Omaha daily bee., 1897-10-28
PROSPERITY AT LINCOLN
General" Sets Up Headquarters at Mr.,
Bryaus Home Town.
BUSINESS BETTER Than IN MANY YEARS
Railroads Employ Mnny More Wen and
Merchants Find Larger Quarters
AbsOiN tcly Necessary to Ham
: die Their Groving Trade.

LINCOLN Oct. 27.--(specal )-Prosperty
is general in Lincoln and Lancaster county
and the opinion here lis that the local good
times are in 40 way due to the famine in
India" Those who have studied the matter
cay that II the genera revival of business
comes solely from the short. wheat crop in
linda and the consequent rise in the price
OF the cereal in this country, through the
same reasoning, times should be harder than
ever here, as there is also a shortage of
wheat in Lancaster county. The famine
prices also affect Lancaster county where
the entire wheat crop produced this year
was not sufficient to feed the population Of
the county two months. The supply for the
other ten months has to be bought from
Other counties at the prevailing high prices.
One evidence Of prosperity is the increase
OF S}la300.S4 in deposits in tine banks OF
Lancaster county over last year at this time
as shown by tie published reports This in
crease applies to the banks in the smaller
towns Of the county as we'll each institution
contributing its proportionate share to the
GOOD showing. The total deposits In the
banks If the county now amount to 81 ,494,-
742.53, or about 1923 per CAPITA and o the
amount Is steadily increasing.
The railroads centeriug in this city all re-
port volume of local business double that
handled year ago. requiring a large in
crease in the number of laborers for its
handling. One year ago ten men were EN-
p'oyeu at the b. & NJ. freight depot, ard now
the rush of business keeps ffty-two men
busy. The Increase in the other departments
OF this road and at the offices Of the other
companies is In proportion. The reports from
all railroad lines show that in the state
there are 1000 more men now employed in
railroad work in the state than there were
one year ago and that Lincoln has it's full
snare of the increase.
GENERAL. BUSINESS IMPROVED.
The business houses of this city, both
wholesale end recall, report immense gain
over th1 vo'Vme OF business done last year
nnl mNry q. them enlargiug their rooms
and incrCasing their capacity. The reports
of eool business come alike from those who
we!a fer sound money and those who worked
for froc silver in the last campaign The
propretors OF the two largest retail stores In
the city were ardent free silver men last
year, but both these stores have found 1t
necessary to enlarge IN order to handle the
increased business that has come in this
year. one of them has added 1850 square
feet to its floor space ant the other is erect
ing an addition that will give it 400 feet
extra floor space. These business men, as
well as many otherL, are too busy this year
to talk politics.
In the way of improvements the city has
kept W with the times, ard the laboring
men and tradesmen have been busy all the
season. In the matter OF sidewalks alone
laying over 400, 900 brick which II laid in a
four-foot walk would stretch out four miles
in length. The columns of the newspapers,
which last year teamed with notices OF peo-
pie wanting work, are now filled with help
wanted" notices
Another instance of prosperity and the
pentifuness of money Is shown by the TACT
that during the year the people of Lincoln
have purchased 500 bicycles, at total cost
of $67 500, or $1'per capita for the entire pop
ulation of the county. The amount spent for
wheels alore would buy the entire wheat
crop o. the county at 81 per bushel, and leave
$25 900 to invest in other things.
Deputy Sheriff Hoagland gives out the fol
lowing statistics, which only add to the evi-
dences of returning prosperity In 1896 dur
ing the months of August, September and
October he conducted 123 sheriffs sales. In
1897 during the same months up to the pres
ent time he has conducted only forty eight.
State Treasurer Meserve today Issued a
call for $4,000 in general warrants to be
paid November 4.
VICTORY FOR DORSEY DEFENSE.
In federal court today Judge Woolsor
knocked out almost one-half of the counts
In the indictments agaErt f. M Dorsey anC
Ezra Higgins the Ponca bankers. Only
thirty-three counts are now left standing
OF these but five charge abstraction of th'
funds by meanH Of worthless notes. ERE
y. Higgins the stand and said al
though he was employed the greater par
of the time in the bank as cashier, F. NJ
Dorrey had the entire management of th'
bank. and it was he who put in these notes
He finally admitted that he had written the
Endorsement on the back of these notes
which Dorsey signed. Higgins also stated
that he knew little about the bond deal, bu
believed it to be all right 1t was brough
out that certain notes sold to other bank
had been marked paid" and still they wer
recorded in another book in which KEEP
a record Of notes sold, to whom when due
etc This Higgins says was done in obedl
euce to instructions from George w.
e . ttnttT tttiI
occupy the time tomorrow, and 1t is not ex
pected that the case will be given to tn
Jury before Friday.
LINCOLN LOCAL NOTES.
Ex-Chlef OF Police S. NJ, Melick has bee
appointed city detective by the excise b a"d
and took up his work today. Officer Harry
who has been serving temporarily cit
detective. resumed his old place on the po
lice force.
Judge j. H. Foxworthy died at his home i
this city this morning, at the age of g
wears The funeral will be held at the fam
lily rec dence on Friday at p. m, and vii
be under the auspices of the Grand Arm
and Masonic fraternities Judge Foxworth
was commander of Farragut post of this city
Louis Holdberg, ar ested on n charge
keepng a gambling house, was up befor
Judge McCandless yesterday afternoon
About three weeks ago, when his place VIC
raided by Constable Bentley, several othel
We're arrested, among them being j. c. Mo-
rison, a dealer from Omaha and two Chimes
The cases against all had beeo dismissed q
condition that they would tell all they kne
TO convict Holdberg and the dealer, Mo
rison At the hearing today the Chimes
had evidently been seen" and they II
fused to cay a thing except that they he
gone to Holdbergs to collect laundry bill
and had never seen Morrisou. The case wa
dismissed for lack of evidence.
Omaha people at the hotels; At the Liz
coin-James Richards E. H. Shawfer, II.
Clarke, j. W. Marshall. A. L. Armstrong, /
G. Jackson c. Il. White.
Church Wipes out It's Debt.
YORK, Neb, Oct. 2.-tSpecial.)-Th
members and congregation of the Bapti'
church have ~aised the last of their churc
fAst On Sunday morning the S125 whic