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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 17, 1889)
THE paiub bee * , * " E. RQ3ETWATBR , Editor * PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING , TK11MS or SUIISCHIITION rally and SnndnyOnoVcir . , HOnn r MX Months , . .r BTO 1 lire Months * • * f5 Sunday llee One Year , . 2 0 Weekly Iloe , One Year with Premium , . . SCO UPlICBS Omnha , lire llnildlng . . . . , Chicago omcc rd7 ltookery llulldlng New York , llooms 14 ana 15 Tribune DallJ i * WMhlnitton No 611 Fourteenth atroot , i Council IllnrfH , No 12 Pearl Street ' Lincoln ItCVpStiect bouth Omaha , comer N and 28th Streets t connnsroNDKNcn All communications relating to news and edl > torlnl matter should ho addressed to the Ldltorrn Inl Department IIUSINIISS MTTKIt = l. All bnslncss letters and remittances should l > o addreswd to rJ ho Hoe l'ubllslitup Company Omaha , Draff , checks and poitoltlco orders to he made paynulo tc , the order ot the company , TIigBgb MMn Company , Proprietors 4tEK IlulMIng rnrnam and Bovcnteentli Streets - • J he Uco on the Train * . There Is no cxruseforafnlliirntogctTilK Hbic on the train1 ! . All neuodoilers hmo been notl- red to rarryn full supply , rinulern wno want 'I tin IIfk mid cant got It on trains where other Omahaosncrrnro carried ore rctiuestod to no 1 tlfyTllBllFE O'leasouepirttcular to give in all cases rml Information as to date , railway at.d number ot ' train , . , . , Olvo us your name , not for publication or unnecessary - necessary use , but ns a guaranty of good faith " _ ? . * TI1K DM1jY BUli " " * \ Rwnrn Statement of Ciroulntinn Etnto or Nebraska , ( . , „ J County or Douglas ! " " • Ororiro II 1 zscliucfc secretary ot Tlie Itco I unUfchlng Compnuy , does solemnly swear thit the actunlclt dilation ofliiK Daily IlKKforthe week endlnu December II 188. * , was osfollows : Sunday Dec 8 SI.WM Monilar.I > ccV , . . .10.41(1 ( , Tuesdav Dec 10 111.7117 * • Wednosdaitllec 11 ll'.Thl Thursday Dec , 12 Vita , Frldnv icf 11. Sa.181 I Saturday , Dec.ll auuu P \ Avcrago aoJU8 i aRoitoiitTZscjiiucic Bworuto ueforoino and suuscrlbod to lnmy J presence thut Hth day ot December A. D. 1833. } , " ISoal.l N. II'KIU t Notary l'ubllc , i Etato ot Nobrasks , 1 County of Douglas , J" S Ceoreo II Izechuck , being duly sworn , do1' / potcsnnd cays that lie is secretary of Tlia Ilea K i ulillsliltig Company , that the actual nverago st dally circulation ot Tub Dailv Hpb for the f month of December , IKS , inssi copies ; for { January , K-tji , if.074 copies ; for I'obruary , 1R' > 1 , S. ] , ! conies : for March M9 , 18,8.4 copies ; for April , ISssi l , RKt coplo3tor May , lew , ] ( .reacopies ; for June 1W , 18.S.W conies ; for * July Iffet , iBr copies ; tor August , US' IS , - t IJ11 topics ; for aeptember , 1WS > , 18,710 copies ; . for , October ISBsi , 18/197 copies ; for Novcmbor , ! 1 > 8 , 10 110 coplel GFOHOK 11. T7SCHUCK , i Sworn to before ma nnU subscribed lu my t presence this3Jth day otAovember , A D.18SA % tEenl.1 N. 1 > . l Fir , , " * Omaha will est the puce fop her alstor j ; cities in the year ol Rraco oightccn fc liundrotl and nlnoty tt . . . . Sr Thk citizens of Oimitaa will make the ft Btuto fair a credit to the city and to the Btato They cm alTord to do nothing h lcs9. Till ! clearings , uuildlnp , realty and * H other records of progress combine to f show that Omaha is girding herself for V the grand march of 1800. % Visitous to the state fair in Omaha jf . t will sco not only the magnificent agri- ' jt' cultural products of the state , but the W future mcttopolis of the whole trans ' jf' Missouri region a It is very fitting that the state fair at * should bo held hero just as the city is * entering with renewed vigor and con M iidonco into the race for commercial R preeminence i | Tim mannot * in which the ho nest voters - ' § ors of Chicago smashed the machine I ticket in the recent election is oliarac- < L torlsticof that city's thorough , way of S doing things jf TiiEChicago papers did not auccoed K1 In hanging the jury or any of the sus- ir pects Itlsnowln order for them to : K Bet aside the verdict and hang the vic S. tims of their wrath Mit McSnANK was fairly and F squarely defentod at the jwlls , A con " I te9t in the court will not shako Mr f Rush's title to the ofllco for the next | two . No years judicial proceeding can f wipe out seven hundred majority Hf- WnEN wo reflect that the greatest H | ' city in the country allows un electric | llnoman to bo tortured to death at rog- Hev ular intervals and makes it a flnablo H offense to feed asparrow it may well be HF questioned whether this boasted clvil- Uki iztttion ot oura is such an improvement Hfer on the old style , after all Htfft Tim ropnrt of the grand jury on the ' SS : nanngoinont of territorial affairs in Ik Utah furuishos convincing proof that HC the Mormons nro not working entirely re i Xor their hoaltli In the light of the do- Hng- Tclopmonts their professions of honesty HPF nnd saintliness present a sad and sickly eight _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ K Tun Now York supreme court-in a Bm scathing opinion disposes of the claim ' Hf' ot the ulectrio light companies that Kf they possess rights which the public is H | , Itound to respect * They are without m $ oxcupo , " says the court , und when g- ) ' ' they claim that the destruction of these Pf instruments of death maintained by K them in violation of oyory debt of obli- [ K | gation which they ewe to the public is Hit an onvosion of their rights of property , HKL such claim seems to prococd upon the l | assumption that nothing has a right to I exist except themselves " The decision IE sounds the death knoll of the uiunlcillors I Lot the burial proceed H - _ The attempt ot a majority ot the | ' harbors to compel a minority to close H' | od Sunduy vyill moot with little bym- | tyathy in this com in unity It is a spo- M4j I cioB ot coercion doomed to failure H ? Barber shops and bath rooms nro ns H much u work of necessity as street Hi- ( railways , llvory stables and a dozen ; Hb I other lines ot business To compel ] If them to oloso would work a hardship to Hlk ° hundreds of strangers who ) I epond Sunday In the city If the W • outhnont of the people was in favor Bff ot the tnovomout , there would Ha bo no necessity to invoke the law in a He ; rovongcfulfipirit As long as there i Is , ' Wr . . -v business in the line , men will bo found UP' to open shops and accommodate the pul > < Hlf lie , and no amount ot coercion or epos Hp modlo prosecution will ohango this cone v dltlon , The harbors desiring to ob- H _ K servo the Sabbath are at liberty to do Hp < so , but wo doubt if they can successfully Hp' eotapel others to think and act as Hf rthoydo . V ii TUn CIIONIN VEllDWT The verdict in the Crontn enso subW tainod the rule that vordlcts generally nro the rosultof comDromlsOi Ono momthi bcr of the jury Tas not convinced by the ovidon.ee that any of the mon , charged with the killing of Dr Cronln were guilty , nnd lie firmly hold to this vieiriigainst , the opinion of the other cloven for nearly sixty hours Then ho ngrcodton compromise by which ho consented to find thrco of the mon guilty ] ns charged uuon condition that their punishment , which it 19 the province of an Jllinola Jury to prcscribo , should bo imprisonment for lifo instead of death There ' 19 obvious suggestion in this arin rangomnnt for n fresh discussion of tha jury systotn It nl o suggests the questh lion whether the law is wlsa that perrl mlts the jury to fix the penalty for crime The termination ot this eolobrnted trial , which has consumed over three months , will give a sense of rellof ia the public gcuoritlly It has boon marked by features which do not rolloct credit upon the practice in criminal cases ill this country , nnd it prassnts a striking example of the nocosslty of reform both in | the matter of obtaining juries In criminal cases , aq w.is pointed out by ox-President Hayes in his address til the last mooting ot the National Prison association , and in the practice of the courU It exhibited to nn oxtrnordi- nary ! degree the looseness nnd latitude much too commonly pormlttod In our criminal trials Another fact In con noctioii , with the trial which cannot bo too vigorously conddTiinod wus the course . of the Chicago prosy , which was almost a Unit in prejudging the case against the indicted mon The killing ol Dr Cronln was undeniably a most brutal ; crime In all Its nspects it bore oviddnco of u conspiracy ilondish in conception and In execution Tiioro was every justification for the most do- tcrmincd oiTort in hunting down the porpotrntors of the crime , and the prcs3 did well in spurring the authorl- ties j to the full performance or their duty But when the mon implicated were . in the grasp of the law , and especially when their prosecution had been en- , torcd upon , it was the duty of the news papers to maintain silence regarding the question of their guilt orinnoconce The presumption of the law is that men accused ot crime are innocent until they nro pi oven guilty , and it is a prln- ciplo universally accepted in civilized communities that justice is subsorvod where the course of judicial investi- gatiou is kept free from all infkienco I that might be oxcrtcd upon it by public comment But this wise and ' sound principle was wholly disregarded • by most of the newspapers of Chicago , andfrom the opening to the close of the triartheso papers lost uo opportunity to prejudice public opinion • lgainst the ac- cus'jd and toprebcnt the information ' olicitcd on the trial to their disadvant- ago The efforts of the attorneys for the defense were persistently denounced or ridiculed , , and In every possible way the i developments in the progress - gross . of the investigation were shaped , to the detriment of the accused It ; cannot reasonably be supposed that all of this failed to roach the attoution of ' the jury , and it is more than prob- ' able it had some influence upon them But at any rate the course pursued by a portion of the Chicago pros3 is a re- ' proaeh to American journalism The evidence produced by the preset cution was all circumstantial , hut por1 tionB of it were of a very strong and convincing character against the mon who have been convicted of the murder O'Sullivan , Coughlin and Burke sTho verdict as to these mon will there ! fore doubtless bo very generally ro- i igarded as just and the penalty pro scribed as a merciful judgment With regard to the others , the acquittal , of > Beggs was necessary from the character of the evidence , which did not in the most remote degree connect lit in with the crime , wnilo the verdict of three years imprisonment for Kun o is of questionable justice , since ho was un doubtedly a more hired tool of the assassins - sins , who had noknowledgo whatovorof their purpose In moving for a now trial the attorneys for the defense probably simply desire to avoid the acknowlodg- montof guilt which their failure to take such action would imply , and do ' not expect the motion will uo allowed Whether ths } famous case is really ended , hpwever , cannot bo confidently . asserted , Purthor developments Irapli- eating others in the great crime is al- together possible OMAHA AND THE rAIIl When Omaha had the state fair for fire years It was found Impossible ) to get any at- 8 Is tan co out of her business mon to lecop the grounds In repair and make the lair attrac tivo to visitors In consoquonoe of the wunt of Interest In the matter the fair never paid expeusos there , and whoa the state board came with It to Lincoln to recuperate itenmo heavily lndebtforthaoxpcnsosof tboOmaha fairs [ lilneolu Journal • . * ' Omaha has never received nnd aoos not expect fair treatment from the Bur lington organ It Is a part of its plan and polloy to villify the metropolis and , arraign the state ugulnst her , so that Lincoln may hog the bonoflts at the ox- ponso of every pthor community Whatis imputed to Omaha in the above quotation is a picture of the treatment of the fair associa tion in Lincoln When the fair moved to Omaha ton years ago the troas- ury wua empty It Is a notorious fact that the ch nn go wus made to recuperate Us finuuees , nnd the sucooss ot the first as well as succeeding fairs demon stratod the wisdom ot the managers < , Instead of being heavily in debt for the expenses ot the Omaha fair , the as- Boclntlon loft this city with a snug bnl- nnco in the treasury The exact flg- uresarouotat hand , but wo are in- formed on crodlblo nuthorlty that the amount was between live and ten thou ) uld.sand dollars This showsthat the fair was not only a success ns an exhibit ' , but for the first tlnio ln Its history the Btato association wus placed on a solid financial foundation iasTho charge that Omaha business mon refused to assist in kooplng the grounds obin repair or to make thorn attraotlvo is flatly contradlctod by the fact that a large numbep ot firms orccted bulldiiics , cost ing from flvo hundred to two thousand dollars , for their exhibits The-chargo comes with bad grace from Lincoln When the fair was located there flvo yoat-8 : ago the cltizons gave a bond that they would make all needed improvoIn monts on the grounds Did they fulfill tin contract ? The record shows that the board has expended fourteen thousand dollars on the grounds because the Lincoln pooolo fallod to live up to the conditions of the bond , Although the fair was fifty miles nway , the people ot Omaha did not sulk In their tents Their patronage every year was worth In cash fully as much as that of Lincoln , But Omaha does not propose to enter Into a controversy with Lincoln or any other cltv over the fair Per our part the con lost shall bo ono of friendly rivalry < If Omaha cannot offer bettor grounds ) , hotter railroad facilities , ann unfailing supuly of pure water for all purpnsos , buildings superior to any yet used by the association , and better ncMi cominiKlutioiis for vis'tors ' , wo shall cheerfully congratulate the successful compolitur It is a fair field open to all comers = = = = = = = = = = - = = = = = = IK ADVAXQR OP MS PARTI" It Is duo to Cirovor Cleveland to say that ho fulfils n requirement of loadoran ship ] in kooplng in advance of his party jn inojl respects Ho appears to bo freer , than any other democrat of the day from the Inlluenco ot the traditions ot [ the party , and to desire moro than any other to elevate the tone and improve the , charautor of the political organiza tion } ) , \vhlch ho Is a member The evidence denco of this is his advocacy ot princlal pies j und policies originating with and consistently championed by the rcpubin licati , parly which have boon steadily opposed by the democracy Conspicuous among these are ballot reform and reform of the clviLsorvIco As to .ho former Mr Cleveland has taken mo3t positive ground in It9 favor , In his roccut address in Boston ho declared - clarod that nothing Is moro essential to the preservation of our institutions , nothing 1 ( moro urgently demanded oy every , consideration of patriotism and the | future political welfnroof the nation , than such reform of the ballot as would free the suffrage from the ovits of inF timldatiou and corruption Ho declared that ] it was too late to temporize with these evils , aud ho thanked Massachusetts , whoso republican party , instituted ballot reform , for ( the successful example she had given the country in this respect , Whllo the republican press has very generally commended this attitude of Mr Cleveland , wo have not observed that it has received any very marked favor / , from the organs of domv ocratlc opinion The New York Sun for ovample , which speaks for , a very considerable demosi cratic constituency , including the gov- ornor of the state , says : The demand ; for ( so-called ballot reform proceeds i largely i from two sots of people : First , the republicans , who want it because 1 they [ think It will lesson the democratic vote in the state ; and secondly , from 1 doctrinaires and persons of the mugs wumpian and Cleveland order , who shout for anything that ha ppens to bo > labelled [ roformand in that way achieve a prominence which they could 1 never otherwise attain " It is sale to say that this voices the sentiment ot the very largo majority of the democrats of Now York A law similar to t that in force in Massachusetts has been 1 twice passed by the republicans in the | Now York legislature , twice op- posed ] with vigor and unanimity by the democratic members and twice vetoed by ] Governor Hill ' ' Clearly , therefore i Mr ; Cleveland is in advance of the party | r in j his own state on this question , and undoubtedly i the party generally is not in ] sympathy with him , nnd for the reason ; that ballot reform would olTect , the substantial disfranchise mont j of a considerable pro portion of the democratic party whore over , it should bo applied Mr Clovolnnd is not any nearer to 1tho general sentiment of his party ro- garding civil sorvlco reform The last democratic national platform gave no pledge ot party support to this reform i , and ono of the measures earliest intro duced into the United States senate at . the pt'Cbont session was a bill by a demoI cratic senator to repeal the civil sorvlco law Conceding to Mr , Cleveland sin corlty In his position oil this question 1 , ho stands almost alone among * the lcadors of his paty in support of civil sorvlco reform , and the number among the rank and file who favor it is extremely small Suoh effort as Mr | Cleveland has made to bring lps party into sympathy with this reform has signally fallod Will ho bo likely to have bettor success in the futuroV No ono doubts thatMr Cleveland do- ) sires to again bo the candidate of his party for the prosldoncy The posal- . i bio effect upon his chances of bis position regarding these reforms Is consequently un interesting ques tion Can ho command the very nocos- I sary support ot the democracy of Now York , assuming that ho will have to contest for it with Governor Hill , when holding vlows nothi favor with n largo majority of the democratic party of that statoV And if ho cannot will the party make him its candidate at any rate and 7 run the risk of agalu losing Now York ? Porhnps these questions have boon duly g.considered by Mr Cleveland and his friends , and that the course ho'is taking Is the lesult of a careful aqd dolihorato calculation ot possible consoquonccs - OiiA'ioitGitADV In Bostop and Edi- , tor Grady iii Atlanta display n cheerful isversatility of opinion on the race quos tion , The orator never consults with ' the odltor when ho hurries away to the Hub , nor does the odltor ut homo dls- play any regard tor the opinions of the orator abroad The orator insists that the problem will solve itself , nnd urges uorthorn mon to send their sons down bouth to assist in building up the coun- try But the editor borves notice that northern visitors who nssociato with or show friendship for the col- ) ored people will bo socially os- . trncised , Recent Incldonts show that Editor Grady voices the sontlmont of 8tthe I south Because Mr , Cable , the ' author , dared to associate on friendly eterms t with colored mon , the Atlanta Constitution tloammcoi hltn ns n traitor " /Sd iofttrlcat troupa ntTl tempted to play 'jjjjtjnclo Toms Cabin In a Texas towji 9jut a boUtroits mob prevented thtj p ryormanco The Con stitution npprovjyT this nctlon nnd de clares "thoro'tJri ' jio reason why Undo Toms Cabin should bo played down south " All of ( rnich proves that the versatile Grad possesses two coats otde- cidodly diiToroilt tbxturo ' • t . FitANKMN" II ! GjOWisN , who took his own life in Wjiahjngton , Saturday , was a con8plcuouitlHuro { In railroad nnd legal elrclos flftoon years ago A man of uncommonubinty , mid cotirago that did not quail in tlio most trying situa tions , ho forced his way to the front ranks ot railroad lnanngors and organ ij-ors. The Reading railroad system was his creation , To him is duo the credit of stamping out that murderous orgniii7ntioii of minors known as the Mollic Maguiros , Beyond that his cato rcor calls for neither cominon- dntion nor eulogy Gowon laid the foundation of that odious coal monopoly which levies trlbuto on the people An insctornto ononiy oi labor organisations , ho precipitated countless strikes among the employes , nnd spread distress , despair and even death In liundrods of homes Ills lifo was a continuous battle for the strong ngaliibt the weak , and the few honor able deeds which marked his career were long since blotted out by the tears wrung from his starving victims Tin : mail sack vender of stale slander attempts to vitalize the consumptive junk shop on lower Douglas street by injecting putrid virus inlo its citrens Like nil anonymous cowards , he sneaks behind a transparent mask and ro- hashes the false and moldy chestnuts which have been poddlcd through the state by him and kin for years Barkrr. Ing curs no\or bite The mail sack mongrel has had his teeth clipped yours < ago It was this same poisoned breath which compelled the Union Pa- cifls , in self defense , to plnco the owner on the conipuny's pay roll at ono hundred - drod ; and fifty dollars a month to pre vent < him from bo tray ing confidence For this salnry the only service renT dorcd was the corruption of legislators through the oil room in Lincoln Such characters cannot clonk their infamies _ If Mulhatton has not taken pcrina- nent _ quarters in Sioux City , his reputa tion ' is seriously , endangered The i boomers 1 of that burg can construct ; more fairy talcfiti a week than Mun- chauscu in a lifo lime With a simple 1 stroke ' of the pen'hrldgcs and railroads l rise up like magic ; The latest attempt to build the Missouri Pacific to that point was undortak without the P n con sent ot the company , but this trifling diffcrouco of opinion will not affect the , prolific builders srenuino air lines " , • , I NKWAkiOMMENT Europe is sneoWng at the ides of an out * break of Asiatic Cholera There is great activity In the sun and sun spot theorists are breaking out Now that cotdHvoathor may bo expected at any time , it is to bo hop6d the tbormomotor will not take a drop too much , Thomatmeo peiformanco of Messrs An dorson and Koche are getting to be regular features of the meetings of the county board " The Hon Buffalo Bill may not know very much about keeping books but ho scorns to have a very intelligent and tenacious grip on the gate receipts Senator George of Mississippi joined the church before he loft home for Washington , Ho evidently understood the nature of his future surroundings The Pigs In Clover have finally reached London , but they probably wont give John Bull I half as much trouble , as do the pigs in the styes of County Cork Cleveland has become very loquacious on political I questions Ho Is no doubt trying to manufacture democratic sentiments for future campaign transparencies Queen uVictoria has taken several prizes for cattle j exhibited at an English agricul- i . turn show Poor indeed would be the royal "cnttor" that would not got a premium , Lost week a farmers wlfo in Ontario doped with a handsome mulatto The hus- ' baud i Is in hot pursuit , Whether ho will i overtake thorn or not is a race problem Near Buffalo , Now York , a railroad pedos- train t picked up a $10,030 package which had ibcon I lost from a railroad pay car The com pany 1 gayo him $10. Who says a corporation has ' no soul ? , It Is said that it cost Mr Squlro JCO.000 to bo elected United States senator from Wash ington His torni is ono year and four months ! This seems like a big pries to pay for a little whlstlo The St Louis Post-Dispatch Informs a correspondent - respondent that "Abou Ben Adhom" Is found in Longfellow's Tales of a Wayside In " The > esteemed P-D would do well to Hunt up its authorities again President Harrison haiappointod "Dollio" ! Johnson of Lexington , Ky , , colored , as cook [ for the white house She was recommended Dy Tlinodoro Roosevelt , who no doubt sub jectcd her to a rigid civil service ox amlaa- tion The exact ilguros of bor standing in [ "plos nn a things are not given A bill has boon introduced into the legls- laturo of North Dakota to prohibit money lenders from taking moro than 7 per cent interest The proposed measure contains a proviso that if more than 13 is exacted , prin- cipal and intorosi" shall bo forfeited It is very kind thus to define the extent to w hich the law may bo broken with Impunity o-t AnU This Tpjyn Wants the Pair Ifu'iili World Its sneozy thing for ' mlluenza to spread In Europe , ir n . ' ( M , "t ' An f asomlttl Faol St Loult Uhibe-JJtmocrat , Congressman Se'nei'lias ' ' entered the race for the Ohio sonatorifflrT ' < Wo could toll moro about his chaDces , Jf wo know more about ills bank account , ill i • K" m Iloulnnift'rn n Ii > oturer , A'cu"11.rfc iririJ Boulangor , the blasted , is really coining to the United States \o lecture It used to bo said that patriotism was the last refugoof a scoundrel The American lecture field , it scorns , has charms for some people , * • • No liisKlrftiion Tliero , C/ilc < ! ! / < > Jrtbunt A meeting of anarchists la Brooklyn ono evening last weak was a total falluro on ao- count othavlug boon mhtakoaly located in a hall blocks from the nearest keg of beer , • An Intorustins Uuiiiolileiioc St J'Jin Globe It Is an historical coincidence worth uot- lug tbatJoff Davis was buried on the day that congress celebrated the ceutonnial of Washington's inauguration , It is a linking ' together ot events hlch tends to give om- phasls to Andrew Jackson's famous declara tion ( "By the Eternal the Podcral union ; must and shall bo preserved " STATU AMI TUIlttlTOHY Nobrnskn letting * . A Sons of Veterans camp has boon mus tcrcd in nt Juntatn A rending room has been opened nt Donioi pliau by the W. U. T. U , An Kpworth lengue has bcon formed by the joung people of the Methodist church at York Gcorgo W. Pnlrbrothcr , Jr , has sold the Ncmnhn Clti' Times to W. W. Sanders of the Advortlscr The charter or the vVoinan's lloliof corps of Juniata , which was tnkan away a year ngo , has been restored William Hoblnson , a centenarian who had resided in Custer county for sorcutccu years , Uiod near Calloway a few days ngo All of the Humphrey liquor donlcrs hnvo bcon arrested for violating the law by contl ducting saloons under nssigncd licenses , An uttontpt is to bo made to adjust the old claim . of Dawes county ngulnst Box Bulto , which ; iroso over division nnd which amounts to sovornl thousand dollnr * . There are three veterans of the Mexican war living tin Nemaha county S , Clayton near Peru , W. Loranoo , near Urownvlllo , nnd Major J. W. Brush of Auburn After n two weeks stormy enreor tha' Hastings ' Press , edited by the vcrsnttlo Wait Mason , was obliged to throw up the sponge , but It performed the net \ cry gracefully In sptto ot quiet times OrJ lias had a buildoi Ing boom this season , Two stores , a church j nnd } ' twonty-llvo dwelling houses hnvo been crectod und three lnoio residences nro now being built Mn . B. P. Polloy of Kimball , whllo mak- ing molnsscs cundj , tripped over the kettle , spilling ' the beiliiig liquid over both hands nud burning them so severely that they may bo permanently disfigured , . Mrs Larson , wlfo of the man who was murdered by tramps near Julcsburg last Auh gust , died last week ut her homo in Perkins county < She had been in a demented condi- tlou over since the murder of her husband An ice company at lirokeu How has con * structcd ( a largo pond whlcli will bo supplied with wntor from the watcrivorlts , serving the double purpose of a skntlug rinlr and nn ice factory A reception room will bo i erected for the convenience of skaters The Nebraska Improved Stock association meets in Lincoln on the third Tuesday of FobT > ruary and continues tin cu days Bveryolfort ' is being made togunrauteothosucccssof the 1 meeting und n programmo of unusual tutor est is being prepared AH fnrmors nnd stockmen of the state are invited to nttoad I. G. Rhine , a woll-to-cto farmer living a , few miles north of Western , and a brother of J , W. Rhine , Judge of Saline coitutvmado ' an attempt to horsewhip Rev B. P. Suma nvirs Rhino wus promptly arrested nnd I nliiced under 5400 oonds to keep the ponce The assault grow out of a supposod'insult to 1 ono of Rhinos friends lima Items ] Fall plowing is still in progress ln nil parts i of the state There are 702 patients in the Indopendcnco i Ihsano j asylum There nro SOI children In the state orphans ' homo in Davenport The Lo Mars city council lias passeo an i ordinance closing barber shops on Sunday Isaao Garrett of Iudianoln who died last i wcok , only lacked three months of being a centenarian 'lliero is talk of building a chamber of coma mcrco , a Masonic temple and a memorial 1 armory at Dubuque B I'no editor of the Clarinda Herald mode an editorial kick on tattle running at largo in the streets uud bis own cows were the first t to bo Impounded A calf was born in Hoincstoad which has i no tail , only ono eye nnd u crooked Jaw The curious monstrosity is now four weeks old and has a good prospect for a long and usec ful life Ono firm at Glonwood hns shipped out 4,900 barrels of apples to Lookport , N. Y , Altogether , since July ii , 1839 , there have been shipped out of Glenwood nlnoty-four 1 carloads of apples < At Belle Plnino' last week Ira Hustcd was acquitted of selling intoxicating lquors A celebration of tbo event was held in the evening ut Hustcd's place , and Jake Halo , onoof the participants , got so drunk that ho wus unable to go homo nnd wus taken to tbo room of ono of his companions in the do- banch In the morning ho was found dead | in i bed and the coronets jury brought in a verdict that bo came to his death from tbo excessive use of alcohol The town of Dallas Center was in a fever of excitement tiio other night The whole town assembled nt the depot to meet the principal \ of the schools on his arrival from Wlnburn , where lie had gene in the aftert noon But Instead of gathering to welcome him i with open arms they were proparcd to administer > summnry punishment The day before the principal had brutally whipped a littld sou nf Alex Justice , and ns tie had been previously j charged with incomnetcucy bru- tality I and other nhortconungs , and only ro- talned 1 his position through influence with i some members of the school board , the citio irons determined to whitccap him The prompt ] action of Mayor Richmond , who npc pearcd 1 on the scene with tbo marshal and a j posse of moro coolheaded citizens , alone prevented ' - vented bloodshed A new teacher will do secured by the boardi ByoniI the ltockles All the public schools and churches at Heppnor , Ore , have been closed on account of j typold fever A vela of sand corundum , much used In polishing ; metals , has been discovered in Churchill < county Nevada The Elkhorn mine , one ot the great mtn- ing properties of Montana , has been sold to an ' English syndicate for moro than $500,000. > Citizens of Seattle , Wash , have raised $ > ot)00 ) towards securing the erection of an . ielevator with a capacity of 259,000 bushels of wheat Farmor-Eachus of Oregon set a trap far coyotes in his chicken house and his first nights catch was a lynx tbat welgbod 110 rpounds. . C. S. Mlllor , nn old-time miner wc.ll known on the Pacific coast , is missing from Sparta i , Ore , and Is believed to have perished in the mountains The Helena authorities are taking in all the corner loafers who apparently have nothing to do but to stare ladies out of countenance A Portland , Ore , , democrat , In addiesslng a crowd Baid : Jeff Davis was a sight bettor man than Abe Lincoln " A ropuuli- can standing by knocked him iu the gutter • Sixty-two stioks ot giant powder flwhich were being thawed out near Oregon City scaught fire and exploded , shaking every building ta town but fortunately doing but little damage The towns of Logun nnd Payson in Utah are 100 miles apart , yet they nro connected by a totopbono which works porfcetly , Tbo line will bo extended to Fran It I It ) , Idaho , ln a few weeks , a dlstanca of SIS miles from Lolian The Anaconda smelter at Butte , Mont , Is now handling about fifteen hundred tons of ere par day Since the starting up of the luvor works and up to the tlmo of the lira ta too mine , the Btnclter handled about twenty five hundred tons per day , Ai soon as every tiling is in sliapa again , the smelter will dispose - pose of 3,503 to 4,000 tons every twenty-four hours , Samuel A. Linnox , a raucber , whllo "on his way to Olympiu , Wash , wa9 halted uy two armed men between that city und To- nine , who demanded his money After dis possessing him of 050 in cash uud a gold watch and chain valued nt $250 , they compelled - polled him to strip off his clothes , which they appropriated , leaving him to go his way ontlrely divested of clothing , From a prominent mining mau of Butte , who is a uiombcr of the Montana legislature , it is learned that a now and rich vein of ore has been discovered In the north workings of the Altco raino This , coupled with tha report - port , that President Walker of Salt Lake has un agent in New York buying up stook for himself and friends , gives the report u phnso of reliability Hero is a bit of interesting history , given by the Salt Lake Tribune : On April 0,185J , when laving the corner stone of the temple in this city , Edward Hunter said , among other things ) What else do wo behold I Wickedness , tbo bydrnheaded monster , npostacy , dares to lift its hood With a strong arm hush in eternal silence every In- tgrato spirit who profunos with his unbolv proionco this most holy place So shall Israel put away iniquity from their midst and obtain aaa retain the favor of the Lord of Hosts " OLD-TIMERS OF MONTANA - * Contrast Dstweon ths Ji > t of the I'lo- nocrs run ! tlto Tcmlcrrcrt The old-timers of Montana nro now a proud lotof mon , They hate just rca son to bo proud , because It was they who first blazed the trail anil withstood the trials and tribulations which tbo wild nnd wooly west had only to ofTcr the ones who first catered lis domain , says the Butte Minor Coming , ns many ot them did , from homes surrounded by nil the luxuries nnd civilizing itiflu- oncos | necessary to tiniko lifo worth llv- Ing | . , it was no small tusk for these men "j tear themselves loose fiom the world nnd enter a wililorness ivhcro for months at a tlmo nothing save the blue canopy of ' heaven Hhlolded thom from the frosty breath of old Boreas m ho swooped down | on them from the ico-olud shores ol Manitoba , Bacon , beans nnd finp * jacks comprised their bill of faro , tinil the mnti who at all times was fortunate enough to have the latter delicacy three times a day was considered to boa n dude Flour In these dnys was not the [ cheapest nrticlo of diet the market afforded . , as it had to bo packed or hauled . hundreds of miles At the tlmo when it was scarce hundreds of dollars were . paid for u Blnglo sack Money was plontiful.as it was then that the placer chums were yielding up their hidden wealth These men wiio slept , nto , drank nnd worked together , iiro the ones who now pause und glance back at the rugged pathway along which they traveled Some ot these pionuors have . . . accumulated ' a liandsomu competence , whllo . others have not bcon so fortunate and . are now merely the shadow of their former [ solves For these wiio have , been fortunate nothing but praise can bo spoken , because in their olTorts to nchiovo that which every living man hopes to possess plenty of money they had their ups and downs , moro of the i lnttor than of the former For these o the ( old-timers who have neither hot como ( wealthy nor achieved greatness but . have , novortholcss , plodded nlong the rough road and withstood the vicissitudes : so natural to lifo in a now country , nothing but pity can bo ex pressed , because they tried and failed The pioneers , ouo and nil , aio a bravo 1 lot of men , and it ll to their courage and onorgv . . that Montana is mdobtcd lor the J place , it now occupies among the galaxy ! ot stars The newcomers nro a different class of people from the old , and although some < of them are possessed of a getup uiid-got spirit , they have not the proper qunlitios to plunge into a wilderness • and stay with it until it would become V . , tenderfoots mecca , ns the old-timors in | Montana have done These who loft eastern homes many years ago to invade , the unknown products of aborigines did something which requited grit After they had crossed the palo ot civ- iliation ] they did not know at what moment they would fathom the great unknown at the hands of the rod man , who nt that tlmo was monarch of all ho | surveyed Many talosof narrow escapes from Indians caibbo related by many of them , and yet there was somothlng so fascinating , about the outdoor , rough and-turablo way of oxiBting that they even ! now breathe a sigh of regret when they awaken to the realization that these days of bacon nnd beans have for ever vanished from view Although the now mon ( commonly known as tenderfeet ) nro.virtunlly in the west , < they do uot know nnything about west ernlif 2. Some of them loft thoi r east em homos with a goodly supply of lucre i , earned , porhnps , by their poor old futhors , and have never even suf- forodltho , inconvenience of riding out side of a Pullman sleeper They did not pack their grub anil biaukots on their backs and march hundreds of miles to roach the greatest silver pro duuing camp on earth , as did tbo pie noors ] , but quietly snooped in their cosy berths whllo the iron horse whirled thorn westward ever the trail blazed by the hardy gold hunters It iB safe to say that not ono out of every 100 tenderfeet - dorfeot' ' who have loft the cast for the I west during the pasttwo years but what ' before starting armed himself "to the tooth with a 22-calibor pistol , with which to kll' ' buffalo and Indians from the ; train windows , nnd supplied liim- self with letters ot recommendation to ' the "Hlitorato" pcoplo of Montana to • the oltoct that the ' hoarer is so and so , and , l knows moro than nny ono else in the state , and would like a soft job and i a largo salary in " conboqunnco ol his smartness , " This is the caliber of the ' average person who now seeks to usurp the pluco of the man who for twenty or thirtv years has labored incessantly to , establish a commonwealth , that the tenderfoot . might not bo subjected to the "horriblo"'fato of having to sloop lc outside of a parlor or subsist on a diet not fit for a lord A MEAGER REWARD The Tay Kccclved By Hay anil Nioo- lay ' For Their Iilfo of Abraluiii Lineal 1 "Gath " in , Cincinnata Enquirer : • What is to bo the ultimate form of the t publication of the lifo of Abraham Lincoln ] which you ( Colonel John Hay ) and Coloacl Nlcolay are publishing ser sallyV" "It Is to bo published by the Century company in ten volumes , and I have just \ { bcon reading some of the proofs It lias ' now boon nearly twenty-llvo yours since you first announced m ono of your newspaper I letters that wo were to wrlto this t book I told you nt the whlto house just j uf tor Mr Lincoln's death that wo were robolvod to undortakr it At the time wo commenced this pub cation a great deal was said and printed about I the largo sum of money wo received coivod < for the manuscript It is true that \ the $50,000 wo were paid between , us , was probably-tho largest sum that u serial ) publication had paid for any series ' of contributions , but I made a computation ' a few days ago upon what had 1 been paid for our time in preparing this I book Wo have received 81.C0 a day | each nnd no more The rest has gouo for oxrieusos 1 have been com pelled to buy liundrods ot books nnd miinuscrips ' , of which individual vol umes have cost mo 823 aploco Look here " Colonel Hay showed rae i from a doion to twenty vol umes i of manuscript bound carefully These , " said ho , "nro the original archives and letters ot Jefferson Davis , his ' cabinet and the confederate govern ment I I bought them from Colonel Fickott 1 , the sumo o ill cor who sold to the United 1 Stutos for $75,000 a similar sot , " . The colonel oponedouo of the volumes and showed mu un ondorsomoat in lead pencil ' by JolTorson Davis to Judah P. Boujnmfn , hissocretary of btato The whole penciling was in Mr Davis'hand writing ' " Ho orders Mr Benjamin to write a state letter to Mr , Motcior and Lord , Lyons , calling thom lo take action upon Mr Sewnid's rovenlinout of his policy ' toward the French tinder Maxi milian ' in Mexico The letter wus wrltton in Davis1 generally pubslonuto or i oratorical btylo , with abundant ad ject ! tos , Why , I thought that these letters were in the state dopurtmont " They uroj you boo these official papers were vorv often issued in duplicate - , cato ' or in triplicate , because a good many ot thom had to bo sent by block ado-runners between the south and Kurono , and It ono sot wus to bo lost another sot would bo preserved In that way the jmpors which I bought nro froquontiy origluals , whllo , those in the state dopurtmont are copies , and in olhor < cases the stale dopnrtmont nnpora | nro i original and inliio are copies I • have j thought after wo finish the publi cation < of Mr Lincoln's lifo I would is i o n limited cdltioti of these dispatches in I a pnrtlcnlnr book , " < Then you have not boon getting for all i vour original contributions and com positions 1 upon this work of twonty-flvo i j : oars moro than a laborers wages up at j the i now library building by the cnpltol j building 1 " Just that , Our partial papers In the Century < Mngiuttio will como lo an end j next ' February and will have occupied three 1 years Ip their publication , llvory- thing 1 has boon cut out ot the magnztno chapters < which did not directly bear upon ' Lincoln here In the east All rot * orouco < to Sliormun's campaign nnd im portant 1 maltorj in the west hnvo bcon I omitted which properly como within I the 1 compass of Liucolirs lifo ln the 1 book 1 publication this excepted matter 1 will bo contained , " • I OAPITOti CITY Ni\VS. 1 Hcrogglns vs Mo Clcllnn II Likcoi.n Itutinviror Tub Oma.ui Ukb , ) 1 11W < IPStiret : , Y I LiNCOtiV Neb , Dec 1(1. ( ) I Hon E. F. Warren of Nebraska City , I referee , , in the case of L. Iv Sorogguis of B Mount Pulaski III , vs J. W. McClollnu of | \ Edgnr , this state , will hear the arguments nt jf' the Capital hotel tomorrow , commencing nt ' 7 oclock 'I ho testimony in the cuso was taken up nt Nelson several weeks ngo nnd at the tlmo Tun Bi.s gave , full particulars ' It is therefore enough testate state ' that the cause is founded uuon nn open ' nccount ' aggregating $2000 , which the ; ptnlntlff I seeks to recover Myron E. Whooltr , of ' this city wns ongageJ to take n steno , ' j graphic report of tlio testimony , nnd it proves about . the Holiest piece of what a printer , ' would emphasize as "phat" which ho hns yet ; struck i in Ills professional career Ho has } completed i his ttnuscript of the testimony m j the ' enso It makes live largo bound volumes fr of ' typewritten text His foes for Iran f scribing ' reach the haiidsomo sum of St IWI , fi j and ho received nu additional $185 tor his j > services during the tiiklng of tlio testimony ll State House lnttlnss f Articles incorporating the Onto City Coal i company , of Omaha was filed today Au- thorizedcapital , stock , $10,000. Incorporators : W. L. Weaver J. 11. Huso and T. E Leo The deputy labor commissioner gees to t Grand Island tomorro.v to look nftor the ' analysis ' of sugar male there during the sea , son ; The commissioner ts deeply intercstod lu the contemplated sugar industries t Tno Fremont , Elkhorn & Missouri Vallov f railroad company notified the stuto board of I transportation today of its accoptarico of the , ' coal i reduction ordois nnd Hied the schedule of ' shipping rates as requested It will thus bo seen that all ot the kicking roads have fallen into line The convential protest of tbo Pullman Cur company , ngainst the payment of its tax assessments - ' sessments is at band Douuty Auditor How crman i sent out notiuos today that prompt payment Is expected It is understood that i lho Pullman company will make the usual fight The courts may have to settle the matter after jilt New Notaries lubllc The governor today made the following notunal appointments : George II Downing , Stuart , Holt ccunty ; C. P. Lloyd , York , York county ; W. Chamberlin , Clarks , Mor- rlek county ; Frank L. Dunn , Lincoln , Lancaster - castor county ; A. H. Cramor , Adams , Hast ings county ; C. D. Stevens , Elm wood , Cass county ! ; Irving G. Barnght , Omaha , Doug las county ; H. S. Bibb , Beatrice , Gaga > county j ; H. A. Edwards , Grand Island , Hall county , ; Johu Ii , Ciiristncr , Huycs Cantor , J Haves county j Supreme Court Cases I The following cases were filed for trial In > the supreme court today : ' " * j E. A. Fletohor vs R. F. Cummtngs : error j from the district oourt of Franklin county j Edward A. Oliver ot al vs the Chicago , Burlington & Quincy railroad company ; error j from the district court of Cass county State ox rel Martin L Eastorday vs Mar tin ' Horn , county clerk of Lancaster county ; mandamus City hews and Notes S. C. Llpplncott has been appointed cashier of ' the First National bank The gamblers arrested Saturday night nad a preliminary hearing today before Judge Houston and wcro admitted to ball , pending trial in the district court | The reunion executive commlttco met at 1 McArtbur's drug store tonight nt B o'clock sharp Presout , H. S. Hotchklss , Silas Sprague , O. E. Gardell , Martin Howe , C. W. I Lyman , W. M. Gillisplo and N. G. Franklin I The commlttoo Is making an earnest effort to { securothu Grand.Army of tho'Ropublia ro- i union of 1890 for this city 1 The funeral of Isaao Goorgc , who died last f Saturday afternoon from the effects of the ' injuries ho received nt Crabb's mill , took > plnco today from the family restdonco on I wostAstroot It was thought for a tlmo that ho would recover , but the shock and the attending operation proved too much for his constitution to stand Crowding the bjarnsil Professions The rush to the learned professions began , it is sometimes affirmed , after the depression in agriculture and the corresponding rebound from the comj I morcial prosperity of ilftoon or twenty i years ago , suya the London Standard This may , no doubt , bo partially true But as the same phoiiomonon has boon noticed in every other country , the ex planation may bo sought nlitllo deeper The real cnuso will , we venture to j think , bo found in the ovor-lncrcusiug tondoney on the part of the parents and i their sons to look to the gentlemanly j professions instead of the moro lucra- tive aud moro certain callings of a less J ' * genteel description In Germany I nnd America this trait Is perhaps oxliib- , itod In its most oxacrL'orated form < simply because in these countries pro ' fesslonaitraining is cheap and the pre liminary education abundant or easy ( , o obtain But we boo it everywhere else * Since the school board brought the three Its within reach of every childIt is notorious that these youthful grudu- | atos hnvo shown a repugnance to the . useful lives in which they have beou born , They want to hotter themselves selves by becoming city dorks or nursery govornosscs It is the first ro- Bult produced by an unwonted state of affairs By und by oducatlou will got lee common to bo tnurkotnblo It will then bo rogardoa simply as a prelim inary calling , and not a nocossaay antecedent cedont of what the Germunscall broad studies " A car pen tor , or a blacksmith i or a maohlnost , or a shoop-keopor will I discover that ho is none the worse for , being ngood scholar , aud will even find that in the enhanced esteem , the greater pleasure and the enlarged chances in lifo , which it gives him , he is qui to as much bouofittod by his odu catlou us if ho had Bought to earn hi living by moans of it directly ,1 SICK HEADACHE ' - - - - - ' r--- -TF-lt'o'UlvelyOurcdliy WJIltfcfW TheynlsoreltavePU jHH Iff'IV tress from Dyspeptla , H # • * indigestion and Too S IVfcR Hearty Katlng Apor- | H EtflLS feet remedy for Diul' H mf • * • • new , Nausea , Prowel- Hsmsj I ness , Bad Toato in the B Uouth.CoatodTongue , I'fllnlAthoBIile.TOR j riD LWEB , Aa They regulate tha Bowels , j • nd preront Constipation and Files The smallest aud easiest to Uko Only ono pi 1 • Aott 401a TUU Purely VegotiUe , Vriu McenU OAMEB sfEDI0IHEO0Fn > p'riHtyr tk , •