Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 19, 1882, Page 8

I E——— B ""‘mm—-._‘—__< 8 IH1 OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, MAY 19 1882 1 e The Daily Bee. Friday Morning, May 19 ‘Weather Report: (The following observations are taken at the ssme moment of time at all the sta- tions named.) Win Deranrumsr, U. 8, Stosan Sravion, | OwAwa, Moy 18 1852 (145 v m.) Rrisk Br sk River 0 feet 0 Inches above high water mark at Gemaha and 4 feet b Inches at Yankton, LUUAL BREVITIEb, —Ashland bridge is now open for travel. med6tw2t —The sale of seats for Frank Mayo's “Davy Crockett” in this city will open on Monday. A man named Cornish was injured in » runaway accident on Idaho street Wed- nesday. —The next entertainment in the opera house will be the Hotspur performanco for the benefit of St. Joseph's hospital on Sat- urday evening. —The Omaha Teamsters' Union hold their regular meeting at Livoli hall, Fri- day, May 10th, at 7:30 p, m. By order of T. J. Quick, secretary. —It is reported that the bridge over & brook near the water works reservoir, on military road, 1w ina bad condition and that a team of government mules fell in ‘Wednesday. —Cheap lots. Beyia has just laid out a pew addition of 96 lots, only §200 to $400 esch. 5 per cent,down and per cent. per month, See columu. —Mr. J. Johnson will probably be ap- pointed Scandinayian vice consul at this place, on the recommendation of the late vice consul, Mr. Vindquest, and other prominent countrymen. —The Grand Army committes did not meet Wednesday as intended and as one of the membera is absent from the city the final arrangements will probably not be made before Saturday. —Andy Weir, formerly a Union Pacific empliye at Julesbur, but now of the O, P., is in the city with a valuable invention ——an uutomatic coupler, -—A young Bohemian man was run over by » sewing machine cart Wednesday. He Heo was taken to Schroter & Becht's and doctored up, He couldn’t speak English. —T. J. Magrane, the leading Knight of Honor map, was pleasantly surprised by members of the order on Tuesday evening at his residence on St. Mary's avenue. They presented him withan Eoglish ivory dinnor set. —On Tuesdsy evening Mr. Heary Mondfelt, of Toft's establishment, was married to Miss Emma Schorick of Ohi- «caga, at the residen:e of Mr, Toft, on 19th strect, near St. Mary’s avenue; by Rev. Dr. Btelling, of the Lutheran church. —The directors’ car of the U. P, railroad, attached to the regular B, & M. passenger train from Omahs arrived yesterday afier- moon. Messrs. Clark sud Kimball, of the U. P, an ! Dr. Miller, of Ihe Omuha Her- ald, seemed 1o be the only passengers thut urnal, wanted to handle Hawthorn's pnial Excelsior Roof Paint in PI8 uth, Nebrasks City, Hustings Fr.mont, Blair, Seward, York, Sidney, aud mauy other towns in Nebras- ka. For informativn, address or call on Funk & Shockey, state agents, room G, Creighton block, Omahs, Nebraska, m-15-3¢ —Mas, Musser, residing on Capitol ave- nue between 13th and 14th streets, was the wecipient of a pleanant surprise party on Thursday evening. Among those present ‘were Mosses Blakeman, Decker, Madsen, Howard, Mock, Holt, Misses Grace and Jennie Aiken, Misses May and Nettio Gould, Messis. Small, Furnas, Willis, Bigger, White, Moore, Hart, Bunoe, Wal- ters and Yates, —~John Woodruff, driver of & well known baggage wagon, had his house ‘broken into un Tuesday vight. A watch snd chain, pocket-book and other articles were stolen. Certain papers in the pock. et-book were left on the stove in the room, and » sum of money lying on the bureau ‘was entively overlooked. Mr. Woodruff bas purchased a shot-gun and two revol- wers, and will give & warm reception to the next visitors of the kind, —John I, Rediok let the contracts Wed- wesday for a threo story brick on Farnam just west of Barker's bullding. It will be 50 by 120 feet. The lower story will be divided into two storer, each 25 by 120 feet. The secend and third stories are to be divided into thirtytwo offices, sixteen of which will be doubye, 15 by 21 feet, with folding dours between. 1t will have s handsome frout and present a fine appear- ance. The eost will be £30,000, Thecon- tract for the plastering and brick work was let to Withuell Brothers; carpenter work to V, Knock; iron wark to Richards' Omaha foundry; tin work to Nast; galvan- fized ironto Specht. The building is to be completed by tle 1st of Beptember. ~The marriage ceremony of Mr, John Murphy and Miss Margaret Fury, niece of Mr, James Bolan, of this city, was per- formed Tuesday moining at St. Philo wena Qathedral, Rev. Father English offf iat- iog, snd Miss Magg'e Bolan and Mr, T, J. Conway acting as biidcswaid and grooms - man. After the certmony had been per formugg the hapy coupls aud their friends drové to 1816 Cubifornia strect where Mr, Murphy has & Leautiful cottage furnished in the latest s When the bridal par ty anived they found the tables bending under the weight of the best o' eJibles and all the tuxaries of the season, The pres- ents on the occasion were very costly and too 160 mention. We join Mr, Murpby’s friends in wishing him snd bis charmivg bride wany bappy years togetter, CHRISTAIN SOLDIERS. Ce'ebration of Ascension Day by the Knights Templar, Religious fervices at tha Opera House Under Mt. Calvary's Auspices. List of the Visiting Knights from the Commanderies Outside of Omaha, Banguet in Masonie Hall-The Pil- grimage Postponed: Ascension Day opened with a brisk rain, and thus dispelled the hopes of the Sir Knights of Mt. Calvary Com- mandery, who expected to entertain & ge number of the members ot the order from abroad, They expected to have at least two hundred uniformed Knights as guests, and make an ele- gaut and imposing appearance during the several marches and the pilgrim- age. The weather, however, put a stop to nearly all street display, and Mt. Calvary turned in and made the day as pleasant as possible otherwise for the visiting Knights. The Denver train yesterday brought in about a dozen from Fremont. Later a num- ber of Knights from Council Bluffs and Red Oak arrived, and just before 11 a delegation from the Lincoln Comman- dery arrived. Commander France, of Mt. Calvary, and other officers met the guests at the depot and escorted them to Freemason's Hall. The Lin- coln Commandery was accompanied by the Cn{)iul City band. The delay in the arrival ot the Knights postponed for an hour the beginning of the services in the opera house. It was, therefore, about noon when the procession started from the hall en route to the opera house. The U. P. band, 16 pieces, under A. R. Toozer, leader, headed the proceasion, and enlivened the air with its usual excollent music. Then came Mt Cavalry, 36 men, followed by the C; ital City band aud the visiting Knights, On the stagoe at the opera house was seated the Presbyterian choir, just reorganized by Mr. F. 8. Smith, They accepted the invitation to sing at the services and by their excellent aid the services were rendered very interesting. As the members filed into the hall, and took seats in the parquette directly in front of the stage, the choir sang the PROCESSIONAL HYMN, The rising God fersakes the tomb, Up to his Father's court he flies; Cherubic legions guard him home, And shout him welcome to the skies. Break off your tears, ye saints, and tell How high our great Deliv'er reigns; Sing how he spoil‘1 the hosts of hell, And led the tyrant Death in chains, The efficiating prelates, Chaplain England, of Fort Omaha, and Rev. F. I. Webb, of Council Bluffs, came upon the stage at the same time. All being seated, the choir render- ed the “‘Gloria Patria” in an effec‘ive manner. The Lord’s Prayer was then repeated, after which the XXIV, Psalm was read by the prelate and congregation, taking alternate verses “Gloria_ Patria” followed, and then the XLVII Psalm and the OLIT Psalm in hike manner. “'Gloria in Excelsia” was then sung by the choir, Chapiain England then read the first lesson, IL Kings II: 1-2, The second lesson followed—8t. Luke XXI1V: 44h to end. The Deus Musercatur” was then read by the prelate and congregation, Swords were then brought a ‘‘pre- sent,” and the knights repeated the Apostle’s creed. The order to ‘‘return swords” was then given, after which, all kneeling, the various collects were read and prayers said. At the conclusion of the prayers, the choir very beautifully sang the knights’ hymn, ‘‘Ooward, Christian Soldiers!” and then Rev, F. T. Webb delivered the sermon _on “The Witness of Templarism to the Ascension.” It was a very able discourse, and was listened to with keen attention by the knights. PRELATE WEBS'S SBRMON, With the fact which has given the name to this day, and its character to this service, you, Sir Knights, are peculiarly familiar, That ascension scene described by the fow graphic verses read from the holy evangelists by the Sir Knight, our most excel. lent prelate, should make before your minds, at least, & vivid pinlurm It represents to you, as your imagination dwells upon it, the splendid conclu- sion of that hallowed sacrifice made by the redeemer of the world to pro- pitiste the anger of av offended Deity, You are informed by the Holy Bcriptures that our Saviour hav- ing sufered the pains of death, triumphed over the grave, arose from the dead, and in due time ascended with transcendent majesty ¢» heaven, where he now sits at the right band of the heavenly father, a mediaior and intercessor for all who have faith in Him, The theme, suggested alike by this story, and by the day and by the way in which we are here to commemorate it, w “The Witness of Templariam to the Ascension.” Look, first of all, at the philosophy of the fact ot the Asconsion. See what its value is. There is a legend that comes from Egypt concerning the sphinx, This fab- ulous monster is usually represented in art with the head and neck of a god- dess, with the body and claws of a liou, and with the wings of a bird. The fable relates that she sat by the wayside near the city of Thebes and proposed riddles to the travelors who chanced to pass by. Those who tailed to solve them she sprang upon and snurdered, This much of the legend w8 been taken to illustrate life. Life has such an aspect; it proposes such enigmes, If we answer the riddle that falls to us, we pass on unmolested toward the hundred yated city. If we fai!, or if we think to disregard it, its soiution will be forced upon us, and we will find it to be, indeed, & thing of teeth and claws, To this enigma the ascention of Ohrist, rightly understood, puts an answor upon our lips. In one of the most touching incidents recorded by the evangelist, our Savior is said to have stooped down and written upon the ground. It may have been for shame at the graceless act of his un- blushing counteymen, It may have been for indignation at the deeper guilt of the hypocritical nccusers. 1t may have been the indications that tle crime of the penitent should be obliberated as the characters written with His finger in the dust. Further than this we may take it as the sym- bo' of His work. He wrote upon the earth. Thus, too, He was ready o inseribe a new value upon thefrail hu- manity before Him. And thisis what He has done for all humanity, In- deed his work was greater than this; the relation he assumed still nearer. Tasuing forth from the bright presence of the Almighty Father, He robed Himself around with human flesh He traversed the length of mortal ex- perience. He sounded the depth of human endurance. He measured the hrendth of the grasp of their passions upon men, He slimbed the heights ot moral attainment. In infancy He was helpiess. In boyhood he was subject to the will of his parents. In manheod, having every form of evil, and the world’s worst opposition to its highest good, a cruel death and the orave fulfilled His experience of all that is common to the race. And the humanity in which He endured all this He has carried to the skies. ‘‘Beyond the mountains,” says the old proverb, “There are people liv- ing.” And the ascension of Christ, showing man his true destiny, lifts up his eyes to look beyond the narrow limits that the faithless sight is wont to circumscribe around the life. The boundless future is opened to us. An inspiration comes to us from beyond the eky that is often bright and sunny above us. You remember the discus- sion between Leigh Hunt and Thomas Carlyle upon the eternal future. The latter then despaired of reaching cer- tainty concerning immortality. Evenly matched their controversy was pro- longed through the night, until nearly daybreak. Pointing up to the stars shining brilliantly above them, Hunt exclaimed: ‘‘Look at that glorious glorious harmony that sings with in- finite voices an eternal song of hope in the soul of man.” ‘¢ i, replied Carlyle, with a sigh, ‘it is a sad ght.” Thus the full persuasion or @ scepticism concerning this risen life, which our presence here denotes our interest in. makes joyous or sad the view you take of the world sround you; makes darkness without mean- ing or luminous with & wise design the experiences that are working upon your life and character. And in the digmty of this destiny every action that is done in the faith of it shares. Believing that what you do in the present will tell in some way in the future, you cannot do what 18 wrong or ungenerous. The business man 18 greater, if not better, when he looks from the little fluctua- tions of the market up to the mighty law of trade which sweep the financial current in ebb and flow like the force that moves the tides. He rises to a higher standpoint. He gains a wider view than the unsuccessful men below him. Just such a grasp of life, of its present and its future, this faith in the Ascension gives. Like the setting sun, which throws ica brilliant hues far back over the day that is past, this faith is something that lies beyond the horizon, will give a rich color to the lite that now is, with the promise always of a fairer day to-morrow. There is a lugqutiva habit related of the wives of fishermen along the Adriatic sea. Standing upon the sea shore at evening, they sing a stanza of a hymn. The response comes back to them from the distance. Their hus- bands out upon the sea sing a second stanza, and it reaches them mellowed by the turbulent waters across which it swells. TIts strong wishes make that song of eternal hope in the soul of man. In the fact, it announces that the Christ has risen before us, we learn vo-day that God has not left us without re- sponse. It rolls across the dark river that sweeps between us and the other shore, it is strong, sweet and clear, and it 1s like an invitation that does not cesse to remind us of the ever- lasting habitations in the city which hath foundations whose builder and maker is God. If anything such in brief, Sir Knights, is the meaning of the event which this day, and these services bring to our notice. Let uslook now to see how the his- tory of Templarism illustrates its loy- alty to this lesson, and how the sym- bols of the order perpetrate it. Go back and exsmine the soil out of which the institution grew. KFrom the beginning apprehensions have pro- vailed concerning the speedy approach of the end of the world, periodically this terror returns. There have been dooms-day panics which have swept over continents, Many had arisen be- fore, butin the middle of the tenth century, one begun that was general and most pitiable, It was an age of coarse liberalism, and superstitions without a parallel. In the great monastry of Paria, there is still extant @ fresco, which is a fit emblem of the period. A monk with clusped bl hands and an expression of terrible agony upon his countenance, stands upon tho abyss, where the sufferi of the lost are represented and straing his on acroas the lurid valley, The inscription above discloses his one har- rowing thought: - Quis sustinebit ne descendum moriens,—who will sus- tain moless dyingImay descend there. This everlasting burning lake war the one dreadful thing from which the mind could not be averted, How to esoape it, was the question at any cost to be answered, the end which men bent every energy to accomplish. At such a period, among such a poople, the impreasion be to prevail that the end of all things was at hand. The 1,000 years of the A‘wnulypm was about to terminate, The excitement and terror that followed was inevit- able. Men began at once to prepare to meet their judge. Every method to appease their conscience was eagerly embraced, No peaance, however, sovere was alighted, A pilgrimage to Jerusalem was thought to be the most «ffectual, and as the Holy City was the spot to which the Lord should de acend and the race be sum- woned, the number that rushed there was wealoulable, In the year 999, the pilgrims journeyed eastward w crowds like armies. The supreme event wes imminent. On the alert {for por'ents, every phonomena of na- ture was magnified into a sign of the coming catastrophe, “‘Hid when at night, along the heavenly arch, Some shooting orb woald flame* out and ST Leaving behind an angry trask of fire, The host wou'd cease its solitary march.” Apart from the terror of the timid, and indeed the resolute might quail at the woes foretold by the fanatic preachers, the physical suffering which followed was something appall ing. The Turks, who held the holy land, alarmed at seeing their country thus overrun, threw every possible obstacle in the way of the pilgrims, They insulted, they beat, they plun- dered them. Maultitudes of those who had come from Europe had dis- posed of all their possessions. A wait- ing hourly the parting of the clouds and the appearance of the Eternal Judge with his angels to terminate all earthly government and oppression and need, they literally took ne thought tor the morrow. But as the days rolled by their beating hearts grew sick with hope deferred. I'ney turned their faces homeward. But it was not more than a handful of all that host, who lived to tell in their own land to their own people of the sufforings they had en- dured on_their journey, of the bar- barities they had encountered at the hands of the Turk. More than two centuries paseed be- fore the Christian world ga/e up its expectation of the immediate advent of the last day. A secret fear still clung to men. And they continued to discern some fore-token in every uncommon appearance of the sky, and to look in apprehension upon every unusual occurrence that took plice up- on the earth. Yet out of this period has come down to us one of the loftiest hymns of any language. It could have been the offspring only of such circun - stances, and of such a time. Init are crystallized both the faith and the fears of the age. Itis worthy to be called what 1t has been named, “The Marseillaise of the millenium.” I re- fer to the *‘Dies Irum. “Day of wrath! Thatday of mourning, See {ulfilled the propbet's warning, Heayen and earth in ashes burning; 16! the irumpets wondrous sweliing, Peals thro’ each sepulchral dwelling, All befure the tnrone compelling. Day of sorrows, day of wee, i no 1 inger sleepi Man nwakes in Thy dre d keeping! To the rest Thou dids't prepare him, By Thy cross, O Christ, up bear him; Spare, 0, Gud, in mercy spare him, It was the recital of the indignities inflicted upon the Christian ‘pilgrims, which led afterwards to the Crusades. And out of the Crusades grew the or- der of the Temple. The connection of Templarism, or Masonry is alc)- gether accidegtal. Masonry is by far the older. There are'many points of contact, yet important differences be- tween the two. Masonry is one of the attempts of which history telle, to unite the race in & universal brother- hood, 1t is moral rather than relig- ous. Based upon those ideas which has found expression in the theology of every people, upon those essential principles of right about which men never question, npon the recoguition of those practical duties which never vary, it takes into its membership men of many different creeds, The orders of knighthood, on the other hand, are distinctively christian. They were instituted early in the Crusades, From the first of these nineteen christian centuries, those localities were counted holy where the Savior's feet had trod. That spot was deem- ed especially hallowed where the tragic sacrifice was offered, and where the sacred body lay. Apart from the motive, we have already mentioned, which through the highways of Europe, these throngs which could scarcely be numbered, it had been always thought a merito- rious thing to make a pilgrimage to these holy places. While the holy land remained in the possestion of the Arabs, into whose hands it had fallen in the seventh century, those who crowded thither were unhindered in their pilgrimage, saye only that tribute was enacted before their devotions could be offered upon the sacred soil. But in the year 1065 Palestine was subju- gated a new enemy., The city of the Great King was taken, and it, with the sepulchre, passed into the hatrad hands of thoe bigoted and hostile Turk. The fall of Jerusalem carried dismay throughout the Ohristian world. Men died of grief, It was unbearable that the infidel should drive his horses across the tomb of Christ. The insults offered to Chris- tian pilgrims stirred men’s seuls to their depths; and the crusades to re. cover the holy sepulct re were under- taken with an enthusiasm unparalleled in any movement before or since. Daring this period, tn the year 1118, the order of the Temple was founded. It was a part of the same chivalrous undertaking. A change in the fortune of war had made Baldwin, the Ohristian king of Jerusalem. Yet the religious wan- derers, many of them aged or un- armed, or worn out by their long journey,were still insulted and robbed, and thousands of them cruelly mur- dered, To protect these from the hostile hordes who still infested the roads to the capitol, the nine knights to whom we traco our origin, made their brave, solemn compact. As- signed to quarters in the palace of Baldwin, near the conseerated locality where once was the site of the tem- ple, they derived from this circum- stance theirname. And Templars the followers of Hugh de Payens and Godfrey de St. Aldemar, with their seven associates, have since been called. A dark picturerises before us of these ages. They were full of superstitions. It was a period 1n which abject ignor- ance prevatled, The intellect of the race was sloeping and men's con. sciences were in ogmr keeping than their own. Yot the Order represents the best side of the century in which it was founded, aud not the worst; and it is coustructad upon principles that would make any life heroic, and which the world "in no mora progress cin outgrow. With that humility that is always @ characteristic of genuine courage the first nine knights of the temple siyled themselves, “The Poor Fellow 8 ldiers of Jesus Christ.” Military in aim and organization, they yet sub- mitted to bind themselves solemnly by the wusual moaastic vows of poverty, chastit, and obedience. Their rules enjoined the most rigid habits of self-control; severe aud fre- «quent devotional exercises, self-morti- fication and fastingand prayer. white robe was a symbol of purity which their lives did not belie, and the red cross, a symbol of martyrdom, the sigrificance and fitness of which the fate of thousands of them made clear. While charity and hoepitality woere leading characteristics of this valiant and magnanimous order, not less was their chivalrous reverence for women, Their love for feats of arms, which tested their s'rength and endurance, arore to a passion. And above all, and directing all and co.se- crating all, were that personal love for their risen Lord and that zeal which fired them for the Jefense and propo- wation of the Christian faith, morally and literally, and Sir Knights, imitate them. Their swords they wielded in the defente of innocent maidens, des- titute widows, helpless orphaus and the Christian religion. The holy sepulchre, the path to which these brave champions of the cross fought for two hundred years, to keep open, is to this day, a testi- mony to the fact we are here to com- memorate. Twenty centuries add their entries of the best history that could be written—the history of deeds that move the heart to quick pulsa- tions with something of the same old enthusiasm, of fortitude, undaunted, of mercy, unrestrained, of charity, of resolute adherence to duty, which are less potent only than that majestic life, which all along was their inspira- tion and example. Our work to-day is not that of the Their | knights of old. We have no holy sepulchre to guard, unless indeed, in these rocky hearts of ours, we hew a shrine. “Where in pure embalmed cell, None but Cgrht may ever dwell.” But we have a warfare before us. Our impressive ceremonies are not play. Our symbols still have a mean- ing. Of a visit which he paid to the knights in their retreat at the Temple, St. Benard speaks with warmth and admiration. “Their arms,” he says, ‘‘are their only finery, and they use them with courage, without dreading either the number or the strength of the barbarians, Al their confidence is in the Lord of hosts; and in fighting for His cause they seek a sure victory ora christian and honorable death Our confidence still, Sir Knights, is in the Lord of hosts. It is this cause that we are still called to fight, but the foe 'is a.more subtle one than wild beast or cruel Saracen, and its enmity is more deadiy. We wrestle not sgainst flesh and, blood, but against principalities, against pewer, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against special wickedness in high places. What less does that central symbol, the cross, mean? It is a continual reminder of that crusade to which we have pledged our lives and endeavors, that asks the highest powers we poesess, and puts a check uvon the low, and crushes the mean. And every conquest we have ever gained over the wrong that is in our- selves, or out in the world around us, has been under this sign, and in the name of Him who has consecrated it. So states the legend inscribed above the red crass upon every grand staud- ard: In hoc signo vincis, but itis more then the aunouncement of a fact, it is a prophecy, broad and determinate of the final victory that shall be ours. Ba loyal, 8ir Knigh's, to the cress. Be loyal to the motto that floats above it. Be loyal to the risen Christ, who gives its efficacy to the one, puts all its meaning into the other. His is the winning side in the great conflict, there you march on with that long unbroken procession, a militant host, winding its way up from the dim, early dawn, while it is lost in the skies, the great host triumphant At the conclusion of Mr. Webbs remarks, the choir sang the hymn beginning with ‘‘Soldiers of Christ, arise, and put your armor on,” etc. The closing prayer and benediction followed, and the Knights then formed ia line and marched to Masonic hall, where the banquet was held. A number of tables occupied the whole space of the hall, and as fast as possible the Knights were seated Rev. De. Webb suid grace and the business of the hour began. The menu was very comprehensive, and Sir Norris Humphrey. Sir Elijah Filley. Sir W G. Boston, Sir Johu Lanham. 8ir 8. J. Alexander. Sir Geo, Hastings, Sir Jacob Dew, Sir J. 8. McCrary. Sir J. B. Lininger. MT. TABOR COMMANDERY, No. 9, of Fremont, came in early. The delegation consisted of:: Sir H. B. Nicodemus, E. C. Sir C. Driscoll, Sir C D. Gardanier, Sir J. W. Early. 8ir J. Rasmussen, Sir J. Denslow. 8ir A. P. Hopkins, Sir W. E. Lee. Sir A, C. Hull, Sir E. Schurman, Sir F. E. White, grand commander. and Sir Daniel H. Wheeler, past| grand commander, represented tie Plattsmouth commandery. I'he visiting Knights went Fome last evening. Mt. Calvary commandery, under Sir 8. France, commander, tnrned out 5 knights. The Presbyterian church choir, a new organization, accepted the invita- tion to eing at the services at the opera houee. It is composed of Mrs, F. P. Day, Miss Laura Day, soprano; Miss Fannio Wilson, Miss Lizzie Sharp, alto; Mr. Dive Wells, Mr. F. 8. Smith, tenor; Mr. C. K. Cralle, Mr. J. L. Smith, bass. Mrs. Funk presided at the organ at the opera house. THE PILGRIMAGE ABANDONED, It was the intention of the knights o make a pilgrimage tothree stations, but the bad weather necessitated its abandonment. The first station was to be M. M. Marshall's residence, Sixteenth and Davenport; the second at W. J. Connell’s at the head of St Mary’s avenue; the third at G. W. Lininger's, Eighteenth and Daven- port. A BRIGHT BRACE. A Peculator of Pork and Irwin, the Irrepressible, A Thrilling Drama in 7wo Acts, A man by the name of C. Abrams was Wednesday arrested by the police on a warrant sworn out by A, M. Waketield, of Friendville, Neb.,charg ing him with the theft of 119 head of hogs of the value of $2,000, and that he was a fugitive from justice. The prisoner gave bonds in the sum of 1,000 for an_appearance at 2 p. m. yesterduy, and was released. According to Wakefield's statement, he and Abrams were in partuership, or at least had transactions together in the handling of horses, hogs and cat- tle. Abrams left some days ago with one hundred and nineteen head of hogs for Chicago, which he sold on his arrival there for the sums men- tioned, and afterward failed to come back and report, Wakefield came to Omaha and Wednesday met his former partner on the street and had him ar- rested. Abrams will probably be held to await the arrival of papers from Sa- line county, on which he can be re- turned there for a hearing. A man named William Irwin, who was arrested some time ago on the charge of attempting to beat a board bill at the Withnell house, was arrest- ed y eat ray as a suspicious enaracter, ‘This tiwe it seems that he has been going about to Henry Bo In und other merchants and buying biils of gooas tor khipment to Colorado, as he claim- ed. Their suspicions were arroused that all was not straight, aud accord- ingly they put their officers on his track, and he now iies in luubo. From Nave, McCord & Brady, it is learned that Iewin represented hime self as a civil enineer, and a partner of E. P. Reynolds, the railroad con- tractor. He weut to nearly every re- tail grocer in the city, and asked him the Knights did it full justice, Dur- g the progress of the feast the U. P. band discoursed its excellent airs from the platform, THE GUESTS. As ntated above, the bad weather kept many Kuights away, but a fair sized number came. Those there were as follows: IVANHOR COMMANDERY, No. 17, of Council Bluffs, was in charge of Sir T. B. Lacey, E. C. ex- officio, The members present were as follows: Sir J. Lyman, C. G. Sir J. B. Atkins, Sir N. F, Btory. Sir T. 8. Couch. Sir Z. T. Lindsey. Sir R. ¥. Bryant. Sir R. T. Eiwell, Sir B. F, M-ntgomery. Sir F. T. Webb, prolate. Sir A. B. Walker. Sir E Mott. Sir E R, Konda, Siv L. P. Judson, Sir D. McWorkman, Sir D. A. Williams. All were mounted. BRUCE COMMANDERY, No, 34, of Red Oak, was merged with Ivanhos commandery. There wero preeent: Sir M. Wadsworth Sir H, H. Palmer. Sir B. P, Gnffith. Sir Dan Reifel. 8ir J. H. Croak, Sig 8. N, Mayne. MT. MORIAH COMMANDERY No. 4, of Lincoln, turned out strong, They brought the Capital City band, twelve pieces, Frank Wosike, leader, with them. They were as follows: SirJ. K. Marlay, E. C, Sir 8 W. Sewell. 8ir Charles Carter. Sir J. J. Imhoff Sir (i, H. Fink. Sir R. G. Wort. Bir E. 8. Rood. v Joseph Kopetzky, Bir 8. J, Sawyer, Sir P, A, Olive. Bir A, 0. Oass, Bir C, W, Pierce, Sir E. A, Cooley, Bir James Tyler. Sir A, N. Davis. Sir Seth Linderman, Sir E G. Mosier. Sir P, 8. Ganter, Sir J. R. Perkins. to make a bid for furnishing certain supplies of whicn he furnished the list. Among those who complied were William Gentleman,{J. O, Slat- ter, T. C. Brunner, A. J. Qvistgard, J. McVittie, Henry Bollnand othere, The fellow has been carrying on his game for about three weeks, and sev- eral of the merchantathus u&promhod went to Nave, McCord & Brady to get figures on the goods desired. Each explained to them, and after hearing the same story three or four times the firm ‘‘took a tumble,” and netified the dealers that they had bet- ter look out. This led te an investi- gation and the arrest. Irwin is believed to be the same man who, under the name of Wash- ington Irving, got away with some valuable papers from the chief engi- neer of some railroad some time ago and was arrested therefor, as the names of the two are similar and the representatious much alike, POLICE COURT, Two cases of plain drunk resulted in two additions to the working force av the city jail, Aman who got into a row Wednee day right, en i was severely beaten up was arrested for disturbing the prace, but on examination was discharged, _Three new complaints have heen filed against the Nebraska National Bank for obstructing Twellth street with the old Brash building, which has been transformed into temporary quartera for the institution, Richard Clark was arrested as a vagrant and was tried at 4 o'clock. =L L Boclal Seamstresses, Last evening the Union Sewing cirele gave a musical and elocutionary entertainment at Standard Hall. The attendance was both large ai.d appre- ciative. Among the many excellent perform- ances were soine glecs by the With- nell Houso Jubileo club, & stump | speech by Mr. Johu Wiliisms, **Mrs Caudle's Lecture,” by Miss Mary Wil- liams, “Diaua Dear,” by Ella and Minttie Folsom, aud many others too numerous to mention, Tha programme was quite long, but gave evident satisfaction, and the party left at a seasonable hourin a high state of hilarity. Mr. Bell's efficient band supplied the music, The floor managers were Mr, George 8. Stuart and Mr. Charles H, Reed. A MEANDERING MONK. A Bulgarian Mark Twain and His Travels. A Case in Wkich Appearances Were Deceitful. Considerable attention was attracted yesterday on Farnam street by the appearance during the rain of an odd looking genius. ‘““What is il!” was the query, as every man rushed to his shop door to see him. ‘It wasa bronzed and bearded man of medium height, his face nut brown, his hair black and falling in curls down to his shoulders. He wore a red Turkish “‘fez” on his head, a long flowing gown of black calico, which reached to within six inches of the ground, a coarse blanket acroes his shoulders, aud a pair of boots on his feet. That was absolutely all the man had on and it may be imagined that his ap vearance excited more curiosity than reapect. A Beg reporter followed him as he sauutered along smoking a common clay pipe and peering about him through a pair of glasses that sat astride his nose. Having corralled him and introduced him into the sancium, the old adage that appear- ances are often deceitful was soon ap- parent. A. N. Experidon is a Bulgarian monk, from a monastery located at Jerusatem, from which he was sent out at the expense of the Greek church, with which his order is con- nected, to see the world in general and North America i particular; to siudy our form of government, customs and habits, and to learn the na- ture of the country in which we livee. On his return he will write a book and resume his duties as a teacher in the monastery. He has been in this country for three years and has traveled through every state in the Union except Nebraska and Miuonesota, which he is now *‘doing.” He has aleo visited Britith America and Alaska, the latter in ocompany with'the apecial agent of the revenue department, Hon. Wm. G. Morris. He has just completed a tour through Iowa, and will take in the Nebraska towns thotoughly. Experidon, in _accordance with the vows of his order, never sleeps in a house unless he is sick, but carries about with him a small ‘‘dog tent,” a kettle and frying pan, and is an exem- plification of themotto,‘‘Everyman his ownboarding house,” Although rather thinly clad, wearing only the calico gown described, winter aad saummer, he sleeps on the ground, does his own cooking, and enjoys life to its fullest extent. His only companion is a fine dog. He had seventeen, but on ac- count of the expense of transportation for them, ment all but one to a friend in Boston to keep until his return. The monk is by no means a man of low degree, but the son of a tine fam- ily, his father a banker m Joppa. He is splendidly educated and can speak thirteen difterent languages. This last statement the reportes verified b; examining him in m{ langusge 'bofore accepting his word for it. He is also a magnificent shot, as the reporter learned from a gentleman in this city who met him in the east sometime ago, and can ecore 983 of 1,000 every time. It will be seen therefore that he had no cause to fear being ‘‘landed high and dry"” in_Americs. He arrived mn Omaha yesterday and lefe for Blair and other country towns on the line of the Sioux City and Pacitic last night, lec- turing cccasionaily as he gocs, and re- turning to Lircoiu in a few days. He was av Glenwood, Towa, ‘luesday, where a grand reception and ball was given the militia company which had just returned after capturing the prize at a competition drill at Des Moines. He did not think much of the precision of their movements, but was more favorably impressed by the training of the children at the state asylum for the iusane at Glenwood, whose superintendent, Dr. A, W, Ar- chibald, he could not speak too highly of. Rev. Experidon explained the difference between the Greek church and the Roman Catholics to be as fol- lows, there being five cardinal points in which they differ: First. Infallibility of The Greeks dissent. Secong. Absolution of Smns. The Greeks dissent. Third. Celibacy of the priesthood. In the Greeh church priests marry be- fore ordination, If the wife dies he may not marry a second time. Fourth. Purgatory, The Greeks take it heaven or hell straight, and believe in no midway place, as they claim that neither the old or new tes- tament refer to any such place, Fifth. The Covenant of Christiani- ty. The Greck church believes in Triune immersion, dipping three times, The communicants of the Greek church also partake of the Lord’s sup- per as the Protestants do. They use both bread and wine, and take it only in remembrance of the broken body and shed blood of the Savior, Aftor a very pleasant and instruo- tive conversation of an hour or s0 with this intelligent foreigner, who says he is like Mark Twain, “‘An Innocent Abroad,” the ‘‘devil” of Tur Brs went out and bought the visitor ten cents worth of meat for his dog and the venerable pilgrim departed, ——— the Pope. —A big picaic will be given on July 4th by the land league, Wedcesday the follows ing picnic committee was appointed: F, W. Gray, chairman; J. J. Nichols, John Rush, M. Donoyan, James Hanizan, J, A, Lrennan, G, M, O'Brien, J. L, Donahoe, Chas. McDouald, M. Leahy, Patrick Swift, and Patrick McCardle, rates will be secured on ull the g Diuggist's Testimony. V. MoCarthy, dru-gist, Ottawa, that ho was atflicted with sid for sowme years, and was completely cured by the use of THOMAS' ECLECTRIC OlL, ml3dlw —e FLIES AND BUGS Flies, mut‘:l!en, ants, bedbugs, rat , mios, i govhers, chipmunks, cleared vt BHoush oo Harsi s, esed uut by