Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 4, 1881, Page 1

woan gy e gy Sty vquer g A ELEVENTH YEAR. THE OMmAnA DAlLy BEE. ()M;\ll;\, 'I'I.HTRSI)‘»\Y A\I(V)IIX ING,AUGUS NO. 38 bUR WASHINGTON WIRE. The Afternoon Febrile Rise in the Prosident's Case Less Than Usual Yesterday. Strong Probability That the President Will be Out in Three Weeks, Guiteau Still Closely Guarded and No One Allowed to See Him, The Delinquent Postmasters all Come to Time. Yearly Report of the Inspector of Steamboats. Miscellancons Notes From the National Capital. THE PRESIDENT' National Associated Press. HOURLY GETTING BETTER. Wasnixarox, August 3,—Nothing new in the presidents case this even- ing beyond the fact that the afternoon fobrile rise has been less than usual and that the usual admmistration of morphia has been reduced to 1-16 of a grain, The {ahy-icimu think the resident would be as well, if he slept ess under anodyne, hence the de- crease in morphia. He now sleeps in all about twelve hours out of twenty- four. His temperature and pulse are as low to-night as on the same hour of any night since the shooting. He fell asleep naturally at 9 p. m., and at 11 o'clock was sleeping quietly. ‘WEDNESDAY’S BULLETINS. OFFICIAL. Execurive MANsIoN, August 3, 8:30 a. m.—The president slept _fairly the greater part of the night. This morn- ing his tempereture is normal and his general condition satisfactory. An- other day of favorable progress is an- ticipated. At present his pulse is 96, temperature 98 4-10 and respiration 18, D. HavESs AGNEW. D. W. Buss J. W. Bagry J. J. WooDpwARD, R. REYBURN Waite House; August 3—11:45 a. m.—President Garfield is passing a good Aay. His shoulders have been raised in bed and he has been allowed to eat a small amount of fruit. August 3, 2:30 p. m.—The presi- dent enjoyed a nap this afternoon in a raised position. good amount of mnourishment since awakening. No renewal or any signs of a febrile rise this afternoon. OFFICIAL, Execurive MANsioN, August 3, 7 p. m.—The president has passed a very satisfactory day. The wound con- tinues to do well. ‘He takes an ade- quate amount of nourishment and ap- pears in all respects better than at any time since he was injured. The rise of temperature this evening is light. At present his pnlse is 102, temperature 994, respiration 19. (Signed) D. W. Buss, J. N. BarxES, J. J. WoopwARD, Ropr, REYBURN, WasHmiNGreN, August 8,—9 p. m. —At this hour the president is rest- ing very quietly and comfortable. ’l‘herei}“;nu change in his condition since the dfficial bulletin was issued. Execurive MansioN, Midnight.— The presidents febrile rise has en- tirely subsided. He is passing a good (Signed) night. GUITEAU. STILL CLOSELY GUARDED, WasHINGTON, August 3.—All re- quests made at the jail for permission to see Guiteau or even to enter the rotunda are refused. The fact that a military guard is maintained indicates that the authorities apprehend some danger of an attempt being made to capture the prisoner or of his escaping. Tt is stated that there are organiza- tions in this city as well as Baltimore and Philadelphia, whose members are ready to take the law into their own hands if they can get hold of him. Anonymous communications were received by the district attorney shortly after the at- tempted assassination which noti him that a large number of young men of Baltimore had banded to- gether for punishing Guiteau. Col, Corkhill was asked if Guiteau had bondsmen, *No,"” was the answer. It is inferred from the fact that Guiteau wants to be released on bail that he knows the presmdent is recov- ering was further said. “‘He does not know it. There are, 1 suppose, many ways he could learn. He knows it is thirty days since the warned to comply more closely to re- quirements in future. SECRETARIES LINCOLN AND KIRKWOOD, Secretary Lincoln telegraphs from Rye Beach that he will be at the war department to-morrow morning. ecrotary Kirkwood has sufficiently recovered to resumeé work to-morrow. STEAMBOAT CASUALTIES, From General Dumont’s record of steamboat casualties during the year it appears that, omitting the ora Cruz and Alpena disasters, there woere fower casualties from July 1, 1880, to June 30, 1881, than for any twelvo months preceding since the introduc- tion of steam navigation. GRAND THANKSGIVING JUBILEE, The musical people are again en- thusing over the proposition to have a grand thanksgiving jubilec by S day school children i the W] House grounds, The plan is to have the children assembla in proper organ- ization in the grounds, the white schools on one side and the colored school children on the other, with the marine band betwden them. The schools could.sing separately and in a grand chorus togezhor n ‘WASHINGTON WAIFS. Senator Conkli eft Washington for New York to-days Senator Ben Hill, of Georgia,passed through here on his way to Alum Springs to-day. He looks emaciated, but talks without ivhpediment. Ho said tho cancer in his mouth was caused by smoking,ibut he thinks it permanently cured. . SUMMERSPORTS, — THE TURF. SARATOGA RACES. SARATOGA, A\ugnxf 3.—The first race to-day was fer a purse of 350, three quarters of a mile. with nine entries. It was Won by Knight Templar, with Bonnid Lizzie second and Pattie third. Time, 1:15. The second race, fora purse or 8500, a mile and five furlongs, was won by Eole, with Longtaw second and Her- bert third, Time, 2:49§. The third race match-teams, pri- vate, catch weight, half mile was be- tween Lloyd Collins, numed Septima, and W. Jones, named Puck. 'The latter won, Time, The fourth race was for three-year- olds and upwards, mile heats. ~The first heat was won by Sir Hugh, with Boulevard second, Kinkered third. Time: 1:41§. The second and third heats were won by Boulevard, Sir Hugh second. Time, 3-44, 1:46}. RACING AT BUFFALO. Burraro, N. Y., August 3.—Wm. H. Vanderbilt’s horse, Maud 8, trot- ted a trial heat on the race course here this morning in The second day of off finely, the track in fine con- dition. ~ The unfinished 2:24 race of yesterday was won by Edwin Thorne taking the last two heats in 2:20, es passed Hée has taken al, 19 In the 2:27 race there were six starters and the favorite, Troubadore, ¥ut a record of 2:19} in the second heat and won the race, Anna Whav- Time, 2:241, ing won the first heat. 2:194, 2:22}, 2:53}. The free-for-all’ pacing race, for a purse of $2,000, divided, was very exciting, Little Brown Jug, who sold for £50 to 20 on the field, won the first heat, was fifth in the second, and was distanced in the third heat. Mattie Hunter, who then became the favorite, having won the second heat, was beaten by Bay Billie, who took the third, fourth and fifth heats. Time, 2:134, 2:183, 2:17}. sreen exhibited the great east- ern otting team with Monitor, a running horse. The two heats were made in 2;27} and 2:20. SETT PARK BACES. ., August 3,—The 2:38 race was won by Hambletonian Knox, who took the third, fourth and sixth heats, Daisy Thorne winning the first and fifth heats, and Lady Svil: mott secon ime, 2:31, 2:35, 2:34, 2:3b, }, 2:35h. The 2:20 class was won by Little Gem in three straight heats, George M. second. 'Time, 2:20}, 2:327,2:31}. THE TRIGGER. ILLINOIS SPORTSMEN, CuicaGo, August 3.—The Illinois state sportsmen association elected Dr. B, F. Norcom, of Chicago, presi- dent; J. B, Wiggins, secretary; Abner Price, of Chicago, treasurer. At the shoot to-day D. Beers won the dia- mond badge and state championship. THE DIAMOND. GAMES PLAYED YEi DAY, Provivesce, August 3,—Troys b, Providence 0. New York, August 3.—Metropoli- Albanys 2, BostoN, August Bostons 9. ELECTRIC BRIEFS. Worcesters b, manufacture of torpedoes. The erro- neous reports have been traced to a man named Hogan, an intimate friend of Crowe’s, who was supposed reliable. e CRIME. National Associated Press. SENTENCED TO BE HUNG, MarsiaLL, Mo., August 3. —John A. Phelps, having been found guilty of murder, was sentonced yesterday by Judge Reilly to be hung Septem- ber 16th. ESCAPE OF A CONVICT. August 3.—Jerry Hor- : yrgia conviet, escaped from stockade bf the Dode mines yes terday. Jumping a car which stood at the head ot a steop descent and opening the breaks the car moved at a milo a minute for ten minutes, thus avoiding his pursuit SHOT WHILE ENTERING HIS OWN GATE, Drcarvn, Ala., August M, B. A. King, ex-marshal of Marion, while entering his front gate last night was shot dead by an un Six bullets entered his Seven negroes have known party. head and neck. been arrested. ELECTION ROWS, Nicnonasvinie, Ky., August 3. — Several election fatalities occurred in Lee precinct, A negro was killed by a white rough named Hall, who used arock in a handkerchief. He is in jail. In Marble Creek precinct a good citizen, James Rutherford, was shot by a negro, whilo passing his house, for his requesting them to cease yell- ing. ONFE AGAINST FIFTY. TxpraNarouts, August —News Paola says that a mob sent word to Thomas Braxton, colored, that he would be hanged. He barricaded his house and had two female friends in- side. When the mob, fifty strong, arrived, he kept up a firing, which was returned by the mob. The mob finally dispersed, carrying away five or six wounded. Indications. National Associated Press. WasHI N, D. C., August 3.— For the upper lakes and upper Mis- sissippi valley: l’nrl]f’ cloudy weather in north portion, local rains, variable winds, mostly west, stationary or lower temperature and higher barome- ter. For the lower Missouri valley: Fair weather, warm, south shifting to colder north winds, stationary or higher barometer. THE FIRE RECORD. National Assoctated Press, AT DEADWOOD, Deapwoon, D. T. August 3.— Twenty-five to thirty buildings in the lower part of town, known as Foun- tain City, burned this morning. Sev- eral families barely escaped in their night clothes. Loss estimated at 8100,000. AT CHICAGO, TLL. CHicAGo, August 3. —Jacob Laurs’ planing mill burned to-day. Loss 850,000. Also Albright Miller & Co., furniture manufacturers., Loss $5 000; and three cottages adjoining. Loss $10,000. There was no insur- ance on any of the property destroyed. AT TRUCKEE, CAL. A fire in Truckee swept away $350,- 000 worth of property. Every busi- ness house has been destroyed, Arrested on the Charge of Insanity, National Associated Press. Corumpus, August 3.—Rodney Foos, ex-clerk of the state republican executive committee, was arrested to- day on the charge of lunacy, at the in- stigation of his wife. The San Juan Mining Country Opened Up. National Associated Press. Dexver, Col, August 3.--State officials, municipal authorities and a large representation of the commercial interests of the state, left this morning on an excur- sion to Durango, celebrating the com- pletion of Penver & Rio Grande rail road to that point 450, milessouthwest. This road opens upthe San Juan mining regions which have so long been isolated, No Meeting Intended. National Associated Press BSarAT0GA, August 3.—There are no trunk line presidents in this city at present except Vanderbilt and it is not generally believed here that any meeting of the presidents is intended for either orrow or Friday, Mr, Vanderbilt certainly intends to go to Buflalo to-morrow to see Maud 8, trot, ol b S A st el ol The Death Record National Associated Press. New York, August 8.—A dispatch from Paris announces the death of the widow of John R. Frymes at the age of 85, She was born in New Orleans August 11th, 1796, Her parents were Spanish _emigrants, When only 14 she married William Claiborne, the first governor of Louisiana after it became annexed to the United States, Natlonal Associated Press. It is reported that Jay Gould has mrchue«l & controlling interest in the ational stock yards at East St Louis. firelidenl. was shot and he can hardly elp but reason from that that the bably recovering as he @ is alive. MISCELLANEOUS. TARDY POSTMASTERS COME TO TRIAL. WAsHINGTON, August 3,—A score of delinquent postmasters, notified by the postoffice department a few days ago, have all come to the scratch. The mistake was not in neglect to trans- mit the report but negligence in the transmitting. The rules of the de- partment require that the envelopes enclosing the same be characterized by a green slip that they may have immediate attention. The postuas- ters referred to sent in their reports in ordinary postofiice envelopes and they went in with routine business and were not reached until to-day. president is must know Applicants for Cherokee citizenship have been notified to appear before the commission which meets at Tale- quah, I T, en the first of next Sep- tember. If applicants claims are not roved at that time their names will droped and they will be treated as intruders. The police and fire headquarters of New York city have been conneeted by underground wires. All Done as & Joke. National Associated Pross. CHi0AGo, August 3.—British Vice Consul Warrack, in this city, says no instructions nor papers in regard to Crowe, the alleged manufacturer of the infernal machines at Peoria, have been forwarded to him from Washing- ton or elsewhere. Specials this morn ing from Peoria say that the whole affair was & hoax. Crowe is still in that city and it is considered doubtful These postmasters will not be find but if he had any hand whatever in the Burraro, August 3.—William G, Fargo, one of !fia original organizers of Wells, Fargo & Co., and president of the American Express company, died at his residence here this after- noon, of liver and kidney trouble. He was sixty-five years old, and was mayor of Buffalo from 1862 to 1866, Has illness has heen serious for a year, and he had not been to the New York office for months, PorTLAND, Ore., August 3, —Bishop E. O. Haven, of the Methodist Epis- copal church, died yesterday at Salem, Oregon, n};ed 61 years. He has been very low for several weeks. He was born in Boston, November 1, 1820, and has been prominently cunnected with the educational institutions of both east and west since 1846, e The Garfleld Fund. National Associated Press. New Yokk, August 3,—The total subscriptions to My, Field's fund for Mrs, Garfield has reached £150,086.95. John Jacob Astor has given $20,000. The subscription was made in his be- Lalf by his son yesterday, FOREICN FLASHES., Bradlaugh Creates Another Scene Yostorday in an Attempt to Enter the House of Commons. He Gives a Crowd of Ushers and Policemen a Terrible Struggle for a Few Minutes. But is Finally Conquered With His Clothes Considerably Torn. He Declares That Next Time He Will Bring Force Enough to Accomplieh his Purpose. The Chief of Police of St. Petersburg to be the Next Victim of the Nihilists. Other Foreign Affairs. National Associated Pross, BRADLAUGH'S BREAK, LONDON, August 3. —Charles Bra laugh, armed with a stout hic stick, attempted to force an entrance into the house of commons to-day, and was arrested by the police and ushers after a hot struggle. He says he will renew the attempt with forco enongh to gain an entrance, LoNpoN, August 3.—There was an extraordinary scene about the house of parliament this morning, when Charles Bradlaugh, twice clected a member from Northampton, and twice refused his seat, carried out his threat to attempt to gain an trance by physical force, imtending to de mand that the speaker should admin- ister the oath to him. His cab drove to the entrance of the now palace and he descended, his tall and powe ful form towering above the crowd. He was _plainly dressed and carried a stout oaken stafl. He was cliecred by the crowd and was met at the entrance of We.tminster Hall by Henry La- Bouchere, his fellow member from Northampton, They passed arm in arm through the hall and up the grand stair case where they waited for a messenger to announce the house in session, Bradlaugh then passed through Ste- phens’ gallery and attempted to enter the lobby. Right Hon. Dr. Lyon Plng(mr, deputy speaker, met him with a full line of police and ushers, and the police closed bebind him. As Playfair forbade him ) enter he hesi- tated an instant, then suddenly sprang forward, seized the nearest usher, threw him aside, and, using all his enormous strength, tried to force an entrance. For a moment it seemed as if he would succeed and enter the house, but the police fell upon him in a body, and after a violent struggle succeeded in pushing him step by step through the gallery and out upon the stone platform of Westminster hall, from which he was still further thrust in to the yard below. Bradlaugh, ghostly pale but full of fight, contest ed every inch of ground. At times he seemed animated with ungovernable fury and rushed furiously upon his antagonists, The - crowd cheercd every fresh struggle and enjoyed the scene immensely, At the close Brad- laugh, nearly fainting, s ¢ torn, his hat gone and his faco livid, presonted a torrible spectacle. He drank a glass of water, which some- what revived him and then, address- ing the crowd, declared that he would return to the house with sufficient force to either effect an entrance or compel the government to arrest him. Ho then left the hall and entered his carriage. At the door be was received with enthusiastic cheers. It is said that Bradlaugh will apply to-morrow for a summons against the deputy speaker, police and others for assault in resisting his entrance. During this violent scene Dradlaugh’s two daughters and his friend, Mrs, Besant, were in Westminster hall reading peti- tions signed by thousands of Brad- laugh's adherents, praying for his ad- mission, After this strange scene was over, or while it was approaching its close, Henry LaBouchere, in the house of commons moved, and Ashton Dilke (brother of Charles Ditke, member for Neweastle-on-Tyne and editor of ‘The Dispatch) seconded the resolution, declaring that the speaker had ex- ceeded his legitimate power in exclud ing Bradlaugh from thelobby. Glad- stone, Bir Stafford Northeote and oth- ers opposed the resolution, John Bright supported it. An amendment approving the speaker's action was carried by 191 to 7. Upon hearing this Bradlaugh drove away in a cab. GOOD WINE EXPECTED, Mavrip, August 3.—After provid- ing for her protective tariff -mi mon- (époly market in the West Indies pain will have little left this year for the export of cereals, If the fine weather continues wine growers ex- {).octlgood quality more than quan- ity. THE BOERS DISSATISFIED, Loxpoxn, August 8.—A dispatch from Durham says the Boers are much dissatisfied with the decisions of the commission, The general opinion is that a native war will break out within & year after the British withdrawal from the Trans- vaal, POSTVONED, A Vienna dispatch says the proposed meeting between the czar and the em- perors of Austria and Germany has been postponed. EGYPTIAN GOVERMENT UNEASY, Loxnoy, August 8. —The Egyptian government is at present very uneasy regarding tho movements of the French in southern Africa and especi ally in the direction of Tupoli. The English and Ttalian governments have resolved to dispateh two more iron clads to jom those already in the Tunisian waters for ;the botter protec- tion of the subjects of those powers. CABINET COUNCIL TO ACT ON BRAD- LAvan’ Loxvox, A 3.—A cabinet councii will be held to give immediate consideration to the Bradlaugh difti- culty. A ministerial statement will probably be made before the close of the present session, CHIEF OF POLICE DOOMED. St Perersnenc, August 3 — Gon Barenoff, chief of polico, has been ap prised by tho nililists that he has been doomed to death. KEFUSED TO ACCEDE, A Constantinople dispatch says the ambassadors have refused to accede to Turkey's request for more time to carry out the terms of the convention. dn't Have Bit Off So Much Shoul Nat Associated Pross Kansas Ciry, Mo, August 3.—An Albuquerque special to The Evening Star is as follows: A Fort Bliss dis pateh from Lieut. Gilfers ronds, “I've bit off more than T ecan chew.’ Reinforce me at Round mountain, The Apaches are fully seventy strong This morning sixty Mexicans w pursuing their trail were ambushed in camp at, Canon, Calorado, and six were killed. “The rest fled, losing their horses. Another party fired government Indian scouts thinking them hostile. The scouts returned the fire kiling two. There is much y | excitement. el Tobe Hunted Down, National Associated Press, Mantsox, Wis., August 8. —Gover- nor Smith las instructed Sheriff Mas- serschmidt, of Palmyra, to arrange as speedily a4 possiblo for following and watching the Williams Brothers’ who are now thought to have escaped from Eau Galle woods. The governor promises to send a special train of troops to the nearest railroad point as soon as he is notified that the desper- adoes have been cornered. 85 From Chicago to Boston. 1| National Associated Press. Onicao, August 3.—As prodicted in these dispatches last Saturday the and Trunk road has cut its passen- ger rato between Chicago and Boston to §b, selling the ticket at $15 with a $10 rebate at Boston within sixty-four Tours after passengers leave this city. This precaution has been taken to pre- vent local rates from going to pieces. So far no steps have been taken by competing lines to meot tho ratos given by Jm Grand Trunk, but indications are that the Vanderbillt roads will take a hand in the fight within a day or two, ————— Fireworks in Brooklyn. National Associated Press. Brookiyy, N. Y., August 3.— Mayor Howell has issued a proclama- tion ordering the fireworks in the possession of the city to be st off to- morrow evening. Theso fireworks were bought for the Fourth of July display, but they wero postponed by reason of tho shooting of President Garfield. The mayor ordered them to be displayed a week ago, but the or- der was countermanded by reason of the president’s relapso. Library Association Meeting. The regular monthly moeting of the board of directors of the Union Cath- olie Library association was held last evening, Mr. W. A. L. Gibbou pres- ident. There were present Miss Crow- ley, Messrs, Bushman, Hanley, Mur- phy, Rush and White, After the transaction of business of a routine character it was decided that a char- ter be procured, for which purpose a committee composed of Messrs, John Rush, Willian M. Bushman, and Charles Hanley, was appointed. The meeting then adjourned. Selling Without License. P. Z. Wilson, of Belle Creok, was brought into Omaha yesterday by Doputy United States Marshal Allen, to answer a charge of selling liquor without the proper government license. Last evening ho was arraigned before United States Commissioner Hull to suswer tho charge. He waived an examination and was bound over in the sum of $200, to await the action of the grand jury of the next term of the United States district court, e Marshal Angell's Trip City Marshal Angell will leave on Sunday for a visit to his old home in Conneeticut, council having granted him a twenty days’ leave of absence. Mrs, Angell, who is visiting there, will accompany him on his return During hislabsence CityJailerMcClure will be executive head of the police force, - Surprised by Friends. A jolly party of about seventy-five overran the residence of Mr. Bobert teenth street, last evening. The rea- son for the assembly was the twenty- fourth anniversary of Mr. Livesey's birth-day. Singing, dancing and games were the order of the evening. The party was very pleasantly enter- tained. e MARKED DOWN SHOES, We have a large stock of broken- d lots that we have marked down regardloss of cost, to close them out. Every pair will give the wearer as good sorvice as if sold at full price. A. D. MORSE, 14th and Farnham, jy 21t e Lemons at Wm Gentleman's, 1w two | THE PEORIA INFERNALS. Orowe, the Alleged Inventor, Given Considerable Cheap Advertising, And Using His Best Endeav- ors to Becure More Notoriety. Himsolf And fa Fellow Conspirator Try to Got Away With the Fonian Fund Prora, Ills., August 3. [ heen considerable misrepresentation in regard to the standing and s of Patrick W, Crowe, the Fonian of this city. Crowe has been employed plighter by the gas company here for the past threo or four years, Ho is a shallow-pated Trishian who inherits all the lingual characteristics of his race, without common sense formented, with tolerable iteh for notoriety. H go to unwarrantable lengths in or to bring hisnameinto prominence, The secret of the infernal machine was disclosed by Crowe himself, who took advantago of the alleged discovery of some of tho machines in English ports to air his own importance. Since the publication of the discovery of the machines in this city, Crowe has seized on every opportunity toadverti self and has succeeded admirably. is true that there are infernal ma- chines now here that were made here, One of them was taken to The Journal oftice of this city in order to compare them with the discription of those dis- covered in Liverpool. A fow hours after it was removed there, it was sent for by the makers and was allowed to bo taken away, It is now said that Crowe, acting in collusion with O’Don- charactor vill ‘ Rossa and four oth- ers, obtained control of the skirmishing fund, amounting to £80,000, and that these castings were made to lead the contributors to that fund to believe that a bona fide disposition was be de of i person he 18 insignifie the last man in the world to be the prime mover of any revolutionary en- terprise. The man's iteh for fame, or Lis desire to absorh a portion skirmish fund has prompted to start these untrue reports. all there is to it. oot it AW SOME PUZZLES. ‘Which Thomas Swift Wants to Have Solved. o the Editor of Tux B, OmaHA, August 2.--Now that the citizens and business men on the principal thoroughfares are about to bo ralieved of the dust, & explana- tion of my connection with and de- clination of the street sprinkling con- tract is due to those most interested. ‘When the city advertised for bids for the work, the advertisement expresslly stated the amount of work to be done, and the limit of the contract, nam Farnham street from Ninth to teenth, and north and south on_cross streets to the alleys, and Douglas street from Twelfth to Sixteenth, the contract to expire as soon as the water- works were in operation. The coun- cil well understood that the Douglas street proporty owners expressly re- fused to sign for sprinkling the cross streets, consequently it wus not in serted in the advertisement. I made my bid in accordance with that adver- tisement and after two weeks' delay it was awardoed to me, 1 immediately made preparations to do the work, before the contract was either written or signed. When I obtained the contract with bond attached to mign, I was astonished to find there a provision for sprinkling the cross streets on Douglas north and south to the alleys, and also a proviso that Ishould receive no pay but for days of actual sprinkling, I did not object to the latter, but 1 pos- itively declined to sign for the former, I called on Mayor Boyd and informed him of the addition made to the con- tract, involving an extra outlay for two additional teams and carts to sprinkle 1,700 feet of street more than my bid calls for, and from him I re- ceived the consoling information, de- i i iderable emphasis, that if T refused to sign for the extra cros streets 1 could not get the con- tract at all, The contract drawn up by the city attorney for me to sign, contained, besides the provisions aiready men: tion, one which, in the opinion of good attorneys, would operate to de- prive me entirely of my l.ui. This provision stated that T should accept as my pay warrants drawn upon this street sprinkling fund, the same to be levied and collected from property abutting. The city did not even guarantee to collect the fund nor state when I could obtain the warrants, nor pledge the credit ({f the city in ment, to do the work if there was a reasona- | | ble prospect of obtaining nfii pay. I hi went to all the banks on the warrants. I did not feel able, money in a business without the re- motest guarantee of remuneration, The second attempt to obtain bids on the same identical work, proved a failure, although I was informed by a city official that I would have a com- petitor *‘this time.” T knew the man, and informed the official that I would not bid against him. The competi- tor did not turn ull’ and the advertise ment brought no fruit, After these failures to secure a rea- sonable contract with the city, 1 de- termined to try private subscription and began on the corner of Fifteenth and Douglas. T traversed that street to Thirteenth and met with very poor success, with the exception of the ' . " irteenth | Howard streets, Livesey, on Capitol avenue near Thir-{ y¢yeet: not one of them would take | assorted assemblage soon congregated under these circumstances, to lay out bank and a few others. T tried Thir teenth street from Farnham to Harney and my labor was rewarded with a subscription of 75 cents from one firm, T understand that a new man is coming here to sprinkle the streets, It is strange this ‘‘savior” did not turn up last fall or eatly this suramer, when the cost of obtaining water would increase the expense one-half He is meeting with considerable suc cess; even those poverty stricken peo- ple on Farnham street for whom I sprinkled free last year. are liberal subscribers, and the most lavish of all, 1 understand, are those whom I had to sue last fall, to obtain my money. When 1 went ound on Douglas street two week to obtain sub- intions, Messrs, Cruickshank & Co. pfused to subseribe,but now ro liberal patrons of the St. Joe He will not begin work until wator is running through the ins, whoreas if 1 were patronized, work should beg once. When the wa ter-works are in full running order the oxpenso of sprinkling these streets would not be one-third, or one-half at the outside, of the price obtained by this gentleman. 1t makes a vast dif- ference whether water is hauled a mile and a half and paid for by the load, or whether it can bo obtained at every street corner at a nominal cost. Tho patrons are to pay more for hy- drant water sprinkling than they would me, who had to pump and haul it. 1 wonder the business men didn't wait for water and competition before sign- ing exorbitant contracts that bind them. Yours, ote., Tuomas Swirr, PICNIC PREPARATIONS. By the Members of the Ladies’ Land League. A large and enthusinstic meeting of the Ladies’ Land League was held last ovening in one of the rooms of the Union Catholic Library Association. Miss Sarah Brennan presided. It was decided that the temporary ofticers elocted at the last moeting be mado permanent officers, The following are the ladies elocted as offi- cors: Miss Sarah Brennan, presi- dent; Miss Ella Kennedy, Miss Rose Smith, and Miss Ida Dug- gan, vice-presidents; Miss Bretta Mc- Donald, financinl secretary; Miss Anastasia Crowley, recording and cor- responding secretary; Miss Nichols, treasurer, The following committeos were then formed for the purpose of making the preliminary arrangements for the pienic to be held on the 20th inst.: For the First ward—Mrs. Frost, Miss Kate Casey, Miss Hannah Casey, Miss Minnie Madden, and Miss M. Flannery; for the Second ward, Miss @G. Casey, Mrs. Lawrence Duggan, Mrs. Dennis Cunningham, Mrs. An- drew Murphy, Mrs. A. Tracey, Miss Rosanna Ford, Miss Mary Kennedy, Mrs, John F. Dailey and Miss Mary McDonald; for the Third Ward, Mrs M. Donovan, Mrs. Geo. M. O’Brien, Anna Mrs. M. Sullivan, Mrs. J. Davies, Mrs. F. A, McDonald and Mus, Marks; for the KFourth ward, Mis, Melio, Mrs, P. M. Mullen, Mrs, M. Leo, Miss M. Thompson and Miss Hilland; for the Fifth ward, Mrs, Thos. Swift, Mrs. Michael Gleason, Mrs. Luke McDermott, Mrs. Jas. Croighton, Mrs. Thos. Gentlen Mrs, Hugh Flannagan; for the ward: Mrs, Thos. Rielly, Mrs. Jas. hton, Miss M. Sreig Furlong, Mrs. Wi, Gentleman and Mrs, Catherine White. Mr. John Rush proposed that a committee of the officers propare a constitution and by-laws to bereported at the next meeting. The motion was carried. The meeting then adjourned until Sunday next at 4 o'clock p. m. Military Matters, Kourcompanies of the 14th Infantry to be designated by the regimental commander, will under the Lieute- nantColonel proceed by way of Kort Garland, Col., to cantonment, on the Uncompahgre, Col. The remaining six companies, one, each, will remain at the posts now garrisoned by the regi- ment, until relieved by the incoming troops of the 6th Infantry, and three with the colonel, headquarters, band and major, will proceed by way of Rawlins, Wyo,, to the camp on White River, Col. Lieut. J. McB, Stembel, Oth Infan- try, has been granted a leave of ab- sence for a month, Chaplain G. W, Simpson, of Fort Robison, has been given a similar luv’e. A Triangular Row. Jack Daily, better known as ‘‘Jack the dog,” met his superior in the fistic way last evening. A controversy be- tween himself and Mike Murphy re- case of failure in collecting the assess- | garding a ten dollar rooster led tu a Notwithstanding ~ all these | personal battle, in which “‘the Dog” onerous provisions, I was determined got severely thrashed, The scene of the rencontre was Thirteenth and at which locality an to witness the fight. John Peterson, thinking that his muscle was in suffi- cient order to vanquish Mike, took up the gage in behalf of the defeated Jack and soon got laid out, Peterson and Murphy were arrested by Officer McCune and lodged in jail. — e e ° Mrs. Quabach, a lady residing at No. 103 Fourth Place, New York, states that she was subject to frequent attacks of headache, and used St. Jacobs Oil with great satisfaction. It relieved her when nothing else would, A tial package of * BLACK-DRAUGHT free of charge. — At 0. F. Goodman's,