Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 23, 1886, Page 8

(LEFT H1S BED-RIDDEN WIFE, of. Btrassburger, of Turkish Bath Celeb- rity, Elopes With a Lincoln Girl, rs. Strassburger's Suit For Divorce and the Sad Domestic His< tory it Unfolds, Maggie E. Strasshurger Thursday filed I8 in the district court a petition for divoree | from her husband, Charles I. Strass- burger. That was the sum of the plea; ghe charged him with infidelity and fail- L ure 1o support, but madeé no hint of ali 1 mony. Everybody knows Prof. Strasshurger * who formerly conducted a Turkish bath " establishment on Dodge street near Fif mth. Fat, pompous and convivial was and the many the night he wore out Wwith the tankard of beer and jolly com- panions. It must not be thought i ause he took plebian bed H 'f’mt was_ no _swell, fo wrong. He dressed with ~ the taste that could be put in covering for his ample form and wore diamonds. He alko drank wine « champagne bill © was no trifling cons tion in his do- mestic economy. T is about all that i8 known here ‘of him although he was charged with one or two disrcputable eapers about town. - »Enforv coming to Omaha the professor | was in the Turk * goln. There, too, he flew high, and being an aflably spoken fellow, with a German | accent, he took well. In the capital city he met Mrs. Fred ith, a widow with means and in delicate health. Whethel " it was a deal in futures or atter ~ Jove with Strass ger, he his stout heart (at Mrs Smith, and of time was A hey were married in St. Lonuis i st 2, 1883. It should be understood L. that Strassburger had but little money and his Lincoln venture was not paying 8. him, so that whe rtly after thei marriage the “hupp{ moved up to Omaha, s M that started the Myrs. Strassburger is a Sh that’s all ¥ S fsh bath business at Lin- i Wi bath busini of good horoughly iginally, es refinedly. r two y | ndy i il i she has been bed-ridden, and the tl o her carried dismay to the heart of porter who called upon her yesterda rimed for a rattling sensation. Shi lodges in appartments above the Dodgoe street bath house and never sti: her room, in fuct i representative of involuntarily as he in which he anticipated a flaunt of and finery and a flood of from a handsome and indignant woi A little yellow, tangle-ha viciously from the foot of lay a lady worn with dis ‘nurse indicated as M The invalid only too the wreek of a splendid woman, A large photograph on - the wall near the bed drew g strong con- trast of the past and present as the e; . fell from the fresh, fair young life there " portrayed, to the wan and pallid count nance on the pillow. Mrs. Strassburge “was very gracions and talked freely to the reporter. Her husband absconded some time in the latter part of November taking with him $800 of her moncy and Anna Schafer ~a pretty young German girl ~ from Lincoln. Strassburger secured .the funds of his wife by fraudu. lent 1'egrcm'nlnuons. He took $200 of negotiable paper and $100 of rent money belonging to hisewife. = Some time prior to his flight he gave up the bath business, 4n which he had within eighteen mont! ‘sunk $10,000, again of Mrs. 8.’s fund For awhile he loafed about the city, and made confidential talk to a large number of people of gri schemes ‘which he had afoot. About this time he brought up from Lincoln the girl with ‘whom he fled. She is remarkably pretty, of German birth, and ImvinF been in America but three years speaks English with difficulty. She is 18 years of age, and up to_the time when some two years 0 the lecherous eye of Strassburger fell upon her was an honest and virtuous maiden, Heaccomplished her ruin, and _three months before his departure he brought her here and lived with her at a house on Eighteenth and Cass streets, . Strassburger is now in New Yol e writes to his wife with such regu and determined affection that it i he is sick of his cscapade. He has dole- fully petitioned for more money on sev- eral occasions, but Mrs. 8. is to be trifled with no more. Hesays that he is tending bar in a Bowery saloon, but it is rather to be believed that his runawav i supporting him, “Mr. Strassburg | hope,” sai i ~soon bl'in% hut as he h seldom ate is er seems to live in ‘“that my death will to hi £ on my money, ns done so little to merit the slightest favor from my hands, I prefer to die divorced. 'The doctors hold out "1 hope to me, but 1. can survive the suit, at least, I hope. My husband an- nounces that he will return in May, and I ~ want the court to despatch proceedings 80 that he cannot impose himself upon my support agan have plenty of means for my own sustenance, but no “more to squanderon a worthless husband, nd for my own protection I mustob- tain legal separation from him.” The Union sews backwards or forwards. THE STRIKE CLOSED. 'Mr. Robinson Makes a Compromise— : Notes on Ice-Packing. - Mr, Ed. Robinson, the contractor, has ‘put an end to the troubles between him- self and the members of the Ice Packers union, by acceding to the demands of the strikers.” The whole trouble avose, as Mr. Robinson claims, through the s ,ers demandi pay at the e _of 17 an hour, for the work shey did we Mr. Robinson ~ stated that he was willing to pay $1.75 to limited number of men in the future, i but did not feel justified in makmng back “gettlements on this basis. This did not it the river men and they have forced r. Robinson to cmploy as large a num- r of men at the $1.75 rate as the union shall dictate. He complauns bitterly of *what he terms the shabby way he has n treated by the sheriff, e claims it that official refused to lend him any stance against the strikers, though was repeatedly solicited to do so. Yesterday there was litte or no ing done on the river, on account of the cold weather, To-day, yer, as more lenient weather is m:;ud, cutting will probably be re- med. . “Incver saw so many men secking ~ employment on the river as durig the sent season,” said an old ice man a reporter, yesterda, “We eseiged all day ‘long by upplicants for ork. I fully belicve that there are a ousand men who would be glad to go " to work at almost any price in order to * secure work.” A member of the Ice P: rs' union to hom the above expres: g o the reporter, replied, *'Y n’t for our union, wher “bet Of course there “who would go to work f A fy. Our un 5 for the very vurpose of preventing wages om ,Xng forced down to such alow oint." ine has automatic tensions. Union ma e B1 . ug Cabinets avd Indexe: t would wage ro plonty of $1.50, §1 ' THE FORT DOUGLAS SCHOOL. Av Interesting Report Received By Gen, Howard. The bi-monthly report of the school at Fort Douglas, which are conducted by the post authorities, has just been received by Gen., Howard. It makes the following showing: Enlistec + »n in garrison... . Children « - five years of ag SCh 9L ATTENDANC inlisted men.. ... vens Children of officer: Children of enlisted men Children of civilians " LIBRARY, Yolumes at end of last two monthe. .. Volumes purchased in these two monfhs. Volumes eireulated in these two months. 450 post. . IEADING ROOM, Papers and magazines received in these two months, . 40 Average attendance during months,... veene In schools offered. is ndmitted these two oeee 400 the remarks abont the aluable suggestions uniformity of text hooks s desirable, as children are linble to be tr from one school to another, yet the oflicers in charge he- Tieve that tho'‘choice of books ought to be left largely to the judgment of the officer in immediate charge of the schools that such ofticer, to be snccessful in_any degree, must, in the exercise of his judg- ment, adopt such methods to awaken, de- velop and strengthen the intellectual i {tl plisted man, as shall in- iig own volition to avail himself of such opportunities as are open 1o him.” ‘T'he report states further: The teachers detailed -for school pur- poses and the officcr in immediate sharge onght (I suggest) to be furnished with books and magazines relating to their profession, as the surgeons at 2 post with books and magazincs o en- able them to keep up with the outside N profession Possibly the officer in charge of s with his teacher: f applianc were given to them, might aid the su f£eon in preventing orai: sicknesse. 2 so0 frequently the ult of of a profitable recreation. eems to me, that if men ed, who eannot read or write, or o imperfectly, and without a » knowledjze of the fandamental rules of arithmetic, that such enlisted men ought to be compelled to attend school, while with others more advanced, such aftendance should be left optional. To secure this end, every recruit, on a riving at his station, or on being enlisted, might be sent for examination to tho “officer in immediate charge of the schools.” At a post where a chaplain §s stationed, he ought, I think, always to be in charge of the schools, and I ‘therefore suggest that no one should be appointed as a chaplain without previous examination, or evidence, as sh:lh show that he is “‘apt to teach,” not only moral and_spiritual truths on Sundays, but the radiments of a good English edueation and to direct such of the enlisted men as desire it, in the work of scif-improvement. SALOON LICENSES. ‘What the Law and Order League are Doing in the Matter. The Law and Order league has already begun to move in regard to the granting of liconses for the sale of liquor for the coming year, although the new licenses will not b ued until April 1. About y ications for licenses have already been received by the license board, and the Law and Orc league are investigating them to satisfy them- selves that everything is legal. A repre- sentative of the league in speaking about the matter yesterday, said: ““It has been r &mrlml that there has been considerable crookedness on the part of some liquor men in securing their licenses in the past, and we want to have everything all straightin the future. We ‘)m)vose that all shall give suflicient and legal bonds. We are not making a reneral movement asagmnst the saloons, ut what we want to .do is to shut oft’ the disreputable vplaces. There are any quantity of them in the city, the proprietors of which bhave no’ respect whatever for tho he law says that the keeper of a saloon must have a good moral character, and as there are & good many men now running saloons who have no characte: all, we propose to stop them, Of courso there o plenty of saloons whose proprietors are straight and conduct their establisk monts properly. These places we shall not molest, but where disreputable men apply for o licens hall do all in our power to prey r securing it. I could mention a number of places which we have spotted as unfit to receive licenses, but the e has not yet come. Our work will be manifest before the 1st of April.” HIS PAPERS RECOVERED. Soldier Clark’'s Discharge and Pen- sion Documents Found, Clay Pitman and John, alias Sunflower Thornton, were on trial before Judge Stenberg yesterday afternoon for va- grancy. They are gentlemen of color, and cold-blooded, having been arrested for sitting around a stove for several nights in a boarding house and not pay- ing for the privilege. Both of them averred that they had secured beds in another house for the night, but as it was so dreadfully cold they preferred to sit by the stove and keep warm. Judge Stenberg concluded that they would be more comfortable in the county jail and 50 gave them a sentence of twenty days. In the pockets of Pitman w found the discharge and pension papers of David Clark, Clark is the man who was found in an almost dying condition last October in the house of Mag Johnson, o colored prostitute living on Tenth street, The woman had been earing for him for sC 1 days, but it becoming known that Clark was a member of th he s taken to St. J | pital for ment. As Clark could not produce his discharge papers some doubted his on that he w soldier in the late war, but he stated that he had lost his papers since ho had been sick. discovery of them in Pitman’s possession broves) Clark’s story to have bean tru Ie has been lying at St. Joseph’s hospi- tal ever since, and as soon as tho. were found a telephone message to the hospital to'inform him of their re- covery, It was learned, however, that Clark™ had left the hospital yesterday noon, only an hour or so before the mes- sage was received, and his whereabouts are unknown. Asie was pennil wnd there are $48due on the pension, their re- covery will be received “by him with joy. any D, S0th i PAPers are now at the central police station, Without an eq: Union machine. -~ The Burns Anniversary. On Monday, January 23, a concert and ball will be given at Light Guards hall, corner Fifteenth and Dodge streets, by the Burns club, in commemoration of the 127th anuiversary of the birth of Scot- and’s bard, Robert Burns, All Scoteh- men sad their friends are cordially in- vited. ‘liekets may be had at N. B. ¥al- y Filteenth_and Douglas; ‘ourteenth and zlas, or from members of the club, The™ club wishes to announce to its friends, that finding it impossible to pro- 1 hall suitable for one of its oud-time festivals it was concluded to hold a con- cert and ball, which will be condueted in truc Scottizh style. - : Self-tred ion sewing machine. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE, THE COLD WAVE SUBSIDING. Warmer Weather Puts in an Appearance at a Late Hour Last Night, THE STORM AND THE RAILROADS TraMc Impeded but Trains Running ~Providing for the County's Poor—Police News and Local Miscellany The Weather. Lo nl \ w win awned clear had fallen not strong imi va o wind, yesterday morning after all, and the gale off to n stiff breeze, agh to drift the snow. The mer- cury registered 20 beiow, and man- aged to elimb up ten points by mid-day. By 6 o'clock last evening the wind lad entirely subsided, although the thermom still lingered at about 15 below. From that time on during the night the cold moderated, and about 11 o'elock a light snow began to fall and the air grew pereeptibly warmer. The storm has not been so bad in the neighboring west althcugh farther on, in Colorado and western Kansas ablizzard is howling. Below is the Union Pacific weather re- port from its various stations west: North Platte, elear, wind, 8¢ below. Cheyenne, cloudy, wind, 79 above. mic, clondy, wind, 247 abc W svanston, cloudy, Ogden, cloudy, ¢ Donver, cloud m, 30° above. y, calm, 6° above. loudy, calm, zero, ar, wind, 22 below. way traflic is once more in a_crip- pled condition. The wind during Thurs- day night barricaded every eut with snow and although there 1s no “general block- ade s there was two weeks ago, business s seriously impeded. All trains from the cast yesterday were from three to six hours Tate. The Q" fast mail did not reach the city until nearly midnight, although it arrived at Paci Junction nearly on time. The Burlington & Missouri is still open 1 trains are running although very % Last evening's Lincoln train was abandoned. The Union I c train also considerably behind time. The Missouri Pacific is completely blockaded and trs All freight business The abandoned. s at a standstill, nsas City train had a marvelous R . She pulled through the storm in great shape, arriving almost on the b5 in RO e wisbsh e ER I MIRIED the Council Blufis depot with her journey completed, the engine struck some pa -km‘l snow on the Is and left the track ata tangent. The rest of the train fol- lowed suit, the ca and coaches being throwh pellmell on ull sides. Great excitement arose among the passengers and a seramble for deliverance After it w all over the discovery w made that no one was hurt and the dam-. age was inconsequential. THE COUNTY'S PAUPERS. How They are Provided for by Super- intendent Pierce. “T am feeding 175 families this year, on an average,” said Poor Commissioner Picree to areporter yesterday who droppe in on him as he was holding his regu weekly matinee. ‘‘Last year I had 2 families on my list. The difference, as I aceount for it, lies in the fact that last year we had a bad winter, while this ycar ihe winter has been open ‘and up to a few days ago emiployment of all kinds has been plentiful. ~ Of course, during the present cold sn:\}ly, work_ is searce, and there is a good deal of suffering.” While the reporter was hastily jotting down his notes on the above utterances, Mr. Pierce stood before an array of bar- rels, busily dolinfz out the provisions to the mendicants who thronged upon him. Teople of all ages and sizes and national- ities, found their way thither; on all of them, poverty and want have set an un- mistakable seal, which was plain to any- one who for a moment gazes upon their pinched and care-worn faces. Most of them were old women, hardly able to walk, but stili anxious to obtain their share of the county charity. Once in a while an old man drops in, reports him- self in need ot the necessaries of life, and goos off Inden with good things. A large Proportion of the applicants are children, who are sent thither by their parents who are unable or are too proud to come themselve It is a very common sight, that of a_young girl of boy not over seven or eight yearsof age, toddling down the steps from the county building, bearing & heavy sack or basket ot flour, beans, coffee, and all manner of pro- visions. Mr. Picree's big day is Friday, but he is at his oflice in the basement of the court house every afternoon for a time so that he is kept constantly busy supplying his pauper charges. Another matter which requires his closest atten- tion is in seeing that the county is not defrauded by unworthy applicants, who want {o sponge pro- visions when they are perfectly able to pay for them. He has a regular list of those who apply weekly, and when a new ‘subject” asks for an allowance from the ‘“‘charity bin,” Mr, Pierce gives him the provisions after first taking the name and address. He afterwards visits each new family to see whether thi really need itak ance. The standard a; flour, coftee, tea, s and soap., Ocea- sionally in the of sick e iring mewhat — deli- for whatever receives from ten to thirty pounds of flour rding wd other provisions in propor- 'lie amount of flour dealt out in week, Mr, Pierce says, is usually a good round ton, ““There is one thing about the of supplying the mumly pauper: 2. marked Mr, Pierce, “which is decidedly objectionable, It is this. Certain people nd on the county for a living, when ht to and are able to su|?mn themselve family roall in sup- plied; in that neighborhood other fam- ilies who probably are not really in need of help come to the conclusion that they ought to be put on the “free list” too. Y3, the number of paupers supplied is always greatest in the winter time, I have about fifty applicants, however, who are supplied regularly the year around.” A HAPPY FAMILY, A Conglomerat of Nationalities Locked in One Cell, Stretehed around on the benches . cell p. 2 at the central police station last night were five forms, each one of which represented a difierent nationality, from the swarthy African to the white-skinned Yankee, At an early hour all were wrapt in slumber, and peace and quiet pervaded the confines of the bastile, Nearest the eell door, with his head reelining on a blanket and his Celtic ng vigorous snores, reclined —drunk. He had been dis- , which caused his arrest. Boyond Kelly's head, and in close prox- ity to it, were two feet encased in No. They were the property of ~ colored, who occasi ams, I'm n Tom was also drunk xt to the coloyed brother reposed a (& al, also- swarthy but wi yellow tinge to his complexion. This was Yet Sing, hived maw in @ Tenth strect laun- | [The dry. He was restless afdiuneasy, and his conscience evidently teoubled him, for he was charged withthe larceny of clothing. The charge was made by an individual named A. HoMander, who had his washing done at the lstindry where the prisoner_was employed. When he called for it Yet Sing toak his ticket but failed to give the man his clothes, and the arrest followed. All-the explanation the Chinaman made was: “Melican man got his clothes.” On the other side of tha eell, evidently slumbering soundly, althowgh emitting occasionally a grunt of [ difsatisfaction, lay Sam Willuhn, late ot Germany. Sam ad been pugnacious, the Dutch blood in him had been raised to the boiling point, and he was arrested engaged ina ner 1 oo 1er with g g 1 encounter with a comrade The remaining occupant of the cell w: Isaac Walker, and he had heen exer ing that great American privilege of beating his wife. He resides at Sixth and Marcy str nd lond and long tele- phone calls informed the police that they were needed in that loeality, They re- Tnnd\-wl to the call and ~found that Valker was having a high old time. ~ He ed to the central station and ced opposite his name on mashing doors and fur- POLICE COURT. The Grist Ground Out in Judge Sten- berg's Court Yesterda There were but a few cases disposed of in Judge Stenberg’s conrt, the cold weather doubtless having something to do with this. Henry Grover is the name of the ex- cook of the Senate, who was arrested for theft Thursd: He has been in that establishment for the past six months and during that time has been in the habit of earrying off meat, vegetables, sugar, ete., home. Thursday nig was caught in the act, and Patsy lon had him arrested. Yi morning he plead guilty. Owing to th faot, however, that he had a wife and child dependent upon hi Judge Sten- Derg sent him up on & 1 five days i the county j John Wrighter paid “a fine of $3 and costs for being intoxicated John Barber, an sged tramp, who been picked up in an intoxics tion Thursday, was sent to the poor house. Nick Wallace, the negro bum, who is Bcriullic:slly run_in by the police in a castly state of intoxication, ngain faced Judge Stenberg. This * me he hadto answer a charge of stealing three shovels from the “snow gang” Thu s Nick insisted “strenuousl taken but one shovel, and that by permi gion of the owner, and had quickly re- turned after he haa used it to shovelin a half-ton of coal. **Shovel wusn't wuth nomor'n 20 cents, no how, Judge,”’ he pleaded;” “’twas an old thing, with half of de edges tore oft'nit, Doesyou tnk I'd con’scend to steal dat shovei!” No, sah!” (with an air of lofty scorn.) “Well, you may sit down,” replied the judge. Dl investigate the ease.” “Nick sat down, muttering something about his being the “victinr of serkun- stances.” 1. A. Hobbie plead not gnilty toa charge of vagrancy. He stated that he had heen a workingman in Omala for more than eight years and was at present aged in working at.the smelter. )idn't you try begging on the streets i asked the judge. “No sir,”” Hobbie replied, *I did not. 1 needed money to buy medieine for my wife, and meeting a friend on the street, I asked him to loan me 50 cents. The policeman who was standing near took me for a begger, 1 suppose and arrested me.”’ Hobbie was evidently a hard working man and the judge released him. Ly he 1y, that he had Convicted of Assault. Jumes and Dan Hensell, the saloon men near Sheely’s packing house, who were arrested for alting and beating James Orton, an express- man, and his family, were tried before Justice Anderson yesterday after- noon. The trial lasted nearly all the afternoon and resulted in the men being fined $25 and costs each. They gave notice that they would appeal the case. During the trial one of the brothers acted in such a disreputable manner that Jutsico Anderson eame near ordering his incarceration for contempt of court. TH E\'_]l AN AWAY. Married People Who Want Their Connubial Relations Dissolved. Divorce proceedings were commenced in the district court yesterday by Mrs. Amelin Hall against her husband, Elijah Green Hall, on the grounds of adultery and d ion. TIn her petition the plain- tiff alleges that while living with her hus- band in Brown county, she discovered that he was criminally intimate with a young woman named Katie Bowen. When she accused her husband of the fact he left her, cloping with the young woman and is now, so the blaintifY is eredibly informed, living with his enamorata in astate of open adultery. This state of aff he plaintiff considers good grounds for the court granting an absolute divos is Anderson also wants to be legal- ed from his wife on the ground fon, He alleges in his petition that ne has always treated her kindly, but she left his home in Omaha and be- took herself to Sarpy county, from whence she refuses to return, although frequently urged to do so by hin therefore has concluded to let hel and asks the court to help him do so by granting the divoree. e Union sewing machine - The Wyoming Central, The corrected plat of the route of the Wyoming Central railway, am extension of the Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Val ley railway, otherwise the Northwestern, through the northern and wgentral por. tions of this territory, has been received at the land office in Cheyenne. The rg will strike Wyoming near Van Ta ranch, and follow the course of the Running Water to & point near the headwaters of Shawmee creck From thence 1t will in a southerly direction alomg thoe wi side of Shawnee, striking the Platte about amile and a half west of the mouth of the creek. It then follows ahe Platte to the Fort Fettern The Platte thus de showing only a few materia the original conrse. The rij already secured by act of congi is evident that all'p) tion made to push the 1 coming summer. ['The Union sew: ckwards or forwards, . ‘Wants His Trunk, L. E. Gordon has commenced suit in the county court to recover his trunk from the Nebraska Coal & Lime com- pany, who attached it for a debt some time ago. The trunk was seized by Constable Edgerton, and now in possession _ of the = company Mr. Gordon that though there wel no grounds for the seizure of the trunk, which contained nearly all his earthly roods, the hard-hearted constable garried it off just the same, and laughed at him mockingly when he requested its return is noiseless Union sewing machine, SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 1880 FROZEN TO DEATH. A Hermit Who Perished During the Recent Storm—A Sad Scene. From a gentleman who arrived from North Platte yesterday additional par ticulars were learned of the case of the hermit who was frozen to death there during the recent blizzard. The coroner was nofified on Mon- of the death, near that place,of a her- who lived ina sod hut, with only a horde of dogs for companions, He im- mediately went to the place indicated and found the dogs still keeping watch over | the dead body of thoir w wem had to be shot before the body could be touched. Among the effects of the hermit was found $76 in dimes and nickels, all in small bags. A number of letters were also found in the pockets of the decensed which turned out to be let- ters of recommendation from good men in lowa of the hermit’s qualifications as a bookkeeper. He was probably insane over the suly of brecding dogs, and some trouble had driven him to tude with his canine friends, It is believed that he froze to death on Saturaay night. ‘oncerning this same recluse the Chey cune Sun says: About eight months ago a man with black, straggling beard and ragged clothes,” trundled a wheelbarrow, “in which were twelve or fifteen puppies, through North Platte, westward. At his heels barked and snarled a score of dog of all sizes, ages und variegated brec and colors. The strange procession continued on until it vl passed the —ranch ~ where Buffalo = Bill William F. Cody) lives when he is at home, and then camped for the night. It was apparent the next morn- ing that the man thought the location a good one, for he immediately commenced and soon completed the construction of a sod house, which he reared to about the height of his head and partially roofed over. Into this he placed a dry goods box, which had been carvied through from somewhere in the effete and built himself a fireplace. There he lived, and when fall came the puppies had grown to good-sized dogs, and the Strange indivindual would crawl out of alittle holo in the sod hut and gaze at the trains go by, while his thirty dogs would bound around him, He has been seen in North Platte o few times during the suminer and fall, but had ver) little to say to anyone, and never talked of his own aff Just how he found the means of subsistence is not known, but in part he lived by getting an ocea™ sional mutilated steer car from the ilroad track and by catehing jackrab- bits with his dogs THE VIADUCT CONTRACT. It Will Not Be Awarded for Several Days Yet. “The viaduct contract,” said City En- gincer Rosewater to areporter yesterday, “will not be let for several days yet. The matter is now in the hands of the railroad companies, and it depends upon their de- cision when and to whom the contract will be awarded. The railroad compa- nies, of course, pay three-fifths of the cost of the vinduct, consequently they have a right to ally at least dictate to whom the contract shall be awarded. They have the privilege, too, of throwing out the bids altogether. But 1 do not think they will do that. I have taiked with General Manager C way, of the Union Pacifie, and General Manager Holdrege, of the Burlington & Missouri, and both of d‘ 1 de- clare that they e anxious that the construction of this viaduet s be pushed. Both declare, how council committee have so far failed to Jive up to the agreements made, and anxious to have a contract drawn up in ck and white between the city and the railrond companies. Then, again, it must be determined whether the viaduet is to be built over Tenth street or Eleventh street, before the awaras can be made. This is a matter which ought to occupy the attention of the council at onc nd a report will be submitted at the mecting next Tuesday.” *Are the bids as reasonable as antici- most of them. Those swhich are the cheapest, taking into consideration uality of work proposed, range from 00 to $80,000. The board, I think, inclined to regard the bid of the Youngs town (Ohio) «nnl]mn{ most My, and that company will probabl the contract.” ‘The reporter tried to see Chairman J, E. House about the matter, but that gen- tleman was not in his oflice. A SCHOOL K NERIT. A Mammoth Concert to be Given by Local German Singing Societics, One of the events of February is to be a mammouth coneert and ball to be given by th nnerchor, Concordia singing society, Sw nging socicty and Turner singing so y, for the benefit of the German-Ame n school. T'he ir is to take place on the 21st at Germunin hall. A rehearsal was held lastnight,in which y i s expeeted t the concert will be of the best of its kind ever held in the A commiittee of two from the v organizations which are to take been appointed. They are as Concordia—Geo, E. Stratman, Adolph Meyer. Turner Quartette Club—Ernest- G. Grube, Wm. v Swiss Society—August Schacfer, A, t Wi, n. ’latt Dentscher Verein—A. Altendorf, B. Eyers. rion Club—T. Metz, jr., nmercior—Gustay - Kroeger, and Max Verwaltung George E dent of 1 - est Grebe seeretary, and - Adolph Meyer treasurer, The largest_and finest assortment of German and French masks is to be found at MAX MEYER & CO'S, 11th & Fanum, - The:zInsurance Cases, Mr. 1. H. Congdon, one of the lawyers who represent H. T, Clarke & Co. in the big insurance cases which have just come to a conclusion in the United States court, said to a reporter y lay that he under- stood the insurance companios intended to file a motion for a new trial on va- rious grounds. Inasmuch us none of the verdiets are for more than §5,000, the i not be appealed. Mr. Cong- at Messrs, Clarke & Co, were fied with the verd conside more 5o in fact than the insuranc panics, and should take no steps ow trial, SRS ly coni- or o e trimmings at 11th & Farnam. Masks and masqver: MAX MEYER & CO’ e Knocked Him Out, gmen here will doubtle Young” Smith, the 20-) wonder, who . trave! with Jack burke last season, stopping in Omaha a few days He has been in Wy- oming, and concerning an exploit of his Jvanston, the Salt Lake Tribune has the following to say: ‘The next thing on the bill was a gen uine thumving match between Ed. Smith, familiarly known us *‘Young »mith,"” 20 s of age, weighing 154 pounds, and ro barber Known as '}‘mn Austin, Smith bad offered to “knock out’’ any man within ten pounds of his weight, or forfeit £50. Austin_ had been bragging about town that he had stood up before Paddy Ryan, and would bo only too glad to meet Smith. Considerable time was consumed by the “nig" getting a backer arranging conditions. At last he entered the ring and faced Smith. ho latter let out I ight and the colored man drop- ped to avoid the blow. This farce was continued for half a minute, the crowd calling on Austin (o stand up to it ed to do <o, but as sann 2ot a good Lok i the nig turned a com piete somersault and begged for merey. Te was hooted from the ring 4 - n and European national el masks at MEYER & CO'S. a8 3 America acter m RYE. A very small andience witnessed the opening of the Romany Rye engagement at the opera house last night. Weather permitting, there should be a full attend- ance this afternoon and evening as the ma is this time presented rtists and the seenie d for the several spectacles which oceur in re excellent. ULDOON AT THE PEOPLE'S, d and perhaps John Jack © Muldoon’s Picnic but i The show is good anc is fine. When nd sprung his first jaw- given in the pit that himself doing the n the person of appearance, the an that he was oney Hart. The rest of the cast is good, and the whole show merits patronage. Mr. twell, the new manager intends to make the People’s boom - Light ranning Union sewing machine. poor gr the spe Sully came out ¢, 0dds wi S g Complimentary Concert. Acomplimentary concert to Miss E. Loomis, a Boston lady of prominenc musical civeles was given Thursday night at the Dodge street Presbyterian church. The best musical talent in the city par- ticipated 1 the entertaimment, Miss Loomis being assisted by Miss Blanche Oliver, _soprano; Mrs. F. P.: Day, contra; L. M. Bartlett and W. B, kins, teno J. L. Smith, basso; Taber, accompanist, and 1. A. Todd, ¢ g The In‘otv unme w. xcellently o testimony of gave am the accomplishments of all the ]): rhici- pants. Miss Loomis was especially well received and prop 5o, for her exeeu- tion was faultless. = Mr. Iranklin S Smith acted as wmusieal director of the ocecasion. ; ; S Union sewing machine, latest and best. —— Declines to Serve, Canan, one of the manag received notice manager of the new Western le ently organized in St. Joe, with Marysville, Hastings, Lincoln, Leavenworth, Pueblo, Denver, ete., in the circuit. Mr. Canan informed a reporter yesterday that he should pos- itively refusc “1 do not think it will be o paying sehieme,” he said, ** I donot care to be inany way identi with it. I have faith, howe i van's Northwestern league ! belicve it is the only one that witl pay. Mr. of the b: that h Brevities. one marriage license was i 3 the happy couple Charles FFaust and Mary Gilletie. 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