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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAX JANTJAL'Y : 1887.--SIXTEKN ) PAGES. I r ' I liJ SLOCKS 3rE3O3x/ : /tf Q Only one-fifth cash. Compare these prices with adjoining property. 1 1 erwrriy i Q K&I ! r I A REFORM IN REOUISITIONS. Governor Thayer Determined to Stop the Wholesale Granting of Them. HE RECOMMENDS LEGISLATION. Further StatlHtlou About Insurance C'oiniwiilcH Agitating tlio Ques tion ol' Municipal HufTrnco to Women Capital News , CiMiOM THE mi's : LINCOLN IIUIIKAI' . I , j " Governor Thayer has Inaugurated n much needed rofoim in the matter of obtaining , : ; loqinsltlons tor tlm icturn to the state of if' parties who violate laws and scolc to escape If , fiom justice. In conversation a few days ngo the governor expressed surprise at the demands of this kind that had come to his notice during his lirst month of service , nnd to a paity securing a loqulsltion ho laid down the statement with vigor that If the requisition , as granted , , was used simply to biiug theollendor back to the state for n moneyed cumpiomiso settlement without thu ciimlnal prosecution that the law icquiied flor ollenilcis retained to the state , that ho would KCC to H that the paitlcs securing the Requisition papers should be piosecuted for piujiiry. To those who have watched pro ceeding1) In requisitions the past tow years they have not failed to notice that they have been granted In largo numbers , and that in nnmeions cases settlements on them have been made without ciimlnal prosecution. .Detective agencies Und lu the work of requi sitions and tlie bilngini : back of offenders for removing moilgaped inouorty , for obtain ing money under false pretenses , and like offenses , a rich ticld to cultivate , for In such cases the state pays the bills. Some of these bill have gene through thu usual loullno In the past ami been paid when they have bnon seaicely itemized at all , and u review of them might produce some Inteicbtlng llgures The uovernor has given notice that thesuclalmsln fulinc must bo iteml/.ed In oveiy paitlcular. In an Interview with the governor on this question of requisition , ho said that It was his purpose to urge some needed legislation In thu law fh these matters , nnd thesii pur poses he has loimeit nnd presented to tlio Icclslatuie In a special message. In this communication ho uses the following lan guage : "Kuqulbltlons are licquently bought. 1 am led to believe , tor the iciurn of alleged tugatlves fioiu Justice to tlm state fur the purpose nt enforcing the collection of a debt or coiimiuiiilsluK with the accused In cases wheie the ofleiito charged Is obtaining money under talsy pietenscs or culling or running elf moitgiigcd property. Kxpunsos Incurred In leturuiug fugitives ai paid by thu Mate , and the state Is thus made the Instrumentality for the collection ot debts In such cases , in- Mead of blinking thu accused to punishment lor the commission of a crime. ] icsuccttully n commend the i > n-.sagc of a law which shall pioyulu that lnc\erv case viliocntlm party on whuso oath the warrant \\as issued t-hall tall to pios-ecuto criminally and enter Into a compromise with the otlender , such paity at whoso Instance the wairauta.s Issued shall bo liable to the state for the lull amount of the costs In icttniilng the luglilvu to the state , " It will be ohsen ed that the govcinor puts nothing In thu way ot the vL'iirnus prosecution of this class of ciimnmls , but he proposes that thu state shall not become a collection agency or an employment bureau. THU I'lllKXIX III.ADSIIIK I 1ST. In the continuation of the annual returns ot the Insurance companies doing business In the state , thu two companies that headed the list two yours ago have. Hied their limnes , and while they will head the llt again the pies- cot j car , both show a decrease in business , a fact that is truu also ot almost evciy other company. The Nebraska & Iowa is tlm second end in the list , and the returns received at the auditor's cilice yesterday from different comp.\nics make the followlni : showing ; Plumilx ot Brooklyn Premiums , Sii7,53a,7U- , losses incuired , $ S3.i:54.lt : ) ; losses paid ! 61,600.70 , Nebraska it Iowa Premiums , SKi3 , U.44 ; losses incurred , 814,010.01 : losses " Jd. 814.410.ot. Homo of Now York Preuil- inns. 571 , 6.21 ; losses inclined , : Hf.tr.f.O ; . Continental -Pre- losses paid. SrW.SfilUO. . IJoylslon of Huston Premiums , & -V''il.l ' > ; losses inclined , : j.o.m ; losses paid. Sl.sxu- ; . l-'arragut ot Now Yoik Proinlnnis. 'ill.'Jl. 81 A IT. IIOl SKNOII S. There is a gic.U demand fin commissions as lotaiii-sat the present time , as a bill has jeon Introduced that will gioatly change the node of procedmo in mociu lug such author * ty if the bill pistes. In consequence ot this isplrantsaro nulling in then-petitions and a , u-go liumber v.lll undoubtedly bu Usiied in the ntNir present. The governor was engaged yesleiday pie- iailus tlio proclamation to Issue or-cnni/.iug .he new county ot Hex Uutte , which was by a vote of the people taken from the south- ein part ot the present county ol IMwes. soMinvn.vr r.xi.r.cisrn. Theie aie a good many clll/.ens ot Lincoln who mo somewhat excited these days over the fact that the bill giving municipal Iran- cldso to women Is liable to become n law. 'i'liopiophecy Is lieely tniido that It the bill passes moiu prohibition will he enacted In the different cities and towns In this .state than could ho bioUKht about myeaisin any other way , and it is believed thai with the ballot in the hands ot the women ot Lincoln that a pro hibition nisuoriind emmcd would bo elected. The discussion upon this question that con- tionts Lmeolnltes takes a wide range , and next to the liquor dealers themselves a good many leal estate men view tlio piospect us detiimeiitid to themselves and their property interests , and some go so far as to predict a collapse of thu real estate boom if the eltv should become a prohibition center. This question of mtiiileliul siiffragf , therefore , will bo very generally canvassed by the In habitants of the capital city and undoubtedly n powerful lobby on both sides will watch proceedings. AllOt T TUB flTV. The lire rouorted In > esterday's Hin : tiom this city was fully as expensive as I'nst .stated , and thu I ! street school building , where the the occuued , Is damaged beyond any fnluio use In that cnimeltv. A review to-day of the damage lixes it at Sl&CO , fully covered by In surance. It Is staled that L. C. Hurr yesterday nur- . 'based ' the resilience property of K. T. Itoh- bolts en N t > lwit tor S.OOJ. This Is voiy near the buslines center of the city , ami the icport is imtlierciiculated thatrluht In that vicinity is to bo eicctcd the comlmr spring and MIIII- mei a largo hotel to eclipse anything west of Uiu'MlsMiiiil liver. Policeman ilalono was In Oieston yester day , where ho wont to eet a man named Not ton , who Is thu chap who assaulted Po liceman ( Juntiim on the goxernmeiit square about UNO weeks ago. Policeman Malouo telegraphed to headmmrtcis In this city jes- tculay that ho Had his man and ho Is ex- pnetud homo with him to-day. Pollen ofllccrs were mitllied yesterday of a parcel of .stolon goods that were found near the waicrooius of the Wisconsin I'mntturo company. The goods consisted of some silk handkerchiefs , u toilet cat-o and a tew other nitides of lesser valuo. They ere thought to have been taken troin Will Maatcrman's The receipts of the West Lincoln "stock yaids yesterday wcio flou head of rather an in lei I or quality , and consequently prices fell off slightly , ruling yesterday Horn 84.50 to 54.75 per bundled. T. I' . A. NF.W6 Or A WKKIC. A , H. AibucUo. of the llarlan Times , and Isaac Lo Juyt , of the Hastings Independent , wciu vlsltois at the club rooms lust \\euk. The committee en thu era ml ball anil uan- quet to bu given the cnmliiL' month tcport prospect * very ll.itterlng lor an iiiimonsn at tendance and It U expected that a special car of visitors will come trom Omaha and a large number will also come from Hastings and Ui.ind Island. J-.UOU , iv.ins.vs my , u , u. m < iu , > ui | > .u i3u. U. H. Cuthhert. Omaha- : John Mullouey , tat. Piiul ; E. L. Half , Chicago ; 0. 11. Cat son Omaha ; Albert Voorhecs , Jsewark : 0 , h WilUenson , Uroken BowV. ; . H. 'taper ' Omaha : LeM Cox , Phillips : H. F. HubbarJ St. Loins , Tcmplo Pierce , Boston , SOCIAL NOTES AND TKUSONAIA It was a quiet wees In social circles , com paratlvely ( .peaking , this last one past Among tlie most pleasing , however , of Hie different gatherings was the informal recep tion t.ivcu to the members of the Chautau q ua circle by 51 r. and Ms.s. H. T. Leautt at tlua picas-nit houio on II street. Fully hcvciity-uve of the membership ot tlm ciiclc volt' present anil a very nloasaiit anil : it- lYictive riioL'r.imim' was cnntilhutod , while lie ciiteitidnmciit extended by the host and lostess was gicallv enjoyed by till. Iti-fresh- iieuls well1 sen oil ! > y the I'liion league. The Chase nml Wheeler oratorical contest rom among the members of thu P.ilhuliun oflnty was Iho attraction lasl e\cuiiig in ' iiiivc'rsity elrcl'-s , a ho-4 ol the triouds ot the oiitestaut.s IjL'ing present at the exorcises. Mr. Clement Ch.isc , of the Omaha Kxcelslor , ) iicot the piojectors ot thcsn annual con- estsasiirceut In the city yesterday. .Mi ° s .Mliinio Muddern was one ot the at- laciions at the Kuiikc opera house the past week and was gicetcil by a very laige audi- nee. who were greatly delighted with the \isitolliei-eltatid compuny to the capital Mr. and Mrs. .folin Baisby. of Kalrmont , weic visiting \Vcdnes.lay in Lincoln. Mrs. K. Bolmnnon. who has been visiting n Kansas , returned homo to Lincoln the past H. V : . I'roudiit , of Madison , WK , was visit- ngfi lends in Uncolu the jinst week. C. K. Willin , formeily nt Lincoln , came low n fiom .Broken Bow the past week on a \st | | ot business and iilcasurc at his eld liomc. K. K. Gordon has gone to Denver , at which place hoil \ he dcla'ncd ' for some time on business imdteis. .Mr. nnd Mrs. W. K. Woodruff , who have been visiting with trlonits In Lincoln , have i dinned home to llaitfor.l , Conn. 1) . H. M.dlliy , "I I 'PS Mo'iiii's. a Diomiiicnt oluci.il in the older of MudernVoodmen , \\as in Lincoln J-'ilday. .Mrs. li. ) Htouffer , of Tilth , passed ilnniigh Lincoln Friday en route tor a \ isltilh rela tives at Noin , 111. W. A. Koot , formerly of the Lincoln Xews staff , has acccpteit a position with the lea- ! tileu Ji\pre s and departed lor that city. Haiiy Uurtee is home to Lincoln horn an extended visit with Irlcnds and relatives in Illinois. ills. J. 11. McMurtry and daughter , who havt ) been visiting In the cast , returned honm to Lincoln Tlunsday. Mis. M. llustcd has gone to Chicago for n two weeks' visit with friends In that city. M. L Massey , who has been in thu boot and flioo business In Lincoln , has retmncd to his former homo In Dccatur , 111. Dr. C. I1' . Ktownit. of BrowmiHe , was a Lincoln visitor Wednesday , whore ho has many Irlenils and acquaintances. .Miss Cora H. llosmau. who h : s been visit ing with lulatives In Lincoln lor some week.- ! , has icturned to her homo in Dulutli , Minn , Tlio Plillliarinonio Coucerr. Tim second concert of the Philharmonic orchestra will be given at Boyd's at o ( ( 'clock this afternoon. The tollowlng Is the pro gramme ; 1. March , Narcissus . Bramlels 2. Oyuituic , Itaymoud . A. Thomas t ) . Walt"On the Beautiful Hudson" . . Blal -I. Mlnnot , for.vtriugiiiIntette..Boeclicrlni } 5. Ballad , The two ( iienadieis. . . .Schumann Mr. Conrad ticlimldt. 0. "Itemlnlscences of Tanniiauser , " . It. Wagner . 7. Largo , for tillingOrchestia. . Organ and Piano . Handel Violin snlo , > Ir. Nahan Kranko. 8. Cavotto. Amarjlhs . Ivliig Louis XIII I' ' . Cornet Solo , "Oucuirain" . . T. tJullium Mr. Henry Liitz. 10. Potpotnrl , Lu Puiiehulo . Offenbach 11. Serenade , tor String Qiuitctto . Mimko wall ! . 12. Waltz , Dolores . Watdtmifol Cio to South Omaha to dav nnd buy gome of those beautiful residence and valuable trackage lofs , ( beiiifi the nearest trackage for sale in South Omaha ) . These lota arc located on the main line of the Union Pacific railway , within ten min utes' walk of the stock exchange build- in < r in South Omaha , and arc known as Jefleris' rcnlat. Terms ID per cent cash , balance on monthly payments. This ad dition is across1 the railroad track west from Albright's choice addition , which was sold in one week. If you want choice lots don't delay. Omaha property is all good , but South Omaha has jjiven the largest and quickest returns. For sale at the olh'cn of T. O. Jetleris , nest ; door to thu postollice , South Omaha , or on the grounds. Fiyo acres in SotUli Omulmfors ale at bargain. EVA.SS & Jon TOiIFOOLER\\OF \ \ THE TOADIES , Americans V/lio Tliink Everything Sight if "Its Eagliab.yon , Know. " APING ARROGANT ARISTOCRACY. Oioiinral Grant nncl the DukeorRtithci- l Vin.eo ! and HritlHli ! ' "ox- r Good lluliils to Imitate. Niv. : ' YOISKTan. . St. fC'orrospondcnco of the Ilr.K ] I was paying a viiit , the other afternoon , at n fashionable IIOIIMI when an Englishman of position came in ; at once the whole parly fell to dKcussing the approaching marriage of an Ameri can belle with the son of a ISritiah duke. The foreigner said th.it the f.mily of the bridegroom was very amiable , and likely to treat the newcomer without any hauteur , "for , " ho added , coolly , "in families like that , when there is. a mar riage nitlin person without rank or high position , the reception isometime - , not cordial. " 1 bridled up mentally at this , and was getting ready to say : "That is very well in England , but Ameri cans think their young ladies , in good company , cfjual to the first " Uut the aininble hostess anywhere. per ceived my pugnacity and got the start of me : "Yes , " she replied meekly , "do manv American gills have married into families of distinction in England , and not been pleasantly received , that wo are glad to know this one is likely to find a better welcome. " I could have bitten my lips in rage , lirt-t , at the quiet inso lence with which the .stranger assumed the superiorly of English rank to any thing in America ; und then , tit th tin- bamty with which the lomark was re ceived. Hut perhaps there was a satire to this civility. Vet how can wo wonder , if the English think us inferior , when people of distinc tion submit to tliuir condescension , and carry out the humility in acts as well as words. Thuy crowded around the duke of Sutherland , the other day at a parly , as if lift had been a great man their duke , u nd they his vasaals ; there was oven a bagpipe to play for his grace as lie entered the room ; and I am told that women of position were taken up and presented to him till he got tired , and exclaimed to one of his cronic.s : "I don't sou why the grandehilaron of cob blers want to known duke at all. " Ho must havu u sovereign contempt tor the republicans > vho abase thoniaolvcs before him , whoso principal pononal distinc tion in London is that he rims with u lire machine , and in tins country that ho owns H rndrbad nnd works the engine with his own ducal hands. Till : GKNUHAl * ASP Till : IlfKf. . Ho owns n uaiinty besides , and when ( ieneral ( iranl yiritcd him he chanced to bo at a station on a railroad some dis tance from his caMlo. Grant had a spe cial car , and scoing the duke , ho rent to invite hU host to aliaro it. ills grace , however , also had his car ; he had known that thu ex-president was in the train , but hud not seen lit to pay hi * respects. When at last ho entered the car , ho took pains to assure ( JciwraTJrant that ho was there by accident , leat the man who had been the guest of 5o\ercigns should sup pose that the duke of biilhwluml had come thus far to greet him. Ho doubt less thought he was paying Grant nn honor to receive him at all a mere sol dier who ti.id happened to bo presi dent of a democracy. \ \ hen the duke was next in New } ork General Grant called on him , but his grace neglected to return the visit. It is not only dukes gennino grandees to whom American * pay this sickening homage ; but every Englishman with a. potty reputation in literature or politics , or with a title hardly recogin/.ed at home , receives sin ovation that makes him nil ) liis eyes like Christopher Sly when he woke and found liim slf in the bed of a lord.Vo make no distinction between people of real eminence and achievement and the iniivust third-rate pretenders. Dean Stanley : md Mr. Ilaweis were treated in the same fashion , the lord chief justice ot England and Mr. I'etor I'ottcr. Sometimes the msisnilicnnt for eigner is not to blame ; lie does not set up for si personage , but ho linds himself lionized almost before he arrives. Al'INC. AltlbTuriSACV. But to return to the aristocracy. When the American fashionable * can't catch a lord for their company they do the next best thing , and model themselves , as they suppose , after the original. And nothing is droller to those who have seen the originals than to murk the antics of tlio mimicry , The copyists dress themselves , they think , like the high English , and bu- ca'i > c in tlio autumn when the English aristocrats are in the country they wear country clothes , the.sc followers of a fashion they do not understand , sport traveling suits nnd derby hats in tlie Filth Avenue. No Englishman of posi tion is seen in London except in a high bat and a dark coat ; a jacket or a tweed suit is unknown in Pall Mull or Piccadilly , unless one is dimply pacing through town. There fore , not a man in New York who sots up for fashion can bo seen before Christ mas except in a derby hat and perhaps a shooting jacket. They think il is English style ! Save the mark ! Even now in the dead of winter you may notice some ultra exquisites of a Sunday afternoon parad ing their country suits to show an ac quaintance with foreign modes. An Englishman , it is true , may sometimes wulk our streets in such continue , because he considers New York provincial , but if he should do it at homo ho would bo the laughing stock of the cubs or uancatured in "Vanity Fair. " As long 111:0 as the days of Fra Diavolo , Lord Allcasli was dressed as n.satire in the style Unit some New York men jillcct who think they know the world. Then , in England wlioro the climate is mild and the winters are warm , where I have seen roses blooming in the open air at Christmas , and snow is ulino.it unknown ( they have no name for .sloighs , and call them American sledges ) ; there the people with great country hou.scs till them in December and February , because an out door life is possible anil agreeable. There fore in the hyperborean region when the thermometer is below zero , nnd the trrouml covered with snow lor months , when the blasts are most penetrating nnd the forests most biting , thu line folk must imitate the English mpdo. They too must open their country houses , built and furnished for summer , und invite "country house parties" to sports that nearly kill them by the exposure. Tlioy shiver and froc/.o nnd Miller , und some times die ; they take diphtheria and pneu monia , und ondiiro agonies of torture because the high English go to the coun try at the some time. ruoi.iNG WITH Tun rox. So , too , the English hunt , and wo for sooth must do the same , lint the English possess treat estates and preserve their game ; they Keep live foxes and have u right under the English law to ride oycr the crops and liclds of their tenants , or the prerogative is stipulated in their leases. They hunt on their own land. A lord with an estate of 60,01)0 ) acres invites a party to rule to hounds. Therefore , on Long Island , where n man may hold , per haps , a 100 acres , und his next neighbor is u farmer , us much u proprietor ns lie is , tiio imitator of aristocracy sets m > n kennel , und attempts to follow the hounds. Hut his neighbor pro tests ; ho is no tenant bonnd to allow the descendant of a feudal lord to destroy his fences und trample on his crops. Not lon < ' ago one of these far- mcTri gave notice to u gidlsiat muster of tbe lioun U that ' ' would shoot the first man who attempted to ride over his grounds. ( Jood sport , however , could not be interrupted , anil the whole "lield" swept proudly down. lut ! there stood the farmer with musket in hand , and like the kins of Franco with twice ten thou sand men , the huntsman bold rode up a hill and then rode back : i < : aiii. They had no feudal riirhts and were only tres passers. They even do not find the good demo crats of the country willing to give them the road. When a lady ot the neighbor hood was thrust aside , her vehicle broken and herself injured , she absolutely went to law with the would-be aristocrats. These gentry should reserve their sports for regions where they can own jand enough to enjoy thenihelves in aristo cratic style , and not on n potato patch put on tin ) airs of lords of the manor or masters of a demesne. "Tis ns good as a screaming Jarce to sec a little "Jiold" of twenty or thirty people , the men in regulation "pink , " with high top boots and hunting brceche.s , following not a lo.x , but a buy ; of anise seed tied to a horoo's tail , stopped by the farmer.s and turned oiV by the old women anil callin/ / ' this fox hunting. They oven invite Englishmen to join them ; real lords and real .sports men , and these English go back to the country of preserves and privilege , and many a joke they toll about the demo crats who aspired to their company and thought themselves aristocrats' because they wore red coals , and hunters because they rode after unibo seed. WHAT K.Nlil.ISil I.lKIl IN AMKKICAN'S. For the scorn of _ n genuine aristocrat for liis copyist is intense. Many n lord or duke likes n real republican ; they re spect a man who stands up for his coun try and its institutions ; they believe in Americans who declare themselves self- made ; they like mnny American customs and admire many American women ; but what they do not nuder.itand is why Americans and dcinourats fchonld pretend tend to what they can never attain , what the whole world know.s wo claim to have discarded , why we should throw aside our national dignity and character to parade in the borrowed plumes of an aristocracy. My English acquaintance told the truth when he said that the high English are unwilling to receive Americans intq their families , More than one , or two , or half a dozen well-known American women havu married within the last ten years Into noble houses in England and in nearly every instance the heads of 1110 = 1) houses exerted themselves to pre vent the marriage ; disgraceful condi tions have been imposed before the core- monv could bo performed , and after all , the new comer was often neglected and insulted by thu aristocratic connections to whoso society she aspired. 11 beauty or genius conquered at last , it was sometimes not till thu hus band had pawned the pearls of his Amer ican wife , or both had sulh'ircd , or al most starved ; within bight of their haughty and semi-royal relatives. Even then success did not always las I. An American who might one day bo a pov.r- cs.s is said to bo planning a return to her democratic homo , and another , a march ioness , has been discarded by her hus band , her coronet a mockery , and her self refined at court , though admittedly without fault. 'llicso tire the wavi of the very high aristocrats. Lower down , among the connections of peers , it is thu same thing , even these think themselves butter than thu rest of the world , though they have only rubbed again" ! tin- nobility , and the baronets and knights uud "honorables" uro as indignant when American daugh ters uro proposed to them as dukes and marquises themselves. Women bearing the oldest names in America , names that were obscure , although aristocratic , in England , but have been made distin guished by public services and brilliant talent hero havu been barely welcomed to homes not equal to their own , and of less distinction than those a * r c * a ani M.v < aoifm " 3 iMi am J < MIMJJJMIJ UUI they lolt IIHVP positively repelled them. ror. iNi ( r.u.si. ri'roMS. . Yet there uro Americans or cducalioi anil importance anxious to imitate , i ! they cannot outer , tlio tinglish sirifdoo ruey. Alas ! they often miss even thil humble marl : For many of the habiti copied lioro arc not tlioso of the aristoo racy at all , but of the middle ulasa ; tnoj arc taken from novels or tlm &la < e , faslii ions set by authors or ; utorn who Jiav < novur seen aristocracy or known itt ; manners , and iirnnrantly followed by UJQ Americans as ( specimens of the hifrh Kng < lish life and behavior. The exeessiva drawl , the languid manner , the stupid btammcr , tlie broadness of speech , thu insolent stare that are assumed by thosa wlio wish to poem Kngllsh , and indeed nearly all the peculiarities of lan uugq and demeanor imitated in America , urq but the shadow of a shade ; the copy ol some poor cockney , himself the cnncn- ture of a lofty original. OTlio real beliavior of the great liiiKlish. is simple , though sometimes arrogant. There is u superciliousness which one not bom to the "manor" never catches ; 11 euiolessncss of other * that comes not from intending to uU'ronl. but from u genuine indiUbroncc impossible to atTooti the consciousness of a superiority so reo- ogniy.ed as to be almost forgotten. Noth ing of this e.xihts hero or can exist where the neoplo who alleot superiority neither feel it nor possess it ; and where thu show of it is resented as soon as manifested. No one can have the English manner which spurious democrats so much ad mire unless other people admit the supe riority , for this manner is the opposite of ellbrt , or assertion , or pretense. Even when it li real it is no belter than the Im itators might have without ellbrt and tlio effort always fails. There is indeed abundance in England and in the English to admire , and to em ulate , if not to imitate , lint the disease that is called Anglomania is in realify aristocrntomnnia. Its victims do not imi tate the lawyers , tlio men of letter , the merchants and manntacturers , who give England her power and glory and impor tance to-day , but peers and peeresses who take them tor all in all , are less deceiving of imitation by Americans than any class in England. These imi tators uro especially apt to prate of family descent which they think the distinguishing mark of aristocracy ; .yet tlio very men of greatest deeds und most illustrious named from whom some of them have sprung , wore noli-mndo , and it they worn alive to-day , would bo culled parvenus in England , while the claims of the "oldest" American families to gentility would bo scouted by EnglUh peers , who regard such protcnso as wo might the etiquettes of ants or prece dence among pissmlreij. ADAM DAIHA'U. : Crclglilon Less than two weeks ago a syndicate com posed of W. II , Alexander , Dr. Spaldlng , N A. Kiihn , A. P. ( Jinn , J. II , McCiilIoch , .1. ' C. Whinncry nnd C. I ) . Wnodworth , purchased n tract of land lying north and west of Orchaid hill and christened thu prop erty "Orelghton Heights.1' The "Heights" embraced \ \ lots which were placed in thu hands of Benewa A ; Co. and thu C. W. Mount Investment company lor sale. Through thu energetic woik of timso entcrpilslng leal estate lirmn the last of the property was dis posed of yest.erday at prices ranging fiom 4' < 0 to l'5VJ per Jot ! The gentlemen wl o composed the syndicate , teiuluiod the real estate linns mentioned and their employes , twenty-live In all , a tiaiiquet lit the Omaha club last nluht in appreciation of tir ir ex- cellcnt vttnk. _ 31,000 I'orAoro. I have aj acres of land i mile cast of South Omaha , at $1,001) per ncro.liw \\oll , ami is it bargain. If not sold thi week will 1)0 platted. ( lUOVKItKTr.VKN'S , 1'luce , On Liaen worth struct.