Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-24
DRIFT.

The mayor of Oakesdalc, Wash, resigned
his Office rather than enforce an ordinance
imposing severe penalties on owners of I'M
licensed dogs.
The chairmen of the six leading commit
tees of the Chicago city council are saloon
keepers. The prospect of drouth in munich
pal legislation is aVerted.
A gold mining convention is the latest
event booked in Colorado. 1t will be held
in Denver. July IA. AS Parson Jasper re-
marked, ode world do move"
Congressman Jerry Simpson says he has
never worn a dress suit. He is nevertheless
up with the times. A bicycle suit, including
golf stockings, are his favorite toys for
evening spins.
Among the candidates for the pcstoflce at
Media, Pa, is Miss Hattie Gault, who was a
teacher OF Mrs. Mckinley when the latter
was a student at Brooke Hall seminary, in
Media, more than thirty years ago.
The sound money democrats of New York
City have formed a regular organization
and will hold primaries in every district.
There will be at least three kinds of demo-
Gratis in the field at the municipal election.
Colonel Warren Reese, who has just been
confirmed as United States district attorney
for the Montgomery (Ala) district, is the
first native of the south to receive an i'm
portant federal appointment in his part of
the country. He is also said to be the
youngest district attorney in the south.
The movement against department stores
in several legislatures resulted in the dis
covery in New England of convincing proof
OF their ancient origin. A century-old sign
preserved in Massachusetts, announced that
the merchant owner had In stock: FIESTA
ments, Tar and Treacle; Cody Books and
Gimlets."
A Missouri editor who recently ran for
mayor and was defeated announces the
result at the head Of his editorial columns
DY saving, tWa Wpra knnplad nIIt hu a
heart blow, but are still in the ring. FL
nancially ahead .. about $3.50. Saved:
Twenty drinks. two bottles of beer. one
plug OF tobacco, one pint of whisky, a
poeketful of cigars my reputation and my
The Emporia Gazette tells OF a thrifty
Kansas lawmasers who Cancelled a 81, 900
mortgage on his cattle at the close OF the
session. Such thrift Is not confined to Kan
saS. A New York solon returned from his
labors at Albany a Few years ago and began
laying the foundation for a $40. 900 house.
It was rumored that his cleanup amounted
to $1,000 Asked by his neighbors how he
managed to save $40 900 in three months on
a salary OF 70 a, daay, he replied complacently:
not keep a hired girl last winter"
Senator ForneY Of the Kansas state SEN
ate has a young daughter who tells why her
father introduced so many freak bills in
the senate, Whenever pa ran up against
anything he didn't like" she says, "he
would come home and write up a bill
against it. One OF his railroad bills,
for instance. We drove to town to
church one night and there was a freight
train ON the crossing and II kept us there
Tor twenty minutes. II annoyed pa dread
fully, and he went home and wrote that
bill TO prohibit trains from obstructing
crossings more than five minutes. Then,
one night, somebody stole all our chickens.
The next day pa wrote his chicken bill.
But you will notice that the bill doesn't
protect ducks. 1t says except ducks Pa
doesn't like ducks. And he said II anybody
wanted to steal them it was all right
the ducks was punishment enough. When
ever pa sat down to write a bill we always
knew that something had happened to
him."