Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 18, 1885, Page 5

THE DAILY BEE---WEDN THE CITY FATHERS. Their Regelar Business Session Lst Night. An Oceasion of Small Things—TItoutine Work Disposed of, The city council convened in regular session last night after an sdjonrnment of two weeks, Pretent, Messrs, Boohel, Itadfield, Ford, Faray, Keafman and Msyor Murphy. Meests. Hatcall and Leeder arrived on the scene Jater. Minutes of pravious meeting approved on mayor's raport. PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS, From mayor — Approving ordinance making appropriation for Jenuary expen- of city gosernment, Approved. From tam:—Appoeinting Dan Kecnedy pollcenan on regular fc Roterred. Yrom F. W, Gray—Filing bond as ses mowhsr board of public werke. Ap- pro-ed. Frem Dan Kennedy—Filing bend as policeman, Approved. From Gas Tusjector Gilb:rt—Submit- tipg report fcr Docember. Roferred. ¥rom Policerran Natlon:-—Arking for four dags 1:ave of absence. Graated. Certain bills reforred t> appropriats committecs. ¥From J. 8.Coliine—Again withdrawing wiver of damages by grading to his Com ingy strect property. Referred. From City Attorney Connell—Filing cfticial opinon on extia grading claim of James Fox, in accordance with requist of cliy connetl. Therepoit was unfav: rable to Fox's claim fcr exira pay on'cortracts. Filed, : From J. E. R 1-y & Co., contractcrs— Asking thatsix months reserve payment on Nivth street paving bo made at ence. Grantel. Fr.m Geo. W. Lowry—Filing bond as newly appointed policeman. Approved. From Geo. A. Ho-glaad—Asking re- fund of alleged illegally assvesed taxeson his property in disurlct 26, amount of re- imbureement 1equested, $41.63 for cach of tha several l.ts. Referred, ¥rom City Attorney Coonell—Ncti iog council that a judgment of §60 against the city bad been obtained in Judge Selden’s court by Ctristisn Polor- gon for r.or of gradiog tax on Jackson strect properiy. Reforred. From Omaha Carpet Co.—Asklng for r:fund of illegally aisessed property tax. Refereed, From apprsi ing committes appointed to adjudge damages on property in open- ing Douglas s r.et from Twenticth to Jetferson—Askiog for leave to withdraw for correcti-n their previously submitted report. Granted. Raport of clty physician for January. Fuled. From property owners—Asking the council to grant permissicn to E. P. De ‘Vries to erect near Nineteenth and Cum- Ings, & set of buy ecslis. Referred to board of public works From James McMichael and others, property owners on Camings screet, pro- tosting against contemplated cou lomaa- tlon of twenty-two fort south of alley between Division and Idaho streets. Re- ferred. From property owners requesting that the widih of Twenty-Third etrect bs raduced to six!y feet, and that the twenty feet exceis on either eide ba allowed to revir: to respect ve property owaers. Reterred. i From Chairman Creighton, cf board of public works, submit' nz clatm <f Juwes Kenlston, laborer, 819.35. Approved From same, substituting estimates «f work done by C. A. Jensen, on Weat Farnam siraet, Approved Fiom city engmeer, 1equetirg that the clty c,un.il take some action in either repealing the ordinsnse changiry tha grade of Phil Sheridin strect, or that new and competent appraisersbe appoict- ed to es:cas dumages. Referred. RESOLUTIONS, Furay, That on and after this date t' ¢ mu: tings of the council be held at 7:150, Adopted. Hascall, Modifylng side walk ordi- nances passd st laet meeting, Adopted Roedfield, That the strect commission r be directad to fill & washout on Panfie a'reet botween Seventh and Eighth, Adopted. REFORTS OF COMMITTEES. Polico, Reportiog audited bil's, and recommeniing payweat, Adrped. Same, Rec mmending the filing of the report of the city marshal on kiquor bus. inesy, Janusry 1886, and that of J. Phelps, drugg’s, cn lignors sold or glven away from May 1, 1884, to Doc. 1, 1884 Adopted. Finance and elatms, Reperting audited bills, and rcommending payment thereof. Adoptod, ORD! S, Making appropriations for the payment of moneys cut of various special fonds for public works in tha city ¢f Omaha, Passed. Establishing grade of Centre street from Thirteenth to Ninetcoath efveet, and Eighteenth from Willlam sireet to city limi's south, Passed. Esablishing ¢ride of certaln streets in suborban additlens. Roferred, Conceralng the licensing of deain Jay ers aud plumbers snd regulating the lay- ing of sewer, water and gas pits in the city ¢f Omaha, Referred to the city at. torney, Authorizing the mayor to convey fo the board « f teade lot on the eoathwest cor- ner of Sixteeoth sud Farnam end specl- fyirg that ual sy the board of trade ~hall eveot theroon a buildlog to ecst not 1 then $61,000 withia two years, the ti- o to lot shall revert to city. Read twice and passed, Dividing the Fourth ward of the cty into three election districts, Read twice and roforred, Levyiog a spesial tax to cover tha cost of paviog Ninth street from Dcuglas to Capitol avenve ying a tax tor the comsiract'on of n aidewalks., Parsed, Adjourned for one week. Real Estate Transfers, N The following transfers were filed In the county clerk's office Mondsy sad reported for Tar Bee by the Ames' real state agency February 16, 1885 John Hars and wife to James Brady, w d §2,000, w ) of aw } of rec 15-16.1 Hugh MoCaftrey and McCstlrey, w tol add, 82 fo to () od wudt § of Lt 1 ia Capi Jobn Hal cobeck and wifafo John B Hallenbeck, w d se 1411, §67 Jacab Strickler to P Joseph Karbach wd w33 feat uf 8 84 fost of lot 149, Ounha; ako, ved! § of w ofnw | of sec 12 2 fog 1 of nn 48 fect of lot 7, blk 149, Omaha, tecet and wifo to Fred Drexel, , blk 181, Onahs, 8460 © C Housel and wife Abor: Wit w dlot 3af I usel's subd of lot 15 rtlett's add to Owata, §600. Matil fa Engelke and hustasd to Gus tav Sepp and wife, wd s ) of e § of lot 11 in Koan{za's 24 add to Omaha, §2. ABOUT THE COURTS. 10 the District, County and Police Tribunals. Notes of In the Hammond-Woodworth cate, the jury teturned a verdict fcr ‘‘Witch- hazol” Hammond in the sum of $244. The case of Culver va, Mercor is still being tried before Judgs Neville. L. F. McGinn, Ohsrles Childs and James S, Rogers entered suit against the city to recover taxes piid under protert in sewer ditrict No. 13, Nellle Patton files a ye'ition for di- vores from ker husband, William J. Pat ton. ) (Desertion, the ground. COUNTY COURT, Inthe county court yeeteriay mar- rage llcences wers fseucd to Joha W. Blewitt, to Miss Alica Parro te, Warren O. Vandervoort, to Miss Myrils Doot, Ira O. Rhod, Ksta M. Brown, Frank L Haller to Miss Klozonce Lio- inger, H, J. Roeps t> Dliss Alca M. Lorenz Lewis Snyder filed a su't agairs Jotn Goodhears for §270 77, wages due, YOLICE COURT, A compla'nt was filsd agalnst Gaorgoe Canfield, propristor of the Casfiold houre, tor violation of the rower ordi- n Nioth stre iug wih the hote 2 A complaint was entored agalnst E. O Moody, »_clerk in the etoraof 8. T. Morse & Co., for slapolng a cwh boy. Case sot for hearing Sa‘urday mo:nirg at 11 o'clock. Jeorge Pointdexter, thy colored man accosed of swindling the Paxton boslout of §7, was released, the cimplaint nos appearing, e — ART FOR CEILDREN. The Exhibit of Carving sn? Pzper Desigos from the Pabiie &ch wols of the City, ay will c’'ose the (x'ibit of weol carving and paper overlayivg, ¢x:catcd by the pupils of the city echools, and of which m:n. n has already been made in these columrs. Siperintendent James’ room has been daiiy thronged with vlsi- tors who have expresied themselves as highly delighted with the work. Carv- ing and paper combination work isan outgrowth of the sjstem of drawing now in vcgue, batis not made compul- sory upon any of the pupils. All the work, both in wocd and paper, 1s very prettily done, and in s me inetancae, real talent is dwcov.r:d in the execution, The carving is doe with tae most ordi- pary tools, generaly pocke! knives, avd the pupils are tamght to throw {he greatost possible freedom and originallty ioto thefr derign:. Most of the curving is done at howe, at odd hours and in such a manner 8s cot ‘o interfers with regular schr ol work. As for patterns there Is everything from a pair of tweezns to a ship, represented in wooden modals, no n e fon with the wo:d exhibite, aricovbit t of o1red paper ths making up o whel apeal to the tact f derign an fa ol y o' axecention of the 'asholar. Ct xed p per s cut iito varied symu t iy 8 pos wud tien sy adjusted setoyroduc: e bacwory f color effect and of eayn Tie work has baen yrozraes ng for the part faw wonthe und r cirect n of Mias Ku ¢ Bail I'ia st vded w brea len the ssupe +f thasy-iem rnd muke w more genwral in riduston of 18 fea ures into the schools of the city. Fine Wo k, A Bek reporier witysie dry hown a baautifal nra in Deex's stone yard, cor- ner of Eighth - nd stroats, The uen was of etoue, fu'ls scven fest high, and was composed of three separate pleces. An exparienced carver has been engaged upon ths wosk of carving it for nssrly three months and has finally suc ceeded in producing a beutiful ep c'men of ekill and workmavship. The dsign is orlginal wita the carver, and compiices J nes ) many spedimeny of animal Lo dsacd alao those of man, Garlands «f 1l vers and traits sursound tho whole, making a th ng beautifal th lock at. A s'ght of it will well repay a vistt to the yaud:, — Stgned the Pledge, Yesterdsy Osen Connelly, known as *Whitky Jack " and his appesred before Judge Ben:ke snd informed that dignitary that they desired to signtha pledge t) abstain from the use of all intoxicating liquors for one year. The judge wiliogly drew up the form of a pledge and both parties signed their names thereto. Afur plasing their names t» the paper both raited their hsnds and solen uly swore to keep the pledgo fatthiul y. It is to be hrped thas 1heir good resclve may never ba hroken but ray vemain in force so long a8 both shall live. betfer wife | —— Enowed Lo, The Oregon Short Liae road is block- aded with snow. No sleepiry car hos ar rived in fhis city from this road for four days past, but & car has been eent ont regularly each day. The Pallman com pany Liss about exhausted its supply of cars, avd bas entirely 1un out of porters and conductore. Yis'erday it way neces- sary to draft ooeof the waiters out of the dinlog hall at the depct to send out as a porter on one of the Pallinan cars. This is the fi time th's winter that the Unlon Pacitic rosd has becn snowed up 50 that trains could not pass o — DIED SCHAAB.—In Papillion, February 16th, Carrie Schaab, daughter of Jobu Schaab, aged 18 years, The deceased was formerly a resident of Owaha sod her father was settlers of this plade. The cause of Lier death griof stricken fanil; e —— ~—The Maennechor ball at the Iast night was largely attendcd by the mew bers and friends of this popular society, , | masquerade ¢ ] fuenished the mus one cf the old was diphtheris, and a large circ'e of friends mourn her loss and sympathics with the Stadt theatcr The taines were, for the most part, 1 blk |strikiog and unique. The Lobemian band LENTEN DAYS. The Period of Fasting and P Which 13egins To.day in the World of Christondom, To-day, Ash Wednerday, begina the saored period of firty doys set aride in the Chrlstlan world fr fasting and devo- The outlines «f ths custom of this obectvance are thus defined in Wolt's eympendism: Loot 1s the fasting time bafore Eater, which is obzerved in the Roman, and in {he Greek and cther Oriental churches, The eatliest allusions to it speak of it as an established urage handed down from the fathers. The forly days petiod, as commemorative of oar Lord's forty daya’ ast, cr of the sim lar perfuncicry fasts of Motes and K iw, commences with Ash Wednesday, between which dey and Easter Sunday, (omilting the Sundays oa which 1115 fast 18 not vbserved,) forty clear days must intervene. The rigcr of the anclent o5ervance, which excluded 100,000, develop granite quarties in tl A mog aud w portion of Chaeles Mi Cattle are eaid to bs dyio posed to be cau ed by 1 unea in two or three days, ively School statietics show that Southeast D Kota has 674 per cent _of the school populas tion, North Dakota 29§ per cont and the Black Hills three per cent Residents of Vermilion are petitioning the legislature to probibit t e mauufacture and salo of intoxicativg drinks witcin « radius of throe miles from the uoiversity of Dakota, There will soon be ready for distelbution 50,000 copies of a pamphlct for intending im mogrants. 1t has been compiled by direction and uvder tha supervisic Gov. Pierce, and is filled with vamabla infocnstion and all contemplating a chang d WYOMING, Fifty thousand yousg rambow trout and 25,000 lake trout will be planted inthe streams of Laramie couuty this month, The budy of an unknown man, evidently a suicide, was found om ths railroad track, & few miles ou teide Chayenne, He was caught by las blizzard while drunk, Tt is the opinion of many public wen that the manegement of the navional park will all flarh, and even so-called ‘‘white mea's,” is now much ralaxed;but the principle of permitting bat one meal, with a aligh: refection or collatlon, is widely rofained, In Spain, duriog the Crusydes and wars with the Moors, a practice arose of permiiting, in certain cated, the substitution of a contribation to the ho'y war for the obseryance of the Lenton abstizence; and although the ob- joct has lonz sincs cearcd, the composl- tion s sull permitted, under the same tide of tho Crusada. In ths Angelical church Lont is rotained as a church sea- 5o of the calendar, with rp:cial services and proper collects and prayers. The Leaten period will ba formally ob- aerved by lceal congregations of the Episcopalian end Catholic churches D an Milispaui zh has iseued the following order fir TRINITY Ash Wednesd (t-rivg for B CATHEURAL: 11 a, m., b p.m. aud Prayer book So- 0O e Addrers Wednosday and Su days—Mornivg prayer, 8 a. m; H.ly Cowmun'on and rermon, 11 0. m childrec’s vervics, 5 p.m.; evouiny payer snd lecture, 7:30; Bibls clas, 5500 m : Sucduy shool, 3 p. m. Noly Wesk—10 6, m, and b p, . Goou Friday—LL 7, v, with eermon; b p. ey ol i forforeign missicns, Euwter Erc—fioly bapriem, Baptis o ana Contiemation Instruetions Vouuy 7:3), Wodneadsy and Friday 8:3) p. m, GRACE CHAPEL Suuday, 5 p. w; Frday, 7:30 p. m.; Sundsny s:kool, Confirmstion in- struction, after service Friday. ST. PHILIP'S CHAP! Sundeys, 3 p. m.; Thursieys, 7:30 p. m.; Sunaay schocl, 2p. m. ST JOHN'S MISSION, Tuoedsys, 7:30 p. m.; Sunday school, 3p. m. Oan Easter day, the grea'est fostival of the church, the enrnest of our resurrec- tion—the Holy Communion—will be cel- ebrated at 8 8. m. and 11 a. m., to sc comodate every person who has ever boen contirmed. PASTORIAL SUGGESTIONS, Lertis a time of spirltval refrashment fcr honest souls secking Goi. May the following suggestions be a help to you all: 1 Refrain from parties and places of amusement. 2 Lose as few of the public services as posaible, 3. Recelve the holy ccmmunion fre- quently. 4 Deny yourself some luxury often, and let 1hs coit be added to your Faster offerin,g Be more cn your knees at p.ivate prayer. 6 L-t your reading be a help and not & hindrance. 6. I'nke up some definite work for your bleesed Lord. 8 Watch tho besetting ein, rad con- quer it bafcry Lont has passed. 9. Glve no occasion for one to accuse you of makiog 8 sham of this hcly sea- sm May God bless this holy season to ad- vancement of every one of us in the spiritunl lif, 1s the ournest prayer of your affecti naty rector, Fraxs R, MiLLsvaveu, At Saint Barnibaa the f llowing is the ORDER OF LENTEN Daily prayer, ex wpt on Wednesdsys and Fr.days, at 4:00 p. m. Wednerdays and Fridays at 7:50 p. m. CELEBRATION OF THE HOLY EUCHARIST, Arh Wednesday at 7 end 11 a, m. Fonst f St Mathias, Feb. 24:h. at and 12a. m, Holy we 'k ¢ai'y (Good Friday ex- cep ¢9) at Y a, m, Sundays, a1 ususl, at 7:30 and 11:00 m. r0d Friday, passion servie at U a, m, 12 1. and & p. m. Holy weck, excepton Good Friday, deily veepers at 7:130 p. m, EASTER DAY Firat colebr.t ou at 6:30 8. m High celebia icnat 11:00 & m. Chiloren’s Sarvice at 3:00 p, m. Veepers at 4:00 p, m. Ach Wednes ay, foreiga mission. Mid-lent Sunday, domestic misyion. Good Friday, colored mission. Easter Sunday, morniog, parish mis- s sion, _ Kaster Sunday, eventng, diocesan mis tion. There is urgert need of the mcst lib eral offerings on Kaster day, to mect ouf- ttandiog parcchis! obligations, Lenten solf-devial and Eater offcrings should be inseparable princlples of Christian prac tice. Dr, Worthlogton wlll be consecrated bishop of the diocese on the Feast of £t, Mathias, The services at 12 m. on tla day is appolnted, that we may uaite tn Eucharistis intarcession for lim, at the hour when consecrsting bands are im- posed on him, setting Lim apart to the apostieship. e — WESTERN NEWs, DAKOTA, Purker has a new suing band of five pieces, A brass bani is being orgavized at Beres ford The Deadwood land offies will be moved to Rapid Civy. Thoe Sioux City & Pacific will reach within 155 wiles of Daadwood by August 1, The winter term of the Vermilion upiver. sity enrolls one hundred and vwenty pupils, The Deadwood treasure coach reaching Pierce M.nday, ths 10th, brought out $129, 0.0 in bu lion, A fire in the Chinere quarter of Deadwood the 11th, destroyed 53,000 worth of heathen ybics. A Penosylrania capitalist iavested £3 000 in ths tia posits mear Dilsnurck, Black Hills, recently. Tpewich's artesian well lw reached o depth of 700 fart. fl wing water soon. A stock compapy with & eapit.] stock of It is expected to reach have to pass iuto the hands of the wilitary before depredations by sportsm:n ana vthers can be stopped. The Wyoming Land and Improvement com pany, which st summer purchased all the uneald ratlroad lands, lying soush of ths Un ion Pecific mai live, in Albany county, and subsequently disposed of the asine as contem plated by their articles ot incorporation, have uow the cont. with the purcoasers ull made out and ready for celivery, Amon the purchasers, Marsh & Cooper own np wards ot bU,01 0 acees in oue track, lying between Rock creek aud Dutton ervok, T ouglas. Willan purchase 18 provably the latgest us yet ma e of the comp wunting ia the ag- g regate to about £120,000 worth, COLORALW. Mountain sheeplare reported as plenty in some parts of Mid5le Park, Toboganning, after the C: proven a sucess at Silverto; A Dig strike of ol has heen made Montezuma valley, near Rico, From 10) 5 200 head of decr are foeding on the mountaing within seven or eight Pitkin, A number have recantly boon s Placer diggivgs have been discovered on the Colorado river, 100 miles south of Grand Junc- tion, and a great rush to the i gings is Roing on. ada fashion, has in the The Greeley colony,which founded the town of Greeley, came w Colorado just fiftec. s ago next May. it is proposed to cele- Lrata the event at (ireeley. Peof. McCoy, cne of the firss ssttlers of Durarzy and s mysterious recluse, died on last Tuesduy. He devoted his time to litsrary labir, but published nothing, He left a largs manvseript, . The Denver News thirsts for the heart of rival, and 1seues the following proclswmation: » Aguin it is our outy to declare thit the Tribune-Kepublican is & cowardly liar and a public slanderer.” Charles Vanca, an old-time negro proc- peetor of Clear Creek county, is dead. At vari us times be has had considerable sums of m ney, but put it all back in the ground in search of « big butanza, Which never came, He died a pauper. ‘The whisky question is revived a% Greeley through some parties selliog the stuff within the corporate limits of the town. It is pro- posod to enforco the provi<ion in the origial deeds to lots, which causes the property to ravert to ths Town cum]un{ if it is ever used as & public resort for the sale of liquor, UTAH, Citizens of Utah are agitatiog tho question of having a capito! building, with accomoda: tions for the federal offices. 1t was whispered at Salt Lake, on the 9th inst,, that John Taylor, president of the bhurch, and Jos, Smith and George €. Can- non, his two counsellors, aud others lhigh among the church authorities, had fled, to avoid prosecution for polygauiy, ~ A correspondent of the Salt Lake Tribune advises miners to go a littls slow on_the new mining region in Southeastern *Ttah, and await further developindats, Thisis souna advice, Itis r:nrliculnrly sound to the writer, who has been in that rezion and has “‘seen the elephant.” The polygamist organ at Salt Luke and ths Mormon priesthood are begging of the federal authorities for a truce to_ prosecutions for polygamy vntil the suprema onurt of the Utited States own pass on the appeal ithat they have been taken, on the protext that tne continual posecutions affsct trade, But business men eay it does not, snd are strongly in favor of an immediate and final settlemant of the question by enforcing the law, no mat ter who is hurt b) ANA, Boulder station, Gallatin county, shipped 750,000 pounds of wool last season, Assay s show that the slag years ago dumped about the old Helera smelter contains $200 worth of silver to the ton, In Alder gulch, in the Littla Rockies, bed- reck hav been stk with sati«fatory resulta cents (0 $1.50 to the pan, The evil has lost his grip on Stepl Wistoula county, says .l'iuul paper, forty people hatt: beea convertad there in the pase mouth, and the revival is still in prog- 038, it 250 prominent Bentenites last wesk telegraphed an appeal to Senator Dawes aod Delegate Mogionis to use theie best endeas to huve the Plegan, Gros Ventre, and Bl foct reservatious in Northern Montan duced in kize, Platinum, one’of the scircest of mineral, and for the aiscovery of which the famous Fdison offers a reward, has baen found in Inrge (uantities in Alder gulch, sonthern Montaus, Specimens of ths find were cently rent to Fdison and prononnced by him untsually purc and valuable, Warm winds have had some effect in lower iog the depth «f snow in the valleys, but it is sl deop encughin the Lottoms to' prevent catile from getung firet class grazing, In the neighborhocd of Twin bridges, the oldest in- habitant canuot remember woen the snow has tern so deep as it hax been this winter, At a late convention of the newspaper men ana o associstion was formed and a ph oonstitution adopted, which 8 part of the fundsm ntal law i admitted into the uoion, Iy this ¢ de it is ordned that every ables bociad man and womun in the territory must subec ibe ard pay cash in advanc) for at least one locsl paper, or sufter disfranchisement Mer:hants who refuse to advertise will be im- priconed for life and their property confircy ted for the benefit of the pssociation. Ho'cls and saloons and the goods therein shall b free as the mountain air to the member Cigar dea'ers and such are required, under poualty of death, to give unto every member a perpetusl stend off for all the goods and chattels reauired for their peace and cowfort Zach ¢ unty is required o submit to « vote the question of levying a per capita tax for the sapport and maiotainance of ths sged, and debilitated parugiapher. CALIFORNIA, 1t is estimated that the upward of five millin dollars worth of whea', changed hands on the coast within the pwt forty days, The schools of San Francisco are in debt over 86,000, the fund being o thatamount. It will by tocut down salaries or close the schools for & month to make this up before the 1as of April. Tha exorbitant charges of hotel kespers in the Yosemite valley has induced the state to reduce pri by competition. 1t is proposed to sppropriate $75,000 for the erection of & stats hotel, to be released to responsible pasties, the ratea for board and lodging to be tixed by the state, Mors artesian wells are to be tunk in Ante lops Valley, Lox Angeles county, That re cently comp'eled, eeven wiles from 1 station, suppli-s a stream of wal large to irrigate s large number of is belisved that artesian water underlies whole of the valley, Suit has been commenced in the States district court, at Carson City, Nev , by tha Cent al Trust company «f Now York, & foreclose a mortg for §750,000 on the vada Coot al railraad, which ruos from b tla Mountain to Austip, a di-tance of 94 miles, The road is owned by the Union Pacific re- w Upited DAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1885. IN NEW T e Han w N. Y., Pebruary 17— A heavy enow storm provailed last night; abont eleven inches of accompanied Uy s terrtle wind Trains all laid out. The Montreal «\prees due here at midnighy, is snowed in ot & mile southwest. No traios from the ¢ since 8 last ¢ Railway offic making every effort to cpen communication owing to the severity of the weather Lut it is progressing slow, Inoy, N. Y., Fevruary Tiast night's storm is the severest in years, Trains or the Troy & Boston, New York Central are imow bound st Rouse's I' North bound traios are laid over last u Truins on the Troy Street N 1l ening. ht. & Boston are snow bourd at Pownal, aar travel batwoen Troy, Lansingburg, Cohoes and other pointa ware sispended last mght. Fifforts were mula this morning to open the tracks to ditferent points in this soction. The heavy wind stripping trees of tranches, leveling fences and blowiog down chimneys, The country ronds are blocked, Drifts 10 placss ara twenty fees high. Stages ara a*andoned and mails late. No low of life roported. Povankeersi, February 17,—No_trains from the west eince seven last night. Reporte od heavy blockade of snow near Little Falls, on the Noew York Central. ATOUND CHICAGO, CHicaco, February 17.—Toe weather ia Chicago has moderated scmewhat, AtS the mercury thowed fonr degreas below at Omaba it was cloudy and ten above; Dig Moines wing and five above, In Dukota and Manitoba the thermometer rtill ranges from tweaty to thirty below so that no imme- din‘e reliefean ba expected, The worst «ffects of vhe storm i etill felt south and southeast of Chicago, Freight traflic isquite g nerally suspended, Passengor trains on esst-bourd roade, except the Gracd Tk, are moving, though delayed. Iicoming traing are from one to thiee honrs Inte, The Grand Tiunk hna closed since Sonday. The Pan Hondle, Chieazo & Euwtern Illincis, snd Louwissille, New Albany & Chicego are still soowed up, The Tllinois Central't ral hours behind, but apnounc: wilt be in shape by moon, he Alton, Wabath, and Chic: 3urlington & Quiney aro all delayed, Thy rom one to two the loog contioued rms, stow and wind, effectively pu W to transportation of frefght, the supply of soft coal in the city has iven cut and it 18 found necessary to use an Jwiog to vy sto thracite Thcro 1s much sufferivg amone the poor. Thocounty sgent 1s uvable to fill orders. Feveral hundred cars of coul are on tho sida trac! conchab'e by teams, Movein ¢ aded in railway cubs New Yok, Febiuary 17 Tho worst snow storm of tha season is prevailing in this state aud New Englard, The snow il is twelve to fif eeo inches decp, Many railways are blockaded, DRIFTINGS, Tha enow stormsra {rg near Deny have result d in w othec formidable Notrams buve eroxscd Marshall pas ¢ Sunday momn The Western Exp 1t Association, which was to havo et in Chic g yesterdoy, was vrevented by vlowaded railroads from ~sescu- bling, At Sionx City, Towa, light enow fell Mon- day. The Dlinois Central started out a train with two eovines yesterday. Advices from Des Moines, Towa, tell of light snows, with little or no blockading of main lines, At Buriington, Towa, light snow, runniog irregularly. At Davenport, lowa, a light snow has been falliog rince yesterday mornicg. At Quebeca blizzard was blowing all last Trams night.” The rallrcads aro all blockaded by | heavy snows. At Moutreal the heaviest snowfall for years was reported last night. Treight and passen ger traffic is almost entirely suspended. At Cadar Rapids, Towa, n heavy snowfall took placo yesterday. Trains will be blocked. At Harrisbure, I’a., a heavy enow storm has been raging for the past few days, and the fall Is tho heaviest known for years, Blockaded trains reported in every direction, In some cases they had to be shoveled out, ———— Political Perjury, CH1cAGO, February 17—The confession of J, J. Sullivan, the witness for the defense in the Mackin case, to the effect that for four silver dollars and a promise ot a place in the govern- ment printing office in Washington, he com mitted perjiry and that the testimony he gave last week was enturely at Mackin's dictation, has preduced the greatest consternation among the parties implicated. ('Briep, the man who is alleged to have acted as go-between and Sullivan, and who oached Mackin’s rcheme to the latte a3 arrested this mormong, and warrants we o iesurd for the arrest of Titman and nons, two other of Mackin’s witnesses. Sullivan went upon the witnees atand in the federal conrt this morning and rebearsed the story told in his affidavit of his suboination by Mackin to commit perjury. The reve . tion evidently created a seusation in the jury box. The members of the jury are bemg clo: yrded and not allowed to read the papers, . This was the first intimation they bad of whut was coming, Titman, owner of the presses, on which Sullivan swore he printed the bogus tickets on the night of November 3, was also arrested and confessed that he also swore faleely in £aying he rented the presses to Sullivan on that vceasion, that W, J. Gallsgher, one of defendante, spproached him on the subject about three wecks ago and that, it was sub. sequently arraigned batween himself, Gal- lagher and Mackin that he should eive this false evidence. ‘Titman was put upon the stand again this aftern on, swore to_substantially the above facts, day's revelations have creat ed u decided reosation, s they break down the entire thea y cf the defense, and have the damaging tostimony of the prosecution uncon. tradicted, cxcept by Mackin, the principal defend nt, who testified this afternoon that he did not hire Sullivan to conmit | TUTMAN MADE A FURTHER €C this cvoning to M. I3, Stone, editor of the Daily News in which he said he went with Mackin to the Palmer kouso a few days ago, and there met the attorneys for the defense, and was 1otootuced as wan who would swear that his office was rented on the night of Novewbor 3, and that thera ho was first hs was to told tho pawe of the man who <wear rented s printing offic Mackia ¢ ave him part of a repubi which he was t» swear that he (Titm n) picked no in his printig offi @ on the o ing of Novemb r 4. Titwan furthor 1ays his offica was not rented on the night of Novem- 4, and that it wes impoasible that uny ticketa wero prioted thera that night, as there was 1o steam to run the precser, O'BRIEN, ANOTHEN one of the witnesses, was also ssen by Mr, 10 and began u conversation, Ile siid be bad carried law hooksio avd out of the court room for Mackin; that he received inull about adollar and a half from Macking that he, ('Brien, discovared the priuter, Sullivan, #s he man who cou'd bo induced to awear that he b inted the fraudnlent bul'ots fourd in the 'lot box, and introdaced him to Mackin, » prisoner wis proseeding to further details when his attorney com munded bim to cease talking and the confestion ended. | — A Fenator's Son Shoots. WasHINGTO¥, Vebruary 14.—Another of & statesman has been distinguishing him son T want to kil “Where's that d - d nig MAY pearance in the police court this wmorr The case was investigated in the as trict attorney’s | flice morning, and a warrant charging assanlt and battery with tent to kil was ordered to be i quently Willis went to the clerk's « and ured the warrant, Mahone falled w0 pnt in an sppearancs at the polica court to-day. His £50 collateral was held, and the warr sent out for his rearrest. This afternoon t ler Mahons, accompanied hy his countel, Mr. Campbell Cartington, went to the police court and gave bail in the sum of $1,000 for bis up pearance when wented e Dostructive Fire at Marshall, Mausuary, Illinois, February 17. A broke out here at 2 o'clock this morning dostroyed Ealt the business portion of town b fore 1t was gotten under control, foll 'wing are the lossas and insurance: b firo and the The Gor. 1 Drew, ha groces, (00, ineur a stook & 82 000: Jones, Duildir , incurance ocoupindby J, O, Drovas, dry s, Jask <1200, insurance £, 500; Patrick 500, imsurance § W, Gra. library, re nly al loss SLO0W, 0o insurance, ta dozen other lossos Del: w 10,000, C———— Durbin Werd oa thiloh, KANKAREE, 11, Felruary 17. Gen, Dar bin Ward, of Ohlo, while snowed in near llow- Kankakee, entertained his scventy fe passengers with personal &nd m remiviscences, eaying: I dislike to ¢ bastles n versy, | Still, T assure you that if ou gencrals say they were' not surpris battls of Shiloh, it is a great surpri; Had not the death of the con Johoston happened just when fate would been for difl —— Thiladelphia Municipal Eleetion, PraravELra, February 16.—In tho mue nicipal elcction to-day cash olector was entitled to vote for fourteen magisirates and a4 it was considered the republicin zandidates would all bo elected, there Jon did, our orato was quite an auxiety on the part af esch democrane didate, to securs s large o voto as | This led to enormous cutting and tradivg which surpassed anything of the kind 1 the history of electious in this city, At2 a. m., it was imposeible to tell which of the dem- ocrats were successful, it v A &trmpede for the National Pavk, L1viNastoN, Mont., Febiuary 17.—When private intel igence was roseived % Gardi from Wathington that the bill to 1estoro the northwestern corner of the national park to the public domain had becyme « law, in a fow houra 'ast night a stampede was organiz d and all the valuable coal and mineral Jands in that part of the park wers covered with location notices. H e in At Sax Fr , February 17 fner's Tombstone, Arizona, speicis ona. The lxam- Bays: firo this morning destroyed the entire busi- ness portion of the town of 13'sboe, $100,000. Toes, Castana & Co, are the beaviest 000;inturancs S12,000, The ro- the insurance will not reach $10,- The Weath February 17,—Upper Mis- nerally colder; fair weather; northwesterly winds; bigher barometor. Missouri Valley: Generally coldor; fair weather; northerly winds, beccmiog variable; risiog followed by falling barometer, — ——— Base Ball Items, N&W YORK, Febraary 17.—Representatives of the league and American ussociations of base ball to-day arranged a sckedule of games. They will not be made known uutil the re- spective organizations pass npon it, Urging Grant’s Retirement, Avuasy, Febiuarg 17. - In the as embly & resolution cailing on conpress to pass the K- munds bill to place General Grant on thre tired list was announced. 'I'he resclutivu wes adopted. Ayes 71, noes 1 ————— ousand Doilsrs Worth of Cot ton Boraed, NEw Youk, February 17.—Thres lightera lozded with cotton burned. Lcss $20,000, A Pagilist's Pight, Ed. Miller, the pugilist, was arrested yesterdsy oa a charge preferred by his former mistcess, Nelllo Ciair, known to fame as *‘Pretty Nell.” 1t nppesrs tkat Miller has becn trying for eome time t2 ragatn ths los: affecticns of his whil- om solid gir), but she “wosld have none ofit.” Miller funaily tecame on aged 1l last 0'ight going to her resid nse on Eleven'h strect bitween Hovacy and Howard made all sorts of dire threats agalnst her life, saying tkatr he would blot her out of existence, throw her into the Missourl tiver, choko lier, behead her, chop her into a thousaud and one pieces, roaet her alive—— anything to reseuge bis af- fecticna, which had bzen lnsulted by her discanfal condner. His arrest will thwart temporarily any such measores of v ance. Miller hes been fined on & tianlie charge eeveral times befoie. —— A Broken Arr Monday night Mr. E. B, Wois har ncss maker doing buelness on South Thir- teenth sfreet, met with a severe acci- dent, which will lay bim up for eoms time. In company with Mr. Richard Wi'de he was walking up Farnam street, and upon reaching Thiv.eenth s'rect, Mr Weist slipped and tell. ho thre# out his right arm to break the foree of the full, but isstead of s0 do- ing, he fraciured the atm between the wrst end cdoow, He was taken to his heie, where tha fracture was reduc:d, ¢ni hais now go tiog slong as well as cun be cxpested. a MARRIED, McCnackry Webn revidencoof Mr. Ohrist Wille, Howard street, by Rey. T, H. chert, Mr. Johu Dusold, of Owmat Jennie McCrackeo, of He tings, Neb.. o — Dusotn For fresh fish nod oyaters go to W, Gentleman's, S Shireman Bros, & Co. are ivig big sell, Last evening Butler Mahone son of Seoutor Mahone, enterad the bar at Welcker's hotel and called for something to drink, which was refused him, as he was then ap. parently Intoxicated Young Mahone be came very angry, and began tearing down the curtaing, He thsn picked upa check- ook which was lying on the covnter and threw it into the strect, He returned t) the hotel about 11 o'clock and got into the cleva. tor in company with « colo:ed porter namwed John Willis, who was deputed to look after When the elevator started Mahoue be. boisterous and showed fight, When him, ame co 1 and the porier tripped vently down the chey left the elevator Mahone wawt ioto bis disccuats until March Lat. e— 2 Dry Goods st MeInngs & Bussey's. et Slireman Bros, & Co, are glving | diecunte untll March 1s', o — New Spring Dry Goods Motsns & Bussev's, e — su.ts for $23. SuinemMay Buos, & Co, | m— 36 d_llar ¢ —r—— r fresh butter and a choice line ¢ cerics 4o to Wm Gentleman's, steps, 1o faw moments Mihous returoed o ——— down stairs to the parlor, whero Wills and st several gentlemen were, and exclaimed;’ Buy ax “Avromamic, In falling | T NRTHEN DREY <ot P — ) Somo Timely to Nobraskaas Az g intha direction of Wil firad, W beb iy It o A e ) ho Intend 1o Visit the ¥ | tired a second shot. the bul . osition Mr. John Welo i bl the wall,_ After re N e [ Killiog_Willia, M He | Kiitor Bre, rrested abont X this morning o a | . ¢ s Bis on, aud taken to the' Fifth preeinct sta| L eEmit mey through Tny Bex, to cor- tion, where ho loft 850 eallateral for hi ap. | Fect some vagne and false impressions re« garding the expense of living in New Or- loans which soem to crcato a hesitancy on the part of coms who would like to v the exposition; and to whom 1 will ctler & fow soyes ions which, howover, may not apply to thoso who know where to go for eight or ten dollars per day. On reashing the Croseent City, although charges are not, a8 a vale, exorbitant, the impression will prevail that you are thero t> spend your money; and willing agents on every corner will Kindly aes st you in making jessnent iavesiments, snd ro- lieve you of any embarcassment in that diraction. Bat besrin mind, that tha supply of evory thi portaining to the OXpesition, at present prices, cxceeds the demand, snd probably will’ throughout the season. Firet secaro s rcom, whish in the bert locslities, comfortanly farnihed, includ- iog gae, water and fusl, (f 1ho latter sboald bs needed) will ccst you about 81 per ca Tako your meals at restanrants on the Eoropean plan; thoy will ocst yon less than in northern citier, and your ¢)i- fee will be batter. Don't be afrald of Cretcant City water, it is the puro artlcle sud will not bucet yon if taken atraight. If you a-o ford Gf oya‘ore, precure s pockat sp et stova before leavivr Omaha, tuvest HU cor ts i tin and grauito ware to furnieh youc it vo and table; yurchaso at b howe pix o mzul oystors v desert o5 wany baninag, which will costy in theagavegety, 10 corts, In- vite your friend to dine with yeu 3 you prefoc a chosp meal and a mixed it g0 to tha Frovch warket, but ns o rule tho cheap gocds are diarst in tho end, and you will find this o oxoeption, 1*, Liko thie writer, you are a laSering man and your time {8 nosey, put in a tull tan hours fn doing the o'ty snd ex- vosition, bus do not inveat yons tin o and woney in ten coit theatres and sido stows of itfo iy men and two headed women, and retwn homo a teveled mookey, you can eos there nesrer how o, Go tiest to the exporition, and F om time to time a8 you oan & I yra, Li-uis cathedral, "aud tho empe, the custom houte, miat and cotton v xchar ga, Go tr the Spanish fo't, a.d t) Lake Ponchartrain, acd dow'c fal tortop off and visit the comets ry Wy hatween the clty and Lke. Theee duighifal ex- curaions will ¢ 8% you bu' 20 conis each. Foz the s.nv yon can take o tio 6 miles down the iver to Jackso's Fattle g ound and t e Natioral cometery, and a Lt s rurther down tha nver vist svgar and v e plent tions, On Sabhith a tond some vlace of patlic worshio; it muy b a 1ave exrerienca you will never firget S adatly of the s uthem peo le snd 1he soutbern metiopol's, and of everythin g you se. On lewing the city preeent your landl:dy w th your prct ot st ve and t'nware for ler kind hospita i y; if sha iy aty;eof a s uthon Loy you can stford it.” Fur o souvenr buy & younz aligator and eoneign i to 'he cire of your wi‘e or groan deughies; the marhet ia depres edy and it will ccst you but 75 cents. N. E. Apams. Omaha, Neb , Feb. 17, 1880. e —— Dynamite in Portland, Ore. PortrAND. Ore, Fiebruary 17.—The Ore- gonian's special from Whitcomb, W., T, eays Tho new residance of John H Stinger, prosi- dent of the Washicgton coliny, wis ) lown to atoms to-night by dynamite. Lows 18 $3,000; o livea Jost. Tha cause ¢ bo Jearned busis suoposed tobe the cutcowe of Jand wotbier, wii b buk hee' browing 4wo years, —— —Jume (i, Peaces, of tle' Forl Opora company, is repo tad w8 ly'ng gnite ill at the Millurd, with wht 1s vow (e d to ba pheu- movia, T W witl by obliged toleave i in cara of the Milaed e ple while they ke their two days un ino Westorn Towa hat e retar i heve Satur g, Louisiana State Loitery Company e 0 harely Gertiy Aui e supertige (Re @y sangements (or ail the Monthiy and Semi-Annved Deatewngs of the Louiniana State Lottery Comgany, sndin perion manage and control the Drowings ihemselres, and that ({fl same are conducted wik \onesty, fairnese. ond (n gocd faitk towcard all ge ties, and we aufkorize the cconpany to use (hls (6Aigate, with fac-vimiles of ouy eeneiLTel Bilched i3t aidvertisements." 4 w 3 Com! rissloners, Ingorpornded In 1885 iux 3 yoars by hoe leglalaturs (o7 oducatiounl and charitable purpceos— with a cap 1t) of §1,000,000—10 which s vezerve fund of ove £960,000 has sluce ed, B) rwholming ular vose s franchic iaacto b ';?-:#‘o wate sonstitation waa made a part of the dnobed Deromber 1d, A, The only 1ottery over voted on' and endorsed by the poogls of any state. It nover scals or postpones. dreawings take SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY TO WIN A FOH. 'rt'ms, Ti 1D GIL-ND Dl G, CLASH €, IN HE ACADY. MUSIC NEW OKLEANI 10, 1855,, 175th MO Koit PITAL PRIZE, 875,000, Fractions, Fifths in oportion, LIgT OF PRIZES, CAF 100 060 Tickets at 85 each, ‘In Application 0x rates 40 clubs ehuuld be rueds oaly o ABS offios of #he Gomapeay #a New Oriesas, ¥or turther nformstion write clearly giviug foll sddrees, POSTAL NUTES, Expross Mouoy Orders, or Now_York Exchange i ordinary Currciwy Dy Expresa (all sume «f §6 aud upwaras ad our ex- drosved el oo, . A. DA low “lk . Washiogton D, C. UPHIN, 807 Beventh Make P. 0. Money Orders paywbli and sddress od Lettors to NEW ORLEANS NATIONAY, BANK, Now Ovleans Ta WEAK, UNDEVELOPED_PARTS OF TR UMAR B D DY f