Omaha daily bee., 1893-10-02
o AND THiyGs.

Disrespectful critics go so far az to make
light of senatorial gas.
Estimates Of the worlds hop crop going
the rounds are premature. The season has
not yet opened.
Another gigantic oil trust has been lubri-
Gated in New Jersey. The Mosquito state is
the favorite haunt of blood suckers.
The originator Of ghost dancing was n
Nevadnn, but 1t was not known until the
past week that he abdicatcd in favor OF
Stewart.
A Kansas minister argues that r%ainmakers
are vlolators of the divine law. Most patrons
of cloud-compellers have reached the conclu-
sion that they are confidence men.
AChicago paper wakes eloquent in recit-
ing the details of a rebuke administered to
the street railway company. The rarity Of
the thing doubtless prompted the flow Of
joyous periods.
Miss Lillian Stephenson Is the republican
nominee for school commissioner in the First
Oneida IN. " district. Her democratic
competitor is Miss Laura f.. Mayhem. Miss
Stephenson is a brilliant young teacher.
Prof. Ruge say that Columbus didn't re-
cclve as much salary per month. as admiral,
as Is paid to each nf the Columbian guards
at the fair. And he probably did not feel
nearly so important rs many of them.
Two train robbers have been given quar-
tiers in the pcnitentiaries of Illinois and
Missouri. Whether they will join Mcclure,
the Nebraska exile, in the near future de-
Ponds on the convenience of the ventilator.
Charles 7. O'Ferrall, the democratic can
didate for governor of Virginia, is u native
oil Frederick county and SO years old. He
was In the confederate army during the war,
and was a colonel when he surrendered with
Lee. lie is a member of congress and has
Dcen In the house since 1882.
a rustic visiting the Fair City objected to
three squares of corned beef and cabbage
with hash variations, and was promptly
lainDasted for his rudeness. But rustic folly
did not stop there. He invoked the aid of
the courts and was rewarded with Il liberal
me and costs, which diminished the swell
ing of his purse. Discouraging rs the expert
encc was the unfortunate may console him
self in having secured strong and lasting
impressions of the big show.
G. w. Dye of Eberton, Ga, who died a few
days ago, bequeathed his whole estate,
valued at $500, 900, to a negro family, the mem
bers of which he had owned before the war.
lie was an eccentric man and in ante bellum
days was Il large Shareholder, living on a
baronlal estate upon which no white woman
was allowed to set foot. With che abolition
of slavery he still retained his lands and
built up another fortune with the assistance
OF the negroes TO whom he bequeathed every
thing.
MIR. Bunker of Lewiston, Me, is a lawyer.
lie Is likewise u mighty man of war. ACa
county fair at Ellsworth recently he LAID
aside his gown and wig and distinguished
himself by wrestling with and thro wing n
9OO-pound bull. He mex cleared a seven-foot
fence at n bound, and passed the rest of the
day pleasantly in stopping n team of horses
and thrashing three loafers who were an
noying some ladies'. Mr.. Bunker, it is
hardly necessary to say, is always listened
to with respect when he rises to object dur
ing the trial of a case. The lawyers on the
other side give way with a ready courtesy
which is not altogether usual in the legal
profession.