Connell, William J
lawyer, congressman, was born July 6, 1846, in Canada. He received an academic education, and for many years was engaged in mercantile pursuits in Massachusetts and Vermont, and since 1867 has lived in Omaha, Neb. In 1870 he was admitted to the bar; was elected district attorney in 1872, and received the re-election two years later. In 1883 he was appointed city attorney of Omaha, and held that office for four years. While in that position he saved Omaha nearly a million dollars by his successful defense of suits for damages, and by his sound legal advice on important questions. In 1888 he was elected to the fifty-first United States congress, and has served on numerous important committees. In 1890 he was defeated for congress by William J. Bryan. Since 1892 he has been city attorney of Omaha.
CONNELLY, MRS. CELIA LOGAN, journalist, dramatist, was born in 1839 in Pennsylvania. She is a journalist and playwright of Washington; and the author of An American Marriage.