Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 23, 1886, Page 5

Lincoln's Oity Olerk Makes a Satisfactory and Yet Unsatisfactory Report. A DEMAND FOR MORE DETAILS, The Ball Team Makos 1ts First Pablic Appearance—Arbor Day Prop- erly Observed —Irief and Interesting Notes, [PROM THE BER'S LANCOLY BUREAU] City Clerk Manley has made a report of the municipal tinances for the year ending April 13, 1886, by which the total indebtedness of the city is shown to be §520,325.23, Of this £317,500 is bonded, while the rest is ducon warrants and coupons. The figures as a whole are undoubtedly correct, yet the report 1s hardly as explicit as most taxpayers would wish. An era of public improvements and large expenditures is at hand, and there is a general desire to know just how the city's finances stand. ‘The people want a detailed statement showing the condition of each fund separately, the receipts and expe t and aily the charges outstan against it, X s gonernll that these funds are not interchangabl the money in « ot be used 10 pay war rants drawn on anotl il that, conse- quently, an ordinary re does not impart the desired information. ‘Thus there may be a deficit of £20,000 in the general fund, and a balance of $21.000 in the water fund, « the general footing would show a net bal of "$1,000 to the credit of the But “as the money in the water fund cannot be used for general fund “pur- poses, the defieit in the latter would still exist, and some arrangements would have to he made for paying it. Itis trae that it is {llegal to issue warrants when there is no in the fund to meet them, and thus te a defieit, but it is done every year. and probably will be tor It wounld also be interesting to know the actual run- ning expenses of the cit fust how much noney it takes to support the corporation rly, aside from the road, sidewalk and improvements that are bemng con- stuntly made. Mr. Manley has g.ven a very creditible report o far as coni- 1, and it has con- able Inbor, It may not be possible for i to furnish, unaided, the details required, L such event it would b a profitable invest- ment to give him all the assistance nece to.a the and comprehensive state M, A eport. put the te for the city treasury during 1555-6, at 57,423 expenditures, £01,500,08, e balance on hand of $11 , T for sehool purposes were $53,080,22 $4,500.15 1oft over from last vy penditures w S1,516,11. The 1 Bonded debt...... Warrants out. Coupons out. Total Cash on hand. .. $102,- ing n recoipts luding y . he ex- alang 1'e Balance. TLINCOLN'S M uer Durfee, of the Lincoln wl his new team out for practice y terday afternoon on the I|i\‘4'l‘-il?‘ grounds, whers they aftracted a large number of in- terested spectate The Lincoln club is a member of the Western nd as it against the er ams at Den- ville, St. Joe, Leayonworth and To- re has been ‘considorable curic to know what kind of an outfit Durfe putin tho field. “The sho oster: day satistied all who were pr that cry member of the team Knows how to play ball. My, Durfee has ten men under contract, all of th ngm'k d out by Al Spink, formerly sporting editorof the Globe-Demo- crat, mainly on strength of their last sca- son's record. The_team consists of Perry Worden, Jate of St. Lous, an excellent all around player; K. P, Sullivan, “piteher and fielder, formetly with the Allegheny Memphis clubs; M. Iickman, pitcher and genernl_player, of last years Kansas City club; Harry East, late of the timores; Charles Hontz, first baseman with the Indianapolis nine: Rademaclier, the crack in- fielder of the Prickly Ash team; and Louis Reinagle, of the Jacks B Beldon 11ill, of Kewance, 1185 and C. K. Smith, of Jefterson City, Mo. liote are six clubs i the league, and the directors haye arranged a sehedile of forty ames in eacl city, the' season_opening, on §I y 5 and closing September 19, The sehiedule for games to be played at Lincoln is as follows: With the Denvers, May 12, 14, 15 and 17; Topekas, May 19, 21, 22 and 243 Leadvilles, June2, 4, 5and 7; St, Joes, June 16, 18, 19 and 21§ Topekas, June 2 and Leavenworths, July 21, 25, i Lea villes, August 4, 6, 7 and '9; Leavenworths, * August 11, 13, 14 and 16; Denvers, August 18, 0, 21 and 23; 8t. Joes, Septemver 8, 10, 11 and 13, ould ARBOR DAY IN LINCOL Arbor Day was observed in Lincoln by a general closing ot public oflices, banks and other institutions of that nature, greatly to the enjoyment of the employes, and disgust of the news-hunting reporters, "Ilie only at- tempts at public observance of the day were sat the Park and [igh schools, where the chil- dren gathered in the afternoon and went fthrough appropriate exercises commenor: rtive of tree planting and its benefits, d 1t was intended to make the day & sort of “literary exchange” at the university, and Governor Furnas and Hon, J, Ste lor- o vere nyjted to be present and do the big dtal Fxfl. Late Wednesglay eyoni uwun‘dw&ni jTeceived that neither of the geéntlemen could come, and the proposed procramme was aban- doned. There was an informal gathering in the chapel at 10:30, followed by a tree-plant- ing onthe campus under the direction o | Prof. Bessey and Janitor Groen, each class taking care of its own trees, BRIEF MENTION, ' Postmaster Watkins has appointed Thomas | MeShane as a letter carrier in_place of Wil- Fiam Cooper whose suspension from duty was ul yesterday, There was o meeting of the directors of the State Democratic company Tuesday Lnight, and one of the results is & rumor to the effect that heaval in_ the manage- went and direction of the paper is immin A gentleman from Chillic o bo AnXious to buy a controliin| ‘the concorn, and some of the anxious to sell, | Lincoln real estate continues to change phands ata lively mate. Tlho transfers yester- ‘day numbered eight, and the money consid- eration ageregated B11000, Win. A Given and Miss were maitied at the hom 1 on South Eleventh str ing by Elder el rectors are Agglo F. Cooper s, 1 King, . Wednesday even: Hawley, of tho Christian retary Barstow, of the Nebraska trotting Horse Breeders’ as: tion says that fiftysix ontries have been wade In the stake races to be trotted at Omaha in July. Most of the Feolts are of high grade and’some lively con- tosts are expected, Mr, McCluskey, supermtondent of i fon for La stor county, is the tirs| d [4icial in the state to tile his report for the cur- ent year, Mr. McCluskey makes the school H... ulation "of the county 12,363, inst F1L.018 In 1885, The sehool poptlation in Lin- [‘coln elty is 5,626, ngatust 4,413 [ 155, The unknown'child that was found in a barn in this eity one night last winter, died yat the Howe for the Friendless yesterday morning. ‘There was a mystery ahout the desertion of this ehild, which the police were at one time in a fair way of soiving, when thev were hauled off the trail, 1 Thé fve Topartment had a litile exerclse JJun yesterday in answering an_alarm from A Fourteenth * stivets, where Mason 2's barn was being scorched by an ineip- . BLru Georg nipped by the nolice osterday tor being a little too industrious in picking Up other people’s tools, L BOB TOOMBS' ORATORY. Its Effect on a Yankee. Atlanta Constitution: Several months before the outbreak of the war Robert Toombs was booked for a speech in At- lauta, When the night came for the speoch the streets swarmed with people slreaming up to the court nouse. It so huppened that I fell in with a New Eng- lunder, who was stopping at one of the hotels for & day or two, and as he e pressed a desire to hear the groat Georgi- an [ took him along with me. “You never heard Edward Everett, did yout" inquired my companion as we Sarted out. “No," I replied, “but we think very Dighly of him down hore.” Yes, no doubt, but his style would not THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 18%6. suit your people He is always calm and dignified. He never rants. His elocu- tion is simply perfeot and no living man cquals him in precision of diction, L don’t see how he can move the mas- ses.”” | remarked. Now Englander smiled snperior. n lics the difference between your people and mine,”" he said alk about a speaker moving the m i ses move the speaker mean that onr masses are iulw\ll:;_‘ nt and think for themsolves. They would laugh ata speaker who wonhl css them 1 the spread eagle fashion. Now I hi cen trained under such orators as Eve tt, Sumner, Winthrop, and oth that school,” and I must confe A while I am a democrat, 1 eannot read the peeches of your fumons southern orators without amisement. They are too florid and grandiloquent. They do not deal in facts and logic. Now, sir, no speaker living can move me.” “Wait until you hear Toombs," I broke lear sir,” uaintanee said my New England a Y1 feel in advance'that he will notplease me. I am so constituted, I have such a judicial mind, asit were, that T cannot help judging a'specch sim by on its merits logieal argument foitisonly what you southern eloquence, it has no weight with me. “All right,” I responded rather shortly, I trust you will not be bored to-night.”’ We walked on for some time insilence, The New Englander was a man of about forty-five, and his appearance sustained he had said of himself. He was figure cut out ot cardboard His eyes hadl a cold, fixed stare. Hist lips were curled i o perpetual sneer. He secmed to have nbout as much life as o myrble statug “Wihat is t “"The at noise* he asked crowd shouting for Toc answered. “They are impatient “There is where you differ from us agzain,” he said. *In my part of the country wé are not demonstrative. We never lose our lcads thing to hear boisterons i our pub- lic meet As for me, I never ap- plaud.” I was disgusted with this and relapsed into silence the court-house, we secured se; the crowd Fortunately there was plenty of room, s the meeting was held ontdoors & myself up to the enjoyment of the sion, and did not even take th trouble to look at my companion, who wseat or two back “of me. Toombs was at his best. His indictment of the republicans and ubolitionists was terrific. lis words scemed to have wings of flames, and went straight to the mark. Rising higher and higher with each flight of eloquence, he looked the very genius of revolution, 'Lhe speeeh was literally thunder and flame. The wild cheering of the audience did not annoy me. It was music to my ears, but toward the close of my speeeh I ean to the conclusion that there must be maniae just behind me. Such delirious yells I never heard in my life. Finally I ghifted my position and managed to get a look at Toombs’ noisy admirer. Could Lbelicve my eyes? Standing on a wood- en bench, pounding with his cane, and shouting at the top of his voice, stood my New England friend! [ stared at them in paralyzed amaze- ment. This was the man who couldn't be moved, who didu't care for eloquence, who never avplauded. Knowing what did, the spectacle was ludricrous. In his excitement the poor fellow had broken his eyeglass, His glossy heaver was the for the part ad taken in the applause. The man’s face was red with excitement, and his _eyes fairly danced. then the meeting broke up, and I ted off in the crow B But I saw my man again that night. There was a torchlight procession down town, and in the very front rank rushed a bare-headed man, waving his piteh- pine torch and rouring svery step, *“Rah for Bob Toombs" It was the cold, undemonstrative gentleman from New kngland! The next morning I called at the hotel where the stranger stopped and inquired after him, “‘Asleep,” said the cle) “You ot plumb full of Toomb's spe then fooled around with that “torchlig! procession until he singed all his ha and go s0 mussed up with hot pitch unti he was a sight to sece, Then he set’em up for the boys, and I reckon he'll want SO zer when he wakes.” I left and never saw the man But I always wanted to get a cl ask him what he thought of Toomb’s speeeh. nbs. " 1 gotist, Arriving at agy i First-Reader Lessons—The Train Boy. Do you sea that boy? He is the voy. "Does he train with the soldicrs? No; he goes on the train and supplies passengers with what they don’t want, He offers them peanuts, and pop-corn, and ive and the “Life and Re- ligious Ky ot Paddy Ryan,” and “*Moody’s Instructions in Euclire, nd Henry ® Ward Beecher ¢ Remorse of a Mugwump,”” and Bob In- soll's “Call to the Unconverted,” and ny other things. How often does the boy go around among the pussengersy About once in five minutes, Does he sell much? No, but he lets the passengers know he is he he never lets them sieep. Do the pa gors ever got mad at him?t Yes, sometimes they throw him ov Will the train-boy ever be dispense ? Yos, but the date of his being bounced is not yot fixed, _Shall we buy something of the boy? Yes; if we have a dollar to spare we will buy a thimbleful of pop- corn and two dozen peanuts. Then we will go and ride on the engine and hear what the wild 08 ure saying, ———— A Keen Retort, Apropos of the low neck dress ques- tion the Rochester Democrat recalls the story of the young Irish girl who at- tended a large hull‘ln England years ago in the “‘good old times.'"” She was evi- tly from the country, and as she en- tered the ball-room thers was a thrill of dismay when it was discovered that there was & marked discrepancy between the hem of her dress and the top of her boots. hionable ladies blushed to the tips of their exposed shoulder-blade and one of them finally remonstrated with the wondering Kathicen. Her reply was pertinent and should become historical: " “*Show my ankles, do I¥ In- doed I do; and sure, so would you, madame, were your dress pulled” up around your neck where it should be -~ Fred May on a Spree. Fred May, the stalwart young “man about town'' who thrashea James Gor- don Bennett some years ago, for family reasons, was fined, together with a 1 swall in the n Market poii conit'in New York the other du{ for tip- bing over ash barrels into the early morn ng streets. Justice Dufly got off his customary joke. *“The; break street lamps ‘and upset vels in London,” said he, “‘and think it is funny, but it costs more that §2,000,000 & year to clean the steects of this eity, m\ll‘ such things cannot be looked upon as humor- ous.” ~And_ ho fined the imitation Englishmen $5 each. Has Used Them Forty Years. R. 8. Day, of Watsonville, Santa Crus Co., California, writes Fobruary 8, 1885: “When my wife was seventy-three years old she was troubled with & very bad cough, and it looked as if she would die with consumption. She would not call n o doctor, but comumonced taking Brandreth's Pills, two and three every night. In three wecks she was com- plotely eured, and her health is now very 0od, uud am sure the Pills havo pro- gnged ber life as well s my own, for I have used them forty years, and am now eighty-four years old,” They bLave been wy only medicine.” PICKED UP ABOUT THE CITY, Arrival of Minnie Hank in Omaha—An Interview. AFFAIRS IN THE WEST, A Military Man Talks—Odds and Ends —Notes of the Rail -Another Story for the Pax- ton, Kto. Minnie Hauk, Minnie Hauk, Mapleson’s prima donna, arrived in town yeste in advance of the company object in leaving San Francisco earlier was o get a day of rest hore before her intended performance of Carmen on Saturday night. The trip from San kran- cisco here is naturally very fatiguing and conscientious Minnie Hauk insisted upon having some rest here in order to to be in good trim for the opera, Unfor- tunately the departure of the company has been delayed und it will be impossi- ble for them to reach Omaha in time for a performance Saturday A reporter for the BEe who sent up his card to Miss Hauk, who is stopping with her husband at the Millard hotel, was presently ushered into the presence of the great prima donna. He found him self before a lady of medinm height and queenly proportions, Her face is of de- Cid Spanish type, with rk, expreg stve o which are full of life and charm, Her manners are perfect, and she L rave faculty of making her vis- itor perfectly at casé from the moment of introduction, Minnie Hauk looks as fresh and bright s two years ago, when she first graced the stage of Boyd's opera house with her presence. “Irecollect my first appearance here vetly,” said the lady to a reporter, nd I would like nothing better than to introdueed to your kind and appreeia- tive public in grand opera. This very moment a letter was brought up to me, accompanied by these beantiful flowers ou can see it yourself, i from some Omaha people asking me to give another concert, and saying they have never had a better concert here than the one in which ppeared. This is very flatter- ing, indeed, but I think you would like still better in grand opera.” ‘How was your San Francisco not de prineipal on ¢ well he must have I have no rea- son to complam, for the houses were crowded whenever I appeared, but to the misfortune of all, Mr. Mapleson’s other prima donnas, Mlle, Fohstrom, a very talented and smplished singer, ill during the entire scason of four week. She appeared only a few nights, and Mr. Mapleson had depend on the third prima donna, Mile.Nordica, for the oft night: Unfortunately this lady was called from San Franci: sudden death of her mother, Mapleson s thus compelled close the theatre on two or three nights week, and give only four per ances in 1l of s It is mostly owing to the illness of one singer and the absence of the other that Mr. Mapelson did not do so well as he might done otherwise. But, artistically. 11 have reason to be more than gi SA dispateh in an eastc to a o your i n paper refers sl wreath which you received at st performance in Sun Fran- | indeed it is” With this the prim, pointed to o beauti- ful ease, containing ge laurel wreath of pu alifornia gold, some $300 to $100 in weight. In the center of the gold rib- bon at the bottom of the wreath is placed a beautiful piece of gold quartz. A small silver tablet on the cover bears this seription To ne Minnie Hauk, A California Souvenir, From Her Many Admirers. Accompanying this wreath was a_let- lication, signed by thirty of the izens of San Francisco, includ- yovornor of California, Senator Coleman and others. “I am very proud of this wreath,” saia the prima donna, “for it was a spontancous gift, and at the sume time one of the rarest honors accorded to an artist.” “In what operas did you appear in San Francisco?' asked the “In most of my favorite in “Don Giovanni,”’ “M Nanon), Marguerita’ i non,” Selika in Me: ful opera, “L'Afriea and of course which you ought to have but which, unfortunately, we won't be able to perform now.'" Do you not attribute Mr. Mapleson's unfortinate San Francisco season to the decline of Italian opera in gen “No, although people do not so well as they did at our first visit to America, cight yours ago. I think the fecling for nation inglish, not to say Amerioan, opera is very strong, Our ol would certainly prefer opera in uglish if the proper artists could be found. But up to the present Americ; has produced only a limited number of greatartists— “Including yourself"— *You are very kind to me. I am a New York girl, but I received my operatic education xbroad, and my greatest suc cesses were obtained abroud, at the ope houses of London, Vienna, Berlin and Paris. Nobody is a prophet in his own country—you know." With this the prima donna bade the reporter adicu. fadame Hauk is going to remam in Omaha a fow days awaiting the arrival of the Mapleson company, and then pro- ceed with them to Louisville, where they open a short scason with *‘Carmen.” in- non,” (not wst, " “Mig- 5 most beauti- AFFAIRS IN THE WEST. A Military Man Talks About the Mormon Situation—The Ohinese. Colonel Henry, of the department of Platte stafl, returned yesterday froma Ho spent several days at and Salt City. Sp g of the situation in the Mormon capi- tal, he said: It is the general impression that Gen- eral McCgok is to be sent to Fort Leaven- worth, and in that event the Sixth in- fantry will doubtless be removed from Fort Douglas. The soldiers in the city will, however, not be remoyed. Their presence in the Mormon capital, while perhaps not absoluicly necessary at the present time to keep down an surrec- tion is a safeguard against a suidden out. break of violence, which the people of Salt Lake City insist on having. The Mormons are at present quiet. A Prot- estant mimster, wio has lived among them for many years, tells me that he be- lieves the struggle is yet to come. The fact that the Mormons are quict and coable at present 15 simply duo to ling on their part that they must watch and w: heir Hlulihnov is a part of thel 2 and & part in yhich they have been thoroughly drilled. They are lying low, waiting for " the time to come when an uprising can be set on foot with some show of success,” “Is it true that the government troops are to be removed from Rock Springs? . "“No, that report is_absolutely false. The troops have their camp in Rock Springs and will have for some time to come. Everything is quiet in- Rock Springs among the miners. The China- men are still working in the mines, and are uumolested by their white brethren. In the Evanston mines, there are no cool- ie laborers. 1do ot believe that there 18 any truth in the report that the Union Pacific intends to do away with coolie labor at once and altogether. Such a re- port is _current in certain quarters, but from what 1 Itave seen and heard 1 should say that there was nothing to 1t. Speaking of Chinese labor reminds me of what the Chinese consul, in speaking of the anti- coolie riots, said, to 0 McCook, whom he met on his way to Washington afew day: He said: ‘Our people in Chir You haye no governme: You ecannot pro tect your own itizens from the mob, let alone the Chinamen we send over to this country.’ neral MeCook was very 1 at this outhreak, and th two had g argument about the matter." ODDS AND ENDS. Stray Leaves Krom the Note Books, “Grave digging is an art,” said the genius who attends to the sepulture of bodies at Prospect Hill cemetery, the I admit that it looks casy a hole in the ground of gth and width and depth to acoffin, but then, you know, looks are sometimes deceptive. The fact is that I e been in the business ten rs and I am learning something more bout it every day. There are thousand ways in which a grave digger can show his skill—he must be able to work quickly and easily, must not make the grave too long or too short, too wile or too nar now, (oo decp or (0o shallow. It must be exactly proportional and the sides must be cles aven and well trimmed. How long does it take to dig a graver ‘That depends. If n man 5 an’ adept at the busin nd knows how to use his shovel handily it ought not to take more than two or three hours at the most; that is, for an ordinary size graye. Put a green horn at the business’ and the same joh will take him all day. Of course, too, the length of timd required depends greatly upon the condition of the soil. In winter time it takes much longer than in summer. The size of the body makes considerable ference in work. The » for How deep does it ss than flve or six feo ven is decp enough.” And the grave- digger turned to his work and com- menced o make the dirt fly vigorously. Reporter's enougl sufhcient le hold the Manager Thomas Boyd. of the opera house, received a telegram yesterday from Colonel Mapleson, who now in California, annoancing that he could not be in Omaha until $ morning. Con- ently there will be no performance on Saturday night. The colonel asked for a date on Sunday night, to give a s cred concert, but such a proposition the opera house management refuse to entertain, The compang will probably Sunday morning, going thenc to Louisvillo whore they app: night 1t is no surpris known theatriéal man Mapleson has - broken In trathy it is jus The colonel is vory tri dependence you pla Ay promise he may make theiessliable you will be to suffer disappointment. “The colonel hag been peculi tunate with his company,” he continued. “*Some of his lady artists h been absent or unable to singon acconnt of sickness, As a conscquence during Mapleson’s stay in San Francisco, he w e to give but four performances every night. xt year, however, he will do thingsup g style. He has engaged Putti to z in this country in grand opera, sup- ted by acom which he announc will be the finest ever scen in Ameri He will also bring out new pr donna, Tremelli, who is said to be cqual of Scalchi.” ms received at Union Pacific rters to-day announce that Ma- is def ed at Oakland port by s on his luggage which re sworn out by the Central Pacific (, together with several members of his company who are behind on their salaries. Truly, the colonel is in hard lines. seq wrrive here straight r Monday 0 to me,” said a well st day, “that Col his engagement what I'expeeted. and the less the Some of the policemen on the Omaha ange notions of the duties ed of them, and the man- ner in which they ought to discharge those duties. A story related of a man lately appointed—but who was a short time since discharged for neglect of dnty, is a case in point. Thiz enterprising “'cop’ undertook to arrest two drunken men near the corner of Fifteenth and Douglas streets one night last week, One ged (nl x-w:u]u- from him, firmly in his grasp. A struck lluj-l “vu]:.”Llh took ning man into Col. ¥loyd's sa- loon, and standing him up in one corner, 1 firmiy and impressively, “Now, mind don’t you budge till 1 come back. I'm going” to look for your partner.” The policeman vanished through the door and entered upon a vigorous scarch for the missing man. It is haraly necessar: say that he was not successful. H turned to the saloon, expecting to the other prisoner up to jail. Again he was disappointed. The fellow had made his pe through the back door. Another policeman, the other tiptoed into the jail and taking M Jummings by the coat lapel whispercd carnestly, ‘Hush! I tink dere’s a man out dere as ought to be arrested for a va- orant. 1 heavd him say he was hoongr The marshal gently replied that the faef that a man someginies became hungry did not prove that he was a vagrant, and sent the over-zealous policeman about his business. bright ic the ren Notes of the Rail, The Union Pacific has every prospeet of a lively business for the next few weeks. The Ateluson, Topeka & Santa Fe road is suffeying from severe washouts along the line, and has notified all its puassenger agents not to place through tickets for the wes tickets which have been issued alr will be duly hono ugh an rangement which the ‘e coneluded with the Union Pagif; i D ay, toc all 15 passengers oyer Union Pacl until further ‘ngtice. The Denver & Rio irande, which {5 suffering seriously from land-slides along the line he made simi- lararrangemeri{s with the Union Pacifie The question of pay for the trainmen is J A committee of two of > traveling over the Union Pacific waiting upon each assem Lly. in m-«l.) to, ddicimine tho goneral ., The result of their investiga focllog, v laid before the oflicials atan early day The passenger departments of the B & M. and U, P. announcec g f'l-sln-r«hy. st-class rute to Califorma will [ te of $11.50, instead of $16.50, making the net rate one of $18 T class rate will have a rebate of §11, making the net rate $14. In othe, respeets the situation remains unchanged. These rates are still $1.50 lower than those of the Santa Fe. H. A. Johnson, assi On and after to-day the nt general freight agent of the Union Pacific, arrived from Chicago to-day. Public sale of Short Horn cattle at Lin- coln, Neb., April 14, 1886. Fifteen cows and heifers and twenty bulls. For eata logues utpl\ to. Col. F. M. Woods, Lin goln, Neb., or Williams & Lacy, Lacona, Wi wother raise o A New Architectnral Flrm, Mtr. P.J. Creedon, the woll-known arch- itect and builder, who has been in our midst for the past eight years, and has made for himself an enviable reputation a8 a builder and architect, announces his intention to devote in future all his time to the latter ealling. Mr. Creedon has for soveral years pags + been doing a large business, preparing plans for and constrncting a great many buildings, but increasing business has now decided him to devote all his time to architecture, as before mentioned, and in order to better attend to the demand f the building public, he has associated vith himself Jno. Latenser, a H\umi\\nu young architect, the firm to’ be known as Creedon & Latenser, Mr. Creedon | concluded to attend to the general busi- ness of the firm and tho superintendenc of construction, while his partner will take charge of the office work, Mr. Creedon is peculiarly well fitted for his part, being authority on matters of de tail and construction, the result of close and studious attention to everything per taining to building. While Mr. Laten- ser's part i A very proper one for g devoted all his time to from boyhood up receiving a regular professional training has scen himself advanced to head dranghtsman, in which apacity he has been employed for sev 1years past in Chicago and elsewhere. These two gentlemen, it will be noticed, do not Inck in experience to attend indi yvidually to the ihinor parts of the firm’s business, whi niting on important matters, and the r n be but a good one. They are oc oms on the thivd floor of the Omaha National Bank building. Danicls-Foote. The following is what the Cleveland Leader of recent date has to say about the murriage of an Omaha gentlema A notable social event was the ma ge last Thursday of Miss Eliza A. Foote, of this city, to Mr. Joln 1L Daniels, of Omaha. The ceremony, which was simple and impressing, was performed by Rev. W. M. Ingersoll at the family residence, No. 613 Euelid nue, inthe presence of a cirele of relatives and immediate family friends. Among the floral decorations of the house was a atched roof of evergreens and pink extending over the top of mirror, which wa creened by a lattic of smilax and a’ true Jover's knot of gold cord, underneath which the bride and rroom stood during the ceremony. The tnfl and hostess of the occasion were Mr, and Mrs. L. O. Coman, and among the ruests present from out of town were Miss Danicls, sister of room, and s, P s, of Cedar Rap- ids, Towa, « . H. B. Lyon, of Al- bion, N. Y. Mr.and Mrs. Daniels left on the 7 o'clock train for Chicago, and after visiting various places on the way will proceed to Omaha, their future home, where Mr. Danicls'is engaged in bu ness. Miss Foote's departuré from Cleve- land will be regretted bya large circle of warm friends. long ‘Wanted to exchange for stock of Hard ware and gencral merchandise, 560 neres of fine Thayer county (Neb.)land; five lots in Genoa "(Neb.); good store building (best corner); good dwelling (best loca- tion) in x (lowa); also eighty acres half mile irom town of Essex (Lowa), in blue grass ~ For further par s, address John Linderholm, Cen- tral City, Nebraska, Arbor Day, Yesterday the day ordaned by the state legislature for the concerted and exten- ve planting of trees throughout Ne- braska, and to which has been given the cuphonious title of Arbor 1 o far as appearances go, very fow trees were planted in this cit yesterday Ine mpression prevailed” how- ever, that there was & large number of them, however, being placed in the soil throughout the state. On last Tuesday evening, Mrs. J. F. Allen of this city, widow of the lato lamented and widely-known horticultur- ist, vetitioned the council for permission ot catalpas in Jefferson park, The permission was granted. A reporter for the Beg visited the park at noon yester- day but failed to find any of the proposed trées in the soil, It was thought, how: ever they would be put in place later in the day. —_— Whon you com: to Lincoln, stop at the Commereial Hotel, 1f you want home comforts. C. W. Kircrien, Proprictor. Police Docket, Caddie Butts and Ella Berlin are tho two young women who are accused of robbing Ira Nelson of §70 while the trio were on aroad house spree the other night, Yesterduy Judge Stenberg bound them over to the district court in the sum of $1,000 each. Nelson was bound over ns witness in the sum of county jail, John_Herman” and William_Johnson were fined $10 and costs for fast driving. A number of cases of drunkenness and vagrancy were disposed of by fine or im- prisonment. More Hotel Room, Architect Sidney Smith is drawing up plans for an additional story which is proposed for the Paxton hotel ~building. This will make the structure six stories in height and give thirty additional rooms. The new building in the rear of the hotel, fronting on Harney street, will also be connected with the main building by a bridge, which will give another rty rooms. Mr. Smith said yesterday that in all probability, if the cost were nottoo great the sixth story wonld be put on thehote | . 4 G PERFECT MADE Propared with spaotal regdTd 10 Bealik. No Ammonla, Lime of Albw, PRICE BAKING POWDER CO., | CHICACO- ST. LOUIS F. M. ELLIS & Co. hrchitectsand Building Superint's OMAHA, NEB, and DES MOINES, IA. Oftice, Cor. l4th and Furnam Streots, Room!d OlLAF A, ITER, GEORGE BURLINGHOK with ¥. M. Hlis. TELE CEHBAPIID PLACH IN OMATIA TOBUR FURNITURE BABY CARRIAGES . s DEWEY & STONES’ a7 Oneof the Best and Largest Stocss én the U.S. to Select from. No Stairs to Climb. 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