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The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-04-10

RANDOLPH CALDECoTT was a mat
ural-born'' artist. At school his pen
was always busy. and years after grad
uation the head master used to exhibit
with pride a pen-and-ink sketch Of
Eneas carrying old Anchises on his
shoulders, drawn by the boy on the fly
leaf Of the masters Virgil. Afterward,
as Caldecott trudged daily from the
old farmhouse near the banks of the
Dee to the counting house at Whit
church, Shropshire, in which he occu.
cupied a stool for six years, he always
carried paper, pen. and ink IN his
pocket. and jotted down many a strik
ing scene by the wayside.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-04-10

PROF. AGAssIz's gifts to Harvard
college during the last thirteen years
amount to more than $500, 000. This
is the gentleman to whom a floating
paragraph ascribes the statement that
f'he hadn't time to think about MAX
ing money" Yet he seems to have
made it, and is not at all stingy In
spending Il.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-04-10

THE archbishop of Canterbury said,
IN a recent address, that, while scien-
lists were great sticklers for revealed
knowledge, or proven facts only, they
we're forever prophesying the end of
the church. He begged then: there
fore, to be consistent, and .prophesy
only what they had found out.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-04-10

AT almost the very time when Mr..
Gladstone a penning his manly and
loyal letter to the young prince of
Wales, his colleague, the Rt. Hon.
"Joe' Chamberlain, is said to have
listened with a cynical smile to Kisses
at the name of the queen at the ban
guet in his honor at Birmingham.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-04-10
THE CRIMINAL CALENDAR.
o. 5. Marshal Hughes Of Va, is . defaul

q. s. Marshal Hughes of Va, is . defaultar.
Near Monmouth, Ill, Edward Nash, an in
sane youth, shot and killed his mother and
sister.
At Portland, Or, missing Mrs. Thompson
was found, and at once arrested on a charge Of
bigamy.
Adam Faust, who has hitherto borne q good
reputation, is in Jail at Sioux Falls, Oak, for
horse stealing.
The notorious Felix Constant and Mcdonald
were hanged, recently, at Beech Greek, near
Benton, Mont, for horse stealing.
At Pierre, Oak, in the Small murder inves-
tigation, Bennett, the accomplice of Bell, turn
ed states evidence, and showed where the
body was buried. Lynching is talked of.
John Siege of Dubuque suicided with a re-
volyer. He was proprietor of a stone quarry,
and had passed the prime of life lntirmities
and dependency are assigned as the cause Of
his act.
William II. FL. Bemis of Sherburne Falls
Mass, was arrested, charged with incest with
his two daughters, aged eighteen and Slirteen
respectively. He was bailed in $500, but his
bondsmen surrendered him, and he is now In
jail awaiting examination.
Richard Bascombe and wife, living on Q
farm five miles from North Platte, were
burned to death in their house recently. The
post norton went to prove that Bascombe and
wife were murdered and the house fired to de-
stroy all traces of the crime.
e. T. Pierce, student 1t the Cleveland mh-
itary academy, has been arrested at Erie, Pa,
for thieving from several stores. He had gone
to Erie with the intention of clipping with q
Cleveland girl, who did not keep her agree
ment to meet him at the former place.
Fred Heldt, aged forty-years, a well-to-do'
resident of Milwaukee was arrested by Detec-
tive Keller in Chicago and brought to Milwau-
kee ON q charge of incest. The alleged victim
Is his niece, Nina Heidi, and the complainant
is the girls brother, who lives at Clinton, Iowa.
Samuel Trice, a well known sporting char
acter Of Bozeman, Mon, who has figured con-
spicuously in several criminal cases, and VINO
was indicted by the grand jury for WINS u
open adultery with one Mollie Burbank, mace
a murderous attack on A. X Yerkes, the editor
of the Bozeman Chronicle, for having pnpusn-
ed an account of the case IN his paper.
F. II. Heldt, a wealthy tailor of Milwaukee
was arrested in the postofice at Chicago ano
brought to Milwaukee. He is charged with So
ducing his twenty-one-year-old niece, Minnie
Exedt, from Clinton, Iowa, whom he traEslcu
with through Europe and America. In lndlan.
apolis q short time ago she gave birth 70 .
child, when he brought her to his home, teinns
| his wife that the girl was married and nad peon
forsaken by her husband.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-04-10

Col. DWIGHT HALL, of Wallingford,
Mass, vino has a key left by Washing
ton in Jeremiah Covington's tavern
there Oct. IS, 1889, will have it over
laid with silver and framed, to be sent
to President Cleveland, with a letter
from ex-senator Charles Yale, telling
it's history.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-04-10

Miss ROGERS, daughter of the sculp'
tor, is about to be married in Rome ia
a colonel in the Italian army,
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-04-10

VICTOR HUGO is not satisfied with
originating startling and impressive
literary works; lie is bent on designing
a great house which he is to build on
a piece of land near his present resi-
dence. He has paid 337, 365 francs for
the lot, and is likely to have a unique
Il not tasteful dwelling.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-04-10

with tasty dressers. Two watch pockets OF lib.
eral size are IN the waist seam in front, while
two hip or pistol pockets ale all that are al
lowed in fashionable pantaloons.
Vests are made to roll lower, according to
the character of the coat they are worn with,
and close with five and SIX buttons. The points
at the bottom are cut away slightly. 1t is re
ported that the double breasted vest is coming
into use, and by the arrival of next winter will
be in full blast"
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-04-10

Miss BELLE CUSHMAN EATON, a
grand-niece of Charlotte Cushman,
has been remarkably successful this
winter in readings throughout Ne"
England towns.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-04-10
PERSONAL

Gen. Sheridan does not think that Riel win
retreasinto Montana, but that he viii make for
the British-American forests.
Ex-Gov. spfague Of Rhode Island, is now a
business man in the City of Mexico, while
Mrs. Kate Chase is educating her children in
Europe.
The approaching dean of Gen. Grant brings
sorrow to many households here. and all in
tended movements in official society wait on
the sad, inevitable event
The collection of engravings belonging TO
the late J. l. Claghorn of Philadelphia becomes
the property to President Garrett, of the Bal
timore q Ohio, for $150,000.
Mrs. Matt Carpenter and her daughter ara
1mong the numbers at Fortress Monroe, spend
ing a few weeks there on their way up from
Florida. Miss Carpenter was converted to
Catholicism by Mgr. Capel, and has lately
joined that church.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-04-10

PROF. HUXLEY's health at Naples is
by no means satisfactory, and he is
compelled to live in absolute seclu'
sion.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-04-10

CAPT. ABOUT, of the French artillery,
died on the same day as his more illus
trious cousin, Edmond About.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-04-10

PRINCESS LoUIsE's illustrations and
sketches of Canadian life and scenery
are used exclusively in illustrating the
new guide-book to Canada, compiled
and just issued by the Dominion gov
eminent,
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-04-10

ANOTHER peninsular and Waterloo
veteran, George Burnet, is reported
dead at Macduff, Scotland, aged 80
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-04-10
FOREIGN NEWS GOSSIP.

The new German tariff on lumber enhances
ihe import duty on a lumber to 20 per
cent of it's actual value.
Col. Irvine telegraphs that the situation at
Prince Albert is very critical and urges that
reinforcements be sent
Mr.. Baumgarten Of Montreal has equipped
fifty men with horses and supplies to fight
Riel The horses alone cost him $4,000
Princess Dolgorouki, widow Of the late czar
Of Russia, is living in Paris in queenly style.
The car made excellent pecuniary provisions
for his second family.
Mgr. Di Rende, papal nuncio at Paris, has
been appointed cardinal protector Of English
speaking Catholics at Rome. He will be the
medium Of appeal TO the holy sac by English
speaking Catholics instead OF the episcopate.
About s73. 10000 has been expended in
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-04-10

The dominion government Is taking active
precautions against Fenian plots.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-09
When Baby was sick, We gavo hor Castoria,
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria,
Whom sho became Miss, sho clung to Castoria.
AFuneral With no Mourners.

Lewiston (Me) journal: An Augusta
clergyman was asked to conduct the
funeral o a man in an adjoining town,
who died with the reputation of having
been Il miser, q few days ago. He is be,
licvCd to have been worth $500 but his
house was bare and mean, and he had no
friends, Before tho service the clergy
man asked some OF the traits of the de-
ceased that he might speak of him APP
propriately. They told him how snug
the miser had been, how he had ground
the poor that came linta his clutches and
But what were ,his good qualties?"
asked the clergyman, no
Didn't have any, was the laconic re-
F'Didn't he have one redeeming tralt2"
Not u d one, II irreyerently an
swered the neighbor.
1T was the most difficult duty that
ever performed, said The Clergyman af-
terward. There was no Bible in the
house, and it was long time before one
con Id be found. Then the man in charge
OF the funeral had disappeared. | asked
whore he was, and my informant said,
with Il grin, Dunno; guess he is hunting
Tor mOurners.'
Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-09

SARATOGA, N. Y, Oct. 6--Dr Thomas c.
Durant, general manager of the Adirondack
railway, died at North Creek at $3.50 o'clock
yesterday morning. He was taken i'll with
inflammation of the bowels Tuesday last
and this developed into peritonitis, which
caused his DEATH
[Thomas C. Durant was born i'll Lee, Burll-
shire county, Mass, in 1890. His father,
Thomas Durant was merchant and maun-
facturer, and his grandfather William Dur
ant was an officer of the revolutionary war,
and member of the Boston Committee OF
Safety. At an early age he selected medicine
and surgery as the ted in which he might
employ his natural and acquired talents ad-
vantageously, and he accordingly entered the
Albany Medical college and was graduated
therefrOm with full honor5 at the age of 81.
After practicing his profession but three
Durant Lathrop & Co of Albany, Mr.; Du-
rant had special charge of the New York
branch of this house and shipped very large
y to all the principal European ports; The
knowledge of the resources OF the great West
obtained in the course of his mercantile ca
rCer, made him an earnest advocate of inter
nal improvements. and induced him to turn
his attention to railway matters. lie assisted
very materially in promoting the interests on
the Michigan Southern railroad, and was the
principal contractor in constructing the Blu
leau Valley, the Chicago ~ Rock Island, and
the Mississippi and Missouri railroads. Some
Union Pacific Railroad company under the
charter passed by congrcSSin 1852, Mr.. Durant
in connection with parties with whom he was
engaged in constructing railroads in Illinois
and Iowa. caused preliminary surveys to be
maze up the Piatt5 vei!!SS., an:t IN lS6t no at
his own expense, sent several corps of engiu-
GERS to examine the country and make sur
veyS of the route commencing at Omaha and
other points on the Missouri river, and em-
bracing the line through Cheyenne pass and
Bridgers pass into the basin of the great Salt
Lake. MI. Durant also at the same time sent
out q geOlogist for the purpose of ascertain
ing the mineral resources of the country, In
1853 he was active in the procuring of the
subscriptions of S2,00O,00O of stock which
was required by the act of con;
be fully organized. Having from
the surveys and examinations previously
made, obtained Il knowledge of the obstacles
to br SurmOunted in constructing the railroad,
he devoted the winter lSii3-'Gi to obtaining
important amendments to the charter, which
doubled the land grant and made the Compa-
ny mortgage bonds frst lien upon the road
and during the year perfected the financial
organization under which the work was
carried on to completion. Immediately after
laying the last rail upon the Union Paciic
railroad Mr.. Durant retired from its active
management, and shortly after began the con-
struction of the Adirondack railway, OF which
he was until its death the actual president
and general manager.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-09

A reporter met City Engineer Rose
water yesterday and questioned him about
the proposed grading on Harney and
other streets. He said that bids were to
be advertised for Immediately for grad
that thoroughfare from Seventeenth to
Twentieth streets The proiiles have
been drawn up, and so soon as the con
tract is let the work can commence.
In addition, Seventeenth street, from
Farnam to st. Mary's avenue, Eighteenth
from Farnam to Harney, Nineteenth
from Fanam to Harney, and Twentieth
from Farnam to Howard will be graded.
The grading will require the. removal of
about 80, 600 cubic yards of dirt.
North Seventeenth, from Paul to
Grace, will also he graded; 5000 cubic
yards of dirt will be removed. Burt
street from Twenty third street to u point
800 feet west of Division street. This
grading will call for the removal Of
10000 yards of dirt.
This grading will be commenced this
year, said Mr.. Rosewatcr, "and | think
that most of it will be finished before
winter, if the weather is favorable"
Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-09
PICKED UP ABOUT THE CITY.
News and Notes About Persons and Things
-Idaho's New Governor.
IMPROVING THE cpTYs STREETS.
A Flight Over n Dead Fowl-PoliCe
Court News-LocaI Notes
and Personal Para
graphs.
Ilnhn's GoYcrnOr.

Hon. T.. A. Stevenson, the recently APP
pointed governor of Idaho, was in the
city Wednesday, homeward bound from
Washington with his commission. He
was met and convcrsed with by u BEE
reporter ut the Paxton hotel last even
ing. Mr.. Stevenson is resident of
Boise City and has lived in the territory
more than twenty years. lie was, in
consequence, the popular candidate for
governor with his own people as it is
inherent with the territorial heart as
much as in the Irish breast to clamor for
home rule. He succeeds Hon.
William NJ. Grown, u Phil
adclphia gentleman, appointed under
the old regime. Mr.. Stevenson narrateS
an interesting circumstance of his up.
pointmcnt.. There was "a rush for the
Office and applications were toodcdupon
the executive at an overwhelming rate.
Mr.. Cleveland wcaricd of the annoyance,
and selecting three for choice, summoned
them to Washington for inspection. MIR.
Stevenson is an honest, homcSpun ap-
pearing man of apparently some sixty
years; he is engaged in mining, land
speculating and ditchng, and is one of
ldaho's wealthiest citizens. He says
that, although the territory is in Il flour
ishing condition, and is rapidly increas-
ing in population and political import
ancc, it is not quite ready 10 demand adj
mission into the sisterhood of states.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-09

Two wcll-known young men about town
became involved in little difficulty last
evening at Ed Lccdcr's saloon, the cause
which led to the trouble being the leg of
Il fricass2ed fowl. In company with II
few conyvial companions they had been
taking in the city, and were about to 90
home when they stepped into Leeder's
to have something 10 eat Chickcn was
ordered for the party, and while it was
being devoured the young men indulged
in playful scuflles. During one of these
encounters, chickens leg was acci-
dcntally knocked from the hand of one
OF the boys, and he became instantly
offended and offered to fight the man
who deprived him of his appetizing
morscl. The challenge WAS accepted by
the offender and the party adjourned to
the sidewalk to fight it out, when the
police put in an appearance and stopped
the mill. The young gentleman who lost
his supper by the transaction endeavorcd
to find it again, but his efforts had been
forstaled by another member of the
party who did not indulge in the mill but
stopped and ate the chicken, leaving only
the bone.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-09

circuscs or almost q million of any other
kind of shows.
"llow do you expect it will act'" asked
"Act ~ he said, his bluc.gray cyo
twinkling. "Why, that there island will
Just spring up into the air quickcrn aNy-
thing you ever saw in your born GAYS,
and you bet vour last cont she'll Just give
things round here atwisL and no mistakes;
she'll give.
THINGS \ TWIST AND NO MISTAKE"
Being asked If he thought there would
bc much of u shakc-up in New York, with
the instinct of II miner accustomed to
follow lodCs and veins, hc said in sub.
stance that he was pretty sure that the
blast would occasion something of
panic. He said that, for his part, he in
tended to look at the explosion from the
New York shore, but he wouldn't stand
near any tall house on the heights over
yondor. And if my wifc'n family lived
in amy other upper stories over yondCr
I'd see they were down and out Il nice
comtor able time before she was touched
of, An I'd tell them to keep Il sharp
lookout for the skyrockcting pieces com.
ing down, you can gamble; and I'd tell
the ncighbors TO do likewise, for you cam
not always just tell for sartin
WHATS $ COIN TO HAPPEN
when you put ever so many hundreds
and hundreds of thousand rounds OF dyn.
amitc into the inside of big lump of
rock like that there little island just in
front of us. But you can gamble ont
that it'll just spring up into the air
quicker II anything you've ever seen in
your time, and no mistake"
When the reporter left he was still gaA-
ing rs if fasclnated at the black looking
dcbris-covcrcd island with the young
earthquake slumbcring beneath, As tho
scribe crossed the ferryboat to New York
he reflected that there might be some
wisdom in the western miners advice.
People living along the shores adjoining
the mammoth blast will do well to read,
mark, learn and act upon his advice.
There can be no harm in taking obvious
precautions but there may be danger i'll
ncglccting them.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-09

MIR. Andrccn wishes to inform the pub
lie through the medium of the BEE that
he is not II candidato for county
commissioner.
lgnacc Schcrb commenced suit in the
districtcuurt Yesterday against the city to
recover $4,000 fon alleged damages to
property by grading.
Marshal Cummings has issued notice
to the effect that all saloonkccpcrs who
have not paid their license by noon of
Oct. II, will be arrested and prosecuted.
Clark Bros. Il Co. received u part OF Il
cargo of tea Wednesday evening, billed
to them from 1okahoma, Japan, Aug.
3lst.
Mr.. Sucssenbach informs the BEE
that he is not u candidate for the Office
of county treasurer or any other Office,
and that he has made no effort in that
direction.
The case of Winship vs.. Doe was on
trial in the district yesterday 1t merely
involves the possession of II cow and has
been twice tried, once in the district
court and once in n lower court.
Judge Anderson married yesterday af
ternoon John Larson and Agnes Berg, of
this city. $, S. Felker, Esq, who hap.
pencd to be present, acted in the dual
capacity of bridesmaid and groomsman.
Charles p Thora, u match merchant of
Chicago, instituted suit in the county
court yesterday against Henry Dit2en, of
this city, to recover on u bill of goods of
SO, alleged to have been purchased by
the defendant.
The Knights of Pythias begin their Sc
ries of winter parties on the evening of
October 30, at the metropolitan hall.
The Musical Union orchestra has already
been engaged, and u brilliant affair is in
preparation.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-09
Womcn's CONGRESS-.

DIES MONIES, Iowa, Oct. S.-Tho proceed
ings of the second days session of the
WOmen's congress was marked by an in
creased attendance and interest. In the after
noon session DR.. Anna Dinsmore French, of
New York, read a paper on The compare
tive effects on health of professional, fashion,
able and industrial life" This was followed
BY paper by the Rev. Antoinette Blackwell.
of New Jersey; subject, '.ls the law Of
progress one of harmony or discOr!?' In the
an address on Human Parasites" and Ada
G. Sweet, late pension agent at Chicago, read
paper on The Ministry of Labor" Alter
gress gre We're given en- formal ma reception in tie
governors rOOlns in the new cApitOl.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-09

johnson was prosecuted by the Anti
Horse Thief association of Jones county
for the theft of the calves, He was tried
twice and acquitted and in 1871 broughs
suit againsC seven members of the associ-
alton for malicious prosecution, alleging
that they did not have probable ca $50
for commencing the action The ease
has been before the courts ever 81 ce
aud has been tried five timcs-onco Mt
Clinton, once mt Ninton, and once at
Waterloo and each time except one the
plaintiff received u verdict running
from $4,000 to $1,000, but each time the
verdict has been set aside The jury
to-day awarded 5000 The costs, attor-
nCrys and expenses Cutailcd upon
parties to the litigation growing out of
the thoft of the calves is estimated ut
over $4,000, and several prosperous
farmars have been rendered bankrupt
while the calves in the first place were
mot worth pNpr GSO
Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-09
Officer Green.

Officer Duff Green has resigned from
the Omaha police force to accept the po-
stion ofspecial policeman for the Union
Pacific at the depot. The railway
company has done this in recog-
milton of Mr.. Green's efficient
service during the past month when de.
tailed by the city to the depot beat. He
is one OF the best men the force ever had, Z,
beth as gentleman and an intelligent,
prompt and discriminating officer. He
has the record of some very creditable
detective work and character for hon
esty and sobriety which the local author
ities will gladly endorse.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-09
IIIruEliAN SYNOD

The clerical and lay members of tho
Evangelical Lutheran synod of Nebraska
met in the German Lutheran church at
Grand Island Thursday evening of last
week, at 8 o'clock, and at $50 listened to
the synodical sermon by Rev, G. Huber,
of Yutan, the retiring president, which
was clear forcble and practical
On Friday ut 800 u; m. devotional ser
vice began by Rev. w. L. Wilhelm. The
synod opened by the president, Rev. G.
Huber, of Yutan, by the use of the ritual
ard the reading of the twelfth chapter,
Cor ard pfayer,
The roll was called by the secretaries,
when about forty members answered to
the call
Rev, l.. L. Lipe from the Northern IlIi-
nois synod; Rev. j. thinner, from the
Eastern Ohio synod; Rev, Hanson, from
the Northern Illinois synod; and Rev.
G.. w. Spiggle from the Southern West
Virginia synod, were received by letter
from their former synods, and their
names placed on the roll as members Of
the synod.
Lay delegates presented their crcdcn-
tials and were received as members of
the synod, and the convention WAS de-
clared constituted.
The president then presented his an
nual report, showing that much interest
has been manifested by the synod and
success has attended the work. Work
has been pushed westward 10 Laramie,
Wyo., and Denver and Pueblo. Colo,
have been occupied by earnest mission
aries.
The election of officers being next in
order, Rev. $. Detwiler, o. Omaha, and
Rey, Mellick Woovely were appointed
tellers and balloting commenced, First
ballot resulted in the reelection of the
former president and English secretary;
Prof. Easterday of Lincoln, as treasurer;
and Rev, William Roscnstenger, of
Grand Island. Committees were then
appointed. Parochial reports being the
order of the day, were called for the
reading of which with remarks on the
state of religion by several pastors occu-
pied the timo On motion the syn od
adjourned