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Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-17
A Hew Railroad.
3pecisl Dispatch to The Bee.

bptciAI DisP&tcn 70 fHH DEF
MEMPHIS, April 16.-The Kansas
City, Springfield & Memphis railroad
company to-day fled Its first mortgage
in the county registers Office, TO the
New England trust company, Of Bos-
ton, conveying to the latter corpora
tion the line Of railroad in process Of
construction from Springfield, Mis-
souri, 10 . point opposite Memphis, to
Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-17

aotlrve the objects aimed at. He ad.
vi bted legal agitation.
Tn. SMJt the harbor forts Of
Cork ana ebI'As magazine have
been Increased. mort to-day
that torpedo boat y, suspici.
ous craft from America ore, cd sen.
sation.
Cork, April 16 Three gupboste
are cruising off this port waiting to In.
tercept vessel from America having
consignment of internal machines.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-17
A Large + shipment
Al Dipnatch 10 TEE BEE.

special Dspatch 70 THH Be.
FORT WORTH, Texas, April 16.--A
contract Is closed here for the ship.
ment Of 70, 900 head of cattle from the
grazing region south Of this city on the
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe railway
to Wichita Falls, ia miles north. 1t
will require 5000 cars or 215 trains
of fourteen cars each at total ex-
pense of $1O5, 900. The shipment ia
rendered necessary by the large
amount Of fencing recently put In the
southern part OF the State.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-17
The Rsorgsnissd Wabash.
,,acial Disuatch 10 THn BEE.

ST.. LOUIS, April 16.-Further
changes In connection with the ANAL
osmstion of the Wabash with the
Missouri Pacific were decided to-day.
The official announcement has not yet
been made, bat 1t Il understood from
Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-17
ENGLAND.

spe iAl Dispatch 30 The BEE
LONDON, April 16 The commons,
In further recognition of their SER
Vices In Egypt Of Lord Wolseley and
Baron Aloester, (Almiral Seymour),
passed grant of So, 900 each yearly,
and at their death to pass to their
heirs.
ALI horses Keene had entered for
the EPSON spring meeting were
scratched. L,rillard's Ssohem In city
and suburban betting Is quoted 8 to !
against, 25 to l against Iroquois and
20 to l against Rossmores.
The police investigating the bushes.
Of Whitehead's nitro glyoerine factory
believe 200 pounds weight are still
unaccounted for.
Norman has identified DR.. Gallagher
as Fletcher, the person who engaged
him to carry the dynamite box taker
from him. 1t IL generally believed
that both Norman and Bernard Gala
CHER have turned informers.
Six business firms, including Pau
(Kenar). French & Co.. we're burned
out In Pater Noster square tonight
Loss heavy.
LIVERPOOL, April 16.-Corn-NeV
mixed is steady at 5s 6ad Rsceipt
of wheat for the past week from At
lantlc ports is 32 600 quarters; from
Pacific ports 5000 quarters; othe1
sources, 63, 600; receipts Of corn, 45,
900 quarters.
LONDON, April 16.-Parnell An
nounoes that II the projectors OF tn
Irish convention to be held at Phila
delphis would postpone 1t until au
tumn he might be able to attend an
he advises that the convention DO d.
ferred until In the fall.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-17
CRU o In Texas.

GALVESTON, April 16.-The News
GAtesville special says one CLANCY was
shot dead by q mob In that county
last week. One Of the mob was also
killed. John O'Connor was shot by
Jim O'BriAn.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-17

KANSAS Cry, April Edward
Il. lager, city clerk Of Wyandotte,
has disappeared under suspicious cir.
cumstanoes. The estimated deficit ID
from %, 900 to S25, 900.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-17
Nuts For Butler TO Crack" !"
pecial Dispatch to THH BEE.

Boston, April 16 The republican
state central committee will Issue .
circular Offering for sale bill against
G sneral Butler of about 81, 800
claimed to be due one Lset, of South
boro, who, in reply to an offer Of .
reward by General Butler during the
last campaign for person to father
the document entitled, "Nuts for
Butler to Crack" claimed he wrote II
and dem snded the reward whioh has
not been paid,
Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-17

Spoclh DlspAVcn 70 IHh DE.
Boston, April 16.-Arrived, the
Norseman, from Liverpool.
New YORK, April 1S.-Arrived, the
Arizona and Dsrughter.
NEW ORLEANS, April 16.-The
steamship Calvert, from Baltimore
for this port, was sunk by q collision
at Port Ononio, Jamaica.
LONDON, April 16. The Alsatian
and Sardinisn, from New York, have
arrived out.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-17
"A Log story.

Special Dispatch to THB BHH.
ST., PAUL, April 16.-Work In the
pinerles has been practically sus-
pended. It Is estimated the total out
Of logs on the streams above Ia 1885,
600, 900 feet or 90. 900, 900 In excess Of
any former year.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-17
A Oarkis's Skiu Tanned
6pec nj Dispatch to TIE BEB.

Boston, April l6.-Jno. F. Mo.
Govern, . tanner at Woburn, said the
skin Of a negro untAnned, was brought
to the tannery by w. F. Morrison,
who wanted 1t tanned. Morrison said
he brought It from Harvard and that
II originally came from Tewksbury.
Morrison claimed to be q student.
Pieces OF the skin were shown and
Brown asked for bit of IL which the
governor out off and gave him.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-17
An Iowa BIS Ee.

Special Dispatch to The bEE'
ALBA, Ia, April 16 The Atlantic
house In this city was burned yester-
day morning. Three guests were
burned to death. The proprietor mar.
70 WY escaped with his life.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-17

secure q loan of 100000. Bonds
are to be issued In sums Of 81 600
each, dsted May 1, 1883, to bear six
per ocnt interest, payable semi.an-
nually, and have forty years to run.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-17
A Terrible OUTRAGE

special DlbpAtCn 70 IHh DE
MEANWHILE, Miss, April 16.-Tom
b ,iley, colored, outraged a young
negro girl here, and after numbering
her, threw her body in pond. A mob
took him from the jail this morning
and hanged him.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-17
The Inspired Fiend.
special Dispatch to tn. Bnn.

Special Dispatch to The BEE.
BosToN, April 16,-Freeman, ''in-
spired" two years ago to offer his little
daughter as q sacrifice at Pooasset and
killed the child, Is perfectly sane and
will be arraigned for murder. He says
the "inspiration" came from the devil.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-17

MADISON, Via, April 16.-Articles
OF association were filed for the Ore
gon Land Mining company Of Mil
waukee, capital 81 900, 900. 1t viii
operate In Oregon and Nsvada.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-17
The Scare In Canada.

TORONTO, April 16 Eight more
policemen leave tonight for Ottawa,
to strengthen the force there upon the
arrival OF Princess Louise.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-17
GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.
II oh~uA ~ Tuu Nm.


Special DispaAehss 70 THn Bns.
The trial at Odessa By military
court Of twenty.six members Of the
Russian workmsn's federation, which
were prosecuted by Streiinkon, re.
c,ntly murdered, was concluded. All
the prisoners were osnvioted. Three
were sentenced to penal servitude for
life, seven to fifteen years penal SER
vitude, four to ten pears and four to
four years; eight were banished to
Siberia.
The arrangement by which the
claims of France are satisfied was
accepted by Queen Ranovolo of Mad
sgsscar. :,
BERLIN, April 16 The Nord
Dsutsche Zeitung says: Despite the
unceasing diplomatic efforts, there Is
scarcely any prospect OF treaty OF
commerce between Germany and
spain.
AvIENNA, Aprll16.-The president OF
the reichstsg has received letter warn.
Ing him that an attempt will ba made
soon to destroy the parliament build.
Ing. The structure In consequence il
now entirely surrounded BY mounted
police.
The S&adt thsates company OF Vi
emma presented Edwin Booth with I
silver laurel wreath composed ol
thirty.two leaves, each leaf studded
with precious stones.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-17
EsoAps OF Conviots.
|pecial Dispatcn TO The Bm,

MEMPHIS, April 16.-Fifteen peni-
tentiary oonviots escaped Sunday
morning from CAN'T Bros. q Burns,
lessees. Ten were reoaptured, and the
others have gone down the river.
They are part Of the same gang which
murdered J. Fl. CAN'T near Helena
last February.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-17
Given TO the Jury.
spoc,Al DtspAtch 10 THn Bnn.

MILWAUKEE, April 16.-The evi.
dencs In the Soheller case 10 oil In and
II will 70 to the jury this afternoon.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-10-06
Proposed Tax on Foreigners in Paris.

The foreign invasion of France, and
especially of Pars, which has been 90
ing on without intermission since the
war, has led to the suggestion of a
"tax upon strangers" The proposed
tax has found good deal of favor with
many of tie French papers, and q
member of the Chamber has written a
pamphlet putting tt case in a very al
Turing form. The tax, he says, would
hurt neither trade nor agriculture, while
it might be made to yield IS, 200, 900 or
40, 100000 of francs, as much. in fact,
as the conversion of the rentes. But
M. Francisque Sarcey has stated the
case against the tax with at least equal
skill. AS for the foreign workmen you
could never get your tax from them,
and in the case of rich strangers the
impost would be a piece of very bad
policy. A proposal was made under
the Empire to make a charge to all for
eigne $ for visiting any public galleries
or places of entertainment T; but al
though such a Charge would have been
perfectly just, the Emperor's Ministers
had the good sense to see that it was
not %eXpedient. People s'spend in Paris
what they save at home,'' and the policy
OF the Government should according
to M. Sarcey) be that of the hotel keeper,
who is supposed to lose on his accom-
mediation, but gains from what his
visitors spend on winc.-PaW Mall Co.
zette.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-10-06
The Pride Of Men in Doing Foolish Things.

1t 10 by no means certain that Captain
Webb's death will have n deterrent eff
feet, and it would be mere commonplace
to express the hope that others will not
be fascinated with the idea of winning
the piece of glory which he failed to Sc
cure. III these days the renown to bo
o by bodily proves of any sort is SO
great that no danger weighed against il
Counts for much. We still talk Of an.
Gent heroes, and envy the luster
which clothed winners in the Olympian
games; but nothing which the strength
worshiping Greeks could bestow in the
way of popularity or public honors was
comparable to the fame and substantial
profits which fall now upon a man who
much eXcels his fellows in no matter
what. 1t may be doubted also whether
the ancient world ever boosted such a
host Of stalwart men rs have sprung up
since it has become known that reputa>
ton and fortune are to be rapidly &C.
quired by a powerful biceps. by steadi-
ness OF aim IN shooting, or by tleetness
on foot. Amid our countrymcn, in par
ticular, the culture of physical force has
been carried on at a rate which fills
foreigners with astonishment. A Ger
man doctor established IN Switzerland
used to declare that all young English
men were mad, his first three British
patients having all come to grief in en-
endeavoring to do foolhardy things.
The first had broken his leg in trying
to climb an inaccessible mountain
peak; the second had been brought to
him half-frozcn from swimming across
a lake in mid-winter and the third had
collapsed in walking SO many miles
against time in sweltering summer
heat. How Il young countrymen can
enjoy playing cricket or boat-racing
under a broiling sun is a thing that
passes foreign comprehension. But the
report is, after all, easy upon those who
profess to feel concerned about excuses
in athleticism. The general results of
physical culture have been excellent.
AS fast as a champion starts up in any
walk, others come forward to contend
with him, and they are all aware that
they can only prevail by a steadfast adj
herencc to certain rules which exercise
the character and mind as well as the
body. Patience, good humor, sobriety
and a generous love of fair play are re-
CURED not less than muscle to make the
perfect athlete. There has been a great
Improvement of late years in the meth
DDS of training for physical encount rs,
and this means that the laws OF hygiene
are better understood than they used
to be. A well-trained athlete who
keeps his body up to the highest stand
ard of health is thus an example,
even to men-and one might add to
women-who do not think Of following
his pursuits.-Londom Times.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-10-06
A Gastronomic Novelty.

It Is not generally known that the
flesh of the whale is both nutritious and
palatable. Large quantities of it are
eaten every fishing season by men en-
gagged in the capture of the fish but
still larger quantities are, of course,
wasted. 1t recently occurred to a Nor
wegian Spectator that some of the i'm
mense mass of food that is thus annual
ly thrown away might be profitably pre-
served and used for consumption on
shore. He made arrangements, there
fore, with several whaling captains and
two meat preserving firms, and last
week he gave a dinner, at which he
believes he demonstrated that whale
flesh may be cooked in at least a dozen
different ways, and that it forms a de-
;icious as well as a wholesome article of
dict. Some parts of the fish, we are
told, supply material for an excellent
imitation of turtle soup otherf resem-
BILE beef and still others are almost as
white and quite as tender as chicken.
The meat can be sold for about half the
price OF Australian timed beef.--St,
James Gazette.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-10-06
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.
About three thousand tons of borax
are annually produced in California.

About three thousand tons of borax
are annually produced in California.
The Swiss railroad companies now
cover 81 portion of their carriages with q
phosphoresccnt preparation, which
makes them visible at night.
An Indianapolis inventor is at work
upon a new electric headlight for loco
motives, which, it is claimed, will light
the track for 81 mile brilliantly.-Iu-
dianapohs Journal
Artificial ice, which is produced by
vaporized ammonia, is turned out in
slabs eight inches thick by twenty-five
inches wide and six feet long, weighing
$50 pounds. 1t is made at a cost of less
than 81 a TOM O. Picayunc.
"A Boston engineer has been turning
his attention to the power going to
waste in the Niagara River. He esti-
mates that a motor could be submerged
in the river which would furnish half a
million Observation-Disclosures to run
all the machinery in Buffalo and pump
all the city's water. His plan is to place
a giant iron wheel in the river perpen-
dicularly, so that it shall be turned by
the current. The power would be taken
from the shaft of the wheel by either
belts or .gearings, or would be sent
through electric cables.-N. Y. Sun.
1t is reported that q firm in Paris
has patented an engine for the instan-
taneous formation of steam, so that it
can be used at once in the cylinder of
the engine. Apumpsends the required
quantity Of water between two plate
surfaces, which are heated, and between
which there is only capillary space. The
liquid, spreading INTO athin layer, evap-
crates instantly without going into the
so-called spheroidal state, and the steam
acts in the cylinder as fresh formed
steam. The speed of the pump is rcgu-
lated by the engine.
Down in Georgia gasoline has been
put to a new usel A mechanic of Au-
gusta is constructing a steam buggy, in
which the boilers will be heated BY two
gasoline burners. The buggy has three
wheels, the first being extra large, and
bearing the burden OF the machinery.
The vehicle will carry several persons,
and the engine can be worked with
ease by anyone inside and can also be
guided in any direction at the will of
the operator. Its average speed is esti-
mated at a mile in three minutes. 1t
will no doubt make a good companion
piece for the steam man in the patent
office.-Chicago Inter. Ocean.
For the treatment of both hard and
soft corns DR.. Trail Green speaks high
~ of the use of salicylic acid. He has
adopted a formula recommended by DR..
Gezon, which is as follows: Salicylio
acid, thirty parts; extract Canabis IN
dica, five parts collodion, two hundred
parts: The collodion fixes the acid on
lief by protecting it from friction. The
Canabis indico acts as an anodyne. The
acid loosens the corn so that it comes
of, in four or five days, adhering to the
col,odion. If any portion of the corn
remains, the acid should be applied
again, and the treatment continued UNI
til the whole of the corn has disap-
peared.-Sdn francisco Chronicle.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-10-06

1.-THE superstition about the four
leaved clover is well known. We have
them for sale here, and have a good
trade for them. They can be bought
for S. each. Some persons who have
found a four-leaved clover would, l be-
lieve, rather part with their lives than
with their tiny plant, for it brings de-
struction on the fortunes of q man if he
loses his quatrefoil.
''There is a root that is known among
colored people Is the 'dead-root.' 1t is
very small, shaped somewhat like car
rot, but forked. The more forks 1t has
the more powerful it is. The peculia,
virtue of the 'dead-root' is that it not
alone prevents death by violence, but
drives away the evil spirits that are sup
posed to hover about the remains of a
worldly negro after death. Wherever
you meet with a colored man of reckless
daring you may depend upon it that he
has a 'dcad-root' hung about his neck.
1t is necessary, however, to make these
fetiches powerful, that no person should
know that you are the possessor of one,
for such is the faith the negro has in
their virtue, that if any man is supposed
to have one of extraordinary efficacy,
he would be in danger of robbery if
not of murder. Beside the root that
l have spoken about. there are many
Others that have special virtues. The
! snake-root will cure snake-bites, how
ever poisonous they may be, and the
'devil-root' is supposed to prevent de-
lirium tremens."
"These superstitions are not confined
to the negroes by any mean We have
white customers as we'll, but of course
their number is small. 1t is true that
the colored people who come here to
buy the charmed roots belong to the
most ignorant portion of their race, but
there seems to be Il grain of the most
senseless superstition inherent in the
negro that is found in the members of
no other race. The herb business is
not now what it used to be. In fact, it
has decreased one-half in the last five
years. While the treatment with herbs
is still regarded as good, the science of
pharmacy has become such that only
the active principle of the herb is used
instead Of the plant itself. Our stock is
gathered in New Jersey and Long
Island, by persons who make herb
picking a regular business. The plants
are dried and packed there, and are
sent to US in bales. OF course, we are
obliged to depend to a great extent on
the knowledge Of the herb-gatherers,
but they are trained from their child
hood to make a proper selection, and
their training seldom leads them astray.
Herbs and roots are sent to us from al,
paris of the country, as there are some
plants with medicinal properties that
cannot be found in our vicinity. But it
is rare indeed that a herb is sent to us
from owe the seas. 1t is safe to say
that there is not a plant that grows
which is valuable in medicine that can
not be found within the boundaries of
our country.''-M Y. zribune.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-10-06
A Bayou Teche Industry.

Bayou Teche was formerly spelled
Thex, and is SO written in the old Span.
ish land documents of the last century.
One OF the most interesting industries
of the Attakapas country IS alligator
hunting. The majority of the alligator
hunters in this section r Germans,
who camp along the bayous, when the
water is low enough, and kill the sau-
rians at night. They paddle out upon
the water in skfTs, we'll supplied with
torches, and ''shine the eyes, of their
game" after the manner of deer hunt
ers. The sluggish alligator allows the
boat to approach within a few feet,
when the hunter dispatches him with q
shotgun. He sinks at once, and the
hunter sticks a long pole into the soft
bottom of the lake or bayou, and pro.
ceeds on the hunt, sticking a pole at
the place where each dead gator lies.
After shooting a good skif load, say
from twelve to eighteen, he returns
to camp, and the next day he and his
companions gather in the harvest. The
skin on the under side, only, is removed,
as that upon the animals back is too
tough and thick for any practical use,
except in the case of young ones, which
are skinned entirely. These skins are
packed away in salt, just as hide-men
elsewhere u r green cow-hides, and
are ultimately shipped to Russia, where
they are tanned, and Misunderstanding
army saddles for the Russian cavalry.
Any n who has seen a~lligator-skin
boots or shoes, knows that the leather
is not smooth like cow leather, but full
of indentations, where the scales have
been removed. This feature is what
makes it peculiarly valuable for army
saddles, as it prevents the rider from
slipping about, as he would do in a COW
or pig-skin saddle. 1t seems strange
that alligator leather is not more gener-
ally used everywhere in the manufacture
of saddles. Green alligator hides are
worth from seventy-tive cents to one
dollar each, according to size. In 1877,
one man shipped 1000 alligator hides
from this (Iberia)parish to Russia. 1t
seems to be quite a profitable business.
There is an interesting tribe of In
dians living on Bayou Teche, known as
the Chetimachas. (The reader has my
permission to pronounce it as he may
see properly 1t is only a small remnant
OF a once pretty large tribe. now num-
bering less than one hundred. They
are an obliging, industrious people,
whose principal occupation is irving
cypress timber into boards and pieux.
(The latter are also boards, nine feet
long, and used mostly for fence pickets.)
Cor. TEXAS Si;tttngs.