Omaha daily bee., 1886-06-30

been put in the hands of an officer to re-
cover the possession of a man who dis
posed of mortgaged property in Gage
county.
MINOR NOTES.
The city council at their regular weekly
meeting canvasscd the vote cast at the
sewer bond election and certified TO the
result as before published. Copies of
plans and specifications for the use of
contractors were ordered, and advertise
mcnts asking bids for contractors for the
work were ordered inserted in the city
papers and IN one paper each al Chicago,
St Louis and Kansas City
A remarkably lively runaway yestcr.
day sailed around the corner of o and
Tenth streets, and striking the Wells
Fargo express wagon and team by the
alley by their company's Office, drove the
wagon and team bodily up the alley,
crowding one of the horses from the eX.
press wagon head first into an adjoining
cellar. About thousand men quickly
gathered at the place, and after much
discussion block and tackle was pro.
duccd and the horse rescued from ten
minutes experience standing on its head
without serious injury.
The oratorio Of Creation as rendered
by the Lincoln Oratorio society under the
directo:ship of DIR. SaNby, was very
crcditably patronizcd and the musical
work performed has been very favorably
criticised.
The new brick block on the corner of
q and Twelfth streets beng Duilt by Mr.
Alexander, has progressed to the point
where bricklayers ply their trade.
Two parties were up in police court
yesterday and paid their fine under the
nuisance ordinance, the cause of the
trouble this time being an old rendering
IN nt n
alley.
j. H Fairfield, one of the city council
men of Plattsmouth, was in Lincoln yes
terday consulting parties here who are
interested with him in the new town site
of Tabor, in Cheyenne county, which is
located at Il point where the projectors
feel certain railroad must find them.
To-day the Lincoln and Topeka clubs
arrive in the city, and the first of the series
of four games will be played by the clubs
at Durfee's park.
Senator Van Wyck is expected in Lin.
coin to-day, where he will remain an OBJ
iect of solcitude on the part of politicians
for at least the day.
The salt well drillers are pounding
away in solid rock and are nearer China
by some four hundred feet than when
work commenced There are people who
are reckless enough to doubt the finding
OF salt water in two or ten thousand
feet search.
Thursday deferred case that was
started some two weeks ago will be heard
in Justice Cochran's court, and as an al
legged wedding, a wedding dress and bon
net, and a non divorced man are all in
the case, the trial promises much rich
ness.
AT TIE HOTELS.
Yesterday among others were the fol
lowing citizens of Nebraska: Lewis
Hoebel, Syracuse; A. j. Dunn, Omaha;
Nebraska City; David Dean, Ashland;
Omaha; j. Griffin, Samora; John Gag
ney, Plattsmouth; ID. ID. johnson, Tabor;
J. II. Fairfield, Sidney; J, L. johnson;
p. c. Erickson, st. Paul; L. H. Gray, Be
atrice; j H. Ray, Falls City; Z. II. Pink
ham,, Springfield, b. +. Reagan, Ray
mond.
New York Special; DR." John
bogus diplomas, who for many years
prior to 1880 scattered diplomas of
graduation from imaginary medical
colleges like leaves of valambrosa over
the country, waxing fat both in person
and pocket from the greenness of his
dupes, was in court here to-day, sup
ported by a daughter" who is said not
to be his daughter at all, to answer the
complaint OF a, wife," who he says is
not his wife at all.
After the Philadelphia newspapers ex-
posed his college he was indicted, and
his trial fixed for August 12, in 1880. At
l O'Clock that morning he took a ferry
boat for Camden, and, when the
boat was in mid channel, uttered
a loud cry and leaped over
board For a long time he was
supposed to have committed suicide, but
his bedy was not found until after long
search the police found 1t in Canada.
Then it was live body and was brought
back to Philadelphia, convicted and SEN
fenced to n term in prison, which it
served His companion during his career
as captain, cook and seaman, all of the
medical college ship, was slender, light
haired woman, who was called his wife.
Yesterday she had the doctor" hauled
into court on warrant charging him with
failing to support her since 1880. The
case was called Mt $3.50 this afternoon, at
which time his daughter and counsel
mounted the little platform before JUS
tice Welde. and the attorney presented a
physicians certificate, setting forth that
the doctor was SO ill that his presence
W y
dangerous to him.
CONSUMMATE ACTOR.
Lucie nj. Buchanan was present with
her attorney, and the latter resisted his
opponents plea for postponement with
much vlgor, asserting that the defendant
was consummate actor, and that this
liability to paralysis was a fiction.
why, only yesterday" exclaimed the
lawyer, when my client and called at
Buchanan's house he was as lively and
clipper as n squirrel, paced up and down
rapidly, and finally fell on his knees and
begged that some kind of private settle
ment might be made"
Thereupon counsel for the defense
turned dramatically to Buchanan's
daughter and bade her go out and bring
that man before the court and let his
honor decide for himself whether he is fit
to undergo examination, Counsel even
offered TO submit the point to any physi-
clan the court or the prosecution might
summon. Then for ten minutes the law
yers wrangled over the case, to the evil
dent entertainment of the justice ami the
officers who crowded about the bar
Finally, the attention of all was diverted
to Il curious procession entering the room.
Miss Buchanan led the way, carrying a
huge volume that looked like n scrap
book; benind her came an aged, sympa-
thetic looking darkey; leaning on his
arm was a very short man with a broad