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&f CAPITAL CITY COURIER, SATURDAY, JANUARY n, 1890 8 S' i PTPP POPULATION OF LINCOLN 60,000, Saturday Evening, Jan. 1 1, '90. TAKE NOTICEI Tim CoUiiikh will not U rtnM)iiRllilo for my debts uiatlo liy liny one In It name, nu ls it written (inter accompanies tlio snino, pniwrly IkucI, I i. Wkkhki., Jr., IVop'r. Corner 10th and P Stroota. Dry Goods ash- CARPETS. Tim Courier Villi lie Koiiml At Wlmtmir Hotel New Hliinil. Capital Hotel New Htniiil. IMvW Dining Hull New Htuutl. ThoOollmni NowsBlninl, J1H Houth 11 tit Ht. llert lluinior, 111 Nnilli lltli Hlrcol. Kit. Young, JOSOO Htreot. Kntnn .VHmllli, ll'.MO Utile HHrt Cigar HI ore. 1111 N, Kill Ht. FIUIRIS W. R. DENNIS, 1137 O STREET. e l.Menl unit l'oriniml, . . Wlilteurwut Coal nntl Lima Company. .Lincoln loo Co., 1010 O Bt. Telephone- 118. Ferry & Harris, Jeweler. """" Brown's restaurant (or meals. Take Turkish at 1010 O street. Telephone at ttio Couhikh olUco Is 253, Mineral water used for tattling, 1010 O st. Give Uetta & Weaver, tbo new coal linn, a trial. MIm O. J. Gulunottu' dress mnklng par ent, 12J1 O street. Try some of the flno fresh fish served every day at Cameron's. Canon City Coal nguln at Uto Whltebrcast Coal and Llmo Co. Roast meaU, and vegetables of all klmlsnt Cantrron's Lunch House. Superior quality Anthracite conl nt ItctU 4s Weaver's. Call up 410. The old rellablo Canon City Coal at Hutch Ins & Hyatt's, 1040 O street. Improved shower for Turkish baths at 1010 O street, basement Union block. Only place in Lincoln that uses mineral water in taths Is at 1010 O street. Try an oyster stew or oyf tew In any stylo at Don Cameron's. Thoy aro lino. A flvelollar work of Btiakcspcaro given away. See advertisement, page 8. Drown is ready to serve bauuuots, wedding collations and other spreads on short notice. Canon City, Mondota, Ohio lllock and Col orado Coal, at Uetta & Weaver's, phono 440. Mow Is tho time to lay in your winter sup ply of coal. Hutchius & Hyatt's, 1040 O treet. Fresh mined Lackawana Anthracite, and other lino coals at Hutchius & Hyatt's, 1010 O street. Winger & McGahey for Coal, Coke and Wood. 122 North Eleventh street. Tele phone 300. Ladies wilt find a complete lino of flno shoes and all the latest styles at the proper prices at Bherwln's Uoston Shoo Store. Hanly & Pitcher, the furniture men, aro now showing tho largest ami finest lino of leather rockers ever brought to this city. Ashby & Mlllspaugu are offering thotr en tire stock of flno drees goods and silks at cost. Now is the time to buy a nlco dnss for very little money. Dainl Bros, aro glvlug SO per cent discount on all cash sales and a chance on a 145 sewing machine on every purchase or bill paid to tho amount of i,oo, ' "You can save SO percent on your bant wato and get a chance on a 45.00 sewing machlno for every dollar's worth you buy at Baird Bros., 1343 Ostreot. The new Felix Qovine's face powders re cently received by MIm Johnston are having a popular sale and all the ladles who have used it have great praise for it. Edith E. Russell, artist in China, Oil, Pas tel and Water Color painting. Studio, room 140 Jones block, corner rand Twelfth streets, entrance 130 north Twelfth strett. Old trunks mode as good as new or taken in trade for new ones at trunk factory SOS So lltli St., leL 003. Wlrrick & Hopper. Also a fine lino of trunks,, values, etc. Fine carriages, buggies, s (idle horses and the best livery stock In the city at A. Q. DUN meyer & Co's. Palace Stable. Telephone orders (No. 435) receive prompt attention. Miss Fannie Warner's 'dancing academy Terms In class, (10 for twelve lesson. Class meets every Monday evening at Masonic Temple. The latent fashionable dances taught, including Berlin, York, Harvard and LaUeau J, T. Jones' new carriage repository Is now located on the ground floor, S05-S07 South Tenth street, in the Bohanan block, where his Hue of fine carriages of all kinds show to bet ter advantage than ever. Jones wants to bell you a rig when you want one. Call and see bim. Ho agrees to make tho prices suit or give you the rig. A preventative for croup. There no longer exists any doubt but croup can bo prevented. True croup never appears without a warning, and if Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is given as directed as soon as the first indication of croup appears, it will invariably dispel all symptoms of the disease. This can always be done if it Is kept at band. 60o and $1 bottles (or tale by A. L. Shader. SOCIAL AND PERSONAL. Irnt Hatnnlay night tho bachelors of the llarr-I.uiunitter block arc) In a laxly (and sjimi of (hem from lnd) toglvo Mr. Hilly llnrr n reception reflecting tho warmth of their feel ing. Tho progrnm Included refreshments enrly In (tin evening, vocal mid iiiMimneiitnl iniislo and dancing with tho Virginia reel it lender Mr. llnrr ming hi song iiuild trigusof dlvtppruvnl, but otherwise the auditor were not dlspnxcd to Ihi hyer-erltlenl. The ntten tlou which wero showered Ukiii him did not cwino w Ith hi presence, for when lin retired to lil own room ho was bound by tho conl of good fellow phlp to remain an Invisible auditor of thegayety Thoeoinpniiy Included Messrs. Han Knlrllcld, (leorgoOnert, Henry 1'iitlen, Hanker Ht. John, (leorgo (Inwiilgnu, O. II. Painter, Hugh linker, K O. I'ntten, H.C. Ulrd, Unllhooly Walsh, Y. A lliwtriim, (.'. H. Longwell, ,t 11. Covert, P. Whig, It. H. Mcintosh, Ueorgo Joyco, Judge Kelley, John l'i gnu, Hanker Meyer, Mr. Kulsoiii niidMr. Hrndley. Iow Marshall and Will Hammond wore honored gucM. W. It, Deiiul lin bought out two hat mid cup toie In Kansas City They Iwlonged to ono mail, Mill Mr Dentil took lith In order to control tho Diiiilnp iiKency In that city. It I known to Millie that Mr. Deiiul I Intcrcst c In a similar concern In Michigan, and that ho lin visited Diiluth and Halt lnko font new location for It. Ily a fortuniiui stroke ho so cuiiil tho lv nn win City concern, which will Ikj In charge of hi Michigan partner, Mr. Deii ul preferring to retain hi homo in Lincoln. Tho iichi'iick of tho two cltle will enalilolilui to run back and forth frcipieiilly . Ilhstrwtk of luck may bo Inferred from tho nliuplo fact that the Km tun a City man's llrt onler for DiiiiImii' Hprlng ntyte niuniinted to $5,(K)0. In fact ho doe tho Hecoud larKcst IiiihIiu In tho country. Ho will reduce hi stock thin mouth, anil Mr. Deiiul will tnko charge tho llrt of tho inoiitli. Ho may stay In ICiimwh City during Kuhruury, while hi partner I cloiuig out tho Mlehlgnu Mock Tho long looked for charity ball will lw held next Tuehdny evening lit tho state house. A goodly uuiulicr of ticket I mi been iKiught and premrntIoii have U-eii nmiloou nu elab orate scale. All Indication point to tho largrHt mid swullmt airalr given In Lincoln for yearn, A professional decorator lin been at work nt tho capltol formverat day. Citi zen have kindly coutrlhiited picture, over green and other decorative elfiet, mid Hep leseutatlvo hall present u very hauiUoiuo apiearauco. All tho state olllcerwlll Ihi In attendance at tho ball, and many senators and rcprcHcntutlvcM aro expected. Assur nnceH hnvo been received of a lareo party from Oiuahn, and Beatrice, Hasting, I'lntts uioutli and other cities wilt bo represented. Tho committees have worked nobly, dono much more thnu tho public suspect, and tho Imll is ttound to Ikj a grand success. A Drowning ineinorlal meeting wns held WcdiicNday evening at tho homo of Mr. and Mr. A.J, Hntvyer. Tho program wn pro vided by Prof. Menreiidorf, .Mis Cochran, Mrs. Jones, Mm. T. H. Unvltt, O. W. Or wig, Prof. Rachel Lloyd, H.J. W. Heamark, Mis Elliott, Prof Sherman and Rev. Clmplu. A Browning society wns organized with tho following oflleers: PreHldent Dr. A. Ma rino; vlco president Mrs. H. C. Elliott, Mr. C. H, Oere, Mrs. R. II. Oakley; secretary Mrs. M, I), Welch; correspond lug secretary Prof. L A. Hhermnu; treasurer H. H. Nich olson; executive committee Mrs. L. C. Rich anls, Mr. J. I. Underwood, Mr. CT.Brown, Rev. E. S. Ralston, Trof. L.E. Hicks; com mittee on work and entertainments Mrs. George Wing, Mm. I). U Brace, Miss PIhcImj Elliott, Mm. A. H. Ruymond, Rev. E. II. Chapln. Mr. Louis KnUeusteln, who Is engaged in business on North Twelfth street, wns mar ried on Now Yenw day to Miss Bertha Stein nt Westmoreland, Kansas. Tho ceremony was performed by Rev. Dr. William Rosonau of Oiuahn, and tho W ostium eland Ueconltr gives a glowing nccount of tho wedding. Mr. and Mm. Kntzeustein hnvo taken a cottage at Twentieth and H streets, and will bo "at homo" after Jan 15. Tho Comus club held It sixth party Tues day evening at Temple hall. Ln grlpjie ser iously interfered with tho attendance, but those present had a line time, 1 ho program had sixteen numbers nnd Included tho follow ing now dance: Polk gavotte, Harvard doublo, Berlin, lo beau, Loemo, bon ton nnd Danish polkn, not to mention tho Comus, Nnw-iort nnd Kulckerliocker. Members of tho Burr family nnd several relatives enjoyed a pleasant evening Wednes day nt high live. Thoy met nt tho homo of Mr. nnd Mm. L. O. Burr. Tho other members of tho company wero Mr. nnd Mm. U. C. Burr, Mr. and Mm. A. I). Burr, Mr. nnd Mm. Frank L. Sheldon, Charles and Frank Burr, Mltbcs Maud, Grace and May Burr ami Mlu Underwood of Dixon, III. Our next Issue will contain an elaborate account of the charity ball, giving complete list of those in attendance, costumes of tho ladles, etc. Parties desiring extra copies will please leave onlers or telephone this of fice as early as possible as only a limited number of copies over tho ordinary edition will be printed. Mr. Frank H. Davis and Miss Bentrifo K. Mitchell were married Dee. 3lst, Rov. Now nan performing tho ceremony. Mr. and Mm. Davis have settled down In a cozy home nt Tenth and K streets and are now "at homo." They have a large circle of friends, who join In wishing them a joyful married life. J. R. Shelton of tho furniture Arm of Shel ton & Smith leaves today for Chicago, Grand Rapids and other prominent manufacturing centers. Mr. Shelton in past selections has shown excellent taste and it is this most val uable acquirement that has done much townnt building up the immense patronage that tho firm now enjoys. John Phillips of tho B. & M. up town ticket ofllce is justifying tho Couhikh's expectations as stated in its holiday number. He rustled around the other day and sold six tickets to tho boys going to school nt Faribault, Minn., when they naturally would have gone by nn other route. Rumor has it that Dan Loeb will return soon to Lincoln to take charge of the adver tising nnd window dressing of the Arms in the new Exposition Dan's unique advertis ing methods kept tho town on tho qui vive, and Lincoln people will be glad to have him back. Many Lincoln people are interested in the mnrrlaga of Rev. Dr. Duryea of Omaha, which occurred last week. Tho bride is a young lady of an age suitable to be a compan ion of the eldest Miss Duryea, and tho wed ding has caused much comment. MIm Jessie Warrington, who has been sen iously ill the at week with the influenza, was reported as being convalescent yester day. Dr. Haggard In speaking of tho lady's case, claimed it was the most severe case he has had so far, We have yet several hundred copies of the Holiday Courier on band. Call In and get a few to send to dUtant friends or relatives to Jshow them what we out in the "rowdy west" can show in the way of handsome journalism. John T. Grant of Woodland, California, a nephew of J. T. Jones, I visiting In Lincoln, Hoi n staunch westerner nnd ono of tho lending society liy of Hint city. Tho train ho enmo on wa detained n week enrouto by heavy snow. MaJ. and Mr. Iluford entertained a few friend very hnmlsoiuely at n game ticr last Hntunlay Tho major hnd baggul a deer and somo quail out west, and Mr, ltufonlset them lieforo tho guest In moittemptingstylo. Two novelties In society corrc)ionilenco miner aro Just out. They are known a !n- dou Hmoko and Antique Hluo. WchhcI Print ing Co., nt tho Couiiikh olllce, ha Imth, to get her with many other now noveltle Just received. Wo hnvo yet a number of copies of Tiik Holiday Coi'Iiikuoii hand which are ready for mulling, Hhoiild you want n few copies, wo can supply you. Heiul In order by postal or telephone nnd wo will deliver tho onler Tho iiuiHleal given by the ladle of tho Holy Trinity church nt tho liomn of Mr. and Mm. Charles Hammond wn largely nttended, mid tho program proved to bo of exceptional mer it. Arthur Hcrautoii, who rcpicentcd .Mana ger Mclteynold In tho conduct of tho !ovo opera house nt Fremont, ha returned to Lin coin nnd taken u place with tho Kunko. K. C. Winchester, Into of Council Hluir, li a now resldeutor In tho Capital City and ha accepted a Ksltlou a hookkceicr under Manager Quigglo at tho Evan laundry. Mm. O. Aider of Howard wn In Lincoln Wednesday visiting hur son who I ntteudlng n business course nt the Lincoln Buslnes college. Tho young Indie of tho telephone olllco weio kindly iiineiubered Wednesday by HurgrcavcH linn., with a box of confection ery. Mr. and Mm. A. .. Palmer aro In Chicago. Tho former will letiirn In u few days, but hi wlfo will visit friend for a month or mure. Harry and Oliver Ionising, George nnd Ar thur Wash, Ralph Ilanier nnd Albert Davis left Tuesday for school at Furibmilt, Minn. I). IS. Thompson I quoted a snylug that ho will start for Kuropo neuxt mouth, going llrst to Ionihm and thence to Egypt. Krllx Westeriunuti received mi ncceptablu Now Year' present from Korsiuoyer & Co. in tho form of u set of law hook. Hem-y Bennett, malinger of tho lusurauco compact of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, wa n Sun day guest of Frank A. Mcllrlde. Miss Gertlo Fair, tho guest of Mr. A. P. Pair during tho holiday, ha returned to her homo nt Dakota City, Neb. J. D. Hunt wn back in Lincoln this week closing up buslnes preiwiratory to removing to Ogdeu permanently. Ml Adelo Colemnu, who pent vacation with Lincoln friends, lin returned to Sioux Falls, South Dnkotn. low Regnler, Into of the Call hut now con nected with n Kansas City paper, wa in tho city this week. J. M. Bell celebrated his twenty-llf th birth day anniversary Wednesday by entertaining n fow friend. T. W. Crlssoy hn gone to Connecticut to necompnny his nieces, the Misses Brown, to their homo. O. R. Richter returned Sunday from Chi cago, where ho mw several operatlo perform ances. Mm. May Smith of Hooptown, III., Is the gucstof her brother, E. W. Allen, forthe win ter. James Covert of the Clarke Drug company has been In tho grip of tho Influenza this week. J. B. Strode has been npiolntcd assistant county attorney nt a salary of i!iQ per month. Mm. A. G. Greenlee entertained tho East Lincoln C. L. 8. C. Wednesday evening. Mm. A. O. Beeson entertained a fow friends at canls Tuesday evening. Chns. D. Mullen of Sup't Thomson's olllco ha !eon wrestling with la grippe. The Pleasant Hour club will hold it next party nt Templo hall Jan. 83. Charles P. Hammond hns returned tosehool nt Davenport, Iowa. Mm. W. J. Mead Is visiting at Marshall town, Iowa. David Evans of Hastings, wns In tho city Thursday, Mason Gregg has returned from New Or leans. 8. J. Tuttlo Is in Cleveland. (For other Social News See Page 3.) Dr. R. C. Trogdon, Dentist, 333 South 11th stnxst, over Elite studio. Telephono 433. Flno watch repairing at Perry & Harris, 1331 O street. Join the Perry & Harris watch club. Get a watch at a dollar a week. Two Lincoln men hit tho Louisiana lottery for 1000 last month. Buy your coal of tho Whltebrcast Coal and Lime Co., nnd It will always bo well screai.ed, full weight, best quality and nt right prices. E. Hill, the Brooklyn tailor, has moved from O street to 1030 N street, three doom west of tho American Exchange bank. Mr. Hill Is just moving Into his new quarters and will when open have the nobbiest tailoring establishment In Lincoln. He will be ready to wait on his patrons on or after Wednesday next. Lessons In Palntluic. Miss Clair Link has returned and opened n class in Oil, Water Colors, Pastel and the Royal Worcester china painting at her studio, 1430 K street. Terms and particulars fur nished on application. lo the 1'ulillc. Having changed tho location of our city ticket olllco from 115 South Tenth street to the more central ono of llis.1 O street, near Funko's opera house, wo tnko this occasion to offer our thanks for tho generous patronage the Northwestern Lino, Elkhorn road, has re ceived, and to solicit a continuance of the same in the future. As a matter worthy of attention the state ment is inado that, whereas, the llrst service on this lino between Lincoln and Chicago con sumed nearly 34 bourn, several moro thnu by competitive lines, the time is now 17 hours and 30 minutes, or tlfteen minutes less thnu any other bcrvice. By our fast train, connections nre made at Missouri Valley with the Northwestern' ves tlbulo limited, composed of Palace sleeping, dining and reclining chair cam, uho with the St. Paul limited for Sioux City, Minneapolis, St. Paul and the northwest. Sleeping car ac commodations nre reserved In ndvauco for St. Paul ami tho northwest, Chicago nnd the east, when desired. A cordial Invitation to call I extended to all who desire information concerning our Hue of railway, assured of Itsbeingcheerfully furnished. Geo. N. Foresmnn, Agent. A. S. Fielding, City Ticket Agt. MR. AND MRS. DOWSER. In Which Ills Mniinlah Way In Itrgnri! to Nfiw OitrniPhU Are Ant Forth. Mr. Bowser ha been that way over since we wero married, and I supjioso ho will keep It up to tho ond just llko nil other husbands. When ho brings homo half a dozen collars 1 know that a circus Is alxmt to begin, and I preparo nceonllngly. After sup;er ho goes upstair to try them on, nnd I take a seat on tho lower stop, knowing full well tho part I am to play. For n couplo of minutes nil Is quiet. Then 1 hoar tho mutter of distant thunder, followed by nu oxclnmatiou oft "By tho great horn sioon, but If I had that man hero I'd murder him I" About sixty second later his head appears over tho banister and ho shoutsi "Mrs, Bowser, como up hcrol" "What's wnntodl" "Como up hero I Look nt thoxo collars, will you 1" "What's tho matter r "Matter! That Infernal shirt maker ought to bo scnl)edl I told him No. 15, nnd ho has made them nil No. SOI" "Nonsense I Hero's tho stamp on thorn, nnd they nro nil right. Try ono on." Ho buttons one on nnd thoy lit splendidly. Indeed, ho novcr hud such n fit. Ho looks in tho gins, however, grows rod In tho faco, and shoutsi "Ixxk nt Itl I'll kill that man before noon to-morrow I Ho ha done it to splto mo!" "Mr. Bowser, thnt collar I all right You novcr had ono that fcot" "Right! Rlghtl Lookatlthunchuptntho bnckl Boo how It sots In frontl Observe how tt Is sawing nway at my enrl You want tue to look llko n bnlioou, don't you? I'll walk In on that shirt mnkor after breakfast to-morrow morning, and If 1 don't slam tho buttons olT'n him then I'm n linrl" "But I can't seo nuythlug wrong with them." "No, of courso notl If thoy inado mo look llko u baked owl you couldn't ieo anything out of tho wnyl Mm. Bowser, Pvo got to have a long talk with you. There nro somo things which must Imi settled I" And next morning he puts on ono of tho collar without a word mid there Is never any further fault llndlng. They wero a At nnd all right, but ho wouldn't lio an nverago husband If ho didn't growl nnd kick. It I when his now shirt como up that tho whole menagerie Is put on exhibition free gratis. Thoy Invari ably como up of n Saturday night, and he wants to put ono on for Sunday wenr I know what I coming, and I tnko' Uiby over to mother' and give tho cook liberty to go out for tho day. lam hardly ready for him when tbo magazine explodes. "Mrs. Bowser I" ho shouts over tho bauls ter, "Weill" "Did Lynch bring homo my shotgun last nlghtl" "What do you want of n shotgun I" "To kill tho infernal idiot who mado these shirts! I'll have his life before tho sun sets to-ulghtl I'll murder him right before his wlfo nnd children I" "Why, Mr. Bowser! What's tho matter with tho shirts!" "Matter 1" ho yotls as ho Jumps up and down, holding ono of tho lot nt arm's length, "everything's tho matter! My band Is fifteen Inches scant, nnd ho has mado these 4,000 rods lougl Look at that bosom I Look at that yokol I'll follow that man to tho cud of tho earth but what I'll have his blood I" "Why, thoy look alt right to mo. The band is still with starch, you know." "I'll stiffen that Idiot with something be sides starch I Peoplo impose on mo because I never kick, but tho worm has turned at last. I suppose I'll bo sent to state prison for ltfo, but that shan't stand tn tho way of my ra ven go." "Put on another and I'll como up and see what the trouble is." Ten minutes later bo calls and I go up to find him red in tho faco and breathing hard. I button tho shirt in tho back, pull It down and It flu him llko a glove, but all of a sud den ho gives a jump, waves his hand after tho manner of Booth and exclaims: "Yost I'll hunt him down and crush the life out of him." "Mr. Bowser, there's uothlng wrong with this shirt. You nover had ono to At you better." "Nothing wrong! Why, It feels as If I had put on nn old codec sack. Look at the way It bunches up In tho nock. See how it binds on tho shoulders. I wouldn't bo found dead with this shirt on." "Well, as I said before, I cant see anything wrong with It." "Oh, you can't! Anything is good enough for mo, I supjxiso. If somo tool sent mo up a shoot iron shirt you'd think it was all right. You can go downstairs." "But nreu't wo going to churchl" "Church! Don't say church to mo! I'm going out and commit murder." About dinner time he feels caster, aud after sapper his Indignation has all passed away. Next morning ho puts on ono of his shirts, and it isn't n week beforo ho is bragging of the perfect At. Detroit Free Press, A Group of Statuary. This clever artist can play upon anything from a piano to tho sympathies of his ad mirers. Munsey's Weekly. Only a Itrlef Stay. He was ono of thoso dry old jokers, and as he settled his portly framo Into a Murray rotunda rocker for his after dinner smoke a dashing, fashionably dressed young man rushed up, held out his hand and exclaimed i "Well, I declare, judgo, when did you get In I" "Oh, t'other day; when did you comer re turned the "Judge," "Lost night, over tho Burlington." 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OPP SALE The Greatest Sale Yet Having Purchased OF LINCOLN SHOE STORE We propose to offer Shoe Buyers the best chance to buy new, fresh goods at a Discount of 25 per Cent. Itis well known that these goods were bought for cash by one of the best shoe buyers in Lincoln. We have now moved these choice goods to our store, 1043 O st., where we will close out the entire stock of the u Lincoln Shoe Store " at a discount of 25 per cent. Shoe buyers don't be deceived, but examine for yourselves. Goods are all marked in plain figurs. Call early. WEBSTER & ROGERS, 1043 O Street. (OLD OK NEW) UPON THE FOLLOWING the Entire Stock THE 1 fi I'd ft Vr Vk I