Omaha daily bee., 1886-08-22
ODDS AND ENDS.
Stray Leaves From Reporters
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Stray Leaves From Reporters
Notebook.
"Do you know" asked Park avenue
man, last night, THAT the late robberies
of the street cars have inspired the
drivers of these rolling palaces with
distrust of almost everybody who at
tempts to ride with them upon the plat
form, especially after nightfall. These
warm nights l much prefer to ride IN
front and get all the brcezes. A few
evenings ago, when l stepped on the
platform, the driver eyed me half with
fear and half with suspicion. When he
looked up street for passenger, one
eye, so to speak, was turned on me, lest
| might brain or rob him Of his
cash box. Another evening l was seated
on the rail of the platform, when the car
left the barn. The driver of this vehicle
was insulting in his staring. A few
minutes later three stable hands got on
board, and the driver feeling confident of
u brawny backing, asked me to step in
side, while his compatriots assumed my
position in the front. Well, | don't
blame the poor fellows q bit. But its
amusing, isn't It, to be taken for an
othcr?"
There IS one gentl eman in this city
who is bound to be delegate to the state
republican convention by hook or by
crook. That individual is Judge"
Cooley, to whom the BEE has upon one
or two occasions paid some slight atten-
tion. The Judge is schemer from
away back" Up to few weeks ago
he had been rooming with gentleman
in the Fourth ward. Latterly, however,
quarters in the Third, When he
left his former lodging place IN
tho Fourth he asked permission
to leave some of his clothes and other eff
fects behind him, until he could find
some place to store them. Permission
was granted him, and for weeks he mas
allowed choice assortment of coats,
pants and vests, and socks, suspenders,
boots and shoes, to remain in the room.
lie was importuned many times to re-
move them, but failed to do so. Finally
he was pressed to the wall, and told that
he must have his effects re-
of n iirst-class bonfire. Then he revealed
his scheme. 1t WAS not that he proposed
to be delegate TO the republican con-
Vention. He realized that he might fail
to get there from tho Third ward. But on
the strength OF his "old cloes," socks
and suspenders, boots and shoes, in the
Fourth ward, he would, as last resort,
claim residence i'm that voting district
and thus stand double chance
OF capturing the coveted boon.
81 was much pleased, said a merchant
yesterday, with the BEES reference 10 the
garbage wagons, those ineffabie nuis-
ances on wheels, which the council has
recently licensed. 1t spoke of the visit
OF one of them TO a certain boarding
house, where the Senegambian driven
emptied into his rotten load several boxes
of rocking refuse and filth. 1 dould not
pass the place at the time. so great was the
stencil. / think Councilman Manvllle's
suggestion for covered wagon and the
carting away of this refuse during the
night an excellent one and ought to be
improved
"Thc recent so-called labor troubles
that have been so disastrous and which
threaten still further paralysis to our
business Interests" =" said w Il. Crissly, of
Chicago yesterday, "baYe arisen from a
vital misapprehension Of the true rela-
tion sustained by all classes to the bust
ness interests of the country and
have greatly aggravated rather
than relieved the evils COM
plained Of To counteract these
injurious results and 20 protect these all
important business interests and thus
promote the highest good of the country
the Conseryators' League of America has
been organized. The purpose of the
order is to unto in one organization all
men who believe in the supremacy of the
law, and are willing to JOIN in putting 10
motion q great moral force to uphold the