THE OMAHA DAILY BBBciFHIDAY , APRIL 4. 1890. TELLING THE OLD STORY , The Tale of the Jones Double Murder Again Rehearsed. BIIEBMAN'S ' PKELIMI1TARY HEARING , A Number of AVItimnMon Kininlncil and tbn Defendant Itountl Over to the District Court "XVItli- uul Hull. The prcllmlnnry examination of Will Slier- inaii was set for yesterday morning. but was continued to 1 : HO to nceoimnrxluto the county uttonify. At tlmt hour nil the parties inter ested were on hand nnil sis many spectators as thtt room could ncrominodnto. Ono spectator Who inndc ns mut'li nolso us imyboily mid seemed to thoroughly enjoy biiiiHi'U was Shenimn , Jr. , n llttlo crowing , cooing copy of the sno on trial for his life. - The mother of the child midwife of HIP BUS- port nl.so occupied n sent In the HtulTy little room. Shnnnnn nut beside his attorney Und keenly watched the piwccdlnKS. Coiimer HiiiTlKUii ii'p-jatcd the testimony ptt'vliiiisly mpoi ted in the cases of the other Htispei'tn. A. I ) . ( 'ndwnllnder , the son-in-huv of the murdered couple , uL < o went over the ground previously covered detailing the visits to the 1 rm. Mrs. Oadwnllnder , the wife of the last wit ness , detailed the condition of the house on the ( x-eca.sion of her visit to the house Just after the murder. The fourth witness was Frank Cndwalla- der , son of A. 1) . Ciidwullnder , who also ro- iiciited Ills testimony us to the Jindlng of the bed lea. Fleteh Wagner again told the story of the ilndlim-of the bodies. Oscar Pichard came next and was followed by Martin Kouter , the frnrdeniT , who identlllcd Sherman ns 0110 of the men seen near the farm the Tuesday after tlic murder , llesuw Sherman on the roud. lie was in the wagon mid Sherman stopped mid looked after him when they passed. In the forenoon of the same day ho saw Neal about llfty yards from the house. He again 8aw Nenl on Wednesday driving the cattle to .South Omaha. Ho next haw Sherman at PlattHiiioulh , where ho wore nlxmt the same .style as in the country. Cross-examined , ho said he biiw Sherman at the farm after 4 in the evening and described his dress as a gray cap , an overcoat , an undercoat and other articles. Ho wore n long mustache. Ho saw N'cal before noon of the fourth of the month. A third man ho saw about ten min utes before ho saw Sherman. \V. A. Kirkpatrick is a railroad contractor from South Omaliii. Defendant had worked for him about six weeks ; saw defendant in South Omaha about noon of February t ; did not speak to him ; was perfectly positive us to the dill' * i has no Jiard feelings against the defendant ; had once had trouble with him about some Jewelry and clothing , but it had boon settled ; had seen him with a moustache when he worked for him , but was not posi tive about Ills wearing one when lie saw him February t ; ho next -saw him in the county Jail. During the giving of this testimony both Sherman nnil his wife grew very nervous , the wife particularly appearing very uneasy. Aloii7.ii Uacon' had known the defendant about three yean and saw him about February I with another man , whom he in- trodneed as a half brother , and whom he has blnco idontiflo-d as IJd Ncul , whom ho saw yesterday morning in the county jail. Ho had served no term in the penitentiary. Hemet met Sherman and Nc.il in Lincoln on outlay evening and spent half an hour with them at the Ivy Leaf saloon. Sherman and his wife went to his house that night and stayed till about ! ) o'clock ; next saw him on the ( ith on the ice ; saw him before at his ( witness,1) ) house on the same day at dinner. Sheriff IJoyd corroborated the testimony as to the identification of Nenl at the county Jail. Jerry L > co was then called to connect Xeal with the crime. Sherman's attorney making nn objection , the county attorney explained that Sherman had been connected with Nenl , and he wanted to cdnviet Nealwith the crime . The testimony of the witness was given sub- ht'intinlly the same as has been previously re ported. Alonzo Bacon WIIH recalled and testified that on the 3d Sherman wore no mustache. John McNnnmrn had boarded Sherman , and testified thnthu had oneo been told by the de fendant that ho and Ncrtl were friends , and that they hud traveled together as cowboys. This conversation took place about aycurugo. Sherman hud told him no had left Neal in Kansas. He had served a term in the peni tentiary , and had some trouble with Sherman , but hud no hard feeling now. Sherman bad oneo told him a cock and bull story about stabbing a man who was looking for the witness while the witness was in Jail for stealingcoal. Dufcud- nnt had also told of the prowess of his friend Nenl , whom , ho said , had once fought Dcmp- sov and performed other feats of valor. 'rhis upiicared to greatly umuso Sherman , who smiled broadlv. Silas IJ. Ritchie had known the defendant in Lincoln. On the last of December ho saw Sherman and his wlfo and was told by them that they were going to visit their old homo ill Iowa. On February 5 Shcnnnu had come to his house in Lincoln and told him that ho had been to Iowa and could llml none of his iwoplo nt homo and found everything deso late. Had heard Sherman make the state ment as to his visit homo in church. IIo had said , in the church , at this time , that his mother had asked him if ho could not Join the Catholic church to Join some other , and that MIC had told him that the ro.ison that ho could not bo a Christian was because ho hud sworn on the bible to kill immo enemies. A.V. . Atkinson lived in Lincoln and was married to Sherman's wife's step-mother. Sherman had lived with him. Knew Mr. Kitchlo. Did not/know Just when Sherman left town. It was on Monday. Next saw Sherman on Wednesday night of the sumo week. Sherman had como to his house about IX ) at night and told witness about his visit to & 4 mother's homo in Iowa. Preston Styles lives In Lincoln , has known f/u defendant about two years , and is his wife's brother. His testimony referred to the lettur which has been spoken of ns l > eiiig sent from Sherman in I'luttsmouth to his wlfo in Lincoln. Ho had rend the letter and Ills testimony was to the effect that Sherman hud said that ho had not loft Lincoln on ac count of the horse nor on account of a mort gage. but on account of something else. Ho know of Sherman having a revolver Edwin ( . ! , Davis , the South Omaha livery man , testified as to buying the horses from Kenl. Kenl.Deputy Sheriff Tigho of Cuss county test- ! Hod to the arrest of Sherman and went over his convocations with the defendant while In his custody. Ho had read the letter written by Sherman to his wife , and testltled ns to its routvutt ! and also to the search for the ro- volvif in Lincoln and Sherman's confession. O. V. Denny , the stenographer , saw the ids fendant in I'laUsmmith and heard ami took down a conversation between Mr. Mnhonoy and the dofcndnnt , which wns read. In tills. conversation Sherman acknowledged that ho was the third party spoken of by Ncul and Shollenberger. Sheriff Hoyd being recalled detailed the meeting of the three suspects in the otlleo of the Jiillnr. Both sides rested and Sherman was bound over to the district court without bail. The Burdock Plant Is one of the best diure tics or kidney regulators in the vegetable world , and the comjxmud known as Burdock Hlood Bitters Is unsuriuussetl In all diseases of the kidneys , liver ami blood. More Youthful Depravity. Bridget Hunuford , a young girl , who was a chum lit Chuiv Schmidt's , was arraigned bo foro" Judge Hclsloy yesterday and pleaded Kulltvtothu charge of tncorrlgiblllty. She was hold to the district court in the sum of foO. foO.Dotcctivo Dotcctivo Vaughn has * been working up evidence nsjalnst women who rented rooms to men who brought these girls to their places. At noon ho unvoted Mrs. White of ! HU North Sixteenth street , charging her with keeping u honsa of assignation. I lo says that she has sU girls who uro un der hlxteen years old , for the purpose * of pros titution. Tliodotectivo further slates that u similar resort Is lielng run at Twelfth and Douglas ittvets by a man nmned Kramer. nKL riwvlos , son of Fred and Clara Schuebcl , April U , aged 0 mouths. Funeral Friday at U p. in. , from residence , BUD South Tenth street , to LauroV Hill ceme tery. IHIKNXAN AND IIIIKKX. Their VIcwH on Irish Affairs anil Omaha Kenl Ivstatc. Thomns Brcnnnn of this city has Just re turned from Denver. Kocnlling the sensa tional revelations which followed his visit to Colorado last summer In connection with the efforts of the London Times to purchase evidence npnlnst Mr. Parnell and his friends to lw used Iwfore the Parnell commission , u representative of TUB UKE called on the gen tleman yesterday afternoon for a chat. Mr. Brennan was found in his ofllco in com pany with ThomaS Brecn of' London , Eng land , who was at one time president of an hank , and who was called as a witness by the Times before the commission , but whoso evi dence proved so unsatisfactory to the Times people , or rather so satisfactory to the cause of truth and Justice , that he was the only wit ness called on behalf of that newspaper whom Mr. Parnell's counsel did not think it neces sary to cross-cxutnliio. The land league funds were kept in Mr. Breen's bank , and it was thought by the Times that Ids evidence would show that some of the funds were used for Illegal purposes , but it proved quito the con trary. Mr. Brcen has for some time ; through Mr. Brcnnnn. been interested In Omaha real es tate , and ho is hero to innko further invest ments mid to improve some property which he und Mr. Brennnn now own In this city. Ho expressed himself as astonished at the progress which Omnha bus made since his last visit here , three years ago. At that time he visited nil the western cities , and se lected Omaha as the place in which to invest. Ho is well pleased with the result. "We are quite familiar in London with the nutno of Omaha , " said Mr. Brcon , "as one of Amer ica's wonderfully progressive cities , and I know for a fact that Omaha securities are well and favorably known to London inves tors and brokers. I must tell you , however , that Omaha is more generally known in Eng land as the present residence of my friend Bruiimm. j sat In court many u day during the progress of the commission , und was in tensely amused to hear Mr. Brennan and Mr. Egan. day after day , described ns the heavy villians of the imaginary conspiracy. " The reporter then turned to Mr. Brennan , who , ns be cracks Jokes with newspaper men and talks business with his friends , docs not appear to be much of aGuy Fawkes. "Yes , " said ho with a laugh , "f have been to Denver , and I nm not aware that there Is anything in the constitution of the United States to prevent a citizen of Ne braska from visiting the metropolis of Colorado rado , but I will tell yon this , that the Omaha man who would leave this city Just now and buy real estate In Denver will give his friends cause to bo alarmed about his mental condi tion. No , I have not unearthed any con spiracy this time. My visit to Denver was for the purpose oC seeing a friend , bu < I will tell you this much about Kirliy , the Times agent : During the time Mr. Sheridan was fooling him in Colorado ho made arrangements for the purchase of a mine , and paid $ IOHMI ( down for an option on it , but since his mission was made public lie has not ventured back to Colorado , and the time of the option has expired. " Bciitg asked what he thought of the hind bill that has Just been introduced in parlia ment by Mr. Balfour , Mr. Brennan replied : "I have only s' > cn very meager cablegrams ubous It and can't well" express an opinion , hut it looks like u measure to buy out Irish landlords at about double what their land would bring in open market. " "Then you don't think it will be the means of stopping Irish agitation { " "Oh ! Pills to cure earthquakes ! Nothing will stop agitation but the right of the Irish people to make their own laws. " An Absolute Cure. The OUICMNAL ABIKTINK OINTMENT is oulv put up in largo two-ounce tin boxes , and is an absolute euro for all sorus , burns , wounds , chapped hands and all skin eruptions Will positively euro all kinds of piles. Ask for the OHKilNAL AI3IETINE OINT MENT. Sold by Goodman Drug company at li'i cenUi per box by mail. ! ( ) cents. 1110 IS CUAZY NOW. The A'iullm ol'Shnrp I'raotioc Lawyers IJOSCK His 311ml. Mike Storm , the man who recently com plained of two lawyers robolng him syste matically of several hundred dollars , has gone insane. He was found by n police man wandering aimlessly about in the vi cinity of Eleventh and Casn streets , where ho lives , and was taken to the central police sta tion. His wife does not attribute the loss of her husband's mind to this par ticular incident , but hfis an idea that the loss Of all the cash ho had at that tlmo had con siderable weight on his mind. Storm has no money. Ho is n rag picker. His family uro destitute and Storm will oitherhavc to bo sent to the county poor farmer or to some state charitable institution. Good Friday. The following services will bo held in the churches today in obscrvanccof Clood Friday : At All Saints' Church Evensong 70 : ! ! p. m. Processional ( tune Trust ) No. SI ; Psnl- tar , Ps. ( il-88 , Viner ; Cnnlato Domino and Deus Misercatur ( chants ) McFarron-Cutlor ; anthem O Savior of the World , Goss ; hymn , No. SI ; recessional hymn , 58. The three bom's' service from 1 to ! ! o'clock. At Trinity Cathedral Nine a. in. morning prayer and mile-communion service with a sermon ; it ! to ! 1 p. in. , service commemorative of our Lord's agony on the cross ; D p. m. , evening prayer. AtKountzo Lutheran Church Services will boheldat lOsiiOn. m. , 8 p. m. and 8:1.1 : p. m. At St. Barnabas' Morning service , I ) a. in. Commemorative of the crucifixion , 12 to y o'clock. In the Catholic churches the son-ices wil begin at in the morning , with the mass of the proMinctilied. The adoration of the cross and other devotions will occupy the remain der of the day. The offertory will bo for the benefit of the Franciscan fathers for the sup port of church worship and monasteries at Joppn , .lerusalem.tmd Nazareth ; also for the protection of the ( itirdcn of Cicthsonmne. Stated by II. B. Cochrun , druggist , Lan caster , Pa. Have guaranteed over iioo bottles tles of Burdock Blood Bitters for dyspepsia , sour fitomach , bilious attacks , liver and kid ney trouble. _ In Police Court. The case of the statn against P. W. Hodson for occupying rooms in u building belonging to O. M. Hitchcock , situated on the now post- ofllco site , was concluded in police court yesterday - terday afternoon. Defendant was lined W and costs , David Biuilwcll , for threatening to cut n man named Camp In Peterson's saloon nt Fifteenth and Webster , was lined $1 and costs. Old Mrs. Fisher of Fourteenth and Will- lams streets was before Judge Hclsloy again yesterday charged with Kicking up another neighborhood fuss. She was fined $ y and costs. C. B. Boocler , who has been clerking In the Boston store , 11 1 North Sixteenth .street , for a few days past , was arrested und locked up yesterday afternoon charged with working the short change mcket to the extent of $1. Licenses were issued to the following parties by Judge Shields yesterday ; Name and IteMdence. Ago I John A. JolmnsonVesUPolnt , Neb. . . . u'T j Josephine M. Amleison , Omaha . , . 1M I John Anderson , Omaha . . . ! ! Q I Anna Johnson , Omaha . 20 I Lowb Miller , Omaha . o 1 Sarah Weiner , Omaha . " -j ( Charles C. Brown ( colored ) Omaha . ! ! 0 I Mllly Thurman ( colored ) Omaha . . . ! ! T ( Silas B. Lake , Omaha . 'U 1 Edith L. Hurt , Omaha . -"J A Treat fur the Art LoverH of Omahn. A superb collection of Froneh , Italian and American water color paintings Is to bo soon in the { jallory of A. IIo jo ) , Jr. , 15111 Ooutflus htivot. No pains or expense have been spared in wcuring this exhibition for Omaha , and it is well worthy the attention of the most critical ronnoibour. Como early before the collection is distributed. Parties from u distance will And this exhibition well worth visit- Van Houtcn's Cocoa Largest sale In the world. HEADING FOR PUCET SOUND The Union Pacific Determined to Capture Every Plum it Can , A FINE TERRITORY IN SIGHT. Company Ollklnln : Now I'roipectlnn fora lllfjht of Way An IiiHultliig Salutation To Change Time Notes. The Union Pacific company Is working n big scheme nt Portland to take in 1'ugct Sound and other extreme northwestern jwliits. Vice President Holcomb , Chief of Construction Cameron and Chief Engineer Boge nre out there now prospecting. It Is understood they reached Tacoma yesterday , after havingvisited several Intermediate points along a proposed line of new road from some point on the Oregon Kuilway & Navigation system to Seattle and the sound. There * Is said to l > e a territory rich in mineral pro ducts , as well us coal , grain mid lumber , en tirely nnsupplicd with railroad facilities , anxiously waiting and offering strong in ducements for some company to build. These oflleiuls mot representatives of the Northern und Southern Pacific corporations ut Portland last Saturday , whore they held a , meeting to consider the questions of terminal facilities , u new bridge across the Willa mette river and n union depot. He ) > orts of the conference indicate that because of an an tagonistic feeling between the Union and Northern Pacific because of their wild race for th'o supremacy in the northwest , no agreement could bo reached. The Union Pn- citle will also expend a great deal of money this year improving its Oregon Short Line division , which has , as u result of the heavy snows , rains , land slidc.s und Hoods been left in n bud condition. Called Him n Suab. A little salutation addressed by one loco motive engineer to another the other day promises to cause trouble. It wns out on the David City brunch of the B. & M. system. That line , it seems , is also useil , under Joint agreement , by the Union Pacific. A train of each corporation met the other day nt some way station und as they stopped the engineer of the Union Pacific said to the engineer of the B ; & M. "Hello there , scabby , how are youl" That made the B. & M. engineer so mad that ho made a report of it to his division su perintendent , who in turn is calling on the Union Pacific officials for an investigation , lie stronglv intimates that the B. & M. men have stood insults of this character from Union Pacific employes Just as long as they arc going to. Unless Official recognition is taken of it and some disposition shown to prevent u repetition of serious trouble he thinks may result. A Union Pacific officer sidd in speaking of the matter that he thought the company , providing it undertakes such a task , will liud it a very hard mutter to control the speech of its men. . AVIII Change the Time. The Burlington will soon adopt a new time table , changing the departure of its llycr from Omaha , cast bound , to 4 : HO p. m. , an hour and fifteen minutes later than the present schedule. This is done to better accomodato the public and the train can arrive in Chicago iiito as early the next morning as under the iircscnt schedule. Business men often find it very inconvenient to get through their work and catch the 3:15 : train ; consequently the road loses many passengers it would get if the departing time was later. A great number of merchants west of Omaha going cast to buy goods like to stop a few bom's in Omaha , but they don't find it pleasant to lose an afternoon simply for the privilege of rid ing on the Burlington ; though under other circumstances they might prefer patronizing that road to cither the Milwaukee , Uock island or Northwestern. In order to rcmcdv n serious fault the train time will bo changed. To He Double Tracked. The Bolt line road is to bu doubly tracked from Webster street depot to South Omaha. When General Manager Clark was here last week ho had demonstrated to him the fact that business is very much retarded and growing more complicated every day because of the lack of track facilities for handling it. lie at oneo decided to remove all grounds of complaint by ordering the construction o" another track alongside the present one. Work will bo commenced ou it in a few days. Threatens Withdrawal. The Trans-Missouri freight meeting nt Kan sas City is having a hard time to keep the Union Pacific from withdrawing from that association. It complains about not getting a fair division of the rate on Atlantic seaboard business destined to Colorado and Utah points , and , consequently , threatens iminedi- ute withdrawal unless the matter is satisfac torily adjusted. Joint Freight Cars. The Union Pacific and Northwestern have Just received -100 now freight cars , purchased Jointly and bearing the double-header name. They are said to bo the strongest and finest built traftle cars over built , having a capacity of ! > UKU , ( ) pounds and equipped with airbrakes. A llnmlsomo Souvenir. The Burlington passenger department has issued a very handsome schedule card for the Emma Juch English opera company's special train. It boars a nice portrait of the priniu donna and has much to say about her Easter week operatic festival ut .St. Louis. Notes and I'crsomils. General Malinger Dickinson returned from Chicago yesterday morning. Fred Nnsh is doing Denver and Chcvcnno in the Interest of the Milwaukee , Assistant General Freight Agent Wai-rack of the Union Pacific is seriously ill with typhoid fever. F. W. Hansom , traveling agent at St. Paul of the Niagara Fulls short line , Is in the city. II. C. Cheney , assistant general passenger apentof the Fremont , Elkhorn & Missouri Valley road , left yesterday for St. Paul. It. It. Kitchoy , general agent of the North western , returned yesterday afternoon from Wyoming. , _ Kchoos From Koiinil Top. The lost lecture of the Members' Star course was delivered nt the Young Men's Christian Association hull last night. The speaker was Kev J. B. Young , and the sub ject was "Echoes from Hound Top. " The lecture was a description of the -battle of Gettysburg and was delivered In u plain but eloquent manner. The speakOr recited the oft-told tain of this great battle with frequent references to maps , showing the tepogniphy of the country. The audience was large , considering the weather , and was very atten tive. _ To the Traveling I'ubllo. The { jrcut Itock Island route bus pro vided every convenience and comfort for its passengers going ; wist over its main line. Its solid vestibule express trains , which leave daily for les Motnes , Day- unport , Koelc Inland and Chicago , nro the llnest in the world. They consist of now und elegant day conches , dining" curs , Pullman palaeo sleeping cars and frco reclining chair cars , su ( > orbly ap pointed and tilted up with all the modern Improvements that conduce to safe and luxurious travel. Junctioiml und tor- minul conncutions are iiiiulo in union depots and at Chicago with fast limited vestibule oxiiross trains for all points east. In addition to this nmgniflcont train , two express and mall trains leave Omaha daily , carrying sleepers and din ing cars. Further information as to routes , rates , time , berths , etc. , call on or ad dress J. L. DoHovolso , IJiOo Farnum street , Omaha , Nob. Telephone 782. K ST. JOHN , JNO. SKIIASTIAN , General Manager , G. T. & P. A. , Chicago. Chicago. WHAT W IT ? Oflloer Martini ! . Corrals n Decidedly Slysioi-fonH StrmiRcr. Officer Mantell p'lflicd up off the streets and Jailed as asusplljlous character , last night , n real live curlosltyltt f'its" way. Hud Oscar Wilde been hovering lwut the station when "It" came in he mlglift have fawned over it , caressed it and possibly ho might have given it his benediction. rlMind seen about twenty summers and apparently few blustery winters. Its features were exerui-lutlngly ulTcmlnnto and Its light colorcd'hltlr ' ditto tothoextent of tloulng fur down rlts. back , or nearlvtolts tnpcnng , closely corseted waist. It hud lluffv bungs which htdf concealed the fore head , und ever mid' 'anon were primped into place in perfectly girlish fashion by quite a shapely hand. It had small blue eyes , a pair of cherry red lips , the upper one of which did the Cupid bow net in model shape. But it wore trousers and sack coat , and yet n finely embroidered chemisette peeped Just barely above the collar of a dark gray woolen shirt. Its walk was the Ideal of the most ultra feminine step , and it held Its hands ono In the other in front ofit , "Just like a girl , for all the world. " "Well , you've caught a daisy this time , " exclaimed Sergeant Sigwart , addressing the gigantic , heavily whiskered officer us the lat ter pranced into the station with "it" leaning upon his arm in mock gallantry. "It's a double daisy , " returned the Jovial Mamell , as ho escorted "It" within the wiry confines of the examining department. - "It" from and A Her sun-eying tip to toe caressing "its" long black hair and llutTy bangs for more than a minute , Sergeant Slg4 wart propounded to "it" the question : "What Is your name ! " "It Is Henry Brachman , my dear sir , " re plied it. "Prove it ! " continued the sergeant. "Oh , sir why , what do you mean I" it stammered. "How can you prove that you are a maul" urged the officer. "My word by giving you my word oC honor 1" A mocking laugh was the official's com ment. Then ho continued : "Whore did you escape from ? " Tears , big and blue tinted , came freely and fust from "its" eyes and , a moment later , this remark : "J have been an attendant at a female semi nary in Chicago , and liuvo Just arrived in. your certainly quite lovely city of Omaha , where I hope to secure light employment in a cafe , I dearly love travel. " "You say that your mime is Henry Brock- man ! " "Oh , yes. sir 'twas so that I said. " "Well , Henry , 1 am obliged to say to you that I doubt your veracity as to your state ment regarding your gender. Will you swear that you are male I" "To me , dear officer , profanity is vulgar , " answered Henry , Just like a girl of sixteen ; "but 1 tell you on my honor that I am a boy. " Just at this point Officer Marncll opened "its" saehcl. It contained quite a large quantity of female apparel. "What arc you doing with this sort of bar- ness ? " risked Sigwart , holding up a dress. "I sleep in that , " answered "it. " "You know it takes lots of various kinds of people to make up a world. " The sergeant ordered the prisoner exam ined and it was found that ho was a boy. Ho was then locked up in a cell. Later in the night it was learned that the prisoner was found to , closely answer the de scription of a noted young ci-ook who worked various line games for big money in New York city a short time ago , mid for whose arrest a largo reward .is now standing. Offi cer Mamell found him peeping into windows along various side streets. A Small Illtizc. A little blaze at the People's Installment house on North Sixteenth street did less than Sit ) worth of damage. QUIOICH 1MSAXKS OF MAKIC TWAIN. A Peculiar Custom of the Humorist at His llomnin Hartford. Whenever Mark Twain has a large dinner party at his homo in Hartford , says the Now York : Commercial Adver tiser , particularly when ho lias any Englishmen for guests , ho is in the habit , it is said , of rising at what ho considers the proper moment , with out any wnvnlng or explana tion , and beginning a sot speech of a humorous kind. IIo usu ally occupies from fifteen to twenty min utes , and does his best to entertain and tickle his auditors , Sometimes his ef forts , always premeditated and carefully prepared , are highly successful ; some times tlioy are not. Humor cannot bo fabricated to order. But they arc inva riably laughed at , of course. It is an absolute requirement of common po liteness that they should be , when a host demands laughter as a ro- t\irn for hospitality. Twain likes to be regarded as eccentric and original ; and this is unquestionably original. No man that I have over hoard of , either hero or abroad , regularly makes formal speeches at his own table , especially without premonition. Twain evidently thinks ho has a reputation to sustain , and ho sustains it in the extraordinary manner described. Uo might bo funny , if ho chose , while keeping his seat ; the position would not mar his fun , But that would not bo sulllciently emphatic to suit him , so ho prefers to impress his guests with a full consciousness of his premeditated determination to do some thing worthy of the occasion. It may bo that ho is thus Keeking to advertise him self by his post-prandial liarangucs a disposition with which ho is sometimes credited. Doing the thing in that way is in itself so comical that ho could not hope , however preposterous his jests might bo , to say anything half so good. A Lilliputian Itailroad. A wonderful railroad is the one which connects the towns of Bedford andBello- vuu , Mass. , says the Albany Argus. It is nine miles in length and is probably as unique as any on the globe. The distance is not so astonishing except when the gauge of ton inches is consid ered. In the short distance traversed by the pigmy it crosbcs eleven streams , with bridges from five to thirty-live feet in height. The rails weigh but twenty pounds to the yard , about the si'/.o of those used in the mines of Missouri and Illinois. The cars and engines are constructed so as to be very near the ground , insuring greater safety. The cars are provide ! wth ' ' singjo scats on each side of the aisle , . The car itself weighs but four tons , the weight of an ordinary car being twenty to twenty-six tons. 'The engine , without the tender , weighs sbven tons , and rims with two passenger1 or freight earn at the riito of twenty miles'an hour. There is : v smaller railroad than this in the United States the ono in Hunks county , I'cnn. , hut it is only koptiin an expensive toy l > y a rich farmer who hasmudea fortune out of oil. - i Too Many Doctors. Doctors in Russia,4'p , In England , are said to be far in excess of the demand for their services , siiyri the London Tel egraph , In some districts there are but boven jmtionts to ono "medical man , and oveu these nro only ' patients in posno , seeing that they continue indefinitely to enjoy admirable health , far better , in deed , than that of the wull-intontloncd general practitioners. The post of doctor to the municipal hospital of Sordobsk foil .vacant a snort time ago , and candidates were asked to send in letters requesting the appoint- inenls and inclosing a list of their qual ifications. One hundred and eighty [ ) or&ons sent in applications , only one of them , however , possessing the highent medical degree , doctor of medicine * . This ono informed the council that his motive for wishing to como and live in a [ irovincial city was to bo far awav from Lhe lady of ills love , who had HJmnicd lita nlTcctlon , rejected his addresses and left him a heartbroken man , wltlynit happiness or hope. _ VIMl * FVrt I VlMTV iEENGIAM \ \ ) CIIY , Among the Beautiful Hills of Bade County , Qa. The Sniw-Clntl New ICiiglniid MOIIII- tains Dissolve In Genial , Sunny Cicoi-Kla The Iioeatlon Unsur passed for Scrnlo lleauty. Nr.w EXULA.NP CITV , On. , April 3. An emi nent American writer says : "He who climbs , sees , " mid to sustain the proverb quotes from a French scholar who has written , "To him , as Moses , secrets unknown to the rabble nre revealed upon the mountain top. " Surely then the projector * of Now KnghindCiy ] have chosen a locality unsurpassed for scenic beauty and teeming with great possibilities. The situation Is without a rival. It is in Dade county , Gu. , known as the "State of Dude , " and is near the county site where many of the legal lights of Georgia assemble In court week. New England City is only fourteen miles from Chattanooga , Tcnii. , a city now attracting the interested gaze of the world , ns It Is the hub of the ama/.iiig indus trial development now going ou in the four states of Tennessee , Kentucky , Georgia mid Alabama. The railroad ( the Alabama Great Southern ) which connects New Kntrlnml City with Chattanooga is a marvel of railroad en- gineering.usfor.severul miles of the way it was cut out of the sold rock of Lookout mountain. Tills gives it great picturesque charm , which is enhanced by the Tennessee river , which Hews within a few feet of the road on the other side. Within sight of Chattanooga "the abrupt mountain breaks and seems , with Its accumulated crags , to overhang the world. " Lookout Is grandly historic and a recent writer says : "Its archives of tra dition , remote history and civil war records are written on indestructible and authorita tive tables of stone. " The slopes of Lookout , always green , and in summer glorified by the splendid ( lowers of the rhododendron , or mountain laurel , nro ornamented with moun tain homes , and "tho mountain's airy sum mit" is n favorite summer resort. Hroad gauge and incline railways run to the crest , and the entire mountain , with its caves , waterfalls , snbteranean passages and curi ous rock formations , is one of the noblest and most interestlngworks of nature in the world. It Is in the shadow of this lofty mountain that New England City has been built. "Behind every great success is an individ ual. " hi this instance it is Governor Hoswcll Farnham of Vermont , who has been the lend ing spirit and bus had the wisdom and faith to sco the future greatness of this matchless location for a southeri ) city. Hero the hills uro ns green not/only for a season , but all the year round as his own Vermont peaks yi the "leafy month of June. " The country is blessed with a soft and balmy climate , a soil of opulent productiveness and mineral depos its of vast extent mid untold commercial value. ThU is no baricn spot in a remote wilderness , staked off and called n town , but is in the heart of a fruitful and well sctt'cd ' country. It is u regular station ou the Ala bama Great Southern , a link in the great Queen it Crescent trunk line from Cincinnati to New Orleans , and new lines of railways leading to it nro already projected. It has two hotels , express , post mid telegraph ofllccs and all other advantages of a busy , young city. In addition it will soon have a system of water works , sewerage and electric lights. This much in Justice to its claims as a healthful and pleasant place in which to live. As regards its business features , its commercial and manufacturing importance , it goes without saying that it is of the very highest order. A writer of the National Press Circle says : "The extent mid magni tude of the great southern mineral belt began to slowly draw on the world , and with the opening of the Alabama Great Southern rail road , running from Chattanooga to llirminp- ; hain , the mauufucture of iron in the Chatta nooga district was fairly launched. " The New England company have selected the very best situation in the south for the manufacture of iron and all its attendant in dustries. The report of Prof. James Hall , state geologist ot New York , a high authority , was prepared in 1SW , and has been sustained by Prof , .lames M. Snfford , State geologist of Tennessee ; Dr. George Little , recently state geologist of Georgia , mid Prof. C. II. Hitchcock , state geologist of New Hampshire , and they all indicate it as a region remarka ble in rich ores. The coal and iron properties of this company consists of over 10,000 acres of iron lands and 0XH ( ) acres of coal lands , and includes the lovely town site of 1,100 acres. Iron ore has been mined in this immediate neighborhood for years , mid still lies in prac tically inexhaustible beds. There are several line coal veins on the company's land , ono which has been uncovered for many miles , shows , at the lowest estimate , six feet of workable coal of excellent quality. Altitude and latitude , New England City is 720 feet above the level of the Gulf of Mexico and lies in the ! < 5th latitude , which Insures it a charmingly mild yet invigorating climate. There is everything hero with which to build n city. Timber of countless varieties is abundant , lime rock , durable and of a beau tiful color , abounds mid is casily _ quarried ; there is a bed of gray clay within the limits of Now England City , which experts in brick making have pronounced of suiierior quality , making a brick of a bright , lively color. Lime and sand arc here in abundance. There are also large deposits of brown , yellow and red ochre which makes handsome und durable paints. The "dyestone ore" makes a mineral paint that has had a good sale In Chattanooga for years. AX rxncvni-ornn COUXTKT. 5A writer on this subject has recently said : "It seems diflleult to convince that part of the world which has failed to visit this.favored section that there is so much valuable coal and iron land so near Chattanooga. It is easy to understand If ono will investigate. It has been stated that the Atlanta cotton exposition in 1881 was the beginning of tilings in this sec tion. The opening of the Georgia PaeUle rail road was , in fact , the beginning. There has been so much that wns great to do and so little to do it with. Take the history of the past two yours and in it you cover the major part of the development. Capital oneo convinced comes in eager pursuit of what it has neglected. " A xiw : ruoriniTT. The New England company have n property that is theirs to develop. The town site is beautiful and well located , the iron and coal nro there in inexhaustible quantities and in unequnled proximity , available to mine and accessible to transportation the cheapest on the continent. It is a small kingdom in the most salubrious and genial climate on earth and within a few minutes' ride of Chatta nooga , which is the great and growing city of the south. Lookout creek and Squirrel Vreek run through the property , mid in addi tion to these streams the company have the water of three large springs within n few rods of each other , which combined , will dis charge water enough for thousands of people. The property adjoins the celebrated liising Fawn furnace company's iron projioriy , which lias for many years yielded a big reve nue to the Hon. Joseph E. Drown , United States senator from Gcorglai This property i.s on the south , while Just north , and two miles away , antho Dulo coal mines , which are worked by Governor Brown with n large force of miners , and furnish coke to the fur nace nt Uising Fawn , which produces over ono hundred tons of iron I .T day. The new town baa already two hotels ; ono completed by the company will accommodate tholai > o number of guests who will come to attend the public sale of lots on April lf > , This hotel If called "The Hotel State of Dade , " and Is u largo and comfortable building. The prlncln.d avenues mid streets niv al ready graded , and the company will continue the work us nipldly as they can. New Eng land City hie ( t-tnryUtlitR necessary not only for good health vuul the basis for wealth , but she has within her border * all that Is required to build houses from theivck In the founda tions to the pnlut on the outside. The New England company's property is only two miles from the Tennessee river , the Hudson of the south. The opening of Muscle Shoals on May IS will bo a great event in the history of this section , us It will open water transporta tion to the Mississippi ami to the world. The New England company have Issued n beautiful pamphlet of forty-eight p.iges , ele gantly Illustrated , which they will send- free to any address un application. The company Is capitalized nt $ " > , ( K ) > ) .0X ( ) and thc-lbt of directors shows a strong and capable Imdy of New England men. With ample capital and sound management New England City will soon be a thriving town run by some of Now England's plucky people. The farm lands of Lookout valley on this company's pn > i > ory ( aw vcrv good and readily command > 0 to $100 per acre. On April 12 n large excursion of New Knglnnd people- will leave Boston to visit this new city , where they will bo handsomely entertalnc'd unlit after the sale on April 15. Hon. John Jl. Gordon , the present governor of Georgia , came from this country , and he will come to New Eng land City ou April H mid welcome the excur sion from New England. The coming of good New England ix-oplo to this section is hailed with pleasure by the Georgians. Write fora pamphlet to New Hnglnud com pany , No. 1 lleacou street. Hoston , Mass. , or Gov. Hoswoll Farnham , New England City , Ga. , or the Mineral Holt company , Southern hotel , Chattanooga , Tenn. NATIONAL Pmiss Cntci.i : . MKAXING OF A LOUISIANA FLOOD. Devastating KflVutH of nn Overflow of the Mississippi. The heart-rending and tremendously tragic scenes of a ilood in a mountain gforgo are wholly lacking in a Louisiana Hood , says the New Orleans Picayune. Whemn great levee breaks in bur low lands there is a terrible rush of waters it the immediate scene of tlio crevasse , but a short distance from the locality the scenes are entirely different. The water docs not go roaring and raging through a narrow valley , sweep ing everything before it. The yellow ilood pouring through the gap , often en- .arged to the width of miles , simply spreads over the Hat countrv , filling .ho vast shallow basin that it really u'csontH. Day after day the turbid wat- ; rs climb up'aromid and into the dwell ings , the slablcs , the stock-yards , the sugar houses , the cotton sheds , and gin ' houses , while the pastures and cultivated fields are covered. The submersion goes on until the country is inundated from four to twelve feet deep over vast areas. The people retire to their upper rooms , unless , as is often the case with the smaller dwellings , their inhabitants nro floated away. The domestic animals encompassed by a sea of waters perish by thousands from ex haustion or starvation. The muddy water deposits its silt in the houses and upon the growing crops , covering every thing in its reach with a slimy mud. The country roads are extinguished , the bridges lloat away , the railways are dis abled , and boats nlono alTord a means of communication with the population be leaguered by the inundation. Many people are drowned under these unusual circumstances' , many more sicken , and not a few die from the ex posure and privations which they under go , w' ' ilo the suffering for provisions is often so great that the destitute people over vnst areas of submerged country are dependent on charily. The Hooded region is often twenty to lifty miles wide and a hundred miles long , and in all those limits there is scarcely a spot of dry ground. Such a stale of tilings may last ono or two months be fore the waters subside , . and then dry land lit to stand on , much less to plough , is slow in making its appearance. Such is a Hood in Louisiana. If it has not the overwhelmingly terrible and in stantaneous cataclysmic features of a .lohnslown tragedy , it is biillicieiitly deadly and dreadful. Let it not bo con sidered lightly. If you suffer from any nffc/'tion caused by impure blood , such us scrofula , salt rheum , sores , boils , pimples , totter , ringworm , take Dr. J. II. McLean's Sursupurillu. ANOTHKIl ASTOR AI10UT TO WKD. Humored KiiunKcmenl of John , Tncoh , Jr. , to a Philadelphia Hcniity. Philadelphia society now gives cred ence to the rumor that .lohn Jacob Astor , jr. , the youngest scion of the family , is engaged to Miss Willing , a particularly beautiful member of the younger swell set of that city. Mr. Astor the younger is not strikingly handsomobut is amiable and kind of heart , and , like every one endowed with any strain of the Astor blood , is sagacious in money matters. His Ihinceo , if the voice of rumor speaks not falsely , will make up for any want of handsomeness that there may be in him. She is stunning. Although she comes of an old Quaker City family of position and fortune , she , with her mother , has spent most of her life abroad , and when she re turned to her native city about two years ago , she had become so much a foreigner that she spoke with a slight French accent. .Ilor mother has not too great a fancy for prim and quiet Phila delphia , ways , notwithstanding the fact that her name has been associated with the history of the city for a century and a half. The gayer spirit of the New York sot was apparently rather more agreeable to her. She spent last summer at Newport , where her two lovely daughters made their debut in the New York set , and with their wit and beauty absolutely eclipsed Miss Ilargons , Mabel Wright and all the rest of Goth- ain's celebrities. The way their mother with her highbred air fro/.e the pretenses of Koine of the newer millionaires was a matter of note , and if in the coming time any of the Astor diamonds should bo worn by a Willing , their brilliancy will not HiiiYor by reason of any want of style in the wearer. The only complexion powder in the world that is without vulgaritv , without injury to the user , and without doubt a bcuutilicr , is Poz oni's. Deed of n De pcrati' Man , CiUTTAoof.Tenn , April ! ) . --IJielmrd Cattern , while resisting arrest hiht nightshot und killed Deputy Sheriff Gibson and serious ly wounded Deputy Sheriff Hnssett. While endeavoring to oncapo I 'uttern was shot through the bowels mid may die. Fair white hands , ishteleareoi ft healthful PEARS'-The Great English Complexion SOP * , Sold Everywhere. " TS Nature's effort to expel forelRii sub 1 Mancc Ironi tint bronchial | > ii saKi i. Krpquuntly , this cnilseH Intlununatlon and the ncuil ot an nuudyno. No other expectorant or nnodyno Is equal to Aycr'a Cherry 1'eotorul. It as.slst.1 " Nature in oJootlnK the mucus , nllay.1 Irritation , Induces rrposn , nnil is ( ha mast popular ot all cough ciivo.s. "Of the ninny preparation ! before the public for the euro of colda , uottuh.s , In-onchltK nnil Idmlreil dlirinoa , there lit none , within the. rnncjo of my uxperl * once , so reliable in Ayer'a Ohorry Voo- toral. For years I wiw subject to cohN , followed by terrible coinjhH. About four years ORO , when so utlllrtcd , 1 wiw ad- vlsiul to try Aycr'.s Cherry I'octoval nnil to lay all other rcnii'dhvt inlitiI dlil m > , anil within a week was well of niy cotil mul cough. Hltii-o tlum I have nlwuy.s Itept this preparation In tint lioiiso , ninl feel comparatively secure. " Mrs. li. L. Drown , JVnnmrk , Miss , "A few yonrs ago T took n severe cold which nffortcil my liinjTi. I had u ter- rllilo eouuh , and passed nl ht after nlcjht wltnmtt sleep. The doctors K& > ' me up. I tried Ayer's Cherry Teetotal , which relieved my Itinpi , Induced sleep , nud afforded the rest necessary for the recovery of mv ntren"th. lly thn con tinual use of the Pectoral , n permanent cure wns effected. " Horace Kairbrothor , Koekinglmm , Vt. Dr. J. C. Aycr & Co. , Lowell , Mass. BoM by nil Drugf-lniii. 1'rlcc 1 ; lx botllca , . < 5. A Perfect Art Album containing 24 Beautiful Photographs rprosontng ! Tea and Colfco culture , will bo lenten on receipt of your address , ' , CHASE & SANBORN , 136 Broad St. , Boston. Western Dept. CO Franklin St. , Chicago , III , ESTABLISHED IN 1878 BY THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT , OF THE PUBLIC CHARITY. OieraU'cl | under n twenty > c.ir's rontrnct liy the Mutlcnn IntiTiiiitlomil luiinivvment | Company Gninil Monthly dninlnxi liclil In tint Mnronqim Pavilion In tlm Aliui'.rati laik. ( Itv of Mn\lilo ( ami pnhllcly c'ltniliu'ti'il liy invi'i nniunl oMIelaNnppolnti'it llioimrpipsuliy tlio sciTctary of thu Inturlur and tlicTiei3iiry. : LOTTEHY OF THE BBneficiBncia PUblica , THE NEXT MONTILY DRAWING Will bu licM In tliu CITV OP Mi\l'O ; ( , MA.Y B , 189O , Wlilcli Is llio niiAxn SiMi-Ar : > xru. KXTII\oums-- .AIIV IIIIAWINii , lllu CAl'ITAII'ltlX.H bulliK Olio llnndruil and Tncnty Thor anil Dollars. $12OOOO.OO 1'HK'K OP TICKETS American Moncy.fl , Wholes- . : Halves$1 ; Quarters , * - ' ; Eighth Club Uutus : S.V > north of tickets lor ( M. LIST OK I'UIX.IIS. 1 Capital Pilrocir fiajUOU Is jr-'O.OIXl I Capital rrl70iit 40.IXK ) Is M.UiX ) 1 Capital I'rl/oiif ai. < mi ) \ * ail M I liranil I'rl/cof D.ltOO Ix fi.lkHI J I'll/c.sof fc.a ! l ; ir 4.IKX. fi 1'rl/c.sof l.UUU am R.IKX , 20 rrl/L'sof MIO nro KM * * ) IIKI I'llcuH of LW urn 31,110 : iso I'ri/ca of iuu mo ; ism * ) ( & > I'rlwa of 40 aru 21,11V AI'I'IIOXIMATIII.V I'lllZIM. IW ) I'rlics ( iff liMiippKtxIniiit'K to JiaHWW prlro , { Ifl.ODO 180 1'iUiMnf 1JU ( approximate to 111,01X1 prl/u , 16.UHH 150 I'rl/i's of tf > approximate to 31,000 prim , ' .U l " ' . 'J Terminals u HO ilecideil by 12UMI ( prize , Sl.W ) 2,28'.l Prizes AinniinllMK to IWVU All l'rl/l-3 m > kl la tliu United Slates I'ully paid In U. ti. Currency. AGENTS WANTED. tWKoHCl.t'n HATKH , or any further In formation Ipslrcil , wrltit lt > Klbly to thu nndurttluncHl , cluarly tttatliiKyour residence , with Mate , county , Mrrc't anil number , .Muni rapid return mall delivery it 111 bu ansuri'd by your unclosing aa envelope belli Inn your full nildreaa. IMPORTANT. Address , U. llASHKTTf , UITV or Mnxico , MKXICO. lly ordinary Ic-ttcr , nmtalnliiK SlNiv ( ) OUDUIl IHSUIM ! by all Kxprctts Compaiilus. New Vutk 13x- I'liaiiKe , Dratt or 1'oKtnl Notu. fl'KCIAI , I'KATIMUIS. lly tcrniBOf contract thu company mii't deposit tin ) mini of all prl/os Int'ltnled In the M'hc-nnt huforo poll IHK " "Ingle ticket , ami reecho thu followliiKotllrlaI penult : t'KirrmcATiJiornby : ! certify Unit tlm Hank of London and .Mexico has on depo.slt tin ) ncccsHtiry Innds lo Kiiaranti'u tint piiympnt of all prl/e.s drawn by the l.olcri ! : do la lliMiellirnnla I'uLllra. Al'tii.i.VAit CAxru.ui , Intervcnor I'tirther , the company Is KMiulred todlMtrlbutotlfty- Mx percent , of the vnlne of all the tlckelM In prUnx H larger portion than In ulvcn by any other lottery Klnally , the number of tickets Is limited to HU.IXK ) 20Kiu ( ICHJ iiiaii are Bold by other lotteries unlui ; thu same Hclieme. SYPHILIS Can bo curoil In SO to 00 days by the iiso of the Fur nalunnly by llm Cook Iteniedy Co . of Oiunlin. Nebraska. Write to IIH for the tinmen and addresi of Patients who have been cured anil lr in tvhoni vtn linve peiinlHnlon to refer. Syphilis li a dlHcaw tlnil hnH alwaya hauled the xklll ol the must eminent phy Klchuni , and until the discovery of the Cook lieiueily Co'n ' "MAIilC IIIJ.MKDV. " not one in llfty cverlmv Inu the illumine IHIH been ciueil. We Knarantee ( > euro any ruse that can he produced Tlwo wliu Imvo taken mercury , poluHh. rt.H H. HIICUM alternas or oilier advertised rvmc'iic. ' . with only temporary benellt.s can now he peiiiiaiiently cured by Ihe into of thnMAIilC ItKMKDV" nf the Cook llcmcily ( o , Omaha , Neh. Jlewaroof IniltatloiiM It IN absolutely ImpiiHiilhlo for nny oilier puri > on or company in liavo our formula or any remedy like It In f fleet and I exult The I'ook Itemedy d > . hat been IreittlnK patient * for four ) enrn und have nlwayH Klven perfect , rtatlMfnc linn. They ale llnainilnlly rcspoimlhlc , ImvliiK u cap Ital of nvcrfaxUXiU , uinklnu their Ktiiiranlee if > ii < d Wn Hollelt the most obntlnutii canes IhoNo Mho have tried every known remedy mid lost nil hope of rei < > v ery. Correspond H Ith us and let un put you In po ci Ion of evidence Unit convinces the most nkupllcul Murk what we nay : In the end you Ml Mr line our .MAIilC UK.MKDY" before you can Ixi permanently cured. It In the moat herole blood purlller ever kn yn. Write tor particular. All letteis euiillduii- llul. nn MHO ynu tire ceiiini ; inn C'niik Hi.'iiiuily I.'U'H. MiiKlv Itum- i-ily. rviiiii other * urn Kdiulno. 1'iirtlus chiiinliiK t Im uiii'ntii fur us urn lniiii | tiirH uinl fiiuulH Kull | > : irtl- vtiluii fii'ii. Aihlri'SH nil vciiniiiiililrilliin to Hill COOK RHMIiiJY CO. , | I'lSt. ' Cllllr lintel lllueK. I'KHliunil nilKtt hs. | , Umiihu. Nolmii NP.lvol'H DKIIII.nV. Yuunc uml l iiilU illu nyi-d men , tunltTliiK from Kiiuuu * ur Yuimi , r.xr.MviMim Aiumr. ( 'iir Kuurim > twl. lfKtl ul ettleilJiuntalnlug lull par- tlcMlari fur huuiu cure , r KK or uuuuu. 1'UOK. 11 , F. UKSI.KK , I.oclclku ijS. Uttrull , MIcU.