Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-31


Kingman and others against Apologize,
in which the title of three Lincoln lots
was being tested, it transpired that King.
man was not the real party in interest in
the case, but that the present owners of
the lots were the attorneys, Ricketts, and
Wilson, and that the property was worth
about $1,000, and that the astute legal
gentlemen had got for q mere ]pittancc
the title Of their clients, and as one of
the jury in the case afterward said, "As
ODn as we saw that some kind of hoCus
pocus business had been going on, we de-.
tcrmincd TO give the defendant a verdict.
Fortunately for Lincoln. we have but
few lawyers who thus speculate in the
property of others"
1t is said that "A few months ago this
same Wilson put up a job on some par
ties who live in Nebraska City, and had
il not been for the shrewdness of George
y Scroat, OF that place, the intended vic.
Tins would have lost a number of
valuable lots, for which they would
have received but u mere tritlc,
A. soou as Scroat demonstrated to vii.
son that he had n copy OF a contract be.
tween Wilson and another party, i'm
which 1t was agreed to divide the swag,
Wilson is said to have weakened, dis.
missed his suit and rclinquished all claim
to the property,
SUIT AGAINST JIM LAIRD.
During the last national campaign in
the second congressional district, Jim
Laird, the brilliant and remarkable"
congressman from shat district, ordered
4 thousand copies of the Lincoln Freie
Presse, the leading German paper of
Lincoln and the South Platte country,
which were to be used in the interest of
Laird during the campaign in his district.
He promised to pay 1870 for the papers.
The proprietor of the paper did not care
TO trust Laird for the amount on his own
account and required the endorsement
of BoStwick. the Hastings manipulator,
Tor the amount, and it was given. When
the bill was presented Laird expressed
intense ignorance, and suit was brought
IN the county court OF Lancaster county
and judgment rendered for the fun
amount. Laird and his satellites APP
pealcd it to the district court, where it
came up for hearing this week. The de-
1cndant asked u continuance until the
next term of court, which was granted.
THE SUPREME 4
The supreme couT adjourned yester-
day, to meet November 4. The Judges
handed down two opinions. one IN the
case of the board of public lands and
buildings in the question of the right of
the governor to appoint tt matron OF the
insane hospital, the other the caserof Os-
born VS.. Kline. .
CITY ITEMS.
Arthur d.. Jones, of the Chicago News,
was in the city yesterday on business con-
nected with his paper.
of Fl tba r. IT. a 1nitn1 Gii Es9, recent proprietor etHi
out his business, and will shortly connect
himself with Il st. Louis house.
Col. John f. Mcclure, of the Chicago,
Milwaukee d st. Paul, was in the city
yesterday spreading banners represent
ing a pleasure excursion of Uncle Sans
across the country by the st. Paul route,
The flag at the p~ost0tficc was yesterday
put at half mast at the order of Gen.
Mcbride out of respect TO the memory Of
Gen. Mcclellan.
The Lincoln city railroad Ia putting
tracks on nearly every street in the city,
On Eleventh street opposite the CONNER
cial hotel there are three tracks, making
it very inconvenient for driving.
Speakers are addressing meetings all
over the county on the political issues of
the coming county election. The repub-
licans will probably carry the county
exception OF Gere, who always runs be-
the ticket.
L. M. Funke, of the B. d NJ, living on
I: street, was made happy yesterday by
II bouncing l0-pound boy. DR.. Lane was
called and says ali are doing well. Mr..
L. is setting up the cigars to the boys in
great shape.
STATE ARRIVALS.
f. Van Tramp, of Omaha; Walt. NJ.
Scoly, Bennett; r. c. Draper Nebraska
Seward; G. II. Powers, Beatrice; NJ,
Mants, Hastings; ID. J. Hamilton, Oma-
ha; j. J. Kern. Omaha; Wm. Gill, Sc.
ward; f. +. Post, Waco, j.. A. Cooper,
Milford; b. A. Gilsun, Weeping Water;
H. L. Haines, Weeping Water; +. S.
Templin, Nebraska City.
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