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    10 TIIH OMAHA DAILY HIM : SATURDAY. MAY 21 , 1802-TWELVK TAGKS.
THE REACHING HAND.
Situ t'mnrtfrn Argitvwt ,
noturnincr. homo nftor nnng \ nbsotico ,
ono nnltirnlly expects surprises tin-1
chnnRCs ; but I could not Imvo ever lin-
nplnod such ixs I found In my trlonil
Philip Moroluntl. I hml boon fjono
twenty years , and I nin wall nwaro how
Impressions will fudo nnd moinory become -
como dofcctlvo in that length of tlmo ;
but ho wns so dUToront from the promise
of his otirly manhood that I ut once felt
tlio chnnfro lo bo moro thun u wafplnjr
of my recollection. When wo had part
ed , just tiftor graduating from tlio same
collopo ho to study law and I lo til : < o a
promising business post in Australia-
he wns n healthy , stalwart young man ,
Indomitable , buoyantly ajrgrowlvo , un
compromisingly am bilious and blessed
with talunts Insuring his success. CallIng -
Ing at his olllco , I found a shrunken
mnn , old before his ilino , IIH ! hair and
board streaked with gray , and ( loop lines
rudely cut across a waxen forehead.
Tlio first glance told mo that I bo-hold a
tragedy of noble gifts and aspirations.
Not until I had answered his quostlons
as to my proiporlty , and ho had told mo
that his parents wore do ad , and that ,
not having tmirriod , ho lived almost
alone In Iho old homestead , did I speak
of ills appearance , and beseech him , In
thonamo of our friendship , to toll mo
what calamity had como to him. IIo
looked at mo n few moments , unable to
reply , the pupils of his suukon eyes tU-
lnUii.riinil ! pallor forcing Us way through
tlio yellow skin. At Itul lie replied ,
with shaking votao , and conpo.iling tlio
trombllng of his hands by lightly press
ing thorn upon the chair arms :
"Yes , John , t will toll you. But you
will bo tlio only mortal except mynelf
who knows what hnssrmppad thoslrlngs
of my energy and purposes. 1 cannot
lull you here , though. "
Greatly wondering , I asked :
"Whoro can you toll mo'1"
"Come lo the old homo tonight at 8
o'clock. "
Punctually to the ntfpointod time , I
sent Hok-inn oclioos of tlio oldfaliioncd
brass Knoukur tlirouirh tlio wide hall.
The lioiiho , dating from the colonial
days , unable to koup pace with modern
improvement , and secluded from the
.street , amid high poplars mid elms , was
gloomy enough at all times ; but clouds
had brought the Ootobor night earlier ,
and the rattle and the rustle of with
ered leaves , as tlio wind tore thorn froin
tlio bought * nnd scurried Ilium across the
dead grnss , seemed to deepen the dis
mal quiet of the place ; or , in my fancy ,
excited by apprehension , to be wliiupor-
ing of the demons of fate and mystory.
An aged colored porvant , whose hearty
voice , 11 s I remembered it. had been low
ered to a pitcli of melancholy , opened
the door and bade mo go upstairs.
Philip welcomed mo in the Htudy with
an air of rolief. As ho turned up the
Unlit , the evident pain in hi.t eyes , and
the chai" before the great fire , allowed
mo ho had been brooding in the dark.
An easy rocker drawn close to his chair
Hilontiy revealed his wish that wo bit
there. I accordingly asked him to turn
down Iholinht which ho gladly did , and
wo hat down before Iho liro-place.
Anxiously interested in my friend's
condition , 1 foil naturally to an.ily/.ing
it as rolle.etod by the expression of his
face , and I now 'saw , in the dim hearth
llflht , a spark of hope that this first ro-
vealmont might lesson his grief.
"John , " lie began , "you Imvo noticed
that this is not the same study father
used. lie , you remember , preferred tlio
room at the top of the house , which
looked out ever the slanting roof of Iho
back building , and commanding the
view wo have so often , as young men ,
admired in those happy days. Men of
studious habits .seem to take instinctively
to the house tops , as if nearness to tlio
ground makes tlio mind earthy. I , too ,
lilto its solitude , and , after father died ,
I kept it until "
Ho stopped suddenly , and the hpark in
his eyes was quenched by despair. J
Said nothing , and ho wont on :
"But I will start at the beginning , and
If you can suggest an escape for mo you
will 1)0 moro than a friend to mo. I'm
Buffering. John God help mo , how I
HiitTor ! You know what prospects I had.
I wrote you how I was elected pro.-iucut-
ing attorney. I was winning legal trl-
uniphH such an might have turned any
one's head , but you behold ir.o now a
complete , a hopeless wreck.
"Yes.l triumphed until the case of the
State versus .Tool Harkton came to mo.
It was my lirat capital case. Harkton
was a well known man of the city and
an acquaintance of mine. His wife died
suddenly , under circumstances suf-
lii'iontly suspicious to warrant hisr.rrost.
Tlioy were only circumstances , but very ,
very strong against him , and I saw a
conviction would boa laurel worth try
ing for ; ofiuecially as I know that suc
cess meant isiv certain nomination for
Btateionntor. Hriolly and horribly , John ,
my ambition rose to madness. It tram
pled down my scruples against convic
tion on circumstantial evidence , and
oven the sympathy I had for Harkton as
a close acquaintance. You will not , you
imiinot. understand me whun I tell.you
that my ambition became bloodthirsty.
It set a marie JIarkton'it life. You
Bhihik , my friend , and it is right you
should ; but , before high lieavon , I sw'car
it to bo true that it was tlio external ini-
pulse a determination wtili'h could
have been formed only in tliodcopnst
heart of Lucifer himself.
"Tluough day , nnd night after night ,
not stopping to sleep , I studied the cir-
uumstunrcH until I had weighed , and
pared , and tdiapod , and lilted thorn into
II mosaic of conviction. If I thought of
liarklon at all , it svas only as the old
high priest regarded the Kiicrltieial lamb
as nocobsary to salvation. Triumph
became my religion and my God.
"Ono night" aetito recollection si
lenced the trembling voice for a few
minutes "I sat up in tlio old study ,
itringlng tlio facts , for the hundredth
time , upon a thread of prosecution. I
was in a fever of elation , No possible
defense could break down mv theory ol
Iho wife murder. 1 already clutched Vic
tory to my noul. I was' oblivious to
avorything hutthocaso ; the hourttollod
( rom the steeple yonder , struck upon
my ear , but dKl not roach my brain. I
reveled in u realization of victory ,
of the attainment of my cher
ished heights and of triumph o rer the
cinm.sol for the defendant , who was my
bitterest political opponent. Suddenly
I was disturbed in my ecstacy by a
light noise , and lonulng around , there ,
within roach of my hand , quietly stood
Joel Harkton.
"For a moment I was chilled by the
fear that I was the victim of an ha'llucl-
nation , but tlio man's voice assured me
of his material presence.
" 'You are working to convict mo ,
wns what ho tain , in mild reproach ,
" 'How did you como horo'i" I de
manded.
" 'I one-aped from jail and crawled up
over the roof there , foolishly , perhaps ,
to ask you to aid mo in escape instead
pf sneklnir my llfo as you are doing.Vo
have been friends , Moreland , and as
purely as T talk to you now , I am inno
cent. '
" 'Innocent ! ' I repeated in scorn.
You killed your wlfo in cold blood.
I'ho proof Is Incontrovertible. '
IIo shrank from mo , holding up his
liixmls In despairing rnalt/.atlon of my
tornofls and of his mistake in putting
himself Into my power. I was furious
at the more proJWoct of defeat , and ho
must have hoen it in my faco. Harkton
liad novcr boon a strong man , but ho
was now further weakened by imprison
ment. 1 could easily detain him , arm I
argued that as n public olllcor. sworn to
sou that the laws wore vindicated , it
was my duty to di so. So far the act I
now toll you of was justified , but" ho
paused , turning to mo in violent self-
condemnation "in so far as my aspira
tions Bought , to make a stopplng-stono
of thin man's life. Iho aclwas diabolical.
" 'Hut you will surely lot mo go now ,
and give mtnho ahanco to escape , ' Hark
ton said , weakly.
" 'No , ' I hissed , rising ; 'I will return
you to prison. ' ,
"I grasped him. Ho simply said , 'God
hnlp mo , " weakly , submissively , and the
sound of these word * have never ceased.
Ho did not resist , and I throw him to tlio
lloor and tied his hands with a towel.
Heaven pity mol these words , his pit
eous supplications they cry in tlio wind
tonight , and his eyes , hi hopeless en
treaty , glow yonder In Iho coals.
"I will not detail how ho was carried
baclf to jail ; nor how I tried his case ;
nor tlio praise I received ; all I uood say
is that I won , and Joel Harkton was
was hanged for the murder of his wife. "
The lire had sunk low , but it still shed
light enough to show the terror re
flected in Ills face by the point yet to bo
told. Ills face had fallen upon his
breast , so that his last words had boon
mulllcd , and ho gripped the knotted
ends of tlio chair-arms as a man sus
pended ever an abyss would clutch a
support.
"Two months later , " ho presently re
sumed , "there came lo mo indlspulablo
proof that Harkton was innocent. That
night 1 sat late In mv study a night
like tliis , with tlio wind fretting lit the
boughs and the loaves whispering to
each o'her ' before they died. I sat at
"
the table , not studying"lut lighting the
remorse in my heart. I had received
the nomination to the senate , but my
old aspirations were , like the leaves ,
whispering1 low in my soul of their
doath.
"Suddenly , by tlio indefinable percep
tion of the nerves , I became aware of a
presence in tlio room , and before my
fright permitted mo to look up , I caught
tlio Indistinct view ono gets through tlio
corner of the eye. Slowly , chilled by
apprehension , 1 luriu > d my head , and
Ihero , just whore Joel Harkton had
stood on the night of his escape , I saw a
hand extended toward me. Only a hand.
I looked for the wrist , the arm , the
form , but my sight wont clear to the
wall. It was nothing but a hand , except
that it protruded from a round disc of
blackness , as if thrust through a sable
cloth. "
A shudder stopped him for a few mo
ments ; then , turning to mo , lie said :
"And that hand remained there ,
always reaching out to me. I braved it
night after night , trying to study , to bo
my old self. 10 forgot it when at my
down-town olllcc , but I could not. It tie-
came worse than the hand of a thief
who steals worldly goods. It stele my
ardor , my ambition , It drove mo here
to this room , but , my friend , God help
mo ! that hand is still up there reaching
out daylight or dark it is always ,
always reaching. The yearn have lied ,
and 1 have gone up there day and night ,
fascinated , tortured by the hope that it
had been withdrawn , but it has always
been there , and , heaven pity mol it is
up there now now. It is sto-iling
away my life. It has boon ro.ichnd out
to stay me in my upward career. Look
at mo a wreck. My God , it is the
hand of Joel Harkton ! "
Flo fell back in his chair overcome ,
and I sprung up , in the fear that my
friend wu a victim of that terrible ,
almost incurable , mental disordoi an
hallucination.
"Philip , " I inquired earnestly , "aro
you sure that it is not imagination ? "
"Imagination ! " ho repeated , with in
creased lorroryou ; moan hallucination.
God hole mo if it is. I have thought of
that. I bcliovo an hallucination to bo
incurable. .Lot me toll you that my
grandfather was tortured to his death
by the vision of a rat. It is tlio iron law
of heredity. I would rejoice , my friend ,
if 1 could only believe thai thN hand is
that of a spirit. Then it might bo exor
cised. I am still young enough to
achieve something ; but that hand
giMsng the very center of my life , mid
.slowly , surely , it is compressing mo to
death. It attracts me to that room ,
often in tlio dead of the night. I feel it
pulling me there , and 1 cannot resist.
It is an hallucination , and it will kill
mo. "
lie reasoned thus moro calmly than
ho had told the story , and I saw in this
fact a liopu for him. With sudden pur
pose I asked :
"Philip , have you ever taken any
one up there'/ "
"No.1' he replied , starting into per
ception of my purpose ; "if others mm
see it , it is thu hand of a spirit , and there
may bo found n way to drive it from me.
Are you bravo enough to go up tlioro
with mo'/ / "
"I am. "
"Now'/1
"At onco. "
"Como , llion. " ho said , rising.
Tlio old mansion being only partially
occupied , it wns a solemn 'expedition
through it , our footsteps oMioing emp
tily through tlio wide lialls , and jolting
and jarring the weakened baam , the
wind torturing the loosened civsotuont-5
and growling its uncanny glee In tlio
huge chimnnvfi.
At the .study door , before unlocking it ,
Philip turned to mo , and , holding up
the lain ) ) , looked soarchlngly into my
faco. A frightful change had como ovoV
his own. His eyes were shiny and tin-
nteady , and , for thu first time , the chill
of a thought far moro terrible than of
the ghostly hand Hew ever mo that my
old friend was a madman. Heali/.ation
of my position Hashed upon me. I was
in a lonely attic , beyond o'irshot , witli a
< nanlac. [ Ilrmly believed tlio reaching
hand was a delusion. Should I tell him
so'If I told him I did not neu it , would
ho not turn upon n.o with the over
powering rage of a luimliu/ Whatever
hin purpose in scrutinizing mo , Uncoined
to bo s ttlsfioJ , and ho said ;
"John , you take the lamp , open the
door and walk in. I will wait for 3-011
hero until yon toll mo If you sou it , and
you will know then where it appears.
Have you courage'/ "
Without replying. I took the lamp ,
while he imported the key and tdiovcd
the holt. I turned the knob slowlv ,
tremblingly , afraid of him as much as of
what 1 might HCO in tha room , and
pushed open the tloo- : . The close , di.mp
binotl of an unused apartment rubbed out
as 1 stopped over the sill.
It was a small room , with coiling
slanting with tlio roof. In-a moment I
saw that it remained precisely as in the
long past .i Homowlmt gloomy place ut
any lime , but now rendered weird by
Moreland's tale. I knew that his two
glaring eyes at the threshold followed
my every movement , as , holding the
tamp up , I looked about. There wore
the bookshelves , thq globe , the bust of
Horace , tlio writing table , but nowhere
keenly , eagerly , anxiously as 1 looked ,
in the center , in every corner did I BOO
a hand.
"Do you BOO It'/ / " Philip called out.
I hesitated , but I instantly rollectod
that I could not deceive him. Hoforo I
could reply , however , ho rushed excit
edly , almost ferociously In , snatched the
lamp from my hand , and , catching my
trm , pulled me to the table. Then ,
milling the light toward the end , ho
[ jolntod with his long foroflngf r. Hut I
mw nothing. Slowly his head turned
round , and his ga/.o , fierce now , fell
upon mo.
"Don't ' ' ' ho asked .
you see It'ho hoarsely.
"No , Philip , " I answered , faintly , "I
see nothing. "
"Tlioro , Ihoro , " ho almost screamed ;
' right there to inches from my lln-
lor , n hand reaching out from a black
spot In the air. There , tlioro a hand
with a scar In the palm. There , there
now you see It. "
"No , Philip , " I said , "I do not , sec it. "
With a low moan ho dropped the lamp
upon the table , and sank upon his kncos
crving :
"My God , mv God ! Ills an hallucin
ation : "
I was myself so agitated that I cannot
loll how t brought him down to his
room. Ho was prostrated. His peculi
arity , strengthened by the case of his
grandfather , was to fear an hallucina
tion moro than a spirit hand , and I saw
that this fear , now substantiated by my
failure to sco the vision , would soon tor-
lure him to death. In the dospcrato
hope of saving him , I devoted myself to
the study of apparitions , reading care
fully tlio cases of Hornardotlc ,
Karl Groy , Nicoiai and many
other. . I was speedily convinced that
Philip was the victim of a phantasm ,
atid knowing that tl n mental derange
ment had come lo him in the way ho
had related and by heredity , 1 saw little
hope of a euro. There was but ono
chance , however , and I resolved to try
it. I road that apparitions tire sometimes
driven away by natural moatu. Thus , if
it scorns to'tlio victim that the appari
tion comes for some purpose and ho Is
made to believe that" the purpose has
been accomplished , the imaginary
visitant departs.
I did not have to look very deep to
find a plausible object lor the reaching
out of the hand. It had appeared on tlio
night after Philip had learned that
Harkton was Innocent. Homorso had
struck deep into his heart. Naturally
sensitive as I know him lo bo , his wish ,
torturingly helpless under the circum
stances , would bo for forgiveness a
shako of the hand of the friend whoso
ignominious and innocent death l.c had
accomplished. Ho already believed it
to bo the hand pf Joel Harkton. If ho
could lw convinced that it was hold
out to him for no revengeful purpose ,
but as a sign that the injured man was
willing to forgive , my friend might bo
saved.
Ktill of this idea , I hastened again to
tliu old house , and found Philip in Iho
Htudy , brooding again ever tlio lire. 11
was a clear November Sunday night ; tlio
city resting from its labor ono of tlioio
night * oppressively quiet ; the earth , tlio
st'irs , and tlio thin crescent , low ever
Iho mountain , seeming to bo calmly
waiting.
With as calm and matter-of-fact man
ner as I could force , I told Philip what I
believed to bo the purpose of the hand.
Ho sat , with his head wearilysupportod
by his hand , and , when I Iiadonded , lie
turned his face , wofully haggard , toward
nit1 , and answered , despairingly :
"What would you have mo Jo'/ "
" ( Jo up to tlio study and accept the
offer of forgiveness that lias been hold
out to you for fifteen voars. "
1 was surprised at tloollect. | I thought
it would bo gladly received , but it
startled him ; his face grow more livid
and it set eve y nerve trembling. He
looked at me some time before his quiv
ering lips would form tlio wo rds.
"John , it is just fifteen years tonight
since the hand appeared , but but - "
"But what1/ " r
"A fo.irful change has como over mo * .
The hand attracted mo before , but it is
now horribly repulsive. Oil ! I cannot
go up now. It drew mo there last night
at - o'clock , and as 1 looked up > lit F
shank from it in now terror. It lias
grown old and withered and it trembled
jis if the arm that hold it wore tireu
and it must soon drop. Oh , heaven pity
mo ! what will como when if fulls. I
bliall die. "
I grasped his hand in my intense wisli
to c.ilin and help him. 1 saw that his
malady had almost run its course , and
that when h's ' phantasy assumed the
form of a dropping hand , ho might , in
deed , die. 1 pleaded with him to go
with me once again , and finally lie
yielded.
I took up tli" lamp , and when wo
reached the study door Philip ner
vously unlocked it. The s.imo musty
closeness blow in my face. But it. was
not tliut which rooted mo 10 the spot -
it was an impression , not received by
sight , but by the perception of some
other sense , that there was indeed a
presence in the gloomy apartment.
Conquering it with with dilliculty , t
followed Philip in. and holding the
light forward. I was struck into Hnoacli-
loss awe , for tlioro , indeed , as lie had
described it , 1 saw a hand protruding
from a black sphere of air : i withered
ham ! , as of an old man reaching out to
grasp another , and trembling with tlio
effort.
Had my duys and nights of study
ever Philip's case alVoeted my brain'/
Had i caught tlio dread
ful mental disorder from him'/ Was I ,
too. tlie victim of an hallucination'/
Philip turned lo mo , u bp.i.sm of
agony wjltliing on h is faco. Ho gave
ono wild gl.inco at my face , then , clutch-
ititr mo with terrible strength nnd in
tensity , lie said , hoarholy :
"You see if/ "
"YOH , " 1 answered , not above a wills-
per ,
"A hand'/ / "
"Yes , yes. " I muttered. "A hand as
you have described it. "
"Merciful hoavenl" ho cried ; "it is
not an apparition ; it is , indeed. the hand
ot Joel Harkton. "
Ills words brought mo partially back
to myself , and , reason returning , told
me that my theory of forgivonyis would
apply now as well as before ; that if It
were , indeed , a spirit hand , this course
might give it rest.
"Philip , " I said , In a voice forced
into something like calmness , "tho
spirit of Joel Harkton wi&iios to forgive
you , Hcacli forward and clasp the
hand. "
Isiwalr-'kof desperate determina
tion Hy across his faco. r'or only a mo
ment ho hnsitali'd ; then , walking for
ward , ho slowly reached out his hand ,
and I saw his lingers close witli those of
the reaching hand.
Instantly the stillness of the night
was broken by allutieringof thu air and
a cry which seemed to recede rapidly
into distance and sltencoMy eyes ,
which iiad boon riveted upon the reaching -
ing hand , now t-aw only empty space and
pierced unobstructed to tno wall. I
turned to Philip , and found him lying
dead upon tlio floor , but with anoxpron-
rilon of relief and joy upon his faco.
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4 Jllarilica , of Children or Adult-s 'J5
7 CouiiliH , colds , Jironclillls 'J5
8-Nenrnlirln , Toothache , Fae nche 2 ?
n-Iluiiilnelicx , Sick Heailaclm , Vcrtteo. . . .15
10 Dysiiepwln , Blllousuoss , Conctlpatlon . ' 23
11 SupurcHdeil or I'nhiful 1'crlinJu . . 'J3
1'J V/ulteH. Too ITofuso Periods . . . ! 23
1Croup , lurynulll , Hoarsened . . , J3
* ! Suit Hbeuni , ErjslprlaaKruplloui . . ' 25
J.I-Ilbcuiniuldni , illieuiuatloI'alna . . . .V83
li-ninlnrlii , Chills , rncr und Ague. . . 25
17-l'llc , Ulliul or Weeding ' 25
3fl-Cnturrit , Influenza , Colil to the Ilcad. . 25
-20-\Vbooi > lnir Cnimh ' - . "
27 Kldnuy DlsrnseH ' 23
28-NcrvuiiH Debility. 1.00
30-Urlnnry WenUiii-sii , Wcttln.f r.dl . .25
Solil 1jr IriiKl ti , or fnl ttoslpul I on rrrrli t of j rlrfl.
O llmrnniiii' lUvuti. in | e IIAIIHI rntr. .
FIl. CO. , Ill A 113 flllltom&l. , > f . .rk.
When "old Sol" makes all things sizzle ,
Drink Hires' Root Beer.
When dujl care makes life a fizzle ,
Drink Hires' Root Beer.
When you feel a little dry ,
When you're cross , and iJon't know why.
When with thirst the children cry ,
There's a sweet relief to trv
Drink Hiras' Root Beer.
A 2 ; cent Paclrage makes five gallons.
MANHOOD RESTORED.
"BAMATIVO , " the
Wonderful Hjinnlali
Itrmedy , la mid with a
Written Cuarantoo
tucuro all Ncivuui J)13 <
rose , eui.li & Weak
Memory , 1.093 of llralu
1'owcr , Jlenduclic.
W kcf ulnc , I.o < t Man-
howl , Ncn iiuinfM. I -
slliulc , all ihaliii anJ
losi of jMtwcr of tlio
( juierathu Oifnni In
i. . .i . -i.ii i I clllicr rex , causnl ! > /
ovt'i fxritlon , > oiitliful liKllscrt'tlitiii. or tlic * * XiMlyd
ill'of liil > aiift' , opiuiii IM itliiniluiiU , uliii.li iiltlinntely
trail In liiiiruilirrJukmiiVtiuii"niVa'lnVjiiili | "I'm"up
_ _ ' itfiirni ty uirr hi the \i - t | , i .l.il I 'lit a
II ni'Uikiigi' . orOfiH'IV Wltlioi'ry Jimitri
written Biitirnntoo to cure or refund tlio
manor. M-III | , nnll In un ) lulihrM. Cjriulnr Are
Uii'lulii cnvrluff .Mviill'iii Hil injei A'lJuw ,
UAD.ilD CMEMICU CO Dramli otr.ce foi U..S A
SM llo'liliWn Strr I. Cllll AOO. II.U
fOH SALK IK OMAHA. NEIJ. , DV
Knkr & Co. , Oi.r IHh A DnuKln Kit
J.A Fuller & Co. Cor IIIU4 Douglas 6U. t
NO.
An orillimnco drclnrlnit tlio nnco ltyof crnil-
ln 82ncl Direct from l.oonst street to Hpen-
corKtroot , ntul nipulntlne ) Ihreo dUlntimiM-
cvl iippraltera to u' cs * nnd deternitno the
( Ininipi , If nny. to tliu iiroiiorty owner. " ,
which inn.r ho cuiHeil hv sitelt ur\lltiir. : (
IIo It iinl.'iliHMl by the city council of the elty
nroninhu :
H"ctlon I. Tlinl It li necc siry ntul It Islieni-
l' ( loclnrnd titoner nn I neco .irv lo urii > lo
SSntl ttroet to Its proiont nst.iblUhed Rrmlo
IncluilltiR necessary npiiro iche thereto frnin
I.iicint street In > nencnr street.
Section' ' . Thnl the mayor , with tlio approv
al uftlin elty council , appoint thrco illMnter-
U'ttoil nppriiUori tonppr.iNe. 'issesi in d determine -
mine thu ditniii e to pninerty owners which
nuiy hecausnd liy siicli isrulliiR. tuklnj Into
t'linsliloratloti Iti in ikltu xncli npnr ilsmnmit ,
tlioipui'lnl licuellts. If itiy , to such property ,
l > y reason of such cr.xdlna.
Section : i. Thnt til's ' ordlnniico iliull tuto
cllcct niul ho In force from unit after Its p.t s-
nise ,
Pnised May 10th. 10'IJ. '
JOHN OIIOVK3.Uitv
Uitv Clorlc.
II P. 1U\'H ,
Prcihlunt Oily Conucll.
Approved May 12th. to. .
111:0. : i > . nn.Mis.
nn.Mis.Mnynr. .
I'rnpiMiiU for Itcpilrlni ; of ( ln ; ( .iitiips ,
Sealed b'ds will bo received tit the comp
troller's olll o iii | to 4 n , m , Mny 2 | , IHr. : , for Ilia
ropalrlri. of nhout l.lUfns lamps.
'I liio. : Ul.SC.N , Comptrollar.
Oninhn , Nub. , Mny 1:1 : , tsui , MltUfit
ELECTION PUOCLAMAT10N.
In mir.-munt'o of nn nr llnnncn of the cltv of
Oninlin , pissed niul itiprovcd | Mny 17 , IS'.rJ. en
titled "An ordtri'ince enllln.su spot-In ! election
tooto iiiin | thu.eeept.incoof the union e-t
pinpos.Uun of the .Nebr.isK.iCcntr.il rnllwiy
I'omtmnv anil tlie Issuance of coupon bonus
of tluneltv of Oinnlm In the sum of two bun
dled nnd ( Ifty thousand doInn , ifil.O ! 0) ) to n d
the Nobrisli i Central It illwuy compi-ny In
ncU | rlnif depot jtroun is , in tlio con
struction of a iin.on . r.illw i ) : ind Uns-
senjjor depnt. nn I In the conslriietloii of
other railway improvements ntinn said
grounds , and to niillmrl a lav fut Ihn piv- :
ment of the Interest upon Hil.l bonds nnd lo
create n sink nir fun I for the p'lyment of the
prlru'ip il thereof , nn I leponlliuordinanco No.
JW.il , Dasscd nnd approved M.iy I Ith. si,1.
ltl"oicul * ( ' ( Mills , miivor of Iho elty of
Omaha , do hnrebv Issuu my nrojluiii.itlun inI
Hlvo pub I ) iiotlco unto tlio le.'nl voters of llio
clly of Oni'ih i , Douglu * uoiintv , Nch. . th it on
Thursday , the tilth iliiy of .Imfe. | SJ. ) n special
elect Inn will ho ho d In said city altho follow
ing polllni'places , n imely :
KlltsT WAIIII.
1'Irst District -Southu.ist corner b'ovcnlh
nnd .Mnrey streets.
Seoonv District Northwesl corner Kljihlli
nnd I.D.iventtorth stieets.
Third D.slrlet-ILVS Jones street.
! < on rlh District US ? South Thlrteenlli
street ,
Fifth District-Northo-ist coiner Seventh
and I'acitlc slioi'ls.
SiMh District southeast , corner Sixth nud
t'aulllu streets.
feventh D stilcl fiS'i 1' erce streot.
Kiishth I ) sir. ol Mint Invest corner IMoventh
nnd < Vnter slteetH.
Ninth District IS.2 f until SlMh stroat.
Tenth District liilerstvtion Ninth mill Han-
croft sliiMit. iKirlhe.ist curnor.
io\t : > nth Distr etII ) . ! . ! Sou h Thirteenth
slicot. not Hie is' eoi ncr Atboi sti'tsot.
SKi'OMl WAIIl ) .
Piist District. Inleiseolion Fourteenth and
.lories streets.
Second District 1001 South Thlrtei'iith
sticet.
Third district Intersect Ion Klj-htoonth and
l.enM'nnorlh streets , south shle.
I'ourlli Dislr cl Inter icet nn Twuntluth
and i o iM'iiuuMli sttovts. so all side.
I'fill District-Intersection Twenty-thin !
and I oaviiiwnrili slioels , snuihsl In.
slMh Distr.ct inteiscctlon Twentieth
street und I'opplelon avenuo.
Sleuth Disirct H'JVl.ilam ! street.
Kl.'hlh Dislrlrtl.'ill Houth ThlitcmUh
sticel ( Met.1.in Ilish ) .
Mnlh District Inleriectlon blMucnlh and
Center streets
Tot.ih Dlstib t ISJ.'South Twentieth sticet
( l.ovett .V Woo Inrin. )
I'-linentli District Intersecllun Twentloth
and Iliineroft street .
Tivolfth District ] 54 ! Vlnton street ( Donovan
van ) .
Thirteenth District Intersection I'litrtconth
nnd V.il.oy streets , uostslile.
rnurlcenih Distrlot-Intorscctlon T\\on-
tleth and lion leva rd snoots.
TMIHI ) WAltll.
1'irst I ) sir et Intei-cction Twelfth and
Chlc.iRo tieet.
.second Dlsti let : ! I7 Not th I'lfteontli street
( Vr'oodni'rthi.
Tlili.l Istrict ) li'Jfcoutn rourteenlh street ,
( A .1 Simpsim ) .
I'otiilli Dhtrlct UK' Douglas street ( f. .1.
C mnn ) .
Kiftli District Intersection Cap'tol avenue
and Tont'i ' stieots.
S Mb District Interaci'tlon llarnoy and
Ninth stieet- , east side.
Seventh District Intersection Ivluvontb mid
I 'I'll im streets
ICUhlli Distr.ct llll.'i Harnoj street tJ. S. .Mc-
Cor.nlcM.
N.ntli Ulstrlt't 1311 Howard btrect ( Kll-
licnny , lirav .t Co ) .
Hiuiiru WAIID.
Kiiil D strict Intersection tioventcentli and
D.ivpnuort stieets.
.secuml District Intorso.-tlon Tttonty-sco-
iiuil nnd Daveniiori streets , north side.
Third I.strict Intersection Twenty-fifth
and Dnd.oslieets.
I'ourlli I ) sir ct Intursoi tlon Seventeenth
and Dn lau streets
Kifth District li ) South Kifteenth street.
Si\Ui D.strict liitetsectlon Twcnt oth and
IoiiL-li3 ) ; streets.
Seventh District I rite rsection Twenty-sixth
street nnd M. Mary's ivonno.
KlKlilli Dlstilut-Inteiscctlcn Twentieth
btreeland Si. .Marv's .iveiiue , west side.
Mnth Dlstplet IMS St , Mary'tf avenue
( Koliibeiii ; : > .
Tenth District Intersection nixhtecrith
arid Lcnvonnurtn streets , north side ,
ICIevcnih District 111. J Howard street ( Hlir-
clns ) .
I'lFTII WAIIII.
1'lrst District Iiiu-rscction Sherman avenue
und .Man Inrson srreet.
Secoiul Dist-lct Krll.ni ; buildliu , westsldo
Sheri inn avenue , helween Ohio and Corby
btreeu.
Third Dlstr ct Inloiscctlon Sherman
n venue and l.ile street.
roiirth District iHi ( ; Or.ico street , South
west corner blieini.in nvenueand ( Jr.ico ticet.
I'iftli D sir et llli" blieiman nvonuout ( -
miin ) .
SlMh District 1I.14 Shormnn iivonuo ( I > -
beventh District Iiitur cctlciii Sixteenth
and l/.ard htrcols.
KiKhth District SJH North Sixteenth street
( II. ( i ( lull ; . acnt ) .
.N till , DNtilel Inlorsecllon O.iss and irjf-
tcenth stieets.
Tenth District Gl.'l North Sixteenth street
( Se.irs , agent' .
I'luventh District Southwest corner Klsh-
teenth and Uasi streets , 4. North ICilituoiith |
Btruot.
SIXTH WAIID
Tirst District Lyceum hullIS' ' ) North
Twenty-fourth street ( I'r.ilK1-
t-ecuiid I ) Hlrli t Inlcrsoctlon Thlrty-slvtli
bln'et mid ( ir mil 'i\enne.
Thlid District InierseclloriMllltary avenue
und IIIint street.
fourth District Intersection Twenly-
foiirth stieut nnd Mnndor > on strouts.
I Ifih District Intersection Twenty-foiirlb
niulVirtsticets. .
SlMh District IntersectionTlility-ihiid and
1'niUei DirectX ,
hovonth Dlstrlct-'ve luke street ( \V A.
KiRhtli Dlslilot 2fi'5 l.akohticot ( Sasstrom ) .
Ninth Dl.trlct-.IIIU North Twenty-fourth
btioet.
Tenth IMil ( > i-IntorootIon Twunty-elyhtli
und I'ranklln streets.
ii : < ivonlh District I ntersoctlon Twenty-
f on i Hi and I'rinUlln .streols.
Twelfth Dlstiiet lll'ijoith Twontluth
street.
KI.VKNTII WAIIII.
1'lrst D'strlct ' 'Si : ! I.eavonworth street.
Second Dicti let-Intersection Twiinty-nliith
iiMinuu and I'upplelon avenue , u.isl , slue.
Third D strict Intersection rwuiilv-nlnth
Htr.'ct nnU Woiiiworlh uveniio. siiiilh side.
I'ourlli Distrliit Jiilur uuUoii Twunl
Olll Mejeath Htroets ,
l-'lftli District Inlorsectlon Thlrty-sooond
itveniiu ninl ThoinusDii stieot.
blxtli District 1UU Twenty-ninth avunuo.
H'venth Dlsirlot-Intuiseullun Thirty-
fourth nnd 1'iancls.streets.
imiiTM WAIIII.
1'list Ulstrlet-U"Jl Iliimlllon strcut.
Second DUtrict ' , ' ! 'i ruining struot ,
Tlilnl Distilct Intersootion Tuuutlutli and
NKihidus tlroots
1'oiirtli District 'JfllO Uinnliii ! stroat ,
1'lflh District'luSOumiiiu'ntrtet
Sixth D t > tr ut Inteisoutlun Twenty-second
nnd Hurt slieilH ,
Seventh District Intersection Trtontlelh
und U.iss Htiuuls
MN'III WAIIII.
1 lrst DlhtnctIiiluiioi'tlaii Thlrly-socond
and Cumin. ; btrucls.
Second District Intorsoctlon 1'ortloth und
C'uinlni ! stiiMJtM , north Hide.
Third Dlttrlot Intersoutlon Kurtluth nnd
I'timum streolH.
ruiirili District IriteiBcotlon Thirty-second
nveniio and Davenport htrout.
I'lfth Dlstiict-.iiil 1'arnjin street.
Sixth District JlOl l.ouvenwor.li street.
J'or the | iuruo < uuf milimlttln , ' to thu U. .
voters of snld olty. for lliorr acceptance or ro-
jootlon , the amended piopoiitlon of thu No-
nrimkii Central It.illway company lo tli. ) olty
of Omaha dioieln.ifter written at lonxlhl und
tlrotiiiujtionii , sh ll tiio bondi of thu city of
Onnilm bu Issued , reulstoroil und ( lullvcrocl ,
us provided In said amende ; ! proposition
hhall un annual tax ho lovlod to pay thu In-
ti'icst on such bonds us It bocornos uuo ? uiut
Bliallnfnrtliurannu.il lux , coinmunuinx thu
tenth ytmr prior to thu maturity of such
bonds , hu levied , In addition to all other
luxeu , for the crudlon of a sinking Innd sirlll-
olont to pay such bunds ut the maturity
thereof ?
eula ijiiustlona , und thu uccoptancoor rojuo-
tlon of i > M nmcridod propo ltlon , In sulinilltnil
to flild : leeal voters , nnd will bo voted upon
In the ininnor nd form following :
"Tho Nobrmk.n Cotiirnl llnllwav company
has mndn the follow In ? proportion to the
rlty of Dm nhnt
'I ho amended proposition of the Nebraska
Oontr.il lUliwny comp.iny to the city of
Omaha , Neb.
To thn Mayor nnd City Council of the City
of Otnaba , Neb.i Tlm undersigned , tbp No-
hrimli.i lVntr.il Hallway company , nrotwsos to
iicijiilre nnd tal.o pmessloii of. for railway
purposes , that con iln tract of land , located
"It hln tlio district hounded bv Fifteenth
street , Chlcazo street. Klovcnlh street. Cali
fornia street , nuil tbo rUlit of way of the
Omaha licit Itnllway compiny. except tin *
south half of block , $ , lots .land 4 , uloel. ' . ' < ,
lot I , and north one-half of lots 3 and ; i ,
block ' . ' * ! and to otoct tbrriviti a union
passonscr depot r.n the corner of Fifteenth
nnd Chlciuo streets , to cou. Includlnu the
other rallw iv linprovctnciils on said crounns ,
not less tb n four hundred thousand dollats
. .
Provided , th 3 ty of Omaha. In Dontflns
connlv , Nt'hris , . ! . will donate to the said
Ncbr.isku t.'cntr.il lUllway company two
bnndieil an 1 llfty thousand dohat * lil'O.OJii
of Its four ( I ) percent boiuls , JlilO.OW thereof
to bo dated. lanuaryi tS'U. ' and } | 5)niMth ( > rnof
to hu dtted January I , IMil. lo become dm-
and p.iyab o tnonty years from tholrrespec-
tlvodate * . with interest nayublo suinl-iiinti-
nlly , allpiynblo at thu Used auencv of thu
state ofc iraska In the city of New Voru ,
Said bonds to bo of the denomination of onu
thousand dollars til.noO ) oich , and nich
thereof to rcclto.
"This bond Is one of a sorlo * of two hundred
nnd llfly fJ > U ) bonds of like nmotl nt and tenor.
which aio Issued by tint elty of
Omaha. In D.um'lai enmity. Nebr is\a.
to Iho Nebraska Central Itnllwny
compinv , to mil it 'In uciulrln |
land In tlio city of Omaha for union depot
nno terminal purposes and in the < ( instruc
tion of a union r.illway . p.isscnuer depot upon
snld KIOIIIKI , nnd its r.iliu.iy tr.ic'.s ' , side
lracls , ttirnonls , su itches niul appro.iclies
le idiiiz Iheteto. and olber lallnay Improve-
meiits thciin\lth eonnocteil. "
Said bonds to hu executed nn.l ro Istercd at
or iminedl tey utter thu dates thereof , and
Inline ll.ituly thoieafter ilellverc I to the First
N itloiuil I ) . ink of Om. ilia. Neb. , ttusteu , to ho
held In trust for delivery tn the Nuur.isK'i
Central liallwnv eomp mv , Us successnts or
nssUns , by said trustee , in Installments as
herein if lor provided.
Thu said Nebraska Central Uillwny com-
li'iny plnns tocon-ilruct , orcnus , > to lie con-
strncte.l. , i line of ri Iwnv In the stale of
Iowa , not less than 100 miles In extent , from
lie ) -as ) appro , trb of a brldjo , which tlie n.ud
Nohrsk.i Central Hallway comn-iny has also
planned to constnu't ovur the Mlssonil rhei ,
intei'-ectlui ; or cDiinect.n r with or ro.icbhu
the lines' of two or moro of the following rail
way corpnr Hloiu , vl/ :
I'ho Illlno's Central K-illw ay company , the
Wlnoiri fc Siulhwestcrn lialiway company ,
the Minneapolis & St. l.ouls Hallway coin-
irmv. tlie ClilcaRO , St Paul , \ , Kansas City
It iliwav co.npanv , tliu Chlc.iKO , l < ort .Madison
& DCS Mollies H illw , iv company , the Atchl-
son. Topuk t , x ; Santa I'o Railway co npany ,
llio llaitlinom \ Ohio Uallway coinp-iny. the
Ohio .V Mississippi Uallwav coinpanv , the ICeo-
knk \\estcrn Kallway company , thu Qulncy
i , i , ill i . . . iv.ins is c-uy l.aliwa.v company ann
the lowu Central Itnilwnv comp uiv
miu hundied thousand ( Jltm.ui ) dollars of
sild bonds shall bo delivered by said trus
tee to said Nebraska Central Itallwny
ttn\ , 1H ( sut i fCS-OIS ill' llsSlKli- .
ulnii II or they shall have acipiliod and
tal > ' n jiossesslon of th.it ccil.un tract
> i 1 mil lee niul within Iho dltlil.'l
.ounded hy Fifteontli street , I'lilc.i o street ,
Eleventh street , California str.'Ot srnl the
rliht of w iv of the Ornah i lljlt Kallwav cotn-
p-.ny , ( except thu south half of blocks 118. lot : i
mil 4 , block : ! < . lot 1. and tha north li'ilf of
lots' ' and . ' ! . block -7i :
Pun hied , that thu said onn hundred tbou-
sand dollars | ? | im,0 0 ] of said bonds shall not
lie dullveicd until after the said Nebraska
Central Itiilluiiy company. Us snccc'-sors or
assigns , shall hae constructo I the .sild line
of r illway In th" sfilu of Iowa ,
Onu hundred and llfty thousand dollars
Lil.Mi.uiUi of sal , ) bonds sliall bo delivered by
sad : trustee to said Nubraska Central Hallway
lompany. Its successors or assigns , when It or
they shall have completed tnu uicction of a
union pas-.cn or depot upon sild tract of land
ai eve defcribed , to cost. lnetiiliiK the other
railway Imprnvcnicntaon S'lld grounds , not
less than four hundred thousand dollaia
( $110.00 1 : proof of such test to bo rnadn bv the
sworn atatetiirf of the president and troas-
uierof s.ud rallwiy company. Hied with the
e ty eloilcof Omaha , aeuompinled by cenlil-
cato sinned by tnuollv attoinuv and cltv en
ulnecr. that in their opinion such amount ha-
aclii.illv been exjii'iided.
PruvKicd , Hint If the said Nebraska Central
Hallway companv , Its su.'Cessors or ass.i.iis
shall full to ai'ipl 10 and tauu pn-.scsslon of
s ilu laniJ. tlsli.ill nut be entitled to io"rivc
any part of said ono hundred thousand dollars
.fluO.i'UU ) Inst'illment. of bonds : and. fnillici
provided , that none of SM d one hundred and
I'fly ' thoiisiin I dollars iJF'O.OJH ) Installmmit of
bond' ) shall ba delivered until allivist one ral -
way company In addition to the Nuhrjsk i
I ential It.illway company shall hu actually
usins said union ilupni ; and.
Piovldcil fnithor. That the mayor and thu
clly council sliall. by rosolnllon , upon die full
P"rformnni'o of the nndcrtaUIn son the part
ot Mild railway compinv herein contained.
oidei the duilvory of said Loads at tin ) times
aforesaid : nnd.
t'r jvldii'l fnithor. That till matured roimnn
shall ho removed and cancelled by said ti ustco
bcloie ( U'lUeiv of the bunds to win , n
they aru att"ched ; and.
Provided further. Tint tlio mayor and clly
council of the city of Omaha shall eauso to be
levied on Iho tiiMih'o property of said cllv an
annual tax sufllcient for tlio payment ot the
Interest on BI : d coupon bonds as It becomes
due. i nd after the expiration of ten ( M ) > eais
from tlie date of s-ltd bonds thu mayor and
eltv council of s ild city shall cause to he
levied In addition to all other taxes on the
tixablu property of said city no amount of
tax sutltcicnl to create a Mn'dn. ' fund tor the
payment at maturity of said bonds , itho
amount of tn.x to lu : levied for such slnkln
fund not to exceed twenty-live thousand dollars
lars ( WUHJ-'O ' ) In any ono year ) ; said lav to bu
continued from vo'ir to year until the said
hondsaro fully paid.
Thu imjnlroiiioiit of thu S'lld lands and Im
proven. ents herein oontomplatcd Inuludlnz
the sild rnllioad In Iowa , shall bo be iiri
within one year from May 1. 180. ' , and
he pushed to completion without unnouussury
delay and sh ill ho completed within three
years from the 1st day of. Tilly. IblU.
In case any of tha terms , lliiiltutlons , con II-
llons or piovls'ons propose I herein rulallng to
thu bu'lnnlnirrojress and completion of
said tmprnvomantB are not annulled w Hi ,
( un'ess ' doiay Is directly and necessarily
cnnsod by Injunction or other judicial pro-
cei-dlii'-'s ' , or hy unavoidable accident or act
of 1'rovliloncc ) , thosald compnny shall not ho
entitled to rocuivn s.ild bonds or any thereof.
oven though thooluctorsof said city of Omaha
shall hive' hy tholr vote anthorl/.ed the Issuance -
suanco of said bonds ; but all r It lit tosald
bon iHsiinll by such dofau't ' and without any
judicial determination bunomu forfultod ,
Provided , howovcr , that If the bosliiiilif.
pro''tess or complotlon of said Improsumunts
ihall 'ic ' < dola > cd or obbtrncted by any of the
nforesald causes , thu tlin < "i liuioln allowed foi
the progress and completion of said Irnprovo-
ments shall bu extended to thu extent of such
delay or obstruction : and should a dispute
ar'so between tbo milil olty of Oinaba and the
said Nobraflca Centr.il Hallway comp.iny
with rosoeet to theoaiisooroxlont of any snrii
iloliiy. the fliirnu nt the election of said No
I rasua Ocntr.il Killuay company , shall bo
leferred for determ'n.itlon to a bo ird of ar-
bltratois , to bo appointed as heroin iflur pro-
v"'H'd " ,
In eonslduratlon of locelvltu the proposed
HiihsldythuNebrasUaUenlr.il ICail\v.y cinn-
p.uiy tiarous to allow all railway companies
i liu follow Inn rl''bls : I'hu rl/ht to run tholr
locomotives , p isucnitur and frolirht trains ever
Its main and p IH | IIU' tnets within thu city of
Uni.iha ; inid over Its proposed br.d 'u nnd ap-
pio'ieheH , the rl"ht loutusnch portion of Us
terminal irouiids , epots and facilities us may
i o necessary and proper for lliueonduct of
the tjnsinuss nt tint'li rends ; Includ-
lug any cnlnr inunt of Its depot
and depot k'ronndH : the rlKht to li.ivo
lliuir o.usswltolie.l and delivered hy thu Nn-
br.isk.iCentr.il H .ll ay < o apany upon .ill of
Its switch tr.icks : thu rliilit lo connect their
ro ids at any point within ono hundred d TO
miles of said olty of Omiih i with nny line of
railway \Miluh thu Nebraska Central Hallwuv
company , or Its suocessois orassljns , may
lOiHtruct orcaiine to he constructed east of
Iho Missouri river , and to r un their louomo-
lives , | ) as > oni.'er and freight trains over thu
main nnd passlnu tracks ol said rallro.id ;
It bollix hcrcliy ncreed tint. In ease
the Nohr.iska Central Hallway com
pany shall construct Its prouoscd I'nii
eiiBtof Iho Missouri river , throiuh tlioneanc/
of nny other corporation or Party , It will
caiisotiiich corporation or pirty to oxouutn
and deliver to thu city of Omulm a Kood and
sullK'lunt Inslriiiiiont binding It or him to
abldo by the terms , londltlons and provisions
ot this proposition , the Hamo aa the snld
Nebraska Central Hullwiy oonipanv would
liHvo been hound If U had built tno Baiiin.
I eforo delivery of Iho aforesaid ono hundred
Iho.isjiid dollars ( MOO.OJO ) Installrnunt of
bonds.
Piovldod , that the usoand onjoyinont by
such ral. way companies of o tub niul every of
said rights siiull ho upon just iinduiiniil turrns
an I the niyinuiit of Just and fulr compensa
tion to llio Nebraska Central H illway co-i -
p. my , Its BucccHtors or insal ns , and suhjaut. to
such operating ruloiund regulations of the
Nuhraska Central Uillwny companv , Its sue-
ccasors1 or assluns , us shall bo necessary and
proper , just und rniiHonubie.
And tno said Nobraslci Central Hallway
company wl > l submit any dispute arlslnhu -
twoun ft and snub otnor company or com
panies us to tbe me and onjoyinont of any
rights under thU propjsltlou , or as lo thn
turniH , compiins-illon , operatliu inlos und
rurfiilatlons , iclatlnv thuruto , to a hoard of
arbitrators , to bo made up of three periona
who are Judge * of Hi" SUM district court , or
Its suoeoaior , of the dUtr.cl nmbraulnj the
county of Dougluu. to Lu ke'.cutml by a two
thirds vote of ull the persons who uru dUtrlot
Judaea of said court.
Provided tlmt unysuch railway comnnny
otbcr tban said NeorusUa Cent nil Hillwiiy
coinpany , ltbbuccosur or usjljjii * . "hull have
the election to mbma any such dlsuutu tu
arbitration or to purnno any olhiir rciiiuuy
Whurovur arbitration U provided for by
this propoiltlon , the party dcilrliu to submit
any matter to arbitration ahull uuunu to bu
served upon tlio other party n wrlltoti mtloi
which Miall Mil out inn tnnuer In dispute tube
bo Biitnnlttcd , ii.-.l th9 time proposed for I In
honrlni ; , which shall not lie less thnn thirty
OH ) dm s nftor thn time of service ; nnd tliero-
upon the udtorto party shall within twenty
iVU > days after such sorvleo upon It , nerve Iti
ninwor. If nnr It linve , upon ttio party do-
muml iu thrt arbitration
The llimr.l of Arbitrator * , whnn orianlied ,
shnll linxo power to lit thotlmoof ho.irliu
.mil to ndjonrn the snino from tlmo to time ,
and to iniknnll nu'oss.ur rules nn > l roxula-
tlonsforthu production of testimony In tht
possession of olthur p.trtv , and otherwise t <
compel a fa rjund upon Iv Irian tliu ilcclsl.ni 01
a majority of the lie ird shall control nnd th
Ilinil dptormlniitioii of the board -drill lie llnu
and ennrluslvo upon the turtle * , of n'.l mat-
\ < s'lbinttio'l ' 'ti 1 ili 'ido ' .
Wherever ntbltrntlon shall lie resorted to
ncti ar un iiinn smtii neinutueiiisUeieiniviy
iif tlm parties ( except nt herein elsewhere pro-
vivl | : > . as to llio mutters nnd tilings Involved
in I decided therein.
Said NohriNkn Central K-illw.ly company. Iti
sue. OSMII sand assigns , slrill transport frolirhl
( itii'lmlltia transfer of freight and nil clmr/m
Incidental to said transportation ) ovur nny
i- ' tin , „ „ . ! > . . | imV' is r l | us over' > iiv
railway II shall construct within ono li und red
( too ) ml'iM ' of the .Missouri liver within tha
state of Nebr.isK i. forjiislor roasonahlo r.itin
or charges , and In ease of dllToroiicn us to
whitt constitutes just and reasonable rates 01
. iiuuu * nn.ioi , . , . . , i. > i i.r.iiui. me mayor miu
j ly council or silil railway i-onuiany inny
submit the s inin to arbitration In the nintinur
and to the arbitrators uhovo provided for , bill
this pir.igrnph respecting freight charJiM
shall not hoi'iimu opuratlvn or In force until
live years from the dntn of thn delivery of thu
lastlnst.illmeti' of ( bo bonds horolnboforo ro-
fetred to.
It Is further prop'isoil that said tmmls shall
b. > delivered to the Nebraska Central railway
eompiny , ltssn > ' 0o < v > rs or assigns , only upon
thn execution by the said Nebraska Oonlr il
nil way eo npinv or Its success unnd deliv
ery Ui the cltv of Oinnbaof nn iindurlakln ; III
wrlln. to thuollo" ! th it Iho iirlnclpat depot
of said r illway companyIt stinnnru I ofllco * nnd
principal m ichlne shops when built , shall bo
in a I eil and nrilnlilnod within lite cntpnratn
I'ml's nf the elty of Omahit , an I tlmt a viola
tion of the terms of said nndurtnklni by tlic
> < nld Nolir.iskuContril railway coniininv 01 Its -
iciossnrs or nsslgns , shall lender the said
Nonrtiskn Central railway cninnany , or Us
successors , indohlod to thos.ild city of Omali i
In the full umuutil of said bonds , nnd Interest
tlr rcon.
Th's proposition shall , ufter belnp duly
nisldiowled.'ed by the Nebraska Central Knll
way comp my , be recorded In Iho olllco of thu
register of deeds of Dnir.tlniU'uuiity.Nohrnska ,
and fora period of twenty t.'i ) years from and
ufter this dulu. Hhill ho teferrod to by giving
Ihn bonk and ] igo wherein the s.inie Is ro
torilcd li , any murt agc.dcu.l of trust , deed ol
conveyance , or lease of said depot and douul
-round * , with the statement that thtis.ild No-
IT slut Central ri'l'viv ' enninnnv. Us sneeo * .
surs and assigns , at o bound bv the terms , 1 lint-
lainnis. p.01 Minns and conditions ut Inn
proposition which 1110 hereby nindo Its co\o-
n.nits that all lull lo and run with tho'siilO
properly Into whosoever hand ! ) It may como.
Provided , that llio city council ot t'lu ' city ol
Onrih.i. ( the niiivur nnnroving in duo form !
slmll onncta certain ordinance ( which nt th"
date hoieuf. Is pending cunsldoratlun bofoiu
s.ihl council ) , entitled "Annrdlnnncn urniilinj ;
permlss on nnd authorltv to the Nebraska
CiMitial Italhvay company. Its successors and
assigns to construct rullro'id tracks alonir ,
iiciins. o\er nnd under certain streets and
alleys In the city of Omaha subject to certain
conditions , and to viuutu pails of cert iln
streets and alleys In thu elty of Omaha upon
eompll nice with eerlnln other conditions. '
Audit Is nlso provided , that If sal1 ! Nebr isl.a
Cenlr.il railway company shall not , within
roitv-llvod'ii d iys of liulng notllled bj the
I'llv clerk of the adopt on ol
tills pioposlllon nt the election
held to Mite upon the sinni. Hie
with tliusald city cleik Its written r.itllli-i-
tlon of tlii proiio-.ll Inn under Its corpoiaie
seal , tiiiiiu of said bonds shall be Issued , ind
all the terms and provisions of this propos
lion shall beheld fin-naught.
The Nebraska Central liullwny comp.inv
ni-'rees before nn election being ea led to sun
mlt to the voteis of tbo cltyof Omaha tint
proposition , tlmt It will execute 'ind ' dcli\ct
to said elly u bond with good und siillicieiit
suiotli's In ihu sum of Hie thousiiid doiluii \
liVUHO ) and the thousand dollars iJ.V'Dtl.'ll ' '
cash , conditioned upon thu payment of tlm
expenses of said election.
'I'lils proposition und the acceptance thrcof
by the city of Omaha and tlic ratlllc.itton of
this pioposlllon by said Nebraska Central
Hallway eompinv , or Its successors or as-
sillies , us heroin provided , shall be const r led
nnd understood to constitute n cnnlr.ict
let ween the sad NebrasK i Centril
Itnllwny company. Us successors or assigns ,
and thu s.ild clly of Omali i. and all the tonns.
conditions , agreements and piovisions m ulu
on thu pail of the Nebraska Central Itill-
wav company In this proposition eon
tallied are hereby made tlio covenants
of the s'lld Nebrnsk i Central Uallway
comu.iny. Its successors and assigns , nhleli
shall nltacli to nnd run w th all of its said
property and bo binding upon nny parly Into
whoso hands II. or any of It m.iy come.
In witness wheienf the said NeDraska Cen
tral Uallway eompnny bus naused thesnpies-
euts to ho executed this Kith day of Mav. A.
I ) . , Ifi'li. '
NICllKASKA OENTUAJ. ISAII.WAV CO.
Hy ,1. II. DUMIINT ,
Vice 1'resldunU
Atlest : JOHN L. McCAGlTi : , Sooretaiy.
I SKA I.I
Witness : AI.KX. 0. OUAUL'PON.
Stale of Nebr.iska. I
Douglas County , f
On this 1Mb du.vof flay , A. D. . Is.1 ! ) , boforn
me. n notary public In and for .snld county ,
personally appeared the above natnod J. II.
Dtimontund John I , . McOugiiu. who aie tornu
personally known to bo the Identical per
sons who signed tlio foregoing Instiu-
ineut us vice piesidont and sccietary of
the Kchrask i Central Uiliway comp.iny :
they uekiiowlo I''o thu said Inslriinionl lo no
the voluntary act and deed of the said No-
hiaska ( Central Uallway companv and their
\oliintary net and tided us such vlcu presldoiit
and sc ( ictary of said company.
Witness my bund nnd notiirl.il seal the dale
Instiforcs.id. ! ; AI.KX. ( ! . CI1AUI.TON.
I.SKM , . ] Nolary Public.
shall tliu above and forevolriK proposition In
accepted and adopted , sh ill said bonds bo Is
air oil , registered and delivered and shall an an
nnal tax In addition t > the usual nnd all other
luxes bo lovled upon tlio tavniilo propoitv of
thu City of Omaha , Douglas county , Ne
braska , siilllclunt to piytho Interest on said
bonds us It becomes due. and ut the
time of levying tlie annual city lav ,
commencing the tenth year prior to ( Im
maturity of said bonds , shall a lax In
addition to all oilier tn.xo-i bo levlod upon tlm
taxah o propci ty nf said elty of Omaha , Doug
las county , Nohruskn. anil continued annu
ally thoronftnr from year to year until there
by a slnltlni : fund shall h ivo been ohtatnoi !
suniciont to p.iy said bonds at the maturity
thureof ?
VIM.
NO.
Thoabo\o riuestlons shall be icgnrdod as
onuquestion and nil ballots of lu nl voters
cast at said election eont tlnlnj ! thu a'jovo
proposition and iiui'stions In the form of Iho
olllclul ballots , to bu piepaicd hv Die i-lly ck"- ' :
of said city 101 said election , with
an "X" mark following ( he woid "yes"
upon wild olllcliil ballot sh ill be counto i In
f ivor of the acceptnnee of said amondoil pio- ) )
inltlon. the Issuance of said bonds uirt Ihn
levy of s ild ti\cs In pavinunt of Iho prlnulp.il
rind Interest thereof : nnd all ballots of luirul
voteis e.ist al ii'ild ole , lion containing I lie
nliovopriiposltlon and iiuesllmis in the form ol
the olllulal ballot , to bo prupaiud by the
clly eler < of snld clly for said
election with nn "X" nririf foli'jwlni : tin )
word "no" upon said otlMal ballot sh i I
bo counted nnd constib red as ii 'ain > t
thu auceiiluncn of said umondod propo
Nil Ion , the Issuance of-nild bonds und
tliu levy of s-ild taxes In p.i.vmcnt of Iliu
principal und Inteiest tlinreof. If two-thh is
of nit the ballots- voted by said le/al iii'ers of
siild city of Omulia. DoiiKlus county Nc-
biasku , utsuld oluctlon shall le ( t IHL In faxir
of thn accoptancoof sild amended piopo-ii-
ilon , Iliu Issuniice of said bonds and the lei v
nt s.ild luxes In payment of the prmi'ipul and
inleiesl thereof , thu fonuolnpropo -
slllon will be held to bo adopted and tin ) fore-
coin. questions will bo hold to bo unsworn ! In
fin or oft Im issuance nf H.ild bonds and thu
levy of said luxes , and the said bonds there ,
upon slnill ho Issued , registered null dellvuicd
In uiTiir luni'ii with the teims and conditions
of said amended proposition , and said tuxes
Nlrill Im levied uccordlngly ; otherwl-o not
Which election will bu open ulH o'clock in
the inornlni ; , and will continue open mild' ' )
o'clock In thu ufluinnim of the sumo duv
D Ho I ut Omaha , Nub. , this IHtb day of May ,
ib'j ; isi nod.i < ; KOI ! Ip. ; IIIMIS : ,
_ Mayor of tlio Cllj of Oinaliu
NoricK OK'AHSIWSJMKNT OK DAM"
AJKS ( KOll TIIK t'llANOK < JK
OUADK OK 2ITU HTUKKT.
To the owners of all lots , und putt of I"tf
and real csutu alinn u'lth slrcot from a point
iU feet north of llrownu sln.'ct to the north
curb line of Amos avenue , und Inlnrxecluu
street us follows , to-wll : TempiDlon street
from u point i'OJ font wuitof 'Mill slicut to Iliu
\\uct em b llnu of ' 'lib street
Von urn horuby notitled that thn iindcr-
Klgnud , linen disinterested freeholders of Iho
elty of Omulia , have boon duly appointed > > y
the mayor , with tno approval of the elty
councilor said olty. I o assess tne daniuKc lethe
the oHiiers icspuutivuly of thy properly uf
fueled by tliuuliiiiiKo ofirrrnlnofIHi bireet
from si point''in feet north of llrjiwii" " ' 'f'.1' ' ' '
thu north curb Una of Amos avenue and Inli r-
fcoctlnz street , declared iiiiunstiiry ' 'i' oidl
nance No. IW. passed April S , IH'J. approved
A\'mi1arr \ ' > nrtl.er . iiotllled.that Imvlns ao-
snoots , within the corporulu limits of sard
elty , meet for the purpose of cDiulduiliiii and
inukini ; ttio uHsomneni of damage to thu
owners respectively of suld property , alfuctcd
by null ! L'hiuu'uofrado , taking Into uonsld-
oratlon special boncllts , If any.
Von uru notified to bo present at thu time
und plauo foiHald. und nuiUe uny object loin
to or stiitcmcntH uoncurnlnpt mild UHsosmnunl
of dumuyes an you.may coni > ldr : pronnr. _
W. li OATlls , '
11. U. IIAI.I. ,
Omaha Muy 16 , IB'J MltidlUt