JACK FROST'S ' SPORTY TRAIN
A Lot of Broezj Ohat With and About tbo
Fistic Gladiators.
LACROSSE AND FOOT BALL THURSDAY
l.nrnl H | > orllni ; Ontlnnk ln.Mnrli unit Htub-
liTim | IIor c , tlio Wlmd nnil IU o
ll.iirlt--I'nklr . \tliliitcer' * Scheme
and tlio Work's CantpiMiillum ,
Tlioro Is a letter nt the ipnrllnt ? tl pirt
mcnl of TIIK USE for "California" blllr
Woods.
S\ui\iw ( K. S ) , Mich , Nov. S.-Pdond
Sandyj Your * rocolvoil. Was much plonsed
to hear of tin proiporous and promising con
dition of the Omaha Alhlotio clnti. About
tnv go with Collins ) It u to in oliMil rounds
nnil will l > 3 a Itnocl : out Mire. lr riot inter-
fcrod will It U booked for Thursdiy ovon-
nit , ' Mio 'lth After that t will in ready to
inert liny o" nil oi them. I urn working
h.inJ for the C'alllns contoH nnd If nothing
happens I wilt bo In tiptop shape.Vlicii
you go in Chlf.iuo you can sue Dick Moor. )
unil ii'riiig'j tor iTcontQil botwdon ho nnd I
In Omaha I will bo roidy niiv iiino t inn
thinking of inaklitE ; it tnntofi with Ilarrv
Alrt jv of Burlington. Whit do van think
anil It would be u goo. ! card for Oronhn ,
or If McCoy won't do , too club can arrange n
twenty round contest for 1110 with Hilly
iNlu > nr 1 think I can whip him easily. Mv
friends In Cblcigo want to back mo to light
JiH'ic McAiillfTo. They will bet tlO.DOl to
? Sonj that I c ii whin him at 111) ) pounds l > ut
thn McAutllTo end dor.'t w.vit It. Rjgurds
to nil , send mo Frank Bandlo's mldress.
TOM MI Hv IN.
'J'ho nnlv thine I Imvo to say to Mr. Uvan
Is nbonl the nnino as I said to Dick Moro
hmt wrck. Ho wnnts to discontinue this
Imllsrrltiiiimto mutch making for the gnto.
lOvL'n now the Detroit , papers nro claiming
that ( Jolllns will got tno decision. Just what
this menus Itvan ought to know bast , nnd no
and ills frlonds want to bo forilllod icainst
another South Oinaliu doitl on tins night of
the'-Mm. Again , Tommy la assured that
the Onrilia club would uslc no belter attrac
tion thun ho and Ulclr Moore , or McCoy or
Muyar either. They nro all Hr t raters as
attractions , nnd the Omnha Athletic club
will nay llbeiMllv for u malcti wlion they uro
in readiness to proceed.
II\PinUiTT , S. 1) . Nov. 7. - Friend Sandy :
Lust Sunday's Uii : : sold at n piomlum up
here , as they swear by Us spoils. I came
hero to hnndlo .laolc Kelley ngalust an
unKiiown , wbom ho dofomou In llvo rounds.
Friday ICellov , Gallagher and I wont to
Dcaduoad to spur nl 1'nddy Norton's bono-
III. Ilu had n good house ami guvo a good
show , and I am proud lo tie able to ntalo ;
that I came in for n good share of the
attention. After thu wind-up the crowd
would not leavu until Uallaghor and I
auowcd ourselves. Wo boxed thrco lively
rounds und tuoy guvo us a great sondoff. i
liavo many \vnrta friends up here among lha
business nuin us well as the sports , and they
are a .splendid lot of men , nit of thorn. They
nro now Irving to got Kddlo Meyer to coma
hero and light mo at 1 ! > 0 pounds. They wilt
give a handsome purse and Duck mo to the
limit. If wo meat you must come up , as you
will bo n lion among 'om hero. Inclusoil
line a clipping of Norton's ontortatnmont.
I rotuin to the Springs tonight to contlnuo
my training. Am feeling bettor and
stronger oyory day. Gallagher Is In excel I-
lent health un'd doing Ut.oly. So lone ,
DISNT DiiLr.
Diliy Woods hni taken Co the road again
with bis uthlotio combination , and has
my thanks for a oorap to a DOX at , lili \ViIbar
entertainment.
Thov ay tnat the excltomont hero on oloo-
tloD night wain't a marker to that on the
night of tno Sulllvan-Corbott battle.
I don't believe I have 501 miido mention of
the fact that wultout New Orleans I mot one
of Omaha's illustrious ox-citi/cns iu the
hapo of Tommv Millar , the featherweight.
1 I mot him on the afternoon of the Dixon-
hkolly light , on the St. Charles balcony , nlo
came up una shook hands with mo. 1 would
never buvn known him , us ho hud on
whiskers enough to stuff a mattress. Ho said
ho was running n distillery in .Indianapolis.
In response to my query whjHhor thuro was
any moro light In him , ho said : "Well. I
guess yoa. I think I am bettor than ever ,
und 1 am going to take n full out of sbiuo o'
thorn this winter. Bet my lifo 1 can tnko
Dixon's ' place lonifht nnil lick this 'era
Skclly nt u jot. Member my tight 'vith Iko
Well up In Minneapolis' Well , If I'd taken
your nilvico tnat night'I know now that I
could Imvo stnyud the liflcon rounds. As it
was , It took eight hard ones to fetch mo.
Hut 1 was young then nnd know u itlilo bit
moro than anyone else. The big tight to
morrow ulgutl Oh , Stilly's got a cinch. "
As u matter of course , during the carnival ,
theie were hundreds of interesting events
thut oucnpod note nt the tlmo. Every sporting -
ing man In the country of uuy celebrity was
there , and a good doul of history was in ail u
that bus novoryet boon In recorded. In the
WPO smiill hours of the morning nftor the
big mill I was iu Leon's restaurant on St.
( Jhui'lcs street In company xvith Liouienant
Arrnsmilh , Jaclt Morrison , Pete Clark , Tom
Williams , Johnny Murphy nnd others , en-
jorlng u broiled pompimo , at cetera , when
W , A , Urady , the old Omaha nowiboy , now
tbo mlllionniro thcalrlcalmnii and vary fresh
uiiciier of Jem Corbott , dropped in with a
choice reliiino of followers , all with a big
tide on. They sat down ut a table nujacont
to the ono wo were at , while back of us , nt
n sideboard , were Jimmy Wnkcly , Cb.trlio
Johnson nnd n number of Sullivan's tricnds.
They woru gloomy fncos nnd were talking in
low tout's.
"Wiill , I guess I tool about the best of any
man in tlio world " oxclalmod
, Ilrady , smashIng -
Ing the table with his list , "J'voirot in my
mice , or us good ns thurc , about all tbo
itionuy these Urooklyn whisky tloalors had. "
At this JohnsoiiKprang forward and would
uuvo smaHhcd Mr. Brads' , mil it not
been for Williams , who caught him by thu
urm and cried.
"Don't hit htm , Clmrllot He's only a kid ,
and full at that. "
Then Ilrady. who had reached the bar by
Ihls Unie , uontimiou : "It was only n Joke ,
Mr , Johnson , i ul.lu't unow you were In the
house , 'pou my honor. "
"J ) your honor ! " ro'.ortoil Johnson ,
"don't vou see thorn are most too many of us
In horoI"
And llradv nnd bis frlonds , without fur-
thur ado , slid out Into the moist morning air.
Cioorco ] { . Clnrko , the Chicago sporting
inun , who died n month ago from n cold con-
imoteil nt thocarnlv.il , was cnnslili'rou one
of the siirowdot boilers In the country. Ho
was as cold us n stone and wns in the sport-
inc hublnuss for rovoiiuo onlv. As will bo
remembered , alldilcugo was on lillly Myor ,
t'lorke bulng no exceiitlon to the rule.Vhllo
Myer wns iho fdvorlio ul Unity's and Lo-
moth's ' at * IOU lo $ ro , he laid noanv fi.UOU on
the Cyclone. The result Is well known. Tno
next morning Clurko said honvonlil get oven
bolore ho left the oltv , and that Sullivan
was good enough for him.
"Yes. " suld Tommy Uvnn , who wns a
itnnch Corbott mini , "to gnt back what you
lost on the SlrO'Uor ' furiner. you'll have to
) iut up about $ l.UUl , ) ; Sully , you know , is
Kolng at $ lX ( ) to ? iS Why not put up $1,530
on Corbxlt , that will make you a Illllii to the
good. "
An hour after Sullivan's downfall Clurko
met Kyan an.l showed Him Lamoth'H tickets
fort-XUOU , againai which he had plucod $1,100
on Cortioti ,
"Now that' * Just his luck. " observed Tom.
. "It wasn't
my. nnythini : that I or anyone
ulso said that Influenced him , onlv his dead
blind luck. Ilo cntiio linre stuck on tlio big
fellow , and bud he uon on Mvor ho
would have gone back lo ChliMuo broke. "
CIMCAUO , III. , Nov. 8. Friend Sandy : I
BUW Inst StNP\t'.i lit'.K in which 1 was
kindly mentioned. I consider vour advice
correct , uiul hiftreuftcr Intend to lollow it. So
yea Ihiiilt ' I am lighting too cUcup , well that
muv bt-'old man , but I will gut something
like tl/.HXJ out of mv flght next Saturday
night with JJakor , If I win , and of
course I think I will. I was up 10
Tin : UKK to KBO you while In
Omaha Octob r ID , uftor my light with
Jim Crowley In Chicago , which I oa in llvo
rounds , and wus UUaopolnted to learn that
you were on * on u duck shoot. Hope you hud
a ] ) li nsaut Mine. I wont Into training Octo
ber''U for my com cm with Joe Tan soy , which
1 won Iu seven rounds October'"J. I am now
herd at it for my second meet with Henry
liakcr , which will take pluco here ou the
J'JiU , for 11,000 a ido and 75 and 2tt of lti j
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gato. I hurt my loft hand with Tnnsoy , but
think It will bo in good shape by that lime.
I fiunposo some of the boys will come over.
Hope so nuy way. DICIC Moouu.
Woll. If the $1.000 t'oes. Dick hasn't made
such a bad match after all , but I doubt it.
Jim Barren , who is matched to light Hob
Doubs , is very well thought of in Australia.
Just before sailing for America bo whipped
Mlcko Ivos , the Hero of many a bsro knuckle
flght. In short order. 1'ho Sydney Hoforeo
says that Itarron is a came , determined
lighter of tlio right material. Ono of Barren's
best achievements , according lo the colonial
nnoer , was his twenty-two round draw with
GnfTo.
Tlinnl civiii | ; ' l.iicrim o Ciuinc ,
The Omaha Lacrosse club will play thli
afternoon , rain or shine , on the fair grounds
utUjiiu , and every member is requested to
turn out and give tbo toain picked against
Kearney a ohanco to practice. Tbo iCoarnoy
team will play the balance ot the club , or
eighteen members , if enough turn out. Most
of the players for the Thanksgiving day
game are in active training , and are out
every night for n Uve-nillo run , nnd are goi-
ting down In Hue trim , so that the team will
give a good uccouut of themselves.
The Omubas will bnnquoc the Kearney
club while heio at whichever hotel they put
up nt , and intend smoothing ever the In
tended defeat us much as possible , by giving
thorn a good big lime The Kearnev touin is
practicing hard und letters from there say
that a largo number are coining down to
buck nnd cheer Iholr team nu. They have
some old player * , and nltojrolhor can put
n very fast team In the Held , fcvory one who
enjovs nu exciting game or takes any inter
est in outdoor sporu should attend the game
on Thanksgiving dnv , it being the first op
portunity afforded Omatmns to see the great
Indian sport ,
llie following is thotonm us picked nenlnst
Kearney , uud Is likely to bo In tbo Hold for
tlio mntah :
J , Mitchell , point ; R. E. Smith , cover
point ; li. W. Howell , ilrst defense ; S. A. J.
Dorn. second defense ; H. Smltn , third de
fense ; F. J. Peddle , center ; W , Seldon ,
third homo Hold ; H , S. Ruth , second homo ;
D. H. Hastlo , first homo ; H. McDougall ,
outside homoV. ; . Wnlllaker , Inside homo.
Looking for , i > w Vnrli Nncikor ,
Charlie Ashingor , about the biggest fakir
of all the old gong of professional bloyclo
rldojs , is In Now Vork endcavoiing to
arrange a six-day race to take plaoo at Madison - ,
ison Square garden some lima early this
winter. 'Ihe Ciotbaui papers say that , the
management of the building is not anxious
to lot it out for such an affair , especially If
the sllver-hnlred Mr I-.ck has anything to do
with It. They further say that ha nearly ,
broke up the lust race by his continual
bickering and quarreling with the riders ,
and the whole tain ? wus a farco. They
further sav that If some good huslhess man
sucker they probably meant can bo Inter
ested , Ashlngor's raoo will bo a go.
Tlilliln It Will Ilo a ( lo.
Tom MoVlttio is moro and moro of the
opinion that his proposed Saturday and Sun
day base ball league for next summer will be
u go. Ho is in receipt of encouraging letters
from Kansas City aud Dei Moines , aud St.
Joe has applied for admission in iho event
uch nn < - organization is effected. They
promise to send a delegate at any lima n
meeting may bo callad to confer with the
oilier nltles interested The promoters of
the scheme , while they realize that base
ball U at an uncommonly 16w ebb , ugruo thut
with but two championship gamoi a week
nnd with teams on it low salary
scalu they cannot , help but make
money. in tuU cltv , whore tbo
game prospered batter the past season
than at any tlmo since ISS'J , there U little
doubt but what Iho project would be a pay-
lug one. Flue crowds would grace all tbo
Saturday games uud tmndavn would sou
Immense gatherings , us there would bo no
chunoo of surfeiting tbo public with but two
games u xvook. MoVitilo predicts that
Omaha , ICunias City , Sioux City , lies
Moines , Lincoln and St. Joe will bo com
prised in his schemeboforothe ides ot March
are hem.
Will KloU IOMB Hard.
The low * and Nebratka foot ball elevens
will collide at Sportsman's park Thanksgiv
ing afternoon. The teiims are well balanced
In strength and as an intense rivalry exists
between the two a close and stubbornly con
tested game may bo expected. It will boone
ono of the regularly scheduled championship
games , nnd encli team will bo accompanied
here by a largo following of partisans. The
business men , so says the Nobruskau , pub
lished nt the state university , endeavored to
have the game transferred to Lincoln , but
failed. This college paper also stated that
Omahn has no claims on the gaines sched
uled bore , and that they were slmplv so
arranged for financially reasons following
are the Nebraska kickers nnd their positions :
A. A , Yont. left end : Howe , loft tackle ; J.
O. Yon i , loft guard ; IJopowoll , center ;
Jones , right ruard ; Sinclair , right taeklo ;
Churcb , right end ; Pace , quarter back ;
Pllppin. loft half back ; Johnson , right half
bait ; Oliver , full back.
The T.ornl Sportlnic Outlook ,
There hat boon but little transpiring In
locil sporting circles for the past month
owing to the importance of the oattlo going
on In tbo poll ticul arena. The prospects are
very good , however , for au abundance of
sport for tbo rest of this month.
Thanksgiving day will wltno s a lacrosse
match between Omaha and Kearnov at tbo
fair grounds , while at Sportsman's park tbo
Iowa aud Nebraska 'varsity elevens will
struggle for supremacy on the foot ball Held.
Tno amateur athletes will have nn inning at
both tbo Omnha Athletic nnd Voting Men's
Christian Association clubs , while there nro
numerous oihor events on the tapis of more
or loss Importance.
AliHiX tlin I'i i'ii l.iini'li Ciniiititr ,
Joa Walsh has signed with the Pucillo Ex
press company for the winter.
Whoa Bill" Ilawos , with the Mllwaukoos
In ISl'J , is scraping barnacles olt whaling
ships down In Now liudford.
"Whlio Wings" Toboau and Sohool
Tonchur Reynold t nro still playing with an
amateur loam out In Denver.
Wultcr Wilaiot Is the ciiampion bllllardlst
of St. Paul. He has Just captured the
Tom Koloy medal for the third tlmo.
The Crescent City Atblotio club , Now
Orleans' new organisation , will try and coax
Cleveland and llonoa to play a spring series
there.
Charlie Dowald , the old Sioux City twirler ,
has mudo a decided lilt out in California.
Ho Is pitching for iho Oakland * , and pilch-
Ing llnely.
Ilnvun't hoard a word so far this winter
nbout Mr. Advance Money. Previously ,
about this time of year , ho was always very
active and very prominent.
ticortro Moolic , who signed to catch for
Omaha in IbS'J , but failed to show up.
has been hoar-l from at last. Hols running
a "tavorn" down in Lawrence , Muss.
It Is the sheerest idiocy to talk about
another players crusade , About nine out
of tun players Just now uro tlgurmg bow to
keep out of Iho brickyard uoxl season.
Auson Is kcopinc vorv nuiot these days
but will bo beard from later. Chicago
Times. Is Ausou the only ball plaror you
know of who is keeping quiet iboso days )
After remaining Inactive the most of the
championship season , General' Patsev Boll'
vur 1'obeau couldn't keep out of the late
world's series. The consequences were ho
never made a hit in thn nvo games , and yet
ho is aero ever the ForoU City loam's de
feat.
feat.Ted
Ted Sullivan fooled all bin small callborad
euomios in the uouth aud was Riven the
franchUo of the Nashville cluu. Jlramio
Manning thought ho had that nulled down.
Ida Alohlur , who branched out us n
twirling phouoni at Lincoln n couple of
years otro , is clorulng iu a store at Dead-
wood. He says It bouts baas ball all hollow.
If there Is uuy Ice this win tor base ball
will bo plarod on skates in the Urooklyn uall
park , and if the Brooklyn club does the
playing it will bo a lot of old suato * on
skates.
The attempt of certain base ball bnUtorcrs
to got up an excitement ou tbo tiunl and the
Hut bat U a most dismal failure. Uettor con-
Ht.o all their attention to ways and means of
keeping the game alive.
According to Umpire Tim Hurst the boit
scull-professional pitcher Iu Pennsylvania Is
Uromloy of the Lanuford team. Pitubure
Dispatch. Tim Hurst , who Is bal And who
sad ( anything about soinl-profussioual pitcher -
or a. I'd llko to know }
jimmy MoAleor , Clovolana's star Holder
'fa
enormous quantity of goods sold by us during the past two nfonths , has convinced
"wonderful power of price. "
have therefore decided to sell all our goods hereafter at one half our former rnirgfins . ,
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the increase in sales will more than offset the decrease in profits.
are daily receiving a complete new stock and all new goods placed on our floors will
at the lowest possible percentage of profits.
lis policy of selling everything at a small profit with price as the leading feature , and
ing ; a good quality of goods , will make our store more than ever before , the most pro-
lace to buy furniture. i
. goods marked in plain figures.
Charles Shive rick & Co. ,
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Furniture , Carpets , Draperies.
1206 , 1208 , 1210 Farnam
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und once the pride of the Western associa
tion , will sing in a church choir at Youngs-
lown , O. , Ibis winter Bet a dollar if Nor
man Leslie linker should drop in nt Youngs-
lown they wouldn't lot Jimmy in the church ,
oven.
Captain Caruthors , of the St. Louis team ,
s in Chicago on u visit to Ills mottier and
jrothers. Ho has the opportunity 10 be be
come associated with his brothers in tbo
uirdwaro business and ho may embrace it.
Si. Louis Republic. What , bus Bobby's arm
crystulU'-'d again ?
The veteran player. Jim Powell , who man
aged the Sioux Ci'ty club in l&SO , 1SU ! and
Ib'.M , played Hrst und maun trod the Duties ,
champions of the Montana league this sea
son. Powell's mother , who died recently In
Richmond , Vu. , managed the Richmond
thouter for more Ihun twenty years.
tlb It will lake a dual of tlt-for-tat argument
before Jack Crooks cau Designed by tno Boss
for ' next season. Jack can sign now for a
certain Qguro , but the boss will Have to raise
It $ ! 00 before Jack sees him. That , nt least ,
Is the talk Just now. Ulobo-Dcmoorat. Yes ,
but that talK will all die out when tbo next
now stock of red nock lloi strikes St. LouU.
It is quite evident that during the winter
tno base ball magnates will Imvo to devise
some plan to rescue the game or suitor a
more disastrous season In Ib'JJ. ' Washington
Post. The best plan is to lire nil the mal
contents , hit tbo snlnrJes of the rest with nn
ux , shorten the season and pilch in on n
regular , legitimate business basisoncoagain ;
a babis that will at least assure iho aupuorl-
ers of iho game a penny on iho dollar.
At n boncllt recently tsndored the cham
pion Boston team a llvo inning game was
pluyed between tha regulars , including
Kelly , Bennett nnd Nichols , and n picked
icani including Joe Kelly , lute of Omahn ,
John Biehead Irwln , with Rowo's last year's
immortal Ltncolns und Jimmy Cannvan , an
other ex-Omahog , The picked team won hv
a acoro of 7 to 3. On this occasion Kid
Nichols beat Tommy McCarthy in a 100-
vara .sprint , in 11 seconds , and Herman
Long sung an Irish song in Dutch.
WliUporliiRu of the Whorl ,
Local club news this week is scarce as
hen's teeth.
How about n hare and hounds ohaso for
Tbuuogiving day I
A. II , Porngo roferrecd the great road
race ot Lincoln Friday of this ivoulc.
Messrs , hilvor of Chicago und t'uttoo of
Peoria stopped ever and talked cycle trade a
day or so lust week.
Peabody , Sullivan and Pixloy will very
likely constitute the Omaha Wheel club rac
ing team next season.
General indications point to a moro suc
cess I ul season this oomlntr year for iuu clubs
for thu dealers nnd for cycling In gouornl
The gourod ordinary Is' ' a very common
style of mount In KnginhU imd Franco now.
Next season will Introclrteojt In tbo Stales.
Holton , Schull , Muntofcrjjig , CullyPotter ,
Sancha and aaozon other R OU mun will wuur
the cherry and whltu diamond on tlio path
this ' ' ' '
coming boaaen.
Denver ts trying for tbQ next League of
American Wheelman najtoiial moot. She
ought to have it und every city iu the west
should see that she gats It.
Willie Windlo again hold's the world's
bloyclo record for n mile/ Time , " :04 : , sunc-
tloueu by the national racmg board of the
League of American \Vho9luioii.
Fourteen lady cyclists' ' wore added to the
League of American \Vhooljuon membership
lists tlio paat week. 'Omaha need * a lady
missionary. Who will voluntoert
lierlo , tbo big eastern ' 'crack , " after giv
ing tbo elliptical sprocket wbool a tosihas at
length removed It from bis racing wheels
and Is perfectly satisfied with tbo old style.
This sign appeared in front of a restaurant
"bank cast" for a long tlmo and was only
removed recently about ' Haltow'en night" :
Dinner Blcycla rldors , U5 couU ; gontlumou ,
DO cents.
Tbo Tourists started for Fort Calhoun last
Sunday morning but were overtaken by the
rain at Coffrnan's nnd bad to return. A good
round dozen turned out despite the threaten
ing woatbir.
The Tourist Wheelmen pedal ever to Crcs-
cent city and back this mornlnif ; nice ride ;
good apootilo ; don't fall to attend the run ,
Only a few more clue runs tbi month aud
thoseatoii closes.
Toe Omaha \Vheot club Ims about decided
to loato its present quarters lor a term of
years , provided satliUctory nrrangemoots
can bo made with the owner ot the building
whereby certain improvements about iho
premises will bo made.
The Reminiscence club will have their
annual club run , which was postponed lust
Sunday on account of bad weather , today ;
start from Omaha Wheel club house at. !
o'clock p. in. sharp. Messrs. Perrlgo , Lvtlo ,
Mitluuur nnd Livcscy will bo ou hand to
amuse and manage thu affair.
Commencing with the 1st of the present
month begins cho second half of the league
year. Cyclists Joining the Luaguo of Ameri
can Wheelmen now will only DO ooligod to
piy &l.f > U. It you nro not u member don't
rust until you become ono. If you Know of
some cyclist who is not ono , do'u'l rest until
you Imvo his name enrolled under the banner
of "Good Roads. " Tnat is tbo way the big
divisions made. Nuoruska
are division has n
good start nnd now only ueedb a Ilttlu mis
sionary work.
Mr. nnd Mrs. M. O. Daxon ontovtaiuod the
Tourist Wheelmen last Wednesday evening
at their pleasant little homa on FranUlln
street. Music , mirth and au oloctnt oyster
supper were the prominent fontuies of ut-
traction. Quito a number of the club turned
out and enjoyed tbo hospitality of tbo host
nnd hostess , nil expressing their thanks for
their entertainment nnd regretting that the
hour could not bo prolonged.
In thn 1'iclil ami in tlio Tri | > ,
This Is olegnnt quail weather.
Some big pickerel nro bolng taken at Cut-
oil lake these line fall days.
Both OutluR nnd Sports AHoUl nro full of
good things for November.
Bob Patrick nnd Will SI moral let * for
Arupahoo yestnrday for n crack ut the quail.
Reports from along tbo Piatto show that
but few gocso have coma down from tbo
north so far this full.
_ Colonel HofTmoyor of Council Bluffs and
Bruno and Oeorgo Tzsrhuek made quite a
repcctublo bag of mallards and b'rouseuoar
Raccoon Lake , S. D. , last week.
. The Nebraska fish commission will in a Ice n
delivery within the next twenty days to residents -
idonts of the state of young bass , croppio and
German carp from the stulo hatcheries.
The Forest and Stream , American Field
nnd Sports Afield , Now Vork , Chicago and
Dmver respectively , all hud full nnd inter
esting repels of Ihe lute Omaha bench show.
Tne different local gun clubs have nil
closed their regular season's shootsbut there
will bo plenty of impromptu matches from
this ou until inclomeiu winter weather sots
in.
Fred Puller , O , H , Picard and several
others spent two or throe davs cumplnir at
Three Spring isako , S. D. , last week. They
report but low ducks , and absolutely no
gueso.
The match rlflo shoot between Fiou A.
Fuller and J. A. Langdon has been post
poned until Sundov , the 'JOth , when it will
lake place at Kusor's park instead of on tbo
grounds across , thu river.
At bis SUnton trap tournament next
Wednesday and Thursday Ted AcUermun
will trap something ll.to. L'.UDO llvo birds , mid
S.OOO targets. No ono Is turrcd and a lareo
nttondnnco Is assured. Two hundred und
Hfty dollars adduu money will bu given by
the manuironiciut und Messrs. Purrnolcc ,
Bruckcr , Smith and Nason will go up from
this city.
J. A. H , Elliott has accepted Fulford's
challenge puoinir ) the necessary forfeit
with the American Field. Concluding , be
says ; " .Should Mr. Fulford desire It , 1 will
wager him another $ 'OU that I win three
out of tbo llvo mutches bo pro
poses to shoot mo. 1 snail bu glad to
moot Mr. Fulford at any time and place
to arrange for tbo proposed matches , and
should we fall to mutually ngioe ou tbo
grounds upon which the matches are to bo
shot , I am willing to submit the matter to
Doctor Howe for tils decision as to fair and
nouirul grounds "
P. II. Klnnoy naj renieu tbo fair grounds
for ono your and engaged Joe McUuiro as
trainer. There are torno thirty bead of
hones quartered hero , among which are a
number of gentlemen's ' driven.
TUK
Tonight is the opeuing night of the
cncapemont of the unique ) dialect comedy
'Yoi : Vonson. " nt Ilovd'-i new theater
This piny bee imo established ns a f.worito
lint season , nnd doubtless will bo wiirmlv
welcomed. Mr. ( .Jus Heogo , author of the
play , and tlio youus. man who is credited with
havinir ilwt introduced this branch of
American drama lo the stage , U still the
chief ac'.or in "Yon Yonson" nnd In Ibo cast
ate found such well known people as Maude
Ldnu Hall. Morn Oibor.ic , Hadla Con
nelly , J. C. Huffman , Unoivo C.
Bunny , Charges Mlicholl , John Suther
land , Louis Unions , Vincent ISIdon , Fred
lucks and the Lumbermen's quirtot. The
ncnirvl3 all now this season nnd moro
have been added several new and startling
devices. Thu breaking of the log jam is the
thrilling effect of llio production and it Is
but fair to sny that no inoro re
alistic or sensational ploco of stage
mechanism 1ms boon devised. Tlio view of
the lumber camp In midwinter and tlio junc
tion hotel and depot nro mtoroiting otVjots ,
and altoffclher "Yon "
Yonson" comes vor-
near being nil that is claimed for it a
seonio triumpn.
The engagement Is for three nights.
( Jus Williams , nn uclnrof relined motlioJs
and a comedian of marked ability , pm\sng ! ,
popular nnd nlways welcome , will give u
performance of Ids highly successful comedy
" ,
"April Fool , " ut the K.irnum Stront thu.itor
todav. The Btorv of "April Fool" K ( juitu
interostlng i nnd Is s follows ; Alhs Annie
Condor , a Peruvian bv birth , is , loft nu
orphan at the ace of 10. Bv her father's
will she Is plncfld under the guardianship ot
nn mint until she shall have
IIa reached the ace
IIc Ib ; when Henry Moorloln of New Vork
city , nor father's business partner , Is to look
after l the young lady's fortune. She
was born on April 1st and was la
her t : 4th year nt , the death of her
mother , when she wns nlnecn in n seminary
near .Now York. At the opening of the play ,
which is March Hist , she will roach her tnft-
Jorlty. as on the following duy sbo will bo IS
years old. henry Moorloln , Jr. , the son other
now guardian , visits the academy to Inform
her that hU fatbur will bo there on the mor
row , to claim hU ward , having been dolaved
coming from the west by n railroad accident.
\ oung Moerlom had , while attending n con
cert the proi-ious ovonlni ; in Now York with
frinnds , Peon Introduced to Professor
Kraut/ celebrated musician , and spoilt
with III in an excoodlncly enjoyable
evening.
Friends of the professor hud pro
posed him to Madnin LnFuvre , proprie
tress of ibo academy , us a doiiruble
musical director to 1111 the vaciinov then ex
isting in her seminary. Wnon young Moor-
loin called ut the nctdoiuy ho hiindod
.NJadaino Prof. KranU's card Iu inhtuku for
his own. She , culling him professor , causo-i
him Immodlutuly to tumble to the error ,
whereupon Ho decides to assume the role of
professor. The fun then ooplns. Young
Moorlein makes love to Miss Condor , and
being very successful tnoy become engaged.
Finally , when ho concludes the hilarity.has
gene fur enough , ho explains his identity
and all ond-i Happily.
If popularity IF to bo regarded as a orl
torion of merit , then tno palm must bo
awarded to'I ho Stowaway , " wluc'i ' will
appear at Hovel's theater for throa nights ,
beginning Friday evening next , ns It hus
proved to boonoof tlio most popular dramailu
productions. This play , which wai BO pro-
nouncdly successful on iho occasion of Its
last visit to this city , U now In the /cnith of
Its brilliant oaror-r , and its presentation hero
this season promises to ecllpso iu both ar
tistic and Hnunt'ial sense thut ol last year.
Months ngo when James U'ultcomb Rlloy
came to Omaha for iho llrst tlmo with Bill
Nye , It was acknowledged by tuoUrga audlr
once thut Hlloy was Iho chief uttractiou.
Nye was a huge joke in ono laugh , und that
was ubout ull that could bo fcald of his part of
the entertainment. The delightful rendition
of his own natlnitle poems in the quaint
Hooilcr dialect , so perfect Is the manner in
which it was donn by Mr. Hlloy , won the
greatest laver from the audience. Air , liiluy
will bo heard at the Young Mun't Christian
association hall on Saturday evening nuxt , and
ho will attract b larira uudionca of his Umahu
admirers. It is a most extraordinary oppor
tunily that is given to the people of this city
to bear this Hoojiorpoolof worldwide fame ,
Frank Lane's benefit on Wednesday at
Boyd's Now tuoator promises to bo thoovout
of the soiHon. When ono thinks of artists
llko Hans Albert , Mr * . Cook , Miss Grant ,
Messrs. Ivin/ie , Lumbard , Barric , Franco ,
Wallnnu , Bedduson , RTiuaciotti , Farrish ,
Saundera and all the othora in one uill , ou
c'u-i readily undcr taud that this will bo thu
evening of all ether * . Tno gloi'Ious minstrel
sucno , nnd the bune quo of Camille , with
Spud Fari'lsh ns Armaud , Hrtrry Huckloy ns
Do Vawille , K. B. Waslitiurno of Chicago
ns M.ul I'm lunco and Frank Luna
ns thu frail und erring Camillo. The
symphony banjo quanet will dlicoursi
H1US.IU on Iho Afrlcnn harp. Tno sparring
scene , recitations , singing , nnd the wonder
ful lltllo cnild Baby Florouoa In the aerpan-
line d an co , nil promise that tills will b3 tin )
greatest performance of the kind over seen
in Omaha , i'no program will bo enlivened
by several well known professional poopla
who will oo in the city on that occasion , nnd
lifter tlio entertainment the audlenco will ba
photographed.
It results are to oo the criterion of sucoass
then "Jerry" is of the class which Is , strongest
In publlcoplnlonaud "Jerry" dopemUentirely
upon the legitimacy of its action for ItH realIsm -
Ism , nnil there ! plenty of it. It is u story ,
not out of the common , whcro an Innocent
man is inailo to suffer for tlio crime of another -
ether , Ib ostracised , imprisoned , cicapos , und
having no lougcr nnv nome or frlonds , turns
"trainD " Ills personality Is discovered by
u parly , who , thinking ho can luo Him to hit
ndvantngo , agree.to keep slle-it. Jerry Is
utmost lorcod into roinmittlng a very grave
criino , wlitin hn imilcos u mo t imporlant dls-
coivry. Iio iind-i his daughter. Then his
MI.IIIIIOOU roliirns , and liiddlng the man who
holds him In ins power to do what ho
please * ho defends his daughter against his
wile * , saving her from shumo nnd disgrace ,
onlv ugnln to fall into the hands of the law.
But a pirJon arrives , and In thn lint act wo
lli.d Jerry tlie outu'ist once moro i-ostorod to
bU position , bis duugli'.or nnd his homo. The
delineation of this exlrumoly dlllluult uhar-
ncter could not bo in bailer hands than Mr.
Sumuiors' ' . Ills company U us gooil as mouoy
und oxporlonco could got together. " .lorry * '
will bo seen nt the Farnam Street theater
next TbiiradHv , , t' ' riduy , Saturday ovonlngj
anil mutliiue Saturduv.
And ( .till unothtir great bill of attractions
has boon arranged far this wdok by the lib
eral inunagomont of Wonderland and Bijou
theater , commcncin ? with tomorrow after
noon , 'j'he past wusk , dosplto the election
excitement and strong counter nmiriiot ! ) , the
Bijou scored another hi ? financial victory ,
The house was crowded nightlv. .Tills weak
thai unexampled comedy "Ovor Iho Hill to
tlio Poor House , " will hold tlio boards , while
the spooialiy department will bo bettor than
ovor. The throe Craig * , in their wonderful
ncrobatiu song-t nnd dances , uro u whoto
show In tnomselvcs nnd no hotter nonu una
d'mce team over npnuirud here thun Mudo-
llno und Kennedy , > Lon Roy , the man who
nails plunks together with his too'.h and
draw * ) spikes nnd aerow.i and tacki from
bollil woods by the Ham > j iimans. His per
formance is an incrodibl uonu. Sharp and
I' lui , the merry musical monarchy in their
HidnbplltUiig comedy , "Toublo in rt Muiio
Sioro , " uro Immense , and C ! torfo and Kmma
( iraclo in their lUhinlng clnngus will delight -
light ull Thn Curio hulls urj a never ond-
IIIR uourco ol mystery und wonder ,
AiuiiriiMii < ; iuili > r.i ,
I'liini tht lljtta licpctflr , H'/iiciM , H'ti't
"T. ( ! . Burnntt , the do-pocratlo oandidato
for sheriff , was tukuu violently ill in Cloir-
brooic , Hu had nil lliu symploiiH of Asiatic
cholera , und for un hour or two it was
fuaruit Iio would die. Tnoy finally g.wo him
u dose of Chamberlain's Colic , Cholera und
Oiarrluiia Uouicdv , which rovlvnu him until
a piivHiclau arrived , " 'J'imt is prouisoly
what tha manufictur > ) r < of that modiclno
recommend for cholera. Sind for u physi
cian but give their niadluinu until the physi
cian arrives. I f cholera booomiis prevalent
in this country next sumnnr this -dpjra
tion will bo In great demand buaauso It can
always bo depended upon , For sale by
druggists ,
John C , Turnpenny of PaU lolphla loft
un estate whlcli U Inventoried ut f 73OJ. ) .
Ho not only knew how to tifa u puuuy but
how to Iteap IU
The "No , 41" Wheeler to Wilson Is a rapid
stitcher ; so rapid that It will stitch tlireu
yards uf goods whllo only two yards are
being stilciiod on nay vibrating shuttle ra n-
tihlno Sold by GJO , W. Lauoastur , 5U 3.
lOlh street.