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TITO OMAHA DAILY REE : AIOXDAY. NOVRMKRR 2S. 1RR7 . < A STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE , Nothing Known oT Mro. Ilnrrlntrtoii V/hoso iiuobtiml Foil With Custor , SHE DELIEVED HIM A CAPTIVE. Her KclutlxoH ) lu\c Hr-u ; ( jlicil In Vain lor Nearly 'J'iirro Vi'iirn One C'nllit l- ; .l mid OMO W * sl. Fort Worth ] ) iHiteh | ) ! to Now York World : Tlio frlwidH and relatives in tlii.s ( Hinrtor of TO.XIIH of Mrn. Urnro ( Mcrnril ) Harrington , who ( l nl'ont two .vftii-M and nlno months have oi.'iiMJtl to otitcrtain any hopes that hho will ever ho found alive. The can * ! H one of the most extraordinary ninoni , ' hihtaaccH of inyMti.'rions dlHiippciiriiiicu , mid will he of npi'1-ial Intoreht In New York , from which state Mrs. Harring ton came , and where most of her rela tives yet live. Have the lmrenl allusion at tlio time , the facts have never heeii tflven in the newspapers , and tlio latir-o of timeus it depenen the mysteryseems to render U all the more intere.slliif , ' . In the summer of 1870 Lieutenant Harrington , with his wife , was at West 1'ointon a leave of ahconee. Then the Indian tronhles grew K ) alarmiiitf that ( Jeneral t'nster iirepared tostrile ; a be- vere blow at the savages. It was well nndernlood that the cimiiwltrii would be iitlcnilcd with more than UMinl danger , and Lieutenant Harrington was not un der any obligation to return and face that danger witli his comrades , his leave of alienee not yet hnv- liiK expired. Hut he hnsl- piii'tl to join Caster's troopers , then about to advance into the heart of the hostile Indian countrv. After the fatal llfjht with Sitting Hull , among the hun dreds who lay dead in tlio ravine , stripped and mutilated by the mereiless and triumphant Indians , was Lieuten- nnt Harrington. Like many others on t lint fatal lield , his body was not identi fied , the cruel foe having rendered iden tification impossible , bat that lie per ished there can In1 no more doubt than his chief , General Custer , perished there also. His name was entered in the list of dead , and his army record closed with that entry. 'Phe news was received by the young wife , then also the mother of two pretty children , with an overwhelming grief that seemed to shako her senses , so much M > that her relatives viewed her condition with deep apprehension. Hut notwithstanding the awful visitation , and though her heart and mind were giving way under it. she maintained MiUleieat self-control to train up her children properly and to appear on one notable- occasion in public. That occa sion was the dedication of the monument ment to General ( , 'uster at West Point. Mrs. Harrington sat in the same pew with Mrs. ( . 'usler in the chapel , attired , like Mrs. ( . 'lister , in deep mourning , and the appearance of both ifl-oused marked sympathy among observers. The delusion which grew upon Mrs. Harrington's mind was that her hus band had not perished ; that he still lived , n captive among the Indians. She thought that he had only been wounded in the terrible light , anil that , when the squaws went about the Held to finish the work of the warriors , one of them had been favorably impressed by the manly beauty of the young olllcer , had spared and saved his life , and in duced the Indians to take him , a living captive , to their , camp. There , Airs. Harrington told her friends , her hus band was detained , and she expressed deep anxiety to go to the haunts of the Indians and procure his release. It Kiiniild be needless to siy that the de lusion could not. have any foundation , as Kitting Hull and his bloodthirsty band , who were the leaders in the massacre , have long been prisoners and have re vealed all that they know about , the htrugg'o. Hut Mrs. Harrington equld not be reasoned out of her delusion , mul , as the passage of years seemed only to intensify her impressions and feelings on the painful subject , her friends concluded Uiataehango of scene might benefit her. Miss Minnie Herald , sister of Mrs. Harrington was married to Mr. Kdward Matthews , who , formerly a cadet at \Vest I'olnt , was established in business at Wichita , Tex. Mrs. Harrington was invited to visit her sister and , with the approval of her parentsin whose ehargo nho left her children , she started for Texas. Mrs. Matthews received her ulster witli the pleasure that might bo expected under the eireumstanccs , and , with her husband , spared no olTort to alleviate the gloom that had settled upon her mind. Mrs. Harrington evi dently enjoyed the visit. One unfortu nate event , however , throw her back into her old melancholy. The Matthews residence was accidentally burned down. In the house at the time , and destroyed with it , was a trunk which Mrs. Har rington hud , brought with her , and which contained herhusbaml's uniform , Ills sword mul other belongings. She said plaintively , after the lire : "Tho treasurers I thought so much of and kept BO long are gone. When I bring Henry homo there will bo nothing for mo to return to him. " In the early part of 1S05 Mrs. Har rington was invited to pay a visit to Mr. and Mrs. Kobin.son , residing at Doni- Mii , Tex. Her subsequent course would nee in to indicate that about this time she determined to carry out a long med itated plan for her husband's rescue. "When she started for the Kobinsonssho packed what she thought necessary into n black-gla/ed leather satchel. Mrs. Harrington was two weeks at the Kob- insons and started to return to her sister - tor , Mr. Matthews , on February U , ISSfl. It had been arrantrcd that upon her return tlioy should go north together to the family homo at Highland Falls. Mrs. Harrington ex pressed an intention of stopping at Dal las on her way to Fort Worth , where she was to meet her sister , and make homo purchase . At the leading hotel in Dallas she ordered breakfast. Her t manner indicated complete abstraction , f " , as to her surroundings. She did not partake of the food before her , and * Jr when bho asked for the charge the ' 1 waiter replied , "Nothing , madam , because - > cause you have eaton nothing. " ; She miulo no reply , but smiled 1 widly. This is the last that is , positively known of hoi * . It is believed , ( however , that she bought a ticket for Fort Worth , this , however , is not known for n certainty. A station agent at a , small place on the line has stuted that ho paw a lad ) ' answering to the de scription of Mrs. Harrington. Her manner was such as to create the im- probslon that she was not able to take euro of horsolf. He asked her , "Whore madam ? " Her fo- tire you going , only - ply was a Bad , nnthctlo smile. His du ties diverted ills attention elsewhere , and when ho looked again Mrs. Har rington was not there. llow Mrs. Hurrington disappeared run only bo surmised. Did two leave . the train at BOIUO .station mul Blurt into the wilderness in a vuln search for the . " bmvo husband whom bho still fondly believed to be among , tjio living ? And did she pM'inli in the trackli'M wildy if stiu-vntlofi or by the wolves or hardly lem Mivftgo men ? All i iv iiryi-tery as to h < T fate . Two \\eeliMifler she stfirled from the I.tobiiibonH1 her brother , Mr. .li-tT. Hernnl , Went to the f'obliii-oim' In search of her , and then her friends he- 'dli to be alurnifd. No effort has since been spared fo find her. Kelatlves have gone over the route mul detectives have hern employed , but all in vain. A World reporter staled the facts con tained In the nbovo despatch yesterday to Mr. Claude llerard , a brother of Mrs. Harrington.and who holds an important position af Tiffany's. "I have given up all hope of hearing rom my sister , " said Mr. Herard. "I have no doubt whatever thatsho isdead , although an insurance company , in which her life was insuredstill declines to pay the amount without proof as to her death. She was deeply attached to her children , one of whom II'.Miry M. Harrington , named after his fiilhcr is at school in Connecticut , and the other , a girl , is with her grandmother at Cold- water , Mich. My sister may have per ished by falllng'from the train , or wan dered ofT and died. That she is living is out of the question. Congress wna kind enough to puss an act transferring her pension to her children , but , as I him ? Mild , they are still without the benefit of her life insurance. It is im possible , it seems tome , that she could > c confined as insane somewhere , and lot give some hint that would lead to onimunieation with her relative. My H'othor in Texas has employed .letee- .ives , and wo have advertised rewards , ut nothing can be learned of her. Iii- ileed , wo long ago ceased to hope. " A Cliroiile TciHlcncj1 Overcome. Many persons are troubled with a 'hronic ' tendency to constipation. They ure of billions temperament. The com- ilaint to which they are subject , though > asily remediable by judicious treat- nent , is in many cases aggravated by a resort to drastic purgatives and chola- gogues. As the human stomach and > owols are lined with a delicate inoni- irune , and not with vulcanite , they can- lot stand prolonged drenching with such medicines without serious injury. Nothing restores and counteracts an 'labitnal tendency to constipation so ef- 'ectuallyas I lostetter's Stomach Hitters. Its laxaiivo cIToct is gentle and progres sive. It neither convulses nor weakens the intestines , and its olToets are nnac- ompanied griping pains. 11 arouses , ho liver when the organ is sluggish , iromotes digestion and encourages ap- > elite and sleep. For fever and ague , Iddnoy troubles , nervous complaints , tnd incipient rheumatism it is incomar- ible. Take a. wineglass before meals mil see how teen you will relish them. IIKIIMITS OK TIIK WKST. > < ] ( ! Character. * in I lie Hills of Wy oming. On the right bank of Green Hlvor , twenty miles or more from the town of Granger , says a Wyoming letter , is a singular dwelling. Architecturally it 'ombiues ' the dug-out of the plains with he old log cabin of the oak openings. In its isolation and security it is a . astle ; in homely simplicity and dreary surroundings it is iv hovel. From the .nitttido you would cull it a potato cellar > r a moorland stable , but once inside the oaken door you pronounce it a mus eum of natural history. The room is a trifle longer than it is wide. Opposite the door is n small camp cooking stove , flanked on one side by a largo packing box , used for a wash-stand , ami on the other by a plain cupboard. Against one wall is a rude hunk , made with boards filled with hay and covered with coarse gray blankets. Over this , pendant - ant from a noble pair of antlers , is a Winchester rifle , u cartridge belt and a hunting knife. On tlio other aide of the room is u rustic book case. The floor is of clay , hard and cold , save for the black bear skin in front of the bed and the lawny coyote hide by the stove. ' Scat tered about are traps of various sixes , chains. Hilling-tackle , pelts , bird-skins , groceries and clothing. Tlio occupant is evidently u hermit. His character , for ho is not at homo , wo will discover rom si hasty perusal of the books upon his shelves. Ho must bo a man of cdu- eation und refinement. Hero is Shakes peare , Hacon , Milton and Pope. Nov elists arc represented by Hawthorne , Cooper , George Hliot , Thackeray , Scott and Kborn. Kant , Newton , Hamilton and MeCosh have their place. "Isis Unveiled'1 is beside "Atlantis. " There are old inagaxiacs and standard works on hunting , trapping and natural his tory , und in its old leather covers is un edition of Cicero's "Do Senectutc , " th6 title of which hears the simple inscription , " , Dartmouth College , 1S-IS. " Evidently our hero has more of u history than many of the characters of modern fiction. Hero ho comes now , through the sagebrush a rifle slung on his shoulder , the hindquarters and hide of an antelope on his back. Grizzled and weather-beaten , his sixty odd years have made him us tough und sturdy us the gnarled ouk. His kindly welcome assures us that ho does not regard all intruders us enemies , und wo are soon outing venison steak , using pocketknives - knives for forks und drinking colTco from the common cup. After supper , us wo sat about the warm fire and clouded the atmosphere with fumes from corncob pipes , ho told us the story ol his life. After his graduation ho was smitten with the gold fever , and after a long trip around the horn reached California in the spring of ISoO. The next seven teen years wore spent in prospecting , und his fortieth year found him a disap pointed and disheartened man , so far as wealth and worldly success were con cerned. The golden treasure was al ways in sight , but never within his grasp. As in hundreds of similar cases , others reaped rich benefits from bio labors. Then ho devoted himself to hunting aad trapping in tlio Sierra , along Snake river and finally in Wyom ing , whore ho had been for the last seven years. His friends are dead. Ho has no love for the world Ironi which ho has been so long an alien , and ho expects to die as ho has lived , alone. Ho is no longer poor , but might live in comfort on the savingsof tlio twenty past years. 13ut no ; ho is too bottled in his life to ex change it for the privileges of civiliza tion , Coyote hides , beaver pelts und skins of black beur and "silver tips" do more than support him , and his spare time is devoted to rowrsting his copious notes yn the fuuna of the Sierra and the Kooky'moudtulns. . And BO , unknown in life , ho hopes to suvo his name from ob livion by giving to the world o.f natural ists the result of his patient study and observation. Wore his cuso an isolated one I should not have mentioned it. But such is not the fact. Tlio mountains of the west are full of misanthropic Thorcans with men who love nature with all the in tensity of Uurrouglis mid John Muir , who for her sake , make their homes in the wilderness and fools absolute enjoy ment only as she reveals to them her secrets und hidden mysteries. Their .hearts are the kindest and softest , but at tin ) sumo time their natures are us rugged and inlloxlole as the mighty pcuks among which they live , and I reverence tl.iein us private of those mys teries which ure foreign to the world of > tNlno s and pleasure. Ther' ] 'minds ) ire far above the. shop and tj. mil If their refining a-od elevaUng in- lui-ncos are felt only by the rude row- xi s mul sheep-herders with whom they come in contact , their lives will not bo spent in Vain. Advice lo On the appearance of the first symut- nns , as geiieriil debility , lo s of nppe- lite , pallor , chilly sensations , followed ly nightswcalsand cough , prompt meas ures of relief should bo tuki'ii. Con- < umptlon is scrofulous dls-cano of the lungs ; therefore use the great anti- scrofula or blood-purifier mid Btrength-rcstorer , Dr. Piei'ce's "Golden Mi'dical Discovery. " Superior to Cod liver oil as a nutritive , nnd uiiMirpasM-d as u pectoral. For weak lungs , spitting of blood , and kindred alToctions , It has no equal. Sold by druggists the world over. For Dr. Pierco's treatise on con- umplion , send 10 cents in stamps to World's Dispensary Medical As ocia- lion , ( Ji:5 ( : Main street , MulTnlo , N. Y. THE MAVERICK' ' SYSTEM. How I'oi'tuncH Were Made by Un.sern- pnloiiH Conlioyn. Chicago Times : "Cattle raising in Texas is not what it used to be , " said a veteran stockman. " 1 don't mean to say there's no money in the business now , only that it is carried on dill'erenlly more legitimately , 1 might say than it used to be. Why , when I was just learning to slick' to bucking ponies , men without a cent in their jeans were com ing into the state and branching out us big cuttle owners. There were fortunes made in a couple of years that could hardly bo accumulated in u lifetime at the business now. How wus it done ? Fll tell you. "What was known as the 'Maverick system' was in vogue then. A maver ick is a yearling calf that has escaped the branding iron. Where there were largo herds of cattle it often happened that some were overlooked at branding time , and many were calved in the bush and ran wild. These mavericks were considered common property by the stockman , and whenever ho found one he'd rope it , tie it down and run his brand on it. Then the ears were sliced to correspond with the recorded ear marks of the ranchman , and the calf turned loose. Maybe the ranchman was branding his own slock und maybe he wasn't. That cut no figure with him. him."hi "hi these days we had nopasturesand cattle were simply loose herded on the range. Certain landmarks wouht bo sot down us limits of his range by the stock men , and his herders instructed to keep the stock within these limits. In the morning the herder.- ) would round the cattle in sight to points within the limits. At night they would bo headed for Uie wilting or bed ground and left until morning. Of course there wore many strays , but each ranch sent out a limit in the spring to round up the herds of neighboring stockmen and to cut out any cattle found among them bearing their ranch brand. And under this system of handling cuttle , stock men considered muvericking would even itself up in the long run. The only qualification was that a man should own stock to bo properly entitled to maverick. "Hero's where foreigners coming into the state penniless get the best of us. Some follow worked in a cow cam ) ) long enough to learn that there was u fortune for him in mavericks. He invested his cow ponies , went to Die nearest town and had u brand recorded , got a bag of meal and a side of bacon , und took to the bush. In less than a year he had 1KX ( ) head of cattle roaming over the country with his brand on them. Then he hired some men , built u ranch , and went on a grand round up. All the fat steers ho drove to market , keep ing the heifers to breed from. His men were not long in learning how ho hud worked it. und then they branched out for themselves. In a short time the country was over run with maverickers. and pretty boon the most barefaced thievery ever re corded got to be us common as dirt in u corn dodger. Your would-be honest stockmen had to steal to keep even , and the calves of milch cows in . the corrals were stolen. "It got lobe u common thing for the tame cattle that came to the ranch for salt to be followed by calves wearing btrango brands ; and this led to the counter branding that used to make the hides of Texas cuttle look like drawings of choice town lots. "Here's instance I hud little un : a Dur ham heifer one of the finest shorthorns brought into the state. Her first calf wasn't ten days old when some of the boys told mo that it hud been mav- orickcd. I hunted it up , und sure enough some cuss hud run a big 15 4 on its side and underslopcd each ear. I drove it to the ranch und put a big U after the other lettersmaking the brand read 1 } 4 U. Then I sharped each ear and turned it out. The next time 1 saiv that calf both curs had been grubbed out at the head , and the brand read 1J 4 U U. Wus I mud ? Some. "Then mavericks began to get scarce as water on the Lluno , and the cow thieves turned their attention to alter ing brands. Old Jim Loving , up in Los valley , owned about six thousand or seven thousand head of cattle. They wore all branded with what ho culled a half diamond L on the left shoulder. The half diamond was over the L. He and I took a herd up the Chism train to Kansas in ' 71 , und somewhere between Sun City und Fort Dodge caught up with another herd that had gone up ahead of us. It had been sold that day. Loving counted two hundred odd head of his cattle in the herd. They were all branded on the left shoulder with an in verted T inside of u diamond. "Jim was hopping mud. Wo learned that the follow who sold the herd wus a red-haired Mexican called Colorau. Getting some of the boys we started after him. Ho got almost tu the Nation ( Indian territory ) , before wo caught him. The boys sat him astraddle of his own pack horse and tied his legs undoi the animal's boll.v. Then n lariat was tied under his chin , and the other end thrown oyer the branch of a live oak where one of the boys caught it and made it fast to the horn of his saddle. Then Colorau was given about live mia- utes to tell over his beads. While the darned skunk was whimper ing something about * Sancat Mariu , Mudro do Dios,1 Loving gave the signal. The herdoi with the rope tied to his saddle horn dug spurs into his i > oiiy aad shot away like the wind. It wus a forty foot lariat und ho vouched the end with a jerk that threw his pony buck on his huunchcs The greuser's bond popped like the re port of u six shooter , "It wus the only way to deal will those fellows , and that kind of treat ment has madu them scarce. Since wo have got to building big pastureu will barbeil wire fence around 'em , muver taking und cuttle stealing have abou died out. And we don't have to hire st many herders either. Men ride tiroum the pastures every day or so to see thu the fences are not , down , but they don , curry branding irons with thoin/Hrund ing is done ut rcgulur periods now. " Serious consequences may ensue i yon neglect Unit cough. Dr. .1. H. Me Lt-mi's Tar Wine Lung Uulm will speed ilv euro jt 15 cents u buttle. THE PHONOGRAPH AT V/ORK. fcsls u'lth K'tliiienial | ; InvlrumciilM Salt * nf I'fionoKraiiiH , New York Post ; Within Ihe lust veck Mr. Kdion has so far finished ome specimens of thu typo of phono- ; ruph which ho intends to put on the mirket next Jumuiry that many inter- sting tests are possible , and while these experimental nnuihines are not so per- cct in their working as the finished mes will bo , a very fair notion of what he coming phonograph will do may be jbtuined from them. The phonograms will be sold in the ilmpo of small cylinders one and u quar- er inch in diameter nnd from one inch 0 four inches in length. The one-Inch honograms will contain " 00 words , or what is considered quite sufllclcnt for in ordinary business letter ; they will cost lo cents a do/.en. The full si/.o ilionogrmn.s of four inches in length , will contnin from MX ) lo 1,000 words , ac cording to tlio rate of speed of the speaker , und will co t about . ' ! < i cents lo/.en , Of course , there is no manipu lation of the apparatus necessary. It will occupy the room necessary for a lype writer , the cells going in any clo.-et or under the table. The motor will be boxed over , and nothing but the evolving cylinder and mouthpiece in view. One touch of a little switch sets the machine in motion. Then the mouthpiece Is adjusted to the cylinder ind the talking begins ; the same pro- : essis gone through when the machine is to read. It will be seen that the cost of the phonograms Is a great deal more than that of letter paper , but [ irovisioa is made for the use of the same phonogram over again twelve times if ; he messages which il contains tire not worth keeping. A little knife is at tached to the machine which takes u shaving olT the surface ; of the phonogram gram seven-thousandths of an inch [ hick nnd gives a fresh surface ; this process may bo repeated twelve times. The boxes for mailing the phonograms will be ready at the same time with the instruments , and resemble the old- fashioned wood-turned pill boxes. Mr. r'dison hopes k > get the government to carry them at the same rate as letters. 'I'he phonograms for the reproduction uf books or long pieces of music will be L-ntirely different from the commercial Mzcs , and will measure four inches in iliameter no ten inches in length ; each phonogram of this si/e will continue ibout 10.000 words , or perhaps more .and from tests made hist week with 'Nicho las Niekleby , " that book will go into eight cylinders of this size. I'he duplication or multiplication of phonograms of books or music is now 1 he problem with which Edison is stead ily working. A test made a few daysago with the edi tor of a scientific paper , who listened while the phonographer read to him one lage of "Nicholas Niekleby" resulted in lis trotting .SO per cent of the words the first time , notwithstanding the rattle i round him , and every word the second time. It has been said that the phonogruph- er's voice is about twice us iiirge as Unit of a good telephone. Yesterday it seemed u great deal more than that. Standing four feet away from the phone attached to the phonograph , it was easy to tell when it began to talk.and oven to distinguish some words. The quality o the voice of the phonograph is far more characteristic of the voice of the speak er than that of the telephone ; in other respects it rather resembles the tele phone voice , but there is u delightful absence of the usual bu/.7. of the tele phone , due to induction along the lines. A most curious effect of the phonograph graph is the Impression it gives the listener of talking to another person. When it is necessary to make the ma chine , one almost instinctively feels like apologizing for the trouble to the M'son at the other end of the e , and more than once the reporter was on the point of saying : ' 'Have the kindness to say that over again. " The notion that there is nothing before one but a ma chine is hard to acquire , and Kdison's assistants say the same thing. There is so little machinery about the affair , und nothing for the operator to do except to listen , and the difference between oper ating the old phonograph , which was turned by hand , and the present machine which runs itself , ure tremen dous. Hcsides reading in un ordinary lone of voice from a book , some experi ments were made in super-imposing one soung upon another. After reading a long list of geographical names , Mr. Kdison turned the machine back und sang "Hail Columbia' ' right over the previous message. Then he turned it buck again , and whistled "Yankee Doodle. " The triple message was then given out by the phonograph , resulting in a most curious combination in which ouch part was perfectly distinct. The marvelous aptitude of the machine for whistling und musical sounds is quite as marked in the new instrument as in the old. , Within two weeks Mr. Edison hopes to have several machines ready for testing with sound condensers or fun nels , which will gather in the sound from a large area. "It's only a question of time , " ' and a short time. too. us to when your rheu matism will vivid to Hood's Si'irsuparilla. Try it. trao n r. AcgciixTio writ rnn atociEirnr or rmi coi-xiur WILL SIB sr EVinuuia THIS > ur IIIAT nu CHICAGO.ROGXISLAND&P . IFICRMLWAY eason of Its rtntral position c aw relation to line * fast of Chicago , and conlln.nvu ILios at terminal points West , Korthwcst and Kouthwest , U the true middle link In that transcontinental r stcm which Inrltfs and facilitates lra > cl and tranlo Utwecn th Atlantic and 1'acUe. 7he Hock Island main line and branches Include Chi. , Jollct , Ottawa ' * Joln ! Cairo , LaBalle , I'eorU , Qrnfseo , and Hock Island , In Illinois ) lurvnputt , Muicatlne , Washlneton , ralrrtelJ , Ottum , O > kaloo > a , WritLlb- rrtIo a Clty.Pei tlolnci , IndlanolaWlntrset. AtUn- tic , Knoirlllr , Autuhon , lUrlan , Outhrlo Centre and Council DlufTs , In lowai OalUtln , Trenton , Kt. SMpn. Cameron and Kansas City , la Missouri : Lrav'ivorlh and Atchtson , In Kansasi Alb rt I a , Minneapolis anil Rt. I'aul , In Minnesota ) Watertown and Sioux Kails , Ig lkuta ) , and himdrvds of Intermediate cltlvs and towns. . "The Great Rock Island Route"c Guarantees speed , comfort , certainty and safety. Its permanent war Isdlstlneulshedfarltseicellenre. Its brMrrs are. of stona and Iron. Its track Is of solid fUel , Its rolling stock perfect. Its passenger equipment lias alt the satety appliance s that experience haspr r J us ful. and for luxurious acc mmodatlors Is uiua.s passed. Its lliprus Trains eonslit of superior U.\j Coaches , elegant Pullman I'alact 1'arlorand Bleeping Cars , superb Pining Can , prorldlnir delicious meals , and ( between Chicago and St. Jottph , Atchlson anil Kansas Clt/ ) restful lleellnlng Chair Can. IU man- ai-cmcnt U conserratlf e , IU discipline exacting "The Famouu Albert Lea Roi're" EelwMo Chicago and Ulnneapolls and Rt. I'a > Is the Iarorlte. Orer this Una Solid Fast Express Trains run dallr to attractive resorts fur toirlits In Iowa nd Ulnneeola , and , vU Wattrtown and Slous Falls , to the rich wheat and grsslnglsndsof Interior Dakota. Via Seneca and Kanlake * . the Itock Island offers superior Inducements la tratelem Ulwe a Cincinnati , Indian apolis. Lafijrelte and Council llluffs. St. Joseph. Atchl. son. Leaf enwortb , Kanias CUT. St. i'aul. and Interme diate points. All patrons ( rspvcUllr Udlrs and chli- < trenrrcelTeprute ) < tloncourtesT and kindly attention. For tickets , msps. folders , copies of Western Trail , or any drilrrd inforu allun , apply to prlarlpal oftlcrs la Uu * Veiled Btatc * and Caniula , cr address , at Chicago , I.I.C ltf , I.IT , JflH , I. A. N8UIIOI , THE CHICAGO AND North western Railway Short Omaha , Council Bluffs And Chicago , Thd only fflid lo take for I > e Molnr , Mnrlalltown. Certar llniil.ln. . Clinton , Ilium , Chlcneo , Mllraukeii and all point * en t. To thn pcnpl'i nf > ehr.iltn , Cnln * radii , \V yornlntr. t tali * l.tali" . Nevada , Oregon , \Vash * tiiKton and California , It niters iminMlur ailTaiitnuui n' I po lnle hy any other line. Amuntf n few of the numerou * point * of superiority fnjoti'd hy the patron * nf thl * road betweeti Ornnha. nml { 'lilcnvn , are Its two train * a day ( if DA V COACH * r.H , ulilrh nro the Ilno-t Hint hiimiin art ami Innenul * tynincrniti' . ltl'AIACK Sl.r.Hl'IMI ( 'Alt' * , which are model * of romfnrt and eleiianro. llfl I'AUIXJIt DHAWINd ROOM ( 'All" , iinmirpnu'ed by nny , ami Its widely celebrated I'AI.ATIAIi lll.NINf CAIl4 , Ilia b/iual of which cannot bo found elsewhere. At ( 'nun * ell Illuffs the train * of the lnlon ! I'acllln Kail * ny , con * nect In union depot with then ul the ChKaiiiA Northwestern Ity. In ChlenKO llio train * of Ihl * Una luako close connection wllh those of all other en'lvru lines. Kor Detroit , Cotiimhn , Indianapolis , C'nelnnall ' , Nlaxara Kail * . Ttiirrnln. I'ltt'iuirif. Toronto , Montreal , Ilolon , New York. I'hlladelphla , llalllmore. Wash- Inulon , and all points hi the east , ak fora ticket Tl * the "NORTHWESTERN. " If you wish the het accommodation. All ticket agenti ten tlcVet * Tin this line. U. lltlHTT. ; ( ! K. I * . WII.SON. Urnl , MannKcr , ( icnl. I'as'r Agent C"to > 5 . Wtsleiu Agent. City 1'ass'r. AgroU Omaha , Neltuia. SHORT LINE OK TUB Chicago , Milwaukee & St. Paul R'y ' , The Rest Route from Omnlia and Council ItlulTs to iTHE EAST = = TWO THAINS DAILY IIKTWKHN OMAHA AND COU.NCII. Clilrago , AND--- Milwaukee , St. I'aul , Minneapolis , Cedar Knpld * , Itock Island Kockforcl ; Frceport , , Clinton , Dubuquc , Davenport , Klpln , Madison , Jancstillo , Helolt , Wlnona , La Crow , And all other Important points East , Northeast and Southeast. For through tlrkets cull on th ticket nirent at 1101 Farnam struct , In I'axton Hotel , or at Union Pacific lenot * I'ullman plcnpersand the flne t PlnlneCarsIn the world nro run on Hie main line of the ChicagoMil ; waukee A M. Paul llallwajr.and ever ? attention Is paid to | iav en LT5 lij courteous employes of the company. U. Ml 1,1.Kit. Ceneral Manager. J. K. TIHJKKU. A * Htnntieneral ( ManiKer. A. V. It. CAIII'KNTKIt , ( ieneral I'ns.-cnROr and Ticket Acent. OK" , rf IIKAKFOHD , Assistant General 1'aiscnccr ml Ticket Ak't-nt. J.T.CLAUK , ( ieneral Superintendent. t it iirJ Tiitn T t r i pn RAILWAY TIME TABLES , OMAHA. I.WIVO Arrive Uinnha. Om.ihn. L'.NMON I'ACIKIC. Depot luth nnd I'lerce sts. 1'uKltlc Kxpr > " < f f:20p. m , T.Va.m. : ) lenvi-r Kxpress 10Mu. : in. r.-Jlp.m. : Jocal Kxpross 0U1p. : in. llUUa. : m. .Except uniliiy. II. & M. U. U. It. Depot 10th nml I'iiclflc its. Mull anil Kxprc-s 10Via. : ( in , SnOp. : m -N'lk'lit express 7:1.1 p. m , llhOJu. m C. II. A. Q. II. U. Depot inthanill'acitlcst * . Mull nnd Kxpress 6:00 : p. in. 9:10a. : m. Chicago UW : ii.in , t55 ! ; p.m. K. C. , St. J. i C. II. Depot lutli anil I'ucltlo sts. .Mull 9:00 a. m , fi.1o : p.m. Express bMp. : in , 7:00 : a.m. C. . St. I' . . M. AO. . Depot 15th anil Webster fct Sioux City mark lllll.s Kx. 8:1.1 : a.m. 4:41 p.m. llancrnft Express 4:4.1 : p. in , )0:4U ) : a.m. lllack Hills Piissi-iiBer. . . . 6:3.1 : p. m. 7:10 p.m. Except Sunday. Missorm iMrii'ic. Depot 1.1th amlWefonterst I ) ay Express 10:4,1.1. in. 6:2.1 : n.in. Night Express U:10p. : in. C : : p.m. stmuniiAx Tumxs. nimnlnpr Ilenveen Council Illiiffa nml Albright. Innililltfon to the stations mentioned , trains htop at Twentieth ami Twenty-fourth streets , mul at thu Summit In Uniuha. Westward. llroail-l Trails- ! ( inmlm Stieo- Stork .M- way. fcr. Depot. ley. Vnrtlt. brl'ht. | A.M. A.M. _ A.M. I f.:5H : tiiu : 6:1 : G ! : ! 7:40 : 7:4.1 : Hr. : 8:21 : 8:1.1 : 0Oi : 9:2.1 : 10:25 : 10:45 : 11:25 : 11:30 : P.M. I'.M. I'.V. I'.M. r.sr. I'.M. 12:0,1 : 12:2.1 : 1:12 : 1:2.1 : 1 : . ' ! 0 2:23 : 3:2.1 : 4:12 : 4:2.i : 4in : : 5:05 : 5:2,1 : " U:12 : 11:2.1 : ii:30 : 7:0 : } 7:12 : 7 : 11 8:12 iS ] : IV > 11:12 : 9:52 : 10:12 : ib Si 10W : ! r.lliuii 11:45 : KaNtwnrtl. Shee- Onmhu 'llfoail ' bright. JYanls. ly's. lU'lMlt. for. way A , M. A. M. A. M. A. M. A. M. A. M. 5:4.1 : 5:5 : * tiU1 : 6:15 : 0:25 : 7:0) : ) 7:1.1 : 7:20 7:40 7.v : ! 8:07 : bl.J 8:50 : 8:55 : 9:07 : 9:2S : UC : > 0 10:07 : loir ! IO:2S : 10-fM 11:07 : 11:1.1 : 11:28 : 11:50 : 11:55 : I * . M. I' . M. \ : M. I1. M _ . 1' . M. I1. M. 12:07 : 12:1.1 : 12:2S : 12:55 : 1:07 : 1:15 : 1:2S : lr ! ! 1:55 : 2:07 : 2:15 : 228 2:60 : 2M : ilU7 : nai 3:2S : : i:3.1 : a.M : 4:07 : 4:1.1 4:2S : 4 : : n 4 : .riO 4:55 : 5:07 : 5:15 : 5:28 : 0:50 : 5:55 : 8:07 : 0:15 : 7:07 : 7:15 : 7S : 7:3.1 7:50 : 7v : ! ! B:07 : 8:1.1 : 8:23 : H-M HV. : 9:07 : 9:15 : 0:28 : 9:115 : 9:55 : 10:117 : 10:15 10:2S : 10n : : 10:55 : 11:07 : i\rlt:15 : 1U4.I 11:55 : 11:5U : 12OVam : Ivll-JlO [ 12:1511111 : COUXCIIj FEEBLE * slrcigtts ij.i-.e . tlul i . , , i. i , _ . . . . . . . . . . . . , . , . jLMnt > vj U < r ll UUIt. IW.I.J MMW.l. ( o i > l. | H. 8. BUTTS , 174 FULTON MREET , KtW tOBK. Implomonta. CHUHCHILL PAHKEF7. _ I ) . CarrU < ian < l7liiiniie < . .tnnpeHiVert Itetwrvniftli ami LININdER fj. METCAUF CO. , ' AgricnlliiralIinplonicnislV/aEOiislCarria / es Iliuele * , Klo. Whole-ale. Om h.i. NrM.i < k * . " PAHLIN. ORENDORF A MAtlTIN , AEricnllnralipiiciE.f . aeons & Buggies HJl.WI , HA and I'C , Jone8lreut , Omaht. f. P. MAST A CO. . Manufacturers of Bnctoyo Drills. Secte Ogltlfalor * . Hay Hake * . Cider Mill * and l.nlmn IM | . Terlter * . Cor Uth and Mchola * * treel . WINONA IMPLEMENT CO. , Agricultural Implemci1 , Wagons &Boggics Corner lull and Mchola * "treetii. " AMIsta' Mntorlola. _ ' A.'HOSPE , Jr. . Artists' ' Materials , Pianos and Organs. 1513 linutli * lrct. . Oniah * . Nchriska. Boots nnd Shoos. W. V. MORSE it CO. , Jobbers of Boots and Shoes , tfll F rn m SI.Om h . Nnh. Mtnufactorr , Bamatt Street , II.ut.in. . KIRKENDALL , JONES St CO. , ( Sncrpnnr * lo llcoi , Jonp < * Co. ) Wholesale Mannfactnrers of Boots and Shoes Anenti ( or Ilo-trin lluhber Shot On. 1 ItTJ. 1104 A U ll rnef St. , Omaha , N hraik . Coffe * ! , Bplcoa , Etc. CLARKE COFFEE CO. . Omaha CnlToo And Spion Mllli. Teas , Coffees Spices , Baking Powder. Flarorlng Kitrnctv Ijiimilr ; nine , Inn , Kto. Ull 111 * ll rn y Strett , Omaha. Nckrmka. Crockery and Classwnro. W. L. WRIGHT , Acont for lh ( Mumifiictiircrs ami Importers nf Crockery. Glassware , Lamps , Chimneys. Kte. Office.SITS. 10th St. . Omiitm , .VpbrmkH. ' Commission nnd Storngo. D. ATHURLEY. Commission and Jobbing , Bolter , Kit * anJ IVutuco. ConMifnnicnt * lollrliril. Ileailqiinrtpr * for Stnncwnrc , lli'rrr Itoipj and Orai M ! ket . lilt IkxUe St. , Oninha. RIDDELL& R1DDELL , Storage and Commission Merchants , epeclaltlci-lluttvr. K Chpc > . , g % < Poultry ftam * Orstcrs. Ktc. . Ktc. ill South lltb Street. WIEDEMAN & CO. . Prodnce Commission Merchants , Poultry , Duller , Oamo.Kruln , Ktc. ZJO south nth St. , Oninha , Nebraska , CEO. SCHROEDER & CO. . ( Successor * to McShane A Sohrop.lcr ) Prodnce Commission and Cold Storage , Omaha. Ncbmika. _ Coat , Coke and Llmo. _ OMAHA COAL , COKE & LIME CO. . Jobbers of Hard and Soft Coal SO ) South 1.1th Fired , Omaha. Nebraska. " " " J. Mannfactnrers of Illinois White Lime , KDd shippers of ( Vin.1. Coke , foment , I'lnster , Um , IWaln TOe and Sewer llpe. ORli-e , I'aiton itotal , Karnam St , Omaha , Neb. Telephone 611. NEBRASKA FUEL CO. . Shippers of Coal and Cok 211 South 13th St. , Omnha. Neb. Diry Goods and Notions. M. E. SMITH & CO. . Dry Goods , Famishing Goods and Notions 1103 and IKWKmglas , CgrJUh St. , Omaha , Neb. KTlTp A T RIC K - k O C TT6 R Y G O O D S 6 o Importers and Jobbers in Dry Goods , Notions Genii' Kurnlshlnn ( iomls.rurner lltb and llmruej SU. , Omaha , Nebraska. Furniture. DEWEY Si STONE. Wholesale Dealers in Furnitnre , i'arnam Street , Oro&ba , Nebraska. Groceries. PAXTON , GALLAGHER * CO. , Wholesale Groceries and Provisions , TO , 707,700 and 711 9.10th St. , Omaha , Neo. MoCORD , BRADY & CO. . Wholesale Grocers , lltb and Learenworth Street * , Omaha , Nebraska. D. M. STEELE Ac CO. . Wholesale Grocers , U19,1111 and 1Z3 Harner Street , Omaha , N b. ALLEN BROS. . Wholesale Grocers , 11U aad 1116 llamci Street , Omaha , N b. Hardware. LEE. FRIED i CO. . Jobbers of Hardware and Nails , TlnwareSheet Iron.Ktc. Agents for Howe 8c le , and Miami I'owder Co. , Omaha , Neb. HIMEBAUGH * TAYLOR. Builders' ' Hardware & Scale Repair Shop Mechanics' Toolt and IluTilo Scales. 1 U6 Uouglaj-sl. Omaha , Nebraska. RECTOR * WILHELMY CO. . Wholesale Hardware , 10th and Harner Sis , Omaha.Neb. Wentem Agent ! for Austin i'o derCo..Jcirer i > ti Steel Nails lair- tanks Mandard Scales. Heavy Hardware. W. J. BROATCH. Heayy Hardware , Iron and Steel , es , Wagon Stock , Hardware Lumber , etc. L3C9 and lill llaruey street. Omaua. EDNEY * GIBBON. Wholesale Iron and Steel , 00 and Carriage Woo.1 Mock , Heafj IlardwarV : tc. Uli aad mi LeitTenwurth St. , Omaha , Nb. nats , caps , Etc. W. L. PARROTTE i CO. , Wholesale Hats , Caps and Straw Goods , 11U7 llarney Street , Omaha , Neb. Liquors. WILLOW SPRINGS DISTILLERY CO and ILER & CO. , Importers & Jobbers of FineWines & Liprs last India Hitters anil Domestic IJ'iaon. U15 Ilarnet Lumbar. OMAHA LUMBER CO. . All lands of Bnilding Material at Wholesale l lli SU st and Union Tactile Track , Ouiaha. LOUIS BRADFORD , Dealer in Lumber , Lath , Lime , Sash , Doon , etc. YarJsCorner tin and Douglas ; Corner 9tk auil Duuglai. * " " " " 57N. DEITZ. Dealer In all Kinds of Lumber , Uth md California Sis. , Omaha , Neb. FRED W. GRAY. Lumber Lime Cement Etc Etc , , , , , , Curatrtthaod l > ou ; la Sis. . Oai-tbs. * T. W. HARVEY LUMBER CO. . ' ' To Dealers Only , OOtt , liM rtruia Slrt t. Omaftt. JOHN A. WAKEFIELD,1 " Wholesale Lumber , Etc , ( aported and American Portland C niool. Stall Mtal rJraullc C m ol aul < ju < r kJM Lta * . _ i Lumhor. CHAS. M. LF.K , Dealer in Hardwood Lumber , * ' ffoo < lJ'ari' u nn.l . I'arnuM Ki ilti < _ Mh and DonelM Nlllllnory nnd Notions- " l. OUERFELDEN A Cof , I Importers & Jobbers of Millinery & Notions art. Jlfliiml W * < mlh Illh Streff. Z Notions. NOTION CO. , * Wholesale Notions and Furnishing Goojli land 4fif. youth 10th Street , Omnln. C VINYARD A SCHNEIDER ! Notions and Gent's ' Furnishing Goods , llOAIIarnej Street Omaha. Oils. CONSOLIDATED TANK LINE CO. , Wholesale Refined and Lubricating Oils , , etc. , Omaha. A. II Illshop , Pnpor. CARPENTER PAPER CO. , ' 1 Wholesale Paper Dealers , ' Carry ft nlr Meek of printing , wrapptni and < frttll ) ( paper. VpecMI attention given tu car load onlors. Printers' Matorlnls. WESTERN NEWSPAPER UNION. Auxiliary Publishers , Deleri lattpe. prei , and prtntern' sopp ! ' . . MJ South Ilia Street , Omaha. RuoDor Cootie. OMAHA RUBBER CO. , Manufacturers and Dealers iirtinbber Good ! Oil Clothln * and leather Ileltlnij. 1HW Karniim Str e ( Stonm Fittings , Pumpa , Etc. ' " A" . L. STRAND CO. , Pumps , Pipes and Engines , Steam , water , railway and mlnlnit supplle * , etc. Vtt and ICI Varnam street , Omaha. CHURCHILL PUMP CO. . Wholesale Pumps , Pipe , Fittings , Steam . .ml Water Supple ! , Headquarters for MAst , Foost ACo's KIMX ! till Kurnnni St. , Omaha. U.S. WIND ENGINE * PUMP CdTr * Steam and Water Supplies , Ilallldar Wln < 1 Mill , 6H and ( Ml Knrnam St. , Omtha , U. K. Kov. . Acting Manager. = = > BROWNELL A CO. . Engines , Boilers and General Machinery , bhcct Iron Work , Steam I'umps , HW Mills. 15U-13U Leavenworlh Street , Omnha. Seeds. PHIL. STIMMELA CO. , Wholesale Farm , Field and Garden Seedj Sll and 913 Jones St Omaha Storage , Forwarding j Com mission ARMSTRONG. PETTI S A CO. . Storage , Forwarding and Commission , Ilranch house of the llenner Huggy To. llnpgle * at wholesale and retail i : > > M3Oan { > l 1(1UarU ( Mreet , Omaha , Telephonu No "M , _ Teas and dEcoraT WM. A. WILSON St. CO. , Importers and Jobbers of Teas & Cigars' , bplces ami Imlnjnnkln ? roller , lilt ! and 1113 Hun ney Mn > t , Oumhtt. UFACT1MR8. Cornlco. . EAGLE CORNICE WORKS , Manufacture Galvanized Iron and Cornice , John Kpencter , Proprietor W ) D < .djrc . and 1OI and 1M North loth street. Omaha. ; J Smoke Stacks , Bollorsi , Etc. J H. K. SAWYER. Manufacturing Dealer in Smote Stacks , llrltchlncs. Tank * and General Holler llepalrtnir. 13U IhHlge Mreet , Omaha , Neb. Iron Works. PAXTON & Wronglit anil Cast Iron Building Worlr , Engine * , llrnss work , general foundry , machine and blacksmith work. Office and works , U. f. Hr. anil nth Street , Omaha. , OMAHA wRE IR O NWORKS. Manufacturers of Wire and Iron Railings Desk nils , window guard * , flower stands , wire slun | etc. , IS ) North Wlh St. , Omaha. OMAHA S A F E"A N D I R O N WORKS ; Man'frs ' of Fire & Burglar Proof Safes' Vault * , jiitl work. Iron nnd wire fencing. sUns , etc. Q Andrecn , rrop'r. Cur Uth unil Jarkfon Ma. MOUNEMILBURN&STODDARD Co . aU JuiiLeri In Wagons. Buggies , Rakes. Plows Etc , ( . jt 9h u ui l'ii inc s'HO.iiuha. . Neb. MEAGHER SPROAT. General Agents for Dlebold Safn A Ix > ck Co. ' * Fire and Burglar Proof Safes.Time Locks. Vaults and Jail Work , 1(13 Karaam Street , Omaha. Ovorallu ! CAN"FrELlD MANUFACTURfNCf CO. Manufacturers of Oyeralls , Jeans Pauls , Sblrtu , KtiIVK and 1104 Douvlaa Street , Omaha , Neb. Sash , Doors , Etc. M . A. blSBROW & CO. . Wholesalu Manuructurun of Sasb , Doors , Blinds and Mouldings , ' Branch Olgce. Itth and liaM Streets. Omaha. Nets BOHN MANUFACTURING CO. , Manufacturers of Sash , Doors , Blinds , Mouldings , Stair Work and Interior Hard Wood r'lu- lib. N. K. Corner 8th and Leiiveuworlb streets , Omaha , Neb. OMAHA PLANING MILL CO. . Manufacturers of Mouldings , Sash , Doors , And Blln.lv Turning , Stair-work. Uank and Offic * Mttluns. 'JUtU and I'uppleton Avenue. Browors. STORZ & ILER , Lager Beer Brewers , 1B1 Xortn Klk'hleenth Street , Omaha. N.-h. C. II. I'ALircil. .V 1' ItlCIIMAV J II , III.ANCUAHIV PALMER. RICHMAN St , CO. . Lie ? Stock Coiumission Merchants , OOlce Koom II , Opposite Kichanie llutldlov , Unloi Mock Yards , South Ouuba , Neb , M"CCOY BROS. . ' Liye Stock Commission Merchants , Market furni he < l free on application. Stackers anil feeders furnlihcil 01 juo.l terms , llererenceo Oma. ha .National Hunk and soiittt Omabu.Niktlona : , Union block Yards , south Ouittha. LORIMER. WESTERFIELD & MALEY Lire Stock Commission , Iloom 15 , Kichank'a llulldln. , I'uloa Slock Yarda suuth Omaha , Neii. * SHARPE Commission Dealers in Liye Stock , Iloom II , KichanvD lluildln , t'nlori Stock Yds , S. Omaha. KuerenO < I nloii Nat'l Hunk. Omaha. L'nlon Stock Yard * Hank. S. Oman * . K. si. How ler lres. Am. Hank A Trust Co. . Omaha , AL EX A N D E R& FITCH , Commission Dealers in Liye Stock , Kocm . ' , oi'i > "Mt Kichanii * llull.llnic. . Union S Ynrd , South Omaba , N b. UNION STOCK YARDS Co. , " Of Omaha , Limited , John r. Uo/d , Sui ! rtnl ndenl. I2\f JUDICIOUS ANO PERSISTENT * * - Ailvurtbliitr hm nlwuyu proven succaMful. llefoiu pUtcInir any Nownpupcr Ailvcrtblnt- consult LORD * THOMAS , iDTIKTIHIMJ tUHMS , It U O'KisiUUrk lt l. CHICAGO-