THES OMAHA DAILY BEE * TUESDAY , JUNE 12. 18Sa > OMAHA'S ' ERRORS THE CAUSE , ' They Barely Escape n Shut Out By 1 the Chicago Maroons. COONEY HIT BUT HE FUMBLED. St. Pnut Win * tlio Tie IMnyOIT From Minneapolis In a Onnic of Hard UlttlriR Turf nml Track nnil Other Sports. "Western Association Standing. Hclow will bo found the standing of tno clubs , Including yesterday's games : Plavcd Won Lost Pr Ct Dos Molncs . 27 17 10 . ( KM Omaha . 31 IS 13 .581 Kansas City . 31 13 13 .IWl Milwaukee . 23 15 18 .53-i St. Paul . 3 ! ) 15 14 .517 St. Loins . IU 14 13 .487 Chicago . US It 17 .3D2 Minneapolis . , . . . ! )4 ) 12 ! M .3J3 Gnnics Scheduled for To-day. Chicago Vfl O in aim at Chicago. St. Paul vs Dos Molncs at St. Paul. Milwaukee vs Kansas City nt Milwaukee. Minneapolis vs St. Louis nt Minneapolis. Chicago n , Omnhn 1. CHICAGO , Juno 11. [ Special Telegram to TUB HKK. ] Unfortunate errors lost Omaha tbo game. The Maroons made the same num. beret errors , but by Rood luck they did not provo expansive , while the errors of Coonoy in the first Inning proved costly. It was n Rood game , however , and well worth seeing. The Mm ooiis made eight hits and the Onmhas iniido the same number , but the lucky Maroons' hits wore to tuo host advant age , while the visitors failed to profit by tliclrs , although there was a double and u triple among them. The fielding was really good nnd the game was equal to many that tbo league considers first class. Hcnglo made a bad break in the eighth inning , when ho lot Burns score the only run credited to the visitors. But for this they would have bccu whitewashed. Clarke , wlio pitched for lue Omohns , was released from the Chicago league team and much was expected of him , Ho did not fulfill expectations , however , as the Maroon batsmen got away with eight bits , only one being a double. Ho only struck out three men , while Dwyer struck out six. The score : CHICAGO. _ _ n. mi. p < > . A. & . HcnRlc , 2b . 0 0 3 a 1 Long , If . Pugdalo , rf . Latifrc , 3h . JMoriurity , cf . 0 0 U 0 0 Schocncck , Ib . 1 1 U 0 0 McCuulcy , c . bwyor , p . jlanrahau , ss . 0 1 1 0 2 Totals . . . . . . . . . . 5 8 27 17 5 r OMAHA. _ _ It. 1111. I'll. A. . iT. Coonoy.ss . Aiinls.of . O'Connoll , Ib . 0 t 10 1 1 Burns.lf . Doran , 8b . Lovctt , rf . Miller , 2b . "Wilson , c . Clarke , p . Totals . . . . . . . . . 1 8 27 17 5 BCOJii : 11V IXNINGS. Chlcngos . a oooiooo i r Ouiahas . 0 0000001 0 1 Runs earned Chicacos 2. Thrco-baso lilt Burns. Two-bane bits Coouey , Dwyer. Base on balls Omaha 1. Left on bases- Omaha 10 , Chicago * 3. Passed balls Mu- Cauleyl' , "Wilson a. Wild pitch Clarke. Struck out By Clarke S , by Dwyer 0. Time of game 1:30. Umpire Ilaguu. St. Pnul 11 , Mliineapollfl a. ST. PAUI , , Minn. , June 11. [ .Special Tele gram to THE BEE. ] St Paul and Minneapo lis to-day plavod off their tie game of May SM. The gumo at Minneapolis recently , It was stated , was a play-off of the tie , being a postponed g.une. To-day's game was marked by hard hitting by both teams and was won by the homo team in the fifth inning when they found Nicholson for four singles , a double nnd u homo run , which with two er rors , OB many passed balls and three .stolen bases yielded seven runs. Umpire Fessen- deu Is suffering from n severe cold , being un able to speak above a whisper , and as Umpire Brennan was on the grounds to-day the double system was given a trial , Brennan calliuir balls nnd strikes and Fossenden giv ing the base decisions. The game passed off without a kick und everyone voted the sys tem a great success. The score : fit. Paul . 1 0007200 1 11 Minneapolis . 3 01002000 0 Runs earned St. Paul 0 , Minneapolis 2. Two-base hits Carroll , Reilly , Huwcs. Homo runs Murnby. Earlo. Struck outr IJy Tuckerman 3 , Nicholson 2. Double plays r Malab , Brosnan and Hnwes. Bases entails tails Enrlo , Veiirh , Reilly , Shafer(2) ( ) , Pick- Ctt. Jevno , McCullom. Hit by pitcher Car roll , Tuekennaii. Passed balls Karlo 1 , Krelg 2. Bases stolen By Murphy (2) ( ) , Car- foil. 13nrlc , Hlnsro , Pickott (3) ( ) , Patton (2) ( ) , Wiish , Huwcs. Left on bases St. Paul 11 , IvllmieapolH 4. First base on errors St. I'aul5. Time SilO. Umpires Fesseudun tuid Brcnnnn. NATIONAL L13.VGUI3. New York n , Chlcngo 4. Now Yor.K , Juno 11. The game botweou Now York and Chicago to-day resulted as if allows i Now York . 0 00010SOO 3 Chicago . 1 0103000 * 4 Pitchers Welch nncl ICrook. Base hits Now York 8 , Chicago 0. Errors New York 5 , Chicago 5. Umpire Lynch. ' RoRtoit JO , Detroit O. BOSTON , Juno 11. The game between Bos ton aud Detroit to-day resulted as fol lows : Ifioston . 0 0 10 Detroit . 5 00012001 0 Pitchers -Clnrknon and Gctzein. Bnso hits . -Boston 21. Detroit 12. Krroto Boston 7 , Detroit 0. Umpire Valentine. Philadelphia 7 , IMttHlinrjr 1. Pnii.Aiii.vnu.1uno 11. The game between Philadelphia and Pittbburg to day resulted 'ns follows : Philadelphia. . . . 5 7 i'ltt burg . 0 01000000 1 Pitchers Buflinton end Maul. Bat > o lilts Philadelphia 11 , Pitthburff i. Errors a'uiladelphla 4 , Pittsburg 4. Umpire-Decker. ' 'Washington : t , lndlnnnpulU in. WASHINGTON , Juno 1 L The game between "Washington uutl Indianapolis to-dny resulted us follows : JVashhnjton . 0 3 ndlanapolls. . . . . ! 0 0 0 0 S 1 S ' 15 Pitchers Dally and Mollltt. Uaso hits iVashluptou 7 , Indianapolis IS. Urrors 'Washington 4 ludiucaiiulls S. Umpire ABIEU1CAN ASSOCIATION. lioiiltivilln 7 , Kansas City 8. LouiaviLLs , Juno 11 , The game between 5f uUviUe and Kaunas City to-day resulted as follows i T oulsvllle . 1 00100014 7 iCausas City..0 0 0 0 7 1 0 0 8 1 Cincinnati 1 , St. Louis 8. CINCINNATI , Juno 11. The game between ( Cincinnati and St. Louis to-day resulted ; fe follows i Cincinnati . 1 00000000 1 J5t. Louli . 0 0 6 0 0 fl 1 0 * 8 Raltlrabre O , Athletics 14. i3xi.ii none , June 11. The game between Baltimore and the Athletics to-day resulted as follows : Baltimore . 0 0 Athletics. . . . . . . . 2 1 1 10 0 0 0 0 14 Cnnncrs nnd The "canners" and "koKgors" played a great game of ball Sunday afternoon back cf the Union Paclnc shops. The "kegRcrs" thought they had a walk-away , but they got loft , nnd the "crinnors" came oft" victorious by a score of 7 to 8. Shields , the great pitcher of the C. K Mnynes , did not provo very effective for the camiors , for ho only struck out two men , while Connors , of the hcggor.s , mndo four teen fan wind. ICrcnzer was the umpire. The winners walked oft with $ .75 of the liard earnings of the losers. There Is n challenge out to repeat the game next Sun day. IJnso Unll HrleC * . The following was received yesterday : OMAHA , Juno . To the Spotting Editor of Tnr. BER : Will you please state In your i > apcr who led the batting list in the National league In 1830-71 Mike Kelly. Manager Plummer , of the LafnyoUcs , has1 arranged for n game with the Hnrdlns on Wednesday next and the C. K. Maynos on Saturday. Both games will bo played on the Western association grounds. Banner's cigar store nine scored another victory Sunday by defeating the North Omnhn Stars by n score of 8 to 0. It WHS n close game as both nines were tied in ninth and ten innings had to bo played to decide the game. The pitching of Conklln was very flne.IIo struck out ten wen and only six hits were made off htm. The West Onmhas defeated the Sleony Hollows Sunday by n score of 9 to 8. The batteries were J. Patterson nnd F. Albon- ems for the West Oinuhas jmd B. Nelson niul II. Bowles for the Sleepy Hollows. The pitching of Albcnercus was good. Ho struck out fifteen men and only live bits were made off him. _ TURK ANI > TKACIC. Jerome 1'ork Kronts. NEW YOIIK , June 11. The weather at Jerome Park was delightful aud the truck dusty but fast. Fourteen hundred yards Cyclone ( colt ) won , P. Thomas second , Nova third. Time 1:2U : / . One and five-sixteenth miles Royal Arch won , Lelogos second , Nettle third. Time For two-year-olds , throo-quartors of a mile French Park won , Holiday second , Gypsuy Queen third. Time 1:18j : . Ono nnd one-sixteenth miles Bess won , Maxim ( filly ) second , Ben All third. Time One mile Banner Bearer won , Hcfund second , Culcra third. Time 1:47. : Handicap steeple chase , short course Olcnbar won , Mystic second , Sauford third. Time not taken. Elphin fell at the first jump and his rider , Pope , was so badly hurt that ho will probably die. * THAI * ANI > GUN. 'gT3 ' The Sportsmen or Illinois Having Their Annual Shoot. CHICAGO , June 11. The fourteenth annual tournament of the Illinois State Sportsmen's association commenced hero to-day. The first shoot of the tournament was a contest for 5 and the board of tiade diamond badge , held by Dr. O. II. Brltton , now residing in California. The contest was at ten live pigeons sprung from six ground traps at thirty yards rlsp. George Klemman was de clared the winner of the prize und champion shot of Illinois for the year to come. The match for the S. C. Smith silver cup valued at $500 , was won by C. E. Millard. Tlio contest was at twenty single Peoria blackbirds , distance eighteen yards. The second prize of $50 was won by J. 11. Slice , Iho Ihird prize by W. E. Baxter. At the business meeting held this evening the fol lowing oflicers were rcelocted : President , A. N. Lowe , Cumberland gun elub , Chicago ; vice presidents , II. F. Orlis , Chicago , Edward J. Brown , Quinc.v ; secretary and treasurer , William L. . Shofurd , Cumberland gun club , Chicago. The Jury has the Case. NEW YOHK , Juuo 11. The Diss do Bar conspiracy trial was coutinucd to-day. Al bert Bierstadt , the artist , testilied that in the pretended production of a spirit picture for him by the madanic , ho detected General Diss de Bar In the act of substituting u picture for the plain canvas in the frame which ho ( Blcrstndt ) held on Ills head. The umdauie und the "general" afterwards substunlially acknowledged tholr fraud by saying they wished to go into seine legiti mate business and witness loaned them if > 'M ' for that purpose' . Counsel for the defense asked for the discharge of the accused. Ho warned the coui t to beware lest it perse cuted the woman. For all that man could know Hho might bo the medium through which the infinite being made his inanifcstii- lions. He quoted HIP bible to sustain snirlt- ualistic theories. The court did not look at it that way und allowed the case to go to the Jury. Nebraska nnd Iowa Pensions. WAbiiixaiox , June 11. The following pen sions were granted Nebraskans to-dny : Original invalid Elms Brussell , Omaha ; George W. Nichols , Frcld. Original widows , etc. Julia M. , widow of Fraukllu Stephenson - son , Falrliehl. Pensions for lowas : Original Invalid Cyrus M. Wescoat , East Noduwav ; Daniel A. Kay. Maquoketa ; William Blakcly , Folios ; John P. Clark , Crcsco ; John W. Bontwiek , Keosnqua ; Benjamin F. Herr , West Liberty ; David H. Uice , W > stel Palmer. McDowell ; Jesse Bartlot , Coin ; William J. Davis , Corn ing. Increase Ellas Longman , Manuokctu. Original widows , etc. Mellisa U. , widow of Hugh Jordan , Sihley. H-oolc HH | IJrotlier-lri-ljiiw'H Advice. NEW Youu , Juno 11. John U. Dunn was placed on trial for grand larceny. U. T. Scott , teller- for the Manhattan company , fled to England in 1835 , having embezzled about $150,000. Subsequently no made a sworu statement that ho had entrusted the greater part of the stolen money to Dunn , Ills brother-in-law , nnd n lawyer by profcs- fcsslon. In opening the case it was contended that Dunn did not ndviso Scott as a Lawyer , but us a friend , that the proper mode of pro- oecduro , when he found ho could not make good his $10,000 shortage , was to steal enough to cripple thu bnnlc and force a settlement with thu creditors. Scott will be called to testify to-morrow. Ileuf Union Dropped. CHICAGO , Juno 11 , The recent reduction In live stock rates between Missouri river points and Chicago cause < l by making the thirty-four foot car standard , has made it necessary to drop dre'ibod ' hoof rates In the sanio proportion from Omaha nnd Council BlutTs. The so-called Hammond contract , in which the several lines interested Joined some time ago , provides the rates on dressed beef from Omaha to Chicago shall bo de termined by taking the live stock rate ns a bauls nnd dotluet II per cent from the average rate per UK ) pounds on cuttlu. Chalnnun Fuilhorn finds that the rate which would now ui py ! on dressed bocf lu car loads un- dpr the Hammond contract is fiS.05 per 100 pounds. The tariffs worn accordingly amended und put into effort to-day. Acnlnst the C'oiniiilbsloiirf'H Order. WASHINGTON , Juno 11. Senator Cultom to day presented lu the senate resolutions of the general Association of Congregational churches of Illinois , protoiting against the reront order of the commissioner of Indian affair * forbidding the UM of the vernacular in Indian schools. The resolutions contend that this policy of the government is a mis taken one and is sure to provo disastrous to the great cause of Indian musions ; that it is wrong in principle and ugaiubt the freedom of conscience und religion guaranteed by the constitution of the United States. The reso lutions ask that all such order * Interfering w'th ' missionary work bo piomptly counter manded. Woodhurn Dlucrly Defensive. WASHINGTON , June H. A colloquy arose In the house thlb afternoon between Wood- burn of Nerada aud Cox of New York , turning upon the reference by Cox , In bis speech , to Nevada as u rotten borough. Wood- buru defended bis stuto aud WAS bitterly personal In blft attack tijwn Cox , but the lat ter gentleman replied In n more good nnturcd manner , although ho also indulged In some biting personalities. The Husband of Three Sisters. Loctsvii.Ln , Ity. , Juno ll. Spoclal Tele gram to Tun BDK.J Rev. V. A. Andrews , of Jcffcrsonvlllo , Ind. , was called Saturday to n country church to preach nt the funeral'of n Mrs , Mascom. Ho remained over night with Mr. Mascom nnd was much surprised to learn that a wedding was .to bo celebrated during the evening nnd ho would ho called upon to officiate. The groom was Mr. Mas- coin nnd the bride the sister of the recently buried woman. The two were aged respect ively seventy-three nnd seventy-one. The enly witness of Iho ceremony was the great- grandson of the groom. The minister's as tonishment reached Its huicht when he was told by n neighbor the next day thattho pres ent Is Wasoem'8 third wife ; that the three were sisters , nnd the second wedding ns un ceremonious as this one. Snlnons. CINCINNATI , O. , Juno 11. Moro thnn a hundred nnd fifty warrants were served to-dny upon saloonkeepers for selling liquors yesterday. Five trials have been had , with ono convfction , two acquittals and two disa greements of the Juries. There Is talk of abandoning nil efforts to prosecute , ns it Is found that where no testimony In the de fense is offered , nnd where testimony for the slate is clear and unmistakable , the Jurors refuse to render a verdict of guilty. Trouble with the Cnnuln. BKUUK , Juno 11. The National Zoltung says : "Tho Insertion of n canula in the em peror's throat causes difficulty because the trachea has become so enlarged that the tube no longer fills It completely aud pus coining from the upper part can fiow In the air tubas. To provcnt this a rubber ring has bucu fitted on the oanula so as to fill the space between the tube nud the wall of the trachea. " Walsh ArrlvcH in Now Work. NBW YOHK , Juno 11. Thomas Walsh , the Irishman who was said to be Implicated in a plot similar to that which resulted in the murder of Lord Cavoudlsh and Secretary Burke hi Phoenix park in 1831 , arrived in Now York to-day. Ho came undor'tko as sumed name of M. Walters , Ho was mot by several well known Irish nationalists and driven to the Hotel Albert. Canndn'e New Governor General. OTTAWA , Juno 11. Lord Stanley , the now governor general , was sworn in to-day. Re plying to an address ho expressed the thanks of himself and his family for the cordial wel come extended to him by the citizens of Ottawa. Ho said ho understood the tljftlculty ho would have in filling a position which had been occupied by a long list of illustrous pre decessors. Had Men Barricaded. CINCINNATI , Juno 11. Lieutenant GUI , ot the police , went to Delhi Sunday with eighteen men to look nftcr four or five dangerous men said to bo fortified In a house In Rapid Run , a short distance from where the robbery of Friday night was coimnilled. At midnight he telegraphed that ho had the house surrounded and ho wanted more meu. No further particulars are known here at 1 o'clock. Discharged a Second Time. New YOHK , Juno 11. Alice Woodhall , who was ex'tradited on the charge of for gery nnd rearrested aflor she had been dis charged by the United States commission , was again discharged by Judge Gildersleovo to-day. This apparently ends the threatened international episode. "Washington Hricfd. Senator Chandler has introduced a bill ap propriating $15.000 for the development and encouragement of silk culture ill ttio United States. It provides for free distribution to farmers and others of mulberry seed uud silk worm eggs. Prince Roland Napoleon Bonaparte called at the white house to-day aud paid his re spects to the president. The Printer's Convention. KANSAS CITY , Juno 11. The convention of the International Typographical union was called to order at 10 o'clock this mornibg. Mayor ICumpf read an address of welcome which was responded to by President Will iam Amison , after which n committee on Credentials was appointed nnd the conven tion took a recess until 1:30 : this afternoon. Upon reassembling the report of the com mittee on credentials was received iinfl the convention went into executive session. No Desire I'or Free WASHINGTON , June 11. The senate subcommittee - committee on tariff to-day heard the views of cotton-bugging makers on the tariff. The committee was told that the competition in India bagging is so fierce that if it were free , as proposed by the Mills bill , the factories would suffer speedy ruin. It was further represented there was no demand from the planters for free bagging. .0. DfolciiiHon'H Estimate. WASHINGTON , Juno 11. The ppstmastor general to-day sent to congress nu estimate of the appropriations for the frco delivery service for the next fiscal year of 91,021,300. This amount , the postmnslcr general said , Is necessary to carry out the provisions of the act extending the eight-hour law to letter carriers. Two JlourH to Fuller. WASHINGTON , Juno 11. The senate com mittee on judiciary to-day further consid ered the nomination of Melville W. Fuller lo bo chief justice without result. The meeting continued nearly half an hour after the senate had assembled , and thu case was then postponed for two weeks. Pose ol'Moiituna Justice , HELENA , Mont. , Juno 11. A negro soldier at Fort Shaw Saturday night had n row with a man near the Fort nnd killed un innocent bystander. Masked citizens of Sun river took the murderer out lust night and lynched him , _ Twelve Ml leu of l < ocunts. AI.GIBIIS , Juno 11. The locusts are ad vaucingr in a compact mass over twelve miles long by six in breadth. A panic pre vails hi the province of Conbtaiitino , The valley of the Guolmahas been devastated by the locubts. Arrested for Murder , BRIILIN , Juno 11. A shoemaker named Albert Wettbcr has boon arrested at Crim- mitzschan , Saxony , on the ciiargo of having murdered a banUer of Waturtown , United States , on August ! * , lt)8t ) . A Jealous Husbnnd. n , Ore. , Juno 11. Peter Shannon , aged sixty , shot and killed his wife to-day , und then shot and killed himself. Jealousy was the cuuso , Spain AVII1 Not Bo There/ MADKIU , Juno 11. The cabinet has de cided that Spain shall not bo officially repre sented nt the Paris exhibition. Itoyulty Will Mi'J t. - PAIUS , Juno 11 , The Gitultfs buys that the Count ot Paris will meet the German crown prince ut Ems. AVeiillicr Indications. For Iowa , Nebraska and Dakota Light to fresh southerly wiuds , wanner , occasional local rains. Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria , When Dby waj lck , we J T her C&kterU. VTben she VM ft Child , sio cried for Castoria , When be became MUf , sis clung to Outoria , \Vtiu kti but Ctll/liTAj , tlie gare theai Castoria. Scnnto Postal Allowance * . WASHINGTON , Junft 11. The senate com mittee on appropriations has increased the postofllco appropriation bill by Sl.DW.OOO. Ono million is appropriated to carry out the eight-hour law with respect to letter carriers and JSCO.OOO Is appropriated for sustdles , the provision being Uini'lubstanlinUy advocated by Senator Fryo lastVenr. The house pro vision npproprlutluff f,0,000 to pay postofllco dlcrJts for unusual Imilnoss Is struck out and the provision of &vOKX ! ) for rent , light nnd fuel for third class drtlccs Is reduced to $150.- ( KH ) , with a provlsoithat there shall not bo al lowed for Iho rentiqf any third class office more than $300 or niojo than ? < W for fuel nnd light in tiny ono yeAr -and that no contracts Rlmll'bo mndo cill\ng } \ for the payment of rout , light or fuel beyond the end of the next flscut year. Htcniimhli | Arrivals. NEW YOIIK , Juno U. ( Special Telegram to Tun BKK.I Arrived The Kldcr , from Bremen ; the Devonln , from Glasgow ; the Spain , from Liverpool ; thoLyditm Monarch , from London ; La Normandlo , from Havre. II\Mnimo , Juno 11. Arrived The Hnui- monla , from Now York. GI.ASOOW , Juno 11. Arrived The Aus trian , from Boston , AnsTHiiDAM , Juno 11. Arrived The Schlodam , from Now York. Qfi'KNSTOWN , Juno 11 , Arrived The City of Richmond , from New York. They Found Wntery Graves. Buui.iNOToN , In. , Juno 11. [ Special Tele gram to TUB Bnn.1 A shoemaker named Snuison Erz was drowned in the rlvor hero to-day , whether by accident or suicide it Is not known. A body was found in the river to-day near Mon.roso supposed to bo that of a man named John B. Swcouey who has been missing since last fall , Millers' Convention. BUFFALO , Juno 11. A largo number of prominent nilllors from all parts of the coun try have already arrived to attend the con vention of the Millers association of the United States , which meets to-morrow , and which is expected to bo the largest ever hold by that association. Impatient. WASHINGTON , Juno 11. The democratic caucus announced for to-night was not called at the instance of the dcmooiatic members of the ways aud moans comrnltloo , but at the demand of number of democrats who are dissatisfied with the slow progress of thu tariff bill. The object is to devise moans for restricting the five minute debate , Tljc People for Soldiers. PAIUS. June 11. At the sitting of the council general of Heine to-day M. Ynlllant gave notice that ho would introduce a reso lution In favor of the organization of the people ple into a national standing army , with the object of counteracting the cffoits of monarchial coalition. Shot Himself and Wife. DKTHOIT , Juno 11. John Munchthaler , a candy dealer , shot his wife three times this evening and then shot himself In the mouth. Both died within five minutes. The cause of the tragedy is unknown. General ShorUhjtii's Condition. WASHINGTON , Jun 11. Midnight. There is no clmngo to not lin General Sheridan's condition. He has''slept comfortably at times during the cvctfhig , Drink Mallo , 2-5 fle'ntbu bottle. The Suspense .Should Knd. LONUON , Juno 12.-r/Tho Standard says that the government ougttt to announce nt thu earliest posbiblc moment its final decision re garding the compensation clauses of the country govornuiciitplll and not allow such un important matter o remain lu suspense. Watery Graven for Four. POIITLAND , Mo. , Juu < j 11. A boat contain ing five men capsi/ed" near Vinal Haven yes- tfirday uud four of theui wore drowned. One Moro Arrested. Charles Hcndleston was arrested last night by Detectives Orrnsuy and Deuipsoy as u suspicious character. Ho came from Chicago cage about four weeks ago , and was seen hanging about with Frank Wilson. Wilson , White and Dailey arc yet in custody , await ing the development of more evidence. k i ' Killed Uy I > i litnlij. ( About 1 o'clock last night hphtning struck the barn of Frank MenncU ut Sixteenth street near the viaduct. The building , value about $ MO , was entirely destroyed. The electric bolt struck a cow and bored a hole in her back. Thu owner found her standing erect but stone dead. Drink Malto it is pleasant. MAKING CALLS. The Humbug nnd Folly of This Oner ous Social Custom. What a beautiful civilization ours is supposed to be , sayB Churles Dudley Warner in the June Harper's , growing in intelligence and simplicity and yet voluntarily taking upon itself this arti ficial burden in an already overtaxed lifo. The ungols in heaven must admire and wonder. The cynic wants to know what is gained for any rational being when a city full of women undertake to make and receive formal visits with persons whom for tlio mobtpart they do not wish to see. What is gained , ho asks , by leaving cards with ull these people nnd receiving their cards':1 : When a woman makes her tedious rounds why is blio always relieved to lind people not in ? When she can count upon her ton fingers the people she wants to see why should faho pre tend to want to see the others ? Is any one deceived by it ? Does anybody re gard it ns anything but n , sliiun and u burden ? Much the cynic knows about it. Is it not neccsbury to have an au thentic list of pasteboard acquaintances to invite to receptions ? And what would become of us without receptions ? Everybody likes to give' them. Every body Hocks to them with much alacrity. When society calls the roll wo nil know the penalty of being loft out. Is tliero any intolloctuul-or physical pleas ure equal to that jamming bo many people into a honso'Uiut tlieyciui hardly move , and treating1 tiiom to a Babul of noises in which no/ ono can muico hor- bolf heard without prr > uming ? Tliero is nothing like 11 reception in any un civilised country. It Is so exhilarating ! When a do/on or a hhntlrpd people uro gathered together in a room , they all begin to raise their vbices and to shout like pool-sellers iiijttjo noble rivalry of "various langwldgcs , " rushing their throats into bronchitis in the bidding of the coiivorbntion'rlng , If they spoke low , or even in tho'prdinury tone , con- vorbution would bo topniblo. But then it would not bo a recmH5onas wo under stand it. Wo cunnjit > egloct anywhpro any of the pleubura , t our social lifo. Wo train for it in lower assemblies. Half iv do/.en women in a call" uro obliged to shout , for just practice , so that they can bo hoard by everybody in the neighborhood except themselves. Do not men Co the same ? If they do , it only shows that men also arc capable of the higher civilization. But does society that is , the inter course of congenial people dopoud upon the elaborate system of exchang ing calls with hundreds of people who are not congenial ? Such thoughts will sometimes coma by a winter fireside of rational-talking' friends , or at a dinner party not too large for talk without a telephone , or in the summer time by the sea or in the cottage in the hills , vrhon the fever of social lifo has got down to a normal temperature. We fancy that people sometimes will give Burlington Burlington C.B.80.BB. The Burlington takes the lead. It was in advance of all lines in developing Nebraska. It was in advance of all lines in establishing dining-car service between Missouri river points and Chicago. It was in advance of all lines in giving the people of Omaha and the West a fast mail service. It was in advance of all lines in running its trains from the East into Omaha proper. It was in advance of all lines In reducing the time of passenger trains between Omaha and Chicago. It was in advance , and is the only line by which you can leave Omaha in the morning and arrive in Denver the evening of the same day. It has been progressive in the past. It will lead in the future. Travel and ship via the Burlington. Ticket Office , 1223 Farnam Street. Telephone 350. Depot on Tenth Street. Burlingfon Burlington -Rife i . Route way to a real enjoyment of life , and that human intercourse will throw off this artificiul mid wearisome parade , and that if women look back wito pride , as they may , upon their personal achieve ments and labors they will also regard them with UHtoriishmont. Women , wo read every day , long for the rights and privileges of men , and the education mid serious purpose in life of men. And yet , such is the sweet , self-sacrilico of their nature , they voluntarily take on burdens which man have never as sumed , and which they would speedily cast pff if they hod. What should we say of mon if they consumed half their time in paying formal calls upon each other merely for the sake of paying calls , and wore low- spirited if they did not receive as many cards as they had dealt out to so ciety ? Have they not thu time ? Have women more tirnoV and if they have , why should they spend it in this Sisy phus tabkV Would the social machine go to nieces the inquiry is made in peed faith and solely for information if they made rational business for them selves to be attended to , und even if they gave the time now given to calls they Jiuto to _ reading and btudy , and to making their households civilizing cen tres of intercourse and enjoyment , und paid visits from some other motive than ' 'clearing off the list ? " If all the arti ficial round of calls and cards should tumble down , what valuable thing would bo lost out of anybody's life ? The question is too vast for the Drawer , but as an experiment in so ciology it would like to see the system in abeyance for one season. If at the end of it there hud not been jutt us much social enjoyment as before , and there wore not fewer women than usual down with nervous prostration , it would agree to start at its own expense a new experiment to-wit : a kind of social clear ! n g-houso , in which all cards should bo delivered and exchanged , and all bocial debts of this kind be balanced by book-keepers , so that the reputation of everybody for propriety and conven tionality should bo jubt as good as it is now. _ _ General Hhcrldnn. Chicago Tribune : The grade of gen eral of the array of the United States has been conferred upon throe military men previous to General Sheridan. Gcorgo Washington was the first gen- oral. By act of con gross the grade was revived , in order that it might be con ferred upon Ulysses S. Grant. After General Grant's retirement and death the rank was bestowed upon William Tecumseh Sherman. General Sher man's retirement from the army , Han cock having died , loft but ono living man whoso military exploits fairly 011- title him to the distinguished honor of succeeding to the rank of the three il lustrious chieftains named , und so fur us the present generation is concerned the grade of general will probably die with Philip H. Shoridan. Of his services meriting the title there can bo no ques tion , nnd the universal recognition of this fuot , no less than the prompt , and united action of congress in passing Senator Parwoll'ri bill promoting him to the highest military rank in the nation next to that of the chief executive , must have touched the Jicivrt of the veteran soldier as he lay o-i his bed Buffering battling heroically with the common en emy of mankind. The seono when his commission as general was brought to the dying hero of a hundred buttles was pathetic in the highest degree and can hardly bo thought of without a thrill of mingled emotions. In the simple , unaffected manner characteristic of him ho turned hie face to the wall , tears came to his oyoa , and in a broken voice ho expressed his gratitude at this last mark of vonfidonco and nlToction on the part of liitf Bympufiviing countrymen. Who bhall say that it did not nerve him nnow with his contest with death ana give him a premonition , a liopo , if not und assurance that ho should live to enjoy the honor to willingly conferred upon him by a grateful mid admiring people ? Certain it is that ho soon began to rally wonder fully. At this writing it is , of course , impossible to t uy what wfll bo the isiuo , but the heart of a nation goes out to the hero of Winchester und Pivo Forks , and its joy at the recovery und restora tion to health of the general of the army of the United States , if such event bo within the providence of God , will bo made manifest to Phil Sheridan with a heartiness und bincerity that ivill more than recompense him for his buf ferings when lie walked in the valley of the bhudow of death. Out. I The members of the Connecticut His torical society recently wont to Myatio to visit the sconu of the assault of Cap tain Musou and his Hartford , and Wothorsfield troops on the cam ] ) of the murdorcd Pequods or Poquots , says a recent issuoof the Hartford ( Conn. ) Timps. That campaign saved the Con necticut colony. It was in 1037 the 6th of June and it was the 23th. anniver sary of that now little thought of but really momentous enterprise that the historical society will celebrate by vis iting the ground where the warlike Pc- quots wore practically exterminated. Mason went from Hartford. Ho took with him a lighting force of sixty men the larger part ofrHartford. Sailing down lifty miles to the sound , ho turned eastward , und in due time companies of the Pcquots at Groton and Now London haw the coming foe , and got ready to give him a warm reception. Hut the white men sailed by. They showed the Pcquots that they were afraid to attack so terrible a foe ; and , therefore , they had n jolly drunken celebration of this proof of their unconquerable character , while Mason's sails disappeared off on the eastern horizon , near Watch Hill. At that time tliero was not u white man living on the east side of the Cunnec- ticut river ; from the river to Cape Cod ullfwns a trackless wilderness. While the Pcquots wore gathering at their two forts on u height in the woods not moro than a mile or so from the present village of Mystic , to have a roaring night of it. Mason and his fel low avengers of their murderous atroci ties had landed in the country of the Narnigatibotts , and , aided by guides from that warlike tribe ( iocs of the Poquots ) , they moved hurriedly on , westward through the woods , to the camp of Sassiicus and his jubilant Po quots. The Narragunbctts , themselves the conquerors of other tribes and the terror of the Plymouth colony , were afraid of the bloody Pequots , and on neurinc the Pequpt forts they pointed the way for the whites and slunlc back- Mason fell upon the fee without mercy. The Pequots wore practically extermi nated. A remnant of that ugly tribe , with the noted Sassucus , lleeing through the woods , finally reached the country of the dreaded Mohawks , who afterward killed Sassacus , Guidad by Uncas , a Mohogun chief , of Pequo't blood , the whites got upon the truil of the main body of the fugitives in Fuir- liold county , and there WHS bloody work of it. Uncas cut off the head of ono chief and stuck it up on a tree and the place has ever since been called Sachem' * * Head. It was n dark and bloody time , but it left the harassed col ony at peace. AH to Juiilfcnto WhUt. The London Figaro says : The now way of playing whist duplicate whist as they call it is already causing the most in tense excitement in whibt playing cir cles , und wherever I go , in my whist playing capacity I mean , I find the pros and cons of the now method of playing the game being vigorously nuy , in boino cases almost fiercely discussed. The alterations started by Mr. 1 { . A. Proctor as to "signaling'1 und ' 'echoing" and other modern doviccs of that kind was mildness itself compared to that which is raging ns to the "duplicate whist" which u wliiht-playing doctor in the north of London has invented. His "duplicate whist , " I may explain , eliminates ntu stroke the clement of chance , or luck , or whatever you choose to call it , which has always been a feature in whist play ing. For this now you play ' 'duplicate whist. " Having dealt the cards us usual , you play them according to the existing rules ; but then , when the game is over , instead ot dealing the ciircla afresh , the same hands which have'just been played are again taken by the four players ; A nnd C , however , now having the cards which 13 and D held , while U andD take the hand just played by A and C. Thus the same hands ara played out n second time , and a bcoro ii Kept BO that it may ho seen which pair of partners has made Iho most of the cards they have successfully held. And this process being repented with every game , the rubber is finally said to bo u on by the two players who , under the above conditions , have shown the greater skill. Skill , in short , alone tells in duplicate whist , chance having nothing whatever to do with the result ; for if ono pair of partners get all four honors in their hands in the first game , their rivals will hold them , as a matter of course in the next. So far as I can judge , however , duplicate whist is not likely to bo _ generally adopted in stead of the ordinary game. The ele ment of chance which enters into whist us now played gives it its chief charm in the eyes of ninny players , who often trust their luck to enable them to hold their own with far stronger and inpro scientific players. Luck , indeed , bcrvcs not infrequently to make a fair handi cap out of what would otherwise bo a very one-sided lace , and though Caven dish and other whist players of the first rank arc said to bo ardent admirers of duplicate whist , I think it will only oust ordinary whist to u comparatively small extent. Edholm & Akin arc licensed watch makers for the Union Pacific Railway Burglar alarms and electric matting put in by L. W. Wolfe & Co. , 1C14 Cap itol avenue. Extra bargains. Druminond's Car riages. 1U15 Hurnoy. Tlin Hicyclc's Pro/irons. / According to a Now York Trihuno dispatch from Boston , "E. Moody Boynton - ton , of Nowburyport , has invented what is known as the bicycle railway nnd ex pects to revolutionize Iho entire railway system of the world. A locomotive , which is unlike any heretofore con structed , is building at the foundry and machine shops oT Albert RusMJll < fc eons , in Newburyport. It isdosignud specially and bololy for borvico on the new rail road. The cardinal principle of this railroad is that the tracks are not both' laid on the ground us wo commonly see them. One is laid on the ground and the other is laid on the inside of a frame work , which le above und directly over the lower truck. The engine and runs have wheels on the bottom and double trucks above. In this wuy the whole is steadied on the rail and cannot full ever nor oil the trade. It is expected that great speed will bo obtained on account of the comparative lightness of the train and also because of the loss of fric tion , The idea is patented in every cocntry in Europe , as well as in tho. United Stutcs and other nations of the Western Hemisphere. " Magnolia Balm gives a Ravishing ly Fair Skta.