Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 3, 1882, Page 8

R HAVE LA GOL isting of Ame isan and Fore'gn Wat Many new de-'gns, 0o tended to all, wheiner desiring to purchaseor not, W here the goods will be show DIAMONDS, ttings. ssortment of loose Diamonds, and_Diamond 8 A full a dred the oxact ston s boaght, and set as da Steinwaypx anos=s.Knabhe=x ,A.NDS,VOS prranos,Pegserranos, Upright Pianos, from $200 up CLOUGH & WARREN ORGANS, lists farnished on '\.)[)]10th0'| WATCH REPAIRING A S THE TRLY 8 shes, with new Asall the Diamond ssttingis DAILY BEE 1d Antique mrvmgn ne 8toc 1ani the especial featur ha DIANMONDS, ‘OMAHA dons on our own | Jowls lefo 1)r rasatting will recaiva the same carafil atteation COPPER-PLATE ENGRAVINC, FOR CARDS AND WEDDING INVITATION OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS, MADE TO ORDER ON SHORT NOTICE. Square Pianos, STERLING ORGANS, Sheat Music still sold at 1 3 dissonnt a full assoriment of late and apariar "]ll)l’ ust "Q"E oA LAy Vel MONDA k of Midsum | m\l"cxm yremis g, und Y imer Goo ined A onmolete stock of Muih Books whic SATISFACTION GUARANTEED II LY 3, 18¢ MEYEB & BRO. ADDED 'l'() 'I‘lll'lll{ ALRI ']Al)Y VAS ILVER, T ASSORTN DIAMONDS er the supervision of a member of the firm, absolate security is insured to purchasers of recciving SAMPLES OF OUR WORK ON EXHIBITION. » 80 varied a deseription is impo IENT OF AND OTHER JEWELRY ble. A visit and from $200 up. Sold on month!y payments. Pianos and Organs‘Tuned and Repaired. CARPENTER ORGANS, FROM $50 UP. SOLD ON MONTHLY PAYMENTS, o wo ars prepared to furnish to the traee at net publishers price. walk through our sales To0m 15 Oatalogue and price had not been a member thereof since ; 1874, relatives of the deceased were wn in that city. The Daily Bee OMAHA. Mondey Morning, J.Aly 3, The members of the fire department have tired of waiting for the city to erect | no house for them, Saturday a paper is being circulated for subserip- | tions to rebuild the old No. 2 ¢ ne house owells Insurance Agoncy, | on its former aito back of Tit: B offce. ments, 217 S. 14th street. on arrasgements for A American Legion of Honor picnic i et Friday with the Duke very flattering account of the grand pic- nic to be held on the 19th t. Lot :.ll‘ members of the order look onut next veek for notide t» attend a union inceting, when full particulars will be given. & ne Counci Weathor Report. an (The following ohservations are tak the same moment of timeat all the s named.) WAL DEPARTNMENT, VICE, OMANA, July —Next Thursday, July 6th, the Omaha, Missiou school will picni park. | Two or three hundred childien will tend, and it is hoped friends will contrib- ute refreshments, sending them Thursday to the school on Tenth strect, pitol avenue, or to Wi, Fleming 'a store, by 10 o'clock, STATIONS, at the worn| near & ( The Schuyler Sun thinks *‘the Colum- | bus base ball club had better retive on the | laurels won in their contest with the U. | P, nive of Omaha.” folks” would feel that way, bt our Loys are not of that Kind of stuff, Their conrage is gond, it is just possible they may from in a tilt with the U, Journal, Light Frown Cloudy Clear and che above low water nark ot | hea at Yankton, | River 18 teot 5 1 Omaha and § foet 10 ~Columbus = THE FALLING STAR. The Sight LhnL szn the Blood in Peoples Veins Saturday Night. ring Athlete Go eath Wit Warning. v Do wub Falling Prom a 1 Bixty Fe ht Rope et to the Ground. Suspicion on the Part of the Jury that the Rope Was Cut. The Coroner’s Inques: and the Ver- dict—Action of the Ass=ociates of the Deceased. For a fortnignt past Douglas street, in tho vicinity of the Academy of Mu- | sic, has beon thronged nightly with a promiscrous crowd of men, women ‘“irand tight rope asceusion” made by “Mr, Henry Fostcr.” LOO.L BROVITIAS, mranAL.nrvL,.m, | Tt was the biggest card ever played 5 ik by the management of the Academy —~The river is falling, Nebraska Collections for June, | 8nd the curious came again andegain, B T 3 [ watil from a_fow Ghondreds of wit | From sale tax paid stamps. A [ i 95 From payment on lists, doay, From sale beer stamps......... Frilay a colored lady was thrown | Prom sale ci.ar stamps 3 316, from her buggy on Tenth strect aznd frac- | 1'rom sale special tax stamps. .. 2,176 T R From sale tobacco stamps...... b 87 ed one of 18, —What celebrate 4V B A B T .. 882,194 atrical profersion i the ve Oollections for fisoal, yoar ended of two-thirds of the Holy Juns 30, 1882, §1,108,191.15, which 530 har Ao is a very large increass ovor any pre- vious year, | o at 4 p.m. Ir married by Judgo Bene )70 1,181 5,631 member of the the- embodiment uily? Mary —The Sunday school of Trinity Cathe- dral hay changed the hour for the summer ‘ ndustrial school has Members of the G. A. R. friends will nssemble &t 8 n, n and | July | a vacation until the first Saturday in Oc. | 4th, at the depot of the Sioux City, | tober, St. Paul & Omaha Railroad, \\llmmr‘ 2 strect, between l"r:ur(uulh and Fif- | -~ A school book convention was held | toonth, to take the train for Blair to of County Superintendent at the office participate in the celebration of the | Lot there be a full | Points Situcday to consider subject of a [ day at that place. uniform ret of text books for the public | turn out, and thus insure complete schools of the county outside the city. | success to the excursion. —The Fourth at Louisville, Cass county, | o Fansens oF NEbRASKA.—Thir- | (be point where the Missouri Pacific d choioe fenoe (hardwood, in tobe celebrated in | gayen foor) posts i mo time | Vaughan, C sheap. uncil Bluffs, Towa, crosses the B, &M, e. The awpion 8. Chae | : ar « and the variow | £ ——_— : road trains will run at reduced rates to | WANTED —A lnn.l\‘ woulder; good | ; | wages. Apply to Andrew Bothwell, Asthe Missouri Pacific will [ regular trains, Omw that point, then be running people will give the ds Louisville beautiful Fremont, Neb. jel)-Bt-mo el | SLAVEN'S YOSEMITE COLOGNE, Made from the wild flowers of the | rar FaMep YOSEMITE VALLEY, “ appreciative crowd. town and hes ceveral native i | it is the most fragrant of perfumes. groves and shady ravines. ! 1 L3 | M anufatured by 11, B, Slavn, San | —Among other chavges brougitabout | > For sale in Omaha by, W J. \\lnulmunu and Kennard Bros,, & Co. To Farens or NE ty thousand choice fence (hardwood, soven foot) posts cheap, Kx-Mayor Vaughn, Council Bluffs, Towa, by the extension of the B, & M. to Den- ver, and the running of through trains, is the transfer of the railroad news business from Barkalow Brothers, of Omaha, tothe Railroad News company, of Chicago, who to-day take charge of the same. This company now controls the entire, C., B & Q. and B, & M. railroad systems. This | new company his shown wisdom in retain- ing many of the employes of the Marka. | ows.—State Journal, - FOURTH O There wili be & grand *‘Fourth of July” celebration st Long Pine, and grand excursion on the Sioux City & Pacific railroad, the fare will bo one half of the r ar price, The Long | Pine people have been exerting them- selves to make the colebration a grand success, and if you wish to spend | jolly 4th, and sco the besutiful scon- ory in and around Lo Pine, you ~The remains of William E. Baleock, the,late suicide, were interred at the ex- pense of the county yesterday, —The Omsha Budget celebrated its sixth issue by an enlargenicut to twice its original size, which speaks of success and public fayor, should not ail to be ther Piokets _Pwo additional new cars bave been | on tho railroad will bo good for thwe | put on Capt, Marsh's street railway, He 34, 4th and dth of July is bound to accommodate the public, re- GRAY‘A CARE " gardless of expense, ik e —The members of St. George's society | A Park Olty (Umm Faper on “a D will hold & picnic on the first day of Au- | funct Landlord” gust, the day laud emancipated the | ————ye slaves in all her o An old Omaha boy souds us the fol- lonies. | wer night’s festival in Hanscom park on | (Utah) with the information that the the 6th of July, The committee 15 com- | party referred to is in this city, and a | posed of Julins Meyer, Louls Raapke, | guest of one of our leading hotels: George E. Strastman, T. Sinbold, M. VBt Bobwabe. Among the great number of bills, | —Supt. Pierce [reports thirty inmates H, W, lum). the defunct landlord of | now at the county farm, One young man the Park City hotel, left unpaid, was | aet alone. Ex-Mayor | of Woodrufl’s block, & | emy and Glad |1y.” One end w | return bac | of courso been the usual Foster's audience increased to thousands, At the end of his first week, he was re- engagod, and Saturday night last was to have been the closing one of his ongagement. HARRY for ¢ was his real name, was about | 21 yoars of age, short, slender, but an expert gymnast, daring, nervy, and in short, calculated to win the popular heart' by his dangerous mid-air feats, and popularity with his associates by | his modest demeanor and well regu- Isted life. Ho traveled with Frank Fowler as a partner, under the nom | da plume of *‘Foster Brothers,” K lor being surnamed “the human fly.” | The two did a double act on the tra. peze inside, but Mead did the outside For this purpose nesses on the openivg nigt MEAD, A TWO-INCH MANILLA ROPE 88 Douglas streot oll block to the roof sbove the Ac § BLOTO T was stretched from the Cald d the o uld be tigh This was over the Academy, and it is doubtful whether the safcty of the other end was ever looked after at ail | or not, though a failure to take so COMMOR & pre seem to be not her 1 0y short of CRIMINAL CARELESS! on tho part of the gymnast himself He was accustomed to walking ahother it was wet or dry, and is said to have walked the same rope in Lead- ville while a snow storm was raging. He had one serious fall in the Academy the first week, and is said to have had narrow escapes from death at Topeka, Kansas, and at St. Joe, He had been warned and expostulated with several times for being so daring, but was utterly fearless “and was at the time we write of negotiating for a WALK ACROSS NIAGARA FALLS. On tho ropo s performance con- sisted of a walk from end to end, vard to the center and the execution of various evoulutions on the rope including the sitting and kuneeling posture, hanging by the hand and hollow of the knees and, worso atill, by his toes and of one foot only. His **best hold,” however, was the ‘‘drop” where he would ap: parently loose his balance and while | the women in the crowd were shriek- ing and PARALYZED WITH TERROR | ho would gracefully cateh on to ropo and soon beon his feet again, the T sy v e wawm: | lowing from the Park City Record | Ho had practiced ssfety holds for all | possible” emergencies and believed himself safe, hut a breaking rope he had never provided for, There have prediotio that the plucky tight rope walker would come to a violent end, and small bots were wade frequently tha he would fall while here, but thi was only guess-work, though it finalls o o o om the one to a poor womun on Park avenue, looking fine and were uuinjurel Ly the | “l'”]““f' e “‘“‘“'“" for the "“l’l'”“ | of her f vas from the sale late storme. wount, to her, was 1i this man Gray, riog around in parts un- | wd spending his time and | —Business in police court was dull 5.t terdsy. Dug Maguire, arrested for petit larceny was released on 8100 bail, to ap- ‘mw\n, d ] id | pear next Wednesday, An employe of the | 1107 (Y 10 riotous living,’ as he did | B of Maxlo was Gusd far asault | DCT Bas B0 Zemors of conscience 8 o e, | oves this baso mot, it only shows the ;n‘d:.ctW}' committed on one o ¥ cpth of degradation to which he has prietors. } fulien,” —Uoroner Jacobs received an answer - Reopise's Russia Salve is umquul'e' to the dispatch be sent to the Masonic | g cblll)lumn. chapped hande, frost bites |* lodge in Yankton stating that Babeock ete, Try it proved only too trus, Saturday ¢ ning there was an unusually | ciowd, as it was the last ' peaarance of the rope-walker, watched eagerly each step of i formaunce, As THE GUY ROPES were stretched taut from below, anat tache warned a countryman o drive cut from beneath with his wagon, as the walker frequently fe'l from the rope, and & man 1n the crow t bet two dollars the walker would fall. ppoared on tho roof of the academy essed 10 & new suit of tights, which ation for safety would | Mead | displayed his splendid physique to u:.»i's. through the bent advaniage 11 carriod » balance | three quarters of an hour, and had pole of gas pipe an inch and a quarter | the privilege been accorded all day thick a ixtecn feot long, and test- | long, thousands would havo avi 1 ing the rope slightly. themselves of it WALKED SLOWLY At i ed Concert lust ¢ t above the etreet and in sight of jat the Academy the ladics and the gaping ccowd, At the rame time | tlemen all wore & s of mourny f Music band, led by | A MIDNIGHT MEETING ruck y the firs N struck uJ © first 1 At the closo of the performance B the man 8o | death, Ho ba vhu street, self with | was geen to sink each stood ole, whe still held his bar, and } | the rope was held e | escaped from his lipe, | howed no expression | thrill of horror looker on for | THE ROPE HAD and the ill-fated actor | down into cternity. touching the | pole and lif ‘dn.uuly fell ba force upon the striking him bounding off, b ot forty- ran kward 7 be aud others ran to pick man up, they we was the exclamation alie sible from the shock. to Dr. J Panter’s pharma Dr. callea, followed soon | ‘\lercur, both of whou awful descent. T them. over the heart of the A WOMA on his breast, bat somc the room. Who th not known, but the: romance connected than is known yet. Davis and P, Thoe witnesses wer ard It appeared that MEAD'S PAR. reside in Allentown, my notified the coron his triends did not penses of a respectab | Bold. it being Saturday iul sultation it was | ed to let THE EVENING PEX burial of the decessed, probability that the e cut, and the jury i matter of the rope were break, and decidedly cut, "It was impossib clue to a motive or vil originate such A FIENDISH ( had come to his death toward with the swiftness of a ground, cross the T ve degrees. | and children, who went to sco the | tho orowd ran {rom driven raptdly a8 they had come. STHE ROPE WAS cUT" t before the vighim, who ra partially ou Lis elbow, fell back inson- who had come in also pla her out of place invited her to ] ¥ nn, stone .md Frank Fowler. But httle additional was learned. protty closely, both looked strangely - unlike a genuine | The yerdict of the jury, was ‘‘that the said Henry D. Mead | f the ‘‘Night were fixed upon alkin d the cen balane! n to his of m- Iy he earth | de the and of through every BROKEN, was dropping Just before ground he dropped the ls, but imme- 1 with fearful the iron pipe breast nt to an the spot. From an upper looked exactly like iron at | tracted to a magnet. Asa policeman the unfortun: back on all sides He was carried Millard hotel Hertzman was after hy Dr. 1 had seen the crowd surged for- ward but the door was clozed upon | of life As a reporter ple d his hand lying ath which still fluttered feebly, N ced her b > one thinking ave woman was is may be more the tragedy | Harry Mead's soul had passed before many seconds sed from the fall und Coroner Jacobs was sum- moned to take chargo of remans, which were taken to yoms and an inquest held at 9 o’clock, lasting about hour, The jury was composed of the following: Lewis W. Hill, T Swift, Louis | ‘mvn; 1, D. Hartson, I . Leary. Dr. Hertzman, Galligan, Jobn . H. Glad- ENTS Pa., and that | he has relatives at West Pomt, Neb. to both of which places tulunlnu\s were immediately dispatebed, meantime the managers of the Tn the cade- er that in case interpose they would take charge of and pay the ex- | ble burial At | the tim> of the accident mu house was opened and & large num! rof tickets night, and after sensibly doter- | FORMANCE goon and devote the proceeds to the | There was not a littfe talk of the ope had boen westigated the ends of secured and like a square le to get at any lain that would RIME, therefore, on the first day of July, 1882, by the parting of a ropo wle practicing his rpe walker, said rope being extended | of the Academy of from the roof {usic to the roof ory, opposite, on Do )w remains were o dead man, as he lay dressod in bi izhts partly, thrown profeasion as a | of 1.\,“131‘...” glas street,” put on ice, and back from the breust, showed not & swgle myrk or scratch on his face and body vas, in fact, uninjured outwardly, opt breaking one ankle, fe his de resulting from the shock of the full He looked like a tatue, and was cathin his PHYSICAL PERF hat dauun marb'c even perfect ECTION, The remains were not exposed the public until 3 p. wheu those who wishe 1.d to view the face. w, yeserday, d were perm! Cyer 600 por 1 | 1 in THE CRAND BOUNCE. Biven by the OCity Council to Mayor Boyd's Appoint- Tmens. -Two Members of the Board of Public Worke. inecting of the compan; nt and att s of the Ac ademy was held, y McKee was chesen chairmar, stated the ob- | exproes th of H members of ir feolir cter of the in w The fol dopted as ling on t | before v on his i bled, T We | the exem | and honorab broth, temp that in his ers, and won expressibly | the How the thr > meeting to be to take this lary life, genial companion lup eritorious e ha led the re: vnite in rd to the sad Several n inrew ary J. M tho compal 110 re A dece the char- the esteem rich he was held. lowing sentiments were a general expression of he part of all present: prefessional associates of the ad, of ‘oster esiring to express onrselves artling tragedy of this r has bereft of ud i the will of Him must bow, beit the king of carthly power or the who plays well his part on have here mour. fully ch ome’of li ccasion to bear tribute to e charact-r of ourdec ugh constantly expo » m.intained @ reputation ang manhood guarante things in the future ave been spared. His every sect of his emplo; the sincer friendship of 1 y ates with whom he was a favorite , a8 in his darix pet of the publi We sec in the shocking and ur acrobatie acts he w cted other proof that “in the e in deuth,” are in- feved that ove who wasin nho d hus been laid low at { to be most brill Having | moved'in lights showe sel, but only the curtain L | act, from wh the whole w trust that by ‘(\nn the 5] we | tender our decpest ents who, in g ith =ad heu . Thst s copy be U"‘-'\‘l\u”‘n fail and Th ew York ( ¢ py be forwarded tot Maygic Ray : Mumry Gray P Jennie Kimball ! Jeunie Wa +Ida John G ) ) rier an am Yager a Hurry Osmu Charles DBye Edward Galligan James H Nugent Robert Russel Willium Nugent William Bro olin Maloney such a n that g borrowed from the seonard James Mclntyre slackford his part on the stage sbifting scenes he at the garish nothing of the gilt and tin- e gold in his character; seing rung Cown on his last hich the clemorous encores of 1 could not recall him, we he merey of Him who notes row’s fall, he has gone to laxy of tars whose radi- ght of Leaven a mark of our respect | the memory of the deceased, y, and we | mpathy to the par- distant st will learn rteof the feath of their bo John Pers: Alf Barker John Flynn rles Donavin T K Heath Family Lums Blackford Sam Giardner Ralph W Bechtel d wife nd wife P H Neff i} Theo Huth Willinm Willard wn Jeff I Joseph Wilson John J Kelley The time | been decided managemen parents of he decoased sunsylvania, and his frie b, , eply is A ca THE FUNERAL, of the funeral has not yet upon, The Academy t have tel phed to the Allentown, ds at West for instructions, and if Yecoived the deceased will I;uu nl m m, by his lemy b by Prof. Yager, tendered their services for the vum-ml, if held elsewh this ot will held in ere they tho body to the depot. o~ Tivolo uardens & Natatorium. T beg to announce to the patrons of the Tivoli | that on 1 will opens Hrdexm and natatorium d after Monday, July Srd wy place at 4 o'clock in the moruing, when I will always have on hand coffee and other rotrsh- | ments, ing papers, coffee I will also keep all the morn- Those desiring of taking an early morning bath will find it a ut convenlence to be able to get afterward, To Farmens o Nepraska, —Thirty thou en foot) Vaughn, Council Blufls, THEY ALL STEP when the cknowledg Fiour has a) Obileren's Straw Nindel & K d ch hardwood, seve Ex-Mayor Towa. je20 3t. - rome— ASIDE oice fence posts _cheap. IPEROR comes. The d Chief of the Minnesota rrived at French's, e — Hats at cost at relle's. Solid Silver Ware and Gold Head- cd Canes at Epnoy & ERICKsoN, ssed | Ao | No “Milliox Men Noed Apply pires” lar” | Important Session of the City | Legisinture Saturday Night. of the ci urned meeding of Satue- was the day night, which was attendel by | every member of .that august body | exce Stul!, who is absent the city on business, and Mr. Corby | excused. | ) The rules were suspended to take up | PETITION® AND COMMU | rom the mayor, appoin { Curley policeman, vice Alez. | resigned. Not cox .n'm\_d | From real e ¢ abutting on Harney change of grade and w for damages by reason of b Reforred. | From P. W. Lyon and others, ask- \g that south half of lot 8, block 8, filled or declared a nuisance. From Jokn H. Lehman, cal ATIONS, ng John calling tention to dangerous condition of sid walk at Jackson and Sixteenth streets. The bill of the Omaba o water aompany for rent of 250 Lydrauts was re of eity follows, ndrew Mary Propostls for the purch property were received s For lot 15, block 250 5, D. L Place, §515; Behrens, $512. ordered daeeevted if party now lot would not raiso the or ‘Puper Col-! hm, Dellone, Dunham, Herman, !\ wimann, Leeder, O'Keefe, Thrane, _ Nays—None. Appointment con- firmed. M MecGuck 8 excuged on ought the v represented WM, A Baker, Dellone, 1an and Kaufman, Behm, Leeder, Thrane. Mr. McGuckin 1 excused from voting, PAXTON, Dunham, O’'Keefe, was again The president declared Mr. Paxton ed, GUY BARTO! Baker, Dellone, Dunham, Ay Heri hm, Kaufinan, Leeder, Me- O'Keofe, Thr d‘ ir on the xton nomin took a majority of the | coune 1T, 'I‘ 10 chair deci | was not confirr DAz IEE progress of th t 1 Wwo nares, various o council expressed themselves be subject in g U2 v d their votes. 3ehm ruling of the d that . Paxton sught Mr, Ho had tv , besides, he time. wmfl not ser | 20 personall [ i )""lvuu‘. us of tow for DiNAsSE D thing through snd get only paper collar men to fll the oftices. He thought Mr, P would have eno todoif 1 tended o his own business. Mr. 0 Keefe said'he understood by Mr. Paxton himself that he woulda’t rve, and he thought his own ea were good. authority, Mesers, I ton and Barton were not in the city half the time. This vote was carried through in an ungentlemanly way anyway. Mr., Thrave concurred with Mr chm. He didn’t think it necessary to have all millionaires on the board. He voted no. JLUTION. rh uilding a bridge on Sau ders street, across’ North Omaha | creek, were received from Stephen | Robmson, §513, W Doliren, | $500. Referr | Anumber of bill usual h July 4th be disp vion of the civy adjenrnment_would b was read by IMr. Kaufwann. | Kaufman - Instructi missioner to place w washout on east side of T at intersection of Jones. Adopt By Behm—To build foot bri across Fourteenth and Pierce streets, uur\h side. Referred. y McGuckin—To remove h)dr.nu (rum Twenty-fourth and Dodge off private property to place where most needed by city of Omaha. Referred. ORTS OF COMMITTEES, 'enth str RE! On Judiciary—Instructing collection of certain personalty taxes. Adopted, On Judiciary — Recommending ean- cellation of taxes on school property, Adopted. On Judiciary—Ltecommending pas- sage of ordinance appropriating money for rental of fire hydrants, Adopt On Judiciary Recommending mlup\»un of a resolution waking nin hours a day's work for city labor. Laid over, On judiciary—Recommending i} the city clork advertise_fcr proposals for §50,000 of sewer bonds, series | one, in the daily papers of Omah The Chicago Times and The New York Herald. Adopted. }iOn jucidiary—Recommending pas- #age of certain ordinances, Adopted On judiciary— Recommending pay- ment of certain bills, Adopted On judiciary — Recommeniing amendment to ordinance establishing paving districts as to read ‘‘from the north line of Howard strect to the south line of Capi Referred. On cla ance of $100 to checking city Adopted. On streets and grades—Iustructing the city attorney to report ordinanc for change of curb line on D streot between Sixteenth and Twe ns—Recommending allow- { Wm. F, Heios fir treasurer's books, that the bill of Lost By McGuckin: Heins be reconsidered ORDINANCES, ppropriation ordinance for, r work was passed, rdinance amending the or ed ‘“‘nuisances” was r referred to the ice and commitice. specia v for the judiciary curbin, tree g of Tenth stre iating money for d referred, An_ordinance and appre- me were read amending the ord Barker as members of the bnul‘u ot public works. Mr, Dunham moved to confirm. *Mr, O'Keefe moved as an amend- ment to refer to the committee on streets and grades, Mr, Behm said he had known both for twenty-six years, and had never earned a dollar in their life hy the sweet of their brow, [Applause. | Mr. Leeder indorsed this, an said the mayor ought to meet the council half way and appoint practical men. The 4 T referred, Mr, Laker sug: t they y night while the mayor wrote names, Mr. Leeder gaid to go ahead, LESOLUTION, By Dunham—To advertise for two weeks for bids for the curbing and gutterivg of Douglas street from Sixteenth to Niveteenth, Referred. A motion toadjourn to Wednesday evening next was lost amid a great deal of laughter, confusion and con. trary rulings by the chair, as the council had forgotten to canvess the vote of the election held on Friday. Mz, Baker moved to proceed to can- vass the vote, Adopted. Messrs. McShane and McGavock were ‘q pointed tellers, Wa Ag unm. tieth, Adopiad i | On streets, and grades—To put on | file seven potitions and six resolutions, | orderivg ling and repairs in various places. Adopted | THE RULE OF THREE, | The nominations of the mayor for | members of the board of public works was next taken up, the ayes and nays | { being called on each separately. JAMES A, CREIGHTON, The vote resulted: Ayes—Baker, On motion the counail adjourned, Ll to meet again Tuesday evening, Fourth of July Excursion, Excursion tickets on the Kar City, St. Joe & Council Bluffs railros to Kansas City and return will uuud going July 3 and returni July 5, AxpY BORDEN, Ageny W