THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : THURSDAY , JUNE 23. 1887. 5
COFFIN DEALERS IN CONCLAVE
Proceedings of the Annual Convention of
Nebraska Undertakers.
A VERY SOLEMN SITTING.
JIlio Membership of ttic AHSoclntlon
On tlio Inorcimo Now * From tlio
titntc Homo Other Lincoln
IrnoH TUB nnn's UNCOT.N ntmnAtr. ]
There has been a solemn conclave at
Iho rooms of the Wisconsin Furniture and
Co 111 n company the past two days , It
being tlio annual convention ol Nebraska
undertaken. In the spacious rooms of
this company a room was sot aside for
the use of the convention. On the wall
facing the delegates wore llfo-slzo portraits
traits of dead men Illustrative of the em-
balmer'H art ; handsome coflln trimmings
ubounded on every side and the approach
to the room was between rows of coflln
boxes. All tnosc rendered a peculiar and
homo-like air to tlio surroundings for the
undertakers , and the body almost ap
peared cheerful as it quieted down to
business sessions. It was noticeable that
it a delegate crossed the room during the
session ho would tip-too across as though
expecting a glance of caution from a di
vine , and tlio more timid members of the
craft would rino and address the chair in
much the Mime hoarse whisper that the
undertaker on the Mississippi did on a
certain funeral occasion , when Iluck
Finn and the king and tlio duke wore
masquerading as chief mourners.
However , it only required a
very short acquaintance to lind
that the Nebraska undertakers
were all as jovial and full of business an
the rest of mlinkind when removed from
the restraint of business sessions , and
they were all unanimous in pronouncing
this the best session they ever hold. At
the close of their annual meeting a year
ago tlio membership was some forty , and
it has boon increased tno present year to
between sixty and seventy. Almost the
entire business transacted was carried
through yesterday and members contin
ued to arrive up to the noon hour. A
new constitution and by-laws were
ndoptad and one of the special features
of the day was a lecture and course of
instruction in cmhrlnung , conducted by
Prof J. H. Clark , of Springllold , O. , presi
dent of the Clark Chemical works. The
Association , in consideration of the valu
able things learned , raised a $00 purno for
Mr. Clark during the afternoon session.
The association selected Omaha as the
place for the next meeting , the date to bo
fixed during the month of Juno , dud the
following oUlcors were elected : Presi
dent , H. K. Burket , Omaha ; vioo-prosl-
dentH , W. Reed , Hastings ; lionry Ilouck ,
Plattmnouth ; Louis Seasons ; soorolaiy ,
John Itedlino , Chester ; treasurer , James
Hcaton , Lincoln ; executive committeo.
f. J. Barrett , Omaha ; M. Reed ,
Hastings ; John M. Doyle , Crete ;
delegates to national convention , F. G.
Bwitz , 11. K. Burkot , P. S. Barrett ; com
mittee on resolutions , George Brown ,
Superior : H , W. Werner , Hebron ; Henry
lloock , Plattamoutli. The committee on
resolutions passed resolutions thanking
the Wisconsin Furniture and Collin com
pany for courtesies and room for meet
ings , thanked Prof. Clark for his
work , the entertainment given by Lincoln
Undertakers , and adjourned , peace aud
liarmony prevailing.
AT TUB STATE HOUSE.
Tlio assertion published in the Omaha
Herald that Governor Thayer has been
in communication with the police com
mission is emphatically denied. The
ovcrnor has not telegraphed the com-
KB , or written tno commission , or
telephoned the commission , nor held
communication witli them in any man
ner , either dirootly or indirectly , and the
( removal of ticavey was equally a surprise
to him as was the rolnstatpmonttho news
of wtiich only reached him through the
medium of the press. The assertion also
made that the governor has asked advice
of the supreme court as to the legal status
pf the controversy between the council in
Omaha and the commission is denied
with equal emphasis. The BKR re pro-
pontativo called upon Judge Amasa
Cobb , the supreme judge resident in Lin
coln , and the judge stated that never dur
ing the recent session of the court had
the question been brought before thorn
ht ah by the governor himself or any
other parties , and the governor had
never , privately or otherwise , asked an
opinion from him in any manner regard
ing the question in any of its bearings.
( The governor has reposed confidence in
the Omaha police commission , and inter
fered in their workings with no plans or
Butrirostions.
Oil Inspector Smith Caldwell yesterday
appointed Captain Coons , ol Butler
county , ns ono of his deputies in addition
to the appointment of Captain Phelps
Paine , made the day previous. Yesterday
uftcrnoon Mr. Caldwcll and Mr. Paine
departed for Omaha on a business visit
preparatory to commencement of active
Work July 1.
Guy A. Brown , state librarian and su-
rremo court reporter , has gone to Spirit
Lake , la. , for a month's rest aud recrea
tion.
Captain Hammond , of Columbus , com-
tnandaut at the soldiers' homo , Grand
Island , was in Lincoln yesterday.
The live stock commission will hold a
business meeting at their oflino to-day.
ABOUT TIIK CITY.
f A man named McCormlck , who has
, . been tentliig and holding horses for trade
in the outskirts of the city , was lined $10
nnd costs in police court , yesterday for
drunkenness.
The Dog o case was pursuing its weary
Way through the channels of the distnot
court yestordayaml itbid& fair to occupy
several days yet before the testimony is
ended.
The celebrated Dnwson will case that
lias involved tlio title to a large number
of homes in the southern suburbs of the
city and also to a largo number of city
lots in that vicinity bids fair to reach
JiniiI settlement under a recent decision
from Judge Browerand the titles become
quieted.
The burglars in their recent raids in-
faded tlio residence of ono of the police
force. The Journal marvels at their bold 9S
ness , but the burglar is wlso beyond his
( lay and generation. Tlio nearer a bur-
pi r keeps to some of the present masterly
torly police force the safer they aro.
The board of trade at their mooting
Tuesday evening evinced activity
in securing Industries for Lincoln
worthy of all commendation.
Negotiations have bcon opened with a
coal storage company , a paper mill , a
Windmill company , iron and paint works ,
and an oat meal factory. From all these
Eoiiui ono or two of them will undoubtedly
be secured.
AT TIIK HOTELS.
Among the Nobrasknns in Lincoln yes
terday were noted the following : Charles
U Wilson , Sterling ; W. W. Watson ,
Fai.ibuiy ; G. H. Peebles , David Cityi
F. B. Woodrow. Omaha ; J. L. Saunders ,
Stookville ; J. A.Taggart , 8. R. Brown ,
Omaha ; E. E. Day , Weeping Water ]
Charles O. Bates , Beatrice ; C. 1L Harnlm ,
York ; A. F. Coon , David City ; Frank T !
Ransom. Nebraska City ; K. E. Leonard ,
David City , 11. O. Boatty. Wahoo : W. E ,
"are , Beatrice ; John Chase. Weeping
Water ; A. P. Tukeyi Omaha.
.llulle of Bourbon ton-year-old whisky ,
Travelers who wish to carry a pure arti'
Io ol whisky with them can purchase ol
Jlclln of Bourbon for | 1.25 per ouarl
Pottle at holcl burs or drug itores.
OUTER CREEK'S BAD MAN.
Iho Orli'lnal CItt/.cn Who Made Ufo
for the People.
San I'Vrtiicfoeo Kramtncr.
Nav , had 1 the power I'd ixmr
The swi-ct mill ; of Concord into hull ,
Uproar the universal peace ,
Confnunil nil unity on enrth.
"I admit that I am from Bitter Creek , "
said W. F. Hobbins at the Uuss house
yesterday. " 1 can't help it. 1vas 1 from
thoio , and now can't very well got away
for keeps. Besides , why should 1 ? 1 am
doing very well there und like the place.
"But I got a little weary. Everywhere
I go when I put down my name tlio fool
clerk says :
" 'Oh , aha ! You're the Bad Man from
Bitter Creek , are you ? "
"These things make mo wearyl Now
to tlio idiotic clerks nnd others , perhaps ,
who make the remark , but awfully ohl to
inc.
inc."You say you half supposed this Bitter
Creek , or at least the Had Man part of it ,
to bo hypothetical ? Not a bit of it. Con
sult your map. You'll llnd ono Bitter
Creek in Wyoming , two in Arizona , one ,
and possibly two , in Utah , ono in Mon
tana , and one in California. Almost all
are small streams , or they would bo
called rivers , M you may suppose.
"Well , the genuine and historic stream
is in soutlnvlistcrn Montana , and that's
whore I hall from. The crook is 110
.miles long , and empties into the Clark's
Fork of tlio Columbia.
"The bad man was a fellow named Jim
Yount , an exceedingly roc y individual ,
came there in very early times from Ten
nessee. Nobody know the exact date.for
for ho was ahead of most everybody
clso. Ho was none of your 'mild-man
nered'sort of men as Slado was repro-
Bontod to bo. Originally in Tennessee. I
suppose lie was a Knoh-hillcr , and as no
grew older ho rapidly grow worse.
"Upon my word , ho was tlio most
vicious , vindictive man I ever heard of.
He fairly earned his title. We heard ho
was a murderer in Tennessco of three
boys , playmates In school whom ho
didn't like. Ho sloped to Missouri and
knifed an old gentleman , in who.so em
ploy ho was , because the old man in
sisted on his getting up at 0 o'clock in the
morning.
"Ho blM/.nd his way in this manner
pretty allectually to the west. Olio of the
linst deeds , which tlio pioneers of Mon
tana recollect , was the shooting oil'of
both ears of a bull-whacker by Jim.
"Jim saw him driving along , and re
marked to a friend that ho thought ho
could make a center-shot on thn team
ster's big ear. The friend doubted itand
ho lot her eo. He struck the auditing
apparatus plum in the middle. Before
the teamster could clap his iiand on the
shot ear , whack went a ball through the
other one.
"Tho bad man then asked the bull-
whacker if ho didn't want him to present
him with a couple of carbobs , since ho
had such nice round holes to put them
in.
"His next deed was to burn a school
house , some twenty miles away. Ho
claimed that the children made faces at
him as ho was going along ono day , and
ho'd bo Impgcd if he'd litivo such kids to
grow up to know any more than ho did.
"In a dispute with two confederates
about some stolen horses in 'CO. a year
after this school house , he killed both of
them , took all tlio stock and gobbled
their money. He didn't even bury the
follows , but left their bodies lying lifty
yards or so from the corral.
"But his best hold was in the saloons.
Ho'd drink a barrel of whisky every
few days no soft drinks for hi in whisky
every timo. Ho had a bleared , blotched
face , that looked like a chromo , and his
oaths and lauguaco in general was some
thing frightful to hear.
1 don't recolleci a crime in those early
days that he didn't commit. Ho held up
stages , stele bullion ana robbed mails
with impunity. Nobody molested him.
Everybody feigned not to know who did
it , und everybody went around cring-
Ingly asking Jim as they patted him on
the back , to take a , drink. Quite often
ho'd got mad at this even , and tell them
to have a care how they came slobbering
around him or he'd shoot the tops of
their heads oft * .
, , Jim played many brilliant engage
ments of this sort around Virginia City ,
in Montana , Boulder City and other
places. His flitter Crook ranch was only
rontlesvous for him , a sort ot a central
or pivotal point , where ho and fellow
thieved rounded up their stolen horses
and cattle.
"Jim ran nlong for several years in
this way , cutting , shooting , and killing
until ho boasted himself that two grave
yards wouldn't hold the people that ho
had laid away.
"In ' 07. however , Jim made ono trip too
often to Helena. Ho had made his record
over there. But the rich placers had
drawn a host of bad men there , and ono
night when Jim drew his artillery in Tom
Best's gamblmg-divo and began to lav
on right and left ho got a ball in his
heart that forever fixed him.
"Of the crowd , though , he killed four
first and maimed for lito three or four
moro. He was buried out in the foot
hills near Helena , and for a long time
and until it rotted away a plain pine
board marked his grave and bore the in
scription :
: THE HAD MA.S I'ROK IIITTEK CRKKK.
"I think Jim was about forty years old
when ho was rounded in. It was a
glad day for Bitter Croett and a joyful ono
for Helena.which for a long time boasted
that it had tuokcd our bad man away
utuit'r the daisies.
"Now. you might think that our region
is full of such cifi/.ens as Jim , but it is
not so. Wo are now at least , a quiet ,
peaceable community , devoted to ranch
ing and agriculture. It would do you
good to visit Bitter Creek. "
When the face is haggard , the cheek
holiow and the form lank and debilitated ,
the party concludes ho is tlio victim of a
wasting and mysterious dismisu ; when ,
the simple truth is , his digestive organs
are in bad order , if ho would use Dr. J.
11. McLean's Strengthening Cordial and
Blootl Puriller , he would look as well ,
and feel as hearty as the healthiest of us ,
ho ueedu bracing up , vitalizing , that is
all.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
A Locomotive Ituus 17,112 Miles In a
Month.
Superintendent of Motive Power Wal
lace , of the Philadelphia , Wilmington &
Baltimore railroad , has just brought to a
successful conclusion au interesting trial
to determine how many miles a passenger
locomotive , properly cared forcould run
without detriment in a month of thirty-
onn days. Last summer a Pennsylvania
railroad engine , during one mouth , made
the round trip of the middle division
( liarrisburg to Altoona ) twice daily ,
covering during that time 10,86. miles
the longest distance over covered in a
month by a single locomotive up to that
timo. On the 80th of last April , Superin
tendent Wallace started engine No. 317
from Washington to Philadelphia at 8 a.
rn. May 81 , 17,113 miles had been re-
cordod.nnd the record beaten by 744 miles.
No. 817 has 63-inch drivers , cylinders
181 by 24 inches , weighs 100,600 pounds
all told , the weight on the driven being
07,800 pounds. The distance between
Philadelphia and Washington is IBS
miles , and " 317" covers it four times
every twenty-four hours , leaving Phila
delphia at 7:20 : a. m. and 4:80 : p. in. , ami
leaving Washington at 11 a. m. and 10 p.
m. Four crows wore employed daily on
the engine , and the splendid mechanism
has come out of the test in first class con
dition. In addition to the 17,113 miles
traveled with a train , No. 817 made ono
miJo unattached at each end of the route ,
or eight wiles empty per diem. This for
thirty-one days would make 248 mlfi-s to
bo added to the 17,11' ! , or a total of 17,800
miles.
Where In Captain llowcate ?
Washington Post : "Do you know
that it's a fact that the war department
never wanted to prosecute Captain How-
gatot" nbkcdan ox-member of the signal
corps of a reporter.
"No , tiiat's news to mu , " replied Iho
reporter.
"It is a fact , nevertheless , " said the
signal service man. "though 1 would not
care to bo quoted by nanio as saying so ,
tor 1 am still in the government employ ,
you know. Captain Howcato has never
been out of the county , and there has not
bcon a time since he loft hero that ho
could not have boon brought back within
three days if ho had been wanted. "
"Where is ho now ? " asked the reporter
porter-
"i don't know exactly whcro lie is to
day , but I could lind out inside an hour
and a half. Why , when I was away on
leave last summer. 1 met tlio captain on
the street ono day in a city not a
thousand miles from Washington , and if
ho's not there yet , I know 1 could lind
him in an hour or so , Ho lias several
regular correspondents in this city , and
his whereabouts are always known to
his friends. If the war department
wanted the captain very bad they would
not have much diflleulty in finding him. "
Ithodn Island's Peculiarities.
Boston Globe : Slio is the only state
that has no provision in her constitution
for calling a constitutional convention.
She i the only stetn that requires moro
than a majority of votes to ratijy amend
ments to the constitution.
She is the only state whose constitution
draws a distinction between native and
naturalized citizens.
She is the only state whoso legislatures
vote by secret ballot ,
She is the only itftto that requires the
governor to share the pardoning power
with the senate.
She is the only state that requires
voters to register ono year in order to
vote tlio next.
She is the only state that requires a
majority vote to elect all oflicers.
She is the only state that requires a
property qualification of voters ,
IlEAJU ESTATK.
Transfers Filed Juno 21 , 1887.
llv of Omaha to Julius Wassells , 14x
Go It , bcKinninc at the so cor of iQt
I bile 4 15. qc. . . ' . . 5277,20
Lena Kdwnnls and husband to Wll-
laid Slabaimli , lot 13 blk 4 Uuiaha
Vlowadd.wd . 1,100
Douglas countv to N P Lludqiiest. lot
20 hlk 7 Douglas add , wd . ftM
Douglas county to Andrew Johnson ,
lot 7 blk 11 Douglas add , wrt . 1,175
Morris N llamlln and wile to Mary J
Kills , lot 14 blk U Hillside add No 1 ,
wd . , 2,000
Josephine K Hatntln and husband to
Mary J Ellis , lot 13 blk 2 lllllsldo
add.wd . 2,500
OUKUS county to August Doll , lot 12
blk 8 lot 19 to 15 blk 4 lots 10 to 15
Inclusive block 5 lots 0 10 11 12 blk
13 Douglas add , wd . 33,8.50
ilarvoy D. Loveland to Francis N
Lnvelnnd , lot S blk 1 Bedford place ,
wd . . . . . . . . .I 850
Dennis Cunningham et al to Charles
II . Klapp et al , lots 7 and 8 , Auburn
Hill. wit. . . . 1,500
Ed li Williams ct al to KrnnkH Mitch
ell , lot : t. blk 4. Foster's ndct , w rt. . . . 3,200
Lnrinon 1' I'ruyn and wife to Miss
Belle McDonald , lot 4 , l'ruyn'3 sub
division of lot B3 > f , Mlllard & Cald-
well's add , w d . 3,000
Bonjamln M Nicholson to Martha
West , w 30 ft of o 00 ft ol lot r , , nnd
n 20 it of lot 3 , blk 1 , Pone 1'lare , w
d . 2,800
B K Sim'.dmg and wife to Louis 11
Ly ford , lots 1 , 3 , and a , blk "S , "
Lowe's add , w d . 4,000
Luther Kouim.o and wife to Isaac E
Congiton , trustee , 23.07 acres in 4 , 15 ,
iy , wd . 20,000
James E Iliioy and wife to Henry
Page , s M lot 13. aud37 ft lot 14 , J E
Kllcy's sub div , w d . 1,000
Anna M Deiss and husband to Kutus
H Clnrko. lots 18' < r and 19 > f Millixrd
it Caldwell's add , q c . 1
Victor 11 Cildwell to Hufiis B Clarke
lots IBtf and 1 X , Mlllard & Cald
well's add , w d . 10,000
Louis Brtdford to RufusB. Clarke , lot
1UX , Mlllard & Caldwell's addition ,
qc . 1
Itufus B. Clarke and wlfo to Ella H.
Brown , lots 18 & 19 > , Mlllard &
Caldwell'B addition , wd . 4,000
Herman Kouatze and wile to l.uthcr
Kount/e , lots 3 , 3 , block 10 , lots I ) , 10 ,
block 17 , lot G , block 18 , Kountze
place , w d .
Ueraian Kountze and wlfo to Luther
Kountze , lot V , blocK W , lots 1 , 8 , blk
so , lot 1 , block 33 , lots 8 , 0 , block 35 ,
Kount/n place , wd .
Herman Kountzo and wife to Luther
Kountze , lot 1. block 4. lots U , 10. blk
C. lot : : , block 7 , lot 10. block 11 , lot 1 ,
block 12 , Kouutzo place , w d .
Hei man Kountzo and wife to Luther
Kountze , lots 1 , 2 block 19 , Kountzo
rilaro , w d .
0 L lionnnr and wife to J nines Scott ,
lots 21 and 22 blk 4 , Hawthorne add ,
W d . 2.4M
George A Joslyn and wife to E B
Graham , lots 4 , 5 and 0 blk 3 , Ex
change Place , w d . 2,400
A tiregg Incliram et al to William 11
Gates , lot 8 blk 4 , Hawthorne adJ ,
w d . 1,000
Matthew Balnes to William 11 Gates ,
lot 1 blk 3 , Hawthorne , wd . 1,500
Lawrence D Spnldlnii to Minnie C
sK of SK lots 1 and 3 ,
blk 4 , Heed's Istadd.wd . 6.000
A J Lnw and wife to John D Sllvls ,
Iotl0llk3 , Elkhorn , w d . 23
George Auien ana wife to William
C Allen , lots 3 and 4 , blk 1 , Hans-
corn I'lace , w d . 1,400
lilfo In Mexico.
Another peculiarity of Mexican life is
that everybody lives over a shop , if the
house be of two stories , or uses his lower
iloor for stabling the horses , quartering
the servants , etc. Even millionaires
often rent the ground Iloor of their
swellcst residences for business purposes ,
and no ono seems to have any domestic
use for their lower front rooms , which
Americans consider most desirable. Go
and call upon a bishop or some other
high dignitary , or upon any family of
known wealth , and if there is not a shoe
maker pegging away at his bench , just
inside the front door , or tailor-shop , or
hair-dressing or black-smithing establish
ment , yon are obliged to squeeze past
carnages standing m the passage-way , or
run the gauntlet of horses' heels , besides
viewing the paraphernalia of the forever
open kitchens and smelling the next
meal's menu. Sacramento Record.
MOST PERFECT MADE
U ed by th Called Bute * Oovernrntnt.
Endorsed br the beads of the Graat Universities
nnd 1'ubllc Food Auilv t si The StrongcetPurest ,
Anil monUtealthtol. Dr. Prlw's Uia only Baking
Yowder that doe * not contain Ammonia , I.lmo or
.tfcltn. Dr. frlco's Extracts. Vanilla. Lemon , etc. '
o
THE BLACK HILLS BUOYANT.
The Approach of the Burlington & Missouri
Railroad tlio Cause for Much Rejoicing ,
THE PROGRESS AT DEADWOOD.
A. Itnlldinc Material Combine Dr.
Mcnilllcntlriy'a Stnlcly Mansion
The New Mnsoiilo Temple
Twlcehop's Letter.
i
RAPtn CITV , Dak. , Juno 20. [ Corres
pondence of the DKK. ] The Black Hills
\re looking their best now. A year ngo
now the fields were grey instead of green.
The copious rains of the past two months
lave done it , and the hearts of the
rancher , the cattle man and the freighter
are singing. The latter , perhaps , most
of all , as he dnponds on grazing en route
o furnish his quadrupedal locomotives
their free fuel and enable him to com
pete with the iron horse. Ho is doing it.
1'ho arrival this week of several bull-
trains from Fiorro with freight for the
upper camps is a telling comment on
the freight land'of our only road from
Chicago. This consignment was three
weeks on the road from Pierre. If time
seems to bo in the railroad's favor , it
mist bo added that the bull train has also
oworcd the record of many shipmonU
jy rail ; I have heard of ono bill of goods
.hat was six weeks on the road between
St. Paul and Load City by rail and teams ,
but that was exceptional. In
view nf both cost and time
tlio people hero are already
CI.AMOIiING FOK ItAIMIOAI ) COMPETITION.
Interest to that eud just now centers in
the approach of the Uurling-
ton & Missouri towards the
Hills from the south. It will cross the
Klkhorn line near Cluidron , Nub. , and it
is reported follow up tlio south fork of
the Cheyenne to Hupid City. Here it
will have for feeders by the time it is
completed , ono and probably two nar
row gauge roads into the Hills. For
work has already bejcun on the Rapid
City , Wyoming & Western , and cable
advices from England from James
AVilsot ) , principal owner of the principal
tin mines and the only tin-reduction
works in the Hills , announces that ho has
enlisted $10OOJ,000 of English money to
operate these and build the Rapid City &
Southwestern narrow gauge through the
tin camps and Southern Hills to Wyom
ing and so on to ? If this news is trust
worthy and it comes direct from Mr.
Wilson it will have a very important
influence upon the development of the
resources of this part of Dakota. Other
mining regions have gold and silver , but
the Black Hills alone have tin in paying
quantities ; have a specialty , and that is
the next best thing to a monopoly. The
extent of tlio tin deposits has yet to bo
definitely settled ; no very deep explora
tion lias yet been done anywhere. So
far as developments have gone , the for
mation shows the same tendency to in
crease in richness with depth , as is tlio
case lu the veins of the more precious
metals. But very extensive deposits
have already bcon uncovered and , what
is moro encouraging , the cassiUidto
yields two or three times the per centago
of tin that the same does in ottier coun
tries. The mining nnd reduction of this
metal , however , requires as close eco-
nomv and as careful management as are
required to make our lowgrado ores pay ,
as under the management of the Homo-
stake company , referred to in my last
letter. Therefore , it is hailed as a prom
ising future of Mr. Wilson's ofl'ort to put
our tin production on a paying basis tnat
plenty of capital and experience are to
be enlisted in the undertaking.
UEADVt'OOU AKTKIl A KAILKOAD.
A meeting was held in Dcadwood last
week to start a movement to secure the
extension of the Klkhorn line by a spur
up the canon to that place. A committee
was appointed to confer with the .North
western authorities and a liberal purse
raised for its expenses. T'ho line on its
westward way passes through the valley
ton miles north of Deadwood. Although
the branch will be oxpcnsivo'to build , I
think its construction probable for these
reasons : Deadwood must have it or go
to the wall , and that town is not ono of
the kind that "Jays down. " It is always
torn up with internal quarrels , but when
a crisis comes it has a habit of uniting
nnd "getting there. " This is a case of
diRS'nig for the woodchuck , nnd Deadwood -
wood is likely to be out of meat. The
construction of the Rapid City narrow
gauge to Deadwood's back door
will divert its trade from tlio Klk-
horn ; Chapman is forcing the Elkhorn to
Deadwood. And , finally , I have the best
of authority for the statement that the
Northwestern people intend , and have
intended ever since the Black Hills
branch was decided on , to so to Dead-
wood. Now. like a local wag , when
asked if ho will take something , they are
saying , " \ \ o might if we were properly
approached. " Dcadwood will "properly
approach" and got tlio road. But it is
queer to road some of the objections
urged by old timers against makini' the
approach. Those mossbacks recall the
halcyon days of the bull trains and stage
coaches from Sidney , and mourn the
encroachments of modern improve
ments. They are not as intelligent as the
Richmond preacher who admits that tno
things "do move. "
AFTEH WYOMING COAL.
A good deal of guessing is done as to
the objective point of the narrow-gauge
line hence to the hills. The projectors
take unusual pains to keep secret the ul
timate route ; having thus far announced
only the same into the woods thirty miles
from every whore. Again I am willing to
go on record as a prophet. The line will
take in all the mining camps and
timber in the hills that it cau and then
strike a bee line for the coal Holds of
Northern Wyoming to bring tlio Maho
met of fuel to the mountains of minerals.
This is the obvious thing , the necessary
thing for a paying local business for a
little railroad. These narrow-gauges
will never bo able to live , simply as feed
ers of the standard gauges at tlio terms
to bo dictated by the latter. The only
local business of any' ' magnitude now
assured is connected with the fuel and
timber supply to the mines , and in that
business tno narrow gauge can most suc
cessfully compete with the standard ,
which is not going near tlio mines. The
latter will probably use its power over
the former to secure a division of this
business , for the Elkhorn is projected to
the coal fields also. Speaking of Wyom
ing coal , I saw this week some of that
combustible burn ; it makes a hot , semi-
bituminous flame , and burhs clean with
a white ash. The samples were quite
free from slate. I do not learn that it is
decided to bo available for/coking , which
is a great desideratum for this country's
smelting prospects.
ULACK HILLS UUILUINO MATERIAL.
A company is incubating hero to aggre
gate a largo number of claims on building
materials sandstone , marble , rooting
slate , lime , gypsum , plaster-of-Paris , ce
ment , and sand. It is understood that
the building materials "combine" will go
into the business of supplying contractors.
Thus far , little has been done towards in
troducing this material ; the chief effort
having bcon to Interest outsiders with
capital to do it ; trying to sell undeveloped
claims instead of what was in them. This
last is the right way to introduce the stuff ,
and as it is an industry that does not re
quire expensive planta and largo working
capital , 1 rather wonder that local rustlers
have waited so long to begin the actual
work. But the truth Is , that the people
here are not opulent , and nearly every
body has already "bitten off more than
THIS
business lias been a surprise to us , particularly the enormous
sales during the past four weeks. We are determined to keep
it up- New goods are constantly arriving by express , and everv
dav we have new bargains to offer. This time it's in the furnish
ing departments Our fanovPercale Shirts at 35c are equal to
anv 75c shirts offered bv other houses. Better ones in proper
tion. The white laundried shirts which we are selling for 70 and
9Oo cannot be had elsewhere for less than double the mouev.
In unlaundried white shir ts we have one at 3Oc. We do not keep
it for a special sale , but sell it everv dav for that price , and it is as
good a shirt as others are offering at special sales for 40o or
50c. In Underwear our sales have been marvelous andwe can
not get them in fast enough. Our 15o gauze Shirt is the talk
of the oitv another supplv has come * We have also just open
ed an extra fine short sleeve clouded gauze Shirt * a uoveltvin
color , at 35c. The shirt is cheap at 60o. Our 25c a dozen four
in hand Scarfs are the hit of the the season. No old stock , but
new , fresh and beautiful patterns ; the manufacturer cannot
make them fast enough for us. Other dealers sell them at lOo
apiece. Anoveltv in this line is a straw scarf * a beautiful thing ,
20c. You can see it in our corner window.
All goods marked in plain figures and at one price *
ebraska Clothing Company ,
Cor. Douglas and 14th sts. , Omaha.
ho can chew" of mining stocks and
claims. But the day is coming when the
usntul minerals will contribute more to
the prosperity of this section than the
precious ones. .Hyway of advertising
these building stones , Dr. McGillycuddy
is building a stately and unique mansion
hero , the first story of brown sandstone ,
the second of white , and the third of
wood. The new Masonic temple is to
have its foundations of marble. In all
these formations there are many solid
colors and many variegated. I wonder
that no one finishes inside with some of
the beautiful colors that are all about hero
in the gypsum beds and _ sand-pits. Only
the deadtombstone white linlsh is used
and a very hard finish and very dead
wall it makes. I saw a rancher's shack
plastered with gypsum and sand out of
his yard. It was a iinish that would have
delighted the Associated Artists of the
east , which has in late years wrought
such wonderful changes of taste in iusido
Iinish. The rancher , indeed , "buikled
better than he knew. " He wasn't
aesthetic. Ho wan economies ! and wanted
to keep warm. People here do not half
know their aesthetic advantages.
TWICKIIOP.
Chronic nasal catarrh positively cured
by Dr. Sago's Remedy.
FRANK IAMES.
The Ex-Bandit , Now a Dry Good *
Clerk , Talka a Little About His
Former Eventful and Preda
tory Garner.
St. Louis tilobo-Domocrat : A gentleman -
man who registered at the Lindell yester
day reports the result pf an interview
with Frank James , who is now living at
Dallas , Tex. , whore ho is employed as
salesman in a wholesale clothing store.
Ho is visited daily by largo crowds of
people from all parts of the country , to
all of whom ho extends a cordial greet
ing. To the gentleman who called on
him lie said :
"Yes , lam living quietly enough here ,
and I think the balance ot my lifo will bo
passed peacefully. 1 have never carried
a weapon since I surrendered my revolvers
vers 10 Governor Orittontlon in Missouri.
I do not carry any arms because I do not
want to have any trouble with anyone.
1 do not think anybody wants to kill me ,
unless it might bo some crank who
wanted notoriety , and a gun would bo no
protection against such a man , for lie
would shoot me in the back , or at some
time when I was not erpectine it.
When nskcd if ho was a good shot
Frank replied.
"No , 1 am nothing extra ; but there was
a time when I thought that no man on
earth could draw a gun quicker than 1
could. I practiced it for twenty years ,
and always felt safe while talking with a
man who had not already drawn his
weapon. 1 know that whenever he made
a motion I could kill him before ho could
draw. "
"What kind ol gun do yon prefer ? "
"Well , I alwayM used a Remington 44.
The same cartridge used in this six-
shooter fits a Winchester 44 rille , so there
IB no danger of a man getting rattled in a
fight and putting the wrong cartridge in
his gun. It is a bad plan to carry two
kinds of ammunition when you have to
used it in a hurry sometimes. "
"Do you meet many yeople hero whom
you have known before ? "
"No. I moot a great many who claim
to know nio , but the fact is I really know
very few people anywhere , and fewer
still know mo. Tno reason I was never
captured was because I never made a
confidant of any ono and I never placed
perfect confidence in any human being.
There was a time when no man on earth
could have killed me without a fight. I
never let those who were with mo handle
my guns , and if any ono asked me to look
at my pistols I always took out the cylm-
der before handing it to him. "
"Did you know many of the noted men
who have figured in the west ? "
"I know them by reputation , but never
mot any of them. 1 alwavs made it a
point to keep away from bad men. These
killers are always socking quarrels , and
1 tried to avoid them as much as possible.
I always hated to kill anybody and never
did unless I hud to. No reasonable man
wants to take the life of another if ho
can liulp it. I always taicd to keep away
from the western country , where all the
detectives supposed mo to be. I staid
east of the Mississippi river most of the
time , and always among quiet people
who carry prayer books in their pockets
instead of six shooters. I found it much
safer. "
"Do you ever drink ? " was asked by the
visitor , who wanted to set 'em up , but
got a tomporauco lecture in reply.
"I never touch liquor. This is ono
reason why I was never caught ; nothing
could induce mo to drink a droo , so I
always carried a cool head. Home men
need two or three drinks to give them
courage enough to make a tight , but as
for myself , I always want to go into a
tight with a clear head. 1 can see bettor ,
shoot quicker , fight harder and protect
myself better. No , sir , 1 thank you , no
whisky fgr mo : " . ' ,
New Model LawnMower
Five Sizes. Will cut hifjlicr grass than
any other. Has no equal for simplicity ,
durability and case of operation.
is the latest Improved Ma
chine in tlio Markot.
Low Prices. Send for circulars.
VEIL STIMMEL & CO.
OMAIfA , NEJlltASKA.
ate Agents for forter' 1/iti/lny Tool
st andJobbar * of IHnding Twine.
RELIABLE JEWELER.
Watches , Diamonds , Pine Jewelry , Silverware
The largest stock. 1'ricej the lowest Repairing a specialty. Work warranted.
Corner Douglas and 15th streets , Omaha. Licensed Watchmaker Tor Iho Union
FacificRailroad Company.
Or DUclc Lcprnnjr , Is a dlwue which ii conildcred
Incurable , but It has yielded to the curative proper-
lira of Swiri's SPECIFIC now known all oner tha
world e B. S. 8. Mr * . Bailer , of Wut Bomerrille ,
Macs. , near ISoston , was attacked corernl years ago
with thli lildcous black eruption , and ni treated liy
the best medical talent , nlio could only Bay that the
dtoeuo was a species of
-LEPROSY-
and conjcqnentlr Incurable. It la Impoulble to de
scribe her tuffermci. Her body from the crown of
her bead to the lolca of her fret was a raasa of decay ,
mutes of flvoh rotting off and lenTlnggmt caTltlei.
Her finceri festered and three or four nalla dropped
off at one time. Her limbs contracted hr the fearful
ulceratlon , and for tercnl years cbc did not Icare
her ltd. ucr wclrht was reduced from 1S5 to GO Ibj.
Perhaps tame faint Idea of her condition can be
cleaned from tha fact that three pounds of Com
Une of ointment wure used per week in dressing hci
eores. Finally the phyflcfens acknowledged their
defeat by this Black Wolf , and CMnmsuded the sof-
fsrer to her all-win Creator.
Her hntband hearlnc wonderf nl reports of th MO
of bum's Si-Kino(8. ( S. tt. ) , prevailed on her to
try It M a last resort , fibc began Ita use under pro-
teat , but soon found that her sytlem * as beinfj re
lieved of tbo poison , ax the sores aaauined a red sin
healthy color , M though the blood nua becoming
pnre and active , lira. Ttatley continued the H. 8. S ,
until la t February ; erery sore was healed ; ehe dis
carded cbslr end crutcura , and waa for the first time
in twelve years a well woman. HIT huiband , 11 r.
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JloMon , and w111 take pleaenro in pvlnp ; the details
of tbta wonderful cure. Bend tona for TreaUsoon
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