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THE ( VMAir/Y DATLV HER DECEMBER 22 , 1800. PLANTS MILLIONS OF PIKE BUito Tish Oommtalon Reports on Its Uistrilmtion of Try , STOCKS STREAMS WITH FINNY PATRICIANS A\nrlf n ( ( tu * Ilnlrlii-ry I'rulHi'il In f Ill th 'lYi'iiiN ! > I In1 Mvinlicrs lii- tliiw liiKiirnnei' Suit III I'riiuri'HH. LINCOLN , Hoc. 21. ( Special. ) The an- oual report Ql the St.itc I'Uli commission lini b-on compiled. For the yeni J89C tlio com- inlMfloa liBA dtalrlhntcd tlioso numbers of ft h throughout the state : \Vall-eyoJ pike fty , 10,330,000 ; rainbow trout fry. 21 ,300 ; lake trout , 152,500 ; brook trout , ! i,900 ; blarl < liiss , 28,575 ; croppies , 0,740 , striped perch , 2 ni5 ; German carp , 10,723 ; chnmiel cat. 3- M5 ; gold fish , 4,218 ; mlsocllaneuuft , 2,000 ; intal , 1CS78,2SS. The comtntefilon speaks In ti'mi of praise of William J. O'Hrleu , sup- ri inttndcnt of tlic hatchery , and of hi * juic ing in breeding nnd propagating different Muds of fish. A case It on trial In district court In nhlrh the mutual and old line Insurance ( itnpanlcs arc displaying considerable mil- inanity against each other 'I ho Farmers' Mutual company of this city i.s endeavoring 10 collect fiom the Fanners' nnd Mer chants' and the I'hocnlx companies a con siderable sum of money alleged to be due nfl unt'.irncd premiums on Insurance can celled by various persons previously Insured with defendants and assigned to the plaintiff Tlio mutual company's rates arc considerably less than those of the old line companies nnd their a Rents of the former , In going about among the farmers Insured In the old line companies Induced them to ttl < c pnllokH In the mutual , and look assignments of the unearned premiums In the old line companies , purchasing the same from the holders. When the Farmers' Mutual made demand of the old liners the latter refused to pay , and the suit Is the consequence of Mils refusal. The defense Is that It la one df the provisions of their policies that the Fame should be null and void If the assured , nil bout the consent of this company should lm\e or thereafter accept any other In surance on/ / the propertj mentioned. The cases of CJcorgoV. . Doanp agalrst the ritj of Omaha. James II Wlnspear , St. A II Ilalrombc , John H Kuray , Hoard of Public World , Andrew Hosowater , city engineer , nnd U H llnlcombe , sidewalk Inspector , and II W. Yatco against the same defendants , have renehcd the supreme court on appenl of the city of Omnhn. Doane owns lots 1 nml ' . ' . and Vrites lots 3 and I. block 81. In tboclty , nnd brought null to restrain the city from taxing them for permanent sidewalk Improvements , claiming In their petitions , among other points , that they had not re ceived legal notice to replace wooden walks with stone ones. They recovered Judgment In the dlntrlct court before Judge I'owell , nnd the city appealed the cases. The Otoc county commissioners , who claim that the state of Nebraska owes their county $ ISO Interest on some bonds sold to the state have , through County Attorney Hans , will- ten again to Governor Holcomb. Htatlng that It was through no fault of theirs that they did not receive their money sootier , but Inti mating tint It was owing to the fact that Attorney General Churchill was In Washing ton attending to the maximum rate cases at the time the demand was made for the money , nnd that State Treasurer Hartley was ready at nny time to pay the money. The attorney general claims Hint the delay was caused by defects In the bonds , and that the money was ready and paid so soon as ald defects were remedied The attorney general has the matter under advisement Attorney William II. 1'ayno of Chicago has applied to Governor Holcomb for the ap pointment as commissioner of deeds In that city , nnd his appointment was mndo .today HP Is null orlzed to lake acknowledgments of deeds for parties residing In Nebraska. St.ito Senator Sprechcr of Scliuyler was a caller today on the governor's olllco. Senator John II Dundas of Neniaha county was n onlltir tixliiy nt tlio cnpltnl unit nclrrtiM for his seat the one nearest the president or the senate * on the left hand Hide. State superintendent-elect William H JacK&on has ( .elected as his deputy Charles T Ilerk of Lyons. Hurt county Omaha pioplo In Lincoln' Llndcll I ) M Vlnsonlmler. At the Lincoln Fiank Irvine , J O IJpcnetcr , 1) . I Carraway , T. S. Dens- more TIIOI n M : WITH i.uiirs : ; : cnr.ncs. IirniHim ; l.ljilil of Mnrolii I'oiiiillNin PIlM-H Irillll lllH ( Mill M I Mil IIIK. LINCOLN' , Dec. 21 ( Special Telegram ) Sonic , of the prominent populists In the city are tonight accusing Frank I ) , linger , can didate for chief clerk of the house , of hav ing left town to avoid trouble over a largo number of checks drawn upon banks In which he had no funds Eager Is manager of the Weekly Independent and a third owner of the Hvcnlng I'ost of this city , the populist dally. The other partners In the. 1'ost are W. F. Schw Ind , private secretary to W. J Ilryan , and Thomas Allen , deputy postmaster. Tlio Ileo rcnrraentutlvc was tonight shown two of the checks for $10 each , one of them dated last August nnd the other December JS. lisSC. They were drawn on the Columbia National bank of Lincoln , and were refused | < iyment for want of funds.A compositor named \Vrlght was recently given a check foi $8 In payment for work. TliU was traded out nt a grocery store and jcfused at the bank The wlfo of thp comprsltor took It hack anil the Pest company mndu It good , but protected emphatically at Hager's way of doing business. It Is nnlcl bj the Post iico- plu that be ( Kagcr ) Is In Chicago , but IMItor Tlbblra of the Independ ent dora not believe this Is t.o It Is tint asserted that Eager has secured goods under fnlso pro''nsi-a bv meaiis of these checks but that h > ' has drawn them In pa > ment of paut due obliilons and with a knowledge that there VV > TC no funds In the bank to his credit It I.s asserted that Kager's action In nowise affects the two papers with which ho Is ' 'omv'JioJ. SKITCII ; or i.ATTfwAiifiKX II < M.MIS. I'roinliKMil In I IKAITnIrN < if .Ni-liriiNKu Tiir n liiniK Tlinr. TKCUMSnil , Nfb. . Dec. 21. ( Special. ) Warren II. Holmes , who died Saturday morning of typhoid fever , after n brief Ill ness at hla home , 2710 North Twenty-second stioet , Omaha , was a prominent citizen of Tccumseh for ( sixteen yi'ars , and during his rotldtnce hero commanded the utmost respect and friendship of his fellow rill- yuns Mi Holmes was born In Jefferson , WIs , August 0 , IS 19. Ills early education was retched in his native town , having completed the curriculum of the town's Institutions Including n course In the Jeffer son Llbci.il Institute. Later he * cmbaiked N If we told you that your baby was starving , that it actually didn't get enough to eat , you might resent it. And yet there are thousands of babies who never get the fat they should in their feeder or who are not able to digest the fat that they do get. Fat is a necessity to your baby. It is baby life and baby beauty. A few drops of Scott's Emulsion for all little ones one , two and three - * years of age is better than cream for them. They thrive and grow on it. SCOTT & BOWNE , OhtmUti , Ntw York. In Imilnrm ai a bookseller , nnd wns for ft tin ! ' Uputy postmaster of Jefferson In t-ip'cmlicr. ' U71 Mr Holmes came to Nc- branlut locating In Tecumgeh. nnd from that tlino up to 1SS9 , when he removed to Om ah a and rnlcrnd the employ of I'arlln , Orendorf * Martin , an bookkccker. He held positions of i > ro8t trust here with credit to his ability. Ho was connected with nnd Interested In the bank of Uusnell & Holmes Ho has , In n decidedly MtUfictnry mnnner , nerved this city In the capacity of both city clerk and rlty trcninrpr In 1S75-G ho was employed for n limp ni bookkeeper In the state aud itor's oilier nt Lincoln In 1575 he wns mar ried to Mlsg Horn M. Senver In Jefferson , and the fruits of their marriage were four chil dren. I luce of whom , with the widow , sur- vlvn him. Since fso Mr Holmes has been n resident of Omaha , nnd was nt the time of his death filling n responsible position as 1 ookkeepfi for W U Dennett & Co. &IIM irus AT run vomc .t\n , . Orilrr of Thlnu * Sllulitly rliniiKi'it unit n I'rlNoni'r Tnll.t. YOliK , Neb. Dec. 21 ( Special. ) It has loij ? been the custom of the Woman's Christian Temperance union at this place ( o hold services on Sunday nftcrnoon at the county Jail before the prisoners Yesterday , however. Instead of doing the talking , the members listened to n talk by W. L. Lee , the prisoner hlmstdf. Lee had requested an opportunity to speak , nnd In anticipation of what ho would ray , the outer loom of the Jail wnsj.unusualy ! crowded I ec chose as bis , text the passage In the bible which tells of tlio Pharisee and the Publican and the self-rlKhteousncsn of the former. Ho ap plied this to present times and deplored the nnehnrltahlencss of Christians. For an hour or more ho spoke and the audience listened with Interest at the words of the man recently convicted of attempted mur der "Wheno appear before the Judgment i-pat on the II mi I day , " said the speaker with Intense larnestness , "then 5011 will know that an Injustice has been done , and that I nm not guilty of the crime with which I nm charged. " At the close of Leo's nddroF.s Rev Mr Long of the Prcshjterlnn church offered prayer , nnd after the singing of a couple of hymns the crowd shook hands with the prisoner and departed. HAMHTS liof.ll I'l' A MA Hi COACH. HI Uli'Ml J men Poorly I'nlil for \\iirlc tinOiniiliu AKIMIOJ- . . Neb . Dec. 21 ( Special ) The United States mall coach , which runs between - tween this place and Omaha agency , was held up last night and robbed by two masked men near what Is known ns the Cayon bridge , Just north of town A pistol was poked Into the face of the mall driver nnd he w.is com manded to "cough up" Two dollars and sixty cents In money and nn old cap were all the booty the robbers secured The m.ill was a light and unimportant one and tionc of the letters were molested. lluxlliiKH Vote * A Vat rrVorI..M ItonilM. HASTINGS , Neb. , Dec. 21. ( Special Tele gram. ) The special election held In this city today for the purpose of submitting to the voters a pioposltlon to vote $8,000 bonds for Improving the water works plant resulted In the bonds being carried by a vote of 109 ngnlnst nnd 234 In favor of them. As the plant Is In bad condition , It was au absolute necessity that the bonds should carry In order to keep the plant running It Is almost certain that steps will now bo taken by the city council to put In nn elcetilc light plant , as bonds have already been voted for that purpose , but owing to the bad condition of the water works , the matter was delayed. \n Mnrkrt for SIM-UIM ! Corn. WINSIDi : , Neb. , Doc. 21 ( Special ) Thfro Is no sale for corn at this point. The ciop Is largo and of an excellent quality , but none Is being sold hero except what Is re quired for feeding stock. The shelled torn is refused for fear It will heat , and as many as ten or more teams have gone back to the country with their lo-ids at one time If car corn Is taken at all eighty pounds per bushel are ruiUlr | ° il and the price paid for it Is not more than 10 con's. Unless freight rates are reduced the outlook Is very dis couraging , as the main crop hero Is corn On the other band , fanners nio paying a blc prlen for n very poor quality of Standard OH company coal oil. Ill-Hill Saliiiiii MIII Arri'Mti-il. HHKLIN. Neb . Dec. 21. ( Special. ) The village board of trustees met lail week and made appointments of village olllcera for the ensuing year Henry Chaufty , bla"k- imlib. was appointed marshal. The day he qiullllcd. he waned the linn of riamnel & Carl , saloon keoners. to remove certain o ! > - st'iictlons from one of their windows The matter was considered as cither n bluff or n Joke , and no notice wcs taken of it In n day or ( wo ho cime around again with warrants for them both , and they were taken before A F. Young , justice , and took an eight days' continuance. Crllililiii ; Corn nil All Slilrx. JUN1ATA. Neb. , Dec. 21. ( Special. ) Several cltlxcns aie erecting new cribs and buying car corn. Probably more than 200.- 000 bushels will bo cribbed hero. They cagcily watch foi the appearance of the farmers with Nebraska's king , and comncto for Its purchase. All the available vacant property will bo covered with new cnlxs Thousand- bushels of corn yet remain In the del 'a , but Is being gathered rapidly , j'ul If this fine weather continues , will be moj'ly out by' U37. \V. It. C. AuiiU fr.Niirj at liiiiliitn. JUNIATA. Neb. Do ? . 21 ( Special ) The Woman's Relief corps celebiated It. ) eighth aiinlverniry Saturday night , and gtuo a grand chicken pie banquet to the Grand Army of the Republic. A flue pro gram w , ts rendered. contiiting of vocal and Inrttrumeatal musk , bolect reading , declama tions nn original poem nnd the Ladles Select j band , consisting of n great variety of In- ' striniiPiital music. The original poem by- Mrs. Maiuh v.us cnthUHiistlcally received. I.rnii car Hull ill i\flrr. nXirrnil , Neb. , Dec. 21 ( Special. ) Probably the last leap year party that will bo civ en In this town before the year 1901 wan that at the residence of W. R. Lopcr Frldny evening. H was gotten up by about slxtceni young women The hounj was btll- Huntly lighted from ccllai to gariet far , the occasion , and no pains were spared to en tertain the guests. llnrUrt for .Nclirasl.a I'roilnclM. ITHACA , Neb. Dec. 21. ( Special. ) II P. Knapp shipped a flno load of mules from this place 1'rlday to the St. Louis market. The urnln inpn hpro nro kimt linsv biilldlnir cribs for the laige crop of corn Over 30,000 bushels mo now citbbcd , besides several farmers In this vicinity have gone Into the grain business and have large cribs built. lllinrliilllNlN ll.-i-l nt York. YORK , Neb. . Dec 21 ( Special ) The bl- metalllsts of the city held a meeting Satur day evening nnd completed nirangcnicnts for holding a county convention next Satur day for the purpose of seloctlng delegittM to the stpto bimetallic convention. An effort will bo irado to have Go'voinor ' Hole mil ) hero to nddrres the convention. Ilrt'iit rlnir from 11 llililii | ( > rln Scare. ST niHVARD. Neb . Dec. 21. ( Special ) No now coses of diphtheria have dev eloped hero. but. little Lottie Louden suffered a. relapse - lapse nnd now lies nt the point of death. The quaiantlnc- still being enforced upon the Louden residence , but the schools were or dered opened last week nnd public gather ings are now being held again. Mil xl cat nnlcrlaliiiaiMil at Ciillioini. CALHOUN. Nob. . Dec. 21. ( Special ) A musical entertainment was held hero last night at I ho Congregational church by home. talent for the benefit of the church. This church was crowded and an excellent pro gram was rendered. JUNIATA , NC'J. , DPC. 21. ( Special ) Miss Albert ) ' GIsh and Charlcu Smith were married last evening at the homo of the bride. A Urge number of mutual ft lends wcto pmu'iit. _ MI-M , lloxliurtili'M InJiirli-H I'rin l < * nlnl. ARAPAHOIJ , Neb. , Doc. 21. ( Special Tel egram. ) Mrs. James Roxburgh died today us the result of an accident at the Repub lican river brldgtx Shu did not regalu con- uclousue&d. ' Ai \ > State Concludes Its Testimony in the Elliott Murder Trial , SHERIFF TELLS ABOUT THE CONFESSION t Introduce * i\lilcnec : to Minn lie Cnalil Not llit % i * llrcu nt I'litoi-N Totllli'tl lo by State' * Wltni-iNCN. The attendance at the Klllott murder trial continues to be large. The court j ' loom Is crowded to Us full limit nt each session , i\cry sent Is filled and the atRlcs j are crowded with men. A number of women , are regular attendants , and they are given | seals where they have n full view of the' ' proceedings. Utllott's attorneys are contesting - I testing every step In the pioceedlngs , and arc using every legal means to exclude the strong evidence Introduced by the state. | Klllott still preserves his self-possession ' nnd betrays no special interest In what Is j ' transpiring. Shot Iff McDonald was the first witness j called by the state yesterday morning Tin- county attorney questioned the hherlff to I gardlng the confession that Hlltott had 1 made to him to the effect that he had Killed Hutsonplllcr , but before the wltnesj an- | swcrcd any questions in this connection ' the defense Interposed objections and asked to bo allowed to show that the confession was made under duress and under the In- tluenco of fc.ir aroused by the Jailers. They said they could show that Ulllott wis taken from the cell four times during the first night he was in Jail , and that the Jailers played on his fears by talking about mob violence and urging him to "make a clean breast" of the wholematter. . Jailers Shand and Home wcie called and elosely quca tloned regarding their actions toward Hlllott Their testimony did not assist the defense In establishing the truth of their theory , They testified that Elliott was taken from I his cell to the olllco about .1 o'clock In the ! morning following his arrlvnl In order to grant his rcaiiest for "n rmoke " but both denied that any effort had bieu made to extort a confession They said , however , | that Elliott asked to see the sheriff us soin as that ofilcer should arrive In the morning i ELLIOTT SENT FOR Till : SHERIFF. j The sheriff was recalled and slid Elliott had sent for him and asked If the couit would not deal leniently with him If he told all about the crime The witness said ' ho told Elliott he could not hold out any , inducement , and then Elliott said he would think It over end send for the witness If he , wanted to say anything Lttei Elliott sent I for the witness nnd told him he wanted "to I tell him all about this affair. " Objection was again raised by the defense 1 to the admission of this evidence nnd the jury was excused w.hllo the law points I Involved In the objection were argued at gteat length Ibis proceeding wa not con cluded at the hour of the noon adjournment When court reconvened In the afternoon the objections of the. defense were overruled and Sheriff McDonald was recalled to tes tify legardlng the confession made to him by Elliott on Sunday afternoon The defense Insisted on cpieatlonlng the sheriff before ho was allowed to testify ns to what Elliott had said They brought out the fact that | Detective Cox was within hearing when El-1 llott made his statement , nnd It was also , brought out that Elliott had refused to say \ anything In the- presence of Cox. The defense - ' fenso failed to establish , by Its iiuestlons , that the sheriff had ottered Elliott any in ducement to confess or had promised him any Immunity The Interview be * ween I hi ? shcilff i and Elliott took place In the residence of j the Jailer In the county jail , the only othci person In the room being H. II Iloyles , court repoiter for the criminal couit | Counsel for the defendant insisted on callt t Ing Court Itcporter Hoylcs boforci the sheriff t was allowed to proceed nnd sought to show , by him that promises bad been made to El liott to Induce him to make a confession , but Hoylcs testified that no promise had been made. I The sheriff WOH again recalled and pro- ceeded to detail the stntcmc ' maue ny ui- llntt. which has already been published Dlliott's version of the affair , as given In bis statement , was to the effect that Hut- Konplllcr had ask < - l him for the money ho lud loaned him. Clliott asked for a tccelpt for the money and Hutsonplllcr refused to glvo him one. Clliott said he then refused to pay the money and that Hutsonplller slid ho VNonld "take It out of his hid ? , " and thereupon Klllott hit him over tlio head with tlio coupling pin Hlllott 'ntatcd he had for gotten everything that tiansplred until he was returning from the ding store whore he Went to purchase chloroform. Ho said ' .hat when ho returned to the loom Htitsonj plllcr was still nllvo and was making a noise like a man snoring. He then saturated .1 towel with the chloroform he had pur chased at the drug store and placed It over HutsoupillEr's 11030 and mouth I2Illotl then detailed how ho had remove. ! the blood from his person and told how he spent the time before taking the tialn for the cast The sheriff was not cross-examined and Court Reporter Itoyles wca recalled. Hey lei e-orroborated the testimony of Sheriff Mi- Dnnald , going more Into detail regarding statements made by Elliott. The ciojs-ex- umlnitlon dcvclopcl nothing material and County Attorney Haldrlge announced that the statp would rest TESTIMONY FOR THi : DKKRNSE. The first wltne-ss called by the defense was Dr. J P Lord , who testified that lie had treated llulscrplllcr while the latter was In St Joseph'ci hospital The main paint brought out by the examination of this witness tvas that Ilntso'ipillcr was a very muscular man , weighing aLeut 200 pounds , nnd a much larger man than the defendant. Hairy Miit&elmnnn was called nnd testi fied that he tmv Hlllott and Hutsonplller In ? nulh Omaha between 1 and J o'clock the day before the alleged crime was committed , this being the time that Witnesses Gladish and Cullen had testified that Clllott pur chased the chloroform G. II. Hurelinid was called nnd gave testi mony showing that the room occupied by ntllott nnd ' 1 ttsonplller wea accessible fiom the outside Ho tald a flat roof was about three feet below the window opening into the room occupied by thcno men This roof might be reached by stepping fiom a bank of earth Immediately adjoining the flat roof at the northwest corner rho witness also testified that the interior of the room was plainly \lslblo from the back porch of the building north of the alley , several feet noith of the hotel In icply to the objections of . 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YOU BRING OR SEND US Four new subscribers for three weeks each Three new subscribers for four weeks each Two new subscribers for six weeks each To The Omaha Bze , prepaid at the rate of 15 cents a j { week , paper to be delivered in Omaha , Council Bluffs or South Omaha by carrier , or sent elsewhere by mail WE WILL GIVE YOU A V A ; : 'cV 'rr t'nxrt'nt Cit nr < t the county attorney to HIP admission of this kind of testimony the attorney * for Klllntt said It tended to allow the extii-mo Improbability - ability of the crime being committed In full vluw of the entile neighborhood At the eoi elusion of Hun-bard's testimony the attorneys for the deform : stated their other witnesses were not piescnt and a short recess was taken to await their arrlvnl They did not materialise , however , nnd court was adjourned until moining. Mesiis. Hurnett anil ( illbert said they ! would put Clliott on the stand In lils > own I behalf this mcrnlng nnd would complete I their ease in a very .short time. It is ex- j pcctcd tli.it all the evidence In the case will have been submitted by noon today anil the nigumcnt ? wIP piobably be crowded Into u short time and the case given to the jury by noon ton-arrow. nit. < ; ooi > 'i v.vsov.s PJCP.I.MIIVMIV. Trial of tilt * DcnllHl VCCIIHI-I ! oflfo Miinlrr Ili-KliiM Toiln.i. PE.VDUU. Neb . UJc. il ( Spucial Tele gram. ) The preliminary healing of lr. J. 3. Goodmanson , who Is bold on the chirgc of admlnUtcrlng strychnine to hla v > lfc , which icsultcd in death , will occur tomcnow at 1 o'clock p. m. A large number of people thronged ths streets tcday anxious to listen to the testimony. C. W. Argo. the principal at'ornev for the defense , has been detained In an important ease in South Dakota and was unable lo reach hero today. Tor this reason the casj was put off till Tuesday. All the other attorneys are In the city ami busy tonight on the case. Tlio hearing will probably occupy several days , as there are a largo number of witnesses to examine and considerable important testimony will bo taken. The county ofllclala expect to hire the opet.i house to accommodate the spectators Conslderoblo anxiety and excitement lire- vail tonlcht. _ _ Neb. , Dec. 21. ( Special. ) The Young People's Society of Christian Kn- deavor of the Christian church served lunch ' ' In the Ocller building Friday evening. They iccelvcd n very liberal patronage j A change In the management of tt\eter's hotel took place Paturdayr A. I ) Cookus retiring - [ ' tiring , and M. C. Hberstlno taking pos ' session. I ' A band composed of four young women The ( 'fi'at popularity of tlit"Acorn" and ranges miikeIt very imny forj UK to M'll Iliein when iitliurs will not Mill at all our recent leductlou In juices lirlngrt these celebrated biiHo burners , ranges and oaKs within thu leach of tliu-.o who wonltl innliu really iiheful and , hiihbtaiitlal Clirlstinan pre.senthe are , well ( supplied with ( Jhilhtinas ( 'li'ts In the way of cutlery tfkuti'.s bledn etc -'c unit un. JNO. HUSSIE HWD. CO. 2 07 CtiiniiiB Street. . from the Institute for the Hllnd at Nebraska I City , known as the "Q. T" band. Is billed | to give u literary and niuslial ontcitaln- I incut nt thu Methodist chinch , \\ednesiHy evening Hev. W. U. Alexander , presiding eldei of thu Hastings district , conducted quarterly meeting Saturday and Sunday at the Metho dist church. Gieat preparations are being nude to olsoivi- Christmas eve in the old fashioned way In the four churches In this town. The Ilcptlbt , Methodist and Congregational will have attractive trees , and the Sunday schools will each render very appropriate e\er- rises The attiaction at the rinlstlan church will bo nn old fashioned chimney and man tel , with trees on either hide ivruiT\i'\s ' vr I'lciiNiinl Soolnl Alliilr n ( ( lie lti > N- l.l.'iiciof ( ) r\lll < . lliinllrK- . NORTH LOUP , Neb . lu ) < il ( Special. ) An extraordinarily pleasant Hochl event teak place last evening at the icsldcnce of Orvlllo Durdlck , the company prcacnt comprising - prising a majority of the young man led people ple of the city. An intere.silng program , consisting of select reading , vocal and Instru mental innate , etc. , wab provided for thg en tertainment of the gucbts and a maslcal aurprlso vvr given the company In the way of a cantata. "Jephthah's Daughter , " the various parts being sung by Messrs AV. L Iavl3 , Henry Webb , Wesley llutcliliH , Henry Davl.s and Mrs. Mattlo Ilurdlck , Mrs Kittle Davis and Mrs ivn Hill ; Mm Ma'tle Ilur dlck acting also as organist. At the cletio i of the cantata the guests vveie icgaled with , a luxurious lunch , followed by a laughable faice , "The Heroic Doctor , " In which a lefractory tooth was blown from the pa tient's head with gunpowder , to the great amusement of the guests , but unhappily re sulting In the death of the patient. A few of those present wete Wan en Walker and wife , William Ma-cson and wife. Miss Itoso Juimu , Hay Thorngato nnd wife , James Clement and wife , Jason Green and wife. Jay Van Horn and wife , Morris Green nnd wife , Mrs. Aggie Ilrace , Sherman Clem ent and wife. Mrs. Henry Davla , 13 J Habcock and wife , Walter DIM is and wife , Will's ' Lewis and wife. Mr. Jurlua Clement Herbert Thornsate and wife , H. 1 Green nnd wife , Loyal Van Horn , and wife , A. II Ilab- cock and wife , Guilford Hutchlns and wife , Walter Lewis and wife. Yon will observe that Slopcker away ( 'InlMnias spoons to everybody who buys ? 'J.OO worth of dinars tobao- wis iiljius clpir e'tibL's or anything In liln line thu lar 'i'st In the the city UH > M' hiinoiisnreKoId alnnilnnin and very line nny hitly who nt-eds our i In fhiniln Kond el ar * fur her can rely on our Judgment our brands are thu bu&t and otlr prices aiu thu W , F. STOECKER , DOUGLAS. YOU BRING OK SCND US Eight new subscribers for three weeks each Six new subscribers for four weeks each Four new subscribers for six weeks each Three new subscribers for eight weeks each Two new subscribers for twelve weeks each Prepaid at the rate of 15 cents a week , paper to be dcliv cred in Omaha , Council Blul'fs or South Omaha by carrier or sent elsewhere by mail WE WILL GIVE YOU A- Brinp in nil subscriptions N. B. A now sub tions to tlio business scriber under this offer olllco of The Bee , Boom is ono \v ho 1ms notboen 100 , Bao Building , taking the Boo through Oinnbn , or No. 10 Main our oflicc or its regular Street , Council Bluffs , n gouts later than No lown , or address vember 25 , 1806. Conn t tithri Ililiitlin. Count M/.CH//I/IS/W. / / Grand Chance to Earn a CHRISTMAS PRESENT. Address all communications to OMAHA MX OMAHA Mir ms'ioiiv. ti'iiiu COI.OMIS. : Sc\ITII | Iiitcri-NlIni ; I'miiTK Itcnil lle- forr tin * I iilM Cluli. The Unity club met In the Public Li brary looms last evening for the purpose of discussing American civic history. The first address was by Isaac Adams , and treated of "Land Tenino in the Colonies. " The address gave an outline of the system of holding lands In common , which prevailed , In the New KiiRland iectlon in early day ? . Mr Adams dlscmspil the remnants of I , feudalism Introduced from the mother conn- I , try Into the colonies of New York and Vii- Klnla , and also the "quit rents" and Indian titles which obtained ( luring the early set tlements along tlio Atlantic coast. The second paper consisted of "The Local Oov- ernment In the Middle Colonies , " by ] ' . ,1. Sackctt , In which the development of the colonial laws was shown , step by step , until , ceUi colony proved n small empire In Itself The thlid and concluding paper was by I | Chailes Ko ewater , and treated of "The- j IJarly Constitutional History of Pennsyl vania. " 1 ho paper embinced n description of the charter issued by Charles II , and the aehenio of government drafted by Wil liam I'cnn The period of the icvolutlnn wnn touched upon and the transition of the section named from n colony of Great Britain to a portion of the United States explained In detail In conclusion , Pennsyl vania was used as nn example to show that the American revolution established It as a single national sovereignty Instead of ono of thlitecn independent states. Iho klrgof pills is Iteecnara's Hcccham's itAM'i : AMI St'tlM'Ill Illll-ITNllllPT I'lllXTH Itl'llll lll > - I'ori' l'lniiiliiiiiiiii CiillcK > * > The Chautaun.ua college nt Its regular session at the Virst Methodist church last nlRht pursue 1 its Krench course by tttudy- Ing homo of the traits of the French pee ple. 'Iho social Instincts of the Krench and their morality were the particular subjects discussed. On the former Miss ( J. M. Foul n and Miss Hamilton npoke. vvhllo the latter was conslduicd In one-minute utateim nts by Mrs Whlto , J O I'hIIIIppl. Mrs J O. Dct- vveiler , Mrs. McQuold and Mrs. 13. W. and ( tile ( intilnx I-H IH dally di'si ui'il Tor CliilHiiiuiK Ivlir ; Iln'M' anutir latest iinivals and will l > dlsjilii.vcil tudii.N MV ulmt .Mm thin ! , ol tlitMii MJIIU > of the new lure ciutaliiH iiuus low In piliv ns ! ? . ( Xi a pan tlio mantel and picture drape * me unusually line some men who are di.ipei'.V liuyliiK Just now Nhow n Kieat deal ol' ( net In inaklntr selectloim lor their wives -whllo others don't hi-'in to Ikiiow a draiiery from a hornu blanket the-so latter we llL'lj ) Ollt. OMAHA CARPET CO , , 1515 DODOIi. Nichols and In n flve-mliiute essay by ,1 M riiamlurs At the eomliislim of Cut dlsensslon C K Harrison brlelly skclcheil the current history of the last week The le < ture of the evening was deliver * 1 by Cliancellor C. M Klllnvvood of Ihn Wi'i- loyan university of Lincoln. He emleavoied to reconcile the Mosaic account of the eroi- tlon of the world and IIH inhabitants wlib tlio record furnished by the rocks nnd llio fossil lemalns found in the c.irlli His lee- ture was a raiild anil Interesting sketch of neology , nnd was fully Illustiatcd by n mul titude of stercoptlcon views. CONMM\TION roii THI : cninrroiis. Vcrilli'tKlllilNl Sin-ctli'H ( if Iliu CllNlll ( r llf It SllNMltl4.l | | llllllU. In the Unlt-d States court yesterday the jury Pi the case \Ve-stcrvelt. . iceelver of the Cltl/c.is' National bank of Crand Ihland , against ( Jrorgo A. Mohren.stecker returned a verdict for the plaintiff for J10.000 anil In terest. The suit was In reality against Otto Mohrenateckcr , Mary Mohrenstecker - llim Slull and A. O Ocoboek , who weio the bondsmen nf CUorgc A Mohrciutcckci. The latter was cashier of the defunct balik and It WTis nllcgcd while occupying the position misappropriated the funds of the bank. The case of the United States against nimcr O , lllake , late postmaster nt lluttn , lloyd county. Is on trial. HIaKo Is alleged lo have been short In his accounts. Hu left llulto and was nmlly located in Okla homa and brought back for trial. lIlK-Klrli'M Ariili-n Snlir. The best Falvo in the world for tuts , bruises , sores , uli eis , fait rheum ft vcr sores , tetter , chapped hand , chllblain-i , corns ami all skin eruptions , and positively cures idles , or iio pay required. U Is guaianlced to glvo perfect batlsfactlon or money refunded. I'rlco 25 cents per box. "VA'onmilrriHliil for MiopllfIInT. A vvomnn giving1 her n.imo an Mrn. I Iron n nnd her re-.sldi ncc IIH 9I3' Soutli. ThliteM nth Htieet vvat aircHted lust c-venliiK' on IL cliarji > of Hliojillftlnff Shu Is nllc-Kcil lo bavi vlKlteil tlio Hoston Htmu , llayiiiii liroi anil htore.s on Douglan street .ind to have lalun a IIIIKO number of artlehM tlicii'froin 'Hii' police Kcalclied IICM iiioni Im.t evening and lunldeH llmllng u niiinber of toyH , ildlls and other aitlili-s of umiill value leieated u eouplo of gold watclifH. PEN PICT TJRExS PLxRASANTLY AND POINTEDLY PUT Il'h li.v all oiMu the Ki'eateHl and e.st asMirlinetit ( if r'liilHlniiiH KlTIs over to Omaha thesu of OIIPH iirw ChilHtinas lfls not ioodH ; ear- rlcil In htoi'k Hie year Joiinil-lint KoodH ( > sjie'lally ( piejiaied for CliilstiuaK lieaiillltil coiiceiioiis ] | that -when lveu Iho recipient nroKlil/eh at uiii'e that the donor leally went to mine trouble to He- led a leal and heaiilirnl ClulhtiuaH gift and didn't liny the lli&t thliiK Iiu founJ aioiintl In a cheap .lolm Ntoio , A. IIOSPE , JR. , I51 DOUGLAS.