Omaha daily bee., 1888-04-25
WHO WILL LEAD AT ST. LOUIS
An Honor Rival Democratic Factions
Will Fight Over.
ADVANCE AGENTS IN THE FIELD.
A would-Be Wife Murderer In the
County Bastile-supreIne Court
Proceedings-The Paving Mat.
ter Not Settled Yet.
LTYcoLy BUREAU OF TuE OMAHA BEE, !
1929 u STREET,

LINCOLN, April "a.
There are signs Of awakening in the demo-
cratic camp in this city, caused by the near
approach Of the democratic state convention
that will send delegates to st. Louis. There
are many evidences that there will be many
eager patriots this year as candidates for
delegates, and Lancaster county will have
aspirauts In the persons Of Mayor Sawyer, s.
Schwab, A. s. Tebbits, and probably others.
II is understood that Mr.. J. ID. Calhoun
would like to go as a delegate il 1t was ten
dered him by the convention. The Lancaster
county democrats hold their primaries TO-
night, and on Saturday hold their county
convention at Fitzgerald hall. There has
been in the past few days a number Of demo-
Gratis who are In politics in the city. Yester-
day an Omaha democrat was visiting his fell
low political believers here, and q democrat
stated the mission was in the interest of
James f.. Boyd as the man to head the Ne
braska delegation to st. Louis. The demo-
crat who furnished this Information added
that in his opinion there would have been a
warmer feeling toward Mr.. Boyd and
his aspirations among Lancaster county
democrats if he had not a son-in.
law who had successfully held
a prominent federal position through
three years Of democratic rule. A democrat
oub IA hliS al SADh thS lihiio
that the state convention would see q race
between Boyd and Morton again over the
question of leadership. He cited as ~illustra-
tive of this fact the statement that the demo-
Gratis of Butler county had made that
character of a fight in selecting delegates.
1t Is stated also that the fact that lobe
Castor has recently removed from Saline
county to Lincoln will not prohibit him from
being the second district delegate with Raglan
of Adams.
A SMALL WAR.
Deputy Sheriff Fowler was called upon by
telegraph Monday night for the little town of
Princeton on the line of the Union Pacific.
The message said that a man there was en-
gagged in the wicked work of attempting to
kill his wife, and his arrest was demanded.
On the night train, therefore, the deputy
sheriff proceeded to the scene, secured the
beligerent, a man named Henry Peterson, and
brought HIM to this city. Yesterday the
man was in the custody of the sheriff await
ing a hearing in the county court. AS
nearly as can be ascertained Peterson and
his wife have not dwelt in the greatest har-
mony, but contentious have been numerous.
Yesterday Peterson was in the city, and he
became very drunk. He purchased a re-
volver and HE'D himself homeward, with the
drunken intention of making it warm for his
wife. Reaching home, he drove his wife from
the house, chased her through the streets
and around buildings, threatening to shoot,
which acts, with the screams of the woman,
aroused the entire community. Some of the
WOTe TeSOluJt lcll upOH IclcTSOu, CduBuD
him and bound him and telegraphed for the
sheriff. When the deputy arrived on the
scene the people had quoted down and re-
leased him., and yesterday as Peterson sat in
the office of the high sheriff he was a picture
of penitence.
SUPREME COURT
Court met yesterday pursuant to adjourn
ment.
State ex rel school district 10, Knox county,
VS. Morrell. Alternative writ allowed.
KlOStprmaQ VS. OlCOtt. RearQument or
dered,
Cobbey VS. Knapp. Motions to modify
judgement and retax costs overrulcd.
State ex rel Pepper VS. Speice. Contlnu-
ance vacated and cause submitted.
Holman VS. Davis. Reinstated.
Loney vs. Courtnay. Motion to vacate con-
tinuance overruled.
Court adjourned to this morning at $3.50
O'Clock.
THE COUNCIL PAVING.
The city council is yet wrestling with the
paving question, and after q long session
Monday evening have set this evening as the
final date for deciding who is the lowest COM
petitor, and the material to be used in the
different districts. Mr.. Graham, chairman
of the paving committee, stated that he, with
the city engineer, had retgured the three
lowest bids for cedar block on concrete and
find that the figures heretofore published
were absolutely correct and had been reached
with favoritism to no one. He further
stated that the difficulty In arriving at the
lowest Dluuer arose from tne IdCL Unat DID
doris haa named different kinds of curbing,
one of the firms bidding on Colorado sand
stone, one on Bandera stone only, and one on
both. IN his opinion the question of the
quality of stone to be used in the curbs
would be necessary TO first determine. The
aggregate bids for the work as refigured
were as follows: Mclean & Co., Chicago,
with Bandera stone curbing, cedar blocks on
concrete, s545, O7905; Kelly, & o'Shea,
S S9lGssdU on s soaersss, sss aSf IA. Il; ssSas
q Buckstaff, Colorado stone, blocks and
concrete, 1851, S07.42 Stout & Buckstaff,
Bandera stone blocks ON concrete, S547, 344. Ga.
The difference between between Kelley &
O'Shea with Colorado stone and Mclean
a. Co. with Bandcra stone was Sl93 in favor
of the latter, leaving practically the quality
or the stone to be used to settle the bid. The
advocates of brick for pavement have been
industriously at work the last few days, and
have secured u large element for that pave
ment in three of the districts. Judging from
the figures submitted to the council the
fourth, sixth and seventh districts desire to
experiment with brick. The fourth district,
or property owners in the district represent,
ing 5,231 feet of frontage, have petitioned for
brick, the petition for cedar blocks not being
filed as yet. In the fifth district cedar block
e~dherents, representing a foot frontage of
b,6I1 feet, have filed their petition. and the
brick petition from this district represents
2,14i feet, The sixth district seems TO be
practically unanimous for brick, with a petit
ton lor tnal material representing U,24T 1eet.
In the seventh district the brick adhercnts
have a petition representing 10, 1856 feet out of
the total foot frontage in the district of IA ,040.
The eighth district has not yet been heard
from, and a petition is In circulation in that
district to have the paving postponed for one
year.
CITY BRIEFS
Church Howe was in the city yesterday,
and as he swore to a petition filed with the
clerk of the court, .he lot the same affidavit
forth that he had not removed to Hastings as
the papers stated; that he had no designs
politically or otherwise, upon the people OF
the Third district. and that his home should
remain In the future, as II had in the pas,
nineteen years, in the county Of Nemahar
where, he further stated, he would be each
and every election day, and in all probability
q week In advance of election. Mr.. Howe
had no new railroad news to promulgate
whether the Missouri Pacific would build tC
,Kearney the present year WILL yet unde
cided.
An injunction case was issued yesterda,
by Judge Field, of this district, that is of
good deal of interest and Importance to the
city Of Hastings and the Missouri Pacific
railroad. The Injunction is a temporary ons
issued on the petition of Thomas II. Burnes
OF Adams county, and restraining the state
auditor, ii. A. Babcock, and Francis Phillips
chairman OF the Adaus county board Of