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— o] s e e OMAHA'S PUBLIE LIBRARY. Interesting Facts and Fignres Taken From Au Annual Report. SCHOLARS RECEIVE PROMOTION A Precocions Dog—-Army Changes Morris Sloman's Answer-Fourth of July Note inor Mention Kt Intercsting Statistics, ninth of the I The bra annual report rinn and board of dire of the Oma public library, for the yoar ending May 81,1846 was issuediyesterday in the form of a neat pamphlet of nineteen pages. The most interesting tof the rey s the statement made by Miss J Allen, the librarian cording to this, the present number of volumes in the library I8 14,287, The number cntered in - the accession catalogi during tho year wis 1,58, of which 1,604 were adiditions by irehase, 49 by binding poer s, anil 3 by donation. Of the latter, 240 were gits of the public departments at Wash ington, while 12 volumes and 104 maga zines were given by private partics Among the donations to th Ay, 146 volumes of Con ~sional Globe nd sord were especially weleome, s they | rly complete the set from the first to tho forty-cighth congress The number of volumes worn ont and condemned was 361130 being English | prose fiction, 164 juvenile, one history and six serial ix books were lost and stolen ne biography, The eircnlating department has been open for the delivery of hooks 307 days during the year. and 80,000 volumes have use. The daily re was 201, whic n inerease of cent over the cireulation of the r, when it was 60,907, with a daily average of 201, taken for ho! The largest number of books issued in one day was 595, March 6, 1886, und the | lest number issucd on one’ day was suary 8, 1886, Mareh is the month g which the most books are read February nest in order. m this the circulation decreases until it with time reaches its minimum in June. The following fignres show the percent- ious classes taken out age of hooks of v during the ar: Poetry and drama, selence, 3 essays and miscellane , 5.7; history, 4.2; voyage nd travels, biog 801 The receipts from the book department | were: From fines $461.20; from the sale of Finding Lists $57.15; from subscriptions a tofal of £526.35. This is an increase 20 per cent over the preceding year. In the reference book deparfment the q age daily attendanée was or cight months in the year, and for ummer months, 50, making a total aphy, 2.3, prose fiction, juve: The reading room wasopen to the pub. lie 330 days during the year, with an av- erage daily of or a total attendance of 98, Ihe reading room is supplied with _mnety-three serials, th\nn r agnin of 79 per cent during the re purchased and thirteen ERnten! four are periodicals and thirty-nine arc newspaper: The visitors xlvn ng the y re esti- Number of ment.. Number of visitors to the reference d partment Number of visitors o ngr In conclusion Miss Allan sa, great cause of the advance ade in (I\. pust year is the chunge to more commo: dicus, aceessible and pleasant rooms The central location enables many busi- ness men so take advantage of the read- ing room, and the casy access canses muny to become active borrowers, who in the old rooms were unable even to en- ter the library.”” A STEP HIGHER. Taken by a Number of the Leaven- worth School Pupils. The following pupils of the Leaven- worth school have successfully passed the preseribed examination, and will be promoted to the next higher grade next SHEIV ixth ( ezie O'Toole, May Whit- taker, Charles Goldsmith, S fpenets Paunline Zimm n, tiea Martly, Hattie Wilson, Almag ndreen, George Seligsohn, George Rocho, Hosa Levi, Jotn Powers, Francis O'Brien, Herbert Morse, Dora Hansen, Hurry Warwick, Minnje Emma O'Connor, Lulu McNaughton, Ellén 1 ity, Ida Burvall, Aung Swires, Charles Frank, Kate Donald* vy Donaldson, Louis Adams, Fannie Ima Carlson, Luther Lets@iting. stehke, Blanche Sedgwick, Julia J ..,111 Rosenstein, Josic 7 fullock, Bertha' Tenman, Persigo, Willie Daisy Mel: ren, Julius R pair, Mamie Co abordek, Katio Nehrbras, Emma harles Strong, Josle Frank Temleton, Bierville, Hilda Bery Stella Harman Fifth Grade- Emma Levi, Willic Staven- hirst, Katie Henge, Lizzio K Lovell Dunh, Mary Pafrick,” Winnifred ' Keene, jeorze Cox, Kutie y stuck, Anna Brown, Champenoy, Harry Joseph Burns, E Herman Lund, Anua Davy, Lynn Choitu, Elln Savidie, Willis Frank, James Kennedy, May Lawrenice, Winnifred” Williams, Au usta Carlson, Annie Peterson, Peter Selzte, annie Dayenport, Tillie Larson, Fred Wearne, Edith Bowman, Augista Kriger, Edith Solomon, Hyra Van Buren, Nelli¢ Miller, " Haley ' Strong, Joseph Zabordik Clara 'Roth, Fanule Standish, Auna Swo teek, Lillie Muller, Fred Behm, Rose Richer berg, Maud Aspinwall, Helen Kleffner, Clay Ritelne, Witlie MceCov, Charles Higgins, Iattie McNamara, Eddie Tolbert, Charles Crombie * Fourthgrade—Albert Slater, Bessio Hun- gate, Fred Kickenbacher, Julilis Rosenstein, Lizde Bodeling, Hattie Paulsen, Frank Balcl, lor, Frank Faust, Carrie Jdohuson, homber, George Bural Henry Will “Thomas Ans| Ma |\ux|nl y Henderson, Osear Anderson. Mary Drake ihard, Cla er, Mabel Col Témpleton Schinstein, Ha Adolph Nelson, Edna Donalive, Al- it Sinbold, John Lynda, Moxes I : Haiy May, Harry Gunblait, ) Vietor Karbach, Adolpn Lm.n.m.l Droyden, Bertha Hungate, Lena Tebbons, nfold, Florence Hayden, Alice Heller) ster, Octobin Karborch, Paul Hoag® Mary Dunbach, Julia Maglire, Porcy Jahon, Cora Chifted, Andrew Latric Helgrely, Novry Mack, Cliatles Myl iy, Geosge Redmond, € lhlflmu»vm Brown, Nellie Steinhous ter, Anam_Hormatkr, Willie Krelle nie Goos, Katie Buealer, Lulu Cathetcr Davenport, Tena Anderson, Henry sen, Fred Moekler, Alvin Johnson, Horald Thomsen, Viola Adams. “Edith Harmon, Daisy H , Katie Collins, Frank Olsen, Bessle Alvord, Willie Wilson, Anton PPak’ omey, Jennié Ander Willie Maele Addio Knickerbocker Harm, Polly Hermon, Filie w Nelson, Albert lawell, Ries, Anna Day. A TALK WILTH SPAN Workinger, Francis Matters Pertaining to the Postoflice and Its Employes. Postoftice Inspector Spangler says that he bhas recommended the appointment of two more clerks for the postoflice, to the department at Washington. He also says that the work at the gencral delivery window has becomo too heavy for one man, and 1 view of this fact he b rec- oemmended the appointment of a second man for that place, Fhe matter of readjusting the salarie of the employes of the postoflice has also ived some attention from hiw, and nw)lhchgawcuunmmdudtnhepo al while it s but Owmaha, and ma which now r My, returned from guess whom 1 saw there, than Mrs. Foun looking cxcellen by « big colored little foundling. short distance. husband was doing, and she wasn't doing any attended to from here qires at le: Spangler did not been done to forward the couple of rs could in i sta pre solidation of this department [ Der but s far o he would work,if « effected, to haye the Omaha MRS. FOUNTAIN'S ¢ At Present in the Mercha St. Paul, Minn. An Omuaha gentleman to a reporter for the Brk . Paul It in, Itell y tly. She woman who I walked I asked he thing. readjustment know 1id Pyester and W hours from metimes be If an hour y. what had yposed con- with that at icerned ion were arters at 10 M1, uts Hotel, “I've just ou can’t was no less ou she was s followed arried that with her o r what her aid that he They are stop- pingat the Merchants and are living in great sty I tell you I consider Mrs. Fountain a remarkable woman—remark- able in the ability to pay so_lavishly for living, and yet have no visible means of ummlt Now I don’t suppose that her hotel bills for sclf, hus- band and maid are less than $8 per da or §250 month, because the Me chant’s leading hotel in St. Paul, least in the ¢ atroni. s opped at tl hoarde the hc in the sanic styl stand, the hotel ass of people who reguls know that ouse | lay 1Y in 1l lecting their bills.” The Fourth of July brated Sunday at Soutl by the residents of the v anumber of the people from the city. ty was indulged, os- the neighborhood of Bruno oon, in copious quantitie dancing platform provided for the pl of the patrons Acuu[)h‘ of se place, s anybody was badly in- A great deal of hil pecially in Stratman’s consumed took befor tehes stopped where ut i d fur amount of accommodation, something over #6 per hhn- is living nave no difliculty in col: she ) rd hotel she paid, and aid regularly too, more than any other th when nd, Tund Fourth at South Omaha. was leg h Omaha icinity and beer , and a pying were the jured. One of the participants in some of the scrimmages v malt juice who razor, which ¢ the people. used frequently him to be fe some of the more peaceanly disy He was deprived of hi 15 a fellow loaded with played a by bar- berous weapon by Deputy Sherift Frank Wal in lII‘A ay do by absence o of o jail, L and thrown into the school yard where he soon nand slept until this morning hich time the juice of the malt had rasojved itsalf into o hondacho of gigan: tic dimensions, A Dead Prelate Remembered, A vequicm high terday for the repose of th ) mass Was cel Aebrated yes soul of Bishop O'Gormon, the first Catholic bishop of Hi. terd diocese 20y this pendence day caused feelings 3 death oce lay. It took tement and celebration of and when of sadness classes of the U)l“ll!nl!lly be esteemed by everybody. ' Tl sary of his death has been r lebration of a requl rection of M ul of St. . The celebrant was Rev. F. Carthy, and the c! Philomen: hoir w was under 55 Fannie Arnold, rred eleven place amid Inde- announced among all use he was i anniver- membered m mass at a on Ninth Me- the di- Invalid Choristers. Miss Fannio Cooper Iadies of the Gra suddenly taken the opel ceived me di recovered when day for Des Moir Miss Ir the smue or recuperite here turning to her home in Chic oBroke On Berr s0n’s coupes of his vehicle, o Harney and Howard his ribs, 2 house, mencement of the opers to the Metropolitan hotel, where she re attendance, ne Roger t Suturday afte man, a driver of one of Steplen- was thrown from the seat street between breaking three of ‘I'he acoident was occ one of w Oper il on just urc Sh the 10! ompany s, another for two wed Three Ribs. 10 n Tenth ra company, before the young was y night, at the com- 0 Was taken She had not left yester- member of nization, who fell sick one week ago, has left the compan, ud will ks before re- ng 20, on William sioned by his whipping the horse until he jumped over the shafts and threw the drive against the eurb. There was a lady i the coupe at the time, but she alighted without injuvy. Frustrated Burglars, Last Saturday night two burglais ap- proached one of the windows of the resi- dence of Thomas Duguid on the cor and Picrce of Sixth streets, T and weve commencing the work of opening the window prepa; atory to eutering ! 0 hugmd who and and caused the wen ‘They were subseques ntly they were heard by M [ l‘,ml her hu to run away aecosted on th et 4 from AMr. Dugui house, huste in ruuning away For Sule—Dr town in northv lation 1,000 Bre Address g stock m a good tern Ne short distance and xu.uh, live Popu- Omuba Raising the Wind, On Satuy: Lin & Mets and unload the agrecably surpr vaised from $1.50 ars of this ed to find to §L.70 per luy last the platform hands of f, the men who load i fivm, were that their solieited by them, bad been g THE department that the be A PRECOCIOUS ANIMAL, made as soon as possible. For some rea —_— <on unknown to him, the salaries of the | How a Gambler's Dog Saved His Mas. | clerks of the Omala oftfice are not equal to those of other ur‘u ‘ ind for zlmr rea “That dog,” =aid a aport ng man the son he thinks the department will be in- | gther night. pointing to a s ok ant B Bl b U et AL R R (hyn\‘_m pointing to a small black and o an which nestled that dog Mr. Spangler speaks with <ome feeling | i8 & prodigy gards the misrepresentation made in | “So?” chorused his auditors inquir one of the Omahn papers concerning his | ingly, “tell us about him.’ contiect he removal of Edwards To tell you altabout him would re from the general delivery window of the . - lice. He denies havir any po- | Guire a good of time,"’ repliedithe 1 motive in_view in s ting the | man of cards, “but 1can relate to you He admitted he wa demo- | one Jittle cdote which will show you but he did not know to what politi- | ¢liat he of no ordinary ability. 1 Mole belonged, neither did he | ijl simply state here that he is a bure k vty feehngsof more than two | plooded rat and tan, is ten years old men - in ot ofhie When - he | and has travelled with me from San commenced 1o act us A partigan, | Franciseo to New York, He is with me he would aim at higher ms than | 4] the time from the moment [ leave lint of Edly removal |y room in the afternoon to the. moment vas mi nd valid reasonsand | T “ygive the next morning. You will the misrepresentation made about the | ajways find himcurlefl up at my fect matter had cased considerable unpleas= | \eheriever and wherever Tam playing. HACHILE SR urd a8 for It was in the year of 1850 1 think that I was playing in one of the poker games WAl Spangier says that Chief Inspector |y Coney Tatand. 1had hnd pretty good W. A West be here some time | juek that year, and had gone to the island, durimg the present —month. | pore to rest up and have a good time He proposed to take that | glun to play cards. However, I found gentleman all over the city, show him | ay opportunity to get into a good stifl its oxtent and the mavner in which it is | gime of draw poker, and niy instinets | supplied by the present force in the | fold me to aceept it, | lice. He has no doubt that as Mr. | = was notluekys in fact 1 was farfrom West is a most intelligent and competent | ¢ During the first six days that 1 played, ofticer, he will readily sce the necessity |y losings footed up to £2,000 and over. of a larger force and probably, if circum: | Thore was one mun with whom 1 was stances warrant at, be induced to make | continually thrown into play, who secmed change solutely de l”f”"‘ml . to be extraordinari fortunate His M. will also be asked to consider | Jyeg was simply aggrayating, and the whility of ineredsing the depart- | ghough I determined not to give up the ment by extending it <o as to include the | gnme T had o Sort of foeling that 1t western part of lowa and other adjarent | Gould not be long before my pile was torritory. The part mentioned is - | pona. T watched closely for any evi cluded in xh:- department of which Chi- | Jujco of cheating on the part of my on- cago is the —center. It is o five | ponent, but found not the slightest cir hundred miles from that place | cyumstanee leading me to the belief that and requires time to work ity | o ¢rooked 4 ““This dog Juck, who was with me then, was sharper. One day he arose from his position at my feet and, walking around to the chair of the man who was win- ning all the money, eyed him suspicious- Then with @ vicious snarl he jumped ow ana sank his teeth in his rm. The dog shook the fellow’s sleeve s vigorously as he would a rat, and lo? whole handful of kings, queens and aces tumbled out upon ‘the floor. The mystery was solved; the dog had de teeted the old style trick of “holding out” the best eards, which the fellow had prac ticed. At the pistol’s point the cheat was made to give up his winnings and then driven out of the place. Very few people have ever been willing to believe that the dog’ fon in jumving at the gambler was more than a sudden fr . “I know better. 1 shall always e that Jack realized that the gambler was “‘raking in’’ too much mon nd knew how to put a stop to it.” soling and Coal VIl J A. Fuller.& cor. 4th and llu\lwl‘ 878 Yesterday a busy day in the oflice of General Breek at department headquar- ters, in consequence of telegraphic in- structions having been received from the retary of war directing the discharge all the clerks and messengers in the adjutant general, of ofticc of the assistant neretotore employed and paid in accord- ance with general orders issued by the seeretary of war. By w recent act of con aporoved by the presidentJune 14th, be provided for this force of clerks will hereafter by congress, but the number 1s reduced about one-third, being now limited to cler uers, to be distributed to army headquar- ivisions, departments and districts. The number allowed the department of the Platte is twelve clerks and four mes- sengers, a reduction of two clerks and two messengers, cmployed under the old rule. The depart- ment comman ler directed his chief of stafl, General Breck, to carry out the instructions of Sec Endicott and after discharging the old clerks and MeSsSengers, nppomwll the following: 'l)n\ls chief clerk;J M. Lu\\l- lork; W. Stevenson, istant chief clerk; and clorks Funk, A. Mayeskie, D. Munro, J. N. Stewart, J. W. Martin, O. A, Cox, G. A. F Ru Kehl and A, Smith, topo- graphical assistants. From the number appointed tne judge advocate, mspector of ritle practice and inspector general of the d tment will each be supplied with a clerk, the remainder being for the office of the a mt adjutant general. Company A, of the Second Infantry Captain Mills_commanding, will ar here to-dgy Itis not known as when the other companies of the ment will ive here, Opelt’s Hotel, Lincoln, Neb., opened March 15th, first class in every respect. Morris Sloman's AnsWwer, In the United States circuit court yester- day, Morris Sloman filed an answer to the crossbill of the Chicago creditors, de- nying all the damaging allegations made in the latter document. He says that notes given to the mortgagees, Fechheim er, Hellman, Katz and Slomun were exe- cuted in good faith, and that the corr ponding mortgages were drawn up with nointent to defraud the other creditors Mr. Sloman also denies that he bought. Zoods beyond the necessities of his trade or for the purpose of defranding castern firms. He furthermore denfes having secreted any goods in his establishment from the gaze of visitors or creditors. In fact his answer enters a sweeping denial to all the charges prefered by the plain- tiffs in their crossbill. 560ucres land 1n Chayer county, Neb. to sell or trade for merchandise. Address John Linderholm, 614 8. 10th St., Omaha, South Omaha Jail, The county commissioners went to South Omaha yesterduy to lofok around for a site tor a jail at that place. They have come to the conclusion that it will be neeessary to build a house of dete; tion at thav place, because there a enough unruly people in the neighbor- borhood and also because the B. & M. de- clines to sell for jail purposes the tele- graph oflice there, which they have abandoned and which that company pro- poses to send down to Lincoln for use at that point. Cut Freights, rlo ll lAl(' from Chieago to Omaha 10¢ per i less quantities 15¢ per ewt., Send us \um unl Chicago, 111, Trinity’'s Rector. For several weeks back Rev. E. T Hamcl, formerly of Beatrice and more recently of Columbus, has been filllng the position of acting rector of Trinity Cathedral. The gentleman left yosmnluv for the latter place and will return in a few days and take up his home on Chi- cago street and continue in bis connec- tion with the above church. Mr. Hamel 15 & young man, although he has been in the ministry tor thirteen years, but one of which hé has spent in Nebraska at the places meutioned. A Jolly Company. West Saratoga was the scene of a thor- oughly congenial company of picnieers on Saturday afternoon. The hours were spent &t the residence of Mr. ‘Ward, whn,e‘iq m evel‘gn} the bp& fantas OMAHA DAILY BEE: was indulged matMe. C. 0, How ard’s, Mount Pleasant m.”. Among | those present were: Miss Leora Ward and | Mr. W. G. Rustin; Miss Emma Walker and Mr, Lows Littiefield: Miss Alice Rusint, Mr. Chancey Howard; Miss Alice Hanney, Mr. H. T Vare; Miss Hattie Wheeler and Mr. D. J. Rustin Heer by the Keg. Deputy Sheriff Walker arrested a man at South Omaha Saturday night for steal ing a keg of beer from Krug's beer wagon s it passed through that suburb, and this morning broughthim to the county jail to awaitan examination. He will go before Judge Stenberg to-day. w. T U, The regular business meeting of the y. C. U owill be held to-day, Tues it Buckingham home s }p.om ard meeting, 2 p. m. Gospel mecting, Sp.om Personal Paragraphs, Mr. V. Johst and wife, of Peorin, Tlls are at the Paxton Louis Ley, of Norfolk, Neb., arrived in town, yestirday Rev. k. Ryan, of Columbus, came into town yesterday, State Senator Merklejohn went hoine to Fuilerton yesterday A. Beurget.father of Mrs. Kikendail, i on a short visit to his daughter Prof. and Mrs, Gillespie of the deaf and dumb _institute gleft yesterday for San Franeisco. Miss Jennie Townsend of North Platte is visiting Miss Eva Manchester at her home, on South Twentieth street Lieutenant Robmson,of Fort Ruf: is friends befor his new fort in the city visiting with leaving with his famnly for in Avizona. John W, Mackay, the passed throngh Omi way wost, He aris with a party Miss Helen Jonanza King,’ Monday on tjust returned fi of friends Suunders and of Spring 1, nieees of ex-Senator Saunders of state left for San Francisco and Rock Island, respectively yesterday Hans Ravene, of enport ascholarly resentative of the “lowa Reform, devoted to antagonizing the tem- law of that state, is in town in the intereets of his pape Miss Hls., Franki; Sannders Chas. Sivall, route agent for Cole cireus1sin town. Mr. Sivalls has filled this important_position for his present employer for 13 years, He 1s once of the best known and” most expert in his line. Charles E. Allen, brother of Mrs. Truesdell, of the Union Pacific dining ball, with Mr. A. Hammer, left this morning on_the Chicago, Burlington & Quiney for Eigin, I11. W. N. Babeock, agent of the North- western roud in this city, resumed his place at his desk yesserday after — a month’s absence on’ the Pacitic ccast. H jooked stronger and heartier than before he went aw. The trip has cvidently been productive of benefit to him. Brevities. _Jolm Dingman, one of Detectiv ligh's operatives, goes to Denver evening Robert Pollan; has been arreste acter. A Sunday school pienie for the benefit of the children of the congr ion of Israel will be given at Hanscom park on next Thursday. Howard Lovejoy Ne- this “Windy Bob, as w suspicious char- the defaulting re- ceiver of public monies who w sted about a year ago, ismow free, having served out his sentence of imprisonment, He contemplates a trip to, Florida. Judge Stenberg had an even fifty-nine mdmm(- of - yesterday, of whom were Fougth of July drinks. Most of them were reloasod, and"a fow suspi- cious charactel red tol the city. A family with five small children and sick husband, by the name of Kuhn, 1i ing on Fifth and Jones, are in needy cir- cumstances, People who are so inclined will find this a suitable p for charity. ‘The fire dej rmwntw s called out at 1 o’clock yesterday by a small blazejon the roof of & building” at the corner of Six- teenth and Chicago strects. No consid- erable damage. A party of six newspaper men, com- ‘mw( of Messrs. W. C. Grogory and E. ., nyder of th Rt'lnll)lu i, George Eddy of the Excelsior, Harry Morriam of the Watehman, Robert Hunter and a member of the BE! local staff, spent th Fourth in Lincoln. During their s t city they were ro) Anll\ entel by Landlord Charles W. Kitchen, of the Capitol hotel, who refused to newspaper men to settle thei any other y than with sincere for his courtesy and hospitality. - ;fn srors, ors wore filed s were ord hanks Neal Estatg Tho Iullu\vmv tra July 2, w '(h the county clerk, and r(-pmlul for the BEE by Ames’ Real Estate Agency: Caroline Stevens (widow) to John 0O Bogan, lots 7and 8 bk 205, Omaha, q ¢—S55, “Ada'P Drake and others to JohnJ Har- din lot 14 Dlic 5, Drakes add, Omaba, W d— The Publie, add, Omaha orman F Kuhn (trustee) to sub-division of blikk A Tteservoir —Dedication. Mathewson ‘T Patrick and wife to Laura L ('1:-!'&. lot 8 blk 2, Patrick’s add, Omaha, w 5400 Matthewson T Pafrick Binkley, lot 7, blk 2, Lt W d—s400. Henry G Harta (single sey V. Fitch, 1 i¢ of lot 5, add, Omaha, W 90, Richard 1 Mattice Barnes, lot 21 Tace $0,000, nd wife to Elnora k's add, Omaha, and others to Ha blk 2, Kirkwood nd wife toJohn W add, Omuha, w d— State of Nebraska 0D D Deyo, n w i of 86 L4 oo 36, 10, 18, 0 acres Douglas 00,y w d ~ 860, h, Max Winther and wire to John Wuethr lot 9, Winther's sub-division of lot 60, 8 E Rogers, Okahoma, Douglas Co.. w d—8$1,000, Max Winther and wife to Edward Wittig and wife, lot 8. Winthers sub-division of lot 60 8 E Rogers, Okahoma, Douglas Co, w d ck Drexel and wife to Jaines Vore and others, 1ot 10, blk 10, Walnut Hill, Doug- W d—$600, 0 § Taymond and wife to F R Norton. lots 0,2 and i , Himebaugh and Patte son's sub-division, Douglus. Co., w d—$1,050. Lena Quick and husbind fo Androw i Moore, 1ot 7 bik 420, Grandwiew add, Owaba, A 11 Swan and others (trustees) to Adelia Kalish and others, lot 9, bik 80, South Owmalia, W d—$225, ) A H Swan and_others (teustees) to Adelia Kalish, lot 8 blk 80, South Omaha, w d--$500, Willlam A Ross (single to ' Charles C Housel, lot 8, blk 335, Omalm, w d—$5,200, Andrew B'More to Lena Quick, Jot 11, blk 450, Grandview add, ()n\nh‘. W 85150, Aundrew B, More ‘and wife to Lena Quick, lots 8 and 9, bik 467, lols6. 7. 13, 14 and 15 blK 471, lots 6 and 7 blk ' 450,405 Bk 451 Grand- view add, Omaba, w d—81,400. Johd D Sargent (trustee) to Robert Ham- tin, lot 3 blk 4, Shinn'svadd, Omaha, w d— $1.500, Lyman Riehardson and wife to Frederick avis, Lot 17, bik 12, West £nd add, Oina ha, wd - 8§ Joho H (single) to Caleb I B Carter lots 1 and - s sub-dlvision ul blk 7, Joseph Barker son, lot 1, Barker's sub-dlyision o 1 s 15, 13 Doualas Co., w d Heury Belimidt and wife to Fred Drexel, lot 7 blk 157, Omaha Fred Drexel and wife to U P'R R Co., lot le 157, Omaha, w d—83,000, ugustus Kountz and wife and others to Uhion Pacific rallway compay, right of way over 100 feet wide ot m.nlu-uq 14-8€cC., 10-15-18, l)uu;.lu:mlml) wd— O B Bakis and_wite to Union Pacitic . west part_of lot 8, sec. rnllwui y 15 nu‘lnnlfluuu W d—$2.500. Martin Cannon and wite to( man, north 62 9-10 feet south 13 ' t 1, Puttle’s sub-div, Douglas county, w d— b 47 IuhI)A\ this | Jl’ LY 0. 1880, I LIZE, THE TOUGH A Girfl Who Wore Trou Robbed Boon Comy The New York police, writes respondent of the St Louis Democrat, have had to let Short ers and fons. the Cor- Globe laired 0 free, notwithstandi sheisa weeuliar wickedness, Her name Leonard, so she says, and out wany she has borne that may be the right one. But she has n most re: markably known as Alvert Leonard, o sportive, boyish fellow about n. She has worn ma line clothes almost con timuously for two year and_ without detection uniil her arrest a fow days a | She sat in a crowded audience at the | Academy of Music alongside John M Caftrey, from Hartford, and when he emerged to the street s wa W gone. He told a sliceman, and Lize was arrested. The wateh was not found | in her pockets on a thorough search be i made, but the fact was certained that she was a girl, in s of ler | eropped hair L tigure caleudated to hicelp the deception and her cigar held mannishly between | herlips. Her face was not pretty, being | too strong in _its features for feminme | eharm, though as a male visage it was hough. Lize was kept in o cell at | dquarter days beyond the time necessary to demonstrate that there was | no positive evidence against her m the wateh case. ‘The police had ascertained that she has o wonderful eriminal, and desire on “which to punish her nabeas corpus has tinally She walked out of durance st into a hansom eab and drove shitting back at her enemis trom a quid_of tobacco th » was chewing like a little man | Lize has been during the p. they to revive some old eharg bt writ of wsed her (rousers, jaantily some st four tor. an imperson es of cheap and s for several y | tor of swells on the | low varicty theater ageney for that sort of dramatic show ‘that she filled engagements in va- rious Bowery halls, as well as i other | cities far and near. - She was then known as Rose Galand. 1t was understood th | she had come from Galena, Il She had no dislike for the wine room branch of the profession, and was generally re garded s a tonghl. It her frequent Custom to make the trip between the theatre and the boarding house in the male costume that she wore behind the footlights. Gradually she extended these | exploits to all night sprees about town, and the thorough bovishness of her aspect_enavled her to eseape discovery save when she chose to impart the s to boon companions. This she sometimes did after she had been touring the bar rooms half the night with a party of fellows, and their astonishment tickled her mightil, Many of these excusions were with s . ells of the top sort, and for awhile she scemed to ve incited” only by an innate love of deviltry. The police do not think that she had previously been a thief. They are cortain that she once an honest worker in a tobaceo fac- tory. subsequently the tender of a lunch counter in the Bowe and later a fre- quenter of concert , where she picked up the training for perform ances on the stage. One night she was masqug a party that included Joe Shaw, @ pro- fessional thief, and he stole a wallet from a boozy comrade. He and she we arrested, and he was convictea, but she was acquitted, and her sex was not dis- cerned in the trial. After that she use: her opportunities for robbery industriou ly. The best of her drawatic fe the imitation of drunkenness in a d and this omplishment she turned to nefarious account She would a 1 drinking much when out with royste but counterfeit their incbriety in its pr ar cages, until nsensibility came upon them. Then she would rummage their pockets and quit with the swag. One of these robberies committed in the notorious cork-room at Koster & Bial's concert garden—a combined green room and wine room, where the decor: tions of walls and ceilings consist of thousands of col from the champagne bottles opened there. The vietim in t instance w Jerome Clyde, a rick fel low, who did not beuar s loss sceretly,as most of Lize's subjects had done. The of the pluace, too, permit no ality on their premises, and they set their chief bouncer upon her, To avoid a thumping Lize avowed her sex, restored the plunder and promised neye to trespuss there again. ] Lize did not discard man’s garments, however; but she transferred herself to Brooklyn, where she frequented the legitimate and other theaters, seraped acquaintance with careless, genteel los ers, and robbed them when the chance offered. That method was nearly safe, because the losers were rarely inclined to take the notoriety involved ‘in prosccu- tion, even when they feltsure of the thief, Whenever they threatened to have her arrested she (ll\l||"\ll the fact that she wgs a girl, and 1 n\ 2 them of the ,!‘{"L.Mlul tlicy would have to endur if they made piblic lln» fact that the had unw tlll'f{_\ hafl-fellowed with a gi in male attire. at was usually olmulrln 0 her from trouble, But at ]n-n"‘(h adopted a more dircet mode of ste cal- She pocketed a wateh in George k’s jeweiry store, n big Brooklyn con- cern, and was arrested. At thé police station she was exposed as f" com- pelled to don skirts, in which she w convicted and sent to the penitenti for six months. After her rclease she went on a tour of the southwest, acting in concert halls, and it was as recently as last Christinas that she returned to New York. 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