Nebraska Newspapers

    PART II. THE OMAHA SUNDAY PAGES 9-16.
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SEVENTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA SUNDAY MORNING , APRIL 8 , 3888. SIXTEEN PAGES. NUMBER. 205.
( N. B. FALCONER
"We will make a special sale on odd lots of goods that we want to close out. Special attention is called to the remnants of Dress Goods and Sat
eens , Torchons , Laces and Calicos , and the very special prices made on Lace Curtains.
WoolDressGoods
At 28e
1OOO remnants all wool Dress
Goods that we have been selling
from OBc to 78c per yard. All on
Monday , 2 3c per yard.
At 35c
000 remnantsofthe finest wool
dress goods wo have in stock , all
short lengths : wo have been sell
ing them at from 7Bc to $1.7B per
yard. Monday's price 30c.
Lace Curtains
$1 $ Per Pair.
1OOpairs NottlnghamLace Cur
tains , taped , 8 } yards long , regu
lar price $2.78 ; sale price on this
lot $1 per pair.
$2 Per Pair
4O pairs Nottingham Lace Cur
tains , elegant quality , regular
price $4.8O , sale price $2.
MadrasCurtains
$1.57.
for Madras Lace Curtains , re
duced from $3.BO.
'
$2.25
for Madras Lace Curtains , re
duced from $8.
$3.75
for Madras Curtains , reduced
from $1O and $18 ; these are only
odd pairs.
Antique Lace Curtains ,
$3.50
Odd pairs , reduced from $0.
Cluney Lace Curtains ,
$5.
Odd pairs , reduced from $7.BO.
JERSEYS.
We will offer again on Monday
our stock of Jerseys , in black and
fancy fronts at $1.87. These are
worthand have been sold at from
$2.78 to $8. The line of sizes is
not completein any of these num-
"
"bers and the price is made to
clean up the stock.
FOR THE FUN THERE IS IN IT ,
A Barber's Ballad Why Fishing is
Wickod.
COLORED MAN'S FILOSOFY.
She Wns a ( Jooil Samnritnn IIo Gave
'i'hcni a Pointer Different , PriooH
A. Vujsilcr A Good Place
for the Butter.
A Bnrbcr'n Itnllnd nn Spring.
Yankee Itlailc.
Tlie joyous birds sinu nil about ,
And e.irth mid licavcn aio fair ;
Tlio young leaves sprout like whiskers out ,
The green grass grows like luiir.
And may no wintry blast como on
To smite thorn , cold and indo ,
Like heartless lutlier cnst upon
The mustache of the dudol
Mny no untimely storm nrlso
Within these skies of blue ,
To full upon the flowers In tierce ,
Tempestuous shampoo.
Yes , lot the trees bud fiesh and sweet ,
Nor Storm King's iwor gash ,
And lot the flowers glow prim and neat
As any waxed mustache.
Tnkn It to the Ilurlicr'H
Hotel Mail : Hotel Patron Waiter ,
is that butter or lardy
Waiter Why , sab , that is buttah.
Patron ( examining the dish clo&ely )
All , yes , you're right ; it is butter.
Bring mo a razor , for it needs shaving.
AVhy Finding In Wicked.
Texas Colonel : Solemn Man No ,
sir , I never llbh. I think it is decidedly
wrong.
Ohipinono Don't like to bo so cruel
to tlio Hsbi1
Solemn Man No ; I don't mind hurt
ing the llbh , but I think it la wrong to
Uo. _
DlCf'orciit PrlccH.
Detroit Free Press : "What are those
potatoes worthy" ho inquired of the
grocer.
"Four dollars a bushel. "
"Holy smoke ! Four dolhusl Guess
wo won't oat any moro potatoes. "
"You u anted them to oat , did you ?
I can lot you have thoiu for 60 cents a
nock , than. 1 thought you wanted them
'or ' seed. " _
A 'Modern Ananliid.
//old Mud.
In the spring the young mini's fancy
Highly tui as to thoughts ofcluthcs ;
And ho wonders how ho'll get them ,
As for two suits still ho owes.
Dut ho'll linico his trusting tailor ,
For at lying bo Is deft ;
Tljcn ho'll stiut ia new apparel
Ana the tullor will got left.
Oh , She Was a Good Stimarltnn.
Lifo : "Will you allow mo to sleep in
the ton-aero lot back ol the barn ,
"Certainly , " responded ilia woman ,
kindly ; "and hero are a couple of
matches in case it should turn cold be
fore morning. "
AViiB She n School 'Alarm ?
Tld Bits : "Not another morsel,11 ex
claimed the now lady boarder , after eating -
ing enough for six ablo-bodied corl ,
Jicnvors. "Not another mortol. Rcally-
I don't know what will become of mo ;
no appetite at all , you know. As my
last landlady baid , I don't eat enough to
Ueou a bird alive. "
The boarders said nothing , but they
nil began ivouderinir whether the bird
ffluslin Underwear
Monday , April Oth , wo will of
fer special values in gowns ,
skirts , corset covers and drawers
Gowns , 78c , worth $1.2O.
Skirts 25c , worth BOc only two
to a customer' .
Corset Covers , 23c. OOc , BOc , 7Bc
each worth double.
Drawers 87c , worth and sold
elsewhere for 88c.
Colored Cotton
Skirts , 50c
Three dozen colored cotton
skirts , worth from $1 to f2.BO , on
Monday only BOc.
Wo will also show in our Cloak
and Suit Dopt.the bestandcheap-
est line ofChlldrens White Dress
es ever shown here. These
Hoods are all new and are con
ned to us. The prices are BOc ,
$1.OO , $1.25 , $1.BO , f 1.7Band , noth
ing like them at the price has
ever been offered here. Also a
line of Children's Colored Ging-
harn , two piece Sailor Suits , at
$1.OO in 6 , 8 and 1O years.
Cream Damasks ,
50c.
1 Case * 02 inch fine Cream
Damasks , at BOc , worth 72c.
At 62 c.
1 Case 04 inch Heavy Cream
Damask at G2Jc , worth BOc.
At"75c.
1O pieces 08 inch , extra fine
Cream Damask at 7Bc , worth
$1.00.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
At $1.00.
1O pieces 84 fine Cream Dam
asks at $1.OO , worth $1.26.
Bleached Damasks
At 75c.
1O pieces 06 inch fine Bleached
Damask , at7Bc , worth 1.OO.
At $1.00.
2O pieces 72 inch fine Double
Damask , at fil.OO , worth $1.38.
Now Patterns. *
White and Red Border
Lunch Sets At $3.6O.
8-4 White Lunch Cloth with I
Dozen Doylies' to Match at$3.0O ;
worth $5.8O.
she referred to was an ostrich or Sind-
bad's roe.
He Cnvo Them n Pointer.
TCXIIB Sittings : A smart-stopping cit
izen of Tennessee was in Now York a
few iluys ago to see about raising money
for a proposed railroad line down in his
country , and when asked to explain , ho
said :
"There's no explanation about it.
This is to bo a railroad 200 miles long. "
"But about , the company ? "
"Oh , that's boon organized .and all
the olllcors olcctod. "
"What's the capital ? "
"Fifty million dollars. "
"TIow much stock has been taken V"
"About ? o)0 ( ) worth. "
"What ! Only & ! 00 worth. "
"That's all , mister , and if you fellers
down hero will only pitch in and gnb-
blo up the rest of it , wo'll go ahead and
make things hum. _
A. Puz/.lor for the Youii/i Man.
Tid Bits : His salary was $1,000 n
year and ho had just proposed to Miss
L'laro Lighthead and had been accepted
and they worn both exquisitely happy ,
until pho said :
"And you don't know how lovely onr
homo will be , Gcorgo. It shall bo a
homo indeed for yon , a place of rest and
joy and comfort. I'll call the houbO-
keeper up every morning and
"The housekeeper1" ;
"Yes , yns.dear. Now don't interrupt
you naughty boy. I'll tell the house
keeper to toll the cook to "
"Tho cook ? "
"Of course. And ] do hope wo can
got a French cook. I love French coolc-
ing , And I'd like the diningroom girl
to- "
"Tho diningroom girlV"
"Yes , yes. I'd like a brisk , tidy , rosy
chocked English diningrnoin girl. I
don't care so much about the chamber
maid. "
"Why , my darling , I'm afraid "
"Now , now , you bad old hey , you
must lot your little girl have her own
way when it comes to the house ser
vants. You can engage the butler if
you like , and of course you'll got the
coachman ; hut when it comes to the
laundress and seamstress and why ,
George , what a dreadfully long face you
have. I don't like it. "
It looked longer as ho nut in his 10x12
room nit hour later trying to llguro out
how the wages of the cook and housekeeper -
keeper and butler and all the rest of
thorn were to bo wild on $ l"o ! ) a week.
Ho hasn't figured it out yot.
Colored Man1 * Filonofy.
Detroit Free Press : When the meet
ing had boon called to order Brother
Gardner requested Whnlebyno Howkor
to como iorward and take the desk , and
wlum ho had him there ho continued.
"Urndder Howkor , I ar' gwino to
Ecnd you to Toronto on n mission con-
barnin'do welfar' of dls club. Bcfo' you
go I want to speak a few furder words to
vou , "
"Yes , sah. "
"In gwino among- strangers doan1 bo
so dignified dat people will imagine you
own Detroit , an' yit en do odder hand
doan' bo so free an' easy dut any ono
will dare poke you in the ribs. Seek
fur do happy medium.
"Doan1 bo too fond of talk. Do less
you say do iuo' you will bo credited wid
knowur ,
"Many n man has broken his leg on
do sidowallc bokaso ho was ashamed to
take n safe path in do middle of do road.
"Treat ebery man like u gentleman.
DC cost is a mere trifle , en' it tickles
dair wanlty ,
"iCcopcf'arof argv'ment , If a stran-
At $4,20.
8-1O White or Red Border
Lunch Cloth with 1 Dozen Doylies
to Match , at $4.2O , worth $7.OO.
At $4,7O.
8-12 White or Red Border
Lunch Cloth with 1 Dozen Doyles
to Match , at $4.7O , worth $7.8O.
Fine Hemstitched Damask
Cloths with 1 Dozen 24 Inch
Dinner Napkins to Match.
8-1O , $13.8O , worth $28.BO.
812JflB.OO , worth $2O.OO.
8-14 , $16.BO , worth $22.BO.
Glass Linen
,
At $1U C.
1 Case all Linen Glass Toweling
a lljc , worth 18c.
Turkish Towels ,
At 15c.
1OO Dozen Brown Turkish
Towels at IBc. worth 2Bc.
Napkins ,
Napkins ,
At $1.07 c
1OO dozen B-8 heavy bleached
Napkins atl.O7c , worth $1.3B.
1OO dozen B--4 German Damask
Napkins at $1.32c } , worth ? 1.78
BO dozen 3-8 heavy German
Napkins at $1.87c , worth $2.BO.
Hemstitched Pillow
Shams.
At $1,19
1OO pairs hemstitched Pjllow
Shums at $1.19 , reduced from
v1.6Oand$2.
1OO dozen fanny border Doylies
at97jc , worth $1.BO.
per wnnts to I > e1 on his pmno turn from
bin. in silent contempt. If do kyurs
run oil do truck trns' in de Lnwd.
"Bo kccrful of yer manners nt table.
Our likin fur a man cnn be killed us
dead nH u doohnall by do wny bo cats.
"De use of euss words ar' to bo de
plored. A man wid u clean mouf will bo
resneotcd , ebon among rascals. If you
falfobcr a wbeelbarror or saw your
neck on a elothos line , devote five inin-
its to oxprcssin your feolin's. Don stop
fahort oil.
"Doan' be asbamcd to carry ycr money
in yer sboe. Many a member of con
gress lias come to grief by prancin"
around wid his wallet in his pocket.
"If you meet a man who says be dean1
believe in de fuchor slat donn' wasteyor
brcaf to nrgify do mutter. Ho may bo a
pubcon whom de Lawd created widout a
bonl , jibtas nu oxjorimont. ) "
Judge Cbcwso then arose to a question
of privilege , and tendered his resigna
tion , to take immediate effect. Upon
being asked for an explanation , ho re
plied that ho had boon told ho was s is-
pceted of having como to the mooting
with a quart bottle in his pocket , mean
ing to ( ill the same with Kerosene from
the club can.
"Who told you dat ? " asked the presi
dent.
"White pus on on di market , pah. "
"Humph ! Urudder Chowso , I hoped
dat do soft spot in do top of ycr bead
had hardened ! '
"Rut dat's what ho said pah I"
"S'posln ho did1 ? S'nosin he'd said
dot you wore 'bpeeted ol stealing all our
money1 ? "
"Hut I nebbor brought no bottle
hcah.1
"Nobody Vept dat white man says
yon did. Sot down , will I You ban dun
gone an'lost yor soimo. Yon hov' not
only nu-bbor brought any bottle heab to
fteal our korosonu , but lot mo tuy to
you dat hud yon dun BO you would hov'
got loft. Wo hov1 bin on the lookout
fur jibt sich a racket , nn' do can is allns
kept under lo..ff an' key. "
A oommunication from tlio attornoy-
goncrul of Indiana , or at least from bin
ollico , inquired if the rights of the col
ored citi/ens of Detroit in respect to rid
ing on the street oars was respected.
They writer had heard that they were
not.
not."Do
"Do seckrotary will answer him to do
offcck dat wo have do bamo right ns
wbito men , " answered the president.
"Dat is. wo nr' oblcogod to pay far' an'
rldo on do hind platform.
"Whenober do cull'd folks of do stait
of Michigan find deirsolvos deprived of
any legal right doy wont't wait to hear
.from Injiunnv bofo' kickin. ' "
CONMMII.VIjlTIKS ,
The rzarwitch will soon bo betrothed to
the daughter of I'nnco Nicholis , of Monte
negro.
In Corr.i a man wears his hair lonp and
br-udeii until ho ( jcu married , when ho is
lucky if he can wear any hair at all.
The pretty Kngllsh girl who lias promised
to nurij the rajah of lihumaboor feels In
clined to back out. The rajah's subjects
threaten to burn her alive.
After a happy married life of fifty-four
years , an old couple Jivjng near Hickman ,
ICy. , have separated because of incompati
bility of temper. Husband and wife arc
each more than seventy years old ,
A punctual Mlunesota maiden lately mar
ried a casual acquaintance , who happened to
meet her In the church , rather than bo kept
waiting for her original intended , who.was a
quarter of an hour behind his appointed
time.
"Do you think Miss Fellows would marry
mol"saidKcd Chaskato the chief of tils tribe ,
provlous to popping the question The old war
rior toyed for n moment witli the sculps that
bung at his bldo pud thenpuusivcly growled :
French
Siateens
,
250.
Wo liavo n big lot or short
lengths or French Sateens , that
we will sell Monday at 2Cc per
yard ; lengths from t to 8 yards.
FRENCH ZEPHYR SUITS , $2 ,
worth $5.7S.
24 French Zephyr dress patterns
worth $6.75 ; Monday's price , $2.
Scotch Ginghams ,
25c.
All of our Scotch Ginghams that
we have been selling at 38c , 4Oc
and 42 c ; Monday's price 2Bc per
yard.
Irish. Linen
Wash Dress Goods
A splendid line of choice styles
of Irish all linen Wash Dress
Goods , worth 48c Monday price ,
EMBROIDERIES ,
KING'S LOCK STITCH TRIM
MINGS ,
At 5c.
4O pieces "King's" lock stitched
trimmings at Be ; reduced from
lOcand Uijc.
Uijc.At lOc.
King's Took glitch trimmings at
lOe ; reduced from 2Bc and 3Oc.
At He.
4O pieces fine Embroideries at
lie ; regular prico. 17 e. "
1OO pieces Ernbroideries at IBc ;
Regular price 2Oc and 2Bc.
"Wy don't ' Chaslty yourself , Ucd2" And ho
did.
did.Milton
Milton .T. Hnrlow , the comedian , quietly
took unto hlinsulf u better half last week in
the person of Lillian Hall , the burlesque
actress , .fustice AVet d of Jersey City tied
the Itnot fust , anil John and Edna Viilocq
witnessed the cfcrcmony and extended con
gratulations.
Clifford Uobinson was man led to MisJ
Junuio li. Leonard , in Hebron , Conn. , lust
week , and the bridal tour was nnulu to their
future residence In Columbia , a clo7Cii miles
away , on a sled drawn by two pairs of oxen.
The sumo kinds of teuins were sent for the
invited guest * , s
John Fan-ell had com ted nn Illinois wo
man for eighteen yours. Wlfcn he finally
decided that the tJmo hud rome fnr them to
part , she Hung the swill pall after him and
broke Ills hip , anil the jury who tried the
cuso returned a verdict of ' 'not guilty" with
out leaving their heats.
It has bi'iin Hum-lid out by a statistical ofll-
clal that there arc thirty-one i-rimimils to
every 1,000 bachelors ami only cloven crimin
als to every 1KK ( ) married men. From this
showing ho argues that matrimony restrains
men from crime , and ought therefore to be
encouraged by legislation and otherwise.
Mr. Stephen Hurkc , of Minneapolis , has
had a ruling ambition since his marriage ,
twouty-Jlvo yeai s ago , to have thirteen chil
dren in his family , and , by a singular coinci
dence , the thirteenth was born on the Kith
day of last month. "Happy he , " says Thor-
e.iu , "whoso aspirations never stray beyond
this homo circle. "
Solomon Sapp , over whose "youthful" head
eighty-three Hummers have perspired , has
just wedded -the widow Stnvens , a blushing
creature of seventy-live , at I'riuceton , 111.
The minister , to malto things oven , confessed
to being eighty-four years old. The local
paper alludes to the bride and groom as
"early" settlers.
A fortune-toller told Mrs. Dcdolfto Hil-
dlnger of Chicago that she would leave her
husband- after quarioling with him , and fall
In love and run nway with another man.
Not to arouse the wrath of Fa to , Mrs. Hll-
diugcr whaled her hubby , and then shipped
with n "dailc , handsome Swinish cavalier , "
as the fortune-teller predicted.
A young clergyman , not for from Harlem ,
bolng on the eve of maniageaml not wishing
to trouble and of his clerical brcthorn wrote
to the bishop , inquiring If ( as ho had already
published the bunas from Ills own pulpit ) ho
could marry himself. The bishop at once
capped the query with another "Can you
bury yourself j" That settled it.
After refusing his pick of tnanv fair and
comely dames. Robert Hlack , a brother of
distinguished novelist , 1ms married n
maid In I'ort-au-1'rinco who is bhtcUor'n a
black cat up a blind alley on a moonless night
when the gas Is fro/.cn. It is said that the
contract between her .brawny neck and the
Irish linen collar that encircles it is very
marked. ,
Lcayear | suggestions ! Bachelor .T. R. Mc-
Cullagh , editor Su Louis Globe-Democrat ;
ago-10 ; a shapely bio n do ; makes a specialty
of diamonds , f.ist liorhcs , and satire ; natur
ally domestic , ho would provo a boon to any
female heart hungry for mature manly af-
furtion ; fiO.OOUnor annum. Kdwnrd J Me
I'holim , dramatic critic of Chicago Tribune ,
'JO years old j in tha virgin soil of his poetic
affections no'blado or tlower of love has over
sprouted or bloomed ; dotes on Villon ,
SholIoy.Lamb , IrvlnJTcrry. ( Modjeska and
Lpuiso Montague ; writes beautiful verse ,
and has tie | face "of att early Christian mar
tyr ; income f3,500. Edward 1) . Co\ven , for
eign correspondent of Chicago Daily News
( address 1M Hue do la Grand Prix , Paris ) ; a
Semetlo brunette of Milesian extraction ;
just turned of . ' ; handsome , vivacious ,
great hearted ; extensive traveler ; speaks
six : languages ; of exceeding gallantry ; tre
mendously popular with the ladies ; has
never loved ; income fi,000 , Vincent ] 3urna-
has Kelly , Washington correspondent Chicago
cage Tribune ; income $3,000 , and ago 84 ; a
Tippet ary blonde of the old Dutch marine
school of architecture ; has boon four winters
in Springfield (111. ( ) and ono winter in Wash
ington ; i a democrat of the reform school.
Ono of the best Knight Tcniplnr churms
emblematically that \ve have seen consists of
n black Maltese cross , upon which rests a
nine-pointed blazing star , thq centre being
the mottood garter t > urioundingtlio red Cresson
on u irrnund of crtum cuaucl.
Torchon Laees.
Pnrtofthe Stock ofP. K.Wilson
Lnce Importer , thnt wns slightly
dmmifjed by fire and wnter , we
scoured at n great reduction. We
place them on our counters Mon
day , we usk customers to come
early ns there will be a big rush.
At S c.
4O pieces Hand made Torchon
Lnces , worth 8 1-U , nt 8Jc.
At 5c.
GO pieces Hand made Torchon
Laces at Be , worth lOc.
At 8 l-3c.
4O pieces Hand made Torchon
Lace at 8 1-3 , worth 16 2-3 , to
2Oc.
lOc.
4O pieces Hand made Torchon
Lace at lOc , worth 2Oc.
At
4O pieces Hand made Torchon
Lace at 12jc , worth 23c.
At 16 2-3c.
4O pieces Hand made Torchon
Lace at 16 2-3c , worth 28 and
30c.
At 2Og.
GO pieces Hand made Torchon
Laces , worth 3Bc , at 2Oc.
At 25c.
2O pieces hand made Torchon
Laces , at 2Bc ; regular price 4Oc.
Torchon Lace Collars.
BOO childrens' hand made Tor
chen Lace Collars , at 12c. } worth
2Oc.
SOO childrens' hand made Tor
chen Lace Collars at 21c each ,
worth OBc.
SOO childrens' hand made Tor
chen Lace Collars at 28c , worth
2BO hand made Torchon Lace
Collars at 2Bc , regular price 4Bc.
2BOliand made Torchon Lace
Collars at 33e , regular price BOc.
2BO hand made Torchon Lace
Collars at BOc , regular price SBc.
MILLIONS EATEN UP.
How Vast KstiUos Vanish lu
Fees.
New York Journal : "Ah ! how many
arc rioting on dead men's millions ! ' '
This was , the exclamation of a con
servative lawyer of prominence in
speaking of the management of largo
estates which the machinery of the
courts is invoked to bettlo.
Behind the names of Slovens , Stokes ,
Cutting , Stewart , Anderson. Ilamors-
lofy , .Itimel , Colah. Iloyt. Wood , Souttcr.
Tilden , Oilman , Paine , Lenox and Shel
don Ho recitals of morp entrancing in
terest and of btrange situations than any
portrayed by the novelist.
Property valued at tons of millions of
dollars is at present in litigation in the
surrogate court. Lawyers will not
openly acknowledge that they desire to
1 > rolong this legal btrifo , but that this
purpobo is close at their hearts is well
known. The estate pays the oxpcnoes
of litigation , and while anything is left
the conbcicntioiiB attorney finds that it
is necessary to make homo further move
"in tlio intercbt of bis client. "
It is the old btory of dividing the oys
ter each litigant takes a bbell and the
lawyer takes the meat. When a man
dies , leaving his heirs $100,000 to fight
over , the proper divihion of the cbtato
according to the legal coiibcience is al
most as follows : Legal fees and costs ,
$00X)0 ( ) ; disbursements and ineidontals ,
$7.000 ; heirs , 1,000.
The heirs arc not always as fortunate
ns this extreme oa&e would indicate.
Facts from the record will bhow this :
An Oriental merchant , who rejoiced
in tin * picturesque name of Domanjoo
Byranjeo Colah , visited in this city
eighteen years ago. IIo wont on a spree
and got locked up in a coll. The polieo
found $10,000 in paper money and golden
on his person , and an examination of
his room in the IIolTman house bhowod
that bo had an ndditiodal $ ( iO)00 ( ) there.
IIo was a btrangor in a strange land ,
and fair game for the lawyers. They
charged that the Parsee merchant was
a lunatic , and that it was ncccbsary to
appoint a committee to take charge of
himself and his monoy. Nathaniel
Tarvis , jr. , who ib a lawyer in addition
to being elork of tlio court of common
picas , was the man who got the 8100,000
in charge , The Parsee was sent to
Bombay , where ho died , at a cost of
8&5.000. Mr. .Tarvis reported to the
court that the balance ho had on hand
was exactly & 3U.OH ,
Samuel Wood , after whom the town
of Woodbburg , L , I. , is named , died in
IhTH , leaving a fortune estimated at
$2,000,000. By specific bequests lie loft
$231,000 , to relatives , and the balance
was to bo expended in founding a college -
lego of iiuihiu. The college will novnr
bo founded , for two good reasons the
hequcbt lias boon declared illegal and
tlio money has boon cnton up by ex
penses. Tlio little item of $1,100,000 of
the estate has vanished. Eight differ
ent attorneys and as many eminent
counsel have been operating on the eb-
tate "in the interest of the college of
music" for ton years past , and this faet
tollb the story.
Jcbbo Jloyt , tl.o famous produce mer
chant of this city , died in 1882 , leaving
$8,000,000. Ho left the income of
$ l,2oO,000 for tlio use of his widow dur
ing life , and tlio biuno sum to his eccen
tric daughter , Mary Ireno. They were
dissatisfied and half a dozen lawyers
were culled in , among thoin General
Benjamin I < \ Butler and Roscoe Conk-
ling. A young attorney named Aaron
Kahn , who was in the case , rendered a
little bill for * ! 0,74U.C8 , but how much
Black Silk Drapery
Nets.
8 pieces 27 inch Block Silk Dra
pery Nets , In black , polka dot and
fancy nets , at$1.7B , regular price
$3.OO.
4 pieces 30 and 4O inch Black
Silk Drapery Nets at $2.37 , regu
lar price $4.
1 piece 30 inch Black Polka Dot
Drapery Nets at OBc , regular
price sfl.BO.
Underwear.
Ladies' Gauze Vests at 2l3c , reg
ular price 3Bc.
Ladies' Balbriggnn Vests at OBc ,
worth BOc.
Mens'GauzeShirts at 2Bcworth
3Bc.
3Bc.Mens'French
Mens'French Balbrlggan Shirts
and Drawers at $1. regular price
$1.BO.
Mens' natural grey Balbrlggan
Shirts and Drawers at 7Bc , worth
1.
2 JOBS IN
Childrens' Hose.
At 25c
BOO dozen misses' plain and
ribbed fine English and French
cotton Hose , in colors and black ;
these have never been offered be
fore at less than from 4Oc to 8Bc
per pair. Monday's price is 25c
per pair.
At 35c.
8O dozen misses'fine lisle thread
and fine cotton Hose , in ribbed
and plain , regular price from GOc
to $1,80 per pair. Monday's price
3Bc.
Black Goods
4 pieces French Cords , Canvas
Cloth and fancy Morie Black
Dress Goods , that we have been
selling from sl to $1.38. Monday's
price on these four pieces , BEJc.
the big guns will receive is not known.
The cbtato is a legal bonanza.
Mrs. 1'aran Stovoiib has enriched the
lawjers. Her husband died in 187- ,
leaving $ -1.000,000. Slip received$100,000
outright , besides the income on $1,000-
001) ) . a city residence in Fifth avenue
and the villa nt Newport , where she en
tertained the duke of Marlborough hibt
summer. She was not eon lent , and
there has been a constant .scene of legal
squabbles o\er since , and tboro is no
probability that they will bo ended in
her lifetime.
The Duchess U'Auxy FCOIUS to like the
lawyers also. Uoforc she became a
duchess she was Mrs. Charlotte Soutter ,
the wife of Robert Souttor. Her charges
of fraud in the management of the es
tate occupied the courts for years.
Litigation ever the millions left by
Samuel J. Tilden is likely to occupy the
balance of the in-cpont contury. The
conti.'bt is ever the clauses providing for
Tildon libraries in this city , Yonkers ,
and New Lebanon , at a cost of $4,000-
000.
000.Tho
The famous Nathaniel Oilman estate
has been before the courts for thirty
years , and the lawyers arc not likely to
tire as long as a penny is left.
The light over the' $1,000,000 loft by
Cornelius S. V. Roosevelt has just been
settled by the good sense of the rela
tives and to the chagrin of the hiivyors ,
and the same is true of the estate of
Harvey Sheldon.
A HIGHLY-COLORED EASTER.
Tlio Choir of tlm North He nil Colored
Church Iniliilge in KKtr-Tlirowint ; .
Now York Journal : "Wo want to getup
up an Easter festival. Sister Brown , "
bald the Rov. Xacariah Wright , the col
ored pastor of the colored church at
North Bond , who had ju t arrived there ,
and wo want all the congregation to
help us.1'
They all wont to work with a will ,
and after many days wivMling with
Kastor hymns everything was in readi
ness for the great festival. Knch nioiii-
bor of the choir was sure that bis or her
singing would make angelb pause to
listen.
Easier camo. The regular Sunday
services were ever and the congrega
tion was invited to stay and hear the
anthems. Fiom the church they were
to adjourn to a largo , empty burn , in
which refreshments wore spread ,
Every member of that congregation
brought a basket of dyed eggs , bo that ,
after church , they could tofiuor or crack
oggb , according to an ohl-timo custom
at North Bond. In fact , the place was
famous for its "egg lights , " which were
really a mania with the population , old
and young , and ono octogonerlan act
ually had his palsied hands hold by
others while ho took part in the fray.
The Te Douin began well , but as it
progrobbod , to tlio leader's horror , El-
vir.Masior's . voice , more powerful and
dibcordant than ever , ro&o high above
tlio others. The choir bhoutod until
they were hoarse , with frowning faces
turned upon the ollcndor. It was a war
of voices , from which all melody had
gone , hut the straining was useless ,
itcv. Xacliuriah tore at his hair as the
sharp , cutting notes , without regard to
time or tune , mastered the others , until
there was a final break-down , and the
company adjourned in a moat unamiablc
mood to the barn.
Then the storm that had boon gather
ing broke.
' 'Do screech-owl has done ruined our
Biogin'l" bobbed Mary Jane Simpson ,
hysterically.
"Yea dar' call mo a screech-owl ! "
yelled l-Jlviry Maricr. "You inipnJunt
BLACK
GOODS
DEPARTMENT.
UP STAIRS.
We have moved our Black
uooas Department up stairs on
the second MOOT- , and wo know-
that ladles , will be well satisfied
with the change. The light so
much needed in selecting black
goods-Is simply perfect ; trie stock
is the largest that can be found in
the west.
On Monday we make some pri
ces on Black Goods that our cus
tomers will appreciate.
38c.
For all wool Black Cashmere ,
worth OOc.
OOc.49e. .
For all wool Black Cashmere ,
worth 70c.
70c.65c. .
For Black Cashmere that is
worth OOc.
OOc.50c. .
On Monday 1O pieces of 40-Inch
Black Albatross will be offered
etBOc per yard worth 7Oc.
60c.
To getcustomersacquainted with
with our Black Goodb Depart
ment we will sell 42 inch black
Sicilian Cord , TameseCloth and
Nun's Veiling , all at 6Oc , regular -
lar price OOc.
OOc.75c. .
Will buy 42 inch all wool fine
Black French serge , worth
1.2O. Monday's price 7Bc.
Warp Ociirictta.
At 89c.
Monday , in our new Black
Goods Department we will sell
Black Silk warp Henrietta at 80c ,
worth ? 1.3B.
peacock , take that ! " She grasped a
handful of her eggs from the basket and
throw them at Miss Simpson's tearful
face.
ButMary.Tanc wasnocoward. She had
'
eggs at lia'nd , and she know howi'to use
them , and in a second Miss Brown'a
visage was like yellow ocliro.
The preacher and j-ome of the men in
terfered , but only to retire half-blinded
and wholly egged from head to foot.
Then the egg-throwing became general.
The Reverend Xachariah , who had hid
den as well as ho could , looked forth ,
on the scono.
IIo wiped his smeared face and tried
to innko his voice heard , but until the
last egg was smashed and the heated
congregation had i-eated themselves nt
the table no one could be heard in the
hubbub which prevailed. Amos
. ( ones came to look for the poor Httlo
man and found him crouched in a rc-
mete corner.
"Why , you alnt scared , is you,13rud-
dor Wright ? " ho said witli a loud laugh.
"You don't know North Bond , sur. Uat
wasn't real lightin' 'ecpl 'twcon Elviry
Brown and Mary Jane Simpson. Do rest
wor jest fun , you beo. "
"Fun on Sunday ! " ejaculated the
Rov. Xacharlah. "Impious ! shameful !
heathenish ! "
"Woll , J aint sa.yln1 it wor do right
time and place , " said the deacon apolo
getically , "but when our folks scescggs ,
Easter , ( ley runs plum cra/y. Dar aint
no stoppin' cm , and ef Cahricl hissolf
coined down jest as likely ho'd got an
egg smashed on him. Como , Bruddor
Wright. Do folks is waitin' dinner fur
you to ax a blessin' . "
"Ask a blessing ! " cried the indignant
preacher. "No , Brother Jones , I Hhako
the dust from my feet and bid farewell
North Bond tills very day. You'vo
ruined my only good suitloking ( ( ) at his
smeared garments ) ; "you've shocked
mo by your heathenish ways , and I'd
rather stay among the Apache. Indians
than horo. You need a stronger man
than I am Brother Jones ; somebody
who can whip you out of your ways.
That's the kind of giw > ol for N < jrJjh ,
Bend. "
A Millinnairo'H Mohhy.
Oao of the most unique of the maiij
private dinners given this season at
Duliiionico's took piano last wcok. On
the plato of each guest and attached to
the menu was a beautiful ring with an
o inn raid Ktono sot in diamonds. The
ring cost $ l,000nnd ns there were oiglit
guilts , the moniis. with their novel at
tachments , must have cost ever $8,0(0.
Tito host was Ooorgo Law , a street rail
way magnate and suvoral times a r.iil-
liohairo. The guests at this dinner
were not surprised , for Mr. Law la
known to spend considerably over $100-
000 a year on jewelry. Very noarjy all
of tills ho distributes around among his
acquaintances , Potions who hear of
Mr. Law's generosity and do not know
him may think bun an improvident
spendthrift. Not so , for hu is avull -
balanced man. It is admitted that
every man lias a weakness , and present
ing his friends with jewelry is Mr
Law's weakness. Otherwise ho Is the
most practical of business mon.
*
linn Concluded to Keep It IllniHclf.
Irnlay City ( Mich. ) Optic : The gon-
ins displaced by a Fourth street car
penter Is something remarkable. Hav
ing toino spare time last week ho went
to liis workshop and proceeded to make
a handf-oinu tool chest. When it was
finished ho invited some friends in to
inspect ) iis production , when ho discov
ered that it was six inches wider than
tlio doorway.
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