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THE OMAH/i / DAILY BEE : TUESDAY , JANUAKY 17 , 1SS8. d i- 110 b- bor or IW hon n- nUo Uo CO COULDN'T ' ENFORCE THE CLAIM An Important Decision Kondorod Under the Slocumb Law. SENATE JOURNALS OUT AT LAST. ItcportH ui'tlic IiiHiminoo IltiftlncHH or NcbrnHkii During ISH7 Supreme Court ltc-iirtiH | To-day Notes l-'roni tlie Ktnlc HOIIMO. frnoM TIII : nnr.'fl uxcoi.x mritr.Air.1 Some time hlnco Jud o Morris , of Ciete , guvo an opinion in the district court that bus largely escaped attention although it opens to now view a feature in the Slocumb law. The case wan , In brief , brought by a wholesale liquor Jioiifco iu St. Joseph to recover the price of a barrel of whiskey from a saloon keeper in Crete. The jjoods were sold by the traveling salesman on a verbal order without a written contract , but the contract was ratified by the receipt of the liquor at Croto. .ludgo Morris holds in the case that as the traveling Dalesman had no license to Hell liquor in the state , the sale was made against good morals and public policy and against the public statute of tlio state , und that the law of the stale could , not bo invoked to in any way aid the violator later , and that they were not in a position to como before the court and unforcu their claim. It is understood the csiso will go to tlio Hupremo court , und _ if a like decision Is reached thuru It will largely allect wholesale liquor dealers , and the custom in vogue of soil ing through traveling salesmen , espu- ciallyt if they look to the courts to aid them in collections. TIIH SI5NATIJ JOUUXAL AT I-AST. The lirst installment of the senate journal of the last legislature has been i ecoivcd at the olllco of the secretary of state and tlio printer bus managed to 1)0 long enough getting the job out to make the record read like ancient history. The volume is printed with the umial elaborate olTprt to put little unongh on a page te string it out for Iho publisher H benellt. There is a great deal of history in the volume , however , and when homo of the honorable mem bers begin to talk olllco to thulr con stituency the present year , it should be drawn upon them. INbUKANCH Uin'OUTS. The reports of insurance companies doing business in Nebraska are begin ning to arrive at the auditor's olllce , the reports showing the business trans acted by each company in the state dur ing 1887. The following reports were received yesterday : Mechanics , of Alilwaukoo , Wis. Premiums received , $ ! ) , < m.59 , losses incurred Sfl.58Jt.10 ; Phu'iilx , of Hartford Premiums re- i-plvod $ .38.r)57.r)7 , losses incurred $ 0- , 8'J7.1(1 ( , losses paid $2JOtW..17. The pre mium receipts of this company show a gain of $7,000 over 18SO. Gor- niania Fire , of Peoria , 111. Pre miums received $15i1.21 ( ! , losses incurred $7.0l20 ! ! , losses paid 95,307.I ! ) ; Travelers' Life and Accident company .of Hartford Life policies issued $ lly ) , : { ! : ( ) , premiums on same $11.230 , loss on same $70 , accident policies written $5,007,000 , premiums on KIIIIO $41,800.8 ; ! , losses from accidents $18,1)12.13. ) The A. O. U. W. Insurance organi/a- 1ms lilod its * report as furnished by Grand Recorder II. M. Warning. This report shows the amount written In the policies $1,312,000 , losses incurred $ ; ; 0,0X ( ) , losses paid-10,000 , the excess in los.ses arising from payment * on account of deaths carried over from the previous year. THE SUntKMi : COUHT. Supreme court which with a com mendable foresight adjourned last week prior to the storm , resumes work to-pay. The call will bo for cases from the Second end judicial district. The cases from this district exceed in numbers those from any of the others and this week nnd next will bo devoted to their hear ing. Ono of the cases is the case of Uookwaltor vs. Lansing , which attracted n great deal of attention at its trial in the district court hero and which in volves a question as to the powers of a real estate agent and the title of a valu able piece of Lincoln property. bTATK HOUbi : XOTKS. Articles of incorporation of the Saline County Loan and Abstract company have boon llled with the secretary of btato. The capital stock is $10,000 and the principal place of business Is at "Wilbur , the county seat of Saline county. Indebtedness is limited to $ T)00. The incorporators are : Henry C. Pal- mur , 11. D. Coo , George F. Sawyer , . .lohn W. Lytlo , W. E. Mavnard , It. K. Dent , jr. , Palmer and Ilendci and W. G. Hastings. The reports of county treasurers are being received at the auditor's ofiieo , twenty reports having reached there up to yesterday. The different county treasurers huvo until February 1 in which to make their settlements and it l > ohoovos them to hurry matters along. Lieutenant Dudley is actively at work .in the adjutant general's olllcu upon anew now olllcial record book that will con tain the records of all volunteer soldiers from Nebraska during the 00V from the manner in which records have been lopt heretofore , the work is both long and tudioui. County Treasurer Sharp , of Stanton rounty was at the auditor's olllce yestor- dav making his sumi-annual cottlemont. Governor Thayer was busily at work at the executive olllco yesterday after a h.afo return from DCS Molncs. THANK1XO TIIK I'llKSS ASSOCIATION" At the meeting of the Lincoln bruncl of tlio Irish league hold Sunday after noon , the following resolution was adopted : Kc.solvcil , That tlio tlinnks of the Llnroh brunch of thu Irish National lunguu n AmeriiM arc lu-i oby toiuloroil to the Nobru.ski 1'rubs association for the noble resolutions paswd at their Into convention , sympathizing with the imprisoned nu'inliors of the Irish press. As Irishmen wo iippreeluto the kindly feelings that prompted Urn resolution arising , not nlono from tlio natural bond of Journal ism , but from that Into sympathy with the oppressed imil Unit lint red of the oppressor , ivhli'h Is the llrst clmr.ieterlstieof the Ameri can press mid people , CITY 1IHIKF3. Street car tralllc was resumed yester day and all lines were back to bchedulo tlmo. The Btorm has been a heavy expense - ponso to the company and the work of cleaning the tracks has occupied the attention of a largo force for two days. Yesterday the B. & M. commenced ngain receiving freight for transmis sion and by to-day regular shipments will bo resumed over all lines of their road. Wholesale houses report their inon on the road generally snowed in although a few of the boys reached homo yosterdav. Ono of the llrst impoitant sales of blooded horses for the year will bo held in this city on the Ibt of February , the sale being of imported Clydesdales from the celebrated herd of N . T. Parker , of Simcoo , Canada. Colonel F. M. Woods will cry the pale. Dr. H. B. Davis , of McCook , regent- elect of the btato university , Hied his oath of otlico yesterday with the secro * tarv of state. Messrs. J. F. Wellington , of the Sidney - noy Democrat ; T. J. Cleaver , of thu Orleans Pioen , and E. M. Corroll , of the 'lobron Journal ) f > now-boundeditors , re turned homo yesterday. L. Wowoll , jr. , of iho Capital City Courier , has gene to Denver on a busi- less trip for a few dajn. The funeral of Mrs. Smith , of Wood- lawn , who lost her life in the storm , will be held in this city to-day. ACALIFORNIA"POTATO PATCH. How It CJrrw From n Onrilen to the JCanclio MIlplliiH ol'.IH.OOO Acres. Sail Francisco Corrcspondo'nco Now York Sun : Fifty years ago Ignacio [ nc/ lived in n little cabin on thu bank of a creek in Santa Clara county. Igna- clo kept a pig and raised just enough potatoes to supply him. There was land jnough Iving aiound loose out of doors to raise ship loads of potatoes , but that would have required work , and Ignacio never suspected that providence put liim hero to work. So ho rolled cigar- Itas and watohod his few plants grow. Potato patches llko Tgniicio's were called "milpas" in .the Greaser dialect , and the Spanish law permitted the gov ernor to issue grants to the holders of milpas in order to protect thorn from the cattle baroiiH , who were in the habit of driving their herds across country and devastating any little farms that might bo in the way. So Igimcio asked for a grant. The alcado looked at his inilpa , and found it .so small , that , in dc- rMoiij ho described it in his report as a "milpitas , " or little potato patch. In a facetious spirit ho called the ditches "creeks , " and described the lines as running from a certain tree to a point on a creek , from ono creek to another , etc. Governor Michel Toreno approved and is.suud to Ignaoio Inox a grant for the Kancho Milpitas , and Ignacio was protected from the rahls of arrogant viiqueros and their bellowing herds. Under the treaty of Guadalupo Hidalgo , this United States covenanted to respect and protect the rights of all holdois of hind under Mexican grants , and a commission was appointed to examine - amino and pass upon ail claims pre sented. Among the grants approved wan that of the Haneho Milpitas to Ig- imuio InoTho cession of California to Iho United States greatly enhanced the value of land , and Mexican grants became first-class projwrty. Thq description of the Haneho Milpitas was examined. There were genuine creeks in Santa Clara and Alameda counties , nnd in running the lines the little ditches were ignored. The grant said "from creek to creek. " The facetiousness - ness of the Alcalde was not appreciated and Ignacio IIIO/'H milpita.s of two or throe acres grow to the Raneho Milpitan of 48,000 acres , and was so patented under the laws of the United States , the heirs of Ignacio , the cigarrita-rolling greater , became wealthy hidalgos , and their daughters were sought in ipar- riago by Geringo adventurers of enter prising spirit. Another peculiarly California ! ! style of land fraud was the lloating grant. Jo.so Lone/ , for example , applied for a grant of land. Ho sot forth in his peti tion that ho was a soldier ot the Mission San Jose , disabled by numerous wounds received in the service of the church and state ; that the wounds made him incapable of active duty and forced him to pass his time in his cabin ; that in consequence ho had accumulated a largo family , mostly boys ; that traitors and dastards were per niciously prevalent even in his day , and therefore how much moro numerous such detrimental per sons might bo expected to become in the future ; that it was a good thing for the stale that largo families of boys should bo reared in a spirit of loyalty and de votion by true and tried soldiers like himself ; and that in consideration of his wounds , his largo family , and his loyalty ho should receive a grant of 500 acres of land included within certain described bounds. It was further sot forth in Joso's memorial that ho had ox- jKindcd the savings of years in the pur chase of stamped paper for his petition. The Alcalde approved , and the gover nor issued the grant. When the Amer icans came into power it was discovered that the boundaries of the Lopez grant enclosed 5,000 acres , and the courts held that the specified 600 could bo located at the grantee's option any where within the lines. A pioneer squatted on the northwest corner , and Lopeor his as signs biought suit in ejectment , For the purposes of the suit ho located his 500 acres in the northwest corner , and the squatter was put out. Another man squatted in the southeast corner. The grant was floated down there , and ho bought 200 acres of the Lopcx grant , getting title under it. In the course of a few years that grant was lloated all over the 5,000 acres , and settlers on all parts acquired title under Lopez grantj Fraud of some kind taints nearly all the Mexican grants , but the land has been transferred so often that any attempt to purge the titles of fraud would work hardships to innocent parties and bone- lit nobody. For this reason Survoycr General Hammond makes in his annual report the recommendation startling enough when regarded without knowl edge of the history of California land titles that all Mexican titles patented by the United States , fraudulent and other , bo once and for all conllrmed nnd quieted by act of congress. This means that the validity of title shall be secured from attack by the government , but still leaves the question of bounds and line open to contest by adjacent holders. Curious SuperstHlonH. A medical writer notes some curious superstitions which prevailed in me dieval times. For instance , it was held that a chip from a gallows on which sev eral persons hud been hanged , worn in a bag around the nock , was a cure for ague. A bailer by which some criminal had boon hanged was bound around the temples as an infallible euro for head ache. Tumors of the glands were said to bo "driven away" by nine blows of a dead man's hand , and the hand of a man who hud been cut down from the gallows was said to work wonders in that way. A ring made fromacollln was applied for the relief of cramps , which were also said to bo dispelled by a rusty hanging by the patient's bed. If ono had the toochacho ono was told to go and drive nails in oak tree , which , it is true , would not kill the pain , but was a stiro preventative against a future at tack. Bui-neons. Burglars got into the house of Mrs. Cuvibtv at Now Brighton , Pa. They found her ill in bed. Ono of them , who stood guard over her while his compan ion ransacked the house , asked what ailed hor. "My leg , " says the lady , "is dislocated at the knee , and we have jusl sent for a doctor. " "lam a surgeon , " said the burglar. "I will attend to it , " and , throwing back the bedclothes with a skillful and careful movement had the joint in place in a moment. The pan then departed. There is a remarkable coincidence in the lives of the Protestant F.picoual Blbhops Talbot and Leonant , life-long friends. They were boys together in a little mls.sion in Missouri , starting to school the same day , sitting at the same dost. They were conlirmod together. together were ordained deacon am : nnd in-lost , each celebrated mairimonj for the other , and now they are appointed - pointed , bishops over neighboring jum- > dictions. HONTINC THE WILD HORSE , Graphic Details of a Poculfar Western - orn Pastlmo. AN OLD RANCHMAN'S STORY. Tlic Singular HnbllN of Wild Jlorwi-H A Ntilnnnc'1 ! to Slock Oro\vcrn How tlio Indians Hunt Tin-in. General BrlsMn writes to tlio Now York World from FortMcKtnncyWyo. : An imnioiibu black stallion lay dying on v hillside. Ills eyes were fast gltr/.ing over with the 111 in of death iw hiH blood slowly ebbed away from tv bullot-hole In li.s lungs. "There , " paid the ranchman us ho stooped over the dying horse , "I guess you won't steal any more of my mares , , 'ou old riiscul , you , " and ho contemptu ously kicked the carcass. The ranch- nan was old Stoino , the well-known lorwo raiser in the Dig Horn mountains. "What did you kill him forV" I asked. "What did I kill him for ? " baid old Steino In astonishment. "For stealing my mares , of course. You didn't Mip- lese I killed him for fun , did yo ? " "I don't know , " I replied modestly , 'but It seems u pity to kill bo flno a icasl. " "A fine old thief , " said Steino , kick- up ; the carcass again. "Why , man , do you know that old cuss has stolen moro , han a doxon of my mares , and I reckon SI,000 wouldn't pay for the damage ho has done in this valley during the past summer. " "Toll mo all about it , " I said , "for it all seems vorv strange to me. " , "I reckon it wouldn't seem very itrango to yon. stranger , if you lived ui > in theyo parts and were a trying to raise iiorses. " And the man looked at mo contemptounly. as if ho thought I was a greenhorn just from the east. "Seo hero , old man , " I said sharply , "I'll thank you not to take me for a ten derfoot , for I reckon I have l > eon on the plains about as long us you have , but I never saw anybody ki\l \ a horse like that Ijoforo. " "Guess your experience at horse-rais ing then is rather limited , stranger , " said old Stoino , "but as you ask mo a civil question and seem to bo an honest sort 01 chap , I'll toll you all about it. " "Didn't you never hear of wild horhcaV" ho asked , suddenly * "Yes. " I said , "I have , of course. " "Well , " continued Stoino , "that's one of them lying tlioro , and 1 reckon lie was the biggsst thief in the whole lot. You boo they run in gangs of lifty to a hundred , and the stallions steal our mares and drive them off into the wild l > ands , and that's the last wo over sco of Lhom unless it is with a spy-glass. They go just plum wild and scorn worse nor the real wild marcs. " I then learned from the old ranchman some curious facts about the wild horses of the plains , Every effort to destroy Lhcm has proved futile , and tlio aid of the territorial government is now to bo asked to eradicate their bands. They have increased so wonderfully within the past few years that they have be come an unbearable nuisance to the stock-growers of tbo pluins. They graze in bands of twenty , fifty and oven 100 , and are difficult to approach. An old stallion generally occupies some eleva tion , and ho will trumpet an alarm to the herd if ho sees any one coming. In times of danger from wild beasts the stallions form a circles and the mares and colts are put insido. The colts are often attacked by wolves or Rocky Mountain lions , but they never succeed in killing a colt without a battle with the horses , and often the wolves and lions are kicked and beaten so badly that they to beat a retreat without se curing their prey. The stallions are regular Mormons , and got all the mares they can. They cross and rc- crohs the country looking for mares and oven prosolying for horses to enter their band. If cow ponies stray too far from the cattle or camp the first thing they know they are rounded up by an old stallion and driven oft into the hills. Often a ASild herd will discover a tame band of horses grazing quietly in the valley with no intention of leaving their ran go , but the band of wild horses , led on by their stallions , dash down into the valley , eaptnro them and carry thorn away. The wild stallions are shot with out mercy by the ranchmen. If ono is seen grazing upon a hill he is sneaked upon and dropped in his tracks. They are very alert and difficult to approach , but like the tame horse are easily killed. A bullet in almost any part of the body will cause the liorbo to drop on the plain. Tlio Indians are the best wild-horso hunters , but they do not liKe to bo out in stormy weather and they cannot stand the cold of winter as well as white men. In a storm is the best tlmo to hunt wild horses , for they bunch and cannot see any ono approaching until it is too late to got out of the way of the bullets. It is generally useless for a hunter to at tempt to run down a wild horse with a tame one , The tame horse , weighted down with the burden of the hunter's body , sooa tires and the wild horse easily escapes. Sometimes the hunters discover the tracks of wild horses near a stream and they than hunt for their watering place. The band always waters at the same place and although right on the stream , the horses will go up or down it for a mile or more in order to drink at their ac customed watering place. Hiding in the brush or crawling to a bluff the hunter lies in wait until the horses come to the water , and then shoots thorn. It is difficult to catch them as they seem to know instinctively when hunters are about , and if they even suspect danger they will at once Icavo the locality. A smoke or anything unusual will stam pede them and they will run forty or lifty miles before letting up. Their souse of smell is ver.y acute and on the wind side , about a milo is as close as a hunter can got before being discovered by his odor , and the horses are oil in a jltTy. The winter is the best season for wild- horse hunting in Wyoming. The ani mals got discouraged by the deep snows und become hungry and poor. They are apt at such times to bunch in the cot ton wood groves , where they cat the bark elf the trees and chow up all the small limbs they can reach. In winter , too , the horse-hunters can unite with it the business of "wolilng. " Perhaps some people do not know what "wolf ing" Is. Well , a "wolfor" is simply a wolf hunter , or a man who kills wolves for their hides and the reward offered for their destruction. In earlier years wolves on the plains were killed only for their pelts , but now they are killed to save the game and sheep as well as for their pelts. Next to man the wolf if the greatest destroyer of gamo. The gray wolf is dangerous , too , and will attack anything from a chinmunk to a man. They used to hunt in gangs and destroy a great many buffaloes. They would follow an old bull , biting him until they had ham strung him , and then they would kill and cut him. The buffulo being { , 'ouo , the shocp , cattle and small gamu of nil kinds suitor annually great loss from wolves. Some counties olfor as much as $ 2 per head for wolf scalps. A wolfor goes out Into the section tot country where the wolves are thickest and builds him a cabin. Ho will then kill ono or two antelope , skin them , and drag the bloody carcass in pieces all about the country. The meat is then jHisoncd with strychnine and loft near ids cabin. The wolves get on the bloody trails and follow them up until they fomo to the meat , of which they eat'heartily , and ot courto Unit is the hist of them. Tlio Wolfor has his baits in all parts' of the country , and goes from one place to another "skinning up. " A wolf pelt is woith from $2 to $ .5. and some largo gray wolf-skins bring as much as $4 and W apiece. , Thoroare many different ways of hotting wolf baits , but the poisoned carcass of an antelope , deer , oik or cow is the moit popular method. Sometimes wolf bait is sot in camtles ; the wick is pulled out , the hole lllled with strvchnino , and then the candle is cut up in pieces two or.threo inches long and the ends sealed or plugged up. This bait is sot by putting a bit of stick in the ground , splitting it at the top and putting the picco of candle between the split portions tions of the stick. A wolf is very fond of candles , and when ho cpmos along ho jerks the bait out of the stick and swal lows it. When the candle melts in his stomach , which it does in a few minutes iho released strychnine takes hold on the wolf's vitals and then there is music. The wolf always blames his trouble on his tail , and ho will spin around and around trying to catch his tail in his mouth , as I have been a dog do when at nlay. Ho will next stand on his hind legs and walk about and dance , but it all does no good. His shrieks and cries of pain are terrible to hear , and about the last thing ho does is to turn two or threo.faoniorsaulta in the air and fall dead. The strychnine kills them every timo. Indians do not like to kill wolves ; they think it is "bad medicine , " but 1 never know an Indian yet to object to helping "skin up , " and they will-gener ally skin a wolf wherever ho is found dead and bring the pelt to the wolfOrs1 The wild-horso hunters are always wolfers , and when they do not Und plenty of wild horses they always llnd plenty of wolves and make a good thing out of the bounty and polls. 1 have a boy out with a party of wolfers now , and ho sa'y's the three of them irequonlly kill twenty and twenty-live wolves per day , worth for their hides and scalps at least $76. That's pretty good wages for thrco men , or rather two men and a boy , to make. Although the wolfor has a home cabin where ho keeps nis polls ho is seldom "at homo. " IJo rides and walks all over the country , often camp ing under a tree and sleeping in the snow or on the cold ground. His only care is to liuvo plenty of matches , keep near timber and look out for "north ers. " When the wolfor hunts wolves and horses together he takes two sw ft ponies , ono of which ho rides and the other ho leads , packed with his bedding , grub and traps. Ho gocs _ over vast tracts of territory , and it is only by hard riding and terrible exposure ho can liono to como up to the wild horses. When once upon them ho docs not at tempt to catch them , but kills them , a wild stallion's scalp being worth $25 among the stockmcnpf the region where ho ranges. Sometimes in tho' 'summer the cowboys make ' and out boys up largo-parties' go to hunt wild colts. nOn such occasions they take their lassoes , some good rid ing horses and provisions and hunt for the band. A band sighted , they creep under the cover as near as "possible and then , mounting , give chaso. The colts , being weak soon fall behind the band , and are la oed and choked into sub mission. The little fellows are not hard to conquer and when separated from their companions domesticated easily , but can never bo trusted. A band of cowboys in camp and they became so tame that they turned them loose with the other horses. They stayed about for a day or two , but ono morning they werp missing and were never seen again. A farmer who had a wild colt given him by a cowboy put it in a lot by his house and kept it there a long time. It became so tame it would cat sugar out of his hand and let him fondle it. One day ho left the bars down by accident , and in the evening it was missing. It was soon several miles from homo and pursued , but it escaped to the mount ains and never came back. Hunting wild her es is a noble sport and a most rare ono in this country. A ranchman tells mo ho knows where there is a band of boventy-flvo head pt wild horses in a little valley up the Big horn mountains. This valley is only ton miles long and from a half to ono milo wide. It is approached by a nar row canyon that closes in to lifty and sixty feet at places , and the whole valley - loy inside is surrounded by wall rock hundreds of feet high , over which no animal can escape. Not only wild horses but deer and oik are very fond of seek ing such sheltered nooks in winter. It is proposed to go up early in the spring , wall up the mouth of the valley at the nnrrow.oht point and then go for the band. Old Stoino , who killed the black htullion mentioned in the first part of this article , says ho knows the band well and that there are several branded mares and horses with it , stolen from the tame herds , and also ton or a dozen tame unbrandcd two and three year olds. Ho offers to bo ono of the party to capture them. When this hunt comes oil I will lot you know the result of it. _ lliicuinntiHiii. is undoubtedly caused by lactid acid iu tlio blood. This acid attacks the fibrous tissues , and causes the pains and aches in the back , shoulders , knees , ankles hips , and wrists. Thousands of jjeoplo have found in Hood's Sarsaparilla a positive euro for rheumatism. This inedicino by its purifying action noutra- lixcs the acidity of the blood and also builds up and btrenjjthons the whole body. "Will 1888 be a Year of War ? Philadelphia Inquirer : The present year is the fifth year of modern times in which the aggregate of the figure is twenty-live , and thdra will bo but five more years in which such a combination is po&siblo prior to the year SJ509. Prob ably but few have over hoard of the old prophecy , which runs as follows : In every future year of our Lord , When tlio sum of thq flRures is twcnty-flvo Some wurllko UinnJon.vlll draw the sword , Hut peaceful nations in pence shall thrive. Students of modern history will read ily recall how faithfully this prophecy has been fulfilled in the four previous years to which it applied. In 1000 Russia , Denmark and Poland formed the coalition against Sweden , which inaugurated the great war that ended in the disastrous defeat of Charles XVI. at Pultowa. The year 1780 will over bo memorable on account of the breaking out of the French revolution. 1708 witnessed the campaign of Bona parte in Egypt and the formation of the second European coalition against Franco. In 1870 war broke out between Eng land and Afgluuiibtnn , followed by the invasion of the latter country by British troops. Iu what maunor the prediction is to bo verified in 1888 , romnind yet to bo BOOH , but the present condition of En- rope poems to promise an nbundmunt fulllllmont of the prophecy. Old pill boxes arc spread over the land by Iho thousands after having been emptied by sufferinnhumanity. . What u mass of sickening dlfgusllng medi cine the "poor ston.ach has to contend with. Too much ctrong medicine. Prickly Ash Bitters Is rapidly and surely taking the place of all this class of drugs , and in curing all the ills aris ing from a di-ordored condition of the liver , kidneys' stomach and bowels. Klllcil Ity I A Pittsburg , ( Pa. ) special to the St. Louis Republican tolls the following harrowing story : A remarkable case of the death of a woman was reported to day from Franklin township , Denver county , Pennsylvania. The death oc curred last week while the woman was suffering with a violent attack of head ache , to which she had been subject for nearly three years. For the past three years she has been living in an old liotiho which was badly Infested with bud bugs. Shortly after moving into it she began to be troubled with a blrango typo of headache which seemed to in crease in violence with each returning attack until at times she was rendered unconscious by Iho severe pains which she often described as resembling a heavy weight or pressure on the top of her head. The strange nature of the case and his inability to render relief aroused the attending physician's cm i- osity , and with the content of the bo- rcavcd husband ho cut open the skull after the woman's death. Ho found firmly lodged on the top of the brain in a clotted ninas , a largo number of bed bugs. How they got there bailies all who have heard of tlio case. The doc tor has placed his strange llnd in alcohol and has sent an account of Ute case to a medical school in Now York. Prince ll miirtk'H : KIdor Itrollier. Modern Society : Some of the French newspapers profess surprise that Prince Bismarck should possess a younger brother who lives in a comparatively re tired sphere , has never been ta'lked about , and never been pushed into a heavily salaried berth , notwithstanding liis pounjjor brother's immense inllu- onco. This fact must also astonish those diplomatists and statesmen who lay hands on all the plunder they can reach , for themselves first , and then for those dear friends and connections for they are expected to provide. The great Otto's integrity on this score is made much of by Gallic journalists and earnestly recommended to the considera tion of some of their own compatriots. Its superior excellence proven In millions of homes for morn than a quaiter of n centtirv. It Is used by the United States Government. En dorsed bv the heads of the great universities , as the Strongest. 1'nrest and Most lle.ilthful. Dr. Price's thu only linking Powder that does not contain Ammonia , I.tiuo or Alum. Sold only In CUUS. 1'IIICK llAKINfl I'OVMlUlt C < > . Now Vork. Chicago. St. Louis. Two for a Cent And the best ever made. Cheap enough , surely , and so good that those who have used them won't have any others. What are they ? Ath-lo- pho-ros Pills. What are they for ? For disordered Stomach or Liverlndigcst- , ion , DyspepsiaConstipation , , Nervous or General Debility , Headache , Lassi tude , Diseases of Women. They'll ' take away that tired feeling , give new life and strength. Small and pleas ant to take , yet wonderfully effective. Prepared from the formula of an eminent physician , Neatly put up in bottles , and sold by all druggists. THE ATHLOPHOROS CO. 112 Wall St. , Now York. SteckPiano Itcmarkablo for powerful sympa thetic tone , pliable action and al > solute durability. W years record. HIH bfht guarantee of the excel lence of thene Ill-il WOODBIGEBR08. THE CHICAGO AND NorthWestern - Western Railway Short Line. Omaha , Council Bluffs And Chicago , V % * coir rotd to take for Dei Molnea , Wurlalltown , Cedar llupldi , Cllulnu , Ulxon , Chicago , Milwaukee and all poluu enn. To the pooplu of Kebranka , Colorado rado , W jomlnu , Utah , Idabo , Nevada , Oregon , \Va Q. Ington and California. It on r luptMlor u < l iinug Bi i posslale by any other lino. Anionic a taw of the uumeroul polnti of superiority enjoyed by the patrons of tills ruacl between Omaha ana Chlcaito. are IU two train a day of DAY COACH- KS , which are the finest that numnn art and Ingenul * ty can create. Itnl'ALACK BI.KKI'INU OAIW. which are mnilelt of comfort and eleganco. It ! I'AllbOU DltAWINU ItOOM CAIIS , unsurpasse.l by any , and IU widely celebrated I'ALATIAI , D1NI.NO CAlis. the equal of whlch cannot be f uund eisewburo. At Coun ell llluffi tha train ! of tbe Union I'acllte Hallway , con * In unlou de ot with those of the Chicago A ortbweitt-ra lly , In Cblcaeo the trulni ot tbli line make cloie connection with those of all otber uusttto Unes. lot IVtrolt , Col ambus. Indlnnnpolli , Cincinnati , Niagara tails , Ilutlalo. I'litsauri ; , loronto , Muntrual , Bviton , > ow Vork , 1'hlladejpbla , Ualtlmoru , Wasb < ln ton , and all polnti la tbo east , ask for u tlckut tla Uiu "NORTHWESTERN. " If Ton wtih tbe licit accommodation. All ticket agenti n ticket * via thli line. ILllL'UlllTT. B.P , WILSON. tienl. Manager , Ueui.run'r Ageat ( WIUl IKUIUII U , S. DEPOSITORY , OMAHA , NEB. Paid Updhpltnl , - $2BOOOO Surplus , - OOOOO II VT. VATK-i. - I'resia.'ilt. LKWIH S. HBKII. Vlce-1'reMdent. A. U. ToilM.IN , 2d VIce-l'roMilent. \V. it. y. HuaitKn , CaMilor IXIILUTOIK. \V. V. MOIl'C , .ItJlIN S. CDI.MN4 , It , W. YATI-I , I < Ktt til S. Ur.KO , A. li.Tou/AL.l.x. Iliuiklnc Office THE IRON BANK. Cor. 12th unit I'm trim PM. A General llnnkltii : lluslness Transacted. Proprietor Omaha Business College , IN WHICH IB TAUGHT Book-Keeping , Penmanship , Commercial Law , Shorthand , Telegraphing and Typewriting. Send for College Journal. S. E. Cor. IGth and Capital Avo. Mention the Omulm lleo. i. S. ft D. DATOON , 1707 OHvo Street , St. Louis , Mo. OfUioMlsf.ottrlSt.itoMus.cum of Anatomy.St. IiuuK .Mo. , | uU fruity Luikgu Ho mal , I.on. tlon , nit'Hi'n , ( lorniiny nail Now York , llnvl ilcvjk'd their utteutlon SPECIALLY TO TIE TREATMENT OF DISEASES. Moro especially tlioso nrlslns from nenre , Invfio nil M ) Biiflurlni ; locorro-fpoud with out delay. Discuses of Infection nnd contnelon currd Rufcly nnil Biieudllylthoututoot dnn. gi'rous ilniijs. rutltmts wlio o cases liavo boon iirulertvd , luilly treated or pronounced Incur- nme , should not full to M rltii us conciirnln/j / their suniitoms. All loiters receive Immediate attou- JUST PUBLISHED , And w 111 be niall < > < l FKIUJ to any artdresi on ro- celpt of onu S-ccnt Htamp , "Practical Observa tions on Nervous Debility nnd IMiv-Rlcal Kxhaus- tlou , " to which Is added nil "lssav on Mar- rlun1. " with Important chapters on diseases ot tin1 HenrodiictlVu Organs , the whole forming * valuable medical tieatlse which should be roitl L > y nil young men. Address DRS , S , and D , DAV1ESON , 17O7 Olive Street St. Louia , Mo. J. B. HAYNES , -OFFICIAL STENOGRAPHER , Third Judtclil District , 87 CIIAMUHlt OF COMMKUCB. * mi OF TUB Chicago , Milwaukee & St. Paul R'y ' , * The Best Route from Omalm and Council to THE EAST TWO TUAINS DAILY BKTWKKN OMAUA ANI > COUNCIL BLUFFS Chicago , AND Milwaukee , St. Fnul , Minneapolis , Cedar llaplds , Itock Island , Frecjiort , Ttockftml , Clinton , Dulmque , Dfueiiport , Elgin , Madison , JiinesTllle , Belolt , Wlnona , Ln Crosse , And nil other Important polnti Eait , Northeast nnd Southeait. For through ticket * call on the ticket ngontntllOl Furnam strtct. In Paxton Hotel , or at Uulua I'acltlo Ixnob- 1'ullman Sleepers nnd the flncit Dining Onra In the world are run on tha main line of the Chicago , Mil waukee A St. Pnul HMlwnjr , nnd CTCTT attention In paid to passungurs bj courieuui nii > lojr * ul thu oompanjr. It. Mlf.IiEH. General Manager. J. K. TUCK Kit , AHKlstantUonernl Manager. A. V. H. CAlll'KNTKH , Uoueral Taisenger and Ticket Agent. ono. K. HBAFFOnDAiilitint General Pawoger nd Ticket Ayent. J. T. CLAUK , General Superintendent. HO 19 nfACQO.UITKD VTITR THE OIOOBirilY Or mil COUHTBT WILL SSI BT Eli-MLHLSU THIS Mil" T1UT TUI CHICAGOROCK , ISLAND&P4QIFIC RAILWAY lly rial on of Ita central poilllox e'.ou relation to linn Lruit of Chicago , and contlniom hne < at terminal points We it , Horthwunt and Doithwoct , 1J the true middle link In that trftnicontlnentai pyitem vrhlch Inrltei atici facilitate ! trav l and truffle between llio Allantlo and 1'aclno. The Rock Iiland main lln and bnnthf i Indurto Chi- Cairo , JolUt , Ottawa , Ln ? ll , J' or ! , Oencuo , Mollcb and Itock Iiland , In Illlnoli ] Darruport , lluicatlno , VTmhlnKtom , KalrHrld , oltumwu.Oikalooia , Wcitl.lb- ertylowaClt7De9Uolnoi.IndlanolaWlnteri tAtlan- tlo , KnoiTllU , Audubon , Harlan , Oulhrle Centre and Council Kluff , In. lowai Qillatln , Trenton , Bt..Mtph , Cameron and Kaniai City , In Hlisourl ; I. ai , iwortti and itohlion , In Kaniui Albert Lea , Minneapolis aud it. I'aul , In Minnesota i Watertown and BIoui Kalli.lD Dakota , and hundred * ot Intermediate cltlei and towni. . ' . 'The Qreat Rock Island Route" Guarantee ! rpeed , comfort , cirtalnt/ and lafetj. It ! permanent war U dlitlniruiihid for Iti eicellence. Its bridge ! are of ( tone and Iron. Ill track li of lolM ite llt ! rolling Btock p rft > ct. It ! paMcnffer eiulpin nt fcai all the lately appllancni that experience his prjro 1 oierul , and for luinrluui accommodation li uiu ! . - pasiod. Ite Kxpre * ! Iralni consist of mperlor Uiy Coaches , rlrfint 1'ullman I'alaco Parlor and Bloeplu ; Can , luperb Dining Can , prorldlng dellclooi ineali , and ( between Chicago and fit , Joseph , Atcblson ami Ka a City ) restful Reclining Chair Cars. UK man agement 1 coniorratlre , IU discipline ending "The Famous Albert Lea Roi're" Between Chicago and Minneapolis and Bt. I'a. li the favorite. Over Ibis linn Rolld Fast Espreti Trains run dally to attractive resorts for tomrlsls In Iowa and Minnesota , and , rla Watertown and BIoui Falli , to tba rich heat and gracing lands of Interior Dakota. TU Ceneca and Kankakee , the Rock Island offers tcperlor Inducements to trareleri between Cincinnati , Indian apolis , I rayette aud Council llludi.St. Joseph , Atcbl son , LenTenworth , Kaniai City , ill. I'aul , and Interme diate { olnti. All patrons ( especially ladlrs and chll- 1)1 ) mi ecelre protectioncourUsy and klmlly attention , tor tlcketi , maps , folderscojlejof WeiternTrailor my de lrMl Infonnitlon , apply to principal onlces In t&o Vnltod States auU Canada , or address , at Chicago , n , B. CABlf , f , ST. JUMN , I , A. IIOIBR09I , his 11 C..1 Ku. , i asttCnlllumr. OiaIlL OfMi Ari ' . J. O.MJIItMTll , Surgeon and Physician , Olllce .V . \ \ Corner lull aiil ; JJouslas Jit. Ofhce , , iU5 ; HtalUeucu telunhone , Who l < WFAK. NRKVOVN. TRIFI.KI ) Rwny bli > 1OOK of IIODY , niMland MAMIOOn.rftiiilnRfxlmuHliiK dmlnt upon the FOUMTAINM of l.irK , IIKAUACHK. UAVKAt'lIK , DmuHilI Drcums WRAUNF.NH of Memory. HASH. rlll.NFHIln HOC'IKTY. l'lMl'l.lS : Uixitl the rA 'K. and nil the KFFKl'l'N lendluctn F.AKIjY UIX'AYnud ix-rhnto < 'OKN1MII > . TIO.N or INNANITY. ilunilcl consult Hi once the T.I.KIlllATii ; > lr. Clarke , Krtntillshpd 1S.M. Dr. Clorke lu mndo NF.KYOI1N UK- 1IIMTY. ' 1IUOM < ! nnd nil Dltreica of the OF.MTO ITIII.XAKY Urrnnii I.I to H'ndy. It make * NO dlnerenco WHAT you b ve tnkcn or WHO hai fnlleil to ruru you , ir FEM A IiF.S sutTerlng from dlseiues pocil- llnr to thvlr nox cnn consult with the Miuratico of ipocdy roller niul cure. Send 2 ceiiU poflace for works on jour dlicn ci. * i-fciul 4 cents rosing for Cf < loknit > el Workii on Cliroiilr. Ncr iit and B H cute Uliciuca. Connullntlon , l rtonnUy or bf letter , ! > < . Consult the old Doctor. TliouantiilN cnr - < l. Olltrrciinil nMrloMi prlvulp. * rlhosc rontemplKtliiR MtrrtM * lend for Dr. Cluvkc * * cclehrated fttla * Mnlo and Fomiilp. cnrh l-c. , loth Sbe. ( itampt ) . llcforo conCnlne your cnio , conMlK llr. CI.AUKi : . A frlctully letter or call may lave future suucritignnd nhaino , and add irolden ycnra to life. * sj-Book " l.lfp'ii ( Secret ) Kr > ror , " We. ( ttnmpa ) . Medicine and Writing taut cvcrjmherc , nccuru from cxpo Hours , 8 to R : Sunda > s , i ) to 12. Addrvst. P. D. CLARKE , M. D. 180 So. Clark St. . CHICAGO , BITTERS IT IS A PURELY VCBETABLC PRtfMfcMH # f. IPRI 5ENNA DRAKE-BUCHU It h n stood tu Test of Tear * . t in Curing all Disease- the BLOOD , LIVEK , WOK- AOH , KIDNEYB.BOW- 18 , & 0. ItPuriflMth * Blood , Invigorates and CloiuHeBtheByttMa. BITTERS DYSPEPSIA.COKSTl- CURES rATIOK , JAUIIDICK , ULGISEASESOFTHE SICKUEADACHE.BUr LIVER IOUS COMPLAINXB.4C disappear at once under KIDNEYS ita boaefl cletl influence. STOMACH It it purely a Medicine AND a its cathartic proper ties forbid * Its me ai a BOWELS ] beverage. It it pleai- ant to the taste , and as easily taken by children - ren aa adulta. PRICKLY ASH BITTERS CO Hole Proprietor. , Health is Wealth ! On. 13. C. WEST'S NKIIVE ANI > HIIAIN TIIKAT- MKMT. a guaranteed Hpeclflc for llisteriu , Dlzzl. ness , Convulsions , FltH , Nervous Neuralgia Headache , Nervous rrohtratlon caused by tha use of alcohol or tobacco , VVakefulncxs , Mental Depression , Hotteiilng ot the ilrntn resulting In liiHunlty aud leading to miser- , decay and death. 1'rem.ituroOld Ago , Harrunncss , loss of power In either BOX , Involuntary Losses and Hpermat * on liH-a caused by o ver-cxptt Ion , of the brul n self- abuse or over-indulgence. Each box contains one month's treatment. 11 < Xa ) box , or sir Ixixes fort.l.OO.Bontbymall prepaid on receipt of price. WIO CiUAItANTKK SIX UOXIJS Toe-lire any case. With each order received lijr us for six boxes , accompanied with KJOO , wo will send the purchaser our written guarantee ) to re fund tno money If the treatment does not effect B cure. Guarantees Issued only by C. K. UUUD- MAN , Druggist , Solo Aijcnt. III ! ) Varnam St. , Omaha Neb PUBLIC SALE OF IMI'OUTED ions ar.d Mares , At Rawling's ' Barn , Lincoln , NOD , , FEBRUARY 1 , 1888 , AT 1 P. H. At which time and place I will sell to the highest bidder 1H houd of choicely bred and firnndly formed Mums and stnlllons , all liiipcirlcil fuiia Scotland Iu Auiuht , uvcry animal iirriiutod to bo a breeder. 'I lie stallions , soinn IU In number , r.uiKe 111 nes from ! 1 toll yrars ; their ancestors will bo irroKiil'ed by breeders as being some of the most noted ultimata lucoidc-iUn the Cljdes- dulo Htud Hook. They are as well formed an they are bred , and cannot fall to please thu In order who appreciates stjlu with Rood action , largo bone ami musrlound a constitution hardly equaled and not excelled by any other breed of Draft Horses. TIIltMS or SAT.r.-l.-i months for bankable paper though longer time Hill bo given when Uesltcd If application Is made before huln. Tor Catalogue apply to P.M. Woods , Lincoln , Neb , after .luimury ft , IWf. ! ' . Jl. WOODS. N. T. PAHKP.H , Auctioneer , Imnoitvrund llreeder. Lincoln , Neb. Blmcoo , ( int. MI'OiriKD STAMjIONS FOUSA.li fi\ \ n y vl ; ! I Percherons , Cljdesdales and Phlre , also home bred colts livery animal guaranteed a breeder Our stock has been sulected with reference to both Individual merit and pmllgreo. Some ) of thesnhorMts have taken llrst prl/o at the Ne braska Ktato 1'elr , 1H87. All our horses nut uo cllmated , and colts of their get can bo shown. Prli es reasonnbln und easy terms. Is accessible by the tliieo leading railroads of thu state , I ) , & JL ; 1' . . 15. i : Jl. V. . and 1C. ( , ' . A : 0. I'KV A , PAllltllAH , Vork , Neb THE OMAHA BEE , j i -DKMV1.HK1) TO- AHY PART OF LfflCOLN BY CAIIUIRIt KOIl 20 Cents a Week. Seven papers a week. Bond your order to tha olllce , 1029 P Street , Capital Hotel Building THE CAPITOL HOTEL LINCOLN. , NEB. The best known nnrt roott popular Hotel In the tlnte. location central , appointments flnt-cla . lleiidqtmrttrii for toiuiuunluf men anil nil politic. * ! anJ public vittbcrlUKi. LM' llOUOiN Proprietor DREXEL & MAUL , ( bucceosorv to John O .Inroln ) Undertakers & Embalmers At thu old M'und , 1107 Tarnaiii Si ( Jultrrf' by Ivlcx B.clk'ilL'cl und proiiuilly iiitoncltu to. 'J lui > hout > No. iii