THE OMAHA DAILY HIDE : TPfiSDAV. JANUARY , 1808.
I f FROM THE * FARTHER WEST
SQUAB FARMING FOR IDWANS
Great Industry Has Been Started by
Mitchell County Farmers ,
NEW BUSINESS IS PROFITABLE
of I'lKi-on * Arc llenrril nil
li < KnriiiN ICretilnn. ' . Hie Mntlrr
Uulrt to ( Atulil Competition .
Jleail ) aiurkct for I'rmluct.
03AGB , la. , Jan. 3 flrpcclal ) A. number
of enterprising farmers In Oils county have
Rtartod a now business , which they find to
lie very profitable. They have gene Into the
business of raising squabs for the market.
Three largo farms have been established In
this county. The Katz farm la the largeit
ot the three , and In all probability oim of
'tho ' very largest In the country. Probabljl
not on < ? In 100 knows what a squab la , but
this Is not to bo wondered at , for the In
dustry Is a brand now ono for lown. llrlelly ,
a squab Is tlie fledgling young at the pigeon.
Knowing this , people \\oud ! probably wonder
( \\hat thry are raised for. Dclmonlco ot
Now York , Kinsley of Chicago and the great
caterers of the country could answer this
'lucstloti If they would. When a person
alights from the Illinois Central trains oto
Osage almost the flrst thing that catches
his rye Is a. monster new building situated
on nn onilnnnpn nt n illslnnpn nf nhnnf tuin
the northeast of the depot. At llrst
iIf * eight It looks like an old castle , but upon
closer Inspection It very much resembles the
barracks buildings of a military post. Due
It IE neither. It Ii the biggest squab farm
Iti' the country. It belongs to Mr Kntz *
Ho has selected live acres of land and ! us
erected a two-story building around three
ndo ! of this The fourth sldo Is enclosed
with a high board fence Through the court
nro erected at Intervals hugo poles con- .
Jicctcil with each other by stringers , and
o\er all thcso Is spread a wire tcreen , si
that the ontlro place Is enclosed.
Hut the peculiar appearance of the place
Is not to bo compare 1 with the Bight prc-
sptited when a person enters the enclosure.
It Is filled with pigeons Perches , buildings ,
merythliiK Is crowded with 'them. ' There uru
blue and whlto pigeons , fan tales and puff
necks , Ii short , uverv kind , and such a billIng -
Ing and cooing' as Is going on constantly
was never heard before , not even at a sum
mer resort In the height of the season.
KI3DPINO THI3 lUUSINDSS QUIDT.
Jlr Katz Is not given to talking about bis
business He taja It will not do to talk
about It , but after considerable persuasion he
was Induced to give out a few Items 'Ho '
engaged In the business In a very small way
In the towa of Osagu a couple of jears ago ,
but last winter lost all his pigeons by Arc.
Then ho moved Into > the country , purchased
the land and erected the present buildings ,
lie bought all the pigeons ho could 11 nil and
now has In the neighborhood of 10,000 breed
ers Of these about 8,000 are females These
produce about I0,000 ! squabs a jear. The old
pigeons are not'inolcstetJ. They are encour
aged to breed and when the joung are Just
feathcilng out , they are removed from the
nests , killed , dressed and prepared for the
market. They are kept In cold storage until
there are enough of them and then they are
forwarded In carload1 lots to the eastern
markets. iXcw York , Philadelphia , Uos > ton
and Chicago are the centers at which most
of them are soltl. Mr. Ivntz sells them for
what they are. Hie does not represent them
to bo anything else but squabs. What the
o.istnrn coniinisHton men Call them Is me-relv
a matter of conjecture. Of course there Is
such a thing as squab pic , and those who
have partaken of It know It Is a good thing ,
but squab pla doca not sound cs well on a bill
of 'faro ' as quail on toast or baked quail with
ojster dressing or quail pot pie.
FINI3 MEAT I'HODUCED.
Squabs resemble quail -\ery mucb In
short , the meat is of the same color the
fowl of about the wmo slo cud it Is aaid It
takes an expert to distinguish any difference
In the flavor. The meat lo tender and al
though It Is a deception and the profit Is
greater , the patron Inill probability novel
iknowa the difference.
Hut Mr. Kati Is not the only man engaged
In the squab faun business In the vicinity
of Osage. Tlicio are two other farms , but
they are smaller ones. Together they have
mot quite as many plgeona as the Katz farm.
There was another farm up to a few months
ago , but It was absorbed bj the Katz farm
This belonged to Representative St. John
That there Is good money Ii the business no
one doubts , but Just what the coat of pro
ducing a squab Is and what the prevailing
market prlco Is could not be ascertained.
Hut squabs are ral'cd In largo numbers
What the annual output Is Is also a secret ,
but shipments are made In carload lots and
several carloads are shipped each year. The
demand Is alwajs equal to the supply ul
that It Is Increasing Is evidenced by the
Erowth of the business New pigeons are
ibelng put on the squab farms as fast as they
can be obtained and love or money will not
tiuy them.
IFOUTl'MJ U 11113 IN Til YPFIC
1'rolKfl of Om > Triiiler
In lAliiNKii.
TACOMA , Wosh. . Jan. 3. ( Special. ) In
eighteen months J. J , McKay has made $50-
000 In trailing and freighting In Alaska. Ho
returned from Dawson last week. In March ,
] S9R , ho started with eleven dogs and began
freighting , between the summit of Chilcoot
pass and Laka Dennett. When the river
foroko up ho went to Circle City and engaged
In logging and building and selling cabin *
In November , 1S9G. ho went to Dawson ,
bought inoro dogs and commenced freighting.
IIo made several thousand dollars buying
flour at Fort Selkirk and reselling It at Daw-
son. Ixilo ho came out and last spring had
a largo number of doss oacklui ; between tno
summit and -the lakes. In June ho took
twenty-four passengers nd their outfits
through to DawHcn on scows , then made a
quick trip out , and In September started
again with twenty-four passengers and MX
tons of sui llcs They left LaKe Dennett
October 3 und October 11 were In Dawson.
McKay then put men to work on his two
claims. lit live weeks they made a cleatii'u
ami on November 2-1 ho and his wlfo started
out , making a record trip of twenty-six days
to tldo water. McKay and many others who
returned jestcrday aio prrpailng to Htait
in again with supplies , wlilch they expect to
ell for $3 a pound at Daw son In March at id
April.
, Star Houlo Cuiitrnct.
HAWL1NS , Wyo , Jan. 3. ( Special. ) The
contract for carrying the United States
malls on the Star route from Hawllns to
Dlxou has been lot to Messrs. Gray & Ste-
\etir , a Now Mexico firm , at an annual
SHE GLADLY SPEAKS I
Victim or Nervous Dyspepsia aud
Nervous Prostration.
IV s
Onatanlcn , "U'ls. For ten years I have
teen the niiTorliiir ( victim of nervous proa-
trillion and nervous dyspepsia. I cannot
begin to toll you or remember thn remo-
UloH I have taken or the proscriptions I
liavo tried. Take what I would , 1 row
vorao Instead ot liottor , nnd na3 nelt-
nlKh dlacouraKeil , Then came the crate'
ful change. Ono month a o on the ad-
vlca of my brother , who Bent me a box
1 commenced taking Dr. Cliarcot'e Kola
Nervlno Tublots , 1 have taken ono box
nd Kolnci ) live pounde , but thut Is noth-
Int compared to the physical relict I have
experienced , I am better and happier
than I have been for live years. It I
could make the recommendation iitroiiger
2 would gladly do to.
to.Mrs. . Lulu alcason.
Dr. Charcot's Kola Nervine Tablets are
vegetable and harmless. Their strength
nd vlKor Klvtncr qualities are wonderful.
Fifty eenta nnd U at driiKslsIs or mailed
direct Iurek * CbemJC ? ) 6
compcntttlon of J3.600 The present con *
tractor , Hon I.uko Voorhccs. receUc for
the same xcrvlco $ G,400 and It U fouml illf-
flciilt to keep the route In operation at
that prlc * .
ui Tin : .MISSOUUI oIIOAT. .
Trli | of IIiirnltln In lsrl ( it ml Snino
\\lio Cnnio nn tlic Vi-Mm'l.
Colonel Charles I ) . .Martin stood upon the
deck of the Arabia , sa aays Warner's history
of Dakota county , an quoted In the Mirror ,
of Lyons , Neb. , on the evening of July 8 ,
185(5 ( , and as nho pjsscvl nrounJ the high
bluffs.below Illjburg Mi eyes for tiio first
tlmo rested on Dakota county. In those ila > s
Colonel Martin was young and In his
prime seeking a homo In the "far west. "
The steamer landed at old Oinaill and un
loaded n saw mill for A. II Haker & Co ,
nnd whllo this was being done ho wtnt
ashore and took In the town. It was night
when the boat landed at his future homo In
Covlngton.
Many of the people will remember Colonel
Martin , moro familiarly known as Kather
Martin , the author of the famous continued
story with several hundred chapters , en
titled , "Tno Conflict , Love or Money , " and
published In the Dakota City paper. He was
a Presbyterian minister , and did a vast
amount of good In opening northern Ne
braska to clvlllratlon. Ho died nt Slous
City , Neb. . In 1891.
Besides Colonel Martin many others of the
pioneers came to Nebraska In the Arabia
on her trip up the Missouri In July , 1S5S
Largo supplies of goods vcro unloaded nt
Tekamah for the first store at that place ,
operated by Miles Chltlcot.
The steamer had n lot of passengers for
Decatur , some ot whom are to this day still
residing In Hurt county. Also freight for
Dccatur's first store , engineered by John
rim.v nmi tonls nnd Iron for the first black-
oinlth aliop , thd property of George Irwln.
In the spring of 1857 the boat started up
the Missouri with a largo cargo of goods ,
Including 1C3 barrels of vhlskv , and who
knov.s but what It was on account ot the
latter that It " as struck down by the hand
of fate , so ordained and decreed by some
higher and uiwetn power ? Ho this as It
may , the boat sprung a Iwk soon after leav
ing Kansas CHy at a point near where the
town of Parkvlllo now stands , and sank to
the bottom. Ilelow wo s ' a clipping that
appeared In the dally papers last week In
regard to the recent < llsro\ery of the \\rcck
of the ancient steamer :
"When the river steamer Arabia sank In
the Missouri river near Parkvlllo , Mo. , o\cr
forty jeans aso , her cargo Included 1C. bar
rels of whUl.y. Tor several wcol.s past a
simll force of rl\ermen has been digging Into
a sandibar near I'arltvlllo In search of the
Arabia's valuable cargo. Late jcsterday
afternoon Iho diggers uncovered the whlsl > > .
finding the barrels well preserved , and Imvo
notified the UnltoJ States revenue authori
ties Hhat they desired to remove their find
The dlggera will realize a handrome sum for
their work , ami the government will receive
about J7.000 revenue en the liquor. "
Thla was In the spring ot 1S37 , anil flic
pioneers will over remember that time , as
toho winter previous , ' 36 and ' 37 , was ono of
the coldest and stormiest and lud the great
est fall of snow of any in the history of the
northwest , ami the settlers were on the
verge of starvation , having exhausted all
tholr supplies ot food. During the entire
winter not a single pound of food could be
procured from Omaha or nny other trading
point , as all the roads down the river were
entirely ImrasFible So when the glad tid
ings were heralded along the river the fol
lowing spring tha't ' the \rabla had started
v/lth provisions tbe rejoicing among the pioneers
neers knew 110 bounds , and of course their
lamentations were equally as loud when the
now 9 reached them that the steamer had
sunk.
COTTOV UKO1VV IX CO1.OH UO.
l.ni'KU Ilolln nml tinVllirr of Title
Quality nn r.xii mined.
Several cottcti bolls were en exhibition In
the offlco of Mrs. Martha A. Shute , secretary
of the Colorado Horticultural board , eija the
Hocky .Mountain . Ne\va , of Denver. They
were brought in by W. n. Alexander of Few
ler , Otero countColo. . , as a proof teat cotton
can bo raised In Colorado. He conducts an
experimental farm there.
'I\io bolls presented lo Mrs. Shuto were
picked before fully ripe , but from them hung
bunches of cotton as big jia n list. Ily c\-
perta who examined the cotton under a glass
It was announced to be of fine fiber and fully
as good as any cotton grown In the United
States.
This is the first Instance known ot cotton
grown In Colorado. The state Ins already
bctu known to produce flax and several ether
products before Known to grow only In east
ern states. Mr. .Alexander Is confident that
thi'i state Is as good as any In which to raise
cottcti.
Fowler Is situated In Otcro county. IMr.
Alexander conducts a tcti-ocro form on ( Sio
Santa Fo railroad. ( Most of his attention
haa been given to experimental work. Ho
his succeeded In raising varieties of nuts ,
among which are peanuts , walnuts , peccns ,
chcstuuts , almctida and hazclnuts.
iMr. Alexander procured the cotton seed
from which ho raised the samples of cotton
hu exhibited jcsterday from Mrs. Shute.
Nearly a year ago ho was In her office when
she was exhibiting some Heed received from
South Carolina. Mr. Alexander made the
request tr.at some beglun to him to plaat.
Ho planted the seed list .May and the plants
soai appoaea above the giound. They were
irrigated ami cultivated. They thilvod and
bore flowers , which turned Into jiealthy
"hollo" containing rich white cottco.
The Iaid Iti Otcro county whcro the cotton
was raised has an altitude or 1,000 feet and
la probably the highest pont ! nt which cotton
was ovnr grown. Mr. Alexander will plant
a larger crop of cotlco next j car. Providing
cotton mislng for successive jears proves
aucccssful Uio experiment of Mr.-Alexander
will bo of laestlmablo value to the agricul
turists of the state. It Is oven predtcteJ tnat
Colorado will help to swell the cotton out
put of the countrj1. Lust joir too value
The cotton plant grows to a height of from
ono and a half to two feet end resembles a
currant bush. A triangular poj succeeds the
llower This pod eventually buiuta and the
cotttci is then ready to pick. Colorado la
Dili ! to povrra a cllmato suitable lo cotton
raising.V NI there U too much molsmro
tno plant runs to leaves and produces but
llttlo cotton. Colorado climate 'Is dry and
therefore ) should ho propitious for cotton
raising. In very dry seasons In other status
however , the plants are checked In their
growth. This vll may bo remedied in Cole
rado by Irrigation. .
bOIITII DAKOTA , M3\VS.
Doi-N a ( iond .
RAPID CITY , S. D. . Jan. 3. ( Special. )
From the report Just Issued by the general
land commissioner for the fiscal jear end
ing Juno 30 , 1897. It Is nhown that the Rapid
City district does the largest buainuss of nny
land ofllco In the state. The total recolptu
Of thO dlnVrt nf nftipp * nf tilt etntn nrn. A ! , . .
deen land ofllce. 14,431.01 ; Chamberlain ,
J7.2C3.22 ; Huron. $3,036.42 ; Mitchell , $ S.U5J 69 ;
Plerro , $1,120.39 ; Watertown , $13,20/ / ,
Rapid Cltj$17.11527. . The total receipts
for December , 1SS7 , In the Rapid City land
offlcu was $ S',59G,17. Just a llttlo over half
what It was for the year ending Juno 30 ,
1897. Thursday the land ofllco In thla city
did the largest buslnosa of any day In Its
hlstorj- , the receipts being nearly $5,000 , or
four times inoro than was done last year In
the I'lerro olllce. moro than the Aberdeen
offlco did , and almost as much as the Huron
land ofllco did during the year.
llniinln.
PIDIUUJ , a D. , Jan , 3. ( Special Telo-
gr.im. ) The State Brand commission is In
session nnd estimates that the work will
take It about three weeks. It has
about l.COO brands to pass upon and as many
of them are conflicting It will have many
problems In that line to ditcldo on ,
.Mormon * Hint * Milt I.ukr.
"Iy a deal that has recently boon consum
mated , the 'Mormons ' have gained complete
control of Salt Lnko ritjanit Ogdcn , " said
AIox R , Plko of St.Louls to a reporter In the
Ledger of Tacoma. Waih , "They have re
cently purchased nil ot the electric light ana
power plants In the two cities , and where
there wore 'our or five companies , each
struggling for an existence , thtrc Is now
one gigantic corporation with the head of
the Mormon church In control. U Ii purely
a business move , but the purchcse of thcs ? I
clectrlo plants his given the Mormons Call
Lake and Ogden.
"Tho electrical plants nro operated by
water power nt Ogdcn , fourteen miles from
the Idaho metropolis. All the mines and
street car lints In that part of the state are
opernted by electricity received from the
Mormon company The light plant Is about
four times the size of the one you have here ,
and the profits which will accrue to the
church nro enormous , though for some tlmo
llttlo may bo realized , as the plant U heav
ily bonded to an English company. With
the electrical light plant the church ma
also acquired all the sttet car lines , save one.
That ono U constantly losing money , consequently
quently * he reason for Its omission from the
ilcal Is apparent.
' 'Tho Salt Lake electrical plant U the
largest of H kind west ot Denver. The
church has also heavy real estate holding ;
In Salt Lake nnd Id Interested In sovera
other business ventures The head of the
church , Mr. Cannon , Is a thorough business
man and Is not overlooking nny opportunity
to advance Its Internets "
or TIM ; icMt.Miiicn c.niM
The AKMIJ lull Sn > ' It In Very Pare mil
Valuable.
There has been a great deal of discussion
over the purity ot Klondike gold and the
avcrago fineness. iK. n. iHradcn , nssajcr In
charge of the United States assay oHlco nt
Helena , Mont. , has furnUhcd n statement
which settles all doubts about the matter
This Is the first statement that has 'been '
made by any of the government mints as to
Seattle gold bujers have been paying from
? 15 to $16 nn ounce for iSldor.ido Creek nnd
f'om $1C to $1675 for Uoiianra Creek gold
after tt has been smelted. It would seem
that the gold was worth more than this , foi
the government mints find that the gold runs
fiom 0 760 to O.S33 fine In gold , and from 0.160
to 0.233 line In silver , whllo pure geld Is
figured at 1,000 fine.
In his statement Mr. tlraden sajs "Tho
Klondike gold received at this Institution
has avenged from 0 760 to 0 S35 fine In gold ,
and fromO 100 to 0 233 fine In silver , and on an
average of about five points base metal The
amount of charge Imposed by thl : ofilco Is
one-eighth of 1 per cent of the total value for
assaying A charge of $ t per 1,000 ounces
and from 1,000 ounces one-tenth of 1 per
cent per ounce Is made for milting For
bullion 0 700 fine or over there Is a charge of
1 cents per ounce fcr rellnlng A charge ot J
cents per ounce Is nude for 1-11 th standard
weight for alloj' . The above charges will not
bo very easy for you to figure , and it Is dllll-
uult to explain the method. The charges
are those Imposed by the government , and In
this connection will say that the government
assumes the expiess charges from this point.
This Institution Is maintained by the govern
ment for the purchase of bullion , or dust , ot
a fineness of 0.500 or over , and ot a greater
value than $100 in uny ono deposit. Bullion.
Is paid for by chock on the assistant treas
urer of the United States nt Chicago , or by
check on the United1 States depository In
this cltj. Although there Is no 'oiMieflt ' accru
ing to the offlco through an Increase of busi
ness , It Is my desire to treat a-3 much gold
as possible , and to this end will use my best
endeavors to get returns out as promptly as
possible
"Tho silver contained In the gold dust re
ceived from Alaska < ; uts quite a llttlo figure
This Is paid for at so much per standard
ounce the rate changing as the Now York
quotations change. At the present time I
am paying 50 cents per standard ounce for
the silver contained In gold bullion. "
VoUiini IH Clrnrcil.
HAWLINS. Wyo , Jan. 3. ( Special ) D. L.
Yokum of IJaggs , who was arrested last
week charged with criminal assiult , was
given a trial before n local jury Saturday.
Yokum , who Is IS jears of nge , proved to the
satisfaction ot the Jury that nf the time of
the alleged assault he was at his homo and
a verdict of ' 'not guilty" was rendered.
Par in 'icoiii-H for
TARGO , N. D , Jan. 3 ( Special. ) The lo
cal postofllco Is sending photographs cf North
Dakota farm scenes to Washington to be used
lu dchiqning stamps for the Transm'saisalppi '
Exposition at Omahn. These were called for
by .the government , and will be much srimtit
after by corooisscurs ! They will represent
scenes In the famous Red river valley.
i > .tH Notes.
Jackrabbits are so plentiful In Sherman
county , Oregon , that ono ran the entire
length of Main sticet , In Moro , the other
day , nnd not n dog barked.
Thomas neil of Corvallls sold 5000 pounds
of his drlod prunes last week. He rccslved
3 cents nil round. Mr. Bell reserved 5,003
pounds , which ho will hold for a bettei
figure.
R. W. Brown , a atock raiser In Barren
valley , Mnlhcur county , sajs that cattle are
.IntMrv neil In Tlnrron 1'nllnv mill Hint thn
outlook Is that very llttlo feeding , will have
to bo done this winter In that section.
Talmage , the plot of Innd between Monmouth -
mouth and Independence , la no longer laid
out In town lots , and will hereafter bo de
voted to agriculture , the Polk county court
having vacated the stic-ots nnd alleys.
The total number ot students enrolled at
the agricultural college. In Corvallls , during
the fall term. Is 324 , which Is much the larg
est attendance the college has ever had nt
this time of the year. Of this number 147
are girls
J. I' . Clark , a logger at Seaside , says that
ho proposes to put In 9,000,000 feet ot loss
bcforo the end ot the freshet season next
jeir. The timber will Lo taken from the
Scothnn , Hracker , IJberman , Oearhart and
Starr placet ) , near Holiday Park.
The Pendleton Tribune najs that It Is esti
mated that the farmers of Umattlla county
still hold 2 000,000 bushels of wheat , nnd that
many of them nro In a position to hold their
v.heat for good prices without Inconvenience ,
as they have realUed on half of their grain
ulmoat as much as they expected caily lu the
reason to get for all of It.
Nl'WIlIllIMM NotlK.
Deputy Shoilff Henley Ins retmced to nike
Trom Oold Creek. Ho reports but eevea
white men and women and four Chinamen
now In the camp.
The grand Juiy of Douglas county met at
CJcnoa last week arid began the Investiga
tion cf Iho Uber lynching. An abundance
of ovldenco is said to have been compiled
ngalnot the lynchers.
The sUtoen-mulo team , used for hauling
freight between lleowawo nnd Cortez U un-
nblo to handle all the goods and In coise-
queiico an additional twotvc-boiso team has
been put on the roid.
The Virginia Miners' union has passed a
resolution net to Interfere witn Hie working
of waste dumps In any minner the operator *
ir.ay sco fit. The purchase of the KlnkeaJ
mills may now bo consummated ,
The Whlto IMno News eaja C. M. Spence
of Spruccmont , Hlko county , has been In
terested In the mines of that district since
1S90 and has spent much tlmo and money
In their development. Ho now owns cloven
claims and has fully 1,000 tons of ore on the
dump * , which will average 23 per cent leal
and 25 ounces In silver , all taken out whllo
doing development work. Most of tills ere
Is ton low grade to profitably ship , but would
pay falcly well it It could bo reduced at tbo
mine ,
Old I'rniili' ,
Old people who require medicine to regu-
latu the bouela and kidneys will find tbo
true remedy In Clectnc Bitters. ThU medi
cine dors not stimulate and contains no
whUky nor other Intoxicant , but nets as a
tonic and alterative. It acts mildly 011 the
stomach and bowels , adding strength nn.l
giving tone to the organ * , thereby aiding
nature In the performance of the fu'ictlons ,
Electric Bitter * U an oxcolloiit appetizer and
aids digestion. Old pccvlg flpd it just ex
actly what they need. Price 5Gc and $1.00
( icr bottle at Kulin & Co.'s drug utore.
of
NEW YORK , Jnn , J-Th steamship
Knlser Williolni tier firoiso , Bulling for Eu
rope tomorrow , will take out 1W/JO ) ounceu
of silver
, | |
South Omaha Mows
All members of the pJlyTcounc.t were pres
ent nt the regular monthly meeting last
night. An ordinance vrn read for the flm
tlmo and referred to th'e Jtldlclary committee
lev > Ing a special tax1 for the coMtrucilsn
| ot permanent sidewalks in the district from
L to N on Twenty-fourth , street nnd from
Tvventfourth to Twenty-seventh street on
N street. , f
Meat Inspector Howard reported having
condemned thirteen held of cattle nnd sev
enty hogs In December. Sanitary Inspector
Carroll reported twenty-six CMCS o > ' dlph-
thcrla lost month. All dairies Inspected dur
ing December were found to be In good con
dition.
C. n. H. Campbell of Council Bluffs ,
through hU attorneys , made a written de
mand for $300 , which ho claims the city un
lawfully holds. Two or three jears ago
Campbell hid for viaduct repairs and put
up n certified check with the bid. After the
contract wna drawn Campbell refused to ac
cept It and the council declared the check
forfeited Campbell has sued th ? city to
recover the amount nnd has offered to ecttlo
for $250 The matter was referred to the
finance committee.
City Attorney Montgomery handed In a
written opinion In reference to the protwt
of the Union Pacific company regarding the
Increase In the Judgment levy This In
crease raised the taxes of the railroad com
pany nnd the amount was paid under pro-
teat. U wni held that the additional levy
WES Illegal nnd the city nttorney gave It na
hli opinion that the tax would stand , and
recommended that no action be taken on the
protest. The opinion was placed on fllo with
out action.
IMrrett offered a resolution Instructing the
chief ot police to .rotlfy . the proprietor of
the Imperial Music lull on N street It-it ho
must not la the future- employ minors ot
either tex neither must ho aell liquor to
minors. The resolution was passed.
Kelly cstno to the front In support ot the
fctock jcirds company Ir the matter of lay-
Irg a sidewalk along the south Eldc of L
strost , from Slnrp street to Thlrtj-third
street. Mr. Kelly Insisted that the people
of the Fourth ward did fiot need a walk en
both si Us ot the street and there was no
necessity for compellng the stock j arils
company to go to the expense of laj Ing the
walk ordered Cald\\ell took occasion to eili
attention to the fact that Kelly was defend
ing a corpontlcri as against the people Ho
wacteil the walk laid as ordered After a
motion to- refer ( lie matter to the sliltwallc
committc-o had been lost , the motion by
Kelly to icpeal the ordinance ordeilng the
walk was paarcd.
In relation to cheaper water , Bar
rett reported tint nothing could be done
about the matter until the fight between the
water works company and the cltj of Omaha
had been te'tled December bills v.ero al
lowed and the clerk was Instructed to draw
warrants 'for ' last month's ta'irlef
Adjourned urtll nc\t MonJay night.
lloaril of niliiondon.
The Board of IMucatloi held Its regular
mcnthlj meeting last -.Igbt with all members
present and Picsident Lott In the chair. B.
A. Dunn , Janitor of the , Missouri Avenue
school , filed a clilm for $15 a month extra
for rlne months from September , 1S9C His
silary was to be $30 a month , but with the
addition to the rnnav his duties were in
creased and the o'aim foe extra pay Is the
result The matter vvas , . .referred . to the
boards attorney , J H. VanDusen. George
Biggs wnnted an estimatepn the heating ap
paratus ir theHawthone school , but as tbe
finance committteo refused to make anj
leccmmendEtlon in the matter until the ap-
1-iraUn Is In working order , nothing wis
done with the request The final cellmates
on the Hawficino sclionl'c nex v/ere allowed
to Contiactor McDonlW. ' "A long lepcrt from
the teachers' examining committee was read ,
but ro action was takVrr Thirty-five teach
ers took the recent exnlnlc.itlons and n ma
jority passed StipcrintoVdeat Munro ic-
ported an Increase cf forlj-one In the cn-
lollment at the dlffcrent'acliools jestcnMj.
tlUKTlc < ItC SHll. |
nnv n.tvls cf Gibbon Is here for a few
dajs. visiting friends.
John Whitalvcr of Laramie , Wj-o , was a
business visitor at the exchange yesterday.
A. E. inclining , a Navaja , Arl. , ranchman ,
was a visitor at the stock yards yesterday.
E. C. Robblns. superintendent of trans
portation ot the Armour company , is In the
cltj- .
Ficd AVinshlp has returned from Chcjcnne ,
where ho went to spend the holidajs with
his patents.
An entertainment and public installation
of officers will bo given Wednesday evening
by Knoxall council , 'Rojal ' Arcanum.
Miss Mabel Gray will be South Omaha's
maid of honor In the coming Omaha Ice
car-ilval , having been elected by a plurality
of over 4,500 votes
There will be a public Installation of offl-
errs tonight bj the Sons of Veterans , Phil
Kearney post , Gland Army ot the Republic ,
and the Wcnmn s Relief corps.
Mn D C. Hurley died at the homo of her
mother , iMrs. Ellen t > opahue , Twentj-fourth
and P streets , at G p. m. , Monday. Funeral
services from St. Agnes church , Wednesday ,
Rev , John Williamson of Chicago Is con
ducting a revival at the First ( Methodist
Episcopal church. Bible readings arc hold
every afternoon at 2 30 o'clock and gospel
meetings every evening.
The Baptist and Presbj-tcrian churches will
observe the week of iirajcr at their respec
tive churches this week. Next week the
co.igrcga'lons of the city will unite with tbe |
Tlrfct .Methodist Episcopal church revival
sei vices.
The poilco jcsterday tried to find Frank
Swaudon , the one-legged gambler who was
cut in the neck In a fight in front of a
taloon Sunday night , but were unable to dote
to At the tlmo Swanson said ho would not
noaecutu his assailant.
Vl'lm ' Kvesek , a wclncr.vurst palller , has
lied the complaint of assault and battery
asilnat Albert Slukr In police court , aio
s.tvs that while Slekr was as aulMnK him
two companions helped themselves to Ills
wares . \lthout his consent.
'Iho officers and directors nominated by the
Ivo stock exchange two weeks ago were
elected jestcrday. There was only ono ticket
In the field and little interest manifested in
the election. 01 R. Murphy > as re-olected
resident and Colonel A. L. Lott , secretary.
Paul Wlt/el , aged 53 jcars , who died In
ils alley room near Twenty-fifth and O
stieeU , will bo the subject of n coroner's
nqucst at 10 o'clock this morning , ilio had
icon Hick and in hard luck for some tine ,
and died alone in his room whllo John Vnn
Husltng , the man wlllK'vvhom ' ho boarded ,
had gone to get a .doctor. \ \ Itzel was a
tiauzjgemaKer , had livrd liuro nine jeara and
eft no lolatlvcs
A llnil l"uiHl4 | Cori'il.
"Mrs. Sally Pennlngton , an old lady who
lives near here , was tjcubled with a bal
cough for a long time. She wan ao bad
that she could not Ho ijow'n or sleep of nights
After using one small pofjlo of Chamberlain's
2ough Remedy aho could" rrat ot nights , and
by tlio tlmo she nad used three bottles her
cough had dl ipptardd. ' E. K. Smltluon ,
Arne , Tttin. > '
I'lri'M on u l-'HIIiiiNtci * Strainer.
CHAKLOTTi : HAIU1OR. Fin. , Jnn 3-
Corrcgpondence of the'Assoclated Press )
nformutlon him been revived on b aril the
.lulled Stated steamer Mflntromery that ihir.
ng the night of December 27 the rovcnuo
cutter Mci/Min chased u subplclous looking
steamer nnd also llrcd upon It. Tno sup-
losed Ulibustrr kc-pt on Its roume and as
ho Komcni N Smith lit } * not nrrlvud hero ,
t Is bell-ved It may huve been the vessel
Irud on. There nre thrto expeditions lining
out , ono at Plant Cltj1 , one at liarton nnd
another nt 1'unt.i Uoriln A the chunnels
ire gimided and two moro revenue cut-
era ute expected her * .
KcUHx jn HN | > r v I'lnre ,
CHICAGO , Jnn. 3 James II , Eckels , ox-
comptroller of the United States treasury ,
began his duties aa president of the Com
mercial National bank of Chicago. The new
president had hU tjtno fully occupied with
tlm butilneai awaiting him nnd with the
mtiny cullers who Insisted upon congratu
lating the bank's dlruotora arid the execu
tive head because of their mutual associa
tion ,
A Cough , Cold or Sore Throat should not
bo neglected , llrown'a Bronchial Troches
are a simple remedy , and ghe prompt relief ,
'i ccnta a box.
ivniiijsTin : i.v MOMJV in IS-HON
ltci > nirtititf It < of l.nnilott Tlinpx Srpk
Inir liifiiriuntloii
TOPKKA. Knn , Jan. 3F \ , Mony
pen } ' , a rcpretcntatlvo of the London Tlnitfl
visited Governor Leedy today for an Inter
view on the financial question. Ho will go
to Lincoln tonight nml Denver later In the
wcetr.
Mr Monypeny sajs he la here partly on
a vacation and partly to learn what has been
the trend of sentiment In regard to silver In
this country since the campaign which de
feated Hryan On this question the Kngllah
people nro very much Interested.
" 1 do not know , " he said , "that our people
care particularly about the feeling In one
state or another , but wo are Interested whet
an effort Is made to elect presidents am
confesses on the silver lecuc. I shall go wcsl
to San Kranclsco before going home. "
Air. Monjpcuy will make an effort to
annljzo the sentiment In the different states
ns he finds it , and make comparisons with
the vote last scar
Mini \\lllnril MiiHi Improvc-il.
JANHSVILLi : , WK , J in 3. Miss Frances
13. Wlllnrd , who wns taken siiddenlj' 111 Ins !
night , was much Improved today nnd lefl
for Evanston , 111. , nt noon She will tnko
n 'few dnjs' rest nnd hopes to bo able to
resume work soon.
Hcaltb is the best inheritance. H leaves
its influence PVPII to the llilnl nnd ( hnt-lli
pri-ncrntion. What RIeater happiness lias
life in store for nnmnii than to live to n
preen old HKC rtinotindcd by Ins children
anil IIH children's children , anil see them
nil robust , happy nml successful. Ilnppj
the man who llvci tocine at the vt editing
Bunpersof his prnndchililren. Picture jour-
self n nray-haircil but hearty old man ot the
head of the table nt jour grandson' ' ! v.iil-
diiip , tlinnUiiKjoii ! Maker fur the blessing
of long life , nnd asking the blessing of
peed health for reiterations jet unborn. It
lies in almost every nwn't > power to be thus
blessed if lie vill. . If he will only obey Nat-
ure'i laws and be watchful of Ins health ,
be will have long life nnd happiness
The best preservc-rof health 13 Dr Picrce's
Golden Medical Discover } . It keeps the
digestion perfect , the liver active , nnd the
blood pure. It is the best flcsh-lnuldci nnd
nerve iiiviRorator. The man who icsoits to
it whenever lie feels nny symptoms of np-
preaching ill-hcaltli will live to n hearty old
nie. Drtt ciits sell it. Nothing else is
"just as good. "
J n. Holt , of Whittens Stand , Wnync Co ,
Tcnn , writes "In October , 1690 , I was taken
with n hurting in the bock of my necU which
steadily grew worse. I consulted n doctor. He
gave me a course of treatment but I grndmlly
grew worse under it At list my trouble rnu into
vvlntwis called ' spinal affection ' Iconic ! hinlly
wilk nhoutatnll. Finallj11 became as helpless
ns n child I wrote jon nt Iltifnlo , K. V , iu re-
gird to my condition nnd jou misncrcd me
promptly nud prescribed Dr Tierce' Golden
Medical Discoverj I took the 'Ui = covcry' nud
soon got well JIv health continues good. "
Dnigeists sell Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pel
lets. They cure constipation. Thcj- cine
quick ! } ' and permanently and never gripe.
One is a gentle laxative ; two n mild
cathartic.
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