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LINCOLN NEWS AND NOTES , Quick Cnso Oomoa to n.n End Before Judffo field. SOME ONE IS OUT OVER $2,000. ffudgo Mnson Acquire1 * I - \ iinnVntlo In Wnflhlncton and the Party Starts Home I'crsonnl and General. n ncRKitJ orTnitOMAiuL Ban , I 1029 P STIIKRT. I March 7. I In the case of George T. Quick ft nl vs Aopust Saundcrs ct nl the jury brought Its vonllct Into court this morning. It was for tlic plnintlft and agnlnst Saundcrs for (3,215 , and tor the defendant , John Sliced- . Since the lait report Judgo'Chapman has tried the case of James 11. McMurtry vs James I ) . Mlnslmll ct nl. This was a suit to sot aside ft mortise and quiet title In the the plaintiff of the oi \ of the so of the n\v nnil the nw of thesw of the ne quarter of 35-10-C , near the city of Lincoln. About 1370 this land was owned by E. Mary Orcjrory and John S. Gregory , Jr. At that tlino there was a flrm in Lincoln of which John S. Grccory , sr. , vras H partner , under the style of J. I ) . Mln- fihall ft Co. Mr. John S. Gregory , Jr. , nnd his wife mortgaged this land to the firm , the conditions bclnc that tlioy should pay cor * lain debts owing by the firm. Subsequent to ttia mortgage the land passed the plnintllT ; nnd , as his demand that the mortgage should bo released because the conditions had not boon compiled with , he brought this suit. .The defense was that the inottgagc is still coed unit valid , the conditions not having occn fulfilled , and that ISIinsliull's interest in the mort- Kago had passed to Mr. Beach I. lltnmau , of North I'lattc. The court took the matter under advisement. This Oay the Hon. A.V. . Field and a jury Imvo commenced the trial of a long case. It is that ot-the Denver , Texas fc Gulf railroad company , n Colorado corporation , vs Hutch- 1ns & Hyatt , wholesale and retail coal doali on , of Lincoln. The plaintiff claims $1,043.74 from the defendants for coal supplied to thorn from their mines In Colorado. The de fendants admit that they got the coal , but Bay that they had a contract with the plain tiffs to supply them with this coal for the Booson of lt > S7 and 18SS , ending the 1st of April of the latter year. They allcgo that the plaintiffs broke this contract to the loss of the defendants In the suti of { G0 , , and that therefore there Is due to them , the de fendants , $5,210 , for which they ask n ver- flict. This is the Issue- which the jury haste to try , nnd the testimony is voluminous and in considerable detail. It took the entire forenoon to examine one witness. Yesterday afternoon the case of James Eaton vs L. L. Lindsay was tried before Judge Field nnd n jury. The verdict for the plaintiff this morning was for $90. In the spring of 18S7 ono John Cook , a colored man , was nt work for Lindsay in his restaurant. A young colored woman , to whom Cook was engaged to bo married , died. Mr Hcaton , Who Is an undertaker , embalmed the body , supplied tno casket nnd funeral robe , Ills bill amounting to $100 , of whlcji the defendant had paid $20. His claim was that ho furnished the goods and service on the undertaking of the defendant , that ho would pay the bill In installments in thirty , sixty and ninety days. The defence was that there was no such promise on the part of Lindsay. Ho had undertaken to bo surety promised that If Cook worked for 'him ( Cook agreeing ) bo would civo Mr. Hoaton S20 per month out of Cook's wages. Cook , however , went back to Kentucky. Ho paid Hcaton $20 that ho owed Cook , and there was the end of the matter BO far as his promises were concerned. New Notaries Public. The following notarial appointments were made by Governor Thayer this morning : Gcorga T. Brown , Juniatta , Adams county ; Charles M. Grcer , Cozad , Dawson county ; Alexander G. Hiddling , Omaha , Douglas county ; Joseph D. Towoll , Gandy , Locan county ; William R. Homun , Omaha. Doug las county ; Norman 13. Miller , Lincoln , Lan caster county ; W. F. Smith , Omaha , * Doug las county ; I'1. A. Garlock , Gcring , Scott's Vlutt couuty. En Route Homo. The state board of transportation and tha Accompanying parly are en route home. They loft Washington to-day , and will soon l > o greeting friends IP the capital city as of yore. It is learned that this trip has been uneventful except in this tt-o following tel egram explains Itself : WASHINOTO.V , March 5 , 18S9. Hon. Charles Jrlacoon , Lincoln , NoD. : Nebraska again scores another triumph , Judge O. P. Mason and Uelva Lockwood led the 'grand march' at the inaugural ball. " The judge's friends throughout the state will bo gratified to learn that ho has had an honor doubtless never before bestowed upon .uny citizen of the union. He will be tendered un ovation on his return. Drokon Bow Cnnnl Company. The articles incorporating the Broken Bow Cannl and Improvement company were tiled in the ofllco of the secretary of state this morning. Principal place of business. Broken J3ow , Ctistcr county , Nebraska. Thn object of the company is to locate , construct , main tain nnd operate a canal to furnish water nnd power for manufacturing and other pur poses , commencing at u point on the Dismal river in Thomas county , running in a southerly direction through Logan , Custer nnd Khormn counties , and terminating nt the Junction of Beaver Crock , with the South Lou | > river in Buffalo county ; also to pur chase real estate , improve and dispose of the sauio nnd to do such other lawful ucts as * will improve nnd enhance the value or promote the sale of any property that the corporation may hereafter acquire. The capital stock of the company Is tlxed at KXW.OOO , which is di vided Into 5.000 shares of $100 each. Follow ing are the Incorporators ; John C. Manlick , John Heese , D. M. Amsbcrg , S. B. Thomp son , H. J. Hedges , Charles Kloman and J. U. Xnman. < & The Supreme Court. In the supreme court the following cases Were tiled for trial this morning : Linlngor , Mctcalf & Co. vs B. D. Mills ; error from Harlnn couuty. George Oborliss vs John S. Willis , error from Sallno county. V. W. Hngbo et nl vs The State of Ne braska ; error from Saline county. Wllllo 13 rooks * and Arthur Palno vs The Etuto of Nebraska ; error from Lancaster county. It will bo remembered that Willlo Brooks nnd Arthur Palno , plalntills in error , are the lads who wcro tried , convicted and senumced to the state penitentiary for -a term of two wears each for unlawfully , maliciously nnd burglariously breaking into the rooms of ttcorKo Maxwell and Kd Thompson ana steal ing clothing and other articles of the value of ( IS , in this city , on or about the 17th of November , 1SSS. It will also bo remembered that thoia boys pleaded not guilty and put themselves "upon the country , " which was auctioned by the county attorney. The at- Ibrno.v appointed to defend the youthful pris- tiers flies his bill of exceptions and claims error because of Instructions in charges to the jury in 3 , 4 , 5 and 0 , and also In the ad mission of testimony touching the value of the property by Maxwell and denying Thompson the right to testify on the sumo point when questioned by counsel for the ac cused. , It Is further claimed that the verdict ! not sustained by sufllclent evidence and tunt It is contrary to law. A sturdy effort Will bo made to have the causa remanded back to the district court for a now trial. City Now * and Notes. Mr. Gilllsple , Lorlllard'r tobacco man , St. Xxiuls , was before the police court this mornIng - Ing charged with assault nnd battery , He was lined $5 and costs. Kotr. N. B. Alloy , of thin city , will leave forTncoma. W. T. , in a day or two , where he Will make his future home. Ho will bo no- comjuuled by his family. S. J. Johnson , treasurer of Kearney county , 1 In the city. J , S. Dickman , county clerk , u olto here. An Absolute Cure. The OKIGINAL ABIET1NB OINTMENT - MENT is only put up In large two ounce tin boxes , and is an absqluto cure for old sores. burns , wounds and chapped hand * , anil all kin eruptions. Will positively euro all binds of piles. Ask for the ORIGINAL AU- 1ETJNB OINTMENT. Sold by Goodman Drug Co. , at 45 ceaU per box by mail 30 cents. HTAMI'KUH. All Nebraska Ilonds Will Put In a Dulutli Grnln Tariff. The effect which Duluth is having upon the Nebraska grain market * has created con. sldcrablo of a rlpplo In railway circles. At first the representative * of the Chicago roads were indifferent when questioned concerning the extent to which Duluth would reach out for Nebraska products. Within the past few days , however , there has been considerable ) hedging by these roadt , but tha Burlington nnd the Northwestern are the only onfts that hare thus far succeeded in entering into col lusion with the Chlcngo.SU Paul , Minne apolis it Omaha , thereby putting in joint tariffs to Duluth from Omaha and other points In Nebraska. The first-mentioned completed arrangements for a joint tariff with the Omaha road yesterday afternoon , Since February 1 the records show that 1,500 cars of grain have been shipped from nnd through Omaha to the city on Lake Superior. This ha * resulted with the Chicago com bination fighting against It , The Milwaukee road nnd the I Jock Island arc shut out and M all the Nebraska roads have entered Into arrangements with the Duluth roads , the grain shipments to that city arc diverted from the Chicago linos. It Is also stated that the Missouri Pacific will put in n Duluth tariff ir. a few days and join the stainpodo to that place. The last mentioned road is im pelled to this by reason of the fact that Its territory Is also that of the Burlington. With a rate to Duluth the grain buyers along tbo latter road can pay moro for grain ns the market is uow about Z cents higher per bushel than that of Chicago or St. Louts , Heretofore , Nebraska roads failed to recog- nio a Duluth tariff , and In consequence the recent and pending action on the part of the lines west of the Missouri river is a change of no little magnitude. An Electric Plant. The Union Pacific has concluded to put m an electric light plant at the union depot in Council Bluffs to dispel the darkness there and about the platforms. At present the company uses gas , the quality of which is said to be inferior. This has baen demon strated during the winter time and in damp weather. It is stated that the company has tired of pressing oil lamps into the service to make up for the gas. A boiler aud dynamo , together with the necessary machinery , will be put in at once. The circuit will contain eight 2,000-candIe power lights , and will be so constructed that n larger circuit may bo operated. For the present the service will bo ( confined to Council Bluffs. It is stated that It is the intention of the company to fur nish its own electric light for the depot in Omaha , and the shops at this place. U is thought that the new project will bo in oncr- ation in about thirty days. Ills hi To Despaired. About one week ago S. J. Larson , janitor of the Union Pacific headquarters building , accidentally cut his wrist on a piece of iron while at work removing refuse in the base ment of the building. The cut bcinc n small one , Larson paid no attention to it and re mained at work. Saturday , his hand began to swell and pain him , whin ho went to a physician. The latter pronounced the tiny wound n dangerous ono and advised Larson to refrain from work until otherwise in structed. Wednesday It was discovered that gangrene hau set in. It is thought that Lar son's death will bo the result , and at best the physician states that the arm will have to be amputated , Larson has been janitor in charce of the building for years. He has a wife and family. Union Pacific-Consolidation. With reference to the Union Pacific con solidation detailed In the Bee's telegraph column , General Manager Kimball stated that President Adams had the matter under consideration and that the movement is to be made for the purpose of simplifying the system of investment and con trol nf the capital already invested and tbo operating of the road. It U said that this movement has been contem plated for some time back , but , in view of the charters , grouting certain liuds to the original projectors , which would revert to the donors in case the lines were absorbed by another system , the Union Pacific com pany decided to delay the move until all the terms of the charter had been complied with. Bit ; Gut in Rates. The western roads yesterday decided to re duce the rate on salt from Chicago to points west of the Missouri river in Nebraska. The reduced rate will go into effect to-morrow. The action was brought about in order to compete with the bait of Hutchinsan , Kan. , which it is said bv reason of the strong rate on Michigan salt had obtained a great foot hold among the western consumers nnd es pecially among those of Neb aska. The rate will be materially reduced , ; some Instances the reduction being 50 per csnt. The 15 cent rate to Omaha remains unchanged , hcnco it will be seen that the chnngo is largely in favor of the Chicago jobber who will enjoy the reduced rate by the through billing sys tem. More Vestlbnlr > Trains. As was exclusively published In THE BEE about three weeks ago , the Union Pacific and thu Alton have completed arrangements for through service between Cheyenne nnd Chicago , via Kansas City and Denver. Tne terms are a duplicate of those made with the Northwestern. Daily vestibule trains will bo run making the same time as is made by thu mam line trains. The Alton will put on its vestibule trains April 1 , and the Union Pacific will put on vestibule cars as soon ns tbo conches ctn be built. The service over the Alton will be inaugurated April 1. Takes Control April 1. The Union Pacifichasclosbdthodealwlth the Pacific hotel company , and will take charge of the entire business April 1. The In- voicinir has not nsyot boon completed. It is stated that the purchase price will bo ? 'J"J- 000. The suuerintemlcnt it is expected will bo named in a few days. Kailroju Notes. II. Blickcnsdorfer , ex-division superinten- dentof the Union Pacific was in O matin Wed nesday and went to Portland Thursday night. P. Touhy , assistant superintendent of the Nebraska division of the Union Pacific is in the city. He reports all dancer from ice in the Platte river as passed. The wife of William Urapherson , foreman ot the car repairing department of the Unloa Pacific is convalescing. Vice President Holcombo of the Union Pa cific : will start for thu out Monday to con sult with the eastern officials concerning pro- potiod construction of road. At the last meeting of the Western Hall way olub , Fred F. IJjnnott , a former Omaha newspaper man , rcau a paper on "Anti-fric tion : i I metal for journal bearings and heat ing cars by steam. " HoporU arc current of a conflict between Northern Pacific and Union Pacific construc tion crews at Holona. However , nothing that would Indicate the necessity of inter vention of authorities has bacn reported at the Union Pacific headquarters. Monday the Omaha will run two "ferry cars" between Sioux City and Covingtoa , across the new bridge ; making thrco round trips per day each way The rates will bu ; Team loaded and driver , (1 ; empty , 50 cents ; each additional passenger with wagon , 15 cents ; single linrso with driver , 50 cents ; single horse and rider , 35 cents ; cattle par head , i5 ! cents ; sheep or swiuo 5 cents per head. . It IB a Uurlous Fact That the body is now moro susceptibl to I JO tie ill from medicine thtin ut an other season. Ilonco tbo importance o takingHood's Sarsaparilla now , when it will do you the most good. It is really wonderful for purifying and en riching the blood , creating an anpetite , and giving a healthy tone to the whole system. Bo sure to got Hood' Sar&u- parllla , which is peculiar to itself. The Valley Gorge. Tbo Platte river flood of two days ago was caused by an ice gorge , wulch backed the water up until it spread over the country near Valley. When the ice broke the water made a ruth , and la its torrifiu headway did considerable damage. Comuiisslonur O'Kocffe went out yesterday to see whether the rip- rapping built by Douglas county two miles below Valley had booa washed away , but ho found that the work had withstood the test and was left m as good condition us before , lie ay that tha Ice u pllod up five feet high all over the rSvcr boltnia. , . MAflONEY'S ' POVERTY RANCH , Where Noffloot aqd Fotld Air Brood Dlsoaso and Daath. INHUMAN TREATMENTOF A BABE. A Lack or Cleanliness ami Oare Pre valent in Krcry Department The fiintron Photographed in aToxvcrlnfj K.IRC. Abode or rtio fi.iEEaron I , Out beyond the southwestern limits of the city , Douglas county has established a com bination | K > or house and county hospital , where aged and infirm paupers and the impover ished sick of the county and the incurable insane of both soxcs are supposed to be comfortably cared for nt the expense of the taxpayers of the county. According to the testimony of Dr. Kcogh , county physician , who is certainly in a ] > osition to know , the management of the institution is allowed ample funds 'for the payment of nurses , the purchase ot medicine and all other necessary expenses , but , notwithstanding this fact , complaints have come to Tun BBC that the Institution is not conducted in a proper manner. Tills hospital and poor farm arc supujscd to bo presided over by John J. Mahonsy , as county superintendent of the farm , but as the duties of his position necessitates his spending hii time principally nt his ofllco at the court house , the management of the hospital has gradually passed into the hands of bis wife , who U matron of the Institution. Some time axe two girls came to this city from Iowa seeking employment and on Feb ruary 2 ono was eng.igod nt the county hos * pital through Mrs. Breda's agency as "sec end girl , ' and was assigned to the care of Mrs , Mahonoy's children nnd doing other work for the personal benefit of the matron. The girl's companion found employment in n family In the city as a general domestic servant. It was not long after this that the girl at the hospital told her friend in the city of the inhuman treatment of a new-born bbs at the hospital and the story was repeated in town by the girl to her mistress. The story ran to the effect that a young woman , nround whose marriage finger no band of wedlock circled , sought the county hospital as a refuge , hoping there to receive the careful attention her condition de manded. A Child Wan Born. Soon after going there the woman was de livered of her child. It was when the babe was live days old and the mother was still lying very ill that their pitiful condition and the inhuman treatment they were receiving first came under the notics of the girl who told the story. On that dnv , chancing to pass through the room where the mother nnd child wcro , she asserts that slia saw one of the inmates toss the helpless infant , who was clud in nothing but a thin skirt and a calico slip , carelessly upon a bed ap.irt from its mother aud leave it there. The room was very cold , and a half-witted Irish woman , one of the inmates , into whoso beinuddled brain there seemed to caaio some idea of the necessity of caring for the little ono and the helpless mother , blew uiwn the dying embers of the fire in an effort to diffuse some little heat through the chilled aturtment , and then ambling down the stairs to the kitchen returned with a rusty cup filled with milk , which she stirred with her finger and fed in the best manner she could to the half-starved babo. Fired tor Squealing. A few days later the girl-mother died , leaving the babe to the tender mercies of the matron and inmates of the hospital. Such was the story told by the girl and re peated to the lady in question , and she , im pressed with the sad story of the mother and the helplessness of the babe , made a per sonal visit to the institution. Naltner Dr. Taggart or Mrs. Mahoney were there , the care of the hospital and its inmates being left entirely in other hands. The lady was shown the child and found It clothed as heretofore described , and no evidences of food or attention near. What she saw upon this visit prompted the lady to report the case to a priest , of St. Peter's church , who , in company with a Mr , Lee , visited the hospi tal and remonstrated with Mrs. TUuboney. The matron denied the charges in tote and the gentlemen returned to the city , after in forming Mrs. Mahoney as to the identity of their informant. A few days afterwards the girl , through whom the Information first came was per emptorily discharged by Mr * . Mahoney , who charged her with having lied concerning her husband. In connection with this same case , the girl in question said that one night during the mother's ilmois , the roular nurse beint ; en tirely incompjtont to watch by the sick wo man's bedside during the night , owing to the laborious worlc she had been compelled to defer for Mrs. Mahoney paraonally throueh the duy , Dr. Taggart requested the cook to care for the womun durin- ' the night , and that the cook expressed a willingness to do so , but .when the matron hcartl"bf the arrangement she fievv into u passion nnd rated the doctor soundly for assigning one whom she claimed to have solo jurisdiction over to the care df the pauper slcit. The doctor became rtis- gustcu and harnessing his horse came to the city , refusing to remain in the hospital over uiuht. Other charges have been made against Mrs. Mnhonoy. Former inmates and employees accuse her 01 willful nesleet of the siclc , of over work ing pn > imint : women up until a few hours of their ilinoss : of addressing vulgar and ob scene epithets to inmates and exhibitions of violent tem | er. It is also assorted that her ten-year-old son Is wont to nrnuto himself by tvlng Imbe ciles by the neck to posts in the.shcds and barns , and by other similar playful pranks upon benighted Inmates of the hospital. Wednesday bcinir ono of the days upon which visitors are receive. ! at the hospital , a reporter wended his way thither , and with out at first making bis identity known , was shown through the institution by the mat ron. ron.Kvory evidence of the truthfulness of the above charges was found. Kiltli unil refill Air. The first of the inmates' quarters visited was tha lying-in room for women. It was a close apartment , containing four cots , all .of which , as u rule , are occupied. Hero the air , as in all the inmutoa1 quarters , was such at to cause n sensation as of nausea to the visitor. Upon ono of the cots lay a woman und beside her HU hour-old babo. The other occupants of tbo raom , besides the inmates attending the sick woman , wcro two babes , one of which was the motherless ono mentioned above. The matron had evidently become alarmod' by the visit of the lady previously referral to and of Father SU Lawrence and Mr. Leo , as on this occasion the child was more decently clothed and bosida it lay a bottle of milk. Knowing that Dr. Taggart was absent from the institution , the reporter asked the matron \vlio a young man seen in the doctor's oftlco was. Ho Is Mr. Cummlnga , a medical student , " was the reply. "Has ho graduated from the medical school yet I" was then asked her. ' No , " she said , "but he will soon. " The reporter took occasion to subsequently inquire of Mr. Cumtnlngslf ho had delivered tbo woman In the lying-la room of her child , and In reply ho said that ho had , in the ab sence of Dr. Taggart , and , imbued with amateur pride , perhaps , volunteered the further information that ho bad done such work for Dr. Taggart two or three times. The next apurtmint visited was a some what larger room , but every available bit of space was occupied by ttio eleven cot * in tha room. Upon ono of them lay a woman blind and insane , and upon another was a delirious boy child. The only attendants upon those visible when the reporter entered were two maudlin old women , who sat crooning near a window. It WAI noticed here that although the ma tron did address a tew words to Uio boy , iho passed the woman , \vjio ever anil nnon crlod aloud the natno of < aJme one , unnoticed. Passing to the door and leaving the matron somcwtlnt in tbo roar , , the reporter was mot by two aged , decrepit and evidently half witted women , ono of whom leaned upon a stick , who had ] ust > laboriously ascended , the stairs loading down to the kitchen. "Bless Oed I" muttered the one in front , who carried two unbuttervd slice * of bread nnd a small bowl of milk in her hands , ns she mounted the last step. "A pretty hard pretty hard climb for an old 'oman , " panted'lfre ' second as she joined her companion. "Why do you climb the stairs if It tires you so I" asked the reporter of the last ono of thesn. "You don't have to do so , do you I" "Mrs. Mahoney , she say * for us to , " said the old crone as she ambled on into the room after her companion. ' In a room down stairs four Insane women were found , ono of whom was scrubbing the floor , taking the water from on unclean chamber vessel. In every room a fetid atmosphere nnd more or less unclcanllness wcro found , The aintron' Clintlcncc. Returning to the parlor , the reporter made knoxvn his identity and said further that the object of las visit was to partially investigate charges made njnunst the matron aud told her brietly what the charges woro. Mrs , Mahoncy's sharp eyes blued with fire and It was evident that she was struggling hard to curb her temper. "My God' " she cried , "I h&vo been to church to-day and don't mnko me mad bj repealing - pealing to me the lies told by these dirty , lying wretches. I have done and done for them and this ii the thanks I get. I Bay that the eVarges are false , and you can believe them or mo as you like , but if you publish anything about mo I will make you dance. I dare you to publish these stories. " Speaking of the dismissal of the girl whom she had discharged for carrying Intelligence of the mismanagement of itho institution to outside parties. Airs , Mnhoney said that she had kept the girl although she was comimra > lively useless through stupidity , more out of compassion and a liking for the girl than ntivthing else. Superintendent Mnhonoy came in and the reporter told him his mission. Mr. Mahoney Paid that ho was willing to have the institu tion investigated , that Mr. Uosowatcr had tried it once and found nothing that could bo used against him. Ho insinuated that the whulo thing had been brought about by per sonal enemies of his. Mrs. Mnhout-y took occasion before the de parture of the reporter to expreis her opinion of the charitable lady wtio h id started the investigation , and pronounced her a liar in that exact language. No complaint has boon made against Dr. Tnirgnrt , who tills the position of resident physician at thu hospital. Wcnk LUTIR-J Mode Stroiie. Persons ivho Slav indoors all the time nnd lean over n counter or de K , sooner or later discover that their lungs are giving out. Erastus I { , Sutherland , editor of Thu East ern State Journal. White Plains , N. Y , writes : I have used AI.UOCK'S POROUS PI.\STBI in my family since 1S03. In that year I had an attack of pneumonia from which I wi.8 uot expected to recover. My lungs wore left in a very weak state. I commenced using Aii.roci'b Policies PiasTcrs , wearing them constantly three moiitns , two on the breast uud two on tlie-back. The result was surprising1 , at least to me. The pains in my lungs had left me , and I felt like 'a giant re freshed with now wine. ' " WOODS IN THI-J WlhDEKNISSS. Ills UOUUB Check Proclivities Get Him In tor-Trouble. Haus Bruner , a butcher in this city , USD J to be well acquainted wlvh a grain dealer named Woods in Montezuma , , la Tins w.'ok Woods has beeil in thpcity enjoying Brunvr's hospitality nnd yestqrdav ho told hi * host that he had about 'run ' out of change and asked him to cash a check for $1) on the na tional bank nt Mohtczuma. Mr. Brunei- found that he didlfaot have quite enough money with him to do this and e illlmr in his brother-in-law , H. J..Qniclcensteid , asked him to accompany \Voocls to the First Na tional bank here and identify him. Thu bank asked for some indorsement other than that of the stranger , nnd on Quicken- stead's writing his name on the paper Woods was handed the money. Liter , on conversing with Mr. Brunor as to WOOD'S character , Quickeii tead bec-aniL' somewhat alarmed mm telegraphed to the Mnntezuma bank inquiring cancerninv thu draft. A reply brought the IIOWH that Woods didn't have a cent on depusit there. The swindled man saw tnut he wjul.l h ivo to make good the amount dra\vn , and going to Justice Kroo er's court s\vjrc out a warraut for Wood's arrest. The city ivas scouroj in vain , but he was tracsl to South Omaha and about 9 o'clock yesterday morning he was cap ured in that olace. The sale of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is becoming immense. The se cret of it is that the preparation re ceives a great deal of frco advertising' from people who use it and find it BO much superior to anything else of the kind that they have ever used. Unit they persuade their friends and neigh bors to try it. It is certuinly u sure euro for colds and croup nnd : i prepara tion fully worth the popularity it en joys. For sale by nil druggists. VAUGHA.VS CONTKACT. The Bond for Fifty TlioiiKanil Dollars Dou-i Not AJMIC ir. W. fl. Vu'jghan has subultoJ : hi3 cintract nnd bond for doing the county printing , but they do not correspond by about ninjty-nme degrees with his Colonel Sollo rs speech be fore the commissioners last Saturday. With a great blast of stale wind accompitnud with sweeping arm flourishes lie agreed then to furnish a bond ot $ .V,000 ) , and bind himself in a double-leaded contract to print 10,1'UO copies every time nny advertising matter ap peared in his paper. When brought to the text , however , no signs of thu high und mighty ele ment appears. One should sou the bond and confact oftored for approval. They are 'beautiful ' specimens for n county like Doup- las to accept. Instead of & 0IKK ) tne amount named in the bond it $ .TX ) , and so far as the agroament to print IO.OOJ copies goes , ho evidently forgot to insert any number. On the advice of an attorney who assured him that everything would bo all right , Mr. Kochcsent ona batch of matter for publica tion to the Democrat , but until ho receives further orders from the commissioners lie will Imvo all printiui ; done In Tut : BKU. One of thb commissioner ; ; has already said lie would not approveMr. Vaughan's bond and contract. Woorifl'Grmite ) ; Quarry. I nm prepared , to furnish Woodruff granite in paving blocks , door sills and steps , or blocks of most nny diinontion lit. cheap figured.- ' Also handle at my Lincoln ynrd nil ulassus of cut stone for nny part of the state. Ask for figures. Thomas Price , Ljncoln , Neb. O'KREFK'H EXPUUT. The Commissioner Suyt ) Ho Will Act if no Other Docs. Commissioner O'lCooffe ' says ho has secured - cured nn expert to nteasuro and estimate the value of the contested vault balcony but will not prooaod until thu"'other members of the board hare fully satisfied him that they do not propose to have the invcstlgatisn made. "I want them to select their own men and dolt if they will ; but in the event that they refuse , then my man can go ahead. " The special committee has not been active in the matter , as yet and tlioy do not seem to care very much about It. Anderson and Turner , spoke to Spocht nnd Andrcen about going in ns experts and measuring the bal cony , and it is said they promised to servo , but subsequently Spocht told O'Keoffo they had made up their minds to refuse. In this condition the affair remains. Had n bilious attack nnd ono of those , indescribable cases of constant weari ness. Took quinine and other remedies without relief. Took Dr. JonesT Rod Olovor Toalc ; ain strong and well. Asa Thompson , Logan , Ohio. Goodman Drug Co. , THE MAJORITY of our spring goods have now arrived aud wo have thorn on our counters. As leaders in the clothing trade wo are expected to bo ahead in quantity of slock and / variety of styles. Our exhibit will show that we have fully realized these expectations. \ We invite inspection of our grand stock which by far exceeds that oE any former soasou Three immense floors full of new goods. Such a stock was never shown in Omaha boforo. At the opening of the season'it may not bo out of place to emphasize the fact , that in the face of constantly increasing competition , our business has kept on growing larger and larger until now it is conceded by all that the Nebraska Clothing Company is the leading clothing house of the west , and sells more goods than any two or three of the largest houses in Omaha combined. "We mention this for the benefit of those who have not yet traded with us , It should go a long way toward convincing them that a house who is thus able , not only to hold its trade , but to increase it from season to season MUST offer inducements which can not bo had elsewhere. Close buyers have recognized the vast difference between our prices and those of other houses. s To new customers we wish to say : wo want you to try us. You take no chances in trad _ ing with us. Wo offer no goods that we can not warrant to give entire satisfaction , and we were the first to establish the rule of refunding your money in case your 'purchase is not entirely satisfactory. Wo have always sold goods cheap but this season wo will break the record. Prices talk and our prices thia season will do more advertising for 113 than the newspapers. Corner Douglas and Fourteenth Streets , Omaha. A COSTLY PLAYGROUND , THIS , Somothinfr About the Money Spout on Our Agricultural Nursery. THE UNCANNY DEN OF BILLINGS. A Horrible Collection oi' Moribund Itnliuita mil Uccnylnc I'lRS How the l oor Unites are Bred for Torture. The Porker's Molocli. LINCOLN' , Neb. , March 5. [ Speciul toTHK BKB. ] The farm of the agricul tural college was bought atS-JJ per acre , malting u total cost of $17,000. Nine thousand three hundred dollars moro wns paid for implements to make a be ginning. It lias ever since boon a con stant Bourco of expense and anxiety. In 1875 the expanses were $7,1299. In 1870 very little had been done not looking to immediate proflt. The cost of main taining the farm thus early footed up 82o,0a. ! ) The regents said that a differ ent management was required , but tho.v \vuro at bea concerning what it should be. ' 'Butter discharge the superin tendent , sell the stock and larming implements nnd the farm itself. ' ' they declared , "unless it can bo u&oil for pur poses of education , instead of the proflt- iblo raising of crops to bo sold. " In 1879-SO there were disbursements on ao- count of this model farm amounting to S1S , ! > 84 , including $8,000 appropriated by the statu. Profs. Thompson nnd Culbcrtson were at length nskcd to re sign nnd E. P. Savage was unpointed superintendent. Ho , under the direc tion of the regents , dispoaod of the suporlluous stock and implements on land at a great loss. The personal iropcrty of the 'farm shows n total in 1833 of 812,093. The agricultural students many of them lived on the arm , and nearly nil worked during buch time as they could bo spared from study , but this feature proved impractic able , until now the students do but very little , and do not do that little well. Up to a year and a half ago , everything about the farm was con- luctcd nt loose ends. Money was con stantly lavished upon it , with less and Cfes to show for the outlay. The build- ngs ran down ; the hedges were auf- rorod to crow wild ; thn buildings , yards ind fences became dilapidated. Finally , he present superintendent look hold of it. Ho received instructions to disposes of every thing not needed , nnd to put the liodges , fences nnd buildings in repair , riio worlc tins over since gene on with ti view simply to profitable farming , and everything looks neat and clean. Hut it is no longer used for purposes of edu cation. No students flnu a homo there ; very few indeed do any work , und those who do are not considered ut all as a bonollt. It is now run with n view sim ply to profit in the management. The farm with its stock nnd fixtures is the property of the industrial college. The amounts raised during the past year were not large sixty-eight tons of huy , 200 buahols of barley , 1,800 of oats , 1,040 of corn , and $123 worth of apples were sold. Ten acres are used for the pur pose of experiments in farming , but not with success so far. Dr. Billings has a ono-story brick structure , which is used for the purpose of making experiments in tbo inocula tion of domestic animals. It ia now filled with hogs and rabbltts in various stages of disease. Ho also has a wooden structure on the grounds of the univer sity which is used mainly lor the propa gation of animals to ho sent to the farm und inoculated with the virus , and for the dissection of such animals as are brought in as victims of cholera. Tor want of funds experiments and observations Were uot numerous down to 1885. In 1886 the regents arranged with Dr. S. F. Billings for the intro duction nnd conduct of experiments and for other services 'looking to the estab lishment of n. department of veterinary science. The station for the study of animal diseases was established and a room was set apart for investigation. In 18S5 a new line of experimentation was undertaken with a view to solving the question as to the nature and reme dies of the disease known as hog chol era. On August 7 , 1887 , the regents ap propriated S-,225 for equipping the pathological laboratory for the study of animal diseases and S200 for adding to the work-building on the farm. The money was paid to Dr. Billings for his apparatusand chemicals. May 19 they made a contract with Dr. Billings nttho rate of S2,0l)0 ) for the ensuing year and provided additional facilities for inves tigation , including a room for a labra- tory. They made an appropriation of $1,100 for lilting u ] ) two rooms in the buboment of the university building and for repairs to the experimental station to be expended by Dr. Billings. Also 53,500 for the support , of the agricul tural department station aflor July 1. Recommendations were adopted , among them one for the study of animal dis eases as a department of the experi mental station and assigning the amount coming from the government as follows : Uuildinpts * 3,000 Investigation of animal diseases 2,001) ) Expenses of operations for tbo veterin ary deimrtuicn t , 3.COD General expenses 7,000 Total fin.OOO The board of regents then adopted u preamble and resolutions to the effect that in ISSti , they did establish an ex periment station for the study of animal disea-ses , and expended _ for salary , methods and buildings more than $7,000 , appropriating $3,500 for the main tenance of the station for the ye'ar , be ginning July 1 , 1887 , and providing that work shall be continued to the extent - tent of the available funds. January 2-3 , 1888 , J. S. Doles submitted the fol lowing statement of the sums paid to that date , for the maintenance of the station : Salary of director of patho-blological laboratory ? 2,700 Approiiiatiou for patho-biological labor atory 2,225 Support of experimental farm 1,843 Current expenses of patho-blologlcal laboratory , 2,01f To printing bulletins 310 Total $9,093 From March 27 to November 30. 183S , thb amount received by Dr. Billings was $9,87-4.80 , or nt the rate of $14,812.20 per year. This includes 83,000 for a hog house on the farm before that time. During the year he had received $5,072.as , rnuksng 815,547.83 for the bi annual term. During the year to No vember SO , iaS8 , ho received $2,080 on salary account , and to October , 1888 , 81,455. For the purchase of apparatus for tliepatho-biological laboratorythoro was expended in all 83,032.51 , as follows ; April 20 , 1887 , 82,22. > ; November 21 , $90.39 ; December 1 , $77.85 ; March 27 , 1888 , 8100 to November 1888 , $427.30. together with $100 for traveling ex penses incurred und purchase of appa ratus .mainly from himself. The fol- ing are among the items of expendi tures for the patho-biological labora tory : March 1887 , $107.00 , nnd for the rest of the year , 8285 ; April 30 , 18 ? , $372.07 ; miscellaneous items for 1887-8 , 3202.61. Following are specimen items of expense : Horsebugt'y and harnessMarch 27 , 1S43 $ 400 00 Miscellaneous ltomb,23 in number. . L0i ; 50 Care and feeding of animals 2 3 93 I'cat mo 3 for bedding 40 10 Po U RO 13 00 Equipment and expense of station , October and November. 290 85 Miscellaneous salaries 100 00 Labor , March to November. 240 00 Cage , etc , . , 72 00 State Journal for bulletin * 1,459 80 $3,283.80 "The officers of the experiment sta tion"says the catalogue just issued , "the entomologist and the investigator of animal diseases have given their whole time to this worlc , being entirely released from the duty of instruction.1 ' So far ns concerns Dr. Billings , the "in vestigator of diseases of animals , " tlio university baa nothing to fallow for the large uxpetiboto which ho has subjected it , except the laboratory and its appara tus , and the two places "for experiment ing with diseased animals which have been spoken of. There should.porhaps , bo added two works which ho has pub lished at the ofllce of the Lincoln Jour nal. One is mainly a controvcrsal work of 414 lareo pages , in which Dr. Billings runs riot with the Knglish language. Only brief extracts , which are specimens of the whole work , will be given. The other is a book of 141 pages , and is termed a Bulletin of the Agricultural Experiment Station. It treats of the southern cattle plague and yellow fever , and is of the same contro versial character as the ono named above. The following extracts suffi ciently show the character of the books : "In my earlier communication upon the specific cause of this disease , the micro organism , I took occasion to state the fact that the swine plague isan infectious and not n contagious disease , and that in esscmor it is a specflu ! soptectumia of extra-organismal origin that Is due to a specific micro-organ ismal element which finds its primary development and natural conditions for its vile sup port outside of the porcine organism. * * * * Transmission by inocula tion has absolutely nothing to do with deciding the question. The locus of primary origin can alone decide it. I boldly challenge the whole array of au thorities to prove the above dollnition incorrect. They simply cannot ! It is axiomatic. " Hero is a single example from the pamphlet on the cattle plague and yel low fever : "We left our studies with the mature object proliferated into its lirfat stage of vegetative differentiation. Wo had two concoid objects before us. If colored they color throughout , that in , differently. Were these objects to re main in this condition they would in deed bo mierococei. They do not , how- over. They almost immediately begin to increase in n longitudinal direction , but In this condition they stain differ ently. * * * * May not this which substance constitute abide from the'cap- suit , the ptomaine or essential poison ous pathogenotio principle in uoicioo- tion with these genotio billed sop- ticit'mie germs , and may not this pro | t'esi of the inuedioli dissolution of thU whole substance bo the means by which the ptomaine gels into solution and thus porviules the fluid-cultivating media and the blood. " In this connection the expenses ot the Live Slock and Sanitary commis sion for the past two years mny bo given , with the estimated expenses for ttio coming two years : Two years to March 31 , 18S9 : Salary of veterinarian , $ 4,875,00 Kalary of veterinarian dellcioncy , . . 4,24a.OO Expenses of state veterinarian l.i)5.20 Expense * of commission 12,791.00 Inspection of ix > rU of lading 4,09.SO Experts , assistant , local quaran tine , etc" " t , 7,500.44 Stock killed und property de stroyed 34.S84.00 W9.773T34 Estimated expenses for two years to March Salary of state veterinarian (5,000.00 Expenses state veterinarian , Sj,4CO.uO Expenses of commission. , , , , 18,000.09 Expert assistance 10,000.00 I'twtugo , stationery and telephone. 800.00 Inspection of ports of lading 0,000.00 Indemnity for stock killed and property destroyed 38,000.00 Furniture aud carpets. , 500.00 $35,700.00 Mutco no Dllatako. By dispelling ttie symptoms so often mil- taken for Consumption. 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