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Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-03-29
POLITICAL NOTES.

Charles Foster is reported tc
have dislocated his mouth and
nearly strangled to death in assert,
ing John Sherman an honest man
He is off political talk indefinitely
Washington Cd. Co. Gazette.
The Democrats who are count,
ing upon Independent support Of
Mr.. Tilden, in case the farce ofrun-
ming that relic for President should
be gone through with, are reckon
ing without their host. The indie.
pendent voters are not likely to be
taken with a decayed candidate
standing for dead issue.-Boston
Herald, Ind.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-03-29
Arthur a Thoroughbred.

WASHINGTON, March 1O.-Phil
Armour, the pork king of Chicago,
called upon the President. He
said to the President that he did
not come to ask anything, but to
tell him that he was in favor of his
reelection and that every merchant
in Chicago felt the same way. Gen.
Arthur acknowledged the compli
ment in graceful way and chatted
with Mr.. Armour for about an
hour.
"He's a thoroughbred" said the
pork king. "He's as clean and
sound as a hounds tooth, and I'm
for him. So is every merchant in
Chicago, every soul ofthem. There
was never a better President and
the business men realize it. They
want him to stay where he is. -
Vicksburg Post.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-03-29
DAY FOR THB ELECTION.
CAMPAIGN MASS MEETINGS.

The Executive Committee of The
State Central Committee have an.
nounccd, among others, the fol-
lowing places and dates for hold.
ing mass meetings:
Monroe, April 9th;
Rayville, April 10th;
Tallulah, April 18th;
St. Joseph, April 18th;
Yidalia, April 14th.
Among the speakers who will
address the various mass meetings
through the State are, Gov. Me-
Emory. E. A. Burke, Clay Klob-
]0ch, Gen. F. N. Ogden, F. p.
ftubbs, R. N. Ogden, w. A. seay,
Oscar. Arroyo, ]. B. Eustis, w. H.
Jack, B.'F. Jonas and C. ]. Boat
ner. Many others are also an
nounced 10 speak at the mass meet
ings.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-03-29

The largest and ost..completestock
OF domestic and imported fancy
groceries in the CITY.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-03-29


The Madison TIMES, edited by
Mr.. r. c. Weightman, and pub
lished in Tallulah, Madison parish
is a new publication, just received
at this office. The editor is not a
novice in the art and understands
his business to perfection. The
TIMES has the true ring and we wish
it abundant success. The true
Democrats of Madison parish were
in need of an organ and the TIMES
fills the void.-Marksville Bulletin.
Some time ago the miners i'm the
Ophir Mine, on the Comstock lode,
found the sledge hammer which
John w. Mackey, the bonanza
king, used when he worked there
years ago. Since then they have
been on the lookout for his pick.
and a day or two since thew found
1T. 1t Is a genuine curiosity. The
handle has long since disappeared.
and about the pick itselfhas formed
solid mass of quartz and ore, ONLY
the point and portion of the back
appearing. On the iron has formed
sprays-of native copper, through
the teaching of water from copper
stained ground up near the crop
pings. Owing to the peculiar con-
glomerate formation in which the
pick is incased, Mr.. Bender, of
the Ophir, is talking of sending it
to the Academy of Sciences at San
Francisco.-Joe Mulhattan again
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-03-29
Wick SbUrg Advertisements.

GEO. W. HUTCnESOX CmAs. AIIpx
Omaha daily bee., 1884-12-24
PROTESTING TAX PAYERS.
A Meeting Held Last Night to Dis
Gu Is the Fifteenth Street
Grade.

A meeting of taxpayers was held last
night at No. 4 Engine house to take
protesting measures against the Fifteenth
street grade. Mr.. l. f. Cafe took the
chair and called the meeting to order.
Gen. j. c.. GOWN being present, ad.
dressed the meeting, and gave as his
opinion substantially that given by Judge
Doane some time ago. He said that the
tax was illegal and not authorized by
law. He believed that the taxpayers
had o good opportunity to protest sue
cessfully the levy.
1t was moved that Gen. Gown
be requested t o take the case to the
district court, and If the decision wal not
favorable in the district court to carry
the case to the supreme coust. This mo.
ton was carried unanimously. The
charges for Gen. GOWNS services were
considered by the meeting and satisfac.
torily adjusted. 1t was then moyed by
Mr.. O'Connor and seconded that the
standing committee be authorized to In
form Gen. Gown that he was the legal
representative of the Taxpayers. The
committee, as appointed, consist OF
Messrs. Cafe, Hines and Stewart. The
meeting was then adjourned for IN in
definite period.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-12-24
A SERIOUS FALL,
James O'Connell, a Porter in Be'rs
Drug Store Breaks His Leg.

Yesterday forenoon Mr.. j O'Connell, a
porter in Hell's Tenth street drug store,
met with q serious accident. He was as.
cending one of the aprons, which are
placed at the street crossings, at the cor.
ner of Tenth and jackson streets, and
losing his footing fell heavily into the
gutter. In the fall his right leg was
broken between the ankle and knee. He
was carried back to the store where the
fracture was reduced, and the young man
is now doing as we'll as can be expected
under the circumstances.
The aprons to the street crossings, es.
p~ecially the iron ones, are very slippery
and they are rendered more so by the
small boys aiding down them. In this
way they become as smooth and slippery
as glass. Too much care cannot be exer.
cised by pedestrians in ascending and
descending them, and a little caution ma ,
save serious injuries.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-12-24
PERSONA.

Mr.. DAILY johnson, of st. Louis, is visiting
in the city.
Mrs. Thomas Peironnet will spend the WIN
ter with her Omaha friends.
Miss Jessie Lawton, of Saratoga, returned
from a very pleasant trip to Dakota. Her
many friends welcome her bac.
j. House, wife and two daughters left TO-
day for New Orleans, where they will spend 0
few weeks visiting the exposition.
Mr.. Patrick Desmond, the genial member
of the police force, leaves this morning fol
Des Moines, Iowa, where he will visit friends
for a week or so.
Fred. Gotta and wife, of Aurora, Ill, re
turned home yesterday over the "Q", after
spending q few days with Mrs. Cota's sister
Mrs. d. E. Reyes. Mr.. Gotta is an old so
enPineer and is just recovering from injuries
received in an accident on the LIST of last
March.
W. A. Cole, Weeping Water; s. A. Nevies
Oakland; Perry Mills, Hayes; Isaac Cum
mings, Grand Island; G. 1. Atkinson. Stan
ton; w. r. Thorpe, David City; John d.
Lang, Blair; H. G.. Day, Minden; Miss d,
Cox and Mrs. B. +. Homes of Lincoln, Neb :,
are at the Metropolitan.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-12-24
Awaiting

The body of John w. Wilkes, the
trainman who was killed at the Union
Pacific yard last night, is now lying al
the st. Joseph's hospital awaiting burial.
No blame can be attached to the railroad
company, nor to any of the train hands,
for the occurrence of the sad accident. Il
was one of those sad mishaps due only
to a combination OF unfortunate cIrcum'
stances.
From papers found on the dead mans
body 1t is ascertained that has relates ir
Haverstraw, Mass. They have been no.
titled of his death.
AS a strange coincidence it might BIZ
mentioned that Mr.. Wilkes, probably
yielding to a premonition of impending
danger, insured his life on the Friday
before his death. The amount of the
policy, $500, will be paid to his widow,
the BENEFICIARY named.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-12-24

tie Raise yer, raise yer and the big
trees sung See yer, see yer, an the big
stones tumbling down the mounting side
'pesred to cry out Go yer ten rocks bet
ter pard-ten rocks better l wandered
round for three days an nights, half
frozen an half starved, clean eff my base
and nigh done for centrally. 'Spect I'd
aided hadn't | come to a camp where q
lone miner lived, He took me in, thswed
me out an asked me to play poker with
him, The l began to strighten out-but
'twar q close Gala mighty close call.
tibet, stranger, is the reason why |
never complain of cold weather. II l
live to be a thousan' years old the cold
est winter in all my record will be tibet
one when l got froze out o. the game up
at grizzly Bar Guloh."
Omaha daily bee., 1884-12-24
POLICE POINTS.
Afternoon. Transactions in the Police
Court-The Howard Case.

In the police court yesterday afternoon
no business of material Importance was
transacted.
James Moran, charged with wife
beating, was discharged. His wife after
mature reflection determined not to ap.
pear against him.
Charles Young, who was arrested at
the instance of his brother, Hans Young,
who preferred against the unluchy
Charles the charge Of having posed in
S%ullivanistic attitude, and threatening to
punch the world, was also discharged.
The case Of John Thompson and Lizzie
Thompson, alias English Liz, who are
charged with the murd er of the girl Net
tie Howard, came next on the docket.
The history of the crime, If, In
deed, it can be clsled such is we'll known
to all. The death of Nettie Howard,
who was charred to a crisp by contact,
accidental or otherwise, with burning
coal oil, has been followed by a develop
ment of circumstantial evidence which
CONSTITUTED a strong chain of testimony.
The connection of the dead girl with
the betrayal of the Forbes
McClelland gang; her confession or dying
statement, heard by at least half a dozen
different persons in the house; the
strange action of Thompson In at first
making every effort to cover up the acct
dent, and to order those who were trying
10 alleviate the sufterings of the girl out
of the house; the incoherent story of
both of the accused in a%ttributlng the
accident to an exploded lamp, and a
number of other bits of corroborative
evidence, all point strongly to the guilt
of the accused.
Judge Beneke, as soon as the case was
called, prepared tor trial. 1t had been
the intention of Mr. Shields, the attor.
ney of the accused, to waive preliminary
examination. At T~hompuon's request,
however, who is anxious for trial, the
hearing has been postponed until Tues
day next at 10 o'clock.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-12-24
SPORTING NOTES,
Bicycle Brevities-Thc Union Pacific
Base Ball Team.

The Omaha Wheel club Is In a flourish.
ing condition. 1t has ten sc tive mem
bers, and four new ones are awaiting
installment at the beginning of the new
year.
There is considerable talk among the
wheelmen of this city relative to the lay.
ing out of a new bicycle track for next
year. A new track will be built by the
Wheel club, unless the Athletic a%ssocls.
tion, controlling the Sherman Avenue
park, can be induced to lay out a course
on their grounds. The loca ton has not
been decided upon. A great event
for western wheelmen will be
the race between Prince and Woodside,
which comes off tomorrow at Chicago.
Both men are champions and experts,
and the outcome will be awaited with
great interest by local bicyclists.
MThe wheelmen Of America. are forming
local expeditions throughout the United
States for the purpose of making trips,
partly by rail, partly by wheel, to the
New Orleans exposition. The Omaha
boys are celebrating over the feasibility
of joining, with a small representation,
one of these expeditions.
The Union Pacific base ball team is
now but q faded memory of the past.
1t Is, indeed, decidedly defunct. This
morning Charles Whitney and Frank
Bandle left Omaha to return no more
Whitney will play ball at Binghampton
next year, while Bsndle goes to Chicago,
Richard Dryer is now at his home in
Syracuse, N. Y, Jerry C~avanaugh is in
Marysville, CAL, and Charles Taylor Ia
wintering In San Francisco. Joe Walsh,
the gallant little short-stop, has gone no
one knows whittier, while the rest of
the members of the team are in this
city engaged In business'of various kinds.
1t is indeed to be regretted that the
club has %disbanded, for it has played
brilliantly and faithfully during the past
season.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-12-24
PAVING MATTERS.
An Interviewed OF Considerable In.
terest-Next Years Paving,

A BEE reporter had an interesting
talk last evening with Mr.. Andrew Rose
water, city engineer, relative to paving
prospects for next year and city matters
in general.
Mr.. Rosewater believes that with the
$50, 600 paving bonds issued by the city
for its share of next years paving llabil.
titles, the city will be able to accomplish
a much larger relative amount of paving
than 1t did last year. The reason is
that there are fewer Intersections to the
streets to be paved, and consequently
the city's money will go much further,
inasmuch as as the city's pecuniary liza,
bility to the paving tax-fund apple.
only to the paving of street intersec.
tions. Consequently the $4,000 allow.
ance for next year may be expected to
go nearly as far as the $500, 900 allowed
last year.
"You may say" said Mr.. Rosewater
with a quiet smile, that Omaha Is
doing as much in the matter of paving as
Kansas City, boastful as r.she Is.
The reason of this? Simply because the
streets of Kansas City are much mar.
rover than those of Omaha. and a Ger.
tain length of paving In the latter city
would be equivalent to a much greater
length in the former. So that you see
! Omaha Is keeping up with her rival,
Kansas City, In the matter of paving hel
streets"
The council having declared all bids
illegal, which were made In accordance
with the advertisements of the board Of
public works, the recently opened bid
haue been declared invalid. The matter
of advertising for new bids will not bt
taken up for some time. Action will bt
deferred until after the legislature meet.
and fixes the amount of the district bond
to be issued.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-12-24
The Burlington's New Deal.

1t is now announced that on next Sun.
day the G. B. & Q. road will commence
running into Omaha the larger and
heavier passenger trains, known as At
lantic and Pacific express trains, and will
run trains Nos. 5 and 6, now run into
this city, Into Council Bluffs instead.
the Atlantic express No. l, and the Pa,
cifc express No. 2, carry the mails and
the principal part. of the through travel,
and the reason for running them through
to and from Omaha is apparent. They
will leave and arrive at about the same
hours as at present. q. m. and 300 p.
m.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-12-24
This Is children's week all over Christ.
endom.


"Guess we're goin' to have a freezln.
winter" remarked a passenger from
Iowa by way of acquaintance-making
with a man from Montana.
"Yaas, 1 think we will. But cold
weather has no terrors for me no more.
| spent one winter up In the mountings
thet was so awful I've never had the gall
to complain O anything since"
Show was that2"
swell, 'twar three years ago. Six of
us had a camp on the mountain side, in
which we hibernated, as 'twar, all winter
long. Nothin' to do but to eat an sleep
an play keards. The first day of De-
cember We started up the poker game -
nicely selected quartz pebbles for chips,
you know. We wal all pretty well
healed, havin' cleaned up good at the
end of the season. Ez there'd been
trouble in the camp the previous winter
on account of borryin', we all solemnly
agreed that the limit should be $40, ex-
cept In jack pots, an If a man got busted
nobody was to lend to him. The third
day we struck big jack pot.
l went in with two pair and filled,
with kings up. But Willis Robinson
started with two queens and got t'other
two, an laid me out completely. Took
my last cent-froze me out 80 thet ]
couldn't put up for sn ante. The boys
wouldn't 90 back on the rule, and
couldn't borry a cent. Thar want nc
use kickin', so / just turned in to watci
them play. Day after day and night at
ter night passed with them maxim the
rocks CHATTER and me sittin' back In the
shadows lookin' on. Immagine how hap
by l was. Every day l got gloomier thar
ever. Thar wasn't nothin' to read, no
body to talk to, nothin' to do. | was al
outcast, a poor miserable good'for-noth
ing a pinin' for a mouthful In sight G
plenty. / had one hope left, an the
was one O. the others would get friz out
too, an then him an Inc could play a lit
tie side game all by ourselves on tick t.
be settled in the spring. But nary one o
'em got busted. They'd put up theil
last dollar many a time, but twas jes
my internal luck tibet the short maj
would win and be able to stay In thu
game ! talked of committin' suicide
or of goin' off an losin' myself In
blizzard, but they wouldn't take no sor
O. pity on me. ''The Rhine OF the Ole
Sailor" what | used to know by hear
back In the states, kept runnin' through
my mind-'Alone, alone, all, all alone
alone on a wide, wide sea- Long In thu
fore part o. February, / got desperate an
started off through the snow for Helena
| was half crazy, l was, Hadn't nc
sort of iuea where l was g1in'-
between the storm aud the thing
what run through my brain | wa
bout gone. The wind seemed to whis
Omaha daily bee., 1884-12-24
Trinity Cathedral Christmas Services

The great festival service with the cell
ebration of the holy communion and a
sermon by the dean at 1890 a. m. 1t is
put a half hour earlier than usual to &C.
comodate all the cummunicants.
The children's service of carols is on
Christmas eve Wednesday at 8 p. m. 80
that children of the more distant mis-
sions with their parents can be present.
The offerings at the Christmas services
will be for charity.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-12-24
Little Lizzie.

Lizzie Evans last night made her first
appearance before an Omaha audience as
a star. She was we'll known as "Clip"
in a messenger from Jarvis Section"
and made many friends while ~enActing
that role.
As a star she is far better than ever be.
fore. Last night her appearance as"Chip,"
in ''Foggs Ferry" WAS hailed by the
small audience with loud appliances. So
faithfully and well did she do her part
that she was twice called before the cur
Omaha daily bee., 1884-12-24
CAPITAL PRIZE, $4,000.
100 0G0 Tickets at SIS each. Fractions, in
Flfths in proportion.
yJqT op pPJyEs

1867 Prizes amounting to..................i265 500
Application for Hases 10 clubs ehould be made opI,
o the Office OF the Company In New Orleans.
address, POSTAL NOTES, Express Money Orders, OF
Nsw York Exchange in ordinary letter. Currency
by Express (all sums OF S6 and upwards ut our ex.
pense) addressed
n A. DAUPHIH.
I'm 4. DAUPEIN, New Orleans Ia.
doI Seventh 81. Washington D.. @.
Make P. o. Eonsy Orders pAyAbls and address
Registered Letters to
NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK,
New Orleans. La.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-12-24

tain. She is cute, vivacious and ? con-
sciencious little s%ctrets, and is bound to
rlso to an eminenco in the profession
from which none can look down upon
her. She ia young, not yet having seen
her twentieth birthday, but with her
pretty face, 1.-THE and beautiful form and
pleasing acting she is destined for a
bright career.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-12-24
The Womans Christian Association

The Womans Christian Association.
Since the last report the Womsn'a
Christian association acknowledge the
following donations:
From the Baptist church $51 80; General
Towards lecture, Sl96 30: Mr.. Galloway $50;
MIR. Fleming, So; Reese's Publishing compa-
ny, So; Mr.. Yost, for the furnishing of the
tickets for General Towards lecture: Mrs.
Cole, bedstead springs, ticking for beds, mat
tress, sheets and washstand; Mrs. Rustin, two
very nice blankets; Mrs. Neville, two wooden
shawls; Mrs. DIR Denise, clothing, bedding
and medicine; Mission School dinner dona-
ton; from Lake Street school, three large tubs
of provisions for Thanksgiving dinners for the
poor; clothing from st Mary's Avenue Con
gregational church Sunday school; a large base
burner from Mrs. J.. Millard; a cook stove
from Mrs. /. Archibald; o basket of bread and
meat, Mrs. Moody; potatoes and other yege.
tables, Mr.. Fleming; potatoes, Mrs. Il lott
clothing from Mrs. Chase, Mrs. DIR. Graft,
Mrs. II. B. Fuller, Mrs. Eastman, Mrs. Gil
more, Mrs. Grom, Mr., Pattee, Mrs. Condor,
Mrs. Bryant, Mrs. Clark, Mre. Hopkins, Mrs
Townsend, Mrs Ezra Willard, Mrs. Doolittle,
Mrs. Strong, Mrs. Bell, Mrs. .Coe, Mrs. Per
rine, Mrs. Yost, Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Mcmillan
and others.
We wish to express sincere thanks to the
Union Pacific coal company for furnishing
coal to the association at half price. The asso
tiation has distributed to the poor one hun
dred and thirty eight half tons during the
year, and has received ffty-four dollars in part
payment from them.
To Rev. Willard Scott and Rev. w j,
Harsha we extend our thanks for the sermons
preached In the interest of the association
Again we thank the press for free advertising
and frequent endorsement. To all who have
aided us in any direction during the past yea
we express our sincere thanks.
The association has received
from membership fees and
donations during the yeaISl, 142 50
Gen. Towards lecture. -. 1876 80
Total. 1880 o.
Expenses during the year. 700 q
Balance ......,......... S sos s
Received for the Home. 5 35i 8
Mrs. Il. b. KNIGHT,
Treasurer,
Omaha daily bee., 1884-12-24

The clearings at the clearing house yester'
day amounted to S2S9, 6i4 "a.
The number of sleepers at the city Jail il
decreasing nightly. Officer John Turnbull il
rapidly becoming a helpless paralytic undel
the load of care which devolves upon him il
taking care of and watching the unfortunates
A plan Is being concocted to fabricate another
ghost story which shall go brighten the un
righteous vsg that he will not be induced t.
gather very numerously in the darksom,
depths of the Jail.
Some time ago a warrant was sworn out
before United States Commissioner Anderson
against a man by the name of "Frenci
Mike" otherwise unknown to fame. He is
secondhand dealer in South Omaha, who hal
been in the habit of buying army clothes from
the soldiers at the barracks, contrary to TIN
state ordinances. A thorough search for hin
has been made, but he has not been found
He is supposed to have ''sloped."
Omaha daily bee., 1884-12-24
a AT NEW ORLEANS
The Fire Laddies VIII Probably Go
to the Exposition.

Mr.. Jerome Pentzsl, secretary of the
fire department, is making arrangements
to have Omaha's fire department repre-
sented at the New Orleans expedition. II
is the intention of the New Orleans peo'
pie to have a series of contests between
rival companies located in various cities
and states; and the Omaha boys have re,
ceived a cordial invitation, which will
probably take the Thurston hose team
to the Crescent City. To that end ar
rsngements have been made with the hose
team of Trinidad, Colorado, to accomps
ny the Thurstons to New Orleans ant
give a series of joint contests-wet OIL
dry. 700 or 900 feet distance. Final ar
rangements will be made when the Fire
mans association meets in Lincoln mex
month.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-12-24

The following transfers were filed In
the county clerks office Saturday and re-
ported for TIE BEE by the Ames' real
estate agency December %, 1884.
f Heinrich and wife to # Schubel W d
lot 3 block 8 Rogers add $1,000.
A French to j Barker q c d lot l block
207k $50. rs.
H d Reed to S M Scarborough W d
lot 8 block % Wilcox I'd add $525.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-12-24

Christmas dinners in Africa are largely
composed of desert
Omaha daily bee., 1884-12-24

Incorporated In 1855 ior 20 years by che ~,os.slssu
fsr educational and oharitAbls purposes nth . esp
itel OF OIL ,00o, ooo-to which q reserve fund Of owe
$3.50, 900 has since been added.
By an overwhelming popular vote ih irsnehiss
wsg mndo q part of the presen. siats constituaios
adopted Denember I'd, A. h. 1879.
The only lottery ever voted on and endorsed by
the people ofany state.
1t never scales or postponea.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-12-24
CAPITAL PRIZE $4,000.
Tickets only So. Shares in Proportiu

Louisiana State Lottery Company
re do Acreby esriW Aat zoe supervise 1ss q,
rdnge-rents for oil the Monthly and Seni.Annus
Dfdttr0s Of the louisiana state Lottery Company
Gad IN person manage and control tie Drauing
themselves, and that tie sans are conducted tsip
honesty, fairness. and IN good JditA topdrd on par
tea, and zoe authorize th6 company TO use this eT
kfeats, tith Ido-sifriles Of cur signatures ettgohse
IL, ie ddueTtisessents.n