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) Perfect substitute for Mother's most nourishing diet for invalids and w. Commended by all Physicians K I climates. - Sold by all druggista Send for the pamphlet. T. METCALF & Ct me4u&th 96t 41 Central Whart, Boston, Maks Ba,rga,ins BY ROLLINS & MOTTER'S ;™" REAL - ESTATE AGENCY OMAHA NATIONAL BANK, ROOM 0, HOUSES. 9 Now Houses, 7 roms ey cllas, cisterns and out houses, “all complete; full lot, with oak Al ees; near Lessonortl scet 50, a rare chance on, full lot; ronts for *s location un 16th onditi d hu 3Houses in goo %60 por mohth; strect —a bargain — 80,000, Houge and Lot on N. 15th Street, 82,500, 2 New Cottages, c and all in firstclask shade trees; good location cheap— 3,500, Hou.a and Lot on California street, $3,600. terns, well, out houses, with 1 ¥ Leavenworth street 9 Gogd Houses, s ruuns cach, with al con: venier condition; rent for month; near St. \Inr) s Avenue Hougs and Lot in South Omaha, 1,200, per agood investment — otel in South Omaha, near U. I Depot; agood opportunity for the Pight man to make money—easy terms—#4,760. ouse and Lot with bam, in Kountze's addi- tion, §1,400. Flne Residence and 7 Lnt-nn\t Mary's Avenue—a beautiful howe. 2 Houses and lot on umom n mm. £2,800. LOTS AND ACRES. | Lots in a body in Hanscom Place, fine loca- Tion, near strect cary; easy terms. 00. 3 Lots in E. V. Smith's addition, each 600, 2 Lots in South Omaha in Wilcox's Addition— 0. Toth £ Lots in Shinn's addition, all for §1 500 | | Hosldance Lot near Teavenworth St., ¢ Wit fine oak and walnut trees—make offer. 3 Lots in Hanscom Place, cach §750. Lots frouf Tion for re. STAINED GLASS. ‘Thn Ornamental Windows that Have Been Pliced In Trinity Cathedral, All Being Gifts from Friends In |, Memory of Departed Ones. One of the Most Bea The episcopal cathedral is nearing com. pletion and will probably be consecrated by the middle of November, It will be, beautiful although In arrangement it | when finished, one of the most hurches in America, expensive building the typical plan of an English | cathedral and ve ry careful attention has beenbestowed upon all the detailsand con style of archite the e decoration, ventionalitiesof that | The stained ture glass windows are most striking feature of the interic 1d, like all the other ornaments of the | chureh, they have been wholly the lof friends who desire in this wi establish a lasting memorial to departed ones, In this artic » we can speak only of the Thorwaldsen, in St. The Danish sculptor, St. George's chapel at Copenhagen. central figure represents THE SAVIOR and was given by M Caldwell, in memory of her children, Anna, April 10, 1875; Joseph, July 9, 1879, The figure on the window is almost life size, the colors are vivid and blended with great effect. Besides the dedication on the glass is the quotation, “Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin l{iur) Beginning on the left the first window bears tho picture of St. Thaddeus and was given by Bishop Clarkson, as the inscription says, *‘To the glory of God and in loving memc of Alvi Tabor Twing, the great mission- ary advocate, Nov, 11, 1882, The next is St. Simon, *‘To the glory of God and in memony of Tsabella Pat- terson, Feb. 26, 1876. In token of the affectionate reverence of the teachers and scholars of Brownell Hall for their hou: mothel The St. Bartholomew win- dow which follows was erected by Mrs. J. M. Woolworth and the Misses Butter- field, ‘‘In memory of Mellona Moulton Butterfield, born 1807, died 1854. children rise up to call her blessed.” St. Thomas stands next, *“In memory of | Caroline A. Dick entered into rest, Mnrdl 12, 1880. Blessed are the merci- ful for they shall obtain mercy. Erected by her children. . Peter, bearing the keys, is *‘In memory of James Loyd Breck, the great missionar; | the children of the cathed | Minn.” The next to the 1 SAINT JOHN, 3whole Blccks on Cumings nm-u, make | Resldence Lot on Georgi near street cars, in J. 1. Rodick's Addition.$1,2 3 Lots in Clark’s addition, each §1,300 to $1 [ cre Lot on California 8t., ne r Academy of the rod deart; would cut up into 10 city lots | make offer, Acre Lots co inside the city limits 1 o valuable sand bank, \ Acres anl good house in South Omaha. A bar- \ gain, $2,000 Acres near Fair Grounds, well adapted for gardening or nursery; will subdivide—s300 per acre. Good Business Lots on Principal Streets. | IMPROVED FARMS & WILD LANDS | | Acre Farm in Douglas county, six miles | from well improved; two story house 11 S mplete; price 4,500 S per cent. Acre Farm six miles from Omaha per acre. 19 3 lu Acre Farm 10 miles from Omaha; house re and other inprovements —812.60 per Acre Farm in Hamilton county; good rovemients, house, well, sheds, &c.; easy | crins —$12.50 per acre. cre Stock Farm in I n | Junty, on Platte river; good rang ) per acre. terins-— 36, 64 Acre Stock Farm in Madison county, | near railroad; excellent land, good outside range—$6.50 per acre, fl Acre Stock Farm in Sherman county M ‘good land with nice stream of water runnin; through it; wide range 83,300, 100,000 A5z tities tosuit, 420 acre farm in Kearnoy stock lands in quan 1 Kansas and Nebraska., | unty, § po Aulvaiey tand, 8 s milou from Tail- < in almost exery co fgures, | i tho state at the lo YOI Ranches. | MONEY LOANED‘ On Real Extate Security Housts, Stores, and Offces to Rent, Call ot office and examine full list of froperty Tor male, Omaha National Bank. Room 20 | SIDEWALK NOTICE. | given to the owner or owners of the followir situate in the city o | of August | i idewalks in frontof and o 1 (15) days from the 215t | cted in nccordance | afile i the office of | and in_cc ¢ with city counc d city, wpecifica The Board of Iublic Work resolutions acopted by b Jduly Bist A, T WALKA BO B CONNTRUCTHD Lots 6, 6,7 & 8,north sidoof Division 8t., in block 070 1t Lots 1, 2, 3 & 4, south side of Nicholas 8t., in block | 1954 -0 1t uulq Tota 1 8 4, south sd o Ni s 8t., in block & 4,xounh sido of Nicholas §t., in block |.us e n.h uth side of Nicholus Bt., i block | suth side of Nicholas 8¢, in Mock de of King 8t., in block 106 t side of KiugSt. in block )6 13 & 16 west side of King St., in block 4 PARKER'S AUDITION Lots 1 & % west sude of King St., in block 15 -6t KN iz 4th ADDITION Lots 1 &2, west side of 10th St. in block 116 f¢ wide Lots 1south ide of Davenport 8t., in block 75— 6t wide BIDEWALKS 1) ¢ REFAIRED. Lots 6.& 6, north side of Howard St., in bock 151 Lots 5, east side of 12t t., in block 161 JAMES CREIGHTON, aug 148t1w Chairman Board Public Works. JAMES MoVEY, Practical Horse 8hoer |} (Makos v specialty of, Boadstars aad tandertoat hor ops, Dodge wiees bel, 118 sad 12th, O Beitvus Hoe {west end of the church | bishops of our day. | CATTLE sold on contract to supply | div v\un in me the time o | 0f the window ae who stands in the favorite place at Jesus right hand. This] window is to *“Anna | D, Barkalow, entered into rest, Aug. 4, Erected by her mother. 1 know at my Redecmer liveth.” of Christ is St. James, major, ‘‘Krected | by the children baptized” in St. chureh, Chicago, by Bishop Clax The next is St. Andrew, *‘In men Jane Estelle Peabody. Born Sept. 1831, died Nov. 30, 1882.”" This window was put in by Dr. Peabody, her brother. The St. Paul windoy is “the gift. of the Sunday school of St. Paul, Brainard, Minn,” Bishop Hare has given the St. Philip window *“Tc the gloryof God,and in mem- ory of His servant, John Henry n.u.,m bishop of New York. He wasa m-nuul a_ shining lwhk The St. .\ St window was placed, *“In mem- ory y Iunn Janua 11827, died Jan H‘H’ " and lines of a .\urn hymn, *“Lord, | forever at thy side let my pl and por- | tion be.”” It is the gift of her husband. | On the right bears | St. James, minor, closes the list of the twelve, and was given by Mrs. Popple- ton., It bears the words, “Mary Zada Poppleton, born April 4, 1859, died November 17, 186 to come unto me.” THE TRANSEPT WINDOWS, Suffer little children sides of the in the transepts, and at the are three very large stained glass windows, 26 by 14 erected to the three great missionary The south window is to John Coleridge Patteson, bishop and martyr, who was shin at Unkapa, one of the Melanesian islands, September 20, 1871, The window is divided into our compartments, Above is the word “Melanesia” in a circle. In one the ions is represented in brilliant colors, the island near New Zealand where Bishop Patteson was martyred, and in lanother the tropical ferns and palms which were discovered woven into a mat over his body. Beneath are the inscrip tions, ““Thine and be @ abundance of the sca shall be converted unto thee.” ““I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus.” ““In reverent On the north and south athedral becauso memory this window is offered by R. 0, | Yery badly; some are plowing it “under. | ypungor wio happened m: the room and R, H The window is the gift | 100 wet for stacking hay or thrashing. | chipped in with Ramsey Vite, and a | of Miss Rebeeea Owons of New York | Haying has not commenced yet on ac purse of £100 was quickly made up and city and tho bishop, | count of the weathor. ] doposited in the hotel-keepor's hands, To The window ite is to Bishop L. H. Axtiii. | {heir surprise, the owner of the old horse op) Selwyn, the nineti field and the tirst of New Zealand. window i full of gorgeous tracery and bears the lines, » the glory of God and | in memory of Geor apostle and _founc h bishop of Liteh- I, “To I preach among the heathen.” T count ull things but for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, our Lord,” ¢ by a e his namg These Clarkson, are relatives of | family who rev Pogsdum, N, Y.’ | Bishop Clarkson. THE GREAT WESTE V 4, south side of Nicholas St., in block > |is to Bishop Kemper, ars above | ADDITION ‘||.\ words **Northwest” and Wisoon Ho was the first missionary bishop The sin, of the northwest words at the foot | o the glory of G Jackson Kemper, the the American ft of the children its missions. In faithful unto and in memory of first missionary bishop church, The loving of the cathedval and labors more abundant, | death. | The little upper or cle in different colors, are given churches of the diocese whichwere in ex |istence when the cathedral was com {menced. They are in thefollowing ordc {from the right hand side of the chan [cel: Holy Trinity, Bellevue, Christ [Chureh, Brownville; 8t ' Mary's, Nebraska City {oly Trinity, Lincoln; St. Stephens, Ash- | land; Trinity Memorial, Crete; Brownell | | Hall, Omaha; St. Marys, Blair; Nebras- | ory windows, not an window hosn which enclose the chancel thirteen in number, repre- senting Christ and his apostles, and are copies of * the famous statues by the | [ Two ¥ | the Indians, as desired. The| by the| Luke's, Plattsmouth; | I'HE D. \]I \ Hincunnd Dheist Chitroh, Honts ..’ o THE NEW OIL FIELDS. Trinity, Schuyler; Church of the Ascen sion, Oakland o Good Shepherd, Kenr 1y ), eprvalinne 1 ey, Sh Fhtlive, Omarns St o ',.‘ A Ponnsylvaman's Observations in H\v st Church, Central City; St. Paul N Clarksville; St. Stephens, Silver Creck M]S"m]rl* St. Stephens, Grand Tsland; St. Augu tine, Nebraska City; St. Thomas, Falls 1 City; St. Poters, Plum Uroek; Church of | Speculators Busy Leasing Land, avior, North Platte; St. Barnabas . Ormhaj,_ Gewos Chroli, ~ Calimbrs; 8t Jamies, Fromont; Church of the Incar. |t Country Wherea Tub Oan be Sunk nation, Decatur, at Night antl Bound Filled With | THE AISLE WINDOWS, Oilin (he Morning - Buying The three aisle windows which have | just been placed in the southwest end of the church under the clerestory, attract Machinery and Bot ing Wells BEEUMAN A L Va0 aq ane He lost, of course, It is that the two men hail from Trenton They were in Clinton yesterday and tried | to play the samoe game, but their fa wore roped in e Pavis Funcrals and Cometerios ( f Philadelphia Tin vean be buried here with so much style that, if it does not actually | mako dying a pleasure, it at 1. st smooths the pathway to the grave nerals aro divided into six classes, and ‘you pays your money and takes 3 choice the first class is so mm;mll that it reminds one of a cirens prc wr | nt mn | much attention on account of their real . ;‘:’y*{‘”“: ::f.:‘.vfy['::.".\:l‘_'.: ‘;n::vu‘.l:m:”:‘l‘y:‘ | most expensivo in the cathedral, The | Who has boenin the old businessin Penn- [strong tingo of the Towkebuy alms. | firt illustrates the parablo of the good | %vania sinco 1865, was interrocated to. [house: and o ,‘”,‘l\m,v ‘mm of | shopherd; » man bears in his avma_ the [0y on_ the subject of the oil boom at [Fhe | DS Db, HAe LI and lost Iamb and an inscription reads, **With | Rich Hill, Mo, "Ho said: *1 1 just | fourth prosent . happy and an em | Ohirist, which is far better,” with the | returned from there. The s in. | inently respectablo medium, which is suf [ Guiotation from Lul, xv, 5. And whey | dications in both Bates and Vornon |ficiontly swell to satisfy any ordinary | hath found it, ho layoth it on his |cOunties are the best 1 ever The l},n\nmw: nd rogular standiny shoulders, rojoicing.” This window 1lands about Rich Hill hay Vet | 1 o funorals aro fn tio hands of a e given by 3. Sheldon, of Chicag in | taken ap, but in prospectin Ve n | opoly ¢ l‘l“ t v.‘ ( wm[-mlln ‘l nera w“ fonor of his mother, Frances | county, in the vicimity of Jackson Con- | Pompes Funnebres,” and their stock is Sheldon, tre, I found the finest indicat 1 liave |88 good s Suer canal shares or govern | The next is the parable con anywhero in the county. ALl about | ment bonds; - they furnish "m.\“w 1 | Samaritan, and the wording r Carbon Centre, in both cotnt 1 can | from erape to carriag wnd assist dory of God and in_ lovin, Do found in paying quantitics worcome those diffieultios and A..m,.‘,‘ ey of God and y s ) § ions which cause an ordinary burial to | William 1. Ogde rn Ju 1 met one farmer there w ks o tions whi 3 y N diod August 3, in | tub mto his landatnight, and i the | be ot traibleson |».\m“ wedding Highland, N. Y., ted by | morning finds it filled with oil almost as | When llw ---l folks <“\ l“l“ \ () im | | his w A motto from Luke, X thick as tar, which he sells at 50 conty | opposed to the union W man Hua | says But a certain Samaritan, as 1 llon to those who want to for lu ;‘hvm,; of \:h)'n\-_\l‘ nl u:.n; lncks for | journeyed, came where he was, and when ting purposes. The oil is cssentially "H;‘m \ ‘m’w ik Mt 4 |} o company | he saw him he had compassion’ on him, | #etroleun.” L il \’u\..‘l\]“\:‘..;‘.‘l‘.l‘“;ll.,\.\.;‘f‘ “‘:‘I.l‘.'.‘,l P.:."I..‘.I.{,I.‘: |luht‘l‘ul-”\:':.‘.:1‘lj\‘f fho richly colored picture [, “abre yau, Interested in the Curbon ) Jo 2 conkolable s Rachael and will The last of those exhibits the scene of { ‘1 have leased 1,700 acres of it not bo wm:--llv-| umlul the late lan m;.l the le of the pearl of great price “What will you do with it i -‘;ll‘!\-jl.l .\l(‘h:fi:“\\‘x‘ <t:\‘.l\l“l.lll“ul:;" ”..(.‘: “To the glory of God and in loving| **1 am on’my way to Penusylvania | sepulcliors, which \n-lnn: b duitlasiol now ts get the necessary machinery. Then wo will sink wells and g0 to work “How many wells have they at Rich | memory of Malilon D, Ogden, horn July 16, 1811; died, Feb, 13, 1880. Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, W Lall that d and | HillY K bought it XI11., 16, William | ““Dumont & Foote are now going down | their second well. — They havo it cased, Within ten days there will probably be | six wells. The machinery for five wells | are on the road now Is there much excitement in that see B. and Mahlon Ogden were PUOpI8 OIS BEB 1 AE eAEly O OTHERFWINDOWS have arrived and are soon to be placed in minent position, Of ghese we cannot give a de- ] scription, as they are packed. Major [ tion!” - Alfred Morton and wife of Ft. Brigger, | ‘Yes, agreat deal. The place is full of Pennsylvania speculators, who are leasing all the dand they can got hold of. Companies have boen formed, and ma- |8 chinery is being bought.” #Who aro the principal companios formerly of Ft, Omaha, give one in honor of their children. One is erected to Major Thornburg and his son by Mrs¥ Thornburg, At the east end of the church at the left of the chancel will be ¢ awindow given by Bishop Clarkson's| ‘‘Wright & Co., Seott & Co., Colling family in memory of their parents. It |& Hardeson, M. 8. Cowles & Co., and will ‘contain two beautiful scenes of | others. ; spring and autumn and the lines, *In the Ts the oil richer than Pennsylvania morning it 18 green and groweth up and flourisheth;in the evening it is cut down dried up and withered.” On the right of the chancel will be one to the memory of Rev. Henry John Windsor, by his widow, Mrs, Windsor, of Brownell hall, Hon. J. Sterling Morton will placo a window, in memory of his wife, on the south side next to the Ogden windows. ite is a memorial of Miss Bessic amara, by the Rev. Dr. McNamara, her father, The east windows of the north poreh are by Mr. and Mrs, Lyman Richardson in memory of their children, oil? “No, it is good oil though, and there is lots of it. The thing is in its infancy. finery will bo put up there in a short while and then we will begin shipping. The oil is a thick, heavy oil, hotter than most oil. The oil men don't want the land, they want the oil, consequently they only leaso the land.” ““What do they have to pay for it?” Jolling & Hardeson paid £5000 |} for an option lease of 320 acres for cighteen months at the rate of $75 an What is an option leasc and by Mrs. R. H. Smith in memory of |, her children, The other two side “win- E *“You pay $5,000 down, and if you do dows are by Mrs, J. H. La for her [not tind the land will pay you, you need mother and sister, and by Dr. Geo, L. | not pay the balance, which, in this case, 00, and can withdraw, leaving the " The transom window is | $900 as a forfeit. Four weeks ago land by M . H. Stein to her husband. | could be bought in the vicinity of Carbon There are two large transoms over the | Centre for 818 an acre; now you can’t yet front doors of the tower that are not yet | which can be made memorials by to the bishop or the dean other decorations of the church | wmerous enough to furnish a sepa- | These windows, we must | .uld with the exception of those from Ashland, were made by MeCulley & Miles, of Chi _An'item as to their cost may be The chancel e i oh; | APPEARANCES ARE D) transept windows, A T L .lmll wnd fifty ;1.711({”,1‘?,\- three London | A gnd-Eyed Ne e NARIHULO windows, five hundred dollars each. The 1 T 'O RoroA E bl s e el e et [ S e O E o ORCIE A} amount in all to over ten thousand dgl- | Miller in memon; William Adam, of the child of Mr. do you think of that country?” | ““I think it's the finest in the world. Carbon Centre is four miles from Rich Hill. The supposition is that it is all oil. The surface indications are fine.” ——— g Russia 2 cas of e Ask your druggist for Red Salve, * Keep it in the houso dents, Pr CEITEUL, lars. | New York Sun. ——— An unshaven man in_slouch hat and 2 DIANS. ragged cont, driving an old gray, spavined - horse, whose ribs almost_protruded from his skin, has been a familiar sight in the ronds of Hunterdon county, N. J., dur- ing the last weck. Last Tuesday he drove into Flemington, the county scat, and stopped in front of Humphrey's hotel, where one of the two rems was withdrawn from the rusty iron rings of ntlemen Sent Here dians and Baron de Lagrange and Baron F.Bloch, sent to Omaha with letters of introduc- vehicle was a ration of A He entered the bar-room. He removed his slouch hat from his tangled hair, and, staggering up to the bar, ordered a glass of gin with sugar and lemon in it. By this time a crowd had assembled, and one asked what he would take for his horse, “Eighty dollars,” he replied. One of the crowd offered him forty. “What,” he said, “forty* dollars for a horse that can travel a mile in three min- utes. Not much.” “Three minntes,” said Johnny Ram sy, wprominent politician, ““That horse can't travel goamile inten minutes, and | I'll bet on it.” “Yos," said Jucob Vite, another county politician. T'll bet you $20 he can’t t with Mr, Jul- in coming here is to conf ius Mey as a pretty wide 1eputa- tion as an Indian interpreter and curios- ity hunter, as to securing a band of about twenty Indians with their accoutrements and ponies, to go to Paris next year as one of the attractions at the Exposition, They offered Mr. Meyer fabulous prices if he would only accompany them with the Indians, when sectred, and act their interpreter, but Mr. Meyer scarcely consent to le here, though he will do Tho experimont of tak the redskin for a sea voyage, we believe, has never been tried, and it will require ‘‘heap money” and other sromises to get him to venture on the big “Twenty dollurs,” the fellow roplied, “1'11 bet you a 8100 he car Elisha Opdyke and Jacob Wile and a Hagrnrison, 1 August 4. —The hail 8th hurt the corn storin on the 7th or auickly covered the money. Ho then went out of the room to where the stood, and from under the grass in the wagon he took out a good set of hurness, Nebraska, county, and, of TLancaster was admitted to practice. Simpson vs. Jennings. ontinued, BoAM R R OE {Dorrington, | Which he put on the nag, — He inquired Continued, d | of the crowd where ho could horrow o Denman vs, State. Submitted, lighter rig. Ramsoy said ho had u sort | | Stato ox rel. White ve. Johnaon. Con. | of rig which he would loan him. The |t lighter vehicle was procured, the hors | Gillespie vs. Sawyer. Continued [ was bitched to it, and then the crowd I Continued | started for the course, which is vs. Witcherly. | * Weaver vs, Combes, Flemington The track was in bad condition, Continued about w mile out of | B, &M. R. R. Co. vs. Reinhackle, 1t resembled | Dontinued. va. Reinhackle. | S0 Mhed fiold. This stato of things Doolittle vs, Plenz, Continued | did not discourage the old fellow, for RSty R ) | drove upon the track, wnd the word ¢ Stevenson, Submitted ‘\\»H off on the race to beat time. AuSEREINL, . Saed ye-witnosses of the aflajr describe tho ald vs, Androws. Submitted, | trotting of the old nag as something won | SRR, A, R e | derful.” He trotted the milo without a Lancaster county vs, state ex rel, Mil- | break. Time, 2 The old nag had ey vkt [won for his master %100, The Donovan vs, Sherwin, Continued, | politicians were dumnbfounded. ‘They Re. | #ay they will nover bet against uld plu again. State ex rel, Silver vs. Kendall, rred to take testimony, | State ex el. Blair vs. Cuming county. Alternative writ allowed, | who chipped in- $20 was a partner of the State ex rel. Severance vs. Gastin, | oWner of the horse. - After the race ot | oAt Flemington the two men dic - banon, where lives Nell Ram Many times you want to keep meat or | prominent politician, fish for several days. Lay it in a solu-|old horse were discussed in the bar-room tion of Rex Magnus over night, and you | of Jehn Low's hotel at Lebonan. The can keep it for weeks. You can also keep | men play st Lobanon wilk & week or more by stirring in a lit- | that they id at Flemington, Nell Ram tle of the “*Snow Flake” brand. sey was induced to bet t] | m&edwlin | covldn’t trot 0 mile in three minutes, | or expense to go through the mmulu of tion from the French consul at New | the old harness and used for a_hitching | for Yo at the Paxton, Their object [8trap, In the antiquated, ri ) grass for the n water, el amile in three minutes, and I will | — go out to the race course and specd your | Crop Note, old plug.” It has been discovered that thestranger | The merits of the that the old herse | dueep, seven feet long and two foet and o {halt wide, lm..l with stone and cement | | and covered with a large slab Paris is divided into 20 arvondisse- ments, each under the supervision of maire, who possess a vast amount of power and who is, to o great extent, ro- sponsible for the proper observation of the law in his district. The Parisians, with their usual courtesy, make another district, not down on the eity plan, as it is customary for them to say, when speaking of a couple who are living to gother without having taken the trouble smony: **Monsiour and Madame reside in the Twenty-firat ondissoment.” When any’ one dies it is necessary f the persons interested, under severe pen alties for non-performance, to at once procoed to the mairie (mayor's ofkice) with two witnesses and to make a declar ation of the death; then the ernment doctor is sent to the house and a rigid inquiry, somewhat similar toa corone inquest, is made a8 to the eause of the death, when, if everything is found satis- factory, a burial permit is granted and the interment takes place, usually within 48 hours from the time of the decease. There is one pleasing custom among Frenchmen, and that is, they always lift their hats to a passing funeral, and us ually stop until the hearse The Baris comoteries aro by far too small and the dead are, of necessity, packed like sardines in a box. Many schemes have been put forward to meet the difliculty, including eremation, and the creation « ropolis at. Mery-sar- Oise, but the of burning in_ this world or in the next meets with slight wco, while the railway funcrals also proved a failure, as the Parisians possess a deeply-rooted sentiment that respect of the vegular orthodox deserip. tion must be shown to the dead. Efforts are, consequently, being made by a4 marrigge iden municipal council te find for cemeteries, and, the sussion on the subject has given rise to some arguments of character more novel than grave One member who was anxious for a cometery cennes remarked that *‘that side of Pari WA Wi defended, and that cemetori | formed excellent fortifications;” in proof 10f which ho said that ““at tho battle of Jena the most difficult point to carry was the burying ground;” which, to say the least, is rather an original argument in favor of his plan. - A" member replied | that *“the woods of Vincennes must not be touched, beeause it is a favorite walk of the |n'u]xh> " but another having re- sponded that “‘they also walked in the Bois do Boulogne,” he replied: **Yes! that is a wood for aristocrats, and does ou who go there to show yourself off }‘n the rac —e— A negro ran from North Attleboro to ovidence, R. L., thirteen and a half miles, without stopping, recently, and won o §20 bet. BENZON & COLLIN REAL ESTATE | AGENTS. | \211 South Thirteenth st. | Opp. Omaha National Bank. 11100, 01 mtrct § w0 house, le H2ExO4, 17th strect 2 000 0x 140, 10D wtrect wsed ground, Cass it i v oot {70 roon House, 1of 50x160, 15t streot 3 4 roum howse, ot 60x140, 20t atrect 0 Fiose wnd 1oty 20x100, Charlos stroct il Capital aveniie i stroct por trect stroot Farming Land For Sale Houses For Hent ZON & COLLIN, PROPOSALS FOR CITY PRINT NG, \‘ ALED PROFOSALS will b soccised by the un it awar | eity of tiset. 1 bids, velopes coutaining said proposals er bids shall bo marked “Froposals for Printing Legal Noticos,"” aud addressed to the undersignod true porform serven the Hight v MAX MEYER & CO, IMPORTERS OF 'HAVANA CIGARS! AND JOBBERS OF DOMESTIC CIGARS, TOBACCOS, PIPES : SMOKERS' ARTICLES PROPRIETORS OF THE FOLLOWING CELEBRATED BRANDS: Reina Victorias, Especiales, Roses in 7 Sizes from $60 to $120 per 1000. ‘OLLOWING LEADING FIVE C AND THE NT CIGARS: Combination, Grapes, Progress, Nebraska, Wyoming and Brigands. WE DUPLICATE EASTERN PRICES. SEND FOR PRICE LIST AND SAMPLE: MAXMEYER &] c[l GUNS )»SPORTING OODS S NER, CARPET ~ SEASON | J. B. DETWILER, BinvitesfthoZattention of theZpublic to his Large and Well Selected Stock —OF — INESWAT CARPETS Embracing ali the Late Patterns in everything in the Carpet Line, Mattings 0l Cloths and Window Shades IN LARGE QUANTITIES AND AT Bottom Prices. LACE CURTAINS A SPECIALTY J. 1313 Farnam Street, - - - Tuls Flour I» made at Salom, Richardson Cor, Nebraska, 1 the Combined Roller Stone ‘iy!fi!ln We givo of our flour to ono firm in' o place. Wo have opened a branch at 1618 Capitol avenue Omaha. “‘rwn for Prices. Address cither VALENTINE &« REFPPY. Salem or Omaha, Meb. B DETWIILER, Omaha, Neb. migmke-6m T. SINEOI.D, MANUFACTURER OF Balvnized VonComices, Window Caps Fnals, Skylights & Neb Thirteenth Streot HOLM Jewelers Tools and Materials. ALSO WESTERN AGENTS FOR THE CELEBRATED STAR TINTED SPECTACLES AND EYE-GLASSES. Diamonds in all Qualities. WATCIHHES A 'SPECIALTY. Full Line of Silverwaro and Jewelry made to order, Full line of Sheet Music, Eastern prices duplicated, Edholm & Erickson, W holesale -‘l‘ewelers. RATLROAD Send for_Prices, SO0, L € JEWETT, | sug 100 City Clerk. | Opposite the Postoftize Omah Nebraska,

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