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National Republican., 1884-05-10
THE BREvITY BASKET.
Filled with Brief Mention OF Many Min
Events of Yesterday.

Filled with Brief Mention OF Many Minor
Events of Yesterday.
Lomuol Excl has boon granted liquor
license.
A marriage license has been issued to VIM.
II. Morris and Julia Smith.
Abraham Page was yesterday found guilty,
In the criminal court, of n second oflense OF
petit larceny aud was sentenced to three
years in the Albany penitentiary.
Judge Smell yesterday sent James II.
Holmes, q big colorcd man, to jail for fifteen
days upon the reluctantly given testimony
of his wife that he struck her in the face
with his fist.
At Littlo Zion church, No. &C G street
northwest, the revival meetings arc con-
ductcd by Rev. Dr. Anderson, Of Virginia.
The meeting tonight will be addressed by
the Rev. Mr.. Hogan, white minister.
Edwin and George Baldwin wore before the
police court yesterday for stealing fancy
cutlery from tho store of @. w. Thorn, where
they were employed. Edwin got sixty days
aud George was released on his own bond.
Calvin Davis was convicted in the criminal
court yesterday for breaking into the stable
of MIR. i. G. Looms. and stealing thirteen
chickens. Judge Macarthur sont him to tho
Albany penitentary for eighteen months.
The bill making the police regulations
more perfect for the protection of citizens,
will shortly be consider red by the house dis
trict committee. The pawnbrokers arc
strongly fighting this bill, as it places severe
restrictions upon them.
Nathan Gross, colored rough, leader of
gang who tried TO prevent Poundmaster
Einstein from taking cattle to tho pound,
was Yesterday put under 500 bonds to keep
the peace fined $50 for carving a pistol aud
So for using bad language.
The health officer announced somo time ago
that he would furnish the district chemist
with samples Of milk and lard for analysis.
This was more than month ago. and as yet
he has done neither. Tho chemist was very
successful in his analysis of butter.
A requisition arrived here yesterday from
Gov. MoLane, of Maryland, for Joseph
w. Vaughn, who is wanted in Prince George
county to answer the charge of stealing two
mules and wagon from Richard Magruder.
He was in Jail, held to await this action, and
was delivered to the sheriff of the county.
Work has been suspended on the new pub
lie park, on South Carolina avenue, between
Fourth and Sixth streets southeast Con-
gress appropriated $4,000 to complete the
park, 81 800 of which has been expended.
The remaining $1,000 will doubtless be ex-
pended in few days and the much needed
improvement completed.
Tho commissioners have ordered the dis
of the double connections of the
telephone service with the Franklin, Sumner,
and reform schools, tho health Office, the at
torney, Washington asylum, and the insane
asylum. These double connections were
made several months ago, and in order to
extend telephone facilities TO other places
the commissioners have cut them oil.
National Republican., 1884-05-10

Roug Ia ON Rats"
Clears out rats. MICE roachcs flies, ants, bed.
bugs, skunks, chipmunks, gophers. l5c. Drug
gists.
National Republican., 1884-05-10

Thegreatcst hit ever made was our 2ac LAWNS,
5000 yards sold out in one day! great many GUS
TONERS could not be accommodated, but we pre-
pared to furnish from yard up to case to any
one person, as we bought the balance OF the entire
product from the mills.
Also the balance of our short ends such as
Calcos, AT 4c.
Reversible Goods, 5iac.
WoOlen Checks, l2Lc.
Changcable poplins l2tc
Wool Debegc, l2iac.
1000 Short End WOrsted Dress Goods, &c, In all
the new shades and fancy plads.
10 pieces Of White and Check Mating, l2lac.
80 dozen more of those fine Holland Shades, hX-
lures complete, 38c, in Blue, Drab Brown, Red,
white, aud iuiE
20 pieces of India Linen, Sc.
10 dozen more of those Wool Jerseys, 81. Any
quantity of Black and Navy Blue.
20 dozen more ofthose Mems * nit Undershirts l7c
80 dozen Ladies' 2-strap Canvas Belts 1885, In Gar
net, Black, Navy Blue, and White.
300 Ladies' Gossamers (warrantcd), soc.
so dozen ChIldrens Fancy-bordcrOd Handker-
chiefs. 2c.
25 dozen Infants White Swiss Caps, lOc.
20 pieces moro of 6i-inch Unoeached Table
Linen, l5c.
National Republican., 1884-05-10
SHOES! SHOES! SHOES .

We want to sell every customer that comes for
Dry Goods and other Novelties their shoes also
Therefore, we have bought for this Special sale the
following line Of Foot Wear that beats any of our
shoe offerings thIsscason:
2lO pair Ladies' Web slippers, l5c.
$50 pair Infants Shoes, 25c.
lgO pair Children's Lace Shoes size 8 10 IT, SOC.
100 pair Childron's Kid Button, size TO IL, O0c,
1lO pair Ladies' Grain Button Low Shoe, 50c.
1OOpar Ladies Grain Button, size 8 TO z, SOC.
1870 pair Jersey Lace Ties, OOc.
$50 pair Ladies' Kid and Goat Button, worked but
ton holes, O3c
200 pair ChIldron's Tip Button, size to 10, 5ec.
cases Mems LOw-quarter Shoes, Sl.OO
cases Mems Frcnch-too Congress- genuine hand.
stitched, i35O-poaIiyey a 50 Shoe anywhere in the
District
National Republican., 1884-05-10
Dossd with Cor,oIio Acid.

Charles Walter, q 3-year-old son of Phlo
Walter who lives at No. 1Ol7 Four-and- q. half
street. on Thursday afternoon climbed up to
shelf in the house and got possession of a
bottle filled with cnrbolic acid. He drank
some of the acid. and Drs. Holden and Win
ter, who attended him, think ho cannot re-
CoYcr.
National Republican., 1884-05-10

Work has been suspended on the new pub
Fourth and Sixth streets southeast. Con-
gress appropriated $4,000 to complete the
park, 81 800 of which has been expended.
The remaining $1,000 will doubtless be ex-
pended in a few days and the much needed
| m
National Republican., 1884-05-10
BLANKETS S-CHEAP.

Having cleared up the remaining stock OF an Eastern mill
ofseason very low prices offer exceptional bargains
Each Blanket being Handsomely Bound at Both Ends single
blanket thus serving useful purpose for Summer and the
prices very nearly oneha their value viz $4 S. So per
pair Singb, $2, $3.50, and So each Blanket
Floor Ike theE Elevator
National Republican., 1884-05-10
Flower Thieves at Work.

Flower thieves have entered upon their
spring and summer campaign, and already
several front yard and park gardens have
been raided. At au early hour yesterday
morning thieves cleared out the front garden
of Capt. Ferguson, corner of South Carolina
avenue and Sixth street southeast.
National Republican., 1884-05-10
Our BoYs, Dnpnrtmcnt

Is filled with all the new shades for children and
boys. Our kilt suits and shirt waists are maryels
OF beauty. EIsEMAN BRos clothiers and tailors,
corner Seventh md Z.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-12-20
SIkGULARITIES

An observer of wasps finds that they are
most active from about $3.50 to IL o. m., and
2 to B p. m.
A Cuban lighthouse was lately surrounded
| by such a cloud of red insects that marine rs
reported the light at a distance as being red.
A curious mirage was recently seen at
Lindesburg, in central Sweden. 1t represent.
ed a town with tour storied houses, q castle
and a lake.
A monstrous earth worm, elk feet five inch
es long and proporEionately thick, has boon
sent from Cape Colony, Africa, to the Royal
geological society of England.
The willow tree at Mount Vernon which
~overshadows the tomb of Washington was
originally the clipping from a tree which
ov~ershadowed the tomb of Napoleon at st.
Helena. 80,
There is on exhibition in a window on
School street, Boston, a squash which girts
7x65 feet and weighs 166 pounds. L. was
grown in Nova Scotia and the owner of it last
year raised one that turned the scale, at 292
pounds.
The workmen employed at the Boston navy
yard in tearing apart the old United States
| war ship Virginia find the wood in a good
state of preservation. This is attributed to
the fact that her timbers were sailed. Large
bumps of salt have been taken from her that
were put there over seventy years ago when
she was built.
In Vermont, during the thrfe years ending
last January, sixteen centenarians died-a re
markable record. Luther Holden, of south
Wallinpferd, died a few months ago, aged
102. Concerning the living, Miss White, OF
Newbury, is over 101. She IS partially blind
but her hearing is good and her memory is
excellent She can repeat poetry she
has committed in the past-by the hour, has 9
good appetite and converses freely,
In 1854 the great grandfather of Major
Reuben Gregory set out an apple tree in
clearing he made in the present township OF
Polk, in Monroe county, Pa. Major Gregory
now occupies the farm. The tree is still
standing, sound and thrifty. having born;
three bushels Of apples this year. The trunk
of the tree is over fifteen feet in circumfer
encs, and its main branches are rs large as al
ordinary apple tree. The fruit is red anc
very sour. There is no other tree in thi
country like it.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-12-20
YARD NOTES..
An Idea OF the Amount of Business
Done in the Union Pacific
Yards.

A carefully compiled tabulated state.
ment Of the number of trains arriving
and departing in and from the Omaha
yards, together with The number of cars,
has been prepared. The figures are Dr.
ranged for twenty-four hours.
1t is found by close and careful calcu.
%lation, that every tSenty-four hours "a
raj ms, containing ZIG cars and engines,
arrive In the Omaha yards, and SO trains,
containing 700 cars and engines, depart
from the Omaha yards. This Is an enor-
nous amount of business when it Is tax
en- into consideration that all of these
trains have to pass over a single track, as
there Is no double track
leading , out of the yards. 1t
will be understood that all the switching
has also to be done, the switch engines
being required to look out for incoming
and outgoing trains. When 1t Is under.
stood that ITO trains pass over this track
daily, besides the switching which Is done
upon the same rails, it is known how
careful o yardmsster must be to avoid
confusion and accident.
UNION ELEVATORS.
The Union elevators are o doing ar
enormous business. They are receiving
about 100 cars of grain daily, and ART
shipping about the same amount. The
Union Pacific company is 20 running
three extra trains daily over the o. & r
V. branch to haul the grain for the ele
vators, and the men employed by tn
elevator company are now working nigh
and day.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-12-20
Music and Insanity.

The theory Of the close connection be-
tween music and insanity was never
more closely established than in the re.
cent case Of Mr.. Bertram Bolter of this
city, who was an inmate of o private
asylum here for ten years. At the expi.
ration of that term he suddenly recoy-
cred his reason, and was able to give a
perfectly lucid account of how he had
lott il. In 1873 Mr.. B. lived next door
to boy who was learning to play the
piano. The lad was an ardent muiician
and one night played, "Come, Biz.
die. Come" 1873 times in succession. in
order to learn it properly. Mr., Bolter
was found on the floor Of his bedroom
next day, devouring d Eureka hair'mat.
tress, and a raving maniac. On recover
ing his reason he told the above facts to
his keeper, who, forgetting that hearing
the tune again might agitate his patient,
said thoughtlessly: ''YVhy, that's rather q
pretty tune, l always thought. Goes
something lile This, don't it?' ard he
whistled the first four bars piaintively.
SLOWS that2' he said. SIS that like
it," But the query was in vain. His
jaw had fallen, and Mr.. Bolter was dead.
San Francisco News-Letter.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-12-20
TICKETS UNDER TARIFF
General Agent Keith Charges the
Milwaukee & st. Paul and NJ. T..
with Breaking their Contract.

General Agent Keith of the G., B. &
@ charges the Milwaukee & st. Paul
and the Missouri Pacific with breaking
the agreement entered into on December
8, respecting passenger rates. The con.
ditions of this agreement, to which all
the Missouri river roads were parties, was
that a tariff rate on tickets should be
kept up and in case they were sold at cut
rates they should be redeemed at the
tariff rates by the road issuing them.
Yesterday General Manager Keith
bought tickets for Chicago over the Mil.
wsukee & Chicago road in the Bluffs at a
cut rate and coming over to this side
procured q party to 60 to Frank Moores
and buy thirteen tickets for st. Louis.
MIR. Moores refused to sell him the
tickets at firstbut told him to
meet him at the depot with
his mon. Mr.. Keith's man was
On hand with his thirteen laborers
ana bought his tickets at cut rates. They
then demanded that these two roads pay
the tariff rate for them, but this they re-
fused to do, saying they had been
bought of scalpers, purchased by them
before this agreement was entered into.
What the result will be is difficult to say,
but this small beginning may lead to
war of rates.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-12-20
EDUCATIONAL.

There are %thirty.nino professors and iustruc-
tors in Princetown college, and $40 under grad
yates in the various departments,
The university of Pennsylvania has disting.
uished itself during the past week by estab-
fishing a department of biology and a depart
ment of physical culture.
There are three Roman Catholic institutions
of learning in Cincinnati--St Navier's college,
St Joseph's college, and st. Frapces' college.
They are all in an exceptionally flourishing
condition,
John Jacob -Astor and Miss Catherine
Wolfe, of New York, are cooperating in an
effort for the establishment of a college in
Florence, where American women can persue
any branch of art.
Much progress is reported to have bsen
made in Ireland of late in the study of the
Irish language. The largest school. book firm
in Ulster has Just issued models of Irish char
acters for use in slate writing in the national
schools.
Vermont, apparently, makes a poor show.
ing in its scnool record. The population IN
1910 was POI ,94S, and in 1880 it had increased
to 1872 2S6; but the number of children in the
common schools decreased from 81, SIS in the
former year to u, IA in 1884. 1t ought to be
said, however, that while in 40 years the pop.
ulation increased ii per cent, the number OF
children under twenty is over 3 per cent less
than lS4O. lie average number OF persons to
each family has steadily decreased. This ia
not an encouraging exhibit.
A project to estsblich a school for manual
instruction in Philadelphia has been placed
before the authorities by q committee of the
Public Education Society. 1t has shown that
the present system does not prepare children
for handicrafts which must be their main re-.
lance for support, and that the needed prep
aration cannot be had in shops, owing to the
division of trades into specialtles and the un'
Willingness of employers to train workmen in
the rudiments which are common to most 81
them.
The managers of Girard college, Philadel
phia, have solved a difficult problem, which
was presented to them several years ago, anC
was more pulling to them than any problem
in mathematic, to the student. 1t was, what
to do with the boys after they had been edu
Gated in order to conform to the terms of tht
bequest of $40 O,000 for this educational in
stitution. Now a building has been erected
and opened, which will accommodate tiv,
hundred boys at a time and supply them will
the latest improved machinery for iron anc
wood work, etc. It is superintendent b,
skillful teachers of the mechanic arts. TIL,
Gjrard bequest appears to have been wei
managed. The estate now produces an annua
income of $3.50, coo; the college and building
cover an area of ~forty.ive acres, and contain
LILO pupils and 293 adults.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-12-20
COMING EVENTS.
a Series of Amusements for Christ
mas Week.

AS Christmas draws near the number
of social entertainments increase, and 6
partial list Of such is given below.
On Saturday afternoon, December 21st,
at Turner hall, the Musical Union or.
chestra will give a very fine concert.
This band is noted for its fine music, and
it is announced that this will be the finest
concert ever given by this band of music
ians. The orchestra will consist oil
twenty-five of the best musicians In the
union.
On the evening of the 25th, the turn
verein will have a Christmas tree at
Germania hall. This will be followed by
dancing, and a magnificent time is anti.
cipated.
On the same night a number of the
members of the Musical Union orchestra
will go over to Council Bluffs to furnish
music for a grand masquerade to be given
by the typographical union, Nc. 203.
At Turner hall Christmss evening the
operetta, "Merry Wives of Windsor" will
be rendered.
AT st. Philomena's cathedral on Christ,
mas morning "Mozart's Twelfth Mass
will be sung by the choir. The full
Musical Union orchestra will furnish the
accompaniment.
On the evening of December 26th thu
Sans Ceremonie club will give a party a
| Masonic hall.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-12-20
Unjust Railway Tariffs.
CHICAGO LIVE Srock EXCHANGE,

CHICAGO LIVE STOCK EXCHANGE,
UNION STOCK YARDS,
CHICAGO, December Is, 1884.
At a full meeting of this association,
held in this Exchange building" this
day, the following resolutions were re.
ported from the undersigned committee
and by a unanimous vote of this assocla-
tion were adopted:
WHEREAS, The east.bound pool of railroads
running from Chicago to seaboard towns
adopted q new tariff on dressed meats, the
same to take effect this day, December 10
and,
WHEREAS, BY the provisions of said tariff
the rates are made as follows from Chicago:
Dressed hogs, in common cars, in car. load
lots, SIC per 100 lbs. to New York, 55c per
100 lbs to Boston; dressed hogs, in common
cars, less than carload lots, Soc per 100 lbs. to
New York, 05c per 100 lbs. to Boston; dressed
hogs, in refrigerator cars, carload lots, DOC
per 100 lbs. to New York, 60c per 100 lbs. to
Boston; dressed sheep, in common cars, any
per 100 lbs. to Boston; dressed sheep, in re-.
frigerator cars, alone or with other meats, 90c
per 100 lbs. to New York, 81. 90 per 100 lbs.
to Boston; and
WHEREAS, Said tariff provides that when
different classes OF meats are loaded in the
same car, the highest rate shall apply to the
entire car -load, thus compelling a carload of
dressed beef which contains even one or more
dressed sheep to pay the sheep rate of 90c per
100 pounds to New York, or 81 per 100 pounds
to Boston, while the rate which the railroads
exact for dressed beef is only zoe per 100
pounds to either Boston or New York, and
thus also compel ing one or more dressed hogs
loaded in car with dressed beef to pay the
dressed beef rate of 7Oc FER 100 pounds, while
the railroad companies rate on dressed hogs is
only Doc to New York or 60c to Boston psr
| loo pounds. Therefore be 1t
Resolved, That we consider the rates on
dressed hogs and sheep as fixed by aforesaid
tariff, as exorbitant and calculated to injure
the business of this market.
Resolved. That we hereby most emphatic
| ally protest against such action by the rail
road companies, and we hereby respectfully
ask that they reconsider said tariff and make
instead such rates rs will not 30 clearly and
~unjustly discriminate againtt this market and
against the live stock interests of the west.
Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions
be forwsrdedt TOT he managers of each of the
railroads running east from Chicago.
s. T.. WOOD, Chairman.
Il. r.. PRICE.
'THos. BROWN, JR. Committee.
J. NJ. ROBINSON,
II, HANCOCK.
O. w. BAKER, Secretary.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-12-20
REPAIRING MANNED VETERANS
A Talk With the Man Who Serves Out
the Wooden Legs.
From the Washington Star.

From the Washington Star.
"We have the names of about Is, ZOO
veterans who have applied for repairs"
said Mt. Ramsey, who has charge of the
artificial limb department of the surgeon
generals office, to a Star reporter. ''You
know we fit them out with new Gets of
legs, arms and other apparatus every five
years. 1t Is now getting toward the close
of n of those periods, and We have re-
paired 1900 veterans"
"Aren't the one legged men dying cffl"
asked the Star man.
"Now that's an interesting question.
/ guess they are, l presume many Of
those whose names we have have since
died, but / can't tell certainly. Now, as
I've said, every five years We reconstruct
the MANNED veterans of the army, but
they have their choice to take the re.
pairs or the money. The allo vance for
a leg is SO; for anything less than a leg
is $50. From N period to another
many old veterans drop out. Some OF
them make one or two applications, and
then we never hear from them again.
Naturally, we conclude when they don't
send for their money or legs, they must
De uehu anu nave no mpre use TOT tnem
But we don't limit ourselves to men who
have actually lost their limbs. A
man who has simply lost the ust
his limbs Is entitled to a wooden leg
or arm, az the case may be, though
he can't wear them. So you see, We
can't keep a record of all the o~ne,legged
men, but | guess there aren't as many az
there used to be. Yet there are lots o.
them and many who haven't any legs a
all, and some with neither legs nor arms
Then there are many who have not losI
their limbs, but who have no power t.
move. There Is one man who gsta tw,
arms and two legs allowance, who can,
not move any part of his body excepI
the little finger of his left hand, which
he can band the least little bit. There
Is another, a New England soldier
whose arm and legs are dead and VIII
Omaha daily bee., 1884-12-20
THE HARDWARE TRADE.
Its appeal to Congress o a Water
Route Transportation West.

at the semi.annual meeting of the
Mississippi and Missouri Valley Hardware
Association, held in Davenport on the Sd,
Eth and 9th of this month, q large num-
Der of representatives of the trade of the
northwest were present. During the first
days session tho following resolutions
were thoroughly discussed and unani-
mously adopted:
WHEREAS, The business interests represent.
ed in this organization, extended as they are
over n wide area of the country, are largely
dependent for their most successful develop
meDt upon adue increase of facilities for cheap
transportation of raw materials and heavy
products bstween the west and the east; and,
WHEREAS, The northwest, particulars, has
reaped and Is constantly reaplng vast benefits
from the facilities and competition secured In
the continuously free water route of the Hud-
son, the Etie canal, and the lakes, and such
benefits as are keenly appreciated by the trade
in which this body is directly concerned; and
WHEREAS, The extension of that route from
Chicago, its present terminus, to the upper
Mississippi has become q necessity OF the agrI.
cultural and manufacturing industries and
commercial interests OF the northwest, and OF
the east scarcely less; therefore,
Resolved, That the Mississippi and Mis-
souri, Valley Hardware Association hereby
places on record its earnest desire for the early
construction of the proposed canal from the
Illinois river to the Mississippi, known as the
Hennepin canal, and for the enlargement OF
the Illinois and Michigan canal.
Resolved. That this association therefore
urges upon the present congress the duty OF
prompt action by that body upon the bill now
pending in the House, providing for the con-
s%truction of the so-called 'Hennepin canal,
by the United States, to the end that the said
work of internal improvement may bespeedilY
undertaken and completed.
Resolved, That a copy, OF these resolutions,
this associ alton, be forwarded to Hon. j. Ii.
Murphy, member of congress, for submission
to that body in behalf OF this association
Resolved, That a similar copy be also sent
to each United States senator from each state
represented in this association, and to each
member of congress who has a constituent ia
this body, and that the members OF this asso'
citation bs requested to see that their senator'
and congressman immediately. representing
their state and district, respectively, are thu
supplied.