Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 26, 1882, Page 8

4 bUrpa- the present, Powpeti, tfl Arvold, Wil ism N. Byers, Williu the burned city of A D, 79, furuishes | Olancy: Flemirg Do - * about the heat evidence of (be mode of ly: [ A Goyer, Williath Ko b ) Mo The DAILY BERL: TlIUl€SP1\Y OCTOBER 26 8 T -~ 7 —’ o v 1 \ w THE TEMPLE OF JUSTIC . |15, o tsor it ah narng whar e ars {indebted to the futernity for things L | brovgit o Ti bt jo Pompeds, but as many Imposing Ceremon’es f Laying Lo i e b e i s rihorn e poriienlar pe “ the wor'd's his orv st tae Corner St.me, vind, Tn the e Charlemvgon the firl to tirlstim ty worth, W o o and who u ily belons ed v that same of builders of whom we are deso udmts, 1 id the comer stone of the ehurch at Aix L Chap. elo. Benoath this woue, in & woilce mented veout, he deposited very many valun e records and re fo., togeti er with what i+ clwimed to be he holy v stmen - f Ciri tan the Virgin Mary, fo Ja ine acopy of the Holy wri inys aud » full uo connt of chri<tisnity up to that period, 1 hdnodiffi ul y in tracing many of the emnlens of hecraft The corner stoues ot Holy R ot, N Melrose aud many other abbeys cont ary have furath d the v fail quota of intormation Thecu wou ot Iaviog 'Upon Which the Magniflzeut New Court House Will ba Built, Au Immense and Brilliant Pro- oeesio, Half a Mile wong. “The Coremonies Condnoted by the Masonio tirnud Lodge- wtones i+ qaite e mmon 10 Koglan: . the ughout Eur pe There but few fmixreaut works ander Rloquent Address by Hon. Andrew J. Poppleton. tasen wihew. fist making the usucl dee posit in the northeast coroer of th- strue. e, whether it be ¢ o k. briiye or publc cdifiss, The main ides seema to be 10 pay the dibt ave we t future generstions, transmit ing to shem thr ugh the o rner stone th bistory of the rew in whch we live, The teachiogs of Fro- The laying of the corner stone of the new Douglas county court houre took place yesterday, underthe auspiccs of the grand lodga of Fres and Ac- cepted Masous of the jarisdiction of Nebrasks. Aithough the day was chilly, with & cold wind blowiiy the dast iu clouds through tho streets, it did vot appar- m wonry inculeate that io ull our worke, great or small, becun and finished, we whomld seek the aid sn | favor f A might God, It s our it cuLy, theo, toivoke of the Groat Architect ot the o the ok in which we are ago, 1 there ore conuns d ilencs und el all b unite with onr grand ohaplain in an ad- deens to the T roms of G oace, ently lessen (he attoudance, The| He then called upon Grind Chaplain d b bling at Court| R ¥ James Paturson to fuyoke the divi.e ©row: egan assembling blersirg Grand Secretary Bowen rsad the list of ar o es depositel m ths rtone, wm mg whi h were a list of the vatimal, state nud muni ipal ofti sers, sundey coine and docu House £quare about 1 o’c.ock and the hill for an hour was b'ack with people on therr way to witness the great ©. Parvie, W, A, Ri han's'n, John A. | Singleton, Robrs B Whitted, The speavee of tne bons , Avdrew J, Haneom was one of the most, active frier da of the bl bat being prectuded by Lis office trom votiog « X sepi fo oa e of tie his name does uot +ppeat in the record, Th- bill as Dassed re ain d the boundaries t xed by the Lroewm-tion of the scting governor but « betituted the name “Omaba” in plice of Jas.” In tnis foom it went to the where iin_re 1 was not en: fre howpitatie, W 1ay, Febroary 14, 185 Jow ph W, Paodock, uhief cletk of the Lower notse o ported | n et the houe” w the counvcit infomatin ot the p sage of the bill, Thureday, Febin- ary 5, 00 motion of A D. Jomes it was taken from the 1able passed to a second resding sud refer el to vhe 0o mi tee on sty rents wod county boundaries, Fii Me of nes reported ba 1 mnd recomn ended ita parnage, S.t ehrunry 17, 1L was sain taken np 1 eration woen Conreilman M. H dng in Fontandlie and repre- went ug¢ Dowlie ¢ noty, MOVED 10 BTRIKE 00T * OMAHA™ and fnrert “Dong s« Upon thix motion w wharp ¢ ufl ot arose, Tesniting in & eries f postpdoements un i Friday, February 23 wren vir Cinrk renewed his motion whereupon the tate «f ths good nw 4O natia” is thas sentent usly narested by the chork of the couneil, George L, M lier, S, d 0 nment by striking one h ” und inserting “Douglas” ree fore e mnty, which was sgeed to,” urday, Febrasry 24, the smended bill «ns revurned to the houre, where an i eff sctual effrt was made to restore the nume “Owaba’ The wri er of this sddre:s had the honor of lesding that onret, but wa y ubliged w succninh to 1he supericr bers marshalled by the fiiends of the steon 8 tof Denociacy, Stephen A Douglw, ltisdoetc the Lve wmem- bers of the evnns( why voted ag st the suerifios of thynoble name Owahs, that s recorded, viz ¢ n R. .« olsm, rdson, , Fetnuary 1 wid-t, th-others lng since numbered wi b ments and copies « £ | HE OManA Bre, Hor. wel and Repaaiio n Af er siging 'y the Glea (lnn the stune was Inid wceo ding to 1c ritual, the u-ual tests uncel wal and traly event in the history of the most pro- grossive county in the state, Av 1 o'clock the proccesion began | the fin:mntlm-- formiyg on Sixteenth strest aud [P and | re oy Oapitol avenue, in frout of the M- ':.‘.'n.'ff.r'.'.‘f gL T e ) sonio Tewple, and at 2 o'vlock touk | 'hix fact havin¢ hoen mde, the Gire olan ap the liue of warch through the prin- | and andivns joinsd 11 sin ing “Awmerica,” cipal streets, as already puulished. As|and Vr. Poppletun then deliveied the foi- it passed down Douglas stroet to Ninth | lowing oratiou: and up Faraam street it prosented a Hon. A.J. Poppleton. most imposing appearance, being over [ Io the yes 1803, Nupuleon Bonaparte, : then tirst o el of Fravce, ®old to the half a mile 1 levgth, aud brilliant U:h.us.m'ul Ammsitoa, - Tnoise . . throughout with Amerioan, Irish and | jor on bo ng at that time presid nt,—the Danish flags and with the banners of | K'rench provioee of Lo ixinus, The price the various societies partioipating, as uulp:xl-uud *.:1 .}: ,l.lllol.JbO Tn: ceded the rich uniforms and regalias | territory comprired sl the country now ::‘,'n';, the noveral orders, P *® | inoludad within the gaographical liita of . v B Arkaneas, Mis. The procsssion passed Tak BeE ia :h,:fl'_"'i',; "'I\f“;:" m‘f;" 0 n',“:: A Ne the following o1der and atrenyth: braska, und the gre ter part of Kiuss Giand Marshal F ank E. Moores, and Uolorato, It also included Dakotw, The city wusr hal aid deputy with platoon | Wyomiig, Idsho, Mont.ns, Washiogton of sixteen pol ce, aud most ut the Iudiau territory, LUhis Anzient O der of Hibernians B nd, vast dowain wax thus withdrawa from the Division No, 1, Ancicar Ocder of Hiber: | athitrament of European powers and the nians, tweuty strocg, with the Irish | un ertain issuss of the period ot the Na flag avd stars wud stripes, poleonic wars, uni rewitted througiout The Oigur Ma'crs Uuin, thirty strong. | aimost ity entice length and bresdth to (he The D nish Society, 101 memberr, with | obsourity of un uuexplored, uuknewn anid Daush sod American fl g impvnetrable region snd banner. From that day until May, 1854, n period The Dauish B otherhood, fif:y sirong, | of fifsy-one yenrs — he country now known with same, a8 the state of No' raska=108 me of u the ‘The Omaba Tu uverein, fifty members, | stato of var duption; t1 s e the siate of w.th hance s, o1r birth; to ull tha state of one pride and Mayor Boyd sad Hou, A, J. Poppleton, | uff -ction, --remuive |, iu the langusge of orator of the duy, in carriage. the federal st itutes, The Coucorc ia society, tifty members and INDIAN OOUNTRY, untouched by civilizatien, tue range of the buffalo aud the campiug geound « f the Tu- dian, penetrated oul. &t rewo0%e ko Ivak by the adventurous and so i ury furt a or or the devoted snd indomitable |risst, 1, | #e king to tlant tie cro 8 in the remotest * [ soitiuiies of this vast em,ire e, The Omaba Glee Clu , twonty mem!ers. Tae Bard of County Commissioness, Ar.h t ot and County- flicials, Mount Calvary O Kuights Templ, . That poridon of thy state now Mastor Moo f S0 shirs. L deo No, |comprised withia the boundarle- 96, Covert Ladge No. 11avd Capital (90 ~the ¢ unty of Douglas, = was Ladge No. 5 A F. & Ar Mo, the special poswrion of the Omaha tribe ot Iudiany, then led by L gan Kon- tanelle wshe d chet, In May, 18 4 by treaty, thistribe ced d 1t to 1he Uuited Sustes and on the 30th dy of May, 1853, Uong ess, by wha is koown in hiswry as the K.nsa: and Nebrarka bill, gave to Ne- The procession extended from | Lo {oseh e, Ol A T B aaized Ninth street half way up the hill| ygfivori | nt and_extenden over leading to the court house blook, over | i¢ the Fo.cral land Law: —— hus tpeuing It half amile in length, and was at- | to th.t adva ciog tide of western immi- tended by a vast throng of speota- | retion, which st in with the Cualifornis und Marmon exaine of 1849 and wae only completely ct ecked, eixht years after, by ons hundred strons, ‘Ths Grand Commandery of Kaights Tem- viac, ‘The Granl IAIJIT. A F & A M of ebrusks, 'olook .:!-u:. ?,.::a m‘gfi:;.’,;’l’g;“ :,‘;‘d past THE DISA TROUS PANIO OF 18 7, ove 3ll the sp.ce belw eu the ¥¢-u aod | It was the il.-fortune of the new terri- the b, ilding was cocuj fed by fully three tnrgflw Jowe its tirst governor, e neis Burt thopsand people, among whom were mauy | of South Caiolins, thiee days after his ur: , while the roofs of the udjining |1ival within its limits, By law his daties budoiogs promied uuder the uausual | were devolved upon the secretary, 1h mas wepheof small boys, From the lirge|B Cumiag, who theiehy bec darick on the northea t coruer of the | governor. Inpursusnceof the u fundation depended the corner stone, | the org: hy tearing the foliow ng iuscription: proceeded t) o1 vor- Laid hy the erument. October 21, 1854, he issued hix Masonio Fraterity, proclamation ordering # oensus s a basis G. w. Linioger, = slative apportionment. The censux Grand Master of Masons, bavivg been ¢ mplited avd reported Ogt. 25th, A. M., b882, Nuovember 20, 1874, on Novewber 2 , 1854, Jobn ¥, Ooote, Builder, he issued rulvs una’ regulations for hulding And on the 64 t side was engraved: the tiret ele tion f. r del: gates iu Concres: ¥ ectet sud members of the Legislative Assembly, Fred D exe’, ‘The electiun was to be be'( December 12, Frank W, Corliss, 1854, and on the 23 d day of No.ember » Baj Koight, proclamation was issued desiguating the County Cumniissioners, dsy and prescribiog the bou .daries of the The iron be.ma of the structare were | & Uti®% 1o ¢ wuhati ants shonld o au- 8 10red to give space to the atteading s ol- P ¥ d ALK osies, and & platioru was coustruoted for | Burt Wash nuton, Dudge, Douglus, Cass, the mewbers of the Grand Lodge, the in- | & 101¢¢ Fuiney, Rivhardson —eight in all vited gucets and th orator of th day, | ¢ this woweot i &t 2 'clock thy procession reached the DOUGLAS COUNTY HAD 1T BIRTH, west gate of the grounds, and headed | its exterior boundariea bo n: desoribed fr. by the escurting Koights Templars, filed | the following words: *Commencing at the wpon the fl2oring aud received the nem. [mouth of the Pla to river, theavo nor.h Bers of the Geunl Lodge, who, oreceded | alony the west bauk of the Missouri river Ac fog Grani Muster G W~ Linis ger, | 10 » point one milo north of Oaiuhs, thence lla or oyd snd Mr, Poppleton, touk [ west alung the south boundary of Wash- Ihd‘yluu on the platform, Mr Coow, | ington conuty twen'y milos, thence south less to the Platte river, the, cuntractor, bearing in his arma the | ten miles mory trowel aud love, um », uare, :‘m Lo 116 grand master, aod na behelf 1 byth: Musonio fratcr. | present county of Sarp, mity, te which Grand Master Liuiuger | noit : houndsry was not fuctber north than made the fullowing respous : ¥B. LININORN'S ADDUESS strest, Dorth f which lay what was kn.wo Wirethren and Fellow-Citizens: ~ Tt would | # the Ned Jetfers' ol 1m, not then platted eI LU KL kUl pEopel cunt we 8ioud |8 8town. Fort Owaha sud the driviog » fow words upon this ocasion, not | Parkae both sicuated upon tersitory th o OB iy vupport of our suthority snd sight | iBeldced —in Wasniogt m county. S0 3R T o018 OF buub $o il h[(f which Florence was the he 6 g Din ot ur a0 e s oral b h | veblog precioot, Toere wire two © pres oy hanks for the kivd fuyitation |70tk ireciots in Dougla: county, ‘.f.“?.""“u‘.t'd{,’" s thy con ty © i mi « {0be **at the brick huilling at O or ol Ve 2 [4na otiot the Musion. house st Bella. this. ear. ‘Ths use of the words, view, ner NT;:;::"‘”::‘:;’J":’ N 80| THE BRIOK BUILDING ATOMARA CITY,” f‘“"nu %0 us, we wiil bavs one of the fnest | indiostes but one uf that chiracter in the in ay unce And w st su staptial build. | ©1tY, Soad rfers t building ercc ed by our city aud state. the Council Bluffs and Nebrack - Ferry curtom of laying correr stones for,°mpeny for the use of tie legivlative pub.ic buildioge fs at ; nelent one, but | M €m iy, aud sitaated on lot 7, in block w"“""‘u“h neglected in this o ubtey, | 124, s plaited by A, 1), Jones, fr nting u“:xnnr foref thers boen » negligent as |®4¢ o0 Ninth” ntreet between Farnsm we in this rexpect the present gen ratiop | *01 Dougins. It was used for the woul t know lows of by world's history |¢sions of 18345, and IKS6- Tcuusbeen m/.go.d fortuae to see for |16 Was ale the fint gone sl myselt & d become ¢ avivced (f thie fact | 0ffces «f 1bhe Uuion Pacific rei'. in'recent travels in the old world. [¢ | Fo4d company, belog vo occupied from De- seows to have bern the custow i | ember, 1808, until the full of 1863, when ery age frow thie. Gist form tion of woci. | ey were tronsferred o the present head- Y and_ goverbumdls 10 ranalt to fa. | 9uArters bulldin, r,. foneratl s the ‘m :..y of the times PUIMITIVE POLITICH, Which they i ced 1u the corner st ne o) | gWith these beundaries and preciuof @ #ec et vault. " Oar work to-dsy will be s fl.; election in Douglas mum'y wag ‘;m'll?l, feeble amit tiou-f theirs, In wort of the resulting, with t mely aid from Conued rulos of anciewt temples, monssteries and | Blufls, i the ohoice of, exclusively, abbeye, the corner stons or recret voult [ Omaha men, 3 built heaeath e edifics has vielded wuck | ~ Awmony the first bills introduced into the towards making us the waild's bistory, | lower house was, “An act to define the overy duy's resesrch awong these old | bou: davies of Omsha snd Otoe count disclos 8 some ne videns tous. Whist | and lo ate the reats of Justice therein ' wemay thivk that we are llvluf in an ad | The question baving been divided byorder yenced age of science, art and inventions, | of the house on Tuesday, Februsry 13 {4 only wecersury t. visit the musew | 1835, this beiok the lass Itew «f business C iro. Egypt, or Nales and Rowe to be | ransacted fn the forenoon of that day, convinerd that we hy uch et tol aru. | the bill was finully passed, the following Many of what we call Lew inventionscan b rg- ns, among cthers, some of them still #e-n in their original -imy dicity avdine n.e iliar names, voting for the Lil); Ans. bc,man.lu used mud the general condi- | Noal Laihaw, Andrew J, Poppleton, H, h«: ce east to the place of beg nniig” [ Il thus be reen th.t as mapped out by the of Archivées Mviy-u requested that the | exeoutive, it included by 'h:l.th" tluu an 't ite the honored ded, he uit ot +his legislation wae chrys. talived w 1nw wpproved M roh 2, 1855, whichditfere 1chictly from the proclawation «f the weung g vernor, in that it tixed the northern boundary of the eounty “thres wi en north of the town of Florence, fore metly known as WINTER QJARTFUS.” Tt will be seen chat under this legislation the tortuoes of the mbitious young men who bid choren bellview ns their base of Operalions were Lot rerved to their satis. taction, Lt had vo distinet reprerentation aud its vetes wers swallowe s up by the su, erir nuwbers of Omatia, who were arful ot t lev thiic courtesy outiug th ir juigment. Accorviogly «t the suse oeediug sewion of 18 50, thrugy the eff 1tw mainly of Bevjswin P, Rwiin and Silas A, 8 ricklan , wn act was psss g viog that portion ot Donglas coanty, uow o psitutivg Sarpy county, & 1epiee wentation f ons mewber in the council #nd two fo t1e h uee, though ietainig it for all oilier pu po-es we parta d patc 1 of Douglas county. This wis but u it ge wod resting pluce 1w the march t cowplete babilitwtion ax » county, Accordi x y, at (he ressivn of 8367 hu ¢ nuty of Sarpy, couristing rubstn idly of the teniwry carvid out by Douglis us an erection s t ict, wan created by wet apuroved Feb. ruary 7, 187, nud Lenvite S, Biown, Chase 3. Hall «uy su Ocate the county seat W them at bellview T'nis prace eaily clo-ed ¢ nd bitter controversy between the citizens ot the rval wwns in which fierco wuinostics were tred, polt oyl fortuues wade aud wrecked, Jie-long Iriends te. porarily e - travg @ ud the r gress and pr s erity of Huth o muunities seriously retar fel. But tune, the swoother, 1hs hesler, tne cowolo’, ths meiiaisr, 10 21 yeirs 8o weoughy up i us, that t'e mn whom in our wom-nts of pasxion m 1834 e would have & moet cracited—in 1878, wfir & stranee uui checkered life, 1hr ugh which, however, there vver shoue the inextin- guishublo lipht ot lufty patriotism true courage, was «y thiscity of Omahas teuderly burne to y nder bill and commit ted to un hunored grave, THR BOUNDARLES OF THE COUNTY thus finally adjus ed, its sabsequent ¢ und dev-lopufent—hittie vexed by biiung legirlati n—cepended chicfly upon nutural rescurces snd wise government For 26 years its executive and adwinistra- tive cuntrol 1as been in the hands of & board of ciunly comaiseion:rs, wh ) have wanuged th-m with honesty, pradence, econumy and success, During the lony ‘p-rlod fr.m 1854 ¢ the present time the following peisons hive rerved sy sounky commissioners, in the o)~ der mentioned, leaving without exception an_houorable rec rd: Liwe, Thomas Davis, 8ylvinus James H. MoArdle, Harrison Ao trew J Oritcttield, Jas, M. Oliver P. Hu ford, Thonas H, , Juhu Keily, Kdward H C aplin, Hayman O, Hapwan, Jouas Gi-e, Henry E cke, BEiwin H. Sherwoud, M, W, Par. ctnse, ‘Loomaus W ilkinson, Herjain P, Kuight, Joseph B, R.dfield, Fred Diexe | £ W, Uorlisn, election of the public of by the organic uot, was to oryanizs the ©Cou ts D | guaranteo to the new political couwmuuity —that o-ntral function f wl jus goviromeots—ihe administrati n of Justice, The president had appoivted as Judges of oourts, vrovided for by the organie sot Fenver Ferguson «f Michigan, Eiward R Tudiana, by proolawation, daved Decem: theso judges to their respective districts, us foluws: Fenner Ferguson, chief justios, Douglas und Dudge counties; K iward R Hurdin, all ths couuty lying south of ths Platte river; Jawes Bradley, Warhington aud Bure counties. viow, Nebraska City, Fiorence. ingly ou Mouday, Murch 1, 1355, THE FIRST COURT OF RECORD the Sulpbur Sprivg The north buuudary | ever held in the county, 1hs district conrt of Odusnacity nt that tiwe was noar Buct | of the tirst javicul aistoes of Nebra ks, Iy, like jurisdictiom t1 our fl' sent district ourt, was opened at the »w, hy Feuner For- with, pract irsion honse, Belle +uson, chief jastic thal, Livle busives i R Doyle, war motion, in Douglus county on vhe secon | ‘I'uesiny in March snd the thiri Tuesd .y of Octo- ter of each ye r. in Og pher, 1 the bouse o frejnesentati: es in *‘the bricl buildiog st Owahi,” i vosent at that court and there aie many still liviag—wil firget 'he rcene, THE PIAST BLOODY TRAGED Y of the territur) being uudsr iuvesiization, and » leading citizen of Omaha under ar: rest for & capital crime, the grand ynry re- fused to return au ind ctorent, A motion discharge, Oliver Porry Mason, then thiee days in tue tenitory since chief ju-tice of the state, kn wn to less than half a dozen men in the rom, rose avd uddressed the court in_a phillipic, characterized by ull v o qualiies which have since beeome tamiliar to the peoplo of the state, inten:i. fied by youth, the watural stimulous of strange people, novel surroundings, a client six months in irons aud a just canse, I all the varied exbibitions of his character. fstic oratorical powers rince made n Ne- hraeka, thut day's work, has never, to my knowlcdge, been surpassed. This court was afterwards beld, for some years, in Pioncer block, where projector aud owner was Dr, Charles A, Heory, THE PRISONER IN IRONS, whom the grand jury had exonerated—and until the erection of the court he which ty vears has afforded to the urks ¢ of the county a court room of exceptionsl convenicnce and comfort for the administration of justice. The dis- tict court of Douglas county has been pre. | sengers w! Silus A- Stricklaud made | The next wep after providing o' the lcera p ovided for the supremr aud distiict Hurdin of Georkin and Jumes Bradley of ver 20 1854, the acting governor aseigned It wlso requiced the rupreme cont to hold a a1 sion ut Oms ha on the third Monday of Februa'y, 1855, #ud the i st dis rict o urts to te held in the respe tive dirtrict-, as follows: belle- Aceord. was trinsio « d, the o ly | wheels of jusice being simply set in ‘Ahie legis arive amewbly, by act spproved March 16, 1855, reorganic d the ha city | courts und fixad the time of holdivg them Accordingy the next district court was held by the ¢ fef justioe in the room ocenpied hl None who were being made 'y o unsel for the yii-oner's wide 1 over by the foll wiog jadges in the ot Swmioned;. . Feimis I veow n, Aungusius Hdll, Wiliam P tt Keloyg, Wiili m Kellogg, George B Like, Jam: s W. Bavige, sud the peen. iccumbent James Neviile, aided and amisted by « bar whict haa 1 ever snflered by comyarison with peiehboiing state yand fene of wh m have won o natioual 16, utation ia the pro- fewion, But I shenld doinjustice £ that porticn f the bar + h) praciced in dts cour s of law an 1t equity while Nebroska remaired a tortitory~ f om $54 to 1867 id 1 not e special merti o of the men whose voices rang loudest aud looge-t in THR PIERCE CONTENTIONS which during 1bat | eriod vexed court and jory, I nwme them in the order of Sheir arrival, to my best reco lection: Richsr (#on, ¥ xperieuce Estubro 104 Brigge, Jubu_l. Redic Chaptian, J imes M Wi oiworth, A, Little, Ge.rve B Like, B, E. B, Ken. nedy, Charles H Biown and George W, Doaue, I beg 1150 to add to this it my own name, dost of them were envinen ly practi ing lawyers — constently in the thickest of the fray—and one «f thea, Wiliiam A, Liule «f honored memory, wus by common ¢ nsent the greate-t crim- wal lawyer Neb ss a has yet pr duced, So . etimes ss-ocin'ed with him, often pitted againet him—as an ully he was a tiwer of siren th, a« an antegonist noth- g but unty ing indusry sud leeplese vigilunce conld aval sgainst disvetrons cefent. He was elected the first ohief jos- tice of the stt-, declived the of by rea- on of i) health, and sgn after oied near Au ora, Liiuois, rincerely mourned by his profe sional w «tes nd the state which had just clothe i him wiih its highest hon. ors, THR PIRST CKNSUS (F NEDRASKA, taken and repoite f to ths weti g governor Novem er 20, 1854, was made by districts and showed '@ total jopulation of t: thousand s=veu hunored and thirty-tw)~ thirtesii of whom were slaves, brought {ato the territory by southern imm graints und mostly residiog ut Nebraska City, Uhe Fifth dighiict, ¢ mprising almost the identiosl territory originally included in Douglas county, showed a populition of 616, none of whom wers slaves, Aao her cenrus was taken in pursu nce of law ba. tween the 11ch day of September und the 11th day of \lo uber, 1853, showiug & pops ul tiom of 4,651, inclutiog residen’s uvon the disttio R chardeon (ounty known as the h If-brevd tract, eleven «f whom were slaves, O tiese Douglas county h.d 79 , & gain in nearly & year of ouly 146 ‘Lhene tigures convey a faiut soggestion o THE APPARRN LY HOPELESS OCTLOOK for Umaha, st that time opp sed and an- tugoal; it was by the entire South Platte i d wost «t the North Plut e coun- try. 'L hrough what lahor and stratesy and well foucht purl amentary snd other bat- teemis g mo ropolis was carri d intact and uoharmed through the succeed- fug yeare, there is 10t tine to recount here, but there are liviig mweo who p s sesn the supeme qulitication for weitivg thathistory . hi :h Viegil ascribes to 25 rewn —uien Woo esn tiuly say with him, *All Bheu-:‘ things I saw, and a part of them I was, Aunin fo 1860, while the nation trem- Had feom ceuter 1o circun f-)ence with the approschiog throes of owil war, the fed- eral © nsus taker did his work, giving the 8 atw « population of 18,841, and the coun- vy 4,8/8 still & modecwve gain. Ia 1he wex dicads thews ftigues increased 122,493 tor the state and 19 982 for the while yet another rai ea them to 452,402 for the state 3,645 for the county. In whe wesutims production, commerce wud every branch of industry had GATHERED STRENGTH AND GROWTH until in this yoar, 1882, the county has reached an asso-sed vau cion f $0 356 5 987, has a cuiiivated ac ewe of 70,486 * producing a rop valued wi ¥16,,. while its chist town, tue goad city of Ouiaha, ha_outetipped wll its 1ivals o our ownstate, Kunsusnud Iows, and challeng s heat en 1o f (ha whole worid (9 its con. ced d clsims ascueof th-c ivfcives of the United States, Ta 1850 Omana bad no 1d not ex. o bered over 16,000, standing No, 83 in the rank of cities, Lo 188) 1t moved up to No. 61, thus pa sing 19 of its rivals, with & populn. tion of 316 0. In 1790, ninety-two yesrs ago Nuw York hats populaiion of cnls 84,181, Choago does pot appear in the ceurs tables until 1840, when it makes v d but with « popul wivn of 4,479. When we remember that we are sitvated two bund edun | fifty miles eass of a meridian line equi-di t.nt from ocesn to ocean »ud thit wore than ha't of our territory lics west « f that meridisn, th- prediction may | @ safely mate 1hat in one huniret yesrs Oninha will take rank well up among the firat fifiern vivies f the nation —the 1wen- tieth city to-d y being New rk, New Jer- sey, with a population of 36,400, A BEIF KVIDENT FACT. We hold it to be seif-evideut that a po. @ Jitical community 0 foriunate ia s bir:h, its prow b, its i resent situa ion, as the © unty of Douglas, itsferti @ acres garnished wi h truits of indusiry ard plenty, holding wiihin its limits the chief cicy o/ the stare— # people lovivg peace, order, xo 1iety, law. learning, culiure—sented in the shadow « f tolersnt churcnes and free public » ho)ls— shouid enthrome the adu ivistrution of justic- in a structure in barmony with its pen fident and sacied funciw io the rtats, Bowiog to this unsp ken bihos; with the full wssent of the people of the county, aide 1y one who for wany yeurs hus been their prudent, s f1 sud " wise © unsellor, Jobn C. ¢ win, the prescnt bhoard of connty commission' rs, Frederick D exel, Benjanin P Koiht and F, W, Corliss, coiceived and plavned THE NOBLK BTUUCTURE whoe corner-stons bus this day heen place! in position, May it rise in i 8 rength und beauty to vomolets perfos- iloo aud stund forever the sufe shelter of wewkneds agw nst strength, innocence agel et guilt, the persecu ed agwnst the © «ypesse i agaiurt the sanctuary whose cho en hivh. p ivsts shall, in the langu we of th-ic oath, “administer justice without reg rd to P rooue & d do «qual 1ight to the rich and to the poor,” Quthe 13th of October, 1854, standing upou this identical sp f, a8 far s the eye ¢ uld reach, 1 0 tuken of buman habitati o @t d the vision, Fave » few soatti red structures clustered »1 mg the Iiwa bluff 0 here aud there dotting the platesn on wheh Ow ha hus since bum bul. To 1he west und south there stretched apparently in a priwe. val solitade of e, broken at rare iutervals by the green crest of 0.k ud walout groves Yo the north the dim i cirle of biuff clwed upon the switt curient of he Mise uri—riski § 86 it 8p- prosched that tar i1 stres 1alo & suee cession of wooded bluffs wbich - tretched away Lowards the ouucil tires of the ex. plorers, Lewis and Clark, kindied half ceutury befire pear Fort Calhoun. To the east the b 1d outline of bluff skirting the Mussouri valley lvoked down up na 16v 1 expuuse of waste prairie botton, DESTITUTE OF ANY BADGE OF CIVIL BATION, wive the rude buts in Which tue Latter Saiots had wrestled with the rigurs of inho pitable winters durir g their sorrow- 101 pilg:image £0 the vall. ya of the moun. taine. It was & scene of siog ceful, solitary, filling o of islation and ) coning the bruve hear d strong srm to the storm and stroggle ani conflict of the {’nlnu ewpire which shond rise tiom its o8 )m Standing upon the ssme spot one hun+ dred years luter, but looking out irom the dome of this towering temple of jusise, [ ~e0 » land teeming with penty sud bos. soming with beauty, I see the steel-laid hichways «t our doors Jaden with the world's traffic and travel. Isee the ever revo ving wheel of eommerce besrin: the pro ucts snd arts snd culture of dis'ant countries to and fro past cur gates. Isce the heavens darkened with the smoke of Iaboring e gines I eee THOUSANDS OF BUSY MANDS AND HAFAY VACES to whom the motter caged b Watt and Stevs food and raiment. with alectric mes- 1 sce the ai i woe r swara Ay bich girdle cit'es and states and nations ear to earrn i heart to heart, I aee stately spien pierc- ing the tky aud shelte ing chucches ac &8 whore thiestold the sheow of pers cus tion, the dungeon, the rack, the ot wnd the sta e have never fallen, and on yonder rqune I ree in stately marble dwl'm.l verety of Omaha, tha f ens of in.ent us and apiring youth, the Snrne aud M ¢ of 1iberal leurnivg, towards which the wteps of wisdom 1, «ven as toe wise men gath red rom the enst tos ards the eternal figh which pour.d its ffalgence upon the de-pinrd Ni All these things T see, at, with ruch w p 8. and such life hae teen indee | worth living, en and wonen who have thus far labors ard triat« and harsships and pe:ils will nee : wo nobler 1 onument than the proud municipality of which his struct re shall forever stard the erwwn and glory, In the language of one whose 1ifs +hed lustre upon the iaw and helped to anchor, deep vnd safe, the f undations «f & per. petual ¢ nstitutional unfon, ** Let the enrliest light of m roing gild it and pare- ing day Jinger and play upon its sua mit,” - HUB PUNCH iy Bine sce, nade or hot wa er, it makes a eplendid ieht eap” on going to bed, Tradasopplied at mannfactnrcrs’ prices by M. A McNamaws, Fam cupplied by A H. Gladstone, Omahs, Neb, cceptab e, With WaNTED—A first class double.cyl- inder press feeder at this ffice, e ORARGE BLOSsOMS, A Pleasant Wedding on Burt Street “nd Other Nuptials. A very happy and enjoyable event occurred yesterday at the residences of M« N. Merriam, on Burt and Twenty-hrat streets, This was the marriage of Mr. Frank Porsinger, the well know and popular young banker, of Central City, and Miss Hattie D, Gale, a lovely and accomplished young lady, who is well known in the musical circles of Omaha, The wedding occurred about noon yesterday, the nuptial knot being tied by Rev. J. B. Maxfield, presidiug elder of the M. E._ church. The attendants were Mr. H Persinger, a prominent Dea Moines journalist, aud Miss Alice [lzschusk, daughter «f Hon. Bruoo Tzschuck. There were' about a ecore of relatives and intimate friends present, and at the conclusion of the all-important ceremony the congratulations were numerous and sincere The wedding diuner, which followed in due cowrse, was of the wmont elegant character, and all in all the oceasion was & happy one, beyoud even the usual course. The presents were numerous and hancsome, and among others the re porter noted the followin, Pawting, “Longfellow,” Miss Morae; silver Bower stand, Miss A. Couffee; set silver knives, forks and spoons, Me. and Mes. N. H Gale; silver but er dish, sugar bowl auna cream pitcher, Mr. aud Mrs N, Mor. clam; silver card receiver, Mr. and Mrs, Belden; student lamp, Mrs, B. zschuck; silver berry agish, G. B. Tzschuck; pallet, Mrs. E Buneo:; plaque, Me and Mre, J. A. Guilespic; oue pair gold bracelets from the groom, Frauk M. Persinger; silver cike basket, Mr. and Mre, J. J. Dicikey; steel engravivg, Mr. aund Mes J. L. Snuith; sewing machiue, N. R Persinger, Jentral Oity, The happy couple left in the after- uoon for their future home ir. Central City, BLAKE-MUSGER, Mr. J. R. Blake, ot Scribner, will o day be uvited in marriage to Mise M C. Muoger, of this city, the osre- mony taking place at the resiaence of Mrs Everett Hurlburt, The wedding wkes place at 9:30 this morning, and Rev. McCandlish is the offisiating clergyman, CIIY NOrms, —Yesterday & large deleatlon «f Kuigbts of Pythias from Davenport, Is., prd Omaba a visit. Thsy came over from Council Bluff+, where they maeet in grand Jodge, The lodees represented w-re Damion No. 10, Davenport No. 50 and Coeur de Le:on No. 80, 'Tney were accrmpanie | by Strasser’s splendid union bund, probahly one of the finest in the northwest. Among those present were Bros, G oorge Metzger, of D mon lodge No. 16; W, Waddgell, D, D. G. C. of St en’s 'odge No, 84; Krauk Zenies chek, ludge No. 50, and Bra, Gund ker, T tho evening the band & renaded Tus Big offi e, giviog some remarkably fiue seleetions, —L »t eveninz Albert B. Hunt, better known here as Harry Hun', gavo a pri- vate masqerade party at C-ntral hall, Everythiog th t could havs been thought «ft)and t)the comfo t of his guests was well proyided by 1he jolly young h.st, and & hiilliant success crownel. his «ff irts, H fiman’s orchestra furnished the nusic, Mhe fHllowing firmed the commiitee of [accangement:: Harry Huut (manager), Hennan Bublits, Aif Arpaman, John Jurry, ¥ M, Snow and M, A. Berd. ~The Juy G u'd party, now en r. ute to Owahs, ariiv.d at Wieping Water last eve ivg and cust ancior there for the ninbt, Me. Goald ben: advere to travel- fog v night, They wil arrive in Omsha about 000 to-day. ~An error was made yeiterday in re- gard to the agency of the celebrated (lobe fink cut chewi: g tobaozo, H. 8 (lurk & Co, are sole agents for Omaha ~Tbe rapidly increasing business «f the telegraph department « ¢ the Union Vacifio rallvay necessitates the ercotion of two newlies from this city to Omaha, A gong of men commenced work this morn- ing—Lincola Demaoorat, 234, oProf, Aug. Walther and Julius T, Festaer were in Fremont yesterday to mabe arrangemeuts to give a grend con. cervin the opera house some ime in No- veuler, 3 Rilrosd Matters Special DIy a ch 10 THs Bxn Cuicaa), October 26 —The West- ern Trunk Live association met here today to consider the recent action of the Eastern Trunk Line associa- tion in awarding to the Rock Island road one-third the seaboard emigraut business west, The secretary was i structed to notify eastern lines that ths award was not satief:coory nor in acgordance with existing agreements, It is announced the Nickel Plated raad hes completed arrangements by which its trains will ran from Buffulo, over the KErie to Emira, N. Y, thenoce over the Lshigh valley into New York city, aud when the Lehigh is completed to Baffalo, trains will run direct over its track from the I Nickel Plated terminus, DOLAN & LANCWORTHY. An Extensive Bst<bli hwent and Its Claims to Patipnage. An Immerse Btcck avd Bteadily Iccreasing Cus- tom. A couple of important events in the hisiory «f Omaha are noted in tc- day's Bee, the laying of the court house corner stone and the beginuing of the work of paving the streets of the city, that the evidences as well as the right to a claim of metropolitan imporiance may be visible to those who take an interest in tho weifare of the ocity. But while theso two events are of the highess importance and intereat, Omaha cin boast of that which goes further still toward substantial growth and pros- periy, vz number of substantial wnd ‘nterprisivg establishments, which have entered the arcua ae rivals of the great houses of the east o their res. peotive lines of busiiers. Among those who are justly entitled to the first rank on this st e the weli- known house of Dolan & Langworthy, Nos 110 and 112 Fourteenth street, between D.dye and Douglas, These well-kvown dealers in heavy hard- ware, wagon stock, ete,, cceupy the entire three-story builiing aud base- ment named above, and although in the city for a comparatively short time have alteady jusufied their own expectation of the fivld they oc cupy and met with a merited recogni- tion from patrons of the city aud sur- roundirg territory. A Bk reporter visited their eatab. lishment yesterday, made a recon- nuieance of ita extent and inventoried brifly its stock and it was uo small undertsking. The building is 45 by 75 teet in mze and has 15,000 feet o tlvor room, and in addition the firm ocoupies a large brick warehouse in the rear with their valuable stock. A has.y glance at the enaless variety of gwds kept was enough to con- vince the reporter of the hopeless- ness of attempting a detailed de- seription, On the basement floor were found an immense variety of heavy gouds, esach as horse shoes, naile, thimble skeios, hubs, etec, while the flror above was cqually crowded with bar iron und steel, plow steel, ¢prings and axles, and malleables of every descrip- tion. Here, too, the space occupled by sholving was filled with builaers’ hardware of all sorts, sizes and value. A space is reserved on this flyor for the office, which is a busy ecore at all hours of the day, and where every- thing is found in the shape indicative of prompt and business-like attention 10 'he orders and intcrests of patruns. Oa the second fl jor is an extensive live of wood stuck, wagon and carringe makers’ material, which is continued in the thiry fl jor, aud 1ncludes every imagioable thing pertaining to a bug- gy or wagon, from the smallest piece to jobs entire and complete, except as to painting aud trimmiug alone. A depurtment is also allutted to the dis- play of carrisge tcps, cushions and eimilar stock, all of the most unex cepionable make and quality. There s nothivg ever demanded 1n the ex- perience «f wagon and carrisge mak- era not to be found on one of the four floor s described. In the warehouse alluded to above is carried a vast amount of hard wood lumber for wagon makers use, embracing ouk, hickory, ash and poplar, sll high grade stuff, and only carried by firms extensively engaged in this business, The firm, whose establishment is thue bii fl; described is composed of Mesers. William Dolan and L. H. Langworthy. Mr. Dolan is from Du- buque, aud has been engaged in his present business ever since 1865, and has const quently familiarized himselt with all iis detaile, able to buy with caution aud judgment, sud ready to give cnstomers the benefit of his knowledge aud experience in every way, Mr, Langworthy went into the business in 1877, becoming a partner of Mr Dolan m Dubcque. In Jan- uary, 1881, the firm appreciating tne advantoges and growing importance of the teld, came to Umaha and be gan burinees aud as their transactions for 1882 are double those of 1881, which were then more than satisfac tory to them, it will be seen that Omaha was tho place for them and that 1hey are the men for the place. They bave not only made extra efforts to introduce and sell goods to Omaha manufacturers but handle goods man- ufactured in Omaha and push their claims in every ~ way abroad aud with gratifying success. They uot only wholesale but do a retail business, and at their house anything from a pound of nails to ten car loads «f iron or steel can bs pur- chased, and with the equal assurance to the purchaser that whether his order be Jarge or small he will re- o-ive equ.l consideration and square daaling, The houss is represented on the road by two men, one heivg Mr. Lang- worthy, the businvess manugement av home being left to Mr. Dulan, and he hss conducted i: most ablg, Their territory covers the country tributary to the U P. as far west a8 Lwopmie, south to Kaneas, north beyond the termini of the rail- aud invades lowa for a very considerable distance in the east Chey are extending these limits all the 1ime, and have already achieved a high reputation for push and vim, as well as for business integrity and enterprise. There is no house in the city to be more commended or deserving of warmer wishes for succees than that at the head of which Meswrs. Dolan and Langworthy stand, and where THE BEE wishes them the success they so rickly deserve. R CUITING SCRAPE. A Feroclous Tussle on Lower Twelfth Street. A serious affray took place last evening about 6 o'cleck on Twelfth street, near Douglas,. A man known #s ““Windy Joe," who formerly worked for the Homans, and Dug. Barns, who runs Harry Lucas' lunch counter, 1guc into s friendly tussel on the side- | walk, over a silk handkerchief, avd it gradually verged into a quarrch The two got out into the a'reet and Joe drew s knife or rizr and slashed away at his opponent, it fl ctivg four wounds, one (f which vently proved fatal. One cut was acrces the bresi severing a couple of buttons, a recol d nfloudacuton the richt arm and another wade a horrible gath acroes the right side of the neck, through which the jugular vein plainly pro- trud: d. The wounded man had his injaries attended to hy Dr. H, W, Hyde, who found it necessary to twke seven sti'ches in the cut on the neck, and who says it was a miraculous ¢rcape from death. 1t was a hair-oreadth ercape from murder for ‘Wi dy Joe,” At a late hour Jast night the police were locking for the man who did the cutting, and it was expected that he would be i1 j il before morutvg. Just how serious Burns wounds may events ually prove is uncertain, THE BIG BASINS. Completion of the Immense Res- ervoirs «f the Water Works, Some Fine Work Scon to be kxhibit:d to the Cmuha Fublic, Qur citizens generally will be pleaced to learn that the upper reser- voirs of the wator wrks company, lo- cated in Weat Omuha precinot, ars now permanently finished and ¢qual in completness to anything of the kind 1n the United States, About a year ago the basins were made ready for the reception of water, bat the brick work was real'y of a temporary character, the inten- tion being that when every partiole of the earthwork was thoroughly settled to construct the brick work that is to last for all time, 8o it was about two munths ago the contract for the woik was let to MacRitchie & Nichol, the celebrated cuvil engineers an contractora of Cai- cago, men who have succesefully con- structed more reservoirs of this kind than any firm in this country and who have at the present time several oth- ers under way. Charles Mac- Ritchie, the senior pariner, came here in person with his able assistants, Mecssrs, Patcof and Beals, and not a momeut's delay was made in commerciug and conunving the work, until on Tuesday their con- tract was completed. About an hun- dred mex and teams huve been em- ployed ail the time, and the work of repuddiing and Jaying the doubla laved brick walls has been done in a systematic manver--certainly to the satisfaction of the disinterestea me- chavi:al eye and undoubtedly to the sausfaction of the water warks com- pauy, for their interes s have been | guarded in the most critical and ekil- ful manner by Hugh Murphy, than whom there is no one in the weat bet- tor suited to inspect just such oon- struction. Not a foot of bank has cen puddled, not a hod of ce- ment wized, not a brick laid to solid rest, without Murphy's immediate supervision, aud if hia verdict is that Mac Ritchio and Nichol have done their work well, it is safe to bet that such is the case. Some additional work remains to be ‘done by way of sodding the banks, gravelung the tops thereof, eto., when, undcubtedly, the reservoirs will b thrown open to-the exsmina- tion of the city officialsand the Omaha public, and then two immense reser- voira will greet the eye that would be an ornament to any city, as they are to ours, besides being something whose solid, permaneut us-fuluess is at once apparent to the most disinter- eated, Mr. Mac Ritchie during his short stay in Omaha has made many friends among our staunch business men, for his push and knowledge of the pro- fussion and business of his choice. He left last evening for Freeport, Tllinois, where his firm have other large res- ervoirs to conetruot, leaviog behind reputatior for the highest skill and iutegrity in contract work, % The new water works company have sottled right down to business it seems, and everything that is done now is of the ‘‘rock of ages” style,” The settling basins on the river bot- toms are being placad in & permanent condition, David Wilkie, of this city, bas this work in charge, and when he finishes our oitizens can rest assured that the work at one end of the line will be done as sfucrorily the other, for Mc. Wilkie has established & reputation s particular line of ¢omtracting since his arcival in Owaha that shows he s POWDER Absolutely Pure. This powder never varies, A marve: o x;u-hy, strength olesomeness, ore economical than the ordinsry kinds, and cannot be sold in competition with the mn;;lmm low mt. nhso‘lftdvo:fhi. alum or phos, powders, only in can Rovai Baxive Pownss Oo, all 8t,, New York "