Omaha daily bee., 1885-08-05
An Agreeable and Printable StrtGl
Scheme Connected by The Council.
Interested officials Fixing Up a
Job on Taxpayers
Hysterical Gertie'sIHistory--The Grant
Memorial services-A Variety
OF General News.
THE A CAPITAL.
DOING OF A DAY.
ed by The BEES Bureau.

council has at last decided that the
owners are not obliged to open the
streets Of their additions to conform
with the Atreets Of the city as provided
by the statutes, and Councilman Web
ster, whole word seems to be law with
the council Of this city, states In his re-
port a, chairman Of the committee to
which this matter was referred, that the
Legislature had no power to regulate the
dimensions of gound, yet he concluded
onco upon q time that tho commissioners
had power to regulate the dimensions OF
Lancaster county bonds In ruch a manner
that he was to receive o handsome fortune
thereby. This venerable adjuster of
bonds and The law includes In his report
to the city that the public remedy is to
condemn and pay for the same, even
though the state Law provided prior to
the laying out Of these additions that the
streets should conform to the streets of
the city. The able bond Ndjuster then
referred the matter TO the
the city attorney, the Hon. Allen Field,
who has on addition which this law
effects, he slFo has an interest nominslly
In an addition formerly owned By y
brother-in-lsw, and, of course, he having
been speaker If the house, fully under
stands tho conttItutlonali;y of the law,
and the llT maker was on bald with his
report (of course this was not premedit-
ated to have him ready with his report)
which was that the statutes gave the
council such Authority, but no ordinance
had beenss passed by which this could be
done, so The city attorney was directed to
draft such an ordinance as would cover
the ground; of course the ordinance will
provide for opening the streets as pro-
vided by law, but will also provid o that an
exorbitant price shall be paid to them
for the privilege they acquired in not
comply ing with the law. OF course
Mayor Burr will not fgurs In this little
scheme to make the taxpayers pay for
tEeir little deal in selling to the city
streets at fabulous prices to enhance the
vslue of their other lots to nearly double
what they would be without streets. Now
the idea of Webater and Field being
mixed up In @ scehme of this kind will
undoubtedly reier the readers mtnd back
to the bond question and the influence Of
SlIGh l6iu. SuOu LUEU CSltNCE Us IEOIu
our friendsl
Tho various societies of Lincoln have
about completed their arrangema mt for
the o~bsequies of Gen. G,ant, bat the CT.
fetal programme has not been issued.
The committee has the order of exercises
la pEocess Of formation, and the an
nouncement will be mads 10 morrow. 1t
has bsen determined that the e~ervicss
will re held on The capitol groundg, that
being tho most deairAble location in the
city.
Gen. S. j. Alexander to-day received a
general order from the state department
Of thu grand army of the republic COM
manding sl posts to meet in THAR re-
spectiys post rooms to prepare for such
s~erviors 40 may be held. The Farrsgut
Post Nc. 20, Of Lincoln, will comply
with thta oruer,
The young woman, G ertle Chamberlain,
gtill holds the minds of the community,
and he mora the subjsct is investls atsd
the moro 1t is learned, that in o manner,
she ia q person of considerable impor-
tancs. Tho p lice have found that the
came hero during ssngerfsst
week, and on jane 23i was ia company
with IA prominent Omaha merchant at one
of the l.adtng hotrls. Furthermore 1t
Ia avered that she never took poison az
all, but her strange actions on the 3. 81
nj. tain were duo TO fits OF hystsris, to
which she Is subject. Garlic is sill at
the hInss Of Elg,ngor Cum ntns.
According TO repprts Lincoln came
very near hayi-g 4 terrible catastrophe
n tho governors guards # Capt Hotch-
kiss l5Slpg all their ammunition. IL
seems tho state has considerable loose
tho CT y, and esp Winrerstoin went
down to view 1t, p SIS bly, With tho visw
of turning L. over co the 40 jI'snt-genersl
The cIptsin WIS smoking and carelessly /
knocket the ashes from his cigar, which
of course immediately ignited tho powder, |
and had it noE baen for tho cip5tiu'g |
great preaence OF mind would uucoub5.
edly have destroy ed the cnrIre Lab of
powder aud perhaps have blown no the
city, bul the captain immediately began
tramp'ng out sc conclusive stuff, and
only shout four bushels of powder was
burned, ~ilhout sny injury to himself.
The lns. If the csptain at this tlme would
hove b tn sad incred, t r hsrdly hal ne
rsturnod tu his office when a young lady
appeared snd rtquested him to fulfill his
engagement of 500 wing her the city from
the heights of the capitol Your CORE.
spondent cannot vouch for this, bus gives
il as reported to him by Capt. Winter
stein and others.
The contract Was let yesterday TO Mur.
ply Brotners for the erection OF q three
story fesms hotel ut the stock yards in
West Lincoln, 1t will coat $50 000, and
will be go constructed that ao EDITIONS may
be built TO 1t a. any time the company
may deem fit and the business warrants
1t.
The hotel keepers a'e preparing for an
extra l tlex of guest, to tho w. @. T. u.
and eyerSl other conventions which will
be held daring The present month In Lin
coin
Col. @ s. Chase, Of Omaha, visited
L'ncoln Moudsy, and 1t is said thst after
his s%ojourn be vent out to tho pentten-
tlsry nud called on ex.Marshal Guthrie,
of Omaha.
Joe HenshaW, chief clerk Of the Pax.
ton at Opshp, and A. b. Davenport,
chief clerk of the Millsrd Of the same
city, faro stopping Ia Lincoln for a few
days visitiE g friends.
MsyoE BUR- ana his son Frank left yea
terdsy Of for Minnetonks.