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Omaha daily bee., 1883-12-13
FADED FLOWERS.
a Mussy Muss-An Enraged Woman
With ian Axc-Threats to XIII
and Clouds of Cuss Words.

Monsieur and Madame lie Fleur,
whose names for a long time have been
associated with various sensational chap
tiers about "the dug.out," have changed
their residence onto lower Broadway,
where the madame has started a laundry.
She recently employed as help a woman
named Maggie Mcbride, who has been
living in Omaha, working at various ho-
tells. Tuesday there appeared on the
scene a fellow giving his name as Hyde,
who claimed that the Mcbride woman
was his afiianced and he wanted to get
her away from such a house. He abused
the house and Madame lie Fleur in turn
abused him, as she has one of those
tongues which is hung in the middle and
ways at both ends. AS a finale to the
controversy it is claimed that the madame
raised al axe and made for Hyde with
the intention then and there of laying
him out in his own gore. He hurried
off and got Constable Fox, who returned
with him, and another stormy session
followed, but Madame LIE Fleur was
arrested for threatening to kill and she
in turn preferred charges against Hyde
for disturbing the peace. Her examina-
ton was had yesterday before Justice
Schurz and resulted in her discharge, the
evidence showing that it was a dirty sort
of a row for all concerned.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-12-13
CLOSE CLOSETED.
A Youthful Sneak Thief Captured BY
Women,
They Lock Him Up and Send For the
Police.

There was a little bit of a sensation at
the residence of j. l., Forman, on upper
Pierce street yesterday morning, reveal
ing the fact that though the womanly
heart may flutter at a mouse, it is liable
to steadily beat with righteous indigna-
ton at the sight of a sneak thief or a
burglar. Soon after the male parties Of
the family had started for business yes
terday morning, the women discovered
a man upstairs. There were Mrs. For.
man, Mrs. Clay Forman, the two Misses
Forman, and a lady visitor at the house,
and instead of going into Mysteries, or
climbing up onto the chairs and tables,
they proceeded to surround the young
mar and forced him into a
closet and shut the door. Then having
him thus imprisoned theysent for the men
folks and the police, and the fellow was
taken to headquarters, where a charge of
burglary was entered against him. He
waived examination, was taken down to
Jail and now the grand jury will con-
slider his case. He gave his name as
Jack Williams, and was very reticent
about his previous record or whereabouts.
When asked what he was doing in the
house he simply said that he was look
ing over the house with a view of rent
ing it, a very fimsy excuse indeed. No
property was found on his person, and
no ~valuables have been missed from the
house.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-12-13
City Council.

The city council held a meeting last
night and decided to invite Mr.. Will
liama, of Chicago, an engineer, to visit
the city for the purpose of reporting a
practical system of sewerage as suggested
by the board of trade.
Alderman James presented a resolu-
tion for paving Broadway from Third to
Eleventh, also for paving Main street
from Broadway to Sixteenth avenue, and
Oakland avenue from the cemetery to
Washington avenue. Adopted.
A committee of the board of trade
presented to the council two bills which
they desire the coming legislature to
pass. The first is for sewerage and the
second for the issue of improvement
bonds. Referred to appropriate CON-
mittees.
Adjourned.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-12-13
PERSONAL.

"A Persia party, consisting of Joseph Sid.
don, w. ID. Ballard, III. w. Chapman and
r.. M. Gibson. were at the Pacific yesterday.
They We're called here as witnesses In some
case at court.
DIR. Paulson is making ready for another
trip to California, and expects this time to
buy a big peach orchard.
Postmaster Elmer Stone, of Sioux CITY. was
In the city yesterday.
Misses Carrie Rigelman and arrie Doctor
of Des Moines, are in town, visiting Mrs. II.
Friedman.
William Richmond, Of Richmond Bros. /,
happy over the arrival Of a little dame at hi,
freside.
ID. II. Huntson, Of Earling, Ia, was in tn,
city yesterday.
San. X. Drury, of Lincoln, was at the Pa
cifc yesterday. aM
Tom J.. Whitehille and Tom J.. Sharp. o
clarinda, were two tones at the Ogden yes
terday.
II. II. Whitaker, of Clarinda, Iowa, wa
at the Pacific yesterday.
A. c. Burnham, of Champagne, ILL.,, is Il
the city looking after his interest In the firm
OF Burnham, Tulleys 4 Co.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-12-13
Real Estate Transfers,

The following deco. were filed for re.
cord in the recorders office, December
IL, reported for the BEE by P. j.. Nc.
Mahon, real estate agent:
II. Holt Easley to John Leytham, swl
SCI and SCI swl, 81, ", $4,000.
Henry Vincent to Nelf Peterson, nwl
sw and mel swl, 20. n, 43-S1,5OO
Samuel Smith to Albert Nordyke, S.
sci, 4, "A, 39-S1,975.
Frank Grover to Henry Howe. par,
nwi sci, 3, "a, 41-$225. G3.
Robert Wiley to George Beddington,
part lot 167, original plat-S20O.
+. II. Bliss to George Beddipgton, LOT
2, block 4, Halls odd-$95O.
Total sales, 81, $50. 90.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-12-13
WOLVES BY THE WAYSIDE,
"A Grand Chance for a Hunt for
Sportsinen and Hounds.

Deputy Sheriff McFadden had occasion
to go out in the country Tuesday to sub
p@na some witnesses, and on his return
late at night he was somewhat surprised
on reaching a place in the road near the
Knots farm, by the city limits, to have
his horse suddenly stopand stand shaking
with evident fear. McFadden himself
soon had occasion to feel somewhat of
tho same trembling, for there, a short
distance in front of him, stood three
lank, ga~unt-looking wolves. He yelled
at them, and they moved slowly to one
side of the road, while he, thankful for
this much consideration on their part,
put the whip to his horse and lost no
time IN getting into the city. 1t is sug-
gested that there is an excellent chance
for a wolf hunt, and as there are several
good hounds in the city, and some crack
shots who would delight in the sport,
they should join in a wolf hunt, and rid
tie country of the hungry trio, as from
reports it appears that they have been
feasting off pigs, chickens, etc, to the
great annoyance of the farmers in the
outskirts of the town.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-12-13

everything was ready for the start last
night, but it wa discovered yesterday
afternoon hat the boiler of the engine
which was to furnish power to drive the
dynamo machine was out of order, leak
ing, and not in a safe condition to use.
Men were at once put at work on it, and
will be kept at work day and night until
hat is fixed. Whether there are obsta-
cles yet to cause delay remains to be
seen, but there appears now no reason
why as soon as this is attended to the
lights should not start, as the circuit has
been tested and found complete, and the
are already in place, and every
thing else ready for actual work.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-12-13
TO A OR MOI TO PAY.
Can tie Council Assess II Cost of
Grading Streets to the Ada
cent Property?

Yesterday morning in the district
court the case of Beecroft VS.. the city
was called up, and argued before Judge
Reed. This case, involving as it does,
the question of the right of the city to as
sess the cost of filling streets to the adj
jacent property, naturally interests all
citizens, and the arguments were listen
cd to with close attention by quite an
audience. G. r. Scott, who appeared
for Mr.. Beecroft, took the ground that if
a street had been ordered paved, then
the adjacent property wne could be
made to bear the expense of filling up
the street to receive the paving, and
to be assessed with the paving also, but
the mere filling of the street, with no
order for pavement, must be paid for out
of the general fund, and could not be
made a special tax on the adjacent prop
erty. The orders passed by the council
directed that the streets shall be brought
to grade preparatory to being paved"
This he denounced as a cheat and q fraud,
for there was no evidence that the CITY
contemplated ever paving the streets this
ordered fitted. There was no expecta-
ton OF ever paving many of these streets.
There must be, in his opinion, an order
for the street to be paved
before the city could make the
owners of the AUDITING property
fill the street up to grade at their own
expense. He cited numerous autheri-
ties, aud discussed some close questions
of law, but this was the chief burden of
the argument,
City Attorney Mayne, on the other
hand, agreed in the most part with the
statement of law that the ordinary filing
up of a street must be paid for out Of
the general fund, and hat the only way
to assess it up to the abutting property
was when the paving wa to be done, but
he claimed that the papers in the case
showed that the work was preparatory
to paving" and the court could not infer
that the city did not intend to pave. He
claimed that the work could be done in
sections. That the filing could be or
dered this year and the paving next year.
and there was nothing in the case which
showed but what the city had already
entered into contract for having the
streets paved. The case was closely
argued, and as many authorities were
cited and many lesser questions raised,
the court will probably be several DAYS
in reaching n decision.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-12-13
The Brakemnn's Wcapon.

A young man, who arrived last even
ing on a Northwestern train. got into an
alteration at the depot with a brakeman,
and, in the fight following, the young
received some bad wounds on the
head. He claims that the brakeman
struck him with a coupling pin. He was
taken to the Metropolitan hotel and
cared for. The cause of the trouble is
unknown, The young man is very re-
ticent about the affair, and no arrests
have been made.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-12-13
A LEAKY BOILER.
ihat Ii Now the Cause OF Delay In
Ia Electric Light.

By this time the people Of Council
Bluffs must be pretty well satifed that
there is much delay in starting any sort
of a public enterprise. The waterworks
have been delayed by various obstacles,
tho Q government building has been
delayed, paving is still a matter of talk
and planning, and the electric light,
which it was expected would start up
last week, has met with its obstacles
causing delay. 1t was supposed that
Omaha daily bee., 1883-12-13
THE NEW DYEWORKS.

F. r. Hurlburt has opened, at No. "a
Pearl street, a steam dying and French
dry cleaning works. Plumes and tips,
v~elvets, silks, %satins, gents clothing,
merchants shelf worn goods, all made as
good as new.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-12-13
A Kcokuk Business Matter.
Disnatcb 10 Tue ppv

CARSON, Ia, December ~12.-Irwin,
Phillips a Co., Of Keokuk, and Edward
Cate, of Anita, took possession of the
general merchandise stock of Frank Cate,
under a chattel mortgage for 81, 100
each. The total liabilities are about
5000, while the assets are not over
$4,000. II looks az though some of the
creditors were badly left
Omaha daily bee., 1883-12-13
FOUR BEAUTIFUL CARDS

New designs, never before published.
viii please any person. Sent free OH
receipt OF 20 stamp to every reader of
the OMAHA BEE. Address Samuel Car
ter, 30 Park place, New York. me&wtf.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-12-13

Mrs. M. Carroll, fashionable dress
making, cutting and fitting a specially.
Apprentices wanted. No. 726 First
avenue, up stairs.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-12-13
Horsford's Acid Phosphate.
For overworked Professional Me,

DR.. CHAs. Il. MITCHELL, Canandaigua,
N. Y, says: 81 think it agreat restorer
of brain force or nervous energy"
Omaha daily bee., 1883-12-13

Six per cent city and farm loans. s. w
81 Co., 80 Pearl st. mw&
Omaha daily bee., 1883-12-13

Diptheria is prevalent. Use DIR. jeff.
ries' Council Bluffs preventive and
cure, or buy a coffin. "You pay your
money and take your choice.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-12-13
COMMERCIAL,

COUNCIL BLUFFS MARKEr.
Wheat-No. 2 spring, zoe; No. 3, Coo; re-
jected, Doc; good demand.
Controllers are paying SEC for old corr
and 25c for new.
Oats-In good demand at zoe
Hay OO@6 90 per ton; 50c per bale.
Rye-10c; light supply.
Corn Neal % per 100 pounds.
Wood-Good supply; prices at yards, . 00@.
Coal-Deliyored, hard, IL so per ton; soft,
g 90 per ton7
Butter-plenty and in fair demand at zoe;
creamery, SOC.
Eggs-Neady sale at zoe per dozen.
Lard-Fairbank's, wholesaling at lie.
Poultry-Firln; dealers are paying fos
chickens Ice; live, 2 80 per dozen.
Vegetables Potatoes, SOC; onions, 40c; cab
bages, SOgiOc per dozen; apples, SOO@S so
per barrel,
Flour-City -four, l 6O43 40.
Brooms-2 0093 90 per doz.
LIVE STOCK.
Cattle-30 0@3 so; calves, 8 O0@7 so.
Hogs-Local packers have commenced buy
ing now aud there is a good demand for ali
grades at 4 3j@i 80.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-10-26
Men Who should Marry Cooks.
Cincinnati ENQUIRER.


The loves of superintendent men being
beyond their own ken, are, as a matter Of
course, beyond the ken of others. A COM
monplace, matter-of-fact girl, sensible girl,
an intelligent girl-in fact, any thing reason
able-does not suit them. The reason is they
understand her, and what such men under
stand loses to them that great charm of nov
city. But let a girl-woman, laughing one
moment, crying the next, very industrious
for an instant, forgetting all about the in
dustry in another instant; loving her dog,
hating her dog; starting to sing and ending
by crying; kind and loving in tie morning,
cruel and hateful in the afternoons being
that is always a novelty to them-these are
the ones they love. Beings that can never
understand them, that can never help them,
and that always make their life great bur-
den Of joy and misery, and yet these are the
beings they marry. Occasionally, when one
of them accidentally marries a matter-of-
fact woman, he is surprised at his content
and comfort, and so are his colleagues, but
they do not learn the lesson. They go on in
the same old rut, marrying the butterflies.
These are the men who should marry cooks.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-10-26
sire us to make the improvement. Yeas


4, nays O.
Pursuant to due notice and the adjourn
ment Hereunder the matter of making
and completing the assessment for grad
ing Wallace street from Maple street to
Earl street came up and upon motion the
same was duly completed and the Clerk
directed to give the confirmation notice.
Pursuant to due notice and the adjourn
ment Hereunder the matter of making
and completing the assessment far grad
ing Bedford street from Minnehaha street
to North street and Decatur street from
Bedford street to Preble street came up
and after hearing all persons present in
terested, upon motion the same was duly
completed and the Clerk was directed to
give the confirmation notice.
Pursuant to due notice and the adjourn
ment Hereunder in the matter of making
and completing the assessment for grad
ing Elm street from Wilkin street to the
right of way of tie Chicago, Milwaukee
and st. Paul railway company came up
and upon motion the same was duly COM
pleted and the Clerk directed to give the
confirmation notice.
The following estimates were examined
and allowed to-wit:
Estimate No. 6, Wabashaw street paw
ing, A. b. Perkins contractor, amount due,
$l,7OO.
Estimate No. 8, Seventh street paving,
j. ]. Palmer contractor, amount due,
$1,000.
Adjourned.
JOHN HARRINGTON, President.
R. L. GoRMAN, Clerk Board Public Works.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-10-26
The way to Cook Oysters.
WASHINGTON Republican,


The oyster is eaten in variety of styles.
He will be eaten to-day fried, broiled, stewed,
steamed, scalioped, and raw. Some people
in Chicago eat them picked No matter.
Chicago is young yet and will learn after a
while. So wealthy and enterprising city
can not remain forever uncivilized. The best
way to eat oysters is the old-fashioned Nary.
land stew. Shuck your oysters, and on pain
of death, let not drop of water or milk
touch them. Let them repose for few mo-
ments in their own liquid, while you cut up
very small quantity of raw, new bacon, with
a shred here and there Of lean with it, About
an ounce of bacon to a quart OF oysters.
Ham is not the best, neitheris mddling; good,
new shoulder is the article Put the bacon
in a frying-pan and heat rapidly over a Wig
orously burning fire. When the bacon is
done to crisp pour in the oysters Stew for
two minutes and a half or three, no longer.
Pepper to suit taste while stewing. If the
oysters are good saltwater bivalves, they
need no salt. Then pour out and eat; thank
God you live in land whe:e the art of cook
ing oysters properly is not wholly lost If
you cat oysters cooked in this style you will
never eat them in any OF tier if you can
holm If
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-10-26
Flaxseed as q Medicine.
[San Francisco Scientific Press

l.
No household in the country should ever be
without supply of flaxseed, both whole and
ground; for there is scarcely any thing
which can be used with greater success by
the amateur physician. At least half Of the
ailments of little children may, be traced to
cold, or to some disturbance of the digestive
organs; and in either of these cases a faxseed-
poultice is sovereign remedy.
Pour boiling water on the ground fiaxseed,
stirring briskly at the same time, till it is the
conscience Of mush; then put it into a fam
mel bag previously prepared. apply it as hot
as it can be borne, and cover with several
folds of flannel. Let it remain until it begins
to cool, when it may be replaced by an
other. In cases of cold on the chest, hoarse-
ness and cough, it often acts like a
charm, and also in attacks of diarrhoea, and
pain in the bowels. l have seen little child
screaming in agony, relieved in few mo-
ments by this safe household remedy, falling
into quiet Sleep and awakening the next
morning quite well. Its great recommended
ton is, that it can do no harm, even if it
should fail to do good, which is more than
can be said OF many nostrums confidently
prescribed for family USE
Flaxseed tea, if properly made, is excellent
Tor colds and coughs, and is pleasant enough
to necessitate no coaXing of the little on es.
Put two tablespoonful of the seed into a
quart of cold water, set it over the fire, and,
when it begins to boil, allow it two minutes
by the clock. Then strain, add the Juice of
a lemon, and white sugar to taste. Keep it
on the back Of the stove where it will be
warm, and give winegIassful 1T short in
for
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-10-26
HOW THE BANDIT LOOKS.
A Clever Sketch OF Frank James as
He Appeared in the GaIlatin Court.

lAtchison, (ky) Champion.1
1t was remarkable figure through out.
Quite slender, emaciated in fact; with long
arms and legs, and a slender waist, convey
ing, one would say rather the idea of pro-
fessional man; but the face was one among
10000, and one never to be forgotten-long,
thin, worn, not with disease, but watchful-
ness, long travel, suspicion and anxiety; with
restless, thin-hpped mouth, that never was
still; short, sharp chin that rose and fell,
and occasionally seemed to close up
and almost disappear under the thin,
sickly looking, yellowish mustache,
so that mustache, lips and chin
were blended in one Gray eyes, with
changing shades, that betrayed various feel
ings, but never kindness; and most remark
able of all, long, large nose that dominated
over his face; not a Jewish, nor Roman,
nor Greek nose, but q nose by itself, not
exactly human; nose like a fox or wolf.
Straight back, sloping at an angle, almost as
great as that Of the nose, was forehead,
smooth, white, and broad, which had it been
upright, would have been fine feature. but
it hay down, so to speak, after the cruel
fashion one sees in cats, leopards, tigers,
wolves, and the baser and crueler sorts Of
carnivorous animals Across the forehead
was a long, thread-like-scar perceptible
only On close inspection, and said to have
been made in childhood. There was, to make
the face more singular, deep depressions be-
low the temples The mass of rather small
head was behind and above the ears, but not
Immediately behind them, so as to give the
thick. neck common in the lower order of
criminals: on the other hanl, the neck was
long, slender and sinewy, and quite fair, and
displayed By turning collar. The COM
plexion was hard TO describe; it was doubt
less bleached by confinement, and might be-
come bronzed by exposure in the sun. The
thin, fine brown hair and the color of the
nustache indicated a blonde; there were
duslly spots, as if the man had a black skin
dirnly showing through white one.
The face was one to be studied, and studied
again, and might then tell very little. His &C.
cupation, for instance, could hardly be
guessed. 4 half-dozen suggested themselves
to the writer, and were discarded. But, what
ever they were, the idea of dishonor, treach-
cry and wickedness was associated with each.
A confidence man; a sneak gambler Ito which
the long, slender fingers gave evidence), @
wandering dentist, using chloroform to de-
bauch his female patrons; an intermittent
schoolmaster of limited education and villain
GUS tendencies; shower of counterfeit money,
but rot maker of it; clerical dead beat.
There was nothing bold or brave or manly
or open, about the face; nothing Of the hero,
even Of the cheapest sort, about it. And yet,
when the singular combination of mouth,
nose, Tnustache and chin. of which we have
spoken, took place, a shadow Of Internal
cruelty stole over the whole countenance, to
the roots Of the hair and the edges of the
ears
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-10-26
How City People Economic House
Room.
TChicago Herald.

[Chicago Herald.1
The exorbitant rents of the last few years
have driven people into flats and boarding
houses, where, Br the sake of economy, they
are struggled into some very small quarters.
Here they are glad enough to take the French
life of long ago as a criterion, and here it is
that the movable screen has such prominent
position. In a French fat, dozens Of which
are being built in our city every year, a small
family will undertake and positively succeed
in living as snug as Alice Cary's bugs in a
basket, in three or four rooms. More room
is out of the question, for the fact that the
rent pays for heat IN furnace and range,
Light, hot water, elevator and telephone pre-
Guides any pretext for grumbling. Side
ooards, basins, dressing ozses anu mirrors
are stationary, and the kitchen is so vel
furnished with closets and cupboards that
when Bridget is dismissed for the night the
room is most desirable sitting apartment.
deserves also for dining room, as three
panel screen Of cretonne, canton flannel or
good quality Of wall paper shuts OFF the stove
and all the Pots, kettles, and carving boards
used in preparing the meal.
Perhaps the handsomest piece Of furniture
in the parlor is the folding bed, with its
broad front Of plate glass, and, with the as
sistanoe of handsome big screen the head
~ the house. or. indeed. anv member of the