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jtfii.il. : VYJbUJJNEHJDAY , MAJLIOH 12 , 18UO. T THE DAILY BEE , "E. ROSEWATER , Editor. 'PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING TKUM3 OF sritsciurrioN Daily anil Biuulny , Ono Vent . 110 t PIxmonthH . r.o 'llireo Months , . lift fiimlay tloo.Ono Ytnr. . 20 AeKly Ilec , Ono Year with rremlum. . . . 30 Omnlm. UPC Itulldlng. > Chicago Olllre , MI Jiookcry Ilnlldlnit. Mow Vork. Itnomft II nntl IS Tribune Mulldlng WiishlnKton , No. 511 I'fjurt-sotitli Htreot. rouncll Willis , .No. 13 1'earl Btreet. bouth Umalm , Corner N im I 'JJtU Stroots. COIIHESl'ONDKNCn. A 11 communications relating to news And oil ! torlnl matter should Do addressed to too Editor Inl Department. lirSINESS I.ETTiit3. : All buMneselftter * ninl remittances nhouli' lie tirtilrccaed toTlu. llee Publishing Company Omnlm. Drafts. cheek ant ! 1'ostofllce onlan to IKI niuiio payable to tha order of. the Com puny The Bee Publishing Company , Proprietors , HEP. llulldln ? Knrnnm amlSoventeantU Streets , THE B E OH THE TRAINS. Tnoro is no excuse fora fnllurato got THE DEI on Iho trolim. All nawiulealara hnvo benn noli Jlbil to curry a full supply. Travelers who want TIIK linn uml can't get it on trains wlicro othei Oninha pnpnrs uro carried uro rociuostml tenet not If/ TUB Her. I'lense bo partlciilnr to glvo In nil cases full Informational to date , railway and numbci of train THE DAILY BEE. Mvorn MnfiMiirul ot Circulation. Plate of NebrnsKa. I , . County otnougliw.BS | - feoiTo ! II. 'i acliucK. secretary of TUB Jilt I'nblishlng Company , docs solemnly swoarthal the actual circulation of Til K DAU.V llEEforttic vre k endlnir March 8 , IKK ) , was as follows : Humlnr.M rrn2 . -ja.sa Jlondny. Jlnrchil . 19.1IVJ TiiHsdav , March 4 . llMBi \Vodntwlny. March 5 . S.ttiZ ) Tliursdav , March ( I. . . . . . 10.774 Krlrtav. Miircli 7 . U'.fW ' Saturday , Murcn 8 . . . SQflZf. Averngo. . . . . 20. 28(1 UEOitan n. TZSCIIUCK. Sworn to before ins and subscribed to la nil' jircHence thlsSth day of Marclu A. I ) . 18'JO. IScnUl N. 1 > . FHIU Notary Public. Etato of N'ebrofikn , I County ot Douglas. f8'- ( jeorK * " TzachucK. being duly sworn , do- roacs and says that ho Is Hocrotary of THE HEB J'tiDllalilng Company , that the actual average dally circulation of TIIK DAILY HKK for tne month of March 1SH9. 18.BM copies ; for April , 189 , ] 8,6Mroplos : for May , 18M ) . 18.C3J copies ; for June. 18SU. I8tW3 copies ; for July. 18iP. 1H.TJS roplcHj for AuaiiMt. 18Wi , 1R.6.M copies : for Sep tember. 1WU. 18.710 copies ; for October , 188' , ] PWropps ! | : for November. IPW , 10.310 copies ; for December , IRfU. 20,018 copies ; for January , atJW ) . 1II.6IB copies ; for February , 1BUJ. 19,701 copies. GEOIIOE D. Tzsonucic. Sworn to Before mo and subscribed in my presence this lit day of March. A. n.18 > > 0. ( Seal. | N. P. FEID. Notnrr Public. Tin : assistant city attorney protests too much. PARADOXICAL as it may scorn , the striking linemen are Inyinp wires for an advance of salary. TIIK daily fakir is warming over sonio very ancient gambling facts and work ing them oil on its readers as fresh news. Great onterpriho , that. Evn.v glue has its ups and downs. The failure of the leading glue com- P'my ' of the United States was evidently n ca o whore one partner tried to sticl ; the other. TIIK proposed investigation of Castle Ciurdon if > like looking the stable after the animals were stolen. A3 the immi grant ( lotot of New York. Castle Gar den will bo abandoned next month. Nor Content with the low freight 1 rates existing in Iowa , the state railroad \ commissioners seriously contemplate an other qut ot fifteen per cent. This will { bo a hitter dose for the railroads to * ' swallow. Tin ; world's fair bill has boon drafted on the lines originally agreed upon. Chicago wisely refrains from hitting the surplus a body blow at the first round. Shu reserves her strength for the next session. improvement cannot bo cheeked by disgruntled property hold ers , whether such improvement bo the building of the Tenth street viaduct or the extension of South Thirteenth street to South Omnlm. TUB death of Hector C. Ilavomoyor , the millionaire sugar refiner , leaves to charitable institutions n quarter of a million. It is to bo hoped that his bequests - quests will help sweeten the lives of the helpless and unfortunate. TIIK Chinese merchant who sets foot upon American soil for the first time is put on a par with the Chinese laborer. JJoth are to bo excluded. This ruling of the treasury department ought to bo Hatisfaotory to the Pacific coast. TIIK smelling commtttooot the senate , headed by Senator JJolph , is siiifllng in dark corners with the hope of lo cating the leak in the executive sos- bion. No wonder the newspaper men of Washington are laughing iu tholr sioovos. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ TIIK department of agriculture esti mates that nearly one-half the corn crop of the country is still in the hands of the growers. With the railroads charg ing all that the tralile will bear the ex isting agricultural depression is easily explained. Tin : qiiufjtlon of resubmibsion is gain ing Midi strength in Kansas that of- ileo-sookors tire qualifying their sontl- monts preparatory to hedging. Those who considered "tho prohibition set tled policy of the state , " are singing in subdued tones. Tin : first signs ot spring have come oven before the early bird is given half a chnni'o. Paving contractors' peti tions wo buzzing about the oars of property owners thicker than Hies on a Biunmor tiny. Let citizens bo wary and nwnit the result of active competition. like those voiced in the resolutions passed by the farmers of Clay county condemning the pusillani mous action of Auditor Benton , Secre tary Cowtlry and Commisiionor Steen Jimy ahnnm the state board of transpor tation into u reduction of the exorbitant freight rates In the staio. TIIK farmers of the ill-ought stricken I'ogion of Dakota iiuiht have seed for tholr lloliU , grain for iholr stock and food for themselves. Within n few days committees from South Dakota will vlbtt the principal cities of the west for the purpose of soliciting aid. The up- peal should be promptly and generously met by the people- noighburinc with nbumlunco. twr LOAXS OA LAXD. .Serious importance has boon given t < the proposal that the government aheil loan money on land security by the fnc of u resolution having been rofcrro'l i > the finance committee of the senate in structing it to inquire whether loan ; may not bo made by the government 01 mortgages on real estate indopondon of improvements. There has rccontl ; boon developed n sentiment among tlu farmers of the country in favor of n pol' icy of this kind , and though no yet by any means general will this element the sentiment is vor likely to grow rapidly and exert agrciv force unless the senate finance commit tee shall fin'd insuperable constitutlonn as well as economic obstacles to such i policy. There can bo no doubt as to th cxistonco of the latter , but these alone arc not likely to bo sufficient to silence the demand of the millions who would eagerly accept the opportunity to aval themselves of. this kind of govern men assistance. It is possible to give the scheme an nsnoct so fair and plausible that every man owning a piece of lr.ni who is financially embarrassed will b persuaded to endorse it unless fully convinced vincod , and this will bo no easy task that there is an insurmountable constl tutlonal objection to it. The argumon that it proposes something whollj foreign to tha functions of the govern meiit will not dismiss the matter fron the favor of a largo majority of those who want money , and so far as tin economic considerations arc concornci every individual will reason from hi * own selfish standpoint and with reference enco only to immediate results. The author of the resolution tha has brought this question to the attention of a committee o congress is the multi-miliionniro fron California , Mr. Stanford. That gentle man , whoso great wealth is largely due to a systematic spoliation of the government mont and the people , professes to have suddenly conceived a profound interest in the welfare of the masses , and par ticularly in the agricultural element , lie claims to believe that if the farmci could borrow money from the govern ment without interest bis farm would soon appreciate in value to the ainoun of the loan , and that from the encrgiz ing force that would bo im parted generally to the busines ! of farming by this government loin : policy would come a general re vival of prosperity. Thoio would bo an almost endless supply of money to stim ulate the capacity of mon and wider their field of ollort. Mr. Stanford is not troubled regarding any danger from an excess of currency. Ho has full faith in the power of money , anc ho wants to see a bountiful supply of i flow out of the treasury in the form ol loans on real estate to the extent o one-half or one-quarter its assessoi value. The California senator , the sincerity cority of whoso professions and motive.1 in this matter may fairly bt doubted , has shrewdly suggested how plausible this scheme may DO made tc appear to the millions who are in grea need of relief from their embarrass monts. ' Considered practically , what wouli such a policy involve ? The census o 1880 gave the number of farms in th' country as four million. The increase in the preceding decade had been aboul fifty pot- cent , and assuming an equal ratio of increase for the last decade the coining census will show the number ol farms to bo not less than six million , The assessed valuation 'of the prop erty of the country in 183' was about twenty-four thousand milliot dollars , and probably is not far fron thirty thousand million at present. Property in farms represents at loasi half this sum , and very likely more , so that if the government wore to loan money on this property to the amount of but one-fourth of itbvaluation it would need to issue nearly or quite four thousand million dollars of cur rency. But if the government embarked in the business of loan ing money on real estate it could not confine its favor to farir property , and its practice would have to bo uniform with all borrowers. Thus in time , or as soon ns the currency could bo provided , the loan department of the national treas ury would hold mortgages for tbo greater part of the real estate of the country as soourit } ' for the six or eight thousand million dollars in paper cur rency which it had printed a sum nearly throe times larger than the public debt at its highest point. It would Boom ttiat no intelligent man could reflect for a moment upon the probable practical results of such a policy without seeing its utter ab surdity and impracticability. No wilder ichomo was over broached by the ura/.icst dreamer of plans for ameliorat ing the condition o ! the masses , and it is impossible to botore ) that so practical EI man of affairs as Senator Stanford has identified his name with it from honest motives and a sincere desire for the welfare of the people. Silver is receiving such earnest con sideration in both branches of congress is to warrant the expectation that there ivlll bo legislation on the subject at the | ) t-Q80iit session , and possibly at a not remote date. But there- appears to bo | ust enough dltVoronco between the two nouses to make it probable that a ilnal resort will have to bo made to confer ence committees. In the donate the bill oported from the finance committee of , lmt body is said to have sufficient sup port to pass it by a consld- 3ruble majority , Senator Jones , who ins charge of the measure , claiming that line-tenths of the senators will vote 'or ' it. This bill was framed as a substi tute for the Windom measure and dif fers from it In some radical respects. It provides for the purchase of four and jno-lmlf million dollars worth of silver bullion a month , for which payment > hill ; bo made in treasury notes , and so nucli of the bullion is to bo coined from , imo to time as may bo necessary to ru- loom the notes. 'IMio secretary of the icoiisury is given no discretionary power .indor this bill. The IIOUHO , on the other hand , Booms nest favorably disposed toward the IVindom plan , with .the exception in particular of the feature giving the lecrestary of the treasury authority , wttli the approval of the president , to suspend the purchase of silver undci ijprtaln conditions. This the silver met in both houses unanimously object to , and it is evident that no bill will be passed allowing any discretion to the secretary ottho treasury. The evident purpose is to declare a policy which shall be fixed and stable , subject"onlj to changes by congress. That this is the wiser plan there- can bo IK doubt. The free coinage aiivoca.to3 in the house appear determined not tc wholly surrender tholr idea , and. wll probably provide that there shall bo free coinage whenever four hundred ant twelve and one-half grains of silver arc worth one dollar on the market , with i monthly purchase of at least four mill ion dollars under nil conditions. It If possible the sonata could be induced te agree to this , while there is no roiisot why it should not bo quite as accept able to the treasury ns the senate bill. It is true the president if on record in opposition tc free coinage , but the pro vision that this can only take place whenever the amount of silver con tained in a dollar is worth : i dollar on the market may lend him to change hit views. At any rate , the president IE not likely to bo obstinate a < to unj measure that passes congress by a gooi round majority , and on this question party lines are not closely drawn. The very great importance of this subject demands and justifies curofu deliberation , but tboro should bo no un necessary delay in reaching legislation. There is every reason to believe that the good effects of a law providing for nn increase in the circulation based on silver would become at once appar ent in financial and business improve ment , and there is urgent need of re lief from the widely prevailing depres sion. The passage of a silver bill cer tainly is not the only legislation that is needed In order to stimulate business and revive prosperity , but it would un doubtedly iuivo a very consido rablo 5n- fiucnco in that direction , and the roforo should not bo unnecessarily delayed. rniE I'irisnuno scoir Less than a do/on members of the board of trade , after brief deliberation and prayerful consideration , commend to the support of the people the project to establish a line of steamers and barges between Pittsburg and Omaha. The endorsement does not shako the conviction of the people of this city that the successful navigation of the Mis souri is impossible. Columns of facts and figures may bo produced to show the value of navigation to the com merce of the country , but the stubborn fact remains that the shifting charac ter of the Missouri river renders navi gation of it , even during the season ol high water , not only difficult but posi tively dangerous. The prospectus of ' 'The Merchants' Uivor Freight Line Navigation com pany , ' ' which proposes to run boats be tween Pittsburg anil Omaha , shows that great profits can be made for investors , and great benefits conferred on the pro ducers of the country. The headquar ters of the company are in New York , a fact which tends to confirm the suspicion that the scheme is a speculative one. The cost and profits are figured down-to a penny , and a charming pidturo is presented to induce mon overburdened with moans to subscribe to the five mil lions of cauital required. It is exceed ingly doubtful if 'the originators of the movement stopped to enquire or iuvest.igato the difficulties to bo over come in navigating the Missouri , or counted the cost involved in bucking countless snags or dodging sand bars. Experienced boatmen who have made a study of the Big Muddy could have furnished - nishod the literary bureau of "the Mer chants' line some information that would fo rco a radical revision of their schedule of cost and receipts. Even if the river could be safely and cheaply navigated , the proposed line would not afford material relief. Pitts burg could send us its coal at reduced rates , but Pitts burg does not furnish a market for the surplus products of the Missouri valley. Chicago and the sea board cities must bo depended upon to take the surplus , and the diversion of a portion of the "tralllc by river to Pitts burg would hot increase the profits of the producers. The difference between rail and river rates would bo absorbed by hciivy insurance , elevator charges at Pittsburg and the local freight rate from Pittstnirg to Baltimore or No TV York. This is nn ago of progress. Rapid transit is demanded in all things. The greatest amount of speed consistent with safety is the governing spirit of the * times. The slow snail pace of river navigation was satisfactory thirty years ago , when no other means of transportation could bo had. Then the profits justified the risks assumed. The country has outgrown it , and the efforts of the speculative natriotsof New York cannot convince those familiar with the facts , that the Missouri river can bo transformed into a cheap and s > nfo avenue of commerce. A VK\f weeks ago wo were treated tea a railroad.discourso on economic top es , in which the corporation literary Bureaus attempted to provo that the market price of proilucts depended solely on the maintenance of high rolght tnrirt's. Tholt love for the dear people was so great that rather than mil the props from under the market hey took the kernels and handed the Cob and husk back to the farmer. An other distingulshnd economist Joaps nto the arena to do battle with the allroads. David Harpator , president ot the Ohio wool-growers' associa tion , gives what appears to the vool men the true reason vhy the furmora are suffering 30 much from the low prlco of farm products. Mr. Harpstar declares that irices tire lower now than for thirty . 'oars , lind the only avenue of relief IB or the farmer to "appeal to the prosi- lent to put an end to the monster rauds now being perpetrated in im- lorted wools. " An increase of the duty an wool would also coutrlbuto matori- illy to the prosperity of the wool mun. Economist Hurpstor fail * to show how irotectlon for the wool interest will on- hanc3 the prlco of com or wheat , or how an lulvancodo the price of woolen goods will place money in the poclJots of western fSjRors. Thd appeal is as ridiculous as jjjij arguments ot the cor porations against rate reduction , and fully us selfish. The farmers ard not so blind as Mr. Ilarpstor imagines , and it ts not probable that they will respond to n scheme to take money out of tholr pockets and. place it In the purses of the Ohio wool growers. STATISTICS of accidents on .American railroads during the month of January show a total of seventy-six collisions and eighty-nine derailments. Of this number forty collisions and twenty- nine derailments are classed as "unex plained- " sixteen collisions and eleven derailments to negligence in operating ; the remainder are ascribed to defects o ! road , unforsoon obstructions and poor equipment. The number of lives lost was slxty-sixand the numborlnjurod two hundred and twenty-three. Of the former fifty-two were railroad oln- ployes , and of the list of wounded the same class furnished one hundred and twenty-throe. Janu ary Iq , one of the worst months of the year for railroad operatives. Ice and snow , severe storms and rapid changes of temperature place the bm- ployos in constant peril. It is very con venient to charge accidents to the neg ligence of the oporat'vos , but the per cent oroven is decidedly small. While great improvements have boon made in the equipment of passenger trains , there has been no substantial progress in disposing of the man-killing freight car couplers. The railroads are slow to adopt devices to protect the lives of brakemen and switchmen , not from luck of life-saving appliances , but mainly because the loading car building com panies stubbornly refuse to usoimprovcd couplers unless the patentees sell their rights for a trifle. The proposed change in the interstate commerce law giving the commission power to compel rail roads to adopt unproved equipment affords a partial remedy , and congress should speedily adopt the amendment. Coi.ON'KL WiLMAJt CODY of Ne braska , ns everybody knows , is exciting the admiration of Rome's four hundred with his magnificent display of western civilization , A cable dispatch , in com menting upon a grand reception which Colonel Cody and some of his Indian friends attended in gala costume , flashes the intelligence that in reply to questions addressed to the gallant col onel by the ladies of the court , ho was so dazzled as to answer in broken ling- iish. Now if there , is anything which Colonel Cody prides himself on next to ins rifle and his > bucking broncho it is his English. The imputation is therefore as false as it is liboious. If in consequence quence Colonel Cody resents the insult and gets his finger entangled in the hair of the luckless scribe who sent the dispatch , there may bo a scalp-lifting in Europe which will make the olToto monarcbs of the old world tremble on their thrones. " AND.inow comes a d.elegratioiii.of citi zens from the Black "Hills seeking im proved railroad facilities between the metropolis and Rapid City. The gen tlemen from the great mineral fields of the north west are welcome. Omaha wants the ores , the coal , the stone and ether material of that region in ex change for her meat , corn , groceries' , dry goods and clothing. The delegates from Rapid City can count upon the aid of our people in their appeal to the rail roads to bettor the transportation of commodities to and from the Black IJills. WHAT has become of the council committee on annexation ? The mem bers should go to work or resign in favor of live , active men. The ques tion of the union of the two cities should bo brought to a focus without further delay. If the council of South Omaha declines to submit the question to a vote of the people , it should bo made a matter of record , so that the enemies of union and progress may , bo known. The city council should insist on a report , and if not forthcoming a no w commitioo should bo appointed. NOUTIIKUX railroad buildorsaro work ing congress for right of way through a portion of Yellowstone National park. Should they secure the privilege it will strengthen their grip on the great wonderland and anchor the growing tide of sight-seers on northern lines. The inaction of the allied central lines with regard to the park is inexplicable1. Perhaps they will walco up when it is too late to secure a foothold in a region that is destined to attract travelers from all quarters of the glo'uo. Tin ; instructions of the general land Qllico prohibiting the purchase of In- lian claims on the Sioux reservation by ivhites , will deprive the followers of Sitting Bull of what promised to bo a wy profitable business. As traders Lho Sioux can drivers good a bargain is the shrewdest Yankee. 'inlkuJ ! to liraih. S ( , XiuiiU ftlnbC'Dcmncrat. Tlio Indications uro llmt the educational Jill will bo dcfontctl la the senate. Thoru vus ii time whoa It had a good prospect of lucecss ; but sincu , tliou Senator Blair lias .alUoil in Its favor ji)6i ) , wlsoly , but too coul- > usly. , Vi .1 A. Point in t'.iut l tiiiott < . - . New Tiiifc Sun. It la no longer ( joodi Joriu to apoulc of the uistero and protantiiun parson who presides iver a big npartmoni ihoiiHo OH Janitor. Ho jonra the tltlo of suiiorlntondcnt , and bcara t with unusual dlcnlty and grace. Nothing ivor disturbs his tremendous ulr of luiport- inoo. A Convenient Introduction , Huston llenM , Byonlorof tbo United State government , lie Island In Now York harbor wboroon the itatutoof Liberty Is oretod is to bo urn do in Immigrant landing station. All uowcom- irs from the old worlu will thus Imvo nn op- lortunlty to imilto thu early acquaintance ) of ho goddess whom they Imvo coma over to uo. DUhonor and the Dlntnoir.l. SI , l.nuls JltinMtc. Several of tbo baseball teams are still in- 'Oiupluto uiid the contract breaking uoes lulit on. Digger premiums are offered for layers' dishonor this your than ever before. The soanon will provo domormlztnff in mon waya tUnn one. 'I be most encouraging feature uro for the profession Is that wltlt till tbo In ducomontft held out the number of Jumper : Is not larger. r Stronghold of tbo Spoils System , The souhto hits en iled a ridiculous sosslot with a ridiculous collapse , nml tbo utter fall uro of tbo Inquiry into the way in. which tbi eocrots of executive Sessions leak bring ! perceptibly nearer the day in which tin secrecy of thcso sessions will bo nbolNlicd They are the last stronghold of tha spolli system , nnd whan they are gene corrupt niu corrupting bargains over the confirmation o appointments will bo less easy than now. liullilozlne Una Uoguit , StntiK CKiJim.timt. . It seems that the Union Pacific , noting tin popular movement in Nebraska for the con trol of railroads , has by the language of one of Its oftlclnls announced that "It will nol put down another tnllo of track In the state. ' It would anpoar accordingly that the bull dozing has begun in Nebraska. Wo havi hoard this kind of thing In Iowa. Kallroai officials became absolutely monotonous It threatening that they would neither built nor make improvements m Iowa if the people - plo of tbo state nsacrtcd their rights ovoi tbo common cnrrlcra. The railroad ofllclali will mnko the snmo throats In Nebraska , ant ! tlicy will sel/o on every reduction of wages nnd employes , every reduction of service , nnd every refusal to maUo Improvements ni an opportunity for reiterating that these things are all doao ns a result of tbo action ot tbo stato. But It Is all bosh , and if the people of Nebraska o.ui bo so chonply bull dozed they will deservfl the thralldom thai will follow the tame submission. STATE AND TEHIUTOKY. Ncllrnakn tint Unas. Alnsworth expects to secure n seventy- llvo barrel roller mill soon. Wheeler county hai n resident who standi 0 foot T Inches In tbo stockings. Pair grounds have boon purchased by the Brown county agricultural society. Hebron's city council has resolved to tnlco Into the city limits the outlying additions. Jonn Burgoraona Holdrogo broom maker , committed sulcldo by cutting his throat While temporarily insane. A crazy woman escaped from the Hastings asylum the other night , but was found in the railroad yards and returned. J. D. Calhoun'H now paper , the Lincoln Herald , has- made its appearance in bright form. It will appear weekly , "with the im plication that If fortune favors it shall bo made a daily. " A Sunday school normal institute will beheld held in the Asblnud Congregational church March 18 , 10 and 20. It will bo couductod by Uov. J. D. Stewart of Aurora , Silas Copper , n Dawcs county farmer who' Imd been making hay during tbo month of February , was forced to suspend his work in Lho bay Hold by tbo recent cold snap. There are 175 pupils In the Indian school nt Genoa , 10.1 boys and 73 girls. Tbo health record ol this school is far above that of any Dtber Indian school in the country , the Jeath rate being-only 5 per cent in the past ilx years. A span of bay mares , ono having a whlto * tur in the forehead , hitched to n top buggy , ivere found by the roadside near Tobias Sat- .irday. They are supposed to he stolen and inybody desiring information In regard to idem should address L. E. Hayabarger , Tobias. The proprietors of n gambling bouso at Norfolk refused to cash fiUO worth of ' "chips" which a young man had won and -ho matter 1ms boon carried into court in a , vay which will probably bring out tbo lames of a number of people who huvo been leeccd in tbo den. Oblowa is cursed with a gang of hood- urns. Their latest , act was to break all the .vindowa . in the Baptist church nnd destroy ) tbor valuable property. The Ohio wan saya .here is strong talk of punishment on the whipping post plan. A special from Humboldt says : Fred Jorrior thought tin saw a chance to make u ittle money easily. Ho was donated a ; ouplo of steers with cancers on their Jaws , tie Killed and dressed them and was all ready .0 ship thu meat to Minneapolis wlion Mr. J. A. BabcocK , our county attornov , dropped into Fred with great weight. The result was .ho destruction of the meat. It is estimated that more than a barrel of slime , horse-slobbor and ether filth is turned nto tbo town cistern near this ofUca during ivory twenty-four hours , to prime the pump , iaya the Bortrand Herald. Most of the vater for that purpose is dipped out of tbo .rough , where horses and cows drink and logs go in to bathe. Why can't this town mvo a half decent pump ] AVy omlni : . The Converse county term of court lasted i wcolc and cost &i,000. A Green Uivor man has a contract to fur- lish 0,000 tons of ice to the Union Pacific. The preliminary stops have been taken oward organising Nntrona county and April I set as tbo date for holding the elections. Two brothers , Arthur nnd Watson Brown- oo , wtsro arrested at Newcastle charged vltb burglary , and huvo boon taken to Jouglas ( or trial. Mrs , Sarah Black , widow of George A. Jlack , who was hanged at Laramie week loforo last , died last woolc ot pneumonia. Jlio was in her fifty-third year. She married Jlack several years ago and was twice bis igo. Churles Trumbull , sentenced for ton years or murdering a man at Luslt ; Frank Do Castro , eighteen months for altering brands in stock , and William Durrow , five years or horse stealing , woru sent to Jollot last veok. Hov. Benjamin Staunton , tno talented pas- or of an independent church at Douglas , is laforo thu pcoplo again. His suit for dl- orco from his absent wife was denied , and 10 hits appealed to the court to collect { 800 lack pay duo from the trustees of , lils church. The citizens of Johnson nnd Sheridan 'ountlos ' have incorporated the Massacre 1111 Monument association nnd will erect a nonunion ! on the alto of tba Phil Kearney nassacro which occurred Decembers ! , I860 , , nd wherein Colonel Fottertnan and oighty- even soldiers nnd citizens were butchered ly the Indians. Mike Smith , an Australian running n Diners' boarding UOUHO at Hock Springs , Uomptod to murder his wife on Sumiay. lo was about plunging a kulfo into the raman'a ' throat when ono of tlio boarders truck hia uplifted arm with n pick handle. Smith's arm was broken by the blow and he vns subdued by tbo boarders and taken to nil. _ HIGH SCHOOL HOODLUMS. They IJaze n Stiulont In n Mont Itrutnl Itlniinur. K.vuCiAiiin , WIs. , March 11. [ Special Tel- gram to TUB HUE. ] Will Dudley , eighteen ours old , son of Hov. Dr. J. F. Dudley of ho First Congregational church , was most utriiL'couHly haied by ton young ruflluns estnrday at the Washington high acliool. ludloy , it appears , had been tardy Friday ftornoon and in consrquouco his class was oprlved of a half-holiday. Yesterday after- eon , after school , Joe Alexander , aged ltietcontbo son of a member of the board f education ; George McGregor , ugcd fghtcon , son of tbo principal of the high lihool , with eight others fell upon Dudley , ragged him down stairs , bumped bin bead gainst tbo wall , aufteU nnd pounded him nd lore hU trousers , and wound up by uttlng off close to lha head n largo patch of Is pompadour with a pair of horse clippers , 'ho bazars uro to bo arrested. Principal IcGrogor may have to go as a result of tbo rouble. AVIro Null Works Bl.ut Down. PIMH.IY , O. , "March H. fSpeoial Tolo- ; rum to Tun BEE. I Tbo wire nail mon of 10 Unltnd States , with u few exception * ) , liut down yesterday until March ! U and robably longer. The object of this move , It > asserted , Is to force certain manufuctur- rs of wire who huvo boon obstinate to coma i to the trust. A MAID WHO WOULD MARRY , Any Good , Temperate Nobrnalctu Can Procure a Jowol. STATE ORATOKICAL CONTEST Evening tlio Tlma ami Ho- Imnnn's Hall tha 1'lneo .V Double r u no ml Capital City iu Brief. Address Miss Uliznbcth L.IKCOJ.N , Nob. , March 11 , [ Spocln' ' to Tun Bee. ] Occasionally very fnnn ; correspondence llnds' Us way to tha varlou ; departments of state. Of this chus tbo fol lowing Bolf-oxpliUniiKj loiter Is a fair example - ample ; BOSTOX , Mass. , March 0. Secretary eState State ot Nebraska Dear Sir : Miss Kllw both Wright , No. " 9 Mount Pleasant street Souiorvlllo , Mass , , ORO twenty-five years English dojcont , born In Now England , n willing to marry a goodf respectable man farmer Or otbcrwlso , who can support n wlf < In comfort or affluence. Plcaso rccommcuc her ns being a young lady of excellent Christian character. Slio would mitko r good house wife and is well educated. 1 cordially recommend her. Do your beat tc get her a good and temperate husband Faithfully yours , L. JONES. BT.VTK OIUTOIHCAT , CONTEST. The state oratorical contest takes place al Bohanan's hall Friday ovctiihg , tlio Mtl inst. J. B. Fogarty of the state university , D. C. Ferguson of tbo Wosloyau university , L. A. Tumor of Doano college nnd D. A , Turner of Gato.s college will bo the contest ing orators. Good muslo will add diversity to the programme , and the preparations uro all but complete. NOUTOS'S AND MILIEU'S rnNEHALS. The remains of Conductor Norton and Brakeman Miller , the victims of yesterday's wreck near Harvard , arrived In this city this morning when they wnro taken directly to the undertaking rooms and prepared far In terment. Norton's fuco and body wore burned In a horrible manner , presenting n spectacle that n person does not cnro to look at but once , and Miller's condition was but little better , although not burned. Thu fun- al services were hold at Hoberts' undortak- ng rooms , and the remains of thu unfor tunate men were laid in the grave at Wyuka at 8-o'clock. Norton carried $3,000 insur ance and Millar $3OOU. Tlio former's people live in Canada , and the lattor's In Indiana , Xvcither were married. OAVITOL INTELLIGENCE. Commissioner Steou returned from Wahoo today much Improved la health , but still far from woll. The Wyandotte coal case before the state board of transportation is set for trial on Friday noxt. Bank statements for the Quarter ending February 2S are coming in by thu hundred. Clerk Howe is kept busy tiling them. The secretaries of tbo state board of transportation uro actively preparing for tbo comlm ; of the interstate commission. Show ing will bo timao that Nobrusku has reason to complain against the unjust freight dis crimination sbo alleges. Mrs. Governor Thayer , who has been quite sick , is greatly improved in health. The governor , wtio Is in Loxmgton today , returns homo tomorrow and will bo ut bis desk during tbo afternoon. Ho undressed a Grand Army conclave ut that place tonight. TUB DISTINCT COI7UT. Eighteen divorce cases were knocked from the docket today , but there ure still some forty-live pending. Decree of forsclosure was entered in favor of Thomas It. Burling and against Daniel E. Chapman today. Burling is tuoroforo ? li,494 ahead. Emma Maxwell sustained her charges of ndultuf.v and secured a decrco of divorce from bur husband George this afternoon. This is the sequel ot the Denver ncandal re ported by THE BIE : u few weoits ago. Tno Foxworthy-Easterday case "was dis missed in tins court this morning , quo war rants proceedings having bosn begun in the supreme court yestordav. This celebrated election con test case now bids fair to end in tbo near future. THU sui'jtcMn cot'itr. The following were the proceedings in the 3upromo court today : State ox rnl Tcnnison vs Coleman , leave riven plaintiff to taltu record. State ox rol Scovillo vs Wilbon , leave given uluintiff to lilo brief in ten days and defendant in twenty days thereafter ; cause submitted O'Donnoll V. O. & N. .Ss B. H. H. II. Co. , jubmittod by plaintiff on briefs ; Schuyler National Bunk vs Bnllong , submitted , on motion to dismiss , defendant given twcntv days to lllo briefs , plaintiff fifteen days to reply ; state ex rul Scovillo vs Wilson , leave given MoAllistor to withdraw rocord. Tno following causes were argued and submitted : Schuylor National Bank vs Bol- lone : Dickinson vs Mechlin : state ox rol 1-3 Walker , on motion to dismiss. The following cases were Hied for trial : Hurry Earl vs A. B. Reid & Co ; error from Lbo district courc of Lancaster county. Stuto of Nebraska ox rel H. M. Miller vs E. S. Cashman. Two warrants , Charles Thompson vs Ernest Wlgconhorn jt al ; error from the district court of Saunaors county. Ambrose S. Cmnpball VH John Yager ; jrror from the district court of Adams ; ounty. William J. Yi'tcs vs Martin E. Kliinoy ; irror from the district court of Ftllmoro jounty. Bishop ot al VB Slovens otnl ; error from .ho district court of Uouulas county. eiTV NGttH AND NOTES. W. It. Hull of Leadvillo , Col. , was tno ruest of Deputy Auditor Bowerman todav. Mr. Hall is county judpj of tlio county In vbich ho rnsulcH. Colonel Alvord of the stnto treasurer's du- lartment and ox-Auditor Babcnck went to Joutrul City today. It is uudorstood that , heir visit bus to do with Merrick county's lofulcatlug treasurer's caso. The sheriff o ( Jackson coiinty , Mo. , tir- osted n young man named Stills al Wnvorl.v oday , while nn a visit to bis brothem. Ho s wanted in Kansas City for burglary. Tha case of Arthur Smith , who was nc- msed of incorrigibilitv , was hcnict before Jounty Judge Stewart this morning. The ad was discharged , the judge not thinking lim bad enough for the reform school. W. Mindo forged a check for $ K ) on Jack jnubsnn and after gutting it cashed by un msus | > uctiiig victim , proceeded to got drunk , lo is now in Jail and may servo u term In ho state penitentiary for his crime. Colonel Robert .Mcltoynolds , manager of Bunk's opera house , is Bald to bo tnutvi- [ innially inclined. COOY'.H HUMAN JUIUMIM1. I'lie ISclirnska Colonel Attends n Kc- ( ! eitiin to I'rincc ISiiixiliiim. [ rrijii/rfo/il / ifSO bu JatntHonion Ilrntittt. ] HOME , March II. I Now York Herald ; able Special to * THE Bun. I Count Pro- lola gave a grand reception at his palace In onor of his * cousin , Prince Jerome Nairn- con , which was attended by the upper ton housand of Homo. 'Iho diplomatic body , ho qulrinul ami the Vatican were largely oprcsontcd. Tbo event of the evening was bo entrance of Buffalo Bill and tlvo Indian lilufa In gulu costumes. They were natur- lly much dazzled by the beauty of ttiu bril- laut toilotHof the luuloa , who askoil many ucstioiiB , which they unsworcd in brokeu Colonel Cody speaks with enthusiasm of ho courtesy ho has mot with In Komo , Buffalo Bill leaves Uomu today for Flor- ncn. On Saturday two Italian cowboys bo- inglng to Prince Uujpoll came to ride two f Cody's bronchos. After Htruggling half n hour with the horses tbo time givun by tody was ton minutes ono of the horses , 'aa ridden. The second horse It w.ts impos- Iblo for tbo Italians to mount , and ho had to ivo it up after trying half an hour. ThU annot bu called much of a victory over the imcrlcan cowboy , A Blow at Clilno.so .MoralmiitH. WASHINGTON , March 11. Acting upon tbo dvlcu of tlio attorney general Sccnitarv Vlndom has decided that Ctunoio merchants ouiing to this country for the tint time rovlded with certificates cannot bo per- ittted to land , notwithstanding the fact that tiey are not laborer * . IN "HelloI Mr , T. H , Kstonloy , how nro lungs down ntTcoumsoht" "Oh , everything it swimming along In tbo 1 usual channel , " "JUislnosn good ! " ' "Novor better : In fact , Judging from the llfu In ronl estate mutter * nnd tbo general 4 btistlo in coinmerclal circles , I am Inclined to / helluva wo nro on tbo eve of nt least nn in.y fnntilo boom.11 "Xown'i growing ! " "Yes , very rapidly , " "How nbout politics any stir In that direction ! " "Not yet , " "How does Council nnd his appointments suit you fol Its ( " "First class. Hear of no unfavorable comment from any source. Hut , iiy thu wnv , wo aru going to take our chances in thu prospective redlstrictltip of the ttnto , nnd In respect to n congrossnmu-nt-lnrgo every body fools extremely friendly toward Mr. llowo. In case a new district is created in his territory ho will undoubtedly bo tbo llrst member to represent It. " "On the attorney general what's the feeling } " "recumaeb will present the name of D. P. Oagood for attorney general nt the approach ing ntnto convention , . " , "Who Is Osgood 1" "Well , bo's not n politician In the nccoptod Interpretation ot tbo term , but ho Is an ubla nnd uclivo young uttornoy , an enterprising , appreciative man In all affairs ; In fact , lust such nn Individual us will catch the people. " " ou nro looking for nn early convention , nro you noli" 'Yes , It is generally understood oven at this early day that the republican convention will bo held this year fully a month or six weolts nhend of tbo usual tlmo. Another thing tbo people nro In sympathy with down our way Is the move for retrenchment and reform in connection with legislative af fairs. " 'Who nro your probnblo candidates for Johnson county ! " "It is impossible to toll oven who they are Hablo to bo , but they will bu pledged to tbo support of tlio nbovo move whoever they may bo. Another thing , they will bo elected , too , every ono ot them. I can porcolvo no cause for alarm on the part of thu republican party throughout the state by reason of tbo agitation of tbeso reform measures. It Is but n reiteration of the party's sentiments and views on this subject. " "There Is still another thine wo don't lilio nnd shall oppose , and that Is the proposed constitutional amendment for the Increasing of the salaries ot tbo district Judges. It will certainly bo defeated. Those Judges now get 2,500 a year , and while there are but few on the bench but who could make more at their practice , that Is no reason for an Increase of nmplo compensation for the work per formed. When u mar. accepts n position of this character , be considers tbo honor and trust roposcd in nun paramount to Its emol uments. " Mr. Chapman of Nebraska City said that business in his county is looking up consid erably Just now and everybody Is preparing for a busy spring. " "What are the wheat prospects how does the coming crop looicl" "Wheat never lookud liner nnd with no backset will pan out handsomely. Our stronghold down in Otoe. however , you probably know , is corn. Why , last year tbo general nvcrago was over forty-llvo bushels to the aero , and there was plenty of land that yielded as high as soventy-tbrpo bush els to the acre. " ' "There ought to bo plenty of democrats down there * You know corn makes well , Democrats. " "Yes , but they nro not overly plentiful , and ure on the declmo. " ' What do the farmers have to say about the high freight rates on grain 1" "Oli , they uru rod headed , of course , but I don't remember when anybody was Just ex- ictly satisfied with railroad freight ratos. " And.j iiHt.-xhlo Knncy. CMcnnn l-ernll. Dft I recall how I u youth of young and ten der years Was smitten witn"lho "sweet slxtcens" we all recall such "dours" tYtid love came o'or my spirit with its first cffulsivo Hoods , [ never dreamed that I'd aduiiro aught but tender buds. \t twenty-eight my fnncy turned I mar veled that It should from simple girls and school day dreams to riper womanhood. iVud in mv heart u now ideal came iu plnca of those , U twenty-eight I much preferred the sum mer's full blown rose , 3ut now nt forty-llvo I find I love old maids tbo best , really can't imagine how I over loved tbo rest , o moro of buds nnd blooms for mo , for now my heart perceives Vn ancient , melancholy Joy in pressing autumn loaves. A PECULlAIl Wisconsin Irish nntl Germans AVar- ruiK Ovo i- the Itennutt Imw. MIMVAUKKIVis. . , March 11. [ Special Telegram to TUB Hue. ] The Uonnott school aw , referring to the teaching of alien auguages in tbo public schools , etc. , which ius been subject to so much talk for soinu line pasl ami out of which so much political .muul is expected to bo made by democrats nxioua to catch tbo Cermun vote , bus do- eloped n now sensation. Archbishop 1 tolas , Jishop F'laach and Bishop Kulzor , Wiscon- in's tiiree Catholic prelates , hnvo prepared ml signed a lengthy statement to the JathollcH of tboatuto denouncing the Hen- , ott luw , earnestly protesting against its on- orcemcnt nnd boldly demanding its ropeal. , 'lto voters of Wisconsin uro culled upon to pposo tbo law in every manner possible ut ho polls. There Is considerable division f opinion ns to the effect of this manifesto , 'ho threa prelates named uvu Germans. For ears tlio Irish Catholics of Wisconsin bavo eon trying to got u bishop ot their own ruco r un American and feel slightly disgruntled vcr their failure to do so. It Is usbortcd by no prominent Milwaulcon Irishman tbnt thin innifesto will huvo an effect which will ut- : irl.v astonish the prelates , for , ho Buys , ho rtnly believes tbo Irish Catholics ns n rulu rill array themselves In favor of the Hen- cl ( law. < A weak bade , with a weary aching lame- ens over tbo nips , is sign of disonscid kid- oyn. Use tlio best kiunoy curntivo known , 'laoh U Burdock Hlood Hitters. Nnti'H Ironi 1'arln. lC wf'it ( / ' IBM bi | Junta Ooiiliin Jlennetl. ] I'Aius , March 11. ( Now York Herald lublo Special to TIIK BKU.J The Horiitd 3rrcspondont HUW Gounod toduy and Is nn lorUed to stuto that tboro Is no truth in tlio jport that ho Is about to composu another luira to bo produced In America Iu 1802. Im Illustrious composer of "Faust" Haul icro Is absolutely- ono word of truth la Us fantastic plouo of news According to tbo Ciuulois , Mr. Jules Cur es bus rucuivod and accepted u handsome ITor from the Now York Kovlow to wrlto in mumolra. 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