5' I
I DEMAND FOR MORE JUDGES ,
iT An Old Ltiwyor Rovtowo the Sltuai
A tlon of Affairs
fc
\ WHY LITIGATION IS SLOW
\
'ttooin for Four Sluro JimIkos in tlio
District Court Dci'octs of the
Jury Ijavt Pointed
Out ,
A. Ilmnporctl ilmllnlnry
"Wo want tour more Judges In this dis
trict , ' 1 said a well known lawyer That ml *
ditioti would bo none too many If wo bad
tlicm they could bo holding court wbllo the
old Judges nrc studying up the cases already
tried and tboy could try many casoi In
tlmo that is now spent In vacation * '
. _ What are the lawyers dolnff nbout securing -
' curing such Incrcaso ! " was nsltcd
Talking Lawyers are always talking
The tcporta of Colonel SavaRo nnd Presi
dent I'opnleton of the bar association have
turned attention to the subject , nnd the
question Is , What shall bo donof They rec
ommend the establishment of a municipal
court with ono or two Judeos ; others favor
n , Ilber.il mcronso in the number of district
judges The latter has boon the popular
for improving the court facilities
heretofore and It is believed that it
will bo endorsed ngaln Slnco the sum
jner of 18S3 the bar has voted ng.ilnst a
Lvray court on thrco different occasions
It has done so after dlscusslonnnd on logical
grounds Under the constitution a municipal
court mUBt bo inferior to the district court ,
torn city or incorporated town ; now what
is the use of creating an inferior courtwlion ,
wo can as easily crcuto n court of the fullest
powers ! Why place a man in a room nnd
dcslL'nato him n municipal Judge , with power
to try only a few matters , when , if ho bo
bo deslgnntod a district Judeo ho can try nuy
i kind of an action or proceeding that may bo
J broughtl"
* Mr Poppleton recommends , " conttnuod
the speaker , "a municipal court having general -
oral criminal jurisdiction The establish
ment of such a court would not roinovo nil
criminal business from the dlstriot court
The municipal court of Omaha might havu
jurisdiction of criminal offenses committed
in the territorial limits of the city , but of
fenses will still bo committed in the county
outsldoofthe city , which will necessarily
come Into the district court Other
meti would place in the uiunicipnl
court appeals from justices of the
peace : but appeals will bo taken from justices
who Uvo without the city , and they will
necessarily go to the district court ; appeals
\ from the county court go to the dlstrictcourt
| by express provision or the constitution ; so
M that appeals as n class cannot bo taken from
sH the district court ; only the nppenl ? from the
B ofllccs in the city could bo lodged in the pro
m posed city court As that court must bo in-
W ferior to the district court , its judgements
1 must bo subject to review by the district \
ft court ; ana this way , either by appeal or
K crier , the offences committed in the city ,
B and the appeals from the justices in tno city , i
B would llnully reach the district court "
M "It has boon the subject of complaint , that
J after a trial in the police court , defendants i
B l would uppcal to the district court ) where i
B.V" < ! the cuso will ilnullv peter out ' The samu 1
H'aMfrequency \ of nppcal from the proposed city '
W'\N\L- court will bo if it shall bo
' \ \ , - experienced , os-
HiSvSi tabllshod
B&jr " 1 ho best court for the trial of criminals ,
_ _ i ? a iudgo holding district court , whether ho i
f li In No 1 In the court house , or In n new r
J M court room in the Jail , or in a room In thom
m now city hall , or in soma other room In some
H other building in tlio city ; for he can try any J
H offense , great or small , nnd his judgment is
m linn ! unless reversed on orrorby the supreme
H court
H Mot tlio least inconvenience resulting
B from a city court , will bo the necessity of
m having another cede of civil and criminal J
H procdluro , making two codes , ono for cases
M in the city , another for those In the county , 1
B but without the uity.u
m From what I liuvc said you will boo , that
( n every posslblo light , a district judge will I
bo moro oftlciont with'trnnsactionof business
than a Judge in n municipal court can bo ;
and In my opinion four district Judges will
be ublo to do at least eight times as much
business as a municipal Judge And when
the question shall coino before the bar ,
whether it will favor a municipal court , or
the addition of four moro judges to the
present number in this district , I think tliov
IB will vote for the latter They will bo voU u
uecauso it will bo for the boat interest of
H litigants nnd the public
aph Sumo solllsh reasons will also have con
BBjL , Bldorallou Two-thirds of the bar uro new
BIW comers Thrco years ago when wo had
M H only two Judges , n hulf doren
lawyers monopolized nourly all the
f trials ; they kept their cases following J
j ono another so that it was practically Im-
posslblo for nuy ono else to got their cosos
on , the outlook was most dismal for the tiow
urrivals When thu Judges were doubled
flj the blockade was raised to a luriro' extent i
IPJ uml business was scattered around among a
lniAiti larger proportion of the attorneys ! ,
| H Theio also resulted a very tnurkod increase
J In the number of ensps biought , tlio records
of the courts showing that it nearly doubled !
Another Increase of Judges will exhibit a
further scattering of business uml a
further incrcaso In the number of cases
J lirought It will also take four lawyers out
IB of the awliu , out of the contest , out or the
J atruggle , and put thorn in the service of the
! state Tlicso vlows will bo dcclsivo with
men whose prosperity , porhnps , whoso very
existence depend on their accomplishment "
10V HEAVY JU11Y LAW
l'lio lilinii to auo Men Not Iiar o
t4 KuoiikIi Tor DouclaH County
The now Jury law apiioars to bo a little lop
_ heavy The district dark , the county attor
ney and the three district judges are at work
endeavoring to discover a safe method for
the compromising of u number of Inconsis
tencies in tlin statute Thu law in brief pro
vides that the commissioners of counties
having u population of 70,000 , or more shull at
or befnro tholr mooting in January or at any
tlmo tboroaftor when necessary for the pur
poses of this act , make a list of a sufllclont
number , not Iosb than ono-tenth of the voters
o ( each town or precinct jn the county , to bo
known as the Jury list
' The board of commissioners nt Its first
meeting in January each year shall Boluct
from such list a number of persons oquul to
ono hundred persons for each trial term of
the district court to bo held during the year ,
Each persons name , when selected on the
jury list , shall bo checltcd , and such uorson
shall not bo selected again until every person
named on such list has been selected , or until
the expiration of two years , nheu a now list
Until bo made
'Ilia Jjry list , when made up by the com
missioners , sbuil bo kept by the county
jt- clerk , cacli name upon a separate ploco of
* paper , und placed m a box or wheel
I kept for that purpose Twenty duvs
bofoio tbo first day of any trial term the dis
trict clerk shall draw from the box a suf
llclont number of names of sold persons , not
less than thirty for each two weeks that such
court will probably bo in session , for each
judge rcquiriuga jury ,
A special [ inuel not exceeding ono hundred
names may bo drawn in the same mnuuor us
the regular Jury for tbo trial of any porsou
charged with u felony If tbo Judge is con
vinced that a Jury cannot be obtained from
tbo regular panel to try the case
Djstuudera maybacullod on the Jury in
pedal cases when needed for the trial of a
case when the icp.ulurf.iuol Is engaged
Any person seukiug position as a Juror or
asking any county oniccr to place him on the
jury shall bo flued KP and disqualified Any
lawyer seeking to secure thu selection of nuy
porsoii ns a Juror shull bo lined f 100 for cou-
tempt of court
According to the '
county attorneys Inter
pretation of the act the courts are limited to
, 100 Jurymen for ouch term , 3J0 tor the ear ,
V This is plainly impracticable in Douglas
* \ county No luryuiau shall servo moro than
. \ two weeks Each term Is ut least ten weeks
* w long , and at the lowest calculation three
\ Juries , tblrty-slx mou would bo ruquirod for
each two weeks This would nccotsitatu tbo
use of IbO jurors for each torui or B4U for tbo
your Just bow 010 Jurors cun bo secured
! from n list limited to 800 persons Is Iho quos I
tion that \ , troubling the court officials
Thu Judgot bold a consultation with tno
district clerk and the county attorney yes
terday nnd agreed to m ko an order In tbo
matter at once it is the opinion of County
Attorney Mnhoney that thoudgos ) will construe -
struo' I tbo Inw so that another list of BOO
may bo called ns soon ns the first list of 300
is ! exhausted This , however Is nn open
question , nnd mny not bo sustained by the
higher courts It the action is contested
! Ono fonturo of the law that Is notlccablo Is
the Immense amount of extra work , nnd con
scqucntly ; lnrgoly increased fees that will
fall to the lot of the sheriff Ho will bo re
quired to sccuro u Jury , each two weeks ,
oiiually , distributed over the county Nu
merous Bpeclal venires are also expected to
bo demanded In the trial of Important cases
on account of the small number of the regular -
ular panel avallablo atnny ono or two weeks
term ,
SIkiwii tip ns AVrookr-rs.
The entire day at the United States court
was consumed by the attorneys making their
Pleas In the Patrick-Davis case Cltv Attor
ney-elect Poppleton made the oponingspcoch
In behnlf of the plaintiff Ho rovlowed the
history of the mine from its beginning ;
void of Its sale to the English capitalists by
Irwin , Davis nnd J. N. II PUricn Ho nlso
declared that the uctlon of Davis nnd Pat
rick nttor thnt tlmo as trustees were these of
wreckers and wns on n par with these of fol
lows who run rnllroads to ruin them The
nccount books produced by J. N. II Patrick
In evidence showed nothing The book
keeper , Clark , had kept thoiu In nccordnnco
wltn the plot to rob the English capitalists
There wns no Intention of making the flag
stalf silver mlna pay J. N. H. Patrick was
only the stool pigeon nnd agent for Davis
They were both finally drlvon from the
mine What right had J. N. II Patrick to
the books ho who had boon driven from
the rnlno at the point of the mU3koM
Wnms Pny lor lilt HogB
Addison E. C.idy has commenced suit In
the district court mtnlnst the South Omaha
National bank to compel payment or a draft
for $370. Cady wrote to the bauk from
Dannobrog , asking them to rceomnicnd
some rollnblo commission llrm , and they rec
ommended him to William I'ltch & Co as a
reliable firm nnd promised to notify him if
they had reason to believe otherwise Ho
sent n carload of hogs to Fitch , the proceeds
of which amounted to SOTO This money
Fitch & Co deposited In the banlt to tholr
own credit , Cady drew on the bank for the
money , but pavment wus refused , and owing
to Fitch & Co becoming insolvent ho could
not recover from them , houca his suit
against the bunk
Denies ttio Clinrucs
The Btory of John L. Nnglo's divoroo from
his wife , granted Doccmbor 23 , by Judge
Clarkson , on the ground that slio had crimi
nal rclutions with nx-Concrcssman Hliss in
Michigan in July lbSO , and at various tiui03
for a year thereafter , created a sensation in
the Now York papers nnd at Mr Hliss'
homo in Hrooklvn Mr Hliss has telegraphed -
graphed a denial of the matter ; Bays he
uovor know Mrs Naglo , never hoard of her ,
was never notified of the suit and that all of
the charges made by Naglo implicating him
nro entirely false
Tlio February JLcrni
The February term of the district court will I
b , commenced on Pooruary 10. At this term 1
Judge Clarkson will attend to the criminal
docket , Judge Hopowoll giving his attention
to the trial of civil cases
Wants Pay fur biirvoiiiiK
J. 15. House bai commenced suit against
F. I. Foss for $335 for sorviccs rendered In
surveying the Lincoln belt line
County Cout
William E. Wllklns has commenced suit
ngalnst .Imnos G. Hywator to recover $ J03,13 !
on a note
Jacob E. House has commenced suit against
Frank I. Foss to lecovor S335 for profes-
slonnl scrvicos in surveying tno Lincoln l
Hclt line
.
Tbo Homo Investment compaay obtained
n Judgment against L. P. Pruyu ot ul for
SOlili
In the case of Langfeld Hros vb Kurtz
judgment was rendered for the plaintiff in 1
the sum of J353.10.
Mrs Clara Miller was appointed admin
istratrix of the estate of Joseph H. Miller i
und Charles Carlson was uppolnted admlu-
istrator of the estaio of Andrew J. Carlson ,
Who breathesmustsuffor.ond who thinks
must mourn , und ho alone is blessed who
knows that pain and suffering can bo cured
by Salvation Oil
Although wo have hoard persons remark -
"It is worth Its weight In gold still Dr
Hulls Cough Syrup Is to bo had at nil drng
stores for U5 cents
SOUTH OMA.I1A. MOWS
Temperance ljitorury ProKramnio
The tomDornnco lltorary society has arranged -
ranged tno following programme for the
mooting in the Methodist Episcopal church
Friday evening :
Hemnrks by the retiring prosidenc , A. L.
Sutton
Initiatory remarks by prosidcnt-olect ,
Arthur Copeland
Vocal Duet Miss Allco Griffith nnd Mr
Av Iteod Dunroy
Select Heading Mr W. Heed Dunroy
Music
Debate Resolved , That nndo and nmbi-
tiou have done moro to produce crime than
ignorance and superstition Mr Arthur
Sutton on the uMrmatlvo and Mr A. L.
Sultou tbo negative
Noten About the City
Chicago , St Paul , Minneapolis & Omaha
stock trains coining in from Wnyno , when
on the belt line ut the first cut north of and
about two miles from South Omaha , yes
terday morning , stuck und a doubie-
header ran into it , crushing the three rear
care The men all jumped nnd saved them
selves Damugo was done to the cars and
ono steer killed
Alva Smith , of tbo firm ot Smith &
Staples , Wa\orly , was in with hogs
There are norsons In this vicinity
who might bo bonolltod by knowing thu
experience ot Mr J. H. Helms , an en i-
gineer on the Atoliison , Topclca i5 ;
Suntii Fe railway Wo tlioroforo pub
lish it bulow for the benefit of the pub .
lic , Mr Helms says : "My wlfo had
boon Buffering with a very _ bnd lung
trouble for two yours Kothincr did her
much good until I tried Chnmborlain's
Cough Remedy Six 60-cont bottles of f
Unit medicine cured lior sound nnd well
She is now ontit'oly well and ns sound
ns 1 over know lior to bo " Mr J. II
Salmon , anromlnont druggist nt Fort
Madison , Iowa , vouches for the truth of
thu above statement and says Mi * . Helms
told him ho had tried so vorul physicians
in Chicago , with but little bonollt , be
fore using this remedy For sale by all
druggists _
Unit In Australia
The Sydney no raid reports that dur
ing ti severe storm ut Louth , South
Australia , chunks ot ice as largo us
cricket balls toll iu the strcots The >
court house , Roynl hotel , Telegraph
liotol , und all buildings covSrod with
iron roofs , were porforntod by the full
hnilstoiieB A number ot dogs und ,
ether animals nbout the town were '
killed during the storm Great Dam
age was done to window glass and vege
tation , Tor several days ttbo moroury
hud boon above 100 degrees in the
shade
llcadacho , neuralgia , dlulurss , nervous
ness , spatms , sleeplessness , cured by Dr
Allies1 Nervine Samplus free ut Kuhn 6
Co ' 15th uud Douglas
An Atroit liiiiuiiier
A woman ninoty-throo years old was ;
arraigned iu a now York police court
thu other day on the ohargoof drunlc- 1
onnebs
Sleeplessness , nervous prostrationnervous
dispopsla , dulluosj ) , blues , cured by Dr
Miles Wervlno Samples free at Kuhn &
Co ' * , 10th and Douglas
TREY 1 J DEFY WALKERS ' RULING
,
Nebraska ] Ilonda Refuse to Advanoo
St Paul Grain ItatoB
,
CHAIRMAN FINUEY SO INFORMED
Officials i Roruso to Tnlk About Walkt
ors Doelsloii on tlio Union ln
cillc-Nortliwcstorn AMI-
unoo Other News
Ilefuso to Advance Hates
When ho was In Omaha last week Chair
man W. W. Finloy of the trans-Missouri
association requested the Union Pacific ,
Fremont , Elkhorn & Missouri Val'oy ' and
tbo Sioux City & Pacific to put on an advance -
vance rate on grain from Nebraska points
to St Paul which would conform to a late
decision handed down by Chairman Wnlkcr
of the Gentleman's association Hut tlicso
roads could not see the force of Mr Fin
loy'a request nnd refused to comply with it
As un excuse for so doing they oav that there
is a largo amount ot grain In this stnto
purchased for shlpmont to St Paul
on the basis of existing rates and
to make any chaiigo In the tariff now , cspocl-
ally to rnlso It would work u severe hunt
ship upon the Nobrnska roaas and do no body
else any good The Union Pacific's general
lrcight ngont Informed Mr Finloy that
according to hli way of thinking it would
not bo a wise policy to make any such
ndvanco ns suggested now , Iu the midst of
the grain season when prices uro bo low Ho
Is rnther inclined to feel that such action on
the part of the Union Pacific would bo
very detrimental to nil Intorcstcd
association lines Ho ennnot see
in what way the association could indem
nify his company for losses In case It
should attempt to carry out the Walker rul-
log Ho also reminds the chairman that the
Sioux City & Pacific has advised the West
crn freight association of Its Intention to
mnlto Mississippi river rates to St Paul
and Chicago rates to Duluth on grain
from points on its llnu in Iowa This , ho
thinks , will rellovo the Ncbrnslta lines of
the embarrassing situation iu which they nro
placed and permit of the present rates being
continued without prejudice to anyone .
In reply to the above and nlso to n similar
letter from the geueral nianngerof the Sioux
City & Pacific Chairman Finloy states that
the Trans-Missouri freight association ngroe-
lncnt has been placed in his hands for execu
tion and thnt ho must require every tnoiubcr
to comply with its provisions ; that ho basset
forth the position which these companies
occupy toward the agreement In the
matter of grain rates from Nebraska to St
Paul and points boyoud , this action bolng
taken under the requirements of sec 3 , nrt
3 , of the nsreamcuU In taking this position
ho has oxteadod to them und others inter '
ested nil the privileges and nil the rights
which the original and supplementary agree
ments accord Anything of a different na
ture must be accomplished by action taken
under us rules nnd articles of agreement
There is no power vested in him to consldor
anything else These had been interpreted I
and there could bo no dnubt as to thuir
meaning with regard to this matter , nnd hav
ing made demand upon them for a proper re
vision of their grain rates from Nebraska to i
St Paul and points beyond , there was but
ono thing left for him to do under the arti
cles of the and thnt to
agreement , was as -
sess the penalties for wilful dtsrognrd ot its i
provisions
Reports from Now York convoy the im
pression that at Tuesdays meeting of the
InterState Commerce Commission Chair
man Walker gave a decision ngainst the !
Union Pacific nnd the Northwestern roads
on their combination trafllo arrangement ,
holding that it Is In violation of the torni3 of ;
the "Gentlemen's Agreement "
What effect will this nave upon the sltua-
tion ! " was asked of Mr Kimball yesterday
morning
"I prefer not to be quoted ou this matter
at present , " was thnt gontloman's reply ,
"as there seem to bo some Inconsistencies ;
in the reports Ono Nays that the chairman's
decision is favorable to us , while another
statement places him In ttio attitude of rul 1
ing that wo are in violation of the associa
tion rules "
"In case the latter is correct what result
do you anticipatol"
"lhnt is u question I dent care to
answer "
While all the officials now hero rnfraln
from oxprcssingthomselves enough is known
to venture an assertion that there will ba
trouble dangerous to the lifo and oxistanco
of the "gentlomoa's agreement
Neither the Union Pacific or -thwestorn
proposes to back out of their contract to
save the association or plcaso an.\ body con
nected with it They hnvo succeeded in getting -
ting their interests into such position and l
shnpo as to bo rather independent and pro
pose tu remain bo
General Freight Agent Tobbotts was also
seen and questioned , but like Mr Kimball
ho too , declined to say very much His ro-
ply to questions asked him , however Indi I
cated that bo entertains no feur of nn erup-
tlon
tlon."That
That decision cuts no figure , " said ho
"It simply ha9 reference to a division of
rates and will not affect our contract with
the northwestern "
That is certainly a very cheerful view to
take of tbo matter , but it fails to strike any
body else in the same way
An official of another road mentioned that
Mr Walkers opinion holds these two corpo-
rations responsible us vlolatorsof an alllanco
entered into by them with all ether roads
mora than eight months ngo to stand by each
othpr "If they now insist upon continuing i
tholr relations , " continued this speaker , "I
see nothing to prevent the assoctutjon rom
going to pieces Contemporary lines nro not
disposed to keep faith with their promises to
gentlemen and lose business right along "
Assistant General Traffic Manager Mun-
roooftho Union Pacific , General Freight '
iAgent Miller of the II & M. , und General
Freight Agent Moorcnousu of tbo Elkhorn j1
are in Chicago attending a meeting of tbo ,
western freight association Nebraska
rates will bo ono of tbo subjects for consid
eration
_ _ _ _ _
J. M. Bullock , traveling freight agent of ,
the Memphis & Charleston road , Is in town ,
General Traffic Manngor Mellon Is rapidly
improving , and barring a relupso will ro-
cover entirely
Diphtheria is cured by tbo use of Cooks
imperial extra dry champagne as u gargle
Ask your physician to try it
•
THE OITV KNGIMnilS ItiSPOKT
A Comprehensive ltovlow or Ptibllo
Works Completed In 1880.
The annual report of City Engineer Tillson '
is tbo most co in pie to oyer issued from'hls of-
flee It Is a very comprehonslvo review of
the public wonts that wurocomplotcd In 1SS9 ,
and n comparison of their cost and extent
with the similar work of preceding years
The following facts ot general publiu iuter-
oat nro gleaned from the report :
The work was begun very late In the
season , but owing to the unprecedented ,
weather of November and Decombcr all of
the contemplated work was coinplotod The
character of the work us a whole has bcon
good , bettor than that of the previous year ,
though there is still room for Improvement
Wo have as good contractors In Omaha as
will bo found iu any city In the union , but {
they take their contracts for the purpose of [
making money , and care and watcblulnoss
are always needed to see that tbo Interests
ot the city are always protected The sys-
tem of letting contracts has been so well
systematized that contractors understand
their work before bidding und very few
bills for extras are presented
Grades have tjcon established ou twenty
isfour miles of streets As a rule the ostab-
llshinont of grades should not ba too far in
advauco of tbo ncccssityiof adjoining prop
erty , as the changes of a few years make
such grades impracticable , and a grade ouce
established is often chauged with greut dlQI-
culty and expense
A great amount of grading has boon done
aud a considerable mileage udded to the
length of tbo Improved streets The city [
now has about ono huudied miles of graded
streets There is an immonsa amount of
grading yet to be done , as the city has 'Mi
miles of strcots and Ul miles of ulloys The
grading for the leur for which estimates
have been given U 1,003,005 cubic yarns ut a
total cost of ? H3,7ins2 , An nveraco ot 13)f )
cents per cubic yard , lncl6Ulng overhaul in
IS53 the nvorago was 1 ! M0 cents ; ISS7 , S3
0-10 cents
During the year nlnotoou miles of curbing
were laid nt n cost of $ T0,517,70. The ma
terial used wa9 Horca sandstone nt G9 cents
per foot , and Colorado sandstone at 79 couts
per foot
On the subject of pavamont Mr Tillson
cntors Into a discussion as to the merits of
the various paving materials used In the city
Ho says :
Less paving was done In 1939 than in IS33 ,
but enough was done , which If kept up each
year , to mnlntnln for Omaha the position of
bolng the best paved city In the west The
city has fifty-two mile * of paved streets nnd
nlleya The best kind of pavement is still a
much mooted question Aha with nil the ex
periences I ot so many cities , scorns but
little nearer a solution than it was
twenty years ngo Wo have tried stone ,
wood , nsphnltum nnd this J oar a little brick
From ' our experience wo have learned that
stone is noisy but durable , wood cheap but
very short lived , a phaltum smooth nnd
noisolcss ( but costly , with brick ns yet un
determined Looking nt tno matter fairly
nnd judging from our streets , I fcul com
j pelled to put myself on record by snying that
under no circumstances do I con
Bldur wood a sultablo material for
paving | Farniun strcot from Twontloth to
Twenty-ninth ' was paved with cedar blocks
In ' lSbO it began to decay before it had been
down [ two years , and is now very rough nnd
uuovon in many places nnd will bo entirely
worthless , In a few yenrs Twenty-ninth
avenue wus paved with cypress In ls33 ! nnd
J is now iu a worse condition than Farnnm
Cypress j wns un experiment nnd In my opin
ion was a total failure In eastern cities
wooden ' pavements wear out ; hero they rot
out < On our residence streets no good pare
mont > will wear out Wood would bo a good
material ' If it were durable The chlof re
quirements ot a rcsldenco pavamont nro
smoothness ' nnd freedom from decay A cheap
material ' that fulfills these conditions will bo
gladly I rccelvod Vitrified briclc seems to
approximate j these more nearly than uny-
thing that has boon introduced , but the
brlca must bo of the very best quality The
brick manufactured nt Galcsburg 111. , r.oems
to ' bo better fitted for paving purpososthnu
uny i 1 have scon , but It costs to bring it hero
and ' lay It a little ever tl per squnro yard
If good paving brick can bo made In Omaha
the I quoslion ot a proper navoinont for rosl-
uunou ' strootB will bo solved "
The material , quantity und cot of pave
moutB : laid In lSbl ) are as follows :
Sipiura
Material Mlles yards Cost
Cypress ' 07 17.511.0 $ ! 10,701.o\l
Cedar | 4.2 Wus 2 149,516.111
Sioux ! Falls llt > 07.r aOB77. 'J0
Colorado ' } 3.5 3S,0 , - > : i,0 WffiJ9fi3 ,
Woodruff | 14,1314 aWoiUO
Asphalt 1.0 52,070.3 137,754 74
Brick 0.7 lii'Jj,3 ! , ! 29,17051
Total 11.0 240,517.3 $510,553.87
Prior to 1S > S9 there had boon laid In Omaha
9,14 miles of asphalt paving , 13 19 miles of
stone , 15.01 miles of cedar bloclc , and 4.05
miles of cypress , a total of 40.U9 miles of
pavement that cost 33,011,50(1,18 ( This with
the work of 1869 mniccs a total in the city ot
51.99 miles of pavement at a cost of $3 , -
153,059.05.
' 1 hero were constructed during the year
35 70(5 ( llncnl feet of sewers , costing $104-
4V1.35. In addition there was expanded
f.,73(1.9tl ! ( for now catch basins , manholes ,
etc , nt the order ot the mayor and council
This makes n total of 73.1 > 2 miles of sewers
In the city built ut a cost of f 1,331,094.03. , ,
Nearly all of the paved streets were
swept weekly , at a cost for the year of
J30.420.2J. '
During the year $41,019.33 were expended
in the construction ot sidewalks , of which
8,141 lineal feet were ot stone , at a cost ot
5J. 123.23.
The report is accompauied by tabulated
statements showing the exact umouut , lo
cation , kind nnd cost of nil the grading ,
curbing , sewer , p\vomont'nnd sidewalk nu-
provoments started or completed in 1899.
The expenses of the ongincor'a department
in 1SS9 amounted to t20,077.8J , or ? 3,333.17
less than the amount appropriated by the
council for the oxpenscs of the department
Horsford's Acf < rpiosplinto |
For Night'Swents '
of onsumpttou , givoj'speedy relief •
a genuinFrussIan bath
The Serfs Utlllzo Their Ovens u
Hot-Air Hnths
The houses of the JltiSbiu.ii sorts are
of logs , similar to those uaod in the
United States The roofs are thatched
with straw , the windows small , the sta
ble is just back , sometimes separated
by a corridor , though covered by the
same roof Their scats are made solid ,
long benches by the wall ; beds nut-row
and also homo made
The place they cook in is like an old
fashioned brick even The kettles are
shovodcloar in Ono peculiar use of
the big evens is to utilize them as hot
air baths This is a genuine Russian
bath and is in common use nmong the
peasantry The primitive finishing
oft is horolc treatment , writes a corro-
Bpondent of the Chicago Intor-Ocor.n
from Kussia To take a child out of the
even and give him a cold showor-bath
as ho stands on the snow under the stars
will hardly become a favorite pro
grammo in our careful American homos
Pears soap secures a beautiful complexion
Fast Time to tbo Par West
Decided btops have boon tukon , writes
a correspondent , to develop the now
route to the cast by way of the west ,
says the London Globe Three largo
screw steamships of 7,000 tons burden ,
und having a speed of eighteen knots
un hour , have boon ordered for the
Vttncouvor to JVokohoma passage , and
thrco others of still larger si/.o and
power , capublo ot steaming twenty
knots an hour , nro about to bo ordered
for the Atlantic pnssugo from the south
of Englund to Halifax , Nova Scotia , in
winter , nnd Quebec in summer They
are executed to bo ready in February ,
1891 , and to make the pasago in five
1and ono-hnlf days at tjio outbido Trav
elers will thus bo able to go from Lon
don to Yokohoma via British Columbia ,
in twonty-thrco days Tlio distance is
0,250 miles , as ngaliiBt lS,7oU ! by the !
Suez canal and 15,500 by the Capo
oroute. . Even Shanghai is 2,000 miles
nearer London by the now route than
by Sue , not to speak ot the Capo route ,
which , of course is nearer
a * 7
OoiicliH and IlonrwonesM The irrita-
tlon which induces coughing
imraidinteiy relieved -
liovod by use of ' ; Urovvn's Uronchial l
Troches , " Sold only iu bpxes ,
Will Wo Have American Quinine ?
Adolph Sutro is trying the oxporl-
fmont of raising cinchona trees at his '
grounds above the Cliff house , says the 1
San Francisco Kxaminor It is from
(
the bark of about a idoV.on vuriotlos of
this treu that quinine iu oxtrnctod , nnd '
if they will thrive itf ithis climalo the 1
tree * will become very valuable
Morcovor , the citmhona is a very
showy tree and highly ornamoiual ,
some of thqra growing , to a height of
eighty foot Tlio onoruious medicinal 1
consumption of tholiUrk of the clu-
ohona has caused the tree to bo ox-
tonslvoly cultivated ui India and Java
It grows in high uTtitudos iu New
Grenada , Ecuador , Peru and Bolivia i
where there is a great deal of molsturo
It has boon tried with success in Aus-
tralfa , near the seacoast , and Mr Sutro
thinks some of the vuriotlos will grow
here , where there is it moisture in the
atmosphere the yenr rouud
All the rage Rod Cross Cough Drops ,
5 cents per box , sold every where
Citrate of ammonia dissolved in
water has recently boon successfully
employed as an olootrolytlo oxeitlnt ; , r
agent for galvanio battorlos
,
Bownro ot frauds , Rod Cro3s Cough i
Drops will euro your cold
*
Dr , Blrnoy , practice limited to ca-
tarrhal diseases ot nose and throat
J Rooms 218 to 250 , Uoo building
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- AwWfc -J fe 1111 ! ' Ural | 6SiBS 52K * * s ® *
SHUT THEM OUT AGAIN ,
The Hew Jersey BiiiHibei * Shoe Co not only makes better and
more stylish , and a greater variety of goods than any other company , but it is
now putting HEEL PLATES alf their
on First Quality Goocls.such as
Arctics Excluders , Lumbermens' and Heavy San
I dais , including boys , ladies and misses Arties ,
| Jd JztiJjj n i. I
See that the New Jersey Rubber Shoe Co " is stamped in the sole of each |
pair of overshoes you buy , and you will get the full value of your money Your
shoe dealer should have New Jersey goods in all widths , from A. A. to W.V. .
With Or without heels Also high Button Gaiters with Leather Button
Fly I am western agent for the New Jersey Rubber Shoe Co , and carry an
immense stock , which I sell At Wholesale Ollly . I also have a large
stock of FELT BOOTS , ( all free from damage ) and German Socks
I SELL AT CHICAGO PRICES
| Z. T. LI1SEY , till Harney St „ Omaha , Nebraska
MAN OVERBOARD ! "
A S tnttlinR Cry on fclilpbonril Kulcs
ol * Action
There is no sound aboard ship so de
moralizing as thatol man ovorboardl"
It strikes terror to the heart of the
bravest of men , and only the best disci
plined crcivs can withstand the panic it
usually produces Almost every ship
has a particular rule ot action for such
occurrences , according to the Now
York Times The best preconcorted
arrangements , however , nro often in
applicable , and success dopouds mainly
on the presence of mind of the watch ,
the man at the lifo buoy , and the nor
mal condition of the boats
A cool hand will drop the lifo buoy
sometimes within reach of a man ; a
bothered one will either not let go at
all or do so before the man has got near
ithostorn ' Of all persons aboard ship
the ollicer of the deck should bo cool
und collected
Roar Admiral S. B. l.uco lays down
the principle that the most important
considerations when a man falls over
board are : 1. The quickest and most
ofTectual method ot arresting the ships
progress and how to keep her as near
the spot where the man fell as possible
2. To preserve the general discipline ot
the ship , to maintain siloncoaud to enforce -
force the most prompt obedience , with
out pormittipg foolhardy volunteering
of any kind 3. To see that the boat
appointed to bo employed on those occa
sions is placed in such a manner that Rho
may bo cast loose in a moment , and ,
when ready for lowering , thnt she Is
properly manned and iittcd bo as to bo
oillciont in all respects when she
reaches the water , 4. To take care in
lowering the boat neither to stave or
swamp her nor to pitch the men out
And , lastly , to have a sufllclont number
of the sharpest-sighted men in the ship
stationed aloft in such a manner as to
give thom the best chnnco not only o
discovering the person overboard , but
of pointing him out to the monintho
boat , who may not otherwise know inf
what direction to pull
With steamers the difficulties toovor-
como in rescuing a man overboard are
comparatively low , inasmuch as a steam
vessel is always under control so long
as hot * innchinsry is in good order The
rule is to stop as quickly as possible ,
lower the lee lifeboat and pick the man
up The really line points of seaman
ship como into play when sailing ships
are being handled The ordeal is a
trying ono for the host of olllcers , and
tlio young seamen who can properly
place a large sailing shin nnd rescue a
man thafhas fallen overboard deserve
the highest credit for seamanlllcc qual-
ities '
ities.Rear
Rear Admiral Luco , ono of the host
seamen in the United States navy , and
now on the retired list , had a favorite
habit wliilo in command of the North
Atlantic squadron of ordering a midshipman
shipman' to relieve the olllcoroftho
deck from duty , and the instant the
young mnn took hold of the speaking
trumpet the observing officer would
quickly pass a Bignal and in a twinkling
the terrible cry of Man ovorboardl"
would ring through the ship It was all
done to test the young midshipmnn's
nerve and fitness for his calling , and
the admirals delight in catching a
young officer napping was amusing
Generally , however , commanding olll-
ccrs refrain from allowing the cry to bo
sounded solely for practice purposes ,
inasmuch as soamou have bcun known
to jump overboard to the rescue of tholr
supposed unfortunate shipmate The
rule is it stringent ono that no sailor
shall jump overboard for rofacuitiff pur
poses unless pormlttcd by the olllcor of
the deck , but many bravo follows do so i
in spite of the regulation , and no few
lives hnvo bcon lost in foolhardy under
takings
I.udlos who value a refilled comtiloxlon
must use Pozzonl's Powder it produces a
sott and beautiful skill
ConfessloiiH ot * nn ex-Gallery Gotl
Texas Sittings : 1 was not roared in t
the lap ot luxury , and I have not always i
boon on familiar terms with afliuonco
In ray youthful days I did not sit in the )
splendor of the dress circle at the theater -
tor , nor dazzle the common herd with
my diumonds from a box I occupied 1
instead , a throne uoar the othor-bluo >
dome of the opera house , as I gathered I
my store of information lrom the stngo
I have guyed the star actress uud ap-
plaudod the man with the performing r
dogs ,
To mo the greatest show on earth
was the old reliable Uncle Tom-or ,
which is still doing business at the old I
stand , with increased facilities I ad-
mlrod its florco , toothless bloodhounds ,
its tattered and tnotloss Topsy , und its
dcop-bchcmlug Murka It Uuulo Tom
TZi , ifoo ! , January 16 , 17,18 ,
ZIGIZAG 'I'licti'cat ' Laugh Higher
IMZIZIG ZAG
COMEDY 5- -pi 1
, - - --r
_ _ _ Ono continuous lnu U
TniurpTy I'or two hours nnd ft half "
IWUtolli Humorous TlUloguo , Funny Sit
. . „ . , nation * , licRiitifiil Costumes ,
FARCE , Catchy Music , 1'ietiy Girls
Hiotesqno Unnces , Negro
_ . _ . _ . Uancea , Ilurloque
Ill I 7Ai ( Hegular prices Sents will bo
fc 'V.t- ? " put on gale WeilneSday
READ THIS LETTER
* * Vor years I have boon nflllctcfl with bail
DlK ' ll < m. Consultation anil Ill * . I liuve
tried nil thu mvillciiies I lould cut hold of
but all In lulu Kvrn my plij sic lain vnuld
not rollorj my cnstlvenrss In Mm invnii
tlmo Istruggled under great pain I.tni was
iihiirilun TnouoeksiiKolsawtlioCIilcnKO
Time , "milniyej6 foil on an udtcrtlse
mont of Tolls Tills Idccldoil totry them
1'liey Iia o worked wimdcrfiilly They hot-ii
me roculnr , dent iimkii nuislck , Klvomenn
appetite nnd nro curlnft my piles I nm
fdroiiRaiidcnnnnlkuiiyilktaiieo Ifl had
bad tliese lillltf llto years aio ; they would
liavo sat oil mo © 10,000 ; hut they Imi o saved
my life It the iifll kli'd ooi - > where liiura
tholr value , which Is bej mid uxpros < lon "
TIIK AI.ll Z.UND , SptltiEllelil , O.
Tutt's Liver Pills
ABSiailliATC THE FOOD
CLOTHING
himself had not boon so old nnd feeble ,
and had turned u. few somersaults
around the deathbed of little Eva , ho ,
too , would have won my vocifomus ap
plause I recognized no good or evil
from the standpoint of a gitllory god ;
when the bootliug-browod villain
knocked the here out in the second act ,
aud hold tholIiilTy-huirodhorolno ared-
eyed captive , I applauded the man on
top For I knew thnt the good did not
die young on the stage and that the
here had as many lives as a common
house cat ; that in the last net ho would
wed the fair , faUo-hairodgirl , while the
i stiff , pulsoldss form of the doop-a-oicod
villian wub boiiqrdruggod away through
the labyrinth of wings
Tha stony heart of a gallery god is
moved of the sight of Knoch Anions
stoop-Bhouldorod form , as ho turns sadly
away In the gathering gloom and plods
wearily toward the nearest saloon ; and
I have often wished thnt Colonel Arden
would got drunk , como back and reveal
his idontity.croatlnga denouement thnt
would shako the house from gallery to
parquotto ,
I have sat dumb and motionless on my
un painted throne while thu t > ylph-liko
form of the flower of the graduating
class came upon the stage , swept lior
trail behind her and road the old , tot
torlng story : "Wo stana today upon the
threshold of lifo " To-wit : The nforo-
said flower was my ulster , aud I sat
with range of my fathers spectacled vl-
slon
*
Mrs Winslow'a Soothing Syrup for
h ildron teething is the family bouefuc-
or gScontsahottlo
A Wntcli Hint Huni llirno Venrs
A journeyman clockmalcor in the
neighborhood of Lyons has invented u
method of making a lady's watch go
without being wound up during a whole
your , a mans wntcli during thrco yours ,
a pendulum of middling size twenty
years , and a publio clock for a space of
281) years Iio manufactures , watches of
so small a size that they uro worn iu
linger rings , taking the place ot a seal ,
and require winding but once iu fifteen
days , says the Now York Tribune Of f
course j ou hnvo hoard of the watch
worn by the Empress Marie Louise on 1
the forellngor of her left huud Thnt
was h rare jewel , uud was said to have
cost 1250,000 francs , fifty francs will buy
one llko it now There is ono.groat
!
drawback to those watohos they can bo
wound up only by the inventor himself '
or these acquainted with his hoc rot
The works are in ] eusos hormeticully
scaled
tdL aiLy M fIS / , , am akmo
The largest , lastem hihI llncsi In the world ,
ti Psewnccr accontmotlntloiis unexcelled
Now York to Glasgow via Lsndoaierry
Ethiopia , Jan . . . 1Mb. | Deronlu , l'ebruary 1st
Anchorlo , Jan . . . "Otb | rumessla . . Feb 6tb
Now York to Azo j. Gibraltar anl Italy
Saloon Sucom ) Class and Stebiiaub rates
on lowest terms Excursion Tlckoti roauced ,
mudeariiHahle to latum oy etthor the IMctur-
esque Clydo and North of Ireland , or Htvar
Mcrsuy atul South ot Ireland , or Naples aail
Olbrulter
UXCOIllIONS OT 1'AItIS on COSTINBVrAt
TOuns on lowest terras Travelers Circular
I.ettersoredlt and Drafts for any amount at
lowest current latos Apply to any ot our local
agents or tu
Herflerson Brothers , CMcap , Illi
US lUri
U. \ . Momtics
U II BIaues U. P. Depot
ATT TME
Expositions
r = zMSilVER5ELLEt
PARIS , 1559 ,
Iho Highest Possible Premium ,
JFHE * ONLY * GRANS PRIZE
FOR SCW1HG MAGHINES ,
WAS AWARDED TO
WHALER & WILSON MFG . CO .
AND THE
* < GR0SS 0F THE > *
LEQION OF HONOR ,
WAS CONFERRED UPON
NATHANIEL WHEELER ,
The President of the Company ,
WHEELER & WILSON MFG CO
183-1H7 Wnbnoli Ave , Cliicaco
P. E. FLODMAN & Co
'J'20 N. Kllli St , Oiii liiiNub
\yr \ CoLLaK
4tentl > Improved nltli ewiniiiif iIiuIIm < m out
tK Cal tirdln * f J . 'J'h ; prlniiUngil .
• a and BD9rt n ftcturdlns to the weujht put oa then ,
* jUpCid cqaaJlr w ll U > roURh country cr tin *
Vlt drl WU i j < w b ot • atlsraoilon
Ton eopteirnuio from ontwiltlnjf Airruta VAnUi
OIlKCLTYlKWIIlTtltOO . lie.v > -rC'l.l. lr
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