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LJ PART II. r THE OMAHA tiSuNDAY BEE 9-16 > EIGHTEENTH YEAJR. OMAHA , SUNDAY MOKNING. MABCH " 17 , 18S9.-SIXTEEN PAGES. NUMBER 275 THE PRETTIEST , NEWEST. HIGHEST GRADES. 2 = J3CWT DON'T FAIL TO VISIT OUR FAIL TO VISIT OUR Millinery Departm'nt NONE BETTER. LOWEST PRICES | Ribbon Department. in flm nimotaot QfnMin flinn / 111 Uill bludluhl QliM 111 Ullld . . SALE BEG-INS MONDAY. SALE BEG-INS MONDAY. J B H bad 502 , 504 , 506 , 5O8 , 51O S. 13th St. 5O2 , 504 , 506 , 508 , 510 S. 13th St. WASH U OOHCB Beat Quality AMERICAN SATEENS , CENTS YARD WORTH 10O I'leci.'s Fine Imported FRENCH SATEENS" 18O IMoucB B''st ( Duality imported FRENCH SATEENS , CENTS YARD ; Worth 35c. "WHITE 1700 Yards Ilfl-lncli Wide INDIA - LINONS , CENTS YARD ; WORTH 15c. lO-Jncli Wide Imported INDIA - LINENS , ISO Pieces i'urltnu and Lmco Check nnd Sntin Stripn WHITE - GOODS , CENTS YARD ; Worth 30c. 502 , 504 , 50(5 , SOS , 51O South 13tli Street. A TRIP TO THE END OF TRACK , First Railway Excursion Over the Union Pacific. THE DISTINGUISHED PASSENGERS A Second Chapter of Dr. Miller's Reminiscences of the CoiiRtruo- tion Days of the Union I'nclllc Hallway. Youth or tliu V. P. Dr. George L. Miller gracefully sub mitted to another interview , and gave the reporter more of his charming reminiscences of early days : "I was right in my first impression that it was in 18 < 55 instead of 1808 , " began the doctor. "I confounded the two dates owing to the fact that the general was hero in 18G6 as ho xuis in 1805. General Sherman reached Omaha October 10 , 1805 , and was mot by a com mittee consisting of Colonel John Pat rick , chairman , and other prominent gentlemen , who escorted him to the Herndon house , tncn the hotel now the Union Pacific headquarters , where the Into Lorin Miller , at the time mayor of Omaha , formally welcomed the guest to our city in a brief conversational speech. A great ball was given the general in the hotel the next evening , October 11 , at which all of our leading people had the pleasure of mepting him. "It was the next day , Thurhdny , Oc tober 12 , that the railway excursion to the 'end of the trade came off. This 'end ol taack' was n transitory place , bearing the name , nowovcr , all through the construction' At the time indicated it was located at Sailing's grove , taking the appellation from the farmer then residing in that vicinity" , liftcon miles nway ( rom Omaha. The train was of the construction character and waa made up of the locomotive General W. T. Sherman , named in boner of that gentleman , and dirt caivi on which were mouiitnd boards supported by nail kegs with buffalo robe upholbtory serving us peats , Fortunately it happened at this time that Dr. Durant , the great mana ger of the road , and Colonel Silas Seymour - mour , its eon faulting engfnuer , wore horo. and they were among the guests on this oceufalon , as were Governor Saunders , Senator Paddock. Judge William Kellogg , chief justice of the territory , Senator Hitchcock , Edward CroighUm , A. J. Popploton and many more. TMo 'end o ( track' ulluctually stopping our westward eonrho , oratory was the order , and Gene IT. ! Shcrmi.n was toasted , and made a bpecch con- griUulating everybody upon the bogln- ningof the great work of building the ml I rend ( Baying that ho had had t > onie- thing to do ulth trying to hogin at the ether line in Ran 1-Yanelsco many years ago. It was in the course of this speech that ho expi cased the hope that the younger men whom Imaddrr.bscd might live to too the completion of the rail way , nnct eald that ho could hardly hope to behold It him- eolf. The point of this fctory , and it has been frequently told , is that four years after the delivery of this BjM-Meh General Sherman himself rode over the Rooky mountains on the completed Pi- : i with two oceans luinou by iron , in a Pullman car , at the rate of thirty miles an hour. "Ono instance in the early construc tion of the Union Pacific road was the method of getting material brought to the ground the iron , spikes , and all that enters into railroad construction. As I may have said before , thorp was no communication by rail with Chicago and the east direct , and everything had to come to us by steamboat and river. Ono of the most remarkable events in connection with this method of trans portation , I recall , was the production by Durant , ono morning on our leveeas wo called it itho bank of the Missouri river at Omaha ) , of several barges laden with iron that had been towed up the river from St. Louis , a dis tance of ever nine hundred miles , by the steamer Elkhorn. ngainst the pre dictions of all river men , who said that the feat was impossible of execution. The trip was made in nine days , but of course the water was in what was termed a good stapo. "Tho principal occupation of the people ple of Omaha in those days , " continued the doctor , "was watching for the arri val of steamers. Indulging in hones .of a railroad across Iowa , and observing the progress of the construction of the rail- roau. J remember to have made a flam ing .announcement November 20 , 1805 , to the effect that thirty-two miloa of the Union Pacific railway had been finished , and that the Elkhorn river h'ad been reached. It was before this that a great exigency in the history of this railroad arose in rebpoct to the lines upon which it should bo built from Omaha. The con flict of opinion between Dr. Durant nnd Pctor A. Doy , chief engineer , led to the adoption of the new line as against the one at first surveyed by Dey , now known and located as the Dey lino. Great excitement ' citement was caused i'n the little com- 'munity by the discussion of this pro- pos'-d change , and a committee was appointed by the citizens to go to Wash ington and prevent it. Mr. Dey resigned - signed his position , General G. M. Dodge succueding-him , and Dr. Durant procured I ho assent of the then presi dent of the United States , Andrew Johnton , to build' ins line through Mud creek , whicli increased its length and its subsidy from the go riimcnt to the same extent. This com u. us I romcm- bor , was denounced by Mr , Doy as un necessary and dishonorable. Our com munity wab vorv much stirred by this excitement , and the construction put upon the movement was that Durant was changi'ig the terminus of the roud and had Fcrrtitly designed to build from UoUovno , and that meant the destruc tion of Omaha , if it was true , "On tills account there was great unanimity hero among the people against thy change. 1 was sitting in my editorial room one day in the midst of it when Edward Croighton called and wanted mo to t-tnrt immediately for Now York to see Dr. Dunint and ascertain the true inwnrtincf.s and causeof this innovation , mid alto to learn v/hat the result to Omaha uould bu. I obeyed the order the ftuiio evening it was given nnd took coach at Council lllulTs lor St. Joseph , On nniving there I received a tolegiam from Mr. Crcighton naying that Mr. Durnnt had started for the west from New York and that I should go at oni-o to Fort Leaven worth , \\hore Ui-ncnil Dodge was stationed in com inatid of the Uopartinontof tloLTMtnourl ( IIu was , as ho had been duri n the war , chief engineer of the road , and it was uippoicd that from him I could glean a good many facts and Dion return to Omaha un.l nwalt Uimuu's arrival. " 1 found iho general a hick soldier , i WM MB MM WUi 'I MM mJLm * + Amf P MW mJ ! wAatMBj A Mb MM Millions of Yards ; Thousands of Styles and Hundreds of Colors. 1OOO Urmnnnts FINE CHALLIES , Very beautiful fipnres , 1 CENTS YARD ; 2 Worth lOc , 4 Oases New CASHMERE , All wool tilling , nonost shades , CENTS YARD ; Worth 15c : 1 Cnse Double l 'oM Ml Wool Slimmer - Tricots , CENTS YARD ; ' Worth 39c JOinli linnortcil Tnrlnii PLAID SUITINGS CENTS YARD. NEW SPUING K CENTS : YARD ; A/orth 55c ALL NEW SHADES. Kino CENTS YARD ; Worth 75c. HAMS. tO.lnoUIWiiic Heeirietfas , 12-1 Inch All Wool BLACK CASHMERE Extra Good. Quc.llty , Worth 90c. SIL.K FINISHED VELVETEENS , AF-t. SSIAIJfiS , l trYAIM * . FANCV STJUE > JC2 > VELVETEE21c YARD. SIIOItT LENGTHS FJNE SIL.54 FI SIISIS , 39c YABSD. 502 , 504 , 506 , 508 and 510 J. L. Brandeis & Sons . . , South 13th Street. shot in the battle before Atlanta , and in very feeble health , but ready to im part all necessary information , and ho wen t so far as to expose with preat free dom the correspondence ho had had with Dr. Durant upon the question of substituting the Mud Creek for the Day lino. He said that the change was necessary , and that while ho did not approve it altogether , it was the bettor thing to be done and that it meant no harm to Omaha. Reasons were given at length why this course was necessa ry. I have always believed that it was because of a lack of time and a greater need of mouoy there was a million of floating debt at that time which Web ster Snyder , the superintendent , hardly know how to manage , and in addition a threatened strike on the part of the unpaid laborers. I returned to Omaha and reported accordingly , Durant ar riving here and reassuring us , and the result is known , that ho was acting in perfect good faith and that ho com pleted his railroad , and as I shall al ways believe , by his energy and fore sight , saving the trunk line of the Pa cific railroad to Chicago and Omaha as against St. Louis and Kansas City. "This element of time comes in now in connection with the original provisions of the charter or daining , as I remember , that which ever one of the three branches of the Pacific road first reached the 100 meri dian should bo entitled to the subsidy for the main trunk of the road. It was right here and on that issue that Omaha was saved by the energy , forecast and resolution of Durant , in ordering this change of line , thereby cheapening construction and enabling him to com plete the lirrit forty miles aud obtain the first moneys on the road. Then all was easy sailing. Anybody could have built the railroad after that. Oceans of money wore at hand in the subsidies which the govorumonthad prantcdand , millions were made out of the construc tion , as everybody knows. " "Next time I will call your attention to the great flood of April , 185.i ( , and its bearing upon Omitlia interests , nnd also our fears of destruction at the hands of Bcllovue. " A Hindoo Fancy. II' . B. S. ruler. In the Ilnme-Mnlcr. Upon Priiioo Murad's nnlnl iif'lit ( , Kaon fairy brought n precious Rift- Hc.uity and valor , Kingly mijjlit. Success In love nnd wisdom's thrift , A ml ono , from nut her diud'im , A pearl luii ! by the crndlo's side , "So lout ; as lie retains tills pcm Ho blmll tinvo tiupplnc&s , " she cried , The happy yeais rolled by. . Ono day Homo demon tiltl the mm-ic utono ; ( > rcat was tliu wonder iiii'l The silent chambers of Ills sleep. The days came fraught with deep distress. Tliu nlclilx with ever itiuVer gloom , 'Till Murud , in his restlessness , Kntcrcil one morn his children's loom , Straightway from care and isorrnw free The happy monarch was unco nioio , For them his llttlo ones In nice with the KOUI upon the door. Very Warm , New York World : Foreman What fellow wrote that pomo all about mash- in' and kibdin1 in "tho twilight's twit tering liglity" Ho must a bin crazy , Kditor Do you mean that piibslcm iwo m hy Amolfo Ilivosi , "Condense Love in Ono l-'oml Ivobrai-ej" ' I'oroinnii--Yo3 , that's the feller. Ho ou ht t' bo ashamed of hinibelf. His poicu mid molted three gtichb o ( type. THE GLORY OE THE FORESTS. General Brisblu. Urges a General Observation of Arbor Day. A HINT TO THE LEGISLATURE. The General Thlnka ttio Stite Could Well Afford to Offrtr Prison for the I'iuiitlnuaml Oultlva- oC Trees. Arbor Day , FOIIT ROBINSOK , ' Nob. , March 8. [ Special to Tjiu BEJ : . ] As wo approach the time again for ! Arbor Day in Ne braska , I feel lilTo makijig an appeal to the people to observe it and plant more than over before. Nebraska is the pioneer neer state in tree planting and her ex ample has been followed by all or nearly all , the states and' territories of the union. The author of Arbor Day , J. Sterling Morton , is a Nobraskanand in originating' thojjlietuitlful custom , did more for the hondfr.of Nebraska than any other man who has yet lived in the stato. Tree planting is honor , science and the highest tyuo of development in civilization. C'olbort ' prevented the useless destruction of the forests of the old world and all Europe rose up to do him honor. But iColbert was honored for merely being/Instrumental / in pre venting the wa teTof forests , what shall wo say of the itmn\vio creates forests. All can share in tno honor , and as Jon athan Swift saidB'whoovertmakes two cars of corn oi.twp blades of'grass grow on a spot of ground where only ono grow before , dgborves better of man kind , and does fyaro. essential Hcrvicoto his country thai JG\yfiolo race of politi cians put togotll6p. " If this is true of two ears of corr&qe two blades of grass , how much inor tnuijt it bo true of a tree. "Tho trees w6njt > ft > rth on a time to annolnt a Itinajov'tir them , and they said , unto th6' > Hvo tree 'Heign thou . ' " So to tree , over us. Jos us say every lie thou our'fifqr , but lot the olive tree of peucaljii moj honored of all in tills land of libpnyrpf ours. The Gorman ' Uav9 a pretty custom of each member ojt family living in a rural district jildpting a tree at Whit suntide , which inbs forty days after Easter. At gai ylduwn on tl'iat day their hinging bowotied in many parts of Germany marcn 'to the top of the nearest hill knountain and hail the rising sun f boilgs and paeans of pralue for the lory of its warmth and blessing to Coretf and Flora. Why not hero if in Germany , for if the Germans hud niivthiiig to thank God for there , ' they surely Jittt'u much moro cause to thank Jli in for -here. The old Mexioan Indians oven plant ed trees on ccrfvin days of thoyearand named them aftlr their children , The Aztecs also use to plant a tree every time a child wni born and it bore the name of the child . Says James. . ; fpusdcll Lowell : "Our Teutonic anuesloi'u. if they did not wor ship trees , at Iqjtat held certain species sacred and , made votive offerings to them on cortuinfdays of the year. In this vegetable hagfology the oak nnd the beech holdf the first place , for the frugal icaaou , perhaps , that they most 41-Inch Importnil All Wool Me land I In Ordinal KlU-tts , 4iMncli All Wool T.\o Tnuvd , Striped BO * Worth $1.0O. All Wool Trench f-tripo Vrry itch cITudH , superb ciuallt Ei worth $2. imported Illnck With 1'erslan Mauds to Mnlch , Per Yard. furniahcd a gratuitous food for swine , the chief wealth , one may assum'o , of those humble dwellers of 'the primeval forest. " When the Aryan races migrat ed westward from Asia they probably brought this custom with them , for there also trees are looked upon with religious veneration. So , too , the Greeks in this , as in many other things of civilization , had an imaginative faith in trees and associated the lives of superhuman though not immortal things with trees. "I cannot believe a man wholly bad who has sympathy with and loves a thing so innocent and beau tiful as trees , " exclaims the pool Low ell , so I believe that no man has lived in vain who plants a tree to live after him. But quite aside from the poetical and imaginative sense of tree planting which is certainly very beautiful , is the common senho view of the case , the necssity and usefulness of trees in Ne braska ! Their influence upon our cli mate , the increased , rainfall resulting from their planting. the protection they give from storms , and their uses for wood and lumbar in a stnto whore na ture Has deprived or denied us forests , are reasons enough why we should plant. I have always thought Arbor day came too early in Nebraska ; if it wore in May instead of April I think more trees would bo planted , and that the trees would do better. I submit this to Jtlio nutlior of Arbor day and our legislature , and hope they will change the time for Arbor day from the second Tuesday in April to the second Tuesday in May. I have always thought the state should oiler a direct reward in cash to the family that planted with their own hands the great est number of trees on Arbor day. Lot the family that .so IB out the most trees next Arbor day have $ .500 out of the state treasury ; the next $100 ; the next $ : JOO ; tlio next $200 ; the next $100 ; the next $7o ; the next $50 , and the next fc5. ! It would all bo less than $2.000 per annum , and this the state of Nebrcska could well aflord to pay annually for the encouragement of tree planting on its treeless prairies ; yes , it can ntford to pay $5,000 a year , for that matter , and then bo greatly benelltted , Think what a stimulous to tree planting the hope of a reward of S00 yi a nice , crisp draft out of the state treasury would give to our tree plant ers. I would bind them to keep the trues growing for five years and protected from lire , or return the reward. There is so micn in this subject of tree planting that when ono gets 10 writing upon it ho never knows when to stop , but I wish only to write a short lettnr this time , calling attention to a matter so important , and I want the loiter short so that the country nross can use it and help the good worn on. There is one thing I wish somebody would do , and that is , tell the people what kind of trees arc best to plant in Nebraska , livery week I got letters asking : " \VhatnhallIplanty" .I. Ster ling Morton , ox-Governor Robert Kuriins and others can readily answer this question and advise the people what to plant. JAMKS fcj , Xot to lie Oiitdonn by nil Chicago Tribune : Literary colubrity ( acknowledging Introduction to fellow- author , * wnr.rnly1V- am delighted to meet you , Mr. haggard. " Fellow-author ( with some haughtU ness ) ' 'My name is HagjjJ / ( , Mr. Ilowells. " Liter.iry celebrity ( coldly polite ) - ' Call mo Ilotccito , if you please , " OIDERIES " From Ilic rcat Am-tUni Snlc of Field , Clitipnuui At Fcimur. Swiss Embroidered Skirtings Q , CC 4O Inches wide ; beautiful work. Greatest Embroidery Bargain Yet. CCQ Swiss Embroidered Skirtings Q ; CC 4B inches wide ; CCa Embroidered to the wnist , Fine While EntkoiW facings , a DC Fine work ; good width for Children's Dresses. DCQ CC' Elegant work ; very wide. COLORED EMBROIDERIES , In Red and Blue , Yard. AUCTION AItfiA3XS ! FINK WHITE OR ECHU - LACE CURTAINS - Three yards long ; taped edges , Exira Long Noil'in iam Lace Curtains , Elegant designs ; worth fully $2.8O. Imported Nottingham Lace Curtains 3 } and 4 yards long ; worth $5 , 5Oi ! , 50.1 , 50U , 5O § , 510 South liUIi Street. THINGS WE CAN'T EXPLAIN. Thcro nro more tilings in heaven and cartli , Hor.itio , Than arc dreamed of in your philosophy. Hamlet. James Martin , a well-to-do farmer , is the owner of one of the oldest homesteads - steads in Blount county , Alabama. The place has boon owned and occupied by several generations of Martins , and the mansion , a largo frame affair , is a very old one , and is much the worse for ago and want of repair. About five years ago James Martin married Miss Noel , one of the belles of the county. The young couple wont to live at the old Martin home , and all wont well until one year ago. Mrs. Martin , naturally very'timid' heard a ghost rambling through the old house one night and was badly frightened. She told her husband about it , but ho could hear nothing , ho said. The following night Mrs. Martin heard the ghost again , aad from that time it became n nightly visitor at the Martin home. Mrs. Martin wanted to leave the old homo at once , but her husband objected , declaring the strange noises heard were made by rats. Sev eral timGH Mrs. Martin , so she says , saw a white-robed figure wandering through the wide halls and dark rooms of the old house , and teen her nerves and health began to give way under the strain. She bogged and pleaded with her husband to move away from the haunted house , but lie .still rufusud. Mrs. Martin was finally prostrated by her fear of the ghost , and wont to the homo of her parent * to recover her health and strength. Her relatives and friends joined her in unpcals to her husband to give up the old house , but ho still refused , when four of the ghost overcame love of husband and Mrs. Martin refused to live with him again. Martin tried in vain to induce Ills wife to return to the haunted liouoo to live , butslio rjfmo 1. and a low days ago lie 11 led a suit for divorce on the ground of abandonment. Ono Sunday night , not lotif ; ago , while the snow and wind Btorm was at its height in New London , Conn. , a Blinman street lady was awakened by a uu/.zing Bound ii ; her car , and was startled by a far-olT voice repeating in melodious tones.Vnkc up ! " " ' ( jot up ! " The lady obeyed the strange sirn- mons , and was terribly frightened on dibcovoring that.tho houbo was on lire. The soot in the old-fabhionod liro-plaoe in the kitchen , which was over a foot dee ] ) , was burning , and the flames were shooting tin ough the llro board. The lady boon aroumid the household , and the lire was extinguished before any bcriouu damage wiu > done. That the warning was given no one who knows the lady will doubt , and hut for the warning it is probable that the JIOUPO ami homo of the occupants would have been burned. Thorn is excitement and agitation among the occupants of the handsome four-story house at 109Vcut Eleventh street , Now York C.'ityf The house was the scene of a torriDlo tragedy a few years ago. It was hero that Dr. Connolly nelly killed his two children by cutting their throats find then killed himself. Through a glass partition Ills wife naw him kill the children and faho ran. violently lently insane , into the sti'out. The house IB leased by George L. Hcrriuk , who sublets all of it ova-opt the Una floor , which ho and his wife occupy. The second floor front is occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Nichols. Mrs. Nichols declares she has hoard footsteps at the door of her apartments at night. Believing some "one was trying to annoy her , she has opened the door , but could not discover any 0110. Ono night last week she waa frightened while sowing in her room at about 11 o'clock by a heavy rap on the table. People in the next room heard the ran. She jumped to her feet and was almost paralyzed by the sight of the transparent form of a man disappearing1 behind a sofa. Mrs. Scott , another tenant - ant , says that while sitting up ono re cent night waiting for her husband she saw through the glass p.incl of a door the ghostly figure of an elderly man , who seemed to bo dragging something' behind him. The ghost passed behind the bed in her room and disappeared. She has found the door of her room mysteriously onon often she had bolted it on the inside. A few nights ago Miss Lee. an artist ; Miss Meeklin and Miss Gartain , teachers ; Charles Leo. Miss Leo's brother , nnd the Scotts wcro having a card party in the Scotts apart ments. The game was broken up by an apparition at the glass panels of the door. The ghost had the bearded face , of an elderly man. \Vlmt Would HIiakcMponro Hny ? Nciv Yink .l.aititiiu Journal. Oh , If Sliukcspuaru wcro alive , and would cross the miglit.y main , To SPG the .U-rsoy Lily play the wife of Scot. land's Thane , And spout , blgli tragedy , as easy as rolling oil n log , While shining In ncr raiment lllcq n nro-lly In a bog ; Or , If seine livening ho'd drop inwhcictlio "Four Hundred" incut , " To sit In case nnd comfort In n two ' 'scmo- ' Icon" Heat ; And see fair Cora Potter the Imndsonio Kyrlo beguile. As llm immortal Socorcss of Egypt1 ! * glow- I'll wafer my suspendero that In accents o despair The awful cry of "murder" would rend the scented air , The I'ro.iclmr Knocked Him Out , The Rev. Isaac W. Hagley , pastor of Tabernacle Baptist church , Ciimdon , N , J , , has demonstrated that he is as good with lists as lie is at wenching , ways a Philadelphia dispatch to the Chicago Times. Edward Mayer , a Philadelphia ! ! , anil n friend , called on the minister anil wnnted to know if he hud married his1 brother George , lie was told to consult the newly-married man , when Mayer coininemuud to UMJ boisterous language. Thia caused the minister to order the two men out of the house. Instead of gcing out they snowed light and struck at Bagloy , "That's what you want , IB tty" shouted the mlnibtor , and he hit Mavor a stun ning blow on the nose. The friend then pulled out a ' 'billy" ami hit Mr. I-'eathwaito , the pabto'r'a father-in-law , on the head. Mr. I-'cath- waiio went after Mayer and a general tight ensued. The unknown man made mi ofTort to got at the minister , when the clergyman was again -quiil to the oecaismi and hit him a blow betwooti the oycs , which knocked him head long ncrojs the dining room table. Mot.li men made a rotrait and loft the liow.o. The unknown man made good his ofacnii'j , wnllu Mayor waa captured and lodged in Ciimdon lull. Mayer clalmb that the minister's ( utlioi-in- law hit him llrst. Ho is a booU-keopor , and comes from a good fumllj Sn Roso- near Ibis city. y
