The frontier., August 18, 1881, Image 1

About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965

Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE

                
The Ban Equjpted Office n the Nobthwest.
VOLUME n.
O’NEILL CITY,
HOLT COUNrY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1881, NUMBER 4. ~
_ __- - --—- ——y.:f
jjFBBiwti new*.
Omaha’b current ezpeaeea lor July
amounted to ««£».«•.
Pierce wants a through doily moil
rente* on the earn
Prompted by a glutting at the month
for Hoe of Nebraska’* deUdous melon crop,
editor* ere Indulging the moet tempting re
minder* to farmer*. The man who bring* the
largest melon eecnre* the longest “puff.”
Friends of Hon. Church Howe, whole
rick at Calvert, were alarmed on the 8th,about
hlacondttion. He had a aecond conreatlr*
riifli followed by fever, pulee running to 1*0,
sod unconscious. Kelt morning phyaldana
reported the fever cheeked and if chills did
not retain the aymp’otn* were favorable.
Dr. J. K. Ish, of Oub, is deid.
The um of this gentleman to familiar to
Mori; every elttaao of Omaha oad to the old*
or nddentf of the state at laip. Ha came
kora In 1867 from Virginia, and, »hUa follow
log principally the drag business, haa bean
IdentIBi d with many antarprlam which stand
aa aubstantlal moonmenta to hie memory, and
was known as a good elUsea, whose loss say
' communl»y might deeply mean. Tngemma
tion of the bowels waa hie malady.
Rye is reported s good crop as a gen
eral thing, and many farmers contemplate
.1 sowing more extensively of this crop than
usual. It would be wise to do so, as Insect
enemies to wheat and corn seem to be ap
proaching this portion of the country both
from the east and west, the army worm and
hessian iy, and early maturing grain like rye,
would he a valuable suiwtltute for this great
hog and cattle region In case those Insect
enemies ebou'd evade our oora fields next
year. Bow largely to lye; It cannot he amiss
anyway.—Osnsee Mai.
Everything is progressing finely in
the matter of the coming state exposition, and
there Is no doubt but the brilliant anticipa
tions of Its success will he fully realised.
The Union Pacific railroad company Intend to
make a grand exhibit this year of grain and
minerals collected along the line of their road
FOr this purp-iee they will buil-l at once aa
addition forty feet square to the west end of
Domestic hall, which will be need exclusively
lor the display aforementioned. Joshua Budd
has already gone west to secure the collection
of minerals, and J. T. Allen Is at work select
tag the grain specimens.
The Linooln Journal makes tbs com
pletion of the RAM. peasrnger depot the
eubje.it of a three column article, with a
picture of the structure as It appears. In
some general remarks at the beginning It
claims for Lincoln more brick business houses
completed and In course of construction than
possessed by any other city In the state, or In
any of the neighboring states. “Before the
enow files,'' It adds, “sixtv-four new hr'i k
business h uses will be completed and occa
pied. Many of them are three stories iu
height and occupy the full length and widih
of V e lota they are built upon.” The depot
completed cost 1116,000.
Artificial Diamonds.—Hew They Were
Mafic.
Dr. root’s Health Moothlj.
Hr. Banner, the Uls-gow chemist,
who succeeded in producing carbon
crystals which V* careful examination
by experts, proved to be real diamonds,
has at lest explained the method by
which be produced them. His experi
ments were bold, expensive and oft re
peated. Out of eighty only three sue
needed. Violent explosions were fre
quent, furnaces were blown to picoes,
steel tubes hurst, and as a ne result be
produced a few small crystals of dia
mond which would have but little mone
tary value. Furthermore, he confessed
to having infused in himself a very
weak stale of the nervous system caus
ed by working under such difficulties
and dangers. The crystals were at last
produced by a tube of coiled Loromoor
iron twenty inches long, four inches in
diameter, having an internal bore of
only half an inch. In it were placed a
mixture of 90 per cent, bone oil, 10 tier
cent, paraffine spirit, and about 66 grains
of metal lithium. The open end of
the tube wns welded air-tight, and the
whole was heated to redness for four
teen hours, a process which of course
caused a tremendous temperature with
In me ruDe, me same process naving
' exploded many tubes tried previously.
After allowing the tube to oool and
opening it, he found within a small
mass adhering to the sides which was
quite black. From this black mass he
obtained the oystalline carbon. Paraf
fine spirit is made up of carbon and
hydrogen, and it is supposed that the
metal lithium went into union with the
hydrogen leaving the gaseous carbon
which, under the intense heat and
pressure, was crystallised into the solid
form which we call diamonds. If this
experiment can be regarded a an in
dication of nature's process the tempera
s tore of the earth must have been at one
time much higher than anything we
can now produce artificially, with a
pressure so enormous as to be a>most
beyond calculation. The earth which
now affords habitation for man mutt
have undergone wonderful changes sincv
it eras capable of producing the dia
mond.
The Retert Ceurteens.
The following anecdotes are told ol
Henry W. Paine: While on hie way In
the hone t ars to Cambridge, he was ob
served by one of the younger and lesser
lights of the bar, who was aoqnainted
with him, reading a sheep-covered book,
and the young man, catching his eye,
said: “Ah! Mr. Paine, reading lawf I
• thought you knew the law, and it was
f for youngsters to study it,’’ Gravely
be replied: “I am not reading law. I
am reading one of the decisions of the
Massachusetts supreme court." The
best, however, of all. whose aoruracy is
vouched for by many persons, is a litt e
passage of arms between Mr. Paine and
the chief justice. During a trial Mr.
Paine, while calmly arguing a legal
point to the full bench, was interrupted
by Chief Justice Gray, who said, “Mr.
Paine, you know that is not the law of
this state.Without tne change of a
muscle, without an elevation of his
voice, with only a little pallor about the
temples to show that he felt the insult,
Hei-iy W. Pa'ne said, “I beg your
honor's pardon- It was the law in this
commonwealth until your honor just
spoke.” The emphasis on the “was,'
the nioe discrimination between “your
honors," the full bench, and “your
honor," who had criticised him, caused
the burly chief justice’s fsee to assume
a redder tint than high living had al
ready implanted on it.
Ti e first p isi maooposU was pub
lished in MutvmhniT In 1641.
Tk . .I iim ska.
Thousands ot lives are destroyed bv
- diseases of the kidneys and liver. Kid
ney-Wort would save them. Tell
the sick of it, and that it la foreale by
oil druggists in either diyoyUquidfonn.
V rffiwm Timt.
NEWS OF THE WEEK
aiansui.
For 25 cents a word yon now can
send a cable dispatch to England end France.
Lapham, the new senator from the
empire state, wss a da female of Stephen A.
Doqglaas.
The to wn of Carello, Mendocino conn*
ty, California, wss recently wiped oat by ire.
Loss, not known.
It is claimed that at the lord mayor’s
banquet to King Kalakua In London his may*
esty got drank as a lord.
A dispatch from Morristown, N. J.,
August dth, announces the death of Orrllla
Grant at Morris Plains.
The Indian bureau baa information
that the Utes an peacefully and quietly pre
paring for a change of reservation.
On the 30th ultimo, the Boston base
ball club played the Troy nine at Boston, the
former scoring 4 tunes to the letter's nothing,
Frank Murphy the temperance orator,'
has gone to England, intending to organise a
temperance movement In that country and
Ireland.
Secretary Kirkwood, wbo bad been
ill for several days, spent a couple of boors at
the department on the 4th, attending to ’ nb
11c business.
Gen. Hancock b i accepted the invi
tation extended him through Secretary of War
Uncoln to command the troops at the York
town centennial.
Dr. Hamilton, on tbe 4th inst, said:
•‘You may quote me as saying that the presi
dent will most certainly get well. I consider
him out of dagger.”
Secretary Blaine and family bare
left the capital for Aognsia, Ms After
visiting that city, they will no to watering
places to remain six weeks.
Investigation shows nine-tentbs of
the bags used in Canada are property of the
United States, and the^Cansd an government
has begun manufacturing bigs.
The vote on tbe question of prohibi
tion in North Carolina, though not counted, is
believed to he overwhelmingly against It.
The majority is thought to be 40,000.
Judge James D. Colt, of the Massa
chutseta state supreme court, suicided In his
private room at Pith-Held, sending a pistol
bell Into bis head. His health had been very
bed.
The Minneapolis Tribune estimates
the total wheat crop of Minnesota this year
will be 80,866,685 bushels, being an average
yield of about 14 bushels to the acre. The
excess over lest year is 1,484,886. Quality
good.
It is thought Judge John J. Lowell,
of Massachusetts, will succeed tbe deceased
Justice of the U. 8. supreme court. Senator
Edmunds, of Vermont, will doubtless be ap
pointed to take tbe place of Justice Hunt, of
New York, who is incapacitated from sitting.
Vennor says we may expect a great
change In the weather about the time the new
eomet is In perlbell m, the 20th of August or
during the week from the 15th to the Doth.
Instead of being burnt up as many aspect,
we shall be nearly trosen by frosts and strong
cold northerly winds
A young man named Hobt. Haltinger
was recently found dead In bed at Chicago.
Upon investigation it waa discovered that be
had taken a due of morphine, and adminis
tered the same to bis eweet-beart, Kate Hill,
who, It is feared, will not survive. The cause
of the suicide was the opposition of parents to
their love affairs.
Advances from Pine Rid >e agercy,
Neb., say Crow Dog, captain of police at Rose
bud agency, shot and tnatantly killed Spotted
Tall about 8 o’clock, Friday afternoon, Aug.
Mb. There had been an ill feeling between
them fo 'some time. Cn w Dog went to Fort
Niobrara to remain until further jevelopments.
Trouble Is anticipated.
A bill has been introduced and will
pass the legislature to suppress Mormonlsm In
Georgia. It provides that any peraon con
victed of teaching each principles or endeavor
ing lo demy emigrant Utah shall be fined
not exceeding 1100 or imprisonment for more
than one year or both at the discretion of the
court.
The strike of the union printers of
New York city was set down at a meeting held
last May for September 1st and Typographi
cal Union No. 0 is now preparing for the
event. The coining strike will not affect the
newspapers, all of which, with the exception
of two or three aftern xm papers, are now
paying more than the anion demands.
Tbe| thought-to-be fully matured
project for abridge at North Bend has fallen
through. Nearly $3,000 had i een raised by
subscription, but this amount failed to be an
Inducement It is possible a temporary cross
ing will be Improvised, which can be done at a
cost of less than 91,000, and would answer the
purpose in all ordinary seasons. The question
of a permanent bridge is thought to be only
(me of time.
* The Oakdale Independent presumes
that no bet sr flour is made in the* state than
that turned ouv from the Oakdale mills. Not
only is the whole appointment of the mill
in water power, flumes and machinery almost
perfect, but it is run by men of business and
experience, and by men who take pride in
their work all the way down from the pro
prietor to the teamster.
« a cyclone swept over Minnesota, in
the vicinity of St. Paul, August 5th, extend
ing as far east as Minomiuee, Wisconsin.
Great damage was done to wheat in stocks
and other small grain. Several houses were
blown over. The amount of damage cannot
be estimated, owing the the destruction of
means of communication. 8t Paul seemed
f or a time to be threatened, but fortunately
escaped.
A part of Victona a old band, under
the leadership of the heartless chief, Nina,
are committing blood curdling deeds in the
vidnity of Socorro, New Mexico. An engage
ment recently took place between them and
some Mexicans, when 13 of the latter were
killed. Two Indians that were capture 1, suf
fered death by being burned it the stake. A
general Indian war will doubtless result un
less the red devils direct their attack else
where. %
The debt statement shows the decrease
In the debt during the month of July to be
310,148,033; rash in the treasury, 3337,318,190;
gold certificates, 35,749,890; silver certificates,
351,983,980; certificates of deposit outstand
ing, 310,740,000; refunding certificates,
3858,850; outstanding legal-tenders, 3346,
881,018; fractional currency, 37,896,645; cash
available, August 1st, 3154,837,814; debt less
cash in tree ury August 1st, 31,830,590,188;
amount of 6 per cents continued at 314 per
cent, 1178,000,000
Ex-Governor John Begley, of Mich
igan, died in Bin Francisco on the 27 ult. In
the long line of Michigan's strong governors,
Mr. Bagley took the lowest position aa a man
of high character and mental strength, al
though be enjoyed a Wide personal popularity.
He wee only forty-nine yeere of age. He wee
e eeadidete for eenetor leet winter end wee
bedly defeated. Mr. Bagley’a position grew
oat of the wealth be acquired ee a manufac
turer of tobacco, and from hie popular man
ner!.
Gnitesn ia described by jail attend
ants aa one of the most quiet and inoflOnetre
prisoner! ia JslL Whenever he knows what
ia wanted of him- he compiles cheer
folly and never otters any complaint He
sleeps well and does not appear at all stricken
with remorse. Ail his wants are attended to
In his cell. His hair and beard was trimmed
by an attendant He doos not appear over
particular as to food, the only gpint he insist*
upon being that be ahall not be served with
fat meat, so a piece of lean is handed out to
him. He relishes his food and seems per
fectly contented with his meat, bread and
coffee.
The Indian bureau has received offi
cial Information of the killing of Spotted Tall
at Rosebud agency by Crow Dog, another
Sioux chief. A bad feeling had existed be
tween these wbl f»s and lately the secretary of
the Inter! r entered Spotted Till to come to
Washington to consult with the department
about the Sioux. The department thinks Crow
Dog got jealous of Spotted Tail’s prominence
and Influence, as the latter was killed the very
day be was to start for Washington. Crow
Dog was captain of tbs police at Rosebud
agency. Wben Spotted Tall and Crow Dog
were in Washington t ogether the last time
there was bad blood between them, and they
carried pistol4 for each other. Spotted Tall
was ambitious to become chief of all the
Sioux, and Crow Dor' waa an aspirant for great
honors.
The first reliable information con
cerning the conclave of Irishmen at Chicago
was not obtained till they had been in session
for six days. The Rev. Dr. Geo. C. Betts, of
St. Louis, was chairman of this meeting, and
Mr. Hines, of Chicago, who was reported as
being chairman, says he was not even a mem
ber, but was a consulting attorney. Dele
gates were present under assumed names,
from Glasgow, Dublin, Cork and several En
glish cities. The gathering was engaged -in
selecting a governing body, who shall pre
scribe a mode of proceedings f r the future
and call a convention of Irishmen at some
point, not given out, in the year 1882, upon
the anniversary of the date when the Gratten
volunteers obtained victory for Irish indepen
dence. The gathering will, it Is expected, be
the most important and decisive of any in
the history of Ireland. The delegates were
united in denying they represent the dyna
mite idea, but agreed they were willing even
to use that live agent against the actual army
erf occupation. They say no royal scion has
been singled out for destruction.
A water spout recently burst at Cen
tral City, Colorado, and flooded that town and
neighboring villages. The streets were a
rush! g torrent, water several feet deep pass
ing down them at the rate of 15 miles an
hour Stores were flooded and the sidewalks
and streets filled with rubbish. Rocks weigh
ing five or six hundred pounds were rolled aloDg
the streets like pebbles. Houses andeverything
in the track of the flood were swept away. In
an incredibly abort time the atreets were
cleared of people, everybody seeking shelter.
The whole length of the gulches from Neva
cUville on one aide, and the head Kureka on
the other, presented the most desolate scene
imaginable. R tad ways are entirely destroyed
in many places, the ruts beiDg rive and six feet
deep and extending for hundreds of yards.
The entire length for about three miles is
strewn with debris of every kind. At several
points between Central and Black Hawk, the
debris Is piled twenty-flve feet high. Eureka
street for 4 quarter of a mile is one mass of
rocka and rubbish. The flood lasted but t wenty
minutes, but the damage is estimated at $50,
000, sustained by the highway. A nu.nber of
small h roses upon it were washed aw»r, and
many residences and stores were flooded and
mud and sand was deposited on floors and in
cellars to a depth of several feet. Advices
from Idaho Springs say it was the severest
ever felt- several houses in Virginia canon
were carried away, and a six-} ear old girl
drowned. Many old railroad and county
bridges between the forks of the creek and
Idaho Springs were swept away. Nearly all
of the business part of the town was flood
ed and stores damaged. The damage done
to Idaho Springs will amount to $200,000.
The Chicago Times of the 5*h, gives
an account of a mysterious conclave of promi
nent Irishmen at one of the eity’s leading ho
tels. Something like a hundred persons were
present. Their deliberations were entirely
secret, even the floor of the room being cover
ed with saw dust. The account says it has
leaked out that this is the dynamite crowd,
who are considering not whether the explo
sive shall be nsed against England, bat the
most feasible way of using it. It was finally
decided that dynamite shall be employed on
vessels and in cities. The Unsocial condition
is good, at present, and committees have been
appointed to provide for the future, and levy
a tax to raise more. A delegation of city
priests, waited on the members of this con
clave, and begged them with solemn adjura
tions and impressive arguments to desist
from their plots and adjourn at once. They
refused to listen to such argument and advice,
saying that they went there for business, and
were determined to accomplish their purpose.
The Tribum'* inf >rmation has the folllowing
particulars and contradictions: The meeting
is composed largely of representatives of the
“Clan Na Gael” society and the Emmet Mon
ument association (founded on Emmet’s
declaration that his epitaph should not be
written until his country was free). Measures
were taken todlsaasoclate the Irish name and
nation from the insane ravings of O’Donovan
Botes, and to unite the governing body of the
various organisations into one, with headquar
ters on the South Side, New York or Philadel
phia. It was decided to use greater exertions
to equip the Irish revolutionists with war
material, and to settle the bickerings about
the skirmishing fund. In the latter connec
tion this meeting is merely preliminary to one
to be held in New York by the ‘ Clan Na
Gaels” on the 16th Inst The association
disavows any sympathy with the British
government, and doesn't believe in dynamite,
except as applied to the destruction of the
actual army of occupation. They believe any
thing is justifiable by which English power
may tie driven from Ireland.
cmi.ne.
A. D. Wheelock, a clerk in the em
ploy of 1. C. Wolcott A Co., bankers, New
York, waa left to eloae op business the other
day, an 1 lock up the vault. Instead of doing
so, be aecnnd cheeks and aecurili.s to the
amount of 000,000 and left for unknown parte.
He la tuppoeed to hare celled.
roREitn.
■HeLAKD.
In the commons, the other day, Par
nell was named for offensive language and
for disregarding the autlority of the chair,
and Gladstone moved his suspension for the
remain.’er of the sitting. Parnell interrupted
Gladstone and said he would not go through
the farce of awaiting a vote, as the apei 'ter
interfered with the freedom of discussion.
He then quitted the house. The motion for
hla suspension was carried—US to 140. In
neUwaanem*HorpW!lftlfif|{S gpfte pf the
•poker’s ruling, Id raising the question ef
Irish political prisoned, and declaring the
•Dthoritj of the commons wee always on the
aide of power. Parnell, on leering, said: *•!
call the public to witness that yon, Mr. Speak
er.hare refused ua the freedom of dlscuaeion.”
Gladstone said he bad never before beard
such words used In the house.
Talford Heckle, who threatened to
kill Secretary Forster unless be released Web
prisoners and resigned his office, has been
found guilty. A plea for mercy accompanied
the verdict.
The Freeman'* Journal believes For
ster will resign the chief secretaryship for
Ireland as soonas the land bill receives royal
assent.
An attempt attributed to fenians was
recently made to blow up the Plumstel maga
slne below Woolrieh arsenal. A stranger on
the roof of the msgssine wasseen to be acting
in a suspicious manner. An effort was made
to follow him but he escaped.. The police are
endeavoring to investigate but with Imperfect
clues The mags sine Is In a suburb of Lon
don and had the SRCffipr-WffipMrfrhefer
successful there must not only have been
great destruction of property but .heavy loss
of life m well.
. Premier Gladstone stated in parlia
ment the other day, that the government un
derstood the reason preventing Bradlaugh
from taking the oath expired with the present
session. Bradlaugh coaid consequently pre
sent himself at the next session and ask to
have the oath administered. Meanwhile the
government would consided the matter.
MEXICO.
Gen. Boe has left the c'ty of Mexico,
for Chihuahua, to assume command of the
troops in thatdistrict. His orders from the
government are understood to be to collect
and combine such of the scattered forces of.
that state as can be got quickly together and
to carry on a war of extermination against the
Indian marauders, who have crossed the bor
ders and who are reported as devastating the
country.
IRELAND.
The number of agrarian outrages
committed in Ireland dating July was 250, in
cluding four firing at persons, eleven assault s,
twenty arsons, seventeen cattle malmlugs,
125 intimidations, and twenty-five cases of in
jury to property.
THE TRANSVAAL REPUBLIC.
A dispatch from Durban says the
Boers are much dissatisfied with the decisions
of the commission. The general opinion is
that a native war will break out within aysur
after the British withdrawal from the Trans
vaal.
GERMAN Y.
The meeting between Emperors Wil
liam and Francis Joseph at Gastien was cor
dial. They embraced. The emperors intend
using their influence to preserve the peace of
central Europe.
RUSSIA.
un a tauie in me czar s Dcuroom, me
other day, wm found a threatening letter. No
one but the most trusted ot his servants 1*
admitted to that apartu^nt, and it was sup
posed to be effectually gu trded. The officer
on guard and (our servants have been arrest
ed.
IRRUXD.
3 - John Dillon has ban reloaded from
Imprisonment, and according to one report
appears in his usual health. He was at a loss
to know the reason of the step. Secretary
Forsters aled in parliament that he was set
free for the reason that further Imprisonment
would endanger his health. He will enter
parliament again.
RUSSIA.
The publication of the St. Petersburg
Gloloe has been suspended for six months for
having exceeded propriety in criticising the
conduct of tbe prince of Fulgarta and General
Enroth, and exposing the disorder existing
on board Russian man-of-war in foreign sta
tions.
Minister Foster writes to the depart
ment of state, under date of July 18, 1881,
that the Russian wheat crop is likely to be one
of the largest ever raised in the empire, and
that the export promises to be much greater
than usual. From Moscow, which is the
great commercial centre of Russia, it is re
por.ed that all branches of business are be
ginning to revive and il inrtsh after the long
season of depression, o j account of tbe pros
pects of an abundant harvest. It will not be
without practical political Influence also, for
much of the discontent in the interior, has re
sulted from hard times and short crops.
South American Quarrels.
Set oral states of sonth America are
according to a Vienna newspaper,
thinking of adoDting the principle of
arbitration in their various differences.
Had this wise thought occurred to these
states some years ago how much blood
and treasure might have been saved to
them, while immense debts aud loss of
national character through inability to
meet obligations would have been
avoided. The debt incurred by Chili,
Peru and Bolivia in their late suioidal
war alone will keep back these coun
tries in the march of progress for half a
century, especially as the recuperative
power of the people is much inferior to
that of more northern races. It is to be
hoped that the invitation of Columbia
to send delegates to a conference for
the purpose of discussing this important
subject will be cordially accepted, and
an agreement come to whereby the
chronic wars which have made tbe
South American republics a by-word
may be hereafter prevented.
THE XAKAETh.
CHICAGO.
Froducr.—Wheat—$1 21J4@123 for cash
and August; No. 8, 8105(3109>4; rejected,
47V Com—58%c@53J£ tor cash; 53%c for
August; 33^c for October. Rye—85c for
cash or August; 8634c bid for September.
Barley—82 ^ fur September. Pork—tig 00 for
easb, August or September. Lttrd—81140:3
1145 for cash or August; til 47J4@U 50 for
September or October. Cut Meats—Boxed
Shoulders, 86 75; abort ribs, 89 35. Flax-seed
-81 17V Whisky—81.12.
Livr Stock.—Hogs—Common to good mix
ed packing, 86 00(36 45, light 8620(36 70:
choice heavy, 86 50@6 80; shipping culls,
84 75(36 00. Cattle—Good to choice ship
ping, 8575(3600; common to fair shipping
8475(3525; half fat and rough stock, dull;
native butchers’ 82 25@5 50; bulk, 82 75@8 50;
Stockers and feeders 8250@4 00; range cattle
generally steady; through Texans, 82 90
(§3 75; Nebiaska Texans, 8340. Sheep—Com
imrato fair, 83 00(33 60: gnrt to choice, 84 00,
NEW TORE.
Froducr—Wheat — Ungraded spring, 8110
@121; mixed wes'ern, 8124: ungradea white,
81 00(31 25V Com—Ungraded, 57<a60Mc:
No. 3, 54(354>4c; steamer, 56(356%c; No. 2
shite 64c; steamer, yellow, 58@50c. Oats—
Weatern mixed, 42@45c; white do, 46@50c.
Pork—Old mess quoted at 818 00. Cut Meats—
Long clear mlddlers,89 75. Cbeese, 7(310c.
ST. LOUIS.
Produce.—No. 2 red, 812114(3121 fi for cash;
No. 4,11 08V@1J»V Coru—5‘ ' -
August. Rye—(«Hc bid.
V Coru—56®56}4@55K for
8fcc bid. Egis—8(31 lVc.
ky —81 09. Pork-818 40. Tnrd—811 40
Lit* Stock - Cattle—Comm<>n to fair, |2 25@
3 00 ; co m’non to choice, t3 2504 00. Hoge—
Packin' - 250650; choice to fancy heavy,
f6 6000 Jo. ^Sheep—■Fat^’arjge^ 63 2504 W.
Bad temper is its own scourge. Few
things are bitterer than to feel bitter.
A. man's venom poisons hijpself more
than bis victim.
HI ASHES.
Pbwmc CI*y UM Wa
kjr the
Fiery Ekwel.
About 1 o'clock on the morning of
August 9th, a Are broke oat In the rear of
Reader’s drug store, Pawnee City, (Nebraska),
and did great damage. In their course, the
flames consumed twenty-four business budd
ings, two banks
and the Bqmblica*
Fortunately the aafee at both banka were
saved. Much damage waa done by the re
moval of property, a good deal of which
burned in the streets after being carried out
of the atone. A fair estimate places the lose
at 9464)00; Insurance small. The origin of the
Are Mtnknown.
JUDGE BRENNAN.
Hudfialtn on Irish t Ball* sal Infer
- - ■ > aal machine*.
Kin’
TJBt&
Irishmen, returned to this city this evening,
end wee interviewed by a Journal reporter up
on the matter of the infernal machines lately
discovered in Liverpool, and the statement of
P. W. Crowe, of Peoria, I1L, with reference
thereto.
“Was this matter of sending infernal mar
chindB to England,” said the reporter, “con
sidered at the meeting of the United Irish
men?” “No such proposition.” replied Judge
Brennan, “was ever considered at any public
meeting which I attended, and no such propo- j
sition was ever adopted at any private meeting
which I attended.”
“Was this matter considered at any of the
meetings; you say it was not at any meetings
you attende i?” “If such a proposition was
discussed at any other meetings, I am pre
sumably unacquainted with the doings of snch
meetings. Ton mast remember that I am no
longerln the council of the organization.”
“D > you think the order took any such ac
tion?” “My thoughts on the subject would
he of no more value than any body else’s
thought. Agents of the Irish revolution may
have sent those machines, and it is quite as
likely that they were Bent by agents of the
English government.”
‘Then you would not approve of such ac
tions in the interest of Ireland?” “I would
not approve of any action tending to the de
struction of non-com wtant lives or private
property. Destruction of forces and weap
ons making war upon the lives and liberty of
the Irish people is another questJon.”
‘What would you say on that question?”
“I would s&v upon that point, that If I could
Invert the fires from hell and draw down the
lightning from heaven, I would fling them in
the faces of those who are making war upon
the country.”
“Would you include infernal machines?”
asked the reporter. “I havn’t said that,” re
sponded the judge.
‘Then you pretty nearly agree with what
Crowe is alleged to have said in the published
interview with him?” “That is an inference
on the part of the reporter tnat may be proved
or disproved by comparison.”
“Woat do you think of Crowe’s statement?”
“I thinR he never made the statement credited
to him, for much of that statement I know to
be false, and the remainder is probably untrue.
Crowe has some purpose in view other than
enlightenment of the public.
■ “What do you suppose it is?” “I can’t say,
bntl should suppose he has some purpose
other than the enlightenment of the public,
probably a joke on the reporter.”
“How long since you were connected with
the directory of the United Irishmen?” “Not
since about the 15th of June.”
*We&yon preektoat mp to that time?” “I
was.”
“Arewou at liberty to say why you resign
ed!” ‘Tea; 1 resigned realizing that I am
not the stuff out or which practical revolution
lews are luaue.
“Then the purposes of the order arc revo
lutionary?”
“Certainly.”
“In what methods?”
“As to what the plans and purposes of the
organization » re, so tar s I have been permit
ted to know, I urn not at liberty to disclose.”
“Is Crowe a representative man in the order,
and would you regard his statements, knuwu
to be such, as truthful ?”
“I know of no act of his, or any effective
service that entitles him to be regarded as a
representative man. His reputation among
business people in the community where he
lives is very good. He is the father of a
large family, and certainly a very moral man,
unless every man in the cause of Irish rev >
lution Would be deemed immoral. His state
ments made in sincerity and truth would be
entitled to credit. He might not hesitate to
lie if his purpose was to deceive his ene
mies.”
“D-* you expect good for reland f 1*901 the
work of this order of United Irishmen?”
“Every free is known by its fruits; the result
for Ireland will depend on the wisdom of
those in charge of its aff tire. The spirit of i
Irish history teaches me this, that whatever of
the Irish race is left, and whatever of liberty
they enjoy, are the fruits of physical resist
ance to the English power in Ireland, and ex
cept bv the methods of physical force, I have
no hope whatever for any concession on the
part of England. Every substantial conces- |
oion made to Ireland has been made responsive j
to physical force, and the concessions were I
generally commensurate with the degree of
Force threatened or employed. But I am no
prophet, and do not pretend to foretell the re
sults that may come from the work of these j
United Irishmen.” !
The report* r thanked Judge Brennan for his j
courtesy ancH)adeJkiinjjoo<Fda^
Society “Fibg.”
Dr. Deems.
Truth is truth; and everything else is
something else, no matter whether iti
be uttered by the prim lips of a diplo
mat or the budding mouth of a young
beauty. Tou may call paste, diamond,
but that does not make it less paste or
more diamond. You may call a lie “a
fib,” but it is a lie all the same. You
may whitewash a mud wall, but that
does not change the mud into marble
or granite. “White lies” are lies, even
if they be white as lilies.
It is wrong to give mitigating names
to bad things. begets color blind
ness in morality. It breeds loose ideas |
of right It is uncharitable to one's j
self. Why call a lie “a fibP” The |
words are of the same length Each is
as easy of utterance as the other. The
former has its advantage over the lat
ter. that it conveys to the hearer a dis
tinct idea, the veiy idea which is in the
mind of the speaker. “Fib” is the ex
act svnofiym of “lie,” or it is not. If
it is, then we have already assigned a
reason for preference of the latter word
If it is not, what does it mean? It is sup
posed to signify a proposition which is
neither a lie nor a truth. There is no
such thing. The word leads to the
supposition that there is, and therefore
is bad.
Wbat, then, are we to do in society?
We must always be truthful. Can we
be so and not be rude? Most certainly.
There comes that dreadful bore, whose
company is so disagreeable. Just be
fore be enters, two acquaintances have
been discussing him—that is to say, not
quite cursing him. Why should they
‘•gush’’ at ms entrance? Why should
they take him in their arms in rapture?
WiU that cure him? Will it not confirm
himin his intolerable habits? They sup
pose thev have been polite. They will
relieve themselves by malediction on
him when he shall have departed. It
would be better to sit still in silent
martyrdom until his heart becomes
touched with a sense of your sufferings.
That might cure h<m. If it did not, it
would at least save your conscience.
Some of the street cars in Boston will
soon be drawn by three horses abreast,
the superintendent of one of the lines hav
ing beoome convinced that such a plan
is practicable.
TUB runM HKVRNTY ium.
Ah, there he It, led at the plough;
He beett the boji for work,
And whataoe’er the teak might be
• None evar saw him shrink,
And he can laugh, too, till his eyes
Bun o'er with mirthful team,
And ting full manyan old-time tong
In aplte of seventy yean.
“Good morning, friends! Hit twelve o'clock,
Time for a half-hour’s rest,"
And farmer John took out hit lunch
And ate It with a neat.
“A harder teak It is," he said,
“Than following up theae steers
,Or mending fences, far, for me
To feel my seventy yean.
“Too ask me why I feel to young,
Fm aura, friends, I cannot ‘ell,
But think It la my good wife’s fault
-Who’s kept me up so well;
Far women such as she are scarce
In this poor vale of tears;
She’s given me love, and hope, and strength
mv** «nwi Mmi ,tei|J«Wh.,,. .
“And then my boys have all done well.
As far as they have gone,
And that thing warms an old man's bloody
And help* him up and on,
My girls have never cawed a pang,
Or raised up anxious fears;
Then wonder not that I feel young
And hale at seventy years. «
“Why don’t my good beys do my work
And let me sit and rest?
Ah! friends, that wouldn't do for me;
I like my own way best.
They have their duty; I have mine,
And, till the end appear*,
I mean to smell the soil, my friends,”
Said the man of seventy years.
TBACINtt A VURDERER.
A man was standing one day, with a
kind of nnoocupied air. a few steps
from the door of the telegraph offlco, on
2nd street, Sacramento. What was re
markable abont him was that there was
nothing remarkable at all—to the
casual eye. He was a man of very
ordinary appearance, of ordinary size,
of ordinary complexion, with an ordi
nary face, and especially an ordinaiy
eye. He stood with his hands idiy
down into the pockets of a long, loose
coat, as though they had dropped there
themselves, and he had not taken tbe
trouble to pull them out; and heseemed
to be neither thinking of, caring about,
not looking at anything.
A boy messenger came tripping out
of the telegraph office, taking two or
three steps at once, as it has been hand
somely expressed, and happening to
see the uninterested man, whom he
had seen before, he stopped short and
said:
“Ob, here’s one for you; I suppose I
might as well give it to you here.
You’re Mr. Black?”
The man did not say that he was or
that he wasn’t, but quietly reached for
tbe dispatch, whicn the boy handed
him and hurried on.
Then Mr. Black, with a deliberation
that would have been fairly agonizing
to any one looking over his shoulder,
unfolded the paper and read:. .,
Marysville, June 29, ’I8—
To Mr. William Black, Police Depart
ment, Sacrameuto:
An atrocious murder has just been
discovered here. A woman, uamed
Mrs. Wolf, was the victim. Her hus
band is suspected and in custody, but
no evidence against him. Hasten to us
by the first boat, while all is fresh.
L. Morton, Sheriff of Yuba county.
Wm. Black was a Sacramento detec
tive, and at the time undoubtedly the
most sagacious in California. Tbe boat
was to leave Maiysville in little over
an hour. Mr. Black entered the tele
graph office and despatched to the
sheriff of Yuba county the woids “all
right.’’
fhat evening a man with a red shirt
on—a man of very ordinary appearance
—landed in Marysville. He was a
miner, of course, if one may always
judge by indications; but he had a lazy
look, as if weighed dowfl by a woeful
lack of energy; and a person might
have wondered if ever such a person did
plnck up courage enough to climb the
mountains.
The same lazy-looking man,'later in
the evening was in sect et communica
tion with the sheriff and several other
officials.
“At what hour was the murder dis
covered?” he asked.
“ Nine o'clock the morning—exact
“In what way?”
“ The news came through her hus
band. He rushed excitedly into a
saloon on the edge of the town, saying
that his wife was dead, and some one
had killed her. They bad lately come
from the mines, and were living in a
tent of their own, a quarter of a mile
out of town. We will conduot you to
it bv and bv.”
•* A physician has made an examina
tion?”
“ Yds; a skilled one. He says it is
clear that the woman was murdered—
strangled to death by a pair of coarse
hands, the marks of which he found on
her throat”
“ Did he say how long she has been
dead?”
“ Yes; many honrs.”
“ What does Wolf say?”
■‘Thathedidnotsleepathome. He
says he was drank last night, which I
have found to be true, and that being
unable to reach home, he laid down
under a tree, between here and his
home, and slept soundly. When he
awoke, according to his story, it was
nearly 9 o’clock. Then he got up, hast
ened to his tent fonnd his wife dead,
and we have some fear that an attempt
will be made to lynch him. In fact
there’s little doubt hf his gnilt but
there’s no positive proof; and the case
needs working up.”
“ What makes you think he did
it?”
Various suspicious circumstances.
His unlikely s ory of having slept out
all night, when within a few hundred
yards of his temporary home and not
walking before 9.
“ Had they quarrelled!”
“ It is not known that they had, but
—well, they were man and wife, and
we might safely presume that they
had."
“ Were there fio traces of a stranger
left'”
“ No.”
“Not a thread—a shirt-button—a
hair?’
“ No.”
“ Tracks?"’
“ No. The ground is so dry and
hard you know.”
“ Has any stranger been lurking in
the neighborhood?”
“ No.”
“ Has any stranger been in town.”
“ Well, we have mineis down here
from the mountains every day, bnt it
was none of them.”
: Petectiye Black, who wore and shirt,
V
was oondnoted to the scene of the
mnrder. He saw the bod; at the offioe
of the coroner; he saw the physician;
he saw everybody in Marysville; be saw
and talked with Wolf three quarters
of an honr. Then he said to the
sheriff:
“ He didn’t do it”
The sheriff was fairly thunderstruck.
“ But,” said William Black, “ keep
him in custody till you hear from me
Don’t let the people get hold of him,
though; for I suppose they would lynch
him at a venture.”
“ You might arrest and detain any
suspicious-looking person found in the
neighborhood, always remembe ing that
he u innocent”
“ I will.”
The conference thus ended.
Next morning a fresh miner made
his appearance at Pine Camp, about
fifteen miles north of Marysville. He
was a very lazy-looking man. He
lounged about from point to point,
gossiping with the miners, bothering
them at their work. Some thought he
was a half idiot .He stopped and talk
ed with groups here and there, and ask
ed questions about the best piece to
locate them. He was green. Then he
told them a terrible tale—a woman had
been foully murdered in Mansville.
Her name was Wolf. Her husband
done it it was thought; in fact there
was no doubt of it! The simpleton!
That was no news. It had been the
talk of the camp for twenty-four
hours.
“ O 1 Then you knowed it yester
day?"
He went from claim to claim, spoke
to everybody; and asked particulars
about the mining prospects; mentioned
the murder.
“ That fellow w^n’t do much. He’s
too lazy-looking,” was remarked more
than once. •
The forenoon was wearing away.
The man of unsound mind stopped for
the twentieth hime and talked to a
group of four who were working a
chain. He sat on a large stone; he
spoke of the murder, actually informed
them it is news.
“ Why, old fellow,” said one, “you’ve
been asleep. You're a day behind the
age”
The slow creature was a little nettled.
“ Wa’al, yes. now,” retorted one of
the miners, working away.
“ A day is twenty-four hours,"
remarked the stupid man sarcastically.
“ Wa’al, s’pose it is?”
“ Then you haven’t knowed of it a
day. You’re smart, I admit; but not
that smart.”
“ Wha’ll you bet?”
“ Twenty dollars, an’ drinks all
round.”
“ Done—
In those days a bet, if nothing worse,
grew out of every slight difference of
opinion, no matter how trifling a sub
ject
The money was staked.
“That’s easy.”
“ Who brought the news?”
“Have Lang—one of our mess
He’d been down to Marysville, over
Sunday, on a bender.”
“ Where is he?”
“At our cabin. He’s cooking this
“ Well, drop them tools. You’re ail
dry, and so am I. Dave Smith, it is?”
“ No. Dave long.”
All laid down their tools, and the
party started toward the cabin to have
the bet decided and get the drinks.
“ Now, remember,” said the green
stranger, “I’m willin’ to pay if I lose;
but a day’s twenty-four hours.”
“ Mark, then, its jest 11 now.”
He looked at Mb watch.
There were several watches in the
party. All were referred to. They
varied but a few minutes.
“Let me see,” said the miner, who
had wagered with the new comer—
“let me see. Why, of course, you’ll
lose, stranger. ’Twasn’t mor’n 10 yes
terday mornin’ when Dave come, and
he took his time getting dinner ready—
which we eat at 12.”
“To be sure,” said another.
“Oh, wait,” said the stranger.
“Leave it to him.”
“Ail right. He knows; for he has a
watch an’ had timed himself cornin’
from Maiysvilie.”
They reached the cabin. David Long,
according to the custom, was serving
Ms turn at keeping house for the week.
“Dave!”
“Hello!” replied a gruff voice within.
“Come out.”
“What’s wantin’!"
“We’ve got up a bet,drinks included,
and it’s left for you to decide.”
•Dave Long came to the door—a big,
burly fellow.
“This man here—I don’t know his
name—”
“Blossom,” put in the stranger
“Well, Blossom, he came round and
went, to tell the news. I told him he’d
been as'eep, an’ was behind,the age.
Now, the bet is that we’ve knowed it a day
—twenty-four hours—you brought the
news, and know whether we have or
not.”
“Now, honor bright,” said the self
styled Blossom. “Think first. I know
you would not say what wasn’t true,
but you might rorget. It’s now jnst
after 11. Can you say you got here
with the news before this time yester
day? Think now.”
Dave Long ruminated.
“Yes; for I looked at my watch to see
how long I’d been coming. It was on
ly two or three minutes after 10.”
“Are you sure!”
“Cartain; could you swear to it?”
“For, you know,” put in ene of the
others, “that yon got dinner after you
come.” '
"Yes, durn it! don’t I know?”
“But,” said the fastidious stranger,
“may be you didn’t tell the news right
“Yes I did."
“And brought it straight from Marys
ville?”
“Yes.”
“All right; I’ve lost. Now for the
drinks Give us your hand,Dave Long."
“Thar it is, stranger.”
With a movement so quick that the
eye could not fellow it, the inquisitive
stranger snatched both hands of Dave
Long, brought them together, and the
astonished spectators saw their comrade
standing with a pair of handcuffs on
his wrists. They also sa.v the new ar
rived, the man who lacked energy, the
man who had been asleep twenty-four
hours, the man with tbe mild name ot
Blossom, standing at their burly com
rade's elbow, with a firm band on bis
collar and a revolver at his temple.
“You’re my prisoner! Move an inch
and you are a dead man. 1 arrest you
for tbe murder of Mrs. Wolf. I am
Detective Black, of Sacramento. Neigh
bors, I’ve lost the bet.”
Long was fairly paralyzed. He could
neither move nor speak.
A clamor arose among his comrades.
“Stranger, no nonsense. David Long
never done such a thing. He’s above
such a crime. Let him go. We can’t
stand here
“Stand baokP’ said the fearless
officer. “It will go hard with an , one ^
| who interferes, this man la guilty, and j
I can convince you.” ' ’
“How do you know?”
“Keep oool, and I’ll tell you. He ’ -
came here yesterday morning at 10
o’clock, and told you all about amurder . !
that was not discovered in Marysville
till 9. Did he walk fifteen miles in one
hour!”
David Long was as pale as death, and
stood trembling from head to foot—the ’■
picture of guilt. His comrades looked
on, bewildered. j
“You see,” continued Black, by wav
of further explanation, “it was on hu “
guilty mind that he couldn’t help !
lurting it out, considering, of course,
that the murder would be discovered at
day-light or sooner. Luckily it was not
known till 9 o’dock—except to the mur- ’
deter and he has kindly volunteered to ?
expose himself.” <>
“Curse my tongue!” exoiaimed the >
culprit, grinding his teeth with range
and fear. “I wish it had been torn
out!” ■ ■ < ; ■.-S,
.“There’e always • something," ex- . rf
claimed the detective, quietly: “Yon
left no trace—not a shred, no thread, ’
or shoe-string, even a hair; but. you
oame right up here and told on your]
self.” L,
“Dave Long! Dave Long! can. this - ;
be?” exclaimed one of his comrades,
reproachfully. - ./ .i ■ .<■ ■ ■'< • t
The crestfallen wretch hung his hei d
and seemed ready to sink to earth.
“You poor devil!" said another of t
his comrades, “Who’d have thought it!!., . •»
If it wasn’t for the ole times’ sake,we’d
string you up. Take him away, Mr.
Black; let us see liim no mors."
“If the camp finds il out tuey’ll lynch t
him before you oan get away with him,’’,
suggested another.
hilled with terror at the prospeot,
Long determined to make one desper
ate move for life. With a sudden
spring he released himself from the de
tective, and darted away toward the
thicket not far off. Ho had some hope
that his speed might bear him away be- '
yond the immediate reach of Black or
the others, where he could work off his
manacles. But the agile officer bound- ...
ed after him, and before he bad gone
thirty yards dragged him down. Mad
dened at his situation, the prisoner be- >
gan a fierce but hopeless struggle, at
tempting with kicks aud blows toinfl ot
some injury on his captor; but Black,
whose strength was extraordinary,
clutched him by the throat, and soon
overpowered him. " \ 'j
“Look here!” said he, somewhat
heated, “if you carry on in this way
the camp will learn what you've done,
hang you up to a tree; andi I’d not hin
der them. If you will go quietly 1
can promise you a fair trial, and you
may not be hanged for weeks yet."
“L-l-let me up,” he faltered, “and i
I’ll go with you ’’
“And give me nofurther trouble?” ,
The dread of being lynched had a
mighty influence on him.
“See that you keep your word, then.
And mind, if, on the way to Marysville,
you make another such a move, I will 1
shoot you down.”
And lie allowed him to get np, taking ' '
care to maintain his grasp upon his •
arm. „
But the scuffle had already attracted
attention, and the miners come running
np from all directions.
“What’s thisP Wat’s the matterP” a <
score of them asked.
Thoysaw by the handcuffs on Long’s *">-—
wrists that one belonging to their camp
was in the hands of an officer, and did :
not like it. They were jealous of the Y.
law, and jumping to die conclusion
that Long was arrested for merely
shooting some one in a little row . at
Marysville, their first thought was to
rescue him.
“He shan’t go!” shouted one.
“Release him!" added another.
“Don’t let him lake me,’ pleaded
Dave Long.
The crowd began to close in.
“Stand back!” thundered the detec
tive, flourishing his revolver. 1 am De
tective Black, nom Sacramento, and
this i« my prisoner. If any man dares
to interfere 1 will shoot him down like
a dog.”
Although threats of bullets were not
much in those days, the fearless bear
ing of the officer, who stood firmly
grasping the arm of the prisoner, and
with a single arm opposing a hundred
reckless men, had its effect, and they
stood, undecided. Taking advantage
of the momentary truce, Black hurried
ly whispered to his prisoner:
“If you don’t tell them not to inter
fere, and that you’ve concluded it’s best
to go with me, I’ll inform them what
you’ve done, and then they will take ”
you ”
With the halter scare on him again,
Long tremblingly spoke to the mob:
“Never mind, friends. Don’t inter
fere! I guess I’d better fly. I’ll be
all right.’”
“Wnat is it you’ve done, LongP”
He turned paler than ever.
“We must know what it is. Was it a
scrape in Marysville P”
“Ye—yes. Never mind. I’ll—I’ll be j
flack”—and his heart sunk at the thought
that he never would—“back before long '
and tell you all about it.”
So the detective was allowed to de
part with his prisoner.
Two of Long’s mess accompanied
them, and the culprit was lodged in
jail in Marysville that night, while the
murdered woman’s husband was re- *
leased.
An effort was made by the authori
ties to keep the matter quiet for a while,
but all the facts leaked out; and the
angry populace did not wait for the .. .
law’s slow vengeance.
On the following Friday night, July
20, the miserable wretch was taken
from the jail by a party of disguised
men and hanged to a tree whose broad
boughs overshadowed the scene of the
crime.
In his last moments, with the noose
around his neck, he confessed his guilt
and died praying for mercy.
“How do you like the character of
St. Paul?” asked a parson of jia land
lady one day, during a conversation
about the old saints and apostles. “Ab,
be was a good, clever, old soul, I
know,” replied the landlady, “for he
once said, you know, that we must eat
what is set before us, and ask no ques
tions for conscience sake. I always
thought I should like him for a board
er.”
It is said that benzine can be deodor
ized by shaking it up with quicklime—
about three ounce* to t.he tralien.
A Rich Lady's Experience.
• I traveled all ov,r Europe and other foreign
countries at a cost of thousands of dollars In
search of health and found it uot. I re uraei
discouraged and disheartened,and waa]r< s< nred
to real youthful health and spirits with less
than tiro bottles or H p Bitters. I hope others
may profit by my experience and star at home.
ATxnv str.iVJrA,M^.