Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 2, 1889, Page 5

__#He occupants. L BOARD 0F TRADE'S RETURY, The Trip to the Black Hills Bnds in an Ovation. BENEFITS OF THE EXCURSION, Omaha Merchants Will 8end Repre- sentatives to Work the New Coune- try—Mesolutions of Thankh for Ace ndations. Home Again. AL7:90 o'clock a. m. yestorday the Fremont, Eikhorn & Missouri Valley train, bearing the board of trade excursionists, stopped at Baunders streot. The gentlemen composing the party disembarked, grips in hand, and #tood around awaiting the unloading of Jim Blephenson’s conches and horses, which had accompanied thom on the trip. Stephenson's carryall and Homan's band wagon, conéaining tho Musical Union band, with Julius Moyer, bad been awaiting the arrival of the travel- ers for somo time and when at length the bourd uppeared thie band struok upa weicome air. The train had left Albion, shortly afrer midnight. As a conscquence the travolers had not had much sleep. The bracing air, however, revived theit spirits and the thought of again being at home led to many @ hearty cong The grass, ~ the trees, the sky the atmosphere seemed greener, prettier, bright- er and clearer than had been noticed on- the rip. ‘The horses were led from the Strect stock car down a_gangway made especially for the purpose at k'remont yesterday. "The Concord coachies foilowed soon after, and to them the horses were harnessed with almost fire department rapidivy. The procession then formed, the band in the chariot drawn by six horses. Then followed the first conch with Stephenson’s reys, then his socond coach drawn by the cautiful roans and finally the carryail, con- taining luggago and a number of the excur- sionists, ‘lhe conches were also faden with travelers. The route lay along Saunders street to Cuming, thence to Sixteenth to Douglas, Ninth and Farnam to the bourd of trade buftdin, play attracted attention all along nd from a hundred windows in the business district fluttering handkerchiefs welcomed back the absentees. ‘L he band paused for a few moments at the Union Pacific headquarters and serenaded At the headquarters of the Fremont, Blkhorn & Missouri Valley, three cheers were given for the general passenger Agent, Buchannan, This was repeated at the enoral oftice of the Northwestera in the axton hotel, where Mr. W. N, Babcock ac- knowledged the courtesy. He accompanied the excursionists to the board hall, where the great trip came to an end. he luggage was seized by its owners, hearty greetings and meetings took place for a few moments and then all the members rushod in haste to revisit their homes or to re-establish their acquaintanceship with their employes, . The'trip lasted eight days. During that time between three and four thousand miles were traveled, No serious accidents took place. W. E. Clurl, towever, was left av Stuart. Mr. Kilpatrick was also left behind, but for- tunately found an engine at the place which enabled him to overtake the party at the next station. Jim Stephenson was the hero of the excursion, Without him and his coaches, the trip would have been deprived of half of its charm. The board contemplates another trip before the close of the year, OMAHA'S GAIN. Viows of Merchants as to the Effectof the Excursion. Adfter the arrivalof the excursionists at the board of trade building, BEg reporters ascer- tained from a number of thom whay effect they thought the trip would have upon the relations of Omaha with the Black Hills and intermediato points in the future. In sub- stance the opinions were as follows: John . Brady—1 think the trip will have & good effect. 1t will lead to the putting on the road of anumber of traveling men who make u specialty of the Black Hills trade The Kilpatrick Koch company will send @ man out there, Others I know wil do the same ‘thing. The place has been entirely overlooked, at least 80 far as the great majority of our citizens are concerned, I think Mr. Lining- er was mistaken, though, when he said that not more than fifteen ver cent of the trade of the hills was done in Omaha. |‘He must have referred to the agricultural implement trade, interjected W. A. L. Gibbon.| I am satisfied wo do more business up there. I bave been shown some tables on the amount of goods shipped over the Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley road, and I know Omaha sends out the greatest part of the goods sent over that line. M. Hellman—The trip will naturally do 00d to Omaba. The country we have visited as not been worked. I don’t know of more than two Omuha houses who now send men out there. This exoursion will lead others to send out traveling men, and there is no doubt that they will find enough trade. . B. Bruce, of Bruce, Blake & Co.—There s no doubt of the trip being of ugreat deal of good to Omaha. It will alsp yesult 1n extending the Klkhorn system, which will also be of a great deal of benefiv to_the ci M. E. Smuh, of M. E. Smith & Co.—It will tend to increase our trade with the northwest very materially, I am going to send out & man to work up the place in our ‘behalf. Allen T. Rectdr, of Rector & Willelmy— It will give the board of trade a kood wak- ing-up and iv will advertise Omaha. It will have a beneficial effect upon Omaha, espec- jally in those sections where therd is now but liftle business transacted. ., . Bailey, of Bailey & Oleson—It will be iong remeimbered and increase our trade and membership. I was asked while on the trip Ly o man, as_to whether 1would ship him some brick all the way to Deadwood. duclid Martin, of Parlin, Orendorff & Martin—It will bring a better understunding between Omaha and wiil cause a better feal- ing to exist between this city, the northern part of the state and the mining and ugri- cultural vegions of southern Dakita. Every town visited expressed itself pleased with our visit. It will result in the extension of trade not 8o much at first, but later vhe great increase will be noted. Kdwin Sharp, of Horn, Sharp & Acker, South Omaba—It is the best thing the board hus ever done. I don't think there is a man in the whole party who has not done some good, and for Omaha. I think more cattie will be shipped -to South Omaha than ever before. ; W. N. Nason--The visit will do an im- meuse amount of ood to this city, because it will be a beueflt to our commerce, as also to that of the people whom we have visited. It will beof the firstimportance to the people of the Black Hills, because it bas shown thew that there is something else o be re- lied upon beside their mines. 1 will greatly fncrease the trade over all the district we have traveled. C. I\ Goodman, president of the Goodman Drug company—We are going to gain a great deal of trade wherever we have been. I have had & man traveling in the hilis but the fiold will be worked more now than ever ‘before, G. H. Gates, of the Consolidated Coffee colipany—It will have an immense effect in advancing the business of Omahans and Omuha in general. 1t will obring us before the people of the country and show thut we are trying to increase our b\liml business. We sent a man up there the Hills two weeks ugo. He has been doing firat rate. Those people are now in a roat degree dealing with Chicago. They furmerl dealt 80 much with St. Paul thut the St. Paulites got afraid to continue it, and withdrow. Chicago then stepped in, socured the trade, and a short time ago St. Paul wried 0 get it back, but couldn't de it. We can gt our share of it. John Baumer~I_ think the results are pound to be excelfent. We wmade lots of friends for Omaha. Colonel C. 8. Chase—Effect is bound to be 0od. We found everybody friendly to wahia. 1. H. Wheeler—Very fine trip; well received and royally eatertained al we were | R e 7 R along the line and will hear hereafter from that part of the country. Max Meyer—The results are bound to be of immense benefit to Omaha. The mer- chantg along that road are very friendly to us and want to trade here, John Erck—I think we made a favorable impression, and our acquaintance took well. The result will be an increase in our whole- sale trade, e THE GENTLEMAN SPORT, The New Corinthian Successor to Tom and Jerry. A typo that belongs as exclusively to this time as does the fop is the gentlo- man sport—that is, 8 young man with & cortain amount of money, every rea- son why he should be a gentleman and every tendency toward the tough, says the New York Morning Journal. His costume is modelled on that of some known gambler, though he always exaggerates it, and his pronounced weankness is for pink shirts and pink searfs, His hat, always a round one, is tipped slightly to one side, and wherever he may be sitting you may be cortain that his legs are crossed. Of women he has no opinion what- ever, regarding them as necessary evils and considering the finer types as the result of some man’s nonsense. His ideal used to be Fred M that gentleman has gotten himself ex- iled because of his winning ways and has had no successor, the sport is rather vague as to what he thinks he ought to do, says Bab in the Philadelpbia Times. He is seen av his finest 1o the park—he has a natural wood four-wheeler and drives a piir of horses thut are as sinewy looking as himself, but that have no end of staying power. He wears a red rose in his buttonhole, his shirt is of the pinkest, his tie is of pink, with the Prince of Wales plumes o white upon it, and his top coat, a light one with huge white buttons, is on the seat beside him, to show how dis- dainful he is of it. His position is decidedly easy. His legs are spread out and crogsed: his hat is to one side and his cigar to the other, and he holds his reins in a manner that suggests that he is inviting the horses torun away, and yet thatif they did they would quickly find out what grip he had. He has his arm {attooed like his grace, the Duke of Marlborough: he is interested, as far as he knows how to be, ina_ chorus girl, like his sweetness, Lord Lonsdale. In his heart he believes that he could knock Sullivan out in_one round, und that any woman who does not seo his charms must be blind, WASHINGTON AS A SUITOR. His Unsuccessful Appeals Before He ‘Won the Hand of Widow Curtis. A letter, of which the following is a copy, yellow with age and worn apart at the edge of the folds, is in the posses- sion of Governor [.¢e, says the Rich- mond Dispatch. It is a missive in which Washington speaks of love, and it goe to show what 1s well knewn to history, that he who was *‘first in war, peace, first in the hearts of his countr, men,” was not a ladies’ favorite. It was written when Washington was twenty years of age. According to many accounts,this mod- est youth made three attempts before he could get a lady to nccept him. 1t is said that he in vain addressed Miss Bet- tie Fantleroy, Miss Mary ry Ambler and Miss Lucy Grimes, and linally found success and huppiness, toB, in his court- ship of the Widow Curtis. The_Father of his Country, as he turned ont to_be, imposing as was his character and presence, was rather a solemn-looking personage, and at the date when Miss Fantleroy declined his attentions, was long and lean and red from open air life as a surveyor and I dun hunter; but he had been bred in excellent society, and was a woll-man- nered, courteous gentleman, thougn 1f he was at that age what most youths are, his feet and hands stuck out with too much bigness and prominence. His hair approached a shade not very far removed froly sandiness. Whether this letter was to the father or some other near relative of the girl; whether Washington ever renewed his suit, as he wrote he would.do, and what became of his lady love, are all inter- esting questions. May 20, 1752.—Si I should have been down long before this but my business in Fredericksburg detained me somewhat longer than I expected, and immediately up- on my peturn from thence I was taken with a violent pleurisy, which has reduced me very low, but purpose as soon as I recover my strength to wait on Miss Bettie in hopes of a reconsideration of her former cruel sen- tence and to see if I cannot obtain a decision in my favor. I have inclosed a letter to her, which I should be much obliged to you for the delivery of it. 1 have nothing to add but best respects to your good lady and family avd that Iam, sir, y'r most ob'd’t, humble servant. 3. WASHINGTON. William Fautelroy, Senior, Esq., in Rich- mond, but as - A Revolutionary Horse-Pistol. Mr. A. S. Morse, of this city on exhibition in his show case a revolu- tipnary relic of more than ordinary in- terest. says a Chester (Ill.) dispatch to the Globe-Democrat. It is a horse- pistol, fourteen inchesin length, carries «an ounce ball, is ot the fint lock pat- tern and weighs nearly four pounds. It is heavily bound with iron, similar to the present army musket, and is in o astate of perfect preservation. This clumsy weapon was given to its present owner by his father, Mr, “K. P, Morse, formerly of Greenville, Ill., and it came to him from some earlier member of the Morse family, and the history of itas pussed from” one owner to the next, is that the pistol was in active service at the battle of Bunker Hill, and a large nick, over an inch in length and a balf inch deep, shows where the blade of a British dragoon came in contact with the stock of the pistol, and perhaps saved the life of a brave defender of our country. Perhaps the npext moment the old blunderbus rang out amid the roar of battle and one more riderless horse galloped away, and a red coat lay upon the ground with a deeper dye weltering through his bright uniform. Mr, Morse prizes his war relic highly and would nov part with it for a pretty sum, has T Sald One Thing and Meant Another, A Sunday or two ago the lesson leaf- lets used in Sunday schools contained an exhaustive treatise on Balaam and the ass, says the Philadelphia Press. After the article had left the hands of the editor he wi evidently seized with an idea, which he commnni- cated in large type and a foot-note as follows: “'If the Lord has need of an ass don’t you think he has need of your” A medical journal is running a close race with this leaflet for first placein unique utterances, for it advertises ‘‘Hyde on the Skin” as the rather startlingly sug- gestive title of a swandard medical work, . Frederick T, Roberts, M. D.. physi- cian to the royal college of lurguuuli university of London,Eng., say: *Loss of appetite, loss of eyesight, dyspeptic symptoms, lrragulnriti«u of the howels, are some of the symptoms of advanced kidnoy disease. Warner's Safe Cure cures these troubles, because it removes the cause, and putting the kidneys in & healthy condition, enables them to ex- 1 the poisonous or waste mattesfrom he syste This is why Warner'’s Safe Cure cures so mapy symptoms ihat are | called diseuses.” FOLLING THE TWINE musr.[ Oomplete and nmva Solution of an All-Absorbing Question. OLD METHODS ARE DISCARDED, A Simple Device in Successful Opera- tion Which Will Give Farmers Absolute Command of the Situation. No More Use for Twine, A representative of the Quincy (Ill.) Whig discovered an appliance which promises to play a very important part in the fight which the farmers of the west and northwest are making against the twine trusts and combi- nations, During the past five or six years twine has come into universal use for bind- ing grain. T'wine binders are now used on nearly every harvesting machine and the de- mand for twine has increased enormousiy. Unfortunately for the farmer, all of the ma terial used in making twine, sisal and ma- nilla, is grown In foreign countries. To get it o Amorica requires from four to six months' time, involving large expense, and the machinery used in the process of manu- facture is covered with patents. It has b an easy matter for the twine manufacturer to effect combinations and to steadily advance prices to a point which is unreasonable aud unjust. BBut the farmers of the entire northwest have rebelled against these trusts, Farmer allinnces evervwhere are holding meetings to devise ways and means for thwarting the conmbinati In eral of the states this matter has been brought to the attention of the legislatures and bills are now pending calculated to bring relief to the farmers. In the Illinois legmsiature, Senator Chapman has introduced a biil providing that the man- ufactare of twine shall be undertaken in the penitentiaries of the state, so that the far- mers may not be obliged to buy a dollar's worth from the trusts. In fighting the twine monopoly the farmers are confronted by very serious obstacles. Complicated machinery is required to make twine and the equipment of a factory in- volves heavy expenditu Enormous quau- tities of twine are required to supply the de- mand, as the wheat crop of the country has increused 250,000,000 bushels sinee the intro- duction of twine binders. While the demand for twine is conatantly increasing, the crop of fiber from which it is made--sisal and manilla—~has been short for the past two years, and it has been no difficulv matter for importers to secure control of the raw ma- terial and advance prices. Twine is now 6 cents higher than it b formerly been sold for, and the prices which ougit to be asked for'it. ' establish and equip anti-monopoly factories for making it would require a large amount of capital, and even then the inde- pendent manufacturers would be confronted by !{m trusts which control the raw ma- terial. Several of the farmers’ alliances advocate the abandonment of binding machinery until the twine trust can be brought to terms. Tne farmers generally do not take kindly to this suggestion, however, stating that help is scacce and it would be almost impossible to harvest their erop by hand; furthermore, the waste of loose grain would more than coun- terbalance the amount saved by aiscarding twine, even at present prices, Whiledriving down frdom La Grange yes- terday a representative of the Whig noticed a harvesting macbine working in the tall sedge grass along the Mississippi bottoms. Curiosity led to an investigation. The men ‘who were operating the machine were at first rot disposed to furnish any information, but careful inquiry devcloped several very im- portant facts which will have much to do with affording a cowplete solution of the twine question. The machine was a McCormick self-binder, exactly such as is used on 200,000 farms in this country, except for one slizht change. It was supplied with a simple device, whercby wire instead of twine was used for binding. ‘This device has recently been perfected, and i8 now being thoroughly tested. The men who were operating the ‘machine yesterday stated that they bad been at work with it in the fleld for several weeks, cutting and bind- ing tall sedge grass, and the most thorough tests had failed to reveal a single aefect. 1n fact, it works to pertection. It has tied acres ‘without a miss, and is, if possible, more cer- tain than twine would be under the same conditions, This improvement weighs five pounds. It can be applied by any farmer in a moment’s time, and a McCormick twine binder can be charged to a wire binder. All there is of this device isa wire twister, which is supplied in place of the knotter now used on the McCormick. In looking at the machine even an expert could not detect any change, excepting that two 8pools of wire had taken the place of the ball of twine. The workmen said, yesterday, that the twister is the same which was so success- fully used on the McCormick for many years, before the introduction of twine. The com- pany is now making this imoroved device, and will meet all demands, as far as possible, for the approaching harvest, and before the commencement of the second harvest can have 200,000 of them on the market, if neces- The same guarantee is given with this e as with the old wire binder and the twine binder now in use. The workmen said, further, that the com- pany was introducing this device to enable the farmer to substitute wire for twine in binding. Two or three years ago the Mc- Cormick company introduced an entirely new twine, the “Blue Jay,” containing a new fiber, which was sold at reduced pric but the prejudice which the farmers have agaiust twine has induced the company to perfect a device which will make the farm- ers absolutely indepandent of twine, ¥his new device is interchangeable with the knotter now used on the McCormick binder, 80 that either wire or twine may be used. This interchangeable machine - places the farmer in an_absolutely independent posi- tion. Iron, from which the binding wire is made, is produced at home and can not be cornered, Ina fow months tne wire mills of the country could make enough wire to bind every bundle of wheat in this country, and nov a single pound of twine need be used. Should the prices of twine decline, as they naturally would, when the demand was cut off, and the farmer again wish to use twine, he can change his binder in ene minute from wire to twine. In other words, this sunple device gives him complete and absolute mastery of the situation. In coming har- vests he can reduce the demand for twine more than one-half and still be in & position to use efther wire or twine at will, This simple little device will certainly ex- ercise & murked influence n the contest which the farmers are now waging against the twine trust. It is an inexpensive wepon with which the farmer can control both the twine and the wire markets, It will prove more deadly to the twine trusts than any resolutions of farmers' alliances, how- ever strong, or any legislutive enactment, however carefully guarded. R Kats i & New Light, T have seen and handled a pair of tame rats belonging to some young Ariends, and prettier, more playful, and more intelligent pots could not be im- agined, says a writer in the Pall Mall Gazette, They were accustomed to run about on the table at meal times. They never stole food; but when anything was offered them they sat up on their hind legs, held the morsels between the fore paws, and ate duinmilfy. They were fond of a game which I saw them play, The rats were put into the boy’s cap, which was hung on the hatstand in the hall, The boy and his sister then went to the top of the house and whistled. At the sound of the whistle the rats jumped out of the ecap, scrambled to_the floor, and then ran up the stairs and perched on their owners' shoulders. The general idea of the rat is that it is an ill-savored animal, dirty in its per- son, and revolting in its d.dt, whereas it is delicately clean in person and equally dainty 1n its food. It is ever washing itsell and never eats without washing aflterwards. —_— Tarred-paper roofs must be made very secure or the high winds will rip them off. On rainy days keep the fodder-cutter in use by cutting all the hay and fodder for stock. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY., MAY 2, 1880, SBOUIH OMAHMA NEWS. City Counoll Proosedings. Mayor Sloane and' Cbuncilmen McMillan, Towle, Rafferty, FenfivaBurke, Johnston and O'Rourke were present at the council mest- ing last night. approved. The minutes were read and question was one of private property. committee reported that a contraot had been entered into with the King Bridge company at $5,000, for a change in the Q stroet viaduct, 80 as to have a 40 foot, two 80 foot spans, a 15 foot and a 20 foot span. The ro- port was adopted. The license committee reported favorably on tho following license applications: J. P, Thompson, M. Wollstein, K. Briggs, . Bernard Krivs, How. ard Meyor, Thomas Heard, Thomas Rock, William Zang, Gus. Woerdemann, Joseph Dogutt, F. J. Eggers, Augusta Hanuso, Bernhard Bohl, Joseph Kunzel, Bohner Bros., Fred Bowley, Shelany & Podolok, G. Reuther, Daniel Rafferty, Frank Glass, V. Pivonka. Tho report was approved and the clork was directed to issue, on payment 5, with the undorstanding that at piration of three months the balance must be paid, when licenses will bo issued. The communicationof J, P, Evans offoring, in case ordinance No. 181 reluting Lo gas franchise bo passed, to furnish froe for five years bt jets n the city offices and all. nceded for lighting the viaduets for one year, was read, and the communication and the ordinance referred to the committee. George E. King's communication relating to the Q strect viaduct, wus referred, as was also the Hammond communication. Fugene Pickard's resignation was ac- cepted, Marshal Moloney's report was re- ferred. Mayor Sloane notified the council that Charles T. Potter demanded $135 for grad- ing, and it was referred to the city attorney. The fire and water committee reported in favor of accopting the new fire alarm, and authorizing the cierk to draw warrants w the amount of not exceeding 75 per cent of the amount. Here the clerk stated that there was only $10 in the fund at present, and the report was accepted. The following bills were ad and re- ferrod: 7. Cuddinington, $11.75; Stockma £121.61; Richardson & Edwards, 40 Milwankee Bridge company, $7,052.16; Coun cilmen, Patrick Rowloy, $70; J. J. Dreen, & firo depurtment, $£100; streets, 35 police, §740: Mayor Sloane, $41.67; 7 . Hedges. Ks, $01.67; & H. Doud, # ) 8170.8%; Thomas Geony, §25; Interstate Fire Alarm company, Charle pecht, 0. he council then went in a committee of the whole in secrot session. Adjourned to meet Monday afternoon at 1 o'clock. Loan and Building Association. At the meeting of the Soutn Omaha Loan & Building association, held Wednesday ovening at Secrotary Lane's office, with the president in the chair, the minutes were road and approved. During April ninety-four new shares of stock were sold; $1,000 was sold at 83 per cent. The secretary was di- rectod to draw up an amendment €0 that members may hold twenty-five shares in- stead of ten, as at present. May Police Appointments. Marshal James P. Maloney has made the following police assignments for May : DAY FORCE. Jailor, Patrick J. McMahon; First and Second wards, Moses R. Redmond; Third ward, Michael Loye; Albright, Thomas Brenton. NIGHT FO Captain, John J. Sexton; jailor, D. O. An- derson; Séeond ward, Phomas Looney: Third ward, Joseph Humpal and Martin Spoettler. Notes About the City. H. P. Davis has gone io St. Louis, Frank Adaws left yestorday for Alabama. l‘l Goffey is the ‘happy father of & new girl. James DL live, H. L. Fisher has sold his Third ward gro- cery. Mrs, Ella Berry has returned from Par- nell, Mo. Mrs. W. H. Slobough is visiting friends in Council Bluff: B. Goldwman, of St. of 5. M. Press. The Rev. Robert W. Wheeler has returned from Wakefield. W. H. Beckett is ill and confined to his room at the Keed house. The stock yards company is fencing pens south of Exchange avenue. Chautauqua meeting in the church Thursday evening. g A building permit has been granted to John Beightol, Twentieth and J. streets. The Sunflower social by the Preshyterian society will be given ‘Thursday evening, May 9th. The building permits during April agere- zated 51,100, an increuse of double over March. : Mr. and Mrs. W. P. O'Neill, of Omaha, are the guests of Dr. and Mrs, M. J. O'Rourke. Mrs. N. T. Chandler, of Alliance, who has been visiting her brother, Joseph Vance, has returned home, 5 A lunch will be served at the next “meet- ing, Tuesday evening, of South Omaha Coi- m, No. 132, V. A. bhn & Scott will oo s new building, in the monico, with & blacksmith shop. James H. Fleming has been appointed as- sessor for Douglas precinet, and commenced his work of assessing Wednesday. Miss Jessie Cornelland air. and Mrs, Man- ley W. Rayley of Omaba, were the centeén- niai guests of the Misses Glasgow. The street, alley and viaduct committee has advertised for bids for grading Tweuty- fourth street from A to I streets. Mrs. D. A. Speers, of Ogden, Utah; Mrs. M. A. Long und George Parrish, of Parnell, Mo., are the gussts of Miss M. Parrish. W. W. Slobough, Prof. Bobb and Mrs, France, of Omaha, and Mr. Wood, of Eng- land were the guests to-day of Dr. W. H, Slobough, Thieves made a successful raid on the chicken coops in the eastern part of the city, getting twenty-two from John W, Snively and William Boumann. Robert Claggert, Ed. G. Wright, Jacob V. Davis, . 1. Murphe, C. C. Clifton, Joseph Sipe and Philip Bra- ton and the holder of ticket No, 13,747 were the lucky ones in C. H. Sobotker's drawing. raucis John MeGurek, aged twenty, son of Mrs. Susan McGurck, died at 5 o'clock Weduesday morning of consumption and will be buried Friduy morning in St. Mary's com- etery. The funeral services will be held at 9 o'clock. i Assistant County Atitorney Joseph N. Edgerton, of this city, has handed in his resignation. This move by Mr. Edgerton, who has made a faithful and popular ofticer, is to attend Lo his ingroasing private pruoc tice. Mr. and Mrs, Arthur W. Saxe, Misses Zoe Willlams, Jessie Savawe, Kute' and Jennie Condon, and Messrs, Harry C. Miller, Epes Cary, Jumes W. Hustings and Edward J. Hubbell went to Omaha Tuesday evening and attended the guards’ ball, and report a very pleasant social time. Chiof Fred M. Smith, of Rescue hose, un- nounces the following fire alarm notice The fire alarm in this tity will be as fol- lows, with engine house on Twenth-sixth between N and O streots: 1-2, N ana Twen- ty-fourth streets; 2.5, N and Twenty-seventh streets: 2-4, Twenty-sixth and C strects; 36, Q and Thirticth streets; 4-2, Exchange build ing, Union stock yards. The alarm to be given will be: T'wo strokes on the bell indi- cates *'fire out;" ten strokes, foilowed by number of bux, indicate “‘a second alarm or serious five,” ‘want more hose.” If you have 0o key and discover a fire run to the nearest house to signal station, where @ key will be found. The three nearest houses 10 & signal box are supplied with keys. Doud' has gone to Chicago to Joe, Mo, is the guest Presbyterian cupy Captain r of the el- Johnston, Samuel Poars’ soap secures & beautiful com- plexion. » e — Wherever there is a low, damp place there should be a ditch or an under layer of drain tile. Cherries are an excellent crop tosell and wore trees should be set out. The annual demand is greater than the Bupply. A The committee reportod that it und no anthority to act on the patition of M. Hart, Twenty-fifth and Q streets, as tho The NISSIONER Considerable Important Business . Transacted Yesterday. THECOOTS CONTRACT APPROVED A Resolution Directing the Invostiga- tion of Jail and Other Records —Mr, Mahoney Allowed an Assistant, An Adjourned Moeting. An ndjourned meeting of the board of county commissioners was held y¥sterday afternoon, and all members were in attend- ance excopt Commissioner Corrigan, The contract and bond of John . Coots, who was recently appointed superintendent of con- struction of the new county hospital, was submitted for approval. The bond was i the sum of §1,000 for the faithful performance of ms duties, There was a great wrangle between Mr. O'Keeffe and the other memoars of the board on Coots' contract and agrosmont, which gives him the right to appoint an assistant superinte ndent at a salary of $150 per month, The dissatisfaction arose on thoe salary ques- tion, The contract provided, at first, for $100, but was increasod to $150 on a motion made by Mr. Turuer. A protest was enterod by but the coutract was approved, and the chairman was dirccted to sign it, after the county attornoy, at tho instigation of Mr, O'Keeffo, haa inserted the nocessary saving clauses, ‘The bond was taken to Mr, Coats for his signature, Regarding the sunerintendent of the hos- pital, Mr. Anderson introduced the follow- ing resolution, which will be adopted whea the contract and bond goes on file: Resotved, That the superintondent of the now county hospital be required to submit to the board @ report at its next regular meet- ing, or as soon thereafter as he 1s able, a full and complete estimate of all work done up to date, the kind of work perforged, ma- terial used, the percentage still back, and the amount of Work. labor, matorial and cost it will require to complete the hospital puild ing in accordance with gho plans aud spec fications as required by the builders contract with the couuty; and that the county clerk be instructed to furnish the superin- tendent the amount paid the contracto all pupers and records necessary to el the superintendent to make the abov port; also vhat the clerk furnish us sn item- ized statement of all money paid Ryan & Walsh, and for what purposns paid. In reply to an iquiry of Chairman Mount a8 to whother claims for salaries by county oflicers came within the provisions of section Mr. O'Koeffe, South Siavic Moon Myths. In the course of an article on South Slavic Moon Myths, in the Popular Science Monthly, Dr. F. S, Krauss sy, A maiden was accustomed to spin late on Saturday in the moonlight. At one time the new mapn on the eve of Sun- day drew hor up to itself, and now she sits in the moon and spins and spins, Aund now, when the ‘“‘gossamer days"” set in late in the summer, the white float around in the air. Th threads aro thé spinning of the lunar spinner. The moon is especinlly a ghostly avenger of human arrogance, and has humors, according to which things go well or ill with it. Tn its increase it has a special force and a certain good- will for the earth and its inhabitants, while in itsdecrease it is friendly to no one. The good woman must not do any sewing in the decroase of the moon, for the stitches will not hold; farming tools must not bo left in the field, because, it as belioved. if they are, crops will not again thrive there. "If an unbantized child is exposed to the moonlight, it will lose its luck for its whole life, If one points at the moon with the finger, he will suffer from swelling around the nail; and whoever spitsat the moon witl lose all his teeth. These beliefs, too, are international. The same is the case with the religious notions nbout the new moon. Sorceries of every kind, to bo successful, must be performed on Sunday night of the new moon. The hair must be cut only in the increase of the moon, otherwise there is danger of getting hondache. If a person ro- turning home in the evening soes n full moon, he ought to take some money out of his purse, ard utter an incantation that will make it increase u hundred times ing the month. Tho moon is also supposed to have an influence over animals and plants. The late Count Schouvaloff did much in 1878 to preserve peace between Eng- land and Russin, but on one nceasion one of his jokes nearly precipitated the war. Ho was at Lady Granville's at a time when rumors were thick that the Russians were advancing by forced marches on Constantinople. Some one asked him plumply if it were so. SWhy, he replied with a laugh, “wo are alveady thore!” The company seattered. Two hours afterward tele- grams were flying to Aldershot, Ports- mouth, Besi Bay, and ewhere. Three days later ono inquired of the ambassador why he had put off such a serious joke. He replied that no one 87, of chapter 18, of the compiled statutes, County Attorney Muhonoy stated that the soction of the statutes was very general in its language. F ited o case wherein the supreme court, in passing upon it, had so construed the statutes that any claim against the county was relative to all ¢laims, us pro- vided forin the statutes. In the opinion of the county attorney the section covered claims of salaries of county oficers 88 other clains, and that the comwis had the power to require all such ciaims to be verified by the claimant or his agent. ‘The county attoruey in a communication stated that he had appointed J. 1. Moriarity asone of the assistant attorneys for the county, vice J. W. Edgerton, of South Omaba, who had resigned. 'Uhe appoint- ment was approved and Lawyer Moriarity entered on his autics yesterday. By the adoption of & resolution all quar- torly reports of the various county offic will be referred to the county attorney in order that he may examiue thom and ascer- tain whether the reports are made out in ac- cordance with the requirements of luw. The attorney was also instructed to examine the jail records, and if it were not in conformity 10 law take the necessary steps to compel them to be kept in proper shape, und also to compel all county officers to niake the quired reports. The county’s legal ac 48 further directed, if he found it necess. to proceed at once against “such officers > made no reports for the last quarter or any previous quarter, The county clerk was instructed to furnish the county attor- ney with the reports or the names of such ofticers as have failed to make report A C, vacken, laie city m South Omaha, petitioned the bourd for the appointment us constable of the Magic city. The matter was referred to the judiciary committe ames H, Fleming was appointed assessor of Douglus preciuct” on recommendation of the county clerk. John H. Tower, who was appointed a few woeks ago, failed to qualify. Fleming's bond in the sum of $500 was ap- proved. ‘The committee on roads, reporting on bids for running grading machines Nos. 1and 2, stated that Oliver Davis was the lowest bid- der on the latter machine and that H. C. Barnes was the lowest for running machine No. i. The comwittce recommended that contracts be made with them. 'The report was adopted. Appropristion sheets providing for the payment of liabilities incurred by the county to be paid from the general, sinking, bridge and hospital funds were read and luid over until the next meeting, The amount of the appropriations is $13,048 ‘The voard adjourned to meet Saturday afternoon. MY WIFE 1 well re- ar, as ha been in poor health for a number of was very weak and nervous with re heart troubl: 8he could not sl I saw that Pawné's Cel- ery Compound was Highly recommended for siceplessness, 8o I thought T would get it for her. now on the fourtn bottle, She is She sl Rhe 15 Pal Compound has done her moro good 11 o7 the doctors in town and they Bave all had a chance at her for The last ton years! Groray CooPER, Whallonsburgh, April 13, 1889, Nervuué_l’}astration “For three y Confined 1o my 1 suifered great With neuralgia of the stomach and N 1 tried many physiclans, but could gain uo re- lief from any of them. vous Prostration, A At last 1 used Paine's Celery Compound, and to thy 1owe My complete restor ation to health, 1t 15 an tnvaluable tonle, A splendid appetizer, And should be used by all whose n e rvous sys tem 13 in any way lmpalred I eannot say too much 1n its behalf, for 't has raisod me from a bed of sickness to the Enjoyment of perfect health!” Mrs, JOUN J, BARNAGD, Burlington, Vt. 1t is & physiclan's prescription, an honest, lvunh-ylv}nn medicine, that succeeds whers others fall, Nervous, weak, tired, back-aching, hewri® palpitating women, use’ Paiue's Celery Com- pound at once. It will give strength and health 0 every organ, and overcome the diseases pe- Ccullar 10 YOUr 8ex. At Druggists. § 2 S1x for $5.00, WELLS, RICHARDSON & Co.r Burliugton, Vi, had any” business to question him ou such a'subject in a drawing-room. O e R e Mnss., which no loss an authority tham Prof. Alexander Agassiz said was 70 years old, has boen out down, because t stood in the path of modern improves ments, This tree, next to the one at Woodbridge, was rogarded as the olds est on the Atlantio coast. The latter also was cat down n fow wooks ago,after a supposed existence of from 1,600 to 2,000 yoars, and is to be made into chairs for the Quinniniao club, of New Haven. Dr. Holmos has given it as his opinion that this treo was at least 1,800 vears old, and Prof. Abbott, who ex- amined the monster onk eighteon yonra ago, said it conld not be less than 2,000 yeurs old, while Prof. aton stands with those authorities by estimating its ago from 1,500 to 2,000 yoears. The Coal Product of Colorado. The output of the state last yoar was nearly 2,200,000 short tons, valued at the mines at $4,800,000, says the Den Republican, This was an important in= crense as compared with tho year 1888, It shows that the coal product, although yet far from as valuable us the product of tho silver mines, is an important ad= dition to the wealth of the state. It may require many years for the coal supply to oqual in value the present output of the silver mines, but the time will come some day. It will como when Nebraska, Kansas, northwestern Texas, and Colo= rado are thickly populated, if not be= ore that time. s They Had Hu-bands, Terre Haute Express: In 1880: Judge —It has been clearly proven, prisoner at the bar, that you seized this lady, who was a totai strangor to you, and hugged and kissed her in a violent and un- seemly manner. Have you any oxplanns tion to offor bofore sentonce is passed upon you? Prisoner- wile, Soprano chorus by the jury—We don't believe it! —I thought it was my e g Tho Nation's Groat Men, Chicago Herald: “Pa, where Captain Anson born’? T don’t know, I'm sure.” “Where was John L. Sullivan born " “Idon’t know that, eithor,” was “Pa, T wish you would buy me a hise tory of the United States. A Disgusted Oklahomate, Chicago Herald: Cowboy (who has got the drop on an_ Oklihoma boomer)— Mosy off this claim, I'll give you just haifn minute to git. “What'll you do if T don’t?” “TI1 blow your d— brains out.” “Blow awiy. 1 would never have been down in this God-forsuken wilderness it I'd had any.” - — T ——— Cut Down a Tree 700 Years Old. 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