Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 7, 1885, Page 5

COURT CALENDAR., The Milis Slanaer Oase Oommenced Yesterday Morning—Legal Quilps, The cssy of Thomas vs. Thomas was concluded snd glven to the jury yoster- day afterncon on limiting instractions. A “verdiot on specisl findings was_re- turned, favorable to the defendant, Mrs, Thormas, The defendaat did not deny that she svay at one time marzed to Swmuel Price, the alleged husband, The marriage be- tween this plsintiff and defendant took place in September of 1875. In 1868, Mrs. Thomas testified she was living with her husband, Samuel Price, in Towa Cify, At thattims they had some difficulty and Mr. Prics disappesred, and she hiad not eeen him slnce, and the only news which «ever reached her «f him was a rumor that he was dead. The defendant testified, and the fact is not controverted, that she dld not marry the plalntiff until seven years had elapsad sfter the dimppear- ance of Samuel Price, a perlod of {ime which under ths law raltes the presump- tion of death. On the contrary the plaint'ff attempted to prove that Price wasee:n alive in No- vember, 1868, and there 1s no satisfactory or convinciog peoof of his death before September, 1875, contesting 1f this state of facts is trae, that under the law there was no legal marriage and the plaintiff should kave baen gran'ed the relief pray- ed for, Thus Mr. Thomas will not gain the co- veted divorcs feom his spouse At the conclusion of this trial, tho case of Ebenhack va. The Union Pacific rail- way was taken up, Frank Ebanhack is the plaintiff, a small 15 year-old boy, who ‘wan run over near the Tenth street track by & U. P. train, sustaining by the ac- cident the loss of a log. aAmages are prayed for in the sum cf §25,000. In Judge Neville's branch of jche district coart ye:terday morning the cass of the stato ot Nebraeka vs James Mille, was called for frisl. The court room was thronged with an audience composed of persous who deink in with avidity the racy detoi's of & case which for diegust. ing d:tails is slmost unparalelled. The detendant Mills was {odicted with his wife, Alico P. on & charge of tlandering Mts. Alico Diiloy, nee Robicson, Thres indicments wore preforred, all of them based on alleged slanderous statements, circulated the defendaate, Mr. aod Mrs. Mille, reflacting on the character of Mre, Dailey. Miils, whoee trlal is now in progrese, 1a charged with haviog_circulatad stories to the effeot that Alice Robinson before her marriage had been gailty of criminal intimaoy with Dailey, that she had sabsequently committed infantcide, and that she had compelled Dalley to murry her, after he bad accomplished her seduction. Both the accater, Mra Dailey, snd the defendsn's, Mr. and Mrs. Mills, with friends, arepresent and watch the progress of the trial with eagar attention. CALL FOR GREBE. Daring the progrees of the Thomas va. Tkomas case, in which Mr. T. sues for dissolutlon of the marrisge contract on he ground that Mre. G. hss a first hus- and still llving from whom she has never een oivorced, a funny incldent ccourced hursday afternoon. Mra, Thomas, on he witness stand, was acked if she saw any one in the court room who looked like her first husband, Price. She looked around and after scabning every face, replied “‘no;” “*but,” she continaed, ¢ it Deputy Sheriff Grebe wers here, he would look -exactly like the desr mavn.” ‘‘Then,’ sald Mr. Baldwin, counsel for Thomas, speskiog with that measured accent of profound sslemalty, ““I demand that Mr, Grasbe be sent for!” COUNTY COURT. Judge McCulloch tried yesterdsy morn- Ing the case of Ezekliel Shott vs. Mollle ‘Wright, for $126 due on scsount, The bill is one contracted by Mollie Wright, in Cinclnnati, before coming to Omaha. Judgment was rendered agalost the de- fenaant, Judge McCulloch rendered a decislon 1last evening In the case of Doll vs. Page, an action to replevin an undivided half of soms furniture and utensils belonglug o the Paoific house. The suit was dis- missed. e ——— Police Court, In the police court yeeterday morning Jadge Beneke fined B, Hiles, charged with being drunk and disorderly $5 andcosts. The defeudant eeomed satisfied to etand the punishment after the court let him tell why he ‘‘got off ’ yesterday. His ex- cnse was ‘‘celebrating Cleveland’s inaug- uration,” that Inasmuch as he was in jall on the 4th he took his jubllee the next day. Judge B.seemed to sym: pathize with the epirlt of the celebration, Yut not the means used, and warned the headachy democrat not to do 5o again, “Kantay City Liz,” whem miny ex- periences have taught very little of wls. dom, was up on 8 charge of bad coaduct, She deslerad herself innocent, but ‘begged t> be convicted and jailed. The <ourt thought best to have the officer’s testimony, and postponed the hearing until yesterdsy afteraoon, She was final- ly dischargad. —— Pleasant Party. The residence of Mra. Dweeley, on Twenty third and Burt sireets, was the acene of a most plessant gathering Thura- day night, the occssion belng the cele- bration of the 54th anniversary cf that popular lady's blith, The presents made on the cccaslon were numerous and valuable, and the snpper prepared most bountiful and cholce. Dancing was continued untll a late hour in the morning and the guests left for {helr homes after a delightfal en- terfainment. Among thoze present were Messrs Whitney and lady, Dyer and lady, Pinkbam and lsdy, Caroaby and lady, Thomas and lady and Henver and lady., Messrs Golden, Dyer, Sangren, Dennis and Nesllve, Misses Whicney, Henver, Jones, Pinkham, Miller and Spellerber- Rer. e ——— Death of Wilham Obambers, Marshal Cummings recelved a te'egram from Chicsgo yesterday moralng saying Willlam Chambers had died ia the Cook hospital from the effects of an operation which had been performed upon his dis- located shoulder, Mr. Chambers was well known In this clty, whera he has lived for many years, He had been employed in the Union Pa- clfic shops untll the death of his wife occurred some four or five weeks ago. Shortly after that he met with a ver sevore accident, dislocating and otber- wise injuriog his shoulder.” He went to Chicago, h;rln; to get relief in an oper- atlon, but dled from the shook. He was & man of many sdmlrable quslitfes, and had mavy friends in the city, who will regret to learn of hls death, o RATLROAD NEWS, Addition to the B & M. Building— The 3.Cent Fars Bill—-Personal and General, (=1L The B. & M. directory has decided to build an addition to the headquarters building near Tenth and Farnam streets, The annex will bs eracted on the weat eide of the buliding,on the 22ft lot owned bythe company, The tenants of the small two wocden buildings now situate on this section have been advised to *‘git” and the work of tearing down,it is eaid, will ba commenced as soon as the details of the plans can be arranged. The speclfications and plans ot the adaltion are now in the poeses- slon of the chief engineer of ths B, & M. at Lincoln, It Is understood that the annex wilbe of brick, three stories high, 22 feet In width, and communicating directly with the main building, The necessity for some sach enlarge- ment has long been felt, as all the de- pactments are cramped forwant of room. The enlargement of the bulldlng will be attended by a renrcanglng of the various department officae, HOWLING RAILROADERS, The faces of the people around the headquarters buildings, B, & M. acd U. P, wear wolul expressions these days. They declare that the S-cent fare bill which has reccntly become a law by the actlon of ths legislatare, !s outrageous and opprassive, and will cut down their revenues to an unwarsanted degree (of course). The bill,by tho way, is one pro- viding for the reduction of passonger fare to polnta east of the one bundredth meridian to 3 cants per mile, in the cass of roads earning $400 per mile; to points west of that meridian, a fare will be charged not to exceed 4 cents per mile, PERSONAL AND GENERAL, " John Muir, general traffic manager of the Orej on Riyer and Navigation com- pany, is in the clty. J. O. Philllpi, assletant general frelght agent o fthe A, T, & 8. F., formerly of the B. & M., headquarters in this city, isin Omaha on a visit of businoes and pleasure combiued, The U. P, officlals have issued their rew timo cards for the western divislons of the road. Tke schedule governing the running of trains in this stato will be ready nvxt Wednesday. Detective Valsntine goes to Idaho to- day to put the finishing touches on the job of cornerlng the freight train thicves of that stats. ——— PERSONAL. Church Howe is stopping at the Paxton, €. E. Rainey, of Avocs, Towa, is in the city. Mrs, Andy Borden left for Chicago last evening, C. W. Thomas, of New York, is stopping at the Cozzens, Mrs, Allie C. Willaed, P, M, of Loup,City, is o guest at the Millard, Mrs, B. M. Vaile, of Des Moines is visiting her sister, Mrs, Ryan, on California street. Mr. M. M. Marshall, of the barbed wire works, returned from Chicago last night. E. W. Blair, iEsq, late postmaster of the 'Nebraska {state,, senate, is a guest at the Canfield, R. A. Spencer, editor of the Council Bluffs Herald, paid the Bem a plensant visit yes- terday morning, E. L. Crowell, who has bzen visiting his trio of honored sons in this city, leaves to-day, proceeding to St, Joseph, Mo, O, B, (“Skip”) Willard, chief evgineer of the Sherman county Times, and second fboss of the Loup City postoftice is at the M(llard, Rev. E, B. Graham went to Bellevue Thurs- day night and lectured before the students of the college, returning yesterday morning, - Messrs. Thomas Sturgis, of the Western stook association, and G. B. Goodell, of Chey- enne, both larze cattle men, left Omaha yes- terday for the west, Geo, W. Sanderzon arrived here Thurs- day from Salt Lake, on his way to Phil delphia, wherehe will enter upon the duties of general agent of the Union Pacific, Mrs, T. A, Miver and Miss B, Boyce, Craig; P, W, Blake, Sidnoy; J. W. Johnson, L. R. Johnson, Fort Madison, and J. F. Ny- lander, Kearney, Neb,, are at the Cozzens, J. M. Porfet and wifo and A. 8, Wells and family, of Moulton, Towa, left the St, James Saturday night, takiog a through sleeper, They propose to make California their future home. (George H. Thomas and wife, Sshuyler; L. Reed and J. Chase, Weeping Water; S, J, Alexander, Lincoln; D. B, Ashborn, Gibbon; and W, J, Sutherland, Schuyler, are at the Paxton, Hon. W, H, Conger and A, I, Charlton, Loup City; F. W, Barnes and wife, Madison; C. ¥, Iddigs and J. M. Coleman, Neligh; J. M. Hamilton and W, H. Clark, Tekamah; A. D, Buckworth and several members of the late legislature are at the Mlllard, Ira B, Mapes, Ponca; D. Nichols, Har. vard; Jobn Flemiog, Des Moines; H, O, Wy- man, Norfolk; J, O. Kehos, Platte Centre; F. P, Laingan, Scotia; C. D, Jonal, Hartiog- ton; H. Robinson, Wesit Point and F, 8. Bowen, El Dorado, Kau,, are at the Canfield, W. J, Leyds, Weeping Water; W. J. Da- vis, Ord; Thomas Allen, Grand Island ; Wat son Tyson, Mrs. D, O, Archols and family, George C, Potvin, Bancroft; E. W, Petersen, R, A. Swith, Tekamah; Charles Mumaugh, North Bend, and Mrs A. Simons and family, Fremont, Neb,, are at the Met- ropolitan, e — The Rink Exbibition, The Canary-Glmore-Livesey combina- tion gave an admirable performance at the rink Thursday night. Miss Carrle Gilmore gave as the open- ing feature ef the programme, an exhibi- tion of roller-skating, which is pronoun- ced by experts to be the finest ever seen in the elty. Mr. Liveeey followed with a series of athletic feats on the bicycle which were greeted with applause, Mr, Canary clos:d the programme with & number of tricks on the phantom wheel which were wonderful in execution. The entertainment, taken as & whole. is the best yet glven at the rink, DIED, WHITLOCK —In this cit; 6, Clarence L., son of lock, age 9 yoars. Funeral from residence Sunday, southeast corner of Grace and Twenty-first strects, Rev. Pelton, officiating. —— Knox the Hatters Light Weight hats at Saxe's, | st 4 8, m,, March . and Mrs, Whit- THE DAI “THE ELEVATOR.” The Uomedy Performance at the Con- gregational Chapel Last Night, A large and appreciative audiencs gathered in the Congregationsl chapel parlors last even'ng to witness a repre- sentation of Howell's coptivatlng com- edy, entitied “‘The Elevator.” Every available soat was taken, and many wera content to remain atanding duting the entire two hours’ performance in order not to miss seelng it, and they were cer- tanly well repaid. It may be said that all those who tcok part in the play bad well sludied the'r several roles, and they all, therefore, de- serve much credit Miss Alice Rustio, in the character of “‘Mra. Roberte,” showed more than av- erage ability as an amatour actress, and was peculiarly adapted to the part. Mr, Walker made a very accaptable ‘‘Mr. Roberts,” although he might bave dis played a trifle more vivaclty withoat in- jury to the character. The role cf “Young Bemts” fe!l to the lot of Mr. T. H. Taylor, who acqultted bimself very satisfactorily, while Mrs. T. H. Taylor made a very charming ‘*Mrs, Curwen.” Among the amusing characters of the play was Mr. Fred Halneworth, who, as 578 Miller,” the man who got stuck in the elesator, oreated much genalne mirth by his fanny but emlnently professional rendering of his part. Miss Lizzie Allen, a8 **Aunt Mary,” and Miss Jennie ouse, 8 “‘Mre. Miller,” deserve a word of com- mendation for the efficient torvices they rendered the little company in the pro- sentation of the play, The *‘Dr. Lawton” of Mr, C. O. Howard, was much ap- plauded, whila Mr. Gratton as ‘‘Mr. Cuarwen,” end Mr. J. Howard as ‘Willis Campbell,” won words of praice from all present. The acting of ths latter gontle- nfan was espectal’y fine, Last, but by no means fcast, Mr. W. B. Allen, who ap- pesred 8s ‘“The Elevator Boy,” must not bs forgotten. He certainly contributed his share to the fun of the evening. Darivg the evening Miss Gertrude Clark gave a recitatfon which was vocifer- ouely applauded, Shy cortainly is an elocutionist of talent, and possesies a face and form singularly calculated to add effoot to the rendition cf anything of the pathetic and soul-{nspiring order. There was also given a piano forte duet by the Misees Gertle and Edith James, and & young vocalist, Miss Marshall, treated the audience to the ever populsr ballad, ““When the Robins Nest Agaln.” THE PLUMBING ORDINANCE ‘What City Enginecer Rosewater has to Say About it. A roporter met City Englneer Rose- water yesterday morning and questioned him with regard to the trouble which has arteen in connection with the passage of the plumblng ordinance. “‘So far a3 the so-called strike 'among the plumbers is concerned,” sald he, ‘it doesn’t amount to anythirg, There is no strike. Already one plumb- ing firm bas taken out a licease as re- quired by the terms of the ordinance, and I understand that another cne bas made application. If the balance of the plum- bers In the city, don't want to take out the necersary licenss, why they needn't do any of the city work., That's all there 1s of the matter. ‘So far as concarns the ordinance ft- self it i3 none too vigorous in its provis- ions. I wish I could show you the or- dinances, tomewhst slmilar in nature, which are In forcs in the eastern citles potably, New York. They are far more rigid, even, than the one just passed by our city covncil. *‘This bill Is intended to protect the la- terests of the citiz:ns and not .those of the plambers. If the people dou’t want theordinance, way open for them to go to work and repeal it. But I don't think they will. The fact is that this bill is to prevent cirleisness and negli- gence on tha part of the plumbers in tearing up the straets of the city. It will make them mora careful inthe fau- ture n laylng pipe, by holding them ra- aponsible for uny evil results which may follow their n2gligence, A. BENEFICIAL MEASURE., Why the Oflice ot Recorder of Deeds Should be Separate from That of County Olerk, A bill has recently passed the legisla- ture which proposes {o separate the offica of recorder of deads and ke It entirely independent of that of county clerk. This law, materially changing the pres- ent order of things, is believed by Mr. Lsavltt, the present county clerk, who is perhaps best ecquainted with its provis- ions and with the present sltuation, to be one which will ba highly beneficial to the interests of Douglas and Lancaster coun- ties, For example, in our own county the clerk is ex-officlo recorder of deeds. This work of itself, highly important in all its detalls, requlres (or ought to have) the pereonal supervision of the recorder. This attention Mr. Leavitt is not able to give, as hiy time is_entirely taken up by the other work of his office. The county clerk is also ex-officlo secretary cf the board of county commissioners, and this branch of his daties it is impossible to glva the necessary attention on ascount of too much work. “Yes,” sald Mr, Leavitt, *‘I believe that this sepsration of the two offices —that of recoraer of deeds and that of county clerk, ls just what is needed. Years ago, when busivess to warranted, the county clerk could attend to all the work, but the time has passed.” ARMY OIRCLES. News of Interest to the Boys in Blue, Second Ldeut, Jchn Baxter jr, com- pany H, Ninth infanty, becomes first Heuienaat of company C, by the promo- tion of First Lieut, Hoflman, and will at once proceed to Fort Bridger, Wyoming. First Lient, William E, Hoffwan, com pany O, Niuth infaniry, by the retire- mwent of Captain Pollock, is promoted to captain company E, and goes-to Fort D, A, Rassell, Wyomlng, for duty. The Captsin Pollock referred to isthe one who recently fell from the strirway of s hotel in Cheyenes and was killed. A gal- Jant and scoowplished offiser he was. A board of officers, to conaist of Col Alexander McD, McCook, Sixth in- URDAY, M ARC] e,/ ——— fantry; Maj. Edward G. Bush, Sixthin- fantry; Surgoon Frank Meacham, U. S. .3 Uspt, James W. Powell jr, th fantry, will convene at Fort Dougine, Utah, on March 18, prox, or assoon thereafter as practisable, to examine into the clalms of such non-c mmissloned officers as may ba ordered before it, and in pursuance of this order, First Sergt. Zaver Wilkie, company E, Sixth infantry, will report in person to the recordor of the board of officers above mentioned for examination. Gen. 0. O, Howard. commanding this department, lefc with his wife for Wash- ington City, where he will servo an the Hszen court. MUSIC MAD. San Francisco Shekels for {he Map- 1'som Pucket, A 1 Auction Sale of Opera Seats—Unpre- cedented Amount of Preminms Paid. San Francisco Call, San Francisco I8 preparing to go music mad once more, and the second Mapleson opeta ssagon promises to crea‘e quite as much of an exc tement a3y did the one of last yoar., The auction sale of seats yes- terday was cven moro of a succees than tho most sangnine of prophets had deemed poseible, and‘indeed surpassed anything ever before heard of in theatri- cal history. The intention of the auc- tioncers was to sall as many soats as poe- sible for the season of two weeks, then to dispose of what were left, for one week, and they clalmed that In this way they | could sell a large majority of the meats. The result was a1 much of a surprise to them as to the general public, for thers were no stogle-week sales made, as prac- tically every place in the houso was sold for the entire season, and at very hand- some premiums, too. The specu- lators bid In quite a lot of back soats, upon which the premiums were moderate, but all the best parts of the house were taken by legit!mate buy- €rs, a3 8 glince over the list ¢f purches- ers will snow. Tho heaviest speculative buyer wes a Kearny street flawnbroker, who probably captured from fifty to sixty seats In all, but there wera a number of other curbstone sharks who gobbled up a section of places hare and thers in the loast des'rable parts of the anditorium. The result of the astion is that persons who could not afford or who did not care to attend twelve oparatlc performances in two weeks are debarred from going to the pardcular performances of thelr cholce, unless they are williog to pay the exor- bltant prices that the speculators will un- doubtedly demsnd. Lat such persons bear distinctly in mind the fact that the seats held by speculatorsrwere booght at the lowest premiums pald, fcr the sunp'e reason that they were comparatively un desirable places, and no one clse would bid for them. Any one who ehall, there- fors, pay a large inoreate upon regulation prices for these scats will prove himself a willing plocon, self-offered for plucking by lceal hamks, THE SALE. The auction sale was announced for ““10 8, m. sharp,” but reslly did not begln until ha'f an hour sfer the ap- pointed time, With the exceptlon of this delay, the effair was excellently managed, and everything from first to last moved without a single hitch, The loud-voiced and ohirrupy Eldridge spattered about an unceasing stream of broad wit and personal comment, there- by keeping the buyers in go:d humor, instead of wearying them with a mon- otonous repetlt:on of figures. With the exceptlon of two proscenlum boxes, which were reserved by Mr. Flood when he leased the house to Mapleson, and THE TERRIBLE TRUTH. The Governi's Pyiva! nasked, 0 14 {- iooretary U An Interesting Lifo of J, M, Hoftman, Chapter From the LixcoLy, March 6. Whe I stepped into the office of tho ®ior ham house Wednesday evening I was ac costed by Hon, James M. Woolworth, who eaid, ““You are creating conriderable commo tion at the capitol. 1 should think yom weuld be afraid to come down here at this time.” “Not at all,” said T, “There is no man in this or any other city whom T am not ready to face, T presume you refer to my editorial about the governor's secretary,” “Yes," said Mr, Woolworth, “You fired a terriblo bombshell. The article created most intense excitement, Is there really any truth in that charge? They are liablo to give you trouble with a suit for libel.” *‘Liet them come on with their libel suits,” I replied, I am well fortified. My witnessos are right here, and they are responsible and reliable,” Later in the evening I met that veteran Lincoln lobbyist, John McConnell, who said: ““Waell, you have got yourself into a terrible snap in charging Hoffman with stoaling a horse, It is utterly incredible. He has lived here eight or ten years. He has a very nice family and is highly connected, You must surely be mistaken,” “Lam very sorry forMr Hoffman’sfamily,” replied I, *‘but Tdon’t believe I have made a mistake in the man, My ioformant is one of our moet solid citizens, " He owns $40,000 or 50,000 of property here, and certaroly would ot concoct such a story out of whole cloth. I saw him this evening, just as I came in from the depot, ard he gave me some moro parti ulars whith more than ever coafirm my belief in the tenthfulness of the charge.” “‘How did he come to tell you about this?” asked McConnell. ‘It was by mere accident,” replied I “Last fall, two or three weeks _after the clection, o lotter appeared in the Chicago Tribune from Lincoln, in which the writer undertook to discuss the polisical outlook. He iuterpreted the call issued for . meeting of the Farmers’ Alliance as pars of the scheme for meeting the democrate, and agreeing upon a divisson of the federal patronage. He represented Tiie BEE a3 one of the mportant factors in the division of the spoils by the democrats, and dec ared that the owners of Tar_ Dak were demozrats, while I was simply edit g the paper for them. This was tition of c:unpz\ifin falsehoods w culated by Jim Laird and his st Second district last fall. As » matterof fact, out of the §50,000 Bek stack I own fourfifthe, My brothers in Cleveland own all but $2,000 of the balance, The only democrat that owns stoc ¢ in Tiix Bri is MaX Moeyer, who owns just one share, and, a3 you know, is nota politician, I wassomewhat provoked over thisletter,and intended firet to contradict throvgh ths Trib- uae, but being suddenly called to Washing- ton, I dropped the matter. When the legia- lature was about to convene I went to Lin- coln and incidentally inquired who was the correspondent of the Tribune, T was told by General McBrido that Hoffman was the cor recpondent, The same day I met the man, who i3 my informant, and we talked over the political “situation, = After giving him my viewe, I referred to the letter in the Tribune a8 a tissue of falsehoods. ‘Who wrote the letter? asked my friend. ‘Hoffman, Dawes’ private secretary,’ eaid I ‘Indeed, are you after that fellow? maid my frisnd; ‘he once served me a very scurvy trick, He borrowed my horse and saddle some years ago, and rode off and sold the property. He was arrested near Springfield, Missouri, and lodged in jail. The sherlff telegraphed me that he had bim in charge, but I finally concluded I would not prosecute him, He was then released. If you write down there yon will get other particulars.” This was a _groat surprise to me, and I questioned my friend at considera- ble lengfih about the matter, and became eat- isfied that Hoffman was a very bad man. Meantime I was called away to the deathbed of my mother in Cleveland, and later on to Washirgton a second time, and the matter, for the time be- some seats for the press, a clean sheat was offered, and to all appearance the conduct of thssale was thoroughly im- partial. That there was alittle straw bidding at first was among the possi- bllities, ‘‘to start things up,” but afcer the first few minutes the buyers needed no urging, active competition belng shown | Th, eo long as the good seats were for sale. The auctloneer prefaced the sale with a humcryus mock heroic speech that was greeted with shouts of laugnter, and then put up the first proscenium hox —D—which was bought for Mra, Theresa Fair at a premium of §150, or $650 in a'l, The nextbox—C—brought only §60 premium, being parchased by J. Rosen- berg ‘“for a friend.” Box H went to Wil ism Dunphey at §50 premium; box F to Isaac Hecht at $30 premium, and box G to “John Smita” at $20 prem- ium, PREMIUMS FOR SEATS, At thls pont the audience clamored for the orchestra seats, and bidding on them was acsordingly started, the fixed price for the seagon of ten evening and two matinee performances boing $44, and the euccessfal bidder belng allowed to chooso any number of seats up to ten. The first premiums pa'd were $12 per saat, and from that time on the prem- iums ranged up as high as $15, held there for some time, and from that point gridually eank to $7. When a'most everything worth having had been sold, the odds and ends of aingle seals left Dbetween groups a'ready pucchased and the rows next to the maueic sold down to $6 and $2 50 prem- iums, The parquette was next offered at an upset price of $44 for the season, premiums ranglog for the first row from 31 to $30 and for the two next rows at from $17 to $22. Then the premiums foll untll, in the last row they were only $2 or $3 and the sale of this portion of the house closed with only 22 seats left on hand, Bidding on the mezzanine b~xes was anything but brisk, the first two brought a premiom of $26 eich on the starting price of $240 and went to R. R. Thompson and Mrs, Merk Hopkins, Then J, G. Severence ra'd $15 for one, and the others dropped down to $12.50, $10 and $5 each, four of them remaining unsold. Seatsin the cress circle, start- ing at $44 were quickly bidin at prem- fums rarging from $20 to £ per seat, according to locati n, every lace in thls portion of tke house Ealng sold, The family circle, starting at $20 for the seascn, brought for the first row $12 premium, forthe second row §8 acd $10, and from there dropped to emall premiums on the rows farthe:t from the stage. After the house had been auctioned by section the few remalning seats In the orcheetra and parquet were put up once more snd were snapped up at moderate remiums, the resalt being thav abso- utely every seat and box in the audito- rium was 5:1d by the timc the sale closed, The gross reccipts for premiums reached the high figurc of $12 711 75, which is by far the largert amount ever recelved in premiums at & similar gale, Nor has it] ever before coourred thet the teats for an entire scason bave been disposed of cn the fiust day cf sale, and csery one of them at & premium, in scme cases rapg- ing to more than seventy-five per cent 8d- vance en the adveiti el price of theecats, ing, dropped out of my mind, When the re- port SR ihod e AbH e testimony before the coroner's jury that was investigating Griffin's death and the facts conne: with the burglary of the state treasury, and the fact was drawn out that Dawes and Hoffman had both held conferences with the detectives before the shooting, it flashed across my mind that Hoffinan might have been deeper in the scheme than has yet appeared on the surface, ’s why T wrote the article,” ““Well,"saidMcConnell, “in your article you charge it upon_Milton ' S. Hoffman, His name is J. M Hoffmann. HeYhas been liv- ng here for years right along, and nobody has ever heard a word against him,” “That may all be," said I. “Many tad men have enjoyed good reputations uctil they were exposed 1 may have made a mistake inthe name, but the Hoffman I mean is Dawes’ seccretary.” ‘l'llluw about that burglary?” ssked McCon- nell, “Never mind about that,” was my reply, ““for the present, I can’t go into the detalls, but I know what I am talking about.” This morning 1 mot Secretary Roggen at the capitol, and ufte talking over tho HofTaun affair, he said, ‘*May you not be mistaken after all? There was a George Hoffman here, on the Dsmo.1at, who was a disso.ute charactor, and who wa ' shot in Denver. He was ot too good for horse stealing or any other thing.” *‘Mr. Roggen,” said I, “there is a bare pos- sibility that a mistake has been made, and if 50 no man would be more sorry than I, and no man could make a more outspoken retrac: tion than I1,” In order to make assurance doubly sure I asked a friend this afternoon to accompany me to the residence of my informant and found bim as positive as ever, *‘Can’t tbere be some mistake about this man Hoffman?" asked the friend who accom- panied me; *‘they suy at the capitol that there 18 8oma other Hoffman,”, “Do I know my house when I see it?” said my informant; **Do I know my wife? Why of course it is J. M, Hoffman, Dawes’ 8- tary. 1ll tell you just how it happened. It was in the summer of 1879, Hoffman was Roivg down south of here to fix some land claims, and he asked me to lend bhim my horse, She wasa bay, which I paid $125 fur, and I had refused $15) for her, I put on & new bridle. Heffman alio asked me to lend h'm a little money, with which he bought some clothing, A week or so after. wards I met au officer (naming the man), who asked me if 1 had lost my borse lately. 1said I hadn’t, But the officer then said he had seen & msn with a mare just like mine a few miles below Firth, which he offered to sell for 810, His suspicions were arouged and he had a no tion to arrest him, I asked him to describe the man, and it answered to Hoffman, and then I felt sure ho bad got away with my horse, Two or three weeks later I received & dispatch from Soringfield, Missouri, n{iug thas Hoffman had been arrested and was held to my order, After thinking it over, I con- cluded not to prosecute him. T wrote him to come back at once with the horse, and as- sured him I would not prosecute, He returned a week or two later, but without the horse, He was haggard in appearance, and threadbare in his clotbes He offered to give me a note for the horse, but would not tell me what Me had done with him, I dido’t waot his note, but had him pay me in iostallments, He paid me $110 altogether, and then got me to kign & contract not to prosecute him in the courts, He hay been behaviog well ever since, but thereis no telling what he might do. 1 'was very much surprised that Dawes made him his secretary, Tuet Fleharty, tne former secretary, and with whom I served In the ~army, aod arked hiwm who WAy w ing tn he his coaREnr. o Bet ot Crtoas trou 1ow will get the governor into soms trouble.’ Fleharty wanted to know why, sud I told him t2e whole story.” The above was substantially the statement made by my informant yesterday afternoon in the heariog «f my friend, who had accom = puled we, "1 have given it in detail becaar o want to show that I am noi in the hebit of iaventing such serious eiiu 1, b tol- | g, chargos, That instance ecannot in obvioue, my motives be impugned s The disclosnres mada sincy the state treasury A putupjob burglary show thi n with pression | here hiss been ties in_the o homwso, o and he was jost the man or Dawes into commiting v Which reflocts discredit E. RosEwATkR, e A WOLI' HUNT, Tho Raids of Wolf' Hunters of Tey upon bis conduct, ington, Corrospondence of Tar Brr, Invinatox, Neb., March ~For months past the cltizens of this hamlet and vicinlty considered and talked over the all-important matter of organizlng for a grand wolf hunt. Excltoment grew high and fina'ly the day was duly fixed upon for the relentloss slavghtor of every dopredatiog wolf. On the momorable day designated officers of varlous grades could be ssen marshaling the ant! wolfish combatants, and they were soon deployed on the southern line toward the clty, and on the north and east and west, enclosing an area of vast extent and sarrounding, it is presumed, no sma'l number of the littlo ravenoas wretches, The lices contracted and #be men all met in the center, bat each wolf acting on his own responsibility soomed to have mot his fellow wolves cutside the linee, unecathed and untorrified, and it has been #ad all the wolves were so delighted that they assembled {hat night on the leeward ¢ido of a hayatack on the “Lit'1a Puplo” and held a roarlng jollification mesting. _Teis or something else again ficed the Yeankee blood and snother hunt, fieres, relontloss and extarminating, tcok placs a fow days ago, and theie motto was “Lst no guilty wolf eseape.” On this oceation your correspondent rosponded to the eall for troops, and with army, two legs and o club, retolved to faco the evemy and aid m wiping ot the barning insnic of the recent defeit 80 well was this campalgn managed and 8> brave onl recolute were cflisers and enlisted mer, and ko carefully were ths yack of prowling wolves surcoundcd that orly foar ercipad! 1 beliove there wis no list made out of the cap- *nred or sleuhterad wolves. Not a man was lost and ro wall content were all that thera was no disputo as to each one's share of the prey and in fact officors and enlisted men, whether horsemon or club- men, all had an equal ehare. It was good day for hunting and I think we could have hun'ed from ihat day to this with equal success, Affer all, the heroes of that day were not content to rest from their pyt record and yestorday stll an- other haot came off and only one wolf es- caped. I think thers will ba no more deallvg in wolf pelts as these mighty Niarods have now abandoned the chase and gone to farming, Among those whcse names for z-al avd brayery are worthy of honorable mentisn are Glmore, Hilbard, Knight and oth- ers, “When will their glory fade; 0, tha wild charga they mads ‘Whilo all the world wondered."” P. S.—Some ars 59 unfeeling as to ob- setve that there was awple opportunity for more wolves to escape 11 they had only Leen thera. But I never foel like thie that Hoffman was capable STATE JOITINGS Ulysses is to have a town hall, A case of hydiophobia is reported at Haste The Sattee reso va is speculative land huators, The man who lifts his times I & sucoessful at now a magnet for 2ng X ‘r‘y', inrge £upbly of corn saved the North oup country from a fuel ! asf days of Pebruary, otibiadodlon Forty thourand fish bites havo | in northern streams, 0 these hard been planted Iy Here's material for t;uulmu on mossy banks with bottled umbng scho odioal jamb lv.\ notify hi ol teacher, who indulges boreo, nas been roquested the ‘board “‘when the spirit is in 80 they might provide a sub, Kearneyites threaton to rosurrec mains of Rovy, 't the ro- andberg to prove that ho was poleoned. His taking off wa pos A straight case of suicide, it (yohn Redie, a sewing machino man at astinge, made an unsuccessful attempt o join the Singers of paradise with a rasor. He will wear Ligh collars in- the futur Nle wiras et o w:::“.m the future and give The county court of Cass holds that 1i ning rods are not necessary i.n,,,.“»m.'.‘:xfifihs‘o schoole, and that the directors of district 70 aro right i refusing to pay a bill of $5) for rods put on one of the schools, b The residenta of O'Connor, are organizing for railrond | tee has been ins & M. and Greeley county, il A commit- tructed to confer with the B, deavor to induce them to build uy from and Island. It1s belloved that the county wonld vote £60,000 in bonds as an inducement, _Hendrick Filinore, a farmor rosid Emcrson, while out’ bunting a !n-w’(‘l";grnn".: shot and dangeronsly wounded himeelf: The accident occarred by wing his gun to support himeelf whilo crostivg u c.eck, and an usual In‘un]ul; lnn(lluul'va the gun slippod, the hammer caught, explodin, e charge, whi 3 Kiliora's hand agd aige, " Wich enterod Mr. Benton Aldtich, of Brock, repo from carefully kept acconnta haying sold 1”:3 bushsla of apples in the last thise years from .]u)m; cres of orchard, varieties maioly Ben L avis, .lm:nl C. E. Whits, Duchess of Olden- borg and Red June, To ano yeur he marketed 643 bushols of C, 1 Whito, Duchess, Tod June axd William's Favorito, & The young lIndies of Plattamonth have or. 1 8 socintion for the purpue of pro- eligible youvg mwen with 100ms whors thoy ill e entertained ani ]r:m B {lilie evet ings away from the dilutad enares that «m h Main stiect. Such iunocent litle A3 moven-up, sinch, progrossive ouchre d maid” can bo indulged without the necessity’ of droppiog a chip i {he poor hox. Vo congratulate the boys, and the girls too. On to Oklahoma, ST. Lovts, Merch 6,—A Lo épeclal to the Post-Dispatch Oklahoma colony, 50 etrong, was organize Lece last night.' Scouts leave Monduy o reconnoiter the grourd and selec 4 opuoer tho g and select o location e e TUTT ana_ (Mo, wys that a S 25 YEARS IN USE. The Greatost Modical Triumph of the Ago! SYMPTOMS OF A TORPID LIVER. Loasofnppetite, Bowels ve, Pain In the hend, with a dull lon in t buck part, Pain under should blade, Fullness after onting, with a di clination to exertion of body or mind, Irritability of temper, .0 spirits, with n feeling of hnving neglected some duty, Wenrineas, Dizziness, Fluttering at the Henrt, Dots before the H msking insidious remarks about wolf hen ers. N, never. . — A little fire is quickly trodden o ‘Which, bewg u?[!eredy; rivers cnn‘l‘:&;fi quench, Procrastination may rob you of time, but by increased diligence you can make up the loss; but if ic rob you of life the loes {sirremediable. 1f your health is delloato, your appetite fickle, your eleop broken, your mind depressed, your whole being out of sorts, depend upon it you are rerlously iteased. In all such cases Dr. Pierce's *‘Golden Medical Discovery” will speedily affact a genuine, radical core—make a new man of you and save you from the tortures of lingering dis- esse, ———— IMPIETIES, Dr. Tanver, the faster and bumbug, is a resident of Dona Ana county, N. M., where ho is devoting himself to the propcgation of now religion, founded on a new bible, rovealed to a new prophet. Happloess can pever relgn in a church where the choir is divided and the soprano in. sists that the tenor does not pay his wash bill and tho tenor hints that the soprano owes for her back hair,—[Fall River Advance, _One of the prominent citizens of Adairs- ville, Ga., fell asleep in church last Sunday. His wife, sitting by, Pnahed him gently to arouse him, when the ‘'cld soldier.” in a half wleepy way, cricd out audibly, “Oh, get up Molly, and make the fire yourself,” . Tho ladies of a Cleveland church determ- ined on o “hen party” sleigh-ride by night, The affair was a great success, and no end of wossip passed round, and any smount of con. fidence was indulzed in, till a deep guffaw, fol- lowed by a smoothered titter, revealed ' the fact that one of the less demure young ladies had lent some back hair and other accoutre- ments to her best young man and the drive was finished in silence that might be felt. A clergyman at Cambridge preached a sor- mon whih one of his auditors commended. *‘Yes,” said the gentleman to whom it was mentioned, 'it was a good sermon, but he stole it to the preacher, He resented 1t, and led on the geutleman to 1e- tract what he had sald, “I am not,” replied the aggressor, “‘very apt to retract my words, but in this instance I will. 1 said you had stolen the sermon; I find I was wrong, for on mK return home, and referring to_the book whence I' thought it was taken, I found it there, Last Sunday a tsoston congregation was mysteriously seized, in the midst of s service of song with a paroxysm of uncontrollable sneezing, First the children, then the choir, and at length nearly the whole assembly, the preacher incInded, broke out into involuntary convulsion, When the premises were searched by the astounded sexton amid the cachination ot the boys, the cause of the ridiculous catas- trophe waafound to be a cargo of peppsr, which, during the previous week lus‘} been stored in the celisr. The enterprising trus- tees had rented the placeto a wholesale grocer, !*Did you go tn Sunday-school to-i 1d you, Robby?" 4 day, w1 You see, I"— reful! I want only the plain trath, y. “Yen, 'm, Well, you see—I was readin’ the other day what Mr, Moody said about skatin’ bein’ & good thing if you only skated for the glory of God, and 8o I started early and took my skates 'along to show Jimm; Green how @ good little boy that minged his mother and went to Sunday school regular could skate thebuttons off'n'a bad little boy a8 stayed on the ponds all duy Sunday when he ought to be Euuin'n hisself up on the scrip- tur's. I brought the Sunday school iu ahead every time, and don’t vou forget it!" o o— BKIN DISEASES OURED, By Ur, Frazier's o Ointment, Oures if by magic: Pimples, Black Heads or Grub Blotches and Eruptions on the face, leaving kin clear and beautiful, Also cures Itch, Rhoeum, Sore Nipples, Sore Lips and old, g&llt:dn‘m Ulgfl:l réold u;xy druggists, or on receipf oo, cents, BSold Knhnt.flo.mdos'Goodmm. L A fall line of Lyons celebrated um- bre'las st J. D. Mcore's with I, Liber- man, 122 8, over the right cye, Re) mer atful drenms, Ilighly colored Urine, ONSTIPATION. TUTT'S PILLS aro especially adapted to such cases, one doso effects such :hange of feeling as toastonish tho sufferer. They Increase the A ppetite, boay %o "Fake ou Fletit, i 'the oy nourished, and by their Tonic Action on the Digestive Organs, ltegular Stoolsare Fodncht brine S, A Murrny Se.N.¥e TUTT'S HAIR DYE. GRAY HAIR or WHISKERS changed to A GL0835Y BLACK by o single application of this DYE. It imparts a natural color, acf instantaneously. Sold by Druggiats, or sent by express on receipt of $1L. <Jffice, 44 Murray St.. New York. o,and cause the stem 13 487 CAPITAL PRIZE, 75,000 27 TICKRTS ONLY §6. SHARES IN PROPORTION Dol 1 State Lottery Company ‘“We do hereby certify that we supervise the ar rangements for all the Monthly and Semi-Annua Drawings of the Louisiana State Lottery Company and in person manage and control the Drawings themselves, and that the same are conducted with honesty, fairness and in good faith toward all par- ties, and we autdorize the company to uze this cer- tificate, with fac-similes of our signatures attached in its advertisements." Louisiana COMMISSIONERS, Tncorporated In 1563 fcr 26 years by tho legisl for scucational and "nhl:ll’é‘la AL canital of £1,000,0.0—to whioh a 1¢ervo fand of §050 000 has slnce been added. tioner By ur overwhelming popuiar voto its tranchise wasmade a part of the pre:ent state con adopted December 2. A b 1670, cnsibiien The only lottery o:er voted on the people cf any state It nover scales or posty one. Ita grand single numter drawiogs take place monthly. A SYLENDID OPFOR UNITY T0 WIN A PORTUNK, THIRD GRAND DRAWING, CLASS C, IN TIK ACADENY Music, Nrw Onueaxs, TURSDAY, MAKCH 10, 1585, 178uh MONTILX DRAWING, CAPITAL PRIZE, 75,000. 100,000 Tickets at $3 each., Fractions, Tifths, in operation, [ — izo, do and endorsed by Capitai Py do 20 Prizes of 100 Prizos of 800 Pr zes of 600 Prizos of . 1000 I lzes of 2. . APPRONIMATION 9 Approximation I'rizes of §760 9 do do 506 9 do do 250 . . Application for mtes to cluts shorld be made to theottics cf the Company in New Orloans, For furth:r information wril address. POSTAL NOTES, Eapress Money Orders, or New YOrk | xchauge 1n’ordinary lotter, Gorrency by Fapress (all sums of 46 and 3 wards 88 our ex, pense) sddressed, M. A. DAV Ar M. A. DAUPHIN, HKBAUrI:AEnlf‘L., Nt U%N""n%‘ gl., Washiogton D, ) wke P 0. Monex Order bi ’ Reglaterod Lotéors to POIA0 and’ Milioms NEW OBLEANSBNATIONAL BANK Now Orleaus, La. PKOPOSALS ¥OR OAK PILING, OMANA, February 20th, 1585, The Unfon Pacific Railway Company will reseive ne :n M.lltllh‘u;lmhi feet m're or lees of g, Omaba and Kansas City delives n, 1855, as follows: ¢ Salivery, “Gati) Length, No. Length, vl HE B P sols 0 86ty to clearly giving full No. Length 165 Boit 207 140 ) 35 ‘) ot 78 w0 v 142 25t i BPECIFICATIONS, To e o' white or Liur osk of good ¢ sound, thrifty t mber, to be free fra or Plack knots, nct loss th ter at the top, and not loss tha in diaweer st Lutt; siraight, not mo clghth their diameter out of lin 1o bo b ked, Address 418 £) J Oinnhis, Acbraska lity, out from otten, th tany one point, Al J. BURNS, Gen'l Storckeopery 8, It CALLAWAY, Genoral Managor,