Omaha daily bee., 1885-07-18
Incidents Of The Day al The Capital
Of the State.
An Asthmatic Wheeze From a
Pensioned Imbecile,
Benefit OF the New System OF Bond
Observation-Disclosures About
the state House.
THE DAY AT LINCOLN.
MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS.

tlonally m%laquotes. The sale OF lots in
West Lincoln occurred on the 14:h in the
afternoon, aud In the BEE Of the 10Th,
Inst. we said: THE lot sale Of West
Lincoln was a great success Sixteen
thousand dollars worth were sold, the
lots averaging $161 q piece. Some sold
as high as $400." On the 10Th of July
several lots were sold at private sale and
the BEE man wa informed by the Hon.
Thomas Kinnard that 1t amounted to
over So, 900 as will be noticed In the let
ter In the BEE Of the 10th. The un-
kindest cut of all was that he tried to
compare the BEE correspondence with
the Lincoln Journal, ''the poorest paper
In the state" For local and state news
the BEE courts q comparison of the Lin.
coin correspondent with the local depart.
ment of the State Journal which Is near
ly always from day to a week behind.
State Superintendent Jones Is in at
tendance at the National Educ ational
association at Saratoga, N. Y, which
closes to-day. Mr.. Jones will return
home the latter part Of next week and
will spend the next two months In visit
Ing county institutes, which are just be.
ginning. Most of them will be held in
this and next month.
The secretary of state yesterday signed
$19, 600 worth of school bonds Issued by
tbs city of Kesrney for school building
purposes. The system adopted In this
state for repatriation and ex-
animation of all bonds by
the secretary and the auditor of state
has proven very valuable both to the
seller and buyer of these bonds, as the *
aminers will not certify than unless
they come within the limit of the law,
and then they are reported back TO tbs
county from whence they are Issued, so
the assessments are properly levied and
no default In interest occurs. ind this
system over $4,000, 900 IN bonds have
been examined, and in sll the clubbing
and fuss about honda which go frequently
occurs, tho judgment of the examiners
has been sustained In every case.
Under the new law regulating the sale
and leasing of school lands no person can
purchase more than GAO acres nor shall
any lands be sold for less than 81 per
acre or the appraised value thereof in
addition to the improvements on the
land. Applications for a lease of school
lands must bs made to the county treas
urer In which the land Ia situated and In
counties where township organization Is
In force applications are to be made to
the chairman of the board. The CON-
missioner or three of the board of super
vlsors make the appraisement. Aside
from these changes the law Is similar to
the old one.
The contract for tho building of the
Norfolk asylum Is being prepared and
Mr.. King, the contractor, has notified
the board that he will be here next week
to sign the contract and file his bond.
The foIce in the auditors Office is busy
preparing the grand assessment roll.
The state treasurer ia taking a breath
ing spell having been kept busy paying
enumerators warrants.
The town of Bennett supplies a large
share of the cases In the courts of this
city. Hardly a week passes but some Of
it's inhabitants are here prosecuting OF
defending, anc frequently both sides en-
gagged arc from that busy town.
Jsmes OBrIen and William O'ConnelI
'got into q tussIe Thursday night, and In
the melee one of them shot o pistol,
which attracted the attention of the
police. The parties we're then arrested,
tried before Justlcs Cochrane yesterday
for aggravated assault, and fined twenty
dollars and costs apiece. Heavy fine!
will stop 80 much of this brulsing anc
careless handling Of pistols, and Cochraue
seems to bo onto il.
Briefs IN the casa Of GrahRm, county
treasurer of Lancaster county, RgaiuRi
the state auditor were filed yesterday
Tniu is the case ia which tho auditor re
fused to draw his wOrTaut for commissions
On salo Of school lands.
Amorg the prominent s~rrivals OF III;
dGy were; w. w Irwin, Siratt0n; G,
M. Holmes, Taomas Yu,e, Il O Ewing,
G. Fl. Powers, Beatrice; Q. N. Daitz, r.
Wheeler, A. Fl Fitch and wife, Omaha
Judge Norval, Seward; w. l.. Browne
Plattsmouth; L. l., Chase, Dorchester
Capt. Ya'e, Beatrice; Capt. Shirley
Juniata; Capt. Henry, Fremont; Capt
Heron, Beatrice; j.. Cspity, NehFaskI
City; Ex-Governor Butler, Pagnee Oily
Ex-Governor U. N. Conger, Sioux City
The NEE ing of the Grand Arm!
reunion committee here to day wa
largely for the purpose of getting thu
governor to comply with a resolution o
tbeIeslslature In regard to drawing tent
for the reunion, but as heretofore the
governor absolutely refused to extent
the favors to the old guards oven wher
1t would not cost the state govern
ment a dollar. This Is a direc
result to every member of the lastlegisls
ture who voted for that resolutl On, aud
personal stfront to every e~x-union soldier
of this state, and will be remembered h
the twenty odd thousand older boy
who were 10 the ranks at the time theil
country needed them and the governo,
was, as he says, then too young to hea
the call. Let him make the requlsitior
and then no blame will attach to him Il
he can't get them.
Bad Lindsey had his watch chain ant
ring stolen on Thursday night from hi
room. 1t is thought to be the work o
some at his help.
At a meeting of the grand army re
union committee they decided that tn
tents belonging to the department whic
were left at Fremont last year should b
sent to Beatrice. A committe
was appointed to try and get tn,
use of the tents belonging t
The ChAtsqus society at Crate and III
v Bennett Holiness association. Sscre'sr
of State Roggen was appointed q con
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