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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 11, 1902)
t ii rc co v it r eh 11 S The Courier Published Every Saturday Entered In the Postofllce at IJncoln as second clasa matter. office, ....... yoo-910 p street Tfi FPiins-p Rainess Office UH 1ELEPII0NE J Editorial Rooms W SUBSCRIPTION' RATES: Per annum, In advance $1.00 Single Copy, . . -flu the Japest thing . . in Zown "Make an extended trip into the far away nooks of Jaydom. select with scrupulous care the most incongruous specimen of municipal architectine that can be found in that mythical region and even then I doubt if you could find a structure more uusuited for the transaction of public business than the heap of brick and mortar which adorns the northwest corner of Tenth and Q streets. From the out side the 'city hall.' as it is called, does not look half bad but there are great yawning chasms between the preten sions of Lincoln and the absence of dignity from the interior of that build ing." No zealous member of the "Roaster Club," gloating in his ability to ex coriate, dropped this pearl of thought in order to arouse the animosity of the envious. No; it is merely an opinion of a Lincoln citizen concerning the appropriateness of the conglomeration of brick and mortar within which the business of the city is transacted. Strange as it may seem, in the whole building there is no fearless and firm friend of City Hall. In the quarters on the first lloor there is kicking. Un limited knocking is indulged in by those who Jive in the olfices on the second story. The policemen don't like their looms. The pilsoneis are not (.eineiited by ties of fiiendship to the cells. With respect to the build ing there Is one grand howl of dis content constantly ascending. City Hall, as every one knows. Is a two story building. The firemen hae the southeast corner. Next to them Is the police station. Horses are kept by the firemen of course, and also a team is necessary to yank the hurry wagon along the street. What else i an be done except quarter these ani mals tight in the building'' In the sultry summer time the mingling of odors is something frightful to the ul tivated nostrils of visitors despite the exacting toil of all concerned in an effort to keep things clean and neat One cell is allotted to women in the lity jail. Then- is one large pallor for men and also a corridor from whiih branch several small cells. These have unhewn pi. inks for beds and in a case of emergency can accommodate four people. At fiequent intervals the cells are scrubbed and the tloor mopped. Yet the aroma is startling and contains all the different odors than can be detected by the olfactory organs. The tombina tion is most formidable. Liberal doses of formaldehde have slain thousands of microbes, but there yet remain un told legions, luxuriantly fat waiting patiently for those whom they may de vour. In the city otlices upstairs ome tales of woe without number. The heat es capes in cold weather and in the sum mer time noisome aromas atllict and s'uken. City Clerk Pratt declares that he has seen many a plump healthy bed bug scamper across the lloor of his otiice before the era of disinfei tants liberally applied by the police depart ment. The council chamber is spacious, and formerly the city fathers were ranged about the dais of the president after the pattern of a horse shoe with the calks near the scene of authority. Lately a startling change has been made and the council members are seated in the style commonly followed at an ancient IJoman banquet. Il.uk of the building a nuuihti of ding ottkes hae been appended l way of apology. These are far too small to provide for the comfort of those within, to say nothing of attrac ts e arrangement. -i -H i Love expresses Its deepest Joy and darkest despair alike by silence. ' b it mnkiH mmi si Mm- M in.in "th. Mabel has sent me bat k mv ring." "The deuce' What Is the matter''" "Weve we've had a quarrel." "Itut what about'."' "Why. I hesitated when she asked if I was sine I'd have loved her jtixt the same If we'd never met." CAPITAL SOCIETY AGAINST THE LONGS " !:(. lllse, in the opinion of til. otllel ladies of the .iblli. t tin Loi.gs h.iv not done tteir sh.ue of ollit 1.1! and so l.il entertaining at the tapit.tl. a hot tile feeling is said to be manifested towards the lady or eirt.ir of til. navy on the part of the society leaders of Washington. It is whispered that a plan is afoot to cut o(T Mrs. Long's name from all futuie invitation lists .mil th-it fur tills reason the I.onirs will be verv clad to leave Washington as i soon as possible. w The Sale Everyone is Waiting IHor! The jfeid- Annual January Clearing Sale ! THE PROGRESSIVE STORE inaugurates sik tin like or which was never held in Lincoln before. It takes iroi'e.-sivene to le able to quote $1.50 Dress Goods for 50 cents per yard. 84.25 California Wool Hlankcts for 82.(55 a pair. I'nderwear Samples at one-half regular price. 82.00 Fur Scarfs for J)S cents, and so on. We can only give space here to a few items. See the Sunday Journal, on page III. for account of goods on Sale. If you don't take the Journal, watch for the ciiculars that are now being distributed. $1.25 and $2.00 Kid Gloves for 69c a Pair Broken lines, odd colors, some slightly soiled, some ST. LOCIS SAMPLE LINE W w with slight imperfections which have been re- , ,. , .,.,. ... ,, .. ., . Vx ffk " l of sirn and Silk Mitten at Half Pine. Kfa " paired; such makes as Monarch, Trefousse, etc. Y 5H All worth 81.25 to 82.00 per pair. A great chance to save some money. Worth 10c. w H Clearing &ile price per pair, . . . OC)L 25c, :'.5c, 50c, to SI. 00 a pair. f- Women's S1.00 ileece lined Mocha Mittens. for w ft 75c . I 8,1,::rM"Mit,:" ... 98c 5c. roc, 19c, 25c, 45c pair ' kt
