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Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-01
DR.. West, Dentist, Ia Pearl stree
A Poor Time to CAST Of a Line.

A Poor Time to CAST Off a Line.
San Francisco Call.
The steamship NewOrleans had been
attached for 500, 900, and lay moored
at the old long wharf. Captain Ned
Wakeman, who had been tho hero of
more than n ~escapsde in running
steamers off under q sheriffs nose
the most notable one being In New
York harbor-itched to get away with
the New Orleans, and, once on blue
water, snap his fingers at all SHERIFF.
and their legal processes. Sheriff
John @. Hays was wary. Sixty fvc
thousand dollars was at stake, and II
stood him In hand to keep his eyes
open. One evening q messenger came
running to his office, out of breath, anc
said:
"Something wrong going on at th'
wharf, colonel"
"What about2"
"The Orleans. Steam's up. 1t lock
to mo as II she was going to make
trip"
1t did not take many moments TO,
the sheriff to reach the scene, wher,
he found q sailor meddling with tn,
moorings.
"Let that alone," commanded tn,
colonel.
"Who are you2" asked the sailor.
sim the sheriff of the county. &c
away from there as quick as you can.
The sailor reported the state of af-
fairs to Capt. Wskemsn who though
he could do what the seaman failed t,
accomplish. He came forward for tn
purpose.
"Wakeman, said the sheriff slowly
"you must let that line remain wher
1t is."
"Suppose I choose to cast 1t of
what then7"
II will kill you," returned tn
sheriff in q low tone and the sam
even voice, but there was no mistak
Ing the look In his eyes.
The two men--Greek Joined Gree
about equally matched In resolutio,
and daring, looked steadily In eac,
others face for about a minute
Wakeman with his hand on the haw
ser, and the. sheriff with bis on tn
butt of his pistol.
II believe you would, by -!
said the captain at last. The steame
remained ut the wharf.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-01
rrE DALI, BEE -ooUNu.L BLUFFS IOWA FIR DAY JUNE |
A new TRICK.
A Woman Arrested for Being in
the Confidence Business.
A Denver Lady Is the Victim.

Another confidence trick was turned
at the Union Pacific depot yesterday.
There is nothing particularly startling
or new In that fact alone, but the new
feature of the a 8 Is that the victim
was a woman, and the woman who
turned the trick was Q woman, too.
If the women are going into the bust
ness, then there will be much mis-.
chief to pay. The victim is a very
pleasant appearing lady, named Mrs.
Buntson, who was On route to her
home 10 Denver, having been on q
trip east, accompanied by her little
daughter. At the Union Pacific de.
pot here che fell In conversation with
another woman, and the two started
to walk along down towards
the Deovers' hotel, just as the male
copfidencer and victim have done be-.
fore. On the way they met o man,
who demanded of the confidence
woman some money, saying he had
got the goods. After some talk tho
victim was Induced to lend the other
woman $50 taking a check of $500 for
security. The confidence female
walked back toward the depot with
the man to see about the goods, lesv.
Ing the Denver lady to walk along
slowly until overtaken. 1t did not
take long for the victim to have her
suspicious aroused, and soon con.
firmed, that che had been awiLd,ed.
She secured the services Of
the police, and In company
with Officer Mullen started In search
Of the swindlera. They soon
got track of the supposed confidence
woman, though dressed In different
clothes, having apparently changed
her dress. The Denver lady identified
her, and had the officer arrest her.
On being taken to the police station
the woman gave her name as Mrs.
Susan Mclaughlin, aud claimed to be
entirely innocent of any knowledge of
the transaction in any respect. She
was stout In her assertion that 1t was
Q case of mistaken identity.
The check on which the money was
borrowed was very bunglingly filed
out. 1t was dated Topeka, April ~,
1882, and was drawn on the Frat
National Bank Of Topeka, In favor of
Mrs. Mary K. Wells, or bearer, for
1852, and aligned Oscar B. Manewell,
Sec'y." The number Of the check
was IA 487, and 1t was endorsed,
"Mrs. Mary e Wells, oountersigned
and registered April 81, 1882"
Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-01
MINOR MENTION.

See Joseph Reiter's spring styles.
Additional local on seventh page.
The Missouri Is In declining health.
To rent-3 1876 High School avenue;
IS per month.
The board of equalization meets
tonight for q final hearing,
The mason work Of McClurg's
new cracker factory has commenced.
The Bluff City hose cart got slight
ly damaged In runningto the Churchill
fire.
Permit to wed was yesterday grant
ed to Samuel Fabs to Mary Lesnna
Staten, both of Crescent.
A grand Fourth of July barbecue
Is being arranged to take place on the
farm of Edward Burbridge, In Boone
township.
Another death by a falling bluff
will 500 have to be chronicled, II
more care Is not taken In the work OF
e%xcavating.
Prof. Slattery, of the st. Joseph's
Academy, received the sad intelli-
gence yesterday of the death of his
brother In S.. Louis.
Rav. Mr.. Rogers is expected to fill
the Congregational pulpit next Sun.
day, the pastor, Rev. Mr.. Hamlin,
being absent from the city.
Juliet Severance, M. D., Of Mil.
waukee, will lecture on Bp~irltualism In
Spiritual hall on June 18th. Subject,
"This World aud the Next"
For all sorts OF fine commercial
printing call at Pryor's BEE job print
Ing Office, No. z Pearl street. Neu
type, new presses, --latest styles, best
work, reasonable prices.
There is to be quite q delegation
from here to attend the Saengerfest
to be held at st. Joseph, June 14th tt
18th. They have engaged the Har-
mony band to 90 with them.
THE BEE IL the only Council Bluff
paper which has enterprise enough I,
have Q representative at the Atlsnti
races to send the news, which tn
Others greedily copy.
There was q slight smash.up at tn
Northwestern depot yesterday,
freight car colllding with q pile driver
The wreck delayed travel on Broad
way q little, but 1t wal soon dragge,
ont Of the way,
Henry Paschal Is putting up q smaI
brick building on Broadway, next I
the site of the old Sioux City house
1t is too bad that the whole vacanc
there could not be filed by a three
story block.
Justice Abbott was yesterday hole
Ing q reception OF Minden people. TIL
chief attraction was the Boil cas-,
The charge Of carrying oonosale
weapons was dismissed, and that {
assault Is to be tried to-day.
In the district court yesterday IL
case of Knapp W. the Sioux City ros
wal opened up. The plaintiff was q
engineer In the employ Of the CON
pany and was injured In . railway &C
cident. He claims $12, 900 damage
Miles Mullen was arrested by o
foer Warner yesterday !sfternoon fc
stealing q check from the Unic
bakery on Main street. His asse
consisted Of a revolver, three knive
chain, keys and twenty cents. I'll
check hehad sold, but 1t was ~reoovere,
About 10 o'clock last night an alar
. of fire was sounded, caused by the g.
plosion Of q lamp In the residence
Mr.. Boyle, on Washington avenu
The fire department turned O.
promptly, but their services were n
needed. The damage was small.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-01

The primaries in each township, unless
otherwise ordered hereafter by the town
ship committee, will We held June IS, at 7
p. m. By order of
JOHN w. BAIRD,
Chairman Co. Rep. Cen. Com.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-01
MORgAN, KELLER & Co.,

UNDD ST AF& III MT -
The finest quality AID largest stock west Of
Chicago OF " OGDEN and Metallic Gases. Calls at
tended 10 At all hours. We defy competition n
quality OF goods OF prices. Our MIR Morgan has
served as uuuertaker for forty years and thor
oughly Understands his business, warerooms,
3iI Broadway. U"PHoLSrERING In all lbs
branches promptly attended TO also CARPET. 10
ing AND lamorsquins. felegnphie Ano MA or
es oiled without delay.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-01

Commercial job printing, finest
styles and reasonable rates, at Pryor's
BEE Job Office, z Pearl street.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-01
Republican County Convention.

The republicans Of Pottswattamie coun.
ty will meet In delegate convention at the
court house in Council Bluffs, Friday,
June 20, at / o'clock p. m, for the purpose
of selecting Is delegates to attend the re.
publican county convent n at Des
Moines, June ~. Each township will be
entitled to the following number OF dele.
gates:
Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-01

Open for work, Pryor's BEE Job
Printing Office, 2 Pearl street.
Middletown transcript., 1883-01-19
a Chestetown Enterprise.

The factory of the Chestertown, Nd,
Strawboard Company was recently started
and is using ten or twelve tons Of straw
per day. The board manufactured is sold
by the ton to box makers in the large
cities, and brings at the present from $40
to S45 per ton. Five dollars per ton is
paid for straw at the mill. The company
has put over 100000 in the business and
will doubtless reap success. The pay roll
of the mill will be about $500 per week,
and the company expects to use more than
$500 tons of straw per year. Heretofore
this has been almost entirely wasted by
the farmers, and 81 to S. per ton for it will
bring them no mean sum. The outlook
for strawboard manufacture is not as
bright at present as when the Chester
town mill was projected, about year ago.
Then strawboard was selling in New York
at S55 to $50 per ton, and the output of all
the mills in the country was only about
200 tons per day. During the year new
mills have been built and the increased
production has brought down the price.
But the uses of strawboard are daily in
creasing, and there is no doubt but there
is a good profit in. its manufacture at the
lowest figure it has reached. G. I. West
colt, ESQ, is president of the company, and
Thomas w. Eliason, Jr., is the secretary
and treasurer. The other members of the
company are George B. Westcott, T. w.
Eliason, J. X. Aldridge and Wilbur Ella
son. "These gentlemen, says the Kent
NeUs, are all men of means and large
business capacity, and if they do not sue
ceed in making money out of this enter
prise. it will be about the first in which
they ever failed"
Middletown transcript., 1883-01-19
Sales to Take Place.

TUESDAY, JAN. 23.-Public sale Of val
liable real estate in and near the village
OF Townsend, by executors of the late
Samuel Townsend.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12th.-Public sale
OF live stock and farm implements by
Mrs. Templeman, near Jamison's Corner,
New Castle county.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 14th.-Public sale OF
live stock and farm implements by T. R.
Hopkins, near Jamison's Corner, New
Castle county.
THURSDAY, FEB. .15th-Administrator'
sale of personal property of G. W. War
ren, deceased, near Taylor's Bridge, New
Castle county.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 21-Administrator
sale Of personal property of NJ. E. Wal
ker, deceased, at Armstrong; Corner, New
Castle county.
THURSDAY, FEB. 22.-Public sale of live
stock and farm implements. by w. HI.
Houston, near Mt. Pleasant.
TUESDAY, FEB. 27.-Live stock and
larm implements, by Andrew Eliason,
| near Mt. Pleasant.
Middletown transcript., 1883-01-19
MARYLAND Matters.

Governor Hamilton has appointed Mr.
Robert s. Griffith officer of registration tor
the First district Of Kent county, vice Mr..
D. z. Blackiston, who has removed from
the county.
John Warrington, of Cecil county,
Md, was robbed Of $50 in Philadelphia, a
few days ago. George w. Brown, OF
Chester, was charged with the theft and
was held for his appearance at court.
There are now, or have been during
the winter, cases of smallpox in every
county of the Eastern Shore. OF the An
thony family in Cecil county three have
died and the others who had the disease
have recovered. The Chestertown case is
getting along well and the excitement has
subsided. Vaccination in the town has
been general. The Centreville case is
convalescing. Captain Somers, of Win
cester, died of the pest on Saturday and
it was several days before any one could
be got to bury him. There are two. cases
in Caroline county.
Middletown transcript., 1883-01-19
State.

= Albert T. Hoffecker, of Hoffecker's
Mill, has bought of Jefferson Lewis the
farm adjoining Moorton, containing l35
acres, for $500 and will occupy it in the
spring.
- John c. Bailey sold last week the
farm known as the Armstrong" on
Blackbird creek, 26O acres, to William
Bradley, who came here year ago from
Canada, for $4,000. Mr.. Bailey bought
this farm two years ago at public sale for
$1,000. He had put some minor improve
ments on it.-Smyrnd Times.
- Jonathan Longfellow, Of Whiteleys-
vile, Kent county, is the father of twenty
eight children, six by his first wife and
twenty-five by his second. For several
years he has been employing a school
teacher for the benefit of his family alone,
and having lost his second wife some time
ago he economized Instantly the other day
by marrying the teacher.
Middletown transcript., 1883-01-19
semi.CentenniaI Services.

The esenli-centennial services of st. Paul's
M. E. Church, yesterday, at Odessa, were at
tended by large audiences, and were very
interesting. In the morning there was
preaching by Rev. B. F. Price, of Kent
Island, who was pastor of the church when
Middletown and Odessa formed one sta
ton. In the afternoon there was Rem
iniscence service conducted by Rev. B.
F. Price. Rev. Mr.. Otis, the present pas
tor, gave an interesting outline of the
church's history from the beginning, 1882.
He was followed by Mr.. Moore, the oldest
member of the church, who gave inter-
esting "reminiscences in connection with
the building of the first Methodist Church
at Cantwell's Bridge. Mr.. John Appleton
reviewed the pastoral and pulpit work Of
the ministers who had served from the
time of the founding of the church. Rev.
B. F. Price spoke of his pastoral labors
there in 1887. Hon. Charles B. Lore spoke
of his attendance of the church as Sun
day school boy. Rev. J. s. Willis, for
mer pastor, spoke of his labors in that
field. Rev. Mr.. Murray, present pastor
at Middletown, represented Middletown
as it had been formerly connected with
Odessa. In the evening Rev. Mr.. Willis
preached to large congregation.
Middletown transcript., 1883-01-19
The Lyceum.

About fifty persons attended the public
meeting Of Irving Lyceum on Monday
evening. The question for discussion
was Resolved, That the Office of State
Superintendent of Public Schools should
be abolished" Messrs. w. p. Biggs and
w. C. Alexander presented some good
points in the affirmative and Messrs. ]. F.
Deakyne and DIR. Kennedy brought for
ward some pretty sound logic for the neg
ative. H. g. Conrad, Esq, President of
the City Council of Wilmington, was pre-
sent as a visitor and by unanimous re-
quest of the society helped the negative
side out. 1t needed help, as Mr.. Deakyne
was the only one on that side who was
prepared. One selected to support the
negative was kept away by sickness, and
the doctor had been making much of the
sleighing and was not loaded. The affirm
ative was much better prepared and made
three lively speeches. Mr.. Conrad's re-
marks for the negative were pertinent and
sound. The debate was very entertaining
all the way through, and the audience
seemed to enjoy it heartily. No judges
are appointed to decide which wins in the
Irving Lyceum discussions. Every men,
ber decides for him-or herself. Conse-
quently, nobody ever finds fault with the
decisions. AS the debate took up nearly
the whole time allotted for the exercises
OF the evening the readings on the program
were omitted. They will be given at the
next meeting on Monday evening. The
program was closed by very pleasing
quartet. Next Monday evening there will
be readings, recitations and music. Mem
bers should invite their friends and induce
them to join, and thus make this worthy
institution stronger and more useful.
Middletown transcript., 1883-01-19
Bald Credentials,

Brother Hoffecker, of the Smyrna Times,
took mean advantage of US at the Inau-
guration at Dover, on Tuesday. We learn
that he is a member Of church, in good
standing, and we are surprised that he
would do such thing. When the Iuau-
gural procession had proceeded" to the
Court House and great crowd had blocked
the front entrance of the building, the
editors and lawyers slipped around behind
the grand muck-a-mucks to the rear door
of the hall to try to get in there, just as
they will, perhaps, when they are refused
admission at the front door of a "world
that is fairer than this" The lawyers es-
pecially. 1t seems that the high muck-a-
mucks and the greater number of the
lawyers were supplied with backdoor adj
mission tickets, which a faithful door
keeper received, land passed in the holders.
Brother Hoffecker and the writer had ne
elected to gather backdoor tickets when
they were ripe, and it looked mighty
much as though we would have to find
somebody to identify us to the vigilant
door-keeper as members of the press or
else witness the Inauguration from the
outside. But happy thought seemed to
strike Brother Hoffecker. Heslipped into
the line two or three yards ahead of us
and marched confidently up to the door
keeper, and when the demand for "ticket"
was made, said he was a member Of the
press. "What paper?" said the door
keeper. "MIDDLETowN TRANSCRIPT ~
unblushingly replied Brother Hofecker,
glancing back to see that we were not too
close to him. "Show your credentials
returned the door-keeper, and Brother
Hoffecker took off his hat, the door
keeper looked upon his bald head and
with wave of his hand said, "Pass
right i'm Then when we came up to
the vigilant ticket-taker and represented
ourself as the MIDDLETowN TRAN
SCRIPT man, he wanted to throw us down
the steps as an impostor. Luckily for us
Brother T. N. Williams, of the EUery
EUeniasg, was near, and we called him up
and had him identify US as the original |
and only TRANSCRIPT man. Thus we |
were probably saved an inaugural trip |
into the snow, whilst Brother Hoffecker's |
bald head was glistenlng above in the |
midst of the grand muck-a-mucks of the |
land. We expect it will be the same way |
when we get to the gate Of the good and |
happy land above. We shall probably |
find that some other fellow has just passed |
in on our credentials.
Middletown transcript., 1883-01-19
The Treasurer and Auditor.

The Legislative caucus for the selection
Of United States Senator, State Treasurer,
State Auditor and Librarian was held on
Monday night. Senator Horsey was made
chairman, and DR.. Crawford clerk. For
U. s. Senator Hon. Eli liSaulsbury was by
acclammation made the choice of the eau
Gus. For State Treasurer the names of H.
A. Nowland and Thomas Cavender, of
New Castle, and John NJ. Houston, of
Sussex, were presented, and on the
second ballot Mr.. Houston received ma
jority of the votes. On the first ballot
Houston got IA votes, Nowland 10 and
Lavender 5. On the second ballot it stood:
Houston l6, Nowland 9, and Cavender 4,
and this decided the result. For State
Auditor the leading candidates were Drs.
Cooper, of Kenton, and Whitley, of Fred
erica, and Jesse L. Long, of Laurel. 1t
required five ballots to decide the contest,
and the result was the selection of Mr..
Long, this being due to the fact that the
New Castle members went with Sussex
because Kent had not done the fair thing
ny 4NOW OttollS OAA bnO NObC AOA AAOfboAAOAs
Samuel Truitt, of Dover, was selected for
Librarian. 1t is believed by many that if
New Castle county had had but one can
didate for Treasurer he would have been
elected, but good many others think the
Sussex aspirant would have gone through
safely if there had been one or a dozen
candidates from New Castle. 1t has been
definitely ascertained that New Castle
county has had one State Treasurer since
the Revolution-Jacob Faris, of Pencader
hundred, who was elected in 1849. The
was made by Nathaniel Will
liams and VIM. Green, of Middletown,
who patiently searched the old volumes
of State records until the desired informa-
ton was obtained.
Middletown transcript., 1883-01-19
Installation of omcers.

Grand Chancellor A. D. Sheldon, GranC
Vice Chancellor William Simmons, Grand
Master at Arms J. X. P. Morris, an6
Grand Keeper of Records and Seals S. j
Wiley visited Damon Lodge, No. II
knights of Pythias, OF Middletown, on
Monday evening, and installed the fol.
lowing officers, recently elected to serve
the ensuing term: Chancellor Com.
mander, Geo. S. Hopkins; Vice Chan,
cellor, S. S. Leatherberry Prelate, A. F.
Davis; Master at Arms, John s. Cam
Keeper of Records and Seals, W. H.
Cam Master of Finance, E. w. Tatman
Master of Exchequer, r. H. Eliason; In
side Guard, Alex. Miller; Outside Guard,
Theo. Armstrong. After the installation
ceremonies were concluded the Middle
town Knights took their visitors of the
Grand Lodge to the dining room of Col
onel William Hates, where the docile
oyster was served in the various styles in
which he is welcome guest to the interior
department of man. And the Knights sat
down and spent pleasant half hour in
the manual of the spoon and fork, a
manual which we all learn early and for
get late. In other words, they came, they
saw and they ate, as the old Roman would
say, if he were roamin' around to-day.
The last part of that sentence comes very
near being poetry. 1t is all we can do
sometimesto keep from sliding into poetry,
when we are writing about something that
is good to eat. After the services were
concluded at the table the Knights went
back to their Lodge Room, accompanied
by their guests, and made an official in
spection of the Lodges fiery, untamed
goat, to see if he retained sufficient vigor to
hoist a candidate from the ante room door
to chair on the right of the c. G., without
damaging the chair.
Middletown transcript., 1883-01-19
NJ Eoo For tba Preacber.

A recent issue of the Chester Times
contains marriage notice that is novel,
to say the least. 1t announces the nup-
tials of a Wilmington man and Chester
girl, on January 8, 1883, at Nazareth M. E.
parsonage, No. 252 North Thirteenth
street, Philadelphia, and concludes as fol-
lows: "No fee for preacher. Empty
envelope dodge" That is too bad. What
must be the feelings of trusting preacher
who has just joined in wedlock "two
souls with but single thought, two hearts
that beat as one," and after they are gone
| opens the envelope that has been slipped
| into his hand and finds it empty. Just
imagine, dear reader, how his faith in
man must slip away, until it gets SO far
that he can hardly reach its coat tail to
drag it back. We can form no estimate of
his feelings as he looks into the empty
envelope where he had a right to expect
and find healthy fee. That Philadelphia
preacher was mad, Of course, and yet his
vocation would not permit him to give
vent to his feelings in the mode usually
followed by men in other professions,
when they have more feelings than they
can hold. In such trying situation the
world could readily forgive preacher for
expressing his disapprobation Of the
course Of such a rascally bridegroom by |
the use Of few adjectives Of more than |
ordinary strength. If he could look upon |
his empty envelope with a smile of happy |
rnSiuDatiop opd Sin,v,I1ysov EtIot ,7S Y1vory
he would be a marvellously good man in
deed. But we could admire him more if
he would put on his overcoat and go out
after the happy groom and give him a
good, sound, old-fashioned thrashing.-
And the groom who was joined to the girl
of his choice and rewarded the preacher
with an envelope full of emptiness,
what Of him? He must be a pretty
sucker Why, if all the meanness was
out Of him with some sort of
press You probably couldn't find the re-
mains with a powerful microscope. He
cannot have any soul or conscience. He
probably never had any soul and his con-
science is lost, strayed or stolen. The girl
he has married has taken him for better
or worse, and she will probably find out
soon that he is worse than she took him
for. But she has married a whole cargo
Of cheek. The TRANSCRIPT is as sorry as
it can be that Delaware is charged with
being the abiding place of such an unsur-
passably mean man, but as long as it is SO
we are glad that he is credited to the city
Of Wilmington. One of these days he
will, in an unguarded moment, perhaps,
BAT railroad sandwich there, and then
we shall publish his obituary in the TRAN
SCRIPT free Of charge. The preachers and
he TRANSCRIPT are going along hand in
land to make the world better and safer,
md we are not going to allow any mean
nan to take an advantage Of preacher
md go unrebuked.