Omaha daily bee., 1888-03-30

division, will be called Morse Bluff, In
order that the station name may con-
form TO that OF the postoffice.
A Fremont society dude, who is in
great demand as a fortune teller, created
profound sensation a few evenings ago
by. innocently predicting that young
lady, whose horoscope he was casting,
''would be fond wife and mother in six
months" The society dude saved his
scalp by retreating to Omaha. He will
keep shady till fly time.
The State Democrat has issued a
handsome spring edition of Lincoln g
growth and prosperity and future pros
poets. It is q compact and attractive re-
view OF the capital city, its railroad
facilities, manufactures, wholesale
trade and general business. The illus
trations OF prominent business blocks,
residences, state institutions, the pack
ing houses and street views are es-
pecially fine and the letter press superb.
The edition, if planted literally among
the investors OF the east will prove u
strong and profitable card for the city.
The Democrat is entitled TO substantial
commendation for its timely and taste
full work.
The Pinkerton cutthroats imported
by the Burlington road and spread over
the state to club and insult peaceable
citizens, are steadily cultivating neck
tie party. The few people who from ne
cessity patronize tn G scab route are fa-
miliar with their omineering conduct
and filthy language. Nothing better
could be expected from a gang picked
up from the scums of Chicago. The as
sault on Mr.. Dean in Lincoln Wednes-
day, is one of the score of outrages
committed on people who risk
so@pan eoep lives MR. in rBomSs BssrSni7ing jones ses
IndianoIa visited McCook last Monday
| on business. After purchasing return
| ticket and while waiting for train a
Pinkerton thug grabbed him by the arm
and insisted on seeing his ticket. Jones
refused to give it up. The Pinkerton
man grabbed his arm and in the strug-
| gle Jones was thrown against bench,
| cutting his head open. Then three
| other Pinkerton men jumped onto
| him, showed him into corher and
| pounded him about the face and head in
| a most shameful manner and finally
| succeeded in taking the ticket away
| from him. They aid not attempt any
party returned the ticket to Jones, who
paid his fare on the train and will keep
| the ticket as memento of the most dis
| graceful outrage that has occurred since
| the strike commenced. Jones did not
| attempt to prosecute his assailant. He
| was too glad to get out Of a town that
permits such scoundrels to live within
| its boundaries.
iowa Items.
1t is unlawful to catch fish with q
] seine in Iowa waters before June Is.
Estherville has society called "the
| rope holders 1t is not vigilant COM
mittee, as might be supposed.
| It'll the unanimous opinion that Fos-
ter, the Burlington weather prophet,
| should be strangled. He predicted the
last storm and says there will be more
| of them this week.
Railroad Commissioner Coffin will be
| officially inferred next Saturday. Ex-
| Lieutenant Governor Frank t. Camp
bell has been appointed by Governor
Larrabee to succeed him.
A man with his wife and little baby
struck Marshalltown Monday. They
said they had been burned out in Ne
braska, where the man had been rum
ming steam sawmill on the Platte
river, in Buffalo county, and were on
their way to Chicago. At their request
the overseer of the poor gave them a
ticket to Cedar Rapids.
| ..7Nr ' Dakota.
| Flandrau has just formed a creamery
company.
Good farm hands are reported scarce
in various parts of Dakota.
| Material is being delivered for the
erection of public hall in Bridgewater
to be built by joint stock company.
| The death of Hon. George w. Cass,
| of New York, will be regretted by many
| residents of eastern Dakota. The gen.
eral had large interests in the Red river
valley, and it was for him Cass county
was named by Hon. Judson LaMoure,
then in the legislature.
| The enterprlsing Methodist ladies of
| Yankton have invented another new
social. 1t is known as the flag social.
| All the ladies carry flags of the different t
nations and discourse sweet music to
correspond with the nationality of the
flags of which they are the bearers.