Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 29, 1886, Page 8

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1886. IN THE TOILS OF THE LAV, Two B. & M. Olerks Arrested for Altering Railroad Tickets. FUNERAL OF H. L. WILKINS. A Young Girl's Misfortune—Father ©'Connor's Will-Local Odds and Ends — Police and Court Pickings, Ete,, Ete. Railroad Clerks Arrested. At about 8 o'clock the heavy portals of the county open and a young man, well dressed and rather prepossessing in appearance, was taken in and formally handed over to Jailer Joe Mille The prisoner was Mr. John L. Gideon, formerly a clerk in the general ticket oftice of the Burlington & Missouri, under General Ticket and Passenger Agent Eustis. The charge preferred i him is a grave one, that of alter forging railrond tickets and disposing of them to different broke The com- plaint on which he w rested was filed with Police Judg: Stenberg and was placed in the hands of Detective James Davis, who at ones took him into cnnmdy The complaint, which deals with but one instance of fraud, charges that Gideon “lid falsely, fraudulently and feloniously utter and publish as tru i certain forged ‘counterfeit railroad ticket, knowing the forged, counterfeited and altered which ticket was of the purport and value as follows. to:wit: 1 ticket was issu by the Hannibal & company good for o from Kansas City, M Burlingt: or Atels '~()n, over the ilroad in Irond ticket was 72, of series or form 51, een used over said ros 1 and cancelled by the company’s agents and conductors, b punching same twice in the body thereof. After said ticket had been so eancelled and made valueless, same was falsely, felo- niously fraudlently altered and by tearing off a portion of said tic u ‘containing one of said punch marks, the r-vnh-m-ollmlmml- had been used and cancelled, and b, hang- ing, obliterating 1 1t other of said punch marks by me tothe semblanc of 01 sid punched and o ticket, which was aforesaid hanged by tearing off the portion of, cun(nmu;: ono of said punch 1z the other to the s of the I«»\lm “B(which said punched in same indicated ¢ s had b nted by the hnldm the wilroad agent, for the purpose holders bageage checked) was of the form, appearance and simi g()ml and genuine ticket of of the value of six dolla i id, falsely forged, altered feited by d Gideon, .was altered and published by him true uml gmunnv with the infent thereby, to unlawfully defraud.” Mr. Eustis could not be seen in his of- fice and hence his statement of the aflair could not be secured. It is unden il()ull however, has been engaged at this sort of business for a long time held an im- portant position under Mr. Eustis, through his hands passed all the old tick- ets and coupons w handed in by the conductors. Deen sus- pected of crooked work some ti A detective wa 1ged to wor o The result hxi gations, the 5 d.um is that conclu c evidence of Gideon's guilt has been obtained. In several instances lie has been known, it is claimed, to have disposed of “fived” tickets to local broke ANOTHER CLERK IN THE TOILS. The belief that Gideon was not alone in th heme, but th is one of ring us ticket operators,”’ was Slrhllglllt’ll(‘flx\il evening by the arr of another man on the charge of al and forging mllmud tickets. Thi; Donald B. Allan, a young clerk in th & M. oftices. The complaint in his was alsosworn out by Mr. Eustis, and was similar to_ that aguinst Gideon, Judge Stenberg issued the warrant for the young man’s arrest about 6 o'clock, and at 7 o'clock he w hchiml the bars at the county Al that se to his ed all his He is is a_great surp where he has resid life, nnd been held in high esteem a son of the late J. T, Allan, whos ath only a short time ago. Two of , Mary P.and Jessie C. A ans of the public library and greatly respected, He is only uhuut 20 years old, Both Allan and Gideon protest strongly that they are innocent. The date of their hearing™ has not yet been fixed. The amount of the frauds is not yet known. THE LAST RITES. Funeral of H. L. kins Yesterday —A Biographical Sketch, The body of Mr. H. L. Wilkins, whose sad death in Bostor last week has been recorded in these columns, arrived here yesterday, in chargeof Mr.TA, F. Wil Kins, brother of the deceased and Mrs. Wilkins, the widow. The remains were at the undertaking ablishment of Drexel & Maul during the forenoon, where they were witnessed by a large number of friends, including the em- ploves of the City Steam laundry. The tuneral took | » at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon from the late resi- dence of the deceased, 1426 North Nine teenth. The services both at the house and grave were conducted by the Rev. ‘Willard Scott, of the St. Mary’s Avenue Congregational church, Interment was made at Prospect Hill cemetery. The following named gentlemen acted as pall-bearers: Mr. S, P. Morse, 1. J. Rogers, B. E. B. Keunedy, D. . Wheeler, Geo. Guy and John Fields, Mr. Wilkins was well known in this eity, and during his stay here made hosts of friends, who will sincerely mourn his sad and untimely death, He was born in 1850, He came to America i hlspmunu living duri ng Toronto, € “anada, where T model schools. In Omaha and was B H -ml Mm.m ;l ne Ingland, in 1853 with his youth at e attended the 1867 he came to by the U, P. iver Bridge com- till 1876, when he m luuunll) He conducted llm business alone till the spring of 1881, when he associated with him My, J. H. Evaus, that time until last July they ed on the business jointly. Al that time he retived from the firm nnd de- wided to travel for the benelit of his rap- ~idly fa f' health, He first visited the homu of Mrs i soon after proceeded o he ¢ ntending to visit Europe in quest of medical aid and the benelits of a decided change of climate. He was advisud by iysicians not to ~munu‘ the passage Aeross the ocean, i yering upon thelr warnings, he »5uudoned the tip. About two weeks g9 he was taken with 4 vio 21 of insunity in a Hoston hotel, and Fance that timeg he never regained right mind. His brother, also vesides in Quaba, upon oponml the hearing of Mr. Wilkins’ serious condition hastened to him and was pres- ent with him when he died, He .was a man of means, having acquired a_prop- erty at Twentieth street and_St. Mary's avenue, valued at $25.000. Three years oES he married Miss Liz MeElhattan, Pa., who sur s was |mur-um| of a ||u|r\‘vln|m in- e faculty, which was utilized to the very best advantage, he t taking charge of the mechanical li‘[\'\l'll“l‘ll( and Mr. Evans of the business portion of the 'y busimess while they were in partnership. o AN INNOOENT WOMAN, Deceived by a Lecherons Pierce County Man, Made a County Ward. A demoralizing case was witnessed yes- terday in the county building. H. M Haushield prought to the commissioners a girl named Emma Boettscher, whom he found at the St. James hotel Wednesday night, friendless and without money. She had come from the Blufts, where she had been in the eare of the sherift of Pot- tawattomic county, who recommended her to come here. She was put in cus- of the latter by W Sweeney ff of Pierce county in this state, who had brought her from that place here she was put in_custody of Sullivan by a German named Wm. Fox, who runs a’sa- loon int town. Fox had betrayed the girl and finding that she was preg- nant took the means above outlined to get her off his hands, The scheme Worked successfully, so successfully that his duped vietim has heen dropped among strangers to care for her and without a cent of her betrayer’s money in her pos- session. Inabout & month the girl, who is about 19 year: age, will become a mother Wy the misery of e it not for the in- terest which the outrage that has been \\rn\whl upon her his worked, would be Tike feel )l'lh.l]N was g vl_\ wmlh The commis- sioners’ feel keenly the insult inflicted upon the county by the fellow Fox who thinks_this_ commimity e hance must care for the vietim “of lust. The WOtHi AN HBRE 10 thie 1505E" Iibiise, . RAEL the commissioners will see that Fox eares for the woman and perhaps mareies her, othierwise it may %0 ha hard with him. \’l‘ nl’QL ESTS. The Will and Testament of Father O'Connor, The will of Father T. W, O'Connor, the decensed pastor of St. Philomens he- dral, has just been filed in the probate court. From this document it appears that the wsed priest left little or no v property, two life insurance policies constituting his estate. One of th aken in 1882 in the Continental Life ln~|uum~c company is for £5,000; the other, i 1in 1881 by the Mutual Re- uml Life association of New York, is in amount, $10,000. The sum total he has bequeathed as fol- low: To his father, Queens County, To his mother, $1,000. To each of his brothers, Francis, Rich- ard and_Charles, $1,000" each. To h \mnwo brother, Dennis O'Connor, j Dennis. O'Connor, of Treland 500, lSnd‘rol O’Connor, r‘:\flu-llml for edu- n special trust, $1,5 Bishop O'Connor, according to Father 0O'Connor’s wish, acts as executor and -]vrvwnl.nl @ to see that all the bequests. CH d out. he document was drawn in October, 1885, just before Father O'Connor’s de. l cture for Ireland, and was witnessed by Richard P. Mulm\hcy and Geo. H. C8S. BASEBALL AFFAIRS. Ted Sullivan and the Northwestern League—The Western League, Mr. Geo. Kuy has bought out t est of John Hitchcock and C. J. C in the lease of the Athletic park, on Sherman avenue, and the buildings thereon, During the coming summer he will be the sole manager of the concern. In speaking of baseball prospeets yes- terday Mr. Kay remarked that he had not r ed any further communication from Ted Sullivan concerning the pro- | Northwestern league. “T ace in this way,” said Mr. ional league has m admitting Kansas tion, and may do t think Suilivan has been to drop the Northwestern and await developments, the event that Kansas C to the X\:\l Northwestern through. I still h\.lll"l' scheme is @ gooll 1 through with sucees: stern league, which is to be 2 with St. Joseph, Leavenworth, fastings and Lincoln, is still in ived many o Omauha represented in that organization with a good club. It is not probable, however, that the base ball men of this eity will Im\u anything to do with that league, T n-y proposc to sit down and * \mfl- ay OA course in admitted I" ©f Kay has him to ha the ity have lnu-n glvlll) xmuo_w\l by the elevators in many of our down town buildings which scemed at the same moment to be inoperativ Wilhnt'll, anite, and O were among the first noticed, at laziness among the ascending wees had become epidemie. In: q!lll_) developed the fact that the annoy- was oceasioned by sewe All fact most of the elevators in are run by water, the escape from which flows into the sewers, generally in the nearest alley. During the cold weather people lu save themselves as much trouble as possible have been using the sewers for all purposes. Asa conse- 2 latter have been so clogg: to require the attention of Superint McClain, During this work of cou was impossible to accommodate the elevator eseape, hence the shutting down. The elevators which empty their water into the Farnam ect storm-wats sewer, however, have not been interfered with, Ru Yesterday morning, about 1:30 o'clock, while C. N, Butler, ot the mailing depar ment of the Beg, was going home from the Apollo social, he was struck at Fi teenth and Calif a streets by a hors which s bemg rapidly driven and knocked down. q‘l d uli\ not stop, and the sleigh passed over the ang man brmunfihim painfully. Thed never stopped and soon nfi ppeared in the dark, A Splllued A akle. J. E. Kessels, ant employe in Shop No. 1o0f the Union Pacitic yands, yosterday climbed upon sowe of the to oil the puileys over his head and ac _|u=u|u belting. He slipped, fell to -the ankle. Ho was Galbraith's office, corner lmnwu\l\ and Howard strects, machinery SISTERS OF ST. FRANCIS. The Mother Suverior,} of the Westphalian Branch, Now in Omakha. Something About the Order and Its American Institutions—The Two Crowns. At a quarter past six o'clock Iast night a reporter for the Ber found himself seated in the reception room of St Joseph’s Hospital,engaged in aconversa- tion with the mother superiot of the Francisean Order of Sisters, from Olpa, provinee of Westphalia, Germany. This lady who is known to her subordi- nates as Mother Theresa, is the head of ticular of the third order of St. Francis, which has its hs in Westphalia. Of course there ave other branches of the order entirely distinet from this one. The mother superior now appearance from her subo isters. She wears the same loose flowing habit of blac rge, the same white and black bounet, the same Kknitted cord ||.x| ging from her girdle, which are inctive features of the dress of the Franciscan sisters. Her face, somewhat wrinkled with the furrows of 60 years or more, has a ewd yet dly appearance, which is very prepossessing. As she was able to speak but very little Baglish, the reporter carried on a conversation with her through the sister superior of the hospital, Sister Alphonsa, who aet- ed as interpreter, The branch of Franciscans of which Theresa is mother superior has but 350 sisters, some of them in Germany and the vest in America. It is estimated that 170 of this number are stationed m Germany. 1t is a peculiarity of this branch of the order that its work js confined to these two countries alone. The firstinstit in this country in charge of the Fr: cm nuns was open 1 at Lafayett Other Tums ) institu- 5, orphan nd con- 3 en for e © the most 1 y now numher eleven. be it hospital, asylum convent, is known as a “‘house,” and llu- sisters in charge constitute the © ‘of the “family,” of St who con- of the superior Mother siste to the 1, to whom shen and subm is in_tarn subject Superior, Ther reports sake of convenicnc r Hyacintha, of the Lafay- 15 been vested with power | al” ting mother super ior o , and to her all matters of minor- nupnl(.\nm- are re- ferred, Sister Super ette, Ind., i ¢ intimated, the fivst Am ot this branch of the I° C opened at La The l'(’unll was at (()Iunllm» A other © Emporia, Kan.; Hum- ]rluv). Neb.; St Bernard, Nob.; St. Neb. and Platte € oulxc, Neb. “I'havebeen in {his c past few ll|(lll||l~, ? said M to the reporter, through the nm-r|m~ “and ¢ visited all the houses of our ovder in this country. I shall not return to Germany before spring. Bverywhere I have been pl 1 astonished with the work that th ¢ accomplish- ing. All of our institutions in this conn- 'y are in good condition and are doing well. T'am sed witl the work of the sis in ( . The hos- pital he doing good; your people must be very generous to support it so libera they do. The only fault I have to find is that the buildig is too small for the wo s to do. Itrust and belieye that it will be enlarged be- Ion, lonv 13 gm\nh of your order has been ruml in this country” “Yes, I wasin lhhoounlrysnmu- y n;;u,!lu‘nlu re was but one honse here, now there ar (-luuu some of them with a large nunmber of siste Nothing couid be more gratifying than such an in- et CROSS OF FLOWERS AND OF Very fow e ble who pass these Siste of Charity quietly moving about on thi errands of love and merey, stop for a monient to think of the toil,” self-de mal and suflering, which make up their 1i One notes tho expressio mission, but he doc re years of prayer t coarse );l".vl‘ habit and the knitted givdle and cord, oo, are n, but do not re- mind him that the pr ples of the wear er's life are 1|mwn[ the Nazarene whose raiment was of th Vl:nn wd - whose only ornament was humility. Full seven and a half are re- ite to complete her , and claim sisterhood with the rder of Frane irst, as explaine Sister Alphonse to & repo who must be under 16 determing to become iven i crown u: flow Superior oung girl, mw is crown, which 1s and white flowers ay, during which and cmony te her ad- interwined, for with s of llu- one conrse she s chosen, she putsthe white veil on and takes new yow lemn than thos of the ‘*‘flower-crown.” the white veil is worn,at the end of which time if her vows have been accomplished and her purpose is still unchanged, the black Im\nt isput on with new ot conseeration, This is worn for a further period of five years, when the period of novitiate has fully expired. Then comes the final, most impr y of putting on thorn-crown, tken with the celel feast, and with rites propriate to the oeeasion. then becomes a fully admitted Frang nun, On Inst Satnrday, sixteen young girls at the hospital took the first step toward joining the order—thatof putting on the flower crown, By July next they will have completed the ficst part of the nov- itiate and will pm on the whnu veil, American and Europoean national ¢ha acter masks at MAX MEYER & CO'S. lloom nml Those essentials have lately been given the gentlemen’s waiting room in the B. ¢ M. depot. The stand and cases of the nt which formerly occupied an alcove on the eastern side of the room have been transterred to the north end and mserted into what was formerly the baggage- room. Asa consequence of the nge, passengers may now look out upon The back and learn of the arvival and de- darture cold which is of trains without braving the ‘Will Take the Velil. Miss Mary Morgan, formerly of Omaha, the daughter of Frank C. Mor- gan of this city, will on Tuesday, Fab- u 24, take the veil and first vow Sacred Heart, at the She has for two ttending the convent school and has determined to re- Quite a number of f fric nds here will goto St. Louis to wit- l ness the solewn ceremony. | THE NAMN WARKS. What Has Been Dome Towards Thelr Purchase -Thefrospec In conversing with Mr. G. T. Walker yesterday in regard to the purchase of the Omaha nail works, a raporter learned that a considerable part of the capital for the new company had been secured. There is not sufficient as yet, however, to organize the new company which must be placed upon a sound and substantial basis. “In earrying out theprogramme,'’said Mr. Walker, “it wouldde necessary that the whole of the $100,000 eapital be sub- seribed and that the amounts equalling 60 per cent be deposited in bank before the perfecting of the organization.” “Do you think you will be able to se- cure that amount?” asked the reporter. I am somewhat encouraged and will of course carry it through. I have spent too much time on it to run away and leave it, but I am really disappointed. I sumnwml“hnn I presented this advan- tageous proposition to the people of Omana, that I could sceure enough cap- ital to_join in prise in two or three day: V _|||~l|l||| k: the people of Conneil Biufis raised in a fow days £50,000 for the \\ ail and Loc company, which, while'a good thing per- hapsin the future, is ely an experi- ment to them; while here in Omaha is a plant all in readiness to commence at a notice the manufacture of steel nails—an article that has now an im- mense demand nd of which there thie st nv ot the nail market just now?” asked the inquisitive news- aper man. Well,” replied Mr. Walker, “‘from all urces of information I find that on anuary 1, 1886, there were but 260,000 kegs on hand as against a stock of nearly 5,000,000 kegs on Janu 1, 1885, We will start off on March I with a stock of less than 1,000,000 kegs to supply - sca- son’s demand’ of nearly 7,000,000, On March 1, 1885, there were _over 6,000,000 kegs on hand. The strike which com- menced on June 1, 1885, stopped over 3,000 machines, and stocks 1an out al- most (‘|I|| stern factories umnm'v acturers have got nmhnuwin operation, with 'lpp entices, or ‘hand fecders,” s they were termed, and some of the ]4-)-.hd\|' started on the co-op e plan; but these efforts won't amount to much towards supply ing next summer’s trade." “You think nails will be a good article to have, then?” Certainly If this strike continues 1s will g0 to a high figure—perhaps ke those of 1872 and 188).7 is the tende 1 goodsy"" “No; for many reasons they are vi sensitive. In l. y ran up to $5. market. In 1830 - ngo, they were as low as $1.80, the lowest known fo the taade.” “You unnlmn]v] wte making steel nails solely in Omaha? SO course; ay foriron has passed, v t stoel @ be had. nging ke them.” many expensive to change their | “Does. 1L T (Imn Tiat do pends upon the manner of working. Where ore or pig_iron is used stecl made by the Bessemer or BroquesosExn ive plants ar nvolving an outlay of perh: 0,000, but when nlld 15 s used the changes are but here are, however, but fow mills sing such material in the western other nany changes needed here “None wlnnm 3 the pro lopted here fm working iromr rails and s ap is ited m the production of a first- Lu-l nail.” **I understand you have said that steel nails can be made at a less cost than iron? “Yes, sir; it is owing to the cost of the material. For a keg of steel less than_for iron by perhap cents, which alone is really & g i rilin: times,” “What are the future prospects for the continued s “Well, 1 have never s it sinee I have been in the business.” The prospeet is sim ,1¥ wonderful, 1 would not be surprised if the net profits on a keg of nails would run up to over §2 during the coming season, and the market will demand cvery nail we can make by run- lay and night, turning out betwee six and seven hundred kegs per day of ty-four ]|Ulll\ for at least two In_ the s will be made to in the use of fuel enable us to comy astern manufactt wtural gas will be r future. That, or a sall l]l t is necded 1 anything like ||II,‘1I|I- time cconomize ||1.|l will y'S Auul itis likely that covered in the n ing body of c Omiha a e be converted into gas and ngin the cost of manu " fucl of 50 to 60 per cent. thing more,” called out the re- |I\|n"‘ “How will ef facturer “On porter g about the supnly of mat At this Mr, W smiled, ine some letters and telder, “That is the least of my troubles. wly been offi ip in two ye: nd exhibit- ms said: I have move than we could " Then he added more seriously: 3ut we must do some- thing pretty “quick now it is known “that this mill has been stopped, in- constantly being made for the purchase of the michinery to move to other points but which will not be con- sidered by the old company if they be sold to'be operated here, s it is i gen- erally recognized fa t to lose the works would have el oon the business of th alr ELKHORN WATER. Uity Engineer Rosewater Thinks It Will Remain Away From Us. i r Rosewater was asked yesterday whav he thought about Commissioner Corliss’ plan to bring the Elkhorn to Omauha. Mr. Rosewater said that the bringing of the Elkhorn to Omaha had se 1 times before been propesed, and each time beeause of the almest insuperable difticulty and cost which would attend and be experienced byit bad been aban doned, He did not see how the achievement could be accomplished. From a recol- lection of surveys he hadimade, he knew that g 2 between this city and Vi were laggedivides in some ces, possibly 408 feet higher than souri. 'llm Elkhorn river 160 feet above the Missouri. To over- come Blfith a difference wonld be a diffi- culty which he knew syphonic action, such suggested by Mr, Corliss wuuld nuL accomplish Even i it could, the water would have to be led in conduits across the valleys, which would be an- other great source of expense. Then, if the wa were to be conducted in chan- nels dug through the hills, another great work would have to be uudertaken, be- cause, from the l.num be a continuous fall to this place, and that never could be effected without an _enormous outlay Some time ago the idea was broached of having the Elkkorn us the basis of our five su npl) It was then demonstrated Hu-l that “stream was but eighty feet above the eity at the point upon which Boyd's Opera: House now stands. and that, even if the water could be carried over the hills west of us, the energy of the fall would be overcome by the resist- ance it would meet in it _passage of so many miles, In so far as Mr. Rosewater .umfurmc-d he did not deem Mr. Cor- scheme either practieal, or capaba- hlc or what he claimed for it. THE LAI‘HI! CASE. What the Cleveland Leader has to Say About it As the time approaches for the trial of John W. Lauer, interest is being revived in the mysterious tragedy, whereby Mrs, Laner lost her life on a moonlight night, within the glare of a parlor base-burner, in November last. The friends of Mr. Lauer in - Cleveland as well as in Omaha are beginning to show a great deal of nervous activity, The story which Mr. Lauer has told about the fatal shot fired “by the light of the moon and the glimmer of a big base: burner,” appeared on Wednesday in the Cleveland Loader. [t was carefil vised and embellished for effect upon the former associates and friends of Mr. Lauer, whoon thestrengthof itare r wuh to vouch for his innocence. ‘The mixture of facts and fiction whic 1 Leader has compounded for home sumption is herewith given for what it is worth: “In a few days Mr. John Lauer, once a resident of this city, will be placed upon trial in. Omaha, Neb., upon - the terrible rge of killing his' wife. His easc is 1g the attention of the grand shooting occurred on Novem- v 91 last. Tor some time previous the neighborhood in which Mr, Lauer lived had been operated by burglars, One of them broke into his house and M oer shot at him. On the night of November 21 Lauer retired and slept soundly. Duar- ing several preceding nights he had been kept awake by an 1ul\ med eye, and he vais nervous and ill k- was awakaned the sound of whispered words, and saw a figure at the foot of the bed. Ho S he thonght at_once of the burglavs, Iustantly taking his revolver from be! h his |uHu\\ he fi He then in- eached out with his hand and Wi 1s gone. and not |ml|l then, he e had done. His sister-in-ls room, heard the shot the burglars had con against ler was learned that mor + in another nd supposed that gain, The made when it than a year previous he had quarreled syith his wife. Since then public feeling. Om has been nst him—his friends claim by unfair reatening letters have been witnesses for the defense, ching hasbeen heard. All this caused great pain and anx- icty to the relatives and numer- ous friends of Lauer in this city left Cleveland when he w age, and had a wide acquaintaice here. Not'a person 1 this city who knows his acter believes adow of guilt res believe that'if the facts are sworn to as the e, the evidence vived as it is given, and further eriticism upon dis- torted misrepresentations stopped, he will bo fully and honorably acquitted. So the it mel s chE proie 1 men and elergymen of the West sid whose position in society and influenc publie affair: throughout the statement deels hat their belief in his .rmlt the circumstanees in the almost impossible. More than the number of equally well-known ¢ ared lln-u \\\“Il“"ll city received only \ Y ing, a letter from him speaking “in the most affeetionate manner of his wife and the happy life they had been leading dur- ing the preceding'y 2 Shannon Letter Bill File, Filing C; and Cases. Schlicht’s Standard lm 219 12th street, opposite Neb. Nat'l Bank. A ROLAND FOR A‘N OLIVER. A Herald Mistake Does Injury to County Clerk Needbham, The “Herald”” \u-louln' morning in a Tocal paragraph about county re- ports and oflicials, said that **Mr, Need- ham’s accounts tiil in confusion. At present he owes the county about §30, which he received for depositions and failed to credit it to the proner source.’”’ Mr. Needham has been in oflice about month. Eighty dollars shortage in time would he howing it could be pr m. But the fact is, nobody has_ examined Mr. Needham's accounts and found such deficit—not even the “Herald” reporter. Mr. Needham's books, however, are open to inspection and may be e anybody, and My, Needham not fe any discovery made. The Heratd, howeve abull. It did not intend to rc Needham, but to his predecessor, though it has made a bad break in m.nkm'r such amistake, We have $20,000 to In\n at low rates in sums of §1,000to $10,000 if taken within ten days. J.W. & E. L. Squire, [§ umu'i] Blufls. R (s, Greenbacks Traveling, Max Barchav a sojourner at the Windsor, leaped from the dinner table yesterday, and with his heart in his month, rushed to the desk of the cierk. “Give me that bundle 1left here before 1 went to dinner.”” The hundle had been placed under the desk, little importance 1z attached beeause it was known to y pair of unmentionables. vels rumhlml through it excitedly ‘nul lln Iy picked fro the fob a roll of bills \.|||xu| at §100, iolly, I thought it was gone,” he exelaimed. 1 had that pantaloons done up by a clothing elevk, and now it's passed through your hand and _that money’s been in it 4ll the tim But I guess 1 won’t tempt either of yo 4 And the roll went down in his trimmings at 11th & Farnam, Masks and masqverade MAX MEYER & CO'S., o Ice on Telephone Wires. The manager of the telephone system has been constantly annoyed by fears since the advent of the snowy weather, that damage will be sustained by the breal is wires. In many places the wires run adjacs ent to large buildings the water from which, in falling, and freezes u[lmn the wires. In some places, espe the rear of the Pax- ton b]mL a as a hundred ponnds formed u]: he clust the w i to re onstiant- engaged it knocking % ‘o Trom all licights With poles and clubs, Sioux Oity Route—Notlce, Tickets will be on sale Sundays and dnesdays of each week during Feb- 1 ng Sunday, January 31, ng to attend the Teo t St, Paul, Minn re for . Council Blufts to St. Paul fifteen dollars and fifty-five cents ($15.53), Return tickets good seyen (7) days from date of sule . R BUCHANAN, 'n'l Pass. Agent. - The largest and finest assortment of crman and Freneh wasks is to be found MEYER & CO'S/, 11th & Fanam DDD! AND ENI D& Stray Leaves From the Roporters' Note-books, “I would rather go to the opera house, on a big night,” said a middle aged gen- tleman last night, “than to the most fashionable reception that conld be giwven on Capitol hill or off toward the park. The same people are alway: there it is true, but then they do not al- ways oceupy the same seats. The audi torium, therefore, presents the ceaseless combin n of a kaleidscope. Wealth, n-lhgvm‘v ignorance, vanity, o inferminably mingle! No :\m then one misses familiar face, who has perhaps gone to eternal repose in one of our ‘silent_homes,” or, perhaps, has been swept from his walk by the waves of financial misfortune. But then, a new one soon takes its place. And hence there is hx(!v opportunity to mourn a va- cant chair. Three winters ago I attended nn-'lrl\ every fmm.u- of the season. sung_lady of this performance she different gentleman, I never see her m a theatre now. Sheis stillin town, but I don't know what become of the young men. Who is she? youask, No, thank you. I'mnot giving nanes." y city. At near \ was attended by Very fow people realize to what an ex- tent the habit of morphine eaiing 1s ¢ ried on among the lower classes of this city. A reporter who conversed yester- ¢, with a number of druggists on the topic, irmly impressed with the idea that the opium habit is surely but slowly securing new devotees. Many of the drug stores have a regular list of morphine eaters, who come day after day to get their regular allowance of the d Many who addicted to tho opim habit decline to use the pipe, because to enter the dens of the Chinamen chly distasteful to them. The mor- » powder is more easily taken it_is that the number of morphine fiends is_considerable than those of the fine themscly ictly to opinm smok- ing. Though it is true that the use of the drug in either form is principally con- fined to the lower strata, it among the better . “How much mmmnm- 1o dr as fifty or sixt fi" ins ad ulmm much tronble, |h|~ iggest dose L ever saw taken by one person at one time twenty-fiv grains, This may appear to be a'fishy Story, but it is true, I can prove il. H“o or three yours ago, while ‘I was in the rear part of the store, a woman came asked for twenty-five grains of My s instructed to what she want- it she was acenstomed to The clerk nded her ning the morphine, As 1 ~Iu~ reu nkml(lml n-pnm in and morphine. Wi ed, as Isaw t using the drug the paper conta she took it in h sh credit, the clerk not to give her 1|m mon| »h unless aid for it She ard me and quick as a_flash swallowed the entire dose, muttering at the same time, Tl get ahead of you, anyway.” Such a Swould he Killed half dozen_or- men. The woman was not aflfect- cle by it, but came back the . begging for more of the drug. “Yes, I'saw Salviniin “Othello,”” last night,” snecred a natty young man to the reporter. 1l sav in the e, and T #hought [ saw every newspaper man in town. 1looked in all the critiques, but failed to find a single reference to things on the stage w hich distracted “Thret timos 2 hanmer of some other (]um:lu“ upon th boards, eh time Salvini felt, throttling ~mm-hmly as he lat In four scene ¥ W 2 who Id drive off the stage th as well as some of th Throughout the play Iwas impres: with the fact that the new wat 0 works must have taken up a position on the stage. inly, I must suy, for one of the few s in my life, T got gas for h1 In id nothing. = This is a hberal- do nolunmm-ml beeause, it wdl not break the company, it send me to the undertaker, or send him to me When 1 paid the JMice $2 for a ticket in the parquet, 1 not expected to get so many more than the advertisement promis you think Tom Boyd's gencrosi will ruin him?” ity \\'Inlu ‘I'liree contractors stood at the Wabash corner, Tuesday last, discussing the me its of the different kinds of pavements which will probably be laid in Omaha next summer. Each of them had ride over the wooden pavement in Chieago. Al pronounced it worthless. One wounldn't ride his mother-in-law over it. Another said he knew a young man who lost his life and, consequently,. v by being shaken to d with his hest love over ¢ rouds of that great I said theve was no mone stufl’ for a contractor, and the have been of the me mind, beeause they shook hands and adjourned round the corner. The B, & M. Appraisement The Burlington & Missouri aporaising commission, consisting of W.J. Mount, J. L. MeCague, O, F. Davis, L. 8. Reed, E. W. Wickery and ( Smith, who took C. Hartman's place, yesterday put in considerable work in the southwest, upon the proposed line of that road to Lincoln. The route \\11] be llnnu;,h uml require in th > three acres, which haye heen appraised at $90 per acre. Besides this, they will also allow a small amount of dams They also consid ages 1o prope Anun Cort 1: . will proba 1\ be more iz ylon's prope Jjured than hborhood Tl into two equal of his barns a home w fow feet ul the ti ides, it will de- stroy some of his o rd and garden, He puts his damages at very nes though the commission had not, last sAllIllg L able Lo raise the h"u to more than $1,600, although lln_\‘ thought they might go a little higher. A Sad Death. €, W. Thomy wife of M. , of the Union clevator, died of y morning requiry (lus movin hous My Thon internal hemorr! at 8 o'clock. She ret \\'mhlulhl\ night, and aken ill, © Expericnecd ]lII\~!lIlII\ were nmediately called, but no relief could be afforded. fhe cnld born at the time t3 s ived. The remains will be away from town, A Sleigh Ride with Blocks and Tackle On last Tuesday night Moses O Brien, of the firm of O'Brien & O'Brien, and H N. Wandell,of the Nebraska and Jowa in surance company, 0ok a sleigh ride Bellevue, They entered a -lolise on the way to look: for refreshients, leaving to | their horse tied to a post about 800 feet away. When they emerged, = satiated with interior satisfaction, their horse was not at the post. “Where is the horset” querricd Wandell. It was dark at the time, and bothgroped around until finally O'Brien discovered the animal’s head extending over one side of a cistern and the sleigh on the other. The other part of the steed wasdown in the eavern, and the startled and appealing eyes ot the animal hinted that it would d him much pleasure to again get on solid snow. Blocks and tackle and half a dozen men brought the nag to the surface. Both young men have been covering the opi- sode with considerable industry, AMUSE A PARLOR MATCIL t Boyd's house, to-night and Saturday noon and even- ing, Evans and Hoey, twoof the cleverest comedians now before the publie, will ¢ A Parlor Mateh,”” a most successful 1 comedy, by Charles H. Hoyt. It s the latest of the series of plays for whicl theiranthor makes no elaim except Ih:\l they are amusing. It introduces the like of which have not be- fore been seen on the stage. Hoyt 18 one of the drollest nf wits. He is original, and his conceits ¢ '« have the charni of novelty. The )II v contains pretty mu- sic in abundance. o following peoplo y: Charles E. Evans Daniel” llm‘l Frank Camp Nelson, Otis Shattock, Fr Bet Misses Minnie Page melie Edwards, nd elena French, Re* selling rapidly. Judge Porter's Property Sold. ‘The real estate firm of Morse & Braner sold yesterday the well known property of Judge Porter, on the north side of IFar nam, second lot east of Nineteenth, The lot stands about thirty feet above the street and is surmounted by a frame cote tage. Tt is G6x132 feet e, The con: sideration is $12,000, and llu‘ purchasers were T. L. Kimball and J. H. Hungate, the latter formerly of The under: standing of the sellers is that the propert s to be improved, but in what mannel s not heen dete 1. Judge Porter is now. ue time back been aresident of € Thao appr ion of his property is source of exceeding sati on to him. 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