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8 THE OtfAHA DAILY BBS. FRIDAY APRIL IB. 1332.
MILLIONS IN PUBLIC WORKS ,
The Annual Beport of the Engineering De-
' Department of Omaha ,
PAVEMENTS , GRADES , SEWERS.
/L / Million nnd n Ilnlfliollnrfl Expcml-
cd Imst Vcnr and nti Kqttnt Amount
Itcqulrcd for 1880-CUy 1m-
provcniciit In Detail ,
To the honorable , the Mayor and City
Council. Gentlemen : I herewith sub
mit my annual exhibit of tlio public works
of the city of Omaha , for tlio year ending
April 1st , 18SO. This embraces such con
tract work only that comes strictly within
the engineering department
Summarized , the public work of 1835 is
as follows :
( Smiling lft ,783 cubic yards 5 29,703 07
A vcrago 18e per yard
Oiirhlnit nnd guttering "B , < H4 10
Pnvlnir/Ml ) square yartls 170,7ns U7
HowerR. 4,3.0 llnu.il feet o , : l si
Bldcwalks. , C , 173 75
Jlansconi Park water service fill 23
En lnecrlnijsiiplle3 ] ) , salailes , etc 11 , IO b ( )
Total S'r.7,174 00
Adding these results to summaries of
paving , curbing ami sewer work hereto-
lore ilonu , we have tlio following exhibit
of the permanent public works of tlio city
nt this date :
Curbing set , twenty miles.
Sowern laid , HK/jno lineal feet , or very
nearly twenty-two miles.
Paved streets , mostly 00 feet hctwcnn curbs ,
fxjftfri'flatliie BUi > ,107 square yards , nlno and
one-half miles.
Paved alleys twenty feet wide. 15,20'J
Square yards , one and three-fourth miles.
To/al / paved area : t-Ti.3J' ' square yards ,
eleven and one-fontth miles.
lieso improvements aggregate in cost
Of/follows :
, /orcnrbliii ; S 103,000
Kor sewers MO.TfiS
For iinvlnir ] , COOXX ( )
Total 31,003,703
Having tints presented nn outline of llio
public works as curried out to date , I
will proceed in detail.
G1IADINR.
Tlio grading during the past year was
necessarily limited , tlio city having to
pay one half of the cost out of tlio gen
eral fund , which was overdrawn at tlio
outset , nnd but for tlio funding of a part
of the floating debt , would not have beun
available at all , The streets graded
were on the lines of main sewers at Hurt
and North Seventeenth street , requiring
iiranch work for their protection , anil also
that they might bo opened to travel. The
largest part , however , of the .year's grad
ing expenditures were for finishing the
grading of west Fariiam street from
Twenty-ninth .street to the city limits ,
contracted for the preceding
3'ear , and of n part of
south Eighteenth street. The lat
ter work was done at llio
request of the Hoard of Educa
tion and as partly graded is in a
ivorsc condition than if no work had
been douo. To give tlio people on that
thoroughfare the benefit they have a
right to look for in view of the special
tax levied , the grading of this street
ought to bo completed from Williams
street south to Vinton street early this
season. The grading already under con
tract for 1880 and now in progress is
Harnoy street from Fifteenth street
to the west line of MeCormick's addition ,
Sixteenth , Seventeenth , Eighteenth ,
Nineteenth , and Twentieth streets from
Furnum to Howard and St. Mary's .Ave
nue. Hurt street from Twenty-third west
to Division street and Davenport street
from Sixteenth to Twenty-second street.
The work already let , toirethpr with that
necessary in connection with the Six
teenth street viaduct will require
about $20,000 out of the general
fund and should bo taken into
consideration in apportioning work for
tlio coming season.
CHANGES OF GHADES.
Numerous changes of grades have
been urged and made in the past year ,
owing in many instances , to slanting in
tersections , and more to a change in pub-
lie sentiment favoring more radical cuts
nnd iills to insure hotter streets regard
less of local property interests. The con
struction of the Eleventh nnd Sixteenth
streets viaducts will call for additional
changes at an early date changes for
the latter line are already under consid
eration and u report of tin ; damages in
cident to them lias been submitted by tlm
appraisers to the council. The south ender
or the Eleventh street viaduct terminates
at a grade of fifteen feet per 100 ; this , of
course , cannot meet public requirements ,
and will ncccssnrUy have to bo cut so as
to come within a six foot grade to Mason
Street At least , nnd theucu cast to Tenth
street.
DISI'UTr.D GRADES.
There are still two streets within the
old townsito on which there are grades
of disputed validity , vi/ : Capitol avenue
from Sixteenth to Twentieth streets , nnd
Chicago street from Sixteenth to Twen
ty-second streets , The Capitol avenue
grade under a court decision affecting
that question , is neither the Phillips nor
Crcighton grade so-called , but what is
known as the Meredith grade. As the
Meredith and Croighton systems did not
Specifically establish the grades of north
and south streets , and the Phillips sys
tem did , there is a conflict between two
systems as adopted at the crossings of
both Chicago street and Capitol avunno.
Both of these streets must be adjusted
eforo any permanent improvements
pen them can bo considered.
Where sidewalks of six or eight feet in
width answer the purposes of travel the
objection to cutting down of streets can ,
in many cases , bo overcome by laying
the walks to the curb lines and terracing
the remaining space otwcon lho walks
and property lines , thus avoiding much
Inmago to private property. This will bo
. practicable on Capitol avenue and Chiea-
, go street. Davenport street , now under
contract will bo graded in this way.
CUHIIIXa.
In the past year very little gulterings
has boon done separately from the paving ,
'find but for tlio provisions of the charter
the curbing might bu included in the
paving contracts , The price of curbs lias
' 'ranged from 00 cents to $1.07 per lineal
foot , the lowest price buiug that for
, lierea sand stone , and the rest tlio Colorado
rado Band stone , Indications tins year
nro that wo will get a wider I'tuld of stone
' to Kuluct from , and it is posMblu that
1 granite curbs can bo scoured at prices
i.uot . far above those of thu InforioratoiiL's ,
Kxoonting in cases of re-curbing , for
; . which a genera ! levy is provided , all
' curbing is paid for by special tax , This
under recent eiuu'tnimit , is paid for In
annual installments at 7 pnr cent , interest ,
the same as for paving. The curbing foi
the year 18SU will aggregate about 00,000
feet.
SKWKItS.
. Hut very little sewer work has been
, done in the past year. Numerous tipjiu
tuitions for new districts were made , but
owing to want of funds to extend mams
'ns outlets they were necessarily ignored ,
District 23 , comprising a tract of low , wet
ground near the St , Paul railroad tracks.
" - was created , and , ns tlio tabular exhibil
t < /shows , about three-fourths of a mile of
r ! n * xvnrn liihl. These liavo already ful
I t-aujvin branch of llio North Omaha sower.
try night fcot in diameter , was extended 173
IT fofll to the west line of Seventeenth
1 * Street , o as lo itduilt ot the opening and
4A kr diug ot that thoroughfare. Wo now
JU'v nltogetlier twenty-two miles of sow-
vr oonttrubtcd In the city , all of which ,
iritb the exception nt the two Vlpo lines
Douglas au'd Hurney streets , are
doing excellent service. Those two lines
nro of the Waring system , laid four years
ngo. They arc each about/lwo-thirds of
n mile in length and BIX inches in diam
eter. They arc forced , to carry about
250OOOL'allons each daily , which is in ex
cess of their capacity under ordinary
[ low , and hcncu they fun under a head
most of the time. They were designed
for sowagc only and calculated on that
Dasis tp run one-third full , so that when
ho first few hydraulic elevators were
built shortly after tlicir completion they
wcro allowed to connect with them , as n
Imited discharge of that nature would
issist in Hushing the sewers , but hy-
Iraulic elevators have increased in use so
rapidly that they now tax these pipes far
jovond their capacity anil cause
backwater. Either the larger num
ber of tlicso elevators must bo
cut oir and connected with the storm
sewer on Farnam street , or else these two
lines should 1m taken up and replaced
with larger pipes in which event they
should also bo lowered about three feet.
If this is not ilonu then the lines must be
divided at about Thirteenth street , the
upper ends connecting with tlm Farimm
street storm sower. The objection to this
is that in the event of excessive storms ,
jack-water will carry sewage into con
nected buildings. Tills can in my opin
ion bu obviated by throttling the eateli
jasin inlet pipes so ns to reduce the quan-
.ity of rain water going into tlio _ sewers
) ii such occasions to an extent within.tho
imit of the sewer under the heaviest
mown rain fall and forcing tliu excess , an
occurrence which docs not average tmo
mur per year , to How over the street sur-
; acu. The cost of throttling thtso inluts
cannot exceed 75.00 and is an cxperi-
ncnt well woith trying as it will if suc
cessful , enable parties who desireeon -
lect'mg water pipes with the storm sew
ers to do so without fear of back-water.
SKWKU FUJSII TANKS.
The tanks at tlio upper ends of tlio
storm water and other .sewers are now all
n good operating condition. Those that
'ailed to work last year were made ope
rative by an attachment devised by my
self , after considerable experimenting on
tlio subject. This simply consists of a
ubu within a tube discharging the water
nlo thu tank and connected with the si-
ilions in such manner that when tlio
vater rises to tlio overflow line the air in
.lie siphon is exhausted as by a steam in-
eetor through : i connecting pipe and tlio
jomplole and sudden discharge effected.
This is illustrated in detail in drawings
iccompanying this report.
SIWIH : : OAS.
The complaints of last year of sewer
gas , as it was called , from along St.
Mary's avenue and the South Omaha
sewer connecting districts have all ceased ,
) wintr to the construction of an indepcn-
lent sewer last fall by tlio gas company
i-oni their works on Jones street to tlio
river , and disconnecting their waste
) ipcs with the Jones street main. This
jlearly demonstrates the correctness of
ny explanations of llio nuisance last year ,
vi/- : that it was the gas vapor waste and
lot sewer gas , which gave rise to the of-
'ensivo vapor.
i therefore- believe tlio policy so far
nirsucd of using no trans in our basins ,
jut rattier of building their base slanting
nto the sewer inlet pipe , and thus dis
charging to tlio sewer all mud while in
solution anil carrying it to the river
while in such a slate to bo si good one.
This is practicable in a city like ours with
grades of from six inches upward per
.00 feet , and saves the cost of a gain ? of
ncn and wagons to periodically clean
.ho basins as done in other cities. It also
lot only thoroughly ventilates the sewers
jut avoids stagnant water deposits in
jasins at street corners between rainy in
tervals.
SEWEU3 FOIt 18SO.
The rapid growth of tlio city renders
tlio need of sewers in all sections of the
city imperative , yet wo cannot accommo
date districts without having main sewer
outlets for their connection. To meet
lie demand at this date would require
lot less than $250,000 additional cxpondi-
ure for the completion of the mains.
Wo are restricted to § 100,000 per year ,
icnco all that can be done tlio coming
year is to go as far as $100,000 ( now
isked for and I think will bo chee - *
! tilly voted ) will carry us. This will
jo 'about as follows : An extension of
Jones street sewer to the river ; an exten
sion of the branch south on Fourteenth
and Hickory streets ; an extension as far
as practicable westward beyond the nail
works , and the conbtrueMon of a short
branch up Seventh street. This being
limited to $00,000 will have to bo deter
mined after plans and estimates are fully
completed.
In North Omaha the extension of the
north and soutli branches will have to bo
determined in tlio same manner. The
connection of the north branch to the
river will become a sanitary necessity in
mother year and of itself will require
S,000 or more for completion. With
the construction of tlio mams already re
ferred to within our scope for this year ,
it will bo practicable to build district
sewers to the extent of about ? 100,000
making tlio total probable sewerage ex
penditure for this year about $200,000.
I'AVKMHNTS.
The pavements thus far laid have
proved quite satisfactory , considering
the enormous amount of cutting through
them for sewer , gas , water and .other
purposes. The sheet asphalt pavements ,
where stone gutters are not laid and mud
and moisture accumulates , develops .soil
spots and will require occasional repairs.
Along the line of the Sixteenth street
railroad track whore tlio experiment was
tried to omit the slono blocks jt lias
proved unsuccessful , and the placing of
tlio toothed stone connecting blocks on
the street by tlio Harbor Asphalt com
pany siiould bo required before the live
year period of maintenance expires. Tlio
specifications of this year call for a two
foot granite gutt'jr imd stone teething
along street railway tracks on all sheet
asphalt paved streels , laid upon
a bed of six inches of American cement
concrete. The experiment of a reduced
concrete base of four incli depth with
Portland cement in place of American
cement , will bo tried on Saunders street.
Mathematically , it figures out equal in
in strength to the 0 inch base , and if it
proves so practically it will bo tlio moans
of a general reduction in future of tlio
cost of not only sheet asphalt paving , but
also all paving with a hydraulic con
crete base. Tlio pavement already con-
traeted for , for the year 1880 will cost
incliibivo of intersections about § ! ir > 0COO , ;
tins from all indications will bo Increased
by about § 100,000 more during thu
season.
IlOUI.KVAIIl ) .
Last summer nt the instance of the
council extensive surveys and detail
estimates were made of a boulevard cov
ering two separate routes 10 and 8 miles
in length , with ono line 1-1 miles in length
with short maximum grades of six feet
pur hundred , in fact -i-5s of the lines witli
grades of less than S feet per 100 feet. If
these boulevards are intended to become
material facts , then tliu combined action
of the city and county authorities should
bo taken at an early day , otherwise the
right-of-way now easily secured , will bo
a mutter of great dlrt'ieulty.
VIADUCTS.
The need of some eafo drive from North
to South Omaha lias resulted in the de
velopment of viaduct plans on Eleventh
and Sixteenth streets over tlio Union
J'aciric and IJ , j M. tracks. The Eleventh
street viaduct is to bo of iron trestle work
and trusses aggregating 1,300 feet in
length with approaches , and at con
tract price of about $85,000. The work
is to bo completed on or before Septem
ber 1st. The grades of Eleventh , Mason
and other struots must bo changed to nu'ot
the changed conditions of travel. The
Sixteenth street viaduct will , owing to
limited funds , be built of wood. Il
embraces a series' of fifty foot spans nnd
several lift and ono 150 foot span over the
railroads , will be 37 feet above the road
way nt its highest point , and have a total
length of 1500 feet extending from the
south side of Lcnvcnworth street to the
south side of Tierce street. Tills is de
signed to cost about $30,000 and is now
jcmg advertised. These viaducts are to
lave a roadway of 20 tcct with sidewalks
of G feel on each side.
Under the charter , provisions must bo
nado in preparing tlic next levy for a
general assessment to a viaduct fund
covering 1-5 of the cost and damages , of
each of these viaducts , Tills will require
ibout $33,000 in addition to tlio usual
evy.
HANSCOM TANK.
In the year 1872 A. J. Hanscom and
Tames Megcath dedicated to the city of
Dmalia the grounds now known ns
Hanscom park. Of this Mr. Hanscom
; ave 8550-100 acres and Mr. Mcgeath
"J 83-100 acres , and in addition to this
.lieso gentlemen dedicated for street pur-
loses ti strip thirty feet wide around tlio
entire ground. The conditions of this
Indication wcro that thu grounds should
always bear tlio name of "Hanseom
L'ark'1 and that they should bo improved
jy tlio expenditure of $25,000 , , as follows :
fil.OOO for the year 1873 ; ? 1,000 per year
luring 187-t-75-7l ( ; $5,000 per year during
1877-78 ; and after tlio final expenditure
u 1878 tlio grounds were to bo kept in
icrpctual repair.
Tlieso conditions were all carried out
ns provided. Thu ground when dedicated
was .scarcely accessible and was covered
with dense brush and mostly scrub tim-
) cr. IJy thoroughly trimming and clean-
ng out the undergrowth and weeds , the
.diluting . ; of blucgrass , cutting out road *
iva-vs , pathways , etc. , the grounds have
jocomo quite attractive , and are now so
argcly used as a resort during the sum
mer season that they should be improved
mil beautified on a more liberal scale
than has been done in the past live years.
Last fall , under direction of tlio city
council , a line of four-inch water pipe
was laid from Twenty-ninth , formerly
l'ark avenue , to tlm line of hitching posts
within llanscpin 1'ark. which was then
connected with pipes heretofore laid
around tlio park house and to tiio tank
it tile northwest cnil of the grounds. No
other improvement lias been made. For
.he purpose , however , of properly de
signing future improvements , such as
jridges. lakes or ponds , etc. , within the
> nrk. 1 have begun an accurate topographical
graphical survey of the grounds , taking
elevation of the corners of every fifty feet
square of the entire area. These surveys
and an accurate contour map of the
grounds , will bo finished within about
, wo weeks. Wo will then bo ready to ac-
curtoly design all future work upon these
grounds and make estimates without fur-
.her delay.
CITV ADDITIONS.
The phenomenal growth of the city m
.he past few yours has led to the sub-div-
sion of property within and outside the
city limits so rapidly that it is dillicult to
ccop pace with them. At tlio present
.imo there are over ! 300 additions upon
record. Many of these huvo never re
ceived tlio approval of the council , but
.lie streels nave been recognized either
jy establishing grades upon them , or by
Ijlacing tlio lots and blocks upon the tax
lists and exempting tliu slreets. The ex
clusion by thu city and county in this
jiianuur of the streels from llio tax lists
is practically an acceptance of them us
[ Hiblie property.
There is still a largo amount of misub-
divided real estate within the city that
can bo regulated. A practice largey ! eu-
lernd into by parties seeking to evade tlio
law relating to additions is to soil by
meets and bounds with the reservation of
enough ground hi each case for streets.
These reserved tracts usually arc repro- ,
rented to tlio county appraisers a ' streets
and exempted from the tax list. Tlio
county as well as the city authorities
should adopt some regulations to protect
Llio public from such imposition. No
Iract of land whether n so-called street ,
alloy or reserve not actually accepted by
the city or county should be exempted
from assessment. And if it were publicly
known that a street in an uncxcopted ad
dition can be publicly sold for taxes the
same as other property , there would bo
few purchasers in unaccepted additions.
1 believe that no law makes it compul
sory for the public to accept any dona
tion , and if that bo true , as it seems rea
sonable , why should not the county au
thorities act the same as city authorities
in relation to additions or allotments out
side of tlio city limits and _ thereby save
the city , when its boundaries are exten
ded , the embarrassment of complicated
and irregular streets totally out ol har
mony with the streets withm our present
limsts.
KAMIXG OF STKF.ET3.
The indiscriminate practice of naming
streets within additions to compliment
friends of tlio owner or to Hatter individ
uals for some past or expected favor has
led to such complication as to nccessi-
lalo the renaming of streets outside of
tliu old townsito under a system that can
bo easily carried out in all future subdi
visions. The ordinance embodying this
work may require a , few amendments to
cover small defects in minor details ,
which , owing to the incomplete maps ac
this date , were almost unavoidable. The
aim of the ordinance is lo extend all our
cast and west streets under thu old name
and where such are north and soutli of
tliu old townsito to give the name of tlio
largest portion of tlio street tp the several
parts corresponding practically with
them. The north and soutli streets
are treated in a similar manner up to
Twenty-third street , the center line of llio
old slrcels bcinglho basis for tlio numbers
of tlio now , and then beginning with
Saunders and Jefferson strcels , which is
next west of Twenty-third street and is
on a section line us Twenty-fourth street ,
each mllu or section is subdivided into
twelve equal parts , and each of such di
vision line is tlio base for an additional
number ; this makes the city limits Thirty-
sixth street , and tlio numbers of these
subdivisions correspond exactly with a
majority of the streets in North Omaha ,
which therefore require no change. As
there were numerous additions with Ion" ;
and short blocks in which numbered
streets frequently conflicted with those of
corresponding streets opposite , it was
deemed best to name all streets coming
half way or nearly so between these basu
line slreels as avenues ; lluis u street be
tween Twenty-ninth street and Thirtieth
street proper would bo named Twenty-
ninth avenue , the 11 venue always follow-
in' ' Uio street of the same number. This
will facilitalo the numbering of houses
and obviate present complications in that
respect.
STItKKT AND AI.LCY EXTENSIONS ,
Grounds for a largo number of streets
and alloys have buon condemned , tip-
praised and payment has cither been
made or tendered by the city treasurer in
tlio past year and in my opinion wherever
strcels are manifestly necessary , it is
economy to open them before improve
ments render such attempts too costly ,
A reform is however needed in the sys
tem of records in such cases. As hereto
fore done no final ordinances were pass
ed declaring tlio opening In view of pay
ment or tender of payment of tlio tip-
Cruised value , and hence as can bo seen
y a review of Cliaso's compiled ordinan
ces , a largo number of streets are record
ed as condemned and opoucd for public
UBO , that were never paid for and in fact
have no existence lo clear the records
of all complications both as to grades
and public grounds all such ordinances
should bo repealed or omitted in the next
compilation of ordinances , and tlio pas
sage of final ordinances after tlio approv
al and payment of appraisals of grounds
for public use should bo strictly adhered
to.
nKRiNr.cniKn EXPENSES.
The cost of maintaining the engineer ?
ing'dcpartpiont was , greater last year in
proportion to tlio amount of public work
carried out than any provipus year , viz ,
about a little loss than 5 pur cent of the
cost of work douo , Tills is in strong con
trast with the ratio nf the two years
previous when it was lesd- titan two per
cent , nnd yet more actual work was per
formed by the department than any
previous yean A thorough system of
records in the oflico wo * started and
partly perfected surveys and levels , of
new streets , alleys in all sections of tlm
city and additions were made to
establish grades ; outline boulevards ,
Secure data and perfect plans for via
ducts and sewers for the coming year
and no small amount of time was taken
up in preparing data forsuits in court
to assist the city nttorneynn making Ids
defense. Besides this a > largo amount
of time is now constantly taken up in
answering public c.alls for information
nnd preparing and recording sewer and
oilier permits for licensed drain layers ,
audrccording the returns so as to sivoul
confusion In tlio execution of the work ;
preparing special tax levies and ordi
nances for contemplated changes of
grade or condemnation of grounds , clos
ing of grounds , changes of curb lines
nnd an endless amount of other routine
work not ordinarily anticipated by those
unacquainted with the work of the en
gineering department.
wouic FOU 1880.
The work for the comingyoar , although
already largely dcsigticil , is so extensive
in character and covers such a largo
range of territory , that the force of the
department will necessarily have to bo
enlarged within two months for the bal
ance of the season , as all llio worn will
require laying out and super
vision within a working period of less
limn six mouths. The work will bo about
as follows :
( one-half being cltv'ssliaicJ.SlSO.noo
-
Sewers . iioo.ooo
niubs . iKoix ) )
Vloducls . V-'Q.UUO
Total . f-moooo
This estimate mavseum large , but I believe -
liovo the expenditures are more liaulo to
exceed ono million dollars' Hum fall be
low tlio figures of the summary.
Thanking the mayor and your honora
ble body for llio uniform courtesy and
support extended me in the past year as
well as all Iho members of my depart
ment for their faithful assistance ami dis
charge of duty , 1 am ,
Very Respectfully ,
ANUKBW ROSIJWATIUI ,
City Engineer.
For Cruelty to Animals.
Geo. English and Christ Wont two hunt
ers who came f romCalhoun to Omaha with
a load of game and fish , wore arrested bv
Ollicer Crawford yesterday lor cruelty to
animals. One of them had a sharp prod
with which lie was urging on a small
mule and a , horse attached lo u wagon.
Hotli animals were badly lacerated and
hardly able to walk. The blood ( lowed
from their wounds marking the various
thoroughfares the route over which the
poor animals had been driven by their
brutal master. Went was lined $10 and
costs.
_
She Kutis Away Prom Homo.
licnjamin F. Norris lias filed a petition
in tlie district court asking for a divorce
from his wife Flora. Norris Jcccps a con
fectionery store in Omaha to which a res
taurant is attached. His wife who aids
him in conducting his business applied
for a divorce from him some time ago
bul almost immediately withdrew Hie po
tion for some _ reason best known to her
self. In addition to asking the court lo-
annul the marriage , Norris wants mi in
junction to prevent his wife ruining Ids
business. Ho claims that she wilfully ab
sents herself from home for several days
at a , lime and refuses lo explain llio
cause of her absence.
I'ct-Jslicil Iti the Snowstorn.
From a gentleman who has r ' .t re
turned from western Nebraska , a re-
polcr learned yesterday that James llyner ,
who lias friends in Omaha , perished dur
ing the last snowstorm in Keith county.
Ryner left Iiis home in Illinois about a
month ago and took "up a claim in that
county. During the snowstorm , ho
started to go to a neighbor's house , a
short distance away. The nexl duy ho
was missed , and a careful search failed
to reveal his whereabouts. Two weeks
afterwards , when the snow had molted
oft" the ground , he was found dead , seven
miles away from his house. Ho must
have been confused by thu blinding snow
storm and wandered around until , wear
ied and worn , ho lay down and fro/.o to
death. Hu was taken back to his home
in Illinois , where the funeral took place
Sunday last.
Gone to tlio Asylum.
Tlio commissioners of insanity held an
examination into tlio mental condition
of MikoFarrollVcdnosdayafternoonand \
ordered him sent lo tlio Lincoln asylum.
Farrell was formerly ono of the best
engineers on the Union Pacific , butabout
a month ago ho began to act in a strange
manner and was relieved from duty. He
afterwards became violent , and it was
with great dillieully that ho was arrested
and taken to tlio county jail. Deputy-
sheriff Phillips and James O'Connoll , an
intimate friend of Farrel , went with him
to Lincoln yesterday.
"How to Make a Speech" is tlio subject
of a lecture by Rov. J. S. Dctwiler to
night in the K. I' , hall , corner of
Charles and Saunders streets.
Want a hocntlnn.
Messrs. Allen and Slovens , , of tlio Moline -
line plow works , are in tlio city to find u
location for a branch factory in Omaha
So far they have been unable to do so ,
on account of tlio high prices real estate
men ask for their property. President
Meyer said this morning that unless
tlicso gentlemen were treated botlsr or
found some encouragement to locate
here , they would probably locuto in tlio
lilufl'd , whore every inducement has
boon hold out to them , The acquisition
of such a factory as the Moline plow
works one of the largest establishments
of tlio kind in the world would bo a
great tiling for Omaha , anil this opportu
nity should not bo thrown away ,
GUAM ) hODGE ,
KnichtH of IIonoTTti Session Olllcers
Klcotcd ,
The grand Lodge linislmd its labors
Wednesday , and the visiting members
have all gone homo. A verypcasunt ; ] ses
sion was held , and muelrwork was done.
Tlio order was started in 187 ! ) and up
to April , 1880 , there had beoji paid lo Iho
widows and orphans of I deceased members -
bors over $13,000,000 , , of$3,000 in each
benefit ,
The representative lo tlio Supreme
Lodge that moots in May at Providence ,
R. I , , lias boon instructed to favor a div
ision of tlio stales , Nebraska being in tlio
Fifth Division with Missouri , Kansas.
Iowa , Colorado , Dakota , Montana anil
Wyoming , a total of seven districts.
There would be about 12,000 members in
tlio district.
Tlio total membership in the United
States is about-iaO.OOO.
The first lodge was formed in Omaha
'
'byT. U , Magrano , in December , 1877.
the Grand ledge in 1878. This was tlio
seventh session , It will meet two years
from now at Greenwood , Nebraska.
The following aio tlio officers elected
for the term ending in April , 1888 :
John N. Edwards , past grand dictator ,
Sowurdj Charles J. Mentor , grand dicta
tor , Omaha ; F , Sonnenschctn , grand vice
dictator , West Point ; F. G. Ramsburgh ,
grand assistant dictator , Clarke- . G.
, graud reporter , Omaha ; Thom
as Frnlicn , grand treasurer , Fremont ; II.
W. Carpenter , grand chaplain , Syracuse :
11. M. Wright , gi-.md guide. Uticu ; E. H.
Lnndis , grand guardian , Milford ; T. J.
Chidestcr , crand sentinel , Western : Dr.
J. R. Conkmig , state medical examiner ,
Omaha.
Grand trustees F. G. Simmons , Sow-
nrd ; A. Wait , Syracuse and Thomas Fal
coner. Omaha ,
Represenutivcs to Iho supreme lodge
T. G. Mugraue , Oninhu ; 0. W. Phillips ,
Nebraska City.
Alternate representation totliosupromo
lodge W. 11. White , Freemont , li. K.
Long , Omaha ,
Committee on laws W. C. Henry ,
Fremont ; C. W. Phillips , Nebraska City ;
W. H. White , Fremont.
Committee on finance II. N. Carpen
ter , Syracuse ; J. B. Ikuncr , Omaha : E. 11 ,
Landls , Milford.
Wanted to exchange for stock of Hard
ware and general merchandise , 500 acres
of line Thayc.r county ( Nob.laud ) ; live lots
in Genoa ( Neb. ) ; gooil store building
[ best corner ) ; good dwelling ( best loca
tion ) in Essex ( Iowa ) ; also nighty acres
one-half mlle from town of Essex ( Iowa ) ,
seeded in blue grit1- ) For further par
ticulars , address John Lludcrholm , Cen
tral City , Nebraska.
"Diclc Ucnil-Kye. "
G. O. Hastings is a knight of the green
cloth , who was arrested llio other day as
being a suspicious character. Hu was
ordered to leave town atouce , but failing
I ? do so , was again arrested by tliu po
lice. Yesterday ho procured bail and was
released , lie was very indignant , and
has demanded a jury trial , which he
claims will vindicate him. Mr. H. is vul
garly known us "Dick Dead-Eye. "
Public sale of Short Horn cutllo at Lin
coln , Nob. , April M , 18SO. Fifteen cows
and heifers and twenty bulls. For cata
logues apply to Col. F. M. Woods , Lin
coln , Neu. , or Williams & Lacy , Lacona ,
Iowa.
Tlio board of public works wore
occupied yesterday in opening the bids for
the now sewers to bu built during tlio
present season. The bids are for thu
sewers in six district and vary largely in
amount. The chairman stated yesterday
that the bids were in such form
that no tabulated statement could be
given until to-day.
Army
The officers at headquarters arc grad
ually gelling used lo Ihc new order of
tilings a department without a head.
General Brock is ably conducting matters ,
as assistant adjutant general for General
Terry , and will continue to do so until
General Crook's arrival.
General Howard received a marked
ovation when he passed through Sidney.
Ho will bo met at Ogden by General Mo-
Cook , who expects to come down from
Fort Uouirlus for that purpose.
Coloiiol Henry is now in Salt Lake
City. _
Rev. E. 15. Graham , pastor of tlio
United Presbyterian church in this cty ,
has purchased the Midland , a denomi
national weekly published in St. Louis ,
and will remove it to this place. Ho
will assume formal charge as editor-in-
chief May 1.
PE8FE6T MADE
1'repared with special resard to hcaltb.
No Amcioiils. , Mrao or Alum.
PRICE BAKING PDlVDirU CO. ,
CHICAGO. ST. LOUIS
F. M. ELLIS & GO.
Architects and Building Siiperlnfs
( MM , NEB , and DES HOINES , IA ,
Ofllco , Cor. 14th niul Fnrnnm Streets , llooral )
'juouoc HimuNGiioi' ' ' with P. Jl. Ellis.
ORE A MA
_ fsth St , Cor , Capitol Avenue ,
Ton THE TIIEATHENT OP AM ,
Chronic & Surgical Diseaseo.
DR. McMENAKIY. Proprietor.
Rixlcenyrnra' lloimml awl J'nvatu ' 1-inUica
Wo huvo tlio fncllltieii , apparatus anil remedies
for tlio successful treatment of tn cry form of ells.
ca u rcnuirliiK ctlhcr mcillciil or eurKlcal treatment ,
nnU Im ! to all to como ami invtetlKnto for thpmnclvca
or correspond wltluie. Long esperlrnco in treat-
Ins cases by letter enables us to treat many case *
ecUiitircnly ! ! ! without cwliid them ,
WHITE I'OU OIIIOULAH on Deformltlci nnd
liruccv , Club Feet , Curvatures of the Spine ,
DISEASES or WOMEN , I'ilc ? , Tumors , Cancers ,
Cnturrli , Hronchitif , Inhalation , Ulrclrlcltjr , I'aral.
y ln , rplleiisy , Kidney , Jiyc , Kar , Skin , JJlood and
nil surgical operations ,
ISatTorlrH. Inhnlcru , Ilracrs , Trii ir , nntl
ill kind * of Medical and Surgical Appliances , mar. .
ufactured and ( ot cnlc.
Iho only reliable Medical Institute making
Private , .Special i Nervous DisoaseL
' r ' .
A KI'ECIAI/rV.
AU- CONTAGIOUS AND JII.OOD DISEASES ,
from Hliatfvurcaino produced , 6ucccB fiilly treated.
Wo can remove Syjmllltlo jioltoa from the eyetcui
without ineitury. , ,
New rf storntivo treatment for Insa of > Ital power ,
All , COMMUNICATIONS CUNKIDKNT/AU /
Call and consult u * or eend name and pont-olllce
address plainly written enclose etatnp , nnd we
will tend you. In plain wrapper , our
PRIVATE CIRCULAR TO MEN
Ul-ON I'lIIVATH , Sl'KCUI. AMI MKKVOtlS
SEMINAL WKAKNESS , HreSMAToiumaii
cr , Hvriiu.is , tiosoniuiu : * , GLEET , VAIUCOI-EI.B ,
SriUlTUHE , AND ALL DI5EAICJ OP TIIB OKNITO-
tTmNAi'.Y OHOANS , or tend history of your cute for
an opinion.
Persons unable ti : vls.l u > may lie treated at Ihelr
homes , by correi-pon < lcnce. Medicines and Iiutra-
rnents sent by mall or express HKCUHUI.V 1'AC'K
ED 1'UOM OBSEKVATJOX.no marks to Inrtlcat *
contents or sender , Ono personal interview re
ferred if convenient. fifty rooms for the accom
modation of patients , Doanl and attendance at
reasonable prices. Address all Lettcra to
Omaha Medical and Surgical Institute.
Cor. 13th St. and Caaltol Ave. . OMAHA. NKB. '
ESTABLISHED 1870.
Lincoln SteamDyeWorks
W. D. HOHEIITSON , Prop'r ,
Offlco No. 1105 O St.- Wet kg SKCor. . P. & Bin.
Lincoln , Nob. Gouts' Clutulu CluimoU mid Ko
paired.
BEATRICE , NEBRASKA.
THE LEADING ASSOCIATION OF THE WEST.
CASH CAPITAL , PAID UP IN FULL , $100,000.00-
GROSS ASSETS , DECEMBER 31st , 188G 180,820.30
cost.A cortillcato of membership in this Association furnishes benefit at the lowj
cost.
Men nnd women , between the ages of 17 and 05 years , who are In good health ,
may become members.
There is no changing from one class to another , and assessments do not increase
with advancing ago.
The Company has a guarantee fund of $100.030 paid up In cash , which Is an ad
ditional security to that furnished by any company in tlio united States.
It has a lle.-icrvo fund which provides for a non-forfeiting policv and a paid-up
policy.
'llio Company is located in the West : its business is confined to the healthy West ,
nnd applications from persons residing in malarial districts nee not accepted , which
will insure few ii es nicnLi , and a consequent exemption from any onerous liability.
A local Advisory Hoard , composed of not Ic-ss than live leading elti/.uus of each
vicinity , may b i formed , who may act as advisory counsel In the sotlleimmt of claims
by the death of members and as to thu admission of applicants to membership.
A member who lapses Ids certificate may ro-mstato the samu at any time upon
satisfactory evidence of good health , by the payment of all delinquent dues and
assessments.
Moiiisurunco company in this or any other country has over failed by reason of
of the death-rate experience The failure in each instance has been caused by pecu
lation or speculation. The safe guards introduced render both impossible in tins
Association.
Our business is confined to tlio endowment for old ago , and the payment of the
widows and orphans after death.
The policy is more liberal , and the plan more secure , than any company In the
United States.
Corporative Insurance Companies existed in England 300 years bo fora the stock
plan was thought of , and tlio same companies exist to-day , some of thorn having
nearly one million members , When managed judiciously , they cannot break. Wo
guarantee every promise we makcd with $100,000 , this being in addition to thu $100-
000 provided for as a Reserve Rind which is a more liberal provision and offer than
any other company makes.
The Strength of This Association Consists of
GUARANTEE FUND , ENDOWMENT PLAN ,
RESERVE FUND , NON-FORFEITING POLICY ,
GRADED RATES , PAID-UP POLICY ,
SELECTED RISKS , A DEPOSITORY TO PROTECT THE
TONTINE SYSTEM , RESERVE FUND ,
LIFE PLAN , CAPITAL STOCK.
The cost of life protection in this company is less than any company in the
United States. The company isgood and payments prompt.
This Association is now entering its third year , and has a largo membership ,
which is constantly increasing.
At death or maturity of endowment the member receives his interest in the
Reserve Fund in addition to tlio amount due on the policy.
All policies bucomo non-forfeiting after the third year to the extent of the mem
ber's interest in the Reserve Fund ,
AGENTS WANTED in every town and city where not supplied in nil of the
states west of the Mississippi river and north of Kansas. Good reliable canvassers
can obtain most favorable rates by writing to the company.
The Western Mutual has consolidated the moinbnrshtnof the "Nebraska Mutual , "
' 'Farmers' and Mechanics' " and "Lincoln Mutual , " and with its own members in
sures perfect protection.
"We regard the Western Mutual as one of the very best life insurance- associa
tions in tuis country , and expect to sec , at no very distant day , it covering the entire
field of the hcalty West with its active , gentlemanly agents. " Daily ISxjircss , March
2,1S8V.
OFFICE AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS , )
STATIC OF NUIIUASKA , >
Lijfco-LN , February 1 , 1833. )
It is herebv certified that the Western Mutual Benevolent Association Insurance
Company , ot fieatrici1 , in llio Slate of Nebraska , has complied with the insurance law
of tin. ? statn , and is authorized to transact the business of iifo insurance in this st t
for the current year.
, ' j Witness my hand and the seal of said of said office , tlia day and
i SEAL. J- yur first above wtittcn.
I , > 11. A. BABCOCK , Auditor Public Accounts.
Omaha National Bank , the company's financial agent , at Omaha , Nebraska.
Refer by permission to lion. J. II. Millard , Omaha , Neb.
All communications should bo addressed to
OI-irViEIR. O. Qj BnST ,
Secretary and General Manager , BEATRICE , NEBRASKA.
OTIS HAYNES , Agent at Omaha.
THEBESTTHREAD
SIX-CORD SOFT FINISH SPOOL COTTON.
Full Assortment for sale to the Trade by
VINYARD & SCHNEIDER
aEJ IN * 0 1 = 3A. : OO
IS
On ® of thQ Best ctti'l Lvryeat Stocks in the U.8.
to Select from.
No Stairs to Climb , Elegant Passenger Elevator
M. BURKE & SONS ,
LIVE STOCKQKO. MERCHANTS ,
QKO. nUUKK , Mnnnftor ,
UN/ON STOCK YARDS , OMAHA , NEB.
IlEFKliKNCKS ; Merchants' anil Karniura' Jiauk , Davlil City , Nob. ; Kunrnoy National
HankKi-iinioy , Nul ) . : Columbus St.ito Hank. Columbus , Neb. ; McIionnlU'a Hank , NortU
i'Jattc , Neb. ; Omalm National Jtanlc. Oumltu. Neb. . , , . ,
Will pay ciiblomers' draft with bill of lacllnu attached for two-thirds vnluo of stock.
Best Goods in the Market
for our ( yooila niul sec that tin
bear our trade iniirK.
OH APRIL 1st ,
M'o will open our
Horse and Mule Market
Cor , Ho * aid and Uth Sis , , Omatia , Hei ,
With suvcrul rnr loaUs of trooil nloolt , nnd will
kccji conMtinlly on liiind it lull its.'orlini-iil of
JHtAl'TunU UHIVINQ HOltSis : In cm- lots oral
DR. IMPEY.
Prnetlco Hmltcil to Dlsfjiscs of tli
EYE , EAR , NOSE AND THROAT ,
for all tunns of dofectivi
Vision. Artiflciul Eyes Iiisortcd ,