Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE , STJNPAfo JUNE 21 , 180.1-SIXTEEN PAGES. 15
NEBRASKA IN THE SIXTIES ,
Dofondlng the Territory from Indian
Depredators ,
THE REDSKINS INCITED BY SOUTHERNERS ,
ttlio I'nrt ActlMfj-fJnvprnor Pniltlock
I'lnynl In MiiHtcrltiK Troops lor
I'Voiillcr 1'rotcotlon Hotter of
Houotitl Nebraska Cavalry.
PAUT II.
The order of General Pope mustering n
regiment of cavalry for sorvlco on the fron
tier with a view to holding the Indians In
check , came at an opportune moment , for It
restored conlldcnco in ttio people \vlio had
begun to think the general government had
abandoned the west altogether , nnd ho
Rloomy outlook before them had already
caused n low to move back cast irom whence
they came , so their wives and children
might escape the murderous fee then roam
Ing at largo over n defenseless country. The
tnassacrn of so many women nnd children In
Minnesota , May , Ib0'3 , and n general uprising
of the Indians ut n later period from from
Minnesota to the HIo Grande , caused many
Btout-hcartod frontiersman to shudder with
fear lest lih wife and children might fall a
Victims to the tomalmwltlos also ; and it is not
nt nil strange that many of our pioneers
sought protection In moro populous com
munities lilto southern Iowa , Illi
nois and localities further cast.
Nor is It at all strange that the people , re
gardless of politics or southern proclivities ,
leaped for joy , when the order came to pro
tect their homos nud families by western
troops who were acquainted with the situ
ation ; nnd felt themselves equal to the task
when armed and equipped by tlio general
government.
Nebraska , Kansas , Colorado and Dakota ,
having n territorial organization nt that time ,
their influence nt Washington through n dole-
gata in Congress , had about the same effect
upon the authorities there that the pleading
of nn English peasant would have had upon
the court of St. James.
Not because the president and secretory of
War hoard not the petitions of the people , nnd
would have readily granted all they asked
could they have uono so , but because all ojos
of the nation were centered at Washington ,
nnd bent on saving it from falling into
General Leo's hands , who was then marshall
ing his forces Just across the Potomac for
that purpose. And further , bccauso the
powoi 3 at Washington were determined to
make the rebellious states tl.o battle ground
which were so eager in the secession movo-
inont , and troops for service on the plains
could not bo spared from the front.
It was the prevailing opinion throughout
the west from 1801 , 'IB , > KI , 'M , that the In
dians were incited by rebel emissaries of the
southern confederacy to attack the frontier
settlements , and by that means draw the
attention of the secretary of war to the
necessity of lessoning his energies In pushing
bis soldiers southward and sending n portion
of them west to protect a defenseless people.
This opinion was well founded , for a work
entitled ' 'Fiuhting for Missouri , " now before
the writer , published slnco the close of the
war , and whoso author was the adjutant
general of Price's army , alludes to the fact
that Jefferson Davis had commissioned Gen
eral Hlndman as early ns IbCl to proceed
. .without delay to Arkansas , tike command of
the confederate forces , arm nnd equip the
Indians of the Cherokee and Choctnw nations
end enlist them in the confederate cause.
His object was to incite all tbo western
Indians to n warlike demonstration nnd raid
the whole countr yfrom northeast to south
west , thereby placing the federal forces be
tween two llres the rebel soldiers in front
with shot and shell nnd the Indians In the
roar with torch , tomahawk nud scalping
Icnifo , to murder nnd plunder defenseless
women and children. And but for the fore-
Bight nml timely warning of actlng-Uovornor
Paddock to the secretary of war , und the
prompt action of thu seciolary in directing
General Pope to call out moro troops and
protect the frontier at nil hazards , Davis'
instructions to Hlndman might have resulted
inoro disastrously to the west than they did.
Ouo thing Is certain. The people would
have to abandon all nnd llco for safety , or
remain to await death nud destruction nt
the hands of n savage foo. For what few
able-bodied men there were nt homo , were
unskilled in Indian warfare , nndunprovidod ,
ns they were , with arms , ammunition , sub
sistence and the means of transportation ,
they could do but little at best. Hut when
7-w the ' news came to arm and equip men for ser
X. vice and tbo frontier , the hearts of the people
v leaped for Joy , and men , nil the way from
> JJ > igt years to that of sixty , crowded the
fruiting ofllco until the Sixth and Seventh
IOWK cavalry and Forty-llr.it infantry and the
gallant Second Nebraska cavalry had their
quota and were ready for marching orders.
Nebraska was then , as stio is now. on the
main line of travel from ocean to ocean , nnd
the Kroat balk of overland travel from the
Atlaatlc states to tbo Puclllo coast , Colorado ,
XItab and the gold Holds of Montana , Idaho
nnd Nevada passed centrally through her
from on t to west , and as a consequence her
settlements along this national thoroughfare
yroro tnoro numerous nnd demanded moro
troops for protection than did either
Minnesota , northern Iowa , Kansas , Col
orado and the territories further south.
And her soldiers were called to guard the
overland travel by wagon from ISill to 18153 ,
the same as they were to guard the builders
of the Union Paolllo from Omaha west at a
later period.
The wisdom and patriotism exhibited t > y
the governors of the western states and terri
tories in throwing around the sparsely set
tled portions , thu strong arm of the military ,
nt the tlmo they did , can now bo moro fully
-V appreciated by the hundreds of thousands
from nil elvllUod nations , who occupy these
once treeless and almost uninhabited portions
tions of our country. No loss than six or
eight continental railways now traverse these
lands from the Missouri river to the Pnolllo
ocean , and where it required a voyage of
three months by ox teams , twenty-Iivo years
ago with tbo hardships incident to n frontier
country , the trip can now bo made In n Pull
man paluco car in four or llvo days and that
too , at n Having of ut least M per cent of
former ex ponses ,
Tbo tourist who crossed the plains thirty
years ago nnd beheld a vast plain with noth
ing to break the monotony at day , but largo
herds of buffalo , and the war whoop of the
Indians nt night , can moro readily appreciate
the change it bus Undergone than one whenever
never made the trip only by rail. The unin-
liabited plains he saw then nro now the
liuppy homes of thousands , with rich
fields of grain the fruits ot lion-
e.st labor , I'lio Indian tepees ho looked
upon ns ho Journeyed westward nro tradi
tions of the past , and in their place ho will
gaze upon nlco cities nnd villages and line
churches and .school buildings , as well as
largo commercial industries such as the
wants of the country dcumml ,
And wheni Logan Fontlncll , chief of the
Omaha Indians , once held poacuabtu posses
sion of u land opposite Council 11 luffs. In. ,
where that noulo chief taught his people the
arts nnd sclonco of clvllbatlon , ho will there
behold n city of Hil.OOO population , n railroad
center equal to that of Chicago , and Indus
trial enterprises sufllctent to give her entire
population constant employment.
Viewing all this as the writer does from
nn old settler and nn old soldier's standpoint ,
ho cannot consistently bo accused of egotism
when ho claims that this great change is , in
part , due to ttio bravo soldlos boys ot No-
bniMtii , Kansas , Colorado. Iowa , Minnesota
nnd Dokotu , who , after placing their wives
und little ones in n place of safety , went
forth to tight a savage fee moro desperate
than any civilized foe known in common
warfare who fought to u llnUh. for the wild
Indians took no prisoners , nor did they ex
pect to bo treated otherwlso than death
When captured ,
Jy November 1 , ISfH , the Second Nebraska
cavalry was fully organlnod with ten full
companies nnd went into winter quarters
near where i lunseom park is now locateduntil ,
eoino time in January following , whan the
various companies were scattered at points
along the Missouri river from Dakota City to
the Kansas line , there to await orders of
Drlgadlor General Jamca II. Craig who waa
.then in command ot the district with head
quarters at Omaha.
The it ) being more candidates for tfleld ofll-
\ f ces than there was places to fill. Governor
bounder * vhltod Washington at bis own expense -
penso nnd through bis forcible as well as per-
tuasivo arguments , ho provallod on the socro-
Ury to grunt him the authority to recruit
two morn companies thus making twelve
companies , so as to gtvo a colonel , lieutenant
colonel , three majors , commissary quarter
master ana adjutant , and three surgeons ,
The request of Governor Saunders having
"L" nnd "M"
boon granted , companies woru
soon cotnploto and mustered In the sorvlco ,
making the second Nebraska Cavalry twclvo
hundred strong ready for sorvlco.
Soon nftor compitiy "F , " Captain Laboo
commanding , went Into winter quarters near
Nebraska City , n call for n company of sol
diers wns Issued to proceed at once to thoOtoo
Indian agency In southern Gage county , nnd
assist Agotit Baker In paving the Indians
their regular nnnultlo" . upon arriving nt
the ngnncy the raptaln learned rom their
agent that tha leading chiefs refused to ro-
colvo their money because thu post trader ,
Jamison , demanded that what was duo him
for poods the several Indians had bought
should first bo taken out by the agent and
the remainder paid to each Indian us his or
her name was called.
Th < J presence of the troops and n few days'
consultation brought the Otoo Indians to
time nnd the distribution of their money per
capita proceeded.
The writer , who was conversant with the
Indian language , was designated ns custo
dian of the post trader's share , which was
about 90 per cent of the whole payment com-
inir to them ; nnd as each Indian's name was
called ho came forward , slcnod the pay roll
with his or her X , and alter paying the
trailer his amount the remainder was held by
the agent to the Indian who rocolvod it not
with an exclamation of Joy , but with a scowl
on his face , and In lib own language grulll.v
ejaculated. "Monchco hoitchoo , wamoona
montaska , " which means , "Tbo white man
steals iho Indian's money. "
Many of the soldiers thought then and
think so now , that the Indians were lleoccd
by the sharks und hangers-on nround these
ngcnclcb , nnd the .sooner the Indian bureau
was transferred to the war department tlio
.sooner the red children ot the forest would
become reconciled to the fact that their
great father was an honest man ,
Having completed the organization of the
regiment , the Hold oHlcors were commission
ed as follows : H. W. Furnos , colonel ; W. F.
Snpp , nontenant colonel ; George Armstrong ;
mnjor.lohn ; Tabu , maorJ ) ; , W. Poarman , ma
jor : Dr. A. Bowen , surgeon ; Dr. W.S. Lattn ,
assistant surgeon ; Dr. II. 0 liana , assistant
surgeon ; H. M. Atkinson , adjutant ; J. S.
McCormlck , quartermaster ; John Q. Goss ,
commissary.
A bravfcf set of men or n moro gaily nttirod
set of Hold ofllcora on dross parade could not
bo found in the whole army than comix > sed
the regimental staff of the Second Nebraska
cavalry.
Not even the bandsomo Colonel John M.
Thnyer of the First Nebraska Infantry , when
arrayed In his summer clothing , looked moro
prepossessing than our own Colonel Furnas
when mounted on his noble charger with
sword and canteen dangling nt his side.
, As Colonel Thnyor drew his sword in 1S01 ,
nnd pointing It southward , saving , "Follow
mo , bravo soldiers ; for with this implement
of war and the prayers of my chaplain not n
vestige of treason "shall be left on southern
soil to write the historvof who its destroyers
were , " so did Colonel Furnas draw his sword
nnd pointing it northward exclaim , "Follow
me , my bravo knights of the prairies , for this
day do wo lly to the resouo slashing the sav-
ngo foe from right to left until the whole
country shall bo freoa from the redskin fees
and Little Crow's ' heart made to feel the
point of my daeger. " Llttlo Crow was the
leader of the Minnesota massacre of so many
women and children in the spring of 1SIVJ ,
nnd was supposed to bo working hiu way to
the plains of Nebraska.
THE IWJI G UTTtSX JtoA / > .
Kiln //fpi/fiisou fn Frank Lesllc'i.
Within a western forest dim and still ,
It lies a lonely thing ;
Across the twlllt dusk canaries trill ,
Or slant on golden wing.
About the pools the lily of the west.
Puts out three snow white leaves ;
Within a thicket where tbo shadows rest ,
A widowed linnet grieves.
Airalnst the fallen Io ? nnd sap-veined trees
The ferns press broad , cool palms ;
The alders faintly murmur , and the brcozo
Sucks sweetness from the balms.
Hero flno flr noodles meet and lace above ,
And loops of gold slip through ,
And , trembling like a droaa of happy love ,
Drink all the drops of dew.
Forgotten road , thy ruggoj furrows toll
How many a wheel has presod
How many a foot beat like a ringing bell
Upon thy voiceless breast.
The vines creep downward to thy very edge ,
A if they pitied theo ,
And loved so much it were a privilege
To rest there silently.
Forgotten roadl full many a glad , young
heart
Has followed whore thou led ; y
And thou hast bprno full many a ono apart ,
Whore sleep forgotten dead.
Be lonely not ; it is the fate of all
Of man and thing the lot ;
Their use outlived , the mighty and the small
Shall ono day bo forgot.
Yet , nftor many years , porcbanco som
thought
May backward turn to thee ;
So , nftor man has passed , the good ho
wrought
Lives on jn memory.
*
A. Quaint "Ad. "
Philadelphia Record ; The following
quaint cdvortisomont , which appeared in
ono of the city papers the other day , Is at
tributed to genial "Tom" Donaldson , "tho
man who beat Blaine , " as ho Is sometimes
called In allusion to Uls connection with the
maaacomentof thu republican national cam
paign In 18SI , and with thu Buruhard inci
dent , a title , by the way , in which Mr. Don-
nldson takes no pleasure ; "To rent , No.
871 Preston street ; it is of no moment
whether the tenant's ' irrandfather assisted
John Hancock in the declaration and they
must not be too good a plebeian tenant pre
ferred. Patricians seldom , if over , pay rent
without a legal skirmish ; no boarders 'to betaken
taken ; the hlghou qualification requisite
will be evidence of capacity to lay twonty-
oit'ht beans or shekels per month In advance
in the hand of the gentlemanly collector. "
I'lallosopliy From IKKV Itottoin.
Washington Post : Maybe dar Is soch a
ting ez luck , an' may he dar ain't , butyoh kin
feel sarting dat llsh ain' gwlno tor bite un
less you keep you line In do watnb.
Li To am mos'ly divided between wlshln1
'twould rain an' wishin' 'twould cl'nr off.
Do man kin larf h'ahty ' hoz pooty good llfo
insurance.
Whuts pas' ' urn gone. Yph kin put do
copper in the slot an' git cnowln1 gum , but
you kalnt put in do gum an1 pet do copper
back.
back.When
When or man stops and thinks ob what ho
wasn't afore ho was born and what ho won't
bo nftor he's gone , ho feels like or mighty
small linger , ono botwlx' two mighty big
nugtila. _ _ _ _ _ _
Turning Ills Collar.
The poet gay will turn his lay
And bond himself to rhyme
To culobrato In fitting way
The merry summer time ,
But n.s ho sings the waving leaf , *
And sees his voraoa sprout ,
Ho deftly tucks his handkerchief
To hold his collar out.
In formation.
Now York Hocorder : Wllllo-Papa , what
docs a real line corn palace cost ! "
WUIIo's papa ( with now patent leathers
on ) Twclvo dollars it pair , my son.
The Only Plut'O.
Now York Herald : Mrs. Trotter ( reading )
"To lot A cot\ago \ , ton rooms , nil modern
Improvements ; mountains rising in thu roar ;
lawn sloping to u crystal lake ; weather al
ways cool ; no mosquitoes ; no malaria ; rout
$10 per mouth. Apply to1'
Mr. Trotter ( wearily ) Saint Peter at the
A Clincher.
Jewelers1 Weekly : Hov. niowhard Hluchor
( colored , denouncing the extravagances of
his congregation ) : "I tolls yo' , broderin an'
Mstorn , Jewelry had its origin 'mong sav-
agos. "
Doaoon Sharp ( interrupting ) : "I bog yor
pahdon , II rudder lilucber , put whar yo'
'riglnato yor own so'f I"
A De.llonto Wny.
Now York Herald ! "There's n letter In
the Gazette thi * inorntuc , Dromon , advocat
ing your nomination for ifovernor. "
"Keally I I wonder who wrote ill"
"Well , It's my opinion , Hronnon , that If
you treated its writer to a cocktail you'd
driuk alouo.1
Ignominious Defeat of Holly In His Attempt
to Stouro It
ROUTING OF 1113 COUNCILMANIC TOOLS ,
A hlvcly Struggle for Kuonomy mid
Jtintlco of Oilier Days a nil
Tlioso Who I
In It.
TUP. Brn of n few days ago referred to the
great cngino which has recently been placed
In the waterworks plant nt Florence. The
machine Is considered ono ot the most pow
crful of Its kind In the country , and Is n marvel -
vol of engineering and mechanical skill.
Few people , however , who look upon the
marvel will In nnv manner be reminded of
ttio great light of which it was Indirectly the
outcome , because of the thousands who visit
it the great majority are these who came to
this city after the great waterworks fight
bad bosn almost forgotten.
It was in the summer of 1ST ! ) that Omaha
too i : strong hold of the question of estab
lishing waterworks. Previously to that tlmo
she had boon receiving her water from wells.
No objection was made to the liquid , how
ever , because it was ns clear as crvBtal.
There was n decided lack of supply , however ,
for llro purposes and the destruction of the
Grand Central hotel impelled the citizens to
attempt to remedy the defect. There
was a question , however , as to
whether the water of the Missouri
could bo clcarlllcd for drinking
purposes but that was answered pretty satis
factorily by the ofllcers of the smelting
works and the exports whoso opinions were
sought at thotimo.
On July 8 , 1B79. The council rocloved n
proposition from S. L. Wiley & Co. , to erect
water works with a capacity of not less
than -1,000,000 gallons every twenty-four
hours nud , with storngo basins with n
capacity of not less than 2,000,000 gallons.
The city was to have the right
to purchase the works at the expiration of
ten years for fliOt-.OOO , and hydrants when the
number exceeded 'J73 were to cost $75 nploco.
On Tuesday , July 23 , a proposition was re
ceived from the Holly manufacturing com
pany of Lockport , N. Y. They guaranteed
to furnish 4,000,000 gallons of water daily ,
nnd requested the exclusive franchise for
twenty-tlvo years with equal rights
with all companies thereafter to build and
maintain works in the city. The rental of
fire hydrants was to bo tbo same as that pro
posed by Wiley although the schedule for
private consumption was to bo slightly lower
than that of the llrst proposition.
ft was patent that the Holly bid had boon
held out until after Wiloy bad presented bis
nnd then been made so as to cut
into some of the figures offered by that
party. His plan , however , differed from that
of Wiloy in that it comprehended only direct
pass nvrnr until aJVor the matter had
boon referred ( < } ' In the courts.
Corrupt schemes woroidovlsod to induce the
council to favor the Holly proposition and
the most Intense oxctfotnent pi-availed when
Tnr BIB : openly cltaiged the Holly repre
sentatives with attempt nt briber } * . It gnvo
notlco to dulling toiIcavo the city under
penalty of being jirpsccutod nnd also
served notice on his. associates of Its de
termination to llgr.t ring manipulation
and the press In the courts to the bitter end.
In the great fight TUB llin was alone , the
Herald , Hopubltcan''ftnd ' News being for
Holly. The imltalloiiliad become so general
mid the fcolhitf of jroiontmonl against the
Holly trickery so pronounced that it > vas de
cided to have the mattrr publicly discussed
In the court houso. IFl'dm a selection of old
papers the following cull has been extracted.
It Is un Interesting document and a memento
of these lively times and Is hero reproduced.
Nearly all of iho signers are still residents of
Omaha , though several of thorn are dead.
Among the latter nro James 1C. Ish , F. Lang ,
O. F. Davis , Thomas ICotinedy , M , A. Mo-
Nnmnni , O. W. Human , WobUor Knydor , A.
Urulckshank , C. H. Dewey and George M.
O'Brien.
The meeting was hold. Hon. G. W. Doatio
was elected chairman.
Mr. K. Hosowntcr spoke , criticising both
propositions. Other speeches were made by
Councilman Hascall , A. J. Hanscom , C. V.
Gallagher nnd several others , nnd In some of
them were contained expressions of feeling
moro blttur than pollto. The meeting ad
journed ut U o'clock by the adoption of the
following :
Resolved , That the oltUons of Omaha , In
mass meet Injc assembled , hereby reroinniond
to and Instruct the council to make no eon-
traet with any company for waterworks that
does not contemplate and guarantee u system
of settling and supply reservoirs holding nt
least ( i.OJJ.OOJ galloiB.
On Tuesday , August 19 , Councilman Has-
lcaU , under n suspension of the rules , Intro
duced the Holly ordinance , Mossrs. Hodman.
Hnscnll , KaufTrnnn , Slavln , Shannon nnd
Hiopon voting for the suspension nnd Messrs.
Keiinnrd und Dodge against It. The ordi
nance was road a first and second time and
referred to the committee on sewerage and to
report on the following Thursday night.
Councilman Labauch favored the Holly
system , but deprecated haste.
On August 21 Mr. K. Hosow.iter swore out
n warrant for the arrest of Dr. Cushlng ,
charging htm with attempted bribery of
some councilmen , among them Hascall and
Hodman , as also some ofllcors of the city
government. Cushlng was arrested about
5 o'rlock and gave $ . ! 00 bonds for his
appearance on ktho next day. Cushlng
was discharged on technical grounds
but the testimony showed that certain coun-
cllmcn expected their share of the swag.
On Monday , August 2. " ) , the ordinance came
up in the council and notwithstanding the
remonstrance of 1,500 taxpayers was passed ,
Councilmen Dodge , ICeunnrd , Dailoy and
Stephenson voting no , their protests not
being allowed upon the record.
On Wednesday , August 27 , the council
hold a special meeting nnd the mayor. C. S.
Chase , vetoed the 'Holly ordinance , nnd the
latter was passed over the veto by the vote
whicn had passed it originally. On Thurs
day , the 2lith , the cituons hold a rousing
meeting and endorsed the mayor's voto.
'
Tholordinanco passed in'fuvor of Holly
2 ,7 -o /j. . .
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* - >
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/for $ fafrrk"go-t >
, S . * cs. .
TUB WAItTKinVOHKS JtllCTIN'O 0\II
pressure from llio pumps iitid without rofor-
cncoto ( jravitntlon from reservoirs or set
tling basins. The proposition of the
Holly people wns made by the ponoral
wu.itoni nuont , Jnmer T. Cushln , n Kontlo-
nuin who , before abandonlnc tUo city for
good , cnmo to the conclusion that thu people
of Onmlia were not to bo Bulled by n party
wuoso ability in that line was greatly ovur-
estimated by blnisolf. Iluhltid this Holly
proposition , there was n pool of about
n dozen men. Earn of these paid nboutJl.OOO.
This sum of $ l',000 was to bo paid as u
starter , Oushlnu' was to put In the machin
ery nnd his company was to bo paid for
It by bondlni : it for what it was worth ,
Gushing maintaining that ho would IIOKO-
tlatu the bonds. AH that bo wanted
was n fuvorablo contract. The income from
the llro hydrants would , it was claimed , not
only moot the Interest but Icavo a sinking
fund to talto up the bonds when they should
fall duo , while the water rents would tnoro
than pay running expenses. In order
to got this contract the council waste
to bo "managed. ' If this contract
had been entered Into It would also have ro
il ill rod tbo manipulation of the councils for
the following twonty-llvo years ,
Thursday , July 35 , ibTU. n special meeting
of the council was hold and some furtaor av
suranco wns given by S. L. Wiley & Co. ,
namely , that by either gravltutton or direct
pressure they would bo nblo to throw a
stream of water on I ho roof of tbo high school.
Hath propositions were discussed. Mr ,
Konnard opposed giving the contract to a
homo company and allowing n franchise for
twenty-live years. Ho criticized Gushing
for coming in nt the eleventh hour and fash
ioning bis proposition utter that of Wiley had
boon mada public.
Mr. Hodman tboucht postponements would
bo the means of saving money.
Mr , James Creighton wanted both
propositions ta ba returned to the
maUeru and then amended. pro-
son ted again 4o the council , and
the proposition most favorable to the people
accepted.
Dr. Gaining said ho had changed his mind
regarding Missouri river wator. Ho could
not give thorn clear water but ho would titter
It and do the best ho could , Ho would to
form a local stock company and open the
stock books to everybody.
A committee wa appointed to vult the
Holly works at Ottutnwa ana Hurllugton ,
Then uroie storm which did uot
bound Omaha to pay over 519,000 n year
for twenty-fivo years for fire hydrants
at the rate of ? 90 n year , when
the same coinpanv offered to furnish a
smaller number to St. Joseph , Mo. , for &SO a
year , and when Norman , another water man ,
made as low an offer to this city. No basis
was established for assessing the
works if it should bo decided to
purchase them nnd , no limit was
plnuod upon the value of the franchise.
Under such a contrarttho Holly people could
pay tor the works in itaii'ojirs and then sell
them to the city for ICbOODO.
Tbo morning nftor ( lib'passage of the ordi
nance twonty-llvo loadfng citizens signed nn
agreement to light the matter In the courts.
Among them wqru'B. . Hosowator ,
William A. Piixtdi James K. Ilovd ,
Hvron Heed , James K. Ish. M , Hell-
man , James M. WoolWorth , G. II. Collins ,
/i. J. 1'opploton , P,7 , U. Morgan , O. C.
Campbell. W. W. Mhrsh , C. U. Hustin ,
Lewis Hrash , Messorn , Stevens it Wilt-ox ,
Milton Hogers , B. OMlcSuauo and Clark
Woodman. ' "
As a consequence art injunction was sought
in tlto district coiiH,1 presided over at
that time by the late Judge Savage :
Messrs. Howe nnd ilhtino and Adams &
HI moral appearing feY ; ' the plaintiffs , nnd
Judge Wnkaloy.J. G. CMwln and E. Prltchott ,
representing the defendants ,
The case was nbly arcuod by counsel on
Saturday , September t ) , and on the 13th
the Judge grunted nn Injunction declaring at
the same time that the ordinance was in
valid.
Hy this tlmo the Holly people had strewn
the streets with water pipe , which lay there
during the winter. The spring returned in
ISSfl , and at the election thu Holly crowd was
repudiated nnd tbo swlndlu torover kuocUed
In the head.
Thus died Holly In Omaha , and their pipes
were carted elsewhere.
Knsy KnoiiKli to Toll a Prince.
IlQston Transcript : Aunt Kate was tollIng -
Ing little Edith a fairy story , in which a
prince figured.
"Hut how did they know ho was a prlncol"
asked Edith.
"Oh , that was easy enough , " broke in
Uncle Oeorgo. "He probably had baccarat
countcra In his pocKot. "
TIIK CU/ITAIXS JWOII'.V
Mrs. McICoo-H.inltln Is a ra.val ontorUtno r
nuslncsj nt the Loudon theaters Is very
dull.
dull.Kihvln
Kihvln DoJth says ho hopes to net again In
luVM.
luVM.Hoso
Hose Uoghlnu will sail for Englana on
July 1.
Harry Lacy Is having a now play written
for him.
Minnie Maddorn Plsko has written "Tho
Hoses" for the Vokos company.
Jatmuscltok boltovos that ' 'Harvest Moon"
will bo n big success next season.
Sol Smith Hussoll has been visiting Joseph
Jefferson at Uuzzard's Hay , Mass.
Tbnro will bo no lo < s than 185 farce comedy
companies In the Hold next season.
London hns forty-two licensed theatres ;
Now York has thirty-two nnd Chicago nine-
toon.
Clara Morris has written nn article on the
drama for the July number ot the North
American Hovlow.
Kny Temploton sallcll for I'rancolast week ,
registered on thu steamship as "Miss Vano. "
She saytt Htm will rotum In eight wooks.
CaroHno Hill ( Mrs. Herbert Kolcoy ) re
turns to England this week. She hates
America , and says American women nro not
clumii
The announcement that this or that uctrcss
will star next season Is becoming tlrosomo.
No doubt many of these staiv will sutler
eclipse , and quite o.irly , too.
Henry K. Dixoy will next season give nn
ontcrtnlntmvit consisting of three short tilnys
a molo-drama by Clay Oroono , u p.vntonuiuo
and the last act of "Tho Seven Agos. "
The rumor is that nblg circus deal Is on the
tapis looking to a sale of one-third part of the
Sells IJros.1 show to John A. Foropaugh , n
nephew , and Adam Forepaugh , a son of the
late Adam Foropaugh.
The fundraod Is for George S. Knight will
soon no exhausod. The once favorite actor ,
now forty years old , is little better than nn
Imbouilo. There Is talk of giving him an
other bcnollt In this city.
The cstaU ) of the Into Lawrence Barrett
has boon Inventoried by the oxocutors. It is
valued nt SWI.OOO. In a loiter U > his wife tbo
tragedian bequeathed his Cassius armor and
sword to the Playor's club of Now Vork.
Ono Hcrioiis piny alone survives the at
tack of warm weather in Now Vork. It is
"Tho Merchant" nt the Madison Square , nnd
its prolonged career deserves note , because
there Las boon no undue forcing of the play.
Hoston Is going to be very much fin do
sloclo with n Theatre Libre. Ono of Tel
stoi's gloomy horrors is to bo brought out in
it , nnd probably n comedy by Goncourts ,
without a plot and without even distinct
actH.
actH.This
This Is where sotno of the actors will sum
mer : Dora Wiley , at Portland , Mo. ; Felix
Morris , nt Oeonomowoc , Wls. ; Annlo Lewis ,
at Washington ; Ada Melrose , nt Asbury
Park ; Edwin Booth , nt Newport : Agnes
Villa , at Hideewood , N. J.
People are rather doubtful about the inter
ior oi the now opera house being as handsome -
some as it has been represented. There
shouldn't bo any doubt at all , for already
enough is done to Indicate that it will bo one
of the handsomest theaters In America.
Thatcher's minstrels will close the season
In this city nnd will Immediately begin
the rehearsal of "Tuxedo , " with which they
will open the now National theater m Phil
adelphia in the fall. The company will re
main in Omaha until their eastern engage
ment.
By Henry Irving's special desire , his son
Henry will commence his theatrical career
under John Hare , the lessee , manager and
leading actor of Gnrrick's theatre. Young
Henry Irving will mnko his debut nt that
theatre during the coming season as Lord
Boaufoy In the "School for Scandal. "
Miss Pearl Eytinco will star next season in
a now play written by herself , entitled
"Vivian. " Miss ISytlngo has engaged Max
Freeman to superintend the production , nnd
also secured nn extensive wardrobe from
Paris. The season will open on September
for a six weeks' tour prior to a metropo
litan opening.
Not being nblo to secure a suitable nttrac
tion for the opening of Boyd's ' now theater
Mr. Tom Boyd has about concluded to post
pone the opening until Wodnosday.Septembor
'J. when the Madison Square theater com
pany will appear in Gus Thomas' pronounced
success , "Alabama. " No stronger opening
piece could bo secured than this story of the
south before the war.
The property man of the Grand opera house
in Pnilnitolphia recently sold nn old violin to
the property man of the Lilliputian opara
company for SI.50. It now turns out that the
violin is a real Stradivarius and easily worth
$5,000. Although 170 years old it is well pro-
served. The present owner , Mr , Charles T.
ilosonlleld. director of the Lillputlan opera
company , bought it for 8150.
The United States are to bo treated to a
jenulno novelty. The Husslnn composer
Tsclmrkowsky has made arrangements to
take a full Kusslnn choir to the United States
next season. Ho will probably open his sea
son In New York , and should ttio venture
meet with ilnancinl success , ho will talto the
choir on a prolonged tour , visiting all the
principal cities of the union. A similar ex
periment in Loudon a few years since was a
dismal failure.
The Herald at Qulnoy , 111. , has n local re
porter who "let himself loose" on Miss Tom-
iinson's piano recital the other night. Ac
cording to his report "sho were n white ala
baster costume. " Further , "sho is personally
a most pleasant young woman , and am sing
nwuy up und away down and trill across the
score like u veteran in the vocallstlc causo.
She sings without apparent effort nnd sings
naturally. That's a charm nowadays , when
so many.women sing after the manner of tbo
hurdy-gurdy whoso tnuslo is ground out be
tween n perforated shoot and n cylinder full
of tacks find nails and spikes. "
Ellen Terry thus describes the symptoms
of stage fright : "You suddenly fool as if
your tongue had become dislocated and was
lying powerless in your mouth. Cold shivers
begin to crepp downward from the nape of
your neck and all up you at the same time ,
until they seem to moot in the small of your
bark. About this tlmo you feel ns if a centi
pede , all of whoso feet had been carefully
Iced , had begun to run about the roots of
your hair. Your next ngrocablo sensation is
the breaking out of n cold parsplration all
over you. Then you fool ns though some
body'had cut the muscles at the back of
your knees ; your mouth begins slowly to
open without giving utterance to a single
sound , and your eyes seem Inclined to jump
out of A-our head over the footlights. At this
period' ! ' , is us well to get elf the stage ns
quickly as possible ; you are far beyond the
hone of any human help. "
The Muslclnl Courier mentions the follow
ing American singers now meeting with suc-
cesj in Europe : Emma Albanl , Kate Holla ,
Miss Emma Eamos , Miss Sybil Sanderson
and Miss Xollo do Lussan , nt the CovontGar
den opera house , London ; Miss Jjuclllo Hill ,
Messrs. Eusono Oudlii and Avon Saxon , nt
thoHoynl English opera house ; Mrs. Ivan
Cnrvll ( Geraldine Ulmor ) , Miss Marie Hal-
ton , Messrs. bcovol , Uoss , David und Hav-
den Conin , nt the Lyric theater. Among
those singing In various concerts : Nordica ,
Miss Marguerite Hall. Ella Hussell , Julia
Vulilii , Miss Hope Glenn , Katherine Van
Arnhom. Antoinette Sterling , Klultti , MM.
Pomborton-Hlncks , Mrs. Blanche Stone-Bar
ton , Mrs. Corinnu Mooro-Lawson , Miss
Estoy , Dotti , Valeria , Miss Luclllo Snun-
ders , Mrs. Hello Cole , Messrs. Orlando Hur
ley and Max Hoinrich , while those In various
part1 * of Europe nro Adiny. Miss Lillian Han-
Ucr on , Miss Murio Van Xandt , Miss Mar
garet Held , Miss Tracy , Helena Hastreltur ,
Maudu Starkweather , Miss HIsloy , Kato
BoiiBbenr ,
Even Mounot-Sully has yielded nt last to
temptation of the American dollar nnd is
coming over to play in this country next
year. Ho will then have been twenty years
a socletul 10 of tbo Comedio FrancaUo nnd
will bo entitled to retire , und it Is natural
enough that ho should wish to follow the ex
ample of so many of bis imoclatos while he
is still young. Of all the present actors of
the French classic drama there Is none moro
likely to Interest us , although It U hard to
predict Just what Impro.siion his Intensely
romantlo style and impassioned delivery will
luivo upon the average American audience.
Even in Paris they llnd him sometimes
rather frenzied , and to see and hear him In
ono of the hcrolo roles of Cornollle or Haclno
will bo an experience quite novel to most of
our play-goeri If ho play Hamlet hero , as
Is quite likely , wo shall have all the old
questions of ftamlot's ' sanity reopened , but
wo shall see a romautla young prince who
will Interest and charm us In a way that not
many Humleta have done before. The real
dollpht would be to see him play with Mn-
dame Dornhardt , but that may bo asulng too
much of Abbey and Orau.
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