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I THE DAILY BEE SATURDAY , JULY 18 , 1885. 5 LINCOLN. lEciflents of the Day al the Capit ! of the Slate , An Asthmatic Wheeze From Pensioned Inibeoile. Uenclll fit tlio Now Sjfctcni or Bon InvcHtlgMlon Notes About tlio Stuto House. 'JHIB DA.Y AT LINCOLN , HISCKLt.ANEOCH MATTF.H3 , Keportod by The BKE'H Bureau. LINCOLNNob. . , July 17. The topici man In the Journal in hla first drlvo i the Lincoln correspondent falls down i usual in ono of lila jealous fits and inter : tionally mltquotoa , The sale of lota i "Woat Llncaln occurred on the 14ih in tt afternoon , nnd In the DEB of the lOtl Inat. wo said : "Tho lot aalo at Wei Lincoln was n great nucceta Slxtoc thousand dollarn worth were sold , tb lots averaging $101 n ploco. Some sol as high as $400. " On the 15th of Jul several lota were sold at private sale an the BEK man was Informed by the Hot Thomas Kinnatd that it amounted I ever § 2,000 as will bo noticed in the letter tor in the BKI : of the Kith. The nt kindest cat of all was that ho tried I compare the BEE correspondence wit the Lincoln Journal , ' 'tho poorest papc inthostato. " For local and state now the BEE courts a comparison of the Lit coin correspondent with the local depar mont of the Stnto Journal which Is neai ly always from a day to a week behinc State Superintendent Jonca la .in a < tendance at the National Education ! association at Saratoga , N. Y. , trhlc cloaca to-day. Mr. Jonoa will rctur home the latter part of next week an will spend the next two mouths in visit Ing county institutes , which are just be ginning. Most of them will bo held ii this and next month. The secretary of state yesterday algne $18,000 worth of school bonds leaded b tha city of Kearney for school bulldln purposes. The system adopted In thl state for registration and ox aminatlon of all bonds b the secretary and the auditor of eta' ' han proven very valuable both to th seller and buyer of these bonds , as the 03 nmlncra will not certify thorn unloe they corao within the limit of the law and then they are reported bask to th county from whence they are loaned , s tlio aeaesamonU ore properly levied anne no default In Interest occurs. Under thi system ever $2,000.000 In bondi hav been examined , and In all the qulbblln and fuss about bonda which to frequent ! occurs , the judgment of the examiner hai been sustained In every ciso. Under the new law regulating the sal and leasing of school linda no person en purchase more than 040 acres nor .shal any lauds bo sold for less than $7 pp acre or the anpralecd value thereof i addition to the Improvements on th land. Applications for a leaao of schoc lands must ba made to the county treat nrer In which the land la situated and 1 counties whore township organization 1 In force applications are to bo made t the chairman of the board. The com mlesloner or three of the board of supar visors make the appraisement. Asid from these changes the law Is similar t the old ono. The contract for the building of th Norfolk aeylttm Is being prepared an Mr. Kins , the contractor , has notific the board that ho will be here next wuo to sign the contract and file his bond. The forca in tha auditor's oflico la hue preparing the grand assessment roll. The state treasurer is taking a breath jug spell having been kept busy payin enumerators warrants. The town of Bennett supplies n larg share of the cases In the courts of thl city. Elardly a week paeses but some c its inhabitants are hero prosecuting o defending , anc1 frequently both sides ec gaged nro from that busy town. James O'Brien nnd William O'Connol got Into a tussle Thursday ni ht , and litho the melee ono of them shot a pistol which attracted the attention of th pohco. The parties were then arrested tried before Justice Cochrano yesterda ; for aggravated aeaiult , and fined twcni dollars end costs apiece. Heavy fine will stop BO much ot this brulniug an careless handling of pistols , and Cochrars seems to bj ontu if. Briefs In the ciaj of Graham , cnnut ; treasurer of Linaistor county , Hgaiun i.lio state auditor wcio filed yHaterdny Tab li the case in which the auditor ru fuued to draw Ma warrant for comma&ian ! on nalo of nc'ho A hirl. ' . Amorg thu prominent atrivala of th day wore ; W.V Irwln , StMilou ; G M. Holmes , Tantnas Yu'o , II 0 Kivmi ? G. H. Power ? , Beatrice ; C. N. Doiiz , II Wheeler , A. II Fltoh and wife , Omaha Judge Nctrvnl , Saward ; W. L. Browlrc Plattsmouth ; T. L. Ohaso , Dorchester ( Japt. Ya'e ' , Beatrice ; Capt. Shirely Junlata ; Capt. IJunry , Fremont ; Capt Ilerron , B.-ntrlcej J. Oapity , Nuhrask City ; cx-Ooirermr Butler , Pawnee Oliy ex-Governor U. N. Oongor , Sioux City The meo'ing of the Grand Arm ; reunion committee hero to day wa largely for the purpose of getting tin governor to comply with a resolution o tbeojialatura ] ! in regard to drawing tent for ttio reunion , but as horotufoie tlu governor absolutely refuted to extent the favors to the old guatda oven whei It would not cost the state gn'ern rront a dollar. This is a dlroo remit to every member of the lattleglala turo who voted for that resolntUn , nod i personal tlfront to every ox-union soldlei of this state , and will bo remembered t ] the twenty odd thoueaud sjldlor boj who were In the rinks nt the time thol country needed them and the governo was , as ho eays , then too young to hea the call. Lat him make the requlsltioi and then no blame will attach to him ll ho cm't ' got thorn. Bad Lindsay had hla watch chain anc ring stolen on Thursday night from hli room , It is thought to bo the work o some af his help. At a meeting of the grand army re union committee they decide ! that th tents belonging to the department TV hie' were left at Fremont last year should b cent to Beatrice. A commltte wss appointed to try and got tlu nso of the tents belonging t the Cbatiqua ocloty at Crate and th Bennett Holiness assocution. Sccro'ar of State Uogen WAS appaintad a com mltteo on the procuring and tranoporta tloa of tjnta from St Louis ; slss advtr tleiu and transportation. Col. Oulb ; was nppoiutod ti contruittco to procnr arms fcruto in the thim battle , and Co1 Woojtcr , of Silvrr Craek , to organise th cavalry carp * , It was ordered that al private aud pojt tents , which are plalnl marked and shipped to 0pt. lionr qnartermafter of the 'reunion commlttei at Beatrice , on or bofoi September lit , will bo tocelptc for and retmnad free i c'largo topartica'or posts. Parties di siring tents on ] bo supplied on tt ground ? . It was suggested that the dl forontstnto organizations purchase ton sixteen by twenty-four feet for heat quarters purposes. Assistant Adjutan General Shirly , of Junlata , was rtqtiestc to correspond with the secretaries i the various slate organizations In reg i to this plan. The local reunion coruml too was instructed to offer a prize for tt boat Informed and drilled lodge of Kn'gh ' of Pythias In the inter atateo ; oh to procure , if net too expensive , the a tendance of thoFlamboui club of Topoki Kan. , Gen. Mnndoraon to nso his or doavors to tccuro the attendanca ot Get Sharman r.nd Gon. Logan. Govcraoi Fairchild of Mltsourl , and Ag ) < of Michigan , have signified the intention of being present. Tt passenger ngentn of roods In tt a Into were invited to moot the rounlo committee in Beatrice on the 27th < July to arrange rates nnd dotaila. Th local committee Is to arrange hoadqiiarto : for the Kansas visitors. Capt Yule got to Omaha to-mono i ? In connection wit the reunion work. STATIC JOCIINGS. The paper mill nt West Point is prosporinj Cedar county pniJ S10.COJ state taxes th year. Cherry county id valued at 6010,000 an owes only 81,000. The now city directory for Fremont boa1 tlio state census by l.GCO A building fund association Is holpin homo builders at Dakota City , Twenty-live men are nt work on the Swcd tali Lutheran church at Wakofield. Dakota City has ordained that shade tre < must bo planted along the sidewalks. The Journal thinks Vlattsmouth has bee bled unmercifully by foreign attorneys. Fortune tolling gvpsiea nro gathering u quarters from thn wonklinga of Wakefield. Mrs. Mary Gilmore , the mother of I'atnc S. Gilmore , the well known bmdmaatcr o Boston , died on Saturday at I'liUtamuuth. The editor of the Gage county democrat lin n libel Miit nnd n ton-pound boy baby on h ! hands. There are joys ovoa in tbo countr editor's Ufa. John Lindsay , formerly of Plnttamoutli , hn boon arrested , charged with inflicting the in jtuii'i which resulted in the death of Kehoe ftt Weeping Wnter. The nttoruoy of Nebraska City claims th city la not regulntly organized aa ono of th second class , nnd that n now election must b hold to comply with thu law. Jack Davh , the Nebraska City tough wh assaulted Andrew Ihlnrich , has skipped thi country. Ono of lloinrich's nrma was cam plotely paralyzed by n hlow with a chair. The Nebraska Clam liako association wil liold the annual feait on the UIuo river nen Crete , to-day. A rubber wniat band nnd ccrk screw are Ilia insignia of membership. SUctt li'ontaine , from Omaha , put up at i liotol in ? Cohimbuj Monday night and wu Toimd dead in bed the next morning. Fou empty laudnnum yinls furnished the basis o the corouer'a verdict. " 3. J. Jones nnd lady of Culbartson.Neb. , registered nnd occupied ono room nt n hotel n Crete the other night. It turned out tha Jones is a prominent bloat of Lincoln , an ex editor , nnd a married man , and "Mrs Tones" n fast and fly female who circulate between Jlastingaand McCook. They weri bounced , A Grand Islund physician attempted ti tamon backing broncho nnd show oil hi tiorsomnnshlp in the presence of n voung lad ; to wt om ho wa ? paying court. The nnlmn did not nppreciato tha pill man , and aud denly olovnte'd his hindiUartera , sending thi Joctor headfpromoat to gras. ! . It was a fata Fall to his prido. A mutual insurance agent induce ! Mrp. " O'Keefo of Tacumseb , ti invest S23 in u policy. She gave hei note for the money , but wnen tlu examiner reported ngninst her the compani refused to ieeuo ( the policy and kept the note which hn.s since turnpd up in the hands of ; third party. Mrs. O'Jveefe propoaea to prose cutu the Bwindlera. "I'laltamouth. " < u\jn the Journal , "IB no lioavily in debt. Shaowes probably , all told S12,003. nnd has property worth at a fnl valuation , three million dollorsto pay it with Improvements are i olng up on every hillto ( and In every vnlloy. Her men o business an doing well ; manufactures nro springing u ) ind the hum of industry , the sound of thi Immmer nnd saw and thu eoug of raachiner ; is heard on every hand. " liana Hoeehman , n farm hand , maJo an in ilecunt exhibition of his pereon heforo th Family of Hubert Wnugh , a farmer uea ( irand Island , nnd when \Vnugh objaotei iluna knocked him down with a. lock aud demolished molished seven tooth. This ntirred Wautjli' jander i.iU ho turned himself loosn. Whei liana waa gathered up he looked aaif nmulu' trip hammers had fallen en him Itosahinai a n green Kusaian , but ho does not f eul a : reeli na ho did ten ilayn ago. Ho ia i GETTING EIGG-EIi. A. I'llman ! Cr HupcrintCTitloiit Olj Bervea tlio Condition of OOI.IH. Mr. L. M. Boanett , supsrlntcudent o tha Pjciflo division of the Pullman P.U ice Cir compii'jy c mo in yenterday fron in t.\tdudcd tur over the tvcstfrn roade where his territory pxtuid ? . ( , > iiito recent cent/ ! , the Palmuu Oir service In thli ilatrlct haa been enlarged , extended ant increased. It used to bo only fron Omaha to Ogdcn. but now extends ; o Denver , Salt Like and Portland Tha Kansas Pacific dlvleici of thn Union PactDo and Djnvor it lli ( 3raudo roads hava ulao baenadded. Mr Bennett reports that in all hla traveli no such proiposts for big cropi nrcro zton in any place ns Ne jraaka ahowa. The corn IB simply im moDse , the wheat big , oats Rood and imull products abundant , beyond iroag nation. Ot COUHO thcso fine crops glvi iromlao of good times , which make i lappy people. BEADY AN ! ) WAITING. Mayor Iloycl Hayu Ho Is Anxloua u Moot tno Council Oornmtttco , The conncll committee crcutcd las Tuesday night , In compllanca with reso ntions Introduced by Mr. Fnray , regard ng Mayor Boyd'a municipal appoint ments , to wait upon hla excellency anc attempt to cil'ect a satisfactory under itandlnir , haa not yet taken ixotlon of BIIJ find , Tha mayor said to a BKE roportei yesterday that he was ready , wali ng and willing to moot tin committee at any lima and agree will : ihem on whatever seemed to bo fair it the mat'er. ' When aeked whether h ( iropoacd to tilk viidoct with Charlci b'rancis Adanu uny more while that Indl vidu l Is In the city , Mr. Boyd eald lu understood the whole matter hud beoi left In Mr. Oilloway'd hands to do wltl t whatever ho pleased end thought bos : o bo dono. Oiturtil | liy Oiipld. Marrlsgo llcaueea were issued yciter day by Jujgo McOulloch to Charle Bibbel and Minnie LJoaenb > rg , Mitchel Fleming and Klttlo Dale ; Joseph Sidiki and Frencea Xancz RUMBLINGS BY BAIL , l ConDcil BMs Pool 1 Sessioo , PropnrlriB For Greater Shipments < Stock Tlmn Ever neforo NotcHiuHl Pcrsnnnls , Sovcr&l people have made Inqnlrii within the past two or three days abet the Ooiaha and Council BlufTa pool an what it really is. A Dec reporter eougl information yesterday at hoadquartei and la probably able to throw n fo rays of light on the matter. Some yoni ago an arrangement was entered inl between roads from Chicago that tu into Council Blufls and the Union Paclf ! company whereby their proratn of frcigl earnings on goods shipped to Kobrask points may bo "divied" without goln ever the thonsindo and thousands c bills of lading , ono at n time , and sift ot ; each company's proportion. Every tw years the freight departments gc together at Council BlulTa and have settlement. That Is what they are doln now , and it will require several days t complete the work. The Union TadCc company la rnuldn great preparations just novr , for tram porting the cattle that will commeno t bo chipped about the lat of August. Ii Nubraaka , Wyoming , Oregon and Da kola , there are thousands aud thousand cf fat , sleek bovines that will bo eont t thomarkots after that date , and the gren majority of them will have to reach th Missouri river ever the Union Paclfi road. To successfully and safely tram port thoto cattle and doit on fast schedul time , the company Is making its cars vor ; strong aud supplying thorn with al' brakes. Already a few largo shipment are being tnado. Una hundred and fift ; car-loads are expected from Pine Rldi ; to-day. Moat of these will probably bi stopped here and slaughtered at thi Union stock yards. A largo gang of imported Itnliai graders are working on the big cnt 01 tha Omaha & St. Paul road near DeSota They board and bunk In freight cars a the depot , and cook iu bake ovens dug ii the bank. Sunday Is ganoral wash day They are a jovial and happy gang anc their fandangos , -with DDngs and violins draw crowds from the surrounding fiuma The managers of the Sioux City & DC ; Molneo railroad have purchased a bund of iifty-joren lots In Slonx City for tor initial facilities. The prlco paid waa $20 , 300. The company ia composed of aotivi jusInoEn man , who propose not only t ( build the line mapped out , but to aid any company needing tsrmlnal facilttic ! In lowa'a western metropolia. Grading has already been commenced on the Black Hills branch of the North' ' western road between Ohadron , Nebras ka , and the Cheyenne river. Three hundred drod teams and double that number oi men are camped on the trail. The conn < : ry between the White river and the 3heyenno la well adapted for rallroac operations , and rapid progress will b < made. No reasonable donbt now oxlsti .bat the northern terminus will bo wilhli eighteen hours' ride of Doadwoad before mow flloa. That it will approach cloaoi remains to bo seen. A little G year old girl , wearing n taf sommondlng her to the care of train mm : lad passengers and stating that oho wa ; joing from Loadvlllo to Butte City , waa i ) inongor on Monday night's trail through Laramio. Tbo tag alee said "Do unto others as ye would that they should do unto you. "It la rumored In railroad circles , ' nys thoGrand lalanct Independent , "thai Dur genial U. P. agent at this point , ia tc 30 promoted to the position ot suparln- ; endent of the St. Joe & Western divis on. While wo would be pleased to BO < the sorvicae of 3D efficient an officer re cognizad by higher promotion , yet "n hi ; Droaont position Mr. Moore has acquired 10 many friends that hia place with the jiislnoea mon and merchants and shipper ! of Grand Island would bo hard to fil acceptably. Particularly among the rail : nad boyo , would ho bo greatly mlasodil ( lis duties called him elsewhere. " The boys nronnd the B. & ? < Sf. depol > layed a rich joke on Charley Ilomollne , : ho genial biggagoman , the other day , For further particulars enquire at the B , it M. depot. The Denver overland train ( first sec tion ) arrived htlf an hour late last even' Ing , the second eectljn comiag In cboul nlno o'clock , Mr. John C Taylor , formerly freight auditor of the Union Pacific , but no general freight tgent of the St. Marie Minneapolis & Turtle Lake railroad , vtltl headquarters at Minneapolis , is In the city. 1B. . Whitney , the Rental Chicago , Sr , L'uul , Mlnnoapslia it Omaha gentleman , who look ? after pusjeugor bualncai hero has gone np to White Bear Lake , Min nesota , on a trip that combine ; ) le ; > auro and business. J. W , smith , the assistant to Mr. Wnitnoy , IOD boon promoted to the paaltion of gen < irai traveling agent , and loaves for St. fjul tills mornin" to pnt on his non inrnosg. Charloa Brown euccceda to the noalllon ho vacates hero , James McCabe , freight agent for the D. , St. P. , M. t O. at this city , wenl jut ever the line yesterday. Mr. Me- 3abo ia enjoying a visit from his son . ' 'rank , ot Chicago. UM.PJHXIE9. A man In Illinois asked a court to change tie nwno from Sheol to Shrady , Ho thinks hat the scriptural revision renders the : hanga deairahlo. An exchange asya : "A prohlhitlonist ia , fery often ono who wanta ( ho aaloona closed , but would not with to interfere uitli he manufacture of deinijohns. " In Arkansas the law forbids the building ol > saloon within two mlloa from a church ; icnco the natives build the saloon lirat , md then erect the church juat acroaa the vay. vay.The The reason there haa not been any frantic ujh to secure copiea of the revised odltion , tt a eaid , Ia that thu old-fashioned bool ; mukea k good enough center table ornament for the najorlty of folks , "No , " said the Vermont deacon , ' ! don't ipproveof hoea racln.'imd when another mem- j r of the chut eh becomes eo godless as to try o pass mo on the road comln1 homo from neatln11 feel it my duty to the cfiurch to let mt a leetlo on the raina , just to keep him rom puttln' hia trust in earthly things. At one of the chuichoj In the Missouri iver region at a recent Sunday evening BIT -lea , the tnusqultoea were very annoying to joth pulpit and pew , and as the preacher waa jald-heiaded , there was quite aa audible untile imoug tha Moful mlFcreH when In lined he hymn , " ( i cover my defoaaslesj head. " "Ve. . " thundered the preacher from the pulpit , "the halra of cur head are aU imrnbei jd. " "I wonder where tha back number * goo , ? ' said the bald headed o w.v * uv K u \ < v-uu 4 man m tne front ww , rubbini ; hit thitmint ; ucalp. "Ij as I lo-got a reprint. " aald the men bahind him , \nd he took off hia wig and faaued tie Hie * , way with It. The 1 { < JV. Mr. fSlytei , cf Bunston ( b uaher in up-town'churcb ) Will you show me to paw. please ? V htr Yon can tnko uny i thobtck pew , eir. The Ilev. Mr. Slylos- But I am tha Kov. Mr. Slytos , of Bungtoi U her That don't make any difference. i The back paws can be occupied by anjbod who behnvea himielf. [ New York Times. "Woll. Johnny , " said hii mother , "did yc have a pleatint time at the Sunday echo * plcnit ? " "Naw , " Johnny prowled. "I didn get nothln' to eat but a san'whlch an'a coup of dry croltieavlth ted aan' iptinkled c t p , ' ' "Why , what btcama of the beaullfi chocalata cake and chicken salad that I pai you to contributp ? " "Tho supcrintendont nr the teachora cat 'cm. " A tramp applied at the back door for nasls ance just as the mlni tcr'a family was pn paring for prayers. "My good man,1'atl / the minister kindly , "wo will bo fflftd to ha\ you join us In our devotions , after which yo will receive n nice broskfast , "Certainly , replied the tramp graciously , ' thow mo rigl ; In. A man who la kicked and buffeted ahot the world as I am ought not to bo equeamie In the foca of a square meal. " The Baptist Weekly says : "If polpll were not made so often auch n general advoi lifting agency it would bo well. The boll ma who m earlier days used to perambulate vil laga or town to announce Important ovontf has become obsolete , and it ia to bo hope that vocal proclamations ot strawberry an waste paper festivals , stonmbaat excursion concerts , and otlnr worship Inspiring uotifi cations , will aojn cease to bo matlo from th pulpit. " It Is charged already nzalnst Sam .Tones the southern rovivallat.Swho aays n gentlcinai should never take a Indy'a arm in an emergency gency ami that there was wrath and dwpal In the boiling jack pot and the seven deaill ; eina in the gennan , that , iu spreading th Gospel ho spreads it % ery thin. , Places h haaisitcd have alreidy relapsed into wick edness and the millennium has failed to ar rive. Emotional religion appear ! to bo nov what it has always bosn peed enough bu abort-lived , like the strawberry crop , Aa out-of-town paraou waa taking leavi recently of a congregation with whom ho hat not lived on the host of terms , "I done regret our separation , door brethren , forthrei good and valid reasons. The first la that yet don't love mo , the aocond that you don't levi ono another , aud tha third that God dooa no love you. You don't love mo my salary i Boveral months in nrroara ; you don't love on another -or there would not bo such a dcartl of marrlagoa amongst you } and God doean'i seem to love you na you ought to ho loved , be came there have beou BO few funerals amonj pou lately. " LOCAL BREVITIES , ilenry Uafi naa sued out an attachmen an the goocla of Wnds Martin , a colored mai bere , who ho claims is goiup to leave thi : ity. Bruno Aitmeyor , a laborercmployod on i new building now going up on the corner o lenth and Jackson streets , fell from the eeo jnd story yeatorday , and sustained aevera bad bruiica on hia head. IIo will bo nroum n n few days. A praiao aervico will ba hold In the St Marja avenue Congregational church tomorrow row evening at 8 o'clock , aftar which Sabbatl iveniog aorviees will ba dlacoutinued fo : .wo montlH. The pastor , the Hav. Wilton 33ott , will remain in the city during July anc ( Yugtisr , nnd will preach regularly on Sab- 3ath mornings. Mr. II. G , Clark tells of a very narrov iscapo which ho had from being knitod by i tenant of hia wham he had ordered out of : loueo on account of delinquency In rent , Afte : .ho Teuton had been told to leave , ho said ti Mr. CUrk , "If I voa rolng to leave dot house [ puesa dot I don't aeddlo mit you , " TothL Mr. Clark nnawerod in a way of romonatrance vhen the German pulled out a knife , nnt lerhapa would have done Mr. Clark barn lad not that gentleman taken piompt moaa tree of prevention , j TEUSONALi. C. W. Kitchen haa gone to Danver , I. E. Burdiek has gone to Chicago. Messrs. A. D. aud 13. Brandea left for New fork last evening. Slisa L'.zzio Mater , of Ulair , ia in the city itjppmg at the Taxton. Mra. E. K. Whitmoro haa returned from ! Peasant visit to Chicago. lion. George if. Hummel , of Grand Island s in the city on business. E. L. Rood and dauehter , of Woepinf SVater , are guests at the 1'axton. II. II. Shedd and wife , of Ashland , are ir , he city , quartered at the Paxton. W. J. Dent loft yesterday for a two week : , 'isit with parents at Milan , Mich. L. P. Lannard , of Lincoln , is in the city ? esierday , and is stopping at the 1'nxton , Misa Lottie Met ? has juat returned to bei lomo lisra from a throe years'btay in JNew L'crk city. II. V..Hunter , Norfolk ; A. G. Smith , Cak and ; O. M , Carter , Ash'.and ' ; A , C. Frey Denver , are at the Arcade. Kcv , II. J. Stern and family of Louisville. . Ky. , on route to San Diego , Cal. , are tin jutvt-i of Mr , cud Mra. llnrte , Miaa L'/.zy Corby baa gene oait and wil . isit Chicago , Now Vork and the oasterr vatering places before her return , Mias Kite M. Uobhauion , now of Mil > vau ice , formerly of Omaha , is visiting hero for i ew daya , HID guest of Mr , and Mra. IV voestcrs , Mr. Mortenson , the Farnam street tailor , eft for Svroden yeetcrday and will apond sov. iral yoara in the old country visiting the scenes if his nativity. Miaa MaryKIeda Derby , of Antelope , N. ir. , ia in the city , the guest of Hev. Mr , larria , She will ting at the First Baptisl ihurch to-morrow , Dr. A. B , Kibbs , S'aoshone , Idaho , haa joon in the city for a few days , yialting with lis brother , Gaorgo , 11. Kibha , cashier at the 'axton hotel , Ho returned to hia western lomo yesterday. Judge Brandies has returned from Lout 3ity where he hid been on business for the aat few days. He reports aplondid cropa In hat vicinity. Grading baa already been coin- aenced on the Sherman county railroad iranch. W. II. Conger , Louj. City ; S. E. Tooker , ) gdenj Aug. SiltbergVisnorj J. fil. Uanna , ipringficld ; H W , McUrlde , Blair ; P. H jyona , Denver ; Al. Waters , llarlan , Iowa ; V. K. Smith , Sioux City ; N , Stokes , Ord , r u at the Cat ) field. Settled HU iel t , Some mention waa mad.i a day or a * ) Ince of the case-of Jallua Lund , the gay mt dlshoaost young man vfho had left ) maha and abont $200 worth of debts , nd skipped out for Kinsas. nia prop- nty which ho had consigned to the doa- Inatlon was not promptly shlppad and ras attached by Constable Ildgerton. jund became uneasy after a day or BO , , nd last night a settlomontof thedobt'waa ill'ectod through hia wife who came hero Ciiterday to "use what was the matter. " Pho entire matter hai been eatlsfactorPy idjaate-d , and Mr. Lucd haa now the igbt to move his baggazo where he ilones. THE BLUFFS COUNCIL , Ronticc Bnsiness Enlionci B ? Som Ht , The Itcorfinnlxatlou ot the i'ollc Force Aalu I'ostponcti , Council UlufTs Correspondence , At the meeting of the council la : evening nil the aldermen were prcsoii except Alderman Shugart. , The city marshal was sent out aftc the city engineer , to got him to ropoi concerning the proposed norr grade c North Second street. The marsh ! soon reported that ho hid found th city engineer on the street going home en j ing that his report was not completed and ho was feeling sick and must g homo , A number of the property owners wor present wasting for some actloi in the matter and soemlni quite Indicinnt , and ono of them claim log that the engineer waa purposely ab acnt to cause delay , the motion was rnadi by Alderman Sledentopf that the marsha go after htm and bring htm in , "dead 01 allvo. " \ > hllo the marshal was gone tin mill kept grinding out business of niluoi importance. A petition of cltlr.sna wcs presentee asking that peddlers and loafers bo no ! silo wed to utand at the corner of Malt : ind Broadway , half of the council bolnf signers of the potltlon. No action wai taken , The city engineer being brought in illvo , reported on the Second straol ; rado , said grade to ba sixteen foot In t tiundered , from Grant atreot to Fletchoi ivonue. The cltlzans petitioned for nc more than fourteen foot In a hundred , Mr. Grassland , Mr. Foster , Mr. Keller , Mr , Wies and others ol the patlonors ox. pressed their vlowe. Aid. Slodontopf moved that the city Dnglneor prepare a grade as requested bj the petitioners. I'roporly-ownors on Bcnton and Harrison risen streets were requested to moot the onglnoor at 10 o'clock this morning , at Ilia olty building , to consult concerning the grade. The city attorney declined to olfor any report on the common carriers' ordinance is It had been prepared by private souusol engaged by the petitioners. Alderman Mynster as presiding oflicci ? ave City Attorney Holmes a shaq lecture , telling him that ho did not understand his duties. The city attorney then gave the pre > jidlng officer an equally sharp rejolndoi jnd was called to order. The dispute got hot and Aldormar Mynstor cbccksd nimtclf by saying ht ivonld not say things in the chair whlei 30 might say out of it. The city attorney told him to go rlghl ihcad. Alderman Mynstar then said that h ( icird that the city attorney had said thai 10 know more than Christ. The city attorney sild ho never nald uiy such thing , but that Vaughan and Mynstcr thought they know more. The stormy squabble ended withonl Dlood , the council instructing the city at .onioy to prepare en ordinance in regard ; o common carriers. The clerk was inatrncted to advertise : or bids for paving and sidewalk on wosl I'de of Oakland avenue , from HOBS street : o Washington avenue. Capt. Hathwoy reported In favor of the removal of Special l olice Jackson , sorv' ng without pay , in the southwestern part jf the city , tno cause stated being con- inct nnbecoznlng an oflico Referred. Judge Kcatley , who Is compiling the ordinances , asked for instructions In re gard to putting into the now book the mloon license ordinances. Ho thoughl : hey should bo left out except the pee ple's ' 'pop ordinance. " On motion , ho was Instructed to omit ill such ordinances. Supervisor Ross was instructed to prc- : i3r < 3 approaches to both sides of the iiixth street bridge nnd the temporary orldgo there removed , aj being unsafe. Aid. Siedontopf moved that the street : ar company be required to extend ite : racks up Broadway to Babbitt's place , ind failure to do so within thirty days would cause a forfeiture of the charter , ! o far as It covered that part of the atre&t. Jarrled. It waa statEd thtt another company loalrcd to got a charter and make thh a lilt of their line , If Hie old company did iot do so. A brick sidewalk was ordered on the iroat side of Sixth Street , from Broadway : o the creiek. The ordinance In regard to police was resected. It provided for not mon ; ban a chief and captain , cli ht putrol- ne-n , r.nd twenty Bpecl ls , the latter to be md only when oillod on to act , thn cjun- ul to py the police by aalary , or by fees in seemed best. The ordinance ww passed to Becnnd oading , nnd was referred , to be reported m next Monday evening. After considering como sidewalk met ers , adjournment iras taken until tint iuie. Council mnll'ri Criiinlpa , Prof. J. E. Todd , of Tabor irrlvod In Counsll Bluffa yesterday , and vlll go from hero to Colorado , on a [ eologlcal survey , attended by C. A , jQvo , of Tabor. T. C , Johnson , who uaod to bo police- nan at Bay Has park , hia been notifying neighbors that ho haa'.boon so troubled ylth boys stealing fruit from his orcherd , hat he has put poison in omo of the apples so that the thieves nay bo caught. Oapt. Hathaway of the tolico fcrco , living near Jackson , now iroposos to have JtcVson prosecuted mder the state law. Whether Jaekeon eally put poison in his fruit or not , his urn boast that ho has done so may cause tlm mnch trouble. Ella Wirt entertained a parly of forty f her little friends yesterday afternoon "heir bright faces made sunshine In the ardcn , aud the house was filled with bo muslo of their voices. IOWA J MO SIS. A democratic paper has blossomed out t Ojkalootn , Fifty shcriO'4 have bscn exchanging arns ot Spirit Lake this week. George Stlnaon , a leading farmer of laritta townahip , Marshall county , waa Illed while ttacking grain on his farm londay , Sylvester Wiley , convicted at DBS loiues of m nslaughtcr , has been denied new triil and eoatonccd to two years in he penitentiary. The hotel aud eating house keepers of owa will hold their seventh annual meeting at Mesonlc Institute hull at Jolfar , on Angnit 12. The Weat Side gun club plams ! aomc of the beat shots in the state , and anxioualy looking around for a msti with any club In the stale. The Dia Mnincs annual conference the Moihodiit Episcopol church meets ! the c plt&l oily , Septambcr 17. Son 2i"iO delegates are expected to bo I attendance. The recently tabulated statement i the condition of all the savings btuks I Iowa , made by J. L. Brown , auditor < la p , ehows the total asecls to I ? 8,781G51.02. Thomas J. O'Brion , an ox-judga ( Davonparl , foil from a second stor window aud cracked his knll. Ho wi full of mixed drlnkj at the time. II injuries are of a dangerous lypo. The Cedar Rapids postpfllco on Satui day last recovered § 000 from the Fir National bank In thnt town , the amour having been deposited by Bibbs , th absconding LoBlstou , Idaho , poitmaatoi Frank Pontius , nMarahalltown paintoi while soaked with prohibition , opened masked battery In a pool room an blazed away at everything and ovorj body till his ammunition ran out. The : the police appeared and ho was jugged Powoeholk county'u three ledges o Orangemen the only ones In the slat celebrated the 105 h annivoMary n the battle of the Boyne at Deep lllvor the now town on the Belle 1'hlno rlvo md What Cheer branch of the Northen allroad. The rifle teams of the First , Second Third , Fifth and Sixth regiments , low , National Guard , ore expected to partlcl aato In the military prize contest , t : pmo off at Dabuquo the eccond week ii September , during the encampment o ; ho Fourth repimcnt at lhat nlaca , A man calling himself E. 0. Marlii md representing r Imsolf as from Chlcigo .raveling tor the sale of eilks , abandonei ifs alloRed wife at an Atlantic hole ; omo two weeks ato. ; Monday night tin lupposod wife , a young woman of 20 , ook poison and climbed up the goldci italr. italr.Tho The ttato grade council of the Im iroved Order of Ilcd Men. which ha jeon in session in this city for the pao , wo daya , quenched the council fire laa light and adjourned to meet at Daren lort next Buck Moon , 3)5 ! ) , common era Inly 1880. The chiefs were rained tc heir respective stumps by Great Sachen P. M. Knight. Samuel Conklln , of Des Molncs , euc icssfully cut his wind pipe with a raze : ast Wednesday. Though carefully vatchcd by his wife , who feared jus inch an end , ho managed to elude no or a moment , slipped into n bedroom md ended hia lifn. He had been sulFer ug with an allection of the brain fo : ovcral weeks. Mr. W. J. Romack , living three mile mat of Anltn , waa killed by lightning or , he 1'lth. Ho with two of his nciijhbors Mr. D. 0. Kellogg and Levi Young rvent into hla hog lut soon after a llttli ihowcr had passed ever , and while stand ng about the center of the lot a bolt o ; Ightnlng clruck him , killing him in itantly , knocking Mr. Kellogg down , anc njurlng him quite eevorely. The completed water works of Slou : 3ity was formally transferred to the city ast Wednesday The total cost of tin lystcm waa § 108,550.97. The month ! ' soBt of running the works is estimated a 000 , and the recelpta from water rent vill coarly balance thla , giving fire pro cctlon to the city for a nominal sum 31oux city was wise when she drew 01 lor credit and bnllt her own water works Henry Rogew , who recently denortei lis wife at Falrfield and eloped with i ddowed Swede and four small children vaa arrested In Croatan a few days agi md taken back to Fairficld to faca i ihargo of bigamy. The widowed Ssvodo vhom It appears ho had married in dm brm at Davenport , was the owner of i ; oed farm near Creaton , which la though , o have made the widow beautiful li lonry'e eves. Thoraai Troau , a lonpt-umtanco swim nor , crawled out of the river at D von- > ort , Mouday , claiming to have swan ho entire distance from St. Paul In tin nst thirteen days , and stating his inten- Ion of continuing his swim to St. Lenis ho feat baiug for a wager of § 100 Jator in the day , while crossing on the srryboat to Rook Island , Treau met will n accident , rosultlng'ln Injuries to hi Ic-ht foot that will send him to the hoa lital for ten days. CONNUUI ATiITIES. An Knglish clergyman aoventy-nino year if age , recently published hia own banda o narnopo. Nine thousand oh-drivrrs liave signed i nomorial to the L'riuoo \Vnlfs iu favor o nairying their deceased wives' sistera , At the golden wedding of Uiahop Willian naraham , of California , lafit week , ovei i.OtO friends called to consratulat him , niu LU was presented with a purao of fi.COU. Miaa Kather IMryer , younfost aiat-r of Mra jawrocco ] j > rrftt , was mirried on Tycsdaj o Mr , V , A. Noonan of Cathain , N. B. , a' ho residence of Kathor Hillings of SS , Juntos' Jatholic church , Boston , Mrs. John Wood , aged 07 , and tlio motlici if tivolvo children , olnped from her hoinonoai I'oledo , Ohio , with William Bradley , agodlil nd went to Detroit , where they were ovent- lally obliged to go to the poorhoiuo , A youngster in lurtlana , wishing to ho rnnr- ied , tools oath that ho wns ever 21 havinf irovionely put the ( icurca " 21" on a card h liashoo. The traditional Chicigo girl is nail o have that number placed there by the ehcc laker. IJverybody in London lie has daughter ! 0 inairyivoa a ball , if possible , iunBinuch as 1 they do not , their girls , nnlcsj poasesaad ol omo extraordinary nttroction or very huh ink , receive scarcely any invitationa to auch titortainmenta. _ A _ doubln wedding came off recently nt Jsaunir.e , FJorida , The happy parties wore homas A. Tlmnton and Mrj. M. K. Avery nd Henry Hues and Mra , Allio K. J.eTerott , le brides being mother nnd daughter , and oth widows , [ Now Orloana Titnes-Deino- at , Married , at Sebec , Jfo. , George 1" . Stod- lan. aged 10 , and Grace Pret/lo , aged 11. he town clerk nt ( ir t refu od to ieauo n coneo , hilt the consent of tha child' * p renta siiig Riven no legal grond for rufuaal ro- lamed , and the marriage ceremony waa per irmed at once , A pretty IG-yoar-oU girl in teara was drag 3d through the street ! of Birmingham , Ala , y her mother , a few days airo , to bo offered t > on the hymeneal altar aa the bride of un ( I man , a perfect stranger. J5y irarrying im she Baved to her fiinlly n property that ould olherwho have gona to other legateea nder the proviuiona of a will. Struck IJy LlgtiininK < About ono o'clock this morning No. 3 ro ctatlon received a oil from Box ai hch ( dirostod them 13 an outbreak of ro at the Academy of the Sacrsd Heart , /hen they arilvod thor It was dlsoverod mt lightning had struck ono corner of 10 building arid eel It on fire , but with DO or two buckets of water occupants oi 30 bo Idmg had biicteesdedin extinguish- ig the lljiuis. No dunigo to epeak cf suited , District Attorney Kitellc , in ttn wer to a jltgratn , left for Tekama latt e em K , TMoro Conies A Unto. There ccmo n tlrno to every mortal being , Whato'er IIM atntion or h'ii lot In llfn , When his sad toul yonrus for tha fin l free1 Ing From all thli j.x-tlng nud unlovely strife * Tharo comes a time whe-i , having lost its savor , The a lt n { nealt is worthiest ; whcu the mind ( .Irowa weary with the world' . } capricious f vor , And alelH f jr somUhing thaiit ] , docs not find , There csmci a time whonUuniRli kind fciciuU are thronging About our vathwAy with sweat ns'.a ot grnco , Wn feel a v.xt ami ovorwliplmlng longing For something that wo CAtuiot uanio or plao TliPro comes a time wbon , with earth' * bast love by us , To food the hoarl's great huiieor nd dosirn , Wn find not owi thl < on nntt fyui : kTho Boul within ua cries for aoinotlilut ; higher. What grpator proof n od wo that imn inherit A llfn immortal iu another tphoru ? It la the homesick longing of llio ( "iilrlt That cannot find itn Katlsfactum hr > rn , -Klla [ Wheeler Wllcot. Tint y\vell JL'lilnjr , II the "awell thing" you would do , And iu otiijuotto stand high. You must always mo your fork In the ciittlug of your pio. ICourlor-Journnl , ' And when your pie is paten , In Alaska nr Now York , Ilu < "swell thing" nayi you musn't ako ft toothpick nf your fork , [ Cincinnati Merchant Tra\oller. Poaitlvclv AVronjr , How awoet to lie upon the grasa In sultry July weather , Aii.l wntct. the lloccy clouaa that pass Through the deep blue together , Life baa no c.trea nor troubles thou , The world ia bright and fair , There's peaca on earth , coed will to men , Aud gladnesB everywhere , t In lazy luxury you dream , With idle , half-closed oyep. Ijifa is eo 6wi > ell You nlmoat socm To bo in I'aradiso. But suddenly yon shriek out well ! In accents sharp aud shrill I It'n bid to liu down on n yoll- Ouhornet'a domicile. domicile.Somorvillo [ Somerville .ToururJ. PEDl'KllMKNT DUOl'S. Oun ought to ba nblo to get a piotty good view from the top of a theiuoineter juat now. [ Boston 1'nat. Minister Peudloton , it is bcliovoJ , will eventually couvineo llisiimrck tliut Amoiicau ilg-taila make the beat whiatle < , Some ono calla a coulo ] ) of trumps "a pair of lovolvera. " Yes ; and they ought to bo ircd out of every homo thoycoxo to. The people of Chicago enl oOO.OOO pica every day. No wonder they ttutf Inllot- joxes in Chicago. [ Newman Indspandont , Tliosu are the t lines wheu the man with he fifty-dollnr overcoat cinuot put on atylo igainat n mau in hia ehirt sleevts and with loles in hia Btockinga , The mammoth eca cw Ina almost entirely lisappeared from the lakes nnd rivera of the world The milfe dealer and the oleomarga rine linker eoem to have formed n conspiracy against her. [ N. Y , Graphic. The mayor of Helena , MUD. , ia a b.irlnr , md , alter enjoying a fhavo at iiifl worshipful lands , \isitor went out to "look for an alderman - . derman to black my boots , " for which dispar aging sarcasm ho was promptly hunted out of , own. It ia said that at aomo of the summer ro aorta the waiters bring only eleven clams fern n do/.au to the gueats. And when romonstra- od with theg eay the landlord ia very aupor- atitiou' , and dialilcea to have a guest ait down with thirteen at a table. A boy in ono of the public schools , while en gaged iu defining worda n few clays alnco , nado n mistake that was not n inletako. Ho mid : "A demasogua is a veHeel that holds jeer , wino , gin , whisky , or any other kind of ntoxicating liquor. [ ICxchanxo , In Kentucky n bolt of lightning cut the rope by which n mule waa tied without scorch- ngahair. Lightning takoj terrlb'u risks Bomelimcs , but this waa tha moat foolhardy hing the eccentric fluid over did , Next time t may not git elf BO easily , [ Boston Post. Lillian Whiting Bays "aleop ia nlmoat a loat art. " and suggests that n society bo formed to tncourago experiments in eleep on the part of American women , If Lilfau were to dismiss icr young mau before 2 n , m. and object to lis calling seven nights n week aha would get nero Bleep end change her opinion about the uxury being a lost art , [ Nonistown Herald. 'How fresh everything BOOUIS to-night , " said ho , "Do you know anything frcaherK .ban n spring /.ephyr ? " "No , " aiid the young lady ; "not unlesa it is .ho fresh paint you nro Bitting on , It has uot jeen on the four hours , " The youuc man weut through o back'atroet , oa hotel nnd Bent the porter out on an or- and , A few minutes later an odor of benzine illod the hotel , fl'ort Jervia Union. Poor follow. lie lay in a atnpor , The ihyslcian hid said that ha could not recovor. L'ho minister came , nnd , banding over the iod , solemnly remarked : "You must prepare for the worst. " The poor fellow , whose \vifo had been doug - ug the cooking , opened hia oyei end said : "Why , ia diuner ready ? " [ Arhaueaw Trav eller. eller.A A witness discomfited a lawyer by a rather mexpectu j rnply. To the cjuoation. "What a your name ? " "II. Uamborgor , " was the inawor.What ia yrmr Christian came ? " lEkrd I ho attorney. "I have no Christian lamu. " nnl < l Mr. JhmburRer. "No Christiuu uamei ? H.JW is that ? " "I Vr the Bimnli ) reaaon bat I. un a Jew. My full name ia Herman iambarger , " The lawyer giaoefully ao- cnowledgcd hia defeat. Thsy tell a good story on a lawyer ol VooBter. O. A client charged with ntealiiiRU i"g admitted hia gr.ilt to his counsel , Tha atter waa noted for hia lioneatjr In privnto ife. After tlilnbiuf ; tha matter ovtr ho said : "John , cut that hog exactly in half , and iring oDO-half to me. " John obeyed. Tcu evidence for the proeo- ution waa weak , and when the counsel for ho defense arose , ho won the caua by saying o the jury : "Gentlemen , I can hold up my Imnd to leaven and say that the dofnndsnt haa no nero cf that ho ? than I luvo , " [ Louiavillo Courier-Journal , Anderson pronounced ths core- nony at his ollica ycBterday which made lltchell Fleming anU ICatie Cole husband nd wifo. ' 9 PJnttsmouth , Neb. Brce 11 of thoroughbred and high grade Eterelo d and Jersey Oaitlo , And Imrocaud Jorsov ICed Bwlnn. BAMBUllB-AIERIGiff PACKET COMPANY ; irtct Line for Kngandt Prauco and Germany. Tbr tictnithl | a ol ttili uo : | ktioivu tine tre ! lion , lo v.-itei-tlght com ) artnjonta , Mid mo Jur. Ijhoil wllh eury rcquloitc to inilu tliu i > ME : i'a > b fe nd uw Wg They ny thu Unltt. ! titos and European mill * , nnd leave New Yotl ; BUbJ n na Buurdt ) * lor I'ljinouth iI.ONDON ) hf.rtOUr ( , < l'Allia DcdlMMBUrtK ) Itatcj , JIM * C llt.8t53-8i)0 ( ) Stccrauo I0 end romJlaiiiburfs8lO. O It UIUJAUU * CO. . , . r l I'fcua , AKC"t , 01 tromlway , New York aiil VMliliiBtur. and U UHo rtittH , Clitcano or Heiuv uudt llirk llanton , F. K MOOJM , Hariy j > inaha , Uroniulg &jihoontKfr , in Countfv