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Omaha daily bee., 1884-09-08
Buffalo County Monops.

KEARNEY, Neb,, September G.-The anti
monopoly convention for the Tw%enty'siNth
senatorial district met here to-day and nomi-
mated i. c. CaIkins for senator. His nomin'
alton was endorsed by the democratic conven-
ton, accepting him, not as a democrat, but as
an anti-monopolist. The judicial convention
of the same party also met and nominated
John Bard for Judge of the Tenth district and
Thomas S. Nightingale, of Loup City, for
prosecuting attorney. Stirring speeches were
made by Mr.. CalKins and l.. w. Greene.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-09-08
The CoIored Republicans.

Special Dispatch to TIE BEE.
NEw YORK, September "A conference of
colored republicans from variou, parts of the
country was held at the Fifth ava ne hotel last
night forthe purpose of taking decided and
unassisted action in the aid of the republican
ticket The meeting was private, but it is I'M
dorstood that the plans forthe work are already
defined.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-09-08
Another Host won to the Standard

NTUUTHI TIHTNlIUH 10 TIE bEE'
NEW York, September 7.-TheC Car Drivers
and Conductors association has about 1000
members on the roll throughout the state, of
whom 1000 are in the city. The presen
political campaign possesses considerable inter
est to them, and they have given unmistaka-
bile evidence of their position at a large meet
ing tonight. Resolutions were enthusiastical
ly adopted, denouncing Cleveland's action re-
garding the car drivers and conductors bill,
and cordially inviting all men irrespective of
politics to aid them by work and ballots in Sc
curing the election of Blaine and Logan.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-09-08
A Bloody Prospective for the Kcn-
lucky Elections.

Special Dispatch to The Beg.
CINCINNATI. September a prominent
republican from Kentucky, VINO don't care to
make himself the target for pistol practice by
having his shame announced in the same con
necsion with the following, said in n conversa-
ton here to-day that tho election in Ken
tncky next November would surely be a
bloody affair; that the negroes had reason to
believe that the democrats vera preparing to
adopt aud carry out II powder ana lead policy
to carry the congressional districts and state.
lie say if they persist in the scheme and
attempt to carry it out they will meet with
resistance.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-09-08
Democratic County Conventions.
PAWSEE.

PAwNEE CRY, September G,-The demo-
cratic county convention assembled to-day and
elected delegates to the state and congression :
al conventions ut Omaha.
The following delegates were elected TO the
state convention: C. II. Edee, A., w. Bloom
field, r, w. Bowman, G. A.. j. Moss, j. Gap
Hildebrand.
Congressional delegates? J. w. McCasland,
j. G. +. Hildebrand, ID. G.. Straton, d..
Meeker, Charles Humphrey.
State delegates are in favor of Morton for
governor and Governor Butler for fusion can
didste for congress. The democrats and anti
Omaha daily bee., 1884-09-08
Bile and Blessedness.

CASsADAGA, N. Y, September G.-The
national convention of free-thinkers listened
to-day to addresses by eX.lieyercnd Samuel
Putnam, President Brown, Mrs. Clara Wat
son, Mrs. Hannah Steans, Colonel Il. Bill
lings, Of Iowa, and EX.Iieyerend j. II.
Burnham, of Michigan, The last named
preached from the text "Blessed are the pure
in liver, for Of such il the kingdom of man.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-09-08

the reserves or forcing the crews at foreign sta
tious to remain beyond their tern of service.
The Gazette asserts that England is in q posi-
ton OF such utter naval collapse as will take
years to remedy.
Lei reported that Chinese agents in elias.
gow, Liverpool and London are irving to az.
range rrivateer commissions, with the object
ot pr,ying on French commerce.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-09-08
Missouri River Commission.

ST. LOUIS, Mo, September G.-T,he Miss.
ouri river Improvement commission have eff
fcctcd organization but will not IN
operation this year ON account of the nearness
of winter. Iho plans for carrying out the
work were agreed upon, and were identical
with those Of the Mississippi uyer commission.
The headquarters OF tbs commission are in
this city.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-09-08

Special dispath to The BEE.
LoNnoN, September 7.-Kenwood Phillip,
now in London, says hat the authorship of
the forged Moroy-C Chinese letter is as far from
settlement as ever. He produces n letter
from George Bliss generating him from all
participation in the crime.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-09-08
svQuashing an UnhoIy Speculation.

NpVCIuI DIFPHIUU 10 TIE DEL'
CLEVELAND, September 7. -Sergeants Brain
ard and Long and Private Cornell, of the
Greeley expedition, having been filling an en-
gagement at a dime museum here. Brainard
delivered n lecture on his Arctic experience
and the others sat on the stage az part of the
exhibition. The secretary of war, learning of
this fact, has cancelled their leaves of absence
and has ordered them to report at once for
duty ut Portsmouth, n. III.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-09-08
EngIand's Dynamite Scare.


SPECIAL Dispatch to Ihe BEE.
LONDON, September The Times pub.
fishes a sensational story concerning an al
legged revival of dynamite plots against the
English crown. According to the Times, o
constant and increasing traffic has been ar
,anged between the conspirators in England
and the United States. The Times alleges
that the authorities have been com,
PEELED to set up the most extra
&dinary precautions for the safety
of the different members of the royal family.
The impression conveyed by the sensational
publication is that the dynamiters have sue
cseded in collecting 10 England a vast amount
of explosives; that the near future will wit
ness the most violent outbreak of dynamite
outrages that have ever occurred in Great
Btitain, and that the conspirators will direct
the principal attack straight against the
throne itself. Inquiry at the detective head.
Scotland Yard, caused n smile Of
derision and the statement that there was not
the least truth in the publication.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-09-08
Another Expcdinon TO tho Pole.

CorRNIAGEN, September Il. Another Dan.
ish polar expedition Will start for the frozeu
north next summer, proceeding by way of
Franz Josef land. 1t will be under control of
Harvard * Camel.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-09-08
Specie Imports.

New YoRE, September G,-Imports Of spe.
Gle to the port Of New York for tine week end.
ing to-day, were SlO0,30G, making a total
since January first, Of / ,O09,OOJ against
$40. GO, 1000 for last year.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-09-08
LuCTc Laid Up.

New YoRR, September G.-Bank state
ment: Loans increase, sl,i5i, 900; Specie de-.
crease, $40, 00O;legal tender decrease, 81 ,25S,
600; deposits increase, SIl1, 800; circulation
decrease, Sl.j7l, 900. The banks now hold
500 10, 900 IN eNccss Of legal ren%nirements.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-09-08
rheumatism

We doubt If there is, or can be, n specific
remedy for rheumatism but thousands WHO
have suffered its pains have been greatly ben
cGtcd by Hoods S~arsaparilla. If you have
failed to find relief, try this great remedy.
81 was afflicted with rheumatism twenty
years. Previous TO 1883 / found no relief, but
grew worse, and mt one time was almost help.
less Hoods Sarsaparilla did me more good
than all the other medicine | ever had
H.. T. BALLOON, Shirley Village, Mass.
81 had rheumatism three years, and got no
relief till ! took Hoods Sarsaparilla. II has
done great things for me. / recommend II 10
others" LEWIS BURBANK, BiddefOrd, Me.
Hoods Sarsaparilla is characterized 10
three pcculiaritics LIST, the continuation OF
remedial agents I'd, the prOpOrti0lli 80, tho
process Of securing tho active mcdlcinJ
qualities. The result Is a medicine Of unusual
strength, c~Tccting cures hitherto unknown
Send for book containing additional evidence
"UOOd's Sarsaparilla tones up my system,
puritics my blood, sharpcnS my appetite, ana
seems to'Inakc me OVER j. i. THOMPSON,
Register Of becds, Lowell, Mass.
"IIood's Sarsaparilla beats all others, and
Is worth us weight in gold" ] B~AIiliISGIOA,
$50 Bank Street, New York City.
Hoods ~Sarsaparilla
Sold by all druggists. Ell six for 80. Made
only by G. !. HOOD & CO., Lowell, Mass.
lGO Doses Ono Dollar,
Omaha daily bee., 1884-09-08

Special dispatch TO THE BEE.
LONDON, September IA case of misery at
sea which so exceeds in CHASTITY horror the
cannibalism of the Greeley expedition, is
brought to light by the arrival at Falmouth Of
the German bark Monte2uma, from Rangoon,
having on board the survivors of the wreck of
the yacht Mignontcc,
WRECKED IN THE INDIAN OCEAN,
june 1lth. Captain Dudley, two seamen and
a lad named Parker got into a small boat.
For provisions they had merely a few turniIs
and no water. They subsidized for five days on
the turnips, and on the fifth they caught II
small turtle, they had been terribly tortured
by thirst, and on the eighth day their suffer.
ing became so maddening that they
BEGAN DRINKING BRINE,
which practice they continued until rescued.
by the twelfth day there was absolutely moth
ing left to eat in the boat, The boy, Parker,
was the weakest and it was evident that he
was slowly dying. The others hungeringly
watched his symptoms of dIssolution- On the
twentieth day after the entire party had been
without n particle of food for eight days, the
captain FASTENED young Parker's death by
opening a vein in his arm. The three suryiv-
ora eagerly
THE BOYS BLOOD
as it gushed from his arm, and cut his flesh
from his bones and ate it uncooked but with
some degree of moderation, the captain keep
ing possession of the carcass and serving ont
to himself and sailors only such daily rations
rs we're necessary to prolong their wretche /
existence in this way until July, when they
we've seen and rescued by the Montezuma.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-09-08
HARBINGERS OF HORROR.
Appalling Prospect for Italy Under
The Death Seal Of Cholera,
Panic and Anarchy Among the
Fear stricken People.
London Excited in Anticipation Of
a Dymite Outbreak,
A Times Sensational Article
Creates the Direst Anxiety.
A CHASTITY Narrative Of 0anni-
balism at Sea.
Maddened with Hunger and Thirst
n Party of Wrecked Seamen
XIII and Eat II Companion.
Cholera Panic In Italy.
AND MORTALITY,
Special to The BEE.

the record made by the south of France. In
spite of the arbitrary and costly quarantine
precautions taken, it is a noteworthy fact that
all point of thelltalim border receive ,theldisease
from refugees from France. In some of the
cities of the north the virulence ofthe discaseIls
such rs has no parallel in French cities. Fewer
reports are received from them, but these por-
tray II horrible state of affairs. DisSraceful
stories of
Omaha daily bee., 1884-09-08
PANIC ANn

COME from all parts of the country. They far
overshadow the worst Incidents reported from
tho poorest quarters of Marseilles and Toulon.
ders to kill the people, and hence the poor
hide their sick and mob the doctors in the
streets In one case they even attacked a
hospital priest and pounded him nearly to
death. y public official in Camp O'oasso
He'd to Rome ard became
RAVING MANIAC
from fright. The terrified and cowardly vii,
layers have taken the law into their own
hands and established all sorts of ridiculous
guarantees, which the government has to
break up by force, and often by violence. The
result is absolute ruin to all business in the
kingdom, and the extensive prevalence of
bad feeling.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-01-10

L - 4
IA few days since aaSxada nasue
John -- (his last name is so long
we should have to continue it in
our a,ektsaaane ito Laddonia. He
went to Mr.. Stephenson, the jeweler,
and bought a first water diamond rine
for sl.50, and . line gold watch for
50 Or $40. He giided shcm Ill up
and told MI Clendennin and his sister.
who hsye charge, OF the Laddon,a
schools, that he got them from q dead
Colonel in the Italian war, and that
without their bloody and romantic
historl Try EeEsE Fossh asl least
$500. We are not certain just what
the gentleman ind his sister paid for
this jeyslry around which clustered
not only diamonds, but wild and
weird memories, but it was an enor-
nous price. John skipped that day,
and took besides his last name, a very
pretty sunain cash.. This Is an old
trick, and-we are surprised that it
could be- worked in this county.
Surely the Clendennins do not take
the newspapers.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-01-10
scandal Headed on.

In Canton, Decesnhsr alst, DIR. Lewis
n. Matthes Of Chicago, and Mrs. Fannie
Taft, (nee vaughan) Of Canton, Mo.
The announcement Of the above mar
riage hes produced quite . sshsation in
Caatosf socisa circles, asao oneza,ere was
aware that the bride had been recently
divorced from her former hHsbands II. h.
Taft, or that there had been any suficient
cause fora separation. She has always
borne . meet excellent character, and SO
lar % knoyn TO her numerous friends, is
jet without nepraach, and we therefore
.can has commend her diplomacy in 30
quietly and successfully carrying out her
plans, thus effectually heading off the
movements Of scandal mongers, and,
we trust, securing for herself q worthy
companion and . happy home.--Canton
Press.
Evidently, the clothes worn b. the
editor of the Canton Press do not
fit him, or he was laboring under q
"mash'' himself when he wrote the
last line or two of the above.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-01-10
LAWLESS LAW.
Eyades the Law and Skips 10 Parts
UnknOwn-He VIII be Followed.

Orion Law, who so cruelty beat
the child Of Wallace Of this city, an
account Of which can sbe found ON
the first page, skipped out last week.
HIS bond had been fixed aad given
at $500. His hondsmerf came in and
paid it. THERE'S some talk around
that Law paid The money 10 his homls-
men and then left. We are unable.
to learn that such is the fact. 2 Any
way he is gone and his bond paid.
An effort will he made to capture him.
The county court can offer a portion
of his paid bond as a reward for, his
captuae.l This should be done. Nv
While in the eastern part of the
county, this week, we took occasion
to enquire into the truth of the above
case. We found there was no ques-
ton in the minds of the neighbors
but what Law treated the boy badly,
in fact brutally. When he found be
was going to get put through, he
skipped out. DR.. Handkerchief told
us that he knew that Law paid his
bondsmen the $500 before he a off,
SO they would have nothing to pay.
Law left his wife and she says she
don't know where he is - ii
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-01-10
1T STRIKES US AS ODD THAT

Vandalia has no mill.
Orrin Law got away sc easy.
Mexico has no steam fire engine.
The military ball did not come off.
There are no rafies in town this
winter.
People are never satisfied with the
weather.
We do not have a creamery in
Mexico.
The boys do not give the girls 8
return party.
We do not freeze, as we are about
out of wood.
We have not more good wells
around the public square.
The "boys'' have not opened thu
canvass for city election.
Some Of our delinquents dom
bring us in a load Of wood.
John Creasy's wooden thermome
ter froze up and busted last week.
People try 10 make Santa Claus o.
big and fat, when they know the chill
dren have to believe he comes throug
a small stove-pipe hole.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-01-10

If it is not too cold to s'swear off,"
Why W. don't have a masquerade
ball.
Any reaso why ice should not be
cheap this summer.
If people who do nothing are not a
long time about it.
How six-dollar a week clerks pay
IS per hour for sleighs.
What good our fire engine would
do this kind of weather.
Who carried off Bob Whites hat
at the opera house Friday night.
II the best health lift is not to help
your mother lift the coal bucket.
If Mrs. Fannie Taft and her new
husband are coming to Mexico tt
reside.
Why larger stoves Or furnaces ART
not put In the opera mouse ana some
Of our churches.
Where J. w. Coons, of Bentol
City, will find a newspaper withou
any advertisements.
If the Hotel d'Ferris, under tn
management of Maj. Hord. is no
coming to the front.
II this winter won't be referred t
by the oldest lnhabitant as ''the cold
est winter / ever knew"
If Johnnie Jones isn't entitled t
the bakery, and If Zach is not laid b
in the shade-to dry. SIS, &c.
How the "fog-horn'' come to ''gt
on" to the Taft-doctor-dog matte
even a week after it was in the LEDGET
If Charley Greenamyer is not
dandy president. He has LINED
the band and plays the ''clarionet.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-01-10
SOME BACK SLIDERS.


j.. D. Tucker swore off from pay
ing dog tax.
The doctors have sworn off from
advertising.
Tom Helm resolved to eat no more
hickory nuts.
Mark Pitcher swore off from play
ing checkers.
The girls have vowed they will do
no more flirting.
Cash Blackburn resolved to deal
in no more watches.
Rem Gibbs resolved to give up the
girls and stick to biz.
Arthur Paul swore off from coming
to Mexico twice a week.
B vowed he would blow in no
more ''dust'' on the girls.
Sam Baskin resolved not to skate
any more except on his feet.
Ben Dobyns swore he would get
married, if it was Leap Year.
E. S. W. never will-no, never
play a game Of billiards again.
Bob Hisey resolved that he would
not go to q theatre this season.
Our friend, Tony Bucknef, resolv-
ed not to get married, but he did.
Tom. Board, Walker Ragsdale and
Ed. Wade agreed to take anti-fat.
"Our Alb" resolved to dye his hair
and give US good shows all the year.
The Clendenins, at Laddonla, swear
they will never buy any more jewelry.
\ J. N. Cross Of the Press, VOWS he
will never try to get off another pun
}, Bob White swore off from giving
: picnics and fooling with book agents
Andy Harrison don't intend to use
, Licenses River" as a by-wold this
season.
All the boys have swore off goine
4 to Centralia, except Bennett ant
Chauncey.
;. Masters Buckley and Taylor resolv
q ed not to go in swimming in white
% time any more.
> Ed. Taylor says, since the hotel ha
changed hands, he will nev agail
1 give us, "Don'd say a vaird!"
Sam. Morris loudly proclaims b
will take no more Sin his'n" sine
that "walk-around'' Saturday night
Sam. Edwards, he says, will neve
90 to "New York" again. The
Is Dun'em up too bad the last time b
was there.
he Zach Herndon swears he will tie
no more yarns as he has got the G.
in at the ssLiars' Lair" Tom Bell HI
filed the vacancy.
al John Greasy swears he DON'T wal
to come in contact with any mo
ut ghosts that comb their hair with br
ken wagon wheels and harrows.
lis Jim McDearmon and Price Rag
dale swore they would not keep t
he neighbors awake this year by playil
on their little ''dog houses"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-01-10
Perry Hack Line-Time Table Chang
- I'D September 10th.

Mexico, Perry and New London
stage lice leaves Perry fer Mexico ev-
cry Monday, Wednesday and Friday,
promptly att a. m.,. arriving -at~Aex-
leo at IL m. Leaves Mexico for Per
~ every Tuesday, Thursday and Sat
urday, promptly at 8 a. M, arriving
at Perry at - m. same day. Leaves
Perry for New London every Mon
day, Wednesday and Friday, prompt
" at z q. M, arriving at New Lon
don at IL m. same day. Leaves New
br Perry~every Tuesday,
thursday and Saturday, promptly at
8 a. m, arriving at Perry at IL M.
same day. First-class hacks and
teams and the travelling public accon'
modated generally. Passengers vii
please, call at Postofice at each place
/ "A. "A. WHITE, Prop.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-01-10

For real genuine able-bodied lying, the
weather liar takes the cake. Agroup of
them were surrounding the stove In
O'Callaghan's saloon, Saturday, telling
about how cold they had seen it, when q
scub" printer entered and downed them
all. 1t is a cold day, indeed, when a
printer can't paralyze the rest of nan
kind in every undertaking except run
ming q national bank-that business is dis
tasteful to him. Wen, these modern An
| nanias' had each We'd with the other, and
a small, round face, cross-eyed, half-clad
| fellow was about to tie on the ribbon
wheH the printer chinned in He said
he thought Friday night was about the
coolest he had ever experienced. He ha6
picked up frozen words on the street, ant
found ~"Bonaparte,s March hanging il
trees where a brass band had blown 1t
but Friday night beat it all. He said HI
went to his room about IL O'Clock, light
ed the lamp and prepared to retire. HI
then wanted to blow out the light, but l
wouldn't go out. He blew and blew Du
to no good. OF ours they asked min
what was the reason.
, The fame was frozen solid and mex
tingulshahle. The printer tipped ms ha
and vanished. = Printers, as q gener'
rule, are great liars, and this one, 1t mus
} be recollected, was only a "cub."
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-01-10

Superior In Every Respect.
: The celebrated German Pulmonie Elixir,
commonly called German Elixir, but re-
Gently introduced on the American CONT
nent, has no equal in the world for the
cure of all Throat and Lung diseases, Ca
tarrh, Consumption, Bleeding OF the
Lungs, etc. It is rich in the medicinal
properties of tea, wild cherry, honey,
horehound. etc. Go to your druggist,
Mr.. Llewellyn, and get a bottle; he will
present you with one dollar and sixty-fve
cents worth of choice music, arranged
for piano or cabinet organ. The medicine
was first introduced on the Pacific Coast,
and is now sold everywhere. Be sure
You get only German Elixir, as there are
other medicines with the word German
attached to them. The genuine bears the
Prussian coat of arms and the signature
Of DR.. banning white on the wrapper,
the name blown in every Is cent bottle
| Samples % cents each.
l M q n0W tvr.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-01-10
These are solid Facts.

The best blood purifier and system
regulator ever placed within the reach
Of suffering humanity, truly Is Elec-
trio Bitters. Inactivity Of the Liver.
Billioasness. Jaundice, Constipation,
Weak Kidneys, or any disease Of The
urinary organs, or who eyer requires
an appetizer, tonic or mild stimulant.
win always findElectric Bitters the best
and only certain cure known. They
act surely and quickly, every bottle
guaranteed 10 give entire satisfaction
or money refunded. Sold At ffts
cents a bottle by ]. r. Iewellyn.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-01-10
Convincing.

Convincing.
The proof Of the pudding is not In
chewing the string, but in having an OPP
portunity 10 test the article direct. Dob
yns Z Gibbs, the druggists, have free
bottles Of DIR. Bosanko's Cough and
Lung Syrup, for they give away . bottle
fsee to ,A.who an suffering with
6sushs, o. Asthim sGonsumptlnns or
&zlsas sG
ssN1E. - the greet&fzstD BIB
80 oadfeEps st0rE 49,
ossnok Ntaoer
IAa6p4 euNhs
-
CU.s.inpsion nd 1rsncalals DOW .. E
market. Regular size 30 cents and si.o
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-01-10
AnAusxar Kmted.

Can any one bring us a ease of Kidney
or Liver complaint that Electric Htters
will not speedily cure, We ssy they can
not, a. thousands Of cases alreadyperna-
nently cured and who are daily recon-
mending Electric Bitters, win prove.
Bright's disease, Diabetes, Weak Back
or any urinary complaint quickly cured
They purify the blood, regulate the bow
els, and act directly or the diseased
parts. Every bottle guaranteed. Fol
| sale at soc. q bottle by J.. F.LIEwELLYN.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-01-10
New Enterprise.

Gillespie & Corey, formerly OF St;
Louis) have opened the *'Mastodon'
10 Cent Store, in the Harper BLOCK,
| three doors east of the corner, where
you can get your choice of over LOW
| articles that usually retail at % d
| 80 cents. aC one dime each.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-01-10
Money to Loan.

H. Woodward & Son
money to loan, secured by
s~"..t.te. i'm sums from $500
sso. 600. at 6 per cent. with
v,.,Ieee Of paying part or all
"-,,eipal at end Of each
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-01-10

The Globe emoerat says John A.
Brooks only had about 100 people to
hear his speech on prohibition in St.
Louis Tuesday night. DIR. Brooks is
q good speaker, but his subject Won't
draw in st. Louis.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-01-10
n of Temperance.

oSA -N2IT
The following are the officers of Mex
leo Division, No. 81, Sons 6f Tenn
perance for the quarter beginning
january LIST, 1884: 1J'3 n-@ j
Josiah Wright, W. P; Mrs.lMrF.
Gibbs, w. A.; John T. Ricketts,, R.
s.; Miss Ida KEENAN,, assistant r.
S.. j. H. Hayden, F. S.; Miss Mary
Bourne, treasurer; Rev. j. G.. Arm
strong, chaplain; Walter Murray,
conductor; Miss Fame Gooch, A.
c.: MISS Ada Murray. l. S.; VIM
Cugan, o. s.; e.. A. Keeton, p,
w. p.