2 THE OMAHA'DAILY BEE :uFRIDAY , FEBBUARY 24. 1888.

RECEIVING THE, GOVERNOR.-

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Brilliant Event In tha History of-

Bholtou. .

, HIS BONDSMEN CAPTURED HIM-

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BI n Charged With Forgery to BoCompelled to Stand Trial Prob-

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Drownlnjs RanklnHound Over.-

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Ilojrnl llccoptlon.SI-

IHI.TON.

; Noli. , Feb. 23. [Special to theJ3nn. ] The rallltnry drcsi ball and receptionin honor of X3ovcrnor John M. Thayer andstuff , given hero by Company A , Second reg-

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, Nebraska. National guard , lycster-day , will long bo rcmchibcred as the mostsuccessful event In the history of thi * thriv-ing

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young city. On the arrival of the Union'Pacific trains front the cast.aovcrnorThaj crand accompanying members of hi1 * stall wcroreceived , by the ofllccrs and members ofCompany A In full unlfoim , the KnlghU of-

Pythias , A. O. U. W. and other civic socie-

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, brass bands from Wood Klvec andGibbon and a vast concourse of people fromthe city country. The townwna handsomely decorated with flags. Thecrowd was larger than over before known.After the parade a reception was held In theopera house , which was densely packed.-In

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tlio oven Inp another reception was given ,followed by the ball nnd banquet. Eloquentand able addresses were mndo by Itev. Talt ,

Governor Thuycr , Colonel Dudley and Col-

onel¬

Corrcll.-An

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amusing incident happenedwhen the latter In the courseof his remarks referred to the kindness ofGovernor Thuycr. The speaker said the gov-

ernor¬

was kind-hearted enough 'to gicctall with kindness nnd courtesy. Ho was sokind hearted ho would kiss the children , andwould oven here during the pause made bythe speaker the audience broke into enthusi-astic

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laughter and applause , catrhing thethought before it was uttered. They evi-

dently¬

knew the governor would kiss themothers too , if , as the speaker said , "a properpetition was presented accompanied by an in-

demnifying¬

bond to cover any damages thatmight result. "

Too much'praisecnnnot be given to thapatriotic citizens for the grand success of thaball and reception. The dance was a bril-liant

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affair and the bamruct superb ,i ,

Holt Wants Division.A-TKISSOS

., Neb. , Feb. 23. [Special to the

BRH.I Largo and enthusiastic meetings arebeing held In all parts of Holt county fur thepurpose of making four counties at the nextelection. The people uro much In favor ofthe division , as the county is altogether toolarge , being 48x54 miles. The new countiesnre expected to bo named Elkhorn , Union ,Dustin nnd Holt-

.Kankin

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Bound Over.-Neb.

.. . Feb. 23. [Special Tele-

gram¬

to the IjEF .] In the case of the stateagainst C. H. Hnnkin , who shot and woundedBanks , the defendant waived examinationand In default of (5,000 ball went to jail toawait the next term of the district court.The man talks freely about his crime andsays bard times and desperation tlrovo himto do the deed. Bunks is getting alongnicelyand is nblo to bo on the street. The wound iaonly slight

Probably Drowned.OAKLAND , Nob. , Fob. 23. [Special Tele-

gram-,

to the BEE.] It is thought RudolphKlibcr was drowned in Logan river sometiina yesterday , his hat being fouud to-day on-

.the. ice. He wns hunting alone. The creekto being dragged , but the body has not been ,

found yet. Ho was twenty years of ago andhid been living with his stcpraotherhero thiswinter. Mrs. A. E. Wells. Ho has a sistersomewhere in Illinois. He was a young manwell liked by everyone.

Arrested By HU Bondsmen-.Wnmujt

., Neb. , Feb. 33. [Special Tele-

gram¬

to the BIB. ] O. P. Warner , postmas-ter

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at this point, was arrested this morning1-nd token to Valentino , the county scat of

Cherry county , by his bandsmen , JohnThomas and Frederick Clark , for his non-appearance

-at the last term of 'court to nn-

wor-

? to the charge of forgery , which ho"was-'laid to have committed at Valentino some-time ago.

Hamilton District Court.-Auitoiu

., Neb. , Fob. 23. [Special Telegram

to the BEE.] Judge Norval cleared up thedocket and adjourned the February term. of.the district court last evening. In the case of-

V.. V. Morse & Co., of Omaha , versus F. J.and Catlipriao Eugle , of Aurora , involving-the title to property taken on a mortgage ,amounting to about $1,400 , a verdict was ren-dered

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in favor of the plaintif-

f.Freparlnp

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: For tlio BreakUp.N-HHJUSKA

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Crrv , Neb. , Feb. 23. [SpecialTelegram to the BEE. | The Chicago ,Burlington & Qulncy to-day removed theirpile bridge across the river at this point andmade other preparations for the ice break *

up. The river raised considerably todayr-nnd It is feared much damage will bo donawhen the Ice breaks.

Appointed to Fill the Vacancy.W-ASIIIXCTOX

., Feb. 23. [Special Telegram

to the line ] The county commissioners metat this place to-day and appointed H. C. Ed-wards

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to fill the vacancy caused by the deathof County Clerk Brown. There wcro aboutforty applicants for the position , and it tookthe commissioners three days to select a-man. .

A VICTORY Foil CHICAGO.

Justice Hnrlun Renders a Decision In, the Imko Front Cases.-

Cmoiqo.

, Fob. 23. Justice Harlan read anopinion in the United States circuit court thisafternoon disposingof three coses affectingthe ownership and possession of the lakefront. The decision is regarded as a sub-stantial

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victory for the people of Chicago andthe state as against the Illinois Central rail-road

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wnnpany. The prevailing opinion fsthat It will stand , and that the Illinois Centralhas been confirmed m all the rights it wasentitled to.'whlla the people have been pro-tected

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from unjust encroachments. Theinllroad company's main contention that it-owned - ono mile in width of the bedof the city's . harbor , is sot aside.The riparian'rights remain in the city withthe consent of the state , not only as to thenatural shore , but" where filling in has beendone on n largo scale by the railroad. Thejtillrouil U shown to bo the owner of all thewater lota in front of which depots, piers , etc. ,have been built and that the government 1m-sno title to the ground described in the infiV-nmUon

-except so far us it seeks to protect the

harbor agulnst obstruction. The propertyclaimed by the railroad extends some niiiffthousand feet beyond the line of the govern-ment

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breakwater , established at theouter harbor. A modest estimate ofthe rights claimed by the rail-road

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places their valua at $100,000,0-

00.Iluilroad

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Notes.Switch Engine No. 100 , of the B. i M. , is

draped In crape for the death of ono of itscrow , killed In the yards.

Night Operator Perry, of the B. & M. , loftfor PlatUmouth hist night and his place wll-bo filled by Fraud Dcens , who comes fromthe Itock Island.

Ticket Agent F. J. ICnapp Is now keepingbachelor's hall , his wife having gone on uVisit to friends in Michiga-

n.Fanahlta

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Morales , who lives nt PlazaToguesqulto , N. M. . Is one hundred andfteven years old. She lives alone in nsmall casn do nilobo and docs her ownhousework , and most any evening canbe seen preparing her supper , whichconsists of tortillas , tonuues and bluck

. Even nt her very old ago she IH

straight as an arrow and moves aboutth astonishing oaso. Her hair reachesr w Ut and IB white as snow.

A Bookless Drive * Ilttni Over I a Ten-YearOld

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Girl.There Is nojardltiaflco In the city code vlo-

ntcd-

as much ns the ono against fast drlv-ng.

-. On busy days the street crossings are

absolutely daHgerou * on account of the legionof reckless drivers who dash down the streetsto the peril of nil pedestrians crossing thestreets. There Imvo been u number of acci-

dents¬

recently on nccount'of this criminalcarelessness , nnd'yesterday another victim , i-

vIttlo girl of ten years , was added to the list ,

nnd showlllbo cilpplcd for life. Her name-s Jessie Bush , the daughter of Charles

Bush , who lives nt Orchard Hill. She wason the cast Hide of Sixteenth street uiul was

:roislug Davenport going north , when HenrySharp came driving at full sjiccd from thesouth and turned east on Daveniwrt. Thejnck of the little girl was toward the horsesnnd she was not aware of their approach.Sharp did not slacken his speed In the least ,jut grimly watched his team knock the littio'lrl down , trample her under foot , andot the wheels of his vchlclo past over her.

The thighbone of the left leg was brokennnd so badly splintered that thcro nro doubtsof the bone-over knitting suMcicntly to bearni'ch weight , She was * also otherwisejruiscd. The piercing screams of the childittracted n largo crowd , who expressed greatndlgnation for the manner in which she was

injured. She wan picked up tenderly and:arried Into Korsyth's drug store , where thejrokcn, member .was put In splints. Aboutmlf an hour afterwards Sharp was arrestedind put behind the bms at the central stat-

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. The police say that this oflcnso is ncommon onu of Sharp's , and by his tecklcss-driving' ho bus run over no less than four per-sons

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within the past few weeks. He Is adriver for the Qarneau Cracker corupauy.

. AMU8KMENIS.llamons' "New Fatitnsinn" Greeted by-

a Tremendous Crowd.The Hnnlon Brothers' "New Fantosma"

drew an Immense audience at Boyd's opcrnhouse last evening. Standing room was at apremium.t Every scat in the house was occu-pied

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when'tho curtain rung up on the firstact. Everybody was delighted , for "Fan-tasma"

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Is a spectacular feast , garnished withastounding -illusions and set, off with themost unique staco effects. lii all respects it-is a novel productiqn ot the thost attractivedescription , and in familiar to Omahatheater goers , having been witnessed atthe same theater last season. Thora-nre many changes , however , nnd some nowand decidedly clever innovations have beenadded to this year's production. The quar-ters

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of Zamabicl , at the bottom of the sea , is-

a thrilling scene , an idea borrowed from ouo-of Vorno'singoinous novels. ' It i< wondrouslyeffective , its numberless 'transformationsbeing as fine as any ever put on any stage.Ono of the most striking features is the nat-ural

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way in which the monsters of the deepmove aboutamong the performers in theiraqueous abode. It is an extremelyrealistic bit of mechanical engineering ,and never fails to cvoko ' thundersof applause, The famous Phoitcs appear invarious roles as nymphs and'sprites , and areremarkably clever. Laura Burt is a prettygirl , with a graceful , well rounded form , andmakes a charming fairy queen. Her songswere repeatedly encored. The "Italian-Girl" is her best it is capital. Littio Tootsy ,the juvenile clown , made his usual hit. Thawhole performance is interspersed withtableau-vivants and is altogether immenselytaking. _

SINNERS AND SALVATIONISTS.They Come to Blows nnd an. Army

Mini Slugged.The checkered history of the _Salvntion

army was varied last evening with a littiogenuine blood and actual fights with theenemy. During the course of the war songsand battle cries of the doughty Salvationistssome scoffing votaries of the enemy's campwere present and made a mockery of the war-like

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demonstrations. The intruders werepromptly drummed out of camp with moroforce than politeness , and thirsting for re-

venge-

they laid In ambush for the Salvation ¬

ists. The first warrior who appeared wasStringer , a common private , who was mis-

taken¬

for the captain and was assailed by onoof the gang , called "Charley. " Charloa wasmoro than a match for Stringer ana hopounded , him. up pretty badly , smashing hisnose and leaving both of his eyes in mourn ¬

ing. Stringer informed the police offlccis-of the assault and Intcndr swearing out awarrant this morning for "Charley's" ar-rest.

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.The other disturbance was kicked up by

Wilson Llhdly , a chronic disturber of the Sal-vation

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army barracks , who for similar of-

fenses¬

has been arrested some three or fourtimes. Last night , just outsldo the door , hahad a row with ono of the pickets , who re-

fused to lot him into camp. Lludlythcntried the force of blows , when he was col-

lared¬

by OfUccr Cullcu and marched off to-

tha guard house to await tha court martial ofJudge Bcrka this morning.-

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Hard Hand to Travel.Frequenters of the Union Pacific depot

must have noticed a foreign-looking woman ,

accompanied by two small boj s, who sat In-

gentleman's waiting room for the last twodays , apparently oblivious to her surround ¬

ings. A quilts rolled up and a faw smallpackaccs of edibles were her only luggage ;

but she seemed to bo contented and withoutcare. When the midnight trains arrive sheis still there , stretched out on the hard stationfloor , but fonretful of everything in sleep.She Is the wife ot a Bohemian minor inColorado , and has traveled alone from Penn-sylvania

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to meet him , bat her funds are ex-

hausted¬

and her trunks are. lost. She her-self

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has a ticket to her destination and isawaiting the arrival of Uer trunks to nlodgothem as security for the passage of her boysto their father's homo , but in the meantimeshe Is putting up ith hardships that wouldmake a strong'man weaken. The Union Pa-citla

-ofllcials .are kindly allowing her the

shelter of the depot in the meantim-

e.ProvcdThoy

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Wore Not Vagrants.Just a wecR ago the Bid published the

troubles of "L. C. Taylor' and Myron E-

.Croukhito.

, Who had been sentenced to sixtydays imprisonment ast vagrants , with thafirst and last ten * days on bread and water.Through tho'Offorts of their attorneys , how-ever

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, they secured a reheating yesterday ,

and when they produced affidavit 3 from someof the best known residents in Council Bluffs ,

they wore at once and honorably dis-

charged.¬

. Their case scorns to bo a hardono. Traveling " 'us . they wcro withall their capital (some ?700)) invested in maps ,

on reaching Omaha they wore run in by anintelligent policeman on the clwreoof havingcoulldcnccd an ignorant foreigner out of 70.There was nothing to substantiate the charge ,however, nnd it was dropped , only to makeroom for another of vagrancy .' That , too , wasdismissed yesterday , and they find them-selves

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out for very heavy legal expenses , andtwo weeks lost time. They will lay theircase before the city council in the hope ofbeing reimbursed for the money expended.

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Licensed to Wed.The following marriage licenses were

issued yesterday by Judge Shields :

Name and Residence. Age.( Thomas Krullik , Omaha OS

| Jenny Uowlatul , Omaha 18-

jj Loren A. Marsh , Omahn. . , 2I Mary A. Durben , Omului CO-

jj Jacob Mortz , Omaha 23( Anna Pelican , Omaha 2C-

jj Alb ran Peterson , Waterloo 211 Tilda Johnson , Waterloo ia-jj John Pollock , Omaha .* 27| Curria Benson , Omaha -1jj John Mossltt , Omaha 23-II Blrdio Henley , Omaha 1C-

II Fritzo Hansen , Omaha. . . ; 21( Sunder Oloson , Omaha 21

Schools and Architects.The committee on buildings of the board

of education held a three hours' talk withthe various architects of the accepted schoolbuildings lost evening. The main object forwhich the meeting was called was to discussthe ventilation and other sanitary features ofthe new buildings. The committee, however ,

did not confine themselves to this , but modi-fied

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the proposed size and arrangement ol-

a number of tbo rooms of tha prospectivebuildings. It was decided to heat all the.new buildings by teaui , except the Ellis

building , which U to have the Houtan hotair BJ stem. Arrangements wcro nnulp to ad-

vertise¬

for bids to put a roof on the- now un-finished

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Webster street schoo-

l.Matrimonial

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Wednesday evening Harry , Merriam ,

editor of the Pythian Spur ,

was married to Miss llnllloElliott nt the bride's residence , Twentythird-nnd Plorco streets , by Uov. J. S. DeUvellcr ,

ol the English Lutheran church" , Tito cere-mony was witnessed by only the Immediate.Friend * and relatives of the contracting' par-ties

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, all of whom signalled Uvo event by theindentation of uioful and costly presents.-Mr.

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. and MM. Merriam will hereafter bo Intheir new homo ou South Thirty-secondstreet, _

The Spring Imlco Kdcn.The engineers who have been nt work

staking the drives , walks nnd lakes of SpringLinko park in the southern part of the city ,

mvo finished their work nnd the laying outof the place , which will bo in ado most beauti-ful

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, will take place as soon ns the bids' . .for-ho; work nro accepted , which will bo before,

long. It was thought originally that $'>0,000would defray the expense of the improve'i-ncnt. . but now that the amount of the workrequired to bo done has been ascertained , thacost , It is estimated , will approach ? 100,0 0-

Thli amount of money will make the spotono of the prettiest parks in the country.

The Prodigal Son.Interest in the lectures to men only at

Trinity cathedral by Dean Gardner has in-

creased¬

with each service this week. Lostnight the subject chosen was ."Hepentanco ,"the discourse being based on the parable ofthe "Prodigal Son. " There was u largo nud-lenco

-present , which included u number of

visiting clergymen of the city. Nearly theentire congregation remained at an afterservice conducted by the dean. The subjectchosen for this evening's IcctUro is "Pardon. "The mission is proving of unexpected inter-est

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and great good will undoubtedly resultfrom the efforts of Doim Gardner.

Jumped Their Board.-Mrs.

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. J. A. Bain , a widow , keeps a board-ing

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house nt 1911 Douglas street. Recentlyshe has had a preponderance of typcstickors.Several of them have jumped their bills, andMrs. Bain is much aggrieved. Wtrt Baiid-nnd William Hyatt are the most recent of-fenders.

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. They left unpaid accounts aggre-gating

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S44.50 , and the woman says she keptHyatt from starving and. .freezing this win ¬

ter. She has sent their accounts' to their re-spective

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homes in Ohio , and 'Iowa , anil willprobably receive a draft the first ono Infrom the northwest for the amount. '

Cnble Cura Blocked.i-It was again a boy ; and. this time he de-

layed¬

all the cable cars for upwards of anhour last night. His name could not bo

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learned but ho made an nttcnipt to crossTenth street Just In front of the grip at theJones street crossing , and" in order to savehis life , as well as the Cubic company fromaction for damages , the gripinanput on thebrakes. Ho did not drop the cable at , thasame time , however , and the complicatedmachinery got out of order , and nt 10 o'clockthere wcro five grips with cars attachedawaiting the track to bo cleared.

Hebrew Ladles' Sewing Society.The semi-annual meeting-of this charitable

institution will take place to-day , "Friday ,at 2 o'clock p. m. , at the vestry rooms of tho.-

synagogue..

. The officers of this society aredoing their utmost to clothe the poor. Allmembers nro desired to bo present. TheJewish Feast of Purim will commence nextSaturday evening. Divine sen-ices will be-held at the synagogue , comniunuing at 7-

o'clock. . _

TheK. M. A. and the National League.The Emmet Monument association which

gave a ball in the exposition hall , someweeks ago , for the benefit of tha nationalland lenguo fund , netted the magnificent sumof WOO , which has been sent to Dr. Olieilly-in Detroit ,, the treasurer of the league. Thamembers worked well for the causa as thagrand showing made attests , and hope whensome tickets , which have not yet boon , ac-

counted¬

for are hoard from , to increase thaexcellent sum.

Queer If Not Insane. 'Edward Warner , a queer acting German ,

who only about four weeks ago was , up be-

fore¬

the county commissioners .supposablydemented , but who was dismissed as u saneperson , was again taken into tbo bands ofthe law last night. This time it is for wifebeating. The police think that If Warner inot insane , ho certainly Is a perfect counter-feit

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of it. nnd they wonder how. ho. everpassed the crucial test. * I

A " "Now Savings Bank. ,'

The South Omaha Savings . bank- filedarticles.of .incorporation ( yegteplay , , withthe county'clerk. . The capital block is9100,000 , nnd the bank is to bcjrin DusinpssApril 11883. The first board , of directors iscomposed of the following gentlemen : C ,

W. Thomas , J. H. Millard , Chas. H. Brown !

H. H. Meday and Guy C. Barton-

.Kniirman's

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Case Dismissed.Dave Kaufman was tried in the police

court yesterday on the charge of' embezzling$150 belonging to M. F. An del-son , ol Corn-ging

-, Ia. Mr. Kaufman satisfied , tho. court

timt it was on account of his financial em-

barrassment¬

instead of intentional fraud thatho failed to send the $450 to Anderspn. ,

Personal Paragraphs.-P.

.. A. Gebhard , of Now Y6rkJ Is at. the

Paxton.George O. Thompson and bride) pf ' |0r4 ,

Neb. , nro at the Paxton. , ' -State Veterinary Surgeon J: Gertk.DJrp of

Lincoln , Is u guest at the Paxton. ,

K. W. Clarke and E. F, Hamilton , of St.1Paul are registered at the Paxtou. '

D. A. Branch , traveling passenger agent ofthe Chicago & Atlantic road isjn the city. "

John S. Patee , ono of the most prominentbusiness young men of St. Joseph Mof , Is aguest at the Paxton. ' "

James C. Birncy , of Croto'.N chairmanof the stock commission of Nebraskais nguest at the Paxton. , ' , i . . .

Superintendent Smith , of the horse railwaycompany , has returned after an' absence , pfabout thirty days in Florida. xt

H. W. Gifford and wife arrived in thiscity yesterday. Mr. .Gifford Is a jjromjn-eut

-druggist of .MarshalltoWn , la. * .

At the Millard : F. E'White , Chicago ; J.-

M..

. Evans , St. Louis ; J. Held , .ChlcamKlt ,

Doyle , Now York , and R. A. Tuttlq and >vifO-

of San Diego , Cal.James Foley , of Grand Island , b'rpthor of-

Pat'k Foley of Thirteenth street , in this citywas in town yesterday on a visit to tho-latterwho has been ill for some uuys.-

J.

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. F. Allard , chief clerk in the .office of-

Bradstreet's commercial agency, has - re-covered

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from his illness which has, confinedhint to his homo for a coupio of weeks.

Brevities.-Yesterday's

.internal revenue collec-

tions¬

amounted to 807840.Sheriff Coburn took the convicted

forger , McDonald , to Lincoln yesterday.-A

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commission of lunacy has been ap-pointed

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to inquire into the mental con-dition

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of Mrs. Frank Bellamy , wife ofthe capital avenue saloon keeper.

Justice A. O. Road celebrated Wash-ington's

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birthday by uniting iu mar-rlago

-Lovorln Hugh , of Omaha , and

Miss Annie Smith , of Dubuque , Ia.Last night the arms for the Crolghton

Guards came to hand , and they are nowcompletely uniformed and equipped-.Licutonant

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Xounon , aide-de-camp toGeneral Crook , drills them twlco aweek , and in a short time expects to-bo able to allow their friends to witnesstheir proficiency.

Birdie Henley is a slxtoen-vear-oldMiss that is willing to try her fortuneon the troublous sea of matrimony andJohn Mossitt , aged twenty-two , is themate she has chosen for the voyage. AsBirdie was riot of legal ago , the unfeel-ing

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clerk compelled the expectantgroom to bring from her mother tv writ-ten

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consent to the marriage , which hodid , Mrs. Henley making a marginalnote that the consent was given "iu ttio

her husband.1 .

BLACK BILLS ARGONAUTS

Early Struggle tp Obtain the Pre-

cious¬

IMotal.

CONFLICTS WI H THE SIOUX.

Thrilling Atlvrjiftjirc-of n Band or-

llnrriy Frontiersmen Dcntli anilTorture ''jlfystlllty oftho-

Govcrtimcnt. .

AArthur Lynn writes In the Minneapo-

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Tribune : Todd , Hamlnll , CaptainRaymond , Chnrlia Oureau nnd old manBleonotto had married Into the BniloSioux tribe nnd htul lived with the In-

dians¬

many years previous to 1870.They wcro men of more than ordinaryintelligence nnd neveivinorc contentedor-happy than when rotating their ex-

perience¬

on the frontier among Indians ,

especially when n (jig brown jug und atumbler were Imndy. I carried a jugncross the Missouri river ortco thatproved how much these usually modestmen could relate of wars , raids , fightsand hair lifting when they were in theright humor-

.It.

was from these four men and JamesBordcau , who had a ranch opposite theSpotted Tail ngoncy , that I got the un-

doubted¬

proof that gold existed In theBlack Hills. Mr. Bordeau waa in com-

mand¬

of the Amorictm Fur company'strading post now called Fort Laramiq

when Fremont flrstcrossed the plains.-Ho

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stopped with Mr. Bordcau for sev-

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days , who was , when I talked withhim , a traveling history of the north-west

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from 1840 up to that time , 1870.-

Mr..

. Bordcau informed mo that Indi-ans

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had time and again brought speci-mens

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of gold into the trading post , but-would nover'dlvulgo the locution of theIhul. Ho determined to find out. Ho'bribed a young Indian named EugloClaw , who was very much attached tohim for saving his life while down withthe smallpox , to follow the returninghostilcs to their camp , under guise ofliving among them'nnd find out tbosecret of the warlike Brules and Minne-conjus.

-. Eagle Claw proved faithful to

his trust and returned. Ho was underpenalty of death , bound to keep secretall he had been. Ho described the loca-tion

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of the hostiles as on a river thatwas going to meet the sun iu the morn-ing

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, which Mr. Bordeau determinedmust bo the south branch of the Chey-enne

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river. Eagle Claw described , afterhesitating for a long time , the tortureof three white men who had been caughtin the foothills of ,$h mountains. Thepoor fellows had surprised and lit-erally

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filled with arrows before they hada chance to defend 'themselves. Theirguns were not wiflfyi reach just at themoment they werdMiocded , nnd the meawore soon bound 9itives. They weredisabled , one in both , legs , the othersin body and arnjsii The Indian de-scribed

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the torturotwith burning sticks ,hot arrow uointb inid mutilations. Hetold of their unflinchlne : bravery , stand-ing

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up to the stoker with fael teeth andflushing eyes , until the cruel flrente intothe vital spot , that hold them up , thenthe roasted flesh andjioncsof the defiantface butn few moments before , droppedon to the roasting breast nnd all wasover. Mr. BordeaVifmauo many fruit-less

-attempts to {J9tjtho record of the.

men , but everything Ufyd been burned.The Indians had no knowledge of

mining , but had learned to examinethe streams from their surprising minersat work , and afterwards killing thoin.and getting their outfits. The otherfour inon RauduU. Raymond , Gurouuand Bisonette had also personal knowl-edge

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that there was plenty of gold inthe Black hills having gone there oftenwith lodge polo parties and on huntingtrips , but wcro never allowed to do anyprospecting , only what could bo doneby the utmost caution to deceive theIndians. From all this assurance , I de-termined

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on ray return to Yankton , topublish all the facts and create u grandrush. '

Out of all the hundreds who wantedto go , only twenty-eight could bo mus-tered

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at Sioux City when the pinchcamo. This list included Mrs. Tallont-nnd her twelve-year-old boy , wife andson of a member of the expedition. Shewas the first white woman who got intothe hills , not n captive. On the Othday of October , 1874 , this littio band ofheroes crossed the Missouri river atSioux City and headed northwest forthe hills. After crossing the Niobrarariver they entered the great Sioux res-ervation.

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. Their course was over a wild ,howling wilderness of dcsohitlan untilthey wore fortunate enough to strikeOuster's trail and followed It to a pointon French creek , whore a stockade waserected and clo o to where the presentCuster City now stands. The trip oc-

cupied¬

two months and seventeen days ,

and no Indians mot. Their route andtime was chosen judiciously. The stock-ade

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erected was bOxOO nnd solidly built.About the middle of Juno ! , men

started for the hills by Sidney , Neb.When forty miles north of the Platteriver they were arrested and broughtback and sent to Cheyenne. CaptainMoynahnn , In command at Sidney ,used his unfortunate prisoners in abrutal manner. Following on the heelsof this outrage came another still morobrutal nnd inhuman Captain Walker ,

of the First infantry , stationed nt FortRandall , was sent out to overhaul ulargo party going Into the hills by theNiobrarn route. His command came upwith the pioneers near Rosebud creek ,

about midway between Randall and thehills. Walker was a fina looking so-ldier

-, and nothing in his make up or

style would indicata.Ithat ho would vo-luntarily

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misuse the (captives , who num-bered

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over 200 , andlcduld have lickedthe soldiers , but dlfllft{ want to nrousoUncle Sam. CnptiM1. "Walker burnedwagons , clothing an f personal effectsbelonging to the entire party , thenmarched them boqki to Fort Randall ,putting them across tto> Missouri riverand turned them idoie. They were asad and dishoartdfi&d crowd whenthey reached Yankton. * This put adumper on all other"ptxrtics who wantedto go to the hills. Tli'is brief outline ofthe early and unsuccessful efforts togain a permanent foothold brings us.up-to another trial by inou who fought , suf-

fered¬

and died. > niSJust before Captnln'1'Walker had cap-

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hlb 200 victlmsahotber party hadsecretly organized on the cast side ofthe Missouri river near where thellourishinz city of Chamberlain nowstands. They were all frontiersmen andposted. Their outfit consisted of throewagons loaded with supplies and tools ,

each wagon being hauled bv a strongmule team. The river was crossed jufetbelow old Fort Lookout ; Major Lymanwas in command , and the other mem-bers

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wore Jim Somers , Louis Bordeau ,

Hank Jones , Lore Pattce , Gus Willis.Big Parker , Follicia Fnllis , Poker BillWilliams , Jim Ellis. Bill Jones andTom Platt. At daylight they brokecamp and away they wont- This thrill-ing

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narrative of their march , lighting ,

death and retreat I got from Jim Somers ,as Major Lymun would never talk of thehorrors of thp trip. Ills success in allprevious frontier oxpurioncos hadboon,

so marked that this disastrous oefcatovershadowed everything. I haa topromlsoQVCV to publish the true Btnto-mcnt

-imtlho and -Soinors wore dead.

Jim Sorters died near Brulo Cltv In 1870-

or 1877 , nnd the account of Lyman'ddeath I sent the Tribune , which waspublished last week , Seniors was sec-ond

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In command. Hero's the story :' 'I did not look for much trouble until

wo slruck the trails loading from theC'hoycnno and Grand River agencies toRed Cloud's big camp at Pine Ridge , as-wo wcro taking a course midway be-tween

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them. Our first three days nndnights were passed nil right. Afterleaving the Missouri wo passed the headof Medicine river on a south westerly di-rection

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to reach the White river at ornear Two Tail creek. Following up theriver for two days nnd making goodtime , wo concluded to change our direc-tion

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to strike the liond of Wakpa-Shiclin or Bad river , which wo reachedon the night of the third day out , hav-ing

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inado only ono dry camp ( withoutwater ) on the crossing. On the morn-ing

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of the fourth day , Fnllis ; who hadthe last watch , rushed down from a-

feinall butte where ho had .stood guardthe bettor to overlook the country , andcalmly stated : 'Boys , wo'ro In for it.Our trail has boon discovered by a warparty , judging from their appearanceand actions. '

* 'Ottr judgment was right. Woreached Whlto rlvnr , placed picketsand wore ioon'nslccp. Before break ofday we wore all ready for the expectedattack. It didi t como. Our lookoutcould got a fair view of the country upand down on both sides. There wasnothing to indicate the presence of theenemy not even the appearance of astartled bird. Wo were about ready tostart out and wore discussing the move-monttwhon

-, like a thunder clap out of-

a clear sky , came the report of rilles ,'Jump cover , boys , they have got us ,

d n 'cm , exclaimed Lymau. It tookbut an instance to realize our position.The llrst, volley did its fatal work. PoorEllis nm} Pratt wore down and ono mulewas badly injuicd. Wo dis-covered

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at once that wo wcro ambushedin the rear. Every imui hold to hisprotection for five minutes or moro ,thougli .It scorned nn hour. Not a shothaa been flrod by us , nor had the In-dians

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exposed their position after theirfirst fatal volley.

" 'Boys , ' said Lyman , 'I fear wo are In-

a trap. There must be Indians aboveand below us , or they would never havetried this dcpporato game. '

"Fallis proposed a plan to uncover theconcealed foe which was for three to-go up and then down the river and theother four towards the river , cut a holein a hat and fasten n piece of this twineto it. When wo hu o got our positions ,run the twine over a twig or anythingthat do to hoist the hut up. Thentake your position on cither bide aimpull th'o string , raising the hat' slowly ,as if on a man's head. Those who gotowards the river will draw fire first.Then look out for both sides. 'I think , 'said Fallis , 'that wo can uncover thebrutes and got oven with them. I triedit on a cowardly Pawnee once nnd gothis huir, ' Wo scattered and got ourhoisting apparatus fixed and took posi-tion

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well ott on cither side , Lyman ,

Fallis and Big Parker and myself fakingthe river front. ' Wo got a position-nearwhere Ellis fell dotid and rigged thehat. I held the hiring and movedoff about ten feet and pulledthe hat up ' gradually .anddropped it a little to makeit seems like a man rising and showinghis head. I drew the hat up oven withthe brush , when bang came a dozen ormoro bullets. Down went the hat , andin an Instant a coupio of yells from thebrush on the river bank told that ourshots had hit. This rapid firing andyells mingled with shouts told us thatthe Indians on our flanks were uncov-ered

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also , for bang , bung , wept the gunsof our boys , with , the certainty thatanother Indian was hit. I pulled upthe hat again a littio more cautious ,

and our shots counted again on ono In-dian

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, at least. Things began to workin oUr favor pretty well. Lymancrawled back and called iu u man eachfrom the flanks , and thus reinforced woconcluded to force Ike fight on theriver , as a retreat uqrobs tlio riverwould give us big odds. Wo had theIndians well located and judged therewcro ten'or fifteen of them. The brushalong the bottom'was favorable for ourapproach on cither flank of the savages ,

never dreaming that wo would tacklethem in &uch a manner. There wcrothree on each flank. Lyman'a partywas to open firbt , and my crowd was totake advantage of what turned up-

."Our.

Schema worjcod like a charm.-Lyman

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and his two men commenced an-indiscriminatejmmning of lead into thebrush whore tholndiuuswereconccalcd.The attack was a surprise , besides thebullets caused the Indians to move , thenwo got a chance , an'd , by thunder , wogave it to thorn hot. Both our partieswore firing at the point of an anglewhore Mr. Indian was concealed. OnoIndian jumped up and fallback with nyell of defiance. Our work was count-Ing

-and wo crowded the now thoroughly

aroused1 foe. Ono tall minted devilbroke for the river but ho didn't getthere. Then two more started , bothreached the water but ono was wounded-.Lyman

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yelled out in Sioux , which wo uswell as the Indians understood , 'clo o-

in , give 'envholll' Wo did , but Parkergot an ugly wound In the loft shoulder.-At

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thjs stnpo of the game , the Indians '

became" , convinced .that they werewhipped , bq ldo's having tha river be-hind

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them. They gave it to us hot fora few minutes and then broke in a wildstampede for the water-

."We.

hud lost Ellis and Platt. Parkerwas badly wounded , but not fatally.Two of our six mules wore gone , andin twenty hours wo would bo hopelesslyhemmed in and death nnd butcherywould wind us up , If wo stayed verylong in our present camp. It was thenabout 5 o'clock. Itvas decided to gotsupper and cross the river , and make abee line for Nebraska. Wo repackedthe throe wagon loads into two , leavingout extra grub and mining tool a nnd pre-pared

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for light hiurching order. Assoon us It was dark wo moved tbo"wagons v down to the river , which wasensily forded , wo buried our comradeswithout ceremony and bade farewell tothe cursed hole. We had nothing tofear from the Indians that night , norwould they likely attack us again untilreinforced. Our only hope was a rapidretreat. Of course wo hadn't any ideaof the bitter hostile attitude of the en-

tire-

Soux nation ; as wo afterwardlearned. After getting safely across theriver wo marched as nearly duo south as-

wo could , Wo Boon struck n creek andcontinued our march on the ridge allnight. At daybreak wo could BOO a highbutte several miles in advance. Thiswo mndo for as rapidly us our mulescould travel.-

"Tho.

sun was scorching hot and ourpoor animals wcro suffering for water.About noon our pursuers approachedour locution to inspect , They could see-

the thrco men on top of the butte , butwo wore out of sight. The Indians hadno knowledge of our numbers now , asthey know they had killed some in thefight and couldn't toll how many wo hadto begin with as our numbers wore con ¬

cealed. They wore going to fool ourposition , OB they rode around the butteout of ran go and again halted in frontof our ravine. They know if theycould stampede our stock they had uadead to rights , The hour lor iho final

struggle wna at hand nnd everyoneknow his duty. The Indians dividedtheir forces again , one-half going tothe opjioslto sldo of the butte and dis-mounting.

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. They wore going for Ly-mnn

-and his two men on top. The

mounted lmlf wore going to tnkochances and stampede our stock , think-ing

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porhups that the thrco men on topwore all that was loft of our force. Theyalso know that ono moro night's marchwould bring us pretty close to Missouri-.It

.was their last chance and ours

also. They wanted our blood nndscalps ; wo wore equally as anxious fortheirs ,. Thcro was u mutual fooling onthis point. Our foes numbered twenty-six and our fighting foico was tun. Par-ker

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could still shoot , but a slight jarwas terrible. Ho was game nnd full of-rovcngo. . Lymnn had taken the extrarlllcs with him. The struggle began-

."Tho.

mounted , painted demons , witha howl of rage , made a bold and fourloss dash for the ravlno , but aldonlycircled right and loft in splendid stylo-.Wo

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watched their every motion , butkept perfectly quiet , having judgedtheir plan to draw our fire if there wasanyone concealed in the ravlno. Theyknow of the men on the butte tops aildthat our stock was In the ravlno , andthat was all. The first srtlly was for thedismounted bucks to attack Lyman. as-wo soon heard his gun talking. Tnonthe mounted bucks prepared for a regu-lar

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charge in dead earnest. On theycame like Hying devils , pouring theirbullets into the ravine as they came-.Wo

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answered not until they got withina hundred feet , when I gave thesignal. Seven good bullets wontout to meet a mark , andour repeaters wore handled witha rapidity that astonished the devils-.Thrco

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ponies wcKoJiit 'and two Indiansdropped before they got to my position.They charged over us , killing poorParker and shooting mo through thecheek ; see .(pointing to an ugly scar. )Willis got a bullet in his hip , and Ijumped for the brush. Willis was un-able

-to movo. I and my four unharmed

men in the brush turned our guns onthe howling devils who werounublo, tostampede our stock , but drove1 them In-

to¬

a huddle. They turned like a whboland charged out ngain. Wo had point-blank range and gave it to Tom strong.-Wo

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got three dead and ono woundedbuck and pony. They picked up theirtwo dead bucks first killed as they re-treated

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, displaying splendid horseman-ship

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and courage. Poor Willis got an-other

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bullet through his body as the In-dians

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rode over him. Ho was still liv-ing

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but fast going. I handed him myknife nnd ho crawled over to thewounded buck who had boon shotthrough from side to sldo and was un-able

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to do moro. Willis sunk his knifeinto the Indian und rolled over on hisback with bavago satisfaction in-eyes. . Their spirits went out togetherto war no more.It was a savage pic-ture

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but such was satisfaction-."The

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attack on Lyman had failed ;

but'one' Indian was lett to pay the pen-alty

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of their desperate attempt. Ly-man's

-men had not suffered , nor could

they fire well down the stoop bluff. TheIndians were thoroughly whipped , andour escape was now certain if "no freshbucks got in our way. Our loss was fourand my wound. The Indians lost sevenin this fight nud five in the fight onWhite river. Wo also lost two poniesand another mulein the charge. TheIndians dre v off and camped. Wo t otsupper and prepared for a rapid nightmarch. As spon as it was dark womounted and stole away very quietly.After putting about three miles betweenus and our thoroughly savage foes wostarted on a gallop until we felt safethat the Indians could not track us atour speed. We marched" all night ,

striking Whetstone crook nt daylight ,

down which wo rode and camped on theold Whetstone agency , then deserted-

.It.

was then agreed to separate and gohomo , denying our oiTort to go to thehills our loss. In fact , we wore deter-mined

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to cover up our defeat ns far asactual facts were concerned ! Wo allhad Indian wives , and it was uot safe tolot the matter get out. But' take ourtrip as a whole , it was the closest callfor hair all around that I over got into.Nothing but our good luck saved us ,

coupled with our thorough knowledgeof the brutes we had to contend with. "

Major Lyman and Jim Somors urodead , thereby releasing mo from thepromise made them not to publish theentire matter until both wore dead.-Tlio

.

lust I heard of Fallis was at Ameri-can

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Creek , near Fort Thompson. LouieBordoau is at ono of the agencies.Williams , Potter and the Jones boyswont to the hills in 1870. There ismuch of the minute details of the terri-ble

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march and lighting necessarilyomittcdso that this sketch would con-form

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to the limits of a big dully-.Somors

.was killed in n fight. Lyman

died recently in Montana , near thenorthwest corner of the National Park.-I

.lost throe old subscribers to my paper

out of the four killed , but they didn'towe much. AUTIIUU LINN-

.Tbo

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Cattle Business In Wyoming.Chicago Mail : Three years ugo Wyo-

ming¬

territory stood next to Texas as acattle country. Fortunes wore mudofast In the business , und u Wyoming cat-tle

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man was only another name for aman who was a millionaire , or whowould bo ono inside pf two years. "Why ,two years ago you co'uldn'tthrowastono-in Choyonnu without hitting a rich man-.Today

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you would have to look.around aspell to find ono. Tlio cattlemen madestock , companies out of thoir.hords andsold the atock at fancy prices , I reckon-.It

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wna understood in the oust that thedividends were enormous , nnd in orderto meet the expenses and the demandsfor dividends those companies wore , inmany instances , obliged to soil' all oftheir cattle down to yearlings , whenthey shouldn't have boon sent to themarket until thoy.wofo four-year-olds.That colncs about as'noar to killing thegoose that lays the golden eggs as any-thing

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can in those times.Then the cattlemen bucrun to fence in ,

the earth. Government land was ac-

quired¬

by every pretence possible under ,the laws , and other land was fencedjust taken , you know ; A lot of easternfellows , and English dudes came in ,

draw big salaries from the cattle com-panlos

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and cut abigdash. It actually gotto bo a common sluht to sea ono of thoseawkward chaps riding abobtullod hor&o ,

with a littio English saddle , undrigged up with whlto topped boots , awhip hnndlo without a lush , und'nll thefixings and trappings of regular Britishswells. They paralyzed the coyboys nndold timers with amazement at firbt , butwo got used to It after a time and justlot thorn go it. Inside of two yearsCheyenne became the most Englishtown in the United States. The tondor-fcet

-cuttlomon cut a wldo swuth , too.

There was a'sot" of thobo chuni.They affected the society of the Engllsn-mon , built fine residences ol! in onocorner of the city , and put on morostyle than u pilgrim eating with a fork.

The crush came last summer , and thething isn't pver with yet. The Swans ,

who wore about the biggest cattlemenof the United States , sold out to anEnglish syndicate for $2,000,000 , andfailed last summer. It has como thehardest on the old timers ; the men whosettled In the country in the onrlv daysand worked up. Those were plain sortof men , nnd wore led on by the dushand brilliancy of the new comers. Someof them wore badly pinched , und every-body

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is sorry for thorn.

THE SPECULATIVE MARKETS ,

Whottt Oomos to the Front WithAnother Drop in Prioo.

CORN SHOWS LIGHT TRADING ,

The Movement in Provisions Rntlicr-on the Bearish Order A Dot *

tcr Demand For Cattle-General Quotations.

CHICAGO rnODUCE MARKF2T.-

CmcAoo

.

, Fob. 23. [ Special Telegram tothe UEK. ] Flno wcnthor seems to meanlower wheat prices to local traders nnd Feb-ruary sunslilno di Ivcs nil thoughts of the np-PI

-caching cold winds of March from tholr-

minds. . Thcro was nothing In the uows re-ceived

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to-day to particularly influence pricescither way, but they1 dropped , and theweather , coupled with the condition In whichlocAl traders wcro loft Tuesday , appeared to-bo the first cnuso of the dculino. May wlioatopened nt 80Vf@80Xc which wan #@Vounder Tuesday's cloir and steadily workeddown to TOJjfc , then hung for a long time bo-twecn

-79J6o nnd SOo , but shortly hoforo the

close advanced to , plowing ot 1-

o'clock nt 80ffc. Juno wheat openednt 81c and sold down to SOj o nnd closed at 1-

o'clock nt bO o.The local shorts In corn appeared to have

covered pretty well on Tuesday , and outsidespeculators were the only source from whichstrength could bo expected this morning-.Bujlng

.orders did not como In sufficient

quantity , nnd without any special effort onthe part of the bears to depress prices , therewas n decline of about } o. Trade was quitolight and tticre was no special feature and nonews to greatly Influence prices. May rornopened at Gl QSlKc , which was j ,'@lolower than Tuesday's close , and after Hdling-at 51 > c straight , worked steadily down to50J c, and GOJ c was tlio price without changefor a long time. Later in tlio session therewas an advance to SOJjfc , and the 1 o'clockclose was at COf@oOj c. Juiio corn openednt 51c , sold up to riljffc , then down to COVQSOVc , and closed at 1 o'clock at BOfga.

The speculative oat market was quiet andwithout feature during most ofUio session ,

liich was-evidentlyadvanced

to 31 Jf@tlXc: , but declined later to aOKGJmioand the 1 o'clock close was at 31 }<c. Junooats opened at 81Jfo, sold down to 3k , andclosed nt Ul.Vc-

.In.

provisions the movement was a littiobourishly inclined. Trading all aroundopened at prices a littio lower than the Tues-day

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closings nnd before any reaction was ex-perienced

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pork suffered a decline of IT Cjlard 5c nnd short ribs 7 > c. From the Insideprices , however, the market subsequently re-covered

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a large sliuro of tlio ground lost nnd-at 1 o'clock exhibited considerable steadiness.The depreciation actually suffered , ns In-

dicated¬

by the final quotations', amounted to .l'3> o in pork , 2 @3c in lard and 7> @ 10o inshort ribs.-

AFTEUXOOX.

Susliox Wheat weaker ; Mayclosed at 7S Kc and Juno at SO o bid. Corneasier , May closing at fiOjfto und Juno 50Vc-bid. . Oats lower : May closed tit OXc. Porkclosed unchanged , or at 13.80 for Februarynnd March and 14.00 for May ; Juno sold at

Juno at 790. Short ribs wore u simileeasier ; May sold and closed at 7.35 <a7.87K' '

and Juno at ? r.45 ; February and March weionominally 720. w

CHICAGO JJIVK STOCK.CHICAGO , Fob. 23. [Si >ecial Telegram to

the BBC. ] CATTLR Trade was moro steadyto-day and the demand a shade bettor , butat the same time the general market wasslow in comparison with the opening of theweek. With the number left lust night thorqwere fully 10,000 on sale. The largo easternmarkets are full of beef and private cablesquoted Ji'c decline In London on Americanrefrigerated beef. The great pressure , how-ever

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, Is not on tbo very best , but mainly 'onmedium and half-fattened stock. The de-cline

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on fat cattle slnco Monday is placed bylovcl-hcaded and conservative sales-men

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at from 20 to 80 cants ,according to quality. Prime butcher'sstock remains steady , buyers claiming thatthey are paying higher prices than last week.The sharp down turn and dullness in thefat cattle line bas Interfered with the stackerand feeder trade and business w as not as nc-tivo

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as for a day or two past. Fancy , 3.00S.a1 ; . Steers , 1350 to 1500 Ibs , 4.00®4.85 ; 1200 to 1350 Ibs , 3CO4.40 : 050-

to 1200 Ibs , $300@'J 05. Stackers and foed-orn

-, 3453.70 ; cows , bulls and mixed , $1.80-

@J.10 ; bulk , *3.35 ® > 80. Texas grassers ,?* 50@3.00 ; Texas-fed steers , 325g400.(

Hoes Business was rather slow at thestart , with prices somwhut unsettled , butlater on thcro was a good demand , with littio-or no change in prices. Two loads of 40J Ib.porkers brought $ "> CO@'i05 , but S5505.55would buy as prime- heavy sorts as anvonocould wish for. Packing sorts sold largely bo-twccn

-$5 30 and 5.50 , and light sorts of 010

11) . averages sold at 51U5.15 aud 170 Ib. av-erages

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at 5155.20 _FINANCIAL.

NEW YOJIK , Fob. 23. [Special Telegramto the BEE. ] STOCKS The feature of theNew York stock market was the strong andadvancing tendency in Hichraond TerminalsInsiders are credited with putting the marketup to sell on , and have sold considerable )

stock. Speculators remember the iiiuuuor inwhich this property was ballooned in 1SSO

and are denying it with a considerable degreeof freedom. The largest buyers this morningwere H. 1) . Hallins and parties said to repre-sent

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Hatty Green , lloth common and pre-ferred

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wcro purchased and advanced fi@lpoint and furnished over one-third of Uio-

morning's business. The Heading strike hasbeen definitely settled and Uio miners orderedto return to work , but tha settlement helpedthe stock comparatively littio. ' The rate warIn the west remains in tlio same condition as-

on Tuesday. Tlio Granger stocks wcro-stronger. . The Northwcstcrn's earnings forJanuary decreased $1S1SS3 , and , to the sur-prise

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of nil , prices advanced H but rccoded %per cent before the finish. If tlio Northweit-crn's

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business is any indication of whut theother Granger toads have done , the outlookis not very promising for the near future.Western Union advanced ? per cent on cov-

ering¬

by shorts. The rest of the imu kot re-

spondcd- , i

feebly , but last sales on u majority 11-

of stocks were at almost tlio same figures us )

tlio opening. The total sales wore 118,440(

shares.G-

OVKU.VMKXTS.

Government bonds woredull but steady.I-

BaTEHDAY'S.

QUOTATIONS.I-

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: 0N. W. ..108. B.4H coupon. . dohreferrod . lliU-

N.UH.4 { rCKUtrocllOil'4-U.

. Y. Central. lOTi-K1U. 8 4J , UUpon.107i O. U.-

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1'ncltlc frf of 'Oi. 10-Cuiiuda

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Southern. . 5.1'i-Vivtral

Pacific Mail , . . Ut )

( 1'ncltlo 30 O. ll.&K 1SU-

I'llllmanChicago * Alton.1M. , H.&O 12UW-

D.Heading fit ;,

. , I.fcW 13UJ , UotkjHlaud 113-

bt.D.&U.O 21 . L-

.tlo

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Erie 27-

do preferred " 1

Illinois Central Il. , . .K.&T. 1015 preferred II-

LakeHhorq HI * Tcxa * 1nUtlc. . , . , . . HH-

iI.Ac N. . . . . . "J Union 1uclUc. . . . . . . MS ,

MIchlKun Contra ! . , bW. . . St.U & I' . . 1-4MlstourlPacific.

-. . . . MX doprnfurred. . . . . SttX-

JIlKsoiirll'acItlo. . . . . Zlii W. IT. Telegraph. , 78-

do preferred 45U

Mover On call , ruled easy at 2@2K per-cent ; lust loan U per cent ; ulosod offoied at 1

'MEKCAKTILB PAPBII 4f@5W per

STEIIUNO ExcruNOR Dull but firm at-

t1.65 for 00 day bills , 1.80J ( for demand-

.PHODUCE'MARKKTS.

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Chicago , Fob. 23. Following are tha 9:80:

closing prices :

' Flour Remains steady and unchanged {

winter wheat , bbls , 3503.50j sack-tt50@3.7S

* ,-; Wheat , bbls , l350O4.tOl