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Omaha daily bee., 1888-08-19
Shot BY a RWffan.

GUIDE Rock, Neb., August lS.-lSpecial
Telegram to THE BEE.l-The citizens Of
Guide Rock are intensely excited over an
unprovoked and murderous assault that oc-
Cured last night at Talbot's hall, in which
Billy Montgomery was shot through the
right hip, and Charley Grant, clerk in the
Guide Rock bank, received a bullet in the
right side just above the stomach. A dance
was in progress at the hall, and young man
named Cole, who desires the reputation of
western desperate, was elected on account
of drunkenness, and when the dance broke
up fired four shots into the crowd as it was
leaving the hall with results as above. The
whole town was much excited and fifty to
one hundred people hunted the assassin dur
ing the remainder of the night, capturing
him this morning. He is now in Jail. There
is strong talk of lynching him, and if Grant
dies, which Is more than probable, it is
thought the law will not be allowed to take
itc .,
Omaha daily bee., 1888-08-19
attorney and L. Han.

nominated for cdns Vt attorney and L. Han
PAwsEn Cry, FeS5 August 1s-tspeciai
Telegram to Tsf HEE,l The republican
county conventida3w0 held here to-day. q.
E. Casey, NJ. X. MalNer w. j. Halderman,
L. A. Stebbins, QsH. Barnard, A. L. Baker,
f. Davis, G. G. Rfd, were chosen delegates
to the state convs1tlsS; J: r. Candy, Thomas
Small, II. +. ScdA JsiE'. Balm, f. Jordan, ID.
L. w. JONES' 4hnt Stenauer and w. H:
Wilson to the con9reslonal convention and
John Little, ID. = Davis, II. p. Worthem,
G. G. Meader, J. q Dorty, H. F. .Merwin,
J. g. Sloan and I. .WaPepoon to the sena; ma;
endorsing Hon. 9. n. Henderson for re-
election to the fQnited States senate, in-
structing our REPRESENTATIVE to work for the
submission of the prohibition amendment
and instructing the delegates to vote solidly
for William Leese for attorney general. Ju-
Illus Rhodes and E. M. Berry were nominated
for the Legislature. q. X, Martin, OF Table
Rock was nominated for commissioner and
H. G. Lindsey for county attorney.
SEWARD, Neb., August 49, Special Tele-
gram to THE BEE primaries were held to-
day throughout the county. The delegates
to the county convention are unanimous for
Leese.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-08-19
The Norfolk Encampment.

NORFOLK, Neb., August ls.-(Special to
THE BEE. E.l-Arrangements are now. almost
completed and the 27th day of August will
find the Grand Army boys of Nebraska once
more tenting at Camp Phil Sheridan. This
year the encampment promises to be more
than ever a success. Colonel l.. o. Wash
burn, the quartermaster of the department
aided by the local committee, are sparlng no
efforts to make it so. Fifteen hundred seats
have been procured and are now on their
way to the grounds. The best Of well water
will be found in the camp, and those wish
ing to indulge in the luxury
of ice, can have it free upon application
Ample preparations have been made tor pro-
visioning the force, and the only things
barred from the camp are whisky and gambl-
ing. The attractions will be superior to
those of previous encampments. Among
them will be the presence of the Second
regiment from Omaha, which will go into
camp on the 26th, and a sham battle that will
remind the veterans of the stormy days Of
'6l and show their younger companions how
they won the fight for the union
Omaha daily bee., 1888-08-19
AIT CLARKE'S ATTACHMENT.
1t Results In Firing Three Constables
From the Casino

Last night before the clsse OF the siren
show at the Casino, an attachment was is
sued against the property Of the company, at
the Hotel Barker, and against the receipts of
the box-ofice, IN favor of Kit Clarke, for
mer member of the organization. The
amount claimed was sl75. The defendant in
the case was M. B. Lovett, who, 1t IS alleged,
is the proprietor of the company. The at
tachment was served by Constable Eddy.
''Blondy" Clark was placed in charge OF the
attached goods In the garden. Constable
Edgerton assisted in the attaching. When
the ears of the management Of the garden,
the latter summoned its forces and Eddy,
Clark and Edgerton were hustled from the
grounds. An Indemnity bond Of twice the
amount sued for was made by the local man
ayers, and Immediately all the baggage was
released and sent to the depot for Philadc-
phia. Edgerton says that he will close the
garden up.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-08-19
Ran Them All In,

A Council Bluffs siren came to Omaha last
night to have some fun. While in saloon on
Tenth street she permitted a man to sit on
her lap. Shortly after no arose she dis
covered that her watch was gone. She called
several young men to help her find the MISS
ing jewelry. During the search the whole
batch were arrested. At the Jail the woman
was unable to give n distinct explanation of
how the affair happened. She declared posi-
lively that she had drunk nothing but plain
Missouri" Tenth street "budge," how
ever, had accomplished its end aud she went
into the cage. The others went free.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-08-19
Mrs. Brown ACauitted.

Mason CITY, Ia, August 1S.-[Speclal Tel
egram to THE BEE. Mrs. H. +. Brown, who
has been on trial here charged with poison
ing the Brown family, was dismissed to-day
When the decision was rendered there was
some demonstration of commendation by the
relatives Of the accused. After examining
the evidence IN the case carefully, the Judge
said that the testimony went to show that
Mrs. Brown was affected as were the others
at the time of the poisoning, and that it was
to gain by the death of her husband, would
also try to put herself out of the way. No
motive was shown why she should poison
her own children, even though the motive
was ever so strong to poison the husband.
County Attorney Clark will now present tho
matter to the grand jury, where she will
be Indicted for murder or acquitted.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-08-19
Dubuuue's Defunct Depository.

DUBUQUE, Ia, August 1s.-[Special Tele-
gram to The BEE. Receiver Wells, who
has been examining the condition of the de-
funct Commercial National bank finds its
affairs much worse than expected. He esti-
mates its assets at $3.50, 900 and its liabilities
at $3.50, 600. When Bank Examiner Stone re-
viewed the remains some weeks ago he
placed the assets and liabilities as about
equal and few days ago dividend of 80
per cent was declared and paid to the cred
itors. An assessment of 100 per cent on tho
stockholders has been ordered, and the re.
ceiver says he will bring suit against all de-
linquent stockholders who fail to pay up by
the 25th of this month.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-08-19
The Old settlers at Gresham.

GRESHAM, Neb., August 1s.-[Specal Tele-
gram 10 THE BEE THE fourth annual re-
union Of old settlers Of York, Seward, Butler
and Polk counties was held in Hon. G. w.
Lords grove, four miles northeast Of this
place Fully four thousand people from the
counties named were on the ground. Judge
Morgan, ex-edtor Of the York Republican,
delivered the address of welcome. Speeches
were made in the afternoon by DR.. Thorp, Of
Ulysses, w. w. Cox, of Seward, Hon. j..
Il. Myers, of David City, Hon N. v. Harlan,
of York, and Hon. Charles H. Van Wyck. 1t
was the largest gathering in this section for
years.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-08-19
Shot the Horse Fiddler.

DEs MONIES, Ia, August 1S.-[Special Tele-
gram to THE BEE l-Royal A. Adams, q
young married man, brought his bride to his
home seven miles southeast Of Abba, yester-
day. Last night party Of men and boys
arranged "chiveree" and while hooting and
footing and making great noise he fired q
revolver from an upper window into tha
crowd, hitting young man named Dcering,
who died this afternoon. Adams came to
Abba and gave himself up to the sheriff and
is under his protection. A good deal of ex.
citement prevails In the vicinity of the shoot
ing and some threats Of further trouble are
heard
Omaha daily bee., 1888-08-19
A Painful Accitie mt.

DAKOTA CITY, Neb., August IS Especial to
THE BEE. Henry Carney, young man as
sisting the corn-shellers at this place to ope-
rate their machine, met with "a very serious
accide mt yesterday afternoon. While at
tempting to step upon the platform of the
horsepower he missed his footing, catching
heel of his left foot between the sweep and the
a crossbar completely tearing the flesh there
from and otherwise bruised his leg. DR..
Williamson was summoned and dressed the
wound. The patient at this writing Is rest
ing very comfortably.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-08-19
A Bold Robbery.

Charles Tyron, OF Muskegan. Mich, was
robbed of big valise at the Union Pacific
depot last night. He had been a guest of
the Windsor hotel and left to take the 0
o'clock train for the west.
He is very sick man on his way to Cali
fornia. He was sitting in the waiting room
when the train came in, and asked man
offering to pay him. The man took the
valise, walked through the car, got off at the
opposite end and skipped before the sick
man could give an alarm.
The valise was filled with clothing and
business papers. Mr.. Tyron returned TO the
hotel to await developments.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-08-19
Northern Nebraska Crops.

O'NErLL, Neb., August S.-TSpecal to
THE BEE. IA correspondent, writing from
here, says the small grain in northwestern
Nebraska is failure. This is not correct.
While there are some localities, where the
hail struck, that small grain is failure, the
crop in general is not failure, but is fair
yield, and in some localities good, big crop.
Corn, though little late, never was better,
and il the present favorable weather con
tinues, will be II good crop, and much of it
will be first class.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-08-19
Didn't Know 1t Was Loaded,

DUNLAP, Ia, August IS.-[Specal to THR
BEE. Thursday evening Mrs Tom Jones,
whose husband shot her in the face this sum-
mer and then shot and killed himself, acci-
dentally shot herself She was at the resi-
dence of Samuel Liscomb, north of Dunlap
She and Mrs. Liscomb found revolver badly
rusted. Mrs. Jones having had some expert
ence with revolvers pronounced it not loaded.
Not being able to raise the hammer she
placed it against chair, muzzle down, and
succeeded in raising the hammer and also in
shooting herself, the ball entering the upper
part of the calf of her left leg A doctor was
called and extracted the ball from her heel.
The wound is very painful, but not dangerous.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-08-19
A Pole Raising at Papillion.

PApILLIGN, Neb., August Is. - Especial
Telegram to THE BEE. To-day Las been a
grand day for Sarpy county republicans. A
Harrison and Morton pole was raised 107
feet long above the ground. Suspended on
che pole was an old campaign flag, used IN
the city OF Bellevue In 1868. Speeches were
made by Hon. John NJ. Thurston, John l..
Webster and w. j. Connell. Music was
furnished by the Union corne: band Of
Omaha
Omaha daily bee., 1888-08-19
Personal Paragraphs.

w. T. Clark, of Des Moncs, was at the
Millsrd yesterday.
C.J. Guenzel and II. p. Foster, Of Lin
coin, are at the Millard.
mer. Of Kearney, are at the Paxton.
N. S. Harding, Of Nebraska City, and j.
Klosterman, of David City, were in town last
evening.
MIR. and Mrs. Thomas Il. Mulloy, former
Omahans, but now of Salt Lake City, arc at
the Paxton.
]. M. Marsh, OF Grand Island, J. Suther-
land, Of North Platte, and X. Is. Schneider,
Of Fremont, were in the city yesterday.
Thomas II. Benton, Phelps Paine, H. M.
Warney and Mr. and Mrs. II. Duvail, Lin
colnites, rau up to the metropolis yesterday.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-08-19
ADemoorat,c JoIlification.

PIr1sBuRe, August 1s.-The annual re.
union of the general association of the county
democracy was held at Allegheny City this
afternoon and evening. The demonstration
was on very large scale Among the
speakers were Senator Vance, Of North
Carolina, Representatives Tarsney, of Mlchi-
gan; McMllen, of Tennessee, and Marsh, Of
ppnnsVlyauia,
Omaha daily bee., 1888-08-19
York County Prohibitionists.

YORK, Neb., August IS Special Telegram
to TIE BEE. The York county prohibition
convention was held to-day Hon. George
Scott, candidate for congressman from this
district was present and made ringing
speech and Clayton of Fillmore county, was
indorsed for senator for this district. j. w.
Stricker and Charles Hibbard were nomi-
mated for representatives, A. G. Grihlths for
county attorney and N. Simmons for sheriff.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-08-19
Washington Brevities.

night for Salem, Mass, where he will stay
about two weeks. General McFeely will act
in his absence.
Speaker Carlisle says that he will meet
Blaine in joint debate on the tariff question
II the national committee considers such o
step desirable.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-08-19
BROTHERHOOD Men at North Platte.

: NORTH PLATTE, Neb., August 1S.-lSpec-
tal Telegram to THE BEE. THE members of
Lodge No. Ss, Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers at North Platte celebrated the
Twenty fifth anniversary of their order by a
grand ball at Lloyds opera house last even
ing. Able speeches were made by George
w. YrOman, Il. Fulton Grant and j. S.
Hoagland. The hall was artistically decora-
BED and thronged with the elite of the city.
a number OF visitors We're present from
Grand Island, Sidney and Cheyenne.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-08-19
Black Hawk Nominations

WATERLOO, Ia, August 1S.-TSpeciaI Tele-
gram to THE BEE. Black Hawk county re-
publicans to-day placed in nomination for
county officers the following candidates; {;
Clerk of court, A. j. Edwards; recorder, O.
d. Becker; county attorney, q. w. Mullan,
the present incumbent The delegation was
instructed to support Judge Granger for su-
premc Judge.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-08-19
On Financial Rapids.

DEWITT, Neb., August Special to
THE BEE. The agricultural firm Of A. f.
Salla & Son, which does business upon
commission basis, failed to make satisfac
tory quarterly settlement, consequently the
agents of ali the firms who have had goods
here have either had settlement or taken
their goods away, and the firm has gone to
the wall. The supposed liabilities over the
resources are So 600
Omaha daily bee., 1888-08-19
Grand Trunk Takes a Tumble.

MONTREAL, August 1S.-A London cable
says that the Crank Trunk railway state
tnent Of the last half year, just issued, is
considered unfsvorable, ana stock has fallen.
The gross receipts were 81 no, 900, aud the
working expenses fl az, 200 A balance Of
GS9, $40 is available for dividends.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-08-19
Donnelly's Chance Good.

MINNEAPOLIs, MINI, August l5'-ISpeciaI
Telegram to The BEE.l-The nomination OF
Ignatius Donnelly for governor OF Minnesota
on the labor ticket is considered TO be fore
gone conclusion. The state convention will
be held next Monday. Donnelly would re-
ceive the full support OF the Farmers al:
lance, and II is thought that the combined
strength of these two parties Will be sufncient
10 insure his election.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-08-19
Crushed His Arm.

MoCooK, Neb., August ls.-LSpecial Tele-
gram to The BEE. l--Thomas Campbell, a
switchman in the yard at this place, while
making coupling this morning, got fastened
between the cars and had an arm crushed so
that amputation will be necessary.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-08-19
Anotber RervIaeOr Ou trare.

OsrEA, Miss, August lS.-Dr. w. f. Sim
mons, ex-member Of the legislature, and
pne Of the largest merchants Of this city,
was shot this morning by Lee Hinson. DIR.
Simmons took very decided stand against
the practice Of regulating" in his neigh.
borhood, and thus incurred the ermity OF
several persons In that section.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-08-19
Nominated For Senator.

ST. PAUL, Neb., August ls.-[Special Tel
egram TO TIE BEE. Hon. Samuel N, VOL
back was nominated by the democrats here
to-day as candidate for state senator for the
Seventeenth senatorial district.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-08-19
Hurt In q Runaway.

YoRK, Neb., August lS.-[Special Tele-
gram to Tue BEE. Hon. e. A. Gilbert and
F. G. Power, esq, two prominent attorneys,
were thrown from q buggy this morning
The former was only slightly hurt, but the
latter sustained serious Internal injuries.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-08-19

SUPERIOR, Neb., August 1S.--[Special Tel
egram to The BEE. The election held here
to-day to vote the bonds for the Chicago &
Northwestern railroad, which were guaran-
teed to that company by the citizens some
time ago, went in favor of the bonds, the
vote standing So for to 22 against. AT the
city primary the submission carried by a vote
of " to ..
Omaha daily bee., 1888-08-19
Democratic Primaries.

The democratic county committee met at
Julius Meyers rooms yesterday afternoon
and fixed on August "a as the day for hold
ing the primaries for the election Of delegates
TO the county convention. The latter will be
held on the 25th and will select delegates to
the congressional and the state conventions.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-08-19
Falls City's Water Works Finished,

FALLS CITY, Neb;, August s.-ISpecial
Telegram to The BEE. 1.-THE new stand pipe
of the city waterworks was completed yes
terday and the first water run into it to-day.
The waterworks are entirely satisfactory to
the citizens of Falls City. The official test
will take place next week some time.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-08-19
The Weekly Bank Statement.

New York, August iS.-The weekly bank
statement shows q reserve decrease OF sail,
900. The banks now hold S2l, ,931,0IU in exe
cess of legal requirements.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-08-19
Murrish Gets four Years.

KEARNEY, Neb., August lS.-[Special Tele-
gram to THE BEE.1-Albert Murrish, who
was on trial this week for killing his wife
last March, wss found guilty by the jury and
sentenced to four years in the penitentiary.
He manifested an uneasiness throughout the
trial and seemed to be relieved by the light
sentence when it was pronounced upon him.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-08-19
Sixth Ward Republicans,

The Sixth ward republican club has chosen
an executive committee consisting Of Messrs.
James r. Young, w. A. Grant, Fl. IT, Leavitt,
William Brown, Cornish, Spohr and Cohn.
A proposition to change the headquarters
from Twenty-sixth and Lake streets to
Twenty fourth and Spruce has been referred
to that committee with power to decide.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-09
The Southern Pac fic.

The great Southern Pacific system
dominates the state and does three quar-
tiers of all the business. In spite of its
enormous size it is growing rapidly, and
Is holding it's own against the new CON-
patitors wh have tried to snatch from It
the Southern California business At the
beginning of this year it had under its
control 1891 so miles OF rosd, while at
the end Of the year Ii Is credited with
2242 90 miles. a gain Of 25l 40 miles.
Part of this represents the South Pacific
Coast marrow gauge line from San
Francisco to Santa Cruz, which was
sold by Senator Fair last spring
for 100000, Its main lines are
the Central Pacific, from Ogden to
San Francisco; the Southern Pacific,
from San Francisco to Galveston, and
the Oregon line, from San Francisco to
Portland, Ore. Its longest continuous
line of rail is from Portland, Ore, to
Galveston, Tex, distance of 2300
miles. The whole system runs like
clockwork At the great central offices in
this city the subordinates are drilled like
an army. The company permits no
breach Of discipline, and drinking, gam
bling or any notorious scandal lead to
the dismissal of any employee. The COM
pany is liberal to its employees, giving
vacations and paying better wages than
other railroad companies on this coast
TSan Francisco Correspondent st. Louis
GlObe-DemOcrat.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-09
Blonde. Rrpidly De Gre asing
London Truth

a highly interesting Question is being
agi s.ed in Europe. 1t has been asserted
nat there has been gradual decrease oi
bonds In G.rmsny. Almt st IL 900, 900
school children were examined 10 Ger
many, Austria and Belgium, and the re-
rult showed Switzerland has only IL 10
Austri. l9 10 and Germany 81 80 per
cent of pure blondes Thus the Country
which, since the days Of ancient Rome,
has been proverbally known As the nome
of yellow hair has to-day only fhirty-two
pure blondes in 100. while the average OF
pure bsunettes is Ii per cent.
The 80 per cent Of the mixed type are
said to be undergoing transformation
into pure brunettes. Dr.. B. ddon in
z gland has collected q number of
statistics which seem to point in the
same direction. Amorg 726 women be
.xs mined he found 500 nrunettes and
957 blondes. OF the brunettes he found
tDat 7s per cent. were married, while OF
the blondes only &c per cent. were mar
ried. Thus it would seem that the
brunette has ten chances Of getting mar.
ried in EDgland to blondes nine.
In France similar view has been put
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-09

Sandy 1873, Longview 1876, Marshall 17e
Jefferson 1879. Texsrksna 253, Whites,
boro II, Sherman SO. Bells 1o2
Honey Grove 1872, Paris 1913. Clarksvlile
1S3, Shreveport 219, Baton Rouge 457,
New Orleans 547, Hot Springs $40, Little
Rock 397, ST.. Louis 745.
GULF, COLORADO AND SANTA FK (NORTH)
Gainesville IS, Paris $50, Paul's Valley
149, Purcell III.
GULF, COLORADO AND SANTA rE SOUTH
Cleburne 80, Krum 81, Temple 1913,
Lampasas 1873, Brownwocd 257, Bolton
1876, Coleman 2ss. Brennan 220, Houston
SAL, Galveston, S46.
HOUSTON AND TEXAS CENTRAL.
Kennedale IL, Mansfield l9, Midlothian
so, Waxahacbie ~, Garrett 81. Corsicana
II, Hesrne l67, Hampstead 237, Houston
2SS.
FORT WORTH AND DENVER.
Decatur, 40; Bowie, IS; Henrietta, 95:
Wichita Falls, ia; Harold, 147; Vernon,
l6s; Quanab, 1911, clarendon, 276; Chey-
enne, S76; Denver, Colorado, s07.
FORT WORTH AND BIO GRANDK.
Granbury 40, Stephenville IS, Co
manche los, Brownwood 1875, San An
gelo 204.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-09
Weatherford,

Special to the Gazette.
WATERFORD, Tex, Jsn. S.-Yester-
day Mr.. AN. Grant of this city purchased
the furniture stock Of Messrs. L. B. Eli
Rldwell, also OF this place, and will take
charge Of the business ss soon as an in
voice can be taken, which will be COM
menced tomorrow morning. Messrs.
Kidwell will turn their entire attention to
the cattle business, already having pur-
chased an interest in Mr.. II. M Kidwell's
large stock of cattle ON the Double
Mountain farm
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-09

forth y NJ. AdOlph de Cat DOLE. III. de
Candolie found that when both parents
have eyes OF the same color IS per cent.
Inherit this color. But 1t Is q curious
fact that more females than males have
black or brown eyes to the proportion Of
forty-fve to forty-three. In seems that
with different colored eyes in the two
parents So per cent. follow the mother in
being dark eyed. An increase of 5 per
cent. Of dark eyes In each generation
must tell in the course OF time.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-09
Residence Burned.

Correspondence Of the Gazette
GRANBURY, TEX Jan "A residence
at Thorp Springs belonging to Mr.. John
Wylie and occupied by Mrs. Rswlins was
burned few days SGD while Mrs. Raw
Inns and children were visiting relatives
in Dallas county. Ga returning home the
family found themselves homeless, and,
the house and contents not being insured,
were total loss. A petition WAS lmme-
diately circulated among our business
men, who subscribed literally towards
the relief of the family.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-09
At Cisco.

Special to the Gazette.
Cisco, TEX, Jan. 6.-The ground is
frozen and the streams and lakes CT
water are all covered with ice. Cattle
are drifting and are wonderfully drawn
up. 1t is feared that il this severe spell
lasts much longer, there will be q great
loss in stock. Slight showers in sleet
have been falling often and on ever since
yesterday morning. The wind is in the
north end very severe. This is ono OF
the most trying spells of weather we
have had this winter. It is probably felt
more keenly on account of the warm
sultry days just before it.