Nebraska Newspapers

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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
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THE CHICAGO AND
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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.
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IXIILUTOIK.
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It , W. YATI-I , I < Ktt til S. Ur.KO ,
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THE IRON BANK.
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IN WHICH IB TAUGHT
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Commercial Law , Shorthand , Telegraphing
and Typewriting.
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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
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ror , " We. ( ttnmpa ) . Medicine and Writing
taut cvcrjmherc , nccuru from cxpo
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180 So. Clark St. . CHICAGO ,
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f.
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ren aa adulta.
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Hole Proprietor. ,
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In either BOX , Involuntary Losses and Hpermat *
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abuse or over-indulgence. Each box contains
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us for six boxes , accompanied with KJOO , wo will
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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 ,
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THE CAPITOL HOTEL
LINCOLN. , NEB.
The best known nnrt roott popular Hotel In the
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lleiidqtmrttrii for toiuiuunluf men anil nil politic. * !
anJ public vittbcrlUKi.
LM' llOUOiN Proprietor
DREXEL & MAUL ,
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Undertakers & Embalmers
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B.clk'ilL'cl und proiiuilly iiitoncltu to.
'J lui > hout > No. iii