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

N THE DAILY BEE--SATURDAY, JULY 18, 1885. LINCOLN. Tucidents of the Day at the Capital of the State. An Asthmatic Wheeze From a Pensioned Tmbeoile. Benefit of the New System of Bond Investigation—Notes About the State House, THE DAY AT LINCOLN, MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS, Reported by The Bre's Bureau Liscowy, Neb,, July 17.—The topica- man In the Journal in his first drive at the Lincoln correspondent falls down as usual in one of Lis jealous fits and inten tlonally mlrquotes, The sale of lots in Woest Lincoln occurred on the 14:h in the afterncon, and Inthe Ber of the 15th, Inst. we said: *‘The Iot sale at West Lincoln was a great succees Slxteen thousand dollars worth were gold, the lots averaging $161 a plece. Some sold as high as $400.” On the 15th of July several lots were sold at private sale and the Brk man was Informed by the Hon, Thomas Kinnard that it amounted to over $2,000 as wlill be noticed in the let- ter In tho Bee of the 1Gth. The un- kindest cut of all was that he tried to compare the Bee correspondence with the Lincoln Jouraal, *‘the poorest paper In the state.” For local and state news the Bk courts a comparison of the Lin- coln correspondent with the local depart ment of the State Journal which I8 near ly always from a day to a weck behind. State Superintendent Jones is ,in at- tendance at the Natlonal Educational assoclation at Saratoge, N. Y., which closes to-day. Mr. Jones will return home the latter part of next week and will spend the next two months In visit- Ing county institutes, which are just be- ginnlng. Most of them will be held in this and next month, The secretary of state yesterday slgned $18,000 worth of school bonds fesued by ths clty of Kearney for school bullding purposes. The system adopted in this state for reglatration and ex- amination of all bonds by the secretary and the auditor of stale has proven very valuable both to the seller and buyer of theso bonde, ae the ex- aminers will not cortify thom unloss they come within the Jimit of the law, and then they are reported bask to ths county from whence they are lssaed, so the assessmonis aro properly levled and no default In Interest occure. Under this eystem over $2,000.000 fn bonds have been examined, and in sil the quibbling ond fues ahout bonda which eo frequently occurs, tho judgment of the examiners has been sustained fn overy cae. Under the new law regulating the sale and leasing of echool lands no person can purchase more than G40 acres nor shall any lands be sold for les thon $7 per acre or the avpraieed value thereof in additlon to the Improvements on the land. Applications for a lease of school lands must ba made to the county trens- urer in which the land is sltuated and in countles where townshlp organization is in force applicatlons are to be made to the chalrman of the board. The com- missloner or three of the bosrd of supar- vlsors make the appraisemoent. Aside from theee changes the law ls similar to the old one. The contract for the bullding of the Norfolk asylum s being prepared and Mr. King, the contractor, has notified the board that he will be here next weck 1o sign the contract and file his bond. The fore in tha auditor’s office is buey praparing the grand assessment roll. The state treasnrer is {aking a breath- ing spell having been kept busy paying enumerators Warrants. The town of Bennott supplies a large share of the cases In the courts of this city. Hardly a woek paesca but somo of its inhabltants are here prosecuting or defending, an” frequently both sides en- gagod aro from that busy town. James O Brien and William O'Connell “got into a tussle Thursdsy nlght, and in tho melee one of them shot a pistol, which attracted thoe attentlon of the police. The perties were then arrested, trled before Juztica Cochrane yesterday for aggravated asssult, snd fined twenty dollars end costs splece, Heavy fines will stop so much of this brulsivg and caroless handling of pistols,and Cochrano sgems to b3 onto it, Briefs tn the ciso of Grahsm, county treasurer of Loncaster county, sgaiuat the state suditor were filed yesterday. Tala 13 the ¢ in which tho auditor re fuged to draw bis w for corantesions an malo of achosl lind Amorg the prominent arivala of the dey were: W. W lewln, § ui G, M. Holmes, Tanmas Yu'e, iI. C. Ewing, G. H. Powere, Beatrice; 0. N. Doiiz, R, Wheeler, A, H Fiteh sud wife, Omahn; Judge Norval, Seward; W. L. Browlre, Plattsmouth; T. L, Chase, Dorchester; Japt. Ya'e, Beatrice; Capt. Shirely, Juniata; Capt. Henry, Fremont; Capt. Herron, Bratelee; J. Capity, Nohracka Clty; ex-Governor Butlor, Pawnee Oliy; ex-Governor U. N, Conger, Sioux City. The meeing of the Grand Army reunfon committee here to day was largely for the purpose of gettingthe governor to comply with a resolution of theleslslatura In regard to drawlng tents for tbe reunlon, but as heretofore the governor atsolutely refused to extend the favors to the old guards oven when it would pot cost the state givern- went & dollar, This s a dlrect result to every member of the lastleglala- ture who voted for that resolutisn, aod a personal sifront to every ex-union soldier of this state, and wlll be remembersd ty the twenty odd thousand s)ldler boys who were in the ranks at the time thelr country needed them and the governor was, a8 he eays, then too young to hear the call, Lat him make the requlsition and then no blame will attach to him if he can't get them, Baoa Lindsey had his watch chain and ring stolen on Thureday night from his room. It isthought to be the work of some af his help. At a meeting of the grand army re- union committee they declded that the tents belonging to the department which were left at Fremont last year should be msrked and shipped to Capt. Henry, quartermafter of the jreunlon commlittee, at Beatrtce, on or before September 1:t, will be recelpted for and returnad free of ciarge to partiesjor poste, Partles de- siring tents cin] be supplied on the rounde. It wos suggested that the dif orent state organizatlons purchate tents sixteen by twenty-fonr feet for head- quarters purposes, . ' Aeslstant Adjatant- Geeneral Shirly, of Junfata, was re(uested to correspond with the secretaries of the various state organizations la regard to this plan, The local reunlon commit- teo was instructed to offer a prize for the best tnformed and drilled lodge of Kn'ghts of Pyithias In tho inter states; also to procure, if nct too expenelve, the at- tendance of the Flambeau club of Topeka, Kan., Gen. Manderson to use his en- deavors to eecure the attendancs ot Gen. Sherman snd Gen, Logan. Goveraors Fairchild of Missourl, and Alger of Michlgan, have signlfied thelr intentlon of being present. The pawenger agents of roads In the atate were Invited to meet the reunlon committee in Beatrice on the 27th of Jaly to arrange rates and details, The local committee 1sto arrange headq uarters for the Kaneas visitors, Capt Yule goes to Omaba to-morrow in connection with the reunion work, — STATE JOITINGS. The paper mill at Weat Point is prospering, Codar county paid $10,00) state taxes this year. Cherry county is valued st 610,000 and owes only 4,000, The new city direstory for Fremont beats the state census by 1,600 A building fund association is helping home builders at Dakota City. Twonty-five men are at work_on the Swed- ieh Lutheran church at Wakefield. Dakota City has ordained that shade trees must be planted along the sidewalks, Tha Journal thinks Plattsmouth has been bled unmercifuily by foreign attorneys, Tortune telling gypsies are gathering up quarters from tha weaklings of Wakefield, Mrs. Mary Gilmore, the mother of Tatrick 8. Gilmore, tho well ' known Dindmaster of Boston, died on Saturday at Plattsmouth, The editor of the (iage county democrat has o libel suit and a ten-pound boy baby on his hands, There are joys oven in the country editor’s life, John Lindsey, formerly of Plattsmouth, has Deen arrested, charged with inflicting the in juries which resulted in tho death of Kehoe, at Weeping Water, The attorney of Nebraska City claims the city is not regularly organized as one of the second class, and that a new election must be held to comply with the law. Jack Davis, the Nebraska City tough who assanlted Andrew Heinrich, has skipped the conntry, Oneof Heinrich's arms was com- pletely paralyzed by a blow with a chair, The Nebraska Clam Bake association will hold the snnual feast on the Elue river near Crote, to-day. A rubber waist band and a cork scrow are the insignia of membsrahip. Stacia Fontaine, from Omaha, put up at a hotel in§ Columbus Monday night and wa found dead in bed tha next morning. Four J. Jones and lady of Culbortson,Neb,,” registered and cecupied one room at a hotel in Crete the other night. It turned out that Jones is a prominent bloat of Lincoln, an ex- editor, and a married man, and ‘Mrs. Jones” a fast and fly femalo who circulates botween Hastingsand McCook. They were bourced. A Grand Teland physician attempted to tamen hacking broncho and show off his horsemanship 1 the presenca of & young lady to whom he was paying court. The animal did not_appreciate the il man, and sud- denly clovated his hind:uarters, sending_the doctor headforemost to grasa, 1t was a fatal fall to his prido, A mutuni insurance ogent induced Mrs,© O'Keefo of Tecumseh, to wvest $25 in o policy. Sho gave her note for the money, but waen the examiner reported against her the company rofused to issue the policy and kept the note, which has sinceturned up in the hands of @ third party, Mrs, O'Keefe proposes to prose- cute the swindlers. “‘Plattsmonth,” says the Journal, “is not vily in debt. Shaowes probably, all told, $125,000. and has property worth a a fuir valuation, threo million dollors to pay 1t with, Tmprovements are going up on_every hilltop and in evory valley, Her men of business are doing well; manufactures ara springing up and the kum of industry, the sound of the hammer and saw snd the' song of machinery is heard on every band.” Hans Rogshman, farm hand, made an in decent exhibition of his pereon before the fawily of Robert Waugh, a farmer nea Grand Island, and when Waugh objac Hans knocked him down with a rock_aud de. molished geven teoth. This stirred Waugh's dander and he turned himsolf loose. When Hans was gathered np be looked as if o mule's trip hammers had fallen on him, Rosshinan ia a green lussian, but he doos not f esl fresh as he did ten days ago. He is in juil, GETTING BiGGER. A Pulman Car Bupcerintendent Obe servea the Condition of Crops. Mr. L. M. Beanett, suparintend the I, dlvision of the sompany ¢ nt o Pallmen Pal. csterday from tanded toue over the western roads where bis tarritory extends, Quito re- cently, the Palman Car servico in this alatrict hag heen onlarged, extonded and increased, Iv used to be only from Omahs to Ogden, but now extends to Denver, Salt Lake and Portland. The Kansis Pacific divieicn of the Unlon Pacific and Danver & Rio Grando roads hava ulso beenadded. Mr. Bennett reports that in all his travels no such prorpects for blg crops were secn in any place as Ne- braske shows, TLe corn {s simply im- mepse, the wheat blg, oats good and small products abundant, beyond {mag- inatlon, OF courae these fine crops glve gmmhu of good tlmes, which make a appy people. READY AND WAITING. Mayor Boyd Says He is Anxious to Meet the Council Committee, The councll committeo croated la Tueeday night, In compllanco with reso- lutions introduced by Mr, Faray, regard- ing Mayor Boyd’s munleclpal appolnt- ments, to walt upon his excellency snd attempt to effect a satisfactory under- standing, has not yet taken astlon of eny kind, The mayor sald to a Bee reporter yesterday that he was ready, wait ing and willing to meet the committee at apy time and agrea with them on whatever seemed to be fair in the mat'er. When asked whether he proposed to talk viadact with Charles sent to Beatrice. A commiitee was appolated to try and get the use of the tents belonglng to the Chataqua socloty Crate and the Bennett Hollness association, S:ore'ary of State Roggen was sppointad 8 com- mittee on the procurlog and transporta- tion of tants from 8@ Louis; also adver tleinz and transportation, Col, Colby was appoioted s committee to procure arms fcr use o the tham battle, and Co'. Wooster, of Bilvir Croek, to organizs the csvalry corpe. It was ordered that all private and post teats, which are plainly Franc!s Adams any more whilo that indi- vidual is in the city, Mr. Boyd eaid he understood tho whole matter bad been left in Mr. Calloway’s handa to do with it whatever he pleased and thonght best to be done. —— Captured by Cupid, Marelage licsnses were issued yester- day by Juige McCulloch to Charles Babbel and Minnle Llesenberg; Mitchell Fleming and Kittle Cole; Joseph Sadike and Frances Zanecz RUMBLINGS BY RAIL. The Omaba and Conncil Blufls Pacl in Session, Preparing For Greater Shipments ot Stock Than Ever Before— Notes and Personals, Saveral people have made inquirics within the past two or three days about the Omaba and Oouncll Blaffs pool and what it really is. A Beg reporter songht information yesterday at headquarters and Is probably able to throw a few rays of light on the matter. Somo years ago an arrangement was entered into between roads from Chicago that run {nto Oouncil Bluffs and the Union Pacific company whereby their prorata of freight oarnings on goods shipped to Nebraska polnts may be “divled” without going over the thousands and thousands of bills of lading, one at a time, and alft out each company’'s proportion. Kvery two yoars the froight departments get together at Councll Bluffs and have & settloment. Tkat Is what they are dolng now, and It wlll require several days to complete the work. The Unlon Pacific company ls making great preparatlons just now, for trana- porting the cattle that will commense to be shipped about the 1st of August, In Nebraska, Wyoming, Oregon and Da-. kota, thore are thousands and thousands of fat,sleek bovines that will be sent to the markoets after that date, and the great msjority of them will have to reach the Miesourl rlver over the Union Paclfic road, To successfully and safely trane- port theee cattle and doit on fast schedale time, the company Is making its cars very strong and supplylng them with air brakes. Already a fow large shipments are being made. Ons hundred and fifty car-loads are expected from Pine Rldge to-day. Most of thess will probably be stopped here and slaughtered at the Union stock yards, A lerge gang of imported Italian graders are working on the big cut on the Omaha & St. Paul road near DeSota. They board and bunk In freight cars at the depot, and cook in bake ovens dug in the bank. Sunday Is ganeral wash day. They are a jovial and happy gsng and thelr fandangos, with songs and violins, draw crowds from the sarrounding farms, The managers of the Sloux City & Des Molnes railrcad have purchased a bunch of fifty-seyen lots In Sloux City for ter- minal facilitles. The price pald was $20,- 000. The company is composed of active businees man, who propose not only to bulld the line mapped cut, but to aid any company needing tsrminal facilities in lowa's western metropolis, Grading has already been commenced on the Black Hills branch of the Norta- western road between Chadron, Nebras- ka, and the Cheyenne river. Three hun- dred teams and double that number of men are camped on the trall. The coun- try between the White river and the Cheyenne 1s well adapted for railroad operations, and rapld progress wlill be made. No reasonable doubt now exists that the northesn terminus will be within eighteen hours’ ride of Deadwood before enow flles. That it will approach closer remains to be seen. A little G year old girl, wearing o tag commending her to the care of traln men aad passengers and stating that she was going from Leadvllle to Butte City, was a passenger on DMonday night's train jhrough Laramie. The tag also said: “Do unto others as ye would that they should do unto you. “It {8 rumored In raflroad circles,” s3ya the Grand Island Independont, “‘that our genial U. P. agent at this point, fs to be promoted to the positlon ot suparin- tendent of the St. Joo & Western divis- lon. While we would be plessed to see the sorvices of 8> efficten’ an officar re- cognizad by higher promotion, yet o his prosent potitlon Mr. Moore has acqatred 80 many fricnds that his place with the businees men and merchants and shippers of Grand Island would be hard to fili acceptably. Particalarly among the rall road boys, would he be greatly missed, if his dutles called him elsewhere.” The boys around the B. & M. depot played a rich joke on Charloy Homoline, the genial baggageman, the other day. For further particulars enquire at the B. & M. depot. The Danver overland train (first sec- tlon) arrived hslf an honr late last even- Ing, the second section coming in mbout nine o'clock, Mr. Jokn G. Taylor, formerly freight auditor of tho Unlon Paclfic, but now goneral freight egent of the St. Marle, Minnespolis & Turtle Lake railroad, with headquarters at Minneapolls, is in the city. ¥. B. Whitney, the genial Chlcago, St. Paul, Minnespslis & Omsha gentleman, who looks after passenger business bero, bas gone up to White Bear Lake, Min- nesote, on & trip that combines pleasuro and business. J. W. Smith, the assistant to Mr. Whitney, has been promoted to the poeition of gen- eral traveling agent, and leaves for St. Paul this worping to pnt on his now harness, Charles Brown succeeds to the position he vacates bero, James McCabe, frefght agent for the 0., St. P.,, M, & O, at this city, went cut over the line yesterday., Mr, Me- Cabe is enjoying & vlelt from his son Frank, ot Chicago. e — IMPIETIES, A man in Tllinois asked a court to change his name from Sheol to Shrady, Ho thinks that tho scriptural revision renders tho changs desirable, An exchange ssys: ‘A prohibitionist is very often one who wanta the saloons closed, but would 1ot wish to interfers with the manufacture of demijohns,” In Arkansas the law forbida the building of asaloon within two miles from a church; hence the natives build the saloon first, and then erect the church just across the way, The reason theve bas not been any frantic rush to secure copies of the revised edition, it is said, is that the old-fashioned book makes a good enough center- tablo ornament for tho majority of folks, “No,” said the Vermont descon, *1 don’t approve of hoss racin,'and when another mem: ber of the church becomes g0 godless as to try to psss meon the road comin’ home from meatin’ I feel it my duty to the cRurch to let out & lectle on the rains, just to keep him from puttin’ his trust in earthly things. At one of the churches inthe Miseouri river region at a recent Sunday evening ser vice, the musquitoss were very ani to both pulpit and pew, and as the preacher was bald-headed, there was quite an audible smile among the ' sinful suficrers when ha lined the bymp, "0 cover my defenssless Lead, “‘Yes," thundered the preacher from the pulpit, “‘the haira of cur head are 'l number ed.” I wonder where the back numbers go to?” eaid the buld headedman in tne front pow, rubbiog his shinning scalp, Do as 1 do—get & reprint,”’ said the man bshind him, and he took off his wig and faaned tae flies away with it. The Rev, Mr, Siytes, of Bungton (4 usher in up-town church) ~Will you show me to a pew, please? Usher—You_can take any of the back pews, sir. The Rev. Mr, Slytes— But [ am the itev, Mr, Slytes, of Bungton. Usher—That don't make any differsnce, sir, The back paws can_be occupied by _snylody who behaves himself.— [New York Times, “Well, Johnny," said his mother, “‘did you have a pleasant time at the Sundsy_echool picnic?” “Naw,"” Johnny growled. “I dida't get nothin’ to eat but a san’which an’a couple of dry ccokies with red san’ eprinkled on tep,’ “Why, what becama of the beautiful chocolate eake and chicken salad that T gave you to contribute?” “The superintendent and the teachera eat ‘em.’ A tramp applied at the back door for aesist ance just as the minister's family was pre paring for prayera, My good man,” said the minister kindly, ‘'we wiil be olad to have you join ns in our deyotions, after which you will receive anice breskfast, ‘‘Certainly,” replied the tramp graciously, * show me right in, A man who s kicked and buffeted about the world as I am onght not to be squeamish in the facs of a square meal,” The Baptist Weekly says: ‘'Lt polpits worenot made 80 often such a genoral adver tising agency it would bo well, ~The bell man who in earlier days used to perambulate vil lage or town to announce important events, has become obsolete, and it is to be hoped that vocal proclamations ot strawberry and waste paperfestivals, steamboat excursions concerts, and othsr worship inspiring notifi cations, will soon coase to be made from the pulpit.” 1t is charged alrendy _against Sam Jones, the southern reyivaliet, Ewho says a gentieman should never take a lady's arm in an emer gency and that there was wrath and deepair in tho boiling jack pot and the seven deadly pina in the german, that, in epreading the Gospal he spreads it very thin, Places he has visited have already relapsed into wick edness and the millennium has failed to ar- rive, Kmotional religion appears to bo now what it haa always bosn—good enough but short-lived, like the strawberry crop. An out-of-town parson was taking leave rocently of & congregation with whom he had not lived on the best of terms, I do not regret our separation, dear brethren, for three rood and valid reosons. The first i8 that you don’t love me, the second that you don’t Tove one another, and the third that God does not love you, You don't love me—my ealary is soveral months in arrears; you don’t love one anothor - or there would not be such a dearth of marriages amongst you; and God doesn't seem £ love you a8 you ought to be loved, be- causa there have been so few funerals among pou lately,” LOCAL BREVITIES. —rtenry Hali nas sued out an attachment on the goods of Wada Martin, a colored man here, who he claims is going to leave the city. —Bruno Astmeyer, a laboreremployed on a new building now going up on the corner of Tenth and Jackson streots, fell from the sec- ond story yeaterday, and sustained several bad bruites on his head, 1o will be around in afow days. —A praise service will be held in the St. Marys avenue Congregatioval church to-mor- row oveniag at § o'clock, after which Sabbath evenivg sorvices will be discontinued for two months, The pastor, the Rsv. Willard Szott, will remain in the city during July and August, and will preach regularly on Sab- bath mornings, —Mr. H. G, Clark tells of a very narrow escape which he had from being knited by a tenant of his whom he had ordered out of a house on account of delinquency in rent. After the Teuton had been told to leave, he said to Mr. Clark, “If T vos voing to leave dot house, I guess dot I don’t seddlo mit you,” To this Mr, Clark anawered in a way of remonstrance, when the German pulled out a knife, and perhaps would have done Mr. Clark harm had not that gentleman taken piompt meas- ures of provention. | —— PERSONAL, ', W. Kitchen has gone to Denver. I. E. Burdick has gone to Chicago. Mesers, A. D. and E, Brandes left for New York last ovening. Miss Lizzio Mater, of Blair, is in the city, st)pping at the Paston, Mrs. E. E. Whitnoro has pleasant visit to Chicago, Hon, Georgo H, Hummel, of Grand Island, i3 in the city on business. E.L. Reed and daughter, Water, are guests at the Paxton, H. H, Shedd and wife, of Ashland, ore in the city, quactered at the Paxton, W. J. Dent loft yosterday for o two weeks visit with parents at Milan, Mich, L. P. Lennard, of Lincoln, is in thocity, yesterday, and is stopping at the Paxton, Miss Lottie Metz has just returned to ber home hera from i three years' stay in New returned from a of Weeping Tunter, Norfolk; A. G. Smith, Cak- ). M, Carter, Ashland; A, C, Frey, r, are at the Arcade, L H. J. Stern and family of Louisville, enroute to San Diego, Cal, aro tho guezts of Mr, and Mrs, Harte, i225 Corby has and will eastern gona east b, Now York and the A z places before her return, Miss Kate M, Rabhauso hee, formerly of Owah fow days, Koesters, now of Milwau iting hero for Mrs. B L 18y the guest of Mr, and Mr. Mortenson, the Farnam strect tailor, left for Swoden yeeterday and will spond sev- eral yeara in the old country visiting the scenes of his nativitg. Miss Mary Eleda Derby, of Autelope, N, Y., isin the city, the guest of Rev, Mr. Harris, She will slog at the First Baptist church to-morrow, D, A, B, Kibhe, Shoshone, Idaho, bas boon in the city for a few days, yisiting with his brother, (iaorge, R. Kibbs, cashier at the Paxton hotel. He returned to his western home yesterday, Judge Brandles has returned from Loup City where he had been on business for the last few days, He reports splendid crops in that vicinity. Grading has already been com- menced on the Sherman county railroad branch, W. H. Conger, Loup City; 8, E. Tooker, Ogden; Aug, Siltberg, Wisner; J. M. Hauna, Spriogfield; H W, McBride, Blair; P, H Lyons, Denver; Al Waters, Harlan, Iowa; W. E. Smith, Sioux City; N, Stokes, Ord, are at the Canfield, —— Settlea His Debt, Some mention was mads a day or s since of the case of Jalius Lund, the gay bat dishonest young man who had left Omaha and sbout 200 worth of debts, and skipped out for Kaneas, His prop- ecty which he bad constgned to the dos- tination was not pcomptly shippad and was attached by Oonstable idgerton, Lund became oneasy after a day or so, and last nlght a settlementof the debt!was efivoted throngh his wife who came here yesterday to ‘‘sse what was the matler,’ The entire matter bas been eatlafactorily adjusted, and Mz, Lucd has now the rllum. to move his bsggage where he ple THE BLUFFS COUNCIL. Rontite Basiness Enlivened Dy Some Ht Words, The Keorganization of the Police Force Again Postponed, COounell Bluffs Correspondence, At the meeting of the conneil last evening all the aldermen were present except Alderman Shugart. Tho clty marahal was sent out after tho oty englneer, to got hlm to report conceralng the proposed mow grado of North Second strect, The marshal soon reported that he had found the city engineer on the straet golng home, saying that his report was not completed, and he was feollng slck and must go home, A number of the property owners were present wasting for some actlon in the matter and seeming quite Indignant, and one of them claim- ing that the englncer was purposely ab- sent to caute delsy, the motion was made by Alderman Sledentopf that the marshal ¢o after him and bring him_in, “‘desd or alive.” While the marshal was gone the mwill kept grindirg ou! business of minor importance. A petitlon of citizons wes presented asking that peddlers and loafers bo not allowed to stand at the corner of Main and Broadway, half of the council being signers of the potitlon. No action was taken, The city engineer betng brought In allve, reported on the Second street grade, sald grada to bo sixteen foet in a hundered, from Geant street to Flotcher avenue. The citlzens petitioned for no more than fourteen feet In a hundred. Mr. Croesland, Mr. Foster, Mr, Keller, Mr. Wies and others of the petloners ex- pressed thelr viewe. Ald. Sledentopf moved that the city englneer prepare a grade as requested by the petitlonera, Property-owners on Benton and Har- rison streets were requested to meet the englneer at 10 o’clock this moraing, at tha oity bullding, to consult concerning the grade. The clty attorney declined to offer any report on the common carriers’ ordinance as 1t had been prepared by private counsel engaged by the petitioners. Alderman Mynster as presiding ofticer gove City Atterney Holmes a sharp lecture, telling him that he did not understand his dutles. The city attorney then gave the pre- riding officer_an ¢qually sharp rejolnder and was called to order. Tho dispute got hot and Alderman Mynster checkad nimeelf by saying he would not say things in the chate which he might say oat of it. The city attorney told him to go right ahead. Alderman Mynster then eald that he heard that the clty attorney had sald that he knew more than Christ. The olty attorney sald he snever eaid any euch thing, but that Vaughan and Mynster thought they knew more, The stormy squabble ended without blood, the councll ipstructing the city at- torney to prepare an ordinance in regard to common carriers. The clerk was instructed to advertlee for bids for paving and eidewalk on weat s'de of Oakland avenue, from Rosa street to Washington avenue, Capt. Hathway reported In favor of the removal of Special Police Jackaon, serv- ing without pay, In the southwestern part of the city, the cause stated being con- duct unbecoming an office Referred. Judge Keatley, who s compiling the ordinances, ssked for fustructions in re- gard to puitivg into the new book the saloon license ordinances. He thought they sbould be left out except the peo- ple's “*pop ordinance.” On motion, he was Instructed to omit all such ordinances, Sopervisor Ross was instructed to pre- pora approaches to both sldes of the Bixth street brldge and the temporary bridge there removed, a3 being unssfe. Ald, Siedentopf moved that the street car company be required to extend lts tracks up Broadway to Babbitt's place, and fallure to do so within tbirty days would cause a forfeltura of the charter, #o far as it covered that part of the strect. Carcled, It was stat:d thet another company deslred to zot a charter and make this a part of thetr lne, if the old company did not do so. A brick eldewalk was ordered oa the wost slde of Sixth Street, from Broadway to the creek. The ordinance In regard to police was presovted. It provided for not more than a chlef ard captain, patrol- men, and twenty epeclsle, the latter to be psid’only when called on o act, the coun- cil to pay the police by eilary, or by fecs as seemed best. The ordinance was passed to second roading, and was referred, to be reported on next Monday evening. After consldering come sldewalk met- ters, adjournment was taken until that time, Councis ssinfis Crumba, Prof, v. E, Todd, of Tabor college, arrlved in Councll Bluffs yesterday, and will go from here to Colorado, on a geological survey, atiended by C. A, Love, of Tabor, T. C. Jobnson, who used to be police- man at Bayliss park, has been notifylng hisineighbors that he has'been o troubled with boys steallng frult from his orcherd, that he has put polson In some of the apples so that the thleves may ba cavght. Capt. Hathaway of the police ferce, llving near Jackson, now proposes to have Jackson prosecuted under the state law. Whether Jackeon really put polson in his frult or not, his own boast that he has done g0 may cause h!m mnch trooble. Ella Wirt entertalned a party of forty of her little friends yesterday afternoon Their bright faces made sunshiue In the garden, aud the house was filled with the muslc of thelr volces. A democratic paper has blossomed out at Oskalooza, Fifty sheriffs have bz exchanging yarns at Spirit Lake this week, Gecrge Stlnson, a leadiog farmer of Maritta township, Marshall county, was killed while etacking graln cu his farm Mondasy. Sylvestor Wiley, convicted at Des Moiues of manslaughter, has been denfed & new trial and ecatenced to two yearsin the peuitentiary. The hotel and eatlog house keopers of Tows will hold thelr seventh annual meeting at Masonlc Iustitute hull at Colfax, on Auguet 12, Tae West Bide gua clob clalms some of the best shots in the state, and is anxionsly looking around for a match with any club in the atale. The D:s Moines annual conference of the Me hodist Episcopal church meets in tha capital olty, Septamber 17. Soms 250 delegates are expected to be in attendance. The recontly tabalated statement o the condition of all the savings bavks in lowa, mado by J. L. Brown, saditor of state, shows the total assets to be £8,781,651.62, Thomas J. O'Brien, an ex-judgs cf Davepport, foll from s second story window and cracked bis tkull. He was full of mixed drinks at the time. His injarles are of a dangerous type, The Cedar Raplds poatgilice on Satur day last recovered £000 from the First National bank in that town, the amount haviog been deposited by Hibbs, the abscondlog Lewlston, Idaho, postmaster. Frank Pontlus, a Marshalitown painter, whilo soaked with prohibition, opened a maeked battery in a pool room and blazod awsy at everything and every- body till his ammunition ran out. Then the police appeared and he was jugged, Powotholk county’s three lodges of Orangemen—the only ones In the state —colebratod the 195:h annivereary of the battle of the Boyne at Deep River, the new town on the Belle Platne river aud What Cheer branch of the Northern rallroad. The rifle teams of the First, Sccond, Third, Fifth and Sixth regiments, lowa Natlonal Guard, sre expected to particl- pate In the military prlze contest, to come off at Dabuque the second woek in Soptembor, during the encampment of the Fourth regiment at that placs, A man calling himself E. C. Marlin and repreeenting # imself as from Chlcago, traveling tor the ealo of eilks, abandoned his alleged wifo at an Atlantic hotel some two weeks ago. Monday night the supposed wife, 8 young woman of 20, t‘tmlk pofson and climbed up the golden stalr. The etate grade councll of the Im- proved Order of Red Men, which has been in session in this city for the past two daye, quenched tho council firo Iast night and adjourned to meet at Daven- port next Buck Moon, 305, common era, July 188G. The chlefs were raised to their reepective stumps by Great Sachem T. M. Knight. Samuel Conklin, of Des Molnes, euc- cesafally cut his wind pips with a razor lest Wednesday. Though carefully watched by his wife, who feared just such an end, he managed to elude her for & moment, elipped into a bedroom, and ended his life. He had been suifer- ing with an aftection of the brain for eeveral weeks. Mr. W. J. Romack, lving throe miles east of Anita, was killed by lightning on the 14th. He with two of his neighbors, Mr. D. C. Kellogg and Levi Young, went into his hog Lot scon after a llttle shower had passed over, and while stand- {ng about the center of the lot a bolt of lightning struck him, killing him in- etantly, knocking Mr. Kellogg down, and iojuring him qulte severely. The completed water works of Sloux City was formally traneferred to the city last Wedneeday. The total cost of the system was $1:38,550.97. The monthly cost of running the works is estimated at $0600, and the recefpts from water reuts will ceatly balance this, glving fire pro- tection to the city for a nominal sum. Sloux clty was wise when she drew on her credit and buallt her own water works. Henry Rogers, who recently deserted his wife at Fairfield and eloped with a widowed Swede and four small children, was arrested in Creston a few days ago and taken back to Fairfield to facs a chargo of blgamy. The widowed Swode, whom it appears he had mareled in due form at Davenport, was tho owner of a good farm near Creston, which is thought to have made the widow kLeautiful in Henry's eves. Thomas Treau, a long-uistance swim- mer, crawled out of the river at Daven- port, Monday, claiming to have swsm the entire distance from St. Paul In the past thirteen days, and stating hls inten— tlon of continuing his swim to St. Lonis, the feat bzing for a wager of $400. Later in the day, whilo crossing on the farrgboat to Reck leland, Treau met with an accldent, resulting'ln Injnries to hls right foot that will send him to the hos- pital for ten days. e m— CONNUBIAL An English clergyman_soventy-nine years of age, recently published his own bands of marriage, - Nino_thousand csb-drivers haye signed o memorial to the Prince of Wales in favor of marrying their deceased wives’ sisters., At the golden w ¢ of Bishop William Tneraham, of Califorma, last week, over 6,000 friends call moratulat . him, and Lo was presented with a puras of £,000, Miss Esther Mryer, younvest siat.r of Mrs, Lawrevce Larrtt, was moarried on_Taesday to Mr, I'. A, Noonan of Catham, N the re nce of Father Billings of Sg, Catholic church, Boston, Mrs. John Wood d 67, and the mother of twelve children, eloped from her home near ., at ames’ Toledo, Obio, with William Dradley, aged 21, and went to Detroit, whers they were event- ually obliged to go to the poorhouse, A youngster in Tudiana, wishing to be mar ried, took oath that he was over 21—having vreviously put the figuros 217 on a card in his shoa. ~ The traditional Chicago girl 1 said to have that number placed thero by the shee- maker, Tverybody in London who has daughters to muiry gives a ball, if postible, inasmuch s, if they do not, their girle, unless possessed of some extraordinary sttroction or very high rank, receive scarcely any invitations to such entortainments, A double wedding came off recently at Kissimwe, Florida, The happy parties wero Thomas A Thurston aud Mry, M. E. Avery and Heory Ituss snd Mrs, Allie E, Leverett, the brides being mother and dauzhter, and both " widows,~[New Orleany Tises-1iewno crat, Marrisd, at Sehec, Ma,, George I, Sted man, sged’ 40, and Grace Protzla, aged 11. The town clerk at firat refused to issue a license, but the consent of tha child's pareats belvg given no legul gro#ud for refusal re- mained, and the marriage ceremony was per formed 'at once, A pretty 15-year-old girl in tears was drag ged through the streets of Hirmiogham, Ala, by her mother, u few days ago, to be cifsred up on the bymeneal altar as the bride of sn old man, a’porfect stranger, By mwarrying him she saved to her family a property that would otherwise have gone to other legatees under the provisions of a will, e Struck By Lighting. About one o'clock this morning No, 3 fire ctatlon received a call from Box 51 which directed them t) an cutbreak of fire at tho Academy of the Sacred Heart, When they atrived there it was dlszovered that llghtning bad struck one corner of the building and eet it on fire, but with There Comes a Time, There comes a time to every mortal being, Whate'er hia station or his lot n life, | When his sad sonl yearns for tha final free | ing From all this jasring and unlovely str.fe. | There comes a time when, haviog lost ita savor, | The salt of wealt is worthless; when the mind | Growa weary with the world's capricious fa vor, And sighs for somsthing that}.it does not find, Thete comes time whan, though kind feienda aro thronging About our pathway with swost asis « grace Wa foel a vast and overwhelming longing hing that we cannot name or There comes a time whon, with earth’s bast love by us Tofeod the hoart's great hungor and desire, Wha find not even this can satisfy us; WThe soul within us crios for something higher, What greater proof need we that moan inherit Alife immortal in her sphore 1t is the homesick longing of the apirit That cannot find its satisfaction here, i at ler Wilcox, Tho Swell Lhing, If tho “‘awell thing” you wonld do, And in etiquette stand high, You must always use your fork In the catting of your pre, —[Oourier-Journal, And whon your pio is eaten, Tn Alaska or New York, The “swell thing” says you musn't Make n toothpick of your fork, —[Cincinnati Merchant Traveller, i Poritively Wrong, How swoet to lio upon the grass In sultry July woather, And watch the fleecy clonids that pass “Through the deep blue together, Tiife has no cares nor tronblos then, “Ihe world fa bright and fair, There’s peacs on earth, cood will to men, And gladuess eyerywhero, In lazy luxury you dream, With idio, halt-elosod eyar. Life is 8o sweet! You almost soem To bo in Paradise, But suddenly you shriek out—well! — In accents sharp and shnll! It's bad to lie down on a yell Ow hornet's domicile. — [Somervillo Journal, PEP i()l T DROPS, Ona ought to b ablo to get a protty good view feom tho top of o themometer just now, [Boston Post, Mioister Pendloton, it is believod, will oventually convinea Bismarck that American plg-tails make the best whistlos, Some one calls a couple of tramps '‘a pair of tovolvers.” Yos; and they onght to be fired out of every hotse they cone to. The people_of Chicago eat 500,000 pies every day. No wonder they etuff ballot boxes in Chicogo,—[Nowman Independent, These ars the times when the man with the fifty-dollar overcoat eannot put on style againgt a man in his shirt sleeves and with holes in his stockings, The mammoth sea cow has almost entirely disappeared from the lakes and rivers of tho world The wilk and the oleomarga- rine maker seem to have formed a conspiracy against her.—[N. Y, Graphic. The mayor of Helena, Mon,, is a barbar, and, after cnjoying a shave at his worshipful hands, a visitor went out to “look for an al derman to black my boots,” for which dispar aging sarcasm he was promptly hunted out of town, 1t is said that at some of the summer re sorts the waiters bring only eleven clams for a dozan to the guests, And when remonstra- ted with theg say the landlord is very supor stitions, and dislikes to have a guest sit down with thirteen at a table, A boy in one of the public schools, while en- gaged in defining words a few days since, made » mistake that was not a mistake, He eaid: A demagogua is a vessel that holds beer, wine, gin, whisky, or any other kind of intoxicating liquor.—[ Exchange, In Kentucky a bolt of lightning cut the rope by which n mule was tied without scorch- mga hair. Lightning takos tercib'e risks sometimes, but this was the most foolhardy thing tho eccentric fluid did. Next time it may not g-t off so esily,~| Boston Post. Lillian Whiting says “sleep is almost a loat art,” and suggests that n society be formod to encourago experiments in_eleep on the part of American women, 1f Lilfan were to dismiss her young man before 2a, m.and object to his calling seven nights a week she would get more eleep and change her opinion about the luxury being a lost art,—[Norristown Herald. *‘How fresh everything seems to-night,” anid ho, ‘Do you know anything fresher than a spring zephyr?"’ “No,” gaid the young lady: the fresh paint you wro sitting on, been on the four hours,” The youngman went through a back straet to a hotel and sent the porter out on an er rand, A few minutes later an odor of benzine filled the hotel,—[ort Jervis Union, Poor fellow. He lay in astupor. The ohysician had said that ha could not recover, The minister came, and, bending over the bed, solemrly remarked: ¥V ou must prepare for the worst,” The poor fellow, whose wife had been do- i s cooking, opened his eyes and said: [Arkanzaw Tray ot unless it iy It hag not WVhy, is diuner ready?” eller, A witn discomfited a lawyer by a rather unespected reply, To the (uestion. *What is your name?” “IH, Bamberger,” was the answer, “What is your Christian pame?” ked the ‘I have no Chrstian “ai mberger, “'No Christian ame? How 3 “For the simple reason that I um w. My full pame is Herman Bamborger,” The lawyer giaoetully ac knowledged his defeat. They tell & good story on a lawyer of Wooster, O, A client charged with ntealing a hog admitted his guilt to s counsel, Tha latter was noted for his honesty in privato life, After thinkiug the matter over he eaid: ‘“'John, cut that hog exactly in half, and bring one-half to me.” John obeyed, “I'oe evidence for the proge cution was weuk, and when the counsel for the defense aross, he won the case by saying to the jury: “Gentlemen, T can hold up my hand to Heaven and say that the defendsnt has no more of that hog than I have,”—[ Louisville Courier-Journal —— —Judge Anderson pronounced the cere- mony at his office yesterday which made Mitchell Fleming and Katio Colo husband and wife, 8. H. ATWOOD, Plattsmouth, Neb. + of thoroughbred and high grade Hereio d and Jersey Cattle, And Duroc and Jersey Red SBwine, HAMBURG-AMERICAN PACKET COMPANY; irect Line for Kngiand, France and Germany, Bree of lson, 11hod’ wit Loth safe and agreca They Stites and European walls, and leave New s Saturdaya for I Yo mouth (LONDON) one or two buckets of water cccapants of the ba lding had eucceeded in extingulsh- Ing the flim=s. No dsmige to speak cf reeulted, —— District Attorney Estelle, in woswer to a telegraa, left for Tekama laet evenivg, and HAM ) v Cabloge-8100 Steerage to o from Hambur G B RICOARD & 00., Gen ol Paws, Ag b 91 erosdvay, Ne ashington and La Lelle streets, Chicago Pundt' Mark Hanson, ¥, E. Mooros, | Guabs; Gronewie sancger, in Country Qelt (Yurefree Deblitty Muabood I