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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : TUESDAY. JtttjY 11) ) . 1887. HIS ME WAS UNREQUITED. i 4VWalter H , Minty , of Lincoln , Ends his Lifo with a Bullet A CAPITOL GROUND TRAGEDY- a A I'rnpoHltlon Submitted for tlio UulldliiK of a Wnw Opera liouso to CeNt Ono Hundred Thou F sand JJollurs. fFHOJl 1IIK UKU'S MNCOLV J1UHKAU.1 At ! n. m. yesterday , two police ollieers found in the cast side of Iho capllol grounds llio dead body of Waller II. Minty with a hole in tlio region of Die heart from a revolver. The ollieers had been notified about an hour previous of what had evidently occurred by Charles Gross , the room-niato of Minty , the two having rooms just cast of the capitol. The lirst Intimation that Gross had of anything wrong was the following letlcr , which he awoke from sleep und lound walling for him. II was written wilh a pencil and in n hurried manner and read us follows : Charley Dear OU Friend and Room mate : 1 nm KOIHK to leave you. 1'lease de liver the letlur lylni : on the table to Mr. 11. , und utillt'ii. 1 will be lound over unilor the trees In tlio capitol yard , Good bjo , dear frltitid. MINTV. The body of thu dead man was taken at once to the coroner's and thai olheial nolilied. who , after conferring with Mr. Jiiibcock ( thu Air. 11. referred to in the loiter ) and learning some of the facts , decided that an inquest was unneces sary. Walter II. Minty , tlio dead man , was a bill clerk in tlio Fremont , Elkhorn & iMissouri Valley railroad depot in this , city. His parents reside at Uresco , How ard county , la. , and they were at once telegraphed the sad affair , and Mr , Uab- cock , the Klkhorn lioket agent , left with the body for that place yesterday after noon. What the conlenls of iho leller Joft for Mr. liabcock were cannot bo as certained , thai genlleman holding iho contents in iho sinclest privacy. Enough is known , however , to snow that young ilint.v deliberately committed suicide at about 1 o'clock in the morning. It was undoubtedly a suicide over love affairs , nnd it is understood that a young lady who has a position in a dry goods store , is the person who probably could not look at him with the ull'uctiou he desired , nnd hence the act. It was known that /Sunday / night Minty was out riding nnd that the carriage was returned to the barn at 11 o'clock. It is presumed that ho was in company with the young lady , nnd after 11 o'clock ho wont to his room , where at midnight his room mate awoke nnd saw him writing letters. This was the last BCCII of Minty alive. From per sons who were acquainted with Miuty it is learned that ho was a young man of good habits and business ability , and an acquaintance stales Ibul ho had quite a large correspondence with young ladies nnd that he had expressed himselt as in doubt as to what choice to make. The Bccrots of Ihe suicide are hardly worthy of investigation. A NIW : OfiitA : HOLSE. Mr. Ed A. Churcii , for years the popu lar manager of the opera liouso in this cily , nnd who has amassed a handsome Bum in business in Lincoln , after an ab sence of some lime has relumed lo make the cily his home again. Mr. Church further propohes that , if sullicient en couragement is given thai ho will build , maintain and manage an opera house commensurate with the city's needs to cost not less than $100,000 , and lhal it will bo built on the ground lloor , with all modern improvements and all nccosoricri in the way of comfort , elegance nuf' safety. IlltlKF 1TKMS. A blncksniith named A. J. Curry it was reported had gone crazy , but inquiry at the district clerk's ojlico yesterday show- . cd that no examination of the party had been held. It was stated , however that the Odd Fellows , of which order ho was a motubcrhatl cared for him al Ihe lodge room. The now Firsl Baptist church is now up nnd partially enclosed , so thai Ihe way farer can gain an idea of whal n line building and addition to this city of churches it will be. The edition will boone ono of the handsomest and most com modious in the west. The train men stopping in Lincoln have been greatly interested in Iho investiga tion hi progress concerning the wreck near lluvelock , and it is the very general opinion among _ them Unit Engineer Jtiowsor was not in error. In tlio police court yesterday the judge disposed ot six parties either drunk or vugs , the result of the Sunday and Sun day night round-up by tlio police. Each Was given tlio customary fine anil costs. The recent very warm weather has greatly increased the death rate in Lin- coin , lliero being live different funerals on Sunday and four more yestorduy. Thu undertakers are kept very busy by the weather clerk , THE DRUMMER'S BRIDE. U'lioy Elopn by Blooiill lit and Hcnch iho Divorce Court. St. Paul Globe : I'lijllip Joseph is n gay drummer who carries as his stock in trade , besides his camples , an unusual nuiount ot love und aucction , which he relails al a largo discount to every sus- cepliblo lady ho meets. During the earlj part of 18SO ho was on one ot his busi ness trips in Memphis , Tcnn. , exhibiting w the latest , fashions to retail dealers. Shortly after his arrival there ho dis covered a handsome miss of eighteen summers , and ids vast experience in all love mtittur.s soon added another victim to his winning ways and striking physique. One obstacle , however , hud to bo overcome , and that was in the shape of Iho young lady's mother. It was necessary to obtain the old lady's - > consent to the union before the couple could be married , and Ihis point was a matter not easily overcome. The lovers finally concluded to become one , not withstanding the mother's btronuous ollorts to prevent the event. Couso- muuitly , one bright moonlight night the drummer packed his samples wmlo ins Bweother.rt hastily got some dresses to gether and propaiud for her departure. Tho'plfinB for an elopoinont had all boon mftdo.and every detail for a successful 1 result had boon carried out. They found ; 1t themselves free from the maternal 1 intorfcronoo and were married in 1ii adjoining town. Combining business with pleasure , the drummer oscortn iih lus beautiful young wife through all the cities where he expected to sell a bill of goods , and the couple finally reached .San Francisco. IJoforo the honeymoon had passed the husband's conduct gave evidences of a desire for company other than that of his wife , but his frequent business trips prevented any serious matrimonial sequel. After ono of lua iiMial tours do voyage ho returned to the domestic fireside with smiles ou his face , and was abundant with ex > pressions of lovo. He looKed palo and worried , and after much persuasion on the part of his wtfu he acknowledged that he was ill. One day she followed linn to the ollieo of his physician and there confronted him with her suspicions. , .lie acknowledged that ho luul broken his marital vows , and tlio injured wife immediately left him. He went to South ' llutto , M if lit , where he now resides , and ulio brought a suit for divorce. Oldest Couple 111 Illinois. IVrlmps the oldest married couple in . . .jo state of Illinois are ' . .Nathaniel Jenk.- . Jus aud hid wife J-ydlB , aged respectively 11or and Olyoara. Nathaniel Jenkins is one-fourth C'hlckasaw Indian , ills father , Nathaniel ; Henlhorno being a luilf-breod , nnd his mother a slave belonging to Na- Ihnnlel Jenkins. Tlio latler was a nallvd of Montgomery county , Pa. , from whence hi : moicd to what is now Jefferson county , Ky. , where Nathaniel was born about tlio year 1710. Ills master was a soldier In the revolutionary war , and served throughout its length. He died SOOl llio Tennessee river , Iwcnly-fivo miles above Ihoclly of Padiicahal , an advanced old ago about seventy years ago. His ' wife , Sukio Jenkins , nc'o Jarrotl , died some llilrty years before her husband. Nalhanicl was near fifty years old when hiol . master died. His mother was a slave ol the Jenkins family , nnd did not long survive her master. 8VT Nathaniel Jenkins run the first ferry on Tennessee river , called Jenkins' ferry , and young Nathaniel for many years acted ( as ferryman , lie married , eighty years ago , Lydia Howard , * n slave of John Howard , ol what is now Calloway county , Kentucky , about the vcar 1807. Both husband and wife still survive , hav ing ; lived togelhor as man and wife fo eighty years. Five children only have eib been born to them , of whom three uro y , -ot ' living John , aged sixty-two years ; I I'lijah , forty-nine years , and Arminta , forty-seven years. The old people are living with Arminta , who is the wife of Calvin Chavis , of Metropolis. Elijah bought llio freedom of his father. Nath aniel , many years ago , ami the Howards freed Lydia , as she was the recognized daughter of her masler's brother. The old people have climbed the hill of life togelher and descended nearly to tlio valley on the other side. They retain tea a remarkable degree their faculties. Nathaniel has been blind for several years. His hearing , however , is good , and his memory , apparently unimpaired. Lydia has all her faculties of mind and body , lloth are in feeble health , "only waiting till the shadows have a little longer gown. " They have for fifty years lived in Metropolis , III. , and arc well and favorably known to all of the old settlers there and at Paducah , Ky. Land I'Jntry ItullncH. A general principle of long standing and considerable importance in the ad ministration of public land matters , is rcallirmed by Acting Secretary Muldrow in his ruling upon the case of James Young , a homestead entry man of Salt Lake City. Its purport is that no amount of cultivation and improvement , and no showinc of good faith in other respects can atone for the lack of aclual residence upon Ihe land sought to be secured , and that oven actual residence docs not give validity to the claim except in so far as it shows an intention to make such resi dence permanent beyond the acquire ment of tille. Young had cultivated lifty acres of his claim , constructed irrigating ditches and built a house , in which ho personally Jived. His improvements were valued at from $1,000 to $1,200. His family , however , remained upon a place owned by him half a mile distant , and it was in evidence that ho designed aban doning his now claim as a place of resi dence ns soon as ho had made his tillo secure. A contest was made by ono Van Os- Irum , a professional contestant , who purposed gaining some preference rights and selling ihcm out. The local ollieers and commissioners decided for Young and against Van Ostrum. The acting secretary' orders a modihcation of ihis decision. Ho says that while Van Os trum cannot acquire any rights in Ihe matter , the government is not estopped from action upon the inforinalion it has gained , and lie direcls the cancellation of Young's claim. The general princi ple inlluenccs the decision in the case of Frank Young , a homesteader of Huron , Dakota. He had three years of military service to his credit , and was , therefore , not required to live more than two years upon Ins claim. Ho loft hi family in Illinois and only spent about half of his lime on Iho claim , rendering it a matter of doubt whether ho ever changed his residence from Illinois. The local oflicors held his final proof to bo sulli- ciont , but thn commissioner reversed the finding and held the entry for cancella tion. The acting secretary gives the claimant the benefit of the doubt , and , inasmuch as there is no adverse claim , orders that he bo given another oppor tunity to furnish linal proof within the lifetime of his entry. * IT WON'T BAKE HUKAIX In other words , Hood's Sarsaparilla will not do impossibilities. Its proprietors toll plainly what it lias done , submit , proofs _ from sources of unquestioned reliability , and ask vou frankly it' you are sutlcring from any disease or all'ection caused or promoted by impure blood or low state of the system , to try Hood's Sarsapanlla. The experience of others is sullicient as surance that you will not be disappointed in the result. of an Inventor. Albany Journal : A young English me chanic in Troy not long ago invented anew now axle box and nut which had a great deal of merit in it , and which attracted the attention of a famous New York car riage maker. One duv ono of the agents of the latlor weul lo the shops in Troy whcro the young Englishman was em ployed and asked him about his invention and patent and finally made him an oiler of $50.000 in cash for the latler. The young man thought ho would accept , but askeila few hours to consider. He talked with ills eniploycrs.and as they had aided him in securing his patonls , they sug gested thai ho give them the privilege of making the purchase. They olfercd him $35,000 and a half interest in the profits- lie accepted the oQ'or and the next day informed the carriage maker's represent ative of the fact. The hitter gentleman promptly said : "Now thai you havcimulo up your mind I want to say to you that wo have made as high as $75,000 a year out of what we call our spring , and that it is not worth to us nearly what your axle would bring us. You have a very valuable invention. " The proof of this statement developed itself almost inimu- diatolv , and it is said that the Troy con cern , which lias undertaken the manu facture of the new invention , will realize a brolit of from $100,000 to * -00COO a year from it , the young English me chanic will soon be a very rich man. Thu Nineteenth Century Club is an or ganization that will consist of an equal number of men and women. It is hardly to be expected that thov will agree on all subjects ! but it can surprise no one to learn thai Dr. Piorco's "Golden Medieal Discovery , " is unanimously pronounced Iho most successful remedy extant , for pulmonary consumption , as has been demonstrated in hundreds of cases ; it positively arrests this disease and restores Iioallh and strength , if administered in its early stages. By diuggista. ; ninon Hill's Blasphemy. Dramatic News. Here is n good story about Hull'alo Bill and the prince of Wales which is now going the rounds among Americans in London. At the special morning performance of the Wild West allow , given at the request of the prince of Wales , there were present the kings of Denmark. Helgium , Saxony and of the llolenes. After the performance the prince said , to Colonel Cody : "It's the first time , I presume , colonel , that you over played to four kings ? " Cody hesi tated a few moments , and then replied with his usual sangfroid : "No. not to fottr kings , but it certainly is the first time to four kings and Uio royal joker. " As the prince possesses the slowness to grasp an American j ke characteristic of the race h roprosents.Bill und to explain this to his royal highness , who enjoyed the joke hugely , and Is now reading up "Schenck ou poker"'in consequence. < > Q to.Pries' Lake for family , club and school picnics , MASIA TO COMMIT SUICIDE , Some Statistics About the Drenclfal Bub * Jeot. CHICAGO LEADS IN AMERICA. Sumo Interesting Facts Concerning Self Murder-Why People Kill Themselves and the Fn- Torltc Mode. Chicago Herald : A Chicago medical man who has made quite n study of sui cide , nnd who has collected n large and most interesting mass of statistics nnd speculation on the subject , says that Chicago cage leads all large American cities in ratio of suicides to inhabitants. In Chicago cage , during 1880 , there were 110 cases of self-murder , or one in 0f50 ! of the pop ulation. Next to this in this country is New York , whcro one to 8,000 sought rest from trouble in physical annihila tion. In Boston the ratio was ouo to 0,000 , in Philadelphia one to 12,000 , in Baltimore one to 10,000 and in Brooklyn one in 18,000. The largo number of sui cides in Chicago , Dr. DoWolf thinks , and in this agrees with other medical men quoted , is duo to the preponderance ot the foreign population here , many of whom lind themselves penniless and friendless in a strange country. Home sickness is no doubt responsible for the raiinin which leads numbers of immi grants to take the fatal step. In foreign cities , say the student ot suicides , self destruction is much more rife than in America. In Berlin , Vienna , Brussels , Munich anil Copenhagen the ratio is twice as high as in Chicago , while in Hamburg one person in 25)0 ! ( ) destroys himself. This is an annulling record. London makes a good showing , only one hi 10,700 ; while in Glasgow and Edinburg suicides are rare indeed one in 4',000 in the former city and one in 1)3,000 ) in the latter. It is probable that the ratio of suicides higher in Chicago than in any otho community in this country. While in tins city one in 0,350 makes way witli himself , in the whole United States the ratio is but one in 30,000. There can bo no doubt that the gambling and specu lative craze so rife in Chicago has as much to do with this as the preponder ance of foreign population. Americans ore not much given to sui cide. The average Yankee appear. to prefer working himself to death or dying ; with dyspepsia. Only Spain , Russia and Scotland show fewer cases of self-de struction than the United States. The number ol suicides each year per 1,000 inhabitants has been computed with tolerable accuracy , as follows : Spain M Scandinavia . 6 Russia ' - . " > Austria " " " " " United" JS"ti Ve"s.V..V.3 ! Corinany . MR Italy. . . . " " I'Vanco . 1W Kncrlnml 5ii Swlt/erlanU . 'JUS Belgium 71 Ueniunik . ' OS "It is worthy of note , " continued the suicide statistician , "that in the last ollicial report of 1,000 cases of suicide in the United States in a single year , 17 ! ! are given as occurring in Illinois , while in Now York state , with nearly double the population , there were but 10(5. ( How to account for this 1 do not know. There are some peculiar facts about this mania which 1 do not recollect having any where seen intelligently summari/.ed. The largest number of suicides occurs between the ages forty-five and fifty. 1 suppose that just as the prime of life is passed one's troubles begin to appear darker and darker to him , and the will power and moral stamina grow corre spondingly . weaker. August , that dread ful ' hot month , is the leading suicidal month both in this country and Europe , which may bo cusilv accounted for. In hot weather the weak and sick and mel ancholic are at the lowest ebb , physic ally and spiritually refreshing sleep is not easily had , and the result is an epi demic of selt-dostruction. In Europe the smallest number of suicides occurs in December , wlulo the minimum is reached in America in January and Feb ruary. "Tho most fruitful cause of suicide ? In sanity. This , however , is in manj oa.ses an unsatisfactory definition. It is the fashion to attribute self destruction to temporary insanity or liberation when other causes would bo more appropri ate. As a matter of fact nine out of ten cases , would with no great strength of the proprieties , be attributed to mental downfall. But taking the statistics as we lind them wo have about one -fourth of the total number of suicides , or100 out of a total of l.HUO , sot down as the result of insanity. Next comes family troubles with one-fourth as many , (1IH ( ) and love troubles rather more than business em barrassments or l' | . Under these four spccilic heads we lind more than one- half the cases , or nearly UOO in all. Dis sipation is fifth , with 81 ; sickness sixth , with 05 ; destitution seventh , with 53 ; un dergoing or threatening with punish ment eighth , with 50 ; grief ninth , with 11 , and chagrin at parental discipline tenth , with 5W. 'As I said before , however , not much reliance can bo placed on this classifica tion of causes. Olten the true cause is not known , or is concealed by the deceased's relatives or friends , I venture the asser tion , based upon careful study of the re ports of suicides , newspapers nnd statis tical , during the last ton yearsthat throe- fourths of the suicides in this country are caused , directly or indirectly , by drink and gambling. Drink brings on physical ailments , destitution , grief.mortilicatipn. family trouble , love trouble , insanity , oborration , mental and moral weakness i and the whole catalogue of suicide ) causes. Gambling is often the outgrowth i of drink , as are other forms of dissipation sure lo end in disgrace and sometimes in death by one's own hand. Religious mor bidness is another fruitful cause of self- destruction which does not show as con spicuously as it ought in the reports. I think that more than one-half of the por- fions who take their own lives are se cretly morbid concerning the problem of a future life. " Sick headache and a sensation of op pression and dullness in the head , are very commonly produced by indigestion : Morbid despondency , irritability and over ( -ensitiveness of the nerves may , in a majority of cases bo traced to the * nme cause. Dr. J. H. McLean's Liver and Kidney Balm and Pillets will positively cure. WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN. A Chat With the Famous Leader or the Binrcli to the Hen , Washington Critic : General Sherman , with his family , has occupied rooms at the Fifth Avenue hotel , New York , since last October , whore ho says ho will con tinue to live until his children are set tled , when ho hopes to locate on Lake Conir do Aleno. in Idaho , a spot he has picked out as among the loveliest places in the world. He is 07 years old. For fifty-one years ho has been in the army. "But I could " he said fight yet , to me , "and would sooner n thousand times go in the ranks to-day than IhinK of en gaging in anything political. " 1 made an observation to the effect that possibly the days of war was over. "Do you think so ? You are mistaken , " vehemently again. "If you live your natural days you'll see lighting , plenty 1 of it , uud you'll ' sue some 01 the most ter rible wars the world has over known right hero. " "Do you thin * the United States will have great wars ? " , "Why not ? This country has every clement under the sun in it. .It is the greatest country in the world , nnd lias more great issues to face than any oilier country. Does not liHlory show the going nnd coming of warlike eras , nnd does not study of the advance of civilisa tion in the past show that wars are not to be doae awny with ? " General Sherman lives in the memories of his army life. "The bo'ys seem to look on mo as n kind of father , " ho said tome mo , "nnd I'm glad they do , for God knows I love them 'all , " and the tears stood in his eyes as he said it. Those inn ft position to know eay the general is constantly importuned for help by ox- soldiers , their widows and children. Some of them ask for money , and the general at times taxed his resources boveroly by generosity in meeting such appeals. IlR total income is about $15- 000. but his family expenses arc largo , nnd ho has never engaged in business. Hu is unable to resist requests to be pres ent at reunions and other army meetings nnd has always borne his own expenses on such occasions. His rooms at the Fifth Avenue are besieged with people daily , many of them ladies , with whom thu veteran is a prime favorite. Mrs. Sherman is something younger than llio general , a well-preserved and kindly lady. They have six children , two boys , the eldest of whom , Thomas , is : i priest at Detroit , a step much opposed by the father when proposed- The other boy , Teoumseh , will graduate at Yale next year , and will then read law in Senator Evarts' ollice. Two of the general's daughters are married Minnie to Thomas . Fitch , of 1'ittsburg. who is in the non business. This couple has four children. The other married daughter is the wife of a Mr. Thackora , of Philadelphia , also with four children. Of these grandchildren the general is very fond. Two unmarried daughters , Li//.ie and Gra/.io , are witli their parents , charming , sensible young iadics , well known in Golham society circles. " 1 have had opportunity to make some money in business , " General Sherman said. "Schemes have been broached tome mo that would not require investment on my part , but I have always fought shy of them. I am a soldier and nothing else. 1 don't want to be anything else. I don't ' want to bo any thing'else. Writing for the magazines has been proposed to me , nnd liberal proffers have Dcen made by some of these publishers , but I won't accept them. In many cases , if I were to write the truth , 1 would have my old days embittered far more than the money could pay for , nnd I won't write lies. " 1 asked the general what part of the war gave him the greatest concern as n citixcn and soldier. "Tho beginning , " ho replied , ' 'the grouping of events which led to the seces sion of the southern states. When the war cloud broke all that could bo done was to fight it down. There was no ifs and amis about it. tKo questions ol the time were simplified and clearly de fined. " "At what time during the war were you most perplexed or most in doubt about your plans or those of others ! " " 1 don't think anything in plain view ever gave me serious concern after the lighting had commenced , " the general answered. "My greatest concern and perplexity wjis about things that never occurred tilings that might happen problematic movements of the enemy , the cutting off of our supplies nnd bo on. " General Sherman's linir is still brown nnd glJSsy , but his whiskers and mous tache are white. His eyes are black , deep , quick and magnetic , his gestures forceful and dramatic ; his voice lull and penetrating. Ho dresses plainly and is seldom seen on the street. Belle of Bourbon Ten-year-old whisky. Equal parts of sweet milk and Belle of Bourbon whisky will in many cases cure consumption , and will benefit any con sumptive. Sold by bottle everywhere. $1.25 per quart. Take no substitute. I/anutry nnil Her Adorer. San Francisco Chronicle : A Chron icle reporter yesterday recognized in the manlv companion of Mrs. Langtry and Miss Kate Pattison , of the Langtry com pany , on their afternoon drive , no less a personage than Frederick Gebhardt , of New York. There are few handsomer or more shapelv men in the country than Mr. Gcbliardt , and few who , in the circle of their acquaintance are more deserv edly popular. His broad shoulders and classic features would be recognized any where , and ho is a most fitting compan ion physically considered , to the lair lily of Jersey. Inquiry led to the development of the fact that Mr. Gebhardt arrived in San Francisco simultaneously with Mrs. Langtry indeed , lie came in the same car , and he has resided in the samp hou-,0 with her in the mission. He divides his time between the residences , Ihe Baldwin theatre and these drives about the city , in which Miss Patlison is always their companion. These drives cover the entire - tire city , save the closely built portion east of'Koarny street , and frequently ex tend to the park and even to the beach bevond. As a rule Mr. Gebhardt attends Mrs. Langtry to the theatre in a close carri age , leaving her at the stage door and then driving through the city , returning in timu lo see her home. After the matinees ho meets the object of his devotion at the Poodle Dog res taurant , whore dinner is taken , thus sav ing a trip to the Twenty-lirst street cot tage. Air. Gobhardt does not visit the clubs , which would readily be open to him , and seems to be content to bask in Ihe smiles of the beautiful actress. In tins connection it is said by one who to a degree enjoys the confidence of Mrs. Langtry that , notwithstanding the re- ported reason filing her intentions of be coming an American citizen , that she might the better protect her interests in this country , her object is really to com ply with the law of California with the view of securing n divorce from Mr. Langtry. She is said to-be acting under the advice of her attorney. Alter that lias been decreed as it is hoped it will bo after the end of six months it is be lieved that Mrs. Langtry will become Airs. Gobhardt. It is said that an understanding lias been arrived at between Mrs. Langtry and her husband whereby ho will permit the action to go by default , simply in- sisting that the stncl letter of the law shall be coniplicdwith , The renting of the cottage in the Mission - sion and the declaration'ot intention are simulv means to the enij. the formal and technical compliances with the Cali fornia law. Mrs. Langtry will leave for l.os Angeles on July 10 , and will not again return to her "homo" ou Twenty- first street. From Los npcles she will proceed to Now York by easy stages , pro ceeding lo Virginia , Nev. , thence to Car- sou , Ueno , Laramie , Lincoln and Council Blulls , expecting to arnyo in Now York about July 30. Her residence In this city will bo kept up within the purview of the law , under an arrangement with Charles Coghlan , her leading man. Mr. Coghlan will re turn hero after the Los Angeles engage ment , and will occupy the Mission cot tage for the remainder of the lease term. By tins arrangement Mr. Coughlan will become n competent witness to estab lish the legal residence required by the laws. eo It is said that all these movements have been taken upon the advice of the attor ney , nnd all to the end.lhal there may bo no hitch in the divorce proceedings , and no bar to Iho fruiUon of the hopes of Mrs. Langtry and Mrs. Gobhardt und their nuutiula , which arc soou to follow. STEEPED IN IGNORANCE. What An Alnbnmn Dnrkoy Thought of Prohibition , Arkansaw Traveller : A gravo'looklng man , riding on n careworn buckboru , stopped near the roadside where n loose- jointed looking negro srtt on a log. "Do you live in tills community ? " the traveler asKcd. "Iides hcah at do present time , sah. " "Well , probably you can give mo the information I desire. " "Mobile so , sab. " "Docs the cause of religion seem lo bo urospering among the colored people ? " "Oh , yas , sah ; doin' fust rate. Ain't hearno no "plaint erbout dat at tall. " "What church seems lo bo hiking Iho lead ? " "Well , sah , do one down yandcr on do branch seems to bo pitting do bulge on de rest o1 'cm. " "I mean what denomination ? " "Oh , whut 'nomination. Well , sail , peers to bo fust emi an' don ernuder. All hands takes or pull at do church down yandor on the branch. " "Tell me , do the colored people scorn to be improving morally ? " "How's dat , sah ? Trubin' whut wav1 ' 'Well ' , are they more inclined to bo honest than lliey used to bo ? " "Dai's er question , sah. See dat cabin obcr yandcr ? Wall , do biggos' thief I ever seed libs right dar. " " 1 don't moan one manbut the colored people generally. " "Wall , sah , I has always noticed dal when you can climb up in er tree an' pick out 'er do/.on houses 'longin' tor men what'll steal dat do folks gin'ly ain't to powerful hones' . " "Can you do thai here ? " "Dat's jist erbout whut I kin. " "What's the cause of it ? " "Whisky , mos'ly. " "Ah , hah , " exclaimed the traveler. "I know il my dear friend and follow conn- Irymon , I am a Iravellng enemy lo king alcohol , and I am glad to see that you acknowledge whisky to bo the curse of Ihisaswellas other coiiiiii'inltica and I can call upon you , together with all good cilizens , lo limp me put it down. So without whiskv you tliink fhcsu people would be honest , do you ? "Oh , no , sah , didn't suy dat. It's bcin' widout whiskv d'U makes 'em dishones' . 1'so Iryin' ter run er little still liouso down lioali , an' ef I doan watch 'em da'll break in dar ebery nighl. Da ginl'ly takes er mif lo las' 'em crwhile an' cz long cz it lasts da ia hones' folks ex you over seed. So the only way ter make 'em hones' is ter kecp'om wid plenty o' whisky on hand. Any mo' information , 1 ken gin ycr ? " ' \No , " gathering up the lines , "I see that you are steeped in ignorance und 1 don't want to talk to you. " "All right , sah. Dar ainl no string tied to ycr mouf. Ytr keep it shut an day an' nobody ain't gwino ter pull it open. " Over 1UO Varieties of the purest ana best toilet soaps made bv Colgate & Co. Cashmere Bouque he standard. UNCLAIMED BAGGAGE. Three Hundred Hollar Diamond Kar- Uin H Tor Twoiity-Kivo Cents. "Here you are , and j'ou needn't bo leeryall of these goods are .straight. Four hundred packages , 120 of 'cm trunks , none of your Deutchland emigrant boxes , but real American make. Curry forward , Dug , ' ' and n stalwart negro dragged for ward a dust covered Irunk , a cheap- looking Ihing , coaled willi zinc or some other metal , painted. The crowd , a queer one , made up of negroes , llalians and Jews , mostly junk-shop keepers , pressed toward the rail that separated them from Iho auclioneur and bis dilapi dated merchandise , and eyed it closely. "You don't know what's in it , of course , " continued the voluable auc tioneer , "neither do wo. There's no humbug in that. Many of those sales are frauds. The trunks are searched before they're put up for tale , nnd all the best plunder is taken out of them , then they bing 'em off to the lowest bidder. Noth ing of that sort hero. Ask Palmer there. Lust wo had an auction at the Union depot , and Palmer bought an old valise. You wouldn't give live cents for it to look at it , but this whole thing is n gamble , you take your chances. That's what Palmer did. and what was his luck. For twenty- five cents he bought that old valise , and lugged it home , and when ho conies to it , what docs ho find wrapped up in a dirty old rag , but a pair of diamond ear rings , worth $300 if they were worth a cent. " - The countenance of Mr. Palmer , whoso junk shop is out near the fair grounds , and who is familiarly known as "Fatty. " beamed around on Ihe crowd about him with an expression of serene sntifaclion. The bystanders regarded him admir ingly. "Now , what will you bid for this trunk $ . " 3 , if' ' , $1 , 7j'conts ( ? " and the audience wan silence iinlil a liltlo Hebrew gentle man , who wore a very black shirt that had once been white , cried out : "Twenty-five cents ! " The bid was echoed immediately by Ihe auctioneer , and the value of Ihe Irunk rose by dagrees , until finally the hammer came down with a thud when the price of $3 Wits reached. The little Juw paid his money and looked cxlremcly con cerned thereafter throughout the sale , though later he bought fcevcrul valises at 23 cents apiece. Their contents , however - ever , were to remain a mystery until after the sale , when they were to bo re moved from the storage room. No boxes or trunks were allowed to bo opened on the premisiso. Besides such there were also n miscellaneous collection , including baby-carriages , sels of harness , nholguns , base drums and drummers' samples , all of which had been left in this cily as bag gage and freighl , unclaimed by passen gers over the Wabash railroad. Some of Iho stuff had been held for as long a period as Ihree years , but as the owners failed lo turn up , the effects had finally to bo disposed of in this fashion. The sale was conducted by Selkirk , thu auc tioneer , nt No. 017 Poplar strccl , and 100 lots , in prices ranging from 25 cents to $10 , realized an average of ? 2 on each lot. _ Ho Fooled the Train IlnlihcrH. Just as they entered his car lie lurned in his seal , and with an appearance of anxious dispatch proceeded to squee/.e a small suchel behind the shutlcrs of the next window. They could not help no ticing his maneuver , and promptly ordered him lo stand up and fold his hands. When they collared him in due course , Ihe spokesman nt once lurned to ihnt window : "What's this here ? Tried to bent us. you poor sinner , did you ? Logale. hold him , let mo see that bug. Ahul bank notes ; L thought so. " "Oh , don't ! don't ! " wailed the poor sinner , ' -that's my children's money ; they will starve they will die ! my poor litllo girls ! " ' Girls , you say ? Send them this way , nnd we'll take care of them ; " was the brutal reply. "How much is that , any how ? " "Oh , Lord , senor ; all 1 have in Iho world ; $13,000 in American money f 12.SJOO I think. " "Is that soT" lingering Ihe noles. "Yes. more or less ; lot's ? eo your pockets now.1 ' A handful of silver was turned out , bit by bil some $10 , perhaps. "Oh , senor , you uro not going to take my last penny ? " "D n it , no ! " broke in the leader. "Let him keep that , and his watch , too. Thin will do us , " shoving the roll in his gripsack. ' 'Good boy ! " with a slap on his buck. "Next ! " with a. complacent griu , which J n week or so later was probably seen on the other side ol his face , when ho ascer tained that thoao "American notes" had been issued by the confederate govern ment. A prick ago of less irredeemable securities had in the meanwhile been slicking safe under Iho cushion of Ihu wily jwsseiigor , who had taken that sachol along for the special purpose of diverting attention from thu main stake. Belle of Bourbon Ten-year-old whisky. Caution ! Do not allow dealers to till your orders with "jomelhlng jusl as Rood. " There is no other whisky "just as good. " A Ulir Awnrd Tor Three Pincers. From the Savannah , Ga , News : The su perior court heard the second trial of thu case of James Harrlgaii against the Sa vannah , Florida & Western railway , and Iho jury gave llio plaintiff n verdict for $ -1,245. Harrigaii was a car builder , but went into the shop one day to make a hammer handle for a fellow-workman , a tinner , as the handles the company fur nished did not suit the work the tinner was doing. While cutting out the handle nt a circular saw Harrigan lost ihreo lin gers , llo sued the company for $10,000 and got a verdict for $3,750. The com pany moved for a now trial anil it was granted , and Harrigan got another ver dict , Ihis time for f 1,315. The defense was that the company furnished handles and had issued n positive order to the men not to make their own handles , butte to get thorn from the foreman. The plaintiff proved that , notwithstanding the order , Iho men continued to make handles , and thn foreman knew it and never stopped them , nnd , said one of the jurors , "it was thu point thai influenced Ihe jury lo give n verdict for the plain- DRPRICE'S SPECIAL NATURAL FKOT FLAVORS MOST PERFECT MADE Ueed t > y the United States OoTemment. Endowed br the hoada of the Grout Unlrorrltlea anil 1'ubllc food Anftlj8UR8ThuStrouKBfltParrat , nnd most Healthful. Ir. ) Price's the only linking JXnvder that doca iiot contain Ammonia , l.lmeuT , TBim. Dr. I'riio'n Kxtr&ctn , Vanilla. Lemon , otc. lordellcioiulj. P1UCEIJAKINU POWUmtCO. Mexican far Veteran , The wonderful cQIcocy of Snlft'g 8j > ccinc ns a remedy aud cure for rhrinnatlbin and all blocnt dis eases , has noi or had a nioro dmsjricuuu * Illustration than this uat > o alTordi. The candid , unwlk'ltpil and cmiih.itlo testimony K' ' on by the voncralilc RCiitlo- man must bo accented ta convincing nnd conclusive. The n rlter Is a prominent citizen uf Ml lbsli > | j | . The gentleman to n horn Mr. Martin refers , and tun horn he Is Indebted for the advlco to athlch ho owes his final relief from jeur * of suffering , U 111. King , for many j cars the popular ultflit clerk uf the Lawriuco House , at Jackson. JACKSOX , Mlsi. , April S3,1SS7. THE SWIFT Srr.cino COMMNT , Atlanta , Gn. ! Gtntlcmen I have l > oen an ln > allil pensioner for forty years , having contracted pulmonary nnd other dltcoses In the Mexican War , but not till thn 1st of. Ilarch , 1373 , itld I feel any s.vmpUinn of rheumatism. On that day I Tfos cuddenly stricken with that ilti- ease In both hips und ankles. For twenty da)3 I walked on crutches. Then the pain was less violent , but It shifted from joint to joint. For wo ks t would bo totally dNnbled , either on ono Rldoof my bo < ly or thu other. The palu notcr left m * a moment for eleven years and set en months that U from Karch f , 1STS , when I wa * llrst attacked , to October 1,1PSG. when I was cured. Durlnu' thesa elov olv years of In tense Buffering 1 tried Innumerable prescriptions from various phyclclaux , nd tried nvcrythlng SUE- RCSUH ! by f i lends , but If I ever rerelvwl thu least benetlt from any medlclno taken Internally or ex ternally , I am not awaronf It. Finally , nlxjutttio first uf oeptember , I made arrangements to po to the Hot Springs of Arknn.sn , having despaired of every ether remedy , when I accidentally met an old ac quaintance , Mr. Klnn , now of the Lawrenoo JIouso of this city. Ho had unco been agreat sulTerer from rheumatism , anil , 01 I supjionod. had been cured by a visit to Hot Sprlnfm. Ilutvhen I met him ho told me that hts vl < U to the Hot Springs wu < In vain he found no relief. On his return from Hot Springs he heard , for the ttrtt time , uf the 8. S. 8. as n n mciTy for rheumatism. Ha tried It and MX lxittle.4 miulca complete cure. Se > cral ) earn lmo pabwil since , but be has hail no return of the dlseaiu ) . I Immediately returned to try It. In Repteml > er I took four bottles , and by the llrst of Urtolivr I was well as far an the rheumatism va concerned. All pain had disappeared , aud 1 IUYE M > T KULT A Tn i.\ui : or IT SINCK. I have no Interest In making this statement other than the hope that It may direct some other sufferer to a sure source of relief , and jf It hni this result I am well rewarded for my trouulo. 1 amery ro. cpuctfully uud truly your irlcud. For Bale by all druggists. 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Bulforemfrom djinopMa , liiilf < e Mon. tonst ration ill.ibctHi , llriuht'n Jlxitjc. ule . mil nnd Ii liirjbi- hie. ill < i | > roll WKI Ii I'KDIM.K Onler I' f jo-ir denier. rintnile | ptcliaje free t'i ' | ihy l 'lan who will ray oo'reii ' charge , Circular rflrin full purlieu- lur > nn niiICntliin | | | I'rutt & UniiiPH , Oinalin.Xoh Mftmitncturnrii of Corenl Hiioclaltlee. KICHAIIIJ KIUiriT , M. 1C. C. V. S. , Veterinary Surgeon Graduate of the Royal College of Vcler nary hiirjjfous , Uoriilo.t , Kn land. Olllce , Kcnliam'i bUble , 118 Noith ! Clh Street , Omaha.
