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* & - * * > * Hi nj n if .m THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : FKIDAY , JANUAKY 6 , 1883. \VlIjl ) I'liOI'liK. 1 lie Wooden NiKincK Stnlo 1C n Joy I up nn Aliundniioc ofTlioin. Noiiwiai , Conn. , Jon. 5. This season has been prolific In wild people In Connecticut. First a wild girl appeared to n party of hunters in n nwnmp near Mtidlson. She leaped out of n tlilokot at them , jKilsed her firms stlflly in n 'Bo gone , rHlnln , " gesture ; laughing hysterically "tee lite" thrco times , nnd lied Into the fastnesses * of the woods. The hunters went the other way with cor responding ulncnty. As she has not been Been since , the Madison people suspect ttint the villain Btill pursues her. A day or two ago a well dressed wild man , who was nbout forty years old , nnd who had black hnlr ailtl eyes utid smooth face , swung ut full spued into Jackson street , Wllllmantlc , nnd yelled "Chloroform. " _ Several lleot- fooled cltlicns gave clinso to him , nnd nftcr ho had been caught ho said that ho was "JohnMullin1 , " that ho had deserted fiom the Italian navy , und that the authorities were chasing him with a tc"nm with the in tention of chloroforming him. Then he broku away from-hm captors , ran across lots , leaped into the Watchnrog river , was pulled outibj'his pursuers , taken to the police sta tion , and luU > , r released. IIo hroko Into a tun , yelled "Chloroform , " nnd vanlslied out of town. . Nightly n wild person appears in Prospect , High and West Main streets , In the village of Stafford. JIo Is very tall , garbed In funeral black nnd ho i tins noiselessly up to women , touches them , starts back and silently van ishes Into the engulling darknoss. Ho ran up to Mrs. William Brown the other night , touched her und she screamed and fell In the road. Mrs. Hrown is u small woman , but her shriek was hoard distinctly u mile undn half. The wild man has not been seen since she screamed. At Cow Hill , near Mystic , there Is a wild man of the woods. IIo wears n big black bear skin , and ho looks hideous. His other clothes arc not worth much. Ho says not n word , but ho glares with u wild , determined stare. IIo advances on a man who approaches preaches his lair In the forest of Cow 11111 , glares straight in the man's eyes once and then runs. George Dunham was chopping wood In the Cow Hill region ono day recently , and had foiled u chestnut nnd sat down 16 rest on the trunk. Thu wild man rushed up to him from.Urn brush , his bear skin bagging In the wind , halted ut the distance of n strldo from him. nnd then tlxcd n strong passionless glare on him. Mr. Juti- 1mm did not like his looks , and ho sprung from his seat , reversed the nx hold in his bands and whacked the wild man three times over the head with the handle. The man In tilt ; bear skin got away fiom Mr. Dunham us quick as ho could and plunged into the woods with n sore head und ho has not been seen tlncc. Another wild man tenants the woods in Massapoag , u lonely region thrco miles south of this city. On the wooded bunks of the river in the Mohogan Indian reservation , is n methodical fellow of nocturnal habits. His favorite prank is to appear with u lantern in the woods , a stono's throw from Wlllard Church's house , at midnight , set down his light , dig n holoin the leaves nnd earth and yell "MurderI" until ho wakens the neigh borhood. About a week ago ho paid his lat est call to Mr. Church. Ho screamed "Mur der 1" until Mr Church hastily nwoko from n dream about totn codllshlug , und then ho kept on screeching. Mr. Church arose , partly dressed himself , lighted his lantern , got a cart rung , drafted n neighbor into his ser vices and advanced across the Held in the direction of the . A ' outcry. will-o'-the-wisp glimmer among the boughs of the ad jacent forest guided the men. The yell "murder" was again heard , und the men hurried , They dashed into the outstanding fringe of underbrush. The light glimmered n few paces in advance ' of them , and they haw n brawny ni'iin with n wild-oycd look delving with a spade by lantern light in the leaves und unrtli. The man saw tiiem , too. Ho stopped yelling "murder , " caught up his lantern with ono hand , threw his spade over his shoulder with the other , and without an other word dashed madly into the depths of the forest. The men found a smooth hole nbout two feet deep in the sod where ho lind dug. They returned to the house , nnd are Btill in a mine of wonderment in attempting to pierce the mystery of the occurrence. Lonely , isolated Hlock island is also troubled by a wild man this winter. Ho up- pours at dead of night in a wild , untcnunted hollow of the hills , , to which the throbbing of the ocean comes with n witch-like murmur , nnd ho digs n hole in the the brittle pent. The swinging of u spectral light is seen iu the drifting mists. The Islanders go out to find him , und they stumble upon the hole , but the swinging light dances nway over the mils with the illusions of un Igni.s futuus , and no ono is any wiser about the strange visitant. The spot that the wild visitor loves to haunt Is locally known ns Moncts valley , and the people are divided in opinion whether it is a Wraith from the phantom ship Palatine that wus benched on the island 200 yo.irs ago , or a ghost of Captain Kidd's ' crow , who came witli the great pirate to bury an iron box of gold with n blblo ut desolate Sand's point. * IS UK A SWKIHSH FUGITIVE ? A FninoiiH Murder in Stockholm Rc > called nt Milwaukee. MII.WAUKCK , Jan. 5. Lnto in the ' 70's the world was startled by u daring crnno com mitted in Stockholm , Sweden , where the Janitor of a bank wns murdered nnd the bank robbed of gold nnd securities to the amount of $1,000,000. The burglar escaped , and so far as hoard no traces which would indicate the direction ho had taken were loft. Thrco years later n Swcdo located on a farm in Waukeslm county , from which point ho often mmlo visits to Milwaukee. Ho seemed to bo well supplied with money , which ho spent lavishly. His nurno was 1C. A. ICrona , nnd was often inscribed on the blotter of Central station. Among his asso ciates ho was known us the count. When searched ut the station largo sums of money in gold und bills were invariable- found on his person. At ono time fti.OOO ; ut anotherwhen his slumbers on nn ash pile had been dis turbed by a blue coat , fe-j.MK ) . For two years Kronu made periodical visits to Milwaukee. On ono visit , in Ib&t , ho met u young woman limned Matilda Thuroin , whom ho subse quently married. The llr.st part of the hon eymoon was passed nt n South-side hotel , where .Kronu's . lavishncbs in the purchase of silverware for his bride so startled the pro prietor that he notified the police ho hud n gang of thieves in the house. The detectives whd wcro sent over to the place in answer to thu uotitlcation found u whole wairon-load of silverware , but thu proof that it was ull hon estly come by wns indubitable. A tew days later ICrona und his wife lolt. ostensibly for St. Paul , und that was the last seen of them. About a month after Mr. and Mrs. ICrona's departure two men arrived in the city , and then went to Waukeslm. They returned ma few days , nnd then called nt the police station nnd asked for information in regard to ICrona. They wcro referred to liust.ivo Krellson. The men Informed Frollson that they were members of the Scotland Yard force , anil were looking after the Swedish bank robber. They hud Information that ho had come to this country , and they believed Kroiu was their man. The two men went on to St. Paul on the trail of the ICrona's. A few weeks later n rctxirt was received thai ICrona had been captured. This wus followed by nnothcr that the man had boon taken to Stockholm , tried , und sentenced to lifo imprisonment. Then the matter dropped until Monday , when Inspector Heiinor received information from Lognnsiwt , Ind. , that Krona was living near Lawrenceburg. Ind. , mm was now serving a term of imprisonment for u pro longed spree. Agent Vrellson says ho knows positively Mint Krona is the man wanted for the Stockholm affair. It is stated that in the past three yours ICrona has dissipated $20,000. besides investing f,10,000 in Kansas , Missouri mid Iowa lands , During Kronu's stay hero ho bo.mlcd with Mrs. Caroline NeKon , on Clinton street. Mrs. Nelson says Krona is no bnnk-robbcr , but a real , live count. She claims to know his family In Swcdon , Ho was rich himself , mid his fortune was added to by the death ol Ills first wife , who loft him : i largo sum. His full name is Kuul Adolphof Lion ICrona , the order of the lion having been conferiod on his family by Qunon Christina. It Is Hinted licro that the case has boon given into the Imnds of the PJnkorton agency. ituuxKi ) WITH viruioij. A Wronged Glrl'tt Terrible lli-vcngc on Her Betrayer. JUt.TiMor.ii , Mil. , Jan. 5. Mary Hroplicy , comely girl of nineteen years , in company with her mother , went to the. residence ol J'arry Colcinan , her former lover , asked hi'u for the last time If ho was going to keep his promise and marry her , and ho , refusing , she threw n tumblerful of vitriol In his face. She hud tho-dchdly acid concealed under her cloak. The young man wns horribly burned about the face nnd neck. Ono cyo is entirely destroyed , and the physician Ih Inks ho will also lose the sight of the other. Miss Hrophey was arrested , am ! tus morning was released on .ball . for thn criminal court She did not attempt .to deny the charge. Kho stated that she and Colcman had been lovers for two years , and that last June , after ho had solemnly sworn to marry her immediately , she became his victim , When he found that she v.'as in trouble Coleman - man ceased to visit her mid sent her word that ho did not intend to marry her. Coleman - man had been rcpeatudly asked to fulfill his alleged promise , both by thti girl nnd her father. Tho. latter went o far as to offer to provide for his daughter for a year after the marriage. Colcman then consented , and the father went to considerable expense , prepar ing n home for life young couple. Colemnn. however , again failed to come to time , and has ever since turned a deaf ear to all en treaties. . The story Of last niplitls assault was told by the girl's mother , Sarah Hrophey , as fol lows : "Mary had boon at me for some time to go nnd sco Harry again , but I told her It was scarcely worth while. Last iilght , however. she begged me to go with her , and at last I consented. Wo mid been refused admittance to the house before on the plea that Harry was out , so wo waited to sco him go In from work. Ho was already nt home , however , and after waiting some time wo saw him go out. He caino homo again about 10)0 : ! ) o'clock nnd wo then went to the house and asked for him. Ho came to the door nnd I asked him If ho was not going to marry my daughter as ho had promised and as ho ought to do. I used all the arguments I could think of , but ho dld'not answer. Mary then asked him to make her his wife but got only a sneer for -answer. . Then with a rapid motion , and before I realized what she was about , she dashed the contents of a tumbler in his face and threw the tumbler in the street. " Mary , when asked why she had inflicted such terrible punishment on Her lover , said , ns she sobbed violently : "So that no other girl would marry him so that he could not take advantage of any other girl as ho did of me , nnd for spite , be cause ho would not marry mo. " "Had you any reason to fear that he would not marry any ono else ! " "Yes , I had ; my father was present when ho got a license. Ho had gone there to got ono to marry mo , but ho got ono to marry an other girl Instead. That was about four months ago , but ho has not married her yet. " Colemnn does not deny being responsible for the girl's condition , but claims that im mediately uftor it was made known to him ho offered to marry her , and she refused , saying ho was too wild. Since thin ho has refused , believing that ho had done all ho should. The girl's mother is also under arrest. Meets. HOSTO.V , Jan. 5. The house and senate met to-day , lioth branches went into joint con vention at 12 o'clock and Governor Oliver Ames nnd Lieutenant Governor J. Q. A. Urackett wore sworn in and qualified. Gov ernor Ames then made his inaugural address. Filed Schedule1 ? . Nr.w Yonic , Jun. 5. The commission house ofD. D. Decnslro & Co. , which recently mndo nn assignment , has filed schedules showing JliJMli04 : liabilities , J1G'J1,427 ' nominal assets nnd ? I,000,75S actual assets. Four Men Killed IJy H Blast. Wii.KiisAUHitc , Pa. , Jan. 5 , Reports just : it hand say by u premnturo blast four men , vere killed and seven severely injured while nt work on the new branch line of the Lcliigh Aillcy railroad near Laurel run. The men ire said to bo Italians whoso names could not bo ascertained. UAIMlOAl ) NOTKS. A MONTHLY MEETING. A regular monthly meeting of the Nebraska State association of general passenger and ticket agents was held at the B. & M. head quarters yesterday foronoou. Every road was represented with the exception of the Missouri Pacific. Only business pertaining strictly to the association was transacted. I'KIISOXAI , . Assistant General Passenger Agent Lomax , of the Union Pacific railway , departed yes- " .onlay . for Chicago on business. H. A. Johnson , first assistant general 'roight agent of the Union Pacific railway , lias returned from a trip to Chicago. BENCH AND BAU. United States Court. BOAltl ) OF THANSrOKTATIOS' CNJOINnn. Yesterday the Union Pacific company filed n bill asking for a writ of Injunction against the board of transportation of the state of Nebraska. The plaintiff charges that the said board claims the right , power and authority to fix and establish rates and tariffs for the transportatl6n of persons and property over the Union Pacific rend , nnd is now in delib eration upon u schedule that will reduce to two cents per mile the passenger tariff , both inter-state and domestic , through the state of Nebraska , making besides a correspond ing reduction of tariff on freight. The com pany claims that this will so disable them as to make it impossible to pay their operating expenses. Judge Dundy granted a tempo rary injunction and the data fixed for hearing the case was January 1" . District Court. Duhmo & Co. brought suit against William E. Coburn yesterday. They estate that they hold a chattel mortgage on thu stock of Walter Sams , nnd that the sheriff lias about &il , . " > 0i ) worth of the goods in his hands and refuses to turn them over. Duhmo & Co. also asks $500 damages. County Court. SUKl > llV.t-TKVESS HOTIIKKS. Stevens Uros , , the real estate agents , filed an action yesterday against Joseph W. Hishop to collect 4'J03.rs with interest , the same being duo as percentage for the sale of real estate. A .iL'DGMiiNT isExnnncn. County Judge Shields rendered a judg ment yesterday iu favor of Frederick N. Ten-Ill In the sum of fUK.aS against Curl Hr.uulols , Police Court. Hucgo Sfihushardt , Tom Anderson , Ernst Meyer , Joe Uauer and William Gremawald. for disturbing the ponce were lined 85 and costs each yesterday. ,1. W. Tooey. W. F. Dorsoy and James Mo- C'.utTy engaged in n triangular tight in the rear of the Continental clothing house yes terday evening , and tnoy knocked each other about in the SUDW ut a lively rate. Five dollars lars and cost each. J. U. Hupgy , August Wcstlort and M. Cun ningham , drunks , were sent up for five days each. Lindsay A ITCH ted us n Vagrant. Jlinmio LIusuy , who is distinguished in Blurting circles aS champion middle weight pugilist of Nebraska , and who holds the Klchurd 1C. Fox medal , was arrested about midnight last night by Captain Cormuck. Ho is charged with being n vagrant nnd was taken to the central station und thaust into n cell with the other common drunkards and vagabonds. AMU8EMI3XT8. rcuruu. Low Johnson's "Hl.Ick Huby Hoy" minstrel company at the People's this week is uu ox ccllent organization nnd Is deserving of large patronage. The fun is constant nnd of i high order whllo the singing is superb , Tin specialties are new and unique. In fact tlu performance is first class in every way. An Over Ofllcloiis Copper. Yesterday Deputy Sheriff Houck went t < the liou&e of John Shannon on Capita ! avenue to levy on u piano in the name o : Woodbrldgo , the musio denier. An over oUlelous policeman ordered the plucky maloi to get away from the premises , all of whicl ho did not do. Ho , however , reported tin meddlesome copper to Chief of Police Seavcy nnd it may cost him his buttons , Another SnloouiHt Arrested. The police lire waging an unflinching wa against the saloon men who Iravo violated tin law by kc , l > lng'open their , saloons after mid night. The latest r.rr'st is that pf Henry Marsells , who wns lnko i Into cuslodv sister- day by onicers Horrigan nnd Musty n. Ho will have Mi trial this morning. A special meeting at the board of public works \viis held yesterday afternoon. Mr. M \ , no wns absent. The following estimates we I'D allowed : Final Kstlmatcs-C. E. Fanning , grading California street , Twenty-seventh nVontKl to Thlrty-sixth street. fS.iXB. Same , ( { riullng Thirtieth street , Cuss to pinning , & , W1. ame , curbing Lenvenworth from Seventh to I'lghth street. WHS. Miscellaneous Harbcr Asphalt Paving ompuny , repairs on Snundors street near fuming , * I2. C. L. Davis i Co , , watch louse and coal box , Sixteenth strict viaduct , ' 10-1. Colonel Floyd Fined. E. O. Floyd , the proprietor of tha Diamond uliicc saloon , on Douglas street , was tried icfore Judge Hurku yesterday afternoon for : ccplng his place of business open between ho hours of midnight and 4 n. in. Ho was 'ound guilty nnd , in common with the othqr lolators of this ordinance , the colonel was tied $100 and costs. Special Services nt Trinity. Special services of Trinity cathedral chap- .or arc Ui bo held this morning and evening. Some fifteen clergymen of the dioccso are to > o present. The morning service commences it 10 : : ) with un address by the bishop. Jn ho evening Kev. John Hewitt , of Fremont , vllt deliver an address. TheyAVIII Marry. Jeremiah Lewis , aged thirty years , of luccdonla , la. , and Miss Imogino Crampton , nineteen years old , had the honor yesterday f being accorded with the first license to ivcd that lias been issued by Judge Shields. They were the only ones that applied. Pei-Nonnl I ar .murilis. T. J. Mitchell , of Sloan , la. , is at the Pax on. on.F. F. E. Abbott , Aurora , Neb. , is at the Wind- r. Joseph Ellis , Do Witt , Neb. , is at the Wind sor. sor.C. C. B. Allen , of Lincoln , Neb , Is nt the Pax- J. H. Pratt , of Summer Hill , Neb. , is at the . 'axton. S. Downey , of Kenrnoy , Neb. , is at the Windsor. F. H. Hoblnson , of Kansas City , Mo. , is nt -ho - Puxton. John J. Cagncp , of Plattsmouth , Neb. , is at .ho Paxton. H. C. Kellar , of Leavcmvorth , Kan. , is nt ho Paxton. J. K. Longnccker of St Joseph , Mo. , is at ho Millatd. Robert McDonald , of Burnett , Neb. , is at ho Windsor. F. E. Hrowster , of DCS Moines , In. , is ut bo Windsor , Douglas White and wife , of Now York , nro it the Millard. J. 1C. Sully , of the Dan'l Sully company , is : it the Millard. Ex-Congressman E. K. Valentine , of West Point , is in town. F. E. Balrd and wife , of North Plattc.Nob. , nro at the Windsor. W. F. Scott und J. H. Hamilton , of York , Neb. , arc at the Millard. W. H. Fulweiler and wife , of Clay Center , [ Can. , are at the Paxton. Messrs. B. F. Selknittcr and G. W , Mcr- ritt , of Centcrville , In. , are nt the Millard. Mr. S. S. Benan , the well-known Chicago irchltect , was in the city yesterday. Ho left for homo last evening. J. W. Keeney , wife and two daughters , of Pocatcllo , arc at the Millard. Mr. ICeovey is the manager of f'.o Paeiiio Hotel company's hotel ut Poeatello , and is largely interested in Stock raising. Crushed to Death. CLEVELAND , Jan. 5. A portion of the Cen tral viaduct , in course of erection on the Hats in this city , fell this afternoon. H. C. Burton nnd Daniel H. Oukel were killed and five others were more or less seriously injured. AN KXPBDITION'S FAILURE. They Searched in Vniu For the Buffalo. The cnr load of spociomons Bocurod by the expedition sent to Montana hint Oc tober from the American Museum of Natural Ilistory is daily exacted to nr- i-ivo in this city , bays the Now York Times. It contains u number of valu able additions to the Central park col lections , und the trip mny bo considered a success , although no bulTaloos wore se cured. The primary object of Sending a party west was to sccuro i number of bulTnloes for a herd group ut the museum , and the entire expense of the expedition was berne by Mr. Jcsuy , the president of the Museum association , and Mr. Con stable , vice president. A full account of the expedition was secured yesterday from Mr. Jenesseo Richardson , taxidermist at the museum , who , with D. G. Eliot , two guides , a teamster and a cook , left Miles City , Mont. , on October 5 , for the headwaters of the Big and Little Porcupine rivers. It was through thisrogion and the "Bad Lands , " 200 miles northwest of Miles Citythat the Ilornrday expedition wont lust your. It was surmised that some remains of the buffalo herds scon by that party might bo found , but in that the museum pai-ty were disappointed. The bleaching bones of the great ani mal wcro found in hundreds of small white bunches dotting the plains ns fai ns the eye oould reach , and bones enough for ten complete skeletons were secured from about ono hundred and fifty carcasses , hut not a live btillalo was seen. The bones secured are remark ably good specimens , owing to the dry climate of the region where tlioy wcro found. They are white and well pre served. The best will bo selected for Central park ; the rest will bo sent to other museums in cxchnngo for speci mens of other tilings. Two skins were brought back , but they were bought from guides and were from bufi'alocs killed last year. It was learned that purtios of Crow and Assiniboin Indians had boon through the "liad Lands" 'during the summer , and what few buf faloes were there were probably killed or driven south by the savages. In seeuringspeuimonsof other animals the expedition was unexpectedly buc- cessful. A very large and intorcating series of nntolopes were found at the head waters of the Big and Little Per cupine. Great success was mot with in shooting the pronged-horned "antelopes of the plain , ' which is very swift nnd ditlicnlt to gut at. Some time ago it was discovered that this animal , sciontillu- ally known as the antilocapra Ameri cana , sheds its horns in n manner ditTor- ont from other door , and intermediate between the horn-shedding process ol the solid-horned and hollow-horned ruminants. The specimens of horns ol ' all ugos and in all'stages which are now on their way to this city show this pro cess clearly , aud prove that as the old horn splits at the unso and prepares to fall oil the hnlr growing up around the pith of the now horn goes to form the now horn. Valuable pralrlo wolves were killed , varying in color from brick red to ono so gray that the cowbov guides took H for u gray wolf. Blackbirds , sago grouse , prairie larks , pintail grouse liawkb , and magpies wcro uhot in largo numbers. Some wildcats , Canadian lynxes , and red lynxes wore killed , also a small sago rabbit , unlike anything in the museum , nnd , probably , something not heretofore classulod. The party also got n complete series of white-footed mice. ' From the "bad lands , " tit the bead valQi-s of the ItrgTuul Little Porcuplmi , the CLXpodltion w | it thirty-flvo mllod south to the Muscle-Shell district. This eglon has beeii'bul ' little explored , nnd hey found gn'nt' ' . dilnculty with the the maps , whieHSvpre very inaccurate. At the Pomtpiiio river camp the voather had bcun.yory cold and stormy , vhllo tit the new trump it wiw dry and nlhi. At this place a large unmoor of nulo door wuro killed , The mule loot-is ono of tftv" fargcstt and finest of \iiiorlcnn deer ivhA is fust becoming extinct - tinct , because litr'gf numbers are killed inmmlly forthofrbjtdes.whleh nro made ip into gloves. Shipments of live hun- Ircd to ono thousand hides are fro- iiiontly made from Miles City by ono lealor alone , Tfio ordinary Virginia leer and the wliitc-tniled animals tire lot uncommon , nnd the last wcro found n great numbers. Half a dozen would un out ol almost every willow patch , mil they could bo shot as easily as shoop. Birds were very numerous. Bohemian waxwingS ) which were very scarce a few years ngo , and were im- lorted from Rurono at considerable ex- iciiso , are very plentiful in the noigh- ) orhood of the Muscle Shell river. They were found in Hocks like blackbirdsand an many as twelve were killed in two shots. A number of badgers nnd wild- : aU and ono largo gray wolf were shot. Those wolves nro fast disappearing. Thev run in small packs behind buffalo lords , living upon the injured nnd the stragglers. They are becoming quite is rare as the bullaloes. There is no .specimen of them in the museum nt Central park at present. Humors of buffalo in the north started .ho party hack to the Big and Little Porcupine rivers just ns the thormomo- , or shot down to zero and a blinding BIIOW storm set in , which had to bo 'need for thirty-five miles. The rumor > t buffaloes scorned to have originated n the mind of an unemployed guide , who wns quito as ready to guide the : mrty utter imaginary animals as after ihe real. No bulTnloes.woro found no tracks , ovon. Unwilling to give up , the hunters searched day after dny for : wo weeks , camping on the snow all ilio while , with the mercury ranging 'rom xoro to iM degrees bolow. At the end of that time they started baclc over tli 200 miles to Miles City. The expe dition supplied itself entirely with fresh meat. Some provisions were taken , of course , but there was a great plenty of venison , with an occasional duck.and the party fared well. Over four hun dred pounds of fresh game were loft at the Porcupine river ramp. "Tho way in which the buffalo is oiiig is something frightful , " said Mr. Richardson , in speaking of the failure to find even a track of the animal in the Bad Land" districts. "Wo hunted Lho country most thoroughly , and were led by McNannie , the guide who con ducted the Hornaday expedition last year. Ho knows the country thoroughly well , and is a very conscientious follow. If there had been any buffaloes I think wo would have found them. In answer to a question as to whether further attempts wonld ho made to se cure buffalo hides , Mr. Richardson said that it was not at all likely that another expedition would bo-sent out expressly [ or that pupposo. There nro bulTaloos in the Yellowstone park , protected by law , nnd there is a fetrong popular preju dice against poachers. A few men do hung about the outskirts of the park and kill whatever game' strays beyond the limits. An occasional buil'nlo is secured in this way. 1 "Although we did not got what wo wont after , " said MV- Richardson ; "wo secured so many otn/r / things that the trip cannot by any "means be called a failure. Wherever a large number of species can bo examined at once and compared , opportunity is' given for dis covery of something new , oven in well- known objects. Take the discussion in regard to the horn-sheddingof the anto- lope. It has long boon disputed whether the now horn was growing while the old one was going to pieces. By getting a great many horns of ono typo of the antelope , and in all stages of develop ment , we have settled the question con clusively. Again , it has been claimed that the pupil of the eye in the nntolopo was vortical. Wo examined a largo number of antelopes and found that this idea probably came from the fact that the angle at which the pupil is plncod in the eye vnriesi just ns _ the pupil of a horse's eye varies. It is never vertical , however. As soon as the car of stulT arrives from the west its contents will bo classified and arranged , and the public may hope to .sco among other results of the expe dition , a line group of antelope added to the other groupsnt the museum. At the village of Telex , near Malaga , a peculiar sect has been distributed by the interference of the authorities. The chief tenet of the believers is that every kind of covering of the body is displeas ing to God. Why , if the creator had wanted man to bo covered , Ho would no doubt , hud supplied him with fur or a coat of feathers , or .scales , they sav. Man has no right to improve upon God's management of creation , and , there fore , both ho and she should adodt the dross worn by Adam aud Kvo previous to the fall and the adoption of the fig loaf. Instantaneous photographs of birds living are valuable for physiological u-os. but are certainly not artistic. The British Journal of Photography says of a collection of such pictures : In some the wing tips are high in ui , in others quito low , and beneath , and , indeed , in front of the body , while again in still different views of the same bird wo seem to see nothing but wings appar ently extended to imitate an umbrella. The pictures of the pelican are particu larly ludicrous. " > A Maltese cat belonging to n farmer in Goneseo county , Michigan , for some strange reason was led to share the nest of a hen which wns trying to hatch out a half-dozen eggs in aif old shed. The hen resented the intrusion and had many a light with the cut before she became - came reconciled to her. The two are now fast friends and have by their united elTorts , despite the cold weather , succeeded in hatching two little chicks. The cat shares all her food with her feathered companion ; } ami seems to en joy their company. Ex-Ministor Taylor , who recently re turned to this country from Liberia , in speaking of missionary work in Africa , said the other day : "I boarded with a civilized man who had , three children and a wife. The man 1 > elongod to ono church , the wife to another , and each of the three children to a different ono. WhvV 'Oh,1 ho said , 'when the societies send over good tilings wo can get some of all. ' That father had only one re gret , and that is that ho hud no moro children. OHKAI' LIVKUV. The IMoncot- Livery Si a bios. For funerals the best heaives and car riages , $2 each. Carriages for calling , opera and party calls , $ 2. Best car riages for depot rails , 81. Other livery equally low. The finest hor&os and sleighs in the city. Horses boarded nnd delivered at $15 per month. Terras etrlctly cash. UOMAN & TKKUY. Proprietors. Ladies can attend the Eden Musco without an escort. EARLY SURVEYS IN 10\YA \ , Return to Olvlllztitlon After Four Months lu the Wilderness. HARDTIMESFOREARLYSETTLERS Difference Iletweuti thn West nnd Knst Then nnd Xow Miu-voN onn Changes In Hall' u Century. Dubuque Herald : Now for Dnhuqno , and then for home. The first bottler's liotiso wo came to , after our cold hath In the Turkey river , Mad boon occupied during'tho summer , but abandoned for the winter. It being evening , wo took [ > ossesslon for night quarters. Wo found potatoes and onions in a little pit be neath a trap door in the lloor. Tlioso were the first vegetables we had seen in four months , and , of coin-so , soldior-llko , wo "foraged off the country. " The next place was the Ilowlts' , at the big spring. Wo found them at homo. The ground had boon frozen and there had bdon n little snow , but it had thawed some that day. Wo pitched lent , and as usual spread our blankets for sleeping , and built a llro. Mr. Howit , seeing our tent , came down nnd gave us a warm greeting. Soon after ho and Mrs. Howit came down , bringing some fresh beef , a pan of honey and a bottle of whisky now luxuries to us , indeed. The next day wo arrived at Dubuquo. Wo put up at n boarding house nnd tav ern kept by Cannon. The landlady Boomed to run the whole business , the kitchen , dining-room and olllco. Here wo rested up for a day or two , made a sale of our ponies and wagon , to Colonel Hompstond. I believe. Our boss was destined to Cincinnati to muko returns , while the boys would skip on foot via Chicago back to their homo in Michi gan. While in .Duhuqiio there arrived a steamer from below , and would soon re turn. Wo engaged passage to Fulton. The captain of the boat wns a young man , and wp were told ho had gone to Mineral Point to see his girl , but would bo back in the ovonidg , and the boat would leave on his ar rival. So wo took berths ; but' lo ! in the morning were yet tied up to the wharf. .Wo waited that day ami at evening the captain arrived and wo wore soon on our way. Arriving oppo site Fulton a halt was made and a yawl lo.vered , manned by two boatmen , nnd wo were soon at the landing. The waves were running high , and wo were told to jump. Part of us did jump and made out to got clear of the swells , but ono wns a liltlo slow and when ho jumped ho broke down and a big swell dashed over him. The river steamers did not make regular trips at that time , I beliovo. They came up when they pleased and went back when they got ready. While in Dubuque wo learned of a tragic affair which happened a short time before our arrival. It appears that the men who worked in the mines were getting their supplies on credit ill pay day , which was once a week. A man had run an account at Dan Down's sa loon , and on calling to settle up ho dis puted Down's account , whereupon Down dealt him a blow upon the head with a billet of wood , which may prove fatal. Wo did not learn that there had been any legal proceedings instituted in the case. The most wo hoard said was that Dan would probably lose con siderable of his custom. That was thought to bo punishment enough for a crime of the kind at that day. At Fulton wo put up with n man who was having his house fitted up for a grocery store residence above and store below. The lower room was furnished. A carpenter's bench and tools , with plenty of shavings upon the iloorn litllo box stove and some green wood consti tuted the furniture. Pointing to the floor around the stove ho said : "Here , boys , this is all I can do for you ; bo care ful about the llro. " Wo took lodging and put in a good night's rest. At day light in the morning ho came in and told us ho could give us no breakfast. Ho did not expcct _ another boat up the rivpr until spring , and his supply of pro visions was scant ; ho was afraid ho would not hnvo enough to carry his family through. But if wo took that cattle trail live or six miles wo would find a settler who had lately como in , and ho guessed ho had brought provi sions with him , and wo would probably got breakfast with him. Accordingly , wo struck out. After some two hours brisk travel wo arrived at the house , ordered breaklast and it was furnished. The bill of faro was hot corn broad , fresh pork , wild honey and coffee , a good wholesome meal for footmen to travel on. The next duy wo called for breakfast at a settler's near Sterling. The woman of tliohouvj said aho could give us breakfast , "but what kind of money arc you going to pay inV" Our cashier produced some bills upon a New York Snfty Fund bank. She gazed at the bills and called to hoi- son , a young man , and told him , "Go and toll Harry to ( pine hero , " an older son. Ho came , staring at us suspiciously , and closely scrutinized our money , ques tioned us us to who wo were and what was our destination , and finally told his mother that ho guessed all was right. And soon wo were served with the best meal wo had partaken of for many a day. Our next point of interest was at the Widow Barry's tavern , about ton miles west of Chicago , where wo were told that wo could not got to Chicago , as there had boon no communication for four days. Recent heavy rains had Hooded nearly all of that big Hat prairie immediately west of the city , and the hard cold had frozen ice too sorong for teams or footmen and not strong enough to bear up either. Wo told the folks that surveyors had no such word as "can't" in their dictionary , nnd we struck out for the little town over the tender ico. The habit of running lines caused us to take a boo line , which soon led ts into tronclo. Where the water was but a few inches deep the ice was strong enough to bear us up , bat as soon as wo came whore the water was considerably deeper the ice broke und lot us down sometimes to our waists. Sometimes wo had to lay down and slide to keep from breaking th rough. Wo finally reached the sandy beach of the hike , fatigued and heated in the upper half , but chilled and benumbed below. Wo hurriedly made our way homeward , which wo finally reached the day before Christmas. Wo brushed the dust of the prairie from our gar ments , and procoodcd to celebrate our safe re * urn by taking in the holidays. The young people seemed to fairly lionize us on account of the journey wo hud made "away lo that river and upon the boundless prairies inhabited only by wild beasts and savngo Indians close to the betting sun. " Few of the younger people of Iowa and Illinois can now realize the won derful change that has taken place since 1837. Michigan wiw but npnrsoly settled at that date , and northern Illi nois was only surveyed into townships , and as for Iowa , the Indians hold sway over all except the Black Hawk fran chise , and I believe that wasoilly a strip along the river about fifty miles wide 'Seeing- such a vast amount of vacant country , wo naturally tlirught it impos sible to become settled and fully inhab ited in our day and generation. Where could the people i-omo from to fill up this itinnonso void of three great terri tories ? These wore reasonable conclu sions then , but the experience of the last forty years holds up to our vision a very different history. In this connec tion wo are led to inquire where the ter ritory is that shall supply the west ward-bound emigration for the next half a century , if emigration continues anything like it has been for the past fifty years ? I would hero further say that Indians wcro numerous upon that part of Iowa at the time wo were sur veying. Wo met with detached parties of WinnobagOL's , Monomlnccs , Choro- kces , Sacs , Foxes , Osages and Sioux. Thev appeared to bo hunting in small parties : The game was plentiful , es- peeially in the vicinity of the Turkey timber. Wo faw deer , elk , geese , ducks , brant nnd prairie chickens in fiooks too numorousto mention. Indians , wolves and the bald onglo had a line Hold of game lo feaot upon. The In dians did not molest us , but wo could see that they did not like to see the "shemnkumnn" measuring off their old favorite hunting ground for the white man to convert into cultivated homos. EARLY DAYS OF M. CLEMENCEAU. Four Years In America Becomes n Tutor and Meets Ills Destiny. Clemonccau , the French lender , was a physician , and ho once lived in Now York. Ho was well educated , says a New York correspondent of the Phila delphia Press , of fine address and a manly-looking man. Ho hung out his doctor's sign , but succeeded only poorly. A medical practice is not to bo picked up in a day hero , or in any other city , and so Clemanccau found it necessary to turn to other work. Ho advertised himself as a teacher of the French lan guage. In this ho succeeded bolter. Ho bocamp the professor of French iu a young ladies' seminary. Ho was young and talented , and boon made hosts ot friends. Ho continued the practice of mcdicino , too , and so made a respecta ble income. Ho never wasted a moment. Ho ppr- celled out his time bo that ho could devote - vote so many hours to teaching , bo man v to study and so many to literary work and the study of our institutions. Ho wrote , on all sorts of subjects. Ho cor responded regularly with ono of the Paris newspapers. Ho wrote essays and speeches , and ho also translated into French John Stuart Mill's "Augusto Comto and Positivism. " Ao quickly became - came accustomed to American ways. Ho took a deep interest in all our institutions. Ho visited the courts , the prisons , the forts in the harbor , and studied with great diligence our system of government. Ho was particularly interested in studying the condition of the poor. Ho was an omnivorous reader and in the four years ho remained in this country ho gained a very deep insight into the American plan of conducting a republic. Ho wont as far south as Richmond. lie told mo the recollections of the war haunted him and he could not qear to go further. The west impressed him deoply. IIo spent a month in Chicago , und the bustle and activity of the busy western men and women impressed him favor ably. His visit west and south were taken during brief holidays. He found the practice of mcdicino so unromunerativo that ho finally took down lits doctor's bhinglo and devoted himself to leaching and writing. But he spent many hours in the big hospit als , and I remember a largo and inter esting' letter that ho wrote on the sub ject of hospital management for a Paris newspaper. Ho praised the system highly. Ho was particularly impressed with the proceedings of our government in Washington , and ho spent many an hour in the house and senate galleries listening to the debates inthoso stirring days. In Inct , there was no branch of the government that ho did not take a deep iatorcit in. I remember ono night as I sat with him in his room , how elo quent ho became on the subject of the future of America. Ho was and is a great believer in destiny. Ho told mo that ho knew ho would ono day bo presi dent pf Franco. Who knows ? Perhaps ho will. Not the least interesting part of his visit to the country wi& ; that in which ho became interested a beautiful and wealthy young lady , Miss Mary K. Plumner by name. As I remember the circumstance now , it was a case of love at first sight. The young lady's father did not look with approval upon Ole- incnccnu. The lady referred to was a pupil in Clomenceau's French class. Finally the lady's father took his daughter from the school , and the lovers wore separated. Clcmanceau took the matter deeply to heart. It was his first love affair. Ono dny ho sur prised mo by announcing that ho had decided to leave New York and go to Connecticut as a school teacher. IIo could not boar the thought of remaining in the same city with the object of his love without seeing her. Ho did go to Connecticut , and taught bchool at ( Jj-eeiiwich for a year. Dis- tivnce , however , rather increased the love on both sides , and the lovers corre sponded. It ail oud"d as such tilings usually do. The lovoi-s triumphed. The father relented , and thov were married in ISO ! ) . A. Oukoy Hall , then mayor , performed the ceremony. They took a journey to France on their wedding tour and have never ipturned. Clenienccau fo nd a way to utilize his Uilcnts , and his pretty wife with her fortune helped him in many wcys to gain the fame lie now enjoys. Ho established himself as a physician in handsome quarters in Montnvxrtrc , of which place lru rose to bo mayor at the outbreak of the Fran co- Gorman war. Since then ho has lived in the fierce light 'hat boats upon all great leaders of the people. In all thu scenes that have stirred Franco ho has taken an active part. lie has been arrested time and again for disobeying orders of im perial superiors. IIo lias made a record as a duelist by lighting with the famous Paul do Cass.ignue. In the duel neither was hurt. At the time referred to Clomonceau had thrown over medicine for politics and had become a leader of the people and editor of the Justice. CasMignac did not like Clemonconu and ho again challenged him to a duel Clcmoncoau agreed. IIo notified Cas- sagnac's second that his principal would never again light a duel. This news was carried to Cassagnao and ho s > [ ulkcd out of it , for Clomenceuu is a dead shot. Ho takes the liveliest interest in American affairs , and two years ago ho bccnmo connected with thu Hoiiubliquo Fruncnlso ho wrote editorials from America without leaving his editorial room in Paris. Ho likes Americans and is never so well pleased as when ho has some prominent American to his house to dinner , and they discuss al ways in English , the feeling of our country. In appearance Clomoncau is rather small , slender , and well built. His hair is cropped close ana is quito gray. The eyes are black and shiny. The nose is large. Ho dresses neatly and in good tasto. Ho man ners are thoio of a polluhcd gentleman of the world. Ho is a great smoker , a moderate cater and a great believer in water. Ho never drinks liquors of any kind. He is a splendid orator. When ho rises in t.ho assembly to speak ho U listened to with jrroat attention. Ho believes in the future of the republic * Aa a leader of Urn loft ho is a man of great power and infiuonco , as has bcou shown by his frequent defeats of ministries - trios and the success with which ho' forced his demand that Grovy should resign. WILL Nor UNHOOK WHILE Bcrna Won. HTf ryl-uly who < lf sltci perlcctinn In tl vie tmltotm ihouM Wf r llirm. Mamiftcturellnnly b th WORCESTER CORSET COMPANY , Wet lcr , Mats. , u J i IS llilVel meet , Cliicagot : : os ST. , CAPITAL , $300,000 $ , Loans Made on Real Estate , School. County ami Municipal Iloiuls Negotiated \VM. A. I'AXTON. President. \VM. 0. MAUU Vlet-Vreslilent. IIOUT.t , GA11UC1I.H , Secretary. V. 11. JOHNSON , Treasurer. niUKOTOHS : W ( . A. 1'AXTON , llKNUVT. Cr.UtKE , W. (1. MAUL , i , . II. WIM.IAMS , Hour. I. . O.Mit.icns , S. it. JOU.NSON , ! > ' . 11. JOll.NKO.V. 510 North IGtU Street , Oinalia , I'AIl ) IX CAl'ITAL , $100,000 QEO. E. MAltKKK. President. UOUT. L. QAUL1CIIS , N'l K.ll. JOHNSON , Cashier muncToits : SAMUF.I. it. JOHNSON , Guo. K. ItAitur.n , KOIIT. L. GAiii.iais , \VM. SEIVKHS , K It. JOHNSON. A flpnernl Hanking llnsincss Transacted , interest Allowed on Time Deposits. H. K. BURKET , Funeral Director and Embalmer , 111 North ICth strco OMAHA. SUIUJHIJAN ' 1UAINS. Itunnlnp between Council lllnjlrt and Albright Ini addition iTTtfio htainmN nic-nUoiiPc Tralns utoii at Tttuntieth and Twenty-fourth streets and at thu Summit In Omaha. AVoMlwnrd. Ilnsl wnril. COUNCIh BliUPKH.