THE OMAHA DAILY BEE SUNDAY-MAY 4. 1800.-TWENTY PAGES.
NOT A LUCRATIVE POSITION ,
The State Commissioners at tbo World's Fair
Will Need a Long Parse ,
ORATOR FERGUSON VERY SIOK ,
III * * ChnnacH r > T Iteaovcry Hnld to be
Very .Slight Doings of tlio Itcnl
Instate I'jxcliiingc State
HOIINC NotcH.
Ltscoi.x , Nob. , May 3. [ Special to THE
Bin : . ] Governor T huyor Is sun'rlscil to 11ml
so ninny persons vigorously pressing their
Milts for the position of stuto commissioner nt
the world's fair to bo held in Chicago In Ib02.
By 11 Into net of congress the governor of each
Btntu Is to nppolut two commissioners from
his state , ono to bo n democrat and the other
n republican. The pay Is $10 per day , but
( V this Is regarded as merely nominal when
compared with tlii enormous expense to
which the commissioner must submit
In satisfactorily entertaining the nu
merous visitors from his state. It Is esti
mated that the expenses of each commissioner
will bo nil the way from * IU,000 to fJO.OCO
during the great fair. Why so ninny per
sons should want n position that will mnho
such Inroads on their purses Is regarded as
hn enigma. The men who sccuro the ap-
pol ntmcnt must ho gentlemen of wealth and
state reputation who wish the position moro
for Its .social features and the honor con
nected with It than for the compensation
received.
mmusox's coxumox.
Orator Ferguson Is In n dangerous condition
nnd his chances of recovery are very slight.
Early tills morning his symptoms showed n
sllgh't improvement , but about the middle of
the forenoon ho suffered a sudden relapse mid
Chancellor Crelghton , who Is it physician and
1ms been constantly with his pupil slnee thu
latter was prostrated , became alarmed and
sent Into the city for two or tlirco of the lead
ing doctors. It was discovered that the un
fortunate young man was suffering with brain
fever as well as nervous prostration and a
consultation was held by the medical gentle
men on the case.
r.xciiAXon.
Mr. Oakley , chairman of the committee
having in charge the location of the proposed
Episcopal school , reported to the real cstato
exchange this morning the .selection of Grand
View as the site for thlit institution. The
report was accepted and the committee dis
charged. The people in tlio vicinity of the
proposed site are delighted with the selec
tion.
tion.Mr.
Mr. Oakley mildly censured tlio apathetic
spirit displayed in the transactions regarding
t ho Lincoln & Western railroad. Mr. T. P.
Kcnnnrd took Issue with him and thought
there wits no need of any ono feeling dis
couraged. The success of the enterprise , ho
thought , Is only u matter of time.
CAl'ITOI. IXTKLT.IOUXCB.
Pierce county court house bonds to the
amount of § 25,01)0 ) were registered In Auditor
Benton's office tills morning.
J. C. Cooper.is hero to appear before the
state board of equalization in the Interests of
the Hock Island railway company.
Amended articles of incorporation of the
Western trust and security company , Fre
mont , were filed In the olllcoof the secretary
of state this morning. The capital stock is
KiOOX)0 ( ) ,
Articles of incorporation of the Security
savings bank were illed with the secretary.
The authorized capital stock Is SlOO.lKlO.
A petition in ciror has been filed in the supreme
premo court In which Peter Olscn is p luintilt
nnd Ella Peterson defendant. The latter
claims that she is an unmarried woman nnd
that the child to which she pave birth De
cember 2. ) , l SS. is the offspring of Olsen.
Tlio defense of Olscn was that Miss Peterson
wns living with ono Andrew Anderson as his
wife , but this testimony was refused , nnd It
Is on tills and other alleged errors that the
i case is appealed. Miss Peterson recovered
tti'J. ) damages and $102.23 costs.
.CITY yr.v < a AND NOTUS.
Miss Flom-Bullock , daughter of Mr. C. G.
Bullock of this city , has been awarded the
pr'uo for Nebraska offered by the publishers
"o'f the Youth's Companion for the best essay
on the "Patriotic Influence of the American
Flag when liaised over the Public Schools. "
Judge Fields opened the district court to
day for the purpose of adjourning the Febru
ary term. The May term begins Monday.
yesterday afternoon a reception wns given
at the homo of Miss Lena Loomls by the
three Indies'secret societies to the visiting
fraternity delegates and orators and the
local students. Nearly a hundred gentlemen
resiHimled to the invitation.
Ed Kitchen of Fremont is the guest of his
brother , Fnmk Kitchen.
Adjutant General Cole has Issued an order
in which ho declares that William Blschoff ,
formoilv captain of Company C , Second regi
ment , Nebraska National Guard , has been
elccU.l lieutenant colonel of that regiment.
Tno general also nottlled First Lieutenant
Morton of Company C to call an election for
the purpose of lln'lng any vacancy that may
bfl caused by the promotion of Captain
"IMiss Outcult gave a high-live party ycster-
* * ( lav afternoon in honor of her guest , Miss
\Vhilo of St. Louis.
Commencing tomorrow ( Sunday ) morning
street cars on the Kast O street line will run
north every twelve minutes Instead of every
fifteen minutes as formerly. The K street
line will run direct from Twenty-seventh nnd
Vine to Thirty-second and Vine , or Peck's
grove , Instead of transferring at Twenty-
seventh mid U streets as formerly.
Till ; HKK HUHjDIXG.
The Most Paludal Ollleo Huilillng In
, the West. ,
THU JlKi : building was opened to tenants
less than ten months ago-In fact part of the
building was not finished until Into In
September. No soliciting of tenants has
been done by the company , cither by circu
lars sent out or by drummers' appeals to
oflleomen throughout the city. And the es
tablished and graded rental rates have not
been shaded to Induce parties to locate their
offices In Tlio Boo building. It stands purely
on Its merits us the most convenient , best
ventilated , best lighted , and most substantial
ofllco building In the United States. Tlio re
sult is that the very best class of tenants have
taken quarters la thu building.
Let us ascend to the top iloornnd take a
brief Inventory of the occupants us wo go
down.
The top floor ( eighth story ) was originally
designed for a restaurant und a barber shop.
Tln'latterwlll , open this week and the restau
rant bv Juno 1. Tlio Omaha Press club tem
porarily occupies a suite of rooms adjacent to
the restaurant.
The seventh story ( sixth floor ) Is occupied
oy Tin : BKIS editorial rooms , composing and
stereotyping rooms , mulling ami cloak rooms ,
two rooms for the army printing otllco , two
rooms by F. A. Blanchurd , Job printer ; S. 1C.
Felton. water-works contractor : Bell , Bor-
linghoff & Co. , architects ; J. G. Miner , oil
stocks ; Hurtnmn it Collins , manufacturers'
agents.
The cntlro sixth story ( fifth floor ) thirty-
eight ofllco rooms , is occupied by the general
commanding and officers connected with the
henduuurtors of the department of the Platte ,
Tlio nfth story ( Ith floor ) Is occupied as
follows :
F. M. Ellis , architect , (2 ( rooms ) ; The Penn
sylvania Mutual llfo insurance company , J.
B , Smith & Co , , pavement contractors ; W ,
K. Henderson , "The Central West , " (2 (
rooms ) ; North western Mutual llfo insurance
company , K. Stevens & Son , contractors ;
Lieutenant II. M. Chlttenden , engineer
United States Army , (2 ( rooms ) ; Car Hervlco
association and Domurrogobureau , (2rooms ( ) ;
Kosowutor ft Chrystle , sanitary engineers ,
(2 ( rooms ) ; Mead Investment company , loans
and mil estate ; Wel ter & How
ard , insurance. ; William Lister , con
tractor ; Fay & Byrne , plaster-
el's ; Knlfllii it Adums , painters ;
Omaha Coal exchange : G. A. Lang .t Co. ,
decorative painters ; U , K.Taylor , tyitowritcrs
and phonographs ( two rooms ) ; Bulch , Keutor
ft Co. , boiler purge manufacturer's ; John
] { owland , stone contractor ; Hand Investment
company , loans ; Omaha vltrlllod paving brick
and tlio company ; \j. s , loan and investment
company ! Connecticut mutual llfo Insurance
company jKdholm & Aklu.wholesulo jewelry ;
J. L. Dlack , surveyor ; J. L. Illro , real estate ;
G. W. Sues & Co. , patent attorneys ; Johu II.
J'loivo , attorney ,
uifov * story ( third floor ) : Douglas county
equity court ( tbrco rooms ) ; John Qrntit ,
pavements.
Thirdstorr ( second floor ) : Massachusetts
mutual llfo Insurance company ( two rooms ) !
Dr. U. II. Uirney , nose and throat specialist
( two rooms ) ; Patrick land compiuiy , owners
Dundee place ( three rooms ) .
The second story , or bank floor , has the
most superb suite of onicc.4 of nnv building In
Omaha. The west half. AUh-dlvfdcd Into llvo
ofliccs , Is occupied by the American water
works company , and the post half lias been
retained by Tin : Uiit : for Us counting room ,
directors' room , subscription and circulation
departments.
The ground floor on the Farnnm street
front , west of the grand entrance , Is occupied
by the city treasurer and city comptroller.
In the rear of these oftlcos and facing the
court and city hull alley arc TUB UEI : press
and mulling rooms. Mulr & Claylord
occupy an ofllco on the Faniam
street front east of * tlio main
entrance , and .1. D. Antes has established a
eifar ( and tobacco stand near the foot of the
elevator In the court.
The leases already signed represent nn an
nual rental Income of over f I2XH ( ) . The terms
of the leases extend all the way from ono to
ten years.
Of the 187 offices In this building , which
number Includes those on the Fiirnuin nnd
Seventeenth street fronts , 113 are now occu
pied.
DO YOU IiOVIS A JIOHSK.
Then Ituy One May ( I. Kcnd.
Not often are the public treated to so great
n feast in horseflesh ( wo do not mean served
n la Franco ) as will no presented May 0 , at
the fair grounds , Lincoln , Neb. The grand
miircli will liogiii at 10 a. in. nnd the re
nowned Colonel Woods will servo In the.
capacity of muster of ceremonies. At the
hoar of 10 one of the grandest collections of
stundiird-hred trotting horses the west lias
overseen , the property of one man will ho
exhibited to harness nnd Immediately the
sale will begin. F. M. McOillin , the re
puted millionaire , formerly of Cleveland , O. ,
and who for some years conducted a very ex-
tcnrive breeding establishment at Stratum ,
this state , has , duo to extensive mercantile
interests In Cliic.igo , concluded to dispose of
his stud of standard-bred horses , ami to save
time has decided upon doing so at public auc
tion. Wo hope that many of the choice colts
nnd llllics and elegant brood mares will bo re
tained in Nebraska to assist hi building
up the trotting horse industry until
this state shall rival famed Kentucky
and California. This state being so favor
ably adapted to horse breeding , and the bet
tor people evincing such a deep Interest in
the pursuit. Tin : 15ii : : has deemed it expe
dient to cull attention to this important sale
as more than amassing matter. On the sumo
day the executive committee of the Nebraska
Trotting ilorso Breeders' association meets ,
nnd it is safe to say that the principal breed
ers of the state and the nujut pronounced
lovers of that noble animal , "horse , " can bo
found nt Lincoln May C.
An elegant catalogue has been received nnd
n casual investigation disclosed the blood of
royal families ; the blood that coursed through
the veins of the grcot campaigners and tlio
star performers as they came under the wire
a full length ahead In such phenomenal time
as UOSJf : , 2:10 : , 2:1 : . ' , etc. At the head of this
stud stands tlio great inbred Ilumblctonlan
stallion , Van ZimiU2178. ( sire of Volk , S : ! l )
son of Florida 482 , ( sire of the great
Wyoming three-year-old Faust:18 : , )
the two year-old Frenzy 2:27J : { and llvo
others witli records less than 2:27 , , dam
Bertha by Tlionulalo ! ) :05 : , sire of Edwin
rrhorno2:10.f : and live others with records of
250 : ! or better. Van Kamlt is eight years old ,
stands IU hands high , weighs 1,200 pounds , is
sound as a bull and a natural trotter and an
excellent sire.
Next on the list is Munson , SO IS , a beauti
ful brown horse , lJi9t hands high und weigh
ing 1X)0 , ! ) pounds , llo is seven years of ago
and is a son of General Knox , UO , ( sire of
Lady Maud , 2:18 : ! , Comurs , 2:18 : mid thir
teen others with records of 2 : 'M or bettor ) .
General Knox sired the dams of twelve per
formers , and nineteen of his sons have sired
performers und four of his grand-sons have
sired performers. Tills should lend ono tobe-
liovo that tlio blood of General Knox is breed
ing on. Tlio dum of Munson is a sister in
blood to Opal , 2:2 : ! ! , by .lav Gould , 11)7 ) , sire of
Adele Gould , 2:10 : , and sixteen others in the
unarmed circle. Jay Gould bus four sons that
have sired seven performers. Munson is
very nearly n perfect picture of u horse , is
very fust , liuvlng trotted quarters in U7 sec
onds. There will bo offered also Viceroy , by
Van Zaiult. dam by Ueveillc , 2:21 : Jf , n bay
colt fo.ilcd In IbSS : .Too Hector , by Hermes , by
Harold ( sire of Maud S. , 2USii : ) Minstrel
Hey , by Minstrel , tilS2 ! , by Monaco , brother
in blood to Nutwood , 2ls : % ; Musseimun , by
Melroso. 2:21) : ) % , son of Monaco ; Van Dyke ,
by Van Xiitult , dnm bv Wilson's Blue Bull ;
MePhcrson , by Minstrel , son of Mo
naco , dam Miss Helen , by In-
diunapolis , 2:21. : Indianapolis is n son
of Tattler ( sire of Build Noble , 2 : l i ) , Tat
tler was by I'llot. Jr. , 12 ; Criterion by Con-
nought 2:24 : by Wedgwood 2li ) , that great
stallion campaigner , the horse that some of
our Nebraska fanciers and breeders have
sent clear to Tennessee to breed to this year ;
Vis Count by Va n Xiindt , Verger by Vim
Xundt dum by Nugget 2:2jJi : ( , und Judge Connolly
nelly should not bo forgotten. Ho is by Van
Zaiult and his dam is u Tex us saddle mure ,
a cow-puncher's pony , and the beauty of this
horse , his grand conformation and his speed
all stamp Van Xnndt as ouo of the greatest
sires living.
In brood marcs they have Panic Mist by
Panto ( sire of Butterscotch , 2:20) : ) ; Maggie
West by Star Itumblctoniun , IKIt ; Nantura
by Nugget.2:20 : > 'i ; dam by Stephen A.Douglus
by Iliimbletoniun 10. Nugget's dum Is
Minervu , by Pilot , jr. . 12. a brood muro rich
enough for any man's harem. Nellie Clny
by Hurry Clay , 45 , dam by Sweepstakes by
Ilamblctonian , 10 , Is another of the royally
bred sort. Desda C , by Kevcillo , 1472,2:21 : ,
dam Union Hello by Blazing Star , ( sire of
Sleepy Tom , 2:2 : , nnd others , ) is another
good one. Bertha , by General Washington ,
dum , Lady Bismarck by Chieftain , ( sire of
Defiance , 2:21 : , nnd others ) . Nelscin , by
Whiteline,2)0 : ! ) , ( sire of Glen Miller , 2:18) : ) .
Maud Conway , by Conwivy , 2:18i : ,
by Wedgwood , 2ll : > , ( sire of Favoniu ,
2:15 : , and others ) . Belle Greene ,
by Jefferson Prince ( sire ot Little Nell ,
2:19 : , etc. ) ; Etta C , by Wilson's Blue Bull ;
Ellenor Lambert by Daniel Lambert ; Bcssio
Martin , by Norval : Duchess , by Duke of
Brunswick : Snowdrift , by Hamlet ; Sister
Jennie and Sister Kate , by Whitellnes ( sire
Glen Miller , 2:18) : ) ; Miss Helen , by Indian
apolis , 2:21 : ( sire of Build Doble , 2:1 : ! % dam
Indiana by Mumbrtno Chief , 11 ; Lulu C , by
Hamblutonlanll'U , son of Hobcrt Bonner.
dam Miss Sueloy by Black Hawk ( son of
Black Hawk , 5) ) ; Novice by Pilot Wilkes'
dnm by King Searcher , ( son of Old Searcher ,
sire of the dam of General Knox , with llfteen
in 20 : ! ! or better ) ; Lottu , by Tim Goading by
Champion SOS. ( sire of sixteen in the 2 : : ,0 list )
dam Aland B. by Louis Niuioleon ( sire of
Jerome Eddy , 2:1UK : ) ; Blue Bella by Son of
Blue Bull , dam Hed Buck ; Minnie Clay by
Monte Carlo (2:21 ( : % ) dam Nellie Clay by
Harry Clay ( sire of thirteen dams with
twenty-one trotters In the 2 : : JO list ) ; Monte
Carlo is by Monaco , his dam by Harold ; Miss
Brown White by Brown Wilkes (2:21Ji ( : ) dam
Nclscin by Whltellno (2 ( : ! )0) ) ) ; Mercy br Mun-
son ( Wlb ) . dam Novice by Pilot Wilkes ;
Bessie Hell by Van Xunilt , dam by Nor-
vulj Helen Van /.mult by Van Xandt ,
dam Miss Helen by Indianapolis ;
Velocity by Van Kundt dam by
\Vllliuin Welch ( slro of Jeremiah 2:2J : f ) , by
Hambletonlaii 10 Helen B , by Hope-bo , by
Hermes ; Virginia by Van /.undt , dum by
Jefferson Prince , ( sire of Little Nell , 2:10)4' : ,
etc. ) This Is n partial list from the catalogue
presented by F. M. McGlllin , and It Is hoped
that many of 'I'm : BIK : renders will tuko nd-
vunUigu of the offering and bo present. For
catalogues call oir or address Western Ko-
sourccs , 111 North Ninth street , Lincoln ,
Neb.
THE HOAOTU HKXO.
Olject of Mayor CusliliiK'H Trip to tlio
Wcht IniHt Kail.
The recently started rumor that some rail
road company projwsed constructing a now
line direct from Denver to Suit Lake City 1ms
given foundation for supposition that Mayor
Cuahlng might have been on a mission per
taining to preliminary arrangements for that
scheme when ho was out west so long last
full. He , however , professes Ignorance of
such a project and claims that his trip had
reference only to private business. From
other sources comes Information to the effect
that Ills private business referred to railroad
matters. Ho left the Uuiou Pucltie ut Green
Hiver and went by team across the country
by way of Fort IJeao to Salt Lake. Fort
Ucno people are very anxious to have some
body , they don't euro who , build a ro-id to
their town. It 1s located in the mountains ,
about half way between the Union Puclllo
und Hlo Graudo Western , 150 miles from
either , uud 110 way except by "alow coach" of i
KELLET , STIGER & CO. ;
Ml / S
Corner Dodge and 15th Streets.
SilksSilks
Silks
Important
Notice.
LYONS SILKS
Faille francaise worth SI. 15 , at UOc.
Cashmere sublime worth 11 , at 7-lc.
Armuro royal worth $ \,25. \ at $1.15.
llbadama worth $1.25 , at $1.
Rhadama worth $1 , at 80c.
Reliable , warranted perfect black
dyes , pure silk.
'
SILK REMNANTS.
Short lengths , medium lengths and
dress lengths at prices that will clear
the lot.
Remnants gros grains , faille , Mirah ,
rhadama , armuro , plain china , fancy
china , etc.
Wo place on our counters Monday
remnants of all kinds of wash fabrics at
your own prices.
Remnants nainsook , lawns , India lin
en , sattccns and ginghams.
40-inch bordered apron lawn , on Mon
day 12ic.
KELLEY , STIG : 15th Streets.
Betting inor out. Mr. Cusliinp might have
been looking over tlio route with n view to
ascertain u-lint could be ilone , nnd it is bu-
liovcil lie went in the interest of the Union
Pacific. But the Denver-Suit Lake enter
prise is still under consideration. In nrfru-
ment of its feasibility , a Union Pacific ofllela
suid yesterday that the company enterprising
enough to get in and build the road would
get the persimmon. "Why ? Because any
line touching the big towns can do the busi
ness. It can maintain better service nnd run
finer trains , and more than .10 per cent of the
west-bound travel goes to cither Denver or
Suit Lalte , or both. "
An Exchange of Courtesies.
Vice President Holcomb , who yesterday
returned from Boston , where lie attended the
annual meeting of the Union Pacillc direc
tors , says that the session wns devoid of
special interest. It only required about thirty
minutes to do the business , mid thereafter
his time was devoted to mutters connected
with new work ordered months ago and now
under way.
As to the election of a Northwestern man
into the directory , Mr. Holromb said that
hud no significance. It wns simply an act of
reciprocity in return for favors shown a
Union Pacific man , Fred Ames , who has for
years been a director on tlio Northwestern
board. "Wo wanted to bo as polite as they
had been , " ho said.
Only Ono JIour'H Difference.
"Denver papers have been crowing wildly
over Omulm's great misfortune , as they call
It , In losing the Burlington's fast through
train. They herald the slight as a body blow
against this city's commercial importance ,
and predict nil sorts of disastrous results. "
Thus spolco n Union Pacific ofllcinl , who pro
duced plenty of proof to substantiate the
statement niiulo by him that the Union Pa-
citle-Northwestcrn combination is now run
ning n Chicago-Denver train that pusses
through Omaha and makes tlio trip almost
as quick as the Burlington. In fact , there is
only ono hour's difference. The Burlington's
schedule Is thirty-one bout's and the Union
Pacific's .
thirty-two.
Notes nml I'cr.sonnlH.
President Perkins'First , vice-President of
Peasloy , Second vice-President Harris and
Comptroller Ludd of the Burlington , were In
Omana n few hours yesterday. They aw out
in n special train of private cars on a tour of
inspection over" tlio system.
General Manager St. John of the Hock
Island , accompanied by Mi's. St. John and
her sister , stopped a short thno in Omaha
yesterday en route homo from the west.
Sam Graves , the young actor , for a long
time iu General Manager Dickinson's ofliee ,
has gone to Green Ulver , where ho becomes
chief clerk to Assistant Division Superin
tendent Corwin. Sum was popular in Omaha
and leaves a host of friends who will miss his
society.
Ijli.'i.-nso.
Man-luge licenses were Issued by .luilgo
Shields yesterday , the following being the
parties :
Name and residence. * Ago.
( Fred Helmers , Omaha ! IO
| Maria Madlc , Omiilm 19
I .Tabo Frank , Omaha 82
I Kllso Johnson , Omaha 24
I Andrew C. Keller , Council Bluffs , In. . 20
| Etta Morrison , Omaha 20
j William A. Olds , Omaha 40
I Josephine. A. Dunn , Omaha 21
j John Lohlcln , Omaha 2IJ
lAnuloPrlol Omaha S3
Villiscn , Iowa People are to bo
favored with a concert by Omaha's
popular "T , K. " quartette on tlio 7th
lust.
The Ohio Club.
The Ohio club banquet to bo held In tbo
Puxton hotel parlors on the evening of May 8
promises to be an enjoyable affair. Souvenir
tickets are being Issued to all Ohiouns who
uro members Inviting them to coma and bring
their wives. Ohloans who uro not members
are Invited to Join the club on or before the
evening of the banquet. The latter will bo
frco to all members , Ohloans may Join by
applying to the clerk of the Puxton hotel ,
Tlio membership fee is tl.
A fourteen-year-old boy confined in a
Paris prison for attempted murder , be
ing put into a straight jackkct as a
punishment for violation of the rules ,
managed to free himself by rubbing oil
the fastenings nguiiiht a corner of his
cell door frame , and then made out of
his clothes a rope with whlv'h lie
strangled himself from the bara of his
cull ,
Irresistable
Bargains.
5000 yards of pure mohair lustre , at-
60c.
60c.Plaids all nriccs. Your own prices.
Plaids ID-inches wide. 53c.
Plaids 42-inchcs wide , very choice ,
COc.
COc.Plalds'75c
Plalds'75c , 85c : tnd $1. The latest
importations.
Beige. 15000 yards line all wool ,
clearing price 4oc.
Challio. 1000 yards line French
styles , ; )0-inches ) wide , ; toe.
fiOOOyards challle at 20c. The best
value tins season.
French chnlllo. The latest , styles , 4oc.
Paris robes
Tweed suitini'S in robes.
Cheviot styles in robes.
Fancy plaids in robes.
Real cmbroideiod robes.
Pretty stripes in robes.
All the late styles.
Our prices are lower than ever.
Brilliantincs. All our 75c line of
handsome shades go on Monday at GOc.
Serge. This line surpasses anything
shown , 55c.
55c.BLxAOK
BLxAOK
The correct thing for summer. The
most sorvicablo fabric made. The fash
ion in Europe and the east.
Gloria. Gloria
Mohair lustra worth'75c , as a leader
on Monday. 55c.
Broadcloth for capes and cloaks , $ \ .
Nuns veiling , the best va'uo in the
marlfot at COc.
HERE'S ' A MERMAID AT LAST ,
A Symposium of Good" Stories About Men
and Other Auimals.
SHAKES SAVE A SAILOR'S ' LIFE.
Singular Vici Hilmlosof a Hcn-I'cckctl
Connecticut Cat A Schooner's Uv-
pcricncc witli an Angry AVhulo
.To-.Jo IB Out-Done.
W. W. Slanton , mate of the schoojier
Addio Sohnelleiyiow lying at tlio Market
House dock , while fishing for bass MO
miles ofT St. Augustine , drew iu his line ,
and found entangled therein the strang
est fish , if it is a fish , that has over been
caught , says a Jacksonville ( Flu. ) dis
patch to the New York Sun. This
strange creature is about six feet long ,
pure white , and scaleloss. Tlio head
'
and face are wonderfully human in
shape and feature. TJio shoulders are
well outlined , and very much resemble
those of a woman , and the bosom is well
defined and shows considerable develop
ment , while the hips and abdomen con
tinue the human appearance. There
are four llipperst\vo of which are placed
at the lower termination of the body ,
and gave ono the impression that nature
made an effort to supply the strange
creature with lower limbs. Mr. Stanton
confesses to qulto a fright on first sight
of his queer prize , which , on being
drawn on board , gave utterance to a
low , moaning cry , which might easily
have been mistaken for tlio sobbing of a
baby.
It is extremely unfortunate that Mr.
Stanton did not succeed in keeping the
creature alive , which ho thinks might
have been done , as the strange object
lived two days after being taken. The
schooner has been thronged all day by
curious visitors , who express much
wonder and astonishment at tlio strange
object. Mr. Stanton , after visiting sev
eral ports and showing his strange crea
ture , will donate it to tlio Smithsonian
institution. The fish or mermaid is in a
largo six-foot glass jar4u alcohol.
Raved by Hharkw.
Remarkable Is the stdVyof the sea that
comes from St. Mnlo , Franco , tlio narrator
rater being nn ancient ? nnrlnor named
Baucho , whoso painful experiences in a
small boat on the ocean ought to bo a
warrant for the truth of his tale.
Baucho , In a vessel called the Malhlldov
sailed to Martinique , "Willie In the har
bor of St. Plorro In a boat with tlio cabin
boy ono day ho was driven occanward by
a gale of wind. ' ' " '
After the ilrst night nt sea Baucho
says that tlio cabin boy bccamo partly
delirious , water was 'tilling the boat
every instant , and in'order to prevent
the dying lad from boinjj drowned In It
the old sailor mudo pails of tlio legs of
ills pantaloons , and wan'thus ' enabled to
keep the bottom of the Ilttlo craft toler
ably dry. Ho had also to deprive him
self of his shirt , which ho utilized us a
Hag of distress.
On the third day the cabin boy died ,
nnd hardly was the breath out of Ills
body before seven or eight ferocious
black sharks began to circle round the
boat , which they sometimes almost
touched. Rather than deliver up the
dead body to the monsters of the deep ,
Baucho kept it until It bccamo decom
posed.
Being afraid of illness ho at length
throw ft overboard , after having said
his prayers over It , and tlio prey was
speedily seized by the sharks , who dis
appeared with it and did not show up
again for about twenty-four hours or so.
Buucho now felt'so utterly miserable
that ho wut thinking of throwing him-
Astonishing bargains in Lnco Flouuc-
icgs and Draping Nets. Another largo
assortment just opened.
48-inch Black Dotted Fish Nets , 70o ;
worth $1.
18-inch black All Silk Russian nnd
Tosca Draping Nets at B-JC , $1.15 nnd
$1.40. worth one-half moro.
18-inch black nil silk Tosca , Russian ,
and Brussels Nets , in elegaut figured ,
dotted and striped effects , latest uovol-
ties , atSl.-IO , $1.0.j , $2 , $12.85 and $3.60.
12-Inch black all silk "La Tosca"
Flouncing , something quite now , choice
designs , $1.10 , $1.85 , $2.60 , $3 , $3.76 ,
$4.60 and $3 a yard.
BLACK
Chantilly Laces :
Immense assortment for Millinery ,
Capo and Wrap Trimmings UOc , 2-3c ,
30c , 35c , 60c , 76c , up to $1.25 a yard.
Real hand Made Medici and Torchon
Loccs , special reduced prices at 5c , 7jc ,
lOc , 12jc , 15c. 2oc , 35c a yard.
45-inch Swiss Embroidered Skirtings ,
choice novelties in Guimnro , Vandyke ,
Rovoriug , II , S. Block Work. Hand
Drawn Worn etc. . all the latest novel
ties , 50c , GOC , 75c , SI , $1.25$1.50 up to $4
a yard.
22J and 27 inch Swiss and Nainsook
Embroidered Flouncings in all the
latest novelties , the correct thing for
children's dresses , at 35c. 40c , 50c. 76c ,
$1 , $1,25 , $1.60 up to $4 a yard.
45-inch Real U. S. Lawn , 40c , worth
COc.
COc.30inch and 40-inch Real Hemstitched
Tucked Lawns nt Ooc , 75c , S5c , $1.15 ,
$1.25 , $1.40 a yard.
Choice Novelties in Cambric , Nain
seek and Swiss sets in Vandykes. Oui-
poiro. Irleh 1'rin s. Perpendicular Pat
terns , Revering , fancy Hemstitching ,
etc. Ladies who have scon our stock toll
us that wo have the finest , line in the
city. All at popular prices.
self overboard , when lie was dissuaded
from his intention by the reappearance
of the sharks , who , after eyeing him
ravenously for some time , actually began
to gambol before him , as if in anticipa
tion of a good feed ofT his body.
"I did not want to bo eaten alive , " re
marked Baucho in his narrative of his
perilous adventures to a London ' .Tele
graph correspondent , "so I remained
where I was and awaited assistance. "
On the seventh day the sailor lost con
sciousness , fell down in the boat , and
was rescued in an insensible condition
bv a Norwegian baric. In his mouth the
Norwegian sailors found what they first
thought was an old quid of tobacco , but
which proved to bo part of the horn
handle of his knife , which Baucho was
crunching to stave off hunger when ho
became unconscious.
PURS Ilossctl by Ititldy.
At Stafford Springs n facetious and
determined old lien wanted to sit , but her
owner took away her eggs : whereupon
in querulous mood she quit her nest and
blustered about the homestead , finding a
great deal of fault with life , writes a
Willimatic , Conn. , correspondent of the
Now York Sun. Wliilo she was doing
that the family cat discovered her artis
tically wrought and rounded nest , curled
up in it , and deposited live kittens in it.
Then biddy came back , pitched into
missy , fairly drove her oil' the nest , flow
in and sat down on the kittens , evidently
inferring they were a now kind of chick
ens she had hatched in a moment of
mental abstraction.
For a day or two the lion brooded
away , and the unhappy cat stalked
about the promises , watching for an opportunity -
portunity to got back her own. At the
end of three days tlio hen had to quit the
old stand for food and water , and prompt
ly the cat slipped into tlio nest , and , tak
ing the kittens ono by ono by the scruff
of the neck , transported thorn all to a
distant purt of the haymow. Then
came Biddy homo again , and when
she found the fledglings flown she
raised another noisy row all about
tlio farm. She looked alow and aloft ,
vainly for awhile , for tlio missing brood ,
and finally found them ranged like pegs
on a telegraph polo arm alongside tlio
parent cat. Again there was a battle
and again the old cat had to flee from
the furious henpecking , but she took
along ono kitten in her tooth , while tlio
lien hold tlio Hold of battle and four
feline spoils.
With tlio kitten in her tooth the cat
scaled a high BcnITold and made for her-
bolf a now homo , with -her one offspring
by her sldo , but the old lion Is still en
camped on tlio rest of tlio kittens in the
new-made nest. She lays not , neither
does she caclo , but it really looks as If
she was going to bring up the four kits
in spite of all drawbacks and setbacks.
The Stafford Springs man has watched
the proceedings Impartially , but with
Interest , and ho fancies ho Is proprietor
of the only case of cat and hen abduction
and rcabduotlon.
Thin IlcntH Jo Jo.
"Will you please put that cat out of
tlio room , " said Dr. Bollngo of the San
Francisco commissioners of insanity to
Undoi-Shoritr Flddos.
Fiddos smilingly wild : "Why , Doc
tor , that Is not a cat ; that's your pa
tient. "
"Meow , moow. meow , " sounded all
through tlio building , and the under-
sheriff commenced to sneak to a man
who wiuMip for examination , when that
individual jumped on ills back like tin
angry cat , sprang over on ono sldo with
a loud phowuwt sound , and then sud
denly calmed down , remarking In a mat
ter-of-fact tone as ho subsided : "I
thought you were a lion. "
Frank Souhadra is a Bohemian who
is demented on thu subject of cats , says
the San Francisco Examiner. At times
he Imagines himself a cat and wauls and
mows in every note of tlio feline gamut.
Not long since ho wont into a prominent
restaurant and demanded "cats. "
"I want live cuts , cats on toast , stowed
cuts , broiled cuts , cat suusugo uud puint-
lOOdozon Ladles' II. S. Sheer Linen
Lawn Handkerchiefs In all tlio latest
1 French printed designs lOc. These are
positively worth and have been sold by
us at 15c and 20c onch.
I 100 dozen Ladles' Em
broidered Seollopmlatid II.
! S. border handkerchiefs , I5c
choice designs , in hand-
drawn and blocit work , Re
vering and Grecian olTccts , \voi th
etc. These are worth and
have boon sold by us at 25c Hoc nnd 50c !
and UOc each ,
Latent novelties in
Dress Trimmings.
Buckles and Slides at astonishingly
low prices.
Lioen Department
Wo have just received a largo im
portation of line Damask , double satin
llnish , full two yards wide. Wo have a
largo variety 'of patterns , such as
checks , dots' , figures , flowers , vines ,
leaves , etc. , and Napkins to match.
Monday morning at the following
prices : $1 , $1.25 , $1.117 } , $1.50. $1.08 ,
$1.85. $2 , $2.25 , $2.50 , $2.75 per yard.
10 pieces Cream German Damask , full
wicth and good quality , at oOc. worth
75c.
10 pieces Gorman Half Bleached
Damask , beautiful goods at 0-5c , worth
OOc.
1 bale of checked Glass Toweling , all
linen , good quality , at lOc , worth 12Jc.
1 bale of very lliio Glass Toweling ,
fancy patterns , at 12io , worth lOJc.
50 dozen Huck Towels , all linen ,
largo size , at $1.50 per dozen , worth
$2.25.
50 dozen Huck and Damask Towels ,
knotted fringe , at lic ) each , worth 2oc.
200 dozen extra largo line Huck and
Damiisk Towels at 2oc , extra value.
25 dozen bleached Turkish bath Tow
els , large size , at 12o } each , worth 20c.
60 dozen Turkish bath Towels in four
different styles , all new and fresh ele
gant goods , and they go at 2oc each ,
worth 40c.
Wo are also showing a great variety
of Marseilles and Crochet Quilts. Cro
chet Quilts at 75c , $1 , * 1.2-5 , $1.50.
Marseilles Quilts atl.)0. ! ) $2.25 , $2.00 ,
$ K , W.25 , $4 , $4.50 , $5 , $0 , J0.75 , $7.50 ,
S8.CO.
ed cats. " At the same- time ho set up
such 11 yowl as nearly froze the blood of
every waitress in the place and sent the
lady proprietor screaming out in the
street for help. Souhrada , frightened
by the discord , made an imitation of a
cat , raising his back , and with a wild
rush , jumped through the back window
and over the fence as nimbly as the ani
mal ho imagines himself to lo.
Two nights ago the arresting ( officer
down on Mission street hoard a cater
wauling concert that surpiwied any ho
had over heard , and with police Instinct
placed his lingers in his oars and .started
to retrace his steps on his boat. IIdlmd
not gone far before he heard a human
scream from a window hastily thrown
up , and going back , saw on the eaves of
ii hoiis-o a man rushing wildly about on
his hands and feet and uttering perfect
imitations of the notes so familiar on the
back sheds in the early hours of night ,
when sloop is so hard to bo induced.
Then the ofllcor , who at Jirst thought
ho had spotted a burglar , concluded that
ho hud run across a crazy man , a fact
which became fixed in Ins mind as ho
saw the individual give chase to a cat
that suddenly made its appearance on
the roof.
"Como down , " the officer cried , "or
I'll shoot. "
"Burrrrraro , meow , owagh , " was the
reply lie got.
After wasting considerable time the
cat-man was ilnally got down , handcuffed
and taken to the station. Yesterday in
the commissioners' oflieo the Bohemian
convulsed the audience by an exhibition
of his delusion. lie would purr softly
and rub himself against ono man's legs ,
while ho would go against another with
every indication of feline spleen , mut
tering cat cusses and snatching at the
object with fury. The examination was
short , nnd at its end the poor victim was
sent to Agnows by Judge Hunt.
Ran Afoul of u AVIinlo.
Captain John G. Crossloy of the three-
masted schooner Edward F. Mansfield ,
which arrived at Baltimore recently
from Charleston to P. Harding & Co. ,
had a rough experience oil' Hattoras
with a largo school of whales on Tues
day , the 8th inst.
The schooner had a narrow escape
from going to the bottom by being in
collision with ono of the monsters. Cap
tain Crossloy , who Is familiarly known
"Honest John" the
as among shipping
men , says ho never wants to have a like
experience. On the morning of the 8th
the schooner was bowling along under a
strong brcozo from the southwest when
the mate sung out that there was a
school of whales a short distance off.
They were heading to the eastward ,
about thirty miles north of Capo Hat-
teras. There were tibout thirty in the
lot , some largo and some small , and they
were frisking about In the water as If
enjoying the fine weather. The vessel
was making about ton knots when , about
2 p. in. , there was n sudden thud and a
rattling of chains forward and the ves
sel lurched a bit. There were a series
of heavy thumps along the keel of the
vessel , and , looking astern , Captain
Crossloy was surprised to see the body
of a largo whale coming up from under
the rudder , rolling over and over. Ho
was hard lilt , and the water for yards
around was red with the whale's llfo
blood. The wlmlfl remained quiet until
about two hundred yards astern of thu
ship , and like the lines in "Pinafore , "
ho began "a slashing of his tail. "
A great gash on his left side showed
the cause of ills anger , and the blood
was pouring out by the buokotfuls ,
tinging tlio ocean all around. He lashed
and beat the wnter with ills tail until
all around him was a mass of red foam.
At times ho rose half out of the water ,
and hla tail was fully ten feet out. Tlio
fichoonor was making good time and tlio
monster was soon lost sight of. The
vc.ssul WIIH not damaged at all , but tlio
shock of the collision was very great.
Captain C'ro.ssloy said ho had a mind to
take tlio whale In tow and bring him to
this city , and dry him out for the Biiko
of the oil. The wliulo was about seventy-
CL.OAK
DEPARTMENT.
Latest Style's in
Jackets , Reefers ,
Coaching Capes and
Silk Wraps
At Reduced Prices.
Ladies' Flannel Blouses
In nil the latest combinations of color *
InBtripcs mid plahls.
GREAT
OF
MUSLIN
Underwear.
Night Robes
Handsomely trimmed nml well mnrto.
Mo , fide , 7Go , DJC , 81 , 1.16 , $1.125 , $1.40
nnd $1.75.
Skirts Skirts
Special Bargains COo , 750,850 , $1,51.83 ,
81.05 , $1.75 UHo$5. |
Corset Covers
Real bargains nt ISo , 2 > c , ! ! 5c , 45o , COo ,
7Gc , $1 and up to # a.
Drawers
Rcul bargains nt 25c15c , ( Vie , 75c , 8oO >
$1 nnd up to $ : J.2.j.
Chemise
25c , 450 , GOc , 75c , $1 , $1.25 and up $3.
Latest Styles
In plotitod lawn waists nnd dressing sac-
qucs at OOc , $1.35 , $1.50 , $1.'JO , $2.23
and $ ; i.25.
Children's Short and Long Slips
Specially reduced for this sale 5o ( ) , 7oot
$1 , Sl.iS , $1.25 , $1.50 and up to $4.50.
Summer Corsets
50 do/en ladies' zephyr summer corscta ,
perfect titling anil durable , at ( JOc ;
worth 1.01) ) .
five foot long and would have yielded
about sixty barrels.
Swallowed by an Alligator.
Tim Smith , a colored laborer working
onr. . F. Fuller's orange grove at Edge-
water , comes to Pnlatka , nearly every
day in a rowboat , says the Pulatka Her
ald. To do this ho is compelled to pass
Buzzard island , a dark and lonely place ,
grown up witli brush and inhabited by
all sorts of wild birds , and may well bo
termed the home of the alligator , owing
to its quietness and dark waters , which
are seldom disturbed beyond the rlpplo
of an oar manipulated by the huntsman.
For several weeks Tim Smith notice tl
a particularly largo alligator , whoso
back was Illled with barnacles and long-
green moss. The alligator was never
known to demonstrate any fear , and
would not get out of Smith's \yiiy under
any consideration , allowing him to row
rather close toward him.
Last Thursday , when Smith started
tor town , ho uut a Winchester rillo hi
his boat for the express purpose of giv
ing his gatorship a load of cold load.
When opposite Buzzard island the alli
gator appeared , and , rowing 'to within
easy range. Smith fired five shots at the
saurian , all of which seemed to take *
effect , for the alligator made a terrible
flutter in the water , and turned over on
its back.
Tlirco days later Smith found the dead
alligator floating near by , and tying n
rope about its head , towed it to the
Kdgo water grove , when the alligator
was found to measure sixteen feet three
and one-half inches in length , two balls
having entered the skin just back of the
head ,
Smith then sot to work and skinned
the saurian for market , when to his
great surprise the darkey canio across iv
human skull , perfectly formed and un
broken , but owing to the superstitions-
ness of the negro ho stopped skinning
the alligator , which operation was Mu
lshed by a white employe on the grovo.
Further dissection brought to light a
gold watch bearing the initials "G. L.
T. " The skull and watch are now on ex
hibition at Fry's taxidermy store.
Who the unfortunate man was no ono
seems to know , as the initials are neb
familiar about hero , but it IB supposed
that ho was some sportsman who , alone ,
was attacked and devoured by the alli
gator , as is qulto often the case with
Northern tourists whocomo to Floridaand
navigate Its streams without a guide to
keep them from the dark and dnngcrouu
tributaries that empty into the St.
John's.
_
Her Too Injured by lightning-
Mrs. n. I. Buttery of Beacon Falls cer
tainly has a very Here too , says a Middle-
ton , N. Y. , dispatch to the Now Yorle
Sun. The lightning hit It the other
evening. Mrs , Buttery was at her slnli
washing dishes , and u tremendous elec
tric how-do-do rolled and cracked over
head. Suddenly u lance of lightning
shot straight down from the black sky ,
went down through the house and then
slid down Mrs. Buttery at the sink. It
didn't do its worst , but it blistered her
right arm , crossed over and wont down
her right leg , burned a hole in the toe of
her stocking and jammed her too very
badly. She was knocked senseless for n
moment , but when she regained her
senses and feet , a nilnulo later , she waa
all right , except that she went liiino and
was somewhat dizzy. She said she did
not know that she had been lilt , saw no
streak of lightning , hoard no thunder
crash. Not u piece of wood or planter
in the house was hurt ; and the mystery
is how did the thunderbolt get Into the
house without leaving a truce.
Kx'Oovcrnor Haiinilii
Kx-Qovomor Sounders , who returned from
Washington yesterday , accompanied by Mra.
Smimlers uiul Mr ) . Itussoll Harrison , says
Unit the president's administration up toiluto
Is considered by Hi'iiuUirs nnd represi'iitotivcA
ciiuul to any of his predecessors , Boino ot
tlio politicians win ) fulled to gut olllru are
complaining , but the appointments , with very
few vxccnUoiis , luivo met purty approval and/
been readily uoullrmcU. '