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* H THE OMAHA DAILY BEE.PBIDAY : , MARCH 2 , 1888. THE NEWS AT THE CAPITAL. Mr. Burr's Rdoontly Completed Roal- denco Badly Damaged By Flro. THE SOUTH OMAHA ICE COMPANY Article * of Inootporntlon Placed on Fhe nplajr In llcglstrrlng Omalm Hohool IJomlB-Suprcmo Conrt Dcclnlotia , frnoM TUB lien's LINCOLN nnnfexu.1 ' , At 0 o'clock Wednesday the handsome residence of A. D. Burr , completed last mi minor , Was found on flro and bo fore it was subdued the building nnd furniture worts damaged to the extent of $1,000. The loss is fully covered by insurance distributed in the fbllowing cbmpmltcs : Gorman American $2,500 , Continental $2,500 , Northwestern Mutual $2,500 , on the bulldlhg , nnd the German American 11,000 , Firemen's Fund $1,000 , Union of California $ - > 00 , and Phcunix of London 8-500 on the furniture. AUTIOMW or iNcouroiiATioN of the South Ointtlut Ide company were filed yesterday with the secretary of state. Capital stock , $10,000. The ln- corporators arc J. C. Sharp , J. F. Boyd , M. V. Smith , D. L. Holmes , II. C. Bost- Vlck , H. H. Meday , W. G. Sloaiio. CJMAltA hCIIOOk ITOXDH. The ftuditdr Of ntnto has received ic- | icMcd letters from tlio secretary of the hchool board In Omaha asking nbout the registering of the school bonds. The auditor has repeatedly written that they could not bo registered with dno'linll of thorn yeti iOmaha. . The secr6lnry of ( state is at hoipo to affix his signature to the bonds , litid the delay ih their regis tration rests with the custodian of the bonds in Omaha. BUPUK.MK COUKT DECISIONS. The supreme court has placed the fol lowing opinions on lllo : 1'rntt vs. Mill. Appeal from p6ujms cdutity. Aflirniml. Opinion by Oebb , J. Aw lllln the following words ! ' 'I give , bequeath anil dovlso unto my wife , L. J. P. , nil my real estate , nnd all the remainder ana residue nt my personal estate after tiaying iny debts aim burial ejtirchsc.i. and Co her heirs in feu Bimnlo , tor the ntdlntctianbo dnd supirart of toy said wife and my Infnntchild , " CT 1) . P. ; held , that upon the payment of tlio debts and personal expenses of the testator nil the dcuth of L. J. P. without having tlls- frtBbdttf the fcfetntfe , a trut resulted In favor of Q. D. P. , < He h ir-ftt-law of thb tc4tatAr , In thd Whole 6f tlio residue and remainder of the estate. Lane VB Abbott. Error from S&line county. Affirmed , Opinion by Uccso , Ch. 3. in ortlfer thbt a'plnmlirt ' May recover r al estate in nn Action of ojectmonl , his deiorip- tlon'of the Irtnd in dispute mut to 8\ich as would onublo a competent' Urvdydr to locate it , by referring to docda , Writings , or known objects by Which the exact land can bo idon- tllldtl. Crolghtoh. , & Morgan v O'Dowd. from Sillrto county. Reversed hnd re manded with dlrdcUons to enter : } bdgmonk of rovlvor. Opinion by MaxXvoll , J. A Judgment wns recovered In n county ToutV * tran * rit > t thereto ! fllod hi the district court oh whloU an execution was lisunO and feturnod timatisfloa. Nb further proceed ings were hud In said cause until after the lapse of nmo years , when a motion and affi davit vrero filed to revlre the Judjrment. The parties thercux > n fttlpirtnted "that the Judg ment herein fcoUgnt to bo rcViVcd 'was ' ob tained , and that since Ulbamo tvns rbrtdcrod flvo years have blap d with no execution having b * ri IMUcd thereon dnd no attempt raado to collsct wild Judgment , and that the , Judgment becbmA dormant. Thai thbttbmb vras dormant four and a half yean before any st r > whatever were t.\kcn to revive the fcattic. bud that no l rt of said Judgment has over been paid. " Held , that the plaintiff was entitled to nn order of revivor. Wright vs Sweet , 10 Neb. , 191. Huntsr VB Leahy , 18 Neb , * > . Lungdon v State. Error from Sarpy county. Anlrmcd. Ojllnlcm by Max * well , J. Whcro n public road hall Bce4 tuM across certain real estate by competent authority , nnd has been accepted by the public and traveled for moro than ten years , the public , thereof inquires nn cafccmcbt ( A tike said' ' road , and the land owner will bo Ilablo if ho fences up or obstructs the same. Western Mutual UeneiU AMOcifttton v Pace. rror from Cnihs county. Affirmed. Opin ion by Koeso , Ch. i. Wnoro a dcfchdunt has entered hl8 ppcat- ftnco in an action and abhehU Hlmstflf on tho' ' day of trial , ho Is hot entitled lo lUVc the ddgftent Ogttlhbt him ot aside under Sec-1 lion 1001 of the civil code of Nobraiku | Strme t Kauftnian. 13 Neb. . 433. 1 Mordhorst vs. Uoynolds. Error from Gage county. Anlrmcd. Opinion by llcps , Ch. J. 1. Whore a "county " court in n proceeding instituted under the provisions of section COJ of the civil code , upon sufficient evidence sets nsldo a Judgment rendered thereon , as having been obtained by fraud , and Ita decision is sustained by the dWtrlct coUrt Upon proceed ings in error , the ( hidings of such courts will not bo molested upon questions of fact. 3. Where during' the pendency of an action in the cAUnty cdurt in a terrti cuefc the plain- lift and defendant enter Into a Verbal agree ment that the cause shall bo continued , and In violation of such agreement thd plaintiff , without notice to defendant , fraudulently procures n Judgment to bo rendered , the de cision of the eotfrtty i5Mlrt In gtartttng a hew trial will bo sustained. Btate x r l. Qrable Vs. Roderick. Mandaimia. Demurrer overruled and leave given de- fendaiTt , upon payments of costs made since filing demurrer , to tlio answer m ten days. Opihton by Maxwell , J. Whcto a county troMurftr hn collected Mid holds In his hands moneys belonging to n city , and ujwn demand of treasurer of luch city refuses to' pay the same , ho may bo com piled by mandamus to make such payment. Ih such cuso the cltv treasurer Is not com pelled to bring un action on the cbunty treas urer' * b8nd to recover the amount duo. Silas Cobb , of Omiha , was admitted pro baovice. Kk parto Dohahoa Motion for Icavft to me papers and sue form n pau | > crlA , overruled. Order lo show cnuso why writ should not Issue by March 7 , lSt > S. Hottman vs linrtlintr. Order to sllow eixllso why attachment should not iscuo by March 7 , 1888. \ Great Battle IB continually going on in the human system. The demon of impure blood btmcB tb gain victory o\'of the consti tution , to ruin health , to drag victims to the grave. A good , reliable medi cine like Hood's Sarsaparilla is the weapon with which to defend one's self , drive the desperate enemy from tlio field , nnd restore potico nnd bodily health for many yours. Try this pe culiar medicine. HANNIBAL HAI LIN , OF MAINE. Tlio linst of the Mun "Who IK 180O W M > Prealflentlnl OniUtidntca. New York Graphic : The anniversary of Lincoln's birthday brought Kovornl of the old-timer * oncu moro into public notice. All over the country they have been hoard of by thousands wno for years have imagined that most of them had long elnoo paid tholr last debt to nature. Perhaps among all the veterans - erans that the occasion brought out none WOB at ono time moro prominent in war days than , when history was made , than Hannibal Uninlin.of Maine. He is one of the few men still living vlio were conspicuous in the republican party nt the time of its Urst national canvass , in 1850. Forty-five years have rolled away since Mr. HuiuUu , thqn in his thirty- fourth your , was elected to congress nftor having raado an unsuccessful tight for the place two years before * Ho was a domocratuna considered a very strong and faithful party man. Indeed ho was cut to the United States eonato by that party , nnd wna practically Its lender In Maine. When the republican party wan organised ho foil aWay from his old political allegiance , hnd since ( hat time has been an nggrcsalvo loader of the tncnt advanced 'and radical wing of the republican orgunbntion. Nearly ninety years of ngo he Was born In 1609 ho still apparently retains InUch ot the physical nnd mental vigor which thirty years' Og6 inado him ioc- ogtiixcd as one of the bct jmlltifcitl campaigners in NOW England , lie hnd grown to bo an historical character. Of the eight men on those famous ila- tionul tickets of 1800 , when the country blood on the verge of a great convul sion , ho is the only oho now living. .Tojm Bell , who carried thofitnndnrxl of the Union pat'ty in Hint campaign , In'pd long enough to lenrn that the arbitra ment of battle hnd forever settled the huoeliona of slavery nnd secession In tills country , and before ho died in his homo in hushvlllo , Tenn. , in 1800 , ho had acknowledged that the temporary truce his party hold out would have only postponed the struggle , and woUld not have forever prevented it. Enwnrd Everett , the great Mn sachu- scttB orator , Who was Mr. Boll's asso ciate , jxisscd away amid the Boundtof the last guns of the war that he hud in his brotherly , kindly way , hopes to sup press. Ho did not live long enough 'to hear the echoing shouts Of the CJrahd Army ns it mnitHicd through Washington - ton in the bright spring days of ISf)1) ) , for' early in January of thut year all Boston tind much of Now England hud stood with uncovered head and watchbd the cortago that bore him to the grave. Slophoh A. Iknifflns looked hU last look on earth during the llrst throes of the rebellion that ho had foreseen and was preparing to aid in suppressing , for in the Juno days of 181 ( ! , at Chicago , hu , lee , Was laid ut r6t amid the sorrow , not of n state , hut of the nation ho hnd served so well. Herschel V. Johnson , who was the candidate on 'the ticket with the "little giilntr" dpoppcd ttWliy after the war out 6f Yiublic notice , and clidd quietly and almost forgotten in his Georgia home nlmost ten years ujto. John C. Brcckinriego ought to have bean living and in the prime of life to day In his early sixties , but the war Jof t him poor , stranded and n fugitive from his home among the rollicking.carolefes- llved habitues of the Students' cjuni'tur in Paris. When he could return ho did to , and in May , 1875 , breathed his last it his old home In Lexington , Ky. Joseph Lane , of Oregon , who in the fighting days of the Mexican Wnb was the idol of the noathwcst , and governor , tndmbor rif congress , ftttd ' senator from the now state , saw his political future ever clouded when ho and BrCckihridge not their great defeat. Ho died in ob scurity and poverty nbout two yoalrs after Brockinridga had been carried "to " 'tltfc grave. SO the ola Maine statesman M thb last of the lint , and HB ho stood iy > in the rooms of tub Republican blub nt Port land , Me. , on Lincoln's anniversary , Hs U to bo wandered that With dimmed eyes nnd sometimes tremulous VoicQ ho talked 61 ilio past anil his friends- and as sociates in Iho old days , with the tone of a man whoso rnco in life was finishoid , and who was longing for the Test th'at the jjraVo brings 16 1 all ? " < " -i A Financial Forccant For 1889. Samuel Ben nor , nn Ohio farmer , who has gained considerable notoridtv through the newspapers for his pradic- lions ot fbtufe events , and who ft few years ago published ( i volume on the up | > 4 and downs of prices , Which had R great sale , has now communicated to1 the Ron ! Estate Journal his prophcclts for Iho year 1888 , Invhich ho says : "This ydar , 1 88 > 'being the cleiing year in thisycld : of low prices rfoVen yoafs from 11 is the golden oppor tunity to commence n foundation for * a business. If there is any benefit to bo derived from a knowledge of thcko Cycles in tradte , it will bo in taking ad vantage of ihdm. "Young meh who are nbout to com mence their business career should em brace tboir prosentonportunity. Tltcro Are but few of 4hcso ohahocs ih ordinary life. It requires about ton years to coin ploto an up and down in general tradb. "When thd degressions which folloHv commercial crises reach their lowobt limit , As determined by thcao pHcc dycle8thfcy ! afford the best oppoHuni- tles tot investment , 'ftnd the height 6" speculative eras fare niont dangerous tool' iofls to make a conimencombnt in any enterprise. ' 'This is the opportunity for investors to open n mine , build ] i lurnaco , to croft nTnlll , to build a ship , to equip a rail road and to make investments in ngri cultrnl , commercial , nnd industrial op orations. "George Peabody laid the foundatidr for his fortune by buying American sb' curitlos In ono of our commercial db pressions. " _ _ Physicians proscribe Dr. J. H. Mb Loan's Tar Wine Lung Balm , in it tilth find no trace of opium or morphia , while 4ts efficacy in curing all throat or lurtg diseases Is wonderful. 26 'ccli ' i a bottlb A Plot-Id * Idea. Chicago Tribune : Ono of the mob conspicuous features of the Florida nub- tropical exposition IB the allegorical llg Uro of h woman which reaches forty feet above the floor. The figure wns mndc in the country "Way down upon the S'wnnneo Ribber , " and is clad ontirolj by the products of the section , her skirt being composed of dried and grcOn Spanish moss , with overdress of cottai hatting fringed with tobacco. The waist id also of cotton batting , and in her arm she bears a horn of plenty , from which is pouring n variety of vegetables and fruit. Upon her head , which ia covered with a bridal veil , is a orown of tobacco , coi'll and other grains , and in thb up- stretched right hand is hold n bunch of cars of corn and tobacco IcaVcs. CREAM Itssuporlorexcellence proven In millions o , Iramps for moro thnn quarter ot a century Is used by tha United btates Opvarnmen . Kn dor dby thaheadaot the Ortat Unlveraitle sas the Strong" ! , Vurtut and most Healthful. I > r ' I'rlro'sCrtani Utikinir I'owderdoes not contain Ammonta. Urn * or Alum. Sold only lu cani. rillCKlUKINU I'OWUKUCO. * MKWYOUK , , CU1CAQO , , . * I. LOUIS SELtlNC A SHOW AT AUCTION Circus OurloBiUoB Knocked Down Ohonp for Oaah. SPIRITED BIDDING FOR LIONS , ClcplinntH nnil Tlgcra in Small Do- matul I'rlcca for the Cnjjcs or the Dorrltt Bliow Selling * the lllng Block. St. Loula Globc'Dolnorrnt , fob. 20 ; The honvynnd steady down-pour of rain yesterday morning wus not sufliclcnt to clnmpon the ardor of the showmen who wore in nttondnhcc nt the proat sale of effects at the Doris & Calvin show. An old circus mnn has had too much ex perience with bud weather to mind n little rain , and thcro were fully n hun dred would-be purchasers on hand , when the good-natured auctioneer , Alex Sel kirk , of the Block A ; Selkirk firm , mounted a stool in the old carriage build ing and announced that the day's pcr- formunco would begin with the sale of the animals. This is what the blp showmen had como for. On the preceding day when the costumes and miscellaneous traps wore bold , thcro wore a lot of junk dealers on hand. Yesterday the out siders wore hoi somou from Proadway , looking for bargains in their lino. The menagerie , as has boon cxplaned , in located in the south half of the c.lr- riago building , and the cages are ar ranged In a circle. THE mnnisiis. It wan expected that the competition ivould bo quite brisk 'between the rep resentatives of the Barnum-Iialley , the O'Brien , the Sells , the Orrons , the Itoblnson , the MclTlynn and the Foro- naugh shows. Jukes and McGinldy , Bihgloy and Kerguhon and Fontaiho vrero understood to bo on the look out 'or ' cages and wagons. The first animal put unficr the ham mer was a beautiful gazelle with long Jiorns. When the creature was knocked down to Blngley for $ ! ( ) , and a moment later ho bought the cage for $06 , Doris' face fell , ana he ejaculated his disgust. The running gonr of a menagerie ertjfo is alone worth $250. DOHA can not no turned out of the shop fnr loss thhn $330. The gazoUo was worth $150 if ho was worth a nicklo. Next a white llama and cage ivas given to Bingley for $151 , aboAJt otto-half the value of the cage. Blngley next secured two ferocious little Wildcats for SO , and wanted the , v o kangaroos , but George Fisher , bf io Robinson show , scooped them ih. paving KM for both ; Mr. Bingley was permitted to buy the capo tot $ d8. Next in lino- came a villaino\is-looking spotted hyena , which Selkirk said nould make ft good watch-don. Prank l-Yaync , the actor , had mailed an'offor of S-lO , but Binghnm bid $42.fjO , and got the varmint without opposition. VBHY LOW rutchs. A beautiful sable ante-loiio froth outh fl'LCfivas run up to 8170. tie en TjoboUghUn London for $100. ftocelvbr Delano refused to accept the $170 offbr of-.Tohn O'Brien , and tli6 aulolbp& wtw withdrawn. . It was put nn litter in the and brought $155 , this i time paUgh being the purchaser. Doris w Us much oxCifced , ami every moment ufl- dressed tire crowd about the riiiitoua prices which the animals , and particu larly the cages , Were being sold. The bidding for a rabrnorokcM to lint- ness was quite spirited. The beast coMt Doris $000 , but Henry T , Barnum only had to pay $200 for him. Then Betsy , the elephant , was sow. Doris expatiated upon her good , quali ties , her great ago , her amiability and cleverness , , and said that he had paid $4,100 for her. The Soils , Foropaugh , Robinson or Orrins put in no bid for her. John O'Brien was the means bf runnihg the price up to $700 , at which figure It passed into the hands o ! Mc- Flynn , who is running a lOc show in the south. dome of the showmen did not think that McPlynti hail struck much of ft bnr- gnln. for the elephant is ih a Tbry bnd physical Condition , but he replied that ho was Without an el o pliant and that the cbuntry people will stand the ab sence of any feature of a shoW' except that of the elephant. Doris was furious at the price Iho elephant brought , and Selkirk made a division by endeavoring id toll the ele phant's chain for &i,400 to knako Up the elephant's seal Value Of 84,100. A beautiful Black door , catalogued as an English black door , the only oiio in the counnry , passed to Birtgloy for Ho paid * Y5 for the cngo. THIS PKUKOllMIWO KIONS. Theh baino the event Of the auction , Iho sale of the finest den of performing lions in this or anv other country. All the big showmen had tholr oyea oh it. At the request of Receiver Delano , the trainer , Pearl Sttundors , went into tlio cngo , nccoutored as ho Was , In his working clbthes , txnd a lrin oVertout , and put them through their remark able porformanco. Saundord never lots a day go by that ho does not enter the den. George C'onklin never enters tlio cagu with his lions in the winter. He fears to handle them oxcoiit under a tent and surrounded by all tlio familiar details of circus life. John O'Brien started off the bidding with an offer of $1,200. John Foro- paugli and George Ort'in immedi ately entered the contest. O'Brien dropped out at $2.000 , ntid Henry Bnt1- num then came in. At $250D , ! Ford- naugh quit , and then it lay between Barnuili and Orrin , each ranking & } bids OrVln's last bid was 2,875. Bnrnu studied deeply for several minutes and then shook his head in tlio negative The crowd had closed about the rival showmen as they bid against each other and dead silence , barring the volco o the auctioneer , . prevailed" . Orrii : breathed a sigh of relief when the lloi wore declared his , and at OnBo began to try and sell the performing den , for which ho has no use. The lions will bo sent to the Orrin show at the City o Mexico , and nro lost to America. Orrii also opened negotiations with Saunders to accompany them. Next a magnificent lioness , mother 6 twoof the performing quartet , was taken in by John Forepaugh for $100. Shu is worth $800 , Blngioy bought her don for $71. Then Blngloy bought n lionos ; dirt cheap nt $85 , but a St. Louisnn , wh was buying for speculation , secured the cngo for $00. An hour later ho soldi to Bingloy for $70. A TIGEH GOES CHEAP. It was supposed that there would bo a spirited competition for a magniflccn royal Bengal tiger. The rncolvor an nounccd that last week ho had refused an offer of $000 for the beast. The best ho got yesterday was $300 from Fisher , for the Robinson show. Mr. Delano refused - fused to lot the animal go at that figure , but an hour later accepted it , and the Bengal goes to Cincinnati. A beautiful jaguar , designated as "his jags" by Selkirk , sold for $100. She is 'toothless , her molars having been taken out when she waff pitted against a bull at San Antonio last sum mer. MoFlynn bought the case for $77. , A cockatoo , an English pheasant and , two fan-tailed plgedns very unexpect edly fell Into the hnnds of Lou lion Iff , the St. Louis horse ilgulor , nnd McFlynn got the cage , for $53. , Tlireo little monkeys were purchased by Cliai. Slarlc , a 'Christy ' avenue en- loon-lccoper , for $ l'J.TiO each. The croivd Ihcn/moved out of the mcntiKorio into the large room where the chariots and the liny-tinting ani mals were stored. A well-conditioned pacrcd bull or zebu , that sells in India for $100 , as bought by Bingloy for Ml. Foropaugh bougli the solitary drome- dnry for SlbO. The two camels were sold separately , McFlynn securing "Whitoy for $85 nnd Jim for $200. A line specimen of black yak , worth $200 In hist native land , wns secured by the Ferguson-Fontaine show for $37. A recces of u balf nn hour \VUH taken for lunch , as thin closed up the sale of menagerie animals. Till : DISNT. At 1:30 : p. m.tho , wile of empty debs' , tableau cars , 'etc. , was commenced. McFlynn , Bingloy , Ferguson and Fen taine , and Jukes and McGIlney wore purchasers of the cages. They avoided competltion , ind divided them up among thcniBolves at prices ranging from $50 to 870. A splendid band chariot of Fielding's make , purchased two yours ngo lor $ ! J,725 , , nnd as good ns now , was knocked down to Moriynn for $700. No one else seemed to want n band wagon. A steam calliope for street parade , that two years ago coat $1,875 , was secured - cured for the Unrnutn show for $000. A beautiful pony chariot , showing two golden elks rampant , nnd called n Kris Krlnglo chariot , which oost $1,200 , wont to Jukes and McGiinoy for $170. Mr. Doris became somewhat profane nt thl.s juncture. John Foropaugh bought the ticket wagon , which cost WOO , for $100. Three Ilotntui chaHotB , Used in hippodrom6s , went to a man named Butcher for 830 apiece. They cost $100 each. Two clown carts \ \ ore sold to specu lators for $20 each. A band wagon. In the shape of a mir ror-paneled car , was run up to $300 , nnd Bold to McGinley & Jukes , who were highly indignant when , a few minutes later , a much better cai' of the RIUIIO kind was knocked down to John O'Brifcn for S200. Another tableau car the last of the lot was cecurcd by McFlynn for Sl&l , ana this closed this p"arl of the salo. SIUVLtttO IllN'U S'rOCtv. ' Then dune the aalo of the ring stock. The bidding Was quite spirited , and a numb6r of St. LouHans secured bai'- gains. A fine leaping horse , Slat1 , Was do- cured by Fontaine for $150. A beautiful trick stallion , Itumboldt , was bid off for-$2W ( to George Orrin , after quite n struggle with Fontnine. John O'Brien got n burble horse for HO. HO.Four Four hor8CHtraino.d ) to work together. Were put up , and n Iml of $475 was made. It was concluded totell { , thorn beptifatbly , with the result Uml p'Brion got three of them and Fonlalijo Olio , nnn the ag- grcgutc received for the four was$457. A curious old grav horse with curly hair like a Bhuep wj bought by Foh- taino for 9U1 tiiiii wiUttbti Used in the inubcum and as the nly nnd orlglnhl hor-,0. H , Several trick mujps and other com mon horses wofo obought by L6n Honig. When everything had been sold but four Shetland ponioBi Mr. Delano ah- noitnced that ho lint\\lrou ht the her bs Into the fair gi'oimds without coliiAilt- iilg Mr. GlcOnAVho having jUat hetil-d Of it , hud entered his protest. The sale of'ponicA would take pllic6 on the street olltside the grounds. Thoci'ow'd , there fore walked Out of the north gntcwhere Iho little horses were told. Nothing then remained but a lot of harness and thirteen baggage Wagons , which wore divided up hv the small shows. This morning the sale will be com pleted at Third nnd Lcspernnce street , whbn the railroad cars belbnging to the short' will be disused of. The Bale has been successful ha such sales go. The equipment of ft circus is something that but fesv people Want. The outlook for the cii'cusuusiness this year is not bright. It never Is during a presidential year * and the receUer ieln good luck to be nblo to tell it all. Michigan Central' * Niagara. The Michigan Central does not a&- silme the ownership Of Niagara Falls , but it does ofter.to its passengers from its station at Falls View , thd grandest nnd most comprehensive spectacle thftt the great cataract affords. It is the only rohd that runs directly by the falls , tilid from this point all parte of the cataract , the angry rapids aliovo and the boiling caldron below , are in full view. At thi1 ? season , when the cliffs are hung with gigjntic Icicles , and the trees mid shrubbery covered with curious formt- ti6iis of frozen spray ; the scone reached , in the language of Bayard Taylor , "tho climax of beauty. " HANGING FROM A WIRE. A Jjliieniim's Narrow f capc From In- , fttnnt Dentil. St. Louis Glebe Democrat , February 25 : A thrilling incident , in which Robert Archibald , nn employe of the Bell Telephone company , narrowly escaped death , happened at Broadway nnU Pine street about 4:30 : o'clock yes terday nftet-nooh. ' Archibald was or dered to climb a sixty-foot polo On the' ' corner and examine the wires , which wore not Working well. Ho is n sturdy man , twenty-six jeurs of age , and de lights in climbing to perilous heights. The fact thatthet'c was a drizzling rain , which rendered the Brush electric light wires more dangerous than Usual , did not admonish Archibald to be moi'o careful than usual. Ho strapped on his spurs and ascended to the cable box , w-hich is about forty flvo feet nbovo the ground. While opening the table box and examining the Jnyitches and coil- nections , the steel spUr on his boot suddenly came in , contact with the Brush wire. Instantly the man was horribly shocked by the powerful cnnldrtt of cleotricitj which was being driven through the wire by ton immensf ) dynamos at the power house. Ho uttered n groan o : pain , relaxed his hold ; on the polo and fell * Fortunately , Irawovcl- , his footbo- came entangled in the ina/.e of wires on the polo , nnd ho wns thus saved a fall to the granite pnvod street below. Several of the wires which suspended Archibald in mid Air wore Brush olootrio light wires , and those tortured the poor folloWs - loWs until he shrlked1 * with ngony. Ho was so badly tangled up in the wires that ho was holplcbs. His head hung downward nnd his feet wore inextric ably caught in the smnllol telephone wires above. Meantime an immense crowd of curious people gathered below but ihoy were powerless to aid the suf fering man. Twoorthrco linemen who soon arrived on the spot climbed to rescue - cue Archibald , but ho was out of tholr reach , and if they cuttho lines ho would bo killed in the full. Suddenly Archi bald cried out : "Send for a flro truck for God's eako Or I'll 1)6 burned to death. " "That's it , " shouted a , policeman , "why didn't wo think of that before ? " The oftlcor quickly summoned the No 3 Hayes truck , which was on the spot ii losa than a minute , Archibald was sufferiner' terrible tor Uro nil this time , hnd when Iho Pomp- or Corps came tearing down the strbct 10 had ucon suspended in his perilous wsltion for fully fifteen minutes , The ) ollco drove back the throng of people , nest of whom Were very much oxcileu nnd urging the truckmen to hurry to the 'CSCliO. The ladder was quickly raised by ft lalf do/on llromon , who worked vigor ously at the cmnk until Archibald was reached. Hero another difficulty was ncsented. The Hitmen could not dls- edge the llnoman from the twisted vires , which wore knotted nnd tied vbout him in ft perfect labyrinth that no ono could penetrate. Finally It was decided to tie a rope about the unfor tunate mini , throw one end over the foss-arms at the top of the polo and ot him down after the wires were cut. This was done. A line wns tied nbout Aichibnld's shoulders , nnd then the vires were cut. Ho wns then pulled up Hid out of danger , nnd then lowered to hu ground. . A curious phenomenon wns observed vhilo the llremon wore fixing the rope about Archibald's body. His whole rnmo was so overcharged with elec- ricity that o\orytimo ho was touched > rllliant sparks were omitted from his body. Thes > o at ill'st rather frightened the llremon , but , being assured they wcl o harmless , they worked with all > 03 lblo haste until Archibald was able : o I road the ground. The Injured lineman was taken into Mcor's store , 20 ! North Broadway , where his burns wore attended by Dr. J. W. Moore. Archibald's feet , head nnd hands were severely burned , and his system so badly shocked that ho wns at first thought to bo dying. Dr. Moore affirmed , however , that ho wns not 'ntnlly injured. The man was after ward taken to/ho Dispensary , w'hero ho was further treated. The linemen who afterward examined the wires on the polo pronounced the insulation podr. They also stated that Iho escape of electricity from the Brush wires on a wet day was dangerous , and that Archibald risked his life in the ! lrst place In making the ascent. "Shall our girls whistle ? ' ' Of course if they strengthen their lungs by taking Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup. "When headache joinos neuralgia , then comes the tug of war. " A wise general 'marshals his forces , charges with a bottle of Salvation Oil , and the doughty foe lies cringing in the dust. PACTS FOll THK FAItMER. Winter Vegetable * . Philadelphia Record : A small plot of round , with suitable hot beds and cold frames , Can bo made to yield quitfe a supply of given food in winter or' curly spring. While the fall is the proper time for preparation , yet eArly spriiig , or even in midwinter , vegetables mkvy ; ) e forced for the table , or advanced'in growth 60 nfc to pcrniit of being trans planted to the open ground ns soon ns Lhe weather will permit. The seeds of tomatoes , cabbngo and egg-plants may MJWII now. Egg-plants hre very lou der , nnd the slightest cold will kill them. The potato beetle is vary fond of them and will destroy them quickly when in the opun ground. Lettuce is a very hardy plunt and will thrive in a cold frame. Even the south side of a sheltered place in the open air will allow them to grow nnd thrive. Ono of the best And hardiest bf winter veg etables is'spinach. It is vcally a winter plant , and if grown now it should bo KOWII thickly in a cold frame , as the fill is the proper time to put in the seed. It requires but a&llght coveringandfreez ing docs it but llttlo , If any damage ; but it should ho grown on n dry location. It may be cut throughout the whole winter If the snow should not prevent. A hnrdy nnd quick-grotting green vegetable is mustard. It may be BoWn very early and gorminutes in about n week if the grouitd is warm. It is very tfciuler when cut , young , and can be grown with but little labor. Knlols n smooth , tender vegetable when cooked and also stands n slight froit. It must be considered that in order to got tender Vegetables they should be grown uickly , and not allowed to npprondh _ ho Reeding stngd ; hence it is often the case that hot beds. are superior lo told transit's. Thu lettuce , for instance , may no grown every month in the your , but it growb slowly in very cold wenthor , or only holds what it has secured , aiid beconics more or less lough to a certain extent , but when grown by forcing in the hot-beds nnd used when Only laro enough for that hurposo it is very crisp nnd tender. Radishes are easily grown And are ready for the table ih a short times after the seed 1ms gone ih , but un less a riidhh bo tender it will bo of no bervico , heiice the proper way to pro duce them of Ihe quality desired is to force them. As a rule , early cabbage is not grown to n largo alac , and very llrm heads should not be expected , ns it re quires time to grow largo and firm heads , and whore dirtiness is desired borne points must be sacrificed. The potato onion is ono of Iho early kinds , nnd , though not us desirable as the well knbwn market sorts , is one of the I'ftHiest and best for the table in sping. Of peas the earliest nr < S the dwarf kinds , but they are not oq'Ual in quality Ic eoirie df the later varieties. Knec-RpruiiK Horses. It is a slow and troublosomb task lo cure n knbe-sprUlig horse after the trou ble has become chronic , but if taken in time , says nn exchange , it should bo cured without much difficulty. Mniiy young hortiea * 'go over in the knees , " to u small extent by standing on it llooi that slopes downward from the mangoi for the purposn of readily carrying off the urine. A young horuo standing dn a lloorof this kind has his toes highei than his heels and the dontinucd strain on the back sinewB of the fore legs becomes comes bo severe that the horse is in duced to slightly bond his knees ii : order to slacken tlio tension. He thus acquires the habit of standing will : slightly bonded knees whether ho Imp pens to bo standing on an inelino or i iovol. The way to overcome this ovi ! is to precisely reverse the conditions which induce it. Make the horse btand so that his heels will stain considerably higher than his toes This , abnormally Blackens his back sinews , and they afford no supper to keep the knees from btill further bending. The horse has nothing to stendj- his knees , and in order to fine something that will answer the purpose ho will straighten out his legs to the fullest extent to force some llttlo pressure sure upon those very sinews w'hich his elevated heels and slightly bondot knees Imvo wholly Blackened. Ho thus acquires the habit of standing with his knees slightly bent under reserved con dition * . If any farmer doubts the cor redness of this theory , lot him stand on the level Hoer with the balls of hU fee resting upon nn ordinary walking stick and , after experimenting with it in this position for five minutes , let him place the stick under his heels. In the firs instance ho will quickly feel inclined to bend his knees , and in the second ho will bo equally disposed to straighten them. If the sprung knees do not yiolt readily to the treatment described , we would recoimu'ond long-continued show orlncwlth cold water , patient Imml- rtibmngof the hack sinews and nppllca- lens of land-turtle oil. ScAHonnblo Hints nnd To enrich hind that is poor wo must invo manure , or its equivalent In vcg- ilablo matter , or apply plant food n some shape to induce tlio growth of vegetation. Professor Arnold states that it costs nero to make milk from old cows than t dee * from young ones having the rntuo nllk capacity. As a rule the best effects lo not last beyond the eighth year of he cow's ngc. It requires nbout one-sixteenth less oed to put an animal in condition in rarm than it does in cold weather. If ho dairyman expect his cows to bo pro- Uablo ho must look after their comfort both ns to food nnd shelter. Corn nnd timothy nro fnr from n wcll-bnlnnccd food. Timothy has no excess of nitrogenous material , while ho corn is highly carbonaceous. Moro nuscle and milk forming material Vould make more and better milk. The raising of forest trees is regarded is ono of the most profitable industries n southern California. The eucalyp tus , pecan , black walnut , cherry , nnd many other varieties have u quick jrowth and are very prolltablo to the ilanter. When you buy a sheep for purposes 10 sure that It is bettor than the best ono in your flock in blood nnd physical development nnd POO to it that it is cared ' for like any other piece of of val- lablo property. Good live stock like food clothes , cannot bo 'exposed to nil duels of hardship without showing the effects of such harsh treatment. The supreme court of North Carolina lolds that if n crop bo in actual posses sion of the tenant , his taking the sntno would not constitute larceny ; but if after the crop had been put in the actual possession of the landlord , ihoucrh undivided , the tenant in taking the same would bo guilty of larceny , Iho legal ownership being in the lessor. Every attention should bo given the young lambs as they nro born , nnd the warmest place on the farm is not too warm for them now , ns they should IMJ Forced in growth , eons to roach the market early In order to reach the liighcr prices. Hens that nro laying may bo liberally fed on n variety , as the production of eggs will cause an appropriation of ail tlio food to that purpose ; but hens not laying must bo fed sparingly or they will become too fat and fail to lay. The cost of corn for simply keeping tho'hogs of the United States warm has been estimated at (75,000,000 , that being - ing th6 difference between fattening the hogs in cold weather ami in sum mer. cattle ' ' " the Judging by 'points" on hoof is not nlwars reliable , us not ono of the prize animals at the fat stock show received the awards for dressed car casses after having been slaughtered. The liquids oT the stabler nro from tlu-co to five times as valuable as the solid portions , and it pays to sftVo such. The best mode of so doing is to use some kind of nbborbont material. Save the fresh horse manure , tvoo from litter , for , your hotbeds , and" use plenty of it , in order to rapidly gener ate heat when the frame shall bo r6idy. An ordinarp rubber atomizer , whibh costs about $2 , is an excellent article for spraying houeo plaiita or green hodso plants when affected by plant lice. Thcro is still hope for sheep being profitable , fts it is cmlmod that Canntta furnishes more sheep for thO Boston market than any state in our union. A certain proportion of animal heat must bo cronte'd daily from the food , or thUt stored us fat in the body will bo re sorted to in order to counteract the ef fect of cold. There is no "standstill" in the matter , as animals are either los ing ffosh , or gaining. Every pound lost causes a real loss of two , as the time and expense of regaining that which Is lost will bo doubled. Despite the oleomargarine law the production of choice "gilt-edged" but ter is far below the demand , ns ft larger proportion o ! inferior butter finds its way to market. The creameries send butter of the most uniform quality to market , but that from private dairies differs greatly. Incubators are now established nil over Iho country , mid in experienced hantis have been demonstrated as far superior to hens for hatching early broilers , Us they can bo put in operation at anytime thus ehnbling the operator to got the broilers in market nl any period de sired. A single diseased animal may entail a loss to a ootrimunily amounting to thou sands of dollars. It cost Missouri $1,000- 000 nnd ten months time to stamp out plouro-pnoumoilia , while the Ions to the cattlemen of Kentucky has reached fully 2,000,000. Onions are often put out in the month of March ns they are hardy and endure quite a severe frost. The sooner they can bo put out nnd made to rapidly grow the better , ns they do not make rapid progrcssuftcr the beginning of wnrm weather. The yield of cream nnd butter from milk should under most circumstances naturally increase in proportloil to the milk as the amount of Jio butter is lessened. A fnrrow cow five or six months after calving gives less richer milk than she does nt first. But what avails this to the buttohnnker , if he or she cannot separate the butter from the cronnl in which it is inclosed ? Addliig wnrm sweet milk seems to entirely re move the difficulty , nnd has many other iucidcntiul advantages. Savage Tactics. St. Louis Post-Dispatch : "I have nerved on the plains continuously foi more than thirty-flvo years , " said a cavalry major , ' 'and nm tolerably familiar With all the features of cav alry life. A cavaU'vniaii always has a frontier station , and only sees civiliza tion during his brief loaves. Civilians do not rcali/o the hardships and ex- to which a cavalryman Is sub- ccted. Ho has seasons of illness , but also long periods of great oxorlion nnd as a proof of the effect of his life H can bo safolv" stated that scarcely one man out of toh reaches the ngo o forty-fivo without being seriously broken down. Indian campaigns nro the cause of this. I have fought nm chased Indians from the British line to the Rio Grande and know what cam paigning means. The Indians always got a tremendous stnrt of the cavalry nnd seldom are overtaken. The arm } has beort blnmed for its ill-succosi , bul when the circumstances are understood it is wonderful that so much has boon accomplished. "Nowadays the active Indian cam paign is confined to Arizona , but when I was a young man the northern Sioux northern Choyonnos.Piegnnsand Black- feet in the north ; the southern Sioux and the Choyenncs nnd Arapahocn on the central ulains , and theComnmnohos and Kiowns south of the Arkansas' , hep us busy nil the time. Of all these In dians the Kiowas were the bent drilled it being hard to distinguish them from the dragoons at a distance of two 01 throe miles. The Comanchcrf never deserved served tholr great reputation , as the ; were poor fighters , doing wall again 3 the Mexicans , but novar standing agalna .Unitod States troops , The Choyouuo voro noted far nnd wide na the most de ormtnod nnd flarcost lighter * , but tholr ncrgios were moro constantly directed igulnot tholr horoidltary t < npmios. the Jtes , thnn againbt the whites. Tha Sioux were the largest and most power- til tribe nud gave u- * moro trouble than my others. They were in their way na veil drilled ns Uic Kiowas , I myself hav ng seen n ulnglo chief direct the movo- iicnts of a thousand warriors , scattered ver an extent ot territory five miles la iamotcr , simply by the Hashing ot n ittlo mirror held in the hand. "Tho Blackfcot , being foot Indians , voro moro easily roliohed , ntiil nftor mo or two lessons never gnvo any moro rouble , although last wintou they hreatoncd nn outbreak. The Crows ml Pawnees , being hated by all other rlbes , were our allies , and made our jest trailers. The Utos , while lo'w dar- ng than the Plains Indians , from their ituntlon in the mountains , were enabled o timbush the troops very easily and nany lives have been lost in this v ay. Mghtlng withal , was rather n run than n combat , and the troops had for nmny cats little chance ngninst them on ac- ount of their grout celerity of move ment. It wns not until the winter of 870 , when Gonoi-ftl Nelson A. Miles bo- ran his series of winter campaigns , that ho Plaids Indians were thoroughly sub- lued , ' That officer followed tholr trail in ho coldcht weather , drove them from heir winter camps , and , although un- iblo to overtake them , kept them con- itantly on the move. The Indians , Son- itivo to eold and ill-provided with clothing , died like sheep of hardship nnd exposure , and one by ono the bands , airly tired out , came in , surrendered mil were disnt mod and were put on reservations. The winter campaign moro than anything olio brnko the > ewer of the Plains tribes , but a terrible sxpenso to the troops , who were ox- wsed to the fury of the western storms n the coldest months In the year. The oungsters in the army regret the dis appearance of the Indians , but Wo old ellowu , who know what a winter nmrcli s , are most thankful that they are Over , irobnbly for ever. LOBDsniP SIR ttOOEIk the most re * markable trial , perhaps of modern times Will be long remem ber * ] , and there ate hot n few pooploln Eng land , as Weil s in this country , who bellevfe thai the claimant for the Tlch- borne estate , tn that country , was none other than the genuine SitRoger. . There Were many things brought out In UIB almost fearful ttrOM-exfcralnallon ( o which ho WM snbjecUtl , and the pnbllo Inquisition through which he boned in so mhrty Varied Tof/nt of eurvtlllance , which sremod to poiht unmistakably to the gcnnlnenws of ills claim , and then Is still vtty great yrapMhy for him felt and expressed. Added to kit most ad- venturoui career befbr the trial , H bai been scarcely Icsi so elnco his defeat. He has met With Many misforiunfef , but none so seriom ns tlio ono of which he write * In the follow ing communication , which happily was nrrwted in the manner Which ho dtsoribea. ' It will be obaerved by hli signature that ho Kill holds on to th pecullarltlek of Writing .bis name which called for n good deal of auwtioning dnrinit the trial , and , mi It is for reaaohs ben known to hlmielf that he does so , thtre is .no reuoa for critloiilng it. One of the strong traits which won him to nanjr friends and Mmlrcrt Was the vwrtlnadty and good icnso with which h neld on to What ho considered right and iuit , and there is a clear manlfea * tatiott of this ipirit of truthfnhieM Intho letter quoted below. It is outspoken and free frota any shadow 6f dlsfiulse. while 16 describes how readily no was relieved an67 ipared the continuance of perhhps a fatal1 Malady t " 110 Fourth nvenne , New York , February sa , 1687. Gentlemen For the lasfi four months I have suffered from rheuma tism , ana every time I sot down and cot up I suffered the most acute agony ; In fact , iWas hot able to thbvomy leg * with * out pain , and when going down stairs tha pain was dreadful to bear. I was recom mended to send for a bottle of St. Jacobs Oil and try It. I did so , and to my great sur prise and delight I foUrid It an ahnrat instant cure. I havi only Used one bottle , but I can now sit down , get up and wallc about without the slightest pain. I cahnot understand any peracn sulIeriiiK such pain when for a few cents they can obtain instant relief. " Youfs Wily. R. o. d. Tichbohie. I COo COu Ul CO Omaha Seed Housei n Hlimrt n for MlidrelU's Celebrated Boodn. I'lnntH , Cut Honors and Floral designs. Bond foriartiloguo. W. tl. FOSTER A ; SON , Prop'rlbtors , 1022 Onpitol Avenue. mo M trmcQciixTiD WITH T oioonimr ow rni counny wiii. us r BXAjunxa mu ur rtit IBJ ! CHICA60.ROCKISLAND&P4CIFICRAILWAV Bjr nilon of IU etD\ttlfoltioi.tat relation to llau Kut of Chlekio , Md eaatlouatu Un i at UnoJiM point ! Weil , Korthwvrt and AopthwMt , It tba tru middle link la ttat lr nicontln nT i fj tem bl < lt IntlMi nud ftolUltts * tratel and trifflo betixea th . . . Tte Rock lilind ptln ) lt nil kf irieh i | nolud OhI. M < oJoll t.ont * , L4BMU , r oH , O ne 9. t olln * Ud Rotk liluidj to Ullnolii pTUit > t > rl , Muic ttn , rli I. . . . Minneapolliand ; Wattrtownalmak Dakota , and bandnd * of lntrm4lat * cltUi and town * . . /The Great Rook Islahd Route" * Oaarant * fp d , comfort , etrtatatr and lafety. | U Mrnnn nt war Udlitui > nuhdf6rlt * tietlUne * . It * Vrldf e * T of * ton * and iton. In tratk I * of loUd ittel.iu rollingitockptrrtci. lt > r Minsri > qaipmM bai all th * iaf appllaicM ikat ciptrione * hai piMff J nitf * ! , * nd for lasorlai * a U < nodallonf Ii u Ti-lr- caucit IM XiprtM Tralnt fonUrt o ( tdptrtor l y Coach * ! , tltfaat rullnan I'alac Farlorand SUapltg Can , nptrb Ulnlotf Cart , troililloj dtllcliui m il , and ( bctwMO Ohlo o nd St. Joftfh , Atcblion anil Xanias Cltrl rciKal Unln chufr ban. It' man * Mtrnont I * AnMrtatl * * , IU dUeittlc * eiactlnf "Th * fameu * Albert Lea Rovite" BMwien Obtttgo and MlnMaapUl and SI. fa. * U Ik * ( arortt * . Orer tbli lla * Solid rut Xiprei * Tr l run tfally to attraeUr * mart * for toiMita In Iowa and Minnwota , and , TU Waltrtowa and Monx ralli , to tag rich wb and iruluc UniU of Inttrtur BakoU.Zlk Sratea and Knkake , tb RoeIilBd ffcr l < : p rcr UducnnMiU to Uariltn b ti > Ma CiaolwutU , laillaa * apollt. L f j tu and Council illA. 81. Jo ph , Atckl * ton. U T nwu < i . Kan4 * City , M. I'aul.amil u ( rHi point * . All yatroat ( MpMlallJr ladle * and ckU- ' ittlr * proU tlon , oirttiy ana kladly atttntloi. Fo'rtlek.tt.n * , ( old rj , lopMI of WUra Trail , or anf de4r 4 lafanoatltn , applta prlnilpal uttctt la ta VnlUd Bt to * and Canada , or aStlr , at Cblc r > , ' 'iSiL. ' IT > ' - * * ' ' * Mlllb