Omaha daily bee., 1888-06-01

In the continuous struggle for figures to
prove which is the third city in the state the
school population of n number of the cities
will not be passed by. 1t will be remem-
bered that this population is by the school
districts of the city which sometimes extend
beyond the city limits, therefore the record
is not an infallible test. The school popula-
ton of the following places is returned as
follows: Nebraska City Alb, Hastings
2,063, Grand Island 2,025, Plattsmouth ,S92,
Kearney 1877, Fremont 1896. The figures
for the school district of the city of Beatrice
were not compiled by themselves, so the
corded.
HE WANTS RELIEF.
VIM. A. Gwyer, of Omaha, has filed a COM
plant against the Il. 81 M. with the state
board of transportation. MIR. Gwyer recites
that he is the owner Of extensive stone
river from the town of La Platte, in Sarpy
county. 1t will be remembered that years
ago, when the b. 81 M. from the Platte river
to Omaha was the Omaha 81 Southwestern,
that when it reached the Platte river it ran
for six miles up the river on the norvh bank
to Cedar Island, where for a lime a ferry
was in use. After the b. & M. took posses
sion of the road this six miles of
made at Oreapolis. MIR. Gwyer states
that when this line of road was in operation
that a large amount of money was expended
in opening and working the quarries, and
that wing to the b. & M. taking up the
track his quarry has been greatly injured,
rendering it very expensive to ship from it.
In his complaint Mr.. Gwyer says of the b. q
M. that ''They have frequently been impor-
tuned TO restore the track, and q vast amount
of annual business has been promised them,
and yet they utterly refuse to do so, being
either instigated by the devil or some other
occult reason" Continuing, Mr.. Gwyer
says: ~ can readily surmise that some Of
the officials of the road are interested in some
other quarry, and hence their private inter-
ests override their official duty.' For these
reasons he asks that the board assist him in
getting justice.
SOMETHING OF A LANDLORD.
Yesterday Colonel Joseph Alex Common of
Plattsmouth was in the city en- route home
from a visit to his landed possessions in
Stanton county. The colonel has n tract of
between five and six thousand acres in that
county, and he has embarked in q series of
improvents this year. He has at present
some seventy-tive teams on the land engaged
in the work of breaking up $500 acres of the
ground preparatory TO having a little corn
field of his own. He has had 800 acres pre-
pared heretofore, which, with his new
ground will give him a field of $500 acres.
He will build houses for tenants and will be
made a baronet at an early day.
STATE HOUSE ITEMS
Governor Whayer was at home Yesterday
Susily engaged in his Office after his visit to
Omaha.
Captain j. E. Hill, private secretary to the
governor, goes TO his home au Beatrice to-day
to attend the high school commencement.
The board of public lands and buildings
will go to Nebraska City tomorrow TO pass
upon and accept the new building at the
blind asylum.
To-day was one of the meeting days for the
tcretaries of the board of transportation.
Secretary Munger came from Fremont in the
morning, and the others being absent, he re-
turned IN the afternoon.
General A. V. Cole, of the adtutant gem
erals ONCE, has gone to his home at Juniata
TO remain until after Sunday.
l., Il. Garland, Arcadia, Valley county; +.
w. Lyman, Fremont, Dodge county; William
q. Gramley, Mantasket, Buffalo county
Joseph Parker, Brainard, Butler county, and
Albert Willingering, Newport, Brown county,
were commissioned AS nOtaries public by the
governor to day.
The Overton Building association of Over
ton, Dawson county, filed articles of incor-
pOration to-day with the secretary of state.
The capital stock is $50, 900, in shares of 5000
each, and the incorporators are w. III. Hamil-
ton and ten others.
General Manager Holdrege, of the b. & NJ,
mas answered the complaint of II. j. Yensen,
OF Lowell, Kearney county, that was filed
with the board of transportation. Mr.. Hol-
drege says that the company will put IN a
dixie to turn the water through the bridge
which will prevent any overflow of the com
plainant's land IN the failure.
JAY GOULD IN TOWN.
A special Missouri Pacific train pulled into
Lincoln this morning bringing Jay Gould, :,
III. IL. Clark and other Missouri Pacific
officials. The distinguished visitors put in an
hour and a half of time in the vicinity of the
station looking over the company's yards
and grounds in a desultory way. A number
OF citizens visited the magnates, but extracted
little information concerning present or
future The stereotyped reply
10 all who communicated with them was that
ii was simply the annual tOur OF the officials
over the road, with no particular significance
There is a general opinion here that the link
between this city and the Crete line, MIN
miles south, will be built this season, but nc
definite Information ON that question was
CLEANED from the visitors.