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2 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : WEDNESDAY AUGUST IP. 1880 ; i A BIG SENSATION EXPECTED The Haddock Murder Investigation Going On With the Strictest Secrecy , THE PRISONERS HELD IN IRONS. One of Them Itoportcd to Ilnvo 15c- vnnlcd tlio Conspiracy SaluotiH I Jo I n u Closed ami Saloonlsts j Iowa News , filouv City In Hxncctntlon. Sioi\CiTV ? , la. . Aupust 17.--SitcclalTcl- [ cgtamto the lli.t : . ] i : very body has been on the alert lo-dny for news of the coroner's Jury proceed I D KI , but none were gintlllcd. The jury has been In wilon all day , The two prisoners , King ami Wallet-line , are being kept In lions In the adjoining room. .Several iiiostlttites with whom the men stood In aieaKoon hand millenaries ! . At torney Gcucial Ilakei ii again here from DCS Molnes , and Hon. M. D. O'Conncll , of I'ort Dodge , hai returned to assist In the In vestigation. ' Uoth gentlemen still caution scciecy nml are satlsiled that future icsults will Justify the action of the jury. The ver dict has been expected all day , and Is likely to be rendered at any hour now , nhcn quite a number of arroMs will be matlc. It Is re ported and generally bellovcd on the streets that King divulged the conspiracy and that it Involves a number of men who associated tlicm.iclviM together , raised a fund , and then laid careful plans and hired the luutdcr com mitted. Mrs. Lcavltt , wife of the proprietor of the variety theatre , who Is supposed to bo Im plicated , and who left the city unexpectedly Sunday night , was Interviewed to-day , and claims that he left merely to look m > a new location to open a theatre and will return In a low days. The police have kuowlcdeo of his whereabouts , however , and expect to bring him hiick soon. As boon at the verdict is iciidcicd the citizens expect a sensation preater tlmn ever known heie. Injunctions au'alust hlmtit tlihty Ralooulsts were issued by "the elerk of the court this morning nml placed In the hands of the shciifT. All were served during the day , and as n consequence the saloons are closing , ami flomcof thq proprietor leaving town and othcH pieparing to seek moro favoiatlo Holds. Captain . ) . S. Lot drop , a prominent attor ney of this city , lias been engaged to nttoud to the further legal business In the Injunc tion matters. for Their Ijlquor. 1)KS Moms : , In. . August 17. [ Special Telegram to the Ur.i : , ] Commissioner Schufcr of the stale board of pharmacy wns , ntotvlowed hi the city to-day In tegard tot ttho prosecutions for violations of the prohib itory law. Ho says that the board proposes to prosecute cveiy druggist who turns his store into a saloon , as quite n num ber are charged with doing. In many drug stores it is reported that druggists soil beer and \\hlsky for medicinal purposes on nppll- catlons signed by the names of James A. Garllcld , Ocorgo Washington , Governor Lar- rabcc , Senator Clark ( the author of the pro hibitory law ) , and other prominent men whose names arc torged for the purpose. An ix-imlimtlon of the returns made by one general dealer In liquors who H licensed by tlio board of supervisor to sell formcdlclunl , culinary and x\crimunlal \ purposes , shows that during one mouth ho had made moio than U.OOO distinct sales of liquors. An nt- tempt was mndo to have him enjoined , and It v is thought that a temporary injuiietlou will be Issued against him. A AVIfo Uoutor Sulclilca. Kr.OKUK , la. , August 17. 1 Special Tele gram to tlio Bin. ] This morning George Kocrncr wns found dead hanging In nn luncr doorway nt his cigar factory. The night bc- , fore , after having beaten nnd shamefully maltreated his wife and children , who lived In two small rooms back of the shop , ho kicked them out of the shop , and then drove out a man who was in the shop , nnd pro ceeded to close up the house. Tills was the last seen of Keener nllvo ami the woman and children fled to the house of n neighbor , whcro they remained during the night. This morning they leturued , nnd torcliig an en trance into the shop discovered the husband and father hanging lltelcss. They found that ho had taken an ordinary clothes line. stood upon a chair , fastened the line upon that part of the partition over the door , mapped the line about his neck several times , not tying n noose , and then kicked the clmlr away nud swung himself Into eternity. _ _ _ _ _ I''lchtitin ' Street Hallways. IES JloiNr.s , la. , August 17. Special Telegram to the llnn.J Tliero Is a strong probability of a vigorous street car light bo- twcen the owners of thu old narrow gauge company and the now uroad uaugo company. To-day the old company , which chdins the right under an old charter to go on any street they please without asking permission , heard that the now broad gauge was coming down Fourth street to get to the depots. So the old company hastily beg.m Inyluc track on the uuoccupIodTStrcet to shut the now com pany out. The latter laid their track right ' up to within a few led of the other com pany's toad and a hostile collision was reared , but the new comp.my concluded to stop tor the present and light it out In the city council and the courts. Great Interest Is taken in the outcome. Tlio .Crcatoii llminlon. CIIKBTON , la. , August 17. ( Special Tele gram to the Bin : . I The city Is In gala nttlro und the decorations of business houses nnd residences nro elaborate for the opening day of the reunion of veterans of southwestern Iowa and northwestern Missouri. Every train Is loaded with veterans qnd visitors. At least five thousand strangers mo in thu city. The \\enther Is line nnd the camplienu- tltul. liom'nil tihcrldnn arrives to-morrow morning , Tucro will bo a grand time the next two . days. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Virulent HOR Cholera. DKS Jfoi.vKs , la , , August 17 , [ Special Tel egram to the Uit : : . ] A violent form of hog uholura has broken out In the northeastern part of this comity , carrying oil n largo "number of animals. Thu fnuuere are very much nlaitued. THIS HU1T T111331 ? A Il justeil Editor Tries to IMonso ' tlio Now York AclvorttHora. Estollmo Hull : Having had some Iron- bio with a New York advertising linn about how some of their medicine no tices should run , ami bning determined to please we have fixed up the following , which wu will publish cowtft2wJpdg ( , top of column , among heavy editorial and pearls of thought or any other way they want It : A pale young man with dark , flashing eyes was proceeding cautiously along mdo of a little brook which flowed through the cool und leafy retreats of a dotiKo but inviting grove near a stately mansion. Ho had not gone far when Piobitor's Cure for Consumption Never Fails , The great Pulverizer , Ask your Druggist his attention was attracted by a fair young girl swinging in a ham- mock. She wns thu picture of love- bho did not notice his approach preach , Ho drew noaior Use Rttol ; . whoator'd Itronchlal llusters , thu Howling Harpooncr of Hoarseness , and as ho did so bho looked up with a timid , Btartled , almost pleading glance. "Par don mo , " said our hero , "but 1 wish to call your attention to Dr , Sagonen's Catarrhal - tarrhal Cavortor , Yours for Health. Ifowaro of Imitations. " She drew back tt little , and the volume of "Lucillo" which she was reading slipped front her hand , "You must recollect , sir. " bho began " the honor of gan , "that 1 have not your acquaintance , hut if you oan tell mo of Dr. Bnorter's Dyflpopsia Destroyer , trial Uottlo Vroo , sco that the name la Ulown in the Cork , I will liaton. " The young man did not answer , but drew still nearer and sat down on a grassy hillock. Her rare beauty ( Jet Walloper's Liver Lcvclcr nnd Cast iron Hitters for Infan'.s ' and Invalids had completely entranced him and lleer and Plug Tobacco habits Permanently cured. No Publicity. Address Dr. Van Quackor forgetting himself for the time he gazed up in her great liquid cyos till Try Muggins' Cancer Corrector , she turned her face Howler's Hair Porsuadcr Is Host and for the first time he was conscious I'or Ague , Spav in , Hrokon Hones , Cramp , Pink Kyo , In sanity , Glanders and other Diseases of the Throat nnd Lungs try Hilk's Pain Astonisher and Paraly/.er that ho had perhaps Purify the Hlood with Whang's Syslem Renovator and Drink Hops and Copperas Collln Varnish and try Professor ser Cemetery's Celebrated Rough on Life salvo and general Digestion Awnk- uner and Human Race Cxturnilnntor. Cleans out Men , Women , Children , etc. Don't die in the House , Druggist. TWO KK.MAIUCAIUilO MEN . Tlie Jtocbl IIIRS anil thn Bridges They Have Hunt. Pitlsbtirg-Post : "I worked with John A. Roebllng on the Sixth street bridge * in Pittsburg and on the Cincinnati bridge over the Ohio river , " said Louis Yeager. "Mr. Rocbllug was a wonderful man. How many persons , do you suppose , know how the cables of the Sixth street bridge are anchored. 1 don't suppose that one man in ten thousand who crosses the bridge dally could toll. It is a wlro cable bridge. The cabins are composed of about live hundred strands of wlro. In the anchor every ono of those wires is sonar ately an chored. An Iron pin was driven Into the stout ! foundation and the end of the cable unwrapped and each individual wire wrapped around one of the pins. Oyor all of it lead was poured until the whole was contented into a solid mass. No matter what strain is put upon the bridge the cables can never bo pulled from their anchorage. Over all there rests a solid wall of stone that fifty heavily-loaded trains could not lift. "Tho Cincinnati bridge was a worse , iob than the Sixth street bridge , " the speaker wont on. "Tho cribs wuro terri ble. A man who had to go into them day after day would have done well to make Ins will. It was tny duty to super intend the laying of the piers , and 1 used to sit in the wire basket , feeling the rheumatism reach every joint in my body and wonder if it was really neces sary that men should kill themselves for the benefit of humanity. Mr , Roeblmg was ono of the most considerate men that J ever know. Once when I had ono of my lingers crushed in the laying of a stone ho told mo to take care of my linger and Jet the work go to the dogs. When ho would see tno around the work ho would come up and ask me how I felt , and toll mo to go homo that I wasn't losing any money , but that I might lose a finger , and ho didn't want it that way. My sal ary went on all the same , and the sur geon's bill was paid by Mr. Roebling , and I was given extra compensation for having been hurt. " " 1 didn't ' work on the great Brooklyn bridge , which was built by Roebling's son , but I would like to have been there. If I had been working there I would have objected to young Roebling spending so much time in the pits. He knew as well as anyone that it was dangerous to his life , but ho was actuated by professional pride , and would not trust the personal supervision of the work to anyone. Ho and his father wore the greatest bridge builders in America. Hoth of them lost their lives in their devotion to their art. and it is not probable that there will again bo found in the United States two men who will bo so , solely given up to a . " purpose. * _ _ Deserted Colorada Towns. New York Tribune : The evidences of decrease in wealth and population that one meets with in thn mountains are striking. In every direction the eye rests upon abandoned ranches and de serted towns. The towns have fared worse than the country from the hegira , which followed the collapse of the mining "boom' ' five or six years ago. Gunnison was then a prosperous mining camp full of men and money , wliero oven ordinary laborers received $1 and $5 for a day's wonc. Now it would servo as a muni ment to desertion and decay. "This will bq a good town yet , mark that ; there is plenty of mineral in these hills , and somebody will strike it after a while , " said a shopkeeper to mo. It was the old story of hope strug gling against despair which is so charac teristic of this mining country. I thought the dairyman I met gave a moro truthful picture of it when ho said : "Do you see those fellows going down to the river ? Well , they support their families by lish- ing. That's about all there is to do around Gunnison' now , and when that source of supply becomes exhausted , as tt rapidly is , there won't bo much loft. " Up near Crested Butte , where they mine the coal Unit is most like the Pennsyl vania anthracite , an old wood-chopper said a hundred teams used to pass along the road daily. Wo camped near his cabin ono day and counted three teams passing by , _ Real KHtato Transfers. Tlio following transfers were filed August 10 , with tlio county clerk. Augustus Kount/.o ami wife to Ellen Crom well etui : Lot : ; . block 0 , Kouutzq's add , w d $50J. Augustus ICountzc ct nl to Theodore Olson ot al : Lot tt. block 8 , Plain View , w d-S273. Lnrinou P 1'ruyn nud wife to Morris .1 Michaels etui : Lot 10 , l > ruyn'.s subdivision of lots 1 to U inclusive , In Paulson's add , w d S5l ! 0. Frank J IJurkloy to 1 > L Sourd : Lots 5 nnd 0 , block V , Lowe's 1st add , w d Sl.m John F Potter and wlto to Paul 0 Olscn ; S an ft of out lot 27:1 : , Plot unco , w d § 700. Isaac S Hnscnll to Clltton K Mnvno : Lot 0 , block 0 , Koimtzu'8-Uh ndd. w d-3.r > 50. Finnic Murphy ct nl \Vlibur S Dudley : Lots 8 nnd 1 > , block 'J , Thoruburg Place , w d -S700. Kgbuit U Fioiieh ( executor ) to Win O Uar- tJiolomow : Lot 55 , Ilorbach'slstadd'qc 81. 81.Kllnbflth Ann Itogcis to Mnrtlm M Ish : Lot 21 , Hees Place , w d-M,800. ! David Kaufman et al to The Public : Stio- division of lotyo , Tuttlo's bub-plat of Wn- veily ndd dedication. win O Hartholomow to Charles \V Can- Held etal : Lot 65 , Jlorb.ich'n 1st add , w d S-J..WO. John Schroeder and wife to Henry Lagu : Lot 10 , block 'J , Arbor Place add. w d-8ix . Utto liannmii and wife to Kdward S An- dures : Lot 0 , blocK 1 , Omaha View , w d 85.V ) . Susie M Phillips nnd husband to KllnS Clink : hot 11 , block H , Patrick's M add , w d -Sl , 00. Frederick L Smith to Gco K Wright : Lot 8. block ! ! , Doulso'sadd , w d-51oO. : : .Nathan Sheltoii nnd wife to Nols Nelson : Lota , block 1 , Windsor Terrace , wd-sm Kverett G Ualtou nnd wile toVrnS Itob- crtson : Lot 5 , Pruyn's subdivision of lots 1 to 8 Inclusive , in Paulson's ndd ; also lots , block 5. In Amblur Place , w d-5i.SOO. ! Charles Harris and \vlfn to Kd\sin M Park : Lot . block 0 , Ambler 1'lace.w d-SlbOO. Jacob Hechtel to Laimon P Pruyn : N1 < J lot 10 , block 1. Lake's add , w d-SSOO. .John L McCuinio nud wlfo to Mnttio L Ar thur : Lot H , block S , llnuscom 1'lnce , w d S500. Jeremiah O'llcarn nnd wlfo to Sarah Me- < ! ulni : 8 iU ft of n ! tt ft lot 7 , block 11 , K V Smith's add. wd-S700. Charles \ \ Hamilton and wlfo to M Caldwell - well Hamilton : Lot lu , Sunny Sidoadd , wd-STM ) . Daniel Kenlston nml wlfo to Wm PYlll \ - lams : Lots , block u , Itced's 1st add , wd A house and lot in Uo''gs & Hill's 2d addition for $1,800. , J. B. Evans & Co. A prominent ottizon walked four blocks to Goodman's Pharmacy for an "A'ax-cJ- sior" cigar , the best niukcl cigar in town. For Bargains in Real Estatn go to Mavno Hros , . IM'.I Farnatu ; they have the largest list in t-ity. BURIED IN A LAND SLIDE , Port Stanley in the Falkland Islands Cov ered With a Peat Bed , THE PEOPLE TERROR STRICKEN. The Descending Knrtli Carries Kvory- tlilnc llcforo tt mid Causes Whole- Hnlo Destruction Only Two Fatalities IlopoL-toi ) . Under Tons or Mud. WASHINGTON , Aueust IT. Secretary Bay- ard iccclvcd a dispatch from the United State ? consul at Port Stxnloy , Falkland Island1) ) , giving an account of a slip ot j > eit which occurred the night of Juno 2. Kx- tending thu entire length of the south shore of thch.itbor , and at a slight elevation , Is a peat bog , from wltlch the laboring people procure their fuel. There are no channels which drain the bog , and lnr.o ? Quantities of water collect thine during tlio lomt rains which at ccttaln seasons last for days at a timo. For three days nrovlous to the disas ter a rainstorm had prevailed. About 8 o'clock In the evening the bog be an to quake , and with a nolsollko thunder It broke loose , rushing down iiion | rm town , carrying uwnyovorytliiiiK In Its way , blocking up thu sheets and piling up tlio peat In places to a height of six or eight font , buliil stone walls wt'tu ' rent nsuuilor and everything In Its path was swept away. Tlio bewildered and terrhlod population believed the town was belnjc de.stioyed by an earthquake , and added their piercing yells and cries for help to the Indescribable horrors ot thn night. Tho. avalanche Instod only an hour. A mass OT scattoicd peat amounting to no less than 50,000 tons lay over tlio town. A boy of seven and an old man wuro lost. The body of the latter has not yet been exhumed. At the date of the dlspatcli , fourteen days after the slide , people living near Inundated parts , tearing another disaster , were con stantly on the alert. The consul sinned their npprcconslous to some extent. as the winter season , whoa heavy snows and rains piovall , wosatlmml. The citizens of the i > oit col lected iMO for the lellcf of the principal suf- t'c i c rs. _ AT A COUNTRY STORE. A Slow nml Careful Way of Transact ing Business. Youth's Companion : An cldorly wo man , wltli keen gray eyes looking sharp ly through steel-bowed spectacles , enters and casually examines boveral bolts of lawn lying on the counter- "Ah , coed day , Airs. IL - , " says the proprietor , coming briskly forward and anticipating a sale , ' 'looking for lawns1 ' "No , I douoasl was. " says the pos sible customer , guardedly , "I was just noticing thcsa. " "They're pretty patterns. I just got thorn in. " " ' all . " "They're so light. "Light colors are all the rage this .sum mer. lint hero's a black and white piecn that's just the thing for yon. Now , isn't that neatv" "Yes , ruther ; but it isn't just what 1 like. How much is it ? " "Fifteen cents a yard. " "A'nt that dreadtul high for lawns ? " "Not for lawns of that quality. Just sco how line it is. " "Yes ; but they're selling lawns ev'ry mite and grain as good as that in the city at 8 and U cents. " "Impossible , Mrs II - ! " "Indeed , they are I And one of my neighbors got a good piece for 7 cents. " "They are not such goods as this. " "It's pretty nigh the very same thing. I hadn't calculated on giving more than 10 cents. " "Why , Mrs. H w , this cost more than .that at wholesale ! " "Oh , 1 guess not. Anyhow , 1 can't give but 10 cents a yard. " " 1 can't take it. " " 1 ' . " won't give any moro. "Well , just examine that lawn closely , now. " "It looks well enough , but I an't at all sure that it won't fade. " "I'll warrant it not to fade. It's a standard and fast colors. " "Well , how many yards are there in the piece V" " 1'hirteon ; just a good lull pattern. " "Eleven would bo a great plenty for mo. " iNow , I'll toll you what I'll do. I'll let you have the piece tor fourteen cents a yard , seeing as it's all I've got left. " "Can't you say an oven twelve cents to an old customer like mo ? " "No , really , I couldn't. " "Fourteen cents is too much for lawn that's soiling everywhere for ton cents. " "Oh , I think you are mistaken. " "Well , see here I'll ' give you twelve and ono-half cents a yard for it. " "No , I couldn't go below thirteen cents , and wouldn't ' lot anybody hut you have it for that. " "Well , I'll give you 13 cents if you'll call it twelve yards. " "Hut there's full thirteen yards in the piece. " ' Well , callit twelve and I'll take it. " "Can't ' do it. " "I reckon you'll throw in threads and buttons and waist linings ? " "Couldn't do it for that money. " "Well , say thread and buttons , then ? " "I'll throw in a spool of thread. " "And a card of hooks and eyes ? " "Well , I don't know yes. I will. " "Now. why can't you say buttons , too ? " " 1 really cannot ; I'm ' losing now. " "And you can't make it twelve and a half cents a yard ? " "No. " ' Vell , 1 guess I won't take it. I an't needing a lawn dross this summer , any how. " _ Oeiiton'B Hair Grower ' All who are ISA I.I ) , all who are becomlnc BALI ) , all who do not want to bo bald , all who are troubled with UAXLMUW , or il'CHlNO of the scalp ; should use Bunion's Hair Grower. Kiatrrv I'EU CKNT of those using It have grown hair. It novnr falls to' ' stop tlio hair from tailing. Through slcknuss and lovers the hair sometimes falls elf In a short tliuo , and although the pmsnn may. have remained bald lor years. If youuso Ben-i ton's Hair Grower according to directions1 you are sure of a growth of hair. In huu- > dreds of cases wo have produced a good growth of Hair on these who have boon bald * and glazed for years wo have itilly substan tiated the following facts : \Yogrow Hnlr'ln 80 cases out of 100 , noi matter how long bald. Unlike other preparations , It contains no sugar of lead , or vegetable or mineral poisons. Itlsn specific for falling hair , dandruff , and Itching of the scalp. The ilalr Grower Is a hair food , and Itsi ( imposition Is almost exactly like the oil which supplies the Imlr with Its vllullty.- DOUB1.K AND TRIPLE STRENGTH. When the skin Is very tough and Hard , and thofolllce Is nppnumtly ottcctually closed , i tlioHlnslo strength will sometimes fall to teach tno papilla ; In such caes tlie double or trlplo strength should bo used in connection wlih the single , using thorn alternately. Price , slnelo strength , Sl,00 ; double strength , S-.OO ; triple strength , S-tOQ , 1C your drugglbts have not got It wo will t > ena it prepared on receipt of price. _ . . , , . HENTON HAIK GUOWKKCO. . Cleveland , O. Sold by 0. 1' . Goodman ami Kuhn itCo , 15tb unit JJouuliu. 13th anil Cumlags City Talk. Elgutter's mammoth clearing sale of fine clothing. 'Great Reductions. Cor. I'arnam and 10th , Fair Ground All applications for booth dining hall anil other privileges on the fair groumls puring the coming fair should bo made to K. P , DAVIS , 100 and 103 South Ht.h st. Alrd. Rudolph , the f unions mind reader , coined well rcommondod. Tells past , present and future , Resides 804 N. 10th .St. , 2nd N. of Davenport St , In from 8 a , in to Op , in. No one received on Sun- dny , Price : Ladies , 35c ; gonU , 60o. A. ( JHKA.T llavcrly'H MlnstrbU Hntcrtniii nnd In Turn Aro'linttirlnlncil. ' "All records broken ! Largest number of people ever hi''tlio ' ' honsol Largest receipts taken in Vy ; aty { minstrel com pany ! " These were the inscriptions written by Treasurer Whltmoro of the opera house on the pox olllco sheet , which ho was triumphantly display ing among hlsl" , fticmls. It will bo framed and . preserved by Colonel Jack Ilavorlyi as a souvenir of the most successful theatrical engage ment over played ln0iijaha. The people began to pour in as early as a quarter past seVen o'clock , and by elicit o'clock all the scats were taken. When the curtain rose at eight o'clock there were 1,800 people in the house , and twenty minutes lalcr the number had reached 2.000. Hundreds were turned away by Manager BoVd. llaverly's minstrel .shows are always first class , nnd the performance lust night was no exception to the rule. Krery fea ture was bright und now , and even in first part no "chestnuts" were pcrpo- , Iratcd. The musical features toolc im- Wnsoly. Dr. Sawtello's "St. Bernard .Galaxy1' of dogs gave a novel nnd highly interesting performance. The sidesplitting ting burlesque , thu "Cigardo" ( a bur- Jesquo on the "Mikado" ) , formed a fitting finale to the splendid evening's enter- talnment. After the performance n reception was given to the members of tUo company by the Omaha Lodge of Elks. About ono hundrcd'and ' seventy-livo gentlemen , in cluding members of the company , Invited "guests'and the Elks , gathered in the hall. , At ' 11 , o'clock the health of ab sent brethren was drunk by the circle of Elks , nnd from that Unto on , merriment reigned supremo. iA.ii excellent programme of music and rccitatioiis was carried out , to which the minstrel men as well as the other gttcfcUs of the evening contributed. When the hour for parting came everyone left the hall , voting the social a memorable sno ccss Mr. A. B. Davenport acted as chairman of tlio session , while "Pope" Gregory distinguished himself by brilliant service in the role of policeman. Building Permits. Inspector WhiHock issued building permits jcstorday us follows : Mitchell Pluming , fiamo shed , 1Mb and Cass S WX ) A. C. Davenport , Ik-story frame dwolllne , llth and Doicas 000 Adolf Schroeder , 1-story frame cot tage. Webster , near " > M 400 Geo. II. Mitchell , 1'story frame dwelling , 2Sth , near Lca\enworth. . 1,000 John MciKllnccr , 1-slory frame cot- tajie , 18th , between Center and Dor cas 500 Hugh Flaunacaii , 1-story frame cot tage , North Slid , between Clark and Saumlers 800 S. K. J lope well , frame addition to 112) Douglas 1W ) Seven Permits , ascrcuatlns 8 4.250 Personal" Morita Meyer has returned from Spirit Lake. i { > v Dr. Rpbort has ro'turried from an ex tended eastern trip : [ ! , . S. II. H. Clark \y.as a pnssengcr on the Missouri Pacitic sonthward last night. Conrad YoungcAian1 * , a wealthy Ger man citizen of DejTMpmes , is at the Pax- ton. ' / , , ' S. G. Scnton , ofDosMoinos , superin tendent of the American express"is in the city. W. W. Hlsloy Atid wife and Mort A. Higloy and wifef , ' yedur Rapids , la. , are in tho.city. _ , r ; ; 'Jc * John Ilonza left jfe&t < ? rd y"afternoon to attcrid. flic' 'NorthHNvJutaska soldiers' ro- tinton atNorfolfc'f ? " "K " - Father'Ryan , of. . Columbus , the nester of Nebraska's Catholic clergy , was in the city yesterday. Miss Emma Htiltgren , of Bloomingtonj III. , is visitincr her sister , Mrs. T. A. Hedendahl , at Walnut Hill. Miss Annie E. Haskoll. saleslady with Kelley & , Stigor , loft for the cast ycstDiday to spend her summer vacation. Hon. J. M. Wilson , of the law firm of Shellabargcr & Wilson , Washington , D. C. , is hero yesterday on his way to Portl and ; Oregon , and other western points. Joe W. Bishop , jr. , of late bookkeeper for the Central Stoyo Works , has como to this city to make it his future home , ox- poctitig to engage in business of eomo sort. sort.Sir Sir O. Blakeman , hart. , and wife , of England , passed through the city last night bound for Laramie , Wyoming , whom the baronet has extensive cattTo interests. Rev. J. N. Lenker. secretary of the Evangelical Lutheran immigrant mission ary society , with headquarters in Grand Island , arrived in town yesterday morn ing , ou misstonaryibusinoss. Messrs. J. V. Wcckbach , Frank Car- nth , J. D. Simpson. George E. Dovoy , A. B. Todd , F. E. White- and C. W. Sher man , all solid man of Plattsmouth , were in Omaha yesterday enjoying metropoli tan sights. General O'Brien loft last ovontng for Norfolk to bo present at the soldiers' re union ; Mrs. General O'Brien and son M. P. . left for Chicago where the latter will attend the national land league conven tionund Nich O'Brien , another son , from Valparaiso , left yesterday for Seattle. Thomas Connors , a leading citizen of Denver , is in the city as the guest of his old friend Patriclo Dosmondi. Mr. Con nors was a popular resident hero fifteen i yournago and is naturally surprised that Omaha's wonderful growth makes him almost a stranger whcro in the sixties ho was acquainted with everyone. Gen. Sam Jones , assistant passenger agent of the Union Pacific , arrived from San Francisco yesterday , took a cup of calico und a doughnut and immediately boarded the train for the Norfolk ro- Union. Omaha's Sam seems to have greater success in winning converts for the righteous Union Pacific as a travel ers' route than the two southern San s with a car load of psalms have in reformation mation railroading1.- ' , A Ulazo in n Ilrlckynril. , .A fire broke out In the sheds of Live- soy's brickyard , at , the corner of Thir teenth and Williams streets , at 7 o.clook last evening. The tire department was called out and sup/r | / ! s3bl ( the flnmos be fore any serious damage was dono. General Badcau say tjiat once , when a member of an Engli hsiootlng } party , ho proposed to send a brapo of pheasants 'which ' he had shot to General Grant , but wus told by another-guost that it would never do , as the host alwuys sold every ono. General Badcau. says that this thrifty custom "sgon'ornjl. Two car loads of Illinois veterans homeward bound from San Francisco canto in on yesterday morning's train. Washbitrn's best Hour , $3 per owt , , at Hctmrod's. - OKOANS AT $3 ; monthly payments ; prices from $30 up. Call at Max Meyer & Bro.'s , Bids opened yesterday for Sloman Bros1 , stock : L. Klj > rr& Sons , Atchlson , Kan . S30.111 Mm , liaunmu & Co. , SU Louis , Mo. . 29,423 Wulty & l iiidrod , Omaha . itf.OOO Witlmau Bros. , Lincoln. . . . . . . . 20,000 For West Side lots inquire of Bell & McCandhsh , or at John A.McShane's of- lico. GET HOWK & KKitit'a rutcBS ON Foitxi- TITHE. 1410 DOUGLAS STUKET. A PEACEFUL , BUSY SESSION , The Oity Fathers Dispose of a Large Amount of Business. GETTING READY FOR A VACATION I > cnth of An Olil-Tlmo Omnium-A IJInzoina Urlok Yawl Personal Parncrftplis , Urcvltlcs nml Other Local. A II u ny Session. Alderman Leo's clmlr was vacant in the city counoil last night. Tlio fact sct'tncil tb have a sooting oH'ect upon the belligerent reformer from the Third , and the meeting passed off quietly , a largo amount ol important business being dis patched in short order. Alderman Good- 'rich ' was in attendance , after n two weeks' absence , occasioned by an attack of rheumatism A communication was received from the mayor approving ordinances adopted at the last mooting of the council and vetoing thu ordinance opening Center street , as no such struct exists under the new tiamiim of the streets. The appointment of John Wakolield registrar , in the Fourth ward and Mat Hoover in the Second ward were ap proved. The mayor appointed the following pblicomon : M. McCarly , P. Gilligau , Arthur Pulaski , John Bobbins. Lewis Gpdala and Thomas J. Casey. The ap pointments were referred to the commit tee an polico. Engineer Rosowntor roportcd that the plans for the basement of the now city hall had been received. The chairman of the board of public works was in structed to rcadvcrtiso for bids for the cotislruction of the work. OKFIUEltS OF KLKCTION. The following judges and clerks were nominated hy the mayor for the special election to bo held September 2 : First ward First district : Judges , Isaac Ruben , Charles Print/.lan , John Lbohack ; clorks. R. D. Stewart and J. R. Brandt. Second district : Judges , H. Ehrenpfort , H. Muthuson , J. D. Jones ; clerks. Oscar Goodman and Clifford Red- field. Third district : Judges. J.T. O'Con nor , Nathan Uooth , Alfred Vincy ; clerks , J. D. Green and Albert Schall. Second ward First district : Judges , J. Mahonuy , G. B. Strykcr , Tnos. Dufi'y ; clerks , James Donnelly , sr. , and J. M. Armount. Second district : Judges , Charles L. Thomas. .Julius Rnd- owsky , John F. Dailey ; clerks , August Schroeder and II. W. Reynolds. Third ward Judges , E. J. Tillotson , Satncs Delany , Win. Linchan ; clerks , George II. Livese.y and A. Payment. Fourth ward First district : Judges , Richard Tlsard , D. Keycs , Louis Brash : clerks , W. P. Peck and Harry D. Reed. Second district : Judges , D. Kcniston , E. A. McClurc , James G. Carpenter ; clerks , F. J. McSjiano und Salon Emery. Fifth ward First district : Judges , Timothy Kclloy , John C. Lucas , John Wallace ; clerks. Peter Conner and Richard Clnir. Second distriet : Judges , BrieoViers , Sohn Knight , . G. W.Trim- ball ; clerks , E. S. Warner and John Buckley. Sivth ward First district. Judges , John Cane , Bernhard Saclissc , Charles Wilkins ; clerks. A. W. Parker and William Anderson. Second district : Judges , John Carr , L. H. Parker , F. C. Still ; clerks , George A. Day and Isaac Van Horn. A number of estimates for paving and other public Improvp.ments were pre sented by the board of public works and allowed. The question of approving the contract of J. E. Riley for the construction of the Jones street sewer drew out a warm de bate belwcon Aldermen Schroeder and Lowry. The matter was finally referred to the committee on scwago. Authority was given to the county commissioners to change the width of the sidewalks on Eighteenth and Nine teenth streets , between .b amain and liar- ncy streets. The financial statement of John H. Butler , ex-chief , showing a balance of ? 287 in his possession , wns referred to the committee on fire and water works. Gas Inspector Gilbert made a report of a test ho had made of seventy-one gas jets from the street lamps. Two-thirds of tlio number were supplied with an amount of gas 20 per cent less than is re quired by tno company's contract with the city. The attention ot the company has been frequently called to this de ficiency but they have paid no attention to-it. The report was referred to the committee on gas and electric lights. ANOTHEK INVESTIGATION. Ex-Alderman iluscall presented n petition - tition asking the council to cause an in vestigation of the police force to ascer tain the inuncs of the members of the policoforcu who have been guilty of con spiracy and circulating reports for purposes ' poses of blackmail and intended to in jure the petitioner's character , by having published in the Omaha Republican a report that ' the house known as the "Cosmopolitan" and owned by the petitioner is a place of ill-repute. The item published referred to the finding in tliis city of the two girls who loft ono of the busi ness colleges in this city. The petitioner denied that the said girls had ever been in thq "Cosmopolitan. " The matter was temporarily tabled and afterwards taken up with a resolution offered by Alderman Schroodcr instructing the city marshal to ascertain where the girls had been found and report the same to the council in ordpr to pined the petitioner in the proper light before the pnulic. A communication was road from L. Kallsh , asking for nn investigation of the official conduct of Officer Donivan , who hud arrested the petitioner without cause and charged him witlt drunkenness. The petition was Tefolrod to the committee on police. AKTEKTIin I'HOSTITUTES. A petition of property-owners com plaining of the iitdbaiicc that in daily committed by the prostitutes on Capitol avenue in exhibiting themselves in a gumi-nudo condition , was referred to the city marshal , with instructions to abate the iiui anoo. The appointment of J. W. Way and Henry Rohwor as commissioners of ad justment was confirmed , DKKOTIVK HUE HYDUAHTS. THo'comntittoo ' on fire and water works roportcd the result of tests made by thorn of tjio cnpaoty ) of a number of fire hy- drrttlts , Bhowlng that the most of them tumbril1 an inadequate supply os water in otiSQ of fire nnd also recommending chanties in thu ai/.o of the water mains to bo used by the water works company hereafter. Referred to oily attorney with instructions to report methods by which the w ter v rks company may bo required to comply with their contract with tliu city. onuiNANcr-s. A Hpecial ordinance making appro priations for liabilities incurred during the mouth of August , Passed. Dcejarjng the necessity of vacating Twenty-eighth avenue in McCormiek'a addition. Passed. DeclaiJng thu necessity of changing the grade of Jackson and Jones streets from Sixth to Ninth. Grades and grad ing. ing.Ordering Ordering the grading of Twcntv-Eec- end street from Davenport to Cans. Passed. Declaring the necessity of changing the grade of Capitol avenue from Etght- ccutu to Twentieth. Grades nnd grad- the grade nnd ordering the grading ol Hnrnoy ttreot from Fifteenth street to a point TOO foot west of Twen tieth street. Grades and grading. Creating paving districts No. 80 , 81 , 80 , 83 and 81. Paving , curbing anil gutter- inc. Narrowing Twenty-fourth street , from haundors street to Michigan street. Passed. Croatinc sewer district No. 83 and ordering the construction of sewers in saiU district. Passed. Regulating and licensing the business of house moving. Passed. The council then njdournod for two weeks. _ THIS HOIjQXhJSUXDAY OCT. Otnnlin'R Twelve Municipal Senators on a Vacation. "Walls have oars , " 'salth some old wiseaoro and ho wns in tlio main correct , especially when the roporlorial tymp anum is stretched to it.s best echoing tension. Now it so li'tppened that for some days past the worthy members of the common council , regardless of party atliliations , style of whiskers anil typo's of manly beauty have been arranging fern n little vacation , and they first and fore most solemnly swore on the big book to keep It a profound secrol. They were to fold tholr tents like the Arab and at ) silently steal away. Not a reporter waste to know of the exodus of bruins , but "in the usual way" the HIK : sipped the bud of secret planning und extracted the honey of correct information. There fore in tlio very face of booming the crape market , for every residence will bo in weeds , bo it remembered that on Fri day , August SO , A. D. 1830 , the aldermen of Omaha will leave these sacred shriuos in a body and dop.irt for Kansas City , Denver and Lcadvillo. returning to Cheyenne where an annex programme will bo arranged. They are to bo gone two weeks and will taku Clerk Southard with them. This will bo the lirst time in its history that the city will bo left with out a siticlo local leaislator , and not withstanding the fact that they Icavo on a Friday and the party will number thirteen it is to be hoped that they will go _ through their round of pleasure on "first reading" by a unanimous vote and that no inconvenience or mishap will suggest a veto of the trip's enjoyment. G. A Ijliuliinoit Kucil , Bailey & Olson commenced suitycstcr- day morning in tlio district court against.G A. Limlquust , to recover $2,000 still un paid on the three story building of the latter on Jones street west of Tenth. "Sleepy" In Jail. "Sleepy" Hewitt was arraigned in police court yesterday afternoon charged with an assault upon Mr. Mulhnll's boy on Sunday. Ho plead guilty Out asked the privilege of si ) caking in bis own be- He said that ho knew all of the crooks in town nnd had been of great service to the marshal in giving them away. Ho was on duty regularly at the city jail , until ono day ho accidentally dropped an umbrella on Ollicer Brady's sere foot. The marshal , who had never forgiven him for faidnj : the chief's watch , then fired him from the jail. Ho was given ten days in the county jail. Wants Her Deed. Hattie May Hart has commenced a suit in tlio district court in which she alleges that on August 14 she contracted for the purchase from Patrick Morrow 23 feet of tlie north side of lot 2 , block 0 , in Patrick's lirst addition to Omaha , paying therefor $3,100. Morrow now re fuses to deliver her a deed to the prop erty , therefore > ho suit. Summer-Night ItpJotclKR. On next Thursday night the Germama Mannerchor will give a grand summer- night fcst in the garden connected with the Stadt-thcator on Tenth street. It will be quite a pleasurable entertainment and in it certain members of the excellent comedy company at the Stadt thchter will take part. Sold Mortcnjjccl Property. A warrant has been issued Irom Justice Bcrka's court for the arrest of James Tabes and Walter Lewis , hyo colored fellows who nro charged with having sold a horse and harness that were mortgaged to Frank Bute. Brevities. The rain came to Commissioner Leahy's assistance yesterday and gave the court house steps a sadly needed washing. The police are looking for Charles F. Waterman , who is wanted at Plum Creek to answer to the charge of grand larceny , Hans Boyson , the vagrant , who has been kept around the city jail as a helper for the past year , is reported to bq show ing marked signs of insanity in his pres ent quarters at the poor farm. The mother of the four small boys who were taken to the poor farm from the police .station last night , h reported to bo stopping at the stock yards. The author ities have not been able to locate her. Judge Dundy returned yester day ntorinne and convened court in chambers yesterday afternoon. Yesterday morning depositions were taken in the West Point creamery associations ease. Autcn & Co. . the great agricultural implement firm of Akron , O. , have an agent here who is try.tm to purchase some land on which to erect a mammoth warehouse to be used as a central depot for the sale of the firm's goods. A very pleasant party was Kiven by the "Mugs" bocial club at Hunsuom's nark Monday veiling. Thu'daiteo wastoliavo been hold on thu dancing platform , but on account of the rain it was hold in the refreshment saloon. About twenty couples were present , and a general good time was had by all until near daylight , yes terday morning. Next Sunday the Gymnastic Society corny will have an excursion to North Bond. Trains leave U. P. depot at 8 o'clock a. in , Full military band of Second end Infan.Ty rcgimunt will accompany the excursion. Tickets for round trip only $1.00. Professor Pal Fallen has issued neat cards of invitation to the grand after noon und evening reception with which he proposes to celobralo the oj > eiiing of his now suburban resort , "Cottonwood Villa , " formerly Croft's club house next Thursday. Every preparation has been made for a ilMl-ulass timo. There will bo musio by thu military band , and a grand illumination and dis- fireworks. Supper will bo served Glavof of Chicago. Few people realize the number of buildings in conrso of construction and In contemplation in Omaha at the pres ent timo. The Paxton Vlcrliiig iron works have closed up during the last two weeks contracts amounting to over f 75,000.00. The largest of these , and llu- largest of the Kind over made in Om cjlta , is the Firat National bank building , amounting in round numbers to ? 10,000 , und the lati'Ht is Frank Uamgo's brick block nn 15th ana Hurnoy ila. , amount ing to $11,000. Add to thnsu contracts with C. J. luirback. Eirnv Millard , A. J. i'oppleton , Herman KottnUo , Johnson & Watolield , JnoS. Collins , Gee Heimrod , Millard hotel , for new improved sky lights , and others , and wo have homo idea of the work bolng dono. and still the Paxton , Vierling Iron works say they are open for more contract ami are pre pared to turn out thu work within the time spucifiud in the contract without failure or delay of any kind. Dr. Dlssaud. house surgeon of the Chil dren's hospital in Paris , perforinnd four operations for croup in three dayu , and on the sixth day died of the malady , which ho had taken from his pniienU. $10,000 $ , IN RAIN AND MUD , V Yesterday's Font1 Hours' ' Sale of the Albright - bright Annex , ENTHUSIASM UNABATED. Another nml Imnt Hnlo With Kree Trnltm , Lnnulica , Music , Clicnn 1'rlocs nml ICnsj- Terms on Next Saturday. With the lowering skies of early morn ing , the muddy condition of the streets , nine out of ten real estate men would have despaired of moving. If they had made an appointment to show an Inquir ing individual some properly , in all probability they would have endeavored to set It temporarily aside. But the men wlto are managing the sale of Albright's annex are not men of that stamp. They keep an appointment whim they make It , and they had ono of thn largest appoint ments over made oy tiny veal estate lirul in this city. Notwithstanding that the rain fell , they ordered the Musical Union band to make the parade outlined , which It did , and when it terminated at the Union Paeilio dnpot , six car loads of expectant people wuro there to moot them , every ono of whom would have been disappointed if there had been no parade. When the excursion t cached the Annex. , notwithstanding that thu grass was ewt. the auctioneer mounted his stand anil field and sold for four hours , until a rain which finally suggested a deluge Inti mated to all that it might bo well to ad journ to the curs. Had it not boon fur this visitation every lot in the Annex , would have been disposed of. As a con sequence of tnis interruption the ownor.s of Albright's annex. feel that the public inu.st have another day. and this- they propose to give thorn on Saturday ne\t , when the now popular features of five musiu , free lunch , free trains and almost free lots so cheap are tlio latter being hold will again bo at the disposition of the people. The lunch yesterday eon.si.ited of sandwiches by the thousand and und lemonade by Iho gal lon. With this , us with everything con nected with the sale , the people were intensely satisfied. They were especially satisfied with the land , some of which t.s equal to the finest in the country , but the prices are the most reasonable ever offered in the county. On thb ground , yesterday , a BEK reporter noticed several gentlemen - men who had purchased several lots on the lirtit day of tbo sale and who yester day had several demands for them and at length sold them , making between .fifty and seventy-file dollars In ono day's deal The last opportunity thut will bo offered for the people to take advantage of the remarkable sale of Albright's Annex is on Saturday next. The terms of Kale are only one-fifth down and ? 5 per mouth for the balance. 'A I'lOXEKK'S DEATH. Daniel UiiKcaii , of Dnlcotn County , DIcH , Aged Blxty-HYO Ycnro. Last evening the news was brought to this city of the death of Daniel Duggati , of Dakota county. He had boon a resi dent of that place Tiiuce 1854 , coining to this as an cmtnigrant from the farthest part of Iowa. Ho acquired a rast 'amount of land which to-day is esti mated at remarkable prices. Ho served soyeral times as member of the legisla ture and filled almost in succession every important olficu in the gift of his county. Atone Unto , with thoJalo Mr. Dctwoilcr , of tliis city , lie acted as appraiser of In dian lands. He was a sincere and ardent Van Wyck democrat and leaves the im press of his character and manly hero ism in a family of three sons , who are rnterprininj' and thrifty farmers and me chanics in tliis part of the country. Ono dauglitet only survives him ar thu lute homo of the deceased. Mr. Dugguu was 05 years of age , and -when last seen hero , about four months ago , it did not scum that ho way so boon to pass away. His death will bo lamented by many frienda in Oinuhu and in other sections of the Mate. He was worth 00,000. Ho was buried on Monday lust. The contracts for Frank Rauigo's now six-story , 00x1113 business building on 1'if- tceiith and Harnoy were lot yesterday , AVithncll Bros , sncurcd the uncK and mason work and Paxton & VicrUng the iron work. Thn contract for the car- pouter work has not yet been let. The structure will Jx ) of brick and granite and will bo one of the most elegant buildings in the city. Adam Ittncr has received the contract for the brick work on Karbach's now throe-story building on Fifteenth and Howard. Simons , Keoves & Co. havu the contract for the carpenter work , and Paxton - ton & Vterling that for the lion work. The NOWH at Bancroft. BANCKOFT , Neb. , August 17. [ Corres pondence of the UIK : ] The train from the south to-day was loaded with old settlers tlors and their families , from Lyons and Bancroft and towns further , south , eu routa for the reunion at Norfolk. Aa the train pulled info the depot , the bravo boys in hlnu were saluted by the firing of a cannon planted near the depot , after which they fell into line and gave thrco hearty cheers around the dear old Hag they hud followed through so many but tles. tles.Tho The late rains are bringing the crops out wonderfully , and farmers still hope for a fair avera o crop of coin. Senator Van wy k speaks at Pcmlnr next Friday. Bancroft will honor liitu with n largo attendance , and do ovorj * thing in her power to advance the in. Umtsts of tlio catiHO. Jn Sunday's BF.I : I noticed an item in the Ponder correspondence charging the Bnnmift Journal with "waxing warm over the fact that Ponder is to bu honored by n visit from Senator Van Wyck , " anil "abusing Mr. Priclmrd in round terms. " Allow mo to stnto that this is entirely false. The Journal has novnr said one word iloiogatory to Mr. Priclmrd , and is doing all in its power to pro-sorvo har mony between the ohibs of Bancroft and Ponder , and the uManlt upon it is cowardly nnd unwarranted. Dr. Rlohardaon , of London , remarks that if the young among lower animals bo compared with that of children it will ho seen that there la no animal which loses so largo a proportion of its offspring us women do. The Kli/rabcth , N. J. , young man who knew how to row but not to swim was drowned within scvunty-livc foot of the boat hottfau. Ixiprosy is not a contagious disease , ac cording to Dr , George L , Fitch , who has been for five years in charge of the lepers at the Sandwich Islands. Tlio steamship Bothnia' chief pastry cook jumped into thu sou in mid-ocean during the l.-ut voyage , He is thu third suafanuj ; cook who Jias done so within a year. _ The Marquis of Bath , whooo aid ma terially heliHid tlie tory cause in the re- cunt Lnjrlitib elections , owns 30,000 acre * , the annual rental of which brings him 00,008.