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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 22, 1886)
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SATURDAY , MAY 22 , 1886. J. L. EICE AND D. S. MOOEE , EALJ. STATE BROKERS , JBl B HBM HMHnKMMaBHHHMMHBMBHHnM nMBHHMHMMHHHBHm HMKBHMBHBHBH d. E , cor , 13th and Douglas. Over Commercial National Bank , Real Estate Sold on Commission Only , Houses Rented Free pf Charge- -Oak Hill addition , this side of Park Forest , South Omaha , positively the finest residence property and the cheapest lots , that are sure to double in value within the year. Call and let us take you out to Oak Hill and see for yourself . We.are the sole agents for this beautiful addition , n 8 lots , 4 room house , barn and well , Wnlnut Hill ; cheap at * 1,800. Fine lot 00x108 , Shull's 2d add , 5 room house , tine improvements , iron fence , lawn nnd trees ; owner iroing nwoy , must ell. Price 93000. Half cash. ( iood 4 room house and lot , Parker's add. $2,000 , long time. 8 or 4 special bargains in Improved farms in Nebraska , that will pay you to investigate , We have a splendid 740 aero slock ranch in Iowa , on U. , U. 1. & P. Ry. Price $30,000 , and a bargain at that price. Railroad lands $ ; J.OO to $3.00 per aero Lot on 10th st. , 00x200 , 5 room house , fl.OOO. j of block 0 , Bowery Hill , together with 5 now houses , 4 largo rooms.$9,000. 5 room house , lot 22x00 , on 17th street Cor Hurt , on easy terms , $2,500. Lot 75x10 ; ! , with 3 room house and basement , cistern , trees , etc ; bargain , $1.800. lliilf lot with 5 room house , Heed's 1st ndd. $2.550. Corner lot , 5 room house , Clarendon , $2,000. Modern 7 room house , E , V. Smith's ndd. lot 00x140 , $4.000. 2 lots Mimobaugli and Saunders n , dd $050. 25 lots in West Ctmilng ndd $250 to S450 each , on small payments and long time. 20 lots in Lowe's 1st add , $500 to $700 easy payments. .prchard . Hill lots , § 150 to $700 , i down , long time. 4 beautiful lots in Burr Oak , S800 to $000 each. Lot70xl 3 , McCormick's , $3,000. Lot 83x100 " " 82,500 2 elegant lots in Marsh's add , each 51,800. 5 beautiful lots in Clarendon add , each 800. 580 aero farm , 150 acres improved , 20 miles from'Qinalia , $20 per acre , $3,000 cash , balance long time at 0 pur cent ; cheap. PEltSONAL We Jicive lots in every addition in Omaha on easy terms and small payments and we have on hand a mimber of decided bargains - . either in ucant . lots or improved residence - - - - - dence wit to .THUS the wing early and late. A COMPLAINT NOT CATCHING. Orfp. 'Twos on a nioinlng dull aud raw. That by a river bank 1 .saw In comfortless position , A innn beneath a willow tree With hook nml line the heel : and ho Being clcaily bent on llsliln' . I watclicu.'fciui ' ply Ills patient task And oltciiifclt Incllaed to ask It hi ! had hod a nip ; Hut everyHlmo that I essayed To say a word the angler laid ills tinner ou my lip. And so wo watched with easier look The little lislios round the hook ( They sometimes smoltand shook it ) ; Hut somehow they were up to snuff , A smell was always quite enough They'd snuff Hie worm ami hook It. The livelong day wo sat together. Unmindful of the dampish weather , One end In view one wish ; Forgetting time was on the whip , Forgetting meals and everything , For-gettlng all but lish. The sinking sun a parting ray Shot through the murky air ; the day Was tinning Into night. At length wo lose and gave It up , For 1 had had all day no sup , , While he had had no bite. Wo wandered homeward arm in arm And Hought a drop ot something warm Where such suppoit Is sold. My day was not In vain , nor his. For we had caught the rhctinmtis And i had caught a cold. HONEY FOU THE LiADlKS. Gingham and sateen dresses are trimmed with lace. Cut glass beads servo as a finish for neck and slcovo. Fancy straws are edged with straw balls Instead ot beads. Parisians wear bodices differing In color fiom the skills. A Havana , III. , woman is now living with her ninth husband. Festoons of jet brads are arranged upon ' thefionta of vlsltes. Lavender and \\hlto are worn for deep mourning for house dresses. Black .silk dresses may have rovers , vest collar uml cult's of. black velvet. Fine while mull dicssos have alternate flounces of lace and embroidery. Plain biirah and foulard are combined with v + tAit : > n plaid of the same materials , * * 'L1neiH for sunfuibr wear have thread-like stripes , dark tigures or small checks , Black ciopo do chine and grenadine will Lo worn for d oep mourning this summer. Itlbhons for sashes are of satin-fared velvet and double-faced satin with plcot-edge. The Lowell Courier has heard of a young ; lady In that city who lit an Anna-kissed. JS'Ksaurial lace , with bead omhioldery Is em ployed fur panels , vtM.s collars and enlfs. Mine. Wilson. daughter of President diuvy , has Hue black c'ji't and agicat taste lor art. Hands of Hrcton embroidery aio used for trimming canvas materials , serges , jackets and Jcisoy bodices , Mulhonsi ) or Alsatian cretonne and Stamped ' 'r > atlni'tto" am shovui in excellent deigns fur summer \\ear. Opcuvyoik striped tissues and transparent canvas navu coriospondlng tatletas or faille to coniph'ttJ the costume. Bonnet crowns ate a continual surprise horseshoe , lieait shape , Indented , pulled out , bfjuaro , oblong and iiniud. Pink and mauve aru ilyal colois this sea- sun. I'tiUc Is combined with a variety of colois , as eieen , heliotrope and blue. Sky blue Is never out of fashion. The new blues have a trroyish tint , although the latest vaiiation of this color Is us dark as sapphire. Mr * . Buckingham , the richest woman fiult farmer In California , has an oichaid a JnSlu long , with row after row of pear , cherry , l > eaoh nnd apricot trees. White cotton cmbiolderylnallovcrdesfgns is wen upou colored Scotch ginghams , and who blown , dark blue , and garnet leaves and tlouerson pulu green mound ? . A bonnet of palo yellow straw Is trimmed with folds ut lilac Velvet and a group ot yel- Fine corner in Shinn's add.HamiltonSt. together with 5 room house aud room to build 2 more , $3,500. 7 lots in Pltdnvicw add , block 7 , 2 cor ner , the bunch at $3,100. Only a few days at this price. Corner , Shlnn's 2nd add , C3xl20l,000. 50 lots llanscoru Place , 8830 to 2,500 each. Lot on 10th st. 50x100 , Hartman's add $2,000- , hull cash. C'acros In Brookline. $500 per aero 15 acres in Bonliold , $250 to $300 per nr.ro , 20 acres half inilu S , Syndicate Hill , $150 per acre. 1 acres choice inside , fine improvement li milu from P. O. , $13,500. 4 acres choice inside property , $15,000. 11 miles from P. O. Oxford Plnoolnt , only $300. notlirt foot , next to postollico , Council muffs , JOXW ( : half cash. * 80ncre < lii Cuss county , worth 810 per aero , prlco $ , ' ,613. IGO-ncro Improved farm In rturt county , 50 miles from Onmlm. $ 5j per ncru. 5 lots , with S corners , lloyd's addition , the buncli ntlriW. 010-iioto Iraprovoct farm In Sherman Co , Neb , Omlloa from Loup City und rnllronil , will trailo for improvol nHlilunou property In imy llvo town or city : prlco f 3,5.10. Bplondta Insldo property on Siumdors st.just ott CumlilK st , fronting on " streets , sultixlilo for business und roildunco property , lot 02x100 , together - gothor wltli I0-ronni 2-ttory lioiiso : prlco $0'JM. Iluslnoss property , North 18th st , on car Imu M.OOO. For Sale or Trade 80 aero improved farm in'Saunders Co. , 4J miles from Ash land , 28 miles from Omaha , $35 per acre. For Sale One acre fronting Leaven- worth st. , Thornburg , $3,000. For Sale 4 acres in West Omaha , $10- 000. for one week only. 32x133 foot on Cuming st. bet. 17th and 18th , $ ' 2,050 till June 1st. Elegant mansion on Dodge " st. , includ ing furniture , $35,000. , . , Modern fl-room , st6ry and one-half residence , Georgia ave , , Hanscom , ? t,000 low and purple iris. The colors are so soft that the clfect Is quite charming. A hat of medium height of twine colored straw is trimmed with brown velvet and a coiiulileof gold lace , among the folds of which aio birds of paiadlsc feathers. Miss Miller danced herself to death. She lived at Gcuesse , M. T. She went to a ball , danced all night and wont home to bed. wheie , the following day she was louud dead. American zeDhyra are much finer in text ure and more handsomely colored than over before , and are shown In stripes , Mikado designs aud embroidered patterns in boxes. White batiste collars and cuffs , with printed holders In led aud blue , with nain seek cravat having an embroidered design on the cuds of the bow , are worn with walk ing costumes. Near Aptos , N. M. , resides a young lady whoso dark hair measures live feet and trails on the ground when she Is standing. Un- douMedly she possesses the lincst head of hair In the country. Doctor Yes madam , I think you are over- woiked. I'atient Hut do look at my tongue , doctor , and tell mo why it looks so badly. Doctor Oh , that Is also the lesult ot over work. [ Now Haven News. Husband ( Impatiently to wife ) "I told you 1 only wanted halt a cup of tea , and , as usual , vou have lilted It to the top. Don't yon know what half full Ib' . " ' Mother-in-law ( grimly ) "She ought to by this time. " " 1 can't sing , " said the ynunir lady when invited to waiblu ; but she complied upon being lurtiier pressed. When she had lin- Iblied , Fogg thanked her , and auded , sotto voce : "I'll never doubt anybody's word again. " He was looking for a ilch wife and thought ho was on the trail. " 1 lov ) you , " ho said to her In rich , warm tones , "more than 1 can tell you In woids. " "You'd hotter try tig- ures , " she icptled coldly , for t > ho was not so L'icen as she looked. "What a lovely cow , Uncle .lames. " ex claimed a Boston glil the moinlng alter her anival , "and how comically she shakes her head. " Yt-H , but don't yo get too near that cow , " cautioned her uncle. "He's an ugly critter. " [ .Vow Yoik Hun , Pelisses iind dust cloaks are brought out In now , L'rareful styles. Many of these aio unite elegant additions to the toilets they are designed to protect , Alpaca ot line quality , tussore , small , mohair , and serge arc all used lor those cache pousblcics. Machine laces are now so beautifully made that it Is Impossible for oidinary moitals to distinguish , between them and the hand made. Dcntnllo lloubalx , a silk lace with point d'Alonron designs , is generally used lor trimming light chesses. "Hav6 husband ? " you seen my anywhere she asked a friend. "No. 1 never saw the like ot you. You are always running alter him. " "Yes , my dear. Heforo wo wore married I had him on deposit , but since then 1 have kept a running account with him. " During a recent reading by Walt Whitman at Philadelphia hu was "surrounded and kissed by h\y.-\rmn of rapturous girls. " This , no doubt , wad Intendedas compensation for his renmrkublo success In making "Philadel phia" rhyme with "concatenation" in oue of his early poems , [ Norristoun Herald. A younir woman mine-out from a reading In a Ktnv York hall , and , noticing that a sud den shower had come up , entered a store Hint pmclmscd ; \ inriru sheet of stiff , brown wrap- iilnir paper , which slio turned Into an old- iashioiu'd shaker , and putting it over her bonnet , walked home. JMUUM3I01IXT DKOl'S , Maids In waiting those beyond twenty * Jiv c. c.A A sick man last week bolted the door and throw up the window. AS a cure for socialism or nihilism , wine of colchlcuingot'3 tight to the spot. From 12 to 1 is the Detiolt hour for lunch. It is the popular ato-hour movement. The season for young men In undershirts and drawers to row boats will soon bo hero. An intelligent bull always charges at a red flair. There are Some really good points iu a bull. bull.Tkcre Tkcre Is a time for all things. 'The time to leave is when a young lady asks you how the walking U. Thu discovery of a chapter house In Dublin has created-a sensation. We-really wonder For Sale 0-rooni house , lot (56x157 ( , Roger's add. , 3 block car line , $3OOJ. For Sale Corner on Virginia avenue , Hanscom Place. 100x100. For Salo-2 lots , W. A. Kcdick's addi tion , near Furuarn st. , $1,500. Decided bargain. lor ; Sale At $125 per aero 10 acres 5 miles out N. W. of the city. Half cosh. For Sale At $80 per acre 820 acres 7 miles from postoflico ; splendid bargain ; worth in ono year $100 per aero. Elegant residence lot on L'urk Avenue , Hanscom Place , f 1,500. For Sale 20 acres 5 miles S. E. of city , near Syndicate Hill , only $150 per aero. For Sale Only $5,000. . Beautiful lOOx 148 } tract in Har'tlott's addition. No finer in Omaha. For Silo Business property on IClh st. South Omaha , 183x155 , on alloy , $0,000 , and a bargain. For Sale Business property on 10th st. , South Omaha , 50x100 , Uartman'a add. This is : i snap. For Side Klccant resilience on Charles st. , on car line , lincst improvements in the city , $3,500. For Sale Aero lots , $300 to § 150 in Solomon's addition only onn mile from city limits. For Sale Lot in Shinn's 2d add. witli 2 4-room houses. $2,230. $1,230 cash. Bargain for ono week. For Sale $7,500 Elegant 13-room , modern residence , lot 75x110 , J. I. lied- iek's addition , good barn and put-build ings , fine improvements , a positive bar gain. Slots on Hamilton st , Orchard Hill add , $700 each. 0 lots in Burr Oak at a bargain. 5 lots , Potter & Cobb's : uld , $5,500 , ; de cided bargains. Beautiful lot , Virginia ave , Hanscom Place , $1,700 ; 5 days only. Fine residence und full lotonPiorco street , § 3,500. what they'd do over there if they'd discover a book store. It is said that "Father Hyacinth lias given up his idea of leaving his church in Paris. " To what paiticular locality ho Intends to re move It Is not explained. j The cra o for birds on the hats In the cast , it is said , will seriously interfere with the peach crop. The bird that is roosting on the hat of a belle oirrlit to be picking vermin Irom the fruit trees. "You'll have to bear tno responsibility. " said a mother to a bright-eyed young daugh ter of our acquaintance , who thought of marrying without the maternal appiobation. "I expect to bear more than one , ma , " said Fanny. A Philadelphia gentleman , aflcr being shown about the city by a citizen of the U lib , said to his chnpoiou , "lio&tou isn't laid out so well as Philadelphia. " "No , " icplled the latter , "but It will bo when It is dead. " A coach containing a young man and woman with one trunk on behind behind the coach , we mean Is pleasingly suggestive ot matrimony. Jiut a half dozen young ones and seven bandboxes Is much moiesuiiges- tlvo there's no mistaking that sign. "It Is a curious custom the Japanese have , my dear , " lemaikcd a husband , "of taking their shoes oh when entering the house. " "The custom Is curious , " icplled the lady , "iiom the 'not ' that it is practical at all hours instead of a might only ; " and the husband said , "Yes , " with a rising lullcctlon , which was about all ho could say. Ooy. McD.iuiel , of Georgia , stutters and Is painfully conscious of the fact : aud nothing annoys him more than to have the person he is talking with help him out with the tardy word. For example , a distinguished young man In Atlanta was iccontly conversing with him. How's y-your f-t-f-fa " beg.ui the governor. "Oil , intcirupted tlm other , "father's unite well , thank yon. " " 1 didn't m-m-meau your f-tathor , ' roared the gover nor , " 1 m-in-mcautyour M'-lather-ln-law. " UUU CATION ALi. .Milrat Halstead has a .son In each of the four classes ot Princeton college. Somebody has given 850,000 to Harrow school , In England , for a foot-ball tield. Ono bundled and forty medical students at the university of Vermont have boycotted an obnoxious professor. Danville , Pa. , Is to have a fine public libra ry and gymnasium costing 6100,000 , the gift ot Thomas Heaver , undo of Uon. Heaver. The graduates of the Pingry school of Elizabeth , N. J. . will cell-liratu the liftioth anniversary ot Dr. Pingry's accession to the prlnclpalshlp , next month. The commencement exercises ol the Col lege of Physicians aud Surgeons of New York wcio held last week. Ninety-seven students were eradimteu. Prof. Maurice Bernard , who died April Oth at Dresden , has loft his whole estate , valued at $75,000 , to Prlnco ( Jeorgo of Prussia , who was once his pupil. "Was them over a prince , " asks ono , "who left Ids whole for tune to a professor ? " An Interesting feature at the university jubilee to be hold at Heidelberg , In August , will bean immense natural inkstand , what ever that may be , weighing about sixty-live pounds , which an American student has brought with him from Texas. As apractical Illustration of the benefit the State Female college is bestowing upon the girls of the state of Mississippi it might bo mentioned that several of the young ladles who are studying stenography have pro gressed so far as to bo able to take down very lair verbatim reports ot the sermons of Ham Small. The educational Influence of Mt , Holyoke seminary , Mass. . which Is soon to ccleurato Its scml-contcnnlul , may bo appreciated from the following liguies ; Out of ncaily 3,000 giaduates thirty have become physician ? , l.bOO teacheie , IbO foreign missionaries , a much larger number missionaries In the south and west , and ( HO have married pro fessional men. Tiioatfalisof the llornan Catholic univer sity to boestabllshcd at Washington advance prosperously. At a meeting of the directors In Uultlmoio i hursday&ucro33 in collections was reported , three plans for tlm buildings were selected fiom which a linal choice IsTo 1x3 made , and the choice of a rector was left to the Jour atchblbhup * In the direction Gibbous of Haltlmoie. Williams of Hoston , Conigan of Now Yoik , and Ityan of Phila delphia. ' 1 lie rector will probably be Ulshop Spaldlug of Pcotla. . For Sale 3 lota in Shinn's 3d add. , $725 each. Fine Investment 0 clogaat a-story , 10-room brick flats , paying 15 per cent. Choice inside property. Price $30,000. Splendid Bargain 5 2-story , 7-room frame Hats , just finished ; nil rented for $35 per month. Price $15,000 , I cash. 1 acre In Greenwood Place , $000. 3 lots In Burr Oak add. 00x170 , $2,500. 100 acres in Holt Co. , improved. Price $3,000 cash. Big bargain , To Trade for Omaha Property 7-room cottage , lot 50x135 , on Lincoln ave. , city of Chicago. Price $3,500. A beautiful cast front lot , block f Hanseom Place , 81,750. 50 lots in Shrivcr Place , S30u. One- tentli down , bal. $10 a month ; are going rapidly. Fine Improved property S. 20th st. , near St. Mary's ave. , U-room 2-story house. Splendid bargain to those in scarcli of a homo. Look at this. 80-acre improved farm inSaur.dorsCo. , 41 miles N. E. of Asnland. Will trade for Omaha property. Only 28 miles from Omaha. Pneo $35 per acre. ICO acres in Holt Co. , Nob. , on F. E. & M. V. lly. Price $500. 100 acres Imurovod. Holt Co. , Nob. , 2 miles from Ewing. Price $2,250. 1 beautiful residence lot in Millard Place , $3,000. Extra Bargain 2 lots on corner 120x130 , together with 4 houses , which rent for $10 per month each. Choice inside prop erty. Price 87,500 for 10 days only , and it is a positive bargain. Fine residence lot on grade in Millard Place , $2,000. Beautiful lot in Hanscom Place , all ready to build on ; one of the finest in the addition , cast front , § 2,000. ' SHIPWRECKED. lUoodatt'g Stm , I wander downliy the sea-beat shore Attcr theifearful storm had uassed ; And my younger brother did strangely pore Over the relic the ica had cast. "Oh , brothqv , see this pitiful craft , Strange ahd silent ; no life is hero : Do yon supiose"tls ( some antique raft , And all the crtiw In the oceau drear ? il D "In fancy , Ican , a sad romance weave. Of the lovpd and loving who sailed herein ; Ami over their fate I can sadly grieve Whom thV , battle of Jifo did stiivo to win. " 1 let him his sweet romances view , Why should 1 act llko a heartless churl ? Ihat "cratt" from Chicago came , 1 know , 'Twas OHO of the boots of some "best girl. " AND OKAMATIO. The cowboy pianist Is devastating Boston. C. W. Couldock reached his 71st biitlulay last week. Thomas Whlffon and wife sailed for Liver pool last Wednesday. After numerous vain efforts the Milan opera troupe has nt last been successfully disbanded. Itolanil Jtecd Is quietly playing ICo-Ko In ono night stands with the Teniplcton opera company. Charlotta Pattl thinks great artists are not as highlj appieclatcd by this as by the past generation , W. K. Sheridan and his wife , Louise Davenport , pioposo to sail lor Austialla eaily In Juno. " Henry E. Dlxoy , wife and two children and the entire "Adonis" company ha\o sailed tor Liverpool. Almco has had such poor business In Now England dmliig the past Unco works that she has shut up shop. Marcus Mayer will sail for Havre next Tuesday to takochaigo of the Sarah Bein- Imrdt business lor next season. Irving Is to lecture noon "The English btagp" at Oxt'oid university , beirinning with tlm Shakespearl.ui period aud going down to Irving. Signor 1'ommaso Salvlni's shaie ot the emoluments of his American tour amounts almost , If not quite , to a monopoly ol the the profits. Every night that Fraulcln Lllll Lelimann slugs dining tlm next season at the Met- lopolltau opera house in Now Yoik she will bo paid Saw. W. J. Ollmoro's "Devil's Auction" com pany has just concluded a brilliant financial aud artistic season , having played to icccipts of. over 5200,000. Miss ( lonovievo Ward begins a two weeks' engagement at the Star theatre. September 27 , in a play new to New York theatre-goers. Mr , ,1. Itlal Is her manager , SIgiiorSalvlnl wlllretuin to Italy S50.000 richer than when no came. Ills untorttinato manager , however , has suffered considerable pecuniary lost by the engagement , Booth and Salvlnl are said to receive about equal shares of the applause or Huston audi ences. On Monilny night each received a wicuth ot latnel leaves after the tliial act. Next season Augustln Daly will make afea- tine of the production of musical comedies ut his Now York theatie. During their lun Ada Itclmn will play stauing engagements in the largo cities. W. J. Scanlan has had a most remarkable season throughout the country , his piolits beIng - Ing placed at over § 45 000. Ho goes to Eu rope In June , and will visit some of the his- toiic spots ( n li eland. Emma Abbott's very profitable season Is at an cud nnd the prhna donna wiltes to the New Yoik Mt'rcury ' that she will s.ill for hniopo In June In quest of novelties for her nextsrasonl to begin In September. Manager Peter McCourt , of the Tabor opeia house , Denver , lately presented its rations with rich , gold-trimmed satin ban- neiet pioijuimmes to irmtk the lifteen hun dredth peifnianco ) | under his direction , During tlo | New York season Mr. Daly's income , over aim above all expanses , ranged from 810.000 to. 514,000 per month ; and his share of the twii weeks' business in Hoston and Philadelphia , after deducting all chaigcs ' was sllghtiyin excess of 89.00U. Italian operft will bo revived nt Co vent Garden , London , on the 2" > th , wltn Albanl , Coi > eda. Scalchl. Cnyarre , Kunclo , Marliii , FrapollI , Maurel , UghettI , Monti , Corsl and Pauiloltitii , aud .Miles . , Duvicr , Culva , Yaltla , HATCHER , GADD & GO , , Real Estate Brokers- , . & - Millard Hotel Block , Omaha , Neb. Do a Purely Brokerage Business. Have Improved and Unimproved Property ii all Parts of the City. - . . - i Have Farms and Land in all Parts of Nebraska and lowaj SiJULJE. I Have school land leases for sale. Have school land contracts for sale. Have stock ranches for sale , See HATCHER , GADD & Co. , if you wantt < buy or sellproperty of any description. Remember the name and place , HatcherGadd & Co | Millard Hotel Block , Omaha. 1216 Douglas st. Lubatovland Slgnori Donadis , Delilll , C.ir- bouuc and Pinto will make their debut. Minnie Wallace , the handsome young vocalist In Stetson's New Yoik "Mikado' ' company , died lately in Hoston after two weeks' Illness and was buried by the Elizs. A private autopsy revealed the faet that death resulted fiom self-Inflicted injuries , and it is alleged that a member of the company was the Iirst cause of Minnie's sad end. Tlm operatic pirates , by | pel mission of the laws , aio swooping doxwi upon Auilrau's "Serment d'Amour. " which Is now running successfully in Paris. Two llteraiy hacks aio getting nil a version of the opera for the New York Casino'and Sydney Hoscufeld has alicady completed an adaptation of it , which ho calls "The Bridal Trap , " and which Miles & Barton will bring out shoitly. Mr. Adolph Neuendorir , the well known conductor , has secured the spacious build ings , corner of Fifty-ninth sticct und Eighth avenue , Now i'ork , and has been converted into a magnificence summer con ceit promenade , to bo called the new Central Park gardens. The opening will take place May 31. The place will se.it 4,000 , and Mr. Ncncndotlf will employ an orchestra of sixty. Ivovo nu a Diet. 1'lttslium Ciimineicial. Love In a cottage Is all voiyliue , With plenty of "pottage" Your \\anU tosiiflice. .But love as a diet Day out audd.iy in Makes people who tiy 11 Amazingly thin. And love as a fixture Will turn out a cro.is , Unless it has mixture With plenty of dross. KlNGUIjAHITlHS. Itnbblt hunts , icccntly oigaul/.cd In Tulaio county , California , have resulted in the kill- lug of tj,000aiilmafs. A shoal of whales , eighty In number , was icccntly diiven ashoio ou the Shetland Islands ami captmcd. Chatles Wllmot , of Southvllle , Conn. , caught a fish which had t\\o heads and two tails , but only 0110 body. Three pairs of American turkeys that were "planted11 In ISso on an estate on the Dan ube , near Vienna , have Ineieascd to a Hock or nearly 500 In number. In the Owl mountain ? , Wyoming , Is seen at long lutei vals a snow or white Ibex. One of the animals was recently killed by an old tiappcr and hunter known as Shoshonc Jack. Harbors near Mono lake , California , whoso water Is heavy with salts of sodium and bo- lax , use It as a natural shampooing water , to the satisfaction of their customers. A fisherman found a five pound pickerel In the Mississippi liver. In its stomach w.is a pickerel five inches long. In the stomach ot the second lish wua a pickerel fry two inches in longth. Knako stories conio In but slowly consider ing the season Is so far advanced. The new est Ix that of a snake with twelve flint locks iushloof It , some of them as lar e as part ridge eggs , which was killed by a bridge building paity last week on Yellow lUver , ( icorgla. A colored man living In Frcnchurcli street , Norfolk , Va. , In a lit of nausea Saturday last , ejected from his .stomach a black snake fully a loot long , and says it is the second one helms thiown up. The colored patient attributes his suffoiings , which have been sevciu , to the di Inking of hydrant water. A wliitogoiilla is on view at the royal aquaihim at Westminster , Whether the an imal Is a true species or a highly developed eiosi-brced Is a question tor ino naturalists. Its height Is about twenty-six inches , and Its age probably thieo or four years. The whole ot its body and limbs , both arms and legs , ore almost fieo from hair , and It has no tail. The animal Is very gentle and attcctfouato , clasping Its keener around the neck and kiss- lug him llko a child. It dilnks fiom a tumb ler , and has a most intelligent manner. It U housed In a largo handsome cage Or chamber , with an entire glass front. Two young men In Louisville , Ky. , named Howsklns and Younir , went fishing last Wednesday on. Harrod'd crueU and caugla onuofiho strangest and most remarkable species of the genus pisccs ever seen , It wa about two feet Ion ? . Tha fore part .of | he creature lesuiabladaa alligator and thcheail was something between an alligator's and a li/.ard's. The mouth was aimed with two sets ut small , sharp teeth. The hind part of the animal looked like a squirrel , and was ornamented with a largo , bu liy tail. No ono Is able tell what it is. The animal or Ireak is on exhibition at Justice ( iosncll's office in that city. The Domestic Ijock-Out. ' > 'Jl'was'J a. in. , the moonbeams shed A softeuod light o'er Hopes' bald head As ou his door he hanged and said : "Oh , Isn't this a knock-out I" Just then a window open flew , And softer than a pigeon's coo , A woman's tongue said gently : "ShooI Don't interrupt the lock-out ! " Suifkins isays tlieanaiehlsts got their first hooiii from 'Aloofly audSankey. "All-Moat , but lost you know. " The women In the Salvation army In Bristol tel , Conn. , have armcil thciiibelvus with cay enne pepper to throw iu the laces of the lulli.uis who an ; accustomed to annoy them In their street parades. Hostess ( taiiiidav morning In Washington ) "is there any paitlciihir minister you would like to hear preach , I'liiielnpoV" 1'ene- lope ( visiting Irom Boston ) "Well , If you don't mind , uiiutle , 1 think 1 would like to hear one of the lurelu ( ministers. 1 am quite Diollcieiit in langna ef , you know. " Sam.lones lias , finished In Chicago for the pro-ient. In his last sermon hosald : "There isn't any kind ot dinner mentioned In the Blhle lint has a loprcscntativo in Chicago. " And when the Chleoioaiis learned that they loicmhh'd those old liilile chaiactors , thev uUad S',131 anil gave Sam Jones a swell dinner. Evangelist Moody objects to church fairs "whole any Kill can bo kissed lor twenty-live cents. " Jfo Is the only poison , thus fur known , who objects to the price , it it is not woith twenty-live cents to kiss a lrl to lur- tlicr the cuu.io ot religion , ami aid in lilting the moitxairean tliuclimeh , It Is not woith a cent , and Mr. Moody , when ho attends a fair of that denomination , should putroulx.e only the ilve-euut grab-has : . "yes , " said the now pastor , "you have a verv Hue aiidltotlmu , and the pulpit is arils- tic both In conception \voikimmslilp. . tin far , so good , and with u bta o properly litted up In the chapel and a uood ilaiiclni ; floor and the proper cooking nmtctlals , 1 don't sco why we may not make this a thriv ing , wide awake church , and accomplish no end of good. " Merrltt : "You seem to find that usher very interesting , Mlss(5Icueoe' < " ' "Ye.s , Indeed. " He's HO very hauilsome , and ho ushers the people to their places , or just leaves them standing awaiting his plensuio at thu rear of the church , with such a commanding air. Ho has niiyblo bearing that almost leinliuls me ot one of Scott's lomaiitlc heroes , 'thu Kordotthoidslos. ' " . This story Is told of a Boston doctor. In a crowded church the dnacon with his contri bution liox made Ids dlfllcnlt way nj the aisle and hold the icccptaclu for the rash of tlm charltahle , suggestively before the younir man. "J am very sony , sir , " the doctor bald , to the Intitule Ecatidal and astonishment of all about him , "hut thu woman with a pink leather In her bonnet has taken my pmso and 1 can't have hurnrrcstcu until attor ser vice , so you'll hive to wait. " A little thice-yoar-old attended church for thu first time with her older sister. Dm Inn the sermon bhe heard thu minister mention the namnof ( ! od sevoial tlmea , und acted as II hlioknmv he wasdoini : bomcthlng wnmtt. At last site could .stand It no lonucr. The next time he said It tdiu losn up In the scut , and , pointing her chubby linger at him , ho Mid in impulsive tones : "Man top your sweailii' ! " "Havo you a cliuroh at your place' ' " asked friend. "t'hiucliV" "i " " a e , a church. "Oh , yes ; I know what you mean ono of tho.su things whole they i line a bull like thunder oveiy Sunday morning. Yes , we've cot one. " "Don't you over attcndV" "Mey No 1 never have yet. 1 put In twonty-livii dollars to wards building it. " "liowdid you CUIIIQ to that If yqu duu'tjako liiteiedt enough to at tend ? " "Oh , I know what 1 waa itoiuif.Vo couldn't bell any town lots without one. There's nothlui : will c.itch tht } pastern speculator later when ho cornea out to buy iisal estate like a church with thu long , Blunder steeiilo sticking up ou It like'a noulo ou a tin oil can.1 . - JLai FolHom Flattery. VltMiurv ChrontcU. She bides across the waters , The bride that Is to bo , The. laitest of oaitli's daughters , To Stephen ( Stover C. lie lovt-.s her with a passion Tnatdoth Ids bosom fill , A love no ICdnum's thrashln' Can ever hope to chill. Let's hope this love for Grovcr Will never bo so rude As. wlien the woolng's over , To fade in desuetude. CONNUBIAIjlTIES. IJoproscntativo Long has gone homo to | Massachusettb to bo married. Susie Wilde , ot the Cincinnati variety , stage , will shoitly become Mis. Frame Lowl ? . | J. K. Einindt. Jr. , Is reported as shortly tel marry one of the belles of Penn Van , N. Y.l it Is rumored In Washington that Senator ! Allison U about to many a' beautiful youngl lady of that city. Ceu. Anson MoCook , secretary of the son-l ate , Is to bo married on the lid of Juno to hls | cousin , the daughter of the late Uen. Ueor o W. McCook ot Steubimvlllc , O. Two pretty young wives of piosporousl .Maryland fanners have did adieu to their ] homes and husbands within the past week and eloped with younger and handsomer men. * * Conspicuously displayed upon the front of a store hi this city , kept by a couple of good looking maiilageablo young ladles , Is a sign bearing the encouraging words : "No olferl refused. " IVligliiia City ( Nev. ) Enterpilso. Pleasant social chit-chat Is occasioned by the cable news liom Homo ot thu engage ment of an American lady , Miss Jarvls , to an Italian count who is far icmovod from Itnpc- ciinlous nobles. It is now said that Miss Adele Giant and Kail C.iirns will bo mauled at the height ot the London hcnson HOIIIO time In June , They expect to spend the honeymoon in Karl Calm's yacht on the coast of Scotland. Mist ) ( limit's wedding dress Is being made by Worth and will bo sent homo in two weekB. Miss Amy Hewitt , daughter of Hon. Ah ram Hewitt , and Dr. ( iiequo , whose engagement hiiRJiibt been announced , will probably bo married < ] iiliitly abioad some time In Juhc. MlhS Hewitt Is traveling with her patents and bibter , and her llnnro makes one ot the paity. Theyaroatpiesent In Paris. A blushing woman entered the circuit clork's olllcoln 1'orryvlllc. Mo , , and asked If a ccitaln young man had taken out a license to marry a certain younir wouiap. She looked much relieved when the clerK said "No. " "Well , don't give him one , " she said ; " 1'va got the llibt claim on hlm. ' Mlbs Agnes Carroll jalep'daugliter of thtt Hon , James Fentier Leo , charge d'aflalres at Vienna , has been betrothed to the Count Anton Alexander Otto Von Iliicssenstaina 211 Jlims.sciistcln uud ( liafcnhauson , Frelherr von StaiimbKig , K. K. Kammcrcr und Obcr Lieutenant , lid K. , li. Call Ludwtg Uluiier , No , 7. Ills family Is among the highest aud Is widely connected. His name as above IB registered upuii thu " (5raf" book as Katho- liKok baiony from lriTl , counts from MSf. Miss Cauoll Is a desrendunt of Chnrlas Oar- roll , of Carrolltou , and ou her mother's tilde of Col. John Kager Howard. There wasiimiietcddlng which escaped much notice in Now Yoik Wednesday at the Homan Catholic catlicdial In Kittli avumie , thu hildu being Hilda Maria , bccond daughter ol Sir Sidney Waterluw , founeily Lord Mayor of London , and the bridegroom Allred Beinaid Ford.onro of London. Mr. Foul now lives in California , and so the biiducamuitlilicrlninilyliull way to nipot him , While In New York SlrSIdno/ Water , low and his paity went the guests of Cliaile.s Crocker , of No. 4 West Fliti-ulghtli btruet , where a wedding breakfast was nei ved Cf\t * the iHiriMiiony , wlilrh occhneil at 11 a , in. . Tlm bride was dressed In wliltn with u tulle ' veil. Her sister and MlhS Cioeker attondi'd her as luldesmaicb , and also woie white dica.scs. A word to our lady icadeis ; If you have been wanting to glvu him a pioscut , uud Imviniot been ablu to decide \\hat M'oiild J please him , bend for ono ot the London TroiiHiir Hti'istcliorn adveitlsed tu-tlay bv ( i.V. . .Simmons & Co : . Bohlun , It taUes nil the bairglncas out ol the know , and no well dressed lauu can do without one. From thp Newherry estafo C'hlcazo will ra- - ivi-c . ,000(0) fur its public library.