Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 5, 1886, Page 2

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY MAY b5, 1886 DOESN'T WANT T0 BE ROPED. Because Piorson Says He Didn't Kill Watson B. 8mith, . HOW NOBES' HEAD SWELLED. The Bricklayers are Locked Out—In- dicting a Jail Bird—8elf-Con- victed Thieves ~Nabbed inthe Blufrs, Birds of the Pen. John Picrson, the late convict, and the mun now suspected of the murder of Watson B. Smith, is confined in the county jail. Heisa low-sized man, of medium woight, and swarthy counte- nance. His looks are those of repulsive- ness acquired less from nature than asso- ciation with criminals, He is cool and deliberate in conversation, and displays inwhat he says more than the average amount of intelhgence. He is suspected of the great crime in | question because of the stal ent of a former cell-mate in the penitentiary, who claims that Pierson admitted to him the commission of the act. case is now being considered by the grand jury. ierson was yesterday scen by a re- porter for the BEe and asked for his statement, if any he had to_make, as re- rds his connection with the Smith orror. “I don’t know anything about it,” he said, “It’'s a I:vrfuct outrage, that's what it is. Idon’t know any more about that murder than you do; less perhaps, be- oause I wasn't here at the time, and more than that, never heard of it. That was a story of the man I was ‘“‘celling’ with which'swelled Nobes' head, and he did it gmth “square” himself with the jailor. ou sce, Nobes, too, wanted to get the reward by catch the murderer, Now ain't no murderer, because I didn’t know such a man as Watson St existed. As I tell you, it was 2 put b, It just started with the man I colling'” it with, He had made an Attempt to escape from the ‘‘pen,”’ and was captured and then he lost all his good time. So he tries to square himself and tells this story about me and gets himself put into a cell with me, and then nds that I give him the thing _ awnay. ‘What would I giveit away for? Wouldn't that show tlmt% was a fool, because any man would know it would the end of . Nobes wanted to get the rew and put a feather in his cap of cat the murderer, and told Sutton thut if would confess committing the murder that he would pay me £300. Sutton said that Nobes L tf;e stcry written out in his room but that it would not be well for him (Nobes) to ask me to sign to it, so he spoke to Sut- ton to ask me. I asked him how he thought an innocent man_ could sign such & thing to make a murderer of him- self. Sutton said Nobes had written out the statement in his own writing, but as it wouldn’t look well to have it appear in his writing, he wanted me to copy it _and sign, umtdmu'zwnmm‘ynofi. When he found that I couldn’t be made to sign_ Nobes got mad and put mo in the dark hole and kept me there, off and on, about seven days. My hands were tied behind me, and drawn up almost to my shoulders with a cord around my neck, so that I could scarcely walk and if L lay down I couldn’t get up. And then I had only bread and water to live on, and not very much of those either. + Every now and then he would come to me and ask me if 1 had made up m mind to confess, and I would tell him did not have anything to confess. One day he came and said he was going away, so I had better confess, and I turned away and walked into the black hole.” Piorson wos then sorving . _term for highway robbery and was discharged Inst February, whereupon ho was imme- diatelv arrested to await the action of the grand jury. After_leaving Pierson, the reporter sought Sutton, who was parading in the open room below. Sutton is a blonde, puffed up with the attention and noto- toriety he has received, and declines to make any statement concerning Pierson’s alleged confession until he goes before ; the court. He is a nervous man and seems to be constantly conning his story . lest it slip his memory. NO COMPROMISE. The Bricklayers Want No Committec to Arbitrate. Tho long-lonked-for meeting of the i Bricklayers’ Union was held last evening & at their hall, corner Fourteenth and " Douglas streets. It was largely attended and was mainly devo to a considera- tion of the proposition of grading brick- layers as made by the contractors. The proposition was eonched in these words: OMAmA, Neb, April 50, 18%,—10 the Pifiricklayers’ Union: We, the undersizned contractors, have this day considered your “motification of the increase of wages on and « After sfay 1st, and nave passed the following 7 resolution: (. Resolved, Tiat we demand that the mini Jmum wages bedecreased to 40 cents per hour, and that we will agreo to pay the best men 50 cents per hour,and we will meet a commt- ~teo to clussify. 'esEY & Co, Ao b ; % The proposal was read and considered, RL Al ot i a auan in the assembly who was willing to accept the terms. After a careful discussion, it was unani- Fmously agreod that the rates ‘u'upuued would not be accepted, and furthermore, that the Bricklayers' Union would not w@ppoint a committee to confer with con- tractors, ns proposed, upon tho subjeot of classifying the tradesmen. ‘This practically brings the discussion .- ton point where either concession must . bem by some of the parties or else a. . protracted period of idleness be entered N n by both contractor and artisan. should be stated that the firm of iroc & Hunter mentioned nbove are brickmakers, hiring ne bricklayers, consequently had no right to sign Bel " on " the document, . ;i Thomns Yates. whose name is also ap- . pended, signed with the understanding * that if the question were not settled by mmd‘il he would be at liberty to ‘withdraw. Mr. Yates yesterday asserted his rights and accordingly withdrew. ‘The bricklayers are in the best of good humor over the matter, notwithstanding that many of them have been idle du i"F the winter. They place the responsibil- ity upon the contractors, Six weeks ago . they notified the latter, at their own quest, of the prop “demand for in- ereaso of wages. They did so, they claim, at the request of the contractors order to enable the latter to bid upon spring and summer work he men aim, therefore, the contractors have no n to be dissatistied with the demand, “hbechuse they have had ample time in ~ _which to get ready for it in all the year's work, #:9Chey elaim further that this is not a strike, but a lock-out. That on the morn- of the 80th ult. & number of the con- - ors told their men they would pay cents per hour, but that in the even- f i s e, e s gt icklayers feel will nof 0 ro the contractors will come ms, and they wvropose and yom\ublf for that n 0 r ter t fl.:;uivu encouraged in this de- teemination by the knowledge that al- ready the sympathy of many ot the con- tractors is with them and is displayed by a hearty acceptance of the rates demanded. Brick Moulders. There will be a meeting of brick mould ers in Wolf’s hall on the southwest cor- ner of Twenty-second and Cuming street, this evening, at which it is desired that every brick{ moulder in Omaha be present. It" will bo held sharp at 8 o'clock. The meeting is called by order of the vice-president of the Brick Mould- ers' union. The Revival at the Exposition. On last evening the Exposition building held an audience perhaps as large as any church in the city would accommodate The song service at the beginning was lively and exhilarating. W.J. Stevens, the Teader of the singing, has fow equals in this line, and assists in the accomplish- ment of good sccond only to the man- agers of the mooting. R v art, presiding elder of the Nebras district, led in an earnest prayer, plead- ing with God graciously to bless the efforts of the evening. Pastor McKaig advertisea that a bible reading would be held in the building at 10 o'clock to-day, and the usual kind of service this evening. The women's meeting will take place at 2 o'clock p. m.,and at 8 o'clock Dr. Lowry will preach, The customary collection was taken up sist in defraying the expenses of the meeting, whilo a song was boing sung, Sceveral ministers occupied the front of the platform. If no other good result shall come of the meeting, it is making a fayorable impression abroad Mr. Joplin read the following: A mother atked prayers for an only son who is far from God. Please pray for a daughter who is far from God. A father and mother desire prayers for an only son, one of whom is in Omaha and one in Montann, Isainh 45:22 was read as a text by the evangelist, who said: This toxt goes on tie supposition that tho sinner is lost, And the word sup- s every sinner is blind and helpless 0, Tam glad that the Bible says: “Look unto me and be ye saved.” Do you know what this scripture suggests to mind? It leads me to think of the children of Isra in the wil- derness. They were powerless and could not help thenmselves. But Moses reared up a brazen serpent aund said to the |wuH)l|~, look and live. I fancy I see mothers bringing their little ones to be h by ng upon the pent, Although” the bitten one could not com- prehend why he might be healed, he was as some of ou who have put to a test the efficacy of looking to Jesus. I pray you venture out on this line thiscvening. i t salvation include from the gui sin. i ake it Tight with pt you give—cast thy soul upon the Lord Jesus Christ? But I now want to say that God will forgive your sins and remember them against us no more forever. You who are the very vilest of the vile ma made clean, He will not only save us from the guilt of sin, but he_will save us from the power of sin. You shall be glad that he will work a change in our hearts, mak- ing us new creatures in Christ J ut how can I be giih? ady. He will i\rfnl help you to succeed in the Christ ife. I had as a bed-fellow lastnight a young man who a week since was on a drun srrcm But he came to Omaha and to the Buckingham, and then to this meet- ing, and found Christ, He told me he was so happy he could hardly sleep. He went over to Lincoln last Sat- urday, and while transacting some bus ness with a man who used so many oaths that ho mado tho new. convert shuddor, He asked the man to omit the swearing till the business was done, and the man blushed. One week ago I could have ex- celled him in the use of oaths. 0O, my friends, you may have a mansion in the es, if you look to the son of righteousress. “May God grant to save us for Christ's sake. Rev. Bitler offered prayer at clusion of his sermon, and then a the singing of No. 81—*'*Alas and Did My Savior Bleed”—very softly. I would like thos ave looked to Christ and now live, to ri Then he wished all others who desired to live by trying this remedy, to rise. A large num- ber arose, and he insisted still” others would signify a desire to be saved from the guilt and power of sin. Every one wishing to find the Savior was invited to the inquiry room, and pret- ty s0on a uumber of workers began ask- ing persons to accompany them_ to the side room to be instructed as to the way to find Christ. Progressive Presbyterianism, The following is the report of the Scc- ond Presbyterian church, Omaha, to the Omaha Presbytery, for year ending April 1, 1886: Number of elder, ; number of deacons, 6; added on examination, 61; added on certificate, 66; total membership, 478, Contributions: To Mission bible “so $20.46; sion, $30.7; W i #6; Women'’s Temperanco union 2; Congregational A Sabbath _sche school, 887; Westmnster mission, total, 549, Vaughan Coming to Omaha. Ex-Mayor W. R. Vaughan, of Council Bluffs, has rented rooms on Fifteenth street, near Farnam, and will, in a few days, open up a business under the name of the Nebraska, Iowa and New York Real Estate Exchange. He has effocted an arrangement with a New York tirm and will come prepared to go_into the business on a large scale. Mr. Vaughan Wi or of Council Blufis for three terms, and is one of the most widely known men'in the western country.. He is an indefatigable worker. In connec- tion with the real estate business Mr. Vaughan will remove his er, the Ea/gu from Council Bluffs publish ““I'ho Daily Real Estato Eagl Mr. E. W. Mayfield’s Resignation E. W. Mayfiold, one of the oldest and most officient telegraphers in this eity, has severed his connection with the Western Union Telograph company, and will now engage in another venture, which he does not now desire to name. Mr, Mayfield has been in the Westorn Union’s employ for ive years back, and mm-n?v. filled "the position of munager and chief operator in a most capable manner. He tendered his resignation on the 1st of last February to take effect the 15t of this month, and’ his place has ac- rdingly beea filled by W. H. Wood- ring, late of Kansas City, The People's. The Two Orphans, as presented at the People’s theater last evening by the Kan- sas City Musemm Dramatic company drew a fairly large and highly pleased attendance. The charactors were well :wsumcdghrothnul. with one exception. Miss Katie Dalton and Miss Emma Gates as the two orphans did especially effect- ive work and were ably supported. kingaro will be presented to-night. High 162; IOWA STATE NEWS. The Soldiers' Home Finally Located at Marshalltowh—Other ltems. DEs Moixes, May 4.—|Special Telegram. ] ~On the twenty-fourth baliot late this after- noon the Soldiers’ Home was located at Mar- shalltown. The vote standing six for that place and five for Dubuque. ~After the twen- tieth ballot the town recelving the fewest votes each time was dropped. Burlington being the last dropped and the contest finally being nariowed down to Dubuque and Mar- shalltown with the result named. Marshall- town offers for the home 128 acres of land and a cash donation of $12,000. The pro- posed site for the home is about one mile and a half from the center of the city, forty acres of the tract being within the corpora- tion limits, MUSIC TEACHERS MEET The first annual convention of the State Music Teachers' association began in_ this vne to ‘The couvention was called to order by President Godfrey, of Monnt Ver- non. An address of welcome was given by or Phillips, and this was followed by tiie address of President Godfrey, Musi- «al exercises consumed the re v g s of ntion ENTION OF DENTISTS, The State Dental association began its twenty-first annual meeting at Iowa City. to- day. "The attendanee is large, and great in- terest is shown in the Ilrnce«l\nt\. Presi- ent Pickard, of the state university, deliv- ered the address of welcome. ''be” annual address to the association was delivered by its president, Dr. A. Marseman, of lowa City. Discussions on several papers relating tal work ocoupied the day. SETTLING FOR THE OAPITO! The governor tom?' appointed ex-Senator Arnold, of Marshalitowh, to represent the state in its settlement with the board of capi- tol commissioners. 'T'he last legislature pro- vided that the board should be abolished after July 1 and dirceted that a commission- er should be appointed to settle their ac- counts. PRI Mexican Cattle Thieves in Texas. —The News' Austin dlspatch says: Governor Ireland yosterday recelved a dispatch stating a band of Mexi- can soldiers crossed into Texas on the 1st inst., 200 miles below El Paso, and drove into Mexico 275 head of cattle belonging to the ranch of 4. C. McComb, Presidio county, Texas. The governor wasasked to order the state rangers to_pursue tl juant General King repli suit was not immediately made the state troops would not be permitted to cross the Rio Grande now, and any redress must come through application t King ad- vised M prosent- ative 1 teation age. e s The Apache War. NoGAT. Ariz.. May 4.—Lieut. Clark, of Capt. Lebo's troop “K,” Ninth cavalry, (col- ored,) reached here at daylight with dis- patches from the front. Lebe had an hour’s engagement yesterday afternoon with hos- tiles in the Pingee mountuins, losing one killed and one one wounded and the Apaclhes killed. Being unable to dislodge the hostiles from their stronghold, Lebo withdrew the troop. Troop *“L," fenth, and troop “B," fourth cavalry, left here at 1 this morning to aid Lebo in a second attack which he pro- poses to make on the Apaches. ———— Extending Free Delivery. WaAsiNGTON, May 4.—The house com- mittee on postofiices and postroads to-day in- structed Representative Dockery to report favorably the bill to extend the free delivery system to all towns containing 10,000 inabi- tants_whose postal revenues for the El'mlil—lfi'("nr were $10,000 or more. Thn ill_also provides for three classes of letter carriers, who are to receive compensation of $1,600, $500 and $600 per annum respectively. g Aoty Lord Beaconsfield as an Adventurer. George Saintsbury in Magazine of Art for May: Lord Beaconsfield was an ad- venturer in politics in very nes same sense as Mr. Gladstone 1s an rer, and as Canning was. He ly so much of an adv ,und he was not very much more n Mr. Pitt. That is to say, Mr, was not cradled and rocked and 1 into legislatorhood; he had no holiticul sponsors in English politics, and he did not belong to any of the houses which have governed Britain, on the whole for Great Britun yood, during the last fe ndred years. On the other hand, he o little of an adventurer that he entirely lacked, and never attempted to gain, the adventitious aids to political ss which all the four distingwished persons above men- tioned possessed. ~ He did not come into public life # nominee a great man li Mr. ( andCanni i Burke, or as a freel; ubsidised by a party hatred Lo a great minister, like Pitt. There is no duke of Newecastle, th ik no marquess_of Rockingham, thiere duchess of Marlborough, in Lord Bea- consfield’s career. He fought the fight with a barely suflicient independence of property, and with a great deal more than sufficient _independence of charac- ter. 1tisasubject of somc ties of s detracto) detractors, at the very moment that the; decry Mr. Disrach as an adventurc quote with pride and joy the heartburn ings of great tory ningnates over his friendship with their sons, and fli { embers of purliamentatthe g 55 of this astonishing aut - h to point out is that in Eng- don’t eall that kind of succes 1 adventurer; we eall it the Let us, to conclude, sum up _the simple facts of what this adventurer did, With* out great fortune, without patronage, without puvul r agitation, without the pobular subscription of mone i two of his famous contempor den and O'Connell, did not d raised himself from a very ordinary, though not mean ion to” the prime ministership of England, and to soma- thing which has b ’ not altogether fools for the arbitership of Europe, 1do not mention his earldom, because that has been attained by aquite otherguess sorts of persons, and because it has been suspected that at least one part.of Mr. Disracli’s reasons_for accept- ing it was good-humored delight in foel- ing that the fuct of his acceptance made asimilar acceptance by other people, who would really have liked it much more, a political impossibility. As to what he did for kngland wefi’l once again into. contestod matter. Let it only be said what the men before referred to, some of whom have not been deemed fools, thought he aid for England. They thought—and it would appear have not ceased to think after seven twelve- months and a day—that he raised the country once more to its proper position among European nations, after a gener- ation of bmkllldlll?* that he putit in a state to maintain, if he chose, that posi- tion; that he ranked as a kind of pacific Wellington, us n bloodless Marborough, as a restorer of English honor after a long eclipse. Very likely they were W ; on that rumt it would” be im- to offer the least opinion here. But who else that can be mentioned has ever spread such an opinion of himself and his actions not among the thirty millions, “‘mostly fools,”’ but Bmunf{ the thousands or hundreds. some, at least, of whowm are most certainly not foolish¥ 1 was walking not long ago with a triend of mine from whose socicty I ind it difficult to cut myself off, despite the extraordinary and most provoking difti- culty of finding out exactly what he means. The subject of Judenhetze had somehow or other turned up, and 1 re- marked, perhaps rashly, **Alter all they have given \# the greatest poet of the century.” “Yes,” he said, “and they bave given us the greatest statesman,too. Anyvody with ordinary talents can direct a development. It is ot everybody that can arrest a decay.'' T daresay we were both talking nonsense; yet there are mo- ments whea I doubt it. A STRANGE UASE. A Man In Limbo,at the Mercy of a Self-Admitted Perjuress, The grand juty it tho present term of the United States circnit court will be called upon to indict a man named McCarthy, now in the Towa penitentiary, and who has yét some months to spend within its walls. He was convicted of intentionally takig a letter from the | postoflice at Albia,.in Towa, which was intended for some other person. When on trial he bribed a yoman residing near him to swear for '#50 that she was in the postoflice at, the time he called for mail, and that the I6tter he received was not the one with which he was charged Since that time the woman in ques- tion has come to reside here, after having, it seemed, traveled ncound and onjoyed herself, dressed in the attire of a man, Her relations with McCarthy, whatover they may haye been, seem to have been discontinued. Itis now proposed to have MeCarthy arrosted as s00n as he 1s discharged from th 3 itentiary, upon the finding of inducing this woman to commit perjury to save him. It is believed that the fair perjuress whose name is Swan and who was before the grand jury yesterday, has testified to McCarthy's solicitation and known falsi- fication, "but no indictment has yet been returned, John Pierson, the man suspected or charged with having murdered Watson B. Smith, was brought into court and surveyed the grand jury without, how- ever, making any objoction to them. Judge Dundy instructed the jury that the investigation of the murder of Wat- son B. Smith, was the principal subject which would engross their attention, Andin view of the shortness of the funds it would be advisable to conduct their in- vestigation with as great despatch as pos- sible. The district attorney would pre- sent to them only such evidence as he thought would save valuable time. He rogrotted to state that the cause of jus- tico had been somewhat interfered with because of the publication by a certian paper, between the time of adjournment and reconvening of one grand jury of evidence of importance concerning a cer- tafn case, thus making it possible for cor- tain witnesses to get beyond the rench the court. The evidence could have been secured only by the dishonesty of some member of the grand jury and he cautioned, the members, therefore, to keep inviolate the proceedings of their for robbing the mail tate, of u $30 register- ed letter, pleaded guilty'and was remand- ed for sentence. >. Swartwood, the defaulting t Elm Creck, pleaded guilty and was also remanded for sentence. Board of Education Iteport. The annual report of the board of education for the year ending May 1, 1885, has jnst been completed. The pamphlet is a handsome piece of work and contains, n' addition to very full re- ports, perfect cugs of, the diffcrent school uildings of the-eity, Secretary Conoyer's financial report shows that the réceipts for the yoar end- ing June 30, 5 wore as follow From levy of i :\cxionaufs elianecous. e apportionment From finesand licnses' ... 167,215 09 Total reccipts . Balance on hang 245,164 80 14,074 69 Total available for year........S%62, The expenditur amounted to $ 613.40. iperintendeny Jamos concludes his portion of the report by sa; ““The whole m*mb(?r‘ of cording to the denshs of last A} 11,202; o gain oveér last ye frtin of the previeus 'y 1,440, 'his indicates that the rate of growth of the city is not as rapid as it was a year ago. *“The total enrollment of pupils for the yoar was 6,273, an increase over that of ous year of 897. The increase of the year 1883-4 was 615; and of the 3 §82-3, 711, While this falling oft in the gain is partly due to the retarded growth of the city, it is no doubt chicfly due to other causes.” McVeagh's Robber. On last Sunday a fellow named Brown entered the residence of James McVeagh on the corner of Twelfth and Cass, and robbed the place of a gold watch, lady’s chain, charm; ring and other jewelry. ., of course, were missed and Detective Dingman's advice secured. He suggested the pawnbrokers in both Omaha and Council Bluffs be informed of nature of the goods stolen, This was done, and accordingly, yesterday, the chain_when presented to Goldstein the Council Blufls’ pawnbroker, was im- mediately recognized. On thé ground that it had to be tested, a delay the proposed purchase took place, the police were informed and Brown was jugged. Yesterday Judge Stenberg issued a war- rant-for grand larceny against Brown, which will be the basis upon which to obtain & requisition to have Brown brought to this city for punishment, be- eause McVeagh intends to make him suf- fer, especially since nothing but his wife's ¢hain can be discovered Factory Building. Messrs. Usher & Russell, the new iron and machinists, came up from a8 City last night and enrolled at the Paxton, They bronght with them plans and specifications for their new buildings to be erected fin Bedford Place, These specifications will be submitted to builders to-day and to-morrow, and com- priso descriptions of a fonndry and ma- chine shop of both wood and “brick, 70x 145 and_120x60 respectively, in dimen- sions. The work of erecting these must proceeded with immedintely be the works must be running befol 15th of June, Thoso gentlemon have already taken hold of a number of the U. P. moulders and are directing their work, and when the new shops arg bailt will transfer them from their present es. TN Closo Quarters. Juiler Miller ;fays the county jail is now sheltering eighty-one.criminals and suspects and seven insane people. It is crowded almost to suffocation, It gives evidence of being entirely too small for the purpose for which it was erected, A well known citizen reinarked ot it, yes- terday: ‘“The thijg goks more like a toy than an institution intended for the re- tention of crimjfnals.” In one of the cells yesterday, about the size of a sleep- ing oar section, there were seven men confined, and so arrow were the limits of the place that they had to put up their bunks in upper and lower ticrs to get along at all, A Gentlem Marriage. Robert Gentleman, a cousin of William and Thomas Gentleman, formerly of this city, and now of Platte county, was mar- ried on last Monday to Miss Mary Carrig, at Platte Centre, fhe couple start out in life under the most favorable auspices. ——— ‘When Baby was sick, we gave her Castorls, ‘When abie was & Child, she cried for Castoria, ‘Whea sbie becamie Miss, shio clung Lo Castoria, 'Wheo she had CLildsea, she gave them Castoria, S| | proving the military road. Brovities, Workingmen were yestorday at work repairing the horse caf track at' the cor- ner of Farnam and Fifteenth strects. The body of little Nettie Curtis, the daughter of Col. Curtis of this eity, was fshiped yestterday to Subuque, lowa, or intermen A number of Omaha physicians loft Monday and yesterday to attend the meeting of the American Medical associ- ation in 8t. Lows. The connty county commissioners have decided to employ d\o taxes in dispute on Dr. Mere r{rz\lling and im Trinity Brotherhood will hold their an- nual service at the cathedral on Sunda; evening, when an address will be deliv- 1 b, (‘Iu- Rev.J.S. Faude, of Michigan y, Ind. . Sheriff McCann, of Dubuque, Ia., was in the city yestorday securing a witness in an important murder case’ that will be heard in Dubuque at the May term of the district cour! About ten o'clock Monday the light- ning caused the electric light wires to break connections. The consequence was that all over the city the eleciric lights werc extinguished Miss Jeanin May will give a piano re- cital on_Thursday evening assisted by Nat M. Brigham, at Meyer's hall. Very neat progeamme invitations have by issued for the affair. Matt Clair, hitherto city passenger agent for the Rock [sland road, has boen appointed traveling agent of the road, which will take him out on the road for three weeks in the month. The women shirt ironers in the City Steam Laundry stiuck yesterday for an increase in wages, The management re- fused to accede to their demands, and filled their places with other ironers. Emma Rich has filed a petition 1 the district court, asking to be divorced from her husband, Frank Rich. Cruolty, neglect, and' the vicious character of the' wan, are presented as grounds for the divorce. President Meyer of the board of trade has called a mecting of the board and of the citizens generally for three o'clock this afternoon, in order to discuss with Senator Van Wyck matters of in- t to the city and state. n. Crook, the new commander of the ctment has not yetlappointed his aide When asked yesterday plied, 1 you that. Iam in no hurry. 106 law, I beiieve, against a man's doing: his own work if he so chooses." The cigarmakers' pienic will be given at Haseall's park, on Sunda, e prepare i for the general relief of any ganiz bor strikers who are in need of help from their fellow workmen, At the annual meeting of the Oregon Short Line Railway company stockhold? ers held at the Union Pacific headquar: ters in this city lately the followi trustees wer d: Charles F i Ames, 3 Ezra H. Baker. dge was that of Mr. Baker t complement of Buf- s great show passed throu Council Blafls on their wiy to St. Louis where thoy will join their’ chief. They st of about seventy Indians, male and female, from the White River agency, and form the best looking col- ion of copper colored mortals ever ggregated. sting servieo for the doaf o wd neighborhood will be given in Trinity cathedral, Omaha, on Friday evening. The Rev. A© W. Mann, himself a deaf mute, will interpret a ser- mon by himself which will be read by one of the cathedral clerg collee- tion will be taken for the deaf mute mis- young man rushed into the ¢’ depot yesterday and commenced to make anxious inquiries about a woman whom he described as being *red headed and protty. > said she was his wife and was trying to run away from him. An invesiigation re- vealed the fact that the fellow was labor- ing under an overload of red-eye, and the lady in question his consin, who “shook™ him on the et, not wishing to be secn in his drunken company. Personal raragraphs. Emmet Barber, of Creighton, was in town yesterday. . S. H. Knowles has retnrned from Bellevue hospital, New York. E. L. Roberts, the leading jeweler, of Dunlap, Iowa, spent Saturday in the eity. E W. Weeks, a_prominent attorney of Guthrie Centre, Towa, was in the ‘city yesterday. Hon. Leander Girard, president of the Columbus National bank, was in the city yesterday. W. Johnston, mont, Geo. Por ¥ W. J. Stinson, Oakdale, ar M. K. Bruee, registrar of the land office at Niobr was i ng the distinguished gentlemen in town C. W. Sherman, Rol Sam M. Ghap: mouth people, wer, John La Pas of Schuyler, and treasurer of Colfax county, accompanied by Judge Russell, of the same place, wero.in town yesterday, A delegation from Plattsmouth came to Omi the purpose of induc- ing Senator /yek to procure an : propriation for a new postoflice building in that city. Mr. - Arnold representing a large New York s come to Omaha witn.his family to make this eity his per- Mr. Bs has taken the hounse No. 2207 Farnam street. Charles Metz left yesterday St. Louls, from which point he will join the delegation to the United States u?-w» ers association, who leave on May 8th by special train o attend the convention which meets in San Francisco May 20, Mr. Metz will be the only Omaha brewer present at the convention. John A. Kehoe, one of the leading citi- sens of Piatte Centre, is in town in at- tendance upon the grand jury. He re- ports his town as enjoying a stead growth, with its business district pave with planks, and the citizens about to start 8 bank, which will be incorporated in a few days. >, Windham, .4 party ot Platts- in Omal yestel for John D. Blair, The eighty-four years which have passed sinoe Mr, John D. Blair was born have left him in the possession of a hale and hearty condition not often gained by mortals. This distinguished gentleman s among the early projectors of the Union Pacilic, and gave of his own means $1,000,000 toward building it. He is now in atte se before the United In a test to ascer| depression of Am found that the ulti on a stick twenty-fi dimensions of 11.82 tons. he_resistance to white onk it was crushing stress inches long and 34 inches wus 76.7 e — There are several photographers in New York who have posed, collectively, over 8,000 dogs and cats. ne of them says that in most instances the photogra- pher is notermillml to_touch the ani- mal. 1he dog is taken into the gallery in a basket by a waiting maid, the mis- tress spreads a costly rug on 'the table and the dog is posed in difforent atti- tudes. i TR East wind brings rheumatism; 8t Ja- cobs Oil drives it away. It never returns. ADDITIONAL O0UNOIL BLUFFS NEWS The Bluff's Council, A meeting of the eity council was held last evening, at which all were present except Alderman Hammer ana Mayor Chapman Oliver Lower potitioned for the restor- ation of a certificate of grading assess- ment, which he had paid but lost. Re forred to the city attorney, wtth power to act, The ordinance for a change of grade on Worth street was read a second time and laid ove An ordinance providing for the enforce- ment of the collection of special as- sessments for city improyements, was read and laid over. The matter of the city markets, and the claims of the eity woighmaster that he should be prote in his oflice, and al lowed to have its emoluments, was_to have come up for consideration. The aldermen c‘!uinwd they had not had time enough to investigate, and it w! dropped to be brought up at some in- definate time in the future Committee reported in favor of paying 2150 for lot 7, block 28, Everett's addi- tion, lot_being dam: by the sower ditch. Report laid over. A number of sidewalks were ordered built, as follows: _ North side of Fifth between Ninth streot and south- west corner of Aylesworth’s lot; south side of West Pierce street, from Glen av- enue to the west corner of the Latter Day Saints’ church; west side of Tenth street, from Twenty-second avenue to Twen- ty-third avenue; east side of ’I‘;nlh street, from Twenty-first av- enue to Twenty-sccond avenue; south side Broadway from North tern railway track west to the bridge; east side of Scott street from Mlylmter to Broadway; north side of Thirteenth avenue from Main street west to alley; west side of Eighth strect from Seventh to Eighth avenue; south side of Seventh avenue between Eighth and Ninth streots; in front of the Engle property on Main street; north side of Tenth avenue l\lmlfi same property; east side of North Secon from the alley to Vine street; east side of North Second from bridge to Washington avenue; on Broad om the dumm, depot to the Northwestern depot. In all above there is to be, on residence ts, where placed on permanent the parking done, also, as re- quired by ordinunce, The engineer was instructed to adver- tise for bids for building sidewalks on East Bluff street, from W wenue to Fifth avenue; Ea 3 streot, south from Broadwiy Y. The council then adjourned until this evening. LUy THE SHADOW AT THE BRIDAL. “Ainslie, I want to have a talk with you—come and smoke,”’ said Wilfrid Denver, a young fair-haired licutenant of the forty-second regiment of the High- le. Captam Ainslie years; but Wilfrid ship entirely. He yiclded to his request. The pipes were lit, and soon they passed from lighter topics to one of deeper interest, when Wiltrid told astory to his friend of a romantic fivst love which had made of his hard life in the Crimea, a tender, sweet idyl. Ainglic was silent, regarding the l[ad’s finshed, animated f: with a sad pression on h he realized that s sun his companion might be lying coldly rigid on the field of battle. ‘You have not told me her name,” his senisr by some 1 gained his friond: iage—is the day No such luck!” ejaculated Wilfrid. A\ 4 vait for some years for my promotion. O, you are not en, “No. [expeet to ge morrow—the letter which will tell me all, Ainslie, if it comes too late, will you lay it unopened upon my breast and bury his dark cyes s comrade’s face as aged?"” her letter to- “If it comes to that, yes; but, old fellow don’t be down in the ‘mouth; hope for better thing: The battle was over, The carnage, the awful slaughtes, the fierce struggle of m: 1§ passed, and all th remained on the heights of Alma to ma; the track of red-handed war were ghastly mound of crushed human beings and ingled in gory confusion. ng sorrow in his heart, Paut Ainslic gazed on the sceno, for his errand there was a sad one. He came to among the slain the body of his | who had fallen. found the still form. He looked down on the face t seen so bright with life, and the tears gathered slowly in’ his dark eyes. He beld an unopencd letter which had just reached the camp. It w rossed to Licutenant Denver, in a riting. With a deep sig on the young oflics with his” beloved words pulseless heart, Wilfrid Denver was laid 1o rest in his rude grave. woman'’s One night five over, Paul Aind crowd at a fashonable of the London season 3 blic is se the idol Con- v beautiful. e ; rs after the war is umont is Singu been danc delight of her presenc Bending until their pers: “Come with me. In the cool dimly-lighted conservatory, with the splash of falling water mingling with the dreamy strains of music, he asks her ouc low, earncst question, ‘‘Con- stance, will you be mly owny"” Her heart'answers him, They are quite alone, and even as she sighs “tremulously, he bhas her in his arms, close against his throbbing heart. She drags away from his touch with a shudder, exclaiming, . wildly, ‘‘Paual— Paul! you must not love me! Seek not to unite your life with mine, for the shadow of death is in my path!"’ Paul sunles suporior to her fenrs. “My darling, if you love me, 1 will never relinquish you. Death comes to all lives; but it will not fall the soomer ither of us because those lives are e, hesays, “But if my'lovo should only bring you misfortune?” she urj T will risk that, nstance. Health, happiness, life itself, are nothing without you!” neet he whis e Itis Paul Ainslic's wedding-day. ‘The sunlight streams throught the stained glass windows, casting gorgeous tints on hureh floor. ¢ ceremony 5 are spoken, ul stretehes forth his hand to plight troth, while Constance’s slight fingers flutter into his palm. He is about to press them in a warm clasp, when an icy hand steals in between and a shudwoy form stands before the bride or arm falls to her side omes upon her fice. ith lips apart, with eyes distended in horror, she confronts the phantou; then, with one long, wild cry—"Wiltnd! Wil* frid!”—she fails like a stone into Paul’s beging; the solemn An awtul arms. The bridal guests erowd around her; there is a hum of voices, a whispered murmur of sound; but Constance knows nothing, sees nothing. White and still, with eyolids like the dead, she re- mains, and thus he bears her from the church, In the same state she is borne from the earriage and laid upon her bed. Constance lies in & stupor resombling death. Her lover's heart seews to be break- ing He has tried all restoratives in vain, Hurled from joy's greatest hewght to woo's deepest abyss, ho scarce can bear the pain and live Ho throws himself upon his knoos be- side the couch and clasping her inani- mate form to his throbbing heart in & paroxysm of despair he moans “Oh, Constance, my beloved, back to life and me!” As if in answer to his prayer she moves, her dark eyes opening upon him with n wild gaze as of foar; then there comes a passionate burst of weoping which shakes her from head to foot ““Thank God!' eries Paul. “Her reason will bo spared ! “Lhe storm of tears spends itself at last and Constance beckons to ner lover. “Sond them away,” she says of those who surround her,” “I haye much to you, Paul; but we must be alon They are left together, Rising from the couch she totters s him, strotching out her arms. Take me, Paul, my love, for the last, last time!" she cries, Th 8 voice quivoring with pain. He draws her to his heart; he nol there s though nothing again shall sever them, and thus she tells him the story of her life. Scarcely has sho spoken ero Paul knows their doom is sealed; that phantom form is before him; that oy grip seoms to freeze his blood with a nameless horror. She had loved Wilfrid Denver, The letter he had laid on the young ofticer's cold breast contained her accept- ance of his offered hand. When the news of the death reached her she had resolved to live unweddo for his sake. But after yoars had passec Paul's deyoted love won her heart; and in spite of n warning presentiment, sho accepted him. “‘Constance, " cries Paul, *‘do you seri- ously mean to that this phantom is to sever us?'' “Itmust beso. I doad, and even in_ the my promise.’” “But, Constance, [— interrupts him. come hor am bound to the grave he claims *Dearest, look Taking from her desk a folded paper, she puts in_ his hand. Wilfred Denver's last letter. On the fivst page are traced these words: “It may be that ere I receive your an- b r which will bring joy or 1l bo lying dead upon Yet, should t be my fate I believe that even in death I shafl know if you return my love. And, my darling,’l fear that should another ¢laim your troth, in ¥ ) stand betw . Constance says ~ sadly, s word, I ploaged my- self to him; he ¢ s that troth is death. Paul say farewcll. I shall never be your Lam promised to the de e e e WITH HIS FLYING MACHINE. Professor Tichenor, Wings and All Falls to the Ground—Al- most Killed, Special to the New York Morning Journal from Hamilton, N. J., April 28: Prof Tich ¢ very mnearly killed asi 2 while attempting to flying machine. Four years ngo the professor, who, although aman of iderable * education, has many peculiar notions, commenced work upon a flying machine. Month afier month I udied assiduously to perfect his qual toa bird. He a number of invitations to differe scientific people and friends a week king them to come and witn: public exhibition on his machi Several hundred pe around the tall onk trec professor proposed sailing. clouds at 5 o'clock last evening. A y form was ted over a hundred feet from the ground. and promptly on time the professor made a wild leap and com- menced to flap his wings. Three small balloons suspended him in air and an inu puir of silk wings, almost cireul shape, propelled him with a wave motion for fully a bundred feet above ground. The trial appeared to While the throng shout however, one of the s| loose an the left wing became entangled in the vope. Down the professor cam upon his knees from a distance of feet. Had Ins fall not been brok the two remaining balloons and w fall would have Kill him ins it was the shock rendered him and madi him a subject for Di s left arm an but it is said he decl a success and propose - Postoflice Changes, Postoflice echanges in Nebraska and Towa, during the week ending May 1, 1886, furnished by Wm. Van Vieck of the postoflice departinent: NEBRASKA. Discontinued. La Ruhe, Moody, Fronticr Co, Postmasters appointed. — Bordeam, D e o DA o brog, Howird Co., Christian C. 1con, anklin Co., 8. Madison, Madison Co., Thoma Wild Rabit, Dawson Co., Ed loy. 10WA, Discontinucd—Little county, Posimasters Appointed—Albaton, Mon- ona county, Victor Dubois; Badger, Webstor county, Christain Mosness; Bon- du Polk county, L. F. Kennedy; ’ uity, Seth D, Hoag’ Lee county, John Schriever; Middlo Kiver, Madison county, J. E. Shidlor; Mingo, Jasper county, Ira Chmmings; Ollie, Keokuk county, Min- nie Rogas; Spragueville, Jackson county, Herman C. Groth; Zero, Lucas county, H. W. Gitfinger. L e X 1t is related that a lame ox in Glouces- ter, Hnfi.‘ iimd been turned out to grass, but ke broke pasture pnd made his wa to a blacksmith's shop. Here he tool his place in the lhoainf frame and held & crippled foot to the curious smith, )Ae difliculty was a small stone under the shoe. Keith Couy River, Deceatur e Quick in action, sure in effect—Red Star Cough Cure; 35 cents a bottlo. 1 Two citizens of Gibson, Ga., went to aw about the ownership of a rod rooster valued at 25 cents, The caso was tri 4 justice court,and it has now been tal 10 the superior court. "The custodian of the rooster presented it to a minister, who killed and sl ther often has a de ting effect. Hood's ies all Languor and MG A grayhound in Bufalo Thursday made the lowest ofticial runnin ecord in the he hound was given three trials. irst he made the 200 yards in 14§ in the second he eovered the nce in 12 seconds, and in the third he made the remarkable record of 124 seconds, the lowest oflicial record in the In the