Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 31, 1887, Page 5

Pace, the rustling town lot auctioneers, returned yesterday from conducting their seconid auction sale of lots in Keurnay. The nuction was in every way 8 success, A number of Lincoln” people accor panied Messrs. Rhodes and Pace to Kear- nui and the entire number were guests of Mr. Albright and his party of Umaha people on their return from Kearney to Omaha over the Union Pacitic. To say that they appreciated the latter is but ex- pressing the undivided opinion of the Lincoln men, Walt Mason, the versatile genius who has been writing snng‘: in prose for the Atchison Globe has become one of the toilers in fields journalistic ut Lincoln, and will be at the head of the *“Topics of the Times” column of the Journal. The Lincoln base hall club was received with open arms on their return yesterday from their southern trip. They had the good record cn the last vieit south of winning nine out of twelve of the games played and reducing materially the lead that the Topekus have for the pennant. J. W. Deweese was arrested Friday. It was for no very serious offense but his sidewalk was not in rusiliou and block: aded,wherefore the city fined him $1 and he agreed to make straight his puths. George Smith and William Brooks were the entire grist at police court yes- terday and their offonse was the old one TWENTY MILLION DOLLARS. One Year's Inorease in the Valuation of No- braska Property. THE STATE AUDITOR'S REPORT. Lincoln is Promised Four New Street Railways in Addition to Those Now Being Built—Other News Notes. [FROM THE RBEE'S LINCOLY RURRAU.] The total nssessed valnation of the state of Nebraska as returned by the different counties has been compiled by the state auditor and shows in detail the values in the state. The total valuation of the state the present year of $160,000,000 in round numbers is an increasc in the past year from 143,000,000, the assessed valuation of a year ago. The showing is excellent evidence of the Yrogrus of the state. Fol- Jowing istho valuation by counties and the table of valuation of personal prop- erty, real estate lands and town lots: TOTAL VALUE BY COUNTIES, Counties. Value of getting drunk. OUne of them, when Adams... $ 3,642,958,00 | arrested, was so helpless that he had to Antelope. x.s’r"};m 05 | be wheeled to jail. The judge fined them Blaine. #3 each and costs, and ‘they were com- mitted, [ e — IMPORTANT CASE. Railroad Discri ion Brought to a Lively Test, Eli Plummer, Roscoe A. Perry and John Fitzgerald compose the firm of Perry, Plummer & Co., wholesale gro- oers, of Lineoln. Yesterday they com- menced a stit against the United Pacific tailrond company. The cause of action arises from a claim thut the said railroad disctiminates against Lincoln in favor of Omaha. 'The sp | allegations are, ac- cording to the bill of particulars, that the s 28 e #3352 - Frontier .. Furnas . Howard. Jefferson . Sheridan. Sherman, .+ .+ $160,500,200, 25 PERSONAL PROPERTY. Grand Total......... Horses of all ages 801.851.01 Battle of all ages 87,870,490 Mules and asses 9,967.48 1,970.40 Sheep of all ages e L 1351408 Houzs of all ages. Steam engines, including boil- OFB..00eo veanesasnes I ¥ire and burglar proot oates; Bililard, Pigeop-noje ba: 3 OF 08B27 Cliniiar tables 908,31 arriages and wagons . 12,964.95 Watches and clocks. 1,085,490 Sewing and kritting machines 2,000.18 Pianofortes .......... . L7815 Melodeons and organs. . 2,004.81 Amnuities and i it Annuities and royalties Patent rllhu,...{“ . 15.20 s‘“I"I n!o{:“a'u. ”b.uu.m o: e ther wharf bo; rges, or o watercraft .- 82.74 Merchandise d .. 53,191.31 Material and manufactured ar- HICIBR. . ou . viiiar i Manufacturer's tools imple- ments and wachinery (other than boilers and englnes..... Agricultural tools, implements and machinery 18,500.68 Gold and silver ed ware 200,59 Diamonds ry. 15,636 Moneys of bank, banker, or stock jobhe: . 1,789,209 Credits of bank, banker, brok- er, or stock jobber.. . 384,512 Moneys other tham ot bank, bauker, broker, or stock job- Credits other than of bank, banker, broke! stock job- ber. 864,405 Bonds, County, City, Villake, or School * Distriet Warrants, and Municipal Securities ol any kind whatever........... . 259,964 Shares of Capltal Stock of Com- @panies and Associations not incor of 158,300 8,120 Bri pert ‘%% l'mwrh"g nroonl and eat- ing houses...... 5,017 Household or office furuiture and property....... o reries 1,577,550 Investiments in real estate and improvement thereon ... 1,039,249 Amount of raliroad property.. 28,001,502 fi‘m| wuof wm‘ ph proj .Ié!y 161,923 ¥ Numbers of acrés of mproved umbers of acres of improve Number of acres of unimpro lands.....ooviiiiiiiiiiinie 20,100,118 Number of mproved vili umber of impro’ age or olty lots... 91,205,6% Number of u or city lots... . 8,691,600 ‘Total value of all property. $1€0,500,266 BOOMING STREET RAILWAYS. ‘The cable road is not by any means the only street railway line that 1s reaching out to build the present year in Lincoln. Besides the motor line that is so far along in progress of construction there are four other lines that have secured franchises and have the cast raised for their con- struction. The South Lincoln street rail- way has already ordered material for three miles of road that will run from Tenth and South streets, the present ter- minus of the Lincoln street railway, and run thence through Eureka Cottage park and other additions out to Crabbe's hill and grove and the hospital for the insane. The Capital Heights road will build in Boutheast Lincoln from Twenty-seventh to Fortieth streets, and the materials and cars have been ordered for this hine. The Standard Street Railway line has the pro- !ecl in view of runnlnf from the city to he Wesleyan university. This line will cover some four or live miles of territury, and will run northeast from the business oenter of Litcoln. Mossrs. Bon' O. Rhodes and Cad G, United Pacitic has fixed a scheduls of rates in Omaha for the purpose of haul- ing goods through and " then rebilling to the interiortowns of the statc, thus get- ting the benefit of the charge for local rates, That on the twenty-fourth and twenty-tifth of June the American sugar refining company, of San Francisco, California, consignéd to Plummer, Perry & Co., of Lincoln, 800 barrels of sugar, That it came through all right and that the raiiroad company used to switch it at Valley and send it to Lincoln, only twenty-three miles away, but brought it to Omaha and then rebilled to Lincoln. The rate to Omaha was 60 cents a hundred pounds and the company demanded 15 cents more, or 75 cents at Lincoln. That_the firm paid %683 09 under protest. That the service was like and contempor- aneous, the difference of twenty-three miles in distance not making the circum- stances different or dissimilar, That the road was 1nacombination and was guilty of unjust discrimination against the plaintitf and Lincoln, Also that the com- pany is guilty of charging and receiving unreasonable, excessive and extortionate charges for transportation, guilty of causing an interruption and stoppage of property to prevent it being treated as a continuous carriage, and guilty of enter- ing into & combination to avoid, evade and violata the act of congress to regu- late commerce. The damages ¢laimed are $500. — —— POLICE COURT. Judge Berka’s Business Yesterday Afternoon. Business about the police court yester- day afternoon was light—the lightest afternoon for many & day. Anlon Am- erson was up on a charge of sleeping on the sidewalk. Around the upper part of his arm was an arm-belt in which was secured $35 and $20 in money, and a watch and chain was found on his per- son. He was fined 35 and costs. Wil- liam Bittler had been found noisy drunk. As he 18'a hard working man with an appetite for drink and had & job on the grade south of town, he was told to ds. part, which he anickiy did, Wiltlam Westlike, a red-faced indiviaual, was told to go and sin no more, but he under- took to give the judge a piece of his mind as he started for the wicket door. He was stopped by Whalen, brought up in and fined $5 and costs for his funny business. William Bittlor was helplessly drunk, but as he is a hard working individual and it was his first offense, he was allowed to depart. A complaint was made by J. H. Fuller against John Swabe for striking a boy. Swabe was allowed to depart on his own recognizance and the trial wus set for next Tuesday afternoon. i A number of the newly appointed police officers were sworn in by Judge Berka. - District Court. Minnie Herrley has commenced suit against her husband, Frederick Herrley, for divorce. In the bill of complaint she tells of the cruel and inhuman treatment she and her infant child received at his hands, among which are somc¢ most re- volting charges, and how, finally, when her child was sick unto death, both mother and child were driven from home. - A very ‘“‘notable" case commenced in this court yesterday was that of John Reed vs. Joseban L. Rice and H. E. Weaver. The action is based on twenty-two notes each for $50 and all dated November 3, 1881, and the date of payment was Octo- ber 2, 1882, Theonly payment alleged to have been paid was on_the first note, which occurred October 18, 1858, and the amount handed over was $57.53, art principal and interest from e date the note was made. Hence on this first paper the sum of $2.%6 with inter- est from Uctober 18, 1888, is claimed. As llle:ed none of the other notes have been and the total amount claimed is 1,050, with interest at 10 per cent from tober 1882, SHE WANTS $10,000. Ella Morgan Sues Henry Gross For Malicious Prosecution. Miss Ella Morgan, who recently had so much trouble with the lovclorn widower, Henry Gross, who caused her arrest and detention in the police station for two days, has commenced suit against him for $10,000, for malicious and un- warranted prosecution. The case will come up before the courts of Greeley countv, of which Gross is a resident. He is worth $45,000, but before he will give Ella any of 1t he will spend a goodly sum in nghting her. As it is understood that her [awyers ure to receive the eater part of the amouut thatshould be allowed for damages, it is presumable that she is actuated more by retaliatory than mer- cenary motives, —— Where are the Lazy Sprinkiers. There is some complaint that the street sweeping machine that makes its rounds after night, is getting to be somewhat of s nuisance on account of insuflicient sprinkhing. The clouds of dust that arise are not only offensive to pedestrians, but it tind their way through all windows that must necessarily be open these warm nights, and are a source of annoyauce to the neat hourekeeper. iy Bank Olearings. The local bank clearings yesterday .l:oulnu;thmu.u l-‘:‘r the week the clear] were 354,00, in- .onu: ol"'fl.& i‘orathmno-lh o‘lmJlllly the clearings reached $13,251,494.29, THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, TLY 81: 1887.~TWELVE PAGES, THE DENVER OF NEBRASKA. Albright Oharters a Palace Oar and Invites Hiu Friends Out Riding, KEARNEY FOR THIRD PLACE. Omaha Capitalists Visit Kearney and Aro Stuck vn the Town, But Al- bright Brings Them Safely Home Again, In answer to an invitation from W. G. Albright, a score of Omaha capitalists, stepped aboard the Pullman car, Ormus, last Thursday evening and sailed forth to buy real estate, it possible, 1n Kear- ney, Neb. The car, which by the way is one of the tinest the company turns out, was chartered by Mr. Albright for the round trip, and as the car arrived in this city yesterday morning with most of the gentlemen on board, it is safe to presume that it accomplished its purpose. Mr. Albright had promised some few days before:to manage the auction sale at Kearney, which took place Friday af- ternoon, and as subsequent events will prove, he was just the man to carry out the sale. As he had never been to Kear- ney, he naturally felt like going pro- tected, and the way his friends came to his rescue, was & caution, None who were invited, refused to go, for thay knew that Mr. Albright would see that their trip would be both pleasant and remuner- ative. To say that his guosts wore entertained royallv 1s putting it very mild. In fact every gentleman who had the good fortune to be on Mr. Albright's oar, not only expressed himself as well pleased, but also surprised to find that so much real generous hospitality could be found in any one man. Not but that they all knew him to be generous toa fault, but in this instance he surpassed himself, and those who formed his party were hearty in their thanks for the splen- did trip which he afforded them. As the palace car did not pull out of Omah until 8:20 p. m., the outside of the did not show up to any great advantage, but inside all was as it should be. As before stated the object of the excursion was to attend the sale of an addition to the city of Kearney, owned by Messrs. Munroe, Wiley and Bolton. Upon their arrival at Kearney the cursionists were welcomed by the ieading citizens and af| breakfast the entire party accepted an invitation for a drive about the eity. They started in & north- easterly direction, and viewed the addi- tion to be sold. The drive was then ox- tended out onto the hills and over to the lake which is fed by a canal. It was about four years ago when the projoct wag lirststarted to build this canal, which commences at a point on the Platte, scyenteen miles west and ends umon the hills which now form the banks ol the lake at Kearney. The object was to secure water power. The enterprise has been successfully carried out lnrgw through the efforts of Colonel George W. Frank, who is a large property owner in Kearncy. It was ten o'clock in the forenoon be- fore the party again returned to the ci Then after a pleasant chat with some theleading business men, the excursion- ists partook of a hearty dinner, made all X~ the more apetizing on account of the invigorating atmosphere dur- ing the ride. Shortly after dinner they were given a very fine concert by the uniformed brass band, cousisting of fifteen bright and intelli- gent looking boys from the state indus- trial school, who then led the procession of carringes out to the grounds to be sold, After some more music by the band and a long speech from the auctioncer, the sule commenced. The bidding was quite lively and sev- eral Umaha gentlemen invested, among others Mr. Albright, who purchased twenty-one lots. He was not interested directly or indirectly in the sale of the i addition, further than that the details 52 the sale of the 4ddition wwire under his direct sup>tiigion and he made his in- ‘Vestments from a purely business stana- point. Mr. Albright’s principal com- petitor for these lots was Mrs, Bicknell, a highly respectable lady and wife of the B.& M. agent at Kearney, who dis. played remarkably good judgment and nerve in her purchuses, thus showing her unbounded confidence 1n the future of her city. The entire addition was sold mone hour and forty minutes, bringing fair prices. The Omahans were then driven back to he city and were most hospitably en- tertained during the remainder of their stay by Messrs. Monroe, Wiley, Bolton and their nds, During thy Kearney, a representative of the Br the pleasure of meeting the Hon. 3 Finch, the mayor, and president of the board of trade, and Secretary K. O, Holmes of the board of trade, both of whom secemed to be well adapted to look after the welfare of the city. Kearney is beautifully situated midway between Denver and Omaha, and those who have been to Denver cannot help but see the rescmblance that Kearney bears the Colorado metropolis. The view from the hills stretches away up and down the Platte, which somewhat resem- bles a shining, silver snake on a large scale crawling through the country. Look in any ai- rection from the hill tops about Kearney and the view is unsurpassed anywhere, It has three good schools, churches, and two trunk line raiiroads, and any num- ber of first-class men who can make a great place of Kearney if they will. On the return triv Mr. Albright was asked his opinion of Kearney by his friends in the palace car, and after spuakin% n the highest possible terms of praise of its wide streets, its magnificent drives, the productive country surround- ing it, its ralroad facilitics, the canal and water power, the substantial build- ings, the beautiful scenery, and evi- dence of wealth on every hand, he said: “As is generally the case in cities and towns before they have experienced a real, genuine boom, it seems that ev97 man in Kearney has an axe to grind. The sooner they drop these petty inter- ests and eyer, man puts his shoulder to the wheel and all ush together the soonmer will earney bring itself to the rank of third city of this state. No one man in Kear- ney can make or break the place. But if these individual interests will unite and pull together for the good of the city, those who are now fiuurinfi what their acres would bring if laid out in city lots will soon have their fondest hopes realized. Some very hberal in- ducements must be offered to outside mrnnl. and home capital must lend a helping hand. The mere fact of putting white stakes in a cornfield does not make the lots valuable.” The members of the Omaha party are 8o enthusiastic in their praise of the vrncely manner in which they were en- tertained by the Kearney people and especially bv Mr. Albright'and the many pleasures incident to the trip that Kear- nu{lnd Albright is about all they will talk about for s week. A Change of Base. A, E. Marriott, who was for a long time night clerk at the Millard and more recently steward of the same hostelry, has resigned to take Mr. Marriott will take obarge of the restaurant of the Barker hotel. At Woodsville, Newayo county, Mich., last week, a social black bear guietly walked past a lm who was picking berries. ~ ‘‘They not speak as they passed by."” o B A CHESINUT OF THE CARS. David Wallate Gets Thereon Simply, siickly and Sohdly. Seven months ago David Wallace, a sturdy son of Limerick, came to this country and dhatce located him in San Diego, Cal. Thete came s man m town one day looking for some one to attend the dam ot the Sin Diego flume some forty miles astay. David was introduced to him and an engagement was made at once. The employer was James Robin- son and it seems that his employe pleased him because mot'e and more responsible positions were given and wages corre- spondingly increased. David Wal- lace earned his monthly stipend b, honest labor., and y good, at the end of each thirty days thero was money sent to Limerick, Ireland, payable to Margaret Wallace, a wife who had most reluctantly agreed to her husband’s trip to the “new world.” Last week David thought he would astonish the folks at home by personal appearance, and accordingly he procured a railway ticket to New York and an ocean passage to Queenstown. Shortly after leaving “Frisco’ he met a “friend.”” Ho was a triend indeed, and to the oyen hearted Limerick man he was a friend sure enough. The latter was going to the same city in Ireland as Wallace—in fact should he not reached his destina- tion he wished his mother, ‘‘Mrs. Lam- bert, No. 3, Queen street, Limerick," to know that he had made a grand effort to scale the Rocky Mountains and slide along the plains and burrow among the sands, and chassee through the chappa- rel and got pricked by the cact1 and dine on llknfi cooktails—all for the sake of his mother. David Wallace took all this in and at the same time the stranger was taking him in. The latter had nomoney, but would have when he *ot to_Chieago. A very foolish assertion, since it is said no one has money in Chieago since the “‘boodlers’ left. At any rate, when the party arrived here the stranger happened to think his trunk had been expressed to Omaha and he needed $10 to get it out of the fron claws of the company. David immediately loancd the X. He saw it and the recipient no more forever, and became a wanderer in a sirange lsnd with a ticket to New York and across the big lake and not one cent for tribute to incidental expenses on the route. Some kind friends helped him out of his diffi- culty, but it was noticeable that ward politiciaus who would squander tw as much as the amount required on ballot boxes trented the unlueky traveler with a laugh, “‘What kind of a man was he who got your money? How did he look?"” asked a reporter. “Faith, sir, he was a foine looking man. 1lis hands were as phite as a wmould eandls and the jewelry he had— och mealia murther!” “Did he treat you nicely on the way?"’ *Yes, and he did. Shure he made me throw away my atings, put up at St. Diego, and go with him to the atirg places we stopved at.” ““Who paid for all this?"’ “Shure and I ./did, but he had no change. and phwat could Ido with a man who acted Ik rother to me?" This_is David’ Wallace's experience from Frisco, ind “there is only one con- clusion to reach and that is that David is not a subsceiber to the daily or weekly papers. ¢ Oratil nd Casket, The followihg i the list of the births and deaths filed dtiring the past week: < dirTns. xloWilliam M. and, Clara D. Bell, 135% North Seventes Y. qiro I and I fonhson: Twenty-third and rney, a e :’g) 35hn Morsison, Fifteenth and Chicago. ® T Anna and John Redford, 142 North ‘I'wenty -first, & girl. ‘To Edward Knott, a boy. To Jerry Whalen, 1517 North Sixteenth, a irl, : E'fo Thomss McManis, Thirty-third and (‘urlvflfig.ll flv{m Sk o ToE. H, on. %403 King street, a boy. To Hehry Yingilug, 1412 North Seven- teenth, a boy. "o Lewis 'liblowiteh, 1215 Cass, a boy. To Henry and Rose Morse, 1224 Chicago, girl. 8 To Albert and Cora Binford (colored), 1509 Cuming, a boy. DRATRS. Annie Stefano, 1 year 3 months, cholera infantum. ‘Thomas Novodna. 1 year, 10 months, chol- era infantum, Angust Studt, 6 months cholera, infantum. Joseph Lie hner, 1 year, cholera infantum. Kate Landscharanny, 1 month, water head. Carrie Murray, 5 months, cholera infan- tum. Lizzle Oleson, 13 years, consumption of lungs and bowels. Mrs, Anna Faust, 63 years, urdemia. Baby Lemke, still born ebild. John Johnson, 23 years, violent aceident. Unknown man, about 35 years, crushed cars. yJonll Mead, 70 years, cancer of stomach, anula Richlieu, 9 months, collitis diar- rheea. Joseph H. Zork, 2 months, cholera Infan- tum, o William Brown, 2 montbs, cholera infan- uin, Nels Larson, 30 years, phthisis pulmonitis. Fred Thompson, 26 years, phthisis pulmon- itis. Walter Campbell, 3 years, membranous croup. —_— Butlding Permits. The following building permits were issued yesterday by Superintendent Whit- lock: James Stone, two-story frame dwelling, corner Read and Francis streets....$1,800 W. F. Pegwrow, one-story frame cot- tn?e. fillnnt between Fourth and F. Ainder, one-stary frame cottags Yale and Taylor streets. . G. A. Waldon, one-story fi cottage corner Eskin and ‘Twenty-tifth streets ; 3 W. R. Hi N on story frame dwellings, corner Kit- teenth and Ohio streets........ J. B. West, two-story basement and flats, corner Twenty-second add Sew- A oooaaes Tt ,000 Bishop Worthington, one-story frame mission church, corner Cass an ‘Thirty-second streets ........... . 630 Henry Hagedom, two-story frame car- nter shop, eorner Cuming and "latte streets .. . 300 W. O. Brown, two- q inz, Erskin between Twenty-sixth and Twenty-sbventh streets. Vve 8,000 George W. Me! nfiio. one-story fram addition to divelling, corner Saun- ders and Tewpleton streets.......... 100 Danish association of Omaha, three- story brick stores, elub room and hall corner Elghteen and Harney streets ..... . 8,000 R. J. Creedon % rame cottages, Franklin near Twenty- fitth street. . 1,100 Twelve permits, aggregating. $18,750 unt for the week ending nst $00,180 for the cor- year, The nfurezlu amo July 20 I 99,740 responding period A Ranaway. As Miss Rover, daughter of Judge Rover, was driving along Harney street last evening about 6 o'clock, the horse attached to the buggy ran away, The buggy ran against a eable obstruction in the street throwing the young lady over the dashboard, She was picked up un- injured and taken to her home, Sixth and Dorcas streets. Simply Smith. In the police court yesterday Judge Berka called the case of a man named Smith, who was charged with a violation %f the gas and sewer connection ordi- ance. Smith had no Initials and no- body knew who he was—sim)| Smith, the plumber. Not appearing, Smith's $50 bond was forfeited, and the case went to the distriot court. EDHOLM & AKIN'S STORE. New 8how Oases and Counters and New They Refarnish Their Establishment on Fitteenth Street Opposite the Postofice—The KFin. est in the Land. Mr. A. M. Akin, of the firm of Edholm & Akin, the well known wholesale and rotail jewelers and music dealers, re- turned this week from an extended trip in the east. His stay proves to have been produc- tive of many improved features in con- nection with the business in which the firm has become 80 successful. 1n addition to o large line of jewelry, watches and sil- verware in many and varled designs, new show cases and counters of the Iatest make have been purchased. The counters are finished in red wood and are of the latest designs, made by the most skilled workmen in the United States. Each show case is ornamented with a pain of glass twenty-five feet in length and of such strength that one could dance a clog on tep of it with- out breaking through. It will probably never be used for that purpose, however, for beneath its clear surface Messrs, Ed- holm & Akin will exhibit a line of jew- elry and silverware the like of which has never been shown in the west. Mr. Akin has taken cspecial care in selecting these goods and each of the new cases will this week show off their effect to good ad- vantage. Although the store and goods are the finest in the west, it does not necessarily follow that their wrices are high, for those who will take time to sce this fine exhibit willsoon be convinced that they cnu buy of Edholm & Akin as cheaply as any other store in the city. The cases contain fine gold watches in eudless va- riety, engraved and ornamented in all the newest styles, Among the watches that will first catch the eye of the visitor 18 the line of ladies’ timepieces, promi- nent among which are those ornamented with an anchor inlaid with dia- monds, the flornl leaf and a watch with that rare urticle, a four-leaf clover, inlaid with diamonds, and which is sup- posed to bring great luck to the fortunate sor. Every kind of a time picce ill be found here for ladies or gentle- men, either in silver or gold, well as every kind of French and Amcrican clocks. Next in order comes the elegant line of emerald, diamond and engage- ment rings and bracelets, which can only be appreciated by being seen. Edholm & Akin's line of silverware is the most complete of any house in the country, sverything being in stock, from a small cap for the baby to the finest kind of a tea set. They make a specialty of the celebrated Towle sohd silver, which comes in designs far beyond anything ever before shown in this city, Their bronzes which they import direct from Paris will slso be on exhibition this week, and these alone will well repay a yisit to this handsome establishment. Mnasonic, Knights of Pythias and other lodge charms and jewels are made a specialty, and they can furnish anything in this fine on short notice. The engraving department is in charge of competent workmen, who turn _out as good work as can be found in the United States. The best of diamond setters and watch makers are always employed in the repair department. The diamond setting being 1n charge of Mr. Andrew Evenson, a diamond setter of twenty- geven years experience; the watch repair department is under the management of Mr. C. A. Norberg, which fact alone is uarantee enough of the very best work. his gentleman bas had thirty years ex- Ker!oncn in his particular branch of the usiness. .. The musica] department of Messrs Edholm & Akins' establishment is b( no means least becnuse it is mentioned last, for this branch is one of the few houses in this city where musically inclined peo- ple thoroughly enjoy themsclves, as the celebrated Behnig and Decker pianos with a full line of the latest sheet music enables everyone to select accord- mg to their tastes. Mr. N. J. Edholm, the senior member of the firm, has been in the jewelry busi- ness in Omaha for more than fifteen years, and Mr. A, M. Akin, who, about a year ago purchased a partnership, 15 an Omaha boy who has lived here ever since he can remember. Both members of the firm are practical and understand every detail of the business. The Union Pacific railway company have shown enough confidence in them to appoint them as inspectors of all the watches of their em- ployes. The success which has attended idholm & Akin, since the change of firm a f’mr ago is very gratifying to themselves, and has placed them in" the very front ranks as leaders in the jewelry and nmsic business. ————— A ROUND HUNDRED THOUSAND The Board of Public Works Vote That Amount for Improvements, The board of puble works met at their chamber 1n Creighton’s block last even- ing. Messrs, Balcombe and Heimrod were present. The following estimates were consid- ered and approved: PAVING ESTIMATES, Stroet, To. | Coutractor. | Amoun , Farnam 0, Rogan B & Co 5 Farnam 4lie(nn B& Co| t [H. Murphy H. Murphy H. Murphy ....... $43,713 %0 Amount s H. Marphy |8 1,5% 00 Masou | 10ta | 1ith |CDWoodw'th| '8 12 o ine lold o' Yarnam [% ave'imta 6/ Mur, Cre. Co.| 4,731 60 w c'rb o lino Davenp't|line 14/ Thirtieth ng |Casa [FI'mi'g&Co | Davenport 23d Bith |C.F.Will ms| 2,383 00 lot 1, bk 14 B.E log'ad Stu'ts Ha'll 262 36 Pacific | Tenth | 13th (Btw'td Ha'l| 162 00 Alley,blxs, | Bmith's MoKimney | 8 &3 25th ave | Burt Calit O H Brown 24 78 Californa 2ithav | 3ith Fan'ne &Co| 200 48 Poppleton | 20th | Jth | Wiliimms L W Eleventh | Mason 0.C.L'Stu't& Ha'l| 4,848 54 P Eighth | 10th |Fan' & Slav| 854 83 Twentieth | Pierce | Dor Stu't& Ha'l 813 11 Leav'nwth' 16th | 83th |J Ryan&Co' 63 25 Total $11,505 84 FINANCIAL ESTIMATES. No. district No. 35, Mountain Griffin, $10,780.16. Sewer district No, 45, J. E. Riley, $3,970.98. Sewer district No. 47, Jobn F. Daly, ,384.70. South Omaha sewer, James Fox, $70.14, First nionlhly estimate of south branch of north sewer, P, Fox & Co., $2,4587.44. Repairs on brandh sewer to date, . 49, Fifth monthly estsmate of city hall basement, $8,804.59. C. E. Fleming & Co. for cleaning the streets for the four weeks ending July 30 were allowed, §1,623.18, cutting their bill '.'nlfi on accourt of portions of Dodge and Harney streets that had been un- swept on aecouut of the excavations for the eable tramway. It was recommended to the ecouncil, however, that the full amount be allowed. ASUMMER'S VISIT T0 EUROPE The Experience of Franz Sepel of Boston Fame. SENATOR HMAWLEY AT SEA. A Game of Draw—Chester A. Arthar Jr., & Passenger—Independence Day On Water—An Agree- able Crowd. LeAviNGTON, England’ July 18, 1887.— [Special Correspondence of the Bee.]— Perhaps the most difticult part of writing a letter is making the beginning, aud as I sit in the pleasant little coffee-room of a thoroughly old-fashioned English inn, “The Crown,”” I am doubly impressed with the importance and difficulty of a good beginning, partly because I want it to be interesting, and partly because I have such a variety of starting points. However, this delightfully long English twilight will not last forever, besides we must be off for Oxford early inthe morn- 1ng, and myhasty conclusion 1s taat it is better to begin at the beginning. This carries me back through a period of about two weeks, whon on the far-off const of New England in the miserably slow going town of New London, crowds aud crowds of young men ware to be scen surging to and fro through the crooked streets, some marching about with the triumphant tread of victory, singing, cheering, or giving vent to their mexpressible joy with fire-works and eannon-crackers, others walking about with long-drawn faces or sitting deject- edly in hotel corrhlorn\mmmly waiting for that ‘‘beastly slow train’’ or ‘“‘old hulk of a boat” which would take them to New York, Boston, Philadelphia, any place outside of New London or New Haven ana away from ‘‘these blasted, howling Yale men.” 1tis perhaps use- less for me to say that on that day had been rowed the annual eight-oared hoat race between HARVARD AND YALE, and that the latter had been victorio us Neither need I mention on which side of the contest my sympathies lay, as 1 was one of the many ill-favored individuals who were waiting for the sound steamer to New York. I had goneto New Lon- don with the firm inteution of boreing the readers of the BEE with a glowing description of the race, the start, the fin- ish, tho great observation train, the gaud- ily bedecked steamers and yachts, and to wind up with a vigorous shree times three for the victorious crimson. But no! Fate and the ‘‘Bob Cook stroke” willed it otherwise. Letus pass the race! It 18 unpleasant to talk of one's own funeral. 'erhaps 1 ought also to pass the trip down to New York, but if any of your readers have ever gone over the same course on a beautiful July evening under a full moon they will certainly thank me for reminding them of it. Bat the romance of the thing soon faded away when we found that the state rooms had all been engaged and thav_ rather than sleep in the close and not always unin- habited berths, we were to pass the night on the chairs or tloor of the dining saloon. We got into New York at 8 the next morning, and & busy timo we had during thenext few hours. We were to sail for Europe that same afternoon at 3 and had endless little traps to get together for the voyage. A summer’s visit to Europe—I hardly know how to treat it. Much has been written on_the same old subjects, and then you often hear it remarked that (fl RYBODY GOES 10 ELROPE nCWadAYs, in factone is rather behind the times who has not been there. It is true that very many of the well-to-do classes ot the east have hcem across the water, but in the busy west the man who has been to Europe is the exception. Being from the west myself 1 send, as it were, to my own nufihbor these hasty and ill-constructed lines, in the hope that they may not be entirely unworthy of perusal. hey will be lines not of description al- together, nor yet a rehash of guide books or a formidable array of dry facts. They will be mercly a story of the per- sonal ex;mrwncen and impressions of a couple of poor and untitled Americans on a short vacation tour through the most interesting parts of England and the continent, with now and then a hint which may be of service to any one who contemplates making the same trip. Necessities for the ocean voyage nat- urally come first,and of these good warm clothing, a heavy winter overcoat, or a steamer rug, whichis merely a heavy woolen blanket, and a steamer chair are the most important. The tourists must remember ~ that even in mid- summer the weather on the North Atlantic is apt to be cold. I shall not de- scribe the start—kisses, tears, handshak- ing, “‘good-byes,” ‘‘God bless you's,” waving of handkerchiefs—the same old story, then with a long blast of the whis- tle, the Cunard steamship Aurania backed majestically from the dock and began another voyage across the treacher- ous Atlantic. Durimg the EIGHT DAYS AT SFA we had all kinds of weather and sca— warm, cold, rough, smooth. For two days the weather was extremely warm, and our heavy wraps were a burden. We could have had no less breeze and no more sultry air if we had been going west from” New York instead of east. But on the morning of the third day there was a change. There was a heavy swell, the wind had risen, and the heavy salt spray washed over the hurricane deck with every wave. ‘“Ihis is the weather for sessickuess,” the doctor told me as I came on deck, and I was not long in learning the truth of his statement. But I shal not dwell on the hor- rors of seasickness, It s enough to say that there is nothing which will drive away the fears of ship- wreck so quickly as a few hours of sea- sickness. Is even makes one feel as thoufi‘i;-he were brave enough to jump overboard, or do anything to get away from the hornble, sickening, unceasing, swell, up, down, up, down. Fortunately it is all over in a couple of days, or even sooner, if one does not give up to 1t, and stays bravely on deck in the fresh air, which 18 the best known rem- edy for the disease. ur ship, the Aurania, is one of the best of probably the best and safest line, the Cunard, which claims the record of uever having lost a life. Its galleys do not serve up so mlnf' rare deliencies nor any free wine, as is done on the French line, neither do commanders furnish the sweet music of the North German Lloyd lix but the boats are large and fast, their offi cers and stewards courteous and atten- tive, and elegance is everywhere sacri- fticed to safety, which, after all, is most important. Of the thousand persons on board, five hundred were cabin passengers, and D they were. Not altogether unheard of crowd either, We had celebrities from all the various walks of hife, politics, re- ligion, finance, the trades and profes- sions.” Perhaps the foremost man in this little group of well known men was Sen- ator Hawley, whose sturdy form and military moustaches were soon familiar to all, “The senator spent a great deal of time on deck, sitting now and then in the smoking room and looking over with a knowing eye, ata little game of draw voker. The \)lg Duatchman across the table who made fun for the crowd and was always wanting ‘*dree carts from de th & t top," seemeod to take the senators Mein hore had 1ots of troubje i @otulnsl the right number of cards and frequen inquired: “Vat you would do xlr“ot you run already,” but his cash box told th story of an experienced hand. Anothep gun on board was John 11, Mackay, the New York millionnire, who kep quiet and wasn't much seon by the other passengers. When he did appear a low murmur of ‘“‘bonanza’ followed in his wake. nu was a giang The very Rev. Prior G representatian of the priesthood, who rrub.bly in a better state of mind body now than when I saw him rolling about among the ropes and cables of the upper deck. The theatrical profession was woll rep. resented by Mr. W, T. Carlaton and fam- ily, of the Carleton opera company, and ir, u-'oniu I'horne, who sang last season n Rico's Evangeline company. The ng of these two artists at the concert on poard wus enjoyable in the extrem b ‘This concert, with Senator Hawl the chair, was one of the events of voyage and a snug little purse was rai to be divided between the *‘Livi 5. Seamens’ Orphange,”s and the “Home lurdl)cmlul.» Childron” at Staten Isle an Chester A. Arthur, son of the late ex- resident, and Richard K. Fox, publisher and sporting man, are also familing names which appeared on our list of cabin passongors, Independence dn{ was duly celebrated on board. At breakfast, the red, white and blue was conspicious in the costumes of many fair “Auranians.” Patriotism ran low during the day on account of the sultry airand rolling sea, but in the ovens ing it burst forth in the shape of fire- works, speeches and the singing of national songs. The sight of land was a great pleasure, In spite of the pleasant romance and novelty of an ocean voyage there is much that is disagreeablo. First of all seasick- ness which alone keeps many people from crossing the water and dimimshes ocean travel, I am told, at least one-third. Then there is « ocon- stant feeling of insecurity which is no slight matter with persons of a nervous temperament especially on their first voyage. On the morning of the eighth day we found everybody on deck gazing with bappy and ourious oyes on the rocky coast of South Ireland. We stopped at the beautiful harbor of Queenstown where all the mails and the passengers booked for Ircland wero taken on shore in a tug. The ¥r(-,u|| fields of the Emerald Isle made a beautiful picture through the gray mist of the morn- ing and it was hard to imagine such a place the scene of so much misery and woe. During the day we steamed on up through St. George's channel and into tae Irish sea. In the evening we could make out the wild Welsh const far to tho right with the huge crest of Mt. Snowden, tho highest English mountain, towering into the clouds We awoke the next morning to find ourselves in Liverpool,whence we imme- diately procceded to Chester, the old Roman town which will be the subject of my next lettor FRANZ SEPRL, ——— A Ohnech Buile of Salmon Boxes, Portland Oregouion: Yesterday morn: ing. for the first time in the history of Clitton, Ore., religious services were held ore. Dr, T. L. Ellot, pastor of the Uni- tarian church, was visit! "fi Mossrs. J. W, V. Cook; and they hastity bullt a “meetin’ house.” It was in the cannery warehouse. 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