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THE OMAHA.DAILY BEE ; WEDNESDAY MAY 5 , 1886 , . DOESN'T ' WANT TO BE ROPED , Bccauso Piorson Says Ho Didn't Kill Watson B. Smith. HOW NODES' HEAD SWELLED. The Bricklayers nro Looked Out In * dieting- .Inll Ilirtl-SolC-Con- vlctcd Thieves -Nabbed In the Iltrdsoftlic Pen. John Pierson , fho lalo convict , and llio man now suspected of the murder of Watson li. Smith , is confined in the county jal. ( Ifo is n low-sized man , of medium weight , and swarthy counte nance. His looks are these of repulsiveness - ness acquired less from nature than asso ciation with criminals. Ho is cool and deliberate In conversation , nnd displays in what ho says more than the average amount of Intelligence. Ho is suspected of the great crime in question because of the statement of a former coll-mato in the penitentiary , who claims that Piorson admitted to him the commission of the act. His case is now being considered by the grand jury. Pierson was yesterday scon by a re porter for the liKR and asked for Ids statement , if any ho had to make , as re gards his connection with the Smith horror. " 1 don't know anything about it , " ho Bald. ' 'It's a perfect outrage , that's what it Is. I don't know any more about that murder than you do ; less perhaps , bo- causa I wasn't hero attlio time , and moro than that , never hoard of it. That was a story of the man I was "colling" with which swelledNobes1 head , and ho did it lust to "square" himself with the jailor. You see , Nobes , too , wanted to pot the reward by catching the murderer. Now I ain't no murderer , because I didn't know such a man as Watson B. Smith existed. As I tell you , it was n put up job. It just started with the man I was "colling" it with. Ho had made an httompt to escape from the "pen , " and was captured and then ho lost all his good timo. So ho tries to square himself and tells this story about mo and gets himself put into n cell with me , nnd then pretends that I ' give him the whole thing away. What would I give it away for ? Wouldn't that show that ! was a fool , because any man would know it would be the cud of mo. Nobes wanted to get the reward and put a feather in his cup of catching the murderer , and told Sutton that if I would confess committing the murder that ho would pay mo $300. Sutton sajd that Nobes had the strry written out in his room but that it would not bo well for him ( Nobes ) to ask mo to sign to it , so lie spoke to Sut ton to nsk mo. I asked him how ho thought an innocent man could sjgn such a thing to make a murderer of him self. Sutton paid Nobes had written out the statement in his own writing , but as it wouldn't look well to have it appear in his writing , ho wanted mo to copy it and sign. But I didn't want any $300. When ho found that I couldn't ' bo made to sign -Nobcs got mad and put mo in the dark hole and kept me there , oft' and on. about seven days' . My hands were tied behind me , and drawn up almost to my shoulders with a cord around my nock , so that I could scarcely walk and if 1 lay down I couldn't got up. And then I had only bread and water to live on , and not very much of these cither. * Every now and then ho would come to rue und ask mo if 1 had made up my Blind to confess , and I would tell him I 'Jid not have anything to confess. Ono day ho came and said ho was going nway , so I had better confess- and I turned nway and walked into the black hole. " Pierson was then serving a term for highway robbery and was discharged last February , whereupon ho was imme diately arrested to await the action of the grand jury. After leaving Piorson , the reporter sought Sutlon , who was parading in the open room below- Sutton is a blonde , puffed up witli the attention and nolo- torioty ho lias received , and declines to make any statement concerningPierson's alleged confession until ho goes before , the court. He is a nervous man and seems to bo constantly conning his story . lost it slip his memory. 1 1r NO COMPROMISE : . r Ik The Bricklayers Want No Committee ftI to Arbitrate. 1 The long-looked-for mooting of the 1i i Ij1 Bricklayers' Union was hold last evening 1t t p at their hall , corner Fourteenth and I Douglas streets. It was largely attended i nnd was mainly dovolod lo n considera t tion of tlto proposition of grading brick 1 layers as made by the contractors. The 1f 1t proposition was couched in these words : f , .VOMAJIA , Neb. , April 30 , ,18SO. 'lo the 1r 1 a , ' 'Bricklayers' Union : Wo. the undersigned r conti'aclors , have lids day considered your 1 - notification of the Increase of wages on and 1I t after May 1st , and nave passcu Iho following1 I resolution : t llc&olvod , That wo demand that the mini- j mum wages bo decreased to 40 cenls per hour , and that wo will agico to pay the best men DO cents per honr.antl wo will meet a commit- -v tee to classify. H. LIVKSIIY & Co. , f WlTllNlH.r. BlIOS. , ItocnroiiT & Ooiu.i ) , SlAIlTIN iTTNYKK , aioi Aimiun Jnii.vsotf , . iSKiiton & HuNTint , f Tuos. YATKS , KoilAN it WlTHNKLT- " " " ' The proposal was road and considered , but did not find a man in the assembly who was willing to accept the terms. After a careful discussion , it was ununi- f mously agreed thai the rates proposed would notuu accepted , und furthermore , that the Bricklayers' Union would not yiappolnt a committee to confer with con- " -"tractors , as proposed , upon the subject of _ classifying tlio tradesmen. * " This practically brings the discussion > to n point whore either concession must1 ! , bo made by some of tlio parties or else , . protracted period of idleness bo entered uiion by both contractor and artisan. * ' It bhould bo stated that the firm of * k , Sclroo & Hunter mentioned above are1 r only bookmakers , hiring no bricklayers , f ana consequently hud no right to sign * the document. p , Thomas Yules , whoso name is also ap- ' .ponded , signed with the understanding * that if the question wore not bottled by last Monday , ho would bo at liberty to withdraw , air. Yates yesterday asserted Ids rights und accordingly withdrew. The bricklayers are in the best of good humor over Iho matter , notwithstanding thai many of them have boon idle during the winter , They place tha responsibil ity upon the contractors. Six weeks ago , they notified the latter , at their own request - * quest , of thu proposed demand for increase creaseof wages. They did so , they claim , at the request of the contractors in 'ovder to enable the latter to bid upon spring and summer work. The men clium , therefore , the contractors have no v rpason to bo dissatisfied wlh the demand , Jslieoauso they have had ample time in . which to get ready for it in all the year's work. WThoy claim further that this is not a strike , but a lock-out. That on the morn , ing of the 550th ult. n number of the con tractors told their men they would pay , /'fifty cents per hour , but that in the evening - -ing they said that the men had bolter lie off The bricklayers fcol it will not bo 1 JODK before the conlructors will come 1,10 their terms , and they propose f-ih wait quietly and peaceably for that ' " rent. They are encouraged in this do- termination by knowJedgo that al ready the sympathy of mnnv ot the con tractors is with them and is displayed by n hearty acceptance of the rates demanded. Urlck Moul < tcrfl. Thcro will boa meeting of brick mould ers in Wolff's hall on the southwest cor ner of Twenty-second and Cuming street , this evening , nt which it is desired that every brickj moulder in Omaha bo present. It will bo hold sharp at 8 o'clock. The meeting is called by order of the vice-president of the Urlck Mould ers' union. _ The llovlvnl at the Exposition. On last evening the Exposition building hold an audience perhaps as large as any church in the city would accommodate. The song service at the beginning was lively and exhilarating. W. J. Slovens , the leader of the singing , has few equals In this line , and assists in the accomplish ment of good second only to the man agers of the meeting , llov. J. W. Stew art , presiding elder of the Nebraska City district , led in an earnest prajcr , plead ing with God graciously to bless the efforts of the evening' . Pastor McKalg advertised that a bible reading would be hold in the building at 10 o'clock tj-day , and the usual kind of service this evening. The women's mooting will take place at a o'clock p. m. , and nt 8 o'clock Dr , Lowry will preach. The customary collection was taken up to assist in defraying the expanses of the mooting , while a song was boiii" sung. Several ministers occupied the front of the platform. If no other good result shall como of the meeting , it is making a favorable impression abroad. Mr. Joplin read the following : A mother asked prayers for an only son who is far from God. Please pray for a daughter who is far from God. A father und mother dcsiro prayers for an only son , one of whom is in Omaha and one in Montana. Isaiah 45:23 : was read as a text by the evangelist , who said : This text oos on the supposition that the sinner is lost. And the word sup poses every sinner is blind and helnlcss 0,1 am glad that the Uiblo says : ' 'Look unto mo and bo ye saved. " Do jou know what this scripture suggests to my mind ? It leads mo to think of the children of Israel in the wil derness. They were powerless and could not help themselves. Hut Moses reared up a brazen serpent and said to the people , look and live. I fancy I sec motliors bringing their liltlo ones to be healed by looking upon the serpent. Although the bitten one could not com prehend why ho might bo healed , ho was as some of yon who have put to a test the ellicacy of looking to Jesus. I pray you may venture out on this line this evening. Now , tills great salvation includes the being absolved from the guilt of sin. How are you going to make it right with God , except you give cast thy soul upon the Lord Jesus CTirist ? lint I now want lo say that God will forgive your sins and remember them against us no more forever. You who are the very vilest of the vile may bo made clean. Ho will not only save us from the guilt of sin , but ho will save us from the power of sin. You shall bo glad that ho will work a change in our hearts , mak- iiiff us now creatures in Christ Jesus. But how can I be a Christian ? says Unit giddy lady. Ho will give you a new heart nnd uolp you to succeed in the Christian life. life.I I had as a bed-fellow last night a young man who a week since was on a drunken spree. But ho came to , Omaha and to llio Buckingham , and then to this meet ing , and lou/ul Christ. Ho told mo ho was so happy ho could hardly slccp.J Ho went over to Lincoln last Sat urday , and while transacting some busi ness with , a man who used so many oaths that he made the now convert shudder. Ho asked the man to omit the swearing till the business was done , and the man blushed. Ono week ago I could have ex celled him in the use of oaths. O , my friends , you may have a mansion in the skies , if you look to the son of righteousness. May God grant to save u.i for Christ's sake. Ilcv. Hitler offered prayer at the con clusion of his sermon , and then asked for the singing of No. 81 "Alas and Did My Savior iIccd" $ very softly. I would like those who luvvo looked to Christ and now live , to rise. Then ho wislioi all others who desired to live by trying this remedy , to rise. A largo num ber arose , and ho insisted still others would signify a. dusiro to bo saved from the guilt and power of sin. Every ono wishing to lind the Savior was invited to the inquiry room , and pret ty soon a number of workers began ask ing persons to accompany them to the side room to bo instructed as to the way to Und Christ. Progressive' Crosbytorlnnlsm. The following is tho.report . of the Second end Presbyterian church , Omaha , to the Omaha Presbytery , for year ending April 1,1880 : Number of older , 9 ; number of deacons , 0 ; added on examination , fll ; added on cortiliealo , 00 ; total mcmbnivship , 478. Contributions : To home missions , $500 ; foreign missions , $315 ; ministerial relief , $78 ; education , ? 85 ; siislentation , $43 ; frcrdmonlOnul : of colleges , $ -13 ; general assembly fund , 39.IO ( ; bible so ciety , ! M.07 ! : pastor's library. $30.40 ; deacons' fund. $110.10 ; Westminster mis sion , $30.27 ; Woman's Christian associa tion , $ iil)0 ) : ) ; Women 'sTeniporanco union. $31.150 ; Pipe organ , $3,233 ; Congregational purposes , $0,412.04. Sabbath school membership : High school , 1587 ; Westminster mission , 103 ; total , 549. Vfiughan Coming to Omalia. Ev-Mayor W. 11. Vauglmn , of Council Bluffs , has rented rooms on Fifteenth street , near Farnam , and will , in a few days , open up a business under the nama of the Nebraska. Iowa - and New York lleul Estate Exchange. Ho has effected an arrangement with a Now York firm und will come prepared to go Into the business on a largo scalo. Mr. Vaugiian was mayor of Council liluffs fpr three terms , and is one of the most widely known nion'in the we.steni country. . . He U an indefatigable worker. In connec tion with the real estate business Mr. Vaugiian will remove Ids paper , the Eagle , from Council Bluffs and publish "The Daily Real Estate Eaglu. " Mr. E. W. MayfloUl'a Hesluiiatlon E , W. Maytinld , ono of tlui oldest and most ofllciont telegraphers in this city , has soverpd his connection with the Western Union Telegraph company , and will now engage in another venture , which ho does not now desire to name. Mr. Mayiicld has boon in the Western Union'b employ for live years back , and latterly filled the position of manager and chief operator in a most capable manner. Ho tendered his resignation on the 1st of last February to take effect the 1st of this month , ami his place has ac cordingly been illicit by W. H. Wood- ring , late of Kansas City. The People's. The Two Orphans , as presented nt the People's theater last evening by the Kan sas City Museum Dramatic company drew a fairly largo und highly plcasod attendance. The characters were well assumed throughout , with ono oxcoplion. Miss Katie Dulton and Miss Emma Gates as the two orphans did especially effect ive work and were ably supported , linjjaro will bo presented to-uight. IOWA STVTK NKWS. The Soldiers' Homo Finally Tjocntetl nt MntshnlHown Other Itoim. ] ) r.fl MOI.NKS. May 4. [ Special Tdeumni. ] On tlio twenty-fourth ballot late this after noon the Soldiers' Homo was located at Mar- slinlllown. The vote standing six for that place and five for Dubuque. Afler the twen tieth ballot the to\\n iccclvlng the fewest votes each time wns dropped. Burlington being the List dropped nnd Ilioconlcst finally being n an owed down to Diibunuo and Mnr- filmlltown > vltli the icsult named. Marshall- town offers for the home 128 acres of land and a cash donation of 513,000. The pro posed silo for llio homo Is about one mlle and n half from the center of the city , forty acres of the tract being \\llhln llio corpora tion limits. JIUSIP TKAcnr.tm MUP.T The first annual convention of the Stnto Music Teachers' association begnn In this clly lo-ilny. The convention was called to order by President ( lodfioy , of Mount Vrr- lion. An address of welcome was given by Mayor Phillips and this was followed bv the annual nddiowof Piesldciit Godfrey. Musi- uid cxi'iciscs consumed the rest of the even- I UK. A largo number ot piomliiciit musi cians of the state arc present , and the con vention will continue till Friday. coNvn.viiox OK DENTISTS. The Stale Dental nssoclallon began lls twonty-llrst annual niccllug at Iowa City to day. The atlcndatico Is large , and great in terest Is shown In thu proceeding. 1'roil- ilnnl Plcknrd. of the state university , dcllv- cicd the nddrcss of welcome. The annual , address to the association wns delivered by Its president , Dr. A. Marscman , of Iowa City. Discussions on sovcral papers relating to dental work occupied the day. 8KTTMNO foil TUX OAPITOI. . The governor to-di\y appointed ox-Sonator Arnold , of Marshalltowh , to icprcscnt the state In lls settlement with Urn board ot capl- tel commissioners. The lost legislature pro vided that the board should bo abolished alturJnlv 1 and directed that a commission er should bo appointed to settle their ac counts. Mexican Gnttto Thieves in Texan. GA.r.vr.sroN , May 4. The News' Austin dispatch says : Governor Irulnml yesterday iccolvcd a dispatch stating a baud of Mexi can soldiers crossed Into Texas on the 1st lust , , 200 miles below El Paso , anil drove Into Mexico 275 head of cattle belonging to the ranch of J. C. McComb , Presidio county , Texas. The governor was'nsked to 01 der the stale rangers lo pursue the llilovcs , but Ad- jumit ticticral King replied that as the pur suit was not Immediately made the state troops would not bo permitted to cross Iho llio Grande now. and any redress must como thiough application to conjjiess. Klngiul- vlsoil McComb lo collect prool for Heprcbeiil- atlvo Lanham to use in calllm ; Iho attention of the fedcial authorities to the outrage. The Apache AVnr. XooAi.ns , Ariz. , May 4. Lieut Chile , of . Lebo's " 1C " Ninth colored Capl. troop , cavalry , ( ored , ) reached hero at daylight with dis patches from the front. Lebo had an hour's engagement yesterday aftoi noon with bos- tiles in the PiiiKCO mounlulns , losing one killed and ono one wounded and the Apaches killed. Doing unable to dislodge the hostilcs Irom their stioiighold , Lcbo withdrew the tioop. Troop "L , " tenth , and tioop "U. " fourth cavalry , left hero at 1 this morning to aid Lcbo in a second attack which ho pro poses to make on the Apaches. Extending l < 'rco Delivery. WASHIKOTOX , May 4. The house com mittee on po'stollices and postioads to-day In structed Uepresentallvo Dockcry to report favorably the bill to extend the tree delivery system to all towns containing 10,000 Inhabt- tauts whoso jross ? postal revenues for the year weio SlO.ooo or moie. Tlin ill also provides for three classes of letter cairlers , who aioto receive compensation of 81,1.03 , S800 and SCOO per annum icspectively. Lord Itcnconsflold as nu Adventurer. George Saintsbury in Magazine of Art for May : Lord Baaconslicld was an ad venturer in politics in very noarlythe same sense as Mr. Gladstone is an adven turer , and as Canning was. He was not nearly so much of an adventurer as Burke , and he was not very much more of one than Mr. Pitt. That is to say , Mr. Disraeli was not cradled and rocked and dandled into logislatorhood ; he had no political sponsors in English politics , and no did not belong to any of the great houses which have governed Great Britain , on llio whole for Great Britain's 8ood , during the" last few hundred years , n the other hand , ho was so little of an adventurer that lie entirely lacked , and never attempted to gain , the adventitious aids to political success which all the four distinguished persons above men tioned possessed. Ho did not como into public life as a nominee of a great man like Mr. Gladstone and Canning , or as a useful "devil" like Burke , or as a freelance , subsidised by a party hatred toagrcat minister , likTi Pitt. There is no duke of Newcastle , there ife no marquess of Kockinghani , there is no duchess of Marlboroiigli , in Lord Boa- consliold's career , lie fought the light with a barely sullieicnt independence of property , and with a great deal more than sullieicnt independence of charac ter. It is a subject of some arau omont to the critics of his detractors , that these detractors , at the very moment that-they decry Mr. Dibrach as an adventurer , quote wilh pride and joy Ihp heartburn ings of great lory magnates over his friendship witli llicir sons , and iling.s of tory members of parliament utthe gradu al progress of thih abtonbhinir aularkes- What I wish to point ouj.is that in Eng lish we don't call that kind of-sueco.ss the success of an adventurer ; \yo call it the success of a genius. Let us , to conclude , sum up the simple facts of what this adventurer- . Witlr out great fortune , without patronage , without popular agitation , without the popular subscription of money which two of his famous contemporaries Cobden - den and O'Connoll , did not disdain , lie raised himself from a vdry ordinary , though not mean , station to the- prime ministorsliip of England , and to fcomo- thing which has been mistaken by men not altogether fools for the arbitorshlp of Europe , 1 do not mention his earldom , because that has boon ntlalned by quite ptherguess sorts of persons , nnd Localise it has been suspected that at least one part of Mr. Disraeli's reasons for accept ing it was good-humored delight in fool ing that the fuel of Ids acceptancernudo n similar acceptance by oilier people , who would really have liked it much more , apolitical - political impossibility. As to what he did for Kngland we get once again into , contested matter. Lot it only bo said what the men before referred to , some of whom have not been doomed fools , thought he , aid for England. They thought and it would appear have not ceased to thine after seven twelve months and a day that he raised the country once moro to its proper position among European nations , after a gener ation of backsliding : that ho put it in a slate to maintain , if ho chose , that posi tion ; that ho ranked as a kind of pacilio Wellington , as a bloodless Marborough , us a restorer of English honor after long eclipse. Very likely they wore wrong ; on that point it would bo improper - proper to offer the least opinion hero. lint who else that can bo mentioned has ever spread such an opinion of himself and Ills actions not among the thirty millions , "mostly fools , " but among the thousands or hundreds , some , nt least , of whom are most certainly not foolish * 1 was walking not long ago with a friend of mine from whoso society I nnd it difficult to cut myself off , despite the extraordinary and most provoking diffi culty of finding out exactly what ho moans. The subject of Judunhctze hud somehow or other turned up , and 1 re marked , perhaps rashly , ' 'Alter all they have given us the greatest poet of the " "Yes " ho said * 'aud century. , , they have given us the greatest statesman.too. Anybody with ordinary talents can direct a development. It is not everybody that can arrest a decay. ' ' I duresuy wo were both talking uonsmiso ; yet there- are mo ments whim I doubt it. A STRANGK CASE. 11 " A Man In Ijlpjjbo'jnt the Mercy of ft Scir-'Ydmtt ) < cd Tcrjurcss. The grand j Vy ill the present term of the United Slalom circuit court will bo called upon to iiidict a man named McCarthy , now In the Iowa penitentiary , and who has ye\ \ some months to spend within Its walls , lie was convicted of intentionally trtfditfr a letter from the poslofllco at AUjlain Iowa , which was intended for somn other person. When on trial ho bribed n woman residing near him lo swear for ' 50 that nho was 'in the poslofllco at , the time ho called for mall , and that tlib .letter ho received was not the ono with which ho was charged. Since that time the woman in ques tion has coma to reside bore , after having , it seemed , traveled around and enjoyed herself , dressed in the attire of a man. Her relations with McCarthy , whatever they may have been , seem to have bcon discontinued. Ills now proposed to Iiavo McCarthy arrested as soon as ho is discharged from the pen itentiary , upon the Uniting of inducing this woman to commit perjury to save him. It is believed that the fair pcrjurcss whoso name is Swan and who was before the grand jury yesterday , has testified to McCarthy's solicitation and known falsi fication , but no Indictment has yet been returned. John Piorson , the man suspected or charged with having murdered Watson B. Smith , was brought Into rourt and surveyed the grand jury without , how ever , making any objection to them. Judge Dundy instructed the jury that the investigation of the murder of Wat son B. Smith , was the principal subject which would , engross their attention , And in view of Iho shortness of the funds it would bo advisable to conduct tholr in vestigation with as great dcspatcli as pos sible. The district attorney would pre sent to thorn only such evidence as he thought would save valuable timo. He regrottcd to state that the cause of jus tice had been somewhat interfered with bccauso of the publication by a ccrtian paper , between llio time of adjournment nnd reconvening of ono grand jury of evidence of importance concerning a certain - tain case , thus making it possible for cer tain witnesses to get beyond the reach of the court. The evidence could have been secured only by the dishonesty of some member of the. grand jury and ho cautioned , the members , therefore , to keep inviolate the proceedings of Ihcir Investigation. Melvin Teitfort , for robbing the mail al Kendall in this State , of a $30 register ed letterpleaded guilty and was remand ed for sentence. Hugh C. Swartwood. the defaulting postmaster at Elm Crook , pleaded guilty and was also remanded for sentence. Board or Education Itcporr. The annual report of the board of education for the year ending May 1 , 1833 , has just bcon completed. The pamphlet is a handsome piece of work anil contains , in1 addition to very full re ports , perfect ctijs of , the different school buildings of tlioiily , Secretary Couoyor's financial report shows that the receipts for the your cud- ing Juno yn , 1835' ' , wore as follows : Flom levy ot IRH'and Tractions of pievlous yeais X. . . 'P. ' S C0.001 7 ! ) From tuition niuUtniieellaiicotis. 747 00 Fioiu state appoitlonment 19,17903 From fines and licenses * ' 107,23 09 o ' ) Total receipts 524 ,10180 Balance on hand1 March 31,1S34. 14,97409 Total available , for'car S2C2,9.)9 49 The expenditures ' -amounted to $331- 013.40. concludes his ' saying : _ _ . _ of school youths according to the ftonShs of last April , was 11,203 ; a gain over last year of 8'Jo. The gain of the previous ( year -was 1,410. This indicates that the rate of growth of the city is not as rapid as it was a year ago. ago."The total enrollment of pupils for the 3'car was 0,273 , an increase over that of the previous year of 397. The increase of the year 1883-4 was 015 ; and of the year 1883-3 , 711. While this falling off in the gain is partly duo to the retarded growth of the city , it is no doubt chiclly duo to other causes. " MoYongli's ilohher. On last Sunday a fellow named Brown entered the residence of James McVeagh onlho _ corner of Twelfth and Cas3 , and robbed the place of a gold watuh , lady's chain , charm- , ring and other jewelry. The .goods , of course , wcro missed and Defective Dingman's advice .scoured. He suggested the pawnbrokers in both Omaha and Council Bluffs , bo informed of the nature of the goods stolen. This .Was done , and accordingly , yesterday , the chain when presented lo Goldstein the Council Bluffs pawnbroker , was immediately - mediately recognized. On , the ground _ that it had to be tented , a delay inthe proposed purchase took place , the police were informed and Brown was jugged , Yesterday Judge Stonbcrg issued a war-j rant-for grand larceny against Brown , whicli will bo the basis upon which to obtain a requisition to have Brown brought to this city for punishment , lc- ) ( caiiiio MeVoagh intends to make him suf- .for , especially since nothing but his wife a "djialh cm : bo discovered. ' Factory Messrs. Usher & Uu sell , llio now iron founders and machinists , came up from , Kansas City last night and enrolled at the Paxton , They brought with them plans and specifications for thnir now ; buildings to bo eieetediin Bedford Placo. Tiio-io specifications will bo submitted to builders to-day and to-morrow , and com prise descriptions of a foundry and machine - chine shop of both wood and brick , 70\- 145 and 120x00 respectively , in dimen sions , The work of creeling these must bo proceeded witli immediately bccauso the works must bo running before the 15th of Juno. These gentlemen have already taken hold of a number of the U. P. moulders and are directing their work , and when the new shops arpjbuilt will transfer thorn from their present places. Close Qu'artors. ' Jailer Miller ufcyal the county jail is now sheltering eighty-ono-criminals and suspects and seven. lusano people. It is crowded almost- suffocation. It gives evidence of boUtgL entirely too small for the purpose for which it was erected. A well known citi/Am rehiarknd ot it , yes terday : "Tlio thtfg fgoks more like a toy than an institution intended for tlio re tention of criminal ? * . " In ono of the cells yesterday , ajjo'ut the size of a sleep ing car sectlon ( | ( Uiojc wore seven men confined , and so imri'mv wore the limits of the place that thoyJiad to put up their bunks in upper tinu lower tiers to got along at all. A ( Jentlonian'8 Mar rl ace. Robert Gentleman , a cousin of William and Thomas Gentleman , formerly of this city , and now of Platte county , was mar ried on last Monday to Miss Mary Carrig , at Platte Centre. The couple start out in life under the most favorable auspices. TThen Bby w * rick , we gtre her ftutoiU , Wlien tha WM Child , ( bo cried for CeitorU , When ibo 1 > ecme Ulu , * fca clang to CutorU , Wtea § h hd CUU4 n , t * T them C nrovltlcfl , Worklngmon wore yesterday at work repairing llio Iiorsn car track at' the cor ner of Farnam and Fifteenth streets. The body of llttlo.Nettio . Curtis , tlio daughter of Col. Curtis of this city , was fslnped ycsttcrdny to Cubtiquc , Iowa , orintormen . A number of Omaha physicians loft Monday and yesterday to atlond the meeting of the American Medical associ ation in St. Louis. The county county commissioners have decided lo employ the taxes in dispute on Dr. Mercer's property in grading and im proving tlio military road. Trinity Brotherhood will hold tholr an nual service at the cathedral on Sunday ovouing , when an address will bo deliv ered by the Hev. J.S. Faudo , of Michigan' Sheriff McUann , of Dubuque , la. , was in the city yesterday securing a witness In an important murder c.iso that will bo hoard in Dubuque at the May term of the district court. About Ion o'clock Monday the light ning caused the cloctrio llglil wires to break connections. The consequence was that all over the city the electric lights were extinguished. Miss Jcanin May will give n piano recital - cital on Thursday evening assisted by Nal M. Brigham , nt Meyer's hall. Very neat programme invitations have bcon issued for the affair. Matt Clair , hitherto city passenger ngont for the Rock Island road , has bcon appointed traveling agent of the road , which will take him out on the road for three weeks in the month. The women shirt ironers in the City Steam Laundry stiuck yesterday for an increase in wages. The management're- fused to acpodo to their demands , and filled their places with other ironers. Emma Rich has filed a petition in the district court , asking to bo divorced from her husband , Frank Rich. Cruelty , .neglect , and the vicious character of the man , are presented as grounds for the divorce. President Meyer of tlio board of trade has callud a myuting of the boaid and of the' citizens generally for Ihroo o'clock this afternoon , in order to discuss with Senator Van Wyck matters of in terest to the oity and state. Gen. Crook , tlio now commander of the department has nolycljappoiuled his aide do camps. When asked yesterday when ho intended to do so , ho replied , "I can't tell you that. I am in no hurry. There is no law , I believe , against n man's doing his own work if ho so chooses. " The cigarmakors' picnic will bo given at Hascall's park , on Sunday , May I ) , as pur the programme prepared for last Sun day. The proceeds of tno picnic , if not needed by the Missouri Pacific strikers , will bo used for tlio general relief of any organUcd labor strikers who are in need of help from their follow workmen. Ati llio annual meeting of tlio Oregon Short Line Railway company stockhold ] ers held at tlio Union Pacific headquar ters in this city lately the following trustees wcro elected : Charles Francis Adams , ir. , Fred L. Ames , F. Gordon Dexter , Lhsha Atkins , * E/.ra H. Baker. The only chadgo was that of Mr. Baker for Mr. Callaway. Monday the last complement of Buf falo Bill's great show passed through Council Blulls on their way to St. Louis , where they will join their chief. They consist of about seventy Indians , male and female , from the White River agency , and form the best looking col lection of copper colored moitals ever aggregated. A very interesting service for the deaf mutes ol the oily und neighborhood will bo given in Trinity cathedral , Omaha , on Friday evening. The Rev. A. W. Mann , himself a deaf mute , will interpret a ser mon by himself which will be read by one of tlio cathedral clergy. A collee- lion will be taken for the deaf mule mis sion. sion.A A wild-eyed young man rushed into Iho Union Pacilic depot ; yesterday and commenced to make an.uous inquiries about a woman whom lie described us being "red headed and pretty. " Ho said she was his wife and was trying to run away from him. An investigation ro- yealcd the fact that the fellow was labor ing under an overload of red-eye , and the lady in question was his cousin , who "shook" him on the street , not wishing to be seen in his drunken company. Personal 1'araurnphs. Emmet Barber , of Creighton , was in lown yesterday. Dr. S. II. Knowlos has returned from Bollcvuo hospital , New York. ' ! E. IJ/.Ito'bcrts , the loading jeweler , of Dunlap , Iowa , spent Saturday in the city. E W. Weeks , a prominent attorney of Guthrie Centre , Iowa , was in the city .yesterday. Hon. Lcandor Girard. president of the Columbus National bank , was in tlio city yesterday. W. Johnston. "Fremont , Geo. Ponell , 'Falls Qity ; W. J. Slinson.Oakdalu , are at lhoCauliold. M. K. Bruce , registrar of the land office at Niobrara , was among Iho distinguished gentlemen in town yesterday. C. W. Sherman , Roburl C. Windham , Sam M. Glmpman , a party ot Plaits * > mouth people , worn in Omaha yesterday. .folia La Pascho , of Sohuylor , and troastiroV/of / Colfax county , accompanied by Judge Rus-i'oll , of the same place , wcrojhi town yesterday. A delegation from PJattsmouth came to Omaha to-day for the purpose of Induc ing Senator Van Wyck to procure an ap- , propriatlon for ' a now postollieo building in that cily. Mr."Arnold Barber , representing a largo New York firm , has come to Omaha wiltiihis family to make this city his per manent homo. Mr. Barber has lakon thu hoii o No. 2207 Farnam street. Charles MoU loft yesterday for St. Louis , from which point lie will join Iho delegation to the United Stales Uatw- ors association , who leave on MayStu by special train to attend the couvonlion which meets in San Francisco May 20. Mr. Motz will bo the only Omaha brewer present at the convention. John A. Kohoo , ono of the leading citi zens of PJutto Centre , is in town in at tendance upou the grand jury. He re ports his town as enjoying a steady growth , with its business district pavtu with planks , and the citizens about to start n bank , winch will bo incorporated in a few days. John I > . Blair. The eighty-four years which have passed since Mr. John D. Blair was born have loft him in the possession of a halo and hearty condition not often gained by mortals. This distinguished gentleman was among : the early projectors of the Union Pacilic , andgavoof his own means ? 1,000,000 toward building it. Ho is now in attendance upon a case before the United Stales circuit court. In a test to ascertain tlio resistance to depression of American white oak it was found thai the ultimate crushing stress on a stick Iwonty-fivo inches long and dimensions of 11.83x4.31 inches was 70.7 Ions. There are several photographers in New York who have posed , collectively , over 3,000 dogs and cats. Ono of them says that in most instances the photogra pher is not permitted to touch the ani mal. 'I ho dog is taken into the gallery in a basket by a waiting maid , the mis tress spreads a costly rug on the table and the dog la posed in different atti tudes. , East wind brings rheumatism ; St. Ja cobs Oil drives it away. It never rcturns- ADDITIONAL OOHNOIIi BLUFFS NEWS The HI tiffs Council. A meeting of the city council was liold last evening , nt which nil worn present except Alderman Hnnnnor and Mayor Chapman , Oliver Lower petitioned for the restor ation of a corlilicato of grading assess ment , which ho had paid but lost , Re ferred to the city atlornoy , with power to act. act.The ordinance fora change of grade on Worth struct was read a second time and laid over. An ordinance providing for the enforce ment of the collection of special as sessments for city improvements , wna read and laid ovur. The matter of llio city markets , and the claims of this city wolglimaslor lliat hu should bo protected in his ollico , and al lowed to have its emoluments , was to have conic up for consideration. The aldermen claimed they had not had time enough to investigate , and it was dropped to bo brought up nt some in- dolinato time in the future. Conimilteo reported in favor of paying $ lt > 0 for lot 7 , block 23 , Everett's addi tion , lot being damaged by tUo sewer ditch. Report laid over. A numbur of sidewalks wcro ordered built , as follows : North side of Fifth avenue , between Ninth street and south west corner of Aylesworth's lot ; south side of West Pierce street , from Glen av- ciuio to the west corner of the Latter Day Saints' church ; west side of Tenth street , from Twenty-second avenue to Twen ty-third avenue ; cast side of Tenth street , from Twenty-first av enue to Twenty-second avonuoj south side Broadway from Northwestern railway track west to the bridge ; east side of Scott street from Mynster to Broadway , north side of Thirteenth avenue from Main street west to alloy ; west side of Eighth street from Seventh to Eighth avenue ; south side of Sovouth avenue between Eighth and Ninth streets ; in front of ttio Engfe property on Main street ; north side of Tenth avenue along same property east side of North Second from the alloy to Vine street ; cast side of North Second from bridge to Washington avenue ; on Broadway from the dummy depot to the Northwestern depot. In all the above there is to be , on residence streets , whcro placed on permanent street , the parking done , also , as re quired by ordinance. The engineer was instructed to adver tise for bids for building sidewalks on East Bluff street , from Willow avenue to Fifth avenue ; East Eight street , south from Broad way to the alloy. The council then adjourned until this evening. THE SHADOW AT TEE BRIDAL. "Ainslic , I want to have a talk with you como and smoke , " said Wilfrid Denver , a young fair-haired lieutenant of the forty-second regiment of the High land Brigade. Captain Ainslic was his scnlsr by some years ; but Wilfrid had gained his friend ship entirely. lie yielded to his request. The pipes were lit , and soon tlioy passed from lighter topics to one of deeper interest , when Wlltrid told a story to his friend of a romantic Unit love which had made of his hard life in the Crimea , a tender , sweet idyl. Ainplio was silent , regarding the lad's Unshed , animated face with a sad ex- prcsMon on his own grave features , for ho roali/cd that ere the setting of the next day's sun his companion might belying lying coldly rigid on the liuld of battle. "You have not told mo her name , " said Ain.slio. "It is Constances. " "And your marriage is the day fixed ? " "No such luck ! " ejaculated Wilfrid. "Wo .should have to wait for some years for my promotion. " "Oh , you arc not engaged ? " "No. I expect to got her letter to morrow the letter which will toll me all. Ainslio , if it comes too late , will you lav " it unopened upon my breast and bury it "with me ? " The captain turned his dark eyes affectionately on his comrade's face as be responded : "If it comes to that , yes ; but , old fellow don't bo down in the mouth ; hope for better tilings. " The battle was over. The carnage , the awful slaughter , the liorco struggle of man to man , was passed , and all that remained on the heights of Alma to mark the track of red-handed war were ghastly mound of crushed human beings and horses mingled in gory confusion. With unavailing sorrow in his heart , Paul Ainslio gazed on the scene , for his errand there was a .sad one. His came to hock among the slain the body ot his friend , who had fallen. Ho found the still form. He looked down on the face last been so bright with life , ami the learn gathered blowiy in his dark oyes. He held an unopened hitler which had just reached the camp. It was addressed to Lieutenant Denver , in a woman's writing. With a deep sigh Paul laid the letter on the young ollicer'.s breast ; and thus , with his beloved words close to the pulseless In-art , Wilfrid Denver was laid to rent in his rude grave. * * * One night live years after the war is over , Paul Ainslio mingles with llio crowd al a fashionable ball in llio height of the London season. Such gay assem blies are not much to his la te , but ho is drawn to this gnlhuring hounuso the idol of his heart is among llio trne.it.s. Constance - stance Beaumont is singularly beautiful. Paul bus boon dancing with her , The delight of her presence overwhelms him. Bending until their eyes meet he whis pers : "Come with mo. " Jn the cooldimly-lighted conservatory , with the splash of falling water mingling with the dreamy strains of music , lie asks her one low , narncst question , "Con- slanco , will you bo my own ? " Her heart answers him. They are quite alone , and oven as she siglis tremulously , ho has her in his arms , oloso against his throbbing heart. She drags away from his toiien with a shudder , exclaiming- wildly , "Panl Fault you must not love mo ! Scok not to unite your life with mine , for the shadow of death Is in my path ! " Paul sunles superior to her feitrs. "My darling , if you love me , 1 will never relinquish you. Death cornea to all lives ; but it will not fall the sooner on either of us beoauso those lives are one , " ho says , "But if my love should only bring you misfortune ? " she urges. "I will risk that , Constance. Health , happiness , life itself , are nothing without you ! " * * It Is Paul Alnsllo's wedding-day. The sunlight streams throutrht the stained glass windows , casting gorgeous tints on the church floor. Thu ceremony begins ; the solemn words arc spoken. Paul stretches forth his hand to plight their troth , while Constance's slight lingers flutter inlo his palm. Ho is about to press them In a warm clasp , when an icy hand steals in between and a shudwoy form stands before the bride. Her arm fulls to her side. An awtul pallor comes upon her face , With lips apart , with eyes distended in horror , she confronts the phantom ; llion , with one long , wild cry ' 'Wilfrid ! Wil- frldl" she falls like a stone Into Paul's arms. The bridal guests crowd around her ; there U a hum of voices , a whispered murmur of sound ; but Constance knows nothing1 , sees nothing. White and still , with dosed cycllda like the dead , she re . and thus ho boars her from the church , In the same state she is borne from the carriage and laid upon her bed. Constance lies in a stupor resembling death , Her lover's heart seems to bo break ing. Ho has tried all restoratives in vnfiii Hurled from joy's greatest height to woo's deepest abyss , ho scarce can boar the pain and live. Ho throws himself upon his knees beside - side the coueh and clasping her Inani mate form to his throbbing Iioart in a paroxysm of despair ho moans : "Oh , Constance , my beloved , comeback back to life and me ! " As if in answer to Ids prayer she moves , her dark eyes opening upon him with a wild cazo as of fear ; then there comes a passionate burst of wcopiug which shakes her from head to foot. "Thank God ! " cries Paul. "Her reason will bo spared ! " The storm of toar.s spends ilself at last nnd Coiistanco beckons to nor lover. "Send them away , " she says of lltoso who surround her. " 1 have much l < > say lo you , Pauls but wo must bo alono. " They are left together. Rising from the couch she totters towards him , stretching out her arms. "Tako mo , Paul , my love , for the last , last tlmol" she cries , In a voice quivering with pain. Ho draws her to his heart ; ho Holds her there as though nothing again shall sever them , and thus sue tolls him the story of her life. Seaicoly has she spoken ore Paul knows their doom issoalcdtlml ; phantom form is before him ; that ley grip scorns to freeze his blood with a nameless horror. She had loved Wilfrid Denver. The loiter he had laid on the young officer's cold breast contained her accept ance of his offered hand. When the news of the death reached her she had resolved to live unwcddod , for his sake. But after years had passed Pi < id's devoted love won her heart ; and in spite of a warning presentiment , she accepted linn. "Constance , " cries Panl , ' 'doyon seri ously mean to say thai this phantom is to sever us ? " "It must bo so. I am bound to the dead , and oven in the grave ho claims my promise. " "But , Constance. I " She interrupts him. ' 'Dearest , look hero. " Taking from her desk a folded paper , she puts in his hand. It is Wilfred Denver's last letter. On the first page are traced these words ; "It may bo that ere I receive your an swer the answer which will bring joy or desolation I shall be lying dead upon the battlefield. Yet , should thai be my fate I believe that even in death I shall know if you return my love. And , my darling , 1 fear that should another claim your troth , in after years I shall rise oven from my grave to stand between you. " "You see , " Constance says sadly , "Wilfred keeps his word. I pledged my self to him ; ho claims thai trolli is dcaln. Paul say farewell. I shall never bo your wifo. i am promised lo Iho dead1 ! ' WITH HIS FLYNG MACHINE. Professor Tichcnor , WlnRS nnd All Falls to the Ground Al most Killed , Special to the Now York Morning Journal from Hamilton , N. J. , April 28 : Professor Tichonor very nearly killed himself last evening ; while atlcmpling to use his Hying machine. Four years ago tlio professor , who , although a man of considerable education , has many peculiar notions , commenced work upon a Hying machine. Month after month ho studied assiduously to perfect his scheme to make man equal to a bird. Ho sent a number of invitations lo diflorcnt scientific people and friends a week ago asking them to come and witness fiis first public exhibition on his machine. Several hundred persons gathered around the tall oak tree from which the professor proposed bailing into the clouds at 5 o'clock last evening. A plat form was creeled over a hundred foot from Iho ground , and promptly on time the professor made a wild leap and com menced lo Hap his wings. _ Three small balloons suspended him in air and an immense pair of bilk wings , almost circular in shape , propelled him with a wave-like motion for fully a hundred feet above ground. The trial appeared to bo a success. While the llirong &houled and cheered however , ono of the small balloons broke loose and llio left wing became entangled in the rope. Down the profo.ssor came Hat upon his knees from a distance of eighty feet. Had IIIH fall not been broken by the two remaining balloons and wing the fall would have kill him instantly. As it was the shock rendered him insensible and made him a subject for Dr. Allan's care. His loft arm and ankle are broken but it is 8uid ho declares Iho experiment a success and proposes trying it again. I'ORinllicii ClnuijjCH. Postollieo changes in Nebraska and Iowa , during the week ending May 1 , 1880 , fimimhcd by Win. Van Vleck of the postollieo department : Ni ; IIAsKA. Discontinued. La JUiho , Keith Co. ) Moody , Frontier Co. Postmasters appointed. Bordeam , Dawes Co. , Win , B. Mussingor ; Danno- brog , Howard Co. , Christian C. Hanson ; Maeon , Franklin Co. , S. II , Douglass ; Madison , Madison Co. , Thomas O'Shoat Wild Rablt , Dawson Co. , Edgar C. Stan * loy. IO\VA. Discontinued Little River , Dccatur county. Postmasters Appointed Albaton , Mon- ona county , Victor Duboid ; Badger , Webster county , Christain Mosness ; Bon- durant , Polk county , L. F. Kennedy ; Douglas , Fayette county , Seth D. Hoag * land ; Gladstone , Tamil county , W G. Wheat ; liougliton , Leo county , John Sohriovor : Middle River , Madison county , J. E. Shinier ; Mingo , Jasper county , Ira Ciimmings ; Olllo , ICnokuK county , Min nie RogasjSpniguovillo , Jackson county , Herman C. Groth ; Zero , Lucas county , 11. W. Glltlngor. , It is related Uiat a lame ox in Glouces ter , Eng. , had boon turiuul out to crass , but Im'broko imsluro und made ills way to a blacksmith's shop. Hero ho look his place in Iho shoeing frame and hold up a crippled foot to the curious smith. Tlio difficulty was a small stone under the shoo. Quick In action , sure in effect Rod Star Cough Cure ; 25 cents a bottlo. . Two cltl/.uns of Gibson , Ga. , went to 1 aw about the ownership of a red rooster valued at 25 cents. Thocaso was tried In a justice courtnnd , it has now been taken 1 to the superior court. The custodian of the rooster presented it to u minister , who killed and ale it. The warmer weather often has a depressing pressing and debilitating effect. Hood'u barsaparilla overcomes all languor and lassitude. A grayhound in BulfaloTliursdaymndo the lowest ollicial running record in thu world. The hound was given three trials. In thollrst ho made tlo | 200 yards in 11 } seconds- , llio second ho covered the distance in 121 seconds , and in the third ho made the romurknble record of 121 seconds , the lowest otlicial record in the world. . , AWe il < rkic * , BcuniUUttBdqulckwrM. Trill put- uu. t uJHuuip if MiM i iiicuiu . Adfrui , Dr. WARD * CO , . LOUISIANA , BQh ,