Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 11, 1883, Page 2

S7TRONG LACTS/ A great many people are asking what particular trogbles BROWN'S IRON BITTERS is good for. 1t will cure Heart Disease, Paral- ysis, Dropsy, Kidney Disease, Con- sumption, Dyspepsia, Rheumatism, Neuralgia, and ail similar diseases, Tts wonderful curative power is simply because it purifies and en. riches the blood, thus beginning at the foundation, and by building up the system, drives out all disease, A Lady Cured of Rheumatism. Baltimore, Md., May 7, 6o, My health was miich shattersd by Rheumatism when I commenced taking Brown's Iron Bitters, and 1 scarcely had st h enouy 4 0 At uties, tend 1o my daily househ T am now using the third bottle and I am regaining & daily, and I cheerfuly re it toall. 1 cannot uch in praise ofit.” Mis, MARY E. Brasunan, 173 Prestmanst. Kidney Disease Cured. Christiansburg, Va., 1881, Suffering from kidney d from which I could get no tried Brown's Iron Bitters, w cured me comple mine, recovering had no appetite a be able to cat at al Bitters with the happieat results. Jo Kyix MONTAGUR. Heart Disease. Vine St., Harrisburg, Pa. After trying different physicians and many remedies for palpitatio of the heart without receiving benefit, I was advised totry Bro Tron Bitters. I have used two tles and never found anything gave me 50 much relief. Mrs, Junwin Huss, For the peculiar troubles to which ladies are subject, BROWN'S TRON BITTERS is invaluable, Try it. Be sure and get the Genuine, omw BTAY i MOUR SOUARE £ realdent Vico Prowt, W.E. Duam, Keo.sod Tron, THE REBRASBILA ¥ INUFADTURING £ Lineola, Nab B ANULACTURERY ¥ €01 b gr1era Ha“rows. 1"aru wolins FU by Eey Ra e Buozol clovati W &0 (n ¥ ) TR 4017 wark 1 T8 Y2y | to e PK)I/SKA MANUFACTURIN } CO Linsoln Neb A MUNICIPAL PALACE. The FPhiladelphia City Hall, Upon ‘Which 812,000,000 and Fifteeu Years' [Labor Wil Have Been Expended When Completed. In the varfous oty departments that bave cflices noattered about Pailadel- phis, a8 well as among the great Lum- ber f people who have businees to transact with them, there Is a growing feeling of dissatisfaction at the slow progress made with the work on the new clty hall, A few days ago a well grown youth passing through the court yard, flsnked by its great pricon- like piles, with masons working on top, exolalmed to his father, who was with him: ‘‘Do you thiok, pap, that if I live to be a gray-halred old man I will see this bulldiog fialshed?’ “‘Well, that Is a hard conundrum, my boy,” the fathsr ssld, buttoning the boy's overcost to protect him from the ohill and dripping mo'sture of the ages through . “You will #00n be 12 years oid and the bullding was begun bifore you were born, It all depends upon the next generation of ocommlssloners, It afier the present commieslon, which has yrown gray in service, has paesed away, It successor is composed of expeditious men, it 18 possible that the place may be finlshed before the next centenary.” The already some- what anclent history of the unfinished municipal hall of Pailadelphla, re: ferred to in the extravagance of this eplsode, forms one of the most inter esting features that attracts the atten- tlon of the new generation that has arison since its first stone was laid, As far back as December, 1868, fifteen years ago, councils passed an ordi- nance providing for the ereotlon of munloipal baildings on Independence square designated the commlssioners to oarry It into effoot. Within a year plans and drawings were recelved trom waventeen different architeots, from which namber the plan of John Mo- Arthur, je, ot Philadelphls, was given the first premium, and he was sppointed srchitect of the work De- cember 27, 1869, The intense oppo- sition that existed to making Inde- pendenoe square the site for the build- 1ogs colminated in tho passege by the state legialature of an act submitting to popular vote ata general election held 1o October, 1870, whether Wash.- ington equarb or Penn square should be selected an the site, leaving Inde- pendence tquare out of the question entirely. Penn sqaare was selected by a returped majorlty of 18,800 votes, but tailed to glve general sat- isfaction, and from time to timoe ¢ff. were mado by means of {ojanction from the courts to prevent the bulld- iuge being p'aced there. What hap- pened after that Is quite well told in the buillirgs themselves, as thoy ap- pear, as ln the munfcipal archlves. The ocommissioners, fluctuating be- teen oonflic:iog notlons, one time favoring four separate bulldings and anothex {ime deciding apon having all four in one, kept up a game of shuttle. cock snd battledore with the archi- tect, until a kind of Adovotail, luter- eeoting rchiemo was evolved, which conld be mado cither one bullding or four, according to fancy, at almost & moment's notlce The original desfgn decided upon in November, 1870, was for one buildlog, but to ba on Penn square, us wan suppcsed when the diawivg wes first wode, ln August, 1871, the deslgn wae chsnged to four i 2ORSETS Every Corset is warranted satis- ‘actory to its wearer in mr‘! ‘Way, or the money will be retunded by the person from whom it was bought. _he only Corset pronounced by our leading physicians g pizrceas e e i otk ; Maalin o B e r‘l:l".:lrl.‘:l' n.se Preservi 1,80, - justing, agled relng, $1.60 Send 85 for - tall box by KExpress, of the best candies in America, put up in e ——— elegant boxes, and wtrictly pure. Suit: b1 & efers to Al Chioa. 4 Y go. Try it once. "flANn Lo C. F. GUNTHER, RS = Confectioner, Chicago. /AR K 5%t scpurato buildiogs. Eight months afterward, ground having meantime been brcken aud the work began, the plan was ehriged back sgeln to oneo bui'ding. *‘Tao architeotural plans and drawings,” the commissloners say in thelr fliclal report, ‘‘having been heretofore prepared for the work un- der the original Instructions of the commisslonere and the excavations answering 1 part for oither locatlor, the chapge from the four bulldings to the interseotlon fnvolved no delay.” The one bullding plan for Independ- ence rquare, in short, was made to harmonize with the four building plan for Penn tquare, This was twelve years ago. QOarrylog out the idea of the poet that ‘‘change 1is stamped on all there s below,” both the commis- rion and the ballding over which it has had supreme control have been changing, chameleonlike, their con- stitution and complexion through all that time. The bullding is » very different strooture to-day as It stands from what it sppeared on paper a de- oade of years ago. The architect has had fifteen years of experlence, the ideas of architecture have materlally changed, the progress In architecture itself has been extraordinary, and as Mr. MoArthur has grown with the work, he has to a considerable extent modified his original ideas, so as to conform with the new oconditlons. Bimarly the commission has under- gone changes in all respects exocept that of ylelding the prerogative of ab- solute power with whioh it was en- dowed. . The president has changed, the secrotary has changed. Death, resignation, and political sucoession have almost entirely transformed the original commisslon, and very few of the persons who were prominently iden tified with the prosecution of the work at the start are connected with it now. Samuel O, Perkins, the present presideat and only remaining member of the origlnal commission, succeeded John Rlce, who was ident in 1872 John Sunderland was succeeded 18 superiutendent by Willlam C. Mo- Phereon in November 1873, The ocon- tecot for the marble work was given to Willlam Struthers & Sons, October 7, 1878, for $3,000,000, and the cor- nor stone was lald July 4, 1874, with great demonstrations, the new Attor- ney General Benjamin Harrls Brews ter delivering a great oration, No limit was set to the cost of this proposed sheltering place for the municlpal officers. The commisston wan autherizad to call up councils every yenr for all the money It want- ed, and councils were directed to raise the money by levying a speolal tax. The commiseion was not made re- sponsible to anybody and no provision was made for the examlnation of the accounte. It was empowered to em- ploy its own sids, and was mado self- perpetusting by the right to fill fts own vacancles, There has already been expended over $9,000,000, and the lowest estimate for its final cost Is set at §12,000,000. A Tolnted Snake. Charlotte (N. C ) Observer, Jake Barringer, a tenant who was plowlng on Mr, John Wadswort's farm recently, turned up with the plow share one of those curlosities — a jolnt- nake. The reptile was about a yard In length, and was put together in tour sections. The darky did not know what sort of a snake It was when It was first turned ap, and hit it with a stick to kill it, At the first blow the snake fell all to pleces, the head golng one way and the tall part the other, and the two body pleces jemped off in different directions The amazed darky resumed his plow- Ing, went to the other end of the fur- row, and on his return was surprised to nee thé snake all together again, ex- ocept the tail plece, and watching a few minates saw the tail coming up tojoin the body, taking sharp, qutck little jerks. It came nearer and nearer, until within a few inches of the three. fourths snake, when It gave a sudden jerk and hitched on In Its proper place, with a fass resembling the pop- ping of a oap. The darky knocked 1t to pleces several times, and each time it came together again. He oar- ried his amus-ment & little too far, however, in throwing the tall part of the enake across the creek, just to see, as he sald, ‘‘how long it would take to catch up,” but it never caught up. The snake with its three jolnts was carried to the house, and the tail is no doubt still golng about the woods hanting for a snake to hitch onto, The Reason Why He Ran Away with Three Sisters. The Drummer, A menin Texas was arrestad for running triplets: ‘“You are a nloe fellow,” satd the judge, as a preliminary. ‘I know it, jedge; leastwise that's what the gals satd.” ‘“What do you mean by runing away with three wom nd rulaning the peace of a happy family?” “I meant to narry 'em, jedge?”’ *‘[nsatiate monster! would not one wuffice?” “‘Pat it a leetlo plainer, jedge.” “‘Wouldn't one have been enough?” “It mought look that 'ere way to you, jedge, and did to me at fust, but you see there was three of 'em, kind of one set, 1.ke.” ‘‘That doesn’t count in law.” “‘Mebbe It don't, jedge, but them gals and me talked it all over, and they was mighty attached to each other, and sald 1t was a pity for me to take one of them triplets and break the set, 8o we jest concluded to hang together, and I'll be durned if we wasn't hangin’ right out for Utah, and no mistake.” “The law does not recognize any such excuses.” “All right, old man; go ahead, There was three agin one, and if I have to suffer I kin stand it; but I want to say right here, jedge, if any fool cuss breaks that set while I'm sufferin’, I'll break his durned ekall a8 shore as I'm a dyin’ slnner, and you can bet a rawhide on it.” The case was continued. MILITARY INGENUI1Y, —_— Houw a Confederate Utilizea Orlpples and Damaged Weapons. Arkansaw Traveler, ““I never will forgive the confeder- ate government,” said Col, Wartick, when aeked to relate & war reminis- cence, ‘‘Istarted ont with a ripe de- termination of doing everything in my power for the cunse, but men who had more an\horl'g than I had pulled egoinet me,nud consequently Istepped aside. They even went so far as to court martial me, Now, if there is anything in military lif ) that takes a man's appetite it is to he court mar- tlaled. It le pretty bad in olvll life to be trled before a justice of the peace, but that isn’t snything to compare with a court martlal, and especially when he knows full well that he has done nothing to merlt such severe handling.” ‘‘Why were your court martialed?” asked one of the company. “‘¥or the simple discharge of my duty. Just about the time It be- hooved the confederacy to make every edge out that could, I was sent Into a commaunity to press guns, and to draft and arm every available man. Well, I went to work and discharged the daty In acoordance with my construo- tlon of the order. At one place we selzed a large number of double- barrel shot-guns. In examining them we found many that were damaged so greatly that only one barrel could be used. I told my men not to throw them aside, but to keep them—that they would come in handy. In this commaunity there wore a great many saw-mills and family feuds, and con- sequently there were a great man; one-legged men. One day I lssue: order that all the one-legged men to be found within a radius of twenty- five miles should be brought Into samp. " The order was strictly obeyed, and within two weeks we had seventy- five cripples. Forming them in line one day, I ordered the disabled shot- guns to be brought out. When I took up fnn whose right barrel was use- less, I would glve it to a man who had lost the use of Lis right leg, and so on until the seventy.five men were armed. This was striotly appropriate, for we had no other use for the orippled gans, and the country oertalnly had no other use for the crippled men, I took great pride In this orippled company. I wanted it to make & name—wanted each man to feel proud of himeelf. They elected as captaln a tall fellow who lost his left leg while rafting logs. We pre- sented hlm, attended by disabled ceremony, with a broken sword and double-barreled pistol with one ham- mer gone, It would kave tickled you to death to have seen them on drees parade, and their quick time would have made Napoleon pull off his hat and grin, Well, pretty soon I had oo- cason to use them, The enemy camo upon me unéxpectedly, and in the hurry incldent upon such accasons 1 placed the one-legged company In the warmest part of the field, The battle lasted several hours and was a draw fight. My one-lgged company suffered greatly. The captaln’s peg was shat tered by a ball, and during the fight he sent an orderly into the woods to make him another leg. Other mem- bers of the country were similarly rved; and, slr, the amount of splint- ers on the battle-ground w imply sstonishing. The enemy had fired low, and three out of six wooden legs were disabled. Before complete re- '| unveiling of the palrs could be made, my general came along,and,not belng able to understand why so much kindling-wood should be neattered over a battle-field, asked the reason. I explalned, expeoting him to compliment me on my Ingenu- ity, but the unappreclative fellow had me court-martialed, I left the ser- vioe, and during the remalning time of the war I alded the cause by oap- tarlng muoles from the unlon men and burning ocotton that might have fallen Into possession of the enemy. —_— Wandering Freight Oars. Clnelnt atl Commer:!al Gatctte, Some strange storles are told about how frelght cars are lost. Oaptaln Arnold,sgent of the Cincinnat! Soush- ern in this city, yesterday told s Com- merolal Gazstte reporter of thestrange oonduot of one of tho cars on his road. “‘On Jaly Inst,” said Mr. Arnold, “I transferred one of our freight cars to the Front street oonnection track, and ordered It sent to the east alde of the olty to be loaded with shavings, and from there it was to ba sent back to our own tracks and taken to the shops acrosa the river at Ladlow. The shavings never arrived at the ahopes, and the whereabouta of the car conld not be found. The Panbandie rcad, upon whoee track It was to be loaded, had no record of the car. Wa sup- posed it would turn up some time, and not untll tc-day did we ever hear of it, and where do you tuppose 1t awae?’ “‘Glve it up.” ‘It is in Salt Lake City."” ‘‘How did it get there?" “I suppose the tralnmen of the Panhandle took it out through mls- take and carrled it east. It may have gone first to New York and then through to Balt Lake Oity. For all I know, it may have been bumming sround in California. The roads over which It passed should have reported its mileage to our car accountant, but it seems 1t was not done.” “‘Is there no way to tell where the oar has been In those nine montha?’ “‘Yes, it can be traced In its wander- ings from the road In Salt Lake, which reported the car to us,” ‘‘Are such things common among freight cara?” “‘They do not ocour frequently, I remember when I was with the Louls- ville & Nashville, I ordered a car load of oll to be sent up to an oil refinery on Front street, and supposed the oar was delivered according to ordera. It was three months before the car was ever heard of, and then it was in New York Olty loaded with the oll it had in it the day I ordered it to the parties to whom 1t was consigned. It went to New York without a way bill, and how it got there without a way bill I never knew.” A York auctioneer named Pryer, Fell In trying to reach a bld higher, He spralned his knee, But from psin he 1s free, 8t. Jacoba Oll cured up the crier, A BIG HOTEL BILL. How OConspirators Plucked South Carolins, and How a New York Laadlora Plucked Them. A Washington letter says: At the Henry statue last woek a gentleman sald: ‘Do you see that comfortable, self-sa‘lsfied looklng colored man standing near Attorney General Brewster’s red-wheeled car- rlage? That man has a history. He i a $1,200 clerk, now in the interior departgoent, and he reems ocontent with his lot. He Is entitled to the proud distinctlon of having pald the biggest hotel bill in this or any other country.” On being pressed to tell the story about this monster hotel bill, the gentleman sald that the man who {s now the $1,200 clerk was, in the early days of reconstruction, the secre- tary of state of South Carollna. He had been educated for the ministry, bat having gone into politics, he was elected secrotary of state. The gov- ernor and financlal agent oconcooted & scheme to Issue $6,000,000 of state bonds for the purpose of taking up ocertain outstanding bonds. The leg- islature authorised the lssue of bonds, but it was n that the bonds should beplaced on the market as se- cretly and expeditiously as ble. It was determined to go to York and lssue the bondsthere, where they were to bo sold, It was necessary that the secretary of state should go along and take the great seal of state. The governor, financial agent and seo- retary of state arrlved in New York in due time, where elegant apartments had been taken In the St Denls ho- tel. The proprietor of the ho- tel had demanded a pretty high fii"“ for entertalning the party, but when he found out that the secretary of state was a negro he refused to en- tertaln him at any price. He sald if 1t were known that a negro was put- ting up at the hotel his patrons would desert him at once. The time was soon after the war, and the prejndice ;};ulnn negroes was almost as bitter in ow York as It wasin New Orleans, when the question of equallty was the ssue, The governor and the finan. clal agent were in a dllemma. The secretary of state they knew was very timid and they were afrald, If they suggested to him that he would have to seek other quarters, he would take himself back to South Carolina, with thog#great seal of state, and their pretty scheme wouid be knocked in the head, They therefore went to the landlord and explained their trouble frankly, and promised, 1f he would permit the secretary of state to remain, they would take thelr meals in thelr yooms, and would, besides, pay him any sum he would demand for damages he might euffor from the preasence of the negro in the house. The party remained at the St. Donls forty-five daye, and put their 6,000, 000 of bonds on the market. Thebill of the ecorotary of state for the forty- five daye' enterralnment was $12,000, or a little over $260 a day. *Both Lydia Pinkham's Vege- table Compound d Parifier are prepared al » Western Avenue, Lynn, Mass, Prico cf elther, $1. Six bottles for §5. Sent by mail {n the form of pllls or of lozenges, on recelpt of price, §1 per box for either, Mrs, Pinkham freely answers all letters of Inquiry, Enclose 3o stamp. Send for ‘‘Galde to Health and Nerve Straln,” Spasms, SAMARITY), s icss, _ Sick ache, Rheu- atism, ' Nerv- ous Weakness, jrain Worry, Iidney Tr Drogglsts, g “Samaritan « Dr. 1. . 1 “Itcured where ph 1 e@Correspondenc THE DR, §, AR N MED. d 8T. JOSERH, MO, ~ufals and circulars send st "#I0UX FALLS Jasper Stone COMPANY, (INCORPORATED)] This Company is now prepared to rece!ve orders tor SI0UX FALLS JASPER STONE, Bulldjngmf’urpuses, And will make figures on round lota for prompt delivery. The Company is shipping PAVING BLOCKS To both Chicago and Omaha, and eolicits corres- pondence and orders from contractors en- goged in paving streets in any of th Westorn Cities. TESTIMONIALS,' EUPRRINTRNDRNT'S OFFICH, Chicago, West Divis- fon Raitway. Cbicago, December B, 1582,—L Elwel), Presidect Sioux Falls Water Power Com. pany. 'Dear Sir—I have recelved from your com- pany rince October 1, 1852, about 100 ‘car loads of granite paving blocks and have laid them be- twoen the rails of our street rallway tracks in the heart of the city. I have been using vaviog ma- terial in this city for m 1 take plea- y years, an T 8ure in eaying that in wy opinion the granite paving blocks furnished our company are the most regular in shape and perfe t in form, and to far a8 I have been able to jucge, are pos: cesned of as durable featuro as any materisl that baa ever boen offercd or laid in vhe city.. Yours, AS. K. LAKE. (Copy.] 1. Lovis, March 22, 1883. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN— This i to certity that 1 have examined a pleco of granite taken from the Sioux Falls Granite Quarries, and, ia my opinion, it is the best stone for street pavlug I have seen'In America, (Signed) HENRY FLAD, Pres. Board Public Improvements. Stone for Paving Purpises And any person interested in such improvements will find it greatly to his advantage to communicate with us, We invite CORRESPONDENCE ON THE SUBJECT. The general managem+nt and supervision of the compaoy’s busincss is now in the haads of Wi, McBaiv, Address your letters to A. G. SENEY, President of the J.sper Stone Co, ml wé& -t ANHEUSER-BUSCH v, Brewing Association, CELEBRATED KEG & BOTTLED BEER., THIS EXCBLLENT BERR SPEAKS FOR ITSELF, Orders from any part of the 8tate or the Entire West will be promptly shipped: STLOUIS,MO. 3 et All Our Gouds are Made to the Standard of our Guarantee, GEORGE HENNING, Sole Agent for Omaha and the West. Office Corner 13th and Hamag Stroets STEELE, JJHNSON & CO., WHOLESALE GROCERS AND JOBBERS IN Flour, 8alt, 8Sugars, Canned Coods, and All Grocers’ 8upplies. A Full Line of the Best Brands of OIGARS AND MANUFACTURED TOBAGCO. Agonts for BERWOOD RAILS AND LAFL ¥ & RAND PGWDER 60 P. BOYEE JO° =—DEALERS INw=—w HALL'S SAFE AND LOCK GO. Fire and Burglar Pry» &SP 4. T R N AULTS, LLOOXK S, <. 1020 Farnham Street, OMVIAELMA, -~ ~ - NIEIES PERF}?QT!ON HEATING AND BAKiuZ 18 only attalned by using GHARTER 04K 8toves and Rangoes, WITH ESTABLISHED 1868, SIDE SPRING AHM;I;)IINT—IW PATENT A. J. SIMPSON. LEADING CARRIAGE FACTORY 1400 and 1411 Dodge Btreod, aug 7-me 6m OMAHA, Nus, Nobraska Loan & Trust Company HASTINGS, NEB, Oapital Stock, - - $250,000 JAS, B. HEARTWELL, President, A. L. CLARKE, Vice-President, E. C. WEBSTER, Treasurer DIRECTORS, Samuel Aloxander Oswald®Olive A. L. Olarke, E. 0. Webste Geo. H Pratt, as. B. Heartwoll, Jas. D. M. McEl Hinney, First Mortgage_L;ns a Speoialty This Company furnishes a permanent, home tnstitution where School Bond sand other legally tasued Municipal securitie to Nebrasks can be be negotiated on the most fevorablo terms Loans made on mproved farm in all well settled counties of the corraspondent MAVERICK NATIONAL BANK. Oor, Water and Congress Streets. througb responsible 1ocal BOSTON. . - $400,000 - - 8400,000 Transacts a’ ceives the accounts of Banks, Bankers and neral Banking business, Re* others, Draws Foreign Exchange and WIRE UAUFZE NUY’EB DOaRs, or sale by MILTON ROGERS & SONS O AE A, [all.ms&el MORGAN & CHAPMAN, WHOLESALE GROCER 12183 Farnam 8t.. Omaha. Neh BOLLN & SIEVERS, H. BOLLN & (0., 1609 Douglas Street. Cor. 16th and California 8¢, OMAHA SEED DEPOTS. HENRY BOLLN & GO Have brought to tk1 city from the farms of Landredth & Son's, Philad. burn & Co., New York, the largest stock of Garden and Field hm.'eii‘:”i:pt’;?.,:':"fl:?ofi'.f-";‘ z city, allof ‘which are guaranteed to bo tresh and true to the nams, ¥ Prices will also be as low as any Responsible Dealer can Make, mar 16-e0d-tf HENRY BOLLN & CO. " VI BB TR TR, Lath, Shingles, Pickets, 8ASH, DOORS, BLINDS, MOLDINGS, LIME, CEMEW PLASTERER, ETC. STETATR AGEN{ FOR MILWAUKEE CEMENT COMPANY Near Union Pacific Depot, -OMAHA, RE- FREDERIC COAL. makes Oable Transfers in Europe and Tel- egraphic Transfers of Money throughout the United States, Buys and sells Gov- ernment and.other lnvestment Securities, and executes any business for its Correr spondents in the line of Banking, ASA P. POTTER, President. J. J. EDDY, Cashler. J. W. WORK, Ass't Cashler. m&th-we DUFRENE & MENDELSSHON, ARCHITEGTS! REMOVED TO Omaha National Bank Bvilding, The only Coal mined west of the Mississippi River that is e ¥ ™4 quality to the ROCK SPRING GOAL ™ 1 €14 THE ONLY IOWA COAL That will stock for & year without slacking or shrinklng, Pronounced by all the leading brick men in Western I coal for burning brick ever used in the West, EUREKA COAL AND MINING CO., Frederie, Monroe Co., To owa as the very best T SINEOLD, GALVANIZED IRON CORNICES Window Caps, Finials, Skylights, &c: THIRTEENTH STREET, . - - OMADA, NEB wa