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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 25, 1886)
Si3"iJti5ii5BiiSS3 SSSf'5iSS3 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE , THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 25,188(5 ( * PICKED UP ABOUT THE CITY , A Variety of Local News From the Courts , Police and Other Sources. GATHERED IN HOTEL ROTUNDAS. Interesting Subjcctfl DIsonHScil by Travelers SIiid In the County UnllillnR In Memory of Long fellow Minor Mentions. . Garnlfiliccd 1'or $ 1,000. An nttachmcnt suit" was begun in the district court yesterday by Martin Can non against J. II. Johnston and Mrs. II. A. Nortlirti ] ) lo compel Iho payment of $1,000 , the amount of a claim by the plaintin" against the defendants. The petition slates that Johnston and Mrs. Norlhrup entered into a eoulract with llio plaintin" in 1S35 lo lease a farm of 1,000 aeres , situated about nine miles north of Omaha , for live years , at a rent of $3,000 , , payable yearly. It also further alleges ihat the defendants had man ifested their intention of giving up the lease , regardless of the contract , and leaving the place without paying any more rent. Isclioving this to be the case , Iho plaintiff asked for judgment in llio sum of $1,000 , the amount yet duo by contract for Iho coming four years' rent. Attachment and garnishment papers were accordingly i ucd by the court to prevent the defendants Irom removing their properly until the ease had been dccidedi The garnishment papers were served yesterday afternoon by Sheriff Coburn on thoMoreliants'Nullouu ] bank , where the defendants had a deposit of : i large amount. An ( ndtotcd Gambler. Mention was made in the linn yester day of tlio case of Otto Hiehtor , tlio Pax- Ion boarder who was arrested for trying to beat his hotel bill. From lottery found on his person it appears that Hieh tor is a fugitive from Denver , where ho has recently been indicted for gambling. Marshal Cummings has telegraphed to the authorities of that city for , informa tion , and in the meantime llichlcr is held awaiting advices. When interviewed by a reporter for the UKK Hiehtor at lir.st positively'dented that ho has been indicted , but at last "owned up. " "Yes"hq said , "I understand that I am wanted in Denver ; ! suppose it must bo for gambling. T won ! f00 ! ! or if 100 from some sucker and I suppose ho .squealed before the grand jury. Hut I have got friends out there and I'll ' come through all right , just depend on it. " IJIsninrck Acquitted. Tlio case of Matthew Now vs William Allstadt , familiarly known as "I5is- murck , " came up before Judge Uerka for trial Tuesday afternoon after having been continued no loss than a dozen times. Now charged Allstadt with ap propriating to Ins own use some seven hundred dollars which ho hold as bailee. It was proven on the hearing that All stadt had used the funds in the legitimate capacity of partner in business with Now. Under these circumstances the court had nothing left to do but to discharge All stadt and dismiss the case at the plaintiff's cost. cost.Mathias Mathias New filed a complaint in the county court yesterday charging William Allstadt with traud in partnership affaire. Mr. Now claims that Allstadt appropri ated $7G of Iho firms money lo his own nso. Robbed iu n Dive. May Brown , James Poarman and Charles Jcnks were arrested yesterday RS accomplices in a robbery , of which a young man named C. H. MeCandlish was the victim Tuesday night. ' MeCandlish , it seems , visited a dive on Fourteenth and Jackson streets , in com pany with Pcarman. Jcnks and a third individual named William Collins. While in the house Iho latter managed in some way to get his hand into McCandllsh's trousers pocket , and abstracted there from an $88 roll of money. The girl , May Brown , to whom the victim was pay ing his attentions at tlio time , is supposed to know something about the robbery. Collins is slill at largo , though tlio police are close on his trail. A Toitfjh Man Arrested. George Whiting , a notorious "bot toms" tough , was discovered by Council man Tlirano yesterday in the act of car rying away a bundle of clotiics from the Commercial hotel , at .Ninth and Leaven- worth streets. Whiting hail sneaked nto several rooms in Iho house and gathered quite a bundle of wearing ap parel , which lie was in tlio act of carry ing away when discovered by the pro prietor , Mr. Tlirano. He dropped the bundle and ran , but not before ho was recognized , Mr. Tlirano accordingly swore out a warrant for his arrest , winch was served last night by Ollicer Burdisli. and Whiting was landed in the central police station. Arrested for Insulting n Girl. One of the domestics employed at the Canfield house yesterday afternoon ap peared bcfpro Judge Stonbcrg In police ourt and swore out a complaint against Charles C. Hoss.tho steward of Iho hotel , for disturbance of the peace. The girl claimed that Ho'-s had grossly insulted her. using language which convoyed an entirely wrong impression as to her character. A warrant was accordingly issued for Hess , and Ollicor Whulon ar rested him last night at the Canllold and took him to thn conlral police station whore ho was locked up. Friends , how ever , secured his release on bail for ap pearance this morning for trial. 1'ollco Court Doolccr. Fonton Thompson , an aged gentleman who had just come into possession of a small fortune of $15,000 , , concluded to celebrate by becoming gloriously drunk. Ho landed up in jail , and yester day morning was brought into tlio po- Mco court. After hearing tlio case Judge Stouberg released him. Edward Shy , May Smith and Anna Jackson wcro lined § 5 and costs for in- tdxicalion. K. K. Williams and John Grow , charged with being suspicious characters , wore discharged. Didn't Deliver Them , Some months ago Michael Huso , a Polish Jew , coming to this country , was entrusted by an old lady living in Poland with tlio charge of taking some presents to her son , Michael Hipplo , resident in Omaha , Ho faithfully agreed to see that they were delivered as goon as possible. It appears that ho failed to do so , how- cv or. but appropriated some of the pros- on ts to his own use mid sold others. Yesterday Hipplu appealed before Judge Stenboi'g and swore out a warrant for Huso's arruot , Huso was arrested last night and locked up at central police htalion to answer to iho charge. , A Korean Will. Judge Mctulloeh , of the county court , yesterday pYobalcd the will of Jos. Robins an old resident of Omaha , who died in Texas hi December last. The will was drawn up 'n ' tlio borough of Penryn , County of Cornwall , England , a year or to since when Mr. Hobins was visiting his relatives Ihoro , By the terms of the document all the property is Juft lo his wife and daughter. TALKS WITH XRAVBLIitiltS. Short Interviews Gathered In the Hotel Kottindns. (7. / / . Gould , Miles City , Montana ( rep- cscnliug Kccnnti & Hancock , live stock : omms ! ion dealers , Chicago : ) "Ye. " , 1 mvc been down to visit the South Omaha stock yards and am very favorably im- ) resscd with what I saw. There is no loubt but what Omaha is bound to become - como a largo and Important live stock iiarkct. The largo cattle owners in tiio lorthwcstcrn territories are very favora- tly inclined towards the Omaha market mil they would much prefer a market icarcr to Ihoir feeding grounds lhan Chicago. Last season about eighty thou sand fat cattle left Montana , the bulk joing over the Northern Pacific 0 Chicago. The present season , if fav orable , it is estimated that toO.OOO will cave. Iho territory. Out of this number anticipate that a good many feeders vill bo shipped to Omaha , as this market it-quired quite a reputation lust season , unoiig shippers , ior tlio sale of tills class of cattle. Prices' on feeders here , 1 am old , ranged fully up to Chicago and some of the time oven above , which nakes quite a dllfereneo when the extra transportation is taken into considera- ion. The Northwestern extension will 10 doubt draw some stock from tlio Northern Pacific this season and even nore next season" . Gco. P. Caw , Lincoln , Neb. : "I have list returned from a pretty extensive trip lirough the South Plutlo country. Money , I find , is at present very scurco inioiig the farmers and business pcoplo jencrully in that country. The armors have boon able on account of the bad roads to haul bul very little ) f their corn to market , and what they ia\'o sold hay brought low prices. Hogs , oo , have been selling at way-down hg- ircs. The prospect lor good crops tins year , so far as 1 have observed , are excellent. " G. II. Cornell , Valentine , JVcfr. [ Mr Cornell is a bank ami real estate owner mil is county treasurer at Valentino. ! 'No , sir , you must not think that the owns of northwestnrn Nebraska , which lave been built up by the railroad , fall wck when llio terminus which stops vilh thorn for : i season is pushed ahead , fulontino to-day has a population of our hundred and is a well-established community. Wo have there tlio trade of ho Rosebud agency and the stockmen of ho range country about. Tlio traffic vith llio Indians , you will understand , amounts lo something , when 1 tell you that last year they freighted out of Val entino to their reservation two and v half million pounds of material , supplies , etc. Wo intend to have 1 waterworks system in a short while , by apping tlio Minnokelusa which run's vitliln a milo of the town It will cost us some seven odd thousand dollars , but wo vill realize upon it immediately by the eduction it will make in our insurance. iVhcrcas we now pay five and six per cent. ; the introduction of water works and lire protection will bring t down at once to two ind throe per cent. Valentino obtains a iboral amount of business from the mili- nry at Fort Niobrara , only four miles , out.Vo boast of having there Iho best ind finest post in the department. New Barracks have been built and various im- > roomonts made during the winter. Wo expect to get a large share of the immi gration which will set in for the north- vest country with tlio beginning of warm voathcr. " Longfellow Memorial. The Chautauqua Circle will meet with lie Misses Carrie and Mollie Stevens , 2oOO Davenport street , Friday evening , . 'ebruary 20 , at 7:80 : , and the following jrogrammo will bo rendered : I'AUT i. Song "The Biidgo" Miss Caulo Stevens , Miss Melllo Stevens , II. Kennedy , Will Slovens. 1 Story o the Poet's Life Miss 13. E. Poppleton. 3 Story of the old Longfellow house , with Its associations "The Old Clock on the Stairs" Miss .Minnie Wood. 5 Story of the Friendships of Longfellow's Lile "AcnssU , " "llawtlioino" Alia. N. II. Lemon. 4 Stoiies from the Poems "Hiawatha , " Miss Mamie Fitch : "Miles Staiutlsh , " Miss Floicnco llaivey ; "Kvaiioilne ( , " H. F. Bandy. 5 The Poet's Love of Nature "Snow Flakes" and other Selections Miss Helta Head. 0 The Poet's Appieclatlon of the Dltcnlty of Labor and Simple Life "Tlio Village Blacksmith" 0. A. Jojillu. I'AIIT II. Song "llalny Day" Miss C.irilo .Stevens , Miss Melllo Stevens , II. Kennedy. Will Stevens. 7 The Poet's Love of Country "Tho Build ing of the Shin" O. P. Howard. 8 The Poet's Sympathy With Childhood and Youth "Tlio Childien's Hour , " "Maidenhood" Miss JdKemliiL'ton. . J The Pool's Deeply UellglousTono "Gotl's Acie , " "HoMfiiiatiou" Miri. Moricll. 10 The Poet's Courlesy and ( lOiitlcncss of Heart Dedication to the "Seaside and Fhesido" Fhesido"C. C. F. llairlson. 11 The Rest and Consolation of Poetry "Tho Day is Dono" Miss 13. K. Poppleton. A Filthy Court House. The condition of iho county building for several days past has been most ob noxious to persons who bcliovo that "cleanliness is next to godliness. " The lloors of the corridors and various olliccs have boon covered with mud and filth , and the place has presented Iho appear ance more of a pig-pen lhan a temple of justico. This dirty condition , however , is not duo to the negligence or careless ness of llio janitor , but to tlio frightful condition of the walks and stops loading to the building , Tl.o commissioners have made no arrangements whatever for the cleaning of the mud and water from Iho fatops , and as no walk or boards cover the ground in front of the court house ovqry person entering ( lie building carries with. him a vast amount of dirt which adheres to his feet , The commlsilonors should Immediately take some action to remedy this evil which lias boon frequently brought to their notice. The Twenty-Fourth Night. It might seem to some that the people would become so tired cut that they would stop going to the temperance meetings at the W. C. T. U. Buckingham hall , but it is not so. Lust night the usual audience appeared to greet Mr. O. Holt , who has been at Springfield for the past week , and is now on Ills way to other Holds of labor in the state , Ho re ports success in that place , haying organ- ued a largo Reform club , with some of tlio loading men of the town as olliccrs. The meeting last night was taken up with short talks by Messrs. Holt and Critchfield , and "tho boys. " It was tlio formers' last night hero , both going to other places to-day. A number of now names were added to the club list , among them being a party of tiyo from North Sixteenth street , \\lio propose to organ ize a Red Ribbon club there with reading room in connection. The meetings will contiuuo at Buckingham hull as usual , An oyont that is looked forward to with a great deal of interest by musical pcoulo hero is the concert that Is to bo given by the First Cougro.galio.nal chuich choir , assisted byIho Lotus Uleo club , at the JaljcrnacloMonday evening , , March 1. A largo number ot tiekels ha\o been sold and all indications point to an overllow- ing house. FOR UNION PACIFIC RELIEF , General Manager Oallaway Gives Hia Opin ion of Senator Van Wjck's ' Measure , CUT RATES AND COUNTY POOR County'B Commissioners Tulco Advantage or tlio Uullrond War A .Boom Toitho Northwest Xotcs. Cnllaivny on Vnu Wyck's mil. As will bo seen by our telegraphic ad vices Senator Van Wyek has introduced ti bill authorizing the use of the nroccods of the sinking fund created by the Thttr- mnti act in the construction of brunch railroads nnd telegraph lines. The plan is to convert into money the securities now on deposit in the treasury af a sinking fund to pay the maturity in debtedness of the Union 1'aeillo and Kansas L'aciiic railroad companies , same to construct branch railroad and tele- granh lines to connect witli tlni line of said companies. A representative of tlio Ur.n called uiiou General Manager Calja- way , of the Union Pacific , and asked him what clVoct tbe passage of this bill would have tiiion the company's finances , and whether it would enable it to proceed with the construction of branch lines which have boon mapped out , but for which there is at present no money. "As I understand the bill , " said Mr. Callawny , " 1 should say it will be the means of supplying us with construction funds for much-needed branch lines. We have plans for largo developments in Nebraska and Wyoming , and it is simply a question of raising money whether wo carry ihem out. Our people will probably build from COO to 1,000 miles of road just as quickly as they can get the money. Senator Van V yck's bill would help matters. Under its proVisions - Visions the government would give us pur funds and take our securities in exchange for it. We have no means of getting money without the passage of such a bill , which , by the way , is in ac cord with the ideas of Charles Francis Adams. There is only one other feasible plan , and that is for congress lo repeal the act which prevents the Union Pacific from pledging its credit for any purpose. If that were changed we could by guar anteeing the bonds of branch lines , through the agency of the parent line , raise money at a very low rate of interest , the Union Pacific bcinsr flrstclass secur ity , while the bonds of the branch line , are practically worthless for the purposes of raising inonoy. If neither of those such bills is passed , the position of the Union Pacific becomes precarious , as every year the nature of tlio lien of the government is being jeopardized by the extensions of rival lines into Union Pa cific territory , and the consequent deple tion of its treasury , making it a diflicult question whether the Union Pacific will bo able to continue to make suitable pro visions for the payment of the govern ment lien. I believe Senator Van Wyck's bill will solve the problem. The govern ment has about $10.000,000 of our money , which is practically lying idle. If wo had it we would be able to go right ahead. This moncv would build about 700 miles o [ road , and would lake care of construclion that is needed im- mediately. Of course some other provision would have to bo made for the future interest of the com pany either by allowing it to pledge its creditor by putting its surplus earnings in branch lines , instead 01 paying over this largo sum annually to practically lie idle , without drawing interest , in the gov ernment vaults at Washington. If wo could pledge the credit of flic road wo could ( ret all the money we want. The only thing that is holding us back from building extensions in Nebraska and Wyoming is a lack of ready money. " SHIPPING PAUPERS , The County Commissioners Take Art- vnutngo of the Cut Rntc.s. Frank Mack , a destitute invalid , was for two years an inmate of St. Joseph's hospital where ho was treated for his maladies at the expense of the county. A short time ago , at his own request , the 'county commissioners furnished him with transportation to Columbus where lie expected to receive aid from friends. At Columbus , however , he was compelled to seek relief from the county , and ho was sent to Grand Island. At the latter place ho was shipped by tlio authorities to Lincoln , and trom there ho was sent by county ollieinls back to Omaha. Ho arrived hero yesterday ami again made application to the commissioners for re lief , After consultation the board agreed that it would bo best for Mack's health to spend the balance of the winter in Cali fornia , and so arrangements will bo made to send him there this morning. During the present rate war Iho faro to the coast is only $20 , and as the commissioners secure half fare for paupers the total cost of transportation to the county will bo only $10. This the commissioners con cluded wus the cheapest way for the county , and , as one of them remarked , "Mack can never get money enough to come back to Omaha , and no one will pay his way back when the railroad war is over.1' The flush to the Northwest. The Sioux City and Pacific will realize big , beyond doubt , upon tlio investment in its northwest extension. The general olliccs and locai agents of the roads are Hooded with communications inquiring into the character of the country , the time required to complete the road , etc. Every person that has boon in that region which covens portions of Nebraska , Da kota and Wyoming and upon returning cots interviewed in the press is at once bo qt with inquiries , The Sioux City & P.icilio , more properly the Fremont , Elkhorn - horn & Missouri Valley will push on this season , landing its main linontFt.Fottor- man by winter and pushing its Ulack llills branch , which "has already reached LJull'.vIo Gap , D. T. , up as far at least as Uapld City , if not fairly into Dead wood. The rush is commencing. Eighty pas sengers with intentions and chattels to locate - cato went out on the Sioux City train from Council IJlull's yesterday , and hundreds and thousands more will pour into that country in a perfect living stream as soon as the season is advanced beyond the probability of further bliz zards , NOTES AND JT.USONAIS. C. W , Konns , assistant division supor- intcndcntof the Union Pacific , returned from a trip over the road yesterday. Harry Vinton , Mr. Callaway's private secretary , arrived from the cast yes terday. _ Imst of ( ho Apollo Parties. The last party of the series given by the Apollo Social club this season occur red last night , and was a very delightful aflair , as have been Iho preceding ones. There wore about twenty-live couples in attendance who merrily carried out tv well-airangcd programme of twenty numbers , The series given by the club wus com posed of six parties , one every two weeks , and the organization is to bo congratu lated on the success which has attended them during the entire season. The executive committee who has had charge of the scries was composed of the follow- ODDS ANDOiSDS. Stray IjcnvcR Gathered from the Re porters' Note Books. The gentle February brcozo swept Woodland lawn with . fairy touches on each blade of grass ami flowering shrub and heading cabbage. The declining sun loaned its golden smile lo the spreading vista of landscape gardening , distant fore - o t and adjacent barn. The great manor house of Woodland lifted its 'shingled roof and polished lightning rods above the gooseberry brambles which skirted the proud premises thia.w.iy and that way in every direction. It was a glorious eve ning ; all nature seemed in rapt repose save when some tuneful torn-tit iu a quince tree hard by lifted an Intermit tent note of song , or a razor-back shoto , fretting its graceful spine against the pump , testified its lazy pleasure with drowsy grunts. GcraldincJolmson , heir ess of the Johnsons of Woodland , a family whojo antique pcdiarcn ran with accu rate ramifications bai-k into the heroic houses of feudal times , in a fashion that would knock out the stock of the best In bred Hambletonian you uvor saw ( rota milo in twenty minutes , as usual the matter of Gcraldino's genealogy has brought confusion and the sentence will have to be started again. Well , Geraldine - dine Johnson lay with her lovely shape ensconced in a hammock between two gum trees on the lawn She had dropped nor novel and prone upon her back with her angelio iaco upturned , her eyes dreamily taking in the cloudless condi tion of tlio azure sky , one limb hang ing with unutterable grace over one side of the hammock , and the other limb sus pended over the other side of the ham mock in the same exquisite fashion , her pink polonais thrown into careless folds and rumples , Gcraldino was iust tlio pic ture lo charm a dcmi-god or kill a dog. V Such refined repose was never soon in human attitudes before. The trees quivered , the torn-tit shut of'its ! lay , the scratching pig breathed an amorous sigh and all nature paid homage at once to Cioraldiuo's loveliness. "Oil , that I had the wings cf an caglo to take majestic llight inlo the blue im measurable heights of space , , ' li.spod Gcraldino softly to herself , "Oh , that With cleaving wing I could clear the crystal leagues of the summer sky and balho my pinions for but one inspiring moment in the super-atmospheric ether. Oh , that I could vault beyond the tram mels of this groveling sphere and ta.ste the nectar " ' "Diny , 'Diny"and her father's reso nant voice came cominandingly from the front porch , "stir your bones now and ectthe fly-brush. The hands is all iu from the held and supper's ready. Hustle about , now , 'cause wo all want to get ready an' go down to llio show at Omaha . 15o swift ' " to-night. , 'Diny With a weary , oh , so weary , look in her beautiful eyes' Gcraldino obeyed , and ' through tlic'meal swayed with listless en ergies the fringed and .leathered lly brush , and just because that night she was silent during the three mile drive to town and tlio 'jog of equal distance back again , and because she satt through the whole roaring miuslrel show as quietly as a snhyux , ncr father thought " 'Diny is gcttin1 grumpy like ; somothin' must bo the matter with her stummiek. " Little did ho think of tlio high-aspirations surg ing in her brain , or he won Id have mort gaged his eighty acres and sent her to Vassar , or perhaps might have clubbed her with a bean-polo and made her stop attacking her 1'ceblo brain with the cur rent literature criminally dhvised for tlio pervor&ion of the natural thoughts and instincts of the young womanhood of America. "Did you over see a greater piece of presumption than the calling of the cold bite offered at the charity ball , a banquet and spread"said a society gentleman yes terday. "It was a ridiculous farce and I never spent a dollar more grudgingly in my life than when I gave up my money to go into that gallery. Just be cause old Shears brought over two or three of his scullery boys and a half dozen waiters , he thinks that tlio fccblo faro ho set out ought to bo dubbed a grand collation and a dollar cheerful ly paid to sit at the board. Say , did you go into that gallery before 10 o'clock and act a good look at llio tables ? I did , and I don't know whore ho managed to dig up the furniture the tables were stuck around promiscuously , the napery was crumpled and perhaps spiled the service was scant and not the faintes stab at ornamentation was to bo seen , do not wonder that largo numbers went over to the restaurant across tlio way for refreshments , it was certainly moiS cheerful there. Then the fare was altogether indifferent , but I started in nrojndiccd with a faint heart and per haps didn't appreciate it. At any rate I can never see old Shears standing about the eating tables without uncomtortablo recollections of the yarns lie tells arising in my mind to throttle my appetite. The ladies lust year gave a worthy and liberal feast and it is to DO hoped that they will assnmo the task in the future , if the same catering establishment is offered as an alternative. " * # Tlio reporter inlo whoso car this com plaint was poured listened impassively and took the tale with grains of allow ance each way , and yet , to think of it , as far as ho know the gentleman was right , and the banquet menu may have been something like llio following instead of as printed in Hie account of the ball : Oysters , liaw , Hank. Lobster salad a la deodorizer. Dcsslcatcd Hani Hone. Llinbingcr a la Jockey Club , Antique Kxa. Filed Musli. Potatoes a la 3Inri > liy , Peeled Onions , trutllcd. Peanuts , cracked. Chestnuts , gasfceit. Jco Water. Cnickod Ice. Cake , iirizo for the walk. Chlckory. Tea-Kettle Tea. Now the menu probably differed from tlio above for bettor or worse , but the genuine thing cost $1 , and this i.s thrown in without prieo above what you pay , gentle reader , for t ho entire paper. City Engineer Rosowatcr showed a re porter llio other day a pass issued by the Union Pacific in 18(55 ( , and believed to bo the olde&t Union Pacific pass now In existence. It was given to Mr , Hose- water on the account of Uho engineering department , with which fie was at that time connected , The liltle musty , timo- stained piece of pasteboard boars the signature of Superintendent Durant , tlio brother of General Manager Thomas II. Durant. Oflicor Josnph Howies , strolling leis urely up Furnam street about 7 o'clock last night , had his attention attracted lo Polack's clothing store , by the bight of a young man who stood with nose flattened against tlio glass door , Justly calling for help , Olllcer Howies' first thought was that the fellow was a sneak thief who had , in some way managed to break into tlio store , but was unable to get out again. The young man. how ever , sot at rest all sus picions of tills character , when he dolefully informed the ollicor that ho had gone into the store to buy a pair of trousars.anrt while ho was trying llicm on jn the year of the store tlio clerk , whoso mind was itpubtluss on some other sub- jeebthan pants , had locked irp tlio store and left him iu the darkness. Ollicer Rowles dispatched a messenger after the forgetful clerk , bidding the captlvo to beef of good cheer , for release was near at hand. In a few moments the clerk came pufling and panting around the corner , and alter about an hour's confinement the unfortunate was released. Speaking of bij * hotel schomps , such as the Omaha public lias been doing , in connection with tlio Gees purchase by Mr. Paxton , it might bo well to let it leak out that n rumor is afloat that certain eastern capitalists are negotiating to purchase the Lowe prop erly , on the corner of Sixteenth and Har tley , whereon to erect a magnificent six story hotel , 201 feet front by KM feet in depth. MK. CONNKIjh'S OPINION . Illi Ideas on n Standard of Wajjcs anil Contract Imbor. The following is the text of City At torney Council's opinion on the power of the cily to fix a standard of wages and the price to bo paid by contractors for labor , road at llio last council meet ing ! To the Committee on Public Properly and Improvements Gentlemen : Tlio question you ask mo as to Iho power of the city to llx a standard of wases and determine the price to bo paid for labor by eonlivietois , ealls for my local opinion , which 1 feel bound to clvc , acennllng lo my bi'st midorstandlni ; , without leferenco to my own pnrsoual wishes , and without rofeienco to pulltlcd consideration. There can bo no objection to the rlty lixiiiR the prieo to bo paid to laborers In Its cmiiloy and by so dolnir , establish as lar as possible , the standard of wiujcs. 1 do not think however - over , ( hat the city has any power or iiutlior- tv to fix and determine the w.i os to bo p.ild by contracting. So far as contractois en- Engeil in other than elty wotk are concerned , t ic eity would have no power to determine he wares to bo paid by such contractors than It would Im-o to icsuMte llio price of diy goods or Rioccilos. As forfontitMors engaged in theclty woik the charter lemilios the acceptance of the bids ol those who are the Umcit. and In my opinion , the eity e.m no uioie dcteunlno the wages such contrautoi.s pay , than it eau deter mine the prlco of the mate.tial to bo used. Pcisonally 1 am In favor of unskilled lubm- receiving , during the coming season , at least 1. in per day , and 1 would not ask men to work ( or mo or for the city for less than that , but L do not see as the obligation to pay such wages can be forced upon contractors , and in view of the last that tlio cost of pioposcd f > JT.ct ii'JPiovcments ' must bo wholly or par- tinlly realized by tlio levy of special taxes , 1 do not think it would be safe to inscit In specifications or contracts a clause as to Iho amount of waives contractors would be ic- quhed lo pay. W. .F. Coxxin.r. , City Attorney. A. U. Hancock , attorney , Papillion , Neb. Tlio Fiinor al of M. A. JMcXaumra The funeral of the late M. A. McNam- ara occurred yesterday morning bcgining at the residence at 0:30 : and moving to St. Phllomcnn'fl cathedral , where the solemn services fcr the dead were pronounced. High mass was given and Father Mc Carthy preached the funeral sermon from the text , "In the midst of life wo arc in death. " The reverend gentleman's words were full of beautiful thought and con solation for the bereaved ones. The choir rendered some appropriate selections , Miss Arnold singing , with touching fer vor , ' 'Host , Spirit , Host. " From the cathedral the funeral cor tege moved directly to the cemetery of the Holy Sepulchre , whore the remains wore consigned to the grave. Tlio Em- mot Monument association and the. Catholic Knights of America , of both of which the deceased had been a member , wore in Iho funeral procession , followed by an unusually long line of carriages. M. A. McNamara went out of this life widely and sincerely mourned and the evidences of grief and regret manifested at his burial were not confined to his family alone. Brevities. Shcrm D. Canfield , clerk at Superin tendent Smith's olliec , is confined to tlio house Ly illness Justice Bnrka performed the ceremony yesterday of uniting Samuel Olscn , a Dane , and Christina Sjarbak , German. The Metropolitan club gave a very pleasant dancing party at their hall , Fourteenth and Dodge streets , last evening. Mrs. George Cauficld and S. S. Can- field , of Stanton , returned lo llio city yes terday , having visited friends in Pennsylvania. Dr. Robert , the county physician , assisted by Drs. Wilcox and Leo , ampu tated the foot of a permanently crippled woman at tlio poor farm yesterday. St. John's guild will hold a festival on Thursday evening at limner's store , cor ner of Saunders and Hamilton streets , to which all interested and their friends are invited. Marriage licenses wore i sucd yester day to Austeen W. Heed , aged 51 , and Gertrude A. Holt , aged 03 , and James Hollow-back , aged 28 , and Lcnka Malik , aged 2-4 , all of Omaha. "Abovo tlio Clouds. " Tlio dramatic company of St. Philo- mona's temperance society produced a drama in two acts , with the elevated title , "Abovo the Clouds , " at the Parish hallNinth and Howard streets last evening The members had been carefully trained by an experienced teacher , and the cos- luminenml scenic accessories wore first- class and appropriate. The cast was as follows : Philip lllngold , Crazy Phil L. II. Uaer Alfred Thiopo , a City Nabob Kd ISiuko Amos ( iayloul , a Country Gentleman P. L. Sourd Howard Gaylord , His Son.Charles Tagsart Tltu-iTurtle , aourmaiid ( ! John Mclilnn Cm Us Chlpman , "Chips" in the Hough P. P. O'Uilen NatNaylor. Tliorna'ti Protc-so.Jj. A. LInahnu ( iraco lusalls , a Young Artist Miss Delia Heclan Hester Thoruo , Uaylord's Housekeeper Miss .leiinio MeVaun Susy ( laylord , Oayloul's D.iuchler Miss Nora Plannery Lucrctiu Gerilsh , "So Jtomnntlc , " MIssKdlth Stniit Wanted to exchange for stock of Hard ware anil General Merchandise , filp ( acres qf line Tliayor county ( Nob. ) land : live lots in Genoa ( Nub. ) ; good store building ( best corner ) ; gooil dwelling ( best loca tion ) in Essex ( Iowa ) ; also oiirhty acres one-half mile from town of Eisox ( Iowa ) , seeded in blue grass. For further partic ulars , address John Linderholm , Central City , Nebraska. N'ohrnNlcn The committee of arrangements for the next meeting of the Nebraska State Pharmaceutical association was in ses sion yesterday nt Iho olliqo of tlio 11. T. Clarke Drug Co , , and decided upon holding the next annual meeting to beheld held in Ibis eity May 11-13 in Iho I-Xposl. lion building. This meeting is promised to bo tlio largest and. most interesting the association has over held. A largo num ber of manufacturers will make diriplaya of goods and a number of interesting re ports and papers will bo read on loading subjects in which pharmacists are deeply interested. A state pharmacy law will also be among the subjects discussed. Arrangements will bo made by tiio Joeal committee to handsomely ciiterlain visit ing members , and reduced rates have been obtained from tlio Iquding hotels and railways for members wishing to at- tend. . _ Captain ( Snslnviu ValoU , Ninth cavalry , has been ordered lo uppnar in ppr un be fore the army retiring board to convene in this city March U. , AMUSI3MI3XTS. THE COMEDY OK 1 It is said that it cost $20,000 to raise the curtain on Messrs. Hobsou and Crane's first performance of The Comedy of Errors this season. The largo nildienco which was packed inlo the opera house last night 13 prepared to bcliovo n report of vast expenditures for such a play , l-ow out of the assemblage in the theater last evening had not seen the great comedians in this best of all the great master's light-spirited efforts ; few had not seen the spectacles of the modern stage , but certainly none had over sat in witness of such scenic splendor , such gorgeous finish of stage 'business and character actlngof so great artistic merit , all combined. Kobson and Crane are perhaps too modest in Iho promises which they allow in their ndvortishi ! * , for their splendid enterprise of this season is worthy of the proudest boast. It spams thai selection of every individual of tlio entire forty in Iho cast hail been levied upon Iho higher ranks of Iho profession , for in all the whole number there is not one but that is an actor. The comedians themselves appeared in their bo t humor and bearing , while the largo support discharged , all , their allotted functions with unqualiliod skill and ability. The confusion of identities upon which the play is founded is well ijlustrated , and yet the illusion is inten tionally not so complete as to drive the spectator to pennYxity where Iho jc l would bo lost in harrowing speculation. It required some perception , however , lo quickly distinguish the Dromlos the Lphrsian and Iho Syraeman Iho one from Iho other , a feat of which the other actors' wore very properly incapable. Tho'continual confusion in apt blunders and ridiculous mistakes which ran rapid ly through the play kept llio houi-o In con stant laughter except when the insignifi cant setting of each new scone drew out the rapturous applause of the audience. So grand and realistic is tlio scenic work that it can scarcely bo described , and allowing that it is beyond anything ever soon in this theater before , the public , those of whom were not ( hero last even ing , are advised to seize upon tlio last opportunity allbrdod to-night. .tor. r.MMirrr TO-MOUISOW NIGHT. Jou Emmett , the great Gorman dialect comedian , appears at Hie opera house to-morrow night in "Fritz in Ireland. " Personal Par James Cleary , of Grand Island , is at the Paxtou. J. W. Mubnry , of West Point , is stop ping at the Millard. W. II. Farnsworth and wife , of Blair , arc registered at the Millard. J. K. Pollock and C. G. Parmelc , of Platlsmoulh , arc in tlio city. Hon. , John A. MacMurphycditor , of tlio Sehuylcr Sun , is at the Paxton. C. P. K. Williams and wife , of Grand Island , arc guests at I ho Paxtoii. II. liircUallandli. M. Ford , of Nebraska City , are in tlio city , slopping at the Paxton. Mrs. Elijah Sloddard and Mrs. N. O. Adams have just returned after a visit of lour months in Massachusetts. Geo. P. Clark , of liradstrect's local agency , has returned from a two weeks' business trip in northern Nebraska. William M. Sponcc , of Hornellsvillo , N. Y. , arrived in Omaha last evening with the intention of making this city his home. A His Deal. William A. Paxton is now negotiating with Mr. Tullcr of Cheyenne county , for 0,000 head of cattle , the herd being one of the finest in the state. The transaction will undoubtedly bo completed this morn- in-r , and will be tlio largest catllo deal which has occurred in this slate for a long lime. White Cedar Piling is better than oak for bridge or foundation work. It lasts longer in or out of the ground , and can be furnished and driven for one-third less cost by D. Sopor & Co. , 1020 Farnam slrcer , Omaha. Jim Maguire , a hard character , was arrested by Ollicer Mostyn last evening on suspicion of having stolen a beer faucet which was found in his possession. 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