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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 3, 1881)
If THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : WEDNESDAY , AUGUST 3 , 1381. IKE DAILY BEE. "Wednesday Morning , Aug. 3. LOCAL BREVITIES. Frederick , LtiuUng Haller. Mf Patterson sells coat. Get your hats at Donne's. NIndell A. Krclie , Practical llallers. Elegant Poclcct-Uooks at Sale's. JOOO residence lots , Bern ! * , agent. 00 business lota. Call on Bernls. 250 honm * and lots. Bcmis' agency. Don't fail to Jrink SAXK' cream soda. Bernls' real estate boom. First page A. W. Naoon , Dentist , Jacob's block. BemiV new map of Omaha , 25 cents. Natural Mineral Water on draught at Kuhn's drag stet . For rms Comme | iil Job Printing , nil at Tun BSB Job rooms. The Lion continues to roar tot Moore's Harness and Saddlery. 200 farms and iKJO.OOO ncres Of land B ml , agent. _ ( 1'rescriptions a specialty , Opera House Pharmacy , 211 S. Kith Street. Fresh supply of iJnportcd-Key West And Domestic CiRars nt SAXK'H. The cornice of Straus's building was licing put in place yesterday. Cholera fnfantum is.cau8inKa number of deaths among children * nt present , * Thomas Swift was out yesterday with several sprinklers laying the dust on Doug- lax street. Dress Goods arc going fast at Atkin' Don & Co.'s. Low priccH will tell. He- member wo have Bunting in all colon ) . Safes , machinery , and all kinds of heavy hauling done by liriaco & Co. , the safe men. w&s-tf * Any ono having work for a typewriter can bo accommodated by telephoning THE DEE office. tf City Jailer McClure'8 pet badger at tracts a number nf visitors to police head quarters. The badtjor seems to realize that ho is n curiosity and it Is only on occasions that he will permit himself to bo BCCII. There has been quite a sudden chan o in the weather during the i > iwt two Jys. The heat has l > ecn quito intense. The thermometer at the signal servicefllco in dicated yesterday nt 5:4rm.m. : 7-1 degrees , at D.-45 87 and 1:45 p. tn.,91i. Five cases of intoxication passed un der the official eye of Judjo JJcneko yester day. Four went to J il. An example vvas mndo of ono who had been up before the court three tiroc on the same charge. JIo was sent to Jail for twenty days. William A. Brown brought n coyoU Into THE BEF. office yesterday. Tin animal created quito a Hcnsation. Mr Brown caught It a year ago and has i well trained and under complete nubjuga tion. It makes a novel kind of a pet. I is death on dogs and a cur cannot ap 'proach it without leaving well demoralized ' Several important improvements or \ being'iniJo in Williams' store whereby th Fifteenth street "entrance to il > o publi library will be done away witb , The en trance hereafter will be from the Do < V < utreet side. This is more convenient uni patruns of the library now stand Jcs chance of breaking their necks ondai ! nights , . ; A Hcrdic coach Is on exhibition a Stephcnson's stables. This style of strce conveyance In something entirely new , am ' is' very convenient-for the purposes fa which it is designed. It it understood tha Mr. Stcphcnson will start a line of thesi coaches in Omaha if ho determines it cai be made successful. Ho will start will nil. or eight coaches , and add to them a rtraiHc increases. PERSONALS. ; Geo. P. Bcmia and wife' went cast yea terday , W V4' St ' * W. II. Burns , of the U. P. went to Sid oy yesterday. J. B. and Dick Kitchen went to St Toelost evening , D. G. JInllof ; Lincoln , Neb.arrivedli Onmlm yesterday morning. Vincent S. Stone , of Oswcgo , N. "Y. , I among the guostu at the Withnell. J. Ncnl Perkins , a Syracuse , N. Y.liiM ycr , ID ataying at the Withnell. > Mrs. P. G. Imlah and child arrived froi Holyoke , Mass. , yesterday. A , IS , Simpson , left Omaha ycntenla nn a pleasure trip to Chicago , Kev. J. W. Taylor nnd lady left lai evening for New York , over the Wnbas .route. Air. McMurray , of the U. P. law d < imrtment , started yesterday for 'Lnramti Wyo. , on business. George II , Morrison mid lady ami NY II. Joy , all of Indianapolis , arc-reglstcrc at the Withnell. Prank Ililoy , vim has been Hojournln in Utah and Wyoming for BOHIO time pasl reached home yesterday aftenioon. M Isa Sallie Ponifonl went west to Cai "ban , Wyoming , to-day on pleasure trij Hlio will be absent about two weeks. P , 0. Backuswlfo and family left fi tbo cakt yesterday. They will spend month In New York , Ikwtoa and otlu vastem cities , W. Ij. Hance , for the past eleven yea a conductor on the Hannibal k St. Ji road , has been Hpendlng a few days in tl city , the guests of hi sister , Mrs. L. M Coy , Mrs. Lizzie Smith , ot Carbon , Wyo , , relative of Mm. Jock Morrow , lately d ceased , who has been In Omaha , ulu Mw. Morrow'a burial , leltJLfor lion jesterday. Capt. N , S. Bcott , city engincsr JJncoln , Is in the city , He has accepted position in the engineering department llie Union Pacific railrojuJ , and left yeaU for his work on the Omaha , Niubra nnd Black Hills railroad. f Be Wi e and Happy. If you will atop dlj your extravagai fi and wrong notions in doctoring you i self and families with oxrwiwvo deters tors or humbug cure-all , that do liar always , and use only nature's simp remedies for all your ailments yt will bo wise , well and happy , ui Bare great expense. The Create ) remedy for this , the great , wise ai good will tell you , is Hop Bitters- 4 4 rely on it. [ 1'rens. al-alD BIG BUSINESS. Done By Council at the Moot- Mooting Last Night. Monthly Appropriations and Other Important Matters. Mr Dunham Hit * Straight From the Shoulder. A regular meeting of the city coun cil was hold last evening. There wcro in attendance Messrs. Dnkor , Gorby , Dollono , Dunham , Honibcrgor , Me- Gavock , McNamura , O'Kiofo ' , Stull , Herman and President Dailoy. Mr. Kaufmann was absent. A communication was received from the mayor in regard to some grading done by Duffoy IJros. lie recom mended that nothing bo dono. In the same connection a letter was read from. th city attorney , Oon. Mandor- son. The work was done in the neighborhood of the excavation in which Miss McGowan fell and sus tained injuries , The loiter charged that this happened through careless ness of the contr.icl.orB. Ho advised that the claim bo not yaid. The pa pers wore filed. The mayor appointed W. J. Broatch , Clint ) . J. Coutant and Thos : Gibson appraisers to appraise the damapo re- suiting from the opening of Douglas street between Nineteenth and Twen tieth streets. The action was ap proved. The mayor approved the ordinance to amend the authorizing and procur ing of the construction and inainton ance of water works. A communication was received from Col. Ohaso in regard-to a careful com pilation of the ordinances ho had made. It was referred to the com mittee on printing. City Treasurer "Mnllotto reported that it was almost impossible to got a report of his office ready at the time required by the charter. The matter waa referred to the committee en printing. City Marshal Angoll was granted n leave of absence for twenty days. A communication was received from a largo number of citizens asking thai street lamps bo placed upon Eighteenth < teonth street from Izard to Lake's ad- dition. It was referred to the gat t company. A committee from the Millard hotel company asking for the paving ol Douglas street was referred to the committee on streets and grades. Harry II , Kirby had a grievance in a double collection of taxes , once in this city and once in the country. II was referred to the committee ort finance. Judge Bonoko reported 95 collected in fines by him still in his hands. H < paid over into the city treasury $1,003.20 in fines between Juno Is and July 31st. The report was ro < forfd to the committee on police. 8. Roichonborg was granted twc months' ' time to fix his sidewalk 01 Charles street. Mr. Hanscomwas given'authority to do some grading on Ninotcontl street , near Douglas. ' The bond of the Omaha Publishinj company to faithfully carry out tin contract to do the city printing wa presented. When the motion wa made that it bo accepted , Mr. Dun ham made a brief statement in rogan to the allegations of the editor of . now evening paper. The bond wa approved unanimously. The bill of the 'Omaha Qasligh company for § 901)(50 ) ( tor the month of Juno and July was referred to th' 'committee oii gas. A communication asking for the extension tension of Convent street from th north side of Ilarnoy running nort ! to the north side of Farnham street The petitioners were willing to waiv damages. It was referred to the com mil too on streets and grades. The bad condition of Twelfth an Pacific streets was referred to in communication from T , Long , wh claimed 810 for damages done hi wagon. It was handed over to th committee on claims. A communication fromV. . .1 Wolnhans & Co. ; asking to bo nllowo to run a water pipe into the alloy between twoon Farnham and Douglas streets was referred to the committee o waterworks , with power to act. A petition was received asking tha liorao trading bo prohibited nt th corner of Fourteenth and Douitla streets. The matter was referred I the police committee. Thos , Gibson in willing t romov er all dead animals at the rate of $1 head for horses or cattle and 50 cent IB for doga. The police committee wi attend to the matter. ne lie. City Engineer Ilosowator roporto "o- that the necessary amount of grudin - to fill the pond oil Fairview stret would bo this : Fairview street , fu width , > ,350 yards ; St. Mary'a avonui le. 550 ; or a total of 1,000 yards. ICO The monthly report of the cit physician showed C8 deaths ; 10 in tli First ward ; 15 in the Second ; 2 in tl ; of Third ; 4 in the Fourth4 ; in the Fiftl 14 in the Sixth , 10 in the hospital an laof 3 iu places not reported. There wet of 35 births. ' Councilman KaulTman was excuse rant from council duty , owing to absonc from the city. A stagnant pool of water was n ported in the rear of lot i ) , block 21 nt The matter was referred to the con ir- initto on strceto and roads. 1C- A report was received from Si : 1Cin teenth street property holders uskii : ile to bo allowed' to make sewer conno 3U tion wth Main or Jackson stroe 3UHi the work to bo done at their oxpens St The mutter was placed in the haiu nd of the sewer committee * , 'Another'communication from tl earno gentlemen asking that the nu of Sixteenth street between Har'noy and Jnckson bo completed wns re ported to the committee on streets and roads and the city engineer. The bid of Olios. Gardner and Win. Wallace , to furnish material for side walks , waa referred to the committee on streets mid grades. The city engineer was instructed to report sidewalks not kept in repairs. The matter of kalsomining the city treasurer's oflico wua referred to the finance committee. A resolution that the notion of the city engineer in regard to the grading of Spruce street in Credit Foncior ad dition bo opposed , was adopted. The city clerk was Instructed to ndvcrtiso for bids for sixty tons of hay for the lire department. The committee on gas was instruct ed to find ou' ' why the street lamps were not lighted on the night of Au gust 1. The city marshal waa instructed to enforce the fire limit ordinance. The street commissioner was in structed to repair the bridge east of the U. P. shops. It wns decided that the appraise ment for the proposed change of prndo of Fnrnham street between Sixteenth mid Nineteenth atrcets bo ot nsido and the mayor bo requested to appoint thrco persona to appraise the cost to bo incurred by such a Imngo. The city engineer was instructed to cport the cost of grading Nineteenth trcet between Dodge and Farnham trccts , and Twentieth street from fornlmm Btrcot.to St. Mary's avenue. The city clerk was instructed to nd- vertiso in the official paper for six days prior to August 8th to the effect , lmt the council will sit as a board offer for five days , co'mmcnc- ing August Oth. It was ordered that all material purchased or labor performed bo upon written order ; that the bida rendered thall bo read in open council and referred and that no bills unlesa they go through this routine will bo placed in the appropriation list. Mr. Baker presented a resolution to the effect that the street force bo withdrawn August 0 , and that1 the commissioner bo allowed four teams and eight men. This was amended to extend the timn to the llth in slant , which was adopted. The city engineer was instructed to report plans and spccifici&ioiis for supplying Hnnscom park with vater with the quantity and size of \ : wanted and ornamental fountains ro quired. The city treasurer was instructed to cancel the tax levied against Goo. T. Oramlall for 1880. The committee on judiciary recom mend that the coso of Sophia Lowe against the city bo compromised by the payment of § 2,000. The recom mendation waa adopted. N The bills of Geo. Patterson for § 75.05 and § 93.00 were ordered to bo paid.Tho The city engineer was instructed to prepare an ordinance providing for the levy of a tax to pay for guttering and curbing of Farnham street be tween Fifteen and Eighteenth street. The contract for guttering and curb ing Hamoy street , Tenth street and Sixteenth street was awarded to t Drexel & Mack , they being the lowest bidders. They do the work for $1.01 per lineal foot on Barney street and 91.07 for Sixteenth street. Luke McDermott got the contract for grad ing these streets. The city attorney wns instructed tc draw up an ordinance creating the oflico of city scavenger. The committee on public improvements monts reported that a fountain and necessary work in Hanscom park would cost $675. Action was dohvyec until the city ougincer reported or the matter. The committee on streets and gradoi recommended the change of grade o Tenth street from a point 422 soutl of Pierce street , provided property holders waive damages. The ordinance establishing n gradi on Farnham street from a point 20 ! feet west of Jefferson street to tin city limits was passed. The grade of Idaho street in Nel son's addition was fixed. p The ordinance os.ablishingthogrndi of Davenport street from Twenty third street west to Twenty-sixth stroo was passed. The salaries of the paid iiromai were raised § 5 per month , beginninj August 2. c- The ordinance making npnropri c10 ntiona for the payment of liabilitiei 10h tor the month of July , showing u totu t. of § 14,078 , was passed. 0 Mr. MoNamara was excused for si : weeks , The committee on sidewalks won instructed to purchase 42,000 foot o oak lumber at $30 per thousand , Council will sit as a board of equalization zation next week. On Tuesday Mcs srs. Ivnufnmnn und Dollono will sit on Wednesday , Messrs. Dunham am Corby ; on Thursday , Messrs. Me tiavock and Herman ; on Friday Messrs. Stull and llornborgor , and 01 Saturday Messrs. O'Keifo and JUkot On Saturday at 1 o'clock council wil sit in full hoard to decide matters. Council adjourned for ono week. ' Heavy TrniUc. Passenger travel on the Union Pa cifio from the West is unprcccdonto at this season of the year. Nothin like it has over occurred on the roa before. The daily trains carry froi throe to four Pullman coaches crowded od to their utmost capacity , Travi westward is also very heavy , Th noon train to-day carried two firs class coaches well filled , and thro Pullman Bleeping cars. The conduc tor of the sleeping cars stated that h could easily fill four sleepers if ho ha1 them , ld DYING BY INCHES , no Very elton wo BOO a person sulfoi ing from some form of kidney com plaint and is gradually dying b ; inches. This no longer need to bo s < i for Electric Bitters will positivol ; euro Bright'a disease , or any disease c the kidneys oruriniary organs , The ; are especially adapted to tliis class c diseases , acting directly on th Stomach and Liver at the same time and will speedily euro where ever ° ' other remedy has failed. Sold a r fifty cents a bottle , by Lw & Me ds 0 < Malion. (3 ( " " "BLACK-DRAUGHT" cures tiia , Indigestion und lii'urlbiirn. 0 , r. Goodnuu'i. OVER THE" WAY. Occurrences of Interest in Council Bluffs. High Old Time at the Colored Celebration. Porxounl PiwaRTOpl" ftn * Qonorol Mnttors. TIT FOll TAT. A IIVKI.Y D1HCUSS10X AT THE CO1XJKKD CELKDHATIOK. During the celebration Monday Hon. 0. II. Scott in his speech , re marked "that the colorca people of this country , since the government gave them their freedom , had not shown themselves men , " tlmt , aa n class they were indolent ; that they were not a productive people , but were shiftless nnd lazy , and unless they changed their course they would find themselves worse off than they were before they were made free , Ho charged them Finally with selling their votes at every election , from 50 cents to § 2. To the latter declaration n big darkoy preacher , Mr. Rickets , from Omaha , took exceptions. Ho said that aa n clasa the negroes in ; his country had moro brains than the whites , lie did not know whether the colored people over hero sold their % otcs or not , nor did ho care , so long aa they put n good price upon thorn Ho declared that they should ask enough to enable them in a few years io purchase a piece of land for thonv solves. As for the charges pro ferrcd by Mr. Scott , ho claimed that that gentleman waa untair. That ho could not have given much attention to the nffuira of this country. Christophor'Columbua , who discovered America , might have de scended from the African rnco nnd been just aa good n man for nil that. Fred Douglass was looked upon to-day as the peer of Henry Clay Dean or any member of the present city coun- il. Every dollar that is now issued rcncv the treasury of the United tntcs Voro the imprint of negro aupe iority. IHo president believed that ho monotar > affairs of this grcnl ountry were saU only in the hands ) f these who but yesterday were > ending their backs to vho lash ant rying to keep their heels uit Of the aws of bloodhounds. KATHKIl LIVELY. There arc unpleasant reports fron , ho colored celebration in Glendale on Monday. The boor , it seems , was 'rcsh when it reached ground nnd in unloading ono of the kegs burst. A jig colored woman from St. Joe , who came to the celebration , brought con siderable muscle with her in the shape of a woman by the nnmo of Laura. This lady was standing near nnd gel struck with the flying bung. She supposed she was hit by a colored sis tar standing near , nnd struck the innocent > nocont woman n stiff blow from th ( shoulder which landed her ngainsl the tree upon which hung the immor tal-Lincoln's picture. At this moment mont a woman by the name ol Lizzie Pollison jumped froir a carriage and struck a man by th ( nnmo of Anderson , who struck back , The two clinched , when the womar fell nnd the man fell on top of her , While another dusky individual wai trying to separate them n big fistet female was lashing him with n raw hide from the carriage. The police man at this moment appeared upor the scono"nnd quietness was restored , Anderson was arrested nnd tnkon tc the police station. Ho had his ex amination yesterday morning. Ono very striking feature of the freemen's celebration in this city OD Monday was n very largo picture oi the martyred Lincoln , decorated nnd suspended from a tree. Ilov. G. II. Wade ( colored ) , who wns invited to invoke God's blessing , refused , remarking that ho never yet nskcd God to bless n dnnco thnt was being conducted under the inspiration of "gin ntid sugar. " Sl'OKTNMK.V CLUII. "The Council Dluffs sportsmen" met at the board of trade rooms Tues day evening to transact important business connected with the associa tion. A proposition to fence in Mar tin's Lake , situate in the Houth part of the city , for the purpose of stock ing the same with fish , was favorably received. The following officers for the ensuing year were chosen : Thorn- ns Ollicer , president ; S. S. Farnsworth - worth , vice president ; Richard Green , secretary ; Chas. Officer , treasurer. The following well known citizens were elected as board of directors : Thomas Officer , S. S. Fiirnsworth , II. Green , Chas. Oflicer nnd A. 0. Gra ham , The club , after transacting other important business , ndjournod to meet at the call of the president. THIAKOTLAH PICNIC , When will the colored follow citi- izens get over "that picnic ? " A white man named J. Marry struck a child that a colored man , named An derson , claimed to bo the father of. 1 estcrdry afternoon Anderson made complaint before Judge Burke , and Olhcer Stirling was sent with the iccessarv documents to bring Murry before fas honor. As Stirling , was leaving the house with Murry in charge ho met Anderson in the yard. Murry utruck him nnd knocked him down nnd wns about to do him some bodily injury when Otlicer Stirling ordered him to tlcaiet , ButMurrap was bound to have revenge nnd declared ho would whin Anderson. Officer Sterling , to 8i ° ' , . ie ttn"air 3 easy as possible , row Jus icpeater and informed Mr. Hurry thai if ho did not desist in- ntantly thnt ho would fix him so that f ho attended the celebration next roar he would bo obliged to go there on crutches. Ho desisted nt onco. TIIK 1ILUFFS IN HKICF J. T. Stownrt and son , of the well mown firm of that name , will soon cave the city on nn extended business n.id pleasure trip. District Attorney Coiner , of Dennison - son , Crawford county , and Hon. John Y , Stone , of Mills county , were n the city in attendance upon n ha- : > caa corpus case before Judge Ilccd yesterday. Judge Abbott issued a warrant on Tuesday evening on complaint of G , W. Corners lor the arrest of James Kmtzor , who resides in "Bij : Grove , " > n n charge of disturbing tha peace. The warrant was placed in the nands > f Constable Hosocrantz , who repaired o Big Grove nnd arrested Kratzer and brought him before Judge Abbott who hold him in the sum of10 to appear on August oth , to answer the charge. In default of bail ho wns committed , A writ of attachment wna issued out of Justice Frainnoy'a court Tues day against the goods nnd chattels of n party who had taken up his bed nnd departed for Omaha. Constable llosccrantz , who hud the aforesaid writ to enforce , repaired to the dum my train. Ho found the party with nil their personal effects in n wagon. Ilosecrantz concluded that nil they were taking with them would not exceed § 10 , and aa the law of the atato allowed them to take away § 75 wortli ho did not interfere with their departure , "Who nro the men who wear fash ionable dress coats , with cloth enough in the skirts to make bed quilts for winter covering for nt least two poor families , " is charged in the Nonpariol. THE BEK did not suppose any of our citizens woro'so extravagant ns nil thnt. thnt.John John Bcckloy , who went to Colfax Springs for his health , hns returned nnd is looking quito well , although the recent attack of rheumatism com pels him to wnlk with crutches. Mnj. Young , undo of the young brothers , incarcerated in the Minneso ta penitentiary for life , having been convicted of being accessories to the crime of murder in killing the cashier of the Northfiold bank during an at tempt to rob tho. bank , wna in thia city Tuesday , on route for Missouri. Mr. Young visited Minnesota for the purpose of interceding in the bohall of his throe nephews. Ho failed in his mission. Hwong Tak Ktion , Chinese vice consul of San Francisco , arrived in Council Bluffs Tucsdny evening on his way to Washington and other points east. Ho was interviewed by a re porter of the Nonpnriol , and of course speaks English , although ho has only boon in this country three years. Mrs. Charles Shonaden , wife of the photographer , has BO far recoverec from her recent severe illness na to bo auf ] to bo out again. Mrs. Shcnaden will Vjxve Council Bluffs to-day on a short vut. to her sister , Mrs. B. F. Eaton , it Magnolia , Harrison ounty MrD. . Farrou , , lflnutv sheriff of Mills county , was on the sun t voa terday. Hon. James G. Day , judge of the supreme court , was in the city yestcr day.T. T. S. Rattle , who makes things rattle for the 0. & N. W. railrond company , was in the city yesterday , a gioat of General Agent Clark. * Fifty-two cars of cattle went eas t over the "old reliable" route yester day.Peter Peter Miller is painting thoBloomo t school building. Officer Clough arrested a Swede nnnied Anderson yestcrdny , 011 com plaint of Mr. Jernian , poll tax collec tor , for refusing to pay his poll tax The arrest was made under the city ordinance now in force , found on pag 154 , section C , which provides "Tha after duo notice to appear and wor out n poll tax , .in default , the citizci shall bo liable to the city in the poim sum of § 2 , which sum the city ma recover cither by a civil proceeding , eon on information , by a criminal proceed ing as in cases ot misdemeanors. This may bo nil right , but it look queer to a man up a tree. J. P. Connor , district nttornoy called at TIIK BEE oflico yesterday Mr. Conner says a largo number o the people in Dennison , where ho rot sidcsr take THE BEE. Mr. Connc has hud charge of the criminal busi ness for the state in the 13th distric for only a short time , but , has already shown , himself to bo the right man i the right place. Judge Reed heard the famous Wi ley habeas corpus case nt the oflico o the law firm of James & Rylosworth on Pearl street , yesterday afternoon The facts of the case are those : TJi man Wiloy waa nrrestod in Mill county for burglariously breaking int nnd entering n railway cnr nnd taking merchandise therefrom. Ho had hearing before a justice of the poac there und filed nn affidavit for i change of venue , at .tho same tnn < claiming that the same ren sons existed fov not having the case go to the next nearest justice tico , The justice , however , sent i to the next nearest justice nnd tlu examination wns had nnd Wiloy held to appear at the next term of the dis trict court. His nthmioys saw i point and advised Wiloy instead o giving bail to deliver himself into the hands of the sheriff. They then came to Council Bluffs and obtained the writ that commanded the sheriff to have the body of Wiley before Judge Rood yesterday. After a hearing Judge Rood discharged Wiley , but ho was immediately arrested and ta ken back to Mills county and will probably bo bound over to await the lotion of the grand jury. Any of THE BEE patrons not receiving - premn y will ceiving thdr paper pleoso report the fact to Tut JJM oflico. Somebody u apparently help ing themselves to papora that do not belong to them. THE BEE is only. 20 cents per week , delivered by comer. It is put at this low figure so that everybody can got all the news at a nominal price. Wo had rather give it at thia oftico than to have it away stolen from yard , after it has beci Frederick Spurling left last oveuinR for his old homo in Madgcburg , Prus j. D , Edmonnson writes to hi nthor-in-law thnt the Isle of Snoals , ff the coast of Maine , should bo ailed the Isle of Coats. They are bligcd to keep up a fire constantly to ceep from freezing. A lady whp visited the city n the other side lost Satur- ay saya the peopjo over lioro should either sprinkle tlio treota or bo com polled to furnish isitors with n pair goggles. Henry DoLong hns purchased the Id "Babbitt mill" nnd will nt once remove it on to a lot in this city nnd t it up for a tenement houso. The bonrd of trndo mot last evening t their rooms on Pear street. HEAL ESTATE TllAJJSFERS. The following real estate transfers rero filed in the county recorder's of- ice , as reported by the title , abstract , eal estate and loan oflico of J. W. Squire & 0. , Council Bluffs : Hoyt Sherman , receiver , to Josie V. Benjamin , lot 13 in blk 2 , Avoca. 850. Geo. W. Boslny to 0. S. ifc A. Lo- beck , pt lot 5 blk 10 , Walnut. $725. L. II. Tuttle to Keystone Manufac- uring company , 11 in 75 in sub of Riddle tract § 425. J. A. Zollcr to Keystone Manufac- , uring company , 12 in 75 sub of Rid- llo tract S475. CONTRACT LET. For Building the Now Grand Central. The 'bids for the work on the Grand ontral hotel wcro opened ycstcrdny nnd the contract awarded to John Volk & Co. , of Rocklslnnd. Th other bidders for jtho entire work were 3onncssy Bros. , of Chicago , nnd Jnmca A. McGoniglo , ol Licavenworth. , Besides these there wcro several local.biddors for patirons of the work. It wna decided , however - over , to lot the whole contract to ono inn. The money consideration is not stated. J. B. Kitchen was mcl yesterday nnd in the course of the conversation said thnt the building would bo under roof by Christmas , so thnt the interior work might bo gone on with during the winter. Furtnor than this ho said he could a present give no information. "WINE OF CARDUI " for Ladies only C. P SPECIAL NOTICES. NOTICE Advertisement To Loan , For Sale Lost , Found , WanU , Boardlnir , &c. , will be Inserted sorted In these columns once for TEN CENTS per line ; each subsequent Insertion , FIVE CENTS per line. The first Insertion ne\or less than TWENTY-FIVE CUNTS TO LOAN MONEY. To loan at from 8 to 10 per cent on good real eitatesecurity , by UK. ISAAC EDWAUD3,1109 Farnham St. TO LOAN At 8 per centln tercst in sums of 82,600 and upwards , for 3 to 6 yoars. on first-class city and farm property. BEUIS KKAL ESTATI and LOAN . 16th and Dotudas Sts. M ( ONEY TO LOAN Call at Uw Office of D L. Thomas Uoom 8. Crelirhton Block. ; ONEY TO LOAN on real estate , at M 290-eod-10 DEXTER'L. THOMAS & BRO HELP WANTED. r ; ANTED A Rood dining room girl at the V St , Charles Hotel ; MO-2 \T7 ANTED Two girls at French CofTeo House YY 10th street. 649-tf \Tr7"ANTKD A girl for general housework YY ages , $4.00 per week. Cor. 16th and Lak street. 655 3 A woman cook at the Californi WANTED . Good wages paid. 55S-0 "V\7"ANTED Boom and Board by a gcntlcnm TT * nd wife on St. Mary' a\enueor vlclnlt } Distance vutnoobjettlon , Address "F. D. " Ilec olllce. . _ XTTANTED-To excWinge a gold watch ( Amcr YV lean Watch Co. ) for * 10 or 12gaug brcac loading double shot gun , not over 84 pound weight. Will exchange for a cl ) broke setter o pointer dog. Address "Niagara , " Bee otlice. 660 3 FED One or two girls for general house work at Ilcinekc's restaurant , 13th am Jackson streets. 652-3 WANTED A good cook. Oood oges given northwest corner of 10th and Howard Sts 617-tf O. W. HOAQLAND. WANTFD A stableman in private famllj Apply at southeast corner of 8th and How ard trcct8. 540-0 B EM1U1 NEWC1TV MAl'b,2frc. Bee Utpa ° TT7 ANTiD ; A first-class meat cook to go to VV Laramle City , Apply first door cast ol Klkhorn Valley House , Dodge .St. 642-4 WAITED A No. Iwoman cook. Appljlto L McCoy , Popplcton direct , near Gorerninen corral. Wages , ti5 a month. 637-O3 A good salesman to take tharg WANTED ) and make ealcs for the Whve cr & Wilson Manufacturing Co. None but con latent men and thonu hating good references need apply. Call on or addrstu Wheeler & WI ton Manufacturing Co. , No. 121 16th btruct , Ja cob * , Illock. MO-tf Fifty tiams at upper reseriolr WANTED day. A. 11. HOEL. 620-aug 7 - . girl. Will pay well fo good services. Apply at Law olllce of Ore & Montgomery , o > er Omaha National Bank , i 66tf \TTANTKD-A good blacksmith. Apply at T VY M. Trevctt , uouthuast corner of llthaiu Harney utreet. 471-tf Competent cook and second ilr ; WANTED Chicago ttrect. Geed uogcs. 400-tf - ix > WAJiTKD-A . State price. Address UEO. 1N1IAN , 451-tf _ ytt"i t-'raw'0" ' ! Co. , lo . TNFOIUIATION antfdof Michael Pwyer Inv X mediately by Ills mother , Margaret lw > cr , Umaha ; Neb. , between Cth and 7th on Jlarcy St. , care of Patrick Ho an. Western papers please copy. 463-tf | One mtn in a county nuket mo ney Benin ; ; our spring ! ( or buggy that coupling * . Send stamp jor tenim and cut or tC In rtaiujM fora pair , toantl-llattler Sifety Sprit * , Company.OO lUndolph St. , Chlcago.m-th-uty-2 | By man and wife , board and room WANTED family. 1'rofcr place where there are no other boarders. Address U. A- Bee offl.e B K1IIS' HEAL ESTATE JiOOM.-Scc lit page ANTED Funding bridge aud school bonds. W H.T. Clark , BeUe\ue , 20-U XTTANTED A partner or buyer , inquire YV Philadelphia Coftc House , 10th street. 2SO-J > 23 _ _ \Tt7 ANTED TVo boarders. Young men pre- W fcrrcd. AdJrt-M "A. " Bee office. UO-tt " ALL , AT MKS. U. E. ( JLAltKU'B Ko. 1 Board lug House , cor. 13th and Dodge fits. Besl In the city. 610-tf Information ol the uhercabouta WANTED . Johanna llamli , who lucd In Omaha. Neb. , from 1567 till Ibfll , and In ht , Jo Kvph , Mo. , ( M Mrs. Hhulti ) In 1&63. Ihlornu tion u more particularly desired of her two tons , Juliiu and George Rauh , ( as it uill beta ta their Inter * . ! ) by their father , in Helena Montana. A liberal compensation u ill be luti to any one aiilstlii ' Iq obtaining tha rcaulroj Information , SPEUIAL HGTIOES Oonnnned FOR PENT HOUSES AND LAND. IjODKIIINDKIlV KOKHAI.K An excellent op- \j portunlty fet a young tnan wishing to Mart buslna-n. For further particulars apply at this office. OCI tf. 17011 SALE CHKA1 > ; . . . I1 In running order. P. MA > fiS4-tf 13th and Howard street. " 0011 HEM1 Smalt builncss room In Masonic ] * block. Inquire at St John Sewing Machine offlio. 651-2 RENT IIou o of flto rooms on PaelDo FOll , between 12th and 13th. Inquire at 1207 Pacific street. MS-2 IlKNT Furnished room" suitable FOll housekeeping , cor. 18th and Clark t recta. 00-23 171011 RENT Good furnished room , suitable for I ; one or tnopcrsonn , first house north of With- ncll hotel. 33 ft2 r\0n \ IlKNT House , corner of llth and Pacific Jj streets , inquire nt IVlerson's ncarthoiy. P. * * * " " depot. EMIS has rattllnc long lists of houses , Iota * Unds and ( arms for sale. Call and gel hem. IT10H HUNT A nicely lurnlshcd front room for 1 } ono or t o gentlemen , nt 1210 Howard street. 633 tf KENT New house la\cnport ) and llth streets , J. Johnson , Hth and Tarnliani ets. BOO-tf OTA1JL.K FOll IltoT-On 10th St. , betwcc * Harncy end Howard SU. 8. LEHMAN. -71011 UiNT- : hon of BOTCH rooim on Sout Jj nvenue , next to Woolw orth's residence , J Johnson , 14th and Farnham. 499-tf "ITlOll KENT X furnished roomi OUT lloJ- Jj chants' ExihMigo.N. E. cor. 10th and Dodge Street * . S89.U FOR SALE. IlENr Duelling of 7 rooms In flrst-claea Poll . Inquire at law olllcc of L. K. Majfinn Crclghton Illock. 600-4 1IF.NT DttclltiiR corner 18th and Izard street * . S2fi per month , 8 rooms , good well , cistern , celfar , etc. O. C. IIOIIHUX 657-4 SALE CTIEAP Tha fixtures of the Hth Foil IIcat Market. Apply on tha premises. 614-0 W. II. COOMI1E. KOll SA1)E Sixteen hundred llCOO ) SHEEP three nn 1 four year old we there. Call on or addict OI1WUN k McCOMB. 613-4 C .mbrld c , Fuinas Co. Neb. SALE Four 8 li ; P. engines , two 16 HJ FOR engines , one 18 H. P. vertical boiler , ono 8 H. P. , one'10 II P. and 1 16 II. P. horizontal boiler , all now. By Omaha Foundry and Ma chine Company , Omaha , Neb. mwsl75-a23 SALE A-nrat-class milk dairy. Inquire atthisortlce. 617-aug 27 | 7tOH SALE A black'poncy , ccntloand In good J } condition ; accustomed to sinjtlo harness and saddle. Apply at Illuo Barn , IVth street , or at City Engineers office. 6UANDItEW nOSEWATEIl. T70irSAI.E CHEA'P The only hotel In North J } Loup , Valley County , Neb. , 30 miles from St. Paul , 16 miles from Ord. Oood location , ( , 'ood trade and lmpro > lnir. For particulars wrlto A. J. C. . North Loup , box 0. 371-augll AND LAND Bemls rents houses , HOUSES , hotels , farms , lots , lands , olliccaf rooms , etc , See 1st pnge , . And farasois repured Dy il. UMDItKM.Ab and Faniam * t . 7SOtf T7IOII SALE A large two story frame JJ root Hotel and ono story kitchen ; also ono story frame , shingled roof , hall room for ten seta to dance , and barn largo enough to hold twenty teams- All situated on corner of Bread and 4th street , Fremont , Dodge Co. , Neb. For further information apply to C. 0. THOMPSON , 358toS Fremont , Dodge Co , , Neb. TjVJKSALE flood house with four rooms and JJ half lot , No. 2613 Uodie between 20lh and 27th street. Good cll and shade trees ; house In Rood condition. Inquire on premises. 221-U HICK It SALK. B 203-tf SALK.ESTABItOOK 4 ; COE. T7W11 SALE A small tiiKiuo , U. W. Payne tt JO Bon's make. In perfect osder. Inquire of H. O. Clark & Co. 30-U T71OK SALE Lease and furniture of a Hnt-claaa JD hotel in a tewn of .1300 Inhabitants , In state of Nebraska ; has 24 beds ; the traveling men's re sort. Inquire at BEE office. 218-tf ITieK SALE Two-story house and part lot , nes > C depot. Location good. John L. McCogue Opp Post Office. 958-tf THOH SALE 2 acres ground in West Omaha. JJ Inquire of J. Henry , No. 11U 16th. 87S-tf T710U SALE Maps of Douglas atid B rpy coun- JD ties. A. ROSEWATER , 1620 Farnham etroe * 320-tf MISCELLANEOUS. mAKEN UP A black pony. Domestic Bakery , JL South 10th street. 6AO-4 fllAKEN UP Near my house on Saturday , an I old white horse with black spots ; Wind in the right eye. P.O. lo\son. north side Leai cnworth btrect , bet. 7th and 8th. 603-2 TO'ARCHITECTS-Wanted by a thoroughly practical man of 25 > tar > cxp'ricncu , a xitu- atlon as foreman or superintendent. Is a good draughtsman. Salary required , moderate. Ad dress "Foreman. " lice olllco Omaha 602-8 OTIlAYED-From 2415 Harney street July 28 JO one largebrlndlo cow , 0) cars old , bnndcd on hip with letter "O. " Has Home white hpots on her. Any one ghIng Iiifoniiatlon uhereshols r return her will be suitably rewarded. 648 tt A. N. CLAP.K. ANYONE haIng work fora tjpe writer can bo accommodated by telephoning the 11 KB 4S3-W ) EM1S' HEAL ESTATE EXCHANGE.- > Ixi page. T IGHTNINO-J. J , McLain Is still in tne JJ Lightning Hod business , wholesale and re- tall. Hods put up or repaired on thort notice. Orders by mall or otherwise will reecho prompt attention. Satisfaction guaranteed Call or ad- drcsglOirSttunUera ktreet. 404-a22 Q > X\ REWARD Lost , gold hunting ca e stop nptJl/ watch , gold rope chain and nugget at tached. The abotc rewurd vill be paid on re turn of the watch to HUGH ilcCAFFHEY. _ SSl-tfJ 15th and Douglas ttrocta. rPtHKEE or four young men can be accommoda- J _ ted with board. Deferences exchanged. Ap ply 2011 Cass itreet , 4th door eet of SMh 8t. . or address Hex 337 , postolHce. 343 f HM. BROWN-Corner 12th and Chlcnra . streets , Is ready to bore or deepen wells. .Satisfaction guaranteed. 603tf rilEAMS Can be got at John liarrs stable for J. all Umls of work at reasonable figures , near u > r < ISth anil Lfvucnwortli streets. 378-tf T\ONT FOUOET The successors 01 the Amer. U lean House , on Douglas street , between 8th and 10th , for board , lodging and transient cuj tomers. Hcspectfully 684-tf JULIUS * LOUISE fl&SS. POWDER Absolutely Pure. Made from 0 rape Cream Tartar. No other pre arpation makes tudi light , flaky hot breads , a usurious pastry. Can be ctcii by I > ) spcutlc without fear of thcllls resulting from heavy mdl 'ettlUe food. Sold only in cans , br all Grocers. 110VAL BAKING I'OW'DEK CO New York ,