12 \ - ' ' . " : ' THE OMAHA IUlLY _ SEE ; SUNDAt .JULY 24. 1887.TWELVE PAGES. '
Semi-Annual Statement of the Treasurer of Douglas County , for the One-Half Year , Commencing January 1st , 1887 , and Ending June 30th , 1887 , Inclusive.
Semi-Annual Statement of the Treasurer of Douglas County Continued.
STATE FUNDS.
Tonmoiintonhnnd.Taniinry l t , 1887 f 17,351 60
To amount tnmerul fund collected ( II,884 111
To amount sinking fund collected 0.202 K2
To uinoiint school fund collected 12,462 4:1 :
To amount university fund collected 4,01i' !
To amount penitentiary fund collected U 25
ToDinount nnrnmlschool rund collected 10 U'J '
To amount state bond fund collected 23
To nmount asylum fund collected toTe
To amount fapltol fund ciUlccled 0,00010
To amount rolorin school fund collected 1,634 ol
To amount Institute for feelilo minded lund collected 1,511 34
To nmounrllve Block Indoninlty fund eollocted 1,2011 03
To nmount fiohool land , principal collected 7,268110
To Binount Hcliool land Interest collected 1,112542
To amount school land lease collected 15373
i 8121,074 24
fly nmount paid stnto treasurer , No. 3,045 f 17.38409
liy amount paid state treasurer , No.3,107 . ' 66,37575
lly amount transferred to county Kcncral fund ( colluded 1807
and previous years 18568
83,140 12
Balance $37,72312
COUNTY GENERAL FUNDS.
To amount on hnnd January 1st , 1887 f 10,161 77
To amount collected 112,084 1C
Tonmount transferred from county sinking fund 133 43
To amount transferred from county poor fund 117 71)
To nmount traiml'erroil from county IOR fund 094 l'J
I'D amount transferred from sinking bund fund 83 Ot
To amount transferred from old court house fund 14 04
To amount transferred from Interest fund 7 70
To amount trnnsferred from advertising fund , 148 62
To amount transferred from miscellaneous fund 6M1 60
To amount transferred from etuto fund ( collected I ii7 & former yrs. 185 68
$109,713 71
lly amount warrants redeemed 64,860 47
lly resolutions on Kcnoriil fund 41 32
lly amount foes for collection of cou.ity taxes 4,210 40
liy amount transferred to ditch fund 19538
$ 60.U07 57
, Balance 8 40,404 14
SPECIAL SCHOOL FUND.
To amount on hnnd January 1st , 1887 / $ 0,43590
To amount collected less that of 1808 and previous years 32,4S2 88
$ 38.U18 78
By amount paid districts $14,13384
By amount collection feu 32483
II 14,457 67
S Balance $24,45111
SCHOOL APPORTIONMENT FUND.
fo amnimton hand January 1st , 1887 $ 2,721 43
To amount received from state 31'JOO 7U
To amount special school tux ! 808 and previous years 96 7H
To amount don tar 1887 and previous years 2 07
To amount Iliinor license tranxfcrrcd fioin miscellaneous fund 375 00
To amount tine * and forfeitures ilo do . . . . COS 65
) To amount pedillura license do do . . . . 2000
$ 35,774 7Z
By amount pnld districts $ 10,351 11
lly amount collection leu 11 53
$ 19,3 > ! 5 04
Balance $ 10,409 08
SCHOOL BOND , DISTRICT No. B AND No. 20.
T.I amount on hand January 1st , 1487 $ 1,070 09
'I'D amount collected 0 09
$ 1,085 7B
lly amount paid treasurer $ 1.01981
By amount collection fee , 01
, , S l.Otf 42
30
Balance $ 35
R. R. BOND SINKING FUND.
Vn nmount on hand January 1st , 1887 8 21,400 09
To amount collected 43,824 6'.l
To amount transferred from railroad bridge tuud 194 37
$ 05,419 05
By amount warrants redeemed 8 27,665 80
$37,75385 ,
BRIDGE FUND. ,
To amount on hand January 1st , 1887 ' . $ 2,790 84
To amount collected 12,240 7'j
_ $ 15,037 67
By amount warrants redeemed 8 7,73860
$ 7,305 01
ROAD FUND.
To annul nt on hand January 1st , 1887 $ 2,81)4 ) 97
To amount collected 30,52s 37
Veamount transferred from tmulc J38a 78 , road and bridge IU2.72
nUjioll , J7H7.27 1,210 71
8 31 040 05
By amount warrants i oileomed $ 27,721 07
llttlunce | 0,31893
JUDGMENT FUND.
To amount on hnnd January 1st , 1887 $ 1,748 33
le amount eollocted 0,150 34
* TSW 07
I 7bM C7
INSANE FUND.
To amount on hand January lot , 1H87 $ 8,513 19
Vv amount collovtod ti,0t3 8i
$ 12.H7 OS
Balanco. . $ 12.N.7 08
HOSPITAL BUILDING FUND.
To amount collected ; . . $ P0.174 4
'
lly'Minount wurruulsloJcomcJ , . . , . , . . , , . . . , , . . . . . . * . , . , $ 5,91175 , '
CITY OF OMAHA TAXES.
Tonmount on hand January 1st , 187 8 1.031s CiTe :
To amount collected 3D 27
'
lly nmount collection fee $ 74
lly amount paid city treasurer 1,098 21) )
* $ l.OUU 03
Balance $ 38 K )
CITY OF FLORENCE TAXES.
To nmount on hand January let , 1877 8 00 94
To luiount collected . .v 117 03
' '
fly amount collection foe ' , 'f\ 1176
Balance $ 17581
VILLAGE OF WATERLOO TAXES.
Tonmount on hnnd.Inruary 1st. ISS7 ' . $ 12033
'lo amount collected including dojr tux of village 211 9S -
J"
By nmount paid vlllauo treasurer -ft 31183
lly amount refunded to C. 1' . Coy 860
By amount collect ion t'eo 23 80
i $ { 34363
Balance . , . $ 8 78
! "
VILLAGE OF MILLARD TAXES.
To nmonnt on hnnd January ! M,18i7 . ' $ 9 IS
To nmount collected . , , , , 48842
$ 497 00
By amount paid vlllaso treasurer $ 400 00
By amount collection leo 4884
* 44384
Ilftlanco $ < 876
DITCH FUND ( NORTH OMAHA AND WATERLOO. )
To nmount on hnnd .TnniiHry 1st , 1N > 7 t 1"7 75
To Hinount collected : . . . . . 100017
' ' ' " ' ' ' ' " ' '
To amount transfcrrc'il from general fund . . . . . . . ! . . . . . . . . 'iWi ! ! 8
r
By nmo'int warrants roileumoil $ I,3i9 CO
POLL FUND"
Tonmount collected $ 2,231 27
lly nmount supervisors rci'clptt rcilccMiitd f 1 , < 34 CO
Uy amount tuinsrerreil to roiiJ fiuij 7U7 ! i7
* 2 , 31 27
PENALTY.
To amount on Imml jnnunry 1st , 1887 t 703 SO
Ilalunco ( 70330
REDEMPTION MONEY.
Tonmount on hnnd January 1st , 1887 8 2,077 65
Tonmount collected ! MHS1 ! ! "
To amount omitted on lust report in 15
t O.COO 17
lly amount imkl holder of ccrtltlcatcs $ 5,099 64
IltUanco $ fioo M
MISCELLANEOUS FUND.
To amount duos and forfeitures * CM ( VS
louinountlliiuor license 1175 noTe
To nmount peddler llccnso 8000
To nmount surplusfoosof county olllcors s.litt 50
To amount rent of oltlccs 31,11 IK )
S 6U5 15
Uy nmount transferred to apportionment fund ' . * 1,0.11(15 (
lly nmount transferred to ci'iioral fund 6wi u )
$ 8 555 15
FEE FUND.
Tonmount for collection of county tnxcB t 4 " 10 40
'lo amount for collection of district , xcliool tuul uppor'nt tnxcs xw M
'Jo amount for collection of city mill vllliieii tnxes 84 64
I o amount for collection of miscellaneous tuxes joj HI
lo aimnim for collection of fcliool liontl tnxcs 61
To amount for collect Ion of suite taxes 8(2J ( 83
I 6,770 ( S
lly nmount salnrlcs paid t 8,95000
" *
Balance j 3,82065
RECAPITU LATION
Tonmount on Imnd Jnnimry 1st , 18S7. f 77,417 43
T.i umount taxes collected ! t4 ! ' 8S5 89
Tonmount nciionl land , principal I'-M < jo
To amount Bcliool land , Imorcst 1 ic' . ' ! 42
To nmount school land , leiipe 1KI 7J
Tonmount miscellaneous collect Ions ' OJi.Vi 15
To amount mlsocllunoous foes . J21 81
To Hinount Oinnlin city tnxcs collected : KI 27
To nmount redemptions collected \ 21H13 117
To amount redemptions omitted on limt report in 15
To amount received from thotftate tor apportionment tnx 31 floi ) 79
To nmount received from tliotitnlo for collection of stnto tux. . . . . . . . 2iri ! KITe
To amount lioepitul building lund collected ygi74 til
1515,143 Ot
lly nmount warrnnta redeemed , fl352"l ns
lly amount pnld sliito treasurer , KI.7BO 44
lly amount puM school dUtrlcl treasurer. , 3J,4- us
lly amount paid school bond , 1.U49 81
lly nmount pnld redemption money 609 1:4 :
By nmount paid salaried 8li50 WI
lly nmount pnld vlllniro treasurer ; . in KI
Hy nmount refunded to I'.C. Coy , a jj
lly amount resolutions on Kcneriil fund . 41 x >
lly amount BiinervlsorB receipts redeemed 1,431(0 (
Jly amount paid city treasurer , , , , 1,01)829 )
IS"'MI
Jtalnnc.0 , . . . . , „ , . | * , 35
Amount Unto fund on hnnd .Inly Ipt , 1887 f : i7.7iS 12
Amount county general turn ) on hand .Inly 1st. 1887 4l,40t ( ! 11
Amoent Mjhool apiioiilonnient on hnnd July 1st , 1887 \nW > < > 8
Amount special school lund on hand July Ibt , 1887 24,4111 11
Amount fchool houd fund on hnnd July Kt , 1887 : ir : iil
Amount It. U. county sinking tund on Imnd July let , 1887 : i7,7f > ; ) 25
Amount lirldiro fund on hand July Is-t. 18h7 7ioi : ; 01
Amount road lund on haml July 1st , 18s7 ( iJ18 : 1)8 )
Amount city of Omaha tnxus on hnnd July 1st , 1887 118 KI
Amount villiurnof Waterloo taxes on hnnd .Inly 1st , IK87 H 78
Amount vilhiKoof MllUnl tn.xos on Imnd July 1st. 1KS7 48 7(1 (
Amount city of Kloreuco ta.xes on liuiid July 1st , 1887 175 81
Amount fee lund on li'ind July 1st , 1M7 DS2il M
Amount Insuno fund on hnnd July 1st. 18J-7 12.V > 7 C8
Amount Judjcmontlund on hnnd July 1st , 1887 7M'U ' (17 (
Amount hospital liulldlnvrl'und on h > nd July 1st , 1847 (11-iKi ( 19
Amount pcnnlty lund on hnnd July 1st. 7 79:1 : UO
Amount redemption money on hand July 1st , 1887 U'a Kt
$ : ! SO,58fl 25
I hereby certify that the above statement shows the amount of balance on hand
January 1st , 1887 , the amounts collected in the several funds from January 1st , 1887 ,
to June 'iOth , 1887 , inclusive , and the balances on hand July 1st , 1837 , and that the
foregoing is correct to the bcstof my knowledge and belief.
HENRY HOLLN , County Treasurer.
OUR QUEER HOUSEHOLD PEf.
Its Style Changed By the Dictum of
Fashion ,
THE REIGN OF THE CANARY.
Popularity of DOUH The Craze for
Marmosets The Coininc Mull
Turtle Queer Uncanny Iet8
anil Xhclr Owners.
Eliza Putnam llcaton in Now York
MuiI and express : Dick , thu ciitmry is
dead. Ho was carried oil * by an inlliion/.u
during the long , cold spring. Grctehcn ,
the housemaid , opened a window one
foggy morning without moving his sage ,
and tliere is mourning in thu land for
Dick. There is a faint lingo of regret for
Fide , the pug , who is so delightfully
ugly with his black uoso and short face ,
but who is out of style or goinfc out ,
which is worse and so must leave ins
soft cushions and take oil' his embroid
ered blanket , poor thing. Thn season is
ju.st at hand when dealers in birds and
animals arc looking about them for nov
elties , when the fashions in pots are be
ing set for another year , when caprice in
feathered and four-footed life are oilered
every day to tempt my lady's whim ,
when the town house is closed , the win
ter's menagerie scattered to thn four
winds of heaven and the now assortment
of favorites taken to the country for a
summer's domestication and breaking in.
Are there fashions in pets ? Dear mo ,
yes. The real dog lover or bird lever is
rare , and twice in three times owns
neither dog nor bird. A few jears ago
every man of fashion wore a spitz dog ;
now you might go into every house on
Murray hill and a good many other hills
besides and not find one. Some spitz
dog so far forgot himself as to snap at
his mistress's white linger , mayhap , and
so the rumor got abroad that'the spitz
family is surly and ugly it is falso.there
are no more faithful and aHeotionato pels
in the brute creation and a deal of news
paper talk ensued ; but the banishment
of the spitz was mostly duo to his getting
out of style. Ho had been king , but his
subjects had wearied of his reign. And
that more recent favorite , the png he
who has lorded it over the poodle so long
is ho not to give plcco to his hated
rival again this fall ? And except at a
dog show who over sues a uenumo King
Charles spaniel of whoso silky hair our
grandmothers made so much of. And the
big docs , the mast'illd and setters , that
every young lady led about with her last
summer , wliero liuvo they betaken them
selves ?
Assurdcdly fashion | prnscribns pets as
well as gowns. When the grand dnmo
murtnus in her doggie's ear that ho is her
darling it is always with the saving
clause unexpressed , "so long , dear , as
you arc the style , when that changes , pet ,
you must go. " The doc's special ph.yci-
cian and nurse , his daily airings on the
promenade , his receptions to other clito
doglets that are all mockery and empti
ness , and deceived not the elect if their
object is to make the beholder believe
that there is once in a do/.eu timu-s any
allection wasted on the pampered beastiu.
People can like docs , J am inclined to
believe that Lottie , the actress , likes the
enormous mastilV she is frolicking with
this summer , as she has played with it a
great many summers while oil' duty.
Olive Locan is fond of the French terrier
she has had for almost twenty years ; but
folk of fashion take to one dog this year
and another next , as ( hey fondled the
breeds that Sir Walter Scott preferred
until Byron eclipsed the older poet , af
fected the Newfoundland and led the
Whole English speaking world after him.
The worst of familiars of the animal
kingdom , a good deal atl'ected by Now
York women just now , are the mar
mosets , not quito < io big as a new born
kitton. ' 1 boy cost from flC a pair up
wards , and last winter you might have
seen u woman or two sleighing in the
park with marmosets instead of a muffin
her lap to warm her hands. There arc
monkeys which are sometimes taken into
houses for pets , but which are usually
bundled out agun about as soon women
almost never like monkeys and , espe
cially since the rush to southern resorts
began , alligators , which have a way pe
culiarly their own of making themselves
at homo in Now York drawing rooms.
These latter sustain life on a diet of raw
beef. They require only a slanting log
to bask on and a tray of water under the
piano to bo reasonably happy , and , for
tunately for their career as pets , they are
in no haste usually to grow big enough
to swallow the baby or commit much
havoc in a well retaliated homo.
"Why , " said an old man who keeps n
curiosity shop the other day , " 1 have sold
over fifty alligators this spring , some for
women to carry in their pockets , and as
1 promised to nome around and feed
some of them , it keeps mo pretty busv.
I reckon some folks'll want to bo kcopiiY
whales next. "
There is less change , probably , in the
fashion in birds than in animals. The
canary holds hU own , as he has for years.
Ho is small , ho is neat and dainty , ho is
cheap , ho is reasonably pretty , ami hn is
an unmatched songster. Hut the big
wholesale bird stores , like Kelcho's on
Park row , wliero the fashions arc seen a
year ahead , and where fortunes in pets
change hands yearly , could tell you of
scores of singers of some of which you
never heard , perhaps , of which there is
constant demand , with now and then a
wcll-delinod cra/.o. Parrots which talk
may cost $ : ! ( K ) , and parrots that don't
may bo bought for a song no pun in
tended , for parrots don't sing. Paroquets
and macaws , with their brilliant plumage ,
are chosen not infrequently to match the
furnishings of a riclily colored room ,
while oven such coarse birds as the black
bird , and such quito unmusical ones as
wood pigeons , find some favor as pets.
Among the most utitlietio of pots are
"mules" or hybrids. The commonest
are the hybrids of the goldfinch and
canary , and of the linnet and ehafllch.
Thc.su betray some of the characteristics
of both parents. The half goldfinch , for
example , has some of the canary yellow
about it and some of the finch's bulkier
head. It is a line singer , as is the
ehaflinch hybrid. A moderately popular
bird is the grosbeak , an orderly fellow of
sober plumage and docile behavior. The
African waxbill is a tiny , sad-colored pet
no larger than a humming bird. Ilo
never sings , but has a prettily pathetic
air about him that captures the feminine
heart now and then. Thu mocking bird
is less liked then ho would be if ho hau
not such an aversion to livmtr. He doesn't
like the climate and rarely lasts over his
first winter. The orchard oriole , the car
dinal bird and the bobolink are growing
in favor as pets. Imngino bottling up
the mad music of the Kobert of Lincoln
at * o many dollars a parcel. It is sheer
profanation , as bad as shooting him , as
the Haltimoreans do.
Stull'ed birds are u recent fancy. .Since
society men have taken to gunnintr , it is
the thing for the worn on ot the house to
perch the spoils of the day about in all
manner of odd positions , in all manner
of odd places. S'.ull'ml owls have long
been in vogue for thn library , indicating
an appreciation of wisdom in others , if
jou haven't much yourself , though why
the owl should bu the t peof wisdom it
would bo hard to say , for they are pro
verbially stupid , but , like some human
beings , possess the faculty of keeping
still and not letting people'Had out how
foolish they are.
In the window of a bird store , on
Itroadwav half a bushel of mud turtles
are crawling about. People have UIKIMI
to buying them to put out in garden.1 : and
they do well enough where then ! is grasser
or a suspicion of mud. An unusual pet
is a big bull frog. One tnat I saw thu
other uay was reported to bo pining for
its mute , which an artist had burrowed ,
hopinu to induce it tot.it for its picture ,
and tli ( : third of the family group lind
boon taken l > y a gentleman to ( iurmnny
to demonstrate how much fnttor , burger ,
more musical and nuni | m > : iry ! oapah.l"
of swelling into an ox the.Amuriuun .
frogs are than the frogs of the ofToto
despotisms of Europe.
A pair of Texas horned frogs would bn
just the pots for a philosopher with little
to do. They are queer , spiky looking
creatures , with every .tpptwraueo of be
ing dead , because they do not condescemt
to chance their position more than once
in two or three days. There is a Now
York jeweler who has put n gold batul
with padlock and chain about one of
these creatures , by which ho is now sus
pended to thn watch guard of a young
woman , who is climbinc thu Catskills n
penstock in hand and I think they have-
been fastened in thu hat baud. Some
people take to Salamanders , which are
stupid but , harmless pots , and there is n
distinct fancy for fishes just now. . Homo
aquaria are seen everywhere , HOIIIO lilted
into conservatories ingeniously , but
about the only curiosity ever found hi
thnin is an old Japanese goldlish with .a
fan-shaped tail. Thu kio , as fanciers
call it , brings $500 sometimes , though I
have seen as strange malformations hi
goldhsli out of the Hudson river.
Insects for pets are more rare than
sensationalists would have one believe.
I have seen just one myself , an ugly
beetle that a lady had worn attached by
a chain to her corsage. Some accident's
happened to his harness and ho was
laid up at a jeweler's for repairs. I gave
him sugar and he ate it greedily.
It is a usual fiction that women arc
the chief buyers of pots. Men buv as
many birds as women. They buv more
dogs and more expensive ones. The
poodle has his place in the world , per
haps , as well as the Irish setter or the
daclishun. The taste for queer , uncanny
pets attributed to women is simply an
exaggeration. Sarah Uornhardt may
get herself scratched by a young tiger ,
but most women prefer a safer and more
seemly pot.
Tlio Color Ijliio In New York.
New York Commercial Advertiser : A
negro lawyer of this city gives an inter-
csting account in the Freeman of h is own
experiences of color prejudice in NOT ?
York restaurants. Ho went into a res
taurant in Fulton market , where several
people were eating , and his order was
refused on the ground that thej were not
cooking anything at the time. In n
Cedar street restaurant "tho waiter
threw napkin , knife , fork , plate ,
food , etc. , at mo as if I were n
wild animal and ho was afraid of being
blttun ; " and when ho paid his. bill the
proprietor told him that , although ho had
no personal objections to serving a negro ,
his customers didn't lit. Ho patronized
a Broadway restaurant several timea
until the proprietor told him that his
white guests told him that his white
guests made complaints. Lately ho has
been on a trip to the south , and after observing -
serving the freedom with which whites
and blacks seemed to mingle in work
and in conversation on the train and
at the stations , ho said to : i negro friend :
"Healjy I believe that in some respects
there is moro color prejudice in the North
than in the South. " His friend agreed
with him , and ho was a ma.i entitled to
speak with authority upon this subject ,
for he is the pastor of a church in
Georgetown , S. ( J. , and has traveled in
the North , where ho was "subjected to
numberless insults by men who keep
hotels and restaurants. "
The
Workingman in the Koston Herald :
The English workman lives in a .small ,
stufi'v tenement perhaps he has n small ,
study house by himself. Somehow his
place never seems so airy and bright a
the Frenchman's , oven though ho may
spend moro money on it. Thu other day
1 was going through a Iloston street in
habited by the families of laboring men.
It was a fearfully hot day and all the
windows were open. Hut what struck
mo as a singular thing was the fact that
a great many of the windows were prac
tically closed up by the high hoad-boarda
of great wooden bedsteads shoved against
the windpw.thus excluding air. 1 thought
how differently thu Parisian woricing-
man's wife would arrange her apartment.
In the first place she would not have this
great , ugly bedstead. There would bo a
low iron one , or wooden cot , plenty
largo enough , more easily kept clean ,
occupying much less space , and uxeluit- _ .
ing no daylight or air. Then , our French- . J
man's windows aru always clean ; there
are light muslin curtains , too , and , per
haps , a few bright ( lowers or plants m
the window. The floors have no carpets
or coverings Carpets are a mistake ,
any way. I have none in my own house ,
nrufomng the hard lloor with rugs. The
French artisan gets along without carpets -
pots or oil cloth. Perhaps thu tloor is
stained , perhaps not. At any rate , it al
most shines with frequent applications of
thu scrubbing brush. It is very easily
kept clean.
AVntor OH n furl tier.
Water will absorb all the filth of the air
as read ! ly as it will dissolve f ugar , salt
and similar m.itUm , such poisons being
rapidly dillused , similarly alloetiug all
parts. For this reason water which has
been standing in the vicinity of filth soon
becomes unfit for culinary purposes. In
deed , that which has stood in an ordinary
kitchen during tlu night should not bo
used as a drink or in cooking. V .s.iuls of
water particularly if ti little copperas ly
added placed in the sick room , will do
much to purify the room and prevent the
attendants from contracting the disease.
It is well to remember that if mcdic.incH
are reduced in water , they should \ > t > kept
In covered cups , or , bettor still , in
corked vlali. If water purifies the
air , milk , which is iiio-tly water , even
when thu purest , should never be kept in
a filthy place , the covering being insuf
ficient to exclude foul gases. Such un
covered , or partially protected vessels of
milk will purify tlin air of the collar -
wali-r and the copperas will do as well-
but will nut purify the syMom of the
child , or that of any one using micli
partially poisoned milk. It may Im re
marked that many wells purify the sur
rounding soils in the vicinity of liltliy
outhouses , rendering the water to that
uMont unlit for use. The wells m 5hc
vicinity of stables , plggwh's and thu
like , on tliu average , nru too foul to sup
ply the family water , or that used l.v tlio
stock , since the milk ami the tli-ili ol
sdcli stock will Im. more u.c less uU'-ctcd
by a-.uih imiiurli ( ! > .