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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 6, 1887)
* & THE OMAHA DAILY BEE ! TTTRRDAY. SEPTEMBER ti. 18&7. HOMES IIS ALBRIGHT'S CHOICE Healthy Location , Easy of Access , Moderate Prices , Liberal Terms " The accompanying cuts show the elevation and The "Choice ve1 ' ground iloor plans of cottages now being oon'Collate $ oon\ built in IB the largest and most valuable addition to SOUTH 03 1 .13 : . . Albrigh.t's Choice , South Omaha for the benefit of of It lies on the line of the Union Pacific and B. , persons limited means who desire to secure COMFORT- & M. Railways. A1UYE IIOMKS ON EKASONA15LK TlMiMS , witllill It ad joins the location of the gieat industrial easy access of the city. The very favorable enterprises. It has a hourly train service between Albright Sta Perfect Natural Drainage tion and the city , for Eighteen Hours Daily , makes this the most desirable location for su and is therefore healthy. It lias the most fa burban residences near Omaha. A number of vorable train service of any suburban resi these cottages are now completed and ready dence location for sale on such EASY TERMS that no ono any place near Omaha. can afford to be without a home. Should the For these and other reasons an investment lil . , . - - - . ' _ " = ! l plan shown here not be suitable in size ot * - - -V " - - - = hero will more surely yield satisfactory re arrangement , we have others to show , and turns than any other locality. will make every reasonable effort to suit purchasers. Choice.dfoufi / of For full particulars , prices and terms , call upon W. G. ALBRIGHT , 218 South 15th Street Properties in all Parts of the City for Sale or Exchange. Carriages Free. ABMY niFM-SHOOTEK8. ; Competition of tlio Division of Mis souri nt Uollcvne This Week. This is the last week of the rillo com petition of the division of the Missouri nt the BclloTUO rifle range. The tinio so for has been taken up with preliminary practice. The programme for the week la an interesting oun. The competition proper begins to-day and the day will be devoted to skirmish practice. Wednesday will bo taken up with long distance practice. Thursday will bo oc- 'j , cupicd in skirmish practice. Friday will " & bo the great day. The lone distance kg. filiootmir on that day to determine who h uro entitled to the twelve medals , will f , bo followed by the presentation of the medals by General Terry , who will como hero from Chicago for that purpose. A portion of the afternoon will bo devoted - voted to skirmish runs and other exhi bitions of skill with the rillo. 1) . & M. trains run dully for llellovue at 8:30 : a. m. On Wednesday and Thursday , special trains will leave Ucrtevua for Omaha at noon , by which time the shooting will bo closed. General Mandorson and a largo party from this city will bo in attendance at the closing exorcises on Friday. This is the first time n division contest hast ever taken place in the department of the Flatto , and it is an event of more than ordinary importane. The forty- eight competitors represent the division of the Missouri , and have been carefully selected from 13,000 men by means of competition shooting. The four depart ments included in the division of the Missouri arc Texas , the Platte , .Missouri , nnd Dakota , commanded respectively by Generals Stanley , Crook , Merrit and lluger. The four departments include seventeen regiments of infantry , with ten companies in each regi ment , and six regiments of cavalry of twulvo troops each. Under the regula tions each company or troop must send ono qualified marksman as a competitor , each regiment two commissioned ollicers , each band one man nnd the general stall' twelve. This makes a total of 5U7 selected men to engage in preliminary practice for the purpose of determining the bust marksmen among this number. During the last three weeks this preliminary practice has boon going on at Fort Clark , in Texas , Fort Loavonworth , in Kansis , Fort Snelling In Minnesota , and tiio Hellovuo rltlo range In Nebraska. This practice has decided the twelve bust mammon for each of the four depart ments. The forty-four marksmen thus selected are the men who are now en gaged at llellovuo in the contest to do- tormina who are the best twelve rillo Kliots in the division of the Missouri. This competition is in charge of Lieutenant Philip Rood. These rillo competitions gain more and more in importance with ouch succeeding year. Magnanimous Solf-Snarlflce. Tom McGregor , known here as a con sort of thieves and crooks , but who lias recently been working the reform racket , was arrested yesterday for indulging in a pitchcdbattlo with his wife , formerly the notorious Hello Vandford. McGregor mit of two years resilience hero , has passed eighteen mouths of it in jail. In .order that her Hugo lord might enjoy his freedom during the gala week , Mrs. Mc Gregor testified that she was alone to blame , that she had aggressed the quarrel nnd precipitated the light. She asked that her husband bu relieved and that she bo assessed a line. The court was willin' and put it on the lady to the tune of f 10 and costs. Chance tn Stock Shipments. For some time the Union Pacific has been a little anxious over the load the 1) ) . & M. was getting in shipment of llvo stock from South Omaha , east. The made through shipracnts.thcir cars being loaded and inspected in South Omaha and sent directly through , while cars over the Union Pacific have to bo in spected m Council UlufTs and other de laying changes made. It is understood that an arrangement will shortly go into ofl'ect that the Iowa lines receiving cattle via the Union Panltic will have their cars loaded at the stock yards , inspected there and run over the bridge directly from South Omaha to the cast. Two Hundred Extra nods. The Uarkor hotel , corner Thirteenth nnd Jones streets , is well equipped for the accommodation of strangers visiting the city this week. They have provided 200 extra beds. to Shuffle OfT. John Henry Walbum , who by the way was the iirst man lodged in the now city jail , which institution was called Castle Walbum for n long while thereafter , was arros ted yesterday , by Oflicer Matza in the very act of cutting his throat with a razor. Ho said that his wife had run away with a handsomer man and ho wanted to join the caravan beyond the grave. They lived nt Silver Springs. Ho was locked up , but declared that ho would shuttle off at the first opportunity , nndt o verify this declaration ho attempted to butt his brains out against the iron irail- ings of the coll. The man's ev dent determination to commit suicide lias caused extra precautions to bu taken to prevent it. The man looks as if ho had just emerged from n long debauch. BEAUTIFUL CLIFTON HILL. Hnndionio Granimcrcy Park lots only$725 and $750 nnd your choice $100 CASH , balance live semi-annual payments. This 13 an opportunity 10 double your money before any further payments are required. Secure one now. A. P. TUKEV , 1324 Fnmum st. TOOTH ANI > TALON. A Dull lias KIllH nu Englo After a Hard Itattlc. Yesterday Ed. llothery captured a largo caglo at Cut-Oil * luku. It was brought to the city and placed in n cago. Yesterday evening John Kcllett , ono of Mr. Roth- cry's employes , attempted to remove it from ono cage to another , the bird es caped and attacked Rothery 's bull dog , "Pete. " Then ensued ono of the fiercest battles between dog nnd bird over seen hereabouts. The bird mrulo for the dog's eyes with his talons ; the dog dodged and caught thu bird under the left wing ; then the bird 'low around nnd grabbed thu dog on the loins.Vhilo this little diluculty was progressing iho bird went for the dog's eyes again , but as lie did "Pete" uuulo a sideward movement nnd captured the bird's neck. In fact ho had the whole head of the bird within his mouth in a moment , and the result is that there is a dead eagle. A Viilon of the Hi-union. Yesterday Judge McUulloeh united in matrimonial bonds James M. Effor- son of Harrison county , Iowa , to Miss F.mtna Reynolds. The groom is a veteran soldier , aged sixty-live and the bride thirty-three years old. They came to the Nebraska encampment for double re union purposes. Docket Calling. The docket for the September term of the county court will bo called at 9:30 : o'clock this morning. Electric hustra Starch is the beat laun DIED AT SEA. Sad Death of a Much Beloved Old Lady. News of the death of Mrs. Sally Trude , mother of F. W. Trude , a locomotive en gineer on the Union Pacific , was received yesterday. For some time she hud anticipated a trip to the old country to visit her aged mother , but pending the arrangements word came that the latter had died. Subsequently she decided to visit her mstor and ac companied by her husband , A. S. Trude and family , she sailed from Now York on the steamer Scrvia on the lUtli ult. She was in apparent good health , and she bade good-byo to her hosts of friends with a light heart , and looked forward to her visit to her place of birth in the old eountrj with n great deal of satisfaction. She had scarcely lost sight of the laud of her adoption , however , before she was taken sick. For u person in the vigor of youth it is bad enough to bo sick on shipboard , but it was more serious with her , who had readied a ripe old aoo ; , and she rapidly grew wor.su and died after being out upon the ocean three days. Slip was a lady greatly beloved. Her lifo had been a useful ono and illumed throughout with that purity of character which in in her mature years had made her so dear to all who know hor. The remains wcro brought back to this country on a return steamer and her funeral takes plaso in Chioego , the homo of her oldest son , to-morrow. Mr. F.V. . Trade left for Chicago yesterday. The Splendor of Dress and the artificial effects of cosmetia , no matter how deftly applied , can never make beautiful or attractive one who is subject to emaciation , nervous debility , or any form of female weakness. These must be reached by inward application , and not by outward attempts nt conceal ment , and thu ladies may take hope from the fact that thousands ot their sisters have made themselves more radiant and more beautiful by the use of JDr. Pierco's "Favorite Prescription" than they could ever hope to do by the aid of the appli ances or the toilet. "THE PINGHCR. " A Man 'With n Incomprehensible Mnnln. Thomas Dorsey is probably the famous "pinchor" who created a sensation in Louisville , Cincinnati and other cities during the past summer , by pinching ladies and young girls on the arm nnd other portions of their persons its ho passed them on the street. His pro gramme is to walk up behind a lady , on the street and as ho passes her to grab hold of her arm , or catch her in the back or bosom , with the thumb and gnger of his right hand and pinch her once , twice , or until tier outcries threaten to got him into difficulty. Then ho hurriedly gets out of sight. A half do/.cn or more females encountered the scoundrel on Sixteenth street yesterday , and in tes timony of tho'r ' experience can show black and blue shoulders nnd arms , the impress of his lingers. With ono girl , living on Ljiko street , ho attempted evun more flagrant liberties , and her screams brought Ofllcer CusTck to the scene in time to apprehend the man , Ho U hold for hearing after the fair. A Summer Luxury within the reach of every one a few drops of Colgate's toilet waters in the basin or bath. Freight Tram Ditched. Yesterday mqrulng a freight train on the Union Pacific was ditched at Ames , a fl at cm sixty miles west of Omaha. It w 3 4r't > wu by pM land engineer. The train was on a side track waiting for thu regular passenger train. The switch was properly turned to let the latter pass. In the meantime the engineer got orders to go on nnd meet the train nt another point. Ho pulled out and ns a consequence ran off the track ns the switch had not been turned back. The engine and four cars were ditched. 'Irnin No. U , the over land passenger duo tare at 7:50 : a. m. was delayed and did not arrive until 8 o'clock p. m. Stabbed the Wronc Man. Jim Robinson , a colored tough , had a fight in ( Jus Schult/ . ' saloon , on the cor ner of Twelfth and Capitol avenue witli Tom Johnson yesterday. Ho drew a dirk and assaulted Johnson , who quickly dodged the blow , and a bystander named John Tavlor got the full force of it on his left shoulder. The wound bled pro fusely but in not serious. After hearing the case Judge liurka lined Robinson $17 and costs. * 8KKIOUS FALL. A Wind-Mill Builder Falls a Distance of ThIrty-Flvo Foot. Andrew Clark , who is in the employ of Buy , the agricultural dealer , was put ting up a wind-mill on the McLaughlin farm in Sarpy county , ono mile and a 'half west ot La Platte , on Saturday last. \Vhon thirty-five feet from the ground the gin polo on which ho vas standing gave way and Clark was thrown to the ground. Fortunately ho fell on a pile of soft dirt , which lay near a well just ex cavated , or his injuries would have un doubtedly proved fatal. As it was his back was badly hurt and there is a pos sibility of internal injuries. He was re moved to his residence on the upper story of Mr. Eby's place on Ilnrney street and at last accounts was doing well. Dr. Ernhaut , of South Omaha at tended the injured man nnd does not think any fatal results will follow. Physicians prescribe Dr. J. II. McLean's Tar Wine Lung Halm , in it they lind no trace of opium or morphia while its efficacy in curing all throat or lung dis eases is wondcrtul. 25 cunts a bottle. Acute rheumatism is an inllamation of the joints , marked by pain , heat and red ness. With these symptoms apply Salva tion Oil , HID great pam cure at once. Price 23 cents a botilo. ESCAPES WITH HIS LIFE. Claui Malhewa Hun. Down a Little Hoy. Clans MathowB was arrested just before noon yesterday for fast driving and runn ing over a little boy , Charlie Thacker , of Center street , near Fifth. Mathcws was driving a firey span of horsesattached tea a buggy , at a furious speed on Douglas between Thirteenth and Fourteenth street and the running down of the boy wa.s a brutal outrage. The little follow was carried to the station house and City Physician Ralph dispatched for. lie ar rived promptly and on examining the boy found that ho was painfully hurt , the small bones ot the left foot being fract ured nnd his legs badly lacerated and bruised. Fortunatciv the little follow es caped any injury of the body. Ho was sent to his home in the patrol wagon and Mathews required to give a $300 bond for his appearance on the liith. Trolll'a narrtwrara Store nnrelarlzeil. Burglars again got in their work Tcunr- ! day morning. The haruwnrc-storc of Ja cob Froill , 2700 Leavenworth street , was entered about 3 o'clock by mean * of a broken back window , and f 1W ! in cut lery and $20 in money wcro taken. The cash was silver and nicklus , and was taken from the sufd , which Lad buun left A SOUUOWFUL DAY. An Abandoned Husbnnd on the Rum- PBRC. Mr. and Mrs. E. II. Day , formerly lived in Detroit , Mich. After a married lifo of eighteen months they quarreled aud separated. This was on the account of Air. Day's fondness for liquor. Day , after his wife loft him , came to Omaha. Ho got n traveling position here nnd is doing well. Ho 6'uuncd up a correspond- enCH with his wifo. He was earnest in his protestations of penitence and lavish with his declarations of lovu and fidelity. Ho said the separa tion was wearing his lifo out , and ho bcsecchedand prayed for her to return. She held out for several weeks against his pathetic implorativus , but. finally concluded to forgive and forget. She camu hero , and for the period of six weeks they got along swimmingly. Hut in an evil hour Air. Day again tackled the flowing schooner , went home and raised hades concrally. She coaxed and pleaded , but all to no purpose , Day con tinued to abuse her , and in a short forbearance .she again quit him. She then started out in lifo on her own hook and opened a boarding house on the corner of Sixteenth and Webster streets. She has been propcrous and has quite a little bank account , besides n lit tle fortune in diamonds and fine clolchs. Sunday night during hnr absence the re creant husband turned up nt tier IIOIIHC and gaining ingress to her room , proceeded to knock it into chaos. Ho smashed the furniture and destroyed four silk dresses , n handsome walking suit and wrapper , and a $ ! > 00 dollar seal skin sacquo. These ho cut to pieces with a knife. After the imst thorough demolition of the lady's chamber and the destruction of her wardrobe , ho left the promises with nn exultant and defiant whoop. Mrs. Day , handsomely nttircd in silk and diamonds , appeared before the city nttornuy yesterday , and swore out a warrant for her malavoleut hubby , charging him with houscbreaking and the malicious destruction of property. THE COMMISSION. Some Fire and i'ullce Matters Dis posed of LaRt Night. The police nnd fire commission met last night with Mayor Hroach in the chair. Leave of absence was granted Fire Chief Galligau to attend the national convention of department.chiefs at At lanta , Ga. , September 20 , nnd the coun cil was tibked to appropriate $125 for Ids exncnscs. The resignation of J. W. Williams , a fireman , was accepted. In the discussion upon this resignation it was determined to adopt hereafter'a scries of rules , and among them ono to bo , that any fireman contemplating resignation should give advance notice of his intentions so that ho can bo substituted without delay. A notice from the city clerk to W. S , Snavoy , notifying him that the city coun cil had determined that his apuointmont was null and void , and that no funds were at liatul for the payment of his ser vices , was read and placed on filu. John W. Nation's letter asking why his petition for a position on the police force iiad been rejected was filed. An invitation from the chiirmnn of the general committee of arrangements to the board to participate in thodunionstration to be given thu New York liromun was accepted and thu secretary notified to ac quaint the proper parties of the action. C. II. Fitch renewed his application for appointment on the police force. Filed. Clyof Seavoy reported Iho prostitute finus coliCCIfd vestordav from noon to sunset to have beeu f'j-lQO. ' Adjourned. To Meet the New Vork Vcternn"/ A meeting of the momburs of the old volunteer lire department was held last night m Chief Galligan's.oflico. All art tion of the Now York fire veterans next Thursday and Friday were reported as completed. The old firemen will meet in uniform on Thurspay , at three o'clock p. m. , nt Chief Galligan's office , and pro ceed to the depot to meqt their guests , whence they march through the streets together , with Omaha's full complement of apparatus in lino. Nothing tries the patience of a man more than to listen to a hacking cough , which he knows could easily Do cured with Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup. AMUsl : MKNTS. OIT.NING OF Till : UUAND OIM'.UA HOUSE. Despite the great crowd of strangers in the city , the theaters wcro only mod erately filled last night , the new opera house having the largest attendance. Its managers have no reason to complain of the want of success on their first night. " " most "Ruddygorc" was pcrformud effectively by the Hrodcrick opera company , Maurice Fingernail , George Itroderick , Ida Mullo and Emma M. liaker meriting the applause bestowed upon their efforts. The apparition scene in Ruddygoro castle was wull played , and in its mechanical effects was com plete. BOYO'S ornnA nousK. Mclntyro & Heath's minMrels played to only a moderate house at lioyd's. The songs and dances of thu proprietors , Mons. Bushnell with his juggling feats and trick dogs and the dissolving views manipulated by Prof. Abt wcro the most enjoyable features of the entertainment. THE I'KOri.KS. The Peoples' theater looked bright and cozy in its garb of tresh paint and paper. Halladay'u ( colored ) minstrels enter tained a fair houso. The Drum Major's Dream , introducing seven of the com pany in a drill , was a clover exhibition. KxrosinoN HALL. Coup's equoscurnculum exhibited at Exposition hall. The performance of the horses was almost marvellous and must bo seen to form any idea of the equine instinct trained to perfection. Tlio bicycle riding was also excellent. On a table not twenty feet in circumfer ence three of the troupe spun around on as many 'cylcs , suggesting dizziness to the spectators. THK OLVMI'IC. The Olympic was wull filled. A first class variety company held tliu boards and passed the night in mirth and song. Iowa State \ilr , Held at Des Momus from September 2 to 9. Tickets for the round trip from Coun cil Hluffs , including admission to the fair , $1.15 , on sale from September 1 to 0 , in clusive , good to roturr on or beforu Sep tember 12. Tickets will be on saie at the Chicago ? Rock Island & Pacific ticket of- lice , 1SJ05 rarnam street. S. S. Stevens , general uguut. IlrevltlcH. Internal revenue receipts collected yesterday , $14,101.04. The countj commissioners took no action yesterday regarding the saloons near tlio Grand Arm \oflhu Itupublicuump ground as expected. They decided fa vorably on the establishment of a county road cast of Irvington. A suit for an injunction enjoining the city from commencing the opening of Junes street , cctwcen Twenty sixtli and Twenty-seventh streets was liled in thu district court by Kelson N. Vmidqnest , tnrough hia attorney , yesterday. 1 Im plaintiff claims that the lllith section of the now charter is unconstitutional and void ; that his property to bu damaged is worth 120,000. A hearing of the ca u was set for Friday next , Last cvnulnc an old man wrrr.ed Frank Addlugton full from a train on the Union Pacific , near the bridge. Ho was taken UP iu < uft9SJuy $ ° .W3 condition aud ru- . " " * * * i > moved to St. Joseph's hospital. To-day ho was so far recovered as to proceed on his way to Fremont. Ho claimed thai ho met some parties on the train whor gave him some drink which was drugged. Ho did not say Vv'Ucthcr ho lost any JBOUCyptuot. Personal I'nrnirrnphH. Mr. Gus Matsen , of Carbon , Wyp. , arrived hero yesterday to meet his family who came from Germany. Rabbi Benson left for Arkansas yes terday. At tlio Millard last night 150 cots wcro spread for tlio accommodation of the overflow of guests. Dr. Charles Kulilman loft for the east jThterday to attend medicine lecturud , and will bo absunt one year. Mr. George S. Wcdgowood and daugh ter. Miss Lulu , and J. A. Keith and lady , of Lincoln , are at thu Millard. G. II. Hrodorick and wife , George Paxton - ton , Wallace Bruce aud Miss \ \ cbstcr , of the Hrodcrick opera company , are at the Millard. Charles M. Smith , Earlvillo , 111. , is in the city and will act as association Judge in the races at the fair grounds this week. He is registered at the Paxton. Miss Matido McClure , the 'bright little daughter of J. E. McClurc , the genial railway representative , left for Rich mond. Ind. , yesterday morning to attend Earlham college. J. O. Joliun has been added to the handsome men who preside over thu reg istry of the Millard. Ho has just re turned from Spirit Lake , where ho lias been over since that summer resort be came noted. Col. S. O. Keith , Lincoln ; Cols. Guorca W. Jurome and J. H. Molntvro , Genii. 11. T. Nonamin and M. McKaddon , CJr Cusick , Judge Amos f'ohb. Lincoln ; J. H. Reynold , Wyoming and Col. Sholdou are guests at the Millard. M ma Pakicscr entered suit in the dls trict court yesterday for an absolute divorce from her husband. Fritt Pukiescr , on the grounds of neglect and desertion. The parties were married iu August , 188(1 ( , and havu a child. A. ( ! . McShane , of Rapid City , arrived in Omaha yesterday to take charge of tlio exhibit made at tlio tair by that city's board of trade. This exhibit consists of ores , irrasscs , cereals , etc. . and go to show thu HIack Hills oil to advantage. POWDER Absolutely Pure- Thli powder never Tsrlni. A raanrelqf pur ty.ilrciiKtli HIII ) ivliolonotnenos < . Mure eeui > - > > ouicHl III mi ttie ordlimrr klinln , nr.J rnnnot M tola In competition wlib tbe nmltllmlo of loV cam cbnrl weight alum or ptioeplmlo powder- Bold only la C q . ItoVAL lUKItiQ 1'OUUKH G * . r/J