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210 l.OCAI. NEWS. AOIi. Till Lincoln'! Tailoring Art duller? niul I)ln llu Itoom. I deal ill Eastern Styles ami Knt ern Priees. If you want something Now uiul Fashionable, fail not to call on J. li. Bowling, 0 St. bet. 10th & 11th. The meteoric display was brilliant. Woilidn't set up ourselves, hut some par tics who were out with biscuit boards and dishpans over their heads to protect them from the falling mUsiles told us it was immense. About 10:110 P. M. some parties were seen to ascend to the top of the Capitol ami send oil'a number of rock ets. They disappeared soon after, and it is conjectured tlioy were in the employ of Tice. Students wanting anything in the line of Hats, Caps, Gents Furnishing Goods, should not fail to call on S. Schawl). His stock of Goods is large and constantly increasing, and the cheapest and best to be found in town. All should he sure to call on him when in need oi fust class goods at the very lowest prices. The Student's Lecture Ass. had a meet ing on too 1-itli. An amendment to the constitution was adopted defining more clearly the duties of the olllcors. Also one providing that all monies accruing to the Ass. above twenty-flve dollars, to be retained as i sinding lund, shall bo di vided between the two societies. This will undoubtedly result in an increase of interest in the Association, fs the mem bers of both societies will be anxious to hnvo tho Ass. succcd in a financial point of view. Mr. Mercer was elected Pies, and Mr. Lucius Church member of the Ex. Com. for the unexpired terms. Tho IIespeiuan Student Ass. nmt on the 7th to consider an amendment pro improving the finances of the paper. Hut many of the members were fully pursiia. ded they could see a political nigger in the wood.pHo, and afior a sharp debate the amendment was lost. "A Mastodousauriis Jacgeri went out foraging one morning during the Triass ic period. After whetting his teeth on a Hhamphoryneus Bucklati.and tickling his stomach with a low Podozamites Lance olati he drove his incisors into an inno cent Myrimecobius fasciatus,aud then re turned to the arms of Morpheus on a bed of Couiophteriis Murryanna "Well what further does the author say!" Two students of an eastern college wore walking together the other day when a whirlwind seized one, carried him to a height of several hundred feet and mangled his body in a frightful man ner by dashing him against a dsstillery chimney, while the other escaped un harmed. On investigation it was discov ered that the latter was a subscriber to his college paper, while tho other was not. The Cutlets had a big time at the Grant reception. They had a special car provid ed for them and wont in state. They were taken in charge by Company II up on, their arrival at Omaha, and were shown every attention during their slay. They wcio assigned tho place of honor as escort to General Grant and had the satisfaction of sticking their bayonets into horses, and laying the cold Mteol against the faces of unsuspecting parties who happened in the way. Col. Chase gave them a supper in tho evening. It was generally admitted that tho Cadets per scntcd a week before. The amendment fonnt'a ll,eir "volutions more skilfully was one making all who might be sub. scribers, voters in the Ass., and none others. The meeting was decidedly live ly. The amendment was championed by the Bus. Man. and Treasurer, and was ev idently proposed for the sole purpose of than any of tho malitia companies that participated in the reception. On tho evening of Nov. 10th a party of young people, including tho members of the Senior Class, made a descent upon Mr. II. K. Wolfe who was guilty of attaiu