THE OMAHA DAILY BEE ; MONDAY. MARCH 11. 18SO. ARoviowoftho Work Transacted Durlnjr the Woo k. THE SESSIONS NEARLY OVER. Important Measures Acted Upon Two New liaws Tim Billings KcslKnatlon Oilier I < CKlsla- tlvo Gojnlp of Interest. Tlio Scnnto. .jf , Nob. , March 11. | SBdal | toTnn Bi : j The senate has been in session fifty- one days nnd the house forty-nine. The log- Islnturo must meet on sixty days , nnd are al lowed pay for only thnt number , so thnt the Bcssloi. is ncnrini ; the close. The ivcolc past has added two now laws to Kcbnulca's Hat , not including several bills nwal'uiK the governor's approval , which it ! > ' , ( cs twelve acts passed by this legislature uiul signed. The more Important Is ll.insom's valued pollcj measure. It provides that "whenever nny policy of insurance shall bo written to innura nny real proi > crtv In this state iiKiilnst Ions by lire , tonmilo or lhhttiinir , nnd the property insured shall bo wholly destroyed , without fault on the part of the insured or Ills assignees , the amount of the insur ance written in such policy shall bo taken conclusively to bo the true value of the prop erty Insured and the true amount of loss und measure of dnmu s. " The act applies to now business lu the future nnd renewals of jwllclcs now in force. A plnlntltt obtaining n judgment under the act is to bu allowed an nttorney's fee by the court. The other act makes the commissioner of public lands nnd buildings a custodian for the Held notes , mnps , charts , records nnd nil papers mipcrtalninK to Nebraska hind titles , luchulinK surveys , that may have been made by the United States Kovcrnmnnt. Tlioso records are to bo Kept in condition to bo in spected by Unitcit Stales , state and county onichil.s. The object of the law is to put the records where county surveyors miijht con- nult them. Kor a year or two past they have been inaccessible. The week has had no striklnc events in the senate , but that body has worked steadily and passed about t.vonty-flve bills. Probaoly the most Important was Ray mond's ' bill grading the capital stock of banks , other than national , according to pop ulation , requiring Inspection at 'least once a year , and quarterly statements , fixing a so- vcro penalty for receiving deposits when insolvent , and providing for heavy lines for R-.i attempt to deceive the inspector. Another measure for the benefit of the people In financial matters is T.mgart's sinkIng - Ing funu bill. It requires county treasurers , instead of depositing that fund in pet banks , to ui-o it in buying up county warrants drawn on other funds , nnd to turn the interest on the warrants into the sinking fund. Jcwott's alien land bill tn.ilcos two impor tant changes in the present law. It allows non-resident aliens to own city property nnd permits them to hold for ten .years any prop erty acquired under foreclosure of mort- giipc. The purpose of the changes is to in vite foreign capital to investment iu No- braska. without permitting to acquire perma nently large blnulis of farming luads. The Lindsay billtonincnd the revenue laws nf the state is of great importance through out the state. It directs the state board of equalization , instead of making u levy of so many mills on the dollar to raise the state tax , to apportion that tax among the coun ties in lump sums in dollars and cents. A county cunuot escape any part of its just share of the slate tax by making a low assessment , now a common practice. The constitutional amendment proposed by the scunto to enlarge the supreme court pro vides lor two additional Judges aud makes the term of the judges nvo years , cue to bo elected annually. Nnrvnl's ' fence bill is intended to relieve tl fanners who are required by trio railroad companies to build live wire fcucos up to the lrnrkbefore _ the company wilt fence along the track. The bill provides that the owner of land along a ruiltoud may notiTy a railroad to fence Its traelt. If the company falls to do so within six mouths the property owner may build the fence and collect its cost of the railroad. Among-tho bills of importance passed by the senate are the following : The South Omaha charter. Locating a normal school at Neligh on condition that Gates college , valued at f 10,000 , , bo deeded to the state. Providing that n tie veto lor a city or village otllcer shall bo divided by lot. Requiring the county attorney to have an onice ut tnocounty seat. Making nine hours n legal day's labor. Requiring treasurers to register orders Issued by school districts nnd to pay them In the order issued. Ho- cpiirlng suits affecting real estate to bo brought In the county in which the property is located. A bill throwing the district court open to petty suitH now tried before justices , nnd enabling the plaintiff to stick the de fendant for the former's costs. Increasing the term of registers of deeds to four years , und counties of less than 00,000 increasing the salaries of deputies from $703 to $1,000 and of clerks from ? . " > ( ) per month to fOO. Milking It unlawful for persons other than members of the order to wear the insignia of the Loyal Legion or to use it in seeking aid. Providing that executors or administrators may curry out contracts for the conveyance of hind made by the dc-ceised owner of the estate In question. Amending the law that empowers cities to l.ssuo waterworks bonds bearing seven per cent interest by making it read "not to exceed seven per cent , " The Benato also passed a resolution prohib iting Itsoll from volitig away any of Ihe Icslcs , chairs or Hplltoons In the senate cham ber and requiring the secretary of state to tnko charge of nil such property immediately lifter adjournment. Also a resolution calling on the state libra rian , Guy A. llrowti , for n complete state ment of all lib financial u Hairs wltu the state. This is intended to .show how much lie lias received in fees as clerk and reporter of the supreme court and how much profit ho has made from the publication of the statutes und thu court reports. The honitto's attention has been called to a memorial of the furuicrn' alllauco , which sots forth that Mobraskii is buried under mort gages and iu Industrial classes are being ground Into hopeless poverty. The docu ment went to congress , and is being quoted In tlio cast to frighten cinltul from Nebraska. The memorial Is said to bo tne work ol Hur- rows and u few other men who are becking notoriety at the expense of thu state. The senate will frame a resolution to Uraud their statements as false. During the week three bills for the sup- pro&slon of bucket shops have been defeated. Ono of the strongest arguments advanced against them waa the assertion that many farmers and grain Ucnleru got their market reports from the bucket shops. H was also Btatcd that Omaha , Lincoln nnd Howard nro the only places having such Institutions. Ono of the most important mcasurca de feated was Lluti'd bill making IICo and en dowment Insurance polices non-forfoltablo nfter tlio payment of two yearly premiums and fixing a surrender v.ilnu on such poli cies. cies.Kach Kach housp has passed a normal school bill , nml a schonie is afoot to vote throe such schools , ono for the semite and two for tuo timuo. Nollgh M'oniH to bo booked and for the neuato'8 share ot the spoils , mid Chadron has passed the gantlet of tlui houso. The senate udlournod'ovcr KilJay out ot respect to Representative Hiiya , deceased , nnd Senators Ivcckley. Norvnl und Dern worn appointed u committee to uttcnu thu funeral , Saturday noon the seuutaudjourncd till Tuesday morning. Prof. Ullllngs , of hog cholera notoriety , continues to be a subject of considerable talk , though the investigating committees have notyot mot to make up their report on the state farm nnd the agricultural experi ment station. Hillings produced a mild son- aatlon Friday by publishing a so-called re - iguutlon. to so Into effect July 1. He ad- drrasus it to the live ( took men of Nobnuha und coolly lops the regents of the univor- ml'y in the faitt with this statement : "I place my resignation before you be. cause It wns through your representative * that I WAS originally called hero , und by you mid those representative * that I have re ceived support. The board of regents ol the atnto university were but your agents in the mutter , und ore , ns I am , but your servants. U Is duo to you , aud na ono else , I should ex- I-lal& the cnu o which have leu tne to this top. " UOUFB. Tlio boue was la session only four days Unworn and much of thu ihuo wo * cju- sumcd In nngrv discussions over the militia bill and other matters. On Wednesday evening Hon. C. W.MIavs , ono of thoroprosentaUvoa from York county. died at bis homo near McCool Junction , nnd as usual In such cases the legislature ad journed on Thursday as a mark of respect , and extended the adjournment until Monday morning. The consideration of the "Australian bal lot" occupied Iho attention of the law-makers for several sessions , The bill provides that the names of all the candidates shall bo writ ten on one ballot , furnished by the state , nnd the elector shrill receive his ticket from nn cleeUon ofllccr only , nnd Ihon go into a convenient booth or compartnipnt. .whoro , screened from observation , he may have not to exceed ten minutes to fix his ballot to his liking , "with no one near to molest or make him afraid. " The hill Is Intended to do away with nil electioneering at the polls , and Is being strongly championed by the Knights of Labor and kindred organization * . Tuo law , If cnnctoJ , will only apply to clllos of tlio first and metropolitan classo.s , und the principal objection urged to the measure lies In the fact that as it will chnngo the general elec tion law In respect to tlieso cities , It Is there fore unconstitutional. The hill has boon engrossed - grossed fora third reading. The house h'ul under consideration n bill introduced by Olmstead requiring nil butcher stock to be Inspected on the hoof under re strictions lmKsod | by Incorporated towns nnd villages. The prlco tlxert by the bill for ins | > cctioii Is 'J cents for each head of cattle where the number shall exceed twenty mid U5 cents for one animal singly , and varying ns the number increased ; lor sheep , calves or hogs exceeding forty in number the prlco Is fixed at } f cent each , and for one nnlinal 15 cents , with a decreasing ratio from thcso figures up to forty In number. The author claimed the bill was intondo.l to prevent the refuse meats from the largo packing houses tiding shipped into the state. Tno house did not take kindly to this bill , ils opponents claiming that such a measure would not only urovo expensive , but would needlessly hiimpar all local sales , and that diseased nnlmals are not served for lood by retail dealers , but only In the great beef cen- ter.s. The bill Is still on the general tile. Westovor'sbill providing for the re-assess- mcnl of railroad lauds for U.tuk laxes for the .vcurs Ib7l ! to 1S73. Inclusive ) . In Valley , Urooley. Howard , Franklin , Webster and other counties passed the house on ilnal reading. The bill was strongly onposod by a powerful railroad lobby on the lloor of the house , but secured the necessary fifty-one votes , mainly by the exertions ot Mr. Uady , of Howard , whose county Is vitally Interested in the passage of the bill. Weber's bill providing1 thai nil railroad propel ly shall bo listed for taxation by their principal oflleers under oath has passed the house. An amendment by Cady authorizing municipalities to tax depots , side trades and buildings within their corporate limits for city purjioses wns debated at length and de feated on thu ground that it would have a tendency lo lessen the general valuation in which the rural townships share equally with those containing populous cities. Manning's bill to remove the restrictions from fanners' mutual insurance companies , which has already passed the senate , was or dered engrossed by a decisive vote. Under the present law the mutual companies can not pav their ofllccrs any salary nor includa over 'J < H ) members. This bill removes the limit in rojpect to numbers entirely and pro vides that a salary not exceeding & 3 per day may bo paid to ofllcers and solictors. The Scovillo committee which was appoint- e.l to investigate the charges preferred by Frank Morrissny. of Douglas , that thu action of certain republican members were influ enced by boodle in respect to thovoto on. sub mission , filed their report on Thursday. They lltui that after n most searching invest igation and the examination of every witness nnd rumor connected in the remotest degree with thn matter that no evidence was developed implicating any member of the house , or tending to prove them guilty of any improper conduct. The report is taken us conclusive by the house and was signed by every member of the committoo. Tlio appropriation bills came up as a special order this week , and a determined light is being made by the opponents of job bery and extravagance against bills of this character with varying success. A bill of $4'JOlK ) for extras in putting tip the capitol building was allowed to Uoss Stout , the con tractor. though not without determined op- posillon. The high priced adjunct to the executive ) department known oa the state militia will not revel in clover during the coming two years. On motion of Mr. Cameron the whole item of $40,000 for their support WAS stricken from the general appropriation bill by a vote of 44 to 40. The sum of $30,100 was afterwards substituted by the same identical vote re versed , but the end is not yet. Chadron , Nollgh and Stromsburg , three towns thut offer to furnish the stale suitable. buildings , have secured a report from a majority of the committee in favor of estub- lisuinp state normal schools at these points. Air. Johnson of Pielps caused a ripple of excitement over a bill reducing the number of secretaries of the stuto board of trans portation from three to one. It was argnod that the work was only clerical and that two of the .secretaries did little elsci besides drawing their liberal salaries. This , and other railroad bills , will cumo up Tuesday evening ns a special order. lix-Governor David Butler appeared before the house Thursday evening and argued his claim of SSU.OOO for expenses Incurred in his impeachment trial nearly twenty yeaw ago. Cady strcngly opposed the schema nnd made a lengthy argument ugaius.1 re-opening the case. A special committee , of which Hon. Chris- tain Spccht , of Douglas , was chairman , In vestigated the incompetoncy of the engineers employed about the capitol building last week. Thov reported that the engineer in charge of the hoisting engine wus Incom petent , nnd of ten under the influence of liquor , und recommended that ho bo forwlth dis charged. Anticipating what the report would bo , ho resigned before any action could bo taken. There Is yet cloven days of the session and the file is cumbered with something like 800 bills. That nil of tlieso measures will bocon- sidcrcd Is hardly possible , but. if oven a few of the more important nro taken up the ses sion will certainly extend well into the third week. Tlio Hey and Oiiu Combination. AUOU TA , fin. , March 10. Judge Snoad's litlle son , ugod ton , while playing with two colored boys to-day , killed one instantly nnd wounded the other. They were playing prisoners and ho was the police. They made n break for llborly and ho ran into the house nnd scUcd a gun , which ho did not know wan loaded , aimed it at thorn nnd fired with the rcbiilt as btatod. _ \Vlxcotisln SIii Klnir Matuh. Hi ii.iY : ! , Win. , March lO. In a light bo- twenn , lee Sheeny , champion of Michigan , nnd Fred T.cbo , of Ashland , nl 2 o'clock this morning , Sheeny knocked his opponent out In the fifth round. The tight wns n slugging match with two-ounce gloves , mid in the second end round fobo wan almost blinded by a lor- ritlc blow In the eyes. Tim I'owilrr Arcnox , O , , March 10. Four boys , aged about sixteon.stoloaquantlty of blunting pow der to-day and started into the country to ex plodu it. On the way the powder limited from mutches In the pockotn of ono of thu boy and exploded , frightfully burning all four , two of whom arc not expected to re cover. l Oil Flow. CASI-EII , Wyo , , March 10. [ Special TdoJ gram to Tun Itm : . ] Considerable excite ment 1ms been raised during the past two duys by report * of an oil How In the Oil Mountain Petroleum company's ' well , known as Uowm.in well , which to all nppeuranco Is without foundation. How Harrison Spent Sunday , W.uniSfiTox , March 10. Proiiuont Hn-- rlson spent his tlrnt Sunday In the white house vi > ry quietly. Ho attended religious the Church of the Uovouant. TJio Flro Itconnl. 't , O. . Maruh 10. A Iiro thl morn. Ing la High street bustnosi block did over r&O.OOO damage ; insurance , J.W,000. The Atulilnutr KxpeilKloii , CosstANTivoru : . March 10. The mem- bcrs of AU'hluotf 's Coisaok expedition have arrived hero on board a Uimliti wamhlp. llio Dtmilt Uecord. AMUNV- . Y. , Mukch' 10. Mrs. Rosa M. Lt'laud , widely known u * the luoatro tnun ugerois , died in luU Hty to-ulcht , UNDER THE CROUPIER'S ' RAKE How Dame Fortune Frownotl on a Guilty Lovo. "THEN WE WILL DIE TOGETHER. A Trnccdy or Monte Carlo Won , th Daughter nfnn Irish Lord Married nnd I'nrtcd In n Day. tilltlo A young married mnn of Lyons foil In love with n young married woman , They mot secretly , adored each Othur , nnd ftgrecd to lly together to put the sous between themselves nnd tholf families. Hut there was u slight difficulty hi the way. They had llttlu money for a long journey , ami they wanted to bo fur , far away In America for choice. Then the idea cnino to the man thnt thev would tnlcc their small capital of a few hundred francs and go to Monlu Carlo and innka it Into a fortune a fortune which would enable them to live In po.ico and plen ty on a far-ofl shore. So it came that one day , with a small box nnd n portmanteau , the fugi tives arrived at Monte Carlo and put up In a llttlo hotel where for eight francs a day you can have n bed and board. They had only a few huudrcd francs with them. In the letter which they had left behind they explained Hint from the Hist their arrangements were complete. They foresaw the posslbllit cs of the situation. They would play until ! they had won enough to go to America or they would lose all. And If they lost all they would die together nnd give their friends none no further trouble about them. They were few days Jouly inMouto Carlo They risked their louls only a few at a time , and they spent the remainder of the days and evening * in strolling about the romantic glades nml quiet pathways of the beautiful gardens whispering together of love and looking into each other's eyes. The end came quickly. Ono evening they went up in the soft moonlight to the fairy land of Monte Carlo. They entered the Ca sino. They had como to their last few guidon coins. One by one the croupier's remorse less rake swept ttiom away , and then the lovers wont out of the hot , crowded rooms , out from the glare of the chandeliers nnd the swinging lamps , Into the tender moon light again. Down "tho Staircase of For tuno" arm in arm they went along the glori ous nuirblo terraces that look upon the sea , on to where at the foot of the great rock on which Monaco stands. There lies the Conda- inino. It was their last walk together. The lovers were going home to die. That night in some way the guilty man and ruined mnn nnd woman obtained some charcoal nnd ( jot it into their bedroom. They then closed the windows and doors and pro- nnruci for death. They wrote a letter a letter which an oflloial assured mo was so touching that as he read it in the room where they lay dead the tears ran down his cheeks. Then the girl she was but a girl dressed herself in snow white and olaced in her breast a sweet bouquet of vioicts. Then the charcoal was lighted and the lovers laid themselves out for death , side by side , nnd passed dreamily into sleep , from sleep to death and from death to judgment. I ? . M. Cooper , n farmer who lived in Shelby county , Ala. , at the breaking out of the war , has turned up after an absence of twenty-five years , to find his wife married again nnd the mother of five children by her last husband. She had boon as true to her lirst love , hovever , as Cooper , as he has a second wife in Texas , where ho has been living for twenty years. When the war broke out Cooper was liv ing on his farm , a few miles south of Galenu , iu Shelby county. Mr. Cooper was then a young man and had bean married only live or six years. Ho had two children , a son and a daughter. Cooper joined a com pany and went to the front. A short .tlmd after Mr. Cooper went to , the war a second son was born. Only once did Cooper obtain a furlough and visit his { amily. His second son was then an infant. After a few days with his family Cooper returned to the front , and soon after the bloody battle of Franklin , Tonn. , his wife heard that ho had been killed. Nothing more was hoard of Cooper until aoout two weeks ago. After mourn ing the death of her husband for two years , Mrs. Cooper married a man named Gibson. Mr. Gibson took charge of the chil dren. Ho was n kind husband and the fanir ily lived happily. Five uhildrcn have boon born of this second marriage , nnd the two oldest nro now grown. The three Cooper children nro all living. John Cooper , the oldest son , married and is now living near his mother. Through all these years it never occurred to Mrs. Gibson that h f Ilrsl husband might bo living. She had mournsd him as dead , nnd was happy In the love of her second hus band and tne flvo llttlo children. About two weeks ago John Cooper received a letter postmarked Sherman , Tex. Ho opened it , and glancing llrst at the signature , found it signed : "Your father , F. M. Cooper. " To say the yountr man was surprised would not express it. The letter was u loner one , but Cooper hurried through It. It w.is from his father nnd the old gentleman explained at length the cause of his long and mysteri ous absence. A short time before the close of the war he was captured and taken to a northern prison. In prison ho became dan gerously 111. The wnr was over before ho was released , and then It was some lima before - fore he was able to bflsln his long Journey homo. At last ho reached Alabama , foot sore nnd weary , but when more than ono hundred miles from homo ho learned tlint his wife had married again , Ho was heart broken over the news und after resting a few days ho turned his fuco westward. Ho llnally located in Texas , whcro ho prospered , und In 11 few years owned u corafortablu homo. Mr. Cooper finally became a Presby terian minister , mid several years ngo mar ried again , Ho closed his letternsjduff many questions about his family , and stating that as soon ns possible ho intended "visiting : his old homo in Alabama. The other night the old gcnllcman-.roachcd the homo of hit son in Shelby county.- Tim next day ho ttont for his wife , and the meeting between thorn was i'oriuffect ing. Mr , Cooper Bays lib will relurii to his wife and home In Texas , leaving Mrs. Gibson to visit her lut : husband , " * , Mrs. Betsy Gould , an old cAloTcd * .vo"innn , who resides witli her daughter , Mrs. Emma Hockford , In very humbla quarters In Cleve land , Is said to bo au heiress to $10,000,000. A will that places the Inheritance In her pos session waa plvca to uu attornuj tboro re cently. The estate comprised 1,575 acres of land situated in West Virginia"Pennsylva nia and South Carolina. Sue says shu Is the granddaughter of John Dlmmltt , onu of the imiumurablo body soi vants of George Wash ington , _ _ . A marriage , domestic sccno 'and a sspara tlon , all in the spavo ot a few Inurs suah was the matrimonial experience of I-'unnto I ) . Hollib , the pretty little wife of John H. Hoi- lit , a member of the Madison Square , "Jim , the Penman , " who Is now suing her husbann for absolute dlvorca on the ground of uu- fnithfnlncAM , in New York. Hollis , whoso stage names in Jucle Uere roni"Holll8 , IB n slightly built m..n und pliiys the part of the dotwtlvo. He chum * to bo iclatod to the family of l ord Hcrusford. Fannie U. Mo- IIwoo , a fascinating1 llttlo blonde , who lived with her parents in Wavorly place , was "dis tantly related to llollls , who visited at the house frequently , They begun to throw Bheop'u-nyo-t at each other and ono day In the Into full made the discovery that they were both In lovo. Jack proposed utul was accepted , but thu young woman wan dubi ous as to how her parents would receive thu tld I UKS of her betrothal. An elopement was planned and Kuuduy , Nov. ! 50. they Hod to Jeraoy City and wore marHi'J. They came homo to receive the parental blessing and forgiveness , hut whou Funnio had entered two of her brothers barred the way und ub < Mlutuly refusoa to allow Hollis to enter the house , Faunlo went weeping to her room and hus never boon In her husband's com pany since. A few dnyit later n. detective wus | ilucM on Hollis1 truck , and. it is al leged , evidence was proi'tirod to justify a suit for absolnto dlvorco. The corcspond ont in the case , Ua. _ young woman' living at Long Branch. Mrs. Callo\r.Q& tvlto of Dee Galloway , c well known ( firmer of llalolgh , W. Vft. oloKHl | a few daysjngo with two you tig tnei w-ho-had been working for her husband. Ho husband. It scottis * got a clue to the tripartite love nrrangemtiiL. Instead of kicking , Crvl loway ftavo his consent and assisted the lovers with fcw lik'sumnbly to got them t < ire far enough a'frtry to forever lese sight and hearing of tho. rromnn. ' " J. C. Clarke , jtsh'lor" the Union Exco vat Ing company o ? N'cw Orleans , who was to have been marrfei this ovciiine to nil cstlmu bleyoUngludy'ol''lhat ' city , shot and killed hlmsolf the otlifikifny In a lodglnt ? house , on St. Charles street , to avoid exposure am ! illsgraco resulting from n shortage In his ac counts , Clark entered the house ; nt 1:30 : o'clock In tho. morning nnd Immediately re tired to the room assigned him. At llsSC o'clock in the morning when the chamber maid rcp.ilrod to the room she was horrified to sco Its occupant , fully dressed , lying on a sofa Hi ono corner oT the room with blood dripping from a woand In the right side of his head , The man was dead , aud on his breast lay n revolver. Ono of tlioso romantic clopmonts which cause considerable excitement in society was brought to light -pu the arrival of the Heaver line steamer Luke Huron , which reached the dock in IJast Uoston the other night. The young lady was the daughter ol nn Irish noblemen , holding n colonel's com mission hi the Knglish army. She Is a charming brunette , Just passed her majority with n pretty face nnd figure. The paj lothario is about forty , with hair sllgtillj tinged with gray , and wns employed ns a coachman lu Dublin. The coachman pre vailed upon the unsophisticated maiden to leave Ireland , and took passage upon one ol the night boats that ply between Dublin and Liverpool. On their nrrlvul in that city they went to the ofllro of the LJeuvor line and took pussago under the assumed names of "Mr. nnd Mrs. Neil. " The father tncn ca bled detectives in this country to Intercept the couple. Superintendent Cornish was on hand at thu wharf when the ship arrived at East Boston. Ho used nil his powers to induce the young lady to leave her lever , but she said : ' 'My affection for him is stronger than any love of homo and father. I can not , 1 will not leave him. " The couple subsequently found a minister and were married. In Kent county , Maryland , John Woodall , the vfllaje barber , boarded in the family of John Manning , an * old resident with u pretty daughter. Suspecting something , the old folks ordered Joe to llnd another abode Immediately. Coatlcss and hntlcss , ho fled from the front door , while the daughter , bou ndless and wraplcss , took to the woods from the rear. They ran nnd walked to the Delaware line , aud that night were married. At Capo May ono year ngo , W. II. Hewitt , freight agent of the West Jersey railroad , lost his wife. Four Cays after the funeral Mrs. J. U. McCollum , who then lived in Philadelphia , soys ho culled upon her and talked matrimony. Mrs. McCollutn is a widow and lifted ) years his junior. Since then ho has written' her poetry and letters and even borrowed money from her. Now she sues him for/.prcuch of promise. At Williamsport , Pa. , Peter Bechtel court ed June C. Stetler thirty-live years ago , but their parents greeted and they drifted apart. Each married and she In titno bccamo a widow and ho a widower. Last Dpcomber they met again and on Thursday they were married. During Christmas week Mamio Wheelou. thirteen 'years olfjl , though looking much older , nnd Henry Kambo , n youth of eigh teen , both employed in u Philadelphia dry coeds house , took a notion to got married , aud , crossing lo'CSmden , found nn accommo dating clergyman. They kept it a secrotnnd oven later , whenlit/Mas discovered , denied it before the minlster'1who married them. Now the young hutbhld-l'ha3 : ( led and the girl's mother is trying td'Tiavo 'the marriage "ito1 nullod. SOUTH OMAHA. A. Destructive Illnzo In the Oinabn Packing House. At 8 o'clock Sunday morning flro was dis covered in the fertilizing department of the Omaha Packing company's houses , and within a few minutes the entire structure wns in flames. The company's iiro depart ment were on hand In a minute , and the Armour-Cudahy and South Omaha fire de partments responded to the alarm as quick as could bo expected , and were so successful and proficient in their work thnt everybody was surprised nnd pleased. The two frame buildings known as the fertilizing depart ment were almost wholly ruined , the drive way shed and the chute to the killing tower wore badly damaged. The total loss will bo between 57,0 X ) nnd 3,000. Watchman Au gust Eriokson discovered the lire , but before anything could bo done the whole building was in llnmos , Three machines for evaporat ing the refuse matter , blood , etc. , had been removed from the building , having boon lately sold to the Armour-Cudahy company , so about all the machinery in the building was the Anderson dryer , which is thought to lo injured , if not ruined. Wilkins & Co. , of Now York , will lose about f 100 damage to ttalr. The losses arc understood to bo cov ered by Insurance. Killing will continue Monday as usual. Tlio Groeii-Kycd JkloiiHtcr. G. L. Connnnl resides at Eighteenth and tj streets , but lodged last night in the city ail. Ho choked the wife of his heart , und Ills vigorous throttle was anything but appreciated. She sent a friend to notify tlio ioiicu of his actions and ho was run in. riioro is another woman in the caso. Mrs. 3onnard is about to become a mother , so her thoughtful husband got a comcily young woman to como to his house , presumably to do domestic worK , but Mrs. Connord .BUS- ; iects nnd avers to act as mistress. She pio- ceode 1 in a decisive manner to rid her house aud self of the objectionable woman , but Mr. Con nurd objected , und. bolng her lord und niastci , proceeded to clinch her about und choke her with more than lenl ; xeal. Jutigo Hcuther will hoar and decide the merits of the case this morning. Notes About tlio City. W. E. Kussell has gene to Chicago. E. O. Mnyfleid , of the Republican , went to Plattsmouth Saturday. Gormom Towl , son of City Engineer E. U. Towl , Is sick threatened with fever. The Independent Political club will moot Monday evening ujijjphn Fryo'a , Twenty- sixth and Q Rtroolsjc Police Onicer Jtodiu Redmond has re signed. Mr. Kodnlond was ono nf thu most ufllcicnt and mosCriUuccssful ofllcors on the fordo. National hall was'taxed to its utmost ca pacity Saturdiiy'.HWht on the occasion of the nuifikod bull , plvo/i / by the South Omaha Gorman club. Dancus were JKU'OM ' Sunday night at the National hull , TwWtty-fourtli and L stroats , nnd the UohoniiUil hall , M street near Twon- ty-sixth street. U. A. Eaton , tlTo ofllelcnt and trusty South Omuha rcproscr.TUM'o of the Dispa.ch , has Kcvorod his connection with that paper and Monday will commUica | with thu Republican. It Is not goneruil Unowu , but Is nevertheless - loss a fact , that In luo city school board them exists u biityr tohlms that lately cume near ending In nn opaA.runturc between some of the members. Charles H. Potter , onu of the popularstock yards switchmen , and Mlis Nellie ( Jjatlnotto was married at the residence of Wr. und Mrs. D. Mellns , No. 7W Hickory street , yes terday at U o'clock. The Fourth Ward Republican club , of which Edward llruco U pnuldont , William Clements , secretary , and Isaao It. Craytoa , ircasurur , tvlll in'j'jl Monday ovonlnij in the [ Cxcliaugu rondlutf room. An infant son , a&ed Vo months of Mr. md Mrs. EdivardCushliitf. residing In liur- llngton Center , died Friday morning , and wiw burled In St. Mary's cemetery Sun- dny afternoon at U o'clock. Suoak thieves are catting their work In without delay und In line style , A line Win chester shotgun was btolon from Simon B. Komur ami a pair of trousers were faked from A. Diamond's display rack , "Thero will bo no monkey work by the nnyor and city council , " voluntarily saia au nctlvo local politician , "about adopting the now charter law , 1 am fmtlsflcd that both the mayor and members of the council want the law passed , excepting the emer gency clause which was to legislate the inavor nnd certain other ofllcers , and will rcndllvndopttho law ns soon ns the spring election Is hold. The mayor and his friends are not a llttlu pleased over having out-gen ornled the other fellows , and now will do just what will satisfy all , t ko the census ns soon nflor the election fi possible and adopt the law " . Tlio Hocolilor Llbbio Heechler , or Mrs. King , ns she likes to bo'called , murderess of Harry Ivlng , gotn breath of freih nlr yesterday afternoon. She walked from the county Jail up to the court house , She wiw escorted to ,1ml go Wnkoley's court room by Sheriff Coburn , where she had nn Interview with her counsellor , Gen eral Cowln. The woman were her usual nlournlng with u long "widow's" veil , nnd the first whin'of the pure afternoon air seemed to brighten her spirits when the sheriff led her out of the prison. General Cowln stated tuat it wns his Jlrst interview with the woman siuco she was Incarcerated. She Is anxioiiM to tjo to trial and her counsel will bo rt'adv to try the case In n short time. It Is thought that the case will bo called about the SJth. o The Weather Indications. Nebraska nnd Iowa : Fair , warmer , fol lowed In western Nebraska by slightly cooler ; southerly winds. Dakota : Fair , cooler winds becoming northerly. _ On the night of the 2J , after nn exhibition by u onc-horso theatrical troupe ut Vorku'o hall , a social dance was held. The style of muslo not being pleasing to a number of our line-haired young men who wore present nnd had Imbibed freely of ginger ale and pop , they proceeded to vent their wrath on thu Innocent musicians and the leader of the troupe , resulting in a free lluht , wherein live noble youths from Iowa , who have resided here for the past year , depending on u pack of cards for their suppoit , were quickly van quished. DIOGENES. Now York Mercury : "Wo'vo sold the bear to kocp the wolf from the door , nnd the paper is paid for till spring , so you will hnvo a clicery com panion , little wife , for the long winter evenings after I am gone. That's enough to give this day a brightcrlook , though the driving sleet outside would to muke it dreary. "Then sing heigh-ho , nonuy , Wo'll drive dull care away. " The old showman tried to finish up with a merry strain , but though ho made a bravo attempt he could not re call the rich ringing voice of the past. It was gone forever , and Steve Mad- dox's figure , now wns as much a shadow of his former self sis was his voice com pared to the time when ho wits the jolly clown , the accomplished ventriloquist , the during performer on the trapeze at tached to the balloon -basket. After mi : ny a joyous year of wander ing tent life he had returned to his native village to await the end , for death had already sent his herald , con sumption. Such a line specimen of physical strength and manly proportions as ho was in these old days when every boy for miles around the show-struck towii thought Steve Maddox the one ideal mortal on pnrth. as they saw him eliug- ing bO carelessly and gracefully to tno ascending balloon. Oh. that was god like , swinging and hanging in the blue air of heaven ! Atleu- so the boys ' thought as their hearts alternato'ly swelled and stilled with intonscst ad miration. The little room in which the emaci ated athlete now sat was heated by n snapping lire in the rude bricic fire place , which flashed a light on the show-bill-piiperod walls. "Tho Throe Muddox Brothers' Mam moth Agglomeration. " "The Two Fam ous Mnudox Brothers' Great Western Ch'cus , " "Stephen Maddoxfe Great Equine Show and Munugorio , " variously headed the large posters , printed in red and green to more readily catch the eye. But a yellow bill printed in bluuk hud , perhaps , during Sieve's illness been ino.it olten and fondly perused and reporuscd by him. It related the won derful foitts of the porfoniiing bear Dipgencs. Ho had boon personally trained from ciibhoed by Stove , and no baby could have hold a warmer place in the Hhovrman'.H heart. Diogenes had been the lust relic of the glorious show days. , and when Stove came back to Jurvis , Lizzie ( little wife ho always called her ) and Diogenes had been his sole companions and sole pos- bossions as well. But now the little wife alone remained to him. and MOOII Lir./.io would have nothing of Steve but a tender recollec tion. tion.The The sharp and biting winter setting in had found them often lucking ordin ary eomfortSj despite the kind atten tions of neighbors. Steve snid ho wouldn't "go on the town , " and tho- t/own MI id he "couldn't go on it with a bear , " and ill lus > t they had sold the bear , as Steve bind , to keep the wolf from the door. ( 'IIa , ha , ha ! I'd hnvo made the audi ence roar with that joke when I played Lho clown in ' 58 , " and Steve hastily Crushed away a tear that the berry jest [ iul ; brought from his oyo. "Well , 1 made the people laugh many u time ut jokes lo.s.-i funny than that ; but [ think I could make them cry if I told them how T felt at parting with Diog enes , To sull him ! That s the worst of it. What a brute ho must think mo ! Good God ! I feel us though I'd com mitted the most dutestable thing a man could do. You noticed how Diogenes Itnggod mo. didn't you , Liz/ie , when Mr. Dean picked up the chain ? Justus f ho know it wns forever. Poor old follow ! " Lix/io was apparently too busy to respond spend , for she had her back turned to Steve and wnn doing KOinuthlng to thu Ire. though it had boon burning quito well bufoi'f.- . ' 'Well/well ! I eonld'iit liavo donp it f 1 hadn't soon yon growing thinner \nd thlnnci- , and Diogenes' Hhaggy coat bcuniod several Hl/.oa too Inrtro for him. I hope they will treat him well 1 wouldn't like to see lhoo Doau young ones abuse him , Don't yon lihiic Mr. Doiui is a man of his \\onl , Jy./.ioV" ยง Li/.xio was blill too busy , bu Slave con- inuud in hit * half soliloquy. Indeed ho md always had a manner of talking Ins thoughts to hi'/zla ns though ho were i part ot his conscious self , and no inswors were needed to keep the hall of conversation rolling. "Whon I made him swear on your ittlo U'himnonl ' msvcr to whip Diogenes its voice sounded earnest , didn't itV ) h , If ho forgot that oath I'd come nun ParadUu und haunt him with my vonlriloqiioui < voice Hounding us though teamu from his own heart as well as Diogenes' month , and from that of every one around. " Ll//.lu moved Into thu next room , hut itovo'o words still reached her , lie vas saying : "Why , Diogenes is as iiuumn as J am , uid not half no much of a brute as. nany 4 man I know. Flo has u heart o pity human WOCK , too , which can't bo aid of all my ruco. Didn't Diogonoa nco juut milk into a crowd just outside ho tent , thought It was behind the Ido rihqw , and the llttlo gypsy girl that belonged to thnt band that followed us all ono bummer through KculuuUy' hnd boon giving these young towns rascals ns good as they sent , till ono pood-sized lubber gave her li slap. The minute Dlogonos hoard her squeal ho crawled right under the tout ont Into -their midst , and wasn't there ascattormont of these bovs , nnd didn't the little Zlngnra laugh ! Ha , ha , ha ! That little girl ! 1 suppose sho's grown up now. and if she knew she'd ho glad to buy Dlogcnos. 1 bet the whole tribe would chip in. I wish she know. There were two burning red soots on Lizzie's usually pnlo chocks , and she kneeled nnd pressed them against the cool pillow of the bed in the Inner room , while her HIM seemed to form an echo to Stove's talk , for she murmured : "I wtahflho know. " "Ah , A-oll ! That was n long time ngo. That nest summer down in Vln- connes I ran ngalnst Crowfoot's rival show , and that win the luckiest day of my life , for ho beat mo advertising , and I wont over to see if he boat mo insitlo. And when I entered und saw the sweet est llttlo woman on this whole earth spinning n plate on a stick poised on her ohin , 1 was a goner. And when she happened to cateh my eve and made a miss and smashed the plate. I knew she was n goner , and two hearts shared the fate of that plate. " Lizzie now stood behind Stove's chair and her two armd rested gently around his neck. "That was a blessed day. But I nearly broke up trying to play near Orowioot's show till I had won tlio'great and only Miunzoll Llzetto. the most expert - pert plato spinner in the world , aud the only lady balancer the Empress of Austria shook hands with and congrat ulated on her skill. Old Crowfoot swore , and declared it would be impos- ' aiblo to fill the vacancy that season. But you told him it was out of the ques tion for you to give up a life engage ment for a season's engagement. You don't regret the contract vet , do you , little wife ? " Lix/.io's head was close to his , while she cried , half hysterically : "Oh , Stove ! Stove ! I've known noth ing but happiness over since I left Crowfoot's and joined the other show. " Steve's days , nay , hours , wore num bered , and Lizzie thought that he must not guess a now grief that took all her self-control to hide from him. If possible - blo he should pass away without her adding another pang such as Diogenes' sale had given hiw tender , noble heart. "If I were to tell him that dreadful thing I'm sure it would kill him out right , " she murmured to herself. "Wasn't it comical , Ll/zio , last March , when this sickness confound it ! first kept mo in , and you had to go to that Music hall in Detroit to give a "special" all alonn. Wasn't ii comical , I siy : , to have the fellows stand back and stare when youunohaincd Diogenes and walked out with himV I bet it wns a picture. J wish I could have seen it. I sat there at home and imagined I saw a trim little woman of thirty-six , pret tier than your sixteens , trotting along besides snaggy Diogenes as safe as though she haa her big six-foot athlete. Oh. confound it all ! To think that a man who fairly reveled in strength and feats of daring should bo brought to this. Steve Muddo.v , the most start ling acrobat of America ! What's that little poster the boy jubt stuck on U < o door knobV I see ho is putting them on the doors along the street. Some per formance , maybe. "Why doiu't you spcalc , Lizzie ? " "Why do you crumple it upV Never mind , wife , I'm not so weak yet as to bo jealous. I could give more for the money than anything else on the road , and I know it ; so you needn't , fear my caring now for a little show bill. Let mo sco it Lizzie. " "Oh , Steve ! Don't ask to see it. Let mo burn it up. See , the fire needs a fresh start. " "No , Lizzie. There is something wrong. I can stand it , whatever it is , but I must see it. " Lizzie handed tlio sheet to him ns though it were a heavy leaden weight , and so indeed it Boomed to her. She covered her face with her hands and listened in fear of the result. Great < 5. A. It Festival ! Uallinsor'sHall ! Kew Year's Eye. "Why , Lizzie , I'm astonished at you. Did you think because our lardo'r is empty that I would begrudge other people a feast ? Slmmo , shame ! No , no ! Steve Maddox is not fao low as that yet. What's this ! 't'A boar roast ! Good Godl You don't think it can't bo possible it is Dio- him back the S10 ho paid , for I know I could beg or borrow that much , but ho said ho couldn't ufi'ord to got the boys = J gonosl You don't think any man llv a I herd lu .Tnrvts moan enough to oat our ' bonrt It must bo some otherl" The sinking man staggered to his 4 feet. "Hun , run nml see. , Lizzie , Toll Mr. Dean I know bettor , but ho knows how sick poonlo nro. They have to bo assured a thing Isn't so , even when they are certain it Isn't. Thcro's vour shawl , Lizzie , on the null by the door. I saw you put It there whou you came In from the iwstofllco a while ngo. Quick , Ll/.zio , run. " "Stove , dear , bo calm. I'veboon to ! Mr. Dean and bogged him on my knees not to do it. But ho said Diogonu.s nto so much ho couldn't kcop him , and tlio (3. A. 1\ . boys thought it would make a pile of money for their fund. I offered to work night and day till I earned money to buy him back , if he'd only wait a few \\ccks and give mo a chance. But ho said the bills were printed aud all preparations made , and everybody would go to a bear roast , no they would ' probably muke $50 out of it. 1'olTcrod down on him by backing out , aud It would hurt his business. " " ( J real Hen von ! To oat the gentlest crcaluro thnt over lived ! Can It bo pos sible that men lire such brutes ? To oat a urunturp that snowed llsolf to bo pos sessed of all the human virtues and a much intelligence ! H'n cannibalism nothing short of It ! I'll have the man bunged for murder thnt dares kill him. " The old showman's voice grow more husky and broKen , nnd ho talked with a great oflorl now. "And Diogenes and I will stand to gether buforu the Great Judge nnd ac cuse the murderers. Old fellow ! Diogenes , old boy ! We're not played out yet. If there H no justice on earth there Is in Heaven's supreme court , thank Clou ! " And now the voice grew soft again as ho murmured : "The best Matured creature living. Nothing piggish , either , about Diog enes , Many a time he let the trick pig Bippo , cliaso him away from the feed trough , and thoti he'd patiently watch from the top of his pale , when ho had climbed , till Bippo snllsllod hiuiKolf. He wouldn't put his big paw on a toad , oven. And to eat that gentle ereuturo ! Oh , cannibals , may every mouthful choke yo ! Ah , ah ! " With a gasp he sank back into his chair exhausted. The silent tears trickled down Lt/- /io's cheeks as Steve begun to mutter ndistinctly , and she caught his dear , iclpless hand and knell by his side. "Unpack my trupozo suit , I/i//do. In .hat satchel marked number sis. " Ho gave a few tired sighs , and then went on : "I'm pretty weary to-night , but Diog enes mustn't give all the entertainment. I'll take up the tickets at the door. Big crowd , I can see that. Oh , of course , wo billed the town so well I know it would bo a crusher. I guess the tent , will bo packed , especially af lor they see that balloon act of mine. Yes , Lizzie , Vm ready in a minute. Iviss me , wlfic The trapeze performer kissing his wife JUSD before ho starts up in his balloon always catches the crowd. But goad ness ! They don't know it's not a good bye kiss ul all , bill a love kiss , for wo icnow wo will meet again. You must stand by Diogenes when I got up four hundred feet or so , for then I can keep you in sight better , and 1 like to see yon while I float in the blue. " The room is falill now , for the fire hiia ceased to .snap and the slecl no longoi * boats on the panci. Onlv the fnint and fainter voice of the dying showman strikes upon thu ear. "Ah , no ono knows the two , light feeling ol being poised up there , float ing iloaling just like a spirit. Anditha world's people look so small , just lika files. Lizzie , though , looks lika a star in her spangled dross. I'm on" . Ono more kiss , dear wife. Floating , llottting away. 1 never before felt so much liku a soul freed from the Hush , although I've hud glimpses of that feeling often while hanging in mid-air 'over thu river'Lizzie' Oh , what a little world it is ! Quito like a speck. I'vo lost sight lost sight of Lizzie nnd Die genes. They watch mo though , I know. Lizzie my star ! This deliciom resting and floating in the blue is surely hcav'nP The dead showman's head fell for ward , nnd Lizzin uttered a prayer thiil Diogenes inighl have a soul thai couhl lloui too , and that Steve would find him waiting for him , for the impatient money-makers had killed him the binnn day his master died. And the feast went on. Nothing can over give pause to tliq money golting and the feasting. I'-T&B & Great EnglJsli Complexion SOAP , TIII3 MOST CKKTAIN AND H.tFK In Ilio uorld tliat Instantly * top thn most cxcriulatlng palnn. It licrvr fut ! togtvecatelo tli iiillcrerof I'uln in-hlug finni whatever ruuset ( tin I inly thu ifroat OP PAIN re * i CONQUEROR It lm ( torn- more , : oo < l tlinn uny known rcmmly. Tor Hl'JtAINH. IIUI'IHIiH , IIACKACIIK , CAIf IN Till : t'llKST ' Olt hi DIM IIIUIIAUIH : , UUUTIIAC'III ! , or any other nxturinil I'AIN a fnu-amill utloiu , inbbi'ilmi bvlnunl it lllcn ininl : . cunsliiL' thn pain tiln lantly lop. 1'or fONlilirtTION ! 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