THE SUNDAY BEE. MARCH 11. 1888.-SIXTEEN PAGES.
THE SUNDAY BEE.
COUNCIL BLUFFS ,
OFFICE : , NO. 12 PEAIUJ STHKKT.
JBellvercdty Currier In Any P rtot the City at
Twenty Cents 1'er Week.
H. W.TH/TON . MANAGEH.
TF.U1'IIONKSJ
, No. 43.
NldliT KDiTon , No. S3.
MINOR MENTION.
N. Y. Plumbing Co !
Now spring goods at Roller's.
Money to loan on Improved city prop
erty by W. S. Cooper , 180 Main street.
Colorado coal at Council Bluffs Lum
ber Co. , 900 Main street , telephone No.
257.
257.Thoso
These concerned in the Union Spy en
ter lain mont have worked most faith
fully , and merit the thanks of the pub
lic.
lic.Tho
The jury in the Scholslor case came
in yesterday afternoon. They had
failed to agree , standing six to six.
They were discharged by the court.
The regular meeting of Bluffs divis
ion takes place to-morrow evening at
Castle hall. All in ember a and visiting
Sir Knights are requested to bo present.
The Union Pacific "flyer" duo at 8:15 :
o'clock , was two hours Into yesterday
afternoon , and the ovonlng trains on all
the other roads were hold to uwalt Its
arrival.
The big county safe which took a
tumble as It was being taken into the
now court house , still lies in tiio street.
Ono of the castings with the roller Is
broken off , and it is useless to attempt
to move the safe until It is put on. Hence
the delay.
While getting into a cutter on elec
tion day. Auditor Kinnohan snapped
the shank of his wooden log. This is
the first case on record of a man break
ing a log In running for olcction , and is
probably the reason why ho failed to
"got there with both foot. "
1 Every employe of the Union Pacific
railroad company at the transfer was
\ yesterday furnished with a printed cir
cular containing a notice of the injunc
tion issued by Judge Dundy restraining
the brotherhood men on the road from
joining in the strike now in effect on
the "Q.
Don't forgot that on Monday evening
there will bo a grand colored masquerade -
ado hall at Planter's hall , given by the
Pacific house club. Music by Prof. Jul.
Thiolo's grand orchestra. Tickets 31
per couple , or 60 cents each.
Found Opportunities to invest money
nnd make 100 per cent. Inquire of
Johnston & Van Patten , 83 Main st.
Clear the Creek.
The city marshal is preparing to servo
notice on all the railroad companies ,
ordering thorn to remove the obstruc
tions in Indian crook caused by the
piling of their bridges over that stream.
Some of the companies have a row of
piling in the center of the crook bed ,
that catches a great deal of rubbish and
eventually forms u dam , that keeps
back the water and causes it tooverilow
the banks , doing considerable damage
in the southern part of the city. The
city council took the matter under con
sideration Friday night , and the rail
road companies will bo ordered to leave
a clear space of thirty feet for the pas
sage of the water. This will obviate a
recurrence of the trouble lately exper
ienced , as the crook channel , if unob
structed , is largo enough to carry off all
the water that runs into this creek
along its course.
The Strike Ended.
It looks now as though the greatstriko
was practically at an end. Chief Ar
thur and the general managers ot all
the numerous trunk lines of railway ter
minating at Council Bluffs held an In
teresting meeting yesterday in the Pal
mer house , as Chicago , at which it was
decided that inasmuch as a largo portion
tion of the brotherhood had , during the
past year , purchased homes through J.
G. Tlpton , the real estate broker at 627
Broadway , Council Bluffs , and were
well pleased with their investments ,
that all of thorn should do the same , if
they could. They consulted Mr. Tipton
by telegraph who informed them that
ho coulu provide comfortable homos for
them nil on easy payments and thus the
matter ended. It is fortunate , indeed ,
that a matter of such grave importance
could bo brought to such a happy ter
mination. It beats bloodshed u right
smart bit.
Shoafo loans money on real estate.
Before the Bar.
In the police court yesterday mornIng -
Ing , Thomas Lewis ana Thomas Dolany
were each fined $8.10 for filling up with
boozo. John Thompson and Tim Ilur-
ley. two vugs , were turned loose and
rushed out of town.
In the afternoon Harry Johnson , a
hack driver in the employ ot William
Martin , was arrested on complaint of O.
D. Clack , for charging exorbitant rates
as a common carrier , lie took Mr. Clack
and a companion from the dummy depot
to the Ogden house , and charged thorn
76 cents each. The disth.n f > is
but six blocks , hence the complaint.
As the complainant had to Icavo for
Chicago last evening , the case was con
tinued until next Friday.
Special Glove Sale of II. Klsoinnn &Co.
A postal card written by a lady to Mr.
Eisoman , of the Peoples' store , is as fol
lows :
Mr. Eisoman Will you please have a
kid glove sale real soon and oblige ,
"Many Ladies Whoso Fingers Are
Out. "
In response to the above request II ,
Eisoman & Co. will open a kid glove
ealo to-morrow morning atO o'clock.
The following great bargains are of
fered :
100 dozen kid gloves , assorted sizes ,
all colors , 25 cents a pair , worth from
$1.50 to 92.60. No moro than two , pair
to each customer , This lot is slightly
soiled , hence the special reduction.
100 dozen 0-button kids in all the
latest shades , 60 cents n pair , worth
81.00. No moro than two pair to euch
customer ,
Mr. Eisoman offers a special prlao of
ono pair of kid gloves to the lady wh6
wrote the above postal card , the appli
cant to write ono exactly like it.
Remember The sale commences at
0 o'clock Monday a. m. and will last for
ouo day only. Be on hand early for
your share , and oblige us by not asking
ior moro than two pairs , as wo must
limit the quantity in order to give all
of our customers a chance. No fitting
done or goods taken back from this
ealo.
Remember the place Henry Else-
man & Co.'s Pcoplos'sloro , Nos. 314 , 310 ,
818 and 320 Broadway.
MllHOIllU.
Regular communication of Excelsior
ledge No. 259 , A , F. & A. M. , Mpnday
evening at 7:80 : p'clock. Visiting breth
ren cordially invited.
Rr. R. Rico , NoT 11 Pearl s . , will
glvo compound oxygen treatment at 60
cents each sitting.
Union Abstract Co. , 230 Main st.
THE MYSTERIOUS "MAJOR , "
Acquitted Here , Ho Is Found Guilty
in the East.
HIS SWORN AUTOBIOGRAPHY ,
To-tnorroiv'fl School Elccllon To-ilay'B
Sermons nnrt Scrylcrs An Insur
ance Cft8O ItcTcracd ClearIng -
Ing the Creek Personals.
Tlio "M Jor's" Imst Mnrtlcr.
The cold-blooded shooting of Jack
Hughes nt the old Union Avenue hotel
on Broadway , the subsequent urrcst mid
trial of the mysterious Major Williams ,
will not soon bo forgotten in this com
munity. To the surprise of nil , Williams
wns acquitted , oye-wi-tncssos having
boon cither coaxed or frightened away ,
and the "Major" was sot free without
oven going to the stand to toll his story.
Ho disappeared from the city as mys
teriously as ho appeared hero , and
nothing definite was learned of him
until the news came from Troy , N. Y. ,
that ho had there shot and killed an
other man , named Kelly.
The "major" was known in Troy as
James Brown. Ho and Kelly had some
dlniculty In the rear room of a saloon ,
and after it was over and Kelly had
started away Williams , or Brown , wont
out after him , overtook and shot him ,
killing him almost instantly.
When Williams , alias Brown , was so
sensational a iiguro hero there was ab
solutely nothing to bo learned as to his
past life , but at the trial fbr the murder
at Troy , which has just come to a close ,
ho went upon the stand and told his
story. It will bo road with much Inter
est hero. Ho testified a < t follows :
I am forty-four years of ngo and was born
In Troy. I have lived in New York nnd GUI-
capo. In October last I kept the Sinclair cafe
on Fourth street. On the night of October IB
I was in my place. 1 was not In the habit of
carrying n pistol , but on this day my pistol
laid in a bureau drawer , nnd as I was afraid
that my little boy would get it I put it in my
pocket and was intending to leave it at tny
saloon. 1 went out with a party on Sunday
morning , October 16. Miss Towers and Miss
English were with mo. The party consisted
of Misses , Towers. English , Corbett , Keyes ,
Mr. Powers , Mr. Boarumnn and myself. I
had hold of the arms of Miss Towers and Miss
English. Miss Towers suid as wo wcro going
cuso mo , but wo are all friends together , and
I am not doing nnythinp-to the girls. " Kelly
hauled oft to bit mo , and I struck him in the
mouth with my list. Then ho hit mo under
the cartind knocked ino down. As I got up
I flrcd the pistol in the air. I went out of the
alley alone , and I wont around to Quirk's ,
where I found the party. I was all covered
with dirt and my pants were torn. These are
the pants [ handed to him by Mr. Patterson , ]
and thcro 11 n rip on the side as well ns at the
knee , occasioned by the fall I received when
Kelly struck mo. I do not know how I fell ,
for ho hit mo so hard that 1 was confused.
I was not drunk that night although I had
been drlnldng. I was brushed oft in Quirk's ,
and in about twenty minutes wo started to
go homo. Some one suggested that wo go
down the alloy , but I was afraid of meeting
Kelley and I would not go that way.
Powers , Miss Kcyes , Miss English and my
self wont along Federal street. Powers and
Miss Keyes were quite a distance ahead of
mo I should say at least fifteen feet. I had
known Kelly for five or six months , and I
knew him by reputation.
I know him to bo a dangerous , bad man. I
knew it on the evening in question. Wo went
down Federal street toward River ; Miss
English was with mo. Powers and Koycs
had turned the corner , nnd Kelly came
around tno corner on to Federal street. Ho
walked up to mo with his hands in his
pockets , and taking his loft hand out ho
reached for mo and said : "You
, I have got you now" at the same time
drawing his other bond out of the other
pocket. I saw something glisten in his hand ,
and I thought it was a ktiifo or revolver.
Then I flrcd , without , however , intending to
kill him. I believe Kelly meant to
kill mo. I only flrcd to keep him
a'vay from mo. I had no design or
intent to kill him ; no such a thought
came into my head. I was greatly frightened
on that occasion and I do not know who wag
present when I fired. I put the pistol in my
pocket and walked around the corner into
Hiver street and down the strict. Powers
was ahead of mo. I made no resistance
when Ofllcor Mulholland arrested mo. I
have four brothers bcsido myself. I
left Troy in 18C5 after the war. I went to
Now York ; lived there until 1874. I tended
bar at 119 Mercer street two years. For the
remainder of the time I was around the rnco
track running a poker game , faro bank and
rouietto wheel. I was a gambler. I mar
ried hero in Troy in 1600 , and took my wife
to Now York , where all my children were
born. In 1874 I went to Chicago , where I en
tered the saloon business with James Fitz
slmmons. I was with him eighteen months.
I loft Chicago in 1877 and wont back to New
York. I was not in Jail in Chicago. When I
went back to Tfew York I about lived on my
brother EUgene , with the exception of ono
summer I was with 13arnun's ; circus and
another season when I wns with Forepaugh's
circus. I have been in Troy since my wife
died ; I cannot toll how long ago that is. I
have been with gamblers in Windsor , Can
ada.
Chicago was the only western place in
which 1 resided. I never resided in Untroit ,
although I might have been there a week or
ten days. I played cards thcro as a profess
ional gambler. I have followed that occupa-
t'on ' allmy life. I did not gamble hero in
1'roy , although I learned hero when I was
tending bar for the Hon. James McKcon on
Third street. Ho is dead now. I may have
remained In Detroit ten days , and I might
have been three or four times. I was there
lust about three years ugo. I have gambled
at UufTalo. Cleveland , Detroit , Chicago and
Omaha. Excepting when I was a partner of
Fitzsimmons I was gambling. I played any
game that there was any money In. I know
what n "sweat board" is but I never played
It. I came back to Now York in 1877. I bor
rowed money of my brother Eugene while
there and paid him when 1 felt like it. I
came back to Troy and lived with my sister
' after my wife died.
I novcr went by any other name except
James lirown. I might have been called
Major Williams. I was also called Henry
JohnRon , Patrick Williams nnd Brown. I
did not answer to any of those names . I did
know people by the names I have mentioned ,
but I did not want to be called them. I think
I flrst told my lawyer that my name was not
Major Williams. My counsel wns D. IJ.
liailcy of Council Bluffs , In. He Is now dis
trict attorney thcro. I had been there two
days , I remained there a year lacking ten or
fifteen days.
Mr , Parmentor What was your business
there at Council Bluffs I
Mr , Puttorson I object. They want to
show that bo was in Jail thcro , and the wit
ness should bo instructed that ho has a right
to decline to answer , '
Court I will allow the question. If the
answer tends to criminate him , ho may do-
cllno to answer.
Witness I did not have any business , I
was not known by any name during that year.
I did not stop at a hotel , a private house or u
charitable institution ,
Mr. Parmoutor Thcu where did you take
your meals )
Mr. Gumboil Wo object on the pround
that the nnswor might bo productive of great
injustice ,
Mr. Grlmth Wo may as well settle this
.question now as at any other time.
The Court There seems to bo no actual
question before the court. What Is your
question !
Mr. GriftHh Our question is. Were you in
Jail for nearly a year at Council Bluffs I
The Court It seems to mo that thcro is a
clear distinction between crime and a incro
accusation. I think 1 will cxcludo the evi
dence In that form.
Air. Parmcntcr read from the opinion In
the Casey cuso in 1878 , in support of the
legality of his question. Brown then con
tinued
I did not shoot and kill a man in Council
Bluffs. 1 did not shoot u man there , or at
any other place in the state of Iowa. I did
not shoot n woman there cither , nor In nny
other state. I did not shoot n man or woman
in Detroit , or in any other part of Michigan.
Mr. Parmcntcr Were you ever charged
with murder 1
Brown No , sir. .
The jury in the case were out nearly
three days. It wns reported that cloven
stood for conviction and but ono for ac
quittal. The verdict wag llnitlly reached
of manslaughter in the flrst degree , the
penalty being from five to twenty years
in the penitentiary.
Travelers ! Stop at the Bcchlolo ,
On the market for over twenty years.
Still the most reliable and the most
popular Bowing machine made. The
tight running Domestic. Ofllco 105
Main st.
Sunday Snujqcts.
The following nro the religious an
nouncements for the day :
CONGUKOATlOXAt. CHUHCH.
Service to-day as usual. Morning
subject : "How to Bo Free. Evening :
"Tho Christian's Whole Duty. " A cor
dial invitation is extended. There will
bo a special musical programme in the
evening.
F1IIST BAPTIST.
Services at 10:80 : a. in , and 7:30 : p. tn.
Subject for morning : "Christian Bold
ness. " For evening : "Mary the
Mother of Jesus. " Seats free ; all wol-
como.
rilKSlJYTEHIAN.
Services as usual , both morning and
evening. Preaching by the pastor.
Sabbath school at 12 o'clock. Strangers
and others cordially invited.
YOUNG HKX'fi CHIUSTIAJT ASSOCIATION.
Corner Main and Broadway. Rooms
open from 8:80 : a. m. to 10 p. in. Sun
day from 2 to 0 p. in. Religious meetings -
ings on Sunday as follows : Workers'
training class at 0 o'clock In the morn
ing. Mooting for men only at 4 o'clock
in the afternoon. All men nro cordially
Invited. Strangers mudo to fool at
homo. G. D. Baker , general secretary.
METHODIST KPISCOl'AL.
Rev. Gcorgo W. Gray , D. D. , of Chicago
cage , will occupy the pulpit to-day ,
preaching at 10:30 : a. m. , on "Tho Per
petuity of Church and Nation in Jeopardy
ardy from Illiteracy. " At 7:80 : p. m.
"Castodn America. " W. H. W. Roes ,
pastor.
ITAmiONY MISSION" .
Services to-day at I ! o'clock conducted
by Mr. St. John. Sabbath school nt 4
o'clock. ' Prayer meeting Thursday ev
ening. Subject : ' 'Your Adversary , the
Devil. " I. Peter , 6-8. Eight gentle
men and four ladies assisted in making
the services interesting last week.
Every ono invited.
THE SALVATION AHMY.
Meetings on Sunday in the army bar
racks as follows : Knee drill , 7 a. in.
Holiness , 11 a. m. Free and easy. 3 p.
m. Salvation , 8 p. m. At night Cap
tain Little David's sublect will bo "Tho
Two Fools. " Come and welcome.
BAINT'S CHUHOII.
Elder Mark Forscutt will preach at
Saint's church this morning at 10:30 :
o'clock , and 7:30 p. m. The public are
cordially invited to come.
Money to loan. W. S. Cooper.
E. H. Shcafo loans money on chattel
security of every description. Private
consulting rooms. All business strictly
confidential. Office 600 Broadway , cor
ner Main street , up-stairs.
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The School Election.
To-morrow is to bo hold a very im
portant election , and yet ono in which
surprisingly little interest ismanifested.
The management 6f the public schools
of the city is ono of the most responsible
official duties , and It involves not only
the expenditure of largo sums of the
taxpayer's money , but there Is also in
volved to a largo extent the success of
the educational advantages ot which
the rising generations are to avail
thomfeolvos. When an alderman is to
bo elected there is a call for all the
bands and all the ward strikers. When
a school director is to bo elected there
is a feeling that it makes little differ
ence who is chosen , anybody will do.
Fortunately the nominations this year
are an improvement over Borne made in
preceding years , and while it would not
bo a misfortune if any of those named
should bo elected , still there is a choice
to bo made , and that choice should bo
made in favor of thtiso who are really
best fitted for the position. Thero'
should bo an arousing of public interest
in this election , and such men as voters
feel will best care for this important
public trust , should have the hearty ac *
tivo support at the polls.
The republicans have nominated
Colonel R. G. Hubbard and .Tt.mcs Pat
terson. The democrats have named
George Bluxsim and .T. J. Stuart.
The voters are also to bo called upon
to decide whether the old Mills street
school house shall bo torn down , and a
$40.000 ono built in its place. The
building is said to bo old and illy fitted
for school purposes. There are grave
doubts entertained by many as to
whether it would not bo better to lot it
stand , nnd put up the now building on
another lot , but to secure such a lot
would probably cost as much ns the old
building is really worth. There is an
imperative ) need of moro room and the
schools have been so crowded ttio past
year as to greatly cripple their effi
ciency. There are over four hundred
moro children than a year ago , and the
city is growing steadily in numbers.
Council Proceed In KB.
The , city council met yesterday after
noon in an adjourned session. The
mayor and a full board of aldermen
were present.
Mrs. Dunn appeared in her own behalf -
half asking for a reduction of tax upon
her property. It has been assessed at
8H50 , but now it is flxed at 81,200. The
matter is now in the hands of a com
mittee , and will bo disposed of at the
proper timo.
Reading of minutes and presentation
of petitions laid over till next wook.
Bills and reports of committees upon
them followed the Biuno course.
The grade of Broadway extension
Btreot was flxed by ordinance , and the
resolution was adoptcu , A resolution
was also adopted by the provisions of
which the Omaha & Council
Bluffs Bridge company grade
200 feet of Broadway extension
beside 1,050 foot abutingthoirown prop
erty. Also the etreot railway is to bo
laid upon Ffth avenue and Avenue A. ,
Intersecting the Broadway line at Six
teenth street and the line will bo
in operation by or before September 1 ,
1888.
A resolution was adopted prohibiting
the grunting of rights to lay any rail
way or street car line upon lower Broad
way.
Majority nnd minority reports were
presented upon the ordinance fixing the
salaries of the city officers. The minor
ity loport changed as follows : City so
licitor , 82,000 ; city engineer , 1,500 :
treasurer , * 1,000. Majority report , so
licitor , $1,800 and other officers the same
as now. Minority report lost. Ayes ,
Lacy , Motcalf , Danforth ; nays , Ham
mer , Wells , Keller. On motion of Aid.
Wells the salary of the solicitor was
fixed at $1,800.
Alderman Wells moved to amend ma
jority report by changing the salary of
solicitor from $1,759 to " $1,800. , Alder
man Lacy moved to nmciitT by making
the treasurer's 8alarv,88000 instead 04
(760. On motion of AlilcrYnnn Keller ,
the salary of the mnybj 'fras ' changed
$1,200 to $1,500. Thai oj-dtnanco , ns
amended , was adopted by unanimous
vote. i 'I
An ordinance wns adopted granting
to the Northwestern riillraul the right
to run a single track' railway along
First avcnuo to the river , -f
A petition from Ferris Ogden to the
effect that ho has purchased foundry
property In this city Jov ' 18,000 , and
asks that city Uixes btj Remitted for a
period of flvo years , tia p'or resolution
now in forco. Granted.
He versed the Decision.
The ca o of Hai I Vs.Tho Pottawattnmlo
County Farmers Mutual Insurance com
pany , decided In favor of defendants be
fore Judge Conner , has just been re
versed in the higher court. Suit was
brought lo recover about $2,600 insur
ance on the Ilarl dairy , that was burned
In April , 1885. The company paid $ GOO
loss on the barn , but refused to pay the
loss on personal property. The defense
claimed that the company was not in
corporated and n judgment could not bo
obtained against them. A verdict was
rendered Tn their favor in the fall of
1880 , and the decision was reversed on
Friday last. The case will probably bo
tried again before Judge Deomcr , dur
ing the next term of court , that con
venes on the 3rd of April.
Personal Paragraphs.-
C. Flock , of Dornsvillo , la. , is in the
city.
John Grcouamoyor , of Hamburg , was
at the Kiel house yesterday.
William Foley , of Anamosn , is in the
city with some of his flno horses.
William Townsend , grain dealer ,
formerly of Mincola , but now of Rockville -
villo , Nob. , was In the Bluffs yesterday.
O. D. Clack , of Gibbon , Nob. , was in
the city yesterday. Ho will bo a mem
ber of the hose team from this city that
is to participate in the free-for-all race
at the state firemen's tournament at
Clinton in June. Ho left for Chicago
last evening , but will return the latter
part of the week.
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Irrlpntloti In the West.
General Brlsbin in a letter to the
Now York Tribune writes : There is anew
now source of wealth growing up in our
country almost unobserved but colossal
In Us nature and extent. I mean the
owning of water in the streams and
rivers. Formerly only the land was
conbidered valuable , but now in many
parts of the country the ownership ot
land without water is of little account.
If ono man owns the land and another
the water , the man who owns the water
has the best of it and has the other fol
low at his morcy. The great system of
irrigating lands in drV sections for
crops is as yet in its infancy , but where
tried it bus done well anq irrigating
ditches have yielded a largp return to
in them.
the investors t K
Most of the largest ditches are in
Colorado where 3,000,000 acres of land
are subject to irrigation. Of this vast
body less than 600,000 acres' " have been
irrigated , leaving 2 00)000 ) to bo
watered yet. The cauuls.in course of
construction will water .about 1,200,000
of the 2,600,000 acres. This is enormous
when wo consider that the whole sys
tem of irrigation has grown up almost
within the past five years. The Louis
Park canal , watering 400,000 acres ;
State Land canal , 140QOP acres ; Citi
zens' canal , 110,000 acres ; and , , Del
Norto and Suguaeho .canal , 150,000
acres , may bo mentioned as among the
most successful Colorado ditches. These
three canals cover 100,000 acres of gov
ernment land , 200,000 acres of prtontcd
land , and 150,000 acres of state land.
They will furnish homes for between
3,000 and 4,000 farmers. The water for
the canals is taken from the Rio Grande
river near the town of Del Norto. The
largest canal is 120 foot wide at its head
and gradually narrows down to twelve
feet. Its depth varies from two to six
feet. It has when full a capacity for
watering 400,000 acres of land.
How do they make irrigating canals ?
Easy enough and quite rapidly. First
is tlo construction of the main canal.
The water is taken from a river or
crcok , the supply being regulated by a
hcadgate. The canal may bo ten ,
twenty or fifty feet wide and ono , five
or ten feet decp according to the vol
ume of water desired. Generally the
canals are wide and shallow like a creek.
Indeed , they are merely artificial
creeks and when grass-grown nnd
planted with trees along their banks are
hard to toll from the natural streams.
A favorable place for tapping the river
or creek having been found the canal is
carried forward _ to the high grounds.
It is generally given about half the fall
of the river or creek so it soon reaches
an elevation far above the natural
stream and has the lands between it
and the stream beiow its waters. At in
tervals as needed , small canals are
taken out and carried to the farms.
Each lateral has a headgato and meas
ure for tno water. The laterals are
built so as to cover the greatest number
of farms. At certain distances sublatorals
are taken out from the main laterals
and these sublatorals too have head-
gates and water measures. The sub
laterals are used by individual farmers.
If before ploughing time there has been
rain enough to soften the ground the
farmer docs not resort to his ditch , but
if the season is dry ho opens his head-
gate and saturates the ground. The
seeding is then dono. Ton acres is
about the allowance of land that can bo
irrigated in ono day per man. Unless
water is very plentiful farmers are lim
ited to eighty acres each to bo irrigated
in ono season , but this docs not Include
grass lands.
After the crops como up they are ir
rigated or simply Hooded. The
quantity of water put on'is about equal
to what would fall in three days' steady
rain. When the crop isT half grown ft
is irrigated again. Two integrations are
considered enough for a crop in a sca-
bon unless the weather is very hot and
dry , and then three irrigations may bo
put on. It will thus bo aeon that every
farmer holds in his own' hands the
means ot making a crop when ho has ir
rigating ditches. '
Root crops can always bo kept moist
and rcquiro five or ten limes ns much
water as cereals. The expense of irri
gation when compared with the benefits
derived is very slight. Irrigation about
doubles crops , and the c6st of the water
is never over 62 per aero and often as low
as GO cents per aero ppr uiinum. Forty and
fifty bushels of wheat wdr aero are often
raised under irrigation. Potatoes fre
quently grow to live pounds nnd yield
250 to 500 bushels per aero. Other root
crops yield equally well , and barley will
yield forty bushels per ucro , and oats
often fifty and sixty bubhels. I have
seen sqvonty-sGvon bushels of oats cut on
nn aero of irrigated land , and myself
measured 500 bushels of whout cut from
a ton-aero field in Colorado , near Boul
der. Wild hay , when well irrigated ,
will cut two tons per aero , and alfalfa
four to blx tons. All kinds of berries ,
such as strawberries , raspberries , black
berries , gooseberries , currents and such
fruits , grow proliilcally under irrigation
and yield nearly a double crop. From
$300 to $400 is often taken from an ucro
for small fruits ,
Ditcliing jnuchiaeri have been made
for digging irrigating canals , but I
never saw ono that wdrkodnntisfnctorUy.
The best ditching mnchlno is an Irish
man and a wheelbarrow or a plow mid
a ecrapor. A ditch ten foot wide nnd
two or thrco foot deep can ordinarily bo
made at a cost of $ 1,000 per mllo. The
income from the water In euch n ditch
In a good locality is about 24 per cent
per annum on the cost of making , So It
will bo scon ditching IB profitable. The
little companies first formed In Colorado
had great difficulty In placing their
stock , but they throve amazingly and
coon men ot capital began to look into
tho. matter. The Colorado Loan & Trust
company wns formed by Mr. T. C.
Henry for the purpose of irrigating
lands and soon largo ditches were
under way. This company now con
trols many ditches nnd irrigates nearly
1,000,000 acres of land. There are many
other companies and 1 believe nit are
making money. From Colorado thu
irrigation system spread into Wyoming
and there arc now moro than ono hun
dred Irrigating ditches in this territory.
Many of them are owned by Colorado
capitalists , which shows that they are
going o extend their ditches us rapidly
as possible , not only in their own state ,
but in the adjoining states and terri
tories.
That was a curious tnossago soul by
the governor of Nebraska to the gov
ernor of Colorado , protesting against
taking any moro water from the South
Platte river In Colorado , because it was
drying up the Platte river in Nebraska.
It was the first message of the kind , I
think , over scut in the west , but it will
not be the last ono. It snows that the
water in the great rivers will ono day
bo in contest and their distribution on
the lands along their banks bccomo a
subject of inter-state legislation. The
day will como when from irrigation tno
volume of water In the great Missouri
nnd Mississippi will bo materially de
creased , and when ono may at certain
seasons of the year cross over dry shod
at the mouth of streams where steamers
now float , as at the mouth of the Yel
lowstone In Montana.
Nor will the system ot Irrigation bo
confined to the west , for it will spread
eastward and before many years bo
brought into general use. When I
think of my old father's farm in Penn
sylvania nnd our dread of drouth it
makes mo half angry at our stupidity.
Through this farm ran a line stream of
water and wo saw the crops die for want
of water on its very banks. Had wo
hud sense enough to put a dam in the
crook at the top of the farm wo could
have thrown out its waters on the land
and defied the drouth. But no ono
thought of it , or rather wo did not know
anything about irrigation. Such a
thing could not occur there again with
mo ns the loss of the crop for want of
water , and I doubt if it will bo long
until even the dullest of our farmers
como to understand the advantages of
irrigation and how to distribute water
from adjacent streams upon their lauds.
EFFECTS OF HASHISH.
Remarkable Experience of n Drug
Clerk Who Took the Wrong Dose.
A few miles from this city lives a man
who was once as fine a drug clerk as
there was in the city of Boston , says the
Manchester ( N. H. ) Union. His name
is Randolph R. Sanford , and ho is at
present residing with his widowed
mother. Sanford is some over forty
years of ago and is a complete wrcck. _
IIis hair is as white as snow and his left
side lias been pasalyzod from the crown
of his head to his feet , " \yhilo mixing
chemicals at the last place in Boston
where ho worked an unforsecn combina
tion ensued and nn explosion was the
result. This explosion proved most dis
astrous to Sandford. Ho was ill for a
long time , and during his sickness his
whole loft side was paralyzed , as stated
above.
Sanford is a most interesting convor-
sationilist , and is full of stories regard
ing the lifo of a drug clork. His expe
rience with hashish is worth roproduc-
tiion. Hashish is the foundation of the
same powerful extract that figures in
Monte Cristo. The name by which it
goes nmo ig druggists is "extractum
cannabis indicic. " or extract of Indian
hemp. The liquid preparation resembles
ink in appearance a dark green ink.
Its fragrance is of a narcotic odor , and
in taste it is slightly warm , bitterish and
acid. In Hindoostan , Persia and other
parts of the cast hemp has habitually
been employed asan intoxicating agent.
The parts Ubcd arc the tops of the plant ,
and a resinous product obtained from it.
The plant is cut after flowering and
formed into bundles from two to four
foot long by thrco inches in diameter ,
which are sold in the bazaars by the
name of gunjah. The resin obtained is
formed into balls by the natives , and
is smoked like tobacco , with which it is
said to bo frequently mixed. An infu
sion or decoction of the drink is some
times used asnn exhilarating drink.
"Somo eight or ton years ago , " says
Sanford , "I was at work for aprominont
druggist in Boston. For some little
time I had been sutloring with dyspep
sia , and the ailment bothered mo so that
lifo became unbearable. I at last mixed
up a decoction that gave mo great re
lief. I was to take if before meals , nnd
placed the bottle on the shelf behind
the prescription counter among other
bottles which are usually founo in that
place. One noon I wont to take my
medicine. I took down what I thought
to bo the right bottle , and , discarding
the use of a spoon , I placed the orifice
to my mouth and took a largo swallow.
Horrors ! The taste told mo I had made
a mistake ! I looked at the bottle and
well , my friend , ! had taken a largo dose
of India cannabis , or othorwiho Imslmsh.
I know what the result would bo. I
staggered to the rear part of the store.
How queer I folt. How light I was
growing. Up , up , up I wont , until my
head bobbed against the coiling. I was
like a cork floating on disturbed
water. I glided along and could
look down and see the huge bottles ,
each ono with a hideous face laughing
at mo , The stools on the marble lloor
Boomed to want to keep mo company ,
and their click , click , on the marble
floor sounded like thunder in my cars.
Suddenly I was plunged into inky black
ness. From the black nothingness
flashed out bright balls of light. I
reached the sofa and sank down upon
it. My tpnguo seemed to swell and I
tried in vain to scream , but no sound
issued. I seemed to know that there
was a long , long hour before my fellow
clerk would bo back from his dinner ,
and then ho might not como into the
rear room and discover my condition.
The events of days nnd weeks came before
fore my mind hi all the details , and I
saw faces beautiful faces angelic in
their divinity , which seemed to beckon
to mo and then vanish with a .hideous
laugh. Again was I tos'sed to
the coiling and then thrown by some
invisible force from ono sidoof the room
to the other. I felt no concession , but
bounced about like a liugo foot-ball.
Then I foil back into dreamy contem
plation and years ecomod to pass by.
Fantastic pictures were worked , my
limbs felt weighted with lead , just the
opposite to my experience of what
seemed to mo years ago. 1 heard
somebody say , ' \Yhy , Ralphio , old fol
low , what's the matter. RalphioJ
Ralphiel The words reverberated like
thunder. My shop-mato had returned.
Again ho tried to bhuko mo to myself ,
and I never bated u man so cordially as
I hated him at that moment. Ho got a
doctor , uud I tall you , my friend , they
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had no easy time to bring mo to myself.
Every word they uttered surged Into
my brain and seemed to jnr mo to
pieces. I sulTorcd from that experience
long afterward , and it appears oven at
this day , when I think it over , that I
have that fooling coming on , so power
ful was the impression made on mo at
that time. " _
Internal Jlcvoniic.
Boston Commercial Bulletin : Lot it
bo shown that internal revenue taxes
servo no good purpose to society in al
leged restriction of the consumption of
tobacco and liquors , and they nro bound
to bo swept from the national statute
book. The policy of this country from
the first has boon to leave all Internal
taxation to the states. No internal tax
was levied at first , but the import tax
being iusulllciont , Hamilton reluctantly
urged a tax on distilled spirits which
congress levied , after a bitter fight in
1701. It is stated that ono ob
ject which Hamilton had in the passage
of this act was to demonstrate the power
of the now national government. At
Jefferson's recommendation the odious
act was repealed in 1802 , but was again
resorted to in another form in the war
times of 1812. In 1817 the law was re
pealed und 1818 to 1801 no internal tax
was in operation under United States
law. The traditional policy of the
father has been to resort to internal
taxation only in times of exi
gency. They ought to bo the first taxes
taxes to bo remitted in the palmy day
ot a treasury surplus , if bueh action con
bo taken without harm to society. The
tobacco tax should go and the tax on
alcohol used In the arts should go. It is
a question whether or not the cause of
tomporuneo would not bo best served by
taking olt the tax on alcohol altogether.
Down with internal taxes first , for they
have always boon resorted to in this
country as emergency taxes.
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