Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 6, 1888, Page 5

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, . A s JU 6, 1888 ~TWELVE PAGES sad o HAIR LINE Striped and Checked SURAHS 28 Ce To-day we offer 20 pieces dou- ble warp Surah ina beautiful as- sortment of fine hair line checks and stripes. Aithough selling yeadily for $1.28; forthe next three days we offer them at 78¢c a yard. REMNANTS OF SILK HALF PRICE. During this our most success- ful season in silks we have ac- cumulated a large quantity of re- mnants. To effectually clear our stock of these short lengths we offer without reserve the entire lot at Half Price. Ladies who foundit difficult to get waited on during our rem- nant sale of Dress Goods, should endeavor to come early as poss ble. Sale commences this morn- ing. Enormous Sale of BUTTONS. ‘We secured for spot cash 1,000 gross of finest imported metal Buttons, such as sell all -over the United States at from $1.28 to $2,80 a dozen. The quantity isso large and our space so very lim- ited we have divided them into two lots to simplify the sale: IL.ot l, at 25c. ot 2 at 5O0c. A CARD. At these extremely low prices we will sell them only by the card. Sale commences todayand lasts for one week at above prices. S.P. MORSE &CO SCHOOL TAX COMMISSIONS, Lincoln’s School Board Wants Ex- cessive Charges Returned. THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. Local Bricklayers Out On News From the State Build- The Thousand Mile Ticket Rate—City Bricfs. All the 1020 P Stieer, Lixcony, Junoe 5. At the meeting of the board of education last night the finance committee handed in the report of 8. L. Geisthardt, who had been employed to investigate and givea le opin- ion upon the liability of L. Helmer and D. B, Cropsey for certain excessive com- collected by them eight or ten while they were respectively county treasurcrs of Lancaster county and city treasurgr of Lincoln. The commissions seomed to bave been charged under a misap. prehension in regard to the law, the same commissions being charged for collecting wchool taxes as other taxes, while in *act -the statutes limit the amount #f commission on the collection of Cchool taxes to 1 per cent. The attorney Peports that he finds no authority of law for auy such charge and no record of any agree- ment with the board for the puyment of any such commission, and that further- more, if any such an agreement had boen made 1t would be null and void. The board instructed the secretary to notify the two gentlemen to uppear at the first meeting in July and show by what authority they collected the commissions and upon fail- ure to do so to turn back into the t tho amount of excessive commissions cha Rev. J. L. Cohiron, pastor of one of th ored churches i the city appeared be the board on behalf of the colpred citiz Lincoln to ask that his race Be repres amoug the teachers in the public schools. Ho said that they had among them persons whose diplomas, issued by the authoritics of schools conducted by the white race,give evi dence of thewr ability and acquirements and that it was o rank injustice to the race that they should be compelled to occupy menial positions regardless of their fitness for botter places. He was instructed to have one of his yuce who desire @ position to hand in his ap- plication in regular form. The teachors' pay roll, amounting to §4,100. was allowed, with smaller claims and bills THE CITY COUNCIL The fire warden presented eight appl tions for building pormita, which granted, These eight permits repre buildings worth #5350 wud the agy cost of buildings for which peruits have been granted since April 16, is $204,225. The revort of Water Commissioner Lyman for the month of May showed a falling off of about $3,000 when compared with the receipts of the previous month in the water dej went, The receipts in May from water reuts were $4,506.84, and from tho sale and setting of cross stops #$445. The commisswuer ro ported that sixty of the jdrive wells of the water system have bedn inspected to dute and that twenty-seven of them are producing salt water, Councilmen Pace, Billingsly, Dean and Eu sign, were appointed a committee to investi gate the need of viaduets over the railroad tracks on O stroet and Ninth street and to 2eport on the cost and best means of procee ure to secure the erection of the same. The question of opening Twelfth stroet in the middle of which the Missouri Pacitic railroad has placed its depot was referred Lo Councilman Burks, who was authorized to co-oporate with E. T, Hartley, represcating the property holders who are petitioning for the opening of the street. THE BACKLAYERS STRIKE. Nearly all the bricklayers iu the vity are Lixcouy Bureau or Tue Ovana Bes, } missions yes ago »Morse&Co ANOTHER BARGAIN I N e e Goo CHECKED - NAINSOOKS At 6'4c. This morning we inaugurate an un- precedented sale of checked Nainsooks. Bought at the recent auction sale o Lawrence Taylor & Co., we are enabled tooffer a 124c quality for 6ic. At this price we will cut only 18 yards to each customer. At 12%c. We will sell in this sale all of our 20c “quality of Nainsook Checks at 12 yards for $1.50; being an absolute saving of $1.00 on the purchase. At 20c¢. At this price we offer several cases of Persian Lawn and India Mull in both m and White. The regular price Special sale price only L ook at This! WIRE BUSTLES 20c. We have just secured 50 dozen Wire Bustles, the best made and most popular shape in use. Comes in three s smail, medium and large. Usually s at 85 to s0c. We offer choice of éither size at 20c each. 5.2 NORSE & (0 out to-day as a resultof the action of the builders’ association in trying to entorce a lule of wages agreed upon by them. p most objectionable feature of this schedule seems to be the abolition of the rule which has always been in foree of paying nine hours wages on Saturday for eight hours work. The contractors say that they can soe no reason for paying for more work than the men do and one of the strikers 'y pertinently suggests that if the contr 5 on the school building for instance, will turn over to the school board the amount which he would save in this way, that the brick- layers will go to work again. The intima- tion being, of course, that when the bids were made it was on the basis of the old sys- tom of wages and that the benefit of the change would all accrue to the c STATE 1OUSE DOTS, The state house presented a tranquil scene this morning. Governor Thayer is ab- sent on a trip to Grand Island, which will be extended to Sutton when the graduating class of the high school will enjoy the honor of having their class exercises witnessed by the chief executive of the state. The d of public lands and buildings, which met yesterday, continued its scssion to-day. The bills for'the expenses of the difforent state _institutions and departments for the month of May wi audited and warrants ordered drawn in payments hereof, 1 some busin was done in the way of estimating and settling for work done on the insane asylum building, The state board of transportation been expecting, from statements that been made, that o complaint be put looking to @& re- duction of price of thousand mile_tickets in state. The charge for suchitickets now i r$21¢ cents per mile. The charge for the same kind of tickets n Iowa, is only two cents a mile, and it is ar gued that the difference in the business done in the two states doos not warrant thus dif ference in rates. The Lincolu board of trade, including s it does in its member- ship, many wholesalers whose men travel on thus ki ndof transportation,is expect- ed to tako the initiative in securing a reduc- tion of these rates. It is not generally known thata few days ago one of the immense iron beams that enter into tho construction of the dome of the capitol escaped from its fastenings while being put in place in the dome and plunged to the bottom of the building. Atthe lower floor 1t struck the iron track on which the truck runs which carries meaterial under the dome, and cut it off clean and smooth, Tt was scarcely cheeked by this and plunged into the ground underneath, to such a depth that it took two,or three men several hours to dig it out. . have would in the th CITY NRIEPS. The trouble between the county com- missioners and Boss Stout has been adjusted i the contract for the court house signed. Mr. Stout made no objection to signing the coutract and says that he does not entertain she objections which his son in his absence, advanced against the appointment of Mr. Wa as local superintendent, The Haydon art ¢lub will hold a meeting to-morrow evening at 8 o'clock in the chapel of the state university. ‘The programme will nsist of @ paper on Henjamin Kobert Hay- ) and soveral pieces of voeal and instri rental mus r which there will occur the aunual reception and exhibition of stu- dents' work in the art room - Peculiar in medicinal werit and won- derful cures—1ood’s Sarsaparilla. Now is the timo to take it, for now it will do the most goo e ra— IMerry Hackmen. Abont ten hackmen were engaged Monday night to cariy a |u y outto Cut Off lake where a celebr was Lo have occurred, and while waiting for the party to get resdy mused themselves for an hour orso by form in line and waking & round of the pringi- streets in the fashion of & proccssion. No oisterous conduct was indulged in and when the hour for doparture arrived the meu picked up thewr passeugers and conveyed then tothe lake. The hackwien were not Loisterous in the least, aud did no, as re. yoried, “make the night hideous.” In jus tice to thew this item is published Stop af'the Globe hotel, ion The BAR GAIN of the YEAR 300 PIECES yMorse&Co FRENCH BEIGE MIXTURES “KING” 69c a Yard. Regular Price $1.25. One and one half yards wide, strictly pure wool, in all colors and mix~ tures, suitable for summer, winter, spring or fall dresses. Our New York buyer recently closed out the entire lot of these from a prominent importer. We had never hoped to secure so great a bargain, as at 69c they are only alittle over half price. MAIL ORDERS for goods or samples will receive prompt attention. Ladies’SpringWraps Exceptional Value, $4. B0 'adies’ Jet ‘Trimmed Spring Wraps, with full beaded net sleeve or cape over arm, finished with jet fringe. Choice ot ze $4. Others sell the same wrap at $4. great bargain. DRESS ROBES One Third Less Than Regular Prices. At a recent auction sale of fine imported Dress Robes, in with ecru and colors, we secured over 1,000, for “cash,” and at prices fully 331-3 per cent under cost of landing, Wednesday we begin the sale and offer as follows. White, cream and colored. Dress Roles 98¢, worth $1.35 $1.25, worth $1.75. $1.75, worth $2.50. $2.50, worth $3.50 $3.50, worth $4.50 $4.50. worth $6. Each rote contains 10 yards plain materia and 9 yards handsome embroidery to match, S.P. MORSE &CO Laeies’ Jersey Ribbed Underwear Special Bargains! For the next few days we offer 10 cases of ladies’ Jersey Ribbed Under- wear, in cream and ecru, as they were the remains of a manufacturers stock and bought for ‘‘spot cash,” they are fully one third less than regular prices. Note the prices. 25¢, 38¢, 75¢ At 25c. 25 dozen finegt French Ribbed C. & G. Children’s Hosé, an accumulation of odd sizes from this, scasons trade; amongst the lot will be found Hose that we have sold at from 45 to 85 a puir. We offer choice of the Iot at 25c a pair. S.P.MORSE & C0 S. P. MORSE & CO. LADIES HOSIERY. GRAND ARK DOWN IN PRICES! At 25c. 40 dozen of Ladies’ Fancy Striped Tose, that have sold from 35¢ to 45¢c a pai .We offer the remainder of this week at 25¢. At 35c. 25 dozen Ladies’ Tan and Wood Col- ored Hose, split feet, double heel and toes, worth s0c a pair, for 35¢ or 6 pairs for §2.00. At 50c. 50 dozen Ladies’ fine Black French Lisle Thread Hose, double heel and toe, and a quality that has sold everywhere at 75c. During this special sale 50c u pair. Mail Crders Prou Carefully and tly Filled. S.P.MORSE & C0 ORDERED TO BEG Contractors Directed to Commence Paving and Curbing Streets, The chairman of the board of public works yesterday sent notice to the curbing and pay- ing contractors to begin work on the follow- g named streets. C. D. Woodworth, Dodge street from Sixteenth to Twenty- sixth; Jones from Seventh to Ninth; Paciflc street from Sixth to Tenth; Grace from Six- teenth to Twenty-fourth; Leavenworth from Fourteenth to Twenty-fourth. J. E. Riley, contractor, curbing Woolworth avenue from Twenty-ninth avenue to Thirty- first; Sixteenth from Ohio to Wirt; Eigh- teenth from Nicholas to Ohio; Twentieth from Cass to Harney; Twenty-second from Davenport to California; Twenty-fifth from Dodge to Farnam; Selden street(Thirty- enth from Farnam to Leavenworth, Hugh Murphy, contractor, curbing Li enworth from™ Thirty-sixth to Thirty Capitol avenué from Sixteenih to 'kson from Thirtzenth to St. Fwenty-fourth from Patrick contractor, curbing to Wirt. nd_Colorndo stone com contractors, curbing Sixth from Pacitic Pierce; Vinton from Sixteenth iteenth; Custel street from teenth to Fifteenth; Williams from tgenth to Sixteenth. 1 Bros. & Co., paving. 1857 contracts, r blocks, Pacitic from Sixth to ; Grace from Sixteenth to Twenty- Twenty-fourth from Farnam to St. avenue; Harney from Sixteenth to ixth; Sixth from Pacific to Pierc 1th from St. Marys avenue to Leaven- worth; Seventeenth from Davenport to Cuming; Seventeenth from Farnam to Har- ney; Eighteenth from Farnam to Harney. Same firm, 1838, contracts with Cypress blocks, Leavenworth, from Tweaty-fifth avenuo to -first; Leavenworth, from Fourteenth to Twenty fourth; Capitol ave- nue, from Sixteenth to Twentieth; Jackson, from St. Mary’s avenue to Thirteenth, J. B. Smith_contractor, cedar block: Dodge, from Sixteenth to Twenty-sixt Woolworth avenu Twenty-ninth ay nue to Thirty-first venworth, from Thirty-first to~ Thirty-seventh; Sixteenth, from Obio to ~Wirt hteenth, from Nicholas to Ohio; Tiwe ourth, from Pat rick avenue to Wir icth, from Cass to Harney; Twenty-second, from Davenport to California; Twenty-fifth, from Dodge to Farnam; Seldon (Thirty-seventh), from Farnam' to Leayeuworth; Tenth, from Martha to Castellar. James Fox & Son, « specifications Twenty:- Farnam to Leavenworth Hugh Murphy, contrac granite and Colorado from Nmth to River; teenth to Fourtcentk enth to Twentioth; Davenport to Webster; to_Thirteenth; uth to Eizhteenth; teenth to Fifteenth teenth to Sixteenth, “The best on earth” can truly bhe said of Grigg's Glycerine salve, a speedy cuve for cuts, bruises, scalds, burns, sores, piles, tetter and all skin erup- tions. Try this wond healer. 25 conts, G nteed. C. F. Goodman Drug Co. any, to to Thi Th dar block contra ighth, tor, from Jones, Webster, from Thir- Nicholas, from Six- Fourteenth, from Williams, from Vinton, from Six- Castellar, from Williams, from e THE ORDINANCE DIDN'T PASS, nployes and the City's Oreiitors Will Have to Wait for Money. Councilman Burnbam presided over the meeting of the council last night, and while the clork was busy reading the general aj propriation ordinance for the month of May, Messrs. Coulter aud Flyun cauvassed the vote cast for members of the board of educa tion puncilman Alexauder moved that the item of $6,472.95, t0 be pad to the gas com- pany, be stricken out. The motion wus sec ondod by Councilnun Lee, who insistcd that the gas comupany bad broken their contract with the ¢ when th nant to the United States gas company, and furthermore that they were charging the city excessive rates. They are asking the city $2 a thousand for gas, while private con- sumors are only paying $1.75 Councilman Hascall maintained that the bill was computed in accordance with the con- tract, and berated Mr. Lee for attempting to throw out the bill after the council had rati- fied it. Councilman Manville also defended the gas company, und thought the claim should be paid. Upon a vote being taken upon the Alexan- der motion it war carried, Alexander, Bailey, Bedford, Kasper, Kierstead and Lee voting in the afirmative, and Boyd, Burnham, (,'(nuufimxm, Hascall and Manville in the neg- ative, On motion $4,522 in favor of Hugh Murphy for paving was' added to the appropriation rdinance, which failed to pass for the want two-thirds vote, Counsman, Hascall and Manville lalling it by their dis- senting voices. Manville gave as his reason that he thought the gas bill ought to be paid and Hascall and Counsman were op- posed to the manner in which money was pro- miscously drawn from wrong funds. Elizabeth E. Poppleton, John Wilson and Elijuh Dunn were appointed library commit- tee. The city transferred their lerk was instructed to furnish the cable tramway company with a_copy of the election certificate, and permission was given property owners on Castellar strect, between T'wenticth and Twenty-first streets to grade. The mayor appointed superintendent Robert D. Duncan plumbing, and the appoint- d. . - sent in his disapproval of sev- cos, in which bo was sustaincd, Before the clection canvassors had com pleted _their work, the council adjourned. The official count shows that Messrs.Coburn, Kelly, McConnell, Goodmas lavd, Spaulding and Weherer were elected. Thousands of Dollars the people of this ines for the cure of throat and lung diseascs, when we know that if they would only inyest £1 in SANTA ABIE the new California discovery for consump. tion and kindred compldinis they would in this pleasant remedy find relief, It is rec ommended by ministers, physieians and pub s of the Golden y 1d and Goodman Dr at 8l a g rh will ALIPORNIA CAT-it for §1. By The most stubbor nd i cumb to J ix'months’ treatment mail $1.10. - Licensed to Wed, Judge Shields’ issucd the following mar- riage licenses yesterday : Name and resideuce § Robert W, Orins, Omaha.. | Mary RasSmussen, Omaha { John S. Walker, Omaha | Annie Raspick, 'Omaha { J. Hubert Wood, Omaha i Lucy E. Leeds, Omaha. ... | Andrew Weinflerger, Omaha { Elmira Devore, Omal § Nels Olaf Anderson, Vail, Io 1 Carolina A. Carlson, Vail, lowa. . A uglas Ni Grayes, Sandwich, Ilinais a M. Wathnell, Omaha He Was Pacitied, *Say, that room ain’t at all pl complained a back county Marylander, just in town for a day or so, to the clerk of the National hotel He threw the key on the counter. Itsmells like the devi iy God, my Grover Cleveland's auguration. [ gave it to you hoping to make youu regular customer.’ The clerk looked very much pained as he said this, and he began to looly over the board for another room. The Marylander’s mouth had sprung open and "his eyes nearly fell out, “Well!” he said, with poorly atfected indiffereuce, and he took up the key and went right back to the slighted room, friend! That was som before the in- SOUTH OMAHA NE To Light the City, Monday night an ordinrnce was sprung on the council asking that the South Omaha clectric light company be granted an exclu- sive franchise for twenty years. It did not state the nature of the lights to be used, or the price they would cost, only that they would charge no more than in North Omaha. In Omaha a single light costs §15 per month, and as the city would require about thirty of them, the bill would be a steep one. surse a reduction might be mado where would be_used, but the ordinance did not say so, and probably the directors would not say so either. ‘The company is a home one and has some good men in it, but that is no reason why an ordinance shouid be rushed through without beng fully discussed. The company offers to put up a bond of £5,000 as a g ntee of good faith, and want an ‘“exclusive fran- chise” for twenty years. The old council refused to take ‘" $25,000 bond from a gas company that asked for' no franchise at all, but only wanted the privilege of putting down their pipes and of crecting the neces- sary plant within the limits of South Omah Thé eleetric light ordinance has been v ferred to the ordinance committec and will no doubt be modified Oity Council. The city council met Monday night and Clerk Hoctor called the rolland read the minutes, The committee on streets and al- leys reported favorably on the paving of N street, and the matter was referred to the city attorney with instructions w draft the ne ordinance. The finance committee reported favorably on a number of bills, and scommended that they should be placed on file. They were placed. Then an ordinance was read to provide the money necessary to defray the expenses of the city for the com- ar. Tt called for §72,000, as already r ported in the Bee. Councilman Smith sug gested that outside figures be named in the ordinance, as, while it was possible tha their estimate might be cut down, it would be impossible w increase them after the or- dinance was once passed. Accoraingly the item for_fire plugs was advanced irom $1,000 to 82,000, and the ordinance was put on its third and final reading. 1t passed. Then came an ordinunce asking that a twenty years' exolusive franchise be granted to an electric light company to permit them to light the city. Councilmen O'Kourke und 13urke put in @ strong protest, and th it in as way. Councilinan Me! spoke on the other side, and said it was a home company and ought to be encouraged, but he said he was not in favor of giving an xclusive franchise. Councilman Feuno said that if any one had a right it should be the home company, and wanted to know what they had against them Councilmun Buyliss 8poke in the same strain, and then the ordinanc was referred to the ordinance committee, Another ordinance, No. (3, regulating auctioneers, pediers aud others in that line, was read for the first time, and led to u lively debate, of which mention is made else: where. It was finally iaid where it should be—on the table. Councilman Feuno asked for further time on the question of the city bein, . e use of the stock yards oyd was unable to give an the stock yards commwittee had wet. MeMillan, Smith, Bayliss aud Rafferty said that Mr. ller was willing to call a special mecting at any time to meet the council. The probabilities are they will be called and will meet, z attention to the ny nerof L and Twenty , caused by the dumping of garbage, led to the marshal being ordered to stop it. Another, asking for a bridge across Albright ave was referred to the com: mittea on streets and alleys. The reports of the police judge and eity treasurer were then | Landed in an Lo the financ tee, and the g adjourned sance ourth Treasur The report of that tne school fur goueral fund to s Report., ty treasurer shows | mounts 1o $9,017.83, the 240, the salury fuud he I Waiss ot During the Remainder of thls week we offer all of our $1.50 “King” Shirt Waists, the best fitting and wearing waist ever mapufactured; all are made of fine French Percale and guaranteed absolutely fast color. Remember the prico, $1.50 waists for 95¢. At 95¢ Having discarded the “MothersFriend Waist” for the much superior “King" Waist, we have decided to close out our entire stock of MothersFriend Waists at HALF PRICE And less what we have sold formerly at 81. $2.00, $2.26 and $2.50; we now offer at H5¢ each. Come early and se- cure this barga At 15c¢. We will sell 2 cases of Men’s Gauze Shirts equal to anything heretofore offered at 25¢; remember the price; Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sat- urday, for these four daysounly at 15c. At 50c. ‘We are offering a very fine Balbriggan Shirt and Drawers,imported direct from Troyes, Irance, through the Omaha Custom House; we can save you 25¢ on each garment, buying direct from the manufacturers we can afford to sell at much lower prices than our competitors, and justly claim to have the best as- sortment of Gents’ Furnishings in the city; we invite ingpection. S.P. MORSE & C0 .14, and dog tax fund $1 ing to $1,900 were presented general fund and salary fuud. Notes About the City. by is back once more to look the interests of the Union Pacific at the depot. Friends of John Mack, who was killed Monday, intend to stand by the widow and a suit will be brought against the Union Pacific for damages. Then the one-sided evidence of company employes won't count, and_the management will be asked _to explain why a switchman was asked to jump into a gravel pile three feet high on one side of his_engine or drop into a four-foot ditch on the other. Ouly one drunk appeared before Judge Reuther yesterday morning, and he was too drunk to know that he was alive. He was sent back to sober up and as the reporter left was asking for “water-ice water—and I want it in a glass.” Hunt's new hall will open to-night. The Nonpareil dancing club will have possession and promise to make it interesting. If the Union Pacific did not value the serv- ices of John N k enough to save his life,his fellow workmen thought enough about, him to honor his memory. Engines 918, 919 and . of the Stock Yards company, were all ved in mournmg. ocl Yards company undertook n switching, a month ago, their have been kept busy. They D00 ears in May, 4,000 being dead d 6,000 tock. rs. W. U, Valentine, of Lincoln, 0. Mayfield. heard a potition against a bout fifteen minutes enerally. Then they referred it to the committee on ' police, and when Tk BEE reporter asked the name of the petitioner, they found it had not been signed. It was referred to the waste basket. There was another ordinance went wrong. It was intended to tax ail itinerant dealers, but was worded so that no one could solicif orders, It was intended to benellt @ fow South Omaha merchants at_the expensc of a few thousands of South Omaha citizens, but Councilmen Rafferty, Burke, O'Rourke, Jetter and MceMillan voted it down and now the aitizens will have a chance ta nefit by competition, Councilmen Bayliss, Feuno and nith voted the other way, in ddy obtained a writ of execution nst Dennis Cunningham for 165 and not .65 as appeared in Tuk BEE through a typo graphical er terday. A VISION OF THE FUTURE. Bills amount- against the shifted 1 freight Mr. and ) are the gucsts of B, The city coun police oft in “eussing om Memorial Day Ovarion of Col- onel Ingersoll A vision of the futnre arises, 1 see our country filled with happy homes, with firesides of content, the foremost land of all the earth. I see a world whe throne have ecrumbled and where the kings are dust. The aristoc- racy of idleness has perished from the earth, I s a world without a slave; man at last is free. Nature's forces have by science been enslaved, Light- ning and light, wind and wave, frost and flame, and all the powers of earth and air ar toilers ior the human race. world at peace, adorned with every form of art, with m Myriad voices thrill, while lips are rich with words of love d truth: a world in which no exile no prisoner mourns; a world on which the gibbet’s shadow does not fall; a world whe labor reaps its full reward, where work and worth go hand in hand, where the poor g ying to win bread with the needle needle which has been called the p for the breust of the poor is not driven to the desperate choice of erime and death, of suicide or shame, sighs, I see a world without the beggars out- | stretehed palm, the mi stony sl . the piteous wa lurid lips of lies, the c I 808 a race without disea brain, ghapely and fair, the m armony of form and Iunction, and, as 1 s heartless, of waut, the eyes of scorn. of flesh or rried | ¥Morse&Co SPECIAL UMBRELLAY SALE! During This Week. At $1.85. We offer an excellent 26-inoh Gloria Silk Umbrella, with natural handle, worth $3.00, for $1.85. At $2.50. We call your attention to a very fine Twilled Silk Umbrolla, size 26-inch, and natural wood handle Our price has been $3.50. For the remainder of the week our price will be $2.50. At $3.00. We offer a specially fine Twilled Silk 20-inch Umbrelln, with silk cover and natural wood handle. Has sold readily 2“ $4.25. During this sale our price is 3.00. At $3.00. Woe have just reccived another large shipment of our ‘Popular” 26-inch 'I‘W&Hed Silk Umbrellas, with Cherry, Ebony and Snakewood handles, and handsomely carved gold caps. Regular Selling Price, $4.25. Our Selling Price, $3.00. Orders Filled Promptly Same Day as Reccived, S.P. MORSE & C0 look, life lengthens, joy deepens, love canopies the carth, and over all in the great dome shines the eternal star of Heaven. Mait N If_you buy LUMBER without gotting Hoagland’s prices you will lose money. e e— Historical Retrospect.) St. Louis Republican: It was eighty yvears ago—dJuly, 1508—that the first newspaper was printed on the sunset side of the Mississippi river. It was the Missouri Gazette, a small and mod- est weekly, for those were modest and unpretentious days, and the little enter- prise of Joseph Charless, who was the founder of the Gazette, exhibited the prevalont attribute. The town of St. Lowms, in which it was a modest I'rench town of some 2,000 population, which would have laughed in derision at a picture of the great cit; of 450,000 inhabitants into which its youngost inhabitants were to live to see the struggling - trading post expand. The groat west beyond it was an unnamed wilderness, a reign of mystery and darkness, whose back hound 3 just beginning to become familiar through the reports of Lewis and Clark’s famous expedition to Ore- gon. Daniel Boone, the most modest and gentle of pioncers, was still livin, and hunting in the ncighborhood - of Loutre island. The state of Missouri did not exist. The vast tervitory of Louisiana, destined to become an impe- rial domain of 1,175,000 square miles, had been acquired only four yoars be- fore, und gave little promise of what it was to become within the memory of persons then living, —FOLh WEIGHTF xcellence proven in milllons of for more thin & quarter of a century, It Dby the United 8t Government. ' En- d by the he t universities as rongest, pur t healthtul. Dr, Price's Cream Baking Powder dows not contain ammonia, lime or alum. Sold onl; PRICE New York, SPECIAL NOTICES Fnu RENT—Half store_room, newly decors ated; good location, two doors from Ohlo s South Wleventid st Jowelry busliicss bre- b, s, |