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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 19 1884 THE " ) VTLY BEE Wednesday Morning Nevi 1 LOCAL BREVITIES , The clearlnRS At , HIP cloirnjhou ! ? o y tiny amounted to SIGO,193.fi ( ! . SeatsMncip'hmoiniUn nn Appearance and look very comfortable. -A team belonging to C. I.eijga it hon f axn on Sauth Tenth stroflt ran away near Boyd'a pivckinR house yesterday > ml completely - pletoly demolished the wagon. All ladles willitiR to imtit personally at the Industrial jchool luncheon on the 21 t am * 2JJ , are invited to meet for coniulUtlon a Tftlconcr'g hall at 3 p. in. to-day , The bonds for all precinct and county of hccrs are now ready ia the olllco of the county clerk and all parties entitled to the same are requested to call and receive them. - Business In police court wai voiy yesterday. Only ouo cane , n .woman ] for beinp an inmate ot a houia of prostitution , was cilled. She was dismissal after paying the usual fine , The 1'irst 1'resbjtorinn choir has been en gaged to ting at the opera homo the 'i th ol this month , upon the occasion of General Howard's lecture on Kgypt for the benefit of the Woman's Christian association. The street car company Is breaking in n lot cf Uronclioi , many of thorn bolng very small and utterly unfit for the woik they ar intended to do. It is too heavy a strain upon ponies to attach them to such heavy cars as nro run upon tha Ued and CJreon linos. The fourth annual lull of the A. ( ) H band will bo given t Minonio hill , Thanks giving eve , WoJnefiUy , Nmembor 20. The committee of arrangements lire T. C. Doug- Ian , J. lloland , 1) . Cuyler and J. McDermot , which bespeaks a goxl tlmo for all who at tend. -An army order says : The "Shoemaker bit is on hand at the Cheyennoordnanco depot in sufficient quantises to Bupply the cavalry of command. The Harare and lijzlit bits 'arc issued ia thn propo tlon given ocdnanco mem oranda No. 18 , pigo HI , union otherwise re- qtiired for. Marshal Cmmnings has received notice of § 200 reward for tha arioit of 1-ugano 15ur- delta Fry , albs W. H. McCartney. Ha is wanted by tlia sherilf ot lied Willow county , and liorso steal on the charge of embezzling ing. Ho is about B foot ! ) inches high and is about 24 years of ago. Last Saturday evening aboutthrty ! Invited ucsts witno'Bod the ceremony which united in marriage Mr. Hans Nolsen and MUs Mzzlu Votoraon at Sovnntosnth and Clatk Btrcots. The cereirony wai performed by the pastor of the St. Mary's avenue Danish church. Mr. Nelseu has been a faithful employe of Huim- r d & Co. for two yearn past and is ti bo congratulated on eucoring 10 great a priio as Misi Peterson. Messm. 0. H. Dorratics , general Bupcrin- tendont ; C. H. Havonti , dlvinlon mtporintond- out ; George llenfcett , roadmaster ; A. Traynor , general baggaga agent of the Union Pacific road , have been viewing thu line in different parts of the ntato for Hovoral days back. This is Mr. Uorranco' * first trip over the road , and the gonllomen with him are accompanying him for the purpose of piving information en many nctded points. Several dayo ago a Uiam wa picked up nn the ntroot and placed in McShnno's stable until the owner could bo fouud. It now turns out that two young mon from Iowa nra the owners of the team and thny came ov r hero and got upon a spree , during which time the animals were placed under shelter. The fellows have boon looking for their horses for natural days but did not , until thii morning , find BODBO enough to call at the police station and inquire In regard to them , A great many election beta have been laid In the past two days. Naturally one-half of the bettors fool jubilant , while the other half feel downcast and forlorn , Of all the men who art ! now kicking themselves , the onus who liret placed their money on Cleveland , then became frightened and "hedged , " nru the worst. Oii9 of tho.'o parttOH was hoard to re mark , yesterday , that ho wanted a good , able bodied man to clu'i him around it block. The remains of 1) . , T. Mclntouh arrived hero yesterday from Daland , Florida , Mr. Mclutojh'ri homo was in Bldnoy , Neb , but ho left there about the first of Octn bcr and went to Florida , thinking the climate would benefit hiu health. Ho was : U years of ngo , t nd Iomu4 a wife to mourn his Iocs , The funeral took place to-day at 10:30 : n. in , from St. rhlloinonn'd cathedral , attended l > y bin eorrow-strickon wife and brother * anil u mm'- ber of friends. Interment nt Holy Sepulcher cemoU'i y. -Tin firht of the season. The joy of the timall boy nnd thu plague of tlm old nun with ihoumatics ; thoombleni of purity , falling llto | a mantle of light over all , good and bad alike The nnow upon the ground yesterday morning cau"i the ] dty goods merchant , with pelves laden with heavy goads , and the boot and dhuo merchant , with an enormous stock of heavy boots , uhous mid rubber goods , to smile a smile which Is "child-like and uland ; " while the coal merchant fairly goes Into ocittu cles over ttio prooiraiU of a heavy trida. The poor man , in his littla hovel , looks out upon the scene , and as ho thinks of the long , cold month * which are to follow , his blood almost freezes In his vtlni ; whllo the rich mau Hits by his cheery fire and through th mok > } of his Ibvaua cigar sooi ntoclcj advauclnr in the cold weather improve * trade , and laughs at nil the cares and sorrows of tlia poor. U is s'.rauso how tbu firat appearance ot mow af fee u tha different classes of people in this great world , full line of colored gros grain SlUa in all thu popular shades at ! )5 ) centn , reduced frou $1.15 , Sinith'a Now Store , 1307 Kanmin street. FOR SALE A good family homo I buggy and hurnesa. L , A. HATH , Post Ollico Box 30. Seal of North Carolina Stnokiru ? To > bacco is the best. Adaitional mita w ro brought yester day in thu district court by Loightoa it ( Olark fur the recovery ou guarantees claimed againtt the following inauratjco corojriuitt ; Hartford Fire Insurance company. 81,00289 ; ( j'orrnan-Americaii of irow York , fcS.MUB ; Notional , Etc. , Co. 81 , 105.72 ; vKtnu , Etc , 0 < / , , ? 2il8l,4D. pieces 27-lneh all wool jsrarlet tJtnnel ac 25 couti per yard , actual Jy worih 40 cent * . ( fcsl of Worth Osrolltn 00 , UNDER GODWIN'S FIRE , Dnflcrgoiog His Cress-Exam icatioD , And Ra-Statos His Oaso Withou Material Change , ( ho Receipt oC the Mono Hut Not Ic'or Criminal Horvlccn ItriuIoriMl. l''oronoon ' When the court convened yoatordo ; morning C. W. Uubbard , of the firm o McBain it Co. , Sioux Falls contractors was called into the witness chair. Mn. HUIIIIAUII'H TESTIMONY : Witness testified that ho had , ia com pany with MoBain , mot Mr. Bohin Onto bor 0 , 1883 , riding down the street in n wngon ; that McBain had stopped Boh in and engaged in conversation with him Witness was standing several feet awa ; from MoBain and Bohm when the tw were talking , and could not hoar the con vorsalion. After a few moments , however McBkin came up to wltnbss and walkoc away with him. McBain then told witnecr of the conversation which ho had with Bohm As a result of the conversation , however over , witness waa inntructed to pay to Behm the sum of $200. Mr. Uubbard further testified that ho loft thonox day for Sioux Falls , and sent Bohm aNew Now York exchange drast for 8200 dated October 0 , through the Unitct States National bank of this city. The cross examination by Mr. Conncl of the witness failed to materially change the statements made in the direct. Mr. M , T. Barlow , the next witness toatlfiod that ho is cashier of the United States National bank and was nt the time of the Bohm-McBain transaction already alluded to. The draft dated October 0. lad passed through his [ hands. Bohm lad actually received the same , and drawt 00 of the amount in cash , and had deposited the ether $100 in the bank. The court hero adjourned for the noon hour. Afternoon William MoBain was recalled for the state. On the evening of the day ho had the conversation with Bohm ho waa in the council. lie remembered that the com- ntttoo on streets and grades reported. iVitnoaa had packed his grip and was on lis way across the river trhnn ho was served with a aubpcuna by the deputy shorifl to appear before the grand jury. Jo did not voluntarily go before that ) ody. C'llOSH EXAMINATION. Ho couldnot remember who brought up the contract before the council. Was acquainted with Mr. S lions. Ho had conversation with him in Juno , 1883. IIo did not say at that time ho and Hnbbard : iad a quarry and that ho did not want the matter made public. This closed Ltho c.iso for the prosecu .ion. .10IIN SHONS was the first witness called for the do. Fonsn. Fonsn.Witness Witness had known McBain and Uub bard since April , 1883. llo hid a con versation with MoBain in Juno , 1883 when the latter said he and Ilubbarc owned a quarry , but wanted thai fact kept quiet es lie was then at work for the Jasper stone quarry. [ To the objections by Mr. Goodwin , ol the question , did the witness circulate a petition for Sioux Falls gaanito , Mr , Like said ho proposed to show that the money received by Mr. Bohm waa in : nmpnnsation of such services for Hub- jard. ] Witness got a letter from Mr. Uubbard engaging him to do this sorvlea , the letter tor bo\ng returned July ! ) th. The loiter olTeroo. him twice the sum that ho waa .hen receiving from the Jasper stonu quarry. Witnota then circulated poll- ions for the paving of alley a with Sioux Kills granite from McBain & Co. John l'Behm ' was the successor of witness as agent for McBain it Co. Witnosii saw a jontract prior to October > t , 1883 , where- n Mr. Behm was to receive 10 cent per square yard. I'HOHS E.XAMINAT1ON. Witness saw thu contract referred teen on Fiinmui ntroet in September , 1883. llo did not know the date of the letter but its contents ho remembered. Bohm received hia first payment Nov. 22 , 1883 , The next payment ho received waa In December of 1883 , Witness was not employed by the Jas per Stonu Co. , to solicit olgnatnrea but to look aftar its interests. He did solicit signatures for MuUaln it Co. and eighteen alleys were secured. Ho knpl books for Muck it Co. since May , 188 i. Those pjymontH to Bohm were nu.do through Mack it Co. and were entered upon their books. Hero ho was shown Mack & Co.'s books , which were Introduced before thu irand ; jury , and witncni acknowledges Lhut ho said before that ho did not know what thi'so payments were for , but now know. Certain erasures of John F. Behm's name appearing upon these books were not made by witness. Those payments were made to John F. Bohm on orders of MoBain it Co. THE DKrENIIANT'H TESTIMONY. Had lived in Omaha tiuco 1858 and is 30 years old. llo was a member of the city council and tit present was chairmau of the committee on utrmita and grades. Know MoL'uiu , Mot llublmrd first in May , 1883 , and Me.Haiti in November or December , 1883 , Ho had agreed with Ilubbiird in July to help him circulate [ lotitions jor his p.-ivomunt. This wan a verbal agreement and afterward a written ono wua entered into. At first ho ejivnt iver half his time , and later in August liis whole energies worn turned in that direction. Ho was to ho paid For hia services and If auccoaaful was to liavo 10 conta per equaro yard. The writ * ten agreement was entered Into prior to September Oth , and ho kept it until it was cmmgcd to Mr. Baldwin in Decem ber. Thia contra t with witnoes waa tiurncd in the Millard Hotel in presence jf Hubbird himself. His contract prom- spd to pay him 10 cents pur eqimo yurd 'or all Smux Falls granite uut in by Mo- [ ijtin it Co. ana did not exclude the Rtront contract. The now contract with iisldwin wua the sanio OK the ono with lim except the afreet car track was not uclndrd. Ho wo kcd for McBuin , t Co. uitil January , 1881 , and secured Sioux ' 'alls granite for several streets and alleys Witnees devoted from eight to fifteen lours p r day , and worked all day Sun * day. He solicited openly under this contract. Ho never had a conversation with Mr , McBain relative to doing any. hing for their company in the city coun nil. Ho received auveral letter * from Hubbard , which were afterward do- at troyod at Hubbard'u solicitation , The nozioy ho received he considered was in payment of the work done by him for them Ho nnvor received money from Ihom for Anything eh > o , and never voted for them upon any measure In the coun cil for which ho had been paid or promised. llo never voted for the np- provnl of any ether contract or material than those which In his judgment were for the host intercuts of the city. ( A letter from Uubbard to witness was hero Introduced in evidence , stating the writer had sent S250 to Uehm for work done by him on Thirteenth street , the chock to be paid through William Mack , ] mOSS-EX A NOVATION. Ho received about Oct. th $200 from Hubbard. Ho had canvassed the prop erty owner on Sixteenth , Harney nnd ether streets prior tn that timo. Wit ness had had three contracts. His first contract was made in September , 188U , and was torn up on Uuobard's sugges tion. Ho did not succeed in getting any streets for Sloiir Falls , but ho received $725 for what hu had done , S300 of which ho turned over to his partner , nnd the balance ho kept nnd spent In adver tising nnd advocating Sioux Falls iranito ; aa n pavement. Ho paid the Dispatch $1215 for advocating thin rwornont. The street car company had laid seine granite , but ho did not know whether the Jasper Stone Co. or McUain .t Co. furuished the material. Ho once had consulted an attorney about the propriety of circulating petitions , and being told that ho ought not n n councilman to do so , ho accordingly had changed the contract to hli partner's namo. Ho did favor grnnlto in the council , but it was because ho thought it the boat material. A councilman , as such , could not uao his influence to adopt n material. Ho might hnvo said to Riley that Mo- Uain and Hubbard would arrested when they came down hero , but ho had refer1 once when ho said this not to their crim inal relations with him , but with Loodor and Kaufman. Hero court adjourned upon suggestion of Judge Neville. Mr. Godwin said it would take a great portion of to-day before - fore ho concluded the cross-examination of Mr. Bohm. It is not our custom to make any men tion of articles advertised in our columns but wo do notheeitato to apeak in high terms of the "Garland Stoves and Ranges. " The manufactuuors aim to produce the very best that can possibly bo made , which accounts for the high reputation which they have obtained us the best in the world. 2 Mr . A. Trcinan loft on Saturday HOOII'H , rain for Kock Island , to too her nlstor , who a very ill. Mr. Jnmus Haynes nnd bride have returned rein their bridal trip , nnd are receiving the congratulutinrm of their friends. Henry VOHH loft Monday for ( irand 'aland to cumploto thu coutruut for building n residence for Mr. T. HuimorH at that plnco , Mr. Ceo. L. Wolln , representing the Chica go Dally NOWH , IH in thu cily making urrnugo- nouta to HOIK ! bin pitpor to thlx city in larger | iinnttic ! . jjJKrcd Davis mid Thodorn Lund , two promi- lout and woll-knnwii yotuiir husluoFX men of .ho lilulFrt , to ale in metropolitan sights in the city yi'Hlordiy. Mr. A. MclniiiH , of the firm of Jilclnniu k llutBoy , loft for the cast this morning to pur- chnsn fixtures for thuir now nturo , and a large line of holiday goods. -Iti3. S. ( iilmoro , Kiq' , the leading pork- packer of Hock Island , has bean Hpomling a fnw clnyn in the city with his sister , Mrj. A , Troninn , and family , 1) . W. Hitchcock , general ngont f-r the Lfulon I'Acifia ro kd for the Pacific coast , with liomjiiuarturs nt S.m Francisco , is in the city liiartercd nt the 1'nxtou. Mr. M. M McDormot , clerk of the city water-works of Kurt Wnyno , Ind. , la in this city on niait to his brother , tbu woll-known lib nrtlttt iu tha lloraldullico. OllicurTum Ruiuio , of the police forco. 1m rolurued from n trip to Scranton , I'enuaylvn- n ! , ; whtro ho h H been on n visit to hm moth- r. Tom received a inesmigo from homo utat- ng that his mother wniorylll and ho atonco hastened home. At the sight of her boy thu mother begun to improve , nnd when Tom left , ho old homo eho was ou tha high road to pui- naiiout recovery. "Hli Perkins" ( Melville I ) . Uitudon ) arrived n the city last evening from Neligh , where ho eclurocl on Urn previoui night. Mr. Lamlon recently relumed from nn extended Ki'ropoau .our. 1 fo Is its full of wit nud humor ns ever , and ho continues to bo in great demand in thu ecturo field , Mr , Perkins * route in Nebraska H as follow * : Lincoln , November ID ; Gibbon , S'ovember 20 ; Curleton , November Ul , and ! onuv , November liU. Imul at Yesterday the remains of F. M. B.irtholow were taken from Druxol it Maul 'a undertaking rooms and interred nt 1'roapoot Hill cemetery. The funeral was attended by iv largo nbmbor of trav eling num. The Kitchen brothers , proprietors rf ti'io I'axton hotel , have placed in their cromi , already bright with deeds of lion ovolonco nnd kindness , the keystone wnioh will grow brighter and brighter unto the great day. About iliree inonthu ago Mr. Bartho o\v o.iino to Omaha and put up at the I'.ixtou hotel. Ho waa taken sick and al- : hough pennlloBa thu proprietors of the uiiito made him at cumfortah'.u ' aa : ) lo and provided medical usalsUnco for lim. Consumjtion had fastened its dead- y fanga upon hid nyatom and ho slowly irasted away and last Saturday morning lie died. A stranger in a strange land , lis eyes weru closed by other. ! than kin dred friends and naught but strangerfl prepared him for burial. The iinn wan apparently without a fr.eml in .ho world , aa ho refused to apeak of his 'amily. The big hear In of the Kitchen joyo would noc permit them to aeo him aid in the potter'a field , so they pur chaaod a lot in 1'rospcclIUU and paid the expenses of a decent burial. All honor to men who are thu posses sors of such hind and liumim hearts , rlioao synipathicn go out toward thosu in loverly and ( iiutruss ; and if there bo any oward fur such dmla of Kindnoaa they esorvu to h&vu tiiuir cup full and run ling over. UIOUAUDSON In tlilH city. November 17 nt llillO p. in , nt 83J .Smith Hovriiti'ontli utrt'ut , Mini IJn'.tT .1. Kichimlaon , UIH ! 'J7 yi'PM. Fmiural notict ) hereafter. Council ISlulfn papers ple.no copy , [ I'KCK-In this city , Not umber 18th , atI : SO a. in. , KlUabftb , wife of ( It'nrsu I'ock uftrr A lunjf and pnlufulillueriH , ugodlit > iurn , Kuueral tit-morrow ittlU3 ! : p , m , , from her of culdence , iililiS Lonvrmvurtli struct , Frlemln tliii family iimtcd. _ it Smith's Nuw Store for best If ; of Cloaks at lowest prices. I COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS , A Rash Altemiit by Two AlflernM li Onst ibG cily Attorney , The City Trcnmu-nr's IJuHlni'ss T o Great tif the IMThcnt Cleri cal Force. At the regular weekly meeting of thi c'ty council laat evening , acting-Mayo Murphy in ttio chair , members Unscall Heche ) , Kadfiold , Woodworth , Ford Thrano , Furay and Anderson troro prea out. The roll wna called and the mayo reported that ho h d read the niinutea o the meetings held November Oth and K ] and found thn 8 mo correct. On raotioj ho wan inalruotod to look over the inin utes of the meeting of November I HI and report next Tuesday evening. I'KTITIONH AM ) UOMMl'NK'\TIO.NH. From the mayor , giving notlco that h hid approved certain ordinances. Filed From linns Thielgard and others , aak ing the appointment ( if Ljuls Korregarc BS special police for Ninth etrootbetween Jackaon and Lcavonworth. Confirmed From C. E. Suires | , calling the attention tion cf ttio council to the violation of tin garbage ordinance at Fifteenth and Cum ing. Referred. A number of bills wore referred with out reading. From James Croi hton , presenting ap proved final estimates of Mcllugh A McGavock for thn extension of the aontl branch Jones street sawor and of Jamoa Fox it Co. , for grading on the oxtonsiot of Jones street eower. Approved. From Elizabeth D.u'ia and others , pro testing against the paving of ilowan street between Eighth and Ninth. Ho ferrod. From Jamoa Croighton , presenting bida for ttio filling of North Omaha creek between Twenty-third and Saundora street. Referred. From city troaaurcr , stating that owing to the incroaao of business , arising from the numerous special taxes and assessments monts , moru clerical force is needed m hia oflico , and asking authority to cm ploy what help is uocesiary. Granted. From James Croightou , presenting the estimate duo John Peterson for romova of garbage , and stating that ho had no douo much work , owing to the ignorance of citizens of the provisions of the gar1 bago ordinance. Approved. From Miller & Richardson , presenting bids for city printing to the end of the fiscal vear. Accepted. HKSOLUT10.NS. By Woodsworth , that the resolution ordering the repair of sidewalks in front of lot -I , block Ili5 , bo rescinded. Adopted By Ford Whereas , C. S. Chase as miyor , Roger C. Guthrie as marshal , a > id John F. Bolim , Edward Looder and Charles Kauf- inan , aa city councilrnon of the city ol Omaha are now under indictment in the district court for Douglas county , for ac cepting and receiving bribes in their offi cial capacities , and Whereas , the prosant city attorney , Win , J. Council , havng beoo appointed to such place by the said indicted mayor , has made himself the champion and defender - fender of said oflicora in their examina tions and trhb , and Whereas , It has been the sonau of thia city as well as the members of this body that the said Wra. J. Council should take no pnrc in the defonio of naid in dicted ofliclala who are charged with crimes ngiinat the enici city of Omaha and Whoroaa , The said city attorney his followed the opposite cnurao , and in the courts hai made himself the champion and defender of said olliciala upon their trials for said crimes ; and Whereas , It is the sonsj of this council that the said city attorney his by such conduct stained hi ] oflico with dishonor and his person with disgrace , bo it there fore Resolved , By the city council oj the city of Omaha , that the said William J. Connell bo and ho ia luroby suspended from the oflico as city attorney for mid city , and that his immediate resignation from said position would be at once ac cepted and declared. The resolution wuii tabled by A vote o 7 to 2 , Ford and Anderaon voting in the negative. HCrOKTH OK COMMITrEEH. Streets and grades , recommending thai thu petition for the grading of iliunibal utreut between Cuming and Burt bo no ! allowed owing to the want of means. Adopted , S.une , recommending that ordinance anpropnating $1,813 85 to James 11. Kyner di ) nut piaa ; and that the city at torney confess judgmo'.t tlmtfliim in favcr of Kyncr , being the balance duo him for grading Nineteenth from Burt to Grace. Adopted , Police , recommending the allowance of a number of bilis. Adopted. Sjino , repotting that thu city marshal had been directed to abate the nuisance nojir Third ward school house and to detail - tail an officer on Ninth and Tenth ba- tween Douglas and Chicago and one on Eleventh and Twelfth between Doughs and Chicago. Adopted , Same , recommending that Carl Nelson bo appointed a special policemen at $10 per month , to keep dump and the road lending to it in gnod order , Adopted. Soworngo , recommending the approval of the bond of P. W. Tarjiy as drain lay IT. A doptcd. Paving , curbing and guttering recnm mending the allowance of thu cUiui ot E , J. Brannon for extras on his contract for curbing and guttering St. Marys avenue , Adopted. Same , reporting aa to ownership of certain curbing and guttering stouo tak en from certain streets by the Barber Asphalt company , that 150 yards , mostly of rrfuso material had boon collected by the contractors , and that they were un able to determine their ownership , but were of thu opinion they belonged to cer tain property owners. Adopted. From iictlni ; Mayor Murphy appoint ing John Miles aa policeman on thu reg ular foicc. Roferrnd. A resolution by Furray that the gas lamp in front of James Stophenson'a retiduncj bj rumoved , waj referred The plot of A. II. Sander'a addition was referred OUPINAM'ES Lovjii g a special tax to cover the ono- lialf Dual of grading Fourteenth street from Vinton to Pierce. Paused. Levying a special tax to puy the one- fourth coat of grading William street from Tenth to Thirteenth , Passed. Authorizing the issuance of district Hiving bonds to pay the coat of paving parts of strootn and avunuea in ( living districts NOB , 2 ! ) and ! ! 0 Passed. levying a special tax to cover the cost building eowers in sewer district No , ll. ! Pawed. Levying a special tax tn coyer one-half the coat of grading 'Loavmiworth etro from Thirteenth to Tivontieth. Passe Appropriating vJirioua siimi oui o i 3 UETROIT-CHICAGO-BUFEALar " " * 8c FOITICK spoial funds ts piy for public wirki The clerk than took up the orJiniuc providing for a merchants police , when a motion to adjourn was undo nnd carried. fKJTSpocial Corset Sale on Saturday , November 22 , 50 dozen more Corsets at 25 cents per pair at Smith's Now Store , actually worth 75 cents , 1307 Fatnam street. It 'V , Li. Arlsmlrr. llov. Arlandor. the pastor of the Swed- iah Baptist church , living on West Cuming Btreot , waa favored Saturday evening with a surprise parly , by the members of thn church and the many friends which ho haa already gained in the short time of only two weeks stay in the city , The choir sang n song outside the door , after which we wuro all invited in , and the house was soon filled , there being between forty and fifty present. The evening was spent in singing , speaking and other social intercourse. A supper was also nerved , which the ladies produced from the lua- kots they had brought with them. To add to the evening's enjoyment Mr. and film. Arlander were presented with a very handsome Ipungo and rocking chair. The gathering dispersed nt a late hour feeling that the social knot was tied firmer through the ovonta of the evening. The church is honpy to find in their now lead er an earnest and able mau to teach the word of God among hia country people , and may ho live Ipng and prosper in the uoblo work which ho has taken to per form in this city , ia the wish of the writer. ONE PKE.SKNT. -inch all wooSuitinpIIan- ! | | noln Smith ia Helling for 75 cents , real value Sl.CO pur yard , are just the thing for fall and winter we r. K3 ? 'Special Flannel Sale this week a Smith's Now Store. The first snow of the season has doubled the demand for Haydon'a Patent Fire Kindlora. All grocers sell them. Cruelly tn nn Animal. A cm of heartless cruelty to an ani mal waa [ discovered yesterday about 9 o'c'osk. Atolephono message totho city jail stated that a horse waa standing tied to a post on Fifteenth street between .Jonoa and Loavenworth streets , ana that the animal hud been standing there oitics early Monday evening. Officer O'Boylo was sent to aeo about the matter , and found the animal as stated. The poor boast waa all gathered together in a hoip , and waa shaking as with the aguo. It had stood out in the cold all night without thu protection of a blanket , and the light anew had fallen upon its body and melted ua it full until thn animal'i ] hair waa dripping wet. The officer took the animal to C.iau'u stable on Thirteenth ntroot and ordered it properly cued for. The owner lus not yet been found , nnd doubtless is indulging in a spree at some grocery , while the poor , faithful beast wua left to the mercy of the elements. When the owner calls for hia horse ho will doubtleaa be arrested for cruelty to animals , aud when ho appears before Judge Boneko ho will bo taught u ho will not soon forget. ARSNOUS mriNGTOHOlDDOWN EARL DAKING POWDER. ITAMBOUNOTORISC/ PURE CREAM TARTAR. S1OOO. Given rnlnm ornuy Injurious Mihstnnce.sca bo found n AndrowH * Puarl UnkinB I'owdr Js jx > s. ivi'lyRURE. JieliiKcmlori-cilmult Jmoniftls rircnwl iroin Midi chcmlilsiXHH. Dana la > s , llos- "ii ; M. ] > elnl' > ntaim > , of ChlciiKO ; nnil UUbtuviu llodc , illlHiiiiUeo. Ni'verknlil in bulk. C. E. ANDREWS A. CO. CHICAGO MILWAUKEE , 23 Uiku fcU 2S7 , lisa Jt i'Jl iVutet : eU ESTMiNSTE h W I liflJlBW I IU BASE BURNER. -AND- ACOH1 STOVES AND ( KVEUV STOVE WARRANTED. ) SOLI ) ONLY ATJ JOHN HUSSIE'S Hardware Store IM07 OOI1NO STREET ll.tu th & lit Himebaugh & Taylor , -LARGEST STOCK OF Buy your Fine Bronzed Hardware at Home for less than Eastern Cities Can Deliver it , Send for Our 250 Page Catalogue , only one issued in Nebraask ONE EUNDKED VARIETIES BUFFALO US , Counter , Hay , Stock and Kailroad Track , ADOPTED BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Orders for the Indian Department given for Buffalo Scales ex clusively. Scale ZRIEIF.A.I & ZE3I CD JE ? . , 1405 Douglas Street. OMAHA. NEBRASKA PALL AND WINTER. 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