Omaha daily bee., 1888-09-09

find any OF the child's relatives aud he
did not inow their name. The rescued
passengers from the Chester knew that
the parent were from somewhere in
III Humboldt county, but both mother
and father. who were with the child IN
the sinking vessel, had been drowned.
D.. McAllister declares his intention to
take the little orphan TO his home until
he can tind her relatives.
ANEW FORM OF ROBBERY.
William Smith was charged with
burglary before Judge Lawler. William
is Il q~uiet-iooiing man and showed him
self TO be of a retiring disposition when
brought into court. Indeed, so strong
wa his desire to remain away from the
presence of Justice that use had to be
made of physical force to compel his
attendance. William was arrested us
he was Keeping the chill night air from
entering through a broken window in
the shoe store of Louis Blumenthal.
The defendants arm, it is said, was in
side the window. When Officers Farley
and Schafar spoke to him he gave them
to understand that he was a very
drunken man indeed, and that he had
fallen against the window through IN
ability to keep in the middle of the
street.
He was searched, and in his pockets
were found hooks so tied that they
formed very good graplines. He said
he had beer O1t fishing for crabs, but
could not prove it. The officers said
that many guests in cheap lodging
houses had been robbed lately by means
OF the graplines, The door would be
found as they were when the lodger
went out, bat clothing, shoes, hats, cts.
would be missing.
The manner of working the grapline
is easy. Raising the transom. the thief
cast mis- line, draws il across chairs,
tables, beds, etc. and so secures what
ever loose articles are lying about.
Thus the lonely fisherman may troll and
sadly deplcte Il wardrobe which is con
sidercd safe because it is behind licked
doors. This form of robbery is called
Grabbing" and was discovered by a
genius who was too smart to work, and
who did not have enough confidence in
general philanthropy to beg. Smith de-
nice having used the hooks for any
other purpose than that of catching
fish, but was held in 81 900 bonds.
III VINTAGE.
a report has just been made by the
special committee of the Grape Grower.
and Winemakers union which is
of interest. After referring to the low
rates at which wines and grapes arc
selling in the market, the committee
recommends as a remedy the suppress
sion OF all inferior grapes and wines,
and to this end advises the drying OF
all grapes of the Mission and MALAYSIA
varieties and the turning of all inferior
grades OF grapes into brandy.
The committee recommends an q
further means of lettering the indus
try the compilation Of reliable annual
statistics relating to the production OF
wines and grapes in the state and the
establishment of a wine exchange,
where wines may be examined and
sold.
That portion Of the report touching
upon the probable wine yield for 1885
reads as follows
The recent Eot weather prevailing
throughout the state has so affected the
grape crop that we deem it prudent
here to a material reduction
in the estimated output OF wine for 1883.
1t becomes daily evident that, owing to
heat, drouth, phylloxera and vine-hop,
pers, we shall make less wine than in
1886, and but little more, if any, than
in 1887. We believe that a liberal es'
innate would amount to II 900 900 gal
Ions; of this 1900, 900 gallons will be
made in the Coast counties. OF the
remainder from the interior a large
part is annually converted into brandy
and sweet wines. Altogether over