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Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-24

DETROIT, Mich, February % Six
ballots to-day. Ferry had only three
votes, Palmer began with thirty,
three more than yesterday, and ended
with thirty.one. Stockbridge began
with twelve and ended with twenty,
the largest scored by him yet. VII.
let's began with seventeen and ended
with sixteen: remainder scattering.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-24
Funeral OF =. j. M edill.

Special Dispatch TO TlK BIER.
CHICAGO, February 23.-The fune'
raj of Samuel j. Medill, late manag,
Ing editor of the Chicago Tribune,
was attended this afternoon by a grea'
crowd of prominent citizens, journal
lists and printers. The services were
conducted by the Episcopal bishop Of
the diocese.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-24

Ladies' and Gents Rubbes Boots.
New consignment Just received.
FKENEY d DosNELLY,
'feb23.2t 10th and Burt streets,
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-24

Mr.. W. j. Melvin, editor Warren
Mass Herald, was cured Of neuralgia
By st. Jacobs OH.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-24
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

The directors OF the Stat, Bank OF Red Cloud,
Neb. ,5will receive eealed bids until Monday, Feb.
ruary goth, for tho cree lon OF q two story brick
buildin 26xl00. Contractor Il furnish every
thing. Plans and specifications c n b, seen at
the bank
The right is reserved b, reject any or AL bids.
f21-m&eat STATE BANK OF L CLOUD.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-24
.lYN3MS

M Ethan Lawrence, my toxnsman," says
DR. Phillip @ Ballou Of Monkton, Vt, was
bl:ated from Kidney disease. The skin Of his
legs SHINE like glass. Kidney.Wort cured him.
Anr oO.2O
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-24
NIOYKAWO2

''Tell my brother soldiers" wrltrs ]. G. Power
Of Trenton, Ill and all others, too that Kidney
Wort cured my 90 Yeas liver d. ord rs. Publish
II, plsare, N ST. Louis 1lobe- Democrst"
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-24

W Aon
allege that Kitty got sick because she
was not In Milwaukee when the New
hall house was burned. Lillian Rus.
sell Is likewise better, but has already
enjoyed one relapse in an exceedingly
critical case.
Popular estimates of Vanderbilt's
wealth range all the way from three
hundred to six hundred millions.
There a be no eHaggeration in the
lowest of these figures, and may be
but little in the higher. Speaking to
a Times reporter the other day 81 to a
reported retention of bonds by The
New York Central, Mr.. Vanderbilt
stated incidentally that he himself
held between sixty and seventy mil.
lions of the stock of the New York
Central, which pays regular dividends
of n per cent a month; that there
was about M hundred millions Ia the
Vanderbilt family, and that besides
this he was a large holder In the bond.
ed debt of the company, which ranks
at over par. Add this to the sixty odd
millions of registered United States
bonds that stand In his name, and the
enormous interests heis known to hold
In other railroads, his real estate, and
properties Of various kinds, and the
aggregate must be something snorm
Gus, making him beyond doubt the
richest man In the world. Nor is
there probably In the whole country a
man who lives on q smaller proportion
of his income than does this million.
aire. For . nan Of his wealth he Ia
exceedingly economical, ~andIirrespec-
tive Of stock speculAtions, In which
bis immense command Of capital Ia
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-08-02
CETYWAYO.

Career of the Redoubtable ZHIH King.
King Cetywayo, whose death has been
reported and confirmed in dispatch from
South Africa, has been prominently before
the world ever since his formidable defense
against the British in the Zulu war. Hewas
the son of Panda and the nephew of Chaka,
the Zulu Napoleon, who, in 1912, reorganized
the Zulu nation As boy, Chaka formed
the purpose of creating powerful army
and conquering all South Africa his
scheme was successful, and sixty nations
became his subjects. In 1923 he was muir
dered. Panda, the father of Cetywayo,
who ruled from 1Ss0 to 1872, was man
of much administrative ability, who consoll-
dated the Zulu nation and made friends OF
the Dutch and English. After Panda's : death
Cetywayo was formally crowned by Sir The
ophilus Shepstone, in the pre- sence OF lu,uOO
warriors. He acted as regent during the
closing years of his fathers life. In October,
1876, when the English governor of Natal
sent Cetywayo a remonstrance against the
execution of his subjects who had refused to
obey fhe marriage laws, the Zulu monarch
returued a naughty reply. Why" said he,
I does The governor Of Natal speak to me
about nv laws ? Do I 20 to Natal and dictste
IA him about bis?v Finally he was driven
into the wsr, in which his power was broken
and his throne lost. In August, 1879, Getty
wayo was fugitlX IN the w1-ds with naud-
full of faithful followers. otly pursued BY
bod Is of English and colonial caTa'ry under
Lord Giford and Major Marter. On the
23th Of that month he was captured, and on
September 15 be was removed to Care TCwnr
aud remained in captivity at Castle Bar
racks. On August !, 1Sez. ne arrived IN
ENGLAND. He was lion in England during
his stay. and was after few months sent
back to his kingdom, where he was REIN
stated with great honor.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-08-02
The First ORGAN in America.

The first organ ever brought to this
country is still in constant use in St
Johns chapel, Portsmouth, n. FL. The
Hon. Henry G. Oliver, of Salem, Mass.
thus gives its history: 1t is some
times known as the Brattle organ,
having been the property of the Hon.
Thomas Brattle, who was born in
Boston in 1858, and was treasurer of
Harvard college (where he graduated
in 1876, one of class of only three
members) from 1898 till 1713, the year
of his death (unmGried) in Boston
Brattle square and Brattle street and
the now extinct Brattle street church,
Boston. of which he was the leading
founder, giving the land on which it
was built, take name from him. The
organ (not large) referred to was Of
English make and imported. Mr.
Brattle in his will says: give, dedi-
cate and devote my organ to the praise
and glory of God, in the said church
(Brattle street), if they accept thereof
and within year after my decease
procure sober person that cap play
skillfulIy thereon with a loud noise,
otherwise to the Church Of England
(King's chapel), in this town, on the
same terms and conditions, and on
their non-acceptance, or discontinu
ance to use it as above, unto the col
lege, and on their non-acceptance, to
my nephew, William Brattle.' Brattle
street church refused the gift, the OF
position to organs in dissenting
churches being then as great as it is
now in churches in Scotland But the
parish of Kings chapel (Stone chapel)
accepted the gift, complying with the
terms and procuring a sober person,
Mr.. Edward Enstone, from England
on salary Of $50 per annum. Here
it was used till 1856, when it was re
placed by new and larger one from
England. 1t was then sold to st
Johns church, in Portsmouth-though
rumor has it that it was for while in
a church in Newburyport. 1t is now
at least us years old, and yet in good
order. Why, on its diseontinuance,
it did not go TO Harvard college, ac
cording to the terms of the will, is not
known
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-08-02
THE LIGHTNING's DEADLY WORK.

While Mrs. Haynes, of Hse Piquanfs La.s
was throwing clothes over wire line sns
was instantly killed by lightning.
At a picnic party in Canton, n. Y, twenty
persons were struck by lightning Four
we're badly burned. and one lady had her.
shoes torn from her feet.
Lightning struck pine on the river bank
near where Henry Boyette, Of Ocean Pond
Ca, was fishing in boat, and, jumping
from the tree, struck Boyette on the neck.
singeing him down TO his feet
In going from a bayfield,, with a ! .chfork
on his shoulder, William Warner, of Jersey
vile. N. j., was killed BY a stroke Of light
ming. The holt struck the fork. shattering
it 70 atoms and tearing Warmers clothes
completely from his body.
While lsaac Reddina, of Drayion, Ga.,was
hcoinn in field with his wife, storm came
IN. and Nj s Redding dropped dead et her
husbands feet from a stroke Of ighin nz.
Her clothing from head to foot was alppeu
on one tide as If with knife.
in passing from The barn 20 The hoMs
with d steel carver in hi hand. William wv
smith, of Hampstead. W; struck ty hkhtA
4 in1. The bolt struck ths 1nife. melting
tie point from the blade for more than m
inch The knife was not forccd from hia
grasp, but the pain in bis tard was intense.
Ba was not seriously iniurel.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-08-02
What He Got.

A blear-eyed tramp called at a Wa
bash avenue clearinghouse where
barrels of defunct hash, meatless bones
and the remains Of seventy-two spar
rows were thrown daily into the back
door receptacle, and meekly asked for
a tombstone lunch, dried beef and a
graham cracker. He was driven away
unfed. The next house he visited
they were more charitably disposed
He was rewarded with a piece of an
eight-day tripe and burnt biscuit.
He thanked the hostess for her kind
ness, and remarked:
"Tis better to have this than what
I got next door"
"What did they give you?"
"Cold shoulder. Carl Pretzel.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-08-02
cannibaIism in Russia.

A Russian paper with the melodious
name of the TerskjG Vedomosti re-
ports case which shows that the SUI
perstition attributing magical power
to the eating Of human flesh is not
confined to the Australian aborigines.
In the graveyard of the village Of
Naurusow, in the Naltshik district,
the police noticed that the grave of a
recently-buried child was much dis
turbed. Suspicion fell on man re-
puted to be a, sorcerer. His hut was
searched, and he was found sitting at
a fire, on which was pot simmering.
He refused to answer any questions,
but on the adjoining bedroom being
examined large portion Of the body
of the missing child was found hang
ing from a hook, and in a corner of
the room were skulls Of several chill
dren. The wretch, upon being inter-
rogated as to where was the remaining
portion of the child's body, pointed
silently to the pot. His daughter, a
miserable, starved girl, admitted, on
examination, that the father used regu-
larly to steal the bodies of little chill
dren. cook and eat the flesh, and from
the fat make ointment and medicine,
which he gave as charms. lie had
threatened to kill and eat her If she
ever gave information Of his doings.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-08-02
ONLY A LITTLE.

A bird has ittle-only feather
Plucked, it may be, from a tender breast,
Only thread to bind together
The delicate fabric of his nest;
Yet he sings, "The wide, free air is mine,
The dews of earth, tn. louds of heaven ~
He sits and swings with the singing vine,
And all he looks on to him is gwen.
A child has httle-only blossom
Caught at random from fields of bloom,
Only the love in tender bosom,
Freed from the shadow of care and gloom;
Yet he laughs all day from the deeps of
lghtness,
And feels his JOY in the Joy of heaven,
He loses himself in a world of brightness,
And all he asks for to him is given.
A man has ittle-only longing
Higher than labors of sword or pen,
Only vision whose lights are thronging
Over the tumult and toll of men.
Yet wealth is his from the wealth of being,
His are the glories of Earth and Heaven,
He feels beauty too deep for seeing, y
And all he dreams of 10 him is given.
Elaine and Dora Goodale.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-08-02
NUMBER 40.
A TRAINS FATAL COLLISION.
Running Into a Freight Car---Mnuy Per.
sons Killed and Injured.

Running Into a Freight Cnr---3Tnuy PER-
soDs Killed and Injured
Ats O'Clock at night tthe.steamboat express
on the Niagara Falls division of the Rome,
Watertown and Ogdensburg railroad met
with an accident frightful in its conse-
quences. The train was an enormous
one--a double-header, as those are called
that are dragged By two engines-and
the engines were followed by six sIeepers
and six ordinary coaches. It was bound
from Niagara for Clayton, when 70 its ras-
sengers we're to take boat to the Thousand
Islands. 1t was behind time, and swept
along at forty miles an hour. The way was
along the south shore of Lake Ontario. Sud
denly, when it neared Carly3n, six miles
north Of Rochester, r., it dashed into
thunder squan of unusual violence. The
rain fell in sheets, the wind roared
and pressed heavily against the cars,
and, while the thunder was heard above
the rumble and clatter Of thatrain, frequent
flashes OF lightning Illuminated The country
side. There we're 200 people in the cars,
mainly pieasure-seekers, and nearly alIfrom
Michigan
A box freight car had been standing in a
siding near Car.yon, and had either been
ing and main track or had been pushed
there by some maiciols person. 1T
rested 50 that one Of its corners
projected beyond one rail Of tie main
track, and the swiftly moving express train
ran against it. Instantly, and without any
apparent loss of headway, the engines, bag
gage car, and two of the sIeepers left the
rails and were heaped one upon the other-a
mass of eckage-beside the track. block
ing the way of the rest of tie cars and par
tally wrecking many of them. 1T is repoTted
that the crash was heard three miles away.
The cries and shrieks of the wounded added
to the horrors Of the situation for those
who have described the scene, and who
could not in the darkness, and amid the
binding and deafening storm, comprehend
the extent or exact nature of the disas er.
The country is very sIarsely settled there,
and assistance came slowly. The first en-
gine tipDed over en- IFS side, and the engi-
neer ard fireman on it oscar ed. The en-
gineer and fireman on the second engine
we're among the killed. Twenty three persons
in all-four of them train hands and the rest
passengers-lost their lives, and nearly as
many more were injured.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-08-02

"My guess is" said the man at the
hotel, "that before long lemons will be
worth their weight in gold, and now
while they are cheap I'm going to get
in a stock
"How are you going to save them 2
was a Herald mans inquiry.
"There, now, you're asking ques
tions,v said the man, who makes a
breakfast off lemon juice and egg
"and now il you'll get up close, where
the man who runs the fruit-stand can't
hear, III tell you. Put them in but
termiIlz. Leave an orange or lemon in
that stuff one, two or three months.
and when YOU take it out it win De
fresh as daisy. This is pickle tha
I've got patent on. and I want yol
to understand it can't be beaten. =
Syracuse Herald.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-08-02
FUN.

The mule is apt to be behind in his
business.
A master Of free-hand drawing-A
pickpocket.
Glove contests are not unknown to
the fair sex. Did you ever see a young
lady putting on a tight pair Of kids
while the last BELLS tolling for church,
Sunday morning 2-Rome sentinsz.
The New York papers insist that
the L. in John L. Sullivan's name
stands for Longfellow, when they
know L is for Love, for "Love levels
all. ."-Bostof1 Bulletin.
Flies have their uses. Their persist
ency in lighting on unprotected noses
lessons the amount Of piano practice
in summer time, when all the win
dows are open.- Philadelphia Nezos.
A well-known florist says that
flowers will keep better wrapped in
wet newspaper than in any other
way. This is another argument in
favor Of subscribing - Wtndham Coasn-
ty Sunbeam.
Recently, when a handsome young
woman went to a shop to get one of
those wooden contrivances that are
used for mashing potatoes, and said:
q / want masher,' every man in the
shop, from the cashier to the manager,
started up to wait on her.
"Satira Jane" said a fond mother
the other morning to her daughter,
"did Daniel johnson kiss you on the
steps last night?' ~No, mamma, he
did not" If the fond parent had said
mouth instead of steps, it would have
troubled Jane to reply; although, after
all, steps are things to dooS.-Boston
Courier.
"What is this man charged with? ?"
asked his honor of police officer in
the Tombs police court Yesterday as
Paddy Duffy was arraigned at the bar.
"With whisky, your honor, / beliege.a
answered the odicer, with smile.
"We'n send him to the island until
he's discharged answered his honor.
-Nea0 York JoliglaLz
"Save the Sweetest Kiss for Mother
is the title Of the latest new song. The
author evidently oYerlooks the fact
that the young mans precious time is
so completely occupied in paying his
respects to the daughter that the old
lady stands a mighty slim chance Of
getting any kiss at aIl-GoZd Leaf.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-08-02
TIE Noted English Swimmer Drowned
While Attempting to Swim Through the
Whirlpool lRaplds at Niagara Falls.

TIE Noted English Swimmer Drowned
While Attempting to Swim Through the
whirlpool lRapids at Niagara Falls.
Captain Matthew Webb, the champion
English swimmer, who successfully swan
the British Channel, has been drowned in
the whirlpool rapids, in the Niagara river.
In 1861 the little steamer Maid of the Mist,
with three persons on board, ran the
whirlpool rapids Of the Niagara,
passed through the whirlpool itself,
and glided into the quiet waters at Queens
town. OF the three on board two survived
the trip, the only persons who ever went
through this fearful channel alive. Captain
Webb attempted the feat without any ari-
fetal aid whatever. and was conf
dent his endurance and swimming powers
would enable him 10 accomplish the under
taking in safety. He was rowed out into
the river, where he commenced undressing.
When near the Maid of the Mist landing,
about three hundred yards above the old
suspension bridge, at 4so2 r. NJ. he divedinto
the water, and, on rising to the surface,
began swimming toward the rapids
Just as he entered the rapids, al
most Immediately under the bridge,
he was nearly turned over by the force
OF the water. From this point until he was
in the midst of the rapids he was plainly
seen by those standing on the bridge, swim
ming determine1ly. Attimes he plunged
out of sight. and then again could be seen on
top of a huge wa g. He gradually passed
through the terrible rapids and continued
on his way toward the whirlpool. He was
followed by as nj any as could get into car
riages, and even then they could not get
ahead Of him. The lastthat wns ses II Of him
was lust as he was entering the Whirlpool,
when he was apparently doing nicely:
When be struck the whirlpool he was rushed
to the American side, where the waves, it Is
estimated, are from thirty TO forty feet high,
and the last seen of him he was throwing up
one arm. His intention had been to pass
the whirlpool on the Canada side, The river
was at once searched for two miles below the
whirlpool, but no trace of Webb could pc
found. and il is generally believed that he
was enQulfed in the whirlpool. Captain
Webb leaves wife and two children IN Eng
land. *,
Captain Webb was man of powers. psu.
physioue. being six feet one inch tall, finely
s5roport;oned, and weighing about 200 Eounds
IN condition. He w1s most p0Werrul
swimmer and made long distance swimming
a specially His greatest feat vas IN swim
ming from Dover 10 Calais. The trial iooh
placs August "a aud %. 1870, aods aiter 9
desperate struggle with the cboppy sea, nt
accomplished the d stance Of twenty {-nv'
miles in twenty-one hours and forty-ilFf
minutes. the best time 1n record.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-08-02
TREASURY DEPARTMENr,

w WASHINGTON, u u. j uly 70 1000.
By virtue of the authority conferred by
law upon the secretary of the treasury, notice
is hereby given that the bonds hereinafter
indicated will not be accepted for surrender
and exchange into three per cant. bonds,
and that the principal and accrued interest
of the bonds herein below designated viii
be paid ct the treasury of the United States
in the CITY of Washington, D. c., on Novem-
Der 1, 1873, and that the interest on said
bonds viii cease on that day, viz: All regis
tered bonds of the acts of July IA, 1870, and
January 20, 1871, continued during the pleas
ure of the government under the terms of
circular No. 50, dated May II, 1851, to
b. ar interest at the rate Of three and one
half per cent. per annum from August IL,
1881, and which constitOte the resldue OF
those issued under the acts Of July IA, $50,
and January 20, 1871, known as continued
fives, and which have not heretofore been
called or which havenot been offered for sur
render and exchange into three per cent.
bonds Of the Hcs of July IL, 1882. The bonds
embraced in this circular are those last dated
and numbered, as required by section Of
the act Of July IA, 1870, andinclude those which
have been issued on trsnsfers since the one
hundred and twentieth call was issued. The
three months interest due Nov. 1888, on the
above described bonds will not be paid BY
checks forwarded to the holders of the
bonds, but will be paid with the principal
to the holders st the time of presentation.
Any of the bonds embraced in this call viii
be redeemed prior 10 their maturity upon
pre-c1tation to this department, interest be-
ny paid to the date of such redemption
Bonds forwarded fol-, redemption should
be addressed to the "Secretary OF
the Treasury. Division of Loans,
etc, Washington, ID. c." and all the
Bonds called by this circular should be as
signed to the Secretary of the Treasury for
redemption" Where checks in payment
are desired in favor of any one but the payee,
the bonds should be assigned to the Secre-
tary of the Treasury for redemption for ac-
count Of. Here insert the name of the
personor persons to whose order the check
should be made payable.
CHARLES J. F0LGER, Secretary.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-08-02
An EDITORS Dauuhtsr.

"Papa, can't / 60 to the store and
get me new dress? ?"
Why, child, you have got plenty of
good dresses"
" Yes, papa, but they are out Of
style"
Nonsense, girl the trees always
come out in the same style every
spring. don't they?'
"Yes, papa, and they always look
green, too
Papa, aside Zone might know be
couldn't get ahead Of an editors
daughter.') "All right, goto the store
and get dress - Winfield { w. Va ]
I,vspvessible.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-08-02
Discriminate.

Speak gently especially to the big
man with round head and square
neck and two big fists like ancient
stone hammers. Speak gently to him.
You may touch some long hidden
chord Of sympathy in his hardened
breast that may cause him to pass you
by uncrushed. But the little white
faced man on crutches-oh, you may
sass him all the way round the block
-Bur1in1ton Hatokeye.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-08-02
REDEEMING THE BONDS.

The Residue Of the Registered Three and Il
Half per Cents. TO be Redeemed Novem-
Der 1.
The following is the text Of the one hun
dred and twenty-frst call for the redemption
of bonds of the five per cent. funded loan Of
1881, continued at three and half per cent
from August II, 1881.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-08-02

The oficislrecord of the league champion
ship games played up to the 2sthis as fol-
fnra.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-08-02
CAPTAIN WEBB.

Games lost. .s7I19 9412sIss 23l28Il8I--