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THTB OMAHA DAILY BEE. jy.OMAY ) , DECEMBER 10 , 188a ilUlflliSlUYISll LAN1 How the Navigation and Railroad Company Acquired the Tltlo. INJUSTICE TO THE SETTLERS. Tlie Oovornnicnt Took Tliulr Money ( After tlio frnml Una Kcon Wlth- Urn xvii Pram Mni-Uct Do- tented 011 Technicalities. Discreditable to tlir > Government. WxsiiiNo TOV , Deo. 7. [ Special Corre spondence of Tun Hun ] "Tho Des Mollies river land grant , abutt which you Inquire , " said Representative Holmes , of Iowa , to-dny , "has bcon the source of dls'iulctudo In the Btnic of town for the past thirty year * . The grant was made under an net ot congress , npproxcd AuciHt8 , 13It ) , and provide1) Unit the territory uf Iowa and the stole Into which It inlKht bo orpmu/ed , should rccmvo ovi'ry odd numbeiod section of land for five miles each side of the Do * Moincs river not sold or otherwise disposed of , from Its month to the Ilnccoon ForKs , the Karcaon Forks hclnjj where the city of DM Moinci noxv stands. This xvns for the express purpose of jinking thu les Molncs river nnvlgabic , mid , to Ouoto the laiifjua o of the act , for no other purpose. The territory was admitted ns the state of Town , "hortly after the pas-uRfof the net , and the state accepted the nrnnt through a board of commissioners appointed by the state , and Improvements wcro prosecuted for a time. Tim llist commissioner of the general land ofllce cilled upon the gowrnor of the state to inako his selection of the lands under the grant. The state in accordance with the demand of the commissioner of the land office , Delected 250 acres of hind twecn the mouth of the DCS Monies river nnd the ItnLCOon Forks. This selection wn approved by the department. As regards these lands there is nddinlculty with refer cnce to the claims by settlers or otherwise. No more or less landi were claimed than the lands that thu stnto Hfiolf secured and returned to the commissioner of the Kcncial land olUcu. In deed , it was neatly three 3 ear * after the original grant h.id been niadu tiiat the giant extended beyond the li.icuonn Porks. "Alter a tnno .in organization styling itself the DCS Molncs Navigation and linilroiul company , wlioso members nenily or ( | iilto all lived lu the stnto of New Yoik , appeared nnd undertook to get u convey ance of the state's interest in the grant , proposing on tholr part to make the Improvements nnd in every respect com ply xxilli the original grant to the st.Uc. On the Uth of Juno , ISM , crjiilintt was made uotxvccn thlscompani nlid the stnto of low.i , liy wliiuh the company tool : the liabilities of the stttto nnd tiie grant and agreed to per form its obligations. It was provided in the act thai the land should not bo disposed of by the territory or state formed out of It , ex cept as the movement progressed. There was a further provision that when $ , ' > 0OUU hmt been expended on tlio improvement of the river the governor should coitlfy that fact to the department at Washington , and under certain conditions named In tlio grunt that amount of land should pass U ) the state at government prices The third section provided that after thu river had Deen made navigable it should bo and ever remain a pub highway for the usu of the povoimnent of the United States , freofiom any toll or other charge whatever for any propertj of the United States or persons in their seivico pissing through and along tlio same. "This company evidently never intended to impiove the navigation of the river fiom the inception of this contract to the present time. Ittoiodown mill s\fces and indicted Tery gioat duimiKO upon citi/enn along the nver , and in I'-Sl * related to push the work further. The commissioner of the general l.fnd ofilco hi the same year , thorofoio , re fused to ccitif.v any jnoro landn Indeed , there never hud been n single certificate made by the government as demanded by tlio original grant. It xvas only a short time be fore this grant xx-as made that Fremont and NIcollet 6iu vt-jcd the country thiough winch the DCS Moines river inns for the llrst time. At the time the grant xvas made the Sacs and Fox Indiana occupied a reservation above DCS Moincs. Indeed , the rix-orxxas not knoxvn as thoDes Monies river nbox'oKaccoon Forks at the time It xvas surveyed by Fre mont and Nicollct. which xx'as about the year IS-1'.J. Abox'o DCS Moines it xvas Molngonan , and the branch xvas Moingonan Hi other. The Sioux Indians , who occupied the river nhovo the Fox and Sacs tribes , called it the river of the Sioux , nnd Its name was not thotoughly settled until after the malting of tlio grant in 1&4 . The occupation by Indian tribes and the uncertainty of the river's name nbox'o Kaccoon Forks to the line pretty clearly de monstrated that the giant xvas not intended by the original act to extend ubox'O the Kac- coon Forks. "Notxvithstanding the company refused to make further impioveincnts , they continued to claim nil the land xvhleh they rightfully would have had had the. river been made novlgablo. After they made their contract with the state they poisisted in claiming that the grant not only extended to the Haecoon Forks , or the city of DCS Molnc * , but to the north line of the stato. Upon tins claim there were various rulings by the attorneyrt general - oral and sccrotailesof the Inteilor. Attor neys Goncial Johnson , Urlttenden and llliiok all decided against the validity of tlio claim made by the Dos Moincs Nax'igatlon and Uailroad company , as did also McClol- Ijnd , then sccictnry of the interior. Attor ney General Caleb CiiHhlng , to whom it xvas referred , after an exhaustive examination also decided iiKainst the claim of the com pany in to its extending to tlio 1101 Hi line of the stato. In the case reported in thotxventy- third Hoxvard ( United States ) , being the Duluth - luth .V Pncillc railroad compan.x against Litchdold , the United States coin t held , in expicss terms , that the grant did not us to ml nbox'o the Kacroon Fork. Meantime , uiul prior to this decision , the land bctxvoen the Raccoon Fork nnd the noitli llnu of the state subject to entry had been withdrawn tro n the market by the sccictury of the interior while- the matter xvas under dlseuasion until it should bo llnallv decided Ileio It xxheiu the dinlcuity of the settlers all commenced. They went onto the lands after they had been xvithdmxvii irom market , nnd made not- tlemont , supposing that they xxcre oiien to entry. The laud ofllecrs of the government know no better , or assumed to not knoxv whether the lands wcro xvlthdr.txvn from , entry. They proceeded to take applications \ f for pre-emption and homestead entry long f , after the lands bad been withdrawn , took * the Bottlers' money , and gave thorn I , , patents for their Iniula. Noxv , by the. Inxvs of the United States , after public lands hax'o once been withdrawn from market they cannot - not again bo reopened for sale or entry until a proclamation or order has been made by the department of the Interior , placing them upon the market for sale or entry , "In all the litigation xvhleh subsequently occurred In the United States COUHH this t question xvns the basis aipon which the de- ! clslons wore made and Judgments entered > ugAlnattho aottlcra. That In , thocourts hold 1 that the settlers xvero trespiibscn > because the lands had not been thrown open by prncla < , motion for sale or entry. The' DOS' Moines Navigation and llnilroad company , having k had d colorable right to earn them , were ' / hold to stand prior In right. As a matter of r fact , hoxvover , this company had no dlsposi- ! > , tion or Intention of earning thorn , unit by this mere technicality of the lands being withdrawn and no proclamation having bean made reopening them , the Bottlers were de clared to bo xvithout standing In the couit , nnd as having no rights against the Dos Molnus Navigation company. It must be boruo In mind , however , that dining all this time the government xvas profiting by Its own technicalities and mistake. It xvns tak ing the money of the settlers , giving them llrst papers on this land , and Uaumg them patents , while at the sauia time II had xvith- draxvn the lands from market. How was the poor pioneer on the bleak and wind-sxvcpt prairies to know xvluit the government had done and what the laxx's were , If the rtglstero of the govern ment land oftlco. the district attorneys and other federal onlcers.ixhoso business It waste to know the laxv nnd the facts , did not knoxv them or Intentionally misconstrued them. This whole question assumes this basis ; that because - cause of tlio technicality the settler * are not to bo allowed to occupy the lauds for the reason that they had not been reopened to public sale or settlement , and that by reason cf that fact the DCS Molnos Navigation and Katlroad companv should bo allowed to up proprlato the Innda bodily without rendering any services to the state or union In tlio manner nor provided for In the net of 1SW. "In all the litigation xvliich has arisen re gardlna this question the Issue whether 01 not the Des Moines Navigation nnd Hiilroai' company has ex-er compiled xxlth the ac granting the lands has neb booi tiled , litigated , or even put In Issue Ilio settlers have in ox-er.x case had judgment rendered tipalnst them on the technicality I have named. The llrst lending case tried was that knoxvn a * the Wolcott case , xvhleh xvas a made-tin case on thn pirt of the Dos Moines Navigation and linllroad compiny , nnd In which the success ful party paid the costs , as appears on roc- old. Thuro hnt never been nny serious denial that this was n made-up case , and it Is well knoxvn , by those xvho are familiar xvith it , that nuch was the fact. It served , how ever , ns a ba is upon xvhleh all the subse quent decisions xx'ero made rcBordmc this land. Under the laxv , as it stands noxx- , the sett leiM were never permitted to raise in issue the question of xvhothor or not the Dos Moines Navigation and llallrond company had complied with its obligations to the gov ernment under the grant of 11(1. ( "This principle applies as xvell to other questionsnnd did In the tloll telephone case. Tins Draxvbaugh olnimanta xvcro not nl- loxx'od , for instance , to show that there had boon malfeasance mid bad faith on the part of Bell in procuring his original patent. The government in this taso does not allow citi zens and outside p irilos to litigate such ques tions as peculiarly affect Itself. Thcretoro it xvas that settlers xvero obliged to .seek relief for it nil by the bills xvhich have been intro duced in congress during the post six orclght years , and in xvhleh it is only provided that the settleis shall have the benefit of raising such questions as the United States by its nttornov general may raise , or that , in other words the attorney general himself shall appear on behalf of the United htutes and ralso the question of xx'hothcr or not the navigation of DCS Moines river has been Imptovcd and xvhether the lands have been earned as con templated in the oripfimil act. The act itself does not seek the payment of a dollar out of the treasury , but oiny that the settlers may hax'o the benefit of the grantw xvhich the United States mii.y inquire into , and litlsratc , and If it is lound that the lands have not been earned it is provided in the bill that they ahull bo declined public lands , In xvhicli case the settlers xvho now occupy them would hax-o the first right to claim them. "No action that tlio settlers cnuld bring , unaided by legislation which is now sought , xvould enable them to mqnlio into this fact , and i.Use this issue of whether the act had been complied \xIth. No equitable defense by the Des Moines Navigation and Hmlrond company of its position has cx'cr been made to my knoxx'lcdge , nor can there be In mv judgment , cither under tlio dolusix-o plea that it may yet sometime Improve the rix'cr and comply xvitli its contract , or relying on thu technicality before named , that the settlers are tresspassors because of the technical fniliii e to proclaim them as public lands after thex liaxe once been withdrawn. "This company expects to apply to its oxvn ttso this \-ast tract of the public domain , the richest nnd most valuable in the northxvcst. Most of the lands adjoining the DM Molncs rix'er are underlaid with x-aluablo coal de posits , nnd the best quality of the lands readily sell at J10J an acre. Many of the settlers have raised tin ir children nnd grand children upon these lands. They hax-e the patents of the government in their pockets , and the gox-cnimcnt has the settlers' money in its treasury. This same DCS Moincs Navigation company and its giantecs arc said to hnx'o taken over ? 1)0UOJ ( ) , xxorth of coal out of the 100 acres of land owned b\- Mr. Collins , in Webster county ; that is , that would be his loyalty nlono upon the coal so taken if Ire had been ptid the market rato. "I should say heio. hoxvcvcr , that after the decision in the 2id : Hoxvard that the giant did not extend abox'o the Haccoon Folks , the DCS Monies Navigation and K.iilroau com pany set about securing legislation from con- gi ess looking to thu untcnt of the grant to the north line of the state of IOXXM. Uy an act of tongioss i > .iss.cd in ISO' , this ougmal grant ot ! Mt > xvas extended so as to include the alter nate sections xvithm live miles of tno DCS Moines rix or on each side to xvithm flx-e miles of the northern boundary of the state of Iowa. Hut it xvas expressly provided in the not so extending the grant , that all the lands should be held and applied in accordance with the provisions of tlio ougmal grant of 1811) ) , so that the company xx'as still left xvith its status unalteted , both as regards the original grant and the grant of 18W. ( It sim ply secured sercral hundred thousand acres more land , but was held to the same detail and particularity of performance as to the Des Moines rix'er as by the act of 18-1(5. ( During this cntiic controversy the state of loxva so long as it had control of the improvement , was not charged xvith caches. It xvas only after the act of lb ( > i had been passed , extending the grant , that the peculiar tactics of the Des Moines Navi gation and Hnilroad company xx'crc brought to light. The company badgered the olllcels of the state government and legislature until what xvas kioxx-n as the Harvey settle1 ment xx'as made , and the governor of the state deeded over to the le ) Moincs Naviga tion company the entire intci cst of the state in the lands. By this conveyance no title passed to these lands given by the grant , but the state blmnly convoyed its right to mmnlj earn the land under the title , or Its equity to earn them. It would have been Impossible for the stnto to hava convoyed any title for two reasons : First , because it xvas u conditional grant , in xvliich the land could only bo sccuied as fast as it was earned , and second , because of section 7 of article 11 of ttio constitution of loxvu. This piovision of the constitution prevented the general assembly from conveying any public lands whlcli hud been taken or gi anted by congicss to the state , on xvhich actual settleis had located , xvithout the consent of Biich occupants , not to exceed 1M ) acres to each. This constitu tional provision uloao xvould have boon u llnal and complete uar , oven if the provision xvhicli required tlio caining of the lands as fast ay they xveru patented had not been , ana it is an important fact In the history of these lands , at this time , that no patents have ever been Issued to the Uoi Monies Navigation and Kallroad company for the lands in dis pute , ami In any abstract of title that they may make to any purchaser they are obliged to rely upon thu void grant xvhlcli they have never fulfilled or complied xvith. This xxatcr- way xx-as to bo made navigable for the benefit of the public. Government pioperty was to bo transported o\for it oir terms pro vided In the act , and it xvajs In no xv.iy dllTcr- c-nt from the grant made tu a rullioad There is not n lailioud in this country receiving a land grant that has not hail it forfeited xx'huiu the toad has not been built , and very many of them have boon forfeited xvhen the roads xxeio completed , simply bccatiso they xx'oienot finished xvlthln the tlmo named In the acts making the grant , and does th DCS Moines Navigation and Kuilroad company oc cupy nn.v better or higher plane ! "All the rights thoj havoecuied ! to these disputed lands they have bcciucd niter the statu had relinquished its claims They have taken action to evict largo numbers of sotllcta just at Uio opening ot xvintcr , and in n most heartless manner , United States marshals , accompanied by largo posses , have soUcd upon the household goods of the settlers tlors utid throxxn them iito ) the road. Tlio Bottlers aio not allowed to go back oven aftur their ciops , which , In many COMVH , stand in the field unliarvcbtcd. uaitlculaily the corn , which in the principal crop iut ! > cd there. There aio .also about libOO ! , aures of bdiool land xvhlch tills DCS Moines Naviga tion company secured. This bcliool land belongs - longs to the state school fund , but the navi gation company got them indor ) the \Volcott taoo. taoo."Tho commissioners of the river Improve ment on behalf of the atnto reported to the legislaturu at the tlmo the matter xvas in Issue that the DCS Moines Navigation com pany did not comuloto u Hinglo lock and dam , and that the damugo they bad committed along the llnu of the river xvould uioro than offset all that they hud spent. TIUs xvas about thu year 1650 or 1S37 , "For many years past , nt nearly ox'ery cession of the legislature of loxvn , memorials linvo been pusacd requesting congress to take action in favor of the aottlt'i a upon these lauo . Petitions with thousands of names have also been sent hero from the state , and the matter xvas supposed to bo In a fair way of solution when tlio bill of the uclllcis had passed the Forty-ninth congress. It xvas vetoed by Mr. Cleveland , hoxx-ox-cr , presum ably to accommodate his Noxv York friends. comiKJslng the body of the oxvnors of these lands , for certainly ho gave no reason In his veto message that was xvorthy of the name. "The bill nought to bo passed does not af fect the title to the great body of these lands , xvhich have passed Into the hands of thliu patties , but only to such portions of them ns are occupied by settlers xvho have valid claims. This bill xvould sottla the auostlou nt Issue for all time , and the litigation nnd dlfllcultj that has been entailed during the tiast txvcnty years upon the Section of loxva in xvhich these lands nro located have not been confined to the lands In dispute , but has aftcctcd ns xx-oll the value of the land upon the oven sections adjoining , nnd has proved a veritable cloud upon the progress nnd prosperity of the Dos Moines valley , ono of tno richest and most productive In the Unite ; ! Stales "Tho fuel that tlio company have no title to the land , anil fcwo not compiled with the re quirements nccesarv to make it their oxvn , Is shown in the faot that thov Imvo never re- eeix-od any patents for It under xvhicii title to the lands should bo evidences from the be ginning of the grant Their contracts made xvitli tno settlers hax'o been most uneousclon- nblonnd Incqiiltablo ; the settlers being gen- cralli poor nnd without means. SpeaKlng of ono or these contracts in n case at bar , Judge Lox-c , In the United States district court for the southern district of loxx'a. said , substantially , that a tmn who would sign such u continct xx'as n fooi. nnd n man xvho nsUod him to sign it xvas n Knave , which made n X'ory torso nnd proper sumniintt up of the contracts this company Imxo been compelling settlers to accept , because ns n matter of fact , most of them have been compelled to accept it under duress or lose all they had. To use the language of ono ot the Into political parties in it * plntform , 'This ques tion xvlll never bo settled until It Is settled tight. ' There Is such n feeling of outrage at tlio injustice of allowing the DCS Molncs Navigation and Itnilrond company to sobo these lands xvithout an ) ' consideration , cither expressed or implied , and cast out all those settlers on the cold charities of the xvorld , that public sentiment will not stand the- out rage. It is urged that some of these settler * have no equity or rights upon the lands. Whatever the fact may bo regarding that cl'tlm , certain It is that the net sought to bo passed into a laxx' , nnd xxhleh passed the house Tmusdnv only , provides for those set tlers xvho Imvo meritorious claims to such luudi tu.it the act seeks to benefit. " 1'EIIHV S. IIUXTH. KNOCKKI ) OUT. An Clgln-nonnd Sunday Mill Near JMInnr.lui.lm Full- ) . Mi.vNnvi'ot.is , Dec. ( i. [ Special Tcloirram to THE UBI : . ] One ot the hottest lights to the finish xvith two-ounca gloves ever fought In Minneapolis toot ; placu nt an early hour this morning at a sporting resort near Miu- nchaha Falls , and xx'as witnessed by about txx-o hundred men about town. The contest ants xx'cre the "Black Pearl , " champioi ) col ored middle xx'cight of the northxx'ost , and Ed. M. Moohlor , xxho stood before Dcnipsoy four rounds , something ox'cr a yoariuro. Time x\-ns called utl.-lM xvith \voll-kno\vn mgilist as roforco. Both men xvero in good condition and sparred nearly the -xvliolo round for an opening. Only a 'cxv hard bloxvs xx'ero struck. In he second round the real slugging began uid continued until the eighth round when Mochler xvas knocked completely out. When ho eithth round opened there xx'as some i\-elv lighting , in xvhich both men got It in the face several times. Just before time xx-as called the Pearl made n feint xvith his ight and sxyiiiging xvith his lett 'caught Moehler on tlio left jaxv , just under the car. Moehler dropped like n log , and after ton seconds had passed , the 1'cnrl xxalkcd over o him and lifting him from the floor placed utn on n chair , iho Pearl xvas declared the vinncr nnd given thn purao amounting to Tlio Western Ilaie > MixxEu-OMH , Dec 9. [ Special Telegram o Tin ; Bi.n.J Thu session of tlio Western > aso ball association was resumed this rnorn- ng nt the West hotel at 10 o'clock. The principal business before the meeting , xvhicii lemaincd unfinished , xx'.xs the fixing ol the salary of the umpires. Various schemes xvere discussed , and the total amount to bo paid umpires for the seison xx-as fixed at ? .1,500 for the four men , individual salaries to bo fixed according to thoxvork of the men. Sfnno business of minor Importance xvas transacted , and the second annual meeting ot the Western b iso ball association XXMS over. The remainder of the day xvas de voted to exploring he cities. Omaha's Hutting TJcnonl. Boloxv xvill be found the batting record for ISbS of the Omaha team , including the record of those xvho finished the season xvith the team : By the nbovo it xvill be seen thnt O'Oon- nell hends the list of batters , xvith Burns but one point behind. Crooks as a run-RCtter and base-stealer heads the procession. A Six Dny'H Chase. The gront six day's race , horses against blcyoles , bORins nt the Collossomn this nfter- noon at 210 ; ! o'clock , Murvo Ueardslcy , the champion lonp distance rider of the xx'orld to do the equestrian I7lnp , nnd Tom Eek and Tnck Prineo to stride the xvhcels. Benrdsloy will use fifteen horses , nil thoroughbred racers , changing nt tlfo end of ox-ory inllo , while Celt and Prineo xvill alternate each 1 hour. The stakes nro 5JO n side , and 0. ) nnd 15 per cent _ of the gate money , and eight liouis cncli day and ox'cnmtr xvill bo utlli/ud In the race. Great interest Is bcluf taken in i this novel struggle. These xvliottike Dr. Jones' Red Clover I'onlo never have djst | ) > | Mln , coatlvc- nosa , bad brentli , piles , pnnplcs , ajfuo ntid mnlarin , poor appetite , low spirits , headache or kidney troubles. Price 50 cente. Goodinun Drug Co. - - Btoppoil tlio ijecttiri * . LOXDOX , Dee. 'J. The olllcei-H of Woolwich garrison recently Invited Charles Mnrvln to JollxVr u lecture on the cutting of Uttsi > lu's 1t 1 toad to India. Mnrvln accepted the invita 1s t tion und iniulo the necessary arraiiKmnontB , s but the xvar ofllco , learning ; hi ) intention , r Interfered and refused him ponnlsslon to do- . liver tin ) lecture. , t tc 1C 1B 1 < Makes the lives of tinny people miserable , X , causing distress after eating , sour stomach , t sick headache , heartburn , loss of appetite , \ a faint , " all t'onu" fccllua , bad taste , coated tI tons" " . " " ! Irregularity ol I the boxrels. Dyspepsia docs j1 After not KQt wc" of ltsclf- j1o j1d _ , 4. , requires careful attention , t taring aml ( l rcmoay llko llood'i o Sirsai > arllU , xx hlih acts gently , > cl efficiently , It tones the ftomach , regulates the diges tion , crcatci a good npRick petite , banishes headache , , . at. . and refreshes the mind. HoaclQChO 'I haxo been tioublcd xvllh had but llillo arpctlte , and xvliat I did cat Hontrt- distressed meor did mo u "l" ° cowlt A"cr eating I DUm xroulilliaxoa faint or tlrod , all-gone feeling , as though I had not eaten anthing My tronMo xvas aggravated by my business , painting. Last spring I took Hood's Bar Ejiparilla , xvhich did mo an Stomach Immense Amount of good. It garo mo an appetite , and ruy food rcllohcd and satuned the craving I iiad prcxlously experience- " OKOKOB A. PAOC , Watcrtoxxn , Mass. Hood's SarsapariUa Cold by all drugtfiti. SI ; lU fur J5. rropared oulj by tt I. HOOI > * CO , Ai tUoc i lc , Lou ell , Ma jt IOO Dosoo Ono Dollar IIIE CflllffiffilAl TRAVELER Adventures of a-Trio on the Western - orn Prairies. TALKS WITH GRIPSACK KNIGHTS. Ocntli of n Veteran TrnvplliiR Sales man The Iowa llatiiiuet Moot- of tin ? Union Note1) tin1 Line. Wrecked on tlio Plnlns. A fexv dnys ngo throe xvayfnring trnvolcrs of commercial proclivities hired n carriage and driver to take them ncross the country from Gothenburg to Farmim , a distance of some t\\-ciity mlles , through the most desolate - late part of our Nebraska frontier. Their nnmes nro Tom Harvey , .Urn Hughes nnd S. P. Brockxx-ay , and these xvho are fottunnto enough to have their acquaintance xvill say that n moro jovial trio never traveled to gether. Iho rend , or trail rather , lends through sand hills and across rugged and almost perpendicular canyons and impene trable gorges. Noxv nnd then u dugout in the side of a inlnnture mountain marked the existence of the isolated homesteader , To pass the tlmo plo.mntl.x our travelers xvould indulgein their ex-cr ready xvit suited to a good story , and just us the vehicle surged into a rut , and nsMm xvas putting on the finishing touchc's of n "xvhoppor" nnd tlio pent-up hilarity of his listen ers xx'as Just rca-dy to burst forth in i eiils of laughter at the cJimax of the story , the nslo broke. Brockxx'iiy rolled out and Tom "eiiino tumb ling after. " The bionchos i eared und plunged and sought to extricate themselves from the buggy , but the agility xx-ith which Brockxvay xx'ns possessed , frustrated their designs , and ho in nn instant had them by the biidle , xvhilo "UUlo Willie" ( lie was the dnx'or ) , held taut the reins. Heio xvas a pre dicament. Far out in the desert , no house In sight , not n human "being in hearing dis tance , night xx-as approaching und xvith. it tlio cold and chilly evening blast of Decem ber. The lertilo brains of all xx'ero taxed to invent some xx-ay out of the scrape , but for a time to no purpose. "Aha , " says Tom , as he squats himself upon a tuft of bunch glass aud deliberately draws from a poikot of his inside coat , n flask of good old b'J , xvhich a friend had given him to use in case of snake bite , "I have an active stimulant. Come hither boys and brighten up your flagging spirits. Drink to the health and comfort of our selves" A smpiiscd look passed among them , for no one xvould siupoct that Tom carried anything of the kind xvith him , but all indulged in a social nip. A moment passed , and then , as. though sci/ed xvith an insniration.Iini majestically spo.iksout : "It remains for me to bo the hero of this occa sion , 1 xvill mount the buckskin broncho and the other I xvill leid , und go forth to seek u homesteader bexond the lulls' ' ot sand , for the Chicago , Burlington tc Quincy cornplanter must ue sold throughout the land I go , but I xvill ictuinxvitlf the means of our-oscapc. Doubt-not my ubillt\'to perform the act. " Hours of suspent-o came nnd went. Txvi- lighthad merged Into darkness. Tnc vast solitudes of the xvlldc'rncss ' were made icso- nant with the dismal wailing lioxx-1 of the cndnx'eious eovoto , xvho sits'.upon his tail and throxvs back bis head in the ecstasy of dis cord and makes the night hideous xvith his doleful noise. "Those brutes take me for the slayer of all their km because I x\-ear this ox-crooit made of their hides , " biys Tom. "Do you think they will attack us Thoio scorns to be millions of them congregating , judging fiom the noise they are miiKing. 1 hnx'e been xvrecKed on thowatcis of Luke Mannwa , chased by policemen in Omaha , ditched in railroad xvreeka , but1 never in all mj life have I found sd serious an occasion as this. If e\rer I get ont nlivo the Pattco cultivator company mnv seek for another man to sell their goods in this terri tory. O , xx'hy doesn't Jiirmycomo' " Brockxvay , off a fexv feet , to himself solilo quizes : "John Doads make his Tiger rake to be uaed in civilized countries , although the name would indicate it could bo used in the jungles of India. " A screech owl perched on an adjacent precipice , breaks out in agonizing screams , interrupting his thoughts. Jumping to one side of his companions , ho screams : "That is nothing more nor less than the domoniae scream of the hungry panther I have so often hcaul in the moun tains of Tennessee in mv younger days , and hero xx o nro in this wildeincsa as tiavcling men nnd unarmed. No mOro Of this In inino1" While "Little Willio" shivered and prayed to be again in the nrms of his mother , a dis tant rumbling and the sound of xvhcels pio- clnimo I the approach of Jimmy. The hearts of the three in harmony beat xvith joy. But a fexv moments moie and he xx'as xvitli them. Ho had found a xvagon , and the crippled buggv XXMS trailed on behind , and in the darkness of night , the little party xvcndcd its ! xx'.iy on thiough canyon nnd goige , making aloxv progiess , hoxvavor , as it xvas dilllcult to find the trail so difficult , in fact , that our travelers completely abandoned the idea of following it and found tuems > clx-es lost. Not n landmaik , not a star to mark their way , they xxMiideicd on nnd on until the dreary hour of midnight , wlicnthcie sud denly appealed a light in the xx'indoxv of a homesteader , in whoso housounumbcrof the family xx ere sick and necessitated a light all nisrht. To this they made their xvay , and finding the host , inquired the distance to Fnrnnm. "Just about u milo straight south , but you'll i un into a xviro fence out there. Gue-s I better get a lantern und shoxvyou through " After bumpiloted safely boiond the fence , "I have a xxeo bit loft ; take itmy friend , and keep the bottle , nnd xve thank you for your kindness , " says Tom. Farnam Is reached ; Ijiit not n light to indicate the habitation ol the village. The landlord is awakened after nearly knocking in the fiom door. "Ono loom , txx'o beds. " The jaded bronchos uro stiilUed to a stack sf praiilo hay , our heroes Into the excuse fern n licit ; Tom und Jim in one , Broelcxvay and "Little Willw" in the other , too tired and jleopy to bo molested by the festive bodoug , they find oblivion in ftlumbur , and the lust nccents of tholr sonoious vole-en on the com bru stillness of the nlght.refralns the melody 3t "Home , Sweet Home. " A Crop Talk. "I hnx'o trax'oled for ten yoirs through nil c jarts of the country , but never In my life be fore have seen the amount of corn that I have icon In th.o state of Nuhrnskn on this trip , " emarked u traveling man to n pansenxor on ( .ho "overland llicr'.u ' fowdays ago. "Whole : 'illagos of bins nnd cribs filled to the full cx- .ent of their capacity , Elevators running iver , solid tinln after train loaded for mar- . cot , piled up on the gi omul in ricks und ' . itacks , the sight ofvhlch would make an , sastorn farmer staiuIn utter astonishment , . vhllo through the cbUiitiy along the line of .ho railroads nothing but corn , corn , corn. IV'hy , if the pcojilo of Nnbraskn had some- hlng rcasonnblo In u freight rate , und did tot iinx'o to sell oiiu'lmihol In older to get mother to market , tlds country would have nero money than ildwould knoxv xvhat to lo xvith , 1 saxv In anlittlo town down the oad a short distance ; twenty loaded teams at mo elevator axvaltlni their turns to got volshod. AUhouRli'lt. ' is very quiet noxv , malncss Is bound to be good hero in the near uturo , and you bott'li-chec-k my aamplesfor his country early In the | iring , and If I don't invo a good trade I'll ' bo very much dlsap- lolutcd , < The Deuili Roll. The death of Mr. Uobert W. Dyball on the th last. , leaves another blank In the ranks of ho veteran travelers of Omaha. For the : inst couple of yoarj ho has boon manager of 'oycko Bros. ' candy dcpai tnient. Previous o that time ha was on the road for J , C , fumes & Co. , of Chicago , aud ID that capnu- ty mndo the acquaintanceship ami friendship if many of the boys In nrix-ato life fexv mon ; lave u record of xvhich they hax'o greater easnn to bo proud , Ho xvas born In 1'hlla- Iclphla , and us the ago of fourteen enlisted a the uax'y , serving through the xvar under Vdtntral Farragut aud receiving an honora- lie discharge at its close. The gears he ro- eived in the service of his country ho bore o his grave. Ho loaves a family of six ohil- Ireu , three of the boys DOIUE connected xvith the Peycko Bros , nnd the other three nt school. r I. S. T. M. A. rtnnntiot. The nnniinl banquet and reception of the foxvn State Trax'chtiR Men's nssoeintlon at the Abornc , Dos Moines , la. , Saturday ox'on- Ing , December 1 , was nn event long to bo cherished in the memories Of those present The annual business mooting and election of ofllcors for the ensuing year xx-ns hold dur ing the cnrlior portion of the evening , nnd at 10 | > . nt , fully txx-o hundred traveling men , xvith their xvlves , mothers , sisters and sxveel- heai ts , took their seats in the spacious din- lug hall of the Aborno , rcndy to do Justice to the elegant repast prepared for them by the wet thy host , Mnlor Holmdalc Mr Carroll D. Wright ortlolatcd as toast- muster , and the following toasts xvote pio- posed "Joxx-n Stnto Traveling Men's Association" Hosponso by W A Work "Dos Monies , 'The Ciicenxvood Oitv' " Response by L. M. Ames. "Our Wives nnd Sxveethe.irts , Part ners of Our iloysnnd Sorrows" Hcsponso by Kov. A. L. Frisboe. "J'ho Kntlroad * " lie- spouse by Suporlntcndont L. M. Mai tin. "The Men Wo Wont For" Response by Jnmes AVntt. Then"the bo.xs" had a short time for social conx-ctse. nnd nt 1 .nt ) n. in , good night xxns said nnd over.vbodv went homo voting the banquet , icccptlon nnd nil a success. * * The rrotiMjtlvrUnion. . Merchant Tiavoler : The Tiaveling Men's Protective union of Knnsns City met in the club room of the Midlnnd hotel , Saturday evening , Nox'ombor IS , President George II. Kcan presiding , The meeting xx'as n good ono and xx'oll attended Secretary 11 V. Woodson i open-tod thnt several additional firms nnd their salesmen had signed the constitution and by-l.uvs xvlthin the past week The Interest In the idea promulgated liy the union is fnstspiendlng , nnd from pres ent indications the time Is not far distant xvlion c\-cry firm nnd every salesman malting Kansas City his headquarters , xvill be n member of the society. It is the inten tion of the society to rent rooms to bo used ns club rooms for the pmposo of strengthen ing tno social features of the nssoeintlon , The meeting last night xx-as Infotmnl nnd dex'oted to the dlscuflston of the objects of the order and thn benefits to nccrue there fiom. One good cITeet Is the enlaigenicnt of the ticqunintHtice of the members xvith thi'ir lelloxv ( raftsmen , mativ. of the tnu'oling salesmen being iniaquolnted xvith others in the same line of business nutil introduced nt the meetings. Tlio best of feeling prevnlls nmong travel ing moil , generally nnd the desire to bcconio fully ncijnntntcd xvith their competitors has been satisfied by me ins of this society. At the next meeting , to bolield next featuidny night nt the same place , the canvassing com mittee xx'ill main1 its first report. A large nt tendance is evpucted. Kent the Cuiiililn.itioii. Pittsburg Leader : "Well , I'm glad there xx'as one mini in Pittsburg xvho XXMS smart enough to ( ret ahead of Captain Wislrut nnd his laxv und order spies lust week , " re marked a prominent tobacconist to the xvriter hist night. When nsked xvhom and to xvhat he referred , the gentleman continued : "One xvoek ngo to night a drummer for n Haiti Md. loaf tobacoo house Pitts were , , came to > - burg nnd secured rooms at tlie Sex-enth nve- nuo hotel. Ho xvis n great smoker , but being not very well jwitea on the xvorkings of the L. & O. in this city , did not lay in his supply of cigars for Sunday. On Sunday morning , just after breikfastmg , the drum mer came doxvn to the hotel cigar store to pui chase some IIenr.x Clays , but , nhiB the store xx-as closed. He xvas not surprised at this , but st-ai ted ont to hunt up another cigar store. I suppose it is needless foi mete to sav he so uc'aod the ei v in XMIII for half an hour , ut the expiration of which time he returned to his hostcli-x disgusted nnd mvstiiied. He could not understand why all the stores in Pittsburg xvere closed. Ho laid in u complaint ngatnst "mine hot , xvho in formed him thnt the day xx-as the Sabbath. " 1 knoxv what day it is , " replied the drummer , "out xvlmt in the mo the cigar stores closed for ! " "Remember , ' Slid tlie hotel keeper , "that Pittsburg has a Cap tain Wishurt nnd a Inxv und order society.1' In the spnco of un hour or more the Mrum- mer xvns made to understand xvhy all tobac conists xx'oio apparently sleeping , nnd ho re . tired to his room in n state of e\tremo nulig- nntion. Inn short time thereafter he reap peared in the Iraxx'ing loom smoking nn clo- > gnnt cigar. In his pocket ho had a dozen or more of the same brandxx Inch he generously distiibuted nmons ; the guests. He being nn experienced cignnnnker , hud taken n num ber of ins samples of le if tobiccu and ti-ans- formed them Into line cigars. n Too Pine Wentllor. A drummer has this to hay of the state of iiffnirs in the country. The line xxeathor this xvlntsr has put a damper on nearly all classes of business. While it has boon greatly fnx'orablc to lh * farmer in getting his corn in the crib and lo market , the merchant hns suffered for the want of trade , and tinx'clmg men generally nro complaining. Especially is this the ease with xvoolen goods nnd clothing , loots nnd shoes. The xveatber hns been so \ ' nrtn and pleasant that there hasnsxotb , O'i no do- manil for these lines , and mei chants that bought early , In many instance . iind their winter stocks still uiioiokon. bills are mn Luring , and many n good mcuhant xvill bo compelled to n.sk for un extern ion of time , while some xvill have to succn nb to tlie in BVltable , nnd close up , Collections In the i-uial dKtilcts nro good , the fninu-r lealuing iifairpiic-o for wheat , corn and other pro ducts , nud Is maiketing orough to pay Ills liast duo notes nnd accounts. The oyster nnd Ihh buhiness , xx-hich m Iho aggregate is im mense , is nlio much elTei'ted , the xvmin weather not bcinnr couduc-ix'o to tins kind of business. * T. ? i . r. u. A mpctlng of the Tinx-ellng Men's Protec- tlx'o union , in the membership of xvhich it is lebircd to include nil the jobber * of Uio Mis , ouri rix'er , is called for December J3 ut the Jonrd of trauo looms , St Joseph , Mo. Liioeei-fl aio espueinll.x imiuiMtod lo bo pies . nt. The ofllcoi-s of the union nro M. Will iams , president , and 10 V. Kurr , bucrotnry. * Samples. K. M. Dimon , icpresuntatlvo of the Olid Ion barb xviro In thU Bluto , hns heon sue- : eeded by A. W. Wellmnn , formerly In the iiirdxvnro business nt Hradshaxv Neb. M. D Chllton , famiimrly linrnvn IIH "Littlo Dick , " xvho has bcpn convalesoinif nl th Vrcado for the past txx-o weeks , is ajjnin nble o bo out on Ills territory looking nflor tlio interests of D. B. Morgan , i caper und mower jompaiiy.of Hrockpoit , N. V. . K. A. Hurko , formerly roprosontitlx'o of .ho Star Wagon company , nnd Inttcib with .ho , T. H. Mahler Co . of .St. Paul , xvill start 'or his old homo In Vpsllanll , Mich. , this x'cok , where he xvill spend n month's vuca .Ion. No better judge of n vehicle nor n nero cxiiert salesman exer carried a cata- oguo In the xx'oU tliin Mr. Hurlte , nnd his nany friends xvish him all the pleasure poa- ilblo in his holiday vacation. For several ioarn the Hco't & Corbolt ron company , of St , Louis , ha * botm roprc- pouted by J. L. ( Jruon , xvho is ono of the nest biiwoBhCul In his lino. Scvontccnyeaiii igo Mr. Grciiii xx'as u compositor on Tin * Jill' , xvhen the publication xvas in iti infanc-j ' NlT vliiMi , ns he expresses 1) ) , ' 'It cost u dollar to T ( TOSS the river on a i ickety lurryboat. " His Nl lomo IH in Qulncy , 111 , nnd ho kncxv Doling tu Clng there xvhon he xx'as known under the loin do plume of Lotrrado , Mr. Oieen Raja hey usbocmtc'.l In good oouloty at the time ind no ono muiici'tod that they xvoio HIIJ- hlng but man nnd xvlfe , W , A. Jackson , representing Do gctt , lias iCtt & IIill's company , Chicago , xvas in the \ VAl ity yesterday , viMtlng fiiciids. Mr. Jack- Al on Is on his xvay to Montana nnd the xviut , no ) vhoro ho enjoys the dlstlni'tlon of bumg thu ilonecr Btioo Haloflman. Mr , JucltsJn tray- iled thiough Idaho and Montana joara ngo , on before the Utah & Northern nnd thn ) icsoii Short Line railways were built , und A t that tlmo stuglnw xvaa in Its palmv ' " ' mil the fcstlvo hlghxvay robber nnd Indians Ulhi intortnlned the travelers as they journo.xud hiu ileusantly through the country Butunfor- : ! unntoly for HillyJackson , the stages xvuro CH o croxvdcd In the curly dn s that tiioy coula I'l lot accouimodntu his hcnv.y tmu'iju o , aud lie. n company xvith some one of the boysxvould tuy a team and spring xvagon and maku the rip alouo. The writer has often enjoyed ' -Tl0 ! Great Englisfi Complexion SOAPr Mr J-ioitson tell Indian t-eminlsonc-es nnd hns also heird them verified Homo of them would do the famous General Crook proud. Mr Jackson hns the reputation of being the best snlesninn In the xx-est soiling shoos He Is ono of the most goiiuil of com panions , nlxvnys causing fun nnd mirth from early morning to uaily morning. Theio xvero about eighteen commercial men In the city this xvcek at the Hotel Mtirrav representing hardware mamifiietur- urn trom nil over the continent , nmoni ; whom the folloxvlng xx-eretho most prominent. Their visit here at this time Is to sell the Omaha Hardwaio company Oi-in G. Wnl- rntli , the man xvho nox-or missed nn order , representing the Cnr- riage Iron-Steel xxorks of 1'ittsburg ; William G Miller , the smilmir lock vendor who never passes nn ontei , rcpicsnntmit P. .tT Corbin , Nuxv Hnxen , Conn. , William C. Jtrown , the cliimpion bird cage man fiom Chicago ; WillC. Stevens , the jovial lone | fisherman of the Mississldpi river , represent ing Culler , Woodiough & Co , Clilcngo ; the sedate Ben Korshnxx' , xx-ho nex'cr smiles , rep resenting N & .G. Tin lor , Philadelphia ; J. W Snntiers.rcprcnsolingSt. Louis Stamping Co ; John H. Heiinbatigh , the never sav dlo- iloinoci-.it from St. Louis ; Dan W. Campbell , thojoll.x Scotch laddie , "a xvee bed .stliT , " but still in the ling , repit'sonting Roy A , Co , Ncxv Yoik , Mr. A. reathorstone. proprietor of the Central Carriage xx'orks , Clilcngo , was in toxvn hist xvook placing bis goads xvith the trade : L L. Prlie , of Odcll , Nei > , is m the city on business fet a fexv days , Lest Is a lustier. Oro.'it Ijitll.IMon. . Some of the ' Hint jjruutc'-ft mon ever lived xx'Cfc of mniill sUitue uiitl insifjni- licant nMjiciirunco. The render xvill readily recall msiiiy in&tnnces. Very binnll is Tr. ) Piorco'a I'lens.tnt Pur ii- tivo I'ollots , but they are far moro cfluclixo than the hu'yo , old-ftiahionod | ) ) ills xxhieh are sa dilllcult to axxnlloxv and ho hai-dh in thcii'action. The "I'ol- letb" arc gcntlo nnd nexer cause con- stiimlion. l or livei1 , ptoinaeli , and boxvol ( IcniiiReinonts they h.ixono equal. Ojirretfi I'Sivsloi.ui U'.ints His Pay. Bu.Tixiottr , Doc 9 The youngr physician. Dr. Nathan H. Goiter , xvho nc-compiniol Robert Garrctt on the trip ho made nrnuiui the woild before his montil troubles us- BUmed so serious a form , IMS cnteied suit for f'K ! ) ( ) ( ) for professional services rendered. The bill for that amount xr.is presented to William Fndc , xx-ho icfnsod to p-iy it , nnd Di Goiter at once put the matter in the hands of a Inxx'icrfoi settlement. It is as- > "rted that the amount is not e-coibitant , in usimu-h as Dr Goi tec's labors wore most mtuous , and becmso lie g.ix'c up n groxx'ing ind liu'iMtlx-e puictico in order to accompuii That linekinj * eolith can ho = o quickly isured by Shiloh's ( . 'in-e. Wo { 'iiai'anteo it. Tor s.ile b } Goodman Drug Co. Mope Trouble at Hie Cnt-Ino. Lost ni'rht the Casino xv.is a scene of con siderable ovcitoment. O near Doinorsct had -cc'civcd instructions from police he.idquar- crs to be on the lookout for curtain p irties I'hc olllcer immjined ho s.uv one of them inter the Casino nnd proceeded to folloxv him nto the hall. Tom O'Kneii , xvho xx-.is acting as looi keeper , hoeing the officer nppro.ien .topped him and , in language not nt nil n keeping xvith the usage of polite . daied the ofllcer to enter. Dcmoisct loeiotj. u t i ti nil * UJII\\ iu 1,1 * L t t j t-iinnot iJ jcmg ill the cxeiution of his duty , duixv his avolver nnd told O'Hnon to Htand aside and et him p-iss. For a fexv minutes great ex- iiicment piex'ailed and it xvas feared hat n stampede might i en tilt. ) 'HrIcn , hoxxexor , stood nsnle and illoxved the olllcer to enter. Tin-cats /ere made a.'iitnsl tlio ollle' > r hi O'Htenind L xvas minauncoit thnt n loi-mnl rcpor ; ol ins ondnct xvill be made to lichee headijnai lets , t'lie CIMIIO has caused tlie police a great deal f trouble lately. Comlshlps average throe toin of coil each . ml scoics of bad coughs and colds , btu then x-orj prudent gallant is provided xvith a bet . lo ol Dr. Hull's , Cough fayrnp , xxhich costa nl1 \ cents. All our city fathcis siij : "Use .ilx-ation ) ll , the greatest cure on eaith for iniii'1 'nco T ) c-enls. Dentil Hi' IJililor jM Ni.Ydiiif , Dec. 0 Alctuiidor K. Mc- lillan , editor of the Commcieinl Bulletin , icd to night. \\ivis. : The DlHcom-on or Uev. Lammnt tlio Ktrst Unpllm < 'lniroh. The First Baptist church XXMS crowded trt ovcrlloxvinij lust ni ht b.x n most nppixM'lativd nudlenco to heir the Uox * . Dr. Lntn.ir's ser mon , "Husbands and Wix-os " Tlie llrst thliiK married persons should do xvas to bear and forbear Without forbont- nnco life to man led couples xvould nt Icnst be iiksome. Time would bo wanted and the Interests of fiimilles , both monillx nnd phxn teally , destroyed. Husbands should bear xvith tholr xvivo * , bear with them In HUM trialw , domoHtlc , moral and physical , for wnninn is the \\oiker vessol. Wixcs shonl.l . forbear xvith their husb mds The latter'n trials nro not nil domestic , and when In comes homo tlrod , nnd perhaps disappointed at some event xvhich nnii Imvo possibl.x oc cm led in the day. then xvoumn's lorboaranco should asset t itself. The speaker then urged the establishment of n genuine co pirlnernhip between hus band and xviff There should exist m exerx household an entire freedom fiom suspicion botxxccn both parties. Neither should give- tlio other the slight -st we isuni or chance foi the most tritlmtr suspicion Husbands on their rotuin homo in the evening from their day's toil , should liMcn xvith gum ded tondcrnuis to the trials , dilllculties nnd ttoubles of his wife's days exponcnce , and he , on his p.ut , should also make her his confident Man ) a man has been snx'ed from nbsoltito nun , and in many cisuo from dlsgr.ic1'1 ' , b > cnntidttig in Ins xvife. She should nlxx-.iyt ; be tnkcn Into lumoiderntion xvhen matteis of greit business Importance rack the binin The ndvieoof a xxife is alwa.xs good and nex'er moro so th in in a business eonsultn tlon. Tlie husb mil hns no i ipht to jcopardim thu interests of their pi < ipettin \ xvithhold ing nny thin'r pottiuniti-r t > business nmtt'M-s from his xx-ife. There should be n mutual consideration The reverend gentleman next spoke of the patiece that should be shown by both hu * > bind nnd xnlo in icligions mat lets Ho nlso spoke of the jrroat troubles that ai ise b\ Protestants m.nrx ing Catholics. This xx-as particularly fie case xvhen either pai ti hclcj strong religious eon vii-t ions. Nothing poiil conld come of marn iges of this Itind and the children seeing xx hat wrangles the paienta Imd ox'cr religious matters often drifted nv.Mj * fiom icligion altogether 8lal > l > o < l in a South Oinali.i Injiiii ( ) . At ri.-ir > o'clock last ni ht Al Cole , a jnano player nt the Birdie Mann resort nnd Al Williams , a bu-ber. xvhile in n house of easy vlitue , betxx'con T\\entj liftli and Txvcnty.- sixth streets , north of N iitroelH , got into trouble and Cole stubbed \\illinms in tlie back , inflicting a gash to deep that a phjsi cian , xvho was suminoni-d , put his lingers in the gish the xv hole length. Whether the xx'onnd is llUelx" to prove futoii cannot now bo stated. Coie was Hiibsiiiiontly | ariestcd. Ilic Hnts-it. > i , Dec. It. - Txxo battalions of troops have been ordered from Antxxcrp to ( nlonvier. the ( enter of the strikes andut tempted dxnnmlto nutraires. A Inigo num her of stnkcis hax-o been ni rested. Whitolironst "iiuf cojil , 'M.L'ipoi * ton. Nob. Fuot Co. . ' 1 1 South iUh : &t. Il.irri 'OM'H Hull Hoil-o. Loti- C'nxNeb , DJC. 0. [ Special to Tin : 3nn. | Tnc sod house sent from hero to the iresidcnt-clect xvis from "Loup City. Slier nan county , " not fiom the state of No- jraskn , ns several papet s have spoken of It , The Dnclio'-B ol' Oaltlcra Dend. Pxuis , Dec. 'J. The Duchess of Galllcra H lend. Ivot ii tt.nl .is it Boiton TiMiiscTipt : I'l-ofo-bor Wise \8 T xxis : siiiing , Mrs. Itldily. there is n ud fiiHiiig oil' in the lltonu-y listo : of .ho people iiowndn.xs. Fovv ] iei-fconi.ciii-o o road the curly rti iimntisls and jioots , .lie CFsiix istt ) and hialoi-ians ; oxen the ilblo , xvlnoh was once the hook of books Indfa foxx readers. Tito tfoud old IHora- uro of the p > ist i almost entirely no < j- I'dod. MrHichlv It is very true xvhat yon ax , iirofessur ; but then our xxuc-ldy i.ipeifurnislios some xor line dotoctlvo t.oi'ie : ) thintf-i are not quite so bud ns b.x ( m tfht be. ? & &tf3&s& & \r-'i . S ; s ingbone. , anibai ' ( , ver\lMt ] < ! ijlli , l iJcjosUa ( t Us' ' ' ? Vet Alto U gg jtfffisSSSU . . * r tf the * ' SVlustang" conquers pain , RSAM or BEAST vtQll again lissa bsna * " " H rortliprurcorniiiiiMUiJ ) IK is < U I'TiiKsroMAt . n. M1:1.1 : * . , n . " ' : i7\'v'Jvvi ; ' ' ! ! ! { ! iii.Amiiiii ! ! ! , , , , , { ItVlll'S lJIHIJAHir : .lll\lA { ( HU.CO.N'Hril'Al'ION M. ljj IINIIS-U'OMI ' AIN'W'U' ' ' ' ' / / . I I'UMAJ.IIK I' XINH IN Till ! IIAUK , 1) ) ( AddlNO I'HK .INiiHAIM INIIIUI.-'riON. IIIIJ < KIIM- I : M nnW. INn.AMMATl'iN fir-I'lin IIOWIJI , I'll.HS. i.n.l . . nil .U-rnn 'mpnf.nf tlio Hi. : nal \Iticiu. I'liiolj xc utubly iiiiiwfningnoniciilio mlip | l oriH-K'teiloiw UMigi. -BYSPEPSSA. are ur this complaint. TIIBJ tone up th Into nut nfltrotlonto Ill lie ncrompllHliPil by tulln i III > WA V H I'lM B. ly I no aoliiff. DVai'HI'HIA , HICIC HRAO- CIIH I OI'liMuM ACll HllJiil'hM'-iK win hw sixeidfd mid ihofnoU Umtiwi'ntHi roniilbiitulti uriHlilii'piupartK-4or the -.nppoit of iho mitnnil wwlo of Uio bouy. I'rlcd 'nunU. Hold b > ull HISADV HI.III' : ( : tn u u no iurnit : : UI-MHOV for I'nvntcr wi-uni.i-1"u I * 8TAUII. IfllD toward fit. . Omaha , liM ilraxrn plani and ilium I LU I Bpeclticiitldim for 11 room frame boa ( I- . whtchjniblu 4 tilIty.comfort.oouoniyaudbiRUty.tniixvny linpi ) hlblulniiny IfOO'l ' 5 ou e fiat-cost * from titt ) to fi.ujj As moro than " nnrinntandmiknald 111 b'j tii'nt ni , I can niloril to olTVr a copy for _ - zZ iJtlKin inoa "I ll ul" oth ( uialftMotherwmoliuliitffrum ? ZSZ rtcalcn fiirnlahi-d , an c n bo JuJuoa to7per toy J' ? itf wppll d fo . , . -ss = ; : ; ; ; ' form the tola ol plaiisof ( .uinplctcd ImliaioiiJ of 2i--5 = ! : : : : ; : ull c'cecrlpllonB 1 have In my tifllcc , ranKliW In rot ' from K100(1 ( to 100OUO. My unuuiaUxporltnco xUIl cuarixntco tl fucton | ' ' ' worki. l' rtle xyUhlng lo bullJ 5 * ' tud reliable eoutrnctors unly lire euxagtjd ou iny b cordl't-lv la/itod.