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OMAHA DAILY BEE : THURSDAY. JULY 28. 1S87 ; THE BIG FIRE AT LINCOLN. < A " Losses will Agregate Moro Than Slxtj * * Thousand Dollars. WELL COVERED BY INSURANCE. Humphrey IlroH. , will Itebulld nt Unco i Leprous Companies Notified to Fllo Tni'lir Sheets Mrs. Liang- try A tlraxvltiK Card. fntOM THE Iir.E'fl T.I.VCOT.X IIUnnAlT.1 Tlio blackened walls of tbo Humphrey block were nil that remained in tbo morning hours yesterday to tell of ono of tbo greatest Urea tbat Lincoln baa Buf fered for some time. By very bard work tbe dopartmnnt kept tbo ilnmcs from tbe first lloor , but it was of llltle practical good us ttie rooms are flooded complete ly with water , making tbo damage al most as great ns though the flames themselves had been nt work. Humph rey Uros. , the owners of the building and tbo owners of the immense Mock of hardware , machinery , carriages unit bug gies , nro tbo heaviest loosurs but they they think they will not loose over $10- 000. They will immediately commence the work of rebuilding , and in sixty days they promise to have business in force ngain in the rejuvenated building. The foundation anil basement walls are not injured in the least , nnd a careful exam ination may reveal the fact ttiat the side walls are not seriously injured. This block cost between ? ! JO,000 , and | 10,000 , , nnd the insurance on the building was $13,500 in the following companies : In- fiiiranco Company of North America , $5,000 ; . ( Etna of Hartford , $3OUO ; Mur- chants of Newark , N. J. . $3,5UO ; Underwriters - \ writers of Now York , $1,000. Messrs. Humphrey Uros. , estimate their losses on stoek at at least $20,000 , When Been by the UKB during the day they stated that they had $12,000 insurance on the stock. The insurance agencies , how ever , report the following as the insurance on the stock in the following companies : ; Ktnn. 18,500:1'bcenix of Hartford , $3,000 ; Washington Fire and Marine of Boston , i $2,500 ; Gorman American. $3,000 ; Spring- Held F. and M. , $1,000. A. W. Jansen & Co. , who occupied the west room in the Humphrey block , carry a very extensive stock of furniture , and do both n retail and a wholesale business. Some of the stoek in Ibis establishment was moved into the street , but Mr. Jan- eon estimates bis loss nt $30.000. Jansen & Co.'s insurance is.tl3.500 in the follow- ingcompanics : Farmers' nnd Merchants' of Lincoln , $2,000 ; Pnojnix of Hartford , $3,000 : Minn , $2,000 ; Pennsylvania Fire , f 1,000 ; Connecticut Fire , $1,500 ; German American , $3,000Firemon'sFund. : $3,000. F. tl. Johnson , who occupied a basement room lu the block as a flour depot for tbo Milford mills , sustained considerable loss from removals and from water. Ho linn nn insurance of only $500 in the Glen Falls , N. Y. , company. Water flooded to n limited extent a portion tion of the room occupied by I'lummer , Perry & Co. , in the Fit/gorald block , ad joining , but their loss from water will not bo over $500 , their insurance being heavy. Messrs. Patrick Eagan , John FitzgeraldMannictto , Doweeso i&llnll nnd other parties , with ollice rooms in the Fitzgerald block , sustained slight losses from moving , but not of any largo sum. Arrangements were bring made yester day to commence invoicing and the ad justment of losses at once. bTATK HOUSK NO1T.S. Deputy Land Commissioner C. M. Carter - tor baa returned from conducting a school land sale in Garlield county. Governor Thaycr is in the north coun try this week attending the Cliautnuqiia association at Long 1'ino. Mr. W. 11. Mungor , the now secretary to the railroad commission , has not yet reported at the ollice , being detained at liomo through illness in his family. The railroad commissioners were yes terday sending out notices to the express companies doing business in the slate to comply with the state law nnd tile their tariff sheet * of rates in the ollice of the commission. The adjutant general is awaiting action on the part of GenoraLColby whose duty it is to state the place of holding the an nual encampment of the state militia. The general names a place subject to the approval of the governor and when this is done the order for the encampment will be issued. Deputy Oil Inspector Paine returned ynbtordny from Nebraska City whore ho lias been inspecting oil. Two of the de puties nro constantly engaged in Omaha , where work in their line is very brisk. NOTAHIKS runuo. The following new notaries public have been commissioned by the governor : S. It. Hall , Ashland ; John J. Martin , Central City : C. Williams , Wallace , Lin coln i-oiintv ; A. C. Goudy , Fairbury ; D. G. Sabino. David City. Horace G. Can dor , Alma ; C. G. 15111s , Fairbury C , G. Jiolus , Scribnor , Dodge county ; Henry Wilson , Lenox , Chase county ; A. E. Fail-bank , Wuunotn , Chase county ; J. M. Potter , Hiinningford , Iox ! Uutto county ; W. F. llutehliison , llroken How ; Seward T. St. John. Omaha ; J. V. Baldwin , Mason City , Ouster county ; M. C. Camp bell , Franklin , Franklin county. IIHIUK ITKM8. A lady named Mrs. Hooker bad an ex citing experience Tuesday night that she will not soon forget. A burglar was in the liou.se when she returned homo after u short absence in the evening , nnd ho . struck her over the head. Her husband &ml a policeman commenced a search nt once , and in looking around the streets , the man again struck the woman , nnd repeated it again before the search was over near the house. The mystery in tbo nssault is great , and no reasonable state ment is maae to account for it. Police court yesterday was a volumin ous one , nml the great majority of cases were as usual vugs and drunks , who Boomed to abound in largo numbers. Nineteen prisoners were on the register nt the jail book in the morning , who vero disposed of with neatness and dispatch. The board of trade nt its failed mooting Tuesday evening had u very large attend ance , and some very pointed remarks re lative to thu progress of Lincoln were imule by President Raymond , Messrs. Kenard , Eagan , McMurtry , Lambertson nnd others , und the position taken by these gentlemen , if followed out , will mean moro thun the public generally realize. General Manager lloldrego's letter to ttiu railroad commission was furnished the State Journal in season so that handy paper could make its usual editorial com ment when the letter reached the public. The letter received by tbe commission was not on Hie nt the ollico until yestor- da v. . There are n great ninny Lincoln people anxious 10 see a handsome woman , judg ing from the way the scats for the Lang- try engagement went oil , tbo uutiro lirst lloor selling in six hours. It looks as M though the Jersey Lily were a better drawing card than Havurly'a Minslrels , who follow in her wake. Something of a test case on the license question has arisen. George Martin , who ran the saloon at tbe St. Charles house , was tried for violating the license law nnd adjudged guilty. The council then revoked bis license , but under advice of attorneys he continued to sell , and wns arrested again for selling witttout n h- cense. It mil take the district court hto settle matters. The attorneys ot the U. & M. road idd have been furnished a copy of proceeding - ing * lilt'tl against thmu before the inter- ytato commerce commission charging ( hem with transporting u iuau free in two states contrary to law. It is claimed they jias'ed a man not an employe to Obcrlin , Kan. THE MISSING DEUCE , UN Los * Not 8MI rnotnrllr Accounted Tor. Chicago Herald : At n poker gnmo down nt tlio Standard chin recently a guest who had boon Introduced by Mau rice Rosenfold was sitting In and playing with pretty good luck. It was a rather substantial part ) * , like most of the Stand ard parties , nnd thn "rolling" wns high. The guest , by drawing , found himself holding four deuces. In thu belting to nnd fro , tlio "seeing" and the "raising , " the money in front of the min with the deuces gave out nnd ho had to go down into his pocket for more. When the hands were called the four deuces were triumphantly nn- nounccd : but , when the cards were laid down , unfortunately there were only four ot them in the band nnd only three duces. It had a very queer look , and the guest was naturally greatly em- barrnsscu. Of course ho could do noth ing but surrender the pot and think hnrd of what had become of that other two- spot. The next morning Rosenfold s guest was down town early explaining to Maurice that ho had found the other deuce in his pockctbook on going homo. Ho could only explain it by believing that , in his earnestness and nervousness , ho had tint it in as ho took the bank bills out. "Did Maurice believe the other fellows would L'ivo up the pot on hearing the explanation ? " Maurice was not sure , but there wis no harm in hccing them. So that unfortunate guest of the Stand ard trudged around from one big down town clothing house to mother explain ing the deuce , and showing tlio pocketbook - book and describing how tlio card got in the portmonaio. But all to no purpose. The Standard club fellows were willing to make a concession , however. They told their disconcerted friend to come around to the Standard some other niirht and play that douce. They'd keep the pot. FAU better than the harsh treatment o f medicines which horribly gripe the pa tient and destroy tlio coating of the stomach. Dr. J. H. McLean's Chills and Fever Cure , by mild yet affective action will cure. Sold at 50 cents a bottle. CORN-COB PIPES. They arc Believed to Absorb Nicotine , nnd nro Quito FnHhionnfole. ' Now ideas " in pipes ? "Why , there are scores of them , " said n tobacconist to a Philadelphia News re porter. "Inventors are constantly turn ing their attention to the subject of nicotine tine absorbers. There is n pipe with a sponge , a pipe with n cotton filter , and a Cipu with a gauze attachment to the owl , nil contrived to absorb the deadly poison. Nothing , however , is half so effective as the corn-cob bowl. It absorbs all the nicotine in tobacco until the pores full. Corn-cob pipes should not bo smoked more than a week. After they are saturated witli nicotine it is very In jurious to smoke them , because .the smoker then gets tlio concentrated nicotine tine from the bowl. They cost only live qr ten cents apiece , and are very sweet when now. It is tlio thing nowadays for men of fashion to stroll through the streets in the early mornln < r hiuoking corn-cob pipes. It is English , you know. " The huge , drastic , criping , sickening pills are fast being suporoodcd by Dr. Piorco's "Purgative Pellets. " For the Sonshorc. Fashion has a great deal to do with the demand for horses , not so much as neces sity , most assuredly , but tashion , never theless , or rather the desire for display , sells many moro horses than most people would suppose. Watering places are good markets for horses. Particularly is this trim of saddle horses , and ponies for children. This season the diminutive roadsters are becoming n craze with the fashionables nt several of the leading seashore resorts , and no well regulated fumilv is considered to bo thor ough equipped with less than a pair of ponies for the juve niles to sport around with dog cart or saddle. It was last year that this feature of summer place resorts became most no ticeable , and then tbo demand was greatly in excess of all immediate menus to supply the demand. The livery stables had a few ponies nt the opening of the season , but they were quickly boughtup , sonic of them at fabulous prices , for pri vate use , and their owners became the envy of less fortunate notables , who wore compelled to ride nnd drive the regulation horse , or forego the luxury of equestrian exercise. Some shrewd horsemen noticed thn drift all'airs were taking , and for the time being having abandoned the horse trade and gone into the pony business with a view to furnishing Newport , Coney Is land , Saratoga and Long Branch witb little praneers for the children and the ladies. A shipment of seventy-live head was made to the sea coast from St. Louis a tow days since. These were all Indian ponies well broken to the saddle ami har ness , gentle , easy little drivers , just the thing lo jog along over the sand with cart or light iiliiuton. They cost from $40 to $00 each on this market , and it is nnticpatod that they will sell from $100 to $150 n bead. It is worthy of note that Oregon has been bending some extra good roadsters to this market ; so well bred , in fact , that an export would have been mizzled to tell from what section of the country they came. George Murrow bought four of these Oregon horses and shipped them to John G. Husrhes , at Lexington , Ky. , where thov will bo supplied with gilt- edged pedigrees and sold for thorough breds. Occasionally a very line horse comes hero from the Indian tcrritory.antl it has been remarked of this grade of f stock that they cannot bo excelled for general utility. All this i.s n sure indica tion that special attention is given of late years to raising bettor horses in tbo west. Since the hot weather set in there has been a marked Improvement in the inquiry I quiry for local strooters. not only for work but for nil kinds of street car , team ing. This is owing to overworking ami j excessive driving , which causes horses to bo prostrated or weakened too much lode do their over allotment of work. Some Chicago buyers were hero a few days since looking for strcotors , and found that they had to compote sharply witb lo cal purchasers , not only for streoters but for good driving horses nnd conchers as | wellT Extra good horses always sell for good figures on this imirkot , but just now there is no urgent inquiry for them. Mules nro in somewhat better supply than they were n week ago , the nggrigato : stock on the market being estimated itB 500 head. Outside of a small regular re tail trade there has not boon much de Ba > mand for mules beyond a few ear loads , which Mr. Jameson , of Ueilly & Wolfort , says ho has boon shipping to points m the Erlo canal nud to the la iron regions. Hound to lies Angeles. Yesterday morning's train on the Union > Pacific had the Pullman car Missouri rilled with excursionists from Chicago , Minneapolis apolis , Ottawa , 111. , Dakota City , Neb. , and Sioux City. la. They were a tine appearing collection of ladies and gentlemen , and J. H. Greene , pas- sen-ter agent of the Union Pacific , smiled like a basket of chips when ho es corted them out. ' J. B. Holmes , travel 1i ling passenger agent ot the Union Paci : i- fic at Dos Aloinos , and wife , were with the party ; also , Sunnier \ \ hlttior , a promi nent merchant of Dakota City. Tounor- row night six Pullman cars with oxcur- slonliits gathered from dill'erent points , will leave this city for Los Angeles , 1IASCALL AND HIS MOUTH , Both Gates Into Promlnonto at Last Night's ' Council , THE TWO WARRING BOARDS. Resolutions in Fnvor of Harmony and Conciliation Drought "P nnd Warmly Discussed by Hev- crnl of the Members. OTho city council met Tuesday night. The following counellmen were present : Alexander , Bailey , Bedford , Boyd , Burn- ham , Cheney , Cousman , Ford , Hascall , Kasper , Kicrstead , Lowry , Mnuville.Sny- der , Van Camp and Mr. President. PETITIONS A > [ D COMMUNICATIONS. Mayor Announcing ids approval of a number of ordinances , Same Appointing W. S. Husband jan itor for tlio police station and council chamber , vice J. Gronichor , resigned. City hall committee. City Treasurer Announcing the sale of $129,000 district paving bonds to the Omaha Savings bank. Approved. Same Announcing the payment.undcr protest , of sidewalk tax by W. Randall. Claims. Superintendent of Waterworks Relat ing to tlio placing of additional live hy drants as ordered by the council. Mayor Appointing Peter Shark and Thoma3 Hnnlns policemen oh Eleventh street viaduct. Delegation of the First ward. Same Suggesting Unit employment and real estate agencies bo compelled to pay an annual license. City attorney to prepare an ordinance. Same Appointing W. J. Kennedy and John H. Butler to appraise the dnmnges for the widening of Thirteenth from Cas- tellar to Spring street. Confirmed. Same Appointing M. Morrison , W. J. Kennedy nnd E. Xnbriskio , to appraise the damages for the grading of Eigh teenth from Williams to alley boutli of Dorcas. Approved. Same Appointing the same to assess the damages for the grading of Twentyj fcccond from Lcavenwortb to Pierce. Same Appointing the same appraisers in the grading of Dorcas from Thirteenth to Twenty street. Approved. Same Appointing W. A. L. Gibbon , E. Zabriskio and R. Whitchoru ap praisers for the widening of Thirty-third from Loaveuworth to Pacific street. Con firmed. Board of Public Works Contract of George McKinney for the grading of Twenty street. Approved. Same That the Barber Asphaltum company had been ordered to recom mence the paving of Davenport street. Filed. Same Calling the attention of the council to the fact that the City railway company was illegally attempting to cross the Eleventh strcot viaduct with its tracks. Viaducts anil railways. City Attorney Announcing the execu tion of a tired to lot 0 , block 17 , Credit Foncier addition , to Frank Dworak. Filed. Same Announcing the making of deeds to certain lota to C. E. Squires , Parick Burk , F. D. Brown , Hugh and Frank Murphy. Citv attorney. Board of Public Works Contract of Hugh Murphy for sowcriug in districts 41) ) , 50 and 52. Approved. Same Contract of J. O. Corby for the sewering of district No. 51. Ap proved. City Attorney That a bill of $ .7 of Byron Kced , "for drawing deeds nnd other work , " bo paid. This bill was referred to the attorney with a motion from the council that the city attorney be directed to proivire all deeds for the conveyance of property by the city of Omaha. In reply , Mr. Web ster claimed the work had boon ordered by his predecessor and should therefore bo paid for. Mr. Ford said that ho did not know on what authority the bill could bo paid. Ho wanted the city attorney to make all the city deeds. Ho would vote no. Mr..Hnscall said ttmt ns the work had been ordered by a previous council , lie would vote aye. Mr. Kasper said that Mr. Webster was receiving $250 per month and ho ought to be able to make out all the deeds re quired by the city. The city attorney's recommendation was carried by a vote of eleven to live. Appraisers A number of reports re garding damages from public improve ments : Bancroft , Twelfth to Thirteenth , no damage ; alley south of Pierce , be tween Kighth anil Tenth , lot live block two hundred and sixty-three , $100 ; Arbor street , from Twelfth to Thirteenth , no rjoCastollirTwolfth ; : to Thirteenth , no damage ; Martha , Twelfth to Tbir- teonth , no damage ; Vinton , Twelfth to Thirteenth , no award ; Center , Tenth to Eleventh , no damage ; Hickory , Tenth to Eleventh , no damage. Dorcas street no award. Approved. Same Damage to Peter O'Malley's lot of $200. Grades and grading. Same Awarding Dr. A. A , Parker ? 500 anil W. J. Broatch $300 for damage to property nnd H. E. Jensen ? 200. Grades and grading. Mr. Gillcn Asking to be released from the bond of Hourihan Gillan & Bowees , plumbers. City attorney. Appraisers Reporting no damages from the grading of Pierce street from l Twimty-liuh avenue to Twenty-seventh street. John B. Fur.iy Asking for the prep aration of the road to the Grand Army of f the Republic encampment. Streets and 1 a . ° ys Fred Gray Asking for the payment of the bills still duo on tlic Sixteenth street t viaduct. Judiciary. City Treasurer Reporting delinquency in the taxes of the N. J of S. j of lots 3 anil1 , block 104. Judiciary. J. W. Gannett Asking the remittance of the tax for curbing of bis property , lots 1) ) and 10 , block 11)1 ) J. Judiciary. C. E. Squires Setting forth his ability to supply Omaha with good curbstone nt twelve cents per foot. Board of publio works. C. W. Hamilton Asking lor water service. Fire and waterworks. Larson Brothers Asking for a settle ment of a claim duo them from Cunning ham & Ryan. Grades and grading. A similar petition was received from Lar- eon & OvNoilo. H. T. Clark-A bid on lot 8 , block 302. amounting to $133,33. 'Streets tuul alloys. S. D. Morrcr Asking for n bridge over the Belt line on Hamilton Mroot and Military avenuo. Sidewalks and bridges. Martha M. Ish Protesting against the grading ; on Jacob street , between St. Mary's avenue nnd Leavonworth street. Grades and grading. Frank Murphy Asldnc that the city settle with the gas works for the gas fur nished it. Gas nnd electric lights. Residents on Fifteenth street Asking for the gradingjof that thoroughfare from Vinton to Valley. Grndes nnd Reside'nta en Izard and Nicholas AskIng - Ing for tlio opening of Fourteenth from Cuming to Nicholas , Streets nnd alloys. John Hourihan Application for a plumbing license. Returned. E. E Meyers Suggesting the use of Ohio blue stone in the now city hall for windows. Public property nnd bi'ild- P. O'Malloy Asking for damages for the grading of Casa street opposite his property Gradca and grading. John B. Furay Asking for the Im proving of a muddy spring , Ryan and Walsh Requesting the ox- tension of the time for bidding upon the court house , Extended two weeks. ccni Mayor Appointing J , R. Perkins as n member of the examining board of en gineers. Adopted. McCnguo brothers , ot al Asking for tlio : removal of squatters on Eighth street between Fnrnim and Dodgo. Police. . Fred Stein and other ? Asking for thn fencing of the alloy between north of fcP PiercoTjotwcou Twentieth and Twenty- second street. Grades nnd grading. , Poundmnstor Reporting the taking tin of 158 head of cattle , and receipt of * 208.60 lines. Filed. * Henry Sago and others Asking for n water main on Seventeenth , south of Vinton. Fire end water. IICSOM1TIOXS. Kaspor Ordering the removal of ob structions from Twenty-third between Mason nnd Pierce streets. Adopted. Hascall Ordering the opening of an alloy in Donovan's addition. Adopted. Same Changing the hay market from Jackson to Leavcmvorth street , one block west of Thirteenth street. Adopted. Mr. Hascall them introduced the fol lowing : Whereas , On account of mlsreprcsontlon the position of the citv council as to police matters Is not fully understood by the public , nnd it Is tht ) deslro and wish ot ttiu council to merit and hav > ) the peed opinion and ap proval of all la\\-iiblilliiR nnd fnlr-iaIniled citizens , and it Is therefore considered proper that the council delino Its position that tlio people may form a riiht opinion nnd pass an enlightened judgment upon the foolish nets nnd unwarranted usurpations of tlw board of tire nuil imllco commissioners on the olio hand , and of tlio conservative and reasonable acts ot rtifl council on tlio other. The law creating " 'n ' board and making four ot the live members of the bamo ap pointive by the governor \\as Intended to render the police department non-partisan In character. This the council approves. To carry out the Intent of the law tlio council passed ro.v pouablo rules and regulations for the ap pointment and removal < it tlio members of the fotee , desiciintini : tlm number of the same and the muilo ot discipline us the city charter requires ; all of which was lemull- atrd by the board and vetoed by the mayor , who Isex-olllcln pri'.sldlucolllcerof the board. To render the situation moru Intolerable tlio boaid attempted to nullify the pioviulous of the city charter by acting In opposition to law by creating a lamp amount of Indebted ness without the sanction of the council and appointing olllcert ) unknown to the law and by assuming to bo Independent of all law and authority to carry out the political schemes and designs , as It Is charged , of n covernor In j Ida dotage , and one who has parsed the period j of Ills usefulness. The city of Omaha needs , and Its Importance anco as n commeiclnl center demands o well regulated and nianaeoil police force for the proper protection of lite and property. The city has within itself all tlio elements neocs. i ry for the creation ot such a force ; the Inw Is ample tor that purpose , nnd the city council stands pledued to lay asldo all personal feoliiiK and partisan spirit and act as the law-making power of the city to carry out not only the letter , but the spirit and in tent of the law. .Such bn'.np ' too purpose of the council , nnd as the council has placed no obstacle In the way of the hoard ncting within the law that cieated It , the failure to Institute nnd carry nut needed reforms In the police department of the city is chargeable to said board , there fore bn It Resolved , by the city council of the city ot Omaha , that the council without fear or Javor will o every act and thins necessary to carry out all the provisions ol the charter for metropolitan cities wild will co-operato and act In harmony by the said charter that nets within and In accordance with the pro visions of the same for the iootl government of the city. Hut It Is the Intent and purpose of the council to oppose all false ! > s3iimptlons ol authority whether assumed through ignor ance , vanity or faiiatlcisiil or for political or paitban purposes. This was adopted without much atten tion. tion.A A few more unimportant motions took place , when Mr. Bedford introduced the following resolution : ( Whereas. I1 or a considerable tltno past , serious dilferences have" existed and do still exist between tlio city council nnd the tmarU of lire and police commission as to the rules and reflations which shall govern tto police department of the city ; and Whereas. The present condition of affairs In this respect , places thn present actinz po lice ofllcers under great dlsauvantauo , in the pcifornmnce or their duties to the public as well , us in maintaining order and discipline in their own ranks , nil ot which Is greatly detrimental and dangerous to the interests nnd welfare of the city. Therefore Resolved , With a view of speedily and properly settling the dilllculty that a com- mltto of live from the council consisting of the president of the council and the chairman of the following commit tees , namely judiciary , police , grades and pradlng and rules , be and arc hereby ap pointed a .special committee to solicit a con ference with the said board of lire and pollca commissioners and at as early a day as prac ticable , to meet nnd nirrco upon and draft sueh rules and legulatlous for the organiza tion and government of ttui tire and police department as ninv t > e satisfactory to the eon- leiintr hodiesand for the best interest of the city , which rules and regulations so agreed upon shall bo reported back to the council as soon as possible. Jn support of this resolution Mr. Bedford - ford said that ho thought it but fair , just and equitable to take the first stops to ward settling the dillioulty with the lire and police eommisMonera and ho hoped that the resolution would bo adopted , and be acted upon immediately. Mr. Hascall said that ordinarily speak ing it would seem as if the resolution al ready adopted should best express the re lations between the two boards. They know that they ( the council ) was acting under the law and were acting in good purpose. They were not a ( Humbling block The commission however , had been imbued with a spirit of cowardice. They have created a stink in this city , winch is increasing and before long will smoke thorn out of the city. Their entire schemes has been conducted behind the curtain ot obscurity , and have been mis- leading and corrupt to the very con- tor. "Our stand taken is correct and wo must never winco. Common decency will compel thorn to nfrain from con- ducting such a damnhblo system , if nothing else will prevail upon them , It is well known that the council have stood this for principle and there had boon no principle , they could not have bung together. Wo can not honorably secede. They have got the dirty mud-slingers of some ot tlio press to cast calumny upon us. And these have gone so far as to attempt to injure our business by calling us toilousivo names ; beer guzzlers , boor sjingurs , anil oven thieves. I hope wo will , eland tngothor because the commission \locs \ not know whether it is a police cpmmission or the governor of Nebraska. Their relations load us to believe they a.re above the city and its tavp nyors They have acted with closed doors and assumption of super iority. Tlmy have put foreigners into ollico who are not even piti/.ons and this is a disgrace. But let thorn go on. Let these mud-slinging editors continue in firing their mud. They nro incapable of anything else : ono csnwiia'ly ' , and thank heavun bo shows his baseness in his present mud-slinging as ho did when , without a word in his behalf , ho allowed his father to bo slandered nnd brow beaten into the , , grave and hounded after his rtonth-ra , man who al lowed his brother ' lo suffer with out assistance. Ho now whines at the feet of these commissioners like n whipped spaniel. Why did ho not stand by Ins father ? This boy must bo an accident. This commission says it bo- longs to decency , if that is so , thu people have yet to learn whore decency Is to bo found. I was in hope that tn | y would bo brought nack to decency , but I have lit tle hope for it now. Wo nro accused of being politicians because wo have been elected by the people , but they are not politiciiuis at nil , because they have been appointed by the governor. What l.s the secret ot this light , what is the cause for the governor's interference in our local alVairst Why simply laying the plans for a future election. Whj did the governor come to this city to vilify usr Why did ho utter those false , notions nbout our oily which would shame a Pawnee. What bu said is a lie , I want them to net in harmony with us nnd wo would like to net In harmony with thorn. But have wo not done nil wo could toward that end. Wo made a scnsiblo list of rules for the government of the police forcn , nnd those rules were based on prudence and common sense , When n policeman goes on duty , I want him to understand that ho has backing. That backing wo gave with our rules which provided that ho would bo sus tained in certain events. See those rules. Read thorn. They were suggested by a deslro to raise the standard of the poli'co * man and provide that inotllcicncy , drunk enness and unfitncss for work and for other good nnd siillloiont cause that ho may bo discharged. 1'ot those rules were repudiated by the commlcsion nnd after wards the ordinance was vetoed by the mayor. This commission , with its as sumption of power boldly told us that they wanted ifSO.OOO. They wanted this for themselves and their police. They knew or they ought to have known that wo could not low more than ! ? 15,000. They tried to steal the general fund nnd make us play the cats- i > aw. But they did not know that wo had to give bonds to not divert those funds. If we had done so , who would bo responsible to the cityr Well , it wouldn't bo the commission. " Mr. HiHoall continued along at great length , closing by stating that ho had taken a stand and would not bo removed from It because it was n stand of princi ple.Mr. Mr. Bcchcl said that the people do- mandpd a settlement of the dilliculty be tween both bodies. Mr. Ford said ho had little to say after what Mr. Ilascalt had spoken. As had been remarked the council was out \ith the commission and the commission was out with the council and the former bad raised a stink which the commission itself could not stand , in the bringing here of th.it Simla Barbara bigamist or tramp or whatever ho is. They hail reconsidered their act nnd Mayor Broatch had three times lied lo him unsolicited in the matter. The coun cil could meet the commission , no matter what the latter did. Ho moved to lay the Bedford resolution on the table. Mr. Bailey believed the resolution was offered in good faith and thought it otipht to be referred. Air. Ford withdrew his motion to table and the question of reference to the com mittee on judiciary came up. Mr. Bedford wanted to know if that would not kill the resolution. [ Mr. Hascall is chnirman of the committee ] . The chair did not think it would. Mr. Lowry said : "Commissioners Hartnian and Bennett told him not long before tlint they ditl not give n d n for the council , and the council might go to h 1 if it wanted to. Ho wanted this to nppl.y in this case and let the commission ers understand that the council did not give a d n for them. A vote was then taken , and it was ro- ferrcd to the judiciary by the following vote : Avcs Biilloy , Itoyd , Cheney , Counsmnn , Ford , llnscalf , Lowry , Manvllle , Snyder , Van Camp , Uechol 11. Nnvs Alexander , Bedford , Hurnliam , Kas per , Klersteail 5. Bedford That tlio official Ibouds of L. M. Bennett , Chris Hartmnn , H. B. Smith nnd J. S. Gilbert , ns Tire and police commissioners , be approved. Judiciarj- . Public works and property Suggest ing an amendment to tlio ordinance cre ating the oflico of city hull inspector to have that officer report to the board of public works and city engineer. Adopted. O11DI.VANCKS. Issuing paving bonds for districts 57 , 80.1)1 ) , US and 102 ; authorizing the Omaha A : Council Bluffs Bridge company to erect an approach to their bridge over the Mis souri , and to erect the same on either Davenport , Capitol nvonuo , Dodge , Doug las or Farnnm streets. The file is to be definitely determined insiuo of two months nfer ( the passage of the ordinance and within sixty days nf'er the location work is to bo commenced. Right of way was nlso granted to the B. & M. to ex tend its track along Eilith ; , between Howard and Jackson streets. IT WON'T BAKE UKKAD. In other words , Hood's Sarsaparilla will not do impossibilities. Its proprictora toll plainly what it has done , submit proofs from sources of unquestioned rcliabilUy , and nsk you frankly if you nro sufl'oring from any disease or ntfection caused or promoted by i in pure blood or low state of the system , to try Hood's Sarsapanlln. The experience of others is sufficient as surance that you will not be disappointed in the result. THE ALLIGATOR MARKET. I'rlocK KatiKC from Fifty Cents to $ tiO ( Hundreds 10\ported. Now Orleans Times-Democrat : "How do you sell the best miulnmo ? " asked the inquisitive reporter of A quint looking woman , who was the one peaceful obit-ct in the serenming , noisy would about her. "Well , 1 hardly know how to ans\yor tlint qucitjon , " .she losponded , her voice pile-lied high enough to penetrate the chirping , squeaking , cawing and crow ing of the congregation of feathered folk lluttering about. 'You see , " they como at most any price , and when I tell you they come'all the way from 5'J cents to iiOO ! a piece ; you can understand how prices vary. " As is known , sugar , oranges and alliga tors form three staples in Louisiana ex ports und internal revenue , and it waste to discover the exact condition of the crocodile marKct , and whether the spring catch had been good , that n visit was paid yesterday to the big tanks on Char- trcs street. There is a lavish liberality and n free , unstinted prodigality in the way ono of these reptiles lays eggs that would dis courage anything short of u patent incu bator. Why , without half putting her mind to it , and in a poor season at that , she will fill her nest with seventy-live rggs nnd crawl away comfortable , ns- suretl every last ono will protluco a healthy little yellow and black wriggler. Just here it is that the expert hunter conies in for n salt thing. Ho knows the favorite laying grounds of the alligator hens as thoroughly us Johnny does bis bantam's nest in the barn , nml when thu time conies for the exhausted mother to cease from her labors , ho simply paddles out , tills his nnnoo with tlm thick skinned , ponlly globes , and feels sure of a line ru > turn later on. Alligators are brought Into town in every stage , from aa embryo state in the CKS lt > fircat , angry monsters a dozen feet long , tipping thn scales hundreds of pounds. Men hunt their hideous gamn after dark , stalking the swamps , . drag gmg lagoons , nnd wading through low. oozy marshes , where vast numbers of alligators abide. Several methods of capturing thorn are resorted to. Those caught with hooks are only fit for imme diate killing , as they sicken and die in short order. The big ones are lassooc.d , and smaller fry snared inn heavy seine made for this purpose. The hunter roal- i/.os ho Is after dangerous game , with lots ot vicious habits , and so , besides blinding thuir stupid eyes by n lamp worn in his cap , ho is prepared to send a soothing bullet whenever neces sary. After bringing in his find of pjjgs the crocodile farmer heaps them in boxes and simply depends on time to do its perfect work. In the course of weeks the Infant gnnws and claws at the bard shell until ho finally scmirms his way into the world. There Is as much difference in the skin of the young and old ones as in a baby's complexion as compared with a grown person's. Their hide is as bril liant ns if polished , a bright black and yellow , which grows dlngior and rustier every year they live. Passing through the big bird store , the alligator region is reached. It is n pretty ty , garden-like place , with tender , lacy DEWEY& STONE , e ( fK S FURNITURE | * eo& s ; &tf9 A magnificant display of everything useful and ornamental in the furniture maker's art , at reasonable prices. tines trained in delicate festoons up the lattice against the dark brick wall. Great red pots hold rich foliage plants that lend a tropical air to the spot , fitting the in habitants of the lone cemented tanks. Those troughs are bunt six in a row , the occupants being carofulls graded accord ing to size. There Is very little family nlloetion among them , parents rarely hesitating to sacrifice their offspring on the altar of a healthy appetite. Survival of the biggest is an unanswerable law to which all inust succumb ; consequently they nro classified Into two and three- year olds. Twice a week the water must bo changed for the salubrity of the t atmosphere. There is n notorious untamed odor about an alligator that must bo regarded. It is the perfume ho brought 1 : from Ins wild , free life in the forest , nnd Imngs nbout him with un varying steadfastness. Twice a week re- ' fres'limonts fn are handed roundbeef light.- ! , ft a rule , a dolicuuy for which tlio alliga tors have a very decided penchant. The half-grown variety eat from five to six nt a meal , distending theiruiicomi'ly.shape- less stomachs until the receptacles refuse to hold another particle. 'I hey feed only at intervals , but have voracious appetites then. They ara very ugly creatures , with wretched dispositions , as the reporter hnd u fair opportunity of discovering. Hanging over the side of the tank in playful , almost intimate relations with tlio boast , his sheltering umbrella gave a til ) too far and touched thu extreme end of the thing's snout. It was enough : with a terrifying bellow nnd blowing off steam tlio infuriated being rose two inches out of the water nnd sent bis ob server exactly three feet in the nir. It was a severe shook , nnd bus generated respect , if not admiration , for the alliga tor's sensitiveness. Lying in the sun- Hhino.ovory grisly feature is nccontuatod. Their great nhovol heads float on the water with stupid , evil eyes that blink j ' like yellow excrosunces on n mud-colored surface. f A tiny , minute slit in the snout admits air enough to enable thorn to make a sound frightful enough to scare the stoutest hearted. The keepers of the tanks said hundreds were sold yearly to traveling showmen , numbers being sent to Europe as curiosi ties , besides many that were bought by Northern visitors. Saloon owners buy them constantly to keep on their counters as un attraction to ssess , Chicago and St. Louis being notable among the number. An artist hero in town bets thorn up with up with all sorts of comical devices. Ho studs them with cotton , and fashions preachers , lawyers , gamblers , organ- grinders , cotton handlers , duelists out 01 the ridiculous little figures , one , a burlesque - losquo seen in court , was particularly amusing. These are sold yory cheaply , ami a pretty fairtnulo is driven. The saurian merchant has a perfect treasure that ho Keeps in close quarters and truants ns the fairest jewel of his entire collection of beauties. It is u huge evil-smelling , sluggish reptile measuring 13 feet , whoso ago is c-ilcululcd at 150 years. He lies sprawled out on the floor of his trough , in astato of torpid stupid ity. The creature IOOKS bored to death , and with enough impotent malignity iu his depraved yellow eyes to devour every visitor who studies his unhandsome pro portions. The tropical boast is entirely out of place , surrounded with fresh air and the perfume of flowers. Ono fancies him crawling slowly from the bout and siimo of HOIUO lagoon lying in wait for pray that has no chance betwcon those weighty jaws. MOST PERFECT MADE Used by the United States CJoiernment. Endorsed br the beftdaof the Great UniM-mltles and 1'ubllc Food AnalynUaaTbo btroDKeet , Purest , und most Healthful. Jr. Prlca's the only Hatting Powder that doea not contain Ammonia , I.iino or im. Dr. 1'rlco'n Extracts , Vanilla. I/omon , e.tc. . 1'KICK IJAKINU mVDEKCO. If ! BRIGG : BEST HOTEL' ' " HOUSE. [ AMERICA QlGD , $2PR DAY. UnionTrustCo 30S.S. 15th At. , Onmlia , Nob. Capital , - $300,000 litmus Marie on Real IMalc. School , County anU Municipal Bonds Ne gotiated. WM. A. PAXTOX , WM , (1. MAur , President. Vlcn Pres , ItouT , L. GARI.ICIIS , F. U. JOHNSON , becrtuuv. Treasurer. niUUCTOIlBi Wtf. A. FAXTOM , JltNHY T Cl.AllKC , W.O. MAUb. L. 11. WIU.IAU8. HOOT. U GARMCMR. S. U. JOHNSON. V. H. JOHNSON. RUPTURE CURED. ny Dr. 8nedlkers method. No nporallom No I'alnt No Iteuiutlon trom business. AUootcJ to chlldioa veil as grown people , lluiidredi of autijiritpa estluionlals on did. All business strictly coiilldun lit ) . CUA&ULTATIQN r'ltUB. I UO1\ . D. COOK , Room C , 1514 Douglas St. , Oinutu , Neb. Mexican far Veteran. Thi wonderful cmcejot Sniffs Spoclflo u remedy nnd cure for rhcumntUm unit Ml Mood dl * . cae , ho never had n moro conspicuous Illuitrnllon than this COM alTonl * . The caniltil , ( msotlclteJ and otnplmtlo tectlmonjr glren by tlio venerable gentle man must bo nccei'ted ' n convincing ami concluiU o. Tlio writer Is n prominent clllzcn of MIs-olulppL TL tontlcnmn to whom Jlr. Jlortln rcfem , nud to whom bo U Indcbteil for ( ho Ulrica to which ho ovrct hU final relief from yean of suffering , Is Mr. King , for many yean the popular night clerk of the Lan rvnoa IIouso , at Jackgun. J\cmo ! , Mix. , April I , 1J37. ' TDK SWIFT SPECIFIC COIITAM , Atlanta , Oa. : ' ( lfntlciru-n-1 have been an iuTAlUl pomlnner for forty j ears ) m\ Ins contracted pulmonary and othsr iU9cno In the Moilcnu War , but not till the 1st of Mnrcli , 1S73 , ilM I feel any Kymptnm * ot rheumatism. OntlmtiUy I woa suddenly ttrlcken with that (111- cruo In both liljn and ankles. For twenty il ) s I vrnlkod on crulchov Tlion the pain n as lo. s > lolcnr , but It fliUloil f mm joint to Joint. 1'nr TS rt ks I wnulil bo totally dlftnliletl , either tm ono Rliloot my body or the other. Thn pnln n rer loft nm n moinmit tot rleron \ enri and seven month ! that H fmin March 1 , 1875 , when I wni nr t attacked , to Octolirr 1,1S , when Inns cured. During thc rlKvcn years of In- teno suffering I tried Innumerable prescriptions from various physicians , nud tried everything suit- R' ted by friends , but If 1 ever received the least Mirllt from any medicine takou Internally or ex ternally , I nm not /maroof u. Finally , about the Ilrst of &pt ( mber. I inado arrangement * to Rr > to the Hot Sjirlim'sof Arknuwt , hut II > K despaired of v ry other remedy , when 1 necldentiilly met an oldtto- qualntanco , Mr. King , now of the Lawrence House of this city. Ho had once liecu n great suneror from rheumatism , nnd , a 1 BUpiHwcd , had been cuml by a visit to Hot Spring * , ( hit when I met him lie told mo that hi * vlull to thn Hut Spring * wu < In vain he found no relief. On his return from Hot Sprints ho heard , for tha lint time , of I ho S. * > . H. a j n l eiiuidy for rheumatism. Ho tried It and six Ixitilcs made * complete cure. Severn ! years have i > a od ( luce , but bo lia.4 had no return of tlio disease I Immediately returned to try It. In September I took four bottle * , and by thn first of Oclolx'r I wa * well asfaranthoihuumatlsm wa * concerned. All pain hail dlaappoanxl , and 1 UAVK HOT TXLT A TWISUI I have no Internal In making this statement other than the hope that U may direct ftome other aufTernr to a sure oiirc of relief , and If It hna tills result I am well rewarded for lur trouble. I sun very to- pectf ully and truly your irleud , J. U. H. XABTUT. For sale by all druggists. Treatise on Blood and BUn lloaaes mallud ficn. TIM Bwirr Snccirio do. , Drawer S , Atlanta. On. DREXEL & MAUL , Successors to Jno. G. Jacob * , UNDERTAKEUS AM > Al the oldstand 1107 Farnam st. Orders bytolegraph solicited and promptly attended - tended to. Telephone No. 235. WEAK , NERVOUS PEOPLE Anil ullipni unlit rlnir from nervous Unmlllj , uxhaustlnft Uhrnnto dUeos , picmalur * Incline of young or old are Mtaltlvely cuitd l y l > r IHUV'a- Jlunic'a f inou F.lrctn. 'MfJi ' * * l iri.rll < - llrlt. Thoumnds In every gTjSUto In tinAmii.n lure liovn curtril. Eleetrlol -.Str . Irntnnlly felt Pnlrntcxl anil raid III vears , .hulo fmnllr cun wpir Mme hrli. K.lMtrle ( Mi.pcn.orlm fie | { b nml * Iwlu _ Avtiiil wnrtlilfii 1m. lUtfmi. nim IIOKUB iiimpnnli. F.lcrlilc TrnMr * for KuDturc. 71K ) cur l ln' Ji. Homl t mpfor | > mrhle , DB.W. J. HORNE , INVENTOR , 191 WABASH Av. , CHIOAOO. \uir JLU § jPiki sT"1 : " ' % rtri fTCAU rfltll' ' ' . .v' .vf PrriHaliire Il ell .ctc.rtiulllucfroin Indiicretloiifbr " ' ' ' ' " eiaV"K'i'T'li5AirsTUN'uTiikATllrB"i4' . Hrnlrd book n frov. BhoiiH I * md by Fnlhrrt MADE STRONG y Rf pMo with InlbrmMlon of TAlae to nil m n. MARSTON REMEDY CO. ! 9ParkPlaot. New York. HOUSEKEEPERS'IDEAL ' KETTLE Something entirely now niul polls nt sight. liar- ton's Stenmles.s. Odor less , Noii-lloll-Ovur-Kot- tlo. MRS drep ruliod cover nml wntor Joint , niul nn outlet wliluh cur- ilcsull ploum und odor of the chluiney. Patent rUniunnr uunrtununt nlmio worth th" prlco. AKUIIIS wanted , nmlour fomulo in every town In Nolirnskn. I'rollta f 5 to f 10 per iliiy. Liberal toi inn nnd oxohiMvo toi rl- tory Klvcn. Bond mump for clrciihir nml terms. I'rlous , flat , l,75 ; H ot. , J1.85 ; 10 qt. , tS ; lit. | . f2.HO. Model by innll , 2K W. S. COOMHS , Oonornl Auont , Omaha , Nob. , 1' . O. Hex 183. DR. OTTERBOURG , C.r r lltk > < 1 > 1 | . Hl , A RECUtAR GRADUATE IN MEDICIttt , AHO tPCCiAl PRACTITIONER to treat ill Clnnnl , NVTYOUB rxl "toped * ! ! * f brlhrr fnHivHl \ > \tu\\r \ \ u < \r , eirrti * r ci * | jloa ) ViiihiAl Wrin ) M ( tilxtit IOIUMh ) iM l lbllirvr ( | M ef M-IIU ! puwrr ) IWrau * tJiUthly , llk * l li * . > ntr Ac. Cuiu Ku rm.lti nr nioiwy iixiaili of loum rurft AZP * n 1 ! < ] * rkawi * n inijmrtunt All irtp * ftp < | iilljr ( .inpsmM tor cadi In- * thnlu t < * 1S < > fitjuriou or jM > l mi > utncfiujti > iiiMt4 HOT ! Nulhu l < Ml flom iMiftlrv * * r t > nl * ! 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