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lamps hung over tlio cross
ings of our principal business thorough
fares would add materially to public
comfort and safety.
ONB of Fanning & Slavon's mud
wagons was dug out of the dust on Fnr-
nam street yesterday. Street cleaning
will bo resumed as usual next summer.
CHKAVKU fuel nnd lower rents are
what workingmen must have in Omnhi
before they can work for the same wage *
as are paid in eastern manufacturing
centers.
SOMK of the loaders of the prohibition
party think that about ono million votes
will bo polled for their presidential can
didate , General Fisk , next year. There
is nothing small about the prohibition
ists except results.
TllK Blair education bill has gained
the right of way in tlio semite already ,
and this national bore will now drag iti
slow length along to the hindering ol
real business. It is time a quietus wore
put upon that monumental nonsense ,
TIIK steam heating apparatus on the
coaches of the Chicago , Milwaukee &
St. Paul railway stood the test of the
recent cold wave admirably. There ii
no reason why nil other roads shoulc
not heat their cars in u similar manner
KANSAS CITY is jubilant over the discovery
covory that nn Omaha brewer is trying
to secure a location in that city for i
browory. Wo can assure our Kansni
City friends that Omaha is in no im
mediate danger of n beer famine on tha
account.
KINO KALAKAUA is reported t <
have boon emulating President Cleveland
land in the exorcise of the veto. Th <
legislature , however , does not agree
with the monarch , and there are pros
pccts that the Inttor's powers may suddenly
donly bo vetoed by his subjects.
AT last wo on this side of the Atlnntii
have launched something of which th <
maritime powers are afraid. This is tin
monster raft of logs which ran awa ;
from its Unvboat during a recent gnlo
It Is now plunging wildly about the At
liintic. Our navy is in imminent dan
gor. < _ _ _ _ _
LINCOLN policemen have evidcntl ;
concluded to run no moro risks with "bai
men. " Ono officer was seriously in
jurcd the other any while arresting ;
tough , and now another officer has she
und killed n man who didn't propose t
spend Christmas In jail. The police
man's * lot in Lincoln may , in consc
quo n co , bo a comparatively happy on
in the future.
NouviN GKEKN , ono of Jay Gould'
lieutenants , says that Gould could sotll <
up nnd have sixty millions loft. This i
tiio worst stub the financier has recolvci
in a long timo. Sixty millions ! Whn
Is that in this age of the world ? Th
country had up to the present regardoi
him ns a rich man. Who so poor ate
to do himVovorenco now ?
A LINCOLN paper which imagine
that the only way to build up the tow
Is by tearing down Omaha has figure' '
aut the present population of Omaha t
bo about 4(1,000. ( In other words , th
population of this city has decrease
by over 15,000 since the census of 188 , '
The fact that Omaha has built ever llv
thousand dwelling houses within th
past three years , and all of them tire o <
supled , would scorn to throw some donl
on the figures of our contemporary t
the state capital.
IT transpires that the somewhat no to :
Sous Mr. Higgius did not make a sncr
llco to publlo clamor when ho n
signed his position of appoin
mont clerk in the treasury departmcn
hut merely dropped ono bono to pic
up another with more meat on it. It
said that ho is to have n fat office i
Maryland , where thcro will bo no ri
stralnt upon his political activity , an
ho can do the work of tlio Gormn
machine moro zealously and offociivel ;
The Maryland democnitiu boss receive
a pretty vigorous warning at the lai
election , nnd ho evidently intends to I
in his best fighting condition when tl ;
next battle of the ballots takes plnci
Therefore ho wants Higgins to bo unfo
' to rod by any civil service rules or otlu
conditions putting limitations upon h
special usofuliicss.
A Monopoly
Cnss county is all nblazo with indig
nation over the conduct nnd ruling of
Judge Field In tlio Plattsmouth
B. & M. bridge suit. The case in
volves a vital itsuo to the lax payers of
the city of Pliittsmouth and Cnss
county. The Burlington road brought
suit to recover taxes paid for several
years past upon tlio west half of the
Missouri bridge at Pliittsmouth. These
taxes had been levied on the appraise
ment of local precinct assessors. The
company insists that the bridge is n
part of its right of wny , and'as such
should bo assessed by the state board of
equalization at the usual m.ile-
ugo ratq. On the other hand tlio
attorneys of the county assert that
the bridge lias not been assessed
by the state board and is not properly a
portion of the right of wny. Their po
sition is fortified also by the notorious
fact that the Burlington road charges
and collects special bridge tolls at Platts-
mouth , just as the Union Pacific docs at
Omaha.
When the case was given to the jury ,
they were instructed by .Tudgo Field to
find in favor of the Burlington road for
the full amount claimed , namely
$3,403.00. His instructions were imper
ative , and were accompanied by the
statement that ho would assume all re
sponsibility , 'astho question involved wns
one of law and not of fact. The jury ac
cordingly brought in a verdict as
directed. Tlio local papers in
Cass county are intensely severe in
their comments oir this decision. The
Weeping Water Jlcniblictn , which
labored earnestly for Mr. Field's elec
tion lust fall , scores the judge merci
lessly , as will bo seen by the following
extract :
This high-handed outraRc on common do-
ccncy , common law nnd the people of Cuss
county , culls for n rebuke that can bo felt ; it
culls for the gentleman to stop down nnd out
of n position thnt ho Is unfitted to occupy.
Our people have no further use for a man In
Unit importnnt position who has a thought
for anything else but Justice.
This modern tool of n wealthy , rich and
powerful r.iilroiid corporation , comes to us to
preside over our courts , dictating to them
what they shall do , how they shall do it and
how much they shall do.
The plaintiff in the case the Chicago , Bur
lington & Quluey railroad company seeks to
evade the payment of taxes on its corporate
proixjrty , it pays its taxes under protest ,
brings suit to recover it , by its influence it
helps to elect a man for judge , to sit in Judg
ment on its caseswho , true to the ixnvcr that
placed him in his high and exalted position ,
compels the Jury to do his bidding , against
their own convictions in the case at issue.
The people of Cass county will demand
that their commissioners curry this case to
the highest courts In the land , and sco if a
( eel of the railroad company can rob our
treasury with Impunity ; see If a railroad
company U to bo released from the burden
of taxation , while the labor workers are com
pelled to foot the bills , so that this rich and
political railroad company can increase their
dividends on heavily watered stock , with
protection to their property thrown In.
The J5',4G3.G6 is worth Just as much to Cass
county as it is to the railroad. Wo have got
it ; wo will keep it If possible. Wo have got
Field ; wo will get rid of him if possible , oven
though we have to spend the amount of
money they arc trying to get back in do
ing it.
This is plain talk , but wo must say the
people of Cass county are entitled to
little sympathy. They have nobody to
blame but themselves for playing into
Iho hands of the Burlington monopoly
politically. Field's career before ho
was elected judge was well known. Ho
was politically the creature of the Bur
lington road. The political bosses ol
that corporation had him elected to the
legislature and made him speaker ol
the house four years ago. As speaker
ho carried out their behests ,
packed the committees at their
bidding and made railroad legislation a
sham and a farco. Such was the record
of Mr. Field when ho entered the race
for district judge last fall. In the face
of this record ho carried Cass county by
a largo majority. Having proved loyal
to his corporate friends in the legisla
ture , it is not at all surprising that ho
should lean in their direction on the
bench. Judge Field's decision only
emphasizes the glaring outrage of out
railroad assessment law , which virtually
exempts railroads from local taxation
and piles the burden of city and countj
government upon individual property
owners. If Judge Field's decision
wake's up the people of Cass county and
the state at largo to a comprehension of
this iniquitous revenue system the Bur
lington verdict may prove a blessing In
disguise.
Tlio Late Dnntcl Manning.
The custom , perhaps "more honored
In the breach than in the ob
servance , " which requires that onlj
good bo spoken of the dead , will doubt
less bo very generally regarded in the
references that will bo made to the late
Daniel Manning , ox-secretary of the
treasury , whoso death occurred on Sat
urday. Although In no largo sense r
great man , ho possessed qualities ol
mind and character that placed hin
above the average of mont and gave hin
within a not very extended circle ai
influence perhaps greater than was ex
orcised by any oilier with whom ho wai
immediately associated. His politicn
education had not bean ncquiret
in the worthiest of schools , foi
democratic councils at Albany
during tlio period when Mr. Mnnninf
was obtaining his knowledge of politi
cal methods nnd management , won
dominated by about the most unscrupu
lous politicians New York or any olhoi
state has over known. For a consider
able part of this time Tweed was UK
democratic chief lain , and Mr. Manninj
as the manager of the orgun of democracy
racy at the stnlo capital came constantly
in contact with that infamous boss. I
docs not appear , however , that Mr
Manning was seriously contaminated b ;
this association , tho-igh undoubtedly i
was not uuprotltablo to him inabusines
way. But its principHl advantage t <
him was in the knowledge it gave hin
of the inside worlr of politics , tlio husi
ness of organ Izatlon , nnd the methods b ;
which tlio political machine is operated
This instruction ho used to good pur
pose , but being a politician of mucl
higher Instincts than those ho luu
learnndof his political work was con
ducted on a much moro olovntod piano
Ho attained hfs ascendency in th
democratic warty ot K .v York by th
force of superior capacity for .tho1 work
of politics , in the pursuit of which it
lias never boon shown that ho did any
thing dishonorable , from the politician's
point of view.
Mr. Manning was conceded to bo the
most useful supporter of Mr. Cleveland
in the presidential campaign of
1884. While Cleveland had not
jccn his first choice , when ho
decided to support him ho
gave to his cause the utmost interest
md Mill. It was through his exertions
Lhul n Cleveland delegation was chosen
in Now York , ho was most diligent in
behalf of his candidate in the national
convention , and ho was a force every
where felt in the party throiTghout tlio
campaign. Mr. Cleveland's apprecia
tion of his services was shown in ap
pointing him secretary of the treasury ,
i position for which few could have sup-
wscd ho had any qualifications. It is
unnecessary here to review his career
, n that office , which there is reason to
believe was something of a disappoint
ment to him , since ho found his policy
at nearly all points antagonized by the
majority of his party. Ho showed con
siderable familiarity with principles of
finance and political economy , and a
rather marked ability in discussing
Jiem , but his standpoint of observation
having always been Wall street , his
range wns necessarily narrow. It was
undoubtedly a fortunate thing for the
country that ho retired when ho did
'rom the treasury department , for had
, ho policy ho was pursuing boon con
tinued a financial crisis could hardly
liavo been averted. Congress had al
ready given expression to its disapproval
of that policy , nnd as soon as possible
after Mr. Manning had turned over the
duties of the olllco to his assistant , the
present secretary , the latter adopted a
different policy , witli results entirely
satisfactory to the government and the
people.
It is not to bo doubted that Mr. Man
ning was of great service to the presi
dent as a political adviser and very
likely prevented a great many moro
mistakes than were made during the
first year of tlio administration. It is
also very likely that Mr. Cleveland has
anxiously hoped to again have his po
litical assistance , and on this , as well as
on personal grounds , will keenly regret
his death. It may roako u very mate
rial difference to the democracy in Now
York unless they shall bo able to find a
man equally competent in orgatiization
and equally zealous and indefatigable.
The death of Mr. Manning is in
deed rather u party than a national
loss. Ho has boon an active , skillful
and moderately successful politician of
the better class , but had exhibited no
great qualities of statesmanship from
which there might have boon expected
valuable bonolit to the country had ho
lived and remained in its service.
Cutting Down the Territories.
The old scheme of portioning out the
territory of Idaho is to bo revamped at
the present session of congress. Senator
Vorhccsoflndianais anxious tohavo the
Coour d'Alono district added to Wash
ington territory to advance the chances
of his son , Delegate Vorhoos , of Olympia -
pia , for the sonntorship. Senator Stewart -
art , who represents the pocket borough
of Nevada , is equally anxious to add pop
ulation and farming lands to tlio sagebrush
brush and quartzite of his stato.
With equal generosity ho proposes to
take the southern portion of Idaho and
add it to Nevada. The two senators
have accordingly joined hands in u
scheme which , if carried into effect ,
would wipe the political subdivision of
Idaho from the map of the west.
No western state can honestly favor
any such measure. Idaho now contains
85,000 square miles of territory within
its boundaries. It 'is growing rapidly
and steadily. Diversified in its climate ,
its topography and its agricultural and
mineral wealth , it is attracting immi
gration on its merits , nnd bids fair
within the next live years to put in its
claim for statehood on a showing which
will compel recognition. To destroy its
identity to advance the personal inter
ests of a brace of ambitious politicians
would bo a national crime.
It would bo u crime , because uncalled
for by any rational demand. Both
Washington and Nevada are now each
nearly as largo as the whole of New-
England. ' There is no necessity
for their enlargement , no do-
mnnd from their people , no
call from the country at large. It
would be a crime against the west because -
cause that immense section now lying be
tween the Missouri and Pacific slope is al
ready porm'anontly subdivided intostatec
and into territories which will become
states , each of which is so largo thnt ,
when compared with nn equal political
area of the east , eastern preponderance
in tlio sonnto as against the west is as
sured for all time to como. Western in
terests demand that this inequality
shall not bo increased. Tlio blotting
out of any territory by its division
among other territories means in the
. .ear future the loss of two senators and
an undetermined number of congress'
men to the west. It will not do.
STATE AND TKKIUTOUV.
Nchrnnka Jottings.
Leap year proposals are ripening.
Lincoln county will invest $10,000 in
a jnll.
The Masons of Fremont will rear t
temple early next year.
Dodge county boasts of a cornficli
that yielded eighty bushels to the aero
The expenses of Fillmore county foi
the coming year nro estimated ai
$72,588.
Tlio Blair canning factory has bcor
sold to D. W. Acker of Council Bluff :
for $12,000.
D. H. Clark , a town lot rusher , swin
died tlio people of Venango , Koitl
county , out of * SOO , nnd departed.
The Nebraska Bee Keopors' s"ociet.i
will hold its annual convention in Ret
Ribbon hall , Lincoln , on January 11 , 1 !
and 18.
Aurora is threatened with a stree
car line , A little "sugar" rightly lull
would secure the bobtail before man ;
months.
Fremont has put on the ncccssar ;
trimmings for a free dolivei'y ' city , HIM
anxiously awaits the arrival of the mai
carrier.
Fred Cobb , a Grand Island kid o
twelve , toyed with n revolver and per
fonUop the palm of young Bagloy , i
playinato.
About 125 families are now using co
mined by the Ponc.i mining company ,
nnd there is demand for all the coal , t hut
can bo taken out.
Lincoln has voted strong to build a
railroad to Red Oak and DCS Molncs.
Tlio road will imtko a capital commer
cial link when built.
Shuylor follow In the lurid wako of
Weeping Water \yiUi ablaze that wiped
out $ ± 2,000 worth of property. Good in
surance politics will reduce the loss by
half.
half.A
A number of papers nro discussing , in
lengthened paragraphs , "tho issue for
next year. " The BKii'S issue for next
year will consist of 800 dally chapters ,
with extras thrown , in on great occa
sions.
A Central City paper tells a hugo
truth when it says that Lincoln is''forg
ing ahead as a jobbing center. " Un
fortunately the legislature is not now
in session and trallic is in a state of in
nocuous decay.
Chunks of wood , somewhat decayed ,
have been found at a depth of thirty
feet at Genoa. The ilnd recalls nnd em
phasizes the tremendous force with
which useless political timber was
driven into the earth in days gene by.
The Fremont Tribune suggests that
between Fremont and Nebraska City in
the stock yards line , "tho conviction is
growing that Omaha will gradually ac
quire the name of Dennis. " This is the
season for children to laugh and play
with their now dolls. The ciders enjoy
their antics.
Superior , Nuckolls county , promises
to become a great railroad center , if
local accounts nro taken at face value.
The Northwestern is heading straight
for the town and the Santa Fo is de
bating the building of a branch in tlmt
direction , to capture a share of the
trallic of the region.
Colfnx county lias some of the best
nnd most industrious young men in the
state. Among the' number imjy bo
classed two sons of Reuben Dickinson ,
of Lincoln precinct , aged respectively
sixteen and seventeen years. The young
men cultivated and cared for ninety
acres of corn thisyearand it wasamong
tlio very best raised in that section of
the country , averaging over fifty bush
els to the acre. They also did about
all the work on twenty-six acres of
wheat , which yielded ( KM bushels.
Jesse Holmes of Avoca displayed un
common grit under painful circum
stances last week. While working with
a team three miles from Avoca , the an
imals ran away , throwing him out of the
wagon , the wheels passing over and
breaking both legs. Instead of going
to the nearest house , Holmes , suffering
untold agony , crawled to within half a
mile of Avoca , where a passing farmer
picked him up and took him to the near
est doctor. His injuries are dangerous ,
and will keep him housed for months.
The Indianola Courier has discovered
that the Omaha Republican has invested
in an agriculturaleditor at great labor
and expense , and'urges that the follow
ing bo added to the hog rules recently
promulgated by the imported thorough
bred : "Our limite'd experience on the
farm has taught us that a now hog , a
bran new ono , thatj weighs about three
hundred pounds.has ) , a very delicate
constitution. A now hog should always
bo furnished with an umbrella from the
10th day of May. till the 24th day of Oc
tober and a linon' ' < luster whenever ho
travels. The bnlHneo of the year the
new hog should _ , bo provided with a
chinchilla overcoaij , as wet weather und
sudden cold snaps ruin the hard oil
finish of a now hog , and no amount of
Sterling polish will over afterward relieve
lievo his hogship of his second-hand
appearance. We would caution farmers
to.bo very careful M .their new hogs. " ' :
Iowa Items.
The state legislature assembles Jan
uary 9.
There is grnat complaint of the lack
of transportation facilities in all parts
of the state.
The records of the state board of
health show the deaths in Iowa resulting
from lightning in the past four years to
be eighteen.
The supreme court has decided that
Oskalopsa has a right to contract with
the Edison Electric company for light
ing tlio streets.
Evidences of a coal mine within twenty
miles of Akron have been discovered" .
The coal is in immense quantities and
of excellent quality.
There are 225 men at work on the rail
road bridge at Sioux City. The llrst
caisson is down thirty foot and going for
rock bottom at the rate of four feet a
day.Mrs.
Mrs. Fleming , of DCS Moines , in re
sisting Constable Pierce , who attempted
to take from her a flask of brandy , let
the bottle fall into an open stove. The
liquid ignited , and communicating the
llamo to her person , caused serious in
juries.
Robinson & Hit will remove their
omnibus and street car factory from
Waterloo to Minneapolis in a short
time. Cash nnd real estate to the
amount of § .50.000 have boon offered to
the linn as a bonus to locate in Minne
apolis.
Dakota.
An effort is on foot to establish a pack
ing house at Tyndall.
Real estate transfers in Sioux Falls
for the year amounted to over $3,000,000.
The Marion creamery has paid out
$11,005 in the past eight months to
farmers for cream.
Dan C. Necdham as secretary of the
Territorial Farmers' alliance , will open
an office at Aberdeen.
The metallurgical library at Rapid
City school of mines is nearly completed ,
and a special class for miners will be
organized January 1.
The Dakota wheat crop of 1887 bids
fair to overrun tlio 00,000,000 bushels
estimated by Commissioner P. F. Mc-
Clurc. Already 2.jlOO,000 ( bushels have
been marketed. , . ;
Typical Nebraska Cities.
Ihiftlnai Utttctte-Journal.
The marvelous growth of the state ol
Nebraska is illustrated by her cities ,
any ono of which would honor tlio en
terprise of any 6f the older states ,
First on the list Nebraska's \ youngest
giants , as her representative cities may
properly bo designated , comes Omaha ,
the gate cityof thQwest , through which
two-thirds of the commerce and trallk
of the country ilow from east to west 01
from west to cast.In many respects
Omaha is tlio representative city of the
west. With Its round hundred thousand
people , its magnificent paved streets
the finest in the country its eight ami
ten-story business blocks , Its metropoli
tan newspapers , its immense wholesale
trade extending injp every part of the
great west , Omaha is indeed entitled tc
the distinction of being the representa
tive city of the west. She is destined
to become the metropolis of the "now
ompiro" which is growing west of the
Mississippi , and in a few yonrs no citj
west of Chicago will con test her suprem
acy.
acy.Next comes Lincoln , the capital city ,
Lincoln is undoubtedly tlio hnndsomesl
city in the state and right royally does
she carry the dignity of her position.
She has a population of nearly 40,000
nnd is just beginning , to grow. .Hoi
prosuccta are brilliant , and she labor :
under but ono' disadvantage , and that
her proximity' to Omaha. During the
past year she has added nearly ono
million dollars to her publlo improve
ments and her private improvements
have boeon made ujxm nn equally mag
nificent s-calo.
Ranking third in the list of the Ne
braska's principal cities comes Hastings ,
the Queen. Hastings is the only city In
Nebraska that is in a position to contest
with Lincoln , the honor of holding
second rank. This city is destined to
become the Indianapolis of the west.
Its railroad system is the best , enjoyed
in any city in the state and it is but in
the infancy of its development. Hast
ings now has the Burlington , Union
Pacific , Northwestern and Missouri
Pacific systems and inside of two years
will have the Rock Island nnd the Santa
Fo system , besides several branch lines
in different directions. Tlio wholesale
trade of Hastings , inaugurated during
the past year , has already reached Mut
tering proportions. Tlio amount of
money expended for improvements of a
public und prlvato nature is exceeded
by no city in the state but.Oinnlm.
After Hastings comes 'Grand Island ,
Nebraska City and Beatrice. It is
difficult to toll which of these three
cities is entitled to the distinction of
being the fourth city. Hastings is in
clined to award the honor to her enter
prising neighbor on the north , Grand
Island ; but Nebraska City and Beatrice
make favorable showing , and it will
not bo until after the , next olllcinl cen
sus that the matter will finally bo de
termined. All three nro growing ,
bustling , busy cities , and all three have
a population of at least ton thousand.
After these comes Kearney , Rod
Cloud. Minden , Holdrcgo , Fremont ,
McCook , North Platto. Fairbury , York ,
Seward , Plattsmouth , and perhaps a
half score of others , all of which are
destined to become bright stars in
Nebraska's firmament of cities.
The Hank Clerk's Mad Furniture.
New York Tribune : The bank clerk
reached his boarding house very late.
In fact it was among those very small
hours which produce very largo heads.
Tie had some dilllculty in finding the
keyhole , and then occupied fifteen min
utes in trying to unlock the door with
his watch-key. At length observing
this trilling error , ho succeeded in get
ting in and readied his apartment , tlio
third story back room. Here , however ,
ho was greatly surprised to find thnt
everything was In motion. The bedtho
table and the chairs seemed swung on a
merry-go-round and revolved with great
rapidity. The bank clerk was in n most
genial mood , and ho leaned against the
doorpost to observe this phenomenon.
"Dunno zi care 'but th' burcr , " ho
soliloquized , "bul inns' cash the bed. "
Accordingly , depositing his hat and
coat on the lloorho gave chose. Around
went the bank clerk after the flying
bedstead , and having knocked down the
towel-rack and smashed the blacking-
brush stand in his efforts to catch his
frisky furniture , ho sat down on the
remnant of his hat to think up a
scheme.
"Mos' active heel I over shaw , " ho re
marked to himself , ns ho watched its
devious flight. "Gesh I bettor wait
right here , " ho added , "and when she
comes around jump on board as she
goes by. "
This plan seemed so excellent that
bank clerk prepared to execute it and it
snomcd to him that the bed had reached
the right place ho gave a great leap and
landed with a tremendous crash in the
corner against the mantelpiece , bring
ing two pnotograph frames , a cup and
saucer and a Chinese idol down on his
head ,
1 -A profound silence followed for a few
moments , and then the door of the
third-story front room opened slowly
and the heads of the two maiden ladies
came forth.
"Ho's boon paralyzed , " said the older
maiden lady , anxiously , "and got up to
go to the window for air. " The younger
maiden lady was so agitated that two
curl papers foil off. "Janet ; " she whis
pered , "do go and knock on the door
and inquire. "
"Doors , however wore opening about
the house , and heads came out over the
banister to inquire the meaning of the
crash. A moment moro and there wns
a measured tread on the stairs.
"Edward , is that youV" whisixsred
down young Mrs. Parsley anxiously
from the fourth lloor. It was not Ed
ward. It was old Mr. Rottlo and us ho
hove in sight through the gloom of the
stairs tlio two maiden ladies gave little
shrieks and disappeared , once moro to
appear through the crack of the door ,
one head above the other.
Old Mr. Rottlo were a flowered dress
ing-gown and worsted blipporsand car
ried his spectacles in his hand.
"Aro either of you ladies sick ? " ho
whispered to the two maiden ladies.
They assured him that they were ns
usual , but that the bank clerk had been
trickcn with paralysis , and they were
pbout to aid him.
At this juncture Prof. Nudge , who
accupiod the third story front hall bed
room , hastily opened the door , and pro
truding a night-capped nnd spectacled
head-inquired in mutlled tones that be
trayed an absence of teeth , whether the
house was on fire.
Mr. Rottlo didnotdclay. Ho knochcd
on the bank clerk's door and entered.
That worthy was just falling asleep in
the corner with his head in the waste
basket , as his visitor appeared.
"G'ovonin' , old boy , ho remarked ,
stupidly. "Glad ( hie ) t' see yer. "
"Mr. Wlgstraw , " said old Mr. Rottlo ,
putting on his spectacles and looking at
the bank clerk severely , "there was a
tremendous crash in your room not long
since that aroused the whole house. I
feared you were ill. "
"Nozzin 'tall , ole boy , " rejoined the
bank clerk , "jus1 pullin' off m1 boots and
dropped ono. I'm wnitin' now for the
bed. When she comes aroun' again I'll
grab her and get in. Jus cosh a chair ,
if yer can , Mizzor Rottlc' , and make
yourself at homo. Wottlo yor have , olc
foi ? Waiter , take the gentleman's
order. "
Van Ainburg'a Eye.
When Dclmonico , the negro lion-
tamer , was asked what influence the
human eye had on wilu beasts , ho said :
" 1 should say about the same influence
the eye of ono man has on another , " and
proceeded to illustrate this by a story of
Van Amburg , the great lion-tamer. The
latter , on ono occasion , while in an
American barrom , was asked how he got
his wonderful power over animals. Ho
replied , "It is by my showjng them that
I am not in the least afraid of them ,
by keeping my eye steadily on theirs ,
I'll ' give you an example of the pownr of
my eye. " Pointing to a loutish fellow
who was sitting opposite , Von Amburjjh
said : "You see that follow ? He's u reg
ular clown. I'll muko him comfi across
the room to mo , and I won't say a word
to him. Sitting down , Van Amburgh
fixed ills keen' , steady eye on the man.
Presently the fellow straightened him
self , gradually got up , and cnmo across.
When ho got oloso enough ho drew
back his arm and struck the tamer a
tremendous blow under the chin , knock
ing him clear over tlio chair , witli the
remark , "You otaro at mo like that
again , will you ? "
Do you suffer with catarrh ? You can
bo cured if you take Hood's SnrwipiirlUn ,
the great blood purifier. Sold by all
druggists , . . '
A MODEL WESTERN ROBBER ,
How Mr. Nowsomo Olotxnod Out the
Snn Anglolo Sttigo.
ANTICS OF A TEXAS HIGHWAYMAN
He Divided the Plunder With Tlioso
He lind Despoiled A MNtnkc in
tlio ItcckonliiK Drinking
with tlio
Waco , Tox. , correspondence of the
Globe-Democrat : Jiunos A. Nowsomo ,
has boon sentenced to cotillnomotit in
the penitentiary for Hfo. IIo is llvo
fcot eight inches hlcrh ; weighs 10 ! !
pounds , IHUS sandy hair , mustache and
goatee ; his eyes tire small and gray ,
slightly crowed , and with u nervous ,
hubitual twitching Unit gives him 11
scared appearance. IIo lias n small
nose , with receding forehead , upon
which is matted n growth of unkempt
hair. His shoulders rise up around his
neck , giving it u sunken appearance.
IIo limps slightly , having been shot in
the right foot. Ho is twonly-ilvo years
old , and claims to have no education
whatever , not being able to read or
write. When ho was arrested ho were
a llannol ovorshirt , with an immense
Mexican sombrero gaudily decorated
with tinsel. His pants were shoved
down in his boots , which had heels
throe inches long , tapering to a point.
Eight years ago ho was found on the
bank of thofjConoho river by Mr. Rich
ColTeo , a farmer living near Paint Kock ,
Runnels county. Ncwsomo had been
shot in the foot and fainted from loss of
blood. Old man ColTeo lifted him on
his horse and carried him home , where
hjs wound was sulllciently healed for
him to ride again , but his horse was not
to be found. Nowsomo said that ho was
passing through thatpartof the country
with other cowboys and that they became -
came involved in u dispute about the
ownership of a tin canteen. IIo was
shot , robbed and deserted. Mr. ColToo
gave him work to do in looking up cal-
tlo that were lost from the herd , and
found that Nowsomo was very export at
it. Some cattlemen in that region think
ho was too expert , as he managed to ac
cumulate quite a little herd on his own
account. On the 17th of September ho
was offered a very lucrative position
$15 n month to herd horses , and loft for
the housoof Mr. Ransborgor , who lived
u few miles away.
It was at this point that the ambition
of the cowboy became stirred with the
idea of becoming a banker. Uo reas
oned : "A bank must have depositors ;
people will not voluntarily leave their
money with mo , ergo , I must compel
them. " A few nights later the most
wonderful feat of stage robbing on rec
ord startled the whole state of Texas ,
and the moonlight banker's cash capital
was over $1,200.
It was 11 o'clock at night on the 2flth
of September nnd the stage was filled.
There were seven drummers on it who
had been to San Anglo with their sam
ples and were eager to got to Bal-
linger , the nearest railroad point. San
Anglo is a very important town in the
western part of Texas , and is the coun
ty scat of that enormous district called
Tom Green county , which has an area of
10,000 square miles. The stage was but
twelve miles from Ballingor ; and each
mile post was counted impatiently by
the weary mon.
A mounted highwayman , with gloaming
ing pistol , suddenly halted tliomspring-
ing up miraculously as if from tlio very
earth.
"Hold up , gentlemen ! Stop your team ,
driver ! Gentlemen , will you please
oblige mo by getting out of the stage ?
This side , please. Now stand in a row
with your hands up while I place these
slicker caps over your heads to prevent
your seeing what ! do. Pardon ino for
running my hands down in your pockets
and searching you , but I must get your
moneyand I want you to keep your
hands up. "
When ho had finished with the pas
sengers and had rilled the mail bags ,
ho made a mental inventory of his pos
sessions and found that ho had $1,178 in
money , seven watches and four pistols.
Then he removed the bag-like caps ho
had placed over their heads , and said :
"Gentlemen , I am sorry to detain you
longer , but I have made up my plans to
rob that stage coming from Ballingor ,
and you must wait hero until it comes
up. Business is business , you know. "
Ho then sat dowm and began to look
over the boodle , while the passengers
loitered about and amused themselves
as best they could under the _ circum
stances. Among confiscated pistols was
found a small 22-calibor weapon , and the
highwayman yelled out.
"Hero , who in h 1 owns this dog
gastod , measly , two-bit toy gun ? "
"I did , " said one of the passengers.
"Well , I'm going to make you take it
back. If the boys were to find that on
mo thov would swing ino up for con
tempt. "
"Mr. Robber , " said a Dallas drum
mer , "YoU haven't treated mo white.
You have cleaned mo out entirely , and
I won't bo able to get home. "
"Is tlmt soy Well , I'll do this : I'm
no hog ; I'll ' give every man a per cent
of what I took from him for traveling
expenses. "
"You have no use for that watoh of
mine , " said Mr. Kaufman , "und you
can't sell it , because rny name is en
graved in it ; won't you give it back to
moV"
"Uorc.you take the wliolo lot of thorn ;
they are not much account ; there ain't
a good one in the lot. "
"Pardon , " said the driver , ' 'it's
mighty cold sitting hero ; can't you 'set
'em up' to something to drinkV"
"That's whatever ; you all just wait
hero n few minutes. " .
Ho leaped on his horse , which had re
mained near them gra/.ing , galloped olt
rapidly nnd disappeared in a small
chaparral thicket near by , and almost
instantly was scon to emerge again ,
holding high in his left hand two quart
bottles of whisky. Ho suddenly roincd
up his borus when about llfty foot from
the men nnd suid :
"I know that while I wns goao you
follows were lajing some scheme to take
TIIO. I suppose you think you will ohoot
mo with that little pintol. Now. I don't
want to have thi.s civ.jning'fl entertain
ment wind up in a row , and 1 am going
to make every fellow como up and get
Ills drink one at a time. "
The whisky put every one in a jolly
good humor.nnd it iviisgonorplly agreed
that if it wore not for lii.s erratic idi-at. of
mourn and t < : um the robber would he u
clover follow. Nowsomo 'vent to work
to count over his gains again , muUinj ?
some calculations on the ground with a
Finally ho suld : "Boys , I'm siiori
819. I must rob you over again , became
1 have given some follow a ? SO gold
plccofora dollr.r. " HoJ wfsut th-ough
them URiiin nnd discovered it in the
pocket of the man to whom ho had in
tended to give W. Ho gave th-5 pncon-
gor $2 and put ( ho gold plccu in his own
pocket. Aa ho was moving oil the pas-
snnjfcr touched him on the shoulder.
"You ewe ino a dollar. "
"How Is thatV"
"Wasn't I to huvo thioo dollar i" '
' "That's faoj horo'u another dollar. "
Tlio driver was solzod with n schema
nnd said :
"Suppose , Colonel , that you lot u §
drive on until wo moot the other stngo
and von rldo along by our sidoV"
"That's a good idea , " said ho ; "pro-
oeod and keep quiet , and if you follows
will just lay low nnd watch ino go
through that Uallinger crowd , vou will
have fun enough , to pay for what you
have lost. "
Tlio stage was noon met up with , the
llrst was ptopjied about eighty yards off ,
and the robbing process was repeated ,
on this stage there were four passengers ,
two ladies and two old preachers. The
ladies ho declined to rob , nnd the
preachers had nothing. When ho had
concluded his work ho galloped off to
the chaparral thicket and llrcdashot
ns n signal for them to move on. They
moved.
Nowsomo is sentenced to spend the
remainder of his life in the United Stales
prison at Albanv , N. Y.
A BIG GAME OF CARDS.
Money , Horses , Clothes nnd Iituorty
Staked on a Game of CurdH.
Fort Smith loiter : Tlio presence in
this city the other day of an enormous
negro named Jim Xeigler recalled as in
teresting game of poker ns was over
played in this county. Jim is perhaps
the biggist man in the Indian territory ,
being six foot eight inches tall aiid
weighing " 84 pounds , well proimrlioned ,
perfectly erect and strong as an ox.
This dusky hurculos has for the past ton
years commanded both respect and ad
miration from half the Choctuw nation.
Over in Kully Chaba , where ho lives
alone in a poverty-stricken dug-out , his
half-breed Indian and desperado neigh
bors call him Hauta Knlausii
( the black giant , ) and ho is treated
with a deference conscqnenco upon so
meritorious a title. Nobody knows any
thing of his past life ; but of ono
thing all are certainho isaman to avoid
at all times. Gossip lias it that at ono
lime ho killed with his list three deputy
United Slates marshals who had at
tempted to arrest him for illegal liquor
polling , while at another time no is said
to have run 1240 miles across into Arap-
hoe county to escape an armed posse of
United Slates olllcials. Bo this as it
may , Jim is to-day untrammcled with
government fetters , and struts the In
dian territory with as much freedom as
the chief at the council.
TIM'S roKim I'LAYINO FUOWICSB
is commensurate with his s'f/.e. IIo
used to sit for whole days beside thorough
rough Indian "sawlog" without a change
of countenance , without a sound , save
tlio occasional grunt of disappointment
or approval , without a thought as to
food , time or results. Ho nlayed with
an earnest determination and grim reck
lessness that usually won and always ox-
citcd a suspicion among the Indians
that Black Giant was bewitched. So
deeply had thissuspicion taken root that
no Indian would play with him alono.
The presence of wnito mon scorned to
remove their fear , and when the Ethio
pian lost under such circumstancesit was
duo alone to the presence of a Caucasian
rival.
His persistent winning has won for
him , beside a long "string , " eight deep
scars. Ono of those , a bright rod mark
that stands out with grotesque ugliness
against his black skin , extends from his
right tcmplo to the corner of his mouth.
This was presented to him by an unsuc
cessful Cnorokoo Indian about three
years ago. Another gish received at
the hands of an infuriated white man in
Tahloquah , sliced off half his oar ; this
combination of scars giving him a
demoniacal appearance wnich , added to
his tremendous stature , causes the average -
rage Indian small boy to hide behind
his mother's apron or scamper off in the
wildest terror. It will bo readily
seen that Mr. Zoiglor is neither the
beauty nor the pot of his community.
Ono evening , about fourteen months
ago four Indians , ono white man named
Bud Tucker , and Jim himself mot
" " Jim's to
around the "saw-log" at camp
"go their luck. " The game , ns usual
was "hulla ko busko" poker. After the
"oskahoma" ( whisky ) jug had been
passed around the conventional number
of times , loungers dropped in to witness.
Candles were stuck opposite each man ,
and the game started. Honors were
evenly divided towa'rd the llrst hour ,
the Indians having a slight advantage.
Then by degrees luck turned Jim's way.
Toward midnight his success continued
to the evident chugrin of the Indians ,
who began to mutter disappointedly as
their strings vanished. Bud Tucker ,
however , played more earnestly than
over. Ho never lost hope , but now and
then eyed his brawny competitor with a
hatred' keen that the giant drew his
next hand with an undisguised nervous
ness , scowling now and then so savagely
tlmt the Indians became more und mora
nervous , and finally dropped out about
3 o'clock , leaving the giant and Bud
facing each other to play to a finish. As
the first streaksof daylight pushed their
way between the cracks of the dug-out ,
the scene In si do became ono of terrible
earnest malignity. Tucker refused
cards and stood pat.
Big Jim drew two cards. Betting
began. After every chip had been laid
on the log , the excitement of the half-
breed spectators found vent in uncon
trollable cries of wonder , mixed with
terror. Many of them instinctively
moved toward tlio door as though fear
ing a lost hand on the giant's part
would result in.n general demolition of
everything inside the hut. Under the
mask of suppressed excitement , worn
by the two plavors , there raged a trem
endous struggle between passions of
scorn , determination and deadly hatred.
Hugo knots slood out upon the darkeys
head , perspiration steamed from every
pore of his bared neck , hia broatli came
hurried and desperately , and his hands
trembled like leaves. The white man
jerked his mustnoho with in
creased vigor and nerved himself
into a half-crouched posture , as
though rondv to spring at his black an
tagonist's throat. The giant squan
dered his clothes , his pistols , his Win
chester , his her o , nnd finally his house
and outlaying claim , yet the gray beard
again smiled and raised him. Without
a moment's piiuso Xeiglor lilssod the
startling proposition tlmthis life should
back his next hand , and that if ho lost
ho woulll serve his vanquisher faithfully
in any capacity ho should namo. At the
announcement of this unprecedented \
stake a perfect howl of surprise wont I
up from the onlookers , and before it had
died away the Black Giant was a slave SL
in tlio hands of hia puny rival. Xeiglor '
held four queens , the white man four I \
ucori. With ono glance at his opponent's
hand , Tucker fell in a dead faint , while
Xoiglcr , with a terrible curse , shnd-
dof-d from hend'io fool and stalked out
of the hut.
From that dnv to this ho hrs served
Bud Tucker faithfully , and a quasi
friendship bus sprung up between master
'
ter and slave. Jim attends to Tucker's
farm , herds cattle and mt : as a whole
armed posue in turrnri/inu the liorso-
thieves of the surrounding country ,
while in compensation hon \ allowed to
visit the village occasionally and enjoy
a few days of freedom. Ho is now
nerving th'c third month of his second
your , and , in conversation witli your
correspondent during his visit to town
the otnor day , ho said that from the
nmmornhlo day on which ho lodt his life
down to tho' present time , ho had
neither touched u card nor wltnube < i
yokcr iruuio.
