Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 23, 1881, Page 3

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE--MONDAY MORNING, MAY 93,1881 THE DAILY BEE months 1 Copy 1 year, in advance (postpaid). SLJ B GE. | s-u-:gpn ‘mu 5t o ot 4250, e -v-hm-.u 3. in Neb Through Expross, 60 3. m. 3 Liscol Exprom. 730 p 1. Express, 1215 B #40a m. " —emigrut " Trlght No. 11, 825 b o ARRIVISG—PROK BAWT AXD SOUTH. T TH0n, 846 . £F, s A o T W Ax soTwTSY. nmgu“m\nfwnv = wowmm. (Nebraska Division of the St. Paul & Sioux City No. 2 leaves Omliha Sa. m. No. 4 loaves Omaha 1:50 p. m. No. 1 arrives at Omaha at 4:30 p. m. Omaba No. & arrives 10450 m. UMY TRATNS BNTWRAN OMANA AND cousciL BLCYR. Lonse Omata st 80, 900 and 0, 35, 40, 600 s plufls at m,:s,n:.' ams 3125, 4:2 020 and 65 p. B o el Opening and Ciosing of M P e o u.fin 2 12% 430 240 Seirli e e e 4% " Fincoln S v sl oponed at 1030w, . Ot open Bandays from 1310 101 . 5. Tios. ¥ HALL, Clarkson & Hum, Sucosssors to Richards & Hunt, ATTORNEYS-AT- LAW, S e S, O, N W. J. CONNELL, ATTORNEY - AT - LAW, verics—Front Rooms (ap saing I fanscos' e D g, N, W, comer Priarth & Forubam Sroda. ctian, £, REDICK. "REDICK & REDICK, ATTORNEYS. AT- i.&w J. ENGLISH, ATTORNEY - AT - LAW, 510 South Trirteent-Sigeet, with __J. M-Wootworth. D. S. BENTON, u:h,. mfi.l‘* — Hepdld (i i Business Directory. e jum, 1516 Dodge Street, intins, Chromes, Fancy STBORNER 130 Doogias Sirect. . Good Stylen ‘Abstract and Real Estate. JOHN L. McCAGUE, opposite Post Office. W, R BARTLETT, 315 South 13th Street. Architects. 'DUFRENE & MENDELSSOEYN, ARCHITECTS, Room 1¢, Creighton Block. AT, LARGE, Jr., Room 2, Creighton Block. 4. U. ROSE'S THOS. ERICKSON, 8. E. cor. 16th and Douglas. JOBN FORTUNATUS, ufact e good work. 3.P. LARBIMER, Manutactuter, Visshers' Bk Books, News and Stationery. 3.1 FRUEHAUF, 1015 Farnbam Street Dodge. ‘Best Boar for the Money. Meals at all Hours ‘Bord by the Day, Wesk or Moath. " the DRY. Goad Terms for Cash. Furnisbod Hooms Suppiid. Carriages and Road Wagons. WM. 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BONNER, 1300 Douglas St. Good and Cheap. ~Nl§|ml»rm jwmblctanjan.* Becce. 2 S oere iy 'm...."',.."‘(‘,_’;;' QU | 5. EVANS, Wholomle and Retail Soed Drtis nd My e will v e e Shoe Stores. . lat and wil end Sept. | PomIip Lavg, 1320 Famabarn st., bet. 18th & 1th. i sonieo will be put 88 e el 2 e [ e e ek begimai o et | PRI e Thepoth S, | Sccond ‘and the of ek cornh-mh ufi Hi D Blapksqflhanmatln 3 Mm,b@%an ~JOUN BAUMER 1514 Faenhai Strect. - of SAVED BY A GHOST. From my youth up a locomotive has always possessed a strange fascination for me, and T have never tired of watching its whirling wheels and listening to its regular breathing as it has passed me by at stations. To my fancy, it seems a living incarnation of the spirit of progress, a herald sent from the court, of Time to aunounce the'marching of the wonderful ages yet to come, and, clad Tike a knight of old in a coat of glittering mail, the very wheels that are crushing out the miles beneath their ponderous rims, | PO hum in an underone a song of triumph which, erc it dies away.u the air, is hurlel back in brol echoes from the slender rail over which f the steam. from its cylin- ders T almost fancy that I can hearthe whispered word Excelsior—which is the motto of the country. There is something almost human in its cries of fageas i dashes pell-mell across thé devel plains, or labors with smoth- ¢éred groans up the mountains. How many times I have watched it as it by me like an arrow, and wondered at the genius of the man who dared fate with suchaninvention. At such time the smoke-begrimed driver, too, has come in for no small share of my attention. He is a hero, even though he do3s Tip out a savage oath. now and then, and wears a greasy blouse instead of a broadcloth coat. Leaning out from his cab win- dow as he rushes along in the sun- shine and the darkness, he can almost touch hands with the pale horse-man riding by his side. There is nothing between him and the gate that leads from lifo save a slender rail that reaking beneath the hurrying whesls of his chariot would usher him into Death's court in the twinkling of an eye, and yet he whistles as cheerily as though he were seated upon the steps of his cottage home. ““Ah! but,” T hear you say, “itis his business.” Phe monster runs, and amid the noise e | True, my dear sir, so it is; but the man whe looks death coolly in the face day after day, whether it be for gan or glory, from the open window of an engine cab or the wheelhouse of ariver steamer, is after all a hero— though the heroism may be of so com- mon'a kind as to attract but little at- tention from their fellow-men until it is brought forcibly to their notice Dy the report-of some terrible accident. Somuch by way of an introduction. Tt was one night in the latter part of November in the year 187 —, um 1 stood in the depot at B\lf(a!(), N waiting to see Uncle Sam’s new hnly~ by, the fast mail, come in over the Central vond and take its departure west over the Lake Shore. For sove eason it was nearly an_hour late, and T therefore had plenty of time to look about me. Walking slowly down through tne depot 1 paused by the side of the engine, H. L. Lansing, which was to take the train westward it its flight, and stopped’for a quiet chat with the engineer, old John M—, a great personal friend of mine, and as wild & runner as ever laid a hand upon a throttle. To use his Own ex- pression, he would “‘jest as lieve go ifito etarnity et sixty miles an hour a5 thirty-five ez long ez he'd got to go anyway,” and judging from some of the fast runs with which he was cred- ited the saying wasa true one. Weo hiad been chatting but a few moments togother when he asked me how I would like to ride to Erie with him, mentioning by way of inducement, that he had orders to make fast time with a clear track the way through, and he just meant to ““douse her, you As T liad been longing for just such an opportunity as this since the rmt appearance of the “Lightning run,” as it was termed, I unhesitatingly ac ted the invitation and climbed ml.o ol Jokhi's ‘plsoo by the window, and scarcely had 1 done so before the de- layed train came stealing into the de- pot. In afew moments the mails were aboard and the Lansing was ‘made fast to the four white cars, each one of which had e hereee b signal for the start, and as old John touched the lever the train moved slowly out from the depot and towards the outskirts of the city. |Tt was not until we had struck the open country that the run_fairly com- menced, and then, with a laugh in his eyes, the old fellow told me_ to look out and pulled the throttle wide open. For a moment the monster seemed to tremblo under my feet, and -then we dmrted off like an arrow. The trunks of the trees that stood by the side of the track seemed trans- formed into solid walls. The fences were narrow strips of rib- bon fluttering in the wind. The tele- graph poles became forests as we passed by, and the haystacks left standing in the brown floids were all waltzing together. For a moment my heart scemed to cease.its beating, and T looked at the engineer, Ho was whistling to himself and as a cool as a. cucumber. - Then, as the wild rush grow wilder, T, too, bogan to_ grow Teckless and enjoy the race. ing t ahead through the cab win- dows a house would loom up right in our path, and then as we struck tho curve, it would sail off to one side on aseaof air. Naw, a long bridge came on right ahead, and 1 looked for him to slacken the speed a liftle. Not a bit of it. Bridgos, curves and frogs were all the same to him. Inatinctive- 1y 1 grasped the scat with a firm grip as we darted on o it with & rattling sound like the rolling of musketry, and held my breath until we were safe on the other side. ‘Then 2 a sigh of Telicf cscaped my lips, I leaned over and said: “John, how fast are you running now, do you think ““About fifty-five miles an hour, I reckon, but 'fore we git ter Erie, I'm a goin’ to show you that the Lansing can travel a mile a minute in spite of what these railrond sharps say to the contrary.” “How largo a driving wheel have you got?” queried L “Just exactly five feot cight inches,” he answered, **but I hev run a mile a minute with her, and I kin again. Jest you wait till we strike a straight piece of track, yousg Tollor, and then yowll see her make it.” She was running fast enaugh then to suit me, but I did not dare tell him so, and then, after all, I might never have a chance toride a milea minute again, At last we camo to a straight lovel stretch of tsack, and handing me & stop watch, he said! “Start her again when the milo post isright at tha cowcatcher, and stop her when the noxt one is In the same place; T tell you when the gots a-go- i ree or four minutes passed in get- ing the speed up, and then as I looked fram the cab windows I realized what milps an hour meant. Houses came and dissppeased 1e. The forests became indistinct issses of haze whose general utlings auly were pon it ide, turned to thread-like lines, and the mile-posts were dnfnng by Iikethistle- looking over my Twice I tri¢ mn, but at the third attempt it was a go. ““Stop her!” he said. I did so, and_the hands upon the dial's face mazkad off fifty-nine seconds. I could it, and both times in It iaan ar. r-*.u hoven the Dhsoase it improves the enera! health. SMITH, BLACK & 0. Propricor, Plattamoth, Neb. opua, Gen'l Agent, Omaba. e roma iy el P. C. BACKUS, 1205 Farbam 5t,, Fancy Goods. ly believe it, and wpited for an- trial. ~ Fifty-cight seconds the made gnswer to the question- kolmyo;u,wiu John ‘her up a little he asked: ‘r unthnhlu{ngrunl mile “tu, nx, T replied, “and if any- says she can't, send them tome.” ba!"he chuckled, ‘T knew % old girl could do it; but I'm u_ seed it done, my lad, for 5; won't believe old John when he says she done it. « A fow minutes aftervard the train we toa stand-still at the platform ™ | Liove this yarn I'm ag discernible. ~ The ribboned fences had | the in Erie. The eighty-eight miles had been made, including two stoppages, in one hour and forty-six minutes. Dismounting from theengine, which was left in charge of ~the fireman, old John and myself went overto the hotel for supper, and then after wo had stowed away a square meal we ro- paired to his room, where with the Rid of a pitcher of alo and somo cigars, we procoeded to make ourselves com- fortable by the cheerful fire that blazed brightly in the little old-fash- ioned grate. Soothed intoa feeling of content- ment by the weed and mellowing in- fluences of the ale, the old fellow, after a great deal of urging on my part, told me the following truc “how T don't ask fer yermb» oin’ to tell ye,’ he bogan, “but it's true for all that. T ain't no great shakes in spinning a story, cause I cannot dress it up like ou fellars that writes for the papers, ut I'll tell yo s strange thing that happened to me once, when I was a g deal younger than I am now,and Kin datc my gray hairs ight from that time. “Tt was nigh onto cighteen yearsago that T was runnin an engine on theold Aur line, out of T—, an’ as careless a fellar ¢z ever stepped onto a foot- board. I was pullin’ a night rum an’ had for a fireman a little Irishman who was afraid of nothin’, God, man or devil, and whose only ambition was to go through life a fiying, though T will say for him that he wasn’t a bit afeer'd o work and kept the brass works of the old Ajax as bright as a new pin. One night in the middle o' the winter, when the snow was a whirling and drifting down to earth in great clouds, we pulled out o’ the depot at T—— with the fast night express mearly two hours late, and with orders to run her through to C—— as fast as possible. Somehow 1 wasn't feeling good that night. There was something whispered to me that thar was trouble ahead, but once clear of the city and dashing along the rails, T began to feel better, and as we danced along, trying to make up a little of the lost time, I laughed and joked with the fireman about tho girls Zfor he had one, that feller, at overy station on the line, and they used to set up nights, too, fer to sce him when he went by. It were about as dark a night as ever I sced. Looking out the winder you couldn’t see a foot afore your face.” It was worser than a stack of black cats. The headlight, to be sure, lit up the track ahead for twenty or thirty yards, but beyond that ye couldn’t see a thing. ~We didn't hev many stops to make in that run, so thero wasn't much for me to do but to keep my eye on the gauge and sce tho steam didn’t give out. Ther’ wasn't but one bad place on the whole line, and that. was the big bridge leading over the K—— river, and ez we went hurry- ing along toward that and a gettin’ closer every minute, somehow I got ter to thinking what a terrible thing it "uld be for a train to go through that bridge and a wondenni how many lives "uld be lost ef it dic ““The more I thought of it and the nearer we got to the river the more nervous 1 became. My flreman noticed it too, and that made it worse. Now, just afore me came to the bridge, thar was a big curve, an’ ez I was alooking out of the winder and straight ahead I soed & woman all in white standing on the curve and a-waving her arms at me fer to stop. It didn’t take me more'n a second for ter whistle brakes, reverse the engine and shut her off, but when looked out o' the winder again the woman had gone. Slowly we came to a standstill, and then the conductor and the passengers came a-running up for to seo what was the trouble. 1 told 'em what I had 'seed, and taking my lantern I started out with the conductor ahead to see what wohed stopped for. Thar' wasn'ta single footprint on the snow that we could find nor a rail out of place, and the bridge was all right. Tho boys laughed at me for stopping, and some o’ the passengers cussed me for a fool, but I didn’t care for that. I stuck to it T see'd the woman, but they axed me what I hed for supper. Now them days I didn't believe in ghosts, an’ don't generally now, but this thing. kind o' beat me. I didn't say much, but climbed into my place, and it warn't long afore we had crossed the bridge and were running faster than ever. That night, after we had got to C——, the fireman and I talked it over, for he see'd it as well asme, but we couldn’t come to no agreemont re- garding it, for he weroa believer in spooks an’ sperits, and I wan't.’ “A couple o nights afterward we caught the same run, an’, if anything, no worser weather than we had had afore. 1 romembers it wero bitter cold, 60 cold that the rails kept a sur- n' like mad under the wheels, and 1 iad to run with the windows all shut down to keep from freezin’ into a statug on the boot-board. The night wero_clear, but terriblo windy, and running over somo_ o' them prairies I Tooked for a gust toblow thu train into the dm;h, engine an’ all, It just hap- pened, too, that we wero de yod at some o’ the stations along the linc, and had to run like the devil fer to make up the time that we had lost. The conductar, an’ by the way he were the same feller I had had afore, was cross old curmudgeon that had more enemies than friends along the line o the road, an’ a_man that hated for to be behindhand the worst sort of away. Totell the truth, he were a Tittla soary, an’ didn't like to rido on a train that was 4 racing for to catch time. Atone of the stations where we stopped fer water he came a-walk— in’ up to me ez I was oiling, and said : ““John, fer God’s sake, don't seeno ghosts on the big curve to-night— we're behind enough already, “Alright Jim aid L T'll run 'em down eh?’ “‘He didn t make no answor to that, but walked baok and gave-the signal to go ahead. The old girl steamed bully that night, and it wasn't long afore we was tearing along the rails like a comet. ““That night jus afore we came to the curva I wero a setting back in the comer of the sab an' & dreamin’ gz a man will that's a little gono on a gal, fer 1 was a young fellow then an’ head over heels in love with az prettya piece o calico ez ever you sot your eyes on, when all of a sudden I seed thatIrish- man that was a-firin’ for me turn ez white 6z & wheet, an’ fouchjng me he pointed ahead to the curve. Kini out T'see’d the samo woman that Thad sa'd afore, and she were a-goin’ through the samo_motions for mo to stop. 1i was gp light outdoors that I could soe her face plain, and the great tangles of brown hair that fell about her shoylders, and such eyes ez sho I never soe'd {n no woman. Her arms wero bare, gn as nigh as T could oo, sho didn't hov nothin’ on_but a night gown. Wall, Alwp% 2oain. an”at the very same had stopped afore. it wers Tho samo old story. The tracks wero .nmm, and thepe '\n“ the sig \ o woman to be see'd anyw though the hull train sarchod for her high an’ Jow, an as fer the_conductor, ho wero the maddest man 1 ever sced. Ho cyssed me fer all the differont | kind o faals that weso in the dictjon- ary, while the {\MW Jjust staod ‘round an’ laughed, “As for me, I didn't -.1, back, for I couldn’t. 1 know' ‘L though, that me and.the fireman had | see’d suthin’, and I know'd that suthin’ was a woman, but whether'3t | were a ghost or not I didn't know, 4’ |18 after thiinkin’ the matéer aver I came to the conclusion that 1 wouldn't be/ fielt fosled that way again, anyhow, *#0f gourse, when weresched and the conduotor made his Toport b h- mentioned the matter, and the result was that Igonndm for to visit f.he office. B— was our superinendent, and a ty m—m ong, an’ I zather mted 1w acgoin’ to geb the bounce, bu T didn'e| {1 s00'em 1 told him just what T had see’d, and the Irishman told him the same thing. Helaid it to our ‘magination, butT could see that he were a little put out hisself, though ho told me mighty plain afore T left that ef I couldn’t 'make the time on that run he'd have to put on somebody that could. “As you kin 'magine, 1 Went out mad, and I swore that whether it were ‘woman, ghost or devil, I'drun it down the first time it showed up ter givo me a chance, and what made it Worse was that my being stopped by nothin’ was told all along the Hhe, and everybody was a-makin’ fun of me. “At last they made it 50 hot for me with their joking thet I couldn't stand it, and I asked for two weeks' |s, leave of absence, hoping that by the time T came back the hull n\m w have, bluwn over. Wall, was agoin’ to start the mxt morning. when one of the boys was taken sick and I was ordered for to take his run, an’ agin it ware_the cussed night ex- ress, an’ this time four hours an’ a alf late. “When I climed into the cab that night T found a new fireman, for the Irishman had refused to go. Great God, what a night it were! It had been thawing for two days, and just afore we pulled out o’ the depot n{wl started to rain. The water camo down in_bucketsful, just -as if some devil had knocked the whole bottom out of God's cistern; and talk about its being dark, young feller, it were the darkest mgKt I eversaw, and if the blackness thet Moses sent down over Egypt were any worse nor_thet, T'msorry for old Herod, that's all I wan't in very good humor, an’ when old Jim passed me on the platform an’ muttered _something about ghosts, I jest ripped out an oath an’swore I would stop for nothin'. ““Things went wrong from the start, as they generally do when a man loses his temper. The old Ajax wouldn't make steam, an’ as a result we jest kept on losing time. ~ The fireman was a greenhorn, an’ so I hed to do the maost o' the work myself. Then that darn ghost o’ mine kopt a_gettin’ into my head, spite o' all I could do, an’ the nearer we came to the river the more I were a wonderin’ ef she would show up. It warn't no use lookin’ out the winder, ’cause you couldn’t see nothin’ anyhow, except right in the glare o’ the headlight. 1 couldn’t tell where we were only by guessing, till 1 heard, over the noise made by the en- in, tho roarin’ o’ the river, an’ then knowed that I must be a roundin’ the big curve. I hadu't see'd nothin’ yot o’ the woman, an’ I was hopin’ I wouldn't, though T did’t mean to pay 10 attention to her ef I did,when sud- denly glancing out ahead, T see'd her a standing right in_the glare o' tho headlighta movin'_her bare arms and a pointin’ ter the river. “In spite o’ all I'd said an’ afore T know'd what I werea doin’ I hed reversed the old Ajax and whistled for brakes. Then as the train slowly came to a stop I stepped out with the lantern, but just as aforo the woman had gone. T don't know what it was, but suthin’ whispered to ‘me to take look at the bridge, an’ I started down the track lamp in hand for to do so. “‘Afore 1 reached thar, however, old Jim had caught me and asked what wes the trouble. I told him the same old story, an’ he cussed as usual, but jest as he were on the point o’ callin’ me a fool we came to the river, an'—well the bridge was gone an’ he didn’t finish the sentence. ‘I was pretty wet, but in_ spito o that T jest knuckled right down be- tween the rails and thanked God for givin’ moa warnin’. Ez fer old Jim he turned dead_ white, and went to 1| crying, but the first thing he did when he could speak was to beg my pardon for the cussin’s he'd give me. If ye ever set'd a thankful set o’ passengers it war them I was a pullin’, Some cried, some prayed and somo Iaughed, but thar warn't a man on the train that made any fun of old John.” ““Was it a ghost oldman?” I queried, a8 ho bit the end off a fresh cigar. “Tt warn'ta livi' woman, that’s certain,” he answered, “an’ yo can callit a ghost or not, just as you like. One thing sartain, whother it were a ghost or a shadow, it sved a big wreck on the Air line, an’ the queerest part o’ the hull thing is that my hair was a dark brown when I left T—at 1145 p. m., but the next mornin’ I were as gray asa badger, and I'm a-goin’ to insist to my dyin’ day thata woman was tho cause of it. my story, an’ as I said at the start, {un can believe it or not, just as yoy it IMPIETIES. A good square sormon, with roast duck for dinner, is my idea of the seventh day.—[Plato. 1 have never boon fishing on Sun- day, but I think Sunday evening the best in the woek for going to see your girl.—[Cato. Sweot Sabbath day of rest! Also, for riding out. Also, for a good_din ner. Also, for cutting tho children’s hair. Count meo in.—Confucius. If tho Biblo should pass through a few more versions, its most intimate frionds would hardly be able to recog- nize it. Sunday is always welcomo to me, | i for on that day I sew on loose buttons, wash my feet and reflect that I am onewecknearer the grave.—[Diogenos. In the old Puntan daysa young ‘man caught waiting at the church door to seo his girl homo would have been set down as one shade worse than a sheep-stealer. The Hon. M. Halstead has decided that “the devil is a faded fraud.” Murat isn’t the first man who has con- cluded that some ballet dancer was the devil.” Ata church fair in Dubuque the other mfihtag’mg of young rascals passed through the crowd and dropped eggs Inta every pocket they could get at—principally in ladies’ sacks. As thero was a_perfeat, ,m the conse- quences can be imagined. Win. Poters, of Arkansas, sat him- solf down on the stops of & _country church and said there should bo no hing thero that Sunday. After Ieg ho vacated and the services were begun. The text was: ““Why do the heathen ragej g An Indiana woman has just killed twenty snakes which she found on one spot enjoying the warm sunshine. If Adam had only had that kind of s wife! But somehow the Garden of Eden had to be placed on the wrong sido of the Tndisna ling, snd things | Drug gotmixed. A new poet thus disposes of Martin Luther’s tipsy philosophy: 6 v dow s e MY e v oo o e, But he'l live five times a8 log. The railroad companies aro having the Biblesin the cars rebound. The binding has become much worn by jarring against the iron racks, but the ingidy of the book is as zood a8 pow, A conductor on one of the roads says he has never seen a copy of the Bible taken put of the ek, except once, when there was & row in the smoking car and a tramp used the book for a weapon to knock a brakeman down. This is sad, if true.—[Peck’s Sun, The Cathalig bishap of Detroit has issued a pastoral letter forbidding the holding of any picnica or_excursions nothin’ | by water or rail. The bishop may mean well; but he doesn't seem to understand the situation. It is the nic held in a grove a mileand a from the charch, to which a man ed to lugl Dasketful of things 'mi ton across severa] in 3hhunng sun, that should e swept off the face of the earth and the projectors imprisoned for ninety- nine years. — [Norristown Herald. BUCKLEN'S ARNICA SALVE, The Besr SaLve in the world for Cuts, This Salve is guaranteed to give perfect satisfac. That's | A, Wdlum had received a bullet in the | First Wi tion n every case o moriey retunded. | Price 2 centa pat box. For sale by 8dly McMahon, Omaha. Vofllvy Praise. As a rule We do not recommend pa- tent medicines, but When W know of one that really is a public_benefactor, and does positively cure, than we con- sider it our duty fo impart that infor- mation to all. Electric bitters are truly & most valuable modicine, and will surely curo_Biliousneas, Fever and Aguo, Stomach, Liver and Lidney complaints, even where all other rem- odies fail. We know whereof wo .fimk and can froely recommend to . Sold at 50 cents a bottle, @ 1{by Tsh & McMahon. GREATEST REMEDY KNOWN. Dr. King's New Discovery for Con- sumption 1s certainly the greatest | ¢} medical remedy ever phml within the reach of suffering humanity. Thou- sands of once helpless sufferers, now loudly proclaim their praise for this wonderful discovery to which they owe their lives. Not only does it posi- tively cure Consumption, but Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Bronchitis, il Fovar, Hoarseness and all affections of the Throat, Chest and Lungs yields at once to its wonderful curative pow- er as if by magic. We do not ask you to buy a largo bottle unless you know what you ase getting. We therefore earnestly request you to call on your druggists, Isn & McMaRox, and get a trial bottle free of cost which will con- vince the most skeptical of its wonder- ful merits, and show you what a rey lar one dollar size bottle will do. sale by Ish & McMahon. ( PROCLAMATION AND ELECTION NOTICE. or. Execunive DRpARTMENT, CITY or Oxama, Mavor's OFFice, May 7th, 1881. vosted, I, James E. Boyd, mayor of the city of Omaha, do hereby proclaim to the qualified voters of said city, and of the respective wards thereof, that on the 3rd day of May, 1881, an ordinance was duly by the council of the city of Omaha, and on the 5th day of May instant, the said ordinance was approved by the mayor, of which ordinance the following is a copy, to-wi ORDINANCE No. 452. An_ordmance to provide for a ial election by the electors of the ity oF Omaliay to, datasmia whietier ono hundred thousand dollars of bonds of the city of Omaha shall be_issued for tho purpose of the construction and maintenance of sewers in the city of Omaha. Bo it ordained by the city council of the city of Omaha, as follows: SecTION 1. It boing considered nec- emsary by tho city comncil of the ey of Omaha, that sewers ly constructed in tho city sho completed and maintained and e sowers constructed. Therofore the mayor of the city of Omaha be, and he is heroby authorized and instructed to call & special election_after giving twenty days publio notice of such special cloction to bo held in the city of Omaha, on Tuesday, the 31st day of May,A. D., 1881, for the purposo of lubnnumg to Hlo electors of said city the following proposition, ““shall bonds of tho city of Omaha bo issued by said city in the sum of one hundred thou- sand dollars (8100,000) duo in twenty years with interest at the rate of six per centum per annum paya- blu semi-annually upon interost cou- to Lo ot HipS poraotl o and maintaining sewers partly con- structed, and to construct and main- tain_additional sewers. Said bonds or the proceods thereof not to be di- aro issued, and not to bo disposed of at loss than par. Said proposition shall bo submitted to said_electors en- tiro and in the foregoing form, and the vote thereon shall bo only by “Yes” or “No.” Sec. 2. This ordinance shall take offect and be in force from and after its re. ‘Gignet) Thos. H. Damev, President City Council. Passod May 3d, 1881. Attest: J.J. L. C. Jewerr, City Clork. roved May 5th, 1881. (Signed) ~ Jaums E. Bovo, Mayor. Now, theretore in pursuance of the provisions ofsid ordinance, notico is held in the city of Omaha, Douglas county, state of Nebraska, on Tres- day, the thirty-first day of May, 1881, at which election the proposition recited in said ordinance, in regard to the issue of bonds will be submitted to tho electors of said city. The polls at said election will be opened at 8 o'clock a. m., and held open until 7 o'clock p. m. and no longer and at the following places in th several wards to-#i First Ward—Felix Slaven's grocery store, Tenth stroot near Leavenworth. Second Ward—Wallenz'’s hotel, Leavenworth street, between Thir- teem.h and Fourteenth streets, north Tlun( Ward—Dr. Hydo's _office, southwest corner Douglas and Twelfth streets. Fourth Ward—County court house, northeast corner of Farnhamand Six- teenth streets. Fifth Ward — Holmes' hardware store, northwest comsr of Sixteenth and California streets. Sixth Ward—Deidrich's drug store, No. 2005 Cuming stroet, south side, botweon Twentioth and Twenty-first streets. In testimony whereof I havo here- unto set my hand and caused the seal of said city to be affixed, the day and year first above writtew. [szar) Jauzs E. Bovo, m9todt Mayor. First Ward Begistration Notice. unmAsks, ) Docatas Cocxr. | Notice is hereby given to the legal voters of the ¥ard, City of Omaa, that [ will it at the office of Slaven's Hotel, Tenth rds May 28th, 1851, for the | ha prgome of i old list and to register voters s for the pesa ity eeation 0 b hakd T Vit my hand this 15 day 1881, E. M. STENBERG, m19tomes rar First Ward. !ixth Warfl ngixtmfinn Natice. = mnl .(‘2 st at my 2 g et < i tho Sith and 25th of o, nmmmm,wumm{ ot Registrar oth Ward, be attached to said | & verted from the purposo for which they b ereby given that an election will be | ; For You, Madam, ‘Whose lexion batnyn some humiliating im| tion, whose mirror tells oll eni st i cpunonanees and in counten: or have Eruptions, Bedneu: or unwholesome fintsnof .g:i‘:n. Wwe say use ia Balm. It lsflellmte. Immle- and delightfnl article, th n:t“ild?myal tints, the i':llfh:ll no observer can deteet, and which soon becomes pere manent if the Balm Is judiciously By virtue of the authority in me | M B2 o ngin ars OMAHA & CHIGAGO, Where direct connections are made with Thmu"h SLEEPING CAR LINES for NEW YGRK, BOSTON, PHILADELPHIA, BALTIMORE, WASHINGTON AND ALL EASTERN CITIES, The Short, Line via. Peoria Eor_INDIANAPOLIS, CINCINNATI, LOUIS- VILLE, and all points in the SOUTH-EAST. Tz pesT Love For ST. LOUIS, Whersdirot connections are mads n tho Union Depot with the Through Sleeping Car Tines for ALL POINTS SOUTE. NEW LINE == DES MOINES THE FAVORITE ROUTE FOR Rock Island. The uncqvaled inducements offered by this line to travelers and tourists aro as follows: NG RS, § . \uubnzl-nrl!(m- ining_ Chairs. _The tamon §, Palace Dining Cars " orgeous ‘Smoking Cars ited with elegant high-backed rattan revolving chairs, for the exclusive use of first-class passen- Steel Track and euperior_equipment combined Ery It and you will Aed travellng & luzury fo- stead of'a discomfort, Through tickets vio this celebrated lino for sale at all oftices in the United States and Canada. rates of fare, Sl e Tables, et wil en by applying to o i heerhuly ES R WOOD, General Passanger Agent, Chicago. ORDINANCE NO. 452. An Ordinance to provil for & mpecial slction by the lectorsof the City of Ok, & deter: Tine whether one hundrad thowsnd’ dollars of bonia of the Gity of Owaia, whall be feued for 88 o of the onsracion and maimaisates S swedy i the City o1 ity Council of the City nsidered necessary by the ving twenty days public Clection to, be held in the s o sis day of May, abmitting o th e following proposiion P by City of Omala, on A. D. 1381, for the clectors of said il bondsof the Ciy of gnala ‘position all be sub and in the foregoin shall be only by ‘Secriox 2. This Ordin be in forco from an after its (Sigued) THOS. M. DAILEY, Prew't City Coundil. Pagesd Yay Sed, 155 NOTICE. John Dassept will take notice that on the Oth day of Yiay, 1351, Charles Br & Justice o s Peace o It precinct, Donglas County Neb, iamied an order of attachment for $23.50 in an action pending before him, wnm.n Morris Elgutter is plaintiff, and John D defendant, and perty consiating of ene trunk andconte 7 attached under said onler, Said "ene, was cotinued tothe 2t June 7881, 16° feloc st *NORKIS ELGUTTER, Phinti. ThirdWard Registration Notice. complincs with law and as per Ordinance oy e A o€t anDotias e (' st o Sath of g, el o g o e, regisbirs 6t v e vk f the'Srd ward of the City of Ouaha Thoss Pesiding noréh of the center of Howand street ant st of the center of 15th sreet and south of the i byt e wet of th vty e Mimour river, and havio 5t of the State six cnths, A of the Conmty & Dot ) iy o hdof his prococt Scd ward, for (10) ten dayw; and mone- others Gl o regtration o voting vy the e o of sewerage bonds May 31t WILL 1. Ry, Begisirar 3rd Ward. Fifth Ward Bagitratim Notioo G, May 17th, 151, Nokice is hereby given that | wi f h'hfil- 3oy 00, 185k 3 the . ks, on 10002, mi7tom3t ere- | between California and Webster Sti., tox the pur: g e resatring the unregistaral voters o the fth Ward, & WAREFIELD, mTAf Registrar Fitth Ward. dod and unsurpassed for Weak or Foul Kidneys, evous Debility, or any Obstructions aris- ing from Kidney or Bladder Diseases. Also for Yellow Fever, Blood and Kidney Poisoning, in infected malarial sections. th JUNIPER BERRIZS aod BARLEY MALT, we 7 he fsntion ot & FOREST LA bave discovered K] hich i preventing any sia; ing of She s ot waiet g o, and renorivg trove ongane £0 & healiny o ihe"color 4t ‘st Sow of drine: It can be taken at sl thnee, T o e trstens Uik 4y oher poparation o Kidawy o s Tanor 1 b Loy il o make's (OTICE. —Eac \CF& MARTIY: aiso» propritary gov- ernment stamp, which permits KIDNEGEN to be soid (without license) by druggiets, grocers and otber persons everywhere. 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The Principal Cltles of tho Weat and Northwent aro Statlons s road. 1ts through irains loso conpectious with the trains of il railrouds a8 Pnciion poiata: ers prices. ¥t VIESTERN RAII.WA\’ Onrl.lln”h rineipal lines, runs each way d iy fi L ot 36150 GhlY Youd Weat of Chiagn that e thp 1. o e o more Fast Express PULLMAN HOTEL DINING OARS.‘ Tt1s theontyraad that runs Pullman Sleenin Cars North or Northwestof Chicago. 1t bas nearly 3, OF ROAD. It omuis tio following i, Deer & Catoma Loy Nebriska& Yankzon L oils Line. reeport & Dubuue Line. Superior Line.” HI Tocd A10 auld by ail Coupon TIekst Agents t 1. Unitey Btaios ead Temieiaber to ask for Tickets via this road, be sure they read over it and take nona other. MARVIY HCGHITY, Gen'l Manager, Chicago. s W. Il STENNETT, Gen'l Pass. Agont, Chicago “Couneil nta Lina®. Souact, Dakota Line.? HARRY P. DUEL, Ticket Agent C. & N. W. Railwas, 14th and Famham stroets. D. K KIMBALL, fmitani Tiket Ageni C. & 5 W italway, 1dh and Farian tevom Ticket'Agent C. & N. W. Railway, U. P. . K. Depot. AMES T CLARR: Gencrat Agent. Chas. Shiverick. FURNITURE, BEDDING Feathers, Window Shades, And Everything ngertalxu(z‘g to the Furniture and Up- e. holste lete Assortment of ew Goods at the Lowest Prices. CHAS. SHIVERICK, 1208 and 1210 Farn. . apr2é mon th st Sioux City & Pacific '880- SHORT LINE. 1880. Joe & Conncil Bhlfis RAILROAD 2.©© MILES SHORTER ROUTE 20O | Direct Line YA) ST. LOUIS ow COUNCIL BLUFFS AND THE PAST TOT. PAUL, MINNEAPOLIS, | From Omahaand the West. DULUTH OR BISMARCE, | x, chango of cars betwoen Omaha and Sé. Louis, and but one betweoon OMAHA and b andall points in Northern Tows, Minnesota and | Dakota. " Thialine i cquipped wiih th improved | NEW YORK. Wostinghouso Automatic_ Air-bake aad Miller Platforma Couples and Buffer; and for SPEED, SAFETY AND COMFORT —axp— 8t. Paul & Sioux City RAILROADS. H SBIX | Daily Passenger Trains fs unsurpassed. 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