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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 26, 1891)
MONDAY , JANUARY 20 , 1891. HIE COMMERCIAL TRAVELER , A Plea for'Merchants in the Drouth Stricken Districts. \VHERE SUPPLIES SHOULD BE PURCHASED , i Vliy Snino Fnrmorfl Arc Dlssnllslloil \\lt1i Tliiilr Town Kov. Frank GiitiRntiliiB nml ills lied Nculctlc. s , Neb , Jnn. ! M.-To the Editor of 'Jim HER : Tlio following taken from the re port of the commlttco appointed to draft a 1)111 ) for thorcllof of western sufferers , calls forth tha subsequent remarks to which I trust jou will glvo your careful attention. Tlio commlttco favored nn appropriation of not loss than $100,000 , goods to ho purchased of Lincoln and Omaha wholesale houses. Now \vhllo wo sco the legislature Intend doing a noble work In assisting the western fciifforcrs who nro sufferers Indeed they nro overlooking one class of people who need aid ns much ns anyone clso , namely , the mer chants. Merchants ni a rule bought largely of winter goods In anticipation of a hard winter. As wo have boon ngrecably disap pointed by the weather being unseasonably ilno the merchants liuvo on hand a full stock of winter goods , which they can III afford to carry and which they would eladly sell nt coit to obtain money to meet their bills. Merchants are falling almost dally In the drouth-stricken country , being unahlo to _ _ _ jncct their hills on account of having to carry these goods. Now I would suggest that the money bo sent to good men who uro on ttio grounds and can place It Whora It is needed the most , buying the Roods from the homo merchants Instead of Lincoln and Omaha Jobbers. Those- Jobbers would gctthclrshnie. Just the snrno , by receiving the money from the merchants on p.ist duo bills and thus linvo a tendency to strenfrthon the credit of western tm'iehnnts with the Jobbing houses they nro dealing with. It Is well known that n portion of the donations already sent out liavo fallen Into hands for which they were never intended. Ono case , In particular , was brought to my notice this week , where a cer tain mnn who is holding about thrco llundrod bushels of wheat for hlghtir prices got the lion's slinro of a lot that had been received at the town near which ho resides. Let the legislature inako this money do all the good It can hv putting it in the largest circulation possible , thus bcnolltlng not only the farmers but till classes of people and glvo thcso mer chants who have carried these same farmers year nfturjenr acluinco to weather through what Is bound to bo a dull season. Elseman & Co. of Council Blufts nttrlbutathcirfailuro to the warm winter nnd inability to sell heavy coodi which had to he carried in stock. The western merchants nio In the same llx in re gard to stocks of heavy goods. Is the result to be the snmo ) The Icglslatuie can assist them by following the foregoing suggestion. Will they do it ) This Is no idle talk. I have traveled in this country several yours and linow whorrof I spcaK. spcaK.A TiiA.vn.ixo MAN. A IVonilNlinj Opoiilni ; . STOCKHAM , Nob. , Jnn. 24. To the Editor of Tim UEE : Now and then during my travels , being n drummer , I in sympathy and Justice write n few words to loading news papers of our commonwealth , nnd if you deem this worthy of issue in your esteemed paper , ( not that it will in any way directly or indirectly benefit your most humble of imblo self-appointed scribes ) , It will moot with henrty approval from a largo body of farmers from this part of the state , whlcu is Second to r.o state for its many advantages of health , prosperity and happiness. I am at present In ono of thorniest farming sections Stockham , Hamilton county , Nob. Tins town of a few hundred inhabitants , about thrco years old , twenty-five miles east of Jlnstings , ou the Fremont , 231k- lioru & Missouri Valley railroad , Is moro than pleasantly located , surrounded by the finest class of farmers lu the state , most all of whom nro on the road to prosperity , if not already comfortably well heeled , n good indication being that not withstanding the hard times , there nro a very faw farms for sale , unless at a higher prlco than asked lust year. With nil the line farms surrounding this neat looking town there are reasons why the good farmers are not In lova with their town , which I will now oxnlaln. Stockhnm hns two hotels , two banks , one bakery , two grocoiles , two Hardware and two general merchandise stoics , two grain elevators , one lumber yard , u high school nnd Other minor business plncea found in any small town. What I wish to call attention to is the two Ronornl merchandise stores. Ore Is small with limited capital. The other Is a medium stock for a town of this size. The party having the largest stock charges unnonrd of prices , but sells to Tom , Dick nnd Harry on timo. Some tlmn ago a cheap John store tried its fortunes here , and had immense sales , until this store offered goods ntcost for cash , until It free out Cheap John. As Cheap John did not have the staying principles , or in other words the capital , nnd wns not ac quainted. Now they have the same ruinous prices , which almost forces formers In sight of Stocicham to go twelve miles or further for this class of goods. How many of our fair Nebraska towns nro in n like deadening situ ation ! There are woiso things under the sun than interest , railroads nnd taxes , nnd it Is given as n fnct that the business men of this town entreated this unrty to reduce his prices to reason , uncl the reply wns , " 1 have got a cinch nnd 1 know how to keep it. " 1 am not n general merchandise drummer , and BO have no personal ill will , hut write this In behalf of Stockhnm and justice. Any linn investing $5,000 or $10,000 in this line o'f goods , locjiting there , could not fall to do a largo business , ns the country ran support a town ton times the slzo of Stoclthnm , Stockhnm wants steady , solid business men , and then It will make ono of the best business towns in the stato. Should this be worthy your nttontlon , I may-writo again , only on a different subject. S. A. G. Dr. Gniisnulun's Xi-oktlo , llov. Doctor P. W. Gunsnulus had an inter esting experience out iu Arizona last sura- jnor. It will boar narrating. It scorns that n friend In London , nwaro of the reverend pontlomon's fondness for vivid color , sent Vector Ounsaulus a bright rod necktie , Thcro Is no other red uocktio In the worlil quite ns rod ns a British red necktie ; it Is the consummation , the apotheosis of redness , "When Doctor Ounsaulus clapped bis eyes on thnt rod necktie ho was dazzled nay , ho was Btumied by its terrific splendor. As quickly us ho could ho put It nwny. "I must not wear it,11 suld ho to himself. "It Is toe wicked for this part of the world. I will ro- Borvo it for Arizona. " It Is true that Dr. Gunsaulus had 105 acres of wheat out in Arizona that needed looking nf tor , "but It is moro than likely that nn am bltlon to wear thnt now , splendid rod nocktlc Inspired in Dr. Guusnulus n ceaseless yearn Jng to go west At any rate ho went , nccom punled by his son , a IIttio follow ton or twelve year * of ago. To such as have never seen Dr. Gunsnulus decked iu that array which ho affects whor Inspecting wheat or hunting rare blblloinama < llnds In Arizona wo will sny that this eostunu Is strungo to the degree of weirdness : iti most conspicuous feature is a black felt hat with an enormous llcxtblo brim. An especial flavor of splco of wickedness , If you pleas < was given to this costume by the superl red .nccktlo. To bo cundld"lr. Guusnulus nttlroil for Arizona , looked very llltoonoo : these far western characters of which Bret Harto loves to treat. Now It happenoa that Dr. Gunsnulus trav eled on a free pass a free pass obtained through the kindly oftlccs of ono of the in fluentlal lambs of his lloi-k. This free pass was inndo continuous nil the way from Chi. cage to Arizona and hack again. It fel clearly within the lines ol the Interstate com .Incrco net , for It wns made out to the account f of ( and was to bo paid In ) advertising. Thli free pass worked all right until Ir Gunsaulus struck the Santo Fa country , II was then thnt a coarse , unteollng , onc-oycc < Conductor came through the train collecting tickets nt tha point of a murderous looking liorso pistol , Ho hud been sheriff of a county in Now Mexico , nnd was a Thing of Blood. "Tickets I" demanded this florco monster. Dr. UuiiBBUlus mildly produced bis free pass. The conductor rend the free pass. The unhallowed flro of oUcpticism illumined bU cyolopcan optic. "Wat's yer nnmol" aikcd tno conductor. ' Thollov. P. W. Gunsnulus , " answered the holy man. The conductor took as rapid n view of Dr. Gunsnulus ns his ono eye would ndmlt of , "No , yor don't ! " exclaimed the conductor , brutnlly. "Yer don't piny that game ou mo I Yer no preacher.1' ' "Indeed I am , and ft very good preacher , too , " remonstrated Dr. Ounsaulus , "Come , now , " sala" the conductor , "It's no use of yer try In to como any monkey business with uio ; I reckon 1 know u domlnlo when I sco him. Ycr'll have to put up yer good money or gctoff'n ' the train 1" There seemed to bo no alternative. Dr. Gunsnulus looked out of the car window ; it \vouldnoverdoforhlm to ho set down in that desert of cnctusos and pralrlu dogs. Ilo sought to reason with the conductor ; every gift , every power , every nrtlllce of eloquence tit his command ho brought to bear ou the callous creature , hut nil in vain , in vain also the reverend gentleman's little hey plaint ively but stoutly maintain thnt "papa was a mlnlstcrtho ; ( unregenernto heart of the con ductor wns not to ho moved. "No domlny over were a nccktlo thtothat , " said the conductor. "Yer'll Imvo to put up the stuff or clt olt'n ' the train. " Dr. Uuusaulus did put up. but not uutll ho had secured a receipt therefor from the ono- eyed skeptic. The next thrco hours were hours of misery , for not even so lone-suffer ing nnd so patient a clergyman ns Dr. Gun- saulus cares to bo separated from his worldly possessions by the unfeeling agent of u soul less railway corporation. But about a hun dred miles furtherdown the road the mayor of Santa Fo boarded the train , and ho was Imp- plly able to identify Dr. Gunsnulus ns being indued entitled to nil the perquisites nnu courtesies involved In and entailed by that free puss. So the one-eyed conductor dis- Korgcd the money nnd inudo au apology ns best ho could. "I've been llvln1 out hero now for goln' on twonty-throo years , " said ho , "nnd I've seen every kind of human boin1 from bonanza kings down to three-card montc sharks , but I never soon n preacher with a red necktie afore ) Say , imrdnor , yor n daisy , I'll bet ! Although it's agin the rules , 1 don't mind looklu' nt yor if yor'vo got yor bottle handy 1" AEtfii Of TillXOUTllWEST. Nebraska. The Blair Episcopal church now has a boy choir. Schuylor's camp of Sons of Veterans bos seventeen members. A Knights of Pythias lodge has boon or ganized at Burchard. The annual ball of the B. & M. conductors will occur atMcCook February 5. A Sunday school institute will bo hold nt the Presbyterian church , six miles northwest of Mead , January ! i9. The sugar boot palace nt Grand Island has been sold and transformed into a storage , commission nnd transfer depot. Lung Brothers , the Iowa brewers , offer to mild a line plant at Grand Ismnd if the citi zens will douato suitable grounds. The Fair nnd Stock Sale association of North Loup has decided to hold regular sale days ou the first Friday of each month. The Oddfellows and Knights of Pythias of Geneva have completed arrangements for building a largo brick block in the spring. A special meeting of the Antelope county alliance wns hold Saturday , and the advisa bility of establishing a purchasing agency at Ncligh was discussed. The Grand Army post at Albion has sent over $200 worth of food and clothing to a Krand Army posi In Custer county for distri bution among the needy. Mr. Henry Clark , an engineer of North PIntto , and Miss Luclnda Daniels of Denver were married nt Grand Island , where they will sojourn for a tltno before going to North PIntto to reside. The only business transacted at the last mooting of the Wymoro city council was the passage of Ji resolution ordering a helpless cripple to move his caiUy stand off the street within live days. Hastings has ono of the finest electric licht nlants0.n the .stato. nnd it is being still further improved by the addition of a 150 horsepower Corliss engine , which is now bclnc placed In position. It will require eleven loads of rock for the foundation. Uev. W. M. Tavlor of Bartloy hns caused the arrest of D. li. Carpenter , editor of the Bartloy Enterprise , ou the charge of ma licious criminal libel. The editor gave a bond of $500 to appear for trial at the March torin of the district court. Miss Extlno , the Morse BlufC young woman Avho was sent to Jail nt Wnhoo to servo out a line for assaulting a school toucher , escaped confinement by suing out n writ of habeas corpus and proving that the papers made out by the justieo of the peace who convicted her were defective. There was n small sized riot in the Clay Center public schools when Prof. King tried to whip ono of the big boys. The other pupils came to the rescue of their fellow student mid prevented his punishment. The school board is now figuring on what course to pursue in the matter. The old Union church , two mlles north of the vtllngo of Union , was torn down last Monday to mnko room for n now and moro imposing place of worship. When the little tin box which had boon placed In tbo corner stone was opened It was found that it had been robbed of its contents , a lone uickol and the clasp of a blhlo only remaining. Mrs. Shecdy of Lincoln has relatives near McCool Junction. Ono , a near relative , is the wlfo of n prominent farmer who is a county official. IJiid Gabriel , a cousin , wlio at ono time lived south of McCool , was ar rested for horse stealing nt Falrmount nnd while conflnod la the county Jail at Geneva made his escape and has ncvor been heard from sinco. 1 owa. New Hampton has a now Masonic temple Fayotto county has thirty-four creameries. Laurons has n plnguo of rats and the citi zens luivo tied up their domestic animals and gene to work systematically to poison the ro dents. Howlnnd lodge , No. 274 , Ancient Order of United Workmen , is the banner lodge of the stale In point of membership. It has 37-1 members. A pearl button factory Is about to start in Muscatlno. The buttons will bo inado of mussel shell , which Is so abundant in west ern rivers , especially in the Mississippi. A great religious revival is in progress at Croston. Ono hundred and leu converts have joined the Methodist church , and they uro hut little moro than half of those profess ing conversion. An old gentleman at Independence has papered - pored his house with biblical deslgds , each of which covers ouo side or end of n room. Ho roadt his Blblo nnd then works the subject ol the chapter read into n design. ( Jcorgo Colthnrd , a Harrison county farmer implicated In questionable real o&tato mort gage transactions , pleads , or his friends fet him plead , thnt Wills , the heavy vllUUn ol Iniquitous deals , hypnotized him. J. 1C. Graves of Dubuque is having litiga tion with the gas company nnd the company has shut oft the gas from tils residence. He has been observed down town buying tallow dips sluco the light \\ent.but. The flow of artesian wells about Keokuk hns diminished lately. J. C. Iluhmger's well in tbo city throws 200 gallons a mtnuto less than It did live months ago. This well Is ' . ' ,100 feet deep , nnd Mr. Uublngor proposes to znako It 125 feat dcopur. Kov. James D. Gray Is dead near Rhodes , Ho was u former member of the Northwest Indiana conference of the Methodist church , but duriuc his residence lu Iowa , dating from 1S ( > 1 , ho had been a farmer. Ilo was lu the seventy-third year of his ago. The Lyon County Index estimates that last fall 120 threshing machines , sixty of them steamers , were running at ono time In Lyon county , nnd that nu average of 120,000 bush' els of gralu per < luy was threshed for a period of seventy days , or u total of over 8,000,000 bushels. ' William Draucker has became n familial figure at the intersection of Hock Island and Second streets , Davenport , Ho Is cngnRod in the monotonous Job of carrying two brlcka across that Intersection for t > ovou consccu < tlvo days of tea hours ooch , for n purse ol friO.50. Ha is au old man , hut neither he nor tha bricks show much sign of wear. Ills wager will DO won tonight if he holds out. During the twenty-six weeks ending Janu ary U , the shipments of produce from Wav < orly were as follows : 100 carloads of hogs. 00 carloads of oats , 63 carloads of cattio , li carloads of shelled corn.M carloadiof horsos. 'M nnrloads of canned corn , 4 carloads of sheep , 3 carloads of wheat , - carloads of ry o , 2,401 tubs or 150,005 pounds of butter. .53 cases or W,710 dozen OCRS , 101 veal and 30,020 pounds of dressed poultry. The fame of C. W. William's kite shaocd track at Independence hns reached England , nnd last week ho received n letter from V. Cathcnrt. secretary of the trottinK union of Great llritaln. Ho asked for particu lars In regard to the construction of the track , but added : "I fear wo shall have to bo con tented with a half tnllo track , ns land costs from . ! oO to 400 per acre as tar as ten miles from the center of London. " A sltigulnr character attended one of the agricultural mootlngs at DCS Molnos last week. Ho Is M. B. Uoollttlo of Crcsco. Mr. Doollttlo is about sixty years old , and was accompanied by n pretty girl of sixteen to whom ho had Just been married , having previously been divorced. Mr. Doollttlo claims to bo the nuthor'of the famous "Siva" letters that appeared in the Inter-Ocean , Ho Is more proud of his girl wlfo than ha for merly was of his literary achievements. Ho is a brilliant talker. Colorado. Thcro are about sixty tank builders erect ing oil tanks at Florence. Salvation army barracks at Boulder wns sllgutly damaged by lire. Eighteen gamblers were nrrcstcd at Orand Junction and lined t " > 0 and costs each. Frederick Hobln died in the Phcunlx hotel at Pueblo from alcoholism nnd narcotics. Jim Wood , an old-tlmo gambler , wns found dead in bed nt Lcadvillo. General debility and whisky. Ton acres of ground about a mile northeast of Boulder were sold for 8150 nn aero. A year ago this land was purchased at $50 an iwro. iwro.Tho The grocery store of Bownor Brothers at La Junta was closed Saturday by the 13.ink of Eastoru Colorado on uotcs amounting to 0,000. All the shippers of Florissant have ngrecd not to patronize the Chicago. Milwaukee & , St. Paul road until wages ol the operators and agents on that system have been re stored. It is stated that nn offer of $100,003 for the Mctrcpolo hotel In the Broadway theatre building in Denver has boon refused. The offer was fiotn an English syndicate , and included the ground on which the hotel stands. The combination store of Wall & Corn- stock at Loiigmout wns burned on Friday , incurring n loss of $15,000. , flo insurance on the building or stock. The origin of the lire is unknown. The llrst now county project has appeared. It is to slice oft portions of Park. Douglas , El Paso and Jefferson counties and put thorn together lu ono compact county to bo called Irystal , with Florissant county seat. Asa C. Bcebc , the fourtocn-ycar-old son of M. F. lleobo of Denver committed suicide by taking "rough on rats. " Ilo had been lu ill health since ho was six years old , nnd at times suffered from Ills of temporary in sanity. A switchman named J. S. ICoeoh , employed in the Colorado City yards of the Midland , was killed while on duty. A number of cars overturned , crushhiB Kcech , Ho was about twentj-llvo years old and leavoj a wlfo and two children. James A. Maxwell , father of James TMax > well , state engineer , was found dead in bis chair at Boulder on Friday. Ho was nn old- timer and went to Colorado In 1SCO. Ho was formerly engaged In the lumboc business and wns seventy-eight years old , Word wns received at the Colorado Midland offices in Colorado Springs of a flru in ono of the Sunshluo coal company's m'nes ' , between Aspen and Cardiff. The llro broke out In ono of the old shafts. For a tlrao the now shaf ftvas threatened , but the ilro was smoth ered in time to stop all danger. D'enver Uopubllcan : The police are mak ing it veiy warm for tbo thugs , bunco steer- era and chronic vagrants vrho have hereto fore enjoyed the proteclion of the sheriff's ' otltco , and Police Judge Bnrnea is doing hl > duty most creditably in imposing severe pen alties on tbo tough criminals brought before him. him.A A Golden lady became solicitous ono cold night recently as to the condition of her ilock of fat and feathery hens. Thinking they might bo somewhat chilly she proceeded to cover the lloor of the ben house with hot ashes. When morning came she was sans hen house , sans feathers , sans solicitude , but not sans roasted buns. James Stewart , a single man about thirty years of ago. was taken out of a Denver & Ulo Grandobox car at Pueblo Monday evenIng - Ing , dc.id. Ho was u station boss nt Flor ence , and Jumped in a car with one of his men and when Hearing Pueblo sank down on the lloor and lu a few minutes was dead , pro- sum nbly from heart disease. Ex-State Auditor schwanbeck bos pub lished a table showing comparative valua tions of counties iu Colorado since the state's ' admission. Arapahoe is ono of the few that has shown a yearly Increase. Its valuation has grown from $10Oi > C,09l In 188T to SbOH5- 0)0 ! in 1890. It is predicted that this year the county will teach the $100,000,000 mark end the entlro state bo valued at over n quarter of a billion. It Is reported that a great strike has been " made in" the Kllon mine at ijpringdalo by Charley Clark. Tbo specimens shown nro full of free gold In wire shape , crystallized , whlloln other portions of the rock were found sylvanito , calverite , potzlto and tellurium. The mlno has beau lying idle for years until Clark took a lease on the property. Years ago the Ellen produced some of the richest ere in Boulder county. Wyoming. Thonow engine for Choyenno's water works oost 7,000 , , and is of the Holly variety. But n small percentage of tbo hay harvest In Ulnta county last year Is being used this winter. Several additions have recently boon made to Uvanston and lots are being disposed of fairly well. Uock from "William Blake's mlno , near Lewiston , assays eighty-six ounces of silver and $1S in gold. Work Is soon to ba vosumod on the No. 4 coal mlno nt Almy , which caught lire several years ago and was abandoned. The town of Buffalo has 100 guns and 5,000 cartridges Issued by the state. The aldermen have ordered 0,000 more cartridges. The farmers' alliance of Crook county has ordered sugar licet seeds for its members nnd experiments will bo made next season , Prospectors nro beginning to pick In the hills adjacent to Kvanston in search of coal. They llnd good indications all about the town limits , It Is reported that an eastern syndicate has offoredtuo Kilpatrlck Bros , tr.000,000 for their coal lands , coking nnd otherwise , at Newcastle and vicinity. A. M. StarUcll's sheep herders discovered a largo deposit of alum out about twenty miles south west'of Hnwltns. The samples they brought In are almost chemically pure. The miners of the Keystone dlstrlcl , Al bany county , Kuarahtco that a custom stamp mill will pay there. The Ilcaay Cash mlno la uoout to bo sold. A recent assay returned $1,100 in gold. Thcro bos Just boon added to the stock of the private llsh hatchery of the Gordon- Campbell ditch and fanning company , flfty miles from Cheyenne , 50,000 each of lake and California rainbow trout eggs , Cheyenne Tribune : The Sunday passen ger and mall trains have been taken oft the Cheyenne & Northern. It is supposed that the next Cheyenne & Northern development will bo the appointment of a division chap- lain. lain.Several Several counties nro having considerable dllllculty in marketing bonds. All wore of fered at once nftar tbo passage of a law and mot a stringent money marcot. ) Ono Issue was takou up by a local capitalist , E. Amor- otti of Lander. Bonanza Uustlcr : Last fall thoTorroy out tit moved about live thousand head of cat tle from the Owl Creek to the Gray Bull range , and the change Is proving to bo quite disastrous , as tboy are said to bo dying In largo numbers. A. Hocluvlth of the Uintix stock Jfsrra ha- sold his gray gelding , Fuust , to Montana par ties for ifC.OOO. Faust is by Florida , the sire of half n dozen under the 'JUO : list. Ilo Is i representative of the Httmblotonlnn-Pllot cross , which produced Maud S. and Jay-Eya Sco. Fuust hua a record of 3:18. : Ho goes west at once. Llttlo Bear , n Sioux chief , "on pass will thirty braves , was interviewed in camp or the Cheyenne river , Crook county , by Mus tang Bill , an old scout now engaged la pros pecting for oil , says the Cheyenne Sun. Tbc chlof said he and his party were going intc the Die Horn mountains to remain for some tlmo. In the course ofcftit conversation the Indian said In almost so many words that the dissatisfied reds intended gathering in the Big Horn country to , make a fight with any force that might 06' sent agnlnst them. Ono of the recopnliod , Indian traditions Is that the Big Horn countrjr hns n lucky bat tle field. Hams Fork , a town' flfty miles north of Evunston , on the Oregbh Short Line , hns Just been Incorporated. It Udu n country rich In mines , timber nnd wnUr. The Ulntnh cool mining' company is hohltrd the scheme nnd they have money. The 'Wyomlnc ' k Eastern railroad survey possosi through the town. Koiltv Is very active n'nd settlers are coming in rapidly. ' Cheyenne Lender : "When figured out it has been ofllclnlly dlncororeii that the first session of the state legislature appropriated $ : i2.t,129. Of this amount JI9,1SK11 is In cluded In the deficiency hill to cover expendi tures and salaries not provided for by the previous territorial legislature : the salary list for two jcars foots up $9'.i,3G3.30 ' , and the miscellaneous espouses ? lll.OS3ir. The legislature Itself cost $20,500. , Two house cars on the Cheyenne & North ern down trains caught flre near Cheyenne a few days nijo nnd the flames were not noticed until the passenger conches were threatened. Full steam was crowded on arid the train ran at full Bixjod to a water tank two miles away , where the flro was put out. llrnkcmati Au- dorson , who crawled over the car tops to warn the engineer , had a hand severely burned. The old people's attorney nnd treasurer of Crook county refuse to relinquish their of- 11 ccs to the "successors chosen at the general election In September. They claim the elec tion was illegal. Tbo now and old attorneys nro in the ofllco constanlly and both como to the front when the commissioners dcslro legal advice. The old treasurer holds on. The ofllrerscleetylll bo seated. A leglsli- Ino act has confirmed the election , non't experiment with your health. Vou may bo sure of the quality of your medlclno. oven if jou have to take much of your food upon trust. Ask your druggist for Ayer's Snrsnuarllla and take no other. It is the standard blood purifier , the most effective nnd economical. Parisian Suit & Cloak Co. 's bankrupt stock saleat Fnlconor's. SHE FI3INTI3D. A Woman Attempts to Work a niiifT on the Police. There \vos a scene In the city Jail last ulght In which n pretty but fallen woman played a leading part. The woman is known by the name of Lot- tlo Raymond , and lives at ono of the palatial establishments of vice on Ninth street. She was at the union depot at 7:30 : , intending to go with some friends to Fremont. Just before fore the train pulled out Max Han- buofor , a poultry dealer , entered the depot nnd hold n hurried conver sation with Miss Raymond , concluding the interview by calling the depot police ofll- cer and requesting him to place the woman under arrest. Ho claimed that she had n diamond ring belonging to him that ho valued nt ? 50. The woman refused to surrender the ring , and she was placed under arrest and taken to the central station. Whllo standing at the jailor's ' closk giving her name for the registry the woman fainted and fell Into the arms 'of n stalwart ofllccr who stood near by. She remained uncon scious for n few moments , ana then regained her consciousness through a series of mild but hysterical convulsions. The Jail oflicers did nil they could to restore itho woman with the simple remedies at hand. . . . Captain Mostyn came iu about the time the woman regained consciousness , and after looking at her a moment , said : "Sho plays that part qulto successfully. She Is about the smoothest impors6nator of a fainting lit that I have over seen in the Jailor on the stage. " Wo shall never cearso to endorse Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup ; for without it our paper would have boon short of readlne matter this week wo had a shocking cough and fearful cold. Weekly Union. Don't sigh with pains of burns or accident But use Salvation Oil the greatest liniment Parisian Suit & Cloak Co.'a bankrupt stock sale at Falconer's. A memorial Service. Special services were hold at the church o the Good Shepherd , corner of Niuetqpnth am Lake streets , yesterday forenoon at 10 o'clocl in memory of Miss Flota Riddcll , who dice last Wednesday In Brooklyn. Miss lliddcll was a much loved member o the church of the Good Shepherd and of the Sunday school , in which she was n falthfu and efllcient teacher. The services hold yes tcrday were by the Sunday school. After the singing of a number of funeral hymns i very appropriate address was made by J. N Ciimplon , superintendent of the Sunday school , and also by Mr. Mount , ono of the tcacheis in the school. A beautiful floral tribute was laid upon tin altar by the three surviving members of the ilrst confirmation class of tbo church , o : which the deceased was a member. Aftei the services the three young indies , . Miss Louisa Grnndon , Miss Annlo Soulo and Miss Julia McQuiro , took the beautiful tribute to the homo of the afflicted parents at 1011 North Twenty-second street. For colds , croup , asthma , bronchitis nnd sore throat use Dr. Thomas' Electric Oil and get the genuine. . Y. M. O. A , Meeting. There were exactly SOO men present yesterday day at 4 p. m. at the Young Men's Chrlstiur association concert , hall. Kov. K. V. Alkis son of the Southwest Presbyterian churcl SDoko for thirty minutes on the subject "Man Should Bo a Christian Because it li Illirht. " His remarks were earnest and wcl worded and carried conviction to the heart ! of his heirers. Some of his Illustrations were eloquent and forcible. In an aftei meeting a number of young men expressed o desire to lead n Christian lifo. The Euterpcan quartette sang two cholcf selections with good effect. The average attendance upon this service for the past month hnsTieon a.10 , the largos1 nvoraqo for any mouth , save one , since th < opening of the association building. Much Interest Is being awakened by thcso meetings nnd ills expected that the coinlugmonth wil show an attendance greater than ftny previous vious month In the history of the association Never ncgloct n constipated condition o the bowels , or serious results surely follow such , ns piles , impure blood and manychronl complaints. Burdock plood Bitters Is th remedy. S. A. Miles of-Chloa JIk at the Millard. M. A. Morgan of St. Job is nt the Casey. Charles Ford of Denver- at the Murray , W. J. Corbott of CUoyonno Is at the Pus- ton. i G. T. Drake of St. LQuJsJs at the Morch nuts. Jtji | t T. J. Ross of Beatrice , ! } ! } registered at the ' ' Casoy. J. 1C. Johnston of KanSas City Is at the Millard. ' " T. H. Harney of Bostort'was at the Paxtoi last nl ht. ' .it A. H. Werbor of St. ( Louis Is registered al the Paxton. it in Prank Hunt of Sioux , Clty Is registered a the Murray. C. E. Willard of Chicago Is In the city , a the Millard. C. E. Leslie of Oberlln , 0. , Is In the citj at the Casey. E. P. Butler of Lincoln was at tha Mur ray last night. S. J , Lnrltln of Denver was at the Merchants ants lust night. J. O , 'nUon of Lo Mars , la. , U in thoclty at the Paxton. J. L. Packard of Crolgbton was at th Casey last night. G. M. Crawford of Pocntcllo is iu the oltj at the Merchants , * P. II. Fowler of Kochoster , N. Y. , Is res IstorcJ at.tho Millard. E. A. Brown of Nebraska City Is regli torod at the Merchants. Parisian Suit fc Cloak Co.'s bankrup ttock ealo at Falconer's. THIS JGU'ISIt Unlibl Ilosonnu Will KoprcRtMit Omnlm nttlir Philadelphia Convention. About fitly of the Hebrews of this city mot estcrdnv afternoon at Metropolitan hall mdcrtho auspices of tha Hebrew Emigrant lollcf association tt Kiko some action with oference to joining the Jewish Alliance of iQcrlca , a uowly organized body for the ro of of the Russian Jews. U , Bernstein , president of the local aasocl- illon , wns In the chair. A circular sent out > y the Jewish alliance was read , requesting 10 Hebrews in this city to send one or moro oprcscntatlvus to attend a convention In 'hlladelphla on February 15 , IbOl. It was decided to send n representative to int gathering , and Ilabbl Hosciuu was lioscn as a delegate. Julius Meyer , Dr. William Itosonnu , B. 'owman , \Velnroth , John Bornstdn nhd [ . Friedman were appointed a committee to iccuro sinners to a petition nsklng the No- iraskn representatives in Washington to alto such slops as Ilo in their power to nsslst n the work , nnd to forward the list to Wash- ngton. The membership-roll vns Increased by bout twenty names , nnd an adjournment vos taken until the second Sunday In Fob- unry , Funeral or Ilpnry ( Soon. The funeral of Henry Ooos , the son of 'otcr Gees , took place from the residence of lie latter , In the northwestern part of the Ity , yesterday afternoon. Relatives nnd rionds were present In largo numbers nnd ho Turnvereln wns represented by n largo del gation. The remains were encased in n handsome black clo hcasltct , which was com- ilctcly covered with beautiful lloral tributes. lany floral pieces of npproprlato design vero placed about the casket. Mr , Jacob Hauck delivered nn address In jcrinan , dwelling upon the uncertainties of ifo nnd speaking many words of comfort ind consolation to the beienved family. Mr. leury Ilaubons read the iltunl of the Turu- 'orcin ' nnd tlm Tut tier quartette rendoicd appropriate selections. The casket was borne to the hearse bo- AVCCII two lines of Turners In open order , vhllo the Union Pncillc baud played a dlrgo. The p.ill bearers were William Wlndhoiiu , joorpo Hove , Gottlieb Blndter , John U. C. Cruogcr , Ernst Kaiser , Ilcniy Hix , John Kraazo nnd William Eck. The cortege wound its way across the ir.iirlo to Thirty-second street , thence to respect Hill cemetery , where the remains were laid to rest. Troops llrturtilnir llomr. The vicinity of Webster street depot was dotted with cavalrymen yesterday afternoon who were making a "between trains" stop while en route from Pine Kidgo ngcncy to Fort Lcavcmvorth , Kan. They were the members of the lirst troops of companies Two , Thrco , Five and Nine , and were under com mand of Colonel Shatter. Five coaches nnd a Pullman constitutrd the train that brought them in over the Elkhoru and Missouri Pa- cidc respectively. All the men were hi line spirits over the prospects of getting back to their families again , us well they might bo , since the crack of a single gun nt any moment during the past few weeks might have sent them Into un engagement from which many would iiovor have returned. They arrived at noon and left at 0 p. m. A Hanintr Mill Blnzn. At 0:80 last night flro was discovered In the basement of Kosenbcrry's planing mill at Mason nnd Fifteenlh streets. The flames got no further than a heap of shavings before the lire department arrived nnd soon ex tinguished the lire. By some mistake the lire was turned In as being at Seventeenth and Hickory , ana ono or two of tbo fire com panies had a long and fruitless run to that part of the city. Wnntert for Ilo hiring Ilia Father. S. C. Hann of Adams county , Iowa , Is in the city Jail. Ho is wanted at bis homo for stealing ti50 from his father. The Shah of Persia Though advanced In years , lias hair of raven hue. Gray lialrs are stilctly piohibltecl la Ills dominions , and IHMICO the laige ship ments to that countiy of Ajui's Hair Vigor , by the use of which the Shah's subjects save not only their Imlr hut their heads. Ayei's Hair Vigor restores the iiatiir.il color of the hair. It should be ou cvciy toilet-table. "Some time ago my hair began to fade and to full out so badly that I thought I should be bald ; but the use of Ayei's Hair Vigor has icstoied the original color and inado my hair strong , abundant , and healthy. It does not fall out any more. " Addle Shatter , M9 Kace St. , Cincinnati , Ohio. " My hair ( which had partly turned gray ) was lestoied to Us youthful color and beauty by the use of a few bottles of Ayer's Hair Vigor. I shall continue to use It , as there Is no better dressing for the hair. " Galdo Gajip , Georgeana , Ala. Ayer's Hair Vigor , * riturAUKD ny DH. J. C. AVER & CO. , Lowell , Mass. Sold by all Druggists anil I'orfuineM. To euro nillouincsB. Sick Hondnctio. Constipation. Malaria. I.lvcr Complaints , tnko the solo and certain remedy , SJIlTll'S BILE BEANS Use tlio SMALT , 6I7.E (40 little bimnato fhobot- tin ) . They nro tbo moat convenient : suit all egos. 1'rlco of either > lie , US conU per bottle. tf B 5 ! SDI\ir * nt 7. 17. 70 ! PUoto-BTOTtirO , IMOOH 118 4 ! panelsUoof tbU picture for 4 centa ( corpora or tttauips ) . J. P. SMITH k CO , Makers of "llllo Beans , St. Louis. Mo. Tough glass lamp-chimneys. Macbeth's "pearl top" and "pearl glass" are made of tough glass. They rarely break except from accident. ritUburg. OKU. A. JtACiJCTU & Co. JVMUSE1M1SNTS. Four Nlnhts Oom- mtmoino , SUNDAY JANUAttY 25. RICH & HARRIS BOSTON HOWARD ATHENETJM Specialty Company And the only PA-ULx OINQUBVArvUI. r.lovon distinct specialty turns. Twonty-flvo nrtlsts. Itoi shoots open Saturday at regular prices. EDEN MUSElT \Vtll Lawlor , Manager. Cor. llth and Karnam WKI5IC OK JANUAIIY ZUTH. Tlio great Mnitoilon Kentucky Clant , John Hanion Craig. WuluhvWI lt > . Th blirceit man of the a o. llli wtfoand Uiby. lltllT ilcCnbo , the fiuuoui Mln- Btrul. 'Jtio Halls l > ecl ly nrtlsto. Morrli nnd NVIt- Ijur , Irlih Team. Carpenter Blitori , nOTcltlut , llitch nod Cnmpbull , muilcal luarTuls. ree little kilters , soiled fyeir tJiitterjs , didn't ' rf Or/W L to do ; 'fill a , Wise old friend little ki liens , Wd QuicklVSjistjed \ ere as as SANTA GLAUS SOAP-MADE OS SLY BY MK.FAIRBANK&CO.CHICAGO. . SCRIBNER S ZINE I' I contains " MOUNT WASHINGTON TTr TT Krnirx7 / r < = I OF rLDlUcliy JN WINTER , " by EDWARD L. WILSON , with numerous illustrations from photographs h by the author ; FRANK R. STOCKTON'S marine talc , "THE WATER DEVIL" ; SIR EDWIN ARNOLD'S ' third article in the "Japonicn , " series , on "JAPANESE B H HH PEOPLE , " with illustrations bye Robert Blum ; a timely S3 contribution "ABOUT AFRICA , " by J. Scott Keltic , sum marizing the various expeditions into Africa , with portraits of piomincnt explorers and many other illustrations ; "NEAPOLITAN ART MlCHETTI , " by A. F. Jacassy , with many illustrations ; "A BOX OF AUTOGRAPHS , " by R. ' II. Stoddard , with many fac-similcs ; "THE STORY OF AN " Wood Chapters VI.-X. OLD BEAU , by John Seymour ; of the sciial "JERRY" ; Poems ; The Point of View , etc. The frontispiece is a portrait of DAVLD LIVINGSTONE. 25 Cents a.Number ; $3.00 a Year. DT.F.C.BILU . . . OMAHA , NEB. Durlntz bin pcvcml month * location mid practice In Orunba , Dr. Millings ha onrnort an mivtnblo ru | > utu- tlon among the liundrcils uf cltl/en * who aiiplloilto him nlruont as n last resort , anil found In hl aklllful mlnlttrntlons tliofull realization of hope lonu de ferred. Hols permanently locator ! nml hni the host ap- rolnled nnd must conveniently located | > Iiy lclnn's ulllcoand reception rooms In Oinnha. The sick will Ural In Dr. Hllllngi a true pliyaldan nndimympntliinlc friend and mlvlner , For the treatment of the following named disease * Dr. Hillings hua proven himself poiioaaodof mo a unuiual skllL C.S.RAYMOND'S ' Sacrifice and Removal Sale We mean Just -what wa siy. Our mlcoa PWM i1'r , " Vr100 ( except Fatal * Philippe & Go's Fina Watches ) , is on sale at buch sacrifice prices that it should insnro the silo of every article. B.CllH5 AMIJiF DEPARTMENT wo are slmplr selling without regard to cost. EJivJrlmoun $ Ol > watchoj , Diamonds , Solid ; nFlnie Jew lr' and all goods , makes Pr'es ' ! lower thnn ? , our people have over clas301 C. S. RAYMOND. Douglas and 15th St. NERVE AND BRAIN TREATMENT. Smetflo for HTitrla , Ill rtnm.rt ! , KnorrlgU , Wivkt * tun ! i , Utntal liupreiuon , Hottenlatrof thu liraln.re- suiting In iuitnUy aad Iftadlnv to mlierjr Uec'ar anJ il.Ath. Prcmjitur. Old A00. liArrvnuoss. 1.019 of fewer tnotther MI. Inioluntarjr Loui > , ani Bprm > toThiea cui Kiir oT r- xartlD'of ( ho lirftln. * ir < * lute or ortr > indui2 nca. I.a < hbox concajnionimonth' * trv&u rninL | l bet , or li for ti , > .nt lij mtll jirvpaia. V/lth e ch onlir for ill bo > > . vriil rum ! purcLuor initrtDU * to rtfund non.r If th. ( rxalraiiit lidUW GOODMAN DUUO CO. , - Omaha N b. CATAUrtll VII dliomni of throat an I non O tir h linpnrorliiliaj IhJ htuoil ami nerves producing uobllltilocny nnd decline. DYSI'I'I'SIA-Anrt nil the plnuo * of IndlRoUlfln Ilror troublu. Imperfect assimilation and nutrition. KltlNUV niSBASICS Are most ileftelvliiH find In- xlituoiM. Syniptoini Imrcl to raootnUa by tlio patient ofUm loail to fatnl brlglits dlsoitso or Jlnbetoi 'IIHKA9KS ' W TIIH 1ILOOU lllood ] > ohonlnif , xcriif ulu , uryelpoliu , anil ilUuusos inuiilluncJ licra- utter. AMj SKIN niSKASIIS-Kciomn , unit rhontn , Vart- oln. ulcers , tnticrclo ) , nrrofaln , lupus , miulilf color of HID akin , iilmt > U' < , nna tlbousoi of tha aoilpar * cured liy Dr. DlllliiK" . NKIUOIJS l)18KA9KS-Inn ) of TlKor , lout mnn- liooil. ilebllttjr. tirostnitlon , lU-mionitoncr. eruption oil Ilio tncu , IIIIB of iiiinnory , diond ut future , uto. A now trcatmont Hint NKVI511 KA11.3. UUUIIMATISM AND NKUIIAUIIA Are cured by Dr. DIlllliKs nbcnnll other * Imvo fatlcil. FKMAIiK WKAKSBSSm-Tho hnrnli. Irrational nnrt iinnntiiriil mothoila umtnlly omplnrort uro ro- nponsllilo for .fullr Iliroo-fourtln of tliu KulTcrliK now cnilurc'il by women IntOJtlniilu tlm nuir , linjno trcatmt'nt of Dr. DlllInK . 1'II.KS-AM. HKCTAn TKOUIliaia - IMtcs , I'ls- tiiln , nb'CORhoi. ntrlilure , nnrt rill rtt onios of rpctum c uruil without tlio knlfo , cnutury ur nntiours uolar Irum work urbuMm'ia. AI.lj 1IHADACIIK8 are quickly curuil. VHNKUKAI. IHSUA8K9 IlPconl or laiiu gUnillnit ' fipliMIs , KOiititrlKun , Htrlctura iiml nil ratultliiK af < 1 foctlons nru euriMl poriiinncntly and foroturrlthoat nny inorciiry or mlncriil IrtntinPiit. MOKI'IIINH 1IA11IT Quickly , iiosltlvoly nnil painlessly cured. TAPK WOUM Taken with heart compli-to In ono liniir HItli ono tutiaiwmlnl OJ plonsailt inoillclnu. No OTH15II DISK ASKS-Such as olil norn , mallunnnt nil cm , tumors , cancers , lienrt troubloM , nstlunt , rpllopiy , St. Vttus dnncp. milk loj , chrunlo cotntlpn- lion mill chronic dlnrrlHu i > ro enroll. Till ! COJtl'I.KXION The niont nnnlBtitly nnil innilily lonipli'Xkm nul'lly frushcnud null hcautllloil. roilOKKKNSlVK HIlKATll A pornmnont euro LOW 1'KKSI KllEK CONSULTATION I 11OUKS : il.COa m to tip. m. Hveiilnus , 7 to 8:80. : Bumlayi , ! to 4 p. iu. Patlejits Trotted By Corrospontlonoo. Medicine Sent Everywhere. 322 South Fifteenth St. OKOUNP FLOOR. NO STA.II19. Dr. Dllllnsa prepares and dlsponioa his own medicines , which are laruely selootad from nature's healing planta , barlca , root ? , mus.shrubs , etc. No mineral drugs jtv-jn. FISCHER'S TOM ( Double Markers. Plows with Lift ing Cams , Tongs , Bars and Fischer's Improved I ce M Hooks. & ' - & _ rn Taylor , SOLE AGENTS. m Omaha , 1405 Douglas St. MANHOOD RESTORED. "SANATIVO" Ui Wonderful Upnnlth Itemcdjr , In null ] with Wrlttriifiuuruiiloo to cure all Nun ou * ! > ! taw , tucti ai Wralc llfinorr , IXXK of Jlriln I'ow or , 11 e due lie , Wakotulnen , Una ) lin- tiiKxl , KfrvouiiitM , la titude , all drains ind Before & After Use. low o ( [ lower of Uis { 'holographed from life. Oeneratlro Orgnui , In tllher ( ex. caused bjr ow exertion , youthful Indeacretloni , or the eiceulve u e of tobacco , oplnm , or itlinulantx , which ul'Jmotclr lead to InOtmltr. Consumption and Inianltjr , J-nt up In convenient form to carry In tlio ventjiocktt. Trie * 1 a picktso , or for U. With every 15 order wo giro a nrltton Kuaruiit ot euro or refund tha ninnuy. Sent by mall to any iddreei. Circular tree. Mrntlon Uit > paper. Addrcu , MADRID CHEMICAL CO. , Hrtnch Office forff. &A , 417)cirlKirn ) Strwt. ClIICAfto. II.U ran BALK IN OMAHA. Him. , ut Kulin k Co , Cor , 15th ft DOUKIM fit * . J. A. Fuller & Co , Cor. Kill A DotiKliuBU. A.I ) . Poittr & Co. . Council JlluH * . U- FOR SALE Mr hclntlnj nn < 1 1'aporhn.ncrlne fctiilne i , l ! Ub. cllihiMt ItuC IU * n * ll puluctfiil itock of Wull J'lU'ur , Wall MouldliiKi , 1'uloti , llrutuui , cto. P , WINDHEIM , 610 S. 10th Street , Onmba.