Nebraska Newspapers

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F. M. KIMMELL , Puhllxhor.
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OVER + THE STATE
Two BASE ball clubs have been or-
ganizcd \Vahoo. .
TIlE dog poisoner is doing active
' work at Nebraska City.
ATithis writing Saunders county has
. but one prisoner in its fail.
Dn. It II. PALSIEn has been appointed -
ed a pension examining at Orleans.
THE Methodist church at Valentine ,
costing about $4,000 , has been dedicated -
cated free of debt.
TILE Nebraska City assessors this
year will assess at the rate of 20 per
i cent less than in 1934.
THI : railroads of Nebraska will make
reduced rates to the Thomas concerts at
Omaha , April 19 , 20 and 31
f Wolnc on the Oxford-Beaver City tel--
m ephone line is progressing favorablyl
and will be completed soon.
WIIIr.E boring a well for Dr. Hutchin
son of Madison , gold-bearing grave
was found at a depth of sixty feet.
OLIVER F. BUTT , one of the best
known railroad engineers in the state ,
died at his home in Nebraska City last
week.
There is a lockout of cigar makers in
some of the factories of Lincoln , a
strike having been ordered on account
w of wages.
t The Bank of Axtell was unable to
open up for business last week. No
statement of assets or liabilities yet
t made public.
Ptln.rP lCNEILL , a farmer near llum-
i
d boldt , while intoxicated , fell from his
buggy and received injuries which
resulted in his death.
W. C. G1LXES , one of the pioneers of
Cass county , recently died at the age
of 70. Ten children , seven boys and
L three girls , survive him.
i CH AImLES BosclluLT , a wealty farmer
residing near Nickerson , is minus a
thumb from the right hand. The cogs
of a corn sheller amputated it for him.
THE saloon business in Beatrice appears -
pears to have been unprofitable , and as
a result there are but five applications
for a license , just half of what has been
heretofore.
' Joris F. MONETHAS , a former business -
ness man of Craig , tulle has been in
I business in Iowa for the last few years ,
has returned to Craig to again engage
in business.
d TRACY KELL1'H 1 , a young lady of
. Houston , five miles northeast of York ,
took a dose of carbolic acid by mistake ,
dying in twenty minutes thereafter in
terrible agony.
ABOUT fifty farmers in the vicinity of
Crete have decided to raise one acre of
sugar beets thisyear for the purpose of
testing whether it will pay to raise the
beets as a crop.
A CHERnr Tounty justice of the peace
is charged wiih charging a fee foi oak-
ing out applications for aid. This is in
direct violation of the law and the meat-
ter tivill be investigated.
LEwIs hr.oi'scH of the Christian
Herald recently forwarded another $500
check to the state relief commission ,
making a total of wOO5 that 11as come
tQ Nebraska through his paper.
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Tiit : Kettrne council has reduced the
' salaries of the city officials to the following -
lowing notch : Mayor , $150 per year ;
clerk , $200 , treasurer , $100 ; city attorney -
ney , $350 ; councilmen , $100 ; policemen ,
$45 per month.
A FEW days ago news reached Ashland -
land of the death by being thrown
from a horse , of Robert Verse at h ay-
mend , Neb. Young Verse lived with
his parents in Ashland most of his life ,
up t a few months ago.
Bir.r. PAn1 Er of Tilden went out in a
boat to fish and was precipitated into
the river. He saved his life , but lost
his right leg in the water and had to
whittle out a new limb before he could
hop around as lively as ever.
A CRETE woman , who had been a
helpless invalid for years , regained her
strength the other day very suddenly
and is now engaged in her every day
duties in good health. She attributes
her recovery to prayer alone.
JouN FAIIAL , a farmer who resided
about eight miles southwest of Aurort ,
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committed suicide by hanging. He
was found by members of his family
hanging in his corn crib. He was
about 60 years old and well-to-do.
THE Union Pacific is laying a spur
track to the Oberfelder stone quarry at
Sidney and will develop that industry.
The production of this quarry is said
to be a very high grade of building
stone , for which there is great demand.
A cow belonging to Nicholas Schri-
. vonea of. Nemaha was attacked by hop -
p drophobia last week and was killed
after she had gone into spasms. A mad
dog had been loose in the town and it
is supposed that the rabid animal had
bitten the cow.
TILE new Catholich church at Gretna
will be dedicated on Wedne3day , April
17. The order of exercises will be the
meeting of the bishop and clergy at
the depot , thence the march in procession -
sion to the church , followed by the
ceremonies of dedication.
; CHARLES SanTH and Homer Call , who
pleaded guilty to breaking in a store at
Stromsbnrg , were brought before
Judge Wheeler at Osceola to receive
their sentence. The judge sentenced
Smith to the penitentiary for one year
and Call to the industrial school.
THE Bank of Bladen was closed last
week by Bank Examiner Cline. Assets
comprise bills receivable to the amount
of 13,911 and cash and sight exchange
" to the amount of $2,754. The liabilities -
ties are : Due depositors , $10,024 ; due to
' other banks , $956. There is some prosPect -
Pect of depositors being paid , but it
will take time.
W. H. DAVIDs0Nof Sarpy county is
putting out a thirty-six-acre orchard
this spring on his farm in Plattford
Precinct. He has wisely come to the
conclusion that it pays to raise fruit in
this state and accordingly will have
one of the largest apple orchards in the
county.
Stn of the men arrested in Burt
county for the murder of Squatter
.
. Phillips have been discharged upon
the motion of the county attorney at
Tekamah. There are five men still to
. , be tried for the crime , and it is understood -
stood that the men discharged will be
used as witnesses for the state when
the cases come on , April 29.
CIIARLEE P ItUNTZ 6Ib , an old farmer
residing in Nuelrolls county , tried to
jump over a barb wire fence and tripped ,
'
breaking his neck. llsdead body 'vas
found by his family lying in the field
and the coroner was notified , bringing
in a verdict according to the facts.
Ouvsn F. BUTT of Nebraska City
died last week of heart disease , after a
long illness. The deceased for years
was in the employ of the B. S : M. , and
was one of the best known railroad
men in the state. He went out during
the big strike and only afew years ago
was reinstated with the company. lie
leaves a widow and three small chil-
dren.
SENATOR W. V. ALLEN has written
Governor Ilolcomb that Thomas Don-
aldson of Pennsylvania has twenty-
five carloads of seed wheat for Ne-
braslca , and asking the governor to
name a consignee. Ile has designated
the state relief commission. Six cars
ill be sent to the Elkhorn country
and the remainder along the Burlington -
ton .4 Missouri and Union Pacific rail-
ways.
P. E Beardsley , stenographer of the
State Board of Transportation , died
last Saturday at his home in College
View. He has been ill for several
months of dropsy , and last fall made a
visit to Texas for his health. He had
resided in Nebraska for thirt-six years
and was one of the best known stenographers -
graphers in the state. lie was well
educated , an agreeable conversationalist -
alist and a man of decided opinions.
A FIII T 1 nToN dispatch says : Con-
gressinan Miklejohn has had a corps of
assistants at work for sonic days prc-
paring his quota of agricultural seeds
for distribution in his district. Ile has
divided them equally among the counties -
ties except Dodge and Cuming , who
waived their share and consented to
have them distributed in the counties
that suffered more severely from the
drouth. lie forwarded his entire allotment -
ment last week , consisting of fifteen
sacks.
Tint : quarantine proclamation against
Texas cattle , issued by Governor Hol-
comb , is in conformity with the order
of Secretary of Agriculture Morton of
February 5 , 1895. The new dead line
dividing the United States from east to
west is slightly changed , but not materially -
terially from that established last year.
The northwest portion of Oklahoma ,
equalling nearly one-half of the territory -
tory in area , is now north of the line
and excluded from the quarantine pro-
visions.
COLONEL \VILLTAM DEXTER of Ashland -
land last week received a letter from
the family of the late Fred. Douglas
in response to a letter of condolence.
Before Mr. Douglas had become famous ,
while yet a fugitive slave , he found
shelter one night in the home of Col.
Dexter's father in western New York ,
where he remained for some time. The
colonel , then but a boy , remembered
the fugitive , and when he attended the
World's fair he met Mr. Douglas and
had a talk with him , when lie was delighted -
lighted to find it was the same Douglas -
las , and that he had never ; forgotten
the kind treatment he had received at
their hands.
The prospect of securing manufacturing -
ing industries at Chadron is causing a
great influx of people to the city , many
of whom are very undesirable. The
business and professional men receive
in nearly every mail numerous letters
asking about the prospects for laboring
men , etc.
Nebraska Crop Bulletin.
Weather crop bulletin No. 1 from the
Nebraska station says :
The season opens rather early , with
less than the normal precipitation since
last January , the deficiency ranging
from less than half an inch in the
western part of the state to nearly an
inch in the northeastern and two inches -
es in the southeastern.
A general rain over the state the last
week in February , followed by dry and
very warm weather the last of March ,
put the ground in good condition and
made early seeding possible.
During the first half of the past week
hot , dry weather with high winds prevailed -
vailed over the state. During the last
half gentle rains fell in all sections ,
heaviest in the northeastern portion ,
and thence southwestward toward the
middle of the state. Over this area
from two to three inches fell , it was
least in the southeastern and in the
southwestern sections , where less than
half an inch fell.
Fall wheat generally suffered severely -
ly from the warm weather and high
winds which prevailed at the beginning -
ning of the month. In the extreme
southeastern portion of the state it is
generally in good condition. but further -
ther west many fields of it are killed
and have been plowed up , while in the
southwestern section it is generally reported -
ported almost a complete failure. Rye ,
on the contrary , has come through
generally in good condition and the
recent rains are bringing it forward
finely , as well as the wheat which has
survived the winter.
Seeding is well advanced ; most of
the wheat is in the ground , and , in the
southern part of the state , most of the
oats , while in the northern part about
half of the oats have been sown.
There was some damage done by the
high winds uncovering small grain
that had been sown , but in general the
comparatively dry condition of the
seed bed when most of the grain was
sown , followed by a thorough saturation -
tion from the recentrains , have afforded -
ed the most favorable conditions possible -
sible for small grain.
In many counties there will be a
smaller acreage than usual of small
grain and an increased acreage of corn
on account of thescarcity of seed wheat
and oats.
Stock generally seems to have come
through the winter in fair condition ,
though in some localities farm horses
are not as vigorous as could be desired
for the spring work.
THE Butte papers have started in to
"show up some of the people who
have been "working" charitable people -
ple in the east under the guise of relieving -
lieving the distressed. One party living
near Basin wrote to Ohio parties for
assistance , stating that two persons
had starved to death near there. Investigation -
vestigation proved it to be a fake , and
there is some talk of prosecuting some
of the people who are circulating the
lies. Boyd county has had generous I
treatment from every part of the
country , and no cases of actual suf t. ring -
ing have been reported , althounh many
had to go on short allowance for a
time. I
Bills Approved by the Governor.
Governor Ilolcomb approved thirty-two
bills on the 10th , including the age of consent -
sent bill , state l ankhmg act , Omaha canal
bill , the madilcd oleomargarine measure
which permits manufacture of oleo for export -
port , the blanket ballot bill relating to the
marking of ballots containing constitutional -
tional amendments , for free attendance at
public high schools , establishing a branch
soldiers' ] tome at Milford , and house roll
\o. OL , one of the miscellaneous claims
bills. Time list of bill , signed t.y the gov ,
error is as follows :
house toll.\o. 612-Making appropriation
for the payment of miscellaneous items of
indebtedness owing by the state of : ic-
braska.
roll No.550-I'rescriblm the
house - manner -
ner in which two or more proposed amendments -
ments to the constitution are to be submit-
tea to a vote of the people.
house roll \o. 13-l'tovicling for the at-
tendunce of children of school age at a
s hoot in a nearer distance than their own ,
house roll \o , 5:5-1o proviue for the
method of purchasing supplies for the legislature -
lature and to re-elate the use and the carp
of the same.
lfousu roll No. 110-Providing for the pre- ,
serration of P001cs for the registration of
woers in titles of the second class having
over 7,010 Inhabitants
house roll No. Jet-To authorize cities of
the second elass and incorporated villages
to borrow money or issue bonds for the purpose -
pose of enlarging or or Improving water
works systems.
house roll . \o : S2-1'roviding for the formation -
mation of new s hooi districts mend dolining
the boundaries of existing districts.
, Ouse roll No : S-To : provide for free at-
tenclmimice ut public high schools.
House roll \o 892 To prevent the lntro-
cluetion of contagious aiseascsnnd to make
, luutntine laws for that purpose.
House roil No. 457-Providing for tie appointment -
pointment of ollicc sin villages.
house roll No. i. 9-To appropriate thesum
of ) : ,0jl1 fur additional shelving and vault
for the state library.
house 1011 No. ; o--To provide for the relief -
lief of ] lakotacounty , Net raska
house roll , % 0.501-To allow the board of
suucrvisors of Clay couutyabraska , to
COnipromise the tax sales , the unpaid tax
for the year 1' l on certain lauds in said
t lay county.
11oaseroll No. 49-Appropriatin ; $ C0 for
a card catalogue for the state university.
house rollo. S7 Topumifsh cattle steal-
imig and to punish persons receiving or buying -
ing stolen cattle , and to punish all persons
harboring o concealing
llouse roll No. 642-Froviding for the manufacture -
ufacture of Imitation butter for exporta-
non outside the limits of the state.
nau-e roll i\o it1'o appropriate the
matriculation fees of the Nebraska state
normal school for a library fund for the use
of said schoo. .
House roll Nc' . 2i4-Appropriating SL40 (
for the relief of Mrs. Weiese.
house roll No. MJ-Authorizing the state
treasurer to truusfer l0.U 1. ' 6 from file saline -
line land fund to permanent school fund.
House roll No. 445-Fixing the boundary
line of Arthur county.
house roll No. 410-Defining the boundaries -
ries of 1)euel county.
house roll No. 2S-To compel institutions
transacting a banking business to keep a
list of shareholders for the inspection of
creditors of the ass pciation.
house roll No. 447-Defining the boundaries -
ries of Gruntcounty.
House roll No. 174-To provide for the ap-
protiotmentof fines , penalties and license
money in cities and villages having a part
or all of two or more school districts within
their incorporate limits.
House roll 101-'To establish a state bank-
lug board , define and designate state banks
and regulate said banks , whether commer-
clal or savings.
enate life No. ' 9-Legalizing orders , judgments -
ments , decrees and findings under the decedent -
cedent , law of ISS7 , and amending time repeal-
lug act of that year.
house roll \o. 14S-The age of consent
act.
touseroll No. 453-Provid ing for the levy
of a tax to create a special fund for the
erec1on : of court house and other county
btmihlili 's
House roll No. 284-Establishing branch
soldier. ; and sailors' home at Milt'ord.
Senate file No. 89-Authorizing the issue
of bonds by counties , townships , precincts ,
cities and villages , to construct or aid in
the construction of highway wag n bridges
across boundary rivers of te sf [ te.
l candle file No. 181-The Omaha canal bill.
Senate file No. V9-Authorizing cities of
more than 5,0 0 and less titan 25,00 t inhabitants -
tants to acquire and maintain public parks
amid borrow tine money for such purposes.
ARE AFTER GREENHUT.
Charged with "Absorbing" S223OOr
Whisky Funds.
Chicago , April 11.-The direct charge
that Joseph B. Greenhut absorbed in
one transaction $225,000 and never accounted -
counted for it is contained in the papers
in the suit by Receiver McNulta of the
whisky- trust and associated complainants -
ants against the president of the trust
and his fellow-directors , including Nelson -
son Morris , Sam Woolner , and P. J.
Nennessy. The bill alleges that in the
deal in 1S92 , whereby three distilleries
were purchased , the price charged up
was $1,9SG,407. Tjie actual cost , the bill
alleges , was $1GS5,000. Of the difference
the complainants swear Greenhut took
$225,000 and Woolner , it is said , got $35-
000. This sensational suit , the first in
which oath is made of definite sums , tie-
dared to have been wrongfully taken
by the old management of the trust ,
was filed in the United States circuit
court late yesterday afternoon. It had
been in course of preparation for two
weeks.
Favors a Railroad Commission.
Madison , Wis. , April 11.-In the assembly -
sembly yesterday petitions were presented -
sented favoring the passage of Hall's
bill to create a railroad commission similar -
ilar to that in Iowa. They contained
over 0,000 names. In the senate the
bill to provide for the appointment of a
board of immigration and the advertisement -
ment of the resources or the state was
ordered to a third reading. The senate -
ate passed a resolution for final adjournment -
journment April 20. The assembly in
the evening killed both the railroad
commission bills by a vote of Gl to 13.
Iowa Mining Affairs.
Ottumwa , Ia. , April 11.--The representatives -
sentatives of the Wapello Coal corn-
puny , \\rhitebreast Fuel company , Cen-
terville Block Coal company , Star mine ,
Phillips Fuel company , representing ,
with allied interests , mines which employ -
ploy 5,000 of the 12,000 miners in the
state , have formulated their statement
of the causes of the present dissension.
They assert that unless local operators
in the Appanoose district abandon their
position the mining interests of time
state must suffer irreparable injury.
To Drape Monument in Crape.
Paris , April 11.-French socialists are
organizing a meeting to protest against
sending a squadron of French warships
to Kiel to take part In the ceremonies
attending the opening of the Baltic and
North Sea canal in June next. An Alsatian -
satian delegate proposes that the Stras-
burg monument , in the Place de la Concorde -
corde , be draped with crape upon the
day of the opening of the canal.
Robbed Uncle Sam.
Chicago , April 11.-Patrick C. Crane.
teller of the money order division of the
Chicago postoffee , was arrested yesterday -
day afternoon , charged with the embezzlement -
zlement of $1,416.22. Until yesterday
morning there was not the slightest
suspicion of wrong doing attached to
Crane by his superiors in the postoffmce.
He has confessed.
All Tragic Suspended.
Biuefeld , W. Va. , April 11.-An unprecedented -
precedented rain storm prevailed in this
section Sunday night. Houses were
blown down here. All traffic was suspended -
pended , but has been resumed.
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BY TITS LEGISLATURE
BRIEF RESUME OF THE WORK
THAT BODY DID.
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A Total of 120 Measures Passed , Exceeding -
ing the Number of Any Previous Legislature -
islature for Many Sessions-The Corr
stitutlonal Amendments to Ito Subunit-
ted at time Next Presidential Election
The Appropriations for State Institu-
tions.
A Legislatlve Resume.
Lincoln Journal.
The legislature just adjourned passed a
total of 129 balls , exceeding the number of
any previous legislature for litany sessions.
The total passed in the 1551 session wa , sev-
ty , in time 1591 seventy-seven , amid in the 1S89
117. Of the bills passed this session seventy-
four originated in time louse and fifty-seven
in time senate. A few of the more important
are mentioned :
Of local importance to Lincoln are house
roll \o. 434 , apppopriatingS , i,0)0 for the new
university building. Time judicial apportionment -
tionment bill , house roll No. 181 , gives mut-
other aistrict judge to Lancaster county ,
the only increase made in the state. Thu
bill prohibiting the sa.e or use of oleomar-
garitme and bumterine and Its manufacture
except for export , senate tile No. 7s , was one
that eilects Nebraskans as closely as any
limit that was passeti.
Time to gislature also reduced the interest -
est an state warrants trout 7ler centto5 ,
which will make a very material saving to
the state.
'line Australian ballot law was amended
by senate file No. 231 , so that hereafter mu
one can run as a republican or democrat or
use any party came except the regular uon-
maces , unless the words "uy petition" follow
oil the ballot , 'this is to prevent misleading
by the use of such desigmiations mis "straight
clenmocram , " "inaependent republic:11i" and
slmilar designations. 1 t also allows women
to sign nomination petitions for otlicers for
whom they can vote at the election.
The age of consent bill , house roll No. 31S ,
makes inure sh imi ent the laws protecting
girls , and places Nebraska among the very
few states , less than a half dozen in all ,
nmakimig the age so high as eighteen years.
9'ha sugar and chicory bounty bill , house
roll No. u7 , has bee „ fullydiscu sed in the
press and is well understood. Already
communications are holing received by state
ofiicers from those mn crested in other
states , looking to time further establishment
of factories under this law.
Two very important irrigation bills were
passed , house roll Nos. al : and 4.t , covering
every feature of irrigation as existing in
Colorado. California and other states.
Two intpo tamlt hills relating to township
orgauizatimms were also passed , house roll
\os. 00 and 77 , allowing more nearly a fair
representation to inhabitants of towns , by
allowing a supervisor to every 1G0 inhabitants -
tants instead of 4,000 , as now provided , and
making outer important changes.
The state banking pill. house roll No. 101 ,
is the bill of interest to the lanking interests -
ests of time state. It creates a series of regulations -
ulations of state and private banltsand
creates many safeguards for those who are
the patrons and depositors of such banks.
By the provisions of house roll \o. 110 the
ragistrauon of voters is nolomiger necessary
in towns of less than,7 , 00 inhabitants , and
the number of clays of registration is made
half of what itha-ibeen , being three days
in time fall and but one clay far revision before -
fore the spring or special elections. This
will make asaving to Lincoln of ab utS ! ,
500 a year.
A list of stoclcimolders in private and state
banks is required by house roll \o. 2 . , to be
kept for Information of the public at all
tim03.
Insurance . legislation resul.edintwo hills ,
senate file 1.12 :111(1 : house roil 240. These allow -
low time formation of assessment and local
premium life insurance societies and allows
the mutual fire insurance companies to extend -
tend their operation , to all property instead
of being confined to farm property alone , as
now. It is also provided that if Nebraska
life insurance companies arc any way tlis-
criniinated against by other states that the
inurance department shall impose the
same reductions on insurance companies
fo : s1eJ state seeking to t10 business in
\eiraslca.
The e are nany estates settled underthe
law of : k9 relating to estates of deceased
persons , which was declarel by the supreme
court to be unconstitutional , and by senate
file No. 79 all court proceedings under that
act are validated anti declared leg ,1
House roll No. 00 makes it unlawful to sell
to minors cigarettes or cigarette material
and imposes a penalty.
There has been a flourisiming industry n
lebraska of late years in daylight burglary ,
because if caught a11I convicted the highest -
est penalty for entering or breaking into a
house by daylight was three months in the
county fail , with free hoard at the county's
expense. Lincoln has unto a dozen of such
burglaries in the last year. It is now a fel-
. ) ny , punishable by imprisonment in the
penitentiary from ane to seven years , and
the horde of professionals who have been
favoring the state with their presence will
probaby'se ] k new locations in other states.
Another house roll No. 87 , is of protection -
tection to the farmers. hog stealing , like
daylight burglary has been much carried on
because it was only a misdemeanor when
the value of the property taken was 535 , but
by the new law time stealing of cattle or of
hogs , regardless of value , is made a felony.
The supreme court commission was continued -
tinued for another term of three years , by
senate file No. 9 andbysenate file No. 8 , bills
of exceptions are allow@d in all cases tried
by inferior courts or bodies exercising judicial -
cial functmons , it ap lies to pending as well
as to future cases antis of great interest to
litigants in attachment cases in this state.
It has been necessary under time decision
of time supreme court that county boards
should advertise and let separately each
bridge built. Senate file No. 258 provides
that the board may advertise and let by the
lineal foot all bridges to be built for a year.
This results in much cneaper bridges , it allows -
lows bidders to bid on all bridges to be
built instead of dribbling the bids out by
frequent and small jobs , each one requiring
separate bids.
It has heretofore been impossible for public -
lic officials to give as sureties on official
bonds the guarantee companies that insure
the fidelity of private officials , but by senate -
ate file No. 340 , such bonds may now be ; mc-
ce te(1.
Hereafter all attorneys in the state will
be admitted only by and in the supreme
court , instead of the district. court , and
more stringent provisions and higher qualifications -
fications will probably be the result of semi-
ate file No. 4.
County bommrds are allowed by senate file
No. II ) to employ attorneys other than the
county attorneys when necessary. Dentistry -
try is to be regulated by a state , by
the provisions of senate file No. 2k The
penitentiarv is to he taken out of the pres-
cut. hands , if possible , by house roll No. 617 ,
which provides for three appraisers , one to
be appointed by the lessee , one by the board
of public lands and buildings and one by
the governor , to appraise the value of the
property and the state to buy it and take
charge of the convict labor itself for the
next two years.
House roll No. 500 was prepared largely by
Auditor Moore and requires a uniform ce-
ries of vouchers for all claims against the
state , properly sworn to , and all persons
who have any expectation of getting any
money for services or material furnished
will have to comply withm its provisions.
School districts are hereafter requited to
keep a register of warrants issued and to
pay them in their order , and to megistcr
them and to pay 7 per cent thereon , by
house roll No. 117 and senate file No. 2.i. Any
one who has school land leased will need to
pay interest only to the date of purchase ,
instead of far the whole calendar year , as
note required , by the bill house roll No. l 1.
House roll No. 15. allowing children In a
school district that are nearer to time school
house in an adjoining district than to their
ownto attend in the adjoining district.
House roll No. 5S3 , allows pupils to attend
a high school out of their county on the
payment of tuition of a small amount when
there is sufficient room for them.
A board of immigration is created , with a
secretary to take charge of the bureau and
to induce immigration and care for the interests -
terests of time state in seeking immigration
by house roll No. 54:1. :
The county depository law has been
amended and strengthened , while the state
depository law has been repealed so far as
the legislature was concerned by house roll
No. 5- .
Because so much comment has been
caused by the purchase of supplies for the
legislature in advance of its session , a new
law , house roll No 5S5 , prescribes that only
5O0 wortlm of supplies can be bought by
the secretary of state , and that he shall
take charge of all supplies on adjournment
and keep them over for the next session.
A branch of the soldiers' home Is established -
lished at lililford , to be kept free of charge
1
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Yr - - . .m.--n. . . .
for two years , by house roll No. 231 , and the
bulldhmg and grounds to be given for 5500 a
year rent thereafter if desired by the state.
The law of Nebraska has made marrla ; o
between white persons and colored persons
of more than one-eighth negro blood void.
This restriction has been wiped out by
house roll No. :139.
The maximum rate case decided by Judge
Brewer , has been ordered appealed to the
supreme court of time United states and up-
uropriations ifiado therefor by house roll
No. 203.
A legal newspaper ! s defined to be one
having at least 200 bona fide subscribers and
hn'ing an existence of at least one year , by
house roll No. uu2.
Some of the larger counties are Interested
in house roll No. S50 , which allows a county
10 ae divided by a majority vote instead of
a three-fifths vote , as now required.
7 he hill passed over the governor s veto ,
] mouse roll No. 1i : , vests tie appointment 8f
thr hoard of lire and police commissioners
of Omaha in the Governor , attorney general
said Laud commissioner.
' [ 'lie twelve constitutional amendments to
he submitted at the next presidential elac-
tiou are all imnportantantl provision is made
for doting for all by one single mark. They
are as follows :
4enate file i o. 271. Proposed constitutional -
tional amendment providing for permanent
investment of school funds.
Senate file No 273 , authorizingtho legislature -
ture to fix salaries of state otlicers.
Senate file No. 874 , providing that government -
ment of counties and metropolitan cities
may lie merged.
: enatefile o. 275. Two-thirds of a jury
may render a verdict.
-enate the No. 276. Legslature ( may create
appellate court.
Senate file No , 879. Number of supreme
court judges to be increased from three to
five.
Senate file No. 251 , providing for three
railroad commissioners to be elected.
Senate file No 2s3. Legislature mnay fix
salaries of judges of time supreme and dis-
triet courts.
Senate file No. 2S4. Legislature may abol-
islm any ounce that it creates.
; enate file No. 2 6. Legislature may once
each four years increase the number of
judges of the supreme and district courts.
: enato file No. 2S. Votes may be by ballot -
lot or such other method tvoting machine )
as may lie prescribed by lmrw.
Setimite file No. 2 9 , relating to donations
by city or county to works of internal im-
.
ere are many bills of interest to time
state not mentioned above , but enough is
shown to 111(1 cate that this session of the
legislature was a body that passed a great
deal of important legislation , in the rather
lone ses.on that began on New t'ear's day
: : mid closed on April ti. : omne very bad bills
were defeated by sturdy opposition , and it
is to the credit of the legislators that they
were watchful against sucim pernicious
bills as always come before lawmaking
bodies. It is doubtful if any session of the
legislature of recent years has been any
inure characterized by attention to business -
ness or has given more wholesome results
than the session just pmst.
The total appropriations madeare not yet
tabulated , but it is known that institutions i
were treated fairly and economically , rind
the taxpayers' interests were regarded ,
while the relief appropriations of x . : ,0,00)
were a heavy but seemingly necessary
drain , to care for the destitute and suifer-
ing citizens of the state. Time laws passed , i
except those with the emergency clause , do
not take effectuntil August I , ISUl ,
FOR THE GIRLS.
Large soft rosettes of velvet will be on
the early spring hats.
Velvet bouquets for the crush collars
and to wear on the wrap are as fasit-
ionable as for time hats.
One of the beauties of French millinery -
ery is that all time trimming of each
model seems to be made exactly for it.
Saltcellars first came into use in me-
cliaeval times ; there Was only one on
the table , and it held from two to three
quarts.
Silver powder boxes , lined with gold
are among the dainty articles of the
toilet. These contain a fluffy puff , with
silver handles.
Smoothing irons were first used in
France and are supposed to have been
a French Invention , being introduced
in the sixteenth century.
At Copenhagen , N. Y. , a young
woman who held a thief until the police -
lice came was presented with a diamond -
mend brooch and a letter of thanks
from the director of police.
Mrs. Humphry Ward is a wonderful
linguist , and Is versed in Spanish , German -
man , French and Italian literature tea
a marvelous degree. Her delightful
books are mostly written at a farm
near HasIemere , Surrey.
A row of tiny cups tied to a ribbon
and separated by about three inches
may be looped across the top of your
dining-room door. An odd number of
saucers to match are placed on the
wall below. The effect is very pretty.
M. Dieulafoy , who with his wife explored -
plored the ruins of Susa , has been
elected to the French Academie des
Inscriptions. Mme. Dieulafoy not only
received the Legion c : Honor for her
share in the work , buc also the right
to wear men's clothes in public.
AROUND THE MAHOGANY.
Ice cream at dinner parties is wholly
out of gastronomic fashion.
Excellence of our home beef is what
annoys our British visitors.
Colored hot water ever masquerades
at many hotels as a soup.
Canned terrapin is what the Disagreeable -
able Man will give to his friends.
Dried apples are the foundation for a
very good imitation of fruit cake.
Sardine sandwiches should be eaten
in the solitude of some lonely cave.
Pies of the kind that mother used to
make are only read about In books.
Squab on toast are not so fortunate
as when they are on the old barn.
There are as many kinds of marmalade -
lade as there are religious denomina-
tions.
Artificial mint sauce is a sort of Paris
green without the suicidal intent.
A disagreeable man can be made cordial -
dial by eating freely of banana pud-
ding.
The French say the man who eats
smallest breakfast is he who lives
Longest.
Superabundance of potatoes is the
real trouble with the modern fish ball.
Not every man who asks for stale
bread desires it known he is a dyspep-
tic.
tic.A
A dull knife will cause many to unjustly -
justly blame the butcher for tough
meat.
A study of the anatomy of the duck
will facilitate the carving of the same.
Gastronomic statistics show that
Americans are more and more lovers
of curry.
Importations of Spanish olives to this
country increases every successive
year.
The eating of onions should be a
mutual arrangement between husband
and wife.
The correct way to serve rice is when
each and every kernel is distinct and
separate.
UNDER OTHER FLAGS.
A recent report on the new gold
fields of South Africa shows that the
gold belts have an east and west dIrection -
rection , and are from fiver to twenty
miles wide. At various plr.es within
these mining belts ancient workings
have been discovered. These workings
are several hundred yards in extent ,
and vary , n depth from twenty-five to
fifty fees I
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A ,
EVERY HONORABLE VETERAN
DESERVES HIS PENSION. , .
Not the Only
Llmb Is
And the Lone t
Reason for a Government lie1'
tivard Either. 'f
1
( From the Journal , Lewiston , Me. )
has just given the
Samuel R. Jordan
Journal an account of his life , which ,
In view of his extremely hard lot for the
past few years is of great interest. t
always' .
"I am 48 years old and have
lived in New Portland. I enlisted In
the army in 1862 as a private In Com
ti olun-
Maine
Twenty-eighty
pang A , -
teers. My army experience Inured mY
health to some extent , although I
worked at blacksmlthing some part of
time time , when suddenly , several years
prostrated with what able
ago , I was
physicians pronounced Locomotor
Ataxia , At first I could get around
somewhat , yet the disease progressed'
quite rapidly until I had hardly any n
feeling ht my legs and feet , they felt ,
like sticks of wood , and I grew so much l
'
worse that I could not move for three f
years without help , as my neighbors
and friends could testify. I employed
several physicians in my vicinity , and f
elsewhere , and they all told me that
medicines would not help me , that
they could do nothing to effect a cure
and that in time I should become entirely -
tirely helpless. I became discouraged.
I was a great care to my wife and
friends. Shortly after I met an old
army comrade , Mr. All. Parlin , a resident -
dent of Madison , Me. , and he incidently
mentioned how he had tried Dr. Will-
iams' Pink Pills for a severe case of
rheumatism and a spinal and malarial
trouble , that lie had suffered with consequent -
sequent of his army life , and had been
greatly benefited by their use. By his
earnest recommendation I was induced
to try time pills. After taking them for ' '
a time I began to feel prickly sensations
in my legs and a return of strength so
I could move them a little. After a few
weeks I began to feel a marked lint-
in my conditon. I soon was ,
enabled to walk around a little with , m
the help of crutches. After taking for
some time I can now walk without
crutches , my general health is much ins
proved and 1 have regained my old-
time vigor. I can walk about and enjoy
life once more , for which T feel very
thankful , and this happy result is due
to time use of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. "
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale Peo- )
pie were first compounded as a '
prescription and used as such in
general practice by an eminent
physician. So great was their ciii-
cacy that it was deemed wise to
place them within the reach of all. They t
are now manufactured by the Dr. Will- I'
ianms' Medicine company , Schenectady ,
N. Y. , and are sold in boxes ( never in
loose form by the dozen or hundred , and
the public are cautioned against numerous -
erous imitations sold in this shape ) at
50 cents a box , or six boxes for $2.50 , and
may be had of all druggists or direct byr
nail from Dr. Williams' Mcd. Co.
Interrupted Explanation.
"Apropos of the peculiarly American : ,
tendency to explain things , " he was
saying , "there occurs to my mind the I
attempt sometimes made to account
for the derivation of the compound
li
word Welsh-rabbit. I regret to notice
that Webster falls into the common cr-
row of considering the word rabbit a
corruption of rare bit. Now , as shown
by lexicographers who have had the
advantage of a technical acquaintance
with facts relating to the origin of the
word , Welsh-rabbit is merely a slang
term and not a corruption at all. It 1
never was anything \Velsh-rabbit ,
and in its genesis it was essentially a
slang term , yet by reason of its long
habitude in the language it has lost or '
outgrown what might be called the
coarseness of its origin , and is now cu-
titled to a place in time accepted vocabulary -
ulary without any apology or fanciful
explanation. In proof of this 'I may
cite other examples , notably = ' 4
"Wendell , " interrupted the mother
of the little Boston boy , 'you weary f
the lady- with your chatter. ham out 1
nosy and play awhile.-Chicago Trib-
(
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buys a good Top Buggy , with Leather I
Quarter Top. The Chicago Scale Co. are
time only ones tvito can sell at this price , they ,
furnish their customers a thousand articles
at less than the usual prices paid by dealers. i
It will pa-v to secure their catalogue which
they send free on application. This company -
pany is perfectly reliable and they make a i
specialty of supplying time wants of farmers. ,
"Time Personal Recollections of .loan
of Arc , " beginning in Iiarper's Maga- '
for April , will show Joan as a daughter
of the people ; the incidents of her girlhood -
hood among her rustic playmates and
in the midst of bucolic associations ; {
her childish superstitions , peopling her ,
earth with strange presences suggested
by fairy folklore and stories of time I
stints : her distressful solicitations for
her county , fed constantly by tidings
of defeat that pierced her heart and , i
opened there the fountain of prophecy ; '
the heavenly voices and visions that n
nourished the hope of deliverance that m
should surely come through tier her
conquest of a corrupt court ; her martial
triumphs ; her betrayal and martyr-
dom.
,
This lieans Business.
On the prineiFai lines of the Chicago ,
Milwaukee & St. Paul railway passenger
trains are electric lighted. steam heated
and protected byy block signals. With I
these modern appliance , , railway traveling
at high speeds has reached a degree of 1
safety- heretofore unknown and not attain- J
able on roads where they are not in use.
Efec lights and steam heat make it pos- '
sfble to dispense with the oil iampand the
car stove. Block signals Imave reduced the
chances for collisions to the minfnutm by i
maintaining an absolute interval of space i
between trains. .
No fish gets away that bites at the deviPt
hook.
Winter Tourist Tickets Via the Wabash
i
Railroad
Are now on sale to all the winter resorts of
the South , good returning until June 1st ,
' 95. Also HARVEST ExCLns .IOTICIiTS to
all points south on excursion dates. In addition -
dition to above. Railroad and Steamship ,
tickets to all points in the UNITED STATES
and EUEOPE , at lowest rates. For rates , I 1
tickets , excursion dates and full information -
tion or a copy of the Home Seekers Guide , '
call at Watash Office , 1503 Farnam street ,
or write t
G. N. CI.AYTo\ ,
N. W. P. Agt , Omaha. Nob.
An extravagant man loves to lecture his
wife on the l.eau ty of economy.
1
Patience is the road to advancement in ' )
all lines of life.
Nothing is more reasonable and
cheap
than good manners ,
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Wrong is faisehood put i n practice.
He who is not active } kind is cruel.
All great men are in scme degree in- t
spired. „
The street is full
of humffation : to the
proud. i
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What we learn with pleat.tse fro i
t never
forget. )
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