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Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-04
A Parrot to Give Evidence in Court.
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A Parrot to Give Evidence in Court.
Bro oklyn Eagle,
A case of unusual interest came up
In Justice Kiehl's court. Robert
Strauss, was arrsigned on complaint
of Jacob Brach charged with stealing
a parrot and cage, vslUed at $50, 1t
appears that Strauss formerly kept a
bird store at Ne. 729 Flushing avenue,
which he sold to Mr.. Brach, the com.
plainant. A few days ago Ms. Strausu
went to the store and carried away q
parrot which he claimed was not In.
cluded In the bill of sale when he
trsnsferredIhis property to Biach.
Mr.. Brsch holds differently and
consequently had Strauss arrested for
grand larceny. When the case was
called this morning Counselor ODER
nier, for the defendant, asked for an
adjournment In order TO have the bird
in court, which, he said, would be q
vary important witness.
Counselor Merket, for the plaintiff,
said that Deputy Sheriff Aaron would
90 upon the stand and testify that
when the parrot was taken out of the
store it locked back and mournfully
remarked: 81 belong to Brach."
Mr.. Obernier said that the bird was
now willing to testify that Mr.. Strauss
! was Its owner. He said the bird had
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-04

conscientious scrupleS against taking
an oath, but was willing to affirm.
Justice Kiehl thought the demand
for an adjournment necessary, and 80
ordered plaintiff and bird to be present
on the Goth instant. The court gave
instructions to Interpreter Baker to
be prepared to talk intelligently with
the parrot.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-04

THE RE1IREMENT OF THE oYS.
TER.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-04

Rev. G. w. RICE, editor Of
the Ameycan Christian Re
vfe7V, says Of Browns Iron
Bitters:
Gin, o., Nov. I6, 1881.
Gents The foolish vast
ing Of vital force in business,
pleasure, and vicious indul.
gence Of our people, makes
your preparation a necessity;
and if applied, will save hun
dreds who resort to saloons
for temporary recuperaton.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-04

Browns IRON B1TTERs
is guaranteed to be a non
Intoxicating stimulant, and
it will, in nearly every case,
take the place Of all liquor,
and at the same time abso-
lutely kill the desire for
whiskey and other intoxi-
eating beverages.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-04

Browns IRON BITTERs
has been thoroughly tested
for dyspepsia, Indigestion,
biliousness weakness, debil-
ity, overwork, rheumatism,
neuralgia, consumption,
liver complaints, kidney
troubles, &C., and it never
fails to- render speedy and
permanent relief.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-04
Bow the Oyster Recuperates-When
the Trade Holds Out-The Quanti-
ty and Quality.

new fOrK sun,
The oyster, as is its annual custom,
dates Its retirement as an article of
general diet from Tuesday next, as has
been said several million times prev
ious to this assertion. This Is because
May and the three succeeding months
are not spelled with an r.
The man that invented the idea did
a good thing for the oyster, if he
didn't for his fellow man.
The oyster needs rest and q chance
to recuperate as well as other people.
1t recuperates at the rate of nine mil.
lions to each female oyster. If any
mi doubts this they had better count
them, 1t Is given, however, on the
authority of Professor Atwater, of
Middleton, Conn.
MI. Atwater also Informed The
Morning Journal reporter that this
ostracizing the oyster by society was
%nonsensical, and he thought If the
board of aldermen would only license
them they would be all right.
At the foot of West Tenth street on
the North river and of Broome street
on the East side Is where the oyster
interests are located, and at West
Tenth street a Mornipg Journal re.
porter found that the dealers were
just up to their ears In oysters, and 1t
certainly did not look much like the
close of the season.
Mr.. j. Housnan, who controls the
only steam launch, the "Minnle and
Irving" engaged In the oyster trade,
informed a reporter that generally
speaking the season just closing has
been as successful as usual, but the
mild open winter allowed oysters to
be taken right along and made the
supply more
Great shipments have been made
through the west and south this win.
ter and the love for oysters among
western people seem to be on the in
crease.
Oysters for home shipment are oar.
rled In can holding 1,2C0 apiece, and
are filled with Ice 30 they will not
churn, shipped from New York at 5
o'clock In the evening and served up
In Buffalo at 8 o'clock the next morn
ing.
Baltimore and New York now rank
about even as to the largest quantity
handled, and 1t Is calculated that the
value of the sales for the present
year will reach about the following
figures.
New York. $50, 600, 600
Baitlmore .......... S0,0OO, 600
fhiisdelPhia. S,O00,0O0
Elsewhere in the United States 600 OO1
.$7S, 600, 900
The natural oyster beds In this part
OF the country are now exhausted and
transplanting is the rule, being
brought from southern beds and trans.
planted In Princes bay and other New
York waters, and an oyster will all
take It's flavor from the water which 1t
drinke.
An oyster would live eight years If
1t had Its W way, but it seldom
getS a chance near New York. They
grow about four years and then get
caught.
The best places for planting seed
oysterE heresbouts are Long Island
coast, East river, Rockaway, Raritan,
Shrewsbury, North river and In
Newark Bay.
During the past winter the ship.
ments of oysters to Europe have been
very great, amounting to over 00,C00
barrels, while the consumption in this
city alone Is estimated 1850. DOC. coo
oysters.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-04

We notice the Marriage Fund, Mutual
Trust Association, Of Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
highly spoken Of in many OF the leading
papers of the state. "Money for the I'm.
married. heads their advertisement In
another column Of this paper. f6.3m
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-04

Good day to you, Mistress O'Broine,
An how Is the pain in your spoine7
Och, divil a bit
Have l of It.,
st. Jacobs Oh cured It up foine.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-04
RAILROADS.

The Chicsg', st. Panl Minneapolis and Omaha
trains leave every s Sturdy afte
The Chicago, Milwaukee and ST. Paul trains
cave every : O urCay afternoon
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-01
Where the Ministers Meet.

Nowadays the ministers hold their meet
ings in the Salon DIES Souverains, in the left
wing of the Palace of the Elysee The room
is lighted by three large windows looking to
the east and two to the SOUTH upon the beau
tiful garden. The medallions of the soYereigns
of Europe which decorate this room date from
1849-50. Beginning at the mantelpiece and
going to the left, these paintings represent
Francis Joseph, Emperor OF Austria at nine
teen years of age; Pope Plus TX, William 1,
King of Wurtemberg, uncle of Prince Jerome
Napoleon; Queen Isabella, Queen Victoria at
eighteen years of age, Frederic William ",
King of Prussia, father of the present EN-
peror of Germany; Alexander II of Russia,
and Victor Emmanuel. There is nothing in
the room but royal souvenirs. The present
occupant of the Elysee may be republican
ruler, but he has not yet seen fit to place
anything, neither painting nor statue, to
show that the Goddess of Liberty, La Repub-
lique Franchise is the equal of the other
rulers whose counterfeit licensees adorn the
walls of the splendid room wherein Fallieres
and his fellow-ministers will hold their bust
ness councils
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THE LATEST CABLE NEWS.
Report that the Orleans Princes Will
Issue a Manifesto.
Jules Ferry in Consultation with Faliieres-
The Pinching Period of the Irish
Famine Now at Hand.

PARIS, Jan. 31.-A report is current that
the Orleans princes have drawn up a mani
festo in which they protest against the
charges made against them and declare their
readiness to sacrifice their personal interests
for France. 1t is stated that should necessity
arise they will publish manifesto, and at
the same moment quit the country.
Jules Ferry visited Fallieres, president Of
the Council, to-day, and afterward had long
talk with President Grevy The illness of
Fallieres is likely to cause the breaking up
of the cabinet
Owing to the sickness of Fallieres Deyes
conducts the debate on Fabres proposal to
prescribe the pretenders.
General Campenon has declined the min
istry of war
The preliminary investigation of Prince
Jerome's case has been concluded, but no
decision announced.
Thebaudin has been appointed Minister of
War.
Prince Jerome, in an autograph letter.
thanked the ex-Empress for her visit. She
replied, stating that in the future she would
have nothing to do with politics, and invited
the Prince to visit her when he regained his
freedom.
Fabre's resolutions are expected to pass by a
great majority. The effect the cashiering of
the Orleans princes is likely to have on the
army is subject of anxious speculation.
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Rules for Home Made Candies.

G0Ou Cneer.
Molasses Candy-Two cups molasses, one
cup sugar, piece Of butter the size of large
walnut. Boil until a piece will harden in
cold water. Pour on a buttered platter till
cool enough to pull.
Chocolate Cream Drops-Two cups pow
dered sugar, one-half cup of milk. Put them
into a saucepan and beat until it boils. Then
boil five minutes precisely without stirring.
Set the pan into a dish of cold water; stir
until the mixture creams. If it should turn
to sugar it is cooked to much. Then mold
into small balls. Flavor if you wish. Take
one-half cake bakers chocolate scrape it,
then put into a saucer over the top of a
steaming teakettle till dissolved. Drop the
cream balls into the chocolate, roll over
quickly, take out with fork and slip on IA
buttered platter.
Creamed English Walnuts-These may be
made by taking from the shells very care
fulo the two halves, and then putting them
between the cream made as for the chocolate.
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The Evidence at the Inquest.

MILWAUKEE, Wis, Jan. 31.-The testimony
IN to-day's inquest proceedings was mostly in
regard to the condition of the building c.
?. Foote, commissioner of public works,
considered the hotel one of the safest. In
case of fire or panic it was not more danger
Gus than the Grand Pacific, Sherman or Ire
mont, at Chicago. This testimony was cor
roborated by Henry Bruestrn, practical
builder, and E. Townsend Mix, architect
G. D. Nash, president of the Newhall Asso-
citation, then occupied the stand the rest of the
day. They had cotton and linen duck hose
on every floor, sufficient to deluge every
room in the hotel; they had 200 pals
in various places constantly filed
with water; they had connected the hotel
with the adjoining bank building by two
bridges, and had abolished the dark room
over the boiler as dangerous. The witness
denied Frachleton's statement i'll regard to
the roof of the latter's building. Fracker-
ton had refused to consent to an iron as well
as a wooden bridge. The witness said he
never applied to the local agents for insur-
ance but was often solicited to get insurance
for = per cent. in the Globe, of Cincinnati
The witness gave it as his opinion that the
fire was incendiary and left room for the in
ference that Scheller was the party. He at
first refused to give information on the latter
point, but being pressed said: well sir, l
have no confidence in drinking, gambling
man, who goes home at O. clock in the morn
ing and cannot give satisfactory account OF
himself" The inquest will close to-day.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-01
No Ditch Improvers Need Apply.
.ec,al to the Indianapolis Journal

SPECIAL TO the indianapolis Journal
Triton, Jan 31.-rhe ditch commissioners
OF Upton couaty, after mature deiberation.
decided to straighten the channel and other
wise Improve Mud creek, very crooked and
sluggish stream running through the north
ern part of the county, and proceeded with a
party of surveyors to point near Sharps
vile to commence work. The property own
ers along the line of the proposed improve
ment were evidently not in sympathy with
the move and additional tax, and score or
more of them, armed with weapons ranging
from corn knives to a double barreled shot
gun greeted the Improvement" party on
their arrival in such a demonstrative and
threatening manner that they retraced their
steps toward Upton in a somewhat hurried
manner, closely pursued the entire six miles
by the enraged landowners. No blood and
no Improvement
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-01
THE RHINE FLOODS.
The Calamity More Serious than Reported
The Scene at Hofhein.

The Scene at Hofhein.
BERLIN, Jan. S1.-The calamity all along
the Rhine is much greater than mosss people
imagine. The. Worms Zeitung gives vivid
description of the scene at Hofhein: with
much difficulty our boat was pushed through
masses of wood, straw and garden ratings,
which the water had heaped together in the
streets. The water reached up to the upper
windows, through which the food poured in
and out, swimming away furniture and all
that could pass out of the opening. The up
per story of the Rathaus was crowded with
men, women and children, who stretched
out their hands to receive the provisions
brought to them in the boats We were
about to return having distributed all our
stock of provisions, when we were asked to
take food and bedding to the church The
entrance was crowded with men, and we
had some difficulty in getting inside. Can
dies were lighted on the altar, as if for
divine service, and spread a magical light
through the gloomy space. Before the altar,
on the elevated portion. stood a number of
horses, while on the floor of the church cat
tie stood packed like herring, side by side.
Among them the men moved with difficulty.
In the gallery, women occupied the lay
benches They held little children in their
arms, while older ones sat on the floor be-
side them. There was scarcely a word spoken.
All seemed to be overcome with terror and
WEAKNESS.
Regarding the loss of twenty-eight lives
at Oppau, there were forty people in the
boat it was loaded down to the waters
edge, and when it struck the tree it broke in
two letting all into the water. The result of
these floods will be that tie government
will have to take measures to prevent re-
petitions of the calamity, for it is evident that
great part of the disasters was due to neglect
ing the dams and embankments; and some
places like Mayence. were able to prevent
the waters, on their second rising, from en-
tering the town"
At present, however, all that can be done
is to send money to the distressed people,
who are suffering untold miseries."
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at least half the people who had been in the
building being burned to death or suffocated.
At the windows and various exits scenes of
the most horrible description were enacted,
some of the strongest, in their efforts to ex-
tricate themselves from the struggling mass,
forcing Others nearer than themselves, into
the flames. The fire brigade was summoned,
but the engine was delayed by falling through
the ice, and when it arrived the water in the
tanks was frozen. The doors of the circus
opened inward, and the side entrances were
nailed up
Efforts were begun on Sunday to recover
the bodies. At the main entrance to the cir
Gus lay the burned and backened bodies of a
heap of victims, their heads fairly outside
the door, while their bodies were firmly held
in wise by those who had crushed upon
them from the inside Further inside the
bodies were burned to cinders. The total
loss OF life has been ascertained to be 2GS.
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eubators that will do all that the makers claim
for them, snd that any one who can follow
printed directions can run them.


MotAssEs CooKIEs.-Two cups of New Or
leans molasses, one scant cup of brown sugar,
eight tablespoonfuls of boiling water, one
cup OF shortening (butter and lard in equal
quantities is best), three teaspoonfulS of soda,
one teaspoonful of salt and one OF ginger,
two eggs, well beaten, added the last thing,
hour enough to make a soft dough. The
only danger in making these is that YOU will
be tempted to make the dough too hard at
1rSt. You must bear in mind the fact that
the dough becomes harder after each knead
ing.
SCOTCH PUDDING.-In a quarter of G pint
Of cold milk stir in two ounces of finely
ground oatmeal, mix thoroughly, then add
to this pint of boiled milk Sweeten with
lump sugar while on the fire, but do not let
the mixture boil In order to thicken it, stir
in about two ounces of fine bread crumbs.
As the milk and oatmeal cools 1t ought to
be thick. Beat up two eggs and mix with the
oatmeal; flavor with cinnamon or nutmeg;
pour into buttered baking dish and bake
slowly one hour. A few seeded raisins are
nice addition to this pudding
A COOP BREAKFAST DIsH-A good dish for
breakfast is made by frying some thin slices
OF salt pork; when done, pour all the fat out
OF the frying pan, leaving the pork in It, then
pour sweet cream over the pork, and let it
scald. Serve with baked potatoes. If the
pork is first treated after the following direc-
tons, one who dislikes pork may find
pleasure IN eating t: Cut the slices thin,
put them in the saucepan and cover them
| with cold water; let this come to boil, and
then drain the water off, and fry in the usual
| way. All the greasy, strong flavor will be
| removed.
STUFFED POTATOES. Potatoes prepared in
| the following manner are very nice for
supper: Select large potatoes of equal size
and bake until quite done. Take from the
oven, and without waiting for them to cool,
wrap in a napkin to prevent burning the
| fingers, and cut a slice from the stem end;
then with spoon remove all the soft por-
| ton, leaving the shell entire. Mash the
potato in a basin and season nicely with
| salt, pepper, milk and butter and for each
half dozen potatoes add q wellbeaten egg,
Place the basin in the oven long enough to
cook the egg; then fill the shells with the
delicious compound, replacing the piece cut
| from the end. and put them in the oven a
few minutes, that they may be sent to the
table piping hot A very nice way of serv-
| ing them is to wrapa potato in each napkin
the last minute before the guests appear at
the table.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-01
NEW YORK DOCKS ON FIRE.
The Docks of the Inman and Guion
Steamers Burning.

New York, Feb. l, 2:50 A. MA large fire is
raging at the docks near Canal street. The
sheds, stores and shipping are all ablaze. The
loss will be very heavy. Many fire alarms
sounded, calling fremen and apparatus
from all parts of the city The tugboats and
ferryboats are steaming up and down the
river to the scene of the con1agration, in
hopes to rescue imperilled ships. The river
fire-boats are already at work, but the heat
from the flames makes effective work diff
cult.
The fire is at the Inman steamship docks.
The steamship Egypt is being hauled
out She is apparently all on fire from stem
to stern and from deck to royal top. The ships
spars bear the blaze from one vessel to
another, and some that are in
danger may be saved, but by hard
work. From the remotest parts
up town the fire apparatus is laundering
down, and there are more now at the scene
than can be we'll utilized The loss will be
up among the millions. Explosions are fire.
quent making the W ork of the firemen ex-
tremely perilous. The Egypt has been
hauled out into the stream and the blazing
throughout her igging makes grand spec
tacle.
3 A. M.-The fire on the docks is extend
ing. All property there is abandoned
to the flames. The Guion steam
ship dock adjoins that of the
Inman. The famous fast sailer Alaska is in
her berth. Great efforts are making to save
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-01
THE POLISH CIRCUS.
Details of the Fire in the Bereditcheff
Circus.


Circus.
Vienna Correspondence London Chronicle.
The performance had reached the fifth
item in the programme, twenty clowns being
in the ring, when another clown, in acting
costume, rushed in shouting "Firel fire." At
first the people thought this was part of the
programme, and laughed, but Immediately
afterward the ringmaster rushed in and gave
the alarm The scene of horror that ensued
was indescribable. The audience was so
closely packed that motion was almost i'm
possible. Some in despair flung themselves
from the galleries, and parents unable to save
themselves made desperate attempts to save
their children by throwing them down into
the ring
Some of the men, wearing the long coats Of
the Russian Jews, were entangled on spikes
and remained hanging in the air while the
whole building reSounded with heartrend-
ing cries. In the ring where the clowns had
been performing there was carpet, and for
little while the children were safe in the
center of this, but, when the grown people
in their despair began jumping from the
dress-circle and galleries. the whole ring be-
came an inextricable mass in which the
children were trampled to death and suffo-
Gated before the flames reached them but
even this was not the worst The horses
soon became unmanageable, and about a
dozen OF them, driven mad with pain and
terror, broke into the ring, trampling to
death the people huddled together there.
All this occurred in less time than it takes TO
describe it, and in ten minutes all was over,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-01
Advice to Pouitry-Raisers.

Correspondence Prairie Farmer.
If you wish to raise limited number OF
early chickens, say from 100 to 300 do not
think it would pay you to purchase an incu-
bator. 300 egg incubator of the best make
costs $75, and that would swallow all the
profit on 200 early chicks. Raise your one,
two or three hundred early chicks with hen
mothers, and let the incub ators alone--un-
less you raise chickens for the fun of the
thing, regardless alike of profit or loss.
But when the poultry raiser expects to
raise anywhere from 500 to 5000 early chick
ems, incubators, artificial mothers ETC., be-
come necessary on account of the impossi-
bility of securing great number of setting
hens early in the season, and also because it
is desirable to have the chicks, when ready
for market, ''sze up" in lots of several dozen
each A few days only makes great di fer
ence in the size OF early chicks, and when
the hens are set as hens must be, two or
three at time, and two, three or four days
apart, it is almost impossible 10 ship more
than one coop at time unless mixed ots'
are sent and mixed lots don't pay. Two or
three understood chickens III four-dozen
coop will often iniure the sale of the
whole lot With ncubator-hatched chicks
this putting in two or three small
chicks to "make out the DOZEN
can be avoided. The incubator chicks come
out two, three or five hundred at time, and
when they reach a marketable age you can
fill the shipping coops with chicks that are
all of an age and size; the inferior specimens,
if you have any, can be shipped in lot by
themselves or kept Tor home consumption.
Many farmers and poultry raisers are
afraid to purchase incubators for fear that
they would not work satisfactorily, or that
mex perenced hands cannot run them I do
not blame them for this feeling. / lost a
good bit of money on incubators before
found one that filled the bill, but at the same
time can assure them that there are in