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j. M. Ellis, Atlanta, Ga, writes: have
had a severe form of Eczema ten YearS,
and have failed to secure relief from vari-
GUS doctors, and about 40 bottles of a
noted remedy. 1t was pronounced incura.
BILE, but the use of b. b. Il. has effected a
cure, and | refer to DR.. ID. 0. c.. Ucery,
DR.. f.. j. Tabcr, Atlanta, GA.
w. NJ. Cheshire, at w. III. Brothe hons
store, Atlanta, writes: 81 have had a large
eating ulcer on my leg cured by the use 81
b. b. b.
at IS decidedly q most wonderful ,Ledi-
cine for the cure of blood diseases, al,d il
will please everybody"
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Nov. \, 1871.
One of my customers, Mrs. l.. Williams
has been using ID. b. ID. u short time and
reported to me that it's effects were simpl,
marvellous, and that it far surpasses any
blood remedies she has used, and tia. shC
could heartily sanction anything said in lis
favor. as it had given her more relief TIA.
anything she had even used before.
w. III. OWEN, Druggist
a 32-pagc book filled with infOrmd y
about your blood, your skin, Kidil
Rheumatism, Old Ulcers and Sores, BS
pois0ns, etc, mailed free to anyone. y
Sold by all Druggists.
Address, BLOOD BALM CO.,.
July 2 Atlanta, OK
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South Carolina Mt West Point.

The cadets from South Carolina ut
the United States Military Acadcdy at
West Point are doing well. In the
class recently graduated South CAROLS
ma had 10 representatives. In the
present iirst-class John A. Towers, of
South Carolina, the only representa-
tive from South Carolina, in Il class OF
cighty.thrGc members, stands eighth
OH the list. In the present second
class, which consists of seventy mem
bers, John NJ. jenkins, of this State, is
seventh, and II. q. Donaldson is
thirticth. Thomas 5. Lucas was on
sick leave during the examination and
therefore could not be examined. In
the present ;hlrd class Henry Jcryey,
of South Carolina, stands first, and
M. G. Butler, Jr., thirty.sixth, IN a
class OF c~ighty-two members. In the
present fourth class the applicants have
only just been examined, and, OF
course, there is no standing given.
These ratings are taken from the official
register of the Academy.
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hasnsuss i tsSss igai,l,

On. Wednesday at Rome, Ga, d
young man named Ashton, said to. be
from South Carolina, n stranger, while
partially intoxicated approached u lady
on Broad street and ~ehdeavored to put
his arm around her waist. The lady's
husband, upon being informed, sought
the young man and administered o
sound thrashing with cane and fist.
Before Mayor King an hour later the
young man was find S25. Just about
this time q party got together and pro-
posed to duck the young man
in the river. Hearing Of this,
and concluding he had quite enough of
Rome, Ashton lett OH foot and has not
been heard from since.
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a..
WUbet, however. tfaiids that liz Has
evidence enough to convict DAILY and
Divine. Atany rate, the proof he has
was submitted to two lawyers, one of
whom is the solicitor, before the arrest
and the arrests were made by their
advice. In addition to the prisoners
mentioned, Jack Brown, colored, was
arrested on Thursday by Oficial Harry
May, who believed him TO be one of
the murdcrers, and this opinion is
sustained by the testimony of the
woman Amanda Martin. This woman
made a confession to an officer in the
presence of a third party on Thursday
Immediately after her arrest, which is
h most direct and startling informa-
ton yet ELECTED in regard to the II
der. Amanda Martin, Dalv's cook,
in her quasi confession said: 81 came
to Mr.. Days house on the morning
after the murder to get breakfast at
about 5 o'clock. Mr.. DAILY refused 10
admit me, and I heard him and Jack
Brown and Tom Divine talking inside.
An hour or two later I was admitted.
The men had been securing the floor,
and some of the bed clothes were
bloody. When | asked what Il meant
MI. DAILY told me to keep nv mouth
shu. about it. Mr.. DAILY was very
much excited that day, and frequently
left the house and wcntout in tho yard.
Several nights after the murder when
they they thought l was gone, I heard
Mr.. DAILY and Brown and Divine talk
ing about the killing and [ i heard them
say they did it. Mr.. DAILY told Brown
and Divine he was going to give them
q hundred dollars apiece for toting out
the body / also heard them say they
had buried the hat and parasol, but
they did not say where l kept all
this a secret until now because [ was
afraid to tell it,"
Opinions are divided as to the result
of this investigation. But the general
drift of public opinion gravitates to-
ward the belief that the Pinkerton man
has woven his chain without q lackin g
link, and that at the proper time he
will prove it. One thing is almost
aXiomatic-thc bottom ofthe Mcknight
murder mystery is nearly reached, and
the circle of safety in which her slayeIs
are hiding is growing smaller day by
day.
THE examination continued through
last week. DAILY was committed to
Jail, to await trial in the Court OF
General Sessions.1
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WHAT THE FUNERAL COST,
Tho Expense of the Grant Pageant Is n
Matter of Guess work.


All that has been published concern
ing the cost of Gen. Grants funeral is
pure gucss-work. Things have not yet
taken such shape that it could be other
wise. Mr.. Merritt, the undertaken, said
that he could not tell whether his bill
would be twenty thousand dollars or
twenty thousand cents. He did not
know yet what the expense of numbers
of details had been to him, and until
he knew this it was impossible to make
even an approximate estimate of what
his charges would be. The first order
came to him in a telegram from Col.
Fred Grant the day the General died.
This covered the canopy, the coffin, the
cmbalming and all that was done at
Mount McGregory. The second order.
came from the war department end
covered the funeral car, five hundred
carriages and the work i'm New York.
So far as he knew now he should rem
der one bill to the Government and
another to Col. Grant.
What the doctors bills are is equally
as much in doubt. DR.. Douglas up to
the time of the Generals death had
received from the family only ST., 900.
This was in the form of a check made
out by the General himself OH receiving
an instalment of his retired pay. The
family have as yet received nothing
from the Generals book, and probably
will receive from it much less than has
been asserted.
They get seventy cents on the volume
and up to the time of the Generals
death their share from the subscrip.
tons now in amounted to about $40,-
600. They have received no advances
from the publishers. Col. Grant is
without resources, but will have a
valuable property when he has COM
plcted the biography of his father,
upon which he will at once set to
work.
The disposition of some of the most
valuable momentoes of the funeral has
already been decired upon. The large
American flag that was laid on the ice
casket ut Mount McGregor will be re.
tanned by Col. Grant. One of the flags
that was on the funeral car will be
given to the u. S. Grant Post, G.. A.
H., ono to the 7th Regiment, New
York, and one to Mrs. DR.. Newman.
The manner in which the fourth one is
to be disposed Of has not yet been de-
cidcd upon.
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A Very BAD hpnOinimant.

c. =. Judd, who was appointed by
President Cleveland on May 16 last to
be special agent of the national labor
bureau for Nevada and the Territories,
was brought from Alamosa, Col, last
week on a warrant charging him with
horse stealing. Judd drew mp and
signed n statement admitting his guilt
and that he had served Il term in prison
at Lcavcnworth, Kansas, and two
terms in the pcnitcntiary in Colorado
for II similar offence. Judd claims
that his application for II Government
position was signed by several we'll
known Democrats in Colorado, to
which State the appointment is accrcd-
tied.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1885-08-19
Indigestion Cured.

| suffered for more than five years
with indigestion, scarcely able to retain
the simplest TODD on my stomach. The
burning sensation was almost intolera.
Bile, and my whole system was derane.
ed. | was wakeful and could not slcep
and consequently more or less nervous
all the time. | declined in flesh, and
suffered all the usual depression at
tendant upon this terrible disease. I'm
a word, | was miserable. AT last.
failing to findSrelief in anything else, [
commenced the use oflSwift's Specific.
| began to improve at once. The med
icine toned up the stomach, strength.
ened the digestive organs, and soon all
that burning ceased, and | could retaiu
food without difficulty. Now my
health is good and l can cat anything in
he shape of food, and digest it without
the slightest difficulty. most cheer
fully bear this testimony, because there
are hundreds suffering as | was, and l
am sure that they can he as readily
healed. Take the prescribed dose
after eating, instead of before.
JAMES MANN, No IA Ivy st.
Atlanta, Ga, May 13, 1885.
Swifts Specific is entirely vegetable.
Treatment on Blood and Skin Dis
cases mailed free,
THE SWIFT Specific Co., Drawer 8,
Atlanta, Ga.
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Rheumatism,

Although q practitioner of near twenty
years, my mother influenced me to procure
D.. Is. Is. for her. She had been confined to
her bed several months with Rheumatism
which had stubb0rnly resisted all the usual
remedies. Within t~wenty-four hours after
b. B. b. l observed marked
relief. She has just commenced her third
bottle and Is nearly as active as ever, and
has been in the front yard with "rake In
hand" cleaning up. Her Improvement is
truly DonderfuI and immensely gratifying.
y. III, MONTGOMERY, M. ID.
Jacksonville, Ala, June g., 1884.
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Geo. RAY. from Gcorpctow conn.

Geo. Ray, from Georgetown coun.
ty, and John II. Estes, Of Anderson
county, made m unsuccessful attempt
to escape from the pcnitcntiary last
week. Their plan was to go into the
cellar, while the other hands were at
dinner, and drill n hole through the
brick wall above the stone foundation.
They had Il naSon's drill and an axe
i'll their possession. Ono OF the con-
victs, who was let into their secret,
told on them and they were surprised
ut work and captured.
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EcZema!

Eczema is II Ofthe ugliest and most
troublesome of all blood diseases. Ii
proceeds from humors in the blood
which arc sometimes vCry difficult to
eradicate. For five weary n Mr..
j. ID. Rodcfcr, of GreendalA, Va, suf-
fered terribly from this disease. lie
writes: Grinding no rclicfiD the many
medicines till | used Browns Iron
Bittcrs, ] purchased three bottles
from the use of which l have obtained
almost entire relief. / recommended
it to everyone in my neighborhood for
any disorder of the blood and as a gen
cral tonic" =
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The IaU MAJ Guzctie says that q
Mr.. Pcarcc, who was recently appoint
cd q member OF 1.-THE Royal Commission
was met on the staircase of his office
In East India avenue on Wednesday
II soundly logged by a Mr.. Francis,
who publicly accused him of having
scduced his daughter. The thrashing
was preceded by Il violent assault, the
angry father shaking tho bctraycr of
his child like a TERROR docs "A rat. The
father then logged him until his stick
broke, when the bystandcrs intcrfcrcd.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1885-08-19

Last week the North Carolina
Advcntists held State conference at
Wilmington. The majority of their
strength is in the western part Of the
State. They have Il singular belief.
They accept Scripture literally and
believe that after death the outer
body or "shcll," as they term il, slips
OIL, much in the same manner MS the
shell of Il locust, and that another
body, smaller but in other respects
similar, comes ont amt goes heaven
ward after Il short probation in some
place.
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Bottled ADVERTISE.

1t has been demonstrated that
advertising is superior to any and alll
we have adopted the plan of pla9
bottle and corking 1t MI, while otf
all their work on the outside.
That Is the easOn that ID. B. b. prove
so valuable in the cure of all good disease
Scrofulous Swellings and Sores, RheumV
tism, Catarrh, Skin and Kidney affection
Merit Is In the bottle and the patient is 4
once convinced OF the fact. Large bottl,
81, three for $3.50. Address, BLOOD Bali
Co., Atlanta, Ga.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1885-08-19

A petition Is being circulated
throughout Massachusetts by Cochitu-
ate parties appealing to Secretary
Bsyard to use his influence in behalf
of Louis Riel, who Is to be hanged on
September 18 next, on the ground that
he is mn American citizen.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1885-08-19

An elderly lady in Lancaster pur-
chased o pair of white gloves last week,
and informed the merchant that che
had provided everything else for her
Anal toilet.
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ADVICE TO

MRS. WNsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP should al
WAYS De used for children teething. IL soothes
the child, softens the gums, siiays ali main
cures wind collie. and Is tho best remedy for
twenty-five cents o bottle.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1885-08-19
Bradfeld's
Female
Regulator!

1t is II special remedy for all diseases
pertaining to the womb, and any intelli-
gent woman can cure herself by following
the directions. 1t is especially cnicacious
In cases of suppressed or painful menstrual
ton, IN whites and partial prolapsus. 1t
affords immediate relief and permanently
restores the menstrual function. AS Il
remedy to be used during that critical
period known as "CHANGE OF LIFE" this
Invaluable preparation has no rival.
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SA WE'D HI HGHs n.kFE!

RIDGE, MClNrosn Co, CA.
DIR. j.. BRADFIEI.D--Dcar Sir: | have
several bottles Of your Female Rcgu-
lator for falling of the womb and other
diseases combined, % sixteen standing,
ana | really believe ! am cured entirely,
iof winch please accept my heartfelt
thanks and most profound gratitude. j
your medicine saved my life. so You
see ! cannot speak too highly in its favor.
| have recommended ii to several of my
friends WING are suffering us | was.
Yours very respectfully,
MRS. W. l.. STEDBINS.
Our Treatise on the "lIcalth and IIappi-
ness of Woman mailed free.
BRADFIEI.D REGULATOR CO.,
Atlanta, Ga.
Scpl3tXLly
Omaha daily bee., 1885-08-24
THE KEARNEY PosToFFCE,

The new postmaster at Kearney, Mr.
u. Q. Morgan, Is already in trouble, al
though he has been In ofice less thai
two months. The Kearney Press, o
last Friday, makes some very serious
charges against Mr.. Morgan-charge
tina no newspaper would hardly dare tt
make without good foundation. TIL
Press states, on what it Gays is reliable
authority, that fifteen registered letter.
were stolen during the first month o.
Morgsn's administration of the p~ostofice,
and that he was short In his account,
with the government to the extent Of
5000. The theft of the letters Is charged
up to Morgan's deputy, a man named
Heath, who hiss departed for parts un'
known. One of the missing letters, from
an Omaha bank to the WestervilIe bank
of Custer county, contained $500, and II
Is reported that the entire lots of money
In these stolen registers is about 81, 600.
The deficiency of 5000 in the post office
accounts has been made good by Nor
gan, probably through the a,s'starcs Of
friends. Morgan is charged by the
Press with having appointed Heath az
his deputyS In the face of the fact that he
knew him to be a whisky guzzler and a
man of bad character. There was no
excuse for the appointment, as vigorous
protests were made against putting
Heath into the Office. In addition to
thir, the Press charges Morgan with be-
Ing incompetent, and that he never
draws a sober breath.
Morgan was appointed postmaster at
Kearney upon the Recommendation of
DR.. Miller, who started out to supply
every democratic editor In Nebraska
with a postofice In order to build up and
the democratic preis
this state. In the case
Morgan a great mistake has
been made. DIR. Miller knew that he
not a fit man for the pace. He was
made postmaster against the protests of
the people of Kearney, irrespective of
party, Under all these circumstances it
would seem that this is another case of
imposition upon the administration by
'he would-be democratic bosses of. Ne
democracy, 1t strikes us also
hat MI. Morgan can be justly termed
'ns of those ''rascals" who ought to be
urned out, and the sooner the better
10Th for the mall IeIylce aud the demo-
ratio party OF this itito, if 1t wishes to
Ay any claim to responsibility.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-08-24

SECRETARY WHITNEY's announcement
that work Is to b egiu at once In all the
navy yards lie an evidence that he means
to entirely reconatruct the navy depart
ment. We are al sured that he intends
to make the navy yards a ship-buildlng
institution and not a political machine.
Under such circumstances the people,
irrespective of party, will heartily en-
dorse his course, and will approve Of
liberal appropriations at the hands Of
congress for the carrying on Of work in
the navy yards.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-08-24
HOSTILITY TO OMAHA.

The statement, In this Issue Of the
BEE, showing the treatment received by
a northern Nebraska stock-shipper at the
hands of the Sioux City & Pacific rail
road, ought to be convincing proof Of
the hostility of that corporation towards
Omaha. Simply because the shipper
sent his stock to Omaha he was subjected
to all kinds of petty a%nnoyances and de-
lays for the purpose of practically
demonstrating the disadvantages of ship
ping to Omaha instead Of Chicago. At
the same time the essence of meanness
or the part of railway officials seems to
have been also pretty well demonstrated.
The shipper made complAint of the
treatment be had received, but
could get no other satisfaction
or reply than the following: "Ths truth
of the matter Is that we didn't intend to
ship stock into Omaha, and we have not
made arrangements to do so. Why can't
you ship to Chlcago7"
This Is only one Of numerous instances
Of discrimination. Another striking case
Is afforded In the discrimination of rates
made In favor of Fremont and against
Omaha, by which the merchants of Ere.
mont are given rates son the quiet" to
points In the Elkhorn valley which ena.
BILE them to undersell the merchants of
Omaha. II the railroad commission of
Nebraska does Its duty 1t will inquire In.
to such matters as these and make some
effort to have the evils remedled. But
we suppose the commission will ignore
these complaints, and pay Its undivided
attention to broken pump-handles, leaky
water-tanks, neglected out-houles, worn
out wind-mills, shabby depots, etc., all
which they will recommend for repairs
ut the hands of the railways.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-08-24
A GOOD WORD FOR DENVER.

Considerable injury has been Temporal
rily done to the city Of Denver by the
publication of articles intimating that she
is g ling backward and that there are Q
large number of vacant business houses
and residences In that city, and that bus.
iness Ia paraly zsd there. Some of these
articles have no doubt been greatly ex.
aggerated, and The board of trade Of
Denver is endeavoring, by the circulation
of a statement of facts, to correct the
fslse impressions that have been created.
The fact Ia that while business IL dull In
Denver, as 1t is In other placer,
she ia by no means a dead city.
Although Ahe has net 10 much tran.
population as the had two or
three years Sgo, she neysrthele ss has
Omaha daily bee., 1885-08-24
CUSTER COUNTY.

THE SOIL, CLIMATE, CHURCH N EDUCATIONAL
FAoILITrKs-A GENERAL ANSWER TO SCORES
OF INQUIRIES.
Correspondence of The BEE.
SARGENT, Custer County, Neb., August 20.
-In a recent descriptive letter to the BEE
from this place 1 requested all those desiring
further information concerning this country to
address me ut Sargent. I will never make
the request again, as each mail brought to me
hundreds of letters from all parts of the union,
which would have taken quite a clerical force
to reply to each one, and I soon gave up the
task and concluded to send you a brief letter
covering about oil the points asked by those
seeking free homes in the good state of Ne
braska, hoping they may see and read it and
thus save me worlds of labor" TIE drift
| of the letters received made inquiries as fol-
lows:
"What is the nature of the soil; Is there any
timber; how deep to water; Is there still tim
| Der claims and homesteads, and how far west
of Sargent; where Is the land Office situated;
| is tho land broken or level; what Ia the best
r~ailroadI what is the price of land lear Sar-
gent; are the crops good; have you churches,
schools, etc.
ven 1t is q rich black soil, from thre
to ten feet in depth and utterly inexhaustible;
on the upland the dark vegetable mould Is
u ader laid by q clay soil from % to 200 feet
d ep, forming the best basis for a productive
soil in the world. In the valley 20 feet on the
average; on the uplsnds 100 feet on the aver
Plenty of good government land 40, 90 and
70 miles west Of Sargent; Grand Isl,ni for
the upper country. The land
uaru mnrb hrOLap hut in A No uniI
Come via North Loup, Neb it you take tho
cars shack leaves North Loup for Sargent
every other day; also by wagon, and from
Grand Island, Neb., pass Brooks postoffice,
into Middle Loup valley, to Loup City, from
Loup City straight up the valley to Sargent
from Grand Island ninty miles, from Loup
City forty-fye miles, Land Is worth from
$500 to So, 900 for 100 acres. The crops are
A, A No. /, churrhe, aud schools in all di-
~rections, and settled by q frst-class SGT of
people. No finer part of the state than this
for q home.
Owing to the Union Pacific railroad COM
mencing to build up this valley, many seeking
free homes in advance of the coming Of the
railroad, and those looking f., butiness loca-
tons, are beginning to come Ia very fast, and
to those who contemplate coming / would
say, make haste and come" before the best
is gone.
Farmers are busy now with their harvest.
Some are stacking while Others are threshing.
and still Others putting up their hay. Business
IN consequences 10 &C a standstill, but all
good times this fall. The small grain
Is turning out unusually well and of a good
Oats especially is yielding heavily
as high as sixty.6ye bushels to the acre. Corn
Is doing splendid aud the cropin this section
viii be simply immense. The hay crop is
excellent and there will be no lack of
good til es oil around to the people of Cu'ter
GAL JANIS.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-08-24

John M. Thsyer, whose name Is guar
anty Of reliability of the statements
contained therein. What Gen. Thsyer
describes In his lettor he has seen with
hls W eyer. His surprise at the agrl-
cultural advantages and developments of
Cheyenne county is not greater than the
urpriae of a large majority of the peo-
pie of this state who have labored under
the impression that that county-whlch,
by the way, Is larger than some of the
New England state,-was only fit FOX
grazing purposes. Such evidence as that
of Gen. Thsyer, however, will soon cor.
rect that erroneous impression, and at
tract to that county q large number o.
farmers In search Of homestead and pre-,
emption claims.