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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 24, 1890)
( XMAHl DAIJJY BEE. SUNDAY , A.UGITST 2-1. 1890-SIXTEEN" PAGES , SPOUTS OF EA11LY ABIUM Breezy Gonip With and Abut the Players , tAWYER BLAIR'S ' MONSTER TROUT. AUint , ttio , Itylters Jxro Up 'Ilio I'lcHl mill Imp A lr imls 0 liiK Trotter mill ? llnucl- Inncotis Infoini tlou. fJotn Move on Him. Wild Kill Wlilncr ii the most'aggravating nnd tlrosomo pitcher In the \Vc3tcrn assocla- tlou mid the writer would lllto to umplro jistneoui > loof Inn 1 tigs of ngaino in which ho pitched. . .When ho toitios before Smdy ! lc- Uorinott , howu\er , ho wlllveryllke'ly receive u lining up that will shaken few vvrmldos out of him Wld Hill tikes hU own tlmo uboiU delivering tno lull. Ho ipmorilly 1 oscs u couple of minutes leaking ot the people ple In thu ( fraud Htimd through the batter's ijo. Thtii ho consumps another loln- u'to alternating his pitching hand from the Ml to the bosom of his trouscis ; Hi en ho H coups up u llttlo pulverized earth , powders the hall with it , gets Into position Wain unil begins all over. This miiku a latter futlous , nnel Unit's wint wily AUlel 1)111 ) lieiiRliiPoiInK for. 1'lnally ho begins to hitch his light leg , then hounrivclslil-t foim , thrusts the bill np Into the air , bilngj it down with a b it-It action movement Hint lauses nil llio llttlo boys to f ill off tlio bids fenev , brings it nrounil with n swish lllw a < o\v' tuil la fly thno , utid tuts her loose. Mr. tt'ielner should bo called down Ills style Is not intended forthisago ; It belongs back in the teitinry divs when GrmdiM Button , DaveUowoand Tommy i'ooriniuvero ' boys together. The \Vliid-U \ 11 of the Sili iluli * . The Oinihnshnvoyot but thlity-six games to play , li\o of which arc postponed giines , and It U dountful whether they will nil bo plaved. Ottheso thirty-six games twuity- ono nro hooked for the homo grounds and fif teen nbroid. The gainw sohoJulcd for Oinnhi , o\ejudlng tlw four postponed games , nro 2H , 27 mid 2J with .Dcnvcrf 29 , J3 and 31 vvlthlCanm City , which will bo the last games until September It ) , whui the Milwau- leeseomofor tnolr iliiiil soriu , onSeptein- bor 20. 21 and 31 Lineolu , ! M , .H anil 83 Min neapolis , anil 27 , ZS mill 'J St. Paul winds up the soxson hoio Abio id Omtih-v's games mo ns follows : August 3tiuitl . ' " > atSlom City ; September 1 , a ami U at St Paul ; 4r. , mull ) at Minncv npohs , N , 'liintl ' 10 at Liuioln , 11 , U and It at I1IUnukco. . Of these thitty-six games the lilick Sox : should win t\\o thirds , .ind If she does ne- comiillsh that featsho will bo within leaching dlstmco of the Hag , any\v iv , if not nctuiliy bavin/ her llangcs entangled In Its folds. Thej eatci thohomoatreteh todiy , aiul cncry- bed } can ha picp ired for n rattling llnish Ohoy IJOHO Tlicir rsorve. It Is n noteworthy fact that the tmjority of the On > ih i players play hotter b ill nivaj from homo tlmn they do oa their own grounds Why thli Is thus , Itould bo pieaumptuous to eu- deaw to explain , but It is very probable - blo that the main iliniculty is ovei .nixloty. The boys begun n roeky eoiir * > o nt the outset , nut ! they vvoro liberally roisted In the stands and on the streets , all ot which had a di < pir- itiiiKeffcet , and the harder th < y tnod to re- ileomtliomsulves the worse tlio moss they made of it They hive seemed timid nnd nervous the whole season on tlio hinne grounds nnd have pbjed nothing likothoball they put up nbioiut. Andrews Is about the onlj man of tlw whole team who puts his best foot forwaid ntttiu local park. homo malicious u-anlts claim tint the poor showing heroin simply because tlio boj3 nro so well ncxiuiintod'round town , but tint isldlo pos- nip.foi a inorocxcniliiry | ) tcatn than the Dlack box uou Id bo hard to llnd in the whole toun- try. ( Jood AVordH lo - the Manager , Theio are certain icports afloat to the of- foctthat the men composing the Omaha team are dissatisfied with and sere on Manager Leonard , nnel Iho Milwaukee papers have been especially officious in desseminatlng these inimical fnirj talcs. In conversation with Ilaiuahan , "Walsh andUlovelanel jcs- terday , they ucnnitnously etccKuod that the team all enteitnliicd the kindliest and most icsiiee'tful feelings tovvaid Leonard , and that they consldeied him an excellent man for the position ho lllls I3h strict discl- pliiniian proelivitlcs arp only mnnifest on occasions that demand just such qualities , when at practleo or on tbo flolel of battle. "Off the diamond , " said Ilnuiahnn , "theto Isn't a more congenlll , eourteous gentleman on HID footstool than l rmk Lconaid , and I don't ' know of a man who Is sere on hini-not one" " " Walsh "ho U the best "And.nddcd , man I over played under. " "Me , too , " cehood Cleveland. ] > oiinid's California Trip. Manager Leonard has completed all ar- rangi mcnts f or taking a team to the coast this full inado up priucipillyoC thoOmahas. Tlioj willlciwo this cltj on October 3 and plaj in Denver October 4 und 5 , and thence ' nn to'Chejomio , Silt Lalco , Ogden , Dolso Citj nnel tlio cities of the Ninth west league , roaehlngSui Tranelsco about Novembu118 , when the California leigno season closes. Prom that date until after the holidays they willonir.yo Satin divs and Sundavs vvith the California league clubs , nnd the pioapech aio that tliei boys w ill loali/o a nk-o little bmullo n of cigar nionoj , 'i'ho incinbc'u of the Omaha B club who have signed foi thotiiparo : II in n i ihnn , Walsh. ICeains , Nownnn , Moran and Paslit. 'Ihu full turn is as follows : Mes- hotl llrat , Il.inialnn second , White third , Walsh hhort , ICeains rhht , Uiedway xnlddlc. McUlonole'ft , nnd pitenors , Fiiidn and Me Nnhb and catchers Newman nuel Aloran Artiele. "Kvorvday pltcliors , " says-Man igor Leon cc nrd , "urobocoinliigmoronnd more of niarity vn hut catchers ivlio lan go In behind tlio plnt < fluy hi nnd day out , nro jilontltul enough As IOIIR Ufa n backstop's hnnds hold out , constant woik immovcihiui But itls dlfleiontwiU thotwhlers. The test tlioyiuo subjected to is asovcio one , and hut pioe'loua few of then ean go into the box cfloctuilly moio thai twleo \\eelcuiththo \ exception of suehstal wait in en as lliitchlnsonof theChlcagoea The jiluhorlia is good for thru games aweol is uscarco intlelo indeed" Tlio Story of Ircadway's Doliut. S "Xover hemd the story of Colonel Tread wajs debut on the professional diamorfJ , did 111 ] 5 out NoVull J'll ' toll you , " and Manager Tim Ilnrst hitched n llttlo closer to the jollier in the graiidftnnd Thursday afternoon , lot and conlluuedt "A few years ago there was nn InU'iiso livalry In the Insetnll line be tween n number of towns In Iowa and a Biiiidl league was formed. A bitter light ngl wiiifed between Newton nncl Marshalltown , A , ) and on the c\oof the dcpirturo oftho ionner Tl team for the litter bui-g , they were , all stand- phi lioj iiiKln front of the drug store discussing tlio for , probabilities of tlio moirpw's ' battle , when n Miinll bov niilved with the startling inMll. _ | geMico that Itight Tioldor Mnrlovv wai bio' ' : -ii nnde-ould notgo. Ibis was n f rusher , indued , \i forMnilow tbo team's mainstay bjth in pqj the Held and nt but , and as hillplaj era wow T se-.aie-o In country towns in thoio dajs , tbo W cnptiiln was all but heartbroken. A knot of Cat dlitj , ragged tramps was staiujlni ? uc.ir and 314 in the midst of tlio want's speculations on "Vl | what w is to bo done , one of thuja highway ' touristssloppeel upaiieln'inarkedi tal i'j { you bloLe > t > wants a ball nlajer that can IwlntoM.wby jlsthlro mo. I Ills get jiatllvoon base hits , uudfouls and ibliifalilto \voij them. " lUs Tboball to sorsall gathered round him and ivuis pllenlvlth \ questions at allvolj nite , but In every hi tanco hU i-epllos vvoro satla- Tin fucloi-y unU lie offered ? 10 to go up t 3Mawhulto\vn witii thorn thnt night and play mint licld the nesA afternoon , "C'al. ace-cpted nuel telling the captain ho Chi would ho at the train ho disappeared round the i inner v 1th Ills confreres oftho road Hut ho didn'tbhovv up ut thodopot , and full > { of wrath nnd voiiKeaiico , the Novvtons weii ) "flcompelled to pull out -without him. Imagiuo " ! ? i5their MUiprlso to ilnd him waiting en the. _ L _ ! .Mawhntovv ! n grounds for thatcum , tbo ueut \AK .tt < ; rrexiu , liu w as overvvhcltned vvith nralso relit nnd.no qucstiontasto hlunodcof transnortn. I tionttenn-.keil ) , but the truth IsTi-ed had i lioofed ittlnbolndlstance \ "Willho tvnt into thegawn nnd knocked thoioveroiT of tlu bail every tlmohocatno o Int , milking two homo runs , a tlnoo- idler and thwo singles , and llverutu It aauudoiibfJly Trotl's ( treat gumo that won io day , nnd Aii-Mju'a ' hMtlu'r h--l9f ( lit there ro d of sp ttutors , wioto to Adrian C. of loswailhy triinp's great woik , and through iiioii ho milo his uppearaue-o on tbo pro- esalonal Hold " Oraipini ; Jit 8triw . The Philadelphia brotherhood sheet In last cell's issue sild that "durhu ; the meeting of 10 Western lusoi'intlonatOnuhu list Uhurd- ay nnel Prldiy udlscu < ilonof the baseball tuatlouarotonndlt was intimated that the Vcsterii nisoJatloahadalrcnly fixed ditea ith tiio Players' league to play a scries of Ylilbltlonp.unoi after the regular season had idcd , " nil of whifh Is n fabileatioa , and the ) rotherhooel organ's ' only aim is to create the iinsslon that some of thmoso-cullcd mlnoi RUOH mo looking wllh favor upon n e-om- jromlso a reconciliation with the nilera1 oumic. 1 lie-re wai no such intimation niaele uilng tli 3 en tire mooting , 1101 was the bioth- rhood en1 ! " mentioned by 1111 } repiesentatix'O ven In the most uiuual way. So far m the estern ns ochtion Is coneeriied the brothci- looloutsno llguroln biso bill affairs In liaconncction the Kansas City Timta has listo sa\ : "llio talk of AVestern association tlubs ajliig exhibition gamu with biothcihooJ cams at the close of the cliiini > iimslii | ) sea- 011 Is 11 tlllio iish.nnel It is htghli inapiobn ) lo that nny of the clubs \vlll take such n tup in diiect conflict with tlio national ificoincnt. At ull events the KmsiU ( Jitj [ 11 binaj bo counted mini lurcmnliiiiij ! true 0 the notional agieemeut. ijoci d Nutlontil casuo clubs will ptoD.ibly bo seen it the ICx- lositlon pu-knttei the pennant rate is over , ) utplajlng Mlth the 1'laycrt' Iciguo elubi loWcstciri nsHoclatlon would iemo\o the nlybarto thoNiitimallc igui taking \ \ hat vcrof it ? pljjeiM it desired \\tthoat \ juyliig eleasolnouo-iiaiH ] It does ncem that such i ioVitionof tha nntlonalagrceniont would be ciy uinUso. " Damon niul I'ythuis. "Talk nbout ball-players strapping amonj ! lemsolvc ? , " obseived llanrahaii coming in n the ciolo Friday c\cuing , "you ought te eo Walsh and "VVillia when wo are on the oatlVliy , I toll jou tlioy nro always at it , ndyetatnll other tinier they aio tbo very est of friends Ono iiljht during our last outhern trln while wowoioat tlio lidlnnd 1 ICansai Citv , \\lioloteiiniundnbout ftr other guests \\ero lumkenod at a oelqrlt n the inoining by au outl indlsti riulcet nhicli ipparentlv c imo floni the h.ill Kuril soold ng and Jibbsiingand swciiriug jou ne'vcr icnrd. it sojnelodllkoa couple of Alelitlan vasherwoaien ouiijiiif ? on a wai over the ja < 'tynril ' lono. ilinag'r "Leouaiit and I got pand onoiiin ? ; thadooi of our Loom , looked ut Into the lull , li it it , was \-neiut ns the 3c3 Moluus grimhtand during aehnmpioii- hip gimo. But whit , do jou think no did bcjl Xothing more or less than A\ulsh mid Willis , vlth their heads stuck thiougli the transoms on ciuh sldo of hohall , ] ust tongiB-lashiug eachotlier like i co iplu of pluitod " "what's tlio matter \\lth jou men ? " grouleel l.eoimd. " Vhy , that blasted liltoV said 'NValsli , 'uo're mo up by throwing a sliwlng mus hiwighmy trinson. IIo sail hudrunmal I called him a skt nkand saidtlmtho lint the taiio this afteinooa because he 1111 bases in f on thowaj to ills giMiielniutliei s fuiicml ! " ' .SclpniCKodl ITunk. tiiat lul-heidcd ham alter couldn't ' tell the truth if his lifo do- > eml l on U , " interacted AVillla. "Ho said hat I stood oat in the Hold this afternoon ike.m Arapahoe stiunv ove'.v pdo of guts , ind that I couldn't hit the gioundil Id fall elf i linusu tint's what ho slid , nnel " " \Voll \ , you shut up now , botli of you , und go hick to bsd , 01 you 11 inUs a portion of oui snUiloaou tholirat" "Anel both of them disappeared just as It otnebotly had pulled the atiing. Butthat's ' houiiy they go it , from the time wo lea\o lomo until we're back ajraln " Tnlkln the tiraiuUtanil. Cl irko will pitch in faloux Citj today and fti/ln tomonow. \Verriolthnsdriftcd bick 'to St. Paul lie is pi lying third Mike Ilines , Into of Omaha , is umpiring etonn " \Villisls \ the hpcidio-t man on the Oinaba . .camitti C ma van next. Nlehols loit that ten-Inning loston- B'ooklju gun'o by a bad throw. Clarke pitehod his weiuo-jtgamoof the sea son ajjalmt Sioux City hit 'Ihuralay. I'lanKSolce's bean citei-swillln allllkoll- iced play a picked team hero October U. " * Mnunjor [ Leonard is straining his ejo sight looking for uuoihcr pitcher to helpRlarko ind Pngin out. The West La\\us \ and bhainioclis will collide lit Haseall's pailc this afternoon , and the grass audhMueslll fly , Mr. Inn Hurst Is telling thocltizcns of Minneapolis thut the Minnie * woio robbed of the leid by Air. Andy Ousiclc. Joe CJumn leads ttio Boston brotherhood toun iiihona lido saendpo hits , aad despite that fact has a line batting average. Willis is n meat buntcr. lie can come pietty ncir moving a nun up with u sacrihco any time t > uch a play is dohod o ( hi in The Cindunutls aio likclj to gho Charlie Bell , the Cincinnati pitcher , a cliiuco Ho did splendid work foi-Kansas City. City.Will Will Hoover of the Kimsni Clip v as the flrat man in the \Yotera association to make 11)0hits ) Ho passed the centuij uiaik last \Vodnoiday. Clarence Duval the llttlo Coloiido Madura mucot , whojoimd thoAuatraliun tourists In Omaha last fall , is in jail hi Chicago for shooting ciaps. lee "Walsh noc only leads the Omahas In safe hits , but in sicimces also Tha t\\o \ combined nwlto hhnonoof the most valuable hitters ia the country , Milwaukee and ( 'hlcaso , with a25-cent taull and Sunday ballaio , mentioiieel n probable - able additions to the Anicilcan association ciiuit nextjcar. Walnutsl Manager IVanlcLeonard fills in linobohind liinagci Ijoltus and Uuclo AlUion In the new ciusado foi u inlo allowing managers to coich fiom the lino. lion Wulfoul. Up in Mlnnenpollb the fans are nllwailiiiR for the loturn or the bi ? bruiser , Kliner ITos- ter. Ivlorton , lion over , runs that team and Foster has bjon shelved for good Herman Long Is a gieat favorite in Doston , sajs nnd exchange. Ho knows it , too , nnd e.m bo found para ling the stieotswithalaiDro bono handle and little eano almost over ) even ing.Three Three line accounts of tnogatne inDemcr show what is killing the panio oeit theio. Basohall owes to the press to lav much ot the populmlty it has attained , Tlio St Isolds pauoi-s\\orodislojaland ha\o \ not only killed Uiseuiill , butiiiciiig aswell Ken Mulford , ji , sajs that there nvo more elegant and Hp.iiloua grand stinels in the country than over before known in the his- toiy ot basobill , and ho aitelsi "Unoro is plenty of room in all of them " The Cianos and tha Nonpirells Mill cn- eleavorto lumihilito cieh other at the hill pirlz this tiftornoon for the annteui uhiini- picnship and ilftj c.usia a sldo. It Mill bun rattling ( roudganw , fortUcwU much rivalry between the teams. Three-linoacconnta of the games liiDcmcr sliow what Is Killing the gaino out there. Biscbill owes to the jiu > 3 today much of tbo popularity it has attained. The tit. Louis in- pirs wcio disloyal and ha\o \ not only killed baseball butiiieiui ; as well , Tiines.-SUr. Hernini D e cher , who g.ivo the Oiuahas some uuful hard tubs last season , got nuicil np In n llttlo dlsputo with Cult AVeKh In Philadelphia iecentlyuud tlio old bt. Louis ilcldor mopped uii n eoujJo of squaios of Chestnut street - itli the Ouadlau's Apollo- llko foim. Jim Dui-yea was palil 6100 for pitching a game nnil a fraction in ono month. Pretty hlg pay for about thieo hours' wotk. Iho cjilono Isn't pltehlugll llttli > bit this season , in fact , lie inn't , and iilwajs ww overrated , 'loo bad Cineluiiati didn't allow him to join the enunolpited , Bandy TvIcDorinott Is back on the Western association stnlT. Ho was appointed nnd um pired his lirntgamo yesterday. Ho is n vol- conio alditlo-i totho corps , for biriinga cer tain nutocmtlo boat lup , hols ono of the best umpires In the land. The itatt now consUts of McUormott , Hoover , Ilenglo and Jovnc , "Monk" Cllno has signed with the Lin- coins and the management eloun there Is liustiing formorotalent. The town has gone \vild o\cr \ tlo touni and their ambition now Is to boat Oaiahu out in the race. When they do that , how ever , I jo sun A ill rtso In the wnt and thollttl'twinkllnj stars case to twlrk. Tin * 11 PI * will nlwajj n'lliero to the truth so far niutnplrc4 nro wmcerneJ , 1 hey nro unjustly attnckod80 often thit ills hut litllo wonder that ttulr work h utnatlifuctcry. Ainuuli as the writer uomd lilto to BOO Oinahnwlnjio cmnot nnd will not endorse amthin but fair uulhodt in tlio # 11110,110 mittorwhattho end tobo attaluod. "Chlppoy" " Mctlu-rU puttlag up the greatest third bwo in the country , Lat * Tuesday ho accepted thlitaen clianccl with- rut an error , And then tb < * M uwtx fu\v \ other exOinnhofjdwlioaro miklni ; thlngieorrii'S- rate in Ihu up'pei circles. I/ookat Nlrholi , Lovott , Cooncy , N'aglo , Totoiiu and Crooks. 'Jlioy nro all pfnylng pwat bill. The raaiM are nlre.idy pulllshcd for 1391 In the \\Vuom assoehitlou. Instoael of the prisoncircuit ! the indications nro tlut these cille * will Inttlo for tlio p3iinaat : Miuno- apolU. St. I'uil. Milwaukee , Oinahu.ICanis Citv , Indliunpom Grind lUpids and Detroit or 1'oldo. The tc mis now at Sioux City , Lincoln and Denver will belransferrel to the new toiuisfaioti.\CltYto Ownd ItuuHs , vciy likely ; Denver to Dttioit , and Lliicoln to IiiJliuiapolis Little Macullai of tlio TJncolis , who once puindcil shoit for the llcils nftor Ksquli-o Fnlmerdonned tlio robes of Justice at Phila delphia said to nlCatuai tUv Star man the other diy : "Theio 13 n great deil of luck In tlw game called baseball. 'I'ho grand stand can't s s it ! it frequently ro 'irds aa had pliving what is only bad Inch This luok will run in strojlts , unl for wosks ono mm will huvo it nil hli o'\n \ vay in the field mid at the bat , while somootliorplnjer can't ' bcem to play a little bit" Cincinnati Com , Tlic bisohdl writers In the west nro lining neontioversy ovtr the pitching lec'ords , sev- onlclilnilni ! thu Kluior Smith's feat the other div olictiringtho Mllvvmikceswithout ahlt and only facing tivotitv-eight nunbeing the host , Chnk ofthoOmaliassivs Uim Hrr , only fuccd twonlv'-alMnon in a full nine lu- nlng gnino Int scisoii iJoth sides , however , niowioug. Wojhing last year , while with the Athletics , in ono i-imo only had twenty- five men upatrainst him. the othertvo resell ing Hrst on balls and being doubled uptit second This is the recoid. 1'hiladelihla Ledger Neailv 7,000 people suv Hugh N"ieol nnko hlidohut ns a , Kansas City Ulue. Hefol- lon eel Captain Jimmy Mnnningat Uieb.it , nnd mule ono hit in four clinnccs In fact the * o > Cincinnati trio mndo four hits out of the eight hits oft Devlin. Kant is City vion 3 to 3 The Journal snvt : "Llttlo Kio" made Ids Hist nppcr.iueo with the team and ciptuied thorroivd by liis tric'kj plavlng. IIo inailo ono lilt , ivichnij Hut on balls once , nnd both time stole second witli the dash for which ho Is noted. Elmer Smith adled another to his goodly store of umbullas by again driving the ball o\tr the right field fence for a homo mil , tbm only eirneJ run of the gamo. " Mulford Tbo two brij'ht imtieulur stars of the billlinnt constellation furnished the league and Ijiothcihnol by many dufts on the -Ancricm association are IleiiuinLonjof thoBostomanel Billy Hamilton of tbo 1'hil- ndelphhs. Ono short jcir n o , whennd- inlicraof the A.ssooiatioii were lauding those pliycis tw their work deceived , leauuo vutcis weio pooh-poohing their diinn as prepostoious ow cvorylwily brotlierhood , league and Association ndhor nts-accords these two jouncstcia all possible honora. Uhoy deseivo all the good vords that are fajiil of the.n They are todty nmotigtho gioatcst exponents of the national game. AHAliont the tXniivrours , Motor coiporrttlons take notice. * ' IiishMcUeo will catch for thoWestLmviis today. Durr , of \VestLawns \ , is a promising- Holder Theiovoald bo nice money In an amateur bill purlc. Arthur Baldwin of the Troajts , is a , good nil around plaj er Pitcher li.icj , of the WestLawns , leads his team at the bit. Malionoyof the Nonpareils is the test ama teur third hisonicn inthocity. Jellen wont toBIaii lastvvooltto pitch for that teun .i0'ainst Nehiasla Citj' . Thomanaier uf the Bl.ilis was in Omaha last week trjliigto btcuroA battery , VanAcrium ofthcMusces will ooielciscel and Shields will bo signed In his plnco. Da'voSiunahan shows good judgment nnd skill iiiliis hnidllntr of thoNounarcila. Patterson of tbo Citv Steams is a luck } ' hlttci , but slow on handling groand hits Bnriett , of the West La\\-3 , is Inck Jiom Denver and will loin his old team today. DraOfordof the Konpareils.ls also a croat fctlckci. Ho ia little , but ob 1 how ho hues them out t McAuliffo of the City Stoims Is to bo rivon a tiial bjBlalr , and if successful will lo signed. Puicell of the City Steams accompanies the Stauton baseball club on their tour to the lilacV Hills Wlnt a stifkerLavvsonot tbo Ciano's , is. Ho makes nil tlw wvlrlon tremble wbea ho faces them It hurts Spueiranlsh of thoTrenks toloso a game , which shows vyhat an interest ho takes In thosnaess of bis team. Bojmorand Graver , the' IMlssonrl "Valloj hatteijweiobanod fiom playing in the b.iso ball tournament ut Shenandoah , la Manigcrs of minor lengaes while in the hunt for pitchers should keen their ojo 01 Mien of the Nonpiroils , as no suielyls a comer , SaniEtryro of the Cranes , is ahardane eonselentious workci and teams trying toge his sci vices should lie.ir la mind that honor thlo means go u great deal further than fair } tales. tales.Williams Williams , the now twlnorof the Ciancs has airivelaiidis a , very fcntkmanly fellow IIo appeals to bo quite a Vwlrlei Ho lias good curves , food speed and goodcommam of the bull , but time alone tan tell boiv ho \vill \ fill ( jiUt's shoes Theio U considerable rivalry existing nmons the several amateur tctnns of the city In fait , too much so , nnd It is surpmingtha it hasnot amounted to soinrthliijjwoiso ii their nmd attempt to gain fanio and popalar Ity on the diamond. Mr Mainell Of the Nebraska City New nnd ticasiner of the Nebraska City basohal club , was la town last v\eck \ tryintj to ar ruigefor.m o'tcurMon to Oraiha with hi1 team , but was not suecossful , s > o they wil pliy Missouti "Valley on Sunday instead o the Cranes Wollbaum and Lncov of the Blairs have boonbuspendod , as they tin. ! in , for lushing1 but the fact Is they oxptctod too much o \Vellbiuni \ , whois not thooqmlot any of the Omahi anntoui pit hor.s. His sboit scisoi ot populmlty laid .solely inpitchlngcno 01 two luclcv games and having unipiios who roasted visiting clubs. The llylcus * lournoy , Tbo Omaha wheel clubs , tlw Omabnsnne Apollos , nro iniulng most clahorato prcpara ttoiin for theh tourney on September 19 and 20 U'ho moot wlllbo hold a the fair giounds , where a first class traclus bdng hdd out , and allthe othoi necessary Improvements undo 'lhat there will bo t , omo great laces and some fast time Ihoro Isn't a shadow of a eloubt , for sorao o Iho moot prominent lljeis of the countr.v will bo heio. Of the locid riders , abou thirty 1110 In daily mining , am sovcul of them uro destined to surprise the cracks , us In piactico they are going like th wind \Vlth ausplfioiis weather tlio nttoiul aucowiU l vny iJr o , as the contests nro purely amateur , and 110 eloubt exists as to iheli scjuiroiicss. The prirc , donated b } morehantsand nmiiutactiiiorg vlllaggrigat over $1,200 $ in value. 9 rrom tlio "VVheoI , lltho Iwys mo anticipating great sport n the September lacea Perrv EidoUtt of Couiieil Bluffs , called a the dub houboeno diy last week. Oilup jour beirlngs , boys , and out on th run tlila morning , rculs are In Una condition Billy 'I'ovvnscun'a steel horse has got t bucking soundly of Into that UUlyvvill hore- nftorilelo n wheelbarrow. Frink N , Clurko can ridou tliroe-lesgci stool with morincnico and count money fiste tliamuy man inthovNorld so ho thinks 1C records keqi booming In KiiKlnnil "at th prudint r.Uo some of our Ameiieuncluiinpton will have some pretty hard vv orl < to Uee thoii names to Iho finnt. Pen igo \Vodnesmiy \ ovminj ! to nltont the KicuoiiKoiat I\iagam Falls. IIo Intciula to tour thiough Ohio , avvhoo ) , and will prob ably vlait lila old homo before ho returtiJ , "Iho tlneo man club" eave a rojal enter talnment ta their friends liust .SHuiJuj night A luige < and Jolly crowJ cujoJ ] the goo. IhtMRjaudthHwUvltloslastod until o Into hour * W C. Nelson U bacic from a four months' ' trip hi thonortlih-ojt. IIo will remain in the Ity for utMUt ntooks , vliItliiR and renew [ \K \ tKiiunlntaiitYM , miel cm be found almost \or ) ovclilng H'tbOe'lubnurloM , \Vhynot nnko IVrrtijo chief counsel for Nobrisknl I | * is papular , nn nctlvo ildor. uel well postojon cycling nnd the needs of yollng nwii. ijo Ii In n position to meet nil Isltlng vv'icoliiKMi ' , ns well us our local ilders , nel would malw a good 111.111 for the place. Pifsldcnt Afcars leaves for Denver toela ) n n business tiln. Socrotnry ( Jiikins has rotumod from his lip to Denver IIo reiwi'U wheeling verj eadln thocitj of the mojiitalns. Aipuciil inccttnt has ban called for to- norraw e > ( cnitir | , 7 : JJ shit p. Important bus- ness will e-ome up and a full 'nttoiieluuee is - Captain Uoinlorff has appointed the follow- npwid ofllcfH : Vill 1'Klej ' , lint heutcn- utlCiu ; Ujiniiin. color bouor , and 0. U Veil. ! , bugler "We liavo a ( pilot pointer to the effect that 'rof Dally , the South Oinnhi "bouo shaker" idci. Is to be 1'rof ' , i'errlgo's dark horse in ho coining tournament. It U seen by the L. A.V. \ . Bulletin tbatGos- lor made a mile on a n.UUy at Haitford , Conn. , in 'J'lTJ-5. If this bJ tmo it Is the Vnicrican safely rceord The two rum lust Sundav wove attended > y ten incmbon rlho loads were verj poor n the morning and the utn to IfJoiomolaho vasnot ns line u 0110 asthatto Minavva in ho nftoinoou \V S. Uo.ui.a well known Boston vvhcel- nan , loft tlmt i ity en hisvvhetl foi ban Trail- iscolnst vveelt lie ovpecU to make the rip in about two months and will pass through Oinahi. The club 1m secured the services of Ned leading , the soUlior biejcllstto , train tlic-u acliif ( men for the coming tournament Ho s a ( food man for the jol ) , forlo Imo.ws just low tolinndlotho boys. .Tnek I'tluco , HonJlng nnd Shlll have re nrned fiom fat Joe Keulinir and Shill say thov , have enough of tint dty , while Jack ilaiins ho can make money nt priro lighting , nitnotvvlth lile'yclu. bl. Joe is no town for jiojellng Pcrrigo loft for Klngara Falls Weelneselay o ntoiidtlie league ot .Ameikaii IVIiechneii's ' annual moot nnd championship nccs Ho jxpccts to bihs some of the eastern llycis jack Avllh him to taho pait hi the comine tovnnamcut to bo held heio &uitembcr 10 and JO. JO.Tho The St Louis races toolc place hst Sitm- lay , A very fiir eiowd witnessed them but ; ho track was In poor coaetltion and no % 'eij good time was inado. liaidlns , of St. Louis , warded oil the honors of the meet , while L lctchoi of Om ihn , won the consolation race ig hitt.ta ilelil ofcry fast starters. Tlio run called for to-day isGlenwood This willmaltoa vcij line ride , leivlnir Onnha at 1:30 a.m. the bojs cioss the blidge , co throiiph Countil Uluffs , pass the deaf and luinl ) institute , oei some of the llnost loads .11 the west , flle'iniood Is a small village of about four thousand population. I3uit 1'ottoi took n tour to Lincoln on his wheel one daj last \veok \ Ho lott tbo city at 10 a in. and aimed in Lincoln nt Op. in , thus making the trip in just eight houu Tills Is very fast time , consldet ing the bad loads and high wind bo had to contend with IIo intends trying to mnko tbo trip In ono iluj later on in tbo season. IVIIscollniK'ons liocil Sports. George Smitl spuit several dajs among the plover out bcjond Lexington last week , and being an excellent/shot / of course mudo the feathers II v. Jack 1'iiiico has abandoned cjcling and Is novv conducting a eeries of imgilistlu mills in the classic buig of St Joe Jack lins evi dently struck his < Mit. , Jii E. O'Bileu , supeilatoinlcntof the state hatcheries at South Bend , Neb , and Lew Maj' , pixsidcntol the board of stito coinmis- siopeit eallcdon the editor > spotting jestci- davKcd Kcd Kcadlnfr , the soldier bicjclcr , has ic- tu i nod to Omaha after a bilof hut eventful sojourn at St. Joe , Ked is in line tiiin and anxious for aiaeuwithaiid professional In Hiovvoild. 1'iof. laiquet , Tr , Dcspccher anil Gcoigo Victor cimped a couple of days nt Mai tin's ' Inlio , Iowa , last week , biinglng to basket n n ieo lot of croppies and plekiol nnd bagging over ono hundred upland plover. Leon Lozicr , the spilntor. Is hereby in- fonned th.it iir. fallcj stands icady to run cither htm 01 his Kid poitepe , at nny place or aiij time , for fro nit ; 100 to jJO. Now , Leon , you ha\o been excicising your jaw so vigor ously of late , make your presence felt or for ever af tci hold your peace , .A. H.IInloof Beatrice , las a magnificent picco of horse flesh in his stallion Idnvun , who toolc the 2 : 10 trot down at 3nlrbuiy Wednesday In such crent stjlo. Ho dis tanced the whole field , Including McFarland , Gladiator , Plutus , Appanoso and "lienton , the latter being the property of Dick Wilde , this city , 1 divan's tinio was 3 M. If Halo hnd taken this horse to some of the Dig courses In the east thcie is no doubt , but what ho could have soli him for big moiicj- , say .15000 or iJO,000 , , forho isa comer and no mistake J H. Blair returned Friday from a trouting expedition to Wisconsin. Ho did his fishing In the 111 ulo liver , and on lastMonduycaught tbo biggest biook trout cior taken In that region. It weighed four and one-fourth pounds , nnd was shipped to Judge Clirkson of this eltv , who took much pride la cxhibit- iiin'it to his friends , especially those of u pis- catoiialturn The fish weighed vhcn dressed three and oiio-fourth pounds jMi. Dlair also hooked two other moustcia , ono weighing thieo and one-fourth and the othei thico pounds , iff the 1'oiitln-rsriy. Oho Omahi gun cluh'bvveeklv shoot took place jutorJay aftcinoon on Dunmlio & Gioss' giounds acioss the liver , ten targets eaeh , tvvcnt\ ono jards rise The score : I'.iimoho . till' * lllll-o HriicKii . 110HI Ittll-S ClillvO . llllll 01101-7 mi' ' louu-n Mills . OHIO 11101-7 UicUoy . 11101 01101-7 ClinncoKoi an Outing. Nroi J , la , August 2 , ' , Ib1 * ) lo the Sport ing Editor of THE Bi E : I have organized a menth'shiintand outing among the lakes , and woulel lilio tvo good , compaiilonablo gen- tlcineii to neconipanj mo ; or I will Join anv such party. Time is "Immaterial ; will hunt ull fall. Intcicsted pintles please addiess J. II. Lo\VKir \ , M. D. , Js'eola , Iowa tintl . \IIS\\PI-H. Please aiswei In Sundiy's Run where Welsh of the Milvv autoes , mid third basoniaii lllll , ot the Washington's played last season. Albo .stito vvlien the Western association so ison closes , and what clubs will have the last homo seilos , yrank , Sowail. Aus.Veliiiwith Dayton , and lllll with Ft Woith. riioieasonclosos September 80 , with the northern teams la the southern cities. \VllljoupleasQpiiblhh \ the mines of the ofllcorsof thoOrnjha 'hecl club and oblige. f. It. II. . 1'eocin ' , 111. Ans. Pony EUallct , president ; II. II. Rhodes , vlcopioslduntj J. 13. Dborsole , .sce- rotiry ; 15. I , Pottorildd , tie.isurcr ; William I2uiorbon , cuptaiii , Will jou pleaHoexphla lu Sunday's ' Bu : how thoelubs x > ) l eent.us A\oll \ as the batting and fieWIng avor. cs of plajers are obtained ! 0. N. , Grand I4fi el. Ans. Dlvllo the number of gimejlost by the total uuinboi : playoU To ilnd the hatting a'\eragodlvllo , the number of base hits by thonuinbor of times at bat. Tor fielding nv- erao dlvldo tlio ohnncos .accepted by the ohancojoiroieel. 'Ihei-ols a letter at the sporting depart ment of this ofllco for JlnimU Hurt , the pitcher , Sfll'lt'aso Inform mo through Sundnj'ti Brn the pitihors who oUUhitod hi the fourtcen- inulng 1'ivmoliist bt'iihoii between Omaha and St , Joe -Gil.imnn , Citj' . Aus.Cl iiito and Klopf. 1'leitso answer the tailoring In Sundnj's ' iHiiio : In u t-'inio of double high five ono silo has II points and mikes tlieflvoof trimipa nnd jack unl giiino , nnd the other siJij , with 4.1 , mules hlrfh. hvv nnd the other tivoYhiah \ itido winv , Til being gumo 1 J. H Shields , Wanton , la. A'ns.-Thoi.Idevvtilch inultc * Mgh , low. Dr. Blrno/ uioa u. vnh , Due ljJt ! Rathbun's Business College , S. E. Corner Capitol Avenue and 16lh Street. ' < Tholargoat and best actual Business College iii the west. 00 graduates this jcnr , nearly nil holilinfr positions. ) as issued each year Mt'toinincncoiuont. Tim largest und best autunl dopiutmciit west of Chicago. Our students all In 05t- . -f * . , nart ncuountsints iilul Him ponm.in. l iiHlta'li couwu and ponm.mslilp fieo to uliorl hand stuilonls. Siitlafaotiou RUIM i oil 1 onnonoviofuiidod. Ono \\ook elvon for trial. If stuctonts aio not satisfied no charuo is made. Students can onti t u , iy timo. Cuino and see user sondfor illuati'iitod cntaloguu. AdelroM , HATIIBUN , TAVtNG & CO. , Omiilia , Nubri , < i LISTEN TO HIS TALI ! OF WOE , An Ex-Ooioner of Douglw Ooimty Detxils 01d"Tiuie Esperionco. SOME OF THE MOST NOTABLE MURDERS. IMunVlio Go OOHII Uitdcf liullioatl Trnlns , HiinR Tlionisclvcs to Xalls llecclvo Aliiiilerons Kill- lets Into Their 1'cisoiis. A coroner's life may not ho ono of the I > lea3antest in the world , but If jou don't think It is in cicntful onoaswollas 0110 of Aiiiod and staitling oxpjrloncos , just c.ist jour auchoi on the lesvvird side of John C. Dicxtl sorao sutniucr afternoon - \ > lioii that { 'ciitltmnii Is inclined to iworj , Mr. Drexel ii an ex-ioroucr of Douglas county. "I am , natutMlfy , a poacealilo man , " do- chred Mr , Drctcl 0110 diy hst n eels to n si mil but bcloot party of fiicnds , "jet I dare siv I have been a conspiuious.llguio In more bloodj and hcaitrending scenes thin almost any linn in Onnlia. It tikes a peed spoits- inm to ho ahvaji in at the death , bat while I Inve not managed to do t'ut ' I gen orally con- tiivodto get tlicio pictty shoitly iiftorMard. Itclljou vhat Ills when it comet to leril tougii sights , I think I ha\o seen mj shaio. "I n.is coroner of this county for five jonrs , imd hi that time I held 311 inquests. Some of them \\PVQ commonplace , but there \\oro othcisliich were nctessarily dead tough [ no Joke iiitenilcdland 1 honestly hope that I never will again bo called upon to see theirenuul. "Ccitninlv , it didn't ' bolhcr mo any toloolt after thum nnd I could take in the \\lioloMir- \ inundings without being \ory much ofFcited. It nil depends upon \\hationditioii a man is in. If his health isn't ' good , ho is nt a gicut dhmd\antagc. \ I always notictd tlut Ias effected \\heiicalledoutof bed about I ) or I o'Uoclt ' in the inoi ninp , csnechlly if I hid aloimdiivoto South Omnhii or rioicncc. I nluays ( 'ot uneaby before I got thcio. 'I thlnlctho ouso that stirred tlio public up to the highest pitch , was the killiiiRoC Sallie Liuicr , 7S'ocinbor'Jl , 1SS3. bhoasWllcd by hci husband , who shot her at night. IIo ahvms claimed that ho thought she as a burghr , but hisstoiy was not Koiicially be hoved nnd tlioio is considerable doubt in the minds of many oven to this dny. "There was gioat feeling manifested at the time , and Ltuci's fiicnds gunided his house , fearing tint an attempt would bo inado against him , although I doubt If such a move iv as over seriously contemplated IIo was tiled and convicted of murder in the second dcgice , but nftorvuid secuicd a nowtiial and ivas acquitted. " .Auothci minder thatcroatcd qultq n sen sation was the shooting of Harrj King by Libbio Bcichlcr about a jear and u half ago In tint case the muulorcis i\as not allowed to give testimony at the Inquest. 'Sho employed Goueial Cowin to defend her Just as soon as the shooting nas done , 'iho IHV piovides that the niuidcrcr need not testify nt the inquest unless ho chooses , und \\henl \ sent hci woid that shooould tell hei story if she so desired , she refused to any anything about it , as her attorney had told her not to say .iwoid. Cowindon'tphieonny faith in colonel's ' Junes , nnd told mo at the tlmo that ho didn't euro a cent what tbo ver dict uas. "Ho said it didn't malco any difference to him whether uo found her guilty of mwrdor or found tlmt tlio shooting \vas Justifiable. I don't bluino him much foi feeling that way. for some of the fellows Mho sit 011 coroner ' jurioj nro wof ully ignorant sticks. "I havolmd men who couldn't read or write and bad to innlto their mark with a llttlo aosslnstcad of signing their names to the H'rdht. "It hoiso now In that respect than it used to bo So many inquests nro hold and the costs have piled up so fast that the county roinmlssioiers ha\e refused to allow the ] uron aiij fees , and It is now voij hard to ( tot aman to set on ajury , The law dooi not piovidu for the pajmont of coiontrs' juries , which Is ,1 pro-it mlstiko I believe these fcea can bo collected , forl don't ' tlilalc an otH- ccr can compel a mini to view sonioof these sights without his beingcompeusutcil. "Siwalflng of tough sights , temluds mo of aca&ol had outhoioon the belt line crossing on tlioFouith of July , 1 9. A buggy con taining throe men vas , stiuck bjttho cai-s and two of the menoro cut to pieces. It was about U o'clock in the morning , and there wcio nuns , logsjienits and Ihers scattered mound ull over the ground in the most horilblocon fusion. JVftonto bad githcu-d them all up and nero ready to stint buiktotho city , I liappenqd to discover the tblid fellow , who nnd boon thrown nbout thirty feet anil was lying oft to ono side in the weeda Pie had tlio ugliest cut Iri his scalp that I ever saw , hut was alive , and , as I had a physician atom , I said : 'IIo ' re , doctor , this fellow Is in joui Jurisdiction not in miiio.1 'Well ' ho will ho bcfoio long , ' said the doctor. Hut it turned out that lib uas mistaken. "AVo took the fellow to the hospital , nnd ho wouldn't tell us how ho had boon hurt , \vhathlsnamowiis , nor anythingclbo. IIo stayed nt the hospital for a fex\ days , but wasfir iroin being neil when ho got up ono day nnd qulotlv slipped \\lthoutsioiiig a \\ordto \ anybody , und nobodj lciio\\s \ to this day who ho was or whore ho went , " .Another haul c o which I was called to attend , but didn't huvo anj thlngtodoaftei I gotthoio. wits the shooting of ljrof. lllll ut Waterloo by a man named Aylowoith of Council Illuffi Uhoy tclegi-aplicd mo to biIng thosheriff , and I took several of the nowspnpei bo s nnd sun tod. It was n cold , rainj , windv day , and itwasa voryuiipleus- ant ttlp. Wlioa I got out there I enquired v , hat they had for inc. Thoj said , 'O , noth ing \ot ; hut jou hangaiound hero and wo will have before long. ' The school teachei had be < 3n tivVen into the hotil after ho was shot by Avlesnorth , and n tonstablo had gone gunning for the shooter. "Uho olllcer old follow was an scventj-fom jcats old , nnd ono of thooddcst looking specimens - mons I o\er saw. His face was smoothly shaven , leaving a row of whiskers around under his chin. IIo Ind very prominent tooth nnd his thin stuck out in front , ami his iilctwoould beat any thing jou over saw in front of asidoshonr. IIo had taken n shot gun and gotten In behind n salt barrel on the sidewalk. From his forticss ho had drawn a boadcnAvlesworthand lillod his legs full of fcliot. IIo took hlglicr aim the next time , nnd cave hlsmuiitho other barrel stjuaro In the fucoVliun I wanted to know ivho did the suootlnp , the old fellow straightened up. swung his list around against hUrhestninl tiMKltMilj nnnojiicod , 'I'm tlio man that dona that , sir,1 In a way thut almost inado mo laugti , notwlths'iuidlng the suuonidltigj ) , " "Jhoro lay Aylowortli in the mud nnd ralu , and no ono vould give hi in any card , They were moio 1m lined to trimplo all ovei him. Uli nc-awajatl cut topiccoi , his oyw \vcro gone nnd \vasnhonlblo and i-oolt ing spectacle. Jlo hopt sa > Ing. 'Kill ino , please , 1,111 1110. Tor God's sake. . It you lira u friend of mine , kill me' "Itwissomo tlmo hofoiol could get him taken eira of , but the crond tinully hclpjd mo move him Tlio doetorsuorked veil , and both men recovered , but .Ajlej orth will bo blind to the day of his do it b 'I think the most ghastly thing I cvor saw was out hero on a ralhoad bridge , whore n m.in hud beca killed In- the cars. The head had been cutoff nnd lay on the hiidge , nnd the body was on tlio ground forty feet beluW- Woseued the head on , .ind ns the collar cov. cud it up nltcly ton novcr could hive l ld whit had happened aftci1 the coipso hid been pi iced in thocotlln. Tor a cold blooded murder , the killing of ITcnrv Vorpootonby'Join It.illnut , Mnch-M , IfeSl. beats anything oho 1 ever had. "Dallard told mound that noas going to kill a Dutchman , and said hovoiihl gi\o folks so nothing to talk about. IIo told a lot of fellows do\\n \ hero on the comer that ho would mikotlio biggest sensation thojiapeis hud had for a long time , and then went right into the old bt. James hotel oil Tenth street and leaning across the bur shot Veipooten through the hcait. Jialluid was sentenced to bo hung but got a notv dial and was sent up for lite. . Ho is now in the Lincoln peni tentiary , "Do jou remember John Ilarrctt who vas killed at South Omaha ) Ho \ \ ns a brother of the Huirutt bovs who were huugln Minneapo lis for imirdciing a stiuot-tir diivci. That W.H a piettj touih family , but they have been piutty well thinned out. John died from ono of the strangest wounds I Q\OV baud of IIo was looldng for tiouulo. nnd found it in thcpcisoii of John Cook.Vlion liuu-et found that his hlulT wouldn't worklio stilted to run and Cook blazed away at him. It was dnk and ui Ilariott was severil roils away and out of sight Cook h.ul no idea that h j\\ouldhitliim Bari-ott was running nnd tlio bullet struck him Just on the lioint of the heel as his le wm extended backward , and \vcnt up through the knee and lodged in the kino Joint , rho doctoia couldn't ilnd tlio b ill and Umiett lived fiom November 2t to December 11 , when ho died of gangrene. 'Iho juiy said thoshooting was Justillalile. When I went down to hold the inquest I took a doc- toi along to hold the post moitcm. When Mis. Bau-ett found tint there was n doctor tlmo and that wo wanted a room to our- sehos she said , ' 0 Misther Coroner , shuiovo aint goln'to cut poor John's ' leg elli Yo wouldn't ' do the likes o' that , would jo , dotthei deal ) ' " \Vo didn't take his leg off , but wo had to hunt fci time hours to locate the ball.rlho wound had putially lulled up beloxv , and wo weic as much surpiised when the bullet iln- allj dropped out of the Unco as vo had hcuTi surprise befoio bec.iuso wo couldn't Ilnd it lo'ter down. "I think that \\as the most icpulslvo corpse let or saw. Ilariqtt had icd b.iir , was lull nnd slim , had big teeth and a long neck , xtas ficeklcd and looked lilioa pliot. . That gun- gi-cno cippoJ thodlmux. If you know how gangrcno sniella jou can appicciato tbo situa tion. 1 never was so near getting sick hi all mj lifo If jou got nny gangitno on your hands jou can't wash ItofT. The smell stajs foi days and jou can'tgot lid of Itith cir- bolic ncld , e-ologno , or anything clso. \vould I about as soon luuo the byiliophobiu or sin ill- X > ox as to huvo gangrene around. "No , I no\cr used rubber gloves except for floiters A floater is ono oftho worst things on earth to handle , and I wasalitays afraid of blood-poisoning. Alter a eorpso has been In the water a t\eok or so It becomes awfully bloated , and it Is next to impossible to do anything with It. They aio all slimy in addition to that , nnd it is a sickening Job to havoanjthing'lo do with them. A corpse that has been buned K bad to handle , and the odor is tetriblo. It is all the same \vhether they have been burned , orscnldedlth steam or hot wntor. "When it comes to committing suicide you would bo surprised to notice thodolibeiatlon and care of somopeoplaand thoiecklessncss and lack of foresight of others , Sumo of them v ill wash ana shnvo , pntoii clean i lothos and getioady for the undcituker , and then doaiiito , neat Joh , und others will gout it hit or miss in their ovoiy d.iy elothcs. Lots of people shoot themselves thiough the tcmplo , but that Is the vciyoisa way In the woild , so fur ns making : a good looking corpse is con cerned , The oycH bulge out when tlio bullet passes behind them , and then the bhod set tles under thorn , and it is Impossible to to- move tuoso u ly marks It has oMittly the same effect as It would tostrilio them with a club between the eyes ] It is Impossible ) to make n coipsoof that , kind look decent. "Another bad way is to cut the thioat , jot that seems to ho quite popular. It dlsllgmes the coipso and mikci it look nnnatuial. It wo ild ho nil light if folks only Know how to cut their throats but they slash fiom ono carte to the other , aiul saw awaj until they i each the bono. A good shnio of mt suicides came In the w ay ol hangings , No , llioy were not Involun- tnrj' , for 1 never had n , Ijnchlng. I have thought so\erul tlmci that 1 oiicht ti ha\o h.id , and I hdlevc one or two would 1m o had a salutary effect , besides savhifj the county a good many thousand dollars. "I had ono case on South Thiitcontli street whore a man diovo a nail In the door of an outhouse , tleu a rod handanii around his neck , hitched tholiandkorchlof over the nail , assumed a sitting IXKIUVO and strangled to death. "Another case was at Orange Chovo.whcio a man weighing 200 pounds hanged himself on an osigo orange limb no bigger than my linger. His kiiL.es almost touched the gionnit. "Why , in nearly all those hangings , tlio feet can touch the ground , 1 never cut elown but two while I ttaa coiouer wheio the feet would not touch. "Ono case of partial decapitation that I remonibor was a tierni.m by the name of Iloltssclmoldor. The nnmo In Gerrnnn moans 'neck ' cutter , ' and the old follow caulcdlt out Htciallyby cutting liis own throat , "i'ho most honiblo case , in every way , and 0110 whciolfound the hurdost task I was o\er called on to porfoim vas on Eighteenth hticot bouthof Ltavonworth. A Imrnessmn- kcrbylhc name of Jacob Jacobson scnthH wifonndlittloKhl a\\ay on an oriand , nnd whllo they ttore gone killed hia iilno uiontho old bahy and committed suicide. The murder of that baby was accomplished In a mnnnei that for brutality exceeds any thing that c\cr came to inv notice , Jacob- hen took u piece of clothes line nbout a yaul long and tied about Iho Infant's neck In a siuglo knot , and then taking one cud In each hand pulled It Just as tight ns ho could , nnd then tied another Imot to hold it there. IIo put the baby back In the cradle and tlod tbo ondi of the line to the tailing on cither sicio , after which hoveut down In the cellar and hanged himself. The neighbor. ) dlscov- eicd the crime , nnd I arrived thcro before the mother returned , The baby -xuis a rhubby llttlo thing and the rope was buried In the llcsh on its neck , ItM an awful sight , and ono that I will novcr forgot. Thohnidcat VM when the mother came homo and PJit hud to break the tonlblo news to her , She had left her husband and baby in pot foci health , and roturnocl nn hour later to tlnd both of them dead , I didn't know whijt to ( io or say , nnd I would have given a great deal lint to have had to convoy that dreadful information , She know that something \\i wioiig , and when I told her that the babj was dead atio Jumped upon mo nnd el7pd me n Blip that I pould not shako off , and v\ i a lit of violon hjstei leal sobbing ninl \ Ing. Some of the neighbors thought -.ii going to hill soinoonc , fiom the wm th. i on , and were filghtencel half to duith > was ns bad ns she possibly could bo u when she kept dem Hiding to l < uo\v \ \\l it meant , I told her thai her hm'omd bu 1n the baby and then bulged himself 'I h. i diled up , and she stood there for full\ minutes and loolcod straight in inj ov. s \ \ out n sound , -'llicn she gioaneel as th i her heart was broken and g.ivo av.iv to o grlofthat hud temporaiily diwod lift it \vasawful. InovcrsawiuiMulnglikt it in fore , und Ihopcl | never shall again It ain t uses bo up whenever I think of It , and 1 h I could forgot It. It's ' a giuosoino sub * t nny way. Lot's ' talk of something pi is untoi. , ' Dr Birnoy cures oattvrrh , Ooob'dj TH13 ItAbKMl M. ThoHiiln Which StnnilH on the Corner of Tenth ami Mnson St The teniing down of the ollUninn Pi i' depot and the contemplated building jf another on thesamasitodirocts attention 11 the biro nnd desoitod baionicnt on tluMoin. i of Tenth nnd Mason stieets , wlueh v\an n i lent witness of the election of the Vv shed " : At the sontluvost eorncrof the stipptsnn i tioned , Inlf hlddui h.v woeels , the n Ii stands on which It w.is once pinpospd i i eicct magnificent lieidnn.utcis of the1 t nn Paclllo lailioael. It h a hndmaik fi .111 w hieli none but the oldest citi/ens i-epkon InlbTl , the building ofHho depot was < nn inonccd and completed , and in the UMI f ! lowing work was commenced on tlio IHM I quaiters In question. The siteeompiis. . ,1 , two lots 13J feet square , which weie in th miginal possession of C P. JMiltott nndi ip tiin Downs , the fonnur of whom still rejud - . in the imuiodlnto viehiitj The building vv ute - , to have been of solla stone nmsoniy , with maiblo tilinmlngs. Aftoi vvoik to the amount of $ vjl , l U hud been completed tbo building w as abandoned. Keports differ as to tbo cause of the abin don men t. fiotno say that It was owing to the influence of a ceiUiin politician , now dead , whoimlueod tlio companv to puiclinso tlm mopeity at the corner of Ninth and Fiimnrn known as the old Honiilon liou&eliUh , is now used as the hcadquaiteid of the com p.mj. Other icports hold that the coinpan\ changed the phco at the cainpst solicitation of many of thopiinclpil business men at that timo. w ho ( leiicel a more eenti U location. \\liito\crtlioinotl\u the chingo\vus nindo and since the liver on Tenth nnd lason sticcts has been the abiding place of Iwta und ti.imps AVhat fate awaits It no ono may foictell. Pc\v scon to know little about its p ist and of these theio aio not wanting some who look upon it as a monument to both reckless oxpoudltuio and unscrupulous moil und methods which aio now almost forgotten. Di. Binioy pure'H e-atari-h , Tioo hi d g. STANLEY'S GREAT BOOK In Darkest Africa. Published by Cliarlcs Scribnci's ' Sons.O A.fom ] > hto Mil nuthort/oil lorord of tlio niostlia/iinlouH and ( niiitful of nil African \ploi itlons , and tlioonuinost fiuHful of liu liortintflis3cries , Uleh in niapti andlllus tuitions. Conies In two \olmnc3of otci 5V ) l > ag tCarh. lliinilsoiuoly bound. This Is tlio only KOiiuIno luport fromthn hmiii Itollof nxiiudltlon. To no oilier ono bus fatnnle-y ever contilbutod a slnglo line or mur will. bold only by subher.'ptlon tbrough author ised adonis OTTO & JULIUS WOLFF , Solo Agents for Douglas County , 2418CUMING STREET , OMAHA , NED We Offer for Sale. - 1'oiir thoiiR mil tent rhnlco Ilale-d Hiiv IO It. cms , htriiiuo'H Sflliu. f > uton i > r llornlck htullims. on ( J. M. > V.bl. I1. It. U. , in lots to suit purchaser ; prices leguldtoJ by the nutUot , Ualland 8(0 ( us STRANGE BROS , , SIOUX 01 TV , IOWA PUBLIC SALE in I will aoll nt imlillo imeMon on Iho Vulr ( irounli ot I.IMOI.N , MSB , durliiK llio wo > .k ut II o .NcUruak.i HluIuTalr , on Sept. 9th , 10th and 11 th , 1890 , Blxtr lie-mi of importort nml liorco liml iiodljnd I'Hlinil.lKIV JIllllMIS MlltH AMI COITH A M iiivtmlhi'iiri or linpurteil MIKM IICOAHI mnUlona Halo wllliuin iiiimru ul 10 o i liu k n. m. vv Ii < lir ' ' will tm without limit nr ri'icrru Unu mil t u J1'1 ' ' tliuowlll boulvcnoii Uniiknlilu | > n'i'ror6p' | < rnrit rur tmU , IMIIuror cnlalouuo or oilier ; rlUului MAHIt W. COAI ) , Frowout ,