Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-08-24
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
City Council Fixes General Levy
Mt Nine and One-HRlf
Mills.

The South Omaha city council cut its
special session short last night on account
of the intense heat and did nothing more
than was absolutely necessary which was
the recommendation of the general levy
ordinance for the ensuing year. The ordi-
nance provides for an assessment of 9.5
mills to produce a revenue of about $4,000
which is to be expended to pay the annual
expenses of the city government. The COM
mittee of the whole council. to which the
ordinance was referred, reported on the
matter, fixing the levy and the ordinance
was then placed on second reading. This
ordinance represents a raising of the levy
nearly one mill on the present valuation.
A special session Of the council will be
called for this afternoon when the ordi-
nances will be read the third time and
passed. The funds for the present fiscal
year will then become availabIe.
stOckmen for the Excursion.
The annual excursion to Cheyenne from
the South Omaha Live Stock exchange will
comprise about fifty of the South Omaha
commission mon, together with prominent
officials of the Union Stock Yards company
and the South Omaha packers. These men
will leave Thursday at p m. in company
with the large delegation from Omaha and
private cars belonging TO the high officials
of the western railroads. The men will be
provided with dining car service sufficient
for the entire train A. L. Stryker, secre-
tary Of the National Live stock exchange,
has contracted with the weather man for
ool'westher. The party will be provided in
plenty with advertising matter to convince
the stockmen that South Omaha offers
them the most advantageous market.
Big Market Monday.
Thirty-two thousand sheep and 10000 cat
tie were handled easily yesterday at the
South Omaha market. This large consgn-
ment of stock equalled any previous day
during the year The run OF sheep was
especially heavy The large numbers weak
ened the market slightly and the prices
eased off 10 to 10 cents in consequence.
Good, fat stuff sold at STEADY prices.
The increase OF cattle TO date is 7l,OOO.head
for the years receipts. the large run yes
terday had little effect on prices. All good
stock found q ready sale.
Cholera Experiment Near End.
Only three pigs out OF the eight which
were placed in the pens unprotected against
the cholera which had a firm hold on the
four original pigs remained alive Monday
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In q dying condition and the last shows
signs OF succumbing to the fatal malady.
1t was considered very fortunate that the
thief who stole one OF these pigs took the
one which was not treated with the anti
toxin serum. But fortunately the eighteen
pigs treated with the antitoxin are all left
and all are fat and healthy as on the
day they we're placed in the pen. Had one
of these been stolen there would have been
a serious break in the evidence in favor OF
! the serum method of treatment
Mrs. Nell n. Miller Overcome.
| Mrs. Nell B. Miller, wife OF Arthur C.
Miller. was overcome with heat about A
p m. Monday while At work as clerk At
the Union Pacific freight depot Twenty
seventh and . streets. She Is a clerk In
the depot under her husband, who Is chief
clerk. She is a woman Of about % to IS
years. She was apparently we'll a few
moments before she was seen to collapse
over her work. The cause OF her illness
vas at once suspected and DIT Kelly was
called. She was given temporary treat
ment at the depot and removed TO her home
at 81 North Tweny-second street in an