By F. M. KIMMELL.
THE state legislature will assem
ble Monday , December 29th.
AFTER all their fuss the Indians
will hardly be so successful in the
scalping line as was the fanners'
alliance.
THE vote of public opinion , the
world over , is against the contin
uance of Paruell's leadership by a
heavy majority.
A Blue Hill newspaper is re
sponsible for the statement that
McKeighan will deliver a series of
lectures for the benefit of the des
titute settlers of western Nebraska.
WHO'S governor ? S-s-h death !
Whisper it not in Gentoria. Di
vulge not the secret in Omaha.
Thayer still stands upon the burn
ing deck Thayer is governor.
Kearney Hub.
UNDERany system of apportion
ment that may be adopted by con
gress , Nebraska is sure to double
its representation in the lower
house. Congressional aspirants
will govern themselves accordingly
ly-
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THE Lincoln Herald sighs for a
breath of primitive Christianity in
this wise : "Just now the most
earnest , honest , old-fashioned ex
pounder of the word of God in
this city is generally esteemed a
crank. "
COLONEL POLK , president of the
National Farmers' alliance , is in
town , says the Star , and they do
say that he has been walking up
the avenue past the White House
and looking over the fence with
the air of a man who wanted to
take a house in Washington for a
few winters.
MR. POWDERLY will attend the
national convention of the Farm
ers' alliance at Ocala , Fla. He is
credited with a desire to annex the
alliance to the Knights of Labor.
The Knights and the farmers have
a good many objects in common ,
but if there is to be any absorbing
it will be done by the Alliance.
The farmers are sufficiently famil
iar with natural history to know
that the tail ishould not wag the
dog.
The first need in this country of
magnificent natural resources is a
blow at the great greed of capital
by way of equitable laws for rich
and poor. Tens of millions of dollars
lars are too much in the coffers of
one man whose employees are
starving in huts in the shadows of
ins great mills and factories.
These are causes that reach down
to the root of the trouble. When
are our statesmen , who are also
philanthropists lovers of their
kind to take the matter in hand
intelligently , fearlessly and vigor
ously ?
PROFESSOR LANE'S report of the
condition of Nebraska schools
shows the steady growth of the
state. The increase in the enroll
ment since 1888 is nearly twenty-
five thousand and in the number of
school buildings 750. Expendi
tures have also increased by $200-
000. An interesting figure in the
.statistics of the schools is the num
ber of sod and log houses. Hundreds -
dreds of these are in use and they
iave considerably increased in
number during the last two years.
This is good evidence that the fron
tier is not yet wholly a thing of
the past in Nebraska. Whether or
not we have any Lincolns or Gar-
fields in embryo , we are sure at
least that we have the sort of cra
dles in which greatness has often
Tocked heretofore.
A BILL extending the right of
'suffrage to women at all elections
* has been passed by the Oklahoma
House of Kepresentatives , and it is
likely to go through the Council ,
as it will have a number of able
champions in the Upper House.
Equal suffrage appears to be more
popular in the newer states and ter
ritories than in the older sections
of the country which , have been set
tled for many years. This may be
explained upon the ground that so
cial pleasures present stronger al
lurements to women than politics ,
as theh % interest in public affairs
seems to decrease in an exact ratio
to the multiplication of the com
forts and refinements which comes
with the increase of wealth and the
regress of civilization.
THE public does not trust the
trusts.
do say that since being so
badly mutilated in the local elec
tion Herr Bosewasser of the Omaha
Bee sighs for "dreamy dissolution. "
IT seems prouabie that the vote
of all cities of the second class that
did notregister can be thrown out.
The list includes Bed Cloud , Minden -
den , Holdrege , Superior , McCook ,
Wymore , Blue Springs , Pawnee
City , Aurora and a number of oth
ers. Hastings Gazette Journal.
THE young Kansas girl who de
cided not to drown herself because
the water was to cold was quite as
wise as Irishman . who changed
his mind when he found the water
was so deep. Committing suicide
is a very foolish and undignified
proceeding and contrary to the
laws of nature , as the two incidents
clearly illustrate.
SCHAEFER'S victory over SLOS-
SON ought tc settle the question of
superiority in billiards , which
SLOSSON so presisteutly raises.
SCHAEFER is easily the champion
at any game on the billiard table ,
and of this fact the public is now
pretty well assured , whatever may
be the private feelings of ambi
tious young players or quitters
like SLOSSON.
FOR the third time within two
years the federal courts remind
Minnesota that the diverse interests
of the nation cannot be circum
scribed by state law. The bloom
ing statesmen of Minnesota attem
pted to shut out dressed beefto , pro
hibit the manufacture and sale of
oleomargarine and do other selfish
things tending to close her doors
against the products of her neigh
bors. The last to receive the at
tention of the courts was the oleo
margarine law , a specimen of legal
absurdity so glaring the judge did
not deem it worthy of a written
opinion.
MR. GOULD announces that his
return to power in the railroad pro
vinces of the west means a general
advance in rates. He proposes to
raise his properties to a dividend
paying basis , and that the welfare
of the country will not weigh
against the profits of the stockhold
ers. In other words , it makes no
difference how much water has
been injected into the capital of
these corporations , the resources of
the tributary country will be taxed
to pay not only liberal dividends ,
but to inflate the market value of
the inflated stock so that Gould and
his backers may unload and
squeeze the lambs for a few more
millions. Bee.
THE annual report of the collec
tor of internal revenue for the dis
trict of Nebraska shows the total
collections by Collector Peters
during the fiscal year ending June ,
30 , 1890 , to have been $2,969,816.
The report also shows that the fol
lowing concerns under the eye of
the internal revenue department
were in existence during the year.
Four rectifiers , 1,445 retail liquor
dealers , 46 wholesale liquor deal
ers , 202 manufacturers of cigars ,
2 dealers in loaf tobaccos , 9,510
dealers in manufactured tobaccos ,
9 peddlers of tobaccos , 25 brewers ,
44 retail dealers in malt liquors ,
42 wholesale dealers in malt
liquors , 11 retail dealers in oleo
margarine and 4 wholesale dealers
in oleomargarine. Hastings G.-Z.
BEN BUTLER'S advice to Mr.
Parnell is to take the first opportu
nity to rise in the house of com
mons , tell the story of his entan
glement with Mrs. O'Shea and then
finish in the language of the Savior ,
"Let him that is without sin cast
the first stone. " It is singular ,
but so far as we remember Ben has
always carefully refrained from following -
lowing his own advice when people
charged him with sins of various
sorts. He never "fessed up. " On
the contrary , Ben used to hire a
private detective to scout around
and find out the peccadilloes of his
enemies , and when he had 'em well
cornered he would rise and charge
'em with twenty sins to one they
had conjured up against him , and
prove 'em. But a man's practice
is very frequently different from
his preaching. Ben always sus
pected that if he should get up and
invite his fellow congressmen who
were without sin to heave a rock at
him , they would immediately let
fly the rocks , sin or no sin. So he
never took the chances. Lincoln
Journal.
PETITIONS are said to be in cir
culation all over the state asking
the legislature to pass a law plac
ing .the moneys collected from fines
and licenses into the general fund
of the counties in which they are
collected , instead of the school
fund of the cities and towns. It
has been a common complaint
among the farmers for several
months that they are obliged to
pay more than their share of the
expense of punishing criminals ,
while the cities absorb the reven
ues arising from the liquor busi
ness. Before insisting upon a leg
islative enactment changing the
disposition of the funds it will be
well to take a look at the state con
stitution. Section 5 of article
VIII is as follows : "All fines ,
penalties and license moneys aris
ing under the general laws of the
state shall belong and be paid over
to the counties , respectively , where
the same may be levied or impos
ed , and all fines , penalties and
license money arising under the
rales , by-laws or ordinance of cities ,
villages , towns , precincts or other
municipal sub-divisions less than a
county shall belong and be paid
over to the same respectively. All
such fines , penalties and license
moneys shall be appropriated ex
clusively to the use and support of
common schools in the respective
sub-divisions where the same may
accrue. " If the present arrange
ment is to be attacked , therefore ,
it must de done by a constitutional
amendment and not a legislative
enactment. And should the mat
ter be brought before the people it
will be an easy matter for them to
decide between the two systems.
Lincoln Journal.
LEAVING out all questions of ex
pediency , it is supreme nonsense
to assert that there is none to take
the place of Parnell as leader of
the Irish parliamentary party. Re
gard for Parnell , even that which
amounts to blind idolatry , is no
justification for slighting the abil
ities of William O'Brien , John
Dillon , Michael Davitt , Justin Mc
Carthy and others that might be
named. The father of the land
league has shown himself capable
of successful generalship. O'Brien
and Dillon have each conducted
campaigns in Ireland without the
aid or encouragement of Parnell ,
and by their commanding force , in
genuity and dash , outwitted the
power of the government with its
trained machinery , and displayed
in a marked degree the elements of
leadership. Justin McCarthy is
not as aggressive as either of these ,
but he is a statesman , of broad
mould ; conservative , yet forceful ,
brilliant without pyrotechnics , and
fully capable o upholding the
home rule cause. If the Irish party
will give either of tiese men the
confidence reposed in Parnell , their
record is sufficient guaranty that
the aspirations of Ireland will be
vigorously and faithfully pushed
to victory. Bee.
THE statement of the condition
of the state and private banks of
Nebraska at the end of June , 1889
and on October 18 , 1890 , shows a
fair growth of business during the
fifteen months , the increase in
loans and discounts during that
period having been about two mil
lion dollars , while the resources in
creased over one million. The ac
count of general deposits shows a
gain of nearly three million dollars ,
the surplus fund was somewhat in
creased , and generally the state
ment of liabilities is more favora
ble for the latter than the former
date. The new banking law ap
pears to have worked well , and
thus far none of the reasons urged
in opposition to it have been justi
fied by results. It is believed that
Nebraska now has as safe and well-
regulated a banking system as any
in the country , and all that seems
to be required is that it shall con
tinue to be faithfully enforced.
AMID the whole disheartening
mess into which the Irish , cause is
plunged , the one poignant regret
to every lover of human freedom is
that it practically wrecks what a
few days ago promised to be the
Downing act of Gladstone's life
the granting of home rule to Ire
land. To this cause he has devot-
d an almost supernatural energy
during the past seven years. Suc-
; ess was as certain as day follows
night. Yet the hopes of Gladstone
no less than the relief of a people
from the oppression of centuries
are dashed to pieces in an hour.
Such a disaster on the threshold of
triumph is a source of profound re
gret to all friends of liberty and
human progress.
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KRIS KRINGLE i
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is a clever , sensible old gentleman , and the public will not be surprised to learn
that he has this early in the season established his headquarters in McCook for
the holiday trade. And they will admire his good taste and wisdom in select-
ins : the ELEGANT AND POPULAR ESTABLISHMENT OF
H. P. SUTTON
B Leadin
OF WESTERN NE
in which to make his MOST EXTENSIVE , E
DISPLAY. We shall not attempt to give an ad
and marvelous array of presents the generous
upon which you are invited to feast your eye.
commissioned Mr. Sutton as his distributing
and pleasure in showing you the same , and
KRIS
Willd
Will
* Stock of Silverware
Silver Bill. Will sell
A splendid stock of Sterli
engraved free of charge
And then.in the line of
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we are unapproachable. Car
rying a stock of
Diamond Rings ,
Diamond Ear Rings ,
Diam on d Scarf Pins ,
Studs , Lockets ,
CuffBottons , Pins ,
Broaches , Bracelets ,
Necklaces , Pendants ,
Hair Ornaments ,
and an endless variety of every
and all articles kept in a
Jewelry Store.
There is Nothing !
That the heart desires in the
line of JEWELEY that Sutton
does not have aud what can be
more acceptable for a Christmas
Gift or a New Year Present than
a Diamond Ring , a Watch , Silver
Tea Set , or in fact any of the 100
things of beauty and joys forever
to be secured at
STJTTWS
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No establishment in Western Nebral
the quantity , nor the qi
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that I now have displayed in my show
the best movements , such a
Roekford , Howa :
W altham , Colu :
Elgin and Hani1
You can also have a choice of Solid or Filled G <
of which I carry an elegant line , or of a large asl
ment of the less expensive silver cases.
Solid Gold or Warranted J
In addition we have an
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or in the many popular , reliab
All our Goods are of Standar1
Sure of getting TH
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