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Omaha daily bee., 1889-04-01
A Curious Suit.

DEs MONIES, Ia., March 3l.--ISpecial to
The BEE. "A rather curious case is pending
IN the district court of this county, and will
be heard next month. Sarah Freed asks the
court to dissolve her marriage with Abra-
ham Lincoln Cox, for the reason that IS null
and void. The question arises if it is null
and void, why Is the court asked to dissolve
1t. The explanation is that Sarah committed
matrimony the second time, supposing that
her first husband was dead. But like Enoch
Arden, he turned up, and unlike Euoch, he
was not willing to go oway again and give
NO. the right of way So Mrs. Freed de-
sires to have the second marriage formally
dissolved as protection against a tecnical
CharRe of hipamv
Omaha daily bee., 1889-04-01
The Des Moines Ball Clnb.

DEs MONIES, Ia, March 81 Special to
The BEE. THE members of the Des Moines
base ball club are expected to assemble here
in few days Another player has recently
been signed, Fred M. Tilden, who will guard
center field He is a Harvard man, and was
great ball player while in college, leading
the entire league in batting. He lives in
Chicago and played last year with one of
the city league teams there. He has refused
heretofore to join professional term, but
has finally consented to come to Des Moiues
The club will have new uniforms this season,
quite novel and neat. The suits will be
black tight-fttlng Jerseys with dark red
trimmings.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-04-01
A PoDuIar Idea.

DEs MONIES, Ia, March 3l.-tSpecial to
THE BEE. The idea of having the old sol
giers present flags for the school boys to
cherish is proving a very popular one. 1t
began at Mt. Pleasant, when the Grand
Army post there gave a flag to the high
school. The practice has been repeated in
several cities. The members of the Crocker
post G. A. r., and the Crocker Womens
Relief Corps of this city, have just decided
to present flag to the pupils of the new
ished, but when the dedication takes place
one prominent feature will be the presenta-
tion of regulation United States flag to the
young Americans who are fast coming on to
take the place OF the veterans who are as
rapidly passing away.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-04-01
Eich, Million Dollars an Acre.

Chicago Journal: The highest price
ever paid for piece of Chicago real
estate was that given by Mr.. II. H..
Kohlsaatt for the northwest corner Of
Dearborn and Madison streets. The
dimensions OF the property are 2Oxi0
feet, and the price paid was Sl50,O00,
which is equivalent to 81, $50 per front
foot, $3.50 per square foot, $l.30 per
square inch, or about $S.0O0,000 per
acre. This corner is considered one Of
the finest in the city, and Mr. Kohlsaat
pose OF throwing any money away. The
property is known as the Daniels
corner, and the fee IS in Mr.. Tomap
Wheeler
Omaha daily bee., 1889-04-01
HANDEL.
Incidents i'm the Life of the Great
Composer.

Incidents i'm the Life of the Grea,
Composer.
| Even Handel, though generally pros
| porous, had his own early STRUGGLES.
says writer in the Youths Companion.
| "A father should hail with enthusiasm
any signs OF natural genius in his child,
| but when Handel's father noticed the
| genius for music in his son George he
did his best to suppress it and to con-
| vert the boy from musician into q law
yer. Fortunately his mother was not
quite so infatuated. She allowed the
| boz, to secret in his garret spinet on
| winch he was able to play where no one
| could hear him, and at the age of seven
| he could play and improvise.
He owed his emancipation from his
fathers opposition to one of those un-
seen acts of Gods providence which
men nickname chance" He had an
elder brother who was in the service Of
the duke of Weissonfels, and one day
his father went to see him. He re-
fused to take George, but the boy
till his father gave way to his obsti-
macy, took him into the carriage and
bore him forward to the fulfillment of
his destiny. ~
In the dukes chapel was an organ,
and George, unable to resist tho tempta-
tion, crept up to 1T after the service was
over and began to play.
who is that who is playing so re-
markably?" asked the duke.
my little BROTHER" answered the
page.
The duke, who was wiser than DR..
Handel, at once persuaded him to let
the child follow the bent of his genius.
The father reluctantly consented, and
Handel became n pupil of Friedrich
Zachau, the organist of Halle cathedral.
BY the age of eleven he had learnt all
that Iachau could teach him, and the
conscientious organist advised him to
go to Berlin where his talents surprised
all the musicians, and woke the envy Of
his future rival Buononcini.
The elector offered to send him to
Italy to finish his musical education,
but his father refused the offer. AT Dr.
Handel's death George had to accept
the post of violinist in the opera house
at Hamburg. His superiority to all the
members of the orchestra soon became
evident, and when on one occasion he
suddenly took the place of the absent
player on the harpsichord, Mattheson.
one OF his fellow-muslcians, got so furi-
GUS with him, that their quarrel ended
in duel. During the fight Mattheson's
sword broke short either on Il metal
button of Haudel's coat, or on a music
score which he carried in his breast
pocket: and so his life was saved to en-
rich the world, IN due time, with the
matchless choruses of the Messiah"
Omaha daily bee., 1889-04-01
A ROMANCE IN OIL,
An Income of Five Dollars a Minute
That Did Not Last.

The death OF Mrs. James s. McCary.
at this place.. recalls AN interesting o
"reminiscences of the oil region, saws a
Franklin penn special to the Phila-
delphia Record. The McCrays owned n
small farm on top OF Oil Creek hill.
near Petroleum Center, ,Venango county
for which they paid $1,000. In October.
1870, Kcefer & Watson struck a flowing
oil well on lands adjoining it, and Me-
Crhy's farm was at once in the market
as oil property. He leased the farm in
small lots at 81 600 au acre bonus and
half the oil. In short time the farm
was producing 2,700 barrels of oil day,
and oil mt that time was worth So n bar
rel. McCrae's share OF this producti on
gave him an income Of S. a minute,
night and day. lie was offered $780,
600 for his farm but would not accent il.
He did not sell his oil as fast as pro-
duced, but built iron tanks and stored
IT for still higher price. He was Of
fered another $500 900 cash for his 1884,
900 barrels he had in tanks, but wanted
an even So a barrel. The market soon
aiterward dropped much below this fig-
ure, and large part Of McCray's oil
was destroyed by lightning. Some of it
leaked and ran into the creek, aud he
sold " hat was left for 81 barrel. Nc
Cray has been the victim Of many
sharpers, but he has still enough of his
bonanza fortune left to live at his ease.
He is now an old man, and the death of
his wife leaves him alone.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-04-01
Hon,lCiristian specht.

oPtCuts
Representative Chris Specht experiences
no mingled feelings of sadness and pleasure
over his eseapefffom the legislature. He is
heartily glad that the seige is over, and gives
II out in as plapl English as he can master
that he don't want any more of it. at was
a fight for me dll the time I was there"
said MIR. Speehtb to BEE reporter last
evening. THE passage of senate Ale No. 0
protecting the Holders of insurance policies
from having their losses cut down by adjust
ers was my 6rsb1ight There was lots Of
Doodle there TO defeat the bill, but we got it
through. made lots of enemies among the
boodlers by my fight against the state prin-
ters' bill. Omaha had anumber of profitable
measures passed. The number of justices of
the peace has been reduced from eighteen to
six. The bill deciding the high school prop
ertp to the city instead Of to the school board
settles that question. The city hall
will be constructed under the super
vision of the city council in
stead of under the board of public
works, The saloon license business IL trans-
ferred to the fire and police commission and
the city council given power to license pawn
brokers, auctioneers circuses and the like.
The fight in favor of the Butler and Kennard
claims was bitter one and l received abuse
enough for my opposition to them to last mo
the rest OF my natural life."
Omaha daily bee., 1889-04-01

SALTWATER, Mimi, March 3l.-[Special
Telegram to.rHE BEE. "A miscreant deliber.
ately set fire to a load Of hay on Pine street,
on which the owner, Nicholas Lies, was
riding into town. The fellow then ran away
at the top If his speed. Several boys who
saw the act yelled to the farmer, who slid
down off the load, detached the horses from
the wagon aud securing the assistance OF
men who chanced TO be near tipped the wagon
mass. The horses, wagon and harness were
saved, hut the unlucky owner was severely
burned. The police think they have clue
to the pcrpetratpr
Omaha daily bee., 1889-04-01
The 80" Retrenchment.

BURLINGTON, Ia, March 31.--[Special to
HE BEE. 1.-The work of retrenchment has
actively been entered upon by the Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy management, and will
be extended where dollar can be saved.
On April 1 all shopmen, trackmen bridge
carpenters, and other laborers with VIII I'm
ten hours now constitute days labor, will
be cut down to eight hours Il day, equivalent
10 20 per cent reduction OF pay and ali
such employees whose services are not de-
manded by the most rigid necessity, will be
dismissed. Not less than $50 men will be
thrown out of employment in Iowa alone,
while an equal number, probably, will be
displaced in Illinois, with proportionate re-
ductiOns in Missouri and the west The two
main line passenger trains which were to
have been taken off on Sundays, commcnc-
Ing a week ago, but which were then contin-
ued, will positively be abandoned upon that
day, one being cut Off this evening ana both
of them every Sunday from now on. This
reduction alone will curtail the train service
o thousand miles u week. Two more pas
senger trains now doing local business be-
tween this city and erosion on week days,
will pe degraded to mixed or accommoda-
tiOn trains, run on slow time and made TO
earn their way, instead of being run on ex-
pense, as they now are The end has not
yet been reached, as the management is Ell
deavoring, il possible, to keep expenses
within the limit of the receipts as liked by
the Iowa commissioners A reduction of
clerical force will probably come before
long, though not positively announced as yet.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-04-01
The New Chief Justice.

DEs MONIES, H.. March Sl.-[Speclal "a
Tng BEE. IA pleasant little incident con.
nected with Judge Given's promotion from
tho district bench of this county to the su-
preme bench, was the presentation to him OF
the chair which he used here for nine years
in the court room of this city. At the sug-
gestion of the local bar the board OF super
ysors made him present Of the chair and
: put suitable silver plate upon it with an
appropriate subscription, showing that he
began to sit in that chair in 1880 rs Judge OF
the circuit court He served until the cir
cult court was merged into the district
court, and then in 1887 was placed upon the
district bench, where he retained the same
chair he had used so long. He now has it at
his home. AS chair it is not very much of
m affair, but rs an heirloom it will com
mand great value In the Given family.
The new chief Justice is taking hold Of his
work very firmly. He goes to the capitol
twice a day and puts in several hours hard
work in catching up with the delayed bust
mass Of the court.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-04-01
Interesting Meetings In Prospeo,.


DRs MONIES, Ia, March 3l.-lSpecial to
THE BEE. E.l-Much interest is being felt in
southwestern Iowa in the meeting of the
Blue Grass league, which Is to be held at
Creston, April 10. Adams, Adair, Apo
poose, Clack, Cass, Decatuer, Fremont,
Lucas, Madison, Montgomery, Mills, Page,
Pottawattamie, Taylor, Union, Warren and
Wayne counties are especially urged 10 send
representatives, The object of the meeting
IS TO continue the advantages OF soil, climate,
water and natural resources in these coun-
ties where the blue grass especially -four
ishes.
Another meeting next month of state inter-
est is the Grand Army encampment at Bur-
lington, April 8. The attendance promises
to be unusually large and the citizens OF Bur.
iington are making preparations for very
nosptaole reception. The governor and
most of the state officers will probably at
tend.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-04-01
The Kennedy Case.

DEs MoISEs, Ia,, March Sl.-TSpecial to
THE Bee. 1.-The Kennedy case at Dubuque
still hangs hre. His attorneys th!Eksh his
sentence Is to be commutod to imprisonment
for life. But the governor denies tina. he
has made any promise to that effect. Some
misunderstanding arose over the governors
recen. visit to Dubuque. The attorney for
6ennedy wrote the governor asking for a
meeting to confer IN regard 10 the case
phe governor delegated his private secretary
p ilsten 70 any proposition that might be
eiado. but did not give any assurance that
the request for c0mmvtatior would be
Omaha daily bee., 1889-04-01

London Funny Folks: Fond and
Newly Married Hubby - Goodbye,
dovey. Sweetbreads, then, for dinnor,
at sharp.
Fond and Ditto Wific-Y ducky;
and, as | don't want to go out in the
snow, please order dozen ut the con-
fectiOner's as you pGss
Omaha daily bee., 1889-04-01

granted. IL Is thought that IL the attorneys
for Kennedy see that they are not gong 90
succeed with the governor, they will apply
10 the supreme court for o rehearing, and The
legal formations connected with the applica-
tion will carry the case past the expiration
Of Governor Larrabee's term, and then they
may have chance at n new governor. So 1t
IL likely to be some time before the Kennedy
case is settled
Omaha daily bee., 1889-04-01

She Kissed the Winning locke,

Aiter 'Hughy" Pcany had landed
Fountain winner Of the third race at
Gattenburg Yesterday says the New
York Morning Journal, he started for
the jockey room, but before he reached
IL an excited lady rushed after him into
the paddock, and, before Penny could
realize what had happened, she had
kissed him by way OF congratulatiou.
II is said She had won a lot OF money on
the victory OF Fountain, whose party
are said to be her relatives.
See flosps's Gcc pictures this week.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-04-01
Sparks Of Wit.
- - U~

Played out-Serenade music.
Hard to work-A lazy person.
Local toughs-Boarding house spring
chickens.
Bargains-Till profits.
Always on tap-Leather.
Even the most successful newspaper is
subject TO ad-verses.
Why is grammar a pious study Be-
cs use it mainly depends upon the
parsln'.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-04-01
Death of James FcnwIck.

James Fcnwicls. gentleman OF Seventy
four years, died yesterday noon at his resi-
dcncc 1924 Douglas street. His complaint
was inllaJnation of the bowels. His remains
will DC shipped to Craig. Neb., Tor intermcnt
Omaha daily bee., 1889-04-01

For Nebraska and Iowa: Fair, slightly
cooler, followed Monday by stationary tenn
perature, variable winds.
FOR Dakota; Fair, warmer, southerly
winds.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-04-01

years ago. Someone stated that II the ser.
geantet-arms, could not maintain order the
police departnlenG would De called in AS
consequence there was no throwing OF books
ana tossing baskets and the like at each
other when the assembly broke up.n
Omaha daily bee., 1889-04-01
special crops will do no good, and taken
alone, may do great harm. In short,

utaI measure. 2. In the beginning OF
an outbreak, the acreage In wheat,
barley and rye should be promptly re-
duoed or wholly abandoned. 8. II the
chlnch bug continues to increase, the
oats area should be rapidly diminished
corn and grass remaining the princi-
pal dependence, and clover being sub
sututed for the latter wherever prac-
ucable. Prof. G. V. Riley, in letter
TO the Northwestern Farmer, expresses
the theory that Dakota has so far been
exempted from the depredations OF this
pest because the state is so far north,
and the chinch bug Is by nature
southern insect.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-04-01
Tho Fire Record

CHICAGO, March 81. Decker &c Unrath's
packing house, at Fulton and Green streets,
was burned this morning. Loss, $4,000
Omaha daily bee., 1889-04-01
A Caution 20 stockmen.

:, The ,i, raw, stormy days y Of Of early spring
weather of winter, and unless this is
guarded against by liberal rations, says
the Nebraska Farmer, they will be
likely to lose as much flesh and general
condition during the next two months
to offset what has been gained in the
way of food saved during the winter.
Experienced feeders do not need TO be
reminded of the advantage of liberal
rations at this season, but there are
many who will be surprised to find the
mild winter has not in the end saved
them anything. The winter has been
SO mild that many will relax their care
OF stock now spring is approaching. at
loss in the end If they are not careful.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-04-01
Chinch Bugs.

The chinch-bug question is still re-
ceiving great attention from entomolo-
gists and experiment stations. The
Illinois state entomologist draws the
following conclusions concerning them:
Whatever may be done by cropping
against the chinch bug must he done
early, or not at all. II action be de-
layed year after year, until these in
sects become excessively NUMEROUS. the
abandonment OF wheat and nthsr
Omaha daily bee., 1889-04-01
Nebraska Grasses.

PernapS the most interesting general
discussion held by the Nebraska I'm
proved Stock Breeders association grew
out of Prof. Bessey's paper on expert
Western Stockman and Cultivator. The
truth expressed by Prof. Bessey that
''fine stock requires fine food" turned
the discussion on to the subject of the
tame grasses. Most of the members
of the association have tried timo-
thy, clover, bluegrass, orchard
grass, and red-top, with varying
results, depending on the season and
method of seeding. The general expert
ence seems to be that seeding with the
above named grasses on prairie sod is
Improbable owing to the time required
to get good stand of tame grass, and
the uncertainty OF getting a stand at
all. That seeding with timothy ana
in the spring, is the most generally sue
cessful. Some have had good results
from seeding with grass alone in the
spring, but the summer growth of weeds
must be cut in this case. AS to the
value of grasses named, clover stands
first. Mr.. Barlow, president of Her.
ford association, said Of clover, in pri-
vate talk with the editor of livestock man,
that clover would stand in our soil
longer than any of the tame grasses;
would smother out timothy II given
proper treatment the first season."
Timothy inclines to form punches with
some farmers. Blue grass won't stand
our hot suns-is good spring and fall
pasture. Orchard grass is not valuable.
Red-top is valuable with other grasses
on damp ground. We think every
farmer in the state ought TO SOW field
of clover this spring.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-04-01
Testing Clover Seed.

Glover seed should be carefully
tested before sowing, says the Nebraska
Farmer. Much Of the commercial arti-
Gle is of a poor quality, and will scarcely
germlnate. Many who would not think
of planting corn or sowing wheat with
out first testing their wheat by germin-
tion, ''go blind" as regards clover seed.
But we seldom hear any one say that
lack of success in securing ID good stsnd
Of clover is properly attributable to
poor seed. The fact Of the matter is,
poor clover seed is much more common
than one would suspect, and we
strongly advise our readers to run no
risks of failure by not knowing the true
nature of the seed before using il. The
supply OF seed should be purchased be-
fore everybody is ordering, so it will be
received promptly. Germinate the seed
on flannel, kept moist and in suitable
temperature. COuUt the seeds so the
percentage which grows can be estab-
lished.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-04-01
Hoods SarsapariIIa

Sod by ull druggists. 81; six for ~.
oaly by l. noon Il CO.. Lowell, Mass,
100 Doses One Dollar
Omaha daily bee., 1889-04-01
Churn Often.

Unless one has good facilities for
keeping cream cool it should be churn-
ed within twenty-four or forty-eight
the New York Tribune. Much butter is
rendered abominable by allowing the
cream to get very sour and even moldy
before churning it. 1t will not do to
keep it long in hot weather, when the
air is full of all forms of microscopic
life, both animal and vegetable. Keep
it from the air as much as possible, keep
it cool and stir it thoroughly as often rs
new cream is added, and churn as often
as every other day. Each day is better,
but good butter can be made by churn-
ing every other day if cream is proper
ly kent
Omaha daily bee., 1889-04-01
OF INTEREST TO THE FARMER
What Grasses Are Best Adapted to
Nebraska Soil2
HINTS FOR EARLY GARDENERS.
Stockmen, Look Out For the Raw
Spring Days-The Testing of
Glover Sced-The Chinch
Bug Question.
Some Hints for Early cardepinp

The Western Stockman and Guilt
vator, published in this city, gives the
following hints on early gardening:
Potatoes can be started before plant
ing by cutting as for ordinary planting
and spreading the pieces thinly over o
layer OF dirt In n shallow box, and kept
in warm room. When started, trans
fer to rows in the garden, handling
carefully so as not to break off the
young sprouts, cover shallow with
earth, and then cover the row with
horse manure to keep from frost. This
is worth trying with one or two rows.
for by this means new potatoes may be
had ten days or two weeks earlier than
by the usual method.
All such hardy vegetables as onions,
beets, radishes and lettuce may be
planted as soon as the soil is dry enough
to rake the seed in. Only small
patch Of each need be planted early, as
there is no hurry for the main crop, but
a small amount OF these coming very
early is a great luxury.
A few plants of early cabbage and to-
matoes, say one dozen OF each, given
extra care will prove very satisfactory.
They can be set in the open ground at
almost any time and glass fruit jar
turned over them. 1t won't hurt the
fruit jar, and the glass attracts warmth
and aids growth. Early Jersey Wake
field cabbage will make pretty good
heads by June Goth, and the Acme or
Trophy tomatoes with good treatment
will ripen by August lst.
The earliest garden vegetable is as
paragus. This vegetable is not in very
general use on farmers tables but
should be. The old sparrow grass" OF
the Virginians is very hardy, forms per-
manent beds, requires almost no care
or labor after once started and should
have place in every garden. 1t takes
about three years to get a good stand
from seed. a bed four feet by ten will
supply a good sized family, and is as
palatable as green peas. Connover's
Colossal is the favorite kind of aspara-
gus and should have directions for
growing on seed package.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-04-01

See Iosps's Gcc pictures this week.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-04-01

a sClGbY Ell druggists. a.; six for g. Prepared
| ouiy by C.l. HCoo * CO.. Lowell, Mass.
IOc Doses one Dollar
Bridgeton pioneer., 1889-02-21
yTaurEcefOwn News.

The anniversary of the Maurice
town M. E. Church was held Friday,
Rev. JOS Mickle, of MillvilIe, had
charge of the morning services; Rev.
Smith, of Dorchester, in the afternoon.
followed by Rev VIM. Stockton. In
the evening Rev. Mr.. Bilderback Off
ciated.
Many hearts are glad in this place
that the hotel is vacant and the pro-
prietor moved away.
The Ladies' Aid Society are to give
a grand entertainment on the Esd of
February, in Union Hall. The lads
and lassies are to turn out and have a
Martha Washington Tea Party. All
are invited to come and see George
Washington and his family. Proceeds
to go for benefit of church. Doors
open at 7 O'clock, and begin at s o'clock
sharp. Tea and refreshments served
in the Hall. Come and get the worth
of your money.