Nebraska Newspapers

    THE DAILY BEE-OMAHA MONDAY , ' JANUARY 28 , 1881
THE OMAHA BEE.
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Council HliilTfl onico , No. 7 1'oarl
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_ B. R03KVTATER. Editor. _
] SIn. LDCIDS QOINTILIUH CCJJITIUH LA
MA.U , of Mississippi , anya that the por-
.nontxl rolntion.s botwoou himself nnd Sen
ator Kdmunds have ccixsod. LIr. Ed
munds still survivcB.
ALTHOUOII the bottlu blowers have
bocn on a stnko for six months , the price
of bottled boor remains the aamo , which
would indicate that bottles have not ad
vanced to any material extent.
OK last Monday evening Chestnut
Btroot , the main thoroughfare of Philadelphia -
dolphia , was successfully illuminated by
electricity from underground wires , and
the press of that city express the hope
that the day is not far distant when the
unsightly nnd dangerous overhead wires
will bo removed.
PAT. O. HAWKS , Nebraska's ox-con
tingent congressman , is nt lastdrawing .1
onlary. Ho has boon placed on Undo Sam'o
pay-roll , having boon given a position in
the "folding room of the senate. This
will give him a chance to ply his vocation
1x3 a lobbyist nt the public oxponao.
Governor Murray started from
Kentucky for Utah some three yearn ago
ho declared that his main busincos in the
land ofAon would bo to crush out polyg
amy , and now the valiant Kontuckinn
assorts that unless his friends como to
his rcscuo the polygamists will crush
Lim.
Mit. GLENN KEXDALI * has had himself
interviewed by the Omaha Republican
about the disposal of achool lands , but
Mr. Glenn Kendall has not n word to aay
, about the transfer of that fufo from the
office of the land commissioner to his
private business houao at St. Paul. Mr.
Kondrill , as a keeper of the tmfcs belong
ing to the state , is uot a safe man.
THE now constitution'of Pennsylvania
requires every person to show n tax re
ceipt before ho can vote , the intention
.boingtoshut'butvagrants and dead-boats.
This has brought about a heavy traffic
in tax .rcccipta , both parties investing
largely in poll tax receipts for distribu
tion among voters. While the city is the
gainer in increased poll tax , there is no
reform in politics.
THE next regular mooting of the sen
ate comtnittoQ on postoifioos and post
roads Vill bo devoted to the consideration
of the postal telegraph. Dr. Norvin
Green , president of the Western Union
company , intends to bo present to ex
plain , how unprofitable the telegraph bus
iness has been. Ho will very kindly
volunteer his opinion without charge ,
but the committee are not quite so green
as Dr. Green would like to have them.
Mn. HBNUY M. ATKINSON , formerly
from Nebraska , is now at Washington
asking for a third term as surveyor general -
oral of Now Mexico. It is to bo hoped
, that the president will take time enough
to investigate the record of Mr. Atkinson
'before ho sends in his name to the
onato. Mr. Atkinson's relations with
fltar-routo Dorsoy nnd the now Mexican
land ling have boon altogether too inti
mate even if. ho was not implicated iu the
BUrvoyor scrip swindle , by which vast
tracts of land wore taken from the public
domain by land sharks nnd speculators.
Mu. OIIATJNCKV DKI-JSW , who figured
ao prominently as a candidate for the
senate to succeed Roscoe Oonkling , hau
delivered himself of a lengthy argument
against Roagan'a fntor-stato commerce
bill and all other legislation having in
view the regulation of the railways. Mr ,
Depow represented the Yandorbilt sys
tern , for which ho has. boon the general
attorney for many years. Whether Mr.
n Depow honestly believes that congress
n hu no right , under the constitution , to
regulate railways , or whether ho is
merely talking to oaru his salary , it is
fortunate that ho was not selected to fill
Koscoe Conkling's seat in the United
States senate.
Tuts McGarrauan olalraanta and John
Roacu are on hand as usu l. McOarra.
Ljm's claim * are comparatively trifling ,
and involve the ownership of a quicksilver -
silver minn in which , at most , the Ameri
can people have but a very remote inter-
eat. John lloach , on the other hand , in
trying to enlist congress in his subsidy
chemoi , which would take millions out
of the pookota of the tar-payers. Mr ,
lloach is one of those benevolent per-
on * whohaino design to enrich himself ,
but merely wants to contribute to Amori-
mn glory by building up a great n&vj
and extending our commerce to the moat
remote lands of the gloljo. Ho is uon
* t Washington making hii annual plea
for lUsunihip subsidies , and he will BOOH
luve his annual excursion to the ship
yard on the Delaware , where ho has t
lge supply of champagne and othoi
frfmhmMiU to tiekle the pulates of th <
American
COMMVTIA'a
Ono of the most practical plans for nr-
rcating the rapid nnd wrocklcss increase
of pensioners nnd.tho corresponding de
pletion of the treasury is that proposed
by the Now York Jfcrahl. The sugges
tion is that pcnsionclnims should bo com
muted , nnd that payments , which may
run ton , fifteen , twenty or thirty years ,
bo made nt once , cash down , nnd nftor
the method used by the lifo insurance
companies , saving millions to the tax
payers. No doubt n majority of pen
sioners would favor this lump payment
system , as such nn nccosiion of funds
would oiublo thorn to buy property or
start in business. The objectors to _ the
system will doubtless bo the politicians
who have found no liltlo political profit
in getting ut > dazzinx pension schemes to
sccuro the old soldier vote nnd the pen
sion claim ngcntsvhoniwo _ worked the
pension mine so assiduously , nnd with
such brilliant nnd substantial ndvnnUgo
to themselves. The commutation
nchomo would bo strictly economical , nnd
if the largo sum necessary to lump the
payments is obtained by the issue of
bonds , the national banks would have n
prolonged basis fnr their system and
would DO relieved of the nnxloty incident
to the expiration of the present bond
term in 1007. Chicago Current.
The primary object of pensions to sol
diers and to seldiors * widows is to con
tribute n steady income for the sus
tenance of the defenders of the country ,
who have boon disabled by military
service. To commute their pen
sions by calculating the number of
years that they nro liable to survivewith
n view of setting them up in business ,
will not nnswor the purpose. The money
which these pensioners thus soctiro might
bo improperly invested nnd lost , leaving
them destitute nnd n chnrgo upon the
public. Many of the pensioners would bo
tempted to squander their money , nnd
the very purpose for which the pensions
nro granted , namely , to assist them in
their old ago by a steady income , would
bo defeated. This is n inoro fatal ob
jection than politicians or claim agents
might sot up , and wo believe that nine
tenths of the sensible pensioners , who at
first would look with favor upou the
proposition to commute their pensions ,
would upon second sober thought prefer
the present system of monthly install
ments.
Mu. KEIFEII seems to be having con
siderable trouble over his nophuw just
now , nnd they nro tolling some pretty
hard stones about him. It appears that
a dog in nt the bottom of the whole diffi
culty. Tyson , the stenographer , was the
owner of a beautiful St. Bernard dog ,
which Mr. Koifcr greatly admired and
coveted. Ho asked Tyson to make him
a proflont of the dog , nnd Tyson , who
thought moro of the dog than ho did of
Koifor , refused. Thisnrouscd the wrath
of Koifor , who shortly nftorwnrds in
formed Tyson that his resignation wus
wanted. Tyson , BO the story goes ,
pleaded in vain , and ho was finally
bounced to make room for Guinea , the
nephew of Mr. Koifor. That St. Ber
nard dog lost Mr. Tyson a position
worth § 5,000 a year. Moral Don't
keep n dog.
MATT. ZIMMUKMAN , who is under sen
tence of death for the murder of Sheriff
Jack Woods at Minden , nnd whoso day
of execution is fixed for Monday , Febru
ary -1th , has appealed to the supreme
court for a trial. Wo presume
the oupromo court will accommo
date the gentlemanly horse thief
and murderer. If they cannot , however ,
consistently grant him a third trial , nftor
having given him a second trial , it will bo
in accord with the eternal fitness of things
for the members of the court to signpoti-
tions for his reprieve and write letters to
the governor invoking his executive
clemency. It will bo a very cold day in
Nebraska when a horse thief and mur
derer can't qot somebody to circulate a
petition for him.
Tun Balary of Governor Irwin , of
Idaho , who returned it to the govern
ment because lie had not earned it owing *
to sickness , has boon placed in the con
science fund. This naturally riles Gov
ernor Irwin somewhat , an he had inti
mated that the money should be the
foundation of im unearned salary fundr
to bo incronsqd by other ofiicinls who
might follow hi * example. Governor
Irwin's action is the first oC the kind on
record , and probably will bo the last ,
at ) caat for Bomo years to como , utitil
Homo men nro endowed with conscience
by their creator.
Mn. JOIIN 0. Nuw has at lost cotired
from the assistant secretaryship of the
treasury , and Mr. Volgor will now have
an opportunity to conduct the depart
ment without political intrigun and fira
in the roar. Mr. Now has always boon
disappointed because the president did
not appoint him secretary itii place * of
Folgor.
Wis have received notice of the
convention of baggage smuhora to. beheld
hold at St. Louis on February 20th , . and
wo are asked if our line will bo repre
sented. Tint BKK has been an honorary
member of the railroad baggage smashing
fraternity for a number of years , and the
Boo line will bo represented , you bot.
WIIKKLKU , the man who utrwiRlod hk
sister-in-law , was hung in San PrantUco
on Friday , Had ho lived iu Nebraska
the governor probably would have relieved
him from the agony of flimpensioii.
TUB defaulting president of the Load-
villo bank has boon captured at Elpwo ,
Texas , By the time ho reaches Loadvillc
ho will need au iron-clad vault
him from being mobbed.
Cu.ua BniKOKLKfi and the Oalifomh
sugar ring ? are in a fair way to defeat thi
repeal of the Hawaiian treaty. The committee
mittoe on foreign relations , of whitf
Senator Miller , of California , is chair
nan , has voted against the repeal , nnd
VIr. Sprcckols will continue to pocket
millions of dollars , at the expense of the
American people.
Tin ; audacity of the Pacific railroad land
robbers knows no bounds , For moro
than thirteen years they have hold mil
lions of acres which were donated to
them as n subsidy , without paying n dollar
lar of taxes on thorn. A great portion of
these lands were , by the provisions of the
Pacific railroad charter , forfeited to home
stead nnd preemption sottlomont. And
now these land robbers propose to appear
before the public lands committees of
cf.ngrcss , through ox-Judge Dillon ,
In opposition to the bill compelling them
Lo piy for surveying their unpatontod
land * , in older that those landishall bo
placed upon the assessment roll for taxa
tion. Why , in the name of common
sense , should these Iniidsromainuntaxed )
Why should this grasping monopoly con-
linuo to evade its just share of the burdens -
dons of government ? Do these cormor
ants propose to-go untnxod forever ? Do
they imagine that the ooplo of Kansas ,
Nebraska , Colorado , Wyoming nnd Utah
will forever mibniit to such outrageous
inipo iti"H3.
: will bo music in the air when
Senator Sherman's resolutions como up
for debate. The democrats feel very in
dignant that the southorn.outragus should
bo made the subject of inquiry. As usual
Lhoy will commit the blunder of array
ing themselves against such investigation ,
Instead of joining the republicans in a
demand for the rigid i * forccmont of n
free ballot. Violence ) and bull-do/.ing nt
elections nro by no means confined to the
south , nor have they nlways been com
mitted by democrats. But it becomes
the duty of the national legislature to
devise proper remedies against those out
rages , especially whore , ns nt Danville nnd
Cjpiah , they are signalized by a spirit of
race hatred and partisan tyranny. In
stead of opposing Senator Sherman's res
editions , the democrats should heartily
co-operate with the republicans in a
thorough invostigation.with a view of sup
> rcssing terrorism in the south and nink-
ng elections untrammolod.
Two years ago the editor of the The
Jicjntbltcan was clerk of n house commit-
eo and Washington correspondent of this
> apor. Now Clem. Chase is clerk of
ienator Mnndorson's committee and
iVashington correspondent of the BEE.
LVo years ngo Mr. Kosowatcr had a great
deal to about "Tho
say Republican re
ceiving 'pop' from the government , "
What's the matter with the BEK now ?
Jicpullican.
The Bun fools under no obligations to
Senator Mandorson for the appointment
of Clement Chaso. It was his own choice ,
and Mr. Chase was relieved from duty
on the BKK staff nt the ( senator's request.
Wo pay Mr. Chase for his letters and dU-
Jatches , while the Republican , through
Valentino , saved the salary of an editor
> y having him put on Unolo Sam's pay
roll.
THK Current , published in Chicago , by
dgar L , Wakoman , has taken front rank
among the periodical publications of this
country. It is ably edited , of a
very high literary character , clean ,
entertaining nnd instructive throughout
ta tabletof contents each week presents
t ploasini ? variety of subjects , both from
ta excellence has improved from the
iho editorial staff and contributors.
irst number , and is being maintained.
iVo know of no similar literary publica-
ion in this country that can compare
with it.
Tim Minnesota convict cage has boon
destroyed by fire nnd three hundred con
victs nro tomporrriltv houseless , if not
lomoloss. The penitentiary contractor ,
Senator Sabin is , however , not very doa-
> ondont. He stands ready to take the
contract for rebuilding the convicts' cage
on a larger scale just ns soon as the
Slatu of Minnesota has the piano ready
and ho will proceed with the work just
us soon as the weather will permit.
Tfith his three hundred convicts working
or their board Mr. Sabin can defy
competition.
NYK'K boy insists that ho
mows a great deal more about the morita
of the Fita John Porter case than Gen
eral Grant. When the war broke out
Thorou'a boy had just dropped his petti
coats aad put on pantalets. When the
war was over he was just able to fire off
a toy pistol.
thai Fred. Douglas wanted
bo show his sympathy with the woman's '
lights movement by marrying MissPitts.
Bio wife is one of the strong-minded agi
tators of woman suffrage , and being in
despair of getting a white man anywhere
near her equal , she concluded to tie her-
oolf to nn intelligent contraband.
Tint Cincinnati CamimrcAil-Gcucfle ,
which is as good a republican paper aa
there is in the United Stnt s , says : "It
ia not au essential article ci the republi
can faith that Fitz Johu Porter was a.
traitor. "
IT is now in order for the dime mfl-
seum managers to nuke an offer to Gov
ernor Irwin , of Idaho , who returned his
unearned salary. Ho is now the groat-
eat living curiosity iu the wild wesl
TUB citizens of Papillion , vnd especial
ly the ladles , deny that they shed tean
over the eloquent and pathetic speech oi
Col. Sruytho in defense of McCurty ,
Diu Miw.ii baa sailed frcm Llvorpeol ,
but wo have no advicoa as to whether ho
was baptized by an KpUcopal biahop be.
fort ) etarting.
CITY WALKS AND TALKS.
" \Vhlo ! witnednlng the jmrfornmnco of
'Tho Silver King' nt IJoyd'n opera house , my
mind wandered back , between nets , o > cr the
ftmtiflomont history of Omaha , nnd many in-
tcrcatlntf reminiscenced were the result , " re
marked one of Omnhn's old cottiers to THE
IJKE'rt Man About Town , who thereupon drew
out from him n chapter of theatrical lilitory
which may provo entertaining to the render.
"I remember that nlxmt the first plnco of
amusement In the early \\nyn \ of Omnhnvai
the court Iioiwo. " snld tlio old eottler , "nnd
nlx > ut tliu firit piny of nny nnto presented hero
wns 'Tho Chamber of Death. ' It wns pro
duced by John Tcmploton's traveling com
pany , who curried their own ecencrynnd Rtapo.
Teinpleton , by the wny , Is the father of Fny
Tomnleton , the opera thiRor , who opened
1 oyu'n oppra liouna It ncems rather singular
now , that I think of It , that John Temploton ,
who gnvo tbo firnt tlumtilcal performance
worth mentioning , tu the old court lion o ,
nbout twenty yenrs ago I can't remember
exactly should bo the proprietor of the opera
company tint 1ml the pleasure of inaugurat
ing Omaha's hamlftoma tPtnplo of amnumont ,
the 15oyd opern honao. When 'Tim Chamber
of Death' was played In the court honro , Kay
wai n morn child and pcrhnpn oven then wn
the 'juvenile' ot her father's company. Her
father has boon n tirooperom innna ir , and In
everywhere known as Lucky John Temploton.
The court house used to bo our place of amusement -
mont until the opening of I'otter'x theatre
over J. > T. Brown's ntoto , nt the toiithcast cor
ner of Fourteenth nnd Douglas strcotn. It
Waa In the second story , nnd had n seating
capacity of 100 or COO , the Heats being com
mon chain ) placed on an inclined piano. This
wan about the year 1HG5. Totter , who rnn
this theatre , was nn old theatrical manager.
] To opened his theatre with n stock company ,
in which Walter lirny was the leading man and
comedian. Atnon/ the first plays presented
was 'Tho Lady of Lyons. ' After running n
sh rt time , business proved poor , and ono
night the orchestra struck for their pay just
before the curtain was to go up. The play
Tocnhontas ' In which considerable
wnH , nni-
nlc was required. This was the first eight ot
iU presentation in Omaha. I'ottor , who was
equal to any emergency , Informed the
Htago manager that the piny would have to
proceed without the music. 'By thunderl wo
can't do ill' exclaimed the stage manager.'But
you can und must , ' ntd I'ottor , who thereup
on walked out upon the stage nnd said to the
indlonco , 'Ladles nnd gentleman , owing to the
illucHH of the leader of the orchestra there will
bo nn music this evening. Luckily , however ,
the | play requires no music. ' Thereupon the
curtain rose nnd the play of Tocahoutos' pro
ceeded. Among the prominent actors who ap
peared nt Potter's theatre were 0. W.
( Jouldock , Air. nnd Mrtf. Hcldon Irwin , who
came hero on their return from California , ac
companied by Ilnrry Ualnforth ns leading
man ; nnd there were others whom I can't re
member now , among them being n very prom-
ncnt actress. Potter's theatre gave way to
; ho Academy of Music , built by S. S. Cnld-
well and John Y. Cloppor , nnd was Included In
iholtamolblock , called Caldwcl } block. When
, ho Academy of Music opened it was regarded
us n mapniticont theatre for Omaha , and it
really was nn nt tractive theatre in its duy. It
was oponud in the winter of 1KGC G7 under the
nanagemont of Henry Corri , n veteran
theatrical man. Ho was nn old KnglUh actor
nnd had boon Bon DeBar'n manager for many
years. Mr. Corri organized and maintained
mo of the best stock companies in the United
States. This was just before everybody wont
to starring and traveling companies became
ill the rage. The city wast , in those days , u
jiwy place , full of translnnts , brouzht hero by
; hi construction of the Union Pacific railroad ,
nnd thov nil patronized places of amusement.
Corn's stock company .included J. F. Noyos ,
rst leading man , Henry Norland , frst heavy
nan , Annln Ward , souuretto. W. Wntklns ,
irst jinouilo , Joan Clara Walters , loading
ady , Mrs. Clementine l > oBar , mother of
Blanche DcBar nnd sinter of Ben DaBar. This
irilllant company played the entire season ,
nnd was well patronised. Standard plays ,
such ns 'Macbeth , ' 'Hnn.lot , ' lllcharrl III , '
Foul l'lay"Sea of Icu , ' 'Carpenter of Itouen. '
ind other legitimate dramas were produced.
Hie following season was opened with nearly
the same company , there being only a few
changes. George L. Aiken , took the
losition of first loading man. Jean
Dlara Walters WAS dropped from the com
pany , owing to some trouble with Cloppor ,
wh swore aha should never play Iu the Acade
my oraln. Corri , of course , had to obey the
order of Cloppor , nnd thereupon Jeau Clara
lued Corri for her salary on the ground of
jroach of contract. Mrs. J. D , G'trmon was
; ho leading lady , nnd Mr. Gannon vwos the
oading man. Aiken remained only n short
.irae. His pla6o was filled bv Uooigo G.
Jhaplln. During thin season quito a number
of Htars played at the Academy , nanong thorn
joinjj Eduin Adams. Chnnfrau , Couldock ,
Mrs. Bowora , Joan Ilomuer. Proctor , Gott-
jold , Lotta , Annie Wnrd Tiffany , Fnnnio
Morgan Phelps , Leo Hudson , and Fannie
Prico. There was n star about once a week ,
md eometlmea a etar > would play to crowded
louses for two weeks ; The treasurer nnd act-
ng manager for Corri dicing the second nea-
son was Jim NelUrh. who frequently appeared
on the stage in the place of member * who were
absent owing to Illness 'o- some other cause.
Jim played Horatio in 'Hamlet' with Edwin
Adamt , also Mosoa in 'School for Scandal , '
ICIng James in 'Elizabeth'l.awjtir Marka In
'Uncle TOIU'H Cabin , ' and other roles. Had
he stuck to tbo stage ho- might have become n
star in the theatrical firmament , but lie prefer
red to become n star in thi detective field , and
10 is now the Allan 1'inkerton of the West ,
llcnry M. Stanley , who > hns nines become
amous as the African explorer , iva'i then in
Jmuha , and was nn ardent admirer of Annie
Ward. Nellghhad n little sot-to with him
on the Tttrcot nbout n diamond ring which
Stanley had borrowed from Annie , and
wouldn't return , but ho gave it.tols'olirjli , who
van commissioned togot it. Dutluc ; the third
season Milton Nobles was the 'jtivo-
lilo' man , and John A. Slovene wiu the
oading man , his wife Lottie Gimrih being
ho Boubrotto. Shortly uftur this
oason the Academy was closed 111 n utock
.hoatre.and . Slovens included it in the Western
itar circuit , which he organized , and which
ook In the Academy of Music at iit. Joe , the
opera house ut Loavenworthand Coates opera
louse at Kansas City. Aimmijt&e stars who
iluyod in this circuit were Eorrost , Barrett ,
\ln. \ Bowers , Stuart Itobson , GhrmlrauLotta ,
and others of equal proralnonos. Stavonx
inally lost his grip. Hev a moro or less
inancially embarrassed , and the newspapers
copt turning him over for various causes ,
laving some dltllctiltyvitliitheowncra of the
Academy , ho opened HudicU'a cjiora house ,
which had been recently coinplotuxl.but played
there only n few tirnos vhou.Uia Woatorn Stur
circuit collapsed. Tim ronmlnlsg members of
lU company opened ut the Academy of Music
with Marlon Mordaunt , mid. ptayod there a
week. From that time tiui Academy was
conducted by different managers for the own
ers , and was rented to traioljiif ; companies. It
continued to bo the only tbo tru until the
opening of Boyd'u opera , house , I don't
< now what liaa become ofi old rotter. Solden
Irwin it an invalid in Texas * his loft nldo being -
ing paralyzed. Old.Gorrl died a year or two
ago nt the Forrest Homo for aged actors , in
I'hlladtlphla. Anuip Ward committed nut-
clda in St. Loulx. Joan Clara Walters 1s in
Ciillfcrnm , Chaplin la traveling with Jmiau-
nchok. Noyea isdead. . . Milton Ni-blea in
Bturilmr It. and has struck U rich. So ha
Stevens , who on a.atoi actor , author nnd inau-
nge has come to the front in Now York. He
has.won fame and rlchfii. Ho waa divorced
Fro Ix > ttio Church , audia married agalu. MN ,
Ben Deliar is numbered with the dead. So
aba is J. D , German. Charles Honors , wku
v u with Ccjrrl.dutljiB' his second season , anil
! franU Woatop , the. j\ropi-rty man , nro both
now Htarrlng it. "
As Uio T mpoton fomllf figure quite
promlnecJtly In U > o above article , the fol
lowing may prmo Interesting In this oonnoo-
Uoni The nudlanco at the Criterion Theatre
Iu Chitago , was bomewhat aurpri&od , Friday
oveuing , .ranuaty 18th , at an nuaouncomnnt
being made ( rum the ntngo I tot Miss Kay
Temnletou could not appear , conboquuuUy
thu "Pirate * of Ponzunco" would be uubatt-
tuted for "Olhette , " It eeonu that the ca-
prldom young star took offense becnuHO a
member of the company vU\ted Irvlug'a per-
inrmanco Mid h d a gulwtluito In LU Rtead ,
Bho sat.with her dalutyliUlo foot tedtlngon
the fonder of the llro-ploco in her loom at tbo
Palmer House aud WOA detennlnoil , Jolin
Teinploton , her father , finally thanged the
bill , and uhortly before nine o'clock thu cur
tain wont up ou the font act. Mr. Taaiplo-
ton od Mr. Cleveland , the biuinoia mauogor ,
Htata that a sudden Illntnu w&a the cauie , but
fortunately the illness was uvcrcouo lufticl
ntly for the performaucea the next day.
"UedlcVs cpeitt Iwuso" U the n mo by
which tha | > rcttont city hnli bulldinj , nt tUo
' corner of Farnam ami Sixteenth
Jr
litrerto , Is yet called by noino of our citizens
who ta nwnro of thn fact that Iho frame struc
ture \fnf erected as nn opera house nbout tha
year 18'ft. It would lip hnrd to convince ft
stranger or a new comer that it was renlly In
tended for ojcratlc nnd theatrical entertain-
tnonti , Sometime In the winter of 1871 72 a
'Black Crook' performance wan givnn there ,
nnd n chair crarned in the gallery , nnd nt the
same time n post umlor the gallery settled.
Quito n scare among the nndicnco wax thus
created. It soon utibsldcd , however , runl the
porformnnto proceeded. This alleged opera
house never figured very prominently In the
amusement history of Omnhi. THK Br.B'rt
Man About Town took occasion the
other day to nsk Judge licdlck
why ho built It. "I put up tint
nrcmUcturnl monument , " said he. to In
crease the value of other property that I had
In the Immediate -vicinity. The building cost
mo 815,000. It never paid ns n plnce of
ninu cnont. Only a few performances were
mer given In it. Of course you wouldn't
.now It'i-i" ) "Tathentro by looking at itrmw.
The 11 t-rttiu | . . . .thai nil been changed. The
galleiy has been removed , and the room has
been divided into two apartments , ono of
which Is used for the city clrcii * . commonly
called tha common council. Tha building ,
however , always paid mo 12 per cent interest
on thn investment. It was alway * occupied
by onices. White 1 hail it the United States
court wns hold In liocliurclrpart. You know
the old Ooneiegational brick church , the
first church of that denomination In Omaha ,
Ktands attached to the rear of the building at
the northwest corner. ] lov Mr. Gaylord
mod to provide over that church , nnd it was
there that I heard my first sermon in Omaha ,
llcv. Mr. Gaylord preached It. When I bought
the property I concluded to lot thn church stand
as a memorial of my lirnt church attendance
In Omaha , nnd ills there jet. Although the
opera house passed Into other bands. It has
nlxvays been occupied , nnd still continues to
jiay good Interest. When the government
building wns complntod the United States
court and federal olllces moved out and the
city then rented a largo portion of the build
ing. I sold the opera house nlong about 1873
for § 30,000. I thought I never would get a
better chance to sell it , and so I parted with
It. 1'ntteo vsns running his lottery then , nnd
ho wanted nn opera house for his capital prize ,
and as tliero was no opera house nearer than
this one , ho bought it. 1 don't remember
whether the prize was drawn by any onp , but
if It v\as Pttttoo bought it right back ,
ns it was ouch a valuable piece
ofpro | > orty. As the Inner couldn't take it
with him. ho preferred a caib equivalent. The
property is in the name of Caroline K. Heed ,
but that is the satno ns 1'atteo. Tlip opera
house WOM finished some time in 1871 just
about the tima that Kosovvater started THK
BKE. I had some controversy with Itosoy.
Ho pitched into me in THK BKC , and I retal
iated through the columns of Tlie Tribune unit
JiepuWitan , In which hyphenated concern I
was a large Htockholdor. Ono day Rosoy
came out In hU BKK with a burlesque Illustra
tion of my opera houso. Ho criticised its
architecture , nnd called mo the dim Fink of
the West. I continued to inako it
na hut for him as I know how In
The tTrilivne ontl Jlcjmllican and ono
day ho told mo that if I didn't lot up he would
BUO mo for slander. Ono thing that made him
mad was that I had a Htandlng advertisement
in the Tribwieaml fiepiiUican stating that
THK BEK was for Halo to the highest bii'der.
Well , when ho threatened to sue mo for libel ,
I said I would quit if ho would. There
upon wo both quit , and wo have never had n
xvord since. " "You nro utill interested in n
theatre , are you not ) " "Ye. * . I own n half in
terest in the Acadcmv of Miuic. I bought
Cloppcr'o half in 1H7C. simply as a business
investment , and not for the honor of being
connected with the theatrical profession. "
STATE .lOTMNGS.
Nebraska City has put up 18,000 ioni of ice
at a cost of S10f > < lO.
Norfolk Is promised the telephone with a
connection to Madlsoiu
York county thinka Icsa of township organ-
zntlon uow titan before oloctiun.
There nro twenty-eight pensioners in Cum-
ng county , ntnong whjpi 5270 arn distributed
nonthly.
James Patrick , of Sovard , drew his revolver
on a policeman of that place and was fined
§ .r > 0 for dolug it.
The B. &Mi llailroncl company are now
actively engaged in fenatng their line through
Nebraska anu Colorado.
Jhn U. P. track betvoon Beatrice and Lin
coln is nearly all put down. There is a gap
of about four miles that remains to bo closed.
Pawnee county farmers , instead of shipping
, heir corn to the overcrowded markets of the
east , are shoveling it into hogs and pickling
x > rk.
rk.Mrs.
Mrs. Brunt , widows of the late Charley
Bruin , has determined to establish , at her
own expense , a free pubHc library iu Hutn-
loldt.
"It is indeed a fact to be regretted , " nays
The Burtonian , "thatwohn > e hero in Teka-
mah the hardest and roughest crowd of boys
, o bo found anywhere. ' ' '
A hospital of the Slators of Mercy will bo
built at Grand Island. Tho- ground has been
secured and a bulMlng woith § 20,000 in to bo
erected intiido of Hvti ye&ia.
Twoca\es were found ia Nebraska City
which some boja had filled up with cbickona
; hey had utolen of neighbor ! * . They were
'caved" in and the chicken * let out.
A Buffalo county farmer named Young no-
cidently discharged his gun while climbing
iito his wiigou. Ills mm was nosrly cut elf
vt the wrist , lie bled to death before the
arrival of raodicul aid. '
The B. & M.-mnnaKemen $ have decided to
vacate the bed of their road along Salt Creek
'mm South Bond to Ahllland , and place the
oad on the upland. This will give them n
setter , and many inUea-ahozter route.
"Shall I sacrifice thso , dear girl to gain a
lalf trillion of inonoy , nnd a seat in con-
: ros8 ? Shall IS ! " exclaims the noted North
Nebraska novelist. Now you're shouting.
Seal her up i a cost Iron cue , gho a leap
, -our banquet at' the vralia and start iu ns a
'reo trader.
Among the new things , if Seward is a five
* tory brick mill. Its avails are reported fix
feet thick at tbcv baso-ntul has 20,000 bushel
elevator attachment iindn dam that has used
up 100,000 feet of lumber. When finished , it
will bo called the finoshmill in the utato and
worth 8100,000.
Carl Andrew sof , Wast Point , had an Ital
ian vender of iiuwgCH-oarestod for an alleged
Indecent assault upou hid wife. The woman
Bworo that tha prisoner attempted to outrage
her , and the prliouer denied the charge in
tote , Kudonco was Introduced to provejthat
the complaint was iruvdo for the purpose of
oxtortlngmoDoy , and the result wax that the
judge disc.barged.tlio prisoner.
The frleuds-of cvMnrshall Illckey. of Nc.
hraska City , who.wns sent to the penitentiary
for six years fortdioatingonoMcUuire
ho-uas attempting to arrest in Decorubor ,
1881 , uroHtlll doing all they possibly canto
uocure Jlickey's pr-rdon. The bar of Oboe
county , Judge Pound , the district attorney ,
nnd the jury that found him guilty , lave
elgued u petition asking for hi ] roloam.
0. B. Kellogft , one of the bat-lnforaei !
grain-buyer in the wokt , Informs The Beatrjcq
Democrat that there are at this tluio C0OOC ,
bushels of now and 150,000 bushels of ol J catn
crihbea in Beatrice , and that that atnoiiot It
being increased by ! > ,000 to ' 1,000 bushiJf jxsr
d y. lie says the ImyerH also take lit on nn
average " ,000 busbolx of shelled corn , which
Li chipped out ns fast as received. Beatrice is
one of the larg t t grain markets iu I'ftlraika ,
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