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' THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : . 'FRIDAY. JULY. 32. 1887. SUFFERING FROM DROUGHT , . ffhla is the Condition of the People in Northwestern Nebraska. A LETTER TO GOVERNOR ADAMS. Cattle DlaoBBO Drcaki Oat In Flllmoro Comity A DlR Stock and. Land Co. Incorporated at Fremont , ] rnou THE' BEE'S LINCOI , * Governor Thayer yesterday received n letter which was forwarded to him by Lieutenant Governor Khedd of Ashland. The letter is of direct interest txs treat ing In an intelligent way the threatened drought in western Nebraska , and raises n question in regard to the drainage of the headwaters of the Platte that will probably bo boyoud remedy. The letter la as follows : Bid Si'iiiNOB , Chnyonno Co. , Neb. Lieu tenant Governor 11. II. Shedd , Dear Sir : Hlncotho extreme drought along the South 1'Iatte river , occasioned by the Irrigation Colorado , which drain the river bed entirely dry , thereby leaving no attraction for storm clouds , wo petition the governor of the state ot Nebraska to take tha necessary measures to have the governor of Colorado tor the president ot tbo Unltnd States to pre vent the company from holding the1 water In chock for at least fifteen days In each month , ity doing that wo could have water Tor stock part of the time In abundance and \intll nearly time for the opening of the dam again. Uesldcs , allow ing us a strong magnetic force for attracting rain clouds , It having been closclv watched for the past three years , nnd fully demonstrated llmt whenever theie is water In tbo river wo have frequent rains , but whenever the river Is dry the storms divide and go north nnd south ot us to the North Platte and Itopubllcnn rivers respec tively. Tim only good rain that wo have had nluco the 34th of last September and In fact , the lirst , came when the river was up for a day or two. These arc undeniable facts , nnd merit the promptest attention of those In power to remedy the evil. The whole coun try Irom North 1'latle to Julesburu Is thickly eottled and most of us have our last dollar telakcd on our claims , and nothing lays in the way of successful farming In this coun try but lack ot rain , and that can be had bv allowing the streams to How unmolested. Vhls being permitted to/etlier with tlio western progress of twenty miles a year of our rain Rtorins will soon do away with Irri tation of itself , and I do verily Dollevo that with tbe present rate of settlement and the free flow of water In the river , that the rain belt will progress at least thirty miles a year. We trust that having passed through the bard times of Saunders county together In It * early days and knowing how hard it was on all , you will fully appreciate the need of our relief and use all honorable means in your power to prevent Us occur rence In the future. We take this privilege ot addressing you to state our grievance more fully than wo could In a petition with out making It Irksome to those In authority to net In the matter , a wo would have testate state the fict that settlers am obliged to leave their claims for the winter , and have com menced to go already , nnd no doubt those that cannot leave , having no place to go to , or too much stock to attend to which they will uot be fiblo to sell , will have to have government aid or sulfur severely. With fiood chcor but a Bloomy prospect for the coming winter , X remain. Yours truly , OEOBQK W. STOCKING. GOVEIINOR TIIAYUIl'S HEPLY. To this letter the governor has replied by presenting the facts to the governor of Colorado accompanied by the following letter. July 21,1837-Ilon. Alva Adams , Governor of Colorado , Denver , Colo. Dear Sir : I have the honor to enclose herewith a letter from Sir. George Stocking , of Cheyenne county , this state. The contents ot tlio letter will explain the object of my writing , nnd 1 ro- epectfullr Invfto your earnest consideration of tlio name. The object therein presented l Js a difficult ono to incut , and after giving it I careful deliberation 1 can find no other course open to me but to appeal to you. The system of ditching , and thus with drawing the waters of the South Platte , which prevails In your state , has loft the bed of that stream dry In the western portion of ± f Nebraska , and has caused , and Is causlnc , disastrous consequences to the settlers In that section. The letter of Mr. Stocking does not state the case too strongly , and Is one of the many appeals that have been made to me for relief. I therefore respectfully , but most earnestly , ask the Inter vention of your excellency's kind offices with those citizens of Colorado ' who nre engaged in drawing the waters Horn the South Platte , and thus bringing most In jurious results upon a portion of our people. Will they not consent to ndopt tlio siiicees- , tlon of Mr. Stocking , and allow the waters of the Platte to flow unobstructed for ill teen days In each month , and thus afford a meas ure of relief to those who are suffering se verely for the waul of watery 1 have addressed this appeal to you with .the fullest contidence in your desire and pur pose to prevent , as far as may lay In your power , Injustice and hardship upon any people , whether within your state or beyond Its borders ; and also in the humanity and A Bonso of fair play of thosn citizens of Colo- 1 lade who are unwittingly bringing disaster i irpou their brethren this side of the state line. I 1 trust they will bo Inspired with tlio sentl- J mwit of ' 'live and lot live. " It Is the uri - i vency of the demand of our people for relief 1 In the section referred to that prompts mo I thus to address you. 1 am , with great re- i epect , very truly yours , JOHN M. TIIAYEB. HOUR CATTLE TROUBLE. Yesterday Dr , Gorth and Commissioner Abbuy departed for Shicklcy , Flllmoro county , in response to n telegram from 11.1) . Campbell , postmaster at that place. The dispatch was dated July 20 , and asked for the state veterinarian to come ut once that thcro was trouble in a drove of cattle , n dlsoaso of some kind from which seven head had died in two days. U'ho result of tbo investigation will show ( whether it is a dangerous trouble. The Journal , through ils voluminous Sir editor , ono billings , criticises the action 1 * of the commission in their quarantine regulations of Texas fever in Hurt county. As the kick undoubtedly emanates Irom this party , paid by the state university nnd whoso aim in the past has boon tight- ing the state veterinarian and the com mission , it need bo given no attention. The quarantine nt Tokamah is n tlgid ono and the people thcro have tiled nc oomplalul. The persistent meddling of n useless employe of the regents , however oughl to bn stopped on general principles. I ) . I ) . Hall , of Kcono , Kearney county writes the veterinarian describing n ma lady thai exists in his herd of cells nud horses and from which he has some hall dozen head nllliclcd , Most of this etoct is high grade Norman nnd Mr. Hall i anxious for a visit from tlio commisslor nud a diagnosis of the disease. Notice o plundered stock has also boon recoivoi by the commission f roui Ouinlm nnd fron Ohiowa , Fillmore county. \ FUEMONT STOCK AND LAND CO. Articles incorpornling llio Frcmon Stock nud Land company , of Fremont Nob. , were filed with the seorclary of slat yesterday. The business of the compau ; Is the purchase , sale , feeding , slaughter ing and packing of slock , operating trek yards nod promoting manufacturing land Itutlons , also to incorporate , build nd maintain railroad tracks for the purpos of us business. The capital stock of .he company is 11,000,000. The company i to commence business when $200,000 ire subscribed and 20 per cent paid up. Th highest amount of indebtedness shall lot exceed two-thirds of its capital stocV The incorporators are L. D. Uichardg , L.H. M. Kcone , George W. E. Dorsoy , W. H. Munger , Louis P. Lursen , Frederic Meyer , Henry W. Boon. Henry Fain man , William Lee and J. F. Hanson. GENEVA HOLLKK MILL. The Geneva Roller Mill company c Geneva , Nob. , has filed articles of inco : porntion wilh the secretary of stall Capital slock 110,000 , 10 per ent payable on organization and the ice KS it may be called for by the board lof directors. The indebtedness lston v ono-lmlf the paid-up stock , t. I. J. Jensen , George. 1 * . Wmtoi elccn , H. L. Smith and twenty-seven .other citizens are the corporators. NOTAltlKS rUDLIO. The following notaries were yesterday commissioned by the governor : George Lynn and M. M. Davidson , Hastings ; W. W. Stowell , David City ; Marvin L. Bishop , Goring , Choyctmo county ; Harry O'Dovlrcs , Ellcry U. Htimo nnd Gcorgo K. Crosby , Omaha ; Wintield S. While , Corrmgton , Dakola county ! k. A. Uor- ringlon , Ciiadron ; George F. Baslcdo , Cleveland , Holt county ; B. S. Gillispio , O'Neill ; George 1) . Scholield , Nebraska City , Oleo cotinly ; Frank Wood , Rush- villo , Sheridan county. milUF 1TKMS. At the state auditor's ofliro the llokla Insurance ] company , of Madison , Wis. , has Ir I compiled with the state law nnd been admitted to do business m the state. Tim trial of the Salvationists arrested 1t Wednesday 1 evening was poslponed yese torday 1t t in police court for a hearing to-day. t The Pacific express company now , through i the operation of now lines , can receive i express matter in the afternoon destined for Sutlon or York nnd deliver il I at 0 a. m. the following day. In police court yesterday Wcston Johnson , under arrest for wife beating , was fined f5 and costs for hU utnuso- tucnt. John McDermltt and Mike Kelly were fined $20 each and committed to the city jail for drunkenness. They escaped u line in police court the day before and celebrated their victory. A lad named Marvin Clark , charged with tiring a brick at n companion nnd cracking him on the head , had an exam ination ns n fit candidate for the reform school , nnd was discharged. Secretary and Mrs. Laws wcro passon- eors for Colorado and a visit to the Rockies yesterday. Colonel Oscar Calllhan , of Tccumsch , was in the cily yesterday delighting Ills many friends with the pleasure of a per sonal call. Counoilmon Billingsly and Dean departed - parted yesterday for Colorado , accompanied - panied by Ihelr families , where they will rusticala for u few weeks. A. G. Fairbrolher departed yesterday , as ho alleged to friends , for California , by way of South Sioux Cily , Neb. TO SKLECT ItUQIMUNTAL OFFICERS. The Second Nebraska regiment of alato militia , the companies of which it is to bo formed , having recently been mustered in , will proceed to select regi mental oQicers under tiio following call Issued by the adjutant general : In compliance with Special Order Xo. 2 , nnd In accordance with the military code of the state of Nebraska , there have been com panies for the Nebraska National guard or ganized and mustered at the following points to-wlt : Shelton , Ord , Nebraska City , Falrbury , Children , IIay Springs. Long Pine , Teka- inali , atromsburg and Sclmyler. Said companies shall be known and desig nated as follows : Company A , Shclton , captain , John S , U edged/ Company B , Ord , captain , W. B. Johnson. Company C , Nebraska City , captain , Will- lain lilshop. Company 1) , Falrbury , captain , George Cross. Company E. Chadron , captain , F. M. Dor- rlngton. Company F , Hay Springs , captain , J. E. Brown. Company G , Long Pine , captain , F. A. Whltcmore. Company II , Tokamah , captain , S. S. Skinner. Company I , Stromsburg , captain , J. II. Colcman. Company K , Sehuyler , captain , B , F. Arnold. The commissioned officers of the nbovo named companies will assemble in conven tion at Fremont. Neb. , Tuesday , August 9 , at 8 o'clock p. m. , the adjutant general presid ing , for the purpose of electing tlio neces sary field officers for the formation of a regi ment of National Guard. Said regiment , when duly or-rani/oil , will be known ns the Second llealmont Nebraska National Guard. There will bo no proxies allowed nt said election outside of Iho olllcers of each respec tive company. The company officer or offi cers present shall bo entitled to cast the vote of the offices or officers of their respective companies who are absent. . Each officer present will be allowed trans portation one way at the rate of 10 cents per mile. By order ot the commander-ln-clilof. A. V. COLE , Adjutant General. Adjutant General Cole has also issued orders for elections in companies com prising the first Nebraska regiment where vacancies exist through the expir ation of their terms of oQice. The fol lowing is the list of expired commissions nnd the order for elections : In compliance with section 13 of the now military code of the state ot Nebraska ( the name having taken effect July the 1st , 1887) ) . the commissions of the following officers of the First regiment Nebraska National guard ( as shown by the records kcot In this office ) , have expired , and each company named In this order Is hereby ordered to convene on or before the Sftth day of this month , for the purpose of electing officers to fill all vacan cies made so by law. N. P. Lundeen , captain , company A. Juno 27. 183J. S. P. Huckmastcr , Crstlleutenanl , company A. Juno 27. lbS4. M. K. Hutchison , first lieutenant , company F. June 127 , lbS3. W. S. Crawford , captain , company G. July * , 1884. T. L. Williams , first lieutenant , company G , July 4,1891. A.T. Scott , second lieutenant , company G. July 4. 1884. J. luttcrbusb , captain , company II. May 24. lb ! > 3. It. llolllngaworlti , first lieutenant , company II. May 34 ? IbSil. II. W. Short , second lieutenant , company H. May 34. IBM. C. M. Murdock , captain , company A , light artillery. December 15,1833. V. 1) . OeiiBol , llrst lieutenant , company A , light aitlllery. November 24,1S33. J. G. Brown , second lloutanaiit , company A , light artillery. February 3-J , . Mrs. A. F. Hill , of Orlando , Fla. , got so excited at hooking a fish , while out for sport with her husband and niece , that - she upset the boat and the entire party were drowned. . Mr. Daniels , of San Hernardlno.pnckod a table in a box with now hay , prepara tory to moving all his furniture. Before , ho put the cover on , u hen , unobserved , . had llown into the bov. Seven days after ward , .when the box was opened in the new house , there sat Biddy , and under her were live eggs in good condition. A Maltose cat found a quail and her brood that had been housekeeping in the yard of A. A. lirunor , tit Ohico , Cal. . and made a prisoner of the fcmalo bin ! . A whistle brought the male , and a battle ensued. The cat could not stand the smart tlap of the wings in her oycs , 10r the constant peckiug , and released her > prov. The Atlantic avenue , Brooklyn , car , drivers are greatly annoyed by live par rots that hanp out of the windows of live , cottages on tarnam street. Recently the car stopped for a woman , but before 3)10 ) could get aboard n poll gave two shrill whistles that the driver took for the con ductor's signal , and ho started on. "Tho so woman , " says a reporter of the scene , "was swinging her parnsol in an eager is aad hysterical attempt to counteract the result of the whistle , and the conductor was forced to leave the mystery of the bogus signal unsolved while ho whistled ) - for the car to stop. Tolly whistled again L. for it to go ahead , and it did not stop , . The other parroU had now become P.n tarcstcd , and they joined in assisting - Polly No. 1 in a contest with the conduc tor nntil Polly No. G was reached , and he yelled in a poorly disguised voice : 'Soutt of lerryl' Then the parrots joined the pas. , - scngers in a heartvurh at the success . of their effort to uriug about rapio transit. " . . Oer. 1OO V' rlotle . er of the pureit and best toilet soaps mad * erU. bvColgate & Co. ' Canhme.ru Bouquc or- ho , standard. ' . . ' ' ' MLS OF THE WILD WEST. The Lost Greek Literary Olub Meet ing , A BOOM IN LITERARY CULTURE. The Elite of Lost Crock Pitts on Its lle t Clothes and Attonda la Fall Force Some of the Wild Lmys Warbled. Captain Jack Crawford In Kansas City Times -1 : A raging volcano which belched forth poetic fire was in an active state of eruption at the settlement on Lost Crook , Arizona. , For years It had been n quiet camp , which had experienced no more startling incidents than an occasional dance , with , at times , an appendix in the shape of a funeral , the ofllcialliig corpse leading the procession with its boots on ; but the advent ot a hollow- chostod Dostonlan , who had gene there to have the pure mountain air make some needed repairs on a pair of lungs which were deserting him nnd identify ing themselves with the landscape over which ho passed changed the usual state of affairs and throw the cam p into the wildest throes of a literary convulsion. Ho had convinced the rough , honest people ple that without literature they could never hope to gain distinction in the world of letters , and his lisping elo- qucuco < set the denizens of the frontier town I to wondering how they had ever managed i to worry thus far along the path of life without it. llo organized the i Lost Creek Literary club , fixed a data for : the first regular mooting of the new organization i , and requested each mem ber to prepare a declamation , essay , or poem to bo presented on the occasion. It was my good fortune to bo able to at tend the lirst meeting. The elite of Lost Creek put on its best clothes and turned out in forco. I am not quite satislied in my own mind regarding ' garding the word elite , 'but Sheriff Sam used it in an oflicial tone of voice while describing the gathering , and I presume ho did so advisedly. The auburn glare of many tallow candles along the walls and overhead shed lustro and grease ever fair women and bravo men , and all went merry a ? a marriageable belle , with an oroido ring on the particular linger which when so ringed , indicates that something is going to occur. A quite heated discussion arose as to whether the exercises should bo opened with prayer or with a sot-to with hard gloves between "Jimmy the Terrier" of Lost Creek and 'K'id Wilson" of llorso- shoo Gulch , but a vote of the house unan imously settled the question , and the bruisers stopped upon the stage and wont to work with a literary fervor that called forth a round of most generous applause. Tno gladiators soon retired to bathe their wounded souls in arnica and patch up their disarranged features with court plaster , and the lungloss youth from Bos ton coughed and in a torn and mangled voice announced that Miss Birdie Brody would read a poem of her own creation. Miss Birdie stopped to the front , bowed until her chin nestled lovingly in her bosom , gracefully unbowed , and began MOUNTAIN MUS1MI8. Talk not to mo of the great big cast , With its cities so monstrous grand , An' a population that's boln' increased Till It scarcely has room to stand. Give mo a life In the mountains free , Where the clouds In the tree tops ride , An' the nrl/.zly u'nr an' the bumble bee Trot lovingly side by side. Where the breezes soft In the gulches sigh An' the sun squirts Its gentle rays Through the deep , dark dells on the moun tains high , Till they seem as it bathed In a blaze ; Where the Indian brave hums the songs o : wa , An' seeks for the scalp of his foe , An' swears till the elements seem to Jar , When he happens to stub his toe. I would not like It In the eastern land , Nor scoot along fashion's walks , Where women , the poor , down-trodden band Are obliged to wear shoes and socks. Ah ! no ; give Birdie a life in the west , A cabin beneath the trees , Where female women are never oppressed , An' can wear what tboy gol-darucd please , The young lady retired amid deafening npplauso , currying with her a smile so broad , so exceedingly expansive , that it wrinkled the back of her lovely ueck She paused an instant at the wings t bow her acknowledgment of the compli ment and spill some more smileand then faded from view almost swamped in glory and perspiration. The "Patti Female Quartet" then sung a touching , simple homo melody , begin ning : Mother , Jimmy's In the pantry Trying to swlpo a hunk of cake , 'F I was you 1' dust his breeches Till his soul was tilled with ache , After which the Boston man reluct antly relinquished some more cough and announced that in prospecting through her literagybric-n-bac of the past , Miss Popsio Molntosh , Into of Texas , where she was popularly known as "tho cow girl of the Panhandle , " had discovered a production which she had written a few months before while herding cattle on her father's range. Although not yet a member of the club , Miss Popsio had kindly consented to road it for the cdili- cation of the audience. The young lady pushed her way through a storm of applause plauso , nnd bowing oyor the tootlights said : "Ladies and Gentlemen : Although a comparative stranger in your midst , and although 1 come among you with the aromatic odor of the Texas steer yet clinging to my skirts , figuratively spcakin' , I assure you that this exhibition of literary agility causes my respectable bosom to throb with rapture , pride , ex- ultatlousness , etcetera. [ Applause. ] The learned professor with a swayback breast has begun hero a noble work , and I sincerely trust ho will not allow it to retrospect , but will keep it churned up with the dasher of progress until the goddess of literature can tinct a place to hunker down at every fireside in this en terprising camp. [ More applause. ] The recitation which I shall rccussitato to you this evening is a paradox on 'The Beautiful Snow'and was paradoxed 10y > myself while Bitting on my horse on day herd on my father's ranch in the Pan handle of Texas. It may bo lacking nin poetio glare ; It may not How along with any degree of rhythmical glide ; it may fail to snow up technical vorsifloatlous- ness ; but wilh both feet on the ground , 1 trust it may catch on with this onllght- encd audience : THE IIKAUTIFUL 8TEEU. O , the steer , the beautiful steer , Ktckliw tlio Hies from the point of Its or. Flapping Its tall In its frolicsome &leoo Hopping about like aSuako river lea , Bellowing I Hearing ! Thundering along 1 Filling ; the air with Its steerlcal eong , Till Urn rumble from out Its lung-laden pit1 , Scarei too tlinld Jack-rabbits and wolves fntc fits. . To roe there Is nothing on earth halt so deai As the long-horned and sllui-bodled Toxlear - steer. - How often I wish that I was a steer , With a long , shiny horn at the butt ot eacl ear , With a clear , fearless eye and a taperint - tall , hat would snap like a whip In the madder Ing gale. liow 1'dbeller ! ' . And roar 1 And paw up the groun ! ( And lope o'er ( he hills with athuuderlni sound , And ( in or t like a terror and hump up m : . back When I saw the wild cowboy pursuing my And I'd laugh at his oaths as ho fell to the 01 I'd bo a Jo-dandy It I was a steer. I once roped a beautiful ) steer but I fell. Fell from my pony with cnr-plerclnit yell I Fell with the lariat fast to my wrist 1 Felt to be dragged through the grass wet with mist. Grunting I wcntl . . A full mile a minute , or I dmi't want a cent I And ruined a new pair ot forty-cent hose ; Aye 1 oven my bustle wis thrown out o' go.u By the frolicsome freaks o' that beautiful Her dramatic rendition of the excel lent poem called forth loud applause , and the fair maiden was honored with a vociferous cncoro.1 In response to the compliment she advanced to the brow of the since nnd said if the audience would kindly forgive her she would endeavor to sing a little ballad of her own composi tion , and hinted that the song was based upon an incident in her own life , at a time when the skill of a physician snatched her from the jaws of death ere they snapped together m the fatal bito. Clearing her throat with a goose-like ges ture of the neck and assuming a dying expression of countenance , she began ; THH m ma oimAs UUQUKST. ' Mother , dear , how cold I'm growing , Like a beefsteak laid on Ice ; And 1 feel that I am going Over there to paradise. Ol for just ono mustard blister , That could warm my Icy gore- Give my striped socks to my sister , For I'll need them nevermore.t CHORUS. Give my striped socks to my sister , For she's got none lit to wear When a last good bye 1'vo kissed her , I'll get new ones over there. But the doctor came to sen her , Kre she climbed the golden ttalr , And ho said of pain ho'd free her When a do.so he could prepare ; So mtown her cold , palo throttle Jamaica ginger ho did work , Till she swallowed near a bottle , And was owearlug like a Turk. REVISED CHOUUS. Give my old red socks to sister , They are on the bottom shelf Tell her , when good night 1 kissed her , I want the striped ones myself. At the close of the first stanza the tears of the audience could be hoard smiting the floor with dull , pathetic thuds , but when the sweet warbler took a header into the fountain of unexpected glad ness in the second verso the grief-stricken people realized that the skilled physi cian had successfully Jamaica-gingered the dying girl back to life , and had sup planted the cold , clammy moisture of death with a healthful sweat , the cheers shook the building and men threw their hats against the ceiling in their wild glee. Miss Popsio was called for again and again , nor would the audience bo satis- lied until the Bostonian with the infre quent lungs stepped to the front , coughed nnd said that the charming ana soulful queen of song and rhyme had begged him to push the applause aside nnd say that she'had inadvertantly loft her reper toire at homo on the , wash-stand and must really bo excused , A number of essays , speeches , poems , etc. , were delivered , so'hio ' of them evinc ing rare and unique taldnt , a tribute to herlovor by Miss SallieiSawyer attract ing marked attention. , The lirst verso cantered into the arena in this breezy stvle : All men are stars In woman's heaven shining And twlukliug with thulr brilliant Hash of love. And women are for love's stop-ladder pining To reach these twlnklers In the skies above. My star , John W. Kent , shines far more brighter Than any star has hereto previous shone , ills twinkling always makes my heart grow lighter , Because 1 know he twlnks for mo alone. WONDERFUL CHARLES BRANDON. Divorced at 00 Three "Wives , 83 Children 10 Sons in the Army. Now York Sun : When western Penn sylvania was the frontier and the Indian lighter was the most important and indis pensable person in the settlements , Charles Brandon was ono of the best and most daring of nil the active foes of the red man. At the ago of three years , in 1701 , ho was captured by the Indians , who killed bis father at the same time. This was on the banks of the Ohio river. For twelve years thoflioyil was kept among the savages , but ho disliked thorn and cscaucd when ho was fifteen years old. He found a white settlement and learned to talk his native language. From that time on ho gave his life to Indian killing. In 1700. when the Indians were getting scarce , Charles Brandon married a young woman named Mary Meyers. She bore him two children and died , lie then married Funnio Slushor. She bore him eighteen children , and died in 1800. Brandon was then nearly seventy years old. When ho was live years older ho married Sarah Barker , who was only sixteen , She was the youngest of six teen children. She lived with him twenty-one years , bearing him in the meantime fifteen children. Then she got a divorce from him , ho being ninety- six. The Hoparation from his wife broke his heart , and , although at the time ho was as agile , strong and active as ho was when ho was married , ho pined away and died the same year the divorce was obtained. Ho then had thirty-three liv ing children. His divorced widow had had the care of all of them , and slio raised all that wcro young enough to need raising. Brandon had been the father of thirty- live children , but two died , ono a child of his lirst wife and the other ono of the eighteen his second wife had berne him. The divorced widow moved to Mounds- ville , W. Va. , and the most of the thirty- three children went with her. Among them were two Johns and two Charleses. Ono of the Jonhs and ono of the Charleses were the third wife's children. There was a James who was old enough to go to the Mexican war , where ho was wounded m the neck. < Whcu the war ot the rebellion broke out the two Johns , the two Charleses , Simr Kvans , Peter , Josophus , Hiram , Jaraos , Van Burun , Jacob , Abraham , Alexander , David , An- drew , and Keeso' of the sous' enlisted in the union army , nil in Ohio and Virginia regiments , The third' Mrs. lirandon's John and Charles wern'tiikcn ' prisoners at ChickamauEa. Thoywero both put In Audorsonville .prison * John died in nine months ; Charles was there twenty- one months and escaped. I'ctcr was killed nt Shlloh while making a charge. All the other sons served through the war und came homo , h The third wife of the remarkable old Indian killer , and raotherand stepmother of his remarkable family still live nt Moundsville. She is seventy years old. Until three months ncro she was in desti tute circumstances. Then she got a pen sion and $3,500 aa her claim against the government. She to six feet in height , as straight as an arrow , as strong as a.man nnd excelling nine out of every ten in powers of endurance. Only a few days ago ono of the hottest she walked to St. Clairsville , twenty miles , in live hours and back in the same time. She has only one eye. The other ono was shot out about thirty years ago by ono of the second end wife's boys. She liad occasion to correct him. He got his bow and arrow nnd shot her , putting out her eye , This remarkable woman knows the where abouts of only nine of the thirty-three children. They live near her. "Hut. takin'- them an' their children an' their children's children , thcro must bo nigh to a thousan' ou 'cm by this time.1" _ ( feo. L. Fisher , architect , room 47. Chamber of Comrutrce building. PULVERIZED COAL. Gront Economy " Coal Gratifying Success of llccent Experiences. No * York Commercial Advertiser : Improved methods for obtaining artificial heat nro nlwiiys n subject of interest , nud experiments in this direction nro being mndn all the time to get hont nt as low a cost as possible. The manufacture of water gas has been very successful , nnd , ns it can bo produced nt n low price , without the nuisance of ashes and smoke , it is growing in favor nnd oflbrts nro being made to run it into houses to bo used for heating ns well fts for lighting purposes. Another method of boating , which is rapidly making 1U way , if the promoters of it ure to bo believed , is the pulverized coal process. A company has been formed in Philadelphia within n short time , nud within the next sixty days the process will bo ready for general use. The claims made for the method are many , and if one-half of them are. well founded , there can bo no doubt of its suc cess. Ono of the company said to-day : "In this country there are about 20,000,000 tons of coal annually wnstod , being too fine for use. Of the total coal mined , it is estimated that one-eighth per cent of wnsto is made by blasting nnd handling ; nnd that 01- per cent is wasted in the breaker. Many attempts hnvo been made to utilize this immense amount of wast age , and until now nothing has been suc cessful. "Until now only n very small quantity of this line dust has been used. The re quisites for success are , first , simple and clllciont machinery to reduce the coal to dust at a very small cost ; second , reduc tion to an impalpable powder ; third , an automatic supply of coal dust and nir , each capable of being regulated at will ; fourth , the reduction of the coal and the simultaneous feeding of it with nir into the lire-box by the same machine ; fifth , the intimate-mixture of the line particles of coal dust with air , so that each par ticle shall bo surrounded by nir ns if it enters the fire-box , thus insuring com plclo combustion. "These condilions have boon com- plololy fulfilled by a now process. The melhod of using Iho dust is as follows : The coal , no matter what size it is , is fed into a pulverizer , by which it is ground to an impalpable powder. This is done by means of the friction of the particles , ono against the other. After the coal is ground is passes through the pulverizer , nnd on coming out it is mot by a current of cold nir from a blower , which sends it through n nozzle into the combustion chamber underneath the boiler. This combustion chamber has to bo specially constructed , and will last about as long ns the ordinary ouo where coal is used. The arch will last n year , and the side walls two years. The supply of coal dust and air is automatically regulated and complete combustion is the result. No smoke escapes from the chimney , nnd there is no loss of heat in that way. Wo feel confident that at least thirty-live per cent of fuel will be saved by using the machines. "In Philadelphia , the past month , ex periments have boon made with this process in the Harrison Safety Boiler Works , nnd the engineer made the state ment that where 1,400 pounds of coal per day were used under a small boiler , at a cost of $3 per ton , 000 pounds of dust were used at a cost of about ? 1 per ton. The machine for that boiler oulv cost about $105 , and ho thinks there is a sav ing of at least 50 per cent. The cost of repairs to the machine will not exceed $10 per annum. Ono result of using the refuse coal will be that the price or ordi nary coal will have to come down. " The Old Folks at Homo , Or elsewhere , need a tonic now and then to sustain thorn under growing infirmi ties. No safer or more thorough invig- orant for ace and the delicate can bo found than Hosteller's Stomach Bitlors , a seasonable medicine in those ailments of commonest occuronco liver com plaint , indigestion and bowel disorders ; pure botanic safeguard against malaria , nnd n reliable means of countcraclmg rheumatism. To the convalescent , it is a valuable aid in the recovery of strength , nnd to the debilitated , nervous invalid it yields tranquil slumber nnd rcnowed nppclite two prime factors in the restoration of vigor. Being of purely botanic origin , it is free from those ob jections urged against mineral remedies diflieult or impossible of assimilation by the system , and which impair the tone of the stomach , which the bitters , on the contrary , strenglhons and regulates. It is indorsed and prescribed by the medical fraternity. _ HOW KNIGHTS ARE BREAKING UP. Powderly Tnrna a Phrase and Grows Eloquent. Master Workman Powdorly of the Knights of Labor publishes an answer in the Journal of United Labor to the re cent stalomcnls that his order is break ing UP. Ho says : Wo are breaking up as the plowman breaks up the soil for the sowing offnow seed. Wo nro breaking up old traditions. Wo are breaking up hereditary righls and planting every where the seed of universal rights. Wo are breaking up the idea that money makes the man and not moral worth. Wo are breaking up tlio idea that might makes right. Wo nro breaking up the idea Unit legislation is alone for the rich. Wo nro breaking tip the idea that the congress of the United States must bo run by million aires for the benefit of millionaires. Wo are breaking up the idea thai n few men may hold millions of acres of uutitlod land while other men starve for want of one aero. Wo are breaking up the prao- tico of putting the labor of criminals into competition wilh honest labor and starving it to death. Wo are breaking up the idea of importing ignorance bred of monarchies and dynamite in order to depreciate intelligent , skilled labor at homo. Wo are breaking up the practice of employing little children in the factories , thus breeding a race deformed , ignorant and protligalo. Wo nro breaking up the idea that a man who works with , his hands has need neither of education nor of civilizing refinement. Wo are break ing up the practice of paying women one-third the wages paid men , simply be cause they nro women. Wo are break ing up the idea that a man may debauch an infant girl and shield himself from the penalty behind a law lie himself has made. We are breaking up ignorance , intemperance , crime and oppression of whatever character and wherever found. The Nineteenth Century Club is an or ganization that will consist of an equal number of men and women. It is hardly to bo expected that they will agree on all subjects ; but it can surprise no ono to learn that Dr. Piorco's "Goldon Medical Discovery , " is unanimously pronounced the most successful remedy extant , for pulmonary consumption , us has been demonstrated in hundreds of cases ; it positively nrrests this disease nnd restores health and strength , if administered In its early stages. By druggists. The Voar's Export Trade. Now York Tribune : From the govern ment reports which show how largo our exports wcro In the fiscal year completed on the 30th ultimo , some interesting and instructive facts may be obtained , firht , as regards the food which wo soil in Ku- ropean nations whoso soil will not pro duce enough to supply the needs of the people. In the last year we have export ed 161,780,130 bushels of wheat , including whcut Hour. This quantity was almost exactly one-third ot our last wheat crop. It was greater by sixty-three per cent , than the amount exported in tlio proceed ing year , mid it exceeded the wheat ox- I ports of every ycar'since the year ended Juuo aoth , 1681. . In wheat not reduced I to Hour wo sent abroad a little more tunii A WISE CHILD. jUoOur lAurs , why do you cianml with \niUoJ I thought you troro i > UytDg keep house wltt tlm. Laura Tien. Uamtna , t w § , but lie wouU not get mo a ciko ot 8polo ! , ana I bad my houio-clcaa. Ing to do. and I vrou't play with him. He Is not tilco llko papa la to you , " The branches may bo trained , but not the trunk. ' JToach children the ait ol cleanliness , nnd how to use usoSAPOLIO. . It Is a solid cake of Scouring Soap. Try it/lir No. 11. " [ Copyright , March , 1877. ] 100,000,000 bushels , an increase of 77 per cent. , while tlio quantity of llower ex ported exceeded that ol fast year by only 40 per cent. Still , ns compared with the exports of n few years ago , the percent age of our wheat sold abroad which goes in the form of flour has advanced. Now it is more than ouu-thlrd , and in 1831 it was less than ono-lifth. The operations of the Fidelity bank corncrors cheeked the exportation of Hour by temporarily closing several Hour mills. The influence exerted by thcsa speculators upon the outward movement of wheat was comparatively slight , and has probably been offset in great measure by the largo purchases for export which have been made sluco tlio failure of the deal carried prices down to n lower level. Although so largo a quantity of wheat and flour was sent across the Atlantictho country could have spared t0,000,000 ! bushels more , and it is unfortunate that the outflowing stream was checked by the work of powerful rings at San Francisco and Chicago. But the speculators whoop- orated in the Chicago market now appear to bo on the road to the penitentiary , and their fate may restrain others from play ing the same game. The price of wheat is now low enough to attract foreign buyers , nnd the promise of another largo crop may keep it near the present quotations. The quantity of corn exported fell 37 per cent , but almost the entire corn crop i ? consumed at home. The exportation ot 40,000,000 or 60,000,000 bushels takes nwny a very small percentage of n total crop that ranges from 1,000,000,000 to 2,000,000,000 bushels. The value of all the brcadstufl's exported was more than 102,000,000. and greater by 3C per cent than that of the preceding year. In the exports of cattle and hogs tnoro as a decrease of about 17 per cent , nnd 11 tlio exports of fresh beef a decrease of , bout 80 per cent , but an ndvanco of , bout 50 per cent in the exports of tallow s noted. Wilh thoao should bo recorded slighl increase of the exports of bacon , n increase of about 120 per cent in the xports of hams , and an increase nearly AS large as the export &alos of lard. These figures are based upon returns for sight months. The total exports of beef ind pork products show an increase of 4 icr ceut.for the same period. The reports which relate to dairy pro ducts nro less satisfactory. Wo have nt 'iand the figures for only eleven months n the year. These show a marked do- sroaso. The butter exports have alien from 17,840,000 to 11- ' 00,000 pounds , nnd these of cheese from 77.170,000 to 05.838.000 pounds. The fulreffect of certain nd- crsu conditions upon foreign trade in hcso articles is shown by the statement hat , as compared with 1885 , the exports > f butter have decreased 43 per cent , and 12 per cent as compared with 1880 , while ho corresponding descrcases in respect : o chccso have boon 83 per cent and nearly 15 per cent. An explanation of he'so decreases may be found in part in , ho statement that the exports of the 'olco Dill" rose from 23,02:1,839 : pounds n 1880 , to 41,483,024 in the corresponding nonths of the last fiscal year. Second , ns regards the export surplus of our cotlon crop. Hero Hie roporls are ngain uiisalisfnctory. While the to- tul exports for ten months nro nearly as large ns last year's , thorn is n deplorable falling oil in the month of June , whet tlio quantity sent abroad was only 19,701- - 113 pounds , as against 112,070,0111 pounds in Juno , 1880. The value of of the sumo cotlon exported in the last quarter of the year was only 115,000,000 , as compared with 40,000,000 in the corresponding quur tor of 1880. The steady dcolino is duo ti speculation , which has carried up th pnco about 3 cents a pound since March The result of this unnatural advance ha been the result of the loss of ! f2\009,00 ! ( in export receipts. Unfortunately fo our trade , the cornorors of cotlon iiavi been more successful than the managers of the wheat "deal.1 There are many cheap cosmetics of fercd for sale , which claim to contain nothing injurious to the skin. This is all bosh , nlL or very nearly all are com pounded from the most deleterious nud poisonous drugs in the matcria mcdica. They destroy the vitality of the skin , making the consumer prematurely with ered nnd old. J. A. Po//oni gunranlees his medicated complexion powder en tirely frco from all injurious mailer , and will gladly pay $500 to any practical chemist who can find upon analysis tlio sligntcst trace of white lead orivrsenic.- Use none other and you will never regret. Price 50 cents and $1.00 per box. Sold by all druggist * and perfumers. Wisconsin' ! ) Governor. New York Tribune : "Jerry Uusk. the big governor of Wihconsiu , is the strong est man thai I know of anywhere , " said Thomas M. Kichol , in a group In the Fifth Avenue hotel the other night. "Ho can suspend 1,000 pounds from his shoulders and walk around with it as easily as I could with twenty pounds. llo Is n rough diamond , I was up in Milwaukee just after the riots last year , in which ho aislingiiishud himself by prompt and energetic action in pulling down the rioters. I was sitting alongside the governor in front of the PlankiiiKton house when I said lo him : 'Governor , you oughl lo bo careful about what you do nowadays. You are getting a grout deai of promi nence nnd you must be careful of your record. You might bo a candidate for president. ' The big fellow looked ever nt mo ns cool as n cucumber and said : 'Jiy the eternal , Nlchol , I believe I could bo president if those rioters would only keep it up. ' " Governor Rusk was originally a stage driver and a county tavern keeper , llo has always boon noted for the roughness of speech which ho acquired in the early days of staging and tnvorn-kuuplug on the frontier. An incident is related of n visit ho paid to Mentor after Gunur.il Garliold was elected prenidcnt. Ho had been chatting with General Garlleld for some time when ho broke Into a tirade of abuse of President Hayes. A friend who was present took up the conversation , saying to Kusk : "Now , Governor , I think that Hayes has made n pretty good president , In fact , I know he has. 1 never found anybody who abuses him as you do who did not have some personal grudgo. Most of them wanted an olllco of some kind and did not got It. I think it quite probable if you had boon made commissioner of agriculture you would now bo sounding his praises instead of nllncklng him in this violent manner. " Uusk protested vehemently that this was not the case and to maintain his position ho said : ' 'When Hayes was in congress gross ho made no record thcro. ' "lint no man makes n record m congress in n single term , " was the ro- spon.so of the other gentleman. "Hayes was there only two years. You yourself made no record in your llrst term. " At this allusion to his own record Governor Husk drew his big frame to its tallest height , put his thumbs into the nrmholos of his waistcoat ns ho in II a ted his chest and replied * "You nro , mistaken , sir I did mnko a record of my first term. By blank , sir , I called a fellow n blank of a blnnk nnd threatened to lick a blank out of him on the floor of the house. No record ? That was record enough for ono term I" The argument closed at this point. MOST PERFECT MADE Ueed l > y the United States Oovernmont. Endorsed by the heads of the Gient Unl\erBltlcs nnd 1'ubllc Food Analysts osThoStronKepM'urest , and moft Healthful. Ur. 1'rlco'a the only Dating powder that does not contaltl Ammonia , I.lmo ot Dr. 1'rlco'a Kxtrncta , Vanilla , I/cmnn , etc. . . THICK UAKINuTo\VlIiKCO. The Best and Safes Vapor Stove Made , C. W. .Sleeper , lieiul of St. Marys' Ay- enne. James & Smith South , Omaha. 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