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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-07
Church Burned at Jacksonville.

JACKSONVILLE ILL.,, Sept Ga barn at
tached to the Southern Hotel took fire, this
evening, and sparks were carried to the roof
of the First Presbyterian Church, one of the
largest in the city, and, owing to the ina
bility of the firemen to reach the fire. the
building was soon a mass of flames. Only
the walls are left standing. The loss will
probably reach $4,000; insurance $23, 900.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-07
Augustinian Property Sold.

LAWRENCE, Mass, Sept. est. Mary's
Church, the parsonage and five acres of land,
the property of the insolvent Augustinian
society, and valued at $3.50, 900, was sold at
auction under $4,000 mortgage, held by
the Essex Savings Bank, and was purchased
by Peter Halhhan, representing the ST.
Mary's Society, for $73 700. st. Mary's So
ciety is composed mainly of Augustinian
prieSts
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They Want His Estate.

ITHIcA, n Y, Sept. 6-The widow and
children of Mahlon Rowe, whom he deserted
here eighteen years ago, propose to recover
his estate in Honolulu, which he bequeathed
to Hawaiian woman and their three chill
dren. The property is valued at $40, 000
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-07
Two Men Killed by Boiler Explosion.

LANCASTER, Pa, Sept 6.-The boiler Of
steam thresher on the farm of Abraham
Overholtzer. of Dauphin county, Pennsyl-
vania, exploded yesterday, instantly killing
Simon Brnzer, engineer, and Jacob J.SKline,
both of Elizabethtown. The explosion was
due to lack of water in the boiler.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-07
Attempted Wife-Murder.


NATION, Sept. 6.-This morning, at the
Bray House, in this city, James Hayden, re-
Gently married, attempted to kill his wife.
lie fired one shot at her The ball struck a
corset-stay and glanced of. He then shot
himself through the hand. The affair was
caused by jealousy.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-07
Steamship Arrivals.

LONDON, Sept. 6-Arrived: Elbe, from
New York; Hibernian, from Baltimore.
New York. sept 6.-Arrived: Palermo,
from Hull W@sland, from Antwerp; State
of Indiana, from Glasgow; Persian Monarch,
from London,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-07
Wife Murder in Iowa

BURLINGTON Iowa, Sept 6.-Last night,
near New London, this county, John Crone,
wealthy farmer, cut and mortally wounded
his wife. She had him arrested some time
ago for threatening to kill her.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-07
Two Men Killed bv a Gas Explosion.

SCRANTON, Pa, Sept. 6,-By an explosion of
gas at the Fairlawn mine this afternoon, Dan
Saurwine, secretary and treasurer of the
Fairlawn Coal Company, and d. c. Black
wood were fatally injured.
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DR.. Richley's Lanentable Failure t. Com
init Suicide.

MENDOZA, Sept. CDR. J. K. Richley, who
fatally shot his wife on last Monday and
then fed, returned home yesterday with his
throat cut from ear to ear but no main ar
teries severed. He was much emaciated,
having lain in hay-loft all the intervening
period. He is under arrest, and will recover.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-07

When dust has been thoroughly beaten
out of carpets and they are tackled down
again, they can, be frightened very much by
scattering corn meal mixed with coarse salt
over them. and then sweeping it all off
Mix the salt and meal in equal proportions.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-07

Heavy rains all along the Rio Grande have
caused much damage to railroad and private
property. On Wednesday night just after the
Monterey train. ON the Mexican National roao
crossed from Laredo, the bridge was washed
away. The damage on the Texas u Mexican
road for one hundred miles east Of Laredo is said
to be very heavy.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-07
FUNERAL NOTICE.

I. O. O. F.
The members of Pniloxenian Lodge No A. 7.
o. o. F., are hereby notified to meet at Grand
Lodge Hall this (Fridayl morning, September :.
at $50 O'Clock, prompt, to attend the funeral of
our late brother, P. G. Obed Foote, formerly "a
resident of this city.
JOHN GUSTIN, n. G.
JOS S. WATSON, Secretary.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-07

M. s. Teller, druggist, of Sandy Hill, N. Y.
shot himself fatally on Wednesday night with
the same weapon, in the same room, and at the
same Lour his father killed himself year ago.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-07

TO 81 ton, but whether the operators will be
able to do it will be the grand question. 1t
is probable that the difficulty will result in
q dead lock-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-07

Mr.. J. NJ FARREN, Logansport, was cured of
Chills and Fever by the use Of Browns Iron Bit
tiers.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-07

arranged his business to leave this morning
for Tennessee in order to get rid OF the UNI
pleasant complication
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-07

SAMARITAN Nervine would be cheap at 300 d
bottle IL cures fits" j. Sterling, Charleston,
y. {. Only 81 so per bottle Druggists
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-07

he could produce the real Chinaman, Judge
I Field issued new writ, returnable to-mor-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-07

HOP BITTERs Ia preventive and cure for Ague
aud Malaria; us your own fault II you suffer.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-07

The city council of Rising SUI have awarded
the contract Tor building an iron bridge across
Dry branch.
Captain Lexington Wolfe, weli-known New
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-14

there are in Nebraska 700 more girls Of
school 1ge thpn boys.
The Sewa d county commissioners have
comfortable t;ou lie in occurring teachers
for the public schools.
Red Cloud claims 10 be the most import.
ant point on the B. h Nj. railroad bet1 cen
Lincoln End Denver.
The Pacific hose company, at Grand
Isl nd, is trsining for the state tournament
at Lincoln next fall.
An enterpribinS Fremont firm will man.
nf Acture ice ere ,m by tie am power through
the coming sc ison.
Central City has q prohibit, ticket,
making this the third year of prohibition
Ia that place.
Sheriff Beemer, Of West Point, r~ecsntly
had a piece of his ear bitten off by q
vicious horse.
A Kearney paper estimates the value OF
last weeks rains to Buffalo county farmers
at $1,000.
1t IL Estimated that Nebraska's crop of
corn for this year will reach 1C0, DOC, goo
bushels.
Kearney voted on funding her indebted.
ness on the 10th, and the measure was de.
feated.
A large number Of immigrants are mex.
ing Holt and Brown counties their desti.
nation.
A Newfoundland dog at StromsburR
killed one hundred rats in one day last
| week.
The creamery at B,ue Springs will
probably be ready for operation by the
18th.
The 6remen Of Seward are preparing
for q grand celebration on the Fourth Of
July.
Thayer county recently paid over 81, 0C(
to the state for the care Of insane per.
sons.
Twenty-Five veterans have been mus
tered into the Grand Army post ct Fuller
ton.
Filleyville will Ne the name OF a new
town on the Brownville & Beatrice road.
Auburn has increase | alb, ut 500 In popu
lstion in the past eighteen months,
The Tslmage Tribune reports the prevs
lence Of measles In that vicinity.
The races at Lincoln next week promis
to be largely attended.
The boys Of the Kearney reform school
have organized a band.
The prospects for q large strawberry crol
are said to be good.
Corn planting is about over in the vicin
ity of Pawnee City.
Sultan has q Building and Improve
ment" association,
There is great demand in Fiiendvill
for houses to rent.
Edgar is inaugurating a system of waite
works.
Kearney has a foundry 10 full blast.
Hilldale needs a passenger station.
Alexandria's population is 400.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-14
l. aORN NOTES.

ELKaORN NOTES.
Correspondence Of THE BEE.
The heavy rain this week has pre-
vented the farmers from planting corn
and will make planting very late.
Mr.. VIII Sander, of P4pillion, was
on our streets one day this week.
S. B. Sylvis has taken tho guard.
iansbip of George Bsadle, son of the
late Dr.. D. E. Beadle, of Paplllion.
George Swayze was In Omaha one
day this week ON business for that
firm.
r.. Sailing i, having his residence
psinted, adding porches, and fixing
thirgs up In good stvle.
Dr.. Law Is building an Office near
his residence.
A good carpenter or two are badly
needed here and would find steady
employment.
A butcher is needed here too; no
fresh meat to be had except what the
butcher from Waterloo brings twice a
week, and to Judge from che toughness
of the steak he sells he has killed some
of the cattle Noah took into the ark
with him.
Bruner and Reber keep a store of
general merchandise. Everything
seems to have been selected with care
and always proves to be Just whatthey
represent 1t.
j. Schroeder, boot and shoe maker,
Is now ready to take orders and will
do his best to give satisfaction.
ZOE.
ELKHoRN STATION. Neb May IL
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-14
sIGN OF

The sale Of the Lowe tract, lying
west Of the Lowe road and south OF
Mercer avenue, and containing In eli
144 acres, Is one Of the largest single
transactions in suburban real estate
that has been recorded this seaeon.
Mr.. Poppleton becomes the owner,
the consideration stated, being $50,
600. We rate this transfer edltorially
merely to call attention to the
rapidly with which Omaha is
pushing westward into the country
and the steady advance of all property
which lies on the boundaries Of the
city. Here 10 unimproved land almost
If not quite two miles from the post
office, In what Is considered an unde.
sirsble part of the city, bringing an
average of over 5000 an acre. Five
years ago General Lowe would un.
doubtedly have considered himself
fortunate II he could have secured a
third OF that sum.
The daily record of real estate trans.
fers shows that property In every part
CT our city Is firmly advancing. If
1t needs only q ride on the outskirts
Of town to show why this Is the case.
Our people are buying to build, not
for speculation, The insatiate de.
mand for smell dwellings Is stimulat.
Ing the purchase Of lots in the add.
tions and forcing the erection of hun.
dreds of three, FIVE and seven room
dwellings.
These are the true indices of the
growth of a city. The handsome
residences of the rich may indicate
the accumulation of individual riches
in a community, but the construction
Of the small cottage In large numbers
evidences the distribution of wealth
among the many ana the prosperity
Of that class whose toll alone creates
wealth for all classes.
The workingman who owns hi.
own home does rot alone benefit him.
self and family through Its posses-
sion. He becomes at once more Of q
factor In the prosperity of the city
In which he lives. As a householder
and q taxpayer, he 10 naturally more
watchful of its interests; and as o
man who has taken the first step
towards financial independence, he
receives q new stimulus towards In
dustry, sobriety and obedience to the
laws which he looks to for the protec-
tion OF his property.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-14
TIE ARMY.
RECENT ORDERS.

WASHINGTON, May 10.-The super.
Intendent Of the general recruiting
service has been ordered to forward
fifty recruits a. soon as practicable,
under proper charge, to Fort D. A.
Russell, Wyoming territory, for assign
ment to the Seventh infantry; also
forty recruits to San Antonio for as
signment to the Eighth cavalry.
Leave of absence for six months on
surgeons certificate Of disability, with
permission to leave the military divis-
lon of Missouri, is granted Second
Lieutenant John T. Barnet, of the
Fifth cavalry.
The une1pirediportionBof the leave
of abser ce granted Capt. Argalus G.
H~ennissee, Eighth cavalry, April 10
Is cancelled.
Leave of absence for six months,
with permission to go beyond the sea,
to take effect about June l, Is grant
ed Captain Frank w. Hess, Third
artillery.
Second Lieutenant James A, HUI
ton, Eighth infantry, Is detailed as
professor of military science and tao.
tics at the University of California.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-14
The following was adopted:

RESOLVED, That the county treasurer
Is hereby directed to cancel the assess.
ment on description as follows: Soc.
ton IL, 10, loon account of double
assessment.
RESOLVED, That the county trea.
surer be and IL hereby directed to Jan.
Gel the taxes or lots 6, 7, and 8, block
D, Omaha, for the years A.. d. 1877
and 1873, on account of same being
city property at that date, as per re.
commentator of the Judiciary com.
mittee ofthe city council.
The following we're allowed: Gen.
ersl fund.- l.. Shane, services as
supt. of new court house for April and
May, $500; L B. Grady, professional
services, $3.50; s. B. Knight, cash ex,
pended, $40; Dr.. Carter, professional
services, $50; B. & M. R R ticket
for poor, So; Bolliu & Solver, garden
seed, 500. 70; Dierks & Anderson,
-four, etc 81 80; j. II. 'Spetmsn,
groceries for poor, $4.25.
Bridge fund.-. o. Pamp, work
for county, $l2.25. Adjourned to 12.h
Inst. JOHN banner, County Clerk.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-14
Wanted, an Exchange.
Cinclnna Gazttte.

Cinclnnai Gazette.
A country merchant visited the city
a few days ago, aud pu'cased from a
dollar store q table caster, which he
took home with him, and tfter putting
q tag on 1t marked GA made a pres-
ent of it to q Methodist preacher whose
church his family attended. The rev.
erend gentleman took the package
homo, opened 1t and examined Its con
tents. The next day he took the cas-
ter with the tag attsched) back to the
grocery man, and said to him: II am
too poor In this worlds goods to afford
to display go valuable a caster on my
table, and II you have no objection, l
should like to return 1t and take $14
worth Of groceries in Its stead" The
mer ,hant could do nothing but acqui-
esce, but fancy his feelings.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-14
THE DADS OF DOUGLAS,
Chief Engineer COrlisS Condo ms
the North Omaha Sewer,
And tbs Commissioners De-
eide to Bridge It.

SATURDAY, May IL, 1883 B 'ard
met pursuant to adjournment. Pres.
ent, Corllss, Knight and O'Keefe.
b. Bierbach was granted license to
sell liquor at Willard for the term of
three months from May 10, 1883. and
bond approved. Also, FL. A. Nolte,
at Elkhorn station, for ak months
from May IL, 1888, and bond ap
proved.
THE following resolutions were then
adopted:
RESOLVED, Tast the county treas-
urer be and hereby is authorized to re-.
cetve Delinquent taxes on lots In block
"a. Florence, without interest, pro.
vid I'd the entire block Ia closed up.
REsoLvED, That the county treas
urer be and he is hereby directed to
reduce the Valuation IN lot 20, Red.
ick's 2nd addition, from $3.50 to 800
for 1882.
To the Board II OF County Commis %sioners;
GENTLEMEN:-Owing to the acci-
dent to the sewer on the North Oma.
ha creek, my attention has been cal.
led to the ~incspscity of ewers built
and being built In Omaha, and more
especially to the one over the North
Omaha creek. Upon investigation I
find water marks recorded by reliable
cltizsns who have lived on said creek
for the last fifteen years, which chow
the water to have been at least four
feet higher than 1t was at the time of
this accident, and when the creek was
unobstructed.
I would call your attention to the
sewer built on q branch Of this same
creek across FArnam street, a four
foot sewer, where the water shed CAL.
not be one.twentieth what 1t Is where
the present sewer Ia built, and 1t shows
that the water raised four feet above
the sewer, which, In my estimation,
ought to convince the city council that
the present sewer Is inadequate to
meet the demands. I am no engineer
and do not wish to criticise, but II a
brother granger should come along,
and l do not care If he came from
Ohio, and say he could put my half
bushel Into a peck measure l should
disagree with him. And now, owing
to the aboye facts, as a taxpayer and
citizen, / offer the following resolution
RESOLVED, That the county commits.
siorers do hereby cancel the contract
with Stephen Robinson, and leave the
Sixteenth street bridge where 1t now
stauds. + w. CoRLIss.
The following accounts were
allowed from the
General Fund: j. V. Welsh, pota.
toes for poor house, $40 80; M. Rog.
ers, lawn sprinkler for county 70 cts
A. Jones, groceries for poor, $40. 90
j. II. McShsne, livery for county
court sc; d II. Miller, court fees to
Ma Z, $42 %; d. N. Miller, conver'
Ing insane to Lincoln, $43. 40; Jas
Russell, witness fee, 81; j. johnson,
witness fec, $40; j. Banner, cash ex
pended, $40 80.
Bridge Fonda. G. Stevenson,
work on bridge SIS; w. Taylor, work
on bridge, 50; J. Nj. Robson, work on
bridge, SS4. 80.
Road Fund-H S. Ludington, mott
flying men. 1882, So; A. c. Sutphen,
work on road, $5l 7e,
Adjourned to l4th inst.
JOHN banner,
County Clerk.
FRIDAY, May IL.
d The boardimet pursuant to adjourn
ment.
Present - Commissioners Corliss,
Knight and O'Keefe,
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-14
THE BEE AND THE OPERA
HOUSE.

The Republican says that the BEE
Is slurring the opera house because
Manager Boyd refuses to pay "black-
mailing prices for advertising"
The BEE has not, slurred the opera
house unless o steady refusal to puff
poor shows can DO distorted into slurs.
When 1t has seen anything to com.
mend, either in the opera house or Its
manager, 1t has not hesitated to CON.
mend 1t.
But 1t has not and 1t will not In the
future, insult the Intelligence Of Its
readers by indlsorlminate puffery
Of snide entertainments nor will 1t
permit the use of Its local columns for
tho publication of advance notices of
any travelling troupe on any other
basis than that of paid advertisements.
SO far as the refusal of Manager
Boyd to pay ''blaokmailing prices for
advertising Is concerned" no one
knows the truth or falsity of the
charge better than Manager Boyd.
The charges for space In our columns
are the same to the owner Of the
opera house that they are to any other
commercial enterprise, no more and
no less.
Free passes to shows will not pay
printing bills In this Office. THE BEE
is the only newspaper establishment
In Omaha where they will not.
This may not suit the views Of
Manager Boyd, but 1t Is business.
Since the opening of the present year
no employee of TRE BEE has been al.
lowed to accept "the courtesy" Of the
opera house. If any have accepted 1t
they have done so against our positive
orders.
If this Is "blaokmaillng," THE BEE
Is q determined "blackmailer."
We have only one rule for business
transacted with our establishment.
We pay in cash for what we get, and
expect our patrons to do the same.
Our advertising rates are open, and
printed. We have no secret rates.
If Manager Boyd wishes to use our
columns on this basis he Is welcome to
them. If he thinks 1t will not pay
him to do 80, he must let them alone.
In either case we shall be entirely sat
isied. But of one thing he may be
certain; he cannot fix the prices or
our staple commodity any more than
any outsider can fix the price OF seats
In the opera house.
And, whether no pAtronizss us Of
not, we shall hold ourselves at perfect
liberty to critiolse according to u un
blaOed judgment, both the manage
ment of the opera house and the per
formances of the troupes which hold
place upon Its stage. If this be "blsck
mall" Manager Boyd should make tn,
most of 1t.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-14
THE IL0Es CASE.

A dispatch from Washington says
that the resignation of Lieut.. Col.
Guide Ilges to take effect Immediately
has been received at the war depart.
ment. Within three or four days at
the farthest We shall hear that Col.
Ilges has been honorably retired from
the service on his own application.
Col. Ilges has been q gallant officer
of long service, but on his own
confession he Is . swindler. 1t is q
notorious fact that he has more than
once been accused Of drawing his pay
from the government twice over. Be
Ing detected In the offense he hands In
his resignation dated a year ahead and
Asks for Its acceptance In order to save
. court martial and disgrace. And
now the secretary of war informs Col.
Ilges that his resignation will be &C.
ospted II rendered to take effect i'm.
mediateiy, but that otherwise he will
be tried by court martial.
Commenting on the above the New
York Sun SAYS:
1t must seem to honest men,
whether they are In the army or In
civil life, very remarkable, and very
~discreditable both to the secretary OF
war and to Col. Ilges. Here Is an off
Ger Of high rank, who is accused OF
swindling the government by drawing
his pay twice over, Instead of meet.
Ing the disgrsoeful charge he resigns
from tho army, dating his resignation
ahead. Instead Of ordering him to be
tried for the alleged offence the secre.
tary OF war promises to let him off II
he will leave the service at once.
BY the publication of the facts from
the war department Col. Ilges Is put
In an Infamous position, but In pub
fishing them Secretary Lincoln exhib'
Its himself In a very bad light also
If Col. Ilges Is innocent, of course he
must demand a trial. II he avoids
such an investigation by resigning, he
substantially confesses his guilt. Il
the secretary of war accepts the resig-
nation, which 10 tantamount to a con
f~ession, he practically holds that the
swindling of the government by an Of
fcer Of the army IL an offense Of suct
minor consequence that the orimina
L. sufficiently punished by being al
lowed to retire voluntarily from thu
army ct short notice.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-14

asrstsor supposes that the Fourth
ward ASSESSOR has attended to the
buaineas and noglect1 to leave the
necessary blanks or to ask the usual
q7sstiOns. Tho consequence Is that
the property entirely escapes assess.
ment. There ought to be uniformity
Ia this matter of assessing personal
property. As 1t Is, several hundred
thousand dollars a year of this class Of
property entirely evades assessment.
THE BEE calls the attention of asses
sors to the subject In the hope Of
stimulating a reform.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-14

find a building q large wholesale dry
goods firm would at once locate here.
The trouble Is that We have 30 few
business houses TO rent. This, Of
course, shows q favorable state Of
trade, but II hurts us with large
dealers who are looking for Immediate
locations"
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-14

THE Detroit Free Press says that
Omaha wonders why she can't produce
o great actor or poet, and then turns
around q tells of a citizen falling
beneath a wagon loaded with two tons
of stone and having q wheel pass over
his head without cracking his head
As long as the present rapid rate of
immigration from Michigan to Omaha
continues such accidents will happen.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-14

The principle of law that personal
property follows the person of the
owner within the jurisdiction where
1t lies la being taken advantage Of by
some Of our merchants to escape
assessment. For instance, a business
man whose store Is located In the
Fourth ward, but who lives In the
Sixth informs the Fourth ward asses
O that he 10 to be assessed In the
Sixth ward on his merchandise and
other valuAbles. The Sixth ward
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-14

Mrs. FAIR has been awarded q de-
cree Of divorce from Senator Fair,
with alimony of 81. 250, 0o0, the San
Francisco residence and the custody
OF her three children. The senator
made no defense, declaring that his
wife's name should not be dragged
into print through any publicity of the
scandal. Mr.. Fair Is for fair play and
no favors.