Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 14, 1889, Page 5

CARPETS xt week, commencing Monday, we will discovnt all yrices advertised, Weare bound to double the sales in our car- pet department, Did you ever hear before of [neram Garpe At 124¢ Yard. 5e. Our 50c A nice carpet at 25c and Ingraine beat them all, f you have made up your mind to buy u Brussells Carpet, look at ours at 60¢ and 65c; and a beautiful body Brussells at 98c¢- The best Marquette Carpets, 81.75 yard. Remember, quick sales and small profits is our motto. Wo luy and muke old and new car- pets. Lace Last weck was the greatest sale we over had, and we find that we have about 150 pairs of odd curtains, some we have only 1 pair, some there are 8 pairs, and we are going to clean them out. Come in and take them away at half price. Poles free. SR " N5 2 AL - Y 2 ¥ THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. SU ) PIECES STYLE SATE 5c¢ Yard. Monday morning we open some Windsor Novelties At 12%c Yard, cver held in In Blue and Fancy Colorings that are Simply eys i plain. | irand. n, worth up | CHE “OTH 2 v e G i, e - s o DR 6%c Yard. Our buyer closed 1,000 pleces, the entire 1ot of Ginghoms, expecting that we would sell them at e to 1£1ic. The quantity being so large, we have decided to close out 50 pi one-halt of the lot, and give our customers & great benefit. T! me I solid colors, browns, steels and rd for a beautiful Chally Dross. Ladies’ Jmcyg'”}xz. SHREE S Soh Tphye Gighos | Children's Hose, 98c. ‘s (rey Mixed . Your choice s, 10¢ pair, not one-quarter 316. Ladies’ Silk Wraps made of Faille Francaise Silk, trim- med wiih chantilla silk lace; no jet trimmings, silk net sleeves. The newest thing out for fine trade. Price $15, worth $26 Infants’ Cloaks, $4.98 Infants’ Long Cashmere Cloaks, made of all wool Cashmere, in cream, tan,blue and mahogany, heavy silk embroidered, $4.98; worth $8. Mafl Orders Filled and ya blue, Ladies’ Wrapg |Fancy Sash 48 Yard [As cut This ribbon is 9 inches wide retailsat $1.28 are pink,light , cardinal and cream, Ribbon ‘ i i usually Colors (Like Cut) 12720 Monday Only at this Price. Sis. Ladies’ spring Newmar- kets made of an all wool French broad cloth, fancy the latest and nobbiest ments out and is retaile others as high as $25, price $18. Mail Orders Filled. $3.98 \x our price$ 8.98. =3 . AY, APRIL 14. 1880.-—-SIXTEEN PAGES. BEININITSOIN BROTHERS SPEGIAL BARGAINS FOR EASTER WEEK' COMMENCING MONDAY, XPRIL I5th. pulf vest front. puff back, bell, sleeve, satin faced, Itis one of ar- by our Beaded Wraps, Ladies’ Beaded Wraps with solid net sleeve, beaded all over, would be cheap at $8, Mail Orders Filled, Gent's Handkerchies, 5c. 100 dozen gent's faney striped bor dered handkerchiefs, Monday, only 5 each, really worth 20¢, and sold by some dealers for 25c. Curtains geacied Damask 20 pleces Bleached Table Damask, 08 inches "T'01s 1% the best value ever offéred at this | Bleached Damask, 48c. 15 pleces Blerchied Table Damask, 00 inches wide; don’t miss this number if you are need- ing table linen, They are,worth just Tc. Bleached Damask, . '88c. 5 pleces Bléachéa Satin Table Damask, full tmo yaxas wids, Worth 6160 yard, during this e, , KNOTTED INFANTS’ Fringed Towels.| Long Cloaks $2 12%c. 50 dozen fine Kuotted Fringed Towels o halt price Monday, 1344c each. = At On Monday we place on sale another ot of in fants' all wool cashmere long cloaks, silk om- broide: llar, in cream and tan. At this sale, $2 each, worth 33.60. —— TN JUST ARRIVED. A Whole Car Load of TINWARE, For Sale in the Bascment Wonday, ‘We open up a veryg large line of gars den tools, consisting of Rakes, Hoes and Iloral Sets, A good Steel Hoe for 19¢. A good Garden Rake for 25e. combination Garden and Floral Childrens’ Hoes, cote., at hatf usual prices. Plush Whisp Brooms, 15¢. Best Clothes Rack made 6%, B Kuife and Fork Boxes 10¢. Clothes Baskets..... 480 Clothes Basket: 600 Nice Chamber Sets. ... 2.9 6 Hand Carved Goblets 400 6 Plain Goblets. ... 800 6 Egg Goblot: % 420 Child’s cane High Chair,worth 88 3 R IO ) e 198 Fine decorated Parlor Lamps. Library Hanging Lamps One lot Cuspidors Another lot Cuspidors . 1,000 mixed Candies, pound Toilet Paper, per roli. t of fancy Englis white graite Cups and Six large Div ‘Wash Bowl with Pitche . K Don’t compare these goods with Ameri- can ware, 1,000 box fancyToilet Soap.4 cakes §55 983882 in a box, reg price 2 box. 12 Large sizo Dust Pans. ... 10c 6-hook hard wood Hat Rack. 8o Hardwood Towell Rollers 8o Large size Folding Table 98 Good Scrubbing Brush. S A Bread Board fo 250 Medicine Chest e A Herculos Duster fc 100 Any amount_of Ham:mo 5 Elegant plush Tables for 2.10 Bamboo Fancy Stands 1.00 Bamboo Ensels. . . 119 Docorated Paper Pail 25 Bird Cage: B Flour Seives. ... . 10cc Large Feather Dustors. 250 Childrens’ Red Chairs . 48c Combination Dinner Pails .. 250 Coffee Pots. 250 Tea Pots. ... 260 Rocking Tea Pots 8b6¢ f Bennison ‘Brothers Haster LINCOLN NEWS AND NOTES. Joseph Burns Institutes Another . Buit on His Water Contract. { HE NOW PROMISES AN EXPOSE. Mow the Matter was to Be En gincered Through the Oity Oouncil—A Depot Site Sold. LINCOLN BUREAU OF THE OxnnAB“, 1020 P StrexT, April 18, LiNcoL! June 11 1ast, Josenh Burnsicommenced suit against the city of Lincolu, in the district ocourt, to recover the sum of $2,000 which he \ alleges was due him on kis contract with the city to furnish an additioual supply of water at the old well in the southeast part of town. ] The contract was entered into July 18, 1887, and its conditions required. Burns to furnish | an aaditional supply of 2,000,000 gallous of i good water in the twenty-four hours, the work 10 be done on or before Decembor 1, 1857. Burns’ petition recites that the work was ( done to the letter of the contract, and that the sum of £2,000 was then due him over and above the $7,000 that had been paid him in stallments during the progress of the wori, togother with interest from March 21, 1885, The contract was cntered into be- tween tho petitioner and the board of public ‘works of the city, viz: J. J. Butler, Austin Humphrey sud M. B Cheney. 'The question upon which the co troversy hinges is this: Were the conditions of the contract actually carried out! The city 1n answer alloges non-performance and makes a counter claim for damages therefor. The suit was set for trial in November, 1888, and again in January last, but each time was carried over for somo good and sufiicient reason. | Now comes the interesting part of -the story, When Mr. Burns went t work on his contract he advertised for bids on ma- terial. Among the bidders wero H, H, Dean and W. J. Cooper, both dealers in pumps and water supply muterials, and both, also, mem- bers of tho vity council. Dean's bid was somewhat the lowest, and tho contract for furnishing the materlal was awarded to him, When his bill came in, however, 1t was found to be several hundred dollars in excess of which the contract prico called for, The explanation vouchsafed by Dean was that he had been instrumental in securing the con- tract for Burns; that the job had been a fat 3 one, and that it was no_miore than right that | the principal contractor should share the profits with the sub-coutractors. It is not nown whether or not Dean's claim was paid in full. But the infercnge is strong that it was not. Subsequently Burns' claim came up before one of the meetings of the council. Bofore this, Horton, 's partner in the \ pump business, approached Burns and said that if he would give Dean 10 per cent of the claim he would have no trouble in getting sufiicient ayes from the aldermanio auto- crals to insure its upproval and allowance. Burns asied Horton what assurance he would have if he should comply with the terms that his claim would be allowed, Hor- ton indicated that he 'would stand as the between, aud the only thing necessary wi to put the percentage sought into his hands. No questions were to be asked. Buros went 4 to Dean for verification of Horton's proposi- tlon. The opiuion was again volunteercd ¥ tout Lo had oeen instrumental in seouring 2 him the contract, and tirt it was emineatly i fair that Burns 'should shure tho profits, ) Dean ulso said that there was a combination i in the council, aud that he could not get his ./ claim unless he sugared it. The grand :}' finale came. Burns said ‘‘millions for de- claim went to the council unsupported sny promise of & “divvy,"” and it was denied, and the suit in hand is the outcome. Interesting tinies are ahead. show that there is much that “is rtten in Deamar] Third ward to the fact that the bosses found he knew too much, and he had to go down. iy A Depot Site Sold. The stato to-day deeded twenty acres of the saline lands to the Omaha & Republican Valios railrond company for *dopet, turnout Theso lands lie' a little ! Sonth and east of the Burlington depot, near | Harry King, and claims it as a memento of ‘a portion of what bas been | the groat tragedy and trial given him by her the Union Pacitics site. The | for caroful proscrvation. Surroundiug the company paid the state 31,100 for the land. BhoTaae Bald Wi aensod Tany be wel to state that this land formod a e e laaey part of the lands that the saline land bill in- s no h & 2 Ponded to put an the market at the maxi- | weapon, is quite an interesting little story. mum price of $0 per acre. isut, let 1t be re- | County Attornoy Mahoney says ho delivered membered, it failed to connect. Raliroad Assessment. The state board of equalization will meet heforo sh/toolc heridere:Rie in State Auditor Benton's offico on the 1tn | ffom Omans. Immeaiatoly afier, buo, cios at to equalize railroad assessments. City News and Notes. The City Water company of Kearney filed | fall neir to the property, Mr. Gordon foleased increasing capital | his kold. In the meantimo Chisf of Police and sidetracks.’ amended articles to-day stock to $300,000. Instead of seeking | doubtedly the shades of obscurity he proceeded to bowl | had a and before 10 o'clock drunker than snarls and bites, specifications. Dr. J. T. Duryea, of Omaha, will lecture before ‘the Womans' Christian association | ©F next Thursday evening at the Congregational | sion of charity and brotherly love. Mr. church. This will bo the first visit of the | Meyers is one of the most enthusiastic ks talented doctor to Lincoln, and it is hoped | living, and edits the Social Session. In 1572 that a large audience will greet him. Ex-Warden Hoyers will remove to Platts- mouth some timo during the coming week. | f0 He will go into the real estate and loan busi- | ville, and there his remains rest in an un- is old neighbors and friends, | marked grave. He was an actor of con- 0 better than to re- | siderable renown, s mumic of great power. ‘where he thinks he can BREVITIES, . . : Leadville. For the past ten days he has (The annohnoement ig & 1N habor LAt | bieon investigating the workings Of pronib for an Episcopalian theological seminary Las | tion in Towa under instructions of the En- been declared unfounded by Bishop Worth- | uirer to write a serics of letters on the site had been § 5 i versation with Mr, Meyers he referrod to the e e e o hore hon ™ une of | political situation in Ohio, and observed that olitroh of the Holy Family and not in the | both partics are orgaiziug their forces and Colleglate church ot St Joht. us “was ai | 1aying tho ropes for a senatorial contest that soldi than anything of the Kind ever known. The story of the old | his attention to the movements of republican man dying through starvation peoved to have | leaders, tharefore ho talked only of what may been unfounded. LArtioles of facorporation 1:{ tho Germaa utheran St. Paul's congregation of Nor! 4 fi Omaha_were filed yestorday with the county | he,” will be waged beuween Foraker aud olork, The articles are signed by Otto | McKinley, who have been enemies for sev- Wrccki eider and trustee, AR5 By o o B L s by g | to retire. ~ Hound his tricnds will support caused by a defective flue yesterday morning. Polinsky, the artist who was charged with obtaining money under false preteuses, was released from custody yesterday. son-in-law, yesterday. Their Reasou Mestored. Two insane porsous were given their lib- erty from the couuty jail were Bdward Lambert, who has been con- | Jooking very glum, and when spoken to sud- fined about ten_ days, and Heury Schwark, \vhn"l.llu 'I‘wen in lhds ‘rllun for lhho past lou; wonths. Their condition was much improve ¢ o and the lunacy board discharged Vo, from | and awakened him from a sound droam. I {mprisonment, yostorday. They fense, but not one cent for tribute.” The Following arethe marriage Loenses issued | Of & surprise. Before the war I worked yesterday in the couniy court: Name and Residence. Clarence Limhard, New York City. Jennie Wale, Clovéland, O The 1 ing 18 M, Buras' story of the oause that leads him to seok redress in the courta. . Mr. Burns says he hus abundance of proof in hand to k. He attributes bis defeat in the car, Freeport, L., MISS BIECHLER'S GUN. 1t is Wanted By Quite a Number of People Judge Baldwin has in his possession the revolver with which Libbie Biechler shot it to the judge in compliance with Miss Biech- ler's written request as made in a note sent to him just before she took her departure nard Gordon, but when the owner stipulated that her friend, adviser and consoler, should Seavey put in a request to the effect that his d wife returned from their | titleto the gun ante-dated all others, and he Springs, Dak., last evening. Steve King was releasod yosterday after | him. But Mr. S haying served a year's sentence in the state pen for illegal voting. thought Mr, Mahoney should turn it over to vey finds himselt disap- pointed. Judge Groff says the weapon un- belonged to Miss Biechler and she ght to do with it whatever she lost night was | pleased. Sheriff Coburn received a telegram w lord. Despite kicks and | from Chicago this morning informing him he tvas taken | that the little woman arrived there safely police force | yesterday and would leave about noon time and spent the nightin the city bastile, Steph- | for Cleveland. en's reformation is very doubtful. A rew schiool house will be erected in_the southeas part of the city during tho summer. Architects are now at work on the plans and Iv is intended that the puild- img shall be one of the most attractive in the —_—— WHAT PEOPL! ALK ABOUT. Views and Interviews Caught in Hotel Corridors and Elsewhere. Allen O. Moyers, the well-known Cincin- nati Enquirer man, was in Omaha yesterday en route to Denver and Leadville on & mis- Charles Vivian, who did much towards founding the order of the Elks, died at Lead- and possessed an unusually fine voice. While Colonel T J. Majors, of Peru, was in_Lin- | not an Elk himself, his memory is cherished 'Nothing in the political line ¥ 1 that I want on earth,” he replied to an in- | erosity of Boston lodge, assisted by Omaha, terrogation of Tuk | politics until the proper time to get in again." y Elks overywhere, and through the gen- “Iam outof | his remains are to be exhumed an conveyed to the former city for final interment 1n the Elks burying ground. + | For this purpose Mr. Meyers is going to subject, During the course of a brief con- promises to be more desperate and_bitter be expected to occur and what his kind of people hope will occur in the repub-. o arty. “The main fight said eral years, Hoth of themn aspire to the sen- Sherman is getting old and wants McKinley, and they will do everything in their power to defeat Foraker. whe latter 18 backed by @ strong ring, known as the machine, in Cincinnatl, so between the two factions, disinterested parties think they sce an opportunity for some very lively and in- teresting times. Sheriff Coburn sat in his ofice yesterday deniy started up and gazed about the room as though the interruption had disturbed was thinking," said he, tof something that was told me to- day, and which was very much two years for a man by the nawe of Harris, A in Cedar Fulls, lowa, who kept & small gro %0 | cery store and the postofiice. His wife was -81 | the handsomest woman I ever saw. They 30 |"were quite well fixed which enabled her to ff | live in good style. One child, a duughter, 5 was tho only oftspring. Whea I left and ++-#3 | went into the army sbe was just old enough grew to be a very pretty eirl and married a Worthless, young man who wrecked her life. In the meantime her father failed in business and was reduced almost to the lowest ebb of circumstances, financially. The loss of wealth and social station, coupled with_the suffering consequent upon her daughters awful msfortune so distracted Mrs. Harris' mind, that she lostall reason and s now an inmate of the, state insane asylun. When I heard that, it greatly shocked me.” Since Lotta arrved in Omaha a dapper looking young man with red face, large nose, small mouth and invisible moustache, has nightly frequented the box office, and lobby of Boyd's opera house looking after her in- terests_and taking chargeof the receints John Dunu, is the name’ on a card - hande by him to the writer. ‘‘Are you the Dunn _who figured o prominently in the St. Louis sensation last fall, when Heury Moore managing _ editor of the Post-Dispatch, ran away with John Norton’s wife?” “Iam the identical Dunn.” ““What has become of the parties to that affair?? ““The last I heard of Mrs, Norton she was living quietly with friends in Canada, and Moore has an elogant position on the New York World. He is living in great style, I was told that he furnished a suite of rooms atan exponse of £3,000, and is flying high.” At the timo of the clopement Mr. Dunu was managing the Olympic theater in St. Louis. He is now Lotta's treasurer. About 9,000 living between here and Blair are up in arms against tne Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha railroad com- pany because of the maaner in ‘which its trains are run. They complain bitterly, and want to know whether something can’t be done to remody matters, A gentleman living near Calhoun, said yes- terday that he had been groatly surprised at the management of this road. *Six months ago,” he convinued, “the trzins were run just right, for the accommodation of every- body and I know that the business was good. We' oould get inw Omaha at 9 o'clock a. m., transact our busimess and leave for home at 5 p.m. Now the trains arrive and depart at 10'clock. Therefore, anyone coming bere from the north to shop, must either remain over night at an expense of $3, or suffer the agonies of riding on a freight that goes out in the evening and will get them home about midnight,” The Lamented General. The remains of General Hatoh, who died Thursday at Fort Robinson, will arrive in Omaba this afterncon at 4 o'clock under military escort. ‘1ney weré shipped from that fort yesterday aflernoon. As yet it has not been determined whether the body will bo taken to Fort Omaha or whether the re- mains will bekept at Drexel & Maul's under- taking establishmernt. General Hatch was to luve boon byried i Omata, but us there are no miliwary burying grounds here tho re- mains will bither bs sent to Fort Madison, In,, or to Waslungton for interment. They will go east at 8:30 o'clock to-morrow morn- ing, and will'bo escorted by the Niuth cavalry of Fors Kobinson. . _Tbe Boomers, The Oklahioma peoplo held a mecting last night and listétled to reports from tne trans- portation conmtmittee. The Rock Island offered a rato from Owmaha to Kingfisher of #1010 0 Poud Creek #14.70; Lo Forl Keuo The boomers have split. One faction re- cently re-elected Captain Smith to the posi- tion from which he had been deposed. The. faction which met last night expelled Cap tain Swmith from the organization altogether. An Insane Girl, Aunie Hoagland, the young woman who had John Williams arrested, not long ago, for betraying her, has gone crazy, and is now confined in the county jail, She will be taken before the county bourd for the insane for examination. The unfortunate girl left Omaha avout two wecks ago, und went to Kearney, where she was found wandering mrun‘;h the strects, totally beside herself. ‘The sheriff there found out that this was her home and brought her back. The eity treasuror naively remarks that ho 9 | to walk. My wnformant to-day says that sie | is on the eve of a great Rush of busiucss, THE PLUMBERS' TROUBLE. Details in an Interview With a Union Official. UTILITY OF THE APPRENTICE. How the Barbers are Endeavoring to Extend Their Unfon—Reduc- tion of Hours at the Union Pacific Shops, Etc. The Journeymen Plumbers Indignant. A set of resolutions was adopted by the Master Plumbers’ association this week and yesterday were posted 1 the leading shops of the city. These resolutions stated in sub- stance that the master plumbers, feeling that they had been unnecessarily interfeved with in conducting their business by the union men, while they were willing to pay good wages and believed the union wvencficial in some respects, could not countenaunce this interference, ana that therefore they would thereafter cease to recognize the union, This was i reahty brought on by the strike in Milton Free's shop, the master plumpbers having agreed to stand together and in the event that the men did not return to work in Free's shop, would order a gen- eral lockout, - One of the oficers of the union was seen lmf".l night. Speaking of the situation, he said: “Mr, Frree has employed only one journey- man during the past six months, and that man has made little more than half time, but instead he employed jobbers, or appren- tices, to do mechanics’ work and charged his customers mechanics' prices. ‘‘IThe committee that met with the master plumbers & month or 8o ago endeavored to so arrhnge matters that there would be no con- flict, but failed to do so, F'ree being one of the chief opposers of the attempt to make an agreement. “It isn't customary in any city amongst reputable firms to pay by the hour, and in Omaha My, Free is the only one to do so, and, while he pretended o live up to union he broke them in that respect. Freo sing in the east and south for men, but at they are can be told best after the public has tried them, 'ree was formerly a member of our asso- ciation and helped to frame the rules ho now opposes, and was always one of the warmest advocates of their enforcement, For the past year, anyway, the master plumbers huve not lived up to their agree- ment to employ none but union men, but have hired whoever came along, leaving it to us to make union men of them. We do not care to dictate to them; they can hire ‘whom they please, but in the event that they employ non-union men they can fll our places with such. “'A majority of the master plumbers aro not competent to run their business them- lves, but have to employ expert men to conduct it for them, We intend to enforce and live up to the terms of the agreement we offered them, i:/l‘u, would have been accepted but for L ‘The master plumbers held a meeting last night untila late hour in room 0, Murray hotel, but refused to admit a Bee reporter or tell him later what they had decided to do in the matter of locking out their journeymen. A delegation from the Journeymen Bar- bers’ Union No 8, visited Council Bluffs on Tuesday night for the purpose of organizing & Council Bluffs branch of the union. It was found that the number of journeymen barbers in Council Bluffs was too small to warrant the establishiug of a union and as the next best thing the Bluflites were 1nvited to afiliate with the Omaba shayers. The invitation was accepted and a number of the barbers from over the river were initiated the Omaba uuion at & meeting on Wednos- day migut. The nawe of the union has been changed to the Journeymen Barbers' Union No. 8, of Omabia and Council Bluffs. At a weeting of No. 3 on Thursday night resoiu- tious were adopted thanking Frask Leviu, of Council Blufts, for the wuse of s hall for the ' recent meeting ot the barbers of the two _ citics The barbers are still discussing the advisibi ity of closing on Sunday, The master bar- bers and the journeymen are divided on the question. The journeymen would like to have the shops closed Suuday 1f it could be done without the accompanying reduction of wages which the master barbers favor. ‘There is_dissatisfaction among the shop- men in the Union Pacific suops over a reduc- tion of the hours of labor from nine to eight hours per day. ‘The order was made on Fri- day by George Cushing, superintendent of motive power and machinery. It is also reported that & reduction will be: made at North Platte both - in the ~working hours and in the number of men. The workmen hero are in a very bad humor over the matter, especially in view of the fact that the . company is in- creasing the force of men at other points, notably at Kansas City. They feol, natur- ally, that iv is an injustice 10 furnish work for men in Kansas City by a reduction of the number of hours of labor of the men in the Omaha shops. There will bo a meeting at Goodrich hall, on Saunders streot, to-morrow night for the purpose of organizing n new carpenters’ and joiners’ union, Sixty carpenters, many of them members of the present union, No. 58, have signed the call. They are dissatistiod with the work and managemont of the pres- ent union in admitting to its ranks/men who areBot up to the desired standard as work- men. —_—— ©Can’t Gull the Workingmen. Omaua, April 18,—To the Editor of Tne Bee: I notice that your friend Hitchcock has made himself very busy for the last two weeks about the delay in the location of the postofice. He pretends you are ohiofly to blame because there is not more work for laboring men in the city. I notice that every tune he prints one of his interviews with Rosewater he ends it up by begging us to stop Tuk Bk to punish you for keeping' the workingmen out in the cold. This is awfully thin gruel to feed workingmen on, when he tells us in the same article that you have mortgaged yourself for $200,000 to put vp Tug Bre build- ing, which I happen to know bas kept over one hundred mechanics employed all winter, and will keep them at work for several months yet. For my part, 1 don’t consider a man who brings 200,000 of borrowed capital to Omaha and puts it into o building, in addition to nis money, an enemy of labor, What's become of the half-million dollar hotel which Hitcheock was going to build for Omabat And what has become of all the great prospects which he has been blowing about s0 wuch? | am tired of his brags s 4 ingman’s friend, when he has been g to squeeze a whole duy's work tryi out “of his own men on the Sunday Zle without paying them for over time. In my opinion, it is all bosh about this postofice talk, gotten up by Hitch. cock to raise the wind and give himself some air, If Hitchcock would bulld somothing niwself and pay his own workingmen what they they are entitled to he might be able to work upsome patronuge. 13ut 50 long as he is trying to pull himself up by pulling o man down who has done cverything he could for labor, we take uostock 1n him, L Honoi Ola Age. Mr. R. ). Pierronnot, of this city, cele- brated his seventy-eighth Dbirthday Friday last by climbing two flights of stairs and calling upon Tug Bek editorial force, Mr, Pierronnet has been a resident of this city for twelve years, He has never boen sick an hour in his life, and confidently expects to iveto be 100 years old. He yoted for Wiliiam Henry Harrison in 1840 for presi- dent, and boasts that he never voted a demo- cratic ticket. His son, Thomus Plerronnet, now resides at Weoping Water, this stute, and is a railroad conductor, and at one time was deputy sheriff of this county. ‘The oia gentleman is hale um{ hearty, and takes pride in tho fact that he can walk ten or twelve miles a day without great fatigue. He is in some respects a remarkable man, and during & long residence here he has formed muny warm attachments. Heo en- Joys the confidence and respect of an uuu- sually large circle of acquaiatances, SPORT AT THE COLISEUM. An Interesting Pr mme—Read= ing's Wonderful Riding--Events to Come. A fawr sized crowd assemblod at the Colic seum last evening to witness the ten mils race between Ned Reading, the soldier, and Signor Mardis. Tho race was a handicap, Reading giving Mardis elevon laps inten miles, for $50 a side. The cvening’s entertainment opened with o one mile whoel chase between Mastors Will Scarch and Will Burroughs, Search winning in 8:32, 3 Following this came a one mile wace for amateurs, best two in three, for a handsoms medal. The starters were George Beard, Lew Fletcher, William Tagger and William Pixley, Fletcher took the first heat in 8:02; tho sdond was a dead heat beuweenFlétcher and Beard, und the third and race was won | by Beard in 3:08. Beard took a header 4n the first heat, but escaped with a few bumps and contusions. 9 The next event was a three mile straighta- way by the representatives of the Omaha Wheel club, Mittaur, Holten, Francisco and Urlan, for a handsome gold medal, offered by the Coliseum association. Mittaur was the winuer. Time—9:273. John 8, Prince and Juck Kianeman, the man with the iron jaw, rode a dead heat in two mile handicap, Kinneman being allowed two laps. ‘Pime—6:12, After th:s came the premier eventof the evening, in the race between the redoubtas ble oldier and Signor Mordis, This was | really a fine exhibition, Reading doing somo of the most remarkable riding ever seen on the track, The task, however was o trifte t00 much for hiw,and Mordis won by twenty yards or more. Reading made the first five miles in 15:27 and the entire ten miles in the extraordinary time of 81:12, e Next Saturday night Ingram’s grand wslt snd fox chase, in which a pack of old Vir- ginia hounds and u young lot of fox terriors will take part, will take place, On tho following Monduy the six-day three-hour race, for amateurs, begins, This will be an interesting race. Up to date the following cntries have been made: Fred f demple and Jim . Fiske, Plum Crook; R W. Cole, Grand Island; Frank Harlows, Lincoln, and John H, Kostman, I, L. Mit- teur, 1. H, Sutkin, W. C. Urlan, G. W. Beard, H. E. Tagger, R. B, Smith, Seth Rnodes, Lew Fletcher, G. O, Franciseo, Ray Hutclinson and Charles Peabody, of Omaha. The entries close Wednesday, thie 17th, I'riday, the 25th, Beauty 'Baldwin, Josse Woods, Hattie Lewis, Kittie Brown, Loulse | Armaindo, Lula Montague and Alice Louie 4 | Parker will arrive here, and on Monday, the iuu., their second six-day six-hour race will 6 on, Miss Williams will not go in the Chicago race next weelk. In the Conrts, Albert Oleson fustituted suit against the Omaha Packing company for $1,500 damages on account of injuries received from a fall while in its employ. Frank B. Braywon vs Henrietta C. Swartz) lander is the title of a new suit instituted to secule 866442, claimed by plaintiff as still due him on a buildiug contract. John T, Denny commenced proseedings in the district court to require Charies A. Dons ahue to convoy 1o him two lots in Slemssen place, according to the terms of a certain contract entered into betwoen the partiss .on the transfer of the property. The case of Patrick J. Barrett against Morgan Heafy was appealod yosterday to § the district court, ‘I'he plaintiff was given & {udgment for $130 against Heafy in Justice lorrison’s court. The suit was brought to recover that amount, as the plaintiff claimed to have paid §125 to discharge a judgment lien on & lot in Hanscom place, Funeral of u Pressman, The funeral of Charles Lomarsh, & press- mar, will take place from Healy & Heafy's undertaking cstablishment, at 2 o'clock this afternoon, under the auspices of the men, Stercotypers’' and Eleotrotypers' of which be was a mewmber, The pall-bearers will be A. H. Clinton, Ed fl.'.. Matt. Heiner, James Kean, F. M. Woungs and William Quiolan, T} remaius aiil terred in Holy Sepulchre cemetory.