Omaha daily bee., 1885-07-06
Of the Day at The Capital o
The State.
Chunks of Patriotism Displayed
in Various Forms.
The Small Boy on the Top Wave
Tho New Insurance Company
Personal Mention.
AT THE STATE CAPITAL.
ITEMS ABOUT TOWN.
by The BEES Bureau.

ceedingly quiet from the fact that nearly al
the smaller towns, including Omaha, wer,
reached by rail from this point, and had th,
advantage of excursion rates and were lber
ally patronizsd. Even the sports were gone
Enough small boys were left to keep up q cen
tinual pop with the abominable firecracker
and when the excursionists returned it mad
! lively work for the policemen locking up fot
eign bulge. 1t Is said the trains brought il
the largest number OF plain Trunks that haI
been unioaded in this city for many days.
Considering the day and the large number
of fireworks and combustible material disposed
of the people were exceedingly fortunate there
being but two cases of injury. Carl Goldman
son of a prominent hardware man was trying
TO blow a blaze into some powder and wa:
Successful, and will probably lose an eye. Hi
face and head were badly burned. A son oil
Mr.. Joers got his face badly burned by gett-
ing too close to q bunch of fire crackers about
the time they were ready to celebrate.
The candy kitchen had quite q fine line Of
/ fireworks exposed to view upon the sidewalk
for the purpose of selling them to the enthus-
iastic and a wicked little boy dropped q lleht'
ed firecracker among them when a furious
Sizing and popping began which so alarmed
the people that the fire companies were called
out. Before they arrived however, the dis
play was over and a bucket of water had dis
patched the fire.
In the evening a grand display of fire works
were visible from all portions of the city, the
finest perhaps being from Funke's opera house
and the school house on Q and Eleventh
streets, where balloons and some of the finer
grades of displays were disposed Of to the
amusement Of hundreds of children aud grown
people.
The inmates of the penitentiary enjoyed q
holiday on the Fourth. In the morning they
were assembled in the chapel room, where
they took part in and witnessed an entertain
ment consisting OF songs, dances and ballads,
and were permitted to hear one of Miss Ethel
Howe's choicest solos. After that they were
turned loose in the yard and allowed to run
races and play like free Americans.
AT the insane asylum the inmates were
literally treated to ice cream, lemonade and
other delicacies, and allowed as much freedom
as people in their unfortunate coalition could
be permitted to enjoy. In the evening a lib
eral display of fire works was given, which
could be plainly seen from the city.
The sRngerfest building was lighted up and
a large number enjoyed a festive dance keep
ing it up till the clock stopped q few minutes
before midnight.
An unfortunate farmer named Wentel liv.
ing near Denton was brought in on the 4th
and three fingers of his right hand were am
putated. He was a little too careless with
| his shot gun and has q bad hand.
Isaac johnson and family have bought
their tents and will pitch them this week on
the banks of Spirit Lake.
Lund. o bad man who wants to burn out
| his %neighbors and shoot for fun, was taken
out of q church yesterday morning and carried
to Jail for want of bail. He will have . hear
ing tomorrow morning.
MIR. Kelly, the popular clerk at the Com
mercial house, starts to-day for Atchison
where he will rusticate e few days, this being
his first absence for two years.
The state house officials were disposed OF as
follows during the Fourth: Governor Dawes,
at Omaha; Secretary of State Roggen, at
home; Auditor Babcock, at Grand Island;
Treasurer Willard, at home; Land Commits.
sioner Scott, at home; Deputy Secretary of
State Wintersteer, at Geneva; Attorney
General Leese, at Seward.
1t is q matter of no little pride to the citi-
zens of the South Platte country that the
insurance company organized IN this city last
week is composed of 80 strong o body of men,
the stockholders being not only of state repu-
tation but thorough going business mon who
transact their business on business principles
and have no snap games or lghtning-rod
schemes to work upon the people. The names
of the officers alone are a sufficient guarantee
that the company will do exactly as they
agree. Their capital is bona fide, and in this
state, including their securities. They have
no connection with any other company,
nor have they any hail attachment
with which to gull the people on
fair promises. The secretary, the Hon: S. j.
Alexander, is well and favorably known
throughout the state. r. j. johnson, the
superintendent of agencies is a man of many
| years experience in the field and for the past
two yesr RS a resident of Omaha. This COM
pany is a credit to the state and by the or
oraanizstion of these home companies of
which there are two now. many hundreds of
l tlo-,orla nf In11apa rphsnh hoya hanafpfnra
and now are going into Iowa and other
eastern companies can be retained at home.
Late Friday night q man named Neal was
arrested for assaulting DIR. Dunn, and az IL
o'clock. midnight, Justice Cochrane tne1 Mr..
Neal $40 and costs.
III. d. Rhea, o candidate for county judge
and prominent attorney of Bennett, who was
mentioned in this letter of Saturday, was
found by Policeman Carnahan Friday night
meardering in an alley, lest. He was placed
in the cooler for the balance of the night and
will again appear before Justice Cochrane this
morning.
Saturday evening Policemen Thompson,
Moore and Carnahan all arrived OF the cooler
at the same time with their man, who had too
much liquid celebration.
Among the days prominent arrivals are:
w. Il. Maynard, Western; S. Ell. WEIGH, y.
j. Bussey. Il. L. Zimmerman. b. j. Scannell,
Omaha; Fred J.. Baker, Hebron; A. J. Up
ham, Syracuse; w. IL. Adams, Falls City; y.
| W. Dickson and wife, Jewell; j. g. Fletcher,
Beatrice; A. o.. Crum, Lincoln: w. r.
Adair, Omaha; S. A. Cooper, Louisville.
The lecture last evening at the masonic tenn
| Pile by the Rev. Naomi Tamura of Toxic,
Japan, was a treat to the people of this city.
He is a young man 26 years of age, a gradu-
ate of the university at Toxic, Japan, and last
month graduted from the seminary at Auburn,
New York, and has been regularly ord aimed as q
minister of the Presbyterian church. Hespeaks
English quite we'll and Is an interesting
| conversational as we'll as lecturer. Next
| winter he will travel through the south and
in the spring will return to his HON in Japan
| where he will write a book concerning the re-
ligious. political and everyday life of Amer
lea. He will 60 to, Omaha to-day to spend
the day there and the balance of next week
| will lecture.
| John Clanceri, o switchman in the Burlington
& Missouri River railroad yards was killed in
this city last night about 8 o'clock. He was
| coupling fiat cars loaded with steel rails, and
must have stumbled and become caught
bst tween the bumpers 10 some manner. His
| right side was crushed, and his face
cut. He has lived here about two years and
worked in the yard as a night mar about four
months. He is about 81 years old and has a
mother and sisters living in Mount Sterling,
Iii.