Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 14, 1890, Page 5

| I ‘ | 9-- B r b THE OMAHA DAILY HANDING DOWN DECISIONS. The District Judges Dispose of a Lot of Business, THE ANDERSON LAND CASE. \ Two Divorce Suits of Peculiar In- terest Decided—The City's Liability in Grade Onsss— New Trials Granted. Handing Down Declsions. Judges Wakeley, Doane and Clarkson were on the bench in the district court yesterday morning, each with an armful of cases upon ‘which decisions were in order. Judge Clark #0n rattled througa the matters before him without comment, announcing a dozen de- cision, of which the following were impor- tant: Herald Publishing company vs United Press association, motion for a new trial sustained. Corbett vs Shallcross, new trial, Kimball & Champ investmeut compauy va Fox etal. Motion to set aside default overruled. Itnor vs Robinson, demurrer to writ of forcible entry and detainer, sustained. Crater vs Edson, motion to strike out parts of answer sustained, Ball va. Brainerd, Richardson & Carpen ter, order for plaintiff to file security for cokts in ton days. Bohim Sash & Door company vs. Lassett. Motion to vacate judgment sustained. An Interesting Divores Case. Judge Doane rendered & decision in the case of Smithson vs. Smithson, a divorce case, Wm. Smithson married the plaintift in Ponnsylvania in 1866, Ho got posscssion of her broperty and camo to Nebraska and settled wife heard in Filmore county. His nothing from him for n yoar, when hejwrotefher to come to him. She did not bave funds snd wrote him for money. She received no_answer and hoard nothing from him until 1872, whou she learned that he had sccored o divorce from hor in Fillmoro county, on the grounds of deser- tion, She came to Omaha three years ago and has commenced the potition to have the decreo of the Filimore county court sct aside, and a divoree and deeree of alimany granted to her. The question of law raised by the defeadant, Wm. Swith« son, was that the Douglas county district court has no authority to inquire into or set aside the decroe of the Fillmore county tribunal. Judge Doane held, however, that this court has a right to set the decrce'nside if n_showing is made that the decree was fraudulentiy obtained. Such a showing. hae held, has been mado, and Mr. Smithson will have to answer in the Douglas county court to his wife's petition. An order was also made that Smithson pay o hin wife $100 attorney’s fee and &0 a mouth alimony pending the trial of the cause. O'Neill vs, O'Neill, Judge Wakeley made a decree of alimony in favor of Mrs, O'Noill, who received a deo- cree of divorce from her husband, Eugene O'Neill, several terms ago. The court has received proof that the defendant has prop- ty valued at $100,000 at a iow estimate, i divorce was granted on tho grounds of eruclty and failure to subport. Judge Wake- ley decreed that O'Noill pay his wife $6,000, one-half in sixty days and the other in three months, and §1,000 o year during her life- " time, commencing _January 1, 180, tho an- nuity to be paid bofore the end of cach year. An Injunction Mads Permanent. The case of Paxton vs Bolln was tried sev- eral terms ago. It was an action restraiding the county treasurer from collecting a tax levied on a herd of cattle in Box Butto county. Tho plaintiff claims that the cattle were nover in the county im which they weroe assessed and the proof substuntiates the claim. A temporary injunction was is- sied on tho triul of the case and this will bo made permanent. i After Sidewalk Destroyers. Hamilton Brothers sued 1. F. Ringwalt for $140 for revairing a house after the graders haa cut the street. The deiendant claimed the plaintiffs had estimated the cost at $80. Indeciding for the plaintift Judge ‘Wakeley said: *“Any gentleman who has to follow graders and sidewalk destroyers and put his premises in statu quo can approciate the difficulty which the plaintiff experienced in making an estimate of the amount of damaze done by them. The plaintiff is en- titled to $100.” A Question of Priority. The case of Cook vs Evans, involy~ fog the question of priority of A mechanic's lien or mortgare, was decided by Judge Doane, who held that, as 1n the case in hand, where the mortgage is forthe payment or part payment of the property on which the improvement against which a lein is sought has been made, the mortgage claim is first iu order, Shinn vs Shields & Connors, A new trial was ordered by Judge Doane in the case of Mrs. Shinn vs Shields& Con- nors. Mrs. Shinn sued the defendants for breach of contract, and the evidence showed thatthe plaintiff fad paid out a large sum of money above the amount for which the contractors had agreed to do the work, The jury returned a verdict. however, for the defense, Judge Doane ordered the verdict set aside and another hearing given. The Fair Assoviation’s Case. At the last term of court the Omaha Fair ussociatlon brought suit against the Missouri Pacific forlosses sustamed at the fuir erounds by a fire alleged to have been startea by a Missouri Pacific engine. The defense claimed that the fire was caused by sportsmen who were holding a tournament on the grounds at the ime. On triul the jury returned a ver- dict for the defendant. A ‘motion for a new trial was based on the aliegation of the plain- Uff that one of the jurors had, during the trial of the case, visited, a saloon with the defendant’s chief witness aud had drank with mim, The juror admitted the truth of the chargé but clmmed that nothing was said about the case. Judge Doane, 1n reviewing the case, said that such conduct on the part of a juror would have been ground suflicient for a new trial if it bad been called 1o the attention of the court at the time. The plaintiffs were aware of the juror's conduct and their failure to bring the matter before the court av the time robbed thom of any right to a rehearing on the strength of such irregularity. The mo- tion for a rehearing was overruled. An Adopred Heir. About thirteen years ago John Kofka gave his child, an nfant girl, to John Spilanek snd wife, who agreed to raise the baby as their own and make her their heir. They kept the ugreement, but took no legal steps to sdopt the child. When the adopted girl was thirteen years old Spilanék kiiled his wife and suicided without baving made a Will. The brother of the deceased claimed tho estate, and the girl's real father, John Kofka, sued John Rosisky, tho administras tor of Svilanek’s estate, for the enforcement of the original agroement between Kotka and Spilanck by whieh the girl was made Spilavek’s heir. Judge Doane decided in favor of thé girl, City's Right to Change Street Grades, In the case of Michel vs the city Judge Doane gave 4 decision as to the city's liabil- ity for dawage o property caused by an overflow of surface water which bas been dumuied up by reason of u stroot grade. He found for the defense, holding that surface water is & common enemy, and that the oy has a vight to protect a street from surface water by change of grads, and is not liable 10 damage 10 property which 1wight have s, beenaverted by having the proverty brou, ht 1o the street grade, o § v " Anderson va South Omaha Land Co Juage Wakeley handed down bis deolsion 30 th case of L. M. Anderson vs the South Ouwaba land company. He held that the Dlaintiff had failed, and the action should be dismissed for want of equity. Ir his review of the caso the judge sad that Anderson had failed to show the source of the money with “Which ne made the payment upon the land, while the testimony of other witnesges showed that the money was the proceeds of Swan Brothers' cattle business, and Ander- son was acting as their agent. Afterwards, when the first bonds wero issued, Anderson claims he did not receive his share to which hoe was entitled, but there is no evidence to show that he ever made an effort to get the bonds or the certificates which were after- wards 1ssued, The evidence also showed that Swan obtained and utilized the bonds which represented the money drawn from Anderson's bark account, and to this Ander- 200 tacitly assented. ¢ ain, Anderson sceks to sot aside and ig- nore the conveyance of the trustees to Holser and of Bosler to the land company in order trat his interest may attach to the property. But the evidence 18 overwhelming that he knew of the contemplated transfers and of the litigation to compel Bosler to make the conve, but made no proteat or objec- tion. court ruled that it is now too late 1o protost, after a silence of over three years. Littie I ation The case of Gilder vs. South Omaha. a suit for damages for the defendant's failure to put up burriers over an embankment, was dismissed by Judee Doane. Judge Doane gave a verdict tor the plain- tiff in the case of Anheuser-Busch vs. Hig- gins, a beer bill which the defendant sought to repudiate on the ground tast he had no recularly issued license. A new trial was ordcred & o Doane in the case of Lehman vs. Edholm & Akin, on the ground that the jury who heard the case were incompetent. Guy I, Mead was brought into court yes- terday afternoon and sentenced to ten days i tho county jail. The charge is petty lars ceny. Elizabeth A, Miscuer las brought suit against the city to recover $650 20 on account of an alleged iilegal assessment on her property for theobening of Twenty- ninth avenue, Court stands adjourned until Monday next, as business could not be disposed of yester- day, as was expected. PATRIOK-DAVIS CASE. An Old Time Case on Trial United States Court. In the Patrick-Davis case in the United States ocourt, which is realiy a quarrel be- tween J. N. . Patrick and his brothers as to who shall bear certain expenses amount- ing to §70,000 entailed in the working of the now defunct Flagstaff siiver mine, the de- fense continued their testimony yesterday wmorning. Mr. Y. N. H. Patrick was the main witness examined. His testimony was in direct opposition to that of his brothers, He declared that Davis did not own the mine but that 1t was owned by an English syndicate, Davis had loaued money to this syndicate and to protect this he loaned more to the company, and appointed Mat Patrick manager of the mine merely to look after his interests. Mr. Patrick testified further that he was in London at the time Irwin Davis sent the £4,000 to the compuny. He (witness) wrote the lotter of instructions to Mat Pawick, appointng him us general manager until Irwin Davis had been paid the money he had advanced and the ore that he had purchased on account. When Davis advanced the £4,000 it was with the agree- ment that Mat Patrick, who was put in for manager, was to see that he got his money back. in the American Building and Loan Asso- ciation of Minneapolis, Minn., the largest association in the world, stock sold to date, $40,000,000, loaned on real ostate, first mortgage security, 82,250,- 000. Said mortgages are held in trust by the auditor of thestate for protection of tho stockholders. Money on hand to loan at 6 per cent in any quantity. Following are the associations com- plying and the amount deposited with the auditor to date: American, Minneapolis. Guaranty. Minneapoli Home, Minneapolis. Interstate, Minneapolis. oe Minnesota & Dakota, Miuneapolis. Minnesota Savings, Minneapolis.». National Protective, Minneapolis Northwestern, Minneapolis . Prople’s, Minneapolis Railway, Minneapolis Security, Minneapolis North American, St. Paul, United States, St. Paul ... The American also has $400,000 de- posited in Metropolitan .Trust Co., New York, and $100.000 with the auditor of the state of Wisconsin. Agents wanted. A. Crud, General Agent, Lincoln, Neb. e WRECK OF THE FAST MAIL, General Manager Dickinson Tells the Graphic Story. Tho true story of that fast mail train wreck dney 1ast Thursday morning was esterday from General Manager Dickinson, who was on the ground shortly after 1t occurred ond returned home Sunday evening. He says that about four fect had been broken off the end of a switch rail and being movable when the engine struck that spot the short piece was shoved forward broken in two again and thrown aside, thus leaving an opening in the track that sent the mul, baggage and sleeping cars off on to the ties. It was a double header. Both engines passed over safely and going at the rate of thirty miles an hour could not stop until the head car, contairing storage mail, struck another switeb track, which caused it to shoot off at a right angle, break loose from the engine and turn bottom side up in the diteh. The working mail car followed it, then the baggage and express car. The for- ward slecper fell off in the opposite direc- tion, which turned the one next to it the other way, thus leaving them cris-crossed across the track and on an embankment about ton feet high. The rear slocper and dining car were not derailed. When the storage mail car went over the top was knocked off the Baker heater and the five in it was scattered in every direction, The working mail car stove also broke open, con- sequently both these cars were on fire in less than two minutes and burningat a lwvely rate. The occupants and passengers of the two sleepers got out with all their hand bagguge, but they had a miracu- lovsly ' narrow escape. The flumes spread 80 rapidly and made such a hot fire that it was imbossible to do very much, though we saved nearly all the storage mail. What was being worked didn't amount to much, and the loss of ex- press mattor, a8 well as' baggage, was light, 'be destruction of five cars, however, in- volves a loss to the company of about 5,000, Baggage Master Dobbius was considerably bruised, and four or five passengers sus. tained slight injuries. Mr. and Mrs, Baine of Rochelle, 1il, were cut and crushed the worst. Dobbins will be able for duty again oon. The report circulated here Saturday that a squad of soldiers sent out from the post near Siduey 1o guard the train, had robbed it, suys Mr., Diekinson, abso- lutely false. Captain Bonesteel was there with a squad of men and they did such valiant service that Mr. Dickinson, on be- half of the company, sent neral Morrow bis thauks. The Union Depot comnany held a meeting yesterday in Vice Président Hoicomb's office, with Thomas L. Kimball, Genersl Munager Holdrege and other representatives of boih the Union Pacific and Burlington roads present. They considered all prelimin- adopted by-laws and resolved to terprize, as Fapidly as possible, though nothing can be done unul the plans are completed, so that contractors may have & chance to sce estimates aud from them se~ cure figures ou which to base calculations for preparing bids. It will naturally require a little time to wavertise, receive bids and award contracts, but the coms pany expects to have this part of the business all completed 80 that work cau be commenced by the time the weather will permit. If everything goes along now without interruption there is every ¥eason to believe that the ground can be broken early in February, These delays because of changes in the p however, will have no affect upon the construction of either structure, as every bit of material for both depot and viaduct is being prepared at the manufactories and stone quarries, so that it will only have to be I\Il! together when deliv- ered on the grounds and this can be dono very rapldly. Bince the new depot is to occupy the site of the present old shed, naturally that will have to be torn down and moved away. This will necessarily occasion the erection of a temporary depot in some other part of the yard, conse- quently it is deemed inadvisable to put tho depot officials, clerks and employes in_qnar- ters where they are likely to suffer during cold or stormy weather, and as nothing can be gained by moviog them before spring all efforts between now and then will be devot. ed to getting the viaduct under way. The B, & M. company will also be compoiled to raze its present depot and erect a temporary station, Two Cents Postage. When you mail Tne Svsnay Bee to a friend it is necessary to put 2 cents in postage upon it. The Only One, The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway is the only line running solid vestibuled, electric lighted and steam hemted trains between Chicago, Coun- cil Bluffs and Om: The berth reading lamp feature 1n the Puilman sleeping cars run on these lines if patented and cannot be used by any other railway company. 1t is the t improvement of the age. Try it and be convinc Sleeping car depot, Omahs leave the Union Pacifie t6 p. m. daily, arviving at Chicago at 9:30 m, Passengers taking this train ave not compelled to get out of the cars at Council Bluffs and wait for the train to be cleaned. ( tickets and sleeping berths at Union ticket office, 1501 Farnam st. . A. Nasu, Gen. Agt. TON, Pass. Agt. THE PROWLER WAS CAUGHT. J. E. Py A Suspicious Husband Plays tho Spy on His Wife. The residents of Pierce street, between Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth, wero treated to a scene & fow nights ago which made them recall the days when they read yellow back novels and chased the gay and festive burglar (in their imagination) over the country William Spencer, a surveyor, who has been in Oklahoma for several years but who recently returned home, and his wife, who is, by the way, several years his junior, and a very handsome women, are residents of the neighborliood. About three weeks ago Mr. Spencer an- nounced his intention of roturning to Okla- homa for a time and Mrs, Spencer accom- pamed him to the depot. They arrived at the station before train time and Spencer prevailed upon his wife to return home, say- Ing there was no use in her waiting for the train, ete. So Mrs. Spencer returned home. In a few days a mysterious man was observed sneaking about the housc just about mightfall, He was secn peeping in the windows and nearly frightened the ladies in the house out of théir wits. There did not seem to be any desiro on the part of the man to pilfer any= thung, but he would peep in at every open window and would run like a greyhound when any one came out of the house, Mrs. Spencer becate decidedly frightoned and informed several of the neighbors and some gentlemen who were boarding in the house of the mysterious man. Several efforts were ntade to capture the man, but they were unsuccessful, A few nights ago one of the boarders was showing one of the young ladies in the house how=he proposed to “do up” the prowler with an old blunderbuss he had bought at a sccond hand shop. The weapon was about two feet long and weighed eight or ten pounds, This was loaded 10 the muz- zle und the brave boarder was just explain- ing how he would blow the villain into atoms, when Mrs. Spencer stepped out of the back dovr, * Thore stood the mysterious man, peeping into the kitchen window. Mr Spencer gave vent to a whoop which roused the entire neighborhood. The brave boarder made a dive for the front door and landed in the street. At the same time Mrs. Spencer's son-in-law, who lives on the opposite side of the street, came running accross to seo what the trouble was, Each took it for granted the other was the burglar. Tne boarder danced sround the son-in-law like a Comanche Indian, flourish~ ing*his young arsenal and telling him he was a prisoner. As soon as the son-in-law could get in u blow he seut the b. b, spinmng uround like a top. His blunderbuss was lost in the scuffle and he received a blow on the nose which brought the claret. The son-in- law proceeded to do, up tho boarder in the most approved style and would have pounded him out of shave, but Mrs. Spencer and some of the neighbors appeared and explained matters, In the meantime the cause of all the'dis- turbance had made his escape. Thinking he would return later in the evening the entire neighborhood turned out and surrounded the nouse. Sure enough, about 11 o'clock the watchers were rewarded by seeing the object of their still hunt approsching on the oppo- site side of the street, He drew near tho house and the cordon closed in on him. He saw them before they could get near hiny, however, and started to_ run with the whole crowd close behind. One of his pursuers outdistanced his companions and came up with the man in the neighborhood Of a zas lamp, A hasty nvestigation satis- fled him that his captive was none other than Svencer himself, and he dropped him like a hot potato. By this time the others had come up and each tonk a look, but immedi- ately subsidea, When Spencer started, ostensibly, for Oklahoma, he hud a heavy beard and mustache, but this had been shaved off, and he further disguised himsel¢ by wearing large goggles. The spokesman of the party told him that he had better go back and explain himself, but he said that he had an engagement down town and could uot do so. e next day he was seen about the house as usual, and in a day or so more he started for Oklahoma, where be now is. No reason can be assigned for the man’s strange action, except that he.may be un- Justly jealous of his wife. Fortunately the curtains about the house were kept raised in the evening during the time ho was playing spy, and he found no cause for suspicion. He informed his wife that he had watchod her every move, and wus satisflied that his suspicions were uufounded. ——— Headache, neuralgia, di pasms, sleeplessness, cured by Dr. Nervine. Samples free at Kuhn & 15th and Douglas. nervous- OFFICIALLY DECAPITATED, Policemen Masterman and Scott Be- tired to Private Lite, There are two iess policemen on the oity force today than thers were yesterday, The decapitated are Ofiicers Masterman _and Scott, And the police relief tund is about $20.40 better off than 1t was yesterday. The five and police board held a meoting last evening, at which police matters were the principal topics cousidered. Oficer McCray was called inside the rail for the first time in his official career to answer to the charge of being off duty for an hour without permission. He admitted the ( cbarge after some roundabout remarks and was flned one d#y’s pay. Ofticer Scott came next. He had reported kimself sick and then came to the station under the influence of liquor. It also de- veloped Athat Scowt had done considerable toying with tbe cup on several occasiors, He was dismissed from the force Oficer Rowden, the man who so closely resembles Chief Seavey, wus ordered before the board on the charge'of being absent from duty on December 24, awithout first being excused. When asked to explain, Rowden braced up, und, startiog iu_with the deolara- tion that he would tell tha “whole busiaess,'” even if it “took the hair off,” ho went on to say that on the night of the 23d he met a couple of old army boys whom he badu't seen for twenty years. They asked bim to go over to tho Bluffs and meet a couple of old timers, and he did so. He missed the last motor home at night and then slept until noon the next day. He suld that as Chief Seavey was au old comrade sod knew how such things went, occasions with a ‘“tongue After this éxplanation the com- that he Iashing." mission informea Ofcer Rowden was fined five days’ =40b, well, that's all right,” responded Rowden. ' “T will give Chief Seavey a little dhetk for the $12 easy enough in the morning: OMcer Masterman was, ordered up for the third time within_ the two months or so that he has been on the Fokce. A report from Sergeant (Graves said ‘that Captain Mostyn had brought Masterman into the station ut 5:95 o m., January 4, in & plicht resembling avout the' worst drubrk ‘ever landed there, and with a breath wlovely resembling a newly tapped barrel of whisky, To this Masterman answered that ne was sick, and hadn't been drinking adrop. He saia he had the grip in its worst form. Captain Mostyn added rebuttal testimony that was taken as the most couclusive sort; and Mas- terman was discharged from the force. Ofticer Bolan was rushed forward to say why he had taken an_hour's snooze on hi beat. He said he was_sick, and, becoming chilled through and through, he went into the Jefforson avenue livery barn to warm up abit. Hosat down by the stove and fell asleep, Eo was fined five days' pay This ended the razzle dazzle act and Chief Seavey reported thatduring December there y-two of his men off duty for a total of 233 days, being an average for the force of more than four men u day. Chicf Galligan filed a little report of mmor importance and the meeting adjourned As tho members were hunting their over- shoes Lawyer Munn rushed to the front to ask how he should go to work 1o file an_in- formation against a city detective for calling A& man a thief. He was told that the board should be informed of all such matters in writing, Munn flew out of the room and Roue like a shot. There are persons in this vieinity who might be benefited by knowing the experience of M. J. Il Tlelms ) en- ginee the Atchison, Topeka & Sun lway. We therefove pub- lish it below for tha benefit of the pub- lie. Mr. Helms says: “My wife had been suffering with a very bad lung trouble for two y Nothing did her much good until I tried Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. Six 50-cent bottles of that medicine cured her sound and well. She is now entively well and as sound as L ever knew her to be. My. J. H. Salmon, a prominent drugeist at Fort Madison, Iown, vouches for the truth of the above statement and savs Me, Helims told him lie had tried several physicians in Chieago, with but little benetit, be- fore using this remedy. Lor sale by all druggists, ANNOUNCEM TS, W. W. Tillotson's “Zig awill Lo the Opera House on the last three cvenings of this week. The piece 18 in the hands of a company of good comedians und singers, usical farce comedy altraction at Hoya's The fact developed yesterday that Assistant General Traftic Manager Munroe, of the Union Pacific, is a great believer in the force a8 well us effect of biblical assertious. In reply to the request of some cheeky railroad man for business from his company he dic- tated this message: 1 vefer you to Romans, twelfth chapter, twentieth verse; ‘If thine cneiny be bungry feed him: if he thirat give him drink, and by so doing heap coals of fire on his head.'’ It is just a little bit n. id M, Munroe, “for the fellows who are doing all they can towards injuring us to come around now and try to got business, and put oniong foces when we refusd w0 accommodute thom.” The attorney of the.Union Pacific_railway compuny appesred in the United States court yesterday aud askedjeudge Dundy to inscribe upon the cours docket the fact that the company bad settled with John Christianson, who latgly brought suit against that corporation for the loss of a leg. Chris- tianson was run over by tho cars five years ago when he was a bdy of sixteen and had nis leg crushed besides receiving other serious injuries, Since coming of age he brought suit against the company and it finally set- tled the elaim by giving him $1,500, The B. & M., Uplon Pacific, Fromont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley, and all other mail trains except those on the Missouri Pa- cific and Kansas City roads, were in on timo yesterday morningd I'lie lattertwo were three hours late. No trouble been experiencea In keeping the tracks clear, as tho snow was light, unmixed with dust or sand, and conse- quently did not paclk hard iu the cuts, The Burlington suffered more annoyance from yesterday's storm on 1fs southern division in Pawnee county than any other part of the cntive systam. A telegram from Violet station yesterdny morning states that the Kansas City and Denver train was stalled in a big cut near there and could not be axtricated short of acon. George H. Crosby, the new general freight agent of the B. & M., will arrive here next Friday vo relieve Mr. Miller and take charge of the office. None of the contemplated appointments will be announced until after he is installed. Mr. Miller says ho will make no changes i his department on the Q. He wili take George Morton, a young man 1n the office here, with him as his pri- vate secretary The East Tennessee, Virginia Georgia railroad is fully abreast of the times in its advertising matter. A circular just issued by General Passenger Warren, entitled **La Grippe,” has been received. As an illus- tration of the idea it bearsa picture of two horny hands clasped within each other. “Zig Zog," the humorous musical comedy, opens at Boyd's ope day cvening, January and Saturday matinee, roariously funny in di and interwove malody of cat: Brigands,"’ farce houso Thurs- 16, for three nignts It is sa1d to be up: logue and situations, through it one constant music,selections from *The burlesques and parodies in= numerable, It has an excelient rocord as @ fun maker. Its whole motive is to amuse and entertain, and keepiug this object in view it is most successful. Miss Auna Boyd hoads the company of werry makers. She was for two scasons the Gabriel in Rice's “Eyangoeline.” Miss Boyd wears a bewilder- g number of beautiful costumes, and sings and dauces herself into favor at once. Mr. Alf C. Wheeler is a woudor, and as Papa Hoopee aud Roaring Bill, a 'cowboy from Tombstone, makes lifo miserable for poor Taggs Green, a jay from Jayville, “Zig Zag" promises to be @ wmost pleasing entertain- ment. —— Pozzoni's Complexion Powder is univer- sally known and evorywhere esteemed as the only powder that will improve the complex- ion, eraaicate tan, freckles, and all skin diseases. ——— AMUSBEMENTS, Monroeand Rice ought to rechristen their comedy and give it a 'more dignitled title than “My Aunt Bridget,"! With intelligent, cultivated peaple that sort.of a name for an amusement attraction sounds so flippant that they at once pass) dudgment upon the plece as veing trasby.. However, in this particular instance, as every one of the large auaience that filled Boyd’s opera house last night will agree, such’ judgment is not justi- fied. *My Aunt Bridget” is the brightest, moat laughable farce combay seen for a long time. It s far aliead of “Natural Gas," be- cause the story, the dinlogue, the characters and action are of a much bigher order, and the compauy i8 simply excallent. Of course George W, Monroe and Johr C. Rice come first, " but_thoy do not give the show by any means, While Monro8’s impersonation of the fat fuuny Irish' Woman Bridget Mc- Veigh, stands out boldly as a bit of very clever, istic character work, anda Rice 18 an exceedingly smooth, light' comedian Miss Kate Da Miss Lena Merville, Mi Nellle Rosebud, Miss Catharine Linyard and W. A. Mack deserve high aise. They contribute largely to the success of tho per- formance, which goes with such dash and spirit a8 to keep an audience con- stantly ~ convulsed with laughter, The play itself, good enough what there is of it, amounts to very little, but it sorves for the introduction of a great deal of good singiug, splendid daucing and chars aoter imitations. Miss Mervell, Miss Rose- bud, Mr. Rice and Mr. Mack took the honors s dancers. Miss Davie gave some gymnas. tic exhibitions of hor vocal powars that were marvelous, and Mouroe saug & topical song that won him six recalls. Al in ail, “*My Aunt Bridget” was ove of the miost enjoyabie eatertainments of the season. It is sure to establish a favorablo reputation in Omaba. JANUARY 14 1890. 7 SHUT “THEM ouT AGAI A NGUUNBARG - 5 AHA III The New Jersey Rubber Shoe Co. not only makes better and more stylish, and a greater variety now putting HEEL PLATES on of goods_than any other company, but it is all their Pivst Quality Goods,such as Arctics. Excluders, Lumbermens’ and Heavy San- dals. including boy's, ladies’ and misses’ Artics, Fly. FREH. sey Rubber s ce that the “New Jersey Rubber Shoe Co.” is stamped in the sole of each pair of overshocs you buy, and you will get the full value of your money. shoe dealer should have New Jersey goods in all widths, With or without heels. Also high Button G Lam western agent for the New Je immense stock, which I sell At Wholesale stock of FELT BOOTS, (all free from damage) and German Socks, ISELL AT CHICAGO PRICES. . Your from A. A. to W. W. aiters with Leather Button Shoe Co., and carry an Only.. I also have a larg L T. LINDSEY, 11i1-Harney St., Omaha, Nebraska NOT ALWAYS A BLESSING. A Maid May e Useful, but She Has Her Faults, Too. A maid used to be considered a lux- ury; now she is the torment of the fashionable woman’s life. If she is English her manners are very good for a while—she does hor duty and is well behaved. But six months in this en- lightened country and her quiet man- ners become insolent. She can’t dress you without referring to the duchesses and countesses upon whom she has waited; she scorns your table and reads your lotters, and knows cxactly how much money you have in your pocket- book. U you should object to any of her weaknesses nnd summon up courage enough to discharge her you had better have her trunks examined before she leaves, and you will be wise if you telr your husband all about her, for the chances are that, pretending to know something about you. she will attempt a little scheme of blackmail immedi- ufter she has left. 1f skeis I'rench she will stay just long enough to get acquainted with American habits and then she leaves you in a great hurry, either to marry the cook or open a small restaurant, or to go 1nto the hair business. The Irish or Scotch maids are usuvally honest, usually impertinent, usually know litth but are as faithful as dogs, o that be- cause of their virtues you forgive them the rest. There are women in New York who do not dare d rge their maids—who live in daily terror of what they are going to do next; who have been foolish enough to let them find out something, it may be alittle some- thing that they do not want either mother or husband to know—and so the ‘maid levies tribute, gets frocks that have only been worn once,has her wages pud her fn advance, and is worse than any skelleton at a feast because she is with you nearly all the time. Not long ngo at n smart luncheon, served by a gorgeous butler and threc footmen, woman said: **O, dear, I think I shall go craz if they put in it a paragraph about me. The reference was maae to o personal paper. The hostess looked in silence at her guest, and after the servants had left the room said: ‘‘My dear, why in the world did you say that before ‘the servants? You evidently do not know the English one. 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