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VOLLUME VI.

LOCAL NEWS.

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MONDAY

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Mabel, the three year old daughter of J. B. Bunnell, living at Waverly, died this morning of diphtheria. Funeral tomorrow.

The death of Mrs. George W. Lee of Kmerald occurred last Friday. The funeral took place today and remains were interred in Wyuka cemetery.

Mrs. G. W. Lee died yesterday afternoon at her home at Emerald. The deceased is the daughter of James Spencer and sister of George and James Spencer, who removed to Utah some time since. Mr. Lee is also very ill.

H. J. Liesvoid came down from Lincoln yesterday, where his wife is being treated by Dr. Koch's lymph for consumption. Mr. Liesvoid says his wife is much better, and thinks she will be discharged from the doctor's care in about a week.--Hickman Enterprise.

DIRD--At Ord, Neb., March 26, 1891, Mrs. Catharine Anne Bartlet, aged 47 years, 11 months and 22 days. The funeral took place yesterday from the old home, six miles southeast of Waverly. The family removed to Ord only three weeks ago.

Paul Pingel, living at 1233 N street, reports to the police that some one entered his house Saturday night, and got away with a gold watch, some clothing and several dollars in cash. Patrick Patton, who rooms in the Menlove block, says that some one swiped his new overcoat the same night.

Mary Ann Brennan was turned out of the house Saturday by her paramour, and proceeded to drink some bad liquor with a bevy of switchmen. Early yesterday morning she was found lying dead drunk in the bottoms, and was taken into custody. The court fired some good advice at her this morning, and bade her begone.

Money scarce at 2 per cent a month. Way $16 per ton. Beef cattle going away up in price, and hogs likely to reach $5 per hundred pounds within month. Oats are 60c a bushel and mud knee deep to the mules, don't encourage market men or grocers in feeding the team or pulling the delivery wagons with two span of animals. A farm, with corn at 30 bushels to the acre and returns of 60c. a bushel is more profitable while the chances this year are that they yield will pull up to 50 and sixty bushels.

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The New City Charter.

The house this morning having recommended for passage the new city charter as amended, some complications are liable to happen as regards the election, so one of the parties having acted under the belief that the charter would not be passed in time to take effect at this election. The probabilities are that it will, however, and those who have failed to name men may get left under the new ballot bill.

The new charter has already been given in synopsis in these columns, but the amendments tacked on by the house change the measure in some impertant particulars. Besides the water commissioner, a chairman and two members of the board of public works are made elective officers. The provision relating to election of city councilmen makes it obligatory to elect half the council at large, but provides that no two shall reside in any one ward, which distributes them as at present. The appointive office of building inspector is added to the mayor's powers, and the charge and appointment of city marshal and policemen is given over to the excise board instead of the mayor. In addition to the councilmanic provision referred to the bill states that the person receiving the highest number of votes, as compared with other candidates for council in the same ward at said election shall be declared duly elected.

It also provides that no inspector or public officer shall be appointed except one who has been qualified by practical experience in the particular line of industry that requires his attention and constitutes his duties. The funds of the city are required to be placed in such banks as offer the highest rate of interest, the council to advertise for bids for the deposits. Interest shall not be less than three per cent per annum. Banks must give bonds in double the amount of deposits, and no bank having less than $100,000 capital stock paid up shall be selected. The council is given authority to declare the office vacant if provisions are violated. When the city cannot pay its laborers or employes the council may authorize the creation of an emergency, and borrow the money. All street work must be done by contract to lowest bidder, or if a majority of property owners immediately interested may so petition it shall be done by day's work.

Any citizen who shall be of opinion that any civil liability, arising out of contract or otherwise, exists in behalf of the city, he may demand that the city attorney prosecute the same, and if he shall refuse to prosecute it himself, giving surety for costs. No ward shall contain less than seven thousand inhabitants, and there shall be no less than six wards. An emergency clause is added.

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A HOTEL FIRE.

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The Hotel Mack Scorehed Last Evening by a Mysterious Blaze.

The fire department was called out about 7:30 last evening to subdue a lively little blaze in the Hotel Mack. The property is unoccupied, save by a watchman named Kane, who told the fireman that while he was behind the counter with a lamp, the latter exploded and the burning oil caused the blaze. The fire was [?] quenched, but on investigation the firemen could find no traces of the lamp. Kane is said to have been drinking during the evening, and the [?] of the lamp explosion is not regarded as being a truthful one. The ho