Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 1, 1887, Page 11

SLAVERY'S SINGULARITIES. Oae of the Most Remarkable Romances of Those Stirriug Times. HONEYMOONS AND HONEYCOMSB | Real Actors in a Romance—Twenty Years Before the War—A Couple in Distress—Lifc of Mys- tery. Memphis Avalanche: “The which, with your permission, 1 to relute had real men and actors and is known to all the old-time residents in and around Louisyille. It presents one of the most remarkable complications of old slavery times that ever came to my knowledge, and 1 am 1ot over young. ifteen or twenty years before breaking out of onr late ciyil war a young girl in her teens came up from Lotisiana and settled in Louisville, giving the name of Lizzie Carlton. Nothing more was known of her than that she was accom- paniecd by a young man who was, or pretended to be, deaf and dumb, and who, after aiding her to secure a situation with Mrs. Williams, a milliner and dress- maker on Fourth street, arned at once southward by river, Lizzie was & handsome brunette, with a wealth of raven hair which almost swept the floor, bright, expressive eyes, and altogether genteel and dignitied” in her general appearanc Her ladylike de- portment and strict attention to the in ests of her employer soon made her superintendent of ~ the establishment. Social barriers were not so stubborn then as now, and hence the young and beauti ful ftranger was soon received into the best society, forming n number of friends outside her regular business patrons, among others & Mrs. E., a prominent member of the Baptist church, at whose house the dark-e auty was n fre- quent visitor. She in time attached her- self to that church, becoming a most _exemplary member. During her visits to Mrs E. our heroine met Philip S., himself one of the pillars of the church, who, after living 1n_single blessedness for years, enjoying all alone his wealth and family station, soon con- ceived a tender sentiment for the young and beautiful sister. It was not long sfter the match-makers got their heads together till Philip and Lizzie were made one. gtory am going | women for | the THE MARRIAGE CEREMONY took place at the Baptist church then standing on the southwest corner of Fifth and Green, the Rev. Mr. Buck ofticiating, and many old timers living to this good day will recall all the facts exactly as 1 &ive them. After the ceremony the bride and groom and their friends repaired to Mr. 8.'s residence, about ten miles from Louisville, on the Bardstown pike, where ;Im usual wedding festivities were en- joyod. ““The honeymoon, with other moons, dripping with honey, ‘sweeter than the honeycomb,’ waxed and waned. The old THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: spring of her marriage with Mr. S., is he still hving?" *“Hislife is shrouded in mystery. Soon after the death of Philip 8., the relatives of the latter sent the boy to Hawesviile, Ky.. to be rearea and educated under an assumed name, and since that ime noth- | ing has been known of his fate unless to the relatives of Mr. S. alone. cun understand, may have selfish reasons for wishing him to remain in ignorance of his own origin, for there was, and may yot be considerable property at stake “And the story 1s a true one in all re- spects?” ter. son 1 in Lonisville to- I withhold numes for prudent re but there are many men and women 1 the record and fill up the blanks without hes- | itation, Lizzie Carlton fills an humble grave in the Western eemetery at Louis- i snjoying that peaceful rest whi s inhumanity denies to the living . Critics Take Warning. For the benetit of crities and fault- finders we reproduce the story of the “Owl Critie.”” After the reader has perused it to tne lastline we will ask how many reons in therr acquaintance would withstand the ordeal of the “Owl Critie.” “Who stuffed that owl.” the shop: The barber was bus The customers, wa ading the 2 Different dailies, and so little heeding The young man who blurted out such a blunt question Notone gestion ; And the barber kept on shaving. “Don’t you see. Mr. Brown?” Cried the youth with a frown, “How wrong the whole thing is? How preposterous each wing is? How flattened the head is? how jammed down the neck is? No one spoke in and he could not ston: ¢ their turns, were alf ised his head, or even made a sug- In short, the whole owl, what an ignorant wreck ‘tis! 1 make no apology ; I've learned owe-ology. I've passed days and’ nights in & hundred collections, And cannot be blinded to any deflections Arising from unskilled fi s that fail “l'o stuff a bird right. from his beak to his tail. Mister Brown! Mister Brown! Do take that Bird down Or you'll soon be the Inughing stock all over town ! And the barber kept on shaving. “Ive studied owls, And other night fowls; And [ tell you What I know to be true; An owl cannot roost With his limbs so unloosed; No owl in this world Ever had his claws curled, ot had his lecs slanted, er had his bill canted, Ever had his neck screwed, Into that attitude. He can’t do-1t, because "I'is against all bird laws. Anatomy teaches Ornithology preaches, Anowl hus atoe ‘T'hat can’t turn out so! I’'ve made the white owl my study for years, And o see such a job almost woves we to tears ! Mr. Brown ! I'm amazed You should be so gone crazed AS to put up a bird In that posture absyrd ! ‘bachelor,’ happy in the new world that dawned before him; the young wife, with her back upon the past and its memories, was even forgetting that she had been a hard-worked milliner in the struggle for bread. ‘“‘Alas! that ever man's avarice and brutality should break in to mar ana de- stroy a scene of happiness like this. About sunsct one afternoon the door bell rang. Lizzie ——, now Mrs. 8., left her husband’s bedside (he was confined to 118 room by a slight illness at the time), arranged her toilet, and descended to the parlor. “One picreing seream that startled the echoes sroused Mr. 8., who rushed down stairs. What was hi tonishment and dismay to find his bride fainting on the floor, and a strange gentleman, attended by a uniformed policeman, standing over her. r,’ suid the stranger, ‘this woman is my slave., Her name is Meli da_Cass, 1 am g Louisiana planter ; here is the bill of sale. I bought her a few months before she escaped from my home, and I have been on her track ever since, and now she must return with me.’ he distress of the unfortunate couple drew about them at once a large con- course of their friends, who were as much at a loss what to advise in the midst of these strange revelations as were the two most deeply concerned. The hus- band, after the first paroxyism of his ricf and mortification, vowed eternal idelity to his w bond or free, and with the assistance of Deacon E., Rev. Mr. Buck and others, it was arranged that, in order to quiet matters, the Louis- inna planter should be indemnified for the loss of his slave, and a little {nrty of friends met together at the Galt house where the Louisianian wns&mid $700 for compensation, and returned home.” THE WORST TO COME, “And this ends this strange, eventful history?" asked the reporter. *'By no means. The worst 1s to come. Mr. S. being 8 man easily influenced by his stronger-minded relatives, was so beset by his uncles, his cousi; his sis- ters and his nunts, that he turned his young bride out of doors. They could not tolerate eyen a single drop of negro blood, however concealed by a fair ex- terior., The poor deserted wife went heart-broken from place to place in the capacity of a seamstress, and soon gave birth to a son. She managed to support herself and child and bear up bravely under all her misfortunes until Mr, 8. married another. This was more than she could withstand, and, taking to her bed, she was Kindly attended by the Sis- nd a few Baptist sisters lle until she died of a broken heart.” *Did she really have negro blood in her veins™ *“That is the question. Mr. E. went south to get a true statement of her hi tory, but the reports there were as con- flicting a8 elsewhere. Lazzie Carlton per- sisted with her dying breath that she was of pure Caucasian blood, a free woman by birth. She related that her mother, a Yortuguese, on reaching this country, being a dark brunette, formed the ac auaintance of a wealthy planter in New Orleans. who became so infatuated that he took her to his home, and to conceal his purpose from his wife, passed the woman off as a slave—her complextion enabling her to pass for a light mulatto, Lizzie was the offspring of this illicit’s strategy, and the planter, dying suddenly and without disclosing the trne character tress, who also died soon after, Lizzie, quite a child, descended to the heirs with the other ‘property.’ The es. tate was left involved and Lizzie was sold on the block to the "planter who after- ward pursued her to Lowsville. She fur- ther explained that the young man who fled with her to Louisville was her half brother, the son of her mother’s seducer ——and that she fled to escape the perse- cution of her new master, who persisted in ;ulivl(iuz favors she would not con- cede, PITY AND BLAME, “A fow pitied, while more blamed the unfortunate woman for having 1mposed herself, as they call it, on the community aud for having married into one of the ‘best families.” But time soon mellowed the harshness of the judgment and made y beliove ber story to have been true 1 respec! Many of our oldest in- habitants behieve she was indeed the daughter of a Portuguese woman, and was the innocent victim of the unholy love which drove her parents to the buse subterfuge. Their sudden death was the cause of all her woes. Even her ostensi- ble ‘master’ may have been innocent of er true history.: How terrible were the iins of the parents visited on the child!™ “'And Lizzie Carleton's son, the ofl- i To look "at that ow? really brings on a dizzl- ness; The man who stuffed him don't balf know his business !” And the barber kept on shaving. “Examine those eyes! I'm filled with surprise “Taxidermists should pas OIf on you such poor gla: So unnatural they seem They’d make Audubon scream, And John Burroughs laugh To encounter such chaff. Do take that bird down! Have him stuffed again, Brown!” And the barber kept on shaving, “With some sawdust and bark, I could stuff in the dark An owl better than tha I could make an old ha Look more like an owl, Than that horsid fowl, btluu\{| up there so stiff like a side of course eather: In fact, about him, there’s not one natural feather.” Jl}s! Ithen. with a wink and a sly normal ureh, The t.;wl very gravely got down from his perch, \\':ulk(-\l{l‘round, and regarded his fault-find- ng critic (Who thought he was stuffed) with a glance analytic; s And then fnh'ly hooted, as it he would say: “Your learning’s at tault this time, anyway: Don’t waste it again on a live bird, I pray, l'l‘lll an owl; you’re another. Sir Critic, good- And the barbar kept on shaving. With a face very red, Not another word said That knowing young man, But from the shop ran, Asif with a desire To go look for a fire; And when at last he looked in a glass, e said to the ima ze, *‘Don’t you see you're an ass? I'm a judge of a beast. if not of a fowl!"” And lll say you're an ass for mistaking that ow And the figure in the glass Repeated “You're an ass!” And the barbar kept on shaving. i) SINGULARITIES, A Sioux Falls (D. T.? mah exhibited to his friends a large pickerel which he had caught. It weighed twenty-three pounds. F inally it was discovery that the fish had been stufled with stones to increase its weight. Farmer Keith, of Runnels county, ‘Tex; Cauries the longest and broadest beard i America. 1t is about five feet and ahalf long and twenty-one incues wide, Barnuwm’s hairy man must look to his laurel A bird’s nest found on a roof near the United States mint in Washington was found beautitully lined with gold. The par- ent bird had carried off gold dust in its feathers and shaken them out in its tiny home. While digging a ditch through a boggy “i( of ground near Tiro, O., recently, J. fl. Mitchner found close to the suiface several very larze bones evidently the skeleton of some huge beast, hey “were decayed so that they were mere shel cept souie teeth which were weM preserved. One of these was about seven inches long, four inches wide, twenty inches in eircumference, and weighed two pounds and ten ounces. Near Abbonville, Conn., the other da; while digging a cave, npuli' of men can across eighty blacksnakes all in a bunch, The longest snake measured over six feet, and three-fourths of them measured over tive feetin longth. After the snakes had been counted a rope was bound around them and attached to a large pole and placed upon two men’s shoulders, and in this manner taken to the village, where they were put on exhi- bition, This bundle of blacksnakes will weigh over one bundred and twenty-five pounds. An interesting addition has just been made to the museum of the Hospital Saint Louis, in Paris, in the shave of a strong aud solid horn, which has been surgically re- moved from the bead of a won residing at Hyeres, in the Riviera, s appendage grew from the sealp, was twenty-one centi- meters (sight Inches) long, aud in appear- ance and consistence resembles the horn of a goat. ‘This deformity is rare, but not so mueh s0as Is generally “imagined. Cloguet, the cminent anatomist records a case, and De- marquay has collected fifty-nine The late Sir Erasmus Wilson gives a y com plete aceount of the deformity in the tiventy- seventh volume of the *“I'ransa ms of the Royal Medical and Chirugical Soeiety.” Out of ninety eases mentioned therein, forty-four were in females, thirty-nine in males and the sex of seven is unrecorded. In the New York Medical repository of 1520 is described the case of a wan from whose forehead grew ahoin which had three branches, and was tourteen inches in circumference. These growths have their origie in & diseased sebaceous cland, and their treatment is re- moval, It is necessary to destroy all remains of the otfending sebaceous gland or recur- rencemay Lappen, ‘Take one of Dr. J. H. McLean's Little Liver and Kidney Pillets at mght befdre {uu £o to bed and you will be lurllxriscd ow buoyaunt aund vigorous you will feel the next day. Only 25 cents a vial, They, you | ‘rae in every word, syllable and let- | | BONEY FOR THE LADIES, Scoteh plaids are the furor in Paris. Shortsleeved manties are much in vogue. Pale drab is the popular color for dressink tailor suits. Black surah 1s the proper silk for bhal mourning frocks. Spangles enrich most of the faney work done with the needle, 2 Large quantities of striped India silk are scen on silk counters. Cream laces trim poppy red India or China silks very tastetully, A gray silk makes up better witliout com- bination with either black or white, Black ana white checked silks and black and white striped ones aze in fa vor again. Drab and mauve are fourd to bea good combination in dress street toilet or for carriage wear. For home wear we now have tea gowns, morning gowns, eliamber robes, and loung- ing gowns, Bustles of stecl hoops are covered with white or searlet English morocco, cut out in scallops and stitehed in rows, Broad bands of white stitching on black kid gloves are de rigever with white and black toilets of high ceremony. Satins are going out of favor, and there- fore are very cheap, but they make lovely uuder dresses tor lace froel “I'ie burnouse shawl drapery fold e the favorite arran back of the skirts of spring dre: The coat sleeve 1s moditied. It is made looser above the elbow, and opens at the inner, not the outer, seaui at the wrist. Pale rose and pearl gray are adwirably combined in dressy toilets de visite and home frocks of silk and wool mixtur est_production of the perfumer's “Mabel Sweet,” with a fracrance Jjust like that of the Japan honeysuckle. Searlet and poppy red India silks appear among the solar” drabs and delicate tinted biues, greens, pinks, and mauves this nd the jabot ement for the s, en the TParisians wear a catogan lnnr of hair in the nape of the neck they still nlln;.:u the top hair high and bang the front oc The double V waist for children does treble duty as & comfortable garment, and a stocking, skirt, and drawers supporter all combined. White or cream pegrl picotor feather edged ribbon is the inside pleatinz preterred tor the slecves and collars of dressy trocks this spring. Harper's Bazar concedes the faet that silks lLvve azain eome into the favor they enjoyed before wool fabries rivalled them as visiting and house frocks. ‘The Langtry bustle, which folds up when the wearer leans back against anything and returns to its shape when relieved of the pressure, is the correct dress improver. ‘Tne popular long apron drn1rcriox are those leated into the belt or waist line and falling n long folds in front of the side panels, thereby increasing the slenderness of the fig- ure. 'wo kinds of silk are almost invariably used in silk frocks, but the plain black gros grain, faille, or bengaline dress is in hich favor with certain conservative ladies. Lounging or slumber gowns are made iu full, loose Mother IHubbard skirt style, shirred on to a deep yoke, and have larce loose bishop sleeves and a deep talling collar on a high bavd made to it loose around the neck, The latest agony is for ladies to send round cards announcing their divorce. It fetclies the dudes. It cost $26 in Burlington, Vt., for a man to riata depot in mistake for his sister, but it was worth the mone; “Do vou think,” she asked dreamily, as he ide her at the circus, “that this'is the phant I saw when [ was a chila?” **No,”" he answered, with scornful eando “you know elephants only live to ba two hundred years old. 1t won't be this year. The Boston Budget says a driver of street ar recently ealled out to a green conductor. “Switeh oft I and instantly nineteen out of the twenty women in the ear put their hands quickly to the back of their heads. Don’t believe it. One woman who deposited $15,000 with Mis. Howe, the Boston banker, takes her <o badiy that it is supposed she had 8 1 her little all for spring bonnets. Miss Florence Shaiter, the 15-; daughter of a San Francisco lawyer, stands disclosed as the author of he Lady from Maine,” coneluded in the March Atlanti She has been masauerading under the nowm- de-plume of Lawrence Saxe. The wife of a member ot congress objects to being introduced at social gatherings as Mrs. Representative Smith. But it is very connnon in Washington, to hear such intro- ductions, in_company with “Mrs. Senator i}.'.;’ “Mrs Secretary” B.”and “Mrs, Judge Two young ladies living near Auburn, Cal., being of an ingenius turn of mind, have constructed tasteful and stylish looking dresses out of the plebeian barley sack. 1t took ten sacks for each dress. The fabric is really a good imitation of the new mesh ©0ods known as canvas cloth. New Russian blouses are made of fine silk Jersey webbing in tan, golden brown, gray, or Roman red, and worn with a fancy leather or silver belt with chatelaine attachments, Miclugan widows beat New Hampshire women clean out of sight for sharpness, or at least one has. She has been comfortably drawing a liberal pension for the loss of a son, on whom she elaimed to depend for sup- port, while in the meantuime she has amassed £30,000 invested in mortgages. Plaits, folds, diagonal draveries, historical and antique effeets in dress, pancls, kilts, and bodices of various shapes and styles, waisteoats close and narrow, or ample, in old continental style, with large jewelled buttons, half belts, and are each and all of uni present season. A native Persian who lectured in York the other day said the Persian youth was allowed to take just one kiss from his future wife on the eve betore their marriage, provided he could find her in a dark room tull of other ladi Althiough he was en- gaged for three years he never got one Kiss in all that time, Some stylish, pretty dresses for young girls are made of plaided surah and plain cas! mere, ‘These are very much trimmed with ribbon loops and ends, and some have an ad- ditional trinming of velvet, One pretty lit- tle costume of plaid in Polish blueand go! brown Las a kilted skirt made of both ries, trimmed with golden-brown velyet rib- bon, The fish-wite tunic has the turned-up portion trimmed with velvet ribbon to mateh. I'he bodice is the plain cashmere,with blouse vest of the plaid. A second dress of softest fawn-colored ~ French faille, barred with heavy lines of Roman red, has a facing on the Kilts and tunie of Roman red sil bove these skirts is a jacket of pla with full pleated waisteont of the faille, finished by a belt ot red leather, Washington Letter: Mrs, Cleveland’s couspicuous absence at the theatre last even- ing When it was announced that she would be inattendance Las set t0e gossips talking, She has not been seen in public for nearly a month, and only her most intimate triends permitted to visither. Last week the veather was llullu warm, and the president decided that it wonld be more pleasant out at the country residence, “Red Top.” Mrs. Cleveland remained there with her mother until Sllml:\r evening, when the weather be- came so cold, and the wind and rain made it 80 unpleasant that they were forced to move back to the white house. Mrs. Cleveland's lady friends say they do not expect her out forsome little time. ar-old hor accessories, al adoption the New e MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC, Clinton Stuart has written a comedy drama from the Frenen for Clara Morris, There is one American-city where *Ruddy- gore” has “eanght on.” Boston, of course, Clinton W. Edgerly, the husband of Rose Co:hlan,is howe seriously il with pneu- wonia While in London Mr, Florence will be the guest of Henry Lrving., He will be absent uve weeks, William Davidge, for fifty years an actor, was given a benetit last week in New York, which netted only §6w, Aimee’s comady of “Mam’zelle” has been secured by 1l R. obs for little Corinne, who will star in it next season, Louisa Payne, who was a merry Maria in Twelfth Night” with Henry Irving on his American tour, died recently in London. Arthur Sullivan's cantata, *“The Gol- zend,” will shortly be produced for the first time in America by the Boston Ora~- torio society. While in Los Angeles, Cal., recently, the Carleton opera company visited the grave of A SPECK UNDAY MAY 1, 1887. TWELVE PAGES OF WAR We are NOT members of tion, formed for the the “Pool”or of any Associa urpoge of maintaining HIGH PRICES Wall Paper urFWinduw Shades We howe ver 1 LARGER STOCK AND GRE)&TER VARIETY Than any House in Omaha. And will sell Wall Pay er made by the Pool, at 10 PEIR CENT Less than prices made by Pool membe: s, and if we can not demonstrate the truth of cur statements, we will furnish you with wall paper GRATIS ‘We keep none but good workmen, our prices are very low 8 v and our work always done on time. T. J. Beard & Bro. Painters and Decorators, {&71410 DOUGLAS STREET g3 We have NOT moved and have NO Branch House. 1410 Douglas street. ‘Tracy Titus, and decorated it with flowers and living plants. Any man who has a better burlesque than “‘Adonis” ean gzet $10,000 cash for itin tive minutes by applving to Henry E. Dixey—so, at least the comedian hi 1t says. Patti Rosa, the young western player who is cominz forward as a star in the Lotta line of business, is the daughter of the dancer once well known under the name of *Cerito.” Mme, Sarah Bernhardt will return to Fu- rope in July, and will appear in London at the Lyceum theatre in a series of French {leys under the direction of lier old manager, M. Mayer, After leaving San Francisco, the National Opera company will visit Los Angeles, Den- ver, ‘Topeka, Kansas Cit. t. Louis, Louis- ville, Minneapols and St. Paul. Guarantees have been arranged at all places. Mr. Abbey gives the following as the re- ceipts of thesix performances in New York “Traviata’y 00. Miss Teresina Adams, the young American prima donna who has lately been singing with such success in Italy, has gone to Lon- don to make her debut in Convent Garder in Colonel Mapleson's company W. J. Florence will, it is said, make an effort to seéure the right to play the tof Joshua Limber in D. D. vLloyd’s “For Con- gress,” one of Raymond’s most popular parts. and oue that Mr. Florence could play alnost as effectively as he does Bardwell Slote. Madam Furseu-Madi delights girls who call upon her for advice as to the training of their voices and the best method of success on the operatie stage. “I love n art,” she s nd 1am glad to help othe: all I can.” Ristori, who is now staying in Rome, is oc- cupying ' her leisure by writing by her “Memoirs” dated from her first appearance on the stage. She was then a mere infant, being but three months old. Her n car- ried her in,and her debut was, it is said, sigularly suceessful. During her tour in England Mary Ander- son will be her own manager. It" may be safely assumed that no sharp booker of dates will ever again coin a fortune out of Miss Anderson’s abilities, By a star of her draw- ing powers all that is wanted is an honest fellow to count the receipts and pay the bills, A complimentary testimonial performanco will be given at the Star theater, New York, on May 10, tor the beneiit of Mr. C, W, Coul- dock, and in honor of the fiftieth anniver- sary of his appearance on the stage. All the prominent actors in the city will appear. At the auction sale of seats at the theater Mr. W. J. Florence and Mr. Joseph Jefferson acted as auctioneers. Mr. John A, Eilsler will in a few weeks re- tire from the management of the Pittsburg (I"a.) opera house. He besan bis manageri carear in partiership pith Mr. Joseph Jelie son in 15 many years afterward in duced to the public for the first time a young girl who has s become famous a8 Miss Clars Miss Eftie’ Ellsler, the actress, authorship of *I'he Red Lamp.” to be d this weel at_the London: comedy theatre, is said to be Mr. Comyns Carr, who hias gonle to Russia for Lis subject. Nihilisi on one side, lussian society on the other, are in_a spirit of picturesque real- Mr. Suzden, lately seen in New Y ork, play the part of an Ameriean journalist, Lidy Monckton that of a Rusian American actor, W, J Russiaa Cross of St, Stan- Couronne d’[talie,” and the Papal crescent personal tributes from the sovercigns of the countries named, A numberof actors have received decorations from foreign soverel mong them being Salvini, Got, Coque fenry” lrving, John Tool. and Auvgusiin Harris, Boston Journal: Why 15 1t actors will spend so much money foolishly? Is it be- cause money is 80 easily and quickly earned that they cannot realize the full value of the dollars? Take the prominent actors of past years who have received immense sums—of tive number Forrest, Booth, John k. 18, Gilbert, Warren, the elder Wallack, and Murdock are about the only ones who saved money, A great many others, who need not be named, have literally thrown away their wealth, travelinz like princes ing right and left, unaer the impr sion that i that way they could acquire - sonal popularity. A great mistake, There 15 this to be said, however, in extenuation of some laree expenditures people actors are the ially to members of thei are in trouble. every case, CUNNUBIALITIES, nd princess, The popular Florence, has the islaus, the Italian 05t ZeDErous, espec- ¢ their own profession who They'll share the loaf in Tt is onty married men who want but little ear below, inguired Bobby, hasn't pa a_queer heaven? “Well, 1 think not, But " “F heard him say that the week you ,s]n'nl in Philadeiplia secmed like heaven to iin,” John Polk a young hoo! eper in Kansas City, and a nephew of ex-President Polk, re- cently eloped with and married a daughter of John T, Crisp, & prominent dewocratic volitician of Independence, Mo. SAN Fraxcisco, April 26.—The marriage of Charles B, Alexander, of New York, and Harriet Crocker, daughter of Charles Crock- er, vice-president of the Southern Pacilie company, was celebrated at noon to-day. An lmlay City (Mich.) man sold a barn without the knowledge of bis wife, and Ot all classes of | when the purchaser undertook to move the building the wife met him witha rawhjde. The building still occupies the old site. What is thought to be the shortest court- hip and qnickesi marriage on record has just aken place at Green River City, Frank Tracy went into a restaurant for supper, wiere he was taunted by one of the wait- resses at being a bachelor. He at _once pro- posed and within thirty minutes Miss Han- nah Wilson and Frank Tracy were man and wi A husband who had incurred the anger of his wife, a terribie virago, seeks refuge under the bed. “Come out ot that you brivand,you rascal, you assassin!” screamed his gentle companion. 0, madam,” he replied caluly, “I won’t come out. I am going to show you that I shall do as I please 1 my own house!” A wife who often stormed at her husband wassitting with him at the breakfast table, when suddenly, amid loud cougzhing Dear me!” she ‘exclaimed. *“a bit of pepper has ‘ot into my windpipe.” “Hurricane my dear,” cooly rejoined er Spou ad ot the opportunity of pay- ing her a little debt. i 7 st How prompt and satisfactory was the con- duct of the Puritan who rode up to the door of the house where dwelt the L’h‘ of his choice, and having desired her to be called out to him, satd without circumlocution Rachel, the Lord hath sent me to marry thee!” when the girl answered with equal prompitude and devotednes: *“The Lord’s will be done.” Blobson, says the Burlington Free v mixing some medicine when she was aston- ished to see him wink at her in a very emphatic manner. “What do you mean by winking at me in that way, Mr. Blooson?” she demanded, “F—force of habit,” stam- mered Mr. Blobson. *No, no—1 don’t mean that! I mean I have got something in my eye.” “Well, Lhaven’t,” responded Mrs, 13, with asperity Itis sometimes necessary for a man to travel to _have his view of the amenities of social and domestic 1ife expanded. Our American race, which prides itsolf upon its knowledge ot civilized custows, could cer- tainly gain many usetul hints by visiting the New Britain Islands in the Pacilic ocean. In these 1slands a man must not speak to his mother-in-law, If e meets her by chance he must hide himseif, — Should they” encounter each other face to face each 1s required by the laws of good society to commit hari-kari, How blest we are not to have such a law | L'he much-maligned mother-in-law is in ninety-nine cases out ot a hundred the apple of ner son-in-law’s eye. ‘I'hey inspire no fear, but on the contrary accentuate our joy. Surely, this is the son-in-law’s paradise, And so Wheeler Wilcox’s husband is a plain traveling saloman : in other words, a drummer. e is a good business man, as is demonstrated by way he looks after his airs in Cincinnati. We are glad to find Mr. Wilcox full of common sense and with a etical way of locking at thin He is 10t cecentric, nor even odd: he doos not af- | feet Byronie collars, nor tlowing neckties, on the cohtrary, he is a plain, every-d man, In fact, he's’ just the opposite "of hiis wife and just what she needs to make a good, ser sible woman of ner and keep her from 'sou ing with unutterable longings into the realms where the genius Swinburne and Jine. you mean, Gabriel Dante Rosetti wings its ystic thght. z —_—— Novelties in Jewelry, Jeweters' Weekl Black enamel d mond rsin dead finish are in de mand at present, Carbuncles 1 rings, links and sleeye- buttons are considered very genteel, _Rings stamiped with antique heads or Greek mottoes are popular in schools and colleges, Woven chains are being made m links, and braided bracelets of the same mater- inl are seen. ‘The leaf pin in variegated gold, with perhaps a jeweled bug resting on 1t,seems tobe in great request now, . A series of pairs of small square links joined together laterally constituted a tlexible by ecently scen, A slender crescem and star combined, nd set with rows of small gradua pearls, make & chaste and fashionable vin, A new broach pin consists of a circle of balls, finished in front in vermicelli style, and inelosing a flower 1 plain Roman, An ¢ r wire has been invented 0ss of the serew, the which ter being tirmly riveted to it and yet turning froely. 1 rge Leetles and bugs now appear i dismond heads, ruby eyes and backs of the much-ndmired opalized wor Other gems arc used for riety's sake Very rich clustered flower pins, with petals of diamond, and ruby, supphir emerald, or ¢ y diamond centers, were included in a recent display of novelties s The quality ot the blood depends much upon good or bad digestion and assimi- Jation; to make the blood rich in Jife #nd strength giving constituents, ase Dr. J. H. McLean's Strengthening Cordial and Blood Purifier; it will nourishthe proper- ties of the blood from which % elements of vitality arc drawn, $1.00° | bottle, PROCLAMATION AND ELECIION NOTICE. EXECCTIVE DEPARTMENT, 1 CITY OF OMATIA, ASKA, Office, April 13th, 188", § suthority in_mo ‘vosted, T Jumes E. Bogd, mayor of the dty of On do bereby prociiim 10 the qualifiod vote 1 city, and the respective wards thereof, and voting districts therein, that on TUESDAY, THE &1 DAY OF MAY, A.D. 187, the go tion for anld eity of Oma: b will t the following pluces in said aity, to- Mayor ¥ virtue of th FIRST WARD Votine District No. 1—-At 8, W. Cor. Tonth and Jones Voting Distriet No. 2—At N. E. Cor. Sixth and Pieren. Voting District No. 3--At Eleventh St. No. ¢ Engine House. EECOND WARD. Voting District No. 1—At £ W, Cor. Sixteonth and Lenvenworth Voting District No, 2= At N. E. Cor. Sisteenth and Vioton St THIRD WARD, Voting District No. 1At 817 Capita) Avonue. Voting District N¢ . 2=At &> South Tweift 8t FOURTH WARD, Voting Distriol No. 1—At Planters flouso, Dodiee St botwenn 16th and 1ith Sts, Voting Distriet No. At 105 Avenue. Mary's FIFTH WARD, Voting District No. 1= At 500 trcet \ oting District No, and lzurd Sta, North Sixteenth At N, E. Cor. Sixteenth E1 Voting Distriet No. Voting District No St and Ames Avenu KEVENTH WARD. [ WARD. t 1613 Saunders AUS. W, Cor. suunders Voting Distriet No.1- At N, W, Cor. Twen! ninth Avenuc and Woolwortl St Voting District No. 2—At Quoaly's Sehool House. RIGHTIT WA Votine Distriet No, 1 At Voting District No_ 2—At NINT 17 Cuming St, 2404 Cuming St. i, Voting District No. Johnson, Twenty-ninth und Farnam. Voting' District No, 2-—-At Hertzman Block, Cor. Werner Avenue ind Euroka St. “The polls of said cleation will be open at eight o'clock in the morning and will continue open until six o'clock in the aftornoon, and at snid eloction the foliowing officers will be atioted for, to-wi MAYOI, Porick'Junan, TUEASURES COMPTIOLLER, NiNk COUNCILMEX AT LARGE, Said officers to bo eloctod by a plurality of the votos cast at said eloction for the terms of office as provided by law. 1 do further give notice and proclaim to the ualified votors of the SEV 1 Ward, EIGHTH Ward, and NI H War and th soveral Voting Districts therein, that a COUN= CILMAN for each of said wurds'will bo balloted for'and will be elected by & plurality of the votos cust in ench of suid wards, respoctively, for the short term, ending January, 1850, 1do further give notice and vroclaim that at the time and places above montionod the fol= lowing question and proposition conoeruing tho issue of PAVING BoNDS of the city of Oma= ha, in the sum of &75,000, will bo subuitted to said eloctors o said city, to-wit ¢ Shall bonds of the city of Umana be 1281ed by said city in the sum of seventy-five thousand dollurs, to become 10 in twenty years from tho datothoreof und to bear intorest payablo somi-annuslly ata rate not exceeding 8ix por cent per Anuum, upon interest coupons to be attached to said bonds, to bo called Paving Bonds, series six, and to' be issued during thy yoar 1887, and not to_be sold for less than par* and the proceods from tho salo of said bonds to be usod for no other purpose than paying for tho 8nid cokt of pAYing, repaving or macadam- 1ziug the intersections of stroots and spaces op- posite alloys, or paving in front of real estato not subject to assossmengor special taxes for paving purposos? An votes *‘Yos" on sald proposition shall be regarded and considored as authorizing tho issue of said bonds. and all votes ** No' shall bo rogarded and consiored &s sgainst issuing awid bonds. 1, Qo further give motice and prooiaim that at tho tim ind places above mentioned, the followidg question and proposition con- corning the issue of Swkn BONDS of amd city in thesum of $100,000, will bo submitted to said electorsof snid ity toswits Shall the bonds of the city of Omaha be is- sued by said city in the sum of ono hundrod thousand dollars: sixty thousknd dollars of said amount to bo expended in the construction of muin sewers {n that part of the city drain- ing into the North Omaha creok, and forty thousand doilars in the construction of main sewers in South Omaha. Said bonds to becomo due in twenty years from the date thoreof, and 10 bear interest puyable som-annually at rato not exceeding 8iX por cent per annum, upon interest coupons to bo attachod to smd bonds, 58id bonds 1o be issuod during the year 1857.and not 10 be sold for less than par; tho procoeds of said bonds to bo divided as above apecifiod and plucod to_the crodit of two funds 10 be known as the North Omahn Sewer Fund and tho South Omahy Sewor Fund, and the money in such fund shall not bo diverted from tho pur- pose tor which thev are to b issuod? All votes “ Yes" on said proposition ghall bo regarded and considol authorizing the 188110 of suid honds, and all votes **No'* shall be regnrded and cousidered s against issuing said onds. T do further give notice and proclaim that at the timo and places above mentioned the fol- lowing_question and proposition concerning tho issue of Crry HALL BONDS of said city in the sum of $200,000, will also be submitted to said elcotors of said ity to-wit: hall bonds of the city of (maha be issued by said city in tho sum of two hundred thou- sand doliars to becomo due in twenty yeurs from the dato thoreof and to bear interest pay- ablo somi-annually at & rato not excooding six Ecl‘ cent por annum, upon interest coupons to o attached to said bonds, said bonds to bo callod City HALL BoNDS aad not to be #old for less than par, and the procoeds from the sales of suid bond to bo_used for no othor purposcs tllln'plvllll the cost of construction of & city ball for the uso of the city of Omuha. The said bonds for the purposo aforesaid, to bo issued ay followss during the year 1387, tho sum of §75,000, during tho year 1888, the sum of §1 30), or 8o much s shall bo necessary to mako puyments roquired for such construction, and tho balance not issued, i any thore be, during the yeur 18592 ‘Al votes Yes" on said proposition sha: be regarded and _considered ‘8 authorizing the is8ue of said bonds, and all votcs“*No" shall bo fogarded aud onsldered us against Issuing sald onds, Tao'fa 1--At storo of Chas. J. er givo notico and procluim that at the timo and places above mentioned the fol- lowing question and proposition concornink the sranting of & franchiso to tho Omaha Horso tailwag Cablo Company will also be submitted to said oity, to-wits “*hall consent, right of way nnd authority be given the Omann Horse Kailway Cable °0 ny to construct, maintain and operate u stroot raliwny with ears propelled by eloctricity, 0mpressed air, horse power or cablo, or by such other motor as may hereaftor be siown to be practicable, except steam locomotives, for " the opuration of strect railways, with suitable turnouts, _eonncctions and turn-tubles, in the city of Omahs, on and h the fellowing strects in said city, viz: sircer Elovonth stroet’ to Twontieth street, t trom ‘Twentioth strect to Pearl street, Creighton avenue Twonty-seventh' stroct to ‘Thirty-sixth W worth avenue from ‘I'wenty-fourth irty -second street, Populeton dve- wue from Twontietn street’ to- Thirty-sixth stroet, Pacific streat from ‘Twentieth stroct to street to Seventuenth st from oL, S5t Mary's avenuo to Twenty-so pitor avenue from Eighth st I'wentieth treet, Graeo stroet from Th street to Twonty.fourth street, Drist from Twenty-fourth street to Thirti Howard street from _Twentieth I'hirty-sixth street, I'wenty-fourth strect, T'wenty-socond stecet I'wenty-fourth street, eventoenth st h street, street 10 Hamilion streot from Boward strent Parker stroot Lako streot from from from Six. te:nth street, Boulevard avenue from Puirtieth — gtreot, Pratt stroot from Sixteenth stréet = uli to thirty- sixth streot, Ninth stroot from Davenport stroet to Marcy street, Tenth stroet from = Chicago = “stroet to_ Bancroft street, Eleventh ~ sireet from — Cnss street’ to Bancroft street, Tweifth stroct from California streot to Williams stroet, Thirteenth street from Lurt streot to Vinton streat, Fourteenth street from Nicholas street to Castellar etroet, Fifteenth street from Web ster stroet to Valley stroot, Sixteanth streot from Commercil street to Viuton atreet, Seventoenth streot from Grace street to Cas- tellar streot, Eightcenth streot from Ohlo stesetto Vinton street, Nineteenth sircot from Ohio street to Vinton street, Twentieth atrect from Locust street to Vinton strect, Twenty- fourth street from Commoreinl street to Green street, Tewnt enth street from Farnum streot’ to North street, Twenty-cight street from Farnam siroet to Dupont strect, Twenty b atreet from Faranm strect to' Mogeath Twenty ninth avenue from_ Farnam to Ed - Creighton Avenus, Thirtieth Pratt sirvot to Woolworth nvenue, ‘t from Davenport stroet to Thirty-third streot from stroot, and Thirty-sixth o strect 10 Park stroot, and to such points beyond said termini as the above numed streets may hereaftor bo extended to? All votes 'yes” on said question and proposi tion shull b rogurded and considerod s in favor of grunting said franchise, and all votey Yo" shall b regarded aud considercd s gRinst graoting s Ve W0 Turthor give motice and Proclaim that at the time and places above mentioned the Tol- lowing question #nd proposition concerninz the granting of & franchise to the Omaha Catle Tramway company will 8180 be submitted to said eloctors of siid eity, to.wit d franchi Afier the Omabn €l away compuny of Omaba shall have ¢ ed 0ol ete nt least gix ) continuous m »f Catle Tram. way, including the purchiase of poo 8 thoere ¥ groinds for powor with | ol | Ruituble apd Winpie 10achioery therein in doc Brion, then shail consent right of way und au- | thority be glven to the ple Tramway coin- | nany 0f (inabe 10 construet, opereton 6(coo. Tallway with suitable ‘turn- OUls, copnections un. ‘arn-tables, with carg maintain 6nd | orovelod by electrieily bompi« s 8l A/T.or horses l pomer, or by such other moter except 0comNtive as muy hereaftor bo shown p Able in the ¢ity ot Omaha, over and aoross, nnd along the tollowing 1 Tourth anl Plores wost to Seve Saventn to Cigh b, Harnos, Harney (o tol ortto ey i Eieventn n Mason strent, Muson to fentn, Teoth ) o8 shth wnd Hown 0 to cleentng toonth to eity I rth and south Lathrop and Vinton Fweltth nod Calls fornin south fo Leavensorth nod wost Leavenworth to eity hir ourteonth Californin southy o city Himits, Firtoonth & Cuming (0 Capltal avonue and Hownrd 1o ol Limits, Seventeolth and Graco to city i enth ent Capltol nvenue to ity Hmitey nthwn oty Hinits to Martha, Uy entiot weo to elty Hinite, and south Trom HAes city lmite, Twenty seoond al Dod h to ity it yfourth and ¢ to ety Hmits, T vofourey and Se to vy lunite, Twenty-oighth aven Dodia to ety Hinits, Twenty nind aye nie ang Dodge to Californd Twenty ninth avenne and Dodge gouth to 1 Croght oo aven Crochton aver r ¥ s, yy-socond th 1o ¢ north mnd south o eiry Burt to eity Himics, Thiety= Furnam o Ay <liton nve aud on Wools on'l and thenee reet Thirty aixth st oot north Twelith and Calitornia to Haes and Tweifth to Twentioth, Hickory its, hiristol ty-fourth ty west to ety limits, Houle ty-sixth, Cassius and Twenty- fourth wost to Thirty-second avonue, Califors nin AndSixtoanth to Thirty-sixth, Dolge and oth to Thirty-sixth, Douglns and S:xth t0 y 8ixth, Harnoy ana ' Twentioth to Thirty= . Poppioton avenus and Twentieth xih, Willlam wad ‘Tonth to Union Pa= 4 Woolworth ue and Twenty: fourth 1o Thirty.second ave Caatollar nnd Twenty-first to Soveath ft and Thir- toenth oRst (0 the river, Vinton to city limits, Vinton and th, Ohio enst from Twentioth to eit , Sprueo and Twentieth oast to o Grnoe noeth from Twuntioth to Twenty d Twenty-fourth wost_to Thirty-tirst, d Sisteenth to Twenty-fourth, Paul'and Righ- tounth to Twonty-fourth, Hamiiton and Twenty- fourth to Thirty-sixth, Burt and Siztesnth to “Thirty-aixth. All vot on eald question and ‘nmpo- sition shall_bo rogarded and considerod us in favor of granting sall franohise, and all votes sl be regarded mnd considered as against granting said franchise. 1 do further give notice and proclaim that at the time and places above mentioned the fol- lowing queation and rrn)mnlilmlconc\‘rnln‘ the granting of a franchise to the Omaha & South Omaha Stroot way company will aiso be submitted to said eloctors of said oity, to-wit: Shall consent, right of way and authorit giventne Omaha & South Oinaha Street Rail- Wuy comipuny to constrict, maintain and oper: ato a stroot rallway with oara propelied e by eloctricily, = compressed air, _horse power or cablo, or by such other mo- tor, except stonm _locomotive, as may hereaftor bo hown practioable for the operss tion of stroot raflways, with suitable turn-ou connoctions and turn-ablos, In the city Omahs, on snd through the following streets in 60 oy, iz o On Vinton steest from Eloventh' to Twentieth stroet, G streot from Twontioth atreet to Peari street, Creighton avenuo from Twenty-soyanth streot o Thirty-second stroet, Woolworth avenue from Twenty-socond streot to Thirty-secon avenue, Popploton avenue from Tw streot to Thirty-sixth street, Pacific atreot from. Twentioth street to Thirty-sixth street, Leavens worth street, Harnoy street, Farnam stresty Touglas strest, Dodge street, Davenport street, ‘hioago stroet, Cass street,’ California st Burt street and Cuming stroet il from stroot to iuirty.aizth stroet, Howard strest from Eighth stroot to Soventeenth street, M venue from Seventventh street £0 vonth streot, Capitol avennue from Righth stroot to Twent{oth street. Grace strest from Thirteonth streot to Twonty-fourth streat, Bristol street from Twonty-fourth stroet $o Tnirtieth street, Howard street from Twen- tioth siroot to Fuirty-sixth stroot, flamiiton grroot grom " lwonty.fourth’ “eteeety Sownrd strcet from Twenty-second stre: Parkor stroot from Twenty-fourth stroet, Lake street from Sixteenth street, Charles street froin Twonty-socond street, Hancroft avenue from Thirteenth street, P toenth stroot—all to Thirty-sixth st stroet from Davenport street to Mare Tenth street from Chicago streot to street, Klevonth stroot from Caes stroes to Ban- croft streot, Twel’th street from California stroot to Willlams street, Thirteenth street from Burt street to Vinton streot, Fourteenth stroot from Nicholns strect to Castelir street, Fifteonth streot from Webster siroct to Valley stroet, Bixteenth street from Commereial street’ to Vinton stroet, Sevontesnth street from Grace strect to Vinton strect, Kighteenth stroct from Oblo_strect to Vinton streot Nineteonth street from Ohlo strect to Vinton streot, Twonticth &trect from Locust street to Vinton stroot, Twenty-fourth street from Col mercial Btroet to Greon strect, Twenty-seventh stroot from Farnum streot to North troet, Twenty-eighth street from Farnam s‘reet to Dupont street, ~ Twenty-ninth strest from Farnam street to Mogeath “Thirteonth st. from Pratt st. to Woolworth avenue, Twenty-ninth avonuo from Farnam e, to Bd Crewhton avenuo, Thirty-first st. from Davenport st. to Lenvenworth st., Thirty-see- ond st. from Pucitlo et. (0 Woolworth avenue, Thirty-second nvenue from Woolworth avenuse to Wright st., Thirty-third at. from Blondo 8t, to Park st.. and Thirty-sixth st. to from Blo~do st to Park ut., and o guch points beyond said terminl a8 the above named stroets may here- A veron Yos™ on snld quosti a4 propo- votes **Yos” on sald quostion and p; sition shall be regarded and considered as in. ‘avor of granting said franchiso, and all votes 'No" shall bo regarded and considered @4 agoinst granting anid franchise. 1 do furthor give notico ana_proolaim taat the time und places wbove mentionod tbe fol- owing question and proposition conoeraing the granting of a franchiss to the Omaha MOLGE ltailway Compuny will also be submitted t0 sakd olectors of said city. to-wit: Bhail consent, &m of way ana authority be glvon the Umahia Motor Railway Compuny t0 construot,maintsin and operate & stroot with cars propeiled by clectricity, com alr, horse power, cablo or such other motoF, oxcept steam locomotives, as may be pi wable for the operation of streot rallways, uitable turnouts, conneotions and turn. upon and tarough tho following streets in city, numely: Commencing at the {n of Twenty-tourth and North stroets in said thence running north on Twenty-fourth to Loavenworth street, also commencing Twenty-fourth and Leavenworth streets in oity, thence running east on_Leavenw street to the intersection of Fifteonth Leavenworth gtroats, thenco running noreh HiTlognth strogt 10 te Intersootion of Fifteents and Howard streets, thenco running east om Howard street to the center of Eighth street, thenco north on Eighth to Farnam street? All votes “yes" on said question and prol tion shull be regarded and considered #8 favor of granting said franchise, and all votes | unot shail be regariod und “considored &8 aguinst granting said franchise. 1do further give notice nad proclaim cmx the timo and piaces above mentioned the 1 lowing question and proposition conge: the granting of a franchise to the “Oi Southwestorn Street Ral com puny" al80 be submitted to said electors of to-wit: Bhall the cily of Omaha grantto the Southwestorn Streot Kaflway company’ right to build and maintali and possess the TIght Of Wy for strool r purposes on and upon the following sticets, togethier with such turn-outs, switches, turn ‘tables and connee= tions us miuy be by sufd company found conve nient or necessary, viz: West on Park streot m Thirty-second avenue to city limits; Thies orth from Park street o oit limits, Thirty-second avenue north from Pa streot to Wooiworth wvenite, Woolworth avenue from Thirty second avenus to Twontiet stroot, Thirty-first streot from Woolworth ave- nue north to Leuvonworthstrect, Twenty-ninth. avenue (or Park street) from Woolworth ave: nuenortn to Leavenworth streot, Twenty.sevs cuth street (Phil Sheridan street) from Wools worth Avenue north to Leavenworth stroet, Twentioth Atreet from ‘Woolworth north to eity imits, Leavenworth Twellth streot west to city limita, Howard streot from Elghth streot to Sixteenth stroet, Dodge ~strect from Kighth street 0 Twonty-fourth stroet, California steset from = Twelfth streof to oity limits Ninth street from Loavenworth street to stroet, Tweifth street from Lonvonworth s ta Californin street, Thirtaenth street from Wobster south to city limits, Sixtoanth and Sherman avenue from Leavenworth rth to city limits, Twentioth street from Woolworth avenue south to city limits. Grace strect from Sixtoenth stroot west to Twenty- fourth strest,Twenty-fourth street from Grace street north to eity limits. All votes **Yes' on said question and propos- ition shull be regarded and considered as in favorof granting said franchise, and all votes “No" shull bo regarded and 'considered as aguinst grunting said franchise. In witness wirercof , Thave here- unto set myhand andeausud the el of auid City to be alixed, the duy and yeer first abeve Len) WeN: )\ MES K BOYD, J. B, 8OCT \’ll). Mayor. { inoroft JEALED bids will be reccived by the schos Mbourd of School Distriet No. . Kimball Cheyenno County, Nub,, for tho sale of seho bonds for Schaol Disirict No. Mmh:fi: Cheyenne ity, Neb,, for the smount # 00 onds earry interest from November 188 i, WL DOE COnE 81X Principal puyed annually at Bank of Kimball Kimbatl, Neb., s follows, viz Now. 1, 140 i Nov, 1, 1 Nov. 1, 1 4 ‘The “ehool Board reserve any or nll bids, i Tight {0 J. 3. Molxrosm, ool Distriet No. 8, eycnue County, Neb Director of St WR2E0-m s Kiuball, 4 UNDEVELOPED PA PN IR :fima