Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 25, 1886, Page 7

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 1886, STRICTLY Piiki, - IT CONTAINS NO OPIUM IN ANY FORM IN THREE SIZE BOTTLES. PRICE 25 EEITS 50 DENTS, AND $1 PER BOTTLE 1, BOTTLES e pit up for tho a Hln( ation of “all who desire a 800 and low pricod Cough, Coldand croupnemedy THOSE DESIRING A REMEDY FOR CONSUMPTION 01 ANY. LUNG DISEASE, 8hould sccure the large $1 bottles, Diroction accompnunying cach bottlos Sold by all Medicine Dealers. “Contagious. 1am n native of England, and while T was in that country I contracied u terrible blood Poison, nnd for two years was under treatment us un outdoor pationt at Nottingham Hospital England, but was not oured. 1 suffered the MOSt aeonizing pains in my bones, and was cu ered with gorcs ali over: my body and limbs, Fioaly 1 complotely lost all hope in thutcoun: 1d satked for Americn, and_was treated at Hosaevoi I this cify, as wll i by prominont physicinn in Now Yori living 10 comeetion t hospi l suw the ml\l'llhl and I determined to i Dottles wnd T can say with great joy that they have cured me enti i 0y sound und well ns 1 ever was in ny life ntnt of Swift's Specifie, 2t a trial, T ook six .. Tnep HALFORD, Now York City, Juno 12th, 155, Tn March of lnst your (1884, J contractod blood poton, und boing in Savanni, Gi, ot the ne, went'into the hospital thero for trentment. [ sufiered very much from rhoumatism at tho SAmo time ‘ did not get wal u tho treat- ment there, nor was I cured by any of the usunl menns. 1 bave now taken scven botties of Swift's Speeific and am sound and well. Tt doye the poison out through bolls on the skin. DAN Leany, Jcm) City, N. J., Aug. 7, 1885, catise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed §pugtze, Co, Drawerd, Atlanta, DOCTOR WHITTIER | 617 St. CharlenSt., St. Loaty, Mo. Arenuarmiateof (o Medlol ollgen, b been longee S Bl D ien b oy et yaicin sk Louit, St i rvous Prostration, Delllllly. Ml‘l"l‘ and Physlcal Waakness : Morcurial and other Af tions of Throat, Skin or Bones, Blood Poisoning, 014 Sores and Ulcers, nre tretud vith moparsiisied Sulecan, on Iates selantlne ol nelpics, Baely. Privatriy. iseases Arising from Indiscretion, Excess, Exposure or Indulgence, wiich srodsce some of (2 Tonbwin efcsts § merdon iy, dimaees of aizhs Snd dcfettive memory, pimp e, phsieal do Srerain ot esiey O 2imalen, coufision of ok aios R e fodatots iy eanticntil: Positive Writton Guaranteo giran i e Wealolus seat overy wharebs mal orsxpre NMARRIAGE GUlDE, #60 PAGES, FINE PLATES, clogunt cloth and cilt Bt iae wcared e BOS 9. n hostagebr aucr Over fifty i pistures, true . A SPECIFIC FOR Epilepsy, Spasma, Convul- slous, < Falling Siclness, 8t.Vitus Dauce, Alcokol- ism, Optum Eate ing, Syhillis, Scrofula, Kings Fvil, Ugly Blood Discases, Dyspy- siz, Neryousness, Sick Headache, theumatism, rry, Blood Sores, muousnm. Clostisencss, Nervoits Prostration, idney Trowbles and Irrepularities. Who cares for the doctors’ sneers \\lu'n |h|§ Infallible remedy is at hand? ] g will find 1t 1o bea constitutional speeitie, o fountaln of vitality and vigor, as re I and extilirating ada co 1, ¢ vudnn;i pring of water to the parched aud |1|\“n(, raveler in 1he desert, decline ngas remedy when siekis to eourt suffer )n llhnxlwhullll 2#7~ Correspondence freely answored, &4 The Dr. 8, A, RICIIOND NERVINE €0, 8, Joseph, o, Sold by all Druggists, £1.60 per boitle, or four botiles for §5.00 FOR SALE BY C., F. GOODMAN. e 1S CONDUCTED BY Roya.l Havana I.ottery Drawn at lhnna, CuL\. Jammy 2 lb 30. 1886 Tickets n Fifths: | Wholos $; F rata, Subject to no manipulation, not controlled by the parties in inte tis the faivest thing in the Duture of chance in exisi VN Y 3 sreel, Kansus City, Mo, or 1 Omaha. NERVOH B T AT XYou are allowed a fro trial of thirty duvr of thouso ot Dr, ye's Gelebratca Voltals el o ‘rostoration to Healch, ¥ risk IMIII!‘III'N 1i A YINE LINE O Pranos and Digans —AT— WOODBRIDGE BROS MUSIC HOUSE OMAHA NEBRASKA, A Clear Skin is only a part of beauty; but itisa part. Everylady may have it; at least, what looks like it. Magnolia Balm both freshens and beautifies, | 1 | | \ ! | be seen mingling together, the “Mi w 0 Notes, Personal and General of Omaha focial Life, VUV &y Short The Mikado Party in Omaha-The Home Circle Party's Effort—The Charity Ball — What the Hymenometer Says, The “Mikado’ which has heen turning eastern siety " topsy-turvy for the past few months, has at length strock Omaha. Weare to have several “‘Mika- do'’ partics, and that in the right near future. For the benefit of the ur ated, let it be stated that a “Mikado™ party is a ball at which the guests appear as the cnaracters of Gilbert and Sullivan’s latest and most charming opera, with all the stage effects of costume and general make-up. On the bailroom floor are to lo all his majesty the stately *‘Pooh- Tord high chancellor and lord everything clse, with scornful the unfortnate “Ko-ko” and ide “Katisha (in all her marvel- lous beauty of elbow); “Nanki-Poo," the wandering minstrel; his mamorata “Yum-Yum," and her fair attendants, ete., ete. Of course there are not charae- ters enough in the opera to go around, and those who are not cliosen to repre- sent the leading roles’ appear as attend- ants, ladies and noblemen of the court, and plebeians, Although there is no law which says that there shall not be two “Mikados” or two “Pooli-bahs or “‘Ko- Kos,” or “Yuni-Yums,” custom has pret- siished it that each leading uted by but one of Japan,” in and regal glory; The first *“Mikado party of the ses will be given on next Jan. 20, by the Home Cirele club., Every ration has heen made to have the resplendent sucec and those \\'!w attend will undoubtedly enjoy u pleasant entertainment of a novel order. The following is the gencral commit- tee, the members of which represent the ng characters: The Mikado of Japan.....Mr. F. W. Pickens Ooloong | Basket fived attend | W. H. Latey Jouchotig | ants of tho Mikado | I A. Copley Poo-Biah=Lord high ml'llmng els Pish T Ko-Ko- W. Gannon. Nanki-Poo—A Wandering Minstrel. B. I e Go L(m - 1eTe (| Perors Nobles l(-uh, soldiers, con dic chants, ¢ ns- by nu'mbuh uf the 4'[\|b .1 programme, comprising the gens of the opera, in addition to mh--r }:\\ orite musie, will be rendered atre and Waltz—*M i, l}nn:‘l o ! Schottish Bal Car rille-~**Mascotte INTERMISSI (Rice) 9. La Comus—*" llunul"(‘ht le Cluly Lanciers Glide— : Quadrilie Doubl Jlm Musl( al the first of their s noon concerts at m upud ]\\)llaL Lo mor- row afternoon. .On Wednesday dence of the Dric rth Ei whtm- th evening, at the resi- r, No. 1144 reet, Miss Lulu Ma- 0. P. Clark were united W.J. Huarris, of the , performed the ce sence of afew invited A reception was knot was tied, and were received by The bride social groom, emony, friends neld after the nup| many congratulations lh young couple, vori \\]m is connected with 1 is a widely-known .unl |wpul‘ gentleman, rm or cold v never reather, the ladies of fail to meet regular] wfternoon, on the l’ho l\\ ent, Meyer's h all. atte nnlm-l and the progr Y. mme S highly enjoyed by thoso pres s nt, It Bendl Mis: athsehild, (@) “Thou'rt Like Unto & Flower,”.... 5 hinstein (b) N JGicbel Btudes 17 angd 15, o Heller Miss Minnie Brown, The Lost Chioxd ..Sullivan M chubert-Heller - Mattei Die Forelle. . “Si e Ver,” antasie, (C altz, op, 17, Miss Julia () ‘o conples danee ‘l 1o llw JUTRY of the M 1l Union orchesti i at Light Guards hall, the thivd ann ball of the I of Locomotive Engineers. It is needloss to sy that everybody had a g The progy: which cont of twenty-si Q number was some one of 1 oflicers of the lodge. Hon. Jolin . How in the city this week Lieut, Baldwin, of Fort Russell, was in town this week, greeting his many friends. Myr. and Mrs, abont eig evening. ant ma by y dedicated to P. oflicials or leading - of St. Puul, was N. Shelton entertained ieen of their friends ' I'lie time was passed in a pleas B RUIRG. ot oL e shents, A new choir hus been formed at the nple of Tseacl, consisting of Mvs. 5, | Katz, Mrs. Jackman, Miss Moses | wnd Natalie Scligsoln. “Tho masquerade ball of the Month”’ club (properly known A. M. elub) came oft Thursds Metropolitan Hull, Many baundsome costumies were worn by the seveuty-five (‘u\l‘bl in attendance, T gentlemen in cliarge Iy puy, 4. P. Dugdalo, J. € . Sheeley, E. F. Dugdale and 8. H. Steven “Twice a novel and n at Engine y evening, by Al elub.” About forty couples w esent and - the event wus one of the most pleasant_ever given by this popular organization. )flm [Or8 | tuwmes were rieh and wany of them origi naul in design. Mus. B, I W lLitmore, wife of Treasurer COPTRTY | Whitmor ,of the opera huua’e. returned IS WEER L1011 8 prensant joas o oem 10 tives in Chicago. “Genial” John H. Donnelly, Chicago, is in the city. The annual entertainment of the chil- dren of the United Preshyterian church took place Thursday evening under the management of Superintendent J. L. McCague. About one hundred and twenty-five chiidren were present and en- joyed the feasting and music, Col. Lorin_Miler has returned from an eastern trip Newt. Barkalow, of Denver, was greot- ing his Om friends last week The_charity ball loometh, decidedly. Already more than two thousand dollar have been subscribed, in - sums_ ran, from $5 to 100, The list of oflicers commitiees in charge of affairs is us fol- lows: Exceutive Guy C Kountze, Esq., Frank Murphy, | d Judge ~Mr. Frank Colpatzor,chair A. H. thmlv John T L. Strang and J Collins. patrons-—Mesdame: Barton, J. P. Hawkins, Hulm n Kountze § ng, Levi Carter, Frank Col- pe llnu.-tmwn E m k, W. R. ) ) Jarvis, W, 2 Poppleton, 9, W. .Jlng'o J. M. Woolworth, C. D. Woolworth, R. H. Clarkson, L. P. l’vnu(‘,l.\m.m Richard- son, 8. H. H. Clar C. B. Rustin, Connell, . \\ Ceutant, I now of committee-~Hon. J. Boyd. lt.\rluu, 1. Herman Huwkins, Lady Guy C Paddock, A l). Mm 0. J ‘W. Mo . M. Morseman, Lewis ( tiller, 18, Rose- e, Byron Reed, J. H. Miltard, h R (‘nllw.n W. H l Paxton, Thomas Louis , R. C. McClure, Geo. Patterson, wobe, A, U, \\\n ., Guy Vo 2 o. B. n.nnu, J. €. Cowin, M. Thurston, N. Merrimn, Elmer | I D. H. Wheeler, Babeock, Cl I; K ower, W. I H.D. abrook, E. L. Storn B. B. \\mul. D. H. Wheeler, j Woods, I. A. Nuash. | One of the notable musical events of the week was the complimentary enter- taimment tendered on Thursday evening to Miss Fannie K. Loomis, an accom- plished 1ady pianist of Boston, now lhn: ha, The aflfair took place under the efticient dir of Mr. Franklin S. Smith, the programme being as follows: DROGRAMME, ish Wedding March 1lx'|‘nsu| t S Miss Oliver; M Faschingssch 0, Roman .Schuman Miss Loomi: Song—Poet’s Corn Tours Three Gifts. Mr. Rartiett, (a) | Harmonious Blacksmiti.... (b) - The N (¢) ) The Song— ......Roecklo andel L odensen hee m mn;.:wl from Meyerbeer ;4 { (@) ) Thou mimq v Songs (3} { Gne Sunim Mr. W (a) 1 Nocturne No, (b) { Ballade in ¢ \l Miss Loomis, ....... «....Lernmens [r. Todd. ron the programme v instrumental solos by M Loomis were especially fine, and were well received. Her rendition of lh|~ medley, — “Harmonjous “The Mil, “The < characterized by ble exceution and elearness of interpretation. Clopin's delightful “Nocturne™ (12), and Ballade in G Minor, were also aimong her efforts, carning a well descrved cncore. Both selections were played with the taste, feeling, and careful” attention to de: 1ild which mark .the pei rtiste.* Miss Oliver was never in ¢ voice, and sang the “Poct’s Corner” delightfully. The ather numbers on the programme were of a high order of o-\u-llnnu' Miss Loomis, the young lady in whose honor the entertaimuent wa n has decidea to muke Omaha her home, and will be welcomed as valuable ncqumlu.n to social ulul mu al circles of this city. to go out in a blaze 50 to speak. Among the events week are, on Monday night’ o banguet and the Burns clith, Tuesday night, ry concert and ball of the Tur el ‘rmania hall, Wednesday 5 h.lll of Apollo club at Light Guard’s' hall, Thur: evening, fancy dress party of the Ceremonie elih at the Millard, and Fr nlu\'( ening, the Home Circele club's “Mikado party’ at Light Guard’s hull, The Metropohtan club gave « party at their hall Wedne, which was a thoroughly enjoy About thirty couples were in .All\‘ll\l;lll THE HYMENOMETER. Cold weather which bears heavily up- on humanity in general (and the people of On icular, just at present) has not in the slightest particle affected the hymenomet Itis still running and, chirvuping as Dbriskly and brightly as oy Fanfare Every num} agem. The calico evening, The hands, quivering with an emotion which almost human, slowly swinging around, They stop. The ob- server, glancing at the dial, notices that the hands link in sweet conjunction, two names. One of them is that of a clerk in the B. & M. freight auditor'’s oflice; the happy young lady rosident of Platts mouth and may be deseribed as a eharm- The bride-to-b quite well known in Omaha, for she frequent- comes up from Plattsmouth to attend social events here. This case tched and the date of the max duly denoted it 45 the “Howers w hich hl(mmm the spring, tra k two other names shine on the dial, The hands of the instrument stop direetly in front of them, showing unmi )y that the fu ture destinies of their owners are soon to be east together. One is the name of a young doctor on Fourteenth street, not far from Farnam, the other that of a lndy from Denver now visiting The latter who is described very pretty blonde, has already become a favorite heve. The day of the joyful climax has not yet been fixed. Again the hands make a revolution. This time they p st before the names of a teleg operater in the Burlington & \l|~~uun headquarters and Y wdy emploved in o Fifteenth street photograph gallery, The young man made a deeided “impression’ ut the first sitting,and the* proof' of Lis uftection has been | 'hly =.\l.~| wetory to the young llv been “develop- ul the features cream, {not by the however), ete., eté, s whispered, is soon to is 15 of theatr sdry-plate proce The wedding, it oceur | Once more, for the Tast time, the hands | of the delicate and wonderful instrument’ | swing around. They cease 0 move, and . h\o names #ré faintly scen I\nh-d to- Boweh O kfi At Of 4 FOTNE, Smatl, but active eltrk’in a drug store on Doug- las street, not far from Fourteenth, while the owner of the other name is a young lady resident on Purk ayenune. None of the particulars of the affair are revealed by the hymesometer, and it is with the greatest diffficulty that the essential data, as given abdye, an he deciphered on the dial of the ifisftument. - ODDS AND ENDS, Stray Leaves «From the Reporier's Note Book. An episode of some interest in the mar- ried life of Mr. and Mrs. Chas, E, Strass- burger, overlooked in the statement of their rather sensational divorce suit, i worth telling. In the summer of '83, they were touring the east and in the conrse of their travels arrived in Buffalo where they passed the might, The lodged at the Invalides, one of the fincts hotels in the city, The next morning Mrs. Strassburger precipitated a profound sonsation by announcing that her dia- monds worth several thousands and $600 n gold had been stolen from her room. She had seereted them under pillow and on arising they were gone. Quite o stir was raised in Buffalo and the tidings of the heavy robbery were wired brondeast by the Associated Pr Nevertheless, when Mo to Omaha she had her di nd it beeame pub- lie report that she had concocted the ste of the theft for notoriety. This matter was reverted to by the reporter of the Ber who ealled upon her yesterday and she asserted that it was her husband who had perpetrated the the It was not many hours after the exciting discover, that he came to her radiant with satisf: tion and turned into her hands the Jost gems, stating that he had found them in a burcau drawer where she had forgotten them, The money was never forthcom- ing and Mrs. Steassburger thinks that her worthy spouse by so y much increased his allowanee from her. “When Teame to Omaha in the fall of 1871, suid o citizen, “Ninth street was the main thoronghfare to and from the depot, which was then located where vey & Stone's large furniture ware- is situated. It was a iittle seven- r about large enough for a good- man to turn around in. The Jverland” train, as it was called, \\Js backed down to the river's edge near slough just north of the U. P. bridge, nnl there it received the passengers from the ferry b The bridge at that time was in course of construction. The approach on the Towa side was completed and sev- cral picrs had been sunk, but no superstrue- tion had yet been putin, As the ferries crossed the river they swung around the sand-bar and came up |1|(ut| s slough, |I|||0.|\|Ill" fheres their ‘Inlnl ho pusseng, e gintig plarie and the first man that I remember seeing 1 Capt. Payne, who looked no older i he does togday. With a star on his in his hand he was shonting intétructions to the overland passengers. voyi who reached the' téfminus of their travels foundthéir way to the city up st hat thoroug f- lined with a of every O to the (‘m\ll(lcuvn not fi passed without sev- eral pilg & robbed or swindled. Those we patmy duys of Canada Bill, the king ofmonte men. 7T d tinguished worthy while operating with his gang for sevoral years through the western country, made Omaha his head- quarters and had his ill-gotten thousands staked in ral suloons on Ninth stree where his cappers fleczed the unwary. The stre hiad several dance houses in those times, chief of which was the Red Lights at the corner of Dougl street, onc of the most notorious diyes in the rough history of all the fiontier. The Cozzens house by v of contrast \\nh biul things, stood” where it does to-d; and under the same management. Wyoming house, now known as the Can- ficld, and the State hotel, since torn down, immediately adjoined. The omnibus transfer company, ope by George Homan, had its headqu at the corner of Farnam and on the ner adjoining the B 5 frame” building agents, the U Ninth then man, or- by eific headg was where it is now and that lo was in ¢ sense the heart of the When the Union ic bridge was com- pleted in 1 followed by the construe- tion nl the present depot, the lower de- bandoned and travel up town tehed over to Tenth street where remained. The bottom v knocked out of Ninth street as a husi- ness avenue and it went to decay.” Tully one-half of the winter season has passed, and the skater has not single opportunity to sy d himself on This is, perhaps, not due to the fact that this most pleasant of all winter out- door diversions is losing i i Omaha, but her to the that the icy sheeting of ever, water hereabouts has been cove: snow, so diat Jmning has been ble. Hardw Iv 3 lh.\l sales of skates so fu very m:l not worth nu-nlumnw “l don’t ow when I have noticed o lighter busi- nu~~ in this braneh of the trade,” one dealer to 4 reporter yesterday, “than 1 have th What is gall for some people is honey for others, The livery men say that for muny seasons past sleighing has never been' so 1..‘-1\ W during the past few weeks. The snow has been on the und now about a month,and dnring i i man who has had as had no trouble ed with imposs| th sleighing rigs in letting them ont. “The wearing ; more and mapa popular ever, marked a prominent R dealer to a rbpovter the other day. 1 cspocially noticeable in the fing skin grades- fow 3 you could find but one sealskin cap worn, you can mow find five, This i dugy Ipgeely to the cheapening PR A STy T FE yorter el first-¢ 5 having stred is v able to procure the I from Alaska instead of 3 send 't the far-distant northern “Yes, the sealskin looks very difter «m made up/ futo, caps from what it does m xln rong; The |..||t in nataral col- t ng s found. up into red in ginal brown color sealskins made vrey according to socrot pr which are carried ont in their perfeetion in that country alone. After ing trimmed and died the furs are brought back to this country and wade up. Per- liaps now you can understand why seal- skin is 50 eXpensiy ed the number of di- ently?" asked a “Have you not vorce suits started re prominent lawyer of a BEE manlast “1 have just been looking over t court docket,” resumed the lawyer after the aflivmative answer of the news vapan, “and Ifind toat for over oue-twelith of the ses are divorce .|||.~ sixtyseyen dive It's a shame totul number of Just think of it out of 858 cas aee. | Nebraska.” The tirst thing we kpow Qg uhiy 1 W|ll have as dl rz‘p!lh‘vl(‘ a name as Chi CRgY 11 THIS parficume. somemimg surely | ought to be done to prevent it and save the good nime of Omaha and the state of “A funny little incident occurred at the depot the other day,’’ remarked a travel ing man to a knot of listeners at the Pax yosterday, “and 1 have to laugh time Ithink of it. Perhaps the isn't worth telling, but with the surroundings it was ver \\. were all waiting for the young man came in and placed s ‘gr onone of the seats, He seemed in v and went out of the depot door on a déad run. He was gone about five minutes, and Before he returned a large woman with a very expansive dress came in and sat down on the seat next to the young man’s grip. Her dress completely hid the » from view, and when its owner 1 he thought he had been robbed made the circuit of the room on g e, glancing at i o he could seo, with a wild look on hi ce. Finally his eyo spied one corner of the grip sticking out from under the woman's skirts, and wild dash for it. Grasping it | the handle, he started 1o feave but hefore he had gone three feet the woman was up and had him by the coat collar, ‘“Hold on here, you vagabond!' she hissed; ‘you've torn iy dress, and you've ot to piy forit.' (Sho was o big Woman and b whs a littlo bit of 4 cised Don't you try to sneak offy’ she continued “Just 1ook at that hole you've made.” and the womzn displayed n rent in her dress abovt half an inch long. SO didn't. mean to do it said the Young man, in a thoroughly sc ared voice. T'm very sor CWell who sad you did,* woman, ‘but that won't dress.” By this time everybody in the depot was attracted by the noise, and we all gathered around to see what was going 1o happen. “‘How much will it cost to get it mended «d the now trembling and thoroughly frightened young mun. “Mended?” Sereamed the woman can’t mend it. It's silk, and 1t will cost ou going to pay?' “Ltell you it was a it to see that young man’s face. The woeman still held Trim by the collar, and every minute or two shie would give him o shake When she said $i5 he fairly wilted, but finally recovered sufticiently to suggest that the dress was a little worn and the priece a little steep. Finally she came down to 50, but by this time the youug man had braced up and Kicked on that. " Then came down to §25, iin to $10 and linally agieed to tuke nd call it square, ‘Look a-here, old the young man, whoss been getting stiffer ev re down a noteh, 111 tell you wh I'll do with yon, Here's two bits, take that or nothing, and shut up your oll head,” “Just then the train woman made a snateh for the quarter, andthe young man gave a dive for the baggage room to et his arip checked. The old hag chuekled at her L:un)d for- tune for her dress wasn't worth $2. T know, because that's my line, you know."" the the cried for chimed in wek hone had v time the price pulled in, the “I was speaking with one of the mem- bers of the license board,” said a member of the Law and Order ledgue last night, “in regard to the frequent violations of w by some saloon men. What I y referred to was the sale of liquor to minors. ‘Yes,” said the gen- tleman, ‘that feature of the business ought to be stopped. The saloons shouid be” watched.” Then I asked him who would wateh them, and ]n- replied, ‘the police, of cou I reminded hin that there were 143 saloons in Omaha at the prcsvnt time y 30 policemen, and ter for the ofticers pecially as |Iw\' had ¢ the plices nnless their services were quired. The gentleman acquicsced in my deductions, but could see no other ay to improve the present condition of things. I then urged on him the import- ance of not granting licenses except to men of honorable standing who would abide by the law and would scorn to sell lquor to youths not yet out of thei That is the only solution of the question that I ean sec and 1 hope the license com- mittee will be brought to see 1t in the sime light,”” - DEAL UI<‘ ’l‘lll< WEEK. The Real Estate Business for the Seven Days. What has been said of the real estate business for AL weeks past applies to the last seven days. The snow and the ugly weather have so fur operated speculation that the business s heen done 1s a source of grat- ifying surprise l"ul Hu‘ we Past up to Thursday night, isfers wore recorded, as wces the pr ter and brig Hlxl merchants {latier t coming, ing grow the real of ¢ and themselve One w ving m tory of Om: \ bought up a tract of Lind within the cit) limits for something more than $100,000 The great transaction will be made pub: lic in a few days. One of the "ol menting upon the woing into the business, i however great advantage upon the established con- s for they wo ild retain the votuine of business which theig prestige has carned, This statement was snbmitted to one of the new men who yentured to say *we shall see.” veul estate men, com- uumber of people sserted that the would bear no The Street Cleaning, The “snow under the supervis ion of the str wing cont ve still engag ; the from the principal thoroughfares of the city. On Douglas, Dodge and Harney, andl for some dist;pee along Sixteenth street, the banks have been pretly well removed, On lower Faraam, and som of the cross stri running north and south, much still remains to be ddone, | and the are still at work thereon On Tenth stre teenth street, the such away that it condition of the simply been huge _chunks on cithe SNOW on North Six work has been done in but little betters the streets. The snow hus Jbroken up into which are spread sia® of the st tracks. Thoze « chunks s come solid and frozen together, so that the street is »onol ad well nigh impas sable. Some he property owiers claim that chis sty. [ of doing the work is treme and that the arted away in the street sur- et, and on credit.. Everything to furnish s house mplete on-thme pruyments, 613 8. Tepth streut. Neethose fifty dent \luph x burners Moody s china store, 802 North 16th st. at | with the park | quickly sn [ vithbit N NAYTAY vy UUUNIL bLUl‘l‘b l\l)lllll()\' AL CITY NI “ Wardens of the Ward. A meeting of the city council was held Saturday at which all the members were present except Alderman Geise. In compliance with the verbal request of k Commissioner A, C. Graham, the park committee was instructed to confe commissioners, and p @ such resolutions as should be ne in regard to the park tax for next I'he council then the bids for the sewer ditch, The bid of H. Murphy, of ‘Omaha, was for 20 cents per cubic yard, but was ro- jected, 10 bond accomipany ing the bid. The bid of I}, 8. Gallagher was for 17} cents in bonds, or 19} cents, eash, but was rejected on account of the insulli crency of the honds N. A. Moore oftered to do the work 10 ¢ants in bonds; or: 18° conts. cash R, Mitehell, same. J. P, Goulden, same All these bids were laid over until the next meeting of the council A communication was read from Mitgh- ¢l Vincent, offering to do the work cents, as provided by his old contract. srred to the judiciary com- extension to open of the new y attorney, who ha erbal report to the effe Vincent had a valid contr; the work of extending the new sewer diteh, was nsked to put his report in writ- ing, and file it. The strect supervisor was instructed to make prepurations for the prompt open- ing of gutters, sewer inlets and culverts, s0 koon s a thaw should start. Ho was advised to post_himself on the location and condition of all these, and to look over the grounds and decide upon sonie line of action, and in ¢; tities of snow obstruc inlets, to remove the same at onee o as [ | u vent overflow. M. Phill his i for wd referred, by attorney, some d! to grade, this ted in favor of vo of grade asked for by J ll : and other: Referred to Alder: men Bennett, Straub and Mynster. Street Commmissioner Barnett was ap- pointed a special policeman to enforee ordinance compelling persons to clear the snow from guiters and sidewalks, and ho was instructed to commence prosecutions against delinquents at once. Ilu~ bonds of Hornee t and J. e as oflicers of the publie ry were approved. T'he conneil then adjonrned until even- when the cle: oft of the snow i the guttors was presented. This or: dinance was passed (o a second reading and referr It fixes the penalty for £ to comply with its provisions d 100 fine. 1is to meet again lock. matter was, is usual, time to the city attorney. The city engineer repc this after noon at ¥ o Needy. ization of the e Relieving the There has been a reo committee appointed to distribute the fund and supplies for the poor. The of- ficers named befove presented their resi nations to & meeting held Saturday, and Mrs. D. Macerac was chosen president, a Ppropriate choice, as the plan for y ball onginated with her, and SUCCESS W sdlu, to her. M. n treasurer uml much of i J LF Spene Ladies w for the di il to the way vibution of the funds and sup ard—My . J. M. Palmer, Mrs. Forman. sond Ward—MMys. J. P. d Ward—Mrs. R. Holst, Mrs. P. C. DeVol. Fourth Ward--Mrs. J. B. Atkins, Mrs, ). M. Brown. “The committee are being besieged by day and by night with applications for n»wa The feast needy are often the most solicitous, and the “committee finds ll neeessary to- carvefully investigate |l|~- I ease before giving any hel llu- money will not b\, distribuitea dit reetly, but'is to be used in the purchase of necessary supplies, which is decmed wiser plan than the giving of moncy. —— Personal Paragraphs, Miss Clara Beflington is visiting Miss Woolworth, of Capitol aveane, Omali, . Johnson, of the Council Blufls is. made happy by the home of a 10-pounder, a Casady, Mrs. Ald. Geise s reported on the sick list, Prof. MeDermid, of the institution for the deaf and dumb, is among the invalids ssterday sang in the Congre- ;;:nixmul choir. My, . Sibley, who has been in the LT decided to locate in Grinnell, Towa, and will move lln-u- i his family this week. Mr. and Mrs, ibley are most worthy people, and their S om this city will bé regretted by muny fricnds, Misses Annie and Barbara Merkel, who have been spending the t week in Onmiaha, have returoed home, e A WAR STORY. Iow the Colonel Was Carved off ondness For RRabbic Pie, Ik about enting mule beef burg and dog venison al Roek sison—""said. un old oflicer to 1 Constitution reporien Dog yenison! Who cver such iis I nd At heard of s wndreds of men now living who ean tell you that while in the fede prison at Lsland every conld in the b atched up, kilod the half-starved prison 15 i been thrown in an all very palatable food properly from the sur H “But this is not wh i to tell As 1 started to say, you may talk about your mule [ v wis o cat, Thomas cat. Il hlm: aed this way were in winter quarters avound al when 1 oreceived s fviendly invitatio with Capt, Stark Oliver mess, the invitation being st by the aunouncemen ¢ tor dinner, menu could notbe prompily on brought approprinte somewhat pi of the smokin with X v the taste, hut we ant | chewed on. Lit was no use coull not have ot thoug to ch ;‘v h It was ‘the revolted at o 1 ‘Joe, wh that ik *Doan L varmint [ el it's 1o rald dike 3 vabb “Fteh “The 1o bit, nr e | have thon il ¢ ummm.-w HQught it? 3 syaq the foat with Worn Giaws of & cat-an aveion 10 Thomas, well mhanc\‘d in his ninth life, so pronounced by Licut. Cuthburt, was an expert in natural history. “One of the boys had killed the vene Dle feline, and skinnin, n had sold it Capt Oliver for & rabbit. Since then alw 73 Tospe ~tiully decline an invitation abbit pre.* S Delicate discases of either ,howeves. induced ically cured. Address, witl 10 cents in postage stamps for bookgy World's Di -)wn ry Medi l1 Association Buflalo, N. y i ce Baths for Congressmen, the venerable African who has charge of the free bath rooms for the conss gressmen, roveals some of the business; this institution, “*Mostly all the mem bers take them, Mr. Morrison, I reckon, is the only old member that never dids & Mr. Carlisle’s only licre once of twice in his life, and Mr. Randall onl comes when his rheumatism is very ba Mostly all the rest come down pretty p ularonce or twice week, The n s come a8 fastas they loarn about Miny of them don any baths lieve. an 1 hefore they hml members * about thei biths —some h-nlw in rum, some in sen salt and some in sulphur, AT the buths farnished by the gov: ent froc g Yes, except the sulphur, the rum and the salf; that we ‘e to buy ourselyes and the member don't ask any it comes out of our pockets and the; generally pay us | I'he government pays us our salaries and furnishes tubs, water, towels, soap, and combs nl\\‘l brushes, and such like. — Therd are five tubs for the members, and they are most always full. Then there's a s1an bath, where the members can get steamed, They down there and: teamed just like oyst is the best bath room,” Ied the way into a large room of the corridor, where there was an_ im: mense white marbic tank or tub. A bj silver faucet that would let in a stream of any temperature desived in sueh a veols ume as to fill the tub in o few sce- onds, Overhead hu a Bt pAERLIS T ELEQHET WITBIES temperature ponred down in a delightiul shower upon the bather. — The room throughout is newly car| lmtml and was /s warm as a feather-bed, ——— y o o long time Some ‘El tl know that *and he at the end When Baby waa sick, wo gave her Caatorls, When she was a Child, she cried for Castoris, When sho bocame Miss, sho clung to Castoria, When she hiad Clildren, sho gave them Castoris, * Jones and Tresener, Mormons, reumder arrest in Salt_ Lake City fovat tempting to bribe United States officers. TfiE e m FAVORITE HOME REMEDY is war ranted 1ot 1o contuin a single par tiele of mcreury o uny injurious sut stanoe, but s v ASD ATOM ACHT, 1 your liven 15 OULOf. OrdSE, thon your tem is deranged. The blood is languid, disp] L thore serious con- odentary Y AFFECTIONS, s anid take Simmons Liver Rogut Sure 1o relieve, 11 you ha en anything hard of di-.* n, or heavy nfter meals or s a doso and you ep pleasantly. \ble sufferer with® SLA i BILIOUS: oncoe in mons does not uqune costs but a trifle. lator, night, tak 1 relioved ind s 1t you are a mi o up in the morning with a or, bud tuste in your mouth, . It corrects Swootens the 1 Tongue. CHile rtic and Tonic immons Liver cuduche, Biek ,and the com- QRHNKE%NESS Or the Liquor abit Cured by Adwmini Xninos' Golde coffee or tea without it, s ubsolutely. tand speody. iiker oF in thous his foilo fmpi ez impossibill FOR SAL em onee h the Spoc for the Liquor DRUGGISTS ¢ know there are ] { Bongian, nud Ing Sin., Omahs, Neb,d iR & BRO., Conncil Mufs, Towa. Jining Bundreds 1 e best women and men from L PE?&NY%\’AL Pll.I.S "CHICHFGTEH L L i Nebraska National Bauk OHAHA, NEBRASKA. May H, \\ Yares, it nt. b yvice President. P HudGues, Cashier, JOLLINS REED, b W. V. Mok H. W, Yaus 2. TouzAvLis, BANKING OFFICE: THE IRON BANIK, Cov 13th and Farnam Streots, Geuoral Bunliny Susiness Transactod Did you Sup- ¢ Li ut only geod It is for inflammigs