THE HERALD.
AN AMICARLL DIYOKCE.
Hon it Was that Mr. and In. Snlpherd
Concluded They 11 ad Made a JllstaJfce
From the New York World.
There bas been a good deal pi gos
sip for the past few dajs in the village
of Richmond Hill. Loner Island, about
the separation of Charles R. Shipherd
and Mrs. Shipherd. Local interest as
to the separation has run high, owing
to the social standing of the family,
and to the fact of Mr. Shepherd, hav
ing been long resident of that part
- of the island, has greatly excited the
curiosity of the neighbors. It has been
asserted by many of the residents in
Jamaica that the rupture was brought
about by the over-zealous attentions
Mr. Shipherd paid to Mrs. Lyman, a la
dy with whom all the village sympa
thise She is a widow with several small
children. Her husband was a Souther
ner and a Confederate officer, and after
the war came North to enter a ionrna
listi career. Mrs. Lyman is also said
to be possessed of literary talents, and
at one time contributed many articles
to a magazine, of which she subse
quently took the management. Prior
to the death of her husband she lived
in a beautiful country residence in the
interior of the island, but has during
the past two years been reduced in cir
camstances and obliged to support her.
self and family by the efforts of her
pen. Very little was thought of the
intimacy between her and Mr. Ship-
herd, as the latter was continually
Rhowincr that ladv every kindness in
the most open way. Some of the neigh
bors, however, declared that Mrs Ship
herd was very jealous of her husband,
and that she had cautioned him not to
continue his attentions to Mrs. Ly
man.
Mr. Charles R. Shipherd originally
came from the West, and was the pas
tor of Plymoth Church at Chicago. He
purchased from Mr. Charles Fox the
Kouth Side Railroad and became les
see of all its branches. The running
of the road was prosecuted with great
extravagance, and the number of im
provements that were established dur
the time Mr. Shipherd had control of
the road won for him the reputation of
being a very rich man. Although he
was constantly eucrasred in his rail
road matters, Mr. Shipherd did not for
forsake the Duluit. and was pastor of
the reformed Church at Rockville Cen
ter, and in the absence of the Rev. Mr.
Van Svke. of the Reformed Church at
Jamaica, attended to his pastorate,
His railroad speculations did not turn
out successfully, and a large amount
nf monev was lost. After the culmi
nation of these ventures Mr. Shipherd
removed to Richmond Hill, and pur
posed to live a quiet life with his fam
ily, having saved enough from the
wreck of his fortune for a comfortable
support. He had four little children,
one of whom was subsequently killed
in a railroad accident, and another died
a year or two later.
A World reporter called upon Mr.
Shipherd last evening and asked him
about the separation from his wife.
Mr. Shipherd was very much excited
at the publicity that had been given to
his matrimonial troubles.
"In the Qrst place," said Mr. Ship
herd, very nervously, "there is a very
little to tell you. except to deny the
unmitigated falshoods that have been
circulated. If theie was a third per
son interested in the matter, whose
name had been rightfully slandered, I
could commend the public, in defence
of social morals, for digging up the
details. The introduction of Mrs. Ly
man's name is a malicious fabrication,
and is no more warranted than if the
name of any other of my acquaintancs
had been chosen. She is a most esti
mable lady, and is a personal friend of
Mrs. Shipherd and my sister, who re
sides with me at home. In fact, all the
neighbors know that the three ladies
were almost inseparable, and that Mrs
Shipherd would be the first to deny
that my relations with Mrs. Lyman
were the cause of our separation."
"If the matter has to be publicly
discussed," continued Mr. Shipherd
with some vehemence, "it is right that
a plain statement of facts should be
made. I wa3 married to my wife
twenty years ago, and. after having
sunk 300,000 in the South Side Rail
road, came to live in Richmond Hill.
Over fifteen years ago my wife and I
made up our miDds that our marriage
was a mistake, and while enjoying the
seclusion of this quiet little spot have
been devising some means to obviate
the discomforts of living together. A
year ago the plan of separation was
agreed upon, and the details of an ab
solute divorce were drawn up. "We
have been residing under the same roof
for the past year on sufferance in order
to have the legal papers ratified in
proper form. "We have given the mat
ter mature deliberation, and every
thing has been done in the most friend
ly spirit. My wife ha3 an equitable
proportion of my property settled up
on her. About three weeks ago appli
cation was made by both of us for an
absolute divorce, which was granted
by consent in a AVestern State. There
are provisions for the disposi
tion of our two children, in which it is
stipulated that no undue influence
shall bo exercised by either parent, and
that the children shall reside in alter
nate periods of equal length with both.
Mrs. Shipherd is now living at Sag
Harbor with the children, and there
does not exist any unpleasant feeling
between us, but only a perfect
understanding to abide most implicit'
by the spirit of the decree which has
been granted. All these statements
can be substantiated by the legal docu
ments which 1 have iu my passession."
The residents in tho neighborhood
express great surprise at the dissolu
tion of this household. Mrs. Ship
herd has been looked upon as a most
exemplary woman and affectionate
wife. Mr. Shipherd, to outward ap
pearances, ha? always conducted him
self most kindly and invariably im
pressed his friends with being a de
puted husband and a loving father.
A LIVE QUESTION.
Water-works have become a live
question In Council Bluffs. It is a very
dead question in Omaha. Omaha ;
Herald.
Not so very dead as you imagine.
The sentiment in favor of waterworks
among the property owners of Omaha
i3 stronger to-day than it ever has
been. If the question was subbmitted
to a vote to day the proposition to es
tablish water works would carry ten
to one. The only obstacle in the way
of establishing water works in Omaha
is the fraudulent assessment of prop
erty. There has been a systematic ef
fort on the part of certain old fogies
to keen the assessments down below
their real valuation, under a mistaken
notion that low assessment means low
taxation. The truth is that the delib
erate evasion of the law that requires
assessments to represent the full valu
ation of the property assessed has done
more damage to Omaha than any other
cause except perhaps the Union Pacif
ic river bndce toll.
With the exception of preventing
the building of needed public improve
ments like engine houses, sewers ana
water works, these false, assessments
have not saved the property owners of
Omaha one dollar of taxation. No
matter what the assessed valuation of
Dronertv is. the amount of taxes re-
taxes remains the same. Thus if the
valuation of property in Oma
ha is ten millions of dollars and cost
of our city and county government is
one hundred thousand dollars a year
the tax rate will be one per cent. Re
duce the assessed valuation of Omaha
property to five millions and the tax
rate will be two per cent. Reduce the
valuation to two millions and a half
and the tax rate will be four per cent
On the other hand the damage done by
low assesment is mcalcuable.
The first question any eastern capi
talist, who is disposed to invest in.
Omaha property, asks, is; What is your
tax rate? If you answer four per cent,
he tells you that is an enormous tax,
at once looks elsewhere for an invest- i
ment. How many millions of capital
have been invsted in other localities
by foreign capitalists that might have
been invested in Omaha during the
past ten years but for the high rate of
taxation? And yet there is not a city
or a county of the same population
west of the Mississppi that is less in
debt and has a better credit than Oma
ha and Douglas county.
The only exorbitant tax that we pay
here is the rate of insurance, and that
would be reduced at least fifty per
cent by the establishment of water
works. Under the present charter
there i3 no wav of securing water
works or anv other costly public im
provement, except by raising the as
sessment, to what it should be the
real salable valuation of real estate
and a more thorough enforcement of
the law in the assessment of personal
property.
IF o
W
m
mrrs
has come home,
And he has brought the finest line of
Dress Goods, Staple Goods, Fancy
Goods and Notionsyou ever saw.
Se toy filieacre5bt aiwl
lfie till yon eaia9 vest
liiatfs airad caps ttiBl
yon iMiitt tony
Spring and Summer Goods eyer and ever so cheap.
Now is your chanco bound to sell and undersell anybody.
up. I want to go East again next month.
Hurry
THE
IS THE
Is this an unripe slice of next spring
or only an old hunk of last fall? Chi
cago Journal.
Clippings.
The new style of winter cloak for
Ladies has two revolver pockets. The
members of the fair sect who adopt
them will probably shoot lots of Christ- j
mas gifts out of these receptacles.
Woman consumes thirty-six buttons
on her single pair of kid gloves, where
as man buttons his suspenders with a
shingle nail. And yet folks will ask,
'Button, button who's got the but- i
ton?"
A Kentucky matron named Nickell
has just presented her husband with
the twenty-first pledge of her affection.
and it is thought the neighborhood
ought to be well supplied with small
change.
Of what two towns in France does
a little thin man in a big overcoat re
mind you? Too long and Too loose.
Old Conundrum. And of what two
counties in Ireland does it remind you?
Ulster and Leanster.
The Akhoond of Swat draws the line
at thirty-five cups of tea per diem. j
Exchange. The Christian Union ex
plains that the Akhoond is the reli
gious adviser of the Khan of Khelat
but fails to inform us what's Swat.
lio to the deer, thou signal service.
An old hunter says; "Fully three days
before a heavy snow storm the deer
will all quit the mountain tops and
seek the big laurel swamps for food and
shelter, until the storm is over."
What are the young men coming to
nowadays? We mean the young men
of good family, the young men who
are supposed to be the hope of the na
tion. Loston I'ost. rnat is an easy
one. Most of them are coming to grief.
George Francis Train has discover
ed how any man can live in luxury on
5 cents a day. But why should we
live in luxury when we see so many
poor families around us who are strug
gling to get through the winter with
onlv one dog?
It is said that the age of superstition
is passed, but there are yet a great
many women who wouldn't have a
dress cut on Friday for the world.
Ex. What the dear creatures most
hanker after is a Weddin's-day dress.
An English medical journal says that
fifteen per cent of the inmates of lun
atic aslums are muscians and singer?,
but it neglects to state how many of
the remaining eighty-five per cent were
driven mad by the practicing of the
former.
An energetic itinerant loomod up
before us the other day with a patent
contrivance for holding coin. When
he discvered that he had wandered in
to a printing office, the way he begged
pardon and slid down stairs was a
caution to peddlers.
An undei taker in Berrien County,
Mich., is testing iu tho Courts his right
to disinter a body in order to recover a
coffin which had not been paid for.
Ex. And Berrien County is just the
place to expect such disinter-ested proceedings.
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nobby Collar Hut ton; one latest pattern .Lady's or Gent's Pompadour Neck Chain ; one ele
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Road Hospital ;nl Mis. Gairett
Anderson a female physician pro
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bi!ivjdth.it she certainly had the
neceiss.iry intellectual miiiliucatious
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Onr Imperial Casket contains one pair of Lady's Bracelets, one ltoman Neck Chain and Locket, one Bi
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Having one of the Imperial tWtakets in onr possession, we must say, that, while the articles are n
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GRAND OPENING
OF THE
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FAME, AND WINTER IN
IMMENSE VARIETY.
m
AT LOWER FIGURES TIIAN EVER
DRESS GOODS, REPELLANTS, WATERPROOF,
CLOAKINGS, FLANNELS, SHAWLS, CLOAKS.
Headquarters for Notions and Trimmings and piles of other goods too
numerous to mention.
NEW GOODS,
ELEGANT STYLES.
We are In almost daily receipt of
DRY AND FANCY GOODS,
and-' &IKBDIEIHmi,
PLACE FOR JOB WORK.
300T .atd SZE3ZOIE
tin g mmm-
t-t r V jj j I
g rxH 1 ! corner 1
Grand Closing out Sale of
GKEHSTTS7 OVERCOATS
AND CLOTIIING AND
OF ALL SORTS
Carpets and Oil Cloths at Bedrock Fgures.
which we i!Ter our friends and the public at
WBnoHeaBe annd MetfaiB,
at prices to suit the times.
t&MES' flMSS 0000$,
Cashmeres, Alpacas, Delaines, &c.
Calicos, from 12 to 16 Yards for $1.00.
Muslins, from 6 cts. a yard upward.
BEDSPREADS f
The finest stock ol White Bedspread ever brought to the City.
Staole and Kancv Groceries ot pueU's cassimeres,
Every Description.
Tweeds, Jeans,
full Slock.
and Cottonades in
FULL L1NF OF CALIFORNIA CANNED
AND JELLIES.
AND DRIED FRUITS
U iy .MIX v?
We aim to keen one of the best and mosl complete stocks ever brought
here and offered to this community for sale. Our business is increasing dai
ly, and we buy new goods, good goods, and cheap gooda, daily. Give us a
call and examine our stock. Goods shown with pleasure whether you pur
chase or not. Our full winter stock of clothing must be seen to be apprecia
ted. Call in and see us.
Schnasse & Gramberg.
PBICE! LIST
OS1
SOLOMON & NATHAN,
FOI1TIIE
Fall and Winter of 1377 and 78.
We have received a TREMENDOUS STOCK of Staple and Fancy Dry
Goods, Millinery, Clothing, Hats and Caps. Trimmings, Jewelry, .Notions, N:c.,
Ac which w will sell ;it nriees that defy competition. The following will
give our customers an mea or uie
VERY LOW PRICES
-
Mate an&d (Cp9
(D fl'ecHc and IPi'vIiifi
OK ALL KIND.
Country Produce taken in exchange for Goods.
Thankful for past favors in the years gone by, I rrjxrt fully ask a continuance of the same,
;i7Ai:AXTKKi't! (SATISFACTION in a i.i. casks, and lioplujjiny efforts to please may be crowu
ed with success, I remaiu as ever, J. V. WLf.'KBAC'lI.
REMEMBER THE PLACE, ONE DOOR WEST OF P. O.,
PL A TTSJI OUT II, NEIIRA SKA .
ASTONISHING!
which we will adhere to.
Prints (standard) 1G yards for 81.00
Canton Flannel. 12
Cotton JUtting, 8 ths for 81.00
Cottonades, from 15c per yard up
Comforters, from 00c a piece up
Felt Skirts, from S0c up
Other Brands, 20 yards for Sl.00
Indian Head Muslin, 12 y'ds for 81.00
Water Proofs, from 70c per y'd up
Blankets, (full line) 81.23 per pair up
J,adies shawls, from 73c up
All wool yarn, best in market 85c lb up
Standard Carpet Warp.81.25, 5 lb bundle Ladies Kid Gloves, lac per pair up
Ladies Gauntlets, 73c per pair up J.auies Merino nose, -z pair ior zoc
Children's Merino Hose. 4 pair for 23c Ladies Merino underwear, 00c up.
Gents' Merino Underwear from 33c up.
MENS' CLOTHING.
Overcoats from $3.25 up Fall Suits from 8j.00 up.
BOOTS AND SHOES.
Ladies Shoes from 81.00 up
Mens' Boots from 82.25 up
Trunks from 81.50 to 82.00.
Full line of Trimmings,
Fringes,
Ball
Fringes, Silk, and all kinds of Vel
vetines, Plush.
LjAMQE and &PLSNBID STQOM
of Zephyrs, Woosted and Berlin Yarn,
9
1'EISFOHATED TAPER IN GOLD SILVER AND ALL COLORS.
Fine stock of
LADIES READY MADE CLOAKS
from 83.00 up. .
CASSAMERES, DUJ3AGE. jairivcao v,x",
BLACK ALPACAS, SCOTCH PLAID, WKAiU'itt uuui,
LADIES TILTERS. CORSETS and
WHITE UNDERWEAR.
OUR MILLINERY DEPARTMENT.
as presided over by Mrs. Dull, the experienced Lady Trimmer who was with
us last season, is full ana complete. ji. " lh v j
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