THE OMAHA DAILY BHB : SATURDAY. MAY 28. 1887.
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TIIE CONFIDENCE MAN CAUGHT
A. Fi Powell Intercepted at Atchison By
Omaha's ' Chief of Police.
AN EXCELLENN ENTERTAINMENT
Closing of the Homcopathlsts' Moot *
lug New Police Ilejculatlong
Cable Commissioners A Con-
stablc'a Contempt.
Powell GnuKtit at Atclilson.
A. F. Powell , who secured $1,500 , on a
draft which was endorsed by Dr. Dins-
moor , was arrested in Atchison , Kan. ,
f
yesterday afternoon on telegraphic information
mation furnished the police of thai city
by Chief of Police Seavey. The follow
ing is the correspondence :
ATCHISO.V , Kan. , May 87 , 11 a. in. Chief of
Pollen. Omnha : Sonet description ot A. K.
1'owcll , wanted In your citr for cashing draft
on bank. Think ho Is hero. Answer at
once. F. 11. THICK , City Marshal.
OMAHA , 12:41 : p. in. F. 11. Price. Atclilson :
Arrest A. F. L'owell ; height , 5 feet 10 Indies :
weight , irx ) to 100 ; smmro shoulders ; dark
eyes and complexion ; black frock coat , dark
Test and pants , slouch hat : good looking
face , prominent cheek bones , perhaps scar
on forehead. W. S. SKAVKV ,
Chief of 1'ollcc.
ATCIIISON , Kan. , 2:30 : p. m. W. S. Sea-
rey , Chief of Police , Omaha : Mnvoeot your
mau Powell. What shall 1 do with him ?
F. 11. PHICK.
UUKA , 8:10 : n. m. City Marshal , Atohlson ,
Kan. : Detective coming. Hold Powell.
W. S. SKA.VKT.
The lapse of time between the receipt
of the second dispatch from the marshal
at Atchison and the reading of Chief
Soavey'a reply , was caused by nrgli-
10 n co of the telegraph messenger boy.
ihu dispatch in question was received at
the Western Union ofllco hero at 2:40 :
p. m. , and it was not delivered at police
headquarters until 7 p. in. , just after roll
roll call , when Captain Cormnck
handed it to Chief Scavoy. As soon as
the latter official obtained it ho went to
Dr. Dinsuioor's .ofllco. and was informed
by that gentleman that ho had boon noti
fied by the Commercial National bank of
the arrest , and also informed that Detec
tive Moynihan had started to Atchison to
get the prisoner , lie accordingly tele
graphed as indicated in the lust dispatch
given above. Detective Moynihan had
evidently been notilied of the arrest after
it had been made.
AN EXCELLENT ENTERTAINMENT
The Performance By the Deaf Mutas
at Boyil's Last Evening.
The entertainment given by the mem
bers of the Nebraska institute for the deaf
and dumb at Boyd's opera house last
night was a novel and instructive ouo in
every respect. It was witnessed by an
audience of about 259 people , while it
merited u crowded houso. The pro
gramme comprised an exhibition of the
methods employed in teaching the deaf
mutes , interspersed with choice musical
features furnished by the Presbyterian
choir. Prof. Glllispio mada an intro
ductory address , sketching the growth of
deaf mute instruction and explaining the
different methods employed in the for
eign and American schools. By the
American method pupils are not only
taught to converse by signs aud hands ,
but by the oral and aural methods the
afllietod children are often taught
to speak and hoar. Prof.
Gillispio's address was followed by an
exhibition of the method of nstruction
by signs. Mr. Ueid , a deaf mute con
nected with the , institution , used a num
* ber of little boys and girls and illustrated
qis method by going through a series of
signs , the meaning of which the pupils
If : expressed in writing. The promptness
with which most of the replies were
written spoke well for the traing that the
young pupils have received , A number
of pantomimes were enacted in an efloc-
tivo manner by members of the school.
One of the most interesting features of
the entertainment was the illustration of
the results of the oral and aural methods
of instruction used in the institute.
Seven girl pupils and four boys , under
the direction of ono of the lady instructors
u
f I * * tors , were presented and carried on a
dialogue at some length. Several of the
pupils were able to speak quite distinctly
and to hoar conversation but slightly
pitched above the ordinary tone of
vosco The most noticeable de
fect in the speech of these
was in their luck ot modulation. The
programme as a whole was decidedly in
teresting as giving an insight into the
methods by which those afllietod mortals
arc'taught to converse and to understand
what ii being done in the world around
them. For the benefit of these who neg
lected to witness the performance it
should be presented again. The pro
gramme as presented was as follows :
four-Part Song ( Sprint ; Song ) ,
Mrs. Welsh , Day , J. L. Smith and Nat
M.itrlgham
Prayer Uev. Phelps
Introductory. . . . . . Prof. J. A. Olllespio
HehoolWork By the Pupils
\lola Kuen , Estella Forbes. Nettle Burrow. " ,
Leroy Johnson. Fred Parll , John Lock-
Jart , August Kltiir , Asa Beahin , John Flood
and Cornelius Clause.
Lawyers' Fees Pantomlno
Ida Kerr , John Riddle , John Lockhart
. and John Flood.
Song Forever and Forever
" Dr. J.M , Woodburn
BchooLWork Aural and Oral
Eliza Tower , Gcrtln Eddy , Nettle Davis , Ella
Cornish , Lydia Lanedorn , Henry Potter ,
Charles Spraktls. Kdwiird iiuuglns , Otic
Crawford , Ella Ream and Ella Uiutd.
When 1 Was a Maiden Waltz bone. . .
. ' : . . . , Little Girls
Sonic The Message BlumenthalMrs.
I * 7 Mrs. Welsh
m. Pantomime Paying off the Mortgage
. Oeorno Younji , JohnRtddlo , George llumpal ,
Lee Carlon. Arthur Trorer , Georne Mc
Donald. William Chambers , George Ernst ,
Fred Dclnnoy and John Lockhart.
Shall Wo Meet Beyond the River ?
Omaha Children
John Tower , William Chambers. Rudolph
Stuhr. Charles Spraktis , Nettle DavK Olio
Crawford , Kllza Tower , Fannie Phelps ,
Emma Angulst , Estella Forbes , aud Ella
Cornlah.
Artwork By the Pupils
Kllza Tower , Ida Hoggs , Gertie Eddy , Otle
Crawford ; Lily Hover , Viola Kuen , Nettle
Davis , Fanmo Phelps , Kmina Angulst , En-
tella Forbes , Jane Lockhart , John Tower
and Ernest Clark.
Coronation By the Pupils
Three Lovers Pantomime..Miss Huttrick
Mother's Fool , EllaRudd
U uoxppcted Light Pantomime
Prof. F. L. Reed
Music ;
Valedictory Ella Cornish
The Lord's Prayer ( Chant ) The Pupils
TURNING AIIOVNI ) THE WORLD.
A Japanese Minister's Scml-Royal
Circle of the Globe.
The Union Pacilio overland train west
ward last evening carried a distinguished
party of Japanese , of whom the princi
pal is Le General Nioomto Tanie , minis
ter de I'agrioulturo ot du commerce du
Japan , or.'m English , Japanese minister
of agriculture and commerce. The min
ister is accompanied by his private sec
retary H. Shlba , aud a suite of eight
other Japanese gentlemen. The minis-
tar is a line anu distinguished looking
old gentleman , with closely oroppeogray
moustache. All wsro attired , with scru-
polaus exactitude , in the modern Ameri
can fashion , while several , the minister
included , were , when they stopped from
the cats , becomtnz white beaver hats.
Utneral Fani stated that ho was on a
tour around the world for observation
jua4 pkaiure only. They hare come by
way of Kjrypt and Europe. Of Suez ho
snoko highly as n beautiful city , and of
Alexandria ho was laudatory because of
.ho art collection there. Paris ho rcunrcs
as perfect but. "no progress" ho
sontentioiisly said. Wltn the United
States ho ia very highly pleased , and ro-
jsirds it as the most progressing country
und tuition in the world. The only people
ple who at all approach us , IIP asserts ,
are tlio Ilungarliins. In this country the
party have visited Now York , Washing
ton , Saratoga , the White Mountains and
Chicago. In the latter city they re-
malnrd a week. They will go direct to
San Francisco , and sail from there to
Yokohoma.
General Tanl Is the prince of polite
tuon , and his sulto are reproductions of
him in that respect. All are remarkably
courteous to whomsoever they meet.
Both the minister and his secretary
sneak excellent English , and are liberally
educated gentlemen. They especially
admire the American method of travel
ing , and the general stated that ho was
encouraging the construction of railroads
In Japan as fast as possible.
THE SESSION' KNDED.
Homeopath * ) Clnso Tholr Meeting Yes
terday Afternoon.
The homeopaths hold a brief session
yesterday and after the discussion of ono
or two papers which were presented for
the consideration of the western academy ,
the body proceeded to the election of of-
liccrs for tlio ensuing year. Dr. J. M.
Crawford , of Cincinnati , O. , was elected
president ; Dr. J. H. Calne , of Stillwater ,
Minn. , was uiado vice president ; Dr. C.
W. Footo was .ro-electcd treasurer ; and
Dr. C. J. Burger was continued as secre
tary. The place of mooting next year
was voted upon and Chicago was chosen.
The thirteenth annual session of the
Western Academy of Homcopathists was
thu rou poti declared adjourned. The
meeting proved a very interesting and
instructive QUO and the delegates loft
with many expressions of satisfaction
as to results.
South Omaha News.
The directors ot the Union llondcrin
company hold a meeting yesterday and
decided to make an important change In
their business. The old rendering house ,
whlcii is located on ground that will bo
renuirod for the Swift packing house ,
will be torn down. The company has
leased the Oberno , Hosic & Co.'s build
ing near by , into which the machinery
will bo moved and the business carried
on temporarily. As soon as the neces
sary details can bo arranged a now build
ing , to cost about $15.009 , will be orcctcd
at some point on the li. & M. track near
the river. The business will remain under
the munugcmcntof John Doe , who has for
so long a time carried on the business ,
not only to the profit of the company butte
to the satisfaction of its patrons.
A telegram was received by the stock
yards company , yesterday afternoon ,
announcing that Swift would arrive hereon
on Monday ready to begin work on his
now packing house with fifty or a hun
dred men.
Fourth Ward Republican Club.
The Fourth Ward Republican club has
now scoured a permanent room for meet
ings , in the German-American school
building , No. 1823 Hurnoy street , where
regular meetings will hereafter bo hold.
The aim of this club Is to effect a per
manent organization of the republicans
of the ward , to promoto'harmony in our
ranks ; to secure the nomination and elec
tion of capable , honest men ; and to
unite the party by stronger bonds of
friendship.
The club will hold a meeting at Ger-
mania hall above mentioned , on Monday
evening , May 30 , at 8 p. m. To all re
publicans interested in the welfare of the
party , wo extend to you n cordial invita
tion "to bo present at this mooting.
JOHN R. WEBSTER ,
MOSES F. O'BuiEN , President.
Secretary.
Police Court.
Ton peace disturbances were before
Judge Borka yesterday. Five were fined
and five discharged. Four drunks wore
also discharged. Neil Haiko , assault ,
was fined $5 and cost and it cost C. Rob
ertson f35 and cost for assaulting an
ollicor. Isaac < Jlovcr paid 15 and costs
for fast driving. Charles JViitcholl ,
wanted in Cheyenne for jail breaking ,
was hold for further examination , and
Jennie Whalon for peace disturbance had
her case continued.
A Big Brewery.
Mr. J , D. Her was asked yesterday
morning : "Havo you taken possession of
the packing house yet ? " Ho replied :
"No , the papers are not all executed. "
"To what purpose will you put it ? "
"I shall turn it Into a big brewery
that is , I don't know. I donrt know one
day what I shall do on the next. "
The Homeopath * .
Tbo western academy of homeopathy
met again yesterday morning at 10:30 :
o'clock , it being the third day of the sess
ion. Papers were read pertaining to
tnateriamedica , andthere was general dis
cussion on the papers presented. The
homeopaths met again this afternoon.
To-night the session of the western aca
demy will come to a close.
An Expensive Shake.
Edgar Frank commenced suit in the
district court yesterday for $3,000 for
personal injuries which he alleges ho received
coivod while a passenger on a freight
tram on the B. & M. between Hastings
and Button in April. The iniuries were
occasioned , ho assorts , by two sections
of the tram being thrown together by
switching with great violence.
The Cable Commission.
Judge Dundy has appointed Lewis
Clements -California , Thomas Corri
gan of Missouri , and Leavitt Burnham
of Omaha , commissioners to determine
what damage , if any , has been done the
Omaha Uorso Railway company by rea
son of the cable lines of the Omana Cable
Tramway company , having been laid on
Tenth street.
A Juvenile Thief.
A stranger took out his money to pay
for a shave in a Tenth .street barber shop ,
near tho.depot , yesterday morning. He
dropped a $20 bill. A colored lad named
Willie Amsdell snatched it and ran. He
escaped between the cars and has not
Yet been caught.
Wanted In Iowa.
Sheriff Coburn yesterday arrested
James Walker , who is wanted at Lo
Mars , la. , to answer to the charge ol
adultery with Mrs. Rosa Luce. The
charge was preferred by the woman's
husband. Walker was taken to Lo Mars
last night in charge of a deputy sheriH
from that place.
Odds and Ends.
The base ball clubs now organizing ,
will in all likelihood , sift down to nine or
ten good Umatcur players who will giro
the professional team a hard tussle.
There are several individual players in
the city who have spent time m days
go no by in handling the sphere for a
livelihood. _
"The best and most desirable Hotel in
Boston is the United States , where there U
no attempt at style , but a great deal of at *
tontion paid to the comfort and pleasure
of patroaa..1 oilo HertMt April 1 * .
A CONSTABLE'S CONTEMPT.
C. W. Edgerton Fined For Neglecting
Jiidlto McGulloch'B Order * .
The old litigation that has been hang-
ng fire in the county court between
> onyn and Eaton , the photographers ,
ook a sudden and unexpected turn ycs-
erday In the finding of Constabo C. W.
Kdgorton guilty of contempt of court.
[ t appears that Edgorton who had poses-
sion of the photograph gallery , which
lad been taken from Cronyn , failed to
: arry out an order of restitution made
iy Judge McCuIloch and directed to him
n person. Tlio case was argued at
length yestcrdav afternoon , resulting in
a decision of guilty by the court. A line
of $30 was imposed.
RENEWING A'CQUAINTAOE.
Alumni of Auburn Seminary Dine at
the Mlllnrd.
The largo number of visitors to the city
consequent upon the mooting of the
Homeopaths , the Episcopalians and the
Presbyterians has brought together a
number of college graduates who have re
newed old acquaintance. The alumni of
the various.instltutious of learning have
been holding social gatherings. Last
night about tnlrty-livo of Auburn Theo
logical seminary motattho Miliard hotel ,
dined and passed several hours in going
over college days. A very pleasant timn
of a wholly informal character was had.
To-day the alumni of Jefferson and
Washington colleges will meet in a simi
lar manner.
AMUSEMENTS.
KOl'ALU UNO SATAN.
The German comedy company scored
a brilliant success on last Sunday night
at Metz's summer garden on South
Tenth street , playing to a largo house.
To-morrow night they appear in another
excellent faroo with song entitled
"Kopald und Satan , " or a "Kingdom for
a Child. " It will bo excellently played.
Attention Comrades.
Headquarters Gco. A. Custor Post , No.
7 , Grand Army of the Republic , Omaha.
Nob. , May 27 , 1837. Comrades Once
again in the mutations of time , and in
compliance with orders from department
headquarters , wo are called upon to ob
serve Memorial day , and honor the noble
dead , who gave themselves as a bulwark
of safety to our beloved nation , in her
greatest need , as well as those comrades
who have since then answered the final
roll call and joined the grand army.abovo.
Monday , May 30th , Is the time ap
pointed by our own law and will bo so
observed by this post. . The post
will assemble at the hall at 13:30 :
p. m. , and then take the position
assigned to it in the procession , march to
Prospect hill cemetery and perform the
ceremonies proscribed .in the ritual. Lot
no ono absent himself on this occasion.
These unable to march sliould procure
horses. Wagons will bp furnished for
the disabled. A cordial invitation is ex
tended to all veterans of the late war , to
unite with us on this occasion. Memo
rial day is the choicest on the calendar of
the Grand Army a day of sweet remem
brances , dear to every loyal heart , and
any violation of its sacrodnessbv making
it the occasion of frivolity ana amuse
ment , such as characterize the Fourth of
July , should bo treated as an indignity
to tlio comrades who died that this
country might live.
On Fame's eternal camping ground ,
Their silent tents are spread ,
And glory gunrds with solemn round .
The bivouac of the dead.
D. ST. GEYEK ,
Official : Post Commander.
JOIJN H GUANT , Adjutant.
The New Police Regulations.
The police , at roll call last evening ,
were Instructed by Captain Cor-
mack as to their duties. Among the now
regulations are abstinence from drink
ing and from smoking , and requiring the
salutation of superiors.
Two or three saloons in the outskirts
that have been selling liquor without
license are to bo closed up to-morrow.
Sana of Veterans.
It is the dcsiro that the ladies and gen
tlemen will bo present at tho' prize drill
of the young soldiers at 1 o'clock Satur
day afternoon , May 28. in Turner hall on
Harnoy street. A gold and silver modal
will bo presented to tholad who. acquits
himself the best In the movements of the
company and the lance manual under
the direction of Drum Major Suites , U.
S. A. ,
Presentation to Collector , Calhoun.
Mr. S. H. Calhoun , internal revenue
collector in this district , was presented
with a gold headed cano , heavy and
handsomely inscribed , by the clerks in
his ofllco hcstorday morning , upon the oc
casion of his lifty-tlrst birthday. The pre
sentation was a most happy surprise.
, ,
Sent on Rejoicing. |
The county commissioners yesterday
morning forwarded Mrs. Sarah Wiley to
Choyonno. The woman came hero from
DCS Moincs , la. , with a broken arm , and
is on her way to Fort Collins.
Instructing His Successor.
The now strcot commissioner , Joseph
Kent , was being showed about the' city
yesterday and instructed in his now duties
by cx-Strcet Commissioner Meany.
Found M Draff.
William Thirl well yesterday .foutfd'a
draft on a Kansas bank for f580r near
Davenport on Sixteenth stroot. The
owner of the draft can recover his prop
erty at 1407 Harnoy street.
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Brevities.
Mrs. Johanna Powers , of Granger.
Wyo. , who died at St. Joseph's hospital
recently , was buried yesterday at Holy
Sepulchre cemetery.
In the United States court yesterday ,
the jury found for the defendant in the
damage case of 1/harlos Storrs vs. the
Chicago , St. Paul , Minneapolis & Omaha
railway.
Mr. Richmond Anderson has been ap
pointed general traveling auditor of the
Union Pacific railroad , with headquarters
at Omaha , Neb. , vice D. b. Hunt , pro
moted.
Sargeant Mostyn yesterday found a lot
of carpenter tools in the northern part of
the city. They wore marked with the
names Sullivan and Allen. The owners
can find them at the police station.
The cable line on Dodge street is nearly
to Sixteenth. The cable will run in one
oval shaped wooden box under the center
rails. Around this box and underneath
the yokes are being firmly planted by
having broken stone and sand packed in ,
When this hardens it will be very much
lidc a 'dobo wall.
Peraoual Paragraphs.
Watson Pickerell of Gage county , is in
the city on his return from llllnoiswbore
he has boon visiting several weeks.
T. J. Curtis and wife , of Sidney. Now
South Wales , Australia , are at the Wind
sor. Mr. Curtis is a heavy English sheep
grower.
Samuel A. Stoner of Ogalalla , S. J.
Jackson and wife of Shoshone , Idaho-
and H. Bostwiclc and wife of Hastings ,
are at the Pazton. _
Airs. Charles Danoks and her son
Charles , who left sorao time ago for
Europe , telegraphed her husband yester
day of their safe arrival at Antwerp.
Ikej are now la Berlin , MM. Banolu'
parent's homo , .irhtiro her son will at
tend the university/ three or four
YcarSl ' a
A noautlftaictaiitp Ground.
LONQ PINB , lb * May 20. [ Corre
spondence of thai' JJEK. ] The Jf orthorn
Christian AsscmUiy nd Chatauquan has
just purchased ivjino body of timbered
land , in all eighty itVcs. This land lies on
Long Pine creolt a'fld is a lovely spot.
No more plcturcsrtdo scenery can bo
found ; some of tljk/dells and caverns arose
so densely weeded 'rthat the sun cannot
penetrate the revises. Great prepara
tions are being Kfiado for their summer
camp meeting , $10,000 having already
been subscribed to mnko the mooting a
grand success. A living spring on this
land Hews 3,000 gallons per hour. A
number of good residences are being
erected and the place will bo a beautiful
ono in time for the opening of the sum
mer mooting.
Blalno County New * .
BumvsTEit , Nob. , May 25. [ Corre
spondence of the Bui : . ] The trial of
Michael Yoakum for murder will bo
begun in the district court in Juno.
Yoakum is the man who so brutally as
sassinated Lincoln Downing , a young
farmer living near Urowsler.
The surveyors of the B. & M. are now
at Purdum , in Blaine county.
The little burg of Ladora is happy m
the acquisition of a brand new postolllce ,
to bo presented it in a few days.
Anamosa Culllngs ,
AXAMOSA , la. , May 25. [ Correspon
dence of the BEI : . ] Mr. J. S. Orr , repre
senting Gets & Jack , wholesale dealers
in glapswaro , died in this place this
morning. Mr. Orr for some time
Ivas been sufl'oring with a car
buncle on his nose , the pain from which
rendered him delirious and blind , and ho
died m greatest pain ,
The indications were never bettor for
larger crops in this ( Jones ) county than
now. More wheat has been planted this
year .than over before. Last fall the
farmers of this vicinity bought over $25-
000 worth of corn with which to fatten
stock for the market , but this year they
will bo plentifully supplied by their own
farms.
The investigation by the grand jury
of Amos county of the shooting of Will
iam Atler , the convict , has resulted in
that body deciding the act to have been
justifiable in the interests of discipline
and good order.
REALi ESTATE.
Transfers Filed May 20 , 1887.
George K Stratmann and wife to Uusta
A Schaefer and others , lots 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 ,
8. 0. 10. 11 , 13 and la , block 1 , Fosdlko
Place , wd . 3,450
Gee W Ames and wlfo to John Lewis ,
lots 3 and 4 , block 8. Brighton , w d. . . 1,200
A C Lelehton and \vlfe to A C Troup
and others , lot 50 , ( Uses' add , w d . . . . 1,200
William 11 Vlneger'to Edward B
Fenn , south 15 teat of lot 19. and
north no of lot 8 , blpak 4 , subdivision
of John I Itcdlck'a ivdd , w d . 4,050
Henry IJSt John ami others to Mag
gie Crews , lot 15 , block 2 , Northdclu ,
wd . y.'t . 175
Klchnrd Engloman and others to Mrs.
Josnpldna Mlllur , wnnUi4 feet of east
103 feet of lot UftMUlaid & Cald-
woIPsndd , wd..i , . , . 2,000
Wilson T Grahiun /Thomas Jl Nor-
rls , lota , block 5 , KJitewood * add , w d 1,250
llonry W Bates nndiwlie to Oeoige E
W Boerstler , lot 0 , block 1 , Sheri
dan Place , w d..i.j ! ; . l,35t )
John F Uolt and wife to Itcha Van-
irililer , lot 10 , blodk E , Prospect
Place , wd . . . JU. . . . ! . . . . . 5,000
John U Maxiield and1 VHfe t < j Samuel
U otter , north 41 Feet and 0 inches
of lot C , block 2Jl.w r. , . 3,400
Ernest I Andrews td Daniel 'A Knrrell
etal.'allof blocks- jtnd 4 , Patter
son's tirst addition to South Omaha ,
wd . 5,500
H A Nolle and wife to Jurgen A
Kocmor , lot 3 , block 2 , Elkhorn , wd 80
George E Barker et al to ( da M Yore ,
9 , 10 and 11 , block 'i , Mayne Place ,
w d . 4,150
John P Preston to Joseph 11 Blair ,
lots 4 and 5 , block ? ; lots 4,5,0,7 ,
block 8 , Florence , q o . , . 350
Matthew H McCInsky and wife to
Ellery E Hume , lots 3 and 4 , block
15 , Bedford Place , w d . 2,000
Mivry C U Stover and husband to
Julia K Yandercook , lots 2 , t ) , 13 , 74
and north X lot 8 , Florence Ferry
Iteserve , qc . 200
Francis M Parker and wife to Ed
ward Guinan , west 45 feet of lot 10 ,
block 4 , Parker's addition , wd . 2,700
Mrs Francis B Uilmoro to Anna Heed
s 33 f t of lot 22 , Itees place , n c . - 1
Francis Wear and wife to Fremont ,
Elkhorn & Missouri Valley It K Co. ,
w 15 acres of so # of netf a'J ' 15 12.
also 37.9 acres east of center Little
1'apllllon creek , In said section ; also
1.04 acre's In 23 15 12 , w d . 27,015
W L Selby ot al to the Public , plat of
Motters subdlv of part of blk U8 , S E
Kogersplatot Okhoma , in 35 15 13
dedication . -
Christina A Glee&on and husband to
Mary I Johnson ot al , lot 9 blk G ,
Movers , liichards & TUdcn's add ,
wd . . 715
J W Fagan to J C llyman lot 13 In sub
dlvof e 295 ft of blk E , Shlnn's 3rd
mid. wd . 1,750
Jos Weeks to Ben B Wood , s K of lot
4 blk 61 , qc . 8
John V Vacek and wife to Mary A
Felger , s 25 ft of lots 1 , 3 blk 4 , Bed
ford place , w d . 775
Jos P Preston and wife to Joseph E
Blair , lots 1 to 3 blk 7lots2,3 blk S.all
blk 127 except ift : ! square In ne cor
ner , In Florence , w d . 000
George E Barker , et al , to K M Dawey ,
ot al , lots 1 , 2 , block 4 , Mayne Place ,
wd. . . . . . . 3,750
Ellery It Hume , to John S King , lot 3 ,
block 15. Ucdf ord Place , w d . 110
Wmidall Benson and wlfo , to William
K lloman , undivided X lots 1 , 2 ,
block 3 , Exchange Place , w d . 500
John C Howard and wife , to lEmory
A Cobb , lot 1 , block S , llillaiJu audi-
No.l.wd. . 3,001) )
John P Slmpklns and wife , to Free
man C Bullock , lots 1 , 2 , block 4 ,
Golden , wd . . . . 1,250
John P Slmpklns and wlfo , to Eliza
beth A Brownlee , east H lots 11 and
12 , block 2 , Golden. W d . 075
John P Slmpklns and wife to Sarah
A Irwln , west } i lots 11 and 12 , block
2 , Golden , wd. . : . . , . . 575
John P Slmpklns an * vrife to Alex Q
Charleton , lots 11 and 12 , block 1 ,
Golden , wd . 1,250
Franc A Cole and husband to Law
rence 1) Spaldlng , Boirth K of south
% lots 1 and 2 , block 4 , Heed's iirst
addition to Omaha , wd. . 6,000
Building Permits.
Superintendent WhUlock issued build
ing permits yesterday las follows :
U. Shaw , frame addltlpn to store.
Seventh and Pacillc . 9 300
Board of education , two-story brick
school house , Twenty-eighth and
Webster . i . 35,153
Charles Blakeman , ono and ono-halC-
story frame cottagejXltedlck street. . COO
Frank Morau , two-star * frame fvsl-
dence , Douglas , ueapTWetity-fourth 3,200
M. P. Jansen. one antf no-half story
frame dwelling , HuffleUo street. . . . 400
C. B. .Norton , frame1 barn , Twenty-
sixth and Hickory. . < < r. . 200
Mrs. Martin Kennedy , two two-story
frame dwellings , Twenty-seventh
and Parser . , . 3.400
Seven permits , aggregating. . 9 33,258
A very pretty and probably true story
of Russell Sage is now traveling around
Wall street In search of a good circu
lator. One day last week , so runs the
story , a stranger entered the speculasor's
ouico and said : "I see that you are
being sued by a woman ; now , if you will
pay mo a fair sum of money I'll got up a
lot of evideneo which will enable you to
crush her. Will you " The visitor was
fired out , and the man who did the firing
was Unssell Sage , who acted for a min
ute or two , it is stated , as if pugilism was
bis particular forte.
Kennedy & Newell Hescrvolr Ice 1413
Farnaiu.
EARTH'S ' GREATEST EMPIRE ,
The Enormous Extent and Resources of
China.
A STUPENDOUS CANAL SYSTEM.
The Census of 1875 Why tlio Popu
lation In Not Overestimated
45OOOOOOO People Is the
Estimate of To-day.
Facing across the Pacific ocean , says a
writer in the San i'ruuciiro Chronicle ,
are the most populous and densely set
tled countries of the world. On the
broad alluvial plains , on the elevated
plateaux , in the wide fertile valleys and
on the sloping hill and mountain sides of
Eastern Asia 700,000,000 people , one-half
of the world's population , are engaged in
every branch of human industry. These
busy human hives are our nearest trans
marine neighbors , and if wo are to have
a foreign commerce it must largely be
with these oriental countries.
Already their foreign trade amounts
annually tolCOO,000,000nnd it Is rapidly
increasing. From every commercial
center of Europe lines of steamships and
Heels of sailing vessels plow the seas in
this rich oriental carrying. Tlio immense
area of these Asiatic countries , the den
sity of their populations , the vast
amount of their developed wealth , the
untiring industry of their workers , the
unexcelled fertility of their soils , and
their unrivaled facilities for internal and
external commerce murk them as sub
jects of surpassing intercut to us. Of
these oriental countries China has the
largest area and population and the
greatest latent and developed wealth.
Since the rcconqucst and reoccupation
of Kushgaric her area is 5,300.000 square
miles. This is ono and one-Half times the
area of all Europe or our own country , in
cluding Alaska. This is the largest area
on earth under ono government , with a
homogeneous people spcakingonc tongue.
This area extends north and south
through thirty-live parallels of latitude ,
and cast and west through twenty degrees
of longitude. In this immense area
there is almost every climatic condition
from the snow fields bordering
Siberia , where the finest fur-bearing
animals live , to the tropical plains of the
southeast , when ) the banana and date ,
palms , the mango , tlio mangostina and
the bread-fruit trees llourish. It em
braces every typographical feature ; a
loug ocean line , indented by gulfs , bays ,
inlets and bold promontories ; fertile
plains , stretching as far as the eye can
reach ) cleVatcd tablelands , deep and
wide valleys , intra-mounlain basins
higher than the loftiest peaks of the
Uocky mountains , and great mountain
ranges whole average elevations would
look down upon Hood , Shasta and Lin
coln. Tlio river streams are as remarkable -
able as the mountains. In central China
there arc two great river systems the
Hwang Ilo and the Yaugtz. which , with
their tributaries , furnish inland trans
portation to a country nearly as large
us all Europe. Both ot thcso rivers
rise on the great plateau of Thibet , the
loftiest tablelands of the world , and ,
breaking through the Kwenlun ranee ,
How cast to tlio Pacific ocean. The
Yangtz is ono of tlio great rivers of the
world. To Hang Chow , in the centre of
the tea districts , it is navigable for the
largest ocean s'eamors ; and to Ichang ,
at the foot of the Kwenlun mountains ,
2,000 miles f roni the sea , it is navigable
for largo but light-draft steamers.
Thcsp river systems , and the facilities
for.intertrado and travel which the pre
sent , have produced the prosper
ity of that country , the homogen
eous character of the people and their
long-continued political unity. On the
south the HongSi Kiang and Cambodia
furnish inland transportation to a largo
arc : * . On the north the Liau , Congavee
and Aruoor are navigable for small ves
sels for considerable distanoosfrom ; the
ocean. Supplementing these great rivers
there are systems of canals , unequalled
in the world. The Imperial canal extends
from near Poking , in the north , to Sou
Chow , 700 miles to the south. This was
a ship , canal , and crossed the great
Hwang Ho and Yangtz rivers. Connect
ing with this parent canal , the rivers and
the ocean , there are networks of smaller
canals , covering a vast area of low-lying
plains ! In some places on these plains
the canals are not more than two or
three miles apart. As those are tidal
canals , they furnish cheap and rapid
transportation.
The climate of most of this vast area ,
especially south of the thirty-eighth par
allel , is most favorable. From the north
ern rim of the Yangtz basin , south of the
latitudo.of Canton , the climate is semitropical -
tropical , and from Canton to Touquin it
is tropical.'At'Peking , 40 degrees north
latitude'the ' moan annual temperature is
02 degrees Fahrenheit , winter , 29spring ; ,
55.5 ; summer , 70 ; autumn , 54. At Shr.ng-
hai , 84 degrees north , the moan is 03 de
grees.At Canton , 28 degrees north , the
moan ist70 degrees.
These are the temperatures of the sea
level , and .as the country rises toward
the great mountains cooler climates are
found , but oven on the Thibetan mount
ains , at an clovation of 15,000 foot , barley
and nutritious grasses are found.
This great variety of climate gives a
wonderful , diversity of plant life. On the
south there' ' is almost every variety of
tropical growth's ; in the central regions
tlio semi-tropical plants , both textile and
food.'jjr'ow luxuriantly , and in the north
and on the Higher elevations to the west
the staple crops are wheat and millet. In
the higher mountain ranges are immense
forest oclts.
Tee population of China has boon a
matter of much discussion and doubt
among foreigners. It has boon claimed
that the figures of the Chinese census are
much too nigh. There is. however , no
known reason why the officials of that
country should oxaggcratq their popula
tion. There is no disputing the fact that
the moans existing there for arriving at an
accurate census are most ample. Every
house must have a list of its inmates
hung at its door , and a violation of this
is visited with punishment. The imper
ial und local taxes are based in part upon
the numbers of the people. Tbo most
dillicult task imposed.upon the provin
cial rulers is the furnishing the amounts
ot money demanded by the imperial gov
ern mout , and any excessive census re
turn would only increase that dilllculty ,
It in only a fair presumption that if the
census returns are incorrect that they are
too small rather than too largo.
The census of 1875 gave the population
of the empire at 435,000,000. Since that
time Tonquln has been lost , with several
million people , and Kashgaria has boon
reconquered. Among no people with any
degree of civilization is the birth rate so
high as in China , and although the death
rate in the densely crowded districts is
very great , there Is every reason to prc-
sumo that there are now 450,000,000 peo-
plu in China.
These figures represent more than one-
third of the population of the globe. It
is a greater population than that of all
Europe , and throe times the number of
people on the western continent. Even
at these enormous figures the average
number of people to the square mile for
the whole empire eighty-live is not so
high as iu some parts of the United States.
In the great mountain ranges , on the
arid plains of Kashgaria and the snowy
regions of Mongolia and Manchuria the
population , Is sparse , but in 'ho eight
central provinces of China proper in the
fertile , alluvial soils the population U
denser and more crowded than ia any
ether region of equal extent on earth.
The villages there are almost beyond
enumeration , and the number of walled
cities Incredible to these who have not
scon them. In the two Kiang provinces ,
at the mouth of the Yntigt/ river , with
an area of 00,000 square miles , the popu
lation in 1875 was 72,000,000 and thcro
were 123 walled cities.
The census of 1875 was taken when the
richest portions of these two provinces
had boon devastated and depopulated by
the Taiping rebellion. Since that time
there lias been a great impouring of people -
plo from ether regions of the cmniro , es
pecially from these districts where the
famine of 1873 prevailed. The natural
increase of population has also been
very great and it would bo sufo to say
that thcso 00,000 square miles have now
more than 80,000,000 people.
Speaking of the walled cities and their
numbers Pumpelly , the geologist and
mineralogist says : ' 'Tho gray walls of
innumerable cities are constantly disap
pearing behind the steamer , and others
as constantly coming into view before it ,
on the banks of the river , and Inland
from it , spreading out over the lowlands ,
built upon the slopes of hills , or extend
ing over the crests , or again entirely in
closing isolated elevations. " Such is a
general vlow of our great transmarine
neighbor , her uuoqualed area and popu
lation and her topographical features.
As a neighbor and a factor in the future
politics and commerce ot the world she
is worthy of a more extended and minute
study.
FIELD AND FAR9I.
Brushing Spring Cnlvcs.
Every ono knows the piteous bleating
that a young calf makes when separated
from its dam. It is not alone the frequent -
quont supply of food that It misses , but
even more the tender fondling and lov
ing attention which eho gives it. Tied
up where it cannot reach her , the calf
on begins to feel uncomfortable.
Watch how the old cow foudk-s it , nud
wo may easily guess why. Every little
while with her rough , moist tongue , she
will lick its bactc , nock und sides , while
tlio calf , though only a day , and even
loss , old , stands in evident enjoyment of
the operation. Whenever a calf Is piti
fully bloating tuko a soft brush aud Imi
tate the cow's action as closely as possi
ble. The bloating will ccascl and if the
grooming is given two or throe times a
day this mournful of all noises will bo
effectually stopped.
Strengthening food for Cows.
Oat , corn and barley meal are each and
all good for milch cows at this season.
When first turned out to grass the herbage
is watery and innutritions , but it it bettor
to let them pick what they can than to
wait until the grass grows older , by which
time much of it will have become coar.se ,
and will not bo readily eaten. Cows thus
fed will cat dry hay , or oven straw ,
readily at night , and should be given
what they well eat clean. But straw , or
oven luiy.is not all that is required. Some
grain or meal must bo added , not alone
to keep up the present How aud richness
of the milk , but to prevent the cow from
growing poor , which will decrease her
yield all through the season.
Bn.somont Walls Tor Barns.
There are decided advantages in put
ting basements under stock barns aside
from the largo amount of room which
they cheaply fui nish. Look at any of
the early made barns to-day and wo shall
find its sills rotted oil from near
ness to the ground , while perhaps
its upper timbers may bo sound and
good. There is always considerable
manure thrown out from stock barns in
winter , and if the barn is not on high
walls its timbers are likely to bo in con
tact with it , injuring them more in one
year than would result from several
years' exposure to the weather.
Hints and Suiceostloiifi.
It is suggested that an excellent mode
of preserving roots would be to kiln-
dry them and convert thorn into moul.
They would then bo very concentrated ,
occupying much less spaco.
When a contagious disease breaks out
in a flock of fowls it is bettor to destroy
them all rather than have the disease get
"rooted" on the farm , as the germs may
remain for years.
It is claimed that more damage is done
by the gentle bulls than by those that are
more vicious , and the advice is to watch
them , as the gentlest of bulls is a
treacherous animal.
The sudaen change to very warm
weather is sovcro on the horses that have
just begun on spring work. Too much
liberality cannot bo bestowed on the
horses on warm days.
The best way to sot a hen Is to do it at
night. If she is to be removed to some
other location carry her on the nest , and
she will bo bettor reconciled to the
change.
Buttermilk is cheap food for pigs and
they will always do well when buttermilk -
milk is made a portion of their food , but
it should not be fed exclusively.
Two much importance cannot ho given
the matter of selecting the proper per
sons to do the milking. As much depends
on the milker as on the cow.
The Agricultural college of Pennsyl
vania is prepared to make free tests of
the germinating power of suoh seeds as
may bo sent by the fanners of the state.
In answer to the question : "Why docs
churning make butter ? " the Scicntjlic
American says : Agitating the milk
causes the rupture of the coating of the
butter globules contained in tno milk ,
and their fatty contents then collect to
gether.
As a rule , it is late varieties ot potatoes
that sutler most from the Colorado bcutle.
Window plants that appear yellow and
sickly are generally found to bo stiller-
ing from too much water aud too much
insect.
If you wish to ralso a good many
fowls you must keep them in separate
small tlocks. Largo numbers do not
llourish well together.
The common red clover is better than
the largo for general purposes. The lat
ter is difficult to cure , makescoarsor hay ,
and Is more apt to become musty.
The swindle in regard to Bohemian
oats , lies in the manner in which they
are sold , not in the grain itself. Of this
a writer in the National Stockman says
that the oats make a good cbioKon food ,
but for horses' and cattle , 'fed either
ground or whole , -they are too rich , as
the hull of an oat aids digestion. The
Bohemian oats are hulless , or should bo ,
to bo like the original soed. Many horses
refuse to eat them. Those that do are
liable to colic from eating too rapidly.
They can no doubt bo-used to advantage
In the manufacture of oatmeal.
The Live Stock Journal says it would
bo as reasonable to expect good bread
from flour made of damaged urain ns
pure milk from cows with rations
of food tainted by ago or soured
through exposure to huat und
moisture. The putridity contained
in decaying food enters and poisons the
blood , and it is from the blood that the
milk is extracted in the udder. Lot no
man Hatter himself that , the digestive
organs can se par a to tlio putridity , cant
ing it aside ; on the other hand , the dam
aged material goes wherever the blood
goes to the lungs , liver , kidneys and
udder , and In the Litter enters the
milk.
The Pittsburg Stockman calls attention
to churning by stating that if the cream
bo made too warm the globules will
burst and the oil mingle with the water
in the cream and rlso to the top. Such
cream will come to butter very slowly ,
if it comes at all. Boiling water Is too
hot to use in the cream ; 00 ° is M war *
as tlio cream should bo made , as the but
ter will bo white and soft. Keep tlio
cream as near 00g as possible while wait
ing for the churn.
While It Is urged that * farmers should
give greater attention to the production
of a Hrger proportion of lean moat in
hogs , the fact remains that they can get
a bettor wrlco for lard than for loan ,
which will always prompt them to have
the hogs as fat us possible before killing.
Another fact Is that fat can bo produced
at a smaller cost than loan , while the
hogs sold in a fat condition carry away
less fortuity of the soil than tlio same
weight of loan.
Dairy butler will always soil higher
than that made at the creameries pro
vided It bo of first quality. Creamery
butter Is usually more uniform , but as
dairy butter is made by thousands ot dif
ferent poisons it is not easy to secure
largo quuuntltics of the same grade.
There are a few dairies which soil butter
at $1 per pound , oven when prices are
low ; but such butter Is made under the
most favorable conditions only.
Will it pay to grow black walnuts and
then "wait * " A black walnut tree in
Michigan lately sold for$315. No doubt
if the young trees were planted in rows
forty foot apart each way and cultivated
they would bo valuable as a special crop ,
astweuty-Hvo trees could thus bo grown
on one aero. Though late , the returns
would bo sure , and unused laud could bo
profitably devoted to them.
An acre of carrots can be mndo to yield
over 500 bushels , though the labor would
bp quite an item.in the beginning. Tur
nips are grown in preference to carrots
because they germinate from the seed
sooner and are not so easily overrun with
grass and weeds ; but the carrots are far-
more valuable as food for all classes of
stock.
While wo are disputing in this country
as to the relative merits of cotton-seed
and linseed meal the English farmers arc
sending hero for all the ootton-soed meal
they can gel , and arc willing to pay good
prices for it. Our farmers sliould take
the hint and use move of both articles.
The pure Dalmation insect powder is
claimed to bo superior to the buhach of
California , but the only difference is that
thov arc grown In separate sections , and
so far as their value as insecticides is
concerned either may bo used In place of
thn other.
Professor Henry advises farmers to go
slow on alfalfa. He thinks it well enough
to experiment wit it , but has little faith
in its proving profitable except whore it
can bo irrigated and on land having n
loose , porous subsoil many foot In depth.
At the Wisconsin experiment station ho
had never Hiiccoodcdin getting it through
the second winter. Ho thinks the com
mon red clover far superior to it , except
where the alfalfa cau bo irrigated , and
is further of the opinion that the sweet
clover ( Moll-lotus alba ) has more value
as a forage plant than it has boon given
credit for , though not committing mm-
self on this point till further experiments.
It is curious how little attention Is
given to the cultivation of those garden
crops that require very little care and
yet are HO muc.li appreciated when
brought upon the table. Spinach is ono
of these crops. It is found in but com-
'parativoly few gardens , and yet is easily
grown and is very rclishablo. It might
have boon sown last autumn , and if
lightly mulched would have boon nil * '
right. Now it may bo hewn in the spring
as soon as .tho ground is lit , and two
weeks from the tirst sowing there may
bo a second. There are two varltics , the
prickly seeded and the round , the latter -s
being the best. It requires but a small >
bed to supply a family with all the greens
nocdcd. |
A Tennessee Olrl'BVny of Doing. 4
Chattanooga Times : Miss Mary Child- i
ors. who resides twenty miles below
Chattanooga , is the daughter of a highly
rcsacctcd family and taught school In
Dado county last summer. Several > >
weeks since a report of the most slanderous - * * . '
ous character regarding herself reached rs '
her ears. She was deeply hurt over the
vile attempt to bosmearch her reputation >
and determined to trace the falsehood : j
down. She proceeded very cautiously in .
her undertaking , but at last ascertained 1
that a young man named John Magores , . J
who lived Lookout mountain ,
had circulated the vllo slander. * .
Miss Childers addressed a polite * *
note to Magores , confronting him with
the unquestionukle evidence of his guilt ,
and demanded that ho make the nccos
sary apology. The note was treated
with silent contempt , and Magores
boasted that he would not apologize ,
oven though ho might have told an un
truth about tlio young lady. This boast
also reached Miss Childers oars , and a
few days ago she secretly loft homo and
went to a neighbor's , where she borrowed - c
rowed a horse , and from another a shot- * > > i
pun , which she loaded with buckshot.
Miss Childers then rode ten miles to the
home of the Magores , but found that ho
was at a store a few miles further on.
She soon reached the sloro and entered <
before anyone was aware of her pros- '
once. Magores turned deathly pale ;
when ho saw Miss Childers , but she com
manded him to stop , at the same time '
saying :
r'Magnorcs , Iwroto you a respectful
and lady-like note asking you to retraot
what you said derogatory to my
character. This you refused to do , and
now 1 am going to make you. You have 5
told a villainous line on mo und now you *
have got to publicly acknowludo it before $
thcso men , or I will shoot your head off , "
and as she concluded her warlike speech '
she cocked both barrels of the gun and
leveled it at kis head. The young man
saw that ho was caught , and tlio apology
was forthcoming , in a few hurried words ,
too. Miss Childor.s , after warning Mag-
norcs that she would kill him on sight if
ho repeated his lying report about her ,
walked from the store and returned
homo.
"E. Berry Wall , the noted "king of the
dudes , " has strengthened his hold on ( hat
royal poMtion by sending to London for
a now hat , the llku of which has never
been soon on this continent. It is a lull
hat made of light colored foil. It is the
only ono of the kind in America , and the
block on which it wan molded has been
destroyed. The makers are under contract - ,
tract not to nmnufaoturu another hut of
the kind until thu middle of June. Thus
docs the king of tlid dudes retain Ills
royal superiority over his subjects.
DYSPEPSIA
Causes Its victims to bo miserable , hopeless ,
confused , ami depressed hi mind , \cry Irrita
ble , languid , and drovtsy. It li a disease
which does not get well ot Itself. It require *
careful , persistent attention , and a remedy to
throw off the causes and tone up the diges
tive organs till they perform their duties
willingly. Hood's Bargap.irllla has proven
Just the required remedy lu hundreds of cases.
"Ihayo taken Hood's Sarsaparllla for dys
pepsia , from which I luve suHeied two yearn.
I tried many other medicines , but uona proved
( o satlsfartory in Hood's HarsuparllU. "
TWOMAB Cooic , Brush Electric Lljiit tX >
New York City.
Sick Headache
"For the past two years I have been
iiflilctcd with severe headaches and dyspep
sia. I wai Induced to try Hood's Hauapa-
rllla , and b.ive found great icllcf. I cheerfully -
fully recommend It to all. " Mu . K. Jr.
ANKAKLK , New Haven , Conn.
Mrs. Mary 0. Bmlth , Cambridge port , Mass. ,
and sick head-
was a sufferer from dyipcpsU
ache. She took Hood's SarsaparllU and
found It the bent remedy she ever used.
Hood's Sarsapar.lla
Bold by nil droggliti. lilfor5. ; M
only by 0.1. UOOI > It CO. , I-owell , MM * . ,
100 Doves On * Dollar.