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S e o s e i frsrSSsooszg04 BYTHE REENEDGE OF A RAZOR A J. Anderson, uSweda, Found With His Throat Cut From Ear to Ear, APROBABLE CASE OF SUICIDE. Beer Through Trap Doors—Three Fire Alarms—Railway Notes and Per- sonals—Court and Police Miscellany. Probably a Suicide, John and Albert Willis, two “log fishers,” living on the bottoms, while singon the river bank opposite Boyd's packing house, about 8 yester morn- ing witnessed a sight whi will forget, nulmwmn.. out in the I features cold in de! |I||, was the ‘unl‘ nL. man, apparently about 30 or years of , with throat cut from ear to ear. The the man had been murdered at once hastened to Boyd's and sent in acall for'the Drexel hurr to th impanclling a jury, proceeded with the inguest There are no facts at hand to show the exact manner in which the unfortunate man met his death. The presumption, however, is very *llnn" Hmlflnw-lu was one of suicide. and Mr evident down from about twenty fect ne ing house. On ihis spot, Drexol thinks, the fellow sat when he drew the razor 088 his throat, and then 1ling back in the agony of death, rolled down the easy embankment until the water’s edge was reached. Tne razor, of cou was found at the top of the bank the man is supposed to have committed the de The peculiar inner of the cuts on eithe; rof the t are such asto indicate that the man died by his own hands, as they are slanting inc instead of ight across, as would hay resulted had the deed been done by another, Several papers were found on the por- son of the victim which would indicate nis name was A.J. Anderson and he had come from Minnesota. One was anaturalization certificate which he had just taken out in Ci county, i ile still another was a rail: andjia, Republic county, A letter also found ad sed to Miss AnnicAnderson, 109 ourth street, Minneapolis, from which it is to be presumed that he has relatives i city. Another lettc dressed to Miss Jennie Lorel, south, Minne; writtén by the man Limself in the Swed: ish language, Idressed to AL P As pigren, Seanjia, Kansas. In it the wiiter says i will leave on Maveh 24 for j and _ expeets there ~ Apr No other h would throw any light case were found upon ‘the per dead ma \III y incline + packs N, upon |!u Vi in a suit of dark jacket overco: The_jury |myvmm-lm| iting the e 15 with @ heay pea wefully ound r verdict to the decensed had come to his death from wounds inflicted by hi own hand. Coroner Drexel has w to the several persons whose addresses w found on the person of the dend man. For a day or so the body will be held, awa s of fricnds of the supposed suic BEER ' after G ROUGH TRAP DOORS. How the Astute lowa Saloonkeepers vade the Liquor Law. “Yes,” said a_prominent saloonkeeper m Iowa in the Arcade yesterduy, ‘‘the boys are ha lots of fun on the other side of theriver. Iamrunning two large saloons m—well, the name of the town doesn’t matt nd it's pretty sharp work some times. The saloon men don’t mind the fines very much because they can afford to pay $£100 once in a while if business is good. They've got a ag over there now, though, which aying the very deud They go to and get out injunctions to preven men from selling hquor. The courts will readily it u.. injunctions, and if a man who is thus enjoined persists in his tale he renders himself liable to a fine of e to keep up the trados ystander, “Oh,” replied the saloon-keeper, with asly wink, “'we ean be just as sharp as the officers if they drive’us to it. A hmm wppened - to me a wh "he continued. I had my f nee about two blocks and drew it tnrough The tubes w xmml_ with faucets spring conc 0( ]I!u-,& imbedded could only be r blade of a kni not touched the faucets were connecte nk and nothing but pure water would flow from them. ‘Louch the , however, and the beer tubes be conne id you could g ho oflic us selling bee st me. o1 dl charged my bartender for knocking down and he must have given the thing away for a few days afterwards @ party of ofli 2 into the loon and instituted a I'smiled at them surcastically L didn’t have a drop of intoxicating liquor in the house which they could possibly find. One of the men, however, walked be r, tonched the spring with his d 1 W bml.- ki 1t cost me just 3100, you know how they m " His auditors shook thew h and he continudd “Well, they into a saloon five or six strong. One jumps over the bar and grabs the pnder, who is told to hold up his nds. If he don’t comply at onee, out comes a gun, and he's made to pit up his hands in double-quick time The ob t of this is to search him before he has me (o throw away any bottlos Lo miy ke a wda, come tringent laws le of liquor to « ‘Not a_bit. whisky sold a quiet,” The e much n the {itis bt an mo las boon e me double my force. I've got ol of whisky stowed three or four blocks from miy saloon, and 1 cmploy two men to bring it to me in small bot tles, one at & time. It keeps 'em protty bm,, too. I've given u\x the plan of drawing my beer through rubber tub now,as it is too expensive, besides they re on to the snap store it in my cell now, in my ice-boxes. Queerest ice-hoxes you ey suw—lined = with two-inch beiler iron.” “What's t Oh,s0 they et at the beer. It takes just twenty-threo minutes by actual cotnt to get bito the ice box. By et tima there 't u drop of beer in tho p door in the bottom g banging away on es down under: gpens the . trap sdoor, a holé in the giround s the way we fool ! now for with a cigar-lighter. Haven't got it per- fected yet, but whon 1t is T womt care a picayune for all the liquor laws in- the universe. I will be able to sell & man a cigar and adrink at th will be lollow and_cigar-lighter con- nected with sk, Man draws away at qu_u and whisky flows into his mouth If she goes through I'm going to take it to Maine and make my fortune," N KIND HANDS, y Mercer Taken in Charge by the League, Lucy Mercer is the girl mentioned in Thursday’s Beg, who, as alleged was enticed from her home in Council Blufts to enter a house of ill-fame on Twelfth street. Sh has been taken by Officer James of the Law and Order le his house, pending a further inve tion of the case. She cries bitterly the time, and asks to be allowed to go home to her parents. Ofic ames, who is to be (|uh|ullnr a great deal of conscientions 1. working up the case, is of the that the girl was pure before she with Mrs; Frank, and that her down-fall was caused by that woman. On the other hand there are those who think different- ently—that the young woman's charae- ter has |)un anything but good for at she knew that she house of ill-fame when she Frank, in telling e of the league sad L opinion foll in A Mrs her story to the oflic that the story about learning the dress- making trade was concocted between herself” and the girl, Lucy, for the purpose of deceiving Know of the downfall of their They know that she is still in Hm |I| L have a vague idea that she is in some sort of tronble, though of what kind they do not realize. f ister of Luey to-day, v implores him to res- he girl from alife of shame and re- turn her to her home. “For God's sake!” the letter n-nl~ “do ot let my mother know where Licy has been. 1t would drive her erazy. Mr. James was asked whether he intended to_prose 5 k. Ho ropliod, “Most ssur dly, I <hall prosccute her to the farthest pnnlbl\' limit.’ yest IL\"‘\\'A\' A Brief and Breezy Co Items—Personal and from al c are still in conferring with Mes: Smith laway, and as yet reached the settlement the Probably by to-night the ence will be closed. The elerks in the Union Pacific he quarters were paid off Thursday, bill collector about building _yesterds - Nish, m‘n{ the U he commttee of brakeman divisions of the Union Pacit the ci and € and tlw rei l Lake Pacifi & M. from as far ofl at 5«11 in the both B. als say that tions the end is cific passen- pn-‘« nt T rrier in the Union Ticket “oflice, lml \\\II s0 continue until the rusn is ov He has just returned from St. Paul, N where he arranged for the transportation of an exeursion” purty of thtv to Los Angelos, Cal. \\ anted to excha er county (Neb.)land; five lots in Genoa (Neb.); good store building (best corner); gooddwelling (best lo tion) in x (Iowa); also eigl it one-half mile from town of Essex (lu\\ a), seeded in bl wegrass - For furthier pa address John Linderholm, C tral City, Nebraska. A (‘nlel Spouse. According to the story of his wife exander nde, a German who lives at the corner of Twelfth and William streets, is heartless wreteh, Mrs. K. ap peared in pohice court this afternoon and told a woeful tale of the abuse which she had raceived at the hands of her spouse, and wound up with a request that he be ar| D id prosecuted. She said that Iast evening he eame home drunk and was particalarly abusive, striking her knocking her down several times, ing for her life, she fled to the house ¢ niwhlun \\)u e she spent mu uwm ot zatligltoth coan she holds, amounting and has several times threatened to kill her. 2 e l ublic sale of Short Horn cattle - Neb., April 14, 1836, Fiftec nws wd twenty bulls, or eata iy to Col. F. M. Woods, Lin- :b., or Williams & Lacy, Lacona, Lin- The New Coffee and Spice Mills, Messrs, Gates, Cole & Mills, the propri- etors of the Home Coflee and Spice Mills & Manufacturing company, who com- menced business about the 15th of Janu yesterday busily en- their introductory arters at 1609 put in new r, were suding out Howard street. and improved m ing and spied mdm' and pured to and promptly filling « brdors for green and roasted coffoo whote and_ground spices, flavor bul powders, blueing, ience of these ir business will enable t suceesstully to the trade, White Ce for bridge ov foundation work, longer in or out of the ground s be furnished and driven for one-thi cost by D, Soper & Co., 1020 Farnum street, Omaha, W to cater Piling 8 better than oak It Attached by ditors, Attachments were sworn out in Justice Helsley's court yoste by Welshans & Co. and Frank A Moore against A. Colen, a gro on Sixteenth and Mason strects, amounting in all to about 60, The con- stuble was ordered to take charge the books of Mr. Coken, in order that the condition of his tinances might be prop- erly determined. 1 s Hposted up' in the R atect, and so far the creditors have not been able to make anything out of them, s Musical T\ . Seeretary Miner, of the exposition as ation, said yesterday that the next’ex position concert would be given on the 14th of April. On the night of June 1, he said, the festival will open with the rendition of the “Messiah,” On the evening of June 10 “Hymn and Pry will be rendered and on the 11th an op eratie concert will probubly be given, A matinee is to follow on Suturday, the 19th A Successful Strike, PinrapeLriis, Pa, April 2—-About 2 a'clock this morniig anass meeling of stroet the compromise entercd tion comsittee and the Cars are NOW run de- into by the Dot “of v ni 5 ¢ 1wcu get all they THE REAL ESTATE OUTLOJK. Bad Weather and the Strike Oauses a Slight Oessation in Transfers, PROSPECTS FOR THE SUMMER. Pertinent Remarks Dealers — A Resume of the Last Few Days ~The Lack of Brick in Omaha. of Condition of the Trade. Owing to the muddy state of the streots, and atmospheric changes, there has been, for the last few ys, somewhat of astandstill in real estate transfers, al though negotiations have been going on toa goodly extent. As will easily be seen, no one, whether seeking homes or speculation, would wish to brave the elements in looking for locations; and neither are the real estate agents anx ious to show property, as land covered with snow, mud or diminunitive streams of water is not pleasant to look or travel over. And again, such a state of is not expected to last much and for that reason, agents re questinvestors to await o more ple ant opportunity Notwithst: anding this bad feature, the my not lowering ny and o number of important sales wer during the ten days just passed. One firm has *1.ulm for inside property paid to them, but negot uve not }wn us yet quite sat torily ended, althot pectations ave that they will soon i show the fe g asure, one lot and he did not un,but the ofler was held it Y shorttime. The heayiest bona lot_on it railrond strikes £ fi although rather slightly, Thoro hns beon n otk of hope- it-wont feeling that this trouble would extend to this eity for some time past, causing real estate buyers, especially those intending” to to. be quite w but” now this catastrophe ~ is averte situation will, 1t is hoped, el has b s be, “*boom” although a by outlook has opened up for the summer, One thing dealers should wd against is the mlT‘.m.n of prices Wl estitte in lln\ city and \HII()!IIMI\ is now is apprehended dealers that a raise will sur lnllu\\ul by a disastrious reaction. Eastern people aro beginning to think ahy tined to become one of cities of the W and that her population will be greatly inereascd m the next few y and owners of city and surrounding Jand daily from them as regards loc: chances for both whole: and ventures, ete. These are the ]wu]vl\ Who ld up a new city, that scems to be ne aceording to the is more | was told ct, that bui that the "here Il 0y ly be B re- ¢ afternoon, for - bought some property neaq of town, and brick enough to ereet quite alarge house, four years ago. The next spring he sold for one-third more t irst p ach year since, to poople who abso- lute 1y could not g build. A few mor a good thing for ¢ g rday rnoon, .md llll' following is the gist of their re- Ames: “Trade has been rather dull, owing to the \\uuh: and railroad strikes, but *prospects I think the business will Iw better this sum- mer than ever.before.” Brunner, of Morse & Brunner les to0 close, and negotiations Outlook for the summer— quite cidely o, [ belie ood, di ately, has although negotiations hav - tions for the [ y opinion, nn ¢ than ever be: efore, ite business will be One thing I now notice about purchasers is that many people who have heretofore been paying rent have now made up their minds to hm property and establish homes, on nstallment but compars- investing in pr A helping il estate business along by pablish: e diseriptiv > ourselves to ributing 10,000 tously lhlun-rhmll thy A wer, of ias been quie trike is oft th it will be bett cellent for a big trade this summer, real estate must not be held at It Willlam I, Me ndlish, of Bell x\' Me- Candlish:—We i a i but one. wo only t00 busine heaithy if these stri ntinie, shall |n-|'umv demc ST Buyers will hawve no faith in onr futu + 1 tell you, the strike wre doing wuch more I than good.” i above will show the feeling of and gives some really commend pointers to people intending to in Omaha. Some den 1 think the stri trades, and real whiie others do eflvet estate uot see in particular, any material Another Kidnay Marshal Cummings yesterday a telegram from Adam Hafner, of Des \I..n asking that ar rest of one Suler, for” kidnapping a five-year-old l da llll‘llhl of Jacob Brendle, of that place, be made. Euler has an other young 'givl, only eleven years of 1o, With him 4lso. A sharp looklout was Iu nt up at the depot, but the man was not 5 - Progressive F Miss Lulu Rockentiel progressive to about thirty-five gi ne lusted until 11 o'clock and was fol Towed by supper, music and dancing. The first prizes were won by N p and Mr. George Bailey, Miss B and Mr. Benson carrying ofl th A BLESSING thing @ lds more Lo the seeurity of | of happiness und of health, than a | wnd reliable family medie ne. S, L, | l{ h s won foratelf the appellation of S The Family Blessing If a child has the cholic, it is sure, safe and pleasant, It the father is exhausicd, overworked,de. bilitated, it will {0 Lis failing If the wife suf from Dys- Low Spirits, headache, it will elief, If any member of the family saten anything hard to digest, o dose ulator will soon estubl'sh good It gives refreshing sleep even narcotics have failed, It ntive, perfectly harmless, to ), O matter what the attack, it witl afford velief No error to be feared in administering; no injury in exposure after taking; nochange of diet required; lu The ud is the pur fanily ine . compounded, - J. H. Zeilin & lcu Philudelphis, Pa., Sole propriciors | Oftice, Cor. | Suplus May 1, 1885 MOST PERFECT MADE Purest and nm%m Natural Fruit Flavors, Vanilla, Lemon, Orange, Almond, Rose, ete., flavor as delicately and naturally as the fruit, PRICE BAKING POWDER CO., CHICAGO. ST, LOUTS, 13th St Cor. Capitol Avenue, FOIL_TOE TREATMENT OF ALY Chronic & Surgical Diseases. EN Y, Proprietor. ars’ Hospital anlt Private Practice e facilitics, apparatus and remedics Aful trentment of every form of dis. ease requiring either e al treatment, and fusite all to cono and i or themec or correspond with Long expericnce in tren ing cases by lett to treat many cases ecientifically withont k liem, WRITE FOR CIRCULAR on Deformitics and Draces, Club- Fect, Cupvatures of tlie, Sy AsEs oP WoMEN, Piles, X unmn Bronchieie, Tnhlation, Electricity, Par. y-]x« hpm‘lv-y‘ Kidii e, Ear, Skin, Blood and es, Inhalers, Braces, Trusses, and Al Kinds of Afedient Surgieal Appiiauces, man. ufactured and for The only reliablo Medical Institute making anate, Spemal : Neryous Disease:, S se produced, successfully treated yohilitio poison from the systein £ vital power. CONFIDENTIAL Call ahd Conmmit g O send masss A s TiEs addressplainly writton—cnclose stamp, and we T PRIVATE OIROULAR TQ mEM e GO 2 D STRCTULR, AND ALL DISEASP: THINANY OROANS, G send history of Sour contents or sender, ferred if convenient. Fifty rooms for the aodation of patients. Toard And Attendance at reasonable prices. Address all Letters to Omaba Medical and Surgical Institute. Car. 131h St. and Capltol Ave,, OMAHA, NiiB. One F. M. ELLIS & Co. Architects and Building Superint's OMAHA, NEB, and DES MOINES, IA. 14th and Farnam Streets, Room(3 OMATEIA, IWER. GEORGE BURLINGHOF with F. M. Eilis. "of the death-ra WeslemMuluaI Benevolent Association BEATRICE, THE LEADING ASSOCI CASH CAPITAL, PAID UP IN FULL, - - - - . GROSS ASSETS, DECEMBER 81st, 1885 - - - - and womon, betyween the ages of The C nnu n\ h'h a gas ditional sceurity to that firnis It has a Reserve policy. lie Company islocated in the West; i and applicat ons from persons residing in will insure fow asses-ments, and g hed by any e fund which p:ovides formed, who may act as a the may b death of menmbers and as vicinity, by th satisfactory evidence of gool health, by assessmenis Noinsurance company in this or any experiviice The fuiliive lation or speculation. The safe Assoviation, Our business is confined to the endowment for old age widows anl orphans after death The policy is more liboral, United Sta Co-operative Insurancs Companies ex plan was thonght of, and the same comy y one million membors, When man; guarantee every promis: we make with $1 00) provided for as a Reserve Fund, which any other compaily makes, guards introduce | and the plan more seeure, (hat NEBRASKA, ATION OF THE WEST. 150,826.30 fits at the lowest 17 and 65 years, who are in good health, antee fund of $100.0.0 paid up in cash, which is an ad ompany in the United State for a non forfeiting policy aud a paid-up ts business is confined to the healthy \\ est, milarvial distriets ace not ae L consequent exemption from any onerous liabiiity A local Advisory Board, composed of not Ioss than five leading citizons of ¢ dvisory counsel in the s admissios of A menmber who lapscs his certificate ma I at any time upon e payment of all delinquent dues and sther country lias over failed by reason of in_each instanee has been causcd by pecu render both impossible in ths and the payment of the any company in the stedin England 200 years before the stock nics exist to-day, some of them having te | judicionsly,” they cannot break. Wo 10,000, this being in wddition o the $100, isaw more libordl proyision and ofter than The Strength of This Association Consists of Its GUARANTEE FUND, RESERVE FUND, GRADED RATES, SELECTED RISKS, TONTINE SYSTEM, LIFE PLAN, The cost of life protection in United States. The company is good and This Association is now entering its which is constantly inereasing. At death or maturity of Reserve Fund in addition to tl endowmen it d All policies becaic no-lo ter ber's interest in the AGENTS WANFI:D in ey town states west of the Mississippi er and no can obtain mot favorable rates by wri lln \\nl riy Mutual b ¢ msolidated U M h > \\'v~t->|'v\ Mutual as one of the ver i expet to see, at d of the healty W with its active, ger 1886, (7] FICE AU It is hereby ceriified that the Wes of this ithorized to transuct for the c t above writt . A Omah Refer by permission to'Hon. J. All communi ations should be addre this company *and “Lincoln Mut ' Mutual Benevolent in the State of Nebrs National Bank, the company’s financii Mills ENDOWMENT PLAN, NON-FORFEITING POLICY, PAID-UP POLICY, A DEFPOSITORY TO PROTECT THE RESERVE FUND, CATITAL STOCK. is less than payments prompt. third year, and has any company in the a large member t the membor 1 we on the policy the third " year {o the extent of the mem ives hig intere and city where not supplied in all of the ansas, Good reliable ompany. hie membnys! f the “Nebraska Mutual, " 1wl and with its own members in canvassers =500 tire March hest life insurance no very distant day, it covering the c wtlemanly agents. - Daily Euipress, DITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, | STATE OF NEBRASKA, Lincory, February 1, 1883, § Association Insuranec wska, has complied with the insurance law the business of life insurance 1 this st te the day and on. BABCOCK, Auditor Public Accounts. at Omahy, Nebraska, ard, Omal ed to OLIVER C SABIIN, Secretary and General Manager, BEATRICE, NEBRASKA. OMAIIA BRANCI OF .« Orane Bro's. Manufacturing Gompany ! CEIIC.ACO, TILIS., MANU. ACTURERS OF AND JOBBERS IN Wroughtiron Pipes, Pumps, Belting and Hose And every variety of materials for Steam and Gas Fitters and Plumbers, Ele- vators and Factories. 4th and Dodse St., | Nebraska National Bank OMAHA, NEBRASKA. Paid up Capital .$250,000 265,000 res, President. Tovzariy, Viee President. W. H. B, HL‘A.Ills, DIRECTORSE LoK3E, J Yaes, HW.Y A : hier, OR JOLLING, LEWIs S, REED, . TOuZALIN, BANKING OFFICE THE IRON BANK, Cor. 12th and Farnam Stroets. General Banking Business Transactal \'. H. W EDWARD KUEHL, MAGISTER OF PALMYSTERY AND CONDI- TIONALIST, 303 Tenth Street, between Farnam und Harney, will, with ald of guardian epirits, obtin’ for any ome @ glance In 1o | pastand prosont, “and of oertmin conditions ia thefuture. Bosts and shoes mnu 1o ord Perfectyatisinction guarauieed $800 to $900, On California, Webster, 32d and 34th Streets. 80xI50 California and 33d 8t., - $1,000 House and half acre, California St. $2,000 House and Lot, Montana St. $2,400 Lots, Walnut Hill & So. Omaha, $400-700 10/ 14th , wilh 8.8. VanBeuren, 126 513 stgsetwis | § Residence, corner Califoraia and 324 Streels. or. ( TANGE | We i specialty of | exchanging eity property | for farms, nlso vicant lofs for improved prop: K\ FOR EX nge for good real estat 0 foot lot and I3-raom house on n ave., oet, 20th and south outh front, also wigi's wddition, 1y payient I 16 10 §i2; S, hadineo #10 por month, Faimam St lot, 22 feet south fre ern house of 117 Fiue 80 oot dences aud bu-incss property s Mbriglit & wort ) oppos e A Opera House.” Telephone Dissolution Notice. PRME patucrsiip horetafore existi jery und A, C. Tyrrel wa dlgsslivea by stuthal consent, 3ir. tnery etk usiness will be ow firin who h old tirm aud W March 25, 185 HORSES FORSALE ON APRIL 1st, We will open our Horse and Mule Market Cor, Howard and 14th Sls,.muahd, Neb. Omuha, Neb, HAKE & PALMLB Crmalha, Tebraclza o | Best Goads in the Whrket (/zuu//uu/ /// Ask for our goods and see that ur frade mavk, DREXEL & MAUL, (8uccessors 10 J. G, Jacobs,) UNDERTAKERS, AND EMB. '\I MERS. am St ity al i Iiwg.‘E.N S?BIHG VtHICL‘ 5. R 400,00 Ordors by At th nded to $100,000.00 | 0. E. MAYNE REAL ESTATE 5. W. Cor. 16th and Farmam. ‘Men of Wealth MODERATE MEANS, Who are now mvesting real estate For Home in Or Speculative Purposes Are flocking te those choicest sites, Orchard Hill, Belvedere, And Newport. The re: places return more on the investment of the rich, and afford the poor man than any r Omaha. ook al the Prices Orchard Hill, Near the horse cars and on the Bojt ling, with all the advantages of the eity, but without its expense and diaadyvantages, itifully open and shaded lots run bee treen oason of this is Dbecause these a better home for other property $450 and $650, 10 per cent cash, balanee in monthly pay- ments. BELVEDERE, Situated upon an ascent same plain, which has made Ft. Omaha, the prettiest parade ground in the coup- try, and withan unobstrueted view, sells in acre lots at Only $350. with deed, Wl upon the On balance in three years, NEWPORT Is like the uburh of €1 It itiful entrane ng view ouri for thirty mil quarter down, fton, Cin in it and of the valley of And yet it famon ACRE LLOTS 1o $250 to $350, in 3 yeu up the Omaha LLVEL One-quarter down, balane: Phese two delightful sites make most attrictive plaees about Phoy are roached by the ROADS AND DRIVES encompassed by the pr BOULEVARD. most and wil noed 5 P u the s duily and but few vin, I vest don't delay. If you wint a home make ha meme pla s ou want to in- y fo; before it is ol 1 have pro nd my list complit sof thecity and most Vhey of 1at compri nds