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TluitdV evening of lt wiik Hip
fir piit.li.lnd a length! article In ju
tillcatimi f Chief. St'svcV action In
placing the Prntestant pollen nnVer
on tht beat In tint outskirts of tho city
mill In keeping I In lrlh In tin' ri-nlrt-or
business purl Inn where most of I he
nrrol ro made.
Tho article nminfrsily unfair
In It reference to tin Protestant police
men tlnit Tub Amkiiuan will set fmtli
n few fitct In tln hop uf otiunli'raft
Injj nny UUe hinin'Kon which mlht
bo fomitMl from rtMitling thn nrtlelo in
our oiiitt'iiiiirury.
In ihti licit ilnt!0 It htiittv tlmt n
timnil wm iniidti upon Chlnf S'iiv'j'
that ho tlUehiiip) Ollico Sullivim for
arresting b young nnin imniml Thonip
nun a tloputy HlmrlfT "the lrothur of
a Umtlur of thu Atumiciin rroinctlvu
Aocliitlon," for carrying coiicfiiltMl
wenpons, whilo tMiiployetl n a ! t na
tive upon the Millor t'HSl). It wouhl
nt'cni to h man of ordinary, common
hciiko that if uch a (Icmainl wan mailo
upon ChW'f Stmvt-y, the brnllmr of this
Thompson who in a "brother of a
loader of the American Protective An
(oclatioli" would be conMiilled before
any mioh move or douiiuid was made,
yet to thin day he know of no Mich
action on the part of the American
Protective Association except an del
forth by tho chief. 1 It possible the
chief ban manufactured thin utoryV If
he has not will he kindly Inform an
anxiou public who waited upon him,
and ho he knew they rcprenenled the
American Protective AanoolationV Ii
It not polble some lloiuun nubaltern
hai linponed upon himV
Tho plea that Suilivtin In kept in the
Third ward on account of hi efllciency
will go down with all who are gullible
enough to wallow It it will not go
down with ionin other people. If the
itorle carried to u a to why ho le
kept down there are to bobelieved it
Ii on acoount of lomething beside efti
ciency. To be frank Sullivan' whole
recommendation I found In the fact
that he I a Roman. He Is no tii'.ro
efllclent than Cox, than Corey, than
Dubois, than Kick who was assigned
to that beat one month when they
worked two shift at night and who
aw it just four night out of the thlr
ty-one he should have seen it, and
whose beat was given the rest of tho
time to the Itoman.
In another place the article snys
most of tho Ameilcan Protective Asso
ciation members are now men yet they
want to be placed In tho centre of the
city. Let u admit, for the sake of
, argument, that this is so. Now, let us
ask if there aro any newly appointed
Komans on the force? Oh, yes. Are
they given beals In tho heart of the
city? Certainly! Mr. Donahue, who
came hero from Croston. Ia,, recently
was given the beat usually covered by
Bulllvan and other Komans, in the
Third ward, tho first month after his
appointment. Since he has been given
tho depots the best bents In the city on
which to make arrests. Yet these aro
tho beat on which only men of "elll
ciency and long experience," are siip
po(l to be capable of patrolling.
Consistency, thou urt imhul ajrml
The article also cites an instance to
prove the Inefficiency of an A. P. A
ofllcer. It give no name or date but
locates the o Ulcer at Fifteenth and
Farnam. There wa ft shooting crape
went of Fifteenth and south of Farnam
street during January, and a the
officer on that beat at that timo was an
A. P. A., we asked him if the lice ro
ferred to him. "Why, It don't men
tion any names. If it' mo they're
after in that they're 'way oft" My beat
run from Howard to Capitol avenue on
Fifteenth itrcet during January
About 1:16 of the 28th or 2tUh I was
south of the corner of Fifteenth and
Farnam when I heard a shot fired it
sounded west on Farnam street, 1 ran
In that direction and as I went to go
around a hackman came around the
corner, and he tola roe a saloonkeeper
was shooting at bim. I ran up and
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In tin. 'I'lii' !nonkeeper did lint
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mIih.ii nml Innk liioi lii charge. There
I a rule which rctilre pntrolim ii to
call for a unrgennl when acNe l rem
plicnti d. That Mile does not statu tin)
degree of complication and a long a I
am on the force tinil nltiiiliir case oc
cur, I nlmll call for a sargeai.t. That
Is part of tbclr duties.
wants to know how near true my story
it. can lind out by acklng lUoc"
Wiiti-liiinin I'.radlev. He saw I ho
whole iillnir,"
Our contemporary aUo published a
I. it nf mi uir about u. M- I'- iiraves
which oiinliiiued no truth whatever.
It ri.iMinli.il Tllesilav niL'lit of this
u..,.li. X.irL'i'iuit (iraves told us all
that the line published Tuesday even
ing and much more that will not be
published unless this light on the A. P.
A. Is continued, lie says
"1 havo not been down In Lincoln In
the interoft of the fee bill. I have been
home, sick abed most of tho time. In
regard to the fees, the detective work
It in this way: When an ollicer ar
rests a mail charged with a felony the
detectives put him in tho sweat box.
One of them g' es down and guts him
to
comniil himself, then runs up and
gets Keysor to put his name on the
transcript as n witness; then another
goes down, and another and all then
appear as witnesses against hint In the
criminal court, and draw the fees
while the ofllcer making the arrest gets
.one of (he fees and less of the credit
for arresting tho prisoner." )
Grave lso gives a little iigrir on uie
way ho has been treated by tho chief:
"1 havo lost less time than any mem
ber of the force, with tho possible ex
ception of Sigwart, and jet, when I
applied for twenty days leave of ab
sence which my physician ordered me
to take, Chief Heavey refused to re
commend I hat I receive pay for Hut
time, although 1 was entitled to ten
day' leave with pay, Other ofllcer of
the force and been absent for week
and month at ft lime and had drawn
full pay all the timo. I felt that I
should have been given pay for tho
twenty day and don't know yet why
I was refused. Captain Cormack. Cap-
tain Moslyn, Sergeant Whalett urid
other have been paid full time while
they have been absent on long trip to
Hot Kprlnu and elsewhere for their
health, and Just why I should bo di
rlmlnaled against In this way I cannot
understand."
Sergeant Graves sav he ha no
knowledge that hi friend are boom
ing him for chief of police that he
ha not made application for tho place,
but might if there was a vacancy
Ollicer Dubois denies circulating any
petition at police headquarter for
signatures,
It Is charged that the oniy pennon
circulated there was ona against the
fee bill. Certain officer say that
other have been intimidated by
threat from Keysor that those who re
fused to sign It had better look out for
their heads.
Tho next person w ho came in for a
"roast" wa our friend James lsh,
The chief had, according to that article,
reported lsh for "chronio neglect of
bis duties." The records do not sub
atanilato the charge. The records
show. that the first fourteen months
that lsh wa employed a reporter he
lost Just four night through sickness
During 1HH2 lsh paid out of his own
pocket 440 to men who took his place
when ho wa away on private business
buying land, etc. During November
und December of 1892 ho was ofrthir
teen days looking after the construe
tiort of his five story block at the cor
ner of Thirteenth and Jone. Of those
thirteen days tho cost of keeping a
man there was borne by Isb, so tho
city was not loser by hi absence. Tho
necessity for lsh' absence wa ex
plained to Chief Seavey, we understand
by Mr. Gilbert, and he seemed willing
that the young man should look after
the bailding. Mr. Ish informs os that
he reported each evening to Sargearit
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aik I In in in tin1 tisini of their right.
lliril liberties, ImW lliliclt I II tin r Will
tticy nIIow Hnine I i encrivirli del.. re
they I i"k ft few litiinlrtd il.tlbtrs In per-
finale this government ami In pre
serve llieir Illierllt'S.
One friend let pledged hliicelf f.ir
iiH) woith of stock ill Hie daily if It is
slatted. How much will ymi take? It
mutters tint where you live, you can
subset ibe fur any number of shares
under the plan published eliewhere in
this Ishiii".
THOSK FKKS.
Tin follow ing appeared In tho HWif-
7i roW Tuesday evening, Comment Is
unnecessary :
JI'lMiK KM, Kit COMI'.H HACK.
II R ttltm: A VKIIY NIOKCIIIMI I.KTTKIt TO
TDK ('Or NTV CIIMMISSIONKIIS
WANTS TO KNOW HOW AIIOI'T Tt' UN I Nil IN
t'AKK ANII HI'CCI'.MS IIKI'K.IVKII roll I'KII
rilllMINO MAIIIIIAOK (T.lll'.M.INIKS.
Judgo Kllor has written the following
letter to tins county board:
To the Honorablo Hoard of County
Commissioners: On tho 11th inat. I
received u certified copy of your roao
lutlotis relating to transcripts und
marring!) ceremony foes, I hasten to
answer.
I have rend tho opinion of Mr. Ma-
honey referred to In your rcsolutlona,
and In ho fur us the siuuo relates to
transcripts, I hcllcvotho opinion Is In
tho law, und desire to say that it lias
never been my Intention to net In any
different manner, and if there has lsmn
anything different It will bo corrected
us soon us wo can ascertain tho fact.
As to thu law of iiuirriugo ceremony,
reluting to tho question, us the liability
of tho county judgo to account for any
money tlnit may bo paid to him for
jierformlng the cremony, tho statutes
of 180(1, chapter 81, entitled "Murriago,"
section 8 Is us follows:
Heel loii S-Every Juiln ami Just ice of the
lieiicn, aim every lie. iihcu anil nraiinicu
pri'iu'iii'r of the Kimis-I may perform the
tire ninny oi imtrruinH in tins irimory.
Note that there Is nothing In this
chapter pertaining to any foo for tho
ceremony, and thero Is nothing In any
statute or act of tho legislature relat
ing to a fee for mnrriugo ceremony
which may bo performed by a Judge, or
preacher of the gospel, or minister.
In 1800 tho legislature amended sec
tion 8 to read: "And every preacher
of tho gospel authorized by thu usages
of tho church to which he belongs to
solemnize marriages may perform tho
marriage ceremony In this state," and
continues further as to duties of certi
fying tho marriage, etc.
There has boon no changd In tho law
since that date. Tho constitution pro
vide that no judgo of tho supremo
or district courts shall receive any
other compensation, perquisite or ben
efit for, or on account of his oflloo, In
any form whatsoever, except salary,
The construction sought to Isi placed
upon tho law by your honorable Isidy,
or rather tho former county attorney,
would bo sufllcient to impeach a su
prom or district judge who has per
formed a marrliigo ceremony and ac
cepted any money or present from tho
party for whom tho ceremony was
performed, Vet It Is claimed by Mr.
Mtthoney, thu former county attorney,
If ho Is properly quoted by tho World-
Herald, that the county judgo Is
obliged to Hirform tho marriage cere
mony, If this jHiaition Iki correct, It
applies the same to the district or
supremo judges, for the law upon thu
subject of performing ceremony Is thu
same, exactly to a comma. Ho that If a
district or supreme judgo accepts a
dollar or a present for such service ho
may Ikj lmHiached, and yet he Is com
polled tt) perform tho ceremony upon
any and all occasions.
The law has been the same since 1800,
so fur as thu same relates to this sub
ject. All of this tlino wo have honor
able county Judges, county attorneys of
Integrity and anility, and b'hivo all
honest county commissioner, zealously
determined t hat no other official should
hold a penny that did not belong to
him, yet for some reason or other,
thero was no commissioner astute
enough to discover that tho county
judge should report and pay over tho
money which ho received for perform
Ing a marriage ceremony, and the legal
adviser of the board were unsuccessful
In coming to such a conclusion until
December, I8l2, at the expiration of a
four years' term of Mr. Mahoney as
county attorney, he came to the In
evitable conclusion that the county
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to ci'ltiplj with itie Utt, Hint Km
fttol.l the ftii ainiiiit of ft linl
t liaiBi t. r. A suit of Ibis i l.ai nctcf
Hgatnsl one linl III oHiiv cast tin rt tli c-
llmi iihi ti in iiit.ii r soeli circum-
kImihi s. but jmi knnw, it I leg tint-
ceiled that lln ii is no iIUIhui. sty In
(lie malt, r, thai a suit, bow-eve ut-
fiiiiitilt'il or unjust against one In nltlee,
Is nilsiiiiili t'stiHiil by tlic public; alsmt
nil the public knows In that n suit is
ieiiillng, and tlicrefniit there must 'e
something ttrnnn.
An illustration Is at hand on this
point, the fact that you were consider
lng the opinion nf the county attorney
aiiscd your chairman to give an inter
view which was misconstrued or mis
understood, and the result was a lead
ing editorial in the Hir, asserting In
the most posltlvu and unequivocal
terms that I was guilty of mulcomluct
In ollico refusing to account for and pay
over marriage license fees, when in
fact thero was tint tho least foundation
for such u statement. Of con ran you
may say that I would bo accorded the
privilege of correcting tho statement,
but that does not repair tho harm, and
besides I am unalterably opposed to
going Into print. I havo no concern us
to tho outcome of litigation upon this
subject, but I submit to your honorable
body, that it is unfair and unjust In
the extreme for you to select one in
ollico to practice upon. A public ollicer
In one department should not, In such
a case as this, when tho honorable
object is to tost tho law, precipitate
aggravating and annoying litigation
upon another department, which can
fairly bo tested in another way, with
out injury to the public service.
Now following this suggestion, if a
test case should 1st made upon the first
judgo who lias fulled to comply with
the law, as you construe It, neither he
nor tho public servlco would bo Injured
and If It should como your way all of
us who followed would simply pay In
dcordiinco to the decision of the court,
I huvo had the ollico so short a time
that tho mere matter of dollar that
would como out of my pocket would not
materially cfiect tho county or myself,
consequently I do not understand why
you make a target of mo,
I make It a rulo to answer nothing In
a newspaper while I am In ollico, Tho
editorial, utter stating tho fuels posi
tively, wound up by saying that I
should 1st Impeached. Now, if tho
facts stated were true, tho conclusion
would bo correct, and the fact that
they wero falso In every particular,
Illustrate tho point that a molu hill
grows to bo a mountain when one Is In
office.
The law relating to the fees of Justice
of tho iMiico and probate or county
Judge, has not boon changed In lan
guage since 18110, Now It is claimed
by some that because tho Justice is
limited to M for a ceremony, and by
reason of tho law relating to county
Judges, tho county Judge must account
for money received for a ceremony at
that rate, This position might bo
taken upon reading only a part of tho
statutes, but oven County Attorney
Mahoney would not huso hi opinion,
or any part of It, upon such ground,
The law referred to Is as follows: "Tho
county Judgo for any service performed
by him In any matter within the Juris
diction of tho justice of the iMtaeo,
shall im allowed the same foes, etc,"
And In civil actions triable in thu
county court, of which tho justice has
not Jurisdiction, "tho county judgo
shall bo entitled to reclaim tho follow
Ing fees, etc,"
Now In construing this law wo must
take Into consideration tho subject
matter of this section of tho statute,
which Is foe to Isi charged in matters
which by the constitution und the law
may bo brought before the court for
consideration and duties required by
law to bo performed. With this Idea
In view you can reudlly see that when
any other statute, exclusive of the
statutes relating to justices of the
pence, gives tho county judgo authority
or Jurisdiction In a matter tho county
judge acts under the statute which is
made for the county court, but if It is a
mutter peculiarly and originally In tho
jurisdiction of the justice and not con
rrod uMin the county judgo, except
by the provisions of thu justice itct, in
such case only we aro governed by tho
law relating to justice of the jstuco.
The jurisdiction or power of tho
county court Is established by the con
stltutlon and the statute. The statutes
provides that tho county judge shall
have tho ordinary jurisdiction of a
justice of the peace; here again tho
subject matter of the act Is applicable
only to the matters of lit igation.
For illustrat ion, (be statute provides
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In elites, bc.l Ibe tHi.itit y judge mttn.tt;
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preelin t, be iiti.r jii.lguieiil on ni hi
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Is ftiitlinl'lnil In .-fnriii innrrtngf Cftv
IlioliVi but theiHi Hiv tint matters of the
oi-tlinaiy Jiirltllellnn, Hini I U-licve
there Is no lawyer who will give I In
matter thntnugh Investigation who
would contend that the county judge
has authority In any of these matters
by virion of llu' law which confers tin
authority on a Justice of tho pence.
However, Ibo law might confer all
of these matters llin the cnutlty
judge, but they cannut Isi Included In
the term ordinary Jurisdiction of a
justice. In other words, the law con
ferring authority to a justice of tho
hiico to s'rfortn a marriage ceremony
is in the sumo line as those Itemized
above it is In no sense tho ordinary
jurisdiction,
l lio police judge, the supremo judge
or tho county judge, or a minister, per
forms tho marriage ceremony by virtue
of tho same section of the statute and
no other, and there Is no foo provided
by law for such service, and If any sum
is paid, It Is gratuitous. There could
Is) nothing recovered In an action at
law by any of us, should a party neg
lect to pay. However, for tho reason
that the law provides that a justice
may collect $11, ho Could recover a
Judgment therefor.
Having disposed of thu justice of tho
peueo theory, vhlch, however, I think
Is not seriously contended for, I will
consider tho opinion of County Attorney
Mahoney, Ho says: "In tho cuso of
Nebraska cx rel, vs. Kelly tho court
held In cITect that whenever u public
(illicit' receives foes for performing any
function which ho is authorized to per
forin by virtue of his ollico such foes
are to bo treated as fee of tho ollico
and accounted for ns such."
The case cited cannot bo tortured to
support tho proposition stated by Mr.
Mahoney, but to tho contrary tho
court says: "Tho law having made It
tho duty of tho ollicer to perform tho
acts as county chirk, ho Is not relieved
of entering tho amount of 'money col
lected for such services on his foo
book on the ground that tho act wero
performed as notary public." Aguln
tho court says: "If bo was required
by law to perform such services as
count clerk that It was unquestionably
his duty to report tho compensation
received therefor." In each and every
case decided by tho supremo court, tho
foundation of tho decision is based en
tirely upon tho admitted fact that tho
servlco was a part of tho duty of tho
ollicer; In other words, that tho ollicer
could havo been compelled to perform
tho act.
Now wo como back to tho first ques
tioncan tho county Judgo be com
pelled, or Is It his olllclttl duty to
perform a murriago ceremony? Hour
In mind that the same section of tho
law which authorizes the pollco Judgo,
tho district judge, tho minister, tho
priest and the rabbi to perform tho
ceremony Is tho same which authorize
the county Judgo, und norm other. If
It Is tho duty of tho one It Is tho duty
of tho other. If tho words "mny per
form" In this statute means "must
perform," then In such ft case a man
dumus will Ho, to compel a district
judgo or a supremo Judgo to perform
tho ceremony without fee or present,
mandamus will compel tho minister to
perform tho ceremony for a couplo
against his conscience under any cir
cumstance. The mandamus will com
pel tho priest to perform tho ceremony
and join a devoted Cutholio to a shout
ing Methodist without dispensation
from the bishop, Tho rabbi could not
exorcise his conscience.
If for any cuuso I do not desire to
perform u murrlugo ceremony it Is my
right to refuse, and If it is my right to
refuse, then It Is not my duty to act.
If It Is not my duty to act, It Is not
necessary for me to collect a foo for tho
service, If It Is not a fee known to tho
law, then It is not un office fee. If we,
tho Judges, the ministers, the priests
and tho rabbis cannot m compelled by
law to perform tho ceremony, then tho
decision of tho courts does not apply tt)
us and wo do not havo to account for
either money, cake, fruit or other com
modlty which we may receive.
I protest against tho construction of
a law which wouhl compel men to vlo
lute their conscience in Joining people
in the bonds of matrimony, I am con
fident that If your honorable body will
give this) matter careful consideration,
you will como to tho conclusion that
Mr. Mahoney shot off his opinion with
out any consideration of the subject.
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Afftin. I btf n - fii for ii tvii m.my.
I iieti r ftk... ft in mi or woniati fur any
pay f.u-nu ll rt lev. Win n they s-k
me I say. "I urn like ft nihiist.r, 1
h ave thai In yon. M Now It fit iin htly
hapi'ii the eniislderat iniis which I
ivet tve Is ft j.illy tln,i with t. party,
n ifittttl mi u rt tin al of cake, plo, meats
ami it senre nf ir.stil thlnuii, I etmld not
tlfts ally enter that iisui the fn book,
ainl I tin not m o how I timid lorn It
Into tlic ttvMsury or what Isneilt it
would is' to I be county if dl.l. Your
very obediently, .1. W. Ki.u.K.
II7.A VKl.KHHATK.
It has Is'cti definitely settled that
there will Is' it celebration on Washing
ton's blrllulay In this city. HxM)sitioii
hall has Is-en engaged for the evening
entertainment. Speakers of national
reputation will probably be secured to
deliver the addresses. John M. Thurs
ton, Senator Allen, J. G. Tate, W. J.
Hryan together with other eminent
speakers havo Is-en asked to participate,
but have not as yet signified their In
tention, Tho Omaha Quartette will
render four selections, and you who
havo heard them sing know that that
part of the program will be well worth
going to hear. A lurgo number of
children from the public schools will
tako part. A parade will tako placo at
ono o'clock, which will bo lead by tho
Seventh Ward Military bond. An In
vitation has been sunt to all patriotic
societies to participate. From prcsont
indications tho celebration will bo a
success, K"ery loyal American In tho
city should turn out, Tlnre hIiou'uI be
jo,ooi) men tit line. Aro there ono-third
that number who are not ashamed to
turn out and honor the futhor of out
country? Everybody Is Invited.
Since writing the above tho following
program has been handed In:
Programme,
Hon. A, H. Cin iK iiii.r,, Ciuiiiman.
1 - Music, , , Omitlut (Jiiurtclti)
2 - Prayer Itev. Kriink KoHier
il -Music Omaha Quartette
4- WasliliiKton Hon. John J,. Webster
ft-dovorioneiit by the People
Hemitor Win. V. Allen
6 America Aiiioiik the Nations
Jodxii !. It, Heott
7- Music "Vlnlln Hole" linns Albert
H Tho young American. ...Charles K. Winter
I' Mriooln Hun. John M. Thurston
10 Thu I'Iiik Chancellor C, K. Crelxlitmi
11 -Music Omaha (Juartette
Ii- Our Public Schools
l;i American I'll ieiishlp Itev, ,1, 1. Tate
It - MiinIc ..Oinnlia Quartette
TJIIH MKAN8 YOU.
Tho Jr. O. U. A, M. will glvo a social
and literary entertainment In G. A. It,
hull In Council IllulTs, tho evening of
Feb. 22, In commemoration of tho birth
of Washington. A good programme
has boon arranged and an enjoyable
time Is anticipated. All American
citizens are earnestly request to attend
and participate.
THE JiKE'8 UONM8TENCV.
No. 1. A few week ago tho Ike
opened Its columns to a controversy
between defenders of tho A. 1'. A. and
Its papist enemies, When tho latter
wu worsted the I let Immediately de
clared Its columns closed against fur
ther discussion. Lust week tho sum)
sheet hud a column and a half of lie
and abuse ugainst tho A. 1', I',, dished
up by rank Romanists and their pliable
tools, This Is in lino with tho Jice'g
past record for consistency.
No. .'I, Tho Jke howled Itself hoarso
when on one occasion detectives went
around tho city as spies to got evidence
against saloon keeper for selling
Honor on Sunday, '1 ho consistent Ike
u few days ago sent spies around tho
city with Instructions to Induce certain
parties to soil them a drink under any
sort of pretence
No. II, The llic has always protended
to bo the friend of the laboring man.
When Irish Komuri Catholics wero
janitors in our schools no money win
too large for them, but now It happens
that a few A, l A's are engaged us
janitors, and now tho Her. Is turning
heaven and earth to reduce tho wages
of those sons of toll to starvat ion prices,
while it smiles at the outrageously
high salary received by tho city en
gineer, II, F, Thomas, solicitor for Hates,
Smith A Co., and member of tho board
of education, was tho hupplost man In
Omaha last Monday, Tho reason Is
easily ascertained, Mrs. Thomas had
presented him with n pretty, plump,
nine-pound girl. Hoth mother and
daughter are getting ulong nicely,
1 A.
SOLID GOLD
V. O. S. of A I,2.'..
,Ir, O. U. A. M., 7.r cents.
Iiyui Orange, Jl.do,
HULL STOKE J KWULKY DFH'T.
Dodgo und 15th.
Legal Notice.
In th district court of DoiikIun county,
Nebraska, '
.I!!IV!'1. A.',,JlM"n Hnilth, plaintiff, vs, Ada
M. Smith, (li-fciitiarit.
To Ada M. Smith, non-resident defendant!
Vim iini lutri-by notlHid that on Hut Ulth
( ay of January, sii:i, iHvl(l Addison Smith
llli-d a nelltlnn iiKaiimt you In the District
cimrtof HoiiKlascomily, Nebraska, tho ob
ject and prayer of which am to obtain a
dlvor.'ii from ymi on the grounds of adultery
and that you have willfully abandoned tint
plaintiff without Kood eausfl for tint term of
six ynars hist past. You am reiiulrnd to
answer said petition on or before tho 27th
day of March, IS'.KI.
2-17-4 DAVID ADDISON HMIT1I.
Hy WlnU.r & K Huffman, tils attorneys.
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