Omaha daily bee., 1888-04-23
LINCOLgSDUAL CELEBRATION
Arbor Day and the Grand Memorial
Corner Stone.
A GRAND DISPLAY EXPECTED
The Third Districts Early Advent in
the Political Field-The Paving
Question TO be Settled Tonight
Personals and Briefs.
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LINCOLN, April %
The event Of Arbor Day the present year
in Lincoln will be the laying of the corner
stone of the Grant Memorial hall at the state
university grounds. Propitious weather will
witness great street display and large
attendance of citizens from points in the
state, as well as the local assemblage of Lin
coin citizens who do no work OF this charac-
ter by halves. II will be holiday to-day in
the city and the banks will close the entire
day, the state and county offices in the after
noon, and II is probable also that the freight
Offices Of the different roads centering here.
as well as a major part of the business
houses, will recognize the legal holiday by
suspension Of business at least a portion of
the day. There will be trees planted in Lin
coin as usual on Arbor Day, and the nursery
stocks have an extra supply with which to
meet demands. Lincoln is rapidly becoming
a forest city, and thousands of trees have
already been planted without the formal
waiting for the formal day. Parties who
take part in the exercises of laying the cor
ner stone of the hall are already arriving in
the city Colonel Slaughter, grand marshal
of the Masonic fraternities, is on the ground,
and Grand Master Milton j. Hull, who lays
tine stone, came in on the afternoon train.
Captain Henry of Fairmont, the principal
speaker, arrives from the west on the morn
ing train.
THIRD DISTRICT MATTERS.
The fact that the Third congressional dis
trict breaks the record and nominates its
candidates for congress at the same time
that il selects delegates to the national con-
venton has caused an early awakening in
that district and brought numerous people
from that section of the state who talk poll
tics. A number who have been in the city
the past week have expressed the opinion
that Congressman Dorsey would be renom-
mated on the first ballot. A gentleman from
Columbus states that the aspirants for Mr..
Dorsey's shoe leather have been quietly at
work attempting to have the convention de-
layed, but 1t was not his opinion that the
plan would meet with any endorsement.
THE PAVING QUESTION.
AT The city council meeting tomorrow
night the paving question will be paramount,
as it is the time fixed for the final decision of
the council on the question of material
There will be about three miles of work to
dispose of, and a large bevy of contractors
have waited and worked for this decision
that will settle matters. During the past
week the advocates of brick pavements have
urged their material, but thus far none of the
districts have expressed preference for that
material. In each of the districts where
meetings of the property owners have
been held to decide the question of
material majority preference has ex,
listed for cedar blocks on concrete, and
the council is practically unit In favor of
using that material The question Of the
stone for curbing is also figuring largely, as
change from Colorado sandstone to Ban
dera stone will work a change in the con-
tract price on the totals with two or three
bidders, according to the report of the city
engineer. In the meantime the contractors
for the paving Of the second district that was
let a year ago have pushed preparatory work
f.. 1x,,,.s
in the district are now ready for the con-
crete. The laying Of blocks will commence
the coming week il the skies remain pro-
pitious, and several hundred men will be en-
gagged in public improvements at an early
day.
PERSONALS.
John Hammond of Grand Island, superin-
tendent of the soldiers and sailors home for
the state, was in Lincoln yesterday, en- route
for Marshaltown, Ia, and Quincy. ILL.,, the
location of the homes in those states. He
will make a personal supervision of their
management and workings for his assistance
in opening the Nebraska home.
III. c. Lett of Fort Collins, Colo, is in the
city with specimens of red sandstone from
his quarries at that point. He will interview
the county commissioners and exhibit his
specimens with view to securing the adop-
tion of his material for the building of the
new Lancaster county court house.
j. ID. Mckelvey, assistant superintendent
of the State Industrial home at Kearney, was
in Lincoln yesterday ON business connected
with that institution, bringing parole in
mates back for trial at their homes again.
Mrs. Slaughter, superintendent of the
home flor the frlendless in this city, it was
stated yesterday had prepared her resigna-
tion preparatory to presenting it to the state
board of public lands and buildings at their
regular monthly meeting May l.
Church Howe, in charge of Missouri Pa
cific work in this state, with headquarters at
Hastings, passed through Lincoln yesterday
en- route for his nome at Auburn.
Governor Thayer passed Sunday in Platts-
mouth the guest of Captain Palmer.
s. j. Alexander, of the Farmers and Mer-
chants Insurance company, arrived home
yesterday from tour of the state.
James Atwell, for years the Burlington
yardmaster at this point, has returned from
II six months soiourn at San Diego, Cal
Secretary Dummitt, of the " NJ g. A.,
has been engaged at Kearney for several
days organizing an association at that
place.
CITY BRIEFS.
The planning mill fire Saturday evening
proves not TO have been so heavy loss as at
Srst supposed. Mr.. Munson estimates the
loss at $, 500, and carries on this 81 800 nsur
ence, The loss, however, Isl total one, as
Aothing OF value was saved. The location o