will have all completed and in good running order , which will give us an outlet both ways. Situated , as .wo are , in ono of the best counties of the slUe , : , with good water power frq'm the Cnlar creek , wo , can oRer inducements second to none in northwestern Nebraska. The business men are very anxious to have a good roller Hour mill located , and would give inducements to good' ' responsible parties for the erection ot a null on Cedar creek. Wo have thrco banks , many general stores , and business of all kinds is well represented , and all doing a good , safe business. Wo would bo pleased to cot- respond with any parties regarding busi ness of any kind , and any correspondence - once addressed to Oaldalo Hank , or C. F. Duork , Oakdalo , | Nob. , will receive prompt attention. Huwnrtl Spolclnj ! UeshlontK. Sr.WAHO , Neb. , May 1-1. [ Corre spondence of the BIE. : ] The committen appointed to canvass the town in tlio in terest of a loan and building association reported adversely , as Claudius Jones , whom every ono knows , has oll'ercd to build cottages on Ills now addition and sell them to any ono seeking a homo for what the cost and $50 for the lot , in small monthly payments , with 8 per cent interest. Real estate men arc making active efforts to induce traveling men to buy property hero and make it a permanent residence for their families. Several houses have already been sold lor such purposes. Exotcr Happen I DCS. EXF.TKH , Neb. , May 14. [ Correspond ence of the HKE.I May 12 and 13 gave us two very heavy thunder storms. On the 12th the residence of 11. ( . Smith was struck by lightning , but no damage done beyond demoralizing a chimney and frightening the family. During the same storm eight head of cattle wore killed by lightning on the farm of R. Smalo , two miles south of town. The head contractor of the Fremont , Elkhorn & Missouri Valley railroad was hero Thursday subletting' contracts for grading through this township. Alt thu buildings on the line of survey through the town have boon removed and graders are expected daily. OrKaui/.ing at Ogtilnlla. OOALALLNeb. . , May 13. [ Corre spondence of the Br.K.l A loan and building association has just been organ- i/.cd with a capital stock of $00,000. A board of trade is also just being organ- i/.ed by our business men , and every ef fort is being put forth to make Ogalalla ono of the best towns in western Ne braska. Our large roller llouring mill will bo in operation in a few days. Three hundred lots were sold in one week recently. MRS. UOLTSCIINKIDEK TALKS. She Hays Mho Did Nut Drive Ilor Hus band to Suicide. The Br.K a fovj days ago published an account of the suicide of William Holt- Schneider in the Atlantic hotel on South Tenth street. It will bo remembered that before committing his rash act he wrote a note which .gjivo as a reason for the same the fact ' thnt his wife had driven him from homo without a penny and that she und her son-in-law had made a life a bunion to hlnj. His widow now residing in H.irlan denies the truth of these statements in the following letter - tor : There Is not a word of truth In the note written by William Holtsclmeider l > ofoi he committed suicide. May the uooil Lord 1'or- rive him , it' he was In sound mind. In tlio first place , 1 did not consider him verysniio lor the last tliroo years past , as he many times tint-atoned that ho would kill nil of us , or that ho would set the douse on lite.Many a night 1 did not sleep a wink in order to be prepared to protect my. children and myself. AB to my bon-ln-law , lie never had more than one conversation with him dining Ids entire stay In llarlan. From the first lii'iiii- nlni : of our unluckv marriage he always showed a ircut Inclination of rumiinc away trom home whenever he could get hold of any money. The lust tlmo ho left here 1 went to him thrco times and bcgccd him to stay , but ho refused abso lutely , saying that he was tired of Hvlmr with us any longer. Mv children and inyselt always tried our utmost to keep him in good humor , but all our united efforts were in vain and it always seemed to mo that some of our nearest neighbors hero In llarlan , for some leixson or other , wcio a irrent cause of our troubles , by spenkim ; ill to him anal list us , and ho , feeble-minded as he was , took re venue on his family in that case every tlmo. When wo were married Mr. lloltschneiiler was a poor , sick helpless man. Soon after he u'ot well nml showed his bad character bv getting drunk , comini ; home late , spendlm ; all the money he mado. Including our busi ness hou o mid my piivato bank account of S2.m He lirst loft mo in 1SS1. three months after our marriage , taking $5. > , nud staid two or three weeks. ' In six months he went to Council BlttlTs , la. , with S.VT > . and not only spent It , but contracted 5f25 in debts. Ho went away , takln ; money several times more. The last time \vns two weeks sifter \NC came to llarlan. He took § 75 , and alter spending It all in St. Paul , Minn. , attempted sulcldii by cutting his tluoat , but did not succeed. Kvcry time ho wont aw.iv ho left us without a baker or any help needed , and always took every cnnt of money ho could lliul In the house. I kept him in St. Paul all winter and sent him money to come homo on three times , lint ho spent It there and did not come home. home.Miss. . lIoi.TSCHNimr.u. : Clarlndn'n Sightseers. Yesterday morning about 10 o'clock four carloads of excursionists from Clarinda arrived in this city. There wore about two hundred people in tlio party , who took cars and carriages and drove around the city until 0 o'clock in the evening , when thov returned homo. They were all favorably impressed with the beauty of the city and the wonderful progress which they noticed had been made since their excursion a year ago. The trip was gotten up by II. S. Nelson , general freight and passenger agent of tlio Ilumcslon & Shcnandoali railway. AVitli a Had Drug. Henry Rhoades wan arrested by Ollicers Ormsby and Horrigan last evening on charge of attempting suicide. Ho had several one-sixth grains of morphine powders in his posossion and had already taken thrco when lift , w'as found in a hotel on Tenth street. Uu claimed lie had been employeatjjtho ! smelting works and had became loajled. His excuse for the morphmo was TiSat ho was taking it as an alleviation of nis pains. Ho OOPHII'C VVnnt Her. Harry Hurt , the paiitor | whoso wife ac companied tlio wife bf A. L. McKccI to Iowa quite mysterious tlio other day , contradicts the statement that his spouse has returned , or that ; | io found her iu Council Blutls. Ho1 says he didn't find her and doesn't wtifi't'to. ' The Hillside churcU has hung a TOO pound Hlymer bell * which was used for thu lirst tinio yesterday. Died at thu Hospital. Yesterday a man named Dominiok O'Rourko. aged fifty j cars , died of consumption - sumption at St. Joseph's hospital. The remains wcro brought to Barret As Heafy's undertaking rooms , from which place they will to. day bo forwarded to St. Joseph , Mo. Cottage colors ready for use in now and desirable shades. Alabiislino in various tints , the original and only per manent wall tinisli , supersedes calci mine for beauty and dur.billty , and is easily applied. Paints , window glass , bru.ihes , etc , , largest and most complete stock west of Chicago. Gunimiugs & Neilsou , lllBFarnam St. Edison Electric Light System Estimate ! furnished. GKO. W. COSTKII , Paxton House , Omaha , Agent. AMERICA'S ' JIONEY QUEENS , Women who Handle Fortunes with Womanly Wisdom. THE WEALTHY HETTY GREEN. Sirs. .loliti Jiicoli Astor's HIIUK Compe- tnitco Plillaitclphln'H Itlcli Whlowi Chicago' * Million * nlrc9H--lllcti MnhletiN. Utica Observer : The death of the rich Catharine Wolfe calls attention to the rich women of the United States. This is an ago not only of millionaires , but of millionairesses us well. The wealthy women of the United States are now numbered by hundreds , ami every city has its girls who arc worth their weight in gold. The richest woman of them all is , perhaps , Mrs. Hetty Green of Now York , who is worth 1 = 30,000,000 , and has been estimated as high as flO.000,000. She is a sharp business woman and lias made the $13,000,000 which she received from her father breed rapidly. She added $ l.OOO.roo to her fortune by mar riage , and she cuts her expenses more closely than many women who is worth a thousand times less. Mrs. Mark Hop kins , who is building n $2,000,000 paluco at Great Barnngton , Mass. , is , however , nearly as rich. She is worth somewhere between $20,000,000 and $40,000,000 , but her money comes from her husband , Mark Hopkins , who made a fortune out of the Central I'acilit ! railroad. Hopkin's estate when he died was inventoried at ? 21,700,000 , and it was worth fully one- third more. Nearly the wliolo of tills was left to Mrs Hopkins , and she spends her large income generously. Mrs. Terry got one-third of her husband's fortune of $80,000,000 , and in case her baby dies she will get the rest. This baby is a girl not yet two years old. She is worth at least 50,000,000. and is said to be the wealthiest babv in the world. Mrs. John Jacob Astor of New York is said to bu worth $3,000,000 and all her relatives have gold galore. Mrs. Thomas A. Scott , the widow of the railroad presi dent , is worth $5,000.000 , and Mrs. Joseph Harrison , the widow of the man who built the first railroad in Russia , SIOPO,000. Mrs. Jayne , the widow of the patent medicine man , is worth $3,000,000. Mrs. Josephine M. Aycr.who gets her money also from paten t medicine , is estimated to bo worth fram $1,000,000 to $5,000,000 , and Mrs. Edwin Stevens , of New York , lias $15,000,000. Now York lias a number of other rlcii widows. Mrs. Martin Bates was loft $1,500,000 , which her husband made in dry goods , and Mrs Jane Brown re ceived from her husband's estate about $4,000,000 , which was accumulated in banking. Mrs. W. E. Dodge , estimated at 1,000.000 , sends much of her income to the heathen , and Mrs. Robert Goelet , worth $3,000,000 , owes her fortune to hardware. Mrs. John C. Green is said to bo worth $10,000.000 , and Mrs. Commo dore Vandcrbilt has increased the f 1,000- 000 which she received from her hus band's estate until it is near $2,000,000 , Clarkson Potter's widow has an immense income. Mrs. John Minturn is worth 12.000,000. Philadelphia widows are numerous , and there are rich women of all kinds in the City of Brotherly Love. 1 have .sKkcn | of Mrs. Tom Scott's wealth. Mrs. Disston. the widow of tlio saw manufac turer who died not long ago , is worth $1,000,000 and she lives in a marble pal- nco. Mrs. John Ray Barton is worth $7,000,000 ; Mrs. M W. Baldwin , the widow of the locomotive builder , is es timati'd as worth $2.000,000 , and Mrs Charles Bromley , the widow of a carpe manufacturer , is worth about $1,000,000. There is a widow in Chicago , Mrs. Cyrus II. McCormick , who is said to lie worth $10,000,000 , and as to Washing ton's wealthy widows , they are many. Mrs. Admiral Dahlgrcn lias several line houses in the fashionable part of Wash ington , and Mrs. John 0. Evens , tlio widow of the late president of tlio Mutual Union Telegraph company , owns much Washington real estate. Mrs. Craig Wadsworth of New York , has a line icsidcnco on Massacusotts avenue , and is said to bo worth $1,000,000. Mrs. Patten , the mother-in-law of Congressman Glover , lives in a house worth $75,000 and keeps , it is said , $1,000,000 in gov ernment bonds in the Washington banks. As to the ricli young women , there are numerous good catches in the United States. Miss Elizabeth Garrett , the si.-itor of tlio president of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad , is said to bo worth between $15 000,000 and $20,000,000 , and she is both bright and businesslike. The throe daughters of Francis A. Drexcl , of Phila delphia , are worth $ -1,000,000 , and there is a millionaire girl in Tennessee nameu Maud St. Pierre , who lately bought 31,000 acres of coal lands , and who has enough ability to manage her own fortune and a nusband as well , One of the richest young ladies iu Washington is Miss Jennie Riegs , whoso father , ( Jporgo W. Ripgs , was a partner of W. W. Corcoran , and there is a Miss Bernice Morrison in St. Louis who several years ago was down on the tax lists as being worth $ ! > ftl. ! iO. Miss Clothildo Palms , the Detroit beauty whom Senator Jones in vain tried to woo , is said to lie worth § 2,500,000 , and she is as beautiful as she is rich , and them is hardly a city in the United Slates which has not an heiress or two whose fortune runs high into tlio hundreds of thousands. Miss Benson , of Philadelphia , inlieiitcd $ lr)0,000 ( ) from IHT father , who was a well known Phila delphia banker , and Miss Ellen Erbt'ii , another Philadelphia girl , tlio daughter of a wealthy wool factor , is al : > o worth a million. Miss Erben is a fine horsewoman. She drives a spanking pair of bay horsesand often a tundem. The Drexel girls are also fond of horses , and this i.s , in fact , their only dissipation. Each of these thrco four-millionairesses lias a splendid Arabian steed which goes like the wind. ; They ride out from their country seat near Philadelphia as early as fi o'clock in tlio morning.iind they go galloping about the country until their cheeKS are liku rosrss , They are said to bo as well jo-tc-il ) on horses as veterinary surgeons , and they sometimes , it is saidrub down their horses themselves after theycomo from a hard drive. Mrs. Mark Hopkins is another great horsewoman. She is as fond of horses as was her husband , and her stables at Great Harrington are among the completcst and moat com fortable in the country. She keeps well bred horses and every fair day you may see her about Great Har rington driving behind a pair of fine trotters and herself holding tlio reins. She makes long excursions around the surrounding country , and over v m habitant of the colony knows her Mrs. Hopkins is noted for her charily. Thjiro is a'church , at Great Harrington wlnchlcost her , all told , about $150,000 , and the largest part of the preacher's salary , I Imagine , comes from her. She is not alone among her sisters in alms giving. Mrs. N. K. Fairbanks , ono of the rieli women of Chicago , gives away $10.000 a year in charity , and Mrs. Mar shall Field , the wife of the rich dry goods man , is said to keen mi almoner whoso business it is to make the rounds of the oily searching for the worthy poor. She is fond of educating poor children , and | iays $5,000 a year out of her individual hllowanco for this alone. The three Drexel sisters , of whom I have spoken , are also systematic iu their charity. They keep female executive to preside over the benefactions , and have , it 1 * said , two men constantly employed in looking up the needy and In caring for tjieir wants. They are , perhaps the most charitable young women in the United States , and U is said their list of pension' CM contains no less than 350 itamos , and that their giflsamoiiuttoa round $ tUOOJO yearly. They inherit their charitable tastes. Their father was noted for his almsgiving , and their mother paid the rent for 100 families for several yonrs before she died , and gave away , it is said , $10,000 a year to the poor. Mrs. Philip Armour is very charitable. Mrs. Lolaud Stanford does much unostentatious giv ing , and 1 am told that Hetty Green gives away considerable , though she is very careful that it goes to the right persons. Mrs. Green's chief ambition seems to be to make money , and 1 might add also to save it. Sim is not at nil extravagant , and there was a paragraph published not long ago which described her as carry ing a sum of money to Philadelphia her self in order to save the heavy charges which would have been entailed hail it been sent in some other way. She some times carries fortunes in securities about Now York in a hand satchel , and uses the street cars as often as she docs her car riage. Mrs. Hopkins is thoroughly no- ( luaintod with all the ways of business. She has a broad crasp of financial ques tions , looks after her vast interests closely , and drives a bargain with both tact and economy. Mies Elizabeth Gurrett was thu confidential secretary of her father for some years before he died , ami she understands tlio value of Baltimore & Ohio railroad stock as well as any man in the country. Tlio richest widow in Colorado was the wife of the late John W. llilV , who was known some years ago as the cattle king of Colorado. Hill' eft about 100,000 liead of cattle , and it said that his widow manages his estate as well as any business man could. She went to Colorado as a sewing mach ine agent , though she came of a wealthy family and could have remained at homo doing nothing. She there met Urn" and married him , and I doubt not the experi ence she obtained in connection witli the sewing machine , aids her in the manage ment of her fortune. Speaking of cattle , there is a cattle quron in Texas , near Carpus Christ ! . Mrs. Rogers , who Is said to be worth $1,000,000 , and who has many times as much stock as .lob had in his most prosperous days. Her husband is a preacher , but Mrs. Rogers manages the business. She sells the stook herself , buys all the supplies , and can ride a horse as well as any of the many cow boys whom she has in her employ. An other cattle queen is the widow of Gen eral Meredith , ot Illinois , and she breeds a diflercpt kind of cattle from Mrs. Rogers. Her stock is ot a bet tor grado. Meredith was worth about $500,000 along in the seventies , but lie failed. His wife took what was left of the. herd , managed it , and made money. She was content with a good round price for her stock , and she did not believe in owning $10,000 bulls and $5,000 calves. Ono of the wealthiest women of Ohio.is Mrs. George Ward Nichois , who is said to IIAVO an income ot $200,000. She is the daughter of Joseph Lougworth , and she is the foun der and proprietor of the P.ookwood pot tery , which is now noted for its exquisite workmanship both in Europe and Amer ica. Mrs. Nichols took up the pottery craze when it came over the country u few years ago. She developed the art tastes of Cincinnati and established this factory. She works in it about live hours daily , and is constantly at work improv ing her ware. Her works sell well in New York , and they have an interna tional reputation , nlrs. Frank Leslie liis made $1,000,000 in four years , and there is no brighter business woman in the world. The richest woman in South America is a good business woman. She is Dona Isadora Cousino , of Santiago , Chili. She got a big fortune from her fattier and married another. Her husband died , and she has now millions of acres of land , millions of money , hundreds of thousands of cattle , anil coal , copper and silver mines , a railroad , and a licet of iron steamships. She has an income of sev eral millions a year , and her eoal mines bring her $80,000 a month. She owns a town of 7,000 people , and pays out $100,000 , a month in wages. She has su perintendents for all her establishments , and she receives weekly reports from thorn. She is sharp at driving a bargain , and , while she is very generous , she re quires a strict account of every dollar made and spent upon her estates. She is still under fifty , and declares she will never marry ajjain. Shu understands fortune hunters and fortune hunting , and is satisfied to remain as she is. I have said nothing about the ricli married women of the country-women who have property in their own right and I forgot to mention among the' rich unmarried girls that Amanda Eubanks , who lives near Sparta , Ga. , is the richest negre s in the world. It is said that Miss Eubanks received $400,000 from the estate of a wealthy Georgia planter , who died in 1885 , leaving an estate of about $500,000. Ho had"no children , but a largo number of relatives ) . Ho cut oil' his kindred with small sum ? , and bequeathed the remainder as above slated. Speak ing of rich married women , many of our prominent public men have added to their fortunes by good marriages. White- law Reid's wife , the daughter of 1) . O. Mills , is worth a fortune. Mayor Hewitt of Now York , dates his prosperity from tlio time lie was made tutor to Peter Cooper's daughter , whom ho afterwards This is the Season Wlienn good inodlcln' ) Is n ncro'slty. Tlio Impurn tntonl tliobooiltiodirnnKi ! ! > 'l < ll2 < "tlminn < ltlio wcnk condition nf the body , nil call for the | > urll jinn , regu- IntlnKi antl strengthening Influence1 * 00 lmpi > IIy nmi effectively combined In Hood's MirMimrlllt. It nviir- eormi thnt tlrnd fcellnit , tnrm henilncliu and ay | > u | > - Il.i , und expels eveiy tulut of tcrutula from the bloud. * "All I Kilt ofnnjr ono Is to try a liottlo of Hood's Ramap'trllU and HOC IK quick effect. It tiikei Ions tlmo iinil quantity to fhow Its effort Ihnn nny other preparation 1 ever hMrdof. 1 would not bj without It In the IIOIMO. " Mils , ( j , A. M. llumiAiin , North t'lilll.Mouroo CountyN. Y. Spring ITICMllciuo "Vf hare inert Hood's HnrKnpnrllln for nereral yr r , nnd fuel proud to recommend It ai an axrel- lent sprint ; modlrlno or to bo ii'o.l nt nil times nua lood purifier. Kor child run ns well ni grown people wo consider It the be < t. Wo sot nM lu ono bottle for our boy totiiktiln tlio tprlne. Ho Is r.lno ymrs old and hits unjo > ed Koodhi''ilth over rlncu wo bouan Finns It to him. Wo ro ruldoui without It. " 11 , K. ( jHUVEit , HucuoU.ir , N. H. N. II. If > ou In vis niudo up your rilnd to net Hood's Bjruaparllln ilo not tnko any other. Hood's Sarsaparilla On IXHCS Ono Dollar 1OO Dnsux Ono Dollur HeM by.illdrutvlfU. (1 ; Hlx for t > . 1'rupared by 0 Sold ny all ilnu Uti. II. six for . I'rcimrol tiyO. HOOP i CO. , Apothecaries , Umcll , Mast. I. HOOD i CO. . Apolbocuilci , Lowell , .Mail. EVERY LADY vrhodorlrvs n perfect FORM AND FIT BllOllldOlir < > III' . WHInel UUU > U1r M t oi- . WOKCESTES CUUU CO * :13 inj ! 3 3irktt .St. , CUct ! * , married. Senator Pay no' * wlfo brought considerable real estate Into the family nnd the old Perry farm , upon u part of which the. Pay m ; homestead stand" , H now in the mo l fashionable part of Euclid avenue. Secretary Whitney mar ried a prospective fortune iu Henry H. Payno's daughter , and Mrs. \ \ hitnuy or her children will probably fall heir to tlio doi'.en or morn millions which her baoho- lor brother Oliver owns. Congressman Hitt , of Illinois , got u nice lot with his wife , and John Hay was matin a million aire by his marriage with the daughter ot Ama-a Stone. Congressman Tom Haync , of Pittstiurg , has made a good deal of money , himself , but Ills wtft1 , who is thu daughter of Smith , the part ner of Hosteller , who made the stomach bitters , has a fortune which runs higliln the hundreds of thousands , nnd Senat or Halo's wife Inherited a fortune from tier father , Xach Chandler. FltANK G. CAUl'ENTKIJ. ItKAlj KSTATIS. TrnnHfcra Filed Mny 13 , 1887. , T I ! M Ktler anil wlfo to .lulla K Van- dercook lot * I to 12 Incliisivu and 10 toiii inclusive blk Lcnvonwortli Hnsl'nuss place , w A SI,100 Victor Scott and wlfo to Baptist Joes- tun , lots , Arlington niltl.w d 1,200 Victor U Cnldwcll to .lohu 11 Iteucen , lot d7 , Ml 11.lid it Ctild well's add. Wd 4,000 Victor H CnMwell to llenjuiiln S Drown , lolitt , Mlllnrd & Caldwell's < addwd JJ.fcOi ) William'I1 Seaman anil wife to ( ! cr- trinlo II Senmnn. w SO font ol tliu sOO iuet ot lot : i blk 11 , Shlnn's ndil , w d. 2,500 Jehu 11 Ultimate trustee to Ilancy 1) Lovclnnd , lot 5 blk 1 , Hertford place , w d 850 John Carmody to VVm White lot If. blk it , K V Smith's ndd , w d : t,500 U oV llolbrouk to Clms Se.seinnun , lots 14 anil 13 blk l.Saundcrs it lllniu bntlgh's iidd.w d SOO August \Vendt \ und wlfo to It H Raven 110x103 feet on 15th st , lot 7 In ! W. 15 , 13 , Okohomn , w d fOOO Carl Maurltanil wife to Clms A ' 1 hie- maun ct al , n 55 leot ot s > ; lotII , 3115 R wit l.CO ) Maitln Cnnnon nnd wife to S H Davis etal. lot 2 In Hawes1 ndd. w d ! I,500 Thos 11 Nlccolls and wife to Amos Phillips , a ) { lot2 blk 1 , hako's add , wd 2,800 Clms 11 Con nnd wife to Amos Phil lips , i\yt lot U blk 1 , Uku's ndd , w d , 2,000 Julius 1C Dunn et al to J I ! Mvgeath , 20 act es hi in 20-15-12. w d l,7."iO Win A ( liirdner et til to Isaac H O.iult , lot 9 blk 11 , Myers & Hlchards' ndd , w it 800 CIco H lloffss nml wife tn houls C P LIXIMJII , lot 2 blk 17,1'nrk Forest.w il , 173 Flotenee 1C Hovd nnd liusb.uul to K At Shriver , lots'ir. nnd 10 blk 2 , Kilby plnce , w d 3,000 Thos 1C Ashlev to Mnds Toftlots ! l and 4 blk 11 , ilaiiscoin place , w d 7,500 , Jehu 11 Ultimate ( trustee ) to 1'olor M ConkliiiK , lot 11 blk 3 , lied ford plnce. wd 5,10 Jehu U lluntrato ( trustee ) to Win A Coddurd , lot 10 blk i ) , lots 11 nml I'i , blk 10 , Uedtord place , wd 1,000 A 1C Tou/.alin anil wile to Henry W Yatei , o K of lot U blk 4 , Hillside ndd Jno 2 , w d Thomas ( Jnrvov to John Unrvey , un divided halt interest in the north 22 loet , lot 1. block l'.r ' > , Oinnlm , q c 1,800 Arthur S Potter , et al to Thomas . ) Carinody , lot 21 , block 3. Totter & Cobo's addition to South Omaha , wd 200 C 1C Maync and wlfo to Alitxnudor Gai diner , lot 2 , block 5 , C 1C May no's lirst addition to Valley , w d 50 Victor It Caldwell to I ) II Aicher et nl , lot24 , Millnrd itCaldwell's addition , wd 5,000 DK Archer nnd wife to Joul C Per- rlgo , undivided one-thiid lot 2-1 , Millard - lard & Ciildwell's nddltion , u , c 500 Christian Hiirtninn ct nl to John W Kobblns. 100x184 feet , t ) t'lnniiiL' nt the S side ot Karnain street , 0122-10 feet 1C of Hue between section 20 nnd 21.51ii : , wd 10,000 Chiistlnn llartman nnd wife to .lames 5 Gibson , lot 4. block 4 , Kilby 1'lnra , w d 2,050 ClulHtlun Mailman and wife to Jnmcs S ( ilbson , lot 1 , Ciesccnt Park nddi- tlon , wd 2,700 i John M lEohblns to Christian Hartman - V man , 100x184 ieet , beginning nt the ' S side of Fnrnnm street , M'i 2-10 feet of line between section 20 and 21 , 15,13 , w'd 10,000 Eugene A Hill nnd wlfo to Frank H Johnson , sK of lot : : . nnd nof ! lot 4 , block 1 ot subdivision ot thnt part of lot 5 , Capital additionlyln north of Pnrnain st , wd 0,000 David P Whelnloy nnd witn , to Mrs I , M Jncobs , lot 5 block 7 , llanacom 1'lnce. wd 5,200 Thomas \V Uhickbiirn and wlfo to hnura M Andrews , lot 15. block 0 , West Cumins addition , wd 700 Walter Walaeo to Aucast Shlpporelt , nj < fof lot 17 , block 8 , Kount/o it Huth's addition , wd 2,450 Jehu H lliiniMto.tniittco , to Charles 1C Cnnmn , lots 10 , 11 and 1' . ' , block 4 , lledfonl Place , \ \ d S50 Jehu 11 llunirato. trustee , to Kll/aT Daniels , lot 11 , block : i. lots 8 and 15 , block 4. Uedtord Place , wd 1.S50 J Minna M ( illlerand linsband to John A McShnne , lot 7 , block 3. Aibor I'liirc , wd iM5 ClmsV Hamilton nnd wife to N 1C Miller , wait M of lot a , Stiiinysldo , ' " " F 1 $ Hryantaml wifVi'fo j"K"\VrfKiiV eM block l.Shtnn'H 2nd add. wit. . . 1,500 Nnhinii P Foil to Howard A Worloy , lots 27 , 2S and 2'J ' , block 0 , Jerome Park , wd ' . 4,500 Amanda \Vlchteininnn nnd hus band to Nancy Ij Iowls , Davenport snbdivol lots 52 , SI , 51 , 5' and 57 , Cnse's add , w d 3.500 Clms 11 Kello K et nl , to JKc ( < ph H Schmidt , lots 15 it ml 10 , Arlington , wd 2,500 Investors , wait for Coi.unu PLACE. McCaguo , solo agent. Senator Conger of Loup City spoilt Sunday in Omaha. "Tvfo monthu uo I commenced tnklni Hood's S.ir- p.tparllla un un experiment , a ? I Irid no tippptlto or strength , nnd felt tired nil the tlmo , Int'rlbutoil my condition to ncrofulciH humor. 1 hul : tried norenil dlfforont klndi of medlclno , without rcnilvlnir nny bcnollt. Hut4H noon as 1 had tukun half ahutlloof Ilood'a S.irsupnrillil , my uppetltutun rontorud , nnd my Htom.ich full bettor. I hare now tikon nenrly three bottle * , nnd I nnvor wm o wnll In my llfo" JIKK JEsrilK K. DoMieAIIB , Pancon ? , U , I. "Hood'a HarbjpnrllU cured inu of dyspepsia nnJ liver complnliit with which I hud uircrud M ycwM " J , U. HuiiMircK , South K.illstmri ; , > V , liiil < lliiK-U | * I'n\v 'r "I Kindly oltonl tliu pnrullnr InilMInt" up power of ITiKid'H Snr. < Hi'irlll.i. Tor roimi tlmo I lumi burnt unahlp tnMtend ( n IMHIIM'M , lint llriiilly nUhcirO'iiiciU of frli'iid I iin.il purl of n hottlu of Hnud'i Hurw purllln , which K vi > tune und etruiiKth to my nynltMn und mndi mo fuel youiik' an when n boy. " ( JUAN- VII.LET. Wool ) * , Hand IVi Lodge btroiH , CllitlmmU Ohio. "Hood's EnrniipurHlll > cured mo of dyapcpihi nud liver complaint with which I liud iulf roll yoiri. ' J. II. HoftSliiCK , South t'ulUbuiK , .N. Y. GOLD MEDAL , PARIR , 1873. BAKER'S Warranted ubitilutrtu jiir Coecn , from wlilcli tlioticiwol Oil IUK l"Mi ) ronioud. It lioaMro 'nti ( he ilrtng'.k nf Cocoa inliod with Btarch , Arrowroot orHugar , nud UI he re ( orn far more economi cal , cvitin'j Ittt titan one cent a C'J/i. H la dellcloua , nourUlilr.p , strengthening , eaklly U Incited , ami admirably adiptul for ImalUli an well M for pcniont In health. Bold bjr ( irorprn" ferjnb re. . BAKER & CO , , DorMer , Mass ,