Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-08
ON BURR BLOCKS
Court Enters DEGREES on Mpgt+age Aggre-
eating $l5o,ooo.
AFFAIR lNvOLv.s MUCH PROPERTY
Trial of the suit of Mrs. Jennie
Chandler AGAINST Capital
city saloon Keepers
Comes TN.

LINCOLN, Dec. Especial )--Decrees OF
foreclosure of mortgages on the four Burr
blocks of this city, aggregating Sl5O,O0O,
were entered today in the district court
by Judge Holmes The court overruled the
exceptions and proceeded to enter up de-
crees foreclosing the various mortgages
held by the Northwestern Mutual Life In
surance company upon the blocks, one at
Twelfth and o streets, upon which there
is due S9656l one at Ninth and o streets.
the mortgage upon which is S15,90S.57; one
at Eleventh and o streets (the Harley cor
ner. upon which there is mortgage of
$l6,S2S57, and one on o near Eleventh, upon
which the mortgage Indebtedness is S13.-
1856. The DEGREES run against the Lincoln
Land and Improvement company and c.
c. Burr, the liability of L. C. Burr upon
a deficiency Judgment being reserved for
future determination. Francis N. Gibson,
who holds a $1,000 judgment for injuries
sustained in the Burr block elevator, was
given second lien on each block The
court entered up a decree of foreclosure
and order of sale. but the defendants took
the nine months stay of judgment per-
mitted by the law. me y
In the case Yh VI.gtS,snnburg lombard
Investment conNisny AGAINST W. J. Turner
the court enterTd a decree of order of sale
for S3,946 ON the property of defendant, lot
4. block 81, street, between Tenth and
Eleventh
Another decree was in favor of Margaret
NJ. Booth upon the property of II. II. Dean
and wife, at Seventeenth and o streets, the
mortgage amounting to 1857.
SWINE BREEDERS ORGANIZE.
About twenty-five prominent swine breed
or9 met at the Capital hotel Saturday after
noon and organized the Lancaster County
Swine Breeders association. Z. f. Fassett
presided at the meeting and w. Cole Off
ciated as secretary. A permanent organiza-
tion was effected by the election of the fol-
lowing officers: President. DR.. Peters; vice
president, l. w. Chappell secretary, e. f.
Fassett; treasurer, William Foster. 1t was
decided to tender the delegation to the
state swine breeders ASSOCIATION convention
a banquet when the convention meets next
month, and the following committee was ap-
pointed to make arrangements: DR.. Peters,
A. l.. Sullivan, l.. e. Mahan, w. w. Cole.
e. f. Fassett.
T. C. Munger the county attorney-eect,
has filed his bond for $1,000 signed by j.
e. Houtz, Webster Eaton and A. r. Talbot
He has made no formal announcement of
the fact, but ]. l.. Caldwell will be his
deputy
The following divorce suits were dismissed
for want of prosecutions Sarah Whitcomb
against William A. Whitcomb Clara Steiner
against Matthew Steiner. Mary Robinson
against John d.. Robinson, Hattie Lape
against Elonzo C. Lape.
w. S. Petit, snare drum and artist of
accessory instruments of the Lansing thea
ter orchestra, has been engaged to perform
similar functions during the Ak-Sar- Ben an
nual circus performance at Omaha.
Miss Minnow Gillum, Instructor at the
college of oratory, has accepted
a similar position in the conservatory of
music at Ithaca, n. Y.
Omaha people in Lincoln: At the Lindell
C. S. Seaman. C. L. White, +. l.. Lewis,
w. S. May, II. e. Hughes At the Lincoln
B. p. Billings, H. S. Whitney, John NJ.
Parish, George w. Roberts, Beechcr Highly
and wife ~ 81